My Ultimate History Crash Course | Robert Reich
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- Are we in a second Gilded Age?
Is Trump really a Fascist?
Why are we so politically polarized?
How did corporations take over our politics?
To understand the present, study the past.
Please join me as I share 6 crucial lessons from history.
I'm 71. My father was a strong labor organizer. He and his friends and community fought hard for many years. And then me and mine, that is my generation threw it away. As Reagan swept away everything, we sat by feeling helpless. We blew it! Now is the time to get very, very serious. I'm going to my loc precinct office and volunteer.
Why do you blame yourself instead of Reagan?
@tomsenft7434 are you taking illegals in your home you must be a nice person
I'm 67 & I feel you, brother! My Grandpaw was organizing plasterer's for the International in '29. I'm a third generation Ironworker, retired. I'm in Louisiana, it's a mess. I came back here after 40 yrs in the world, hardly recognizing the city. Red southern states are dangerous, hateful( hidden agendas) & fearful. It's scary crap.
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So who runs the city/county/state government in LA? If there is only one party running the majority of political agenda then you can only point at that party. Don't you think?
@@haroldplante8287you said it!
Thank you, Sir. The disdain for education in this country is tragic.
Not to me. I CRAMMED my University education into the ten year plan. A good bit of undergraduate schooling is wasted on "Electives," like ME taking Army ROTC 101, terrified and still mad at my friend who put a card in for me. I think I will call her again to make her feel bad.
I blame fascism, and if you disagree you must be a fascist.
If I was to come up with one sentence to describe the meaning of life, it would be a one word sentence. Education. You heard it here first. You're welcome. Everyone, you're welcome!
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Yea, Buddy!!
@@austinhubbard6007Exactly, knowledge truly is power. I played football and wrestled, got an athletic scholarship. With that athletic scholarship I finished school all the way to an advanced degree. That education provided me the tools and knowledge to become financially independent. Someone maybe smart without a formal education, but that formal education with being smart puts one on another level.
This was the best and most informative and factual history lesson ever. Thank you Robert ❤
This is laughable.
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@@yourdaddy-mq4km troll
@@yourdaddy-mq4km I would say you're more detestable, but "laughable" will do.
@@user-kk1ne9wf7j I'm not the one who insanely believes Trump is Hitler.
Dr. Reich, you are truly a national treasure. Respect!!!
Agree 100%. So grateful R.R. is here now!
He lies by withholding information from you vote out handout Democrats before it's to late
We need a Monarchy. "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 3:2, KJV). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Establish the Kingdom of Peace in Jerusalem (Isaiah 9:7, KJV)!
@@davidlafleche1142 I like sarcasm too😂
@@The_Tiffster Really? I prefer a sense of humor. See the links to two of my novels on my homepage.
This is EXCELLENT. I wish all US citizens would watch this. While I am 62 years old and lived to witness much of this, I still gained understanding thru your content. Thank you.
It's a false narrative.
Missing context
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@@yourdaddy-mq4km You're a liar, plain and simple. You cannot know what false narrative is until you know what is true -- and you don't know diddly squat. The missing context here is your mind.
Professor Reich is a great example of a man with white hair whose brain is filled with wisdom.
Too bad his common sense seems to be lacking though.
It is an excellent history lesson, but it should be expanded to cover 2 additional topics:
1) The decline of the separation of church and state ... the rise of white christian nationalism and the scam that is the so called evangelical movement lead by charlatan pretend con men scam preachers. This is a serious and ever growing problem in the USA today.
2) The complete dysfunction of the federal income tax system.....which has been hollowed out over decades and is largely responsible for the ever growing wealth inequality today. A couple of simple principles could go a long ways towards making the income tax system work as it is supposed to do ...1) all forms of income taxed the same, and 2) all taxpayers taxed under the same tax rules (ie. a corporate tax rules for everyone and every entity, including charities, religion, non-profits, etc.)
You are aware that the top five percent pay sixty percent of the federal taxes @@coreyham3753
Reich lies to you
Pay your fair share of taxes for the social security and Medicare you will receive do you not care at all about our children who will inherit a bankrupt shell of a nation because you won't pay for the Democrat handouts they want
Thank you for all you do for DEMOCRACY!!!👍🇺🇲
Again. We live in a constitutional republic. Our founding fathers were scared to death of democracy where majority or mob rules.
Equity is found in countries where freedoms no longer exist.
