THE RICH WANT YOU TO STARVE

They don't even hide it anymore.
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[@autumnmcdonough6032]

i told my mom that we’re in a recession the other day and she said “wtf do i care, we’re poor anyway” and i really feel like that accurately summarized the american experience

[@logicandemma8474]

They don't care about us the United States government I mean. They only care about starting wars and making the rich richer. , we average citizens are nothing but chess pieces forgetable pawns. The rulers of this nation and most others are desperately wicked and evill. Bible ( The heart of man are desperately wicked)

[@sir-reynauld-the-kleptomaniac]

Land of opportunity my ass more like.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

Exactly. My brother always says things like "hard times are coming" or some such nonsense and in my head I'm like yeah, I'm well- versed in "hard times", I'll be just fine. Having almost nothing to lose has it's advantages, I suppose

[@lessimcdowell9897]

Spread this on right wing Media comments sections, it works: Can I count on you to organize dark maga worker cooperatives and become financially independent of corporations that are paying Liz Cheney and the democrats to criminalize trump so you and your co op members can each all afford 10k donations for trump 2024? Make sure and don’t tell the banks it’s a co op, the corps are on to us

[@MariaVillagran]

#facts

[@garrettblack]

"the rich have a huge amount of class consciousness" that one stuck with me

[@soigotthisnewanimeplot3162]

it’s a lot easier when you can fit your class into a facebook group lol

[@drtg101we7]

But at the same time they believe that class warfare doesn't exist, since anyone can become rich by pulling themselves by their bootstraps. Capitalist double-think at its finest.

[@plebkingx551]

Such a good line. Honestly was a great vid

[@ince55ant]

@@drtg101we7 no, they say class warfare doesnt exist so that you look derranged when you act accordingly. Like US citizens should be going to every corporate lobbyist and arresting them. but that seems like a crazy thing to do and only a derranged person would do such a thing

[@AdobadoFantastico]

All Americans do. Especially middle class Americans, that's why they're such a useful tool against the working class. Rich people aren't often super scared of being middle class(many will identify as "upper" middle class). But middle class people are *terrified* of being working class.

[@frickinfrick8488]

I hate that any hiccup in supply chains is immediately used to justify outrageous price gouging and the policy response always targets demand spending which was never the problem in the first place.

[@Cheezus]

unregulated capitalism baby, I hate it here.

[@maestercraig3990]

Very true. Under Capitalism unfortunately we Privatize Profits, yet Socialize the losses. This is simply inhumane at this point.

[@thomascross8339]

It's almost like American companies know the only entity that could do anything about them simply price gouging as much as they want is the US Federal Government they have already bought and paid for. It isn't like America is so corrupt the current President literally came from the one state in America where like 90% of our Fortune 500 companies just happen to be headquartered or anything. Oh wait.

[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

@@maestercraig3990 isn’t that type of policy contrary to the concept of capitalism though? Capitalism is meant to have competitive and fair markets, how can they be competitive and fair when many mega corporations are too big to fail.

[@tr1n1ty501]

bro exxacctly

[@artespeck8091]

A capitalistic country going into recession and the poor getting hit the hardest??? I am SHOCKED. SHOCKED I TELL YOU.

[@icarusearthbound]

Well not that shocked

[@fame3491]

Man stop blaming capitalism for every thing. You guys be like smoking is bad so ban lighters instead of banning the main problem cigarette (corruption)

[@daisy3869]

@@fame3491 It is so hilarious that you fail to realize that in your own "gotcha" attempt it is corruption that is a symptom while capitalism is the source 💀💀💀💀 sir who tf do you think designed capitalism? Do you seriously think those in power just let us go from feudalism to capitalism without any sort of guarantee that class dynamics and power would stay the same? Seriously? God lmao

[@blenderfreaky]

@@fame3491 bro, youre commenting this under a video *extensively* explaining why this is caused by capitalism

[@Poadiup]

@@fame3491 yes, the government is run by puppets who push policy's that benefit their capitalist donors and party benefactors rather than the people. This is what I call corruption. what happened to "BY the people FOR the people"

[@sir-reynauld-the-kleptomaniac]

I find it hilarious that despite the rich and powerful being on top they still fear the strength of the masses. We should never forget the sheer numbers we possess and how enough rage can turn any group into a force not to be trifled with…

[@AhamkaraVI]

Fax 💯💯

[@Golems_victory]

True. Plus they are terrified of my tie defender squadron. Lol idk just made a star wars joke because why not.

[@harshh9000]

as much as i hate right wingers and republicans we are all victims of capitalism and it’s evil regardless if the right are capitalist bootlickers it would be amazing if we came together as what we are (working class) and take over we’re all tired of this shit

[@jewishgamerzor7821]

Who is gonna be the leader however? Me, you? The people in the places of power won’t step up and rally so people like me and you need to lead these rally’s. We have to stop being lazy and get out there and show them we are serious.

[@renatlottiepilled]

You don't even need a leader, look at that fella in Japan who did the thing against Shinzo Abe, that's ones way to go about it, and it worked and got media and government in Japan talking at least

[@razor8191]

I heard someone once describe capitalism as the most nihilistic way to run the world. That statement feels more and more true each day.

[@transsylvanian9100]

Capitalism is a death cult.

[@faminaexmachina]

So true

[@Mster_J]

What about countries like Denmark that are capitalists? What’s your view on them

[@Ryan-dp4rs]

@@Mster_J They are still problematic. They thrive off of 3rd world exploitation.

[@Mster_J]

@@Ryan-dp4rs I think that countries like Denmark and Sweden do capitalism the right way. The U.S. has done capitalism the wrong way and we need a complete reboot

[@johnphillips5993]

This economy is down the shitter whether we’re in a recession or not. It’s the same pattern: infinite accumulation of more and more wealth in the hands of a few, and an ever-accelerating societal collapse for the rest of us

[@rtmpgt]

I mean, a general strike's looking pretty fuckin good right now

[@thechief043]

You just described the end goal of a 'free enterprise' system. The goal is wealth accumulation, we're at a point where the wealthy will struggle to see an increase in their record profits without killing/enslaving the poors.

