Wolff Responds: The irony of this Independence Day (July 4, 2024)
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The US and Israel should be reminded of Arnold Toynbee, who said, that Empires die through suicide, not murder!
@Q-154
20 күн бұрын
And who’s at fault for this empire dying by suicide?
@DearProfessorRF
19 күн бұрын
I think he said “civilizations” but it is a valid one with empires.
@JMoroccoMisterBoy
15 күн бұрын
I understand Exactly what You are pointing out; Suicide is 180 degrees Different from Murder !!! Tks. much
The whole world needs a 4th.July to get the US off our backs.
@currawong2011
20 күн бұрын
Perfectly stated....I am hoping that Australia could emulate American independence by somehow becoming independent from the US.
@FDR_progressive_liberal
19 күн бұрын
This will be their Independence Day.
@user-kb9bd5tt8f
18 күн бұрын
Totally agree
It's looking like we the people need to break away from our corrupt government.
@nicholasszegho6768
20 күн бұрын
What you need is to have a socialist revolution
@etow8034
20 күн бұрын
Some tried like the militia groups and Timothy McVeigh !
@Q-154
20 күн бұрын
It’s been like that since probably the mid 1800’s. This is nothing new.
@etow8034
20 күн бұрын
@@Q-154 They weren't Woke back then ! ...LoL
@etow8034
20 күн бұрын
@@Q-154 They weren't Woke back then ! ...LoL
One Frenchman who was looking at an exhibit extolling the American Revolution commented: "There is a fault: insufficient guillotines."
It’s back. The Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE
20 күн бұрын
It never left.
@gilsonsangulukaniphiri5018
19 күн бұрын
In one famous traditional story, it was said, "Four legs good but two legs better. "
@kevinschmidt2210
17 күн бұрын
Those who have the guns take the gold. Just ask Africa, South America, and every country that has been attacked by the US and Europe over the past 200 years.
As my neighborhood turned into a battlefield for the last week, by drunken idiots blowing stuff up, who've never served a day in their life, and fought for nothing, the hypocrisy was apparent and the air was thick with irony.
Thanks for the work you do
Should put the whole supreme clowns in jail as official act
@usagenocideland4469
20 күн бұрын
N fargh their sss until they rot
what you need to do is to break away from ignoring who is the root of the problem. Blaming the government is a deflection from the real enemy .
Thomas Jefferson (in the Federalist Papers) stated, "Judges do not have power; Judges have judgement." What happened overnight that now Judges (at every level) have power?
@thalgott3
13 күн бұрын
Lifetime appointments...
@Patented2
13 күн бұрын
@@thalgott3 Good answer!
The American king is AIPAC
@thisiskevin1000
20 күн бұрын
The oligarchs and lobbyists
@MAchannel2024
20 күн бұрын
Very true
@peanut0brain
20 күн бұрын
@@thisiskevin1000ĂÎPĄC is the ultimate lobbyist in govt
@Justice4all723
18 күн бұрын
Israhell is at war with the American people
@MatewanMassacre
17 күн бұрын
Do you honestly believe that the 5,000 - 6,000 men and women, who own the vast majority of this country's wealth, who average 15 corporate directorships, between them, and whose families have spent the better part of the last few centuries, amassing the wealth, power, and control over the world, that they hold in their hands, are going to give all of that up, or any of it up, for a little country in the Eastern Mediterranean, IF their interests do not align?? Get real! Their interests DO align, because it's the same interest. Israel is their little colony, in the Near East, albeit a very important colony, but a colony nonetheless.
Richard, the US Empire has been around for a lot more than 75 years!
@brianlowe3529
19 күн бұрын
Seventy five years of power now going down the drain .
@DearProfessorRF
19 күн бұрын
It didn’t have the stature and scope of an empire more than 75 years ago. That all began after a second world war.
@michaelbartlett6864
19 күн бұрын
@@DearProfessorRF Are you familiar with the Monroe Doctrine from over 200 years ago?
