Thursday, June 17, 2021

Who is the US political center and why are they struggling? - Richard Wolff

 


"What is the center in the United States politically? It is a monopoly, a monopoly of two political parties, their establishments... And the two coalitions struggle to hold on to who they got and maybe bring in some of what the other ones got. And they do that to each other and it goes on and on. And it did for much of the post-World War II period pretty comfortably. But it's not working now... ....Why? Because the system isn't. Because of the goodies that can be handed out whoever is in power aren't as goody, aren't as big, aren't as available as they once were." - Richard Wolff This is a clip from Economic Update [S11 E22] The Center Cannot Hold. Watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/4Pce4gMx2h4 ______________________________________________________________________________________ We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Become an EU patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Become a monthly donor via our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate _______________________________________________________________________________________ Learn more about Prof Wolff's NEW BOOK, "The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself" Now also available as an eBook! www.democracyatwork.info/books “A blueprint for how we got here, and a plan for how we will rescue ourselves.” - Chris Hedges, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author Check out Prof. Wolff's other books "Understanding Socialism" and "Understanding Marxism" http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... _________________________________________________________________________________________ Want to help us translate and transcribe our videos? Learn about joining our translation team: http://bit.ly/2J2uIHH Jump right in: http://bit.ly/2J3bEZR Follow us ONLINE: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Websites: http://www.democracyatwork.info/econo... http://www.rdwolff.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EconomicUpdate http://www.facebook.com/RichardDWolff http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://twitter.com/profwolff http://twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop our Store: http://bit.ly/2JkxIfy