Comments by "MostlySunny" (@mostlysunny582) on "The Institute of Art and Ideas" channel.

The standard of living of those 80% living pay to pay check in America is still better off than 80% of the world. Secondly, you claimed that it only does for the small minority, but yet America has the biggest and strongest middle class of any country. US takes in more immigrants per year than all of the EU combine including some Asian countries. Yet by and large most are able to lift themselves out of poverty into the middle class. You cant show me one country in last 150 years that can do what American capitalism did for the average person.
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To even have this debate is comical. Capitalism on a bad day is still better than marxism on its good day. Case closed.
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I came here for logic until i saw his bernie sanders tshirt.
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you think there is no monopolization under socialism or communism?
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Lol they are human too. No matter how much they pride themselves on rational thinking and behavior, they will never be able to escape man's nature. This is one reason why I've changed my perspective on the role of science within our lives and society as a whole.
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@aaron2709 No, but they don't mind extra government as well as outside funding. PBS is not for profit, but they can definitely be used as tool to generate profits for their biggest interest or donors.
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 @Heaven351 "God" is too good to be detected. Can I use that same argument?
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@hotto5150 the average person in a capitalistic society not only has the best opportunity to get those basic things and more, but also the best opportunity to advance even further up the social status. Secondly, you claimed that a communist society can provides those basic needs. I challenge you to give me examples in modern history where a communist state was able to do exactly what you claimed it can do. We been stacking piles of dead bodies from communist rule within the last 100 years let alone claiming they can provide basic needs. You just talking nonsense at this point to be honest with you.
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First world problems.
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@cazzac4817 so you're operating on your emotions instead of rationality based on 100 years of objective data.
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"In fact it is harder to imagine that there is only one universe in this boundless space" that's not a fact. that's your subjective opinion.
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Democrats support this nonsense, and they claimed they're the party of science. Lol sad.
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And this type of thinking is why governments and beaurcratic institutions can freely commit crimes against humanity with absolute impunity.
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A guy wearing a bernie sanders shirt talking to people about logic. Quite funny.
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Trump was a good compared to any president in last 60 years.
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What do you mean neither fits the 21 century? Principles of free market capitalism are timeless because it is predicated on the freedom of the individual to dictate the choices they make according to their self interest. It is practical now and will continue to be practical until the end of time. Communism on the other hand is not practical ever.
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@ZeldaKid5000 telling people to look at data (which is objective) from the last 100 years somehow disqualifies me speaking on this topic. Can somebody please make it make sense for me? "Finland is thriving" - their national debt is growing at the fast rate in their history. The college graduates have to relocate to other countries to get jobs. Their unemployment benefits pays more than most of their available jobs. Lol if you going to lie at least make it believable.
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So far no economic system has lifted more people out of poverty than free market capitalism. We're not trying for perfect, but instead for the best and most practical method available.
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@hotto5150 the world bank is defines poverty as 1.80 a day. Haha in America poverty is making under 20k a year. The people that lives in poverty in america is still more well off then most of the world. Thanks for proving my point.
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Your bais is glaring. To say that trump and Republicans are "fascists" while ignoring the authoritarian communist democrats is dishonest. You are ideologically captured like most on the left.
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Your bais is glaring. To say that trump and Republicans are "fascists" while ignoring the authoritarian communist democrats is dishonest. You are ideologically captured like most on the left.
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The US since the creation of the federal reserve can no longer be considered a free market economy.
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What is the proof that god is an illusion?
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Lol he aint lying. The left will turn on you real quick.
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 @phillipvillani9061 who do you think allowed companies to commit these criminal actions? The government. It starts and ends with the government.
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@circles79 to say that the world is unfit to live as a result of capitalism is quite uneducated and misinformed.
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Yes we can agree that there is good and bad moral framework, but what and who sets or defines the standard for what is good or bad? This leads more even bigger problems if moral is subjective in nature.
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@biedl86 whether it leads to problems or not is irrelevant"- until those problems show up at your front door, then it becomes relevant. I've seen this unfold in reality far too often for me to even consider that problems are irrelevant. By your logic and reason, if the problems are irrelevant, then the consideration of potential problems shouldn't have a factor in deciding morality. If my memory serves me correctly, once upon at time slavery was morally and widely accepted around the world. Who decided that slavery was morally acceptable? Humans?
