Anti-Communist Propaganda Cartoon | Make Mine Freedom | 1948

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This 1948 Cold War-era propaganda cartoon, entitled Make Mine Freedom, uses humor to promote democracy versus communism, and free enterprise (capitalism) over communism’s totalitarian governments. It contrasts mainstream American values with the values of Soviet communism.
The point that this cartoon seems to be making, is beware of any individual, organization, or administration that attempts to escalate class warfare to divide the country and make socialism appear to be the only solution. We will always have our differences, but putting the government in charge of everything for promises that you will be taken care of, and surrendering your freedom is not the solution.
The cartoon was produced by John Sutherland and sponsored by the Harding College. It is one of the "fun and facts about America" series, made "to create a deeper understanding of what has made America the finest place in the world to live."
Plot:
A traveling salesman called Dr. Utopia, selling bottles of "ISM" (communism), takes in four unsuspecting dopes who believe his promises about the powers of ISM to solve all their problems. They sample his wares, falling into a waking nightmare where they get a nasty taste of the lack of freedom they would face after relinquishing control over their factories and farms to the parent state. When a lone politician dares speak up, he is brainwashed and later shown with a phonograph for a head that plays "Everything is fine!" over and over. In the end, the character "John Q. Public" declaims about the way communists try to incite race hatred, class warfare, and religious intolerance, and the townspeople drive Dr. Utopia out of town, pelting him with bottles of ISM as he flees.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The Cold War (1947-1991) was in many respects a struggle for the hearts and minds of people everywhere. That competition was carried out through massive American and Soviet propaganda campaigns to isolate the respective opponent internationally, win the approval of world opinion, and consolidate the own sphere of influence. Every opportunity from art exhibits to international sports events, and every medium from radio to television, was used to fight the propaganda war.
During the Cold War, films functioned as a means to influence and control public opinion internally. The United States and the Soviet Union invested heavily in propaganda designed to influence the hearts and minds of people around the world, especially using motion pictures. Cold War films produced by both sides attempted to address different facets of the superpower conflict and sought to influence both domestic and foreign opinion. The gap between American and Soviet film gave the Americans a distinct advantage over the Soviet Union; America was readily prepared to utilize their cinematic achievements as a way to effectively impact the public opinion in a way the Soviet Union could not. Cinema, Americans hoped, would help close the gap caused by Soviet development of nuclear weapons and advancements in space technology. The use of film as an effective form of widespread propaganda transformed cinema into another Cold War battlefront.
American films incorporated a wide scale of Cold War themes and issues into all genres of film, which gave American motion pictures a particular lead over Soviet film. Despite the audiences' lack of zeal for Anti-Communist/Cold War related cinema, the films produced evidently did serve as successful propaganda in both America and the USSR. The films released during this time received a response from the Soviet Union, which subsequently released its own array of films to combat the depiction of the Communist threat.
Television and advertising played key roles in constructing the image of an ideal American way of life. American propaganda functioned to shore up support and national pride by projecting an image of prosperity, freedom and strength. In many ways, however, these images were fantasy. They contrasted and conflicted with many American's real life.
Anti-Communist Propaganda Cartoon | Make Mine Freedom | 1948
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[@fuerzasilente2420]

Excuse me, We are a chilean YT channel. Our purpose is to spread our anticommunist ideal so as gain more space in the cultural realm and from time to time we translate into spanish interesting footages we may find in english language. Would you bother if we work on this video? If so, the link to both the original video and your channel will appear in the description below once we upload it translated to our channel. We also invite you to visit our channel (we also have a cpl of interesting videos, such as, "Pinochet, the man behind the myth" and "We Chileans vs. Cultural Marxism... Deal with it!" translated from spanish into english specially for you english speakers). We Chileans also have our secret as to why we've become the most prosperous country in our zone ;) Greetings and hope you agree!

[@eduardobraivein8496]

The Best Film Archives This 1948 cartoon is as valid as ever!

[@markallen1704]

Yeah, that's the way it used to work. Crying shame it's not been destroyed by corruption and greed

[@lawrenceallen8096]

What's interesting is in that day they let the commies speak and the people decide. Today, the communists (e.g. Democrat Party) won't let others speak. So this film was right!

[@shilynsmoke2051]

9p

[@starpilot101]

They actually mentioned racial equality in 1948 I'm surprised.

[@RaulGarcia-vr1jx]

Read the context 🙄

[@SuspiciouslyGroomedPegasus]

well yeh, people assume that people didn't dislike rascism/hate it already back then, but this video seems to prove that people were already aware of it and already had been for years.

[@DissidentMitch]

it was propably in the north

[@abacate4492]

Of course, because it's a propaganda made to create the ideal that "America is the finest place to live in the world"

[@AlphaWolf789]

its been ongoing for years dude

[@celestinehale8801]

I love how they mentioned race hatred as something divisive and evil.

[@NoAimLoser2]

aids lies.

[@NoAimLoser2]

I am a communist and I am for equality.

[@NoAimLoser2]

bruhber ber in the USSR? Cuz then you are high. Equality in the USSR was respected Capi.

[@cjschneidt9089]

Thats why its propoganda and not education

[@angrydoggo7160]

@@NoAimLoser2 *stares in pogroms*

[@bigj1905]

Capitalism vs Communism aside, I really like how the Cartoon points out how easy it is for someone to take advantage of division in order to promote themselves.

[@darthkomnenos4201]

Too bad that this propaganda was developed to defend the interest of a settler colonial state founded off the genocide of Native Americans, the mass enslavement of millions of Africans, and constant imperialist violence on a global scale. When it says "When anybody preaches disunity, tries to put one of us against the other through class warfare, race hatred, or religious intolerance", the particular people they are referencing are black and brown people that challenged the white supremacist capitalist empire that was and is the United States. The villain in the cartoon is quite literally a racial stereotype; while all of the "heroes" are entirely white. When they say "race hatred", they're referring to criticism against the white settler population. And that's quite evident through the fact that Eugenics was specifically invented in the United States; and that Hitler took direct inspiration for the Holocaust and Lebensraum from the United States's massacre of Native Americans during "Manifest Destiny".

[@debra2757]

United we stand divided we fall. Obama/ Biden wanting to divide race and to have us turn against each other🤔🤔🤔

[@Hewylewis]

That is Hollywood these days.

[@midorimashintaro2092]

​@@Hewylewistrue, they're making films like "my son hunter" and " what is a woman" to spread hatred against minorities and their representatives via their children. Sickening stuff.

[@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd]

That pretty much sums up the Democrat party.

[@Ozym4ndi4s]

I love how none of his investors trusted banks either. That's probably the most realistic part.

[@jonmurrs7068]

Like Joe Biden

[@zerog1037]

Not really no

[@DanMcCudden]

4:53 I love how Joe casually drives through the door to his barn. In the land of the free not even doors can stop you.

[@Xorthane]

4:48/4:49 you mean

[@coolguyx14]

But trees can

[@bbhd05]

Oh I'm sorry I thought this was MERICA

[@DannyConeHeadOnceLer]

Exactly as well as agreed

[@deanalford8417]

It was his own property, that was the pun behind it, he can do that, as a capitalist, the guy who was unemployed ah what's his name he will fix the damages, lol

[@adamcheklat7387]

"Where's your warrant, flatfoot?" 😂

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

@Axel Petersson ... because dr. Utopia, gave his ISM to the flat foot.

[@gavinhudson3064]

Usually they go in blasting these days, sadly.

[@elig57]

Imagine saying that to a cop now, you'd NEVER get away with it.

[@copblocker4654]

FTP

[@numbers4851]

@@gavinhudson3064 I mean they do need a warrant to do that.

[@indridcold8433]

I watched this and have seen how much has changed since it was made. The United States of America no longer seems to believe in that level of freedom, any more.

[@paradiseisland786]

How do and who are you talking to 😢😮? I do believe is everything this video proclaims, hence I'm attracting like minded people, simple ☺️👍.

