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EP 39 - No Kings: Why Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist
What if billionaires are the new kings — and the real revolution is making them obsolete?
Remember, we are the species that invented billionaires before we ended world hunger. We are the species that built super yachts before we built universal healthcare. We subsidize private jets while children go hungry in lunchrooms. And whenever someone suggests balancing the equation by taxing the ultra-rich, they clutch their pearls and warn that fairness will destroy innovation and incentives.
As politicians debate whether people deserve affordable healthcare, billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars. What if we’re debating the wrong things?
In this thought-provoking solo episode of The Everlutionary podcast, host Hawah Kasat delivers a powerful reflection on the state of society, focusing on democratic socialism, capitalism, wealth inequality, and the seismic political shifts highlighted by Zohran Mamdani's win in the recent New York City mayoral election. Hawah dismantles the fear-based narratives that label common-sense policies like universal healthcare, affordable housing, SNAP benefits, and debt relief for college students as “radical,” exposing how billionaire-driven media and political elites weaponize words like “freedom” and “choice” to preserve inequality and control.
Through humor and sharp political analysis, Hawah celebrates the unapologetic leadership willing to call out a wealth gap that depends on prioritizing profit over people. He reframes success as contribution rather than accumulation, arguing that real prosperity and fairness emerge when societies invest in the well-being of all—not just the wealth of a few.
Listeners are invited to challenge misinformation, support bold leaders, and draw lessons from nations that have successfully balanced economic stability with social justice.
What We’ll Explore:
In This Episode:
Notable Quotes
Social Links for Hawah Kasat:
Check out the most downloaded episodes:
Check out the new Everlutionary Podcast Merch
Remember, we are the species that invented billionaires before we ended world hunger. We are the species that built super yachts before we built universal healthcare. We subsidize private jets while children go hungry in lunchrooms. And whenever someone suggests balancing the equation by taxing the ultra-rich, they clutch their pearls and warn that fairness will destroy innovation and incentives.
As politicians debate whether people deserve affordable healthcare, billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars. What if we’re debating the wrong things?
In this thought-provoking solo episode of The Everlutionary podcast, host Hawah Kasat delivers a powerful reflection on the state of society, focusing on democratic socialism, capitalism, wealth inequality, and the seismic political shifts highlighted by Zohran Mamdani's win in the recent New York City mayoral election. Hawah dismantles the fear-based narratives that label common-sense policies like universal healthcare, affordable housing, SNAP benefits, and debt relief for college students as “radical,” exposing how billionaire-driven media and political elites weaponize words like “freedom” and “choice” to preserve inequality and control.
Through humor and sharp political analysis, Hawah celebrates the unapologetic leadership willing to call out a wealth gap that depends on prioritizing profit over people. He reframes success as contribution rather than accumulation, arguing that real prosperity and fairness emerge when societies invest in the well-being of all—not just the wealth of a few.
Listeners are invited to challenge misinformation, support bold leaders, and draw lessons from nations that have successfully balanced economic stability with social justice.
What We’ll Explore:
- Why policies like free public transit and universal healthcare are framed as radical apocalyptic threats.
- How the words "socialism" and "communism" are weaponized to shut down conversations about fairness.
- The powerful symbolism of Zoran Mamdani's unapologetic victory speech and its implications for modern politics.
- The billionaire delusion and how greed masquerades as genius.
- The stunning contrast between American economic anxiety and the common-sense policies already thriving in parts of Europe.
- How extreme wealth inequality is not a bug of capitalism, but its core engine.
- Why healing our world means making the billionaire class obsolete.
