Slowly. Then All At Once.

[@JG-wz8xx]

This is Atrioc in peak form. The whole episode was so good, great presentation and editing.

[@capitanwalrus6866]

4:36

[@Ka_chi1]

​@@capitanwalrus6866shhh

[@silviup]

@@capitanwalrus6866 I wanted to say the exact same thing

[@xerael4659]

Nah, there was no Monkey Ball sea shanties. It's far from peak form.

[@LemonSherpa]

This was an absolute feast of coffee and glizzies

[@celestialwaffle1491]

If Big A is right about all this, he's never gonna let us hear the end of it.

[@DNeonLamp]

Man's gonna write and star in his own version of The Big Short, but with less witty satirizing and more laughing at his own jokes.

[@thecluckster3908]

I mean with how many times he loses it’s good that he’s getting a win for a change

[@mrobama1897]

That's what I fear more than the actual recession

[@markuskoivisto]

He is right. It’s just a question of how bad it’s going to get.

[@qbertrules4394]

he'll be right... eventually. the issue is when. the market is up 25% in last year and 90% in last 5 years. eventually there will be a crash, but maybe its in another 5 yrs after another 100% gain

[@Cmanorange]

"we're" in a recession?? speak for yourself old man, my money UP!!!! (i am committing open wire fraud)

[@PointsofData]

Based, what's your book?

[@sleep3417]

Do you have a TikTok where you post videos of it?

[@g.b.1532]

🧐📸

[@a-mb3wl]

BASED

[@UriGerhard]

Fools don't even know about this crazy new bank exploit (I am committing check fraud for the third time)

[@Staymare]

In Canada, over 90% of our job growth has been government jobs. The small company I work for does surveys for power companies, mines, oil and gas, and other industrial ventures. We are usually booked full and we've been sitting in the office the entire month of August. I know one utility company that is opting out of mandated infrastructure surveys for cost purposes. Canada is in a full recession, the institutions just will not admit it

[@jamien7049]

I'm a public servant in one of the GoC's biggest departments. We're in a budget freeze right now, and not only are we not hiring to fill roles, but we aren't backfilling. The PS wants to lose 5000 public servants through attrition in the next few years, Return to Office for 3 days a week for groups like IT who haven't been in office since even before the pandemic may push even more towards the private sector if they can find jobs. There are rumours we'll be getting workforce adjustments soon and if the conservatives win in 2025 they might aim to cull more and switch the pension from a defined benefit pension to a defined contribution retirement. Not saying you're wrong at all, the PS ballooned during COVID for a lot of reasons, the PS needed to transition to working digitally, it offered more services, the government spent a lot of money and needed people to manage that. It's just that it won't stay for long.

[@Seawiiplay]

I'm not PS but the company I work for has the GoC as it's sole client... Luckily since we are nuclear it's been nothing but budget miracles for 2025 but that may change in 2026 if the public sector goes down

[@aceplay100]

​@@jamien7049I'm a recent summer student hire for GOC and can confirm that for my team, it's pretty lean and other groups aren't hiring entry positions in the same numbers anymore. I barely got in and was picked out of a random inventory I forgot I applied to last October/November... RTO is especially screwing with my co-workers who got hired 2020 for remote and live in small towns with a long car commute to the next office.😅

[@yeeaight9990]

⁠@@jamien7049Oh boy you have no idea how much I feel you, I work for the CRA and I’m 95% certain you do too ahaha. Let’s just hope they are no actual forced cuts on contracts and that they only wish for people to leave by themselves..

[@dereksbooks]

The media will admit that Canada is a disaster economically once their preferred political party loses next fall. The same will happen this winter in America.

[@ChaoticOccasus]

Hands down one of the best presentations Atrioc has given. I've been looking forward to the edited MM version!

[@jackattack347]

@@DerekS-kq3zhthey'll have this eureka moment and still vote kamala anyways as if she wasn't part of this flunk of a presidency

[@maxwellreichart3797]

@@DerekS-kq3zhtrump did that but even worse lmao

[@Meddemmmmmmm]

I mean even the guy applying to 1000 jobs with a bot and only getting 50 interviews tells you everything you need to know about the job market right now.

[@IsitFridayalready-r6c]

Not just that they're applying automatically, but the Reddit post also said the CVs are custom-tailored to each job opening.

[@pedi-kun3978]

5% success rate that's quite bad

[@andrewbillings198]

Fr

[@interstellarsurfer]

​@@pedi-kun39780% success rate -- 50 interviews and no employment.

[@DaBlaccGhost]

So you're saying it was not a great move to buy a corvette this year?! 😢

[@ims1n]

The whole opening of this video reminds me that one of the best places to look for economic turmoil is strip clubs. If the club is doing well, usually the economy is too. If the clubs doing poor, usually its because wealthy to middle class business men don't have money to blow. Strippers, Escorts, and Club owners usually have good insight to the economy as odd as it sounds. Opposite to that, grocery stores usually do better in recession than not. Even while other food services being to struggle. But there are key signs inside grocery stores that certain things are going terribly wrong. Key items that maybe sold well, that suddenly stop: pizza, meat, sweets, etc. usually because people are having to make hard decisions on what they want and need. Sales on canned goods, ramen, and ziploc bags go up. Food stamp eligible items tend to sell more. Thefts of items like alcohol, makeup, baby food, condoms, coffee and more are also great insights in grocery stores. There are loads of ways to realize if we're in or heading into recession long before the treasury says so. Most of them sitting right in front of you. You don't have to be reliant on understanding the housing market. Or be familiar with stock market trends. Or reliance on news sources or political officials to tell you. You just have to be willing to look in the wrong places.

