"Society Is A Ponzi Scheme" - Warning On Population Collapse & Hopeless Generation | Eric Weinstein

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Tom Bilyeu

Tom Bilyeu

2 ай бұрын

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@Hawtload
@Hawtload Ай бұрын
The housing market is shit The dating market is shit The buying power of my dollar is shit The people running the country are shit
@hubertcumberdale2651
@hubertcumberdale2651 Ай бұрын
So .... are you voting for Turd Sandwich or not?
@BlGGESTBROTHER
@BlGGESTBROTHER Ай бұрын
The job market is shit and so are the employers*
@aoeu256
@aoeu256 Ай бұрын
The coming innovations of the singularity are not shit though, people should figure out a way to build replicating robots (robots made out of legos, and the robot makes the lego parts out printing or molding resin), so we can build solar panels and compute at a massive scale on the moon and sahara.
@ryanhughes1101
@ryanhughes1101 Ай бұрын
Dating market is definitely not shit. But the rest is accurate.
@thecandyman9308
@thecandyman9308 Ай бұрын
And truth be told, the people who inhabit this country are overwhelmingly shit as well.
@privateprivate1865
@privateprivate1865 26 күн бұрын
People are scared to bring babies into this nightmare
@karlwheatley1244
@karlwheatley1244 18 күн бұрын
Bingo!
@florinmiu469
@florinmiu469 Ай бұрын
The lack of consequences for the elites has consequences for everybody else
@lesasmith4692
@lesasmith4692 Ай бұрын
Well said!
@nocucksinkekistan7321
@nocucksinkekistan7321 Ай бұрын
The elites are the only ones who pay anything
@tetrabromobisphenol
@tetrabromobisphenol Ай бұрын
History tells us that the initial lack of consequences for the elites is not a new phenomenon, and it ends the same way. The only new aspect to the game this time around is that they think their bunkers will save them from the bullets and blades. In the end, whether they go mad or starve underground, or come out to the face the consequences, the net result will be the same.
@iklijkwelgekmetmijneigennaam
@iklijkwelgekmetmijneigennaam Ай бұрын
Agree.
@JaeLee83
@JaeLee83 Ай бұрын
Very very well said!
@EV-tr2qm
@EV-tr2qm Ай бұрын
If I hear Tom mention his INSANE work ethic one more time, I will lose my fucking mind!
@QEsposito510
@QEsposito510 Ай бұрын
People like him are part of the problem. Business owners who don’t pay enough to match the cost of living, and then rationalize it by saying “it’s more than I made at that age” or justify the disparity in their income vs their employees with “well I worked my ass off.” They’ll always demand “the truth” but will always find a way to exclude themselves from it, or any complicity in the problem.
@user-fn2oy1rq5p
@user-fn2oy1rq5p Ай бұрын
​@@QEsposito510 You can't really expect him to be a non-profit out of the generosity for strangers or his country. He pays what you're market price is. The problem lies in artificial dumping of your price via immigration and inflation, because you're paid in cheap dollars while rich assetholders just get a big loan which depreciates itself automatically and get richer by owning appreciating assets instead of living of $ wages.
@kaufmanat1
@kaufmanat1 Ай бұрын
I started realizing this when I bought a house. My mortgage wasn't changing. Rent went up every year. My mortgage never went up. At the end the renters were out all the money. Me? My house had doubled in value. Borrow money, then devalue the loan so it shrinks without even having to pay it off. ​@@user-fn2oy1rq5p
@Everythingismeaningless344
@Everythingismeaningless344 Ай бұрын
Look at Tom's wife and you will understand why he is coping so hard.
@PhonoDirect
@PhonoDirect Ай бұрын
@@QEsposito510 That's called a socialism, bro. And it has never worked, never in the history and nowhere in the world.
@Ikbeneengeit
@Ikbeneengeit Ай бұрын
The host: "Why won't my employees work overtime for free to help me get rich? We have such different work ethics." 🤡
@normski262
@normski262 Ай бұрын
There is a saying in some Eastern European countries from the time of socialism, they pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work. Zero commitmen,t quality goes down, prices go up. To sustain the 1% again. pushing out the curve
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Ай бұрын
When Weinstein started talking about the “good jobs” like “lawyers” this guys first example was “teachers.” Lol. What an out of touch rube.
@greenthunder1000
@greenthunder1000 Ай бұрын
9:54, 10:10 quote timestamp
@BonusHole
@BonusHole Ай бұрын
We should all just be CEO's and youtube 'Influencers' like this guy. Lets all be Andrew Tate. I don't know who the mugs will be for us to rip off and get rich off of, but I'm going to attract into my being the life that I want by focusing on it. Fkn work ethic man. All it takes.
@TheMagache
@TheMagache Ай бұрын
@@BonusHole I work an insane amount of overtime each year so that I can invest more. But cost of living is so insane that even though on paper I earn a 90th percentile wage. I can't afford to buy a house anywhere close to wear I work. And the boomers and Gen X think we're all just retarded while they gatekeep everything. The housing market is just a giant game of hot potato, hoping you're not bag holding when it finally crashes. And the Job market has had the lower rungs of the ladder deleted so that you cannot advance your career.
@ktskyed5770
@ktskyed5770 Ай бұрын
As an employee, the more work you do, the more work you get, without more pay. I say this from repeated personal experience.
@mdgsk824
@mdgsk824 Ай бұрын
Exactly. Work ethics as a simple employee is a joke. It a scam to shame the little guy into higher productivity with no gain. Also one employees high productivity makes the others look bad and if all others follow they just screw themselves over for the profit of the company
@txdmsk
@txdmsk Ай бұрын
This is true, which is why in many professions you need to bounce after a year or two. If you failed to negotiate a compensation that is in line with your productivity, then you need to find another employer that values your time and talent properly (or create your own company, or become a private entrepreneur).
@AUniqueHandleName444
@AUniqueHandleName444 Ай бұрын
The correct way to get rewarded for working hard it to do the bare minimum day to day, and then when you are on a key project with a lot of management visibility, work 80-100 hours for a few weeks and be the hero. Rinse and repeat. It's worked for me, at least -- I've tripled my compensation in ~5 years.
@charlespeterson778
@charlespeterson778 Ай бұрын
Especially in the military
@XTRABIG
@XTRABIG Ай бұрын
well said. more wirk equates ti more when it used to be your land, your products, your home... now more work ids more for someone else's enrichment
@pzmoore007
@pzmoore007 Ай бұрын
Houses are being used as investment vehicles, not for families.
@chriswf
@chriswf Ай бұрын
The catch is how do you balance the work it takes to build a home and drive enough of a profit to maintain a business and grow and continue to build more homes?
@Derzull2468
@Derzull2468 Ай бұрын
@@chriswf Buy a house that's already made, do nothing, sell at 2 to 4 times the price you bought it for a few years later. Collect rent while you wait, they pay the mortgage, you don't. You don't provide any value to society yet make tons of money for having money in the first place. The renters stays renters forever.
@danquarterman
@danquarterman Ай бұрын
Growing up in my fathers house, it was ALWAYS clear, that, that place was not mind, I did not belong there, it was only a matter of time before I was out, and he would never call or care that I existed. Thanks for everything Dad. You low life piece of crap.
@workingshlub8861
@workingshlub8861 Ай бұрын
a home you live in is not an investment..it its shelter..nobody is taught that.
@workingshlub8861
@workingshlub8861 Ай бұрын
@@Derzull2468 do nothing??? you have never owned investment properties have you??
@richc3090
@richc3090 Ай бұрын
When you destroy the morale, optimism, and hopefulness of a society, you’re left with apathy.
@danquarterman
@danquarterman Ай бұрын
YES. See hypernormalization film. outstanding, and not many saw it.
@King_of_Sofa
@King_of_Sofa Ай бұрын
The meta of the game of life has become figuring out a way to thrive in that kind of an environment
@formes2388
@formes2388 Ай бұрын
When you obliterate the means of a society - which started in earnest with the end of the gold standard, and the destruction of value of our currencies ever since that point - you generate a hopeless society, you generate a society that learns to reject the morales that can't get them ahead in life, and they will ultimately lose their optimism, which will turn into resentment, and pessimism. Apathy happens when you have no fight left.
@tannhauser5399
@tannhauser5399 Ай бұрын
@rich3090 - Nah... it was done a long time ago, way back. Even Cicero, in his observations in "The Nature of Gods" as spot on in a lot of observations, and are relevant to this day. And that is just a starting point for more information/knowledge/observations. Do you think anything is somehow different now? It simply has to do with a "human nature", and that... hasn't been changed at all. Pure greed and competition. At some point even Alan Greenspan, mentioned that in one of his interviews. Pure... human nature, basic one. All because you (on average) have been conditioned to that since the early childhood, going through the basic education system designed mostly to produce "workers and good employees", your parents and general environment, day to day work - all of whom are repeating the same message. And at the end you are most likely thinking that this is "normal". You may "feel" different from time to time, knowing that there is something wrong there or maybe it shouldn't be like that, but you cannot put your finger on it, cannot vocalize that fully. And your feeling is right, it is just you going to ignore it anyway, put it somewhere at the back of your mind. Leave it for later. And you are not going to do anything to change it. After all, the economy and stock market must grow constantly - we are bombarded with that basic info all the time from various media (even if the resources are limited; you cannot get more stupid and ego driven than this), and "I'm happy to be working 8:00 to 17:00+ every day" (not including the time to get to the office and back), doing almost the same things every day while waiting for my retirement, in the name of all that. A pinacle of the average life, with a house and a car, and a holiday once a year, watching entertainment all day long, and going to a local pub/restaurant/short trip once in a while. "Bread and Circuses" - and not much has changed since that "observation". Too bad for everything else, including human nature, and taking care of your spiritual/internal growth - as there is no time for it anymore. Including taking care of the planet itself. Do you think in Cicero's time, all of that was somehow different? Nah. At the basic level, all the same: Bread and Circuses. All about greed, temporary power, holding more resources than the other guy, chasing your own ego with complete disregard of the nature/planet - and so on. Nothing has changed since then.
@jonniecypher5488
@jonniecypher5488 Ай бұрын
@@tannhauser5399 Well said. People, in general, are mean spirited and often quite spiteful in going about their daily activities. It's not a good foundation for a evolving socioeconomic landscape.
@bamboosr8733
@bamboosr8733 Ай бұрын
damn this interview really shows how privileged and closed minded Tom is
@chaccaron4321
@chaccaron4321 13 күн бұрын
Why can’t everyone just be the best at everything? It’s solid advice!
@nkristianschmidt
@nkristianschmidt 11 күн бұрын
if tom does well, everyone needs to shut up
@Neightlive
@Neightlive 7 күн бұрын
Yes it does. Thats why happens when youre an atheist
@dver89
@dver89 Ай бұрын
I am a millennial. I have BS/MS engineering degrees from a reputable engineering university. Graduated with no student debt. I have a 6-figure salary at a large biotech company. I get glowing reviews from my managers, annual raises, promotions, and I am well-liked by my co-workers. And I cannot afford a new home anywhere in the DFW metroplex. Houses used to cost 1-2x an annual income. Now they cost 4-10x someone's annual income. And since property tax is indefinite, you actually never get to own your property. You just get to lease it from the government. And paying off the mortgage benefits the bank much more than it benefits the homeowner. And new houses are built cheaply, so you don't even feel like you're getting a good deal. How are the 80th percentile earners being squeezed this hard? I am seriously considering trying to build a small stone cottage in the woods. It is not economically possible for everyone to just go be a 7-figure entrepreneur.
