Topic: Economic Slavery

2 chapters across the catalog

75: What U Gonna Do Cuzz
• 1:07:40 - 1:09:56

75: What U Gonna Do Cuzz

Tupac Shakur on Greed and the Need for Economic Payback

A 1992 clip of Tupac Shakur critiques the "gimme, gimme, gimme" culture of American business and the influence of figures like Donald Trump. Shakur argues that Black Americans deserve "payback" in the form of help to stand on their own feet after generations of being slighted. Mo Facts notes that the message of limited upward mobility remains consistent from 1968 to the present.

02: Nudge Machine
• 1:07:01 - 1:10:40

02: Nudge Machine

Student Loan Debt vs Reparations as Economic Slavery

The hosts compare the debate over student loan forgiveness to reparations, labeling debt as a form of modern slavery. They critique Marianne Williamson for couching her reparations proposal in "politically feasible" terms while other candidates promise massive debt cancellation. Williamson's connection to ADOS advocate Antonio Moore is noted as a sign of her being better coached than her peers.