"kinda"? - he rocked it!!!...

“I wouldn’t have a roof over my head if it wasn’t for you George.”

@almcmemeshack8443 An army of George Baileys kept the nation afloat through Great Depression I, and beat two of the greatest war machines in the history of the world. And first private, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel and colonel James Stewart, of Indiana, Pennsylvania and the U.S. Army Air Forces was a real, life George Bailey, except that Jimmy had the hearing in one ear ruined, flying bombers over Nazi Germany.

This hits home today

This 1947 depiction is exactly how finance works. Sadly, our citizenry do not understand? Ignorance is bliss?

You'll get your tp in 60 days

Congratulations one of the best analogies in the comments I have seen

Potters givin' out 4 rolls on the 8 pack now gettin' half's better then gettin' nothing!

Potter=Trump that's right I said it. LOL Tom= any asshole that tries to buy all the toilet paper in the store. when he can get by with a twenty roll case.

@@reneehurt387 Hey, I was gonna say that! So true

Undertone? The whole movie is wildly heavy and serious.

@@_AGONY I think you're right. It's not the jolly Christmas classic that people think it is. Over and over again George gets screwed for doing the right thing. Think the ending is pat?

@@nicholasschroeder3678 Was thinking about this just the other day, almost don't even see how it's considered a christmas movie being how heavy it is. Not very many movies from that time touch on topics as deep.

@@_AGONY Well, it's got lots of sugary, sentiment, and of course it's set at Christmas with good triumphing over evil. What I like is that George's decency doesn't come cheap: he's basically the whole town's codependent. He kind of knows that he's being screwed, but he just can't help himself--he's always internally compelled to think of others. So I think at least it's a lesson in love. Love is costly, but it's worth it.

@@_AGONY The writer's made a riff on A Christmas Carol. Potter doesn't get redeemed, but George regains his faith in love. It's a great moment when Potter tries to seduce him, and George loses himself for a moment before he snaps out of it. It's all a fairy tale about the American Dream: George gives it up--wealth, power, status--and the movie is about showing he made the right decisions. Still, it's often a bitter pill to swallow that you might have to make really hard choices.

Yep!

It’s a perfect movie.

Brandon 🤡 needs to Plagiarize it Today 😆🤣🤣

@@carnevale366 Brandon's causing the bank runs; not trying to prevent them.

They honestly should go back, and reward these timeless actors and movies, that people took for granted at the time.

!!!

It’s sad that Jimmy Stewart has only one Academy Award.

@ericburns9132 "I still think that Jimmy Stewart should have won the Oscar for this movie..." I think he gave the greatest performance ever by a lead actor, in what was then the third greatest picture ever made. The problem was, Life bombed at the box office, and the critics weren't all that crazy about it, either. But he got nominated real good. Freddie March won the Best Actor Oscar that year for The Best Years of Our Lives. March was brilliant, and Best Years was the box office king that year, was beloved by the critics, remains the greatest picture ever made, and had long coattails.

I don't have your Oscar, it's in BILL'S house, and, and ,and, and FRED'S house!

super nintendo chalmers hits a guy, then gets hit by a lady.

‘Only have enough cash for the next three customers!’

Whatta you meeaaaaaaan the banks outta money?!?!

Charlie 😬

Ixnay on the omar may

I show it in my U.S. history class when we study the Depression.

That's why im here lmao

Me rn

Nope, this was from my teacher for the great depression unit lol

I'm here for my economics class 😂

wonderful moment

@swa7169 Thanks for the back story. That was Ellen Corby, who would later perform in I Remember Mama, Vertigo, and The Waltons.

Which is a movie that we have seen because there was no copyright on it. So TV stations looking to save some pennies would play this copyright free movie over and over year after year. So now it's part of the cultural zeitgeist.

I always said would you give up a case of beer to feed a family for a week, exposes ourselves in a hurry.

Absolutely. That was the moment Mary truly proved herself to be George’s perfect match.

@@12classics39 Heck, Mary proved herself to be George's perfect match when she was eight years old.

HONEYMOON

Amen. I've long held to the saying "Behind every great man is a great woman, helping to hold him up against the weight of the world."

Because that's what a true leader does.

We should all take this to heart no matter what they throw our way this year or the next. They are Potters and we are those people.

It’s what his father would have said too.

I blame Fred for having my money at his house.

Buy Bitcoin and Precious Metals. Be your OWN custodian. All bankers are crooks.

@NinjaCrazy87 Why did you end a serious comment, "haha"?

@@TheFinancialSecret so are cryptocurrencies lol.

But couldn't you get an advance payment from the Federal Reserve?

If only the banks had George

​@Eli Schrag this world has no savior

So ask yourself; Who's Mr Potter?

@@jreese7436george Soros, Klaus Schwab and Bill Gates just to name a few…

Not before the executives took their millions in bonuses.

Yes, except she originally didn't want George to go back! She wanted him to get back in the cab and drive on! I'll never understand the writer upon hearing that. I wonder why he had her say that line in the movie. (It was totally at odds with her behavior in the Bldg & Loan when she flashed the money and yelled out, "How much do you need!?")

so if anything, she should be the one given credit for saving the town, not George.

