1950s Furious Father Calls His Son A Communist

[@gigguk]

Isn't this just twitter?

[@ramitannous133]

The greatest crossover in recent history

[@PsilentMusicUK]

You were the last person I expected to see in this comment section lol

[@felipeCL73]

Difference is that Communism is almost dead nowadays...

[@casperchristiansen2458]

Boi, what you doin here? Shouldn't you be talking about how Yukino Miyazawa is the greatest waifu to exist in the history of mankind?

[@thecleitom9497]

Looks like gigakku also has a life, and what a enlightened one

[@widget3672]

I love black and white arguments in black and white.

[@petarmitkov1056]

All needed is one of them to be black

[@jaclynzinck4241]

yeah very fitting lol

[@april5054]

Exactly, wheres the centrism? There should have been a third guy that advocated firebombing exactly half of Tulsa in 1921.

[@april5054]

Exactly, wheres the centrism? There should have been a third guy that advocated firebombing exactly half of Tulsa in 1921.

[@bleh1569]

Yup xD

[@st.zahren5683]

it's not a phase dad

[@xChemistryFTWx]

St. Zahren LOL

[@John-yh5yk]

60 years later: "IT WASN'T REAL COMMUNISM (TM) DAD!"

[@TommyTom21]

Blaze Duskdreamer Its a joke you edgelord.

[@kawsakiTV]

St. Zahren 😂

[@ComradeHellas]

shhh Comrade they don't understand they are some edgy teenagers making fun of memes.

[@stagger9660]

This is actually good acting.

[@thomasscream4179]

@Meister Incognito Not at all true, from the perspective of one who has had quite a few heated political arguments with family. Their acting is rather mild to my eyes, and really well done.

[@jeremylim2421]

I mean for its time its pretty good

[@luca1847]

You can be an even better actor, little rascal. Just believe it

[@lycan2494]

@Meister Incognito no its not. perfect acting honestly.

[@monadolifesaver5613]

He seems like a liberal.

[@ferda9476]

That is some insanely good acting for an educational film!

[@markkoetsier6475]

0:45 Lol, the dad's so freaking intense.

[@ferda9476]

I know...amazing. I find myself sympathizing 100% with each of them and now I don't know what the hell to do.

[@pumamountainlion7777]

Trump supporters in the house??

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Seeing Clearly Media all hail the god emperor!!!

[@DimJongUn]

Ha, really? Did we just watch the same thing?

[@Top10Archive]

70 years later and nothing has changed..

[@laughingchickene3371]

Right, communists are still everywhere, terrorizing normal people. It's caused more deaths in the time it's been around, then capitalism.

[@cutecommie]

@@laughingchickene3371 What do you consider "causing deaths"? Withholding food and water and medicine from the people who need it *is* causing deaths. Capitalism kills.

[@95kpeople2]

@@cutecommie And making no food at all in communism skills.

[@omerk1860]

@@95kpeople2 Are we going to forget about Great Depression? America wasn't even touched by war just by capitalism and people suffered in abundance... Yes USSR was a brutal, totaliterian regime I (as an anarcho communist) won't defend them, but at least they can say in 30 years they saw 2 world wars and a huge regime changing rebellion.

[@lillith3159]

@@laughingchickene3371 Today?? Lol, you should watch the news dude

[@patrickdesantis5661]

His son is like 35

[@liamdae9290]

People looked older back then (probably because even toddlers were smokers). The father is actually 32 and the son is 12.

[@PhilKuhlenbeckGOOGLE]

just like now, 30 somethings still living at home with their parents.

[@AcornPlays]

Phillip J. Kuhlenbeck Only cause you ratcheted up housing prices

[@garrysmith1029]

That's what people want communism that's about their age

[@CVHooks]

Patrick DeSantis I’m dead af. I was sold though.

[@Laughing__Emoji__]

I can’t make fun of it really because the acting is actually really good

[@DaloopyGaming]

Yeah it is isn’t bad, there was a lot of unmotivated movement and the actors were trying a little hard to be intense but other than that this was great for it’s time

[@noobfromhell563]

Not making fun of this? He must be a Communist!

[@hawkymchawkface5947]

This is too articulate and intellectual for a family political discussion

[@mikecroaro519]

It's possible assuming that both "Father" & "son" were highly educated and cultured.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@mikecroaro519 No way. Look at how much information we have now and our "young adults" screeching like toddlers when the socialist way of thinking they were indoctrinated in through their dumbass friends online becomes challenged

[@comradekenobi8146]

@@honkhonk8009 Oh, we weren't indoctrinated. Capitalism doesn't work. We want the workers to control society, we want the workers to define freedom; we don't want the property owners running things anymore. Freedom for them isn't freedom for us.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@comradekenobi8146 "We want workers to control society" "We dont want property owners running things" Choose one clown. You gotta be a city dweller to not be able to own shit anymore. Leasing and not letting the workers of the world own ANYTHING, and acting surprised when the world gets ran by corporations and elite. Democrat behaviour.

