my plan is to get people to understand  if we don't act things will get worse

that is really powerful right because things  are bad now but people are willing to accept  

it because they think it's temporary  and they think things will get better  

if people were aware simultaneously  that things will get worse which they  

will and that is fixable which  it is they would demand action

for me change is still the goal but  it's a long-term goal because I think  

you know what what I'm want  to do what I'm trying to do  

is it's a big thing it's difficult it's not easy  it's not just something you're going to go out  

there and you're going to achieve like it's  um you know the situation is really really bad  

um and it's it's a situation which is enriching  most powerful people in the world right so  

a lot of them want it to continue um and  there are some rich and powerful people who  

are saying we need to reduce it we need to do  something about it but most people most rich  

people feel they're benefiting from it right  so if you if you're trying to do something  

which most rich and powerful people  oppose it's difficult right so for me

I want to achieve change but

I know that that is a massive task and we will  only achieve that if we have long term thinking  

so I guess now is a good time to talk about  

a question we've got getting a lot on the channel  recently which is what can we do what can I do um

and for me

I think it's really important  that people understand  

we cannot win this fight in the short term it's  too big it's too difficult and me personally  

I'm not thinking short term because I  don't think we can win this short term  

I think that but I do think we can win it  and I think the the way that we can win it

is by spreading the message

that if nothing is done about growing inequality  and growing inequality of wealth things will get   

really seriously worse not just for the poor but  for 70 80 90 percent relatively quickly um

and the power of that message is that it's  true and I remember when we first started  

this channel which was around about the  same time I first started writing articles  

I remember my second ever published article which  is for the website open democracy they they called  

me up and they were like your first like was  really good do you want to write a second one  

and I said what I want to do is just make a list  of predictions just a list of predictions and  

partly that was because my professional  history as a trader is making predictions  

making predictions which people don't think are  right but will turn out to be right that's how  

you make money as a trader so as a trader all  I was trying to do was think what is actually  

going to happen that people don't realise and you  know all those predictions were terrible things  

massive increase in inequality, massive increase in  house prices, massive increase in inflation, massive  

decrease in living standards right but the reason  I wanted to make those predictions is because

there's a power in being right that you  can only get from understanding the truth  

if your arguments are wrong then your predictions  will be wrong but the power that we have is that  

this generates correct prediction so these things  I say I'm gonna are gonna happen they will happen  

so if we keep going out there and making these  predictions and saying this will happen this will  

happen this will happen this will happen specific  things like I'm saying now house prices are going  

to go through the roof you know I mean & living  stands will continue to fall these kinds of things  

um you know people can go out now and look  at video from two and a half years ago  

of me basically saying everything that's happened  has happened that's powerful you see what I'm  

saying um that's the strength of the message  the strength of the message is that it's right  

the weakness of the message and the  trouble we're going to have is this is a 

f***ing bleak message right it's a bleak  message and people don't want to believe  

that society is headed into a disaster an  explosion in poverty you know collapse in living  

standards people don't want to believe they are  I don't want to believe that you know what I mean  

um so that is what we have to fight  against and I think the way that we  

fight against that is we have to first of all  we have to speak with compassion all the time  

and we have to speak with an awareness that  other people are getting hit more than us and  

you know you said yourself you came into this  channel because you're aware you're in a much  

better situation than others you know what I mean  and I'm always aware of that you know so we have  

to be compassionate when we speak and understand  that people are struggling but on top of that we  

need to provide this positivity of message which  is if we do something about this wealth inequality  

if we manage to reverse that motion of increasing  wealth inequality and start driving wealth in the  

other direction we can really see living standards and quality of living improve and I think that is  

100% true as well so we need to combine with that  positive message I think that's probably something  

that we haven't done enough that I haven't done  enough to provide that positivity on the side  

um and I think that's partially because it's hard  for me person you know this is something which you  

know I've gone around for 12-13 years now betting that society is going to go to s*** you know  

what I mean and being right and making millions  of pounds doing that and um you know people can  

point to me and say well that's great for you but  you know what I mean I've known since I was in my  

mid-20s that society is you know is collapsing  and I have to carry that around you know what I  

mean you know it's not dinner party conversation  you know you go on a date and people say what's  

your job and you know and if they what do you do  what do you think you know are you going to tell  

them well what I think is poverty is going to  explode the middle class is going to disappear  

there's going to be you know living standards  will collapse you know you want to tell somebody  

that this is a thing I have to carry around  with me so I think that sometimes that's a  

difficult burden for me to carry maybe I want to  share that but like we need to be able to find

some hope and some positivity to bring  people in um but I think at the same time  

what I would say to the people who are saying what  can I do what can I do what can I do is firstly  

that I'm mad grateful for the support that these  people provide ultimately like my plan is to try  

and make my voice as big as possible and this  platform as big as possible so that we can  

have power to force politicians to act that's  my plan so my plan is a 100% dependent on the  

support of the people who watch and and people  who watch sharing and helping it to grow so it  

we absolutely 100% need them they are the whole plan  and I appreciate that they want to help me now um

but what I need to tell them is we are not strong  enough to win this now we are not strong enough  

to win this now and I'm not planning to win this  today I'm not planning to win this tomorrow I'm  

not planning to win this next year I'm not  planning to win this the year after this is  

going to be a massive fight a massive fight and  I'm thinking long term I'm thinking long term so  

really that's why all I'm thinking about is growth  grow the voice, grow the power, grow the message  

and you know I'm writing this book because I think that's going to give us growth down the line 

and that's taking me away from being able to  promote the YouTube as much as I would like to 

but ultimately I'm not trying to be big next month  I'm trying to be big in five years time you know  

what I mean because I want to be big enough that  I can force these politicians to do something so  

