Been saying this my entire life. Slavery never ended, it just changed form and got a great sales ptich.

@pavspol

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Nothing has changed since the times of the pharaohs. The social engineers have done a good job of convincing us of the illusion of freeDOM but we’re still slaves and we’re being steered every step of the way.

@ramonbril

Ай бұрын

When did you realize and how?

@fleurishadvisors232

Ай бұрын

@ramonbril I realized this in school as I was being told to go to college and get a good job as it was the key to my future wealth and freedom. Only to look around and see another form of slavery. One where anyone who isn't an owner is a slave to the system in some way. Then the elites gaslight the masses trying to convince you through media that you too can one day be one of them if you only work hard enough while they kick you in the teeth. I wasn't buying then and I'm not buying now. We don't need the elites, they're leeches that bring nothing to the table except their ability to use people for their own ends. We must come together if we're to put an end to a thousand years of tyranny.

@davecopp9356

Ай бұрын

@@ramonbril I realized this around 25 years ago while I was working in a car factory. I told my coworkers, why don´t they put a sign over the entrance: Work sets you free, like at the work camps during the second WW. They looked at me like I was the crazy one and I explained, that a workers salary is just enough to pay for necessities and safe to buy a house, work 30 years to pay it of etc. They leave us with just enough to survive. The whole thing is a scam. And as a factory worker, I was even in the top 20 percent of the country in terms of earnings. I don´t understand why the other 80 percent keep voting for these devils.

@1ireneaustin

Ай бұрын

Just likr when the wall fell and unleashed communism over the world the 14th amendment made everyone slaves...not just one class/color.

Yep. Quit working for corporations and work only for myself now. Only work with good healthy mindful people. live much more simply.

@andriyka17

Ай бұрын

Sounds like corporation gave you skills so now you can work for yourself

@humblemonkm61

Ай бұрын

Do you buy products & goods, rent or have a mortgage, then you are still supporting your corporate overlords. There is no escaping their reach & influence. You must go off grid, stop using tech of every kind then maybe you will escape the hold corporations have over you.

@freeman37

Ай бұрын

​@@andriyka17 Corporations destroy your skills and talent actually.

@l.w.paradis2108

Ай бұрын

​@@andriyka17 And? He paid for it dearly. That argument proves too much.

@1ireneaustin

Ай бұрын

Amen. Exit their system and their filthy lucre

“Wherever there is great property, there is also great inequality. For one very rich man, there are at least 500 of the poor. The affluence of the few, supposes the indigence of the many” Adam Smith

Absolutely true. Rich people are ruling this planet earth and we are their slaves 😢

the narcissism of these ghouls is at an all time high.

@shutdown8947

17 күн бұрын

💯

According to Marcus Aurelius, “that which isn't good for the hive, isn't good for the bee.” We are all connected. The wellbeing of an individual is dependent on the wellbeing of the tribe and vice versa.

@angelmarauder5647

Ай бұрын

A philosopher king but a king nonetheless.

@blackgoldwing1

Ай бұрын

The hive is hell bound In other words headed for the death of humanity You serve a military industrial complex that puts profit over humanity

@davecopp9356

Ай бұрын

They have mangaged to devide us with the weapon of immigration of people with different values, morals and beliefs and now almost nobody cares any more if something he does is bad for society as long as he profits from it. Facts.

@ksgraham3477

Ай бұрын

Ah, A "For the Common Good" tribalist.

@gemmapeter7173

Ай бұрын

We see the same destructive opposition of interests in markets. The ideal position of a market participant is having a monopoly, this can be the end result of competition and is also harmful for the market.

Very informative. I became nomadic years ago after living in my van, my heart wasn’t set in a location in California that I wanted to move into/rent. I had a house I sold after I quit my job. I paid off all my debts, got rid of my vehicles and had a super power , NO STUDENT LOANS. I also left for my mental health and even though I sometimes miss the comfort of having a place and a garage, I’ve been traveling the world, making new friends, and being able to work on my mental health. Currently in Japan, have lived in Thailand, currently home base in Mexico, and been in and out of various countries. I have been able to see how other people live and even though no country is perfect, it has allowed me to learn about what I like, I don’t like, willing to put up with and be adaptable. I have also a solid network of friends, it takes a bit more work to hang out with them but I’m doing my best I can to hold on and see this brave new world for what it is. And I’m still doing what I like to do, so I take every small win I can. Thanks again, your videos have really allowed me to grow as a person , be honest about myself and be able to walk away from people that are contrary to my core values.