Our system was created to insure liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Liberty is freedom. Free to own property. Free to build a company. Free to earn a profit. Free to own a fire arm. Free to move about the country uninhibited.
I choose freedom over equity.
You mean communism
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You can lead a dim to knowledge but getting them to think logically is damn near impossible to do!
Was it the tcom act that led to a complete media monopoly, or NAFTA and his administrations abandonment of labor?
Government controlling destiny is not democracy. Reich is full of shit.
I just shared this with my granddaughter, a Senior in high school. I was going to give her a voter registration but she smiled & said she did that 1st thing when she turned 18. I was so proud, even more so with the conversation that followed. One more blue vote in Arizona! 👍🇺🇸💙
Let her know that I am proud of her too!! Kansas 💙🇺🇲💙
That's great Hopefully she gets her friends to register:)
If you vote Democrat than why do you not pay enough taxes to pay for the social programs they want our debt is bigger than our entire economy it's at dangerous levels because you won't pay enough taxes to pay for the social programs Democrats want why is that vote out handout Democrat before it's to late
Why do you think you have the right to live off our children they are the ones who will have to pay for unbelievable debt Democrat programs have brought vote out handout Democrats before it's to late
Thank you for sharing this important information with young people. 💙🇺🇲💙
This should be on Network TV
Agreed but I don't believe the robber barons that control network TV will allow it.
Network TV owned by rich people. "the revolution will not be televised"
If it could be shown there, it wouldn't need to be!
Why not, it’d fit right in as there is only corporate propaganda 24/7 since the Clinton admin signed the telecommunications bill, taking away ALL REGULATIONS on the media, including the concept of equal time. It’s a total shit show ever since. Thanks Bob, and all the fascist NEO- liberals (not really liberal in any way, complete fakers who WILL NOT ALLOW democracy). Look what they did to Bernie and now RFK, it’s absolutely criminal and extremely undemocratic.
You should be thankful to the rich they pay almost all the federal taxes
Thank you, Secretary Reich. You are a true warrior for justice. Truly invaluable.
He lies to you by withholding information vote out handout Democrats before it's to late our childrens future depend on it
So grateful for you, Professor Reich.
He's a propagandist.
@@yourdaddy-mq4kmI'm curious as to what exactly is wrong on this list? So far, every facet of his words HAS BEEN PROVEN just based on actual filmed news & events. Check how many new laws have been introduced & enacted based on this in this country now.
@@williewilliams4962 it's "proven" by out of context clips.
@@williewilliams4962 Trump stands for peace, he had the most left leaning policies of any Republican, but he is the fascist? It makes zero sense.
@@williewilliams4962 one of the biggest lies to stand out was the call to violence.
Heard your warnings in the 80’s. We’re now living consequences of not heeding them. Hope we heed your words this time
You are aware that the rich pay almost all the federal taxes and get next to nothing in return our debt is bigger than our entire economy interest payments alone is over a half a month trillion dollars our bond ratings for the first time ever was downgraded all because you won't pay enough taxes to cover the cost of the social programs Democrats want why is that
🤣 ... Oh, I thought that was a joke. We don't "heed." Conservatives have gotten smarter. Bread and circuses.
The working poor have been given debt as part of their compensation. They may not be able to afford it, but they can have it.
The ignorant and uneducated have been given culture wars and the real poor have been given someone to blame.
Like Archie Bunker said Commie Crapola!
When "Back to Ohio" played on MTV, I thought we were all ready to plan a better Cleveland. We took the Right turn instead, into more of the same.
Your history lessons make a genuine difference. Thank you, Robert & MoveOn. ♡
2024 is no different than 1890.
Thank God for the Roosevelts, not just FDR and Social Security, but Teddy and the National Forests and Parks. ,
I prefer to thank the Roosevelts for all their hard work for this country.
That was when the last true president had Roosevelt. He didn't marry a foreign woman. He married a cousin?lol.. She was plain. He was plain too.
Great clip! The weird thing is that what has come to be called "leftist" or even "socialist" in the US, is pretty much centrist e. g. in Germany.
Hitler was left wing.
@yourdaddy-mq4km not at all. Hitler took over a left wing party and brought it ideologically right.
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@@yourdaddy-mq4kmFascists are in bed with business.
It's the state and it's goals that matter.
Fascists will bring war, China and Russia will join in too.
So wise up.
