Comments by "Julian The Apostate" (@juliantheapostate8295) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1. Excellent work Lewis. Battlestorm is back and it was a great episode. Your new teammate must be working well for you
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  2. The Prussians invented wargaming. To represent random chance, or 'friction' as they termed it, they rolled dice. Certainly then, the Prussians didn't believe war could be calculated. God may not play dice, but Generals do
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  3.  @paidgovernmentshill_6950  Well no, Marxism is the control of the means of production by the proletariat. Class based socialism was not the original socialism
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  4. He was famed for being extremely charismatic. That's why he's so scary, people fear that they would have been taken in. In fact, it is known that Goebbels didn't even like him when they first met.......
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  5. Christ TIK. He's already dead. You can stop kicking him now
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  6. TIK, YoungRippa59 has a channel where one of his videos comes to the same conclusion. Might be worth reaching out and sharing info
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  7. Yep. People who fail to keep it brief usually are trying to obfuscate. By way of contrast, see how von Mises or Sowell put their points across. It's as if they're being charged by the word
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  8.  @TheImperatorKnight  Don't worry, the value will if anything, go up in future. I can't see it being republished with the way the world is going
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  9. <Checks to see if this is still the best video on YouTube> Yep, it is.
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  10.  @jimsackmanbusinesscoaching1344  What the electorate wants is impossible, politicians have to lie. People want free stuff but they also don't want to work more hours
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  11. Maybe it's an admission of how brutal it was
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  12. Or better yet, get a spy to go on a mission to reduce resistance
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  13. Hitting new levels of information density and multiple cross-referenced sources with this one. I'm a Subscribestar backer and I encourage everyone else to consider backing TIK as he continues his crusade of true WW2 knowledge
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  14. I wonder if Robert Heinlein had that in mind when writing 'Starship Troopers' The Federation only had 2 compulsory subjects. History and Civics.
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  15. 'It's not that our 'liberal' friends are ignorant. It's that they know so much that isn't so'. Ronald Reagan from 'A time for choosing' a speech in support of Barry Goldwater
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  16. The Prussian theoreticians included a number of random and semi random factors which they called 'friction' I wonder if Askey has ever wondered why wargamers roll dice
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  17. Had me in the first half. Not gonna lie
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  18.  @joshualoganhoi4  Always good to see a thinking man in action
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  19. Just like all socialists
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  20. Yep, he was People's Front of Judea, or was it the Judean People's Front? I forget
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  21. It wouldn't have happened with a free market. Prices would have forced a better allocation of resources
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  22. I agree. Had the breakout failed, they would have folded even more quickly, and perhaps Army Group A might have been trapped in the Caucasus
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  23.  @sponandspon92  the Germans had already taken Stalino. So even if that mattered, it had already been done
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  24. They never had enough forces to form that reserve. The entire Fall Blau was predicated on the fact the USSR was ready to collapse
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  25.  @0witw047  Central planning Rights based on group identity and hatred of an 'oppressor' group Wealth redistribution That'll do for starters
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  26. Another good one Lewis. I like these short form, theoretical videos
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  27. It might not even have been possible. Did they have enough vehicles and horses to outrun the Soviets?
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  28. Same happened in Venezuela
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  29.  @damyr  As the great Thomas Sowell would say 'compared to what?' If killing some people means saving more, then it's a justification. Please note I'm not trying to defend Hitler here, just explaining that the man was human, we all have the capacity for evil
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  30. 'Churchill also wanted to bomb Dresden' I'm shocked, shocked I tell you
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  31. Excellent point
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  32.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's my favourite thing about the series - I'm reading the sources while watching your videos
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  33.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think it's meant to be 'Moosolini' Lewis
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  34. Everything changes. The appeal of socialism to the masses reduces drastically once they realise that Nazism is socialism. They then realise the entire left/right dichotomy has been falsely defined for nearly a century. They realise who the bad guys really are. They realise that people of other classes and races are not enemies. They realise that people are individuals and that everybody matters. It is the most important argument in 1,000 years
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  35.  @nemiw4429  yes obviously, but because they were under armed and asked to defend a frontage vastly too large for them, not because they couldn't fight
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  36. London Agreement on German External Debts 1953 'The total under negotiation was 16 billion marks of debt resulting from the Treaty of Versailles after World War I which had not been paid in the 1930s, but which Germany decided to repay to restore its reputation. This money was owed to government and private banks in the U.S., France and Britain. Another 16 billion marks represented post-war loans by the U.S. Under the London Agreement, the repayable amount was reduced by 50% to about 15 billion marks and stretched out over 30 years, and compared to the fast-growing German economy were of minor impact.' 'Part of her back interest...' In actuality was fully half of the total interest and principal
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  37.  @dirremoire  That's the job of the person arguing from the other side. I'm not surprised you find that's in our British character, our legal system works this way also
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  38.  @TheImperatorKnight  your channel is a gateway to them selling more books and that can only be a good thing
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  39. Yes, because QE has inflated asset prices. Who started the QE? Ah yes, the State
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  40. Bloody hell, I've never seen this debate encapsulated so well. Masterful comment. Meanwhile; capitalism is an onion
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  41.  @timacbluke7017  No, he's right about that. The non-socialist version is known as a private limited company where the shares are not open to the entire public to buy
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  42.  @walterbailey2950  the term 'privatisation' doesn't mean the same thing in liberalism than it does in national socialism. You're making our points for us
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  43. Indeed, the area where this is made most stark is investing. And unlike social 'sciences' it's easy to measure success in investing
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  44. Indeed, but it would have meant depriving their own forces. Germany just didn't have a big enough arms industry and efficient enough logistics to fight the war which transpired
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  45. That's true, but stems from incorrect USSR propaganda.
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  46. Very sound reasoning. Arthur Laffer did some good work in this field, although that was focused on what percentage tax rate yielded the best $ tax take. The starting assumption is that a zero tax rate yields zero tax $, and a 100% tax rate also yields zero $ (as no one would work or invest). If you see the tax take as a proxy for people's willingness to contribute, then I think it is very telling in a wider sense.
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  47.  @tancreddehauteville764  Because that's double the estimate the SS was ordered to come up with - did you watch the video?
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  48. Oh we'll see about that!
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  49.  @donaldhysa4836  the number of factors is endless. Luck, weather, supplies, morale, air support, intel.....
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  50.  @aerialmacaroon6312  The funny thing is Looney Tunes actually did cartoons featuring Hitler and Mussolini
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  51.  @ssik9460  Your fallacy is you think an economy can be effectively organised. It can't. No group of people, or computers, are that smart
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  52. TIK is being a bit tongue in cheek. There is nothing at all to suggest Manstein was the best general - he was certainly capable, but was also an expert at self-aggrandisement
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  53.  @SergeantAradir  Are you seriously defending CRT?
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  54.  @TheImperatorKnight  It makes sense - I am continually recommended left-wing nonsense channels and have to actively down vote them to stop them from appearing
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  55. No of course not. He was a socialist though Marxism wasn't even the first form of socialism
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  56.  @gumdeo  China wants more children now too - because they've recently realised that their one child policy will lead to a nation of pensioners. You just can't beat that central planning!
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  57. Urban II didn't organise crusades, the people did
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  58.  @lokischildren8714  It's Eton. And no, Johnson is actually very well educated. It's just you seem to think he runs the country. He doesn't. He follows orders
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  59. 3rd?
