Robert Reich: Republicans are making up excuses, and Democrats won't talk about corruption

Former Labor Secretary and co-founder of ‪@imcivicaction‬ ‪@inequalitymedia‬ ‪@RBReich‬ says the Democratic Party has not only turned its back on the working class, it's stopped trying to tell an accurate story about why the middle class is in trouble and is allowing Republicans to create their own excuses for why the economy isn't working.
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[@DystopianUtopia8]

It's an oligarchy not a democracy. Like George Carlin said it's a big club and you're not in it.

[@briangriffin5524]

If you are a member of the Wall Street club, you have access to information no one else has. That information translates to successful investing.

[@justmyopinion9883]

Isn’t it amazing how comedians can see things that our political leaders can’t even see? P.S. the gentleman talking to Mr Reich resembles Jimmy Dore. I thought that’s who it was at first.

[@Gretabpooh]

​@@justmyopinion9883Comedians can get the truth in front of the public in and way people don't expect. They watch their shows for entertainment, not information. But by using comedy, they can slip in information the people aren't getting in the mainstream media.

[@abe7759]

Exactly, ❤ George Carlin, spot on!

[@geoffreyfield6686]

I have said that for years now. Twas why I was a Bernie Bro back in 2015/16. Nothing will be self correcting until large donations are removed from politics. Period. Shame on SCOTUS.

[@erdelegy]

Bernie 2028! Cancel "Citizens United" legalized bribery of government officials!

[@DystopianUtopia8]

SCOTUS was bought and paid for a long time ago.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

Shorten the campaigning season.

[@pauldandrea7012]

Sure we know that, but how can "we" help?/push? well meaning people in gov't to remove a tool that favors the rich over the rest of us against their will when "we" have already lost the war? Warren Buffet said, "There is class warfare, and we have won."

[@stevensinger8254]

The entire planet is trending towards FUBAR . Major change will NOT come until an asteroid the size of Texas collides with earth- then there will be some major changes

[@rogernull6151]

I can’t comprehend why those who have more than they could spend in 100 lifetimes still want MORE!

[@glyrr]

I don't think that they just want more. I believe they get off on making the rest of us suffer.

[@mael6834]

Its a game they play amongst themselves and its about power. Being beyond want, they measure their worth among their peers with money.

[@briangriffin5524]

It's infected every part of society. Everybody has a price.

[@LisaFenton-h7f]

"People worry about drug addicts---but, WEALTH ADDICTS do far more DAMAGE than crack addicts do." Jello Biafra, leader singer of the Dead Kennedys

[@briangriffin5524]

@@rogernull6151 It's a sickness.

[@hunnybunny814]

Those of us who have seen this unfolding over decades in slow motion are beyond frustrated.

[@jennifershanks453]

The corporations have all the power.

[@13699111]

It's a health destroying watching the last 50 years of a race to the bottom

[@patricktongs9766]

@@jennifershanks453Yeah but if only you could convince the people that really they hold the power

[@truecatholic1]

It's not a tragedy. It is an evil stragedy.

[@erdelegy]

a stragedy.

[@Naturalintelligence30]

Created and perpetuated until the end of time. Or until we decide enough is enough. Distractions and passivity keep us stuck in this predicament. You wanna change the world change yourselves first. It's the only way.

[@truecatholic1]

@@erdelegy thank you

[@13699111]

%100

[@Paul_C]

No, your population forgot your education. Or rather you were taught the wrong thing, courtesy of the vilifying of communisme, socialism, and others.

[@jarichards99utube]

Our Politcal Corruption is Like Ice Cream... DNC = Vanilla, RNC = Vanilla With NUTS...!!! Ugh...!

[@luiszuluaga6575]

zing! 🫰🏼✨🏆

[@Magadouche]

LOL, then choked.

[@snuffyballparks6501]

One party hides it's lean to oligarchy while accepting the big donations, the other party is blatantly rushing to kleptocracy and the big con. Both are incidious.

