Socialism Can Happen Anywhere

People think socialism can’t happen in their country. “Until it does,” says Gloria Alvarez.
#socialism

[@janofb]

The socialist always say it wasn't done correctly. But ask them if it EVER was.

[@GaryR55]

It stems from their belief that socialism is somehow "good."

[@dannygreen7473]

They simply answer that American imperialism interfered and stopped it from working.

[@dannygreen7473]

They're answer will always be that it failed because America interfered.

[@MaydayAggro]

@@GaryR55 And that people are inherently good. It starts with a false premise.

[@GaryR55]

@@MaydayAggro Right, hence the flaw in every form of government ever devised.

[@theophrastus3.056]

“Endless free stuff” is about as real as Santa Claus.

[@TheRealJoeMama1]

But yet the liberal sheep still believe it and vote for it. Sad.

[@NeuroPulse]

"But he smiles and says he will give us stuff!"

[@jennymelo2098]

The lazy among us love socialism/communism.

[@kokkari37]

Came here to say the same thing!

[@macsnafu]

And then they get it and find out the hard way that it's too much like work! ;-)

[@craigbaxter4595]

So do the people at the top so they can steal as much money as they can until they are run out of the country

[@user-wj9qj6yta15]

No The vietnamese and bolsheviks waren't lazy that is the problem socialists aren't lazy they spread this idea and fight willingly and fiercely with passion if they tried that hard to earn money they would be rich but they decided to die for socialism

[@user-wj9qj6yta15]

@@kokkari37No they are not that's the problem

[@box420]

The exact same thing is happening in California. Than they leave than keep voting the same way.

[@SecureLemons]

thats actually the opposite situation. they clearly distinguish colombian socialists from venezuelans

[@bobbob1730]

California literally is the most successful state in the union. Cope harder

[@box420]

@bobbob1730 Yeah, that's why San francisco has a poop map and anyone who's worth anything is leaving at break neck pace to Texas

[@dicky7600]

​@@bobbob1730 Keep telling yourself that while it keeps getting worse.

[@countrycraftsman5110]

My father said that about California's in the 60's. The only thing different is that there are many more doing it today.

[@pottersground3788]

“The "Lazy" do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility and most of those that are "Lazy" are frightened of responsibility.” -- Sigmund Freud / Tripwire

[@IMDunn-oy9cd]

Oh, but they didn't do it right the last few hundred times they tried it. We'll get it right this time.

[@bwillan]

As Nick Freitas has said, how many 'next times' does it take to get it right before you conclude it will never work?

[@axolotl1777]

What makes you think that

[@Olaf236]

Nick is awesome!

[@mustang607]

Socialists just haven't found the right morally superior feeling leader that will unify all the people of the world that survive the purges to rewrite history so future generations will never actually know what happened in the past.

[@tamadeus7189]

"DUH right people weren't in charge."

[@johnlouw6449]

Socialism with no corruption can work. In a world without humans

[@GaryR55]

And if it doesn't, they'll make it a world without humans.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@GaryR55 seems they ARE trying that too.

[@Cspacecat]

Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Police Force, Military Force, don't let Stossel kid you, we are a highly socialistic society.

[@GaryR55]

@@Cspacecat Well, the Soviets did say we'd turn into a socialist country without them having to fire a shot, so...

[@Cspacecat]

@@GaryR55 The thing is most of this was done by the Republicans. The Republican Party has been financed and infiltrated by the CCP.

[@f308gtb1977]

We live to vote for socialism in the US too. Public Schools, Police, Social Security, Military, etc., etc., etc….

[@thomasautengruber8369]

Her accent is very easy on the ears

[@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever]

​@@NotchaBiznessshe's hot! 😊

[@ram0166]

She reminds me of Charo

[@charityscreams5366]

I had a wonderful friend in high school that was a foreign exchange student from Venezuela, we kept in touch for years until Venezuela fell and she just vanished. I think of her often.

[@tombowman2154]

People forget the lessons of history.

[@wills242]

Moreso they never knew them. These are not typically learned populations that embrace communism. Sometimes wealthy, but never intelligent.

[@tedangle8224]

"Nothing new under the sun."

[@klimatbluffen]

Communism is socialism's inbred cousin from the country.

[@GP-yc2it]

Why is Latin America so susceptible to dictators?

