Hey internet friends. In one word, how would you describe 2020? Well, if you happen to
be a billionaire, lucrative would probably be your word to describe the year. Alongside
#thriving. If you’ve been watching my channel this year, you know that January 2020 set
a record for the number of major CEOs who stepped down in a month and that number only
continued to rise through February, meaning that, before the lockdowns began, those CEOs
were able to cash out on their stocks. Since March of this year, billionaires saw their
wealth grow by $1 trillion dollars—somewhere in the heart of New York City, champagne is
free flowing into crystal flutes at some exclusive and not so socially distanced gathering at
the top of some imposing tower, meanwhile, only a few blocks away, the eyes of Dr. TJ
eckleberg cast their gaze over the valley of ashes, where the rest of America resides—with
unemployment rates high across the country, 1 in 6 Renters Nationwide haven’t Caught
Up on Rent, Nearly 26 million adults or 12 percent of all adults in the country reported
that their household didn’t have enough to eat in the last seven days, and nearly
7 million Americans are facing evictions at years end as defaulting mortgages seem to
be on the horizon with the CDC’s temporary suspension on evictions due to end December
31.
But no worries, because Amazon’s Jeff Bezos had his wealth grow from $113 billion in March
to $182 billion in October. Dan Gilbert, who is the chairman of Quicken Loans, a mortgage
lending company, watched his fortune balloon from 6.5 billion in march to $43.9 billion
in November. And we can’t forget about Elon Musk, who supposedly surpassed Bill Gates
on the Forbes list—his wallet grew by $100 billion since the beginning of the year. While
Americans were having trouble feeding their families and paying their rent, it was reported
that in March of 2020 : "Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had asked for government funding to
the tune of "$5 billion in grants or loans to keep commercial space company employees
on the job and launch facilities open." During this time, Bezos actually started a relief
fund for his employees that encouraged the everyone to donate to his contract employees
and delivery drivers during the lockdown, so not only did Bezos ask for handouts from
the government, but he asked for donations from peasants to keep his employees paid—all
while pushing fear and furthering the lockdowns through the propaganda mouthpiece the Washington
Post that he bought back in 2013.
Now if you don’t know me, you might think I sound pretty anti-capitalist. Capitalism
is, by definition, an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry
are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. I’m simply anti-government-enforced
monopoly. It’s important to note this distinction. Capitalism doesn’t exist when the state
puts pressure on small businesses to lockdown, like they did back in March—we’re talking
local brick-and-mortar establishments who will never reopen. It was recently reported
that Nearly one-third of small businesses in New York and New Jersey remain closed since
January amid the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Amazon benefited from the pandemic more than
any other retailer, because the government decided Amazon facilities were essential,
and sold essential items, as though no germs could ever survive on Amazon’s cardboard
boxes, but they definitely could survive on the surfaces of small businesses. So when
you can’t go into town for what you need, there’s obviously an increased demand for
e-commerce. And when you control both the institutions profiting the most, and the media
outlets disseminating information to the public, cranking out fear that renders people unwilling
to leave their homes to shop for what they need, it’s easy to see how a controlled
demolition of small businesses took place and how the middle class is being totally
eradicated through a virus that most people, asymptomatic people, otherwise known as healthy
people, have to get a test to know they have.
To put the wealth of the one percent in perspective, billionaire wealth is now twice the amount
of wealth held by the bottom 50 percent of all American households combined, or approximately
160 million people. Of course, those are the billionaires we know about—the richest people
in the world aren’t on the Forbes list—most of us don’t even know their names. They
control the fake money and the fake monetary system—the whole system of debt slavery
for the 99%.
So the whole point of me highlighting the wealth redistribution this year isn’t to
get you to watch the world burn with me. Once a pattern emerges, it’s easy to see what
will happen next and where this is all headed, but unfortunately, what isn’t easy is getting
others to see what’s happening right in front of their face. From where I’m sitting,
leading up to Thanksgiving, there were numerous articles saying that Thaknsgiving was going
to be a super spreader event because there were so many selfish people who wanted to
get together with their family after nearly a year of the new abnormal. After Thanksgiving,
all I’ve seen are articles saying that hospitals are bracing themselves for impact as they
anticipate the number of cases, not deaths, rising as a result of collective selfishness.
In response to the rising number of cases, states are implementing restrictions and furthering
lockdowns, which directly negatively affects the finances of the middle class as we saw
earlier this year. This is leading into the Christmas season, which we directly correlate
with being inside with friends and family, so inevitably, you’ll see a rise in cases
because it’s cold and flu season—people are inside more, they get less vitamin d and
less fresh air, their immune system suffers as a result. That’s how it works. On the
political front, Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to Joe Biden, said
a four to six week nationwide lockdown would help bring the virus under control in the
U.S. Can you imagine the financial impact if small businesses are forced to close for
another month while Walmart, amazon, Home Depot, and other major retailers remain open?
The result will be no more small business, no matter what measly stimulus package is
passed. On a personal level, what are you going to do with your $1500 government check?
Pay your rent for another month? Hire a babysitter to sit at home with your children during their
distance learning so you can go to work? I’m theorizing that this chain of events is leading
up to the acceptance of universal basic income. People are already begging for government
checks because they’re desperate. As predicted, you’ll own nothing and you’ll like it.
Build back better. Neo feudalism and vaccine passports. Gotta get the rushed vaccine in
order to travel, return to work or school, or get your monthly check from Uncle Sam.
All of that sounds pretty daunting. I don’t mean to be doom and gloom. I only mean to
point out how little resistance to this system has occurred because people are afraid. So
afraid to die that they forget living is the whole point. They’ve manufactured the consent
of many, but it doesn’t have to be that way. You can say no whenever you would like,
and in the process, you might inspire others to do the same.
What do you think internet friends? You know I always look forward to your comments. I
appreciate you supporting my content on my patreon, subscribing, and following me on
social media. More videos to come in December so make sure to check back. Bye.