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I just discovered economist Gary Stevenson. He has over a million views of each weekly video on YouTube.

He is working class AF but graduated from LSE & Oxford and then made millions since 2008 betting that inequality will rise and that most people will be worse off. He was the most successful trader for Citibank but quit in disgust to reveal the scam to the public.

~~https://youtu.be/03lydX8XHF4&amp;t=1m0s~~ <--- Fuck Piers Morgan

Watch/hear a cutup with just the Gary parts instead https://youtu.be/BRvMuefnl0k

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, his channel is very interesting, although for whatever reason he avoids talking about Marxism altogether, not sure if that's a strategic decision or if that's just a blind spot in his education.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Definitely both. He worked really hard to become a (traditional) economist so he focused on that.

He doesn't even call himself left wing (although he obviously is) because we need to get the centre right voters on board too.

He also distinguishes between social left and economic left. He doesn't want to touch the social aspects because he has little expertise there and because a lot of the bigotry and racism stems from the economic stress which leads to scapegoating.

His central message is "tax wealth, not work". The details are not important yet.