Hey, I’m a libertarian socialist, and I agree with your critique of capitalism and your populist messaging focused on the working class. But I’d argue that the USSR, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. are state capitalist. I agree with the writings of Marx (for the most part), but disagree with Lenin, favoring an anarchist framework ie Kropotkin. Honestly, I think of the old USSR and current day China as red fash, for the way the governemnt interacts and control public life; and tbh while I heavily disagree with liberalism, I think it is a better system than the one we saw in those “Socialist” countries. For examples of socialism I turn to the CNT-FAI, and the Ukrainian Anarchist structures.

The planning and development of suburban neighborhoods is what lead to this soulless conformist society we live in today.

im gonna take a wild guess that you dont like white people

how much they pay you to create this drivvel Whaaaa wite man bad

Look at Nick Hanauer's stuff. The man argues that capitalism can be amazing if we fix the wealth disparagement between the working class and the ruling class. Some issues that make capitalism worse include public funded elections, the corporate capitalism system (investors first, mass public trading, unsustainable goal of infinite growth), poor minimum wages compared to the productivity (minimum wage can easily be $25+/hr), and terrible overtime pay system that enables all companies to work people as much as they want.

In the theme of this video, If you are watching in the US or Canada consider joining the American Communist Party (ACP)

We will see capitalism fall in our lifetime. Ive never thought in such small amount of time (2020 to today) people would get radicalized to the point the elite capitalists would actualy be scared. Organize as you can. Only our unity can bring on our freedom ✊🏻🚩

Not to mention, most people spend too much effort getting by in the rat race to even have the motivation to make significant changes. Agreed?

Though in Russia, the revolution just replaced one tsar with another, as the Soviet Union was basically the same old Muscovy-Russian empire. Which continues in modern Russia. “As the crowd began chanting for Joseph Stalin to appear, I sensed they were acting just like their forefathers had in decades and centuries past, when they came to shower affection upon and seek reassurance from the czars. To the hundreds of thousands of people massed in Red Square, Stalin was not viewed as the head of the Communist party. Instead, he was the leading Russian potentate. He was their modern-day czar who, instead of defending the crown defended the hammer and sickle.” Robert Robinson, 'Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside The Soviet Union', published in 1988

You don’t have to rich or live on a farm to be vegan. The biggest challenge is misinformation. It’s hard to change your diet when no one else believes it’s worth the effort to change. Learning a new diet is difficult when you have no time, money, or support.

If you ride a bike and then start blaming others who don't, you are not helping. But given that our entire civilization is based upon fossil fuels we should all be ashamed. Personal actions are a demonstration of one small action that can make a difference. We should never blame or shame anyone for not following our example. The goal is to demonstrate another way. When people notice that I am eating a plant-based meal, I start by softening my actions by admitting that "well, sometimes I eat some fish or eggs. But, yes, I am vegan." This is a better way to open a discussion. It demonstrates that we have many options. As we work for deep social and political change we will need to build community where we live. We need to be open to people who don't agree with us. We need to encourage others with our personal example. We can use those discussions to build solidarity and community. Yes. We need to change the entire structure of our communities. But that goal will only be accomplished if most people take personal actions in public. Personal actions have more power than you realize,, Don't shame. Don't blame. But also don't be ashamed if you ride a bike.

This is exactly the video my heavy heart needed today. I'm going to spend this Christmas vacation reading the resources and deciding what I can do.

Net zero is the greatest evil inflicted upon this country in my lifetime. I think, unless abandoned, it will do more harm than war. And it’s utterly pointless. It will do precisely nothing, other than impoverish the nation. Perhaps the winter fuel fiasco is Labour’s way of getting people accustomed to no light and no heat. Unforgivable.

the internet and its spread of knowledge is the only thing actually keeping capitalism at bay

The thing that will end capitalism is going to be a mass extinction event caused by climate change that takes out 75%or more of our species. This will drop our numbers so drastically that restructuring our society will be possible. Until this happens, capitalism is going to stay right where it is. We need to stop being delusional about this reality.

And bringing up socialism as solution with horrible dystopian totalitarian examples as "successful".

What a highly responsible and intelligent presentation! Humanity must wake up immediately and end all these utter destructions and heinous mass murders!

Furthermore money controls the military and without the co-operation of the military we’re sunk and to say otherwise is totally dishonest!

But unfortunately money buys influence and without it we’re powerless!

