Thread of the @RealTimers panel w/ @billmaher @larrywilmore @HBO 3/12/2021
1/ Capitalism is the best system of its kind. We need to bail out people, not companies
1/ Capitalism is the best system of its kind. We need to bail out people, not companies
2/ We need to break up big tech
The top 10%, not to mention the top 1%, are living their best lives
5 companies (Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook & Microsoft) make up 21% of the S&P500 (24% in Jan 2021)
(my stat about 7 companies = 51% is incorrect, misread a chart)
The top 10%, not to mention the top 1%, are living their best lives
5 companies (Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook & Microsoft) make up 21% of the S&P500 (24% in Jan 2021)
(my stat about 7 companies = 51% is incorrect, misread a chart)
3/ We've created an industrial shaming culture where you get points for being offended. Universities should be graduating not wokesters but warriors.
@NYUStern colleague @jonhaidt cites a core principle of rhetoric: interpret an argument as charitably as possible
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@NYUStern colleague @jonhaidt cites a core principle of rhetoric: interpret an argument as charitably as possible
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4/ We need to stop using a time machine & applying today's norms to people 50-100 years ago #Churchill #MLK
@billmaher @realtimers
@billmaher @realtimers
5/ We've created no room for moderates.
We've got bigger fish to fry than dunk on each other on cultural issues. 1/5 households is food insecure.
@billmaher @realtimers
We've got bigger fish to fry than dunk on each other on cultural issues. 1/5 households is food insecure.
@billmaher @realtimers
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