How Did the Practice of Calling Liberals Left and Conservatives Right Start?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@TinyBearTim]

Where are all the comments lol

[@STDRACO777]

I would say both the republican and democrat parties are centrists. With the democrats just being more left-wing as yes they do have members calling for socialism. Those old terms make almost no sense in the modern world as its not like parties that are labeled right-wing these days are calling for an end of democracy or the return of a monarchy. Also whilst fascistic ideals can be considered right-wing the political practice in the past were all implemented against capitalism and pro-socialist like the nazis and fascists. "Mass wealth and power redistribution from the top to the bottom. For example, the Jews were considered right-wing capitalists that hoarded wealth and power. On the other side, Hitler did not have a big issue with German nobility. I believe it makes more sense putting those guys in auth center as they had a wide political taste that seems contradictory to what most people would simply call left or right-wing. During the early days of war Hitler was clearly labeled far-left thanks to his war buddy Stalin combined attack against Poland that views both Hitler and Stalin as far left a holes.

[@dragos_serghie]

Is there something you won't sell on this channel?

[@YuSoMadBra]

@@dragos_serghie tickets to Epstein's island

[@Stefan_Smith]

Aren't conservatives red & Right? N liberals blue n left Or am I dyslexic?

[@antoniovillanueva308]

The American left party supports the interests of their ultra-wealthy donors. The American right party, on the other hand, supports the interests of their ultra-wealthy donors.

[@richardbixler]

🤣 Thank you! You’ve restored a very small yet significant part of my faith in humanity.

[@hooliganbubsy7298]

And the american voters are all too distracted to notice this because they can't agree on the most basic problems. Are scientists real or is everything a global conspiracy? Do kids deserve to be safe in school or is it better if they're shot? Timeless questions that really can't be answered.

[@thenewhalogod]

@@hooliganbubsy7298 don't forget if different races should be in different classrooms or not... I WISH I was kidding. But, if you're referring to gun control laws with the school one..... YIKES. Its a mental health problem, due to the USA's dreadful heath care system, not a gun control problem. Look at any other country with good gun laws(I'm including Canada, but they went full retard. that's a recent thing. Fuck Trudeau.) and gun crime with LEGAL guns is basically non-existent.(BTW, there hasn't BEEN a mass shooting with a LEGAL gun in Canada in the past 30 years.) Guns are a tool, remove them and mentality ill people will find other ways of killing people. look at the truck killings in the UK or knife killings, but you wouldn't ban trucks, would you? You would/should restrict them to licensed people, and have restrictions on who can get a license.(Literally good gun laws in a nutshell.)

[@AvangionQ]

I hope your post was meant to be a joke. Two problems: first, there is no American left party, and second, there are no ultra-wealthy leftist donors to said nonexistent party. Democrats are center-right on the international spectrum. Even Bernie Sanders, what some Americans call left, is a social democrat, or centrist on the international scale.

[@fourcatsandagarden]

There is no left-wing party in America. There is only far right and moderate right, with a handful of people that are slightly to the left trying to take over the moderate right party so the workers can finally stand any kind of fighting chance.

[@tomg5187]

Whilst we are divided between “left and right”, fighting amongst ourselves, the true crooks at the top get away with the most heinous of activities!

[@ChupinHP]

leftist say this exactly tho

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

Yep. Divide and conquer. The crooks are both in business and in government. And there are plenty of well-meaning people in both business and government as well. The media is the evil ringmaster in this sickening circus of the damned.

[@robertbrazier5097]

Literally what us on the left are saying

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

You may be on to something...let's punch up, not kick down. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself

[@tomg5187]

@@tammystockley-loughlin7680 Big ups yourself mate, from the UK. Always keeping an eye on our big brother America’s situation! 😃👍

[@normalcitizen_1]

When you realize that blue is the conservative colour and red is the left in most countries except USA

[@nick-wl8hf]

Yeah it's a little confusing

[@MrKbonez]

And what does that tell you? The Republicans were your progressive party, the Democrats were the guardians of the status quo. Only in America could you turn this upside down.

[@misterscaz6011]

Actually the republicans were the “blue” party until the 1980s. I was old enough to remember that. It got flipped by the news media. “Red” is a little too close to communism and the Dems wanted to distance themselves from that.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

@@misterscaz6011 The FAKE NEWS! Figures.

[@etepmaximus5886]

Yeah... We're rebels. Lol

[@MRGiacalone2005]

A single dimension makes no sense for such complex political/sociological issues.

[@Craznar]

Which is why they use a 2 dimensional model commonly, and a 3 dimensional model if you really want some interesting analysis.

[@MRGiacalone2005]

@@Craznar Depending on who you mean by "They". Most media catering to the general public use only Left and Right (and their extremes). Which are condescendingly presenting a single dimension (not 2 or 3) bundling economic with other political views in support for their arguments to make it over simplified. When in reality there is far more granularity in the general public's economic and political views.

[@Knight_Astolfo]

I highly recommend the 8 Values test, it uses a 4-axis comparison. Economic Equality vs Markets, Nationalism vs Globalism, Liberty vs Authority, and Tradition vs Progress.

[@Craznar]

@@MRGiacalone2005 Those who do these analyses professionally.

[@insane_troll]

It also has the problem that you need to specify which direction you are facing for "left" and "right" to make sense. When you turn around they switch places.

[@billbaggins]

Politics should be done by birds.... amazing what can be achieved when the left wing and right wing cooperate.

[@DouglasWalrath]

difficult to fly with 2 right wings and 0 left wings

[@GeoFry3]

Well tell the left wing to quit trying to saw off the right wing.

[@TubbyBubbleLove42]

@@GeoFry3 Wings will roll like heads during the French Revolution!

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

Amazingly awful. They generally do cooperate behind closed doors. And the result is a noxious mixture of corruption and bone-headed bureaucracy.

[@billbaggins]

I may have to rethink that statement... Aus govt is just a pack of galahs

[@macmcelveen1241]

Im going to randomly drop opinions on the internet.. How could this possibly go wrong?

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

*D E A T H T H R E A T*

[@macmcelveen1241]

@@TheRatsintheWalls Give me sec.. The nice people from the Alfa bet agency's are here to talk to me..

[@yeahyeahyeah688]

You're wrong and I'm right

[@Atma_Weapon]

how could you say something like that? the facts dont support your claims. i decided this on a whim, and therefore you are incorrect.

