The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, the corporate share of federal tax revenue was 32%. In 2020, it was down to 7%.
Here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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For those asking for a photo of The Big Picture, you can download a copy of it here: www.dropbox.com/s/pcjgkp35ytngsn8/BigPicture_Dec2017.jpg?dl=0

[@shaduck06]

we are not part of the same society; racism exclusionism as bad as 30 years ago.

[@dharmakaurkhalsa3923]

Thank you!!! great summary.

[@Troubleshooter125]

Thanks for the link, Robert!

[@ticomotion]

Ohhhh great!! Thanks for the copy!!

[@nearenufoldaze2375]

Your analyses and conclusions are always the most coherent. Thank you for the Big Picture. Copy!

[@sheiladesmond1914]

Knowing where we're supposed to go and actually getting people to cooperate is the challenge. You have very precisely explained in pictures and words what needs to be done. Thank you.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

We need more people like Robert in politics. Until then we're in trouble...

[@CynthiaSchoenbauer]

Yes, so what do we do? I have plans but they are still in the tender planning stages and I can't share the intimate details. But who even wants to know?

[@edwardb7811]

I’ll have to watch this on a bigger screen but already I can tell it’s brilliant. Thanks, Robert Reich, and Happy New Year.

[@Darth_Bateman]

I predict a swell of fed up zoomer and millenial politicians with ideas like Robert and AOC in the near future. . . .So many people have quit their jobs and want to make a difference, its only a matter of time.

[@chezmoi42]

@@Darth_Bateman Those are the people we need to support. Spread this around!

[@FletchforFreedom]

We have more than enough liars and incompetents in politics already.

[@kimhoneychurch9616]

You explain it better than anyone else, Professor Reich. And you've been doing it for YEARS! My hope is that we wake up very soon.

[@TokenBlackman7]

Americans seem to have a unique resistance to learning from history. Let's see what happens...

[@sandal_thong8631]

Some people don't want Americans to be awoken.

[@Pyasa.shaitan]

Thank you for being there Robert.

[@mariettahanley7840]

Goes so fast, difficult for us older folks to see all the wonderful details put into this glorious piece of work. (Plus, it is a very small screen) Would definitely buy a poster to see the details, then would donate it to the local library.....

[@atticstattic]

It's posted on his facebook page.

[@ilovefabricandflowers8543]

Marieeta, you can turn the speed down using the settings icon which is the wheel on the bottom line.

[@gwardell2]

@@ilovefabricandflowers8543 thanks for the suggestion. I slowed it down to 0.25. It still was a bit fast, but I got to read and think about things. I also turned down the sound because at that speed it sounded odd.

[@lutzderlurch7877]

@@gwardell2 I find the space-bar is your friend in case you want to read anything in a video on youtube. use it liberally. :)

[@mjl9002]

@@Zach-ju5vi I've read all your other posting to this video and it's obvious you're full of it, dude - stop trolling for the wealthy plutocrats who want to retain economic control - why do you want to be their flunky, bub?

[@rickfitzgerald4426]

Thank you Professor Reich. Your message is always to the point. Why is such clear headed dialogue so rare in America. While I get increasingly cynical you level my emotions as much as anything. The problem is us. Humanity has grown too large. The natural world is also reminding us of that reality.

[@carolgibson-wilson4354]

Brilliant as usual Mr. Reich. I. Keep pointing to Reganomics and ideals as where we first started our downward spiral. Everytime a celeb heads our nation we go to hell in the proverbial handbasket. I'm working to make them book ends to the horrors of oligarchy. Still know we'd be in better shape if Bernie were prez.

[@a.nonymous2089]

Not with McConnell and Manchin and Sinema in the senate.

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@a.nonymous2089 He might have brought more Democrats to the Senate with his election, and figured out how to make these two "an offer they can't refuse" as the Godfather would say.

[@MrThorfan64]

Celebs don't make good politicians to be honest. You can have politicians that lean into celebrity-ish stuff like Obama... but he was still a proper politician. Reagan and Trump were and are monsters.