@tomwaitsmencse
@tomwaitsmencse Ай бұрын
My desire to retreat to the woods is off the charts as well. I have a doctorate and the debt associated with that but my finance and I make a combined >300k and are in the same book.
@tresojos
@tresojos 29 күн бұрын
@@Aftersun371 Houses are that cheap in DFW? You should take it to be honest, I'm sure you can afford it being a VP
@LC-wv7tz
@LC-wv7tz 17 күн бұрын
Similar background, but different boat. I have a BS in physics and do well working for the government as an engineer/software developer/physical scientist and have a decent low 6 figure income. I was able to buy a house in my area, but in 2021 during, but well before the peak of price spikes and while interest rates were pretty low (3% for me). That being said... the only house I could afford was a 60 year old place that was a major fixer upper. I wouldn't even be able to afford the same house today if I were buying which is hilarious and sad only 3 years later. Anyway, society is effed. I feel grateful living in my 65 year old crumbling hovel as it's more than most people have. Will never experience love or have a family. Just hope I croak before I get too old and and can't wipe myself.
@Reglaized
@Reglaized 16 күн бұрын
Absolutely Ridiculous. I think we will start to see a rise in unconventional living arrangements. Living in a car doesn't seem like such a bad option nowadays. Even if you do buy a house at these rates, at least 80 percent of your payments are going towards interest on a 30 year loan. I think it is best to slum it out and save money for brighter days. I'm stuffing whatever I can in a HYSA right now because the stock market will most definitely crash.
@werollins
@werollins 13 күн бұрын
" We're on the Road to nowhere"
@tizodd6
@tizodd6 Ай бұрын
The host doesn't seem to understand that he's an outlier. Yes, you've owned companies, employed thousands of people, made excellent money, etc. but the world can only have so many "you's". People like him often have a hard time understanding that 99% of people out there are having totally different/opposite life experiences from him.
@golfinguru11
@golfinguru11 Ай бұрын
He’s acting in bad faith. He knows this but an admission makes him part of the problem.
@1_jahwarrior
@1_jahwarrior Ай бұрын
Ye he (and people like him) also doesn't understand how much LUCK plays a huge role in his circumstances.
@tizodd6
@tizodd6 Ай бұрын
@@1_jahwarrior Very true. They think it's all them and their "hard work". They don't seem to understand that others work just as hard, or harder, but didn't have things line up the right way. A lot of variables are factored into success. "Hard work" is only one part.
@diabetusdan8
@diabetusdan8 Ай бұрын
It's called survivorship bias.
@tizodd6
@tizodd6 Ай бұрын
@@diabetusdan8 It's a weird mindset to me. All my life I've understood that there are haves and have-nots. I understood that some have a better chance at success in life than others. I understood that I was blessed to be born in the US, in the year I was born. My life would have had an entirely different trajectory if I was, say, a female born in China when they only wanted male babies. It baffles me that some people think everyone has the exact same life. I mean...just take a second and look around.
@brodie6449
@brodie6449 2 ай бұрын
If you knew a game was rigged against you and you were powerless to change it would you still try to play the game?
@instrumental
@instrumental 2 ай бұрын
That's when you have fun and try to break it
@jaerockchalk3216
@jaerockchalk3216 2 ай бұрын
@@instrumentalmhmmm! throwing wrenches in gears is fun , its like breaking glass 💩
@jaleesa00
@jaleesa00 Ай бұрын
You kindve have to eat
@instrumental
@instrumental Ай бұрын
@jaleesa00 not everyday. Food is easy enough to find free anyway
@backcountyrpilot
@backcountyrpilot Ай бұрын
Bitcoin gives individuals a way out of Dollar inflation.
@masterofhaloben
@masterofhaloben Ай бұрын
We are working for nothing, and being told we will own nothing. The future feels bleak, and it has for a long long time.
@stevenr6874
@stevenr6874 Ай бұрын
"If you're bleak, you're bleak". George Castanza
@beingsshepherd
@beingsshepherd 10 күн бұрын
_“How's that hopey, changey thing working out for ya?”_ ~ Sarah Palin
@singularity2303
@singularity2303 6 күн бұрын
Things get worse before they get better. Don't give up :)
@TarsonTalon
@TarsonTalon 4 күн бұрын
Honestly, it all depends on how mentally prepared you are to live without a society when it collapses. If you're ready to become a new Genghis Khan, it ain't so bleak.
@masterofhaloben
@masterofhaloben 4 күн бұрын
@TarsonTalon love your mindset!
@TheNatovski
@TheNatovski Ай бұрын
His comments on older generations holding on to homes that are perfect for families is spot on. Sorry to say, but our elders do not have the same selfless spirit that older people had.
@FarmingUnclear
@FarmingUnclear Ай бұрын
Holding onto homes they sell or rent or dying in place because they can't afford long term care and their children are too busy to provide elder care since both spouses have to work to pay rent?
@orirune3079
@orirune3079 Ай бұрын
I don't think that's really the reason though. If you've bought a house and own it, it really makes no sense to downsize in a lot of cases. Especially if your house isn't in a super expensive location, it'll often be _more_ expensive for those old people to downsize than it would be for them to stay where they are.
@AUniqueHandleName444
@AUniqueHandleName444 Ай бұрын
​@@orirune3079 One of the big problems is that there's nothing to downsize to. Municipalities and developers have been pushing larger and larger homes for decades, and made it more and more difficult to build smaller houses, or senior-friendly apartments. A lot of the problem for seniors here is that they voted to create this problem. Many want to downsize, but can't -- but now both they and their millennial grandchildren are suffering for it.
@rheuss1
@rheuss1 Ай бұрын
How would I, as a newly retired person, when the downsize house I would but costs more than the house I’ve lived in for decades. The taxes alone works against be able to make that transition.
@nkristianschmidt
@nkristianschmidt 11 күн бұрын
So, everyone is just holding on to what they paid for after taxes, instead of selling it cheap to people who want it cheap? How selfish, eh. The old. The whites. The Jews. ... yeah. Stop defining groups to hate for your failure.
@TiGGowich
@TiGGowich Ай бұрын
I'm 31 and earn way above average salary and cannot even afford a decent place to rent. Saving to purchase a house is not even an option. I've done all the right things society said I should do to be successful and I am not seeing any rewards for it... Modern society is a scam.
@didforlove
@didforlove Ай бұрын
People area starting to wake up to the nightmare of their slavery you own nothing no vacations no fun no savings no life stressed out lil slave working 2 jobs to survive
@baneverything5580
@baneverything5580 Ай бұрын
I bought a used 30 ft 5th wheel camper made 20 years ago. I put a steel roof over it on a very rural lot where I can plant fruit trees, hunt, raise chickens, and grow vegetables. Cost was under 10,000. I put about 4000 into solar panels and batteries, and about 3000 into prepping supplies & tools, electric tiller,. mower & weedeater, air rifles, distiller, shortwave radios, seeds, fruit trees, etc.
@richardcrocker8048
@richardcrocker8048 Ай бұрын
Lied to all your life
@404errorpagenotfound.6
@404errorpagenotfound.6 Ай бұрын
​@@baneverything5580cool story bro,
@cliffdweller
@cliffdweller Ай бұрын
@@richardcrocker8048 “They lied to me.” Falling Down (1993 movie).
@trolldaddy-xz5io
@trolldaddy-xz5io 29 күн бұрын
Tom is clearly invested in keeping the societal ponzi scheme going
@dontclickthechannel7949
@dontclickthechannel7949 Ай бұрын
Pushing both parents into the workforce was the beginning of the end
@user-qj6vg8gp3l
@user-qj6vg8gp3l Ай бұрын
It was giving women the right to vote, I'd say.
@styxrakash4639
@styxrakash4639 Ай бұрын
Tax the household two fold. The household can consume fancy gadgets two fold. Government and corporations love 3rd-4th wave feminism
@Sweethands4
@Sweethands4 Ай бұрын
The "battle of the sexes" was the greatest con ever perpetrated on the masses by the minority using authoritarian power.
@dantescave1
@dantescave1 Ай бұрын
@@styxrakash4639 The ignorant incel and sexist men here disgrace the channel…what are you doing wrong that your channel attracts these losers? Men have fouled their own chances by voting Republican and expecting to be rewarded for their loyalty…Mire people are joining Unions than ever, even doctors. You can’t go back losers… nothing but taxing the billionaires and businesses fairly, shoring up Medicare and social programs and investing in education is going to help America. But you’ve already lost with your throwback mind set.
@michaeljoncour4903
@michaeljoncour4903 Ай бұрын
overpopulation forced up the price of land and homes, forcing both parents to work or live in abject poverty .
@danatherrien1712
@danatherrien1712 2 ай бұрын
My father had a GED, worked in a paper mill and provided our family with an incredible middle class lifestyle. In 1978 he told ten year old me, “the goal is not to raise the standard of living in all these other countries, it’s to lower ours.” I never forgot that.
@TimeWaster_Elite
@TimeWaster_Elite 2 ай бұрын
That quote is brilliant, but haunting. Prophetic.
@Zacatl1
@Zacatl1 2 ай бұрын
The young generation doesn’t want to work in a mill and settle down. They want to sit in a comfy chair, move a mouse, and be young forever.
@didforlove
@didforlove Ай бұрын
Yeah what do you think would happen when we went from 1 billion people in 1920 to 8 billion in 2020
@noahschmartz2354
@noahschmartz2354 Ай бұрын
great angle, never heard it put so well before. look at the s. hole that the UK has become for evidence.
@rosscampbell1173
@rosscampbell1173 Ай бұрын
I used the paper mill example with my daughter. In 1978 my buddy was making $15 an hour at St.Regis, bought a house, had a family.
@rangerdoc1029
@rangerdoc1029 Ай бұрын
Young men are terrified of getting taken to the cleaners in a marraige. Both financially and emotionally
@lesasmith4692
@lesasmith4692 Ай бұрын
Be stronger. Emotionally weak men are the worst!
@spiritofalaska
@spiritofalaska Ай бұрын
@@lesasmith4692 na ran through 304s are not worth the squeez. 94 % of women have had their holes destroyed by the time they are 25
@nicolajane7389
@nicolajane7389 Ай бұрын
Men should try being partners then….
@noahhaener1520
@noahhaener1520 Ай бұрын
I’m a living example of this statement, me and close friends have sat and planned out having assets put into LLC’s or family member names just so our security net doesn’t get removed. Women are terrified too, plenty of men who can leave them vulnerable as well.
@airmanof1
@airmanof1 Ай бұрын
​@@nicolajane7389Women should try being partners.
@pluggedingaming8169
@pluggedingaming8169 26 күн бұрын
"Oh, so you don't want to work for $2.95 an hour and piss in a bottle just so you can barely survive? Don't worry, there's 1000 other desperate people who would love your job!"
@antinatalistwitch111
@antinatalistwitch111 6 күн бұрын
And your job is to create more desperate people.... i mean have kids.
@growdigital9989
@growdigital9989 2 ай бұрын
Many people say that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. But the truth is that the system is working exactly as intended and needs to be destroyed.
@matthiasm3147
@matthiasm3147 2 ай бұрын
You are cooking with gas when you realize what we smallfolk think are bugs are actually features!
