Richard Wolff: On Bernie Sanders and Socialism (everyone should see the first minute)

[Gregorian]

edit- Wow. this is really good! 12 minutes in is about the major problem of capitalism. Really important. Super important. Is it just me? I posted before seeing much of it, and now that I'm half way through I'm realizing we have answers to horrible problems we're enduring environmentally, as well as politically and economically. OK, by now this post is starting to look very upside down.

The first minute is about the important role of education as a commodity in our society. As I watch this I'm getting clearer on just what a huge issue this is. Education is for the betterment of us all, as a society. And here we are acting as though it were for sale.

As I consider the various configurations of societies, and watch with dismay at the resistance to evolve into newer and better ways to function, we are hindered by forces that would rather keep things the same. I've been trying to discover just what is at the heart of that which would go against improving the overall good of the people in a society. Money, the media, election fraud, and all kinds of things. But when you get right down to it, the bottom line is learning.

I'm hoping that posting this before watching the rest of the video doesn't cause me embarrassment, but from what I have heard in the first few minutes encouraged me to post it. I actually don't know what he says about Bernie. Here goes...

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[Angry Dragon]

1. kick

[RoccoR5955]

2. EVERYTHING That Rick Wolff has to say is important

If you want more of him go to http://www.rdwolff.com and http://www.democracyatwork.info

He's one of the best economists around, and one of the few socialist economists in the US.

[Gregorian]

5. That's a great resource.

I found this very video there.

I'm really impressed with the open acceptance of these ideas right now. No matter who wins this election, we now have knowledge that has finally evolved enough to be meaningful.

I'm still trying to formulate how this could happen. There are ways to move from one economy to another. What I think needs to happen is that there is no such thing as an employee. Everyone owns the company. But there are lots of details, and lots of exceptions, and that is why I appreciate hearing about those who know the subject.

[JackInGreen]

3. *lines up on pitch *

#*KICK*#

[RoccoR5955]

4. This whole show is excellent

As usual for Laura.
The second interview, with John Nichols, about his book, "The S Word a Short History of an American Tradition... Socialism" is very good. The book discusses the incidents of socialism in the US that date back to the beginning of our country. America has a very rich social democratic history. The book is very good too, and gets into details about it too.

[Gregorian]

6. To discover what has been hidden has been so liberating.

Fear. That's why education is crucially important. Knowledge diminishes fear. Now we find out that we're not such oddballs after all. In fact, it's now coming out that the oddballs are the trickle down party.

[hifiguy]

7. Wolff puts the best takedown on capitalism I have heard, here,

especially as how it has devolved in the neoliberal, post-Thatcher/Reagan era: It's all about childish, solipsistic SELFISHNESS.

My working class parents taught me that selfishness, most especially when it hurts others, is something to be avoided.

[eridani]

9. Not only tht, Wolff is the only socialist thinker I know of--

--who has described a plausible transition.

[2banon]

8. K&R Big Time!

As always, Wolf is spot on!

[polichick]

10. "Capitalism - it's flat-out anti-social, and proud of it." Interesting that "social media" is...

changing the game. k&r