@DearProfessorRF
18 күн бұрын
@@michaelbartlett6864 absolutely yes. And that didn’t make United States an empire yet.
@michaelbartlett6864
18 күн бұрын
Since before the Monroe Doctrine, we have been invading and colonizing countries all over the world. What is your definition of "empire"?
All empires end.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
That's sure as gravity 😊
I have never could have thought one day the great USA could be like this. Never
This is what happens when people don't understand how government works and vote out of hatred and spite.
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
The voting out of hatred and spite is all by design of following the christian play book.
@billmanty3636
20 күн бұрын
White male evangelicals invented a religion that gives them exclusive rights and power to run the world as they see fit
Thank you. Best wishes.
"Face the fact that maybe we need another 4Th of July to set things right". That's scary to hear. That suggest alot of "revolutionary" kind of behavior on all kinds of levels.
@mooseymoose
18 күн бұрын
Scarier than having King Trump (feel free to pick any random fascist)? Not even close for me.
@LeroyTorres-ul8oj
18 күн бұрын
@@mooseymoose Kanye West 😐 How about comedically scary?
@mooseymoose
18 күн бұрын
@@LeroyTorres-ul8oj Terrifying.
What this does, is to exempt the entire executive branch, with its mass array of agencies, and goons, at its disposal, from any culpability under the law.
The disunited states of America.
@brycechessum4684
20 күн бұрын
Dunno about that from the outside it appears regular Americans want their country back but the incredibly corrupt system youve got wont let it go,
Thank you for your service, sir! So grateful for you.
Where even medicine is a business.
Empires need a Emperor.
Thank you! I appreciate your genius opinions on the economy and politics and labor.
Just then, mushroom clouds everywhere in America.
It cracks me up that "conservatives" invoke "the founding fathers", ignoring that they were trying to be radically progressive rationalists. George Washington, "In the last place, though first in importance I shall ask-is there any thing doing, or that can be done to restore the credit of our currency? The depreciation of it is got to so alarming a point-that a waggon load of money will scarcely purchase a waggon load of provision."
In Australia we had an immensely popular twice elected left wing government dismissed by the Governor General using these sorts of powers because the ruling classes did not like them.
I’m right with ya dude. A+ ✌🏾❤️
How could the US constitution have such a loophole which the Supreme Court could exploit?
@lisarct1012
20 күн бұрын
They have found ways to create loopholes using 14th-century laws as precedents and whatever else they can use to corrupt the Constitution and twist it into their vision.
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
There are more than just this one. Hang on to your britches because when Dictator t-rump gets back into office there will be more brought into the light of the average people.
Thank you professor Wolff
HOW ABOUT WE CUT TO THE CHASE AND HEARTILY SUPPORT THE ONLY CANDIDATE NOT OWNED BY THE "DONOR" CLASS, JILL STEIN. All anyone has to do is find out where a candidates funding is coming from to know who they actually represent.
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
I agree but Jill's credibility has been destroyed by the donor class from both parties to the point that the majority of people wont vote for her. We can thank the corporate Democratic Party for the majority of this.
@kateoneal4215
20 күн бұрын
All the more reason for us to double down!
@infinitemonkey917
20 күн бұрын
Marianne Williamson
@mooseymoose
18 күн бұрын
@@infinitemonkey917 Soft headed new age anti-vax maniac? Crikey.
@andreasvukman
17 күн бұрын
Too old.
I look forward to your book. It's high time for me to start supporting your program again. I shall do that today.
Casual Thursday!
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Getting sensitive about balding, I see.😂😂
Yet again, thank you Prof. Wolfe -- I really needed a moment to catch my breath.
I simply don't understand how to penetrate the mind of a populace that is willfully ignorant. Most people are clueless as to what is happening to them. We are trained rats on the treadmill of consumerism and even though life is mostly painful as a result we have no real vision as a populace. I feel we are doomed to a crash of epic proportion that will produce unimaginable pain and who knows what will emerge or how long it will take to get there. We are under the influence of mass psychosis and we are not in touch with that fact. I am sixty eight years old and feel that I am fortunate not to have any children or grandchildren to suffer where we are and where we are going. What has anyone below the age of thirty ever known in this country but tolerable upheaval. We, I fear, are entering the land of intolerable upheaval. We are in deep doo doo!
