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Josh Rosette

Josh Rosette

Classic film expert and frequent podcast guest on classic movie shows like Reel Beans: A Film and Coffee Podcast.

Sep 15, 2026

3:09
Yeah
3:10
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3:10
when there have always been class issues, class resentment.
3:15
I mean, this, a- and, and the, the issue of the rich exploiting the poor of, uh, you know, a handful of very rich people at the top basically breaking the backs of everyone below them, um, and, and abusing the system so that all the wealth is controlled by a very small number of people.
3:34
Um, I mean, hell, this country was sort of founded on, on our rebellion against that.
3:38
And then you go through the era of ragtime and Emma Goldman railing against all those industrialists and robber barons.
3:47
And then the crash happens and people have to reckon with the fact that the irresponsibility and the decadence and the hedonism and just the, the general lack of wherewithal, this sort of let them eat cake, you know, après moi le deluge attitude, has basically just ruined and, and destroyed the entire economy and plunged everyone into poverty because these people are just concerned with having a good time and indulging their own whims and desires at the expense of everyone else.

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10:50
Right.

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