[@scouthatesrainbows]

What a fantastic and genuinely useful comment

[@sugabopp]

i mean just looking around my community and talking to friends and family, almost no one is doing considerably well financially. my mother has spent weeks sifting thru ghost jobs in hopes of even getting a response back, rent has gotten so expensive that living by yourself isnt in consideration anymore (even hundreds of houses are sitting empty), the prices of items are only increasing and the size of the product gets smaller, etc. when the condition of everything around you is degrading, but the govt is telling you its supposed to be all sunshine and rainbows, you really run out of things you can control to blame it on

[@PointsofData]

How are we supposed to know the sale metrics of stores and whether a business is struggling, when they are unlikely to announce they are struggling?

[@ims1n]

@@PointsofData man if only they posted quarterly reports or something.

[@ponz_s]

@@ims1n Ah yes, let me go look at the local strip club's quarterly earnings report

[@ericolivier1271]

As a junior civil engineer I just want to add onto the graph at 8:15 - the biggest clients for civil is often various levels of government because they're the big backers for infrastructure development. Comparing civil to other engineering disciplines is a useful measure for the relative strength of public vs. private sector jobs within an industry. That doesn't mean civil is immune to the same problems though, as the industry is also seeing sporadic layoffs and a general malaise around hiring (although this might just be region specific)

[@GAHAHAHH]

Probably the most respectable form of engineering. A sincere "good for you man" from me. Hopefully you can keep your job.

[@VolanWark]

Yeah, as another Civ E here, most of the people I went to school with work for the federal or state government. And those who went to private firms do most of their work for different municipalities

[@ComfortableTool86]

I work as an accountant at an engineering firm and that makes a lot of sense, most of our work is civil and most of our big clients are government. Funny, because most of my friends took electrical engineering and looked down on civil during university

[@VolanWark]

@@ComfortableTool86 Civil is definitely near the bottom of the totem pole in university, atleast as far as perception among the students. Great work, just how the stereotypes work out

[@awsomelife101]

real. just graduated in may and got a job in structural engineering at a transportation infrastructure firm despite only sending like 20 job applications. many of my friends are struggling to land jobs/had to send out hundreds of applications to get one

[@BlinkrBanana]

One of my favorite marketing Mondays you’ve done I sent the vod to a couple friends of mine and they really enjoyed it

[@electron6825]

Humble brag about having friends

[@Michael-pi8ps]

Fun fact: Washington DC and nearby parts of Virginia and Maryland, are some of the most recession proof areas to live in. This is because the vast majority of us have government jobs

[@henlo1910]

Yaaaaay prices will stay high no matter what yipeeeeeeee!!!

[@404schmoozernotfound]

ugh i have an interview for one soon and now im nervous

[@tomlxyz]

​@@henlo1910why did you write that as response

[@Angels510]

The only thing the government loves to bail out more than banks is itself

[@CommanderLost]

This is why I sell windows and doors in the area. Six-figure job that's basically recession proof.

[@jeffrywinkle2008]

The island you referenced in Florida at 11:25 is fort Myers Beach, I grew up there my whole life. Everything is for sale partially from the housing market, but mostly because we got hit with a category five hurricane (Ian) two years ago that completely destroyed the island. Most of those properties for sale are empty lots and people that cannot afford to rebuild under the new codes that the city is enforcing.

[@plebiain]

This is a very insightful comment, I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention

[@brandonscott9]

This is corrext

[@redkaufman892]

That is still a problem because why is a vacant lot 3 million dollars

[@brandonscott9]

@@redkaufman892it’s literally on the beach. It’s beachfront property. It’ll eventually sell to a commercial property. Used to be mom and pop shops without insurance and some cheaper housing

[@redkaufman892]

@@brandonscott9 it’s gonna be underwater in a decade no one will buy it let alone for that much. The mom and pop shop owners will either need the government to buy it from them or write it off as a total loss. That is still a problem with the real estate market

[@justjuniorjaw]

24:35 I wish you the best. Cold closing line.

[@tankeruber1337]

Apocalyptic, truly

[@raulgonzalez8939]

that sent shivers let me tell you

[@Jc3Films]

All in on red tonight

[@1Fresh_Water]

May the odds be ever in your favor

[@cholocco2831]

I thought this was that “I fell in love like you fall asleep” quote

[@Wally_MD]

I can't believe Hemingway plagiarized John Green.

[@norwegiansmores811]

1:41 it was obvious when bidet was hiding in his basement not campaigning at all. yes he got older in the 4 years of his fake term and that has zero impact on the fact that he was GONE back even then. another (un-debunked) conspiracy theory that proveiled.

[@kylen6430]

@@Wally_MDlol

[@dextersummers8381]

tbf, Hemingway actually said "Gradually, then suddenly" rather than Green's slightly different and a little more poetic "Slowly, then all at once"

[@kylen6430]

@@dextersummers8381 and green wrote several decades later

[@jesszendrex2151]

who are the Floridians going to sell their houses to? Aquaman?!

[@bigworm5024]

The newly imported citizens, perhaps.

[@MrMurica]

Legendary reference

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

​@@bigworm5024 News flash, they're poorer than us. We're basically importing more of the working poor.

[@mustangnawt1]

Come on, we don’t all live by the sea. I don’t even live in a flood zone. But can’t find homeowners so…touché

[@matheussanthiago9685]

​@@mustangnawt1 "we don't all live by the sea" You will

[@melogranohifi]

I think you mixed up two different quotes? The Hemingway quote from The Sun Also Rises is "Gradually and then suddenly", talking about bankruptcy. "Slowly, and then all at once" is by John Green, it's about how a character in The Fault In Our Stars fell in love.

