Scott Galloway
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That to me doesn't say that the markets are working as they are intended.
So I 100% agree with your point.
I have some other stuff in here that we could get into, but maybe I'll just...
pause there and see if you have any reactions.
One of the greatest features of Americans is their optimism.
Americans think they're going to be rich.
It enables them or encourages them to take risks, to move, to quit their jobs, go to where they think their human capital will be better used, do startups.
It encourages them to make crazy investments.
As a result, we have one of the most impressive economy in history.
There's a real upside to that optimism.
The downside is that everybody believes their lottery ticket is gonna be a winner.
And you end up with a trillionaire while 40% of American households have medical or dental debt.
And it just strikes me that we've created this false flag or this false argument that you can't have this type of economic growth while having universal healthcare.
Sure you can.
But you have to fund it.
And this rooting on, I think I can understand rooting on SpaceX.
I can understand rooting on someone who makes extraordinary wealth.
I guess what I would ask is, should that person be taxed at a progressive tax rate?
And do we want a world in which so many people are having a difficult time making ends meet?
And one person who, if they stack dollar bills or $100 bills, gets a third of the way to the moon.