Comments by "Ficus-lovin\x27 Capybara N\x27 pals • 🌟 • 25 yrs ago" (@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago) on "\"We need a mixture of Capitalism AND Socialism\" - BULLS#*T" video.

  1. This is literally a comm7nist channel why are you here?
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  2. I still believe it should be to each according to their needs. I think if a person has legitimate need and they can't provide it themselves or get it from somewhere or purchase it, then yes I see no problem with the State supplying it. This isn't talking about Ferraris this is talking about basic needs.
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  3. I'm with you Hakim but you know we're just not going to get rid of business, I mean there's going to be private business from now until who knows how long from now. We can still have worker-owned enterprises and nationalize industries and all that but I'm sorry it's a fantasy to think that all of Private Business is just going to up and peacefully leave the table or that we even want it to. I think most of big business is a curse but there are plenty of midsize and smaller businesses that are wonderful little entities. There are even a limited number of bigger businesses that on balance in my opinion offer a positive service. I'm sorry I guess I'm not all that revolutionary in some people's eyes by saying this fact. I love you guys I really do but come on we live in a real world don't we???? Not all private business is bad. I propose Labor laws that equitably split all the profits between the owner and the employees properly on a 35%/65% split. (Less 20% from employees if shareholders) What do some of my fellow comrades feel about that? I would be satisfied with that. And of course labor laws would provide a host of other ironclad protections.
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  4. Hakim I think you're great but life is complicated. The modern world is more complicated than ever. Economies are not simple things and are going to need a mixture of nationalization, private ownership and worker ownership, imo. This is going to sound cheesy but I think life is similar to golf in that there's not one golf club that works in every situation. I see something as complicated and multifaceted as a national or local economy as something that should be diverse and flexible in order to meet the needs of everyone. Even under private ownership, it doesn't mean Labor can't be protected and get their full profit shares, provided their rights are spelled out in the law. That's where I'm at with it. I think when we're younger it's easy to fall into a little bit of magical thinking "well what if ONLY we just had this" and I know how tempting that can be and I really appreciate the enthusiasm that young people bring, I mean it wasn't all that long ago for me I'm only 41, but you know when you do get a little older than you kind of realize okay, we have certain restraints on us just by the reality we live in, huge systems are already in place and they have their inertia and their protections, but that certainly doesn't mean we can't apply ourselves in the most efficient ways to try to achieve our desired outcomes. Why don't we start by goals that we can achieve in our lifetime?? Full comprehensive labor rights under law. More welfare, for lack of a better word. Ethical tax reform. Comprehensive environmental safeguards. Green energy plus nuclear energy support. Justice issues, which will vary from country to country. (Do women even have anything approaching equal rights in the middle-east yet? I'm honestly asking- in the US it's gross racial issues) I'm willing to hear criticisms of this approach but in reality, what else is there?? Anyhow for people who want to make real change we can always try. We got to try to come up through the existing system however. At least for now. Who knows where things will be in 20 years or 50 years, more options may be possible, but now we have to start where we're at. Meaning for me we have to try the political approach because really we don't have the means to force anything else- yet. That's just how I see it. I think a revolutionary agenda can be achieved more than one way.
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  5. What's wrong with tankies?
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  6.  @andrewmoore7014  what's so bad about private property? No seriously, a lot of people want the rights to private property and I don't see this as a problem provided its not allowed to get out of hand. Thoughts?
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  7. Don't forget toothbrushes
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  8. Hakim is a bit more of a niche uploader I think But for those who can maintain their attention and he provides great jumping-off points for discussion
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  9. I love the Left and I want to have a utopian perfect world as much as anyone but I also think that there's nothing inherently wrong with private business, provided it has to abide by fair rules. I think it can become very very bad but in and of itself intrinsically no I do not find fault with it. I only find fault when the employees are not being remunerated there fair profit share or are being mistreated. Or environmental regulations are not in place. Yes I believe we can regulate away the problems in the private sector. Yes I'm sorry I do. Now someone tell me why I'm wrong. I believe in the modern West we can regulate away the problems yes I do. If anybody truly disagrees please tell me I'll definitely listen but as far as I'm concerned that is our only way at this moment to make positive economic changes. Positive social changes under law may be even harder. But only by trying to force new laws through can we hope to see a wide-scale change in our time. History has been amazing but unfortunately those who want to fight for social change now have to try to do it through the system. We don't have two million guns that we can fall back on. Anyhow I know somebody's going to call m le a neoliberal but I'm sorry I'm older- I live in the world. And please believe the last thing I am is neoliberal. Why don't we start with trying to get better laws passed first???? The ideal might be some kind of pure worker only state that is just not going to happen on this planet today, anywhere outside of small communes. Let's start where we're at- let's organize let's try to get leftists into office and let's try to get better laws passed, or let's push for more ballot measures. Obviously the red-blue purple uniparty grifting machine in the US is bogus but we CAN try to build an actual Left party here. Even if the ones in the past have petered out that doesn't mean we can't start again. An organized People always has the power- the problem is it's really hard for us to get organized. But at least we can try and I'm certainly willing to try. It starts with joining parties, meeting frequently, and doing whatever is necessary to try to build a genuine Left following. We can start with local issues because there's always a shit hot mess of those.
