“I know you robbed the liquor store and killed the owner but what will happen to your family without your financial support? Therefore we’re going to give you a thousand dollar fine as long as you don’t do it again.” -If people were tried like corporations.

If anything is too big to fail, then it's an unreliable, unstable, unsustainable system that deserves to collapse.

My husband shared this video with me since I’m in a white-collar crime class. I just finished writing my final, which actually touched on repeat offenders and discussed JPMorgan Chase as well. I suggested that if a business is “too big to fail” then we have not prevented a monopoly. I said we should prosecute them all, and, if a company fails, another company will eventually fill the vacuum! Great video!

Not only should we prosecute more, we should have a corporate death penalty. That doesn't mean that anyone gets killed, but rather that any corporation found guilty of any sufficiently heinous malfeasance should undergo a total or partial structured dissolution; it's assets nationalized and possibly resold; lifetime bans on working in the industry for those higher in the corporate structure. Like anti-trust restructuring, but more complete, and with a possibility that the government simply absorbs the corporation. Ultimately, many industries work more justly with democratic oversight (cough: railroads) But really, this isn't just about reasonable economic and justice policy, it's about revenge.

During the talc lawsuits, Johnson & Johnson assigned liability to a company they created, and that company has filed for bankruptcy now, in an effort to avoid settling cases or minimize settlement payments. J&J is the worst.

Georg is a unique content creator. Important topics, well written / researched and funny as sh*t. I love this channel!!

It’s psychopaths and corruption all the way down.

After watching or reading something like this I'm always left with a feeling of, "what can I do? What can WE do? We, the ones who die from asbestos laced talc powder and lose our life savings in State allowed scams?". Then I take a sip of bleach, just to dull the pain a bit.

Corporations became untouchable because they basically allied with the politicians.

By far the best channel on this labyrinth of dirge.

I will increase my patreon donation to you knowing this will lead to my extradition to the US on conspiracy charges.

In Ireland we pay a new ‘ temporary’ tax since 2008 called USC or universal service charge. If and when banks fail, you will pay

This has occurred regularly since the early 1800's

Brilliant. It's almost jarring to see American legal and political discourse that avoids culture war crap.

that jeffery cut away to the urn was editing gold

Too big to faii is just another term for oligopoly and an indicator for anti-trust action.

SCOTUS considers multinational corporations to be “persons” who enjoy the rights that such recognition confers, but these entities will never spend a day behind bars because they’re “too big to fail” and…well, reasons.

speaking of too big/powerful to fail. **cough** Peloski's husband got into a car collision, found to be DUI. Gets off with a misdemeanor. I was charged as a fellon for being in possession of a 4" carbide locking utility knife. i work with metal sheets and wires. Thankfully the Judge has more sense than the cops and DA

Love your content thanks for all the hardwork you put in

Georg, I don’t know how you have the mental strength to make these videos, but I thank you for it. Most of the scandals you have covered are familiar to me, but I wouldn’t want to take the time you have done to document them so thoroughly. This stuff is corrosive to the soul. The fundamental principles which we think govern our world, simply don’t exist. The legal system is corrupt, the law making process is corrupt, the election process is corrupt and through the use of technology free speech has been neutered. Have you looked at the scientific community and the reproducibility crisis? Much of what we think of as settled science in some areas is nothing of the sort. Especially Diet, food pyramid, statins, heart disease, cholesterol. I’m sure you already familiar with the fact that psychology and economics are two disciplines with all the trappings of scientific rigour, but are essentially no more valid than witchcraft or astrology. Well done exploring these rabbit holes and not ending up in conspiracy land. Much easier to believe that reptiles are responsible for all this, than your fellow human beings. Keep up the good work, you are doing us all a great service.

You are doing a legitimate moral good, Georg. Thank you for the fantastic journalistic pieces. Brought to you by Hip-Tang! Hip-Tang! Now Talcum powder free.

I forget about these individual incidents over the years, because what am I going to be able to do, but when you string them all together it's even worse. But what goes up must come down, it will be a glorious fall.

I think the biggest tragedy in this video is the lack of a "and here's Georg in a hottub explaining financial wrongdoings." segment. What a loss.

