The Long, Dark Shadows of Plutocracy

From luxury skyscrapers -- taller, more expensive and exclusive than ever before -- the dark shadows of plutocracy are spreading across the commons of democracy. See features from this show: bit.ly/1vVW7is

[@robwitt7693]

12,000 views. LMFAO's party song- 1 billion views. says a lot about our society

[@bradjbourgeois73]

I can hear the elite now... we give them free shade and they still complain!

[@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone]

Hahahahaha

[@SandmanTrials]

brad bourgeois Wrong. They don't think of you. They try to never think of you and it's why they built these buildings. They will ignore you and use you until the day you die if you never speak up. They pay attention long enough to squash you and they don't stop until they win. So, we must be relentless. Make them hear you. Make them pay for this decadent and relentless attack on humanity. The Tower of Babel fell because of arrogance. Make them pay, or everyone will. Humanity has learned this lesson before. New York much more recently. It's too bad the super rich don't live in these buildings; We'd know right where to hit 'em.

[@JackSmith-pp9kv]

Thank you for this report. I was recently at central park and knew about the impact these large buildings were having in the community. What I didn't know was that these millionaires and billionaires didn't even pay nyc income tax. Ridiculous!

[@sojutime]

Can't believe these luxury high rise tenants got tax breaks. Ridiculous.

[@707westy]

I hope you're kidding. Otherwise you've been asleep the last 30 years.

[@idaquesada9281]

So did Amazon.

[@GeorgeOrwell-d4b]

They get a tax break because they pay majority of the taxes! Without them, you'll have no economy

[@pcaetano7527]

yes, see the Fulton Mall in Fresno, CA it was marked as an Urban Park, and it has been destroyed for an unneeded street, so developers can get rich off of public funding, while the public loses 50 year old trees, public art, and architectural history.

[@robwitt7693]

Yep. All in the name of profit. Regardless of the human or environmental toll

[@Rickwmc]

Great wealth is generated by great crime. If you are an honest, law-abiding, decent human being, you will be poor.

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Of course laws were made by criminals to protect their own class of people.

[@bangurhead4027]

So fucking true!!!!! IT'S depressing and makes one want to jump off a motherfucking bridge, at the rate things are going here in the fucking fake Bay Area, it's a joke, the working poor are being pushed into a fucking corner, We've got to fucking do something man!!! 👎

[@ehubb]

@@bangurhead4027 do you have what's app?

[@kingfriso]

For someone coming from The Netherlands it is beyond belief that political parties are financed by big industry.

[@markcarleton1085]

Believe it. The US is a Plutocracy.

[@renek243]

It wouldn't surprise me if a plutocrat will buy Central Park one day, no more commons for everyone...

[@Prettykitty1702]

I miss you Bill Moyers!

[@seanyoutub2010]

no income tax and no properties tax- that's fucked up.😕

[@Rickwmc]

Roman senator: Senators of Rome, shall we continue to build palace after place for the rich, or decent housing for the poor? Well, how votes the senate? Senators: F..k the poor! Roman senator: Good! - Mel Brooks' History of the World (1981)

[@SandmanTrials]

Our entire system reminds me of a pyramid scheme. The concentration of wealth in these big cities means the pyramid looks and is bigger in denser areas, so the people on the bottom have a lot more weight to bear. You experience this normal symptom of our modern economic system even in rural areas and small towns, but the burden weighs a little less. I literally can't imagine how people in these cities aren't constantly protesting. Even at work, I would always be protesting. Somehow.

[@Ancient_Pollyanna]

Say goodbye to trees in Central Park.

[@wmaiii1124]

2021, 7 years later, seemingly nothing has changed.

[@Rickwmc]

Ah, those luxury skyscrapers for teh super rich. Meanwhile 90% of the world population will be living in tent cities under bridges.

[@weston.weston]

I am watching this segment of the great Bill Moyers program in late October 2022. The issue of inequality has only gotten worse since this recording and disparate conditions will continue to increase, nothing has changed.

[@sdrury01]

curious...they don't seem to be worried about another 9.11 in the least.

[@MrJohnbatist]

+sdrury01 what??

[@sdrury01]

+MrJohnbatist tall skyscrapaers.

[@weston.weston]

Such great reporting, I wish the Moyers and Company program were still on air.

[@crystalparker100]

And we all stand by and watch it happen, talking among ourselves about how wealth disparity is such a shame. As if we've never before seen this kind of economic tragedy and have no clue that it doesn't end well for anyone.

[@madelinebigio7565]

Wow the Mona Lisa of Apartments in the sky 🌌

[@mrjones7222]

Thanks

[@lesleymoses7852]

This type of wealth in society is grotesque.

[@madelinebigio7565]

I love ❤️ Central Park!❤❤❤

[@williamguru]

people need to break in and homestead

[@philippekervynfaucon9849]

Call LArry Silverstein and the WTC7 crew.... problem solved!

