Make Mine Freedom (1948)

Fun and Facts About America, John Sutherland Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism. For more great vintage animation check out www.animationstation.info and subscribe to our podcast.

[@scottedge4388]

8:28 The truth. A cartoon made in 1948 predicts present day so profoundly that it's scary.

[@JojoTheRed]

The people preaching disunity about all those things besides class warfare ARE the upper-class.

[@curleed85]

Don’t forget fear-mongering. Fauci demonstrated this during the “pandemic” which he made to exploit for profit.

[@doozy435]

@@JojoTheRed It happens everywhere, any form of socialism weasels its way to rich people and shakes their ass of power to them, the problem ain’t rich people, it’s power and corruption adding up to stupid people to take the bait (people like Pedro Castillo, Joe Biden, Jinping, Putin just to name a few so they can be richer themselves, abuse their power and destroy what they call lower degenerates)

[@kingcamelot1395]

​@JIDDO2195 That's not true, otherwise the lower class wouldn't be preaching the same thing.

[@hobonickel]

George Orwell wrote his book '1984' in 1948. (He switched around the last two digits of the year.) In 1948 the year 1984 seemed like a long way off in the future but it was a year that most younger people could expect to live to see. If only Orwell could see our world of 2023.

[@ryannixon4138]

Watching this in 2011: "I dont get it" Watching this in 2020: "I GET IT"

[@Caritasaveritas]

Watching this periodically and sharing… up to today.

[@I-am-Veritas]

Terrifying isnt it I've been warning people for 30years this was coming and they still dont care.

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

Watching this on 11th May 2023,.... Last Chance Saloon

[@carolineowen7846]

Watching in 2023 and after reading the proposed laws going through UK parliament. We should all consider our freedom very carefully, as we may not have the privilage to enjoy it for much longer.

[@kellychuang8373]

Yeah and also for these characters if they can see our times it would be even worse considering the conflict in Ukraine vs Russia which you may also want to look into that as well.

[@ThePiquedPigeon]

[8:28 - 8:45] The pertinence of this statement with the modern times is spine-chilling!!

[@johnbesharian9965]

"Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana

[@sakkra93]

I know this comment is three years old. But Marxists have known for over a century that World Revolution cannot happen whilst America remains free of their yoke. And they know traditional American values of God, Nation and Family make her a bulwark against such an ideology. Antonio Gramsci was speaking in the 1920s about how the only way to ripen America for revolution was to make her lose sight of God, to turn her populace against each other, to destroy her view on the family unit, to eradicate her culture. A Fifth Column has been working on America in a bid to soften her up for societal collapse ever since. Look at the "Red Scare" of 1919, for example.

[@PetroBeherha]

I agree. That has been burned in my mind ever since.

[@REN.KITTY.2017babyhellyeah]

this is relevant now more than ever.

[@josephcopeland5041]

yeah cause it's outdated and wrong dawg

[@REN.KITTY.2017babyhellyeah]

@@josephcopeland5041 not an argument

[@DTheAustralian]

@@REN.KITTY.2017babyhellyeah ...how? Communism really isn’t a thing in the U.S., right?

[@themysticaldrone4517]

It will always be relevant, since there will always be enemies of freedom and free enterprise

[@arturootoya8914]

@@josephcopeland5041 Hanna and Barbera directing

[@gerrymcgrory1221]

Watching this cartoon reminds me of an old saying: "Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither".

[@riley.b.o]

It's a quote from Benjamin Franklin taken out of context

[@DTheAustralian]

So safety is bad?

[@sergeantdoomviper2066]

@@riley.b.o then provide context

[@johnbesharian9965]

@@riley.b.o, Do you even know the difference between Liberty and Democracy? He did: “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.” -Benjamin Franklin.

[@riley.b.o]

@@sergeantdoomviper2066 No, I dont think I will :)

[@momatomic]

Four years before I was born. Another great set of videos can be found searching for drive-in movie intermission messages and cartoons. There were tons of PSA's (Public Service Announcements) and they were actually good advice. Be kind, considerate and thoughtful in your speech and actions. Help your neighbors...build up, don't tear down. It was a good time to grow up in.

[@johnbesharian9965]

I was seven when this came out in '48 and, yes, it was a good time to grow up.

[@josephuveges8538]

Categorical and highly inaccurate.

[@momatomic]

@@josephuveges8538 Not true. It's a cartoon with cartoon humor, but with many important elements embedded in it. I have lived the truths it contains. What I learned cannot be revised or propagandized. You cannot turn away from the truth, once it has rang in your heart. A society which is trained away from listening to it's elders is doomed to repeat every mistake they made and learned from. Smart people listen to the wisdom of their elders. They don't start from scratch. Why do you think they are trying to ridicule and even kill off older people? I know you can figure it out.

[@mikehazelwood6106]

​@@josephuveges8538 It's "meant to" generalize, being specific would take too much time! It was a very different era when after years or our deep assistance, the Communists made it clear that they then intended complete world dominance!

[@larryh502]

How relevant today in 2021. We are headed for dark times because too many people chugged down the bottle of -ism.

[@liker-qd4fz]

You know that saying ,,something someting strong men good times weak men bad times" well that's really a similar thing with Populism Democracy creates Populism Populism creates Tyrrany Tyrrany creates resistance resistance creates Democracy (or just jumps straight back into Populism)

[@bgcvetan]

As a person from post-communist country i must say, many of you guys who never suffered under the Communist yoke have no idea how accurate the creators of the Make Mine Freedom are in this masterpiece.

[@gordonfrohman1913]

As a person from post-communist country i must say, stop believing in the lies the bourgeoisie tells you, they ruined our great and free homes. Workers of the world unite!