[@stibbo]

Elaborate

[@indridcold8433]

@@stibbo I was looking at their worldwide statistics and they ranked number 4 on the freedom scale in 2015. That is excellent. Today, they do not even rank in the top ten most free nations. They are barely a 15 on the scale today. That qualifies as fair. This is in the world population review. This is the highest of the three rankings that usually does not require a VPN to access, in most nations. Their currency in 2015 ranked number 3. That, also, is excellent. Today, they rank number 10, which is still quite respectable. But, it is heading in the wrong direction. When it comes to domestic production of consumer goods, they have almost no domestic production. Most of their consumer goods are imported from China with no other nation importing more from China. Their education system ranks 31 out of 79 nations evaluated for 2021. For health care, they rank 27th in the world and it is almost exclusively ran in a for profit manner. It is not a human right there. However, the United States of America is still number one with the number of citizens that attend school, on the planet. For censorship and editing of history, speech, and general conversation, they rank unusually low for a modern nation. This was credited to their heavily censored internet and their version of history. I cross referenced a lot of findings with many statistical websites, for both the nation I reside and the United States of America because of watching this video. Since I was looking up the United States of America, and I was already at a statistical website, I had to look at mine as well. I still enjoyed the video. It was great.

[@stibbo]

@@indridcold8433 cool facts! Can I have your sources?

[@indridcold8433]

@@stibbo There are too may to list. Start with the world indexes. World freedom index, currency index, and others. Some may require a VPN depending on the nation you reside. Start with the World Freedom Index. There are likely links to the other statistical websites there. There are where I reside. I did not have to use a VPN for the World Freedom Index. If you do not reside in the United States of America, look at your nation's rankings. It may surprise you. Canada ranks number four on most rankings with a few rankings on sixth. About half of consumer products are imported from China, here. The other half is mainly domestically produced.

[@Dannybythebanana]

Love how they included the bit about Unions and Striking in the US when historically the US has been notorious for Union busting.

[@vylbird8014]

And this was in 1948 as well. Late enough that outright violence was seldom an option for companies (unless the workers were black, of course), but they had plenty of other means. Hiring PIs to infiltrate the workforce and identify organisers, then firing them. Calling on favors from police to arrest union leaders. Establishing fake unions, headed by people who would do as management asked. This was only a few years after the animators strike, when Walt Disney was working with the FBI to investigate union activity as potentially the work of Soviet agitators and having employees thrown in prison as foreign agents.

[@mohamoudsheikh6387]

3:08 Terms and conditions of every app I install

[@arefrigerator8163]

@boy lasagna Reddit is gonna love this one

[@captain-chair]

@boy lasagna Reddit is just as scummy as the rest of Silicon Valley. KZbin is basically under the same system as Google, you data has already been taken from you even the search history you deleted is still somewhere in an algorithm.

[@billybriger9638]

And we also dont give a sht what ut writes and we just press accept without noticing what we just did

[@adolphushitleriticus2490]

@boy lasagna it is only a joke lol you have been woooooshed

[@armybeef68]

@boy lasagna I don't have a stupid phone, I have a flip phone, my house phone is a landline, it has cords, even my home computer is a desktop, no WiFi either, just cords and wires, I even cut my $200 cable bill, I went out and bought a $10 antennae from Wal-Mart, my set up isn't perfect, but I don't have to click on yes to every single app who wants my information.

[@malwick3106]

"When anybody preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against the other through class warfare, race hatred, or religious intolerance, you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives and we know what to do about it." That's a quote that should always be remembered and applied to anyone saying why they should lead anything.

[@culturalliberator9425]

I agree. Get your bottles boys!

[@malwick3106]

@@culturalliberator9425 Yep! Gotta say scary seeing people of this great nation declaring themselves superior because of what they believe and force it on others. Let alone abusing those based on where they were born. Like they had a choice in that. America is a nation that anyone would want to come to to work hard and improve their life and the lives of those around them!

[@hoopsonwheels]

@@culturalliberator9425 now gentlemen no violence please…don’t throw those bottles!..don’t throw those bottles!!!!

[@triforce1311]

I agree on every part except class warfare.

[@culturalliberator9425]

@@triforce1311 *Starts throwing bottles*

[@Jonathan_Robison_21]

The ironic part is that despite this cartoon being over 80 years old it’s still relevant and it’s very accurate in describing what is happening now in America.

[@melancholycollie1466]

They're hoping everyone is too dumb to remember.

[@lolstationvita5922]

As a russian, it's kinda disgusting to see how american teenagers found communism as something good. I don't want them to repeat same mistakes.

[@theyabib3323]

You conservative American idiots.... "BiDeN i s coMYa Nist, oH NOqwuejh"

[@jmachero5852]

Yep.

[@latenightlogic]

You are full of shit.

[@hoppy6437]

"When anyone preaches disunity, tries to pit one of us against the other, through class warfare, race hatred, or religious intolerance you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives." So in other words, our modern political parties, religious institutions, and media... and I only wish we knew what to do about it.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

It's simple: we just become a unified hive mind.

[@josome7451]

but race hatred is based in American nationalism...

[@bradjames891]

That's the thesis statement buried at the end of the video. All this specious nonsense and blather that otherwise occurs is worthless and of no value to you or anyone else. You're wise. Make your own decisions.

[@noahpaquet8357]

@@josome7451 is it? America has never been a one race nation. We've always had diversity. We shared tables with the natives first, then the Africans , then the Irish, then the Italians, Chinese, eastern Europeans, Hispanics, and so on. Sure we didn't always get along but by the 90s we were all undoubtedly Americans and damn proud of it!

[@loowick4074]

@@noahpaquet8357 problem is not everybody does. And at some point there were quiet about it. Then something happens due to a 3rd party and it gets blamed on a group of people who have been living there uneventfully for decades by the hate parties. And this modern simplification of issues as left wing and right wing has clustered this mess up alot.

[@darthutah6649]

Am I the only one who notices that Dr. Utopia's promises to the businessman and the worker go against each other?

[@nihilisticbarbie]

No

[@clutchkenny]

sub to me n like my montage.

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

I believe that's a reference to Jack London's, the Iron Heel.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

I mean a man accomplished this to pass prohibition Literally convinced opposing groups with contradictory arguments and they all ate it up

[@tenhirankei]

Only Utopia could deliver on those promises! In whatever form it comes it never lasts. Every Utopian society has been a failure, because people keep getting in the way of its success.

[@Dingdongwitchisdead]

The fact this cartoon has hit a nerve with so many haters, makes me like it even more

[@latenightlogic]

That’s called doubling down on your beliefs because other people have pissed you off. It’s no way to live your life.

[@jonkaminsky8382]

It’s a natural human instinct to hate those who would wish to destroy the things you love.

[@kaimanyu586]

if you like propaganda, there's obviously something wrong with you.

[@kaimanyu586]

@@jonkaminsky8382Communists only hate fascism, imperialism and colonialism... Democracies love these things.... Do you see communist invading others? No, its always democracies invading others and killing and destroying everything..

[@latenightlogic]

@@ArmedForcesChannel Yeah we fundamentally disagree.

[@fizhyfishy]

Bro, in this cartoon, John seems like such a nice dude. Idk why, he just seems so wholesome :)

[@davidedeus12]

And, in the meantime, the person he was based on (Henry Ford) was massive r*cist and a guy who Hitler liked so much he even referenced in his book. Don't let his wholesome smile tricks you :)

[@fizhyfishy]

@Davi Souza I mean on the bright side we have the Ford 51 50 meme

[@davidedeus12]

@@fizhyfishy ... Well, shoot dang, good sir, you just brought some heavy argument here. I'm afraid I'll have to admit defeat.

[@pandemic4841]

Alignment of values in a nutshell. Very easy to demonstrate small-scale how a single company goes to shit when management's goals aren't aligned with that of the workers: you get unrealistic expectations, waste, resentment, employee getting burned out and leaving.

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

Companies go out of business for 3 reasons. Participating in economic oppression. Mismanagement of funds. Not participating in its employees economies. Toys R Us went out of business because of all three.

[@hobomike6935]

You forgot the 4th reason; government interference (over regulation and excessive taxation/permitting fees) But yes everything else said here is true.

[@blackbeltjones2903]

@@hobomike6935 how can companies be trusted to enforce appropriate standards of regulation themselves? And where does a social safety net get its funding if not taxation?

[@zacharyvance2365]

You are already provided the answer: Trust. However that requires personal responsibility, which is desperately needed today more than ever.

[@fl1tz4r]

@@zacharyvance2365 Trust is insufficient on its own and is often exploited. The Gilded Age monopolists couldn’t be trusted and needed to be regulated; high union membership in the ‘50s gave workers security beyond mere trust. Today, regulation and substantive bargaining power are just as necessary as they were in those two time periods.

[@cmany8829]

this cartoon was intended to show people that if things are too good to be true, and trade ure freedom for security, u will not have either.

[@rickrolld1367]

I wonder what the US government did after 2001?

