May 8, 2025 • 5 mins
Want to talk trade deficits, imports, tariffs, manufacturing?
Let’s dispense with the bullshit:
Foreigners didn’t steal your job.
You weren’t taken advantage of by evil Mexicans .
You weren’t outsmarted by China.
You weren’t out-hustled by India.
You were betrayed—gutted from the inside—by your own country.
IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB!
American corporations didn’t lose a war. They committed treason.
They looked at you—your life, your labor, your family—and decided you were too expensive. Too demanding. Too human. A burden on their lifestyle.
So they cashed you in. Like a used car with too many miles.
THE MURDER ON THE PHONE WAS IN YOUR HOUSE THE WHOLE TIME!
You think some dude in a rice paddy undercut you?
No. It was a CEO in a penthouse with a calculator and a dead conscience.
It was the boardroom full of sociopaths who saw a 12-year-old working barefoot in a Cambodian sweatshop and said, “Perfect.”
You didn’t lose your job—you were sacrificed.
For stock prices. For dividends. For a bigger fucking yacht.
Who were the perpetrators?
One of them was the billionaire you elected that now sits in the Oval Office .
His cabinet is filled with 12 more of them. Billionaires. Men that sacrificed people like you and me to buy their 5th yacht.
And while your manufacturing town withered, your factory shut down, and your family scraped by, those same executives popped champagne, bought another mansion, and sent their kids to Ivy League schools with the money they saved by shipping your livelihood overseas.
And Congress? They were the pimps in the corner nodding along.
“Global trade,” they said. “Free markets,” they said.
What they meant was: bend over, America. We already got paid.
They sold you out like livestock. And you keep re-electing them like good little sheep.
Then came Trump—the orange mouthpiece for billionaire interests, pretending to be your savior.
He talks tough about China while he’s slurping down corporate cash and cutting taxes for the very bastards who killed your job in the first place.
He’s not a warrior. He’s a mascot. A bloated clown for the oligarchy.
And the worst part?
You bought it.
You waved the flag. You wore the hat.
You screamed “America First!” while getting stabbed in the goddamn back by your own.
This wasn’t globalization. This was domestic economic genocide.
And you weren’t the victim of some foreign enemy.
You were the casualty of capitalism gone rabid—of a system that chews up working people and wipes its ass with the Constitution.
So don’t cry about lost jobs. Don’t point at China.
Look in the mirror.
Look at your ballot.
Look at your boss.
That’s who did this.
And no, it’s not going to change—because no one’s lining up to work 14-hour days for crumbs while billionaires get richer for doing less than nothing.
So yeah—good luck, America.
You didn’t get robbed.
You got sold out. And now you’re too damn proud to admit it. And you’re trusting in the billionaire president surrounded by the billionaires who played you, thinking they will now save you.
Let’s dispense with the bullshit:
Foreigners didn’t steal your job.
You weren’t taken advantage of by evil Mexicans .
You weren’t outsmarted by China.
You weren’t out-hustled by India.
You were betrayed—gutted from the inside—by your own country.
IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB!
American corporations didn’t lose a war. They committed treason.
They looked at you—your life, your labor, your family—and decided you were too expensive. Too demanding. Too human. A burden on their lifestyle.
So they cashed you in. Like a used car with too many miles.
THE MURDER ON THE PHONE WAS IN YOUR HOUSE THE WHOLE TIME!
You think some dude in a rice paddy undercut you?
No. It was a CEO in a penthouse with a calculator and a dead conscience.
It was the boardroom full of sociopaths who saw a 12-year-old working barefoot in a Cambodian sweatshop and said, “Perfect.”
You didn’t lose your job—you were sacrificed.
For stock prices. For dividends. For a bigger fucking yacht.
Who were the perpetrators?
One of them was the billionaire you elected that now sits in the Oval Office .
His cabinet is filled with 12 more of them. Billionaires. Men that sacrificed people like you and me to buy their 5th yacht.
And while your manufacturing town withered, your factory shut down, and your family scraped by, those same executives popped champagne, bought another mansion, and sent their kids to Ivy League schools with the money they saved by shipping your livelihood overseas.
And Congress? They were the pimps in the corner nodding along.
“Global trade,” they said. “Free markets,” they said.
What they meant was: bend over, America. We already got paid.
They sold you out like livestock. And you keep re-electing them like good little sheep.
Then came Trump—the orange mouthpiece for billionaire interests, pretending to be your savior.
