How Socialism Killed Venezuela

[@FreedomToons]

No, you have not found yourself in a time loop: I had to reupload this video! Unfortunately there were subtle errors with two of the graphs and I didn't want to spread misinformation, so I rerendered and reuploaded as soon as the problem was pointed out to me. Love y'all :* and whatever the view count on this is, add 37.000 :P

[@Mate2Frio]

Thought you got your account yanked for a minute there.

[@dagarswords1roleplayanimea349]

🤣 I thought you got claimed by KZbin Bs and I got worried. Love ya seamus

[@arminthegreat3729]

I’m confused

[@shannonnezul4903]

Wow, thanks for updating it thought you'd gotten the axe there for a moment.

[@dickcheesemcgee6978]

FreedomToons uh huh sure we all know the commies at youtube took it down😏

[@Kemot300]

"... A renowed Polish actor once said: 'Nobody invented capitalism, it came with life which by some is referred to as the human history on Earth. Socialism on the other hand was invented by men sitting at the desk. No wonder it constantly comes in conflict with life.'" Excerpt from "Communist Civilisation" by Leopold Tyrmand, 1972

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Fales: Das capital was a response to Wealth of nation in which Karl Marx pointed out all the flaws in Adam Smith's plan. The " Free Market" only came about after French revolution.

[@S3Mi87]

@@thepiratepenguin4465 1. Wealth of the nations is not a plan but an academic research on the brilliant idea of allowing people to decide about their own lives. Contrary to marxist ideas that are always totalitarian plans to control people lives. 2. Name one of these "flaws".

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

​@@S3Mi87 There is literally a chapter called " The plan of work" & the last time I checked "allowing people to decide about their own lives" is not a thing. I can decide that I want to swim to the Antarctica & live with the penguins, but it will never happen as there a societal & natural restrictions in place. If your are born into an environment without access to food & clean water, you will die... where is not choice in the matter. Now that I have knocked down that straw man lets get to the Core of your statement. 1) You can't have infant growth on a finite plant no mater how much propaganda economist spew, 2) The working class outnumber "rich" 9 to 1, yet the "rich" expects that the working class should bow to there will by buying shit we don't need with money we don't have in order to to literally sell hours of our lives in order to shit we don't need with money we don't have in order to keep this corrupt cycle going . So there is your Idea of freedom out the window. In short capitalism causes - inequality, centralization & accumulation of resources , damage to the environment, oppression & exploitation of the working class, wasteful materialism and boom and bust economic cycles which leads to more inequality, centralization & accumulation of resources , damage to the environment, oppression & exploitation of the working class, wasteful materialism and boom and bust economics . Capitalism is in fact so flawed , That a Virus, something so small, that is invisible to the eye almost destroyed.

[@S3Mi87]

@@thepiratepenguin4465 "The plan of work" describes how economy works, it does not impose how it should work. Compare that to Das Kapital or Communist Manifesto that scream how things should be in every single chapter. One is a scientific research other is a pseudo-scientific political garbage.

[@UnnamedRevolutionary]

@@thepiratepenguin4465 So how would you explain the fact that clean water and access to food has exponentially increased since free markets have been brought across the world. Life expectancy was/is at an all time high (other than COVID) with the rise of capitalism across the world. Also, I would say that if you wanted to live with the penguins that you should be free to do so. I think as long as you don’t infringe on other people’s rights then you can do whatever you want. You should be free to live your life to the fullest extent. I would therefore be in favor of getting rid of any of these societal restrictions you mentions. Also the natural restrictions don’t make sense since you could buy all the supplies you needed to live in Antarctica. Now yes there are boom and bust cycles but think about all the people who suffer from tornadoes and other natural disasters. The point is some people will be randomly negatively affected by outside factors. It would be impossible to create a world without some people sometimes suffering. I would argue that life is what you make of it and how you roll with the punches makes you the person you are. Also, is there any alternative that can make more people happy. I mean communism and other state ran economies have never made people happy. So what is the best way to give the most amount of people the greatest amount of happiness.

[@perlago21]

As a Venezuelan exiled in the United States I approve this video

[@owenberg3366]

Star Trek Theory I think he means a Venezuelan who lives in America now dude. Chill

[@trumpstroll7438]

@Star Trek Theory Ahh i see you subscribe to STAR TREK THEORY, If they could make socialism work in the 24th century why can't we in the 21st century.

[@fenixcruzado010]

Respeto para tí

[@blizzarias9277]

@Star Trek Theory "jewbag"

[@awakenedpersona6488]

Share your story with others and help provide the vaccine to the socialist cancer trying to infect us, those who are smart will listen yet there's no helping those too deep in the Commie cult.

[@onesojourner7514]

"The vice of capitalism is that it unequally distributes blessings. The virtue of socialism is that equally distributes miseries." ~ Winston Churchill

[@Zadamanim]

If only that were true... The leaders of socialist states never experience the miseries of the people they rule over.

[@onesojourner7514]

@@Zadamanim- Agreed on that point. If all socialist leaders would start to suffer the miseries of socialism....socialism would cease to exist.

[@budgetbiker26]

Bro if only the lib tards that I graduated with in college studied history we would not be in this mess.

[@onesojourner7514]

@@budgetbiker26 - I agree. A great number of them change their ideology. ...when they begin to pay taxes, start a business, raise a family, etc. Unfortunately, by that time they have already voted many times.

[@QualityPen]

The Decembrists wanted to end poverty. The communists wanted to end wealth. -a Russian saying

[@nwordpenis4125]

I liked socialism, then i graduated fifth grade.

[@rcbmmines4579]

Sounds like a friend I know. Except he only liked it for the memes.

[@joshanonline]

Woah, I also liked Socialism, because I was living in it, then I discover more of the outside World and realized that I was a slave. I'm in the U.S now, still feeling like a slave to corporations, but I live way better and can get things people in my home town could only dream of.

[@cookedflores9444]

Infinity Dragon good for you

[@SuperStriker7US]

I liked socialism, then I was born.

[@clickbaitme5247]

Same

[@njasonewman3382]

A Bernie Sanders ad came on before this and I lost it

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

No Bernie sanders

[@caseyw.6550]

Hope you were listening.

[@theanimationmaniac4187]

Same

[@Pigninjius]

I got an Adventure Communist ad

[@darthutah6649]

to be fair though, he sees scandinavia as a model rather than venezuela

[@DesertEagleSam]

lol , a virtual currency of a remake of a 18 year old mmorpg is a more stable currency than of Venezuela

[@Thunderfang777]

Which MMORPG?

[@robincb]

@@Thunderfang777 old school runescape. There used to be a lot of venezuelans farming green dragons and other stuff because they could literally make more money selling runescape gold than by having an actual job due to their currency going into the shitter

[@harrycozens01]

@@robincb that's unnervingly sad

[@megahellreaper]

@@robincb Just goes to show that investing in video game currency is the way to go.

[@killman369547]

+Harry Cozens. yes it is, and that's what communism does to a country and hence why i believe all communists who refuse to totally and completely denounce their ideology should be shot.

[@Woogoo336]

And yet there's people who just a year ago called Venezuela a shining example of socialism. Thing is, they were right. Venezuela is exactly what socialism leads to, without fail. Problem is some people still refuse to acknowledge there's anything wrong with Venezuela.

[@robokill387]

yeah, they suddenly changed their definition of real socialism after venezuela tanked.

[@robertkubrick3738]

@Ryan Wieber Don't make me sell you.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

With or without fail, this would be the outcome. Even if people were altruistic enough to run the country near perfectly, meaning Jesus, Lao Tzu and Buddha would all have to run it given how harshly against human nature it is, there'd still be the economic issue. They'd run out of money pretty damn quickly.

[@danteghazizadeh1656]

Woogoo336 bruh socialism actually greatly improved Venezuela. The reason Venezuela is in the dumps right now is because America meddled in South America, deploying five sanctions in Venezuela, ruining it.

[@a.bagasm.7253]

@@frenchsoldier8485 owh yeah,then it failed completelly ,lol.

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

“But that was not Real socialism” - People who do not know what socialism is.

[@JNM578]

@Michael De Santa lololol "private", yet it's mostly controlled by the govermment.

[@tictacterminator]

the Chavistas were doing real socialism, including land reform, but mostly they are concerned with protectionism and some nationalization. but I don't expect to have a nuance conservation about protectionism and why the neoliberals cannot tolerate it's existence with a bunch of unwitting chumps for the global economy who only think they are conservative. Trump is our Chavez, but unlike Chavez, no one can destroy the United States of America for protecting it's economy. if you don't see that, you don't know the first thing about the world. Left and right doesn't matter. There is only populism and protectionism against the global economy.

[@vexjaeger4314]

I may be getting in a soap box here but your statement also work with antifa. “America is fascist!” Says people who have no idea what fascism is, and are ironically doing the exact same shit the Brown shirts (proto nazis) did in post WW1 pre WW2 Germany

[@Cybernaut551]

@@vexjaeger4314 So any ideology with anti- or extremism is a plague. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that; hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reverend, Civil Rights Leader, and notable Motivationer.