[@cmany8829]

@@rickrolld1367 are you thinking about 9 /11 conspiracy.

[@waterboyyyyy9523]

Said by Ben Franklin

[@cmany8829]

@@waterboyyyyy9523 indeed.

[@rickrolld1367]

@@cmany8829 No, what I'm talking about is the US governments reaction to 9/11.

[@devingendron2287]

3:24 I feel like whoever wrote this forgot that "Capitalism" also ends in "ism"

[@kokamell]

That’s a weird plot hole but the message is still good

[@charlesmangum2100]

Socialism and communism also end in "ism.'

[@ktoth29]

Capitalism is a word invented by Marx to describe the system of free market exchange…the label came from the left so they could frame socialism as a valid alternative to the. Way things are

[@isaacvazquez627]

Capitalism was a word invented by Marxism, USA define their own system as "democracy".

[@wesleyhobbs2332]

But Freedom does not. And started out with Capitalism isnt perfect. But the optimism of that era, nuclear fusion and flying cars were just around the corner, even flying space! They readily admitted our system wasnt without its flaws and were challenging anyone to show them something better. Noone ever has.

[@alex1701waller]

It's cute how you title the anti communist ones "propaganda" but the anti fascist ones "educational" 😅😂😅😂

[@ghostfire3315]

That's because it is propaganda. You just put a stigma on the word.

[@alex1701waller]

@Ghostfire I didn't put the stigma on the word propaganda. It's been there a long time. That's why they use that term for the big bad fascists and refrain from using the dirty term on far left videos.

[@ghostfire3315]

@@alex1701waller Hasan Piker is an admitted left wing propagandist. It's fine. All that matters is what the propaganda is about.

[@MichaelJ44]

Crooked admin

[@supernimo739gaming7]

Said a true fascist

[@carlireland5049]

This one seems to be more of a condemnation of totalitarianism in general rather simply just being “anti-communist.” It explicitly condemns upper-class employers for favoring repressive ideologies in the hopes of suppressing labor unrest as well as working-class labourers who would support them for the opposite reason. It makes sense since this cartoon was made relatively early in the Cold War when the USA-USSR geopolitical conflict was beginning but before people understood that it would last for decades and completely subsume all global politics. It also happened just a few years after World War II, when the United States had just spent a substantial amount of blood and treasure fighting authoritarian countries where demagogues had themselves exploited fears of international communism and organised labour to seize power

[@ernstthalmann4306]

Best answer I've read. It is against "isms" whether fascist or communist.

[@davidgonzalez9597]

@@ernstthalmann4306 Eh... Fascism and Communism are on the same side, you know?

[@ernstthalmann4306]

@@davidgonzalez9597 lol of course not. Far left and far right are very different and diametrically opposed. But the similarities are evident.

[@ernstthalmann4306]

@@tommcewan7936 right? America is a center-right country and has always supported capitalism.

[@radekskoczylas7483]

in 1948 when this flim was made most totalitarian countries were communist (China, USSR, N.Korea etc.) so it's why title says so

[@NovaAbstract]

1:10 most relaxed twitter argument

[@CollagenExpert]

This is gold

[@kingcamelot1395]

Well, I'd rather be free to verbally tear someone limb from limb, than be forced to keep my mouth shut.

[@NovaAbstract]

@@kingcamelot1395 Fr (for real)

[@ALLOCeprano]

Why does the Anti-Fascist one have more dislikes than the Anti-Communist one 💀

[@do.notdisturb]

How do you see dislikes? KZbin removed them 3 years ago

[@terraincognita3310]

well, i think there's nothing to wonder

[@gorkem3620]

As a Turkish who is suffering from the statism in my society i find that cartoon as wonderful. I wish that our society would've the same values as the American peoples even although nowadays it is a little bit corrupted and totaliterians is growing in US.

[@goldenera777]

Me too, but in Argentina.

[@gorkem3620]

@@goldenera777 We share a too similar destiny brother.

[@surplusvalue3271]

"statism" lol

[@gorkem3620]

@@surplusvalue3271 Sorry not my main tongue so i dont know the correct word for it.

[@surplusvalue3271]

@@gorkem3620 Well, I wasn't correcting your English (I am also not from the west and English isn't my native language) but Statism is generally used by libertarians who confuse communism/socialism with state-monopoly-capitalism (here, Capitalism is used to refer marxist-conception of it). There is a lot of propaganda against anti-capitalism as it tries to snatch away the power of the ruling, so be aware. This term being one of them. Turkey isn't socialist/communist but it is rather a neo-fascist state, capitalism gives rise to fascism. Watch that turk streamer named 'Hasanabi' to know more about communism/socialism.

[@resortisland8977]

The genuine fear in his voice at 8:51

[@hobomike6935]

They probably actually threw bottles at the voice actor to incite him to sound more afraid and make it sound authentic 😆

[@graycrest806]

@@hobomike6935 They starting chasing a random guy on campus with bottles and recorded his reaction lmao.

[@Stroke999]

Probably killed the voice actor for trying to advocate communism.

[@nankypooh655]

Rather good animation, considering that this wasn't made by one of the big movie studios at the time. Shame there are no credits, though. I look forward to watching all the other pro-American propaganda films in your collection. I might even subscribe to your channel in the not too distant future.

[@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives]

Back then credits weren't given to students. Which is stupid because it would allow them to get a better job after leaving college. Then again the world of animation still sits in a grey area between nepotism and social elitism. The only way you are able to get a job in animation is if you know someone or if you whore yourself out online till you become popular enough to get a pitty show on a late night airing time that practically nobody will watch. It's a very self destructive industry these days and it's why we see a lack of good animation. The people given the privilege to create animated shows and movies no longer have a passion for it. They only have the passion for the money they can make and the easy life it promotes where most of the actual animation and work is given to people seated lower then them. Yet they're the ones in the credits... it's disgusting.

[@nankypooh655]

@@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives Considering how much work went into making this short, and in animation in general, it's rather pathetic, to say the least.

[@NightfallShadow]

@@nankypooh655 OK, YOU make an animated short using 1950s technology better than this one.

[@nankypooh655]

@@NightfallShadow Sure. Willing to finance it? I thought as much.

[@nankypooh655]

@@NightfallShadow I'll let you know when I start the project.

[@user-xm4bb9uu2v]

This was portrayed as dystopian back when it was made but it’s literally almost our reality now in 2023

[@steveget1186]

I don't see this being the case in reality. Everything is much worse.

[@littleantukins4415]

It is lol

[@captain-chair]

Have you ever heard of Neo-Liberalism? Y'all folks drank something. My country did in 2013 when we kicked the Labor government out in an election in which the opposition were very much propped up by the big capitalists. Why? Because of the way the ultra rich can manufacture the consent of the people through lies. Australia in 2013 was the 13th least corrupt country on Earth. In 2022 when we got rid of the Liberal government, we were placed 19th in the world. What a disgrace. And that data comes from OPEC, an international organisation that facilitates the trade of fossil fuels. And the Liberal government were fossil fools and the Ex-PM even held up coal in parliament and said: "This is coal! It can't hurt you!" He is no longer Prime Minister. Because now Australia has woken up from its coma called Neo-Liberalism. And our education to aged care, and healthcare are all in shambles. Even before covid, or the Bushfires. America has been sold Neo-Liberalism since Reagan. Do not be fooled.

[@quagmoe7879]

Honestly it’s pretty insane how backwards this country is becoming, and both sides are guilty of this shit.

[@LAkadian]

​@@quagmoe7879 Because there are more than 2 sides. Vote 3rd party.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

“It’s all races, creeds, and religions” Bro it’s 1948 I think you got a while before that happens

[@sebastiaodavila9747]

Let me guess: it's about Mr. ''I have a dream'' in the late 60s isn't it? And after, it's about pushing the narrative that ALL WHITES are inherently evil, hateful, malicious and violent towards non-Whites. This narrative is a lie: racial segregation took place essentially in the Southern States (at its peak in the 1920s), and the idea that all the Whites across the U.S. were evil and malevolent on Black people (and non-Whites in general) is a lie: a lot of White were way more tolerant and benevolent than what is often said. It's a part of the modern Anti-White narrative.

[@MapleLeafsGirl77]

I remember watching this as a girl in the 80's. Then, it was just another cartoon...now it's a massive warning sign.

