The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value.
@skeetergreen relative to what? People who have more wealth than you? So your saying if everyone is living a better life that doesnt matter if the top 10% is living a way better life? I just want to understand your point of view.
@Naptownstreetsquid I'm saying that the fact that poor in America 2012 have more modern conveniences than poor in England 1212 doesn't excuse the massive concentration of wealth at the top we see today, and attempts to gloss over widespread poverty and suffering. It sounds like it came directly out of a right wing think tank.
I would like to hear these statistics your giving us when you consider the value of gold. Because yes we have more money but money is worth about 3 CENTS of what it was worth in 1913 when we began the second charter of the FED and they started devaluing the dollar. Also please do a video on the NDAA and SOPA, .... but I think you already did a SOPA...
@auditorization Yes but you need to look at buying power also. For instance in 1913 if you had a family car you would be considered wealthy. When was 17 I had a car, my brother had a car, my dad and mom had cars. We were far from rich though, in fact my dad was unemployed for almost 4 years during that time and we never once even considered going without food shelter or are 4 cars.
@Naptownstreetsquid buying power = value. The perceived value of the us dollar is much higher than it's actual value, it's actual value is next to nothing. We can purchase cars today because their value/cost has gone down due to mass production and tech, and because the dollar is Perceived, as valuable. When adjusted to the gold standard, dollars are trash. Once people realize this, the hyper-inflation will really hit and it will hit hard!
The problem in america now is all the lazy welfare state love douch bags. Basicly all of the occuturds that think have rape tent is what happens at all protest.The so called 1% pays more then 40% of all taxes and the bottom 40% don't pay none.So to all you stupid left-wing welfare state losers go to some other country if you don't like it in the best country
This video is simplistic and poorly constructed. The fact is, whilst standard of living has improved, it has improved for some more than others. Fancy cell phones are an illusion. Not an indicator of wealth. Food prices are going up, cost of living is, and it is getting harder to find employment. All while the rich make masses of money and just get ever richer.
Stop preaching your conservative think-tank nonsense because it is only true in your textbook.
@malagaent I am not denying that some people are more hard working and smarter than others, however we live in a society where wealth is not an indicator of that. There are lots of greedy and ruthless people who abuse the economic model so that they can get richer when the real hard working and smart people can't compete with them.
The reason this happens is because the economic model of our Capitalism society is so easy to be abused.
Your comment is frivolous and your'e a Capitalist idealist.
@ec123456789able Greedy and ruthless? Society doesn't reflect hard work?
This idea that people are somehow prevented from success in the US is absurd at best. We have very high income mobility, our 'poor' are more wealthy than most of the world. The problems we do have ARE NOT CAPITALISM. We haven't had good old capitalism in about 100 yrs. Real capitalism cannot be abused, big government can be.
There is no problem with some people having more than others, if you don't f'n like it, work harder.
@ec123456789able And yes, I am a capitalist. I've been poor, very poor in fact, and I've been wealthy. All because of my own actions, not anyone else's.
If you want what others have, get of your ass and do something about it, work harder, come up with better, smarter ideas. There is no magically block keeping you from succeeding other than yourself, and big govt. getting in the way. But even with the big govt. many people can and do get way ahead.
@malagaent There is no need to patronize me with ''if you don't like it work harder''. I have no problem with working hard, but a person's wealth should reflect how hard they have worked for it. We now live in a society where ambitious people who are working extremely hard can't compete with huge corporations run by rich people who are using their wealth to prevent others from following in their footsteps. The chances of a person becoming rich is extremely thin no matter how hard you work.
@ec123456789able 'a person's wealth should reflect how hard they have worked for it.'
WHy? Who gives a crap if the person worked really hard or if they didn't? If they aren't taking the money from you by force or fraud, then who gives a crap, it's not up to you to decide if someone else earned their money by your standards.
People CAN compete, the big corporations you complain of are often started by nobodies who DO get rich and compete exactly as you say they cannot.
@malagaent Your whole argument is a huge straw-man. The fact of the matter is, billionaires who make it big from nothing are very few and far between, However so is someone who was born into a poor background who makes it to becoming middle class. There is very little social mobility. Someone who is born into a rich family tends to stay rich, a poor person tends to stay poor. You can't say this is all down to ambition. It is down to a system that doesn't reward social mobility and aspiration
@ec123456789able Billionaires are few and far between. But rich isn't only millionaires. There are millionaires too, but most of that society calls rich are people who make a few hundred thousand a year. There are many of those people, they pay a huge portion of the taxes and most of them got there on their own. Being born into a rich family doesn't make you rich. The best thing rich parents can do for their kids is to force them to make it on their own. And many do just that.
@malagaent (post 2)But it isn't as simple as ''socialism vs capitalism'' at all. There needs to be a fair balance between the 2. This was what I meant by ideological purity. You seem to think that ''capitalism is always good'' but it isn't. There needs to be some taxes in the right areas and deregulation for smaller businesses to create competition. You may say it is okay for the rich to use their money for aggressive competition, however this wouldn't be an option in a system with fair taxes.
@ec123456789able Yes, capitalism is always good. Socialism is always bad. Deride it all you like, it doesn't make it any different. The regulation needed is minimal. What we have today far exceeds the minimum or even reasonable.
The only fair tax is a flat tax applied to all with no exceptions or exceptions. But that's now what people mean when they say fair. They mean tax the people who produce and are successful more and reward the people who don't.
@malagaent (post 3)I support a free market, I support letting people who are ambitious and innovative to set up businesses with little regulation stopping them, however you have to realize that once a person gets to be wealthy, they have made their money and have a steady income. The economy is there to be utilized by everyone, not a select few that are already at the top. A fairer system would also put the direction of the economy into the hands of more people.
@ec123456789able 'chances of a person becoming rich is extremely thin'
Bullshit. That's the nicest way of putting it. The US has the most self made rich people of any nation, the 'wealth gap' that so many people whine about is one of the smallest in the world as well as the US having the most wealthy people. Poor people don't typically stay poor, they move on as they gain experience, middle class people also move up. This BS that it's impossible is just a lame excuse.
@malagaent (post2)I agree about needing a smaller government with less control over people, but some regulations are needed in society and Capitalism that is left to it's own devices is unsustainable. If people who have already required their wealth (no matter how hard they worked for it) are stopping others from following then they are abusing the very system they used to line their pockets. The fact of the matter is, they have made their money, they are rich and live in luxury.
@malagaent (post 3)I have no problem with people becoming wealthy and hold no bitterness towards those people, but to assert that it is okay for them to use their wealth to stifle competition only harms the economically libertarian stance that pro-capitalists like yourself are saying you advocate. It is a contradiction in terms, and one that exists out of your stubborn ideal of ideological purity. The fact of the matter is, it isn't about capitalism vs socialism, it is about balance and justice.
@ec123456789able It's 'okay to use their wealth' however they see fit. If they want to use it to compete aggressively, so be it. People CAN & DO rise from nothing in spite of competition from huge business.
It is about capitalism/socialism. Capitalism provides the single best way for people to advance and grow economically. This justice crap is just crap, it's a silly little term that people use to cloak their true intentions.
