Comments by "Kira Barsmith" (@kirabarsmith9353) on "VICE News" channel.

  1. People only want to pay a reasonable price for an herb that grows out of the ground, shocking.
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  2. I have no idea how these people survive while our country is in the stranglehold of multi-national corporations on every level.
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  3. We all have an endocannabinoid system and cannabis will become a big part of mainstream medicine again, thankfully. Why take synthetic substances if a non-toxic organic herb that you can grow works? This is why Big Pharma and the corporate politicians they own are trying their hardest to keep people from gaining legal access.
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  4. Legalize the herb and people will stop killing themselves with alcohol.
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  5. Country has been a dead genre since the 80's. The music used to be about being a rebel and taking on the man (like Johnny Cash), but modern country stars try to look like boy scouts and corporate tools, it's repulsive.
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  6. Jamaica missed the cannabis train, their government blew it. They should've promoted cannabis tourism and hyped up the culture they brought to the world years ago, but the ruling elite said no to that, best to keep the locals poor and un-empowered.
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  7. Obama just said that Medicare for all is a new idea, he's a liar and a corporatist working against Americans.
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  8. You can't take corporate money and serve Americans, any politician who sucks from that teet is nothing more than a tool for the billionaire class. Great to see Cynthia choosing to serve her American constituents instead of corruption, bravo!
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  9. So many in the comments complaining about the Strain Hunters stealing, but these guys put their lives on the line just to collect some seeds, and one even died in Africa working on behalf of Africans.
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  10. It's stunning how far Donald and his Republicans have lowered the bar.
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  11. Cory Booker is a corporatist who voted against Americans getting their medicine cheaper, which definitely killed and hurt US citizens. F him, Cory serves the ruling class.
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  12. All the biggest cannabis channels were removed from YouTube last week, some had over a million subscribers. Corporate media is coming for YouTube now that young people don't want to subscribe to cable, and they want to shut down independent content, especially the stuff they can't compete with or doesn't fit their narrative.
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  13. LITTLE MONSTER And that's their choice, unlike getting shot. Are you really this dumb?
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  14. Thank Bill Clinton for the '96 Telecommunications Act that allowed five corporations to purchase all the media, and these corporations want Americans to be polarized and misinformed, hence the deterioration of our society. Until Americans demand campaign finance reform, nothing will improve. PS Eric Holder watched bankers fleece the entire world and prosecuted no one.
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  15. @Sponge Bob I'd rather my "problem" be feeling euphoric than destroying my body. #idiot
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  16. How about a story about how Covid is being used to peddle debt on a massive scale? Notice how corporations received trillions to buy up America during a depression while Americans get crumb dust? That's no accident.
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  17. Narcissism is on the rise, and it's the root of societies problems.
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  18. Whatever Israel is pushing, I'm not buying.
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  19. Central banks/elites/narcissists are coming for it all, this is a critical moment in human history.
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  20. Biden sucks regardless of these accusations, he's a corporate tool.
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  21. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overdue. Like decades. It would be nice if we had leaders we could follow instead of having to beg and plead with corporate tools like Chuck to stop ruining people's lives.
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  22. Vice = propaganda
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  23. Your government is bought, just like almost everyone else's is, sadly.
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  24. There's no correlation between fame and self-worth, that's what people of all ages don't understand, even Bo.
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  25. Big Pharma can't patent a plant, and that's a big downside to legalization for them, especially when home grow is involved. I agree there are other countless foes to legalization for financial reasons, and that cannabis should be de-listed. And don't forget hemp seed, one of the most complete foods on the planet.
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  26. Truth.
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  27. Thanks for the condescension, but you're missing the point. Big Pharma can't own the entire cannabis plant, they can only own the rights to specific cultivars they produce, so legalization of a plant that can do the same thing that their products do isn't helpful to them. And if you think man can perfectly recreate an organic medicine, you're clueless, what's found inside the trichome head is extremely complex and varies between each cultivar, it's not all just THC.
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  28. The things we do to our planet and other living creatures is just disgusting.
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  29. Gaslighting is what narcissists do, and we're ruled by narcissists/people who can't feel empathy and crave deception.
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  30. "Trump is a dirty foreign agent, and one way or another the depths of his, and his campaigns, collusion(and treason) will be revealed. Flynn, Manafort, Kushner, Sessions, Trump, Page, etc. they're all dirty. Just watch." - Moby This is proof Moby is not smart or a critical thinker, the Russiagate narrative was pure corporate propaganda and he ate up what Rachel Maddow was serving and regurgitated it like a fool.
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  31. Democrats are paid to lose, and both parties have the same corporate donors. #corptocracy
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  32. I contacted my Democratic senators in Illinois to support legalization of cannabis and both replied saying "marijuana needs more study". Meanwhile, it's already everywhere and the entire West Coast and other states have legalized adult use and home grow. This is what corruption looks like. #corptocracy
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  33. Donald Trump ENDORSED her, because he knows she's a liability to the Democratic Party. She is also worth over 100 MILLION dollars, and you think she's going to stand up for the half of America that's poor? How foolish can you possibly be?
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  34. Only Vice could find a way to smear conspiracy theories further, they need to change their name to CIA TV.
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  35. The real foreign influence on our elections comes from multi-national corporations who have purchased all our representation. Our system of government is called "inverted totalitarianism", where corporate profits are prioritized above the needs of citizens, and this should be taught in schools.
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  36. That's exactly what they want, for you to live online where you can be bombarded with propaganda and manipulated, while never being able to resist anything and giving up all that is good about being alive.
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  37. Grow up.
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  38. Someone sounds jealous of hipsters...
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  39. It's straight up fraud and those at the top who profited most still walk away with a fortune. #merica
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  40. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Beto O'Rourke would all lose against Trump, anyone can see that a mile away. And no, I'm not a fan of Donald or a Republican.
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  41. Gillibrand's source of funding instantly disqualifies her, she's bought. Unless you want a corporatist, your only choices are Bernie and Tulsi.
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  42. The corporate tool known as Ajit Pai was appointed by Obama, both parties are diametrically opposed to Americans.
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  43. You can't overdose on cannabis. And name calling is for children, grow up.
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  44. @Conrad Gifford The ironic part is that CNN, a supposed news organization DIDN'T fact check anything, they just asked the guy paid by the Koch brothers for his opinion. #propaganda
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  45. We can't have nice things because of central banks who are obsessed with subjugating and stripping the public of wealth. Vice = propaganda.
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  46. Yep, caring about the future is something the left does alone, sadly.
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  47.  @dawncarney5161  Biden is a tool for central banks, just like Trump and Obama. It's time for Americans to wake up and stop playing polarization games, we need to stand together.
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  48. @download333 Obama is a corporatist, please show me any progressive legislation he championed that challenged the status quo in any way.
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  49. Um...try reading my full comment before scolding me.
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  50. Kevin Schmidt The difference now is jobs are disappearing with nothing to replace them, and automation is ramping up.
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