[@torreyintahoe]

What an asinine statement.

[@aldorivas1314]

@@thechief043 But the problem lies in whether we do something about it or not, will we let them just kill us off?

[@androidthebott]

@@torreyintahoe Care to elaborate on that further than just a statement?

[@seasn5553]

my econ professor said two things that made like him 1. “I grew up in the Red Scare era and i was also believed communism was the enemy and i was wrong.” 2. “economists don’t study policies. they study people.”

[@PabloEscobar-oo4ir]

What did he mean with the second statement?

[@goahdejen6176]

@@PabloEscobar-oo4ir economics is the study of human behavior with relation to money and scarcity. we use policies to change how people act, but economics, in essence, is a psychology subset focusing on the scarcity aspect

[@Mster_J]

In communism, everyone suffers equally

[@CannibalCommunist]

The government shouldn't just nationalize the production of ubiquitous, life-saving drugs like insulin and epinephrine either, it should nationalize the production of all the controlled substances and addictive pharmaceuticals as well. And not so those drugs can be a monetary boon for the government, simply shifting the profit motive behind the opiate epidemic from the private to the public sector, but to finance addiction research and treament with the *ENTIRETY* of the revenue. It's an incredibly simple and elegant way to address the opiate crisis and could even be a solution in its own right. Unfortunately, this country has no will to realize such a policy, because the monetization of human suffering is a quintessential American pastime.

[@keith7261]

Oh trust me, government knows that. It’s why its damn near impossible to even negotiate our pharmaceuticals, let alone nationalize them. They see the suffering, and only do something about it if they can see that the class resentment is getting too high. America is only fun if you’re rich, or dumb.

[@ChrisTesch87]

Monetization of human suffering is as old as time...it's a business, and business is good. 👆 well said though

[@iheartlreoy8134]

I agree add in the entire medical system, every utility, weapons manufacturing, oil, and banking to the nationalization boogaloo and I’m in too

[@keith7261]

@@iheartlreoy8134 fuck it, we just need to nationalize the nation

[@d.r.parsons]

The monetization of human suffering is just a necessary and sufficient condition of capitalism

[@chicnuggs8238]

My mum doesn't believe the government shouldn't have free benifits for lower class citizens because she believes it "gives them no motivation to work" I've had Medicaid since utero, and will most likely qualify as a legal adult. I've almost strangled her for disagreeing with Medicaid prices being negotiable like the VA's are

[@moisesaguirre515]

Ayn Rand really fucked us all over

[@androidthebott]

She's brainwashed, just like most other people in this country. No offense, my mom and family is the same way. It's crazy to see just how little they care for human rights, and they don't even realize what they're truly saying. It's baffling

[@Notcleverenough]

Mine said its her right to run over people in the street. Fun day that was

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

@@Notcleverenough Fahrenheit 451 moment

[@erikhendrickson59]

Not only does it keep wages low, but it keeps low and middle income individuals fighting amongst themselves instead lobbying for the high-level, institutional change that would ACTUALLY impact their lives.

[@juliahowe8180]

We need wage theft reform.

[@Patrick-pw8hs]

dont forget also uneducated. It fits well with all this too.

[@joekuvorkian]

A good 40 percent of our population would get angry if you tried to help them this way, they'd call you a "commie" and publicly advocate for your death with 0 consequences

[@zach-rac]

Goddam I wish more people realized this... /sigh

[@DanielSabzghabaei]

“The US government is just 8 corporations in a government suit.”

[@Indyawillis85]

I liked that line quite a bit. I might have to use that sometime.

[@juliahowe8180]

It's so true.

[@erinmcgraw5208]

That's accurate 😆

[@KingPWNinater]

* With lobbying, we don't have a government. It's just a bunch of multinational Corperations in a trench coat.

[@TophinatorStreams]

Yep

[@Sisyphusana]

This video sums up EXACTLY why I changed my major from Economics. Hasan's explanation is dead on. We talk about these issues in the more liberal econ classes, and the only real (not perfect, but real) solutions to systemic issues in our economic system always boil down to "gov needs to step in to socialize our system and our industries". Of course, that also requires politicians to even have a BASIC understanding of modern (not Keynesian) economics. Meanwhile, my more conservative econ and business profs in general have said straight to my face (yes, I literally confronted them about it in class, it was a time lol) that "price gouging isn't that big of a deal, if there are people who can/will buy at higher prices, so be it!" Modern economics (AKA not economic theories created in the 1920s BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION) actually points to socialism as the only way to maximize Utility and Welfare for a group of citizens. I highly recommend you all look into it further as I am simplifying for the sake of this comment. Anyways, economics is also at best educated guesswork and is full of professionals/professors who act like it's still the 1920s. I changed my major bc I couldn't handle how depressing it all was, but good luck to everyone in this field who's actually trying to change the landscape of economics to focus on general Utility/Welfare (as they're supposed to) rather than lining the pockets of CEOs.

[@gayboy1142]

Hi, economics bachelor grad here. I feel like this is spot on to my experience. My more leftist professors teaching courses like cost-benefit analysis and development economics talked about how effective the government can be at increasing marginal social benefit as well as subverting "poverty traps" that keep poor people poor. But then I'll have a conservative professor in, say, labor economics, and seeing how minimum wage is discussed as though raising it would so badly hurt poor people makes me sick. American Economics is so unapologetically in favor of the supplier/ultra-wealthy class

[@Mster_J]

Who’s to say that the government would make decisions in favor of the people though? Good luck with that

[@lesliwilliams6684]

@@Mster_J they would have to if they could actually be held accountable by the people they're catering for.

[@Natethegr809]

The people are starving, Jesse. We have to cook.

[@petergriffin7121]

that’s right yo

[@Golems_victory]

@@petergriffin7121 lol its good peter Griffin from family guy at least is with us. Lol yes i made this type of joke again

[@frankc.astle214]

100th like!! Oh wow I’m that guy now…

[@Mster_J]

Watch Dave Ramsey

[@kansascity9058]

great time for my post-college job search. every entry-level job listing turns out to be a fucking scam

[@johnnyguillotine1673]

Always has been unless you was a baby boomer getting a job out of highschool

[@n8can2chitown24]

Job description and salary level: entry level Minimum qualifications: 5+ years in the field

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

Same, all this education and for what still living in essentially lower middle class conditions and can barely find jobs related to my field.