@sdrc92126
@sdrc92126 2 ай бұрын
Maynard Keynes is known as the "father of macroeconomics". He was a Fabian socialist and served as "director of the British Eugenics Society"
@1Whipperin
@1Whipperin Ай бұрын
Historically, marriage has been viewed as patriarchal, wherein the husband holds authority over his wife and family. However, the introduction of marriage license contracts by the government introduced a secular element into the marriage. Pastors who officiate marriages using government-issued licenses have legally destroyed Biblical marriage and promoted an egalitarian view of marital relationships. This governmental intrusion into the religious domain undermines the autonomy of religious organizations and compromises their ability to uphold traditional values and principles. Furthermore, the acceptance of government-mandated marriage licenses tacitly endorses the state's authority over marital affairs, relegating religious institutions to mere conduits of state-sanctioned unions rather than guardians of sacred vows. In this way, feminism and egalitarianism infiltrate religious organizations under the guise of government-sponsored initiatives, eroding traditional patriarchal structures and promoting secular values within the government church.
@melaniejo5296
@melaniejo5296 Ай бұрын
Destroyed and rebuilt! Absolutely!
@daviru02
@daviru02 Ай бұрын
Some part of the system has not yet been used. 2A for one.
@Snakebloke
@Snakebloke Ай бұрын
So, rich guy who ran a 3000-employee business, can't understand the plight of a normal person, and constantly interrupts the person trying to explain it to him 😂 I am surprised. 😂😂
@myusernamewasinuse
@myusernamewasinuse Ай бұрын
Dont you know its all thanks to his amazing work ethic? Just work harder for him to make him more profitable and everything will magically work out for you. Pinky promise.
@nobodynowhere21
@nobodynowhere21 Ай бұрын
I unsubbed from this channel a while ago. Tom is very, deeply out of touch. And has no idea or self-awareness.
@Snakebloke
@Snakebloke Ай бұрын
@@myusernamewasinuse
@Snakebloke
@Snakebloke Ай бұрын
@@nobodynowhere21 That's a very good idea, indeed...
@sprintz33
@sprintz33 Ай бұрын
Yeah, that bugged the hell out of me. Even when he's talking about he is paying his high performing worker better, I'm sitting here contemplating on all the high performing workers in vast corporations whose only way of making more money is to get a promotion to the next (and often noticeably smaller) tier hoping that their skillset still is valued in that tier but knowing they have to try even if they don't think it will be because it is one more step on the path to financial security. And then there is the fact that the financial security path itself keeps getting longer and longer with every major expense increasing at seemingly ever faster rates. I think it's great that he pays his worker better when they do good work, but also, financial security shouldn't be held behind the ability to be the absolute best at what you do. We've got too many people for that...seriously. Financial security (not riches) should be an everyday person kind of thing...and it is becoming more and more only a thing the elite have access to.
@penguru21
@penguru21 Ай бұрын
Housing prices are the main issue. The boomers decided housing always had to move up and be a retirement vehicle. No one should buy a house and double their money in a few years. It's insanity.
@nocucksinkekistan7321
@nocucksinkekistan7321 Ай бұрын
No, that's not it, it's girls demanding crazy stnadards
@orirune3079
@orirune3079 Ай бұрын
Yeah the idea that you can take a single product, and _always_ sell it for more than you bought it, is just absurd. Not to mention, if their idea was to sell to younger generations, that means the entire retirement plan was "have the kids pay for it".
@timothyirwin8974
@timothyirwin8974 15 күн бұрын
Wait till you see real estate in Canada. Fifty percent more for the same house just across the border and 25 percent less average wages. Totally stuck here.
@nocucksinkekistan7321
@nocucksinkekistan7321 14 күн бұрын
@@timothyirwin8974 Yeah Canada is fucked.
@WilliamBTCWallace
@WilliamBTCWallace 14 күн бұрын
They’re not doubling their money when eggs are up 300%. If they’re living in the home all they are doing is doubling their taxes, insurance, and utilities. It’s called inflation. Everyone pays the price.
@devilmaycry9969
@devilmaycry9969 Ай бұрын
One thing I learned while being in the military is "work ethic" and working hard DOES NOT PAY. During Covid I was covering shifts for an airman that literally sucked the higher ups. She did the minimal, was always late and had a DUI. Our flight chief gave her Tuition assistance, gave her preferred vacation days and even got her orders to go to Europe. Meanwhile others and I where working non stop, weeks on end and where given more tasks. Several ended up in mental health at this time. So don't give me your bullshit on work ethic.
@JF-xm6tu
@JF-xm6tu Ай бұрын
aint this the truth
@juggle_g7579
@juggle_g7579 Ай бұрын
When you say she literally sucked do you mean like "literally"?
@ashleybrown6299
@ashleybrown6299 Ай бұрын
"Working hard" for someone else, especially if they're greedy and sadistic, costs WAY more than it pays. I'm a lawyer. First job out of school was traumatic. Imagine being forced to take on the workload of three people with very little experience and, when you ask for help, you get gaslit about "how easy the work is" by partners that have no meaningful experience in the field and are only in it for the money. Then to keep up with the workload, you work late into the night so often that you're on a first name basis with the janitor and have each other's phone numbers just in case either of you need to get back into the building late - only to later be told you're not working hard enough. Cherry on top? My salary was under the industry norm. I was constantly stressed and my health started to deteriorate. This host is operating under a skewed alternative reality.
@jamesworkman8968
@jamesworkman8968 Ай бұрын
Sounds like she sucked good. Maybe that's the work ethic needed 😫
@darioikhthus9908
@darioikhthus9908 Ай бұрын
Yea, when you got a woman under you wich you can copulate with I think most men will do the same.. It s just fkd up from the beginning
@yingle6027
@yingle6027 2 ай бұрын
My parents bought their first home in a suburb just outside of major city in the 70's for one years salary at my Dad's middle income job. Mom stayed home and had babies, while Dad payed for everything. There is not a hope in hell that that type of living can ever return to the West as the purchasing power of our money gets eroded everyday. Why does no one talk about this?
@greatbooksformen
@greatbooksformen 2 ай бұрын
because then they would have to seriously reflect on why we are printing money at the rate of achieving 1 trillion in debt every 100 days right now in order to fund social security, medicare, military expenditures, etc. it means at some point something has to stop and break.....no more social security, no more overseas military adventures, etc. People rely on this and don't want it to stop. the people are corrupt and so are the politicians.
@didforlove
@didforlove Ай бұрын
Talk about the rising population
@backcountyrpilot
@backcountyrpilot Ай бұрын
Read the Bitcoin white paper. BTC fixes inflation for those that use it.
@dlbstl
@dlbstl Ай бұрын
We talk about it all the time. Were you been?
@jillw892
@jillw892 Ай бұрын
I purchased a new house 4 years ago. It depends on where you live.
@Michael-hb8nq
@Michael-hb8nq 2 ай бұрын
I grew up , me and around 15 kids playing on my street ,25 yrs later, now there are none .
@la4828
@la4828 2 ай бұрын
Other than the role of gadgets, me as a mother of 3 small boys, the s3* traffng and news about how so many people abduct children playing walking on the street RUINED IT. If only people never see children as a way of money and devious acts then you would still see kids playing on the street. Have you seen posts of missing children heck even teenagers and younger adults still go missing.. So no, I’d rather see and know my children are safe. We take them to parks anyway, but for them to be in front of our house esp having that one instance where a car with 2 adults inside started driving slowly and passenger side was about to open their car door- when they saw my 1yo walking on our driveway (i think they didn’t See me as I was infront of our van) frightened me as hell. Soon as I ran for my toddler the car sped up. So do not villainize parents who prefer their kids being in their house or just the backyard, blame it on the sick individuals with their sick immoral behavior.
@Runco990
@Runco990 2 ай бұрын
True... my own neighborhood DIED. We all grew old, and no replacement. When I was young, there were a LOT of kids. Maybe it's for the best. This horrible system will collapse without new slaves being born into it. Probably WHY our country is being purposely invaded by people that'll breed, no matter what. Feed the machine. I'll die alone, but I'm good with it.
@tyaajathailani
@tyaajathailani 2 ай бұрын
Your 15 are no more? I'm so sorry.........I am so sorry.
@tyaajathailani
@tyaajathailani 2 ай бұрын
@@Runco990 You are never alone. You have yourself. You are having an experience that you are "recording" in a time of change. Live big? If you can't find love, create it. One day we all are leaving the body. What counts are that which we can take with us. We must use our time wisely. Love and blessings to you!
@reuvenpolonskiy2544
@reuvenpolonskiy2544 2 ай бұрын
Past 25 years I came to my old street, where we were playing outside with the neighbours. Now I saw only one chield playing, though the playing equipment was modernised. To tell you the truth, I cried.
@youtoober808
@youtoober808 Ай бұрын
Im a 46 male. No children. I tried but never happened and have given up on that. Make very little money. Currently less than 30k a year. Almost no friends only acquaintances. I dont think I show it to much but a deep feeling of hopelessness. Blame no one but myself. Hard to face the day sometimes but I know im not alone in that.
@punkr6
@punkr6 Ай бұрын
Right there with ya bro
@stayhungry1503
@stayhungry1503 Ай бұрын
i think you represent most of your age group at this point
@airmanof1
@airmanof1 Ай бұрын
Same. But you've dodged a bullet. Stay out of the rigged system. Find a hobby, stop drinking and drugs, and getting in better physical shape, made me feel much better.
@dogegamer3288
@dogegamer3288 13 күн бұрын
You can still marry and adopt orphans. They are many that need a Dad. Children are a reward from God. Psalm 127:3
@nkristianschmidt
@nkristianschmidt 11 күн бұрын
change the surroundings, stay fit and healthy, move closer to forest, river, mountain, take walks early mornings.
@markharrison5321
@markharrison5321 Ай бұрын
Eric nails it. Our neighborhood is an upper-middle class neighborhood, but has had a lot of younger kids. But due to the significant increase in housing costs over the last several years, there is no way a couple in their early 30s with a five year old and a two year old can afford to move in. A new construction subdivision a few miles away advertises "Starting at $1.1 million." $1.1 million at 7.4%, you can't afford a 20% down payment, so you need PMI, so you are looking at about $9,000 per month in housing costs (mortgage, PMI, insurance, and HOA fees). You need a $340,000 household income to afford that. It takes two upper-middle class incomes. Two sales reps, two lawyers, etc. A lawyer cannot afford to have a stay at home spouse. A general practitioner doctor can't.
@ShireTown1824
@ShireTown1824 2 ай бұрын
I have kids and I'll tell you, it gets a lot harder to raise a family when your community is no longer built around building a family and it caters to individuals instead.
@uvwuvw-ol3fg
@uvwuvw-ol3fg 2 ай бұрын
Probably depends on a specific socioecological environment (pan troglodytes proactive political games over status, dispersed fertile females (social atomization) and offspring (antinatalism based on consent), compared to pan paniscus society based on more or less egalitarian female/male coalitions and playful prosociality/sociosexuality for promotion of group stability regardless of age and gender as a byproduct of domestication syndrome (Richard Wrangham). Not sure about Trobrianders, Kaluli, Sambia people, Marind Anim, Piraha, Big Namba, Kung San, Mosuo and all the extinct undocumented hunter-gatherer societies with different effects on epigenetic expression.
