Neoliberalism, Youth, and Social Justice

From truthdig.com
"In a special interview, Truthout contributor Henry Giroux takes us back to the basics of what can be seen as an ongoing and accelerating war between the rich and everyone else, an event that has resulted in a mass inability "to translate private troubles into larger structural public considerations."
"We have no way of understanding that link anymore," Giroux says, "because what we've done is we've defined freedom in a way that suggests it's the freedom to do anything you want and screw everybody else."

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  • @aiiiipe
    @aiiiipe7 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video Henry Giroux, well articulated. This is a hard concept for some to grasp, most likely because the individualistic thinking is embedded in every major institution from school, to work. It takes a lot to see the forest for the trees.

  • @Lakridza67
    @Lakridza67 Жыл бұрын

    I adore and love this man. He is my guru now, and forever!

  • @BirchBehav
    @BirchBehav10 жыл бұрын

    you have to believe the world can be a better place and you have to fight for it.

  • @josephgoodroad5928

    @josephgoodroad5928

    7 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. That's why we need to elect Trump who will help us fight for it! #WALL

  • @eameece

    @eameece

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exactly why we need to fight to defeat Trump and his party, who fight against us.

  • @briancarlson62
    @briancarlson628 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Thanks Henry.

  • @hinteregions

    @hinteregions

    7 жыл бұрын

    Agreement.

  • @LeanneAguirre
    @LeanneAguirre2 жыл бұрын

    I really love this video. Very informative and I think this will serve as an eye opener for every people who'll watch this. Thank you very much.

  • @LisaLaMagna
    @LisaLaMagna3 жыл бұрын

    This is coming up in my timeline now, 2020

  • @OMAR-vq3yb

    @OMAR-vq3yb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bunch of morons out there who don't understand algorithms LOL. Big tech is going to control you sheep first.

  • @nalexiou1100

    @nalexiou1100

    3 ай бұрын

    This is coming up on my time-line now Feb2024. Better late than never

  • @enkisonofanu2301
    @enkisonofanu23015 жыл бұрын

    Best brief 1-minute summary I have yet come across defining what neoliberals are, am going to write it down on paper and stick it on the wall.

  • @americo8568
    @americo85683 жыл бұрын

    I can see clearly, thank you. This was the most clear explanation on neo liberalism, this continues to develop a caste system, too many people are hurting, while these ‘law makers’ and their mouth pieces accumulate exorbitant wealth.

  • @SaschaHusenbeth
    @SaschaHusenbeth7 жыл бұрын

    neoliberalism is a euphemism or a deflective term, and its intention is to avoid using terms like "radical capitalism", "corruption" or similar terms, or even just capitalism. questioning and criticising capitalism is made difficult through complex and ambiguous terms like "neoliberalism". the term allows us to avoid heavily connotated terms and therefore obscures the political discourse.

  • @jacynthewhite4963
    @jacynthewhite49633 жыл бұрын

    you are an incredible human being

  • @karlaDCF
    @karlaDCF4 жыл бұрын

    PREACH!

  • @coleenspence9861
    @coleenspence98617 жыл бұрын

    The very word neoliberalism is the exact opposite of what it literally means in political practice at this time.

  • @ericglatz4429

    @ericglatz4429

    7 жыл бұрын

    It ain't new and it ain't liberal!

  • @eameece

    @eameece

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kinda like they said about the Holy Roman Empire ;)

  • @TrpleAgnt2011
    @TrpleAgnt20115 жыл бұрын

    When the financial sector is borrowing more money than anyone else, . . . (Wasn't the financial sector supposed to invest in labor and production, companies, etc. remember making "investments" ? That is how ridiculous things are, just a joke.

  • @flav2157
    @flav21572 жыл бұрын

    It seems to me that collectivism is the solution for our Society, is it the main goal of what you have expressed?

  • @GilgameshGames
    @GilgameshGames7 жыл бұрын

    Democracy and Capitalism are at odds with one another.

  • @MegaMementoMori

    @MegaMementoMori

    5 жыл бұрын

    Give me an example of a democratic country that isn't capitalist. And yes, the Scandinavian "socialist paradises" also have a capitalist economy, as the market forces shape the prices of goods and everybody is free to engage in any commercial activity.

  • @mridhasolayman3401
    @mridhasolayman34016 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @DonDutch-bm2iq
    @DonDutch-bm2iq8 жыл бұрын

    1:24 i want this dude to go to Africa for 5 years and help the hungry, FREE OF CHARGE! no pay, because profit, as he says is only a motivational assumption.. that said, why would ANY ONE EVERY COLLECT a pay check?!?! why are we all not in African now helping people in need? if good will is more important to humans the self preservation then why are we not doing this? because self preservation is the first on every individuals list, and in today's world that means you need money OR you will be those starving people.. his argument and points sound like a egalitarian community college freshman pot head who has not thought past the end of last year..