It's the kind of truck billionaires would try today.

​@@thewewguy8t88they're not just trying it, they are doing it. Why do you think everything is becoming more expensive and rent is astronomical? The world has been taken over by Potters and the regular guy is getting screwed.

Mama dollar and papa dollar.

What a great optimism. Awesome.

When I heard about SVB, this was the first thing that came to my mind.

Same reason I’m watching.

Stuck together, he said that was a loan on their own money. Crazy we think the banking system is good to people.

It's Fred if you're going for the simpsons quote haha

That's the year President Biden was born

1930S

And that's the problem. We all just assume things are supposed to cost more over time, but they're not. Free markets are deflationary. But the way the federal reserve and fiat systems are setup, they can only continue to exist by inflating prices and debasing currency. They have to bleed people of their wealth on every level. Your income, the things you buy with it, your home (if you can even afford to buy one anymore), when you sell your home, when you sell a stock, constantly taking and giving to those on government who did nothing to deserve it. The only time this doesn't apply is when you become wealthy somehow.

Yet he was willing to lose half to the greedy gobbler Potter.

3rd largest, now that First Republic fell. I got a feeling we aren't done yet either

How was it?

How so? By trusting someone who promises to have your back, no matter what, and then leaves you hanging?? You do know, that this was fiction and that real banks back in the great depression did nothing like this. In fact, what they told anyone who came in, was "if you don't have it - you don't own it". Sounds fair right? It was your money that was ENTRUSTED to them right? Or did you give it to them as a gift?

@@aphthorian4604 Pretty positive they weren’t really referring to such a specific situation let alone the integrity of depression era banks, but rather individuals being out for themselves when they know it’ll cost the group if they break away just to cover their asses.

No. Socialists who scapegoat others like you are responsible for far far more.

@@aphthorian4604 Tom signed the agreement to be able to be paid in 60 days.

@@aphthorian4604 The building and loan isn't a bank. Potter guaranteed the banks. So if they were a bank, then this wouldn't have happened.

That is exactly what his plan was.

Awesome, this movie was well worth it!

Grandma Walton.

Today he'll be jailed for sexual harassment. This bank will also get shut down for racism.

Marvel needs DC like Coke needs Pepsi.

:D

He's gonna get metood for that

$17.50 backed by gold. In 2020 thats $250.

And it made all the difference, they would've been broke by $0.50

Not if you inherited a Prop 13 house like me!

AT&T did not Buy Cingular, Cingular Bought AT&T wireless, and changed their name shortly to AT&T Wireless, then AT&T inc acquired ATT, also the DirectTV ATT merger required substantiation benefits to the american consumer

And soon Disney.

Anti-Trust laws were neutered in the ‘60s. That’s why no one is stepping in to stop a brazen monopolization play. That and tons of lobbying money greasing both squeaky and already oily wheels.

@@Ebonysonofham lol@substantial benefits. You must be kidding me.

Wait until the illusion can't support itself and breaks. Bank runs will be the least of everyone's concern.

@@aphthorian4604 illusion? what illusion lmao dont tell me you think covid isnt real

@@christianortiz324 Real enough, but greatly exaggerated in terms of how dangerous or even how contagious it is. I know exactly two people who have diagnosed positive. One is in a high risk group. Both recovered and are doing fine.

@@dreadcthulhu5 right because your two personal examples apply to the entire world. Really sound logic

@@alexr6292 I'll bet if you ask people how many they know who have had it and recovered versus those who died you'd find a higher rate of survival than death. I'd also be willing to bet that many of those deaths were thanks to people like Cuomo and the new Secretary of Health Biden appointed who intentionally put sick people in nursing homes. Wouldn't it be interesting to know those numbers, but I wouldn't hold my breath that we will ever really get an accurate estimate.

Not much at all assuming it’s not a random event. Although you could assume lending would grind to a halt well before then which would almost certainly crash an economy as well. This is by no means a defense of fractional reserve banking, however, it should be clear that an economy generally grows faster depending on the amount of money that can be lent(commensurate with its safety).

In the documentary , George kisses her was his genuine reaction. Frank Capra wanted to surprise him

That’s Grandma Walton.

Alexandria Scott its already happening! My bank froze all accounts today.

Lmao why?

Damn 😂

SavingSongs Yup. It’s stupid logic. Figured though, they were old.

Explains this year's election.

Thank you for suggestion!

Nowadays that could never happen. We have no social trust due to demographics being more at odds with each other than ever before.

FDIC insures the deposits (up to a reasonable limit). If bank runs were to happen, the government would just print a shitload more money. Your cash on hand would have far less value as a consequence.

@@PhilMoskowitz But the FDIC will not pay out your guaranteed deposits right away. Having cash on hand is vital. Also a good idea to stock up on food.

SVB lol 😂

@@muhammedyaseen8844 Indeed.

Human nature always does.

It’s always something