[@mattipps]

@@tictacterminator you are a complete DA.

[@pearljaime2]

South american here. Don't try socialism/ social democracy. We tried. It sucked.

[@caucasusmapper7098]

Social democracy is a vastly different system.

[@rossholt9352]

@@caucasusmapper7098 social democracy is just socialism-lite. Instead of the government having control over *all* means of production, they have control over *some* means of production. Social democracy is basically just a nanny state.

[@caucasusmapper7098]

@@rossholt9352 That's not necessarily true. Social democracy can coexist with 100% privatized economy, it creates regulations within capitalism framework. Nanny state is just a term made by fiscal conservatives for more social spending.

[@rossholt9352]

@@caucasusmapper7098 oh of course. That's why I said socialism lite. For example healthcare, in the UK we have the NHS but there are private options. But even if you never use the NHS and always go private, you still pay into it. But it is a nanny state when an individual doesn't have to take much responsibility in their own actions because there's always some government run programm to get them out of the shitter.

[@caucasusmapper7098]

@@rossholt9352 Laissez-faire capitalism may be appealing in UK but here in Georgia, we're riddled with oligarchs and corporations are exploiting the people for cheap labor. Despite our paranoia of left-wing politics because of Soviet past, people still are overwhemingly left-leaning on economic issues. It's a weird syncretic outlook, right-wing culturally and left-wing economically.

[@lehtokurppa7824]

"iT wILl wOrK tHe nExt tIMe" "iT wAsN't rEal sOciAliSM", say the American college teens while sipping Starbucks and disliking this video.

[@someoneontheinternet6378]

I mean, Starbucks is good... /kappa

[@alejmc]

The irony indeed. Starbucks, it's existence spawned and maintained 100% by capitalism. To these people wanting a full-on socialist country, please go ahead, go live in Venezuela, Cuba, etc. If you find a Starbucks sends us a postal card. I'm not saying that it will never work, but damn sure what has happened in these countries CANNOT be defended (Venezuelan here).

[@Pigninjius]

Don’t forget those Che Guevara shirts. Items for the socialist made by their worst enemy, capitalism.

[@amnesiagrunt2356]

You mean "says some of American college teens". Some of us have brains you know.

[@CoryMck]

@@Pigninjius Capitalism didn't make the shirts. The Irish artist Jim FitzPatrick made the design "released copyright-free for intended use among revolutionary groups in Europe and elsewhere." It's literally the exact opposite of capitalism. A consenting artist used the image to spread the ideals of a young Marxist revolutionary. I don't give a fuck what you have to say about it, let's acknowledge the fact that you lied. Of course, you might know that if you knew what capitalism was or if you even cared to research before you lied.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk]

For a guy who doesnt live in Venezuela, I can say you have a pretty solid grasp of why everything went to shit. PS: Im Venezuelan

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

not only Venezuela is failed socialist country. Congo, Togo, Cuba ETC.

[@phantomaviator1318]

@@AxenfonKlatismrek im not sure if you could call cuba failed. I mean, there's old cars... Right wingers like old cars, right? Uhhh... Uhhh.. *flips through cards* He gave everyone cheese?

[@palea1335]

@@phantomaviator1318 Cuba's sins are forgiven, all bow down to the *cheese*

@@palea1335 HAIL CHEESE!

[@googleuser9383]

Can you legally bitchslap college students? It's the opression olympics after all.

[@reaganriddle1583]

Fun fact: there is less crime in Venezuela because the criminals cannot afford bullets. This is legitimate.

[@viejojoe2778]

There is less diabetes cause people can't afford food either. This is legitimate.

[@dkeith45]

@Reagan Riddle This brings to mind an old Soviet era Joke, or Anecdote I heard on 'Ushanka Show'. An old man walks through the city square muttering 'bread out of stock, meat out of stock, vegetables out of stock, vodka out of stock'. Suddenly a policeman taps him on the shoulder and says 'keep talking like that and I'll hit you in the head with my pistol!'. See says the old man, bullets are also out of stock.

[@BeckJoseR]

I'll add an asterisk by saying "there is less gun violence due to the lack of bullets", but there is plenty of rape to go around. And no authority willing to charge the criminals. So, on the books, rape crime is also down

[@dkeith45]

@@BeckJoseR Yep, or not reported accurately. When the state runs all the press, or censors it, only so much real news gets out. As I've seen mentioned from those who lived during the USSR times, many people thought there was hardly any crime in the USSR. But that was because of government censorship. Now that old KGB files are coming out, you can see exactly how much crime there really was and they were no different than any other country, maybe much worse in some ways, much less in other ways. Although interestingly, since everyone HAD to work, it was illegal not to work, most people didn't have much time to commit the sort of crimes we see in countries where people are allowed to be lazy and not work.

[@reaganriddle1583]

To everybody replying to this, it was just something I thought was funny, no need to get mad.

[@JayElDiplee]

*Bernie Sanders had the original video taken down*

[@billstephens396]

Deja Vu?

[@iamslightlybetterthanyou2679]

My pfp matches his thoughts on all anti communist videos

[@seandegidon4672]

Socialism, as a religion for the Godless, will never die. It promises redemption without repentance, salvation without sacrifice, and Paradise without Parousia. www.catholicapologetics.org/ap090500.htm biblehub.com/greek/3952.htm

[@juliusmerlino2027]

The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one

[@LisaNarozhnykh]

Bernie Sanders isn't even a socialist. He may call himself one but it's obvious that he like capitalism and strives for social democracy which is different.

[@FarelForever]

"It failed because the people behind it were evil greedy people who used underhanded methods to stay in power. We won't repeat the same mistakes!" Me: But... you are already doing some of those underhanded things now! "Well..... yeah, but once we're in power, we won't! Promised!!! You'd be stupid for thinking we would!!!!!"

[@laurocoman]

A system that depends solely on the will of the individual who holds most power? What could go wrong?

[@FarelForever]

@@laurocoman Friend: Democracy should be abolished. Stupid people vote for stupid people. It'd be better for everyone if we'd find a group of smart and intelligent people who'd rule the country and make the lives of everyone better Me: Wouldn't they just abuse their power? Friend: That's why we'd elect smart people! So they wouldn't do it! Me: ........ are you SURE you are considered Mensa material?

[@USAFreewayROTF]

And even stupider for believing them, amirite?

[@USAFreewayROTF]

@@FarelForever Funny thing, America is not a Democracy. It's a Constitutional Republic. Yes, it has voting, but a Republic votes for representatives as opposed to the Democracy government they keep accusing America of.

[@someguyontwitter]

@@FarelForever I happen to believe that many of the smartest people of the last century were communists. I believe they were very gifted, and very evil, and fully intended to abuse their power the whole time. (And I believe these gifted communists haven't died out, but are still, rather effectively, working towards communism in the US.)

[@luxnova8211]

Re-uploads only because of a bad graph, good work man. Keep up the integrity.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

Right. FreedomToons is nearly at 300k subscribers, and I'm hoping in a few years it'll be more like 3 Million... so best to get into the habit now, when 37k is "big". :D

[@Machintoshhater]

Venezuelan here. When I was in middle school, I always wondered why Marcos Perez Jimenez was so mean to people and how he could have committed such atrocities. Now that I've had to survive 20 years of socialism, I understand his only mistake was not killing every single one of the fuckers.

[@albertchurchill4845]

I never understood the hubbub about Pinochet. I do now.

[@crusader7659]

Leftists: *Sees failing socialist state Also leftists: Is this socialism being implemented incorrectly?

[@aneesh2115]

But does that mean socialism can not be successful?? Cause france had a democracy That caused the reign of terror

[@crusader7659]

@@aneesh2115 not quite, the directory and all that fun stuff was built in a very authoritarian manner that allowed for such abuse of power. Unlike America it was not designed as a libertarian state and in many ways the French revolution was a proto communist revolution given their calls for equality, killing or expulsion of anyone with money, and other various ideals that would be guaranteed or enforced by the government. It was technically a democracy, but more of the movement rule kind as opposed to the enlightened one in America

[@aneesh2115]

@@crusader7659 hey thats just like " Thats not real socialism"

[@aneesh2115]

@@nicel1296 *mygoslavia Yugoslavia warmer of hearts

[@crusader7659]

@@nicel1296 Yeah

[@victorvondeathstroke]

I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey but I've turned myself around.

[@toasterofdoom9629]

that's what it's all about!

[@scottiusmaximus4298]

I don't know why, but this comment made me spit out my water laughing. God I'm pathetic.

[@user-cz9jf1ec8s]

@@scottiusmaximus4298 yeehaw!

[@Rakanarshi2]

@@toasterofdoom9629 + Victor Von Deathstroke Nice job, got a laugh out of me :)

[@somedandy7694]

@ Victor - Yeah, but did you put your Right foot in, or your Left?

