Cenk Uygur

He's, so my uncle told him work just as hard in school and you'll be able to get a house, a car, pretty girls, et cetera. So my dad works his ass off, gets into the school and he comes out a mechanical engineer and starts his own company. He creates a company in Turkey, hires hundreds of people. He then moves to America, creates a company here, hires tons of people, right? So do I hate companies?

No, my dad set up two companies and I saw how much it benefited people. I saw how much employees would come up to my dad 20, 30 years later in the street and hug him. And they tell me as a young kid, your dad's the most fair boss we ever had and we love him for it, right? That's how you run a company. And he taught me the value of hard work. But the reason I brought up here is because he taught me

No, my dad set up two companies and I saw how much it benefited people. I saw how much employees would come up to my dad 20, 30 years later in the street and hug him. And they tell me as a young kid, your dad's the most fair boss we ever had and we love him for it, right? That's how you run a company. And he taught me the value of hard work. But the reason I brought up here is because he taught me

No, my dad set up two companies and I saw how much it benefited people. I saw how much employees would come up to my dad 20, 30 years later in the street and hug him. And they tell me as a young kid, your dad's the most fair boss we ever had and we love him for it, right? That's how you run a company. And he taught me the value of hard work. But the reason I brought up here is because he taught me

Look, skill and ability is a genetic lottery. So you're not going to just get the rich... to win all the genetic lottery? No, there's gonna be tons of poor kids and middle class kids who are just as good if not better. You have to provide them the opportunity, the fair chance to succeed. You have to believe in them. So this isn't about disempowering anyone.

Look, skill and ability is a genetic lottery. So you're not going to just get the rich... to win all the genetic lottery? No, there's gonna be tons of poor kids and middle class kids who are just as good if not better. You have to provide them the opportunity, the fair chance to succeed. You have to believe in them. So this isn't about disempowering anyone.

Look, skill and ability is a genetic lottery. So you're not going to just get the rich... to win all the genetic lottery? No, there's gonna be tons of poor kids and middle class kids who are just as good if not better. You have to provide them the opportunity, the fair chance to succeed. You have to believe in them. So this isn't about disempowering anyone.

It's about empowering all of those kids who are doing the right thing or smart and wanna work hard so they can build their own companies and add to the economy. What in general is your view on meritocracy? So I love meritocracy. I wish that we lived in a meritocracy and I want to drive towards living in a meritocracy. So that's why I don't like equality of results.

It's about empowering all of those kids who are doing the right thing or smart and wanna work hard so they can build their own companies and add to the economy. What in general is your view on meritocracy? So I love meritocracy. I wish that we lived in a meritocracy and I want to drive towards living in a meritocracy. So that's why I don't like equality of results.

It's about empowering all of those kids who are doing the right thing or smart and wanna work hard so they can build their own companies and add to the economy. What in general is your view on meritocracy? So I love meritocracy. I wish that we lived in a meritocracy and I want to drive towards living in a meritocracy. So that's why I don't like equality of results.

So, okay, now people that are on the left will get super mad at that and go, what do you mean? Well, okay, brother, let's say you're at work and you got one guy complaining who's working his ass off, and the other guy that's going, I don't care, I'm not going to do it, right? Well, the guy who works super hard has to pick up the slack. Now he's working twice as hard, right?

So, okay, now people that are on the left will get super mad at that and go, what do you mean? Well, okay, brother, let's say you're at work and you got one guy complaining who's working his ass off, and the other guy that's going, I don't care, I'm not going to do it, right? Well, the guy who works super hard has to pick up the slack. Now he's working twice as hard, right?

So, okay, now people that are on the left will get super mad at that and go, what do you mean? Well, okay, brother, let's say you're at work and you got one guy complaining who's working his ass off, and the other guy that's going, I don't care, I'm not going to do it, right? Well, the guy who works super hard has to pick up the slack. Now he's working twice as hard, right?

And now you want the same results? You want the same salary as that guy? No, brother, no. He's working twice, four times, ten times harder than you. That's not fair. Fairness matters. I lived, we wound up, I mean, we were in the suburbs of Jersey, but we wound up in Freehold eventually, and we lived across a farm, which is kind of, In Central Jersey it happens, right?

And now you want the same results? You want the same salary as that guy? No, brother, no. He's working twice, four times, ten times harder than you. That's not fair. Fairness matters. I lived, we wound up, I mean, we were in the suburbs of Jersey, but we wound up in Freehold eventually, and we lived across a farm, which is kind of, In Central Jersey it happens, right?

And now you want the same results? You want the same salary as that guy? No, brother, no. He's working twice, four times, ten times harder than you. That's not fair. Fairness matters. I lived, we wound up, I mean, we were in the suburbs of Jersey, but we wound up in Freehold eventually, and we lived across a farm, which is kind of, In Central Jersey it happens, right?

And it was called Fair Chance Farm. I was like, how did I get this? It's amazing, right? And I love that. That's the essence of America, and that's what I want to go back to. So we've got to create that opportunity, not just because it's the moral thing to do, but because it's also the economically smart thing to do. If you enable all those great people that are in –

And it was called Fair Chance Farm. I was like, how did I get this? It's amazing, right? And I love that. That's the essence of America, and that's what I want to go back to. So we've got to create that opportunity, not just because it's the moral thing to do, but because it's also the economically smart thing to do. If you enable all those great people that are in –

And it was called Fair Chance Farm. I was like, how did I get this? It's amazing, right? And I love that. That's the essence of America, and that's what I want to go back to. So we've got to create that opportunity, not just because it's the moral thing to do, but because it's also the economically smart thing to do. If you enable all those great people that are in –

in lower income classes and middle income classes, you're going to get a much better economy, a much stronger democracy. So that's the direction we're going.