[@macmcelveen1241]

@@Atma_Weapon So Facebook dropped this report extremism thing. I've been reporting blm. Every town for gun safety. Pass HR1. Crt. Facebook jail..

[@kirkc9643]

In Australia the Liberal Party are the right. Many people are very confused about this topic.

[@tamasdudas8351]

If you think about it, they are upside-down, so our left is kinda their right, in a way..

[@callabeth258]

I'm Australian and my confusion is that just reading policies alone I can't always tell them apart.

[@obsidianmoon13]

That's because in the US "liberal" used to mean something different until the current Liberal party started calling themselves that. They pretty much stand for the exact opposite of what it originally meant. Look up "classic liberal" to see the difference.

[@kremepye3613]

@@callabeth258 the liberals are the ones that only do stuff that enriches them and their friends

[@Archangelusbe]

In most of the world liberals are on the right side of the political spectrum. Only in the US "liberals" are considered "left", because the country is pretty much missing the entire left half of the political landscape and only has centre to far right options.

[@perrydowd9285]

Of course in Australia we call the Liberals Right and the Socialists Left while in the UK the Liberals are just Left Right Out.

[@dangerousfables]

Nope. The Liberal party are the centrist party in the UK. Conservatives on the right and Labour on the left.

[@perrydowd9285]

@@dangerousfables Ummm. I was making a pun regarding the Liberal Democrats lack of seats. Left right out: meaning of no consequence in parliamentary debate and decision making. This has nothing to do with ideology. Fun fact: The Liberal Party has not existed in the UK for around twenty years. The Liberal Party merged with The Social Democrats to form the Liberal Democrats. This led Lord Sutch to change the name of his party to The Raving Looney Liberal party. The Raving Looney Liberal Party became defunct shortly before Lord Sutch passed away.

[@dangerousfables]

@@perrydowd9285 Oh yeah. Sorry missed the joke.

[@perrydowd9285]

@@dangerousfables No worries. 👍👍

[@yt.personal.identification]

The term "liberal" in Australian politics is more of a economic term than a sociological term. There is nothing sociologically liberal about our Libs.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

To understand a person's political leanings you need more then a single line: You need a chart with dozens of Axis, and a two more whole charts that don't even connect!

[@JailDoctor1]

'Double Axle'? Nope, more of a Pie Chart with 'Lattice Crust'. Mmmmmm Deep Dish Cobbler.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

@@JailDoctor1 , As long as you bring more then one Pie Chart, I am perfectly fine with this change. Approve of it actually... for only a monster wouldn't go for more pie!

[@hamburgerchef1203]

yep

[@CyanicCore]

Glad someone said it!

[@CieJe.Alexander]

The difference in any two parties is ono stands for mankind's oppression of man. And the other has it the other way around. Can I have some of that pie?

[@darkguardian1314]

Red vs Blue is like Bloods vs Crips during the Gang Wars.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

That was such a great show

[@LSDeadly]

Are you talking about the Rooster Teeth masterpiece??

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

@@LSDeadly red vs blue

[@justinmoore3088]

Just add the nuance that the gangs represent to the left or right depending on region or sect. Nothing is absolutely black and white, right and left, red or blue. Love the Jessie Ventura analogy though.

[@jamesd5366]

Or in Halo

[@dirtygiraffe]

Greens are like watermelons: Green on the outside but red on the inside. At least that's how it is here in Scandinavia.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Same in Australia.

[@TheBaconWizard]

Same in the UK

[@matildastanford7019]

@@SirHavok let me guess you live in Melbourne?

[@matildastanford7019]

@@owenshebbeare2999beat me to it. So henceforth we shall dub the greens ....watermelons.

[@mr.jamster8414]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Yeah lol

[@BatCaveOz]

Ahh, 2021 when KZbin encourages the censorship of a boob from a painting from 1830... such is progress. 🤦‍♂️

[@inszel]

meanwhile over in vaush land...

[@sonicgoo1121]

Liberte, egalite, decollete!

[@BatCaveOz]

@@sonicgoo1121 Underrated comment, mon frère.

[@jakeaurod]

Remember a few years ago when John Ashcroft ordered a statue of Justice in Washington D.C. covered up because of a bare tit? Good times.

[@sailinbob11]

That's up for debate in America. Ummm... Actually, that seems to be the problem. There is no debate. 😖

[@robertthomas5906]

That's how the left wants it. Don't talk to other people because if they do then their positions fall apart like sugar in hot water. Antifa was famous for that. Whatever they did they didn't want them talking to the police or anyone else. They knew they were full of it. Leftist liars telling people other people are liars. A lot of people still believe the Trump Russian collusion lie that has been thoroughly disproved. Trump is a criminal, tax evader even though NY AG Cy Vance has once again proven that's a lie. He couldn't find anything to charge him with.

[@john-paulsilke893]

The Left are communistic and definitely support Marxism via BLM and ANTIFA.

[@Mugdorna]

Its quite funny, because in the USA both parties are Right wing. But the GOP often refers to the Democrats as "leftists"

[@kristibunny1620]

@@Mugdorna lots of them are socialist (left) I don’t think the center of the left is right anymore like it had been even one election ago

[@Mugdorna]

@@kristibunny1620 "Democratic socialist" =/= "socialists" Here in Europe we have actual Socialist political parties.

[@dracphelan]

Simon, a correction on what you have said. The modern Democratic party leadership stands opposed to most libertarian principles and positions in the USA. They actively oppose things ending the war on drugs and reducing the power of law enforcement. This is one of the things they do agree with the leadership of the modern Republican party on. Either party may say they support various libertarian principles, but their actions show that neither support them.

[@zogian5991]

Yeah the anti-war type democrats died out after 9/11 I think. The only real argument left in America for any of these is a conservative one. 'leave me alone and I'll leave you alone'

[@leoalcaraz6153]

Liberations are just republicans who don’t want be called republicans

[@lostbutfreesoul]

A lot of this can come down to the fact the left/right divide is bullshit in the first place. While I could rant on and on about the plurality system, and how it is mathematically proven devolving into two parties more alike then not, I want you to think about what it does to the people within it. After all, politicians are still people and they will act much like us when put to pressure. Throw anyone into a system designed to force them into one of two camps, with hatred the only acceptable emotion allowed towards the 'other,' and the same thing will occur - they too will begin to support the party over their own morals! When everyone started labeling themselves as left and right....

