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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:19 am Post subject:
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One Thing Marxists absolutely hate to hear. There have been several successful socialist systems in history. But they don't use government to implement it. The Amish, American Indians, Pacific Islanders, and all those little tribal societies that were destroyed by the introduction of government.
Marxists need to recognize that you need to stop trying to use government as the tool for implementation of socialism. By it's nature government ruins socialism, same for capitalism too.
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I'm still confused as to why he picks Mao. I would think Lenin would be more his bag. Or rather Trotsky.
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:13 am Post subject:
Haha! Let us not forget that he also more or less blames the now infamous viral video of the Chinese girl being run over twice, and subsequently killed, on the Capitalist west for plying their lust for money on the mindset of the Chinese, in that there have been cases of good samaritans being libel for damages if they 'incorrect help' the injured, due to the 'American claims culture'.
It is reported that the driver spoke that if he had injured the girl and she survive, then he would basically end up paying lengthy treatment and medical bills, where as if she die then he pays, for lack of better words or Paraphrase, 'one flat rate'.
Ofcourse there is moral outrage and demonstrative gestures of guilt and contempt....though ironical, those whom passed by and did not help are themselves being sought out by the aurthorities for their inaction. All very sad, but needless of liabilty nor blame...someone should have stood up and helped her.
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject:
Ronok wrote:
I suppose you're right.
I want more videos where he tries to explain how other anime is socialist or something.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is totally anti-capitalist.
In the seventh episode, there's a private company that wants to build a more efficient Evangelion than the UN/NERV models (one that doesn't require putting 14 year olds through hell, as the greedy capitalist gloats in front of Misato and Ritsuko.) But it goes berserk and almost causes a nuclear holocaust since it's nuclear powered. It even implies that private enterprises have more bureaucracy than the government...
The Bush administration made Maoist Rebel a Communist.
Also, he finally explains why he likes Mao. I don't get the "Libertarians believe that everything occurs in fixed events" crap though. One of the things that made me strongly attracted to Classical Liberalism was that it advocated the opposite. Or at least, that's my understanding of it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:29 pm Post subject:
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I don't get the "Libertarians believe that everything occurs in fixed events" crap though. One of the things that made me strongly attracted to Classical Liberalism was that it advocated the opposite. Or at least, that's my understanding of it.
Yeah, that's pretty contrary to individualist philosophy. Maybe he means economically, but even that doesn't work. If anything central planning believes that everything occurs in fixed events, since it's trying to plan and control those events like bubbles and shit.
I think overall he just has an incorrect view of capitalism in general. I can't blame him though. Nearly everybody these days share the same misconceptions, including me 3 years ago.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject:
Or me and the relationship between labor unions and the free-market (the way the fucking public school textbooks worded and arranged that particular chapter made it appear that they were incompatible somehow.) And the fact that government intervention is good.
I mean, I've always kind of been critical of what I was being taught; I was particularly horrified at Japanese-Internment during World War II (though they arranged the facts so well, and painted FDR as such an awesome presidential hero during the Depression and WWII, that I never put the two together until much later), and affirmative actionnever made sense to me, despite my childhood reverence toward Dr.King (whom I still respect as a hero of civil liberties and non-violence, something Obama has failed miserably at.) And yet, because I was economically ignorant, the fact that I have been taught since I was born that the government, for all its faults, can be used as a tool for justice (lawl), and my distaste for corporatism, it was easy for them to convince me that laissez-faire capitalism was a big bad and that only loons who are on the corporation's payroll could support such a thing.
I'm amazed at how much some people hate Ron Paul for thinking the Civil War wasn't exactly the best way to end slavery. Does 600 thousand + deaths not compute to these assholes? Does valuing human life, no matter what "side" that person is on, make one a racist/neo-Confederate?
I was watching "Liberty and Economics: The Ludwig von Mises Legacy", and this one guy (forgot who, and where) brought up a really fucking good point; the 20th century has seen Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Pole Pot, Somoza, the rise of US imperialism, and other big government fuck ups, and yet we're supposed to be afraid of boogie-men robber barons from the 19th century (who, by the way, got their power through government supported corporatism)?
I could joke about how both Sailor Moon and DragonBall Z are all privately owned by Japanese corporations but I happen to like Animal Farm and that was written by a Socialist, so...
...waitwaitwait, Hannah Fucking Montana?
Please god, I hope he does a video explaining howthat has Marxist themes.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject:
Miley represents her desire to remain a normal, humble proletariat woman while Hannah represents her desire for the rich blonde bourgeoisie lifestyle. These two sides constantly struggle for dominance throughout the series.
Have you seen the videos of his analyses of DragonBallZ?
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