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  10.  @DeoMachina  yeah I'm old brah I miss the 80s & 90s
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  11.  @jessl1934  no and I'm sure it's a wonderful work and I'm sure she was a brave and incredible person but she didn't live in the modern world. A 2023 world isn't the same as a 1917 world. A lot has changed. That doesn't mean we can't make gains. Malcolm X stated that the other side isn't necessarily winning because their goals and agendas are superior, they are just more organized. I believe he's right!
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  12. What??? Videos gone????
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  13. I think WW3 is pretty much inevitable at this point but let's try to be hopeful, it may not last as long as we think and hopefully afterwards you know, we can get down to the business of creating a better world order
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  14.  @andrewmoore7014  did u get my reply?
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  15.  @andrewmoore7014  geez. Ok I'll try again. Fng YT
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  16.  @andrewmoore7014  I said: I agree I don't like the parasitical elite class anymore than you do however, I still believe we can legislate our way out of this. I'm not against all private property, I believe that there's a place for it, but it does have to be limited. There needs to be limits on resource accumulation of all kinds, including size of businesses. Every radical group likes to think they can lead a bold takeover but you know that we can't do that right now. Why don't we put all our efforts into gaining political office or at least trying? It won't be easy but it's possible. The problem is we don't have direct democracy. If we had full public voting on every public matter most of these problems would bleed away in due time. There'll always be elite dominance of policy until full public voting is instituted; local, state, and on most federal matters.
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  17.  @andrewmoore7014  I just reposted it
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  18.  @andrewmoore7014  try to repost it. I can't see it
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  19.  @ttmfndng201  maybe someday but not all business owners are bad. Some have worked hard to get to where they are, I can't ignore that. Sometimes they do provide a good idea or two. Some have real respect for their staff. We can't ignore that. It's not as simple as owners bad, workers good. Ofc workers are good, but not all owners are bad. You got small business, midrange local chains, small corps, and then the multinationals, who are indeed the enemy. The smaller players aren't all bad and many strive to run a fair business. Think of private preschools, doggy day cares and local furniture chains or eateries, the local photo store, the local glassworks studio, the local non-corporate market..... And etc. I have a big business problem - but I can't say I have a business problem period, bec that wouldn't make sense. Do workers need profit share? Yes of course. Without a doubt. More guarantees and protections? Yes of course. All specified in exact detail in law. I think there needs to be a limit on corporate business size, without a doubt, say 5000 persons, 100 locations. Not sure if this be done they legislation but I'm willing to try. It's possible. Without a secret store of nukes we're stuck having to try to use the political process. I believe it's very possible to propagate legislation forward but it takes a long-term strategy. Ballot measures can help .... There are steep barriers yes, but that's why we need to organize and reorganize.... And organize again.
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  20. Agree with a lot of this but I don't think we're going to see wages go away in our lifetime. So long as money exists I think we're going to have wages
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  21.  @DeoMachina  whoa Manners!! Let's not attack our fellow friends dude
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  22.  @DeoMachina  lolol your teachers never used videos or visual aids?
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  23.  @heythatsacoolsn  indeed. Some of this can get a bit erudite but that's why JT is doing a pretty good job imo distilling everything down into fairly easy concepts
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  24.  @MarkJettinson  that's too extreme that's just not true. I believe employees deserve much more than they're getting, I always speak up for workers all the time, but I can't agree that any business by its nature is wrong. There are businesses of all sizes out here, from very small to very large. I don't have a problem with private business provided it doesn't mistreat employees and provided they get their fair share. I propose a 35%/ 65% split owners to employees. I even break it down further by saying non-founding owners should only receive 20% and founding owners should receive the full 35%, as it is the founding owners who have put in all the work to found and grow their business, not whoever comes around later to buy it. Look I don't really have a problem with business owners provided they don't take too much and they aren't allowed to have everything their way. It really comes down to labor and business law. As long as everyone gets their fair share, everyone's happy. I would also limit the size a given business could reach. My problem is with the larger corporation- clearly they are the villains causing all the problems right now.