[@bobfreeborn7655]

Brilliant, and fast. PLEASE NOTE: THE SPEED CAN EASILY BE SLOWED DOWN BY THE VIEWER, at least on a PC. Just click on Settings (the gear icon) to adjust the playback speed. I watched at .25 (1/4) speed, which was perfect for me. Additionally, pausing and restarting is super simple, again on a PC. Just hit the space bar. :-)

[@erikadonald6416]

Can you please create posters (or postcards) of this diagram. It's really great!

[@nanyielding7589]

That's a LOT of work!! Thank you for your pictorial (and historical) talents that clearly illustrate what has been and what we need to watch out for.

[@mamatembo24]

Just brilliant!

[@itinerantrebel1799]

Well done. Is there a place to get a PDF or JPEG of the ‘wall/timeline’? How many takes did it take to get that version? It really breaks it down rapidly into an understandable message.

[@MG-vo7is]

I added Robert Reich's books to my wish list. Many thanks for this video.

[@eric2500]

Good class. Thank you, Professor!

[@cobbsmountainfarm1057]

Excellent presentation!

[@michealklee8844]

Solidarity forever ✊🏽union strong 💪🏽 Chicago UBC🇺🇸

[@helenheenan3447]

Stunning! Thank you.

[@steve410]

Amazing presentation Robert

[@richardcramer3542]

Well done sir, safe travels.

[@dianaferguson6751]

Very well done! Love your writing. It's so clear. Would have been nice to be one of your students. And, your multi-talent amazes me. Very well-executed drawings.

[@marisolaquino719]

Thank you for posting this in plain, interesting, funny, intelligent sense. Also with a great sound track.

[@ssmith2019]

Dang ! . . . You Good ! ~ Happy Future Professor Bobby ! . . . Big Year Ahead ! ! ! Forward ! ! !

[@rlm66101]

Can I PLEASE like this multiple times?!?

[@peterh5165]

Good video! Thank you for making this video available to the general public. Really, deep down inside, this is a voter education issue. With almost half the US voting population voting Republican, there is not much that can be done.

[@GUILLERMO61]

This man can DRAW!!! We need him to creat a graffic novel and distribute it to all schools and freedom loving citizens .

[@willstewca]

This should be put on the big screen.

[@susangigli9246]

Right on!

[@dkelban]

Excellent

[@sungspatta6123]

My heart aches n teary eyes. What can I do?

[@mdrezaulhoque1m]

Thanks for sharing

[@pallen1065]

And no writer's cramp! This should hang in the lobby of some well-frequented civil structure ..

[@fredbloggs8816]

Brilliant, thanks.

[@ronaldscott3807]

Thank you for helping us to change the story that we all need to understand before real change can happen....Keep up the great work Robert

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Unlisted video. He is not using Google to get views. He is depending on his email communications. A few others like bassist Ron Carter are trying this method too. A few at the top are publishing unlisted videos. Substack is where all the intellectuals get to comment. This is the KZbin 'slum' where all us normal folks get to have a say.

[@charleswurster8497]

Too fast for me, but I probably would agree with most or all of it. The goal of Repubs has long been to make the rich richer. They have succeeded! Now time to help the lower half. Increase education, more social help and vigorously attack Repub policies. cfw

[@mjl9002]

@@Zach-ju5vi I've read all your other posting to this video and it's obvious you're full of it, dude - stop trolling for the wealthy plutocrats who want to retain economic control - why do you want to be their flunky, bub?

[@mhausenfluck]

Fantastic artwork! Your videos are wonderful, Professor Reich!

[@inakale]

this is genius!! 🔥

[@Scarabus3]

Re "where we were, how we changed, where do we go next" video: Totally loved it, but was overwhelmed. Needed periodic opportunities to pause, look at the whole board (as President Bartlett told Rob Lowe), review & relate. I was born in 1942, my wife in 1946, so we had a "this is your life" sensation in watching it. BTW, we watch "Wonderful Life" every Christmas. I wrote about it in the newsletter I distribute each week to our Volusia County FL Democrats.

