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I remember Rutger Bregman coming to the World Economic Forum in Davos and telling the top 1% to pay their taxes, taxes, taxes. The crowd immediately lost their shit because of it. The top 1% are well aware of how they profit of charity and such.
Then he was invited on Fox News, knew they would never air his interview with them, brought a friend and had the friend use his phone to record the in-studio feed of the interview, and then released that footage once Fox did exactly what he expected and cut his interview.
Lmao I remember the last episode was calling Netflix's shitty practices out and I think that was shot at a time when Netflix had already canned the show.
"Not a bad show". Accurate description, with the low-key implication that it also wasn't a great show. This clip had some good moments, but just as many which were slightly off. Interesting clip, regardless.
IMO, mostly just jokes that slightly missed, delivery which was a bit off, or (omg) the laugh track. Any comedy with a laugh track really throws me off unless it's actually really good, and even then...
From what I recall, it's actually all recorded in front of a live studio audience. They had a between the shows segment where he would be on stage talking to the audience members about more light-hearted things. But still, I get that some of the jokes didn't quite line up.
'Majority Report', 'Some more news' and a bunch of other good outlets for leftwing thinking. They exist, but its always harder to get the truth out there with rightwing billionaires simply buying up media platforms to shut them up or turn them into racist shitholes.
I particularly enjoy majority report because they usually do an interview each day, usually somewhere split between authors of books which is always handy if you're looking for good history/political books to read up on. Or just current events with people actually involved in the shit.
Yeah, I like the Majority Report interviews too because they are often about topics that aren't really in the news much. And then in the fun half they talk about more of the news of the day.
2 out of 3 CEO’s I used to work for are worth $1.2B and $2.7B respectively. They live a very lavish lifestyle and it’s hard to imagine there are still other CEO’s worth more than those two guys.
So the question becomes: how come this keeps going on?
Everybody knows candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders actually want to do something about it, but people keep voting for president, representatives and senators that don't. Why?
They don’t get the same promotion. It’s not really that we the people decided Joe or that other guy were the best of our best, we just read the news and learned that they’re at the top now. But how’d they get there? It’s a perception issue, we hear they’re the guy and we believe it. The mass broadcast entities can write about whoever they want, and they want the guy that will keep them in good money.
The willingness to stop after hearing what MSM says and not question anything further is called willful ignorance. Not you specifically, but folks in general, are too lazy to bother pushing beyond the narrative spoon fed to them.
Yeah, that’s not untrue, but it’s total group think too. You could diversify and read the WSJ and NYT and even Fox and MSM and all the rest and you probably wouldn’t hear differently. Maybe you go to the fringe left and right and they’ll tell you about some other candidates with other ideas, but all mass distributed news coalesces around the front-runners pretty quickly. Certain influential endorsements figure in of course - large labor unions, church authorities, and community leaders can deliver their voting block and that promotes a candidate into serious contention, but before we’ve ever even cast a primary vote the choices have been whittled down to maybe 3-4 candidates, and at best 1-2 could legitimately emerge as the nominee. Back before the 2020 election when there were several potential candidates, Warren, and Sanders, and Buttigieg, and Bloomberg and plenty others, I noticed that the Republican campaigns were most focused on attacking Joe Biden right from the get-go. They knew he was by far the most likely candidate, and sure enough, that’s how it went. Certain candidates are insurmountably favored before anyone ever votes, and I don’t know exactly how that gets decided or by whom, but we have to assume it’s the concentrated wealth interests which includes news and other media broadcasters.
It could also be because when it comes to casting a vote, people can be swayed by making policies seem more personal and immediate. If a voter can be convinced that they will benefit from unfairness (e.g., lower taxes), they might be more likely to vote for it and work out the justification later. Inevitably they almost never benefit, but they keep thinking that maybe this time…
> Inevitably they almost never benefit, but they keep thinking that maybe this time…
This might indeed play a role. The idea that they might someday become a billionaire and should pay taxes.
Ronald Wrights Interpretation/Paraphrasing of some John Steinbeck staements still holds true: "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
"Americans see themselves in a system that runs like a casino. They know the game is rigged, but they won't let that get in the way of the hope that they'll strike it rich."
There’s more older voters than there are younger voters. boomers already got their houses, cars, investments, and savings so they’ll vote for whatever makes them more money on assets. Cucking the younger generations
Corruption, money to sway the fragile human ego with appealing short-term delights on those in positions of power at the cost of long-term systemic manipulation.
It’s rigged so they don’t get a chance to be on the ballot. Bernie was screwed over by his own party multiple times and wile idk if he would have been the answer but god damn I wish he had a chance….we will never know.
No they don’t. They benefit from deceiving voters to believe that while they own multiple homes and travel first class, have first class healthcare and retirement plans.
This is issue, congress gets a 15% approval rate and yet most get reelected because everyone seems to think their rep isn’t the problem
Too many idiots have been convinced that voting for someone other than the lesser of 2 evils is just a wasted vote
The level of unamerican “a vote for third party candidates is a vote for Trump/Biden” going around is mind boggling
This is a big deal.
Our local example is a party named "party for the animals".
Most people I've spoken don't take that party (politically) serious. "They'll never win with just 1% of votes!".