[@AzumarillConGafasBv]

"And Venezuela seems doing great!" -Said no one that lives on Venezuela

[@feetlover1004]

Wait no i don't live on Venezuela

[@henrybierman8431]

Well if you live in an ivory tower like the liberals who support socialism, you wouldn't be able to tell

[@CalebCalvin]

That wasn't *Real Socialism* One more time couldn't hurt

[@jamesallen5591]

Yep. Just. One. More. Time. I. Promise!.

[@YellsItLikeItIs]

Well, then why if the price of oil is dropping am I paying more for the gas at the pump. Still $1.50 a ltr here in Canada. Also, you didn't exactly address how the United States placing embargos and sanctions on this country tanking it's economy tossing everyone in financial ruin for sure. In an effort to actually overthrow Maduro. I mean the economy is getting bad there lets toss in some more sanctions. Like the time the United States government directly caused a famon in North Korea by Sanctioning and Embargoing all forms of Fertilizer. 10 million deaths later and destroyed ecosystem of swamps when Un had to plow them in. Human shit's on the stock market and species of frog maybe extinct. But, you know had nothing to do with the complete cut off of fertilizer perpetrated by the American Government. Or the time that the United States tanks the Price of Wheat for Russia just as it was all working out economically for them. But, somehow Canada got fucked too. Because America set the mark so there wheat was valued more than other peoples wheat simply because the Americans had "less of it" and Russia and Canada both need to quadruple the output of wheat just make the value on the Amount of Wheat the American's had less of. Must be nice to tank economies because of whatever you think benefits you because of your control of it. And, you wonder why things like the cold war and Cuban missile crises happen and people with half a wit get mad at America for the damage the cause. Maybe if America would leave other countries alone and let their economies be stable without interference from them it would be alright. Cuba is doing a heck of a lot better no that America is starting to lift the chokehold on the economy. And, no it's not the quality of life like an American yet. But, it might have been had America just left them the fuck Alone. The only thing it causes is human suffering and America doesn't seem to care. And, I know you're not going to address all these points with a counter because there is no counter. You're going to red herring and blame it on oil prices or something avoiding the actual issue of the total downfall. Like every American, I've ever spoken to about it. Your country has to be "flawless" and is the "greatest country in the world". Yet, Billions of people around the world refuse to ever set foot in it because of the bullshit it causes and the fact that you'll more than likely get murdered by a gun nut. They killed more people in Chicago in one night then Canada has in total homicide in one year. Doesn't sound like the greatest Country in the world. And, it needs to stay the fuck out of other peoples economies and let them have a country. Just because you change and make the numbers in your favor which is all too common. These are all actual conspiracies and not "conspiracy theories" by the way. It pisses me off when people are ignorant and confuse the two. By the way. Now when it happens that people have an overabundance of food resources instead of it being cheaper or going to feed poverty-stricken people or countries. The farmers and corporations dump and destroy the crop to raise the value of their crop. Way to go America set the mark its human suffering and totally inhuman ideas. Farmers don't know how to make ends meet because the more they harvest the less the literally get paid. And, that my friend isn't how farming is supposed to work. FFS~!

[@kenrudd6362]

Just one more time we swear this time well do it to a big nation with a booming economy... AMERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@YellsItLikeItIs]

@@kenrudd6362 Replying with something someone said that sounds cool. 0/10. I guess you just kill the lives of communist and socialist to boost your own economy.

[@pyrrhicvictory6707]

​@@YellsItLikeItIs Well, here in Australia I've noticed a general drop in petrol prices. Mid-Last year I paid maybe $AUS 1.60 a litre, and the other day I filled up on $1.18 a litre so I don't know what's going on there.

[@elmurodedavid]

Venezuelan here, I'm happy to hear a different perspective and I think I will use this video to explain to "Modern progressives" that looking out for socialism is not "cool" and than yes, my country it's really a socialist dictatorship. Thanks for doing this, my country is struggling and more than 4 million people have fled looking out for better opportunities out this freaking hell, nevertheless, I cannot comprehend how liberals in the US claim that using Venezuela as an example is not valid and actually try to point out that I am mistaken. Have a good day and keep doing your job, hopefully more people will see this.

[@cwheels01]

I sincerely apologize for our left-wing leaders and idealists. They are willing to make light of the suffering of your people and of any people to justify their world-view, instead of simply adjusting their beliefs and growing from their mistakes. They're willing to stand on the graves of their own children to push their agenda, so standing on the graves of anyone else isn't troublesome for them.

[@CoryMck]

Because state capitalism is not socialism. Here, Fucking Fox News even says it: foxnews.com/world/what-socialism-private-sector-still-dominates-venezuelan-economy-despite-chavez-crusade

[@therealwinston3634]

is it wrong to think, that socialism still can work? but only with capitalism combined

[@CoryMck]

@@therealwinston3634 Venezuala was not socialist. Socialism is when the workers own the companies, not the government. Venezuala was 30% state capitalism, and 70% capitalism.

[@Nionivek]

@Cory Mck, Except that the people own the government, this is something socialists also argue. That "state owned" is "People owned". So... "Not real socialism" debunked immediately. In fact many socialists believe that the community (AKA: The Government) should have a direct input in everything a business does and be able to veto its existence. If Socialism sounds scary! It is supposed to!

[@sandraj45617]

The it wasn’t true socialism argument sounds like the no true Scotsman fallacy

[@billstephens396]

Yep...

[@jwil4286]

Bill Stephens …because it is

[@danielgarza1209]

No true Scotsman is not necessarily a falicey, it states that to be something you must ascribe to it's ideals. In this case, Venezuela ascribes perfectly, so it is accurate

[@billstephens396]

@@danielgarza1209 It's the other socialists making the statement of "Venezuela didn't use true socialism"... We logical thinkers know Venezuela applied socialism correctly... The other socialists are stating the opposite, thus their argument is the "no true Scotsman" fallacy... Their form of socialism is the "true socialism" and Venezuela's form wasn't... It's the socialist's argument that is fallacious...

[@danielgarza1209]

@@billstephens396 I am not saying that the socialists aren't fallacious, but rather that no true Scotsman is not always a falicey

[@finecastleie]

"Mum, when I grow up, I want to be a Socialist!" "Honey, you can't be both"

[@fedonia5610]

As a Venezuelan living in the US Socialism killed Venezuela

[@marshaltito7369]

He literally said that the government kept spending money, had no way of getting it back and then started printing more and more money, WHAT DID SOCIALISM DO?

[@akwardshark7621]

@@marshaltito7369 It was very clear in the video. Socialism led to the centralization of power to a few incompetent people, who use nepotism as a means to safeguard their new power by installing unqualified friends and family into positions of power over the industries that kept the country alive. Once they spend every penny they have on all the frivolous socialist programs that they are mismanaging and the industries collapse, those in power inflate the economy. Once the economy collapses, the ones in power turn tyrannical and keep whatever resources for themselves.

[@marshaltito7369]

@@akwardshark7621 1. Any revolutionary can put whoever they want in power, not just socialists. 2. The revolutionaries putting people in power is ultimately their own fault, and if the revolution was supported by the people, it was their fault for supporting it and thinking about who they were putting in power. They could oust them or kill them, wouldn't be the first time.. 3. Again, what did socialism do?

[@robertkubrick3738]

@@marshaltito7369 In Cuba Castro killed off his friends and supporters because they were the threat.

[@marshaltito7369]

@@robertkubrick3738 And?

[@thedoomofred5174]

“How Socialism Killed Venezuela” Me: By existing

[@matthewrowell5973]

It's like cancer. Only you choose to get it.

[@FazeParticles]

@ it's state enforced theft.

@@FazeParticles Theft of what?

[@FazeParticles]

@ theft of money without consent. some people son not want their money wasted on useless people such as healthy welfare recipients.

[@spinosaurusstriker]

@@matthewrowell5973 that isnt how cáncer works.

[@realRickSanchez]

As a person born and raised in Cuba I can tell you this video is 110% CORRECT.

[@leerman22]

Your math is as good as a socialist.

[@nbrickey7272]

@@leerman22 Well, he did say he was raised in a socialist country, what did you expect?

[@stranger6445]

PICKLE RIIIIIICKKKKK

[@jackkseptictank]

Rick Sanchez damn Rick you’re the smartest man in the multiverse but you couldn’t figure out a joke whoosh

[@Luiginxer]

As a person born and raised in Venezuela I can tell this is true as well

[@walid7084]

"Hey, what if we just . . . printed more money" - Venezuela

[@engeldiaz1237]

we are just right now in that... the state is about to give a bonus to a lot of people (via patriot id) to fight against the economic war...

[@stephanusamericanus1969]

Germany in 1923: Trust me, that is not a good idea.

[@angelmiau8445]

Not Socalisam but Inflation

[@stevem815]

And the US, and England, and Australia, and Canada, and everyone since covid started. It'll be fine though.

[@callummoore6962]

“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” - Winston Churchill

[@jnoter]

@blooddemon661 did you understand what he said..

[@dr.inncornholin4298]

blooddemon661 reading/comprehension, get some.

[@lebronfitzgerald8129]

blooddemon661 Do you want to try again?

