Michael Parenti Was A LEGEND & Here’s Why!

In this segment Jimmy pays tribute to political scholar and author Michael Parenti, using video of Parenti to argue that elites act with conscious intent to preserve wealth and power, and that labeling such claims as “conspiracy theories” is a way to shut down class analysis. Parenti contended that ordinary people only feel repression when they challenge establishment narratives, while those who comply remain unaware of the “leash” around their necks.

Jimmy also cites Parenti’s critiques of free-market mythology, arguing that unregulated capitalism historically produced exploitation, monopolies, and social harm, and that workers won rights through struggle, not generosity from capital. Overall, the piece frames left vs. right as a conflict over economic power and wealth concentration, urging viewers to follow Parenti’s scholarship by recognizing imperialism and corporate dominance as systemic, not accidental.

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