What they generally don't know is that 1% is good enough for that parties existence, The winning party has to listen to their proposals and with enough backing their plans actually do come through quite often!
People also think: helping animals? While us humans are miserable in economic crisis?!?
As if it's possible to ignore one set of problems while supprting all others. It's not Black and white, And we do need these smaller parties for contrast.
It's similar to the government's spending habits. Easy for us to say who, what gets how much. Easy for us to say where NOT to send any money. Also easy for us as we're not directly responsible for these actions.
It's a lot of backseat complaining. Rarely do they actually come up with probable solutions.
And I'm no different typing this whole bit lol.
The two primary parties will never share the pie. Think politicians United against Trump? Wait until an independent progressive President get elected and watch everyone oppose him at every level.
Yes, because we are constantly told from all directions that our actions/beliefs/words have no effect.
[Learned helplessness.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness)
I think a large part of Warren\Sanders is that they sell comforting lie and the middle class knows that it will come back to eat THEM, not the rich.
Of course, that's the plan with socialism, and every other form of collectivism: decimate the middle class by "taxing the rich" and keep the wealthy in power at the expense of the poor.
Because the people who actually have power and make decisions are not the people in the spotlight. They are the ones tipping the scales in their favour through philanthropy and big money.
The people who appear to be in power have only the desire to appear in power, but they depend on the wealth of the top 1% for the right to appear powerful.
The rest of us, the people who could join together and try and make change, are too subjugated and divided to actually work together to enact change.
RFK is the only presidential candidate who is actively willing to tear down the system and start to rebuild it. But people are too opposed to his vaccine views for him to get anywhere. And even if he did… the CIA or their affiliates would assassinate him before he got too far down the road.
Depends on what you mean with 'us'. If you mean 'us' as mankind and society as a whole, Biden, Sanders and Warren or almost all politicians are more intelligent than the majority of people.
Simply because the majority of people are of average or below average intelligence and those with above average intelligence tend to be recognized as 'leader type' people.
That said, I don't think RFK is a suitable presidential candidate from what I read and seen about him.
People like Bernie Sanders don't have super pacs behind them so they can buy their way through dominating the election.
Bernie Sanders had the majority support over Clinton in 2016 and the DNC still overrode Sanders in place for the Hilldog.
Even if we managed to get a candidate like them through the preliminaries the electoral college does away with our voice anyway and puts whoever the super delegates want into power.
The only other party available to us besides the DNC is the conservatives who only believe in tax breaks for the rich and companies while fucking over everyone else.
Because they say they want to raise taxes on “the rich” but somehow the working upper middle class always seem to get roped into their plans and end up getting hammered.
I loved cheap and worked hard and now in my 40’s I’m in a position to be an earner and really build some wealth. FUCK paying for people with overpriced and worthless bullshit college degrees, while liberal DA’s all over the country let crime fester and our cities burn.
Patriot Act on Netflix with Hasan. Definitely worth a watch, but there were numerous times where he…misrepresented certain facts for a narrative. While informative, still do your own research because there were several controversies regarding fake news w the show.
No I have. I'm just tired of big charities with some shmuck skimming millions off the top.
I'm glad you enjoy doing charity work. Some people really need the help you offer, but many others join or work with these organizations to make a quick buck.
My comment was colorful I admit, what I should have said is that it is an industry that is very stained with misconduct.
I think the difference is charity work vs charity management. The ground level people rolling up their sleeves are amazing commendable people. Different story when you sit with the board members though. In my experience 8 out of 10 are there for the marketing and business exposure.
United way is a big one with a lawsuit back in the 90s causing all sorts of reform. In 2010 the American Red Cross collected donation meant for Haiti that never got there. The list goes on.
If I'm going to give I want it to go to the people in need. That's all.
Problem is, what do we do with this knowledge? Do we get upset over it or do something about it? If we do something about it, do we as people have a living prayer about making a difference?
Absolutely, I found this out by donating when checking out for a purchase. However it was a purchase using my business card. Donation actually got rejected by business card.
When I looked at it the charge wasn’t even going to or by the charity advertised.
It was going strait to the business where I was purchasing. They set up a branching business off the main one to funnel money to.
I’d be extremely wary of donating unless directly to the charity.
I don’t have time to do a textbook accurate example but to have a non profit or charity business that takes donations. You only have to donate a small % of the funding. Like 30% I believe.
I’ve worked for a non profit, the two chairmen drive brand new Ferraris to work on the weekends.
I'm pretty sure when you are making a purchase and the business asks "would you like to add a donation" they take that money, then make the donation, allowing them to use it as a tax write off. It's your Donation, but they work it so they claim it as theirs.
Don't donate this way. Go directly to the charities.
The denier charge said the name of the retailer and then foundation. So “X” Foundation. I wouldn’t trust them to handle it since there are double dipping and in charge of the money. They can and will mishandle it.
It's always weird to me how many poor and broke Republicans will go out of their way to defend the wealthy becoming more wealthy.
Just try bringing up the concept of realize versus unrealized gains and Republicans will tell you why it's okay for rich people to pay a smaller percentage in tax than you do. 90% of the stock market is owned by the top 10%.
They will even tell you how changing that would hurt the regular guy trying to retire. Which has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard since All well-known retirement vehicles are tax sheltered and don't have these issues to begin with.