[@gordonfrohman1913]

bootlicker

[@Pawker]

Funny from you that buy american games.

[@gordonfrohman1913]

Does that mean that if if someone under feudalism didnt like feudalism, their lord could say funny that your clothes and tools are made under feudalist mode of production? Plus i maybe have a cracked version, or i never even played it.

[@barahng]

You call someone else a bootlicker while wanting every aspect of society to be managed by the state? HAHAHAHA holy shit dude.

[@pliefting1007]

Amazing…from 1948?? Could have been made in 2023 How powerful in animation! Share!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jaiden73]

WOW! 61 years old and is speaks to TODAY's America.

[@capncake8837]

Geez, even back then, 12 years ago?

[@onlyhereformoney175]

this was a propaganda film made by a wealthy capitalist against the fair labor standards act and FDR

[@diablo55]

@@capncake8837Yes, schizophrenic conservatives have had a persecution complex for well over a decade. everything they try to say about Biden now is what they said about Obama back then, and nothing ever happened

[@lazcentral4828]

@@capncake8837 the thing about videos like this is that it is broadly applicable to any year if people think it applies, even if it actually doesnt in real life.

[@scansin77]

Its now 75 years old & the ISM's are destroying our nation. LEFTISM GLOBALISM SOCIALISM .... COMMUNISM is where it all leads to.

[@kristinabelievesinfairies]

Brilliant!! I homeschool and will be using this wonderful piece

[@dblocker9706]

If I watched this in 1948, I probably would have rolled my eyes and went about my business cobbling shoes. Today, however, this is extremely profound.

[@johnbesharian9965]

And today, you can't even find a cobbler, as most everything is more or less shoddily, "Made In China", and cheaper to replace than repair.

[@n.h.alicia3278]

“The state forbids striking!” Union busters? Margaret Thatcher?

[@quqbalam5089]

Unions in the US are some of the weakest organisations ever and have always been. Workers' Day is celebrated precisely to commemorate the killing of US workers because of this fact.

[@supershawnodeseninja]

@@quqbalam5089 honestly, the day the democrats and republicans both told me to vote against unions and the democrats strait up lied to me about what the law I was voting on meant was the day I realized neither party had my best interests at heart.

[@gideonchannel9683]

Jimmy Hoffa.

[@savagetv6460]

Bro communist states never allow strikes. You're so ignorant and that will get you killed

[@jreiland07]

Produced by a COLLEGE?! You sure as hell wouldn’t see that today.

[@SCTheth]

Cheers! 🍻

[@razvandobos9759]

This film is more relevant than ever.

[@raymondpomfret4214]

So relavant today ,they are doing everything in this film today and is sad that people are asleep

[@gustavoceballos5327]

8:20: “Everything is fine!” (5x) this part makes me laugh so hard 😆🤣😂

[@hypyman45]

america needs to rewatch this right now

[@philosophicalphil6611]

I agree

[@philosophicalphil6611]

This cartoon is Capitalistic but not Ulta-Capitalistic.

[@lizardguyNA]

@@philosophicalphil6611 FINALLY some sanity in this comment section. Too many people don't get that.

[@philosophicalphil6611]

@@lizardguyNA bro I love the cut of our gib.

[@nebelungcat6117]

Damn Straight. Let's Go Brandon !!

[@HenryMedina83]

8:27 these words are more relevant today than ever

[@MazAMaTaz]

8:28. This is *exactly* what's happening in the media today. And yet people are still so blind to it. I'm just... wow.

[@Mynamesalexa]

We The People know exactly what The Anti Americans on the left are doing. I predict the 2020 Election will be similar to the 1984 one..

[@sammy5517]

@@Mynamesalexa thank you for proving his point, victim

[@savagesandwich9742]

And we know what to do about it!

[@stantrien8106]

@@Mynamesalexa .....

[@earthball2024]

@@Mynamesalexa nope. But it was like the 2000 one.

[@obudaifourty9]

I have seen this years ago and find it again. What a foresight. A must see and download video. You can't say you weren't warned.

[@rodneyjohnson4056]

These kinds of cartoons should be shown to every school kid in the country

[@Joe402]

What's interesting about this cartoon is that it acknowledges that unions are an important part of the capitalist system, which is something modern conservatives would NEVER admit today.

[@TheJoeE71]

Not totally true. It acknowledges LABOR as important, not necessarily unions. It just happened to have a union guy to represent labor. Also remember, this was from 1948 when unions were somewhat necessary. Unions are useless today and have become perverted in their original intent. They have killed the American car company and a host of other business.

[@Joe402]

"Unions are useless today" Yes they are useless today if you ignore the increasing economic equality and deterioration of labor rights post-Reagan. You know Black Friday just happened, I'm sure those retail workers that were forced to work on thanksgiving under threat of termination could have used those useless unions too :) And I'm sure they killed those industries and not incompetent management, it's NEVER the holy job creator's fault after all!

[@stevenlehar743]

The only thing wrong with unions is when membership is mandatory and dues are confiscatory and they are used exclusively to back statist politicians who promise to keep it so.

[@JohnSmith-fc7mp]

It was only saying that because of radical unions that existed at the time. Any union that's worth a damn is anti-capitalist.

[@JohnSmith-fc7mp]

MrBanausos Better yet, how about real libertarian socialism rather than ayncrap "libertarianism"

[@artix548]

For anyone who watched this, I also recommend listening to "If I were the Devil" by Paul Harvey.

[@AndrewRyanNoGodsOrKings]

2:40 "Youre the Big Boss" Am I? Or am I just a phantom of the real Big Boss...

[@19azul89]

nah , you just a loser ... ... get a job

[@19azul89]

@@panzermann1181 you get a job too , fool

[@UltraGalaxyify]

@@19azul89 Someone's projecting. Do you not have a job, loser?

