Steven
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On YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, share it with your friends, share it with your mum. But then what? But then what? And then push for change. Push for change like our grandparents did. Push the politicians to tax working people less and tax extremely wealthy wealth hoarders more. So vote for the Greens. Vote for whoever gives you that, whoever gives you your share of the pie.
On YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, share it with your friends, share it with your mum. But then what? But then what? And then push for change. Push for change like our grandparents did. Push the politicians to tax working people less and tax extremely wealthy wealth hoarders more. So vote for the Greens. Vote for whoever gives you that, whoever gives you your share of the pie.
This is not football, OK? I'm not here, Gary Stevenson, member of the Green Party. I'm here to protect the working class.
This is not football, OK? I'm not here, Gary Stevenson, member of the Green Party. I'm here to protect the working class.
So that's their sort of... That would be their social and sort of political energy, would be to stand up and fight. But in their personal lives, are you telling them to start businesses, take big risks, work really hard, go for it, because they can also make...
So that's their sort of... That would be their social and sort of political energy, would be to stand up and fight. But in their personal lives, are you telling them to start businesses, take big risks, work really hard, go for it, because they can also make...
I'll defer to you guys on that. You know, I'm not a businessman. I'm an economist. That's what I am. You know, I made my money by being an economist. I'm a very, very good economist. My predictions will be right. People can go and watch my predictions at the beginning of COVID. I predicted the entire COVID crisis exactly correctly in May 2020. You know, this is, you know, I'm good at this.
I'll defer to you guys on that. You know, I'm not a businessman. I'm an economist. That's what I am. You know, I made my money by being an economist. I'm a very, very good economist. My predictions will be right. People can go and watch my predictions at the beginning of COVID. I predicted the entire COVID crisis exactly correctly in May 2020. You know, this is, you know, I'm good at this.
And listen, I'm never going to come here and say I'm a better businessman than you. I'm pretty sure that I'm not. I'm a very, very, very good economist.
And listen, I'm never going to come here and say I'm a better businessman than you. I'm pretty sure that I'm not. I'm a very, very, very good economist.
100%, 100%. Because you know, and I'm sure you know, if you're average British or American, if you don't do that, you're not going to be able to turn the heating on. You have to do it. You have to do it. And I've never once, and I think my opinions are often mischaracterised as being anti-ambition. You've read my book. Do you think I'm anti-ambition? No.
100%, 100%. Because you know, and I'm sure you know, if you're average British or American, if you don't do that, you're not going to be able to turn the heating on. You have to do it. You have to do it. And I've never once, and I think my opinions are often mischaracterised as being anti-ambition. You've read my book. Do you think I'm anti-ambition? No.
I work my tits off to make money, and I want every single young person in this country to be able to make money if they want to, if that's what they want to work towards. But we've created a society where it's almost impossible for young... Listen, I've been there. I've been at LSE. I've been at Oxford. I've been in the city. I've been in the media. I've been in politics.
I work my tits off to make money, and I want every single young person in this country to be able to make money if they want to, if that's what they want to work towards. But we've created a society where it's almost impossible for young... Listen, I've been there. I've been at LSE. I've been at Oxford. I've been in the city. I've been in the media. I've been in politics.
All of the guys at the top are a bunch of rich idiots. We are not allowing these smart kids from ordinary backgrounds to get into those spaces. Why do we pretend we're not doing that?
All of the guys at the top are a bunch of rich idiots. We are not allowing these smart kids from ordinary backgrounds to get into those spaces. Why do we pretend we're not doing that?
Do you think that starting a business... is a realistic high success probability chance of ordinary poor people becoming rich.
Do you think that starting a business... is a realistic high success probability chance of ordinary poor people becoming rich.
Is that a thing that our viewers can do and most of them will end up rich?
Is that a thing that our viewers can do and most of them will end up rich?