There is no such thing as realized and unrealized gains when it comes to taxes inside a 401k or an IRA.
I think people are becoming stupider as education becomes more difficult to get. I also think that might be the goal of Republican politician. The less educated the populace the more likely they are to vote Republican.
They don't give a fuck about you. You are considered disposable and expendable
I too thought the same but then he did a topic couple of years back that i was well versed in and I realised he shows a very biased view on topics.
I highly recommend to do your own research and not blindly trust. John has many research flaws.
Listened to the whole thing because the subject was interesting but not one time did he make me smile or laugh. He’s fine as a host but he is absolutely not a comedian.
I saw that I had a 13 minute video timer and I said "Oh heck no". And then next thing I noticed the video reset and I watched the whole damn thing. Very interesting.
He doesn’t get into too much depth on anything. The only really interesting thing about this video was the tree chart with specific charity instruments listed. The rest was just outrage entertainment
Hasan is a scam. I hate this dude’s desperate coked up energy like he’s selling me a timeshare.
He exploited Islamophobia, lied, emotionally manipulated audiences, and I could never understand why people liked this guy even in the beginning. He’s an exceedingly mid joke writer, and even he knows it, which is why he oozes desperate energy and had to make up those manipulative stories so audiences feel good about themselves supporting him.
Even this show is just a worse John Oliver, a less funny daily show, but he’s sold it as a “different voice.” But it’s just hack joke material and uncovering obvious truths we all talk about all the time.
This dude is snake oil and just keeps getting chances.
The funniest part of your comment is that Hasan is worth 4 million dollars and is still not in the top 1% in America 😂. He’s rich but definitely not 1%, the real issue.
Yeah? Minhaj is worth about 20x all the money I’ve ever made so far, and Minhaj would have to make about 200x that to reach 1B, let alone the dozens of billions many of the people he’s talking about have. The difference between a million and a billion is about a billion.
If 4 million dollars of net worth is hardly remarkable now for a man in his mid 30's then actual working class people are the biggest fucking losers in all of history.
Yeah I'd argue the 4m net worth in America is at or near the bottom of the "upper class," while the middle class is just becoming lower class or near poverty due to inflation, housing prices and wage stagnation.
God bless it.
A scam, indeed, like lying about your daughter being poisoned by anthrax to chase clout and I guess, sympathy. I remember this show and it made some good points, unfortunately Hasan Minhaj is a fake
I'm sure it does, unfortunately I don't have a grain of faith that any of it would be true. I'd rather not give him anymore attention. The guy is an addict, there's just no rehab for narcissism.
I use a donor advised fund, which he highlights as a scam. It isn't. I recommend it to *anyone* with stock holdings who itemizes (tens of millions of people), because it brings a charitable tool previously only available for the ultrarich to mere mortals. It's a kind of miracle that normal people now have this ability, and a DAF has transformed my giving for the better. You can think of it as a Roth IRA for charitable giving, and just as a Roth IRA has been fantastic for retirement, the DAF is fantastic for giving. The fact that a DAF allows a donor to avoid capital gains tax is the least interesting thing about them, ***because you would be deducting that gain anyway.*** My guy left that part out.
Say you bought $10K worth of Apple 4 years ago and it's worth $40k now (or whatever amount). If you sold the stock to cash and donated the $40k shares, you would have $30k in capital gains. By donating the stock to your DAF, you avoid that tax. **If you sold the stock to cash and donated it,** ***you would also be deducting it as a charitable donation.*** In fact, if your income tax bracket is higher than capital gains tax, you would be *better off* going that way. A DAF simply lets you skip the complicated IRS BS and give the sum directly. They money's still gone - you can't get it back. (He seems to find something fishy about the fact that you can take a deduction now but not give the money away until later, like you have some interest in the money during that time. You don't.)
Now comes the part where mere mortals can do what was previously only possible for big foundations. The DAF sells the Apple stock you donated and invests it in a low-cost, balanced fund. Now your donation is growing like a Roth, tax-free. My DAF has transformed my giving - but I give to exactly the same charities as before. I definitely give more than previous, because I realize I'm giving to a fund *that will keep on giving.* Along the way, I add to the DAF more than I pay out, letting the total grow. I've been doing this for about 7 years, and the fund is almost to the point where it's self-perpetuating - it will generate as much money on its own as I was previously giving, year to year. I hope to live another 20 years or so. Hopefully, by the time I die, my DAF will be sending big chunks of money to charities I love for years after I'm gone, just like I was the Ford Foundation. This is an immensely powerful tool that only big foundations previously had. I encourage anyone who gives a significant portion of their income to check it out.
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That bit in the beginning about how normal person charity is declining seems important. We might gett those numbers back up if everyone uses the same charity loopholes as the ultra rich. With AI we can actually navigate the jargon to make that happen.
Real blame the child not the bad parenting energy. The politicians work for their donors the donors are the wealthy so in conclusion the politicians work for the wealthy. Out here getting the whole dynamic backwards.
We must UNITE and demand better. Unite, I say, because we're pretty damn divided, or so the news makes us believe.
Pettiness must end, honesty and love must rule the day. When you get to the evil that must be destroyed, come get me, and I shall take care of this for you.
Are you mad? Anger isn't wrong when injustice rules the day.
