You do know kamala spent 3 times more than Trump. Second how do take money out of it. Because when was promising student loan forgiveness. Isn't that just buying people's vote
We need to repeal Citizens United. That has been the biggest problem, donations from huge, rich corporate donors. They have been buying our elections, and their candidates do whatever the corporations want. Unfortunately, this is not going to happen with the republicans in charge because they represent all the rich people in our country.
I'm a straight white man in the Ohio River Valley who didn't go to college. I have never voted for a republicant and I don't agree with 99.999% of what republicants believe. I'm not racist, I know that immigrants aren't the problem, and I believe that everyone should have the right to do whatever they want with their own bodies, practice whatever religion they want, and I know that the greed of the rich and corporations are the reason prices are so high. Sadly I'm a minority. Everyone around me, besides my family, believe all the lies. Because it fits with their feelings. Racism and bigotry are everywhere. Also ignorance. If we don't fix our education system, get money out of politics, regulate who can call themselves 'news', and stop corporate greed. We will continue to suffer
They like trump bc trump will be cruel to the people they hate. Republicans and rightwing media created the hate and turned around and promised to fix it for them. They lie about crime and they lie about immigrants. Truth: Crime has been going down, and immigrants commit less crime than US citizens.
Trump gave voice to anger. Harris offered solutions: help buying a home and starting a small business, investments in child and eldercare, solutions to the climate crisis, and expanding Social Security and Medicare. For me, it was an obvious choice. I am devastated by the outcome.
Harris lost because of a failed vibe check. I am furious. Trump acted like he was angry about the issues facing the average voter and won over the candidate _who actually offered solutions to many of those issues._ Harris was the one proposing price controls on food, she was the actual "cheaper eggs" candidate. But the vibe was wrong. So Trump won. And now we're all going to be stuck with the consequences.
@@srsmopar3808She did. One candidate offered to lower the price of groceries via price controls, the other proposed policies that would massively _increase_ prices, and they voted for the second guy because they wanted cheaper groceries. It's so frustrating. Harris wouldn't have been an amazing, transformative president, there were definitely things about her that I didn't like, but she was the one who actually offered economic policy solutions to the problem, while Trump promised an immediate economic boom and somehow plans to achieve this via rampant stagflation. You had the choice between an unexceptional candidate who offered practical economic assistance and a snake oil salesman and you went snake oil.
It’s funny. I didn’t like Bernie for exactly the same reason I didn’t like trump. He was going to break the system more than I felt the system can take. Every institution gets corrupt over time. I equate it to cleaning a house. If you set about to clean the entire house in 4 days after years of letting the mess accumulate you might get it done but you’re more likely to get a divorce. Same is true now. The thing is I think Bernie would have gotten himself killed. Trump will have others killed. Definitely Bernie would have been better.
Corporate media and corporate misinformation campaigns are a huge problem, that's why I'm so grateful for you. But not forgetting that all of those lies were wrapped in destructive bigotry and misogyny, worked so well. Folks who voted trump don't get a pass. Don't blame anyone for this mess except them.
I agree with you, but so many people who are "centrist" don't see how they're part of the problem and won't learn by being confronted harshly. If the Democratic Party is supposedly right, moral, and best, they need to do better to message that properly because otherwise they'll also be stupid. Full disclosure, though, the party has great members but averages toward Republican Lite in terms of policy and ethics. Rob Reich and Bernie Sanders are doing a lot to propose better, but the old guard certainly haven't listened to either of them ever. If you've got a baby boomer representing your state or district at the federal level, consider running against them or voting for someone who will.
Wow. Didn't expect this take from you, but I agree 100%! Republican Theodore Roosevelt and Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt took on the super rich on behalf of working people in their days. And we desperately need that kind of realignment today. Otherwise, revolution is inevitable....
The Roosevelts took on a different type of wealthy. They were Republicans, actually cash rich, and while yes anti union and treated employees unfairly. The wealthy of that time hired Americans and practiced philanthropy on a local level, sponsered/ funded parks, schools, colleges,theaters, and public services. Today's wealthy are predominantly Democrats, stock rich, and import their employees. There isn't a politician who is going after them.
While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner! Democrats can & have always (in the past 40 years) done far more for working citizens than Republicans. Biden was particularly effective at this! But none of this matters if the vast majority of voters heard Trump and his accomplices false narrative and lies ten to one hundred times more than they heard an accurate message from Harris and her campaign. This has the effect of brainwashing, not just persuasion. While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner! The size and reach of the Democrats megaphone is where we failed this election - with catastrophic results for our nation! We are still failing, and until we fix this, we will continue to fail. A Rogan audience alone reached over 70 M views of 3 hour Trump propaganda interviews just on RUclips (hundreds of millions of total views) in the last week before the election. RUclips Views are not typically measured in tens of millions. This clearly tipped the election across the country with proof in the last minute surge of male voters and the odd polling shifts regarding concern for our democracy. The concern for our democracy was, and is, a major legitimate concern of the Biden/Harris campaign; but it was turned upside down by the Trump's accomplices' lying megaphone in the last week. Democrats may have lost a couple swing states prior to this, but the nation wide sweep was after this surge. There is plenty of evidence, this should not be a mystery! This, combined with right wing media, paid entities and foreign trolls, ownership of social media and other news outlets, AI and bots, and massive threats and intimidation were all used to influence and magnify Trump's lies. In spite of all this - it was still a close election - less than 2.5 million in a low turn out vote. We have nearly 336 million citizens; 245 M eligible to vote; about 150 M voted.The majority of citizens are Not converted; and Trump has no mandate! But the momentum - especially when news outlets falsely legitimize the myth of a landslide election - is frightening. It is difficult to know how to counter this, especially in a coming repressive regime. But citizens need to be aware of the cause to begin to address it effectively! A free and fair election is more than counting votes. Please bolster your communities this next month by networking on streets and neighborhoods, and with local groups. Free speech = Free press In hopes of a future free & fair election. We all must be active if we want to save our Democracy.
The New New Deal was what we could have had with Biden, and he made a good start … maybe too good. Greedy corporate media made sure that FDR’s upgraded dreams and improved social contracts would never be fulfilled. We should have fought the politicized media conglomerates. It’s always a fight over money. Some can’t get enough and others don’t care enough to fight that hard for it. As long as the greedy control the means of survival, their psychopathy will dominate everything. Global economic systems and rules must be redrawn.
So many more people need to see this, even plenty of people on the left, this so succinctly and articulately lays out the political memo of the current age! Great job Robert, appreciate the work you do!
It is understandable that people who are feeling financial distress will vote for the opposite party as a means to shaking things up. But, especially when contrasted with Kamala's policy proposals that would've addressed price gouging and helped the middle class thrive, it is very unfortunate that they settled on Trump, a person who has absolutely zero desire to help anyone other than the wealthy and elite.
Campaign messaging didn't talk about how Harris would improve the economy. It mostly promised to secure the southern border and "will not go back". The thesis of Rob's video is that the messaging needs to address people's economic woes, and he's right that it didn't do that. The party is too busy playing nice with Republicans and corporations to properly serve the American people. Notice how the parties are red and blue? We basically have Budweiser and Bud Lite out of the two-party system anymore. Given the messaging, it's not surprising people went with Trump. He pretended to care about people's concerns and said he'd take bigly measures to address them. People don't embrace fascism because they want the hard times, they embrace it because it looks like a solution to the hard times they're in.
Love that cartoon of the rich guy standing on a pile of money blaming the minimum wage worker. Despite all evidence, so many people think they’ll be the rich person, some day.
That’s the problem, too many people see themselves where they want to be, as opposed to where they actually are. You middle and working class, not RICH and the rich couldn’t care less about you.
Minimum wage doesn't have to do smth around poverty. Scandinavia, the paradise of equality, doesn't mandate employers to pay minimum by law, labour unions can gain more power and negotiate this in certain sector.
So true that "so many people THINK they'll be the rich person some day". What's troubling to me is that another graphic shown helps to also fuel that idea: the one that showed how much the middle class has shrunk showed a larger increase in the % of those at the top than of the increase in those at the very bottom. Seeing that makes it understandable why people believe that what the Trump-licans are peddling makes sense/will work/is good. Is it possible that "trickle down" actually does work but just not to the wide degree that has always been promised? What should not be forgotten is the pain suffered by those who don't make that transition or worse move down not up. What happened to the idea that the sign of a great nation (as well as a basic Bible/Christian tenent) is how well a society takes care of those who have the least in it? Are we instead destined to live in a "Hunger Games" style future? It's hard to sell "greater taxes on the rich and corporations" and sell the idea that "capitalism is good". Most of what is called for at the end suggest a move toward socialism which has already been proven not to work many times over mostly because those behind enforcing it eventually get corrupted --- which is exactly what the Democrats have been accused of all along! Sigh, we are in a very strange place in history indeed......
most changes are brought on by relatively few people while others nod along. The people aren't gonna pay more attention or get smarter, but we can be the few that bring on the change
When those tariffs kick in, they will finally start to see it. And when that day comes, DO NOT let them complain about it. Tell them that this is exactly what they voted for, they need to own it pride, that they have no room to complain about any of it.
@dera6347 The tariffs are a threat. You are assuming the demands behind them will not be conceded. Largely because you want to see the country punished for voting incorrectly.
@GregoryLester-vd8iy because politics should be about reaching people and lifting them up. That's why Obama did well and is looked back with skepticism because there needs to be meaningful progress which didn't happen.
Ain't that the truth. We can speak about the economic inequalities that affect the majority of Americans. We can speak about solutions and what needs to be done to make lives and the country as a whole better. But most Americans will be like "Yeah, but what's in for ME??" That mindset screws us all over.
@bluegold1026 kinda hard when the working class as explained is already ruined when a significant portion is living paycheck to paycheck. There's a huge swath of people who don't vote because things haven't been done to improve lives in keeping up with GDP growth for them.
I agree with all of that. The problem is that the Republican party is infested with corruption, the Democratic Party also has a (much smaller) corruption problem. If government reforms were to be significantly more progressive, corrupt politicians on either side wouldn't be able to game the system as much as they were previously. How do you get them to vote against their own personal interests?
When I hear "far left", i immediately lose respect for that person. There is no far left. There's normal and insane. The left is normal. Wanting healthcare, to not have the wealthy in control, to have sensible regulations, etc.
I am originally from Europe, now living in the US. I also find the claims of the Democrats here supposedly being "far left" ridiculous. Compared to parties in Europe, I think they are more towards the center, definitely not extreme in any way. The only party that is extreme here in the US is the Republican party at this moment in time. And not in a good or healthy way.
Most Americans without college degrees thought Trump would be better for the economy the 2nd time around with harsher rhetoric and dozens of Nobel-prize winning economists sayong his plans spell utter disaster and that Harris' don't. This is why the GOP and Trump want more people less educated.
"Without College Degrees" lol. You mean normal Americans who work hard every day at their essential jobs to feed their families and build a better life for themselves while dealing with taxes, inflation, rising prices, and anti-business policies brought on by the democrats? Wow, you really learned nothing from this election which proved the elite "degree holders" are completely out of touch with what this country needs. (BTW I have multiple degrees but would never look down on those who dont).
@fedvvvv The point of Trump's tariffs is not to impose tariffs. The point of his tariffs is to get other people to drop THEIR tariffs. World leaders are already lining up to do this and Justin Trudeau is at the front of the pack. 😆
Jan 6th is conspiracy. Like Reichstag fire in 1933. It was set to destroy opponents. Why Jan 6th did not left so much destruction as BLM and Antifa peaceful protests?😂😂😂
The bottom line- the justice system failed miserably. Trump’s crimes were not prosecuted. He should at the very least been disqualified from office. He is a criminal and traitor to the United States of America. Full stop. It is unfathomable how we got here.
@ if you watched the Jan 6th hearings you’d hear the Capitol police radio transmissions reporting guys in trees with long guns. But watching that would be like grating your own dick off with a cheese grater for you idiots.
It's pretty simple. The democrats are in power. People aren't happy with their current situation so they voted for change. We don't know if that's going to be better or worse, but we do know it will be different and that's what matters to them.
