The Walmart defender kept saying that Indians and Chinese were pulled up from poverty....hey what about Americans who were driven down into poverty because they lost their manufacturing jobs?

the interview with the blackwater guy is soooo uncomfortable.. that interviewer is ruthless.. much respect

This dude asks all the questions most journalists are afraid to ask

"Are you a traitor?" That was awesome! Right to the face. good reporting

The reason so many people shop at Walmart is that they have put thousands of smaller mom and pop establishments out of business. Walmart does not represent the best ideals of free market economics. It has monopoly power and is therefore a source of market failure. The woman from Forbes sounded rather stupid. Oligopolies are one step from monopoly. When a group of companies in one industry share a single supply curve they become a cartel (with production quotas and price setting), which is monopoly. The problem with monopolistic power in the market place is that it breeds monopolistic power in our politics, which is fascism. This was never the end goal of free market economics...or democracy, which depends on diversity and competition, as does a free market. The very top of the income pyramid is dominating every aspect of our lives. The people have no power because they have little money and lots of debt. This is slavery.

This is by far one of the most important, well made, informative documentaries of our generation. Very well done!

this guy is an amazing interviewer

We need to wake-up a lot faster folks. Together we stand divided we fall, POOR FOLKS MUST STAND TOGETHER AGAINST THE OLIGARCHS, middle class too if there any of you left. I loves this journalism, it tells the truth as I see Thank you

America an oligarchy ?! Such an interesting and unique point of view. Did not feel forced, edited, ridiculous or even home made. Pulitzer worthy. Brava.

Someone give this dude a nobel Prize

How completely true this has become, 3+ years later.

I'd like to see a 2022 edition of this documentary

My dictionary defines oligarchy as government by the few. Plutocracy is government by the rich. So the USA and most Arab lands are Plutocratic Oligarchs. Michael Fay

This shows the real face of so called democracy It is capitalism

The biggest problem with this video is that they are not making it clear enough where wealth enforces or greatly influences policy. They should've had more examples, and I think more examples exist. They often got off track as well.

I genuinely enjoy the journalist approach and destinguishable character. As a political economy scholar, such topic is crucial and necessary.

WOW what a great piece of reporting, i loved the daring

Holy crap he checkmated Eric Prince. OWNED! lmfao

This guy doesn't have even a shred of an argument!!

Wow, I love this interviewer guy, great job! And I love the reference to "They Live."

Omg! Really opening my eyes 👀👀👀👀👀👀

Empire! finaly somthing to watch

DAMN THE TRUTH HURTS ...... HURTS SO GOOD....

This reporter has the correct attitude. Salient final words.

Notice the woman from Goldman didn’t say it wasn’t true. She said that most people don’t think we are an oligarchy. That statement was true, but didn’t answer the question. So she told you basically confirmed it by not answering it. It would be like you asking me if I killed your dog and I say, “I don’t believe that most people would think I killed your dog”.

6:34 this woman is smart. I like her spirit and wisdom💪💪

Everyone is saying America has about 5 years left before we and the whole world is going to crash in a massive depression ain't no joke 😪

Whoever you are that interviewed that American export quality right wing capitalism Blackwater bot you are my hero! The world needs more of you brother!!!

It is so good to see Eric Prince sweat.

A good on this subject - Finance Capital by Rudolf Hilferding. He was a finance minister of Weimar Republic, i.e. post WWI Germany. Back in 1910 he depicted the present state of things. Banks own you(((

What use is a cheaper washing machine made in Mexico, or a cheaper television made in China, when North Americans no longer have employment to pay for those 'cheap' products. The economic theory called 'the trickle-down effect', in actuality means the top executives get the wealth and tax-havens, while the workers get the 'trickle' of unemployment or lowered wages with little benefits.

I love how the Forbes editor flipped the switch."no in america its called income inequality

Every time he gives a masterclass on investigative journalism and studying your interviewees!!!

The woman at this restaurant table is nailing it, and with every word he speaks that other guy wreaks of bullshit.

Nice interviews ....Keep it up Al Jazeera

Anyone else sickened by that Elite Apologist Boot Licker sitting at the table making excuses for Wal-Mart?

that blackwater CEO is sweating .his voice is anxious .that does indicate something .