In This Episode:
- (00:00) Apocalyptic satire of progressive policies
- (01:27) Podcast introduction & community call
- (05:09) NYC mayoral election & media reactions
- (06:25) New York City’s cultural significance
- (07:44) Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech
- (08:42) Twisted narratives around socialism
- (09:42) Trigger words & the reality of democratic socialism
- (11:08) Billionaires’ fear of fairness
- (12:40) Comedian Josh Johnson on capitalism
- (16:06) European social policies vs. U.S. narratives
- (17:16) Labels, identity, and democratic socialism
- (20:11) Billionaires as modern kings
- (21:52) The magic show of wealth & inheritance
- (23:12) Common sense policies & distraction tactics
- (24:42) Symbolism of Mamdani’s win
- (26:21) The obsolescence of billionaires
- (28:11) Staggering wealth inequality
- (29:28) Josh Johnson on billionaire opposition
- (30:58) Redefining success & pandemic profiteering
- (32:21) Billionaire power & resistance to socialism
- (34:02) The engine of inequality
- (35:46) Linguistic manipulation of economic terms
- (37:22) Absurdity of U.S. economic priorities
- (39:03) A new common sense & empathy
- (40:39) Podcast closing & call to action
Notable Quotes
- (11:39) “Billionaires break out in hives when they hear words like wealth redistribution, even though all redistribution means is returning what was already taken.” — Hawah Kasat
- (21:41) “When billionaires say the economy, what they really mean is our profits. When they say freedom, what they really mean is freedom from accountability.” — Hawah Kasat
- (22:54) “I believe in clean air. I believe in affordable college education. I believe in taxing corporations and the ultra-rich, and I believe in regulating them so they don't destroy the environment in the search for profits.”— Hawah Kasat
- (23:38) “While billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars, we're debating whether people deserve affordable healthcare. We are debating the wrong things.”— Hawah Kasat
- (25:12) “Fairness once considered an American virtue might still be one if we stopped calling it communism.”— Hawah Kasat
- (26;21) “I think our evolution as a human species and our collective survival depends on billionaires becoming obsolete.”— Hawah Kasat
- (28:23) “Jeff Bezos could give every one of his 1.5 million Amazon employees a $100,000 bonus and still have more money left than he did when the COVID-19 pandemic started.” — Hawah Kasat
- (30:23) “Zohran himself has said, y'all are spending way more money on ads trying to campaign against me than I was even gonna tax you.” — Josh Johnson
- (33:29) “Inequality isn’t a byproduct of capitalism, it’s the engine. And the Ultra rich need inequality in order to exist” — Hawah Kasat
- (39:39) “We are ready to measure wealth not by accumulation, but by contribution.” — Hawah Kasat
Social Links for Hawah Kasat:
- Linktree - https://linktr.ee/everlutionary
- Website - https://hawahkasat.com/
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/everlutionary
- Substack - https://everlutionary.substack.com
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@everlutionary
- Everlutionary Merch: https://everlutionary.creator-spring.com/
Check out the most downloaded episodes:
- E5 - Radical Love with Sonya Renee Taylor
- E21 - Honoring Women and Healing Men with Hawah Kasat
- E22 - Fashion Waste and Conscious Capitalism with Kerry Docherty co-founder of Faherty Brand
Check out the new Everlutionary Podcast Merch
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What if billionaires are the new kings — and the real revolution is making them obsolete?
Remember, we are the species that invented billionaires before we ended world hunger. We are the species that built super yachts before we built universal healthcare. We subsidize private jets while children go hungry in lunchrooms. And whenever someone suggests balancing the equation by taxing the ultra-rich, they clutch their pearls and warn that fairness will destroy innovation and incentives.
As politicians debate whether people deserve affordable healthcare, billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars. What if we’re debating the wrong things?
In this thought-provoking solo episode of The Everlutionary podcast, host Hawah Kasat delivers a powerful reflection on the state of society, focusing on democratic socialism, capitalism, wealth inequality, and the seismic political shifts highlighted by Zohran Mamdani's win in the recent New York City mayoral election. Hawah dismantles the fear-based narratives that label common-sense policies like universal healthcare, affordable housing, SNAP benefits, and debt relief for college students as “radical,” exposing how billionaire-driven media and political elites weaponize words like “freedom” and “choice” to preserve inequality and control.
Through humor and sharp political analysis, Hawah celebrates the unapologetic leadership willing to call out a wealth gap that depends on prioritizing profit over people. He reframes success as contribution rather than accumulation, arguing that real prosperity and fairness emerge when societies invest in the well-being of all—not just the wealth of a few.
Listeners are invited to challenge misinformation, support bold leaders, and draw lessons from nations that have successfully balanced economic stability with social justice.
What We’ll Explore:
In This Episode:
Notable Quotes
Social Links for Hawah Kasat:
Check out the most downloaded episodes:
Check out the new Everlutionary Podcast Merch
Remember, we are the species that invented billionaires before we ended world hunger. We are the species that built super yachts before we built universal healthcare. We subsidize private jets while children go hungry in lunchrooms. And whenever someone suggests balancing the equation by taxing the ultra-rich, they clutch their pearls and warn that fairness will destroy innovation and incentives.
As politicians debate whether people deserve affordable healthcare, billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars. What if we’re debating the wrong things?
In this thought-provoking solo episode of The Everlutionary podcast, host Hawah Kasat delivers a powerful reflection on the state of society, focusing on democratic socialism, capitalism, wealth inequality, and the seismic political shifts highlighted by Zohran Mamdani's win in the recent New York City mayoral election. Hawah dismantles the fear-based narratives that label common-sense policies like universal healthcare, affordable housing, SNAP benefits, and debt relief for college students as “radical,” exposing how billionaire-driven media and political elites weaponize words like “freedom” and “choice” to preserve inequality and control.