@jimwilson3837
@jimwilson3837 2 ай бұрын
Never give up. You win with a family
@Fridaey13txhOktober
@Fridaey13txhOktober 2 ай бұрын
"The family..." It's a lot harder to have a family without a community, without some support beyond that, isn't it?
@Fridaey13txhOktober
@Fridaey13txhOktober 2 ай бұрын
@@uvwuvw-ol3fg No, the answer is one youtube would not allow.
@reginaldbowls7180
@reginaldbowls7180 2 ай бұрын
Where I live there's kids fartin aboot all the time. You could move.
@joshuabass8953
@joshuabass8953 2 ай бұрын
Humble yourself Tom…. Not everyone can make six figures or even 30k a year…..
@pstwr
@pstwr 2 ай бұрын
He could really take his show to the next level by putting all his assets aside, putting together a resume with just his college info, and applying for jobs on indeed. Then working those jobs and trying to save enough for a down payment on a house in California. That would make great content.
@Th3Chuzzl3r
@Th3Chuzzl3r 2 ай бұрын
Even by the end of the video Tom couldnt grasp what Eric was telling him
@lindabarron2181
@lindabarron2181 2 ай бұрын
Several reason that I see: Too much money printing has devalued the dollar, and hence, the reason for everything going up in price. Women's lib has hurt women by making them believe that it's more important to have a career than to raise a family. Men being turned off on dating by women's attitudes. Tic Toc Young people ha inv been brainwashed that the earth is dying due to ",climate " change.
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 2 ай бұрын
@@Th3Chuzzl3rI was an entrepreneur, it gets to our heads..we think its easy, everyone can do it, not realizing it takes a certain personality type. I still struggle with that.
@JohnSmith-tl8pq
@JohnSmith-tl8pq 2 ай бұрын
@@silvertone1 It's not just personality. There simply isn't enough room for all the people who want to be entrepreneurs, so there are always going to be far more losers than winners
@curiosi-tea6914
@curiosi-tea6914 Ай бұрын
My great grandmother bought a vacation home in Tahoe CA, half a mile from the lake, with money that she saved from working a part time job for two years.
@HelenSinger
@HelenSinger Ай бұрын
And someone reminded me that it does not cost that much to build a good home. I feel lucky at least I have a clean one. But I share it, nothing in my budget to own after 24 years in the workforce.
@beingsshepherd
@beingsshepherd 10 күн бұрын
I don't suppose a single person here would trade that for their smart phone.
@DioSfak
@DioSfak Ай бұрын
The most amazing part of all of this, none of this had to be the case AT ALL... It was driven by greed.
@AUniqueHandleName444
@AUniqueHandleName444 Ай бұрын
Yup. The supreme court ruled that 'protecting housing values' was a valid reason to infringe on the property rights of others. Suddenly, nobody anywhere is allowed to build anything -- because increasing supply lowers housing values. Dumb ass shit.
@thetruthisoutthereyt
@thetruthisoutthereyt 2 ай бұрын
“A hell of a lot more than I was making at their age.” That is a hilarious statement. Inflation is a silent tax on the poor. (corrected missing word)
@neilb3299
@neilb3299 2 ай бұрын
Silent tax on everyone.
@-Believeinyourself-
@-Believeinyourself- 2 ай бұрын
This is why a certain group of people have been kicked out of 109 countries throughout history. They hijack the government and the currency, and over time the currency becomes inflated. This happens over and over again and it is happening now, once again.
@creativesuit1930
@creativesuit1930 2 ай бұрын
It's not, it's flat out theft. We don't even get to vote on whether to print more money or not. Banks and governments have prior knowledge before printing and can move their wealth from cash to commodity and then sell the commodity for a higher value later. It's insider trading...
@stephenpavlov8942
@stephenpavlov8942 2 ай бұрын
​@neilb3299 the asset holders get wealthy off of it.
@OtisFlint
@OtisFlint 2 ай бұрын
Right, lol what a dumb comment.
@I.Reckon
@I.Reckon Ай бұрын
When my father was first married (1954) he financed a mortgage, a new car, and a wife and two kids off a labourers wage. These days it takes two salaries to handle a mortgage.
@JoshB-fp1qv
@JoshB-fp1qv Ай бұрын
Double the work force, half the wages. One day you'll wake up and see that the 19th doomed us all. 104 years is all it takes.
@kp8972
@kp8972 Ай бұрын
In some cities even a dual income isn’t enough to buy
@deanakers7394
@deanakers7394 Ай бұрын
@@kp8972 in toronto canada, two salaries cant' even put up a mortgage .
@zuzanazuscinova5209
@zuzanazuscinova5209 Ай бұрын
That's because he earned dollars that had actual value. Money today is worthless.
@kp8972
@kp8972 Ай бұрын
@@deanakers7394 that’s disgusting. Politicians suck.
@DMoss84
@DMoss84 Ай бұрын
My wife and I absolutely will not have kids. Not because we dislike kids, but simply to spare the would-be girl or boy the terrible future of this world.
@constantobjects
@constantobjects Ай бұрын
Then why the hell are you married?
@DMoss84
@DMoss84 Ай бұрын
@@constantobjects For every other fulfilling reason other than reproducing.
@txdmsk
@txdmsk Ай бұрын
@@constantobjects He enjoys being divorcegraped.
@TheTrothKeeper
@TheTrothKeeper Ай бұрын
Having children is the only reason for your existence.
@TauruSeason
@TauruSeason Ай бұрын
@@constantobjects To impress her girlfriends.
@karnez05
@karnez05 Ай бұрын
When people with money, try to put themselves in the shoes of the less fortunate. It’s always the poorer persons fault that they are not successful
@beingsshepherd
@beingsshepherd 9 күн бұрын
To be fair, the poor do make a LOT of frustratingly stupid life choices. Large families, substance abuses, junk food diets ...
@spqr49
@spqr49 Ай бұрын
Why would I work hard in a society that does not value hard work?
@lothar8077
@lothar8077 Ай бұрын
Pretty much. People don't care how hard you work, just that they can pay you nothing for it.
@fatfino
@fatfino Ай бұрын
Society doesn’t value me so I don’t value society
@williamtiffee3799
@williamtiffee3799 Ай бұрын
It's UTOPIAN. (i.e. IF you take AWAY the "incentive, for hard work," for most people... then ONLY the superficial (5- 10% of the narcs and/ or psychos, motivated by "PERSONAL gain, and selfishness") are going to Excel in a world gone MAD... and turned, upside- down! (This "excuse, for a "society..." is already now: "circling, the New = in the worst ways "Old World Odor / to REAL Re$et," drain pipe.)
@CommieSense
@CommieSense Ай бұрын
Because it is capitalism, comrade...
@EXRPG
@EXRPG Ай бұрын
You don't need to be validated for "hard work" as long as YOU are getting somewhere
@dvforever
@dvforever Ай бұрын
Two business owners are wondering why their employees aren't as committed to their business as they are!
@Ligerpride
@Ligerpride Ай бұрын
In fairness one of them knew why but was making the point, the other person (in red) was puzzled and was trying to pin it on the stereotype of the lazy young person who just can't match his "insane work ethic".
@ekaterinastaneva9922
@ekaterinastaneva9922 Ай бұрын
Also demanding people spend more time on building and maintaining a family, while also working loads more on their stupid office jobs 🤷‍♀️
@shanesawyer5103
@shanesawyer5103 Ай бұрын
@@ekaterinastaneva9922It’s these lazy young people who insist they need sleep every single night. Spoiled brats!
@JANFU_Nova
@JANFU_Nova Ай бұрын
if only there were a surefire way to get employees more committed. 🤔 🤔 nah, gotta get another yacht.
@michaelj6392
@michaelj6392 Ай бұрын
“My employees make more money than I did at their age.” Yeah and everything is 2-3 times more expensive now 🤡
@thothheartmaat2833
@thothheartmaat2833 Ай бұрын
does anyone else feel like theyre constantly being beaten over the head by people who are setting them up to fail?
@beingsshepherd
@beingsshepherd 9 күн бұрын
Yep, sexy women.
@EvanWells1
@EvanWells1 Ай бұрын
How can Tom not know that wages have been stagnant since the 70's? Has he not read a single headline for 20 years?
@glitchinthematrix555
@glitchinthematrix555 2 ай бұрын
There’s a reason there’s a pyramid on the dollar bill.
@shrunkensimon
@shrunkensimon 2 ай бұрын
There's a reason why the inscription is in Latin too.
@Exisles
@Exisles Ай бұрын
The all seeing eye.
@pennycaldwell8141
@pennycaldwell8141 Ай бұрын
@glitch... insightful beond recognition The laugh is on all of us🎉 😂😊😅
@user-og2wt3le4j
@user-og2wt3le4j 16 сағат бұрын
@@Exisles Freemasonry symbol.
@JohnDaniels
@JohnDaniels Ай бұрын
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless." - Thomas Jefferson
@dustinross2618
@dustinross2618 Ай бұрын
"If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning." - Andrew Jackson
@JohnDaniels
@JohnDaniels Ай бұрын
@@dustinross2618 It's good to see there's others out here who understand what's going on.
@dustinross2618
@dustinross2618 Ай бұрын
@@JohnDaniels Same. We just need to keep watering the tree. Someday someone will enjoy the shade.
@snark567
@snark567 Ай бұрын
A generation that will never retire or own a home that slaves away harder than ever just to afford to rent a bed to sleep in. Thomas Jefferson predicted the future.
@JohnDaniels
@JohnDaniels Ай бұрын
@@snark567 Greed and corruption at the highest levels
@solidsnek1776
@solidsnek1776 Ай бұрын
It's wild watching 2 guys pretend that prices aren't the thing stopping young people from buying homes, getting married, and having children.
@RejectedGamerGuy
@RejectedGamerGuy Ай бұрын
They said prices too high at 7:06
@ekaterinastaneva9922
@ekaterinastaneva9922 Ай бұрын
While simultaneously one guy argues that we should work more hours in our office jobs. Because this is exactly what you need when you want to have a family - spend no time with your family
@1112viggo
@1112viggo Ай бұрын
@@ekaterinastaneva9922 That is a load of bs. Constantly we improve upon technologies and work methods to accomplish more in less time and somehow we still need to work longer hours both husband and wife to live the same life with a nice house, 2 cars, good food, yearly vacation and pension, that 1 working man could provide in the 60's. Back then they thought all that increased efficiency in production and administration witch a constant influx of new technology provided would have made everyone a king by now. Imagine that.
@truevine336
@truevine336 Ай бұрын
I guess you didn't watch the video.
@ShuckleIX
@ShuckleIX Ай бұрын
Who leaves child rearing unpaid? Humanity does! Who neglects the very origin of their species? Humanity does! Which species is about to eat it's snake tail into non-existence? Uh- Where can we find escapism and echo chambers devoid of self-reflection?! The faster humanity goes extinct, the faster the victims will stop suffering... Oh... But what do you know about the victims? You've never considered what their constant existence means, you never would've either.
@mattg5978
@mattg5978 Ай бұрын
Fed up with this ‘ no one is having kids because men are addicted to dating apps” BS. I’ve tried it, it doesn’t work at all. And, good luck trying to find a high paying job unless you have a masters in STEM and can speak three languages.
