yw i voted for the guy in 1980! Got clobbered, of course. :)

How could he offer an alternative to something he started?

It's always odd that the presidents or leaders of the past that are unquestioningly bashed or derided today were, at the time, the types that opposed the international-capitalist order.

He did a terrible job.

@@bd3199 I don't know what planet you live on, but presidents don't invent economic doctrines. My point isn't that he could've stopped the wave of deregulation and financialisation following the oil shocks, or indeed that he could've somehow sustained people's faith in a Keyenesian approach to economics (which was never fully internalised in the American case anyway). I'm saying that what he outlined in his speech was a socially and environmentally conscious alternative to understanding society as a game of 'naked self-interest' and infinite economic growth (the understanding brought about by the widespread interiorisation of neoliberalism). I might sight the cybernetic experement in Allende's Chile as another possible alternative. People weren't going to go for it, though, because unlike Carter's vision, where you voluntarily sacrifice upfront for the common good, in neoliberalism, austerity is packaged as spending cuts ('cutting the fat out of government') to maintain growth.

@@bd3199 The mistake which I contend that you're making (which admittedly is implied by my original comment to an extent) is to view individual actors, such as American presidents, as the driving force of history. Economic (material) factors are the primary driving force of history, and presidents respond to these trends. Historical theories like the Great Man theory that Americans like to propagate conveniently obscure the systemic issues with the capitalist mode of production.

This is one of the nicest comments I’ve ever gotten! Thank you :)

For the greater good?his economy and foreign policies were failures

Boomers condenscending and sassy bunch

Well he didn't give anybody an alternative. Basically he just got up and told us all to stop consuming for consumption sake - a behavior that people did in response to their ever centralized political machine- but the only reward was being a better person. It's a true misunderstanding of how people work

JFK did. So did FDR during WW2. Basically most presidents asked us to sacrifice during wars. People were just selfish in the 70's and 80's up to today. It's part of the reason nothing gets done major by in the country anymore.

Unfortunately he was unqualified for the job of President of the United States. Nixon and Reagan were better qualified only because they were immoral and had no conscience, but at least Nixon had enough decency and respect for the country and the office to resign. He was at all times in full command of his senses. Reagan was a corporate puppet who said the right soundbites and was always coached. Unfortunately Carter thought "Honesty" and "Human Rights" was going to turn things around. He clearly did not understand the Business.

nah it was JFK. Only other one is lincoln, and both were murdered. I wonder why?

@@tempejklyou’ll think a little different once you graduate high school…

I'd say H.W. Bush was also a true man of morals and character. Even though i definitely disagree with H.W. on a lot of his policies, I like his vision of a "kinder, gentler nation."

@@tempejkl JFK moral? With his womanizing?

You never do

@@hamburgerdan101extremely and incredibly wrong

So they was the spoiled brat generation who enjoyed the fruit of the last and made the next suffer

Sounds like gen z, no matter how much they hate boomers, are becoming as narrow minded and selfish as the boomers they so oppose

​@@iameverywhere260generally speaking yes. Nowadays they have no real life with substance so they take it out on their children and youth

I want mommy, I want milk I, want to be held, I want to be comforted, -The American people

"Baby Boomer" psyche was shaped before Reagan.

Exactly. I never criticize his personal character, only his faith in the FBI and CIA to "do the right thing" in Latin America (like seizing Venezuela's entire central bank's gold reserve)

I'd rather be a terrible person and help people than a good meaning fool who utterly fails and hurts

Carter is a Jew hater

a Bad president yes.

​@@3dartistguyGreat post-presidency, though 🏠🏡🏠🏡 🏡🏠🏠

Oh no the cynical policies that led to an economic boom and no weak foreign policy oh no😂

Economic policy that sent this country down the path of being owned by the corporate elite ?

@@JjkJjk-or9kcEconomic boom: Literally the biggest economic bubble in human history

@@fish5671 That started, of course, with an intentional recession.

You're ignorant of the facts or blind of you think Reagan was strong in world affairs...we are dealing with blowback to this day of his fuqery in Iraq, Iran contra, South American death squads creating the 💩hole countries from Trump's mouth. Broke the unions, killed pensions, trickle down economics. Sorry kid, Reagan Is the architect of the social and economic problems and H.W. was leading the CIA in the 70s when they were the most evil entity on earth training Muslims and south americans to be terrorists, all to keep oil prices down. How'd that turn out?

I agree 💯

He didn’t have much of a prescription to give.

How?a huge failure in foreign policy and economics was one of the best? scholars disagree

​@@EmbraceTheStruggle24How?a huge failure in foreign policy and economics was one of the best? scholars disagree

@@JjkJjk-or9kc what scholars lmao also you get a reject like reagen instead of him who was terrible in every regard

Some of the largest moves to deregulate banks came from the Carter admin and a Democrat super majority.

A lot of the problems with the Carter admin were caused by Nixon and even those problems were in part cause by the Vietnam war and declining oil production. The whole mess probably goes even further back

🎯

Thank you so much! I would’ve loved to include that Mondale often got frustrated by Carter’s political decisions (or rather lack there of) and even considered resigning or leaving the ticket. I’ll have to talk about him in the future :)

@@AndreDutraTV Yea that’s true. Another video idea which I think could be explored is the 1976 election. As I think having a Democratic President who was a senator like Chruch or Jackson for the 1977-1981 term or beyond would have been interesting in terms of what they could’ve gotten done with better relations with Congress. But yea seriously your videos and style are fucking amazing.