[@doncicci9608]

@@mikecroaro519 More people had access to higher education in the 50's. The economy post WW2 was strong. The GI Bill made college accessible, and home ownership Wages went up steadily with production. The dollar was strong, inflation was down.The middle class was secure . It was attainable for the working poor to move to middle class suburbia. A dad could work at a company his whole career, job security, pay increases, pensions and provide house, cars, college, vacations. More moms mikids Middle class families had more, with more benefits on 1 income. Parents could spend more time focusing on the kids. Reading was valued and encouraged. This secure life helped families stay intact. All these things encourages desire to educate, and yes, people were smarter. Sorry for being so windy. Lol.

[@xyon9090]

*And the argument still lives on*

[@VideoJames1019]

@@internetpolice6143 Maybe not "communism" but "socialism" is becoming less of a dirty word. People are questioning American exceptionalism.

[@groopledouche101]

Communism failed and fell. USSR and China either fell resorted to imperialism or capitalism.

[@Neo2266.]

Yeah Probably I mean, the original idea of communism is ok, it would make everyone’s life boring but easy. But the way it was executed is just, fuck it’s the second worst ideology ever, giving unlimited power to dictators and making innocent people starve and forcing them to live in shitholes for their entire life

[@williamzhao2521]

communism works only when people have technology to Crete @@Neo2266.

[@shishkabob984]

yeah i basically had this same argument with my dad this thanksgiving lmao

[@brucelivingston2220]

Father's worst nightmare.

[@Deguu68]

bruce livingston fathers worst nightmare is his kids finding a black bf

[@reedc7817]

or being gay

[@RS-tp3uu]

Green Lizard that’s a joke, right?

[@RS-tp3uu]

Green Lizard but you literally just said “A smart son?” When another person said “A father’s worst nightmare” when he was talking about a communist son. Therefor you said a communist son is a smart son. So you think communism is smart.

[@RS-tp3uu]

Green Lizard yeah I guess you’re right. I believe Capitalism is the answer but I guess I respect your opinion.

[@grimwatcher]

When a black and white argument is more articulate than the entire comment section making fun of it.

[@OPTIMUMELITE]

Hmph. True AF. BTW I'm getting off of KZbin. I,ll only use it for legit educationional shit! It's not worth wasting a lifetime for.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

@B olton I'm not going to comment on communism vs other systems, but let me point out something. The PRC has 1.4 billion people, and by some measures it's already the world's largest economy. But per capita, it's still very poor. Oh, there are places like Hong Kong and Shanghai that are very rich, but large rural areas are still abysmal by almost any standards. Meanwhile, the ROC (Taiwan) has about the same per capita as Germany! As some have commented, mainland China has achieved some amazing things, but basically they're just catching up to where they could have been long ago, with more rational policies.

[@andrewh7084]

@@ronaldgarrison8478 plus China pays only lip service to communism, it's an ultra capitalist nation now, there's no distinction between their government and corporations.

[@STIR-FRIED-SUBWAY-RAT]

@NPC #10101010101 Is this irony?

[@wildfire9280]

@@andrewh7084 state capitalism

[@JustinY.]

"I won't talk about politics with my family" *5 drinks later*

[@srincreased6763]

omg he changed his profile picture

[@wallacestine]

Justin Y. you are some odd fellow but I like it.

[@jonasrugebregt343]

Justin isn’t everywhere he just likes what we like :))

[@relaxtte366]

I'm a communist

[@whatiftheoceanisjustsoup]

Justin Y. Bdbdkxkbsocosbfof

[@MrCerebellum2]

1950s parents: Oh god I think my child is a communist 1960s parents: oh god I think my child is a hippy 1970s parents: oh god I think my child is a heroin addict 1980s parents: oh god I think my child is a coke addict 1990s parents: oh god I think my child is gay 2000s parents: oh god I think my child is autistic 2010s parents: oh god I think my child is a communist

[@ADP057]

It's gone full circle

[@plh8707]

@@kaistzar2831 Literally nobody says that.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Oh god i think my child plays fortnite

[@ricardoahr5459]

2020s parents: oh god I think my child is a Nazbol 😎

[@P7777-u7r]

2010s: oh god the children are becoming Nazis People unironically want their kids to be communist now.

[@clareobrien2446]

Thanks for recommending this to me, KZbin...

[@stevenh8174]

"In Cuba no one starves and no one gets rich" this is what a Cuban told me

[@vocalshogun4662]

In Cuba you can hire a hooker for a roll of toilet paper no joke.

[@stevenh8174]

@@vocalshogun4662 have you been there ?

[@aspirin_man]

@@vocalshogun4662 damn che really hooked me up then, boutta catch a flight rq

[@A11YourBas3]

@@puppet1-170 Their vaunted healthcare system is reserved for the well connected and useful idiots like Michael Moore. Your average person doesn't get the kind of treatment those people do. The so-called benefits of marxist countries that useful leftist idiots prattle on about are akin to the ghost cities of China and NK. They are for show and have no substance.

[@deniseherud]

Well you can always go live there...

[@garrettlees7497]

"You know, Paul, it's times like these I wish I had worn a condom."

[@firefighters540]

Alexander, people who are not uneducated on the concept of safe sex.