[@leoalcaraz6153]

@@joer8854 what election did they lose

[@davespanksalot8413]

@@joer8854 And don't forget they are forcing corn on us. Should be call the United States of Corn Syrup. I can imagine in the future they'll talk about the epidemic of the late twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries, the OBESITY epidemic!! How mind blowing is that? We are in the middle of a spate of super fatness everywhere! Chubby fat legs barely about to walk a mile without consuming a corn based snack with a corn syrup based drink. Morbidly overweight yet malnourished at the same time. We are nothing but lab rats to see what a high sugar, fat and starch low nutrient diet will do to the entire population of a nation. We Are KRISPY KREME-AAAHHHH!!

[@sve5543]

Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦 Love your channel 💫❤️

[@Daniel_Paterson]

I'm so glad I live in Australia where the population isn't divided with the political parties, we hate all the politicians, are constantly angry with them, and debate various political subjects amongst ourselves instead of supporting a political party's ideals because they're all shit. Our Liberal party is ironically further right-wing than the other main party, which is the Labor party which is spelt incorrectly (should be spelt Labour). Everyone has begrudgingly accepted that the politicians from Queensland are almost always racist and we get a steady flow of pictures of our various Prime Ministers wearing nothing but speedos. We also named a swimming pool after a former Prime Minister who disappeared (while in Parliament) in the ocean.

[@zillaquazar]

Anyone who actually describes themselves as political parties are not people I want to talk to

[@la_sn3ak3r19]

I despise tRump and the Left.

[@THall-vi8cp]

Dude, Trump has been out of office for six months. Now we have to deal with the party that claims to promote diversity while electing the _oldest_ and _whitest_ president ever and his cackling diversity-hire VP.

[@danielray1484]

@@la_sn3ak3r19 biden is a jim crow era democrat. Remember that. *born in 1942.

[@danielray1484]

@@THall-vi8cp his VP choice is a descendant of slave mastery.

[@Stroggoii]

@@danielray1484 The last politician still in office who voted against desegregation in schools.

[@01oo011]

No matter what their name is they’re all the same. A bunch of zealots and hypocrites who can’t think for themselves and are convinced that they are the only ones who know what’s best.

[@JeffreySquires]

Simon, please do this exact video again, but on Business Blaze with ever rant you wanted to go on.

[@kelly11k81]

Its so weird watching his other channels after falling down the BB rabbit hole. Where's the shouting? Where's the the deep inside jokes? The memes? We need this in our lives in every video. Am I right, PETER?

[@Pointlesschan]

@@kelly11k81 …………………..no. ( 😂)

[@hamburgerchef1203]

yep

[@DinsdalepiranHa3]

Daddy, chill

[@hughb5092]

This site should have 10 million+ subscribers, it's disheartening that people are allergic to learning, especially when presented with an informative and elegant teacher.

[@12yearssober]

They’re all the same behind closed doors.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Especially when you’re involved!!! :D

[@01oo011]

Hey, it’s the guy who didn’t kill himself!

[@Infamous41]

Racist

[@eetfuk4664]

*canvas bag* Fallout flashback intensifies

[@01oo011]

16 TIMES THE DETAIL!

[@treylee5896]

@@01oo011 it just works

[@iainperkins2085]

@@01oo011 i wonder if anyone ever asked him about this. I mean, you can be sued for lying so something must have been 16 times more detailed...

[@01oo011]

@@iainperkins2085 It wasn’t said on any official marketing so there’s no legal case there, plus they can just pass it off as Todd exaggerating.

[@arothmanmusic]

I was literally just wondering about this yesterday. Are you guys reading my mind or something?

[@sandybarnes887]

👀

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Do you really want to know the answer? . . Take enough people, and coincidences will happen If enough of those coincidences are commented on, then a faux-pattern emerges Once that fake pattern is accepted fact, people will believe Simon is psychic...! So the answer is: It can't just be a coincidence, so it must be real! /s

[@grimd8788]

Nope, just 😉 your search history.

[@aukryptik8212]

Not only that, hes predicting the future cause this was filmed atleast a month ago probably

[@Rokomarn]

It's the 5g implant that is beaming your subconscious to the Google servers. Google then gives us recommended videos to watch and gives creators recommended videos to make. I can confirm all this with an anonymous source who is familiar with the thinking of the spirit of Rasputin.

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

Anyone else sitting back with a bucket of popcorn going through this comment section?

[@quintuscrinis]

When did the practice of referring to the left as Liberals start? Historically Liberalism was more about small state and individual freedoms, these days ideas more associated with the right. While outside the US (and Australia) the Liberal parties are usually centrist.

[@jerrywhidby.]

Real Liberals are called Classical Liberals. Their movement was hijacked by Neo Liberals.

[@quintuscrinis]

@@jerrywhidby. this is why we need a separate axis for Liberal/Authoritarian. I for example am a real Liberal, but a social Liberal slightly to the left of the UK's centre.

[@DubbleM900]

In the US liberals are now neoliberals who are center-right leaning. The Democratic party is effectively the centrist party but in a two party system people pretend they're the left.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Unless you're talking economic liberalism, which tends to be a more right-wing affair yet again.

[@francescotierno2756]

@@DubbleM900 finally someone admits the left doesn't exist in usa

[@kevinhughes2943]

Come on Simon, we all know you wouldn’t be needing that outdoor gear 😂

[@jerrywhidby.]

So Mussolini was a lifelong socialist before becoming a fascist. He didn't think socialism went far enough. How does he fit into this? But Japan is considered to be very conservative. Polite, clean, and a harmonious society. A stark contrast to blue cities in America.

[@shawn4888]

Japanese conservatism isn't American conservatism.

[@jerrywhidby.]

@@shawn4888 what would you say the differences are?

[@shawn4888]

@@jerrywhidby. They don't reject climate change, they don't use religion to justify anything or try to establish religionous principles in law (they have laws regarding religions though), they are socially liberal to a higher degree, they are more ideas than any kind of leader figure. There are of course more differences too, but those are some big ones.

[@jerrywhidby.]

