Comments by "Tespri" (@Tespri) on "PragerU" channel.

  1. Dan Mac "Then how did North America lose most of its forest cover since colonization....?" Do you really need to ask such stupid question? Because humans take certain amount of space in order to colonize something.  "The quicker you cut it the less wood you have, an older forest gives you more wood especially if it's hard wood." And? Doesn't address what I said at all.  "Apparently you don't understand the scenario I gave you?" Just like you failed to understand my farm analogy. "It's you who misunderstands economics if you think corporations are making plans based on perpetual renewability as opposed to profits in their lifetime." It's bad for business to run out of resources that they use. Not my fault that you're too stupid to realize that. And again new trees planted can be used faster than life time. Trees grow into adult faster than 100 years. "What evidence? He just says that we need to use more land for food and homes, that ignores the ever-decreasing forest-land." Watch again dimwitt.  "The title of the video is 'trees are the answer'- was I wrong to assume you agree with his points? " Title doesn't say what they are answer to.  I'm starting to lose all hope that you have any level of intelligence. " I'd just rather not walk through the woods to find row on row of the same damned tree in perpetuity; " Then don't. Go to a park which are made for people like you, instead of someone's land used for the paper you use to clean your ass in toilet.
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  2. Antropovich "Both socialism and capitalism use money. Both use work as a way to pay for your living expenses. Many things are very similar in both systems." Expect in socialism, means and production are decided by government. And please name a single government on this planet that isn't incompetent or corrupt.
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  3. Antropovich That sentence is said by economists.
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  4. Antropovich "Ok, companies start to sell their product, All of those companies want a bigger market share. The one who suceeds in outcompeting and buying competitors (or making cartel deals). There is a drive/motive to become a monopoly/cartel.. Explain to me how it is impossible to reach monopoly status in capitalism?" By economy not being static ground. It's decided by people who buy the products. If people don't like products of certain company due it being a "monopoly" then they will buy products from new found company. Also when the prices get too high due being monopoly, and less inventions. Then company that comes in with new inventions or lower prices will change the game. Monopoly is never ever lasting in capitalism. It only lasts as long as it's competent and pleases the customers. Just like it should be. Monopoly by it's definition isn't bad. Just like dictatorship isn't by definition bad. It's as bad as the leader of said company or country. Monopoly is not the problem. Problem is when laws prevent you from creating competition against said monopoly.
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  5. ***** "A $15/hr minimum wage would ensure more poverty for lower-skilled workers such as high schoolers or minorities stuck in poverty." Actually less, since less of those low skill workers would be able to even work. And rest of people would be forced to buy products with even higher price. Not to mention that you would destroy many small time businesses which can't pay salaries that high. Who cares if higher wages would attract more people when there aren't any jobs available?
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  6. +Greg K Ooo been a while since I saw someone who knows the real meaning of religious free will. Not that many people realize that free will originally was the thing which made us different from inanimate objects. It had literally nothing to do with a choice.
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  7. +Daniel Kramer "gnoring countless examples of successful government investment and countless examples of failed private investments." Like great famine in russia and china due their government investment policies?
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  8. Short answer, it can run economy. However it isn't a good idea as history has proven thousands of times.
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  9. +Juan Gonzalez Vote for one that gives you more freedom and promises least amount of government programs. After all... voting for no one is worst possible choice.
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  10. But they are claiming that it's magically so different so that results would be different. Even though they still support same idiotic policies...
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  11. @S.D.323  no?
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  12. +sonotover False, this just proves that you have no idea what democracy is. It's a system where individuals have freedom to affect in their own future. It's a only system which gives most room for debate and possibility to persuade other people to support your view. Even the sheep has freedom to vote in democracy. While in any other system sheep wouldn't have even that.
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  13. +CellLord01 That would be anarchy and would immediately be contradicted by the fact that your freedom to decide your own life could restrict other people's freedom. Any smart person realizes why anarchy doesn't work. Also in democracy majority aren't deciding how you live your life. They merely decide how government should take action. The options are limited. Either you give all the power to corrupted few or to average mass.
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  14. Demockracy "wasn't complaining about your grammar I was merely pointing out that one should make sure his statement is spelled correctly before hurling insults about intellectual capacity. Not a complaint just an observation." And I made statement that you need to be an idiot for thinking that grammar tells anything about intellectual capacity. Which makes your point null and retarded. "It's not the example taught in "all of those" have you even taken ECON? I have." I have and I have studied on it a lot. Not only that but all world renowed economist state the same as I. In fact this was argument used by nobel prize winner Milton Friedman. "Also my first language is French, so..." Again this only proves how stupid you are. You see grammar in French is more similar to English than grammar in Finnish.
