Who Do Trump Voters Blame For America's Problems? It's Not Who You Think | Ft. John Russell

[@lady_draguliana784]

"The biggest con in this country is people making millions of dollars a year convincing people making $50,000 a year that people making $10,000 a year are the problem"

[@marthastewartschowchow]

It’s a common saying. But yeah, BTC is the goat 🐐

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@marthastewartschowchow I was unsure, and heard it there first and cannot find anything about it's origin. 😅

[@bobbyfartz5591]

As we ignore BTC is in his posh haircut and custom tailored suit. He says decent stuff, but like sheesh man just dress like us plebeians no need to be so preppy

[@kaleidoset2569]

I said this back in the 80s when I was just a little kid watching Reaganomics take place

[@spongeintheshoe]

For those wondering, a million dollars a year is around $2,739.73 a day, $50,000 a year is about 136.99 a day, and $10,000 a year is about $27.40 a day.

[@snowbaordguru]

"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”

[@StefanJH]

This is why we need fines relative to net worth/wealth

[@tonyzuco6144]

@@StefanJH How about finding a different punishment than money! 🤔

[@VVilde36]

@@tonyzuco6144 I think it depends on he crime. i feel like some crimes innately require clean up (Anything that damaged public property or private property, so there will always be a money element.) but like, for speeding it should be a points system, then you loose the ability drive like in most of the EU, and it resets every year. I think our legal system really struggle with the "peope showing up for mandatory volunter work or community service/ legal custudy ) in general (So many lawsuits everyyear for the police willfully messing up, now if a good cop doesn't HAVE to take someone they don't want to) So what is between a fine and something that require the person to show up at a future date of their own free will? cause obviously we a struggling with the second option. the city coucil gets to tak a funny hat on your house or car??

[@jiblitin1520]

...in the US. Some other countries have fines based on your % of income.

[@oligarchies]

​@@jiblitin1520 A percentage of a poor person's income is life ruining, a percentage of a rich person's income is an inconvenience.

[@lady_draguliana784]

Nobody gets more free money from the govt. than billionaires

[@cdevidal]

End _ALL_ welfare

[@Your_mom736]

Says no data ever.

[@Redditor6079]

And refugees!

[@marthastewartschowchow]

@@Redditor6079you’re openly supporting a corrupt billionaire for president who is supported by the wealthiest man on earth. And you still find it in your heart to blame immigrants for your bad life.

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@cdevidal remember that you said that if you ever have to apply for unemployment to not lose your house, or when you get too old to work, or if you become disabled so you can't work and need Medicaid.

[@jumpjack6436]

It is so weird to see so many people blame the rich for their problems but then vote for the worse culprits! Great video

[@FalconMidget]

They’re literally voting for a billionaire. This man has only shit in gold toilets, his entire life and they think he’s some Messiah.

[@AE-sy1pn]

I used to be surprised but now I just expect it

[@3m_tt759]

Exactly what I was thinking!! Fuck trump he does NOT care

[@brianmi40]

Yeah, seeing them talk like that while holding a Trump sign... makes it clear our core problem is education based.

[@longstops1430]

Exactly. Trump and Musk...two billionaires!!!

[@BlueDragon1504]

Making people scared of socialism was such a smart move. Literally pitting workers against each other, while the rich get away harm free no matter what.

[@arthurlersch2547]

Well maybe you missed aomething...socialism is good for no one...

[@FinUgShiet]

Even better: they keep calling a welfare state like Finland "socialist" 😂

[@worldofdoom995]

Implying they had to do a damn thing like the Soviet Union and China didn't scare the shit out of people

[@BlueDragon1504]

@worldofdoom995 It's all about how you report. The Nazi's were capitalist, but you'll never see anyone say they were bad because of capitalism. The only reason everything bad about the USSR and China get attributed to socialism is propaganda.

[@MonicaHastings-vn9ut]

Exactly. Have people hate and fear their fellow citizens. Then you can get them to vote against their best interest. Especially easy if their dumb

[@abrahamvidrio771]

Oh man they all agree rich people are to blame but are fighting and voting for a billionaire to be president. We’re so close yet so far.

[@dogguy8603]

I mean, the other canadate is still a privileged 1%er

[@mandisaw]

These folks are what I call "cultural Republicans". They were raised to vote Republican, for 2-3 generations (since the Big Swap). When you strip away the labels and propaganda though, the economic stuff they support largely matches Democratic policy positions. Some of them are opposed to Dem social policies, however, and many are able to be swayed by dogwhistles about "those other people". If ppl are distracted by talk of migrants and trans-kids, they'll ignore the boss-man picking their pocket.

[@dogguy8603]

@mandisaw it dosent help that dems are the party of the ultra rich and of the elites.

[@blackhogarth4049]

"If you can convince the lowest white man that he's above the highest black man, he'll never notice that you're fleecing his pockets."

[@aetherkid]

​@@mandisaw"if you can convince the lowest of the white man" and all

[@itsthatocean]

the most frustrating part of some of these interviews is seeing how close most people are to class consciousness, like agonizingly close *sigh*

[@milkdrinker7]

The second red scare really screwed this country hard.

[@RoonMian]

Including that country singer, even he just couldn't help but regurgitate the programming that goes as far as the Reagan administration, that actually people on welfare are the problem. "And the obese milkin' welfare Well, God, if you're five-foot-three and you're three-hundred pounds Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds" Which is why I despise that Oliver Anthony dude, he's a poser and pretender, spouting the same hatred the rest of the US right wing does.

[@peterrose5373]

Sounds like you need to generate a propaganda machine (aka think tank) of your own. It doesn't seem hard, or particularly expensive, just time consuming. And less immediately rewarding than online gaming.

[@migBdk]

The problem is that the Democrats are not exactly a class conscious workers party. They have screwed workers over on many instances, catering to the political donor class. Not as bad as Republicans, but enough that many are understandably disgusted with them. And the duopoly just makes you passive or focused on single issues if not one of the major parties are really on your side.

[@milkdrinker7]

@@migBdk idk, with the ever-increasing obviousness with which the Democrats also align themselves with the interests of capital and not labor, it may help get through to more people how rigged the entire political apparatus is.

[@alastairtheduke]

If the rich are to blame, then why did we vote in someone who gave corporations a tax break. It didn't trickle down to us working people and it never will.

[@robertkennedy5374]

You don't understand who pays corporate taxes, do you ? 😂

[@nizmo90]

Share holders , workers , and I believe customers gain from corporate tax cuts. Harris wants to raise corporate taxes lol so we all lose when she does that

[@randomyoutubecommenterr]

@@nizmo90 and Trump wants to enact tariffs and ditch income tax which will skyrocket inflation and our deficit which economists would note would hurt the middle and lower class more than the rich.

[@BalthasarGelt-x2d]

Corporate taxes are always passed directly to the consumer. If you want to tax the rich, just raise personal income taxes and/or capital gains taxes. Or institute a land value tax if you want to fix every problem with the economy.

[@SarcasticData]

Because the rich write the rules.

[@kjsleep2011]

John Russell does the best interviews. He's great at making people feel comfortable enough to be truthful with him whether he agrees with them or not.

[@NetAnon]

The mullet does a lot for initial impressions.

[@cassiethomas3950]

I was thinking the same thing. He's got a real gift.

[@SephBane]

@@NetAnon I was about to say the same thing. If you code match to what right wingers thing is theirs they will open right up because no way you can be a namby pamby liberal if you look like them. Everything is identity to them and that is what makes them vulnerable to so much propaganda. There is no other way that an issue that effects so few people like gender identity, for example, could mobilize them so much.

[@ericedwards3055]

11:13 is talking about Kamala.

[@chelseacraft4669]

It’s time people realize it’s not GOP vs Dems, it’s 1% vs 99%. All the soap opera is a farce.

[@oneofus6924]

the cognitive dissonance in people correctly identifying the issue, rich people in power, then proceed to think the con man billionaire will fix it....

[@gabrielsatter]

Mind blowing...

[@cdevidal]

Or a rich woman north of Richmond... she's worth 3 mil

[@skylerjohnson1827]

🤯🤯🤯

[@raquetdude]

that’s a lot of the working class for you… likely more of the working class voted for Trump than Hillary…

[@SnootchieBootchies]

Exactly. And not only a con man billionaire but a con man billionaire with a long history of exploiting the working class by not paying his employees and contractors.

[@haliphax-]

The dude voting for Trump, describing his ideal candidate, says they should not be a politician, come from a working class family, and protect the little guy. My brain exploded. I am now dead.

[@danarzechula3769]

Actually the dude is the one who is braindead

[@silenf519]

he pretty much described walz

[@lil_lyrix]

@@silenf519 He described every prominant democrat from the last 4 years.. Biden from a manufacturing family, Kamala from a poor family, Tim from.. Minnesota. Idk how he grew up but he has zero investments and has good policies so LOL

[@Squirrel-Chaser]

​@@silenf519 Id take that dude over any of the four

[@Squirrel-Chaser]

​@@lil_lyrixBro... What bubble do you live in.... EVERY president has come from money. Stop with the dEmS or RepUb crap

[@jckbquck]

What a fantastic video demonstrating how most people do NOT vote for their own interests.

