Monday, 5 March 2012

THC 18: Joey Diaz, Mike Maxwell, & Frankie Parkes | Planning the Revolution

From San Diego dispensary raids to the death of the American street hustle, Joey Diaz breaks down why traditional protests fail against corporate consolidation.

Jan GoldsmithAsset ForfeitureJoey DiazCorporate BoycottsMedical MarijuanaHustle Culture
By The Higherside Chats Free Show | 35m listen | 16 chapters
THC 18: Joey Diaz, Mike Maxwell, & Frankie Parkes | Planning the Revolution cover

About this episode

U.S. Attorney Jan Goldsmith faces intense scrutiny for aggressive asset forfeiture tactics against medical marijuana property owners in San Diego. Joey Diaz joins Greg Carlwood to detail how federal officials seize bank accounts and real estate from legal dispensaries, marking a volatile shift in California’s regulatory landscape. The conversation links these legal crackdowns to a broader pattern of corporate consolidation where Bank of America and major financial institutions dictate the survival of local industries.

Corporate giants like Sprint and Southwest Airlines are accused of implementing predatory customer service loops and luggage fees to squeeze working-class budgets. The Occupy Movement receives a critical assessment for relying on outdated 1960s protest tactics instead of leveraging digital hacking and targeted boycotts against companies outsourcing jobs to Pakistan. Joey Diaz recounts his personal transition from a prison cell to the comedy stage, arguing that the traditional American Dream has been replaced by a corporate trap that forces eighteen-year-olds into lifelong debt and unfulfilling careers.

Joey Diaz delivers a masterclass on the underground hustle, sharing stories of selling mescaline and electronics before GPS and digital tracking eliminated the loopholes of the street economy. Mike Maxwell and Frankie Parkes add a retail perspective on the physical toll of Black Friday shifts. The group concludes that a total failure of the satellite system is the only thing that could break the modern public's demoralizing addiction to the iPhone.


CHAPTER 01 / 16 Discussion

Black Friday Consumerism and Retail Industry Realities

Greg Carlwood and Joey Diaz discuss the irony of Black Friday occurring immediately after Thanksgiving. A retail worker describes the physical toll of opening stores at 2:30 AM for crowds of campers while simultaneously supporting social movements. The conversation highlights the contrast between American gratitude and the immediate drive for material consumption.

black friday· thanksgiving· retail· consumerism· madhouse comedy club· greg carlwood· joey diaz

00:04 In the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed a nation through a series of radio broadcast known as the Fireside Chats. His aim was to reassure the common man that our society would recover from its troubled times but we're far from 1930 and I deal with a different kind of fire For a new era of worldly frustration We offer a fresh conversation! Bye! What's happening people? Greg Carlwood here occupying the fuck out of the green room at the Madhouse Comedy Club with uh, The Original Motherfucker Joey Diaz. What's up beautiful? Honored to have him here! Honored to be on this show On the blackest of Black Fridays Isn't it kinda jacked that we have a day to give thanks for everything we got and then next day let's go out an get as much new shit you can get Go spend that fucking money you worked hard for all year You know what I'm saying

01:08 Isn't that typical of American? Some people really, you know opening up at midnight and Thanksgiving. We animals now we get to the point in our lives where You need that shit that much. I actually work retail, retail is my livelihood and it kind of sucks you know? I'm kind of trapped but i mean...I was up at 2 30 this morning to get to my store To open the store there's people camping out before i get there And in the meantime when i'm off work unsupporting the occupy movement It's kinda fucking total opposite ends of spectrum How do you feel about the Occupy Movement? I could do some regular questions and stuff, but I want to get deep with you while we can. Here's some stuff that might not be here anywhere else. Get to ask me some things of them... No no, whatever you want to talk about. How do you feel about the Occupy Movement man for real? I feel like the Occupy Movement has to be done in this country but it has to be done on a different level like i was saying the other night We're using an approach that is very 60's. We have computers, we have technology

CHAPTER 02 / 16 Discussion

Occupy Movement Strategies and Corporate Boycotts

The Occupy Movement is criticized for using outdated 1960s protest tactics rather than modern technological leverage. Effective resistance requires targeted boycotts of airlines charging excessive luggage fees and corporations that moved manufacturing jobs from cities like Detroit and Cleveland to overseas locations. Financial pressure is identified as the only language corporations react to, citing predatory credit card interest rate hikes as a primary grievance.

occupy movement· boycotts· airline fees· globalization· detroit· corporate accountability

