Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "W. Kamau Bell's frank opinion on Chappelle: You don't want your jokes to be weaponized" video.

  1. As an overseas viewer, hearing Mr Bell say that Dave Chappelle earned 20 million dollars each for his last 3 tlevision or cable TV specials is off-the-charts. And Chappelle is complaining about 'cancel' culture? Chappelleis laughing all the way to the bank while saying he's getting 'cancelled' from this or that cable outfit. This is an example of where our economic system has gone off-the-rails. Of course Dave Chappelle will now say anything he pleases---he's set for a few lifetimes with that kind of bread! Money has made us as a people look for everything in life that has material value. If you're a nice person, people will like you, but if you're rich, people will adore you. If my research is right, Don Lemon is a multi-millionaire news presenter. He does a great job, but he's making millions telling us what's going on out there---and of course, he's adding his views. But is that right for him to rake in so much money doing a job like that? You bet; because it's a job like that. Traders start at 250,000 a year plus Christmas and February bonuses---in my area. But it's out of whack, isn't it? People that do very hard work often have to do two jobs to get by. It's easy to criticize, but wealth has made us judge people by how much money they make or how big their home is or what kind of car they drive, rather than what sort of person they are. You won't believe this, but in the city where I live across the world from you, do you know what is probably the most respected job around? Doctor? Teacher? Lawyer? Nope; it's a credit manager. You start at 250 grand a year--or more--okaying credit for people needing money and you've been to business school a couple of years for that kind of money. If you say you are a credit manager where I live, you are someone who gets immediate respect. People worship money; it's who we are. The plain simple truth of the matter is that we've created a world where owning things of value tops everything else. "Make a lot of money." That's what we say to our kids the minute they start buying bubble gum. Capitalism has been our economic system for over 300 years; but it's making life a great experience for only a tiny sliver of the world's population. I know; I know; what else is out there to replace it?
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