Scott Galloway on Theo Von: We have to feed the middle class

Prof G talks the formation of the American middle class and what's failing it today.

[FuzzyWuzzy]

Scott, more of these appearances please on center to right media. This is what they need to hear!

[paulkotyk]

Please do more of these interviews Scott!! Thank you

[d-roxmr]

I swear scott drops bars and no.body drinks!!

My man said that these men new how to work with each other because they wore and shared the same uniform!

They had to get along and learned to appreciate each other so everyone could eat!

[PaulEubanks]

"Oh this is a republican pretending to be an independent"

That quip happened so fast Theo wasn't prepared and just went “yeah…” 😂

[jordanboyd]

Incentivizing programs for young people to serve in senior care is a VERY interesting idea.

[MaliciousApe]

I can listen to Scott all day. Very smart guy.

[stevechance]

Germany has a well developed, well implemented apprenticeship program. They test students early in highschool and put students on either a University path or an apprenticeship path and the apprenticeship path ends with a job in a good career.

[Bikegypsy-Studio]

Brilliant… back to basics. I hope it doesn’t take another major war to attain this objective

[markemerson]

Forming the view of Gary Stevens in the UK. But very very true!

[papimimi]

CCC gave jobs, training, repaired, built, and developed infrastucture. The key is to watch out for cronyism and overturn improperly named Citizens United!

[carloschang]

Not a Republican party, not a Democratic party, we literally need a party called the Middle Class party. One simple, focused message with a platform that focuses on growing and benefiting the middle class.

[CC-wuhq]

Love that Scott is educating people about economics....and the how America is failing our kids.

[alau]

G prof is the man thank you for putting me on to him Theo

[smokeykitty]

I'm an old woman and however much I wouldn't have wanted to see my son march away from me, requiring people to serve our country for a few years would have negated a lot of what we're seeing now. My FIL served in WW2 as a bombardier. He was shot down 2x, taken prisoner 2x and escaped both times. A person doesn't get life experience like that playing video games.

[CC-wuhq]

It's so hard to be "middle class" in the Bay Area, but get taxed like I am rich in a Southern state. The tax code really hurts those of us who live in expensive areas.

[stanm]

Inception music in the background is so ominous.

[ingothitrust]

F**king hate Theo, but love listening and learning from Scott.

[WanderingExistence]

Employment is literally renting another human being as if they're property. The employer-employee relationship is a very insidious dynamic. Employment is a rental contract, like if you rented capital (say, a chainsaw from Home Depot), you pay rent for the "time preference" (basically the cost of time) for a piece of property. Capitalism is based on a principle of self ownership, which sounds empowering, until you realize that most people don't own capital goods other than themselves, and must rent out the authority over themselves as pieces of "human capital". This is a process of dehumanization where human beings are valued for their return on investment as capital goods. This is why, at the very least, capitalism needs unions and safety nets (or abolishment), or else the system won't value people for their human value. Importantly we must also think about our sick, elderly, and disabled people, as they can't provide competitive economic return for the investor class to value. We must figure out a way to change this economic system if we wish to value each other as human beings.

[Scottdane]

So true; Americans have not been this divided since the Vietnam war. And the world is becoming more united?

[carnivaltym]

Hear, hear! The voice of the middle ground needs to assert itself.