The Power of Wall Street | Who Rules America

In this episode, take a look at how Wall Street institutions factor into America's power structure.

00:00 The financial weight of Wall Street and its impact on American politics and society.
03:47 The shift from a production-based economy to a consumption-based economy led to the growth of banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds, leading to a cycle of political power and the 2008 crash.
07:21 Central banks aim to keep interest rates low to make it easier to borrow for speculative purposes, which benefits a few wealthy traders and investors.
11:21 The financial services industry exerts strong influence on the American political system through lobbying activities and campaign contributions.
15:14 An animal rights activist led a campaign against a company involved in medical testing on puppies, causing the company to go bankrupt, but the activist was labeled a financial terrorist and sent to prison .
17:46 The corrupt relationship between Wall Street and policymakers, and the importance of an informed citizenry to maintaining democracy.
22:07 There is a battle for the soul of America, over who governs America and whether fundamental transformation is possible.

Who Rules America? takes a comprehensive look into the governing system of the United States of America and reveals the behind-the-scenes powers that rule the nation.

Director: Danny Schechter

[nyc]

It would be nice if there was an update of the situation 10-12 years later, although what's discussed here is still valid today as NOTHING has changed.

[raminrouchi]

If we were on the gold standard it would greatly deplete the wealth of the top people because gold is based on intrinsic true value and it is only going to be traded with things that have real value.. The wealthy would have a much much lower net worth than is with fiat currency.

[Welato]

A legal mafia organization. It's actually equivalent to dealing cocaine.

[LeoPard-HQ]

Wall Street, often described as the world's largest financial arena, has seen investments made with your hard-earned money resemble a high-stakes gamble. 💥🤯

[costrio]

For some, I think this information will be too little and/or too late.

[psikeyhackr]

Double entry accounting is 700 years old.
It could have been mandatory in American high schools since Sputnik. When have you heard an economist, educator or politician suggest such a thing? Then the accounting books are written as though the objective is to get a job as an accountant not serve one's own self interest.

We are supposed to be dumb worker/consumers going into debt for junk designed to become obsolete while economists say nothing about planned obsolescence and demand side depreciation.

What is NDP, Net Domestic Product?

GDP is Grossly Distorted Propaganda

[marieazrak]

I’ve been working my entire life even my whole family works, and my current boyfriend works so

[marieazrak]

It’s because the Wall Street banks charge, ATM fees, overdraft fees, maintenance fees, and credit card interest fees and that’s illegal

[angelmeyers]

We're just a bunch of legal dummies....holding title for the State. We were persuaded to believe that the Last Public Surname belonged to us. Even though we were told our first name was our given name, and a given is a fact, we didn't really understand that the Last name was not a given and not a fact. The State created a person, a fiction of law, a legal entity creature of the State by taking our private first proper given Christian name(our parent being the informant with the information) and merged(confused) it with the State-owned title public last surname.

[josklos]

blackrock his computer ALLADIN rules wall street

[Око-жк]

Люди должны править деньгами. К сожалению всё наоборот

[CameronBlair-ss]

They eat the whole apple core & all.

[РОМАТ-ик]

вам писец пришло время и вам некто не простит уро борос