Its the same people that tells us to hate eachothers all over the world. Meanwhile their hands goes in our pockets.. Wine an dine on worlds hate..yeck......Good work dude..Sir!

The impression I always get from American corporate culture is that if one could find a way to control and monetize access to the very air we breath they would be given a license to do so. If you challenged them the response would simply be: " We are carrying on a legitimate business, pay up or stop breathing. Now get off my lawn!" In places American corporations have already done this with water. Do you really think there is some line in the sand due to the difference in imminent necessity between air and water?

This is his best video yet, I've been screaming this for yrs. This is why REAL change isn't happening and why we don't actually live in a democracy, its a kind of republic. We can vote but we dnt have any say over policy. Its not a problem of our politicians, its us the people. We're the problem

I enjoy your content, and now it's even better. I will buy that for a dollar.

Just look at what’s coming out about Uber now. Politicians and corporations are now in a mostly symbiotic relationship. Great work as ever Georg.

There's one line in a Dire Straits song that sums it all up perfectly: "I've legalized robbery, called it believe" - Dire Straits - The Man's Too Big

Cheers for the video 🥂 and thanks for always bothering to include subtitles, it doesn't go unnoticed

I felt actually sick after watching this, and that really doesn't happen often.

really appreciate the work you do, I really hope your presence on KZfaq continues to grow, you deserve so much more subscribers and attention.

this is the important stuff that needs to be talked about. this is where the outrage belongs. it saddens me that people fill their days with the most trivial things to be upset about while the people at the top fill their pockets

Just hit the 27 second mark. Now strapping in and buckling up. This is going to be a ride.

This channel is the best.

Gotta like and comment for this: better journalism than you get on TV Georg you're smashing it

You could say that St. Ronald Of California still watches over us 🥲

props for tackling this subject matter, the more this comes to the forefront on a mass level the better. it's honestly getting pretty dire

I love the evolution of your channel over the years

Incredible video, totally well investigated and well explained. I hope to see more of this videos with this series of corruption stories and scandals.

I have a feeling this video isn't going to be promoted by KZfaq much. I'm happy I checked in on your channel again... You've really been knocking it out of the park Georg. I think these videos you've been making on some of the serious issues we face today shed much needed light

Fantastic Georg. You put a lot of hard work into this and I appreciate it.

Your choices of video topics get more and more interesting. Also catching & liking the Adam Curtis influences in the B-roll

I just love this guy, he makes it look so easy to put all of this together, but it must have been a ton of work, and somehow I dont question a thing this guy says. Preach on brother.

Love these videos. I'm so grateful for content creators like yourself, who I've followed since machinima days, who broadcast truth like a beacon of illumination.

I really enjoy your content Georg: the way you cast light to these topics, your dry humor, the atmosphere; every time I come to your channel with having zero knowledge on these topics and at the end finding it tremendously interesting, all of that, I love. Thank You so much for all the work you have put through these years

Oh my God I am so greatful you are covering this topic.

Absolutely fantastic stuff. Loved it so much on your Patreon channel, I thought I'd come and watch it here as well. Thanks for all the work you do, especially on these longer videos. You're a star. If only there were more of us on Patreon we might get to see more of you.

Phenomenal, if incredibly depressing, work! Very much looking forward to the rest of the series!

Existential crises. Now THAT'S the Hiptang.

Thank you for making these videos Georg. You’re doing important work. I’ve been talking about the corporatocracy in the US for years, and you’ve managed to put it all so eloquently.

Thank you, Georg.

Really like the editing you did with these visuals. Adam Curtis subconscious vibes in here

Investment banking is , essensialy, another military branch - they get slap on the wrist if innocents start to suffer, but they won't make them stop operating, it's just too damn profitable. It's a golem situation: it's amazing when it works and fights your enemies, but can easily turn on you.

"Nobody went to jail"

It's not bribery. It's called lobbying!

My career in finance ended with the spectacular implosion of the banking industry around 2009. It felt like the end of the world back then and I was sure things would change, people would demand justice of some sort. Wow was I wrong.

Truly wonderful work.

Thank you.

Very nice, Cousin Jorge'. Very nice indeed.

Great work as ever!

Stunning stuff!!