"Christmas is not a holiday of consumerism, it's a holiday of capitalist production"

leninsit vanguardism is bad and coutner-revolutionary. there is nothing wrogn with having a group like this but we cant let them take control after a revolution. but this implication comes with this type of group when you use specific terms like "vanguard" and refrence lenin

Hi Meri. One thing I notice while perusing comments on this video, is that many people herein appear to be anti democratic, especially in their ‘plans’. I suppose this is because when people can vote, one of the things they prefer is personal financial freedom. [They don’t think governments should tell them how, where, when, and what to work on or for.] Since humans seem to prefer to make such decisions, communistic governments feel the need to totally dominate the populace they govern, so that they can impose a form of economics which, in the long term, is appears to be abhorrent to almost any group of people. I wonder whether this is universally true of communistic societies, or is it just a feature of governments claiming to be communistic? [I am inclined to think that large communistic societies REQUIRE totalitarian rule, but I am not certain about this. I am inclined to think that this might be raised to the level of a mathematical theorem. What is your analysis??]

World will be greener with more CO2 in the atmosphere.

To the scriptwriters of the “Our Changing Climate”: Regrettably, you are miseducating people by misusing the economist term Capitalism, which is merely the democratic system of Free Private Enterprise, as opposed to statist Communist-Socialism which is the doctrine of state ownership and control of all means of the production and distribution.of wealth. Capitalism has provided working people with ever increasing freedom, wealth and better living standards than every state-ownership system in history. Capitalism gives real Power to the People. By contrast, look for example at the living standards and lack of democratic freedom in the USSR and the state-controlled modern Russian Federation, Red China ruined by state-ownership under the Chinese Communist Party and numerous authoritarian states throughout Asia and Africa. We all abhor continued over-reliance on fossil fuels but changeover to alternative systems of energy generation are being invented and developed throughout free capitalist Western societies, not the hidebound, rigid socialist states.

At best: You dont.

Thank you for putting out this video essay. I needed this.

Capitalism is far from perfect. But it is better than starving under socialism. Cause that is the only alternative. And all the nightmares under socialism makes capitalist look like angels by comparison…

One of those things that disturb me are the sustainability labels on milk chocolate bars. They claim to be environmentally friendly by sourcing cocoa responsibly and not contributing to habitat loss etc. However, not mentioning in any way how milk is one of the worst products for climate and environment.

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From the river to the sea

Labels mean absolutely nothing.

My observations of organized protest is negative currently. I think Greta Thunberg is a sadly necessary example of this. Even a little girl with an "energized" global community - despite bringing the narrative to light, fails to inspire even a hint of the kind of action you're really talking about. I want to align with my left leaning peers, but I really just don't see how ideological solutions to fossil fuels beats market solutions. Screaming at Exxon doesn't accomplish nearly as much as biking/bussing to work and investing the cash you saved in car payments on becoming energy independent.

OCC, keep the good work.

Now name a good alternative. I'll wait.

Today (25th December 2024) marks the sad 33rd anniversary of the collapse of The USSR Great Marx and Lenin will always be with us!! ✊️

😂 socialists are from the city, they don’t understand the fact that you can grow your own ethical produce, you hate capitalism? Start a commune, stop waiting for other people to change

Boycott United States of America for voting in TRUMP the Fascist Dictator, climate criminal, liar, raciest, homophobic, sexist pile of excrement

Capitalism derives from eugenics and Calvinism. Of course the already wealthy will have power and control, they have the capital so they will make the rules and make you believe what they wish so they can harvest you like fruit for their consumption.

PLANT TREES DO PERMACULTURE. read Naomi Klein books No Logo, Shock doctrine

Im pretty sure elon is trying to get on Mars so him and his goon group of nepo babies can bail on earth if it becomes uninhabitable

Boycott United States of America for voting in TRUMP the Fascist Dictator, climate criminal, liar, raciest, homophobic, sexist pile of excrement i will not even buy something from a USA citizen on ebay... all USA brands are been boycotted by billions of people around the world who will not stand for Trumpisum returning.... USA will have to be a self sustained economy ... I'm sure it's going to backfire on USA when GDP revenue goes down by billions $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

2:33 is that thumbnail made with ai..?

Just a friendly reminder that CO2 emissions do not cause climate change. It is impossible for CO2 to trap heat and warm the planet. If you think it does, you're scientifically illiterate.

Hi! I'm disabled so I am doing what I can. My aim is to educate people on the exactly how they can implement sustainablility and mutual aid in practical ways through KZbin videos such as this, compiled into playlists. This video ended up in the Consumer Information playlist. My biggest playlist is about gardening and permaculture. docs.google.com/document/d/1LOeh1kKxpfTxIdyayBH1bsanOmoA2VNVKsFphHGd5x8/edit?usp=drivesdk

A spontaneous thought of mine is that greed will be the inevitable destruction of the capitalist system. I mean they’re even raising the prices on food.