[@bizarreaccident8934]

Lol that’s pretty funny how similar they are

[@pithlyx]

Common John Green W

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

​@@pithlyx I can't believe he is a brother of the legendary Hank Green.

[@lachlankidd6517]

"Gradually, then suddenly" is the correct quote, but "slowly, then all at once" has been a fairly common misquote of Hemingway since at least 2005. So more likely a case of John Green being inspired by that quote too considering his literary background.

[@melogranohifi]

@@lachlankidd6517 I believe there’s a video out there of John Green describing how he “came up” with that line. I think it’s one of those cases of soft plagiarism where he read the Hemingway line and it sat in a corner of his brain until he basically regurgitated it without realizing it wasn’t original.

[@magi4020]

As a student of Economics (currently looking to get my masters) and an employee in a big university, one of the most enlightening and disturbing things I've learned is how inaccurate and fucked our economic indicators are that constantly get brought up as talking points by politicians. For example, the way we calculate unemployment was initially invented by a NYC mayor that excluded swathes of people because they hadn't looked for a job in the last 6 months, were disabled, etc. It was literally skewed so he can utilize it in his reelection and that framework was later adopted (with some minor modifications) by the Feds in the 1930's and is looked at as a gold standard. Other indicators that we really need in society like Labor compensation per hour worked and rent/mortgage to income ratio are woefully neglected but reveal the bleak truth average Americans feel; overworked and underpaid, unable to provide basic necessities for themselves and their loved ones. Me and my 2 roommates make just about the average income for our area and we barely get by living in a ratty ass apartment. All this yapping aside, I just want to scream out to the world that the numbers and economic buzz words thrown around by politicians and leaders are literally useless for the vast majority of people and I hope that we can move past the smoke and mirrors.

[@scrungus483]

Dawg. “Looking to get my masters” is not a credential you should ever list. Lmfao

[@magi4020]

​@@scrungus483 it’s not a credential I list, it’s what I put in a KZbin comment bc I’m in school for it rn and I wanted to share lmao. Do you really think I want to impress some random commenter like I'm applying for a job? Touch grass lil bro

[@meirl5700]

@@magi4020 I start the final year of my economic undergrad this year and I have no fucking clue what to do after; since when I finish we’re gonna be in the next recession so how am I meant to get a trainee job when no one is hiring (not that the careers service at my university has helped in explaining what jobs I can actually apply for and not get instantly denied)

[@magi4020]

@@meirl5700 I feel you, I was in that exact same position when I completed my undergrad. Admittidly, I got very lucky but my best advice is to make connections. Regardless of your field, that is unfortunately what matters most. I worked for the university in a field that I thought had nothing to do with what I studied but I got a full-time job in that dept and have been hear for a few years now and they give me free credit hours as a part of my employment. It doesn't have to be uni connections, but anywhere you have a foot in.

[@Fr00stee]

the DOJ is currently suing realpage which is a company that forces landlords to fix prices at the amount realpage wants, killing the renting market and driving up rent by huge amounts

[@thecoomer6574]

4:37 atriocs joe biden intro was so long he got into character

[@emperesque1218]

I love graduating from university into a recession RAHHHH🔥🗣️💯

[@reggislowgas993]

Hell yeah brother i can't WAIT

[@Keniisu]

We’re so cooked 😭

[@RD-io6sm]

For the vast majority, my personal growth has been stunted since 2018. I came out of a deep depression in 2020, and then this whole chain of world events unfolded. Now my depression is back because I can't seem to get ahead in this economy.

[@dragontears]

Did that in 07-08. Honestly, like Atrioc said, growth is in government work. Try to get into a city/county position if you can manage it. Safe and full benefits

[@vayate1234]

@@RD-io6sm Covid was a Shock followed by a volatile energy market because of Putin's war. Shit happens and it takes time to balance itself out again. If the Republicans don't get back into power again because then you're done for. Trump's tariffs and the upcoming next tax cut for the ruling class shall we say will be great for them. Even when the economy implodes like it has done under every Republican president in the last 3 decades.

[@sugabopp]

ghost jobs should be illegal. literal false advertising. if youre a major company you have the resources to close out applications when you get new hires, a mom-pop shop could do that

[@Palozon]

The dude in all caps at the end saying "SELL YOUR HOUSE AND LIVE IN YOUR CAR" was _not_ paying attention to the real estate part of the stream.

[@ipohertroyanov464]

Well it's not like it looked like you could sell it for higher prices than now

[@CriticalKunic]

Here's another issue for Florida home sellers that's not being reported on: HOAs, some run by very large corporations, are starting to be delinquent in their handling of HOA funds. I'm trying to sell in a neighborhood that has raised its HOA fee from $275 to $450 since 2020. But they didn't report the increase to the government (probably to save on taxes), and now it's impossible to get a loan as a buyer in my neighborhood. It's making the home selling issue way, way worse, even for buyers.

[@MrUltimatePCgamer]

Is the reason it’s hard to get a loan in the neighbourhood because the HOA got found out and got blacklisted?

[@CriticalKunic]

@@MrUltimatePCgamer the government is investigating them now and have paused loan approval for hundreds of homes in my area. My understanding is that we’re not the only community impacted by this.

[@courier6960]

HOA’s are bad enough, living under one that’s a corporation sounds even worse 🤮

[@MrUltimatePCgamer]

@@CriticalKunic That’s terrifying, hope it resolves. Insane that innocents like you are allowed to be impacted

[@jacklelievre3138]

I SKIBIDI WITH WHO JOE?!?! 1:11

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Omg I heard it too

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

Fucking Aquaman?

