Comments by "Debany Doombringer" (@debanydoombringer1385) on "5 Socialism Myths: Part 1" video.

@blondejon5538 I imagine if you were one of the chosen few allowed to prosper, it would be better to them. There are very few of them though, compared to the general population.
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@farjammovahedi4057 Capitalism is based on the free market. China has a tiny amount of capitalism in it's economy, but not much. Most of the things are made under government directive. A lot is in camps and prison labor. That's the government, not a business making that call. Small businesses are privately owned as long as the person/family maintains a certain social credit score. It's removed by the government if they don't. Large companies are 20% owned by the government and the heads of them can and will be replaced for someone more loyal at a moment's notice. That's not capitalism at all. If you're an outside company wanting to tap into China's large population you have to follow very carefully a lot of rules. One misstep and you're tossed out. So attempting to equate China using basically slave labor with capitalism is a very uninformed take. The only thing that can be said is close to capitalism there is in buying things. Even then if your credit score is too low you can't buy certain things.
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@DinoDino118 Amazon pays a minimum of $15 an hour. That's above the poverty line. If they are working there and on food stamps, they are committing fraud. If they are part time, then they should have a second job to make up the work hours they aren't getting. Capitalism is the best economic system we have available at the moment. Socialism has always failed and always causes widespread poverty. The US isn't a pure capitalist country so I'm confused why you're making that the standard. We are a mixed economy. Yes, I've been poor. Poor in the US is completely different than poor in Venezuela. I had food, a roof over my head, and clothes on my body. We were on foodstamps and welfare for awhile. Only a tiny fraction of our population falls into extreme poverty and even then, no one in the US starves to death unless it's from abuse. You accuse people of not knowing what it's like in other countries and claim they don't know what it's like to be poor. Then you backtrack when someone points out poverty in the US can't be compared to poverty in other countries because our poor are in the top 1% of the world's population in wealth. Your arguments are so all over the place they don't make sense. It's clear you have no real stance or point. You just want to argue. The $2 is extreme poverty not just poverty. You're not being truthful in your arguments.
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@squirrel287 France has a mixed economy. As for the rest of your comment, I've talked to several that disagree. How quickly we forget the yellow vests and didn't your government just have to bend to protesters very recently?
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@pauperslament3467 Amazon pays $15 an hour minimum. How the hell is that "sweatshop level"? If you're single and can't survive on $15 an hour, then you need to move somewhere that has a lower cost of living. If you get outside large cities, prices drop significantly. $15 an hour is what the left keeps telling me will make us all live like the 1950s (nevermind that the majority of people didn't live like they paint) when one income was enough for a family to live on. I do agree that Amazon should not receive anything from the government because they don't need it, but that's what happens when the government incentivizes certain technology or actions. Big companies will find a way to benefit from them.
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@DinoDino118 I'm correcting your arguments. Don't want others talking about your points, don't post on open forums. Yes I understand socialism, but most that argue for it don't. Venezuela is "privately" owned by those in good graces of the leader as an reward for their loyalty. Not unlike a monarchy. Giving someone a business the government controlled and can take back control of at anytime, isn't "privately owned". It also means there's no competition which drives innovation. Socialism doesn't allow an individual true ownership of property. That alone makes it a big no from me. I brought up Venezuela as an example since you kept claiming everyone but you is stupid. I like your personal attacks. That's a clear sign of not having facts to dispute the argument presented and instead resort to an attempt to bully. Since you don't like Venezuela, how about Vietnam then. They achieved the idea of people owning everything. It didn't work either. Their rice production dropped because people realized they got the same benefits regardless of effort. They had to import rice to feed the population. Unfortunately, because their economy went that direction, they had massive inflation of up to 900%. The country went broke just trying to feed them. They did it twice with the exact same results. Would you like more examples of socialism failing? The fact that I can point to examples and explain why they failed shows I have an understanding of socialism. Attacking another economic system with zero evidence or explanation of why it isn't working, shows you don't. Again, poverty in capitalist countries is completely different than poverty in other systems which I pointed out and you ignored. I'll give you more than that the poor in the US is still in top 1% of the world's economy. All but a very tiny portion of poor in the US with be a part of the middle class at some point in their life. That means the majority that are in poverty now, won't remain there which means a lot of upward mobility. I'll even go further. Where I live the cost of living is very low. Living in poverty here means you live pretty comfortably. I know, I lived it. While you can't afford some luxury items, you certainly can meet all your needs. Even more so with the government programs you get. You can afford a car, rent (it's about $600-$700 for a 2 bedroom apartment and there are cheaper), enough food to feed your family, and most have internet or data on their phones. The government also pays for your healthcare with Medicaid (we have extended so that includes eye care and dental). Please explain to me how horrible that is. Again I lived it. Yes, it was upsetting that I couldn't afford nice things for my children that my brother could for his children, but our needs were met which is far more important. I understood the difference between needs and wants as well as necessary and luxury. Just because someone else has something doesn't mean I should too. A lot of it I don't even want. You set the poverty line at $2, which is extreme poverty. The US doesn't have 10s of millions living in that state. Not even anywhere near 1 million. I don't feel like doing the math, but it's 0.11% of the population. Then you'd have to factor out those that choose to live like that in the mountains, so less than that.