Spot on, Robert!! A few more things: Eliminate the Electoral College. Make Voting Day a national holiday. Outlaw red state voter purging. End gerrymandering.
Trump's entire foray into politics was because America had a black president and a certain portion of the population went absolutely crazy to the point of buying into conspiracy theories about him not being born in the US (which most Republicans still believe). And America voted for this person twice. So yes, while the economy is important, I think racism (and sexism) really were the biggest factors even if they're uncomfortable to talk about. Lot of people want to take "their" country back.
A half white president. Melanin expression is a dominant trait. Those who have not lived in a multiracial state - Hawaii, which is overwhelmingly Democrat - make a significant cognitive error in living their lives in a simplistic ignorant delusion of "either it looks exactly like me, or it is in the bin "opposite of me."
Republicans voted for their guy. Obama was terrible for the country. If you voted for him because of the color of his skin then you are racist. Same with Kamala. Many black and white woman did not vote for Kamala in 2020. Were they racist then but not now. Many voted just to see a woman president. Thats sexist. Many just because she had brown skin. Thats racist. Many voted for her out of hatred for Trump. That’s dangerous.
thank you. i am so goddamn tired of the pundit class ignoring the women - and especially women of color - who have been screaming that it is RACISM & MISOGYNY. always has been. biden beat trump. was biden anti-establishment? hell no. he was a MAN. and i'm fully convinced that even if we had run a black man against trump, we would've won. but not a woman. america has made it abundantly clear it will not elect a woman, it does not view the presidency as "a woman's job," it does not want to listen to women or take orders from women or be represented by women. if biden wanted to ensure we had a female president he should have resigned halfway through his first term, because the only way we're getting one is by force.
Second this opinion. I grew up in the South, and was taught in school that the Civil War was about taxes. It was only until I was an undergraduate that I realized how much slave labor was required to make the textile industry in the South work, how much slaves made poor whites feel they were higher in the hierarchy. Now that the unpaid labor of women is slipping away due to higher education and jobs for women, it's bound to elicit an even greater reactionary response. "It's the economy" is a foil for their racism and sexism.
So basiclly Democrats needed to embrace Bernie in 2016 or 2020 and need to embrace whoever the next Bernie is. The hardest part in making that happen is the Democratic establishment will fight tooth and nail again to prevent a real left-wing populist from becoming the nominee because they'd rather give the country over fascism than reject neoliberalism.
Post-election statistics show that nearly the entire country moved to the right, and your solution is that the Democrat Party needs to move even further to the left? Good idea. Go with that. 😁👍
Don't you get it? Many voted for Trump because they wanted to destroy the system that was destroying them if only to get even--come what may. They were throwing a brick through the windows of those who were gaslighting and ignoring them.
The underlying reasons are - we live in an entertainment society. Americans would rather vote for an entertaining politician than a quiet one who does the job well. Our attention spans are so short, very few do any research on who they vote for. People look up to the rich thinking that they are better because they have more money. Money and success are far more admired than kindness and caring. Plus, the majority of people simply don't care about anything outside of their inner circle.
You are right. I never cared about politics before now, but when Trump stepped on the scene I immediately saw him as a hitler-esque figure. At that point I started to pay attention and fact checked any statements. I would never vote for him. One of the main reasons: climate change and the environment, among many others.
The stuff people were searching the day of the election is alarming. People asking if Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Google means we are so cooked 😂
@vc6984 What's the point of a voice giving lies and bullshit.?? And I don't recall President or Vice president calling anybody stupid. If you voted for a criminal and expect help from him, your going to be very disappointed.
@@whathuhreally Oh you sweet summer child. Politics are all about V I B E S. Trump offered "solutions." He had the aesthetic of wanting to fix things. Meanwhile, tell any democrat that things suck for the working class rn and they'll laugh in your face and talk about how the economy's rebounding and shit like that. It doesn't matter if the economy's rebounding. The workers don't feel it and you're ignoring them. Harris ran an awful campaign.
@astropoliticalhyperfixation Bless your heart, you'all voted for a convicted felon for angels sake.... He's not going to come through for you. I'm so sorry, eggs are still gonna cost six dollars in 2028, probably more.
Put a 1% federal property tax on homes bigger than 5000 square feet to reduce home builders focus on the luxury market. Also ban corporations, hedge funds etc from owning single family homes.
Home builders may be focusing on the luxury market because the price of building supplies is so high no one except the rich could barely even afford the cost of the material alone.
What's really needed is for the government to pay homebuilders to build affordable homes, either through tax cuts or outright subsidies, like the government gives industries like oil and agriculture. But on the other hand, those voters benefitting most from skyrocketing home values and likely to vote against any politician who might reverse the value of homes, are existing homeowners, especially those who benefitted the most: boomers. Who happen to be a much larger voting block than people who want but can't afford homes.
This is an absolute must. Only individuals and families should be permitted to purchase single-family homes. Letting hedge funds and corporations snarf up single-family homes so they can rent them out for more than most people can afford or sell them at a ridiculous profit margin has been a big component of why housing costs have outstripped the purchasing power of a majority of working class folks who want a home. Absolutely.
The one big lesson from the election is that people didn’t bother to do their research. Not just about what exactly each candidate was promising to do but also about their past to see if there is any credibility to how they portray themselves.
Research involves looking at several sources for consistency. Not stopping at the first thing you find (like CNN for example). Research requires neutrality! All I see here is extreme bias! I can understand a preference, but when you judge somebody for exercising their right to choose, you, well. You know! You also have the right to bow out too. Just sayin'.
True and it’s sad because all they have to do is go look at the congressional voting record, which is public , to see how their senators vote on important matters. Can we all count how many times the Republicans voted against the infrastructure act but then later took credit when the money came to their states?
While I agree with what you are saying about a person right to choose. I personally will never stop dunking on idiots who support a man who portrays himself as a savior but is just the devil in disguise who speaks like he has all the answers but he doesn’t. Mainly the idiots whose racism their “savior” supports. Or those who believe his lies that are sprinkled with bravado that he is for the working class when it is public knowledge that he has nominated very wealthy individuals, whose morals and values are extremely questionable, into his cabinet. As well as the people who supported him until they are hit by the consequences of his actions which negatively impacted them. So it doesn’t matter if you tell me to bow out or how many times you do. It won’t erase the glaringly obvious fact that the moral decline of this country is staggering. And I personally don’t care if I have to verbally bitch slap everyone who thinks that the moron they elected back into office will make this country better because frankly we need someone who can actually stand up for this nation and bring it in the right direction. Not some man baby in his seventies who gets pissy when things don’t go his way.
If Trump bothered to do his then maybe he wouldn’t have been slapped with so many felony convictions. But then again he hasn’t had the best track record of not doing what he shouldn’t be doing.
@@briseboy Here's a excerpt from a report, " Finally, the Special Counsel investigated a number of “links” or “contacts” between Trump Campaign officials and individuals connected with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. After reviewing those contacts, the Special Counsel did not find any conspiracy to violate U.S. law involving Russia-linked persons and any persons associated with the Trump campaign. So that is the bottom line. After nearly two years of investigation, thousands of subpoenas, and hundreds of warrants and witness interviews, the Special Counsel confirmed that the Russian government sponsored efforts to illegally interfere with the 2016 presidential election but did not find that the Trump campaign or other Americans colluded in those schemes." That was from a speech dated Thursday, April 18, 2019. Source; Office of Public Affairs, given by the attorney general.
Just like here in Australia, money needs to be removed right out of politics. Neither the right, left or middle of politics is immune from greed. Taxes are so- called used for the betterment of one's country,but alas, that is a complete and total fallacy. It's all about greed, from the base pollie, to the very top office is every land.
Don’t forget about Bushes’ “No child left behind “ meaning nobody gets an education until the stupid people learn and memorize things their brains will never comprehend. Oops, kinda like they planned it!
The true lesson of the 2024 election is "You can't fix stupid" but you can identify them by their red hats. The next four years are going to be difficult and the folks on the lower end of the pay scale are going to suffer the most. But this is what they voted for in November. The best way to get even with someone is to let them have their way. There's a 90% chance they will screw it up. The only problem is we are all along for the ride. Buckle up folks.
Blaming the election simply on stupidity and racism and misogyny should not be used as a shield to ignore or excuse the Democrats' neoliberalism problem. The Democrats jumped on board with these policies in the Reagan era. That and meaningless wars is what the population hates. Trump, even if he's a big liar, at least claims to be against both. That is why he won. If Democrats continue to hide behind claims of stupidity/racism/misogyny and not change their policies, it is a sure recipe for more losses.
So, it's only democracy if they vote for who you want? Fascism is trying to imprison the person that was beating you in the polls and trying to shut down their free speech by blocking him from social media. Joe weaponized the justice department then pardons his son for 10 years of crimes after lying for years saying he wouldn't.
My father was illiterate. I worked hard and earned a BA & an MA. I'm tired of being resented for my hard earned degrees. The non-college educated need to direct their anger & resentment at the true culprits, the oligarchs & plutocrats.
He is not tall or have a deep voice and nice hair! He KNOWS that he is MORE EFFECTIVE right where he is and doing what he does!..............................elsullo
The Citizens United decision, to allow dark money to control politics, has to be overturned. That can only happen if the Supreme Court composition changes, which can only happen through a long-term period of sanity and independence from corporate power.
At this point, Trump is going to replace Thomas and Alito with young right wingers. I don't know if I'll live to see a Supreme Court with a different composition.
I think an important point is lost in the noise - it's not just neoliberalism, inequality, etc. It's ALSO that everywhere citizens turn, we face exploitative, faceless corporations and feel swindled. From the price of college, to health care, to car insurance, and beyond. And just try talking to customer service - you'll be directed to a bot or someone out of the country. So when people say it's 'the economy', they don't only mean their bottom line. They mean the way we feel swindled and exploited at every turn by faceless corporations who show us they don't care about us and just want our money.
Hmmm, sounds exactly what the Republican party has created in my lifetime?? Corporations that don’t care about employees or customers, they only care about shareholders and manipulating their profits through stock buybacks and walking away with massive market gains for shareholders and bonuses for CEO’s. They have outsourced everything to accomplish this and now we build nothing in entirety, nothing.
@@laz0rama well we did before. What are you not a working class person. Or maybe like many elites it matters not who is in office because you are financially above politics.
When you tell people they work hard, study and you'll get ahead AND then you can't then that's the recipe for discontent. That's a symptom of an emerging oligarchy.
The Harris campaign spent over a billion dollars on a candidate that could barely string 3 words together without a teleprompter. The public is not that stupid.
Even this guy (RR) is making excuses! As an African-American man, even I knew that the DNC should've fielded a white guy! America didn't even vote for a white woman for president and Harris should've known this!
sure....................... Had nothing to do with how unlikeable she is. How much the White House kept undermining her. "we're not gonna run for re-election"...the next day statement from the White House, "uhh, actually". I voted for her cause duh. But it still pissed me of she didn't have to go though a primary, fuck democracy i guess. The reason they didn't primary her is cause anyone with half a brain would know she would lose.
AND NEOLIBERALISM. Get rid of the Clintonite Rahm Emanuels, etc. It's the rampant money in politics. It's the Democrats turning away from the working class. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. People can be stupid and misogynistic and racist AND rightly believe that the rich ran away with the country and worked the system in their favor. This is an actual fact based on reams and reams of statistics and our own life experiences. Quit hiding behind misogyny and prejudice as an excuse to keep neoliberalism.
And this goofy mentality is why the dems keep losing.... oh its just racism and sexism.... even tho obama won twice and hillary won the popular vote. Gtfo
I thoroughly disagree. There are plenty of people of color and women who are conservative, and several have and will serve in Trump's Cabinet. If someone who was both (Candace Owens? Experience wouldn't matter) had run with Trump's blessing, i believe she would have won. One of Democrats' big mistakes is confusing the elitism of the Right with racism and sexism. Whoever you are, if you can play the game and win, you're one of them. Or are at least long enough to be anointed for election. I firmly believe that Republicans and others sick of the Dems would happily have voted for whatever candidate approved MAGA and belittled "wokeness"-- no matter what their race or sex. Heck, they may have even voted a gay or lesbian in... just not a trans. That's the stuff of election-deciding, and the Repubs could see that defining that line was a winning strategy.