[@BackroomsBoi]

As oy should be, country before party.

[@-.TS.-]

That’s what we need. If boomers kept voting for their interest, the country will have no future

[@jamesheuer5139]

"The upper class: keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class: pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there...just to scare the shit out of the middle class." -George Carlin

[@0zoneTherapyCures]

Greenspan: "USA can pay any debt because it can always print money" At the federal level, Congress issues NEW CURRENCY every time it spends. State and local level uses tax revenue to pay for things.

[@amzarnacht6710]

Not 'upper class' or 'middle class' - It's Executive class and Labor class.

[@danielromerosol4158]

What is middle class? You will be amazed that what you call middle class is actually top 80% of the income distribution

[@danielromerosol4158]

@@amzarnacht6710is owners and workers. Upper management still working class

[@chadsensei-ue6jn]

It was always like this. Medieval nobility didn't pay taxes.

[@philam1973]

Politics aside, if the billionaires are the problem, how can they not blame Trump also?

[@barbiedahl]

Doublethink. They have won the war against themselves. They love Big Brother.

[@barbiedahl]

Doublethink. They have won the war against themselves. They love Big Brother.

[@shredjward]

Its because they see him as an outsider. I think the younger dude with the nose ring probably expressed it best - that he's the best crime boss in america and thats what he thinks it will take to fix things. Now aside from his opinion and people that share it - there are people who think that billionaires are good inherently, and therefore think trump is good as an extension of that. To me the majority of opinions in support of Trump will fall somewhere in that dichotomy EDIT: Although i feel like I shouldn't have to clarify this - based on comments responding to me; I will. What i've written here is my interpretation of Trump supporters, *I am NOT a Trump supporter myself,* so responding to me about your opinion of Trump will change nothing. Thanks for being engaged enough to say what you think though

[@AnastasioCostaMeno]

I think it’s Cognitive Dissonance.

[@lordbayne7918]

The globalists who back Democrats are worth more than Trump...by far. Those globalists hate trump because he is a threat to their power.

[@nicolerubin7368]

This channel makes me feel more connected with these trump voters, but I am screaming from every cell because they think he is the answer to the problems we all realize

[@paulmarton431]

Good point!

[@pamalamielnicki9767]

It’s like watching a train barreling toward a huge group of people and they won’t listen when we beg them to get off the tracks! 😢 Why, why, why do they believe this con artist?? He is using them to take all power for himself. 😢

[@cherylgordon6436]

How can he be to answer to the problems he caused DUH😮

[@bobbicatt]

@@cherylgordon6436you do realize that democrats have been in power for basically the last 16 years. During Trumps 4 years things started getting much better. That’s just facts. I was a Democrat not anymore my eyes and ears were opened 4 years ago and I turned independent…but now after I saw the outright lies from media about Trump…yeah I’ll be voting red from now on , that is if she doesn’t win..if she does our country won’t survive. Just look what North Korea did this week..you’ll have to Google it as MSN’s hides it.

[@bobbicatt]

Do you really believe Kamala will fix them? Can you tell me any of her policies that will address them ? She talks about taxing corporations anyone who owns a business knows that that will ultimately trickle down to the middle class. I can’t believe some people can’t see the failings of this administration.

[@josephschreiner8556]

If folks blame the rich for our problems, then why vote for Trump????

[@sha1841]

You expect these people to have critical thinking skills? 🤔😅

[@Wolfsheim23]

Cause they are all rich.. who are you voting for? He's anti war and has the very best people with him. While the worst Republicans in History went to join Kamala to be with the new War Party. How is that not obvious to you?

[@Kayak51]

​@@sha1841yes. I do have critical thinking skills. Are one of those life long Dems, accepting, tolerant, inclusive and love is love?

[@Decksovi]

You don't know that buden and hinter are rich ?! Or you WILL JUST IGNORE THAT ???

[@Kayak51]

@Decksovi good point. Haha. Sonia polosi

[@matthewpearson5971]

“I will never punch down. If there is a problem it’s from above.” This man gets it.

[@tanyahugill2045]

Yet he is going to vote for a rich man and a party who will not raise minimum wage to a living wage. Make it make sense. We are doomed.

[@kannyplay9831]

@@tanyahugill2045 he made sense, briefly, then he destroyed his credibility. Bottom line he wont vote for a woman

[@MikeSchmidt969]

@@tanyahugill2045 THIS. While that guy seemed to be saying all the right things, Tanya is the one that gets it, not him.

[@happylifecrusader]

@tanyahugill2045 that’s exact what I was thinking! Make it makes sense🤦🏻‍♀️

[@steveraymond7277]

I don’t think he gets it if he is voting for trump.

[@DrivingMaskina]

The crazy thing about food stamps (SNAP) is, that it is not for poor people, it is for corporations, especially Walmart. 2/3 of all Walmart customers are food stamp (SNAP) recipients, because Walmart and other big corporations rather have the government (tax payers that can still pay taxes) pay them to feed the poor, rather than pay workers better so they can buy merchandise from Walmart and corporations. The reason we have food stamps, is exactly because corporations refuse to pay living wages. The food stamp program is a welfare program for corporations that taxpayers pay for. This is how they control the government and then blame the working poor. But that corporate tune is old now and nobody believes it anymore.

[@Akac3sh]

Absolute bullseye. 10/10 spot on word for word.

[@dimirbrunson376]

Don’t forget Full time employees who work for Walmart are also on those same government benefits… FULL TIME EMPLOYEES

[@IndependantMind168]

Bingo!

[@LotusMoonTarot]

Yes, WIC is this way. Only SOME stores accept it. It’s aggregating

[@BotLaneTaken]

isnt it like 90% of Walmart's workforce are on food stamps? But just get a job right? Republicans are genuinely stupid.

[@alyssastewarton8848]

7:35 guy in the "not my first rodeo" white t-shirt is SPOT ON in his response saying "I will never punch down, if there is a problem it's from above. The people on Welfare, most of those people lost their way a long time ago and everyone is just so separated that I don't know if we can ever get back from being divided from ourselves, and for what cause?" Right on man

[@No_Camping]

Yes! I was about to write the same comment. You saved me some time.

[@MasterThief117]

He's so spot on with what he said but he's still voting for someone (Trump) antithetical to what he's saying. He's voting for someone who explicitly blames the people below him (punches down) and doesn't even hide it too. He's voting for a literal convicted felon (Trump the felon) while saying he said he wants someone tough on crime. It's upsetting that he is so well spoken but can't see the forest for the trees.

[@durschfalltv7505]

Awesome message.

[@purplestuff]

And his answer is to vote for a career criminal that was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. 😂

[@Alexii18]

I was blown away by his statement Ngl lol

[@marydungan6748]

It's disgusting that 3 people said the poor is to blame. I am encouraged by those who voted that the rich are at fault.

[@CasualObserver579]

Corporate greed, landlord greed, investors buying up blocks of houses, price gouging (because they can), grocery monopolies, etc is the reason this country is going down. I mean how many billions does one person need?

[@JW-mw7sr]

Basically, capitalism is the wrong system to be in if you want a fair and rational society.

[@cdevidal]

The irony of complaining about billionaires using a product funded by billionaires

[@pleinairr]

​@@cdevidal This reminds me of that old meme: "We should improve society somewhat." "Yet you participate in society. Curious!"

[@zyansheep]

​​@@JW-mw7srcapitalism is fine, so long as you can prevent capital accumulation or resource monopolies and have good social welfare (for example, with a land tax and citizen's dividend)

[@Ilikefire2793]

​@@cdevidalwasn't the internet literally a project that the government created? Google literally started as a research project at Stanford lol

[@St1ckY72]

"Obese milking welfare" First thought that came to mind was corporate welfare.

[@adam346]

except that's not what he was saying... actually, he doesn't know what he was saying because the song is so vague it could be about anything you *wanted* it to be about... which is why it's a perfect right-wing song and most left-wingers just kind of "huh?" and moved on.

[@lolalalia4119]

Me too. I heard as as an allegory for bloated pockets. Kinda like the reverse of the fat Buddha. He's represented as fat to symbolize being full of goodness with plenty to share.

[@cdevidal]

End _ALL_ welfare

[@adam346]

@@cdevidal why do you hate poor people?

[@St1ckY72]

@@adam346 I'm aware of his thoughts on the line. But most welfare I've experienced, or had a hand in speaking about has been corporate welfare. Just because the artist envisioned one position, doesn't mean it can't be interpreted another way. That's the great thing about art.

[@dionysusnow]

Love how people still think Trump isn't a politician, a guy that is currently running for the office of the presidency for the FORTH time!