[@edwardcollier7218]

blooddemon661 Can you read?

[@BrenAGC]

I think many might miss the nuance of this fair and comprehensive quote. Any student of political science is taught early that both capitalism and socialism are necessary in the design of governance, and both exist in different proportions in all modern developed countries. I believe this video, and many commenting, miss the mark when they attribute socialism to failure, because many successful countries including our own ARE socialist in many respects. It's the ingrained cultural hijacking and stigmatizing of the word that is misleading the discourse.

[@funkfordays2300]

as a venezuelan i can say, this is apex/endgame socialism . you dont get more socialist than this.

[@engeldiaz1237]

dont let maduro hear you! XD

[@joshanonline]

We Cubans WARNED you Mofos! You didn't listen. You Venezuelans were like: "Nu-uh! Chavez is so cool! He's helping paple!" And even as Socialism was getting worse and cuban mafia helped chavez, you STILL didn't see the signs. Well, the same happened in Cuba when fidel tricked people into socialism, and it is happening in the USA. We cuban-americans are very angry how Americans are ALLOWING commies to take over everything.

[@jesusagelvis4917]

@@joshanonline Then Mexico voted for AMLO

[@tictacterminator]

@@joshanonline You don't know what you're talking about. I'm a conservative but I'm also a protectionist, and I don't fucking like the global economy at all. it's taken a lot of work, basically on behalf of the entire global economy, to subvert and destroy Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolutionary states and those who trade with them, like Bolivia under Morales or Brasil under Rousseff. Don't get me wrong, corruption and incompetency on behalf of Venezuela has played a role, but that's... Okay so you have the National Congress that was dissolved in 99, and the national assemblies that have taken place, are hardly politically monolithic. There is always obstruction by the opposition to deal with, corruption runs across party lines, but it's definitely worse among the opposition, which actually gives them access to a lot of resources. (Marco Rubio loves to simp for the far right in Venezuela, but Trump isn't stupid so he ignores Little Marco and his ambitions of opening up Venezuela's national economy to foreign investment.) Not to mention decades of sanctions, economic isolation, and CONSTANT border violations by Colombia. It's taken a LOT of work to get Venezuela where it is, which is ripe for regime change. We just aren't willing to go about it with force like we were willing to in the 00s. That backfired. Soon, when the time is right, the national assembly and the 1999 Constitution will be thrown out, and the National Congress will be restored and filled with chumps for US-based multinationals. Oh, and expect PDVSA to be privatized immediately.

[@ugeneandrews2362]

This is just false not a bit of it is true the opposite actually.

[@NidgeDFX]

Ever get that feeling deja vu?

[@billstephens396]

Hello there, Mr. Anderson...

[@socharis4760]

Ever get that feeling deja vu?

[@MihzvolWuriar]

Thanks, now that voice will stay in my head for hours

[@ColonelSanders17]

Deja vu I've just been in this place before Higher on the street

[@ScubiStD]

Yes, since 1917 with Lenin.

[@DlcEnergy]

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

[@ALJ9000]

@@Nuuk_Nuke_Nook Vaas’ version of the definition became a meme. This is a quote by Albert Einstein

[@LuccianoBartolini]

Venezuelan here: Thanks for this video, there is so much to debunk when it comes to communist and socialist saying that "it wasn't real socialism" or "it failed because of the US" but this video does a good work.

[@LuccianoBartolini]

@@themixofthegull7498 De nada.

[@spookytalesfromthebayou3390]

De pana empanada.❤️😊😘

[@therrydicule]

It failed because of incompetent politicians.

[@vikkycb7948]

@@therrydicule exactly it was controlled by few politicians and when they failed so did the country, in private production the risks are lower for people doing the production is far higher. I would it is the same logic as wall Street too big to fail banks. When one person can make or break a country invariably someone comes along who breaks it.

[@GANTZ100pts]

@@therrydicule failed because socialism doesn't work. It only works on paper because paper is perfect.

[@NuanceBro]

But MUH SANCTIONS!!

[@concept3589]

The sanctions were implemented because of the human rights violations against the Ven Citizens. I don't think we would have sanctioned otherwise.

[@j37j2]

Love this.

[@renoblount3555]

I was wondering if because of the sanctions placed on them how much of a contributor to their economic woes they would be. Especially if the banks are just withholding their foreign assets like gold I think.

[@concept3589]

@@renoblount3555 Venezuela took over the businesses of foreign companies. Ven basically stole from other countries and expected everything to be okay.

[@justsalad1960]

Muh real socialism

[@raustysmith]

My wife was born in the U.S. but all her older siblings and her parents moved to the U.S. from Venezuela and so I’ve talked to my father and mother in law about why they moved here and what they feel happened in venezuela and it’s exactly like you’re saying in this video. My father in law was telling me that he remembers when venezuela switched to socialism and how people thought it was pretty good for a little bit but as the oil prices leveled out plus big oil businesses were pushed out of the country to support the national governments oil company the money also went away and when there was no more money people looked to the government and many government officials left the country with “their share” of the money. Luckily my in-laws moved to the US around 1997 so they didn’t have to go through what some of their family who is still down there goes through.

[@theusher2893]

Ever tried Venezuelan food? Neither have Venezuelans.

[@capncake8837]

If it existed, maybe it would be good.

[@OhPhuckYou]

Back when Venezuelans had food it was this weird mixture of savory and sweet fried foods. My palette couldn't make sense of it. Source? I have Venusian friends.

[@KingStr0ng]

"Food is racist! Comrades!"

[@theoriginalmrjguill3803]

Great, now the 65 socialists that thumbed down the original posted video have to come back and do it all over again. -.-

[@minuteman1781]

Looks like a few might have starved to death in the intervening hours.

[@technolung]

That would require some effort though

[@MCR123321]

and they brought 13 of their friends.

[@slappy8941]

But they're not _real_ socialists.

[@adr3ns]

But you haven't tried "muh socialism " -Eric Cartman

[@herrikudo]

RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH...RIANISM...

[@ragnarruda90]

Wait is that really a south park quote?

[@Ze_N00B]

Capitalism may incourage selfishness and greed, but that's the point. Capitalism is a system that forces people to help others in order to fulfill their egoistic goals. You can't just get rich. You have to provide a service or product that people want if you want to be successful. That's what Industries "too big to fail" like cable companies didn't understand, and were replaced by objectively better services like streaming sites.

[@justinnamuco9096]

There's also charity for those who want to help.

[@Ma-zj8lz]

So you support people are fly to space for fun while having their workers not be able to afford going to the bathroom?

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

@Ma-zj8lz what kind of strawman is that? I mean, if it’s a ridiculo absurdum of some situation where nobody could start a business for any reason because reasons, and that one job was the only possible option in life, the conditions of living assure the person water, food, shelter, and sleep. If somehow only $10,000 smart toilets are available and must be paid for cash in hand and not like we pay for cars, the conditions of living would be better than the medieval days in every aspect except for bowel hygiene.

[@JoseGarcia-qq6sk]

​@@Ma-zj8lz As the poorest person that has written to you, yes. I support Bezos flying to space for fun. Bezos is arguably one of the people that has brought most value at an international level. If your problem is that they can have fun and you don't. And your solution instead of trying to achieve the same success is to remove their success. Well mate, that is just envy talking

[@VincentFarides1776]

A middle school’s paper currency is more stable and less inflated than the Venezuelan bolivar.

[@danielafonso9050]

Runes in World of Warcraft. Plex in EVE Online. Adena in Lineage 2 PVP servers. Gold in Age of Empires 2 matches. Even a simple monetary design is better than what socialists do to money.

[@Darrin-ws1fh]

...even Monopoly Money has more value!

[@loneakmoperator507]

Can't have inequality if we all starved to death.

[@HartyBiker]

Ok you say that but, but, but... that waSN'T REAL SOCIALISM!!! HURR DURR

[@sequorroxx]

Any time a sick social fuck says this to you, ask them if they ever said that BEFORE a socialist country collapsed into starvation. These liars will do or say anything to poison our understanding of the world. DON'T LET THEM.

[@RhysTuck]

That's because "real Socialism", that is, Socialism that actually "works," is impossible

[@LisaNarozhnykh]

What Venezuela is closer to is state capitalism than any form of socialism. All those reforms are also more like neoliberal stuff. Karl Marx didn't say "Hey nationalize all your industries and rely on nothing but oil. The more government control the 'socialismer' it is!". That's really not what socialism is. Socialism is the workers owning the means of production and they clearly didn't because workers aren't synonymous with the state. EDIT: Confused 2 words and changed it again

[@LisaNarozhnykh]

@@sequorroxx Are you sure that it's not you, who has to use insults to make their point, whose view is full of propaganda? Leftists did for example declare that they didn't support the Soviet Union when Stalin came along and started using more violence. Everyone who still supported him was then called a tankie. So yes, we did say a country wasn't socialist before it ended. But collapse is also the wrong word, the Soviet Union went through a dissolution, not a collapse - and against the will of the people as polls show too.