@@shawn4888 the Right doesn't deny climate change. They question the cause. I am old enough to have seen it ho from Global Cooling to Global Warming to Climate Change. I have seen the gloom and doomers predict the end of the planet several times, and then move the goal post. Kind of like an end of days cult. While Japan may not be influenced by religion they are certainly influenced by traditions and the culture their forbearers created. Religion is not an essential part of conservatism. Conservatives look at the past, and try to keep time tested methods for doing things. They prefer to take changes slow so that they can closely examine their effects. The Left throws caution to the wind thinking that they know better than hundreds of generations that came before them. And let's not forget that our forefathers, who were very conservative, placed a frieze of Muhammad in the Supreme Court. The point being that they believed in freedom of religion. Something that religious zealots would never consider.

[@shawn4888]

@@jerrywhidby. why do people lie about the past? The whole global cooling thing was one paper that was found to be flawed, was barely reported at the time, etc yet people claim to remover it being a thing when it was never the consensus, was not promoted etc. But as to Japanese, they don't dispute the cause, unlike us conservatives and even worse is its a lie to say conservatives in general only dispute the cause since most in fact dispute that it exists. Religion is the base of conservatives these days who want to enshrine religion into law. What forefathers? The founders were the liberals of their day. They sure as he'll were not conservatives. And in case you missed it Japan actually does embrace change far more than US conservatives, especially considering the traditions they focus on are not the harmful ones US conservatives claim they are holding to.

[@null090909]

In the end, we have the politicians we deserve.

[@mncdssctn9110]

In my country both liberals and conservatives would be considered rightwing. Although, a liberal in my country pretty much means what is called libertarian in the US.

[@austinowen7300]

Consider yourself lucky. In the US the liberals main goal is change for the sake of change without any real plan or purpose, even though it usually causes nothing but destruction.

[@francescotierno2756]

@@austinowen7300 Bruh he wasn't saying that everyone is right wing in his country, but that according to its standards, what Americans call leftist is considered right wing

[@mncdssctn9110]

@@francescotierno2756 Pretty much. A US liberal (or Democrat) in my country would be called either a social democrat (which, contrary to Bernie’s beliefs, is not the same as democratic socialist) or center. We don’t even have any party in the parlament that is as right-wing as the Republicans.

[@francescotierno2756]

@@mncdssctn9110 yeah, it cringes the shit out of me when Americans call us Europeans "socialist countries". Like not letting people bleed to death for free is all it takes to be called a socialist, but we just call it common decency here

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

We need a 1776 party - politicians who do their jobs and actually work to protect our liberties instead of constantly making excuses as to why they want to further limit our freedoms

[@tomx641]

1776 wasn't a time known for its liberties, except for middle class white men obviously!

[@MacStiles]

Yeah that's cute that you think people in America in 1776 were perfect.

[@killcharge4338]

Eh that's how it should have been but that's not how it happened

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

@@MacStiles wha? No, 1776 as in the independence party. The state of the human condition at the time is irrelevant. Get a grip... What are you even talking about? Have humans ever been perfect? No and we'll never be. You sound like a TikTok lib. Ask your wife's bf what 1776 means to him

[@justinahole336]

Umm...I think that "kit" might be of more interest to people watching "The Casual Criminalist"...just sayin...

[@whiterabbits22]

Censoring Lady Liberty? Talk about irony 😂

[@jawbone83]

I'm little disappointed you guys didn't mention the Overton Window

[@elijahclaude3413]

Learning about that has fundamentally changed how I understand politics. Really great concept!

[@stevencase3289]

he also called it a class based system and does not seem to understand the difference between collective and individual rights he learned his political theory from twitter university

[@twocvbloke]

Doesn't matter if you vote left or right, the politicians always get in... :P

[@MasterKnight2K]

Doesn’t matter who you vote for, elections are rigged anyways 🤷‍♂️

[@MasterKnight2K]

@Josh Harding what reality tv stars?

[@MasterKnight2K]

@Josh Harding you think he was a reality tv star?!?! Haha are you 12?

[@watermelons1285]

Deboooooooooooonked!

[@MasterKnight2K]

@Josh Harding two problems with your nonsense, he is a billionaire businessman and he didn’t cheat an election. If you have any evidence of this, please share. Considering they spent 4 years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and never found anything, I’m sure someone would love to hear what evidence you have.

[@theodorej.burkhardt8844]

For anyone confused by the thumbnail, Simon is from the United Kingdom, and in the UK, blue is a mainstream colour of the Conservative Party, while red is a mainstream colour of the Labour Party.

[@THall-vi8cp]

And up until the 2000 election, there were no set party-affiliated colors here in the States. The color scheme adopted was put forth by news agencies for differentiatiin on their electorap maps. Prior to this, blue had typically (but not officially) been used to show states that had voted republican with various other colors used at times to show states that voted democrat.

[@THall-vi8cp]

*electoral maps (Sorry for my fat thumbs)

[@alisterbennett]

Only Americans (of the US kind) are confusted...

[@paranoidrodent]

Blue for the big right-wing party and red for the big left-wing party is pretty much traditional in a lot of countries, particularly in the English and French speaking world. France, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc... It's always a little confusing to those of us from countries where that's the norm to see the colour scheme reversed in the US. I know it was a semi-arbitrary thing done by the networks but it's weird seeing the party that still rants about communism being a thing being well... red. It used to be "better dead than red".

[@AaronLitz]

@@THall-vi8cp Red was considered the color of the Left in the USA just like it is in the rest of the world. That's where the term Pinko came from; a person who wasn't fully Red, just sort of Pink.

[@AHouston06]

Your beard is S tier. Nice video

[@nsoper19]

After watching this video it seems obvious to me that left and right are a far too simplistic to have any real meaning. In my experience they seem to only be used as insults anyway. I think we'd do well to move away from such labels altogether

[@bryanandhallie]

Absolutely agree. The idea of labeling an entire philosophic menagerie of ideas as a single term is idiotic and divisive.

[@blainedavid9115]

Sounds like something a person on the *insert opposite political party of your preference* would say.

[@nsoper19]

@@bryanandhallie true. As though all aspects of politics, governance, economics, religion etc could be described on a single axis is just ridiculous. As far as I can see, it is just a way of simplisticly showing that certain groups are in a different tribe or they are 'far away' and not to be trusted.

[@nsoper19]

@@oldschoolgamer-w4u well no because if you stop using a left-right axis then there is no centre as such.

