Youtube comments of Hakim (@YaBoiHakim).

  1. "WHY IS EVERYTHING BLURRED?" Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly.
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  2. This video was previously sponsored by MyHeritage, an Israeli company. I had no idea, and the organization that got me the sponsor knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors yet didn't inform me (as they didn't look into it themselves). I have since removed the sponsor (which, for legal reasons, they also explicitly requested). Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110838423
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  3. Note on sponsors for those wondering: These days I'm taking whichever reasonable sponsors I can get, sadly they've slowed down plenty in the past little while. Mostly as a result of my pro-Palestine stance but also because it's just the new year period still. Regardless, this allows me to pay my editor fairly which is why I take sponsors in the first place.
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  4. My thoughts: If we had more time, I would've asked a lot more and asked particularly for clarification on some statements he made. I think most of my disagreements are from either misunderstandings on my part or a lack of clarity on the professor's part. Both of these would've been cleared up with more time, but sadly we only had 30 minutes (which I dragged out to 45ish lol). 1. Professor Wolff seems either confused or otherwise deliberately unclear when it comes to the idea of imperialism and China. His answer wasn't a definite yes or no, which is fine. The qualifying remarks, however, seems strange ("the movement to control their sources of inputs of raw materials..." for imperialism). It isn't incorrect per se, but it isn't entirely correct either. The definition is too broad, basically. Finally, he seems to insinuate any country that exhibits the Capitalist "employer-employee relationship" can be considered imperialist (or "takes part in such activities", in his words). Maybe in clarification he means that they have the tendency to do so? 2. Professor Wolff's definition of Socialism seems to hinge particularly heavy on the "reorganization of the enterprise" aspect, to the point that, if it isn't present to his definition, it isn't Socialism (according to him). Now I feel this is a similar error to those that consider solely state control by a proletarian party to be legitimate Socialism, and the technicalities of how production is organized is a secondary or even tertiary matter. In my personal opinion, both of these need to be present (and historically were present to various degrees) for a full-bodied Socialism to exist. Regardless, Wolff's strange comments in which he links Soviet Socialism to a social-democratic formulation (and hence a form of state-Capitalism) is just silly and plain wrong. I'm sure he would've clarified had I asked, but we didn't have the time. For those interested though, Soviet Socialism did not have markets (in the extensive sense; only for cooperative farms), did not have a market for labour-power, did not have private ownership (with the notable exception of cooperative farms in the Khrushchev-era), did not have and allow ownership of capital by private individuals, did not have wage-labour, did not have a separate class that related differently to the means of production than the proletarian/peasant base of the USSR....etc. This is very different from even the most radical form of Social-Democracy practiced by Europe, which retained all of these features. Most of the difficulties of realizing Soviet Socialism were a result of the USSR's conditions (i.e. agrarian society with a notable peasant population, destruction as a result of war(s), international diplomatic and military harassment etc.), and Wolff has recognized this in other talks. 3. Professor Wolff seems to be very adamantly pro--economic planning. What a chad. 4. Professor Wolff seems to think in a very "long-game" way towards worker cooperatives. His train of thought seems to be: Build up of cooperatives -> Develop increased political capital and a drive to push for their interests -> Slowly join the political system (which benefits cooperative development), and eventually the material conditions and the consequences of such action would heighten the class struggle to a possible point of revolution (or some level of civil strife, at least). This isn't the only way it could go in his mind, it seems, but I have a feeling that that is what he intended to highlight. There is merit to this position, but I think this should be only part of a wider Socialist movement (and I think Wolff might feel the same). Very interesting. 5. Criticisms of Yugoslavia? Dunking on markets again. Absolute chad. This was from a very short chat where I didn't have the time to really ask too deeply on each point. Nonetheless, it was very interesting and fruitful. He is obviously a very intelligent man with a lot of nuance to his positions. In the future, I hope to be able to get him on again for a longer time, so that we can delve a little deeper. Lemme know what you guys think.
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  5. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Edit: I managed to get footage in. Apparently the trick is not to use any audio along with. Hello again! A little off-brand today. This is a video I've wanted to do for years now, and I've finally found the time. Basically, Aladdin should be used in intro courses on Orientalism as it's such a stark and popular example of the concept. Everything from the music, to the visuals, dress, expressions used, and even names drip of Orientalist perceptions (or rather, misconceptions) dressed in pleasant child-friendly garb. Even more interestingly, it has received little (if any) negative attention or critique from this angle, which shows that for most of the Western world, Orientalism remains an unquestioned norm. I hope you enjoy it! Footage used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6415ZBirbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s_D0lQi89Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrQn6ucCEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj797uA8JWc
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  6. Oh boy I can't wait for idiots to completely misunderstand the clear hyperbole in the title. Tldr no massacre took place in the square, that is objective fact. Violence happened around it, basically several miles to the West, and began with plenty of violence from the protesting side. Watch the video and don't insult your intelligence.
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  7. Ayyy couldn't be more happy to start a podcast with you my love ❤️ (Shut up it isn't cheating, Yugopnik knows)
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  8. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim EDIT: To all those that want a deep critique of his work itself (not the point of this vid), check out contrapoint's video on JP. My video did exactly what it intended to do, show that JP uses verbosity to make up for lack of profundity, over-complicating really simple concepts and drawing unnecessarily vague diagrams. His self-help stuff has already been said a million times before and his pseudo-philosophical work is half discredited Jungian-nonsense and half plagiarized. Think for yourselves, and go clean your rooms. My Christmas gift to you guys <3 Another video will be up in a few days as well so, stay tuned!
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  9. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  10. Oh lord imma about to SIIIMMPPPP 🥵
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  11. Note on sponsors for those wondering: These days I'm taking whichever reasonable sponsors I can get, sadly they've slowed down plenty in the past little while. Mostly as a result of my pro-Palestine stance but also because it's just the new year period still. Regardless, this allows me to pay my editor fairly which is why I take sponsors in the first place.
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  12. The thumbnail and video title are intentional nonsense (what even is an african coup lmao) to get random chuds to click the video, if anyone is wondering. Also, some silly people are getting the idea that there is a defense of Ceausescu in this video. There isn't, please use the mental faculties God has blessed you with to understand that just cuz something was bad doesn't make what came afterwards, which is worse in many regards, okay. Romania has been a mess practically all of the 20th century, and the 21st has only brought new challenges to that country which I touch on towards the end of the video.
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  13. Chad Lenin in the thumbnail do be looking kinda good tho 👀👀👀
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  14. Fax machines not tax machines 😭
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  15. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Videos being responded to are in the description if you wanna follow along. Hi there, we're back with our favorite friend Vaush to discuss how we can defend drone-strikes to own the tankies le epic style. I wish a merry Christmas to all who celebrate it, and look forward to a year of more fun to be had with you all :) General point: Vaush did not respond in good-faith, at all. In fact, he didn't even really respond. Notice how I showed his whole video in my original response, but he didn’t show mine. I wanted people to get Vaush’s full argument, and I didn’t talk over or split his arguments in half when I went over them. He, however, did talk over mine, barely paid attention half the time, spent more of the video arguing with chat about side issues than actually addressing my video, and quit the video half way through. He does this all while moving the goal posts. I wasn’t saying that leftists should not vote for Biden under any possible circumstance. What I said (and repeated numerous times in the original video) was that the "evidence" that Vaush presents in support of the position that Lenin and Marx would be in favour of voting for Biden is in fact simply incorrect. My video essentially just calls out Vaush for not actually doing research and being intellectually dishonest. He never engaged with that. Think about why he did that. Either he is too incompetent to properly deal with the argument, too lazy to engage or simply cowardly. Regardless, let me repeat this a final time because he didn’t seem to catch it the first like 10 times I said it. If the American left upon sufficient investigation based on facts and democratic consensus decide to tactically support this or that party, fine. Do so. Just don’t pretend that Mao would’ve voted for Biden. This took a minute to come out, but I've been really busy with work. I hope that's okay with you guys. Timestamps are in the description if you need them. Love you all <3
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  16. This video covers a wide range, but by no means all, CIA assassinations. These ones are just particularly blatant and are illustrative examples. Two figures (Mossadegh and Arbenz) were planned for execution but the coups were so successful that it wasn't necessary in the end. Other figures were allied with the US, only for the US to show them what that friendship was worth in the end. To quote the demon Kissinger, "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." Sources in the pinned comment as always.
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  17. They're trying to justify a personal bias, not undergoing and objective examination of the facts. That's why they continuously accept long-disproven fallacious arguments made decades ago. I saw the true horror of American schooling (especially towards African-Americans) after I read Revolutionary Suicide, and how Newton wasn't even taught to read up until almost high-school. Absolutely disgusting. A better world is possible!
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  18. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim The next part in this series is up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfjCVOE7l2Y Here it is! Sorry it took a while, I've been busy as usual. The material I have is enough for two more videos so rather than making it a single 1h+ vid, I'd rather make it three 20-something min, digestible videos instead. Stay tuned for the next two where I'll debunk common race-realist nonsense, and finally show the horrific consequences such ideas have both in theory and practice. Sorry for using non-metric btw lol, it hurt me as much as it might hurt you. TIMESTAMPS: 00:20 - Introduction. 03:25 - Ideas of race, anecdotes. 07:39 - Morton and his skulls; measuring superiority. 14:56 - Bennett lies about his measurements of black skulls. 19:16 - Cranial index, wide skulls and foramen magnums; throwing mud at a wall and seeing if it sticks. 24:18 - Recapitulation, neoteny and white boys; a match made in heaven. 26:15 - Racism, poems and colonialism. 28:56 - Conclusion.
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  19. Please ignore the deepfried audio at the 19:00 min mark onward. Every single bit of royalty free conclusion music nukes the whole video, so I'm just using YT's built in "mute background audio", to mixed results. This will be fixed in future uploads. That's all, love you, mwah mwah <3
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  20. My usual sponsor has pulled out (because of my stance on the recent controversial "event" in my region). If you'd like to help support the channel and help me pay my editor fairly, please consider giving our sponsor, Aura, a try! It's honestly super useful, and it's completely free to sign up for the two-week trial. Every click helps! https://aura.com/hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: 1. Chengu G. (2013). Gaddafi's Libya Was Africa 's Most Prosperous Democracy. CounterCurrents.org 2. Buru, M. Mustafa , Barbour, Nevill , Cordell, Dennis D. , Fowler, Gary L. and Brown, L. Carl (2024, January 25). Libya. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya 3. Bell A., Witter D. (September 2011) The Libyan Revolution: Roots of Rebellion Part 1. Institute for the Study of War 4. Galgani A., Giorgio M., Martínez-Labarga C., Cicconi R., Mattei M., Amicosante M., Bonanno C., Di Sano C., Gimil G., Salerno A., Colizz V.i, Montesano C. ,HLA-A, -B and -DRB1 allele frequencies in Cyrenaica population (Libya) and genetic relationships with other populations,Human Immunology, Volume 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-59, ISSN 0198-8859, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humimm.2012.10.001. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198885912005630) 5. Bearman J. (1984). Libya – the development of the Qadhafi regime. International Socialism Journal 2 : 24, Summer 1984, pp. 101–124. https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/isj2/index.html#isj2-024 6. DemocracyReporting.org (2012). Assessment Of The 1951 Libyan Constitution According To International Standards. Briefing Paper 28 July 2012. https://democracyreporting.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/3186dri-ly-bp28-1951_libya_constitution_EN.pdf 7. Blundy D. & Lycett A. (1987). Qaddafi and the Libyan revolution (1st U.S.). Little Brown. https://archive.org/details/qaddafilibyanre00blun/page/38/mode/2up Accessed via free account on Internet Archive and “checked out” via partner online library 8. Al-Qaddafi M. 1975. The Green Book. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/4/items/TheGreenBookMuammarGaddafi/gaddafi-green-book.pdf#page95 9. Marx K., December 1843-January 1844. A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. Marxists.org. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htm 10. Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2024, January 1). Muammar al-Qaddafi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi 11. CAPASSO, M. (2018) The Political Anatomy of the Everyday: The Case of the Libyan Arab al-Jamahiriyah (1977-2011), Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12731/ 12. Max, A. (2013). The Fall of LIbya. Monthly Review. https://monthlyreview.org/2013/04/01/the-fall-of-libya/ 13. Gowans, S.(2012). Gadhafi’s crime: Making Libya’s economy work for Libyans. https://gowans.blog/2012/05/06/gadhafis-crime-making-libyas-economy-work-for-libyans/ 14. Alafi A., de Bruijn E. (2009). A CHANGE IN THE LIBYAN ECONOMY: TOWARDS A MORE MARKET-ORIENTED ECONOMY. https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/6155331/Abouazoum10change.pdf 15. Ajl, M. (2018). Notes on Libya. Viewpoint Magazine. https://viewpointmag.com/2018/02/01/notes-on-libya/ 16. Constitution of the Great Socialist People’s Republic of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. https://security-legislation.ly/latest-laws/the-constitution-of-the-great-socialist-peoples-republic-of-the-libyan-arab-jamahiriya/ 17. Combaz, E. (2013). Political economy of Libya after the Qadhafi regime (GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report 1084). Birmingham, UK: GSDRC, University of Birmingham. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a089a5ed915d622c00031f/hdq1084.pdf 18. AfDB.org. (2011) Economic Brief- Libya: Post-War Challenges. https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Brocure%20Anglais%20Lybie_North%20Africa%20Quaterly%20Analytical.pdf 19. Jennings, D. (2012) Report reveals role of CIA in Libya. Liberation School. https://www.liberationschool.org/report-reveals-role-of-cia-in-libya/ 20. Horsley, S. (2011). U.S. Intervention In Libya: A Noble Use Of Force. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134927059/u-s-intervention-in-libya-a-noble-use-of-force 21. The Big Picture (2018). The Death of Gadaffi. Al-Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-big-picture/2018/11/5/the-death-of-gaddafi 22. Fisher, M.(2011).“In Arming Libyan Rebels, the U.S. Would Follow an Old, Dark Path”.The Atlantic. https://web.archive.org/web/20110531225822/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/in-arming-libyan-rebels-the-us-would-follow-an-old-dark-path/73019/. Accessed via Internet Archive due to paywall. 23. Risen J., Mazzetti M.,Schmidt M.(2012).”U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands”.The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html (accessed via account with free articles) 24. United States v. Turi, No. CR-14-00191-001-PHX-DGC, Initial Motion to Compel Discovery (D. Ariz. Oct. 21, 2014). https://archive.org/details/pdfy-JD76NVqL77435lHd (accessed via Internet Archive) 25. Norton-Taylor, R. (2011). “Nato will not put troops on ground in Libya”. The Gaurdian.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/24/nato-will-not-put-troops-ground-libya 26. United Nations. (2011, March 17). “Security Council Approves ‘No-Fly Zone’ over Libya, Authorizing ‘All Necessary Measures’ to Protect Civilians, by Vote of 10 in Favour with 5 Abstentions” [Press release]. https://press.un.org/en/2011/sc10200.doc.htm 27. Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2024, January 11). 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  21. Sorry I'm really tired and haven't proof-watched the video. Lemme know if there are any editing issues or something. Also, apologies for not responding to comments, I've just been really busy as usual. I'll see you in the next video!
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  22. Please never stop making videos. This has such a "high school friends on vacation" vibe and it's so much fun to watch.
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  23. Wanna know the best part? I can tell they never watch beyond the first 30 seconds, the analytics don't lie lol
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  24. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there. This'll be the last video for a few weeks. Vaush and I had a lovely discussion yesterday on our concepts of reform and revolution, their place in current organizing, the issues of social-democracy and labour aristocracy, leftist aesthetics and more. Although generally a surface discussion, I believe it was fruitful and beneficial for those involved. I hope you think so as well, and who knows, maybe we'll do another in the future. Lemme know what you think. Love you all! Special thanks to Alex Bookbinder for recording the segment and sending it my way. Thanks habibi <3 Authors recommended: Emmanuel Arghiri Zak Cope Intan Suwandi Samir Amin Lenin and Mao Books Mentioned: Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin Oppose Book Worship by Mao Divided World, Divided Class by Zak Cope Value Chains by Intan Suwandi
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  25. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Lmao the censors really didn't like this one. Many demonetizations and age-restrictions later, it's at least consumable in some form. Unsurprisingly, Harris' original video (which this video is a near 1-to-1 satirical recreation of) is completely untouched. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post later on. Original text: I tried as hard as I could to emulate Harris' style, and somehow it still turned out more nuanced than that China video. This was a semi-satirical response to his video showing just how silly the ominous music and bad research are, even if the video quality is good. The difference being, everything in this video is actually true lmao Hope you enjoy it!
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  26. CORRECTION: At 1:13, the USSR refused to leave Northern Iran and several UN Security Council meetings later a proper agreement was reached for Soviet withdrawal. My bad, I have recently gotten a writer that helps me cover these longer scripts. This was their segment to write and I didn't get a chance to check their sources, I'll take a look with them and see.
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  27. Note on maps. This analysis really relies on the IMF list as stated in the video for economy classification. My editor took creative liberty and sometimes showed certain countries (i.e. Bulgaria) in imperial core or global north classification. Take that with a grain of salt, this is just footage to maintain your attention lol
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  28. I don't think I've ever been this early to a ST video. Can't wait to watch this! Edit: "It's not the first time the US has decided not to talk about being beaten by the Vietnamese" now this is the quality dunking I'm here for. Absolutely excellent work.
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  29. I am as confused by that as you are. I'm assuming because his general audience is usually somewhat ignorant of global geography and demographics, and since the country's name doesn't end in -istan it is therefore "not Muslim" in the mind-prison that is the conservative head.
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  30. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hey there! In case you're coming from Vaush commenting on my video, he probably attempted to misrepresent or twist my video into saying something it isn't. Watch it and find out for yourself :) This video was supposed to go up a day or two ago but surgery rotations have kept me busy, sorry about that. The gist of this is, I don't care too much for the Biden debate, as the effect on myself as a recipient of US imperialism isn't affected by the minute differences between democrat or republican presidents. But, Vaush is so incredibly wrong about what Marx, Lenin and co thought about elections and electoralism it's painful. He systematically misquotes or takes out of context every single quotation, while at the same time outing himself as not having actually read the theory he's so proud of himself for supposedly reading. Hope you have fun, and try not to be blown away by the Only Theory Understander(TM). Note: at the 30:23 mark, I accudentally place the quote from the previous section from Mao into the section from Engels, my bad.
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  31. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim LIBERAL JT ISN'T REAL, LIBERAL JT CAN'T HURT YOU. Just a quick and friendly response/analysis of liberal-type commentary on "official enemies". The usual fallacies present themselves, the truth is always a click away, and always more nuanced. Check out the podcast lmao Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/09/money-matters-elections-tories-ultra-rich-brexit-donors https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-the-elite-dining-club-behind-130m-donations-to-the-tories/ https://youtu.be/aLYe3Cv_pUI https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/03/britain-democracy-tories-coronavirus-public-power https://www.theelephant.info/long-reads/2022/09/09/britains-unelected-leaders-a-class-detached-from-reality/ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-election-electoral-college-voting/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srfeHpQNEAI&ab_channel=SecondThought https://www.jstor.org/stable/44525733 https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1604836951542087680?s=20&t=NjijHDD0o0RKbj91z7zBdw https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1600604232230572044?s=20&t=NjijHDD0o0RKbj91z7zBdw https://youtu.be/AX8Ct9fhO60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUMZS-ZegM&ab_channel=LiberationNews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqeC8ihsO8&ab_channel=wocomoHUMANITY https://youtu.be/EzDhqXuELjo https://youtu.be/J-IZqomEOAA https://www.globalasia.org/v16no3/cover/north-koreas-surprisingly-robust-healthcare-system_kee-b-parkedward-i-ham (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-islands-of-abuse-inside-south-korea-s-slave-farms-for-the-disabled-9954527.html https://www.asianews.it/news-en/The-salt-mines,-hell-on-earth-for-the-disabled-in-South-Korea-33394.html https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220406000560 https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/05/south-korea-suicide-rates-mental-illness-squid-game/ https://www.hmsreview.org/issue-7/2022/8/a-look-at-south-korean-plastic-surgery https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/what-if-the-united-states-had-used-the-bomb-in-korea/ Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom by Gowans http://web.archive.org/web/20120303054935/http://www.asgp.info/Resources/Data/Documents/CJOZSZTEPVVOCWJVUPPZVWPAPUOFGF.pdf https://writetorebel.com/2017/03/28/socialism-and-democracy-in-the-dprk/
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  32. Addendum: Japan is a core nation, but has had strategies normally aimed at the periphery imposed on it (much like the "lesser" European countries) through i.e. the Plaza Accords. The point of the Japan example and the "core-core competition" section is to show how competition isn't allowed even between "allies". The reason I highlighted currency value manipulation in a "wealthier" nation instead of the usual unequal exchange/value transference in "poorer" ones is because I've covered that extensively in earlier videos. Had I had more time, I would've expanded the example to include examples from the periphery instead of just pointing you to another video of mine. I realized that this could cause confusion upon rewatching this so I'm leaving this addendum.
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  34. My usual sponsor has pulled out (because of my stance on the recent controversial "event" in my region). If you'd like to help support the channel and help me pay my editor fairly, please consider giving our sponsor a try! Play Supremacy 1914 for FREE on PC, iOS or Android: 💥https://s1914.onelink.me/TX2k/lfkn9z0m Receive a Unique Starter Pack, available only for the next 30 days! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim
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  35. Thank you to everyone that joined me for the premier! I know it was out of nowhere; last minute I decided to give the feature a run just to get the hang of it. I plan on doing more with it in the future of course, so stay tuned. Love you all! <3
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  36. American media is pervasive and easy to access, especially over the internet. It isn't difficult to pick up accents from i.e. video games (or tv shows), in fact that's how I got my own accent haha I appreciate the compliment :)
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  37. I recently rewatched this and realized that I need to give the math of unequal exchange its own video, so people can more easily understand the concept. It took me a few tries the first time around as well.
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  38. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Join me in taking a look at some of the worst arguments I've ever seen both in favor for Capitalism and against Socialism. Half lies, half misinformation; it's the usual stuff from our favorite climate-change denialists, PragerU! Just remember: Socialism is when the government does stuff, and the more stuff it does, the more Socialist it is. And if it does a whole lotta stuff, it's Communism. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-money-behind-the-climate-denial-movement-180948204/ https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=PragerU#Funding https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/puzder-oprah-winfrey-labor-235030 https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/03/hardees-carls-jr-california-business-tax.html https://www.ai-cio.com/news/bain-apollo-kkr-under-investigation-for-tax-dodging/ https://www.drugwatch.com/featured/us-drug-prices-higher-vs-world/ https://khn.org/news/prior-authorization-revoked-patients-stuck-with-bills-after-insurers-dont-pay-as-promised/ https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/andrew-puzder-says-sexist-ads-saved-a-lot-of-jobs.html https://aaronallen.com/blog/largest-restaurant-acquisitions No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs By Naomi Klein https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/21475/economics/collusion-meaning-and-examples/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article215922895.html https://www.cleveland.com/business/2016/10/verizon_customers_begin_to_get.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/22/dirty-lies-how-the-car-industry-hid-the-truth-about-diesel-emissions https://honeythatsok.com/2014/03/22/why-voting-with-your-dollar-doesnt-work/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160112235455/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703373404576148363319407354 https://concentrationcrisis.openmarketsinstitute.org/industry/coffin-casket-manufacturing/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/americans-welfare-perceptions-survey_n_5a7880cde4b0d3df1d13f60b?guccounter=1 https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/welfare-childhood/555119/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40301289 https://www.insider.com/college-admissions-cheating-scandal-full-list-people-charged-2019-3 Weisbrot and Sandoval, 2008. Sections: 'Executive Summary,' and 'Social Spending, Poverty, and Employment.' https://theintercept.com/2020/05/09/venezuela-coup-regime-change/ https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/800 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-aid-idUSKCN1UB2X0 https://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2015/11/even-evidence-welfare-doesnt-make-people-lazy/ Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9764324/welfare-cash-transfer-work https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-with-degree-in-hand-new-graduates-face-tough-odds-in-brutal-job/ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/06/about-thirteen-million-united-states-workers-have-more-than-one-job.html
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  39. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim North Korea is weird, right? Well, maybe it isn't. Here's a deeper dive into that claim with highlights of Western reporting on the goings-on of the DPRK. Recommended reading, documentary recommendations and sources are linked below. Love you all! <3 Link for sources/further reading: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53827853
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  40. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim A spicy one discussing Left-Wing Anti-Communism, its faults and the origins of its misguidance. This took maybe 6 re-uploads before it wasn't immediately demonetized or flagged somehow. I hope you guys enjoy it <3
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  41. Thank you for being so open-minded!
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  42. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Here is my New Year's gift to all of you lovely people. In summary, JP cherry picks data to his choosing (his climate change denial is the prime example), advocates for censorship (against everyone he disagrees with), reads into texts what he wants to read (much like an idealogue) and mixes his self-help stuff with reactionary identity politics (hence thinly veiling his true intentions). He is everything he criticizes.
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  43. Apologies for the random peaking of the audio, I just moved and it's like recording in echo-central over here. Gimme a few tries and I'll get it just right lol Also, the graph missing the Y axis is supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted). For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well.
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  44. Don't be a pessimist. Build people's power, help your community and educate/agitate/organize. Develop red bases and try to cultivate a dual-power that can directly confront your government. Lenin thought he'd never see the revolution in his lifetime, and the first congress of the Chinese Communist party had only 13 delegates. We all start somewhere :)
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  45. I will duly self-crit.
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  46. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The pinned comment simply will not stay up with all the links in it. Check the description. Love you all <3
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  47. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing and the literature listed!
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  48. My own replies aren't appearing underneath some threads, and a few people have stated their own comments aren't appearing either. I'm not removing any comments, nor do I have any filter set up to flag certain words. Not sure if it's a YT bug or what, but it'll probably solve itself.
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  49. Ayyy thanks for coming by! <3
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  50. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim​ Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Timestamps in the description. A little while ago I had the pleasure of speaking to Professor Richard Wolff about a whole host of questions from China's position, to "market Socialism", his view of cooperatives and how they could seize political control, and more. Although I don't agree with all he said, I think he still gave a bit of food for thought within the very limited time-frame we had. I hope you enjoy it! My thoughts are in another comment on this video.
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  51. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hello! Apologies for disappearing for a few weeks, there will be a bit more of that sadly. Work has been pretty heavy these past few weeks. If you've DM'd me and haven't gotten a response, that's why. Please do bare with me <3 Here's a video on why Capitalism sucks, essentially. It's a basic, general overview for all the new subs (welcome all of you!) as to why Capitalism is an untenable system because of the intrinsic flaws it possesses. Hopefully I'll get the sister video to this one, on why Socialism is a superior system, out in a few days. Stay tuned! Sources: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm The historical transience of capital: The downward trend in the rate of profit since XIX century - Esteban Ezequiel Maito Is There a Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall? Econometric Evidence for the U.S. Economy, 1948-2007 - Deepankar Basu https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/15/business/milk-dumping-coronavirus/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/business/coronavirus-food-waste-destroyed.html https://qz.com/455109/entrepreneurs-dont-have-a-special-gene-for-risk-they-come-from-families-with-money/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/06/01/these-15-billionaires-own-americas-news-media-companies/?sh=cd4f809660ad https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 https://theconversation.com/health-and-safety-in-the-spotlight-as-south-africas-miners-go-back-to-work-137199 https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/areasofwork/hazardous-work/WCMS_356567/lang--en/index.htm Books Recommended: The Principles of Communism Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala The Triumph of Evil : The Reality of the USA's Cold War Victory Killing Hope U. S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II Wage-Labour and Capital and Value, Price, and Profit 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism Why Marx Was Right
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  52. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Socialism is better at improving living standards (even when horrifically embargoed and artificially limited in development by Capitalist nations) than Capitalism. Cry harder, liberals. Jokes aside, I've seen some garbage criticism floating around with no response to it (mostly because anyone even somewhat educated on the topic can see how incorrect that supposed criticism is). This was mostly for fun, but there's genuinely so much out there that reinforces the general idea that it gets pretty tedious constantly discussing this. Regardless, thanks for 100k! I hope you enjoy the video. Corrections: The graphs missing the Y axis are supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted) and percentage GDP after the dissolution of the USSR and Eastern bloc. For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well. I thought people could infer because they're kinda self-explanatory, my bad. Sources: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/08/15/has-rwanda-been-fiddling-its-numbers https://www.ft.com/content/eb704c98-6cbe-11e2-953f-00144feab49a https://voxeu.org/article/new-evidence-potentially-harmful-effects-state-breakup CIA World Factbook 1984 Studies listed below. Studies: - Economic Development, Political-Economic System, and the Physical Quality of Life - PUBLIC ACTION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by Amartya Sen - HAS SOCIALISM FAILED? AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INDICATORS UNDER SOCIALISM - THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OUTCOMES: A CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS - Those listed at the end of the video.