@25sigmaa

Ай бұрын

I have so many questions. The past week I've panned a couple of countries on Google Maps. One of them Mexico. Curious, does Mexican authorities *eye* people that have American vehicle plates? Can Americans get Mexican plates. Those were my thoughts as I panned the map.

@artificialunderground

Ай бұрын

@@25sigmaa the better you blend in the better. Mexico is one country I avoid driving. I’ve gone on road trips with my cousins there so I leave the driving to the locals or to people who know the roads. If you do drive, do it only in the day time, and it’s not a place to take “detours” and check things out unless you specifically know where you are going. I’m not saying all of Mexico is dangerous, I’ve just read to many unfortunate stories of people going to the wrong place or being stopped at night. Just be smart and don’t look like you have anything of value.

@faza553

Ай бұрын

To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction, noted, registered, counted, TAXED, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, reformed, corrected, punished, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865)

@professorchaos9

Ай бұрын

I have been contemplating on selling my condo and paying off my debts, and investing the difference. I go back and forth and can't decide. With the rent prices increasing and less of them being available it becomes a difficult decision to make.

@artificialunderground

Ай бұрын

@@professorchaos9 Pay off your debts for sure and decide if you want to be stuck to one place…

An incredible talk Sam, these are important words that people need to be hearing. This future we are building for ourselves is not a world I want to live in.

He keeps dropping these awesome jokes and the audience is so uptight

@chrishart8548

Ай бұрын

They didn't even look interested. Maybe they are the sheeple he was on about. I was loving every second of this.

@rodmunch1012

Ай бұрын

​@@chrishart8548 Me too.

@goldmine4955

Ай бұрын

⁠some even left thru the presentation

@chrishart8548

Ай бұрын

@@goldmine4955 they don't like the truth or facts

@chrisw7347

Ай бұрын

Gee it's almost as if it's a hellworld where laughter is inappropriate or stifled, and not a fucking sitcom.

This might be the most important video Dr. Vaknin has ever published. Wow! Explains it all perfectly. We are heading to real-life Hunger Games, and the masses are voting for it.

@user-hk5fg2ou3e

19 күн бұрын

Since I had 14-16 I perceived what he’s saying. Many of us too , the problem is that the majority don’t. So we’re trapped.

Slavery was never abolished, it just became voluntary - me.

@fratersatenihil1653

14 күн бұрын

All the Civil War did was enable the Rothschilds back in Britain to turn USA into a British Crown Corporation.

@BaiMengLing

13 күн бұрын

smart people dupe the system ;)

@nordictrekkie6447

11 күн бұрын

I NEVER KNOWINGLY VOLUNTEERED. IT WAS NOT AN IN-GOOD-FAITH AGREEMENT. I WAS EDUCATED/ BRAINWASHED/FUNNELED INTO THE BILLIONAIRE CENTRAL-BANK SYSTEM...AS WAS EVERYONE.

I've been saying this for a long time. "Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Powerful men are bad men".(people) - first Baron Acton The last sentence of this powerful quote is typically left out because of it's absolute truth. The more power a person gains, the more they are free to indulge themselves in their own whims, their own prejudices...justifications in their own minds are sufficient justifications for anything. They lose sight of the rights of others, secure in their own conclusions. Powerful people can't help but become bad people, unknowingly. They simply cannot see the harm that they do, obsessed with their own desires. -weezi-🙏💖🙏💜🌄

@aspensulphate

Ай бұрын

Perfect example: George Soros. This sick monster wants to remake the world according to his misfiring brain synapses.

@chrisw7347

Ай бұрын

It's more than just that, there's also the undeniable fact that there is no one above them to police them. The necessity of the invention of an all loving and all just God makes sense, once you consider how inconvenient this truth is. The fact that we can now freely discuss this without any real negative personal consequences, is actually a function not of less power over us, but more power over us-- so much, that nothing we can possibly say, could ever have an effect.

@timestampingarmy

Ай бұрын

Could it be more about white race supremacy and less about corporations?

@chrisw7347

Ай бұрын

@@timestampingarmy No, but that's precisely the brainrot that prevents any addressing of socioeconomic/fundamental problems(how and why the human species is mentally ill) and instead fixates on division and superficial problems. If I was a "white elite", saliva would be running from my mouth at the thought that most morons spend their time thinking about race.