[@melanienewdick8878]

Watching this made me cry. I just hope there are enough of us to make the changes we need and that we can pull together.

[@boehrb]

First KZbin video I've watched on slow speed!

[@lindac1578]

Your the best, thanks for doing this, it helps to see it laid out. Whenever explaining the economy or political stuff, best if put into context. When I hear about the cost of build back better, its hard to comprehend, but helpful when compared to other budgets, broken down to a yearly cost, compared to military spending, or the tax cuts that Trump did. thx

[@CarolYost]

Wonderful! Who wrote and performed the music?

[@Labor_Jones]

btw, beautiful work, Robert!

[@godchrist5563]

Robert Reich is exactly correct as the master and brilliant economist in the United States about the economy over the 75 years. Please keep following him America; for we have work to to do to see the middle class and working middle class to thrive again.

[@Stonecoldfrank]

Yes, he's just the type of big Government guy we need to listen to. After all, there's nothing like a Government that's in a worst financial shape than all the private businesses combined to inspire trust in their ability to solve more financial problems! XD

[@warmburny5843]

@@Stonecoldfrank that's the point. Big money is doing great. Everyone else..

[@Stonecoldfrank]

@@warmburny5843 Bring back small Government, end the Fed, get rid of income taxes, and you will starve big money.

[@godchrist5563]

@@Stonecoldfrank Chipping in, in America, government ought/should be large enough to and commensurate to the population and to meet its needs in a democratic society which is currently over 340 million people. I hold for democratic socialism which is the government mostly benefiting the citizens. Most major industries are privately owned (capitalism), but they have to stand on their own without handouts from the government. The tax burden previously funneled to the wealthy corporations is used to improve the lives of the citizens instead. This enables the government to help fund improvements to public services such as: police, fireman, libraries, roads and interstates, education and healthcare. The system is driven by people working together and lifting each other up. In this system the middle class thrives and poverty decreases. This system is more democratic (ruled by the people) than our current system. In conclusion, in our capitalist economic system greed ought and should be replaced by rational self-interest. Like President Biden has stated, everyone will pay his or her fair share of taxes NO MATTER what one's income level is; namely, if one's income is 16K a year OR 175 billion a year. Listening to and following through with the most brilliant, like Robert Reich, can something like a more good and more equitable society and culture come about. PLEASE continue to follow Robert Reich because his brilliance will lead the way.

[@Stonecoldfrank]

@@godchrist5563 Maybe read the Constitution, and you will see that handouts are unconstitutional. But so are handouts to the population. Your idea of big Government just mean you're allowing already powerfull people to get wealthier. Who would want that?

[@alex.velasco]

Excellent as always, Robert Reich!

[@CaliforniaBushman]

Nice artwork!

[@monitoradiation]

Great illustration, but I kinda would like to see some solutions proposed. Would love to hear a discussion with, say, Yanis Varoufakis or Mark Blyth on policy solutions.

[@FrankMahovlich]

I'd use it for wall paper.

[@VinsLeMans]

We need an organised movement. The people are there they just don’t know how to make their voices heard

[@sandal_thong8631]

Sometimes people speak of the principles of leadership. They also need to speak to the principles of followership to make movements happen.

[@SachinGanpat]

Making a statement without saying a word!

[@theodoreroberts3407]

Agreed, Robert, but I don't see how to get the money out of politics. Politicians have proven they can be bought, no matter the party. Absolute term limits would help (one term) I think. We do have an up hill battle. So, let's get to it. You should save your art.

[@stayinalive9434]

A book would be good.

[@natural_immunityis_science7943]

We NEED tiny homes that poor Americans can buy working $18/Hour or less! Tiny house structure should be affordable and durable for under $30,000 ( 1 year of work to pay off ⚠️⚠️⚠️

[@brooklynman558]

Comon Robert, way to cutsey . in these troubling times let the facts be he point !!!