She should have. The right would have called her commie/socialist, but if the next candidate can say things with enough vitriol etc, and bluntness and not cave to the commie/socialist labels thrown at them, it could work. A younger probably male Bernie Sanders.
American voter ignorance, indifference, and/or gullibility have been on display since I first noticed during the 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign. I turned 13 years old then. I thought the resignations of Agnew and then Nixon would lead to more Americans taking time to really look at candidates and their respective party's goals and policies. That lasted a few years. Then came Reagan and his cronies, including the right-wing reactionaries and the religious right. Here we are.
Ok, I can accept that. Harris should have had better policies about the economy, but then Trump should too. Most Americans and economists agree that mass deportations and high tariffs will wreck the economy. I'm still convinced that Kamala Harris is still willing to work for the American people more than Trump. No, I really believe that Trump supporters simply hate Democrats and blame them for when the sun goes down AND Republicans just don't want a female president just yet. That's why she lost. Harris lost for all the wrong reasons.
Harris lost because Democrats suck at marketing. What is in the infrastructure law? Does anyone even know? People think Democrats aren't helping middle class Americans because as far as they can see, they've done nothing for them.
Kamala was pretty ignorant. She couldn't articulate her policies. All she gave were generalities and regurgitation of her "I Was raised a middle class person" LIE
@@vickiroadman6741 I agree with you in principle, but I wouldn't wish that job on my worst enemy and I LIKE Mr. Reich. Ironically this is also why I am a Never-Trumper. I don't think I have ever despised a person more thoroughly in my life before him.
I agree with the people saying that he shouldn't but I'd love it if he can become a campaign advisor for one of the future elections or even work in the DNC as a strategist. He'd be great!
When your only choices are a far-right billionaire's party, and a center-right billionaire's party, people keep bouncing from one to the other hoping for change from a system that is built to obstruct any real change.
In nearly every election for the last 20 years, people have voted less and less for the incumbent party that they voted for overwhelmingly the first time. Things have gotten worse and worse for the poor and middle class for 40 years, both sides promise to fix it, and both sides cave to corporate interests once they get in power.
0:53 Though Biden had a more restrictive immigration policy than Trump did. So the whole immigration thing is a complete fabrication. Not to mention when they wanted to crack down on the border even harsher Trump was the main one that blocked it. The economy one has some basis on reality on at least a few levels but the immigration one does not. The whole narrative of Biden having "open borders" or being soft on migrants is just a complete falsehood.
Good synopsis of the dysfunctional political duopoly in the US. All so the funders of that duopoly can horde even more wealth and pay less taxes. As long as buying politicians is a good & legal investment, we can expect it to continue.
Damned Right...! 😊👍 The "choice" as I see it is, Choose The Corporate-Fascist Party Candidate or The Corporate-Authoritarian Party Candidate. Either way the Billionaires run this country for THEIR Benefit at the expense of the VAST MAJORITY of those who Work For Living - And WE KNOW IT...!!! : ( -70SomethingGuy
What I dont understand people complaining about the economy but yet travel this year has brolken records, restaurants are full, people are still spending money. I dont know how people are doing it🤷🏾
Would you rather they lock down and abandon the economy letting businesses close and services go out of business. You better be happy they are not all going off grid and growing their own food, seeing their own clothes or just making do. The country would collapse.
I remember when OBAMA was President having to work with a Republican Majority in The Senate AND Congress that couldn't care less about strengthening the Middle Class/Working Class population of this nation. Flash forward to Trump and he gave corporations and the rich OUTRAGEOUS tax breaks undermining the little bit of relief Obama Could get accomplished AND TRUMP TRIED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT!!!!!! Everything that could have helped working people the Republicans have vetoed or refused to pass.
Robert, you give too much credit to the 90% to use critical thinking and patience to reverse 40 years of racing to the bottom. They want it fixed in the snap of one's fingers and it don't work that way. In fact, they inflict much of the pain on themselves. I worked in a Union shop and many of my brothers and sisters would buy from non-union competition and not even support their own jobs. America has gone off the rails and you can't fix stupid. The change must start with the attitude and awareness of workforce first.
Please do not forget that this anger has been building for decades. Even these smart talking heads say so, all the time. Oh, and btw, I have a college degree and I'm f'ing poor. I clean grease traps, so show's you how great a college degree can be. Didn't work for me...
I remember the days of working where you got a raise after your first 90 days. Every year another raise (not just cost of living). Paid one hour lunches. The Christmas bonus. Twice the pay in December. 4 wks paid vacations. Oh crap, I'm thinking of Italy & France. Sorry. 😒
It's crazy, when I first started in my career in IT contracting 20 years ago companies offered vacation, holiday, sick time, matching 401k up to 9%, pensions, and great health benefits. I've watched as vacation and sick time were replaced by PTO, holidays reduced, pension plans discontinued, health care premiums raised, and stagnant or reduced salaries. Most recent company doesn't even offer a 401k match. Government civilians are the only IT workers I know of with those types of benefits/salaries I started with 20 years ago. Of course, most of them are still GS's and have union representation. However, new hires are being brought on as GG's and waiv that right as a result.
It was the Simpsons that let me to you Robert Reich, and your line was fascinating and so i am now interested in looking at your words of wisdom, and now subscribed!👓
While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner! Democrats can & have always (in the past 40 years) done far more for working citizens than Republicans. But none of this matters if the vast majority of voters heard Trump and his accomplices false narrative and lies ten to one hundred times more than they heard an accurate message from Harris and her campaign. This has the effect of brainwashing, not just persuasion. It is the size and reach of the Democrats megaphone that failed us this election - with catastrophic results for our nation! We are still failing, and until we fix this, we will continue to fail. A Rogan audience alone reached over 70 M views of 3 hour Trump propaganda interviews just on RUclips (hundreds of millions of total views) in the last week before the election. RUclips Views are not typically measured in tens of millions. This clearly tipped the election across the country with proof in the last minute surge of male voters and the odd polling shifts regarding concern for our democracy. The concern for our democracy was, and is, a major legitimate concern of the Biden/Harris campaign; but it was turned upside down by the Trump's accomplices' lying megaphone in the last week. Democrats may have lost a couple swing states prior to this, but the nation wide sweep was after this surge. There is plenty of evidence, this should not be a mystery! This, combined with right wing media, paid entities and foreign trolls, ownership of social media and other news outlets, AI and bots, and massive threats and intimidation were all used to influence and magnify Trump's lies. In spite of all this - it was still a close election - less than 2.5 million in a low turn out vote. We have nearly 336 million citizens; 245 M eligible to vote; about 150 M voted. The majority of citizens are Not converted; and Trump has no mandate! But the momentum - especially when news outlets falsely legitimize the myth of a landslide election - is frightening. It is difficult to know how to counter this, especially in a coming repressive regime. But citizens need to be aware of the cause to begin to address it effectively! A free and fair election is more than counting votes. Please bolster your communities this next month by networking on streets and neighborhoods, and with local groups. Free speech = Free press In hopes of a future free & fair election. We all must be active if we want to save our Democracy.
Private equity firms are to blame for that along with the cost of everything else; food, health care, cars, gasoline,etc. 10 large companies own everything and control the prices of everything. If the government tries to regulate them, the lobbyists will pay off the politicians and nothing happens. Don’t believe me...do the research.
A rich guy, a middle-class guy, and an immigrant are at a table having lunch. Once they’ve finished, the waiter brings a plate of 6 cookies for them to share. The rich guy immediately grabs 5 of the cookies, then says to the middle-class guy: “You’d better watch out, that immigrant is eyeing your cookie.”
Yes, I agree! Unfortunately, All the things that Harris would have done for working people were turned upside down by the Trump campaign and fed back to the public in negative adds. Reich's concept was attempted this election, but it failed to reach people without Trump's distortion. People in certain circles only heard Trump's demonic portrayal of Harris - or heard his negative interpretation/misinformation 10 or 100 to one. If we just needed a pro-working class message - Harris had that. The problem is democrats message did not reach enough people! There is a far right media network that most of us are not even familiar with. I think it is what keeps red states red. Fox news is just the fringe - it goes deep and wide - and it just grew significantly with Trumps message seeping out to Rogan's viewership in the last week of the election (reaching 70 views just on RUclips - this was likely actual views of hundreds of millions - more than the number of people who voted!) People should also be aware that Trump scapegoated government "giveaways" as Communist. Harris' proposal for housing may have fallen flat for this reason - as there is a scene that privilege should be earned (in spite of the huge inequality in our society that is generally inherited). But there are alternative approaches that could work better.
@@theresebortzfield188 How is the 14th Amendment relevant? What is relevant is, Article II, Section 1 Clause 5 of the Constitution, it disqualifies Harris from being President.
I paid $6 for eggs today at walmart. Food prices are crazy. I live on disability. I expect both to get worse under trump. The economy is shit. Wealthy people making even more money is not something to celebrate.
There's a bird flu first off..secondly, why on earth do you think it would get worse under Trump when income to debt ratios, jobs, and almost every quantifiable economic metric literally improved under his watch (until COVID disrupted the entire global economy)?
There's a bird flu first off..secondly, why on earth do you think things would get worse when the economy literally improved under his watch? (Up until the world economy was completely disrupted by a novel virus of unknown origin)
Actually, the economy isn't bad at all. Inflation has been high, but it's not high right now. Those high food prices are coming down, but slowly. Stock market keeps setting record highs over and over again. Employment rate is fantastic. Interest rates are dropping. We are recovering nicely from 3 to 4 years of a global pandemic and we are doing it much better than most other countries.
@@grayisgood there's a bird flu right now first off. Secondly, why on earth would things get worse under him when they were objectively better under his watch the first time? (Until that novel virus of unknown origin disrupted the entire global economy)
We need to overhaul this scam of a corporate tax system that's about to get worse. Us peons are getting fkd in the azz coming and going. These older, retired boomers think it's still like it was in the 90s, and they're not learning the new info!! My dad, specifically. 😣😫😠🤦♀️
@Blah4444 - What's the "new" info? Why you dissing Dad? I hope it ain't making (trying) a living doing something like door dash! I got a nephew that has a mind like that. Working to break even! Not smart!
@bigg4454 a corporation can not pay taxes. Customers pay for everything. A corporation spends its profits on influencing elected officials legally. End the 2010 Citizens United Decision that imposes the will of five persons on all 50 states.
Robert! You nailed this. The instability in the lives of most citizens has become absolutely insane. This has deteriorated exponentially since the early 90's. No stability in job security, home security medical care, vehicle ownership, debt, etc ...the powers behind the government, have found ways to get every nickel a person owns, by exploiting every dynamic of a persons lifestyle, for profit. The monopolies have destroyed free enterprise. We need very strong government and regulations on so many things, in the process, we need to remove regulations that enable the rape, pillage and plunder mentality of the ruling class. On the working class.
This is why it is insane how the democrats salivate over millions of migrants coming to this country. Its bad for the workers who are here . How can you possibly think it would be great to bring millions of uneducated and often unskilled people here. Kamala stated we have a housing shortage. Going to build 3 million. Yet over 10 million people entered the country in 3 years. Want to reduce our fossil fuel use yet all these new people will now need to drive when before they did not drive. Heat their homes. Complain corporations mistreat workers yet double the amount of people needing work. Many will work illegally under cutting american workers.
He totally missed the fact that the Democrats have ignored the working class since they rejected Bernie in 2016, and instead went full-woke on identity politics and neocon foreign policy. the Dems lied about Biden’s senility, chose a DEI ‘veep’ instead of having a primary, and ran on a campaign of “Trump is a bad man” and “abortion abortion abortion” (despite abortion now being a state’s rights issue). Dems proved their incompetence and elitism. And they had fare more money and billionaires than Trump. Last thing big corporations want to see are tariffs. The final nail in the coffin is Biden giving Hunter a pardon, going back on his promise not to. The Dems are ruined and need a complete rehaul. Now all of a sudden Reich is echoing what Bernie was saying 40 years ago. While Reich was outside Clinton’s Oval Office waiting for slick Willie to finish diddling Monica. What a clown and part of the problem.