[@amandag.6186]

@@19azul89 then why are you here, hyppocrite?

[@Launchpad05]

Now there's a cartoon that's light years ahead of it's time. They need to show this in our schools, but you know as well as i do that'll never happen. Interesting fact, The character named 'Willy Lumpkin' is also the name of the Fantastic Four's mailman. (which Stan Lee portrayed in the first movie.)

[@emmarose4234]

I love your avatar. Yay for Launchpad McQuack!

[@Launchpad05]

@@emmarose4234 Thanks.

[@DARIVSARCHITECTVS]

We Americans took the melody to "God Save the King" and used it to make our own song, named "Our country 'tis of thee", during the Revolution of 1776. It became a patriotic song of devotion to the country.

[@WithRuhi]

As a person who live in a communist country this is so accurate.

[@drm7445]

Wow which country if you don't mind

[@dacosta0656]

Sux to be you🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@amandag.6186]

@@drm7445 nice try post kgb

[@lost1ns0und]

State Capitalist*

[@lost1ns0und]

1:05 is a fucking joke as we see now The freedom to work at the job you like is a joke, yea you like your job but your also a slave to your borgouise who's controling you while their exploitating you for money but oh you can leave but it will cost you your life if you can't find a job Freedom to own property, they placed that there so when Socialists mean we want to get rid of private property people brainwashed by that will think that we want to get rid of your fucking toothbrush Security for unlawful etc...WTF HAHAHAHAHA Yea security for you from unlawful shit if you're white The right to a speedy and whatever trial, uh yeah if you're white, if you're black they're just gonna say "nah you guilty" and make punishments worse for em Protection against cruel punishments, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA, cop kills a black guy for "resisting arrest" The right to vote, huh yeah sure except the borgouise controls it and they even rig the votes on a person as we saw with Bernie Sanders 2 times They riged it so Bernie can't win 2 times To worship God and shit, yea sure thats true "it is these freedoms that make America strong" no what makes it strong is the blood of the opressed workers and people while a couple of 10 guys own the entire economy of it Advertising a Politcal ideology when advertising is what the idealology is against lmao 2:33 Yea it will AND is supposed give you higher wages and shit but dicators used it to their advantage and now I am willingly debunking a peice if American propoganda that everyone was brainwashed from (I'm referring to communsim and any lefitst shit here) And there will be no strikes because everyone will be happy working unless they aren't and they may and will strike Ok the whole advertising shit for ism is just saying "I will use these methods on which communism is and isn't supposed to give you so I can command you to do whatever for me" which isn't the case with any ideology what so ever 3:09 yes a classic example with dicators using shit to manipulate the people but since this is propaganda they don't tell you that it's just dicators and make you believe it's the entire ideology in general "signing away my freedom" yes what freedoms exactly because I just debunked your freedoms "our system if free enterprise isn't perfect" no it's worse than perfect as I just explained why The whole sequence of the dude making something is him working "got some money from someone" yes so he didn't make money from working hard Anyways but I guess he needed recourses to work harder "Mr Titus" another rich man lending his couple thousands out of his millions ok ok sure 5:27 keep blushing because you're exploitating workers Now he's exploitatating the idea he made and his workers for money "millions of jobs that never existed before" that's cool and all but at the cost of your surplus value, labour, wages, freedom, etc "only one person" dang only one person did that amounts of damage "even in the depression labor and wages bought more food" notice how it's all rich folks This should be higher the USSR should be higher and actually they're blaming it on the USSR and not the fact that WW2 just fucking ended (talking about the national income) "we drive 70% of the world's automobiles" Japan, Germany, etc "things that Capitalisic system have given us in only 160 years" yea the shit is cool and all but when are you gonna talk about the exploitatation of the workers I've been waiting for that, oh wait it's American propoganda "the state forbids strikes" uh no the reason you haven't seen strikes in the USSR is because probably everyone was happy working and even if the state forbided that, that doesn't mean it's all Socialism's fault because strikes is what gave fuel Socialism in the first place "the union" Socialism is about the union of workers in the first place so they're making unions a bad thing or what? "I'll take this to the supreme court, the state is the supreme court" lmao for the USSR yes lol, it's also true in amerikkka, also state run factories isn't Socialism, nor communism, and neither is the state being the supreme court "no more private property" good, no more private property (buisnesses) for the rich man good lmao It doesn't make any distinction between private and personal property and they put that there so when Socialists scream to get rid of private property people think they're trying to get rid of your underwear, "farmers don't vote anymore" bruh this is dicatorship not Socialism and don't Say that "Socialism is dicatorship" because it's Litteraly the opposite of what it's supposed to be the thing is Stalin took that to his advantage "you don't have to worry about next year the state will do your planning from now on" so what about collective farms.....those where in the USSR and where good the only problem was the kulaks and stalin's poor polices "state concitration camp" again no leftist ideologies except for tankie ones will do this or will want to do this Also that freedom of speech segment where the state makes you say everything is fine, again no ideology does this except for tankie ones The rich own the economy rn while the workers are slave to them, don't tell me that a class war isn't going on "race hatred" communism is Litteraly THE OPPOSITE of this "religious intolerance" who says Socialism doesn't allow religion "the person seeks to Rob us of our freedom" so Stalin and the Capitalist then because they both take away freedom from the workers "destroy our very lives blah blah blah" yes sure kill the dicator that makes Socialism look bad, oh wait it's American propoganda so Socialism is the only fault to this, sorry guys Socialism is bad because the state says so 9:10 ok so it's praising the state which is what you were against in the first place so uh, ok then "freedom for all blah blah blah" I've just debunked that

[@rogergusty1722]

Makes the weather perfect everyday ....... they knew what was going to happen even then!