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  60.  @wtice4632  Anything right of Marxist-Leninism, seems to be the common definition these days
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  61. No one says he was a liberal. Socialism is the opposite of liberalism
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  62. Take it easy - me and your other backers (I'm sure) won't mind if you take a bit longer to get back up to full speed
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  63. Another great episode Lewis, good work
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  64. TIK, so I've started to get into Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 - the instruction manual is 500 odd pages and logistics/supply are of paramount importance. I doubt you'll have the time to get into it but I will try!!!
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  65. It's really the older generations who don't know what a 'troll' is
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  66. 'The sinews of war, infinite money ' M T Cicero
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  67. They acquitted themselves well in the Western Front of the first war
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  68. Yes but the problem is, they WERE Soviet sympathisers
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  69.  @556deltawolf  Agreed - I may be wrong but wasn't Lvov always a Polish city, for example?
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  70.  @KameradVonTurnip  it's spelled Teal'c
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  71.  @antonjoly9601  I've ordered your atlases - have to say, very good work!
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  72. That's right. They were racist socialists and not classist socialists like the Marxists
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  73.  @jaypoole8056  TBF it was probably the Thunderbolts that the Maus had in mind. It was more of an artillery piece which could run back and hide, than it was a tank
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  74.  @TheImperatorKnight  Stole from the council and gave back to the taxpayers. Robin Hood was a right wing hero
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  75. How does Robert Peel fit into that, the Tory who practically founded free market economics?
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  76.  @legendarymarston9174  Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell is excellent too. Very clearly written
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  77.  @Alexa-vo4kk  Well yes but actually, no. Nazism is a type of socialism. Most socialists are not Nazis - most tend to be Marxists, although some are fascist
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  78. You know, you're not wrong in theory. In fascist Italy the trade unions (fascists call them corporations btw) ran the show with Mussolini at their head. So yes, fascism is control by the workers in a national system (as opposed to Marxism which is purportedly international) In practice, when you have socialism, you have to determine prices by fixing them (planned economy) and the only force powerful enough to do that is the government - so the meme is correct in practice
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  79.  @flomparolic  'A wee scrap of paper is Britain's bond'
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  80. Yes, and that's why the latter is called a 'public corporation' in the UK, which is different from a 'public limited company' The BBC is an example of this
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  81.  @genericnamehere7602  Razorfist is one incredibly sharp guy
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  82. 'My opinion is that the true spectrum of government runs from collectivism to individualism' That is my belief also. Left is collectivist Right is individualist This is what the evidence I have seen supports
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  83. 'I know England and France are known for fighting every time they get the chance' While this is true, the darkest day in the British Army's history (opening day of the Somme offensive) was an attempt to save Verdun - it worked
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  84.  @TheImperatorKnight  I bought Joly's atlases because he helped you with this - I wouldn't have known about them otherwise
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  85.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well he has customers! Was meaning to ask - is there any way to make one -off donations to your channel? Me and a couple of my mates are not keen on subscriptions but we'd like to fire across some support your way
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  86. Scandinavian countries (not to overly generalise, they are all different) are mixed market economies with tax burdens not wildly dissimilar to countries such as France and Germany. In some aspects, their markets are freer than the US
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  87. That's how we end up with Skynet and AM
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  88. It depends on how 'local' you define it, but local superiority is meaningless within an operational context. The enemy simply flows over the areas you don't contest
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  89.  @khosrowanushirvan5728  Aye that really grinds my gears too - should be quite easy to mod though
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  90.  @kaletovhangar  Big X for infantry. Rounded box for tanks. Big / For cavalry. Big X with wee wheels for motorised
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  91.  @andresdominguez6819  I didn't know that, you're like us in the UK then
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  92.  @steenkigerrider5340  Really? Is there a particular politician you would prefer for that role or are you like me and are distrustful of politicians?
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  93.  @alecjones4135  The Austrian school inspired the Chicago school (which Friedman was a proponent of) they have similarities and differences
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  94. My history teacher was adamant that a Roman century had 100 soldiers. It didn't ,it included 'support staff' as well
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  95. Nowadays 'far right' means long standing moderate and tested ideas
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  96. Different types of socialism, yes. But both socialist nonetheless
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  97. Aye. They figured it was just because the Americans were amateurs. They thought wrong
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  98. Yes. Although there were some atrocities, the scale and severity were severely exaggerated by Entente propaganda
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  99. But can right-wingers understand the use of paragraphs?
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  100. Still the best video on YouTube? Aye
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  101. Or far left, seeing as it's a type of socialism
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  102.  @billlansdell7225  Indeed. The Tory alliance of the Crown and the masses against the Whig aristocracy
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  103. Under which system does technology best advance?
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  104. Lewis can you pin this comment? I think it should be at or near the top of every political video
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  105. Excellent comment. Remember that German divisions were quite a bit larger than Soviet ones (when at ration strength, that is)
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  106. Excellent video Lewis. You'd make a great financial adviser
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  107.  @Edax_Royeaux  ' do you think a machine gun crew will spend that much personal money over 10 days to hold a line or do you think they'd rather give up and sellout their country? ' It would depend on what they are paid - if we assume a system where the ammunition isn't allocated for 'free' then the wage structure would be radically different also
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  108. I also went to university which makes me an idiot too
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  109.  @erozionzeall6371  And socialism requires slaves. What one gets for free another has to produce for no pay. No one willingly submits to this, so socialist labour comes at the point of a bayonet
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  110. @Celes He gambled that Britain wouldn't declare war after Fall Weiss. He got that wrong
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  111.  @nozhki-busha  Hence, National Socialism....
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  112. Excellent use of Von Mises' work in this video
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  113.  @FeherMate  A very large portion of shares (actually the majority) are owned by mutual investment funds, divided up into the proportional share of individual investors. This is about as socialist as you can get, minus the mass murder and deliberate famine
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  114. 100% TIK. I'm a financial analyst and am now sitting in cash. FTSE down 2% today, maybe it's the beginning.....
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  115. I have another theory as to how academics get 'muddled up' They are mainly socialists and don't like reality reflecting on their ideology
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  116. Exactly. We could hardly say that we have 'real' capitalism, when the most important commodity (exchangeable for every other one) is printed out of thin air by the state
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  117. Etymology is the actual meaning of words. The fact they oppose you on this basis is the ultimate red flag for their position.
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  118. Very interesting way of looking at it and hard to disagree
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  119.  @genericnamehere7602  I've been following him for a while. I'm a metalhead myself. State EC now!
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  120.  @wtice4632  100%
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  121. It is in the short run
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  122. There is such a thing as a correct definition, an objective truth
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  123. 'They write to obscure' Compare their writings to Thomas Sowell's. His is as clear as whisky-water
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  124.  @ssz2150  Corporatism is what we have now. Look around mate, you can see the flaws
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  125.  @dankmemes7423  Fascism is specifically Italian though. Franco wasn't fascist. Neither was Hitler
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  126. Farage is actually very well read on military history and WW1 in particular. He would probably enjoy this channel a lot
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  127. An excellent observation
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  128. Agent Hitler, FBI!
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  129. Well the Communist Manifesto was originally called the 'Communist Confession of Faith'
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  130. Nope. Even if there were only 50, surely receiving them would have been easier in the built up area or (gasp) at the main objective (the bridge)
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  131. Thrown out? Did you remind your lecturer parasite that you were paying his/her wages?
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  132. No because they own real assets, the prices of which rise due to the inflation
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  133. King John had a high tax, high regulation society in medieval England
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  134. Another belter Lewis, hope you're getting some time off for Christmas! Just one difference I have with you; there are groups; families and friends. Perhaps even tribes and clans in the past also
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  135. Hi, because of 'conservative' pro-cyclical fiscal policy, the depression of 1920 only lasted for one year. because of Keynesian nonsense, the depression of 1929 (or 31 if you like) lasted until WW2
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  136. Interesting how you didn't mention the word 'race' in your apologia. What does the R stand for in CRT?