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  25. @@bnygxrl I don't know. I think a powerful Left party can come to power and force through laws that protect our interests without automatically running into violence.
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  26. @@bnygxrl I don't know about that. Fair trade can be enforced if governments decide that it's the right thing to do which of course it is.
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  27. @@bnygxrl I'm not sure they're truly unsustainable.
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  28. @@bnygxrl if ethical people could actually get elected and took a stand against all third-world exploitation I believe that's where it would start to end.
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  29. @@bnygxrl    fair trade between nations and private companies. The sourcing of raw materials and the various plants, farms, and factories that exist throughout the world. We all know that the global South has been exploited for centuries but it doesn't have to be this way. There's a way to conduct business that actually respects human rights and doesn't do this shit. We say that unequal exchange is the problem will let's force laws that mandate equal exchange. If Company X wants to source a given raw material from Country Y then let them pay a fair price for it and let that country demand that full labor protections are being met. Also from whatever first-world country company X is domiciled in (if they are from the West), they will be required to adhere to strict labor and environmental provisions anywhere in the world or they shall lose their charter. Of course the devil's in the details and these laws are meaningless unless they're enforced but let's presume proper enforcement occurs. If it does then the system will work well. Don't you see that it starts with the right laws? Business isn't inherently unethical or unjust but it is if it abuses labor and harms the environment. I mean business is really just trade and trade has always existed in one form or another. We need laws which fully protect all workers and the local environment. Now that's easier said than done but it's certainly not impossible. I guess I just disagree with people who take a more extreme view. Some forms of business are certainly harmful but that doesn't mean that we can't eventually prevent this. If business is properly regulated and controlled it can benefit everyone. If I do business with you in a small way and we both come away satisfied with the transaction you wouldn't say that was a bad thing right?
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  30. @@bnygxrl I hear what you're saying but yes I believe it's possible. We can have a balance of co-ops, nationalized industries and some private business provided the right people get into the right positions. I've always liked the multidisciplinary approach. I'm not trying to be glib but I've always been a both-and kind of person. I don't know if enough people of conscience can get into senior political positions in our lifetime, probably not, but if they do, I believe things can start changing fast. Maybe there will be backlash or maybe that will be obsolete by then. This isn't the same world as it was 60 years ago. It's the internet age, its the social media age, plus there's just a lot more people alive today. What might have worked in the 70s I don't think is going to necessarily work now, ie hyper elite organized nonsense. Russia and China have had it with DC, so even though there might be domestic power struggles here if better people start rising up, the upper ceiling of provocation by DCs idiots is about to be reached. Two strong world powers are getting ready to push back hard.
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  31. You watched Richard medhurst too huh? Good segment
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  32. Marxist and leftists stand for the greater good of all by controlling the endless greed of that tiny destructive elite at the very top. Don't be word-triggered. Learn what the words actually mean before you judge.
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  33.  @RandomPerson-lk6cb  uh oh I'm not the big history guy ummm... Yes what did cause the sino-soviet split?? It looks like both govs have a pretty smooth working relationship today.... I just don't know a ton here, regarding the details of various historical events. I'm still picking it up here and there a little at a time.
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  34. Okay okay calm down I'm sure there's explanations for all of that give people a chance to respond to you
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  35. So one of the big problems I'm hearing is that the current so-called leftist government refuses to apply hard-and-fast rent control?
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  36. Sounds like the permitting process could be sped up but would you rather be in a safe structure that takes a little longer to get built or structure that's going to fail because of corruption or incompetence in 10 years??
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  37. Don't you think it's important that we help poor migrants? I want to help them and even if I have to pay a little extra that's okay with me because honestly they need it. Everyone deserves a chance to be healthy. Even if they go back to their home country after treatment now they can be more productive because they're not sick. And sure that might not benefit you directly but eventually it all pays dividends you understand what I mean?
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  38. About taxes it sounds like the bulk of the load is being placed on middle incomes instead of the top incomes. The bulk of the taxes were shifted to where it belongs- at the top- you probably wouldn't be feeling this pinch. If that is indeed what's happening then blame the government bec that is an unethical policy choice. Also if Leftists truly have power in Portugal they should be taxing the hell out of big business, not as much the population.
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  39. Yt probably blocked some or all of them but I dropped you four replies with content, and one without
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  40.  @extrememememachine9989  hmmm. Interesting feedback. I'll try to respond. But are you also saying that your government refuses to control the cost of rent? Because if they are they're betraying one of the most serious responsibilities of a so-called leftwing govt, controlling the cost of rent and the cost of basic needs.