[@stirish5928]

@Alexander Martinez Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

[@medraut6599]

@@stirish5928 Exactly what i'm thinking.

[@benjaminmajerik2508]

LMAO, if i could share a comment!

[@Cnw8701]

I thought they were against contraception back then!

[@young7931]

History does really repeat itself

[@kijinseija727]

Young we been doing same shit for past 5000 years

[@toffegozer]

Nah man not really

[@garrysmith1029]

Learn from the mistakes and it won't happen look what happened at ww1

[@ataraxia2894]

The only thing we’ve learned from history is that we don’t learn anything from history.

[@FlowerTrollSan]

Young It's not just repeating. Stuff from the 20th century never stopped being relevant.

[@Decetop]

Did all 1950s fathers sound like Frasier?

[@beastmasterbg]

Must be from the camera and mic they use

[@Ethan-cp4rh]

Yes

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

Haha, yes. It's the Mid-Atlantic accent, the one you hear in movies from the 1940s, especially, although I thought I detected a European/immigrant accent in the dad.

[@cultofthevoid5677]

As others have said, back then some people spoke with a mid atlantic accent. It was a holdover from our roots as a british colony. Basically a mix of British and American english.

[@JoshuaW86]

He sounds Russian, maybe that’s why he said he saw communism at work before, he’s an immigrant.

[@Alfredocap]

"i'm communist." "hi communist, i'm dad."

[@AlejandroFlores-vi8tl]

Son: Commusim is making a new world. Father: Well then I am making a new son *PULLS OUT AR-15*

[@lonewaffle231]

Hahahahaha

[@febuary1497]

Lmao

[@s4n714g000]

its a joke

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

Lmao this one got me

[@paulbadman00]

CabinDoor I dont think youre supposed to pull out

[@apestaartje321]

"Imperialism, colonialism, Hitler, bigotry!" Kind of scary how little the narrative has changed.

[@jungkinoid8706]

Honestly doesn't seem to have changed at all, only now it's all about the oppressive white cis-het male patriarchy instead of the rich upper class. Or, at least it's pivoted more towards that.

[@cdsmetalhead99]

apestaartje321 Because all of those things still exist.

[@BrokenSymetry]

Yeah, you still have people complaining about how Jews own everything and how something should be done about it - only difference is most hate is directed at brown instead of black people this time. They even elected their own little dictator that's promising them a new version of national-socialism by ending free trade through protectionism and reversing globalisation. History truly repeats itself.

[@jonsmith3776]

apestaartje321 watch the interview with ex kgb agent "Yuri Bezmenov", he explains why communism played the long game against the west.

[@brambleknight7217]

Marxism and it’s derivatives like progressivism are retarded and yet viciously clever at the same time.

[@camerontorres3872]

Title should be changed to: "Typical day of a Reddit thread."

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Cameron. I don't understand Reddit. Are my videos being posted there? If so, could you send me a link. if you can, post it as a new post and not under this comment. Thank you. David Hoffman-filmmaker

[@camerontorres3872]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Oh no haha! Reddit is known for having some communities on their site that are very radical with communist beliefs. I was just making a joke about that. No need to worry haha! Love the videos! Keep it up! :)

[@iGame3D]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker How to reddit: Pick a topic you're interested in like say Documentaries. Type reddit.com/r/documentaries into your browser. Get lost in the rabbit hole. Sign up for an account, unsubscribe from the defaults. Then subscribe to things you are interested in using the reddit.com + /r/interest formula. Avoid politics and current events (worldnews/news) unless you like to read bad news and arguments. Here this might be a good introduction and place to draw attention to your archives of work www.reddit.com/r/1950s/

[@SxVaNm345]

The father sees communism as anti-freedom, the son sees communism as anti-corruption.

[@kry9324]

well communism is both corruption and anti freedom

[@me.myself.]

@@kry9324 comments like this make me wonder what definition of the Word "communism" you are using?

[@theophrastusbombastusvanho849]

LuGu95 the implementation of communism cannot help but be filled with corrupt individuals as that is what people are when given power over others. Those who wouldn’t use power in such a way will never put themselves in a positwhere they would use it. All governments everywhere are filled with corruption to varying degrees. The only difference between us and places like China is that we value individual freedom more than complete social homogeneity

[@GforceProdComp]

@@me.myself. The definition the world has given it every single time Communism was put into action.

[@Predestinated1]

@@kry9324 wrong

[@thatsnodildo1974]

"Imperialist" ya sure definitely not like the USSR practiced this at all

[@Enigmatism415]

The USSR was imperialist, but that doesn't mean that communism is. You can make a little commune in the middle of a forest and it would be communist.

[@monopoly1027]

The funny thing is. True communism cannot exist with competing systems because it will fail, so it seeks to destroy those systems everywhere. It's like imperialism on steroids. Edit: spelling

[@polecatpete6230]

苑安雄 the hippies tried this and it failed

[@adl6500]

That doesn’t erase the history of colonialism in the US

[@gonzoengineering4894]

Ironically, whataboutism.

[@bigestman3625]

2010s dad calls his son a furry

[@DMSProduktions]

So?