Thanks for producing this video! How much do I owe you for this economic lesson? More should listen to you. You made some arguments that I have seen in my little world. Biden may have made some gains, but unfortunately, we live in a world where people want instant gratification, and when they don't attain it, they move on, and it comes a hamster wheel.
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 By 'fake credentials' you mean (from his wikipedia page): He attended John Jay High School in Cross River, New York. Reich received a National Merit Scholarship and majored in history at Dartmouth College, graduating with an A.B., summa cum laude, in 1968 and winning a Rhodes Scholarship to study Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University College, Oxford. Reich subsequently earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. From 1973 to 1974, Reich served as a law clerk to Judge Frank M. Coffin, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 1974 to 1976, he was an assistant to U.S. Solicitor General Robert Bork, under whom he had studied antitrust law while at Yale.[23] In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed him director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Federal Trade Commission. From 1980 until 1992, Reich taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he wrote a series of books and articles, including The Next American Frontier and The Work of Nations. Reich joined the [Clinton] administration as Secretary of Labor. Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006.[8] He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[9] and a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean he's a fake.
Donald Trump posed next to a garbage truck while wearing a hard hat. Kamala Harris gave Cardi B a million dollars to read an endorsement off her phone that was almost certainly written by a Harris campaign staffer or her publicist. That is campaign failure in a nutshell. 😂😂
@gregzgurl2004 Kamala was cosplaying, too. She had to put on a pantsuit and try to act like Mitt Romney because San Francisco progressivism wasn't on the menu this year. 😆😆
Harris didn't attack trump on his record!! She lost!! We need a stand up combative candidate if we want to fill the office! Most Americans can't see beond the end of their nose !! America will pay in tears these next 4 years!! Our children will pay the most! I grew up in the 50s during the recession. It had a remarkable effect on me! I'm in my 70s now and I vote for my children!
you are 100% completely right sir you would think that this would be easy for them to see considering the last time that the Democratic party went extremely left they had to put in a new constitutional amendment to make it so Republicans got a chance again
You're crazy she ran a terrible campaign. First rally paying Megan the stallion to twerk and rap about her coochie. Really? Although I'm not a trump supporter I damn sure wouldn't be a Democrat supporter. This regime pushed laws like letting a grown man use the bathroom with my five year old. Pushed legislation to allow transgender men to compete in women's sports. Get serious.
Weird how people never seem to question why exactly the last socialist President was so popular he made us make a rule saying you don't get to win that hard
Both parties have gotten addicted to corporate money, good luck changing that fact. It is time for another option to the long standing political duopoly.
how does trump give voice to working class anger when he talks nonsense whenever he opens his mouth? Now Musk who supported trump wants a 56B salary. wtf?
We had pretty big spending cuts here in the UK over the last 15 years, but those spending cuts have turned out to be so expensive, so now people are paying more in tax to get much less in return. I worry that this, on a massive scale, is what's in store for the US.
@@vc6984 Some people presume so. However, cutting spending ends up costing the tax payer more, for a number of reasons: firstly, there are the macroeconomic reasons, which can be roughly summed up in the aphorism that 'you have to speculate to accumulate', because government spending typically creates jobs which give more people money, who spend more money, which creates more jobs, whereas reducing government spending reduces the economy, reducing economic activity, in the 'paradox of thrift'. Secondly, there's the saying 'a stitch in time saves nine', which is about how spending money to fix a proble now before it gets worse is much cheaper than putting it off. This is true about things like infrastructure, healthcare spending, and pretty much anything that governments spend money on. Next, there's the brain drain when public services are massively underfunded: when a public service like teaching is underfunded, people it creates a feedback loop of workers getting more stressed, then some of them leave the job, so more of them get stressed and leave the job. This is very expensive to fix and even more expensive to let linger, as you need to pay people high wages to come in as emergency cover for those who don't feel valued and so leave. In the UK, this would sometimes be supply teachers, costing more than full time teachers, or doctors and nurses working overtime (yes, I know your healthcare is private, but that itself is a great example of how a lack of government investment is more expensive than a good, well managed public system.) And how much better is a well educated and healthy workforce than a badly educated and unhealthy one? Even if you don't value people as an end in themselves, people's health and education are a really fantastic means to the end of a healthy economy. Government spending on education and healthcare pays for itself especially as people are then able to contribute more and better than otherwise. At the end of the day, it's just better to be in short term debt because you have invested in the future than to be in long term debt because you haven't invested in the future.
he won because he’s a populist and Harris wasnt im a leftist so im not the biggest fan of harris but she was good at least, the issue was she was too passive and her campaign was “it would be bad to have trump” and not “if you have me im gonna make big changes” the american people arent about policy they never have been, they want populist rhetoric nomatter what and its extremely disheartening
It's not the economy. It's racism, racism. What do you not understand about that? The writing is on the wall...Ppl buy what they want. They go where they want. The working class is not hungry...they are afraid...why else would they vote for him🤡
@0:53 - That’s exactly where you’re wrong. When you say “most Americans without college degrees,” you fail to acknowledge that many wealthy Americans in rural and conservative areas also fall into this category-not because they couldn’t get into college, but because they chose not to attend. These individuals often believe that colleges and universities are corrupting their children’s minds with progressive ideologies. We’re not talking about deprived populations here; we’re talking about affluent individuals who were raised conservative and intentionally opted out of higher education. So, let’s get the facts straight! The real issue isn’t just educational attainment-it’s the deep-seated demographic indoctrination that’s dividing this country. We’re focusing on the wrong problem. Hate and bigotry still unfortunately trumps (Pun intented).
If you don't take money out of politics, nothing will change.
Money didn't win in 2024
You do know kamala spent 3 times more than Trump. Second how do take money out of it. Because when was promising student loan forgiveness. Isn't that just buying people's vote
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 Actually it did. I'm pretty sure Elon Musk is sitting next to Trump right now.
We need to repeal Citizens United. That has been the biggest problem, donations from huge, rich corporate donors. They have been buying our elections, and their candidates do whatever the corporations want. Unfortunately, this is not going to happen with the republicans in charge because they represent all the rich people in our country.
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2it absolutely did!
I'm a straight white man in the Ohio River Valley who didn't go to college. I have never voted for a republicant and I don't agree with 99.999% of what republicants believe. I'm not racist, I know that immigrants aren't the problem, and I believe that everyone should have the right to do whatever they want with their own bodies, practice whatever religion they want, and I know that the greed of the rich and corporations are the reason prices are so high.
Sadly I'm a minority. Everyone around me, besides my family, believe all the lies. Because it fits with their feelings. Racism and bigotry are everywhere. Also ignorance.
If we don't fix our education system, get money out of politics, regulate who can call themselves 'news', and stop corporate greed. We will continue to suffer
Yes yes and yes
Well stated. Ignorance is bliss for millions.☮️
I totally agree!
They like trump bc trump will be cruel to the people they hate. Republicans and rightwing media created the hate and turned around and promised to fix it for them. They lie about crime and they lie about immigrants. Truth: Crime has been going down, and immigrants commit less crime than US citizens.
We don’t need choice vouchers. Education is fine.
What's maddening is how these people actually believe that a person like Donald Trump is going to fix the problem.
So true and unbelievable!
More to the point that a person like Harris would make things worst
@@vc6984worse, but yes
@@vc6984 At least that is what they think. It's like the rule: Inflation = "vote for other side" is hardcoded in the political psyche of America.
Well, that's MAGA for you.
Bernie Sanders has been screaming this stuff in congress for over 30 years...
Yeah and he was a Marxist then tooo, MAGA
and look what good that's done.....
Yeah and now he supports elon Musk 😂
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 more so the idea that government agencies need to keep up with audits though Elon would never actually do that.
@@StarlordStavanger And look at how the Party proves him right over and over by suppressing and containing class warfare candidates and messaging.
Trump gave voice to anger. Harris offered solutions: help buying a home and starting a small business, investments in child and eldercare, solutions to the climate crisis, and expanding Social Security and Medicare. For me, it was an obvious choice. I am devastated by the outcome.
"Harris offered solutions" HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
Harris lost because of a failed vibe check. I am furious. Trump acted like he was angry about the issues facing the average voter and won over the candidate _who actually offered solutions to many of those issues._ Harris was the one proposing price controls on food, she was the actual "cheaper eggs" candidate. But the vibe was wrong. So Trump won. And now we're all going to be stuck with the consequences.
@@srsmopar3808Yes, yes she did.
People don’t vote for policies, they vote for narratives.
@@srsmopar3808She did. One candidate offered to lower the price of groceries via price controls, the other proposed policies that would massively _increase_ prices, and they voted for the second guy because they wanted cheaper groceries. It's so frustrating.
Harris wouldn't have been an amazing, transformative president, there were definitely things about her that I didn't like, but she was the one who actually offered economic policy solutions to the problem, while Trump promised an immediate economic boom and somehow plans to achieve this via rampant stagflation. You had the choice between an unexceptional candidate who offered practical economic assistance and a snake oil salesman and you went snake oil.
the lessons Bernie was preaching almost 10 years ago
Americans haven’t learned?
Bernie's been preaching this for decades. Deep state (chamber of commerce) no like...
It’s funny. I didn’t like Bernie for exactly the same reason I didn’t like trump. He was going to break the system more than I felt the system can take.
Every institution gets corrupt over time. I equate it to cleaning a house. If you set about to clean the entire house in 4 days after years of letting the mess accumulate you might get it done but you’re more likely to get a divorce. Same is true now. The thing is I think Bernie would have gotten himself killed. Trump will have others killed. Definitely Bernie would have been better.
Corporate media and corporate misinformation campaigns are a huge problem, that's why I'm so grateful for you. But not forgetting that all of those lies were wrapped in destructive bigotry and misogyny, worked so well. Folks who voted trump don't get a pass. Don't blame anyone for this mess except them.
trust me, I don't blame anyone but them.
many were infiltrated by the russians
Robert is misinformation
I agree with you, but so many people who are "centrist" don't see how they're part of the problem and won't learn by being confronted harshly. If the Democratic Party is supposedly right, moral, and best, they need to do better to message that properly because otherwise they'll also be stupid. Full disclosure, though, the party has great members but averages toward Republican Lite in terms of policy and ethics. Rob Reich and Bernie Sanders are doing a lot to propose better, but the old guard certainly haven't listened to either of them ever. If you've got a baby boomer representing your state or district at the federal level, consider running against them or voting for someone who will.
Elon made Twitter into a right wing disinformation machine. He played a huge part in
Wow. Didn't expect this take from you, but I agree 100%! Republican Theodore Roosevelt and Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt took on the super rich on behalf of working people in their days. And we desperately need that kind of realignment today. Otherwise, revolution is inevitable....
An ACTUAL leftist act unlike whatever Kamala Harris and democrats tried to do in the 2024 campaign.
We're watching the cement dry on a conservative counterrevolution.
The Roosevelts took on a different type of wealthy. They were Republicans, actually cash rich, and while yes anti union and treated employees unfairly. The wealthy of that time hired Americans and practiced philanthropy on a local level, sponsered/ funded parks, schools, colleges,theaters, and public services.
Today's wealthy are predominantly Democrats, stock rich, and import their employees. There isn't a politician who is going after them.
While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner!
Democrats can & have always (in the past 40 years) done far more for working citizens than Republicans. Biden was particularly effective at this! But none of this matters if the vast majority of voters heard Trump and his accomplices false narrative and lies ten to one hundred times more than they heard an accurate message from Harris and her campaign. This has the effect of brainwashing, not just persuasion.
While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner!
The size and reach of the Democrats megaphone is where we failed this election - with catastrophic results for our nation! We are still failing, and until we fix this, we will continue to fail.