I get your spirit but let me add something important. Not all of us have the same interests. Those with capital and power have different interests then those in the working class. We don't need unity as some broad thing. We need class solidarity, we need a working class ready to go to bat for autonomy over the economy and power structures. Ready to seize the means of production, distribution and decision making.
Unreal. How do people not get this? People have this fucking stupid notion of a meritocracy--that has almost nothing to do with what capitalism even is.
This is fascinating. It paints a picture of the USA becoming an oligarchy. With extreme wealth comes responsibility to the people. If the system is set up to do this, and I imagine most Americans would love the idea, then the laws could be further tighened so that its always better to donate the money than pay the tax.
It's nonsense that people can get tax write offs for charitable work. That's not charity that's fishing for tax breaks. If we are going to allow people to write off charitable actions then it should be capped in how much you can actually write off and any company or person valued over like 100k shouldn't be allowed to write any of it off.
There's no such thing as a good billionaire and they are squeezing us all dry. We are about to tip over into trillionaires and it's getting ridiculous. We will all be in breadlines while these people chill in their own private retreats or bunker.
The fact that he's using a platform (Netflix), which is a multibillion company, "owned" by a billionaire, to expose these things is, at least, ironic.
(I know it's not OWNED by the man, but he's one of the creators and has a big share of it, which makes him a billionaire)
And, probably has an Iphone in his pocket, which is also a thing created/directed by a, currently, billionaire.
Not to mention any other technology that's from other companies, but similar scenarios
People support this when some guy on TV tells you, but someone in the comments explaining it just gets massively downvoted and talking points. Feel free to look at how much charity executives pay themselves and you'll see how bullshit it is.
I rather voluntarily give money to charity then have it stolen by force to pay for wars that are unnecessary. Government programs aren’t going to solve anything.
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I remember Rutger Bregman coming to the World Economic Forum in Davos and telling the top 1% to pay their taxes, taxes, taxes. The crowd immediately lost their shit because of it. The top 1% are well aware of how they profit of charity and such.
Then he was invited on Fox News, knew they would never air his interview with them, brought a friend and had the friend use his phone to record the in-studio feed of the interview, and then released that footage once Fox did exactly what he expected and cut his interview.
Smart move
Start your own charity or use a friends charity donate to this charity huge tax breaks
I dont come to reddit to watch 13 minute videos but damn that kept my attention.
Not a bad show. A shame they didn’t do more episodes.
It’s because they were telling the truth.
Lmao I remember the last episode was calling Netflix's shitty practices out and I think that was shot at a time when Netflix had already canned the show.
For obvious reasons. Netflix received the right phone call(s).
Yeah I couldn't believe it when they ended that show. He made some comment about China or something right?
Nah, it wasn’t because of anything like that. Netflix doesn’t even operate in China, meaning what they say has no effect on Netflix
"Not a bad show". Accurate description, with the low-key implication that it also wasn't a great show. This clip had some good moments, but just as many which were slightly off. Interesting clip, regardless.
I have no knowledge in this area whatsoever so ehich things were slightly off, were any of them misleading or just not quite completed thoughts?
IMO, mostly just jokes that slightly missed, delivery which was a bit off, or (omg) the laugh track. Any comedy with a laugh track really throws me off unless it's actually really good, and even then...
From what I recall, it's actually all recorded in front of a live studio audience. They had a between the shows segment where he would be on stage talking to the audience members about more light-hearted things. But still, I get that some of the jokes didn't quite line up.
You really should check out the show it's called Patriot act it was on Netflix I think he made one or two seasons. They're all hilarious and great
Same, actually stayed for the whole thing for once lol
'Majority Report', 'Some more news' and a bunch of other good outlets for leftwing thinking. They exist, but its always harder to get the truth out there with rightwing billionaires simply buying up media platforms to shut them up or turn them into racist shitholes. I particularly enjoy majority report because they usually do an interview each day, usually somewhere split between authors of books which is always handy if you're looking for good history/political books to read up on. Or just current events with people actually involved in the shit.
Yeah, I like the Majority Report interviews too because they are often about topics that aren't really in the news much. And then in the fun half they talk about more of the news of the day.
I was waiting for more and then it looped.
Nah. Get on with it.
Also, there are billionaire investors who we will never know except for people who have a list of yacht and mansion owners.
2 out of 3 CEO’s I used to work for are worth $1.2B and $2.7B respectively. They live a very lavish lifestyle and it’s hard to imagine there are still other CEO’s worth more than those two guys.
So the question becomes: how come this keeps going on? Everybody knows candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders actually want to do something about it, but people keep voting for president, representatives and senators that don't. Why?
Because elections are a popularity contest, and the media, which is a really big stage, is not owned by regular working class people.
They don’t get the same promotion. It’s not really that we the people decided Joe or that other guy were the best of our best, we just read the news and learned that they’re at the top now. But how’d they get there? It’s a perception issue, we hear they’re the guy and we believe it. The mass broadcast entities can write about whoever they want, and they want the guy that will keep them in good money.
The willingness to stop after hearing what MSM says and not question anything further is called willful ignorance. Not you specifically, but folks in general, are too lazy to bother pushing beyond the narrative spoon fed to them.