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  41.  @extrememememachine9989  let me know if YT didn't show u my reply
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  42.  @extrememememachine9989  yt it's so shitty and crafty. I left one more reply that looks like they shadowbanned. I'll try again.
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  43.  @boi9842  I think it's great to have a lot of nationalization but for me that's not the only way I see as being valuable. There's a role for a private market. It can be a good thing under the right conditions. I do support significant nationalization however.
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  44. Yes but.... Not all businesses do these things. I dice this onion more carefully I guess.
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  45.  @SyncrisisVideos  do you make syncrisis vids? .... Uh what are syncrisis vids??
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  46.  @SyncrisisVideos  lol! Truew...
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  47.  @SyncrisisVideos  oh it's a band. That's cool.
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  48. I can understand the desire for something more perfect but that's what I'm saying, and it's good to have that eventual goal but we have to start where we are and try to get to someplace that's better for everyone. I don't think this is the same as small progressivism I think it's just knowing that 'okay there's only so much we going to be able to do in the next fifty years how can we optimize our efforts to get the biggest bang out of our energy during that time??'
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  49.  @DeoMachina  I mean there's a small class of the super rapacious elite but that doesn't mean every business owner is like that. Most are just average people trying to find a small measure of success. We can't take them like that today. It would be nice if we could but honestly we really can't. We can have a more ideal world but no there isn't anything wrong with private business provided it isn't allowed to get too large and it's properly controlled. That's my agenda. Wouldn't you like to have a successful regional business? A successful family business?? I would. You would treat your employees well you would probably make them co-partners I know I would. Well maybe we just have to fight as hard as they do and be as determined as they are I mean there it is. If this is a battle of wills then we need to resolve to be in it for as long as it takes. If it's nothing more than a battle of wills then it's up to us to send a message that we can hang in as long as it takes because this is the right way to ensure society is structured so that it benefits everyone and not just those at the top. Small medium and non-malignant larger businesses aren't the problem. There is a small elite that is the problem but I don't know if that's ever going to be able to be fully gotten beyond, however I believe they can mitigated. There will always be that small number of people who are very greedy and only care about money. However eventually we can get laws which protect the rights of everyone and their impact will be relatively limited.
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  50.  @DeoMachina  let me know if YT blocked my replies to you
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  51.  @chriss780  I don't know maybe so but just because things have happened a certain way in the past doesn't mean they're going to repeat exactly that same way in the future.
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  52.  @jessl1934  bruh idek. It just seems like in an information world (DC freaks notwithstanding) provided we get our message out to enough people and get organized enough, enough awareness will be raised and honestly any kind of armed backlash from the fascists or the entrenched elite class will be obsolete. I just don't think it will work anymore. You get enough groundswell with something and you're not going to be able to stop it I don't give a fuk how many nukes or bluepigs you have. If we want to go hardcore where is our secret army??? Right now we're just a citizens movement and that's fine, that's where everything starts. But that's all we got, which I figure given enough time and organizations should be enough. If not we'll find out but in a new century with new technologies and a lot of new people sick of old bullshit, I think so. After DC gets its ass kicked by Brics in 20 yrs because it won't leave them alone, I think most people, of those who are paying attention, are going to see just how ridiculous the feds are and are going to reject violence as acceptable means of solving our problems. I mean I could be wrong but I think so. Of those who can be induced to vote or have political opinions, I think more and more are going to realize that only leftism is the moral way forward because it puts the common good and the health of the planet first, and why should anything else be acceptable?? How can there be anything else that is sustainable? And I know I'm annoying some people with the follow but I'm also for business but I'm for regulated business, a big difference in my opinion, because not all business is bad- we live in a messy world and it would be too onerous to expect everything to be centrally managed. If we can't get it done through slower political means that I'm not sure how we expect to. We don't have a secret army you know what I mean? Organization, outreach, building a movement, using technology, yeah I think it's totally doable. Quantum computers are on the horizon and fusion technology possibly by 2100- Rosa Luxemburg couldn't have imagined this world and I don't know I just think a world this connected isn't going to always behave the exact same way as a world whose highest technology was the early internal combustion engine.
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  53.  @jessl1934  let me know if YT muted my reply to you
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  54. I'm no EU expert but I agree with the other commenter. The EU's agenda seems to be to force neoliberalism on its member states.
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  55. I do
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  56. @@bnygxrl I wouldn't call the IMF socialist in any way though even in a watered-down capacity
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  57. @@bnygxrl yeah indeed. Well hopefully the IMF won't be around forever.
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