[@noonesishome]

We are on the way to communism in the truck of cultural Marxism

[@kidkique]

Just goes to show you can force all the politics in the world on a child and it doesn't impact them politically. Kids will be kids and we should let them be kids

[@patrickfoxchild2608]

@@kidkique now do that with gender ideology

[@shaunsteele6926]

@@kidkique I never cared about politics until I was in my mid 20s supporting myself, and suddenly noticed political choices could have a profound effect on my life and future.

[@hamburgerhamburgerv2]

@@patrickfoxchild2608no men, no women: abolish gender?

[@babylon5386]

Pit us against each other through race hatred eh? Historie realy likes to make us the fool in its jokes.

[@Axelgear2006]

When black and white workers joined together in unions, they were an unstoppable force. That's why, from the 1930s onwards, a huge push was made by moneyed interests in the South to emphasize and enforce racial segregation. White workers keeping black workers out of unions created a poor underclass that was ripe for exploitation. As time went by, the racism of whites across the US and their refusal to acknowledge and work to change the state- and capital-enforced racial subjugation of black Americans essentially perpetuated this state of affairs. The trend only really reversed in the 70s, when unions were no longer an ally of convenience of capital and extreme anti-worker legislation started passing, along with taking advantage of new free trade laws to move jobs to countries that allowed starvation wages and brutal conditions. Today, the desire to keep division continues because a united people are a capable people. Black Americans still suffer from redlining and the aftermath of decades of efforts to keep them from growing wealth and influence to equal their white peers, including the use of the Interstate Highway program to destroy black main streets, the aforementioned redlining, the War on Drugs, and programs like COINTELPRO that assassinated black leaders in the United States. Today, when people take to the streets to oppose police violence on black bodies, the response is to take more offense with the occasional crimes of property that occur at protests than to the routine discovery of white supremacists on police forces. In an entire summer of protests, not one police officer was killed in the clouds of poison they sprayed on protestors across the country, but it generated more outrage than a group of insurrectionists beating an officer's skull to pulp with a fire extinguisher inside the nation's capitol. The work is never done.

[@berniekatzroy]

@@Axelgear2006 that officer didn't die from a a fire extinguisher or being bludgeoned to death, an autopsy cameb out about 2 weeks ago.

[@invalidopinion5384]

@@berniekatzroy the point still stands whatever the case. An entire summer of largely peaceful protests against police brutality (which is a threat to the entire working class) generates more outrage in the US than a crazed group of conspiracists trying to overturn the result of the presidential election in favour of a billionaire.

[@berniekatzroy]

@@invalidopinion5384 If you believe all the riots over the summer were peaceful and no one died you're as delusional as the media not covering all the destruction caused by antifa/blm, yet choose to focus on the capitol riots only.

[@invalidopinion5384]

@@berniekatzroy I said "largely peaceful" not "entirely" or "completely" but "largely", but I would add that there were vastly more instances where the police provoked violence and killed people than "antifa" or BLM protestors did - denying that fact, that the police were vastly more violent and provocative, would be delusional (ditto right wing counter protestors). Also, the mainstream media were very negative about the protests, especially the biggest network in the country FOX, some centrist/ liberal outlets just pretended to be a little understanding whilst they quickly tried to move the conversation on before any real change could happen.

[@avatarmary]

Always read the fine print

[@clutchkenny]

sub to me n like my montage.

[@connorkling2952]

True. Very, VERY true on that fact.

[@PaddingtonSoul]

School shooting in your country. You think it worked well??? Are you blind or stupd?

[@PaddingtonSoul]

@Egg T World has been under US leadership for decades and you can see a lot of poverty in the countries that believed in the US. Poverty even in the US. It doesn't really work. SOCIAL countries seem to fail, but it due to the boicots of the US and accomplices. BLOCKAGE = GENOCIDE.

[@Axelgear2006]

@Egg T The two are mutually opposed. Capitalism cannot perpetually coexist with democracy because democracy will lead to the masses inevitably trying to correct immense wealth disparities. See: The US's attitudes towards Central and South America, where fascist dictatorships were routinely installed specifically to protect capital. Anything that creates power hierarchies is dangerous, and likely to inevitably render those hierarchies more extreme with time.

[@funsizedbeans]

“sign away our freedom” man that’s just the terms and conditions in every social platform

[@glitchstotle]

It aged like wine

[@Jborgzz1]

7:45 Communist state to the rich guy: “No more you!” I lost it.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

We lost it.

[@henrymanzano2201]

I loved it!

[@reaper2579]

i believe this cartoon is an independent/Libertarian Cartoon rather than a republican and a democract

[@shrillbert]

Not really, it's actually got a bipartisan message for its time. It's just the definition of capitalism has changed in more recent decades as the teachings of Hayek and Friedman and their definitions of the free market have become more dominant compared to the less laissez-faire definitions set down by Keynes that were more popular at the time. Independent, certainly, but Harding College was full of political and ideological contradictions at the time.

[@digenesakritas1107]

@@shrillbert This was Capitalism back in the day problem is it gradually evolved into what it is today Crony-Capitalism!

[@berniekatzroy]

There was a time when we were united and proud of our country, something that is frowned upon now.

[@anarchogarfieldist1652]

@@digenesakritas1107 Yeah, that is the natural progression of capitalism. It's in the rational self interest of corporations and those who fund and own them to gain as much power as possible, to gain as much favourable treatment as possible for their profit making ventures. I don't know why this is such an outlandish concept to pro-capitalists, capitalism leads to crony capitalism, it leads to plutocracy and to oligarchy. Such is the nature of capitalism.

[@humanbeing2730]

@@anarchogarfieldist1652 you stay away with your garfieldism 😡😡😡

[@brentsrx7]

How far we have fallen from this ideal.

[@classicalhollywood3254]

It still exist just people don’t want to believe they believe lies that are by people who hate this country.

[@alexeyb6129]

Communism will win )

[@lukelee7967]

I like how the old man who loves capitalism is opposed to things that end in "ism".

[@richardthegingerbo909]

jism?

[@lukelee7967]

@@richardthegingerbo909 Clearly the dishonest old man who loves capitalism and hates things that end in "ism" hates jism.

[@royjaber571]

Damn that was made in 1948 and still relevant today

[@goj-bh1cm]

U think they had racial equality in 1948? 😭😭

[@royjaber571]

@@goj-bh1cm yeah you're right they didn't treat POC correctly it only worked for white people

[@thatguywhosayshi7021]

@@goj-bh1cm I don’t remember the video talking about civil rights

[@Marinealver]

@@goj-bh1cm Has the world ever? Even in Africa it is this tribe of black people against this other tribe of black people.

[@tuberific454]

Ironically it lists the ability to strike as a lost freedom, when nowadays unions and strikes are seen as markers of communism. Times have changed in that billionaires now have a 0% tax rate and Amazon truck drivers relieve themselves in plastic bottles. Not to mention, it's the socialist nations that have the highest education levels, which is also listed as a benefit of capitalism in this vid.

[@TOFKAS01]

4:47 Funfact: The car was invented in Germany, not in the USA.

[@TheKnoxvicious]

America plays an important role in the progress of the car though even if we never invented it. When it was created by the Germans, only the upper class were able to buy them. Because of Henry Ford and his invention of cheap cars and the assembly line, the car was able to be afforded by the middle class. That’s important because it’s one of the reasons the car didn’t fade into irrelevance. That sounds like it wouldn’t happen but look at the Concord. The British created it and it was the fastest commercial plane in the world and could take you to most places in the us in only around 20 minutes. Only the rich could afford it though so while a step towards progress the average person today has never heard of it because it faded into irrelevance. America being able to make a car that could be afforded by the average person IS a big deal. People forget that inventions can’t just be ground breaking in order to be profound to human progress - they HAVE to be affordable to the middle class as well in order to leave a mark in history.

[@timeismichael]

Never said invented it just said his idea grew, so he could have been making a different type of vehicle or cheaper, or what the other gentleman just said 2 days ago before this comment.

[@wingates8399]

Henry Ford, not John.

[@officermurdoch4120]

Henry Ford was anti-Semitic.

[@toyotasupra174]

No one said they invented it blind europoor

[@TheDerperado]

6:03 Big corporate art is older than I imagined

[@user-xc9qs4mn3w]

Great comment. You must be good at commenting on sites that are censored. I think I got your message though. Cheers.

[@Zampierre]

I'm not american, but I loved this cartoon.

[@samunonyabuisness6642]

Who asked?

[@Zampierre]

@@samunonyabuisness6642 who asked you?!