@patrickday4206

Ай бұрын

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptable. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." Frank Herbert

Prof. Vaknin, in the US we are hindered from moving also because our medical coverage comes from our employer. We would be freer to move if we didn’t have to consider the possibility of a gap in medical coverage. (Even if you move and have a new job right away, there is usually a waiting period of 30-90days to become eligible for the new medical coverage.) Also, our medical coverage usually limits us to use providers with the state, if not the county. This tethers is geographically. Thank you for this insightful lecture. I follow you every day.

@vg7985

Ай бұрын

American health care is nothing but $ transfer to insurance companies and top tier medical institutions.

@markmaracatu6811

Ай бұрын

I lived (and currently live WITHOUT medical coverage) for years, so it's NOT an excuse for you. "Gap in medical coverage " 😂😂😂 I am currently in Mexico. Here, paying out of pocket for a visit to a doctor is LESS then my co-pay was when I had "medical insurance" for which I paid over 250 a month. How many tens on thousands were spent NOT needing medical care.. It's all fraud, that "medical coverage" to KEEP US ENSLAVED. I am in my 50ies. Just stay healthy and you will not need "medical coverage" for long time and save that money

@debbieolson5348

Ай бұрын

Do you have a medical condition that requires going to the doctor every month? If you learn about how to take care of your body and implement eating right with exercise then you can just buy a basic healthcare plan. I have done that for 40 years and have not worked for anyone since 1981.

@pavspol

Ай бұрын

I’m European and I don’t have a medical coverage. I just don’t go to the doctor period.

@senglomein5766

Ай бұрын

For real, unless you have a pre-existing condition, health insurance is a complete and utter waste. The whole concept has never made enough sense to me to justify that added expense

Professor, you should DEFINITELY write a book about this. Many people will buy it! I know I would. This is such a Great subject and it is awesome to see your analytical skills being applied to it!

@jackcorsobarbiere-it7645

Ай бұрын

He should give it for free otherwise it's 100% capitalistic solution

@user-xp5id1kh4r

Ай бұрын

Bruh... don't hype him up for something that's almost certain to not be true... almost NO ONE would buy his book! And not because it'd be a bad or uninteresting book... but just because of numbers/statistics: the overwhelming majority of Authors SELL LESS THAN 5,000 book copies. Even if he assumed pure profit, that would mean he doesn't even pull $100k from his book... IF... its even successful!

@valuetraveler2026

Ай бұрын

100%

@asheru9254

Ай бұрын

People don't read books nowadays I'd rather have him put an audiobook

@user-hk5fg2ou3e

19 күн бұрын

Can you please use your brain. People don’t even listen to others .This is going to happen no matter what. The only solution is for yourself only if you find a way to survive.

i knew this at age 16. back then i made a promise to not bring any children into this bad stage play. i thought id be able to live my life before i would see how bad things are getting. i was wrong...

@timestampingarmy

Ай бұрын

Are there any problems that are unsolvable?

@asage5801

Ай бұрын

That’s very honest

@sanctuairegaia5213

Ай бұрын

Yep same. Dumb people have been breeding a lot and everything got worse.

@saraf01

21 күн бұрын

We were all wrong, but at least we are mortal, meaning we die in the end so at least all this will at least end one day.

@ChickpeatheTortie

21 күн бұрын

I beat you. I was 8 when I made that promise to myself although granted I was dragged up on a series of UK Army Camps and never regretted it for one second

The master slave dichotomy started by the Roman’s is alive and well. The slaves do not know they are slaves or they would revolt. If they had known they were slaves, I could have saved a thousand more. Harriet Tubman

@iveyhealth2266

Ай бұрын

Facts!!!

@space_void_infinitum

Ай бұрын

"Started by the Roman's" , come on man? It's as old as mankind itself. Even certain species of animals enslave each other.

@space_void_infinitum

Ай бұрын

Arabs, African, Europeans, Asians, etc. are all guilty of practicing slavery at one time or another.

@user-nk8ww9ce9k

Ай бұрын

@MA-nm2tv

Ай бұрын

Technology keeps us in the system - mobiles in particular

Amazing speech. So many new concepts you introduced. Stuff like this scares the ones partaking in the mayhem. You are turning on the light in the kitchen at 2am and watching all the roaches run for cover.