[@Karmagheden]

💯

[@freedomfighter4990]

But the system is rigged to prevent us from ever getting a 3rd party on the ticket. All we have to work with are Dems & Repubs. So we have to grab the Dems by the throat & get them to start supporting a Progressive agenda, in state elections as well as in the House & the Senate. We need candidates like Bernie who will get up on a stage & tell the truth about the Dems abandoning the working & middle class back in the 1990s to chase after $$ from corp. donors & billionaires, the way Repubs have always done We have to be willing to publicly shame Every Corp.-Owned Democrat who's only looking out for the interests of their donors. AND we must shame them on being bought & paid for AIPAC shills while we're at it. That's gonna take a lot of work, but if we can get the big unions to work with us & show folks how to organize, we might move the needle before the midterms.

[@joseblanco1033]

Mexico had the same problem as the USA and maybe even worse, until AMLO came along and changed the Mexican system. México had a peaceful revolution.

[@HOHLfmly]

The Problem is Money The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 was the start of allowing money into politics! Allowing corporations to be an individual was another one! See how this works? Bit by bit they whittle away at our laws until they’re totally rewritten, and in their favor.

[@DebraDay-p4z]

I always thought even the idea of " corporate person- hood was offensive and insulting.

[@endcorruptio]

The conniving corporate-freeloader class control both partys, hence they control policy

[@Karmagheden]

Exactly plus Ishrahel first.

[@Tyler-wl8kq]

My God this is the best at explaining our politics today , I’m 59 , Robert just nailed it to the wall !!! 💯

[@barbarawernig6347]

Hahaha

[@davidgoodell4298]

I do NOT trust either the Democratic Party or Republican Party...

[@gdavidelliott]

Smartest comment so far.

[@matthewhudson2702]

That's why I like jesse ventura

[@KevinKasp-v9u]

Which is why: 1.) all establishment Republicans were “Never-Trumpers” and, 2.) Why he won. Unlike the other Party where the tail wags the dog, with Republicans, they don’t care what the elites think or want.

[@HOHLfmly]

Like Mitch McConnell said “ I have been working on this for 40 years and it has finally happened!”

[@disco7128]

It's the corruption that sets it all off. The corruption is sooo bad and it's right in our face. Every day I get more angry than the day before and i can't be the only one getting angst.

[@NYyankeeboi]

“Until you change the way money works, you change nothing.” - Michael Ruppert

[@lynetteroberts977]

Politicians and Corporations go hand and hand! We the TAXPAYERS WILL ALWAYS BE SCREWED 😢😢😢

[@unbreakable7633]

Ask Luigi.

[@DebraDay-p4z]

Education is 1 big piece, and another one is to heal the divisiveness and learn how to do bipartisan work again. You know: united we stand.

[@johnsutton6233]

Let’s face it folks………none of the political parties will fix anything until you can get money out of politics! Period!

[@davidgordon1981]

The problem is the corporatocracy owns and runs the American political system for their own benefit. The corporate coup d’état has been so successful that the people don’t realise it has even happened!! Education of the working class is the answer. The working class are looking for answers and being educated to believe that they are the problem via the corporate media!! Educate, organise, strike and win. The corporatocracy for all its power over congress is defenceless against an organised,politically educated, united, militant working class. It’s the very reason they needed to orchestrate the corporate coup d’état in the first place. Organise, unite, fight, win. History shows us that we the working class ARE the power that generates wealth. When we fought for our rights we won. The answer is there in history!

[@MarC-te4he]

Thank you for this. And if we are to help the working class understand what is happening and what they must do, we must meet them where they are... in their bubble, where the corporatocracy has them trapped so they won't be aware and fight back.

[@paladinsorcerer67]

But the working class are the least situated to be able to fight. They are the most vulnerable to losing their jobs. Unless they could get organizations like the trade unions or community organizations like the Black Panthers to support them fully again as in the past, I dont see them overcoming the corporate bullies. For instance, corporations use migrant workers for cheap labor, but then through the Republicans, in order to get votes, they chastise them saying that they take American's jobs and commit crimes. Once you give Big Money all the money, they will use it to squash the Left, because in America money is power. The working class can be educated to the hilt, and it wont do any good if they cant feed their families, get medical insurance, hold on to a job, make car payments, and the rest of it, all while protesting for better outcomes. That is why the Right hates government: if the working class and the middle class felt safe due to progressive policies, the management class wouldnt be able to control them.

