6 Pro-Liberty Moments in Beatles Music

[@freesk8]

"You were only waiting for this moment to be free..." Blackbird

[@soundscape26]

Nice video, enjoyed this one.

[@DaveGarber1975]

"'Imagine,' which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I'm not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement." -- John Lennon "There is no real Communist state in the world; you must realise that. The Socialism I speak about ... [is] not the way some daft Russian might do it, or the Chinese might do it. That might suit them. Us, we should have a nice ... British socialism." -- John Lennon

[@kewlbeone5949]

Remember the communist manifesto was called - The Book Of Communist FAITH.

[@diegoc.9709]

Thanks!

[@bravecaucasian]

Beatles Forever.

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

What I hear in revolution 1 is “don’t you know that you can count me out, yeah.”

[@dennisjose5790]

Awesome!

[@ralexttm4368]

"The Beatles were popular, and might be libertarian, so go now and spread the word!" isn't a good or sustainable way to win the political argument.

[@freesk8]

Good one! "And if you want some fun, take o-bla-dee-bla-dah!"

[@whatsup3519]

Universal basic income cause inflation. How to reduce it without taxing. And is that practical? It cost a lot to tax other. What r you views in it. Pls, explore this topic.

[@keesdenheijer7283]

Not only that, UBI causes hassle also because most of the recipients are also tax payers themselves. Therefore a negative income tax system as promoted by Milton Friedman would be a much better idea methinks.

[@whatsup3519]

@@keesdenheijer7283 what if all job took by ai?

[@keesdenheijer7283]

@@whatsup3519 Then a negative tax income system would still prove to be better than universal basic income. If in the end no one would be able to earn money how would one be able to spend it?

[@whatsup3519]

@@keesdenheijer7283 what if ai took entire job replacing human. In that case for people to have money they need to have job if no job no purchasing power. So no one buy products economical depression occurs

[@freesk8]

And it destroys incentive, and creates a feeling of dependency. It emasculates. It promotes the welfare attitude. It destroys self-respect. It's government cheese.

[@DecimusSaxon]

Hi all. Can somebody advice not-left(maybe libertarian) historical channels in youtube by english language??

[@randydavidson8757]

Henry, try Words & Numbers, a weekly podcast by economist Antony Davies and political scientist James Harrigan. They approach contemporary topics from a classical liberal viewpoint.

[@kewlbeone5949]

Read Weird Scenes in Laural Canyon.

[@TheDeadMan79]

I've always believed that The Beatles were more liberty minded than people think. I don't believe Lennon was a communist despite what people think of "Imagine."

[@HeckOffCommie]

Lemon was a d-a$$ period the end. Just because the guy was right twice a day doesn't mean anything.

[@MaxStirner123]

Lennon was a communist, a different one certainly very idealistic and utopian perhaps more like Thomas More than Marx

[@vladanlausevic1733]

Sadly, Ringo became a Brexit supporter, a project described as libertarian but collectivist and big government instead

[@aescubed]

95% tax! Fuck it, why work!?

[@Scourge1990]

John Lennon made a song called power to the people I doubt he’s a facist or u call it libertarian

[@HeckOffCommie]

Now Libertarians are Fascists? You people are friggin tards. Libertarians are Anarchists but of course not like your favorite violent Anarco communist friends.

[@naigcivor1160]

When he said Lenin instead of Lennon😂

[@jasonmcphee]

Good Video. But Lennon's Imagine is kinda commie, even though it's a great song.

[@LearnLiberty]

Glad you liked the video!

[@kewlbeone5949]

Imagine - the commie National Anthem.

[@soundscape26]

There's a reason why that song became super popular and it's not because everyone all of a sudden turned Communist.

[@NativeNewMexican]

​@soundscape26 can you clarify?

[@soundscape26]

@@NativeNewMexican Why it has become a super popular song? First of all it's an anti-war song. And secondly it contains a lot of feelgood (if highly idealistic) messages that resonate with a lot of people.

[@kewlbeone5949]

@@soundscape26 Always was - Listen again - NWO

[@soundscape26]

@@kewlbeone5949 They don't play Imagine at Communist conventions, it's way too hippy of a song. The fact that some of it overlap with Communist ideals doesn't turn it into an anthem. Ideas of peace and fraternity are universal.

[@ChristopherCurtis]

Paraphrasing: "People say that Lennon was far left, but see if you agree after watching this." Later, "But if you know where to look, they show leanings towards liberty." So you make an entire video undergirded by the idea that far right ideology = freedom. Bleh.

[@robfromvan]

Freedom is right wing, don’t shoot the messenger

[@soundscape26]

@@robfromvan Freedom has no wings.

[@ChristopherCurtis]

@@robfromvan So your argument is that King George was some sort of liberal leftist?

[@soundscape26]

@@ChristopherCurtis My country went through a conservative right-wing dictatorship for some decades... those were amazing times for freedom, no doubt.