[@3dTank]

This is such an important video. The level of financial gaslighting going on right now is insane. And in a few years, we'll have people saying how it was obvious in hindsight, while the same people were insisting that we need to keep buying at inflated all time highs because number only go up.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

We love in a post truth civilization, telling the truth is not just frowned on, it's punished, here we are

[@liamkeating1793]

Man honestly I feel like these videos are one of the few ways I can get a real feel for the truth of the markets - keep up the good work!

[@lwardrop2453]

With how corporate companies are using AI to “sweeten deals”, it’s starting to look like we’re going beyond “Dead Internet Theory” (where most of the content and interactions online are made by programs and not humans to the point where program interacters are reacting to content made by program creators): We’re going to have “Dead Market Theory”. A lot of the market choices not being made from data off of actual people, but from programs mimicking consumers and providers!

[@lwardrop2453]

What I’m thinking is that eventually this “Dead Market” of the “Dead Market Theory” is going to make it impossible to apply for jobs online, create job listings online, and set reasonable prices for items online, because all of them are going to be at the mercy of program algorithms with their own dubious goals. We might end up with online markets where everything looks peachy-keen to companies and investors, while the common people who have been practically replaced by algorithms may be able to sneak away while the companies aren’t looking (but the poor suckers who are relying on those online market indicators are going to be left behind using junk data if no one can convince them to stop using the markers that come from the internet).

[@fujinshu]

@@lwardrop2453 Will this mean that we have to actually find jobs IN REAL LIFE?!

[@courier6960]

Honestly lump in “dead workplace” theory to that nowadays too, due to modern technology most white collar jobs are 15-20% real work, and the other 85-80% is just nonsense to fill time due to how the workweek is structured

[@lwardrop2453]

@courier6960 Exactly. I didn’t specifically mention a “Dead Workplace”, but that’s definitely part of the “Dead Market” puzzle.

[@biosupdate7449]

2030: dead earth theory

[@samplesmile]

I know this is a John Green quote but my mind immediately went to the Jon Bois Dave Steib documentary 💀

[@Itsme0F]

Love jon bois

[@colemilz]

The Dave Steib documentary is so well done. I might need to rewatch it now

[@heyitsnobody]

Time to rewatch that video I guess.

[@coltengerloff2173]

Based

[@Yopiwastaken]

bro it's a Ernest Hemingway quote he literally shows it in the video

[@naute2day]

This video is like watching The Big Short again, but this time it's happening in real time.

[@BilllyButton]

Not going to lie, this was the first marketing monday that made me so anxious about the economy.

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

Dude, I've been anxious since I got laid off in 2017. I've only been living with minimum expenses and only renting while bouncing around the State. Anyway, welcome to the club, dude.

[@fokare692]

@@DerekS-kq3zhWhat exactly did he do to cause a recession?

[@Currynord]

@@DerekS-kq3zhhow about CHIPS, BBB, domestic drilling and manufacturing permits? None of those factor into your little equation? Joint Economic Committee indicates that domestic manufacturing jobs increased under Biden.

[@fokare692]

@@DerekS-kq3zh 1. Imma need a source for this because I cannot find that anywhere. 2 i can also not find anywhere but if it was that would be a good thing for the economy, especially high skill immigrants but all are good. 3. Inflation is down massively sooo 4. Just a general virtue signal 🥱🥱🥱

[@jakefromstatefarm6969]

​@@fokare692inflation being down doesn't mean that prices are back to where they were. If wages don't keep up with inflation, which they don't, things are more unaffordable now than ever. Most immigrants are not high skill workers, and they may be good for corporate profits, but they aren't good for native blue collar workers who are being priced out. How is it a good thing that corporations have a group they can exploit even harder?

[@zandermartin3445]

Ahhh, the story of Brandon “The Glarketers” life

[@bleakstuff]

Loved that whole part about marketing and stuff. Timeless classic. I will show this to my kids on the day they are born and the day they die.

[@electron6825]

Same day?

[@AshkanKiani]

comment template for not even watching the video

[@fernando4959]

only in those two days, not any other

[@CountingStars333]

You hopefully won't outlive your kids.

[@TotalElipse]

The Hemingway quote is “Gradually, then suddenly”, “Slowly. Then All At Once” is John Green lol

[@blu-rae864]

Same words different day

[@fakeplaystore7991]

John Green is a bonafide cuck and should be ignored by everyone.

[@samh2340]

As someone with two jobs, I promise that "unemployment" is not a good stand-alone measure of how good an economy is doing. My finances are fucked because I don't make nearly enough money to keep up with cost of living. But I'm still employed. This is the same for 90% of my friends and family.

[@WildFungus]

bro fake news, food doesn't count toward the inflation index any more, they changed it. man up. :D

[@testacals]

@@WildFungus wait really ? LMAO.

[@WildFungus]

@@testacals yes quite really, its terribad over there.

[@dkis8730]

​@@WildFungus I live by myself, and cook and buy food responsibly, not many snacks, mainly base food products I can cook at Walmart. I somehow spend $100+ every week??? This is in South Texas where COL is fairly low I feel like. Like there's memes about grocery store prices, but this shit isn't even a joke anymore. Buying basic ass shit for groceries should never feel like a financial burden

[@WildFungus]

@@dkis8730 yes, I was being facetious as eliminating essential goods from the cpi to say inflation is not happening when the groceries have gone up 2 to 300% in the past 4 years, I thought would be clearly bullshit being done by the fed to pretend there isn't a problem. Its like the RV thing oh RV sales are up, no people are living in them they're cheaper than houses and no property tax. it's allready bad they're not a sign it's going to get bad, it's the SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH play. Anyway hopefully things turn around for you.