[@sprinterx]

Tax the Rich. They are the ones getting the most benefits from the government. They should pay for it. Who benefits from a world wide military. The Rich.

[@deltablueprint3186]

The Rich have a monopoly on the Media Narratives... Taxing the Rich and Corporations will caise them to Raise prices on consumer goods. Even though the opposite is true, giving the Rich tax breaks leads them to a cycle of employee layoffs and raising prices.

[@johntex105]

Starting with Hunter Biden??

[@Gretabpooh]

​@@johntex105He's up to date on his tax payments. Worry about the billionaires Trump wants in his Cabinet. Hunter Biden never held any government position.

[@chriswheeler151]

So still SHOCKED that a CEO got whacked???????

[@Naturalintelligence30]

They don't want us to have anything. Including peace of mind and happiness. According to them the poor are not worthy of that 😢

[@Gretabpooh]

A big part of that attitude comes from the prosperity gospel movement. If God is blessing them for their efforts and goodness, those who are suffering are being punished for their bad choices and character. If God is punishing them, humans shouldn't do anything to make their lives easier. It allows them to wash their hands of the massive problem. It's a sick and unbiblical way of thinking.

[@nabbunsechkie]

Robert really needs to go after neo liberalism publicly

[@luiszuluaga6575]

He pretty much has been! 😅

[@nabbunsechkie]

@luiszuluaga6575 not much on his social media :(

[@PitoCanito]

As you said, both parties are complicit. It's sad..

[@KDROzzz]

They're all millionaires being funded by billionaires and the average American is just going along with the idea that a group of people who share no similarities with them at all in their day to day lives would be capable of representing them accurately, the problem is ignorance across the board not just ignorance within the wealthy population, expect more out of your representation.

[@johntex105]

The goverment needs to redistribute the wealth of anyone with more than $1M in assets. No person should be allowed such unnecessary wealth. All private landholding should be taken over by the goverment and made public land that we all can enjoy. Robert Reich understands this and we need more people like him!

[@Perurikun]

and this is why i call them Conservative-democrats.

[@jeaninesilva5055]

Corporate democrats

[@Kritiker313]

Robert Reich: "People who are associated with the right, talk the language that is most conducive to the rich getting richer." I've often asked myself why this is. It's a big and important question that we, on the left, need to answer. Why would half of our country vote to literally screw themselves over? I would love to hear what other people here think on this question...

[@DebraDay-p4z]

Well, I don't know how true it is, but a lot of people think that Dems have more education and better pay, and think Repubs are the opposite.( I say that's a class issue, not a party issue.) Clearly those with less education haven't had as much school time to learn thinking skills (not that schools actually teach it, but with more years in school, you have enough time and exposure to new ideas, people, and problems to kind of figure at least a little of it out by yourself. Less education also means less vocabulary, so anyone that talks at the same level is regarded as trustworthy. Trump has often said that people will believe anything, if you say it often enough, and that's especially true if you have less education. The world is drowning you in things you don't understand. But you keep getting poorer, and it seems like everyone is beating you down. Then along comes Trump, the master manipulator with no heart. He speaks at their education level, hammers on their fears (including the the evil, Dem vermin, convinces them he's their only hope. He doesn't mention that the tax cuts are for the wealthy, so they assume it's for them

[@rudigazortipek2987]

Robert my brother! THANK YOU!!! Tell it mutha!

[@debrak2010]

I appreciate so much the question of why Medicare for everyone is called ideological or radical when it makes perfect sense. We need more discussions like this, and hoping everyone is listening. Thank you all!

[@christmassnow1972]

Because Corporate Media and the rich spread those lies and the ignorant in this country believe it.

[@MrTomad51]

Money and funders are the modern day constituents; thanks to Citizens United.

[@Frisbieinstein]

Praise Biden's bold anti-corruption moves.

[@SchoolforHackers]

We have one weapon. Stop buying their shit. #JustStopBuying!

[@jdcharlwood]

Mencius said that the first impulse of anyone seeing a child heading towards a well would be to stop them. He argued that this showed that people were innately good rather than bad.