[@earlsmith4537]

RB 4 President

[@resilientfarmsanddesignstu1702]

I agree but you left out the most important reason: The sudden increase of supply of labor and simultaneous decrease in demand for labor. Woman and minorities flooded the labor market. Global population increased. Partially as a response to increasing demands of domestic labor, globalization and automation decreased the need for and the wages of domestic labor. The consequences for American society were horrific and disastrous. AN ANALOGY: Consider a parade. Everyone is initially sitting down resting. A few stand up. They get a better view but then everyone stands up, they all have the SAME view as everyone standing and the SAME view as they had BEFORE anyone stood up! It’s tiring to stand for long periods of time and it undermines people’s health. If you or your partner have to sit back down, you will fall behind. You are WORSE off than before! Someone gets the brilliant idea to climb a tree. They get a better view. Soon everyone is trying to climb. But there are only a few trees left to climb. There are few branches and they are high up. People are grabbing for whatever branch they can get a grip on. When a nearby tree is too difficult to climb, people run far away to distant trees. It’s no better there. Families are now atomized and with no extended family nearby, they have no safety net should misfortune strike. People on the higher branches step on the hands of those trying to climb up. Most lose their grip or their footing or both and fall to ground. Whole branches snap off causing people to plummet to the ground. They impact others on the way down, injuring them and causing them to fall as well. A few attempt to climb back up. Others despair. They are too tired or injured to try any more. Those lying on the ground are trampled, cursed and spit upon. They are called lazy, worthless and worse. Some are so broken that they die from their many injuries, physical and psychological. It is exhausting even for those who are able to stay focused on preserving their grip and their place on the trees. They are so focused on that objective and so fearful of losing their grip and falling that they dare not loosen their grip to extend a hand to help somebody below them in need. The only “winners” are those who own the trees! Solution: Plant MANY more trees. 1) Universities must train and equip people to start and run their own businesses and organizations. If they are training students to work for somebody else, they should be regarded and treated as FAILURES! Also, education for those that can make the grades should be free. The student loan debt for all those who did make the grades should be retroactively cancelled. First rate technical schools should be established to equip workers for blue collar jobs - it is illogical to think that every person in society should be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, computer scientist or astrophysicist. The jobs that are created OUGHT to be those that the local communities need NOT what a big corporation or their close cousin, big government needs. 2) Public and financial policies must make it easier to profitably start and operate a small businesses. The provision of Universal health care is mandatory 3) BUST UP THE TRUSTS! Shatter these big corporations into tiny shards of glass. If you are a CEO and don’t know what is going on in your company, then your company is TOO BIG! 4) Place stiff tariffs on foreign imports to encourage domestic production and employment. Prioritize domestic control of industries that provide critical life support functions to AMERICAN CITIZENS. 5) Require USA citizenship AND residency within the jurisdiction to own land in the USA. No corporate, absentee or foreign ownership of land. These entities can LEASE land from the resident citizens of the jurisdiction. 6) Get the money out of politics. One person, one vote NOT one dollar, one vote. That works for me. Let’s do it!

[@MrBrelindm]

Perhaps most beguiling is the abandoning of the principle of interdependence and its manifest benefits for all. It was just a given that when the going got tough we all supported one another.

[@JohnnyPeacenic]

i will keep watches these as long as they all have organ music.

[@ericwilson4901]

I'll rather you do a lecture next time sir!!

[@josephbecerra9211]

We're screwed

[@Ianpact]

I want to put this on a van or maybe even a truck and just drive around to park in different areas just to have people be like "WTF?". Perhaps get some people talking. 😉

[@granudisimo]

Makes a video named "The Big Picture", helps the metaphor break the 4th wall by painting the big picture of neoliberalism in a wall.

[@ecgberht4973]

Frankly if I could get this as a wallpaper or poster, a daily affirmation of the need for change.