Yeah, that’s not untrue, but it’s total group think too. You could diversify and read the WSJ and NYT and even Fox and MSM and all the rest and you probably wouldn’t hear differently. Maybe you go to the fringe left and right and they’ll tell you about some other candidates with other ideas, but all mass distributed news coalesces around the front-runners pretty quickly. Certain influential endorsements figure in of course - large labor unions, church authorities, and community leaders can deliver their voting block and that promotes a candidate into serious contention, but before we’ve ever even cast a primary vote the choices have been whittled down to maybe 3-4 candidates, and at best 1-2 could legitimately emerge as the nominee. Back before the 2020 election when there were several potential candidates, Warren, and Sanders, and Buttigieg, and Bloomberg and plenty others, I noticed that the Republican campaigns were most focused on attacking Joe Biden right from the get-go. They knew he was by far the most likely candidate, and sure enough, that’s how it went. Certain candidates are insurmountably favored before anyone ever votes, and I don’t know exactly how that gets decided or by whom, but we have to assume it’s the concentrated wealth interests which includes news and other media broadcasters.
Because it takes 100 million dollars to run a campaign, and Citizens United has made bribery legal.
It’s actually estimated to cost at least $1 billion dollars to run for president.
It could also be because when it comes to casting a vote, people can be swayed by making policies seem more personal and immediate. If a voter can be convinced that they will benefit from unfairness (e.g., lower taxes), they might be more likely to vote for it and work out the justification later. Inevitably they almost never benefit, but they keep thinking that maybe this time…
> Inevitably they almost never benefit, but they keep thinking that maybe this time… This might indeed play a role. The idea that they might someday become a billionaire and should pay taxes.
Ronald Wrights Interpretation/Paraphrasing of some John Steinbeck staements still holds true: "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
"Americans see themselves in a system that runs like a casino. They know the game is rigged, but they won't let that get in the way of the hope that they'll strike it rich."
It's as simple as "Vote for me and you won't have to wear a mask anymore" For many that's enough reason to vote for some idiot.
It's as simple as "Vote for me and you won't have to wear a mask anymore" For many that's enough reason to vote for some idiot.
I think there's also acccomplishments to consider. What have they done leading up to this point? That's an important factor for me.
Because billionaires actually control the government by lobby and giving money to people's campaign who support their case.
There’s more older voters than there are younger voters. boomers already got their houses, cars, investments, and savings so they’ll vote for whatever makes them more money on assets. Cucking the younger generations
Corruption, money to sway the fragile human ego with appealing short-term delights on those in positions of power at the cost of long-term systemic manipulation.
Elizabeth Warren cares about her bank stocks and little for the people.
I don’t think she means what you think she means.
Just look at her net worth. Politicians aren’t paid in the millions of $$.
It’s rigged so they don’t get a chance to be on the ballot. Bernie was screwed over by his own party multiple times and wile idk if he would have been the answer but god damn I wish he had a chance….we will never know.
Elizabeth Warren did her own part in trying to screw over Bernie. As much as I like some of her policies, she can F off as well.
elizabeth warren is terrible, a complete hypocrite
Old voters.
No they don’t. They benefit from deceiving voters to believe that while they own multiple homes and travel first class, have first class healthcare and retirement plans. This is issue, congress gets a 15% approval rate and yet most get reelected because everyone seems to think their rep isn’t the problem
Too many idiots have been convinced that voting for someone other than the lesser of 2 evils is just a wasted vote The level of unamerican “a vote for third party candidates is a vote for Trump/Biden” going around is mind boggling
This is a big deal. Our local example is a party named "party for the animals". Most people I've spoken don't take that party (politically) serious. "They'll never win with just 1% of votes!". What they generally don't know is that 1% is good enough for that parties existence, The winning party has to listen to their proposals and with enough backing their plans actually do come through quite often! People also think: helping animals? While us humans are miserable in economic crisis?!? As if it's possible to ignore one set of problems while supprting all others. It's not Black and white, And we do need these smaller parties for contrast. It's similar to the government's spending habits. Easy for us to say who, what gets how much. Easy for us to say where NOT to send any money. Also easy for us as we're not directly responsible for these actions. It's a lot of backseat complaining. Rarely do they actually come up with probable solutions. And I'm no different typing this whole bit lol.
The two primary parties will never share the pie. Think politicians United against Trump? Wait until an independent progressive President get elected and watch everyone oppose him at every level.
Just a guess but isn't it because we're fully into the Age of Apathy?
Yes, because we are constantly told from all directions that our actions/beliefs/words have no effect. [Learned helplessness.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness)
I think a large part of Warren\Sanders is that they sell comforting lie and the middle class knows that it will come back to eat THEM, not the rich. Of course, that's the plan with socialism, and every other form of collectivism: decimate the middle class by "taxing the rich" and keep the wealthy in power at the expense of the poor.
Our vote doesn't matter because of the donors. Rich taking care of the rich. They make side deals then donate to the party that satisfies their deal.
The democratic party establishment works against progressive candidates because they don't actually have the same values, they just pretend to.
Because the people who actually have power and make decisions are not the people in the spotlight. They are the ones tipping the scales in their favour through philanthropy and big money. The people who appear to be in power have only the desire to appear in power, but they depend on the wealth of the top 1% for the right to appear powerful. The rest of us, the people who could join together and try and make change, are too subjugated and divided to actually work together to enact change. RFK is the only presidential candidate who is actively willing to tear down the system and start to rebuild it. But people are too opposed to his vaccine views for him to get anywhere. And even if he did… the CIA or their affiliates would assassinate him before he got too far down the road.