[@1001speedster]

@@samunonyabuisness6642 rude

[@samunonyabuisness6642]

@@Zampierre your skin is brown

[@Zampierre]

@@samunonyabuisness6642 and probably you are bl4ck.

[@megahunter8mobilegamer29]

The idea of being divided by certain differences is probably the biggest thing today society needs to hear from this. Lots of people dislike the idea of communism today, but most people today fight purely because of difference (on both sides)

[@michaelmeliambro5117]

"Lots of people dislike the idea of communism today." Tell that to the Chinese or the North Koreans.

[@happymolecule8894]

@@michaelmeliambro5117 North Koreans and Chinese do not like socialism. They are just forced to endure it. There's a reason China banned currency conversion for more than 50k a year, because otherwise everyone will flee to the US.

[@edwardgaines6561]

..."And then they came for me, and no one was left to speak up for me."

[@TheFlamingSalamander782]

@@michaelmeliambro5117 their people despise it wdym?

[@michaelmeliambro5117]

@@TheFlamingSalamander782 LOL Maybe, but it's what they got. It's not my fault they went down that path.

[@jamescache1768]

this very old cartoon still makes a valid point in 2021

[@user-fm9gd9xp4n]

No it doesn't.

[@user-fm9gd9xp4n]

@JOSEPH PRESTWICH everything people claim the goverment is doing, the corporations do worse.

[@snoogans20]

@@user-fm9gd9xp4n The corporations control the government

[@user-sh9mm7zr5x]

@@snoogans20 Ты коммунист?

[@user-sh9mm7zr5x]

@@snoogans20 translate from russian

[@RealJW901]

Wow amazing how relevant this is to modern times. Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

You were pro-war then, and you're pro-war now.

[@gregbors8364]

IKR, we should all be wary of “isms”: communism, racism, sexism, capitalism…

[@TheLily97232]

How so ?

[@PsychicWars]

@@TheLily97232 If you have to ask, you'll never know.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

@@gregbors8364 "We should be afraid of all words" -you

[@vladymyrmelnyk2755]

interestingly, nowadays america is the man giving ISM to other countries...

[@watcherenjoyer123]

Pretty much. Also around that time was when they were getting started.

[@TheLawDawg]

The warnings presented in this video will never become obsolete. Those within our own country who are currently seeking to destroy it are using these exact tactics to do so.

[@ohnetitel4611]

Ok boomer lmfao

[@789irvin]

@@ohnetitel4611 hes right. thats why hes upvoted 27 times

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@789irvin 54 now. As for that jaded Zoomer, he just doesn't know how good he has it...until it's gone.

[@adrianshephard378]

@@ohnetitel4611 We literally had 2 years of lockdowns; Tyranny is still relevant you braindead tide pod eater And *I* am a fucking zoomer too yet I know this

[@hoopsonwheels]

Okay okay so we got our freedom, but managements lousing up everything

[@DeadSpectre329]

This, is a timeless classic.

[@nickd5854]

timeless propaganda lol

[@gen.washington1893]

@Nick D propaganda implies some sort of deception. This isn't that, it's just plain facts.

[@nickd5854]

@@gen.washington1893 lol they don't even tell u what communism is ! it's a silly cartoon propagating lies, it's not some deep dive into what capitalism or communism really are. this video boils down to communism evil, capitalism good with no explanation. the "facts" in the video are just things they want u to assume are true by doing no further research than "commie bad"

[@user-kx4xs2xd3k]

@@nickd5854 but thats true, lmao, freedom is everythink, better dead than become slave or red

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

Yea, this is still true. No matter if it’s propaganda or not, the topics this video explores like corporations taking advantage of capitalism and the free market (capitalism is the free market) is “propaganda”.

[@yoyohanaBR]

I love this. Especially the last part were they drink the "ism" potion and see what is like to live under "ism" As a Brazilian, the one saying "The State is the Supreme Court" hit too close home.

[@terrathelunatic]

Im curious, what do you think of Jair Bolsonaros loss to Lula?

[@yoyohanaBR]

@@terrathelunatic na minha opinião eu acho que

[@alissonduarte1435]

@@yoyohanaBRlambe botas de imperialista encontrada

[@yoyohanaBR]

@@alissonduarte1435 russos

[@danielalvesldiniz]

KKKKKK chora mais, gado imundo

[@thetzimisce2245]

Interesting how the propaganda works only with abstract concepts instead of material conditions. The state is represented as some sort of otherworld entity instead of a human creation representing the interests of one class or another.

[@thetzimisce2245]

Funny how Joe was only able to open his business with his family's help. It's basically telling us that freedom only exists if you're already rich.

[@goldenera777]

I live in a country mired in statism and socialism, and the state is as powerful as a gigantic Leviathan, which plunges you into poverty every time with the false promise of equality. Even LGBT people don't agree with the government when they try to use people's money for them, because they don't even bother to know exactly what these people want, it's just an excuse. LGBT doesn't bother me, but it should be something external to politics, importance should be given to it but should not be mixed with politics, and as for the economy, everything should look for the pragmatic, the most convenient for people, and that It is capitalism since it is not perfect, but you can invest in yourself, save and it lets you be independent and free. You have to make an effort but it's worth it, in other systems or they decide for you and you're getting worse, and etc. The only path is freedom. I admire the warm-hearted and warm-hearted socialists, but their system just doesn't work, and I'm sick of seeing my neighbors and my entire community suffer for this. The USA has been so successful in entertainment, and I know that my country if it were capitalist could become more recognized and be able to get talented people to invest in themselves to do all kinds of entertainment. And not only that, but the essential stuff can be fulfilled.

[@redixdoragon]

"The right to worship God in your own way. Has to be God though. Can't be Vishnu or the kami or Thor or Zeus or any of those pagans though. Just God."

[@TOFKAS01]

Yes, they always talked about freedom of religion but just try to build an islamic mosque in 1949 in an american town...

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

All of the symbols inherent to religions point to the same concepts, for any religion to claim some ultimate truth is just like a dog chasing its tail. So, truth is, it doesn’t matter what they say.

[@vylbird8014]

@@eyeexaggerate7687 The problem is that all of those religions make contradictory claims, so it's impossible for them all to be true - for one to be right, all the others must be varying degrees of wrong. And the follows disagree, often to the point of violence, over which one that is.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

This video is in violation of “KZbin Community Standards” and is guilty of “misinformation”. “Everything is fine”

[@ivanc9087]

This video is misinformation. What they said was communism is actually capitalism today. Congratulations, Americans, you played yourself

[@eagan_1902]

@@ivanc9087 what how tf did they say capitalism is communism?

[@lobisomemfacanha4817]

@@eagan_1902 He's trying to say capitalism bad and communism good

[@eagan_1902]

@@lobisomemfacanha4817 I know what the idiot is saying I just need to see what he saw that prompted him to think this

[@lobisomemfacanha4817]

​@@eagan_1902 It's a mystery to me too. I don't know what kind of mental gymnastics he has to be able to think that capitalism is an enemy of freedom when it's quite the opposite.

[@mildlydumbperson8465]

0:51 Ever feel so confident about a golf swing being good, but it turns out so bad you break the laws of physics in pure anger?

[@mkNf-uk8py]

That guy dressed in pink is the WEF "you will have nothing and will be happy", for the sake of protection against virus, etc...

[@mstvbr371]

I love how ISM is a play on COMMUNISM Even though Capitalism ENDS IN ISM.

[@BDB2004]

Are you high???

[@jedibattlemasterkos]

Not just that. It's just meant to signify all the other "isms" that our enemies use to divide us: racism, sexism, communism is also included.

[@devinsun760]

Excessive capitalism leads to monopolies. Companies controlling the lives of their employees using pressure on social media. Then they buy out politicalans ... how is that not also a form of "ISM"? Don't worship money

[@BDB2004]

@@devinsun760 because ism is government control you’re pro government that’s what I and why most people hate socialism

[@smokingjoe9864]

@@BDB2004 capitalism punishes the stupid. Works us the hardest and pays us the least. Communists have unions so workers can have some power.

[@alexG106]

"Everything is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is fine." Literally mass media today.

[@damnationdan5253]

Yet you are the same people that call climate news “alarmism”

[@tomd2666]

What do you mean? The news is spewing out how absolutely horrible everything is constantly.

[@alexG106]

@@tomd2666 is that why they changed the definition of recession? Is that why they call gas being over $3.00 a salary increase? Is that why they punish and silence dissent? Because they’re saying how bad everything is?