[@CountChokcula]

CIA

[@Mansini77]

KGB

[@davidh0809]

UPS

[@logancary3188]

BTS

[@bogeybichon7000]

Poor people who see multi-national corporations strip their country of natural resources and profits accrued to the benefit of foreigners make for easy "converts".

[@SickMetalAddict]

I love that quote "They hate free markets but they have the best marketing"

[@joshuagould548]

People want GUARANTEED happiness in life, but that is a metaphysical impossibility. Human life REQUIRES productive work. Productive work REQUIRES the mind. The mind REQUIRES freedom in order to flourish. Today, most people seem to flee from the responsibility of thinking; of using the mind productively. Then they choose force in the realm of Politics in an attempt to compensate for their life's deficits.

[@maddhatter3564]

only correction, Humans need struggle, as all animals do. Without struggle we make our own struggles (environment,Trans, "systemic racism claims"). Inner cities are welfare hubs yet in the absence of financial struggle the GANG culture arrises.

[@joshuagould548]

@maddhatter3564 Nah, that wasn't a correction, and your addition only confuses things. "Struggle"? What's struggle? What kind of struggle? What's considered a day's work, might be a struggle for others. I ENJOY thinking, but that seems to be a struggle for others. Also, it's not the absence of financial struggle that causes gangs to arise. It's their sheer lack of self-esteem, the inability to CREATE value, and so they resort to stealing the values of others (resorting in a short life, or a short freedom). Again, humans REQUIRE the use of their minds to survive, specifically, a PRODUCTIVE USE of their minds.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@joshuagould548 well it must be nice not to know what struggle is. Its a pretty simple concept

[@joshuagould548]

@maddhatter3564 Ooo the sign of a low self-esteem. Without knowing me, you decided to make a personal judgment. It's like you didn't even read my comment. Life's requirement isn't struggle. Struggle is certainly a part of it. What I was saying was that struggle is a relative term. Think of jogging, it comes easy to me, but does it for you. Now apply that to everything we do. Some will struggle, some may not in those same areas.

[@joshuagould548]

​@maddhatter3564 Did you run away? Are you struggling to define "struggle"? Lol

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

It’s the dictators that cause the most suffering .

[@wheelman1324]

Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?

[@Thomas-py6dw]

Repeating the same mistakes and expecting another outcome is not the definition of insanity. It was a quote from Albert Einstein. Many people falsely believe that's the real definition 😅

[@maddhatter3564]

@@Thomas-py6dw then enlighten us o wise one, since you are the only one with the truth...

[@Thomas-py6dw]

@@maddhatter3564 that's so dumb 😂🤣

[@maddhatter3564]

@@Thomas-py6dw thats about the level of intelligence i expected. be well.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@Thomas-py6dw the quote was about insanity so the point is valid.

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

The power of propaganda.

[@agypsychild]

“…they hate free markets, they have the best marking ever.” That succinctly describes socialism/communism.

[@tbobtbob330]

Socialism is always fueled by resentment and jealousy. These emotions easily override cognitive ability (see also: California).

[@Jules-740]

And how deadly it is.

[@kcinkg]

Disregard anything about politics you learned before you own a house, worked for 10 years and have a wife with a credit card you pay for.

[@dougvuillemot8670]

Lol. Woman shouldn't be allowed credit cards. They will bankrupt a family

[@draighodge6039]

People who experience socialism always learn. The people who fail to learn are comfortable, well-fed people who refuse to go and live under socialism.

[@dextercochran4916]

The danger of socialism is that it always works. _At first._

[@johnnynick6179]

No....socialism never works...even at first. It always takes from the productive and gives to the non-productive... even in the beginning. Socialism does NOT look good on paper or in practice. The ONLY people who are in favor of socialism are those who wish to leech off others more productive than them.... or the terribly naive "useful idiots". Which are YOU.

[@kylewatson5133]

As long as the state can coerce resources, you have socialism

[@MayorMcheese12]

I’ll never understand why people vote for policies like this. They hate government control but they vote for the ones that are for it

[@bobbydickens1162]

We never get migrates that look that good. She can stay here.

[@lolwtnick4362]

wow. i need her to show me more socializing, i mean socialism.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

Capitalism ALWAYS beats socialism.

[@peterbrunsgaard2012]

My favorite journalist! 👏👏🙏🙏

[@jakenh8264]

Would.

[@thehypnoticdog6682]

Back in the day, we used to live by the axiom: Socialism is a great advertisement for the CIA covert operations

[@g_1673]

They have the best salesman ever.... guess who that is.