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  15. windwaker0rules 100 000 an hour can actually be less than hundreds thousands of your workers getting that extra 1 per hour. Also CEO earn a lot because there aren't many people who can handle that job well. IF they lower their wages. Highly talented CEO's will simply change company to one with higher wages.
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  16. Demockracy OH I can do the same in real life. It's not about being "powerful with anonymity" few idiots like you have got smacked pretty hard after they tried to indimidate me in that. You see I know pretty well your type. Whenever someone complains about anonymity they are doing so because they cannot support their claim hence they want to rely on indimidation and threats instead. Little do they know. The typical guy who debates online might actually be tought on real life as well. "all but you're clearly on the lower half of the IQ scores giving your  unwarranted hostility." Says guy who's very comment on this channel had unwarranted hostility. "you and I likely agree that a higher minimum wage is not a good thing but your small intellect wont get past the  outrage you felt about my comment lol" So far only one who is having outrage is you :D. I simply pointing out that you were idiot for those few reasons. Objectively an idiot.
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  17. +Ben ”bengjie” Perez First of all no business would make a residential properties for commercial use if no one asks for it. It would be bad for business in case you haven't realized. " By oversimplifying this issue, you are keeping the people in the dark." It seems that you're the only one keeping people in the dark by misrepesenting his argument. He never said that you only do deforestation or that there shouldn't be balance.
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  18. +yoni0505 In order for free will to exists, then it needs to run on magic. It would literally make no sense that there is a free will without ghost in machine. Because free will implies that somehow you're able to change the laws of physics. That some magical force in you can choose how chemistry works in your brain and what does it do. Anyway whole concept of free will is retarded. And most religious people don't even know what free will did originally mean. It was simply suppose to make us different from inanimate objects not to have magical ability.
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  19. Spinner891 It makes, it's merely a by product of the chemical activity in your brain. Every Thought you go through. You brain has already gone it through long time ago.
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  20. Spinner891 there was BBC documentary about this ten years ago. There was machine which could predict your choice 5 seconds before you make it knowingly. 
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  21. Spinner891 don't remember, something very simple. Yes and no thing. Obviously you scan the brain while doing it and have computer algorithm checking out your brain activity. It's not like it can predict every move you do. That would demand even more study by itself. 
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  22. Spinner891 Nah, once you take all the factors in there is nothing we can't predict. Just like throwing a dice.
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  23. Spinner891 Empirical, that's the point. " If that is the case, and given advanced enough hard/software, we should be able to recreate an artificial human brain from scratch. So why aren't we doing that? " I did already explain that. Huoh.. Do I really need to go into very depth of details of human brains? I try to explain as simple as possible. Every human have own distinct brain pattern. Some are similar a bit, but all are different. You know why? Because we all know different stuff and have different experiences in our life time. Which is why our growing brains ends up looking bit different. But when you for example start desiring for ice cream. A certain part in your brain has more activity. This part can change slightly depending on person. But if we scan your brain and study it long enough, we can determine what you're wanting or thinking currently. However it means that your brain needs to be "mapped". In order to do this you need complex algorithm. We can actually test when you're thinking certain subject, but before it we need to show you the subject and see what your brain thinks at the moment when seeing it or when trying to imagine it. After that, if you're in machine we can tell what you're thinking. This doesn't mean that it can read it like in movies, because as I stated we don't understand everything perfectly yet. Now our understanding on workings of brains is not complete yet, which is why we cannot create artificial human brain. Not only this, but there are technological problems. For any modern computer to run as efficiently as human brain is impossible task. Sure you can do complex calculations, but human brains are constantly under stress to do the same. Whenever you walk your brain is calculating the right balance and speed for you, while taking account everything happening around you. This is something that no A.I can do.
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  24. ItsZaza Things are cheap in India, but again I repeat. What matters what you get with that money. Not how much money you get.
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  25. ItsZaza Only in other countries. Plus going into holidays isn't that cheap.
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  26. +Austin How is that different from socialism where politicians do the same? At least those politicians have less power in capitalism.
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  27. +TickedOff Priest No, but I would expect them to have nuclear energy instead of fossil fuel.
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  28. +Nic Wilson ? Only way companies would have everlasting monopoly is A) Government prevents competition to rise. B) Company is always lead well and keeps customers happy enough for them not to buy anything from new rivals.
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  29. She didn't make claim that it's most free country. She said that it's more free than latin american countries. 1st. Gives you right to choose your own religion. Without it Government could enforce you to become a muslim (as example). 4th protects citizen's privacy against government who could abuse searches.
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  30. Mr Trugglez "See does china have the highest GDP in the world?" GDP doesn't address the wealth of the nation or the buying power of the people. Also there is minimum wage in china. In fact china is your dream country. Where everything is heavily regulated by the government.