[@skotnica93]

@@LisaNarozhnykh And what do you think happens if you give power to one group, which in this case would be the workers? Queue Lenin and Stalin. EDIT: This is also addressed at around 3:05

[@p.a.r.c1694]

Is like when you beat your friend at a game and he says " i wasn't even trying".

[@Someone-ct5mw]

I’m not a libertarian, but I’m really loving what I see now that I’ve found your channel again. I think you’re the first political channel I’ve watched that can back up their claims!

[@whereismypixel2235]

As a venezuelan I completly agree with everything that you say Really, I don't understand how there're people that think that "the US caused this" or "It is not the socialist fault those were attacks" The last day I found an old newspaper from the year that I born, the salary was around 250 $ per month, now a days it is a about 60 cents

[@irondolphin9387]

George Catlin When did that happen? I don’t remember the US destroying Venezuela.

[@whereismypixel2235]

@@irondolphin9387 Me too, because the US never applied sanctions to Venezuela before the crisis

[@whereismypixel2235]

@George Catlin Ok then explain how did the US caused the blackout that dured all the last week, because Maduro said "It was a terrorist attack"

[@whereismypixel2235]

@George Catlin Personally even when we now the risk and the price, the majority of the venezuelans want the US to help us to get out of Maduro, because a pacific way to do it just don't exist

[@victordavila9812]

@@whereismypixel2235 I m from Venezuela and I suport that stament

[@mahdo1]

You’ve said more in 4 minutes than AOC has said her whole life.

[@digitalkulak7457]

Remember, never blame Socialism for the failure of Socialism.

[@Autz64]

If Capitalism fails, is Capitalism's fault. But if Socialism fails... Is also Capitalism's fault lmao.

[@digitalkulak7457]

@@Autz64 That is so true!!

[@digitalkulak7457]

@Ingsoc So very true.

[@dr.inncornholin4298]

Exactly! “The wage gap in Denmark is growing at a faster rate than the wage gap in the US because of capitalism.” Say the socialist defenders.

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

The relationship between Socialism and Capitalism mirrors a lot of things. Women and Men. Religious and Atheist. Conspiracy theorists and the Government. """The left""" and """The right""". Dogmatism leads to delusion, and often comes from an associated place of strong emotion rather than substantiated fact. It's dangerous, kids. Don't do it. Just say no.

[@markmerchant6467]

My socialist friend uses the excuse "it wasn't truly implimented" all the time. Even so it seems that it is impossible to "truly impliment" it if it's never worked.

[@a64738]

Communism works but only for small groups of 200 people and less if I remember correctly. If the group is to big you stop caring about the rest of the group and it all collapses like Venesuela... In short you can not run an entire country like that.

[@JoseGarcia-qq6sk]

Tell him to read the communist manifest by Marx himself. They implement it point by point

[@BMD19840]

Venezuela is like Germany after World War 1 with hyperinflation

[@engeldiaz1237]

with difference, we arent comming from a war (being the enemy of the world) in middle of the industrial revolution, and neither with enoumous debts due to the war...

[@Gamerguy826]

Different reasons for hyperinflation, but economically speaking? Yeah, quite a bit of common ground. Except in Postwar Germany they actually had bread, but it would cost an entire wheelbarrow of Marks to buy. In Venezuela however, they don't have bread or wheelbarrows.

[@BMD19840]

@@Gamerguy826 Wehr Germany painted tons of Reigh Marks which made the money worth nothing

[@Gamerguy826]

@@BMD19840 Marks still had value, but they were incredibly inflated, so they were worth very little. But they weren't literally worthless. Venezuela is in a similar position.

[@andrewguerra9343]

More like after World War II when Soviet Russia took over the east and killed off the nazis!

[@Poisonedblade]

"Buffalos can't fly anymore because the Republicans ate all of their wings!" - Crazy Eyes Cortez A guy walks into a bar and sits next to Crazy Eyes Cortez. The 10 O'clock news is on and there's a man standing on the ledge of a building. The guy says, "I'll bet you $20 he jumps." She takes the bet and the man jumps off of the building and dies. She hands over her $20 bill and the guy says, "I can't take your money. I saw this earlier on the 5 O'clock news." She replies, "So did I, but I didn't think he'd do it again!" How did Crazy Eyes Cortez try to kill two birds? - She threw them off of a cliff. How did Crazy Eyes Cortez die? - When she was swimming, someone told her the pool drain was scented.

[@Rage_Templar]

I don't get it? Like what's that bet supposed to represent. I don't listen to anything that involves AOC because I know it will be dumb.

[@Anonymous-jo2no]

The joke itself is funny - but is this a reference to something?

[@Poisonedblade]

@@Rage_Templar AOC saw the guy kill himself at 5pm on the news and didn't think he would do it again on the 10pm News. It's like the other joke where she says, "Most of the time, I can tell if the dinosaurs are fake in the movies that I watch."

[@YouaNumbahOneRacist]

It's just standard moron jokes with a certain proper name swapped in. Observe- Why did Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez throw a clock out the window? She wanted to see time fly.

[@achilles_kbab]

These are re-packaged blonde jokes

[@Poisonedblade]

I like Capitalism because I don't want to eat my dog!

[@defundprosports6407]

You're just being racist to your taste buds.

I, for one, love hotdogs!

[@edgeisloveedgeislife5439]

Myxstery Waring I have to say before I start this short comment that I do not know anything about the topic, but since you're ignoring what's stated in the video I'll say this: "Well with my method of making everyone in my country a millionaire EVERYONE! can have a perfect quality of life... until we realise our government developed debts and it collapses and we're all poor af" is basically what you're saying without refuting this video's arguments.

[@Idontmatter1234]

Though pure capitalism creates tycoons. So whether it be by govt or filthy rich ppl who control everything.

[@spinmaster6995]

I wanted a free nation but this comment made me socialist

[@scottmoore6131]

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of others people’s money.

[@Flocattdancing]

The problem with American trad-conservatism capitalism is they run out of their own electorate...

[@rwmusicstudio]

@@Flocattdancing Sure beats mass starvation and the lack of individual rights.

[@Flocattdancing]

@@rwmusicstudio You can get all the individual rights you like. Now if you want a loaf of bread, you can sell them for a buck to a woke corporation. That's much better than selling out to a King, yes?

[@mephistopheles4910]

@@Flocattdancing Spoken like a true teenager who has no concept of how life works and gets all of their knowledge of the world from social media accounts that share your worldview. Please renounce your citizenship and go to one of your communist utopias. We don't want you in the US (if you aren't from the US thank God, stay away).

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhh4927]

When did communism get re-branded as socialism?

[@SimonHomeintheEarth]

It has always been that way. People who are against it call it communism and people who are for it call it socialism. USSR stood for "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", but the west called them communist. Look up the definitions of the two words and try to tell them apart.

[@filipcsizmar4860]

Communism and socialism are economic and political structures that promote equality and seek to eliminate social classes. The two are interchangeable in some ways, but different in others.In a communist society, the working class owns everything, and everyone works toward the same communal goal. There are no wealthy or poor people -- all are equal, and the community distributes what it produces based only on need. Nothing is obtained by working more than what is required. Communism frequently results in low production, mass poverty and limited advancement. Poverty spread so widely in the Soviet Union in the 1980s that its citizens revolted. Like communism, socialism’s main focus is on equality. But workers earn wages they can spend as they choose, while the government, not citizens, owns and operates the means for production. Workers receive what they need to produce and survive, but there’s no incentive to achieve more, leaving little motivation. Some countries have adopted aspects of socialism.

[@trippatgu_6288]

After Vietnam I guess

[@troll_kin9456]

It's more like the other way around. Communism, according to Marx, would be a society where private property had been abolished and the state would "wither away and die" and man would be able to live with each other according to the same principles as does a family. Peaceful communes of this sort exist in the world today on very small scales, but are sustained largely by ideological commitment and camaraderie rather than effectiveness. Socialism on the other hand, was for Marx the intermediate period between Capitalism and Communism. Literally described as a "dictatorship of the proletariat," Marx fully intended this to be a dark and repressive regime - possibly worse than capitalism - whose purpose was to "Socialize" man to make them accustomed to living without private ownership, thus preparing them for communism. Thus, every state that has aligned itself with the Marxian program has been a Socialist government - not Communist. Many of these governments called themselves Communist because that was the end goal to be sure, but this was just an exercise in branding - a biproduct of multiple vying Marxist factions, like the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, delineating and differentiating their own little caucuses in an attempt to gain adherents and power. Strictly spreaking, a communist state is an oxymoron. I'm not exactly sure how Marx envisioned that a violent super state, suddenly imbued with total power over everything would suddenly decide that it wasn't needed and disband, but that was the idea.

[@tommasofogli8845]

Venezuela is not comunist. Comunist is the sistem were privat property is lost and the workers totally controle the means of production. That's not Venezuela

[@robmangeri777]

Quality is very high even 4 years ago! Excellent work Seamus!

