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Peak Prosperity

It’s Either Capitalism or Failure

Peak Prosperity

Chris Martenson

Business, Government, Investing

4.7591 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The authoritarian-minded people who have sought to stifle free speech and open debate are the same people who seem to hate capitalism and favor Marxism. As Robert Kiyosaki explains to us, there’s a similar mindset involved in both cases.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, Dr. Chris Martinsen of Peak Prosperity here. We have a super amazing special guest today and a special episode.

0:06.7

Today we're going to be talking with Robert Kiyosaki, obviously the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, which you're all familiar with, I hope, one of the best selling and is still number one bestselling financial books out there.

0:19.7

Over 50 million copies sold since its introduction

0:22.8

20 25 years ago but more importantly as importantly we want to talk with him about his latest book

0:28.1

the communist manifesto becomes the capitalist manifesto why is it important it's just so important

0:34.9

robert welcome to the program it's good to have you here i consider a good friend, and it's just wonderful to be back here with you today.

0:42.2

Yes, thank you. We met years and years and years ago, and we've been, you know, my definition of intelligence, if you agree with me, you're intelligent, and you're obviously a very intelligent man.

0:54.4

Well, I believe it was Richard Russell who connected us, right?

1:00.3

Yeah.

1:02.3

He was the old guy then.

1:04.5

Now we're the old guys.

1:05.6

He was the old guy then.

1:06.6

Now he's the old, he's, we're the old guys now.

1:09.9

Yeah, exactly.

1:11.8

So let's see if we can bring along the next crop of old guys and gals and make sure where they can fill our

1:16.5

shoes and so let's talk about this this capitalist manifesto why'd you write this

1:22.4

well because we have no financial education in our schools and What happened was, and this is a communist manifesto, and as you know, your doctor and I was F student

1:34.6

Kiyosaki, my Ferrari has a license plate that says 1.9 GPA, I'm proud of.

1:41.7

I didn't do well in school, but I got nominations to Naval Academy and Merch Marine Academy,

1:47.5

and I really wanted to go to Merch Marine Academy, which was in New York on the Long Island.

1:51.7

So I go to King's Point in Long Island, and my instructor for economics was a West Point graduate,

1:59.8

B-17 pilot in World War II, got shot down several times and all that.

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