@JF-xm6tu
@JF-xm6tu Ай бұрын
it benefits women more then men by 100,000 miles
@nyquil762
@nyquil762 Ай бұрын
Remember, "if voting worked, they wouldn't let us do it." Mark Twain (allegedly)
@liwojenkins
@liwojenkins Ай бұрын
"If voting changed anything they would make it illegal." - Emma Goldman Tons of good political sayings are attributed to Mark Twain and HL Menken that weren't their quotes at all. I guess it just speaks to how legendarily intelligent both were considered.
@nyquil762
@nyquil762 Ай бұрын
@@liwojenkins 👍🏾
@LingYao9001
@LingYao9001 Ай бұрын
I feel like people go out of their way to avoid this truth. Always trying to solve other symptoms, while ignoring that glaring (and obvious) issue.
@sightline2132
@sightline2132 Ай бұрын
Shits been controlled from almost the start, only became more obvious when the Federal Reserve was founded. Land of the free my ass.
@masonhancock5350
@masonhancock5350 Ай бұрын
👍
@S_Lee_333
@S_Lee_333 2 ай бұрын
When people transitioned from Community to Commodity, it all went sideways
@TagW110
@TagW110 2 ай бұрын
Well said 👍
@Malphorus
@Malphorus 2 ай бұрын
People? Women control community, always have. People lol. My ass, dudes barely like talking to their friends. Fucking people lmfao
@KvaltorKvit
@KvaltorKvit 2 ай бұрын
Rubber mats and padded playgrounds also did something
@ericblust5923
@ericblust5923 2 ай бұрын
I am 43, we were allowed to fight on the play grounds at first, but, by middle school, got in a little trouble, but, not much. Now, they call the cops on you for fights... So now, we have all these, shit talking kids, that don't get beat up on the play ground...kids now, don't get to fight, they never learn the pecking order and it shows...​@@KvaltorKvit
@Joris0815
@Joris0815 2 ай бұрын
And when in time do you pinpoint this moment? Cus I can assure you it was much earlier than you think, we used to have child labor to make the commodity cheaper to give you a hint.
@tubicdejan2629
@tubicdejan2629 Ай бұрын
I grew up in Eastern Europe. It was socialist country. What defined you as a good person was how kind you are, how hard working you are, how knowledgably you are, (general cultural knowledge). Now its all about money. You are considered successful only if you get rich, and it doesn't even matter if you didn't make it legally or fairly.
@JesusIsKingAndSavior
@JesusIsKingAndSavior 29 күн бұрын
Yes, how are we suppose to compete financially and as value laden individuals alongside 'women' who make 20k a month on onlyfans. With my skillset I could be teaching phd courses, but I'm a nobody. I have no credentials officially to do so, but I have the skillset. As a white, straight male who is anti-progressivism, no university in the US would ever consider me, even if I did.
@dogegamer3288
@dogegamer3288 13 күн бұрын
Eastern Europeans are very greedy though. Most are very into money.
@tubicdejan2629
@tubicdejan2629 12 күн бұрын
@@dogegamer3288 Thats true to some extent. I m not sociologist so I can explain why but one group is very money and power oriented while other is very humble and tries to avoid conflict. The only explanation I can think of is that, at least in my country, its very small population and has always been under some sort of foreign influence and the safest way to survive was to work in the interest of foreign power states. Basically, to sell interest of your own people for limited power (status) and money granted to you by foreign government. Thats why many people use any sort of symbols (like expensive cars etc.) and like to show of money. But I dont know... must be some study about it somewhere :)
@beingsshepherd
@beingsshepherd 10 күн бұрын
@@JesusIsKingAndSavior Very telling that you wrote 'compete' rather than cope.
@nicholasnoriega1205
@nicholasnoriega1205 2 ай бұрын
I have sooo much to say on this topic. But basically my generation of millennials got screwed over in so many ways especially the men. We work 60hrs and can’t even afford an apartment . I have to rent a room. How can I even begin to think about a family? Also the women are more selective now due to global market place of social media. No other time in history has men had this unique dilemma. The only thing we have going is that we’re not in war… at least yet..
@verkanica
@verkanica 2 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@Tuari80
@Tuari80 2 ай бұрын
One of the main reasons your generation got screwed over is because no one wanted to speak up. People saw all this coming, but didn't want to rock the boat. They rationalized everything away and approved of everything, while tacitly knowing it was wrong.
@davidm1149
@davidm1149 2 ай бұрын
We're moving to a more spiritualized culture on Earth. This will necessitate the old structures and paradigms of society going the way of needless things. You feel them crumbling away, causing rising chaos and disorder.
@ponzo1967
@ponzo1967 2 ай бұрын
I'm raising 3 young men and understand why you see your situation this way. I can also say if continue to work hard eventually the tables will turn and you be on top. It's not forever.
@LashusJourney
@LashusJourney 2 ай бұрын
@@davidm1149agree
@brittney3156
@brittney3156 Ай бұрын
If you take away the incentives, people start to give up. For me it's constant layoffs, unaffordable housing, bad marriage values, economic stagnation, etc.
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 Ай бұрын
The juice isn’t worth the squeeze
@andrewmackenzie325
@andrewmackenzie325 Ай бұрын
Calhoun’s mouse utopia experiment
@nick000002
@nick000002 Ай бұрын
@@andrewmackenzie325they all died. “Entire crops were lost” 🤑🤢
@anmol1771
@anmol1771 Ай бұрын
bingo!
@gregb4395
@gregb4395 Ай бұрын
Yup. Ask me how pumped I am to keep grinding when I've been laid off twice in the past year as an over-40 straight White male with 25 years experience working in Corporate America's woke DEI/ESG-powered HR Departments. Odds are, my career is over and it's time to start waving at Walmart customers, or head back to school for retooling. To rack up $150-200K in new debt, graduating with a new degree that is worthless in the fight against blatant ageism.
@burchified
@burchified Ай бұрын
The American dream only exists if you can turn 99 other people's lives into a nightmare
@RikLeedsMusic.77
@RikLeedsMusic.77 2 ай бұрын
So many people like Tom make the mistake of thinking that when they started working harder and longer, that was the lone key to their success...when actually that was just another piece of the puzzle...nothing magic or special about it.
@jitterball
@jitterball 2 ай бұрын
Very good point! Also they were being rewarded, that's why they work more. When I worked 60 hr/week as a young man who was getting $8.25, it didn't matter how much I worked, it just wasn't working!
@EsotericBibleSecrets
@EsotericBibleSecrets 2 ай бұрын
Well sure, if you sweep floors for a couple years, you might make what an executive makes with one stroke of a pen on an off day. Work smarter, not harder.
@RikLeedsMusic.77
@RikLeedsMusic.77 2 ай бұрын
@@jitterball ..yep, me too...but now that i'm approaching 50, it's a totally different ball game.
@J.B.1982
@J.B.1982 2 ай бұрын
It worked better when the lower skill labor wasn’t being pumped into the country en mass. Even moderate skill labor, which was more than adequate in past generations, is no longer viable unless you want to live in a small apartment in a crappy area and never have a family. You can only work so many hours and then throw health issues in the mix because we have a sick culture.
@jasonrossetta5203
@jasonrossetta5203 Ай бұрын
I like the way you think....too many don't peel the first layer
@vergilmitev943
@vergilmitev943 2 ай бұрын
My grandparents payed their house in 5 years. They say that these were the most difficult and stressing years in their lives. Now we should pay for 30 years or even more.
@user-ls7xf4lk6t
@user-ls7xf4lk6t 2 ай бұрын
Exactly, and out of reach altogether for some. When i saved up a 10% deposit here in the uk, they then declined and wanted 25%, then i heard about people's monthly payments going through the roof making a family friend homeless and my enthusiasm melted.
@1aatlas
@1aatlas 2 ай бұрын
Doesn't "Mortgage" mean death pledge?
@frankrizzo5262
@frankrizzo5262 2 ай бұрын
Went to university, graduated, and now the fast food workers have been given pay raises to where college is a death sentence
@rogerdodger1790
@rogerdodger1790 2 ай бұрын
Just smashed my mortgage to bits in 10, on my own 😁
@Fridaey13txhOktober
@Fridaey13txhOktober 2 ай бұрын
To live in a pod and eat bugs! And then, a coffin!
@miniblueshell
@miniblueshell Ай бұрын
Houses are being used as an investment vehicle and not for families to live in.
@chrislabate4549
@chrislabate4549 Ай бұрын
In New Jersey starting in the late 80,s illegals started flooding in,cramming 25-50 to a house.The slumlords didnt care,nor the contractors in the trades,the service industries,nor the government unless there was a fire.This onslaught of illegals undermined wages to the point those illegals are now better off than the workers that helped subsidize them in the form of reduced wages/higher healthcare expenses.If Americans crammed in houses that tight to lower overhead to bank money,you better believe the double standards would show themselves fast
@caveman9897
@caveman9897 2 ай бұрын
I don’t know how people don’t get this.. the financial system is the root cause of society’s problems. Return to sound money
@uhnborhn5032
@uhnborhn5032 2 ай бұрын
They're ruining fiat currency and will tell you their digital currency will be ok lol
@DevPythonUnity
@DevPythonUnity 2 ай бұрын
ths scam works like that. FED prints money, and buys stocks of companies like blackrock, black rocks buys hauses with printed money to drive the prices UP, they want expect return by not sellling hauses but by renting them, also they lobby for strick zoning laws, and setting high property taxes;) THAT IS SCAM
@elonmusknewsnetwork
@elonmusknewsnetwork 2 ай бұрын
BTC4lyfe
@dadthemanthemyththelegend3348
@dadthemanthemyththelegend3348 2 ай бұрын
spot on
@stunn3r312
@stunn3r312 2 ай бұрын
Fix the money, fix the world
@hoopgal3216
@hoopgal3216 Ай бұрын
Real numbers from my life: in 2012 I was 32 y/o making $35K and renting a 1 bedroom apartment in Cape Canaveral Florida for $550/mo. That means 18% of my salary went to rent. Today, the SAME apartment rents for $1,400/mo. I now make $52K (same employer/job) - if I were still renting there, 32% of my salary would now go to rent. I went from putting 18% of my living expense toward my sh*tty little apartment to 32%. Not to mention, EVERYTHING else has increased in price since 2012 - I used to spend $50 a week on groceries/household items and my car payment was $240/mo & insurance was $75/mo. My groceries/household items now are $100 minimum. Luckily I am married now & don’t have to worry about money, but I feel awful for this younger generation. I don’t understand how they will ever be able to own their own home!
@vladimirofsvalbard9477
@vladimirofsvalbard9477 Ай бұрын
It's because we're in the early stages of hyper-inflation in a failed Keynesian economy. Permanent growth and permanent inflation work; until they don't.
@tinfoilhomer909
@tinfoilhomer909 Ай бұрын
So don't birth them. If your area has unfit conditions for breeding, DO NOT BREED!!!
@eibbor171
@eibbor171 Ай бұрын
well thats just it we wont unless the homestead act becomes a thing or the economy completely collapses aside from that not happening and on top of it its only matter of time before most of the jobs will be covered by AI
@robertheadley3483
@robertheadley3483 Ай бұрын
I bought my home in 2019 and pay about $1000 a month. If I bought on the same terms today my payment would be close to $2400.
@hoopgal3216
@hoopgal3216 Ай бұрын
@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 Omg we’re in the EARLY stages? I cannot imagine it getting worse - or I don’t WANT to imagine it getting worse because it already seems demoralizing & unsustainable.