[@Paranitis]

And prior to him running as a Republican and winning, he ran as a Democrat and lost. He has no morals, and will just switch to whatever will give him a greater chance at power. And beyond that even, people believe "politician" is the same thing as "running for political office", when that's not true. Being a business person IS being a politician, because it has to do with manipulating/convincing people to side with you and/or your product. Like take Pepsi vs Coke and tell me that people who prefer one over the other don't end up having some weird mental and/or visceral response at the idea of consuming the opposing product, as if it is part of their personal identity being insulted.

[@QuetaFierro]

Running to protect his money and stay out of prison for his crimes.

[@jamespaslawski5795]

He’s been a politician longer than Kamala Harris.

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

Third time Edit: as others have mentioned here-he ran for about a month in early 2000. I do not count a month. Do you?

[@LookitsPuck]

And he’s been in bed with politicians for decades. Trump is the system. He is the swamp.

[@dawnmaynard1568]

Every American should see this. Especially the guy with 'Not My First Rodeo' t-shirt. He broke it down perfectly.

[@Hereticxxii]

The moment you start talking about uniting against the rich and powerful, they label you a communist

[@dadbodenvy4247]

But if you talk about uniting against “elites” you’re somehow a hero

[@Ratgodx]

@@dadbodenvy4247they’re brainwashed

[@Natty183]

Lol. That's all my dad says. I don't let him bait me anymore lol

[@Pawlaczun]

...because people who talk the most about uniting against the rich are also talking about how great socialism is and how bad capitalism is? My country was both capitalist and communist and let me tell ya - EVERYBODY prefers former over latter.

[@christophercolumbus8944]

but here is a problem wasn't united states founded by a bunch of rich people?

[@andrewberardinelli1749]

The guy who agreed to the motion that it would take a crime boss to get out of the system didn't realize that crime bosses reformed the system to their advantage when they became corporate bosses. That way you can legitimately be a criminal and it's ok

[@edbenti5007]

Like they used to say, “The best way to rob a bank is to own one.”

[@sukn7091]

💯👍

[@HeckYep]

Dude was SO CLOSE to getting it but just lost the plot at the end. In the words of Tim Minchin "If you open your mind too much your brain will fall out."

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

@@HeckYep I don't get it you think Kamala is the answer then?

[@BotLaneTaken]

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 We arent shocked you dont get it.

[@paulpease8254]

Two generations of declining public education has brought us here.

[@Praisethesunson]

The rich learned in the 60's what happens when the poor are able to get the same education as the rich. The poor use that knowledge to better the conditions of other poors. Which makes it harder for the already rich to keep exploiting poor people. So the rich decided to turn education into a debt trap to keep the poors that make it through college in their place.

[@justicematters5447]

Yup wait until we go to all private school all trying to indoctrinate their own level of BS into children. God help us all.

[@cdevidal]

And public education (teachers, staff, board members) is overwhelmingly funded and run by what kind of voters?

[@Praisethesunson]

@@paulpease8254 also we aren't allowed to educate each other on platforms owned by corporate interests.

[@who2u333]

@@cdevidal Public education is funded by the state with some federal money. Not sure where you are going with the voter question. If you want to push that funding, or lack of funding, then we can discuss which party is underfunding public education in favor of 'school choice' (giving tax dollars to private corporations).

[@alastairtheduke]

It's not about left or right, it's about up and down.

[@acmelka]

When 1/2 of kids use food stamps at some point, it is a structural problem, things sre broken

[@georgewagner7787]

In the city they encourahe nonprofit to see out more people to sign up

[@georgewagner7787]

Yesterday the guy in the deli was using them to buy junk food

[@fluxrider7027]

@@georgewagner7787 You sound like making sure children aren't starving to death on the next block is a bad thing, sinister even.

[@AGalacticMerger]

My parents were republican drug addicts on food stamps that used their cash at the bars on the weekends. Made their children run into the cashier at the gas station to put 0.75 on pump 3 because they were grown adults that couldn’t take responsibility for anything in their lives so they put the embarrassment on their children. I remember using candles and like 9 blankets to stay warm one winter bc they didn’t pay the electric. Couldn’t even shower before school. They were still going to to bars though. Stood out in the snow for like 3 hours after football practice once, waiting for them to come pick me up. Republicans are scum. Never met an intelligent one. Edit: my mother is now dead bc she had like 3 different cancers from doing heroin. And my MAGA father is a poverty blue collar worker that buys all this tools from China to save money, yet is voting for Trump to put 200% tariffs on Chinese goods.

[@scifirealism5943]

Yes

[@aydenkelly6274]

People thinking billionaires will protect them from rampant capitalism is... staggering.

[@AmirDarkOne]

you mean rampant socialism ?

[@bensivright]

whatever TF "rampant capitalism" is 🤣🤣🤣 There are few things more entertaining that watching / listening to people communicate things that they've CLEARLY give zero thought to before spouting off 🤡

[@MWorsa]

@@bensivrightSo, you don’t believe that rich people remain rich based on the current system? That they can make money just by having money and their wealth and power has grown exponentially based on this system or that 1% of the population holds 90% of the wealth?

[@Cookiekeks]

@@bensivright Ragebait bot account. Don't engage.

[@SusanChristmas]

@@MWorsa The rich people will always be rich no matter what system we are in. Capitalism gives everyone the chance to be rich.

[@bonnieblack7304]

Trickle down wealth does not work!! Why vote for the people who don’t want to pay overtime!!

[@Alverant]

Remember, it starts with "trick".

[@robertthweatt1900]

And who is it who has attacked "trickle down", by name and in fact, everyway he could? Joe Biden. Why does no one see this?

[@saphire82]

Wait, who wants to get rid of overtime?

[@robertthweatt1900]

@@saphire82 Trump, who said he always hated to pay it, and Project 2025, who has a plan for that.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Talk to any contractor who has done work for both the rich and the average American and you will always hear that it is harder to get paid from a rich person. Their money comes with handles, and they want one thing, more of it.

[@michaelweaver2627]

When the guy described his dream presidential candidate I thought of Tim Walz. He is now a politician but you don't get much more middle class normal person in Washington then he is/was. Trump was born a million miles away from that kind of background and will never understand it.

[@buisels]

I appreciate that you treat those who disagree with you with respect. I really hate it when interviewers make fun of these people who are trying to have a real conversation with them… Like that will help our situation. It’s good to have real discussions like this, because at the end of the day, most of us really do want the same things in life.

[@donnikthejedi2222]

Most of the Time I just see them let the Trumpers talk and they make fun of themselves easily enough that way. Then when you see Interviewers actually try to engage in Conversation it's usually Buzzword slinging Time just like a Hippo that propellers it's poop around to mark it's territory. Or the Interviewer talks to a wall and gets ignored.

[@CarrotDemonExorcist]

People using snap is such a minuscule amount compared to the literal trillions that the Trxmp tax cuts have cost us. Hypocrites abound.

[@scifirealism5943]

Because people get angry at welfare for poor people not by the raw numbers but by the fact they believe poor people don't deserve help

[@DarylSherms]

why post when you dont know what you are talking about? trump tax cuts!?!?!?!?! omfg, what about the money pit of ukraine thats costing us billions on top of billions each year. That was Biden and Harris, hell they even had harris go a grand appearance in ukraine to say just the right things to full on provoke the war. also you should consider taking a basic course in economics, so you won't make idiotic statements like "literal trillions trump tax cuts cost us" who were these mega rich he was giving trillions in tax cuts to ? there are no trillionaires fyi . but how is giving tax cuts taking from you ? when that money is free to be used it serves a lot more benefit to the general public than extorted via tax dollars that will go into more unsustainable policy and corrupt minions of the democrat party. Why do you feel that money someone else earns without you having anything to do with, why do you think thats your money? why do you feel entitled to it? many would consider you a degenerate thief for advocating a forceful redistribution of ones wealth..... do you honestly think the government does a better job with tax revenue than the private sector does with its earnings? also why don't you mention the military? they cost significantly more than everything else combined so why do you not mention them? i guess now that you liberals are the war party u feel u need them. maybe you should not post on here until you figure some stuff out? ......... good thing 4 u is most Americans, especially the liberal ones are just as stupid and uneducated as you are, and many will agree with your idiotic rantings.

[@NapBona1776]

Are we supposed to live our life paying taxes to support others who do not put in the same amount of effort into life? You work for your own money. Why does the government have the right to take some of my money and hand it directly to the people on snap? Reward those who put in the work not the freeloaders. Obvs there are situations where snap is needed like ppl falling on hard times and the such, but it is not supposed to be something to live on for your whole life. How about we stop spending billions on other countries and help ourselves before you blame tax cuts?

[@scifirealism5943]

@@NapBona1776 you believe in just-world fallacy if you think poverty is due to laziness. Most poor people already work, their pay is just shit.