[@molliebowling7029]

I think we as humans have a biological imperative to support children until such a time as they reach an age of personal responsibility. That is why we respond with caring towards someone who has the features of youth and not so much when that same person grows to adulthood. This is our biology, instinct, it is not goodness. Young children are vulnerable to everything and humans require a long time to invest in getting them to adulthood. So we have an instinct to try to preserve the safety of those young children. Don't mistake it for any kind of inhehrant goodness though. We are subconsciously working to preserve humanity as a whole. That's it.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

All I know is I like smart people like these folks in this conversation here. Thank you, Dr. Reich!

[@chrisrhodes2]

If Democrats were to move to the center that would mean moving to their left. They're a right of center party and GOP is a far right party

[@danielhutchinson6604]

Reich shoulda been a Politician?

[@Nemesisnxt]

😂

[@Likeaworm]

Trump has officially broken the brains of millions.

[@thomasdonovan3580]

There’s only one party, duopoly.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

Nonsense

[@ajdoerig]

It's a deep misery we observe in the US ...

[@bluepond]

The rich does not benefit from the common good.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

12 of the last 16 years, no progress was made.

[@bobiel9048]

“Quantity has a quality all its own.” ― Joseph Stalin When will the US government start to work for the majority of people, not for the minority?

[@shaggydayshorseshow9567]

With so many means of communicating to the citizenry these days, it takes a huge amount of money to get elected - money to present a candidate's policies, and money to fight the disinformation from their opposition. Any candidate who speaks out against the already-monied _will be outspent_ That effect became blatant once we were handed the decision in Citizens United.

[@lreyla]

The cruelty and corruption are the point for both parties

[@bobiel9048]

Recall Citizens United.

[@joseblanco1033]

Mexico had the same problem as the USA and maybe even worse, until AMLO came along and changed the Mexican system. México had a peaceful revolution.

[@edwardwood3622]

LOL, “handmaidens”. Just think about what he said there. Two thumbs up for that devastating insult being slipped in there.👍👍

[@oscar.p3214]

Why do we keep getting tricked into “ fixing” the system from inside Rather than tearing down an unjust system.

[@mikegrabarek7312]

Wow! I've never heard your perspective before, and believe it will be game-changing if we can shift the conversation to the "elephant in the living room."

[@williamfrazier4797]

The social contract is broken. The most obvious example of this is the lack of non profit and universal government healthcare.

[@ace-zq8pm]

The economy isn't working because the govt is way too big !!! "The more corrupt the state, the greater the enumeration of laws" - Tacitus Annals of Imperial Rome

[@christopherking9338]

Had enough of idiots who are behind in their Porsche payments. 😡😡😡

[@lovingmylifeasIage6741]

This is so true

[@JoeL-zb1yd]

Corrct. "What's the center between democracy and fascism."

[@bothpartiesaretraitors4021]

Both parties are far right.

[@jojolouis]

@@bothpartiesaretraitors4021 That's an over simplification. You could say they have both been corrupted by money (thanks to the su******eme court) but then you should know that democrats have been trying to have laws voted to force transparency over dark money but it was rejected by one party every time (guess which?). And then there's degrees: both corrupted yes but to the same extent? Try this on youtube "The 10 tactics of f******m | Jason Stanley | Big Think for an explanation of "it" (sorry about the ***** but KZbin keeps deleting my answer

[@BurroGirl]

What the heck is the difference between "working class" and "middle class" - I'm middle class and I've been working simce I graduated college!!!

[@SixStringHarmonies]

Not all working class people are middle class. Most are "lower" class; economically, of course. No one on social security can afford to be "middle class", for example. The "middle class" is disintegrating and being replaced by a two-tiered economic caste system.

[@chrisrhodes2]

A lot of people in the upper 10-20% call themselves "middle class" when that income bracket is actually upper class

[@BurroGirl]

@@SixStringHarmonies thanks for reply. Maybe the name "working class" needs to be changed to "lower income".

[@BurroGirl]

@@chrisrhodes2 thanks for reply.

[@grmpEqweer]

If you work for someone else and receive wages, you're working class. "Middle Class" was created to divide labor against each other. Just like racism and sexism. ...If we're divided, we're fighting each other, not the few people vacuuming up the wealth.

[@sheila.labauvelabauve150]

Money 😢

[@alankorce3435]

ralph Nader said the same things 25 years ago. We are pawns and victims.

