Comments by "c. j. macq" (@cjmacq-vg8um) on "This is why we can't have nice things" video.

@richiemandina5305 2) taxation and regulation are here to PROTECT labor, the consumer, society and the environment from business exploitation and abuse. no company ever went under due to over regulation. its a myth, A LIE perpetrated by corporations to instill anti-regulation sentiment into the masses. don't fall for it. 3) the govt ISN'T the biggest threat to small business. BIG BUSINESS IS! big business conspire against small business. big business is in fact anti-competition. its the govt that encourages small businesses to open. its big business that shuts these small businesses down, NOT THE GOVT!
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@richiemandina5305 4) all capitalism is cronieism. that's how it works. don't confuse capialism with "free-marketism." despite what the elite tell us, they're two different things. there's NOTHING FREE under capitalism; not markets, not products or services and NOT PEOPLE! IN REALITY - socialism is much closer related to free-marketism than capitalism is. the father of free-marketism is john locke, not adam smith. and he envisioned free-marketism to EQUALIZE society. not to further divide it. he despised and denounced the accumilation of wealth and an elite ruling class. despite the lies the elite on the "left" and "right" tell us, socialism IS free-marketism. and vice-versa. capitalism results in both BIG BUSINESS and BIG GOVT! big govt is used to enforce the will of BIG BUSINESS! socialism isn't about big govt. its about creating a JUST SOCIETY where big govt isn't needed. we're ALL being lied to. and have been for 1000's of years. yet we continue to believe these lies. WHY?
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what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments? the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments? the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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@richiemandina5305 ... i appreciate your comment. i think you're on the right track but you're missing some very imporatant points to make an informed decision. let me explain.... 1) taxes NEVER made a rich person poor. this attack on taxation is just an elitist scam to keep the elite from fullfilling their social obligations. over 500 of the biggest companies in america PAID NO TAXES AT ALL in the last 20 years or so! and, of these, about 30-40% recieved TAX REFUNDS! in fact, through subsidies, tax breaks and govt contracts, big business is the LARGEST recipients of govt "welfare." they take in MUCH more tax dollars than they pay.
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what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments? the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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every time microsoft forces an upgrade on me my computer gets WORSE! what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments? the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments. the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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@up3315 ... the moment recycling became a "for-profit" industry it became corrupted. now, in many cases recycling actually contributes to environmental destruction. 90% of all recyclables are shipped to third world countries, half a world away. the energy spent to ship our trash to other countries counters the energy saved from recycling. the corporate profitteers corrupt EVERYTHING they get their hands on. so, its not about protecting the environment or natural resources. ITS ABOUT PROFITS! making rich people richer! see, this is how capitalism works - the rich make BILLIONS poisoning the planet. then they CHARGE US BILLIONS to clean up their mess. the rich get richer either way. and its cheaper, but more environmentally unsound, to ship our trash to poor countries than to simply recycle our own trash at home, ourselves. capitalism is insanity and corruption as social policy.
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@danlightened ... thanks my friend, for your kind response. getting most americans to accept reality is like pulling teeth. you'd think they were being asked to commit murder or betray their politics. we, ALL humanity, have been living in a marketing-created delusion, a pro-corporate propganda mill for so long we refuse to admit that we've been had, sold a bill of goods. we'd rather admire our oppressors than admit we're being exploited, manipulated, robbed and abused.
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@shanelamontagne7334 ... apple, walmart, amazon, mcdonalds, etc are the biggest crooks in human history. the internet and cellphone dependence and addiction are the two biggest corporate scams ever conceived. steve jobs, bill gates, elon musk, zuckerburg and besos are among the biggest gangsters to ever exist. they're elitist, fascist, corporate thugs pushing police-state technology onto all humanity! all the internet is good for is spreading lies and misinformatoion, making society non-functioning, forcing all humanity to accept and use police-state technology and stealing your money. yet idiots abound who, through 3 generations, continue to PRAISE their own slavery to, dependence on and addiction to this corporate police-state monstrosity. and its only getting worse. this fascist, corporate technology is tearing humanity apart, dividing us even more and corrupting the very fabric of society. and morons, who've been subjected to this corporate propaganda for over 30 years are too blind and stupid to care. orwell's "1984" is becoming a reality right before our eyes! and idiots are too brainwashed to see it! I FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF MY SPECIES!
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does anyone know the "Wyndham hotel corporation" owns La Quinta, Ramada, Microtel, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge? giant corporations have taken over the fast food, rental, mortgage, insurance and medical industries? they hike up prices and implement discrimination polices against smokers and the poor. about 20 corporate conglomerats OWN EVERYTHING in this country INCLUDING THE GOVT, your employer, your local retailer AND YOU!! and people wonder why things are such a GODDAMNED MESS in this country? its because NONE OF YOU are doing anything to END your own corporate slavery!