[@pittaaaabread]

@@n8can2chitown24 shit is so fucked. Indeed is a fucking joke of a scam.

[@melelconquistador]

@@dylanschmeichel2008 We need to take control of our lives by taking control of the system.

[@justadinosaur]

One of the little known advantages for unionization especially for people who have to deal with the public is you can actually negotiate with your employer to have a "customer/patron code of conduct" so the second some Karen goes off on you, you can throw the book at them and have them thrown out and you're completely safe in your job still. This has made my job leaps and bounds better.

[@SamuraiBonesie]

As someone who has upper-middle/middle-class parents, it only kicked in during the Pandemic that my parents are also workers, and I realized that even if some workers are richer than others, we're all workers.

[@crocrivers9039]

My grandpa is 82 and he wants to nationalize the oil industry

[@simoneidson21]

Boomer/silent generation comrade?

[@musclestruts5032]

@@simoneidson21 If he's 82, that sounds like late Silent Generation. Not old enough to have fought in WW2, but still predates the baby boom.

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

you really want the corrupt politicians to manage it? at least the corpos are motivated by profit, the politicians will just sell it to their buddies for a good deal while causing the price to go up for us plebs, it'd just be a change of management for the same problem

[@naiforeverTv]

That’s cause he remembers the good days

[@Notcleverenough]

@@naiforeverTv he cant even remember to change his diaper. At this point hes lighting a match on his way out the door, and like his diaper, expecting everyone else to clean his mess

[@justanothererd01]

I hope that this time around people actually stick to their guns with a second occupy wall street movement and that we won't just hand out bailouts to companies and banks that are "too big to fail"

[@terrystevens3998]

I personally don’t care if they bail out business as long as they also bail out the people who get hit hardest

[@ZealothPL]

Sitting around in tent cities won't get anything done. Those mfers are openly talking about killing us. Yes, saying that you "hope workers conditions worsen" I'm the current situation is just embracing deaths

[@alohatigers1199]

@Nominal Anomalie No regulation that’s why. No rules meaning they CAN do whatever they want, no?

[@koolaidgadfly5132]

We are going to need that and more to save our democracy after the next two elections. We are going to need a general strike.

[@worldview6218]

Yeah but the problem is that not that I’m defending these big banks, because I’m not, they are demons, but unfortunately lack of regulations and our entire system enabled themselves to gorge themselves and years of gambling and risk taking which ended in the inevitable crisis, unfortunately they’d have taken down the entire system with them. I get that that probably seems like it would be a good thing, but I feel like it woood be naive to assume that the entire system collapsing and crashing that the rich wouldn’t find a way to put the burden on the working class and poor and it would have been them who suffered most with or without bailout

[@katiez688]

I lived through 3 prior recessions. I never remembered seeing THIS much press lead up… Its especially bizarre given we have record unemployment.

[@ZealothPL]

Three ONCE IN A LIFETIME recessions too! Back to back champions!

[@terrystevens3998]

Usually the recessions are at the tail end of Republican administrations and the news sucks at covering them... recession under a dem president and it gets the 📢 when Obama won his election the press did the same shit

[@juliahowe8180]

We lost over a million people to covid, and many women left the workplace to care for kids and elderlies. There is still an untold number of people who retired early because of long-covid and damage from covid rebounds. It's easily 4million people out of the workforce.. and yet business owners are still pushing the message that "no one wants to work anymore".

[@manilovebagels]

woah, capitalism is amazing, right!!!!

[@aerated]

@@ZealothPL a recession every decade has been totally normal for over a century

[@moisesaguirre515]

"We will break stuff with the people's hammer" -Spongebob SquarePants

[@roxycauldwell544]

I tried to explain to a guy that i work with that wants to be a landlord why being a landlord is bad and eventually contributes to all the corporate greed that he hates, he just straight up tried to sugar coat it. It's fucking infuriating

[@terrystevens3998]

It is the only way for people who are not rich to not work until they die now a days.

[@Golems_victory]

@@Tetragrammaton22 plus do conservatives and people really think trillionairs and billionaires would let pip squeaks become rich.... AS SHREK OUR LORD AND SAVIOR ONCE SAID....."NO!"- SHREK

[@xEnder515]

So he's mad at other people for taking advantage of corporate loopholes but is fine with it as long as he gets to abuse the same system. The hilarity in his gymnastics is astounding 🤣

[@roxycauldwell544]

@@xEnder515 yupp. It's all fun and games until YOU have the power to exploit people and then it's "uwu but not ME, I'm not a bad guy!"

[@roxycauldwell544]

@@Tetragrammaton22 they do, though. They scoop one, then two, then like 5 properties. Next thing you know a small cul-de-sac is in the hands of only three fucking people. Then a small neighborhood. It's effecting entire generations and keeping people from homeownership and all you're doing is creating more slavery

[@Lords1997]

Pretty sure recessions are moments when the proletariat are supposed to hang the bourgeoisie

[@Elkator955]

Remember everyone: The greatest most iconic enemy of Superman is not some magical alien from outer space. It is the representative of capitalism.

[@Mster_J]

I guess you haven’t heard of the evils of communists regimes of the past, and current evils of communists regimes such as what’s going on in China

[@LancesArmorStriking]

edit: sorry, i thought you said his enemy was a space alien, I thought you were talking about braniak lex luthor, the capitalist genius is the bigger enemy. But i understand the point- superman is a socially conservative figure

[@bessie0899]

This is ridiculous, I live in a van so no rent and I still feel like I can barely afford the cost of living! Gas, food, water, essentials, those are most of my expenses and it's still too much! Eggs are like (around) 3.05 at Walmart?? Bread is going up even if by a couple cents I've noticed it, everything is just so much higher! And still car insurance is ridiculous, and I still don't even have health insurance! Just gross.

