One Problem Behind the East Palestine Derailment Disaster - Economic Update with Richard Wolff

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 62

  • @tripvic7629
    @tripvic7629 Год назад +13

    Great points! No reward for safety ever only for maximizing profits

    • @RJ-pe6uj
      @RJ-pe6uj Год назад

      You get a handshake for being safe.

  • @blogintonblakley2708
    @blogintonblakley2708 Год назад +10

    Something that is 100% preventable is not an accident... at best it's negligence.

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 Год назад +12

    This continues to be a tragedy for the American people. People mean more than profits. We have an oligarchy and plutocracy, not a democracy. We are a Republic with Democratic ideals.
    CAPITALISM IS THE PROBLEM. Thank you Professor Wolff.

    • @jeffnelson4489
      @jeffnelson4489 Год назад

      You might want to tell Newsweek they claim the radioactive material has been removed and stored in a appropriate disposal area man it’s easy to look up the truth if you really care the truth will set you free!

    • @davidpowersjung-powersasso967
      @davidpowersjung-powersasso967 Год назад

      We have a greed problem. Love of money is the root of all evil. So Sin entered Man and created the chaos we humanity experience today.

    • @jeffnelson4489
      @jeffnelson4489 Год назад

      @@davidpowersjung-powersasso967 says the guy with the $$$$ job

  • @sinamark-com
    @sinamark-com Год назад +3

    Exactly! Corporations Mantra: PRIVATIZE PROFITS / SOCIALIZE LOSSES!

  • @oldsesalt8496
    @oldsesalt8496 Год назад +2

    So many derailments you have to wonder how anything gets anywhere by train.

  • @zoltannd
    @zoltannd Год назад +8

    American Airlines slogan you’ll feel like you never left the ground because we treat you like dirt😂

    • @treefrog3349
      @treefrog3349 Год назад +3

      What is left to us" little people" other than cynical humor?

  • @vikitheviki
    @vikitheviki Год назад +7

    You can have both safety and profit but not maximized profits. We have both in Scandinavia.

    • @blogintonblakley2708
      @blogintonblakley2708 Год назад +2

      You have a really big advantage. You are a small homogeneous population. It's a lot easier being fair and open handed with your neighbor when their aren't too many of them and they all think and look pretty much like you.
      On the other hand, well done.

    • @kevinschmidt2210
      @kevinschmidt2210 Год назад

      @@blogintonblakley2708 Rich white people don't look like poor white people? Who knew?

    • @blogintonblakley2708
      @blogintonblakley2708 Год назад

      @@kevinschmidt2210 This is hard for you, huh?

  • @cesarcalderonvalles
    @cesarcalderonvalles Год назад +1

    Thank you

  • @beerbeerbeerbeerbeer
    @beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Год назад +4

    Accident?!!

    • @I.m-Me
      @I.m-Me Год назад

      If you're unfamiliar, there's lots of coverage on Unícorn Ríot and Staťus Çøup (use plain alphabet)

    • @beerbeerbeerbeerbeer
      @beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Год назад +5

      @@I.m-Me I am just saying it is ridiculous to call what happened an accident. More like neglect of responsibilities to try and make more money for shareholders while cutting workers hours...

    • @I.m-Me
      @I.m-Me Год назад +2

      @@beerbeerbeerbeerbeer 💯

  • @mrkmywrds
    @mrkmywrds Год назад

    Do you want to prevent future East Palestine level train disasters?
    Pass a bill to reimburse for damages out of the bloated executive compensation packages of the CEO and his executive team (and that goes for the boards of directors, as well.)
    That's how to make Safety become an actual priority for companies - hit the wallets of the bosses.

  • @son-of-the-republic3723
    @son-of-the-republic3723 Год назад +1

    Safety second
    Freedom first

    • @kevinschmidt2210
      @kevinschmidt2210 Год назад +1

      Yes, freedom to make blood money profits certainly is first in most Wall Street traded corporations.

