What is imperialism? Feat. Hakim

[@Illstatefishing]

Love these comrade collaborations!!

[@sleepyhead8681]

Hakim branching out with Luna, yugopnk and Azure now. Please keep doing this Hakim! Second Thought loves you please work with him! Make Yugopnk streams A monthly thing I'd donate if you started A podcast. :)

[@Ajente02]

If Hakim makes a collab with FinBol, or (less probable) Viki or BadEmpanada, my parasocial dream team will be complete.

[@alansegura5953]

@@Ajente02 Viki has many western leftism vices. I think that wouldnt work. With Bad Empanada I also see some problems because some of his positions on certain socialist countries and his attitude in general.

[@Ajente02]

@@alansegura5953 I know, that's why I see them as less probable. They also are both quite reserved in terms of collaboration with other channels.

[@CommieApe]

He was also on Rev Left Radio and it was one of their best episodes.

[@sleepyhead8681]

@@Ajente02 Bad Empinada would be so based. I want A monthly Yugopnk podcast though, the last one was so funny!

[@definitelyslav2025]

Comrade Hakim has arrived

[@tristanheaton2127]

I see a fellow drew durnil fan

[@definitelyslav2025]

@@tristanheaton2127 anything to support the wanna be chad

[@samp9418]

Very informative discussion! Hakim is such a chad, he’s literally on duty as a doctor and then just slips in to lay out the facts about capitalism and imperialism. I love it!

[@GigglelandEmperor]

Boy am I glad hakim isn’t my doctor, steal my bodily fluids is what he’s gonna do. Damned communists!

[@Abigail_Nikolaeva]

The next Che Guevara maybe 😆

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

Hakim is my favorite KZbinr right now, I've learned so much from him these past few weeks.

[@gs7296]

Agree. ❤

[@kirklandday]

I thought you guys have been doing work together for forever and im just stunned lol. You guys will have to do another conversation!

[@georgekostaras]

Hey I just wanted to say that as a Canadian, these videos and your channels have been hugely educational to me

[@shayshayshayshayshayshayshay]

46:30 hakim is so right, i never realized how much i love azures voice

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

double the marxists, double the fun!

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Oh hi! Glad to see you out and about, LLR amigo.

[@Billbill0]

Best collab ever

[@Ajente02]

I'd love if you also could analyse in future discussions the concept of "social imperialism", that is so important both historically (in the alleged case of the USSR) and in the present discussions inside the left (in the alleged case of the PRC). What is it? Why and how it develops? Is it something inherently tied to the development of socialism, or can it be avoided? If so, how? Does it applied/apply to the aforementioned cases? Why or why not? Always a pleasure to listen to both of you, I believe you both are the most nuanced and friendly content creators in the Marxist KZbin community.

[@samp9418]

46:20 both people here have smooth good voices ngl

[@KiyoPapi]

Comrade Hakim!!!

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Azure has a soothing asmr voice, even Hakim agrees 👍 😂

[@AdryanExplotes]

Left unity is what i love to hear

[@paperlionkid1787]

We need a part 2.

[@Wealthforthe99Percent]

What a collab! 👏

[@rubysmine592]

Hakim is amazing for providing first hand accounts and proof on why capitalism is absolutely abhorrent.

[@saddoro4138]

Fascinating talk!

[@aaav298]

The goat has returned!

[@Dhumm81]

Very interesting discussion. Looking forward to part two.

[@bigbyrdy8628]

I’ve been waiting for this video

[@TransTeri]

Imperialism good because imperialism is when line go up

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

I'm too left out to be part of the revolution. I think depression has overtaken me, I'm single with no friends circle and clinging onto a job disinterestedly as it could be. Recently I became more than involved in a revolutionary party but today I think what little spirit I had also died, I missed a critical meeting today. I'm done with life. One thing I just wanna say to you guys is that it's quite hard to get rid off Market Capitalism which has evolved into Crony Capitalism as of now.....maybe I'm too pessimist...

[@grmpEqweer]

So... depression is something a lot of us grapple with. My suggestions: -If you can, exercise. -Reach out to someone. Mind you, talking about what you're depressed about may or may not be helpful. You might want to just get out and do something recreational with someone, the idea being to push yourself to "get out of your thoughts" for a bit. -basic breathing meditation can help, although expect it to take about a month of daily practice before it really has a good effect. (The positive effect is proven in research) -consider medication, if you're not already on it. -consider therapy. -see if there's free support groups available. Best of luck.

[@mranderson4739]

@@grmpEqweer Good advice.

[@grmpEqweer]

@@mranderson4739 Thanks. I'm a fellow sufferer, so I know the drill.

[@RobinKoenig1917]

Missing a meeting is not the end of the world. I've missed plenty. Ask your party comrades to update you on what happened at the meeting, I'm sure they would be glad to.

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

@@RobinKoenig1917 They already have. I feel guilty though.