[@brandonsupreme8380]

introduce socialism like other countries do this is insane the corporate greed is disgusting this is outrage that citizens like you dont have health care like wtf abd then they say the best country in the world

[@LancesArmorStriking]

in the short term, if it does not affect your gas prices too much, a giant bag of rice is usually cheap in bulk, cheap calories

[@ince55ant]

they'll never stop. things could get to the point of french revolution and they'd still be like "invest in timber and big steel blades"

[@Zoe-fi9hk]

i’m pretty sure i saw a graph that demonstrated how wealth inequality now in america is proportionally worse than wealth inequality right before the french revolution in france

[@transsylvanian9100]

they will sell us the rope...

[@Mster_J]

And this guy will never stop making videos as long as he makes money and benefits from the capitalist society he lives in. He’s a hypocrite

[@aprildesy4133]

hasan was really so good on stream this day im happy this got uploaded as a clip even though this was on stream like 2 weeks ago lmao

[@TheDrew320]

This is how I consume Hasan content so I'm stoked. Kinda crazy it was weeks ago tho

[@Zelinity]

hasan's editors are not whipped enough

[@kyledowning6775]

I genuinely feel like we're headed into a full-on depression. It's insane.

[@roo5940]

Same. I feel like no one knows how bad it’s going to be… and this is all coming from someone who would typically consider themself an optimist lol

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

I saw it coming early on in Covid but I got called a conspiracy nut for pointing it out, this is the shitiest I told you so man

[@vojislavl6665]

Dw, it seems like most people are depressed anyway. It's just being noticed now

[@spartan117q13]

The difference being that more and more people are aware that corporations are making record profits, this depression will hopefully lead to a surge of direct action from young people. Like Chris Smalls said, be strike ready by 2024 we may need to be by 2023 though.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

I think that the depression will be gradual this time. The transition away from trading in dollars (largely because of sanctions over the ukraine conflict) will likely be what collapses the value of the dollar. If China, India, Russia, Arabia, start trading in basket currencies, yuan, or euros, the usd will suffer. Reserve currency status will be lost, and the stability concerns will bring about the very thing everyone was concerned about. Self fulfilling prophecy

[@NateMcBrady]

It’s kinda worse; other people don’t even register to them. They literally cannot empathize.

[@promethiac2641]

The man with 1000 sheep see's that his neighbor has 1 sheep.. So he kills it.

[@bengallup9321]

The working class all too often fails to remember there is strength in numbers. "You act like a tame herd, notwithstanding your great numbers, allowing yourselves to be possessed and fleeced by the few" - Licinius Macer, Tribune of the Plebs.

[@myfairlady343]

Yeah nah. Getting millions of workers organized aint easy. Especially because workers dont all have the same problems ans their is different kind of working class people.

[@mack1ngton]

Corps actually out here saying "profit over people" on the TL

[@goblinbabe]

My mom literally just got fired from amazon today after working there for 4 years.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

😔

[@terrystevens3998]

They must not have heard about the labor shortage emergency 🚨

[@petergriffin7121]

My condolences

[@Grateful.knits99]

🤡 clowned her out of “the deal”

[@number1analprincess]

it's so grotesque how these people could not possibly spend their wealth across multiple lifetimes but it's never enough, they want more and more and more

[@Mster_J]

What’s wrong with that? It creates competition which then creates innovation and progress

[@number1analprincess]

@@Mster_J innovation and progress isn't born out of competition, it's born out of collaboration without a profit motive lol... there's a reason why every major technology started in the public sector before being privatized, and upon privatization these innovations stagnate when there's no reason to innovate past the need for higher profits. why do you think we only get small, minimal increments in tech provided by private corporations? they dont need to innovate more than they have to, its way more profitable to just repackage and tweak incrementally

[@goblinbabe]

@@Mster_J imagine all of the innovation and progress if equity was given to all the people born into poverty.

[@Mster_J]

@@goblinbabe given? How about earned?

[@Mster_J]

@@number1analprincess if there was no competition and I had no competitors why would I waste my time and money trying to improve my product?

[@user-kt9mu2fo7f]

“eight corporations in a government trench coat” killed me, cause he’s so right, the guy at the head doesn’t even matter at that point

[@maynardwayward12]

Even if union membership levels reach historic highs, it's not enough. The corporations will immediately start to undo it. And then we're back here again several years later. We need to also transform our unions into democratic organizations to manage these companies.

[@meloncholy428]

And have laws in place without loopholes to stop corporations from union busting and to hold these people accountable in a court of law for when they use these tactics.

[@transsylvanian9100]

@@meloncholy428 You're delusional if you think you can fix capitalism by just passing the right kinds of laws. The entire framework of the bourgeois state and economic system based on private ownership of the means of production is the problem. That cannot be reformed. It can only be destroyed and replaced. Stop thinking like a lib.

[@transsylvanian9100]

It is not enough to have "democratically managed" companies just like it is not enough to just have unions. Unions need to be transformed into militant revolutionary organizations with the aim of seizing and holding state power and purging all opposition to the proletarian dictatorship. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

[@figlinn]

I have a disability rating and have free healthcare though the VA. I'm only 25 so it is awkward for me sometimes to go to these VA hospitals that have many older vets with much more serious issues but the feeling of not having to worry about ANY of my treatment is amazing. Everything is covered all by just showing my ID. They send me my medication through the mail without ever asking for any payment info. While I do have chronic pain, I feel luck to have access to this system while many of my friends are nervous to fail off their parents insurance at 26.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

I'm so glad you're being cared for ❤

[@dgmuze]

Thank you for your service, you deserve to be taken care of by the VA, regardless of age.

[@wpaunan]

Didn't you sacrifice your life for us? I'm thinking that amounts to something.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

as a Canadian hearing this is kind of crazy though, imagine living in a country where this shit is rare, feels so out of body ngl

[@scoobydoobers23]

One of those groups most strongly against socialized healthcare in my experience are older veterans who also receive VA healthcare. The cognitive dissonance is pretty impressive.

