Robert Kiyosaki: Why America’s Middle Class Keeps Getting Poorer
American Thought Leaders
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
“I’ve been fighting communism by teaching capitalism,” says Robert Kiyosaki, holding up a copy of Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto” and a copy of his book “The Capitalist Manifesto.”
Robert Kiyosaki became famous as the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” a book that has sold 48 million copies worldwide since its 1997 publication.
Kiyosaki maintains that in today’s America, plagued by high inflation and a crumbling dollar, rich dads are getting ever richer while poor dads are getting poorer:
“Food gets up in price, but the poor and middle class have to pay for it. So my apartment houses go up, but the poor middle class go homeless. And that’s the seed of communism, that’s the seed of revolt,” he says.
In this episode, we dive into what he sees as the roots of America’s economic woes and what young people can do in today’s economy to build wealth and prosperity.
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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| 0:00.0 | When I was 10 years old, my poor dad kept asking, hey, dad, dad, dad, what am I going to learn about money? |
| 0:08.3 | He says, we don't teach school about money. |
| 0:11.0 | In this episode, we sat down with Robert Kiyosaki. |
| 0:14.4 | His book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has sold 43 million copies and remains the top title in personal finance. |
| 0:21.6 | I said, well, how did I get rich? |
| 0:23.6 | He says, well, if you stay in school, get your PhD. |
| 0:26.6 | Get your PhD. |
| 0:27.6 | I said, Dad, you have a PhD. We're poor. |
| 0:29.6 | He says, well, then you're going to talk to your best friend's father. |
| 0:32.6 | Then there was Rich Dad. |
| 0:34.6 | From reading the Communist Manifesto to becoming an advocate for capitalist financial education, |
| 0:40.1 | Kiyosaki warns about the danger of hyperinflation and central bank control. |
| 0:45.2 | Every time you print money, the gap between rich and poor is getting wider and wider and |
| 0:50.3 | wider. What Marx wanted was his gap between rich and poor. He also shares three lessons to build wealth that he believes can change your life |
| 0:59.0 | and help you become truly self-sufficient. |
| 1:02.0 | Your poor dad, Marxist, good man. |
| 1:06.0 | He says we should give people money. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, that's honorable. |
| 1:10.0 | I want to teach them. But why not teach them? |
| 1:11.4 | What I'd teach people the fish? |
| 1:14.3 | Versen out of steel fish. |
| 1:16.5 | Let's say you're a young person today and you don't have a lot of money. |
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