[@bryanandhallie]

@@blainedavid9115 You know, or someone who is sick and tired of division.

[@maverick4462]

😂😂😂 Seeing Simon promo outdoor gear. Best day ever!

[@CyanicCore]

It's funny what stayed in the mainstream and what didn't, to the point where terms could mean something almost completely different..

[@kingfuzzy2]

True for example liberal colleges in the usa refuse to teach the liberal arts but the conservative ones will

[@CyanicCore]

@@kingfuzzy2 Good example

[@AllPainNoGains]

The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful. The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a “protector,” and that he takes men’s money against their will, merely to enable him to “protect” those infatuated travellers, who feel perfectly able to protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful “sovereign,” on account of the “protection” he affords you. He does not keep “protecting” you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villanies as these. In short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you either his dupe or his slave.

[@cggc9510]

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[@MusicalRaichu]

a couple of elections ago australia had a website where they asked you lots of questions and they plotted you on a graph based on how close your views were to each party. they plotted the parties on a two axis graph but alas i can't remember what the axes were. btw i came out at some point equidistant to each of the three major parties so that left me with a quandary about who to vote for. i can't even remember who i voted for ...

[@carltonleboss]

Ah yes, the good old political compass

[@aelolul]

PCM FTW

[@stephenday2342]

Mine just spins in circles. What does that mean?

[@simonruszczak5563]

@@stephenday2342 Which way, left or right?

[@justinwhite2725]

I'm dissapointed thst you didn't mention the Overton Window and how the concepts have shifted even in our lifetime (a similar concept to how the Boegoise used to be on the left about halfway in your video) I have long been a proponent of free speech and individual expression. Two decades ago this would have put me on the left. However, I'm the current political climate I find myself constantly being classified as politically on the right, even though my principles and values have not changed. This is because the Overton Window shifted leftwards, to the point where I'm nearing the outside edge of it as opposed to being just left of centre.

[@berendharmsen]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the sponsor of the video. So the idea is you get monthy 'stuff' based on some set of preferences you can fill in, but every month (except during 'opt out month') you get 'a box' with 'stuff'. The only target audience I can imagine for this idea is people who have too much money, the irresistible drive to spend it on 'something', but lack the imagination to come up with something for themselves. Here's a thought: if you find yourself needing a knife, buy a knife. Don't wait for it to show up in one of your monthly 'let's see what I bought this month' boxes.

[@dlbstl]

Thank you I was looking for this comment. You said exactly what I was thinking just about. Rich people are so bored with their lifestyle that they may like to get a surprise every month. It must be nice.

[@fredbowles4721]

It's actually aimed at most middle class people or poor people. Just like the lottery. Give us x amount of cash a month and you can pretend you're rich/getting a good deal.

[@hanvyj2]

Everything has to be a subscription these days. Even drop shipping. Drop-shipping-as-a-service. It's easier for people to just give X a month they probably won't notice going out of their bank account compared to actually getting them to buy a particular thing for a particular price.

[@berendharmsen]

@@dlbstl It completely obscured the subject of the video for me; I didn't even watch it to the end. It's like a 'book of the month club' scam that lacks the focus to even decide on a product. Even if I actually had more money than sense I wouldn't even consider letting my house clutter up with unsollicited nonsense on the off chance that you might occasionally actually need some of it.

[@bradhobbs6196]

It's like Columbia House Records. . .but with weapons.

[@BoristheBlade]

Interesting shutter speed Simon

[@r5037]

And, here I am just waiting for the AI overlords to take over. While the AI's first goal might be to wipe out all humans as we are just a fussy and disagreeable lot, I think they'd make better decisions than us easily.

[@raydavison4288]

I will welcome our electronic overlords.

[@jayhom5385]

That's why we are so resistant to self driving cars since they'd actually follow the rules as written.

[@jason19twofour]

Not making fun of you or anything like that. That's the most beta male thing I've ever read in my entire life.

[@r5037]

​@@jason19twofour I'll have you know I was a BETA person for sure. Betamax was FAR superior to VHS and how VHS ended up being adopted instead was something of a travesty. But I can understand you being more of a VHS fan. It was far more widely available for one, it wasn't limited by brand copyright so many brands simultaneously released the format. This of course lead to many movies being released on the format so I can completely understand your position. I too really loved VHS. Still, I think back and think that BETA could have had more time to shine if it was managed better.

[@jason19twofour]

@@r5037 Only had VHS.

[@gabbiehepworthh]

As an Australian where our conservative party is called the Liberal Party this is so confusing! :P

[@francescotierno2756]

Pretty much everywhere else it's the same as your country. It's those flat headed Yankees, they are so right wing to the point of calling left something that is just a little bit less right wing than the conservatives

[@bradhobbs6196]

"Tree saw?" That right there is a garrote, buddy!

[@MrSparky4101]

Water proof case? Definitely an ammo can. Lol

[@pakde8002]

Someone's been playing too many video games.

[@feddi7693]

Politicians are some of the biggest gangsters.

[@richsackett3423]

The final season of The Trumpranos is shaping up to be quite something.

[@rickerson81]

I'm of the party; "Mind you're own damn business and leave me the hell alone-ism."

[@watermelons1285]

Yep

[@HumanAction76]

As are most American citizens. Most just don't vote that way, sadly.

[@jakeaurod]

Party of one, your table is ready.

[@MrPeter2709]

Left ? Right ? Politics is like having a cheese grater go through my head !

[@JailDoctor1]

Thank you. This makes it all so much clearer for me now, however this works only for L/R globally. Could you now break down the 'Left' and 'Right' factions in the United States of America?

[@Vohlfied]

Sure: Republicans are "far right." Democrats are "center-right."

[@rationallyruby]

@@Vohlfied yeah that’s basically it lol

[@whaleymom76]

Sure. The Right openly supports and advocates restrictive laws based on "othering" and excluding anyone with whom they do not agree from society and government and the Left has good, socially progressive ideals but are so afraid of breaking mores and rules that no one but them care about that, instead of instituting people-based and helpful legislation, they stand around, wringing their hands, and wait to be removed from power in the next election. Currently, you can also add a large element of fascism, vocalized hate and threats, and an enormous effort to actively dismantle any remaining vestiges of democracy in the American governmental structure to the Right's tool box and this will pretty well cover it.

[@DoubleBob]

The real distinction is not left vs right. It's authoritarians vs libertarians.