A Rogan audience alone reached over 70 M views of 3 hour Trump propaganda interviews just on RUclips (hundreds of millions of total views) in the last week before the election. RUclips Views are not typically measured in tens of millions. This clearly tipped the election across the country with proof in the last minute surge of male voters and the odd polling shifts regarding concern for our democracy. The concern for our democracy was, and is, a major legitimate concern of the Biden/Harris campaign; but it was turned upside down by the Trump's accomplices' lying megaphone in the last week. Democrats may have lost a couple swing states prior to this, but the nation wide sweep was after this surge. There is plenty of evidence, this should not be a mystery! This, combined with right wing media, paid entities and foreign trolls, ownership of social media and other news outlets, AI and bots, and massive threats and intimidation were all used to influence and magnify Trump's lies. In spite of all this - it was still a close election - less than 2.5 million in a low turn out vote. We have nearly 336 million citizens; 245 M eligible to vote; about 150 M voted.The majority of citizens are Not converted; and Trump has no mandate! But the momentum - especially when news outlets falsely legitimize the myth of a landslide election - is frightening.
It is difficult to know how to counter this, especially in a coming repressive regime. But citizens need to be aware of the cause to begin to address it effectively! A free and fair election is more than counting votes.
Please bolster your communities this next month by networking on streets and neighborhoods, and with local groups.
Free speech = Free press In hopes of a future free & fair election.
We all must be active if we want to save our Democracy.
The New New Deal was what we could have had with Biden, and he made a good start … maybe too good. Greedy corporate media made sure that FDR’s upgraded dreams and improved social contracts would never be fulfilled. We should have fought the politicized media conglomerates. It’s always a fight over money. Some can’t get enough and others don’t care enough to fight that hard for it. As long as the greedy control the means of survival, their psychopathy will dominate everything. Global economic systems and rules must be redrawn.
So many more people need to see this, even plenty of people on the left, this so succinctly and articulately lays out the political memo of the current age! Great job Robert, appreciate the work you do!
It is understandable that people who are feeling financial distress will vote for the opposite party as a means to shaking things up.
But, especially when contrasted with Kamala's policy proposals that would've addressed price gouging and helped the middle class thrive, it is very unfortunate that they settled on Trump, a person who has absolutely zero desire to help anyone other than the wealthy and elite.
Campaign messaging didn't talk about how Harris would improve the economy. It mostly promised to secure the southern border and "will not go back". The thesis of Rob's video is that the messaging needs to address people's economic woes, and he's right that it didn't do that. The party is too busy playing nice with Republicans and corporations to properly serve the American people. Notice how the parties are red and blue? We basically have Budweiser and Bud Lite out of the two-party system anymore.
Given the messaging, it's not surprising people went with Trump. He pretended to care about people's concerns and said he'd take bigly measures to address them. People don't embrace fascism because they want the hard times, they embrace it because it looks like a solution to the hard times they're in.
The Democratic Party suppressed anti-establishment rhetoric.
They need to be told the House controls the purse strings.
Especially when that's so blindingly obvious! 😳 It's infuriating 😡
Nothing understandable about it at all.
Love that cartoon of the rich guy standing on a pile of money blaming the minimum wage worker. Despite all evidence, so many people think they’ll be the rich person, some day.
One of the best political cartoons I've seen in a long while!
That’s the problem, too many people see themselves where they want to be, as opposed to where they actually are. You middle and working class, not RICH and the rich couldn’t care less about you.
Minimum wage doesn't have to do smth around poverty. Scandinavia, the paradise of equality, doesn't mandate employers to pay minimum by law, labour unions can gain more power and negotiate this in certain sector.
So true that "so many people THINK they'll be the rich person some day". What's troubling to me is that another graphic shown helps to also fuel that idea: the one that showed how much the middle class has shrunk showed a larger increase in the % of those at the top than of the increase in those at the very bottom.
Seeing that makes it understandable why people believe that what the Trump-licans are peddling makes sense/will work/is good. Is it possible that "trickle down" actually does work but just not to the wide degree that has always been promised?
What should not be forgotten is the pain suffered by those who don't make that transition or worse move down not up. What happened to the idea that the sign of a great nation (as well as a basic Bible/Christian tenent) is how well a society takes care of those who have the least in it? Are we instead destined to live in a "Hunger Games" style future?
It's hard to sell "greater taxes on the rich and corporations" and sell the idea that "capitalism is good". Most of what is called for at the end suggest a move toward socialism which has already been proven not to work many times over mostly because those behind enforcing it eventually get corrupted --- which is exactly what the Democrats have been accused of all along!
Sigh, we are in a very strange place in history indeed......
It’s not that hard to become a millionaire, if they make themselves valuable and are disciplined, they will be.
Let me say instead of being a Democrat, I’m a Robert Reich Democrat 🎉
Me too
Nothing changes until people are smart enough to know why it must. They aren't.
most changes are brought on by relatively few people while others nod along. The people aren't gonna pay more attention or get smarter, but we can be the few that bring on the change
"Everyone who disagrees with me is just stupid."
When those tariffs kick in, they will finally start to see it. And when that day comes, DO NOT let them complain about it. Tell them that this is exactly what they voted for, they need to own it pride, that they have no room to complain about any of it.
@@tcorourke2007 Not everyone, you are though.
@dera6347 The tariffs are a threat. You are assuming the demands behind them will not be conceded. Largely because you want to see the country punished for voting incorrectly.
The lesson...selfish people are the ruin of us all.
@GregoryLester-vd8iy because politics should be about reaching people and lifting them up. That's why Obama did well and is looked back with skepticism because there needs to be meaningful progress which didn't happen.
How are you ruined?
Ain't that the truth. We can speak about the economic inequalities that affect the majority of Americans. We can speak about solutions and what needs to be done to make lives and the country as a whole better.
But most Americans will be like "Yeah, but what's in for ME??"
That mindset screws us all over.
@bluegold1026 kinda hard when the working class as explained is already ruined when a significant portion is living paycheck to paycheck. There's a huge swath of people who don't vote because things haven't been done to improve lives in keeping up with GDP growth for them.
Family over identity politics. Sorry pal
I agree with all of that.
The problem is that the Republican party is infested with corruption, the Democratic Party also has a (much smaller) corruption problem.
If government reforms were to be significantly more progressive, corrupt politicians on either side wouldn't be able to game the system as much as they were previously.
How do you get them to vote against their own personal interests?
The top-down analysis is...nice, but 55% read below the sixth-grade level.
When I hear "far left", i immediately lose respect for that person. There is no far left. There's normal and insane. The left is normal. Wanting healthcare, to not have the wealthy in control, to have sensible regulations, etc.
I see you are a lazy nut job.
News flash the democrat party is far left
From here in the UK there isn't even the left
I am originally from Europe, now living in the US. I also find the claims of the Democrats here supposedly being "far left" ridiculous. Compared to parties in Europe, I think they are more towards the center, definitely not extreme in any way.
The only party that is extreme here in the US is the Republican party at this moment in time. And not in a good or healthy way.
So communism is normal? Go live in north korea
Most Americans without college degrees thought Trump would be better for the economy the 2nd time around with harsher rhetoric and dozens of Nobel-prize winning economists sayong his plans spell utter disaster and that Harris' don't.
This is why the GOP and Trump want more people less educated.
OOOORRR...more educated people tend to be more affluent and they don't really have to worry about how much shit costs at Safeway? 🤔🤔
"Without College Degrees" lol. You mean normal Americans who work hard every day at their essential jobs to feed their families and build a better life for themselves while dealing with taxes, inflation, rising prices, and anti-business policies brought on by the democrats? Wow, you really learned nothing from this election which proved the elite "degree holders" are completely out of touch with what this country needs. (BTW I have multiple degrees but would never look down on those who dont).
When his imposed tarifs backfires, they will all be out of work or won't be able to afford anything. They fell for the con.
@fedvvvv The point of Trump's tariffs is not to impose tariffs. The point of his tariffs is to get other people to drop THEIR tariffs. World leaders are already lining up to do this and Justin Trudeau is at the front of the pack. 😆
i am a college educated blue collar worker. there are millions of me. ''that is why the DEMS and harris will never get us''.
How Jan 6th alone didn’t disqualify him is beyond perplexing. So many misinformed people out there 😖😖😖
Jan 6th is conspiracy. Like Reichstag fire in 1933. It was set to destroy opponents. Why Jan 6th did not left so much destruction as BLM and Antifa peaceful protests?😂😂😂
The bottom line- the justice system failed miserably. Trump’s crimes were not prosecuted. He should at the very least been disqualified from office. He is a criminal and traitor to the United States of America. Full stop. It is unfathomable how we got here.
Ahhh,yes. The day all the gun nuts forgot their guns at home 😂
@ if you watched the Jan 6th hearings you’d hear the Capitol police radio transmissions reporting guys in trees with long guns. But watching that would be like grating your own dick off with a cheese grater for you idiots.
When he said, "Russia if you're listening..." while campaigning should have disqualified him.
I understand that people felt neglected. But how does voting for a party that will make things WORSE make them feel better?
They are either racist, sexist, stupid, or a combination.
Because it punishes the party in power
Disinformation has been very effective.
It's pretty simple. The democrats are in power. People aren't happy with their current situation so they voted for change. We don't know if that's going to be better or worse, but we do know it will be different and that's what matters to them.
You're overlooking how purposely misinformed these people are and the role their media echo chambers play
Spot on, Robert!! A few more things: Eliminate the Electoral College. Make Voting Day a national holiday. Outlaw red state voter purging. End gerrymandering.
"They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin
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Trump's entire foray into politics was because America had a black president and a certain portion of the population went absolutely crazy to the point of buying into conspiracy theories about him not being born in the US (which most Republicans still believe). And America voted for this person twice.
So yes, while the economy is important, I think racism (and sexism) really were the biggest factors even if they're uncomfortable to talk about. Lot of people want to take "their" country back.
Correct
A half white president. Melanin expression is a dominant trait. Those who have not lived in a multiracial state - Hawaii, which is overwhelmingly Democrat - make a significant cognitive error in living their lives in a simplistic ignorant delusion of "either it looks exactly like me, or it is in the bin "opposite of me."
Republicans voted for their guy. Obama was terrible for the country. If you voted for him because of the color of his skin then you are racist. Same with Kamala. Many black and white woman did not vote for Kamala in 2020. Were they racist then but not now. Many voted just to see a woman president. Thats sexist. Many just because she had brown skin. Thats racist. Many voted for her out of hatred for Trump. That’s dangerous.
thank you. i am so goddamn tired of the pundit class ignoring the women - and especially women of color - who have been screaming that it is RACISM & MISOGYNY. always has been. biden beat trump. was biden anti-establishment? hell no. he was a MAN. and i'm fully convinced that even if we had run a black man against trump, we would've won. but not a woman. america has made it abundantly clear it will not elect a woman, it does not view the presidency as "a woman's job," it does not want to listen to women or take orders from women or be represented by women. if biden wanted to ensure we had a female president he should have resigned halfway through his first term, because the only way we're getting one is by force.
Second this opinion. I grew up in the South, and was taught in school that the Civil War was about taxes. It was only until I was an undergraduate that I realized how much slave labor was required to make the textile industry in the South work, how much slaves made poor whites feel they were higher in the hierarchy. Now that the unpaid labor of women is slipping away due to higher education and jobs for women, it's bound to elicit an even greater reactionary response. "It's the economy" is a foil for their racism and sexism.
So basiclly Democrats needed to embrace Bernie in 2016 or 2020 and need to embrace whoever the next Bernie is. The hardest part in making that happen is the Democratic establishment will fight tooth and nail again to prevent a real left-wing populist from becoming the nominee because they'd rather give the country over fascism than reject neoliberalism.
Post-election statistics show that nearly the entire country moved to the right, and your solution is that the Democrat Party needs to move even further to the left? Good idea. Go with that. 😁👍
So they voted against their own interest by believing the lies of a con man ?
Don't you get it? Many voted for Trump because they wanted to destroy the system that was destroying them if only to get even--come what may. They were throwing a brick through the windows of those who were gaslighting and ignoring them.
Story of the world
Yep, sure looks like it!
No, they decided not to vote for a continuation of the way things are.
No u dense one, you have no damn clue what my best interests are. That was your first mistake. The absolute arrogance like this is why you lost.
The underlying reasons are - we live in an entertainment society. Americans would rather vote for an entertaining politician than a quiet one who does the job well. Our attention spans are so short, very few do any research on who they vote for. People look up to the rich thinking that they are better because they have more money. Money and success are far more admired than kindness and caring. Plus, the majority of people simply don't care about anything outside of their inner circle.
