I did. He was very biased and pandering to his audience and not objective at all. That was a dead give away once he singled out Pfizer who’s main goal was to make money and then referenced companies like Blackrock and others that own shares in Pfizer and then called them the “Overloads”. Clearly implying they were evil authoritarians intent on taking freedoms away and thereby pandering to the audience rather than being objective and sticking to things he knows.
Newsflash, Pfizer is a publicly traded company and like every publicly traded company their goal is to make money for their shareholders. Other examples of publicly traded companies include: Ford, GM, Tesla, Walmart, McDonalds, The Home Depot, Coca Cola, Proctor & Gamble, CVS (the pharmacy), Whirlpool (appliances), etc….. effectively, virtually everything you buy and use has been bought from a publicly traded company (your car, your food, your soap and toothpaste, your clothes, the alcohol you drink, etc.) and your purchases support their profit making objectives. These companies are also owned by either Blackrock or similar investment companies with the goal of making money so they must be evil too. Where does Blackrock and other companies get their money to but that stock? 401Ks (RRSP equivalent) , individual imvestors, and company pension plans. So the real “Overlords” are every person who listened to the podcast that owns a 401k, regular investments, and/or pension plan. So, all those listeners are the real evil ones. But, what exactly is the term we call this construct of investing for the purposes of wealth creation? It’s called Capitalism! But, we’ve always told Capitalism is good and Socialism or Communism is bad! So which is it, are they evil companies run by evil overloads or Capitalists?