@joeyxxx...(trolface)problem,honkey?cant stand a working class person who belives in America?yes! we need a fucking middle class & should strive for better...i pay taxes for roads,veterans,education & the elderly.i must have hit a nerve with the arbitrary laws(not a pussy Democrat,not a heartless Republican either)everyone wants to bitch,but not want solutions
Yeah the video is so frivolous . Fancy cell phones are not an indicator of wealth . What haves to be considered is the amount of saving a person has compared to debt amounts and average income. Even homeless people have cheap cellphones but that doesn't mean anything. Most people can't buy a car without financing atleast 90% of the bill unlike my grandfather who had no problem putting half down on a new car in the 70s while making 7.45$ an hour working at the steel mill.
I have three sisters who are as stupid as that blond in the vid. this is how I know he is not exadurating. It's like OMG I can't afford to pay you back that $2000 you loaned us so that me and my kids could move into a house because I have to get a new SUV a 65 inch tv and a new phone. Oh your just soooo judgemental for calling me a thieveing piece of dung. Your not God you don't have a right to judge
This reminds me of the Penn Jillette interview where he said that two things are almost always true - things keep getting better, and people think they keep getting worse. Of course this was more entertaining than a simple soundbite, lol.
Unless Steven Crowder becomes homeless like the guy from the movie Pursuit of Happiness then he'll never know what it's like to be working poor in America. If there is a God then Steven Crowder will lose everything and become one of us. If not, then there is no God. This rich douchebag can't relate to average Americans. With his fancy 4G phone. Move to a slum you spoiled middle class bitch!! You're too weak and sheltered to deal with problems in the real world but that will change. Soon.
The iphone 4G. What a worthless toy. Apple is only good for one thing. Investing in. I'm a greedy miser. I have no use for your stupid toys. More money. That's all I care about.
@GenerationX1984 What made you into such an angry, resentful person? Get laid off or stuck in a low paying job even after earning a degree? If so, you're like most Americans. Most of us cannot afford a fucking iphone. We work 14 hours a day with little pay. anybody making more than 30k in this economy is a lucky bastard. damn them. whatever happened to the unlucky cynic in America who wished to see everything burn?
Bailouts for the rich. Tax cuts for the rich resulting in massive inflation and a recession that never ends. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! GOD HIMSELF CANNOT UNDO THE DAMAGE THE BUSH TAX CUTS CAUSED. Hell. God can't even get the Israelis and Palestinians to stop fighting. What a worthless, powerless fuck God is.
The BIG FAT DOUBLE STANDARD: If a poor or middle class person fails. Too bad. He'll never fulfill his dream of becoming a writer or musician. Boo hoo! Put his ass back in that dead end minimum wage job and crush his dreams. If a rich CEO fails he gets a big bonus check and gets to travel to places far away. Like Rio de Janero or Tel Aviv. He didn't sink his company. You did. Extend the Bush tax cuts for another 1000 years. That way the middle class will die and the recession lasts forever.
They give us toys and gadgets to keep us happy enough and stupid enough to shut us up when they steal our pensions. What does Steven Crowder have to say about Bernie Madoff and Wall Street cheats who ruined the economy and put people out of work?
Steven Crowder: Bernie Who? Don't know who you mean but I like him already.
Why do certain CEOs get rewarded for failing? With bailouts.
Crowder: They worked hard to make an honest living. They're great!
@deeppurple28 Because TJ has sound logic on his side and uses sources to back him up. Steven Crowder has none of that. Just a bunch of silly nonsense videos.
@deeppurple28 For quite a long time TheAmazingAtheist stopped being amazing... he became a strawman-maker machine. So please, try not to name him around YT ._.
@deeppurple28 On the whole YT nowadays ppl see him as the "attention whore": He talks about any topic, wether or not he's informed about it (I still remember the harsh critics he received on a topic about economics), he spents his days insulting or making a cartoon out of people who he doesn't agree with, and creates channels that talk only about himself. I personally haven't seen the video about Crowder... but chances are you just swallowed it.
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu Specifics you faggot, where exactly did he speak of something he wasn't informed about? TJ Keeps it real you moron, unlike this pussy crowder who makes shitty videos misleading morons like you all the time!
@deeppurple28 I cannot give you specific information, cuz I would have to check his videos again and I would hate to.
BUT I can give you directions for finding some of the info: One of the videos in which he talks about the nature of markets, he tries to describe it as "innately harrasful" or something similar. Try checking it out. And plz, next time... try to stop insulting ppl, doesn't make you look too mature.
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu If you can't provide me with factual specifics then you are not credible in any way shape or form! Since anyone can sign on to youtube and begin making claims, I will not just simply take your word for an answer! Provide specifics ! "watch?v=KZeKaEFHAlg" Enjoy your hero, Crowder the pussy, get OWNED!
Republicans dream to much , I hate to tell you but it took certain regulations on wall street to ensure the progression of capitalism remained unhindered, remember that Sherman Antitrust act ,if fatcats can monopolize and patent every aspects of the economy that means they own everything and we are shut out, how is that a fair and free market.
Sure we have freedom and even in the worst times we are still are living better than most people around the world but that doesn’t mean we should just close our senses and stuff our faces in commodities, and just be fat and happy. Two thirds of corporations pay zero federal income tax , receive tax breaks , bailouts and bonuses while important social services such as education remain neglected . Try being a college student on this budget/ job market and tell me everything is dandy.
haha. The middle class are actually getting RICHER, not POORER! Amazing parody video. For a moment I actually took your argument at face value, not realizing you were clearly spoofing us. :) Good one, Broseph. I was particularly fond of how many squares on the Right-Wing Bingo card you hit (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, iPhones, and, of course...Thomas Sowell, conservatives' very favorite black person). Keep up the satire!
hey i'm old and can't work!!!!!! smug man: "social security" "I lost my job!!!" smug man: "unemployment" "i'm a ababy and i wanna learn!" smug man "public school"
@idiocyparade isn't being middle class, straight, and wehite awesome??? fuckin women, poors and blacks and muslims and gays trying to take whats rightfully mine (manifest destiny anyone???)
@darkma1ice As I told phoenix, just because you graduate college doesn't mean you instantly get a 6 figure income and other nice things, it has to be earned. You have to work for it if you want it. While the national income rate has dropped in the last 10 years, my income rate has more than tripled in 10 years. In fact, in the last 2 years, not because of, but IN SPITE OF current government regulations and such, I've nearly doubled my income. It was because of hard work after my degree.
Did you know that it's the top 1% who provide the jobs which the economy afloat? When rich people get richer, everyone else does too. That is a good thing. That is the reason why socialized countries have such a high unemployment rate. That is also why countries which demonize wealthy people (such as North Korea) have a much lower quality of life.
@IAmANerd25 So you honestly think that it is ok that you make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while some people in this country can't even afford to feed ther own kids? I don't think you do, so you try and justify it by saying the country needs people like you or else we would turn into an evil socialist society.
@nrdify The only reason those kids go hungry is that their parent/s spend all their money on cigarettes, booze, crack, heroin, bail, and I can go on and on. If you want to fork over you r money, be my guest.
@Robbob9933 You sound like Newt Gingrich. When you make those rediculous generalisations about the poor, you come off as ignorant. If I am a stupid fuck for being compassionate for those less fortunate then me and selfless, then so be it.