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  137. Captain Capitalism? Excellent Lewis, I've been following him for years, MGTOW beckons..... I also spend time on Bullion by Post. I can recommend them for buying gold and silver, they've never failed me yet.
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  138. Wow that is incredibly sage for a 19 year old! You are better educated than I it seems!
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  139.  @shangri-la-la-la  it's amazing when you think about it. People think that people can walk like the state, quack like the state and not be the state
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  140.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm one of those detested Millennials, and I'm 100% on board with you Lewis. You're reaching the current crowd as well
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  141. Well he got Poland completely wrong - he fully expected Britain to back down
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  142. What came first? The labour in the business or the bank loan to set it up? Do you want savers to take risks with your company for no reward? Doesn't seem fair to me
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  143.  @erozionzeall6371  Come on I know you can do better than that
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  144. I used to like those guys but they don't do any historiography - it's just a chronological retelling. Nothing wrong with that but it's not a patch on what TIK offers
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  145. Can superior officers wash their hands of the actions of their subordinates? No
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  146.  @TheImperatorKnight  Cheers TIK. I went on Subscribestar but couldn't figure out how to make a one-off. So I just went with the $5 regular. There didn't seem to be an option to make a larger, single payment say, £100 or whatever. (I am such a boomer)
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  147. Hold on - I am so slow. Now I'm signed up I can send a 'tip'. Sound. Reinforcements headed your way mate. Keep up the good work especially the economic and political context/ Keep pissing off those Internazis
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  148. Todd, he's representing that argument - it's not what he believes. Are you neurotypical?
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  149. It's more moderate than most of the other networks. It feels insane to say this but a lot of things have changed in the last 15 to 20 years
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  150. That was in the video
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  151. I think Paulus had the manpower to hold the defensive line on the Volga. From then, it's repulse Uranus and allow Army Group A to seize the oil. Desperate stuff, but they had little choice
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  152. Wow, the best condemnation of academia I have ever read. Well done, though you were unware you were doing it
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  153. Yes, and one of those countries was Britain, funnily enough
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  154. To be even more of a hair splitter, none of the places you mentioned were 'nations'. Nationalism is only a few hundred years old
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  155.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yay! Your Battle Atlases are running in reverse order on your shelf though. Aaaaargh!
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  156. Yeah he is famous for his rigour in one topic and then magically can't get it right in another, despite the fact that both involve him reading multiple sources and using the same techniques. Hmmmmm
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  157. Britain was already decolonising Canada and Australia, as proven by their Dominion status. This was also offered to India, and voted for in their election before WW2. I find it hard to believe you are actually a history addict
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  158.  @MintyLime703  Indeed, but no country in the world fits that description, because of central banking
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  159.  @TheImperatorKnight  There is a crude inflation debuff if you play as Nationalist China
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  160. People who play with definitions are usually being dishonest
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  161. See if such a thing as 'salary sacrifice' exists in Sweden. This is how it works; You tell your employer to keep some of your salary (say 25%) and put it into the company pension. This means your actual salary is reduced, so you save on income AND payroll taxes. This way, I saved on UK income tax and National Insurance. By the time you retire, your income will be lower anyway so you won't be paying the tax back
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  162. That attacker doesn't always have any of those advantages, never mind them all
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  163. Give them time.....
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  164. Actually it's because of tribalism that we have. The Neanderthals were reputedly less tribal
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  165. The way I see it, the Nazis fit in the broad socialism umbrella but they are different to other socialists, like Marxists and Fascists, or Falangists. There seems to be this burning need for Marxists to get us to believe the NSDAP isn't socialist - why bother? We know they weren't Marxist - what's the problem?
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  166. He was trying to save/balance the economy - I reckon he would have and that's why he was punted
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  167. It's one of the reasons I support the channel
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  168.  @alecjones4135  No bother my man. I lean to the Austrian school myself. But Sowell is the best teacher and he is a Chicago man
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  169. Jesus Steven, could you punctuate that?
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  170. 'but, the "good" people of the group should have then fought to stop the bad people of their group. If they stay passive in a way they are also guilty and thus they suffer.' No. Not in any sane world whatsoever can inaction be equated with evil action. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to see a psychologist. If that's what you believe, it's no wonder you disagree with TIK on socialism
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  171. They were devastating when correctly employed
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  172.  @TheImperatorKnight  Excellent comment - couldn't agree more
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  173.  @markcollins2704  This is Academic Agent's take, and he argues well for it
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  174.  @alexeyvlasenko6622  Anyone who owns shares 'owns the means of production'. As that includes pension funds, that covers the vast majority of the population (including children)
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  175.  @Mitch93  That's Disturbed mate. For shame
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  176. Nice, Razorfist is great
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  177.  @jjcustard6378  yep. It was an interesting video
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  178.  @MrYannisMendez  Except for the Kulaks of course
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  179.  @0witw047  everything was controlled by appointees of the Office of the 4 Year Plan. Try watching the videos. That's like my employer having to ask Boris Johnson for permission to hire someone
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  180. But wasn't the Demyansk pocket a lot smaller than the Stalingrad pocket?
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  181. 'dictatorship FOR the proletariat.' AKA Absolute Monarchy
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  182. City states were typically formed into leagues though. Some with more autonomy, and some with less (looking at you Athenai)
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  183.  @TheImperatorKnight  Bloody hell Lewis, that was a valiant attempt - I enjoyed reading it!
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  184. They are usually poorly-concealed F-scale tests
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  185. And why did most of their best ones die in Russia in 1941?
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  186.  @NietzscheanMan  Very true. Immigration is only a burden because we have welfare systems which the natives have been paying for all their lives. No welfare, no problem
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  187. He's like Hitler in that he has an authoritarian and utopian attitude
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  188.  @ИгорьПищулин-ю7э  I do. In Afghanistan
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  189.  @olegredko7813  It's missing the 'o' but that's his name!
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  190. Germans are George Foreman. Soviets are Muhammad Ali. Classic 'rope-a-dope'
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  191. Best of luck with the job hunting from a fellow Scot!
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  192.  @alanpennie  Agreed. It was either; lose 6th Army, or lose Army Group A
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  193. There's always 'World at War' for normies with short attention spans
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  194.  @lilpitt4860  I saw a video about how some people can't process predicate abstraction. That is, if you asked them how they would feel had they skipped breakfast, they reply 'But I didn't skip breakfast' Crazy stuff
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  195.  @crazyyyyy2945  I have War in the East 2. A couple of months in and I'm still learning
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  196.  @Gurhammer  I have seen a few cases where 'an' would have been used in your sentence (from native English speakers)
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  197. Excellent, another Battlestorm Monday
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  198. Not really. They have the same end goal but differed on how it could be achieved 'But a long time of developement on the socialist side. Sweden, Norway and Denmark really would want to have a word with you about NOT beeing communist. ' They'd have a word with you about not being socialist too
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  199. Comes of having a far flung empire ruled by trade and consensus rather than force
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  200. Hi icon- buddy
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  201. The Romanian supply was nowhere near enough to supply the Heer, never mind the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe
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  202. I agree, I don't even see him as fascist at all frankly, but a Carlist reactionary
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  203.  @Edax_Royeaux  I have a feeling the soldiers may want to defend themselves. Certainly the Singapore garrison regretted their surrender
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  204. I have all the Glantz volumes on Fall Blau - there are passages you can scan quickly through and others which need deeper study. You probably don't need the appendix (book 5) though
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  205. Aye, Chuikov likely had his confidence dented but he was an insanely brave man - it was never suggested he was a coward
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  206.  @fakeorchestra4260  Yeah it's bizarre, but his reaction seems genuine
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  207. Now that is an interesting endeavour
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  208. Sorry to pick the tiniest nit in a well-written comment but; 'Dialectitians are not so stupid, or they would've disappeared long ago. ' Are we saying stupid ideas don't have prevalence? I see quite a few that have stood the test of time!