I appreciate that! It probably helps that I’m pretty conflicted on Carter myself. I can’t emphasize enough how frustrated I was getting at his actions while learning about him.

I had no idea how mean Carter could be before reading His Very Best! That was really one of the most surprising things about him to me.

I know. When people recently get pissed at reagans team breaking up a hostage deal well Nixon did it to. Politics is dirty sometimes

​@@thomashowe1509The contemporary audience adored Contra soilders in the early 90s. Turns out they were worse than the established power. Whoops.

Wow, thanks!

Sometimes you need an engineer as the head of a project

One could say it's the catalyst event for all of recent history.

​​@@sheep3866that's far too narrow-sighted. The catalyst in question is the end of WWI and the Sykes Picot Agreement

So how would YOU have handled the Iranian hostage crisis?

What are you talking about? He green lighted the first delta force raid ever to rescue the hostages. That took enormous courage. The failure was within the early spacial operations community and lack of training within the separate branches of the military. He took an enormous gamble but it didn’t pay off. He wouldn’t get another chance. Later, Regan would do something unthinkable. He negotiated with terrorists, and traded arms for hostages. And people think Carter is the disgrace?

​@@ianrastoski3346islam lol

Thank you!!

It's happening... it's over

Could have stopped what?this guy was a failure as a president especially in foreign policy and economics

@@JjkJjk-or9kcyou’ve commented this several times… any sources or examples?

@nuclearwinter1984 Were you alive in the 70s?

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Agreed. Greatly fascinating videos and analysis, but sadly falls under the pressure of modern editing tropes and cliches.

Totally understand this criticism. I’ll try to switch up the music!

@@AndreDutraTV Thanks for replying. I think your assessment of Carter is accurate. I was twenty when he lost to Reagan.

Woodrow Wilson was the first social democrat POTUS

@@hundredlashes Maybe. FDR was our first successful one. Peace :)

The very best in history was Abraham Lincoln.

@@Magdalenkaization Fair enough. I certainly understand that position :)

Thank you!

dont get me wrong 2020-2022 was some of the worst years of inflation in american history. i cant even buy a house with a 100k salary anytime soon, not to mention gas, groceries, student loans, etc. not tryna discredit the turmoil of the 70s, except the age we live in is an insane time

@@ytmldU get like 80-85k a year after taxes if married and 75-80k if single. Just drop 40 into a hysa or index funds a year and you can afford it in less than 10 years

@@richardlyman2961 less than 10 years is a huge stretch, besides im in no rush to own a home soon its not on my list of priorities. just making an example.

Explains the 1980s vibe in general

What was the point of reagan having it removed? It has to cost a lot to cool and heat the white house!

Big oil ​@@TheWedabest

@@FiveMissiles can you expand on that?

@@TheWedabest to show that he was more interested in conventional electricity than free electricity*. backing the mining and refining companies monetarily to show economic commitment to non renewable energy

@@FiveMissiles thanks.

The failure was his presidency in general, so

As animals politicians can be The people are also the same they don't give a fuck about anything besides meeting their wants and fulfilling their desires

@@littleantukins4415 your photo represents jimmy carter and all his fanboys like idiot blakel2174 and probably you

The Iranian hostages were released a few minutes after Reagan was sworn in as president. That says everything about how weak Carter was.

How come? How did you receive it?

It can be inferred that his attempts at deflecting onto the populace by suggesting they put on a sweater and other such chestnuts were a great bellwether that the current administration failed to take note of, namely before they started trying to sell us on the notion that we're simply not intelligent enough to see how "great" the economy is performing.

Thank you so much!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Yeah, only wrong thing in this video

Oh wow I had no idea

It really is true. April ~12, 2024 - his death April ~21, 2024 - the video's release

Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you!!! I’d love to know which one is your favorite

@HikiOmo If you're not interested a good person but suck at your job then you'll be fired.

That line really stood out to me in his book and I thought others would enjoy it. Thank you for the comment and for sharing your experience!

@@AndreDutraTV Cool channel btw.

Glad it was helpful!

How did he do that?

​@@TheWedabestThe handling of Venezuela in the 1970s played a big part of that. They "nationalized" the oil facilities there from Chevron and Shell, and instead of moving on from that he stole all of Venezuela's gold reserves as "payment". Look at the legacy that has left Latin America in and set a precedent in for Americans backing the "energy companies"

Meanwhile we had a complete incompetent clown like Reagan get elected who lost his mind during his second term in office

So you think trickle down economic good? Yeah you must be a Trump supporter 😂😂. All the bad things that happened today were started under Reagan and his reckless policies. Don’t ever tell me Reagan’s biggest achievement is ‘winning’ the Cold War. No, the US didn’t win the Cold War, after the fall of the Soviet empire, Russia is transformed into this reckless rogue state that cause havoc in Europe. Now with the ascendancy of China and India, Russia just find itself two new saviors of its economy as it constantly uses these two countries to avoid sanctions. Thus Reagan’s main achievement is destroying the middle class and the American dream.

It would be interesting, even if the average Republican was going to lose, but the Obama coalition made great strides in 2008

He must have had a useless staff. This seems like something Kissinger could have solved in his sleep

This video was written, recorded and edited simultaneously over the last few weeks! Actively working on the video while I’m reading the book helps me incorporate things that are fresh in my mind. All the clips with my face were recorded in one sitting but the rest of the video was recorded on different days.