He talks tough about China while he’s slurping down corporate cash and cutting taxes for the very bastards who killed your job in the first place.
He’s not a warrior. He’s a mascot. A bloated clown for the oligarchy.
And the worst part?
You bought it.
You waved the flag. You wore the hat.
You screamed “America First!” while getting stabbed in the goddamn back by your own.
This wasn’t globalization. This was domestic economic genocide.
And you weren’t the victim of some foreign enemy.
You were the casualty of capitalism gone rabid—of a system that chews up working people and wipes its ass with the Constitution.
So don’t cry about lost jobs. Don’t point at China.
Look in the mirror.
Look at your ballot.
Look at your boss.
That’s who did this.
And no, it’s not going to change—because no one’s lining up to work 14-hour days for crumbs while billionaires get richer for doing less than nothing.
So yeah—good luck, America.
You didn’t get robbed.
You got sold out. And now you’re too damn proud to admit it. And you’re trusting in the billionaire president surrounded by the billionaires who played you, thinking they will now save you.
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Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:01):
In the interest of full disclosure. The following is a
post that I made on social media that I originally
spent about an hour writing myself. I then asked chat
gpt for some assistance. I took the output that chat
gpt gave me, I edited it down some more to
my liking. I then submitted it to Elon Musk's Ai
(00:25):
Grock three and had it make suggestions. I took those,
incorporated what I liked, took out what I didn't, spent
about another fifteen minutes editing it, and this is the
final product. Hey, Maga, let's dispense with all the bullshit.
Foreigners didn't steal your job. You weren't taken advantage of
(00:46):
by evil Mexicans. You weren't out smarted by China. You
weren't out hustled by India. You were betrayed, gutted from
the inside by your own damn country. It was an
inside job the whole time. American co operations didn't lose
a war with China. They committed treason. They looked at
(01:06):
people like you, your life, your labor, your family, and
they decided you were just too damned expensive, too demanding,
too human, a burden on their lifestyle, so they cashed
you in like a used car with too many miles
on it. The murderer on the phone was in the
house the whole time. You think some dude in a
(01:28):
rice patty undercut you. No, it was a ceo in
a penthouse with a calculator and a dead conscience. It
was the boardroom full of sociopaths who saw a twelve
year old working barefoot in a Cambodian sweatshop and said, perfect,
let's hire these people. You didn't lose your job, You
didn't lose your factories. You were sacrificed for stock prices,
(01:52):
for dividends, for a bigger, fucking yacht. Who were the perpetrators?
One of them was the billionaire you elected that now
sits in the Oval office, his cabinet filled with twelve
more just like him, billionaires, men that sacrifice people like
you and me to buy their fifth yacht. And while
(02:15):
your manufacturing town withered down to nothing and the factory
shut down, and your family scraped by those same executives,
Pop Champagne bought another mansion, sent their kids to Ivy
League schools with the money they saved by shipping your livelihood,
your middle class American dream overseas. In Congress, they were
(02:38):
pimps in the corner, nodding along, selling you out. They
used phrases like global trade, free markets. What they meant
was bend over, we got something for you. They sold
you out like livestock, and you keep reelecting them like
the good little sheep that you are. Trump comes along,
(03:04):
the orange mouthpiece for billionaire interest, pretending to be your savior,
talking tough about China while he's slurping down corporate cash,
cutting taxes for the very bastards who killed your jobs
and sent your factories and manufacturing plants overseas. To begin
with savior warrior hero, He's not a damn warrior, he's
(03:27):
a mascot. He's a bloated clown for the oligarchy. The
worst part of all is you bought it hook line
and sinker. You waved your flag, you wore the hat,
You screamed America first, all the while getting stabbed in
the goddamn back. This wasn't globalization. It was domestic economic suicide,
(03:51):
and it was intentional, and it was committed by people
born here on these same lands that you and I
were born on. You weren't the victim of some foreign enemy.
You were the casualty of capitalism going rabid, a system
that choose up working people and wife's. It's asked with
the Constitution, anything and everything to compound and compound and
(04:14):
compound the almighty dollar to levels that we can't even comprehend.
Today we sit down and cry out lost jobs, lost manufacturing,
and point at China. Why look in the mirror, look
at the ballot, Look at who your boss is. That's
the people that did this to you. And no, it's
(04:36):
not going to change because no one's lining up the
work fourteen hour days in America for our chrumbs like
they do in China and Singapore and Vietnam. While billionaires
get richer and richer and richer, while the Americans struggle
in factories to get by. It's just not going to happen.