  • @Taniseth

    @Taniseth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Lots of people go to Africa free of charge to help the poor and hungry. In fact lots of people have to save up their own money, or fund raise so that they can have the privilege of helping others for free. The notion that all productivity and and humanitarianism must be incentivized is a delusion, that is repeatedly being disproved time and time again, in many more examples than the "Go to Africa", example. There are certainly those who do hold the "What's in it for me" mentality, and it makes sense for those people to assume everyone else is the same. But they are not. To say that you need money or you will starve, is true only under the current social structure. Henry is proposing that it doesn't have to be that way, and your suggestion that it's either Self Preservation or Death, is a false dichotomy. One can acquire the means for sufficient self preservation, and ALSO help others who are unable to do the same... free of charge.

  • @asusmctablet9180
    @asusmctablet91807 жыл бұрын

    He's a walking, breathing Naomi Klein book.

  • @RoughDraft257
    @RoughDraft2578 жыл бұрын

    My vote: Bernie!

  • @briankennedy6113

    @briankennedy6113

    7 ай бұрын

    Bernie the Capitalist millionaire from books and speaking engagements?....ok

  • @liammccann8763
    @liammccann87635 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. I'm new to Dr Giroux. My observation, well what is he offering as an alternative? The rich and the poor are not going away. Human beings are not solved by the state or economics, we are not solved from with out, we are solved from within. His points regarding education ought to have included parents. The family, in it's broadest sense, is the cornerstone of 'any' civilisation. We have allowed the state to redefine 'family' and it's failing, miserably. Fathers have a central role to play here and masculinity needs room to breathe in an era where the media perceives it as toxic and at the same time is fascinated by homo-eroticism. Ne Timeas.

  • @nj.7325

    @nj.7325

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's written many books I think you'd find helpful... haven't read any fully to recommend them

  • @Unprotected1232
    @Unprotected12328 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't the more Authoritarian neoconservative ideology overlap with neoliberalism in this critique?

  • @bulentavci2951

    @bulentavci2951

    3 жыл бұрын

    It does as a long as their interests overlap

  • @mumbairay
    @mumbairay10 жыл бұрын

    2:19 ya, thanks for passing the buck, people of your thinking

  • @RichardRaueiser
    @RichardRaueiser7 жыл бұрын

    I am sorry to remain a fossil. Fuck! I like skulls to.

  • @ahlaamonline9377
    @ahlaamonline93773 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how this affects the poorest people in the Africa, Latin america and Asia. People whose sole focus is a daily survival. Wealth gap and neoliberal policies in my opinion are a first world problems.

  • @mrrrka
    @mrrrka6 жыл бұрын

    thx gosh i managed to ditch that cultural marxist sect

  • @Isaac.Ramirez
    @Isaac.Ramirez7 жыл бұрын

    Thinking that we can change the world only by collectively doing it, is a corrosive mindset for one's core ideology. I think it absolves you and takes away the pride from attempting to change the world on your own as an individual. Perhaps, the world is tired of the notion of heroes...

  • @Fuar11

    @Fuar11

    3 жыл бұрын

    That very mindset is what needs to change

  • @briankennedy6113

    @briankennedy6113

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Fuar11 Yes obey the collective..."FOR THE GREATER GOOD".....right...............

  • @stevenheinze297
    @stevenheinze2979 жыл бұрын

    In the words of Penn and his partner Teller... Bullshit. Not so much his partner Teller.

  • @TrpleAgnt2011
    @TrpleAgnt20115 жыл бұрын

    Yes you have to fight but not blindly. Get some statistics out here, graphs and charts, speak more loudly than talkytalk..

  • @vojtasks
    @vojtasks5 жыл бұрын

    "And that's a long walk to revo... Oh sorry institutions" :)) Sounds a bit like a Marxist

  • @bulentavci2951

    @bulentavci2951

    3 жыл бұрын

    So what

  • @vojtasks

    @vojtasks

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bulentavci2951 well marxists ideas killed tens of millions so... Yeah, it is similar to proposing some nazi ideas....

  • @fila741
    @fila7417 жыл бұрын

    Agree with everything up to when he said Republicans are saying kids who have a free lunch should work for it. This is a good thing. To teach responsibility and discipline brings the best from people. I bet he is cool with play doh and videos of puppies in safe spaces though...