Through humor and sharp political analysis, Hawah celebrates the unapologetic leadership willing to call out a wealth gap that depends on prioritizing profit over people. He reframes success as contribution rather than accumulation, arguing that real prosperity and fairness emerge when societies invest in the well-being of all—not just the wealth of a few.
Listeners are invited to challenge misinformation, support bold leaders, and draw lessons from nations that have successfully balanced economic stability with social justice.
What We’ll Explore:
- Why policies like free public transit and universal healthcare are framed as radical apocalyptic threats.
- How the words "socialism" and "communism" are weaponized to shut down conversations about fairness.
- The powerful symbolism of Zoran Mamdani's unapologetic victory speech and its implications for modern politics.
- The billionaire delusion and how greed masquerades as genius.
- The stunning contrast between American economic anxiety and the common-sense policies already thriving in parts of Europe.
- How extreme wealth inequality is not a bug of capitalism, but its core engine.
- Why healing our world means making the billionaire class obsolete.
In This Episode:
- (00:00) Apocalyptic satire of progressive policies
- (01:27) Podcast introduction & community call
- (05:09) NYC mayoral election & media reactions
- (06:25) New York City’s cultural significance
- (07:44) Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech
- (08:42) Twisted narratives around socialism
- (09:42) Trigger words & the reality of democratic socialism
- (11:08) Billionaires’ fear of fairness
- (12:40) Comedian Josh Johnson on capitalism
- (16:06) European social policies vs. U.S. narratives
- (17:16) Labels, identity, and democratic socialism
- (20:11) Billionaires as modern kings
- (21:52) The magic show of wealth & inheritance
- (23:12) Common sense policies & distraction tactics
- (24:42) Symbolism of Mamdani’s win
- (26:21) The obsolescence of billionaires
- (28:11) Staggering wealth inequality
- (29:28) Josh Johnson on billionaire opposition
- (30:58) Redefining success & pandemic profiteering
- (32:21) Billionaire power & resistance to socialism
- (34:02) The engine of inequality
- (35:46) Linguistic manipulation of economic terms
- (37:22) Absurdity of U.S. economic priorities
- (39:03) A new common sense & empathy
- (40:39) Podcast closing & call to action
Notable Quotes
- (11:39) “Billionaires break out in hives when they hear words like wealth redistribution, even though all redistribution means is returning what was already taken.” — Hawah Kasat
- (21:41) “When billionaires say the economy, what they really mean is our profits. When they say freedom, what they really mean is freedom from accountability.” — Hawah Kasat
- (22:54) “I believe in clean air. I believe in affordable college education. I believe in taxing corporations and the ultra-rich, and I believe in regulating them so they don't destroy the environment in the search for profits.”— Hawah Kasat
- (23:38) “While billionaires are working on launching rockets to Mars, we're debating whether people deserve affordable healthcare. We are debating the wrong things.”— Hawah Kasat
- (25:12) “Fairness once considered an American virtue might still be one if we stopped calling it communism.”— Hawah Kasat
- (26;21) “I think our evolution as a human species and our collective survival depends on billionaires becoming obsolete.”— Hawah Kasat
- (28:23) “Jeff Bezos could give every one of his 1.5 million Amazon employees a $100,000 bonus and still have more money left than he did when the COVID-19 pandemic started.” — Hawah Kasat
- (30:23) “Zohran himself has said, y'all are spending way more money on ads trying to campaign against me than I was even gonna tax you.” — Josh Johnson
- (33:29) “Inequality isn’t a byproduct of capitalism, it’s the engine. And the Ultra rich need inequality in order to exist” — Hawah Kasat
- (39:39) “We are ready to measure wealth not by accumulation, but by contribution.” — Hawah Kasat
Social Links for Hawah Kasat:
- Linktree - https://linktr.ee/everlutionary
- Website - https://hawahkasat.com/
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/everlutionary
- Substack - https://everlutionary.substack.com
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@everlutionary
- Everlutionary Merch: https://everlutionary.creator-spring.com/
Check out the most downloaded episodes:
- E5 - Radical Love with Sonya Renee Taylor
- E21 - Honoring Women and Healing Men with Hawah Kasat
- E22 - Fashion Waste and Conscious Capitalism with Kerry Docherty co-founder of Faherty Brand
Check out the new Everlutionary Podcast Merch
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