[@pogo8050]

“People are demanding too high salaries they are not disciplined enough to take low pay, low benefit jobs” can somebody tell my man’s to get a ghostwriter that is not a Mr Burns impersonator?

[@Mster_J]

Yeah I’m a janitor and I’ve been demanding to get paid 90k a year because I bring that much value to the school I work for

[@geraldbrowder5806]

@Tim Daze Are you getting paid for this? Ppl like you truly fascinate me, like you are legit going out of your way to simp for a system that isn’t even working to your benefit. You must be smart enough to realize you’re pissing into the wind commenting here, or maybe you think someone will change their mind if you speak out enough? Either way it’s a marvel to behold how successfully the programming has worked on you that you’re out here towing the line for the overlords free of charge

[@COSMOKRAT_616]

8 corporations in a government suit....shit had me dying 🤣

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

WE NEED MORE UNIONS

[@Xosidhe]

🍽 Can we please eat the rich now?

[@judygru3some]

please like actually kill them and eat them…. I’m ready

[@goblinbabe]

Elon is literally built like a rotisserie chicken GET HIS ASS 🗣🗣🗣🍽

[@JamesMcKenzie69]

Revolution first, then rotisserie bezos

[@coolshirtkid]

congrats on a mil hasan, the work you do is important for educating people in this wasteland of conservative grifter filth

[@collinredrick8037]

The cognitive dissonance is amazing 😂😂😂 you literally just described Hasan “conservative grifter filth” 😂😂 keep giving your money to a multimillionaire who doesn’t do anything to support you.. cause you know.. socialism.

[@gobygo256]

this comment is a slay

[@coolshirtkid]

@@gobygo256 thanks 💅

[@collinredrick8037]

@@coolshirtkid I’m pretty sure he was referring to mine

[@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261]

Isn’t Hasan a multi-millionaire living in a mansion who can’t stop complaining about the rich? 😄

[@trash1570]

26:10 i can relate to this specially. 2021 my dog was diagnosed with cancer so we had a lot of vet visits all worked around my schedule, (he was still going strong and not in any pain so we didn't want to cut him short), I got penalized for this and my hours went from 30+ per week to 5 then 0 for over a month. Ended up having no other option and filed for unemployment which was a kick in my gut to have to do being willing and ready to work. When I was allowed to go back and put back on the schedule, a year later I got written up bc he passed away in my arms and I called off. And still with everything that happened, i would do it again. Work isn't my only priority, he was too. Pup was my child and my best friend. He passed peacefully and on his own terms. Good boy ❤️

[@justified_wrath_21]

They’re rich of course they do.

[@Radjhitoocool]

It’s how some of them got rich

[@darkmoneybrandon24]

Then why we just sitting here suffering. Is it a human tendency to suffer 🤔 maybe cause this is bs

[@lessimcdowell9897]

Spread this on right wing Media comments sections, it works: Can I count on you to organize dark maga worker cooperatives and become financially independent of corporations that are paying Liz Cheney and the democrats to criminalize trump so you and your co op members can each all afford 10k donations for trump 2024? Make sure and don’t tell the banks it’s a co op, the corps are on to us

[@evanarroyo1384]

They should have their money taken away by force. If their wealth isn’t taken away by force, then the people will starve, and besides, I don’t trust billionaires that say that they’re philanthropists, I need to see it.

[@Golems_victory]

@@evanarroyo1384 lol hell yeah bro. Don't worry the rich will be running away from my tie defender squadron. Lol why do i keep making star wars jokes. Lol because its fun and true metaphorically.

[@reaverfang377]

Yeah like, when the economy was fine, almost every American I knew which is many was struggling, and not one I met was well off. The fact so many people struggle to buy fresh milk from a supermarket when I can go to a gas station and buy perfectly fresh drinkable milk is insane. Everything is a monopoly over there and everything is a ripoff, Americans can't get even reliable water. I knew one guy in Connecticut who had to boil his water for a full year because it was so contaminated. And I learned it's a common occurrence that you guys have to buy fresh water when I can simply drink from the damned tap. Can't get clean edible food, I can go, in my small town to most grocers and small-time places and reliably be able to eat any food I want but Americans have to be careful because it might poison them because it might be off. Every American I know barely scratches by where the smallest event could mean the end and then top everything off. Every day they go out they're likely to be shot and the Police won't protect them because the Supreme Court decided U.S Police have no duty to protect them. Oh let's not forget the Fascists threatening the existence of well over half of them and their simple right to fuckin' exist. Economic recession... Cyberpunk 2077? More like Cyberpunk 2022, Wake the Fuck up!

[@Zb_Calisthenic]

America is wayyy to big for this to apply everywhere, Where I live water and food are clean and plentiful.

[@reaverfang377]

@@Zb_Calisthenic Of course exceptions exist, much like other failing countries not everywhere is terrible all the time. What I was getting at is that this is the experience of way to many Americans way too often. It's one thing to have bad experience once and while and it's another thing for every American I know from completely different parts of the Country all being disenfranchised and all ways I mentioned and in ways I haven't.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@Zb_Calisthenic True, but the vast majority aren't prosperous, not anymore. I have experience in 2 continents, and most Americans are only better in material things. There is a wide variety of things here, the best technology, big economy. But they struggle to give all citizens the basic things. Even in some russian villages, there is a clinic that will heal a broken leg for free. It will not be perfect, but to my understanding, it is the same in the us. The good services cost money, so most us citizens will only get average care, for a high price. And most europeans will say that the pace of life is too fast in the us. You are making so much money, but no time to enjoy any of that. It is like having a bigger house, but no keys to inside.

[@Sindrella.]

You’re totally right in some places about this stuff. The clean drinking water mainly only affects certain areas. Most places still have access to reliable drinking water, but the rate of places that don’t is growing at an alarming rate, yes. The big thing that sends us over is medical care. You can either choose to die or pay thousands for treatment. People aren’t going to choose death, naturally humans choose to instinctively fight for survival. It’s so evil how they privatized our medical industry in order to make fat profits off of this. They know people will pay because they have no choice. It puts people in debt for YEARS sometimes. And then we have millions in poverty, but we also have a couple hundred guys who have more money than they could ever spend. Britain (specifically London) has a similar issue with some people having a far greater concentration of wealth, but they have the National Health Service and other social services that help the people and they are very popular programs. America gets none of that shit. We are left to starve and struggle and die just so the rich man can get richer. That’s the American dream. It isn’t OUR American dream. It’s theirs. And we are just meaningless dollar signs, meant to be exploited and reaped of value until there’s nothing left.