@Joaquin2028
@Joaquin2028 Ай бұрын
Biggest mistake I ever made was getting married and having kids. I should've lead a "selfish" life and just looked after myself.
@airmanof1
@airmanof1 Ай бұрын
The red pill is tough to swallow, but you'll be glad you did.
@JP-sf5er
@JP-sf5er 2 күн бұрын
Raising young children and working on a marriage is hard. Trust me, in the end, it's the best investment you could ever make. Family is everything.
@cloudofthought
@cloudofthought Ай бұрын
This is unintentionally one of the funniest interviews I've seen in the past 1.5 hrs. The rest of the time it's just sad that anyone takes these people seriously.
@WonderxSkills
@WonderxSkills Ай бұрын
Elaborate
@user-uf5hm1zr1z
@user-uf5hm1zr1z Ай бұрын
You're the embodiment of that meme of the dog in the burning house, saying "this is fine".
@onlyhereforthefish9924
@onlyhereforthefish9924 Ай бұрын
@@WonderxSkills here is an example: around the 10 minute mark, they guys are basically saying: 'my workers don't have the same work ethic that I do. They go home after working a full day, and don't continue to work more for me once they get home in the evening, or weekends. I just don't get it'.
@rookie28604
@rookie28604 Ай бұрын
Someone who found success in the system, finds no problem with said system. Shocker.
@Tracy77751
@Tracy77751 8 күн бұрын
Yeap
@fergal2424
@fergal2424 4 күн бұрын
he comes across as being a bit detached from reality.
@westbrionage
@westbrionage 2 ай бұрын
We're at the point where the lowest common denominator is being scalped for every penny they can squeez out so companies can have continued growth every quater, who wants to work hard for a future like that.
@clintpot8521
@clintpot8521 Ай бұрын
Corporate fascism. Big companies get bailouts while mom and pop businesses go bankrupt. The Pandemic was the most recent iteration of this policy as Walmart and Amazon got rich while we were locked up in our homes.
@Sweetchilliheat18
@Sweetchilliheat18 Ай бұрын
Most true comment on here Rich freeloaders are the problem We need wealth and asset limits to fix our current system of financial slavory and restore the free market
@jeremystonell690
@jeremystonell690 Ай бұрын
Yeah, that's what I learned today. Apparently share buy backs are used to manipulated company performance and then the company can issue share purchase schemes to dilute those shares and inject cash back into the enterprise. The perfect scheme for stealing cash from poor investors.
@boweevil6442
@boweevil6442 Ай бұрын
For example , my apartment complex mandates that renters must accept cable service, which costs $ 85 / month . Renters are being forced to pay for a third party service that they may not want The apartment ( MAA ) owns thousands of units in 13 states . An internal powerpoint presentation was leaked that showed how much profit could be made per unit paid to each party, i.e., MAA and Spectrum
@clintpot8521
@clintpot8521 Ай бұрын
@@boweevil6442 The rich guy club protecting their profits. Our old apartment complex in Maryland just went from $975 to $1600 per month in one year, with no upgrades, and no end in sight to the inflationary price hikes we are going to feel until we get the money printing debt problem under control in this country. Its going to be a blood bath for the peasants.
@itzrlymeman
@itzrlymeman Ай бұрын
I’m a disillusioned millennial whose pessimism about the world/my future just keeps growing. My bootstraps are about to be ripped off as they’ve been pulled up to their limit.
@thespartenkid
@thespartenkid Ай бұрын
Nonsense. That is exactly why you'll be a fierce minuteman. Because you have a real reason to fight.
@ShinSheel
@ShinSheel Ай бұрын
As a foreigner - I first note obscene level of consumption by Americans even adjusted to their already gigantic salaries You just open zillow, see barn-sized homes and you have no question why they are expensive. 2400k sqft home is something nobody in the world would expect to be affordable
@noahhaener1520
@noahhaener1520 Ай бұрын
Good point of view
@FirstLast-gk6lg
@FirstLast-gk6lg 6 күн бұрын
I respectfully disagree, a giant stick frame house in the United States should be cheaper than a MUCH smaller house elsewhere. Due to the fact that this is one of the largest countries on earth, mostly empty space, and almost entirely forested. Therefore, the land and the materials for the house SHOULD be dirt cheap and they were until about 50 years ago.
@brutonano9521
@brutonano9521 2 ай бұрын
When the family goes, the nation goes and soon follows the world.
@dadthemanthemyththelegend3348
@dadthemanthemyththelegend3348 2 ай бұрын
exactly
@johnschuh8616
@johnschuh8616 2 ай бұрын
The Covid scare panicked everyone. Really bad bug could actually cause a worldwide collapse. Remember the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? So why did the Davos Crowd begin a game of chicken with Putin?
@sunso1991
@sunso1991 2 ай бұрын
in Chinese, "Country" is spelled as "nation + family" 國家. there has been 2 prominent saying regarding it during peace time, have harmonious family, have a prosperous nation during war time, if the nation falls, families falls with it. the a prosperous nation and a solid family can not survive without each other.
@BouncySlim1
@BouncySlim1 2 ай бұрын
Maybe that's why they are allowing thousands to cross the southern border to try and keep the nation going...... because of the low birth rate of America citizens.
@Malphorus
@Malphorus 2 ай бұрын
@@sunso1991 Eh, all you have to do is force the men to pay for the failure, then the nation can still prosper. And short term is all the ladies live for.
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Ай бұрын
Listening to this feels like watching your own autopsy.
@robertparadis3395
@robertparadis3395 Ай бұрын
😅
@lesasmith4692
@lesasmith4692 Ай бұрын
Ha! What a statement!
@JesusIsKingAndSavior
@JesusIsKingAndSavior 29 күн бұрын
Brilliant analysis Brother. Funny as all out too.
@Teamshmo
@Teamshmo Ай бұрын
I think housing is really number one. It is all about stability. People say you can rent, but having to be worried about being kicked out all the time doesn't allow for stability. The only way to survive is to be rich. It is a rich or poor society now. Literally the same as it was back in the king and queen eras. Middle class is totally wiped out. Even if you are doing ok now you are progressively getting closer to poverty.
@charleslash4895
@charleslash4895 Ай бұрын
The economy for most people requires two people to work, this is a problem. People want to raise their own kids .
@masonhancock5350
@masonhancock5350 Ай бұрын
48yo US expat in Berlin here, lived in Seattle for 25yrs. This is a great conversation and Weinstein really hits the notes. Work simply does NOT pay off like it did in the 20th century, and being more driven as an employee will often get you chased off. Ask the working class Germans.
@RCrosbyLyles
@RCrosbyLyles Ай бұрын
Yep! Totally. Having a work ethic might mean you'd have to fist fight somebody in the parking lot. But it comes down to the pump and dump philosophy leading our kids to believing that noone has their back when they excel.
@RexJacobus-bb1vw
@RexJacobus-bb1vw Ай бұрын
It's weird isn't it! These idiot companies punish the workers but will still fire you if you don't work!
@Funkteon
@Funkteon Ай бұрын
Working-class Germans still live better than working-class North Americans or Australians, though...
@MonkeyMind69
@MonkeyMind69 Ай бұрын
I don't know any working class Germans to ask. What do you mean by _"being more driven as an employee will often get you chased off"?_
@DD-xw6uw
@DD-xw6uw Ай бұрын
Being driven as an employee results in you being punished. Either you scare higher ups and they try to make sure you don’t get any power, because they think you’ll overtake them. Or they’ll overwork you to cover up for the mistakes of some worse employee and effectively punish you for being too good.
@sari5045
@sari5045 Ай бұрын
My grown boys are 25 and 29. Neither of them have any plans to have kids. They both have girlfriends and one is very serious but they both feel like they can hardly survive so why would they put a kid in that situation. It breaks my heart but I also get it. The world is so much harder these days. The bottom line is, I believe, we are watching the fall of our society and country. We are losing the humanity game.
@Carl-hs420a
@Carl-hs420a Ай бұрын
Keyword: "we", the rest of the world are ticking over just fine. It's only western countries faced with this new and unique problem, and it's only a problem because we gave up our colonialist ways. If we hadn't, this wouldn't've been a problem.
@nightowl5475
@nightowl5475 Ай бұрын
I definitely agree with you. I’m old enough to remember the 70’s and people were patriotic and loved our country and were proud to be Americans. Today, I sense foreigners come here just to get work. They want a better life but couldn’t care less about our country. I also get the feeling the people in our government are doing things counterproductive for the country. It seems like we really don’t have to worry about Putin or any dictator invading our country. The current government, President Biden and the majority of the Republicans and Democrats in Congress are making terrible decisions that are destroying our country. Not securing our borders and giving billions to a Ukrainian dictator to fight a proxy war with Russia. That’s insane! So, yes, we are living through the end of the United States and I share the feelings that a lot of Americans feel. I don’t want the country to fail. We vote and it doesn’t seem to help. Both parties continue to promote these endless wars. Now that we have millions of these illegals roaming the country, we don’t have to worry about Mr. Putin or North Korea or China. Our own government is destroying the country and they have nothing but contempt for the American people. Why would anyone want to bring a child into this country? So he can be taught in the schools to change his sex? If I was still living in the 70’s and someone told me, this is what the country will turn into, I wouldn’t believe it.
@sari5045
@sari5045 Ай бұрын
@@nightowl5475 I agree with everything you’ve said. I was born in 73. This country is unrecognizable to me too. And there are reasons upon reasons for this but the bottom line is that’s it’s not fixable. IMO. Yes, the system we are forced to live in…the whole thing….you can’t even begin to list the problems with that but humanity…human beings…have changed drastically in this country too. I don’t have much hope left. Some days are better than others. I try to judge the world thru the people that I encounter every day. There are still good people out there. I try to be more kind and friendly to others. I love my family and try to keep us close. It’s the only answer I have to fix anything. Once you see and accept what’s going on, you can never unsee that. How do people go back into living in a system that is keeping them down and on purpose? The answer is you don’t. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out that’s for sure.
@terywetherlow7970
@terywetherlow7970 Ай бұрын
Wealth gap caused this....imo
@alexmartinez-og8gu
@alexmartinez-og8gu Ай бұрын
@@Carl-hs420a how did colonialism help the west? also what makes you think you can get it back? the english gonna go tell china what to do? go ahead and try it doubt theyll say "ok and thank you sir" to you but go ahead. the west isnt the only place with nukes
@gd515051
@gd515051 Ай бұрын
Kids under 10 are now watching porn with horses. Growing up in the 80s you were lucky to find an issue of playboy before 18.
@lindsaybelderson7735
@lindsaybelderson7735 Ай бұрын
The problem is being a parent absolutely sucks because of the sheer amount of time and energy involved. Naturally, women are pushing back because they're nearly always the ones left holding the babies, it used to be the village that raised the children, now it's much more on the nuclear family will a lot less community support. It's stressful, lonely, expensive and all consuming thanks to societal changes. These changes are primarily the fault of the generation that isn't having to live with the long term consequences
@ziplokk1453
@ziplokk1453 Ай бұрын
So, change it to what you want. Forget all the excuses.
