Channel: RichardDWolff

Category: News & Politics

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Description: In this Wolff Responds, Prof. Wolff discusses Elon Musk purchasing Twitter for $44 billion and comedian Russell Brand’s comments on the buyout. As yet another billionaire uses his wealth to obtain control of a media platform, Prof. Wolff asks us to consider what this reveals about our culture and economy. Is free speech free if it can be sold to the highest bidder? Should our digital public spaces used by the masses be controlled by a small minority? Can democracy exist within a capitalist society? Wolff Responds is a@Democracy At Work production. We provide these videos free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Visit our website democracyatwork.info/donate or join our growing Patreon community and support Global Capitalism Live Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff at patreon.com/gcleu. ___________________________________________________________________________ Check out the NEW 2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff! Go to: lulu.com/en/us/shop/richard-d-wolff/understanding-marxism/hardcover/product-7zr2y4.html?page=1&pageSize=4 “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly at lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork ___________________________________________________________________________ Follow Wolff ONLINE: Patreon: patreon.com/gcleu Web: rdwolff.com Twitter: twitter.com/profwolff Facebook: facebook.com/EconomicUpdate facebook.com/RichardDWolff facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk DailyMotion: dailymotion.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to the EU podcast: economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop for EU merchandise: democracy-at-work-shop.myshopify.com