Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "The Resurgence of Popular Left Media" video.

I think that pretty much sums up the real problem in the US, thanks to the Cold War, the system in the US pushed a lot of fear on Americans that make them see anything that's social, left and all that as bad and that likely explains why out of all the modern countries, the US is so different from others, a lot of Americans are paying the price for that ever since and it's not going to be easy to change too. This virus might be a wake up call for the American people and if this doesn't wake them up that the system they are living under is broken then nothing will and decline will happen and the first signs we'll get of that is at the end of the year with the election which could be make or break for the US as a country depending on which way they vote. In the case of English, that isn't going away even if the US declines, around half of the EU population can speak English as a second language and many others around the world can, it might weaken the language but it's not going away because Europeans want a common language so it's easy to communicate when going across the boarder around Europe.
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@donkeylord3517 It depends on how we look at it, when was the last time we had such a wide gap in wealth inequality? I think it was around the times of the Romans before they fell apart, you say the system is working and to a degree it is, but it's leaving way too many people behind and more importantly, the system is working, it's working for the rich elites, we are seeing that now with this pandemic. If we look at Europe which is more balanced from capitalism and socialism, they seem to be dealing with this a lot better, inequality is far less of an issue, the people feel they are better supported by the system where the US system seems to be braking in throwing Americans under the bus. Another factor on how we can tell the system is failing a lot of people, look at the leaders being elected in some countries, the US, the UK and so on, these people are only getting in power because people are getting desperate, they want real change and will vote anyone in, in the hope change will happen, the problem is that they are voting for the wrong horse on people that are more likely to screw them over than make things better, hence the mess in the UK and US. In any case, it will be interesting to see how EU countries and the US rebound from this pandemic because both have taken quite different paths in dealing with it, one is more humain what is going on in Europe where in the US, the system doesn't seem to care about the people.
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@SeedemFeedemRobots It's true thought, just look at the UK, the Conservative Party are the right wing party but they are nothing like the Republican Party lol, Labour which is the left wing party and yet in comparison to the Democrats in the US, the Democrats are more like the Conservative Party than Labour Party, but we do have the Lib Dems in the UK which are more to the left even then Labour is. In the US, the choices are quite limited so it doesn't surprise me that the system screws over the people so much and even the UK doesn't have that much choice compared to many other European countries. Besides, the left and right of politics is defined by the people, like in the UK, when Tony Blair got into power, he got it by re-inventing the party into New Labour but in truth, it just became more like the Conservative Party which says a lot about the people that keep saying they want change but won't vote for change, same is happening in the US.
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The problem with the right and capitalism is that it's leaving too many people behind with inequality and rich and poor but I don't think capitalism is finished, not yet at least but I think thanks to this virus pandemic, it's going to get toned down a lot with a lot more socialism in the system, it will also be very interesting to see the path both the EU and US takes on this because Europe is already better balanced than the US is but I can see it going even more so now. So what seems to work is a mix of capitalism and socialism in the system, just that over the last few decades, capitalism has taken a bigger slice of the pie and the people are suffering for it, with the virus, that is likely going to tilt the other way, especially once the public feel the hardship of what's about to come. We should also remember that in Europe, what we call left as a political party doesn't really exist in the US, the Democrats are seen as the left in the US but in Europe they are more or less right wing, the Republican Party is more to the far right to many and we do tend to see that with a lot of the policies they make.
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@seraphina985 I have to wonder how things are going to change once the pandemic is over and people and the system have time to reflect on what happened, it's not going to be business as usual like some think, big changes are ahead, especially if the public feel the hardship on the economy which they likely will but I do think Europeans are going to benefit more from that, they already have a much stronger social system, that is likely going to get stronger after this whereas in the US with policies that have already been put into place, it looks like Americans might have to rise up to get the government to change because they seem quite happy to take advantage of what is going on to enrich the elites and big corporations, it's a massive transfer of wealth that is going on in the US from poor, middle classes to the rich elites and corporations and it's likely going to be the average Americans that will pay a high price for that in the years ahead with higher taxes and less public spending.
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@SeedemFeedemRobots I think you missed the point I am getting at, what it shows is the limited views from voters in wanting change, a lot of people like to say they want to see change in the system that benefits them but our voting pattern suggest otherwise because we keep voting the same way and even when we do vote for other parties, it's most;y because they changed to become like the other party. In other words, the people are the real problem when it comes to change and why it's not happening and unless the public are willing to vote for real change, then don't expect any major changes in the system but continue to expect the system to screw over the people, especially the poor and middle classes.
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Cardboard Cape Interesting point and I've not looked into that properly, but I do know one thing, when I see the left in the US, they are more like the right in Europe whereas the Republicans are off the scale to the right, hence the wars and chaos that seem to always happen when they are in power.
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