@dante19890
@dante19890 9 күн бұрын
sounds like being a parent isnt for you then
@bunberrier
@bunberrier 2 ай бұрын
About marriage: I married once, and in the first year my "wife" started talking about divorce already. The next 10 years or so was spent trying to extricate myself and our children from the perpetual abuse of this woman. She did divorce, and then it became 10 years of frivolous lawsuits and lies about my character. Good news, we are all safe from her now. Having set that up, the point I want to make is it never occured to me at the time that for her, our marriage ceremony was nothing more than a spoken word performance, a silly ritual / look at me party she threw to gain access to my resources. I thought they were VOWS, but for her it was just a string of words to get what she wanted. Marriage depends on character, intent, commitmant, etc, and in the Current Year people and particularly women have become so fickle and self serving that mostly, we lack a population capable of sustaining the institution of marriage. Having learned all these lessons and looking around, Ive met no one that merits that level of trust. So, I live happily alone in my huge house with my interests and relationships to my kids. I almost certainly will never marry again.
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 2 ай бұрын
I'm 53 and thank God my personality disorder kept any of my girlfriends from marrying me. My friends were DESTROYED without exception.
@gregorysagegreene
@gregorysagegreene 2 ай бұрын
Every man needs to have had one woman who "wasn't good for him."
@5keeno
@5keeno 2 ай бұрын
This is almost all Western women now.
@matthewsukkau382
@matthewsukkau382 Ай бұрын
@@gregorysagegreene Why are you out here cursing the world?
@brutonano9521
@brutonano9521 Ай бұрын
@gregorysagegreene Agreed and a good point. I've been there (divorced) and done that. That's how men learn going through that shit.
@ClayMastah344
@ClayMastah344 Ай бұрын
When you had your 3000 employees paying them a “FAIR” wage…could YOU own a car, home, raise a family and care for a wife with that wage in current day? Doesn’t matter if it’s more than what YOU made in the past…inflation outpaces. These people at the top need to get real.
@smokedbeefandcheese4144
@smokedbeefandcheese4144 Ай бұрын
They did. Now that there is no Soviet union they are not worried about ever being challenged. They do not fear revolts or anything like that. People in America barely have enough backbone to join a union. And many of the industries that could significantly further union goals. Are not allowed to be organized.
@user-gh3su9nt7l
@user-gh3su9nt7l Ай бұрын
Social media has completely degraded a generation. Hardly any kid i see these days plays on the street or even hang out with friends... they r the most lonely and sad geberation on planet earth. I really feel 90s and esrly 2000 was the best time to be alive
@wallywampa
@wallywampa 2 ай бұрын
A lot of large employers will cap how much a person can make and have no oppurtunity for advancement.
@oldscratch3535
@oldscratch3535 2 ай бұрын
We're dealing with this at our company right now. We have people with engineering degrees running production CNC machines. The company claims to be devoted to letting people advance, but when any attempt to advance is made you never hear anything back from them. I run Swiss machines, which is one of the most complicated CNC machines out there. I've been trying for 2 years to get moved to the Tool & Die shop so I can learn manual machining and jig/fixture making. I've also tried to get time with the design and test engineers, but that happens rarely. My problem is they can't let me move anywhere b/c there's less than 10 people out of 300 employees that can operate a Swiss machine.
@instrumental
@instrumental 2 ай бұрын
​@oldscratch3535 isn't that the best? Prove your worth to a company and they lock you in that role with no advancement because they "can't lose you"
@JP-xq7fo
@JP-xq7fo 2 ай бұрын
@@oldscratch3535only way to get a raise is move nowadays
@XeL__
@XeL__ Ай бұрын
then ask us to work 2x more lel
@ares0wept
@ares0wept Ай бұрын
I have to change employers every few years to get a raise. Doing the same job.
@ralphbernhard1757
@ralphbernhard1757 Ай бұрын
*"You will own nothing and be happy."* First, they came for the mom and pop stores, but we had Amazon & cie., and did not care. Then, they came for the farmers, but we did not care for we had Walmart shelves packed to the brim... Finally, the corporations came for *your house,* and there was nobody left to speak for you. How convenient if family-led businesses and farms all over go bankrupt. The *corporations* can swarm in, get the land cheaply, and feast on the dividends of renting the property back to the original owners. *In the end, you will own nothing, but you won't be happy.*
@TheUnseenPath
@TheUnseenPath Ай бұрын
They will be powerless and be happy and like it.
@mochamommyATX
@mochamommyATX Ай бұрын
I Agree 💯. All of the land stealing and insurance ground and natural disasters that never got addressed. It happened in African American communities first, but we were called ghetto, lazy and intelligent. Now that people who can afford homes can't get them insured ( Florida). Have fires and they get nothing to rebuild ( CA and Hawaii) or not no water AZ and WA. We told you so
@alaakela
@alaakela Ай бұрын
And now they are taking your retirement checks. And nothing you can do about it.
@pawpawsplants8728
@pawpawsplants8728 Ай бұрын
They are waiting for Gen X to die off. They already have control but once we are gone.... checkmate
@miriamweller812
@miriamweller812 Ай бұрын
It's pointless to keep small stores alive. Amazon especialy is no problem at all, because it does not control anything you need, that's why it is so easy for people to not use amazon - what is also the reasl reason why the plutocratic system likes to blame it. The real problem are the oligarchs who control what you NEED to survive. Because you can't say no to it.
@mattcipdirce00
@mattcipdirce00 Ай бұрын
Educational system first to blame. It is not possible that at 25-27 years old you still haven't worked a single year in your life and and how are you supposed to have built enough wealth to start a family?
@txdmsk
@txdmsk Ай бұрын
Yeah. Higher ed is a scam. It is basically an indocrtination industry that almost never provides valuable job-related training.
@heather1506
@heather1506 Ай бұрын
Maybe people are starting to realize that kids aren’t that great
@christopherbuckley7544
@christopherbuckley7544 2 ай бұрын
It's incredibly difficult to "create fear of loss in your employer if you want more money" especially when every employer out there knows they can get somebody younger and dumber for half the price and get two of them. I have repeatedly proven myself to be worth more with a strong work ethic, great attitude, incredible diversity of knowledge and experiences, and employers have consistently treated me like worthless crap.
@creativesuit1930
@creativesuit1930 2 ай бұрын
Start your own business
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 2 ай бұрын
The only way is to buddy up with the owner at a small-mid-startup. In those situations they can't just fire you, they need you to go out drinkiing on friday nights after work. Or one boss depended on me to score him cannabis before legalization. Those bosses need me lol.
@EsotericBibleSecrets
@EsotericBibleSecrets 2 ай бұрын
Solution, dye your skin brown, get a fake ID, and line up at the border.
@annschroeder3889
@annschroeder3889 2 ай бұрын
As a paralegal working for a local law firm, what i have found with my job experience is: the more you are willing to invest in learning the job and industry you are in, and the more skills you acquire, your value to your employer actually can increase far above what you are being paid, which is a good thing because an employer who is "losing money" on an employee is going to fire that employee. So, one way to obtain a raise or promotion is to invest in your education and your proficiency in your job role. Develop the skills you need so that you become an INDISPENSABLE part of your employer's business, and try to get involved in different departments within your place of work. If you show through your work ethic, personal integrity and moral responsibility, AND you develop more skills and proficiencies over time, then when you approach your boss and request a raise, your employer is more likely to seriously consider your request. To summarize this, figure out how you can become indispensable at your current job; maintain high work ethic standards and personal moral standards, be kind to those you work with and work for, stay humble, and you will do well in your job and in life.
@elmerotrompas3889
@elmerotrompas3889 2 ай бұрын
​@@silvertone1love your networking mentality! Note taken
@lewishenderson7004
@lewishenderson7004 2 ай бұрын
my home cost 47k in 1998 the house next door sold last year for 300k
@neilb3299
@neilb3299 2 ай бұрын
Adjusted for inflation, it's not actually that much of an increase in value.
@MrQuay03
@MrQuay03 2 ай бұрын
How much did wage increase over the same period? ​@@neilb3299
@DANELLRIDGEWAY
@DANELLRIDGEWAY 2 ай бұрын
THE PRICE DID NOT RISE THE VALUE OF YOUR MONEY COLLAPSED
@suzanjournagan1112
@suzanjournagan1112 2 ай бұрын
The value of the dollar...way down....soon to go lower...prepare.
@tann_man
@tann_man 2 ай бұрын
@@neilb3299 I don't think anyone is making the argument homes have gotten inherently more valuable. When people point out the massive price discrepancy they're decrying how fake and worthless our money and consequently our wages are nowadays.
@edgarbenjoseph3879
@edgarbenjoseph3879 20 күн бұрын
The source of the problem is simply this : getting rid of the gold standard.
@AmyMichelleMosier
@AmyMichelleMosier 12 күн бұрын
Nixon might just be the worst president ever but nobody addresses this.
@dummyno
@dummyno Ай бұрын
I don't see any option anywhere. I'm getting 40 pretty soon and I feel hopelessness regurlarly. No mate and no financial exit. I save money but it never seems to be enough.
@allanshpeley4284
@allanshpeley4284 23 күн бұрын
Come up with a plan my man. There's always a way out. Even if it's moving to a small town somewhere and living off the land.
@ghostmachine6285
@ghostmachine6285 2 ай бұрын
This is all by design.
@joeblow1748
@joeblow1748 2 ай бұрын
No its gravity.
@dalehinkley6168
@dalehinkley6168 2 ай бұрын
Best comment. The handlers want this country to collapse.
@worldadventuretravel
@worldadventuretravel 2 ай бұрын
Yup. Controlled demolition of the economy since 2020. Whitney Webb has been covering the terrifying details, look he rup.
@KD-rs6xx
@KD-rs6xx 2 ай бұрын
Exactly. Eric is simply describing how the system works. Big Deal.
@AnthonyAcello
@AnthonyAcello 2 ай бұрын
The tribe Is behind it all.
@davidschluter6639
@davidschluter6639 2 ай бұрын
Inflation wipes out all gains of the working class.
@kyliepechler
@kyliepechler Ай бұрын
The sad part is, it didn't during the years from after WWII up to 1970, during those years wages increased by a manageable level above the inflation rate, that is why the middle class grew enormously after WWII.
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 Ай бұрын
@@kyliepechlerWhat the f*ck happened in 1971??
@stevengayler8447
@stevengayler8447 Ай бұрын
​@@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 that's when the bankers stole all of the silver that used to back the US dollar.
@Washedup007
@Washedup007 Ай бұрын
​@@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 this is a sarcastic question correct? If not 1971 is the year we abandoned the gold standard.
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6
@ihbrzmkqushzavojtr72mw5pqf6 Ай бұрын
@@Washedup007 kind of, it seems many things started going downhill on the 70s I suspect it is indeed related to the gold standard
@jannd8170
@jannd8170 4 күн бұрын
Kids not playing in a neighbourhood speaks more about the NIMBYism of the inhabitants and their reluctance to allow young families opportunity than it does about young people not wanting kids.
@pjangels609
@pjangels609 20 күн бұрын
It's gonna be like the movies Idiocracy, Elysium with I Robot blended together.
@Matrixmikes
@Matrixmikes Ай бұрын
I've been saying this for the past year or so. I work 65 hours per week and can barely afford rent and the rest of my bills. I haven't ever felt so hopeless about my situation. I'm a single dad which compounds every thing exponentially. Praying this changes soon. Can't keep up this rat race
@glendaguthrie756
@glendaguthrie756 Ай бұрын
I feel you . HUGGERS.