It's good that America is oligarchy, Plato said the timocratic man is the most honourable but never advocated timocracy, he wrote The Philosopher King but never advocated monarchy, he said Democracy invariably decays into tyranny, so he never advocated Democracy. What he did was identify 5 Regimes, Timocracy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy and Tyranny, that this was a cycle, one leading into another like a causality loop. What he advocated was breaking the cycle, not recommend any particular regime, but what he did say was the Oligarchy phase of the cycle is the optimal period to break the cycle.

What is Blackwater doing in Africa?

Mr. Bishara asks the correct questions, brings pronouncements together w concepts, wisely! However, for us americans who want americanism, we may have desired a definition of "technocrats/technocracy" as well as why plutocracy?

Nothing has changed; it all started with a lie and Cain slew Abel...

This is one of the best short documentaries on the end of "normal America" i've seen in a very long time...excellent work; blackwater a one to one ration in Iraq 2 amazing information...!

It's a simple question: how long does it takes for one of your own employees to buy a house? Or how much they can save every month

Iraq war was oligarchs best transaction. All expenses were paid by taxpayers Thousands of unmetered barrels of oil brought in and sold to the same American taxpayer at a higher price! Even though Oil pumped out is metered now but still at a "dictated price".

This needs to be updated and broadcast before the 20/20 election!!!!

Government by the rich is properly called "plutocracy."

Walmart put a lot of small businesses out of business. Today Walmart is very rich and powerful that operates as a multinational or a big corporation. What's wrong with that 🙄?

what is that song those guys are singing? This land is their land, this land ain't ours, friend?

Excellent episode!

Thank-you for your research! I agree!

Great episode

If the United States had a free press they would be doing this report instead of a foreign news agency.

Money speaks volumes in terms of loyalty...

I love watching Erik prince sweat.

Brilliant video

The one thing I see about uber rich people is their faces are so blank when they are in a conversation about income inequality and poor people.

Taxes don’t pay for anything at the federal level. Demanding taxes insure the validity of the currency and restrain excess wealth that can translate into political power.

Black Water isn't new. Executive Outcomes pulled the same trick in Africa in the 90s. But DAMN he hammered him in that interview. +1

A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money..

Mr Prince is sweating like an obese person running a marathon :19:39

He’s uncomfortable which is good, these people need to wake up. Good interviewer 👍

great great job AJ!

very good programme,i like this interviewer ,very clever

great ending words sir!

amazing video...

Love this man!!!!

I want those glasses

I've quit cigarettes drugs and beer so my mind can be clear for what is coming no one can be clear I'm seperateing this ball and chain from these drugs from rotting my brain am not smokeing no more tobacco so when I run out I won't go Waco am quiting beer because it's a depressant and I don't want tears for I must be ready to face my fears instead of running away to disappear.

"I, Erik Prince, have admitted on camera that I profit from suffering, death, and oppression."

Brilliant

Nice job Marwan!

@ 43:50 this is exactly correct. People have become objects or "human capital" and Corporations have become people with absolutely more privilege and rights and protection.

What happened after this??? Brilliant report.

When you start out on the journey to become wealthy, you enter into a jungle of stinging scorpions, predator cats, mouse-eating owls, and wolf packs, or, into an ocean of razor-toothed piranhas, barracudas who eat baby turtles, circling sharks and spinning-in-the-water crocodiles. If you are a law-abiding, morally upright, nice guy you will be devoured before you get twenty yards.

That Blackwater guy is sweating bad.

Their are approximately 20 trillion dollars in the economy and 80 trillion in private debt. That is the problem.

12:10 Seriously???? wow. that is amazing

We are not a democracy we are a Republic. Democracy is two wolfs and a lamb deciding what is for dinners.

I really like how bald is the journalist ! Amazing! this guy from Blackwater had really hard interview :) Greetings from Poland!

That dude at 6:30 doesnt take into an account that most of his customers are low wage workers(not just his workers)

"You can't focus on wages?" I'm not an economist, but isn't it wages that drives the middle class, and being the is no longer is a middle class says to me that wages should always be the focus. Lastly, TICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS HAS BEEN PROVEN NOT TO WORK!!!! The rich are rich for one reason, and that is to keep themselves rich!!!!

