Cenk Uygur

Guys, we're at the wrong part of the pendulum. The companies have overwhelming power and they're crushing us. We're like that scene in Star Wars where the trash compactor is closing in on them, the walls are closing in. We're almost out of time because they've captured the government almost entirely. They're only serving corporate interests. We've got to get back into balance before it's too late.

Guys, we're at the wrong part of the pendulum. The companies have overwhelming power and they're crushing us. We're like that scene in Star Wars where the trash compactor is closing in on them, the walls are closing in. We're almost out of time because they've captured the government almost entirely. They're only serving corporate interests. We've got to get back into balance before it's too late.

And that's why I care so much about structural issues. So I formed Justice Democrats, so that's AOC, et cetera, right? People know it as the squad. They know it as Justice Democrats, et cetera. I'm one of the co-founders of that. And my number one rule was no corporate PAC money, okay? So you're not allowed to take corporate PAC money.

And that's why I care so much about structural issues. So I formed Justice Democrats, so that's AOC, et cetera, right? People know it as the squad. They know it as Justice Democrats, et cetera. I'm one of the co-founders of that. And my number one rule was no corporate PAC money, okay? So you're not allowed to take corporate PAC money.

And that's why I care so much about structural issues. So I formed Justice Democrats, so that's AOC, et cetera, right? People know it as the squad. They know it as Justice Democrats, et cetera. I'm one of the co-founders of that. And my number one rule was no corporate PAC money, okay? So you're not allowed to take corporate PAC money.

By the way, now Matt Gaetz and Josh Hawley have stopped taking corporate PAC money, and they've become, to some degree on economic issues, genuine populists. It's amazing. It happens overnight. All of a sudden, they're talking about holding corporations accountable, et cetera. Now, just Democrats wound up having other problems. They got too deep into social issues, not economic issues.

By the way, now Matt Gaetz and Josh Hawley have stopped taking corporate PAC money, and they've become, to some degree on economic issues, genuine populists. It's amazing. It happens overnight. All of a sudden, they're talking about holding corporations accountable, et cetera. Now, just Democrats wound up having other problems. They got too deep into social issues, not economic issues.

By the way, now Matt Gaetz and Josh Hawley have stopped taking corporate PAC money, and they've become, to some degree on economic issues, genuine populists. It's amazing. It happens overnight. All of a sudden, they're talking about holding corporations accountable, et cetera. Now, just Democrats wound up having other problems. They got too deep into social issues, not economic issues.

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No, because, okay. So are you right? Not about companies, but about capitalism? Yes. Because you look at life expectancy 200 years ago, and you look at it now, and you go, wow, holy shit, we did amazing things. And what happened in the last 200 years? We went from dictatorships more towards democracy, wisdom of the crowd. We went from

No, because, okay. So are you right? Not about companies, but about capitalism? Yes. Because you look at life expectancy 200 years ago, and you look at it now, and you go, wow, holy shit, we did amazing things. And what happened in the last 200 years? We went from dictatorships more towards democracy, wisdom of the crowd. We went from

No, because, okay. So are you right? Not about companies, but about capitalism? Yes. Because you look at life expectancy 200 years ago, and you look at it now, and you go, wow, holy shit, we did amazing things. And what happened in the last 200 years? We went from dictatorships more towards democracy, wisdom of the crowd. We went from

you know, serfs and indentured servants and a nobility that holds the land to more towards capitalism. And boom, the crowd is right. Things go really well. The advances in medicine are amazing. And medicine is a great example. So, and on our show, I point all those things out and I say, look, we hate the drug companies because of how they capture the government, right?

you know, serfs and indentured servants and a nobility that holds the land to more towards capitalism. And boom, the crowd is right. Things go really well. The advances in medicine are amazing. And medicine is a great example. So, and on our show, I point all those things out and I say, look, we hate the drug companies because of how they capture the government, right?

you know, serfs and indentured servants and a nobility that holds the land to more towards capitalism. And boom, the crowd is right. Things go really well. The advances in medicine are amazing. And medicine is a great example. So, and on our show, I point all those things out and I say, look, we hate the drug companies because of how they capture the government, right?

But we don't hate the drug companies for creating great drugs. Those drugs save lives. They saved my life. They saved countless millions upon millions of lives. So the right idea isn't shut down drug companies. The right idea is don't let them buy the government, right? And I know we get back into our instinctual shells. So on the left, there'll be, oh, we should get rid of all billionaires. Why?

But we don't hate the drug companies for creating great drugs. Those drugs save lives. They saved my life. They saved countless millions upon millions of lives. So the right idea isn't shut down drug companies. The right idea is don't let them buy the government, right? And I know we get back into our instinctual shells. So on the left, there'll be, oh, we should get rid of all billionaires. Why?

But we don't hate the drug companies for creating great drugs. Those drugs save lives. They saved my life. They saved countless millions upon millions of lives. So the right idea isn't shut down drug companies. The right idea is don't let them buy the government, right? And I know we get back into our instinctual shells. So on the left, there'll be, oh, we should get rid of all billionaires. Why?