Yes, indeed a sad 4th July 😔
Even the date is a sham 4th of July 1776, officially should be 3rd September 1783 !
Looking forward to the book, Professor. These responses are a great way to hear your input. I always enjoy watching them, asm much as one can enjoy these topics.
Yes , thank you so very much !!! This country is in deep … trouble . Love how you compared King George of Britian to George Washington . The United States in not UNITED !!!!!!! Lets us look forward to the fireworks ahead . BALANCE !!!!!!
He's right. This is monarchy now.
Rocking that snapback Prof. Wolff
Supreme Court members should be selected by themselves within a pool of 200 members elected by the people. Power from the roots that is the people not from the appointment from executive or Congress
Not “maybe” but “when” 🔥🤝🔥🤝🔥
Thank you !
Bit by bit... the slippery slope.
Have to disagree with Professor Wolff regarding an oncoming empire from the east as China always advocates building a world based on mutual respect & shared communities. This shows propaganda is a powerful tool that even a highly educated intellectual couldn’t escape the effects completely.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
I heard a story yesterday that China was finally able to sanction all exports to the US. Time to panic? 😢
Professor Richard wolff, I have been listening to your lectures and economic commentaries. Yiu have been teaching me the basic knowledge of economy. I am a Syrian refugee. I have been in Russia practically from 1991, after worsening of the peaceful life in my country Syria thanks to the American imperialist policy. I'm a Syrian Kurd and want ti tell you about the leftist and the real communist and philosopher Abdalla Ocalan who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Turkey and has been in jail so far for 25 years. I think yiu have heard about that legendary genius who predicted the fall of the Soviet Union in his book * the built socialism * and recommended some reforms which he thought had been necessary to save the first socialist country ever found on our planet bur nobody paid attention to him Ocalan has written dozens of books and delivered to the judge who sentenced him book which he wrote numbering one thousand pages which covered the history of the middle east six thousand years of history of our region. When tge judge red that book he broke his pen saying i can not judge this man because the history will spit on me. Now in the moth part if Syria where teachings of ocalan have been implemented the region flourishes very quickly where real democracy prevails regardless of fauth, nationality abd gender. Women protect their rights and firm 50 ooer cent in all positions including the hjgher posts. Communes have been formed everywhere. Please talk about ocalan, s movement in one of your commentaries if possible.
Amazing start
Thanks!
Tks. much
All the best from nothingwest !
Much ado about nothing. They've merely made de jure what was and has always been de facto.
👏👏👏
I thought the hat was the Killdozer.
Keep up the good work, Prof Wolff...
Guys how to ask Wolf questions?
Happy Independence Day. Probably the last one.
Prof Wolfe speaking truth as always - fyi Geopolitics in conflict is trying to set up an interview with you - I hope to see you on that channel as David is doing a great job reporting on much of the same stuff
You need to get ahold of Nam chom sky
110 is looking good Wolff tribe member
🇫🇮❤prof. Wollf & his peaked cap.
to make laws, you have to be above the law. elephant in the room nobody sees...
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
19 күн бұрын
No. Agreement between many. You know, democracy ensures the laws are just for all.
@opetelkaaluemaan
19 күн бұрын
@@user-dj6hu9gq4t you're being facetious, right?
Yeah, cause why hasn't it happened before?
Presidential immunity is no different from any other office. Police have immunity, lawyers do, judges do, diplomats, etc.
@ScarySox
20 күн бұрын
The Police shouldn't have immunity either, they are legalised thugs! In fact no-one should be above the law!
We the people this country. We don’t have to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court. It’s our country.
@MAchannel2024
20 күн бұрын
What are you going to do about it?