[@jlabour114]

DMSProduktions what?

[@michaelbianchi22]

Damn. If this were in color it could've been filmed yesterday.

[@unfgreen]

Just have to add the son calling his dad racist

[@onee]

In Turkey, the word "communist" was an insult in the 1970s-1980s. And some elderly people still use it.

[@tsmith0187]

Yeah it was an insult in most places

[@Shieftain]

@@tsmith0187 Still is.

[@YouT00ber]

Still is and ever shall be.

[@nobodymove7340]

Same in the US, only shorten communist to commie and add bastard at the end. :)

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

@rando Only if youre an old dude

[@thangfahsavung9120]

emos in the 50's

[@soomysoom1419]

Mantana Jansi underrated comment, I laughed so hard

[@ChristianVBlue3]

Elvis fanboy rawr xD

[@JukesMcGee]

If only Dad knew just how far the boomers would go to take everything they wanted...

[@chatterminator7158]

lol

[@cosmeticscameo8277]

actually in the 1950s (or precisely peak anti communist sentiment in the US was 1954) the baby boomers the oldest ones would be barely 8 years old. the age of the character depicted in this short would be likely 18 which would be the age of the silent generation. (1928-1940) but you're right the baby boomer generation would be the first generation as a whole to be wholly indoctrinated by communist teachers in the US public education system.

[@cosmeticscameo8277]

@Blackpilled Saint absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@deniseherud]

I’m sorry, who’s burnt down the country and destroyed civilization?

[@randomuser3481]

@@cosmeticscameo8277 Communism is when you teach children that communism is evil and killed 900 trillion people

[@ck88777]

It's amazing how this sentiment is parroted word for word nearly 70 years later

[@Bbyurl]

Isn't it weird that this was 60 years ago?? Like it feels so close yet so far lol. Btw it's funny

[@dntv7006]

Yes. Think about 60 years before that, it was the wild west days. Crazy to imagine what society and life will be like 60 years from now.

[@breeeegs]

Son in 2080: I can be a human-fly hybrid if I want to dad! *waves disgusting antenna*

[@pierreo33]

@@dntv7006 usa never left the wild west era. except now theres automatic firearms

[@dntv7006]

@@pierreo33 I meant in terms of infrastructure and technology

[@A11YourBas3]

@@pierreo33 O rly? There are hardly any endeavors that can take place without government meddling. No more homesteading, local and state and fed governments take so much money from taxation and devalue what you do keep from inflation so it's very difficult to buy a home. And automatic weapons are exceedingly rare in civilian hands - expensive, requires special licensing and permission from authorities, no access to automatics made past a certain date, etc.

[@robertshizz1266]

When you first hear about the labor theory of value.

[@nathfrancis01]

The labour theory of value isn't purely a communist/Marxist idea. It was advanced by David Ricardo who was a classical economist.

[@nathfrancis01]

Napoleon never invaded Britain.

[@lioraselby5328]

Erik Hoermann > when you don’t know what anyone is talking about so you just make shit up

[@iztheterrible]

Napoleon Battled Britain for many years and tried to take over the world.

[@ComradeHellas]

Marxism derives from English classical economical theory

[@orange70383]

It's sargeant shultz

[@deropol05]

orange70383 I think you're right !

[@bingusgoober]

orange70383 I know nothing nothing!!!

[@Xalgucennia]

Pervy Pastry Puffer Ironically it's his son who knows nothink! Nothink!

[@Sunshine-vw4xx]

SHULTZZ!!!!!

[@briannawilson8845]

orange70383 The Beagle on your profile picture is so adorable!

[@tristanneal9552]

“Wars, depression, big business government, bigotry, middle eastern oil.” Wow, nothing ever changes huh.

[@nikitaw1982]

That would describe a communist country as well. Not sure about the middle east oil though.

[@MrSirFluffy]

I wish America would take the fucking oil, we get accused of it anyways so might as well do it.

[@lucky_ramen9803]

It hit so close to home

[@squidsquirthd2684]

famine, poverty, death, oppression. wow, nothing ever changes huh.

[@neptune3569]

@@MrSirFluffy Just do it peacefully without killing anyone. You Americans aren't so good at that, actually. (no offense)

[@DarthDimmadome]

Better acting than The Defenders show on Netflix

[@milkmanmcgee3657]

FINALLY!!!! I've seen too many people treat that show like it's the best thing since sliced cheese.

[@disquo-veri]

I know most of those other Netflix Marvel crap wasn't that good but Daredevil was awesome.

[@tristenbrown4208]

Dad: “I saw communism before you were born. I saw the senseless violence in Kiev and Berlin” Son: “yeah but Hitler”

[@giren0079]

Yeah but the son was right the fighting in Kiev and Berlin were a direct response to Hitler.

[@stugrant01]

@@giren0079 Bolsheviks took over Russia and Hungary and even Germany's Bavaria (the Bavarian Soviet in 1919) before there were ever Nazis.

