I appreciate how you let your guests roll with their thoughts without interruption. Beautiful style.,(reply>), Very true - its a testament to Lex but also a luxury allowed by these long-form interviews, that appear to not have any set time limit and organically end only when enough has been said.,(reply>), True that, I dig it,(reply>), @itsmeitstrue Ya.  Like the vast majority of interviewing journalists.  Their egos getting in the way...extremely irritating 😠.,(reply>), Let's them spew shit,(reply>), @blazerelf The problem I see with our financial system in the US is that we are no longer capitalist but have become corporatist which is not too far off from what is practiced in China today. The federal government has the authority and responsibility to break up monopolies to prevent what we are seeing happen today with these corporations having more input into our lives than it seems that we have for ourselves.<br>I don't think that anyone is denying or diminishing that others have problems. I think many of us belief that having difficulties in life is a positive thing up to the point that someone is actively trying to cause pain onto others. Going hungry my first couple of years of adulthood and living on beans and rice 10 meals a week and being unable to afford a phone while not depending on support from external sources provided the best lessons I could have asked for. Having 2 full time jobs taught me the value of fighting to earn you're way in this life so that I could be in a position to help others decades later. Suffering builds character. Our trials provide opportunity for growth in humility, courage, confidence and empathy. When we rob people of their "problems" we are hurting their ability to help society later in life. Then society will start seeing moral decay which I don't think any rational person can deny is overrunning out society today.