@nrdify If you want to fork over your money to help them, go right a head. Just don't whine to the government that you need more money. Why don't you help us that want to keep our money keep it. Lobby the government and have it leave everyones' wallets alone. Charity MUST be voluntary, not at gun point.
@nrdify Most people who "hundreds of thousands of dollars" worked hard to get where they are. Most people who "can't even afford to feed ther own kids" were lazy.
@MelvinThe42 Well your argument is non-sensical! For you to make a blanket statement like that without providing any evidence is rediculous! How can I possibly take you seriously? What type of a world do you live in where success=money. What about Frederick Banting who discovered Insulin? He gave insulin away rather than selling it and becoming a millionaire. What about Robert Watson-Watt who developed radar and sold it to the British government for 5 pounds?
@MelvinThe42 No, they didn't accept any money for there hard work. Which completely trumps your argument of working hard makes you rich. Don't get me wrong, if you don't work hard, you probably won't be successful, and many of the rich CEOs today worked very hard to get where they are. However saying working hard is the key to wealth is preposterous! It really shws your ignorance, and (possibly) arrogance.
@nrdify They did not accept money; I stated that if one works hard, he will be able to obtain money. Those men were able to obtain money, they simply turned it down!
@MelvinThe42 You are putting yourself into a smaller and smaller box. You originally said "Most people who hundreds of thousands of dollars worked hard to get where they are. Most people who can't even afford to feed ther own kids were lazy." You now realise that you said an idiotic thing and are trying to move on to a new argument. I know that those two men were able to obtain money, but those two men contradict your theory of "hard work and success = money"
@MelvinThe42 I'm sure that is exactly what the nurse working shifts does , making a lot of money. I'm sorry but there is nothing that justifies the fat cats not paying taxes whilst choking on tax payers money .
@MelvinThe42 You argued that people who work hard will obviously earn more. Whilst a substantial part of the population works hard it doesn't get any wealthier.
@MelvinThe42 Also, you didn't just say rich peopled worked hard to get where they are, you said and I quote "most people who can't even afford to feed ther own kids were lazy."
@nrdify So Fing what. When was the last time you sunk $9 Million into equipment to expand depth of service to your customers? When was the last time you hired 20 people?
why dont we all just lay down and let republicans have their way so we can all make 3.50 an hr,have all gays be shunned and hated,men treat women like crap,corperations and pharmaceutical companies sell us narcotics not tell us about adverse effects,and arbitration laws so we have no legal recorse like the raped woman who worked for haliburton..cool obey your massas repubs..
The "free" enterprise system more often stifles technological innovation, dress it up anyway you want most of the tech we know and love was developed in the 50s and were propelled into the mainstream with the advent of the internet which was largely invented by ARPA which was funded by government money in response to the communist USSR launching Sputnik.
The internet innovation came from two competing government initiatives which were publicly funded as was the computer itself.
@jpzxcvbnm Hopefully the housing market will get worse and you'll be kicked out of your home. Then you'll know what true poverty is. I love watching the tables turn for the worst on people. I guess I'm sadistic that way.
not being able to afford a nice car, or a nice phone, etc etc. We can't afford to get sick. We work our asses off while the dumbshits are making all the money. Did you have to share an car with no air conditioning with 8 other people on family road trips Steven Crowder? I don't think so. I say this out of respect, but FUCK YOU. Go suck on the GOP's genitalia. It's apparent you don't know the middle class.
@phoenixmakesmehard Oh yeah, cause his parents are part of the 1% and so are mine, and so are a huge majority of the US population. God you're retarded. Your parents had 6 kids, that doesn't mean that your family isn't middle class, it means you had more mouths to feed. At least you had road trips. BE GRATEFUL MIDDLE CLASS. And how in hell can you "respectfully" say, "FUCK YOU"?? That doesn't even.... Dear God, you are sincerely stupid. I say that disrespectfully cause I know the difference.
Dude I can barely afford college and I'm from a middle class family. I'm probably have to withdraw some loans and go into debt for the rest of my life. But its no big deal Steven Crowder. I mean going into debt because you can't afford the biggest investment in your life is no big deal right? I wanted to major in political science but I'd make more money as a business major. Thank you for implying the lesson that we should all sell out Steven Crowder. We middle class don't bitch about
@phoenixmakesmehard Sorry, but I don't have any pity for anyone who complains about where they are in life. My family went from being fairly successful, owning multiple businesses, to having our house foreclosed on in 15 years. But guess what. It hasn't stopped me, because I work for it. I have worked, fought, clawed and earned where I'm at now. Just getting an education isn't guaranteeing anything, you have to be willing to WORK for a better life.
I was middle class, now I'm more lower middle-class. We can hardly afford anything luxurious nowadays. So you see why the majority of us look down upon rich bastards driving gas-guzzling mercedes benz all over town while we get taxed the shit out of. But without us, the nation would stand still, once people realize our power, we can change things for the better.
@ITSbigwillystyle While you get the shit taxed out of you, huh? You realize that half the country pays no Federal taxes, right?
And a gas-guzzling Benz? Are you fucking kidding me? Those beautiful (many made in the USA, by the way) pieces of engineering are some of the most efficient on the road. That's because they're the product of capitalism. Socialism produces shit like the Yugo.
Sorry Crowder, but I have to disagree with you completely. The middle class is shrinking faster today than ever before in American history. We are becoming a socialist nation in which the vast majority of the people are poor and the small percentage are extremely wealthy. Sure, Americans might have more now than before, but take a look at other things, such as statistics and numbers, and it's plain as day that the American middle class, the reason for America's success, is dying.
i would like to personally thank u for announcing the truth about how FUCKING RETARDED people are who bitch and moan about the middle class shrinking, oh no its SUCH a catastrophe, especially when you think about people like me, WHO CANT EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN A HOUSE LIKE MOST MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE CAN, NO, I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT AND MY FAMILY CAN BARELY AFFORD TO KEEP OUR INTERNET, CABLE, AND PHONE CONNECTED, but at least im not living in AFRICA where people are STARVING to DEATH
@Halo4Lyf Thank you for committing the Ad Hominem Fallacy instead of addressing any of her numbers. Gotta love the charts and graphs full of things called facts. So like I said, "please see "The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class" by Elizabeth Warren from a few years back." Get back to me if you can point out a mistake.
I believe union members will always complain about working conditions, pay & benefits until the world ends because unions can only stay in business if they can continually convince their members that life sucks because of the boss even if one day every union member is making 8 figures, 5 months vacation, driving 10 Ferraris, living in 5 mansions, has 20 yachts & 50 private jets. Unions have a financial interest to say to their members that life sucks no matter what.
@MrConservative608 I'm just curious. Do you think unions have ever stood for anything positive, or were ever necessary? If your answer is yes, please tell me what good you think the unions once stood for, and the reason why you think they have gotten away from it. If your answer is no, how and or why were they able to form...250 characters probably won't cut it so if you want I'll send you my e-mail
we are not shrinking is any way, but the way the government identifies us as middle class has changed. the taxes changed when it identifies us as middle class instead of it being 90k and us as high it is 80k and up that are identified as high. so anyone who made up against that 90k lines now has around a 20% tax i think, dont quote me on that, tax now. i only know this because my mother, a single mother with three kids and has been a nurse since she was 19, now tries to make a lot more bcuz taxs
we seriously need to F*CK Them democrats, and next time a F*CKIN Company fails, we should F*CK them and let them die, cause that's how the free market works..