[@dokjastopsimp2370]

That is indeed a pretty big picture

[@Richardsnave]

Robert Reich, Please get together with some of those young assistants that you work with and turn this or or one of your other wonderful art works into an NFT which will allow us (your fans!) to start investing in you and ourselves and kick activism with enormous resources ( social tokens) to a whole new level!

[@DJ_Force]

Why does it take two people to support a family now? Because with more people in the workplace, the value of each worker will go down. Supply and demand. Also, no one in the 80s or 90s wanted to go back to the 70s. There is a reason Regan won the biggest re-election landslide in history (as measured by electoral college votes)

[@stlimajo]

It is indeed up to us... but the cry will go up that you want - in a community/society focused democracy - just a watered down socialism. It's nothing of the sort of course but socialism of any kind terrifies a lot of Americans [ and other nations' people too].

[@johnrolle9321]

It would also be interesting to note that not all in their respective economic classification, ie the poor or the middle for that matter, at the beginning of this flow chart are the same. Many since the beginning of the timeline have changed classes. DL Hughley has a very poignant and funny episode from his sitcom in which the main character (a new member of the entrepreneurial business class) comes to the surprising self realization that he has become a fiscal conservative at an inflection point in his life of a choosing a local candidate for public office. The punchline having something to do with voting his pocketbook and f-ing his social conscience. In addition Pat Buchanan said like 10+ years ago(maybe even 20) on the McLaughlin Group when the fear of a socialist takeover was in the public discourse and before he was seen as an eccentric if not worse. His comment: "Look folks Socialism is here but it is socialism for the rich(wealthy) not the poor". I don't have solutions but staying socially relevant and current being financially literate can be a buffer from utter ruin, I would imagine. This flow chart may help the next generation but the power brokers probably have something new innovation (or old trick) up their sleeve. Many of the socialist leaning poor of yesteryear are the rich and wealthy today. Financial literacy and understanding social systems worked to their advantage.

[@DestinBeachImages]

Women wanted to work. They wanted to vote and they wanted an EQUAL MARRIAGE partnership. We were not forced out the home to work. The guys needed to come back home and do their fair share of the homework.

[@mikestaihr5183]

I beg to differ on the "with exception of Clinton Adm." Clinton just continued the policies that had been chugging right along all this time. Example: How did all that bank deregulation work out for ya? How about that Wall Street cheerleader Greenspan? Thanks Willy..... Don't get me wrong I am one of your fans but I don't have that kind of love for ole "Slick Willy"..........

[@diniethomas1611]

How do we shut down pundits?! Or help see them for who they really are? their motivation? I think most ordinary people forget their the RICH too! Their job depends on alot of our laziness or ignorance! Not one of them live next door to me!

[@mauriceclemens3286]

Every child in America should be required to take a class like this sometime in middle/high school. It’s too late for their parents,they are already brainwashed by previous political administrations.

[@sandal_thong8631]

The author of _Lies My Teacher Told Me_ said something similar. So colleges should require a US History course for all those seeking degrees.

[@tabularasa0606]

In short neo-liberalism.

[@SuzanneTaylorSUESpeaks]

Where did my comment disappear to? This is what I wrote: Brilliant at how we got here. You are the best. Now what? Robert, create an ad hoc wisdom council. Get Oprah and Jane Goodall and Michael Moore and Greg Palast and the Dalai Lama - that sort. Put your heads together for what the best things for the world could be and I bet the world would listen.

[@daniellarson3068]

I think they have a censor.

[@emjay2045]

🖤

[@lt9186]

What about the Electoral College? How many minority vote Presidents can we stand?

[@darylwilliams7883]

Ultimately, Americans have swung too far in the individualism and 'rights' direction and too far away from the build a society together and 'responsibilities' direction. In any functioning society there has to be a balance between your personal freedoms and your responsibilities to society, and no-one seems to be talking about that anymore in America. It is all Me Me Me, and the ultimate examples of Me Me Me, the oligarchs, are coming out on top. It is a cultural thing that is deeper than any individual policy or political party. Americans have lost the sense of themselves as a PEOPLE and are no just a loose collection of disparate individuals.