@Q-154
20 күн бұрын
@@MAchannel2024right?! 😂😂
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don't know what all this fuss is about. Laws don't matter in the US, anyway.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
True enough. Unfortunately
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
19 күн бұрын
Officially now.
The people who have the power to fix this situation(the current president) aren’t willing to use it
Nonsense, sovereign immunity is long standing common law in the Western Europe Empire. A highly ignorant view and understanding of the law from this academic. It has always existed and what we cannot have is it being applied for some and not for others. SCOTUS has resolved that rightly.
Dear Prof.Wolff, I keep on making comments on all respected blogs regarding your profound mind, quoting that all followers and guests should be affraid of bad evil Wolff.
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
What did the make believe voice in your head (god) tell you about this delusional thought system you have?
Founding fathers turning in their graves
@mserica6487
20 күн бұрын
It isn't just the founding fathers. What about all the people who died fighting in wars to protect our freedoms? Those freedoms will disappear with a dictator in power and their sacrifice will ultimately have been for nothing.
I am speechless, It is 😥. I really think it all started to go down with Citizen United. I can't wait to buy the book .
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
It started with Lincolns "War of Northern Aggression." Setting brother against brother. 😢
This is the worst 4th of July in history!
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Nothing like 1812 😂😂
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
19 күн бұрын
May be the last.
I am British,so I am not celebrating.
@virginicaanderson1569
20 күн бұрын
You might have a reason not to celebrate tomorrow as well!
@infinitemonkey917
20 күн бұрын
You all elected Boris, so being British isn't much better, not to mention the whole British empire thing.
Expand the Supreme Court
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Ban air-conditioning from Washington DC 😂
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
19 күн бұрын
13 districts 13 judges.
While I appreciate your standpoint, I feel that strident complaining does jack diddly for winning people over. We need hopeful, positive revolutionary optimism with actual direction towards building something as opposed to kvetching endlessly about what we already know. I can't stand to listen to your eternal whinging, personally.
What part of the job, of being President, requires you to break United Stares law? Please give me some examples.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Last fifty years? Everything and anything 😢
So could Biden put Trump in jail for 100 years and not be held liable? I wish he could.
@larrybgood3923
20 күн бұрын
Biden belongs in prison. He’s murdered far more people than Trump.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
He should be in a cell now! Waiting for sentencing. As any American would after being convicted of so many felonies. I hate the American two-tier justice system 😢
The colonies broke away in order to maintain slavery and settler colonialism (which England was reining in for tactical reasons). Anti-monarchism explanation is anti-materialist.
@NativWorld
20 күн бұрын
Brits were broke from th 7Yr War. Taxing colonies.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
The US was always planned as a European tax shelter. Run by the Rothschild banks. Our true founding fathers 😢
Today is the first time I disagree with you
How nice to know that I am not the only one mourning the loss of the late great government of the United States on this tragic anniversary of its birth. Trump tipped the scales on the previously self-policing SCROTUS (spelling intended). People say he isn't the cause, but rather the symptom of American decline. Fifty years ago, my high school teachers were predicting this would happen and I saw no reason to disagree, but I had the hope that it wouldn't happen until I was gone from the place. Trump changed all that and if God won't, then I DAMN HIS SOUL on my own!
@ronstephen-wy4ib
19 күн бұрын
Ha ha. Tiny minds think one person is to blame for the problems caused by Capitalism. smh
why he so drippy tho
Lol, no 'we,' my ancestors were enslaved.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Who's ancestors were not enslaved? Grow up. 😢
You speak with forked tongue!
*1 of 2. This is how you always need to vote:* We must fully resist and _always vote_ against (& less authoritarian than) both the Republican *and* Democratic Parties- including AOC, all of the squad, Bernie Sanders, Edward Markey, Mark Pocan, the justice democrats, Biden & all other democrats. Vote in every single election- at all levels. And also _endorse or anti-endorse,_ in all elections you can, for outside your voting jurisdiction. For _all_ public positions. And this same strategy applies against the same one or more party-monopolies in _all_ countries worldwide. Real progressives will never be Democratic Members or Democratic loyalists. Never vote for _any_ Republican member or loyalist either. If no candidates for a position fit that bill: -Where _write-ins_ are permissible, always write-in an anti-authoritarian person; -Where write-ins aren’t permissible, always vote uncommitted or leave the ballot blank. This will continuously reduce the power of _all_ authoritarian parties in the party monopolies. Until our task is complete. Repeat strategy for all new authoritarian parties that emerge.