[@tacticalcenter8658]

The corrupt criminals on both side need to be locked up for treason against the people of the world.

[@dansmith9859]

You're not wrong, but be careful of losing sight of the fact that one is far far worse than the other. I still won't vote for either, but one party wants to get rich by giving handouts to the lazy rich, the other wants to get rich giving handouts to the lazy rich, while also enacting a barbaric theocratic dictatorship where slavery is legal again.

[@IanLandesman]

Thank you!

[@neo-didact9285]

Loved the neutrality regarding this topic, Simon!

[@nathanmays7926]

Don't worry. The comments section will be partisan enough for you.

[@jean-lucpicard581]

Well, I learned today why the term "bootlicker" exists XD. I'm Swiss btw, so for me, looking at US "democracy" is at best baffling - at worst terrifying...

[@chrish4469]

In Australia the Liberal party is a conservative party

[@Hhhhhh-sz9ud]

In most of the world that is the case

[@dlbstl]

That is so confusing.

[@TheRogueVandil]

Simon, I'm still dealing with whiplash from how you are on TIFO to how you are on Business Blaze...allegedly.

[@HayTatsuko]

Cussin' Sassy Unadulterated Simon is Best Simon.

[@CieJe.Alexander]

Shhhh... He is different. He's cloned himself. How do you _think_ he manages so many channels. Don't tell anyone.🙊

[@Marc83Aus]

I assume it has absolutely nothing to do with genuine politics but rather the position that that party used to sit in the house.

[@glendelong1023]

Always love Simon...but it hurt me to listen to him talk about the outdoor products....lol

[@ragecharacter4743]

Lol yeah It was funny lol

[@Demonslayre]

Simon actually goes outside. He's not locked in the basement with Danny and Sam.

[@MrSparky4101]

Water proof case.... you mean ammo can? Lol

[@nathanherren6708]

But why tho? He’s literally talking about how mundane and complicated the whole “left” v “right” argument is. If you like the outdoors and cool knives, why not? Lol 🤦‍♂️

[@brain4154]

For why tho

[@abc-coleaks-info]

A couple years ago, entered a left leaning blog and posted the simple message “Trigger Warning “ that was all I posted. Following that about a dozen people leaped on and began berating my post. I did the same on another blog that leaned right and did the exact same thing. It was followed immediately by responses requesting the trigger, laughing, and jokes. I don’t have a political preference per se but I know who appreciated the humor.

[@_MikeJon_]

Because Correct and Wrong would've been too on the nose.

[@aprilbarringer732]

I've always wondered why we just didn't use those words to indicate how government is applied...liberally or conservatively. Makes so much sense to me!

[@mistery728]

In many countries the liberals are not left, they‘re More in the middle

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

In most countries, liberalism is seen as very much right-wing. Right-wingers tend to love their free market shenanigans after all. Communists and socialists aren't a big fan of economic liberalism.

[@adamestrada7610]

That's why most countries outside of America use "socially" and "economically" as prefixes. Poland (based on my friend who is a dual US-Polish citizen) is economically liberal (universal healthcare, expansive social nets) while being socially conservative (ie strong religious faiths, less accepting of liberal ideas such as gay marriage, transgenderism, immigration, et). America has such a bad short term dynamic that conservative anything is evil to team blue and vice versa with team red, despite a huge overlap in their support for many causes. And that's by design of the super-elite who work to keep it that way. Keep em separated and fighting each other so you can win the war without even lifting a finger.

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

@@adamestrada7610 I much prefer it that way. There are many brands of liberalism, both left and right wing. Clarifying helps.

[@JoshuaMcTackett]

It's a distraction technique in the media to avoid nuance that might get people talking about policy instead of "my team vs your team" tribalism to keep the status quo

[@jakeaurod]

People are and have been tribal before modern media. Sure, newspapers stired shit with yellow journalism, but people who avoided mass media still have their own narrowband media, whether it be magazines or mailing lists or the local VFW or Church or Eleanor clubs.

[@leadbreastplate7496]

The concsept is just ignorant. We have to Manny people to many issues and to many options. To break it down in to two views or positions. This is how both parties make a mockery of what we are tought that our founders stood for. And we are a democratic republic. Not a democracy. I never even went to high school and I know this much.

[@K4rm4ness]

All politicians prey on the fact that most of their base does not know what it is. People will take what they say as fact and not look it up.

[@dylanschmidt9056]

Being a democratic republic doesn't mean what you think. It means you aren't a democratic constitutional monarchy like Canada. A republic has a president instead of a crown, that's it. There are both democratic republics (e.g. France) and autocratic republics (e.g. USSR), and democratic monarchies (e.g. Australia) and autocratic monarchies (e.g. Eswatini). And then there's whole other things, like Iran's parallel structure combining theocracy with a limited democratic parliament with pre-approved candidates, or North Korea which acts more like a cult than anything else.

[@derPetunientopf]

In Denmark it gets even more confusing. The Venstre Party (= the Left Party) has Left in its name but is liberal-conservative (neoliberal) and is compared to most of the other partys now more on the right side of the political spectrum. This has historic reasons. The Party was founded back in 1870, back then there were only the agrarian Left Party (Venstre) and the aristocratic Right Party (Højre). Now there are 16 (!) Partys in the the danish Parliament and 4 independent MPs. So everything changed even the party itself but they kept the name out of tradition and to confuse foreigners.

[@thetangieman3426]

Shout out to all the level headed folks in the middle.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

I understand why people think that the middle is a sort of level headed perspective but it’s really depends on country. Furthermore, it’s still a stance about both social and economic politics. It’s not a safe calm perspective. For example, in America if you claim to be in the middle of Democrats and Republicans that means you are right wing. Nothing wrong with that, but that’s were you land between the two parties given their policies. Liberalism is supposed to be the middle but even that can lean right or left. Furthermore, there is also a north and south on the political spectrum that most never even consider. For example, conservatism and fascism are both right wing, communism and social Democrats are both left wing but they are very different. Fascism and communism both are very authoritarian while social Democrats and conservatism much less so. Again, middle isn’t an ideological high horse, if anything it’s historically for people who haven’t figured out much politically.