[@makavrah_doom1491]

This man is truly a national treasure.

[@barbarachen1428]

This is phenomenal. I love it at this speed, but I'm mostly "up to speed" on the concepts. For most consumers, a slower version might be easier to follow. I'll be sharing widely!

[@grah55]

Pause button exists, they'll be fine.

[@mjl9002]

@@Zach-ju5vi I've read all your other posting to this video and it's obvious you're full of it, dude - stop trolling for the wealthy plutocrats who want to retain economic control - why do you want to be their flunky, bub?

[@jennysk2057]

Play, hit the space bar, (pauses), read, hit the space bar, (continues play), repeat.

[@grah55]

@@jennysk2057 Don't fucking copy what i say. Grrrrrr

[@daniellarson3068]

@@Zach-ju5vi I think there would be a lot of interest in seeing "both" sides to how he portrays this history. In fact, it would be cool to have a cartoon doing that as he made a cartoon History has many paths and it would be a real gift to see the path you've seen.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

I applaud Professor Reich's analysis and admire his artistic skills. Now the problem is to get his insights to the larger American masses who show little interest of learning more about their own country and understanding what is going on!

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

Any fairness and decent treatment of the majority of Americans, such as Universal Health Care, is automatically labelled "Socialism", and this kneejerk reaction is all the elite need to say to end any deep conversation.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

@@Zach-ju5vi That is hearsay information, and it is wrong. I lived in a country with universal healthcare for 44 years and never lacked any care I needed.

[@VEGTheAgingHippie]

@@Zach-ju5vi Wrong. I would be dead without universal healthcare. Countries that adopt it never go back to private because it's political suicide for a politician to even suggest it. BTW Canada has a lower infant mortality rate and a longer lifespan than the US because of our healthcare system. The only ones who go to the US are the rich who don't want to wait for elective surgery.

[@mjl9002]

@@Zach-ju5vi I've read all your other posting to this video and it's obvious you're full of it, dude - stop trolling for the wealthy plutocrats who want to retain economic control - why do you want to be their flunky, bub?

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

@@Zach-ju5vi It probably depends on which country they came from or went to. Sub par treatment, of course, is also doled out to people in the USA who are either not insured or underinsured as millions are. There is no doubt that the well-to-do can get excellent treatment in the USA, but what about the others? And there is always the question of costs, which here in the USA can bankrupt people, something that people for example in the Scandinavian countries, Germany, Austria never have to fear.

[@bikerjohn]

Mister Reich, you sum it up correctly in another magnificently illustrated, well-choreographed depiction of our co-opted political system!

[@terryg4415]

Thank you for always educating us, and standing up for Democracy!

[@bernardkung7306]

This would make an heck of a great poster! (I'd be tempted to buy one myself -- and I'm Canadian)

[@logiciananimal]

It isn't quite as extreme here, but a lot of the same stuff has gone on in Canada too.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@logiciananimal Yeah. Our motto could be "Canada: Not Quite As Bad As The US" and I wouldn't have a strong argument against that.

[@behumbl]

As Mr. Kung previously mentioned that would be a great Poster and perhaps you could sell them?! I would buy some and put them up where I live!!!

[@Troubleshooter125]

Just. Plain. *BRILLIANT!!!* Thank you, Robert! You have described how we got here BEAUTIFULLY. The sad question is: are Americans willing to *WORK* to get us OUT of this mess?!? I'm not sanguine at all about the answer to that one.

[@jeffbec51]

I did NOT know you are an artist amongst Your many attributes. I’ve known you for Years and I thank you For your brilliant work!

[@henrylester]

Thank you, Mr. Reich. I hope that many millions of people watch this, and understand what was, what has happened, what is, and what could be.