[@3dApe]

Literally the opposite of mass media today

[@BDB2004]

@@tomd2666 the media lies and says everything is fine when it isn’t remember the BLM riots yeah the media said everything was fine while Portland was Burned

[@billyb4790]

This aged very well.

[@ilchad8016]

It's amazing that at the time 3 years ago they were allies and 3 years later enemies

[@davidratte1959]

They could have remained allies but chose violence.

[@jamesmurphy6169]

Given the Political sentiment in higher education in 2021, I wonder what spin would be put on if this was made today ?

[@tim4330]

well pro Communist is now in the schools, we were so scared of the red, white , and back pin wheel the we forgot abut big Red even after it died

[@wizard680]

@@tim4330 question, how are schools "pro communism"?

[@extndo64-26]

uhhhhhh.... its in the title, Anti-Communist Propaganda.

[@harlanmcdiarmid]

Orange man bad

[@Ziegfried82]

They are all communists now, so they would spin everything to show how great it is to own nothing and be part of the collective.

[@160moebius2]

8:13 if that doesn’t scare you to the core there is something wrong

[@toonlink1723]

To be honest I wouldn’t say this bit is limited to communism, but honestly capitalism too. Cause after all, look what happened to capitalist Russia once Yeltsin resigned

[@edwardgaines6561]

Note the sign next to him: "Concentration Camp." Huh, where have we heard that before?

[@tavelpenguin]

@@edwardgaines6561 a lot of stuff I've seen from this time has had an anti facism and communism message plus this was made 1948 so nazis were fresh in the nation's memory

[@angelvazquez6233]

I think that applies to any form of government

[@mikaelwojciechowski7281]

That is Sweden as of today (2022). "Everything is fine" - no matter what ever happens, everything is always fine. :/ Working to get out of here with my family. Aiming for the US.

[@raymondraptorclaw2901]

This is… actually pretty relevant today.

[@acd5053]

4:37 I’m I the only one here who recognizes this from the “testify” music video from rage against the machine?

[@SoldierGeneral64]

It's surprising how effective propaganda can be depending on who it is targeted to.

[@i_am_nobody76]

Same thing can said to stupid communist memes

[@horizonenjoy2323]

@@i_am_nobody76 true

[@JqMarsh]

@@i_am_nobody76 yah but most people who advocate for communism have actually read theory and at-least understand economics; people genuinly advocating for this aren't reading memes to get information - if anything thats what capitalist do to get their information on communism (memes & general propaganda).

[@i_am_nobody76]

@@JqMarsh Communism looks fantastic in theory and books but otherwise it's just a failed ideology that caused millions of deaths and impressively, there are some peoples out there That disagrees about it... Witch gives you a idea how effective communist propaganda is.And not all peoples don't know about the theory of Communism.and in term of economy,I think that free marketing is the best compare to any other economic systems.

[@JqMarsh]

@@i_am_nobody76 Yeah free market also sounds good in theory but we don't truly live in a free market; we live in a market thats dictated by your advertising budget & ability to market yourself. The mom and pop shop doesn't have the budget that corporations do, and they don't have the knowledge in marketing resulting in them being pushed out of the market regardless if the competing product is inferior. TL:DR We don't truly live in a free market - If you started a business vs an individual w/ capital also starting a business in the same market you're gonna be overshadowed by the guy with more capital 10 times out of 10.

[@Amantducafe]

I thought it was going to be terrible but it has its good and bad points. Some good points: -Innovation is great in a free market -Private property -Freedom of speech -Just representation -Free from unlawful search or seizure Some bad points: -This was during the time of segregation so talking about freedom in all the races, creeds and religions of the nation is.. eh, glass houses (Just read Jim Crow laws) -Joe Doake being a big company is great. But then Joe Doake is so powerful and rich he can do whatever he wants in his company and to his workers, he can lobby laws in the nation for the benefit of his company, he can fix prices and kill competition and he can also expand into other markets monopolizing everything. (This is why Teddy "Trustbuster" Roosevelent is one of my favorite president)

[@donellebullock7404]

Keep in mind it is the Dems that enacted said laws of racism. Also the business is like they are now because of all these rules. Rather than let the workers individually negotiate, the government allows unions to control and price people out of work.

[@caleb1413]

Finally, a reasonable and well thought out analysis.

[@mr.jamster8414]

you sound cool as

[@gliscornumber151]

About the race freedom point. Perhaps the cartoon was also speaking out against said Jim crow laws in a more subtle way, in the scene in the school they show different races in the classroom and they also say "out system isn't perfect" in the cartoon. So perhaps they were also speaking against the Jim crow laws, but being subtle about it to stay on their main point

[@mr.jamster8414]

@@gliscornumber151 possible yeah

[@lautarogomezcardozo2489]

Ironically, America is in the way of becoming the dystopia of that tonic.

[@user-ek1fq3if7g]

Ironically, nothing from the "ism" actually applies to the socialist USSR

[@evanberry396]

@@user-ek1fq3if7g this video has nothing to do with socialism

[@cultistofsomething3517]

@@user-ek1fq3if7g Dude, this is literally what USSR was, at the very least at the time the cartoon was made, what are you talking about? Unions were under governments control, hundreds of thousands of people had their property taken away from them, kolhozy were a colossal failure, and if you dared to disrespect the government you would mysteriously disappear. There are also countless purges, atrocities and crushed revolutions not shown in the cartoon, although they probably should have been. I would have argued a bit more, but judging by your nickname I assume Stalin is your go-to f@p material, so there would be no point.

[@user-ek1fq3if7g]

@@cultistofsomething3517 no lol you totally wrong. But at least you've justified your nickname

[@cultistofsomething3517]

@@user-ek1fq3if7g most reasonable t@nkie be like:

[@emw1994]

Funny how accurate this is, and you don't have to love capitalism to acknowledge it. The anti strike bit was completely true "You can't strike comrade, this is the dictatorship of the proletariat, we represent your best interests."

[@sg_steadfast]

The way this relates in America today ...

[@101jir]

Unfortunately, we are already past the part of throwing bottles. Let's hope the violence doesn't go much further, this is stupid enough as it is. In the past, ambushing the police would have been big news. Now, in my state, a police ambush only made local news. The riots on both sides are just sad. This is stupid.

[@101jir]

@Lazys The Dank Engineer I've heard one person argue that things picked up due to people feeling isolated by the Patriot Act. Not sure how true that is, however, I was still a child at the time. From what I have learned of the 80s, I strongly suspect the commercialization of news networks in the 80s played a significant role. That's about when things start really getting polarized. I mean, you also have the hippies of the 60s, but by the 70s things seem to have calmed down quite a bit, especially once the US pulled out of Vietnam. At the end of the day, I haven't studied this thoroughly. But these are my speculations based on what I know, anyway.

[@Axelgear2006]

@Lazys The Dank Engineer Ronald Reagan was a symptom, not a cause. He represents a kind of synthesis of the worst aspects of the United States given form. He was thoroughly racist, thoroughly sexist, and thoroughly homophobic. He created the modern US southern border, which was previously much more fluid and thus far less destructive. He oversaw the intensification of the War on Drugs and the devastation it created at home and abroad. He destroyed regulations that protected Americans. And he did so all because his base demanded it of him. Personally, I think that the current wave of protests over the summer actually shows the US is *improving*. It shows people are willing to go out there and put their bodies on the line for what they want. They're getting doused in poison and risking violent beatings and arrest just for speaking out about what they believe in. They're forming community action groups to provide for people in need and developing effective direct action to protect vulnerable people. When the wildfires happened, right-wing militias tried to stop people from fleeing the flames, while all those protest groups in Portland and other cities provided people with food, clean water, shelter, clothing, etc. When the Texas ice-storm happened and Reagan's ideological descendants quite literally left their people to freeze, these same groups raised millions of dollars and raced to the rescue. People are getting organized! And together, those groups are making real strides.

[@101jir]

@@Axelgear2006 I have. I remember the trucker that was unjustly attacked when protesters flooded the streets before they could be blocked off. BLM police ambushes are only making local headlines, and attacks on ambulances go unaddressed entirely. There is inequality, inequality of press. But that doesn't change the fact that the ambushes, murder, and indirect killings by interference with ambulances needs to stop. It doesn't matter who.

[@Axelgear2006]

@@101jir What "police ambushes"? What attacks on ambulances? What are you talking about? Do you have links to any of these?

[@SilverSquirrel]

Show this in schools and fire the teachers who scream.

[@mrgrom338]

The man that's is critical with "ism" looks like Harry S Truman

[@codyshi4743]

This is not just an anti-communism propaganda, this is also an anti-monopoly and anti-facist propaganda.