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  53. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim​ Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! This is a Q&A I did earlier this month on the Politics Discord server. I got some questions that I think practically every Socialist gets asked at some point or another, so here are my answers. I hope they come in handy in your future discussions! Timestamps in the description, love you all <3
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  54. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim I went into this video thinking it'd have some decent points to discuss, but sadly it was just a messy and loose discussion between people who are loosely aware of what Socialism is, and a bunch of liberals who don't particularly like Capitalism, but seem to support the idea of it out of a hegemonic presence in the mind. Regardless, it's a decent case-study of how these conversations go, and one of the Socialist side speakers did a really, really bad job. Take it as a lesson on how not to talk with people open to radicalization. Hope you enjoy it! Sources: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/birds_do_it_bats_do_it https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-270.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-americans-dont-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-500-emergency/#566ec87b4e0d https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/02/how-jeff-bezos-got-his-parents-to-invest-in-amazon--turning-them-into.html https://qz.com/455109/entrepreneurs-dont-have-a-special-gene-for-risk-they-come-from-families-with-money/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/welfare-childhood/555119/ https://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2015/11/even-evidence-welfare-doesnt-make-people-lazy/ Debunking the Stereotype of the Lazy Welfare Recipient: Evidence from Cash Transfer Programs Worldwide https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9764324/welfare-cash-transfer-work https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/09/the-american-middle-class-is-losing-ground/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-does-middle-class-really-mean/574534/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2018/07/09/nissan-admits-to-falsifying-emissions-tests/?sh=372fa57e376c https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/volkswagen-wasn-t-only-company-rigging-emission-levels-says-expert-a6668611.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/22/dirty-lies-how-the-car-industry-hid-the-truth-about-diesel-emissions
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  55. Thanks JT, very cool
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  56. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim This is the best guy that they had lol, strawmans, tired arguments debunked a hundred times over and outright lies. We'll be alright. Hope you enjoy it! Sources: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/04/capitalism-and-nazism/ Nazi privatization in 1930s Germany - Universitat de Barcelona https://fullfact.org/online/nazis-socialists/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/05/right-needs-stop-falsely-claiming-that-nazis-were-socialists/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers-willing-business-partners/303146/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2190/AD12-7RYT-XVAR-3R2U https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/belgium-comes-to-terms-with-human-zoos-of-its-colonial-past https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-idUSTRE63T3TW20100430 https://www.statista.com/statistics/812116/youth-unemployment-rate-in-iraq/ https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/just-8-men-own-same-wealth-half-world DPRK info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ewrcRerI8lyXpykMX11EyMoCFii1Hafakq7t0976eYQ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1we5OEdteZFfAh11v0s_RVh3LWAkVICGrFnvksVynGxw/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/10/how-sputnik-changed-u-s-education/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/percent-of-world-with-col_n_581807 https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1914/mar/11.htm Books mentioned: The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander Inglorious Empire - Shashi Tharoor Stasi State or Socialist Paradise - Bruni De La Motte Patriots, Traitors and Empires - Stephen Gowans Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Frederich Engels Why Marx Was Right - Terry Eaglton Academic Repression - Michael Parenti Killing Hope - William Blum The Triumph of Evil - Austin Murphy Kicking Away the Ladder - Ha-Joon Chang Bad Samaritans - Ha-Joon Chang
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  57. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there. Building up from the previous video (on why Capitalism is a crap system, generally), here we discuss how & why Socialism is a superior system. Aside from the evidence and experience of former Socialisms heavily improving the lives of those who lived during them, Socialism also stands atop theoretical principles (that have been put into practice at differing times, to differing extents) that thoroughly solidify the system's coherence and superiority over Capitalism. Sources https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2190/AD12-7RYT-XVAR-3R2U https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardmcgahey/2020/12/17/amazon-gets-billions-while-state-and-local-government-budgets-collapse/?sh=6f8e45a342db https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/doi/10.1525/elementa.310/112838/Current-global-food-production-is-sufficient-to https://www.huffpost.com/entry/percent-of-world-with-col_n_581807 Books Recommended: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels People's Republic of Walmart by Phillips and Rozworski Towards a New Socialism by Cockshott and Cottrell Cybernetic Revolutionaries by Medina
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  58. I genuinely racked my brain thinking of a way to recreate that too, but I just ended up doing the usual lmao
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  59. That's exactly my thought-path as well. Nice to see you here habibi <3
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  60. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Playing the numbers game is a silly exercise because it only really serves to end a conversation before it begins. It's never well substantiated, but instead is something ritualistically taught, somewhat like a prayer, to seek refuge from the spooky Communists. Not only this, but taking this conversation to its logical conclusion, you quickly see that Capitalism as a system is what loses the test, not Socialism. I hope you enjoy my little analysis of this especially bad argument, as well as it's notoriously unreliable origin and other fun tidbits. Stay safe, love you all <3 RevLeftRadio Episode: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/black-book Sources: https://www.worldhunger.org/world-child-hunger-facts/ https://www.elementascience.org/articles/10.1525/elementa.310/ https://foodprint.org/issues/the-problem-of-food-waste/ https://ourworldindata.org/water-access https://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/tb19_Exec_Sum_12Nov2019.pdf?ua=1 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61459-6/fulltext https://www.who.int/publications-detail/world-malaria-report-2019 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-in-bolivia-continues-to-produce-repression-and-tyranny-while-revealing-how-u-s-media-propaganda-works/ https://twitter.com/i/events/923349474390528000?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR2q5XdJpkMDKOVrvstNfh5KCCR2XKL4VfsU-qkrVjUX-HAR2VPj-TuNxxU https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1997/11/14/communisme-retour-a-l-histoire_3810094_1819218.html https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1997/10/31/les-divisions-d-une-equipe-d-historiens-du-communisme_3811179_1819218.html https://thegrayzone.com/2017/11/22/black-book-of-communism-debunked-antisemitic-nazis/ https://ums-ghsm.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-black-book-of-communism-and-other.html https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/black-book
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  61.  @anmolt3840051  Not an eye doctor! I'm in residency right now, so I'm not specialized yet. Ophthalmology is definitely not a path I want either lol
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  62.  @Venom96930  They have subcategories under individual nations. I.e. Syria isn't listed as a "Communist" country, while i.e. the Cuba is. Go to the individual articles on specific countries and take a look at the headers titled "government".
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  63. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! I hope everyone is well. This video is a cursory glance at some of the issues of the Western left as I see them. It isn't meant to be all exhaustive, and a lot more can be said. Still, I think this is useful for those that have encountered these errors and haven't had the time to think up proper responses to them. That's all for today, love you all! Sources: Divided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism by Zak Cope The Wealth of (some) Nations: Imperialism and the Mechanics of Value Transfer by Zak Cope https://globalvoices.org/2019/12/24/8-west-african-countries-rename-currency-in-historic-break-from-france-but-colonial-era-taxes-persist/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/24/world-is-plundering-africa-wealth-billions-of-dollars-a-year https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2017/07/12/the-cfa-franc-french-monetary-imperialism-in-africa/ https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/way-more-rich-people-dodge-taxes-than-are-caught-study/ https://www.oxfam.org/en/inequality-and-poverty-hidden-costs-tax-dodging https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-world-inequality-report-20171215-story.html https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6?r=US&IR=T https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/silence-us-backed-coup-evo-morales-bolivia-american-states https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/world/americas/chile-coup-cia-museum.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/how-nhs-being-dismantled-10-easy-steps-10474075.html https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/04/uk-government-using-crisis-to-transfer-nhs-duties-to-private-sector https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2018/07/24/price-of-college-increasing-almost-8-times-faster-than-wages/?sh=1fb7cf0066c1 http://physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/econophysics/ Videos recommended: Unequal Exchange - Hakim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lDZaKjfs4E& Paul Cockshott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyxnG2ck-sw Yugopnik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGP5ywPDJGs Daniel Torres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vieXwYpGRUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIXksTpJS98 Books recommended: Black Against Empire by Joshua Bloom Classical Econophysics by Yakovenko and Cockshott Against The Market by David McNally Divided World, Divided Class by Zak Cope The Wealth of Some Nations by Zak Cope Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin Unequal Exchange by Emmanuel Arghiri The Law of Worldwide Value by Samir Amin Unequal Development by Samir Amin Reform or Revolution by Luxemburg
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  64. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Orwell was a racist, r*pist, snitch, reactionary propagandist and colonial cop that deserves none of your respect or admiration. Throw him in the trash and read Parenti instead. Sources: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/shooting-an-elephant/ https://redsails.org/on-orwell/ https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600051h.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071504/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2003/09/25/orwells-list/ Across the Blocs: Cold War Cultural and Social History https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/feb/17/georgeorwell.biography https://bennorton.com/george-orwell-list-leftists-snitch-british-government/ https://redsails.org/jones-on-animal-farm/ http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/novel-explosives-of-the-cold-war/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11209390/How-the-CIA-brought-Animal-Farm-to-the-screen.html Michael Parenti. “Left Anticommunism: The Unkindest Cut.”
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  65. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hello everyone! I decided to have some fun by memeing on some PragerU nonsense. I instantly regretted my decision. Sources: https://educationdata.org/school-lunch-debt https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/almost-one-third-new-teachers-take-second-jobs https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/01/about-one-in-six-u-s-teachers-work-second-jobs-and-not-just-in-the-summer/ https://everytownresearch.org/maps/gunfire-on-school-grounds/ https://www.pnas.org/content/116/34/16793 https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-2021/ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/almost-half-of-america-now-carrying-credit-card-debt-and-more-of-it.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-americans-dont-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-500-emergency/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4A44EW20081105 https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/ https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/ https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/04/10/398498496/a-forgotten-generation-half-of-s-koreas-elderly-live-in-poverty?t=1632903188163 https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-southern-california-poverty-increase-20131204-story.html Videos mentioned in this one and their respective sources. Further reading: https://monthlyreview.org/commentary/did-mao-really-kill-millions-in-the-great-leap-forward/ Human Rights in the Soviet Union by Albert Szymanski (libgen is your best friend!) https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk
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  66. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Correcting the many mistakes (actually, outright propaganda) in Casual Scholar's garbage video on Soviet economics. Literally surface-level misconceptions and platitudes, not one concrete point/explanation on how the USSR worked economically throughout its existence. Lemme know what you think <3
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Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Further Reading: https://www.qiaocollective.com/education/ https://redsails.org/friendly-feudalism/ https://redsails.org/another-view-of-tiananmen/ https://redsails.org/the-xinjiang-atrocity-propaganda-blitz/ https://redsails.org/china-has-billionaires/ https://redsails.org/losurdo-on-china/ Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/27/daily-wire-google-ads-climate-crisis-deniers https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15205436.2020.1764973?journalCode=hmcs20 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928074430/https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2005/08/10/why-war-in-iraq-is-right-for-america-n1216871 https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/08/11/the-importance-of-humiliating-ben-shapiro/?sh=503f99da4270 https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/10/01/chinas-power-seen-as-rising-more-than-other-major-nations https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/10/06/unfavorable-views-of-china-reach-historic-highs-in-many-countries/ https://chinapower.csis.org/tracker/china-gdp/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/china-top-trading-partner-more-120-countries https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-infratsructure-investment-in-2022-spurring-economic-growth/ https://news.osu.edu/china-now-publishes-more-high-quality-science-than-any-other-nation/ https://www.rathenau.nl/en/science-figures/process/collaboration/china-scientific-superpower-making https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/pixels-of-progress-chapter-5 https://twitter.com/Karl_Was_Right/status/1372598035549593603?s=20, https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1694940725094592531 https://www.kitco.com/ind/Chang/bio.html https://chinapower.csis.org/china-demographics-challenges/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02410-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01546-X/fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168620/ https://hbr.org/2021/05/chinas-new-innovation-advantage https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/06/why-china-innovation-ecosystem-is-unique-amnc-23/ https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/01/10/how-china-became-innovation-powerhouse-pub-88761 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/created-in-china-9781472925138/ https://itif.org/publications/2023/01/23/wake-up-america-china-is-overtaking-the-united-states-in-innovation-capacity/ https://apnews.com/general-news-b40414d22f2248428ce11ff36b88dc53 https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/16/china-intellectual-property-theft-progress/ https://www.ft.com/content/26903a94-3617-11ea-ac3c-f68c10993b04 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309117300199?via%3Dihub 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  69. You're too kind habibi, thank you. I'm honored that I played a small part in your journey.
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  71. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim​ Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! Excuse the impromptu video; today a video on organizing and movement building was supposed to go up, but some twitter outrage and YT still not accepting the upload got in the way. I'll re-record and re-edit that video in hopes of it uploading in a few weeks. Regardless, if you have any questions about this or anything else, feel free to DM me, anytime. Timestamps in the description. That's all for this time, love you all!
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  72. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hello again! Still on break but I can't stop myself lol Here's a highly requested video; a cursory glance at "Argumentum ad ECP-um", and how much it sucks as an argument against Socialism. Timestamps are in the description, and further reading is below. Love you all! <3 Sources and Further Reading: How the World Works by Cockshott People’s Republic of Walmart by Phillips and Rozworski Against the Market by McNally "Calculation, Complexity And Planning: The Socialist Calculation Debate Once Again" by Allin Cottrell and Paul Cockshott "A Socialist Price System: Answering the Austrians" by David McMullen "Calculation in-Natura, from Neurath to Kantorovich" by Paul Cockshott http://libcom.org/library/economic-calculation-controversy-unravelling-myth https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism https://medium.com/@dfmcmullen/debunking-austrian-economics-socialist-calculation-problem-c51718b5f5e2 https://cosmonaut.blog/tag/economic-calculation-problem/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2012/12/the-red-and-the-black/ http://www.socialisteconomist.com/2019/08/real-problems-of-socialism-and-some.html?m=1 https://libcom.org/library/capitalism-socialism-defence-paresh-chattopadhyay
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  73. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Cruella de Vil over here wants to talk down to you about hard work as she films from the condo her parents paid for. I apologize in advance for subjecting you to this avant-garde horror. Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-time-minimum-wage-workers-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-us.html https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/12/housing-renter-affordable-data-map https://www.businessinsider.com/more-millennials-planning-to-rent-forever-cant-afford-housing-2019-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973054080/potholes-grid-failures-aging-tunnels-and-bridges-nations-infrastructure-gets-a-c https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/22/wealth-gap-widening-for-more-than-70-per-cent-of-global-population-researchers-find https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129912 https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1126771 https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/quick-facts-global-hunger https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/six-fold-increase-people-suffering-famine-conditions-pandemic-began https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646771/pdf/amjph00269-0055.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/09/world/cia-says-soviet-can-almost-do-without-imports.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190429182655/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84B00274R000300150009-5.pdf http://marxism.halkcephesi.net/trotskyism/gulag.htm https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-workers-low-wages-exploited https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1093/wbro/lkx002 https://epod.cid.harvard.edu/article/dispelling-myth-welfare-dependency https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9764324/welfare-cash-transfer-work https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/ten-myth-busting-facts-about-welfare https://blogs.adb.org/blog/busting-myths-related-food-stamps-welfare-and-work https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/welfare-childhood/555119/ https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/89976/wealth_and_education_4.pdf https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68507/13/Karagiannaki_Effect of parental wealth.pdf https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/29/study-to-succeed-in-america-its-better-to-be-born-rich-than-smart.html https://www.africaportal.org/features/tackling-malawis-medical-brain-drain/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002581726803600203 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.56.11.1904 https://zapier.com/blog/potential-entrepreneurs-report/ https://fortune.com/2014/09/25/why-startups-fail-according-to-their-founders/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/16/black-owned-firms-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-rejected-for-loans-is-this-discrimination https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/701026/russians-life-better-soviet-union-ussr-sixty-four-percent https://news.gallup.com/poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=tile_1&g_campaign=item_210866&g_content=Former%2520Soviet%2520Countries%2520See%2520More%2520Harm%2520From%2520Breakup https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2010/04/28/hungary-better-off-under-communism/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/210866/balkans-harm-yugoslavia-breakup.aspx https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/30/struggling-romanians-yearn-for-communism/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-communism-nostalgia/special-report-in-eastern-europe-people-pine-for-socialism-idUSTRE5A701320091108
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  75. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! This is a video I've wanted to make for a while. Basically, this is a primer on how exactly we can approach the subject of revolution, and what the preliminary blocks towards that aim are. I hope you find it useful! The Mao quote was voiced by the ever-lovely Paul Morrin, whom you can find, here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpBRZBzWQ_cCc_9zKG08L-g
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  76. Check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim A little longer than usual this time. I realize now that I shouldn't have given him the claim about the South Korean petition nonsense (many issues with how he presented it, he exaggerated numbers etc.). I should've also looked into all the headlines he splashes at the 16th minute mark as he mixes dodgy websites, fearmongering headlines and I think a source about anti-refugee violence as an example of refugee violence. Finally I should've spoken about the perception of crime in Germany (as in reality crime is going down, but the general feeling is that things have gotten more dangerous) and how that feeds the right, etc. etc. Ahh well, next time. Thank you for watching!
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  77. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Socialism always fails, apparently. That's why the US spent billions year after year trying to destabilize it. That's honestly the only argument you need. Note: The wage-labour definition is so-so, my editor picked it and there wasn't enough time to change it. Regardless it works for now. Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328641434_Measuring_extractive_institutions_colonial_trade_and_price_gaps_in_French_Africa https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/ucm/cfis/secondary-sanctions/2022-09-14/submission-secondary-sanctions-HRC-51-our-vietnam.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937802200005X https://web.archive.org/web/20211206105010/https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/kornai-on-capitalism-and-socialism/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/25060589 https://www.americanforeignrelations.com/E-N/Embargoes-and-Sanctions-Cold-war-sanctions.html https://la.utexas.edu/users/hcleaver/357L/357Lsum_s4_Paarlberg_FA80.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/2118666 https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk3/1979/7918/791810.PDF https://www.nber.org/papers/w21397 https://www.chinausfocus.com/society-culture/why-chinese-people-support-their-government https://www.oecd.org/economy/decoupling-of-wages-from-productivity/ https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/47-of-americans-cant-handle-a-500-emergency-without-worry/ https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-time-minimum-wage-workers-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-us.html https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/12/housing-renter-affordable-data-map https://www.businessinsider.com/more-millennials-planning-to-rent-forever-cant-afford-housing-2019-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973054080/potholes-grid-failures-aging-tunnels-and-bridges-nations-infrastructure-gets-a-c https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/22/wealth-gap-widening-for-more-than-70-per-cent-of-global-population-researchers-find https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129912 https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/ http://pnhp.org/news/cuba-has-better-medical-care-than-the-u-s/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2315760/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12159270/ https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9373 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02692171.2022.2112858 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-world-will-likely-miss-1-5-degrees-c-why-isnt-anyone-saying-so/ https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying, https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-cia-acting-outside-law-spy-americans
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  79. What a pleasant surprise, this is one of my favorites! In Iraq there aren't any special occasions in which this is eaten, but usually it's served as part of a platter (with different kinds of baklawa and other sweets). Great video.
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  80. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Another case-study of Capitalism, this time on Russia. Tl;dr? The USSR, if it still existed, would've surpassed modern Russia and all post-Soviet states in every conceivable way. The illegal dissolution of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. Sources in the pinned comment as always. Sources: Arguments for Socialism by Cockshott https://web.archive.org/web/20070807214106/http://www.bembtrust.org.uk/Russia%20Report%20no%20app.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/16/russia.comment http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7828901.stm https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-human-cost-of-economic-policy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19150132/ en.rian.ru/analysis/20080301/100381963.html https://www.piie.com/publications/chapters_preview/4099/05iie4099.pdf https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locations=RU https://web.archive.org/web/20070705020741/http://www.fb.cityu.edu.hk/research/apec/index.cfm?page=members https://web.archive.org/web/20141212043656/http://kaig.ru/rf/postmeat.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070816225640/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/14/business/metal.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/455673.stm https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2015/09/28/04/54/vc091399 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2018/620225/EPRS_ATA(2018)620225_EN.pdf https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/RUS https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/apr/25/unequal-russia-is-anger-stirring-in-the-global-capital-of-inequality?CMP=share_btn_tw Privatization in Transition Economies: The Ongoing Story https://web.archive.org/web/20130502011921/en.rian.ru/business/20101207/161670761.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130502011910/en.rian.ru/business/20101021/161034056.html https://tass.com/economy/928615 Poverty Trends in Russia During the Transition https://books.google.se/books?id=ek9tDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=rsfsr+gdp&source=bl&ots=xLgpvTL_4N&sig=ACfU3U2oYyhZLpWPuU2kmGIZCun-bQ2P2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjuzt22-_L3AhXoAxAIHaqwCUYQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=rsfsr%20gdp&f=false https://web.archive.org/web/20120702001941/http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact90/world12.txt THE RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT https://www.economist.com/business/2018/12/01/russia-has-emerged-as-an-agricultural-powerhouse https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/agricultural-output-dollars?country=~RUS https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/RUS/russia/gdp-growth-rate https://www.archdaily.com/898475/100-years-of-mass-housing-in-russia https://mondediplo.com/2021/04/02russia https://freepolicybriefs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/freepolicybriefs20200316-2.pdf https://istmat.org/node/26167 https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/2016/2016-WG-IV-2/93_2016-WG-IV-2.pdf https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/crude-birth-rate?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-healthcare-expenditure-per-capita?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-from-aids-ihme?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-from-drug-use-disorders?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/hospital-beds-per-1000-people?tab=chart&country=RUS A Comparative Approach to Policy Analysis: Health Care Policy in Four Nations https://web.archive.org/web/20130626212127/http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/jc1529_epibriefs_eeurope_casia_en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111110154533/en.rian.ru/russia/20090924/156238102.html https://russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics-and-comments/columns/eurasian-policy/tackling-the-illicit-drug-trade-perspectives-from-russia/ https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article-abstract/39/2/153/43/Trust-in-public-institutions-in-Russia-The-lowest?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/24/75-of-russians-say-soviet-era-was-greatest-time-in-countrys-history-poll-a69735 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/05/russians-say-soviet-rule-was-closer-to-people-than-current-regime-poll-a66702 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/24/most-russians-say-soviet-union-took-care-of-ordinary-people-poll-a66125 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/12/25/majority-of-russians-regret-soviet-collapse-poll-says-a60039 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/01/22/russians-lead-world-lack-institutional-trust-a64235 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-demand?tab=chart&country=~RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gas-consumption-by-country?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-intensity?tab=chart&country=RUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab=chart&country=RUS https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/05775132.2015.1012402 The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
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  81. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim​​ Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Obvious joke in the title aside, here's a quick video about something I get asked daily. A general introductory reading list for the basics of Socialism in only a handful of works. This isn't meant to be all-exhaustive, and many other recommendations can be found in the dedicated playlist, or through DMing me whenever you like. I hope you find this useful! <3
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  83. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hello all you beautiful people! Obvious hyperbole in the title. Let's see how many take it at face-value. Tl;dr? Pandemic lead to genuine grievances as a result of a bad economic situation due to an embargo imposed by the largest military power history has seen. Said grievance was co-opted by the usual color revolution crowd, and a whole load of naive liberals fell for it. It's all over now, with the US having nothing to show for it lol Sources and further reading below. Timestamps in the description. Love you all! Sources: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/17/c_139816562.htm https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/22/us-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-cuban-officials-media-reports https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cuba-protests-airstrikes-miami-mayor-b1884238.html https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/republican-congressman-anthony-sabatini-calls-for-execution-of-cuban-leaders/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/la-manipulacion-descarada-de-la-realidad-en-cuba/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/11/minuto-a-minuto-la-revolucion-se-defiende-en-las-calles/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/investigacion-confirma-la-perversa-operacion-de-redes-sociales-contra-cuba-lanzada-desde-el-exterior/ https://fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RealCuba/comments/om2bfq/cuban_communist_is_censored_after_she_complains/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ https://cubamoneyproject.com/2021/07/03/usaid-5/?fbclid=IwAR3cIn17cZFlTIBqG7Zpn0fVWOArd6s_9yoIbFbJiLQewsry39vr-qDHahY https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/cubans-take-to-the-street-in-defence-of-the-revolution https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/22/400-former-heads-of-state-politicians-artists-and-intellectuals-call-on-us-president-biden-to-let-cuba-live/ https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/Fake-Social-Media-Operation-from-Abroad-Catalyzes-Cuba-Incident-20210712-0013.html https://twitter.com/JulianMaciasT/status/1414681678539378691?s=20 https://www.povertyusa.org/facts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/14/americas-year-of-hunger-how-children-and-people-of-color-suffered-most https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/more-americans-are-spending-over-half-their-income-on-housing/ https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Cuba/United-States/Health https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/international/obama-in-cuba/most-americans-support-ending-cuba-embargo-nyt-poll-finds https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1416713677378629636 https://twitter.com/morganastra/status/1414349191598411777?s=20 Further Reading: https://red-ant.org/2021/07/27/western-left-intellectuals-love-affair-with-colour-revolution-in-cuba/ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egep9bc_AWo http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/16/de-verdad-mr-biden/ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/20/if-you-grew-up-with-the-us-blockade-as-a-cuban-you-might-understand-the-recent-protests-differently/ https://fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/
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  84. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The Deprogram Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Defectors! What's the deal with them? Well, let's take a look at the motivations, stories and underlying material conditions for all of this. Lemme know what you think! Sources: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681376.2017.1313127 https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/10160/population-decline-in-lithuania-who-lives-in-declining-regions-and-who-leaves https://www.ft.com/content/c5d3e0ae-36eb-11ea-ac3c-f68c10993b04 https://www.eureporter.co/world/romania/2021/05/14/romanias-population-to-drop-significantly-in-the-next-decades/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/ukraine-eastern-europe-depopulation-immigration-crisis/608464/ https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-39170614 https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-strange-tale-of-yeonmi-park/ https://www.nknews.org/2015/06/claims-n-korean-defector-earns-41k-per-speech-completely-incorrect/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/north-korea-defectors-and-their-skeptics/ https://timeline.com/american-women-moved-russia-5eec1b68cd34 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/why-do-north-korean-defector-testimonies-so-often-fall-apart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUMZS-ZegM&feature=youtu.be https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defections.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defections.html&eventName=Watching-article-click https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/19/north-korea-defector-change-story-shin-dong-hyuk https://torontosun.com/news/world/north-korean-defector-slams-insane-u-s-schools https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/12/world/congressman-says-girl-was-credible.html https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/5/how_false_testimony_and_a_massive https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/man-whose-wmd-lies-led-to-100-000-deaths-confesses-all-7606236.html
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  87. Go to https://tryfum.com/HAKIM or scan the QR code and use code HAKIM to get your free FÜM Topper when you order your Journey Pack today. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/latest-video-122476819
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  88. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The Soviet economy! The one that took us to space. Yes, that one. Apparently it was run by absolute idiots. Sadly, reality is never that fun. Just a quick little response to an economics explained video which, honestly, was an alright video otherwise. Lemme know what you think! Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20171112014656/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/08/15/us-asks-allies-to-join-in-denial-of-tass-computers/f6f0ebbc-38c6-4f9e-89eb-69f55b3d62a5/?utm_term=.2153a5a2ec83 Economic containment: CoCom and the politics of East-West trade https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1936/12/05.htm https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinstoller/2021/04/28/employees-are-working-an-extra-day-in-unpaid-overtime-each-week/?sh=1577c9fd35cc https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.5.4.59 https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ https://jdeanicite.typepad.com/files/why-does-the-soviet-economy-appear.pdf https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1929/05/11.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/28/how-for-profit-prisons-have-become-the-biggest-lobby-no-one-is-talking-about/ https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328980-this-is-how-ussr-sold-cars
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  89. What a great idea for a video. You never cease to amaze. Can't wait to watch this!
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  90. Fair enough, I appreciate your comment. I hope things keep getting better for you brother. My main issue with him is that he mixes his rosy self-help stuff with very reactionary politics (and also pushed seeerious misunderstandings when it comes to politics and philosophy). Watch Contapoints video on JP sometime and see what I mean.
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  92. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Here's a video on something that's often neglected on the left. Stick around till the end before making up your mind; whether you agree or disagree with the implications doesn't matter all that much. What does matter is our strategy going forward. Sources and recommended literature: Unequal Exchange and The Prospects of Socialism by the Communist Working Group Divided World, Divided Class by Zak Cope Imperialism in The 21st Century by John Smith** (I said Adam Smith in the video, my bad) Unequal Exchange: A Study of The Imperialism of Trade by Emmanuel Arghiri http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/sep/12.htm https://marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1858/letters/58_10_07.htm https://isreview.org/issue/107/unequal-exchange https://monthlyreview.org/2015/07/01/imperialism-in-the-twenty-first-century/
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  93. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Apologies to all my patrons this month, my mic died before I could read out all the names. I'm getting a new one very soon and I'll read out all your names in the next video I upload. Sorry about this! <3 Hi there. Today we'll be taking a look at Stossel's silly "5 myths about Socialism", and showing them to be the usual misconceptions and lies you can expect from these types. This is just a fun little video before a very special upload coming soon! Sources: https://www.johnstossel.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stossel_(TV_series) https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/john-stossels-transformation-from-skeptical-libertarian-to-polluter-apologist/ https://bangordailynews.com/2010/06/02/opinion/right-to-be-racist/ https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/stossels_poor_logic_on_minimum.php https://fair.org/extra/give-us-a-break/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-21/cia-interferes-foreign-elections https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/history-us-intervention-foreign-elections https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2019.1568004?journalCode=uter20 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2430906/ https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/07/18/why-half-the-scientists-in-some-eastern-european-countries-are-women https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/soviet-russia-had-a-better-record-of-training-women-in-stem-than-america-does-today-180948141/ https://en.nhandan.com.vn/opinions/item/9355002-enhancing-the-special-friendship-between-vietnam-and-cuba.html https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=62490&SEO=cuba-vietnam-60-years-of-sisterhood https://theintercept.com/2020/05/09/venezuela-coup-regime-change/ https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/800 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-aid-idUSKCN1UB2X0 https://www.foxnews.com/world/what-socialism-private-sector-still-dominates-venezuelan-economy-despite-chavez-crusade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-castro-survived-638-assassination-attempts/8064788 https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article215922895.html http://www.jpsa-web.org/eibun_zassi/data/pdf/JPSA_Kawamoto_final_July_9_2014.pdf https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/15106 https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-americans-dont-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-500-emergency/?sh=6ee69f894e0d https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/us/politics/postal-service-trump-coronavirus.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12339_4 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/texas-electricity-ercot-blackouts.html Videos Recommended: Hakim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCv04f0RXfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEC2ajsvr0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdFTgCf67Bw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N9dgX5Ivxo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2yCePYs90 Endymion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okz2YMW1AwY DemocraticSocialist01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ClScOsE-4 Books Recommended: Manufacturing Consent by Chomsky Inventing Realities by Parenti NATO's Secret Armies by Ganser The Jakarta Method by Bevins The Triumph of Evil by Murphy Killing Hope by Blum The Scourging of Iraq by Simons Towards a New Socialism by Cockshott Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? by De La Motte Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti Human Rights in The Soviet Union by Szymanski 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Chang
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  95. Always nice to see you habibi <3
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  99. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim HAKIIIIIM, SHOW US THE TRANSCRIPTS HAAAKIIIIM. WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO A CINNABUN IN RHODE ISLAND, THE TAPES DON'T LIE. Jokes aside, I'm not American (alhamdullilah). This is a little glance into how most non-native people go about learning English, and how you yourself can use some of these tips to learn other languages. Lemme know what you think!