[@MrJames1471]

Though over seven decades old, this cartoon still provides a great number of facts. I dare question how it’s labeled “propaganda”.

[@ArthurRex131]

Propaganda doesn't necessarily have to be false.

[@MrJames1471]

@@ArthurRex131 True, but propaganda is often used in a negative context (as something that is misleading and/or untrue).

[@johnbesharian9965]

Because "The 'Arts"" had already been infiltrated by communist's and their fellow travelers since the late- 20's/early-'30's. Remember that Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild before he ever got into politics and tried to root them out of the guild.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

It was quite obviously created to be an anti-soviet union propaganda. This was the begining of the cold war after all. So yeah, it's propaganda, regardless of how true or not true it is.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@johnbesharian9965 ...What?

[@safirahmed]

Great video harking back to simpler times. Unfortunately the reality of the world is far more horrific on so many levels way beyond the narrative of the film.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

I ran across this video researching "Hate Groups" as defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The video was posted by one of those so-called "Hate Groups". Not sure about the Group, but I consider this video a good message that is VERY RELEVANT to today.

[@jenniferjohnson4872]

It should also tell you about the so-called Hate Group watchers. I think I figured out how this all works...the opposite as it seems on the surface!

[@GynocentrismWatch]

@@jenniferjohnson4872 you know how it is with tankie: Everything is evil if it isn't red fascism.

[@MatthewBissonnette88]

I'm Canadian and I'll be honest sometimes I don't agree with what America does abroad; though I guess when you are the most powerful nation on Earth sometimes you don't have latitude in how you conduct yourself. But I infinitely respect the ideals the country was founded on; ideals like the equality of man; government restraint and opposition to tyranny. Sure, might have just been a line; but a good line still.

[@quqbalam5089]

The ideals the US was founded on were rule by Anglo-Saxons as the superior "race", genocide against Native Americans and slavery of Africans. There's nothing to praise about that.

[@Romanov117]

The Ideals of the United States was founded amongst the Colonials who became self-sufficient and when threatened, they have the right to protect themselves in the name of their Freedom. The Native Americans during Manifest Destiny were Assimilated into the American Society or Forced to Relocate into Reservation, that's no Genocide to me. Then there are other Native American Tribes like the Comanche, Black Foot or the Apache that practiced Raiding Cultures against other Native American Tribes and the US Government provided protection to the only peaceful tribe from Indian Raiders. Don't hear what people tell you, it's misinformation and you don't live on that era. It's all history. People with radical minds like to make fire for forgetting history and bringing it up again. It's contagious.

[@ArthurRex131]

@@quqbalam5089 Yeah, no. If slavery was a founding principal of the nation, why did we fight a war to end the practice that cost 600,000 American lives?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@ArthurRex131 Those 600000 dead americans include many black americans. The country didn't give back their freedom, they had to give it up. Neither should have had to be done in the first place.

[@ArthurRex131]

"they had to give it up." ummm...what the hell are you talking about? No one forced Blacks to give up their freedom after the Civil War. The 14th and 15th Amendments were added to the Constitution specifically to ensure no American was ever made a slave again. Not to mention the US Military was fully integrated after the Civil War, up until Woodrow Wilson resegregated it before World War I. ANd of course it shouldn' thave happened in the first place. No one is saying it should have. Regardless, slavery never was and never has been a founding principle of the United States. Anyone who thinks so has no real knowledge of US History,

[@SiruselVaranus]

Ah, a timeless, cheesy classic! I remember, once, when I came across a man who talked of "ism" he didn't like "isms" and said that they never worked. I disagreed and said that, while most "isms" don't work, there are a scant few that do. He scoffed at this and challenged my claim. "Alright, smart guy, name an 'ism' that works! None of 'em do!" I gave him the best "ism" I could think of: "heliocentrism", I said.

[@batteryjuice4667]

Bill Rulon-Miller 11 years ago. BRUH

[@sleeexs]

does it?

[@jleoneleone8760]

A lost relic of our morals and what has truly been forgotten

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

Glad I found this again. Someone else had this film on their channel and it was removed about a year ago. Gee, I wonder why. Odd. Only someone with an agenda Good to see it again. Love it. Evil fails again.

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

@Solitaire and capitalism gave him a new job AND the freedom to take it.

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

@Solitaire so no one is homeless or poor under communism? Oh wait, the state owns their homes so they are technically homeless and anyone who isn't at LEAST a military general is poor. Hmm...

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

@Solitaire but hey, at least everyone is "employed", right?

[@onlyhereformoney175]

this was a propaganda film made by a wealthy capitalist against the fair labor standards act and FDR

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

@@onlyhereformoney175 funny coming from a guy with that name.

[@badnewswade]

I love the laundry list of things Americans don't have anymore at the start. And we've followed dutifully in your exact same footsteps... god help us all.

[@savagetv6460]

We expanded government and spending dumbo. All problems today stem from government and activism

[@kristinabelievesinfairies]

Jeez, hold up!! Just realised this was posted 16 yrs ago 😳 wow!!

[@zantas-handle]

Even more amazing - it was made in 1948! That's 75 years ago!!!!

[@kristinabelievesinfairies]

@@zantas-handle I homeschool.. I'm trying to teach my boy as much as I can.. This blew my mind in today's 'current affairs'

[@zantas-handle]

@@kristinabelievesinfairies Good for you, you're doing the right thing! Have you listened to any of the warnings from Yuri Bezmenov? He is DEFINITELY worth learning about, and his advice totally supports your decision to home-school.

[@lazcentral4828]

Yuri Bezmenov said that the Soviet Union was trying to subvert the USA ideologically. He said that in 1984. Two problems. 1. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, which you probably remember. 2. In 39 years, the USA elected Bush Sr., Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. None of these people are or ever were Soviet sympathizers nor did they support Socialism in any form. Please stop falling for misinformation. @@zantas-handle

[@2161jeff]

This message, is just as important today!

[@burnoutcollectivist4660]

This makes me proud to be a constitutionalist.

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

This cartoon is spot on! Just wow!

[@Zenssei]

2:50 That face is priceless

[@leonsalgeuro]

oh hey Zenssei fancy seeing you here sorry to bring you back to this 6-year comment though lol

[@Soundwaves-fi8dn]

GOOD CARTOON. THANKS!! REMINDS ME OF WARNER BROS. LOONY TOONS.

[@wiffleboy1]

That last part reminds me of A Tour of Ryan Amusements in Bioshock 2.

[@viktoriamuzsi962]

Bastille - the Currents

[@carbonarcade1233]

yas

[@Eartheart7]

2023 now. So appropriate. Funky Prepper sent me.

[@zantas-handle]

These days a lot of 'isms' are disguised with other names, but they still represent the same dangerous, divisive indoctrination. That's 'ism's like ''identity politics' (with its own sub-level isms, like transgenderism), Critical Race Theory (which is really race-ism) and 'The Great Reset' aka 'Stakeholder Capitalism' or 'Neo-Socialism'.

[@CofCGuy]

"Mind if I read it first?" How apropos.

[@sangheiliwarrior86]

2:04 I love how the farmer is basically saying they're all managerial elite midwits who have no skills whatsoever.

[@JJMerrill]

Times have changed. Look to the banking cartels to understand why and how. Thank you for uploading this piece of history.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

Capitalism isn't perfect but i prefer it to the other isims that are all about control of your lives

[@fiolds350]

Capitalism is fine. It's corporatism that's bad. Government involved in the the free market. Is why we don't have a free market now

[@ripaccount-n2x]

@@fiolds350 For example the forced Vaccines mandates back then that profited the Big Pharma from everybody’s Taxdollars during the Pandemic.

[@1776concernedcitizen]

Capitalism to a term coined by a communist. It's freedom to sell your service or product at a price that you choose. You have to sell to compete with others. That's just freedom

[@knaveofchalices]

7:16 Henry Ford, renowned capitalist, had workers who went on strike shot dead in the streets. There’s a level of irony here that borders on satire.

[@henia425]

Still accurate today and it's 2023.

[@mrdeleted]

The only way to create a REAL Utopia is to let the people live their own lifes and learn how to live free!

[@nickofypres]

John Q Public = Ron Paul

[@thisguy7449]

+nickofypres I would say Milton Friedman.

[@CWPage]

Such a great animation. I like watching this during Memorial Day.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Gordon Bennett it's the perfect caricature of Russell Brand!

[@humrH2360]

Capitalism isn't perfect. Heck, it's got a lot of problems of its own! But if you give the choice between a system that *_might_* not make me happy and a system that absolutely won't make me happy, I'll fight tooth and nail for the former.

[@richardparker2555]

Amen! Between the two I would rather live in countries like: America, Britain, France, South Koera, Japan, Australia or Germany. Over: China, Cuba, North Koera, Russia, Vietnam, and Laos

[@1krani]

Only free market capitalism. Crony capitalism is better than Marxism, but it still puts wealth disproportianately in the hands of a small group of elites while the masses are constantly inconvenienced whenever they try to get ahead.

[@domib.3924]

Capitalism makes me very unhappy.

[@XaliberDeathlock]

I've read people say similar thing about feudalism and slavery. "Slavery isn't perfect". Same kind of bullshit coming from people with better access than the others.

[@foyerfelin]

@@richardparker2555 the problem is that politians in Britain, France and USA have swallowed the ism after we stupidly let them represent us.

[@WhoaJ30]

this is great. I wish people were once again encouraged to be patriotic.

[@Cattycorfru]

+WhoaJ30 Oh, dear.

[@Unholy_Holywarrior]

it starts with you.

[@themonkyunderurbed7462]

Well if I was To be patriotic I'd at least want to be patriotic to a functioning and rational system... Which the world is sadly at a lack of

[@lawrencemicheal3591]

Patriotism is a farce dipshit

[@lawrencemicheal3591]

JustARandomUser2001 nationalism is just blind arrogance.

[@dacosta0656]

John q public reading "the green new deal"

[@therealhardrock]

8:20 The Soviet government after Chernobyl.

[@jackcatchpole4404]

For least awhile

[@tiffanitoenail840]

they acutally anounced what happened the day after the accident

[@michaelsaunders1400]

As well as Trumpsters during the entire Trump Administration.

[@therealhardrock]

@@michaelsaunders1400 Trumpsters are not the ones engaging in social media censorship. You must live in opposite world.

[@savagetv6460]

@@michaelsaunders1400 best economy in decades as well as mass unemployment. Guess which party ruined that? Dumbocrats

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

Watching this on 11th May 2023,.... Last Chance Saloon or Bust..

[@BrandonMcBadass]

“I’ll take this to the Supreme Court!” _“The state is the Supreme Court!”_ What’s the difference in this one lmao

[@EmperorTyrael]

The Supreme Court can overrule the President, but the President can't overrule the Supreme Court. Even if a Justice is in the same party as the President, they can choose to say no. But "The state is the Supreme Court!" means either there are no actual Supreme Court because the President decides everything or the Supreme Court is only filled with the President's "Yes-man".

[@storm2666]

BlazeofGlory again, what’s the difference between this and the current state of politics in the USA?

[@juan-ij1le]

@@storm2666 he just said

[@1krani]

@@storm2666 The difference is that the Supreme Court still maintains the pretense of not being a partisan activist body, though this pretense has been damaged by the "There weren't riots back then" allegation regarding the election.

[@lazcentral4828]

the president has overruled the Supreme Court on many occasions, actually.@@EmperorTyrael

[@kristinabelievesinfairies]

Notice none of Joes donors had their savings in a bank 😅

[@colossians28]

Even if this quote isn't true, it is happening right before our very eyes!!! "America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." Joseph Stalin

[@RavenCelestia]

+Colossians 2:8 Yeah, destroy patriotism with multiculturalism, morality with, dunno, this suckers this days, i cant even tell what is wrong and right anymore, and their spiritual life, i also don't know, atheism maybe? The thing is that america is being destroyed, and sadly under your very own eyes and you cant do anything about it because you have lost the three things that held you together as the great America this once was, or at least promised to be. I myself am not american, but i feel for you people and your nation, that cost so much to your founders and that represented the American Dream which was a beautiful concept indeed, it is very sad, i even feel to apologize, sorry guys, may God be with you and your families, and with us too, for what is to come to everyone of us outside america and in this world.

[@gregeilenberger7970]

75 years old and still hits the mark !

[@gorillamasterofgaming5525]

2:29 This is how regimes hook people into wanting them to rule the country. They offer temporary comfort for higher authority over them.

[@JamesPawson]

No one in the comments really seemed to get the point.

[@trueredexe]

Suprised?

[@JamesPawson]

I wrote that comment six months ago; now I am looking at the newer comments, and actually, a lot of people _do_ get it now! Now that's a surprise! *TRUMP 2016!!!*

[@anti-freez6290]

+ᒍᗩᗰᕮᔕ ᑭᗩᗯᔕOᑎ yes. It's a propaganda show of its time and made to show the dangers of communISM no matter how tempting they may seem. The people that get mad at this are either SJW's that are beyond hope or there... Ummmmm... Fucking idiots.... Also it's not about capitalism it's about our freedom. The USA isn't just a capitalism it's a democracy and republic. Maybe if they even watched it all the way through.

[@caslaBBalsac]

At 8:20 you can just replace "Everything is fine" with "American Never Stopped Being Great"

[@renzob.4501]

a bigger surprise is "trump 2016" that theatrical play???

[@1SmartMofo]

8:27 - END: Best take away from this film.

[@l.2206]

- In comparison to the farmer, politician, capitalist, and wage worker, the man selling the "ism" potion had a brown, melanated complexion. He is the intruder from "elsewhere," the oriental. Take note of his stature in comparison to those around him. - @ 6:41, take more notice of each particular nation and how the United States perceived each of them at the time (1948). The individual second from left has his hands in his pockets, making him appear devious, or sly. He is facing forward, which could represent movement and the belief that this country is "developed" and progressing. The third individual (USSR) is looking up at the US in an envious manner, or with a competitive gaze. His hands are behind his back, exuding confidence and control. The fourth individual is front-facing and has its hands extended outward. Is it dependent or neutral...or both? The fifth individual (Arabian Peninsula, maybe?) is also facing front-facing. In comparison to the rest, he is significantly undersized. The sixth individual (China) is looking the other way, with his back turned and his head tilted upward in a scornful, haughty manner. Could also represent US perceptions of China as a backwards country at the time. The final individual is seated with his arms crossed. He is facing forward, but he is portrayed as stubborn, stagnant, and, to an extreme, idle. With his cheeky grin, hidden eyes, hidden hands, and crossed knees, the individual representing the United States is rather obvious. Of course, given that this is classic Cold War propaganda, I wouldn't expect anything less.

[@liljojo8813]

Nice analysis

[@dagruneson8308]

While you could possibly claim that Mr. Utopia looks a bit foreign (allthough this is not really that obvious since he doesn't speak with any non-American accent), nothing about him looks even slightly oriental. If he is not only meant to just be a generic American gangster his hat gives way more of a Italian or Hispanic wibe (which make sense in the way that Italian Americans was overrepresented in organized crime in the US at the time). And why do think the sixth figure represents China? Because his money stack is way to high to be China, which during this time (1948) was indeed one of the poorest countries on Earth. Why I can't really say what country that guy he is meant to represent, that mustage gives more of a central European wibe, so it's more likely he is meant to either be Polish, German or Swiss. So you are overinterpretating things to an absurd degree here.

[@esmeraldarosario7243]

Who else is watching this for some history assignment? 😅

[@mrfrogg46able]

Television was publicly demonstrated by its 21 year old inventor philo Farnsworth. So much for t.v. not being invented in '29

[@SaturdayMorno86]

Grandpappy is loaded! He and his big mout! 7:29

[@londongirl1733]

Sent over via funkyprepper, this is exactly what is happening now in 2023! Make a stand very very soon or live with the consequences😮

[@aclassicalliberal]

WOW, if only cartoons were still like this I would let my son watch TV. If we had a real media in this country, instead of big government shills, this is the message people would be getting. We are galloping down the road 2 serfdom in America because too many have fallen for the "ism" of 'change' and 'security'. America's never been perfect, no country can be, but the system of individual enterprise and limited government we used to have made us the envy of the world, now we rush to squander it.

[@Epic11705]

If I’m being honest, this conman is a humanized king dice with wheezy’s nose

[@gotelemwillyboyshere]

And in the end this is what WE The People need to do !

[@datprawn4850]

8:28 - 8:45 My favorite line in this very video. Still use it today. If you'd add in Sex Hatred as well then it will be truly spot on to what's happening today.

[@savagetv6460]

If only feminism wasn't the most hateful movement around

[@jshadowhunter]

2020

[@nathanprindler]

8:55 Literally Antifa every time somebody fights back.

[@fede2]

i can't help but notice a paradox here: expressing the message of freedom through indoctrinating means.

[@1krani]

To quote the only rapper I'm a fan of, "The truth doesn't damage points of view that are legitimate."

[@maplebob23]

There is actually a movie of Soviet era propaganda that was on Google at some point and a lot of it sounds like what you hear from American college Marxists. Essentially, the point of anti-American propaganda seems to be to point out all the short comings of America while never examining the thought system of the propagandist. This cartoon is the opposite of that in that it points out the positives of our system while giving scant criticism to the isms.

[@johnbesharian9965]

Ever heard to old saying that you: "Fight fire with fire"?

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Seems to have forgotten that capitalism also ends in ''ism''.

[@savagetv6460]

@@legrandliseurtri7495 capitalism isn't a system of thought. It's simply free market economics

[@ionlybowtogod9268]

This is probably the most important cartoon ever made can we need to remember the teachings of the cartoon before it's too late. LET'S GO BRANDON

[@lizardguyNA]

Yeah, gotta stop the Red Party of out of touch Oligarchs before they try to destroy our Democracy as they attempted on January 6th.

[@Leonard_Wolf_2056]

​@@lizardguyNA you have no right to complain about January sixth after all the city burnings you did.

[@Cancn12]

@@Leonard_Wolf_2056 Yes, they do, considering black lives matter was a country wide overwhelmingly pacific movement, some agitators are set to show up,Jan 6th was only about overturning the election, interrupting the democratic process and they illegally entered the capitol. It isn't surprising then that most terrorism is done by right wingers, in this time, it's mostly American white nationalists and christian fundamentalists.

[@lazcentral4828]

didnt you guys say this about Obama? and Clinton? and Johnson? and Roosevelt (both)? and Grant? and Lincoln?

[@AnitaLife27]

This has some serious Chuck Jonesian style, but he was a Warner. I wonder if we worked on this. He did work for HB...Any animation fans that know?

[@billy2182]

Freakin awesome cartoon! Thank you.

[@Hiraghm]

At 9:03, they bury it. "Working together..."... "for all". No, each working for his own prosperity is what built America and made it great. This wasn't a commentary against communism or socialism. It was against fascism. It merely applies to communism and socialism, as well. Freedom consists of this: Authority over your own life, and Responsibility for your own life. When you have both of these, you are as free as is possible.

[@arsaeterna4285]

lol 'god save the queen' is the intro to a US nationalist cartoon wtf

[@battleship217]

It's My Country Tis of Thee, same tune,

[@quqbalam5089]

The US has always been more British than the British themselves.

[@dianerovedo5537]

It's comes from one ye olde popular English drinking song. Same source for both. Song swam across the pond.

[@accessyourinnerlight971]

@@dianerovedo5537 It was originally a song written for the return of King Louis XVI to court after recovering from an illness, and then later became the national anthem of about 60 different countries.

[@jeremychicken3339]

@@accessyourinnerlight971 17 countries, not 60

[@mikehazelwood6106]

THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE! OUR FREEDOMS ARE QUICKLY SLIPPING AWAY, MAINLY TAKEN MY HARDCORE COMMUNISM IN "THE GUISE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!"

[@IAmNumber4000]

Pretty good critique of state capitalism, not gonna lie

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism

[@BigOldJimmy]

This cartoon is hilarious for a variety of reasons. Anti-capitalist political systems did not pretend to be friendly to wealthy industrialists or to established politicians. Also, the "John Q Public" guy at the end claims that the "ISM" salesman was trying to turn them against each other, but at no point did the salesman actually do anything of the sort. To the contrary, he was promising to unify everyone. Funny how in our present day the worker and the farmer have been screwed by the other two.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

13 years late, but good points about how the salesman is trying to unify everyone, and the guy after says he's trying to divide them. Maybe the idea was that the salesman represented different ideologies at once? It's weird. This movie was shown in history class. The USA was even more insufferable back then, clearly.

[@savagetv6460]

The message is that the sales man was giving them snake oil. It wasn't gonna help and he just told them what they wanted to hear. The contract showed what his true intentions were, which is a reference to the devil's attempt to get you to sell your soul. Farmers and workers are being screwed over by progressives and activists. Wages dropped when we encouraged women to enter the work force and then they dropped even more when we allowed mass immigration. Government regulations also hurts the middle and working class. Government ruins everything

[@MrSmackdab]

Interesting that this suggests capitalISM.

[@IHeartNoise]

Its one ism vs another ism....

[@mehowop]

MrSmackdab This ISM is communism

[@MrSmackdab]

I 'think' I know what you were trying to say - but I'm actually an anarchist not a statist.

[@mikemantle]

+MrSmackdab Your right but I think they are just talking about free enterprise.

[@haydenb.6006]

MrSmackdab not all isms, just one, if it were; the product would be called isms

[@neilproctor5163]

Looks familiar!

[@DomoAsakura]

8:13 Hey look, it's a free speech zone... oh...

[@mikek17]

Fine words from the mouth of a weeaboo

[@crono3015]

+mikek17 You can't talk. You have a Phantom Pain profile pic. The worst MGS game by far.

[@crono3015]

+mikek17 Ypu might as well spend 60$ on Survive.

[@mikek17]

Crono Do you think I give a shit about what you just said

[@crono3015]

Of course you don't. Keep blindly enjoy MGS 5. Shit tastes in games will always be shit tastes.

[@TheMadMacedonian]

From 1948, animators Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera warn against Obamanomics, and Comunism, and touts the benefits of Capitalism, and Freedom, in a hilarious, yet inciteful, cartoon.

[@BrutallyDigital]

That Green New Deal that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made me think of this.

[@quickboat22]

Cant wait for that smart grid. That way they can tell us how to set our thermostats!

[@simpleconcept3698]

It's a fun little cartoon but be careful about the message it brings: the fact that the workers basically ask for better conditions with workers rights and other forms of protection was (and unfortunately still IS in America) seen as something bad and negative. It is not a coincidence the fact that the salesman is called "Dr. Utopia": it is a subtle message to make you believe that workers rights are impossible to achieve in a stable and prosperous society. The fact that a country produces more doesn't mean that everybody is fine economically, not everybody can invent things or accumulate capital and if they do it is not guaranteed that they will succed. It is right to educate people about what communism really is and it is fairly normal for the time of this cartoon to confuse simple socialism with the far more radical communism, but it's worrying that even today in the US most people seriously think that government intervention is ALWAYS bad. This stance was abandoned by Europe decades ago, even before the fall of the USSR and with better protection towards workers the standard of living has improved. This cartoon doesn't say that. It TRIES to stay neutral, but at the end the workers simply reject the idea of better protection instead of saying something like:"Ok communism is actually fucked up, but what about we try to do those reforms by ourselves?" The cartoon fails to stay neutral even before this event: "...the freedom to do the job you like" Most of the times you can't simply "choose" your dream work. Sometimes you have to study very hard (and that takes money you might not have), sometimes the market simply won't hire you (not because they're "evil", but because they simply don't need more workers right now in that field), sometimes you have to put time and effort to invest in your dream profession but you have to work in another job to feed your family and that takes up all of your avaiable time. The point the cartoon makes is true: don't trust people who promise you a Utopia, but try to consider the other side of the coin too: don't trust people who tell you that your claims and rights are "impossible to achieve". To make the world a better place takes effort and time, a LOT of time, there is no magic "instant rights" bottle, therefore you should NEVER polarize your opinions in such important matters.

[@UndertakerU2ber]

I think you’ve been fed a fruity narrative of what socialism/communism is. While “workers’ rights” isn’t a wholly bad concept, problems can easily arise if the workers start to demand the impossible or if those workers work for a public entity. Imagine you’re a business owner that invested your own savings into a bakery, and all of your bakers threaten to strike if you don’t provide safer working conditions by replacing the bakery’s hot oven with an alternative. You try reasoning with them saying that baking is a task that necessitates the use of a hot oven, and you ask them to follow safety protocols in order to avoid inflicting personal injuries and starting fires. Your bakers refuse to listen and go on strike anyway, and laws regarding unionization forbid you from firing and replacing them. What can you do at that point? As for public employees and their ability to strike, the main problem is that the dynamics of the strike are completely lopsided. A private business experiencing a worker strike will have to deal with lost revenue/profits. What suffering would the chief of police or the mayor face if there’s a strike amongst law enforcement officers? Well, not really anything honestly, and it ends up being ‘we the people’ that suffer even though we’re not the ones that can provide them the demands they seek. If you still believe socialism is a concept that needs to keep being tried again and again until they “get it right”, then I don’t believe you understand human nature or economics. Economies thrive under capitalism because the founders are allowed to reap the rewards off of their investment and risks, employees are allowed the choice to work at a corporation or not, and consumers retain ultimate authority by voting with their wallets. Under socialism, the business owner loses all personal incentive to invest their savings into starting a new company since control is going to be shifted to their employees, who bear no personal responsibility for the business’s wellbeing. For employees, the business will be run by the mob, which (like in the case of modern Disney/Pixar) may choose to force the company to pursue unprofitable agendas like diversity, inclusion, etc. For consumers, they don’t get to choose where their tax dollars go and corporations run by activist mobs won’t adhere to the consumers’ interests. Countries that offer free, publicly-funded healthcare often create the bigger problem of creating a healthcare system that is just another branch of the government that courts have a conflict of interest in presiding over. So when you take socialized Disney to court, you’re not just having to face the government in their own courthouse, you’re also having to face the public’s outrage, that sees their tax dollars possibly being handed to you, and their bias against you. A court would be more eager to side against you in court, because you are just an individual that no one cares about, the socialized entity you sued likely has many connections in the government that would be pleased to see the judge rule against you, and the general public will be happy to see that you don’t get to claim their tax dollars.

[@Cancn12]

Correction: The cartoon never tried to stay neutral, it just wants to give the message that the state will no solve any more problems (aside from those it has already solved), it was literally funded Alfred P. Sloan, a guy that was in a plan to overthrow the government and replace it with corporation leaders, and though it didn't go very far and it was probably not going to happen even if it wasn't exposed. Btw same guy who led Ford during it's collaboration with the Nazi regime.

[@GeniusHood]

Exactly. And just because you're "fat" doesn't mean you're rich, especially in industrialized first world countries... rather, it just means that the poor people here are eating more processed fast/cheap-produced foods rather than being able to afford natural healthy food. A country like Chile never had a problem with obesity until fast-food was introduced there, and now the obesity level sky-rocketed.

[@firstnamesurname2528]

Anyone else here because of Bastille lol

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

Bastille the music group? What does this have to do with them? Asking because im curious.

[@laxpawermusic4740]

They sample the 8:28 audio in their song "The currents"

[@BrandonMcBadass]

That freedom of speech example at 1:12 is pretty accurate

[@Hyper07777]

Some guy Disagree And Criticize Other dude opinion And they got into Arguement

[@fireandchutes77]

"With only 7 percent of the world's population, we drive 70 percent of the world's automobiles." Isn't that part of the problem? 8:29: Mrs. Palin would do well to remember that tidbit before she starts calling parts of America "the Real America(TM)" at the exclusion of other parts...