[@profetadoobvio8455]

Nice videos

[@rise7283]

óbvio

[@MsOudlover]

A very calming voice for a very upsetting topic. Hakim is right. Hakim is also right in the fact that Arabic men call each other habibi. Far from what the west has portrayed it, Arabic culture is a refined and gentle one. Thanks for a great, thought-provoking conversation gentlemen!

[@emmas1366]

looking forward to watching this :)

[@gupyb4165]

19:47 Iwantmyprofilenametobethelongestoneiazureslistofpatreon, you forgot a "n".

[@missZoey5387]

Azure's goat avatar is adorable ngl.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

All my based best friends in one based location! It just keeps getting better

[@glorytotheussr667]

I was getting worried after 2 months

[@pee_0656]

We all were

[@PartyComrade]

Two legends chilling around

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

Happy to see you making videos again! Six months ago It was you that turned me to socialism with your explanatory videos. Long live the REVOLUTION! Other socialist and related channels: Second Thought Hakim Azure Scapegoat Our Changing Climate Viki 1999 Yugopnik Adam Something A Concerned Human Boy Boy Marxist Paul Vaush Paul Morrin Rose Wrist

[@menonalevi6984]

Adam Something is not a socialist.

[@justadult3493]

VIKI(funny and very… binge-worthy), Azure, SECOND THOUGHT(best explanations imo) and Hakim are my faves as well

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

@@menonalevi6984 i beg to differ, would you say capitalism is more in line with the message of his channel?

[@menonalevi6984]

@@untraceablefgc-9mkii251 I think you misunderstood me. He is definitely a lefty, but I don't think he is necessarily socialist.

[@Steves_harvey]

Va🤮ush

[@Abuda7amHD]

Sorry this might be an unrelated question but how did you get Hakim’s and your picture to light up when either one of you are speaking? Did you manually edit it that way or did you use some sort of software?

[@thesunthatneversets4579]

It's yaBoi

[@barrel1885]

Lenin wrote a whole book on this topic.

[@joaquinarribas8702]

Hi, one question, I am currently doing an investigation on wether capitalist or socialist countries have a more equal distribution of wealth, set in 1979, and I was wondering if there were any platforms or webpages where you get all your data for your videos from, as it would be really heplful since (specially from the 70's) it can be hard to get data in some countries. Thank you very much!

[@lyaeusv3828]

Did you realise any paper ? I am interested in the result

[@justinwatson1510]

It’s funny that Hakim claims to shitpost, but unless he has deleted something his shittiest shitpost is better and more informative than literally anything released by a Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, or Prager U.

[@reversedragon3]

"What should leftists do when faced with a choice between social democracy and stopping imperialism" Well, the way I got pushed out of social democracy as an American was realizing the people of the US had pitiful access to productive jobs or businesses that wouldn't treat them like shit. I realized that the rhetoric about "The Welfare State!!" was a little bit true for entirely the wrong reasons - people often just want a tolerable job they could do with whatever disability they might have that allows them to participate in society and have some degree of control over an industry they care about, while being given a teeny welfare payment that's not enough _and_ having no say in the decisions made about the goods and services you use could be very insulting. I would question the Social Democrat policies for whether they actually allow a whole lot more people the opportunity to enter some impenetrable "The Industry" created by a bunch of capitalists, have a productive job that treats them well, and make a real difference in that industry, in order to earn more money "fairly" for contributing to society. If a lot of people will stay unemployed or with no chance to change "The Industry" for a bunch of different fields, the policy is bad and inadequate. If somebody doesn't understand that idea for another country, you take it back to their own and ask them if the policy is helping nobody at all.

[@izazali9988]

is it a podcast or ASMR ???

[@petrusk842]

good stuff azure. were u the one who secret-streamed japanese horror after hasan? loved that. i wanna do it again. thx comrade

[@einarklint2509]

Will there be more episodes of hammer and sickletime?

[@abe7786]

Do you think the difference between Capital Imperialism and Colloquial “Imperial” dependencies be summarized by the level of extraction vs mutual aid? I feel like this can be used to analyze history generally. The whole thread of antagonistic vs cooperative

[@cian5069]

Have you read the Patnaiks?

[@jasonisjfoa6505]

Wondering what is your view on China as a self-claimed Socialist country?

[@paperlionkid1787]

'Just discovered your channel. This was a really good breakdown of imperialism. I'm not sure if you're going to see this comment but if you do, I'd appreciate your advice on the following question: What's your advice to a person who is interested in learning about Marxism, Socialism, Communism, etc. but does not have access to the volumes of Capital by Marx, and is not educated enough (or intelligent enough - I'm not trying to be offensive. I'm actually referring to myself) to get through reading Marx's work alone? Right now, the only access I have to this information is KZbin. I note things down and look up definitions, etc. but even that is difficult to do. I know I won't be able to understand Marx's work (or the work of other Scholars) on my own without any help.