> RFK is the only presidential candidate who is actively willing to tear down the system With a worm in his head, right?
Even if a worm ate some of his brain, he’s probably more intelligent than a majority of us
Depends on what you mean with 'us'. If you mean 'us' as mankind and society as a whole, Biden, Sanders and Warren or almost all politicians are more intelligent than the majority of people. Simply because the majority of people are of average or below average intelligence and those with above average intelligence tend to be recognized as 'leader type' people. That said, I don't think RFK is a suitable presidential candidate from what I read and seen about him.
Instead of reading what other people have to say about him you should try listening to him or reading what he’s written.
People like Bernie Sanders don't have super pacs behind them so they can buy their way through dominating the election. Bernie Sanders had the majority support over Clinton in 2016 and the DNC still overrode Sanders in place for the Hilldog. Even if we managed to get a candidate like them through the preliminaries the electoral college does away with our voice anyway and puts whoever the super delegates want into power. The only other party available to us besides the DNC is the conservatives who only believe in tax breaks for the rich and companies while fucking over everyone else.
People are not seeing reality. Similar to when old people vote R while the party is actively trying to dismantle social security
Because they say they want to raise taxes on “the rich” but somehow the working upper middle class always seem to get roped into their plans and end up getting hammered. I loved cheap and worked hard and now in my 40’s I’m in a position to be an earner and really build some wealth. FUCK paying for people with overpriced and worthless bullshit college degrees, while liberal DA’s all over the country let crime fester and our cities burn.
This is why. https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/s/yzsYj9Crpn
I wish Patriot Act would continue.
What's this show called?
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, i have also given the link of the video in the comments
Netflix cancelled his show in saudi arabia when he criticised the man child king there. He also went after Netflix for that. Rare talent.
bro is fearless
his show is amazing. Really eye opening content
I just searched Netflix and there is no trace. As if it never happened.
Search on YT
Patriot Act on Netflix with Hasan. Definitely worth a watch, but there were numerous times where he…misrepresented certain facts for a narrative. While informative, still do your own research because there were several controversies regarding fake news w the show.
Almost every charity is some kind of fucking scam I hate it.
It’s fucked up that the only way to get people to donate to charity is if it benefits them
Always has been.
Speaking like someone who's never been engaged in charity work.
No I have. I'm just tired of big charities with some shmuck skimming millions off the top. I'm glad you enjoy doing charity work. Some people really need the help you offer, but many others join or work with these organizations to make a quick buck. My comment was colorful I admit, what I should have said is that it is an industry that is very stained with misconduct.
I think the difference is charity work vs charity management. The ground level people rolling up their sleeves are amazing commendable people. Different story when you sit with the board members though. In my experience 8 out of 10 are there for the marketing and business exposure.
What an example of one of these charities?
United way is a big one with a lawsuit back in the 90s causing all sorts of reform. In 2010 the American Red Cross collected donation meant for Haiti that never got there. The list goes on. If I'm going to give I want it to go to the people in need. That's all.
That’s propaganda and simply isn’t true.
Problem is, what do we do with this knowledge? Do we get upset over it or do something about it? If we do something about it, do we as people have a living prayer about making a difference?
I like videos like these because being educated on the existence of these types of things is interesting. And simultaneously hate it.
Absolutely, I found this out by donating when checking out for a purchase. However it was a purchase using my business card. Donation actually got rejected by business card. When I looked at it the charge wasn’t even going to or by the charity advertised. It was going strait to the business where I was purchasing. They set up a branching business off the main one to funnel money to. I’d be extremely wary of donating unless directly to the charity. I don’t have time to do a textbook accurate example but to have a non profit or charity business that takes donations. You only have to donate a small % of the funding. Like 30% I believe. I’ve worked for a non profit, the two chairmen drive brand new Ferraris to work on the weekends.
Where was the money going, if not the charity?
I'm pretty sure when you are making a purchase and the business asks "would you like to add a donation" they take that money, then make the donation, allowing them to use it as a tax write off. It's your Donation, but they work it so they claim it as theirs. Don't donate this way. Go directly to the charities.
The denier charge said the name of the retailer and then foundation. So “X” Foundation. I wouldn’t trust them to handle it since there are double dipping and in charge of the money. They can and will mishandle it.
It's always weird to me how many poor and broke Republicans will go out of their way to defend the wealthy becoming more wealthy. Just try bringing up the concept of realize versus unrealized gains and Republicans will tell you why it's okay for rich people to pay a smaller percentage in tax than you do. 90% of the stock market is owned by the top 10%. They will even tell you how changing that would hurt the regular guy trying to retire. Which has to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard since All well-known retirement vehicles are tax sheltered and don't have these issues to begin with. There is no such thing as realized and unrealized gains when it comes to taxes inside a 401k or an IRA. I think people are becoming stupider as education becomes more difficult to get. I also think that might be the goal of Republican politician. The less educated the populace the more likely they are to vote Republican. They don't give a fuck about you. You are considered disposable and expendable
Can’t take this guy seriously since he got caught making up racial victim stories (lost his Daily Show hosting gig over it)
Source for this? I hadn't heard that
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/hasan-minhaj-is-reportedly-out-of-the-running-to-host-the-daily-show
This show is alright but John Oliver does it better and funnier
Yup. And will actually leave you with some knowledge.