@lgmmrm so let a large amount of people loose their jobs just because they were employed into a stupid field, making the lower class larger, now does that really make sense? a lot of jobs in the middle class are shared by conservatives and liberals so you would in turn be fucking yourself over instead of just one specific group.
I don't know where this guy is getting his numbers, but; real wages have been stagnate since the 70's. Just look at data from the non-partisan CBO. Also the blonde isn't useless. She's pretty hot, and would make an outstanding cumdumpster. That sounds pretty useful to me!
Try including benefits. I'm beginning to think healthcare benefits and what-not are just schemes to make it look like the middle-class is stagnant. Also if you'd consider f*cking someone like her, I wish you the most pointless, passionless sex in your life.
No but you can be a less patronising cunt. What I was actually saying was that the middle class is presumably blaming weakened unions, decreased spending on the ultra-rich etc for their supposed declining fortunes. I was wondering what this has to do with the fact we now have electricity as opposed to two hundred years ago?
No free market? You purist twat, that is like saying that we've never had a state because it doesn't control everything.
@mgdev Twat did you say? I cunt hear you. First off, unions are mostly to blame for the current situation, right alongside useless legislation. To even argue that unions such as SEIU and UAW are not partly responsible for the current economic situation is ignorant in the extreme. As for your free market argument, I would highly suggest that you learn what a free market is before you comment further in order to reduce you looking so foolish.
Actually, the middle class will start shrinking soon because people refuse to believe that the post WW2 fantasy land of us having the only industry in the world and unlimited demand for our products is over. The world is catching up. The average person can no longer walk out of high school with no skills and earn a middle class salary. You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I thought it was just me! I have noticed the same thing. Our country has been so blessed by the hard work and ingenuity of the generations that came before us . In the United States we have opportunities that others can only DREAM about and yet we find a way to be ungrateful and take it for granted. It seems we have developed an entitlement mentality, in all economic classes, not just the middle class. Well, thank you for the video. It needed saying!
The iphone, cell phone service, internet service etc. Would not exist with a strong middle class... as the engineering costs cannot be justified without without mass market appeal.
As even the richest person in the world probably only needs 1 iphone. To drive technology and innovation you need a low wealth gap.
@LiekABaus so now you want to take the argument from what it was - the difference between what it takes to cause a growth in MC markets (freedom & capitalism) vs your new/old view of "wealth redistribution"
to now arguing HOW market analysis works?
i know that both rely on there markets having the freedom to choose
I end my screed with the pilowy refrains now known from as - I mock you openly, and with aplomb!
LoL From around 0:16 to 0:50 he sounds like Louis Black and Gilbert Gottfried combined voices!
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That gal is spoiled, irrational, and probably promiscuous (look at how she was dressed)!
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The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value.
---Piapot - Cree Chief
bozolazic 1 week ago
BIG OIL!!!!
Naptownstreetsquid 1 week ago
Wealth is relative you dishonest piece of shit
skeetergreen 2 weeks ago
@skeetergreen relative to what? People who have more wealth than you? So your saying if everyone is living a better life that doesnt matter if the top 10% is living a way better life? I just want to understand your point of view.
Naptownstreetsquid 1 week ago
@Naptownstreetsquid I'm saying that the fact that poor in America 2012 have more modern conveniences than poor in England 1212 doesn't excuse the massive concentration of wealth at the top we see today, and attempts to gloss over widespread poverty and suffering. It sounds like it came directly out of a right wing think tank.
skeetergreen 1 week ago
i would to
sonofdrjekyll 3 weeks ago
.... no
haloboyFNFAL 3 weeks ago
I would push that annoying bitch into on coming traffic
haloboyFNFAL 1 month ago
@haloboyFNFAL Crowder?
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until socialism is stopped no one in America will be able to increase their standard of living.
halloranedward 1 month ago
I would like to hear these statistics your giving us when you consider the value of gold. Because yes we have more money but money is worth about 3 CENTS of what it was worth in 1913 when we began the second charter of the FED and they started devaluing the dollar. Also please do a video on the NDAA and SOPA, .... but I think you already did a SOPA...
auditorization 1 month ago
@auditorization Yes but you need to look at buying power also. For instance in 1913 if you had a family car you would be considered wealthy. When was 17 I had a car, my brother had a car, my dad and mom had cars. We were far from rich though, in fact my dad was unemployed for almost 4 years during that time and we never once even considered going without food shelter or are 4 cars.
Naptownstreetsquid 1 week ago
@Naptownstreetsquid buying power = value. The perceived value of the us dollar is much higher than it's actual value, it's actual value is next to nothing. We can purchase cars today because their value/cost has gone down due to mass production and tech, and because the dollar is Perceived, as valuable. When adjusted to the gold standard, dollars are trash. Once people realize this, the hyper-inflation will really hit and it will hit hard!
auditorization 1 week ago
I love my ten year old computer. It's not top of the line, but I love him. He serves me well and only cost me $180 thanks to free enterprise.
KittenKoder 1 month ago
The problem in america now is all the lazy welfare state love douch bags. Basicly all of the occuturds that think have rape tent is what happens at all protest.The so called 1% pays more then 40% of all taxes and the bottom 40% don't pay none.So to all you stupid left-wing welfare state losers go to some other country if you don't like it in the best country
ugotcatfish 1 month ago
This video is simplistic and poorly constructed. The fact is, whilst standard of living has improved, it has improved for some more than others. Fancy cell phones are an illusion. Not an indicator of wealth. Food prices are going up, cost of living is, and it is getting harder to find employment. All while the rich make masses of money and just get ever richer.
Stop preaching your conservative think-tank nonsense because it is only true in your textbook.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able
Who f'n cares that it improved for 'some more than others'?
Some people work harder and are smarter, get over it.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent I am not denying that some people are more hard working and smarter than others, however we live in a society where wealth is not an indicator of that. There are lots of greedy and ruthless people who abuse the economic model so that they can get richer when the real hard working and smart people can't compete with them.
The reason this happens is because the economic model of our Capitalism society is so easy to be abused.
Your comment is frivolous and your'e a Capitalist idealist.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able Greedy and ruthless? Society doesn't reflect hard work?
This idea that people are somehow prevented from success in the US is absurd at best. We have very high income mobility, our 'poor' are more wealthy than most of the world. The problems we do have ARE NOT CAPITALISM. We haven't had good old capitalism in about 100 yrs. Real capitalism cannot be abused, big government can be.
There is no problem with some people having more than others, if you don't f'n like it, work harder.
malagaent 1 month ago
@ec123456789able And yes, I am a capitalist. I've been poor, very poor in fact, and I've been wealthy. All because of my own actions, not anyone else's.
If you want what others have, get of your ass and do something about it, work harder, come up with better, smarter ideas. There is no magically block keeping you from succeeding other than yourself, and big govt. getting in the way. But even with the big govt. many people can and do get way ahead.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent There is no need to patronize me with ''if you don't like it work harder''. I have no problem with working hard, but a person's wealth should reflect how hard they have worked for it. We now live in a society where ambitious people who are working extremely hard can't compete with huge corporations run by rich people who are using their wealth to prevent others from following in their footsteps. The chances of a person becoming rich is extremely thin no matter how hard you work.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able 'a person's wealth should reflect how hard they have worked for it.'
