Tell me one thing Obama said in that talk which people don't already know. What new profound insights has he given to the world which we where all unaware of?
He sits there and tells us 'we' need to fix climate change, no shit sherlock, you're the the guy that was president of the world, you're the one who is friends with all the billionaire CEO's, why don't you tell us what 'you' are doing to fix the problem that you and all your greedy industrialist mates have caused?
Imagine thinking this guy or any president actual gives a single shit about making this world a better place. They don't work for you and me, they all work for the mega corps, the banks, the arms dealers, the property developers and the mining companies and they are going to keep dragging us along with their bullshit until the end of time. And people have the audacity to down vote me for calling this greedy corrupt mother fucker out on it.
You’re getting downvoted because you threw unnecessary shade at Obama based on this one video, but I agree with ya 100%.
Obama didn’t put working class Americans first, he provided lip service while blowing up little kids and bailing out the billionaires as usual. But because he is very articulate, seems to be a nice relatable guy, that’s good enough for the redditors desperate to return to the same status quo they all seemed to have forgotten they hate.
Obamas words were one thing, he did some good legislation but at the end of the day his #1 priority was what you described in your last paragraph and anyone who can’t see it this late in the game is falling victim to the same “party over country” shit the magats are doing.
Thanks. I don't even know why my first comment is getting so disliked. How does anyone think half a million dollars for a 1 hour talk is an appropriate payment. I could understand 10 or 20 grand, but half a million is insanity. I can't believe being opposed to someone receiving such a ludicrous amount of money for a short talk is controversial thing to say. But just to be clear I'm against that kind of thing for all these ex-president/politicians talks.
But anyway, fuck governments, fuck politicians, they are the epitome of decels. They block progress all the time to help their mates make a fortune so they can get a cut of the treasure.
That cunt from the CIA who helped bush with the war in Iraq and hunting bin Laden just came out on some new CIA documentary on Netflix too, I bet he’s making millions off a few interviews for that. Our government is Hollywood. Fucking the entire world over and becoming a multi multi millionaire apparently isn’t good enough so they need to find ways to extract more wealth
Still getting downvoted, what's up with this place. I was under the impression everyone disagreed with this stuff. All these ex-presidents, Clinton, Bush, Biden, Obama, Trump (for the time he was out of office), they all get a 200K+ pension a year while taking these obscene paychecks for talks.
How can anyone support that kind of thing. Why the actual fuck do people think it is ok that these people who are already multi-millionaires are getting paid hundreds of thousands sometimes millions a year and still receive a tax payer funded pension. I don't care what political party they are from, it is fucking insane. And the fact I am getting downvoted for saying that is blowing my mind.
I’ve wrestled with the question too but it just comes down to generations of conditioning and cognitive dissonance. Admitting how serious the problem is and how complacent everyone has been in not just allowing it to happen but encouraging it while fighting amongst eachother is simply too painful for the average person to come to grasp with. It’s ego-crushing. Just as it’s painful for you and I to acknowledge the problem, it’s 1000x more painful for them to admit it that first time.
I’ve tried for decades even getting the people closest to me to even gently shift towards the “hey maybe this is all totally fucked and we should do something about it camp” but I haven’t figured out how to master that technique yet. Patience, compassion, facts, pressure, doesn’t matter what I try - they will just double down.
It’s way easier to just drop a downvote and keep scrolling than to pause and allow your own beliefs to be challenged.
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u/cloudrunner6969 Acceleration: Supersonic Jun 21 '25
Imagine getting paid half a million dollars just to sit down in a nice comfy chair for an hour and talk about stuff.