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  209. In practical terms, he probably is. I mean almost every Democracy in history was an Oligarchy of varying breadths.
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  210. Sorry to disappoint, but in British English it is indeed 'your anus'
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  211. 'So you have to make here a tradeoff between either pandering to people who already agree with you, or attract new people who do not yet agree with you.' It might also be wise to factor in who is paying with likes and who is paying with £/$
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  212. I am pretty sure they were
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  213. 'That's something the Brits have always been incapable of understanding: wars are not won at sea,' Well apart from WW1 and WW2 you mean. Germany would have cantered to victory during both without the Royal Navy blockades. It would be more accurate to say that major wars are ONLY won by naval powers
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  214.  @TheImperatorKnight  I work in a big company, and it's run on socialist lines. No one wants to be more efficient or save money, and the more you slack the more someone else has to come in and help you
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  215.  @CruelDwarf  I would class the Panther as clearly superior, that is the later models which were more reliable - but I agree with everything else you said. People don't realise the Russians improved their tanks in series. T-34s in 1944 had few of the weaknesses they had in 1941
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  216. You're right. Fascism and National Socialism are also forms of socialism
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  217. The biggest problem with racism? It blinds you to enemies in your midst who look like you
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  218. @Jonathan Jones It's his magnum opus
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  219. @Grandoko There's nothing quite like fraternal hatred
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  220.  @TheImperatorKnight  Will do. I made some pretty significant crypto gains and before that in the stock market. I bailed just before the pan-thingy
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  221. Aaaaaand your comment was to me was deleted. Whomever is doing this, you're not hurting us, we don't care
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  222. Now it's back! Weird
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  223. Indeed, the mainstream seem to base their knowledge of the political spectrum on Bolshevik propaganda
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  224. Vehicles, tanks, ships and planes do not run on coal. The conversion of coal to oil was inefficient and extremely expensive
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  225. Sounds like 'wanker' I guess
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  226. That is not bad reasoning you are using but you need to realise Labour have changed too. They are the party of the public sector professional now. So if you are on £60,000/year working for the council then by all means Labour will look after you
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  227.  @archdornan3068  True, but the Labour party was never all that socialist - it was trade unionist, and there is a difference
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  228.  @Federico-cc7hc  'It's the duality of man sir!'
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  229.  @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623  True, and the logistical and infrastructure situation would cap how many forces anyone could commit to North Africa anyway
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  230. Yes that's the point in the map. Many in the West recognize the De Jure claims Taiwan has on the entire Chinese mainland
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  231.  @zigoter2185  Be wary of jewellery - it is not a dependable store of value. Get coins or assayed bars only! Crypto currency is volatile, but could still be useful
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  232. The ones calling the shots are very wealthy - it's only their rank and file who are poor
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  233. Hi Nigel
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  234.  @thevillaaston7811  'The Sherman was no more use than contemporary British machines in the tank's prime task, fighting enemy tanks.' I agree with everything else you say, but that's a tank destroyer's main role, rather than a tank. Smaller, high velocity shells fired from longer barrels aren't much use to tanks under most circumstances, so you typically saw them on tanks specialised for the tank hunting role, like the fearsome Sherman Firefly
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  235. That may be true theoretically, but what force exists for wealth redistribution which doesn't mean a more powerful government? Or if you prefer, can you tell me about a left-wing policy which doesn't increase the power and purview of the state? I'm not being rhetorical, I would be interested to know
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  236.  @untruelie2640  Well that is a policy that you will find the Right supporting in the UK and US (Vouchers and academy schools). I guess it's not impossible that 'Die Linke?' would adopt a right-wing policy, especially if it works
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  237.  @untruelie2640  And that 'die Linke' isn't necessarily behaving in a left-wing way!
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  238.  @konstancemakjaveli  Based Cloggies, hail!
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  239. Are you giving a ban of communism as an example of a state not being fascist?
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  240. And the Dambusters couldn't have blown a hydro dam?
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  241.  @nukclear2741  sure I saw Jeremy Corbyn too
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  242. One of the many problems with Marx is his fixation on Labour Theory of Value. So the person who risked his savings starting the company, or the person who came up with the idea for the business, they don't matter? Only the people who work there do? Why then would you bother starting a business?
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  243.  @crazybluechicken  If his points are so weak could you have a go at countering them?
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  244.  @antonjohansson3819  men tend to break when they believe they've been outflanked or if there's no other units supporting them. A rout was set off by accident at the battle of Pharsalus when several units were repositioned by the general. Sometimes it's less that the men are running from the enemy outright, but rather they are trying to avoid an encirclement so they can counter attack later. Better than running out of supplies and being forced to surrender. Fighting the Germans to the bitter end during the battles of 1941 did the Russians no favours whatsoever, unlike in late 1942 when the Germans were at full stretch
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  245. So his New Deal doesn't resemble European style central planning in any way? You didn't read about how he thought Mussolini's programs were effective?
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  246. Not everyone watching is 'swine', neutral people may be swayed by watching it. TIK it's a biblical verse meaning don't waste wisdom on idiots
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  247. If we want to avoid something it helps if we know what it looks like
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  248.  @jsanders9975  Why don't you blame the Japanese for the Bengal Famine? Is it because you hold the British to higher standards? Maybe you could think why it is you do that
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  249. Nuh-uh. All Marxists did was define race as class!
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  250. Only because he wasn't in government. The Bolsheviks were certainly up for the civil war weren't they
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  251. 'Lienz Cossack Traitor' Yeah you might be right
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  252. In conflict only in terms of remit. Socialism in one country or in many countries. Both are socialist
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  253. Yes if we are going for historical accuracy more than common current usage then I am a classical liberal
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  254.  @Fredrikschou  I mostly agree, but you spoiled that a bit with your analogy. Yes, a hotdog does not contain dog (have you noticed it is one word and not two) - but National Socialism does indeed contain socialism (as does Italian Fascism). It may not be a type of socialism that many people like (nowadays) but it is a kind of socialism. It is far too convenient for the modern Left to 'No True Scotsman' its way out of Nazi associations ('Only Marxism counts brah') but what really takes the cake is their brazen attempt to label Nazism as right-wing.
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  255. Edited for minor grammar etc
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  256.  @Fredrikschou  Well again I don't think we are that far apart. I simply ask that the Left acknowledges that Nazism, Bolshevism, Menshevism, Fascism et al, all have a common ancestry whereas Liberalism, Neoliberalism are an entirely different species. I have thought that Capitalism and Liberalism, being birthed in the 18th century were the new idea, and socialism is just a repackaged version of the state controls everyone through its guild system and mercantilist foreign trade. The medieval period returns. I might enquire as to what you mean by 'socially' right-wing and how you can separate out social from economic policy. Every policy costs something
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  257.  @silent_stalker3687  That's not etymology. Etymology tells us that 'fascism' comes from the Latin 'fasces' and Italian 'fascio' - which was used in various contexts such as to describe labour movements. If the context is not correct it's not etymology
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  258. They tried to assassinate him on multiple occasions
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  259. George Orwell wrote extensively on this
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  260.  @TheImperatorKnight  I saw one guy who I genuinely think was unable to understand that you were representing a position without advocating for it. He may not have been neurotypical
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  261. The Athenian democracy was a belligerent, imperialist power
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  262.  @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901  we have precious few decent sources for the 4th and 5th centuries. Attila teleports across the map
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  263.  @perpetual_suffering1458  'Its beyond stupid to think hitlers main ideology was economic and thst he intends to unite society under the same class.' It's beyond stupid to think that all socialists want to unite society under one class. That's Marxism. Marxism does not equal all socialism. Ease up on your Soviet propaganda
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  264. And now tell me how Lenin felt about the provisional government in Russia led by Kerensky. You know, the legitimate one which wasn't formed by a Bolshevik coup. Cough.....