I haven't even seen this yet and o already hit the like button. Every time I see a new video I say to myself, "here we go"

Good thing I watched 'A Civil Action' before this to put me in the mood

Awesome vid, looking forward to more

cheers on a another great episode.

Steal ten thousand dollars and go to jail. Steal 10 billion dollars and get a government bailout.

3:56 that is so good.

Thanks for this one I knew I would be (enjoying?) the topic when I read the title. The protections available to our betters is disgusting. Laws for thee not for me should eventually bite them in the ass.

Great stuff; reminds me of Adam Curtis' documentaries, which is no bad compliment.

I love this stuff. Well done again Georg… or… well done lava lamp.

Really good.

Love it! Keep it up :)

I enjoy you're using old adverts for beer and cigarettes instead of tired stock footage.

I enjoy your work. Corporations need to be kept accountable.

I LOVE THIS CONTENT!

Loving the new backdrop

These videoes are great. Just the thing I needed to cheer me up when I'm feeling down. Haha. It hurts.

Oh my God, Georg has pulled the Oxycontin plotline into this as well!

Colonialism never stopped, it just found a new avenue

Very interesting and informative. Cant wait for the next episode, im sure it will be more positive 😹

this looks particularly great Georg! Ok did you get a new setup? Like camera or lens or colour grading..

thanks georg you are a cool guy

You deserve 800,000 subscribers

Le Monde Diplomatique made fabulous articles about the revolving doors and the dictatorship of lobbies

Reminds me of a high-ranking former FBN (Federal Bureau of Narcotics) officer who said he was unable to fully prosecute every major drugs ring he busted because of the presence of undercover agents. Here's a question - how is it possible for either the second or third largest industry (illegal narcotics) on the planet to operate invisibly? Answer - it doesn't. I doubt there's a single major shipment of drugs moving anywhere whose location isn't known right down to the nearest metre by the likes of the NSA, Homeland Security, the US Navy, NATO etc. Drugs don't move around the globe inside leaky "coke submarines". They are escorted by US Navy destroyers and Apache helicopter gunships before being loaded onto trucks operated by corporations. The drug busts you see on TV are either those of independent operators trying to cut into the market or tossed to the cops to make them look like they are doing their jobs.

HSBC: the official banking partner of the Sinaloa Cartel

I would say it's interesting what has occurred after the legal definition of 'corporation' was created, distinct from 'company'. But then again, that was the whole point.

there should be a natural presumption of guilt in all and any matters regarding behaviors of corporations. They should always have to prove innocence and be presumed guilty. Always 100% in all things even trite ones.

WTF! I been subscribed and this is one of maybe 3 channels I have the bell notifications turned on for so I know as soon as a news video is uploaded. But I didn't get any fuckin notification about the new video! Ahh well, fuck it. Happy to see more.

Regarding the saving and loan collapse: I worked with the government agency to examine and recover S&L losses. In short order I learned the agencies primary objective was to hide the fraud and losses. In fact, the agency hired the very fraudsters that collapsed the S&L's!

Sir, we regret to inform you that your bank account has been closed.

The only thing "Too Big to Fail" is citizenship and the government being born out of the people and not imposed above them.

Many people regard this is "business corrupting democratic government," but as Martin Mayer said in the beginning this is impossible without first having the backing of the state. This is a cycle that has borne itself out over multiple administrations and under supposedly vastly different administrations, so it is not simply a party political or ideological issue. The trick most people miss is that as this cycle continues it reveals that the government, especially when it comes to providing housing, uses their underwriting of these institutions to provide housing liquidity where there really is none. Yes, people in these institutions get their payday but what it is really about is providing the illusion of affordable mass home ownership when the capital stock is too low to allow it. In this way the financial sector is subsumed by the goals of a "liberal democracy," Vis-à-vis the creation of illusory mass material progress to satiate a population, not the other way around. When government technocrats control The Federal Reserve, and can conjure mass amounts of money and fiduciary media out of thin air, money is meaningless at the apex of the power structure.

Legend

But the IRS will audit my fiancée over her returns….

I'm a huge fan of Georg becoming Adam Curtis recently. Just needs some more music and dancing scenes.

Hey Georg sharing your content when I can Side question, has collaborator been released or is it still in post production

Really sad to hear about Georg's impending suicide :/

I hope that this is being recorded from a secret location . . .