[@waynecsmith5145]

@@scifirealism5943so true … the working poor is real…

[@QueeenSativa]

While one of the crowd members is commenting how welfare shouldn’t be for life, I see a person in a wheelchair go by behind her. It’s not about who is to blame; but about how they got everyone blaming rather than wanting to help one another. The idea that it’s my taxes is the real problem, since our taxes pale in comparison to what could be paid in by corporations to help folks who do require assistance, sometimes for life.

[@lolalalia4119]

Thank you for noticing that, too. I'm disabled but under 40 in Texas so I'm denied all assistance. I don't even qualify for food stamps literally cuz I'm unable to work and don't have children. The average lifespan for my condition is 48. Some of us need welfare assistance for life and that's not our fault! I was an EMT, surgical tech, college instructor, and volunteered at animal shelters before becoming disabled. But my standing in our society immediately fell to nothing when I lost my job, health insurance, income, and car in less than 24hrs. The woman that said the "not for life" bit could be me one day and she'll be in for a very rude awakening to see how the rest of us live.

[@Glimmmerra]

FYI, welfare and disability are totally different things. Got it?

[@lolalalia4119]

@@Glimmmerra social security disability benefits are considered welfare by those on the right. You are being pedantic in an attempt to sound smart. It's not working. Got it?

[@tiefensucht]

@@lolalalia4119 yeah we have the same discussions in germany. right wingers tell all these people should work, while in reality, the numbers that go around in the press include children, old people, invalides and so on. i don't know whats wrong with conservatives..

[@lolalalia4119]

@@tiefensucht so true! Plus, they aren't even taking into consideration the years long process of applying for assistance. Between applying for disability and finally have a court hearing with a judge over the PHONE took 3 years. During those 3 years, I can't work, I have no access to healthcare, and I don't qualify for any assistance until an appellate judge with zero medical training deems me worthy. During that time you are still expected to go to the doctor and submit medical reports WITH NO MONEY OR HEALTH INSURANCE! I went into extreme debt and was sued by multiple billion dollar credit card companies cuz that was the only way to pay for food, taxis, doctors apps, and meds. Only for the judge to throw out the last 2 years of medical records cuz they were submitted after my initial application even though you are specifically instructed to keep submitting records. People on the right have this delusion that you get benefits immediately after applying. When I applied for food stamps last January, it took 3 months of back and forth before they finally denied my application yet again. But I have to apply at least once a year to prove to the naysayers that the system is broken. The worst part was when I attempted Sui cide after being denied while experiencing and extremely bad bought of brain swelling and MCAS. I was seizing for 3 days in an ER with no food and no help cuz the doctor stuck me on psych row. I was sent to a county psych ward while actively seizing and in diabetic ketoacidosis. The hospital told the psych ward I had no medical history (I've had 11 surgeries). I was immediately discharged from the psych cuz I should never have been sent there according to their doctors, especially since I was in a wheelchair and their facility doesn't allow hand rails in the bathrooms or anything. And it was coed so the men were yelling at the women and my "roommate" threatened to beat me up cuz she thought I had her cellphone. It was so traumatizing that now I have a standing rule to NEVER call 911 for me or take me to a hospital. Ever! I have PTSD from it.

[@tonyrobertson3451]

They complain about price gouging and won't vote for the people that will fight it.

[@jestempies]

Because they don't believe those people will fight it. Neither party really works for the poor.

[@tonyrobertson3451]

@jestempies Look up Lina Khan from the Biden administration. She will be a part of the Harris administration.

[@williereynolds6241]

@@jestempies I feel that’s true because most disagree with facts. When republicans have the presidency they most times have the house and senate. When democrats have the presidency they don’t. Republicans make it difficult on a democratic president to pass legislation because they won’t power. It’s as simple as republicans don’t even agree with increasing minimum wages. But some of the interviewees complain about working multiple jobs and still vote republican. Make it make sense!!

[@jackburton7062]

You misspelled inflation.

[@DoomKid]

@@jackburton7062No he didn't. Look at the research. About 1/3rd of the price hikes were a result of inflation. The rest was solely to boost corporate profits. Completely unnecessary raising of prices, ie gouging.

[@procurement3681]

I love the guy complaining about large companies wearing a Busch Light shirt. Parent company is InBev, in 2023 they had $59 Billion in revenue. Easy to manipulate all these people.

[@LeonFelixRusso]

The real 'problem' is the stupidity of low info voters. I define "stupid" as taking an action that goes against one's best interests. ie - Any average person voting for Trump will be worse off economically, and have less rights. Only the very wealthy benefit from Trump's fascism.

[@mynameiseve.1]

thats the sadest american thing iv heard in this comment section so far!!

[@roflKartofflel]

Think global drink local. If there is a choice always buy from your local brewery and make sure it is owned by founders or family, not a huge corporation. Living in Munich, Germany this is also a thing here. Most of Munich breweries are owned for example by InBev etc, but there are underdogs (Giesinger) and also major breweries (Augustiner) that are big businesses on their own, but still independent from such big corporations. This video in general is awesome! And it has some great comments on the system that we all (in the "western world") live in.

[@lolalalia4119]

10:49 "he's the best crime boss" while discussing getting corruption out of the government 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@pleinairr]

Yeah, that one was a rollercoaster. Yes, yes, YES.... No! 🤦

[@CrapKerouac]

@@pleinairr From a person living in another country, the whole video was a crazy rollercoaster ride.

[@michaellane5381]

The craziest bit to me is thinking he's a good crime boss... The good one's you'll never know were criminal, people have known his grifts for decades he's just been too much of a headache to deal with.

[@mshepard2264]

this whole thing just makes me tired and hopeless. All these people are going to go vote for and 80year old conman from queens. After everything they said they will vote for a guy who was a born millionaire. Its hopeless.

[@iancjordan1811]

Why would anyone vote for Trump?

[@dbrentski4800]

I have zero idea. Most people will not vote for a ra pist (jury found Trump being liable for sexual abuse), a convicted felon with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a failed businessman with six bankruptcies, a conman grifter selling useless made in china garbage to his supporters.

[@BackroomsBoi]

​@@dbrentski4800Keep spewing false info and hate loser! 😂

[@ryanshaw4250]

on the perception that he can fight washington corruption. will it work, NO.. but the dems represent big government, not fixing all the shit that clearly doesent work and rubbing our noses into it. 80% of americans can agree on what we need and dont need.. 0% of the politicians are doing that because theyre money whores for billionaires.

[@D.4.E.2.K.0]

Weird to not like "punching down" while simultaneously supporting someone who's entire career has involved "punching down" 🤔🙄😒

[@pleinairr]

Yeah, that guy was fairly eloquent, comparatively. He's obviously put some consideration into his viewpoint and isn't just parroting party talking points blindly, but not quite enough to reach a logical conclusion. I think if I had a casual conversation with him, I'd just assume he probably wasn't a conservative.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

@@pleinairr Things like "basket of deplorables" make it easy to frame it as Liberal Coastal Elites punching down on regular folk. This is why Walz is damn good choice.

[@worschtebrot]

@@pleinairr It all falls apart where he wants a criminal or king to fix all the problems. At that point it becomes a fairy tale. I'd have loved to hear his opinion on Bernie.

[@speedy01247]

@@worschtebrot its because of the lies, they truly think the other side is worse.

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

not just his career, his entire political platform

[@joyfulmindstudio]

“At the end of the day, it shouldn’t be about the right or left party. It should be about what’s right and what’s wrong.” TRUTH.

[@AndreaCuchetto]

Judge Luttig just said this, too.

[@allanthomas6097]

Then you aren't voting for anyone?

[@onemorevideo3295]

How bad must democrats be and their years of failed policies and empty promises and lies that people now feel Trump is now a better choice! Wow...says a lot about how bad democrats are. By the way... democrats have controlled the presidency for 12 of the last 16 years and had control of the house or senate for the majority of that time lol. FACT: we are where we are because of democrats.

[@jaspermooren5883]

What left party? There's no such thing as a left party in the US.

[@georgevan2589]

I agree, truth and justice are what we should strive for. However, I would characterize the parties currently as basically centrist left and far right. We need the centrist right former republican party to be revived after the expiration of the MAGA/TEA/EXTREME HATE GROUP PARTY is tossed unceremoniously onto the trash heap of history!

[@Seufert101]

The guy wearing the Trump shirt and blaming Musk, who supports Trump, is a result of this country becoming increasingly idiotic.

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

I mean, it is dumb to support trump, but hating Musk is still fair. If I didn’t like a billionaire but they supported someone I supported, I’d still fuckin hate that billionaire.

[@tomnelsonast]

@@aguyontheinternet8436 Yeah, I guess it's like, well, at least that person isn't *too* lost in the sauce, but they are still kinda stupid for not recognising the cognitive dissonance regarding it, like another person in the comments said.

[@Anth888ya]

What's idiotic is you saying a guy can't just not like Elon but like Trump.