[@reaverfang377]

@@Sindrella. Americans have gotta make their presence felt every day. Governments are meant to serve people but money corrupts them very quickly. it'll take nothing less then total and utter commitment to change this unfortunately.

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

I love how big corporations and the government are teaming up to punish the rest of us for a pandemic we didn’t cause.

[@promethiac2641]

Greed and hoarding is a mental illness. I feel sorry for them.

[@transsylvanian9100]

They don't feel sorry for you though. You can feel sorry for them all you want but the reality is they live in luxury while you are struggling and doomed to a life of misery. So maybe stop with the pity and get angry. These "people" deserve no pity.

[@hurensohn7605]

@@transsylvanian9100 these "people" deserve a ropespierre haircut.

[@promethiac2641]

@@transsylvanian9100 That is what started up Germany in a frenzy way back in the day.

[@hudson8954]

Sadly I have no hope for our country we just keep moving backwards

[@coolcatbad4508]

Us laborers are tired... working to live is terribly demoralizing

[@newaccount2970]

It's almost like owning humans was made illegal, but slavery is still acceptable...

[@naiforeverTv]

All Lincoln signed was a new labor contract

[@ABuffWizard]

*Congrats on a million subs to both Hasan and his incredible editors here on YT.*

[@Calthecool]

“Let them eat cake” *Sike*

[@promethiac2641]

"The cake is a lie" Portal

[@cattibingo]

@@promethiac2641 GLaDOS is a copy of marie antoinette's consciousness confirmed

[@Montesama314]

Sorry, cake just rose in price by 4 more dollars. Can't afford it.

[@joshcornell7013]

if you study political science, you learn about the concept of "flexibility" in the workforce. the capitalist classes keep people poor on purpose because they want a "flexible workforce" to exploit at any given time, and the poorer the working class is, the more flexible and exploitable they become. they want you available when they need you- and willing to work for a pittance- and will cut you and leave you out to dry the first chance they get. it is the nature of their game. this is at the heart of why wages at the bottom have not risen (when compared with inflation) since the 70's, while corporate profits and ceo salaries have gone through the roof. because the more focused wealth becomes at the top, the more they require a flexible workforce to enslave for their profit incentives and fiduciary responsibilities. read "the work of nations" by robert reich. class warfare is real.

[@luke-wu6hq]

robert reich is a 4 foot tall clown

[@joshcornell7013]

it's not just opec...gas companies even force mom and pop companies to price fix as well, because if they don't go along with the scheme, their supply will be cut off. and they don't have the economy of scale to fight back against it. ask anyone who owns a gas station, whether it is under the banner of a corporate chain, or not. they'll tell you straight up. if they don't go by the price guidelines imposed from the top, they will be cut off and shut down, plain and simple. and people are too poor to challenge the economy of scale model...a mom and pop shop that would normally prop up the middle class...can't compete against the walmarts of the world because economy of scale allows them to offer bargain basement prices that these smaller companies and stores can't compete with. people shop at walmart bc they think they are too poor and seek out the cheapest prices, not realizing they are perpetuating this cycle and shooting themselves in the foot...and don't even get me started on right wing and liberal capitalist stans. the most mindless of all the shills. theft from corporations is a revolutionary act. if you don't steal from walmart et al- and allow people to steal if you are an employee...you are a fucking idiot, straight up.

[@ParadigmDreamspace]

No words make me more violent than the phrase "record profits"

[@glampirexo]

"Are we in a recession?" "Oh, just you wait"

[@leavemealone535]

Nothing makes me angrier than the "we must depress wages" bullshit. Everyone is already struggling. Prices don't go down, they only go up.

[@danieldaw1778]

Was I the only one with not absolute psychos for economics teachers? I had like, one, that did the "talk about economic principles in the a vacuum without factoring in, y'know, people", but he was also former upper management for a bank and this was his retirement gig. A whole bunch of my teachers had serious Keynesian takes in economic matters and really hammered home how destructive firms can be in a market and the importance of government intervention to counter externalities, set price ceilings and floors, and generally to act as a bulwark against the worst tendencies and practices of capitalism.

[@Mster_J]

It seems like everyone assumes, in the case of a government intervention, that the government would intervene in a way that benefits the people and not just them. How will we make sure that if the government were to intervene in the market, it would be to benefit us and not their own pockets?

[@danieldaw1778]

@@Mster_J Sorry I'm late, but the answer is vote. Elect people that will use the government to help people and if they don't, hold their ass to the fire. Though I guess to do that, we have to render the current Republican party unelectable so that the Dems don't get to coast on being not fascist psychopaths who are actively trying to destroy the world through denying climate change is real and refusing to do anything about it.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Eat the rich

[@Golems_victory]

NAH EAT THE POOR. FEED THE RICH THEY NEED SUBSIDENCE....lol jk i was Roleplaying as a conservative. Lol.

[@PhoenixFireZero]

Consolidation into corporatization continues unabated.

[@direktive4]

yet aren't corporations making record profits? something's not adding up

[@JCstriepe]

But we’re all going to be rich one day.. right?… RIGHT?

[@Golems_victory]

Lmao. Conservatives are so dumb. They think they'll become rich by only hard works....in a system rigged against them and us all....lol wow

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

if you're a real commie and not the capitalist knock off maybe, but all I see are selfish capitalist commies who're only in it to help themselves

[@kylenz3140]

Slaves til we die..at best

[@frankmcclusky7870]

Activists should find out the specific executives and upper level organization members promoting things like depressing workers wages. Turn their homes and neighborhoods into protest sites so the the consequences of what they are doing are no longer removed from them.

[@kevinchristensen7510]

Bro, _every_ executive and shareholder wants to depress wages. Take your pick, it's a buffet.

