The video opens with a historical clip describing President Grover Cleveland’s use of federal troops to suppress a labor strike, leading to the establishment of Labor Day as a federal holiday. The host then uses this episode to argue that the transition to automation and universal basic income (UBI) is not a smooth, effortless process; it can cause severe social upheaval. He critiques opponents of UBI who downplay the impact of automation, emphasizing that labor struggles have historically required government intervention and sacrifice. The discussion shifts to the 2020 Democratic primary, focusing on Elizabeth Warren’s recent attacks on Andrew Yang’s UBI platform. The host questions why tech leaders like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are now seen as experts on AI and automation, while politicians claim authority without technical insight. He predicts a looming recession, citing that a majority of Americans cannot cover a modest emergency expense, and argues that UBI is essential to mitigate upcoming economic distress. The video concludes with a promotion for the BitcoinMYK Universal Basic Income project, encouraging viewers to join and support the initiative.
Chapters
Grover Cleveland faced pressure to end the demonstrations and sent 12,000 federal troops to break the strike. Violence erupted. Two strikers were killed, and Cleveland's harsh methods made headlines. In an attempt to appease the nation's workers, he signed a bill to make Labor Day a federal holiday. Cleveland still lost that year's election. America's workers continued to gain power through the 1950s, when over a a third of all labor forces were unionized. Labor Day had become a time to rally workers for safer conditions, fair pay, and benefits.
Hey, you all, welcome back to the channel. I hope you all are having a great day. So that was an excerpt from, uh, the history of Labor Day. Um, I believe it's part of a program on the History Channel. I leave a full link in the description. Uh, but one thing that comes up a lot, um, with, um, ideas like universal basic income, automation, the industrial revolution, what happens to those jobs, is one story we get a lot is it's this cyclical arrangement of events where we go from industrial revolution to industrial revolution this would be the fourth interval of the Industrial Revolution. And what happens, right, is we get through that, we evolve, and we all become this adapted species to a new work environment. And that is one of the selling points that we get a lot from people who say that this whole idea of automation taking over um, is a farce, uh, which is part of our topic today. We're going to get into some— a high-profile person who thinks the exact same thing. But anyway, you were looking at this, um, clip, and it shows what President Cleveland at the time had to do in the United States. It was so bad, people were being murdered, uh, people were being killed. He had to send in the National Guard. People got killed. It just shows that the transition from, um, the situation of automation, the problems in this adjustment to work conditions, job conditions, aren't this easy thing. It isn't this, uh, um, uh, thing that just happens at ease and we don't have to do anything. People die, and in some cases a lot of people die, and there's a lot of suffering and there's a lot of pain. And in our government, going over under the notion of taking care of the well-being of your citizens, which is, which is in the Constitution, um, and the definition of that and the legal parameters of that are interpreted different ways, um, but the idea of well-being is in there to some degree. And President Cleveland had to act in this way. The point I'm trying to make is that this is a severe problem, and the way that the oppositional ideas to universal basic income, they approach this, and with the ideas of automation, they approach it as, oh, it's nothing, it's just a walk in the park, they're gonna find another job, I'm gonna do something else. But that is a misunderstanding of what Labor Day was all about. If it was that easy, if it was that simple, why we have to make a national holiday to celebrate this? You know, that is— that holiday is a reminder of what we had to go through, um, with conditions created from, um, situations in the job markets, in the labor department, right? Um, and so that's what that is, and that's what we have to bring up and be very quite mindful of when there's this very dismissive attitude to automation and what's happening with automation. But anyway, let's get into our topic today with about Warren strikes. Elizabeth Warren, I think she's sizing up everybody now on the trail, on the campaign trail she's gonna have to deal with. She had been going toe to toe with Bernie, but there are other people she's gonna have to deal with. And looks like she's taking a look at Andrew Yang, taking aim at Andrew Yang. And Andrew Yang will have to answer that call. He was hitting high for Donald Trump and doesn't look like Donald Trump took the bait yet, but Elizabeth Warren didn't. It's time to go for her. We take whoever's in sight, whoever's out there because it's time to start moving up in those polls. Now it's time to start making those moves. And, um, you know, they're looking around. Andrew Yang is still around. So they're, they're going, hmm, this guy's still hanging in here with this universal basic income thing. We thought people wouldn't take it serious, but they are. So we're going to have to start to dismantle this pretty soon. And I think that's what's happening with Elizabeth Warren. So she put out this article that talked about, uh, basically those same oppositional views I just spoke about, how they try to dismiss it. And make it sound so simple, like, oh yeah, we'll just go get another job. That truck driver, you know what, he's going to become a computer programmer, or he'll become a Zumba instructor. He's