[@Ash-iy3xc]

This was made during the height of segregation

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

And a guy named Malcolm X, was saying the exact same thing this video does.

[@Ash-iy3xc]

@@mr.mckinnon5680 no he wasn't

[@SuspiciouslyGroomedPegasus]

@@mr.mckinnon5680 depends, im not entirely sure what Malcom X,s personal beliefs were

[@boxnow8774]

@@mr.mckinnon5680 Malcom X was a socialist, as was MLK.

[@samuelantolick9053]

@@boxnow8774 “communism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible Also he wasn’t accused of being socialist, he was accused of being communist Just takes one quick quick google search man Malcom X was anti capitalist, but MLK and Malcom X were fundamentally at odds with one another. Personally I support MLK, he made it a point to be peaceful, and was criticized highly by Malcom X for this This is also why I don’t support the Black Panther party, Antifa, or Malcom X’s approach to social justice at all

[@russell28533]

8:27 means more in 2021 than anytime before.

[@dogol284]

If you were an Alien... observing human beings... this is what you’d see: • Karl Marx writes his memoirs about the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat • He becomes kinda famous • People like his work, because it suggests an idea for a better world • In the early 1900s a man named Vladimir Lenin starts the most famous Marxist rebellion, the Bolshevik Revolution. • Lenin and other Bolsheviks slaughter innocent people they view as bourgeoisie. They overthrow the government. • Stalin is eventually put into power, and plans for more expansion. • Stalin puts his eyes on Kulaks. Kulaks were former serfs who were emancipated and now owned farms and paid labor. • Stalin convinces townspeople to attack the Kulaks, saying they’re evil bourgeoisie, and the townspeople were the good proletariat. • All those who oppose Stalin are either killed or put into concentration camps. Millions are killed in Stalin’s wake. • Not only do millions of people die from Stalin’s genocide, even more die from starvation, as a result of the failures of communism. • The only thing holding the economy up was a system of forced labor/concentration camps called the Gulags, which eventually couldn’t hold the Soviet economy. • One prisoner in the Gulags was a man named Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who documented the horrors of the Soviet Union and the failures of Communism. • Meanwhile other nations such as China, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. are undergoing Marxist revolution. Even more millions of people die. Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communist revolution, kills hundreds of millions of innocent people to preserve his revolution. All of these nations inevitably failed or transitioned to a different system. • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn defects, and published his book, titled the Gulag Archipelago. Where he incessantly details how horrific the Soviet Union and communism is. The Gulag Archipelago is seen by millions throughout the western world. The west is disillusioned about communism. • The Soviet Union eventually collapses. • “The west is disillusioned about communism” Nope • Communism still has supporters • These supporters call for communist revolution in the Americas • Support for communism and socialism has mainstream support • These groups slowly grow tfw no one learns their lesson

[@edmondrahe1321]

@@dogol284 To accuse humanity of not knowing the lessons of history, you need to know them by yourself. In your comment, you missed a lot of facts about the achievements of the Soviet Union. As for the victims of the regime, this is a common thing for any state. Both Marx and Lenin wrote in their writings that any state is an instrument of violence by someone over someone. Therefore, the main task of the Communists is to take power away from the minority (the bourgeoisie) at the first stage and give it to the majority (the workers). After that, the second stage of the socialist state begins - social relations should be improved in order to get rid of the state at a certain point (at this point, communism comes). If you are really interested in the topic, then read "The State and the Revolution" by Lenin. And as a person from Russia, I do not advise you to refer to Solzhenitsyn. In our country, he is known as one of the biggest liars, and his work was criticized many times after the collapse of the USSR

[@douchopotamus3755]

@@dogol284 you would also see capitalists selling fellow humans into slavery, forcing children to work in factories and mines, pharmaceutical companies charging exorbitant amounts for necessary and life saving medicine, millions of people enslaved by the for profit prison system, millions put into thousands of dollars in debt at a young age so that they can "compete" in the job market, people being left on the street and dying from exposure, Jeff bezos taking in billions while his employees work 2-3 jobs to stay alive, people dying to preventable disease because they cannot afford health insurance, "illegal" immigrants forming an underclass that can work for less than citizens, exploitation of labor in other countries, I could go on.

[@dogol284]

@@douchopotamus3755 The majority of the things you listed have and will occur in all systems, not just capitalism. I agree that pharmaceuticals are far too expensive. Communism is absolutely not a solution to that. The solution is to enact proper regulation. I think we should enact regulation where pharmaceuticals are much more affordable, while people can still pay for a higher standard if they have the means. I agree that student loans are scammy, but it’s not the fault of capitalism that people can’t read the fine print. It’s a shame if you can’t afford university, but you should know what you’re getting into when you sign up for student loans. Believe it or not, I don’t like arguing with people on the internet. I’d like to keep this conversation to a minimum, if continued at all. I’m very tired.

[@douchopotamus3755]

@@dogol284 the good thing about internet conversations by post is that you can come back to them later. Socialization of these industries is absolutely the way to prevent price gouging and the student loan crisis because as a society we will be paying off those costs as opposed for the costs being laid onto the individual. With stricter regulation on pricing we can end the pharmaceutical companies price gouging. With community supported education more people will be able to go to college and pursue meaningful employment. While I agree that things like child labor CAN happen in a socialist/ communist society it is much less likely to because people will have more power over both the government and the 'company' they work for. Just like mercantilism before it, Capitalism was a step in an ever progressing economic history, we are reaching a point where it is no longer viable for a majority of citizens and we need protections from corporations. Ask yourself, during the 2008 financial crisis, was it a good thing that the government bailed out failing auto and banking industries? Could the money have been better spent providing those workers with a safety net that they can fall back on when their employers fail them?

[@liquidsnake6879]

Must be soul-crushing to have warned people of all this and still see your country fall into it head first

[@ADJackD]

Because of stupid decisions by capitalists in power who gave the socialists power and now they’re the Woke fascists of today.

[@GREEENMASTER]

@@ADJackDactually from lgbt for indoctrinating and ruining an entire generation, blm for not only making white people look bad but also for destroying the black community even more. And you blame it on capitalism? The problem is atheism and hames without fathers not some random rich guys.

[@MNAHN-T.GOF-NN]

@@ADJackD Capitalists Socialists Woke I just call them bankers and jews.

[@adrianmarcolini2210]

"It's all races, creeds and religions." Yeah, sure. In 1948 America, sure.

[@dipolararc4848]

8:34 that is very enlightened thing to say at that time.

[@hater105]

No matter the era, we humans have always fought against tyranny of some kind. All it takes is a couple charismatic manipulators giving each other pats on the back.

[@DrBernon]

That goes to show you how much things have not changed, despite us thinking we are better now.

[@dormousecat3947]

Note that this was created during Post-WW2 America where the effect of New Deal was still visible throughout its economic policy (and the sentence "Capital, Management and Labor worked together" was mentioned). It was the best capitalist system America had if you disregard the racial inequality at that time.

[@1krani]

@Fellow Æthelweard Racial homogeny is healthier, eh? Why don't we ask racially homogenous countries like Zimbabwe or Pakistan how they're doing and count how many excuses they make for the bodies.

[@1krani]

@Fellow Æthelweard Someone hasn't done their homework. Zimbabwe is poor right now, but you know when it wasn't? Back when it was more ethnically diverse, before Mugabe and his socialists started killing all the white farmers and giving their land to non-farmers. Back in the day, Zimbabwe could feed not only itself but its neighbors, too. Now it can't feed squat. By your logic, Mugabe's purges should've yielded a better nation in the long term. But it didn't, because your logic is not rooted in reality, because racial and cultural homogeny in no way aid a nation's development, nor have they ever. You'd rather people be happy and poor than be wealthy and have problems. Can't be happy if there's a constant danger of starving to death. "Lack of cultural meaning"? You do recognize that roughly half of Japan and South Korea's modern culture comes from America, right? With our action cinema and rock music and capitalist commerce and pro wrestling? You think maid cafes were something the Japanese spontaneously invented? Cherrypick all you like, the numbers are the numbers and the facts are the facts: the reason Japan and South Korea don't have all those filthy foreigners clogging up your horribly misguided homogenous paradise? Is because they aren't #1, and thus no one wants to move there or fight there when America is more famous, more economically promising, and more culturally influential. Japan and South Korea wouldn't be as they are now without America, a world superpower that has only recently begun developing the problems you cited (how long have we been diverse, again?), literally occupying and changing their culture.