WHy? Who gives a crap if the person worked really hard or if they didn't? If they aren't taking the money from you by force or fraud, then who gives a crap, it's not up to you to decide if someone else earned their money by your standards.
People CAN compete, the big corporations you complain of are often started by nobodies who DO get rich and compete exactly as you say they cannot.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent Your whole argument is a huge straw-man. The fact of the matter is, billionaires who make it big from nothing are very few and far between, However so is someone who was born into a poor background who makes it to becoming middle class. There is very little social mobility. Someone who is born into a rich family tends to stay rich, a poor person tends to stay poor. You can't say this is all down to ambition. It is down to a system that doesn't reward social mobility and aspiration
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able Billionaires are few and far between. But rich isn't only millionaires. There are millionaires too, but most of that society calls rich are people who make a few hundred thousand a year. There are many of those people, they pay a huge portion of the taxes and most of them got there on their own. Being born into a rich family doesn't make you rich. The best thing rich parents can do for their kids is to force them to make it on their own. And many do just that.
malagaent 1 month ago
@ec123456789able You are either delusional or ignorant. The society that exists is not what you seem to think it is.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent (post 2)But it isn't as simple as ''socialism vs capitalism'' at all. There needs to be a fair balance between the 2. This was what I meant by ideological purity. You seem to think that ''capitalism is always good'' but it isn't. There needs to be some taxes in the right areas and deregulation for smaller businesses to create competition. You may say it is okay for the rich to use their money for aggressive competition, however this wouldn't be an option in a system with fair taxes.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able Yes, capitalism is always good. Socialism is always bad. Deride it all you like, it doesn't make it any different. The regulation needed is minimal. What we have today far exceeds the minimum or even reasonable.
The only fair tax is a flat tax applied to all with no exceptions or exceptions. But that's now what people mean when they say fair. They mean tax the people who produce and are successful more and reward the people who don't.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent (post 3)I support a free market, I support letting people who are ambitious and innovative to set up businesses with little regulation stopping them, however you have to realize that once a person gets to be wealthy, they have made their money and have a steady income. The economy is there to be utilized by everyone, not a select few that are already at the top. A fairer system would also put the direction of the economy into the hands of more people.
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@ec123456789able 'chances of a person becoming rich is extremely thin'
Bullshit. That's the nicest way of putting it. The US has the most self made rich people of any nation, the 'wealth gap' that so many people whine about is one of the smallest in the world as well as the US having the most wealthy people. Poor people don't typically stay poor, they move on as they gain experience, middle class people also move up. This BS that it's impossible is just a lame excuse.
malagaent 1 month ago
@malagaent (post2)I agree about needing a smaller government with less control over people, but some regulations are needed in society and Capitalism that is left to it's own devices is unsustainable. If people who have already required their wealth (no matter how hard they worked for it) are stopping others from following then they are abusing the very system they used to line their pockets. The fact of the matter is, they have made their money, they are rich and live in luxury.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@malagaent (post 3)I have no problem with people becoming wealthy and hold no bitterness towards those people, but to assert that it is okay for them to use their wealth to stifle competition only harms the economically libertarian stance that pro-capitalists like yourself are saying you advocate. It is a contradiction in terms, and one that exists out of your stubborn ideal of ideological purity. The fact of the matter is, it isn't about capitalism vs socialism, it is about balance and justice.
ec123456789able 1 month ago
@ec123456789able It's 'okay to use their wealth' however they see fit. If they want to use it to compete aggressively, so be it. People CAN & DO rise from nothing in spite of competition from huge business.
It is about capitalism/socialism. Capitalism provides the single best way for people to advance and grow economically. This justice crap is just crap, it's a silly little term that people use to cloak their true intentions.
malagaent 1 month ago
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@joeyxxx...(trolface)problem,honkey?cant stand a working class person who belives in America?yes! we need a fucking middle class & should strive for better...i pay taxes for roads,veterans,education & the elderly.i must have hit a nerve with the arbitrary laws(not a pussy Democrat,not a heartless Republican either)everyone wants to bitch,but not want solutions
wes19er 2 months ago
Yeah the video is so frivolous . Fancy cell phones are not an indicator of wealth . What haves to be considered is the amount of saving a person has compared to debt amounts and average income. Even homeless people have cheap cellphones but that doesn't mean anything. Most people can't buy a car without financing atleast 90% of the bill unlike my grandfather who had no problem putting half down on a new car in the 70s while making 7.45$ an hour working at the steel mill.
OneNationUnderCanada 2 months ago
So the iPhone proves the middle class is doing great?WTF?
OneNationUnderCanada 2 months ago
Crowder for President.
ORYGUN11x 2 months ago
Dang it I thought the red car at the end was going to hit her!
artvol11 2 months ago
I have three sisters who are as stupid as that blond in the vid. this is how I know he is not exadurating. It's like OMG I can't afford to pay you back that $2000 you loaned us so that me and my kids could move into a house because I have to get a new SUV a 65 inch tv and a new phone. Oh your just soooo judgemental for calling me a thieveing piece of dung. Your not God you don't have a right to judge
bigbenusa45 2 months ago
This reminds me of the Penn Jillette interview where he said that two things are almost always true - things keep getting better, and people think they keep getting worse. Of course this was more entertaining than a simple soundbite, lol.
ProfessorJoke 2 months ago
Crowder's fantasy at the end was EPIC!
chriswadams1 2 months ago
What a jerk!
rapunzel39 2 months ago
Unless Steven Crowder becomes homeless like the guy from the movie Pursuit of Happiness then he'll never know what it's like to be working poor in America. If there is a God then Steven Crowder will lose everything and become one of us. If not, then there is no God. This rich douchebag can't relate to average Americans. With his fancy 4G phone. Move to a slum you spoiled middle class bitch!! You're too weak and sheltered to deal with problems in the real world but that will change. Soon.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
The iphone 4G. What a worthless toy. Apple is only good for one thing. Investing in. I'm a greedy miser. I have no use for your stupid toys. More money. That's all I care about.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
@GenerationX1984 What made you into such an angry, resentful person? Get laid off or stuck in a low paying job even after earning a degree? If so, you're like most Americans. Most of us cannot afford a fucking iphone. We work 14 hours a day with little pay. anybody making more than 30k in this economy is a lucky bastard. damn them. whatever happened to the unlucky cynic in America who wished to see everything burn?
Samael51760 2 months ago
Bailouts for the rich. Tax cuts for the rich resulting in massive inflation and a recession that never ends. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! GOD HIMSELF CANNOT UNDO THE DAMAGE THE BUSH TAX CUTS CAUSED. Hell. God can't even get the Israelis and Palestinians to stop fighting. What a worthless, powerless fuck God is.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
The BIG FAT DOUBLE STANDARD: If a poor or middle class person fails. Too bad. He'll never fulfill his dream of becoming a writer or musician. Boo hoo! Put his ass back in that dead end minimum wage job and crush his dreams. If a rich CEO fails he gets a big bonus check and gets to travel to places far away. Like Rio de Janero or Tel Aviv. He didn't sink his company. You did. Extend the Bush tax cuts for another 1000 years. That way the middle class will die and the recession lasts forever.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
They give us toys and gadgets to keep us happy enough and stupid enough to shut us up when they steal our pensions. What does Steven Crowder have to say about Bernie Madoff and Wall Street cheats who ruined the economy and put people out of work?