[@stugrant01]

Dad (as he removes his revolver from his desk drawer): “I saw communism before you were born. I saw the senseless violence in Kiev and Berlin”

[@UFOhunter4711]

@@stugrant01 Bolsheviks did not ' take over Bavaria. There was huge unrest and a set of uprising in the wake of the German Empire collapse against the old regime and its Prussian dominated militarism which some felt had led to the loss of the war and in one small part of Bavarian a bunch socialists and communists declared a new "Soviet" state which them proceeded to be crushed by Freikorps militias. They may have used the word Soviet but they were not Bolsheviks. The Soviet regime did not had time to prop up shit while fighting battles against itself then. Let's not also forget that communism comes from Germany

[@MarbleWhornets]

Tristen Brown he said Kiel, not Kiev, Kiev was not part of Germany.

[@tardwrangler]

I was expecting the dad to hit the son

[@gardenstate732]

I was hoping to here a helicopter engine start up out back

[@thescoobymike]

I was expecting a fat backhand

[@DOMEATHOME]

@@gardenstate732 hahahaha😂

[@livinglifeform7974]

The son would probably win in a fight.

[@tardwrangler]

Living Lifeform back to the gulag, KZbin is supposed to be blocked for you anyways Ivan

[@TheCalculatorGuy]

Could you imagine humans having a level headed yet heated conversation like this nowadays?

[@noobfromhell563]

Today they both would have whistles in there mouth

[@zzzhuh]

He is no longer my son... He is our son. *Russia Theme Intensifies*

[@dc2008242]

it's good to see a son stand up to his father especially in the time of the Red Scare

[@Pheer777]

The Red Scare was perfectly justified- communism is bad

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

"Dad, I think it's wrong to hit women..." "Are you telling me you're a god damned communist?!"

[@Michael-mh2tw]

How is that relevant lol

[@emanuelneagu14]

@@Michael-mh2tw capitalism, the conservative values, racism, homophobia and sexism in that, they're all interconnected. Being progressive is a value of the left. That's how it's relevant.

[@HeroSword_P]

@@emanuelneagu14 Lol we can do the same to you: "I think we shouldn't chop off children's genitals" "What are you? Against progress? Of course you are you transphobic fascist."

[@sabersin5368-c2c]

This is ironically a very valid viewpoint from the father. It’s wrong to hit anyone, it’s common sense, that’s the issue. When you hear someone preaching about basic morality like it’s uncommon sense, chances are you’re probably dealing with a priggish left wing ideological zealot that often loves to masturbate to their own self righteousness. Most people are smart enough to see what lies behind a person’s self righteousness, and they identify it quickly. This however comes off as extreme to some people who are either not engaged with politics, or are actually already left wing ideology zealots themselves. In short, this is basically an example of the “dog whistle” a subtly aimed political message, which is intended for, and can only be understood by, a certain group. When a person of a political ideology says something that flies over the heads of normal people, but people of the same ideology understand it immediately, including people of opposing ideologies. For example: “We need to fight against Nazis” *The Nazis in question are just moderate conservatives or even apolitical people, or just about anyone that doesn’t agree with the anarchist ideology that is responsible for multiple accounts of mob violence in the US.*

[@McOuroborosBurger]

“Dad I’m a member of the Bolshevik party”

[@Dragon905]

Dad: "Get out."

[@matiasbernasconi8618]

Dad: stop drinking vodka

[@neptune3569]

Dad: ahh, I also had phases when I was young.

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

Dad: Stop watching communist memes!

[@johntate4185]

The father (John Banner) was later Sgt Shultz in Hogan's Heroes. He also participated in WW2-era public service films.

[@noobfromhell563]

Wow is that really him? Ima Big Fan but didn't realize, the Schnauzer really changes his Face.

[@simulify8726]

1940 version of this: "Father call his son HITLER"

[@philosoraptor5937]

To be honest you will be more called hitler today then back then. ya know feminists?

[@mhammadalloush5104]

@@philosoraptor5937 You mean punching bags?

[@philosoraptor5937]

@@mhammadalloush5104 Thats a better way to describe it

[@The_Admiral5]

*Liberty Prime: "Commencing tactical assessment... Red Chinese threat detected!"*

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Stop being offended on my behalf

[@matiasbernasconi8618]

Great reference

[@jackfinnegan2217]

@Ken Silva it a reference from a video game

[@AlphaMaleJoey]

Ken Silva wooooosh

[@ibrahimmalik7114]

*Liberty Prime: Death is a preferably alternative to communism*

[@ossarider]

He knows nothing. He sees nothing

[@iVenge]

ossarider LOL

[@aaronkozelii8300]

He hates the light and shuns it for he loves darkness.

[@bigman25plus25]

which one?

[@ancelrick5396]

A reference lost on the commenters . lol

[@antonfurcotte]

Hogan's Heroes anyone? Seriously? Our generation is lost... XD

[@BassssicBasssssssss]

And to this day, the mere mention of the dreaded c word or s word to any conservative American is enough to send them into a spluttering panic.

[@deniseherud]

No just wrenching in disgust at the stupidity of anyone who believes those systems actually work-all failures...

[@thesovietowl7145]

Let's have a mindless insult battle in the comments! Y A Y

[@Michael-mh2tw]

Literally no one is doing that, 1 year on.