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  103. Check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim TIMESTAMPS: 00:29 – Che: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson 01:27 – Orientalism by Edward Said 02:38 – The Unwomanly Face of War by Alexandra Alexievich 3:54 – The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon 05:20 – Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor (Honestly I probably shouldn’t have included this in hindsight as it’s a very specific topic. I’d say the least important of all the books in this list. Get it only if you’re really interested) 06:07 – Remembering Che: My Life With Che Guevara by Aleida March 07:05 – Against Empire and Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti 08:34 – Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton 09:25 – Confessions of An Economic Hitman by John Perkins 10:05 – The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould 10:40 – Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin, Lenin’s Imperialism in the 21st Century by the Manila Institute of Political Economy and Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century by John Smith
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  105. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Let's take a look at what our baby boy Peterson is up to, shall we? Unsurprisingly, the same grift. You'd think it'd get tiring at this point. Nonetheless, thanks to everyone for their feedback on sponsors! If you're unaware of what that's all about, check out the community post I made recently. That's it for this time, love you all! <3 Sources: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-literacy https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-10-17/Graphics-Ending-China-s-poverty-by-2020-KREfWKGkIU/index.html https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/11/us-inflation-consumer-price-index-figures https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-americans-dont-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-500-emergency/?sh=3dd8fa084e0d https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/08/as-prices-rise-64-percent-of-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/45163263 https://gsgriffin.com/2016/12/08/mugshots-matter-whites-blacks-and-the-stories-we-tell/ https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873 https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/
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  106. Hi all! This is the first part of this "episode" on debunking race-realism. The second part will be uploaded in a few days hopefully. Stay tuned! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim My Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Are Clusters Race? https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=ptb;c=ptb;c=ptpbio;idno=6959004.0009.012;rgn=main;view=text;xc=1;g=ptpbiog TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction, race-realist strategy and teaching correlation to 5 year olds. 04:32 - "Myth" 1; Ancestry does not equal race, and being disproven with the study they cite. 10:54 - "Myth" 2; Race is indeed a social-construct, and a horrible misreading of medical research. 16:30 - "Myth" 3; A beautiful cocktail of dishonesty and medical ignorance. 18:26 - "Myth" 4; Races do have more variation within them than between them, you misread the study. Well done. (The graph in myth 4 is apparently a very bad way of trying to illustrate their point. It isn't from any study, although they try to make it look that way. Cheeky.) 23:07 - Conclusion. SOURCES: The studies mentioned in the video. https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/figure?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002886.g002 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07331 https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/12/does-race-exist-does-culture/). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15507999 Human Evolutionary Biology by J. Marks, P. 270 https://tylervigen.com/old-version.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219449/#B32 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/us/white-supremacists-science-genetics.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/race-genetics-science-africa/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287311915_Race_Debunking_a_scientific_myth https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2583 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC187513/ https://www.wcupa.edu/dnaDiscussion/stories.aspx https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/what-we-mean-when-we-say-race-is-a-social-construct/275872/
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  108. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Capitalism is the reason, simple as. Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937802200005X#b9005 Naoroji, 1902, Pomeranz, 2000, Beckert, 2015, Moore, 2015, Bhambra, 2017, Patnaik, 2018, Davis, 2002 Sachs, 2005, Collier, 2007, Rostow, 1990, Moyo, 2010, Calderisi, 2007, Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012 J. Smith Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century Suwandi, 2019, Clelland, 2014 Dorninger et al. (2021), Lenzen et al., 2013, Lenzen et al., 2012, Wiedmann et al., 2015 Dorninger et al. (2021), Wiedmann et al., 2015, Bruckner et al., 2015, Chen et al., 2018, Alsamawi et al., 2014 Kikstra et al., 2021a Poore and Nemecek, 2018, Hornborg, 1998, Hornborg, 2012 Wiedmann and Lenzen, 2018, Costanza and Daly, 1992, World Bank, 2018, Hartwick, 1977, Martinez-Alier, 2021 Steinmann et al., 2017, International Resource Panel, 2019, Van der Voet et al. (2004) Hickel, 2020 Kikstra et al., 2021b, Srinivasan et al., 2008 DARA, 2012 Bringezu, 2015 Pomeranz, 2000, Patnaik, 2018 Fischer, 2011, Fix, 2018, Hunter et al., 1990 Suwandi et al., 2019 Goldman, 2012 Chang, 2008:141 Dorninger et al. (2021) Smith, 2016, Shiva, 2001, Shiva, 2016 Khor, 1995, Petras and Veltmeyer, 2002 Hickel, 2017 Moore, 2015, Patel and Moore, 2017 Harvey, 2005, Wishart, 2014
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  109. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Something new today! What happens when a curious farmer decided to experiment with an empty beer bottle? The collapse of a revolutionary project, it seems. I'm thinking of making this a series possibly, lemme know what you guys think!
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  112. Have a private Christmas & a safe New Year with Atlas VPN Premium! Get it for just $1.70/mo + 6 months extra. Limited-time offer! https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Be nice to this guy, he's a well meaning dude. Read and recommend Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti, that's always a good first step.
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  113. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim New series! (Maybe?) Top Secret is a series that'll take a look at all the messed up clandestine operations of the freedom-loving CIA. Today we'll being taking a look at Operation Northwoods, a small episode in America's unending aggression against Cuba. It's never as exciting as it is in the movies, but it's all horrific nonetheless. Lemme know what you think! Sources: https://monthlyreviewarchives.org/index.php/mr/article/view/MR-060-08-2009-01_2 The U.S. Sugar Program and the Cuban Revolution US Business Interests In Cuba and The Rise of Castro Cuba: Healthcare and The Revolution https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464859/ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/05/cuban-development-model Cuba: Social Policy at the Crossroads https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/fidel-castro-death-cuba-embargo-peasants-poor-urban-areas-modernisation-a7441036.html https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/7/20/the-us-in-cuba-a-history-of-organised-crime https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/11/19/military-had-plan-to-blame-cuba-if-glenns-space-mission-failed/24eb451e-bdb2-441a-9b83-c4e8aecd6aa1/ https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19971118&slug=2573113 The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1965 Psywar on Cuba: The Declassified History of U.S. Anti-Castro Propaganda Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky https://archive.org/details/1962USJointChiefsOfStaffOperationNorthwoodsUnclassifiedDocument/page/n11 https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662&page=1 After the Missiles of October: John F. Kennedy and Cuba, November 1962 to November 1963 by Stephen Rabe The @#$ % & Missile Crisis: (Or, What Was "Cuban" about U.S. Decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis?) by Jorge Dominguez
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  114. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The American ruling class leverages its power to carry out horrors beyond human comprehension at home and abroad. Let's take a look at how. Sources: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/bolivian-coup-comes-less-week-after-morales-stopped-multinational-firms-lithium-deal https://www.cato.org/commentary/privatize-iraqi-oil https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/09/how-the-heroin-trade-explains-the-us-uk-failure-in-afghanistan https://youtu.be/GxOtbNSoDSU https://youtu.be/SpWai3kZ-gM https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/russia-us-clinton-boris-yeltsin-elections-interference-trump/ https://www.demos.org/blog/new-study-shows-how-donors-distort-democracy https://brilliantmaps.com/did-not-vote-2020/ https://secondratedemocracy.com/special-interest-lobbying/ https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/politicians/heres-how-much-every-living-us-president-is-worth/ https://www.mironline.ca/the-increasing-influence-of-billionaires-on-us-politics-americas-hidden-oligarchy/ https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/180215/1/1025295536.pdf https://www.prb.org/resources/u-s-has-worlds-highest-incarceration-rate/ https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-detention-child-migrants https://www.salon.com/2017/08/04/private-prison-demands-new-mexico-and-feds-find-300-more-prisoners-in-60-days-or-it-will-close_partner/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/ https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/report-black-people-7-5-times-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder-than-whites-risk-even-greater-if-victim-was-white https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/demographic-differences-sentencing https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/03/402166/black-patients-more-likely-suffer-er-ambulance-diversion https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/racial-equality-skin-tone-bias-colourism/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638275/ https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews https://www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/0 https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/06/california-prisoners-work-involuntary-servitude/ https://sites.evergreen.edu/zoltan/wp-content/uploads/sites/358/2019/11/InterventionsList2019.pdf https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/13/trump-organization-sentenced-tax-fraud-scheme https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210129-china-executes-ex-banker-lai-xiaomin-in-corruption-bigamy-case https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/us/an-iraqi-massacre-a-light-sentence-and-a-question-of-military-justice.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15932009/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/every-branch-us-military-struggling-meet-2022-recruiting-goals-officia-rcna35078 https://youtu.be/nFUC0UWgdGY https://now.tufts.edu/2020/06/17/how-racial-segregation-and-policing-intersect-america https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-in-us-more-than-3-times-as-high-as-in-whites/
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  115. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim The Deprogram Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/barter-society-myth/471051/ https://www.massline.org/Dictionary/CA.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673487/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-01093A000700020008-2.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC90351 https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/9/5/torrential-rains-batter-greece-after-wildfires https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/08/01/2008080101071.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/13/us/politics/congress-members-stock-trading-list.html https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3764192 https://www.epa.gov/vw/learn-about-volkswagen-violations https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/tax-dodging-is-a-monopoly-tactic-how-our-tax-code-undermines-small-business-and-fuels-corporate-concentration/ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/01/federal-trade-commission-justice-department-seek-strengthen-enforcement-against-illegal-mergers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/top-oil-firms-spending-millions-lobbying-to-block-climate-change-policies-says-report https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/108149/1/MPRA_paper_108149.pdf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336117339_Marx%27s_Prescient_Theory_of_Centralization_of_Capital_Crises_and_an_Nkrumahist_Response https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1641183/FULLTEXT01.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257559970_An_approach_to_sustainable_development_The_case_of_Cuba https://twitter.com/KyleTrainEmoji/status/1604510937557635072?s=20 https://twitter.com/KyleTrainEmoji/status/1680243524124516352?s=20 https://monthlyreview.org/2022/07/01/socialism-and-ecological-survival-an-introduction/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/climate/carbon-tax-united-nations-report-nordhaus.html https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/16387374.pdf https://jacobin.com/2018/10/carbon-taxes-climate-change-united-nations-report https://springmag.ca/the-socialist-case-against-the-carbon-tax Videos/books mentioned.
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  116. Don't worry, the next video is exactly on that (and everything else the racialists use).
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  117. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Neo-liberalism isn't only a nightmare, it's just regular Capitalism in action. Sources: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0896920510371389 https://nacla.org/article/chile-underside-miracle https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/12/no-thatcher-didnt-save-the-economy https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghana-expects-first-600-mln-tranche-imf-after-wednesday-meeting-minister-2023-05-14/ https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=hcoltheses https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/egypt-sells-1216-mln-stake-state-controlled-telecom-egypt-2023-05-14/ https://www.zawya.com/en/economy/africa/ghana-to-slash-debt-to-gdp-as-interest-payments-use-up-all-its-revenue-ilcwdldi https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/egypt-sells-1216-mln-stake-state-controlled-telecom-egypt-2023-05-14/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/14/government-sells-9-5-of-state-controlled-telecom-egypt
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  118. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim She's back, and she's anti-woke. Let's see what she has to say lmao Sources: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/26/over-70-rights-groups-denounce-racially-motivated-texas-shooting https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702620921341 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-014-9204-9 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/racial-equality-skin-tone-bias-colourism/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638275/ https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/november/racial-bias-in-white-children-linked-to-beliefs-about-the-causes.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/racism-university-lancashire-student-b2097946.html
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  119. I'm planning on doing a video on leftist trends in the Arab world generally, but nothing in particular about culture, though. Any ideas?
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  120.  The Fascist League  Damn, seems we need to make the total 100 million and one.
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  123. Support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Deprogram Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Hello! YT won't process to 720p, don't ask me why. Today we're looking at Pakman's contentions about Socialism and showing that they're not really issues of ideology, but more issues of basic education on Socialism. I hope you enjoy it! Sources: All the sources of the respective videos I cited. https://www-cdn.oxfam.org/s3fs-public/file_attachments/cs-true-cost-austerity-inequality-norway-120913-en_0.pdf https://www.tnp.no/norway/economy/poverty-income-inequality-increase-norway https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1198429/FULLTEXT01.pdf https://voxeu.org/article/income-inequality-france https://equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-economic-inequality-uk Books: Late Victorian Holocausts by Davis Killing Hope by Blum The Triumph of Evil by Murphy Against Empire by Parenti Cuba and its neighbors by August The Communist Necessity by Moufawad-Paul
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  124. Damn, beat me to it! 😂 Can't wait to watch this habibi ❤️
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  125. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim A reworked script of an older video that I've wanted to re-do forever. Basically, "whiteness" and "the West" only became concepts against a villainized and orientalized "other", and are wholly inadequate to define anything meaningful. Being "white" and being part of "the west" changes on the drop of a hat, usually as a result of adopting Islam or Socialism. Ideological frameworks like this are only used to justify the interests of a section of the ruling class in these countries that stands to benefit. Deez nuts.
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  126. Go to https://tryfum.com/HAKIM or scan the QR code and use code HAKIM to get your free FÜM Topper when you order your Journey Pack today. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/latest-video-124471747
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  127. That's only part of the silly play-on-words in my name. Keep looking ;)
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  128. That's always what's so disappointing about wanting to learn more about the DPRK. The general truth is actually so benign and boring, but still rewarding to learn about. Sadly, popular lies predominate instead and we have the usual "BREAKING! Kim Jong Un's shot unborn child from comically large cannon into space to land flag on the sun" type nonsense.
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  129. I'm glad you enjoy them! I'm always afraid they'll be too boring for some people lol, that's why I've been somewhat spacing them out.
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  130. Why? So he can cancel it like he cancelled his debate with Zero books? Also thanks but not thanks, I don't have 30 000$ to throw around just to get him to show up lol
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  131. Great video. We're a century late in advocating for 30 hour work weeks. Even within the medical field the efficiency drop-off after 8-10 hours of work is palpable, and as a result of various constraints we're pushed to 12, 14, 16 or even longer hour shifts. At least some skeleton of economic planning and proper state investment can sort all these issues out, whilst maintaining if not outright increasing output (if that's even important/desirable in the relevant field). Definitely a missed point on the left.
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  132. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! Let's laugh at more PragerU garbage, our favorite past-time/torture session. This time around, it's "why I left the left" starring another token character, Dave Rubin. It's as impressive of an argument as you may expect. Enjoy! Sources: https://wspd.iheart.com/featured/glenn-beck/content/2020-10-30-glenn-beck-blog-rubin-im-voting-trump-because-he-keeps-the-barbarians-at-the-gate-ep-87/ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dave-rubin-why-voting-trump-no-feeling-patriotism-left-biden https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2020/05/26/dave-rubin-rethinking-politics-and-the-importance-of-talking-to-each-other/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5C5hxEAO0 https://www.thedailybeast.com/free-speech-true-believer-dave-rubin-the-top-talker-of-the-intellectual-dark-web-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-his-own-ideas https://www.gq.com/story/how-free-speech-warriors-mainstreamed-white-supremacists https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/demographic-differences-sentencing https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/ https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/01/racial-discrimination-in-mortgage-market-persistent-over-last-four-decades/ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/01/harvard-admissions-process-white-privilege https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews
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  133. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Here's another short video for those quick internet arguments lol Don't miss the point, there is more to overpopulation than food. The entire point is that Capitalism exacerbates any issues we have, including this. A sustainable Socialist approach to these problems would solve issues regarding food, access to water, energy and all other needs. The prime issue is that Capitalism is a system centered on profits before people's needs. More videos coming soon! Sources: http://www.fao.org/3/x0262e/x0262e05.htm https://medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539 https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/Employment_in_agriculture/ https://public.wsu.edu/~mreed/380American%20Consumption.htm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect
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  134. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim You guys flooded me with this video, so here's my reluctant overview. Tldr, attempts at rehabilitating social-democracy mixed with the usual misunderstandings around what exactly Socialism is. Generic anti soc-dem critique, honestly. I hope you enjoy my suffering.
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  135. You're too kind. Anytime habibi <3
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  136. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim I'm late to the discussion but, UBI is still popular amongst the wider left. Here's a light discussion on the issues of UBI as well as what possible solutions can be found. Tl;dr? It's only a good idea with a strengthening of social programs, which is definitely not the aim of those powerful that advocate for UBI. Tl;dr of tl'dr? Read Lenin. Reformism is not enough. Sources: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/basic-income.asp https://2020.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/business/stimulus-paychecks-garnish-banks.html https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-c7f2cad9c88a0ef08d7e63152de51eb4 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-15/new-york-city-rents-landlords-jack-up-prices-70-in-lease-renewals-post-covid https://citymonitor.ai/government/budgets/absent-aid-few-us-cities-will-be-able-to-avoid-austerity https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/budget-neutral-universal-basic-income-plan-would-pay-1320-per-month.html https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ https://monthlyreview.org/2011/11/01/the-global-reserve-army-of-labor-and-the-new-imperialism/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/ https://www.metro-magazine.com/10021892/poll-3-of-4-americans-want-more-public-transit-options https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/02/as-national-eviction-ban-expires-a-look-at-who-rents-and-who-owns-in-the-u-s/ https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/lack-of-investment-in-nhs-infrastructure-is-undermining-patient-care https://www.humanium.org/en/access-to-education-in-the-united-states-inequality/ https://qz.com/1556194/the-gig-economy-is-quietly-undermining-a-century-of-worker-protections/
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  137. Basically. No guys a dedicated and genuine Socialist would naturally be part of the anti-Communist educational curriculum of every reactionary power on earth, he just slipped through the cracks I promise bro
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  139. Compare news coverage from diverse sources around the world on a transparent platform driven by data. Try Ground News today: https://ground.news/hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim This is a well-meaning comment based in an engineered ignorance of what Capitalism and Socialism really are. Let's correct that.
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  140. Support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: YaBoiHakim The Deprogram: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890340 Enjoy this simultaneous shitpost and call for help! I was very tired and don't remember even writing the script but it turned out alright so I thought, what the hell lol Love you all! <3
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  149. OLD VIDEOS QUESTIONS? Ongoing YT bug which I have to deal with individually for each single vid, it'll take forever. WHAT ABOUT THIS VID? This is a complete reworking of an older video. Double the length, new sourcing, new material etc. Part of a project for the channel as mentioned in previous recent videos. New material will be out at the same time, just modernizing everything so it looks nice instead of blurry background listings of sources I did before lol
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  150. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The illegal and anti-democratic dissolution of Socialism in Eastern Europe was the single greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the past century. My editor was rushed due to a variety of factors when making this video, please ignore the few spelling mistakes in the title headers. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-population-idUSKCN1B315O https://dorf-alwine.business.site Depopulated and Abandoned Areas in Serbia in the 21st Century—From a Local to a National Problem https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-21/eastern-europe-population-decline-rural-bulgaria https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/18/living-in-a-ghost-town-meet-the-moldovans-who-refuse-to-be-climate-migrants THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF SUDDEN IMPOVERISHMENT: EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE 1989-94 TRANSITION http://web.natur.cuni.cz/ksgrrsek/acta/1999/AUC_1999_34_Rychtarikova_Is_Eastern_Europe.pdf https://www.oecd.org/els/emp/4383228.pdf https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eca/publication/youth-unemployment-in-south-east-europe-10-key-messages http://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_142377.pdf https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icemss-13/8673 https://www.ppesydney.net/content/uploads/2020/04/Marxs-reserve-army-still-relevant-100-years-on.pdf https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2021&locations=LV&start=1960 https://www.foreigner.bg/eastern-europe-experiencing-deep-demographic-crisis/ https://intellinews.com/population-decline-to-take-emerging-europe-back-to-the-early-20th-century-253068/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-declining-population https://www.deturope.eu/pdfs/det/2022/01/09.pdf https://hypeandhyper.com/brain-drain-in-central-and-eastern-europe/ https://www.tcd.ie/Economics/assets/pdf/SER/2021/eastern-eu-niamh-howley.pdf https://www.ft.com/content/c5d3e0ae-36eb-11ea-ac3c-f68c10993b04 https://eeca.unfpa.org/en/news/what-do-about-eastern-europes-population-crisis https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/03/future-of-aging-populations-and-economic-growth-in-eastern-europe-petrakis https://www.oecd.org/els/public-pensions/PAG2021-country-profile-Hungary.pdf https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-pension-idUSKCN1C60Z6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-croatia-pensions-idUSKBN1W4123 https://www.helvetas.org/en/eastern-europe/about-us/follow-us/helvetas-mosaic/article/March2021/demographic-decline-southeast-europe https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2020/03/future-of-aging-populations-and-economic-growth-in-eastern-europe-petrakis\ https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1994-806-30-Johnson.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05775132.2015.1012402?journalCode=mcha20
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  151. Hello again! This is the second part to my previous video, although you can watch it as a standalone thing. Join me for the next (and final!) part of this miniseries where I discuss where race-realist ideas can lead (hint, it's not anywhere pleasant). Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim My Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction and recap. 00:24 - Myth 5, Racial test scores, IQ, Lead and a lot more bad science. 11:32 - Myth 6, Jaguars have no sub-species, and neither do humans. Also, citing studies that disprove other points they've made elsewhere lol 15:17 - Myth 7, My favorite part. Very, very selective citing from very shitty sources, plus more lying about the findings of studies. 22:41 - Myth 8, I accidentally say 9 because I mistyped in my script. Apparently the more white blood you have, the more succesful you are. Explains why there are no stupid full-bred white people right? 24:53 - Conclusion. Sources: See sources from previous videos as well. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730125/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/descendants-of-holocaust-survivors-have-altered-stress-hormones/ http://www.kjplanet.com/amp-31-10-726.pdf https://lesacreduprintemps19.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/the-minnesota-transracial-adoption-study-a-follow-up-of-iq-test-performance-at-adolescence1.pdf http://www.precaution.org/lib/low-level_lead_longterm_followup.19921001.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad079acc.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0160289694900515 https://www.apa.org/research/action/stereotype https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2010/01/study-of-african-iq-levels-proven-to-be-substandard.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/12/17/none-of-the-above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d8bnGTE8G8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945611/ https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/486625 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289699000069 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289697900416 http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/pioneer-fund http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289609000634 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289609001470 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608009001071 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104160801000035X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618290/
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  152. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Apologies for the voice, I was sick when recording. Source: Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Keeran and Kenny
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  153. Wanna know the best part? I don't like either vanilla OR chocolate. Bamboozled again, I know 😔 I prefer exotic fruit flavours as well as pistachio.
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  154. Never be pessimistic, there's a world to win. Agitate, educate, organize. The first Socialist Yugoslavia was formed in far harsher conditions, don't lose hope!
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  155. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim The Deprogram Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hello! A long time coming, here's a basic intro video about the various definitions relevant to Socialism. If you guys enjoy this then lemme know, as I'm thinking of making several more in-depth videos along the same vein. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 What is Capitalism? 01:38 Means of Production. 01:58 What is Exploitation? 02:32 What is Surplus Value? 03:42 What is Capital? 05:30 What is Class? 06:16 What is the Proletariat? 06:39 What are the Bourgeoisie? 06:59 What is Class Struggle? 07:18 What is Social Democracy? 10:08 What is Socialism? 11:36 What is Communism? 11:50 What is Revolution? 12:26 Conclusion
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  156. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Basic answers to the most common objections you hear in regards to the labour theory of value. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of them are a result of not actually reading what Marx said, and as a result fall flat. Further reading: http://www.marxist.com/in-defence-of-ltv.htm https://freedomthistime.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/debunking-economics-part-1-utility/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvNb6ewL7kOdWhYSEI4OVJHTkk/view www.anwarshaikhecon.org/sortable/images/docs/publications/political_economy/1984/Shaikh%20-%20Transformation%20from%20Marx%20to%20Sraffa.pdf www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/vol3/vol3.pdf http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/030981689505500105 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/048661349402600203 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23598125?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/23597084?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Sources: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch07.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/ch01.htm Price–value deviations: further evidence from input–output data of Japan by Lefteris Tsoulfidis Testing the labor theory of value in Sweden by Dave Zachariah Labour values, prices of production and the missing equalization of profit rates: Evidence from the German economy by Nils Fröhlich The Scientific Status of the Labour Theory of Value by W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell
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  158. We wanted to have him on the deprogram actually but we couldn't get consistent contact with him sadly. Maybe down the line!
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  159. True, but my argument comes off (I hope) somewhat more sophisticated than just "these people are usually unreliable". My point is that this entire reliance on defectors is a silly ideology game that can be skewed any which way depending on who's doing the talking (and paying). Tying that all together, the tl;dr is "be skeptical because this nonsense has been used time and time again to justify military or otherwise violent action against poor countries based on lies".
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  160. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Happy new year to you all! Here's a last minute book recommendations thingy for all your reading pleasure. Have a lovely time with your families, love you all ❤️ Timestamps: 00:26 – Settlers by J. Sakai 03:28 – Killing Hope by William Blum 04:42 – Latin American Diaries by Guevara 06:03 – Black skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
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  161. Yeah, it's the same all over the third world sadly. Pathetic, because usually they have no idea what the ECP or Marx's arguments really are lol
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  163. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Ayy yo, it's time to PEEP THE HANDBOOK! Let's take a look at CHADaffi's work, The Green Book. Silly name aside, I'm playing around with a new idea, lemme know what you think! Libgen for book downloads, as always.
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  164. Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to http://keeps.com/hakim to get a special offer. Individual results may vary. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: Belgium Contributor, et al. “Locarno Treaties: Treaty between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy.” Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667899/. Accessed 11 March 2024. Britannica. “Weimar Republic - Stabilization, Democracy, Hyperinflation.” Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Weimar-Republic/Toward-stabilization. Accessed 11 March 2024. Collier, Martin, and Philip Pedley. Germany 1919-45. Pearson Education, 2000. Accessed 21 March 2024. Gross, Jan T. Revolution from abroad: the Soviet conquest of Poland's western Ukraine and western Belorussia. Princeton University Press, 2002. Holdsworth, Nick, et al. “Stalin 'planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact.'” The Telegraph, 18 October 2008, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3223834/Stalin-planned-to-send-a-million-troops-to-stop-Hitler-if-Britain-and-France-agreed-pact.html. Accessed 13 March 2024. Szymanski, Albert. Class Struggle in Socialist Poland: With Comparisons to Yugoslavia. Praeger, 1984. Accessed 21 March 2024. TIME, Inc. “THE U.S.S.R. LIFE PRESENTS A SPECIAL ISSUE PORTRAYING THE WORKS AND MANNERS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.” TIME, 29 March 1943, p. 118, https://ia801400.us.archive.org/0/items/life-ussr/Life_1943-03-29_v14-13.pdf. Accessed 13 March 2024. Tsygankov, Andrei P. Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin: Honor in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Accessed 11 March 2024. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and German Reich. Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 23 August 1939. European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, https://enrs.eu/uploads/media/The%20Molotov-Ribbentrop%20Pact_en%20text.pdf.
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  165. For sure! I actually had a section written up but it would've added too much to the runtime so I cut it. Very valid criticism.
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  166. Use my code HAKIM or click the following link for 20% off of MeansTV! https://means.tv/orders/customer_info?o=70845&d=HAKIM Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/latest-videos-114351587
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  167. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim One of my favorite contradictions of Capitalism, here's a quick run-down of the falling rate of profit. Lemme know what you think! Sources and Further Reading: Testing Marx: Some new results from UK data, Cockshott The historical transience of capital - The downward trend in the rate of profit since XIX century, Esteban Ezequiel Maito Is There a Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall? Econometric Evidence for the U.S. Economy, 1948-2007, Basu Is the Theory of a Falling Profit Rate Valid?, Cockshott http://gesd.free.fr/lietal.pdf https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1293&context=utk_gradthes https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0486613412447059 http://gesd.free.fr/mrwrate.pdf https://thenextrecession.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/revisiting-a-world-rate-of-profit-june-2015.pdf https://thenextrecession.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/uk-rate-of-profit-august-2015.pdf https://thenextrecession.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/maito-esteban-the-historical-transience-of-capital-the-downward-tren-in-the-rate-of-profit-since-xix-century.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJ_tcnfaWA&ab_channel=PaulCockshott https://youtu.be/_BkMiZze4ak
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  169. I read throughout all the little breaks I get in a day. During my commute, in-between consultations, before I sleep etc. You'd be surprised how quickly the 10-20 pages a session build up to full books.
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  170. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  171. I was replying to someone else that deleted their comment, they left several slurs in various comment chains and this was my response to them, not the main commenter (Chris Perez).