[@jonathansabinvarietyfilms]

Frank Stalone

[@jmcampbell05]

YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE DARK, STOSSEL!!

[@oildalestar]

It's all about greed ,envy and laziness that's why people vote for socialism

[@wendyleslie6461]

It's happening in the US as we speak.

[@PatrickReagan]

Never owned a Mustang but damn, that's a wicked car.

[@petroc62]

I really don't mean this in any perverted way, but Gloria Alverez is absolutely stunning! And I could listen to her tell me about the evils if socialism all day. ❤

[@anthonydilligaf823]

...point missed, but i could listen to her all day.

[@jordanburrill7182]

Envy politics trumps history and common sense.

[@sergiochavez3769]

The big problem with Capitalism is that it only benefits just a few, no more than 3% of the total.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

That would be Socialism!😂

[@lastboyscout1065]

Must watch Tucker Carlson interview with Mike Benz

[@MiaogisTeas]

The crazy thing is I KNOW that Colombians didn't vote for these problems - they're not crazy, their country was nearly ruined by Venezuelans, and now they can't afford gas to drive their goods to market. They're not stupid, something else is going on

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Bernie uses the exact same terminology as Chavez did, "Democratic Socialism"✌️

[@haroldrobinson7515]

I would like to see a video on the Revolutionary Communist party in the US.

[@aliendroneservices6621]

*_"The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA_* (also known as RCP, The Revcoms, or Revcom) is a new communist party in the United States founded in 1975 and led by its chairman, Bob Avakian. The party organizes for a revolution to overthrow the system of capitalism and replace it with a socialist state, with the final aim of world communism. The RCP is frequently described as a cult around Avakian."

[@lauriegriffin1835]

The average individual is just not that smart.

[@joedeal151]

Where's Ted Kennedy when you need a socialist leader.

[@reiniergarcia]

Sure. But capitalism is failing the working class. The greedy bastards will be those to blame when socialism happens here in US. It’s just a matter of time.

[@johnnynick6179]

How can capitalism be failing when it hasn't existed for over 100 years. By definition, a capitalist society is one in which government has NO control over your business affairs.... NONE! The world has not had a single nation meeting the definition of a capitalist society since 1917.

[@eyelovecolorado2195]

Everyone loves free money. It’s that simple!

[@jackbutler1038]

I’ll buy whatever she’s selling…

[@functionalvanconversion4284]

US is socialistic, 60% of the population relys on government subsidies. Large corporations benefit from them.

[@aliendroneservices6621]

Socialism isn't wealth-transfer. Socialism is *_control._*

[@desertfox1768]

Yes, the central government has their hands on everything. Attempts to downsize are always met with resistance.

[@declankell597]

Some people are a special kind of stupid

[@SY-jq4yw]

Men never learn, easily deceived, and always look for hand outs and free benefits, etc.

[@user-rm8lr3tt7m]

Their marketing is conventional ethics. Gloria should know since she's read Ayn Rand. Libertarians really can't seem to grasp why people love socialism...

[@aliendroneservices6621]

Libertarians are *_latent socialists._* See: latent homosexuality: "A possible explanation is found in various psychoanalytic theories, which have generally explained homophobia as a threat to an individual's own homosexual impulses causing repression, denial, or reaction formation (or all three; West, 1977). *_Generally, these varied explanations conceive of homophobia as one type of latent homosexuality where persons either are unaware of or deny their homosexual urges."_*

[@richardque4952]

The problem in latin america was long history of corrupt culture of patronization.this breed dependency syndrome.

[@colorful11000]

Being a kid, a dependent, is socialism so most people started there. Marketing? It is so much better to take from someone else than to risk your own work and capital. If it were sustainable the whole animal kingdom would be socialist rather than competitive, and sometimes the natural world is - oxygen saltwater and sunlight are usually 'state' supplied. But that socialism is different because the sun, ocean, and air have no profit motive, but those in government do.

[@kevinyoung8651]

It would work if all those producers would just give the rewards of their labor to the layabouts. But noooo,if the selfish producers can't keep what they earn,then they stop producing. Moral of the story; Blame the producers.

[@awesomealex9720]

Socialism has never failed

[@Garagedoorsandgates208]

Self-governance

[@GaryR55]

The problem is that people WANT to believe socialism works. Whenever large numbers of people WANT fallacies to be true, there is always mass ignorance and chaos as a result. Look at religion, for example.