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  31. Maverick "Nope, but that is not why America went to war with Iraq and nor is it proper justification. " I don't give a shit is it proper justification. It's still true. War saved more lives in long run.
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  32. moral goods have nothing to do with god. There are alternative theories why moral goods exists. Even in other religions. You are trying to make argument why morals are tied to god. Not to prove them.
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  33. A Artisan Not really.
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  34. Janik Malkovich STill better to have civil war than live under dictator who did commit genocides.  That is like you would stop someone from assassinating kim jong un. Just because you don't like the civil war what would happen in north korea after it.
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  35. Fluff How about dictator killing thousands of innocent people for fun?
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  36. Janik Malkovich Anarchy never lasts long, dictatorships can lasts generations as seen with north korea.
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  37. Janik Malkovich I'm telling you that it's starting to stabilize after the power vacuum is gone. It's obvious that you don't know much about history of mankind.
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  38. A Artisan "What you dont know is anarchy almost invariably leads to another dictatorship." Really, then please explain why south korea isn't dictatorship? OR why Finland after civil war wasn't dictatorship? Anarchism is simply stage where you will see which side has most supporters and capability to establish itself. " Iraq lacks the insititutions and the economic basis to ever become a stable democracy" Oh please... There have been plenty of countries with poor economy at begining that managed to become democratic after instability.
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  39. Magicarpmaster Actually Usa kept troops there to prevent that. but people like you wanted them to be kicked out.
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  40. Magicarpmaster Not really. All you need to do is to have them democratic vote and let them build their own army and that's it.
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  41. A Artisan "It will not work if your country is surrounded by powerful neighbours and have alot of internal sectarian differences. You end up with partitioning like yugoslavia." It will work when some of those countries are protecting them. Just like USA was doing. "Finland didn't become a dictatorship because it wasn't an economic basket case that was being kicked around by neighbouring powers as a part of a proxy war." Actually finland's economy back in then was very bad. In fact our economy started to kick in after the civil war. Also it was kicked around neighboring powers. By sweden, germany and russia. All of them used to be super powers. In matter of fact it was russia that instigated the civil war in Finland. "Finland also doesn't have two dominant religions that hate each other to death since the 8th century" Actually we had.  It ended after civil war and when russia decided to wage war on Finland. Pretty much united them. "Fill finland up with a few million muslims then give them the vote and watch the sparks fly. " Few millions would be more than our population. "Some countries are just not meant to have democracy. Especially now that the majority shia population want to exterminate the sunni minority." Actually sunnis are majority of muslims unless I recall wrong, and their politics have always been pretty close to democracy. In otherwords they did vote for their leaders. However freedom of speech is something that Islam doesn't support.  Don't forget Turkey, they are pretty democratic for muslim country.
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  42. Magicarpmaster "Also i remember in the news something being wrong with their ballot boxes." Don't believe everything they say in news. Especially since most news outlets nowdays are filled with propaganda and click baits. "A country can never be a democracy if religion supercedes it." Turkey. "Hell, the us isnt even a democracy, its a republic." People are still voting, and USA has nothing to do with religion when it comes to government.
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  43. A Artisan "Yeah well it doesn't even have to be a few million. If  51% of finland's population was muslim and they wanted sharia law. What would you do? Democratically speaking they should get it. But that would make life hell for the other 49%." That is democracy. And your point is?  This applies literally every democratic even today, even if Islam didn't exists. " Everyone agrees on the same thing so democracy can work." Eh no? Not everyone agree here with each others.
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  44. It's not left or right's fault. It's simply the new technology making it harder and harder for papers to gain revenue. Hence they try to plead which ever side seams to be the most popular one.
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  45. +ragmondead Awww is that best you can do? Throw one liner without having anything to back it up? You'r level of argumentative skills is same as a elementary school kid's
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  46. ragmondead obviously you need. That's how science and historical debates work.
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  47. ragmondead _" I am not going to cite year one common knowledge for you.  " That can be translated "I think I'm right but actually I don't have any concrete evidence"
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  48. ragmondead You do realize that agnosticism isn't form of religion? Agnosticism is about can we know that does god exists or not. Not about do you believe in one. Google out agnostic theist and agnostic atheist.
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  49. Lee Louviere not exactly but very close.
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  50. +Joshua Hults No it doesn't disprove. In fact anyone who claims that they understand Quantum Physics is lying. We don't understand it yet. Hence we cannot say that it disproves anything. "We already know that unless conscious awareness is present, matter does not actually exist." This proves that you literally have clue about Quantum physics. EVer bothered to think why most physicists are atheists and materialists?
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