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  265. Please don't ask us to like and subscribe Lewis. Maybe get a wee pop up on the bottom of the screen instead if you think that will work
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  266. Does the civil war not count as a war in your mind?
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  267. Epic rant at the end there TIK
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  268. On the contrary, most of the manpower went to Centre and North - when Hitler found out he was incensed at Halder for doing this
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  269. Seems to have been at least partly inspired by War in the East 2 by Slitherine and 2 by 4
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  270. Atlee was so well-loved that we re-elected Churchill the next chance we got!
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  271. 'but fascism depends on it and is very nationalistic while socialism is meant to be internationalist., I take it you don't class Franco's Spain as fascist then, as it wasn't exactly known for launching wars
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  272. I agree. A minority might oppose the Great Reset. Donald Trump for one
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  273. That may be a US term. In the UK a 'close' company is where there only a handful of shareholders, the majority also being directors. These are not public entities, because the shares are not listed for purchase by anyone
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  274.  @thereligionofrationality8257  It's the same in the UK. There is little difference between the parties
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  275.  @TheImperatorKnight  Forget about downvotes - your videos on the politics of the period are what convinced me to pay you via Subscribestar
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  276.  @zxbzxbzxb1  Opposition to lockdown measures is not the same as 'Covid denial' Interesting choice of word. It's usually religions who denounce their opposition as 'deniers'
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  277.  @zxbzxbzxb1  Fair enough, just as long as we don't conflate the two. There is a disease spreading about, but it's not worth tanking the economy over
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  278.  @orclover2353  Model was arguably the master at the defense in depth
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  279. Everything has something to do with economics
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  280. I quibble on your 99.9% The textbook I had at school had the wrong definition of inflation. That's a pretty core concept for an economics class
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  281.  @samsonsoturian6013  Good, because it's only the really slow people who haven't figured this all out yet
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  282. By those standards the Arab world is much more capitalist than Britain has ever been
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  283. Totally fanciful. They could barely supply Rommel, never mind an actual Army Group
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  284. Nowadays we have many people saying that charitable food banks shouldn't exist and the government should feed people instead. Are you sure he was as far out as you think?
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  285. Famine in Ireland was caused by mercantilism, the opposite of free trade. Robert Peel repealed the Corn Laws after this and there was never a famine in the British Isles again
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  286. Lol
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  287. The EU springs to mind
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  288. 'Commieservatives' is very apt Lewis. These people follow Trotskyists and don't even know it
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  289. He didn't kill enough Communists for one
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  290.  @neieduardodepaula4556  it was actually formally known as Bewegunskrieg
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  291. Then they forced a coup on the provisional government and plunged Russia into civil war. FFS
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  292. I don't think you're right. If the Soviets had not been as ruthless, the Germans would have kept the war going longer. And in any case, the participants of WW1 were every bit as bad
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  293.  @TheImperatorKnight  Don't do it - for the reasons you've stated
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  294. Indeed, 'Laughs in Sicilian expedition of Athens'
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  295. The Soviets removed their Corps level command to try and 'solve' this problem
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  296. Indeed. But Hitler wasn't a fascist
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  297.  @bitterindividualist5324  you won't regret it. Sowell is a great writer
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  298.  @soulknife20  I just have mild interest in Austrian/Chicago economics
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  299. The OKH were quite disappointed in the Heer's performance under several aspects
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  300. Easy peasy. In the UK, a 'plc' is a public limited company. A 'Ltd' is a private limited company. We do things right
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  301. Just a quick note Lewis to say that your definitions of public and private align with my understanding of company law and share ownership. I work in that industry
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  302. Oh I see. Only left wing networks are allowed. It's you who needs to grow up
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  303. Shares are also owned by states, governments, pension funds and charities, therefore they are public, not private
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  304. TIK, This has been a valiant effort, but you must accept that some people cling to socialism (and other ideologies) as a way to justify their lack of success in life. Sadly, for some of these people, they will never turn it around, so for the sake of their sanity they cannot accept what you are saying. They NEED to believe that 'the man' is keeping them down. On the plus side, most people aren't like this IMO, and your audience is growing all the time
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  305. Agreed. I'm toying with the idea of leaving the finance industry and starting up as an electrician or plumber
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  306.  @maesterchris2120  Minority government? There have been a few in the UK
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  307. Read Jonathan Haidt if you really want to understand the conservative mind. Then read T. Adorno if you want to piss yourself laughing
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  308.  @rdleon99  I would say so
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  309. Mercantlism
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  310. Having one face for the world and another for private is a useful skill to learn. What price pride? Ruination?
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  311. Just as long as you are using the 'w' sound when speaking English!
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  312. So why bother using Paratroopers at all then? Just roll up with armoured divisions.....
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  313. They can hardly even get a sentence out. They are utter morons
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  314.  @thomaskincaid5937  that you rambled on about CRT without mentioning what it centrally concerns. That you are disingenuous and obfuscatory. Don't be so obtuse
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  315.  @dylandelaney833  That would be the Orwell who mitigated his own inheritance tax liability? A poor socialist, but an excellent capitalist
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  316. So are we pretending that Russia didn't dominate the USSR now? Jesus Christ
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  317. 'but you don't own your computer unless you built it from the ground-up – it's leased to you' Stay off the weed mate. The monthly cost is zero and I'm free to sell it whenever I want. That's the very definition of ownership
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  318. Sounds good to me Lewis. Cheers
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  319.  @noeenricodomanais2517  Yes, capitalism does not preclude high taxes
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  320. Hmm. Comment deleted? I didn't say Big H was a nice guy - I said he knew his strategy
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  321. Have a look at Academic Agent's YouTube channel and his challenging of the 'boomer truth regime'
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  322. In my estimation TIK is quite close to that, but different nonetheless. I am almost bang on a classic British Liberal - which means I hold my nose and vote Tory!
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  323. The French did mutiny on a large scale, which consisted of them defending their trenches but refusing to launch (suicidal, as they saw it) assaults. This was a response to the disastrous Nivelle offensive among other things. From 1917 onward the bulk of the offensive weight of the Western Front was carried by Britain - this is absolutely not 'fake history'
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  324. Invalid I'm afraid. The system as such is set up in a way where the outcome is the same. All opposition is controlled.
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  325. 'f I might be so bold, your math is something you'd expect from a 2nd grader. Do you really think those replacements were the equals of the veterans they replaced?? ' Are you high? You are saying his quantitative analysis is wrong and using a qualitative point to do so! Snowbear is correct - and in fact everything you mentioned has been covered by TIK in other videos. Maybe lurk a bit before you stomp in like a scrub
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  326.  @MrCSRT8  Not for the commanders! Many of them were WW1 veterans
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  327.  @Max-lf3tx  Well, did it really work? What percentage of Group Laskar did, and could have made it out. Only the minority, at the expense of the majority
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  328. Take it easy Lewis, I'm happy to wait until you're ready. Will give me a chance to catch up with my reading anyway
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  329. Offshore oil? With the Royal Navy on the prowl. No chance
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  330. Damn, that's as expensive as a J D Mark book!