[@yankeedoodle1194]

I left my job Nov 23'(gig work, end of contract), got back into school and returned to the job search. After sending out likely close to 300 resumes, and being ghosted by nearly all of them, I quickly realized something might be off.

[@BlueHasAppeared]

I fucking grew up in Lee county i never thought id hear the place i grew up in being talked about in a video like this what a wild ride

[@MrRhoidRage]

Same lol

[@justjuniorjaw]

Everything. Everywhere. All at once.

[@sempervelox]

Great movie

[@CalamityBaird]

@@sempervelox hard disagree

[@Tyc9909]

@@CalamityBairdedgy contrarian spotted

[@zalooooo]

Things may get worse but the question is how bad? Unlike the GFC, our banks are properly capitalized and there's no powder keg in MBS / CDOs / other toxic assets that can be difficult to unwind during a downturn, unless there's something lurking under the surface that we havent seen yet. Example with the recent SVB bank run which was relatively self contained. The Fed and other regulators have put a lot of work into ensuring we don't have the same kind of financial contagion that spills from Wall Street to Main Street again and I'm hoping that their efforts were successful. That being said, I mostly agree with everything Big A is saying

[@gabe5868]

A quote from @ESP-23, "We must not ignore the inconvenient truth of Big A's multiple Biden moments during Marketing Monday. He might be getting too old to stream." We must acknowledge this.

[@GEM4sta]

He's sharp as a tack, do not worry

[@biosupdate7449]

@@GEM4stahe’s on fire, he’s ready to go

[@RichHeart89]

The Bezos clip is really a hard agree. At my job we say ”You get what you measure” because in the past someone thought it was a good quality indicator to track the amount of Hotfixes made to our product. Which obviously meant that people weren’t very keen on fixing bugs fast because the metrics were kinda punitive like that. So fixes were made, but mostly like ”well the next update is in two weeks, well manage”

[@frozenepsilon5295]

I know we are in a recession because I’m looking to make nearly 6 figures this year and I’m worried about paying rent. I was living more comfortably with half the salary 2 years ago

[@HStorm26]

I think some of the biggest issues big A points out at the beginning of the video are also because saying "we're in a recession" is bad for the economy. As soon as someone cracks and admits we're here, it's going to lead to another dip, and nobody wants to be responsible for that.

[@ViewOf]

Jup, you can clearly see how desperate shareholders are getting now, at basically any company. The general expectation, that everything will go up forever is based on more money in the stock market. That can obviously not grow indefinitely. It has until now, because it was less popular in the past, but now people are retiring and taking money out of the stock market, which will lead to the line not going up anymore, but shareholders want line to go up, so they change CEOs, fire large amounts of the workforce and start union busting and replacing with AI, until nobody is there to buy products anymore. They released a free TV! TVs are cheap! Why? So people can watch ads constantly? What is someone gonna buy, who can't afford a TV in 2024? Why does no one else notice this nonsense? I am going insane!

[@courier6960]

The transition to fiat currency has had disastrous impacts on society. People have been saying that money doesn’t feel real anymore, and they’re right - they just haven’t been able to fully realize why until now with how bad inflation and spending has gotten.

[@fokare692]

⁠​⁠@@courier6960Do you know what The Great Inflation is? Covid and beyond is nothing compared to the 70s.

[@a-mf4ls]

I could watch your vids all day!

[@hughcafritz3997]

Just moved to LA struggling to find my place and I gotta say your content and streams make it a little less lonely out here! Thanks you!

[@redgehenna4493]

tapping the "its always corporate greed" sign for the millionth time

[@unchartedchartz]

This video feels like every video from the Big A channel from the past few weeks but condensed into 25 minutes

[@Loxu69]

I remember a few months ago someone in a youtube comment was telling me "the recession wasn't real" and they'd "be able to sell their house they bought for 1 million dollars for 5 million dollars". I told him straight up you will never sell that house for even close to 5 million dollars you are in a bubble and it will pop. But I was the stupid one

[@blueguy9833]

Literally you called it. NASDAQ has fallen by over 0.5% in the past 24 hrs. Crude oil in particular has dropped nearly 2% because China decided to drastically reduce their spending on it which points to the conclusion that China may be in a worse recession than their administration has reported, which will likely spiral into global economic downturn.

[@WildFungus]

china is literally delaying having to Zero out the balance sheets and suck all the money in the nation into a black hole.

[@Blobf1sh_]

He saved my portfolio like -7% in losses I sold everything bought bank stocks and gold and utilities I’m up a +1% so far

[@testacals]

​@@WildFungus china only will feel some effect if outside countries go through something IMO.

[@WildFungus]

@@testacals why would you think that? they're in a crippling mess of monetary disfunction. like the shit you hear about is being downplayed and it's awful sounds, like 1 billion empty homes? never mind the unfinished ones. they're just building for people to invest int hem as a retirement plan but the prices are fixed. This is actually happening in Canada too just less so, and it's going to be terrible for us. China is pretending they're not going to collapse right now, but they will.

[@testacals]

@@WildFungus Because china relies on export a lot. People don't say that china is world's factory for nothing. The ghost town myth is debunked afaik. All of those houses are owned by someone. Someone being an actual person instead of some company. There was a real state bubble and the gov popped it themselves. Technically speaking all the land is owned by the gov so they can end the real state speculation issue completely if they wanted to. China has much more tools to deal with internal economical issues than any other country. "China is pretending they're not going to collapse right now, but they will." Things that only happen in your dreams

[@videoveiwer]

21:11 Missed one thing tho, “they refuse to cut spending” they’re happy to cut spending if it’s to social services or a safety net. The only thing they won’t cut is military spending

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

The way certain countries are behaving kind of retroactively justified that. Turns out if you're not thumbing the scales everyone starts invading and blocking shipping lanes. I kinda need those open or else I can't afford stuff.