[@LEFT4BASS]

The reason government tends to mismanage resources isn’t that government workers are inherently less competent or even that they don’t care. The true reason government fails to manage resources is that they don’t go under when they mismanage. Many poorly run private businesses have existed over the years, but they go under and make way for better companies. Even good companies will go under if they fail to operate as well as their competitors. Government agencies don’t go out of business, so an agency that fails to be efficient will continue indefinitely. Lack of accountability is why government isn’t as efficient as private companies.

[@RhysTuck]

That's why I'm against the government bailing out businesses, that are supposedly "Too big to fail." That's not how capitalism is supposed to work! Also, a human being, no matter how intelligent, can never distribute resources as well as a market. A superhuman being couldn't do it. You would literally have to be God

[@forgetful9845]

@@RhysTuck Yeah it sucks that capitalism gets the blunt of insults when people talk about the bailouts. When in reality capitalism doesn't permit that kind of stuff.

[@Autz64]

In short: Government does not compete like a private entity would on open markets, so, it doesn't have any reason to be good as a private entity would have.

[@ifbfmto9338]

Exactly. The fundamental aspect of capitalism that makes it so good, is that the competition inherent to capitalism forces a degree of accountability. In general, businesses that are inefficient (aren’t profitable) are constantly forced to close, and businesses that ARE efficient (profitable) tend to flourish. This is a GOOD thing, it helps ensure that our economy remains efficient. Capitalism is constantly weeding out inefficient businesses in a way that socialism never can. When the government screws up, are they held accountable? Are they forced to ‘close’? Usually not, because they have no competition, they write the rules (laws) and enforce them as they see fit. So the government just tends to badly mismanaged things, but not be corrected by any competitive forces.

[@caralho5237]

After all, on capitalism the workers truly have power

[@janetbedell5398]

So glad I happened to stumble on your channel. A new favorite. Love the hardwork you do to make a humorous yet still accurate videos. Please never stop. Love and support from my household to yours.

[@1810jeff]

Hey Patrick what am I “uhh the only reason why Venezuela failed was because it wasn’t socialist enough”

[@selenagamya1612]

Uh... Stupid?

[@slimjimdave285]

Need we forget that the literal definition of insanity is trying something over and over again expecting a different outcome?

[@pillarofautumm3738]

What was it Albert Einstein said, i think it was "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

[@bamicinder7635]

@@pillarofautumm3738 Einstein was also pro-Socialism -\('v')/-

[@fred5594]

@@bamicinder7635 he was a good scientist, bad economics. He saw humans as energy he could control like with his theories.

[@theflyingeyeball]

I’m so close to becoming an adult and a socialist US scares me even more now. I’ve been stockpiling for months.

[@narnia1233]

Luckily most of us are overweight so that probably gives us an extra month or two before we starve. J/k I’m in my 30s and just bought my first home in 2019. Depressing that we now have 4 years under socialist loving party. I really hope by some miracle we can avoid implementing socialist policies.

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@narnia1233 Hoping for a miracle? Hedge your bets. Divide your time evenly between prayer and combat training. Washington won the Revolution through, in his own words, "Divine Providence"... but he still had to fight ground battles.

[@narnia1233]

@@grantjohnson5785 Yes, I stand up against policies that are wrong ethically even under pressure already, that won’t change. If we don’t give in then we have a chance that others will come to their senses and logic and morality will prevail. For example, my sister ghosted our parents and me last year after she brought up one of these topics and we honestly said it was wrong. We didn’t say we looked down on anyone who supported the idea. She didn’t give us time to say anything. Literally she asked us about it and we just stated what we knew about it and immediately she got angry and left. That was at my house BTW and I had bought lunch too. My sister brought up a topic completely unrelated to what we were talking about, which also was weird because we were really happy and talking about how work and life was going and any fun plans. Then my sister just brings up a SJW topic and we kind of were taken aback but said seriously and quietly that we disagreed. And then she got so angry and stormed out without saying anything and without touching her lunch. And for weeks she didn’t respond to our texts or calls. It was devastating for us. We were flabbergasted too because we’ve always been there for my sister and love her. And I’m an aunt to her two kids and her kids are our parents only grandchildren. We adore them. We help babysit every week and to be honest shower them maybe too much with items. We just love them so much and so when they’re over at our homes we want to have plenty of toys and things for them to play with. But my sister did eventually come around and we overcame that dispute. She finally after weeks read our messages and calls and listened to our full statements. And then came to terms with how we can disagree but still not be hating those that don’t agree with us. Which is true. We don’t hate those that disagree. But yeah, it isn’t easy to live through the harsh treatment and stereotyping that is being fed to everyone nowadays.

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@narnia1233 Fortunately, all my close relatives are solidly conservative. I've got some liberal extended family out in WA/OR, though. We don't speak much any more.

[@narnia1233]

@@grantjohnson5785 My sister and I grew up in a conservative home and all our relatives are that way too. But even so that didn’t matter. Unfortunately I think she tends to value fitting in and the popular crowd in general and so is susceptible to society’s influence. Sure we’re not perfect people either and my parents were too harsh at times when my sister was rebellious during our teen years and got into trouble. But, through that we all stayed together as a family and my sister eventually got mature and realized that we cared and that getting into trouble isn’t cool or necessary. But, some people just have to learn the hard way I guess. It is frustrating that she always distrusts family first even though we’ve always proven over and over again that we’re there for her and love her. But I have found that over time when the truth comes out people do go back and reconcile. Especially if you’ve always been there for the person who pushes you away because of fads or lies.

[@snoopythedoge5639]

I'm young and left leaning, but it absolutely baffles me why people think socialism or communism is a good idea. I also don't know why it seems nobody is talking about a mixed system like we have now. Best of both sides. EDIT: I have become much more conservative since posting this. I believe that if we were to head towards a more socialist economy, the only way it could work is in relatively small compartments such as states. Small groups and countries are much more efficient with these principles than large countries such as the USSR, Venezuela, and the United States.

[@christophermonteith2774]

exactly, maybe needs to be adjusted sometimes, but ultimately best

[@jamesrodgers3132]

In can only work on a small scale because (a) it has to be voluntary, and (b) it can't have central planners detached from the pain of others.

[@justinthompson2887]

Is this Tim Pool?

[@ugeneandrews2362]

it is true that you are young because you do no research you post the popular narrative.

[@JoseGarcia-qq6sk]

I am tired of people thinking than liberalism is left leaning. It's not. Socialism is left leaning, and it is the exact opposite to liberalism. Give us back our name

[@thewaterguy17]

What are you talking about? Paying people because they are unwilling to work is a great system! After all, humans are wonderful productive and perfect creatures that are always willing to work and help each other out in all circumstances!

[@thedarkprincevegeta5115]

Hahahahaahahahah thats funny good one

[@DuskLegend]

You’re making a lot of assumptions there

[@placeholder8768]

Nice L death of Tito, Yugoslav wars

[@Picklespit]

@@DuskLegend r/woooosh

[@Smoka_cola11]

You would think at this point we would have figured out that Socialism is a pretty bad idea, one of those ways to run a government that looks good on paper but once it is put into action is very very bad for the people involved, Communism was almost the exact some way not in how it was ran but how it looked great before it was implemented not in the government but once put into the system it was quite bad

[@joeblow1942]

Socialism doesn't even "look good on paper."

[@RhysTuck]

Well Marxism, on paper, doesn't make any sense

[@BeukendaalMason]

Jesse Mathis is correct. The promise of Socialist Utopia makes people believe that they will benefit while those running it know that they WILL benefit as they divert funds to themselves. Remember the Chavez and Maduro families are billionares due to profiting off of money taken from the government.

[@inrptn]

Communism is almost the exact same way because it is the natural extension of socialism.

[@phoenixangel5073]

Fat americans can't love socialism cause they can't work and they need to lay on the couch all day. The only work they do is eating. I would drop them in the ocean since they don't have any purpose in the country. Other countries should just copy them since it's a perfect life these days.

[@countalucard4226]

You know when you see 5 city workers standing around a hole in the ground. That will the whole U.S. workforce under socialism.

[@harmonicarchipelgo9351]

Irony: if you ask an American socialist to point to a good socialist nation they will point you to Sweden. Sweden, the country that used to be socialist until they realized it was tanking their economy and so they switched to free market capitalism. Sweden has more economic freedom than the US. The only socialist aspect of Sweden is high taxes and welfare. Somehow Swedish socialism is more capitalist than US capitalism.

[@jamescampbell4334]

Also the head of Sweden actually came out and told everyone to stop saying Sweden is socialist. Wanna buy a $30k car in Sweden? Enjoy paying the $12k tax to the government.

[@Darrin-ws1fh]

...and run ideologically by Feminists! Why Swedish Men are getting the hell outta there.

[@quinn7072]

@@jamescampbell4334 Well yeah, the government intentionally tries to stimulate growth in order to extensively tax the country to afford big welfare. Making money just to take it isn’t an awful model, but it isn’t socialism as you said.

[@notallthatbad]

"Socialism works!" -Millions of People From Their Graves

[@tunnelsnake627]

Citation needed

[@notallthatbad]

@@TheodoreGrevers-bg3zw I think he is kidding around.

