research is another classic example of this phenomenon where large amounts of government funds produce the innovations needed for life-saving medication only to eventually be appropriated by the private sector where profits stay squarely within the hands of a few executives who jack up prices and strand countless americans without access to the health care they need this is not the vision free market proponents are selling us where their ludicrous profits are justified by all the risks that innovation entails in reality they benefit from the largest public money safety nets in our society billionaires receive the government help most analogous to socialism of anyone but fiercely get in the way of the rest of us enjoying the same privileges so that they can pocket more money than entire nations no billionaire has ever gotten to their status by ethical means and to revere them as icons of self-made success is to give them a pass for their selfish parasitic behavior we can dream of success without them we can achieve greatness without them we can let go of the myth of self-made billionaires imagine for a moment a world without billionaires imagine that world where you could actually get the full value of your work like those pizza shop workers with their NUMBER_TOKEN an hour wage how much less stressful would your life become how much more pleasant and fair would it all be were it not for someone at the top hoarding far more than their share hundreds of millions of lives would be improved in an instant at the end of the day we produce enough for everyone let's stop pretending it makes sense for so much of it to be in the hands of so few people i mentioned at the beginning of this video that this kind of content is made possible by my patrons on patreon when i decided to make the shift from general interest stuff to more radical political content i knew i ran the risk of syncing my channel and losing my ad revenue and sponsors these days it's pretty hard to get a sponsor on my videos i have one reliable one and they're great but for the most part i'm having to rely on the generous support of viewers like you if you appreciate the work i'm doing and you're able to chip in even a dollar a month i would greatly appreciate the support as a little show of that appreciation every patron regardless of donation amount gets early access to every video as well as access to our patrons only discord server it's a great place to hang out chat with other like-minded people or learn about socialist theory in our book club i'm also pretty active in the server so you're always welcome to ping me to ask a question or just say hi you can find my patreon join our growing discord server and get early access to every video at URL_TOKEN second thought if you enjoyed this video consider dropping a like if you hated it a thumbs down you can check out my previous videos by clicking the links on your screen thanks for watching and i'll see you next week
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN i mentioned at the beginning of this video that this kind of content is made possible by my patrons on patreon when i decided to make the shift from general interest stuff to more radical political content i knew i ran the risk of syncing my channel and losing my ad revenue and sponsors these days it's pretty hard to get a sponsor on my videos i have one reliable one and they're great but for the most part i'm having to rely on the generous support of viewers like you if you appreciate the work i'm doing and you're able to chip in even a dollar a month i would greatly appreciate the support as a little show of that appreciation every patron regardless of donation amount gets early access to every video as well as access to our patrons only discord server it's a great place to hang out chat with other like-minded people or learn about socialist theory in our book club i'm also pretty active in the server so you're always welcome to ping me to ask a question or just say hi you can find my patreon join our growing discord server and get early access to every video at URL_TOKEN second thought if you enjoyed this video consider dropping a like if you hated it a thumbs down you can check out my previous videos by clicking the links on your screen thanks END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN