Rythian's anti-capitalist rant

[@TheFrozenFlame05]

I love rythian politely asking Zylus to hold off on his story cuz he's ranting

[@realitysucks037]

Glad Mr Rhythian has seen the light after so much pressure from the junimos

[@Phuizour]

Rythian stopping capitalism 1 rant at a time.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Advocating for the assassination of political leaders is terrorism.

[@hughjaneous4209]

Rythian could destabilise the global market by FLOODING it with salt.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Based Rythian! Also the thing with "billionaires should do what they want, they earned it!" is that no, billionaires didn't earn it, thousands or millions of ordinary people earned their wealth for billionaires who just sat back and made profit from other people's hard work

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

@@ruud9761 But the 'earning their money' and 'giving jobs to thousands' is part of the lie we are all sold by billionaires (and more specifically billionaire owned media). Workers make money, billionaires profit off that work and pay the workers a fraction of what it's worth. It's not that they're giving people jobs, it's that they're exploiting the hard work of ordinary people for free profit Though you're right that they often start with a lot of money themselves... as for unique experiences or risk that's usually nonsense. What happens when a billionaire's business fails? They get the government, who work for the owning class, to bail them out

[@RonnocFroop]

@@saoirsedeltufo7436 There are some very rare cases where I'd say a billionaire has earned their money, or at least a good chunk of it, and it's exclusively in cases where something normally small-scale has turned large, such as being an author. If you consider somebody buying a book as somebody paying for primarily the contents of the book, rather than the paper, and if you consider the author buying the materials, machine time, and labour required to put it all together as a fair transaction, as you likely do on a small scale, then when an author sells millions of copies of their book, they can legitimately earn huge amounts of money. Movie rights, on the other hand...

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

@@RonnocFroop A chunk of it absolutely, but you can't become a billionaire by your own work alone - very rich but not that rich

[@000sakis]

What are you talking about 😂 ofc they earned it... Stop being jealous

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

@@000sakis But they didn't earn it - millions of workers earned it and they sat back doing nothing and extracting free profit Wanting equality isn't jealousy, don't be a bootlicker

[@Warbek]

Strong contrast to your video "Strike against Rythian"

[@jinx8687]

Zylus proving the universal truth that landlords ae societal leaches

[@onwardtowaffles]

Literal parasites, all of them.

[@Speederzzz]

Preach

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Even Adam Smith agreed

[@Gargflaps]

Rhythian for president!

[@jettisoncargo]

People should not fear their governments. Governments should fear their people.

[@joyouslyprofane]

i like rythian that much more now, and i liked him a lot

[@giogio182]

Rythian against the machine

[@Stormrider1138]

Good to see Mr Rythian is finally changing his way.

[@franciscoborjaescobarsuare5802]

At least in Spain during the hard days of the pandemic, bills would get pardoned if they weren't paid on time, but I can't imagine being in another country where that's not the case. It puts some perspective into your life

[@mischief.brewed]

The response to solar power in Spain is woeful tho

[@franciscoborjaescobarsuare5802]

@@mischief.brewed Any renewable energy, really

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

Capitalism is a worldwide cancer

[@maxinesenior596]

Fuck privatized necessities.

[@wadeking4054]

7:06 Boba's true American moment.

[@underthetable2747]

Rythians saltiness would make him one of the wealthiest in the ancient world

[@kevinbeck1]

so, with regard to the 'collecting rainwater isnt allowed' usually these types of laws are passed in places where either 1) they live in a neighborhood with an HOA and they agreed to those terms upon buying their home, and the HOA just wants a certain aesthetic 2) its in high population areas, where there is a concern for standing water that can breed pests like mosquitos. Usually in these areas they allow rainwater collection with some sort of restriction like requiring that your collection area have a lid/is able to be closed off. Other states just require that you inform local municipalities that you're adding that to your property, which again makes sense if the municipalities have an issue with airborne illnesses from water-fairing bugs like mosquitos. 3) Some states need the rainwater to replenish rivers and water tables, so they put in restrictions that the water has to come from your roof, and it cant be water that has already entered streams. in most states it is completely legal to collect rainwater and in many of them it is actively encouraged.

[@jacobkrawczyk4772]

That first one is barely a rebuttal in the end because HOAs are fucking awful for reasons directly related to the broader problems of capitalism. Fuck HOAs and their classist bullshit. The second point is, on the other hand, much more fair to the extent that it’s enforcement is also equal and fair. But I’m willing to bet that if it comes into fashion for rich people to collect rainwater they won’t be inhibited nearly as much as poorer folks who do it to get by.

[@bookswithike3256]

HOAs are literally pure evil. That's not a defence.

[@IPhilAlive]

Bobas hair kinda looks like Hayley Williams during paramores early days but a bit lighter

[@maggieeire3964]

I love Rythian now.

[@loganforsythe3966]

My parent's place has a private well. No water bill. Though once every decade or two, the pump burns out and you gotta pull it out and replace it. Huge pain in the ass. But worth it in the long run. Besides, in the US, if you pay a water bill, you're drinking purified sewage. That's why city water tastes like chemicals.

[@valerieblackwell5765]

Literally cleaner then well water though 👍🏽(this post was made by purified sewage gang)

[@matthewblankley9660]

Damn I love Rythian now

[@abstractlime101]

Rythian based moments

[@nicksteele9436]

In the case of water bills, if the arrears are high enough, the water company can take you to court and get a CCJ. If you own your house rather than rent, they can secure the debt under a charging order, and it'll be paid back when you sell your house.

[@CptFUBAR]

I had a thought about not being able to collect rainwater. If you think about it, in densely packed areas, with minimal rainfall, if a lot of people collect the rainwater, then that could limit the amount return to the ground-water-table (idk what the actual word is). Still, I'm sure there's a smart way around that hypothetical scenario.

[@cameronwilsey9334]

Also, rain water has to condensate around something be it dust, bacteria, or side pollutant. So living a bit removed from a city I think the only concern would be storing it safely, but if your near or in a big city I could see the water not being especially safe. That said, I'm not defending the laws. Nor do I know about why they exist. I'm just putting them in potential perspective

[@wesleyewert1023]

@@cameronwilsey9334 well they exist because the companies that are selling you tap water can't make money on you collecting your own water. so they bribe politicians to put laws like this in place under some made up reason like water quality. same deal with the laws against solar power.

[@Taudlitz]

yes, the most simple solution to this "problem" is that people who catch the rainwater also use it and not store it indefinitely.

[@internetonsetadd]

I've never heard of rainwater collection being illegal in the US. It's entirely unregulated in my state. There are only two states where it's strictly controlled. In more than half of states it's unregulated and often encouraged, and in those where it's regulated (plumbing, health & safety) it's often encouraged or incentivized. There might be further regulations at the county and municipal level, I don't know. Using rainwater collection systems for irrigation is a good thing. It takes a long, long time for aquifers to be replenished, so if you utilize rainwater instead of taxing water supply and treatment, those resources are conserved.

[@SECURITEH]

The final claim of Zylus that in the Netherlands healthcare is very affordable is not true, not when you have some bigger health issues because all of a sudden all kinds of medication needs to be paid out of your own pocked as the insurance companies do not cover them even if that is something that you need to stay out of the hospital, and that is just one example out of the many which add up.

[@yognitram671]

Glad I saw this. Very good rant

[@kristiandevil]

Didn't know Rythian was this based

[@cm315]

I love him so much for this ❤️

[@travishimebaugh8381]

Then we shall sail for Havana, where the sun is warm, and so is the comradeship.

[@valerieblackwell5765]

Maybe if the US and its allies didnt embargo Cuba to shit it would be thriving, still though Cuba is doing extraordinary compared to what it was before

[@gtsb]

actually mega based, love that guy

[@comradedragon]

based Rythian moment

[@Mystic-Midnight]

Gah Damn Rythian is a hottie like that Shirt and Jacket combo is awesome

[@JeroenElsen]

Rythian buying 69 bait is a perfect precursor to the rant. 00:40

[@Droops1]

And this, folks... Is why Rythian is such a beautiful human being. Never stop being you Rythian, you genuinely and sincerely care about other people, and that my friend, is such a rare quality that seems to be lacking in modern society. If we ever cross paths, I'll buy you a pint and a feed mate.

[@FerricWolf]

*(comment was deleted, but I'm replying anyways lol)* I like knowing that the content is largely uncensored and just them speaking their minds on things they're passionate/opinionated about. Big fan of HatFilms for that reason, half their content is just free-speaking political hot takes lol

[@mikethemaniacal]

In Utah you can't collect rainwater because it's stealing from farmers in the future by "preventing groundwater recharge". idk man, I'd really like to use that water myself right now. Utah is a very silly place.

[@Taudlitz]

thats nonsense, nobody is catching rainwater just to store it. Unless there is some psycho who is trying to fill his multibilion litre tank with water to hoard it, its not a problem

[@w5527]

3:58 Zylus would LOVE Huey Long

[@JoshSweetvale]

We're past Huey Long, we're into John Brown territory.

[@plaxypus]

Rythian spitting truth 💪

[@jamesmoody9628]

Rythian I love you

[@slimj091]

Well Rythian one thing you have to keep in mind is that the money from water bills goes into hardly maintaining the decades old sometimes centuries old lead pipes, and also to barely cleaning it, or making sure that we have an adequate supply to even use it.

[@morriscrx]

taxes can also provide for it so those of us who can afford it can subsidise those that cannot. I think you may have a bit of an overly american view point sir.

[@cameronwilsey9334]

@@morriscrx I think his intention was that the companies are doubly scummy

[@maxinesenior596]

@@morriscrx Silly, the majority of the "american view point" is that it's fucking awful.

[@slimj091]

@@morriscrx I do.. I thought the reference to decaying old lead pipes would have made that clear.

[@NCXDKG]

on my bucket list is to move anywhere but america.

[@RandomUser11170]

Yep... This is the country I live in 🥲

[@poormankowry]

Love you Rythian.

[@Sonics1DiscordKitten]

Oh? We hating on capitalism? But then what about the bottom dollar?? Think of the billionaires!!

[@forestaeon]

Hell yes 🔥I live in a state where rain water collection is illegal

[@thejogman]

theres a fair bit more nuance to a number of these issues, a huge factor being the fact that some issues arent universal throughout the US and some regulations have a reason behind them, for example, as other people have been mentioning, limiting the collection of rain water is important for maintaining the water supply for natural streams and springs, and many municipalities also restrict the surface area of pavement for similar reasons, especially since pavement is also a huge factor in storm water management the restrictions against solar panels is kinda stupid though, although i personally havent heard of that actually being a thing, at least not in my area

[@lliamdavis6950]

the issue isn't that people are collecting rain water and ruining the ecosystem, the issue is that you are paying so much for water that you are considering collecting the rain to not go broke. That and the fact that these are issues anywhere in the world especially America the home of the free and the land where anyone can go big.

[@nothanks9503]

You can’t collect rain water because you could start a water born illness pandemic

[@MrKotaGrey]

i love rythian so much

[@Pseud0nymTXT]

holy shit Rythian is based

[@dororo101]

Land of the fee, home of the slave

[@theonewhoknox1569]

Fact's

[@Pseud0nymTXT]

I stan leftist yogscast

[@eaglestdogg]

The rain water thing actually has a valid reason. It's because if you have a ton of people all collecting rainwater it'll start reducing how much water gets into streams and rivers n shit and people downstream get less water.

[@El-mi4vi]

It is a rule that makes sense but when you include the rest of how water rights are handled in the south west I just get angry again.The over allocation of water rights to large farming interests makes any fine against someone collect rainwater for personal use a complete farce.

[@maxinesenior596]

I'm pretty sure enough rain falls that WON'T get caught that there's no reason to disallow it... Like, most of that water is straight up landing in the rivers and streams and lakes.

[@Taudlitz]

that would be only problem if people just store the rainwater and never use it, which nobody does.

[@emilyc8958]

Tax the rich

[@purpledevilr7463]

I love political rants.

[@travishimebaugh8381]

And another thing, why are hotels always so far from grocery stores? Seems like every time I check into a hotel my only dining options are nearby fast food dens, and I have to walk for half an hour to find a place to pick up something as simple as a quart of milk! ... what are politics again?

[@cameronwilsey9334]

@@travishimebaugh8381 Gas stations usually have milk

[@travishimebaugh8381]

@@cameronwilsey9334 Not the ones I always wind up at

[@yenjin583]

common rythian w

[@croisant6142]

Based Rythian

[@WilliamBirkumshaw]

Based yogs

[@eleanorbrushia]

based

[@lotoreo]

BASED BASED BASED

[@Vetlius]

Based

[@lliamdavis6950]

this isn't a funny this one is a sad ):

[@slyngn7847]

It's almost as if modern US kinda sucks.

[@drizzle8309]

There is no way any billionaire could *EARN* all that. Unless you're a doctor or firefighter or something, where you actually save people's lives, or a scientist who discoveres a way to provide food or medicine to places that need it, there's no way you *deserve* billions of dollars. Also, on the 'fearing the people' bit, I respectfully disagree. Cause that's how you get people storming the capitol. Individuals can be trusted. People can not. Yes, there needs to be accountability and I don't have the answer, but violence is not it.

[@Dissplacer]

Speaking from 100% understanding... of the UK... Right?

[@TestarossaF110]

😔

[@IcespherePlaysGames]

Name sus

[@nalehale415]

Because socialism has worked so well... Where exactly?

[@MCBattlus]

Sweden isn't actually socialist but capitalist with very strong social policies (socialism lite) and has a happier populace and more billionaires per capita than the US. Also Vietnam is straight up Communist and they seem to be doing fine right now considering we burnt down half the country over it maybe 50 years ago.

[@maxinesenior596]

Not even socialism, just taking care of your people and not allowing them to be exploited by the corporations and systems that have been in place for centuries. "socialism" has historically been done as a facade of populism to foster political and military power under a nationalist regime. They don't have enough to actually do it, and it often led to terrible things like children working as doctors in China because "equity". What this would be is limitations on the ridiculous things that corporations can do, not a complete governmental shift. Electricity companies and water companies should not be allowed to charge poverty-inducing sums of money to ANYONE. Hospitals and pharmaceutical companies should not be allowed to charge poverty-inducing sums to ANYONE. Insurance? That should just be what the government does at a base level to take care of its citizens, instead of just leaving it up to them to live and die while they sit back uncaringly. Not bread handed out in lines like under socialist regimes.

[@000sakis]

Couldnt disagree more with rythian... Forget the us , they are fucked all around . But you can't say the same for eu countries, capitalism is extremely important for society's growth and its not like we have a true capitalistic system. The middle is where its at...

[@Cotif11]

Well you're wrong, capitalism /was/ the only reasonable way for the economy to function, now it's a danger. Capitalism is purely the idea that we should have private ownership of the means of production in a pursuit of profit, that is inherently immoral and unfair and leads to corruption. Don't even talk about "economic growth" as if it's all good, its not any good, look at where we're at with a dying planet, overpopulation, social discord, all for what? To continue dangerous and unfettered growth that only continues to destabilize nations. You're probably mistaking capitalism for a free market economy which can easily be protected under a socialist system, they do function all the time together, in fact, socialism can't be successful without some measure of a free market, but that doesn't mean the government has to tolerate abuse by these private enterprises for the sake of profit. Capitalism means money rules and the rich get richer while the poor stay poor, socialism means the people rule and we're all treated like valuable members of society. The King of Norway said that people who feel like they don't belong to a society won't give back to it. Why do you think America is tearing itself apart right now? Why do you think Antifascists, socialists, and communists are still active in Europe? Obviously people still feel disenfranchised and want a bigger piece of the pie and want our government and economy to stop being motivated purely by profit. The pussy version of socialism is called social capitalism and it's for people who think capitalism is still worth saving, it's this precious little fantasy that "oh if only we were all goodhearted people, capitalism can work for the good of all!!1!"

[@arli8359]

LOL

[@maxinesenior596]

"couldn't disagree more" lands in the middle which definitely is not pure capitalism

[@BlueMatty]

Economic growth should never, ever take precedent over basic human rights, basic essentials. There is enough food, enough housing, enough everything for everyone but it's all sapped by exploitative rich people and exploitative richer countries (EU countries very much included).

[@Braincleaner]

Mazovian Socio-Economics. Go Rythian Du Bois! communisium has been 0.001% built! :)

[@JoshSweetvale]

Communism is just fascism.

[@alexbattaglia8297]

@@JoshSweetvale I mean it's not

[@maomao9563]

Based Rythian

[@TheHammockProduction]

based