I've been realizing the same thing. The virtuous and knowledgeable person, that might have won in the past, is losing now, to entertainers.
You are right. I never cared about politics before now, but when Trump stepped on the scene I immediately saw him as a hitler-esque figure. At that point I started to pay attention and fact checked any statements. I would never vote for him. One of the main reasons: climate change and the environment, among many others.
If entertainment is hate, yes.
The stuff people were searching the day of the election is alarming. People asking if Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Google means we are so cooked 😂
So let's make our next President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Of course, Idiocracy, the Movie, has become a Documentary.
It would also help to overturn Citizens United and GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
Samuel Alito said it wouldn't, which means it would.
He gave voice to that anger expertly. But he's not going to do a dam thing for any of us.
At least he gave voice. Kamala and Biden just called us stupid.
@vc6984 What's the point of a voice giving lies and bullshit.?? And I don't recall President or Vice president calling anybody stupid. If you voted for a criminal and expect help from him, your going to be very disappointed.
@@whathuhreally Oh you sweet summer child. Politics are all about V I B E S. Trump offered "solutions." He had the aesthetic of wanting to fix things. Meanwhile, tell any democrat that things suck for the working class rn and they'll laugh in your face and talk about how the economy's rebounding and shit like that. It doesn't matter if the economy's rebounding. The workers don't feel it and you're ignoring them. Harris ran an awful campaign.
@@vc6984 Did they? I don't remember that.
@astropoliticalhyperfixation Bless your heart, you'all voted for a convicted felon for angels sake.... He's not going to come through for you. I'm so sorry, eggs are still gonna cost six dollars in 2028, probably more.
Put a 1% federal property tax on homes bigger than 5000 square feet to reduce home builders focus on the luxury market. Also ban corporations, hedge funds etc from owning single family homes.
Why? Thats just stupid.
Home builders may be focusing on the luxury market because the price of building supplies is so high no one except the rich could barely even afford the cost of the material alone.
What's really needed is for the government to pay homebuilders to build affordable homes, either through tax cuts or outright subsidies, like the government gives industries like oil and agriculture.
But on the other hand, those voters benefitting most from skyrocketing home values and likely to vote against any politician who might reverse the value of homes, are existing homeowners, especially those who benefitted the most: boomers.
Who happen to be a much larger voting block than people who want but can't afford homes.
will you also ban them from building single family, most builders are large corporations, thats why they build large developments at once
This is an absolute must. Only individuals and families should be permitted to purchase single-family homes. Letting hedge funds and corporations snarf up single-family homes so they can rent them out for more than most people can afford or sell them at a ridiculous profit margin has been a big component of why housing costs have outstripped the purchasing power of a majority of working class folks who want a home. Absolutely.
What is happening in South Korea right now will be happening here very soon.
And that's supposed to be a "democracy."
And that's supposed to be a "democracy."
THIS clear explanation needs to be more widely heard! Thank you Robert Reich. Now let's spread the message.
The one big lesson from the election is that people didn’t bother to do their research. Not just about what exactly each candidate was promising to do but also about their past to see if there is any credibility to how they portray themselves.
Research??? Kamala couldn’t even do hers Jesus Christ
Research involves looking at several sources for consistency. Not stopping at the first thing you find (like CNN for example). Research requires neutrality! All I see here is extreme bias! I can understand a preference, but when you judge somebody for exercising their right to choose, you, well. You know! You also have the right to bow out too. Just sayin'.
True and it’s sad because all they have to do is go look at the congressional voting record, which is public , to see how their senators vote on important matters. Can we all count how many times the Republicans voted against the infrastructure act but then later took credit when the money came to their states?
While I agree with what you are saying about a person right to choose. I personally will never stop dunking on idiots who support a man who portrays himself as a savior but is just the devil in disguise who speaks like he has all the answers but he doesn’t. Mainly the idiots whose racism their “savior” supports. Or those who believe his lies that are sprinkled with bravado that he is for the working class when it is public knowledge that he has nominated very wealthy individuals, whose morals and values are extremely questionable, into his cabinet. As well as the people who supported him until they are hit by the consequences of his actions which negatively impacted them. So it doesn’t matter if you tell me to bow out or how many times you do. It won’t erase the glaringly obvious fact that the moral decline of this country is staggering. And I personally don’t care if I have to verbally bitch slap everyone who thinks that the moron they elected back into office will make this country better because frankly we need someone who can actually stand up for this nation and bring it in the right direction. Not some man baby in his seventies who gets pissy when things don’t go his way.
If Trump bothered to do his then maybe he wouldn’t have been slapped with so many felony convictions. But then again he hasn’t had the best track record of not doing what he shouldn’t be doing.
We also must demand an end to insane military spending
And eternal wars that dimocrats support in Ukraine and Gaza.
The ones who voted for liar trump just didn't know who and what the HELL they were voting for. That's the bottom line...
They knew. That's why they voted for him
@@williambrown319Bunk.
True. So dumb they couldn't see the simplistic con
Donald Trump was already President and did a fine. Job. That is why U.S. Citizens voted overwhelmingly for President Trump.
But they knew the SECOND time, and they chose that
Corruption and interference
corruption, interference, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROPAGANDA
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We are not going back to 2016 "Russian interference."
@@le_encirclement Strongly documented. Learn to read.
@@briseboy Here's a excerpt from a report, " Finally, the Special Counsel investigated a number of “links” or “contacts” between Trump Campaign officials and individuals connected with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential campaign. After reviewing those contacts, the Special Counsel did not find any conspiracy to violate U.S. law involving Russia-linked persons and any persons associated with the Trump campaign.
So that is the bottom line. After nearly two years of investigation, thousands of subpoenas, and hundreds of warrants and witness interviews, the Special Counsel confirmed that the Russian government sponsored efforts to illegally interfere with the 2016 presidential election but did not find that the Trump campaign or other Americans colluded in those schemes."
That was from a speech dated Thursday, April 18, 2019. Source; Office of Public Affairs, given by the attorney general.
Just like here in Australia, money needs to be removed right out of politics. Neither the right, left or middle of politics is immune from greed. Taxes are so- called used for the betterment of one's country,but alas, that is a complete and total fallacy. It's all about greed, from the base pollie, to the very top office is every land.
Anti union, deregulation, neocons, shareholder, inequality.Private equity buyouts, Blame Reagan and Thatcher . Agree Robert.
Don’t forget about Bushes’ “No child left behind “ meaning nobody gets an education until the stupid people learn and memorize things their brains will never comprehend. Oops, kinda like they planned it!
Singing those same old lies is why you lost
The true lesson of the 2024 election is "You can't fix stupid" but you can identify them by their red hats. The next four years are going to be difficult and the folks on the lower end of the pay scale are going to suffer the most. But this is what they voted for in November. The best way to get even with someone is to let them have their way. There's a 90% chance they will screw it up. The only problem is we are all along for the ride. Buckle up folks.
Blaming the election simply on stupidity and racism and misogyny should not be used as a shield to ignore or excuse the Democrats' neoliberalism problem. The Democrats jumped on board with these policies in the Reagan era. That and meaningless wars is what the population hates. Trump, even if he's a big liar, at least claims to be against both. That is why he won. If Democrats continue to hide behind claims of stupidity/racism/misogyny and not change their policies, it is a sure recipe for more losses.
100% agree. Schadenfreude isn't really a good look, but this is gonna be the longest 4 year "I told ya so" in history.
Cult victims don’t often deprogram themselves. When things get worse they will keep blaming Others, all the way down, until they too get Othered.
name calling wins elections , ask kamala harris and clinton
Totally agree. Things are getting worse in the next 4 years but as you said that what's they voted in last November.
The lesson is Americans chose fascism, over democracy.
Says the party that by passed democracy and try to installed a candidate.
So, it's only democracy if they vote for who you want? Fascism is trying to imprison the person that was beating you in the polls and trying to shut down their free speech by blocking him from social media. Joe weaponized the justice department then pardons his son for 10 years of crimes after lying for years saying he wouldn't.
My father was illiterate. I worked hard and earned a BA & an MA. I'm tired of being resented for my hard earned degrees. The non-college educated need to direct their anger & resentment at the true culprits, the oligarchs & plutocrats.
Yeah, it sucks that poor and stupid people aren't smart enough to always vote for Democrats... 🙄🙄
Highly educated cat ladies seething rn
You mean the ones with BA's and MA's?
@at8630 🤣🤣
And sadly, Americans would rather have anger than an adult in the room.
Wow, that's quite the hot take from the people who have been raging against Donald Trump for the last 10 years. 😂😂
WHY is THIS MAN not leading the Democrat party NOW?
Because he failed when he was in Clinton's cabinet
Because he is a communist
He is not tall or have a deep voice and nice hair! He KNOWS that he is MORE EFFECTIVE right where he is and doing what he does!..............................elsullo
Because he's not a corporate stooge.
@@Metalbass10000 I love this man. He really helps Marxism look good
The Citizens United decision, to allow dark money to control politics, has to be overturned. That can only happen if the Supreme Court composition changes, which can only happen through a long-term period of sanity and independence from corporate power.
At this point, Trump is going to replace Thomas and Alito with young right wingers. I don't know if I'll live to see a Supreme Court with a different composition.
I think an important point is lost in the noise - it's not just neoliberalism, inequality, etc. It's ALSO that everywhere citizens turn, we face exploitative, faceless corporations and feel swindled. From the price of college, to health care, to car insurance, and beyond. And just try talking to customer service - you'll be directed to a bot or someone out of the country. So when people say it's 'the economy', they don't only mean their bottom line. They mean the way we feel swindled and exploited at every turn by faceless corporations who show us they don't care about us and just want our money.
Hmmm, sounds exactly what the Republican party has created in my lifetime?? Corporations that don’t care about employees or customers, they only care about shareholders and manipulating their profits through stock buybacks and walking away with massive market gains for shareholders and bonuses for CEO’s. They have outsourced everything to accomplish this and now we build nothing in entirety, nothing.
True and that would not change no matter who is in office. I am glad that I have lived most of my life already.
So they voted for a man who spent his whole life swindling and exploiting people.
Totally agree. Greed has warped both parties.
But Donald Trump is forcing it to become the party of 'working people', (lower, middle and upper class), and no longer the 'country club' party alone.
@@CarlGerhardt1 as if working people will see one iota of benefit from trump's policies?
@@laz0rama well we did before. What are you not a working class person. Or maybe like many elites it matters not who is in office because you are financially above politics.
When you tell people they work hard, study and you'll get ahead AND then you can't then that's the recipe for discontent. That's a symptom of an emerging oligarchy.
Trump's appeal to the less educated and informed among us has always made total sense, unfortunately.
Imagine calling someone less educated and then telling them to vote for your candidate. Are you kidding me??
@@jonnyfendi2003 Trump did and they love him because he "loves" their vote.
The Harris campaign spent over a billion dollars on a candidate that could barely string 3 words together without a teleprompter. The public is not that stupid.
says Richie the moron that voted for dementia joe
Is that why the smartest man of our lifetime supported him?
Prices are never going to be the same going forward. No matter who is in office.
Well almost, they will be going up and whenever they do, they don't come back down
False. A big recession, mass unemployment and deflation will follow. Just putting out the scenario... :)
Thank you Robert. You nailed it!!!
Misogyny and Prejudice.
@@DeTAYL. and intolerance and idiocy
Even this guy (RR) is making excuses! As an African-American man, even I knew that the DNC should've fielded a white guy! America didn't even vote for a white woman for president and Harris should've known this!
sure.......................
Had nothing to do with how unlikeable she is. How much the White House kept undermining her. "we're not gonna run for re-election"...the next day statement from the White House, "uhh, actually".
I voted for her cause duh. But it still pissed me of she didn't have to go though a primary, fuck democracy i guess. The reason they didn't primary her is cause anyone with half a brain would know she would lose.
AND NEOLIBERALISM. Get rid of the Clintonite Rahm Emanuels, etc. It's the rampant money in politics. It's the Democrats turning away from the working class. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. People can be stupid and misogynistic and racist AND rightly believe that the rich ran away with the country and worked the system in their favor. This is an actual fact based on reams and reams of statistics and our own life experiences. Quit hiding behind misogyny and prejudice as an excuse to keep neoliberalism.