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  331.  @jdlightsey  the latter is problematic because some Jews don't classify themselves as a race
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  332.  @baste9588  You don't think that was Japan's fault for launching the invasion?
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  333. Another great one Lewis. Cheers
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  334. Didn't TIK demonstrate that the 30th wasn't in fact stuck?
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  335. 'Now, I don't want to push Mr. TIK here in terms of productivity. One should perform at one's level of comfort. Comfort was created/evolved for that very optimization. But look at what this Schwerpunkt guy produces! An hour or two every day since years.' It's the maps and animations which take up most of Lewis' time, so unless Schwerpunkt has the same presentation, you're not being fair. Having said that, his channel sounds great so I'm going to find it now and subscribe
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  336.  @SteveSmith-ty8ko  Stalin didn't like them either
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  337.  @bezahltersystemtroll5055  I think it's pretty obvious how that would be bad - have a look at Athens' many debacles during the Peloponnesian war, for example
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  338. It's finally over
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  339. LOL! Keep up the good fight TIK
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  340.  @KI.765  Well. It's been 9 months and TIK still has integrity. Hard luck mate
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  341. Democratic Marxist? Words have meanings, you can't just make it up as you go along
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  342.  trainbomb  nope, because all the totalitarians are at the same end of the spectrum. At the opposite end is anarchy
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  343. Do you know how long that left flank would have been? Paulus barely held back the Kotluban offensives but you think he could have defended a front 10 times the length?
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  344. Synonymous with 'will' in this context
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  345. I am still trying to learn it. So incredibly detailed
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  346. I think it's so his audio can't be taken out of context, Hitler and Stalin quotes get the same treatment
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  347. Pfft. I play War In the East 2
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  348. Hmmm, Robert Peel was a Tory, not a Liberal, so not sure about that
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  349. Hannibal would know all about that. The Fabian strategy is alive and well today also
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  350. He's covered the operational implications in a few videos in this series - I don't have the episode and time stamps I'm afraid but Glantz covers this in his 'Struggle for the Flanks' chapters in his Stalingrad books
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  351. Excellent advice Lewis, great video
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  352. Both sides are to blame on this one. The Soviets should have prevented the children from getting involved. To the extent they are able
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  353. @horriblepancake And that's probably why Reagan said it. The man was smart
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  354. They do exist, but TIK isn't one of them
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  355. So are the converts then part of the race? I'm being earnest here - this is a genuine question
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  356. Socialism is authoritarian. Income and wealth redistribution require government force. The more redistribution, the bigger the government you need
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  357. The Soviets took over Bessarabia before this all transpired. I think most Eastern European people (not Poland at the time, but perhaps later) probably saw the Reich as the lesser evil
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  358.  @TheImperatorKnight  I blame France the most, followed by Austria and Russia. You're right though, it would take thousands of hours of study and even then it's nearly impossible to be conclusive
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  359. Liberated. What a joke
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  360.  MajorLeague  Precisely. If today American industry was reorganised under the auspices of 'Trump Works' and a 4 year plan we'd call that nationalisation, because that's what it would be
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  361. ' The university lecturer's who've taught me were world experts in their field who've conducted extensive original research. ' And the authors of the books? They'll be the same people sometimes! @rat_thrower5604 
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  362. Indeed. Converting a public limited company into a Ltd company by delisting it is making it private
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  363. Roosevelt was definitely more left wing than Churchill. By far I would say
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  364. Building up the navy with a surface fleet to challenge the US or the UK was impossible. It would have taken 3 years or more and do we expect that the allies wouldn't also have built new ships?
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  365. Well let's hope they don't prattle on about poverty and the evil Tories/Republicans/Capitalism @rat_thrower5604 
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  366. The word democracy comes from the Greek. It literally means 'the hands of the people'.
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  367. really? When supported by, Industrialists, White Russians, monarchists, aristocrats and many anti Communist youth who were are ALL Right wing and joined the SS to die 'fighting Bolshevism', NOT capital So they preferred National Socialism because it wasn't quite as left-wing as Marxist Leninism. That doesn't mean that they both aren't left-wing. (Which they are)
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  368.  @TheImperatorKnight  Of course everything is relative then, so other Youtubers may also get fewer likes. Might end up being a wash
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  369.  @Aioradeleo27  Moscow has never held strategic importance and probably never will
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  370.  mike mcmike  Oh wow you said 'incel' now we're all convinced
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  371. Perhaps not, and we would be sure, had he provided an argument or evidence
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  372. That's right. If the shares are listed they're public. If not, they aren't. It's even in the name; 'plc' is public limited company and 'Ltd' is limited company (limited by shares, that is)
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  373. I agree other than immediate surrender sparing more lives - I doubt that very much given the lack of food and the fact that this is the USSR we're talking about
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  374. 'Free' college means that everyone gets to pay (via tax) for a privilege enjoyed by a minority. It is wealth redistribution from low income groups to high income groups
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  375.  @dwarow2508  They murdered fewer people, that's a simple fact
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  376. My reading of Glantz has now caught up to you TIK - now I can read and watch at about the same pace, while I also get through Panzerkrieg and Death of the Leaping Horseman by J D Mark
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  377. Privatisation only works if it introduces competition. Worked well for airlines and telecoms, not so much for railways
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  378. Because Stalingrad is a key part of that flank - it controls the Volga river completely (the path by which oil and supplies flow North to the USSRs main forces)
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  379.  @michaelkovacic2608  I'm against the State in the same way as TIK - I appreciate it is inevitable but it is a necessary evil, not a force for good
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  380.  @real_yunicellular  Farmers are phenomenally wealthy in the UK
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  381. Some of the units were elite so it seems some of them did. Or are you saying 'Das Reich' as a mobile division would not have received priority?
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  382. Time Ghost comes nowhere near
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  383. Good argument. The force composition and doctrine clearly emphasised the attack. This holds true even if we discount the scale of the buildup
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  384. If Germany had defeated the Soviet Union, they would have had all the oil they needed and would have rendered the Royal navy blockade ineffective. Britain's power was naval, her army could not hope to stand against the Wehrmacht
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  385. Stalin saw what we did to Dresden
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  386. A rationalist? Aren't scientists supposed to be empirical?
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  387. The 'Mittelstand'
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  388. It's actually quite easy to argue that in many ways, WW2 was a continuation of WW1
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  389. To be honest, Germany needed the oil or she was going to be beaten anyway. Within this context, an opposition to strategic retreat made sense
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  390. Neidell is OK for a simplistic chronological overview. But to pick up any detail whatsoever TIK is far superior
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  391. TIK, It's pronounced 'Lukas Koonig' The Umlaut narrows the vowel
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  392. Excellent video - this is what it's all about
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  393.  @jboss119  Nah, I think if Patton was in charge he wouldn't have done any better
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  394. The ultimate peer review. Yet many academics are 'running scared'
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  395. Hold on Lewis, When Count Dankula taught his pug to do the Nazi salute it was under the understanding that this was 'the most evil thing possible'. The crux of the thing was to corrupt his girlfriend's (now wife's) dog whom she obviously thought was precious Was it in good taste? No Was it an expression of support for Nazism? No Was it a joke? Yes
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  396.  @TheImperatorKnight  Awesome, I thought you'd think that was the case but just wasn't sure. It was an absolute travesty and the biggest problem with it is that it lends credulity to actual Nazis who can claim victimhood. It beggars belief and I think they didn't realise they cocked it up but then they got in too deep and couldn't admit it
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  397. They are subject to equal push-back from authority. Marxism's claims are no less brutally enforced when they become more ridiculous
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  398. I think the reason is that politics is about the role of the state. Should it be bigger and have a larger role in your life? Or the opposite? That's one axis.