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  172.  @alonsoarana5307  I actually liked this first movie! Haven't watched the rest though, although a friend who's a massive fan keeps pestering me haha
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  175. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim The Deprogram Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZ... Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: Cuba and the U.S. Empire A Chronological History by Jane Franklin Sun, Sex, and Gold: Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean Fidel Castro and the Quest for a Revolutionary Culture in Cuba http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/17/c_139816562.htm https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/22/us-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-cuban-officials-media-reports https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cuba-protests-airstrikes-miami-mayor-b1884238.html https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/republican-congressman-anthony-sabatini-calls-for-execution-of-cuban-leaders/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/la-manipulacion-descarada-de-la-realidad-en-cuba/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/11/minuto-a-minuto-la-revolucion-se-defiende-en-las-calles/ http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/12/investigacion-confirma-la-perversa-operacion-de-redes-sociales-contra-cuba-lanzada-desde-el-exterior/ https://fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RealCuba/comments/om2bfq/cuban_communist_is_censored_after_she_complains/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ https://cubamoneyproject.com/2021/07/03/usaid-5/?fbclid=IwAR3cIn17cZFlTIBqG7Zpn0fVWOArd6s_9yoIbFbJiLQewsry39vr-qDHahY https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/cubans-take-to-the-street-in-defence-of-the-revolution https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/22/400-former-heads-of-state-politicians-artists-and-intellectuals-call-on-us-president-biden-to-let-cuba-live/ https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/Fake-Social-Media-Operation-from-Abroad-Catalyzes-Cuba-Incident-20210712-0013.html https://twitter.com/JulianMaciasT/status/1414681678539378691?s=20 https://www.povertyusa.org/facts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/14/americas-year-of-hunger-how-children-and-people-of-color-suffered-most https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/more-americans-are-spending-over-half-their-income-on-housing/ https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Cuba/United-States/Health https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/international/obama-in-cuba/most-americans-support-ending-cuba-embargo-nyt-poll-finds https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1416713677378629636 https://twitter.com/morganastra/status/1414349191598411777?s=20 Further Reading: https://red-ant.org/2021/07/27/western-left-intellectuals-love-affair-with-colour-revolution-in-cuba/ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egep9bc_AWo http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/07/16/de-verdad-mr-biden/ https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/20/if-you-grew-up-with-the-us-blockade-as-a-cuban-you-might-understand-the-recent-protests-differently/ https://fair.org/home/media-play-up-protests-play-down-effect-of-us-sanctions-in-cuba/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/
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  178. Protect your browsing with Guardio, plus get 20% off with a free 7-day free trial: https://guard.io/hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Innovation and automation, two significant aspects of modern society that would be better under Socialism. How? Well let's take a look! Sources: Previous videos cited. https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/global-center-for-the-development-of-the-whole-child/literacy-infographic https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/09/low-literacy-levels-among-us-adults-could-be-costing-the-economy-22-trillion-a-year/?sh=e89eb1e4c904 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS https://educateinspirechange.org/how-many-people-of-the-world-have-a-college-degree/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8426978/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/basic-science-can-t-survive-without-government-funding/ https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/03/socialism-innovation-capitalism-smith people.umass.edu/dmkotz/Soc_and_Innovation_02.pdf https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/basic-science-can-t-survive-without-government-funding/ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/which-is-better-for-innovation-capitalism-or-democratic-socialism/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/19/percent-of-world-with-col_n_581807.html http://time.com/4089171/mariana-mazzucato/ people.umass.edu/dmkotz/Soc_and_Innovation_02.pdf http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1110/gallery.government_inventions/index.html http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2013/03/07/10-government-funded-inventions http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/science-march-funding-technology-genius/
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  183. I'm glad to hear it! Thanks for the feedback.
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  187. Not compromising on my anti-Zionist and pro-Palestine stance has its consequences. I want my editor to be paid fairly, so I take what I can get.
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  189. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim First Thought: https://www.youtube.com/@firstthoughtnews Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Article link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106026 The research is clear. Capitalism had resulted in massive growth of poverty until the rise of left-wing, progressive and anti-colonial movements despite it's impressive ability at developing productive forces and standardizing industrial production and manufacture. As Marx said, "Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery at the opposite".
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  190. I don't get what you're saying, relying on the good-will of the Capitalist ruling class to maintain political concessions is always a bullet-proof strategy /s
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  192. The American political system is so locked down that, no matter how "progressive" a candidate may be, the system itself is set up to always prioritize the power of capital and profits. That's why it's called a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. However, like I said in the end of the video, I can't fully comment on the American situation. It may be better, or not. It is up to American comrades to decide, not me. Regardless, imo, it shouldn't be the principle task, be it Biden, Bernie or whoever else. Building a working class party and community organizing should be the task of the hour, in my opinion. Generally though, as an Iraqi, the minute differences of democrat vs republican presidents mean very little to me as someone in Iraq, as the results (imperialism, military aggression, sanctions etc.) will nonetheless remain. The point of the video though, is to show that Vaush is misrepresenting Marx, Lenin etc.; not to comment on Biden vs whoever else. I hope that clears it up a bit.
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  196. Oh? I had no idea. Damn.
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  197. Hyperbole for the sake of the algorithm as always lol Honestly though, there are a ton of arguments competing for the "worst argument" spot.
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  198. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Monopolies are inherent to Capitalism. The dictatorship of the Capitalist class leads to worse lives for the rest of us, as the world burns around us. Maybe it's time for a different system?
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  202. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim JOKER MAO Calling them leeches is incorrect as leeches actually serve a function. Let's have fun laughing at all the arguments landlords use to justify their parasitical existence. JOKER MAO Sources: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/rent.htm http://www.gmhousingaction.com/good-landlord-myth/ https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-good-landlord/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/14/america-is-short-more-than-5-million-homes-study-says.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/16/homeless-count-population-america-shelters-people https://www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-median-annual-income-ratio/ https://www.thebalance.com/how-much-income-do-you-need-to-buy-a-house-5204854 https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price-state/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/07/homelessness-is-lethal-deaths-have-risen-dramatically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67uWQjs745E&ab_channel=SecondThought http://www.gmhousingaction.com/good-landlord-myth/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/buy-to-let-landlords-renters-homes-22-million-homeowners-onward-neil-obrien-conseratives-a8414736.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43504015 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/realestate/millennials-housing-market.html https://www.businessinsider.com/more-millennials-planning-to-rent-forever-cant-afford-housing-2019-11?r=US&IR=T https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/02/as-national-eviction-ban-expires-a-look-at-who-rents-and-who-owns-in-the-u-s/ https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-assets-property-real-estate-law-2021-12?r=US&IR=T https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/03/31/43291139/heres-how-many-landlords-there-are-in-the-washington-legislature https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-vote-down-law-requiring-landlords-make-their-homes-fit-for-human-habitation-a6809691.html https://www.tobenerlaw.com/sex-for-rent-amid-covid-19/
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  203. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim A drier video than usual, but definitely a necessary one. A quick point by point discussion on what is commodity production, its existence under various modes of production, and its sometimes necessary (albeit unsavory) continuation into Socialism. The gist of the video? Material conditions! We're Marxists, and must analyze things based on their material conditions. Commodity production is not a button to press on or off, and certain realities of especially third-world nations make it practically impossible to immediately abolish commodity production short of stopping production entirely (real Pol Pot hours? 🤔). Cease the dogmatism, and realize that Socialism is a process, not a set of affairs to be established. Love you all.
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  205. If women are behind the men, they interpret it literally. When women are given the second floor, literally "above" the men, all of a sudden their faculties fail them. That, they don't interpret literally. It's a house of worship, not a nightclub. Let people worship with as few distractions as possible, both for the men and the women. Plus, it's interesting how they never ask Muslim women if they'd be comfortable praying right next to a man. We know why, because these secularists never care about what Muslim women think. They just want to impose their ideological positions. Liberalism is "live however you like, as long as it's exactly as I live".
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  206. Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to http://keeps.com/hakim to get a special offer. Individual results may vary. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim As mentioned before, my usual sponsor left because of my stance on the settler-colonial issue. Show some interest in the sponsor and help me pay my editor fairly. That's all, love you, mwah mwah <3 Sources: 1. Hess, G. (1974).”The Iranian Crisis of 1945-46 and the Cold War”. Political Science Quarterly Vol 89 Number 1 March 1974. https://www.azargoshnasp.com/recent_history/atoor/theiraniancriris194546.pdf 2. United States Federal Research Division-Library of Congress. Editors: Curtis, G., Hooglund, E. (2008). Iran: A Country Study. ISBN: 978-1-59804-429-4. https://archive.org/details/irancountrystudy00curt_1/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater 3. Kinzer, S.(2003). ”All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror”. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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  207.  @Adraria8  The process was different. Peaceful transition via "respectable" elections in European social-democracies vs the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the modern era (which resulted in several wars, failed coup attempts and the complete collapse of the political, administrative and economic system). That's ofc not mentioning sanctions, diplomatic vilification, internal and external sabotage etc. etc.
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  208. Full Podcast Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3lb9rVNkDgFYkYpQM5DnF1?si=b34e3f5aceff4507 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim A little summary of one of our more "theory-centered" episodes over on the deprogram. Lemme know if you like this format, and go have a listen! Proper video coming soon.
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  211. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Here's a topic a little closer to my heart. Iraq (and the wider Arab world) has the potential to be a regional and even global leader in so much, yet entrenchment in local nonsense plus imperialist meddling has thus far prevented this. This video is just a small look into what one small aspect of environmental policy could achieve given sensible and directed government. Lemme know what you think of the editing, I think he did an amazing job! Sources: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS?locations=IQ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/oil-rich-iraq-grapples-with-power-outages-for-30-years/2297835 https://www.dw.com/en/iraqs-electricity-minister-fired-after-weeks-of-protests/a-44867913 https://www.dw.com/en/protests-spread-from-oil-rich-basra-across-southern-iraq/a-44678926 https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-iraqs-electricity-issues-so-hard-to-solve/a-58189500 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3119829/corruption-china-former-top-banker-lai-xiaomin-executed-taking https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jb0015q https://sci-hub.ru/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547952 https://www.worlddata.info/asia/iraq/sunset.php https://globalsolaratlas.info/map https://www.meed.com/iraq-plans-new-silicon-metal-plant/ https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/1536/1467 https://www.jinkosolar.com/en/ https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/IRQ/iraq/unemployment-rate https://mercomindia.com/world-largest-solar-park-bhadla/ https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/iraqs-electricity-supply-and-demand-2018-2030 https://agsiw.org/iraq-steps-up-solar-energy-plans-with-2-gw-award-to-the-uae/ Theoretical Efficiency and Practicality of the Solar Trough Collector/Tikrit-Iraq; Yaseen. H. Mahmood, Adnan M. Khalid, Abdulsalam S. Baq https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/16324-20200722.pdf https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516014242/http:/www.un-energy.org/stories/2498-re-considering-the-economics-of-photovoltaic-power https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733315001699?via%3Dihub https://qz.com/422070/chinas-newest-corporate-giant-is-selling-cheap-high-speed-rail-to-the-rest-of-the-world/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094349/http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/solarthermal/NSTTF/salt.htm https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/news_seite?nid=23248;sprache=en;seitenid= https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-firm-cutting-edge-solar-energy.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-020-0598-5 https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2021 http://eprints.tiu.edu.iq/396/1/eajse.v6i2p31.pdf Energy Yield Loss Caused by Dust and Pollutants Deposition on Concentrated Solar Power Plants in Iraq Weathers https://www.energyvoice.com/promoted/173305/iraqs-oil-potential-still-mainly-untapped/ https://sci-hub.ru/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.058 https://www.iberdrola.com/innovation/desalination https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/ https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/8/1/42/htm Generating Electricity Using Photovoltaic Solar Plants in Iraq; Miqdam Tariq Chaichan, Hussein A. Kazem. Solar energy status in Iraq: Abundant or not—Steps forward
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  212. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim I was originally gonna post this earlier in the month, but I just sorta forgot about it as I was working on the race-realism is nonsense videos. Both of the next two videos in that series will be out in April so stay tuned! TIMESTAMPS: 00:27 – Liberalism A Counter-History by Losurdo 01:37 – 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism by Chang 03:07 – October by Mieville 04:09 – Kill Anything That Moves by Turse 05:16 – Blitzed by Ohler 06:37 – Reminiscences of The Cuban Revolutionary War by Guevara 07:38 – A Dying Colonialism by Fanon
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  215. Grab AtlasVPN for $1.99 a month using my discount: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim The human, economic, social and political costs of the Iraq war discussed. Lemme know what you think! <3 Sources: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220403-us-defense-contractors-see-longer-term-benefits-from-war-in-ukraine https://www.businessinsider.com/the-top-20-defense-companies-donating-the-most-cash-to-us-politicians-2017-11?r=US&IR=T#20-dyncorp-international-1 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/01/iraq-war-brought-you-your-friends-lockheed-martin/ https://www.workers.org/2022/03/62572/ https://prospect.org/power/the-members-of-congress-who-profit-from-war/ https://truthout.org/articles/lockheed-martin-gave-over-250k-to-politicians-as-they-discussed-ukraine-bills/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-dark-truth-about-blackwater/ https://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/opinion/iraq-war-oil-juhasz/index.html https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1089&context=political_science_facpub https://jacobin.com/2021/09/bush-blair-iraq-war-on-terror-war-for-oil-question-al-qaeda-saddam-hussein-wmds https://www.icij.org/investigations/windfalls-war/us-contractors-reap-windfalls-post-war-reconstruction-0/ https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2012/1/7/western-oil-firms-remain-as-us-exits-iraq https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/true-cost-iraq-war-3-trillion-and-beyond https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/ https://www.wfpusa.org/articles/how-much-would-it-cost-to-end-world-hunger/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30857-6/fulltext https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/30/politics/infrastructure-us-investment-cost-engineers/index.html https://www.businessinsider.com/us-taxpayers-spent-8000-each-2-trillion-iraq-war-study-2020-2?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/iraq-war-facts-numbers-stats-total-2013-3?r=US&IR=T https://news.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-americans-support-war-against-iraq.aspx https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2019/US%20Budgetary%20Costs%20of%20Wars%20November%202019.pdf?utm_source=Daily%20on%20Defense%20(2019%20TEMPLATE)_11/15/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Daily%20on%20Defense&rid=84648 https://phys.org/news/2022-09-america-aging-infrastructure-sags-pressure.html https://edsource.org/updates/teachers-often-work-a-second-job-outside-of-the-classroom https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2021/01/the-astronomical-price-of-insulin-hurts-american-families.html https://earth.org/us-military-pollution/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-13/us-poverty-rate-rises-for-second-year-incomes-little-changed https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/ https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/refugees/iraqi https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/2022/IraqWarCosts
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  219. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim I had no idea what to do for the thumbnail so here you go, Mark Zuckerberg as a flowering skull. Let's take a look at how freedom of the press doesn't exist, and what Time magazine had to say about the USSR. Sources: Parenti, Democracy for the few. https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/aug/05.htm Ben Bagdikian, The New Media Monopoly Commission on Freedom of the Press, quoted in Robert Cirino, Don’t Blame the People The Sponsor, 1978 “Workers’ Political Rights Under Attack,” American Writer 2003. https://twitter.com/HosamSalemG/status/1577607960246853635 Daniel Brandt, “Journalism and the CIA” Carl Bernstein, “The CIA and the Media” Helen Thomas, “Lap Dogs of the Press” Parenti, Inventing Reality Gary Webb, Dark Alliance https://web.archive.org/web/20010204214900/http://www.freedomforum.org/fpfp/specialprograms/tailwind1.asp
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  220.  @makisekurisu4674  Please read (or at least check out the relevant videos I link). Likewise, this video is about the US, not the USSR or China (we have an entire episode on the Deprogram podcast dedicated to Afghanistan, for example). Also, I'm not American, so the "freer" point doesn't stand either.
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  222. Steal BLACK FRIDAY deal and get Atlas VPN Premium for $1.70/mo + 6 months extra. Limited-time offer! https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim
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  223. The Deprogram Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim A fun little video on this iceberg stuff. I had fun making it, I hope you have fun watching it! Lemme know if you want to see the other layers as well.
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  224. I already have a copy on my desk! :D
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  225. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Here's another book recommendations so you have something to do during the quarantine. Many of these are somewhat difficult to get a hold of physically though, so take a look online for some PDFs. Libgen is a good source :) Timestamps: 1:27 - Emmanuel Arghiri 2:26 - Zak Cope 3:28 - Samir Amin
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  227. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Unsurprisingly, you're paying twice for everything in society. First through your taxes going to subsidize the largest and wealthiest corporations on the planet, and secondly by paying bills sent to you by those same businesses. It's almost as if the system is set up to serve the interests of a single class, to the detriment of the rest of humanity. Hmm, I wonder if some German guy a while back had something to say about this? Sources: Democracy for the few, Parenti https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/a-closer-look-at-who-benefits-from-snap-state-by-state-fact-sheets#Alabama Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense https://www.hoover.org/research/welfare-well-how-business-subsidies-fleece-taxpayers https://www.americanprogress.org/article/federal-oil-and-gas-royalty-and-revenue-reform/ https://blogs.worldbank.org/allaboutfinance/who-wins-when-banks-distribute-government-loans-funding-small-businesses-times https://www.citizen.org/news/pharmaceutical-industry-is-biggest-defrauder-of-the-federal-government-under-the-false-claims-act-new-public-citizen-study-find/ https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/corporate-welfare-state-how-federal-government-subsidizes-us-businesses# https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/primer-agriculture-subsidies-and-their-influence-on-the-composition-of-u-s-food-supply-and-consumption/ https://earth.org/agriculture-subsidies/ https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/data-insights/government-support-to-aviation-industry-hits-new-highs-due-to-covid-19 https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/pdf/wmtstudy.pdf https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/walmart-government-subsidies-study-msna307306 https://publicservices.international/resources/publications/amazon-the-worlds-largest-company-is-subsidised-by-you?id=13058&lang=en https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-microsoft-facebook-apple-and-amazon-get-2b-in-data-center-tax-breaks-economic-benefit-unclear/ The Entrepreneurial State
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  232. I plan on a new take, keep an eye out!
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  233. Join MeansTV, support me and other leftist creators for exclusive content with 20% off! https://means.tv/orders/customer_info?o=70845&d=HAKIM Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Sources: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121129429
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  234. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hi there! Overdue for another book recommendations video, so here it is! Apologies for the iffy audio quality and my voice. I've been moving and my new place is completely empty so the echo is insane. My voice sounds tired because I am lol Expect fun videos next month, love you all! Books: 00:17 Batatu's "Old Social Classes and Revolutionary Movements of Iraq" 01:43 Stookey's "South Yemen, A Marxist Republic in Arabia" 03:38 Tariq Ismael's "The Arab Left" 04:33 Jabar's "Post-Marxism and The Middle-East" 05:10 Kadri's "The Unmaking of Arab Socialism"
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  235. For all my criticisms of him, he is a really cute old man. I love the beard thing he's been trying!
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  236. Steal BLACK FRIDAY deal and get Atlas VPN Premium for $1.70/mo + 6 months extra. Limited-time offer! https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim The Deprogram Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Twitter: @YaBoiHakim
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  237. For sure! I remember thinking of mentioning that at the preface but I forgot as the question went on. Community programs, professional counseling and the elimination of the underlying conditions that give rise to crime (abuse, homelessness, unemployment, poverty, lack of access to facilities, inadequate educational institutions etc.) are the first step, before we even consider any form of prison/camp. Angela Davis' work is absolutely brilliant.
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  238. Get a 7-day free trial and 25% off Blinkist Annual Premium by clicking: https://bit.ly/HakimApr24 DEPROGRAM PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim General sources: This was a part of a larger video, so the sources are for basically all parts in one. I don't have the time to sift them out individually for this vid sadly. 1. BBC. “Romania profile - Timeline.” BBC, 8 October 2018, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17776876. Accessed 1 March 2024. 2. Blunden, Andy. “The Collapse of Eastern Europe.” Stalinism: It’s Origin and Future, https://www.marxists.org/subject/stalinism/origins-future/ch4-1.htm. Accessed 19 February 2024. 3. Britannica. “Czechoslovak history - Breakup, Dissolution, Velvet Revolution.” Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Czechoslovak-history/The-breakup-of-the-republic. Accessed 28 February 2024. 4. Britannica. “Romania - Communist Rule, Securitate, Ceausescu.” Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Romania/Communist-Romania. Accessed 1 March 2024. 5. Britannica. “Velvet Revolution | Definition, History, & Facts.” Britannica, 12 January 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Velvet-Revolution. Accessed 21 February 2024. 6. Chirileasa, Andrei. “Investigation of fall of communism in Romania gets nowhere 30 years on.” Romania Insider, 24 May 2021, https://www.romania-insider.com/iliescu-revolution-trial-may-2021. Accessed 20 February 2024. 7. Condrea, Diana. “Romania 100 - 100 Years in the History of Romania: The Most Important Events.” Uncover Romania, https://www.uncover-romania.com/romania-100/100-years-of-romania/. Accessed 1 March 2024. 8. ČTK. “Zemřel Jaroslav Kořán, překladatel a první polistopadový primátor Prahy - Aktuálně.cz.” Zprávy, 2 June 2017, https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/zemrel-prvni-polistopadovy-primator-prahy-jaroslav-koran-s-v/r~09987c24478311e78f16002590604f2e/. Accessed 28 February 2024. 9. “Czechs' Commitment to Free Markets and Democracy Stays Strong Amidst Troubled Economic and Political Waters.” Pew Research Center, 19 May 2010, https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2010/05/19/czech-commitment-to-free-markets-and-democracy/. Accessed 19 February 2024. 10. DAOU, Marc. “Twenty years later, Timisoara affair exposes media credulity.” France 24, 20 December 2009, https://www.france24.com/en/20091220-twenty-years-later-timisoara-affair-exposes-media-credulity. Accessed 20 February 2024. 11. Davies, Richard. “The CIA and the Polish Crisis of 1980–1981.” Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 6, no. (3), 2004, pp. 120-123. MIT Press Direct, https://direct.mit.edu/jcws/article-abstract/6/3/120/12675/The-CIA-and-the-Polish-Crisis-of-1980-1981?redirectedFrom=fulltext. 12. Glenn, John K. “Civil Society Transformed: International Aid to New Political Parties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.” Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 11, no. 2, 2000, pp. 161-179. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27927681. 13. Gorky, Patricia. “Romania: 30 years removed from socialism – Liberation News.” Liberation News, 26 December 2019, https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/. Accessed 20 February 2024. 14. Hardy, Jane. Poland's New Capitalism. Pluto Press (UK), 2009. Accessed 19 February 2024. 15. Havel, Vaclav, and Karel Hvížd̕ala. Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991. Accessed 28 February 2024. 16. “How the CIA subverted the Romanian regime - iNEWS.” iNews, https://inf.news/en/world/26220bb50c74892ee869cbd5e8b1e4a4.html. Accessed 20 February 2024. 17. Krause, Adam. “Did The CIA Propagate Rock 'n' Roll?” The Awl, 18 December 2013, https://www.theawl.com/2013/12/did-the-cia-propagate-rock-n-roll/. Accessed 29 February 2024. 18. Library of Congress. “A Brief Timeline of Modern Polish History - Polish-American Relations, 1918 to Present: Manuscript Resources at the Library of Congress - Research Guides at Library of Congress.” Library of Congress Research Guides, https://guides.loc.gov/poland-manuscripts/timeline. Accessed 24 February 2024. 19. Marcy, Sam, et al. “[Sam Marcy]: General admits long-term coup planning (Jan. 11, 1990).” Workers World, 11 January 1990, https://www.workers.org/marcy/1990/sm900111.html. Accessed 20 February 2024. 20. Maria, Ana, and Denoel Paris. “Romania's 1989 Uprising Was 'Orchestrated', Prosecutors Say.” Balkan Insight, 18 December 2017, https://balkaninsight.com/2017/12/18/romania-s-1989-uprising-was-staged-prosecutor-say-12-18-2017/. Accessed 20 February 2024. 21. Myant, Martin R. The Rise and Fall of Czech Capitalism: Economic Development in the Czech Republic Since 1989. Edward Elgar, 2003. Accessed 19 February 2024. 22. Naegele, Jolyon. Interconnected.org, https://interconnected.org/notes/2004/11/prague/mirrors/www.rferl.org/nca/special/10years/cs1.html. Accessed 21 February 2024. 23. Nagel, Sylvia. “Romanian revolution.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_revolution. Accessed 1 March 2024. 24. Paun, Carmen. “Thirty years after Romanian revolution, questions remain.” POLITICO.eu, 25 December 2019, https://www.politico.eu/article/thirty-years-after-romanian-revolution-questions-remain-death-of-nicolae-ceausescu/. Accessed 20 February 2024. 25. Pike, John. “Solidarity - 1980-1989.” GlobalSecurity.org, 1 July 1980, https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/solidarity.htm. Accessed 19 February 2024. 26. Romania Insider Editor. “Declassified C.I.A. documents show Ceausescu succession scenarios, Romania's economic situation.” Romania Insider, 19 February 2017, https://www.romania-insider.com/recently-declassified-c-documents-show-ceausescu-succession-scenarios-romanias-economic-situation. Accessed 20 February 2024. 27. Szymanski, Albert. Class struggle in socialist Poland: with comparisons to Yugoslavia. Praeger, 1984. Accessed 23 February 2024. 28. US Department Of State: Office of Historian. “Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office of the Historian.” Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office of the Historian, https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/soviet-invasion-czechoslavkia. Accessed 28 February 2024. 29. Walker, Ross. “Czech Republic: 25 Years of Capitalism. What Freedom?” In Defence of Marxism, 7 January 2015, https://www.marxist.com/czech-republic-25-years-of-capitalism-what-freedom.htm. Accessed 19 February 2024. 30. “The Warsaw Security Pact: May 14, 1955.” Avalon Project, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warsaw.asp. Accessed 28 February 2024. 31. Wedel, Janine R., editor. The Unplanned Society: Poland During and After Communism. Columbia University Press, 1992. Accessed 19 February 2024. 32. Wikipedia. “Velvet Revolution.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution. Accessed 27 February 2024. 33. Workers Vanguard. “Solidarnosc: Polish Company Union for CIA and Bankers.” Workers Vanguard, no. No. 290, 1981. https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/spartacist-us/1981-1987/Solidarnosc-%20Polish%20Company%20Union.pdf. Accessed 19 February 2024.
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  240. These videos are genuinely so amazing, excellent work.
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  241. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Responding to some video that was recommended to me, with the usual ineffectual self-help advice that almost entirely strips the systemic origins of poverty from the argument. Hope you enjoy it!
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  242. @10:03, he doesn't "pray" to the tomb, man. He's reading al-Fatiha, the first Surah of the Qur'an, over the tomb/grave. Very common practice amongst Muslims but in no way is it worshiping the grave or whoever is inside it.
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  243.  @clarabisson7299  I'm a physician, that's my day job lmao
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  244. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Hey there! This time I'm trying chapter-headers in the video, so hopefully that'll help your time-stamping purposes. If you like this then I'll do it for future videos (and probably a select few previous ones as well). I'd love your feedback. There's a lot of talk about the USSR, its economy, form of elections and workers' power amongst other things. Sadly, a lot is said without the necessary information backing it up so, this is a video hoping to fill that gap with some book recommendations. All of these books can be found for free on libgen or a quick google search. I hope you like it! Timestamps: 00:35 Alec Nove: An Economic History of the USSR 01:36 Albert Szymanski: Human Rights In The Soviet Union 02:49 Albert Szymanski: Is The Red Flag Flying? 03:44 Pat Sloan: Soviet Democracy 04:24 The Industrialization Of Soviet Russia 05:00 Webb: Soviet Communism, A New Civilization? 06:00 Jonathan Aurthur: Socialism In The Soviet Union 06:39 The Soviet Form of Popular Government 07:38 Mick Costello: Workers' Participation In The Soviet Union 08:22 Sayers and Kahn: The Great Consipracy Against Russia, Holme: The Soviets and Ourselves, Two Commonwealths
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  245. These are my favorite type of comments, thank you so much :)
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  246. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim First Thought: https://www.youtube.com/@firstthoughtnews Twitter: @YaBoiHakim
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  247. The Deprogram Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Something different this time! Lemme know if you like these highlight type videos, cuz I love them lmao
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  248. I wish you the very best buddy, happy birthday!
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  249. The "Illiescu was a communist!" line I don't care for because him and his ilk were clearly plotting to overthrow the Socialist government and whatever well-meaning cadres still existed to bring back Capitalism to plotters' benefit. It's basically like saying Gorbachev or Yeltsin's groups were Communists. They were members, yeah, but they weren't ideological Communists and instead existed on a scale from socdem to neolib. Sabotage has existed in Romania prior to 1989 but all that info would've dragged the video on too long. That being said, Illiescu and all his ilk were top military staff and the assumption is clear that they was all members of the party for opportunistic reasons. Romania entirely was just a mess lol
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  251. Is there anything more pathetic than subscribing to someone you disagree with, only to immediately jump on to dislike, not watch the video, and leave cringe one liners? For your sake, spend your time more efficiently.
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  252. I appreciate your effort, thank you.