[@transsylvanian9100]

Lol, imagine thinking that peaceful protests achieve anything. You need some good old fashioned Propaganda of the Deed.

[@Mster_J]

Sounds like something a dictator would do

[@user-cg6fd4in1d]

Basically the Working Class can't have it too good.

[@zgk815]

This needs to be seen by more people

[@abberss]

"Neoliberals be like "hmm yes we must reduce wages to protect our precious CEOs"

[@cadenpage2731]

Hey y’all, fun fact: animal agriculture gets subsidized tens of BILLIONS (40 billion in 2019, which has increased by a couple ten billion in the past few years due to Covid), whereas plant agriculture gets subsidized tens*** of MILLIONS of dollars every year. The food production for farmed animals count is subsidized as plant agriculture, which accounts for nearly 50% of plant food production in the u.s. Animal agriculture only accounts for roughly 20% of the caloric intake of the u.s population & roughly 35% of protein intake. Animal agriculture is a money pit. When Hasan talks about subsidies needing to be readjusted, & specifically mentioned food production, what he doesn’t point out is that animal agriculture is the overwhelming majority of where subsidies go. I’ve heard Hasan make fun of vegans and veganism constantly, but what is always left out of the conversation is that a large part of what veganism aims to achieve is a sustainable food supply with infrastructure that doesn’t require billions and billions of dollars being pumped into it every year just to keep it afloat, and with a very small fraction of that money actually getting to workers - which, animal agriculture is the #1 employer of undocumented workers in the u.s. (this is the stat I’ve seen, but construction is always very close).

[@mayhemamigos4766]

It is time to liquidate the bourgeoisie!

[@dokidokiduckie]

"gives workers too much power" has to be the most oxymoronic statements I've ever heard WORKERS HAVE LITERALLY NO POWER IN AMERICA, THAT IS THE PROBLEM

[@argosfe7445]

Do you want a revolution? Because that's how you get a revolution.

[@noahboucher125]

"American government is just 8 corporations wearing a government trenchcoat," fax dawg

[@eternallyhi420]

Thanks for these vids Hasan & the YT editing team ❤️ it really gives me hope for the rest of us These vids really hammer it in my head how the system is fucking us and how to combat it Just today I got into an argument with my parents about lack of investment/interest in public transit/HSR. I argued it was due to the billion fucking dollar oil & gas industry as well as car manufacturers and they said that I was spouting environmentalist propaganda... It's so hard to find the patience to breakdown the Fox News brain rot sometimes

[@MagicalPuddinPops]

Relatable. No matter how transparently shitty things get, Fox News brain rot will always rationalize it and find a way to blame communism. My parents have the same brain rot, hang in there and continue to emphasize the cause of these recessions to absolute idiots until it’s drilled into their heads ✌️

[@hurensohn7605]

we should troll fox news by grieving their headquarters in minecraft

[@Sindrella.]

I seriously think Fox News is responsible for so much of the damage to this country. CNN is still mainstream media and shouldn’t be trusted, but Fox News has turned like half my family into die hard trump capitalist robots. Anybody who disagrees with them gets an earful. Hell, I went to a concert two days ago with my uncle and he spent the entire time asking me if I was “okay with America going to shit” and lambasted my political views the entire evening. Who says that to their nephew who was gracious enough to give them the extra ticket he bought for the concert? It’s truly sickening how compassionate, respectful people turn into assholes after watching enough of that garbage. He used to be so cool and never talked politics or disrespected others’ views… but now it’s like everyone has to agree with him or they’re completely stupid and wrong.

[@chaotickreg7024]

I'm gonna start metaphorically reffering to the economy as "life support." I think it works. "Life support" has been failing hard since 2020. I'm poor, I have terrible access to the life support.

[@Etticos.]

This analogy works too well. I’m poor too, and my life supports about to run out.

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@Etticos. I can't believe how many people are using the life support system to make fast street racing cars. Forget Tesla, give the Life Support system something to help us all breath healthier. Like literally, let's use the economy to care for life instead of wealth.

[@Etticos.]

@@chaotickreg7024 I don’t even know how those people afford that shit. I am barely hanging on and I can’t even afford to fix my ancient cars dead ac or fix the windows so they go down. Fun in the summer.

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@Etticos. I'm sacrificing meals and I still can't afford an oil change rn. My work feels close enough to bike, but it also hits 110° here and it actually hurts to be out in the sun too long. I almost couldn't afford medication recently, and I had to have a family member pay a doctor bill. I'm this poor and I have a job!

[@Etticos.]

@@chaotickreg7024 same bro. My job isn’t terrible, it just doesn’t pay enough and is 35 min away.

[@alohatigers1199]

What’s the point of increasing wages if they are just going to increase the price of goods anyways to increase the profit margin back up again? The working class cannot win. Your landlord will increase the rent... Whats the point of living in rental units? We live in a system that favors competition, we are destroying each other while those who are at the top are living in their utopian bubble. Instead of competing against each other, we need to cooperate with each other against the rich/wealthy. Change the system.

[@alohatigers1199]

Oh, speaking on landlords, the housing costs. Air bnbs are skyrocketing and people who can afford housings, THOSE PEOPLE WILL RENT THEM OUT. Businesses will own them. And those rents are getting expensive as well. And the only time they will sell is when the value is high and people who can afford it will buy it. WE ARE NOT WINNING. We need to limit the amount of housings a person/business can own. Or MAKE IT ILLEGAL to own more than 2 or more housing units. What’s the point of building more housings if these businesses are going to keep buying and renting them out?

[@glampirexo]

United we bargain. Divided we beg.

[@videlina978]

That video and everything that you said really speaks to me, I didn't know your twitch channel before the pixelwar, it's one of the reasons thatI really liked this event (btw I'm French). It's true that the United-States is, with these unions within the low wage workers, at the beginning of a struggle that many European nations and country around the world have already accomplished, it's why we have social and health protection in France and others countries, not because the government care about people but more because the people at some point revolted and asked from the government that their most basic rights (health, a fixed minimum wage, scholarships for low-income families, etc.) be accessible to all. And the worst thing is that although we have acquired theses rights, they are not eternal, and those in power pressured and or corrupted by big corporations only seek to reduce these rights. So it's a fight of every single day and it's why in France we had the "Gilet Jaune" manifestation/movement, because the government was letting the most poor without enough help. Sorry if there's mistakes, my English ain't amazing.