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  399. Hmmm. 'All TIK's videos are accurate and meticulously researched except the one which challenges my political preconceptions'
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  400.  @TheImperatorKnight  the Academic Ayatalloh has made some strange takes but they are always well argued. I'm more in Mr Dee's camp
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  401. What were the hydrogen and helium supplies like in the Reich?
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  402. 'Avanti'. I believe it was called
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  403.  @matiastorres1510  Yep, typical rubbish post-modern argument
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  404. Really? What is politics other than the role of the state? What can the state do other than get bigger and more interfering, or the opposite?
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  405.  @remifasolla2863  Yes that's all true, but still fits within a linear model
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  406.  @juanledesma6418  because 'we' are largely comprised of Marxists, whom Hitler hated
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  407. Yes one is class redistribution the other is racial redistribution. Doesn't take 2 paragraphs to set out mate
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  408. Hi Tobias, If anyone in the world can buy the shares (i.e. they have a listing) then it is a plc (public limited company). If only the directors, or key people can buy the shares, then it is a Ltd company (a private organisation) Most big companies tend to be plcs, although there are some pretty big Ltd companies (usually wholly owned by plcs though!)
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  409. But I think TIK specifically said 'nation'.
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  410.  @boobah5643  I would add that later models of T34s were in fact, pretty good tanks. Easily the equal of any German medium tank
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  411.  @bv2623  As Thomas Sowell would say 'compared to what?'
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  412. You can have more state control, or less state control. I make that two directions. We could go with East and West but why not just stick with the Estates General model?
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  413. I don't think they were that dysfunctional. They were up against an enemy which had become stronger, with longer supply lines
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  414. Seconded - what a well thought out comment
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  415. That's because he was trying to obfuscate, he knew what he was doing
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  416. The religious metaphor is doubly apt. Lucifer means 'lightbringer' I believe
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  417. Assessing a probability isn't the same as making a prediction
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  418.  Minister of Propaganda  it depends. I've met Spanish people who look very similar to me, a Scot descended from Scots going back centuries
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  419.  @shaydowsith348  Stalino.....
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  420. So was Stalin - who died of old age
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  421.  @hermitoldguy6312  a corporation is not a person. It is an unnatural person
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  422.  @michaeltempsch5282  Yes. Socialists believe that true democracy is the 'dictatorship of the proletariat' Those countries are dictatorships. The proletariat part is a con. No organisation can ever be run by the majority.
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  423. History and historiography are part of the 'Humanities' within academia
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  424. All media is biased. It's actually best to use the most biased ones, and compare them to their opposing counterparts. If you think there's such a thing as a reputable news source, congratulations, you've been fooled
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  425. Nice, it's stick to banks again
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  426.  @thomaslinton1001  aye and Stephen Hawking was a brilliant physicist, but crap at football. What point are you trying to make?
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  427.  @panostriantaphillou766  I am indeed. It's intentional
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  428. It might depend on which SS formation you're talking about. Some of them were very elite but many of them were a total rabble. I imagine the former got the best kit. The Tigers tended to be formed into battalion or smaller groupings and sent where needed
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  429.  @cptant7610  The deaths are unavoidable for the most part. Trashing the economy was avoidable
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  430. I find it a very useful companion to my study of the books on the topic - reading Glantz it can be tricky keeping track of where everyone is - so having the map with moving units on it is very useful
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  431. No he just preferred civil wars I guess
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  432. Whether you own it directly or just control the people who do, what's the difference?
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  433. Agreed
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  434.  mike mcmike  'Yess cause only socialism has “control”.....' Fascism, another left-wing ideology also has a lot of control. So, you're right, not just Marxism
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  435. I think we need to separate out (to some extent) actual technical democracy from other forms of government which have varying levels of representative rule. For example the UK is nominally a monarchy, and technically an oligarchy, although supposedly a broad and representative one. All the preceding is up for debate of course
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  436.  @ElizaDolittle  I mostly agree with you, but government-controlled capitalism is basically just lesser socialism. Although I am aware that this is a pretty semantic point to make
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  437.  @noth606  so what is marriage then? Biological? Do any other animals get married?
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  438. Although the manual is a full colour hardback if you pay extra - a joy to read!
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  439.  @TheImperatorKnight  Awesome
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  440.  @gimzod76  Guaranteed Minimum Pension.....
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  441.  @Edax_Royeaux  Well, not yet anyway.....
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  442.  Wulf  Yes indeed, but we can dull the weapon, reduce the state, cut taxes
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  443.  Minister of Propaganda  it's a strange one because Jewish people argue that it is and it isn't. Not up to me to decide but interesting that they don't agree
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  444. Hi Nigel
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  445. I saw it, and I knew this was coming....
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  446. If I had to describe conservatism in one sentence it would be; 'We know that things can always get worse'
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  447. Didn't they lose the Winter War and have to give up more territory than the Russians originally demanded?
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  448. I would say so. He allowed to remain in post a Kriegsmarine command who excelled at the trade interdiction naval doctrine
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  449. It's a bit like importing weasels to deal with the snake problem. Then importing eagles to deal with the weasel problem etc. Ordinary people know that we shouldn't mess with complicated ecosystems - but they seem to think it's OK when we meddle with complicated economies?
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  450.  @QuizmasterLaw  It's very bad, I won't comment either but TIK is right
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  451. I think U. Grant came up with that during the Civil War; 'War is cruelty, it is useless to refine it, the crueller it is, the sooner it will be over'
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  452.  @fatalexception1269  lol
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  453. De jure. Come on you know what he meant
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  454.  @sedargames8161  '19th century empires were capitalist empires and produced a socialist opposition' WW1 was about a nationalist opposition to imperialism, not socialist. So much so that several states were carved out of former empires because that's what their people wanted. No one cared about internationalism, most people supported the war
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  455. I don't get why people argue with disingenuous definitions
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  456.  @TheImperatorKnight  Maybe you could put on a mullet wig so you look more left-wing? : p
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  457.  @San_Vito  That's because lacking the overall strength, they were forced into going for tactical force-multipliers. Countries winning wars don't design tanks like the Tiger
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  458.  @seth1422  And yet their arguments stack up better... Faint praise and all that eh?
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  459. When Stalin decided that would be useful propaganda for the 'Great Patriotic War'
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  460. 'He persecuted every single left-leaning group (the aforementioned Communists, the Social Democrats,)' You mean like how the Bolsheviks persecuted the Mensheviks? Woops!
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  461. LOL at the right-wing Soviet Union. I'm thinking of buying a pet - should I go for a cat-dog?
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  462.  @crazyyyyy2945  Agreed. The fog of war is completely impenetrable
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  463. There are a lot of stupid people about
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  464. 'social value' in practice basically amounts to telling other people what they can do
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  465.  @0witw047  ??? The fact that it could cost you money if you're unlucky must surely mean that if you are lucky you should get a profit. Or why would people lend money at all?
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  466. '1. If value is tied to scarcity, then where is the value in motherhood? Exactly. Nothing. ' Are you high? A child of your own is the most valuable and least abundant thing I can think of
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  467.  @TheImperatorKnight  Their primary motive is to prevent other people discovering that he was a man of the Left - but you've done great work bringing that to light TIK
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  468. But you will get there under capitalism. It might not even take 3 generations
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  469.  @hubertg7100  check out Patreon or Subscribestar. I use the latter
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  470. Exactly. These people wouldn't survive in business because therein lies competition
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  471. He accepted arms from the Kaiser. He overthrew the legitimate provisional government and triggered a civil war
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  472.  @TheImperatorKnight  Same TIK, same
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  473.  @arnesaknussemm2427  Yep, never forget this
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  474. 100%. I comment to add Friedrich Hayek to your list. Thomas Sowell is also worth reading
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  475. So if my bank balance is -£50,000 I am in profit am I? GTFO with your 'no right and wrong definitions' Sophist nonsense
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  476. Precisely. Cadorna was an idiot
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  477.  @zxbzxbzxb1  Everything is relative. Compared to everyone she has run against, she is. EDIT , to clarify I mean in the final head to head (I know who Bernie Sanders is!)