It's not a thing. The factories aren't coming back. So yeah,
(04:57):
good luck America. You didn't get robbed, you got sold out.
Now you're too down, proud to admit it, still waving
the flag, still wearing that damned hat, and you're trusting
in the billionaire president who's surrounded by twelve other billionaires
who all played you, who all caused this, thinking they're
(05:17):
now going to be the ones to save you,
In the interest of full disclosure. The following is a
post that I made on social media that I originally
spent about an hour writing myself. I then asked chat
gpt for some assistance. I took the output that chat
gpt gave me, I edited it down some more to
my liking. I then submitted it to Elon Musk's Ai
(00:25):
Grock three and had it make suggestions. I took those,
incorporated what I liked, took out what I didn't, spent
about another fifteen minutes editing it, and this is the
final product. Hey, Maga, let's dispense with all the bullshit.
Foreigners didn't steal your job. You weren't taken advantage of
(00:46):
by evil Mexicans. You weren't out smarted by China. You
weren't out hustled by India. You were betrayed, gutted from
the inside by your own damn country. It was an
inside job the whole time. American co operations didn't lose
a war with China. They committed treason. They looked at
(01:06):
people like you, your life, your labor, your family, and
they decided you were just too damned expensive, too demanding,
too human, a burden on their lifestyle, so they cashed
you in like a used car with too many miles
on it. The murderer on the phone was in the
house the whole time. You think some dude in a
(01:28):
rice patty undercut you. No, it was a ceo in
a penthouse with a calculator and a dead conscience. It
was the boardroom full of sociopaths who saw a twelve
year old working barefoot in a Cambodian sweatshop and said, perfect,
let's hire these people. You didn't lose your job, You
didn't lose your factories. You were sacrificed for stock prices,
(01:52):
for dividends, for a bigger, fucking yacht. Who were the perpetrators?
One of them was the billionaire you elected that now
sits in the Oval office, his cabinet filled with twelve
more just like him, billionaires, men that sacrifice people like
you and me to buy their fifth yacht. And while
(02:15):
your manufacturing town withered down to nothing and the factory
shut down, and your family scraped by those same executives,
Pop Champagne bought another mansion, sent their kids to Ivy
League schools with the money they saved by shipping your livelihood,
your middle class American dream overseas. In Congress, they were
(02:38):
pimps in the corner, nodding along, selling you out. They
used phrases like global trade, free markets. What they meant
was bend over, we got something for you. They sold
you out like livestock, and you keep reelecting them like
the good little sheep that you are. Trump comes along,
(03:04):
the orange mouthpiece for billionaire interest, pretending to be your savior,
talking tough about China while he's slurping down corporate cash,
cutting taxes for the very bastards who killed your jobs
and sent your factories and manufacturing plants overseas. To begin
with savior warrior hero, He's not a damn warrior, he's
(03:27):
a mascot. He's a bloated clown for the oligarchy. The
worst part of all is you bought it hook line
and sinker. You waved your flag, you wore the hat,
You screamed America first, all the while getting stabbed in
the goddamn back. This wasn't globalization. It was domestic economic suicide,
(03:51):
and it was intentional, and it was committed by people
born here on these same lands that you and I
were born on. You weren't the victim of some foreign enemy.
You were the casualty of capitalism going rabid, a system
that choose up working people and wife's. It's asked with
the Constitution, anything and everything to compound and compound and
(04:14):
compound the almighty dollar to levels that we can't even comprehend.
Today we sit down and cry out lost jobs, lost manufacturing,
and point at China. Why look in the mirror, look
at the ballot, Look at who your boss is. That's
the people that did this to you. And no, it's
(04:36):
not going to change because no one's lining up the
work fourteen hour days in America for our chrumbs like
they do in China and Singapore and Vietnam. While billionaires
get richer and richer and richer, while the Americans struggle
in factories to get by. It's just not going to happen.
It's not a thing. The factories aren't coming back. So yeah,
(04:57):
good luck America. You didn't get robbed, you got sold out.
Now you're too down, proud to admit it, still waving
the flag, still wearing that damned hat, and you're trusting
in the billionaire president who's surrounded by twelve other billionaires
who all played you, who all caused this, thinking they're
(05:17):
now going to be the ones to save you,
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