@@yourdaddy-mq4km *insert j jonah jameson laughing meme here*
Thank you Mr. Reich for putting this out there for all to learn.
Mr. Reich is someone who’s doing it the right way… he understands the struggles of average Americans, and calls out the inequality in our current system, while presenting realistic solutions. Every person in our government (and running for office) needs to be taking notes from this man.
That's how he manipulates people.
And remember, everyone you disagree with is a fascist.
He understands that all opposition is fascism too.
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@@Nemesisnxt Incorrect. People who meet the definition of fascist are fascist.
I'm 51 poor and disabled from working 30 years of construction starting at age 15 still fighting to get some disability ssdi or ssi and our household of 3 live on $914 a month yet people funnel money to rich idiots instead of helping their fellow man.
Maybe the best explanation I've seen of the political divide in the US.
Thank you Professor Reich! I really appreciate your lessons & lectures!
I hope you realized his theories have long been debunked. Robber Baron theory is a myth. You can watch Milton Friedman explain. The value of teaching is not just in persuasiveness, but in willingness to engage in and withstand debate with other intellectuals. Friedman did this, but Reich only interacts with fans.
Thank you so much! I have a file called “Never Forget “. It includes, among other things, the entirety of the J6 hearings, Alexei Navalny’s final appeal for good people to keep on fighting for democracy, and this history lesson. Thank you for helping us to never forget.
The legislation that literally divided people from government, is called Citizens United....when the proper branding is "Corporations United".
Yes, Citizens United .... and, then, the LIE of a Law, The 2017 Tax Cuts and JOB? Act. The law promising JOBS that never trickled down because it NEVER HAD EVEN AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO CREATE JOBS, "IN CONSIDERATION OF" THE LOWERING OR CESSATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF CORPORATIONS TO PAY -- INCOME TAXES! It is a gratuitous, unilateral waiver of income tax payments or negligible amounts paid for 37% of corporations at its passage. For two years from passage, -Mnuchin ... remember the Treasury Secretary with that "Serial Killer Presence " Steeeeeeve Mnuchin? He let Lobbyists walk in and out WITH TAX ATTORNEYS IN TOW ... TO HELP!! TREASURY!! WRITE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS FOR THE ACT.... REMEMBER OUR ABILITY WE GOT TO HELP OUT? 1/1/20, THEVL PERCEHTAGE DOUBLED AND 74% OF CORPORATIONS WERE ELIGIBLE TO SCRREW US OVER, TOO. IT IS NOW AT 80% PAYING LITTLE TO NO TAXES,
Have I got a bridge to sell you!
Attempted rebranding to appeal to the masses.
Citizens United is the result of years of planning for the corporate takeover of government by the Powell Memo of 1971.
It took me a long time to figure out why citizens uniting was a BAD thing for us. Th name made no sense, Like all the extremists' organizations with names that sound like a good thing but are opposite to the interests of most Americans. We need proper branding!!! Thank you!
Yippee! I give History lectures to MAGA, regularly!
I need a class on the paradoxes around Trump! They freak me out. Miller, the Jewish Neo Nazi; Tarrio-the Afro-Cuban Proud Boy; and Thomas-the Black Justice with White, Billionaire, Despot- Groupie Benefactors. Could be a Psychology Class.
In the past, Thomas would have been called an Oreo. Black on the outside, and white on the inside.
Whenever the racism of white nationalism and Maga trump sycophants comes up, these are the examples I hear the most.
😂 they will laugh at you for believing this.
This is due to fascism.
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They will be mad at YOU for NOT KNOWING IT!
I've often asked myself: "How did Republicans convince blue collar workers that they cared at all about their interests and then side with corporate blowhards all the time?" It's because I never knew about the Hard Hat Riot. Now, it makes sense.
Corporations also took over PBS.
They made a good Nixon documentary in three parts.
It covers Hard Hat Riot.
It was taken off CZcams 😒
The doc about Georce C Wallace also has a interesting segment on Nixon and the beginnings of the Southern Stradagy.
Again, Robert Reich, we. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with All people in America…Agree, we need major change to get to social order of things with focus on humanity and less focus on riches for major corporations.