I've been arguing post-Reagan that the dramatic decrease in inflation was a policy choice to protect asset holdings of the wealthy at the expense of the middle class

@Krlowanigu-mg6eg

Ай бұрын

This is what happens when you have an actor as the president. Other countries has followed this idea and there are muppets everywhere, strings attached.

The central banks are monopolistic hence we do not live in a capitalistic society in the U.S. Money can be created immediately for the benefit of the Banks' cronies.

@samvaknin

Ай бұрын

Search my vakninmusings KZread channel for "bank"

@Lavasalsa1

Ай бұрын

Ever heard of “the money trust”?

This man is spitting absolute fire jokes and not a single chuckle. The west has truly fallen.

The rich feel safe when they walk outside. That is the issue

@DerekSpeareDSD

Ай бұрын

this is the issue.

@felishaspersonalmail4953

Ай бұрын

Period

@patnor7354

Ай бұрын

Truth

@codyvandal2860

Ай бұрын

"Someone made more money then me, they should fear for their safety!" lol. define "the rich"

@alphaomega1089

Ай бұрын

Why we need the police?! You will appear rich to someone. Drop your evil criminal mind.

So eye opening. Would love more lectures like this. Thank you for your work! You are a treasure!

Holy shit i was just taking about how socialism/communism meshed with capitalism recently

@starscream007

Ай бұрын

It's the same system that was implemented in China by Deng Xiaoping with the help of Henry Kissinger and its name is neoliberal communism or communo-fascism.

@LuckysLair

Ай бұрын

Yep, in the U.S. it use to be well known the the Republican Party was the corporate party. But it’s recently become obvious that the Democratic Party is just as pro-corporate as the Republican’s are. During Ko-v1d the large corporate stores and Big Pharma had free reign….while small businesses, mom and pop shops and citizens were crushed. All cheered on by the sitting administration and their supporters

Tomorow I am learning for public finance test in university, and listening to this as I am studying seems to turbo charge my knowledge in the field, now I understand the definition of lobbying which is described as rent-seeking, thank you prof. Vaknin.

@mats4060

Ай бұрын

Ever read any Michael Hudson books?

No matter what outside form a government takes the nature of power stays the same.

I realized this around 25 years ago while I was working in a car factory. I told my coworkers, why don´t they put a sign over the entrance: Work sets you free, like at the work camps during the second WW. They looked at me like I was the crazy one and I explained, that a workers salary is just enough to pay for necessities and safe to buy a house, work 30 years to pay it of etc. They leave us with just enough to survive. The whole thing is a scam. And as a factory worker, I was even in the top 20 percent of the country in terms of earnings. I don´t understand why the other 80 percent keep voting for these devils.

@AndAndmed

Ай бұрын

Whats the solution? Because universal income from the government and no need to work for it destroyed the economy of Argentina....BADLY

@davecopp9356

Ай бұрын

@@AndAndmed I belief something like Germany had was very prosperious before it got destroyed in the eighties and ninetees. Strong rights and rules for workers closely monitored by the government. No limitless immigration, only people who were usefull for the economy. The big industries for the essentials were property of the state, like telekomunications (deutsche Telekom), energy, public transportation (Deutsche Bundesbahn) and postal service (DP) they employed huge amount of people with really good benefits and salaries and all was working like a well oiled machine till the government turned against their citizens with the European Union and before the EWG and privatised and sold the property of the citizens which generations had build and saved to hedge funds and private equity firms. Since than and together with limitless immigration of economic refugess with different values, morals and beliefs, the wages and rights for normal working class people went down and so did the standart of living and at the same time the crime rate went up. Basically the middle class got wiped out.

@Krlowanigu-mg6eg

Ай бұрын

davecopp9356, that is the reason for pushing refugees welcome camps, protected by police in liepzig. I dont want them, you have no choice, you have to like them. Those at power are beyond reach and dont fear the consequences.

@AndAndmed

Ай бұрын

@@davecopp9356Argentina also owned the essentials, but the corruption was so big that to be able to get a phone at home at that time had waiting list of 40 years( I am from the 60's) The companies like railroad, phone, electricity, household gas supply, ect., were receiving money from the federal government but each one of their CEOs took that money for personal enrichment.