[@videoveiwer]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD I can’t afford shit anyways. This is the least affordable rent, etc has been compared to min wage. Spending on military has made it exponentially worse

[@RetroRadianceLight]

@@ChucksSEADnDEADi don’t care if Jerusalem gets sacked by the collective Muslim world. I don’t care if Ukraine is forced to capitulate to Russia. I don’t care if China ends up retaking Taiwan. All I care about is worrying if I will be able to even retire in my lifetime. If being able to afford food and retire means our international allies all lose, then so be it.

[@testacals]

​@@ChucksSEADnDEAD USA isn't the good guy. They are the bully

[@testacals]

​@@RetroRadianceLightAlso, outsiders not gonna care about what you think when your country is shit.

[@clark1066]

11:50 I used to live in Lee county a couple years ago. The vast majority of homes are spread out from each other and a good amount of those are vacant. It's not a bad area to live in but it's pretty lonely.

[@carlsoll]

Can Confirm, I Grew up in Naples. Lee County is *right there*

[@LoFiAxolotl]

The big problem with the American economy is it's reliance on stock trading.... stock trading is going great right now... the economy looks amazing... the 1% is doing great.... the other 99% are fighting to justify buying bread because it's 40% more expensive than in 2019 while their wages have been stagnant... the wealth gap in the US has become so big that the economy itself is completely irrelevant.. the 99% do not feel a 3% growth... they do feel when it gets lower and suddenly they get fired so a CEO can keep getting a bigger and bigger bonus

[@shosc16]

I don’t think 99% of people are contemplating buying bread, that’s way too high. Discretionary spending is at an all time high, ie people spending on shit on amazon, entertainment, etc.

[@coconut7490]

Yeah that's why Big A call it the "K shape economy" the top 1% to 10% asset holders are doing really well with the stock market producing higher highs but the rest of the boys, the 90% ie middle class/blue collar workers are fighting for their life with rising cost of living and debt while not reaping any benefit of the market except for their retirement fund I guess. Something gotta give when one part of the population is struggling to put food on the table while the other travel around the world since the dollar is so strong from high interest rate. We will probably see Occupy Wallstreet 2.0 again when the recession happens (if we aren't in one already lol)

[@LoFiAxolotl]

@@shosc16 Ahhh the ol "if you buy less coffee at starbucks you wouldn't be poor argument" yes of course people are poor because they're just too stupid to handle money... not that the cost of living has MEASURABLY skyrocketed while wages have been stagnant except for the already ultra wealthy... it's easy to ignore reality when you put your head in the sand

[@courier6960]

The consolidation of wealth in America has far surpassed that of even the gilded era (which is really saying something), and just like the gilded era we can all see that the work week and the quality of life could be way better with modern technology, but we’re all stuck suffering for the sake of suffering. What we really need is to fully ban lobbying. It’s gotten absolutely ridiculous just how blatant the legal corruption is at this point.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

@@courier6960 just banning Lobbying won't fix anything though... like the US actually needs strong unions, an actual working tax system that doesn't so incredibly disadvantage the not rich... healthcare education etc etc etc etc are all stacked against the poor.... it's bad for poor people in many many many many places on this planet... but the difference between rich and poor really is astronomical in the US

[@chanter3978]

Atrioc is so talented to be able to make these kinds of vids interesting. When other channels try to explain this stuff to me it is a snoozefest.

[@matt7224]

labor market is awful, I have been out of a job since feb, basically looking at going into the Army, again.

[@mathiasrryba]

inb4 you get an AI refusal from there as well.

[@redflag0477]

I'm really sorry to hear this. I hope you can find a job, it hurts to see so many people struggling. Just know that there's always people willing to help you when your struggling the food pantry I help out at is extremely kind and does not make people give their finical information to come, so if you are temporarily struggling they will help, I hope you can find support like this were you live!

[@sadcuzbad9646]

What industry are you in and how many years of experience do you have

[@Angels510]

I love the mainstream media tactic of here’s some horrifying news but also here’s why it’s a good thing! It’s almost like they were gonna be actual journalists for a minute there

[@jackquack25]

fearmongering

[@testacals]

It's the same as "China cured cancer, but at what cost ?"

[@Akrafes]

I dont usually watch random youtubers that pop to my feed but this video was golden from the begining to end.

[@account-yi2cn]

wait until you learn about glizzyhands

[@wallnuts7]

Something something glarketing

[@AdamCarter-hs8sm]

Something old something glizzy 😭🙏🙏

[@oddalibi]

Something, something, something, I forgot now. I was thinking about atrioc then pulled trioc out

[@DanielKennedy-km7sd]

Something something bald glizzard wizard

[@Ghozt312HASDANKMEMES]

great video, just started tuning in recently and love the way you present information to us, incredibly easy to follow along and still entertaining and interesting!

[@TheIrshNinjaaa]

I don’t know if you’ll see this @Atrioc, but today during a meeting with Major General Purdy USSF he mentioned THIS video as a reference to how our Acquisitions strategy is going. Will be uploading a clip on the Reddit if I can get the recording lol

[@testacals]

What's USSF ?