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  253. Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months extra before the BIG DEAL deal expires: https://get.atlasvpn.com/Hakim Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Can you believe this "monthly spending breakdown"? Do you pay only 800USD for rent? There are villages in Bulgaria that charge more. What's going on here, exactly? Fuckery, that's what. They're trying to bamboozle you with condescening half-truths (like having 4 roommates to make rent cheaper) to hide the cracks of a dying and contradictory system. Let's take a look. Sources: https://admission.princeton.edu/cost-aid/fees-payment-options https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10089351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534330/ https://www.reuters.com/business/pandemic-boosts-super-rich-share-global-wealth-2021-12-07/ https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-us-income/#average-u.s.-household-income-in-2022:-dollar105555 https://www.forbes.com/advisor/mortgages/average-rent-by-state/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/07/19/us-metros-states-with-rent-increases/70425895007/ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/full-time-minimum-wage-workers-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-us.html https://www.checkbook.org/puget-sound-area/supermarkets/articles/How-do-Trader-Joe-s-Prices-Compare-2064 https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/finance/average-cost-of-groceries/ https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/how-much-should-i-spend-on-food/ https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/saving-and-budgeting/articles/how-much-should-i-spend-on-groceries https://finance.yahoo.com/news/see-much-average-american-spends-150022067.html?guccounter=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/what-people-spend-on-dining-out-2019-8?r=US&IR=T#people-in-louisiana-spend-2644-per-year-on-average-on-dining-out-18 https://www.aecf.org/blog/exploring-americas-food-deserts https://www.apta.com/news-publications/public-transportation-facts/ https://sites.google.com/site/metrosystemsoftheworld/metro-systems-of-the-u-s-a http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/202101/10/t20210110_36207420.shtml https://inkstickmedia.com/americans-dependence-on-cars-is-a-national-security-issue/ https://money.com/owning-new-car-cost-total-2023/ https://www.bankrate.com/loans/auto-loans/average-monthly-car-payment/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/best-family-phone-plans-of-2023/0 https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/living/monthly-utility-costs-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/201714/growth-in-us-residential-electricity-prices-since-2000/ https://www.utilitydive.com/news/electricity-prices-inflation-consumer-price-index/640656/ https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=56660 https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/internet/internet-cost-per-month/ https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/socioeconomic-status-United-States-harder-change-than-in-past-150-years https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-is-officially-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-120122 https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/ https://abc7ny.com/nyc-rent-real-estate-apartment-prices/13630153/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/how-costly-are-common-health-services-in-the-united-states/#Average%20cost%20of%20an%20inpatient%20admission%20in%20large%20employer%20plans,%20by%20type%20of%20admission,%202018 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/31/62percent-of-americans-still-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-amid-inflation.html https://educationdata.org/average-student-loan-payment https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/24/budget-of-a-32-year-old-freelancer-earning-50000-dollars-in-nyc.html https://www.statista.com/statistics/200957/percentage-of-americans-without-health-insurance/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/
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  254. Haha inshallah Thank you! <3
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  255. Thanks for the points and nice words comrades. Btw you can find the cancer stuff on his wikipedia page.
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  256. Exactly right, seems like they do good work. The Juche "oddity" probably is the only reason for it being on the iceberg in the first place.
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  257. Merry Christmas to you too :)
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  258.  @Halcypian  Not the first time I've been told this sadly. If I knew how to fix the issue, I definitely would. Maybe the bell nonsense fixes it?
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  259. This is genuinely really lovely feedback habibi, thank you.
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  260. This was an attempt to replicate his very liberal and non-nuanced style, so the obvious superficial covering of the topic was intentional. Many apologies if I offended you <3
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  261. I hope it improves buddy <3
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  262. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComradeHakim Twitter: @YaBoiHakim Capitalism sucks reason God's knows what. It's time to go beyond. Quick video on planned obsolescence and why reformism won't get us out of this one either. Sources: https://www.ijser.org/researchpaper/Planned-Obsolescence.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/581999/EPRS_BRI(2016)581999_EN.pdf https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/press/pressinformation/lifetime-of-electrical-appliances-becoming-shorter https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/581999/EPRS_BRI(2016)581999_EN.pdf https://www.wired.com/2011/01/apple-is-screwing-your-iphone/ https://www.medtechintelligence.com/column/planned-obsolescence-and-single-use-reprocessing-in-healthcare/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/untrustworthy-canon-printer-lawsuit/ https://www.eli.org/vibrant-environment-blog/smart-tech-dumb-design-planned-obsolescence-and-social-responsibility https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/ https://www.ijser.org/researchpaper/Planned-Obsolescence.pdf https://www.eli.org/vibrant-environment-blog/smart-tech-dumb-design-planned-obsolescence-and-social-responsibility https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/101/4/729/1840176
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  263. Pretty much.
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  264. Cognitive dissonance is one hell of a drug.
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  265. The video just went up, so there's absolutely no way you've watched it. Meaning, you're not even engaging with the material, which is intellectually lazy. I have dozens of sources in the pinned comment, and they're practically all either direct research on the topic or relevant publications. The argument is clear; 1. the IMF has thrown Ukraine into a debt-trap, 2. Ukrainian political leadership serves the interests of Western capital, and are destroying their nation as a result. All of this is clearly substantiated by the evidence. Now tell me (after watching the video, preferably), what part of this is "distorting history"?
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  266. I'm actually confused as to why people find my "Hi there!" so amusing haha Feels rude not to greet someone at the beginning lol
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  267.  @tidiarr  ML, always. The aesthetic was nice, though. Kinda trying to juxtapose the "Socialism killed millions!" claim with Capitalism.
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  268. Dude don't you get bored of spamming like 10 threads? Also lol at a Spaniard talking about being a "superior white European"; you're half moor and so is the rest of your country.
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  269. I'm keeping it relevant to the subject matter; this video isn't a comprehensive history of Ukraine, but an overview of modern Ukraine's (as a political entity) manipulation. Go read Losurdo's book, or Tauger/Wheatcroft's research, or the thousand other works on the topic if you're interested.
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  270. I'm glad you enjoyed it habibi! <3
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  271. Haha I appreciate the compliment.
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  272. Happy birthday! Hope you have a lovely day with friends and loved ones. Little silly tidbit about myself; the first time I encountered the name "Heather" was when I played Silent Hill 3 many years ago now. Ever since then it's been my favorite English/Scottish-language name haha
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  273.  @WorkersRepublicofparava  Timestamps?
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  274. Pinned comment habibi.
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  275. Haha sadly no, I've had 2-3 videos about urban planning on "videos to make list" for years, and this is the first I've gotten around to making.
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  276. My YT channel runs 25% off of renewable energy from Lovecraft turning in his grave. The rest is from the turbines in the gender-neutral bathrooms on Thatcher's grave.
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  277. Thanks for the correction; I missed that in the proof-watching <3
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  278.  @SecondThought  Anytime habibi, keep up the excellent work! <3
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  279. You're too kind. I try, and I hope that I continue to meet your expectations of me <3
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  280. Haha I'm sorry habibi. Best of luck with all of it! <3
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  281. Libgen is your friend: gen.lib.rus.ec/ Otherwise, DM me on twitter :)
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  282. Haha I appreciate your levelheadedness.
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  283. Last week! :)
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  284. I might make another video regarding more specialized reading sometime (on the USSR, Stalin, collectivization etc.)
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  285. Him and I had a lot of fun with it as you can see haha
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  286. I wish more of his stuff was in translation! He's genuinely great
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  287. Truly Socialism or Barbarism lol
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  288. 64 revisions on the script lmao I'm glad I come off that way but you're too kind <3
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  289. YT bug, have to deal with each individually which will take forever.
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  290. For sure, but that was for the interest of time. Russia does have oligarchic interest in Russia, but it's policies have been mostly reactive to Western movements within Ukraine. That doesn't absolve Russia, but kinda frames the conversation differently imo.
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  291.  @SecondThought  Anytime! You make it easy by continuously putting out absolute bangers habibi <3
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  292. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!
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  293.  @9_9876  lmao
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  294. I probably should at this point. I'll throw it on the list.
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  295. No worries fam.
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  296. Definitely do so! The more channels the better, imo.
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  297. Mashallah brother Naheed has commented.
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  298. Inflammatory title to get people to click. Blame is on both sides.
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  299. Oh stop it you <3
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  300. Deez, even.
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  301. That was the other option, actually!
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  302. Defo on the list 👍
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  303. I plan on doing a whole video on Soviet urban planning, car use, public transportation and the ofc drawbacks of the Soviet system (especially on account of resource limitation and recent innovations in urban planning).
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  304. Thanks habibi!
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  305. Many thanks for all the effort you went through, this was amazingly in-depth and clear. I've always wanted to learn more about West African Sufi traditions, and sadly not enough literature is written on the topic.
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  306.  @starlight8554  Parenti talks about that in Blackshirts and Reds! Also, I adore Kerala. Lovely people and fantastic food; I had the privilege of befriending a colleague from there and the beef you guys make is out of this world. The sweet coffee is a little too much for my taste though haha <3
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  307. I appreciate the feedback habibi! <3
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  308. I was trying to stay away from explicitly Marxist works by the big five (Engels, Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao) cuz otherwise the entire list would be their works. Although a great book, FoL is something I'd recommend only once someone has become a Marxist (or is close to it); on its own it isn't too useful.
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  309. Sure but remember that this is an adaptation of the current affairs article so take a look at that for the full critique. I was just trying to make the essay (which is a bit long) more digestible through video form.
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  310. I wouldn't have the time, sadly. Plus, debates aren't conducive to learned discussion. I'd much rather a video of him detailing his positions so people can view them (and critique them) if they'd like. I believe people would learn more that way.
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  311. My condolences 😔
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  312. Under Socialism, Czechoslovakia was known for sophisticated industrial goods, great authors and innovative cinema. Now it's the cheap prostitution and beer capital of Europe. Please read into your own economic history with a critical eye.
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  313. Ramadan mubarak habibi!
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  314. I really admire the effort haha
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  315. Absolutely not true. Even international polling on the subject indicates that the majority of practically every republic of the USSR (as well as practically all post-Socialist countries) preferred life under Socialism. Doesn't mean they didn't have flaws, but the truth is self-evident in this matter.
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  316. Yeah, it gets more depressing every time I read further into the topic.
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  317. You know, strangely I haven't found any decent works in English on the topic. The only thing that comes close is Fidel's take on 1968. I can take a look.
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  318. Leaked intelligence cables from the US admit to what I'm saying here. The sources are in the pinned comment. If literal US intelligence isn't good enough, idk what can convince you out of your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  319. 👀👀
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  320. "7 out of 100 people I see are black and that scares me, please ignore my horrific colonial empire that has ruled over and colonized Africa for centuries" "Urban vs rural demographics? More job opportunities for young people in major metropolitan centers meaning more over-representation of immigrant populations in said urban centers despite their lower number on a national scale? What's that?" That's what you're saying. Please just watch the video.
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  321.  @miguelfpaula  Such as?
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  322. We made a dedicated episode towards that on the podcast, that I mention in this video. Check that out.
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  323. You do realize you're defending an illegitimate Fascist dictatorship that exists solely because of American geopolitical intrigue? Read the book by Gowans. What would you define as "starting the war"? The South carried out various border raids into the North probing for an invasion. The US gave their explicit permission. The democratic self-determination of the Korean people of the 40s resulted in Socialist people's committees all over Korea that the US military and Fascist Korean proxies dismantled at gun point, killing in the excess of 200 000 people all the way into the Korean war. They did this and prevented reunification and democratic elections because they knew the Communists would win. If your country was split up by some world power against the democratic will of your population, it makes sense to agitate however you can for reunification along the lines chosen by your people, no? The situation is far more complicated than you're making it out to be. Furthermore, if something happening in 1950 justifies economic sanctions preventing basic medicines and components from entering your country, resulting in completely preventable excess deaths, what does the US/Germany/the UK/France/Israel deserve after all they've committed? Consistency matters.
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  324. Political and economic power aren't the same. The criticism is deeper, if you actually bother to watch the video instead of seeing a minute and then writing a comment. This entirely a refutation of the point that Capitalism doesn't have this tendency, although it very clearly does in yet another example of projection. I really don't know why I bother honestly.
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  325. Because the framing itself is wrong. I address it in the very beginning, and then explain the background.
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  326. Always excited to see new channels! I'll definitely check out your work.
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  327.  @ameridesign  I love you too habibi <3
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  328. This documentary is interesting but the interviewer is absolutely trash. He hears only what he wants to hear and throws that back at the audience. At least pretend to be open-minded.
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  329. Smh now THAT'S something to cancel me over
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  330. Haha and so are you for me. Thanks for sticking by me all this time <3
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  331. See my comment on maps, it's right underneath the pinned comment.
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  332. The eternal pain of attempting to appease the algorithm
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  333. My bad, I corrected it in the pinned comment. So many Smiths around I got it mixed up in my head lol
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  334.  @alexarviso6836  and alhamdullilah for that! 😂
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  335. I am, thank you! <3
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  336. Please read a book.
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  337.  @anmolt3840051  Check the head article; all the main sources are within it. This was an overview and presentation of said article, as mentioned in the video.
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  338. Wa alaikum. Happy new year habibi! I myself am a Socialist, yes. I'm a Socialist for many reasons, but the three main ones I'd say are: 1. The superiority of the Socialist system over Capitalism (i.e. planning, the progress and performance of former Socialisms, etc.) 2. The inherent contradictions of Capitalism that cannot be solved (i.e. the falling rate of profit) 3. The religiously problematic aspects of Capitalism (i.e. Riba, capital-hoarding, the privatization of natural resources, the forced system of increasing inequality, etc.) The left-right dichotomy isn't too helpful for us as we speak. Let's take something else instead, that being whether you support Capitalism or not. Let's discuss the issues of Capitalism from an Islamic perspective, shall we? Capitalism is built atop the hoarding of capital, interest/Riba and illegal business at all levels (so much so that scarcely a single industry hasn't been touched by drug/arms/human trafficking trade). On top of this, the ideological effects on Islam (social individualization, the reproduction of capitalism, alienation, the reorientation of city life, the neglect of environment etc.) are all haram as they "spread mischief in the land", to use a Quranic metaphor. Modern Capitalism and the vast majority of modern Capitalist institutions subsist on interest. All modern banking is interest based, for example. If a business takes a loan, most likely its from money gained from interest, and has interest placed on it in turn. Truly as the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, "Whoever does not consume it (Riba) will be affected by its dust." Most "Shariah-compliant" banks aren't really; they just have a smaller percentage of assets in haram forms of investments. Same goes with most "halal" stock investments. All of these come with the "dust" the Prophet warned us of. Capitalism has outlived its usefulness as a system, and a centrally planned economic measures can be far more effective for the modern day, especially with modern computing. Now someone may say, "let's have a hybrid system. The best of both worlds!". This doesn't work, sadly. You cannot have a hybrid system; Capitalism cannot exist without Riba, for example. Capitalism requires wage-labour, too, which is also religiously problematic. If you have that, no Socialism. Capitalism requires expansive private property rights, if you have that, no Socialism (and is Islamically incompatible). Capitalism requires the extraction of surplus value for profit, with that present, no Socialism (and again, also Islamically problematic). Hence, a new economic system is required. Socialism is a far superior alternative both religiously as well as rationally. We can discuss this much further if you'd like. DM me on twitter :)
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  339. Literally has never been my position but go off lmao
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  340. Also, I'm not Western lmao I'm Iraqi.
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  341. Love you too habibi <3
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  342. Thanks habibi! All in the works <3
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  343. Ahh, that explains both the eloquence and the trash analysis. Thank you 😂
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  344. Sorry about that! I honestly don't know why I talk so quickly. Funny thing is, I'm the exact opposite in Arabic.
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  345. Haha maybe one day.
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  346. Yes! Both aspects should be fought for, not just one or the other.
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  347. My bad, thanks for the correction!
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  348. Likewise to you habibi! <3
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  349. Exactly right. The process was still ongoing. You can only give so much context in the small amount of time given, though.
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  350. Of course!
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  351. Tokamak? 😳
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  352. lol I'm a medical doctor in the middle of residency in Baghdad. Get fucked with your "muh youngins' don't know about the REEEal World(TM)" nonsense. Pick up a book sometime.
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  353. Thank you for the well-wishes habibi.
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  354. lmao it's people and dedicated organizations that make revolutions, not individuals or online platforms
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  355. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  356. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality. Likewise, no one (not even the Chinese government) denies that people died. Please just watch the video and stop insulting your intelligence.
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  357. Thank you habibi <3
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  358. Made good videos about Nazi dog-whistling, but that's about it. I hope she'll make more explicitly anti-Capitalist content in the future.
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  359. lmao I just noticed a typo in the beginning text Appreciative***, not appreciate.
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  360. Haven't removed a single comment.
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  361. My bad, there are so many Smiths around that I got it mixed up in my head lol
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  362. One day at a time habibi Approaching people and discussing in good-faith can cultivate deeper and more reflective discussion than more heavy-handed measures imo
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  363. These sort of comments honestly make my day, thank you <3
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  364. Your first answer was incredible.
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  365.  @carlos_herrera  I'll definitely get some people from the community to be mods, no worries :)
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  366. I genuinely had no idea how to say it, my bad I know it's terrible lmao
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  367. My guy, having a few % non-whites will not affect the "preservation" of your nation nor its "native" heritage (and both of those ideas are highly nebulous). Native Europeans aren't going anywhere. Please watch the video.
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  368. Please look into the climate record of both countries and then rethink your statement. Your second statement is also blatantly false.
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  369. I genuinely can't say I agree, but I understand that it's up to taste. I've never found (even his more obscure) work inspired or unique. He's verbose at times where it's unnecessary and just generally a boring writer, imo.
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  370. Glad you caught that, I borrowed the term from your vid haha Big fan of your work!
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  371. Three of the books mentioned discuss Nasserist movements, no worries.
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  372. And what referendum came before the Dec 91 referendum? The preservation of the union, which the vast majority of Ukrainians supported.
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  373. Obama is a horrific war-criminal like every other American president. But, Marxist criticism of Obama and conservative criticism are very different. We don't like him because he's the usual lapdog of American capital and its imperial interests. Conservatives don't like him because he's black.
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  374. Don't be too self-critical. Take a moment to breath, and know that everything eventually ends up being just fine. When I was stressed out of my mind when I first got into medschool, I always asked myself, "will this matter in a week? A month? A year?" That helped put things into perspective, and calmed me down. I hope it helps you too. Best of luck with all of it habibi.
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  375. Hope your day gets better buddy :)
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  376. I honestly thought you were being serious until the last sentence lol
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  377. Oh? Cuz it's a near 1-to-1 recreation of Harris' video on China, even down to the phraseology he used. So either Harris is a tankie as well, or anything even remotely anti-American is "tankie". Neither of which are conducive for meaningful political analysis.
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  378. Youtube bug, trying to sort it out rn.
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  379. Oh? My apologies, I've been pretty overworked recently. I'll try to rest more so that it doesn't come through in my voice the next time.
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  380. Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly. Thanks habibi!
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  381. Has he really? Could I get a source please?
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  382. Check the community tab on my channel.
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  383. Palestinian fertility rates in Gaza =/= immigrant fertility rates in Switzerland/Germany/etc. Likewise, all research shows that FR normalizes to that of the host country. Please watch the video, you're fighting ghosts man.
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  384. Habibi the only based one here is you <3 Best of luck with your live show today!
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  385. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  386. Sleep well comrade <3
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  387. "Germans didn't like Communism" lol ever heard about the Sparticus league?
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  388. I'm glad to hear it habibi! Have a lovely rest of your day <3
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  389. Rational response to hearing of the largest prison population on earth.
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  390. Beautiful.
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  391. My apologies, I knew I recognized him but I couldn't pinpoint who it was exactly haha
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  392. For what? Simply reporting stuff mentioned in a leaked US intelligence cable? You're disagreeing with fact.
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  393. Elaborate. All sources are in the pinned comment.
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  394. I made a dedicated video on that, check it out.
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  395. Have you watched the video?
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  396. Currently getting my Master's in medicine. Doing my rounds here in Baghdad :)
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  397. I haven't removed one single reply.
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  398. Please take care of yourself, I'll live haha I pray that the situation gets easier for you as soon as possible <3
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  399. Did you even watch the video?
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  400. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  401. Happy birthday habibi!
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  402. Thanks for the feedback habibi <3
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  403. lol because all their criticism's are a variation of "you didn't understand what he said" or "oh look a beta-snowflake-buzzword-buzzword". Some of them do try to explain his stuff (i.e. the dragon) but miss the point entirely. I understand what Peterson is trying to say, the issue is, it doesn't have to be explained through such vague and cryptic diagrams. So why does he do that? Well, answer for yourself. If there is an easier way to explain something, then as a person that wants to help people and improve humanity's knowledge he would explain it as simply as possible, but no, not Peterson. Vague platitudes overstuffed with thesaurus-borrowing in order to seem smart and to intimidate others, not to help and genuinely improve our knowledge.
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  404. Nope, a complete reworking of an older video. Double the length, new sourcing, new material etc. Part of a project for the channel as mentioned in previous recent videos.
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  405. Of course, I agree with you. It's just that his criticisms or tired versions of "muh bureaucracy" or "muh Stalin". They aren't genuine criticisms, rather they are a jab at Socialism in order to "prove" his point that Capitalism is the only system, and that all it needs is a few reforms here and there.
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  406. Haha glad someone missed it, everyone else seems to get sick of it after a while lol
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  407. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  408. I'm not specialized in anything as of yet, I'm still in residency :) Otherwise, I'll take the rest haha
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  409. A physician.
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  410. A lot of what you said is factually wrong, and if you'd like a deeper dive take a look at the book "Human Rights in the Soviet Union" by Albert Szymanski. Free PDFs online.
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  411. Vids they disagree with are usually spread on discord or shitty subreddits, then the usual brigading and downvoting begins.
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  412. Wa alaikum.
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  413. It's B-roll of Japanese footage and Hong Kong before the unification. Just general googling, mostly.
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  414. Watch the video. No one (not even the Chinese government) denies people dying. It's the entire framing and location that is wrong though.
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  415. Thank you!
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  416. I'm not an atheist. I'm Muslim. Thanks :)
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  417. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  418. You're objectively incorrect.
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  419. lol and I guess sanctions never made it into your analysis?
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  420. Exact opposite. March referendum was 70%+ for maintaining the union. Only after the illegal dissolution did they have a independence referendum which was accepted since Russia and Belarus pulled out.
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  421. The DPRK is a country at war and is horrifically sanctioned; this understandably can negatively affect i.e. personal freedoms. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. That being said though, you're correct. I'm not claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc.
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  422. I'm glad to have played a small part in your journey habibi <3
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  423. Thank you for the context.
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  424. Sadly nothing. It doesn't pay to speak facts uncomfortable for empire.
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  425.  @Malaka_013  Dude, the sources in the description have a dozen studies on economics and immigration. Tldr the effect of immigration is almost always either weakly negative, neutral, or slightly positive with equalization over time. Given equal access and opportunities, this process happens much quicker.
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  426. Definitely on the list! Thanks for the kind words :)
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  427. Very interesting, thanks for the perspective!
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  428.  @Kakashi75  Many apologies! I didn't realize it was considered offensive. Thank you for the correction.
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  429. 1. What came before the Dec 91 referendum? The March referendum, on maintaining the USSR. The vast majority of Ukrainians voted in favour of that, and only when it was illegally dissolved against their will was a referendum for independence passed through. Ukrainians wanted the union, which was illegally dissolved against their and the vast majority of the Soviet populations will. 2. I made all those same points, but there was operational control centers in Kiev and many other cities of the former USSR. 3. We're saying the same thing with different terminology. 4. They did aggressively pursue Ukraine, that is true. NATO likewise DOES vassalize nations, this is also true. If you think the boutique inconsequential armies of i.e. the baltic states have any actual independence of action from NATO command, you're simply wrong. Aside from potentially Turkey and the US, practically no other country in NATO has full sovereign control over their military or its arming/production. Go ahead and write please, because so far you've either agreed with me or been wrong. Sources in the pinned comment.
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  430. Wa alaikum habibi <3
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  431. Refer to the sources and educate yourself. Also, get a new joke for the love of God
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  432. I hope your day goes great habibi <3
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  433. You're not too far off. 4 out of the past 12 videos have been re-developed older videos (newly edited, recorded with better audio, re-written script with new arguments etc.). I'm trying to raise the overall quality of all my videos, though a YT bug has currently messed this process up but I'm in the process of fixing that.
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  434. lmao watch the end of the video; always the same excuse without any basis in reality.
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  435. ???? Did the voices tell you I said this? Also lmao "israel kills civilians at violent protests" my guy they kill children playing on the beach
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  436. Thank you! I just hope it helps some people. At least for once it hasn't been brigaded by Nazis from some discord lol
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  437. I've spoken Arabic in this very video my guy lmao join habibi chat on the deprogram and I'll talk your ear off in Arabic, otherwise fuck off with your racist nonsense.
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  438. Read in small batches. 10 pages a day are far more workable than 100 pages in one go every week. Still, 1500 is a respectable number. Any reading, no matter how small, is great. Keep at it!
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  439.  @Critical_Hit  Where to even begin. I was thinking of doing a stream or something sometime, but I need to figure out how I can show the movie without getting my channel nuked lol
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  440. Sure thing! Feel free to DM me on twitter whenever :)
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  441. Don't waste time trying to learn a dialect, and surround yourself in Arabic-language media. Change phone/PC settings to Arabic, read news in Arabic, watch Arabic language documentaries/shows etc. etc. Most importantly, use the language. Talk to as many native speakers as you can.
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  442. Thank you for the feedback! You're 100% right. I'm just personally tired of hearing the same talking points over and over. Do accept my self-crit, I shouldn't do this in the future <3
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  443. Sources are, and have always been, in the pinned comment. I've done it like this for years now.
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  444. You're too kind <3
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  445. I began doing so in my new videos. I include them in the pinned comment from now on :)
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  446. What don't you like? Sources in the pinned comment.
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  447. Literally no one is calling for that, stop listening to the voices in your head
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  448. Can't wait for the dozens of comments saying something around "You don't get the ECP" without any follow-up. It's par for the course at this point.
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  449. For sure it played a role, but the pattern was region-wide.
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  450. That's my fault sadly, for some reason the upload refuses to go through but it'll be up in just a bit. Likewise with uncensored versions of my older videos.
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  451. Haha apologies, I usually try to accommodate to American comrades since they're my primary viewership but I didn't have the chance yesterday.
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  452. I will never delete your comment, and have never deleted comments (aside from racist ones). I have likewise never set up filters or otherwise censored, so if your comment is getting deleted it's most likely YT thinking it is spam. Finally, everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  453. Mashallah brother Naheed has commented. Ramadan kareem habibi <3
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  454. Vuvuzela and their dictator Burning Zedong Sandals.
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  455.  @jedan3826  Agreed, with the USSR in particular. However that was more of an issue with lack of widely accepted changes to manufacturing standards worldwide rather than a coordinated effort to disregard the effect on the environment. The USSR in fact started some early efforts, with reforestation, for example (as far back as the Stalin-era). With many Capitalist countries, there is little to no effort to curb environmental destruction. Cuba and China have done far more towards environmental efforts in their respective countries than have Haiti and the US, for example. Regardless, it is something that should be further fought for in the future.
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  456. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  457. Yeah sadly my editor couldn't make them accurate, hence the note at the bottom of the screen.
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  458. The mad lad said nationalization LEEETTTSSSS GOOOOOOOOO
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  459. There is no implication that there is a net loss here though. Of course, through trade third world economies gain. The issue is, there is an overall transference of value to the imperial core countries that is obscured. Meaning, the vast majority of gain to be had goes to the imperial core countries. To reject the concept of imperialism is to reject how Capitalism functions in our modern world. Samir Amin has written extensively about this, if you'd like a way more in-depth look.
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  460. Something something libgen something something free PDFs something something absolutely don't pirate books nooo it's baaaddddd
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  461. I prefer imperial core but sadly the academic terminology has kinda crystallized on "global north".
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  462.  @carlos_herrera  You're too kind, thank you.
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  463.  @leonardpearlman4017  You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  464. You're too kind, thank you <3
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  465. Instead of letting your empty stream of consciousness pour out onto the keyboard, why don't you engage with the sources yourself? You're insulting your own intelligence by uncritically swallowing whatever American foreign policy determines for you. Likewise, don't lump me in with Fascists.
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  466. "You criticize society yet you at the same time participate in it. Curious!" Also, Capitalism didn't make anything I use. Workers did. -isms don't produce anything, they just decide who gets paid.
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  467. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  468. I'm not aware of too many books that deal with that. I mean, common sense kinda tells you that Socialism is possible. Maybe try Mutual Aid? I haven't read Kim Il Sung's works sadly.
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  469.  @BenReillySpydr1962  Haven't watched either yet sadly, haven't had the time.
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  470. lol this is the only thing you guys respond with whenever the ECP is critiqued. Must be nice dismissing every criticism without actually engaging with the content.
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  471. Ramadan mubarak habibi! He's only the first :)
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  472. Ancap detected, opinion discarded. Cope, sources are all in the pinned comment.
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  473. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  474. Please just watch the video. What is the issue with it?
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  475. Thank you. Definitely check out his other works too afterwards. "A dying colonialism", "black skin, white masks" etc. etc.
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  476. Not damage control habibi, the user was @Kushagra.j and has commented on several other comment chains. Unsure if me blocking him took the comments away, or he deleted them himself.
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  477. It's in the pinned comment, as it has been for every video the past 5 years.
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  478. Did you watch the end of the video? Where do I (or the Chinese government for that matter) deny that people died? Context matters. This video is extensively sourced, please refer to that section. Likewise, do you "remember" the many other pro-democracy massacres, or only this geopolitically convenient and overly propagandized event? Assuming even that the framing is correct (which it isn't).
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  479. I might do something with that in the future, just need a little more time haha
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  480. Best of luck with it!
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  481. "lmao, oh yeah, feudalism will surely fail. Any day now, any day now." - You, 400 years ago.
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  482. I appreciate the feedback! <3
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  483. The CPC (correct acronym) is responsible for the single greatest improvement in quality of life ever seen by humanity, raising hundreds of millions out of poverty. Doesn't make them perfect, but that's one hell of an achievement. I made a video on Ukraine on my channel, check it out.
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  484. I appreciate the feedback, thank you. I personally was disappointed with how this video turned out; I'm glad some people have found it engaging, or at least entertaining.
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  485. Your kind words are more than enough, don't worry. Best of luck in all your studies! :)
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  486. I honestly do it to cover up the static in the background of my audio. Once I get a decent mic, I'll try to move away from that lovely track haha Thank you for the kind words :)
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  487. I'm sorry! It's intended to mobilize us and get people into organizing. This video is mostly intended for Americans who are force-fed their government propaganda and need to get the actual history.