[@barbarawernig6347]

It was him, Robert Reich!!

[@hobarttobor686]

Robert Reich - wake up dude, your party spent 3 times what Trump spent, where did they get it?

[@HOHLfmly]

That is not true Dems reported Reps did not!

[@abe7759]

Reichs spot on!

[@GrampsLameChannel]

Jan 18 th. Sons of liberty, Washington Monument I hope your researching… I’m proud of you all. I need to go back on the road commercial to pay the bills. God bless. PRESS ON!

[@DarkFlamesDarkness]

If people do nothing nothing will get better

[@hooplawithbilliesue8143]

Thanks

[@gordienj]

Somehow Buckminster Fuller had ideas that speak about working on things which interested them the most (although he might have been speaking about productivity). I wish I was younger so that I could fit in with an attempt to work at the village level where ones work could have more value before a business leader could skim off of the top. I don't know what kind of ism I'm referring to - a group could build most everything it needed.

[@bbhalstead]

Think of what a great country this would be, if we had a talk based economy where everyone just talks

[@daysofourtime]

Libs wouldn't accept the math.

[@DarkFlamesDarkness]

There are more books on that shelf than the average american has read these days

[@richpomanFU]

Politicians are the beneficiaries of all this BS. You cant really say one party is better than the other. They are the same BS. This guy forgot about "NGO" "Not for Profit" organizations who have all kinds of cash for lobbyists. This guy makes some good points but is overlooking a huge chunk of the problem.

[@stevenbolinger5176]

Go to any airport, ball game, and/or resort area and you will see that all of them are full to the brim - people have plenty of money to purchase leisure goods - there is no problem with the economy. The problems are the racial divide and the class system...

[@RichardDeLaurell]

Professor Reich, not two months ago, was part of that group of supporters touting the "strong" economy created by the current administration; now, with the same administration still in office, "the economy is not working"; the USA's biggest problem might be reliance on windsock experts and politicians; let the people vote on policy, not personality

[@GordonKley-nz4qm]

You can’t give away money and expect prosperity. Spending does not equal wealth. Instead of helping people by cutting credit card interest or enforcing immigration laws the government has done its best to tax and inflate.

[@Singlesix6]

We aren't making up excuses, we're just pointing out Democratic Party lies.

[@stogies3]

Unfortunately Mr.Reich is one of the problems we have with his constant scaremongering and labelling the other side as fascist while claiming he doesn’t know where the middle or center is.

[@SantosValario]

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[@SantosValario]

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[@ColeHauser-u2u]

Her name rings a bell; I've encountered it multiple times, usually associated with stories of her trading achievements. She deserves a lot of credit.

[@runmarkrunheinrich]

Imagine a 20 lb salmon with 20 lbs of lampreys sucking on it. That might give a bit of an idea why things suck. The rent collectors and middlemen our at the apex defining the system.

[@tonyjones1560]

Want to know why 85 million people didn't bother to vote? Here's why. At some point, on some level, it simply doesn't make sense to keep supporting "public servants" who demonstrate by actions that they couldn't care less about you if you're not rich...

[@ViceCoin]

The economy works fine, unless you are a low wage worker, or on a fixed income.

[@HOHLfmly]

It all benefits, the rich keeps us biting at the bottom

[@cassiusle]

He fails to mention that infinite population growth (driven by immigration) is part of the neoliberal problem which suppresses wages.

[@Spectre2434]

The special interest to groups control the government.

[@jacktripper5911]

Justifying Every Wrong Systematically, then c^pitalizing on it.

[@andrewpierce1588]

They’re not talking about corruption because they are taking part, Professor. You tend not to implicate yourself if you know better.

[@harveypost7799]

The economy forgot

[@jenna2431]

You can't ride a bike if somebody shoved a stick in the spokes.

[@gdavidelliott]

Here's what RR really means; Common good is often associated with collectivism, which is a fundamental attribute of socialism. The right holds dear the principles of liberty and individual freedoms. When the common good violates a person's liberties then it is no longer aligned with the good of the American people as a whole, only those who subscribe to the dogma of the party.