[@DesiredHeadshot]

Ya but Trump will do anything not to pay workers he hired so Trump is what the working class needs.

[@xhristian1]

@@Anth888ya They are one in the same. You're the idiot.

[@TheJestersDoor]

It's almost like Bernie Sanders would have beat Donald Trump in the 2016 general election 🤔🤔

[@Upright_Fly]

These people all describe what is essentially Bernie as the perfect candidate, but have been led to believe that any form of socialism is so bad that they don't vote with their brains, just their indoctrinated emotions. It's all just one big self-own, I have given up trying to understand it all, nothing will help at this point.

[@aggravatedHart]

It always pissed me off they chose Hillary. Not that I really have a huge problem with her. Just that Bernie was the obvious choice especially to beat Trump. I knew that sexism was and is still rampant and that to protect us all we needed Bernie for that election. Plus he would have done a lot of good. I do not agree with a lot of his left wing ideas but he wouldn’t have been able to make the crazy ones come to fruition anyways as most people both left and right would have been against them.

[@toddspangler6669]

To say a former president is Not a politician, is just ridiculous. He is absolutely 100% a politician.

[@thatoneguy378]

This!!!! I got folks that think this and I got folks that think Trump is a God of some sort.

[@matrixphijr]

On that note, how exactly does someone maintain the status of “not a politician”? Once you enter a political race, you therefore become a politician. Even if we loosen the guideline to “never won a race/been in office before”, you still become one once you’re elected. So it’s impossible to elect someone who is “not a politician.”

[@007bbox]

@@thatoneguy378A god without a favorite Bible verse 😂

[@toddspangler6669]

@@007bbox DT will probably make his own religion next. Oops, I don't want to give him ideas.

[@Excelcior58]

​@@toddspangler6669then his political party will be tax-free. Neat huh. I been saying it since 2016.

[@vraisairs9201]

They are all SO CLOSE to understanding

[@robertb_]

yea ppl forget that the rich man, the one who let down millions of workers, who's currently exploiting the legal system to avoid paying for the crimes he committed, is trump.

[@dxtrum]

They do understand they just misplace their faith in Trump

[@macersracers7459]

That’s the most frustrating part

[@macersracers7459]

@@dxtrumbecause they don’t understand, they’re almost there but that capitalist propaganda keeps the rest blocked

[@DefaultProphet]

No they’re not. They can identify the symptoms of the problem (Don’t make enough $, don’t have time off, etc) but their solution couldn’t be farther from something you’d want. Not making enough at your job? “Simple stop requiring businesses have workman’s comp insurance that’ll free up money for us! “

[@Screwball.78]

“Don’t punch down.” That’s some Americana wisdom right there. I’m keeping that one.

[@lisechristensen4714]

What an oxymoron to say that and still believe Trump will have his back.

[@travisbarry2909]

Cute saying. The actions of those who say that speak much louder, though.

[@GraveSalad]

The most wild part is they then said that want to vote for the "crime boss". The one that mocked a reporter with disabilities, a wannabe bully that only punches down

[@chelseacraft4669]

How about “stop punching”? Much better…

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@GraveSalad He never did that. 🙄🙄🙄

[@PhiloxenusTitanic]

This is great empathetic reporting. You can see how framing is everything.

[@Darbman62]

Love how they are saying rich people are the problem and then they go vote for one of the supposed richest people. Meanwhile you have Walz who has been listed as one of the poorest people to run for VP.

[@craffte]

seriously. If someone told me he only had an orange for lunch today, I’d believe it.

[@YOURpresidentTrump]

not true.

[@Matt-pi2vc]

@@YOURpresidentTrumpDonald trump isn’t a billionaire? Walz isn’t one of the poorest to run for vp? There’s literally tax returns you can look at for walz (none for trump tho 🤔) and it’ll prove exactly that.

[@lesliejaggers2275]

@@Matt-pi2vcand…,when it was time to pass a pay increase for Governor- he didn’t take it! He said let the next person (Peggy Flanagan) have it! That’s our Tim!

[@shanelodge391]

To be fair, we’re not talking about the smartest people on the planet

[@VeryWittyComment]

"Elon is screwing us" says the guy wearing a Trump t-shirt. 😒

[@AdmiralBison]

He probably cheered when Elon showed up at Trump's rally. Some Americans can connect the dots that the ultra rich 1% are root of the problems but also suffer cognitive dissonance.

[@cliveklg7739]

He's another ignorant that doesn't understand Trump and Elon are the same ilk.

[@Darth_Bateman]

He’s almost there. Elon is screwing us.

[@angelainamarie9656]

Well at least he isn't falling for the Elon musk bulshit too

[@lordfarquad229]

@@angelainamarie9656just the trump con supported by Elon. How is that better?

[@helene420]

"It's the fault of the wealthy, so I'm voting for the wealthy guy who blames all of our problems on the poor." Sure, that makes perfect sense 🥴🥴🥴

[@helene420]

​@@FlowerPower-r8h she's no billionaire and she's not blaming poor people for the world's problems. Give us a break 😉

[@Dakota-s3f]

I’ve never met a Republican who wasn’t a pro at cognitive dissonance

[@7384]

Those that are poor have higher incidences and risk of crime, disease, and violence, so it’s not surprising to me that people think that being poor increases problems and that rich people can fix it- in fact people claim the rich should be responsible for helping pay more tax and spending on the poor as solution…if the rich are good enough to get extra taxes and charity from, then maybe they should have more say so since it’s the money that people care about and respect more.

[@UndiagnosedGarbage]

@@Dakota-s3f Yeah thank god Kamala is getting endorsements from Taylor swift and other Hollywood celebs while Helen is ignored? Media rightfully dragged Trump when he did something similar why is Kamala getting a Pass? Please make this make sense if Republicans have so much cognitive dissonance not to mention every misquote lie they used on trump like "very fine people" hoax too? If he is so terrible why lie about him?

[@Dottor_J]

​@@helene420shes backed by so many billionaires, celebrities and hedge funds. The blue party has transformed into the party for the rich

[@hannahgibson5219]

I remember first hearing that song and thinking it would be a big hit. It resonates with the working class 💓

[@TimEssDub]

That is wonderful seeing something like this cross the various lines of politics among the working class. So many of the red voters are pointing their fingers in the right direction, but are supporting the same people that perpetuate it. How can we use this to create a sense of solidarity in the working class?

[@youruniquehandle2]

I particularly hated hearing the guy who said the president shouldn't be a politician but should come from a working family and stand up for the little guy. That guy is also voting for Trump who was given $400 MILLION from his dad and has been involved in politics for 25 years instead of the woman who went from working at McDonald's to being a District Attorney prosecuting criminals, to an attorney general who got a $20 billion settlement from big banks for their aggressive foreclosure of homeowners during the 2008 financial crisis and pushed stronger consumer protections in California. Sure Kamala has put in the work and actually helped the working man but the billionaire who shits in a golden toilet and refuses to pay his workers is going to advocate for the little guy. Those voters are completely disconnected from reality.

[@justicematters5447]

Yup two party system at its best.We should have voted for Bernie in my opinion. He has been saying the same message his whole life and its for power for the working person.

[@Darth_Insidious]

​@@justicematters5447 The Democratic establishment not giving Bernie a fair shake in 2016 is what started the mess of politics of the last decade imo. So much could have been avoided, and we'd be in a much better state, if he had been president.

[@theseeker7692]

​​@@Darth_Insidious Because Democrats are also under corporate thumb, their actual policies are to just be marginally more left than Republicans. Lobbying has destroyed politics.

[@justicematters5447]

@@Darth_Insidious I agree.

[@kenhunt5153]

I have canvassed for Blues since Carter. I have learned to never be surprised by what voters believe. What I have noticed the last three cycles is a growing distrust and lack of knowledge based on facts. With the decline of newspapers and the growth of angertainment platforms the skill set is just ridiculous. It reminds me of a middle school lunch table. It seems as though they want to be duped. They want the drama. We are a simple folk.

[@TaraConti]

All this technology has ruined people. Yeah, obviously there’s certainly some good that’s come out of it. However it definitely hasn’t been good for soul.

[@bartlebyscrivener674]

"Angertainment".... good one.

[@georgewagner7787]

I don't know that most people want drama. They haven't been told a lot of things that are true

[@mandisaw]

We live in the most information-accessible era in human history. But actual literacy is declining, and media / cultural literacy are as well. Worse yet, many people - not only Americans - simply do not want information if it requires any work or effort on their part. The comfortable fiction and acceding to your "betters" is being chosen here over the messy struggle of making democracy work. I'm less worried about Trump and more worried about the next person to take advantage of that.

[@brianmattei7134]

The repeal of The Fairness Doctrine and unregulated internet will absolutely doom us all.

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

If I were to build a shed but didn't put any of the screws in, if that shed collapses, I am the one to blame as I did not properly support it. If rich people control our wages and the prices of the products they sell us, if the economy collapses, they are the ones to blame as they did not properly support us.

