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Ralph Nader: Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us
- rmorrison 16y agoDidn't Ralph Nader support a salary cap within a company, something like the highest paid employee should not be allowed to make more than X times the least paid employee? Also, didn't he support a 100% tax above a certain income threshold?
- anigbrowl 16y agoPerhaps, but this is surprisingly grounded rather than being advocacy for any particular policy (with minor exceptions). It's about the basics of civic participation and political advocacy, but a great deal of it could be applied just as well by entrepreneurs who might consider society best improved by more economic activity but don't know where to start.
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- r0s 16y agoI could read this hour long speech in fifteen minutes. I couldn't find a transcript. Here he is talking about the book: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113237152 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1132371...
- jackmoore 16y agoHe's talking about the book in this one as well. I made it about halfway through and there wasn't much more to it than a pitch for the book. He recited some common quoted statistics (top 1% have as much wealth as the bottom 95%), and suggested that the solution is for the willing super-rich to pour a substantial amount of donated capital into progressive causes.
- d0mine 16y agoWhen Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky decided to play politics he was put behind bars.
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- itistoday 16y agoThis video is excellent. Long, yes, but well worth it, thanks for the link.
- shrek 16y agoHe's saying that the super rich are just waiting to fund social improvement. super rich people are helpless without us! Then he goes on to say that young people spend too much time on facebook and the internet and not organizing change. Well maybe he should consider that facebook or the internet can be a vehicle for social change!