[@tunnelsnake627]

@@TheodoreGrevers-bg3zw I mean I haven't seen any documented proof. Just words tossed around.

[@EngNerdGMN]

0:34 I want to visit that nation that's the 5th on the top. *They've got a cool looking flag*

[@cuphead8159]

Sounds like theres too much capitalism there *Let's put socialism there*

[@sweetdaddy9275]

You want to go to North Korea?

[@EngNerdGMN]

@@sweetdaddy9275 Ummmm, North Korea is the 4th on the bottom, I said 5th on the top...

[@LeonGarnet]

30 years ago "Russia wasn't real socialism!!!"... Today "Venezuela wasn't real socialism!!!"... 30 years later "Socialism is not real socialism!!!".

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

It's the circular logic of dogma. If it fails to bring about a utopia, then by definition it wasn't real socialism, because socialism has to bring about a utopia.

[@Darrin-ws1fh]

It's great to to see many Native and Ex-Pat Venezuelans speaking out favorably on this Video. Wraps it all up in a Nutshell right there!

[@ST-xw3cv]

Yeah I'm so sure that everyone in these comments are totally from Venezuela. You know, not just claiming to be to boost their narrative, or even to troll you. I forgot the conservative capitalist motto: "don't believe everything you see on the internet, UNLESS it is in favor of your own opinion!".

[@Darrin-ws1fh]

@@ST-xw3cv Not my point exactly, but hey... believe whatever you want. I do have a lot of Venezuelan Friends that have experienced this firsthand. I also believe they're more entitled to comment on it more than you or I. So it stands to reason that I also don't support every KZbin that supports my own view, and I've often commented positively or constructively on many things that do not support my positions. I don't go out of my way to start Toxic Dialogues. But you know me better than I do...amiright???

[@neildodd1319]

Can you do a video debunking the idea that Socialism works in Scandinavia?

[@BaconMaken]

Scandinavian countries are capitalist with large welfare states. They're also not perfect utopias as the "free" things are tax funded. I guess socialists think if they can't see the doctor bill that it doesn't exist. Also the United States gives them aid, so there's that.

[@defundprosports6407]

Sweden also requires even their poor to pay a high rate of tax. By percentage the poor pay more in taxes than the rich do. I believe john stossel did a video with a Swedish politician.

[@Meirstein]

@P Mason I'm pretty sure Chavez and Maduro took the "democratic" part of democratic socialism and shot it behind a woodshed.

[@forgetful9845]

Scandinavia is capitalist, I believe. They just have large welfare states. They've got real high taxes, even for the poorer people.

[@Anubisdream1]

Good documentary on this actually. Sweden is not even truly socialist. This video summarized it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp3bdWCdntCjg9U

[@QualityGamingStudios]

I pointed this out to someone on reddit, to which they responded “bUt ThIs DoEsN’t PrOvE tHaT sOcIaLiSm Is BaD!!1!1!1!!!1!1!1111” (except they actually meant it)

[@JGaute]

Reddit has a huge left wing bias. You can't discuss politics in reddit objectively without suffering ad hominems if one of your opinions is more right wing inclined

[@jukesfood5601]

Reddit is dominated by the useless class, taxfeeders and children(

[@jwil4286]

Joaquin Gaute isn’t that why 4chan and 8chan exist?

[@Pipodecatan]

In argentina it’s an actual meme how many inmigrants from Venezuela we have

[@ManuelGomez-ef7mb]

In Peru too

[@Pipodecatan]

Manuel Gómez sep,es una invasion che

[@xlixity]

_Que horror_

[@Pipodecatan]

xlixity sep,vos de donde sos ?(yes,from where are you?)

[@xlixity]

@@Pipodecatan Americana de padre Argentino y madre Mexicana. xD

[@Live-qf2lg]

Seamus is the only animation channel where their real life counterpart looks better than their avatar.

[@RafaelRabinovich]

Venezuela's failure at implementing a new economy has cost a chain reaction throughout Latin America. People have refused to vote left wing governments into power. All thanks to the exemplary failure of Venezuela.

[@justicemcfarlane9137]

Didn’t the US also do crippling sanctions on the Venezuelan economy, that might also play in as a factor

[@buntado6]

Burning the humanitarian help was such an obvious and undefendable thing that even Hillary, Bernie and Bachelet condemned it. At this point only Turkey is willing to give him asile (Cuba, Russia and China are no longer on the table of offers), it's that or prison for him.

[@justicemcfarlane9137]

How is Venezuela even socialist the have a lot of private sector jobs

[@buntado6]

@@justicemcfarlane9137 When it's undefendable, try to argue that it's not socialism to not burst your own ideology, since what really troubles you is not the deaths, but the idea that they can be associated with it in the future... same old formula. Anyways, most of the population either survives off the public sector (to say that they "live" off would be insulting") or through informal economy, reselling already scarce products or snacks on transports. They expropiated elements from every sector they could to give it away operating at loss for the sake of populism. The remaining companies either fled, pacted with the government to be the ones standing at the end, or were simply left alone because only a minority had access to it's services, no point in finding more staff to replace. After the bills started to come in for giving away everything, they could start forcing the population to suscribe to the government party PSUV and provide their personal data to the digital monitoring known as Carnet de la Patria (developed by China) if they wanted to be able to buy a weekly limited amount of certain food and hygiene products, which mostly contained Mexican products since internal production became practically nonexistent. And obviously, deliberately ruining the economy of the country would be detrimental for themselves if they didn't acquire personal funding somewhere else, and that's where oil, drug trafficking and deals with international terrorism enter in scene. But since even oil industry became hellishly indebted to China (another victim of their sugar daddy trap) and was unable to pay for it's maintenance, and people fled in masse troubling Colombia and Brasil for the cartel corruption that infected all security forces, and Trump won as a reaction to the indulgence of Obama as eastern dictatorships expanded their influence in south america (plus exhaustion of overly preaching progressie values), the entire hemisphere changed their politics to resume their own advance.

[@caralho5237]

@@buntado6 Russia just sent humanitarian aid and he accepted, even if Russia is well known for fighting to get natural resources. They just hate the US and wont accept their failure

[@windwaker0rules]

@@caralho5237 can you name me a country where the US sent aid that wasn't a natural disaster and it wasn't a complete disaster?

[@TheSuperCoolMan122]

Socialism/communism just makes it easier to have a totalitarian government, although the political philosophy itself is not inherently bad, but that's all it is, a fictional philosophy which will most likely never be a real thing.

[@thedonald3847]

NOOOOO SOCIALISM WORKS REDDIT SAID SO

[@KnightofDark00180]

Immediate response from socalists: "That isn't TRUE socialism."

[@fred5594]

Aye mate, it isn't real socialism until everyone is starving equally.

[@quinn7072]

hear me out… don’t try to “own” people making an argument, until you seen that argument actually made. But yeah, this is a shit argument.

[@ethan6036]

0:33 I would LOVE to live in a country where the flag is just Seamus's head.

[@Toast248]

Socialism has worked out really well for ants though. 🐜

[@baconsir1159]

For the Queen maybe

[@1krani]

Makes sense, considering the only jobs ants have are menials and soldiers. A.k.a. the only two jobs socialism acknowledges.

[@evilnick2885]

ants eat their own dead

[@larllarfleton]

Oil accounts for 48% of Venezuela's GDP, the other countries that weren't as badly hurt by the oil price fall weren't hurt as badly because the oil industry didn't make up nearly as large of a chunk of that countries GDP, I mean Canada for example produces more oil than Venezuela, but it only accounts for like 3% of GDP.

[@Kc-fx5ek]

Wow the parallel between what went on in Venezuela then and what is happening to the United States now.

[@GodzillaFreak]

While Venezuela was politically very socialist. It’s economics were still largely capitalist, seeing as the private sector controlled a majority of the wealth, means of production and workforce.

[@engeldiaz1237]

really dont... usually the argument is "the 90% of the companies are private" but: the oil industry is public the minery company is public the water company is public the power company is public over 50% of the comunications are public over 60% of the hearth are public over 60% of the food production and distribution are either public or related to the state (by law the army can have private companies) over 40% of transportation is public or related to state over 65% of workers are public workers or payments come directly from the state largely capialist?

[@tenhirankei]

@@engeldiaz1237 That 90% must come from adding up the numbers remaining from those not in the percentage of communications, health, food production/distribution and transportation.

[@engeldiaz1237]

@@tenhirankei then what are you counting? XD "the economy is 90% private after we ignore all public industry"... what the hell is other 10%? XD

[@sambicious4664]

I use these videos to write various school papers Thank you freedomtoons

[@penn7videogames673]

“That’s not real Socsliam”. People say Britain: we tried it didn’t work India: we did tried it sucks China: Great leap Forwand was a disteater we tried capitalism it works North Korea: Do I Need to Explain? Cuba: Thosands flee are country to go to America. Venezuela: We’re the worst country’s to live in today.