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@kashutosh9132 ... socialism is defined by its absence of an elite. if you have an elite class you don't have socialism. socialism is purely democratic. its rule by the people based upon human rights. also, capitalism is, in part, a consumer driven economy. its this insane consumerism that produces "designed obsolescence" and inflation through absurd profit margins and profiteering. its consumerism (the right to produce and profit from waste) that gives the corporations their false rationalization to merge corporations into industrial monoploies, control wages and dictate pricing. there's no consumerism with socialism. products aren't pushed on people or forced on them. "ownership" becomes irrevelant in a shared economy. most products would be available through a lending process like a library. when you need something you go get it. NO EXCHANGE OF MONEY! when you're done with it, you return it for someone ekse to use. the "right" demonize socialism because they FEAR economic justice. they want undemocratic elitist rule to continue. many on the "left" don't even know what socialism actually is. i'm here to correct the lies and misconceptions. if there's elitism or consumerism (waste) then it isn't socialism.
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@kashutosh9132 .... there's never been a socialist country, no implementation of socialist principles on a national scale, in written human history. THAT'S MY POINT! if there's an elite class there's NO socialism. socialism doesn't denounce ownership - IT REJECTS WASTE and the accumilation of private wealth! socialism doesn't reject individualism, IT ENCOURAGES IT! socialism UNITES through social cooperation where WE ALL benefit. capitalism DIVIDES through cut-throat competition where the most greedy and ruthless flourish at the expense of the common good. police will work NOT to protect the wealth of the rich but ALL laws will be EQUALLY applied. its called "equal application of the law." its a mainstay in democracy. without it - YOU HAVE NO DEMOCRACY or socialism! here's REALITY 101 - socialism is economic democracy and democracy is political socialism. the one can't exist without the other. capitalism is economic fascism and fascism political capitalism. the one can't exist without the other. the elite rule and live in god-like oppulence off of the slave labor and blind, addictive consumerism of others.
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G Rr ... i'm not sure what you're saying but let me make clear - national socialism and socialism are two different things. socialism is democratic. national socialism is fascist; authoritarian, anti-democratic and anti-socialist. fascists FEAR, despise and demonize socialism. they seek strong-arm authoritarianism, rule by a corrupt, bully elite. rule through capitalist oppression and exploitation. rule by terror, force, fraud, brutality and LIES! if fascists were socialists they'd just call themselves "socialists." but they don't because they are the antithesis of socialism; ITS opposite
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does anyone know the "Wyndham hotel corporation" owns La Quinta, Ramada, Microtel, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge? giant corporations have taken over the fast food, rental, mortgage, insurance and medical industries? they hike up prices and implement discrimination polices against smokers and the poor. about 20 corporate conglomerats OWN EVERYTHING in this country INCLUDING THE GOVT, your employer, your local retailer AND YOU!! and people wonder why things are such a GODDAMNED MESS in this country? its because NONE OF YOU are doing anything to END your own corporate slavery!
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@dickrichard5579 .... the very first car i had was a blue, 15 year old 1963 dodge dart replete with push button transmission. it was handed down to me from my sister. we called it the "blue bomb." damn we had a lot of adventures in that car.
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@zonzaykay ... what's "ancaps?"
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that's because Tesla was socialist. he actually cared about improving the human condition. not a good business man. but a WONDERFUL human being! what was just described here has a name, its called "capitalism." if companies didn't lie, cheat and steal they wouldn't make a profit. so exploitation becomes the basis of the system. exploit labor, the consumer and society as a whole so rich people can get richer. capitalism is consumer based and wage based economics. the capitalists pit the 2 groups against each other. which do we favor? employment or comsumer rights? in the end neither is favored in favor of PROFITS! the environment? screw it! profits are more important. poverty? who cares. profits are more importnant. livable wages and worker safety? not priorities. PROFIT for the rich is the only priority. consumer protections against monopolies, cartels, profiteering, fraud and theft? forget about it. consumerism is MORE IMPORTANT than the consumer. society exists ONLY to serve the corporate will. the medical industry pulls the same crap. they raise the cost of their services so high it requires third parties, such as insurance companies or govt programs, to pay for it. the industry SHUNS medical cures in favor of medical treatments. why charge the sick and infirmed for a one time cure when you can charge them for a LIFETIME of treatments? the internet, with its "clouds" and memberships demand lifetime payments of their patrons. you can't hardly buy anything outright anymore. you now must RENT products and pay monthly fees for their use. guess what? CAPITALISM IS A SCAM! that's the WHOLE point of it!
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does anyone know the "Wyndham hotel corporation" owns La Quinta, Ramada, Microtel, Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge? giant corporations have taken over the fast food, rental, mortgage, insurance and medical industries? they hike up prices and implement discrimination polices against smokers and the poor. about 20 corporate conglomerats OWN EVERYTHING in this country INCLUDING THE GOVT, your employer, your local retailer AND YOU!! and people wonder why things are such a GODDAMNED MESS in this country? its because NONE OF YOU are doing anything to END your own corporate slavery!
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