The case for taxing wealth, argument by argument.
This video argues that the current mental health crisis, particularly among young people, is directly linked to deteriorating economic conditions and the increasing difficulty of affording basic necessities like housing. It suggests that public resistance to wealth taxes stems from fear and insecurity about the economy, rather than purely economic arguments.
Mentions David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher
“If you do not deal with growing inequality, your society will collapse.”
“More and more and more young people growing up in poverty. But even aside from that, we've got people with jobs in London who are homeless. So that means if you”
“I've been doing a lot of videos about explaining why we need wealth taxes, how can you convince your friends that we need wealth taxes. And obviously, really, t”
“this concept that what we were actually in economically was a structural crisis of growing inequality, that the bottom 90% was having their wealth kind of aggre”
“If we are a country that is too selfish, that it cannot find enough people to protect their collective interests, then most people will be bankrupted.”
“a big part of the reason why people, especially young people, are having mental health problems, is because it's increasingly impossible just be able to afford ”