Comments by "Matthew Ingerson" (@matthewingerson) on "Lex Fridman" channel.

  1. It's been awhile since I cried. I'm not saying it's abnormal for me to cry -- quite the contrary -- it's just been longer than normal since the last time I cried. But listening to Bernie & Lex got me choked up. Sure, I've heard Bernie's talking points a thousand times, but when he & Lex went back & forth about how money has removed mental & emotional burdens, and provided a sense of stability & security, I lost it. But it didn't last long... I can't help but weep for those who are worse off than I am, and I've spent a lot of time doing it. For me, crying is an outlet for the energy that is generated by my desire to help people when I can't help. I wish I could do more to help, but I can't, so I cry. And I've seen some terrible stuff -- I think most of us have, whether IRL or in the media -- but, personally, I've experienced some of the best of humanity through homelessness. Human suffering isn't a monolith -- good & bad things happen to people whether they have homes or not -- but my life was, is, and will continue to be riddled with suffering. I've come to accept it, and I think I deal with it pretty well. I mean, despite my own troubles, I feel like I have experienced the feelings that Bernie & Lex expressed regarding how money removed mental & emotional burdens and provided a sense of stability & security. But I'm poor. I've never held more than a few thousand dollars in my life, I have over 100k in debt, and I've been underemployed for 20 years & unemployed for 7 years. Yet, somehow, I've felt unburdened & secure. In fact, I think I have felt least-burdened & most-secure during some of my most destitute & desperate times. And as much as I would like to feel unburdened & secure WITH a place to live, I'm not willing to sell my soul just so I can sh!te more comfortably, but souls seem to be the currency of choice in this system. My soul might be broken, but it can't be bought. Though I would give it away if it meant no one else had to suffer after I was gone. Perhaps I'm crying less-frequently because I'm too righteously-angry to cry. Maybe my crying doesn't last as long because I'm so oppressively-stuck Or, perhaps, maybe, it's because I'm just too stiflingly-exhausted. May you all be well. ✌🤟✊🙏
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  2. On one of the right-wing extremist media outlets owned by the wealthy-class right-wing capitalists -- I can't remember if it was on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, OAN, but it doesn't matter as they are all pro-right-wing, pro-wealthy-class, anti-working-class outlets -- they had on a wealthy-class right-wing extremist who had infiltrated the gov't under Trump, and that wealthy-class right-wing extremist referred to the working-class as "human capital stock." The wealthy-class right-wingers think of the working-class, in the present, the same way that the wealthy-class right-wingers thought of the working-class throughout history. We're nothing but slaves -- livestock to be used as tools to service the addictions of the wealthy-class. F*kc the mob-rule of the wealthy-class minority.
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  3. Of course he would. (Uncle)Thomas is an apologist-shill for the wealthy-class masters. His ancestors -- the ones who only escaped the grasp of their wealthy-class masters via death -- are spinning so fast in their graves, they could be hooked up to turbines and power the entire sh!tehole of America. (Uncle)Thomas Sowell, (in)Justice Clarence (Uncle)Thomas, and (Aunty)Candace Owens should feel nothing but shame for their house-worker roles. They are class-traitors who sh!t and p!ss all over their fellow members of the working-class. And they do it all for a few extra crumbs from the master's table. Who knew that it would take 200 years for the wealthy-class Confederate masters to win the war, and that it would take the help of the well-fed, working-class descendants of slaves to help them do it.
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  4. "Two right-wingers, moderated by a right-winger, might be the single best debate of the last year." *Stupid-American typing detected. 📡
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  5. Hey Rick, if you do a YouTube search for "Online Lecture Series Richard D Wolff" the first result should be a Playlist with 75 videos from classes Wolff taught. I would post the link to the Playlist for you, but YouTube won't allow me to post it. Edit: Those lectures are theoretical and historical in nature. But in Wolff's weekly show "Economic Update," he uses applicable current events, and some history too. The show is uploaded on Monday's on the "DemocracyAtWork" YouTube channel. Good luck in your pursuits.
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  6. Three people walk into a bar: One right-wing-extremist, one right-wing-moderate, one right-wing-light, and three lazy, wealthy capitalists.
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