Steven Crowder: Bernie Who? Don't know who you mean but I like him already.
Why do certain CEOs get rewarded for failing? With bailouts.
Crowder: They worked hard to make an honest living. They're great!
But they're irresponsible.
Crowder: No you are!
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
This retard needs to be beaten in the face with heavy Mining equipment! On another note, The Amazing Atheist PWNED This little fucking Faggot!
deeppurple28 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 Because TJ has sound logic on his side and uses sources to back him up. Steven Crowder has none of that. Just a bunch of silly nonsense videos.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 For quite a long time TheAmazingAtheist stopped being amazing... he became a strawman-maker machine. So please, try not to name him around YT ._.
AkaiTsukiShimitsu 2 months ago
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu Admit it you misfit, TJ Pwned That pussy crowder!
deeppurple28 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 On the whole YT nowadays ppl see him as the "attention whore": He talks about any topic, wether or not he's informed about it (I still remember the harsh critics he received on a topic about economics), he spents his days insulting or making a cartoon out of people who he doesn't agree with, and creates channels that talk only about himself. I personally haven't seen the video about Crowder... but chances are you just swallowed it.
AkaiTsukiShimitsu 2 months ago
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu Specifics you faggot, where exactly did he speak of something he wasn't informed about? TJ Keeps it real you moron, unlike this pussy crowder who makes shitty videos misleading morons like you all the time!
deeppurple28 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 "Keep it real"? You know, I just lost any interest in debating with you ._.
AkaiTsukiShimitsu 2 months ago
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu Seeing that you provided No specifics, I too have lost interest!
deeppurple28 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 I cannot give you specific information, cuz I would have to check his videos again and I would hate to.
BUT I can give you directions for finding some of the info: One of the videos in which he talks about the nature of markets, he tries to describe it as "innately harrasful" or something similar. Try checking it out. And plz, next time... try to stop insulting ppl, doesn't make you look too mature.
AkaiTsukiShimitsu 2 months ago
@AkaiTsukiShimitsu If you can't provide me with factual specifics then you are not credible in any way shape or form! Since anyone can sign on to youtube and begin making claims, I will not just simply take your word for an answer! Provide specifics ! "watch?v=KZeKaEFHAlg" Enjoy your hero, Crowder the pussy, get OWNED!
deeppurple28 2 months ago
@deeppurple28 Well, THANK you for actually proving the point that he "spends his time insulting others" xD
AkaiTsukiShimitsu 2 months ago
Republicans dream to much , I hate to tell you but it took certain regulations on wall street to ensure the progression of capitalism remained unhindered, remember that Sherman Antitrust act ,if fatcats can monopolize and patent every aspects of the economy that means they own everything and we are shut out, how is that a fair and free market.
colinfirth1000 3 months ago
Sure we have freedom and even in the worst times we are still are living better than most people around the world but that doesn’t mean we should just close our senses and stuff our faces in commodities, and just be fat and happy. Two thirds of corporations pay zero federal income tax , receive tax breaks , bailouts and bonuses while important social services such as education remain neglected . Try being a college student on this budget/ job market and tell me everything is dandy.
colinfirth1000 3 months ago
haha. The middle class are actually getting RICHER, not POORER! Amazing parody video. For a moment I actually took your argument at face value, not realizing you were clearly spoofing us. :) Good one, Broseph. I was particularly fond of how many squares on the Right-Wing Bingo card you hit (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, iPhones, and, of course...Thomas Sowell, conservatives' very favorite black person). Keep up the satire!
Sleeper99999 3 months ago
So true!
kellymmmbop 3 months ago
hey i'm old and can't work!!!!!! smug man: "social security" "I lost my job!!!" smug man: "unemployment" "i'm a ababy and i wanna learn!" smug man "public school"
idiocyparade 3 months ago
@idiocyparade isn't being middle class, straight, and wehite awesome??? fuckin women, poors and blacks and muslims and gays trying to take whats rightfully mine (manifest destiny anyone???)
idiocyparade 3 months ago
THE UPPER CLASS HAS INCREASED, THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS DECREASED... THE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WENT TO THE UPPER CLASS...
But the lower class has increased... ever here of graduating college? College graduates have to start somewhere
darkma1ice 3 months ago
@darkma1ice As I told phoenix, just because you graduate college doesn't mean you instantly get a 6 figure income and other nice things, it has to be earned. You have to work for it if you want it. While the national income rate has dropped in the last 10 years, my income rate has more than tripled in 10 years. In fact, in the last 2 years, not because of, but IN SPITE OF current government regulations and such, I've nearly doubled my income. It was because of hard work after my degree.
Milehighsnake98 3 months ago
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occupytheworld22 3 months ago
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occupytheworld22 3 months ago
@occupytheworld22 you just make yourself sound stupid, do you know the 1% pays 40% of the countrys total taxes. by the way i am in the 1%.
texas3310 3 months ago 4
@texas3310 Yeah, and do you know that the top 1%'s income has grown approxiamtely 235% more than the income of the bottom 99%?
nrdify 2 weeks ago
@nrdify
Did you know that it's the top 1% who provide the jobs which the economy afloat? When rich people get richer, everyone else does too. That is a good thing. That is the reason why socialized countries have such a high unemployment rate. That is also why countries which demonize wealthy people (such as North Korea) have a much lower quality of life.
IAmANerd25 1 week ago
@IAmANerd25 So you honestly think that it is ok that you make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while some people in this country can't even afford to feed ther own kids? I don't think you do, so you try and justify it by saying the country needs people like you or else we would turn into an evil socialist society.
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify The only reason those kids go hungry is that their parent/s spend all their money on cigarettes, booze, crack, heroin, bail, and I can go on and on. If you want to fork over you r money, be my guest.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
@Robbob9933 You sound like Newt Gingrich. When you make those rediculous generalisations about the poor, you come off as ignorant. If I am a stupid fuck for being compassionate for those less fortunate then me and selfless, then so be it.
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify If you want to fork over your money to help them, go right a head. Just don't whine to the government that you need more money. Why don't you help us that want to keep our money keep it. Lobby the government and have it leave everyones' wallets alone. Charity MUST be voluntary, not at gun point.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
@nrdify Most people who "hundreds of thousands of dollars" worked hard to get where they are. Most people who "can't even afford to feed ther own kids" were lazy.
MelvinThe42 1 week ago
@MelvinThe42 You sound like Newt Gingrich, I bet you think it's a good idea to have those poor kids cleaning bathrooms huh?
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify You did not refute my argument.
MelvinThe42 1 week ago
@MelvinThe42 Well your argument is non-sensical! For you to make a blanket statement like that without providing any evidence is rediculous! How can I possibly take you seriously? What type of a world do you live in where success=money. What about Frederick Banting who discovered Insulin? He gave insulin away rather than selling it and becoming a millionaire. What about Robert Watson-Watt who developed radar and sold it to the British government for 5 pounds?
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify They gave it away by choice! All I said was that rich people worked hard to get where they are.
