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Here's why the pitchforks are out

Mr. Beat

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Mr. Beat explains why so many Americans seemingly have become radicalized during the 2020s. He uses a white board, which is kind of neat, in my personal opinion.

Edited by Matt Beat.

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This breakdown is for anyone interested in understanding how past and current economic shifts, such as periods of stagflation and the COVID-19 pandemic, influence current voter behavior. By visualizing historical data on the whiteboard, Mr. Beat looks at how voters are becoming increasingly radicalized before the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

20 Comments

@iammrbeat Creator 1 month ago (edited) Pinned

Other than the livestream in which I went through all of U.S. history off the top of my head in a 7+ hour livestream, I've never made a video like this. I gotta say, though, I'm glad I bought this whiteboard. :)

A few important notes about this video before you go off...

*This was mostly a rant off the top of my head. Clearly I oversimplified a bunch of stuff. Clearly I left a bunch of stuff out. Often, when trying to be an engaging communicator, this inevitably happens.

*Ronald Reagan didn't end inflation, his administration did- specifically, Paul Volcker, whom Reagan appointed (Jimmy Carter did, too!) and the Federal Reserve deserve most of the credit. Reagan is easy to paint as a villain, but history is rarely controlled by just one man.

*In case you didn't realize it, this is a video about economics. The quickest way to learn anything is history, but the quickest way to learn history is to learn economics. Scarcity matters a lot.

@JamesOfToya 1 month ago

My dad had an associate's degree and worked 32 years in the same company. He's pensioned now. He has no clue why it's so difficult for me to do the same now with bachelor's degree. He has no idea.

@mr_dub 1 month ago

Wanting a not wholly corrupt government doesn't feel very radical to me man :p

@JamesEzell 1 month ago

I’ll 59 and I’m with the young people. The system hasn’t worked for the average American for a long long time.

@clarkmay4819 1 month ago

High prices + Stagnant wages + Massive debt + Pointless wars = Pitchforks

@Guroji 1 month ago

"Corporate Welfare" should never exist. If your company tanks, thats capitalism baby. The American Dream.

@justadddiesel 1 month ago

Dude I'm 42 years old. My pitchfork's been out for so long. It's been replaced twice for rusting away.

@kennethfisher7013 1 month ago

As an old man I'm not confused about what's going on. In my view things started going downhill with Trickle Down and Crony Capitalism getting out of control resulting in corporations writing our country's laws and making themselves "people" allowing them basically to buy both political parties. Under 40's aren't the only ones that are angry.

@chunkycornbread4773 1 month ago

People are tired of self serving politicians. Never in my life have I seen as much blatant corruption in Washington.

@AndresDerGroße 2 weeks ago

I think one thing that’s concerning is that the U.S. older generations lost their empathy. There’s a quote that goes like this:

“A society is truly great when their old plant trees for which its shade they’ll never sit beneath.”

The older generations are increasingly less interested in planning for a future they won’t live to see. More people only care about themselves instead of improving society as a whole. I think this is occurring across the Western World, not just the U.S.A.

@kaseywahl 1 month ago

I hate that we're calling it "radical" to demand policy that recognizes basic human dignity that other developed nations have had for decades.

@luiscruz7343 1 month ago

I was raised by immigrants who came to the United States for the American dream. They achieved it. Not even one generation later, it seems very unattainable. And they just tell me to work hard. Meanwhile all I do is work with not the same results as my parents had.

@CmdrKing 1 month ago

Important thing to add about the Tea Party though: while it eventually grew into an actual right-wing movement and the corporate bailouts were a factor, it has to be acknowledged when discussing them that right-wing media and billionaires PAID to get that ball rolling and gave it breathless coverage for months before it actually caught on. It’s still an astroturfed movement even if eventually it grew around the fake grass.

@lukedstaten 1 month ago

The only ones who want the system to remain the same are the ones who the system is designed to benefit. But the rising generation is quickly realizing that the system is not designed for them