Comments by "CaptainVanisher" (@captainvanisher988) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

"scandal". Talking about extreme policies isn't a scandal bub. And just because a bunch of leftists cried on the streets about it doesn't make it a "major" problem.
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@HeniekGnida saying "human rights" and then "women's right to abortion" got to be one of the most ironic and idiotic things I've seen in a while.
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the minimum wage in general is a terrible economic policy, especially for democratic countries. The richest and most well functioning economies have 0 minimum wage. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Cyprus etc. It usually has neutral to negative effects and sometimes it has extremely negative effects to the economy. It is also used by politicians to buy votes indirectly.
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@hastigehond people who have worked in the corporate world are not "corporate pawns" unless they still gain profit from the companies they used to work for (which makes no sense). In fact people who have worked in the private sector have far more experience about the real world and the economic situation around it than some corrupt politicians that only gain power if they accept bribes.
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@skellurip that's the exact opposite. All the things you mentioned are far more prevalent in restricted economies like Argentina. If you look at the most capitalistic countries, none of what you said here is true. Atm the most capitalistic economies are these: Singapire, Switzerland, Ireland, Taiwan ,New Zealand, Estonia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Australia, Germany, South Korea , Canada, Latvia, Cyprus, Iceland, Lithuania. Those are the top 20 in that order by the way. And there is logic on why everything you said is the exact opposite in Capitalism. 1. (corporate power): In capitalistic countries due to the market deciding and high levels of competition, companies rarely stay at the top of the power structure for long. Whilst on more restricted economies, companies through lobbying and bribes use the overreach of the government to further their influence and crash their competition 2. (lower worker rights): Another fallacy for an economically uneducated person to make is that "if the market is free then the corporations will do whatever they like and take away worker rights". That's a fallacy because in a capitalistic system that's not an option. The competition will always keep the big corporations in check. The moment they start taking away rights and benefits is the moment the company fails and another one snatches their workers. 3. (lower consumer protection): In a capitalistic market, consumer protection exists through the threat of lawsuits along with some limited government organisations that check the pharmaceuticals and the food 4. (lower quality product): That's categorically true for anyone who has any basic knowledge of economics. Capitalistic markets is what made an incredible improvement in quality/cost of goods. The quality skyrocketed and the prices fell 5. (slower technological improvement): Almost all of technological improvement in the past 2 centuries has happened through free market economies. Technological advancement is literally forced in capitalism because of the high levels of competition 6. (higher price due to monopoly and cartel): Monopolies cannot exist in a true capitalistic system. Although I do understand that a capitalistic system can be corrupted like the one in the Us and after its corruption monopolies can rise through. As for cartels, that has nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with law and order. 7. (capitalism incentivizes things like exploitation and anti competitive behaviour): That's got to be one of the dumbest statements you've made thus far. I expect a middle school child to know that capitalism is directly connected to high competition. All in all ,you're very uneducated when it comes to economics and you're also probably low IQ. So rather you should let the professionals handle things like the economy instead of voting in corrupt lobbyists.
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@alehaim Argentina was doomed the moment it introduced socialism. All of latin america did for that matter. Argentina, Venzuela, Brazil. It's all the same story. They went socialist, they went broke.
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@hernanbarone2878 "freedom of your economy". Your economy is beyond 3rd world, it's garbage. It's run by cartels, mafia and corrupt politicians. If the Us is again run by Trump, you should be kissing his boots to allow you to adopt the dollar.
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@davidstrelec610 That's utter bullsh*t. The most capitalistic countries have the wealthiest citizens on average. Meaning that the average citizen is wealthier in the most capitalistic countries than anywhere in the world. The systems that benefit only the ultra wealthy are corporatism and socialism/communism. You are also probably conflating the Us as "capitalistic". And although it still is somewhat, it's not even in the top 25 when it comes to market freedom. Here are the 20 most capitalistic countries atm: Singapire, Switzerland, Ireland, Taiwan ,New Zealand, Estonia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Australia, Germany, South Korea , Canada, Latvia, Cyprus, Iceland, Lithuania
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@TehRasia You did a great analysis but you should stoop a little to their level in order for them to understand what you're saying. These people are brainwashed by mainstream political trends and are at best average IQ. So for example you should say to them that the most capitalistic countries are the best for average or poor citizens to live in. And then provide the most capitalistic countries in the world (top 20): Singapire, Switzerland, Ireland, Taiwan ,New Zealand, Estonia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Australia, Germany, South Korea , Canada, Latvia, Cyprus, Iceland, Lithuania
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@skellurip Singapore has authoritarian social policies. They have the freest market in the world and no they barely have any "social policies" and those that they have, are from taxes to the average citizen not to the corporations.
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@skellurip Yet the biggest companies are big because they provided the world with a revolutionary product or service. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about because corporations have been in competition from the moment capitalism was implemented. If the "means" of lobbying are withdrawn, the best way to compete is with better products and marketing.
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@skellurip False. Capitalism is the exact opposite of a monopoly. But please give me a system where one entity doesn't have a monopoly. Spoiler alert, in socialism the government has the monopoly. In corporatism the few companies have the monopoly.
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@thepax2621 based modern woman?
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@zhufortheimpaler4041 That's barely the case since they have adopted feminism, pro-LGBT and other progressive stances. Japan seems conservative on the outside but it's really not. Maybe more conservative than the Us or Germany but it's still relatively progressive.
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@FrutoseDeMorango Sadly Brazilian elections were rigged just like they were in the Us, so if they rig it again in the Us then they will do again in Brazil aswell.
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@lincolncarvalho8739 He's far from a populist, but right wing populism in particular is a lot better than what has been governing the free world the past decades. A bunch of socialists, progressives, moderates, technocrats and globalists.
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@CP-rg5mi Oh so you're telling me that all those protesters crying about a conversation around repatriation of migrants aren't leftists? I get that it's easier to live in an imaginary utopia in which we allow anyone and everyone in but we people live in reality. The mass migration from subsaharans and arabs that was allowed by the EU has destroyed Europe and is bringing this decadent continent to its knees.
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