02:08 The problem with the Occupy movement is that we have to attack so many things, you have to boycott so many things. And there's things that affect all of us. You know somebody was saying they went into a hotel and had an occupancy tax at the hotel when you fly three years ago the price of gasoline went up until the airlines charged 20 dollars per luggage But the price of gas went down and that luggage is still there. So a family of four, which most people have, costs you $160 just to fly If each have one fucking bag of luggage what can you do? We all need to fly but let's boycott those airlines

02:44 You know, the biggest problem that I have with the occupancy movement where we should hit it is any company who's doing business abroad. Those are the first motherfuckers I took down because they destroyed cities Detroit Cleveland Buffalo Upper New York those cities the population the economic fucking his growth of there is zero you know Fisher Price left this guy left Detroit is fucking channels so those are first motherfuckers We gotta go after because they're gonna help bring jobs back. Those people will bring jobs fucking back, that's how they start we're talking about jobs that's the main thing let's get this country growing going then the second thing is putting these corporations in check let's put these motherfuckers in check how do you put them in check by boycotting? In the 70s which you remember there was a gas shortage in this country and on greens if your license plate ended at zero to three you got gas! You gotta do the same fucking thing on Mondays

03:41 10 businesses worldwide get boycotted. World fucking wide! Me standing on a lawn and I mean listen let's be honest, you want an honesty? I went to college in Boulder. I seen the evolution of the protester there is the guy that goes out today really means it from his heart like you and there is the trust funder who puts dirt on his face at 5 o'clock and drives with the alley parks it and goes down and starts yelling about the same corporation this father was apart of You know, so all that shit really bothers me. I understand where the movement went and where it became Let's hit these... you camping out in front of town hall isn't doing nothing for me Gotta hit these motherfuckers in the pocket That's what they react to What hurts you when you don't sell three pictures a month? What hurts you? What hurts you if I close the fucking business on you?! That hurt you! Two years ago my wife had a credit card Capital One 17% One day she got letter from the man saying 32%.

CHAPTER 03 / 16 Discussion

San Diego Marijuana Dispensary Crackdowns and Asset Forfeiture

U.S. Attorney Jan Goldsmith is criticized for aggressive tactics against medical marijuana property owners in San Diego, including the seizure of bank accounts and real estate. The legal landscape for dispensaries remains volatile as federal officials threaten asset forfeiture despite the industry's growing wealth. Historical context is provided regarding Bank of America's shifting stance on handling medical marijuana accounts in Hollywood.

san diego· jan goldsmith· medical marijuana· dispensaries· asset forfeiture· bank of america

04:37 That's a criminal charge. You can't do that, you have to boycott those people and out of credit for I don't know what she did she cut a deal with them or whatever the next movement like i told Joe Rogan the other night the next move is one day we're actually going to go to Bank America and the bank's gonna be closed And one day they're going to jack our fucking, you know like they did in Argentina 10 years ago. The bank closed and they said if you have money in the bank you gotta get it back with interest in ten years. You know? Speaking of... I assume this is a marijuana based podcast. That's what they're doing to a lot of property owners here in San Diego in particular because its so conservative

05:14 the US Attorney, the San Diego US Attorney. Jan Goldsmith I made a this year's Halloween pumpkin was her face with horns. Jan Goldsmith So they sent out letters to all of the property owners saying that we'll seize your property LA too Seize your assets and that sort of thing Well this actually happened The guy owned his own property had his own dispensary in that property They seized his bank accounts They seized his property And you know Maybe after court all those things will be sort of put back together, but still. And it's only because it is an election. Five years ago Bank of America would not take money from medical marijuana dealers in Hollywood and the LAA refused to open up accounts

CHAPTER 04 / 16 Discussion

Tax Day Protests and the Complexity of Globalization

April 15th is proposed as a critical date for citizens to demonstrate government dissatisfaction by withholding tax payments. The difficulty of dismantling corporate globalization is discussed, specifically regarding the reliance on Chinese iPhone factories. A radical suggestion is made that disrupting the supply chain of major tech products would be the only way to truly capture American attention.

tax day· globalization· iphone· china· corporate structure· economic protest

05:58 And three years later they did accounts because they see the wealth in it, the money that's in it. You know we're in trouble as a country we are in trouble We don't really have a leader and were not going to have a leader for the next 15 years and we know this is going on If people want to occupy something, I think April 15th or 21st whatever day tax day is a very important day that maybe where people can really show their government we're fucking fed up. You ain't getting this fucking $600 check go fuck yourself Here's the thing, everybody talks about how far is this thing going to go or what do they really want. Everybody knows they're pissed but that's all people really know and it's kind of scary to think about what would have to happen because I don't understand how you can get corporations out