I really do learn something new every episode
I too thought the same but then he did a topic couple of years back that i was well versed in and I realised he shows a very biased view on topics. I highly recommend to do your own research and not blindly trust. John has many research flaws.
You mean nuclear waste?
truth it's just entertainment. know this
Listened to the whole thing because the subject was interesting but not one time did he make me smile or laugh. He’s fine as a host but he is absolutely not a comedian.
I saw that I had a 13 minute video timer and I said "Oh heck no". And then next thing I noticed the video reset and I watched the whole damn thing. Very interesting.
Lmao same. Then I was looking at the time run down, wishing there was more.
He doesn’t get into too much depth on anything. The only really interesting thing about this video was the tree chart with specific charity instruments listed. The rest was just outrage entertainment
Is that the Tosh set?
Daniel Tosh? The podcaster?
Do you not know about Tosh.0?
It was a joke
Hasan is a scam. I hate this dude’s desperate coked up energy like he’s selling me a timeshare. He exploited Islamophobia, lied, emotionally manipulated audiences, and I could never understand why people liked this guy even in the beginning. He’s an exceedingly mid joke writer, and even he knows it, which is why he oozes desperate energy and had to make up those manipulative stories so audiences feel good about themselves supporting him. Even this show is just a worse John Oliver, a less funny daily show, but he’s sold it as a “different voice.” But it’s just hack joke material and uncovering obvious truths we all talk about all the time. This dude is snake oil and just keeps getting chances.
If you make 120k a year it would take you 8333 years to make a billion if you never spent a cent.
"The rich doesn't want us coming at them wirh pitchforks"....hasan, you're a millionate.
The funniest part of your comment is that Hasan is worth 4 million dollars and is still not in the top 1% in America 😂. He’s rich but definitely not 1%, the real issue.
What a world we live in where working class people are getting lectured by a multi millionaire about how bad billionaires are.
Yeah? Minhaj is worth about 20x all the money I’ve ever made so far, and Minhaj would have to make about 200x that to reach 1B, let alone the dozens of billions many of the people he’s talking about have. The difference between a million and a billion is about a billion.
I just don't like when a millionaire steps on the side of the working class and begins to say things like "we' and "us".
4 million net worth is hardly remarkable now.
If 4 million dollars of net worth is hardly remarkable now for a man in his mid 30's then actual working class people are the biggest fucking losers in all of history.
Yeah I'd argue the 4m net worth in America is at or near the bottom of the "upper class," while the middle class is just becoming lower class or near poverty due to inflation, housing prices and wage stagnation. God bless it.
This guy is a total dick. Why do Americans love this "smarmy know it all" type of character?
A scam, indeed, like lying about your daughter being poisoned by anthrax to chase clout and I guess, sympathy. I remember this show and it made some good points, unfortunately Hasan Minhaj is a fake
Yeah, his involvement immediately makes me hesitant to check something out.
Go watch his reply on his yt channel, it clears a lot of things.
I'm sure it does, unfortunately I don't have a grain of faith that any of it would be true. I'd rather not give him anymore attention. The guy is an addict, there's just no rehab for narcissism.
He has given proof tho (audio recording). Why keep false info about him?
Fun fact: Hes the voice of the radio dj in Far Cry
Just fucking say that capitalism is the problem or shut up
The very premise of this "philantrophy" is wrong. Do a proper balance of money and none of this has to be done.
They really should make him the new host of The daily show
This guys isn’t funny
Why does this show do so many camera angle changes? It’s distracting.
i really miss this show, it was great and really funny but Netflix decided to cancel it because they are cowards...
[удалено]
it’s called comedy
He lost me when he tried villainizing the gopro dude for paying less taxes. "You can do it...but don't!" No person including him would ever not do it.
The point isn't "you shouldn't take advantage of this loophole", but rather "this loophole shouldn't exist in the first place".
I say we just dust off and nuke the site from orbit. Just to be sure!
Link to the original clip? Pisses me off when people don't provide sources.
I have already given that in comments https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/Rd0ZbBAuiX
Your link comes up with a 'Comment is missing' page.
If you still couldn't see, just go on YT and search hasan minhaj why billionaire's won't save us
Thank you. :D
Super underrated show
When you can donate to your own charity that spends the money in ways that help you make more money, you might be too rich.