  • @Taniseth

    @Taniseth

    7 жыл бұрын

    What do you have against play-doh and puppies? I agree that teaching responsibility and discipline are good things, but you're suggesting that we deny people the necessities to survive unless they work for it. That's not a moral lesson... That's slavery. And it's evil.

  • @Huddy52

    @Huddy52

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why should it just be kids with poor parents that need these early hard taught lessons of responsibility

  • @aaronsanders6162

    @aaronsanders6162

    5 жыл бұрын

    Felipe N A in other words, you are neoliberal fascist. Weird that you’re proud of that

  • @jimmy_octane
    @jimmy_octane6 жыл бұрын

    0:41 What is "public wealth"? Last I checked the state is funded through taxation. Hands off my wealth!

  • @christian7535

    @christian7535

    4 жыл бұрын

    Public Wealth is taking in taxation and providing Public Goods like: Roads and General infrastructure, Healthcare, Education, Culture and Military. All of which you cannot provide on your on stupid account. 10 IQ points later and you will understand.. BRUH!

  • @42kang
    @42kang8 жыл бұрын

    Long march through the institutions ey Henry, sound like you've been reading a bit too much of Marx

  • @l000tube

    @l000tube

    8 жыл бұрын

    your part of the problem.

  • @42kang

    @42kang

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Fast Slow hows that

  • @l000tube

    @l000tube

    8 жыл бұрын

    Firstly, the idea that everyone who has a position like this is somehow a 'marxist' is ridiculous and secondly, i would recommend reading some Karl Marx, a lot of what he wrote is just common sense (despite being taken to the extreme by some communist states). If you can see past all the western propaganda, he was right on a lot of stuff like - workers need to unite to prevent their own enslavement (economic), increasing inequality is an inevitable consequence of capitalist system and there are some things the state should have a monopoly on like - the issuance of money. All of these things are coming to fruition right now and Henry Giroux is putting his head above the parapet to bring those issues to us. There is a difference between people who see that Marx made some very good points and those who are 'Marxists'.

  • @42kang

    @42kang

    8 жыл бұрын

    Why do you think capitalism increase inequality?

  • @l000tube

    @l000tube

    8 жыл бұрын

    If i really have to explain that to you then im circling back to my original statement - 'your part of the problem'. There are lots of resources on the internet laying out how capitalism - as it is now - increases inequality.

  • @Lakridza67
    @Lakridza672 жыл бұрын

    Such a bleak outcome from the fervent embrace of hard right, neoliberal principles with its punitive, and conservative social policies.

  • @drinkingpoolwater
    @drinkingpoolwater3 жыл бұрын

    “more police than teachers” huh? wtf is he talking about. total embellishment and lie.

  • @chesterfinecat7588
    @chesterfinecat75887 жыл бұрын

    The climate isn't changing and society isn't stratifying. Everything will be okay.

  • @coleenspence9861

    @coleenspence9861

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fluent sarcasm spoken here?

  • @BobSmith-yw5gh
    @BobSmith-yw5gh7 жыл бұрын

    This is a very socialist lecture, if I wasn't assigned to watch this video I wouldn't have watched it.

  • @Taniseth

    @Taniseth

    7 жыл бұрын

    Are you discomforted by opposing ideas and perspectives? Do you only surround yourself with people whose ideas you agree with? If this was a school assignment, you should understand that school, in particular upper level college and university are places that will challenge your viewpoints and present you with alternatives. You don't have to agree with it all, but you should rejoice at the opportunity to learn and understand the world beyond the one you've constructed for yourself. But if you are unwilling to even try and appreciate the perspectives and opinions of others... Do you really deserve to have an opinion of your own?

  • @harmonicparadox2055

    @harmonicparadox2055

    7 жыл бұрын

    There's nothing socialist about speaking out against arresting ten year olds for dress code violations. thinkprogress.org/mississippi-county-jails-kids-for-school-dress-code-violations-tardiness-doj-alleges-1fa9a26ae83b#.8haaji93o

  • @bryankelly9026

    @bryankelly9026

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Taniseth haha college is a place to challenge your views. Thats funny. More like indoctrinate on only one view. college is the place that isolates themeselves from opposing views. College is the place of safe spaces and eco chambers.

  • @bulentavci2951

    @bulentavci2951

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is because you are indoctrinated idiot

  • @thetruth7614
    @thetruth76147 жыл бұрын

    This man is a walking contradiction, he has the temrity to complain about the interconnection between corporations and government, yet believes business should be subject to increased regulation.

  • @Huddy52

    @Huddy52

    5 жыл бұрын

    Governments should be free of corporate influence. Seems like a pretty easy to understand concept to me

  • @Fuar11

    @Fuar11

    3 жыл бұрын

    the interconnection between corporations and governments in unhealthy. That's why