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  488. I'm Iraqi, watch the video.
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  489. Watch the video.
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  490.  @citycrusher9308  I definitely might.
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  491. Mutual Aid by Kropotkin.
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  492. Tiocfaidh ár lá!
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  493. My bad, I have recently gotten a writer that helps me cover these longer scripts. This was their segment to write and I didn't get a chance to check their sources, I'll take a look with them and see. The US point I commented on earlier and tldr no, the US did give plenty of background support. Check my comments there.
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  494. lol I'm not surprised.
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  495.  @guywhomstvepostgood  Fucking snorted reading that, holy shit 😂
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  496. Inshallah.
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  497. What was your question?
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  498. Literally check the pinned comment there's dozens of sources for this video. Also, leaked US cables admit to what I'm saying, and I cite them. If internal US intelligence memos aren't good enough for you, then you're just ideologically convinced of what's opposite to the truth. Also lmao "anti-Israelis" they're committing a genocide my man
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  499. I literally prove he constantly lies about his sources, and by his own admission he says he never leaves the house. If you're still choosing to believe him, you're the one not dealing with reality. My God you guys really are NPCs
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  500. Nope. I honestly don't have time for it sadly.
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  501. I'm good, no worries haha
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  502. lmao a trot, color me surprised. Btw, I'm an Iraqi doctor, not some white kid in California. I promise you, no one is clamoring to get the Iraqi passport. Even with that said, we as Marxists want to bring change about in our own countries, not just move to others.
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  503. Holy shit "standard Islamist" what does that even mean Don't you have anything better to do than commenting on every single thread on this vid? You become a good Muslim by following the five pillars of the faith btw, not by lying.
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  504. Par for the course for your types.
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  505. Very interesting!
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  506. I believe it is fairytale prison from Silent Hill 2.
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  507. 30+ years of unrelenting anti-Communist propaganda (and political enforcement of that propaganda) will do that to a population, sadly.
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  508. I don't plan to anytime soon :)
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  509. It's Lenin lol
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  510. Of course, I was just being diplomatic. There are recordings of him from way back where he talks about Jewish conspiracies and all that nonsense. He's just gotten better at hiding that he's an outright Fascist, practically.
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  511. Pinned comment habibi
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  512. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  513. "Oh the US did some horrible things but that's behind us now teehee, btw China is an EVIL and TOTALITARIAN nightmare, you can't question ANYTHING, the government (ew yellow people) are NEFARIOUS and CUNNING..." etc. etc. The US has done far worse than China has ever done in every single possible sphere, yet Harris and liberals like him will never use those sort of terms to refer to the US. That's where this satire comes in. Limply acknowledging one short episode of decades of US imperialist meddling and genocide globally isn't being "fair and balanced", it's simply being forced to acknowledge history.
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  514. The podcast is meant to be listened to as a whole, not just individual episodes. We've cleared up personal vs public vs private property in much earlier episodes.
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  515. Thank you, it does :)
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  516. That isn't true, though. The GDR, the DPRK and several other countries had several parties, and the USSR even attempted to build contests elections prior to WWII (a project strangled in its cradle by the war, sadly). Check out "Stalin and The Struggle For Democratic Reform". Also, China has one party but has experienced far more overarching economic, social and political policies underneath one-party rule than i.e. the US, a supposedly democratic country with numerous parties (where things remain almost scarily still, with only the minutest social change taking decades to occur; that's not mentioning anything economic, either). Things aren't so black and white.
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  517. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  518. I literally spend the entire video proving, with sources, how she isn't but alright.
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  519. ????
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  520. You're genuinely a dumbass "Yes, a NATO installed puppet government giving sweetheart deals to Western capital is better than a flawed yet still progressive national democratic government, I stand for absolutely nothing" That's what you sound like.
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  521. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  522. Who told you to cheer? Learning from an example no matter how flawed has merits my guy An overview of an interesting political experiment isn't a call for its emulation. You can take the good and leave the bad. Broaden your mind a little. This is all aside from the dictator conversation which is by most accounts nonsense
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  523. Ayy thanks!
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  524. Manchuria (which has several major cities and is an industrial hub of China) has a population exceeding 100 million, more than 4 times the population of the DPRK. I literally have an atlas home with satellite imagery of the different continents, with the DPRK having, as mentioned in the video, similar levels of light pollution as most other imperial periphery countries (including my native Iraq). You can check this out online with a simple google search, too. Furthermore, I specifically linked the video where this is discussed further, so check that out. Finally, and you seem to have conveniently missed this point, but the DPRK is the most sanctioned country on earth, and they have suffered with severe fuel shortages since the 90s because the US physically will not allow them to import any (along with other fun stuff like certain medicines, because the US is humanitarian like that). Unsurprisingly, they'll light up their cities less as a result. In Iraq, especially during the horrific sanctions period, we'd have lights only for max 12 hours a day, and nighttime was always pitch black as the power plants were shut down every night in order to conserve energy. We are a major oil producing nation and still suffered this much, I can only imagine how difficult it must be for the DPRK which has little energy resources aside from renewables. This same propaganda nonsense was pulled against us, of course with convenient omission of the circumstances around why things were that way. Setting weird and racist attitudes towards the Congo aside, the DPRK was entirely decimated by US bombing runs during the Korean war. Almost all of their industry was bombed into the stone-age, I mentioned this in the video fairly clearly. Nuance and empathy is important. The point of this video is to humanize a people that mainstream media infantilizes, demeans or calls for the genocide of almost on the daily. That's the take-home message here.
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  525. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  526. Yes. Name me another country that went from an unindustrialized dying backwater to, on its own, exploring the cosmos and rivaling the US as the second greatest military, economic, social and scientific power in the span of 3 decades.
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  527. Thank you for the kind words!
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  528. Please for God's sake just pick up a book.
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  529. I do plan on it, no worries.
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  530. My bad, I'm just always in a hurry haha I'm planning to make a bigger and better illustrated video on the topic soon, I just wanted to introduce the concept here. Thanks for the feedback :)
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  531. I think they did him justice. It's definitely the best portrayal I've seen so far.
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  532. I'm gonna like your comment on here too and there's nothing you can do about it bby mwah
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  533. Hakim and Hakeem are two different words, and I play on that. Hakim means ruler/judge, Hakeem means wise one, but in colloquial arabic means doctor also. Lenin's first name is Vladimir which has a similar root definition to Hakim, hence why I spell my name as Hakim (as a reference to Lenin). I pronounce it as "Hakeem" though, because that's an actual Arabic name, and plays on the fact that I'm a doctor. It's all a little silly but I find it fun lol
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  534. How about checking the sources and not insulting your intelligence? Also, leaked US cables admit to what I'm saying, and I cite them. If internal US intelligence memos aren't good enough for you, then you're just ideologically convinced of what's opposite to the truth.
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  535. Haha hope it's an enjoyable journey!
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  536. That's the same woman, just pre and post plastic surgery, it seems. Unless you're talking about the Nayirah testimony footage?
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  537. Medicine :) Currently doing my rotations.
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  538. Haha it's never too late. Thank you for approaching all this with an open mind!
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  539. I've had American soldiers ask me if I've been to the US lmao They'd get super weirded out by how "normal" I sound, and I found the distrust hilarious
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  540. It comes at the expense of my sleep lol
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  541. I average between 60 and 90 books a year. These past few years the average has skewed towards the lower end on account of work and the resulting fatigue. Books don't measure someone's intelligence nor do they reflect someone's knowledge, though. Don't feel bad about your ADHD, there are other equally effective forms of absorbing information more suited to your condition. I just so happen to work well with books.
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  542. Reasonable human being: "Hey this guy is a known rapist and snitched on black comrades" Nuance and Socialism understander: "tankies mad" Engage critically with sources, don't insult your own intelligence.
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  543. Already in the works, stay tuned.
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  544. The topic has been relatively well covered no? I'll put it on the list for the future :)
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  545. I do plan to, actually! Still doing research on the topic.
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  546. Thanks for the tip!
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  547. Amazing argument.
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  548. No cherry-picking. Take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  549. It's a rough map made by my editor, people get the idea that what's meant is Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, South Korea etc.
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  550. You're so kind for helping those without faces.
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  551. Under Socialism, everyone earns in accordance to their work. The harder you work, the more you are rewarded. To take a real-life example, the highest paid profession in the USSR was a professor of medicine :)
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  552. lol
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  553.  @polleg8921  I haven't deleted a single reply anywhere, stop being paranoid lmao YT does have spam filters, it could be that.
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  554. Thank you :)
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  555. 👀 👀 👀
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  556. He risked his neck by calling Spaniards lazy, being insufferable to everyone he fought alongside and then spending the rest of his life afterwards snitching on leftists and being the biggest anti-Communist author of the past century. Oh, and Marx was never a colonial cop. Get better heroes.
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  557. Watch the video. Tiananmen square massacre implies shooting people in an enclosed space, with violence beginning from the military. This didn't happen. The reality is that violence occurred outside the square, and plenty of violence began from the protesting side. Leading elements were supported by foreign intelligence and then entirely absorbed by the US after the fact. These are incredibly important facts entirely missing from the actual conversation. A conversation used to push for, along with other made up or entirely misconstrued events, economic and even hot war with China leading up to nuclear threats. A little bit of critical thinking (and questioning why Congress passes multi-billion dollar packages to spread propaganda about China) goes a long way.
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  558. Exactly. He isn't trying to clearly communicate a message, he's trying to "intellectually" intimidate those that aren't familiar with his shtick. The sad part is, so many have fallen for it.
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  559. Literally check the pinned comment there's dozens of sources for this video. Also, it's leaked US cables admitting to this; I'm just citing them. If internal US intelligence memos aren't good enough for you, then you're just ideologically convinced of what's opposite to the truth.
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  560. My guy, the point is to abolish Capitalism
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  561. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  562. Except it was. Horribly so. Aside from St. Petersburg and Moscow, the vast majority of the tsarist empire lived in feudal conditions akin to those of the 15th and 16th centuries. Every measure from agricultural production (and methods), industrial productions both in heavy and light spheres, cultural development and on was so horribly backwards it made the rest of primitive Europe look good. Apt comparisons could be made to Brazil, India, or the North African & West Asian region.
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  563. lol he's the one that never leaves the house buddy.
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  564. You can disagree but it was true. Regardless, take the good and leave what you consider to be bad. View/read with a critical eye.
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  565. It was late after a long shift, and delivered in a second language. As you may expect, it doesn't come as naturally to me as it would a native English speaker, and hence the common pauses searching for words and other peculiarities. My apologies if it affects the watching experience. I do not personally suffer from social anxiety, no. Time-limits make me uncomfortable, though. Especially when trying to deliver a lot of context to an audience not very familiar with the topics being discussed.
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  566. Exactly. It'll just keep getting more and more abstract because the idea cannot be easily and honestly justified.
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  567. Literally check the pinned comment there's dozens of sources for this video. Also, leaked US cables admit to what I'm saying, and I cite them. If internal US intelligence memos aren't good enough for you, then you're just ideologically convinced of what's opposite to the truth. Likewise, highlighting the glaring, overwhelming, literal reality-altering hypocrisy of it all isn't whataboutism; it's to point out how the likes of you genuinely don't care for "democracy", "human rights" etc. You just want a blanket propaganda play to justify your vaguely disguised anti-China opinions.
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  568. This video was about the overthrow and post-1990 Romania. The history of Romanian industrialization or domestic policy is not the focus of the video, hence why it got only the briefest summary. It's also some of the most boring I've encountered, and that's saying plenty. If you're interested, I can recommend sources. The ad-length is stipulated by the sponsor, and is necessary so that I can pay my editor a reasonable and fair amount.
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  569. Even the few guys that always dislike my videos as soon as they're out were late lol
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  570. The truth is self-evident. Also quit with that shitty meme, the only country with actual social credit that can ruin your life is the US lol
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  571. Sorry akhi, I have so many other ideas I'd like to get to, and very little time sadly. Rn I want to finish what's on my plate with these debunking race-realism videos. It will come. Maybe in a month, or a year, but I promise I'll do it eventually haha
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  572. This problem was seen coming 20 years ago and nothing was done because market systems are inadequate at dealing with social issues (as they're mostly inherently unprofitable).
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  573. You're very correct, I completely agree. The DPRK has many issues, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to i.e. import antibiotics, or be bombed into the stone-age.
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  574. 1. Pro-Communist research? All of it was either published by American academia (a bastion of anti-Communism), or post-Socialist universities in Eastern and Central Europe (which equally are bastions of anti-Communism). Take a look yourself if you doubt me. I actually make a point of using almost exclusively anti-Communist research because I know people will have this strange thought when viewing my videos. 2. I've made several videos on how Socialism objectively provided a better quality of life at equal levels of economic development, and you can check that out in the cards of my "Socialism always fails" video I uploaded recently. Safe to say though, no, the shift to Capitalism has been by majority a negative development within the region. The "economic shock" argument is always funny to me because we're approaching a half-century post-Socialism and pundits are still claiming we're in "transitional economic shock" mode. In the same span of time the USSR went from wooden plows to space-travel. 3. Schrodinger's Communist, which somehow both ruined Socialism as well as Capitalism. Read into the market transition and the political developments/consequences to understand how those traitors of your own people came to power (by themselves setting up a market system that benefits them and their buddies), i.e. Thomas Kenny and Roger Keeran's work.
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  575. What an absolute fucking banger Such a great video, excellent work.
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  576. Should I really? It seems like so much work and I'll have no time to moderate or even be present half the time.
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  577. Tell that to the people privatizing water.
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  578. Anything actually worth saying? All sources are in the pinned comment.
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  579. Why is it that these sort of documentaries always use "oriental" or, even worse, war-like drums for the music? Why so ominous? Subliminal messaging aside, it reflects both a horrible intention behind their pretend "tolerance" message, and a lot of ignorance. Reflect things as they are. You don't see them playing suspenseful war-drum music on documentaries on Hindus/Buddhists/Jews/Christians etc.
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  580. Read up about the Taean system in industrial production. Clearly, the most sanctioned country on earth, which is still currently at war, would have significant deficiencies in their practice. That being said though, I've heard very different things from your experience when speaking to those who've visited. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US).
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  581. Love you too. Happy new year!
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  582. He could've written something anti-Hitler, without saying you personally don't have issues with the man. Please use some critical thinking; he could've absolutely not written that, omitted that or kept it to himself. He didn't, and that's because he actually believed that.
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  583. Engel's on the origin of the family, property and the state is great as a primer :)
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  584. That's the beauty of it, you don't have to agree with my political positions at all. I presented an argument partially informed by my political standing but mostly based on research (with all sources provided in the description). You can still agree with my methodology and conclusions, without agreeing with my personal political positions :) Glad you enjoyed the video!
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  585. Explain.
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  586. You're too kind. I'm glad I'm somewhat helpful :)
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  587. Number 1: Hyperbole for the algorithm. Number 2: did you watch the video?
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  588. I'm glad you liked it habibi!
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  589. Even more than the British.
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  590. Read "Stasi State or Socialist Paradise".
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  591. It's not. Sadly YT forcibly made them private for everyone. Incredibly stupid decision on their parts imo.
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  592. I doubt he has. That is a tempting idea though...
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  593. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  594. I'd rather do systematic debunking than debating tbh. More productive (and usually backed with way more evidence).
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  595. It wasn't (and isn't), actually. This is one of those common "truths" that have no basis in reality really. Tl;dr visa limitations prevented people from traveling, many people lived and worked abroad (DPRK has thousands if not more in this situation), scholarships allow people to travel etc. etc. Szymanski's book "Human Rights in The Soviet Union" has a chapter on travel that delves into this in detail.
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  596. Haha it was a collaboration no worries, it's all done in good fun
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  597. Having newborn children die because you can't produce the filters necessary in neonatal ICU incubators cuz you refuse to participate in incredibly limited commodity production to own le tankies lmao 😎 Cease your dogmatism. Or, alternatively, go have your perfect revolution and show the rest of us how it's supposed to be done. Let's hope you have a better track-record than your predecessors. Also, I'm honored that you place me next to the likes of Fred Hampton, Che Guevara, Ho Chi Minh and Thomas Sankara.
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  598. Hi again haha
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  599. Thank you for the kind words habibi, I'm glad I covered questions that were on people's minds. Ramadan mubarak! <3
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  600. The US intervened and meddled for nearly a century before the Cuban revolution my man
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  601. Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  602. All thanks to people like you <3
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  603. Thank you for the correction!
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  604. You're too kind habibi <3 <3 <3
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  605. Thank you!
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  606. I do indeed. I can send one if you'd like.
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  607. Ayyy I love your videos! Thanks for stopping by. I'm on the same page; sadly dogmatism exists on both sides, either with those that really don't want to read or those that are very set in their ways about what is "okay" to read. Having an open-mind is always best, and those that have the time and will to do so should, imo.
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  608. There are comrades far more qualified than me in that topic, try Mexie :)
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  609. I have literally dozens of family members that lived, worked and studied all over the USSR. Also, all research into this shows that the majority of people who did experience it prefer it to the modern Capitalist counterparts.
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  610. excuse me what I'm genuinely lost for words at the leap you just took. Please don't project your internalized racism at me.
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  611. Amazing work!
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  612. lol no one is saying don't enjoy them; this is just showing how it can be viewed as racist, and how that can have negative effects on those it (negatively) portrays. You're not being attacked, nor are the things you enjoy.
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  613. I can't believe you actually took the time to post this. Did you actually think to yourself this is any sort of argument? Please for the love of God go read a book.
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  614. Stick around! Learn something fun haha
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  615. You're too kind habibi <3 I just wanna put out stuff that people genuinely enjoy and learn from, and this video kinda felt less so lol
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  616. No one is claiming that. What I meant is that Mieville reiterated the nonsense "Trotsky was picked by Lenin to succeed!" when not only is that a statement completely ignorant of the way the USSR worked, but also is a long-debunked argument (the "testament" was a forgery). Another example was the "Stalin was just consolidating power during the purges!" nonsense which, again, has been proven wrong by J. Getty and co. You can make genuine criticisms of the USSR without resorting to childish lies half a century old (originating from American propaganda centers, hilariously).
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  617. Did you watch the video at all? The conclusion you reach is completely unsubstantiated.
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  618. This is a silly point without much relevance to the matter at hand. Also, Tibet was a minority dominated theocratic slave-owning society with negligent literacy rates prior to the revolution. You're not defending anything worth defending. Read: https://redsails.org/friendly-feudalism/
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  619. Thank you!
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  620. Yeah I hate it too, don't worry. It's better than "Problems of Cooperatives" though lol
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  621. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  622. The underlying reasons are still somewhat different, and Eastern Europe was massively sped up by market transition in this development. Regardless, Capitalism is the major fault here regardless, but that's a video for another day.
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  623. What I meant was that they are literally peasants class-wise; as in, poor rural farmers with small plots they work with mostly primitive tools. In most of the third-world, this class of people still exist, especially in nations with semi-feudal or otherwise pre-Capitalist vestiges. My own grandfather was a peasant, for example. It's a scientific designation, not one meant to offend.
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  624. Oh no oh fuck
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  625. Absolutely not
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  626. I meant after he returned from Spain. Scarcely a mention in comparison with his "criticism" of Socialist countries.
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  627. Oh? Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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  628. Exactly. It's all empty air, it means nothing in the end. These things can be explained very easily, but JP goes out of his way to complicate simple concepts in order to come off as smart. It's pathetic really.
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  629. ...slave-society, Asiatic MoP and feudalism all lasted longer than Capitalism. Capitalism, in fact, is one of the shortest lived human systems in the grand scheme of our history as a species. Now that's not a criticism of it per se, but the point is that you're very wrong in your assessment.
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  630. Lmao what no class analysis does to a mf Just teasing you, but read Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti.
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  631. Sources are always in the pinned comment, has been so for years habibi.
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  632.  @REDFISTmedia  I have, numerous times. Finbol's work is excellent, and he's the entire reason I started making videos in the first place.
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  633. Every claim is sourced. These are facts, not opinions.
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  634. It's the next video I upload, don't worry :)
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  635. Practice, practice, practice. For over a decade I'd write, read and listen to at least a paragraph's worth of English every single day. I practiced phonetic pronunciation as well, till I got reasonably good at it. It still fails every once in a while, though. In this video, listen to the way I say "communications" at 9:43ish. That's not correct American vernacular, and it drove me crazy while editing.
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  636. Nope, a complete reworking of an older video. Double the length, new sourcing, new material etc. Part of a project for the channel as mentioned in previous recent videos. YT bug, have to deal with each individually which will take forever.
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  637. You're naive if you think you're free under Capitalism. No such thing as freedom when you're homeless, unemployed, or stuck paycheck to paycheck (over half of the US population, the wealthiest Capitalist country). As for other freedoms, read The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
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  638. Generating surplus and surplus extraction through Capitalist exploitation are different things. We have to be very specific with our definitions. With surplus generation, you have two forms of labour: work for oneself, and work for society (as Marx outlined in his critique of the Gotha programme). Watch my video titled "Was the USSR Socialist?" for a better idea of this.
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  639. A genuinely great book. I do plan on covering it eventually.
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  640. And which one has been sanctioned for over 30 years, preventing the in-flow or import of fuel, agricultural goods and inputs, basic inputs for medication, industrial prerequisites of all kinds, etc? I have a video coming out tomorrow on this exact topic, but take a look at my "Why is North Korea so weird" video if you're interested in the meanwhile.
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  641. Never said ancoms aren't real leftists. Never even mentioned anarchists in the video. Ancoms can and many times are great comrades. Nonetheless, I'm criticizing a trend I see in (mostly) the Western left that transcends many of their ideologies.
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  642. https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/basicstudyplan Check out the resources section on the side-bar too. If you have any specific questions, feel free to DM me on Twitter.
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  643. Smooth-brain moment. Read about the black panthers.
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  644. Beautiful work! Subscribed. I can't wait to make my way through the rest of your videos.
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  645. He was objectively an anti-Semite. Not in the nonsense "anti-Israel is antisemitism" way, but an actual anti-Semite. He was many other unpleasant things which were also mentioned, if you bothered to watch the video.
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  646. New perspectives are always good for an open mind.
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  647. The next few verses literally start honoring the family of Imran and the virgin Mary(RA). Disbelievers referred to the pagans of the time, not to Christians. Christians are never considered to be disbelievers in the Qur'an. Also, you have no idea what taqiyya is (which btw is a more of a Shi'ite thing).
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  648. "Soviet client states" is factually incorrect. Leave cold-warrior propaganda and read actual research into this. Regardless, statistics and polling contradict what you're claiming. A good majority of practically all former Socialist nations preferred Socialism.
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  649. I don't even know who you are lol
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  650. My bad, thank you for the correction!
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  651. The pinned comment has all the sources my guy, take a look
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  652. I don't think you understand what the ban on factionalism is, and why it was introduced. Read Lenin's relevant work on it if you're interested.
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  653. I personally disagree haha I wish I could kiss SSS for the work he did on that video. Absolutely brilliant work.
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  654. If he's willing to have an honest and calm discussion then sure, why not.
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  655. I've made several videos on this.
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  656. Wa alaikum habibi
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  657. Ramadan kareem habibi <3
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  658. Lovely work.
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  659. In the works, no worries :)
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  660. You weren't. Caloric intake was basically identical, aside from a slightly healthier diet on the Soviet side when compared to the US. As for Socialist countries in general, all of them met the base caloric and nutritional requirements of their populations, which can't be said for all Capitalist countries. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000601440024-5.pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2190/AD12-7RYT-XVAR-3R2U
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  661. Thank you habibi <3
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  662. That's my bad, the thumbnail was a nightmare to make and I got frustrated. Safe to say Mexico and Central America are part of the periphery as well. As for third world social-democratic movements; they're impotent and will always be dismantled. Allende proved this.
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  663. Incorrect. This is a vulgar materialist take. I'll be sure to cover all of this eventually.
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  664. Read Killing Hope by Blum and The Triumph of Evil by Murphy for an idea as to why.
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  665. Always in the pinned comment :)
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  666. Thank you!
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  667. "Irrespective of ideological bias" see there's your issue. There's not "politically neutral" definition of liberalism. Check out Losurdo's book on liberalism if you want an academic dive.
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  668. Solidarity!
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  669. It is haha I'm a big fan and I felt the music fits well.
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  670. "You dislike Capitalism, yet you engage in it, curious!" Can't help needing to pay off student debt fam.
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  671. That's a topic for another video entirely, although it is connected. It's in the works, don't worry :)
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  672. More serious Marxist critiques are coming soon, don't worry. The video I made before this one though, "Why Do They Hate The West?" is Marxist analysis. Check that out for now :)
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  673. What a brave man. Good on him for reflecting on his choices and turning his life around.
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  674. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  675. "Co.", as in "company".
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  676. That's the goal! I'm glad you appreciate it habibi <3
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  677. Ramadan kareem habibi <3
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  678. lmao I'm not white but go off habibi
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  679. Wa iyyak ya habib <3
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  680. What a great video.
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  681. lmao I've never been helped cops, either as a civilian or in my professional role as a doctor
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  682. Thank you for noticing! <3
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  683.  @C104-k5m  The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  684. Happy new year!
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  685. It really is invalid; read Losurdo's book on Stalin.
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  686. Inshallah! <3
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  687. According to these guys and their lack-of medical degrees lol
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  688. No. He's a dumbass stumbling into things that intend to stabilize the dying empire.
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  689. Except I don't deny that a famine that killed up to 3 million people or so occurred in 1932-33. I only disagree with the claim that it was an intentional attempt at genocide (which is the same opinion that all modern experts in the field hold like Tauger, Wheatcroft etc.). The USSR was, upon objective analysis, an amazing attempt at building a new society and deserves to be celebrated. Nothing it perfect, and Marxists are the most severe critics of the USSR but that doesn't change the fact that, had a Capitalist nation done what the USSR did, it would've been hailed as "a miracle of Capitalism".
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  690.  @charlielee5906  No worries hayati <3
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  691. It was too obvious of a hint haha
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  692. My entire extended family has studied in the USSR from the late 60s till the dissolution. Anecdotes don't count. Polling might, though, and the results of those are pretty clear.
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  693. Watch the entire video lmao
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  694. Habibi my uploads don't count till you comment <3
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  695. I hope you had a lovely day habibi.
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  696. Not pointless at all, I appreciate the correction.
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  697. Read that again but stick "The US" at the beginning. There, fixed it for you. Also, read Szymanski.
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  698. “The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.” - Julius Nyerere If there is no working class party then the goal is to build one.
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  699. You're a political philistine if you think a. the ruling classes of post-coup Eastern European countries serve the interests of their populations and b. that NATO is a benevolent organization that got bamboozled into adding members. Also, watch my depopulation of Eastern Europe video, or read the dozens of works on industrialization and social policy in Socialist bloc countries to see that "communism destroyed Eastern Europe" is simply an incorrect ideological statement with no basis in reality.
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  700. You're an ideological philistine.
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  701. Do you see the "brought down" bit in the title? It's nonsense, this is hyperbole used to greatly exaggerate the importance of this man. If you're interested in the scholarly analysis of the fall (illegal undemocratic dissolution) of the USSR, I have a dedicated video on the topic.
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  702. Which slur was used in this video?
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  703. Actually watch the video my guy. None of his criticisms were simply against "authoritarianism", they were explicitly against Socialist nations of the era. Had he truly had an issue with totalitarianism (a philosophically nebulous and highly ideological characterization, mind you), he would've spent some time likewise critiquing the various Fascisms of the era (as well as the US). But he didn't, and the few individual times he did, he'd follow it with an immediate pivot back to criticizing Socialism. Not that Socialism cannot be criticized esp in practice, but when someone's sole material contribution is anti-Communist, you have to really examine their intentions. You miss the fact that he snitched on minorities and leftists to what was essentially a secret police organization. Likewise you glossed over his clear and unrepentant racism, his attempted rape of a woman (and that's one we know of, God knows if there were more), the propagation of his work by the single largest terrorist organization on earth etc. etc. Orwell likewise was absolutely despised by the people who fought aside him in Spain, with several mentioning that he'd be more at home fighting with the Fascists than with them. He just wasn't a good guy, and that's okay to admit. You can still read his work if you enjoy it, I myself love reading Lovecraft despite his many reactionary views. That doesn't mean I'm obliged to defend his character or anything else. I highly recommend you take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  704. It's pretty to look at, and Soviet footage is either overused, garbage quality, or too on-the-nose. Honestly I just needed something to run in the background.
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  705. Apologies for the delay, I'll definitely try to get back into a more regular schedule haha
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  706. It's the Afrikaans version. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAEO-kiyChA
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  707. You're very right, I'm just seeing if it's a YT thing or a audience thing. Gonna change it again soon, just experimenting.
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  708. Haha many people ask don't worry, that wasn't directed at anyone in particular <3
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  709. You're correct, that's the point. It wasn't good, but the general framing is "evil Soviets doing x" despite the US doing worse with no push-back. I'm asking for either nuanced understanding or consistency.
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  710. Wazzup Beijing
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  711. Just the way I've learned it.
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  712. The vast majority of the private sector in Cuba is in the form of cooperative economy according to relatively new reforms. Check out Wolff's new podcast video on it.
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  713. Explain.
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  714. Watch the video first. Sources in the pinned comment.
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  715. For sure! I personally want to keep all the more economic-side stuff to another video where I can define and explain all of it in one place. A person who doesn't know the difference between Socialism and social democracy doesn't need to know about price/value just yet, imo.
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  716. I would really like to, actually. It's been on the list forever.
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  717. Please read, and stopping insulting your own intelligence. If you feel you have any valid perspectives to counter what I've said here, go ahead and provide them.