@Wild-Wally
20 күн бұрын
Go, 3rd Party Candidates, Go! Go Write-in Candidates, Go! -I totally agree with your commentaries. -Do you have any favorites for who to use for write-in Candidates, or does it have to be some in-State person (so as to not disqualify the ballot)? -I plan to use your strategy across the board, but have one more commentary: Stop the Cash-Cow of Corporate Welfare money going to the Military Contractors!
@user-wl2xl5hm7k
20 күн бұрын
@@Wild-Wally Excellent, thank you for your encouraging words! And I agree with you, no taxes need to go to the military industrial complex. So write ins are allowed in some states but not others. For president, Chase Oliver is one of the many different people you could vote for that meet this strategy: Just remember, the strategy is always to vote against both monopolizing parties, and to also vote on the less authoritarian side of both parties
@kingtrance307
20 күн бұрын
RFK is a choice if he’s even on the ballot. The problem is 3rd party candidates very rarely ever win.
@user-wl2xl5hm7k
20 күн бұрын
@@kingtrance307 RFK Jr. is a Dem *&* Repub hack. He’s horrible. And particularly authoritarian in areas (e.g. Israel). You need to _always vote _*_against_* RFK Jr.
@Wild-Wally
20 күн бұрын
@@kingtrance307 Of course they won`t win in this cycle; -but we need to start a movement now! Power to the People! Every State should have a Ranked Choice voting system, like Maine and a couple of other States (if I`m not mistaken)...
*2 of 2. This is how you always need to vote:* We must fully resist and _always vote_ against (& less authoritarian than) both the Democratic *and* Republican Parties- including Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Rand Paul (He’s _no_ Ron Paul), Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Ron Johnson, and all other Republicans. Vote in every single election- at all levels. And also _endorse or anti-endorse,_ in all elections you can, for outside your voting jurisdiction. For _all_ public positions. And this same strategy applies against the same one or more party-monopolies in _all_ countries worldwide. Real libertarians will never be Republicans or Republican loyalists. Never vote for _any_ Democratic member or loyalist either. If no candidates for a position fit that bill: -Where _write-ins_ are permissible, always write-in an anti-authoritarian person; -Where write-ins aren’t permissible, always vote uncommitted or leave the ballot blank. This will continuously reduce the power of _all_ authoritarian parties in the party monopolies. Until our task is complete. Repeat strategy for all new authoritarian parties that emerge.
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
Great fairytale but in most states people listen to the news and TV adds for election picks. Every media outlet in all states run lies and misinformation 24/7 against any non corrupt person running for any office and stupid people vote with emotions not logic.
@richardscathouse
19 күн бұрын
Vote all you like. It amuses the rulers 😂
@user-wl2xl5hm7k
19 күн бұрын
@@richardscathouse False. Since you don’t care about human progress, you shouldn’t be making public comments in the realm of politics. Actually read my original comment and you’ll see why you’re incorrect.
Usual historical nonsense.
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE
20 күн бұрын
Deep....
@comradejozef2806
19 күн бұрын
Deep, so profound....
Trump 2024 🇺🇲
@kevchard5214
20 күн бұрын
For Prison!!!!!! Make Merika Meth again right?
@TacticalMayo
20 күн бұрын
@@kevchard5214 God bless America you f****** tankie.
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20 күн бұрын
Bot
@ADBLOCKER4YOUTUBE
20 күн бұрын
@@kevchard5214 No, Adderall, Big Macs and lots of Depends.
@TacticalMayo
20 күн бұрын
@@ADBLOCKER4KZread American on US social media.