[@thetangieman3426]

@@UncomfortableShoes gee THANK YOU SO MUCH for the lecture, I'll be able to better enjoy my life now that you mansplained this in such a comprehensive manner. 🙄

[@UncomfortableShoes]

@@thetangieman3426 Wow. Lol. Just trying to have a friendly discussion on the internet about the nuance of political leans and how they can vary depending on where you live. So sorry I took a minute to try and discuss it with you. Have a great day.

[@philscott7949]

In Australia, it's reversed. The right wing is represented by the "Liberal Party". 😁

[@tomx641]

Liberals are generally on the right.

[@dschlie6669]

'wood-cutter' haha We all know what that's really for ;)

[@K4rm4ness]

Is that the fun tool you sit in the back seat and wait for the driver to get in?

[@AaronLitz]

It's a fancy garrote. They accidentaly sent Simon the Assassin's Bag.

[@jakeaurod]

I prefer the biaxial chart taught in my university. 1 axis is Social and the 2nd axis is economic/fiscal. One direction along an axis from the center indicates a desire for more government control, while the opposite direction indicates a desire for less government control, or in simple terms each axis defines a spectrum of Freedom vs. Order. The advantage of this biaxial chart is that it neatly demarcates the common parties in the USA into their own quadrants, albeit generally (or did in the 1990s when I learned it). The quadrant desiring less government control in economic matters yet more government in social matters aligns with the Republican Party. Cater-Corner is the Democratic Party, which desires less government in social matters yet more government in economic matters. Libertarians are in the corner that desires less government in both economics and social matters. The remaining quadrant that desires government to exert more control over both social order and economic order represents Populism, even if there aren't any formal Populist parties at present. I prefer the chart I described above because I feel it's easier to use for placing a person, party, movement, etc, based on policy proposals (which can be done objectively) and less on identity (tribalism). This chart can also be used universally, without recalibrating for cultural contexts (The quadrants can be named, renamed or ignored and identified via polygonal subdivisions). Other charts seem more subjective with regards to what is considered authoritarian or totalitarian, which can be calculated with regards to freedom vs. order or by definition, but must be calculated and perceived off-chart. The potential downsides of the chart I describe above include not discriminating between moderatism and centrism, although this could perhaps be adapted by using lines or arrows for moderatism (indicating delta from proscribed policy to moderated policy). It does not descriminate between militancy in obtaining policy goals nor the desire for or willingness to abide by the rule of law. Perhaps a better chart could be constructed using a spider-web style chart, with an index/zero line between the innermost and outermost lines and with spokes for additional dimensions beyond Economics and Social culture.

[@marteen2718]

Now how about a follow up of how the Democrats started out being red and the Republicans being Blue only to switch those colors after Regan.

[@geofftimm2291]

That was done by the Democrat-Communist-KKK-Antifa Party controlled media many years ago on early color TV, reporting on elections. Geoff Who has been around awhile.

[@YouTube_can_ESAD]

@@geofftimm2291 lol.

[@dansmith9859]

@@geofftimm2291 you have to be a poe right?

[@geofftimm2291]

@@dansmith9859 Trust me, I've never committed poetry.

[@SteelyDanzig]

@@geofftimm2291 go to a KKK rally and tell them they're communist democrats, see how well that goes for you

[@bradhobbs6196]

Damn. Pastafarians never get any respect, even from Simon.

[@null090909]

In Norway, the political party called Left (Venstre) is in the center right side of the political spectrum, together with the party called Right (Høyre) in the governing coalition. The main left wing party being the Labor party (Arbeidspartiet). Made even more confusing by the consensus based politics which make all parties look very similar on many issues.

[@archibaldmoore4514]

A note on horseshoe theory. It's also helpful to understand horseshoe theory as the the far left and the far right having very similar METHODS and PRACTICES. Obviously aims vary but as you go to the extreme political opinions, politics become less about actual aims and more jingoism and as such extremists tend to take an "ends justify means approach".

[@yunan7692]

How did a donkey and an elephant come to represent political parties?

[@djkates1916]

Political cartoons, the kind you would see in newspapers. Both the elephant for Republicans and the donkey for Democrats were initially intended to be insulting, but the parties themselves decided to adopt them.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

Because conservatives are right and liberals are wrong, but we just started calling them left to be polite.

[@carlesc5497]

Just like that! 💪🏻

[@alanhardman2447]

FuckKZbin'sCensorship - Why be polite? They KNOW they are wrong! Their full intention is to live a life of leisure at the expense of those who are willing to work for their livings. That's called theft in any honest discussion, and exactly displays consequences of adherence to The Law of the Harvest. When (as now) more people are living on a public dole than are working an honest job or profession, social collapse MUST be close behind. The next "revolution" will be as depicted in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. And Ayn knew better than anyone else in the United States - she lived it!

[@KendrixTermina]

i was kinda shocked when i first learned that in other countries people call themselves "right-wing" because where i grew up thats basically an euphemism for nazi & the local conservatives call themselves centrist.

[@dansmith9859]

Anything left of slavery is considered 'left' in america.

[@johannsebastianbach5223]

No.

[@scotlawrence]

I don't understand how or why the colors switched in the USA. Left should be red and Right should be blue. (As discussed in the video, Red is the historic color choice of socialism and communism, so the left side of the political spectrum should naturally be red) But somehow it got reversed in the US, Left is now blue and Right is red, which looks totally wrong to me. anyone know why it changed?

[@bryanandhallie]

Likely because we use an imperial system rather than metric (although technically our system is based on metric). Shhhh don't tell the conservatives!

[@bryanandhallie]

@@scotlawrence I know

[@thewhitewolf7241]

And then there’s the premise of Facism. The belief that one person is weak but a group of people banded together are strong...generally shown by aligning the fingers together in a straight line (like giving a chop) or by raising a clenched fist. Make of that what you will.

[@jerrywhidby.]

I never understood how Mussolini could be a lifelong socialist, but fascism is put on the right side of the spectrum.

[@jerrywhidby.]

Also the slur for homosexuals that starts with an f also means a bundle of sticks.

[@sonotdown998]

@@jerrywhidby. “Lifelong”? Maybe if by “lifelong” you meant before he was expelled from the Italian Socialist Party.