29:43 Cat is going nuts 😂

To paraphrase Lord Acton (19th Century British politician) who said: "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," we can now say "Money buys power and big money buys overwhelming power."

In LATIN AMERICA KNOW THAT SINCE THE BRITAIN TOUCH THIS CONTINENT CALLED AMERICA BY THE SPANISH .

It makes perfect sense.

I think oligarchies has always been the real rulers of every system in the world throughout history. In my opinion there has yet to be something as a real democracy, and it's difficult to establish because it depends on education and information of the populations, but who will educate and inform them, who will decide who is to educate and inform them? And most importantly, while we live under oligarchies, how will we give the people the necessary freedom, strength, energy, will and belief in themselves to become educated and well informed? The clips from the movie "They Live" is a good picture of how it works in so called established democracies particularly in the Western countries, but the same is used by necessity to some extent everywhere in the world because without having some support in the population an oligarchy cannot get foot hold. On the subject of Walmart, I actually do think there are two sides of this. As for the incredible wealth accumulated on the hands of one person, that is simply insane. As you said: "Having millions of dollars is one thing, but why billions? Where's the need for that": I actually believe beyond a certain point it is no longer about being rich but about being Nb. 1, making money turns into a sport for these people (I've met a few, so I know this is the case). But again, about Walmart, it is created jobs in China while giving Americans access to cheaper food.

This guy is responsible for China's artificial islands.

Thanks to aljazeera for this documentary, now the question is how can we change this oligarchs capital system empire? and how about the fiscal paradise?

When Mr. Walton died, he left over ☺️$20 billion dollars to his wife and his family. No bad, mother.

Al Jazeera, you should have interviewed Noam Chomsky or those intellectuals highly familiar with systemic corporatism.

“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts, absolutely.”

The reason you are seeing this on Al Jazeera, a 3rd world network: 1. The on-camera presenter could *never* get a job in national broadcast media in the U.S. 2. Neither could his producer, editor or music coordinator (Oh wait, they probably didn't have one :).

we re TIRED of Oligarchs

Too many people on Earth not enough resources 22 trillion in debt keep printing money on barowed time .

This is journalism.

This guy does not realize that once corporate interest crush the competition then drive up prices

Instead of waiting for the government to give you money. Jealousy won't make you a rich man.

The "Tentacles" of Old European Oligarchy, spread out to grab Asia, Africa and eventually North & South American countries with colonial monstrosity It never changed the basic structural form but over the centuries adjusted not only to survive but morph into subtlety and surreptitious presence , with the British Isles constantly struggling to take the lead from its continental European competitors At the zenith of its success by the 3rd quarter of the 19th century, the morbidity of British mind set brought about innovative ways by way of merging the Oligarchy with Zionist movement that was still in the "Nursery" The 2 WWs were mere extension of the European Power struggle for the lead, with apparently neutral USA (albeit predominantly influenced by European heritage and blood line but notoriously tilted towards British mind set despite the war of independence from Britain of 1776) Bottom line : Although structurally Old European Oligarchy, but tainted with British morbidity, turned it into a completely different form from that which culminated in post WW II, Neo Colonialism and the disguises like Marital Plan, World Bank, IMF and subsequently Petro Dollar hegemony However in last 7 decades is no exception either culminating in the end of Cold war, final power shifting to America and BREXIT to crush EU However the Divine balancing factor playing its role resulted in Ukraine war that is going to decide the fate of both USA and its European allies along with that of NATO PS : NATO and EU both can not survive, so one has to be obliterated for the other to survive with China becoming the sole beneficiary of it all

america has become that what europeans settlers have fled from europe, it has become a system of absolute monarchig empires. a limited few who were able to lend a lot of money became insanly rich

Nice that things are laid out in simple terms. Regular people's eyes glass over when they get into the technical accounting and finance stuff. But I just got my AA a couple of years ago in accounting and work for the government, but I picked the finance stuff up just from the news. Even normal intelligent people buy the line that they had to keep the system from imploding and couldn't put conditions on the loans. But then a lot of people also believe that the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to save American lives (Japan was trying to negotiate surrender terms - can we just keep the emporer, that's all). Say something often enough and people will believe it.