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

Always loved "It's a Wonderful Life!" This is a terrific way to fight back against the "Mr. Potters" of the world!

[@kitthornton2336]

I hear a lot of people say, "I'm changing the system from the inside." I used to subscribe to that philosophy. I did so for decades. But what you don't realize - until it's too late - is that when you are inside, everything you do serves the system. Your attempts at resistance to its abuses - mostly futile - give it legitimacy. Your work gives it energy. Its daily work gets done by your hands. In the meantime, you have a mortgage - a car payment - obligations that you can't merely put aside. So you compromise here and there. You remain silent when your conscience tells you that you should speak. You seek the approval of gatekeepers you don't respect. You shave off your square corners to fit into their round holes. In the end, you don't change "the system" from the inside. It changes you.

[@pmclean1980]

How many good guys have died and disappeared from politics in the last hundred years? Look what they did to JFK. The whole system needs to be torn out and rebuilt with honest people who actually want the best for the majority of people. It's an almost impossible task. With the changes after 9/11 etc anyone against the people in power will be labeled terrorists and locked up in high security prisons where they can't even communicate with people outside. Or they just end up dead. Just another statistic, part of the thousands killed by the police.

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@pmclean1980 RFK was the greater loss because JFK was replaced by LBJ, but RFK was replaced by RMN.

[@ruby2zdy]

I knew Reagan would be troi3ble, but didn't think he'd change our whole society. Thanks for your videos, Robert.

[@rsupplee64]

If Reagan was so bad, why did Reich and Clinton maintain his economic system ...

[@DaemonJax]

Democrats did a lot of the heavy lifting over the years, too.

[@guysimpson9420]

Well done - Knew you for the commentary, didn't know about the artistic skill. Congratulations for holding my attention the whole way through!

[@LG-dj9qr]

Absolutely fabulous. Bravo.

[@jeanchakour2059]

Great job of simplifying an intentionally confusing,misleading and “complex history”!

[@billcunninghame8554]

Thanks for helping me better understand what happened and how to move forward.

[@kathlake4009]

This is an excellent explication of the development of the mess we're in. I have been crying in the wilderness about this since the presidential campaign of 1979! I cried out at every devious development the Rethuglikkkans perpetrated on the American public, but I had no forum until the development of the Web. I was still only one voice with no credentials. You have a much bigger voice than I. Bravo for using it so well and so graphically. 💕

[@carolshetler1461]

Hi, Robert; I'll be forwarding this to family and friends in CANADA so they have a better understanding of what happened - and what could happen.

[@patsyshafchuk5368]

I love it!! You are a genius historian. You capture the seed, bud, and fruit of each era so perfectly. I especially am grateful that you did it without vitriol, without hate, without direct blame. Everyone can see it and understand it and accept it. I hope it becomes a full open-out page in history books! Please grant your copyright to those who teach. Thank you!

[@williamsimpson3155]

Wow...I knew you were short, but you weren't kidding...Anyway, awesome as usual sir. You and Thom Hartman are the facts, logic and reasoning the brainwashed duped need.

[@UXtatic]

Make this into a sellable poster for us to keep remembering.

[@kevchard5214]

You missed your calling Robert. You would have been a great political cartoonist. Happy New years.

[@makavrah_doom1491]

Oh goodness no, he IS a brilliant political cartoonist. And much much more.

[@PuertoRicanCreoleQueen]

I’m sad I missed this live I would love too ask a few questions pick the brain of a fellow progressive and one of my biggest hero’s

[@mjl9002]

@@Zach-ju5vi I've read all your other posting to this video and it's obvious you're full of it, dude - stop trolling for the wealthy plutocrats who want to retain economic control - why do you want to be their flunky, bub?

[@TheNeoVid]

The CDC just said that a 10-day shutdown would tank the US economy, so if we set up a 9-day general strike, we could demand absolutely anything! Also, it was recently pointed out that one type of employee can cost thousands of times as much as any other worker, so to maximize profit, the CEO role needs to be replaced by automation.