[@Cdaragorn]

Now now, not a good idea to fall to a fallacy while trying to show why fallacies are harmful. Only hurting your case for an otherwise important statement.

[@GaryR55]

@@Cdaragorn Well, you're assuming religion to be a font of truth, despite its basis in mythology. I'm not trying to appeal to those whose views are influenced by their religious beliefs, so I'm not worried about their perceptions or reactions.

[@Cdaragorn]

@@GaryR55 You're apparently happy to make broad assumptions forming your own strawman argument against them to make it easy to dismiss them, though. I'm not assuming any such thing. Your statement about the effects of religion as if it is true of all religion is simply blatantly false.

[@GaryR55]

@@Cdaragorn Here we go...You're assuming that YOUR religious views are correct and, therefore, any challenge to that assumption MUST be incorrect. This thread isn't about religion, though, and I didn't intend for it devolve into one. Sorry if my comment offended you, but let's stick to the subject here, which is socialism.

[@omgwat]

What? Why religion?

[@richardque1036]

This the problem of latin america,they keep voting politician that advocate radical redistribution of wealth.whether right wing like pero or left wing like castro or allende.the problem rooted in roman catholic church where is consider amassing of wealth as a sin.

[@andyh8239]

No its Democratic socialism 🤪

[@johnvale3217]

Nit in Europe. It has worked in Europe no one is made bankrupt because of medical bills.

[@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever]

Nope...

[@brandonromney2881]

Mexico is next. Regards desde Chihuahua.

[@humpadumpathump5918]

In order for socialism to work, in theory, everyone would have to have no character flaws or any base human behaviors. So basically everyone would have to be perfect, which is impossible, bc history has shown that people can’t restrain themselves from gobbling up more power and the finer things in life at the cost of others’ freedoms and prosperity.

[@HoundDogMech]

There are still 81 million out there ready to ef themselvs again.

[@davidmartin6266]

Facism ends badly too.

[@den12_]

I'm impressed by the amount of fallacies you managed to use in just 4 words.

[@mattfoltz7752]

​@@den12_I'm impressed by the amount of stupidity in your statement

[@DanCooper404]

Would

[@ramsayross8238]

💪

[@saprakr]

Omg, I thought you left this world

[@richarddoiron2222]

Wake up

[@JohnDelong-qm9iv]

Can’t fix stuoid

[@bjarczyk]

Strawman fallacy.

[@maksimsmelchak7433]

👍🏻😎🐈‍⬛

[@wolfsden3]

Capitalism always fails too 😂. This is propaganda and I'm a Libertarian so I like Stossel. Venezuela collapsed because of US sanctions, not because socialism naturally fails 😘

[@leaf4224]

What’s happening to your eyes? U we’re never like this b4

[@gregrburnett3400]

Is she available?

[@iamg000]

🦉

[@Smooth_Bandit0]

FREE MARKETS AND MARKETING... HAHAHAHA HOLY CRAP THIS IS PATHETIC

[@nuniemiliano7897]

Colombia has a republican government super conservative. Who do these people think they are trying to fool.

[@MaydayAggro]

lol so does North Korea (The Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

[@nuniemiliano7897]

@MaydayAggro colombia doesn't have a dictator though they have actual elections. You can keep falling for contraband, but information is at your fingertips. Remember don't be a sheep

[@CHMichael]

You look at france , Germany and California. The free market socialism could work of it wasnt for the uncontrolled influx of service receiving people . Venezuela stole from the oil lobby. If they had behaved smarter they might still be rich. Cuba without the embargo? I dont know what name you give a government that omly gives money to protect the investment of rich people ( thats us)

[@sallytaylor2857]

“Free market socialism”? Sounds like an oxymoron to me. Just another variant of “we haven’t done it right”.

[@dannygreen7473]

@@sallytaylor2857 Nailed it. They always blame America for it's failure.

[@CHMichael]

@@sallytaylor2857 we reset capitalism every time there is a bailout or the government has to step in ( import restrictions) to preserve an industry. We have to think of something new once ai and robots do 75% of the work.

[@dude8698]

Blah blah blah

[@tinykappasubaccount5943]

Sounds like the Colombians listening to everyone trying to warn them 😂

[@superhond1733]

Amazing argument!

[@spellbindery1]

​@@superhond1733agreed! It convinced me! 😊

[@mustang607]

ME ME MEME

[@marty5353]

Gloria is so beautiful 😍 and says the truth 👏