I know there's people out there want to do  something now I want to do something now and  

you know it's frustrating for me that all I can  really say is look push us help us to grow you  

know that's I wish I could give more and you  know there are people you know there's there's  

that there's this guy's made a song for us you  know what I mean and I would love to be able to  

support and push that I appreciate this stuff that  people are doing and really I appreciate it but

there's only so much I can do to support other  people at the moment I'm trying to grow it you  

know what I mean I've got to write this book I'm  writing the book every day we're making the videos  

um so what I would beg for people watching is support us be patient we're building this 

is a long-term project and I know like you  know I know like if we had time if we had  

energy we would do a meet-up we would do a  rally this kind of stuff but ultimately like  

this is about power this is about power you  know and and the only way we have power to  

force change is that is to build is to grow  more people more people long term um

so yeah that is the strategy and and  

at the moment I'm not even really able to even  reply to all the messages right but it's it's  

the reason that I keep emphasizing  when people ask community is because  

ultimately my plan is to get people to  understand if we don't act things will get worse

that is really powerful right because things  are bad now but people are willing to accept  

it because they think it's temporary  and they think things will get better  

if people were aware simultaneously that things  will get worse which they will and that is  

fixable which it is they would demand action so I  think this single message that wealth inequality  

if it is allowed to get worse will  make people's lives worse and worse  

that message can take the whole thing down because if people knew that they wouldn't accept it  

but the way we disseminate that message is by  spreading this message on this channel through  

people's links of community you know I don't  have enough money to build a social movement  

with my money what we have is a message and I  am depending upon ordinary people to spread it  

through their links of community you see what  I'm saying so I need people to be together

because that is how we build the power  

and I see in things like for example the way the  government is allowing the strikes to go on that

many people what they want is to  create division amongst ordinary  

Ordinary working-class People because if  people in the private sector are hating  

people in the public sector are people who are  not striking hating people who are striking  

then we can't come together and we  can't build this positive message so

I wish I could do more and you know once the book is done we'll sit down and we'll think about  

you know how can we better utilise the things  we want to support and how can we be better  

help them spread the message but at the moment  like you know it's just me and you and our  

resources are limited you know um but we will grow  it we will grow it but at the moment because I'm  

prioritizing that medium long-term growth it means  I'm taken away a little bit from the short-term growth 

but um yeah I think I honestly think we've  got a shot to create change but I think the people  

watching it you know you know we live in a now now now culture right you know people you know 

this is not Celebrity Big Brother you know you don't watch it for 10 weeks & then I get famous

you know I mean it's not how it works right this is a big project this is a big project but um  

you know right now we've got what 50-60,000 subs  you know if we have a million subs then we can  

start making s*** happen but we we need to get  that you know what I mean you know 100k-200k 

subs is not enough so we need to get that growth  and then then we can make it a movement you  

know and then there'll be money coming in  and then we can hire people to help us grow  

even more you know what I mean um but that's  that's how it has to be man it's it's it's  

we have to be looking for long-term growth  we have to be looking for long-term growth  

because we will not win this in the short  term we'll not win this in the short term and  

that is a bleak message but we're gonna have  some bleak times man we're gonna have some  

bleak years and that is the other reason why  I tell people to focus on community because  

it's you know you can see it right now right you  can see in the increase in long-term illness in  

the increase in mental illness man like things are  tough things are going to get tougher and if we  

you know they can take our money away from us and  they can make our lives more materially insecure  

and I'm aware that it's not happening to me you  know I'm aware that I'm comfortable but that is  

what's going to happen to ordinary people  but they can't take away is your connections  

with your friends and your families in your  community so I think these are the things that  

people are going to need number one to fight back politically in the long term and number  

two just to make life livable man like you that  is what people are going to need so um I think

people need to fight back against the division & try & communicate with one another with compassion  

and I know that's difficult um and in terms of  supporting us man just just keep doing what you're  

doing spread spread the message share it around um  I wish I could give you more things and you know  

I see people that post you know call into LBC get  on the TV whatever you can just spread the spread  

the word spread the word but also like be aware  this is a long-term fight so don't burn yourself out 

hold yourself in help us grow we're going to  grow and then when we're big enough if we ever  

get there then we will try to make change happen  but you know we don't want to shoot the load too  

early man we're building we're building for power  so we can get change that that's that's the plan

housing could be so much more affordable wages  could be so much higher and we could have so  

many more options in how we live our lives some of them put a lot of money into paying

economists and think thanks to tell you that inequality is important for the economy

that is not true!