Cenk Uygur

One guy usually gets up because that's human nature and goes, eh, I don't think so. I think if you're going to leave a power vacuum, I'm going to take that power vacuum.

One guy usually gets up because that's human nature and goes, eh, I don't think so. I think if you're going to leave a power vacuum, I'm going to take that power vacuum.

One guy usually gets up because that's human nature and goes, eh, I don't think so. I think if you're going to leave a power vacuum, I'm going to take that power vacuum.

That is exactly it, Lex. You got it exactly right, in my opinion. So that's why communism never works and can never work. So they it's an idea of like, we're all going to work as hard as we possibly can and take only what we need. where, when, when has that ever happened in the history of humanity, right? We're just not built that way.

That is exactly it, Lex. You got it exactly right, in my opinion. So that's why communism never works and can never work. So they it's an idea of like, we're all going to work as hard as we possibly can and take only what we need. where, when, when has that ever happened in the history of humanity, right? We're just not built that way.

That is exactly it, Lex. You got it exactly right, in my opinion. So that's why communism never works and can never work. So they it's an idea of like, we're all going to work as hard as we possibly can and take only what we need. where, when, when has that ever happened in the history of humanity, right? We're just not built that way.

So, okay, we can get into that debate with my friends on the left, et cetera. Now, corporatism is just as extreme and just as dangerous, and that is basically what we have in America now. What we have in America now, and this is another giant trick that the Matrix played on everybody, that they did in a shell game,

So, okay, we can get into that debate with my friends on the left, et cetera. Now, corporatism is just as extreme and just as dangerous, and that is basically what we have in America now. What we have in America now, and this is another giant trick that the Matrix played on everybody, that they did in a shell game,

So, okay, we can get into that debate with my friends on the left, et cetera. Now, corporatism is just as extreme and just as dangerous, and that is basically what we have in America now. What we have in America now, and this is another giant trick that the Matrix played on everybody, that they did in a shell game,

And all of a sudden, extreme corporatists like Manchin and almost every Republican in the Senate Or moderates. Oh my God, Mitch McConnell all of a sudden is a moderate and et cetera. As long as you're not a populist. Populists are never moderate, okay?

And all of a sudden, extreme corporatists like Manchin and almost every Republican in the Senate Or moderates. Oh my God, Mitch McConnell all of a sudden is a moderate and et cetera. As long as you're not a populist. Populists are never moderate, okay?

And all of a sudden, extreme corporatists like Manchin and almost every Republican in the Senate Or moderates. Oh my God, Mitch McConnell all of a sudden is a moderate and et cetera. As long as you're not a populist. Populists are never moderate, okay?

But if you love corporations and corporate tax cuts and everything in favor of corporations, you're magically called a moderate when you actually, according to the polling, have super extreme positions that the American people hate. And by the way, that's part of the reason for the rise of Trump. We can come back to that, okay? But the second shell game is,

But if you love corporations and corporate tax cuts and everything in favor of corporations, you're magically called a moderate when you actually, according to the polling, have super extreme positions that the American people hate. And by the way, that's part of the reason for the rise of Trump. We can come back to that, okay? But the second shell game is,

But if you love corporations and corporate tax cuts and everything in favor of corporations, you're magically called a moderate when you actually, according to the polling, have super extreme positions that the American people hate. And by the way, that's part of the reason for the rise of Trump. We can come back to that, okay? But the second shell game is,

taking out capitalism, putting in corporatism, but still calling it capitalism. Okay, so what is corporatism? It is when corporations slowly take over the system and create monopoly and oligopoly power. So that snuffs out equality of opportunity. So how do they do that? When people say the system is rigged, They oftentimes can't explain it that well.

taking out capitalism, putting in corporatism, but still calling it capitalism. Okay, so what is corporatism? It is when corporations slowly take over the system and create monopoly and oligopoly power. So that snuffs out equality of opportunity. So how do they do that? When people say the system is rigged, They oftentimes can't explain it that well.

taking out capitalism, putting in corporatism, but still calling it capitalism. Okay, so what is corporatism? It is when corporations slowly take over the system and create monopoly and oligopoly power. So that snuffs out equality of opportunity. So how do they do that? When people say the system is rigged, They oftentimes can't explain it that well.

And then mainstream media goes, oh, you sound conspiratorial. Yeah, I wonder how. Yeah, super easy to explain it. Here's one of dozens of examples, carried interest loophole. So that is for hedge funds, private equity, the top people on Wall Street, that's part of their income. They get two and 20, right? So 2% is a flat fee, no matter what happens to the fund.

And then mainstream media goes, oh, you sound conspiratorial. Yeah, I wonder how. Yeah, super easy to explain it. Here's one of dozens of examples, carried interest loophole. So that is for hedge funds, private equity, the top people on Wall Street, that's part of their income. They get two and 20, right? So 2% is a flat fee, no matter what happens to the fund.