[@thewhitewolf7241]

@@jerrywhidby. The problem is that ideologies are not two dimensional. They are multi-dimensional. Socialism (i.e. a command economy) is generally favored by those who want more equity (because the government can easily command that every person get exactly two loaves of bread, therefore everyone has equity regardless of where they started.) A command economy is readily accepted by Fascism because of the element of government control as well as the individual interest being subordinated to the good of the nation (there are no individual interests in a Command Economy). Although many people confuse Marxism with Socialism. They are linked but Marxism is more political in nature (i.e. the Worker controls the government). Thus Marxism and Fascism would be counter to each other. Everything becomes dumbed down to "left" and "right" because those in power think people are stupid and easily coerced. After all, it's far easier to corral people into sides when there are only two perceivable options.

[@SecurityMonitorLizard]

Oi! You got a license for that knife, mate?

[@mr.fluffyface431]

I Freaking hate the left-right spectrum. mostly because for some reason I ALWAYS Picture it going the other way. I think because we read from left to right in English, and thus right feels more like the 'progressive' direction. or maybe it's because I'm left handed and thus can never keep my directions straight anyway.

[@phillipnunya6793]

I generally disagree with the basic definition given for left and right in this video. The right and left generally want the same basic things, but have very different ideas of how to go about it. In the USA and most "western" countries anyway.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

I’d agree. It comes down to which economic systems you trust and how much of each system you trust. How much power the state has etc. In the end though, people want the same stuff, a good job, affordable housing, prosperity for their friends and family.

[@maximilianoleon2]

Sad part is both sides just defend different rich people now

[@K4rm4ness]

Sadly, I agree. In the U.S., the left is actually center-right in their theories. The right always screams socialism for issues brought up by the left. This is a scare tactic because they know their base does not know or understand it fully.

[@maximilianoleon2]

@@K4rm4ness and the "left" screams facism at everything for the same reasons. In the end it just a bunch of old assholes who only want money and power

[@dylanschmidt9056]

@@maximilianoleon2 Try looking up the defining qualities of fascism. They're a pretty close match to the modern Republican party, right up to and including trying to overturn the results of elections by violence.

[@maximilianoleon2]

@@dylanschmidt9056 thank you for proving my point

[@dylanschmidt9056]

@@maximilianoleon2 Historians who study fascism, holocaust survivors, and older Germans who lived in Nazi Germany have all said Trumpism is fascist, but whatever, just cover your ears and shout "fake news" all day if that's what you want. Your denial doesn't change reality.

[@cypresswalnuts7644]

if liberalism is over 300 years old and the alive conservatives are less than 100 years old how is it not possible that conservatives are not trying to conserve liberalism?

[@DavidCruickshank]

FYI liberalism is a centre right belief, just shows how right wing America is.

[@albertwooten2983]

that's a hyper tough stackable water resistant utility storage box. decent box. gasketted seal and a metal locking point(admittedly still attached to the plastic of the box as a whole) the hinge is a little iffy though.

[@Scum42]

Hey uh just a warning, the colors of the arms on the thumbnail is backwards You are probably going to get a lot of comments and stuff about that

[@PeterJohnson1289]

He might have done that on purpose for the comments, good for the algorithm

[@danjones4432]

Not in the uk.

[@krvys7226]

In both Britan and Canada, these are the correct party colours, actually. also may apply to several other countries, although I don't know for sure. In any case, do remember it may apply to countries other than America.

[@Scum42]

@@danjones4432 oh, really? Sorry about that, I haven't watched the video all the way through yet but I thought the left/right thing was only US politics. If it's different in the UK then he probably talks about the difference in the video

[@jolly_39]

Red is used to symbolize left-wing literally everywhere except the US. Blue or black symbolizes conservatives in most places.

[@0ldFrittenfett]

I kind of knew this already, but thanks for the clear explanation!

[@Liam1991]

Before I start, liberalism is centre, and conservativism is centre right! The way we are taught about the political spectrum in the International Marxist Tendency is as following, Ultra left----Marxism----Centrism----Left reformist----Right reformist----Liberalism----Conservatism----Nationalism----Fascism

[@jerrywhidby.]

Mussolini was a lifelong socialist before he became a fascist. He didn't think socialism went far enough. Which means he was an extremist going further left. How do you square putting a life long socialist who was a founder of fascism on the Right?

[@DubbleM900]

@@jerrywhidby. Mussolini denounced socialism before founding the National Fascist Party. He was extreme right-wing nationalist as a fascist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini?wprov=sfla1

[@mrmoth26]

@Michael Rogers Collective or public ownership doesn't mean state ownership, it means either ownership of the people directly, not through a state but by the people themselves owning the MoP collectively or state ownership if the state is democratic. Collective ownership isn't just state ownership, it can be either of the two above

[@hellhammer7444]

The only result of a two party system is exactly what is happening in American politics today. And somehow generation after generation still don't see any other solution.

[@markbroad119]

We're called the right because we're not wrong.

[@eow4317]

Ah yes, wanting the planet to boil and for minorities to die or serve you is definitely the RIGHT thing to do.

[@markschattefor6997]

There is one major explanation; In France, Frank Zappa.

[@AbdulRaheem-fk8ru]

Insert [comment section is gonna be interesting] joke

[@llperlrll]

Factboi with that hunting knife is a Casual criminalist episode waiting to happen ...

[@wizarddragon]

I would argue that the Center in the United States is actually right. They do love them some rich people.

[@geofftimm2291]

Wake up, the Billionaires own the Democrat-Communist-KKK-Antifa Party and Puppet Joe, cross reference George Soros buying local Prosecutor elections. They are working hard to convert the US of A into a clone of Communist China, a system by and for billionaires. Geoff Who is a cynic.

[@wizarddragon]

@@geofftimm2291 Whats facts you have that suggest Billionaires and Democrats are working towards communism? Billionaires are doing really good in our capitalist society. Stay away from silly conspiracy theories.

[@geofftimm2291]

@@wizarddragon In Red China the billionaires literally have the power of life and death. Why else would the "Ultra-rich" be giving so much money to the Dems?

[@dansmith9859]

@@geofftimm2291 you're off your meds again aren't you?

[@IFY0USEEKAY]

@@geofftimm2291 The "Ultra-rich" buy political favors. In deeply red states they usually will give more money to Republicans, expecting that they will win. Vice versa in deeply blue states. Often they bet on every horse in the race... Campaign finance reform is WAY overdue. Anyone that thinks that the Democrats OR Republicans are going to fix the problem, clearly doesn't understand the problem.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