[@cdevidal]

You're almost there. Rich people, yes--the rich people north of Richmond.

[@ethanrappolt6528]

​@@cdevidal he means in dc/govt. Very clearly. Which DeSantis, for example, clearly doesn't understand. Since it very much includes him.

[@fluxrider7027]

The wealthy elite are not known for their generosity or fairness. Nor for caring about the country as a whole.

[@timeWaster76]

For the most part they get rich supplying you resources for you life at a price you can afford

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

@@timeWaster76 Except a large percentage of people are struggling because they're underpaying us and price gouging us.

[@romifontana-daguerre5473]

It makes no sense to vote for the rich silver spoon spoiled rich kid than a hard working self made individual.

[@bingohhhhhhhhhhhh]

Who exactly is self-made? Certainly not the imbecile you're voting for. Was "inserted" as AG of CA - there was no opposing party after it was engineered that way. Same with being "inserted" as VP. And of course now, inserted again. Giving zero IQ dems no choice in the matter. No competition. And you went along with it. Common denominator : inserting. A lot of inserting with Kamalama Ding Dong both politically and otherwise. And no self-making at all. Ask Willie. Ask FJB.

[@BWa-lw5xq]

Holy cow, we need to emphasize logic in our k-12 schools.

[@cdevidal]

No wonder people are homeschooling in increasing numbers

[@thatoneguy378]

Them take them out of those schools and teach them at home. The schools are designed to make kids stupid.

[@donHooligan]

Horace Mann's indoctrination system is designed to create soldiers...just smart enough to follow orders.

[@seanhettenbach2101]

I know, can you believe people vote for Kamala and Biden?! Outrageously stupid lol.

[@roflchopter11]

No, we need to only teach them gay race communism.

[@koenbreet9876]

That one guy making a lot of sense just to say we need a crime boss to fix this, dropped my jaw

[@bethpent8851]

This actually showed me that people from both partys can get along! I wish it was this way everywhere!!

[@angrymoogle8591]

"I benefited from welfare but I hate other people that use it!" are you kidding me? Some of us physically can not work the 45 hours companies want us to normalize.

[@TaraConti]

She’s talking about Welfare Queens not people who legitimately are on SSDI or physically can’t work. People love to say that “Welfare Queens” don’t exist, but they absolutely do! There are plenty of people out there who know how to work the system. For many it’s generational. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Sadly there really are women out there who will pop out babies because it gets them more money and benefits. Hell when I was sixteen I went to get birth control just to regulate my periods & to hopefully put a little weight on. When the nurse was doing my vitals she asked me if I had medical coverage, I told her no that I was there on a grant. She then proceeds to tell a 16-year-old who was there for birth control that “Well if you had a baby, you would be eligible for all kinds of benefits!” 😳 Wtf!? This was just over 30 years ago. At a time when teen pregnancy was a huge issue. I thank God that I wasn’t the type of girl who thought that was a good idea! Now at this point I’m glad I never had kids, because I still can’t afford myself! Lol I don’t think anyone is bothered by people who legitimately need it. We all know that there are people who desperately need the help and deserve it! That’s who it is intended for and they should honestly get more than they do. Nobody can live on an eight to nine hundred dollar a month SSDI or SSI check. I know what it’s like growing up on welfare and it sucked! But for the most part back then people were embarrassed to be on it. Now it seems like there’s way too many people who are proud of it. Along with those who learn how to really scam and work the system.

[@jonathanmeyer2905]

​@@TaraContiThe difference between then and now though is that it is impossible to live off of just welfare now. Welfare queens are long extinct my friend so at this point we can only really hold the rich accountable.

[@amandalogan89]

@@TaraContiwelfare queens have been bullshit since Reagan invented them as a woman to blame. The particular woman stole a small amount (not hundreds of thousands) and she had much more interesting and wild problems (potentially murder, identity fraud)

[@xbabu142x]

@@TaraConti Do these people exist? Is the cost of saving that money worth the investment in saving it?

[@xbabu142x]

@@jonathanmeyer2905 Thank you for confirming this and reminding me where to look. The flipover happened in early 90s most likely 91 but the math isn't accurate to one year, two year period is best accuracy. Search "means testing benefits and ROI" on Google for those who want to understand. If the ROI is negative what is happening is now paying people to basically victimize yourself. Trust in the government erodes. NGOs don't need some kind of overarching criminal corruption to drain money. There are zero consequences for the board if they mismanage money. They can actually just start up another non profit and do it again. California should not have homeless people, and if the government was doing vertically integrated approach to housing it wouldn't The cost of materials is way cheaper. BAdly run NGOs and middle men eat all the money and problems persist. Thank God Cuban took it upon himself to do cost plus 15 company for drugs.

[@mstobel]

It is the rich men and women who do not pay properly their employees who literally make them rich. So sick of it

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

The people who are smart enough to know who is responsible for the state of our country, yet still ignorant enough to vote for trump are the real problem

[@gorkyd7912]

Do you have a better candidate? No, Democrats sued everyone else off the ballot and all we have left is Kamala who is supported by far more billionaires than Trump is.

[@CaptainSeamus]

and the people ignorant enough to vote for Harris are the real problem too. The state of our country goes well back to the 1960s at least - and the welfare state - driven by the Democrats - LBJ laid it out - and your ilk piled on. Then the GOP did a bunch of gutting up the middle to polarize us against each other. So blaming a late comer like Trump seems a bit foolish at best. That TDS of yours, you might want to take a look at getting it adjusted. Figure out he's not the real enemy. It's a lot deeper than that.

[@rullvardi]

100%

[@JusticeAlways]

Fox News / etc...constantly feeding Trump propaganda is a big reason why.

[@roflchopter11]

Better than Kamala the literal slaver and the rest of the establishment.

[@christiechou2834]

This is true nature & spirit of Democracy, my beloved fellow Americans! Let’s work hard together to get our country back to its majestic glory! God bless All & Let it Be! 🙏❤🙏

[@cpaul9269]

95% of people want to work, and have self-respect. No matter what programs you have, 5% will milk it. We HAVE to stop spending 80% of our time and effort on that 5%, and start focusing our energy on the rest. FFS.

[@daffyf6829]

The worst part is that all the efforts made to stop that 5% doesn't even stop them.

[@therealteal620]

Given that those 5% milk it so hard, I don’t think we’re spending 80% of our time on it lol

[@llkg9]

Depends on where you live. I'm originally from a VERY blue state, and it was WAAAAAY higher than 5% there! How do I know this? They'd openly BRAG about how they were working the system! And most of 'em were college educated kids from well-off families who didn't wanna grow up and who moved into my state specifically to be professional moochers! I'm now in a swing state, and most of the folks I've encountered here on government assistance see it as a bridge or a safety net - not a GOAL like in my home state.

[@davidlazerz8564]

@@llkg9 Cute anecdote, but ALL research on the issue shows that states overspend vast amounts of money trying to make sure "the right people" get help and "the wrong people" lose it. Some states have recently spend almost a million dollars on testing in a year and uncovered no "drug users" (which excludes alcohol because for some reason its better to be an alcoholic than a lazy pothead).

[@liwojenkins]

@@llkg9 The people I've met in my long life over many cities, several countries and several states with more than one career, I have met 4 types of people that game the system, single mothers, college students, male people of color and drug addicts from all stripes. Finding a moocher not in one of these categories has been exceedingly rare. I say if we stop using the government as a father, drug councilor, college subsidizer and equity chief that we will fix most of the issues.

[@Greencheez-y]

That ain't a country song he's playing. That's folk. Quite a distinction. Folk is anti-establishment. Folk is anti-big corporations. Folk is the story of your every day, average, working class man who is being taken advantage of. And the list doesn't end there. Folk is the people's music.

[@CHiZZoPs27]

Bella ciao, Bella ciao, Bella ciao ciao ciao

[@Redditor6079]

Kam is big corpo. She is estab.

[@isaiahw7969]

country music used to be anti-government and anti-establishment before 9/11. damn shame what its become now

[@lolalalia4119]

​​@@Redditor6079 how many businesses does Trump own? How many buildings has Trump leased hus name to? How many foreign countries does he conduct business in? Didn't Jared Kushner get $3 billion from the Saudis? Didn't Trump bankrupt a casino and a business "college"?

[@r.a.6382]

But it still doesn't make it .....good.

[@corymohler1341]

The cognitive dissonance is crazy

[@nswmediagroup]

I'm actually depressed right now having watched this

[@pjstar2009]

And those ppl voted for a rich man with rich man backers like musk. I just don't get why they don't get it

[@pasilu007]

Yet, most of these folks WILL still vote against their OWN best interests and vote for Trump!! Crazy!! 😂

[@MCognettaable]

Dems aren’t the answer either tho

[@maba7305]

Not crazy. They lie to themselves. Rather blame someone who doesn't look like themselves. It's easier.

[@jenniferhampton5171]

Yes, Crazy!