MelvinThe42 1 week ago
@MelvinThe42 No, they didn't accept any money for there hard work. Which completely trumps your argument of working hard makes you rich. Don't get me wrong, if you don't work hard, you probably won't be successful, and many of the rich CEOs today worked very hard to get where they are. However saying working hard is the key to wealth is preposterous! It really shws your ignorance, and (possibly) arrogance.
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify They did not accept money; I stated that if one works hard, he will be able to obtain money. Those men were able to obtain money, they simply turned it down!
MelvinThe42 1 week ago
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@MelvinThe42 You are putting yourself into a smaller and smaller box. You originally said "Most people who hundreds of thousands of dollars worked hard to get where they are. Most people who can't even afford to feed ther own kids were lazy." You now realise that you said an idiotic thing and are trying to move on to a new argument. I know that those two men were able to obtain money, but those two men contradict your theory of "hard work and success = money"
nrdify 1 week ago
@MelvinThe42 I'm sure that is exactly what the nurse working shifts does , making a lot of money. I'm sorry but there is nothing that justifies the fat cats not paying taxes whilst choking on tax payers money .
MrDarudin 3 days ago
@MrDarudin When did I say anything about nurses?
MelvinThe42 2 days ago
@MelvinThe42 You argued that people who work hard will obviously earn more. Whilst a substantial part of the population works hard it doesn't get any wealthier.
MrDarudin 2 days ago
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@MelvinThe42 Also, you didn't just say rich peopled worked hard to get where they are, you said and I quote "most people who can't even afford to feed ther own kids were lazy."
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify So Fing what. When was the last time you sunk $9 Million into equipment to expand depth of service to your customers? When was the last time you hired 20 people?
Robbob9933 1 week ago
@Robbob9933 What are you even talking about?
nrdify 1 week ago
@Robbob9933 What are you even talking about?
nrdify 1 week ago
@nrdify When you fucking bitch about the rich, ask yourself those questions.
Robbob9933 1 week ago
why dont we all just lay down and let republicans have their way so we can all make 3.50 an hr,have all gays be shunned and hated,men treat women like crap,corperations and pharmaceutical companies sell us narcotics not tell us about adverse effects,and arbitration laws so we have no legal recorse like the raped woman who worked for haliburton..cool obey your massas repubs..
wes19er 3 months ago
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@wes19er typical ignorant ass hole..
joeyyyxxx 3 months ago in playlist More videos from StevenCrowder
The "free" enterprise system more often stifles technological innovation, dress it up anyway you want most of the tech we know and love was developed in the 50s and were propelled into the mainstream with the advent of the internet which was largely invented by ARPA which was funded by government money in response to the communist USSR launching Sputnik.
The internet innovation came from two competing government initiatives which were publicly funded as was the computer itself.
MrWarrenLO 4 months ago
xDD I thought she was gonna get rolled over by that car at the end- ROFL!!
LovesMusicandLife 4 months ago
Liberal???? Actually I,m a loyal old Vietnamese Communist and always will be ps Fuck america lol
invaliduser1000 4 months ago
@invaliduser1000 troll. or douche.
tokaran07 4 months ago
@invaliduser1000 Why don't you do the world a favor and DIE QUICKLY but painfully, LOL!! stupid ass commie.
MsKammie63 4 months ago
LONG LIVE HAMAS,, U FAGGOT
invaliduser1000 4 months ago
@invaliduser1000 Lots of homophobia in that comment for a liberal... Interesting.
hooplablahblahblah 4 months ago
I volunteered at a homeless shelter in Hoboken, NJ and almost all of them had cell phones....
JDPKRevolution 4 months ago 10
If you are "poor" in America, you are considered to be richer than most people in the world.
jpzxcvbnm 4 months ago 24
@jpzxcvbnm Hopefully the housing market will get worse and you'll be kicked out of your home. Then you'll know what true poverty is. I love watching the tables turn for the worst on people. I guess I'm sadistic that way.
GenerationX1984 2 months ago
@jpzxcvbnm There is no considered to it.
Baronstone 1 month ago
America is the only country I know of where those in poverty have better cellphones than the rich people ten years ago.
MrDarthBaker 5 months ago 28
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@MrDarthBaker "America is the only country I know of where those in poverty have better cellphones than the rich people ten years ago."
Could you be prouder of your ignorance?
infinit888 4 months ago
not being able to afford a nice car, or a nice phone, etc etc. We can't afford to get sick. We work our asses off while the dumbshits are making all the money. Did you have to share an car with no air conditioning with 8 other people on family road trips Steven Crowder? I don't think so. I say this out of respect, but FUCK YOU. Go suck on the GOP's genitalia. It's apparent you don't know the middle class.
phoenixmakesmehard 5 months ago
@phoenixmakesmehard You are not entitled to a nice care or a nice phone. You're not even entitled to healthcare.
You are entitled to my boot in your ass if you attempt to take anything that doesn't belong to you.
Halo4Lyf 4 months ago 2
@phoenixmakesmehard Oh yeah, cause his parents are part of the 1% and so are mine, and so are a huge majority of the US population. God you're retarded. Your parents had 6 kids, that doesn't mean that your family isn't middle class, it means you had more mouths to feed. At least you had road trips. BE GRATEFUL MIDDLE CLASS. And how in hell can you "respectfully" say, "FUCK YOU"?? That doesn't even.... Dear God, you are sincerely stupid. I say that disrespectfully cause I know the difference.
tokaran07 4 months ago
Dude I can barely afford college and I'm from a middle class family. I'm probably have to withdraw some loans and go into debt for the rest of my life. But its no big deal Steven Crowder. I mean going into debt because you can't afford the biggest investment in your life is no big deal right? I wanted to major in political science but I'd make more money as a business major. Thank you for implying the lesson that we should all sell out Steven Crowder. We middle class don't bitch about
phoenixmakesmehard 5 months ago
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don't go into political science. employers don't give a fuck about that degree. trust me. go into engineering or something.
wayfarin 4 months ago
@phoenixmakesmehard Sorry, but I don't have any pity for anyone who complains about where they are in life. My family went from being fairly successful, owning multiple businesses, to having our house foreclosed on in 15 years. But guess what. It hasn't stopped me, because I work for it. I have worked, fought, clawed and earned where I'm at now. Just getting an education isn't guaranteeing anything, you have to be willing to WORK for a better life.
Milehighsnake98 3 months ago 5
I was middle class, now I'm more lower middle-class. We can hardly afford anything luxurious nowadays. So you see why the majority of us look down upon rich bastards driving gas-guzzling mercedes benz all over town while we get taxed the shit out of. But without us, the nation would stand still, once people realize our power, we can change things for the better.
ITSbigwillystyle 5 months ago
@ITSbigwillystyle While you get the shit taxed out of you, huh? You realize that half the country pays no Federal taxes, right?
And a gas-guzzling Benz? Are you fucking kidding me? Those beautiful (many made in the USA, by the way) pieces of engineering are some of the most efficient on the road. That's because they're the product of capitalism. Socialism produces shit like the Yugo.
Halo4Lyf 4 months ago
Sorry Crowder, but I have to disagree with you completely. The middle class is shrinking faster today than ever before in American history. We are becoming a socialist nation in which the vast majority of the people are poor and the small percentage are extremely wealthy. Sure, Americans might have more now than before, but take a look at other things, such as statistics and numbers, and it's plain as day that the American middle class, the reason for America's success, is dying.