[@contajus0050]

I’m in the same boat and I went looking for easier reads, and on the more difficult stuff watch people, who are smarter than I, break it down. Give black shirts and reds a read if you haven’t already. It’s a good starting point :)

[@paperlionkid1787]

@@contajus0050 okay. Thanks.

[@hotlinerevachol5436]

not only that but you can look into philosophers that inspired marxs, such as hegel.

[@paperlionkid1787]

@@hotlinerevachol5436 Okay. I'll do that too.

[@sethread8978]

David Smith and Phil Evans’s book “Marx's Capital Illustrated: An Illustrated Introduction” is a great short primer on Marx’s arguments in Capital.

[@6942-j7y]

I Love how we leftists Just watch an hour Long Video right after Reading 20 Pages of economical theory as a Hobby

[@philip2205]

So quirky!

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

@@philip2205 fucking right, next time some girl says she's not like other girls she better be an anarko-vikyist or else

[@tristanheaton2127]

Nice

[@divianschwitzle846]

What are some audible books you’d suggest?

[@mikamol840]

hey, i'm pretty new to socialism/communism, but i'm pretty convinced of the idea and really want to learn about it. i just have the question, how do luxury articles work in a socialist/communist society, for example (as you mentioned in another video) a nintendo switch? technically there is no need to produce it and companies like nintendo wouldnt exist with the urge to make more money. and btw i love your videos :) you really helped me come closer to communism

[@untraceablefgc-9mkii251]

So, i'm not that well versed in theory yet, but i don't think there's a single answer, It really depends on the details of how the specific system that you set up works.

[@tsumugijohnson3220]

Different people will answer differently. I think creating art is part and parcel of any well-functioning society and as such that could definitely be part of a socialist/communist system. The nature of video games will probably change from attempting to squeeze as many pennies out of a player by making them gambling addicts, to attempting to make something good (which is consciously left ambiguous).

[@mikamol840]

@@tsumugijohnson3220 so would it be a thing of when some people get together and try to invent something, for example the nintendo switch, the state would fund it and sell it, with the profits going to the state? because if the inventors would get the money, wouldn't it be sorta capitalistic again? sorry if my questions are kind of dumb, its just a topic that i really dont understand yet

[@hotlinerevachol5436]

not exactly, luxury articles like a nintendo switch are a complex matter, as they exist both as a tool of alienation from one's material conditions through certain escapists fantasies found in video games, as well as a ordinary leisurely and artistic activity controlled, manufactured, and distributed by the capitalist class, because of that, the role of something like a video game console would more or less be, first and foremost, taken back into the hands of the proletariat, in a purely industrial sense, where as the cultural and design philosophy of a video game console, and video games as a whole, would be rethought by a newly developed intellectual movement under socialism. tl:dr workers would make nintendo switches, albeit under better conditions and with a new design philosophy inspired by a socialist society and culture.

[@hotlinerevachol5436]

@@mikamol840 shorter answer this time, but basically, under socialism, (a non-anarchist kind in this case), the state would directly and indirectly support the arts and other cultural aspects, even if they aren't profitable, which would include video games, and without the profit motive oppressing creative freedoms of game devs like under capitalism, socialist game devs would be freer in their choices and works.

[@gs7296]

💚🙌🏻❤🌱❗

[@CommieApe]

Fuccckkk yeesss!!!

[@Deibi078]

Hey dude

[@StaticCollapse]

42:20

[@problemsolver3254]

Destiny got destroyed

[@ElevenBird]

Here cause wokefatti sent me

[@alexalexandersen5198]

Go look on russia. That's the emporelizm or colonizm

[@Deibi078]

Anti america imperialism is not anti imperialism

[@Solaris_Paradox]

The US imperialists invade and occupied countries: Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen Murdered and displaced millions of people. NATO (A bridge for the US war machine) has behaved vicious aggressive military intervention since the illegal dissolution of the USSR and the Warsaw Treaty.

[@Vlad-nb2pz]

Why you so awkward bud

[@GigglelandEmperor]

“Imperialism is when capitalism” Peak of communist intellect

[@Redsky973]

You have brain worms

[@RitwikLal-v9w]

@@Redsky973 no he doesn't, capitalism is the way, we will go into outer space and explore beyond infinity, we are the explorers of the cosmos. All of this communism is just conservative thinking, they think we have to conserve earth bla bla bla, open your minds and brains and think for infinity. Also all this lgbt, feelings, oppression, bla bla bla whatever, no-one cares, the world is dark, grow up, college is over, get a job, get into corporate lol.

[@p_a_t_h6237]

Too long didn't watch

[@loganwilliams5422]

congrats?

[@Totalitarianizer]

Here's a shorter version kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5ypYpd7g993nZo

[@OrthoKarter]

imperalism is based