The top five percent pay nearly sixty percent of the federal taxes and get next to nothing in return our debt is bigger than our entire economy interest alone is over a half a trillion dollars our bond status was downgraded for the first time ever under Obama and Biden our deficit spending and debt is at record peacetime levels because you won't pay enough taxes to cover the cost of Democrat programs why is that do you think it is ok to live off our children they are the ones who will inherit a bankrupt shell of a nation vote out handout Democrats before it's to late
The middle class draw more ss and medicare than they pay in taxes the poor get subsidized housing food assistance cash assistance and free healthcare the rich pay almost all the federal taxes and get next to nothing in return vote out handout Democrats they are destroying us
Bravo Robert!! That's a brilliant piece of work. I am 64 and I must admit I had forgotten a few things in that short movie. I will be watching that again. I am a progressive and I worry for our country...and for our democracy. I have three grandchildren, and I fight for their future.
I can't thank you enough for your work!
Many thanks
Respectfully
MMP
I watched it twice.
I am a 71 yr old 50 yr Marxist. I always appreciated your efforts to humanize America's politics. I know you are sincere. ❤
Say the following three times communism does not work communism does not work communism does not work
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Have you ever read Marx?
He’s not that scary word, communist.
Show one nation where it's worked
In china under communist leader mao rich people's money was taken and gave to the masses and low skilled workers wages rose dramatically result millions starved now under capitalism low skilled workers make low wages and there are billionaires result china has one of the fastest growing economies in the world explain that
Democrats want to adopt the same economic policy that communist leader mao did take from the rich pay low skilled workers higher wages the result will be the same vote out handout communist Democrats before it's to late and with the size of our debt time grows short our childrens future depend on it
Further proof that those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. We as a country have failed to learn the lessons from our past.
Don't be so hard on yourself. We Indians are in the same place too due to our complacency. Our democratic constitution is not even a century old and we are about to trade it for religious fascism. Watching this video, I was amazed how hackneyed ideas are reused again and again to fool the masses.
My personal apologies for imposing Vivek Ramaswamy, the Indian origin charlatan, on the people of US. I'm sure, you've already found him out.
Thank you so much, Robert Reich - I love your way of helping us all understand what's happening.
This should be required watching for all citizens.
Thank you Professor. 💙
Pay your fair share of taxes for the social programs Democrats want we have a debt so big it defies belief because you won't pay enough taxes to cover the cost our debt is at record peacetime levels leaving our children a bankrupt shell of a nation because you won't pay enough taxes to cover the cost of Democrat programs shame on you vote out handout Democrats before it's to late
Our debt is bigger than our entire economy our children will inherit a bankrupt shell of a nation because of Democrat programs Democrats want but won't pay enough taxes for why is that vote out handout Democrats
Stop stealing from our childrens future earnings pay half your income to the government to pay for the handouts Democrats want why do Democrats hate our children
CZcamsr wise guys (and gals) like Robert here may save humanity just yet, as we all unplug from television.
Wow, so meaningless and vague that the rest of us have no idea what you mean. Perhaps you need to unplug from the internet. If I misunderstood your intent, you didn't clarify for anyone with your language.
jashannon. "(And gals)" says out loud a huge problem in this partial democracy: WE ARE NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
@@GregoryAnderson If your comment is aimed at Robert Reich, amend it please, to include only yourself.
I understand and applaud his words and work.
Great piece to inform those too young to know this history that is repeating itself!!
True. But he blames Republicans in general instead of just the RINOs who are aligned with progressive Democrats (the swamp).
Mr. Reich, I can't thank you enough for the work you do.
Speaking of history, there are some striking parallels between the US and Rome a century or two BC. The wealth disparity between the powerful (who occupied the Senate, and made war constantly) and the commoners was dramatic, and eventually fatal for the Roman empire.
Don't you think it will eventually for U.S.? Some businessmen and company leaders see that it's good to pay and provide well for employees. It improves the work and products.
I think we ought to have The Robert Reich Show.
Thanks for the enlightenment Prof. Reich
Always wonderful. This made me think back to my education. I’m 68 and I would have said I was taught that all this would never happen here because we’re a democracy. But really thinking about it, I recall teachers saying to be vigilant, to appreciate our democracy, and to always protect it. Maybe the feeling that it couldn’t happen here was a self protective one.
Or, self destructive one...?🤔
Or, a bit lazy one...?
We do get busy with our lives. Since retirement I have learned so much, out of necessity. Currently enjoying Democracy Awakening and the Bill of Obligations.
This is a message that is shared by Thomas Frank, Heather Cox Richardson, David Cay Johnston, and many other journalists and historians.