Apathy (on the left) and ignorance on the right
Fueled by media who wants to make money
With all due respect, Robert, I think you might be underestimating the role of racism and sexism in these matters.
And this goofy mentality is why the dems keep losing.... oh its just racism and sexism.... even tho obama won twice and hillary won the popular vote. Gtfo
racism and sexism will never die if the democrats keep promoting it.
Exactly.
Sure, many of the people who voted 2x for Obama voted against Harris because they're racist.🙄
Whatever helps you to sleep at night, hon.
I thoroughly disagree. There are plenty of people of color and women who are conservative, and several have and will serve in Trump's Cabinet. If someone who was both (Candace Owens? Experience wouldn't matter) had run with Trump's blessing, i believe she would have won. One of Democrats' big mistakes is confusing the elitism of the Right with racism and sexism. Whoever you are, if you can play the game and win, you're one of them. Or are at least long enough to be anointed for election. I firmly believe that Republicans and others sick of the Dems would happily have voted for whatever candidate approved MAGA and belittled "wokeness"-- no matter what their race or sex. Heck, they may have even voted a gay or lesbian in... just not a trans. That's the stuff of election-deciding, and the Repubs could see that defining that line was a winning strategy.
Well yes, but we've been screaming this at them for how many decades now?
Kamala did give voice to why wages haven’t changed. She just didn’t give the kind of vitriol, hate speech, and crudeness to drive home her point.
She should have. The right would have called her commie/socialist, but if the next candidate can say things with enough vitriol etc, and bluntness and not cave to the commie/socialist labels thrown at them, it could work. A younger probably male Bernie Sanders.
she had no point,,Trump crushed her
American voter ignorance, indifference, and/or gullibility have been on display since I first noticed during the 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign. I turned 13 years old then. I thought the resignations of Agnew and then Nixon would lead to more Americans taking time to really look at candidates and their respective party's goals and policies. That lasted a few years. Then came Reagan and his cronies, including the right-wing reactionaries and the religious right.
Here we are.
This is so, soooo TRUE! Robert Reich knows what he's talking about.
Politicians... please listen to him!
Ok, I can accept that. Harris should have had better policies about the economy, but then Trump should too.
Most Americans and economists agree that mass deportations and high tariffs will wreck the economy.
I'm still convinced that Kamala Harris is still willing to work for the American people more than Trump.
No, I really believe that Trump supporters simply hate Democrats and blame them for when the sun goes down AND
Republicans just don't want a female president just yet. That's why she lost. Harris lost for all the wrong reasons.
I 100% agree with the idea that Harris lost because of Trump, lolz.
Harris lost because Democrats suck at marketing. What is in the infrastructure law? Does anyone even know? People think Democrats aren't helping middle class Americans because as far as they can see, they've done nothing for them.
@tcorourke2007
Yes but for the wrong reasons.
Ignorant Trump supporters will soon realize their mistake
Kamala was pretty ignorant. She couldn't articulate her policies. All she gave were generalities and regurgitation of her "I Was raised a middle class person" LIE
Keep thinking that and you’ll never fix the problems of the Democratic Party.
Robert Reich for President ASAP!!
@@vickiroadman6741 I agree with you in principle, but I wouldn't wish that job on my worst enemy and I LIKE Mr. Reich. Ironically this is also why I am a Never-Trumper. I don't think I have ever despised a person more thoroughly in my life before him.
Fact is that most people don’t know/understand how the economy works…….”I love the uneducated/uniformed”-DT……& then blame the Democrats,period😂
He's already done his time. We're very fortunate that he chooses to continue to serve the way he does.
I agree with the people saying that he shouldn't but I'd love it if he can become a campaign advisor for one of the future elections or even work in the DNC as a strategist. He'd be great!
@@SarahPepperfur why, he got this one totally wrong.
3:05 "in manufacturing" while showing a fully-automated assembly line
When your only choices are a far-right billionaire's party, and a center-right billionaire's party, people keep bouncing from one to the other hoping for change from a system that is built to obstruct any real change.
In nearly every election for the last 20 years, people have voted less and less for the incumbent party that they voted for overwhelmingly the first time. Things have gotten worse and worse for the poor and middle class for 40 years, both sides promise to fix it, and both sides cave to corporate interests once they get in power.
auerstad: Your post reads like that of an IRA drone for that most obvious reason.
0:53
Though Biden had a more restrictive immigration policy than Trump did. So the whole immigration thing is a complete fabrication. Not to mention when they wanted to crack down on the border even harsher Trump was the main one that blocked it.
The economy one has some basis on reality on at least a few levels but the immigration one does not. The whole narrative of Biden having "open borders" or being soft on migrants is just a complete falsehood.
Good synopsis of the dysfunctional political duopoly in the US. All so the funders of that duopoly can horde even more wealth and pay less taxes.
As long as buying politicians is a good & legal investment, we can expect it to continue.
Damned Right...! 😊👍 The "choice" as I see it is, Choose The Corporate-Fascist Party Candidate or The Corporate-Authoritarian Party Candidate.
Either way the Billionaires run this country for THEIR Benefit at the expense of the VAST MAJORITY of those who Work For Living - And WE KNOW IT...!!!
: ( -70SomethingGuy
The lesson is plain and simple, go after the millions of non-voters, not the 4 Liz Chaney voters.
You can't get people to sign up with woke
Liz totally needs a realist show
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2woke thoughts living rent free in ur head
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 But you can with racism?
@@cyclopentadiol2923 Clearly the racist were the Democrat voters who refuse to turn out for Harris.
What I dont understand people complaining about the economy but yet travel this year has brolken records, restaurants are full, people are still spending money. I dont know how people are doing it🤷🏾
Would you rather they lock down and abandon the economy letting businesses close and services go out of business. You better be happy they are not all going off grid and growing their own food, seeing their own clothes or just making do. The country would collapse.
I remember when OBAMA was President having to work with a Republican Majority in The Senate AND Congress that couldn't care less about strengthening the Middle Class/Working Class population of this nation. Flash forward to Trump and he gave corporations and the rich OUTRAGEOUS tax breaks undermining the little bit of relief Obama Could get accomplished AND TRUMP TRIED TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT!!!!!! Everything that could have helped working people the Republicans have vetoed or refused to pass.
Obama and the Dems had total control from 2009-2011.
Robert, you give too much credit to the 90% to use critical thinking and patience to reverse 40 years of racing to the bottom. They want it fixed in the snap of one's fingers and it don't work that way. In fact, they inflict much of the pain on themselves. I worked in a Union shop and many of my brothers and sisters would buy from non-union competition and not even support their own jobs. America has gone off the rails and you can't fix stupid. The change must start with the attitude and awareness of workforce first.
Please do not forget that this anger has been building for decades. Even these smart talking heads say so, all the time. Oh, and btw, I have a college degree and I'm f'ing poor. I clean grease traps, so show's you how great a college degree can be. Didn't work for me...
I remember the days of working where you got a raise after your first 90 days. Every year another raise (not just cost of living). Paid one hour lunches. The Christmas bonus. Twice the pay in December. 4 wks paid vacations. Oh crap, I'm thinking of Italy & France. Sorry. 😒
It's crazy, when I first started in my career in IT contracting 20 years ago companies offered vacation, holiday, sick time, matching 401k up to 9%, pensions, and great health benefits. I've watched as vacation and sick time were replaced by PTO, holidays reduced, pension plans discontinued, health care premiums raised, and stagnant or reduced salaries. Most recent company doesn't even offer a 401k match. Government civilians are the only IT workers I know of with those types of benefits/salaries I started with 20 years ago. Of course, most of them are still GS's and have union representation. However, new hires are being brought on as GG's and waiv that right as a result.
@@brianwillis4163 well when you out sourse to over seas where they are tickled to get half of your pay?
"I don't like how the billionaires have been screwing me. So I'm gonna vote for the billionaires who are screwing me."
Musk is now spending 100 million dollars in England to change the out come of their election, no one seems to talk about that either.
2/3rds of billionaires supported cackela.
It was the Simpsons that let me to you Robert Reich, and your line was fascinating and so i am now interested in looking at your words of wisdom, and now subscribed!👓
Yes, Dr. Reich!!! Exactamundo! Thank you!
Fonzie 😂
While Robert Reich makes valid policy suggestions; it will not help unless we get the message to voters in an effective manner!
Democrats can & have always (in the past 40 years) done far more for working citizens than Republicans. But none of this matters if the vast majority of voters heard Trump and his accomplices false narrative and lies ten to one hundred times more than they heard an accurate message from Harris and her campaign. This has the effect of brainwashing, not just persuasion.
It is the size and reach of the Democrats megaphone that failed us this election - with catastrophic results for our nation! We are still failing, and until we fix this, we will continue to fail. A Rogan audience alone reached over 70 M views of 3 hour Trump propaganda interviews just on RUclips (hundreds of millions of total views) in the last week before the election. RUclips Views are not typically measured in tens of millions. This clearly tipped the election across the country with proof in the last minute surge of male voters and the odd polling shifts regarding concern for our democracy. The concern for our democracy was, and is, a major legitimate concern of the Biden/Harris campaign; but it was turned upside down by the Trump's accomplices' lying megaphone in the last week. Democrats may have lost a couple swing states prior to this, but the nation wide sweep was after this surge. There is plenty of evidence, this should not be a mystery! This, combined with right wing media, paid entities and foreign trolls, ownership of social media and other news outlets, AI and bots, and massive threats and intimidation were all used to influence and magnify Trump's lies.
In spite of all this - it was still a close election - less than 2.5 million in a low turn out vote. We have nearly 336 million citizens; 245 M eligible to vote; about 150 M voted.
The majority of citizens are Not converted; and Trump has no mandate!
But the momentum - especially when news outlets falsely legitimize the myth of a landslide election - is frightening.
It is difficult to know how to counter this, especially in a coming repressive regime. But citizens need to be aware of the cause to begin to address it effectively! A free and fair election is more than counting votes.
Please bolster your communities this next month by networking on streets and neighborhoods, and with local groups.
Free speech = Free press
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Housing and rent prices are out of control.
And NO president CONTROLS OR SETS those prices.
Kamala would have solved that by making it easier for illegals to buy houses. 3BR ranch should hold about 30 amigos.
@@skyboy1956oh be quit with ur blame game
Trump gave u guys a scapgoat
Private equity firms are to blame for that along with the cost of everything else; food, health care, cars, gasoline,etc. 10 large companies own everything and control the prices of everything. If the government tries to regulate them, the lobbyists will pay off the politicians and nothing happens. Don’t believe me...do the research.
Houses are bought up by private enterprises, then either flipped or rented. That is why rents are going up.
This should be called "Things That the Democratic Party Will Never Do."
How do they do that when the GOP blocks those at every turn?
This is why Bernie might be trying to start a new party. (To replace the democratic party not steal votes)
Thank you Robert Reich.
The lesson is: Democrats are not listening to what used to be their base.
A rich guy, a middle-class guy, and an immigrant are at a table having lunch. Once they’ve finished, the waiter brings a plate of 6 cookies for them to share. The rich guy immediately grabs 5 of the cookies, then says to the middle-class guy: “You’d better watch out, that immigrant is eyeing your cookie.”
lol so dumb.
Harris/Walz campaign was amazing!!! 💙🇺🇸💙
And still Trump won!
We amazingly lost. We will never see Walzo in the White House 😢
Yes, I agree!
Unfortunately, All the things that Harris would have done for working people were turned upside down by the Trump campaign and fed back to the public in negative adds. Reich's concept was attempted this election, but it failed to reach people without Trump's distortion.
People in certain circles only heard Trump's demonic portrayal of Harris - or heard his negative interpretation/misinformation 10 or 100 to one.
If we just needed a pro-working class message - Harris had that.
The problem is democrats message did not reach enough people! There is a far right media network that most of us are not even familiar with. I think it is what keeps red states red. Fox news is just the fringe - it goes deep and wide - and it just grew significantly with Trumps message seeping out to Rogan's viewership in the last week of the election (reaching 70 views just on RUclips - this was likely actual views of hundreds of millions - more than the number of people who voted!)