[@CapitalWorksPro]

Jfc these people are so close to making sense... and then they say they're voting Trump, and it crumbles because it's incoherent.

[@bartdoo5757]

One term of Bidenomics is all they want.

[@zildjiandrummer1]

I truly think it's disinformation on social media. There are so many nefarious actors that can now spin up 1000 AI bots to push some bullshit lie, and these simpletons drink it up because it makes them feel good.

[@AltoEcho]

​@@bartdoo5757 "Bidenomics" listen to yourself talk smh

[@gorkyd7912]

@@AltoEcho Would you prefer something like "multiple democrat-sponsored trillion-dollar kickback packages resulting in rampant price inflation that they disingenuously blame on business owners?"

[@AltoEcho]

@@gorkyd7912 no because that's false information

[@simonsrattanroom]

The real problem is the lobbyists relationship with politicians and the horrific misuse of tax dollars.

[@bobs182]

The real problem is the people who pay the lobbyists to do their bidding.

[@donnikthejedi2222]

You know what we should do? Force every Politician to wear the Company Logo like a Sponsor on their Clothes of every Corporation they Lobby for. Make 'em look like walking Nascars and let everyone know, they're suggesting the Deal with that Company because they're sitting in every Board Meeting of it and rake in Money for promoting them.

[@Riversauklabs]

well done. you give folks a chance to express ideas without needing to choose a political side. Loved hearing people voice their feelings often with eloquence.

[@bootlegcowboys]

If we can get rid of lobbyists in Washington and big money PACs out of politics. There is a shot for change in our direction. Otherwise big corporations will continue the downward spiral. Which makes no sense. They need workers to fill those jobs to move their cheap products. When the workers aren't coming to work. They suffer as well. I really felt for the girl working 3-4 jobs just to survive That's not living, that's slavery.

[@gorkyd7912]

They need workers, that's why most of the richest 1% support Democrats and open borders. A million new young, able men willing to work for very very little and cram 6+ to a bedroom makes it really easy to not pay anyone else more money. And the richest enclaves in America, where people like Bill Gates and Justin Trudeau vacation, are filled with foreign workers because they can be easily intimidated by their employment agency just like they do with Bangladeshis in Dubai and Kuwait.

[@georgewagner7787]

She's not a slave. She could get roommates instead

[@madjack8893]

Exactly, lobbying by corporations and elite should be illegal. Politicians on both sides don’t want the money train to stop, that’s why they have to go.

[@LilyBecca]

Exactly! We need to start by demanding that Citizens United is overturned!!!!

[@sfi3807]

Poor people don't run for office

[@drewe2331]

A common thread in there is that they don't like politicians and trump isn't one. Aside from his 4 years in government politics, has he not been personally politicking for his businesses, his real estate projects, his schemes? If he wasn't a politician then why would he ever need to be weighing in on the central park 5 or long form birth certificates or "crime boss" stuff? That's all just politics.

[@jonsturgill6508]

And he ran for pres in 2000.

[@AV57]

They've been duped on this. Perhaps one could claim he wasn't terribly political during his Apprentice years, but apart from that he's always been blasting his poorly thought-out political opinions to the media. And he's obviously been neck-deep in politics since at least 2011 when he ran around the country insisting that Obama was not an American citizen.

[@jkeelsnc]

@@drewe2331 It is like giving the grand nagus control of a country and expecting things to get better for those at the bottom. The republicans are Ferengi as far as I’m concerned. They need to put on the butt head costume. Not sure about the big ears since they don’t listen except listening for schemes to con others.

[@scottyee707]

Well, by that Logic, everybody's a politician… When we say, he's not a politician, we mean, he didn't make his money in politics, which means he wasn't corrupted by corporations or individuals to get rich.

[@jonsturgill6508]

@scottyee707 "wasn't corrupted by corporations" is an odd conclusion considering he ran several of them and was the face of corporate media for 14 seasons.

[@BrianWestlakes]

As a disabled person who has been used as a scapegoat over and over again by various individuals and groups of people who hated me, I have an interesting perspective. When people who hate you blame you for something that isn't yoru fault, they are only hurting themselves. By focusing the rage and hate at me, they fail to focus on, think about or find a way to solve their real problem. My favourite thing is to be blamed for other people's problems. because it means they're going to keep suffering. And I don't care what they think about me anyway, it's always negative. Lose lose for them, win win for me. Don't tell the right wingers. Their endless suffering is my only true joy in life.

[@CHiZZoPs27]

Focusing on class is the only way to bring the working people back together in fight against the only real foe we have.

[@Redditor6079]

Yes. Political/corpo elitist class vs everybody else

[@PrincessKushana]

Yes. Funny how people in power seem to push literally anything else.

[@anthonyesposito7]

We need more Marxism in public schools, I'm tired of the Red Scare nonsense.

[@Redditor6079]

@@anthonyesposito7 haha garbage ideology for gullibl3s

[@war2thegrave]

​@@anthonyesposito7They've already pushed it to the max. The only way left for angsty teens to rebel anymore is to express conservative ideals.

[@jperih]

Thank you for a non-partisan political message. This is, indeed, not a dispute between parties, but a dispute between powers.

[@Scotts2Sense]

Citizens United kids! Corporations don't need representation in Washington DC. The government should be on the side of the people who do not have a voice.

[@michaelmcnally9737]

It's amazing how someone can articulate all the problems of capitalism then blame those problems on immigrants

[@timeWaster76]

All the problems with capitalism ???? like health, care, colleges transportation and the whole supply chain ? He doesn't look all that hungry

[@Steph.98114]

None of those require capitalism ​@@timeWaster76

[@toyotanerd2269]

​@@timeWaster76Capitalism doesn't provide any of that.

[@reystudio4317]

you sound so dumb. educate urself about how immigrantion can affect the economics under capitalism

[@charliekelly735]

Ngl illegal immigration is a problem. Trump and the Republicans are still evil though

[@kandreasworld4374]

Trumper: "I want a non-politician who IS a working man and looks out for the working man." 😳😳😳 THEN WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR TRUMP???

[@roflchopter11]

Better than Kamala the literal slaver.

[@gsw6065]

Because he's hated by the establishment

[@retrictumrectus1010]

Trump is technically a politician, but when people say "politician", they mean "standard politician".

[@cutiefighter32]

who do u vote then? no one is better choice.

[@RR-in7do]

​@@cutiefighter32vote 3rd party. People need to be willing to withhold their vote if they want the change they say they so desperately want.

[@jamesbuchanan8633]

As a British person, living in a 3rd country, i think the issue with the US is the strive for absolute capitalism over the past 90 years (post Great Depression) has created a small elite class who have enough money and influence to lobby govermental policies on mimimum wage, taxation etc. The problem is past greed, sactioned and accepted by the US government.

[@hybeerian]

That was beautiful. We ALL came here in different boats....but WE are ALL in the same boat now......AMERICANS !!!

[@basengelblik5199]

US citizens ... Americans are a whole lot more people, like Canadians, Mexican, Brazilians, ... etc.

[@GrantAmann]

Get this kid doing more interviews. He comes across humble and earnest. I can’t name another interviewer that able to connect with people. This is the cure to polarization.

[@leojansch7862]

Andrew Callaghan

[@GrantAmann]

@@leojansch7862 lol love him but has a past and more importantly he doesn't really ask questions, he more just lets people talk

[@leojansch7862]

@@GrantAmann sure but he has cultivated a group of extremely differing opinions

[@nickstein3129]

Here's the thing about the left vs right divide. As a leftist, I want society to work for everyone. I want us all to get along and respect one another. And a large growing portion of the right wants me dead. For who I love. For how I vote. For what I believe in. For what I don't believe in. There is no compromise as long as that position is allowed. Until that portion of the right is exorcised, they are my enemy. Not my choice. But by nessesity. Edit: The rights victim complex is something to behold.

[@JR-lw3ms]

Yep! 100%!

[@madelinemardigan3386]

I have never seen a right winger wish people dead. No. That would be the leftist. Look how they acted during the hurricane. Look at the leftists professors who opening wish for white genocide. You're seriously confused. Things have changed, the left, democrats are no longer liberals, they are commies. Are you a commie? The center are the maga people and the Republicans are the right wingers. The left is full of extremists, the ones who cry transphobia if you don't think that men get their periods. The are the ones creating hate hoaxes. They are the ones making life more dangerous You got things twisted.

[@madelinemardigan3386]

​@@JR-lw3msnope

[@DolphinPain]

The right views you the same way bud

[@akawilly]

You have baught what the corporate media is selling.

[@jeniv8525]

Rich, old, white, straight, men have been the primary leaders of America...and look where we are. Time for a woman! Former Republican in Missouri. Voted for Kamala & Blue up and down ballot 🗳 💙

[@Crispy_DAWG]

It still blows my mind that people would vote for an “outsider” and a businessman that they say are causing the problems in America. Trump has shown who he is and who he backs and yet they don’t see it.