[@apinychuang1624]

I live in Australia and it’s so crazy to watch a twitch streamer ask for things that are the norm to us. The US government shouldn’t be making decisions depending on money/ how corporations would react. It’s actually quite pathetic knowing that the government is at the mercy of corporations.

[@skis_injeans]

"All for ourselves and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." Smith knew it back then.

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

Based Comrade Adam

[@thabsworld]

i love having to survive to live lmao although it is a little fun to play the will i eat today game

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

ha! jokes on them, I already starve myself by accident

[@FoxNHound]

Aye same man. ADHD meds kill my appetite so I guess I’m already saving money on food.

[@BPCwithCharlie]

Jack Ma is a good example of Chinese government stepping in. Jack wanted his version of Amazon to compete with local farmers and price them out. The government saw how much damage that can do and stopped it.

[@georgekingiv8171]

Yeah that's the reason because Chinese government care too much about farmers.

[@damnumonkeyballs]

Weaponized poverty...

[@toddodell70]

'Promotion down to zero' is spot on. We continually absorb more work for peers laid off and getting a promotion is like pulling teeth.

[@gravy1523]

How do I like a video twice?

[@sturdybutter]

Excellent video. Really wish Hasan’s content was as popular as it deserves to be.

[@davidcervantes5547]

Chadlords: We want to raise your rent! Tenantcells: noOoO, I’m a single mother who nEEds to FeEd her ChILdren

[@hudson2441]

There’s never any negotiation that it’s the working people who will feel the economic pain.

[@MpWrproductions]

Yanis varoufakis is one of my favorite speakers to listen to, great stuff this week!

[@theunholinesswithin3601]

I don't sympathize at all with people, but what bugs me is that those corporations are all benefiting from people's cowardice and incompetence. I wish the people could suffer the consequences of their own inadequacies without anybody gaining from them.

[@liam..]

if you have the space buy some seeds and cheap plastic pots. fresh fruits, veggies or herbs will help supplement whatever food you can afford without having to spend extra at the store.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

What fruits can be grown in a pot? Especially from seeds? Edit: thanks for all suggestions (and for fiercely defending the concept of indoor fruit farming! lol) but I was being facetious...and a bit annoyed at the flippant nature of the suggestion that indoor fruit gardening is some how a simple & legitimate way to feed oneself- especially starting from seeds & not seedlings/starter plants. Those of you who have tried know what I mean. But maybe this will prompt everyone who hasn't tried it to give it a go. Best of luck all! Show me those indoor container berries! 😉

[@SuperGreentoker]

@@tonyabrookes9931 Most of them. Startches like corn and potatos, veggies like tomatoes and peppers, herbs like rosmary and basil, save a ton of money on weed. You can grow tons of stuff with just a pot, soil, and seeds.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

@@Tetragrammaton22 have you ever grown anything indoor in pots from seeds? Its a long process, takes up a lot of space and requires constant care & resources and doesn't yield enough of anything to supplement needing to purchase food. And if one is struggling financially so much that they have trouble buying food, I dont see how they can invest in indoor growing supplies and climate control features for growing. While the first commenter likely had good intentions, what they're suggesting is not feasible for the average person. And you didnt answer my question either. Which fruits can a person grow in a pot, in their home, from seed? And by "home", I'm guessing we all mean apartment because if someone has an actual house, they can just plant an outdoor garden so growing indoors in pots would not be necessary. Apples & citrus grow on trees, berries grow on bushes, grapes grow on vines and almost all fruit requires pollination ...so what are we growing in pots, indoors? I'm asking genuinely. I've had gardens, I grow herbs and propagate house plants and I can't think of anything that would thrive in a pot indoors and produce edible fruit

[@ratherthanday]

@@tonyabrookes9931 at the moment i have peppers, tomatoes, and green onions going in pots. i'm a shitty gardener though

[@juliahowe8180]

Potatos can be grown in pots..fingerlings.

[@youtubebansdonothing4795]

Can't wait till shit hits the fan. That one security guard that pisses in his bushes isn't gonna be enough lol

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

9:00 don't forget, many unemployed are uncounted/misclassified, and private prisons have a couple million workers, further skewing numbers.

[@xxFreakifyxx]

I don’t even have faith in unions anymore. My boyfriend was fired during the height of COVID in summer 2020 because he rejected overtime (already 12 hr night shift). Waited months for a hearing, sort of got one last fall and hasn’t heard from them at all after that. His past employers - a residential building literally on billionaire row in Manhattan - basically got away with that because of poor response from the union

[@pennypierce6511]

We can't wait to eat them...

[@promethiac2641]

lol fair is fair

[@melelconquistador]

What if someone takes machetes, a grill, dinner table and silverware to the revolution instead of a guillotine.

[@timj6121]

American capitalism really says the quiet bit out loud eh

[@kelpie2851]

Here in Sweden medicine is way cheaper than in the US, and diabetes care is free here, including the medication, and here when we go to the pharmacy to buy prescription we always have the option to buy the generic brand, which is always way cheaper, plus subsidized. IM NOT SAYING SWEDEN IS A PERFECT SOCIALIST UTOPIA.

[@ravens.u.a.sflightservices]

this is the truest true ever. i wish they showed this to kids at school every week

[@Knuxisonyoutube]

What else is new *puffs cigarette*

[@BenjaminGlatt]

"You can become really rich if you just work hard, we promise" -one of the, like, 14 people who own everything in America

[@dropAE]

rebecca from the beginning of the video has the most rebecca voice of anyone ever

[@onism8906]

hasan is so attractive oh my god

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

simp

[@eh2254]

Unite Organize Come Together

[@mrmivpushkin]

So the worker can demand more pay, because of demand and now capitalists want regulations? The hypocrisy is oozing from this one.