People should also be aware that Trump scapegoated government "giveaways" as Communist. Harris' proposal for housing may have fallen flat for this reason - as there is a scene that privilege should be earned (in spite of the huge inequality in our society that is generally inherited). But there are alternative approaches that could work better.
Yes but we lost which I'm still sad about 😞
No it was trash
joy reed said she ran a flawless campaign. queen latifah endorsed her . LOL
TRUMP IS ILLEGITIMATE !!!!
Fourteenth annendment
He will be if sworn in next January without the two-thirds vote in Congress absolving him of his disqualification under the Fourteenth Amendment.
@@theresebortzfield188 How is the 14th Amendment relevant? What is relevant is, Article II, Section 1 Clause 5 of the Constitution, it disqualifies Harris from being President.
Best we can hope for is the No Kings Act
NATO will PROVE it beyond a reasonable doubt, and they will bring out the full Mueller report that Bill Barr squatched!
I paid $6 for eggs today at walmart. Food prices are crazy. I live on disability. I expect both to get worse under trump. The economy is shit. Wealthy people making even more money is not something to celebrate.
There's a bird flu first off..secondly, why on earth do you think it would get worse under Trump when income to debt ratios, jobs, and almost every quantifiable economic metric literally improved under his watch (until COVID disrupted the entire global economy)?
There's a bird flu first off..secondly, why on earth do you think things would get worse when the economy literally improved under his watch? (Up until the world economy was completely disrupted by a novel virus of unknown origin)
Actually, the economy isn't bad at all. Inflation has been high, but it's not high right now. Those high food prices are coming down, but slowly. Stock market keeps setting record highs over and over again. Employment rate is fantastic. Interest rates are dropping. We are recovering nicely from 3 to 4 years of a global pandemic and we are doing it much better than most other countries.
@@Japplesnap the income to cost of living ratio for the majority of the country is the worst it's been since the 1970s. you're absolutely brainwashed
@@grayisgood there's a bird flu right now first off. Secondly, why on earth would things get worse under him when they were objectively better under his watch the first time? (Until that novel virus of unknown origin disrupted the entire global economy)
We need to overhaul this scam of a corporate tax system that's about to get worse. Us peons are getting fkd in the azz coming and going. These older, retired boomers think it's still like it was in the 90s, and they're not learning the new info!! My dad, specifically. 😣😫😠🤦♀️
Citizens United.
@Blah4444 - What's the "new" info? Why you dissing Dad? I hope it ain't making (trying) a living doing something like door dash! I got a nephew that has a mind like that. Working to break even! Not smart!
@bigg4454 a corporation can not pay taxes. Customers pay for everything. A corporation spends its profits on influencing elected officials legally. End the 2010 Citizens United Decision that imposes the will of five persons on all 50 states.
Bravo. So true. I'm in full agreement. Good drum line!
Reich totally disconnected like usual.
Yep, half-truths and misinformation. He needs a tall soapbox.
Robert! You nailed this. The instability in the lives of most citizens has become absolutely insane. This has deteriorated exponentially since the early 90's. No stability in job security, home security medical care, vehicle ownership, debt, etc ...the powers behind the government, have found ways to get every nickel a person owns, by exploiting every dynamic of a persons lifestyle, for profit. The monopolies have destroyed free enterprise. We need very strong government and regulations on so many things, in the process, we need to remove regulations that enable the rape, pillage and plunder mentality of the ruling class. On the working class.
This is why it is insane how the democrats salivate over millions of migrants coming to this country. Its bad for the workers who are here . How can you possibly think it would be great to bring millions of uneducated and often unskilled people here. Kamala stated we have a housing shortage. Going to build 3 million. Yet over 10 million people entered the country in 3 years. Want to reduce our fossil fuel use yet all these new people will now need to drive when before they did not drive. Heat their homes. Complain corporations mistreat workers yet double the amount of people needing work. Many will work illegally under cutting american workers.
He totally missed the fact that the Democrats have ignored the working class since they rejected Bernie in 2016, and instead went full-woke on identity politics and neocon foreign policy. the Dems lied about Biden’s senility, chose a DEI ‘veep’ instead of having a primary, and ran on a campaign of “Trump is a bad man” and “abortion abortion abortion” (despite abortion now being a state’s rights issue). Dems proved their incompetence and elitism. And they had fare more money and billionaires than Trump. Last thing big corporations want to see are tariffs. The final nail in the coffin is Biden giving Hunter a pardon, going back on his promise not to. The Dems are ruined and need a complete rehaul. Now all of a sudden Reich is echoing what Bernie was saying 40 years ago. While Reich was outside Clinton’s Oval Office waiting for slick Willie to finish diddling Monica. What a clown and part of the problem.
You are a national treasure. Thank you for your insight. I am listening.
LOL!!
of course you are lol
I’m not American and I’ve been saying for YEARS!
Thanks for producing this video! How much do I owe you for this economic lesson? More should listen to you. You made some arguments that I have seen in my little world. Biden may have made some gains, but unfortunately, we live in a world where people want instant gratification, and when they don't attain it, they move on, and it comes a hamster wheel.
Robert is a fake economist
@@censorship_cant_stop_truth2 By 'fake credentials' you mean (from his wikipedia page): He attended John Jay High School in Cross River, New York. Reich received a National Merit Scholarship and majored in history at Dartmouth College, graduating with an A.B., summa cum laude, in 1968 and winning a Rhodes Scholarship to study Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University College, Oxford. Reich subsequently earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. From 1973 to 1974, Reich served as a law clerk to Judge Frank M. Coffin, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. From 1974 to 1976, he was an assistant to U.S. Solicitor General Robert Bork, under whom he had studied antitrust law while at Yale.[23] In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed him director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Federal Trade Commission. From 1980 until 1992, Reich taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he wrote a series of books and articles, including The Next American Frontier and The Work of Nations. Reich joined the [Clinton] administration as Secretary of Labor. Reich has been the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley since January 2006.[8] He was formerly a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[9] and a professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean he's a fake.
Interference and I will believe nothing else!
Kamala Harris embraced Liz Cheney and ignored Bernie Sanders - that's the failure in a nutshell.
Donald Trump posed next to a garbage truck while wearing a hard hat. Kamala Harris gave Cardi B a million dollars to read an endorsement off her phone that was almost certainly written by a Harris campaign staffer or her publicist. That is campaign failure in a nutshell. 😂😂
@@aaroncostello8812trump was cosplaying. People just bought into cruelty and stupidity.
@gregzgurl2004 Kamala was cosplaying, too. She had to put on a pantsuit and try to act like Mitt Romney because San Francisco progressivism wasn't on the menu this year. 😆😆
Kamala the cackler was such a weak candidate,most people can stand her
Harris didn't attack trump on his record!! She lost!! We need a stand up combative candidate if we want to fill the office! Most Americans can't see beond the end of their nose !! America
will pay in tears these next 4 years!! Our children will pay the most! I grew up in the 50s during the recession. It had a remarkable effect on me! I'm in my 70s now and I vote for my children!
you are 100% completely right sir you would think that this would be easy for them to see considering the last time that the Democratic party went extremely left they had to put in a new constitutional amendment to make it so Republicans got a chance again
You're crazy she ran a terrible campaign. First rally paying Megan the stallion to twerk and rap about her coochie. Really? Although I'm not a trump supporter I damn sure wouldn't be a Democrat supporter. This regime pushed laws like letting a grown man use the bathroom with my five year old. Pushed legislation to allow transgender men to compete in women's sports. Get serious.
Weird how people never seem to question why exactly the last socialist President was so popular he made us make a rule saying you don't get to win that hard
@@johnruhd5917 a lot of years of intentional hardcore propaganda makes it tough for people to see what's right in front of their face I guess
"you are 100% completely right sir " HAHAHHAAAHAA!!
I agree completely, Prof. Reich.
Of course it’s the economy. While my billionaire boss is excited about Trump but denying employees raises and cutting 401k match and other benefits.
2/3rds of billionaires supported kackela.
That is the Biden economy.
Both parties have gotten addicted to corporate money, good luck changing that fact. It is time for another option to the long standing political duopoly.
It is time for a third... I would have been pushing for this, but I thought it could backfire and help Trump more than anything, but now I'm all in.
how does trump give voice to working class anger when he talks nonsense whenever he opens his mouth? Now Musk who supported trump wants a 56B salary. wtf?
We had pretty big spending cuts here in the UK over the last 15 years, but those spending cuts have turned out to be so expensive, so now people are paying more in tax to get much less in return. I worry that this, on a massive scale, is what's in store for the US.
Just wait for Brexit to settle the screws. Oh well, as least you have a king. He will help.
??? Completely different system my friend. Cut spending reduces debt. You have so many nanny state systems.
@@vc6984 Some people presume so. However, cutting spending ends up costing the tax payer more, for a number of reasons: firstly, there are the macroeconomic reasons, which can be roughly summed up in the aphorism that 'you have to speculate to accumulate', because government spending typically creates jobs which give more people money, who spend more money, which creates more jobs, whereas reducing government spending reduces the economy, reducing economic activity, in the 'paradox of thrift'.
Secondly, there's the saying 'a stitch in time saves nine', which is about how spending money to fix a proble now before it gets worse is much cheaper than putting it off. This is true about things like infrastructure, healthcare spending, and pretty much anything that governments spend money on.
Next, there's the brain drain when public services are massively underfunded: when a public service like teaching is underfunded, people it creates a feedback loop of workers getting more stressed, then some of them leave the job, so more of them get stressed and leave the job. This is very expensive to fix and even more expensive to let linger, as you need to pay people high wages to come in as emergency cover for those who don't feel valued and so leave. In the UK, this would sometimes be supply teachers, costing more than full time teachers, or doctors and nurses working overtime (yes, I know your healthcare is private, but that itself is a great example of how a lack of government investment is more expensive than a good, well managed public system.)
And how much better is a well educated and healthy workforce than a badly educated and unhealthy one? Even if you don't value people as an end in themselves, people's health and education are a really fantastic means to the end of a healthy economy. Government spending on education and healthcare pays for itself especially as people are then able to contribute more and better than otherwise.
At the end of the day, it's just better to be in short term debt because you have invested in the future than to be in long term debt because you haven't invested in the future.
It is - Elon Musk and DOGE are preparing to slash the shit out of government.
he won because he’s a populist and Harris wasnt
im a leftist so im not the biggest fan of harris but she was good at least, the issue was she was too passive and her campaign was “it would be bad to have trump” and not “if you have me im gonna make big changes”
the american people arent about policy they never have been, they want populist rhetoric nomatter what and its extremely disheartening
So you admit Obama was just a rhetoric filled nothing.
@@vc6984 yeah i do lol, im a leftist not a dem
Blue MAGA vs Red MAGA is destroying the country. It’s only the corporations vs the people that make under 40k a year
It's not the economy. It's racism, racism. What do you not understand about that? The writing is on the wall...Ppl buy what they want. They go where they want. The working class is not hungry...they are afraid...why else would they vote for him🤡
WTF are you talking about? Inane babble.
2024 sucked
Still better than 2020
@@johnselfridge1381 We voted out Trump in 2020.
Yeah, so the last 1/3rd of 2020 was more positive than the first 2/3rds.
Worst year of my life for so many reasons. (So far)
Now we know why Musk is hanging around Trump.
Because he wants to tear down the establishment?
he's a bitter little man
Thank you, Robert Reich!❤
Yay and Amen, Mr. Reich. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏
Reich is a propagandist.
@0:53 - That’s exactly where you’re wrong. When you say “most Americans without college degrees,” you fail to acknowledge that many wealthy Americans in rural and conservative areas also fall into this category-not because they couldn’t get into college, but because they chose not to attend. These individuals often believe that colleges and universities are corrupting their children’s minds with progressive ideologies. We’re not talking about deprived populations here; we’re talking about affluent individuals who were raised conservative and intentionally opted out of higher education. So, let’s get the facts straight! The real issue isn’t just educational attainment-it’s the deep-seated demographic indoctrination that’s dividing this country. We’re focusing on the wrong problem. Hate and bigotry still unfortunately trumps (Pun intented).
Well said. In Australia we are heading that way too. It terrifies me.❤