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  478.  @zxbzxbzxb1  Well he was right-wing by Soviet standards. In fact, the Soviet premiers became more and more right-wing, until it all collapsed. I wonder why?
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  479. Fascism isn't a disease mate. You can't catch it from books or people. Chill out
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  480. They also gambled heavily in France. They got lucky
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  481. People who DON'T recognise a bias are the biased ones - not the reverse
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  482. Not a fan of Bewegunskrieg then?
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  483. Same. It's next to pointless to try to explain liberal economics to anyone with a sub 100 IQ - too much abstraction
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  484. I'll explain. Most union members are in the feather bedded public sector and have a strangle-hold on industries which are either strategic or have low competition for other reasons (e.g. railways). Low competition drives up prices. Wages are a price.
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  485. Don't forget the 16th
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  486.  @TheImperatorKnight  Sometimes makes you wonder where the bad apples come from and how they get there eh?
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  487. What did the sheet say, machine guns?
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  488. He wasn't wrong. Nazism was further right than Marxism but further left than liberalism
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  489. Someone needs to watch the Lazerpig video
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  490.  @TheImperatorKnight  Carl has built a great team at the Lotus eaters - they're doing for journalism what you're doing for history. Why does anyone have a TV License now?
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  491. Yes and Hitler was a racist socialist. Jefferson Davis was a racist capitalist It's not that difficult to understand mate
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  492. Hitler didn't think that. He wanted to strike South for the resources of Ukraine and the Caucasus
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  493. They did - had they the proper equipment and tanks they may well have held
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  494. So all you need to do to be beyond reproach is to say you're talking from your 'own perspective' Can't you see the problem with that?
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  495. 'but because most of the people for most of the topics are simple unable to process ANY substantive arguments.' Most is a stretch IMO, but certainly it's a significant minority
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  496. In a sense the US is socialist, you're quite right. Look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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  497.  @spiderknight9893  Or you can make a fortune in the markets and have everyone else serve you hand and foot
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  498.  @markboggs746  It's pathetic isn't it?
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  499. Agreed. 'He who defends everything defends nothing' Frederick in Prussia The same goes for attacking, I surmise. I wouldn't class 'Alter Fritz' as a coward. Bonaparte did not
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  500.  @dankmemes7423  That's what I was saying. And then after that, Goebbels was utterly devoted to him
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  501. @Celes They (we) began the Royal Navy blockade which ensured Germany would lose the war. Just like the previous time
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  502. Not only that but some German units had more Russians in them than front line German infantry
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  503. It's a possibility
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  504. Three words. Royal Navy Blockade
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  505. Could be, but prices are our best way of measuring if we are producing what's needed. What's the alternative, fill out a million surveys? (The Nazis tried that). Price goes up, we need to make more. Price goes down, we made too much. This might sound really lumpy, but thankfully we have share and commodity traders who can smooth out the lumps with arbitrage
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  506. This is my favourite YouTube channel and the only one I donate to. Keep up the good work Lewis
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  507. Yes! West Germany went through their economic miracle because they massively liberalised their economy
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  508. Hugely under rated President IMO
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  509. Oh dear, you mean Paul Hindenburg?
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  510. Nah I like when TIK fires out his rebuttals
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  511. That's the point. Sensible people don't want the government 'getting things done' because government produces nothing of value
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  512. Oops
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  513. 'Wanker'
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  514. I feel your pain. Work is mental for me at the moment
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  515.  @16bitpaladin  'On the left-right spectrum, the left-wing actually refers to those people who believe in the French Enlightenment (especially Jean-Jacques Rousseau) and support the French Revolution directly or indirectly (French Revolution being the world's first nationalist and socialist revolution). ' So that would put Edmund Burke on the opposing side, a man who was more beneficial for liberalism than Rousseau ever was. Reality is a good deal more complex than Oxford textbooks
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  516.  @danisawesome4214  Correct, still socialism though
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  517.  @afaultytoaster  Keynesian detected. 100 pages of fig leaf which justifies government borrowing is betetr than 1 page which explains reality. Got you
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  518. Because conservatism is a relative term which can only be understood when comparing it to something else
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  519. If all we needed was the law, we wouldn't need judges
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  520. Former states, estates and corporations often bind their successors. Say you have an agreement or covenant with a firm, then it's taken over. Your agreement will typically specify that the new owner is party to your terms
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  521.  @TheImperatorKnight  Either the markets will crash or the $ will. Can't save both. I was betting on the $ before - now I'm not so sure. Indices are too high to buy in right now I think
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  522. Agreed. it is a false theory that held sway in Britain until Robert Peel rejected it in favour of free trade. Perhaps the smartest decision ever made by a British politician
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  523. I'm actually surprised more socialists don't have the same opinion as you on this. Especially the Marxist ones. No one is claiming Hitler was a Marxist (we know he disliked them). Maybe they are too keen to keep their position because they know how the Right have been smeared by association and don't want it happening to them
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  524. ' The Germans could have halted 6th Army west of Stalingrad' The whole point was to secure the Northern Line along the Don, Kotluban and Volga. The Germans didn't have the numbers to leave a section of that unoccupied, so they had to secure Stalingrad. And as we saw, the small bridgehead they did leave unoccupied, spelled doom doing Uranus Also, the point wasn't just to interdict Soviet oil, but to secure their own supply
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  525. <Studies by academics show that being academic is better for something hard to define like 'fulfilling lives'> How was that computed? A survey? Thanks for the laugh mate. Or was it based on salary, thus negating the point you tried to make ' it must be hard for right wing individuals to understand this, but not everyone just wants to make as much money as possible.' Money is time my friend. If you want more free time, you have to earn more money
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  526. ' the left wing is in favour of individualism ' So the neoliberals like Maggie Thatcher were left-wing? You see, if what you believed was logically consistent, I wouldn't be able to shoot peas through it like that
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  527. Try watching the 5 hour magnum opus where TIK explains that Hitler was in fact a socialist
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  528. Yes, we do @alexanderkordas682 
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  529.  @timball8174  Well said
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  530. TIK - I finally dropped 100 banners on 'Panzerkrieg' by J D Mark. Totally worth it - amazing book
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  531. We have that saying in the UK too, you may have gotten it from us
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  532. If I buy a can of Coke, I gain the drink I wanted, and the merchant gets what he wanted. Both of us gain
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  533. Those damned Marxist speculators at the Federal Reserve you mean. You need to read the sources before you debate something. For this example, I suggest Rothbard
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  534.  @damyr  Of course you're not any of those things - if you were, you might be wrong and we can't have that
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  535.  @damyr  Well, unlike you, I get things wrong all the time - let any observers make of that what they will (probably that I am sane, for one thing)
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  536. There are loads of shallow history channels out there, but I'm paying for this one so can I keep it the way it is if you don't mind?
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  537.  @chinacatsunflower8054  no Julius Evola? Don't you like to read from all the viewpoints?
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  538.  @TheImperatorKnight  The funny thing is, even with that tax, you're probably still saving money
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  539. Mark this day in the book
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