@davecopp9356

Ай бұрын

@@AndAndmed Interesting. I belief religion is needed to keep people from becoming degenerates and steal everything they can. Values, morals and culture and shaming and punishing people who steal or act harmful to the society needs to be put in place to protect and keep the system functioning. Thats how it was in Germany before the EWG and later EU was put into place and the german currency was taken away and they gave up the control of the country to the dictatorship of the EU which is basically run by the deep state of banksters who also run most of the other western countrys and have not the best interest for the voters in mind. Politicians are just the puppets and actors of these group. I can not even name them or my comment gets deleted which shows who is in charge.

From my experience with successful entrepreneurs, they are all very focussed on their success and can’t stop themselves from becoming richer and richer . They are ruthless . Their workers are generally not well paid and they rely on desperate workers that will take work at the given salary . The workers that stay are content to work under such conditions out of habit. Workers come and go but the prescribed wage is not changed . Usually hovering around minimum wage . I only saw wages increase because of the corona virus 🦠 pandemic where the borders were closed to immigrants.

@senglomein5766

Ай бұрын

Wow you're so right. I never made that distinct connection between covid's inflated wages with the temporary closed borders, meaning no undocumented workers or drastically less. That adds a whole new level of cynicism to when the politicians kept echoing the phrase 'we need to Thank our Frontline Workers for keeping the economy going' cause what they really meant was "keep them working cause we can't replace them with closed borders".

@buddyrojek9417

Ай бұрын

@@senglomein5766 I only got a pay increase as a truck driver when Indian students couldn’t come to Australia and many left to care for parents in India. My boss still drives a Bentley

@user-xp5id1kh4r

Ай бұрын

Well then why don't they/you become an entrepreneur if they're/you're so unsatisfied with the situation? What alternative do you suggest?

@buddyrojek9417

Ай бұрын

@@user-xp5id1kh4r I would stop the permit system . I would have another concrete plant , but the local council won’t approve. So it’s not true capitalism. So increase the minimum wages or reduce taxes on overtime

@senglomein5766

Ай бұрын

@@buddyrojek9417 I heard whispers recently of a bill in the oven; almost the antithesis to what your advocating for, which would provide businesses of all sizes, 3 employees --- 10,000 employees, a tax-write off per employee hired in said year, IF ONE stipulation is met....and that is, *you hire an immagrant as opposed to a citizen* . . . I beleive it was something around $9,500.00 in tax exemption per immigrant hired . . . whens that tsumani coming to mainland US?

Been fortunate to have created my own employment for my entire life but getting exploited by others is certainly destructive.

Finally someone said it, Bravo 👏🏻

Corporations wiped out all small businesses by having freedom of ruling themselves through lobbying power. Not any other business entity has that luxury so they have to loose, by this new definition. 30 years ago the power of certain businesses were limited, to the point not to bankrupt others in the same industry, today such a thing doesn’t exist. Fare competition is gone prices are going up and up.

Psychopathy and narcissistic and other adjacent ways of being, are ideal and optimized methods for socioeconomic success. This also becomes a defense against reason, against negotiation, or even against combat, because good is at a fundamental disadvantage in battles with evil due to the access evil has to breaking rules which good cannot break. Simply consider it an endless game, ask yourself "Who wins in the end?" and this will only become more clear if one is perfectly committed to the truth no matter how unpleasant.

@Knight766

Ай бұрын

The solution is to exclude Narcissists and Psychopaths from positions of power.

@user-zu1ix3yq2w

Ай бұрын

Very true. Well said.

@Audreylalaland

25 күн бұрын

100% true. Most people in power have personality disorders and low empathy or no empathy at all

@erievhs

21 күн бұрын

Good has accces to growth

I believe to be original is a calling we all have and want to both connect and disconnect with others in ways that shows our uniqueness as a value to the creation of something truly novel to contribute to the human experience. We are financial batteries for systems and we are an infinite supply to extracted from before they were born.

Everyone got their phones on loud mode….anyway great and very informative presentation, thanks for sharing! :)

Brilliant Dr Vaknin! I have always loved your economic analyses… please do more!