  • @havenbastion
    @havenbastion Год назад +2

    Profit is their number one priority. They couldn't be in business otherwise because that's how capitalism works.

  • @Glumclam
    @Glumclam Год назад +1

    Hahaha, 42 years industrial maintenance mechanic, safety hahahaha.

  • @davidevans6618
    @davidevans6618 Год назад

    It's for your security 👉 💵 😂, to secure YOU,for the owners profit.

  • @petestanton1945
    @petestanton1945 Год назад +1

    Only a fink would trainbomb people like that

  • @I.m-Me
    @I.m-Me Год назад

    @democracyatwrk - The locals prefer the pronunciation "East Pa-le-stEEn"

    • @I.m-Me
      @I.m-Me Год назад

      @beesmonk 1) Yes, that's what they said in interviews. 2) Yuuuuup...

  • @clarestucki5151
    @clarestucki5151 Год назад +1

    Wolff implies that disasters (crashes, derailments, etc) somehow are 'profitable' for the common carriers. Big lie! Putting "profits first" is not in conflict with operating safely. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive, but striving for operating safely cannot eliminate crashes, never has and never will.

    • @kevinschmidt2210
      @kevinschmidt2210 Год назад

      If it wasn't profitable, the railroad industry would invest in preventative maintenance. Yours is the big lie, as proven by over 1,000 derailments every year.

  • @bluewater454
    @bluewater454 Год назад

    How do we know that what happened was the result of Norfolk Southern avoiding safety regulations? I’m not going to speculate whether this was the case or not. I’m just wondering how Wolff knows before anyone else.

    • @spoonikle
      @spoonikle Год назад +2

      since 2017 30,000 rail road workers have been laid off and the time allotment to inspect cars and repair them reduced every year - while the length of trains grows and the number of engines on the rails have been growing.
      More work, less employees, same technology.
      Something taking a back seat.

    • @Googlag
      @Googlag Год назад +2

      Probably because Wolfe is interested in the disaster and not sitting on the Internet and looking at tits and assholes?

    • @bluewater454
      @bluewater454 Год назад

      @@Googlag Just as I am not going to speculate on the cause of the crash before investigations are made public, I also won’t speculate on the private internet viewing of Marxist professors.
      I will leave the crystal ball speculations to leftist college professors and leftist RUclips commentators like yourself, who all seem to just know things without any evidence. Funny how that works.

    • @saveriofalcone66
      @saveriofalcone66 Год назад

      Anyone knows. You also know. Maybe we did not say it.

    • @bluewater454
      @bluewater454 Год назад

      @@saveriofalcone66 Anyone Knows what?

  • @jeffnelson4489
    @jeffnelson4489 Год назад

    I wonder what Chernobyl slogan was

    • @Googlag
      @Googlag Год назад +1

      As far as I know, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant project is a typical project. From which several stations were built. But the accident happened only at one station. And if you read the IAEA report, you wouldn't ask stupid questions. All the blame was shifted to untrained personnel and violation of safety regulations.

    • @kevinschmidt2210
      @kevinschmidt2210 Год назад

      If you want to compare a US man-made disaster with Chernobyl, then compare the Three Mile Island nuke meltdown, not a train derailment.

    • @jeffnelson4489
      @jeffnelson4489 Год назад

      @@kevinschmidt2210 not still burning man made disaster in Russia

    • @jeffnelson4489
      @jeffnelson4489 Год назад

      @@Googlag what a relief to know I’ll sleep much better knowing a bunch of shleps made the mistake

    • @kevinschmidt2210
      @kevinschmidt2210 Год назад

      @@jeffnelson4489 Both Chernobyl and Three Mile Island are still burning hot with radiation. No one can live at either place ever again.

  • @Punmaster9001
    @Punmaster9001 Год назад

    Forms of transporation like planes, boats, trains, should never be owned privately. They should all be taken away from these execs with no compensation for it. K 🤢the rich.