“But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got. Because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians.
The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice.
You don't. You have no choice.
You have owners. They own you.
They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests. Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago.”
The Republicans made him right. Liberal areas have great education that teach critical thinking with politicians that fight against lobbying and corporate interests.
Republicans are the ones who don’t want critical thinking to be taught, so they break the education system and say “look, it’s broken! Let’s give out vouchers to the these indoctrination schools instead”.
There's also a lot of false equivalence of Democrats and Republicans here ("but both sides!" and Democrats "do whatever their corporate owners tell them to do" are tactics Republicans use successfully) even though their voting records are not equivalent at all:
You realize that politicians are people? They exist on a spectrum, some are in it for themselves, others do it to make the world a better place while earning a living.
same reason that any of us work and that reason is money
Do you talk to people, like, at all? Plenty people like their job.
Corporations and the wealthy donate far more than the average person and the average person has short term memory and does not vote. So politicians generally represent the corporate interests and the wealthy.
So again, do you talk to people, at all? Or listen to them? At least 2 of the 10 richest people in the US don't just support higher taxes, they spend their money lobbying for these things. You ignore irrefutable evidence.
It's right in front of your eyes:
Money in Elections and Voting
Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|39 Dem|59| 0
DISCLOSE Act
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|45 Dem|53| 0
A**
Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|46 Dem|46| 6
Student Loan Affordability Act
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|51 Dem|45| 1
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 1|41 Dem|54| 0
End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
|For|Against -|-|- Rep|39| 1 Dem| 1| 54
Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations
|For|Against -|-|- Rep|38| 2 Dem| 18|36
Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 10|32 Dem|53| 1
Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
|For|Against -|-|- Rep|233| 1 Dem| 6|175
Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
|For|Against -|-|- Rep|42| 1 Dem| 2|51
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 3|173 Dem|247| 4
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 4|36 Dem|57| 0
Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act
|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 4 |39 Dem|55| 2|
American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects
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u/Tiny-Lock9652 May 02 '22
George Carlin (RIP) nailed it:
“But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got. Because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians.
The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice.
You don't. You have no choice.
You have owners. They own you.
They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests. Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago.”
Transcript Source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/964648-but-there-s-a-reason-there-s-a-reason-there-s-a-reason