[@sunnyboknow]

They love trump because he’s a vile racist. They don’t care about anything else

[@Zetirix]

Aside from the Trump tariffs Biden kept, what policy of Trump's caused an issue? Everyone has moral failings, even Kamala.

[@HavvinIshoose]

The ones causing the problems are unelected bureaucrats accountable to nobody setting policies leading to destruction, funneling government money to their NGO friends and taking corporate bribes and kickbacks. Our government has become a bloated nightmare feeding on all of us. It does not care about efficiency, or the value of our tax dollars, only about enriching itself.

[@steveraymond7277]

I’m sorry but is he a business man, because he failed at everything except taking money from republicans.

[@gigelbecali8072]

The biggest issue is that when someone with an ounce of integrity is a candidate no one votes for that person. And it is impossible to change anything because people vote on personality & rhetoric not on how much sense you make when you open your mouth. Trump's a sales man... Trump sold the lie Haitians in Ohio are illegals, even though they are in the US on a perfectly legal status. The presidential debate. You have 3-4 weeks to prep for your exam, and then you cry the dog ate your homework and couldn't study.

[@paulabbott7620]

You can survive with out the rich but not with out the middle and working class

[@cdevidal]

You can survive with out the rich, but you thrive with them. We're speaking to one another on a platform provided by billionaires.

[@gorkyd7912]

The economic freedom that allows a thriving working class also produces billionaires. It's a Pareto distribution. Take away that economic freedom and the working class is also gone. Some billionaires are left-wing and some are right-wing. Last I checked, most are left-wing; they already got their cake and they don't care to leave that door they used open to the next generation so they support more regulations and higher taxes.

[@jasonpauda4204]

​@cdevidal the internet was developed with public funding. Those billionaires you think are so essential and great take huge advantages over publicly funded infrastructures, whether it's the internet, roads, or rail they use to attain that obnoxious wealth while ducking their taxes

[@QuickNETTech]

​@@cdevidalslaves need not their slavers, and we're worse off under them but go off, I'm sure you think slavers did good for their slaves too 🤡

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

@@cdevidal we are not thriving.

[@KarlaMalone-u9k]

The guy who said we need regular people instead of politicians doesn’t seem to understand that as soon as someone is elected they are politicians. And Tim Walz was exactly what he described before he was elected the first time- a working man that totally experienced what most of us live everyday.

[@MEKIDAME]

Spot on!

[@timeWaster76]

And now he is going to have money and he will be the problem

[@terryhurtado8852]

@@timeWaster76 and hes getting rich off the american people atleast trump got rich by providing something

[@sirtra]

Walz is a career politician, Trump is not. Trump has no desire to be in Congress or any government job other than being President. By contrast Walz already is and does want a long career in politics. That's what they mean when they say "non politician".

[@oddmanout7755]

​​@@sirtra He's a teacher. You can't get more working class than a teacher. Trump on the other hand made his money stealing from contractors and lying about the value of the shit he sells. You've got it backwards.

[@perspicacioussimpleton7288]

This is among your best work. Humanizing folks who are often persectued and antagonized for their political views and highlighting the common ground that all of us share. I wish mass media was showing this much good faith to the American people instead of the same old echo chambers each side uses time and time again to promulgate the divides.

[@mooseBanner]

"i will never punch down and will always pumch up" Also: will vote for a billionaire backed by billionaires who will reduce billionaire taxes and put another nail in the coffin for the middle class because he is a "crime boss" I agree that welfare needs reform but if i am going to get sucked dry i would rather my money go to helping someone in unfortunate circumstances than the wealthy upper class

[@powertothesheeple5422]

Kamala has more billionaires backing her than you think, including Blackrock. You really think the candidate with the largest hedge fund monopoly backing them is going to "make billionaires pay their fair share"? Like this is the first time a politician has lied about taxes during an election campaign to get votes. "Read my lips" ring any bells?

[@Diq_Yoda]

Seriously. They get up in arms about taxes but don't understand that one side wants taxes in the billionaires pockets and the other wants the taxes invested in YOU.

[@powertothesheeple5422]

@@Diq_Yoda Which side? The Democrat party is being backed by 90+ billionares including blackrock. Really hard for me to beleive a person who says they plan on raising taxes on their largest supporters.

[@FlintBits]

As long as the dollar comes before people, this issue will not cease.

[@zwels]

Great journalism. Really appreciate this kind of reporting. Talking to real people and getting real opinions from the people. Not just some statistic or poll from some of the bigger media

[@ElfinMadness]

As a former welfare/food stamps recipient with three children, because their dad fled the state so he wouldn’t have to pay child support, - I’m gonna say, welfare IS NOT ever giving anyone a life of luxury. PERIOD. Anyone who knows, knows. Those who don’t should not comment and should get better educated.

[@JaekSean]

Part of the problem with our government assistance programs is that they can't be a stepping stone. When you get to the point where you need help, the second you start to build yourself back up, you get rug pulled and your assistance is gone before you can actually take care of yourself. It makes it really difficult to get out of that situation because you have to be willing to make your life even worse for however long it takes for you to survive on your own. There needs to be an adequate buffer period where you can continue receiving the full amount of assistance while you rebuild.

[@scifirealism5943]

I agree but Republicans want welfare restricted to force poor people into minimum wage jobs

[@5kids1goldfish]

That's the truth! Those of us who lived off high interest credit cards between little jobs that didn't earn enough (even when working full time) are trying to cover our current costs of living while still burdened by debts. The removal of assistance hits hard.

[@scifirealism5943]

@@JaekSean yes

[@LilyBecca]

Exactly!

[@fluxrider7027]

That's absolutely one of the main problems with assistance, is how to climb out of the hole without getting clobbered in the process.

[@bgrigg07]

I blame the poor people who vote for Trump, for they don't recognize their own enemy.

[@TheTerminator-1]

Thumbs up. Blacks who support THE KLAN also don't recognize their own enemy.

[@fvr12345]

They’re their own worst enemy. Stupid + victim mentality

[@TrollPriestZandum]

Rich people love uneducated people. They are easy to manipulate. So they can convince dumb, poor people to fight for them in their wars and for their issues.

[@WayneHSmithJr]

I would love to work together. Not when one party is literally trying to take away peoples rights and trying to subvert democracy though.

[@cdevidal]

Both are... open your eyes

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

like the covid mandate?

[@lurker993]

Everytime I hear those two claims all I can think of is Democrats demanding we stay locked inside, encouraging us to turn in our neighbors, trying to restrict freedom of speech constantly, and refusing to have a primary election.

[@supererikman5331]

"Rich men who control our lives" Yet they want an autocratic rich man to control their lives 🤷‍♂️

[@MartinSansone]

Voters voted for politicians pushing for laws giving companies citizen rights! What the heck did they expect would happen??? Jeez

[@michiwonderoutdoors2282]

That was the "Supreme" Court. Citizens United. We didn't vote for them.

[@tomshady3530]

I'm all for the poor, the rich are the problem... I'm gonna go vote for this billionaire now!

[@donnikthejedi2222]

Who's most famous Catchphrase was "You're Fired" before he became Head of the CircUS

[@tishaheckel3581]

We all want the same thing, unfortunately many of us have been conned by a snake oil salesman.

[@TheWedabest]

At this point, some people believe the lies!

[@thewebdiva5903]

I think most have been conned by their refusal or inability to think rationally. That’s complicated by the fact that they won’t open themselves to listen to people with different ideas. They always think someone is looking to con them.

[@DefaultProphet]

We want the same things but we don’t want to get their the same way. That’s the problem with a right-left economic anxiety coalition.

[@TwoForFlinchin1]

​@@DefaultProphet "I want a bridge but I don't want to pay any engineers"

[@fluxrider7027]

@@DefaultProphet In this particular case it would be more accurate to say that's the problem with a successful grifter in politics; he can make you vote against your own interests.

[@k.umquat8604]

This is not just a problem in USA, but a problem across the world. Solidarity from Turkey 🇹🇷🇺🇸

[@1chumley1]

This is just late stage capitalism. When Jack Welch normalized putting the shareholder first and the customer and employee last, the fix was in. The only thing that keeps capitalism afloat is government intervention.

[@victorortiz1387]

Government keeps saving companies from bankrupt.

[@retriever19golden55]

Stock buy-backs were illegal until Reagan. Reagan caused the acceleration of many of our problems.

[@matthewingerson]

All RW-political systems involve the wealthy-class enslaving the working-class. Monarchism, feudalism, republicanism, capitalism, corporatism, & fascism are all RW-systems of governance in which the wealthy-class enslaves the working-class. Your comment is well said.

[@rickyb4214]

@@victorortiz1387 They save whole industries, which are monopolies worth billions if not trillions combined

[@CoolMaster-gr3bp]

Lol they've been saying late stage capitalism since before your grandparents were born. Try again next time little bro.