2 1/2 yrs ago you suggested buying a new purse or something. I did. 😳 The world of revenue. I never knew the waste, greed, pollution. Its pretty package. 🎁. So I bought a sewing machine. An extra feature, just a dollar more. Buy, bye the time ones done, a $200 machine could cost $$$$$. The latest feature Lazer, connect to wyfy. Its out of this world what a simple up and down shaft can do. Research and development costs. Fabric used to cost - affordable Now its more economical to buy, look a like factory. All major cities look alike. Modern factory clothing. Now, time for surplus, auxillery, collateral Population reduction. Manageble controlable Hedging off "FAMINE". starvation doesnt feel very good. Grow a garden The garden of eden 🙋 🤺💐

"You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked." Quote from Revelation 3:17

He said he has no solution which is just as depressing as the speech.

In your view, socialism takes two forms, 1)The state takes from the poor to give it to the rich through rents or 2)the state takes from the rich to give it to the poor through social programs. Would this not result in a sort of class warfare between the rich and the poor for control of the state? Is class warfare real and obserbable.

@samvaknin

Ай бұрын

Class warfare is more alive now than at any time since 1917.

@64Afrika

Ай бұрын

UK is a good example, every class stays separately. Someone posh normally doesn't come into contact with the working class. I am middle class living in a part of town where middle class are living. One can pick up which class one belongs usually quick. I never believed this before moved to the UK. I have friends throughout society and don't make a difference. Everyone is the same in the end.

@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx

Ай бұрын

​@@samvaknin Absolutely 💯

@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx

Ай бұрын

​@samvaknin please 🙏 write a book on this subject. I know you are busy. Or could you recommend books ?

@rickb06

Ай бұрын

​@@samvakninGood sir, I would have called you a shameless lunatic just a decade ago, but having lived through at least this portion of the worst capitalist economy in world history since the great depression, I now agree with you.

Interesting that a labour shortage ended feudalism and the upcoming abundant humanoid robots run by AI will bring feudalism back for the great pleasure of the neo feuds.

@delocon

Ай бұрын

The robots arn't coming. They are nowhere near ready.

@halnineooo136

Ай бұрын

@@delocon You're talking about humanoids obviously because robots have been around for decades now. Well, humanoids are already here. They are already useful even though not yet as smart and dextrous as a human because they are much cheaper and less troublesome. You'll start seeing them in Amazon warehouses in less than two years.

@delocon

Ай бұрын

@@halnineooo136 Yeah you don't know that, that's just a prediction. There are loads, upon loads, upon loads of liability, programming, safety, cost and infrastructure needs that have to be met. Even that commercial dog robot Boston Dynamics released has to be recharged for four hours every 90 minutes. Amazon workers are easily replaceable, and not going anywhere for at least a decade.

@TheBigdog868

Ай бұрын

And who told you the robots were coming? Your television? C'mon man.

@halnineooo136

Ай бұрын

@@delocon Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

🙌Get in , Always a joy to here Prof Vaknin ❤

Great lecture Prof Vaknin. There's a lot to digest here but thank you for this very detailed big picture breakdown of where we find ourselves today. Now I have to go hunt down some books to chase the details for myself 😂 P.S. was that your phone ringing for calls and pinging with notifications?

Imagine paying for air & water

Once we go into the digital currency digital ID system we are finished..thats the last straw. Resist ..resist ..resist

@nnonotnow

Ай бұрын

We're already there. All bills are digital. Plus cash is basically useless to the average person. It's all done electronically.

Social services are failing in the US because our government gives the money to private organizations and hopes they take care of it. They are social safety boxes instead of a network, and due to inefficiency they are ineffective. Welfare worked better when the federal government oversaw it.

@fearbabyriffs

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget powerful private lobbies pushed & bribed politicians to privatise cheaper govt services like utilities and healthcare back in the 1970s promising the citizens “to be competitive & make things cheaper”. The exact opposite happened because big players either buy their competitors up to monopolize their industry or they get caught making agreements to engage in price fixing. Then they pretend the citizens are ripping off the citizen to slash services further or raise prices higher. The public has mostly been brainwashed to believe this corporate propaganda. We live in a 247 bullhorn propaganda slave debt farm with only economic violence as the fence from escaping.

Thank you so much Dear Sam

You shouldn’t need a study to realize this…

@coolorphans

Ай бұрын

Yeah people shouldn't make lectures and just should stay silent. Great idea.

@SlickSimulacrum

Ай бұрын

@@coolorphans , Thanks for that Edmund Burke, you pathetic whiny little b****ch.

They do coordinate through wef and the banks.