[@TheIrshNinjaaa]

@@testacals space force

[@frogchamp3120]

Did you ever find the clip? I can't seem to find anything about this

[@TheIrshNinjaaa]

@@frogchamp3120 nah the Teams meeting that I was in typically posts the recordings a couple days after, but it hasn’t popped up in my notifications

[@ronaldmclaughter9993]

I love the vids man. I read a bunch of news and enjoy it. But when I watch you talk economic news I laugh while I'm enjoying it. Simple and funny. I'll keep wearing my Enron hat at Bechtel as a purchasing specialist handling spending hahahaha

[@Invidious065]

As a long-time fan, who happens to be Canadian, it is absolutely dire up here. We have to be in a recession currently. No one is hiring. General affordability is beyond comprehension. Meanwhile, we've had a major, major influx of new Canadians in the last few years which, we can all now see, were sold a massive lie coming here. I know it's a bit more Canada specific, but I would love for you to look into what's happening in Canada right now with the insane amount of companies coordinating short-term foreign workers through the Canadian government. We have thousands and thousands of jobs open for short-term foreign workers, while Canadians are drowning and many are without employment. Canadian companies and the Canadian government have bonded to create this super-giant wage suppression force by doing this. The U.S. will have its struggles, but I think Canada will absolutely dwarf you guys in terms of just how bad things are about to get.

[@vigilantvigilante2582]

Atrioc has absolutely looked into what’s happening in Canada, he speaks about it like almost every other week. It’s horrible what’s happening, he’s made similar videos about Australia, UK, China, and (now) the US’s economy this year. idk if he’s gonna get to it else he would’ve already made it I think 💔

[@jasonwalker7056]

What a phenomenal video. I genuinely think this might be your best marketing monday. Good shit Big A!

[@KaZooPA]

they literally changed the definition of what a recession is just so that they can say we're not in a recession.... (we're DEFINITLY in a recession right now)

[@chimitrash]

Can you link a source? I want to read about this

[@deathbokken6800]

Things we learned: 1) The media LIES to you. 2) It's F-ing impossible to find a decent job that pays enough to survive and is worth the treck. 3) As a newly graduated engineer, that graph is 10000% true. After almost a year of searching I still havent found anything related to my ChemE degree. Still stuck as a dishwasher with no way of escaping 4) if you wanna survive, better have family with money

[@venemous8884]

In other words, you’re a professional porcelain polishing technician?

[@TwistedFireX]

im lucky enough to have an older brother that married a rich fashion e-thot and used the millions she had to build a house for our family. she loathes our family but idc.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

A friend of mine has the same issue with her degree in chemistry I feel bad for her because she's a smart person and really hustling multiple jobs rn but she wants to work in that field

[@biosupdate7449]

@@venemous8884underwater ceramic technican pal, get it right

[@milkdrinker7]

Unemployed recent ChemE major here, I also feel cheated. When my local grocery store rejected me from being a cashier citing more qualified candidates, I thought to myself "wow this really seems like some sort of supervillain origin story" lol

[@waozer]

by far my favorite marketing monday in recent time, so well paced.

[@neoncharge2964]

Never seen your content before but this was well thought out and executed. Great work

[@naknoll]

"Nearly half of Real Estate investors have lost $200,000 or more on a single investment" Good

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

I mean, if corporate record profits werent so easily explained by things such as purchases being forced into subscriptions, quiet inflation through reducing product size or quality without decreasing prices, super-consolidation of brands and products under a smaller and smaller number of conglomerates, asset bubbles, Inflation Reduction Act spending, the 'retail' phenomenon which has largely ended up with said retail folks oopsie-donating their money to dramatically more resourced and informed corporate actors, the absolute ballooning of money spent in marketing strategies which so successfully obfuscate the difference between good and bad products/services which rewards massively marketing bad products/services, and on and on and on.... then maybe i might think consumer sentiments were just incidental. but they arent.

[@harryhaller4896]

Maybe some insights from a German POV: Compared to us you are, at least short term wise, still in a pretty good spot. Since 2019 we had a net loss of 300k jobs in the private sector. Meanwhile we had a net increase of 800k jobs in the governmental sector. During the same time frame, the german population increased by 1,5M. A few videos ago you talked about chinas strategy to dominate certain key industries. Guess how many of them are considered (or where planed as) backbones of the german economy? High energy prices put the chemical industry under immense pressure. When I talk with peers from university that work in strategy or coworkers, the mood can only be described as apocalyptic. Yet i feel like the people overall are still broadly unaware how bad it really is, although this seems to change slightly right now (fitting the video narrative?). VW is currently building a „second headquarter“ in China, meanwhile a few days ago they announced that they will have layoffs and will most likely close some factories in Germany. Last year there was an interesting interview with some VW C-levels and they basically said: „If we want to compete with chinese producers, we have to do R&D in China.“ I could go on about this for ages, but in summary the German GDP still hasn’t reached pre covid level, Germany as a industrial location has become quite unattractive, local R&D is questioned, basically all governmental strategic decisions regarding the development of the economy during the last 25 years have basically failed completely and yet the public is mostly unaware that those are problems that can’t be solved in years, even if the government would take the right steps. I can only suggest that you do a video on the topic, because I can promise you, you while here some wierd news from Germany during the next 5 years. If you need some more insights, feel free to hit me up. Also the VW topic is pretty interesting, I think it will be a precedent for other companies in the west.

[@atrioc]

Reach out on Twitter or Discord. I've spoken about some of this - was gonna do something small about the VW plant moving to China and what that's a signal of, but maybe could expand to a full longer video.

[@joshives5722]

This is one of the cleanest Marketing Mondays in a while. Lots of things he's been saying for a while, but well condensed and well put together, with some good advice to cap it off.

[@morton_hacks]

Fantastic marketing Monday! I love how your content is stuff I can show my family.