[@goblin941]

Why can’t we all just be posadists and let our collective consciousness rise to the ufos, so us and the dolphins can live freely as one.

[@arrowheadwaterbottle6815]

*1950s Americans:* "We have freedom here" *Also 1950s Americans:* Proceeds to go on witch hunt against commies for having different beliefs.

[@banjobill8420]

Son- "I'm a communist now" Dad- "Do I know you?"

[@ChodeMaster]

He then went to enjoy the wonders of communism in Cambodia and was never heard from again.

[@MegaRedfox101]

I laughed when he said “You don’t know what communism really means!”

[@spoonforleg]

Is this supposed to be anti-communist propaganda? Cuz this just makes me like communism more.

[@bl7828]

This is so great! Makes the dad look like an absolute idiot. Can’t imagine how dumb someone would have to be to think the dad said anything of substance other than resorting to anger.

[@proudconservative8112]

It's communist propaganda.

[@peterinasen4320]

@@proudconservative8112 a bit late, but “communist propaganda” seems to be the answer to anything conservatives and neolibs can’t find a reason against but feel like it undermines their beloved estabilishment.

[@nikotheophanis8795]

Communist detected on American soil

[@melindamassey14]

Then you go to a communist country. See the bread lines. People living in govt owned tiny apartments where no one comes to fix the sewer. All apts looking exactly the same. People watching each other to report to the govt if someone steps out of line. To have govt controlled media where you never know what's going on. Everything is all about the govt! Worship the government!

[@matthewrobinson6986]

Dad might not be as articulate as his son, but he lived through the evils, violence and oppression of communism.

[@seanjenkins6947]

2050, when a father calls his son a capitalist

[@TheRedThirst]

Except this time there’s no argument because the son is immediately shipped off to a gulag, never to be seen again

[@emanuelneagu14]

@@tailsprowerfan2729 yeah loving the infrastructure collapsing and the skyrocketing prices of this "new world"

[@TheLANMAC]

"We're free here." "1950s" Whoops

[@probably9085]

What

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

He also forgot McCarthy.

[@Alexander-ef4ln]

Amazing that we still have this clip. During the Red Scare something like this would have been very damning for someone to own or to watch. This gives a good insight into the minds of Americans that we might not have otherwise. Good find!

[@MrRexdale71]

Look closely. The father in this clip is played by John Banner who was Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes.

[@tauseeqhaider650]

This has been on my watch later list for about a million days

[@jerry3790]

I was waiting for the son to say “To Gulag with you!”

[@voiceofreason1208]

Right! The NKVD show up and drag dad off? 😂😂

[@kylebradley3]

"why are you a communist?" "you are a communist"

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

Seargent Shultz is pretty pissed... thank god Hogan mellowed him out with chocolate bars and more vodka years later

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

Me: The comment section is going to be interesting! (grabs some popcorn)

[@sonofapirate]

Good choice I got nachos.

[@paytonl3485]

I see that teenagers haven't changed

[@samuelnorton9146]

We haven’t. Is that bad?

[@zdd6175]

@@samuelnorton9146 Yes.

[@theinfinity2988]

Declan Walburke if ur red very bad thing

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

@@samuelnorton9146 very much

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

@@theinfinity2988 true true

[@ar9n]

This is actually so well written wtf

[@orangecobraEU]

Capitalism made poors poorer, communism made poors more powerfull

[@kgwal4760]

Based son 🚩🚩🚩

[@lakishajenkins]

"Freedom to make the proper responses when someone pushes the propaganda button" - hits hard over 60 years later!

[@grandexandi]

Damn, this makes me feel like nothing changed in the last 60 years

[@m0nkEz]

Isn't it great to live in a country where we're allowed to believe what we want and aren't dismissed out of hand based on ad hominems and strawman attacks anymore? (Yes, this is sarcasm) It's really incredible how many people dislike McCarthyism, not for treading on liberty and the constitution, but for catching people who weren't actually communists.

[@RandomWeirdo9000]

A surprisingly two sided argument by 50s standards, back when the red scare forced a lot of studios to either avoid talking about communism entirely or demonize it into absurd parody.

[@emanuelneagu14]

...and to this day people still believe that old bullshit. Insane.

[@iamacdr9998]

@@emanuelneagu14 what old bullshit?

[@emanuelneagu14]

@@iamacdr9998 the old demonization into this absurd parody that it's painted to be.

[@evanherb5900]

I mean they both make valid points, it's almost like there are useful elements from both capitalism *and* communism, or something

[@abudgie6909]

Evan Herb capitalism is total shit but yeah you’re right. People should be rewarded for working. That’s the only good idea of capitalism but it’s one of the reasons communism has previously failed.

[@Hednar]

@grievous549 That's a bullshit "argument".

[@saret4647]

@grievous549 nice polarization bullshit,you can't have a moderate opinion you have to go full in and ignore all the bad,yeah,rrally fucking smart.

[@cutecommie]

@@abudgie6909 Capitalism doesn't reward you properly for your work. The boss keeps a lot of the profits that you produce. It's like a tax, except it doesn't contribute to the common good. There are many alternatives, but the end goal should be a moneyless society.

