Alex Gibney
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All of us have got to get, I mean, you know, if you're a billionaire, you made a lot of money through your business, you know, God bless. But that doesn't mean that you get to define the world for the rest of us. You know, we... Who was it told me? I believe this is the correct statistic. The three richest richest Americans, which would be, I believe, Bezos, Musk and I think Zuckerberg.
All of us have got to get, I mean, you know, if you're a billionaire, you made a lot of money through your business, you know, God bless. But that doesn't mean that you get to define the world for the rest of us. You know, we... Who was it told me? I believe this is the correct statistic. The three richest richest Americans, which would be, I believe, Bezos, Musk and I think Zuckerberg.
Yeah, they have a higher net worth in the bottom 50 percent of all Americans. Right. Really?
Yeah, they have a higher net worth in the bottom 50 percent of all Americans. Right. Really?
Yeah, they have a higher net worth in the bottom 50 percent of all Americans. Right. Really?
Yeah. And and and but you can see the rumble. People are getting angry. You know, I'm talking to you from Maine and Maine's got a pretty robust set of rules about, you know, against money and always has on state political level.
Yeah. And and and but you can see the rumble. People are getting angry. You know, I'm talking to you from Maine and Maine's got a pretty robust set of rules about, you know, against money and always has on state political level.
Yeah. And and and but you can see the rumble. People are getting angry. You know, I'm talking to you from Maine and Maine's got a pretty robust set of rules about, you know, against money and always has on state political level.
Right. And I think that, you know, your beginning, what happened in Wisconsin was a kind of emotional pushback. But I also think that it's interesting, this campaign that AOC and Bernie Sanders are running, sometimes in liberal districts, sometimes in red districts, they are turning out some pretty big crowds. And I think the anger that...
Right. And I think that, you know, your beginning, what happened in Wisconsin was a kind of emotional pushback. But I also think that it's interesting, this campaign that AOC and Bernie Sanders are running, sometimes in liberal districts, sometimes in red districts, they are turning out some pretty big crowds. And I think the anger that...
Right. And I think that, you know, your beginning, what happened in Wisconsin was a kind of emotional pushback. But I also think that it's interesting, this campaign that AOC and Bernie Sanders are running, sometimes in liberal districts, sometimes in red districts, they are turning out some pretty big crowds. And I think the anger that...
um that they're invoking or channeling is the anger toward a rigged system where whether you're democrat or republican it's the rich people who are calling the shots and we're getting policies that benefit them not the rest of us
um that they're invoking or channeling is the anger toward a rigged system where whether you're democrat or republican it's the rich people who are calling the shots and we're getting policies that benefit them not the rest of us
um that they're invoking or channeling is the anger toward a rigged system where whether you're democrat or republican it's the rich people who are calling the shots and we're getting policies that benefit them not the rest of us
Right. I think that's right. I mean, but, you know, one of the things I tried to point out in Ohio Confidential, though, is that as you talk about money and politics, it's also true that for most people, nobody likes a bribe. Right. Right.
Right. I think that's right. I mean, but, you know, one of the things I tried to point out in Ohio Confidential, though, is that as you talk about money and politics, it's also true that for most people, nobody likes a bribe. Right. Right.
Right. I think that's right. I mean, but, you know, one of the things I tried to point out in Ohio Confidential, though, is that as you talk about money and politics, it's also true that for most people, nobody likes a bribe. Right. Right.
feel it's unfair it's wrong you know you see it in crime films and and you know you you you wish them ill um i i we've done a lot on ohio confidential the second by the way how do you describe this series is this because it's not it's two films it started out as one film and then we just got too much material i mean we got into the ohio story it was so good
feel it's unfair it's wrong you know you see it in crime films and and you know you you you wish them ill um i i we've done a lot on ohio confidential the second by the way how do you describe this series is this because it's not it's two films it started out as one film and then we just got too much material i mean we got into the ohio story it was so good
feel it's unfair it's wrong you know you see it in crime films and and you know you you you wish them ill um i i we've done a lot on ohio confidential the second by the way how do you describe this series is this because it's not it's two films it started out as one film and then we just got too much material i mean we got into the ohio story it was so good