gonna do something, right? But they forget what happened with the history of Labor Day. They didn't go and do something else. They rioted. They shot and killed. They had to die. You know, the government had to send people and deal with these people, you know. That's the truth behind what happens, uh, and that's what never gets discussed. Um, and so what Elizabeth Warren did was she did what many others have attempted to do. Now here's my question to all of this. You take someone like Elon Musk, who's an expert in the technological field, technology field, artificial intelligence. I mean, he actually does all these things day to day, and this is his life. Take people like, um, uh, Nick Bostrom. Some of you might not know who he is, but he talks about the seriousness of artificial intelligence or robots. Even Mark Zuckerberg is talking about, um, we're going to need a universal basic income. My question is this: why is it that all of a sudden everybody's an expert on what's going to happen with robotics and technology? You know, why, how is it that all of a sudden we're more experts than people like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg? And why when those comparisons are made, we go, oh, well, you know, they just are got these political views and, uh, they're just saying all this stuff to back this view and this or that. But I, I got another, idea. Maybe they're saying all those things because they work in those fields and they're seeing these big leaps and jumps and advancements every day, and they can pretty much estimate what, what it's going to be doing. Uh, because remember, things they're working on, we don't have, um, we don't have access to their laboratories, right? We don't have access to their, their top secret projects, right? We don't know what they're building. And whatever they're able to create and see and predict Why is their prediction all of a sudden so bad, or ours is somehow greater than theirs? It's just kind of weird, you know, how these politicians can just kind of come up with this stuff. I would rather much listen to an expert in that area, in that field. But Elizabeth Warren has taken aim in that. And she's trying to go on that route. Now, I did make a prediction early on, and that is when members of the Democratic Party here, these, these candidates see how good universal basic income works and that everybody wants that and they're jumping on board that, they're going to jump ship, right? Because a lot of them are flip-floppers. Uh, and the history of Elizabeth Warren is pretty much that as well. She was a Republican who became a Democrat. So she has a lot of these view-changing situations that occur in her, and it doesn't give us a good foundation to, or the area of confidence I think that many of us are looking for. I'm not going to even get into the Pocahontas thing and saying that debate-wise, I think Trump will destroy her. But, um, you know, it's just, I just don't see her being a strong candidate to go up against Trump at all. I know a lot of people like Elizabeth. Some of her policies I like, some stuff I think isn't, is not going to give the result in the change I think we need. I don't, in fact, you know, of course she doesn't address automation at all, but, um, I just don't think she's gonna have the, the strength in the movement to defeat Trump with her policy so far. I, I just don't believe she's want to be the one to be able to do that. But I think there's a good opportunity for Andrew Yang to respond back and respond back with force, you know, because it's time now. It's time to, um, draw these people out. And Elizabeth Warren's not Donald Trump, but she's, she's big enough. And I know, uh, a lot of it has to do with, you know, what you want to do in a situation like this. You don't want to attack other candidates. You want to try to move the platform along. But, uh, you know, it is going to come a time when they got to really differentiate from each other and they got to cut through the mustard because it's the American people's lives at stake here. You know, this isn't a political game for us, right? A lot of people depend on Andrew Yang winning this thing and getting us to the state we need to be in. Uh, now Elizabeth Warren is trying to attack the economy, which is what they're going to have to do now. I think she's going to be weak on that with Donald Trump, even if she did get the nomination. She's just now trying to make that case about the economy. And when people are working, uh, you know, we have what's called narrow shortsightedness. You know, you can be working today, people can have a job today, that job could be gone tomorrow. So in their mindset, they're, they're not seeing a recession down the road. They're just seeing the now. What can they do now? Is their job available now? What we're seeing is, um, that this is going to hit us. And there are so many indications that a recession is coming, but again, it's, it's kind of hard to convince Americans of that when they're able to work now. They can't see what's around the corner, uh, more so than some economy experts can and a variety of other people. But what we see is that recession is coming and that this economy is not what we think it is. Uh, I mean, it's almost so obvious when we get numbers that say like 60% of Americans can't afford a $400 emergency for us to somehow jump to the conclusion that we're in a good economy. You know, it's almost a mindless statement, but this is where we are and this is what we need to do. But anyway, just want to say this real quick. Our project BitcoinMYK Universal Basic Income uses blockchain technology to move value across the globe. Everyone can participate. We'd love for you to sign up, be part of our movement, make a difference in the world. But that's all I want to say in this video. If you like content like this, Don't forget to like, subscribe, and until next time, take care.