[@1krani]

@Fellow Æthelweard You are somewhat correct, but on the other hand, positive GDP increase means a nation is moving away from mass starvation and better ensuring its culture's survival. You can't have culture and philosophy if you are constantly worried about starving to death. Literally, you can't. Civilization only began when the advent of farming during the Neolithic Revolution gave people more time for things besides surviving. You think Venezuela's culture is particularly healthy and thriving ever since they started eating their family pets? Because yes, positive GDP does benefit us, the populace, because it means there's more economy and thus more opportunities for us to move up within it.

[@robertjenkins6132]

i.e., in the era of Keynesianism, before Milton Friedman and the Terror of Monetarism, in which we today live.

[@redacted428]

"Racial inequality" lol

[@thenamelessone8143]

1:11 Found footage of twitter

[@marcocostantini2196]

the message of this cartoon about freedom was incredible but i can't but laugh at the irony of the fact that the metaphor of communism here was a seller that tries to sell the product of a company on the market, like the most capitalistic thing that anyone can imagine

[@AozoraUltra2006]

that is exactly what is still happening to chinese businesses atm. it wasnt so bad, but xi is really mao about it

[@JefferyQuinoa]

good

[@dysfunctionalthor4719]

This comment section proves how divided we are and that’s the main issue with our society

[@remixsparten98]

Some incite division, unfortunately.

[@dimitrigaming-mx1zz]

I GET IT NOW GUYS

[@morbus85]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 75 years later - millions of farmers are out of business and big companies got their land.

[@geminiman7791]

8:28 some things never change...

[@miilodude_8529]

This cartoon is very f***ing right and revelant today. Its unreal and true at the same time

[@colinjones4686]

The only thing that changed was the calendar.

[@CD-ek3iq]

2020 says hello.

[@miilodude_8529]

@@colinjones4686 lol true

[@Mboy245]

I can't believe people can't see the relevance of what is said in here to today. I further can't believe how many people choose to intentionally ignore the warning in this

[@Mboy245]

@Tycoon Playz That's your opinion.

[@gregbors8364]

Lol. Capitalism is apparently not an “ism” 😅🤦‍♂️

[@TheFireMouseYT]

@@jacobitedynamite Ah yes, just insult the ones who disagree with you and you don't have to refute any claims.

[@fattytwohatty-bm1uf]

Through 7:21 to 8:14 is the best way to describe modern-day America now I'm going to wait til this comment is censored, and the evil government slams a giant record player on my head and make me say everything is fine

[@calonarang7378]

THE STATE FORBIDS STRIKES.

[@maniakk3563]

A battle as old as time itself: Freedom vs Safety. Everything has its cons, but what's worse, being held by a metaphorical ball and chain and being treated like cattle ripe for slaughter, or being held back simply by your own will or lack thereof

[@sirsteam6455]

The issue with it is you can have both and that having either one without the other is foolish as then you'd be in the same predicament. A person with freedom without security has the right to do what they want but so does someone who wishes to kill or threaten them thus rendering their freedom the whims of others, whereas a person with security doesn't have to worry about said person but has no freedoms and is subject to those who protect them. Having both by giving a portion of either camp is the best way as nothing pure in the sense of ideology is good.

[@maniakk3563]

@@sirsteam6455 that's probably why the US has a mixed market economy instead of a purely capitalistic one

[@scottydu81]

@@maniakk3563 No, that's because commie pricks like you have been "progressively" pushing socialist policies into place for over a hundred years, you slimy progressive crap.

[@sayitdontsprayit9325]

freeedom wins every time

[@NothingHereForYou]

@@sirsteam6455 the difference between a libertarian and an anarchist

[@nihilistic9927]

I like how in the beginning the video lists freedoms in America and includes stuff like race equality and other stuff as if none of those freedoms were violated during that time, after, and before.

[@sovietunion7643]

compared to the USSR? america was a haven. this was during stalinist russia which is the closest to orwells 1984 i hope we ever get

[@nihilistic9927]

Ok and? that doesn't mean anything when America has a long history of injustice and brutal violence on race equality, indigenous rights. No freedom for certain groups like women, black, asian, native american? The USSR was very bad but what the US did, does and have done to American citizen, those from the America and abroad like Latin America and the Southeast Asia is also very very bad with millions of lives brutalized.

[@sovietunion7643]

@@nihilistic9927 literally every single nation on earth has a bad history against literally any differing racial group. its unfortunately human nature to be discriminatory. you can't blame the united state for that fact of human nature. if anything its a good thing america was able to get over its racial divide more recently and get over the worst of it in the 1960s.

[@nihilistic9927]

@@sovietunion7643 Ok? And this was made in the 50s? I was critiquing this video. But also, who cares about different nations? The people whose bodies experienced the gruelsome genocide and torture of the United States, ranging to the millions. Who cares? Secondly, it is not human nature. States are not part of human nature. What Margret Mead clalls orgnized violence is not human nature (Mead). The way race and violence changed in during colonialism and post-colonial years are unique to the modern age. But you know, it is a good thing that we had that struggle, but america as an institution wanted our civil rights leaders dead. Not to mention the capitalist system is still intact. and the exploitation of the world's poorest is still at a high.

[@cow1816]

14k African Americans left America to the USSR to escape the lynchings.

[@noodlespoo]

I like how 'God save the king' plays at the beginning

[@Greyhuskey1940]

yeah as well as the song "girl i left behind me" was in the ending

[@vylbird8014]

I think it's supposed to be 'my country tis of thee' but it's set to the same tune. In early American history, just as today, people tended to favor songs that sounded familiar. Hell, the Star-Spangled Banner is set to the tune of an old English drinking song. It's just that the song faded into obscurity, so people don't recognise the copying today.

[@erospiani9886]

"No more private property. No more you"...

[@OppoRancisis]

This might be silly cartoon propaganda for children, but this makes more sense than anything I’ve seen on CNN.

[@cloudysoup9056]

Back then Cartoon is not just for kids. The Military also use Cartoons to inform soldier in WW2

[@bobafett_8922]

This makes more sense then Fox News

[@BDB2004]

Again why do you call it propaganda? That’s your opinion so why force socialism on us you pigs

[@davidschaftenaar6530]

0:20 Notice how the one guy with slightly darker skin is the scammer from later on xD

[@iankravitz5723]

It's sad. Even after 75 years, we still didn't learn this lesson !!!

[@bananaboyTS]

because its just a stroy to tell dumb kids to keep everything the same, we should finally stop believing this bullshit

[@LennyWhatever2]

3:31 Elmer Fudd's father vs City Slicker Waluigi, the match of a century

[@jeremy_byrdpikachu3607]

I can only imagine the face of Stalin on the giant furry monster near the end of this video.

[@nozyspy4967]

8:32 Funny how that is basically the definition of American society today.

[@Darkfreed0m]

The Chinese have succeed

[@thetzimisce2245]

It has always been like that.

[@littleantukins4415]

​@@thetzimisce2245 it's america

[@RobotShlomo]

The rest of that story; And eventually that car company grew too large and his cars were inefficient with terrible quality and poor gas mileage, and with competition from the Germans and Japanese, his car company eventually failed as they lost market share. Then the government stepped in and bailed him out by giving him money, which he used for stock buy backs that he put into his pocket, rather re-invest into his company and workers, perpetuating the boom-bust cycle of unfettered capitalism, and leaving the taxpayers holding the bag. So you see kids, communism only works if you're a corporation. As for the rest of us, well we can all get bent. That's the "free market".

[@XAJI9IBKA]

The man in the pink suit is this modern America?

[@kelpermoon23]

no?

[@lisaroberts8556]

The “Man is the Pink Suit” is a Woke Hipster Liberal. Who’s first name is….. Satan. Look at the face!

[@cellboi]

8:13 elon musk owning Twitter

[@yeetusmemeus]

Are you autistic? Biden literally made a ministry of truth 💀

[@Canadiator]

i love that. "wheres your warrant, flatfoot?" XD

[@douchopotamus3755]

The police would proceed to beat the man and search his house unlawfully. Upon an internal affairs review they were completely justified as the man was not cooperating.

[@Canadiator]

@@douchopotamus3755 and the police response would be that he was "aggressive" and that they had "reasonable suspicion"

[@D3sertGh0st]

@@douchopotamus3755 reddit moment

[@brodycharper]

9:02 What Music Was That With The Fife And Drum? Someone Give Me A Name!