@Brandanmayhew
@Brandanmayhew Ай бұрын
It's only going to get WORSE. Brace yourself fools😂
@Brandanmayhew
@Brandanmayhew Ай бұрын
I don't understand why people have children in today's sick world. How selfish
@akosv96
@akosv96 Ай бұрын
Teach your kid to have hope and accept any job that comes by. He/she will need it. Nowadays I don't even care if I have to shovel shit if it pays. I don't live for my work. That should be a motto for everyone.
@MysticNode626
@MysticNode626 Ай бұрын
How can we possibly plan for children when all we’re allowed to focus on is either a) not starving or b) not burning out?
@DerMatticusFink
@DerMatticusFink Ай бұрын
We can't. Having children should be our lifeline, not a liability.
@SullyD300
@SullyD300 Ай бұрын
Your ancestors reproduced with less and had harder, more dangerous lives. Its rough but saying its impossible is admitting defeat. Dont be a wimp
@pzmoore007
@pzmoore007 Ай бұрын
Blame your elite brothers who have robbed your future for more burgers and shiny cars!
@MysticNode626
@MysticNode626 Ай бұрын
@@SullyD300 You have kids?
@zuzanazuscinova5209
@zuzanazuscinova5209 Ай бұрын
​@@SullyD300 child labor was also a thing. People living in the countryside used their kids to work in the fields. Nowadays a child is unproductive for 20+ years. It's unsustainable, very few people have resources for that.
@Joaquin2028
@Joaquin2028 Ай бұрын
The planet doesn't need any more humans so the value of people is declining.
@showandtelos1877
@showandtelos1877 Ай бұрын
The thing is, most people aren’t these smart ass engineers/scientists/computer geeks and work regular jobs that are grueling and low paying. The problem is-we aren’t paid nearly enough, most places don’t even offer good medical benefits/vacation time anymore. And then we are practically forced to live off of credit cards, which brings the debt way up and increases inflation. It’s all done on purpose. They want it to break so they can swoop in and take full control. Let’s just hope their plans fail!
@ColbyAzimuth
@ColbyAzimuth Ай бұрын
1. No fiat currency system has ever lasted long. 2. Having everything owned by corporations means that nothing is ruled or run by human beings. 3. There is no village.
@vylbird8014
@vylbird8014 Ай бұрын
1. China switched predominantly to fiat currency in the 12th century, and has been using it since. That's a pretty long time.
@ColbyAzimuth
@ColbyAzimuth Ай бұрын
@@vylbird8014 What currency was that?
@vylbird8014
@vylbird8014 Ай бұрын
@@ColbyAzimuth Just look it up. It gets complicated, the names changed - it wasn't always the same fiat currency, but it was always some form of fiat. Still used silver for international trade though.
@ColbyAzimuth
@ColbyAzimuth Ай бұрын
@@vylbird8014 I spent a lot of time looking up a many different Chinese fiat currencies. None of them lasted longer than a century because of the huge inflation from over-printing. None. Not one. Is "just look it up" your standard answer when promoting wishful lies? Withholding information is not the same as informing people.
@johnw9038
@johnw9038 Ай бұрын
​@@vylbird8014 Oh right, I forgot that China is famous for having economic stability and no famines 😂
@LaFonteCheVi
@LaFonteCheVi Ай бұрын
Family is the core pillar of every single society. If that fails, society fails.
@rerite2
@rerite2 Ай бұрын
And if cities fail, the country fails.
@HarrisonCountyStudio
@HarrisonCountyStudio Ай бұрын
@@rerite2 not necessarily…. Strong communities are often not the norm, in large urban areas. North America is 50%+ rural. And it’s these areas that still operate under a high trust/performance society
@rerite2
@rerite2 Ай бұрын
@@HarrisonCountyStudio -- From Census.gov: The percentage of the population living in rural areas in the United States, which is a significant part of North America, increased from 19.3% in 2010 to 20.0% in 20201. This change is largely due to revisions in the criteria for defining urban and rural areas by the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s important to note that these figures are specific to the U.S. and may not represent the entirety of North America, which includes Canada and Mexico. However, they do provide a useful reference point for understanding rural demographics in the region.
@DaveE99
@DaveE99 Ай бұрын
@@HarrisonCountyStudio do you have behavior or outcome stats to show that? Like that sounds more like a belief than a piece of evidence based knowledge.
@phoenixrising4995
@phoenixrising4995 Ай бұрын
@@HarrisonCountyStudio How is the fentanyl crisis treating folks in the country side. I hear per cappa its worse there.
@JakeKlineMusic
@JakeKlineMusic Ай бұрын
Read the 1913 origin of the debt bubble: The Creature from Jekyll Island
@flashback1123
@flashback1123 Ай бұрын
Something needs to change. Society is BROKEN
@jackpop489
@jackpop489 27 күн бұрын
I will never ever work my ass off again I literally worked 105 hours a week for a place to sleep and $200 in my pocket I wasted 3 years of my life for nothing
@cspdx11
@cspdx11 2 ай бұрын
Basically a blue collar guy in the 80s could support a family of 3 with a stay at home mom. The end of that era meant the end of 🇺🇸
@Madonnalitta1
@Madonnalitta1 2 ай бұрын
My dad raised four children on a builders wage and my mum didn't work part-time until her youngest was in junior school. Those days are gone.
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 2 ай бұрын
It can still be done. I have friends who manage, they just rent cheap places - not nice condos - in sketchy areas. But sketchy in Canada is not sketchy in the usa. We may get robbed but we won't get murdered.
@Albus_Rex
@Albus_Rex 2 ай бұрын
@@silvertone1 Never trust... a 🍁
@didforlove
@didforlove Ай бұрын
@@silvertone1it can’t be done you are competing globally for resources and jobs 8 billion people now
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 Ай бұрын
@@didforlove Not when the job is local and you need to be physically present. That 8 billion drops to maybe 100,000 locals and most are already employed or don't want the job. If you need to be healthy, ie stand or lifT sometimes...even fewer are prepared or even able. If you need to know the city well, that excludes all recent immigrants. If you need perfect English that also eliminates many.
@JoshPitts530
@JoshPitts530 2 ай бұрын
If a man can’t raise a family on one income, there’s a problem, and there’s been a problem since 2001. It got worse in 2007 as millennials were entering workforce. It got even worse during Covid.
@JBurns253
@JBurns253 Ай бұрын
True that. If you are between 25-35 years old your parents likely had the opportunity to purchase their home for 50% the relative value of today. 500K home today on an inflation adjusted basis to 1985 would be roughly 240k
@krystelhardesty9960
@krystelhardesty9960 Ай бұрын
It's been longer than that I'm 42 and growing up everyone's parents worked both mom and dad full time jobs. My grand mother went back to work full time when her youngest was in first grade that was 1963.
@VantageCollective
@VantageCollective Ай бұрын
@@JBurns253 Roughly 5x the price our parents paid near end of 90's
@CaliforniaCarpenter7
@CaliforniaCarpenter7 Ай бұрын
I agree with this. I'm a 36 year old millennial that got four years of the Bush era economy under my belt before The Great Recession. *Everyone* in construction lost their jobs. My parents were both boomers who were raised on single incomes, but all three of their kids are struggling to keep our heads above water in this madness. I buy little boxes of Folger's Instant Coffee and last year they were eight packs for $1. This year they became seven packs for $1.25. A small example, but a 15% reduction in product plus a 25% price hike equals out to 40% inflation on such a small thing.
@whatsthemonsterbelow
@whatsthemonsterbelow Ай бұрын
lol this has been YOUR problem since 2001. I started my own company in 2008 and to this date made millions, just self education and hard work, not blaming other.
@pebblepod30
@pebblepod30 Ай бұрын
It's HOUSING COSTS. Wage mean nothing if wages aren't as sky high as housing costs.
@hubertcumberdale2651
@hubertcumberdale2651 Ай бұрын
or auto repairs .... I just wanted some lightbulbs changed but the shop 'discovered' $1100 worth of stuff which needed to be fixed or replaced.
@pebblepod30
@pebblepod30 Ай бұрын
@hubertcumberdale2651 Yeah sorry to hear that as well. New cars are designed to be money pits, that's how they make lots of money. We are in the age of Technofeudalism, and governments and lots of voters who want a housing crisis for profit. Imo, Capitalism has failed with each generation getting worse, I agree with Lauren Southern in admitting that. Solution is to have a referendum on Housing, and best option is that each Citizen adult can own a maximum of 1 residential home, and no commercial property unless they are the business owner. The extra govt revenue would mean you pay FAR FAR FAR less tax, and every working person would be able to get housing security.
@FirstLast-gk6lg
@FirstLast-gk6lg 6 күн бұрын
@@hubertcumberdale2651 Or dental shit, without insurance it's literally cheaper to fly to another country to have some simple shit done
@michaelcafaro4022
@michaelcafaro4022 Ай бұрын
The days of the Milk Man raising a family of five in a three bedroom home are over.
@88bombshell1
@88bombshell1 Ай бұрын
The cost of living is far too high. The corporate shareholders want to outsize profit margins.The level of distrust in systems is at an all-time high, government, bureaucracy, etc.
@tannhauser5399
@tannhauser5399 Ай бұрын
@88bombshell - Cicero and his observations in "The Nature of Gods" enteted the chat... Human nature, greed and competition. Even Alan Greenspan a while back was vocal about it. You cannot change it. It is just now we can access more information, and all it is shows us - is that all of it is also getting worse. Much worse. But at the end, nothing will change. Brutal competition at almost every level (even the local corporate office when you are competing for a role or a position within a corporate office just to feel better or have more money, or my house is better than the neighbours one, or my car is better, I own more, and so on), all about greed, some temporary feeling of "power", the next year stock market price, all driven by a basic human ego - while the whole ecosystems are dying in the name of current & future profits (such as plankton which is producing almost 50% of oxygen on this planet). Yeah, a pure human nature... nothing more. The market and corporate behaviour is simply a larger reflection of that approach.
@jasonmorgan27
@jasonmorgan27 2 ай бұрын
I am 54. I have 4 girls and they are all FUBR. My 20 year old wants to move out making $20 hour. We did the simple math and every month she would be $400 in the hole renting a 1 bdrm with just the basics going nowhere, doing nothing, and saving NOTHING. The average home is $450K in America with 105K salary to qualify. $450K in my city will get you a crack house. They are so screwed
@thisworldhasgonemad
@thisworldhasgonemad 2 ай бұрын
We told our daughter to not buy a house. She is better off saving $20 a week and gaining compound interest. That will be worth more than a house could be for her.
@Wilhelm4131
@Wilhelm4131 2 ай бұрын
In a normal society they'd find good men and get married but now daddy is the husband in an economic and protection sense
@tann_man
@tann_man 2 ай бұрын
@@Wilhelm4131 There are vanishingly few financially independent young men. The state takes everything from men. From education to corporations to government policy our whole society is designed around kneecapping men so women can use their shins as stilts to feel equal. Women only like men who are taller. Its not wonder marriage rates are in the gutter as with birth rates.
@silvertone1
@silvertone1 2 ай бұрын
So rent a studio or share an apartment. 1-bedroom can be split into a 2-bedroom (one takes the living room). If they don't allow it pretend they are a gay couple. I don't understand the obsession with a 1-bedroom. A bachelor/studio/bachelorette is the way everyone starts out.
@Fridaey13txhOktober
@Fridaey13txhOktober 2 ай бұрын
@@Wilhelm4131 Not so. Good men are the ones that were against this system when everyone else was mostly blind and went unheeded but for a select few. Now the "good times" are coming to an end.
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