Looks like Lewis Powell needs to be gotten rid of.
Heather Cox Richardson is amazing.
Thanks! I've read two of them and listened to their lectures. I'll check out Frank. Also love Professor Tim Snyder. Like his work including Our Malady.
I love this Robert. Thank you.
A vote for handout Democrats is a vote against our children they are the ones who will have to pay for the unbelievable unimaginable debt Democrat programs have brought us why do you want to leave our children a bankrupt shell of a nation pay your fair share of taxes for the handouts Democrats want
Our debt is at dangerous levels because Democrats won't pay enough taxes for the handouts they want why is that
Working people don't know their own best
Not sure what you mean😮
@@deannasutterfield5950 They vote for the rich-men's party.
Thank you so much for your voice, service and teaching me.
It's to late for me but, not for my children and grandchildren.
Shared and thank you.
Please, everyone: SHARE this on your social media.This is SO important!
Done! And share in your political groups like MoveOn,Indivisible and Democratic party groups.
When I see your name, I stop and watch you. I learn more about American History through CZcams than any other means. I wish I could take a history course from you, but CZcams allows me the next best thing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in an engaging way. I will be sharing this with six people who need to hear your wisdom.
THIS INTERNET IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. ONE SIDE HAS BEEN DULLED BY THE DOMINATIONS OF CORPORATISMS' WEALTH AND POLITICAL WEALTH SUBVERSIONS TOWARD THE STATUS OF INEQUALITY AS NOW LIVED.
You are the best. I was fighting with you back in the day. I remember being truly scared in 1970. The info on the Powell Memo is great. anyone reading this would like Evil Geniuses by Kurt Anderson. Thanks Bob for you indefatigable spirit and that huge brain of yours!!!
@margaretpark6252 THANKS FOR THE "EVIL GENIUSES" BOOK-FIND! BY KURT ANDERSON.
@@georgedunkelberg5004 My pleasure!!
Super explanations for current problems …
Great history lesson!
OMG A 30 MINUTE VIDEO THANK YOU PROFESSOR!
I remember the hard hat riot but I was young and didn't really understand the situation. It seemed like there were so many angry people and so many riots back then.
Keep up the great work you're doing. Thanks for reminding me of the "hard hat" riots.
Time to reinstate Glass-Steagall.
*Reinstate and expand on
Don't forget the Fairness Doctrine!!
Aah, yes the great stupifying of the American left! LOL!
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@@myvws2 No...stop...you wound me. 🥱
Thank you, Robert Reich, lol I already sent this to several people who may need a history lesson. Love your work.
Thank you for your service for democracy! Invaluable!
I had two sisters at Kent State that day . One working there one going to classes. This was a very scary day for our family.
Something I will never forget.
I was in college and appalled that could happen. More so shocked by some of my family's reaction. Shades of the hard hat riot. I told them that could have been me! We were all facing Vietnam War draft and reports of its horror.
This is the most important video you've ever done Robert.
I love how Robert’s channel starts off like a PBS special😊.
I enjoy listening to this most informed, intelligent gentleman. I love knowledge and wisdom. Thank you much, sir👏
Outstanding! Shared
Yes. The lines have moved further and farther
Further left.
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@@abeautifuldayful I think you mean truth teller.
@@yourdaddy-mq4km No, troll.
@@yourdaddy-mq4km We all know this is you Zachoff . Take a hike.
This lesson can open your eyes! An excellent look at history! Think of the consequences!
It would be more eye-opening to see how Milton Friedman debunked the Robber Baron myth decades ago.
Professor Reich Thank you for lessons! A must see to remind people that the 1% with greatest income, assets and multiple addresses are are expanding an exploitive system that is causing great harm and trauma for individuals and families with incomes less than the Area Median Income of the city or town where they live. Education is the key, community discussions, consistent involvement, holding elected and appointed politicians accountable and most important voting. Remember poverty is the same regardless of race. Poverty is growing and the system is not providing equity and mutually beneficial outcomes. We need and require deeply affordable housing based upon 30% of household income throughout the USA to address homelessness. If the USA can invest in War the USA should, can and must create the economic incentive to create true deeply affordable housing for people working and receiving poverty wages as well as retired and disabled. As you can see I agree with the presentation. Again Thank you Professor Reich!