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@biedl86 if your subjective morality is telling us that slavery is good, then why should I believe you? Reality is telling me not to believe you since your claim is the nature of morality is subjective. There are inherent and unchangeable objective truths fundemental to existence regardless of your subjectivity. Whether you agree or disagree, neither will change objective morality because it is the fundamental truth of reality. Your subjectivity does not matter. so from my perspective, it would only make rational and logical sense to believe in things that are objective. If you can't provide the opposite is true, then I have reasons to believe that I do have a moral claim and you don't. This argument sounds familiar?
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@cazzac4817 Of course every enterprise wants to trend in that direction that is their nature and interest to do so. No one is arguing that. The argument here is that socialism and communism has never been able to place that monopolization into the hands of the public nor democratic. Not once has it provided any good anywhere, and that is a fact. Practicality is its main issue when it comes to socialism and communism. Sounds good in theory, but is a tragedy in practice. Free markets capitalism is extremely flexible and practical. There is more freedom and power for the consumer because free market capitalism allows its participants the freedom to choose. The power lies within your wallet. It provides avenues for it participants counter monopolization. Secondly, big government is by far the biggest creator of monopolies. The further a particular economy moves away from free market capitalistic principles then more monopolies arises. You have to be extremely irrational to even consider allowing the government to take control of the means of production. Time to wake up from your theoretical utopia my friend.
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@circles79 capitalistic society want limited government not the absent of government. You first need to understand this concept. A government levying taxes to run a government is not a socialists idea either. The military isn't a socialist idea because defending a nation with a govt operated military is a universal idea. Secondly, when you say working well after adopting socialist ideas is also false. The public education system is a failure, the social security programs are going bankrupt, and we are trillions in debt due to government waste full spending to your so called "socialist ideas". If you want to bankrupt a country, then go ahead and keep implement these socialist ideas.
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lol when your pay check is on the line then you better make it make sense no matter how ridiculous your theory may sound.
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@off6848 beauty and complexity of simplicity. I will admit there is beauty and elegance within the "God" hypothesis due to its simplicity.
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You are missing the main and most important difference. Its is the opportunity that free market society provides for the average person to one day be able to have access or even own those things. I cant say the same for the average person in a communist society. Opportunity is the key difference.
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@BrownRedGuard ideologue is a syndrome of left. Everything I said are verifiable facts. If you can't counter with an argument, then do us both a favor and don't waste my time.
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@alexlink4623 "a lack of belief" is a form of belief. Lol you can't escape belief no matter how you want to phrase it.
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@alexlink4623 what's the difference when I say "I have a lack of belief in God or gods" and "I believe there is no God or Gods"? It all falls back to the fundamental question of do you believe there is or isnt. Again, you can play with words all you like, but you can't escape the belief.
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@billyjoelbeans "this still means barely anything" I'm not even sure what you're talking about here. I have two questions for you. Do you consider yourself an atheist? If yes, then do you believe that there is no God? It's just that simple.
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@alexlink4623 lmao stop dodging the questions. The questions are quite simple. You won't answer it directly because if you did, then it would totally undermine the entire atheistic base. Everyone operates on belief and faith no matter how scientific and evidence driven one claims to be.
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@billyjoelbeans "I believe there is no god" why is it a nonsensical claim? Also, "I don't believe there is any god" is a form of belief, and placing the word "dont" before "believe" doesn't change that fact. Again, you can play with words and talk in all kinds of circles, but you still can't escape belief.
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@jjeremyhunterr "the most unequal economy the world has ever seen" according to what data for you to draw this conclusion?
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@jjeremyhunterr and what data or data sets is he using to draw his conclusion?
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Or just have restrooms specifically for the trans people.
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The govt did too much as a matter of fact. Virtually every government including US govt seized the opportunity to extensively intrude their citizens civil liberties. Three years removed for the pandemic, and govts are becoming even more tyrannical. I don't subscribe to the idea to allow more govt control for the sake of safety.
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America is currently under a communist takeover under the desguised of the democratic party banner. Plain and simple.
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