Capitalism starts with and is wholly reliant on the state, because it is the central institution that regulates the creation of money through the central bank (feat money), and the creation of bank credit (broad money). It has been said that we are moving into an era of techno-feudalism; Yanis Varoufakis talks at length about this in interviews. If you think about it, ask yourself in which sector have the newest billionaires made their fortunes. Vaknin argues that inflation benefits the rich and hurts the poor. I would extend this idea to the reality of fiscal drag on our purchasing power. In the UK, tax free allowances have been frozen for many years, causing the lowest earners to pay more of their income in tax and reduce their purchasing power - it’s not just about rising prices.

Group together in mutual support and living. Much like the Amish, etc.

An elaboration is needed: how do you prove that it is not the private sector that has coopoted the state? It seems obvious to me that this is the way it is. We see the various congresses doing the bidding of the donor class, shaping laws and foreign and economic policies, the richest people are oligarchs, not heads of state. Wars are started for the interests of coorporations ability to extract resources. Or is it perhaps that this dichotomy between state/coorporations is false, and the two have merged to one?

@samvaknin

Ай бұрын

www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2016/12/31/Rent-Seeking-18015

This was a fantastic talk. The big picture perspective explains everything. I'm going to listen several times to memorize it and do further learning. Thank you so much for sharing, i greatly appreciate it.

I work for myself. I prioritise almost anything over work, because I try to earn just enough to live a comfortable life. If you want to be rich, you are already mentally/emotionally deficient (it may not be your fault of course). The fact that rich people exist is the reason people are poor. The government is the enemy of the people (or at least the puppet of the enemy). I have no desire to give the government my money as it refuses to work for real people. It serves the parasite class (rich). Anarcho syndicalist ultra-democracy is the way forward. No leaders - ever!

Great!

Thank you for sharing this 🪙

This is the greatest lecture of yours, you really should keep digging deeper into this topic.

That was a fascinating lecture. Thank you Sam.

The problem is they buy things for a dollar and sell it to their own people for 20 dollars. It's been going on for 30 years. If they had to sell it to other countries it wouldn't happen. It's disgusting how you can buy something for nothing and make a fortune out of it by selling to your own people. That's where it all stems from.

great stuff ...

This is absolutely vital information. 👏👏👏 Thank you.

Very good explained, thank you

This lecture was simply brilliant. It filled in so many of the questions i had, it is a true blessing to have found this professor.

We need to build more jails for the poor people. They freedom is in jail where everything is free.

Thank you for sharing the wonderful lecture!! I would love to hear more from you on this subject. Narcissism videos are still healing, but emotionally exhausting 😂. Probably time we heal from the political narcissist.

Surely it's humanity's 21st birthday and we can collectively agree to ditch people ruling over us in the myriad forms that takes. So much stolen from our common wealth. We CAN have a more beautiful world than this one.

Professor Sam, thank you for sharing this talk. 🙏

What you say makes a lot of sense & is the cause of all the problems facing this world nowadays

Excellent as always, professor. I cannot reconcile, in light of this understanding, the view that the stadt would want to save and elevate the plebs via a mandatory untested free health program as we've seen recently. Reducing the pop would reduce the supply side inflation we are cuttently seeing. Thank you sincerely.

@samvaknin

Ай бұрын

Consumers drive growth-addicted capitalism. LIVE ones.

@faza553

Ай бұрын

Estimated global population: 1000 BCE: 50 million 0 : 170 million 1800 CE : 1 Billion 2024 CE : 8,019,876,189

@will8497

Ай бұрын

I agree. I hope i did not convey any disrespect. The population boom fueled capitalism and vice versa. I understand inflation benefiting the rich, but not once it reaches the point where it breeds revolution. A concern I have heard raised is the national debt cannot be financed and will have to be monetized to make int pmnts. I would think central banks benefit exporting that inflation to prevent a hyperinflationary revolution as you said. When people cant buy bread out come the pitchforks. Would there be an interest in preemptively de-pronging the rabble? Not to mention lower pension costs, liquidate creditors, etc. We need a strong dollar to maintain affordable imports and to keep $ flowing out of the domestic MM. I dont claim to be right. Just thinking on the topic. Thank you again.

Thank you, Prof. Sam Vaknin, for this educational and enlightening video.