Robert your videos are so educationally entertaining and should be on prime time in educating the masses! - Specifically ‘Con-Mander in Chief’ 45’s Maga-cult!
- Thank you!
It was the brigade that captured Mussolini and he was there.
I know a lot about this topic and I still live halfway from where the thug was captured and where he has been executed.
I salute your lecture and your easy and exhaustive way to explain this important history from the USA point of view.
I can’t agree more, bravo 👏
@AlexG-qv8ri Your comment verifies that history, and for that WE thankyou!
Wow, this is excellent!
That was fantastic and I never liked history but went to university and took six years of it. Thank Robert Reich and have watched since it all began a few years ago.
Thank you Robert ❤
Extraordinary! Thank You so much, Professor Reich! All Must See This! #AusterityIsMurder! #LearnMMT!
Great video Professor Reich✊️
Thanks for the great Harry Truman quote: "Those who have forgotten their history, are doomed to repeat it" Harry S. Truman
Harry?
Thank you for this clear and concise video! I will watch it again, and again if necessary. I'm 73 and originally from San Francisco, and was 20 in 1970. I remember Kent State clearly, but not the hard hat riots. I voted for the first time in 1972 for McGovern (the voting age was 21 until 1971 or so), and have voted Democratic ever since. Back then there were liberal Republicans, like my dad, an upper class man from Ohio. By contrast, my mother was the socialist daughter of a Seattle Teamsters Union organizer. They met in SF after WWII. They could never have imagined Trump or anyone like him. I learned several new things from you today! Thanks again!✌
The U.S. is second to Canada for the G-7’s lowest inflation rate.
The term "G-7" refers to the Group of Seven, which is an informal forum of seven of the world's major advanced economies. The G-7 member countries include: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Great presentation! To continuously read and analyze history is a must, if we want to better understand what is actually going on around us, regardless of opinions and different points of view...
Bravo, to both you and your Team!!!👏👏👏
Did the robber barons invent the saying, "Just be grateful you have a job." I had to hear that every time I wanted a raise.
There's not a word of this that doesn't desperately need to be repeatedly imprinted upon the mind of every last American who votes and cares more for their country and its people than they do for their own personal greed, discrimination, and lust. If there is only one single most important meaning of life, it's without a doubt leaving this world a better place than you found it, even if such comes at one's own expense.
What a wonderful world we would live in if only everybody believed and lived by such a simple yet flawless philosophy. Robert Reich accomplishes this fundamental goal every time he opens his mouth within earshot of anyone who cares to listen and take his profoundly selfless American wisdom to heart.
America will always be a better place for having had Robert Reich speak the plain truth to anyone willing to listen and act in good faith to help anyone who genuinely needs it.
Thank you, Robert! We are all so grateful, and we are still listening. 👍🏼💖✊🏼💙🇺🇸🗽
Vote BLUE, America!
@JDPwatching REALIZE! THAT WE THE PEOPLE, HAVE THE INTERNET'S EDGE TO USE WITH SPREADING HISTORIC TRUTHS OF ROBERT REICH'S " MY ULTIMATE HISTORY CRASH COURSE" | ROBERT REICH
When trump made fun of that disabled journalist, that showed me exactly who he was.
IS THE INTERNET THE PERMANENT "RETRIEVABLE LIBRARY OF WORLD HISTORIES"?? IF SO THE REICHS' VIDEO IS FOR ALL, AND AVAILABLE TO ALL FOR ETERNITY.
Thank you, Robert. Seems to me our country could greatly mitigate the pain we all perceive is coming soon, by teaching children, from an early age, our real history. Teach them to discern, question, argue, figure out what are the bad things we've handed them and which the good, the lasting and useful. Change education now. Kids love to learn, and the excitement that follows.
This summarizes seminal moments during which corporatists & politicians incrementally built up American fascism.
We're lucky that Prof. Reich dedicated many years to improving America, and now skillfully teaches us to do the same.
Inequity in America increases whenever the GQP gains power.
The problem is Democrats don't move it back. They leave it then the rethugs move it right again. Like a ratcheting.😢
@@theboyisnotright6312 If you look carefully, you'll see the reason the "Democrats don't move it back" is because they CAN'T move it back. The pattern in the federal govt is that whenever the President is a Democrat, the voters give us a split Congress (as today -- the House is republican & the Senate is BARELY democratic). This means the "republican Congress" can stop Democrats from moving it back. Look at the do-nothing republican House of Representatives. It's been republican for 2 years, but has enacted basically NOTHING -- WHILE also blocking nearly everything the Democrats tried to do. Biden is amazing since even while they blocked, he got some Republicans to help him (like Speaker McCarthy, who was then ousted for helping Biden). Now we see Speaker Mike Johnson is again an obstructionist -- blocking everything the Democrats try to do.