[@veronicareitherreese6671]

The right does NOT hold dear the principles of liberty and individual freedoms. Exhibit 1: abortion Exhibit 2: birth control Exhibit 3: voting rights Abortion is a personal decision, yet the government, who has no medical knowledge, has chosen to impose itself in the doctors' offices and ERs. The church gets to decide for ALL of us when "life begins" and removes our choice to family planning. Why does some random person that I don't know get to remove my name from the voting rolls? Why isn't the government verifying this information and notifying me when my name is removed?

[@erock736]

Both sides are taking payouts. Why do you think everyone in Washington is getting rich off moderate yearly salaries? Duh!

[@DebraDay-p4z]

Yeah, but the problem is that if you have way less money to run your campaign, and the other party still takes the payoffs, their campaign will slaughter yours. I've read that many billionaires also make a sport of betting which candidate will win. Sickening.

[@TheFaSide]

Two Wings Of The Same Leprous Eagle

[@tomcaron9113]

Time to retire Rob! You get things wrong most is the time!

[@marccampbellsr1085]

" Bidenomics " - Paying significantly more money for a lesser quantity of lesser quality goods packaged in a resealable package that doesn't reseal ... " Bidenomics "

[@edprotas4148]

And where was the voice of Robert Reich when Bernie Sanders was running for the Dem nonination(s)?

[@robertcaldwell7571]

Nothing like talk to the inside man. What a joke

[@clifford7594]

Robert One Note.

[@manhandler]

Elon Musk makes $5million a hour. And thats a low ball figure. Tell me how he's an average man and why he deserves that money for all his hard work even while he sleeps.

[@victoryfirst2878]

WHEN YOU WERE IN OFFICE ROBERT YOU DO NOTHING MUCH AT ALL. NOW HE IS A KZbin STAR...... TRATOR TO SAY THE LEAST...

[@clarencethompson2707]

Robert Reich the economy is not working that's one of the reasons KAMALAIR LOST.

[@oldkarate]

The solution is probably at hand, and it won't be pretty. Income inequality eventually leads to financial failure in the banking system when bank customers become unable to pay back their loans. This happened in the 1920s and will happen again very soon. At the beginning of the 1930s depression we did have competent people in government (even if their ideas were out of step with events). We're about to get a president and his cabinet operating at the intellectual level of grade schoolers. Now how is that going to work out?

[@animalfarm7467]

Why isn't the economy working (for the majority)? Because people like Reich in his role as Secretary of Labor under Clinton (1993 - 1997) gave us NAFTA (1994). The promised "service" economy works for the wealthy as finance is mostly "service" (paper shuffling), but for the majority it was a disaster and must inevitably fail. Surely Reich knew that his involvement in exporting jobs overseas would lead to this disaster. So why the sudden honesty; is it purely ego driven?

[@GrampsLameChannel]

Jan 18

[@wthomas5697]

Biden was an extremely poor communicator. Which is unfortunate.

[@CP-rc9sw]

Try listening to Elizabeth Warren.

[@timothyluckey5020]

Just thank Joe Biden!

[@jamestaylor7226]

We have a fascist system, where corporations & government have worked together for decades now to drive small business out of business threw regulation, eliminating competition for the big corporations & making it imposible for the little guy to compete, Obama drove the car battery refurbishers out of business for instance and car batteries went from 20$ to 75$ in short order, raising prices on things we have to buy raises GDP without any need to actually do anything, while making us all poorer, after 2 decades + of this, yes our economy is no longer working very well. the fix is to deregulate small business & give them a big advantage over corporations & let us fix the economy & work our way out & force big business to actually innovate thier way to big profits, instead of paying the government to strong arm thier competition out of business.

[@preeyakumari-i2q]

Buying back your on stock should be illegal again !

[@carolynknott2054]

So republicans feed the dems? Looks like it

[@VintageSoloHarmony]

What is the “good”? Ans: health, wealth, beauty, forms of justice and freedom, friendship and sociability, pleasure and happiness. This has been known about as long as Pythagoras theorem and it is equally true. Each element of the good is only good up to a point, no extremes. Now design policies that create a reasonable mixture and distribution or balance. Left vs Right boils down to difference of emphasis on selected elements. That what it means and you can read it in a 2020 book by Alan E Singer.