Спасибо, профессор! Информативно, конкретно и понятно 🔥

Brilliant speech, yet horrifying truth. THANK YOU Mr Vaknin, your voice is worth more than gold in these times

This is the most important talk I’ve heard in a long time if not ever.

Interesting lecture! Thanks for putting this out for the world.

Great lecture doc!

I had being 20 year waiting for someone to fit with my fit with my thinking! Now I know that I´m not the only one that notice what it´is happening in the world.

Im trying to explain this to my boomer parents and my grandfather they can't grasp it

100 percent true

In a capitalist country like mine the United States the greatest crime is being poor you will be punished more because you cannot afford to defend yourself. I tell people welcome to the Corporate States of America. 😢😢

@marcusjackman1487

22 күн бұрын

They typically just pick you up and toss you into a private run prison now, which is 100% a factory run with slave labor i.e. the 'prisoners'. which is why the US has the highest population of incarcerated people in the entire world.

thank you

Eye opener,as expected.This is really hard subject to swallow as individual,who has children.So how do you prepare the children resilience to this kind of environment,if you are not ritch?

@64Afrika

Ай бұрын

I would teach them from small on that can achieve all what they want and don't be a naysayer. I grew up with parents who had limited beliefs . And sadly it has affected me in my childhood. But later I have read books that even wealth , money is energy but most of the poor don't believe in wonders and quantum physics and creativity. So although my parents were not poor but their beliefs was. The mindset is important. But ultimatly the rich don't want us to become one of them and the system as designend by purpose like it is.

@CBT5777

Ай бұрын

Don't have them. Life is pain and sl@very.

@lienezake3889

21 күн бұрын

@@CBT5777 Too late,my children are teenagers already.

@CBT5777

21 күн бұрын

@@lienezake3889 Spoil them.

This was really excellent!

Yes . We have to stop working for corporations. Period and local help only. Stop going to goodwill. They make money out of our items .

@realhet

Ай бұрын

In order to achieve this, you have to work a lot first. Freedom is not for free. The first half of the problem is easy: Not receive money from corporations. But the second part is problematic: Not GIVING money to corporations.

Would love to see Steve Keen, Gary Stevenson and Unlearning Economic's reaction to this.

True! Thanks! ❤

Brilliant talk lots of light bulbs moments for me. Thank you

Yup, keep saying it outloud.

Excellent talk. Clarifies this confusing topic.

We are absolutely that but workers don't stand up for themselves. So they will keep reducing wages, increasing work hours, constantly increasing the workload and workers cannot afford home or a holiday. This has to stop.

Very interesting

What a perspective.

Many think the answer is unions. Yet unions are just another bureaucracy. Once the elite investor class starts seeing a slight dip in profits, the union becomes irrelevant. I worked for a company that recognized a union. Then, the company sold to a competitor and closed up shop. Sounds familiar to many.

Your transcript does not seem to be working. I wanted to confirm a few of your statements... Fascinating lecture.. Wages have been stagnant over the last 40 years for the bottom 90%... 40 years.. I would like the document on this speech..

@samvaknin

Ай бұрын

It will be available next month on vaknin-talks.com

@marybusch6182

Ай бұрын

@@samvaknin thank you so much.!

The end of feudalism meant an end to that type of market. There is some more freedom in the market economy but we are all still mostly peasants

Ja, Bismarck! Otto! The germans avoided a revolution.

That’s for sure.

I call it waged slavery

This dude spitting 🔥🔥🔥

There's an academic feudal state!

Community and society!

The "individual" HAS to be protected, though. Individual uniqueness and originality is the CORE of "creativity" and human "progress" . If the "individual" becomes a "lifeless" "component" of society, for the "sake" of society, then society will have to deal with human existence and all of its perils and dangers in the universe WITHOUT the "creativity" that is required for advanced problem solving and innovation. This is a very complex system that we are dealing with (human existence) where BOTH "individuality", AND community, are EQUALLY important and essential. I have no problem with abolishing capitalism or ANY social system, AS LONG as the system that is put in place, is a system that my individuality is protected in and i don't have the "community" deep inside my private life and personal INTIMATE matters, matters that are my EXISTENCE as a "person". It is very "easy" for a community to hurt or to oppress one person or a few within the community.

It's a shame I didn't understand the world I live in until it was too late. My life was hijacked by poverty mindset, I was told if I worked hard it would pay off. That was a lie. Generations of slaves.