History shows us that the republicans stop democrats from moving it back. Problem is, not enough people know this, and many people still don't vote. Prof. Reich does these videos, to fix both problems.
@@theboyisnotright6312 PERTETUAL SYSTEMIC BRIBERY BY THE OLIGARCHIES ABOVE ALLTHE WORKING (LABOR) CITIZENS.
Mr. Reich: thank you SO MUCH for your years of excellent work, and this excellent video! Must see info for those who wish for more perfect union!! Bravo, Sir!!
My dad, a lifelong Democrat, started his career in Commerce in the early 1980s, something I hadn't known until recently; all he would say about not working there long was that his conscience had been getting to him.
I admire this, despite the fact that I might've enjoyed a different lifestyle had he stayed on. I wish more people would be willing to put aside potential enrichment of their own families when it comes at the expense of others'- the way Fred Trump, Jr. chose to be his own man, humble and true to his convictions.
That's the kind of in-this-together mindset which enables human beings to build really great things which no one man could accomplish on his own. The spirit of sacrifice should be honored, not exploited.
Donald Trump and his ilk are fools for devaluing and ridiculing virtue, and for using our own work ethic against us for so long.
Very well done. My father warned against these very things when Reagan was elected. Although he was a veteran he wanted us out of Vietnam and strongly believed we should never have been there in the first place.
THE USURPATIONS BY WEALTH LEFT "liddle" citizens IN CANNON FODDERS OF MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES PERPETUAL PROFIT INEQUALITY SEEKING, WITH A PROFITABLE BUISNESS OF BODY BAGS.
Love you Professor Reich. Warm greetings from Australia 🦘
I started tapping the❤ icon repeatedly when I realized that someone might think I was saying I 💕 these actions. People know the difference between rights and wrong, I call it a conscience.
It's when people know what you're saying is true but they twist it around to fit their own agenda and fuck things up that's PSYCHO.
Thanks Bob.
I just read Ken Follett's World Without End, published in the 1980's, a door-stopper of a book about life in Medieval Britain that is spectacularly well researched and written. I was struck most forcibly by the politics and power struggles between the King and his nobles; the Catholic church; trades guilds; and the poor misbegotten serfs who did the agricultural labour that fed the country. It was eye-opening, not least for the sheer mendacity of all concerned and the dreadful oppression and suffering of those at the bottom of the hierarchy (my ancestors).
I have been in despair over the current US political mess, believing it to be historically unprecedented (a frequently used word in the media) and therefore terrifying and inescapable. From lectures by Robert, and an understanding of history, I have come to realize that this behaviour is actually a throw-back to previous eras and is therefore beatable. We are in a better situation than the serfs in the middle ages, my grandparents in the 1920's industrial north of Britain, and current workers. Use our hard won freedoms to fight back: ORGANIZE. PROTEST. MARCH. VOTE.
Thank you, Robert.
I was in Columbus OH after the killing at Kent State. We had no idea what lay ahead for this country. Thank you for your wisdom
@user-kb1ii5dp4u We were in the stunned majority of early citizen-pre-activisms of the WTFS of "HOW'S THIS DEMOCRACY OF "WE THE PEOPLE"? "THOUGHT" -our???? !!!! GOVERNMENT POLICE-STATE STANDING ARMIES????
This has been the best history and economic lessons ever! Thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed your post today! Sharing ( of course!)
It is truly unfortunate that the regular people (like Teachers and Workers) are getting less and less able to enjoy what this Country has to offer. I just watched an MMT video interview with Stephanie Kelton and the question comes to me regarding what she said about thinking of the surplus in the system provided by deficits. Then the insight comes that so much money flows into the hands of a few that that money cannot be utilized to increase productivity in areas of the Economy that those few that have the money utilize.