[@robertdabob8939]

Nice to see this level of critical thought... good stuff!

[@philbob_d1562]

The people will eventually come for them in their ivory towers

[@madelinebigio7565]

West 57 st I seen this man talking about this on utube ❤😮

[@margaretlangford1713]

All over America

[@madelinebigio7565]

Yessss the narcissist in the housing market it’s so true! I have seen it unfold in my City 🏙️ New York City 🌆

[@Continentalmunkey88]

Elysium was a warning sign, real estate is fine

[@gregorys6838]

Question. If you build affordable housing today. Will it be affordable 5 - 10 yrs??

[@francoisehembert3243]

That’s neoliberalism for you.

[@Andre_XX]

There is only one way to deal with plutocrats...pitchforks.

[@madelinebigio7565]

210,000 tax break exemptions unbelievable

[@pcaetano7527]

'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' -spock star trek

[@SweetSweetWaldo]

Romney in the sky with diamonds!

[@madelinebigio7565]

Wow it’s crazy how they bring revenue but they don’t pay 💰 taxes

[@idaquesada9281]

If they won't pay taxes why should we?

[@Mermaid2261]

Excess. Its a fucking shame! It is a disgrace. The majority of New Yorker's must wonder what the hell that thing is doing there instead of suitable living spaces for the rest of us? The majority. The ones who can't find suitable affordable housing.

[@brizercorbz8803]

Let them eat cake

[@NowPleaseReadThis]

Corporate Socialism vs Democratic Socialism: a primer We are all socialists. Humans require society for survival. Socialism is all governance. Governance is the type of gov. tax appropriations, gov. regulations and the direction of gov. agencies. It is a spectrum. It goes from democratic socialism which is spending tax monies and having policies for the benefit of all those who actually contribute to the tax pool and represent the vast majority of the population, to corporate socialism which is spending tax monies and making gov. policies for the benefit of the corporate interests of the 2%, all while they pay as little in taxes as they can. Biden is a corporate socialist as is Rump who is even more corporate being a Repugnican. The lobbyists for the 2% have control of both parties now. People know there is something wrong but don't understand this and voted for the Rumpster because they knew he would be a radical change and because they knew radical change is needed, and he was their only option. Sanders and Warren as his VP would have won 2016 because they are democratic socialists, and would have offered the positive change needed, but the DNC is controlled by the interests of the corporate socialists and so they refused to have democratic socialists as their candidates. The democratic socialists in 2016 would have given the positive change that our sick political system needed. Sadly our sickness is now manifested worse after 4 years of Rump. He is the symptom, the pustule if you will, not the cause. He is the logical conclusion as our community deteriorates under the insatiable greed machine of the 2% as they dominate our political system. Ladies and Gentlemen we are screwed. Our country is becoming like the socioeconomic structure of Brazil. With an ever shrinking middle class and a swelling class of working poor, all dominated by the exponential growth of the money and control of society by the corporate socialist top 2%. Gated communities here we come.

[@renewashington791]

I enjoyed this video 💜 and couldn’t help thinking of Bible stories about the temple towers of ancient pagans, notably the story about Nimrod who was the Instigator of temple-tower building. And we ALLLLLLLL know how that turned out LoL. Y’all better read your Bible and strengthen your Faith in the Son (Jesus Christ). Because there is NOTHING NEW under the Sun in terms of what’s happening in Modern Times, the greed, corruption, wealthy folks Lust for more and more money and Luxurious accoutrements. God dealt with that behavior accordingly in ancient times, and he will do so AGAIN in the near future.

[@sajeanne8496]

When all the servers, maids, clerks, cooks, teachers, etc are gone... who will serve the entitled? They will want people back if everyone just LEAVES that can't afford it. MOVE OUT, PEOPLE! They will beg later!!!

[@madelinebigio7565]

Hm the LLC political engineering ❤❤❤

[@carmenpbronx9190]

Coffin ⚰️ in the SKY 🧛‍♂️

[@CartoonManWhoo]

Abolish capitalism! Do harm to rich people!

[@aresmars2003]

Now 5 years later, wonder what happened. The shadows from the skyscrapers seem a lame way to point out the ultrawealthy.

[@Spider58x]

Claiming that inequality matters and that all should be equal is in fact a ideology itself. The Plutocracy you talk about is only made possible by the very democracy you claim they are corrupting. In the past during the days of kings and aristocracy the plutocrats you complain about didn't in fact have power because there were no elections to buy influence for. Democracies are the actually problem and Plutocracy is just a natural byproduct of democracy because your "elected representatives" are and always be bought and paid for. There is no such thing as "getting money out of politics" because politicians have fund their campaigns and the Plutocracy will be the biggest donors and therefore the biggest influence on your "elected representatives". Democracy is a scam/lie and inequality is just a natural fact of economics. Inequality isn't the problem, democracy is.