Boycott United States of America for voting in TRUMP/Elon the Fascist Dictator, climate criminal, liar, raciest, homophobic, sexist scumbag, anti-woke/anti-human rights convicted criminals

Women make up 80% of retail spending. Women are the cause of pollution and climate change

The only #NetZero we should be striving for is #NetZeroGovernment #NetZeroPoliticians #NetZeroGlobalists #NetZeroWEF #NetZeroWHO #NetZeroSocialism #NetZeroCommunism

How ironic that you’re talking about hyper destructive capitalism, but you still have to mention your sponsor.

You know what the main problem is that I see in people with your kinds of beliefs? You take constructive criticism of your means for "cynicism" and generally have real trouble acknowledging that you're wrong about something. I was born and raised in the Soviet Union, I studied the history of Russia's Communist Party in school. And what bothers me the most was just how astoundingly ignorant the Soviet CP was about even the most basic things in agriculture, natural resource extraction. and manufacturing, while at the same time being unwavering about the Marxist dogma, refusing to question Marx, Engels and later - Lenin. It's very easy to break "the old world" but immensely difficult to build a new, just one. When you say stuff like "Fossil fuel incineration must end now" - you are likely lacking in more detailed knowledge about resource extraction and manufacturing. It will take 30-40 years from the first minute of achieving governance of the entire planet (an idea which may may well be unachievable) to stop burning fossil fuels for energy/transportation worldwide, in the very best case scenario.. Why? Because the global industrial and energy production infrastructure is centered around the fossil fuels down to their most minute details. To completely dismantle and replace it will take immense sacrifices from those very same working people. For those 30 or so years they will have to put up with the immediate consequences of not fully implemented and therefore - inefficient and less effective new methods. This means agriculture and manufacture will be stagnant, and no matter what you do - you won't be able to pay decent wages to your workers because of that. Imagine saying to your average construction worker: "I'm sorry your wages are lower than under Capitalism. Just wait 3 more decades and life will improve". That's what the Soviet government did. This state of affairs only lasted about 70 years, as you know. Another consequence of the overall global reduction of quality of life will be the skyrocketing population, which will in turn come with issues of its own. But before you even get there. - Socialism will be instituted in only 1 or 2 countries - because nation states is the best approximation for tribal groups that we have so far found, thus it will have to begin in a nation state. And don't think that the Capitalists will just allow your state to grow and proselytize to other states. You will face the toughest possible sanctions which will put a strangle hold on your state the same way that was done to the Soviet Union. You will be up against the giant global machine of lies with the same agenda as New York Times today when it lies about Venezuela, lies about Bolivia, lies about Russia. Your every failure no matter how small will be exaggerated 1000 times and your success no matter how large - will be completely ignored. Your Socialist State will have to learn to manufacture everything by itself. And you will be very lucky if no war is declared against you. If there is no foreign intervention like the kind the Soviet Union experienced in 1918. The aforementioned problems will be exacerbated by the fact that China like Russia, - are collectivist societies and most of the Western countries are individualists. It's a lot harder to demand decades of sacrifices of individualists And you weren't unlucky enough to be brought up in a collectivist state. Let me tell you, it's not all fun, many aspects of collectivism are abjectly dreary. This is a long comment, and I haven't even gotten into details. But I am aware of them and why this will be a prolonged and very difficult struggle. I don't think you have even realised yet just how difficult (or how dark) the task at hand will be. Something like executing people without trial may become an actual necessity for example. Note also that the people will not demand change and will be next to impossible to organize for armed revolt until things become truly awful economically. If you read Lenin - you know exactly what I'm talking about. He frequently stated that "the worse things get in Russia" - the better it will be for him and his party. Also, - to effect a revolution, - will require an impotent State, - the state that lost most of its grip on the situation and is poorly informed and organized. Insurrections are immensely difficult to conduct in our day and age, because these sorts of secrets are impossible to keep and if you think January the 6th was it, - I have news for you then. It was no more than a Right Wing temper tantrum. At no point was there any danger of Trump actually removing Biden from office. Real insurrections are impossible to conduct without coordination with at least a sizeable part of the country's army or without key co-conspirator people already being in place in the existing government infrastructure. Bottom line is, the only way I would be interested in joining a movement of this or similar nature is if its leadership demonstrates that they are highly knowledgeable in key areas like manufacture, natural resource extraction, biology (especially human behavioral biology), and that they are highly scientifically literate. My other requirement is that they don't only have the "yes-people" working for them. Meaning they are capable of appreciating constructive criticism, and they are able to admit if they are wrong when they actually are wrong.