Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "Jordan Peterson's Critique of the Communist Manifesto" video.

As an African (Nigerian) I couldn't agree with Mr. Peterson more! Our continent may not be developed yet but so many improvements have occurred even before I was born in the late 90s thanks to capitalism. My own country is an example of a benefactor of capitalism. Another great example is Botswana; a country smaller than Zimbabwe and South Africa but that is socially, economically and politically stable thanks to good leadership and capitalism compared to the other two that have become effectively failed states despite having more land and resources. To all the westerners who keep saying socialism and communism is better for the world, I dare you to actually live in a socialist and communist country.
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@DeathGrip0nYesterday Zimbabwe embraced central planning, socialism and authoritarian government and look what happened to their country. Converesly, Botswana embraced democracy, capitalism and look at how they have become one of the most developed and politically stable and free countries in Africa. Please explain to me how American capitalism is bad for Africa again.........
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@Ston247 Good on you, friend. Now, work hard to ensure your society continues to prosper and encourage your young people to do likewise.
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@jwu1950 please, chill and get off whatever you are on, friend. Also, don't assume we don't like trading with the USA or the west.
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@logical_lb3059 Yes, our government and inept Central Bank head did impose those stupid limits.....and recently began rolling them back after a while and serious blowback and complaints from citizens and financial institutions. It was done to address financial shortfalls largely due to faulty monetary policies of our federal government. That's part of the corruption and ineptitude I already highlighted. Didn't America also recently impose some new tax on $600 and above for online income increases? Heck! Didn't the Canadian government strongarm an online donation website into withholding donations to those truck drivers who were protesting in Ottawa? Is Canada also not capitalist now? or are these outliers to you? Governments are inept and use stupid monetary policies that screw average citizens over in attempts to fix their own mistakes. What else is new? How does any of this prove my country is not capitalist? Just say Nigeria has a corruption and government ineptitude problem and stop reaching to try and prove fallacies.
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@kowishto Well, yeah, some imperialism is. The nature of history is like that; grey. Also, it largely depends on who is doing the "imperialism". I mean, can you honestly tell me that places like Hong Kong, Nigeria, Kenya, America, Botswana etc who were colonized by the British didn't get infrastructure and inherit their socioeconomic values like democracy, capitalism, liberalism and common law and this has helped all those countries be more developed compared to many others? Compare that to countries that were colonized by say the Arabs, Dutch, French, Spanish or others.
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The fact that this western audience is actually cheering for a "bloody and violent revolution" just shows how insulated and stupid some of them can be.
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@logical_lb3059 how so, friend? We are capitalist. We have property rights, one of the easiest countries in Africa to do business and we are one of the largest economies here. How exactly are we not capitalist?
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@logical_lb3059 oh, in that case, I know about the rankings. Yes, my country has a serious corruption problem and bribery problem. We also scale lower than Botswana in terms of social liberalism but how exactly does this mean we are not capitalist? Pretty sure meeting certain tenets like property rights and economic liberalism is what matters more in order to be considered capitalist economy. By your logic, Ethiopia and Rwanda would also not qualify as capitalist since they ranked lower than Botswana as well.
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@logical_lb3059 yep, the same could be said for America. I believe they have this thing called Civil forfeiture where the police (an arm of the state) can cease personal funds without redress for the owner even if they are innocent. And that's just one example. I remember the case of the ranchers who almost had their land seized by the government for some dubious reason. So by your logic, America is clearly not capitalist. Look, you can argue all you want or you can take the word of a citizen of Nigeria, millions of citizens, and the hundreds of domestic and multinational corporations who operate here. Yes, we have corruption but the tenets of capitalism are still upheld here far more than in most other African countries and that is why we get a lot of investment here. The only main issue holding us back is infrastructure and the aforementioned corruption.l but if you own land or a farm, our government is not the type to seize it like say in Zimbabwe or Venezuela. But believe what you want.
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@yvng_manu2159 No. We have wealth but the largely corrupt and inept political class most of our countries here tend to have prevent most of our African countries from growing and developing. Please, don't make such stupid hot-takes like this.
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