[@MarcusofMenace]

They both sound good but unfortunately communism doesn't work for whole countries, only small colonies

[@piccinini12521]

**Communist propaganda from the 50'**

[@ongobongo8333]

Facts don't change

[@Graknorke]

This is meant to be anti-communist believe it or not lol. It's arguably pretty clever. Train people to dismiss perfectly sound arguments off the cuff with "muh freedom", that way actual good faith discussion can get shut down. It's more effective in that respect than making the son some loony strawman would.

[@Graknorke]

@H Q The right to type words and send them so that other people can read them? It's not exactly a very contested right, I think I'm pretty safe in taking it for granted.

[@brendy4546]

"Son, your a communist!" "But... but all I said was Medicare for all would b..." "Oh god! It's true!"

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

I guess, he just liked the memes about communism, slavs and the Soviet Union :)

[@phillipsmith4473]

Probably the reason why so many millenials worship communism.

[@cybersquire]

I'm fairly certain that 'Dad' is John Banner, the actor who played Sgt Shultz on Hogan's Heroes. Wild.

[@maxmiller4428]

Yep looks like it!

[@Vinceproved]

That's exactly who he is

[@theimperialyank]

*The equivalent of calling your son an accident*

[@Basedlocation]

Cope right winger your days are numbered

[@wednesdayaddams9405]

is this a bonus scene from Pleasantville? 😃💕

[@stagger9660]

What i like about this is they are talking. Not fighting. People now get so emotionally invested in their own believes that they lose sight of whats important. Really cliche but more true now than ever.

[@gabhanronanmacghilleanndra7004]

Ah yes, people in the past never fought wars over ideology.

[@stagger9660]

@@gabhanronanmacghilleanndra70041 talking about this video, Not history. 2 people fight over anything and everything now. Its gotten worse with how connected we are

[@MasterCowsChaos]

@@stagger9660 I swear blindsided juvenoia becomes a real pain the ass real quick.

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

The people in the comment section could learn from them. Just post a pro-conmunist comment (I'm NOT a communist by the way) and thousands of triggered alt-rights will insult you because you don't share their ideology and disagree with them. P.S. Again, I'm not a communist, so don't burn me plz

[@thelolmaster1997]

This is literally exactly what talking to my parents is like

[@OpethTheater3]

you have awesome parents.

[@samsca8529]

@@OpethTheater3 Cringe

[@bobriquardo5317]

So many Americans believe in the false dichotomy of Capitalism vs Communism, it's crazy.

[@thelolmaster1997]

​@@OpethTheater3ngl now that I'm older Im glad I had the overly old school type that you can have debates with an actually act like adults rather than the new glued to their phones wanna be 18 forever new types

[@JacobBite]

This is more relevant than you think now.

[@invictusmaneo3439]

I cracked the hell up when I saw #libtard above the title.

[@RandyR]

Looks like my dad and I. I loved him, but he was in the military and was indoctrinated to never ask questions. Just go along with whatever they tell you. Don't try to shake up the status quo, or try to make things better. He damn near went ballistic, when I registered as a C O because I was an still am opposed to the lie of Vietnam. I learned to read between the lines concerning all conflicts an wars. My dad did wake up a few years before he passed away an started wondering about many things. I support Peace and Freedom and since becoming an activist again in 81, I have been called every name in the book. I don't support Communism an now Russia an other places know that it will not work. However if this is to truly be a Free Country, it must be for Everyone, not just a chosen few! I am willing to die for Peace and Democracy, but not for some rich mans war. My dad an I had this conversation an many others..

[@honkhonk8009]

Vietnam was a lie but a necessary war. The soviets wouldv had a critical peice of land. That piece of land would connect perfectly with the sea and would've allowed the soviets to construct harbours and ports for their ships and would be a disaster to contain. Keep in mind the entire point of NATO was to ally with key countries to stop the soviets from gaining land that would've given them any advantage Not only that, with growing soviet influence, the US had to tell the Soviets that it wouldnt accept any more proxy states, and a line had to be drawn somewhere. Reason the US lost was interesting. Vietnam was the only war in American history that was fought by the media. The media would send journalists to photograph the progress of the war aswell. There was no frontlines in Vietnam and progress was governed purely by kill count. In regards to kill count the US succeeded perfectly, but it was about kill counts and only confirmed kills. There was no objective and it was essentially team death match. As a result nothing was accomplished and the media wanted to drive that agenda further. Soon the American people got tired of the endless war and couldn't figure out why nothing was being accomplished despite the impressive numbers, resulting in the American retraction from the war, despite having the personnel and resources necessary to wage war against retarded farmers.

[@anonamouse2780]

You should read “War Is A Racket,” by Smedley Butler. He was a two time Medal of Honor recipient and a legendary Marine. He also became staunchly opposed to war in his later life.