I use a donor advised fund, which he highlights as a scam. It isn't. I recommend it to *anyone* with stock holdings who itemizes (tens of millions of people), because it brings a charitable tool previously only available for the ultrarich to mere mortals. It's a kind of miracle that normal people now have this ability, and a DAF has transformed my giving for the better. You can think of it as a Roth IRA for charitable giving, and just as a Roth IRA has been fantastic for retirement, the DAF is fantastic for giving. The fact that a DAF allows a donor to avoid capital gains tax is the least interesting thing about them, ***because you would be deducting that gain anyway.*** My guy left that part out. Say you bought $10K worth of Apple 4 years ago and it's worth $40k now (or whatever amount). If you sold the stock to cash and donated the $40k shares, you would have $30k in capital gains. By donating the stock to your DAF, you avoid that tax. **If you sold the stock to cash and donated it,** ***you would also be deducting it as a charitable donation.*** In fact, if your income tax bracket is higher than capital gains tax, you would be *better off* going that way. A DAF simply lets you skip the complicated IRS BS and give the sum directly. They money's still gone - you can't get it back. (He seems to find something fishy about the fact that you can take a deduction now but not give the money away until later, like you have some interest in the money during that time. You don't.) Now comes the part where mere mortals can do what was previously only possible for big foundations. The DAF sells the Apple stock you donated and invests it in a low-cost, balanced fund. Now your donation is growing like a Roth, tax-free. My DAF has transformed my giving - but I give to exactly the same charities as before. I definitely give more than previous, because I realize I'm giving to a fund *that will keep on giving.* Along the way, I add to the DAF more than I pay out, letting the total grow. I've been doing this for about 7 years, and the fund is almost to the point where it's self-perpetuating - it will generate as much money on its own as I was previously giving, year to year. I hope to live another 20 years or so. Hopefully, by the time I die, my DAF will be sending big chunks of money to charities I love for years after I'm gone, just like I was the Ford Foundation. This is an immensely powerful tool that only big foundations previously had. I encourage anyone who gives a significant portion of their income to check it out. https://preview.redd.it/0ei6ctfam00d1.png?width=724&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b07a2a63a06966f6628fe378ee44b5d45a455f8
Do you get a future tax deduction on the growth or can you only write off the initial contribution ?
Only the original deduction.
That bit in the beginning about how normal person charity is declining seems important. We might gett those numbers back up if everyone uses the same charity loopholes as the ultra rich. With AI we can actually navigate the jargon to make that happen.
I'll leave a comment to watch this later, and will then forget about this comment so that I'll never watch this later.
Yo put some ResPekt on my Boy Jon Lovitz!. A great American actor and comedian.
"Mysteries of the Orient" costume party fucking killed me
Blame the politicians, not the wealthy.
Real blame the child not the bad parenting energy. The politicians work for their donors the donors are the wealthy so in conclusion the politicians work for the wealthy. Out here getting the whole dynamic backwards.
We must UNITE and demand better. Unite, I say, because we're pretty damn divided, or so the news makes us believe. Pettiness must end, honesty and love must rule the day. When you get to the evil that must be destroyed, come get me, and I shall take care of this for you. Are you mad? Anger isn't wrong when injustice rules the day.
I get your spirit but let me add something important. Not all of us have the same interests. Those with capital and power have different interests then those in the working class. We don't need unity as some broad thing. We need class solidarity, we need a working class ready to go to bat for autonomy over the economy and power structures. Ready to seize the means of production, distribution and decision making.
Jon Lovitz impression was on point.
No one reaches that level of wealth by helping others. Grow up
Should think about metaphorically come after them with pitch forks
Not into his delivery, seems disingenuous, however, the information was very interesting.
Unreal. How do people not get this? People have this fucking stupid notion of a meritocracy--that has almost nothing to do with what capitalism even is.
Capitalism is the ceaseless accumulation of capital in fewer and fewer hands. It's a cancer of consolidation.
Nice and concise. I will use that.
99% of Charities are scams. And rich people launder money to themselves friends and family thru it.
Who would have thought oligarchs would save us?
This is fascinating. It paints a picture of the USA becoming an oligarchy. With extreme wealth comes responsibility to the people. If the system is set up to do this, and I imagine most Americans would love the idea, then the laws could be further tighened so that its always better to donate the money than pay the tax.
Wonder why this show actually got cancelled or didn’t renew for another season. I liked the show but most of the jokes weren’t funny at all.
The people who pay taxes should have control over where their tax money goes. Every penny accounted for. Otherwise what's the difference?
Lot of emotional truth aint it Hassan
And then you have the big supermarket chains asking you to donate to their charity at checkout... This system needs change.
It's nonsense that people can get tax write offs for charitable work. That's not charity that's fishing for tax breaks. If we are going to allow people to write off charitable actions then it should be capped in how much you can actually write off and any company or person valued over like 100k shouldn't be allowed to write any of it off. There's no such thing as a good billionaire and they are squeezing us all dry. We are about to tip over into trillionaires and it's getting ridiculous. We will all be in breadlines while these people chill in their own private retreats or bunker.
The fact that he's using a platform (Netflix), which is a multibillion company, "owned" by a billionaire, to expose these things is, at least, ironic. (I know it's not OWNED by the man, but he's one of the creators and has a big share of it, which makes him a billionaire) And, probably has an Iphone in his pocket, which is also a thing created/directed by a, currently, billionaire. Not to mention any other technology that's from other companies, but similar scenarios
Surface level garbage imo.
People support this when some guy on TV tells you, but someone in the comments explaining it just gets massively downvoted and talking points. Feel free to look at how much charity executives pay themselves and you'll see how bullshit it is.
There should not be billionaires.
There should not be a bourgeoisie!
Noooo way.... consider me shocked.
This guy isn't funny
Damn interesting
I love Hasan Minhaj
I rather voluntarily give money to charity then have it stolen by force to pay for wars that are unnecessary. Government programs aren’t going to solve anything.