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  718. Ofc haha That was just a cheap dig as part of the satire. Usually these types of liberals know nothing of the cultures they claim they "respect" and "care about" (after 20mins of bashing them and delivering state-department talking points). Mirroring that, I put up something obviously satirical that American cuisine is the KFC cheeto burger lol
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  719. How so? Has he changed his positions? I don't watch his stuff so I wouldn't know.
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  720. Thank you!
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  721. Not an argument made by anybody but go off lol
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  722. Again, be patient. All of this will be covered eventually.
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  723. The sources are in the comments. I'm sorry him being a rapist, racist and colonial cop disturbs you. Get better heroes.
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  724. English is taught in schools here in Iraq. Also, American media is pervasive all across the world. I thank video games, mostly lol
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  725. Of course I am, I'm a practicing Muslim lol
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  726. lol I had to stop myself from putting that into the script
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  727. Eisenhower feared the Soviet response and thought it to be a diplomatic distraction from things in Europe. The US public and congress were heavily against Egypt's position at the time.
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  728. Ramadan mubarak habibi <3
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  729. No idea. I've been invited but there were never any concrete plans haha
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  730. Partially that, and partially because it was mass-flagged and I got a warning.
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  731. My editor picked the map; I think he just wanted to show the Soviet bloc and didn't pay too much attention to the legend. I didn't catch that in the proof-watch either. Thanks for noticing!
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  732. Elaborate. Sources are in the pinned comment.
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  733. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  734. Hope you had a good one :)
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  735. Libgen has just about anything I've searched for in pdf format. Check it out :)
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  736. I'm a medical doctor in residency but go off lol
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  737. Szymanski's book is sadly out of print but you can get a pdf off of libgen. The New Jim Crow is widely available and is still being printed. The easiest thing is to just read them online/as pdfs, or to print them yourself via a printing service like i.e. Lulu.
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  738. Definitely planning on it, no worries.
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  739. All of humanity would fit in a small European country; space isn't an issue, sustainable housing is. I made notes of desalination in my script, but chose not to include it since it would've filled half the video and been too technical for some. Instead I settled for an example of water privatization, so I still covered that. I covered energy needs by mentioning overconsumption by certain first world populations, with particular emphasis on the top layer of those societies that overconsume even more. Read the pinned comment.
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  740. The main point of criticism is that the (assumed positions of) materialism expressed by Marxists when applied to religion (or God, more specifically) is simply taken as a philosophical dogma. When pushed for their evidence (aside from vague platitudes and references to empirical reality), they deliver the usual atheist talking points, with no real deeper critique (as deeper critique simply doesn't exist beyond the tired "problem of evil" and other such arguments). Engels was wrong about his take on religion, and this otherwise incredibly brilliant man himself fell into that silly pitfall because of said philosophical (hilariously almost religious) belief. None of this is rejecting materialism; just putting it in its rightful place. You cannot make (empiric) claims about that which cannot be empirically observed (for the most part). What's left is arguing theological basics, which is a very disappointing discussion to have with anti-theist Marxists. Furthermore, materialist reality was a fundamental part and aspect of both Islamic civilization and philosophy. Whole books have been written on this. My entire issue with this argument is that that specific line of thought is a short-track to advocating for the same horrific religious policies of i.e. the USSR or Albania. It serves no other purpose in reality; it doesn't expand reason, it doesn't develop "scientific mindsets" in the population, it simply is an outlet for imposing one philosophical belief onto others. A philosophical belief that has knee-capped every single conversation about Socialism since the 20s, and prevented God knows how many potential comrades and revolutions.
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  741. Class Struggle in Socialist Poland is great.
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  742. Hi there <3
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  743. Literally the very first second of the video. It's not the topic for today, hence why I'm not discussing it. I'm planning on covering the Iranian influence of my country eventually, it's just not the safest thing to do when you live here.
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  744. They're coming back no worries.
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  745. Haha I've actually heard of this!
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  746. I look forward to whatever content of substance you'll be putting out in that case.
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  747. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1X_-D803U&ab_channel=Hakim
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  748. "Orientalism" is a concept, not the geographic area. Read a book and don't insult your intelligence. Start with Said's Orientalism.
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  749. The title is clear hyperbole, he was insignificant and at best played a dinner party role in Western intellectual circles. Also, you're defending a self-admitted Fascist.
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  750. Who's justifying? You haven't watched the video. Saying you can understand why they did something doesn't make it right, nor a course of action to be repeated. Please watch the video and listen to the two addendums I made clarifying this.
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  751. No where did I say it was perfect or that it didn't make mistakes, nor did I imply that. As for the Suez crisis, Eisenhower feared the Soviet response and thought it to be a diplomatic distraction from things in Europe, hence the public dismissal. The US public and congress were heavily against Egypt's position at the time.
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  752. They're always in the pinned comment habibi.
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  753. You seem to have missed the point. I'll paste someone else's comment that got exactly what I was going for: "The point of the video wasn't just to throw back all criticism from the Chinese government. It was a parody on Harris's video on China where he used half-truths, cherry picking, oversimplifications and an one sided perspective. Hakim made a video doing everything in the same style in Harris in order to demonstrate how propaganda works in the same direction."
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  754. Liberals are liberals, where's the surprise? The vast majority of Eastern Europe isn't even ruled by "old officials" anymore, and most of them outside of the USSR never were.
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  755. Always in the pinned comment of every video :)
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  756. No. Please read. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm
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  757. I'm glad you enjoy my work. Happy new year!
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  758. I love him like I love my own parents. He is amazing.
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  759. In the process, actually.
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  760. Lenin soviet power plus electrification something something
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  761. I thrive on suffering
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  762. Educate yourself on the famine before opining. Relevant sources you can check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kaaYvauNho&ab_channel=BadEmpanada https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274856099_The_1932_Harvest_and_the_Famine_of_1933 https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/22207/file.pdf https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09668130801999912
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  763. "Allah yerhamak", "may God have mercy on you", roughly. Usually used to end a convo when talking to a very stubborn person.
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  764. YT bug, have to deal with each individually which will take forever.
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  765. Check out the channel DPRK explained, as well as my two videos on the DPRK.
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  766. Elaborate, please.
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  767. That really is, thank you!
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  768. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  769. Already done. Check my earliest videos.
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  770. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol Thanks for the correction!
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  771. Haha apologies, I didn't mean for it to come out so dry.
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  772. Oh? I didn't know this. It goes without saying that that probably wasn't what our baby boy Ben was saying lol Nonetheless, thanks for sharing.
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  773. Damn it's those pesky hivemind central planners at work again. Smh Socialism destroyed
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  774. Read the article I mentioned at the end of the video, I think that will give some more perspective imo The West didn't "provoke Putin", they systematically threatened Russian national security despite both national and international agencies telling them that this will blow up in their face eventually. The article is great, give it a read.
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  775. I go over this in this video here :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywf8Nndy1Vo
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  776. Only nutrition? You haven't read the study, have you? Nutrition, literacy, infant mortality, access to healthcare, access for minorities, death rates from preventable diseases, access to education, employment, housing....etc. If this is meaningless to you, well, there's not much more to say now is there?
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  777. My bad, I forgot to put it in. Here it is: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/depression/what-is-depression
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  778.  @BurningFyre  Please be more respectful to people, the hostility is unnecessary. Although, I don't understand your point. The full context is being provided through my explanations; the arguments being made are either in explanation of the context, or a discussion of how my views evolved since (as these are quite old). Finally, I mention the DMs thing not because "it's cool" or whatever that's supposed to mean, but to maintain that people can always reach me if they want my perspective. My primary purpose is to educate, that's why I make videos. If people have questions, they can get in touch. Furthermore, this is backed up by the fact that I do genuinely answer all my DMs; please find me a person that hasn't gotten a response. The only ones that haven't are within the past month, as work has been more heavy than usual recently and I work 12 hour shifts. Please, have more consideration of other people's circumstances.
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  779. You're welcome :)
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  780. I hope you feel better habibi! <3
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  781. I'd love to, but I currently have a lot on my plate at work and probably won't be free for weeks. I'll keep the idea in mind for the future though :D
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  782. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. To claim monarchism/dynasty is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some naunce, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc.
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  783. Nothing wrong with it, but you can't deny that he got farther being exactly that rather than if he was i.e. an African woman.
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  784. For sure!
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  785. This still blows my mind. I really hope this is a minority phenomenon lol
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  786. Glad to have delivered <3
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  787. Of course. Sovereignty is important. Also, I make this clear in the video but I'm no fan of modern Russia, and definitely no fan of Iran.
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  788. Habibi you're too kind <3
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  789. Excellent video, very well done!
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  790. Check the community tab on my channel :)
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  791. Substantiate your argument. Everything mentioned is clearly evidenced. I'm not defending Russia here, I make that plainly clear in the video.
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  792. All sources are in the pinned comment, as always since the beginning of my channel.
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  793. Many apologies. This was before I had an editor so my own creativity (and work schedule) limited the video editing quality. Newer reaction vids are much better, and if YT allowed me to rework the segments in this video I would've done so.
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  794. As long as a conversation took place, I'm happy.
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  795. Elaborate.
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  796. For sure! It's just that the entire process has been shifted into overdrive in Eastern Europe because of the reasons stated in the video.
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  797.  @GodIwishIknew  Exactly. The reason I put it on patreon is because there's no short word limit on the posts, unlike on YT comments. I include both the source and the exact passage of each claim.
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  798. Haha well my last upload was half a year ago so, maybe not so much. I'll defo try to get back into the groove though :D
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  799. I've never reported on news. It's not the focus of my channel.
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  800. The title is tongue-in-cheek for the algorithm. But your sanctions point is just...yikes. Read blackshirts and reds by Parenti if you're intellectually honest.
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  801. I'm a physician lmao
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  802. Oh my bad. Is it a racial slur?
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  803. My apologies! I don't try to mispronounce, I'm just not too familiar with Spanish pronunciation. Thanks for the correction <3
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  804. Congrats on being eurocentrist. Most of the third-world is still semi-agrarian and has a peasant class. My own country (Iraq), as well as almost all Arab countries (aside from a few gulf countries) have a peasantry with petty small-plot production, as well as kulak elements up to today. Egypt and Iraq in particular, but also Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Algeria etc. Just because it doesn't apply in Germany or the US, doesn't mean it doesn't apply, period. Finally, read the pinned comment. You're being dogmatic for ideological purity reasons. To claim "state-capitalism" is not only incorrect, it's outright silly. You're basically reducing yourself to the position that, unless revolution happens globally, there will never be Socialism. Global Socialist revolution hasn't happened, and most likely wont. Basically, relegating yourself to inaction since, no matter what you do, you'll always end up with "state-Capitalism".
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  805. Try libgen: gen.lib.rus.ec/
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  806. Pinned comment.
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  807. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  808. I'm a physician and work regular residence hours lmao, but thanks for the recommendations I guess
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  809. Cuz it's a glaring failure of the wealthiest nation in history.
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  810. They weren't simply against "totalitarianism", they were explicitly against Socialist nations of the era. Had he truly had an issue with totalitarianism (a philosophically nebulous and highly ideological characterization, mind you), he would've spent some time likewise critiquing the various Fascisms of the era (as well as the US). But he didn't, and the few individual times he did, he'd follow it with an immediate pivot back to criticizing Socialism. Not that Socialism cannot be criticized esp in practice, but when someone's sole material contribution is anti-Communist, you have to really examine their intentions. Basically every comment along the vein of "you're taking him out of context" seems to completely miss the fact that he snitched on minorities and leftists to what was essentially a secret police organization. Likewise they gloss over his clear and unrepentant racism, his attempted rape of a woman (and that's one we know of, God knows if there were more), the propagation of his work by the single largest terrorist organization on earth etc. etc. Orwell likewise was absolutely despised by the people who fought aside him in Spain, with several mentioning that he'd be more at home fighting with the Fascists than with them. He just wasn't a good guy, and that's okay to admit. You can still read his work if you enjoy it, I myself love reading Lovecraft despite his many reactionary views. That doesn't mean I'm obliged to defend his character or anything else. I highly recommend you take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  811. Check your reading comprehension. Falling oil prices and sanctions resulted in steps which would help alleviate the hard currency deficit, which included joint-stock companies/international capital investment in Libya. The role of the world bank segment goes into further detail on imposed restructuring as a prerequisite for funding. Please properly read the source.
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  812. I personally believe I sound better in Arabic, but I appreciate the compliment <3
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  813. Please refer to the sources. The only way you can state this is by actively ignoring the content because it's ideologically inconvenient for you.
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  814. @Can Bedo You people really are a meme huh?
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  815. Tovarishch Endymion already did a video on it, check his channel out :)
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  816. Wisconsin*
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  817. I've used both interchangeably at times, but West Asia also includes i.e. Turkey. I can't say "Arab world" when non-Arab countries are involved. Otherwise I agree with you; when referring to things that concern us as Arabs, that's a term that makes the most sense.
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  818. Sure thing, which video is the one people want me to check out most?
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  819. Pretty much. It's a shame how simplistic the view of some Westerners is. These are also supposedly anti-orientalist leftists as well.
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  820. Haha in a weird way, yeah. Mind filling in the horrific blanks lol
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  821. I have never been so thoroughly insulted in my life.
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  822. That's why I advocate for the formation of diligent organizations (parties, student groups, community organizations, etc. etc. like I said in the video) that can slowly develop the class-consciousness of the working class in the US. This is up to the American left to do, and if they remain disciplined and apply the massline, they'll achieve what they set out to do imo. I have faith in them :)
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  823. Not at all.
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  824. Bingo. SH is one of my favorite series.
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  825. Anytime habibi. I always appreciate good-faith criticisms of my positions. Not really, but I'm glad it happened nonetheless.
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  826. Mao explains himself best, so read his writings :)Start off by reading On Practice and On Contradiction. The Marxist Internet Archive has everything he's ever written available for free.
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  827. Haha don't worry, I was thinking of having the next book recommendations be a USSR one. It's a real shame that Ludo Marten's other works haven't been translated. He has another one about the Soviet Union I'd love to read but idk where I can find the French version, let alone an English copy.
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  828.  @heartsofiron4ever  My guy, the pinned comment and literally in the video at every claim. This has been the case forever, how do people not scroll down for God's sake.
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  829. Marxism-Leninism is the largest living trend of Leftism on earth. If you're really so indignant of murderous systems, you'd be an anti-Capitalist. Keep coping.
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  830. Being a liberal is so antithetical to every fiber of my being that I rapidly reached the limits of my knowledge in this sphere lmao He had some popular TV show references in his video and I just couldn't.
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  831. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  832. Take the good, leave the bad. You can divorce the points made in this video from my personal outlooks on political matters. If they resonate with you, maybe see what else I have to say? Doesn't mean you have to agree, but it's another perspective regardless. Best of luck to you too habibi.
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  833. In residency habibi*, so not a surgeon. Just had to take part in several surgeries as it's a requirement of my rotations.
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  834. You speak English because it's the only language you know. I speak English because it's the only language you know.
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  835. It's a loaded question. You need a lot of qualifying statements. The deaths that occurred under Socialist governments were for the most part because of local conditions, not Socialism per-se. I think a proper scientific study could be carried out on this but what would be the point? All of this highlights how silly of an argument it is.
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  836. In what universe am I saying or even implying any of what you wrote?
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  837. Read the actual review. His incredibly limp overview is overshadowed by 1. his constant sprinkling of outdated even for the era criticism of the USSR, and 2. his clear statement that he doesn't have any personal animosity for Hitler, and expressing admiration for his speeches (in which Hitler clearly and repeatedly talks about how Jewish people and other local minorities are the root of all of Germany's evils, and how Germany deserves to basically take over Europe and beyond). He heard all of this and not only thought, but put into writing "yeah this guy ain't all that bad, I mean we're at war so I'd take care of it but I got nothing against the guy". He wrote this when Hitler had taken over Poland and was clearly preparing to invade France etc. etc. I don't understand how this keeps being overlooked. Being anti-Fascist to your core is the first principle of any self-proclaimed leftist.
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  838. I definitely agree, but I'm not so sure he would've gotten published if he blatantly advocated for revolution.
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  839. Everything I said not only is extensively cited (check the pinned comment), but is also directly backed up by leaked American intelligence cables (thanks to wikileaks). If the word of the literal intelligence arm of the US government isn't good enough for you, then idk what more I can do to deprogram you from your ideological belief not based in reality.
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  840. I appreciate the corrections!
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  841. Woops, thanks for noticing <3
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  842. Not intentional, funnily enough. I asked someone on my discord to cut the discussion and send it my way so that I can upload it, and they sent me this little bit with an extra 30sec before and after the convo.
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  843. I have several book recommendations up on my channel, feel free to check them out.
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  844. Haha glad to hear it!
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  845. I'll definitely give it a look!
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  846. Thank you habibi <3
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  847. I meaaannn 👀👀👀
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  848. Note that I stated what the Islamic position is, not what some Muslims do. They will be judged for their wrong-doings and bad deeds, as will we all. It is you being dishonest, not I. It's as if I claimed the same European Christians that carried out genocide against Native Americans in North and South America represented Christ's teaching of "turn thy cheek". Of course, I wouldn't. Because I understand how fallacious that position is.
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  849. This is talking more about deliberate wrecking or sabotage. Something that was definitely a lot more prevalent in the early USSR period. Also, as a manager you had a social responsibility to society to perform as well as you could. If a i.e. a doctor in public healthcare was dragging his feet doing the bare minimum, even under Capitalism, he would be advised and/or punished. This extends to all spheres of responsibility under Socialism as "work for society" is an allocated time of labour during the day. It gets a lot more complicated legally but this is just a basic overview of the idea.
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  850. lmao like half the reason I made this video is because the same thing happened to me
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  851. Exactly what tkwtg said.
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  852. China is so nuanced you can't fit it all in one comment. Honestly I'm not well-read enough on the topic to talk freely either. As for the HK protests, well, anything supported by the US should be dealt with a little scrutiny.
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  853. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK. I appreciate the comment/criticism though, thank you.
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  854. This is an incorrect view. Firstly, there is no such thing as "pure" Capitalism; Capitalism is scientifically defined as the existence of markets, private ownership of the means of production, and wage-labour. If we're being pedantic, finance capital's domination and imperialism can be added too for the analysis of the current system. Secondly, if you compromise with Capitalism, you aren't "meeting half way", you're effectively yielding your entire position to the support of the Capitalist system. Putting it simply, there is no "small-scale" wage-labour. There isn't "just a bit" of private ownership of capital (private, not personal property). As for Capitalism's cardinal issues, read about the falling rate of profit. Here's a video to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk1jorh5wh0
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  855. Thank you!
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  856. Read up on unequal exchange and imperialism. Here are some book recommendations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs5mWux7nJM
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  857. This is pretty much hearsay with absolutely no empirical evidence. The same factories produced both "for export" and internal products, especially so for cars. Funnily enough, a lot of anecdotal evidence is usually invoked for the point. I could easily counter with my own; I had many relatives that lived, studied and worked in the USSR, and not once did they complain of Soviet quality in products. In fact, in Iraq, Soviet products were on the same level as West German products in esteem, with usually i.e. Bulgarian products having a "badly produced" stigma.
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  858. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  859. Take a look into who's buying up Israeli industry.
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  860. Anytime :)
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  861. It evolves.
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  862. Ramadan mubarak habibi!
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  863. Literally neither of the two, actually watch the video.
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  864. It's all coming back no worries.
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  865. Not happening, sorry. I never thought I'd reach 100k in the first place. Kinda said it along the lines of "if pigs fly"; meaning I thought it was an impossibility lol
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  866. My apologies. The graph missing the Y axis is supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted). For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well. I mentioned this in the pinned comment :)
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  867. Nah it was just something cute my editor made Though the vibes are definitely cozy haha
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  868. Glad I did!
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  869. I misspoke and someone else pointed this out, but generally their stats are fairly good when compared to the rest of Asia (which mostly is not under crippling sanctions). Check the source in the pinned comment (where it always is haha).
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  870. Thanks for the comment.
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  871. Genuinely too kind <3
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  872. Has that been happening to you too? I've been forcibly unsubbed from a few people I watch semi-regularly too and it's odd.
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  873. Habibi that thumbnail is fucking phenomenal
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  874. ?
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  875. It's a play on how they consider China Communist if they think something bad happened but Capitalist when something good happens. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
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  876. I have several videos on practically every point you raised. The conclusions you're implying are false.
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  877. I thought about it actually, but I want to stick to debunking race nonsense first. After the other 2 videos are up I'll definitely look into it :)
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  878. It's Younis Soulias, a North African reciter.
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  879. You too habibi <3
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  880. Don't insult your intelligence, check the sources then get back to me. Likewise, whether you wanna make value judgements of Eastern European governments or not (I state several times within the video that Romania isn't something to emulate), that doesn't make clear foreign intervention okay.
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  881. Hey are you the same Xiangyu that went on Prolespod? He was; apologies for not being clear enough.
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  882. This has pretty much been my experience as well.
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  883. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  884. Please read a book.
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  885. Love you too habibi <3
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  886. I'll check it out :)
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  887. Hi there :)
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  888. You seem to completely miss the fact that he snitched on minorities and leftists to what was essentially a secret police organization. Likewise gloss over his clear and unrepentant racism (by dismissing it instead of acknowledging it), his attempted rape of a woman (and that's one we know of, God knows if there were more), the propagation of his work by the single largest terrorist organization on earth etc. etc. You can still read his work if you enjoy it, I myself love reading Lovecraft despite his many reactionary views. That doesn't mean I'm obliged to defend his character or anything else. I highly recommend you take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  889. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  890. Do you genuinely feel that's a valid response to the facts stated in the video? Don't insult your own intelligence.
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  891. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  892. My apologies. The graphs missing the Y axis are supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted) and percentage GDP after the dissolution of the USSR and Eastern bloc. For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well. I thought people could infer because they're kinda self-explanatory, my bad. I practice my English daily. Grammar, listening, writing, reading etc. At least a paragraph a day for over a decade now. That, and consuming a lot of English language media. Those are my two pieces of advice haha
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  893. Pinned comment habibi :)
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  894. I had a big enough headache discussing Gorby lol
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  895. Her testimony is used in the exact same way as defector testimony, so I included it. For example: Shin Dong Hyuk has appeared in congress calling for basically military and other forms of interference in the DPRK's internal affairs. The parallels are basically one to one.
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  896. Luxury consumer goods, but that depends too. Cockshott has interesting work on this.
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  897. The liberals in the French government aren't Socialists, and neither is "government does stuff" Socialism. I have plenty of videos on my YT channel delving deeper.
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  898. lol where did I claim it was only cosmetic? It was an adaptation to differing amounts of UV exposure. Nice try buddy, you just outed that you didn't watch this vid. Also inb4 that CIA Report that proves Soviet caloric intake was higher than in the US.
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  899. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc Equally, the most sanctioned country on earth that is still at war unsurprisingly has limitations on personal freedoms. The US passed the patriot act at far less. A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  900. The entire point of the video is to show the history of popular and (at the time) "scientifically accepted" ideas about race and racism. I did exactly that. My next video will debunk modern race-realist talking points so stay tuned.
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  901. I mean, I could (and do tell) people to read i.e. Zak Cope, Suwandi, Samir Amin etc. but without a proper foundation in the basics you won't get anywhere. Marx's analysis of Capitalism is still valid, Lenin's excellent analysis of imperialism remains ever-relevant (and necessary reading to understand more in-depth works) and Mao's guiding advice on organization is more important today than it ever was. Read the works for yourself and see; it's not "dry, outdated" literature, but the building blocks towards an understanding of our common liberation.
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  902. ?
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  903. Afrikaans version :)
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  904. Thanks for the recommendation!
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  905. Yes it does! It's called Argyria :) Ew indeed lol
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  906. "Why doesn't the government in the most sanctioned third-world country on earth just open up their borders for massive brain drain?" Even having said that, plenty of DPRK citizens are abroad, working/studying. There's plenty of nuance to the topic, and free movement of labour/brain drain is a big part of it. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers.
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  907. Referendum of the Soviet people showed that the vast majority of them wanted the USSR to remain. Check out my video on it, it's one of the early ones.
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  908. Not really: https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2021/01/27/what-does-bidens-ban-on-private-prisons-really-mean/?sh=36e6b95e73cb
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  909. I appreciate the correction, I now realize my understand was wrong.
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  910. Define authoritarianism. Almost everything that exists in the DPRK exists in various forms to differing extents in the US, South Korea etc. The difference being, the DPRK is a country at war and is horrifically sanctioned; to not understand how this can negatively affect i.e. personal freedoms is to be intentionally blind imo. "Like the Nordic states" oh you mean like the one that elected a literal former nazi party into power? Read up on concepts of value transference and unequal exchange to understand Nordic "democracy" (and also, read up on class analysis; democracy doesn't exist in a vacuum). The foreign media execution point is a literal lie, and several experts in the field (whatever that's worth in such a propagandized field) equally believe it to be absolute nonsense. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. To claim monarchism/dynasty is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some naunce, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc. A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  911. Under no circumstance did the USSR aid Nazi war efforts. The exact opposite, actually. Watch my Molotov-R pact video.
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  912. Thanks habibi <3
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  913. Happy new year!
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  914. You should write fan-fiction. Or novels.
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  915. Certain few (by far an insignificant minority) were in small positions in the military (as had become mandatory throughout the war), and the vast majority of those were either actively or indirectly associated with the anti-Nazi resistance movement. Contrast that with West Germany, which had high-ranking full members of the Nazi party, members of the Nazi party in high positions in the military, even those that participated in the genocide, rehabilitated and reabsorbed into (West) German society. Read Bruni de la Motte's book for more information on this.
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  916. Explain. If you were well read on Libya prior to this video, that's pretty neat of you, no need to watch in that case.
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  917. I'll add it to the list :)
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  918. Yeah, that's been happening. I have no idea how to fix it sadly.
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  919. Brilliant work.
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  920. lmao go check your brain for Aspergillus
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  921. No, it's Lenin :)
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  922. I'm definitely not qualified enough lmao But there are many that are very qualified and driven. It's just that those people aren't loyal to Iran, local militias, or imperialist interests. They either end up demoralized, dead or side-lined.
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  923. Lmao is that why the IMF and world bank push solely "market liberalization" policies on third-world countries? Read Ha-Joon Chang. Charity is, for the most part, a lost cause. More money is siphoned out of i.e. Sub-Saharan Africa than is contributed in bullshit "charity". Directed state development (which are the real reasons Western economies grew; well that and colonialism, neocolonialism and imperialism mixed in with heavy protectionism) is the only real solution. Refer to the above-mentioned author.
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  924. lol cultural marxist is a meaningless term used as a blanket term for anyone you disagree with. Watch Contrapoint's video on Peterson so you can see his "postmodern neo marxism" stuff for what it truly is; bullshit. Oh and yes, yes I do.
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  925. I made a book recommendations video on the USSR, check those works out for a deeper dive!
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  926. Thank you!
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  927. You win an award in torturing a meaning out a phrase that never was there. Self-determination and petty nationalism are two different things.
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  928. The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand is what you're looking for. Tldr, the modern Palestinians currently living under apartheid within their own nation are the original inhabitants and descendants of the land (including a noticeable ancient Jewish population that eventually converted to Christianity and Islam over the centuries).
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  929. Thank you for the kind words :)
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  930. Thank you! <3
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  931. Haha love the self-censoring. Future video habibi.
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  932. Nothing here is telling people to stop being American? Watch the entire video, including the end. I specify only Americans can change their country, and I suggest further reading. Breaking American Exceptionalism is the first step towards correct politics in the US.
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  933. Noted! Thanks for the correction.
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  934. Just means you're not listening my man. Take a look at the sources.
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  935. Stay tuned in that case :)
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  936. It's the internationale in Afrikaans, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAEO-kiyChA
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  937. Thanks for the correction!
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  938. Yes. I've been meaning to read that actually, I just want to get through a few more books beforehand. It looks lovely though.
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  939. The only mistake the USSR did was give her free healthcare.
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  940. I appreciate the correction, thank you!
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  941. You'd be right. Apologies, I don't have the time to look for different footage, let alone work on fancier editing. I hope to develop this aspect a lot more soon, as my schedule will hopefully transition by the end of this year to one with a bit more free time.
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  942. Check the community section on my channel :)
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  943. That's not what Fascism is, nor is it what I said. 04:40 is the rough timestamp. Don't insult your own intelligence by pretending to not understand the nuance.
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  944. Actually engage with anything he said, then make up your mind. Read capital, or even his shorter economic essays. His thought and contributions developed dozens of fields of analysis, to deny this is to deny fact. Seriously, give at least this a read: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/index.htm
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  945. You're too kind <3
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  946. lol too late, they're brigading.
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  947. Thanks for the feedback habibi <3
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  948. Thank you!
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  949. All answered in my Q&A videos buddy, check those out :)
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  950. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  951. From another comment: Generating surplus and surplus extraction through Capitalist exploitation are different things. We have to be very specific with our definitions. With surplus generation, you have two forms of labour: work for oneself, and work for society (as Marx outlined in his critique of the Gotha programme). Watch my video titled "Was the USSR Socialist?" for a better idea of this. Also, most Socialist states had very low taxes (if at all). I believe the USSR had the highest rate at 4-5% or something. You need a couple of things. First is the elimination of wage labour. Second is the elimination of Capitalist exploitation. Thirdly, is the political control of the workers (through trade-union and employee organizations in enterprises, and councils [soviets] at all levels of the state). The elimination of labour-power as a commodity kinda falls underneath the above criteria so I don't consider it a point on its own. You can stick it in the abolishing of wage-labour though. Federal jobs don't fulfill the above criteria, and usually operate along state-Capitalist lines. There's more to it ofc but this is long enough lol
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  952. Albert Szymanski's Human Rights in the USSR has an entire chapter dedicated to it. Check libgen for a copy :)
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  953. I get the title is clickbait so people watch but that's such a stupid way to title a video lol The Ottomans weren't the "most powerful" or "greatest" Islamic empire either. Plenty of mosques are built in regional and local styles; not everything needs to be defined through how it's perceived by European eyes. Turkish immigrants to Europe plus Turkish government financing for mosque building results in mostly Turkish style mosques; that doesn't mean that's what a mosque looks like. And no, a dome doesn't need to be present, really. Most smaller mosques have no dome at all, and many incredibly old mosques people pass daily are rectangular with open courtyards and again, no dome. It all depends on where you are. The video is interesting but the presentation is just silly. You lightly touch on this in the end but imo a lot more (very interesting!) nuance could've been included.