[@olivercuenca4109]

@@honkhonk8009 You know, the only reason Vietnam allied itself with the Soviets is because they desperately tried to get US help in pressuring the French to leave the country. If America had actually paid attention and stood up for them, they wouldn't have been driven into the arms of the USSR, and consequently the USA wouldn't have felt it had to go to war in Vietnam at all. The Vietnamese declaration of independence, as penned by Ho Chi Minh himself, references two other documents right at the top of it: The Declaration of the Rights of Man... and the US Declaration of Independence. That's not even getting into the fact that not only did the US ignore Vietnam's pleas for intervention, but it actively came in on the side of the French to subjugate the anti-colonial Vietnamese. I couldn't call it a necessary war at all, but a completely silly and preventable one justified by faulty political 'theories' like the domino theory and the idea that wars could be one based on kill counts alone.

[@vincetheavenger]

You might not support Communism, but the former East Bloc does. www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-sovietunion/russian-nostalgia-for-soviet-union-reaches-13-year-high-idUSKBN1OI20Q www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html news.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx (this one's suspect, too, gallup has been said to frame their questions with a pro-western bias)

[@atari947]

@@honkhonk8009 lmao they were losing the strategic battle to man

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

Growing up in a family of nothing but extreme libertarians with my mom almost being an anarcho-capitalist this really is how it feels sometimes. Granted though she's never yelled at me or anything but sometimes I gotta bash my head into the wall hearing them talk about communism and slandering all leftism kills me.

[@emanuelneagu14]

stay strong, I feel like dying everytime I see that nonsense going out people's mouths without thinking

[@dexorne9753]

Ancaps be half a step from full on fascism. I feel sorry for you.

[@Nupetiet]

@@dexorne9753 Nah, they are absolutely Fascists. That's why they share Fascist memes, tell Fascist jokes, hate the same people Fascists hate, hang out with Fascists, support Fascists, etc.

[@Pheer777]

Ancapism is dumb but don’t let that sway you into thinking socialism or communism is any better

[@HeroSword_P]

Now you know how it feels when you hear family or friends whine about the right or Republicans always being referred to as far-right extremists or fascists.

[@FailBanana98]

*10 years gulag for his dad, Stalin would be proud of son!*

[@vincetheavenger]

Although political dissidents were put in Gulags, it was overwhelmingly used for actual criminals. Only a very small proportion were dissidents, and they were actually like, pro-Nazi German merchants from the Baltic or monarchists. America has 300,000 more people incarcerated right now than were ever in the Gulags, and unlike America, the USSR's maximum sentence for any crime was ten years. So 40-55% of the Gulag's inmates were released every year. Here's some data on the topic: www.jstor.org/stable/2166597?seq=1

[@vittoriaangeloni374]

Where is this clip from? Really interesting!

[@leonomilini8799]

The young man mad some pretty good arguments. The father, didn't have much to respond with.

[@diasavia246]

Cuz there's nothing to respond with other than the atypical Conservative "Communism Doesnt Work" response, which Im not sure many people understand the irony of lmao

[@robertcurtis8585]

Kid spitting truth

[@mmmhmmm8236]

Cope

[@angelcastillo1923]

The son is unironically based af

[@The80sWolf_]

Dad looks at the kid like thinking "how dare you to think?"

[@fatpotatoe6039]

“The problem with our liberal friends isn’t that they’re ignorant, it is that they know so much that isn’t so"

[@The80sWolf_]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Moralism, the last bastion of a coward

[@nickgoldyscreams]

Wow, everyone is having such educated discussions in the comments, you're all SO intelligent, you are really concerned with what strangers you'll never meet think about politics. *heavy eyeroll* David: these videos are AMAZING, you are seriously doing something important, on par with the Smithsonian.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Thank you so much for the comment. I am always hoping that KZbin will offer my clips to a lot of folks to give them a choice as to whether they want to watch them. But KZbin doesn't see me in my work as potentially viral. But I keep on going. I know that someday this archive will have meaning for lots of people. David Hoffman- filmmaker

[@Borderose]

People like a good fight every one in a while. Why spoil the fun?

[@twoalieninatrenchcoat]

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

[@michaelmiller3865]

That son is completely right

[@trumpet9]

"We have freedom." Pack on student loan debt or work minimum wage? Paying high healthcare premiums? What about the Vietnam War? Freedom to get drafted? Our politicians are bought and sold. Our president is not in touch with the struggles of every day Americans.

[@matthewkossolapov159]

“Our country has been good to us” - yeah, and also really really bad to a lot of other people.

[@dark_messiah8183]

Victory to the Working Class

[@blahmarduk]

@S K a communist government properly representing the majority of its people (ie, the working class) would, by definition, be more a victory for the working class than the oligarchical hellscape we currently live in

[@domoroboto8752]

S K communism=no government/state/class

[@vong3484]

@@domoroboto8752 what? Communism is a form of economics.

[@vong3484]

@@blahmarduk but we don't live in paradise land we live on Earth.

[@chriswindham1822]

I'm in the Army. Most of the people who join the infantry are working class. In training we regularly sang songs about killing commies... Victory to us indeed.

[@groxart4811]

Sadly freedom includes the freedom to be corrupt

[@garrypotter251]

Don't know if anyone watching figured this out, the actor playing the father is John Banner: Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's heroes