[@jimshoes]

4:55 the best editing ive ever seen

[@jackobrien9864]

so now even the upper class is failing, we're cooked. Gonna be 20 million poor people to 1 elon

[@CaseyBrick]

This video just saved me thousands of dollars. Watched it last night and sold a big QQQ position and stocks tanked today. Even if a recession doesn't come this was so well made that it convinced me

[@3xcallib3rr]

MARKETING MONDAY YIPPEE

[@graphitemaster]

By far his best Marketing Monday yet.

[@derekpapin2181]

13:21 I see you editor😭

[@TheFeelTrain]

On stream he actually did say pause and then wait for like 10 seconds lol

[@Tokenhipster]

This is absolutely one of the best Atrioc vids - love it!! What a great presentation, love the callbacks to what was happening in 2007 too 😂

[@HaydenDoodles]

Perhaps one of the best Marketing Mondays ever. Good job glarketer.

[@nononosfe]

this is the first video i've ever seen of you, and i'm not at all into politics, however this is great. incredible vid

[@the-duck]

im gonna market your monday

[@louzo5175]

AAHHHHHH

[@alexisbackiguess]

amazing journalism. concise, clear and a great linking between ideas. thanks big a!

[@eduardomartin8510]

Yeah the other day I was doing some economic breakdown analysis on what a person living in Canada would need to make to live+save. Well... the results I got from the analysis using AI (to do some of the math and analysis) was just not pretty. You have to earn SO MUCH MONEY after their huge taxes in order to even buy a house in 10-20 years. Retirement is looking dire for new generations of Canadians. I was doing an analysis as a foreigner just to see if it was worth getting a job there. I don't think it is unless your job makes 130-200k+/yr and even then it's not what it used to be.

[@Andrew_Wray]

This is your best yet and I've been feeling the same way for 2.5+ years now, thinking like I'm going insane

[@TheAdamHawk]

Next week, could you possibly cover the US petro dollar and it's affect on our macro economics? I feel like that would have fit great this week! Thanks for all the info! Love this stuff

[@youseebus]

Crazy good video man, it has the same level of argument as something I’d see in my high school seminar class but this is just so entertaining at the same time

[@sacrificelul8528]

The thing is, if the government starts telling people there’s a recession, people start spending lesss and less and it drives the economy in a deeper recession. The reason these governments seem stupid is because they don’t want to drive down consumer consumption as it ends up making everything worse.

[@GerblerM]

I love how I subscribed to this channel because of wacky prop hunt, and monkey ball video game clips, and now am tuning in week after week to hear about the new and creative ways in which the economy is fucked. Really finessed me, a truly beautiful simian -> econ pipeline

[@davidlazerz8564]

Turns out stock prices dont mean shit when people cant afford rent and food and utilities without giving up significant sources of happiness.

[@davidlazerz8564]

Also really sad that you blame Obama for the obstructionist republican controlled congress that he tried to negotiate with in good faith. They tanked the economy in a fit of rage because a black man dared become president.

[@rudysmith1552]

@@davidlazerz8564 Obama was an erudite black man who only cared about the elites interest, but his skin color was different so you’re going Ooga Booga for somebody who is right wing in every country in Latin America and Europe would be considered a klepto by 1960s Americans even if you called him John Smith and him white

[@matiasrostworowski5141]

This is one of the best yet big a! Really well presented.

[@nightlock8381]

Just came back to rewatch after the fed announced a .5 rate cut today. Huh….

[@devdogra7173]

ALL AT ONCE

[@dust_gale3108]

- Keep yapping man - the COVID I skibidi with Bro WHO is this guy

[@muffshroomh6203]

Great video, could you make one on how an everyday person can keep up with all this information?id love to keep track but hardly understand what affect what in what way lol

[@wholelottawhale4103]

This was SUCH a great educational video

[@harryhaller4896]

You best start believing in recessions, Miss Turner... you're in one!

[@NorwegianQvirr]

Man, you, Dr. Mike and Jazza making a collab would be insane haha! Love your videos man your energy is intoxicating! Keep it up!

[@marcoscasiraghi2031]

Hey Big A, love your videos and analysis. I would love if you could do a video on Argentina's current economic situation. We basically had a two party system for elections but last elections a third party emerged and won with right ideals. The president then produced the first surpluss in years and inflation has slowed it's rate at a significant cost to the economy and producing a recession. I would like to know what you would make of the situation as it seems similar to what the USA is going through

[@sumtingyum]

Yes so much to learn from this

[@akx_edits3374]

one of the best Atrioc videos in recent times.

[@JordanPeace]

The irony of Atrioc’s suggestions at the end of this is that reduced consumer spending is often what leads to a cyclical downturn in a recession. Yes on an individual level you’re probably better off spending less and paying off debt, but if everyone starts doing this (either preemptively as he suggests or reactively once things get bad enough that people simply can’t sustain their previous levels of spending), all of a sudden every company starts seeing reduced revenues and profits, which results to a massive downturn in stock prices and probably also the value of assets, finally solidifying the recession and quite possibly making it worse as now people’s investment portfolios are also down. Ultimately I do still think we need a correction, we’ve had artificially low borrowing rates for so long that many companies have been able to exist while not really providing all that much value creation, and the housing market has become so ridiculously overinflated with everyone having the expectation of it being a sound investment and treating it as a commodity rather than as a necessity for people to engage in other, more economically beneficial spending and investing. We’ll see if this actually materializes though.

[@jackquack25]

not readin allat💯

[@abem7162]

This is honestly so well done, kudos to the editor

[@Klatchan]

Recruiters started the arms race.

[@Angel-kt5ev]

One of your very best Atrioc!! This one will go down as one of your most well researched and informative deep dives in to so many individual parts of our economy. My favorite thing about this video is that it feels like a coagulation of all of the different kinds of things you’ve been talking about for the past year+. Really well done!!