[@carnivalbeast6307]

Socialism destroyed India

[@biggachiggaligga69420]

USSR: Millions died due to famine because farmer's weren't paid anything more than Vadim sitting in his home complaining to Babushka that there is no potatoes left.

[@coltydoodledoof8237]

Ok, so did any of this shave the WORKERS own the means of production? The state only counts as workers if they actually serve the workers, I'm going by the definition of socialism.

[@two_number_nines]

socialists: here are 10 steps to utopia country: *follows them* *outcome is opposite of promised everytime* socialists: "well, the outcome isn't what we wanted, so it wasn't RealSocialism™"

[@Autz64]

I have an hyphotesis, I do an experiment based on it. Experiment fails so... The experiment is to blame!

[@two_number_nines]

Yes this version is in better english

[@chrissullivan6574]

This harkens me back to a story I read about a Cuban refugee in America talking to his friends. One of the Americans opined they, meaning the Americans, were lucky to be born in America. The Cuban quickly spoke up saying he was the lucky one one because he had someplace to escape too. There is no freer country than America. We are the last greatest bastion of free people in the world and we need to step up and defend our freedom before it’s washed away in good intentions.

[@yo_tengo_una_boca6764]

Actually New Zealand is more free than America.

[@YouaNumbahOneRacist]

Yeah, well, try swimming there from Cuba.

[@AimlessSavant]

The lie of American Bastion of Freedom is hilarious to me. You have the freedom to be crushed under the boot heel of Corruption. Lobbying, Electoral College, and 2 faced politicians guarantee you will never influence the power of the state, or government.

[@spacehitler4537]

@@AimlessSavant Lobbying and corruption are a major issue I agree. However the electoral college is perfectly fine, and representative of the republic. Our polticians are some of the most deserveing of the JFK treatment in the world however. The bastards JUST WON'T DIE OR RETIRE they constantly cling to power because their only use in society is being corporate whores.

[@mrmcscruff5510]

@@AimlessSavant The Electoral College is the only reason the country isn't ruled by California and New England. You simply don't know what it is or its purpose. The Electoral College is based off of the popular vote at the individual state level. It's a safeguard against a tyrannical majority. Each state is worth an amount of points, for instance California might be worth 35, Texas might be worth 32. Whichever candidate gets the most points (states) wins. Most of the time the candidate with the national popular vote also gets the most points in the Electoral College as well, giving the illusion that the presidential election is based off the national popular vote. It's actually an ingenious check on the balance of power. America would be well on its way to becoming a far left socialist nation if it wasn't for the Electoral College, and likely verging upon another civil conflict, as most states in the union are Republican, and staunchly against a socialist national government.

[@deadchannel_1]

If Kamala ever becomes president I genuinely think that we’re going to be a socialist country.

[@a64738]

Kamela has a mental age of 3 years old, she will turn the country into a kindergarten... (she speaks like a 3 year old because that is how old she is in the brain).

[@billnotice9957]

I remember I was in a class in College fighting to get a "C"! The instructor suggested we should all go the "Socialist" way in GPA. The leftest who got government money and who did not need to work full-time thought this was a great idea! I was working nights and the 800am class was hard for me. Suddenly the professor said everyone gets a C+ !!! I cheered!! Suddenly all the "Socialist" whinnied how unfair their "A" and hard work will not be rewarded! The Professor said it was a thought experiment for his doctoral theses! No we will not do that! I was bummed. He then said I will post your final point scale, But I will add 25 points for your participation. I passed that class by one point!!!! I thanked him and loaded up my stuff. Everyone else was gone. He said. You work a minimum wage job full time. You deserve a break. I felt good about College. Then I heard he got fired for not living up to "COMMUNITY" standards! That was 30 years ago!!! He is most likely viewed as an embarrassment at Wayne Community College!

[@vicentenavarro8359]

i'm venezuelan, the main reason for venezuela's inflation is extreme corruption (i'm not socialist btw just saying something he forgot)

[@MalekitGJ]

extreme corruption caused by socialism so yes, @Free is right

[@taab84]

but this corruption is made by the fact the gouvernement took over the economy

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

What people forget is that the reason the price of oil tanking hit their economy so hard was that Chavez's policies of "nationalizing" private business caused huge divestment and a massive drop in productivity, with agriculture being one of the hardest hit sectors. Despite their actual production of goods declining, their GDP still went up since the price of oil was climbing during this period, but they also ended up heavily dependent on food imports(from the US ironically) which they paid for using oil profits. When the price of oil dropped they had to print massive amounts of money to keep buying food, causing hyperinflation and mass shortages of basic goods, exacerbated by insane policies like price caps on things like food, which destroyed any motivation for foreign interests to export food there. Turns out people aren't that interested in investing in a country where the wingnut politicians are liable to simply steal your assets when they need to buy some political support.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Government controlled industries are much more vulnerable to corruption, because they will get your money no matter what.

[@jamesdinius7769]

And the centralization of power breeds and empowers corruption. If power/influence is distributed over many actors, corruption is less likely to cause significant damage and more likely to be headed off before it accumulates enough power to become unstoppable.

[@zelda4ever72]

1 view 99 likes and 48 comments. KZbin should just do a live view counter.

[@jacobmartin8332]

Well, in all fairness, I saw the one that he took down, so I liked this one because it was essentially the same exact thing, and I wanted my view to count for something.

[@aegiseurobeat4559]

Then people try to claim that America already is a Socialist state. "You like Public School? You're a socialist!" The United States only reasonably meets two of the 10 tenants of socialism. Two. Public schooling, and progressive tax rates, that's it.

[@imonit1177]

This is how Free Market Capitalism works. A man starts a beets farm and sells beets. Another man sees what the beet farmer did and says I can do it better. So he buys himself some land and starts a beet farm, he sells smaller beets but at a greater volume which brings down the price of each beet. Another man says I can do what those 2 men are doing but I can grow bigger better beets and and sell them at a premium price. So on and so fourth. Free market Capitalism creates competition which sets a fair market value. It also provides abundance, variety, and employee's people. That is the concept of infinite growth. This is how Socialism works. The Socialist party appoints a beets Czar. The beets Czar says having 3 beet farms is inefficient. We only need 1 beets farm. And we should go with the cheapest beet farm. So the Socialist party shuts down the other 2 beet farms causing people to loose their jobs. Now as far as the beets go the lone remaining beet farm can't meet demand so he has to lower the quality of his beets even more. The lone remaining beet farmer still can't meet demand so that is the creation of scarcity. Because beets are scarce they go up in price. Not that it matters because 2 thirds of the population is out of work and can't afford those damn shitty little expensive beets anyway. o_O... So some time passes and the beet farmer can no longer sell enough beets to meet operational costs and the government can't bail out the beat farm because it has run out of tax revenue because everyone is now unemployed. In the end you have women that used to be doctors prostituting on the street and homeless children rummaging through dumpster looking for rotten beets. -_-. There is no family unit remaining because all the young men die killing each other in cartel wars because being a gangster is now the only opportunity those men have left to work. And that is now the hell which is Venezuela.

[@michaelvarney.]

Litterally was in the middle of watching, and it disappeared!

[@emeraldkrown848]

I assume that this video is getting more traffic after the recent election

[@samuelladrillo5281]

Might I add, the government imposes a minimum wage that they keep increasing regularly to keep up with the inflation they are causing by emiting so much currency, which causes the price of products to skyrocket rendering the wage increase pointless. To try to upset this, the government also imposes price control pretty much whenever they feel like it on "first-necessity goods" which would mean basic products such as food, clothing and the likes. So by having both a minimum wage and a limit on how high a product's price can go, many companies struggle or outright fail to turn a profit and either jump ship in the case of big multi national companies, or just go bankrupt and get nationalized and absorbed by the state, thus leaving most of the supply of things like food on the hands of the state-owned enterprises, resulting in the massive shortage of basic goods seen just a couple years after the death of previous president Hugo Chavez.

[@chuckgarbedian4660]

Therapist: front facing Seamus isn't real he can't hurt you Front facing Seamus:

[@canadadry5449]

Leftists: socialism is great! Literally everyone from any socialist country ever: no.

[@hatefulgaming1800]

Canada Dry Remember when socialism fails it's just capitalism going by a different name.

[@marshaltito7369]

Yugoslavia might want a word with you.

[@hatefulgaming1800]

Spyknight 42 Endless spending would eventually destroy the country.

[@marshaltito7369]

@@hatefulgaming1800 No shit

[@brunob4436]

Ask poeple form ex USSR caountries. Or Rusia even. There is a mayority which support a return to the "socialist era". Read the fuckingreasearch about it: read the surveys.

[@joshswart2565]

I got the advertisement for the AdVenture Communist mobile game. Fitting.

[@GaslightGatekeepGirlboss372]

If it wasn't for Jordan Peterson, I probably would been a woke socialist, thank God for that man.

[@pablolimo8481]

As a Venezuelan that escaped years ago from my country, I find this video very accurate, I especially liked how you said that there are people suffering in ways that people in developed countries would not understand, I think that's very humble and respectful.

[@kolacao8134]

Are you well? How are you surviving?