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@0trynewthings0 What resources does NYC or LA have? Hollywood? They don't grow food, they don't have mining, they don't have oil, etc. They are piled on top of each other like sardines so they don't even have land. They are big cities. They built it with certain things like Broadway to attract the rich. Then the rich wanted good food so chefs from around the world came. The wealthy being there creates jobs and businesses to fill their wants so they spend their money. The people that live there benefit from them by also having access to things they otherwise wouldn't. The people voted in bad politicans and bad policies and are now reaping the benefits of their bad decisions. Those bad decisions now effect their economy. That's not because of capitalism. It's because of poor government decisions. Capitalism isn't a government system, it's just economic. Unfortunately, government decisions effect the economy. I'm a perfect example of how wrong you are. I've been on foodstamps and welfare. Me and my husband are now well on our way to becoming millionaires. We made choices and saved to get here. I'm not responsible for you or anyone else deciding that buying a $40,000 car ,when a much cheaper used one will get you there, rather than saving that money is what you choose to do with your money. I'm not responsible for you going away to a college for $60,000 a year rather than one within driving distance for $20,000 or less. You are responsible for your choices and the consequences of them regardless of how long that consequence lasts. I'm not going to suffer because you're impatient and want everything right now. If you are a Millennial, you're already better off then my generation was at your age so cry me a river.
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@DinoDino118 Geez you really know nothing. Vietnam is no longer socialist because it failed. What does an economic model have to do with a virus? You set the poverty line at the $2 mark. That's considered extreme poverty not just poverty. They aren't the same thing. So now you're moving the goalpost from less than $2 a day to less than $26,000 a year. That's a big difference. You just tossed almost all of China under the poverty line because their average income is less than $8,000 US a year. $2 is where the global index is set. So which are we going with? You don't get to keep changing the definition of things. I'll make it easy for you. When you can list the same number of countries that have failed under a capitalist economy as have failed under a socialist one, I'll take your argument seriously, if you can ever muster one rather than using shifting definitions and personal attacks. Edit to add: It appears you don't know the difference between an economic model and a government type. While there can be overlap between the two, they are separate. I'd suggest a bit more studying before you continue trying to inform others about things.
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@lukamitrovic7873 Name a system that's not true in. That's not isolated to capitalism. Don't confuse things that overlap in all systems with being a symptom of only one.
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@srdjan455 What? Capitalism has been tried and has been very successful. It's lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system. Socialism has pushed more people into poverty. Don't confuse corruption with the economic system. Corruption occurs in every type of economic model. By that standard all economic models are bad.
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@deanwhite6741 Why do y'all always want to take things away from people? Land, money, ideas, etc. Capitalism requires private property. Private property isn't just land. It's everything including your person. Taking away property rights isn't capitalism so that can't create a more capitalist system. I'm fine with maybe lowering copyright time length, but that person did the work to create that intellectual property. They should benefit from their labor. If they want to share it freely, then that's up to them.
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