06:46 I don't know how you can undo globalization, these iPhone factories in China. I don't know how you can undo all that and keep the structure of a corporation. Total separation from the system. You want to get the Americans fucking attention? Block the iPhone factory! You can imagine blowing up the iPhone factory, it's not even a joke. If you blew up the iPhone factory people would be walking around this country... Now they're dead. Lost. You know what? It's funny that you say that because I was telling somebody the other day maybe we just need to take one or two CEOs out in the street and shoot them in the fucking head Just wanted to. See the thing we got now is that it's non-violent, never works. The 60s is done! All that shit's done! The fucking... Listen when you become a car salesman the top notch has become the general manager of the store What's the fucking top of the notch as a protester? A beaten

CHAPTER 05 / 16 Discussion

Generational Shifts in Activism and Economic Self-Sustainment

Modern protesters are compared to those of the 1960s, with a focus on the shift from physical camping to potential digital hacking by younger generations. The futility of violent conflict with police over minor issues is highlighted in favor of becoming productive members of society who hit corporations financially. Long-term change is framed as an educational process for future generations to reject systemic exploitation.

activism· 1960s· hacking· self-sustainment· education· police conflict

07:36 There's no career in a fucking Beaton, but especially now they're just like I'm gonna do tear gas. They did it last night in LA Oh yeah, keep on getting nuts up there so listen pack up your fucking bags we got computers I got 16 year olds that can hack the White House fucking computer and you guys are still camping out to try trying to make a noise That's 60s, but I've noticed if become something else not tell me about what are you? What are the biggest parallels for you? between this and the 60s. What are the biggest similarities? What are the biggest differences? About what, the 60's? Later. We had kids that were willing to die in a way like you know we came from a society of the 60's came out... The 70's came out of the 60's with all the black riots and then marching and all that stuff And I feel that well first off there was different issues then when looking at it now the problem is more overt Listen if you want get a tent camp on put your laundry that's great

08:24 But we got to hit them where it hurts guys. We've got to really put our heads together. Us going to war against the cops in LA because you want 10% to grow your own vegetables? Enough is enough. Let's go home the first way to be let's go home That's get that become productive members of society and then let's fucking take these motherfuckers down one at a time And when they lose a billion dollars a week, then they'll renew their shit people will be alert But you standing somewhere with a sign that 60s would use there isn't an audience to that so that thing though? That's what it has to be something that age is You teach your youth

09:00 and you keep teaching them the right things. Because it's not going to be us that stops anything, it's gonna be future generations going oh my dad told me fuck that. If you did that, that is one way you can hit them. That's what they're doing, I mean their in education phase now. See I know nothing of the Occupy, I live on a farm, I fucking work hard, I get paid You have your freedom, your no really involved I can divorce society. I can self-sustain myself, you know what i'm saying? That's what so fucking... that's what I think. You go down the fucking corner and there is no more oh shit! Sorry yeah. You go down the fucking corner thank you chef Look at that look at that. That is how they do it in The Madhouse. You go down a corner and every gas station has a shop. You don't know if people are working there yet

CHAPTER 06 / 16 Discussion

Corporate Consolidation and the Decline of Mom-and-Pop Shops

The transition from independent community businesses to corporate-managed chains like Home Depot and GameStop has stripped individuals of autonomy. While cities like San Francisco maintain some small businesses through grandfathered leases, suburban sprawl has largely replaced original local culture with identical strip malls. The lack of community trust since September 11th is cited as a barrier to supporting local deli and hardware store owners.

home depot· gamestop· small business· san francisco· suburbia· mom-and-pop stores

09:51 You don't know the people who work in there. In the old days you walked outside your house, or even well at the gas station and brought your bike down to have it. And that's because he was a part of your community right? Coming from New York... He also had a bigger part in that gas station like these days you can't own-you can't owner open a hardware store. You just go manage a Home Depot. You can't open up video game store. You can just run a GameStop like the corporate control is so strong that we just I mean so many of us. I'm probably the only one in this room who doesn't have any control over my own life and it's frustrating as fuck, I mean i work at retail on black friday this is the worst weekend of my life. I restore antiques for a living, I am a third generation woodworker

10:39 That's sick! You know what though? I have no skills. 20 years ago it was all mom and pop stores Right There was no fucking Best Buy, there was no Frye It was all mom and pop Just in one fucking generation that shit has flipped 180 degrees. And it's the globalization of trade throughout all the countries, not saying that there is a justification for that but I think its clear delineation of how that happened but we can still make choices like we can go support the mom and pop Indian food shop down the street you know? The little deli thats been there for 20 years that's still surviving We could still go support those places and tell Carlos Jr to fuck themselves

11:22 Yeah, but I'm from St. Louis and in Missouri there are not a lot of choices. There are no choices. That's our big attract. But you don't have like a barbeque shop? I mean it is impossible but since i've moved out here its just another world California actually appreciates small business and understands to a degree Like you go to a city like San Francisco and those mom-and-pop shops have all been there for 20 years because they've been grandfathered in through their leases. It takes money though, people gotta support that! People have to be wise enough to know that if you only go to these chains you are choking out what's original about your location

12:08 But you can see what happens because we get so spread out into suburbia that all we have is those strip malls that have those same fucking shit restaurants in them every time. And then, since 9-11, we haven't trusted one another It's been like, ooh that guy might fucking rob me he might stab me in the back when I turn around So like, we're not even interested in being supportive of one another Right and nothing is promoting that either You know, nothing in society is promoting that. Besides weed and they're trying to slow that down too Well right I actually...I'm suspect- I think the whole crackdown on weed has something to do with the fact that the Occupy Movement was gaining steam That's just me But I'm an open spiritual therapist I just think this shit is all connected Oh my god close that door fast Waters It smells a lot of you That's OG Kush What are ya gonna do? Imma trade ya

CHAPTER 07 / 16 Discussion

Retail Management Struggles and the Desire for Freedom

A retail store manager expresses deep frustration with the lack of autonomy in a corporate environment despite having a stable paycheck. The speaker feels trapped by a 50-hour work week that prevents the pursuit of creative interests like comedy. The conversation touches on the guilt of complaining about a job when national unemployment rates are high.

retail management· unemployment· career frustration· black friday· financial security

13:05 Thank you my love. Badass. 1018, when's the second show starting? 1018-1030. I'm gonna go out there and open up this night shift. Congrats dude that was tight. That was badass. I wish I did anything with my fucking life. You're working! Yeah, it's kind of shitty for me to be ungrateful because god damnit there are so many people with the unemployment like it is that would kill to have my fucking paycheck. They would kill to do the work I do. I sometimes feel like a huge pussy bitching about the work I do but also feel

13:50 I'm completely trapped. I don't have my own freedom, you know? I am the store manager but i have no control everything's corporate just handed down you know they tell me what to do and I'm just the guy who is there most really. I mean I'm a guy who also on the chopping block if anything goes wrong But that's what I appreciate about you guys is, you really have your freedom. Like... You know? I'd love to be a comic but 50 hours of my week is dealing with customers and it's hard for me to switch mindsets. You're yourself all day! It just got blacked out on Black Friday. How old are you now? I'm 26. You look like the boss. And that's just simply because- You know what's really weird?

CHAPTER 08 / 16 Discussion

Joey Diaz on Prison, Comedy, and Personal Redemption

Joey Diaz recounts his journey from attempting a traditional "American Dream" lifestyle to finding his path in comedy after a stint in prison. Following a divorce and the loss of his material possessions, he committed to a career in stand-up, enduring 18 months of homelessness and sleeping in his car. He emphasizes that living one's dream is more valuable than financial security or societal expectations.

joey diaz· prison· stand-up comedy· divorce· poverty· career transition

14:38 I got locked up when i came out and i wanted the american dream. So, i got married, i got a condo, i had the car, i had the truck and i got a job you know we're estimating even though it was completely against my whatever and i tried and after about fucking a year i was like this is it! I'll do this, i'll keep getting better as an estimate maybe i break off to have my own company And I'm gonna work five days a week. And then on Saturdays, you gotta do shit around the house and then on Sundays I got to go up to her mother's house and that's my life! On Monday I go back to work and that's what i'm going to do. Then I went to prison...I did all this shit and here I am 27. I've got no skills but my mouth so I can talk. After about a year of doing this, I was so fucking unhappy that couldn't even come home

15:27 I couldn't even come home. Like, I didn't want a family that's fucking too tough you know? I didn't know what i wanted and all of the sudden she came over and said I don't wanna be married this isn't working And I got rid of everything whatever she didn't take. I bought a fucking $600 car. At this point in my life if I got nothing I might as well just go down doing what I wanna do. And I gotta take comedy I knew when i did the steps, if i do this, i have to do this. This is going to be for me. I can't quit in 3 years and get a job as a bagel maker. This what im gonna do you know? Sometimes i see my wife go into work or i see me going to work and i make what she makes 2 nights a week which sometimes more

16:15 But I feel guilty. But then again, I put 20 years of my life into this and slept in a car for 18 fucking months you know? I took a shit in parks and lived on couches... When your driving from New York to New Mexico and you tell Mike Maxwell he says hey man if you don't have a place to sleep stop at Texas Arcana see my cousin all of the sudden your sleeping in some strangers house And they're like family because Mike Maxwell called them and said, and you learn. I remember there were nights when I got to Detroit and had a box full of change in my joints and my clothes on the blanket in the back seat. I would have to count the change or go to Pizza Hut. You could eat pizza and take pizza to go with my jacket but today I'm not Cat Williams, I'm not Dave Letterman, we're not even that much of successful comic but living my dream

CHAPTER 09 / 16 Discussion

Hustle Culture and Creating Personal Markets

The American workforce is encouraged to move beyond a "strapped" mindset by adopting the hustle seen in immigrant communities. Success in a bad economy requires creating one's own market, such as using the internet and social media to sell products directly to a base of followers. The speaker argues that even those living below the poverty line in America are often wealthier than much of the global population.

hustle· entrepreneurship· poverty· internet marketing· twitter· economic mindset

17:11 That's all that matters. I never wanted to get up and work in the daytime, i always knew from watching my mother My shit wasn't gonna work. I didn't like going to work with people and coming home, everybody had the same lifestyle. I liked people who hung out in the corner during the daytime. I always used to say those are motherfuckers that figured out what you do at work nights. Really? So you gotta work at night and you're all home alone on a fucking day! That's what I wanna do. As I was making my career choices it was like What's At Night? You know what I'm saying? What's At Night that I could do? Everybody bartends they're so fucking... Any fucking idiot can bartend. And I was like Common You know, and it just put the effort into something. We think we're strapped because that's what society wants you to think... Yeah? That you're strapped. They really fucking think you're strapped. You are never strapped living in America. We don't know that until you see these Russians coming and a year they have Lexus And you say yourself you're strapped how'd they do it because they've been fucking hustling all their fucking lives! We gotta hustle more people say the economy is bad. You know what? You got to create your own fucking market

18:13 And sometimes what you think you're creating, your shoe shining mark becomes a shoe delivery service. You didn't even fucking know it! But you wouldn't have fucking known it until you got up off your fucking ass Listen man the corporations are gonna do this Subway's gonna cut people but McDonalds is always hiring and there's always something that you can do I think the walls are gonna open. The walls have been shutting down since 19-fucking-30 in this country We've been going through a great depression and some people fucking sit and take the bullshit And some people break out of it, that's what this country needs right now we need to break out of this shit

18:49 You know what? We need to break out of this shit. There's nothing for you to do, paint the t-shirt and get a webpage at 300 and sell it. Teach on the fucking webpage and get on Twitter and start from scratch in a year! You'll have 1,000 fucking followers and you'll have a base to sell with but if you don't put that year in... You're never going to know that. And it's hard in context, we see that we think were the 99%, but if you put that in comparison with the rest of the world like I live below poverty level and have for a long time but made that choice as an artist being doing the work that I want to do. But really, if i compare myself to the rest of world... ...I'm in the top 60 percentile rate because motherfuckers are living off a quarter day... A quarter week you know fucking 100 miles down the street. What about the motherfucker who is making 120 thousand a year? That's not discount breed at all! He has got a fat wife with two fucking kids

CHAPTER 10 / 16 Discussion

Societal Pressure and the Trap of Traditional Success

The American education and social system is criticized for forcing 18-year-olds to make life-altering career decisions that often lead to unhappy marriages and unfulfilling jobs. Young people are urged to stop relying on traditional resumes and job sites like Monster.com, which are oversaturated. Instead, they are encouraged to find unconventional ways to earn money and take control of their time.

student loans· career choices· marriage· resume· monster.com· social expectations

19:48 and he sees his boys once a year when they go to a frat reunion party, and the wife gives him shit. And he works, works, works, works because in this country you're forced to make a decision when you're 18 years old You're forced...and also when your 20 you're forced to pick a fucking major Also when you get that diploma by that time you don't really want to do what the fuck you wanna do No! Now you got your brothers and hey man we going over there Herb Dean and all this shit and now after 8 years you've got a fat fucking wife who's a cunt Because you know what I'm talking about. You see yourself on Southwest with that fat fucking cunt, with a bag of M&M's in your car... You got the kid and the bag of diapers on your fucking arm That's what your life has become and you're not happy. So you have money And you have the car and you have the wife and the fat fucking kid and the stupid kid with the braces But she don't have your happiness She doesn't have your balls which in turn you really don't have yourself Those are people that die come back as a fucking iguana

20:42 You know I'm saying they die and come back as a fucking tree your life. You don't live your fucking life And that's what oh, you know this whole people was our Joey you went to jail That's bullshit when I got out. You know I was selling stolen cars I did whatever the fuck I had To fucking live this dream you know I'm saying there were some nights that should happen and some nice shit didn't happen But I didn't go until I tried and something always happens bro something always happens On the 31st, when you think rent's not going to be in, you go to Ralphs and there is a purse on the fucking street. But you wouldn't know that because nothing happens on your living room. Nothing happens in your living room except ITT advertisers are on TV. That's it. Nobody gives you 100 on that TV. That's the other part of America that has to pick up a little bit too. I see a lot people sitting there waiting all things are bad out there. Bitch, you're 24!

21:29 You're 24! Who am I gonna student loans? Not for nothing. You see those 10 Mexicans in front of fuckin' Home Depot? Learn how to abloh, bitch Because that's quick 50 every day. You're the only white guy that speaks English, get down there you dumb motherfucker! You stupid bitch! A bunch of white people are looking for something- don't bring three Mexicans over if there is a white guy they'll feel better go down and supervise them you dumb mother fucker but no you're sitting at home telling your buddies I put a resume on monster dot com you and 80 other million fucking momos out of work it's like when you put your GPS on and you get under five minutes traffic i did my GPS yeah but everybody's on that same GPS

CHAPTER 11 / 16 Discussion

The Evolution of the American Hustle and Lost Opportunities

The modern world has removed many of the "hustles" that previously allowed people to make a living outside of the corporate system, such as small-scale resale or manual labor for cash. Technological advancements like GPS and digital credit card tracking have eliminated the loopholes that once existed in the underground economy. Anecdotes about past street hustles involving electronics and mescaline illustrate how the "little guy" used to survive.

gps· street hustle· shoplifting· credit card fraud· economic history

22:07 That's why I don't like GPSs, because you're beating to the drum of the same fucking idiots. That's why there is fucking traffic you bobo! That's why there is traffic you fucking schmoe Because they put you on the same fucking lane So when the bomb comes your right there sitting there Like a fucking Puerto Rican on the fifth Unbelievable Yeah we have choices And it seems like maybe that... They just keep telling us shit bad and bad and bad You start believing it after a while. And you know what? Yes, there's a lot of liquor. When I was kid if I wanted to make $100 I went in front with 100 Cuelos. That market has been taken away from me. A young kid in my day didn't need a fucking job, you always had an uncle who had your loading trucks one night a week for your unemployment and he went there and picked up twos so that's 800 a month.

23:02 You picked it up for $150, you made $150. You picked up a hundred hits of Mescaline for 90 bucks and sold them for 3 bucks at 200. At the end of the week you made 1200. That's been taken away from this country. Nobody sells that shit anymore. The hustle is difficult in my day credit cards if you had 50 dollars they wouldn't swipe them Nobody remembers that in the old days you went to a car with a card. They didn't swipe me was under 50 I hate the best Chinese food every day for years because it's a Chinese special six fucking bucks You don't say so The Chinese special six bucks, I would fuckin they called on the limit and all it was was a book You think of bitches gonna look at a book when there's a line at Boston Market? To see if your car is in their fucker if it stolen who gives them insurance Oh pick up they've removed that hustle

23:49 So they've taken hustles of people that used to make little livings. You can't shoplift no more I come to you and say, hey Doug what do you need? I need a TV, i'll be back in an hour How much is it $1200 If I come back with this tv in the box will you give me six? Yeah Stay right there get the six right now back in two days me and Frankie Park. I got a truck Let's go three of these right now boom and also Frankie Foxx was sitting that jerk at all And also I showed up is it looking right behind see this as a TV wait for us like setting ducks Get the truck switch to license plate put your mom's license plate on there for 10 minutes You won't even fucking know she's in the fucking shower with her bum foot You know what I'm saying? Let's go. By the time you come back, we got six bills three a piece It's Friday you give mom 100, you buy grandma blow and you've got 100 for the bar Who is better than you And you have another week to live in it Tell her fucking story I guarantee there are some 16 year olds out there that have got some hustles that we don't know about

CHAPTER 12 / 16 Discussion

Digital Activism and Corporate Outsourcing Grievances

Younger generations are encouraged to use computers to disrupt financial systems as a more effective form of protest than traditional camping. The primary grievance cited is corporations receiving tax breaks while simultaneously outsourcing thousands of jobs to countries like Pakistan. The discussion demands that the government mandate domestic job creation for any company operating abroad.

hacking· outsourcing· pakistan· tax breaks· corporate bonuses· cnn

24:38 Sure, but the computers are really awesome. That's what I'm saying these young kids can occupy the world with this computer They could fuck with financial systems they can erase stuff that's how we start We got to grab people's attention by you hit their pocket if you take a month of man's money You gotta take his bullshit you take somebody's money it becomes a different game when CEO drives in what's the song if? I hear one more Bonus to the CEO guy, I'm gonna shoot you in the face. If that's your fucking argument about Occupy stop fucking watching CNN and listening to these other potheads okay? Stop it!

25:13 That's the least of your fucking worries you dumb motherfucker. I'm worried about the corporations that pulled out 300 employees and turn their lights off because 10 businesses did that, thats 3,000 jobs all through Tennessee and Michigan That's what pissed off at those motherfuckers that get the tax breaks Right, right. Tax breaks. Someone's going to get rebates. So you're taking food out of our mouth? Bring them back! That's the first thing I want the government to do They gotta be like alright You wanna plant in Pakistan good but you gotta have two in the United States Deal! Exactly. Amen! Amen motherfucker! You gotta take a knock somewhere But you've got 300 people without food If half these corporations that went abroad did this we'd be in good fucking shape Then the other half are just abusing us

CHAPTER 13 / 16 Discussion

Customer Service Loopholes and Predatory Corporate Practices

Corporations like Bank of America and Sprint are accused of using complex customer service hurdles and "loopholes" to prevent consumers from reclaiming small amounts of money. These practices, including long hold times and difficult rebate processes, effectively steal from working-class families on tight budgets. Changes in airline policies, such as those at Southwest, are also noted as examples of increasing corporate rigidity.

bank of america· sprint· southwest airlines· rebates· customer service· loopholes

25:59 The people that we pay hard you ever try to call Bank of America because they took six dollars out of your bank account Yeah, and you're on hold for 25 minutes. Yeah And they put you on hold with a Hindu then when you piss off They put you in a hole with a Hindu that really don't talk our blow so it's 50 minutes out of your time So now what do you do? You just hang up the phone and take the 6-minute beat why and how many more Americans are you think through that Because we just don't want to take it no more, so we take the six dollar beat. I just started getting my sprint rebates for four or five years those motherfuckers didn't send me nothing and when you call them they're like, You can send in by midnight on August 14th doesn't really matter It's my 50 fucking dollars but they all got loopholes and that's where they fuck us now

26:38 And that's what we have to stop. Even Southwest, 10 years ago you could miss your 8 o'clock flight and get on a 10 o'clock and go I missed my flight and not no more. Southwest is great but they'll bang ya out and give you free luggage but get there late for the flight now bitch! You know what i'm saying? So they all have loopholes Our lives are great without loopholes. We're working Americans, there's no loopholes in our lives we get up in the morning we warm-up our car we count how much of a budget we have for fucking gas every month and we go to work we work eight hours we come back we feed our family on a fucking budget and then now you want to hit us with a loophole that we don't get that $50 back because I didn't call the thing I needed that fifty dollars my kid needed baseball club That's what pisses me off

CHAPTER 14 / 16 Discussion

iPhone Obsession and the Demoralization of Society

The public's obsession with the iPhone is presented as a sign of societal demoralization, where people wait in long lines for flawed technology. This behavior is compared to "sheep" and contrasted with the scarcity-driven lines of Soviet Russia. The segment also touches on the idea that modern technology and cameras serve to narrow human thought and facilitate mass surveillance.

iphone· at&t· consumer behavior· surveillance· sheep· technology addiction

27:20 That's what's going on. And it seems like it is credit and its a legalized loan sharking, and they can get you whenever they want I mean when you take the loan out from a bank, the bank can print that money... ...and you have to pay back with interest Well where did the interest come from? You cant print that! You have to take it from someone else It's a game of musical chairs where eventually everybody, more people are gonna be able to afford it Every 30 years it falls apart What phone service do you have? AT&T How about you I'm not putting nobody down here. It's the weirdest thing, like the worst service out there by fucking numbers is AT&T but we'll buy the iPhone even though we're gonna drop a thousand calls a month. I don't have nothing against the iPhone but here's the other part of corporations that

28:12 Every four months they come up with a new fucking iPhone and people stand in line. You know, there's Occupy on one line and on the other lines... How many iPhones did they sell over the first weekend? 3 million at 400 a pop? More people show up to that than watch. 3 million at 400 a fucking pop! You know what, it also not only doing that I think corporations are demoralizing our character We were always half sheep. Now we're three quarters there and that's what society wants, that's what they started They wanted us to be sheep That little camera right there in the computer This is to just narrow our thoughts down This is to see where our thoughts are Everybody thinks we're getting away with murder. Look, I can see a fucking black guy fucking a midget in the ass look at me! I'm special they're watching that shit They're watching all the shit you fucking watch That's all goes right into your fucking thing to scope you into a... You know what im saying? So now it's like I see more sheep

29:08 You know, when you... In Russia they were standing in line for toilet paper. Here we're standing in line for a fucking phone! A fucking phone! It's demoralizing us as human beings even though we know AT&T is gonna drop 80 calls in a fucking day We still go in there like mummies and I want maps. It kills me as a human being because it's like going knowing you're gonna get fucked in the ass Dude, I hate that it happens on the day after we sit around and say how thankful for all the shit that we had Exactly! The next day we run out and go buy more shit frantically People are pepper spraying people You guys probably already talked about this

CHAPTER 15 / 16 Discussion

The Psychology of Want and the General Strike Concept

The constant cycle of wanting new consumer goods is described as a source of internal suffering that separates individuals from one another. A "general strike" or a total boycott is proposed as the only way to break the cycle of corporate dependence. The speaker predicts that a total failure of the electrical or satellite system would lead to immediate societal chaos due to extreme phone addiction.

psychology· suffering· general strike· technology dependence· starbucks· boycott

29:50 I listened to this woman say something about what want is and she explained it as It's not the thing that we're getting like say the iPhone for example It's the releasing of the feeling of want. So when you go to the store and get that thing, all of a sudden it feels like oh I don't want that thing no more but after you get home and have your iPhone for a little bit and it cracks and drops 100 calls, its okay but I want something else and that creates suffering within ourselves I really do believe so. There's something to how they're naming this shit too, everything is the iPhone and the MySpace and we're separating ourselves from each other Like i said if you blow up the iphone factory We will walk around this country for three days lost

30:36 People will be at Starbucks with Zambuca bottles hitting each other in the fucking head. That'd be the real occupy, that's to start blow up the iPhone factory Just blow the fucking two of them up simultaneously and watch ABC News go fucking bananas All we need is all those satellites to eat shit one day or a full electrical system. And they know this, I guarantee you I'm going to get a knock on my door Monday morning with three guys in suits because they know it America will go into... We depend too much on our phones and that's why the Occupy movement will never work in a way because while were standing online were looking at our iPhones so we're really not committed to the fucking movement

31:18 And even though there's corporations that are good out there, if we boycott one we gotta boycott more. We got to use those tools that we already have to communicate it! You just can't say well you know what? We could boycott... Today I'm gonna take a day off because the new iPhone is coming out So we have to and that's what we missed a whole fucking thing We need to do like the whole thing general strike. I'm just like one day, I think And that's what we want to do anyway sit home not doing anything Well, what's the solution stop working you hit people? It hurts it's easy if you can make a living doing something you love

CHAPTER 16 / 16 Discussion

Healthcare Insurance Costs and the Value of Quality Care

The high cost of healthcare is attributed to insurance company mandates, such as requiring expensive doctor visits for simple equipment filters. While criticizing the current system, the speaker warns against the dangers of "three-dollar" healthcare, arguing that quality medical care requires proper compensation. The segment concludes with a reflection on the necessity of paying for thorough physical examinations to avoid missed diagnoses.

healthcare· sleep apnea· insurance companies· medical costs· doctors· physical exams

31:55 You don't need to make a living. If everybody stopped doing it, it wouldn't fucking matter. Fucking healthcare! We never thought about the other side of that How many years does it take to be a doctor? And what can they get if they don't have their right to get paid? There's parts of healthcare I would agree with. I have sleep apnea 10 years ago all I had to do was call the apnea specialist and say hey dog send me some filters and a new mask Within 24 hours I would have the mask They want me to go to the doctor and get a doctors note for $135. That's what I don't like about it, that's the insurance companies. That's where they rip us off but you wanna go to a doctor for three dollars? Really? Don't come crying at me when he misses that lump in your fucking ear because he is getting three dollars!

32:37 He's getting three dollars. So you gotta get what you pay for! There is a line from here to Kentucky and I check you out, alright son go! And then a month later he's dead but went for the physical. Here is the eyes and look at your teeth. I checked your pulse and take a lollipop. Grab that cash, both hands and make a stash You can't cut me off or stop Think about me, you're ball too My name Get back, I'm all right Jack Keep your hands off my stack It's a hit Don't give me bullshit I tell the truth first class travel

34:32 You said tonight ain't got me a chance