Скачать или смотреть They shut down small businesses but kept Target and Walmart open. Coincidence? 🤔

In this compelling clip from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Joe Rogan shares his strong opinion on the financial ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. He categorizes the period as the "biggest transfer of wealth in modern history." Rogan elaborates on this point by explaining how lockdown measures disproportionately affected small businesses.

According to Rogan, countless "mom and pop places got shuttered" as a direct result of the health crisis policies. He highlights a major inconsistency where the public was restricted from visiting small, local shops but could freely patronize large corporate chains. He specifically names Target, McDonald's, and Walmart as examples of businesses that were "allowed to stay open" and, as a result, "flourished" during this time. He uses the powerful phrase "legally siphoned" to describe how revenue and customer traffic were effectively diverted from struggling small businesses to these corporate giants, leading to a massive and historic shift in economic wealth.