THIS COUNTRY OF DEMOCRATIC EVOLUTIONS HAD TO OFFER? ENJOY LIKE THE MOULDERINGS OF STUDENTS OF KENT STATE? "GETTING LESS?? WTF! " TO EARN, IS THE VALUE PLACED ON YOUR POWER TO CREATE Xs FOR YOUR CHOICE OF LABOR. WHAT VALUES ARE TAXED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT FOR YOUR VOULENTEERISMS, TO OTHER CIVILIANS / CITIZENS / YET ALLOWING YOUR "FREEDOM OF CHOICES" NE: CONSCRIPTIONS FOR I-D-M-COMPLEXES' OLIGARCHIES SUCESSES OF INEQUALITY.
I learned so much from you, Robert Reich. Please do keep educating us I treasure every post you make, and you are correct. Those that forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Everybody should watch this. Every college student should have to watch this as a prerequisite
Hey Professor Reich, THANK YOU - This is AWESOME...!!! 🙂👍 -70SomethingGuy
Few people read John D. Rockefeller's autobiography. I did. One of the most fascinating parts of it was the section where he denounces the free market, and sneers at the free market theorists of the time --- people exactly like today's Milton Friedman, and George Stigler who wrote pretty much the same stuff in Rockefeller's day. He considered them naive fools. Rockefeller detested the very idea of competition in the market, and instead claimed that what was correct was his idea of "co-operation" ---- i.e., control of all wealth by people like himself, who would "co-operate" to fix prices and wages. In other words, Rockefeller wanted a planned economy much like that of the Soviet Union, controlled by an elite of self-selected industrial overlords. These people, he proclaimed, were motivated purely by selflessly seeking the public good. He presented this as an extension of Christian ethics!!
Yes, plutocrats have always wanted to think that "God is on our side." The ruling classes in medieval Europe thought the same thing.
WITH TIME THE CONTROL OF HISTORY MAY SEEP TO PUBLIC VIEW, ONLY TO BE SUBVERTED BY THE FEELINGS OF POWERS OF CONTROLINGS FOR PROFITS, AND BOOK BANNINGS OF LATER HISTORY.
Thank you, when someone like myself mentions this to your family and friends they think we're loony.
BE AWARE OF THE NEARLY 40% STOLEN ELECTION CULTISTS. LOONEY IS MINDFUL OF THE FEARS OF "THE OTHERS"!
Thank you so much!!!! This is such a quick overview
Keeping the Government "of the People" and "by the People" is the most certain way to preserve a government that acts "for the People" once such a State is created. Democracy is not just a check on the rise of Fascism (if the educational system is sufficiently comprehensive and universal), but also a dampener of foreign influences on domestic politics and policy, hostile or benign.
RE-WATCH, MY ULTIMATE HISTORY CRASH COURSE | ROBERT REICH ON YOU TUBE BY AS MANY GATHERED PERSONS OF YOUR PERSUASION. "...is the most certain way to preserve a government that acts????? WTF! 'SPLAIN THE CITIZENS UNITED.........ETC!
This was absolutely fascinating. I am Canadian, so to some extent I am ignorant to your political system although these last 20 years I have become quite engaged. At one time, I considered myself a centrist, but I have come to learn I am definitely Left of Centre. We are starting to see some of the American style politics happening in my country and particularly in my province. I’m grateful that I now have some information and arguments to combat the notion that rampant corporate greed is good for us. Hats off to you, sir for all of your good work and your commitment to public service! The world needs more of you.
Sweet!
Thank you sir. 43 years old I’m watching my country tear itself apart. And 23 years in as an electrician I have nothing to show for it. This can’t be.
Top notch. Thank you. I felt I was sitting in my first college history class of this period, but only with a modern twist
I particularly got a kick out of the shot of c.thomas taking unreported gifts.
THANKS TO THE SLIGHTLY UNCONTROLLED WORLD WIDE INTERNET! MEDIAS' PURCHASES HAS INSULATED PUBLICS' TRUTHS FROM POPULAR METHODS OF SELF EDUCATION. AS THE BUBBLE OF INTERNETING IS SPREADING, AND DESPITE THE MASSMEDIA'S CONGLOMERATIONS TO COLLUDE, THE CRACKS IN CIVILIAN / CITIZENS MAY BECOME THE VIRUS OF DOWN FALL OF FASHISM.
🙏 Thank you for your persistent optimism, Professor. 🙏
Awesome presentation! I hope the US is able to rise above this mess. As a north of the border person, I am extremely concerned about this election.
We repeat history because half of our country does not know it. Keep educating people with content like this. Maybe it will get through to some Americans.