Hammergunshipping 5 months ago
i would like to personally thank u for announcing the truth about how FUCKING RETARDED people are who bitch and moan about the middle class shrinking, oh no its SUCH a catastrophe, especially when you think about people like me, WHO CANT EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN A HOUSE LIKE MOST MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE CAN, NO, I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT AND MY FAMILY CAN BARELY AFFORD TO KEEP OUR INTERNET, CABLE, AND PHONE CONNECTED, but at least im not living in AFRICA where people are STARVING to DEATH
NODnuke45 5 months ago
please see "The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class" by Elizabeth Warren from a few years back.
thinkahol 5 months ago
@thinkahol That ugly communist bitch from the People's Republic of Massachusetts, you mean?
Halo4Lyf 4 months ago
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@Halo4Lyf Thank you for committing the Ad Hominem Fallacy instead of addressing any of her numbers. Gotta love the charts and graphs full of things called facts. So like I said, "please see "The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class" by Elizabeth Warren from a few years back." Get back to me if you can point out a mistake.
thinkahol 4 months ago
People aren't getting richer, retard.
People are getting poorer.
Currently 1/6 Americans are in poverty.
Derekrife 5 months ago
He's making the same mistake Jon Stewart called out Fox News for...along the lines of 99.6% of poor people own refrigerators!
He's a conservative's "useful idiot".
Phantompumpkin7 5 months ago
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What a fucking tool. I'm sure he breaks his virginity contract when he blows Hannity on a Bi-Weekly basis.
defmx04 5 months ago
No Steven people had many CHILDREN because of this:
Ps 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ps 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Ps 127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
blueblue1891 6 months ago
Is this guy actually trying to argue people shouldn't resist inequality because most people can afford cell phones? Jesus H. Christ.
deziistheone 6 months ago
I believe union members will always complain about working conditions, pay & benefits until the world ends because unions can only stay in business if they can continually convince their members that life sucks because of the boss even if one day every union member is making 8 figures, 5 months vacation, driving 10 Ferraris, living in 5 mansions, has 20 yachts & 50 private jets. Unions have a financial interest to say to their members that life sucks no matter what.
MrConservative608 6 months ago
@MrConservative608 I'm just curious. Do you think unions have ever stood for anything positive, or were ever necessary? If your answer is yes, please tell me what good you think the unions once stood for, and the reason why you think they have gotten away from it. If your answer is no, how and or why were they able to form...250 characters probably won't cut it so if you want I'll send you my e-mail
MrJaystones291 6 months ago
Damn, this is one boring young man!
eddlr 6 months ago
we need to live in the world and not of the world.
jims72 6 months ago
@jims72 If you want to get technical, then it's "On the world!"
Coffeeisnecessary 6 months ago
dude this guy has got to be trolling
pdazzle1000 6 months ago
we are not shrinking is any way, but the way the government identifies us as middle class has changed. the taxes changed when it identifies us as middle class instead of it being 90k and us as high it is 80k and up that are identified as high. so anyone who made up against that 90k lines now has around a 20% tax i think, dont quote me on that, tax now. i only know this because my mother, a single mother with three kids and has been a nurse since she was 19, now tries to make a lot more bcuz taxs
fataxe1 6 months ago
we seriously need to F*CK Them democrats, and next time a F*CKIN Company fails, we should F*CK them and let them die, cause that's how the free market works..
lgmmrm 6 months ago
@lgmmrm so let a large amount of people loose their jobs just because they were employed into a stupid field, making the lower class larger, now does that really make sense? a lot of jobs in the middle class are shared by conservatives and liberals so you would in turn be fucking yourself over instead of just one specific group.
fataxe1 6 months ago
KILL A COMMIE FOR MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Porty1119 6 months ago
I love Hater Hank, he makes much more sense than clam Crowder
TheTruthHurtsAlot3 6 months ago
HATER HANK IS HILARIOUS
MetalSights 6 months ago
for the record i like your hair
halomc101 6 months ago
I love how Hater Hank throws in "BIG OIL!!!" arbitrarily. LOL!
MrConservative608 7 months ago
I don't know where this guy is getting his numbers, but; real wages have been stagnate since the 70's. Just look at data from the non-partisan CBO. Also the blonde isn't useless. She's pretty hot, and would make an outstanding cumdumpster. That sounds pretty useful to me!
insdel2004 7 months ago
@insdel2004
Try including benefits. I'm beginning to think healthcare benefits and what-not are just schemes to make it look like the middle-class is stagnant. Also if you'd consider f*cking someone like her, I wish you the most pointless, passionless sex in your life.
fizzingwhizbeee 7 months ago
@captwasabi
No but you can be a less patronising cunt. What I was actually saying was that the middle class is presumably blaming weakened unions, decreased spending on the ultra-rich etc for their supposed declining fortunes. I was wondering what this has to do with the fact we now have electricity as opposed to two hundred years ago?
No free market? You purist twat, that is like saying that we've never had a state because it doesn't control everything.
mgdev 7 months ago
@mgdev Twat did you say? I cunt hear you. First off, unions are mostly to blame for the current situation, right alongside useless legislation. To even argue that unions such as SEIU and UAW are not partly responsible for the current economic situation is ignorant in the extreme. As for your free market argument, I would highly suggest that you learn what a free market is before you comment further in order to reduce you looking so foolish.
captwasabi 7 months ago
Please tell me she walked out in front of that car after the camera stopped.
frogsoda 7 months ago
Dumb bitches
TheBobbybill12 7 months ago
Pfft. I've been kicked by a horse before. Pussies!
GermanConquistador08 7 months ago
You have funny hair!
flashpictures 7 months ago
Actually, the middle class will start shrinking soon because people refuse to believe that the post WW2 fantasy land of us having the only industry in the world and unlimited demand for our products is over. The world is catching up. The average person can no longer walk out of high school with no skills and earn a middle class salary. You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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tanifestephenson 7 months ago
Steven,
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I thought it was just me! I have noticed the same thing. Our country has been so blessed by the hard work and ingenuity of the generations that came before us . In the United States we have opportunities that others can only DREAM about and yet we find a way to be ungrateful and take it for granted. It seems we have developed an entitlement mentality, in all economic classes, not just the middle class. Well, thank you for the video. It needed saying!
tanifestephenson 7 months ago
he kind of ruins his own point.
The iphone, cell phone service, internet service etc. Would not exist with a strong middle class... as the engineering costs cannot be justified without without mass market appeal.
As even the richest person in the world probably only needs 1 iphone. To drive technology and innovation you need a low wealth gap.
LiekABaus 7 months ago
@LiekABaus No, to drive technology and innovation you simply need economic freedom, not a closer "wealth gap"
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 you kidding me? do you understand how market analysis works? and why apple and MS rely on the middle class for major market ventures?
LiekABaus 7 months ago
@LiekABaus so now you want to take the argument from what it was - the difference between what it takes to cause a growth in MC markets (freedom & capitalism) vs your new/old view of "wealth redistribution"
to now arguing HOW market analysis works?
i know that both rely on there markets having the freedom to choose
I end my screed with the pilowy refrains now known from as - I mock you openly, and with aplomb!
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago