Blame Capitalism: Souring on the system

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🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Avishay Artsy, Jolie Myers, and Miranda Kennedy. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We cannot separate capitalism from racism.
0:06.0	Market capitalism is not a religion.
0:09.0	You'd have to be a fool to worship it.
0:11.0	I am so sick of living in a capitalist society.
0:14.0	Everyone's talking about capitalism
0:18.0	and they all seem like they're mad.
0:22.0	They say that they hate it
0:25.0	and they can test and debate it
0:27.0	but they all agree it's bad.
0:32.0	Every Friday for the next four weeks
0:34.0	a new today explained series,
0:36.0	blame capitalism.
0:48.0	Everything comes with a price, even peace of mind.
0:58.0	Support for our show comes from Fundrise.
1:04.0	Fundrise is an investment platform
1:07.0	designed to make it easier for investors of all sizes
1:10.0	to put their money behind private,
1:12.0	pre-IPO companies poised for big things.
1:15.0	The service just launched a new venture capital product
1:18.0	focused on allowing even small investors access
1:21.0	to some of the top private pre-IPO companies in the world
1:24.0	before they go public.
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