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  954. I wanted to throw it in as well, but I'm saving it for another book recommendation down the line. It definitely is a great book.
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  955. http://gen.lib.rus.ec/ Search the individuals titles or authors and you'll find what you're looking for.
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  956. This video isn't about coercion, it's about systematic interference in the market to the preference of one party despite it being state policy, both of the IMF and of the US government, to support "free market" policy. I trace the history to give a broader image/understanding of where this stuff originated but in essence this is a critique of neocolonial and neoliberal policy. Your unsubstantiated and highly ideological statement is itself mystifying the mechanisms and processes of Capitalism. I recommend several books in the video, give them a look.
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  957. They're listed in the video.
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  958. You're very right comrade, but saying "Asiatic mode of production" or anything more detailed would have taken away from the point imo, hence why I just said feudalism.
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  959. I did it intentionally only for the title I spell it labour everywhere else haha
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  960.  @Naheed_Ahmed14  Based. Help your dad king <3
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  961. Start with your own history first. Learn about the history of the Middle-East and Iraq, and then develop your political stance. Even High-School textbooks will do :)
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  962. Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly.
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  963. "Blackshirts And Reds" was my inspiration, and I used a lot of Parenti's sources so take a look there :)
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  964. I completely agree. Accented English is far more interesting and pleasant to listen to, imo.
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  965. Yup.
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  966. That's basically what they mean though, sadly. Such incredible racism based on something so simple astounds me.
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  967. Really? I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
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  968. Thank you, I appreciate the kind words. It's Prisonic Fairytale from Silent Hill 2 :)
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  969. Watch the video in its entirety first, then take a look into the further reading. As I mention at the end of the video, practically every objection, be they obscure or common, are touched on in the further reading section.
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  970. Definitely. Most conversations around this are utterly pointless. No wonder reorganizing society around people's needs rather than profits would improve general quality of life. This is the nature of propaganda though, sadly.
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  971. Wa alaikum. I do plan on doing so, no worries :) Thanks for the suggestion.
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  972. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  973. Try to illegally cross a border anywhere in the world and see what happens. The DPRK really isn't strange in this regard. The real limitations is a question of brain drain/free movement of labour. Even with that said, plenty of DPRK citizens study/work abroad; there are official channels for this. However, the most sanctioned country on earth, which is currently still at war, unsurprisingly has some limitations on personal freedoms. Nuance is boring but important.
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  974. Eastern Europe was far more politically independent 50 years ago than today, and the "limitation on travel" meme is missing so much nuance as to be meaningless (i.e. much of the West wouldn't give out visas in the first place, the vast majority of regular Western people didn't have the means to travel, plenty of intra-bloc travel already occurred etc. etc.). Szymanski's Human Rights in The Soviet Union is an excellent (and very well sourced) read on this.
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  975. The final part of this mini-series about the consequences of race-realist ideas. After that, I'm still undecided.
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  976. No, we're Marxists. Two videos of mine that elaborate if you're interested: https://youtu.be/vk2yCePYs90?si=lB9G4Sc-jnijhvnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ndft22QPk&ab_channel=Hakim
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  977. Ramadan mubarak akhi <3
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  978. I didn't use the internationale in this one. Bonus points for anyone who recognizes the music lol
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  979. Not exactly, I paralleled a lot of topics to make them more relevant to the US but generally the pacing, style and phraseology is as close to 1-to-1 as one can get lol
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  980. Thank you!
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  981. A smear? Check the sources habibi, all of it is clearly evidenced. His ideological foundation itself is suspect. None of his criticisms were simply against "authoritarianism", they were explicitly against Socialist nations of the era. Had he truly had an issue with totalitarianism (a philosophically nebulous and highly ideological characterization, mind you), he would've spent some time likewise critiquing the various Fascisms of the era (as well as the US). But he didn't, and the few individual times he did, he'd follow it with an immediate pivot back to criticizing Socialism. Not that Socialism cannot be criticized esp in practice, but when someone's sole material contribution is anti-Communist, you have to really examine their intentions. "Not perfect" is simply glossing over his very major flaws. Don't miss the fact that he snitched on minorities and leftists to what was essentially a secret police organization. Likewise don't gloss over his clear and unrepentant racism, his attempted rape of a woman (and that's one we know of, God knows if there were more), the propagation of his work by the single largest terrorist organization on earth etc. etc. Orwell likewise was absolutely despised by the people who fought aside him in Spain, with several mentioning that he'd be more at home fighting with the Fascists than with them. He just wasn't a good guy, and that's okay to admit. You can still read his work if you enjoy it, I myself love reading Lovecraft despite his many reactionary views. That doesn't mean I'm obliged to defend his character or anything else. I highly recommend you take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  982. DM me, and we can talk :)
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  983. Fantastic. The superior race everyone. Also, it's propaganda*, not propoganda. Well done.
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  984. A while ago when I first started getting into Marxism. I really should re-read it.
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  985. You seem to completely miss the fact that he snitched on minorities and leftists to what was essentially a secret police organization. Likewise gloss over his clear and unrepentant racism (by dismissing it instead of acknowledging it), his attempted rape of a woman (and that's one we know of, God knows if there were more), the propagation of his work by the single largest terrorist organization on earth etc. etc. You can still read his work if you enjoy it, I myself love reading Lovecraft despite his many reactionary views. That doesn't mean I'm obliged to defend his character or anything else. I highly recommend you take a look at the sources in the pinned comment.
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  986. Elaborate. My sources, all of which are legitimate Western research or publications, are in the pinned comment. No one here is defending Russia or their oligarchic interests.
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  987. Ask yourself this; if Peterson was an African woman, do you really think she would get nearly as much attention? There is nothing wrong with being a white male, but you can't deny that he definitely had certain privileges that helped him get so popular. That's what I'm trying to say.
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  988. The entire point of the video is to show the history of popular and (at the time) "scientifically accepted" ideas about race and racism. I did exactly that. Btw modern anthropology and genetics have shown that either we consider humanity to be one race, or we subdivide into over 300 races. The simple and quite silly black->yellow->red->white nonsense is exactly that, just nonsense. Wait for my next video on the topic :)
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  989. You're 100% correct. I apologize if I personally offended you. My point in using the term was just to push home the fact that these people donning their "condemnation of the month" cloak know very little (in fact, nothing at all) about the nuances of the regions and groups being discussed.
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  990. Hakim Lenin confirmed
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  991. He simply talks about the attitudes of colonial medical institutions towards the colonized and vice-versa. He contrasts this with native doctors and general Algerian attitudes towards the medical establishment as an extension of the colonial apparatus. Then he talks about what the European doctor can do in relation to the national struggle. It's fairly short so give it a read; I'm sure you can find a pdf online :)
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  992. Did you watch the video?
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  993. The title is hyperbolic to get people to watch the video, like what every other creator does lol
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  994. Post colonial theory and the spectre of capital? It's on my list so I'll get to it eventually haha
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  995. Definitely an idea, on the list!
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  996. I thought about it, but the book only makes sense as part of the other two volumes so I decided not to include it. Maybe in a future Iraq focused book recommendations video.
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  997. I would've loved to have a discussion, but sadly we had a very tight time-frame given. I wasn't supposed to go over 30 minutes, actually haha In the future I'll try to set something more in-depth up :)
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  998. Do you have any substance to contribute? Substantiate your argument.
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  999. Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly.
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  1000. Yes to both. They do fall for Western propaganda, and there is a ton of racism (i.e. against Venezuela compared to the lukewarm social-democrats they tend to support like Bernie, or Vietnam, or the DPRK). "libertarian" or "anti-authoritarian" are meaningless terms used only to make one feel safer and more palatable then those "eeevvviiilll" commies. It has no bearing on real things like theoretical positions or strategy for revolution. If you want to be successful in bringing about Socialism, you have to be authoritarian. Simple as that. No ruling class has ever given up their power and privilege just because they were politely asked. Also, most of the time, "anti-authoritarianism" is racist. Particularly amongst "leftist" academics but also amongst many other strands of the left. "Authoritarianism" dealt out by white comrades be it in Spain or Ukraine is ignored or explained away while only the most scathing denouncements fall on black and brown Socialist experiments, born in the most inopportune and disadvantaged states. Read the book I recommend at the end :)
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  1001. I'm genuinely surprised how many have missed this point. Vitriolic, basically genocidal hatred against the DPRK is so strong it distorts even basic listening comprehension it seems.
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  1002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdFTgCf67Bw
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  1003. More people owned their own homes under Socialism than under any Capitalist society. There's a difference between personal and private property. Take a look at the podcast if you're interested, or the various 101 videos on the channel.
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  1004. Prison Fairytale from Silent Hill 2 :)
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  1005. Hahahaha
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  1006. I made a deep dive into the ECP which loosely discusses it, check that video out.
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  1007. Read blackshirts and reds by Parenti to understand why your perspective is mistaken. He has a chapter specifically dedicated to this.
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  1008. Ramadan kareem habibi! When Yugo shows his toes finally
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  1009. Ramadan mubarak habibi! <3
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  1010. Is this your automatic response to anything that doesn't immediately mesh with your preconceived notions? Please just look at the sources in the pinned comment, they're all ones you'd gleefully accept on any other topic.
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  1011. I use it because morality doesn't play a role in international law. Then again, very little does. On purely human grounds though, yes, the war was incredibly inhumane and terroristic. Not like the American government would care too much, though.
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  1012. Socialism is far more complicated than just central economic planning, but hovering over semantics would make comparisons practically impossible. If you want to generally take a look at, overall, how countries that called themselves Socialist (and actually did something with the term) did, you have to draw the line somewhere.
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  1013. That's..uhh...an interesting way of referring to Communists.
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  1014. Sources are always in the pinned comment :)
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  1015. Glad you enjoyed it habibi!
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  1016. I'm planning on it, no worries.
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  1017. Almost. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  1018. Barb?
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  1019. "marx liked to drink so that somehow invalidates his incredibly thorough analysis of the capitalist system" lol Sowell is a clown Read Capital and judge the man by his work, then get back to me.
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  1020. Anytime :)
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  1021. Pinned comment habibi
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  1022. It had organization of agricultural collectives, but there was practically no industry to seize and then centrally plan. Aside from price controls and general limitations on ownership (that didn't span the entire country to my knowledge), the nationalization of mines and some rudimentary refining and natural gas plants was the furthest it went. Ujamaa was mostly an agrarian policy and ideological worldview; less a detailed economic layout for a country. Even though it was mostly a positive experience, calling it "central planning" would be generous imo. Nyerere was definitely onto something though, and a lot can be learnt and built upon from his work.
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  1023. Takfir is haram ya akh, so don't say such things about our shia brothers. I have my disagreements as well but anyone that says the kalima is a Muslim, regardless of their practice (or lack thereof). Secondly, although Christians do also worship Jesus, I was referring to God the Father in their trinity (the Allah Arab Christians refer to is God the Father, not Jesus).
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  1024. Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly.
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  1025. This, my bad. What @lesbian_NB said.
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  1026. YT bug, they'll be back.
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  1027. Likewise <3
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  1028. There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, nor is there any superiority of a non-Arab over an Arab, except in piety. That is a quote from out prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). No one is better than another except in deeds in the eyes of God.
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  1029. I mentioned another video I made where I discuss it in detail. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lDZaKjfs4E
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  1030. Because he feared the Soviet response and thought it to be a diplomatic distraction from things in Europe. The US public and congress was heavily against Egypt's position at the time.
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  1031. Nothing re-written, just contextualized. Sources in the pinned comment.
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  1032. Happy birthday habibi! I hope you have a lovely time with friends and loved ones. Eat an extra slice of cake on my behalf lol <3
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  1033. My apologies. The graphs missing the Y axis are supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted) and percentage GDP after the dissolution of the USSR and Eastern bloc. For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well. I thought people could infer because they're kinda self-explanatory, my bad. The Vietnam issue is slightly unfair imo. I think them having issues with i.e. infant mortality (with significant thanks to agent orange) is excusable. They've also had issues with brain-drain, which is an issue all poorer countries have to deal with, Capitalist or Socialist. I've never done the "China is x. No, China is y in this case!" game. There are nuances to that conversation and sadly many leftists get lazy, so rather than taking they throw around labels.
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  1034. I'm not denying the DPRK's issues, but the comparisons are fully relevant.
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  1035. Haha one day inshallah
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  1036. That's scarily accurate haha
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  1037. Damn, I forgot. Apologies, I tend to upload either before work or directly after it so I tend to rush publishing it onto yt. It's fixed now :)
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  1038. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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  1039. See my comment on maps, it's right underneath the pinned comment.
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  1040. I'm really, really trying haha Thank you for the support! <3
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  1041. Systemic imperialism and neo-colonialism isn't a thing now? Colonial taxing and persistent political meddling just stopped? It wasn't like Lumumba and Sankara weren't assassinated by the French and Dutch, right? Damn you guys really do have a myopic view of the world.
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  1042. I really appreciate that, thank you.
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  1043. Dude what? I'm Iraqi, in Iraq, doing my medical rounds in Baghdad. Just because I have a good command of the English language doesn't mean I'm American. Thank you for flattering me though.
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  1044. Haha I'll bring it up with my editor <3
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  1045. Blame the green tea lol
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  1046. Honestly that's me doing you a favour lol
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  1047. Just a USB blue yeti, no fancy audio setup.
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  1048. I'm glad you liked it!
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  1049. Yes, for Patreon supporters. It's used for monthly VC calls.
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  1050. I had no idea, I'll cancel the planned integrations. The contact person that gets these ad integrations knows I don't accept Israeli sponsors, so I assumed they checked. I'll be sure to talk to them too, thanks for letting me know!
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  1051. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1052. Noted in the pinned comment. The editor can't read Arabic, and I missed the error when proof-watching the draft.
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  1053. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  1054. A few days, mostly because I'm really busy with work.
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  1055. Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1056. Several books over the previous few videos, but mostly democracy for the few.
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  1057. For sure, this is great criticism. This is only one point of many that a coherent argument towards the superiority of socialism should take. The exaggerated title is only for YT lol, I hope the video reflects my attitude on this point.
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  1058. Ayyy nice to see you around! Can't wait for the new stuff you put out, I love the style of your videos. You're definitely right; it's not genuine criticism. It's just a way to signal to other liberals and society in general that you're still tolerable and shouldn't be shunned. Pathetic, honestly.
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  1059. My bad, thank you for the correction.
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  1060. That was a slight error in my formulation of the "argument against" text. The usual claim I see around by those types is the mistaken claim that Marx apparently stated that labour is the source of all wealth, and mix that in with their misunderstandings between use/exchange value and value itself, it ends up in the nonsensical argument cleared up by the Marx quote. Regardless, Ricardian/Marxian theory of rent is not a 101 topic, but I do plan on expounding on this in a future segment (as it also helps explain natural monopolies outside just i.e. land). I appreciate the vigilance! Thank you.
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  1061. Editing error that couldn't be corrected in time.
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  1062. I really appreciate the feedback habibi <3
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  1063. Because I'm stating facts?
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  1064. Exactly.
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  1065. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  1066. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1067. lol definitely not a Dengist (and there's no such thing) but I plan on making a video on China soon, no worries :)
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  1068. Thank you for the kind words :) Lemme know if you ever start making videos.
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  1069. Stevinik is inferring correctly. Nonetheless, I appreciate the criticism. China still has five year plans, albiet not as binding as those of i.e. the USSR. My general point with China is kinda secondary; more along the lines of "you can't call it Capitalist when something good happens, and Communist when something "bad" happens".
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  1070. Any actual arguments, or is impotent seething all you're capable of?
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  1071. Oh damn, a new leftist creator! I'll be sure to check out some of your stuff when I get the time.
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  1072. I'm a Marxist-Leninist, not a Ba'athist.
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  1073. I will never apologize for making you read hahahaha
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  1074. DemocraticSocialist01 already did so, check his channel out :)
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  1075. I love all the feedback habibi, much appreciated <3
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  1076. I still stand by them 100%, and I have not taken them down to reach a wider audience. YT was giving me a lot of trouble with those videos, so I had to unlist them, but they are still there. Check the community tab on my channel for the info and the links :)
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  1077. The Finns were allied with the Nazis, had an anti-Communist government and were a stone's throw from one of the most important cities of the USSR with clear intent of capturing it in the case of a war. Diplomacy to solve the issue fell apart and war happened. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat. I am making no claims about what Russia is doing right now, and if you think I'm pro-Russian you're delusional.
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  1078. Thank you! You're too kind <3
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  1079. For sure. Many websites I simply cannot access cuz of content blocking. Usually they're university websites to access some articles or weird privacy policy nonsense, but VPNs genuinely help me get around that.
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  1080. Check the pinned comment.
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  1081. He was a colonial cop and snitched on his supposed friends and comrades to the secret police. He never once apologized or owned up it. Get better heroes my man.
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  1082. Absolute chad quote reader <3
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  1083.  @CEOofCulturalMarxism  👀👀👀👀👀👀
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  1084. Thank you!
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  1085. Coach Cinnamon T is right, my sources are always in the pinned comment. The links appear in the order of the claims made. Otherwise, the direct citation is also in the video if a graph/head-line is shown.
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  1086. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1087. Sadly, it's exactly that. The average watch time was dragged down from 14mins to 6, which means they click, watch two seconds, dislike and then leave.
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  1088. Don't worry, the idea is on the list haha I just need to find the time to make it :)
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  1089. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1090. This is footage of Japan and Hong Kong lol
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  1091. Read Samir Amin's work if you're interested, you'll find your answers there.
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  1092. They're in the pinned comment, just hit "read more". The book recommendations are there too :)
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  1093. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  1094. Is that not the correct pronunciation? My bad, English isn't my first language. It sounds like it should be a "bee-zos" lol "beh-zos" sounds a little weird to me.
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  1095. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1096. Thank you! <3
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  1097. Right? What an absolute beauty he is.
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  1098. Sadly no. It's more of a play on words that no one gets unless I bother explaining lol
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  1099. Yes :) I think that just might be the websites you frequent. There are a quite a few of us but I haven't encountered too many on the English parts of the internet.
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  1100. That's how it's pronounced in Arabic, funnily enough. I can see why it looks silly, especially when it's been referred to as Homs in the English-language press.
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  1101. No such thing as Stalinism. That's just a silly slur against actually existing Socialism that managed to stand up to Capitalism and threaten its existence to the very core. That's why bourgeois history is rampant with propaganda against those deemed "Stalinist", while they are neutral or even supportive of Socialist movements that failed spectacularly (due to an inherent flaw in their philosophy or politics).
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  1102. No, I mean Confucian culture influencing perceptions of social/political outlooks. Just how i.e. Islamic culture influences the social perceptions of many (even non-Muslim) people in majority Muslim nations.
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  1103. No worries, I have another coming in a few days :)
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  1104. Youtube decided that, despite this being identical to the non-demonetized and non age-restricted Johnny Harris video "Why China is So Damn Big", it still nonetheless cannot be allowed on the platform. It was set to 18+, demonetized immediately and apparently "confirmed" by human review, despite all the footage used being from American news sources that are all themselves monetized. As a result, the only way I could get this out to at least a fraction of my audience is by blurring all the "offending" segments (that I remind people, are identical to those shown in Harris' video). Apologies for that. I'll put up the uncensored version in a community post shortly.
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  1105. TheFinnishBolshevik has a great video on it. He has his sources in the description :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCPn7lN5gIE
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  1106. Bought and Sold by Patterson is a decent read if you're looking for books. There are several lectures on YT about Yugoslav consumerism, but I'm not at my PC currently to link them so apologies for that.
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  1107. smh can't believe you're doing this whataboutism for the see see pee pee /s Can't wait to watch this absolute banger <3
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  1108. Engage with the arguments first, I'm interested in hearing what you have to say.
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  1109. It's an absolute mess. There's needs to be a lot more active organizing, and the building of dual-power. You can engage in electoralism, you can try to push the democrats left (although I personally see this point as futile), but all of it doesn't count for anything if there is no community organization taking place. The example of the Black Panthers is the best suited for the US, as it itself emerged from American conditions. I have more faith than some, though. I'll discuss it further when I have my chat with Vaush.
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  1110. DM me on twitter and we can discuss further :) It'll take a min for me to reply though, work has kept me very busy these past few weeks.
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  1111. See the pinned comment :)
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  1112.  @bahadrozturk2086  well the invasion and all that was horrible but tbh Iraq is safe enough. Economy and politics are still crap though
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  1113. lmao absolutely Gamer speedrun 100%
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  1114. It's mainly a memriTV meme that stuck, plus a little solidarity with my North African brothers. I don't actually mean it haha
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  1115. English is so stupid that it slipped my mind lol
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  1116. For sure, this was meant to parallel the weird Xinjiang republic example Harris gave in his video, which equally has flimsy grounds that fall apart at the lightest scrutiny. Remember, this is meant to be a semi-satirical recreation of that video, less a "down to the details" analysis.
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  1117. It is!
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  1118. Essentially. That and I don't honestly think he fully grasps these ideas in the first place.
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  1119. All praise is due to the Almighty, always :)
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  1120. Haha I wanted to make the title a bit provocative, as they video is kinda dry. Thanks for all the love, I really appreciate it :)
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  1121. My point was that Feudalism didn't require a consistent labour force, which it doesn't (at least, not on the scale that Capitalism requires). My apologies if that didn't come through as clearly as I'd hoped.
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  1122. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1123. Thank you!
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  1124. lol unironically citing al-tawhidi is like citing an anti-vaxxer on medicine. He's a farce that has zero qualifications in the field as proven by the institution he claimed he attended. Learn from the sources that are either directly from the governments of said countries, from credible agencies or his very own sources (that twists in order to lie about what they really say, as I've shown in this video). Approach with an open yet critical mind, dig through my sources and see which one of us is right.
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  1125.  @praxben  I look forward to it.
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  1126. Don't be. You speak a second language, which is a lot more than the vast majority of native English speakers.
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  1127. Sure thing. Zak Cope - Divided World, Divided Class John Smith - Imperialism in The 21st Century Emmanuel Arghiri - Unequal Exchange Communist Working Group (with quotations from Arghiri) - Unequal Exchange and The Prospect of Socialism Other relevant authors include Samir Amin.
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  1128. I believe this is a better perspective to have, imo.
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  1129. I have several! Check the playlist tab on my channel.
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  1130. lmao that's fucking hilarious
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  1131. Iraqi is easiest for obvious reasons, but I understand all Arabic dialects without too much trouble. The most interesting is street Moroccan dialect; mostly because of unfamiliar loanwords. Normally though it isn't too hard to get either.
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  1132. Noted. Thank you for the correction <3
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  1133. Haha the only thing that might go public are my love letters to you habibi <3
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  1134. Incorrect depictions of the West don't have centuries of colonialism behind them. Also, accurate depictions exist, and in some cases even outweigh, unlike with the "orient", which has only caricatured depictions made with the overt or covert intention of justifying occidental superiority. Read Said's Orientalism and see for yourself.
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  1135. Insert frantic screaming
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  1136. Check out my talk with Paul Morrin, I discussed it there :)
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  1137. I'd disagree with a few mentions of people but generally, their critiques are incredibly nuanced, and not done in order to distance themselves from Socialist countries but to improve our future attempts. I'm talking more about the socdem/liberal left that uses "not real Socialism!" to shut down conversations about i.e. Cuba and what not. The types that idolize European Social-Democracy, I mean. That's whom Stossel is referring to imo, not Bordiga.
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  1138. 伊拉克 ❤️
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  1139. Elaborate.
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  1140. Thanks habibi <3
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  1141. This is a summary of a podcast episode. The general recommendation/source is Losurdo's book on Liberalism.
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  1142. Haha I'll keep that in mind for the future.
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  1143. I agree. Sometimes we forget that some people have never been exposed to the "other side", and that it can be tremendously difficult to go against what you've been taught your whole life. Kindness and patience in discussion goes a long way, imo.
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  1144. Thank you!
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  1145. Editor error.
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  1146. Economic calculation has been debunked time and time again since the 70s. Plus, modern computing makes it essentially a non-issue. Read Cockshott's work and get new arguments.
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  1147. Sure thing, I appreciate the effort. DM them on twitter and I'll be sure to include them.
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  1148. Algorithm stuff.
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  1149. I should've clarified in the video; I draw a distinction between a conversation and an argument. I've never felt any "threat of physicality" in a conversation. I've definitely felt a threat when forced to argue over some corrupt nonsense or with militia members (I live in Baghdad, so I encounter this stuff from time to time). Thanks :)
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  1150. Like I told the other guy, go check your brain for Aspergillus
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  1151. Check out my "Socialism is better than Capitalism, right?" video.
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  1152. Yup!
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  1153.  @TA3.6.9  I have not made a goodreads, no. Only my playlist for now. I list the books in the pinned comment of each video, if that helps.
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  1154. Hmm, discord, patreon, or via comment. I try not to have too many channels for communication because it's already a lot of work coordinating it all.
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  1155. Deeply and clearly evidenced crimes against humanity is being "angry for no reason"? Most people (including the vast majority of French people) have no idea about these basic historical facts.
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  1156. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1157. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1158. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video. The Soviets made many mistakes and plenty of which wasn't excusable. Katyn I can't fully comment on because of the above.
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  1159. You're not the first to say that. Genuinely didn't know I had this many Swiss viewers! Very glad to have you guys around haha
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  1160. Parenti.
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  1161. I don't, sadly. I have no time for it.
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  1162. Thanks for the kind words :)
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  1163. This is stunning, really nice work.
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  1164. That's exactly how I hear myself; convincing maybe 90% of the time lol
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  1165. Because my original video on the DPRK already carries that out. In fact I recommend people watch it twice in this video. I appreciate the criticism regardless.
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  1166. Anytime.
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  1167. Haha I'm trying. Well, I'm trying to finish this race-realism series, as I only have one video left to close it off. Afterwards I'll make some sort of response/commentary on Destiny's disastrous debates with leftists. After that, well I'm not sure just yet. Lemme know if you wanna see anything specific :)
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  1168. It's excellent.
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  1169. Salam alaikum. Shariah in modern states if properly applied would never actually apply the vast majority of hudud punishments. Take a look at the further reading section I mentioned. Link is in the description. I do agree though, we should strive to make things as clear as possible.
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  1170. Probably a stream :)
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  1171. I appreciate the note!
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  1172. As little or as much as you'd like :)
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  1173. "Inventing Realities" by Parenti.
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  1174. Logical reaction to the facts stated lmao
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  1175. No problem :)
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  1176. I'll be sure to check him out if he has any English translations :)
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  1177. I'm just for executing corrupt officials lol The footage just so happened to have coincided with that bit of audio.
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  1178. Hey there, maybe I can help. I have several book recommendations videos on my channel, you can check those out. As for "centrist" books, anything you're looking for in specific? A particular topic, for example?
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  1179. What change? This is all public information, sources in the pinned comment. This is a contextualization that is always conveniently removed.
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  1180. My bad, I never intended that. I plan on making a dedicated video on the topic eventually, as well as having on a relevant guest on our podcast "The Deprogram". If you can recommend anyone specific, please do mention.
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  1181. There's some very interesting alternatives for us in much warmer countries haha I plan on making a video specifically on Socialist urban planning in the Arab world, no worries.
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  1182. Eisenhower feared the Soviet response and thought it to be a diplomatic distraction from things in Europe. The US public and congress were heavily against Egypt's position at the time. The US pulled some moves to keep the UK and co in it's place as the new hegemon but directly flew spy planes, gave aid etc.
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  1183. Yes.
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  1184. Unironically funny comment lmao The white meme was something going on at the time, where people for some reason thought I was a white American that spoke Arabic, instead of an Arab that spoke English.
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  1185. You're incorrect. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  1186. Thanks habibi! <3
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  1187. Hakim French confirmed Thanks for the correction habibi!
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  1188. Thank you!
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  1189. I'm glad you've found it useful :) Clothing? Nothing specific comes to mind as it's such a wide field. There are specific books, but nothing too general. Architecture is easier to read up on, though. "Dictionary of Islamic architecture" is a reference work that is dry but very informative. If you'd like something a lot more accessible, there are dozens of books under the header "Islamic architecture" if you search on google. Pick whichever you like. You can use libgen to find pdf copies :)
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  1190. Don't worry I'm keeping up with Algeria rn. Stay safe comrade.
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  1191. إن شاء الله
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  1192. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1193. Enterosgel habibi :)
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  1194. Postal?
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  1195. My Brothers and Sisters in the North.
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  1196. He didn't do anything, this is hyperbole used in the Western press to exaggerate his importance. That's why it's in quotation marks.
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  1197. Look up enterosgel, that's the market name :)
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  1198. I have semi-workable Russian. I can understand a little, I can read and write, and I can hold very basic conversations. My whole life I've wanted to learn it just to have a conversation with my dad in a language other than Arabic haha
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  1199. I unironically use lines from RE all the time. The fucking "Noooo, don't gooo!" is a staple with some relatives lol
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  1200. Haha I appreciate the in depth comment but I mentioned height, not weight :) Don't apologize for your English, it's excellent.
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  1201. Thank you!
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  1202. Refer to the sources in the pinned comment. Alternatively, read Killing Hope by William Blum or The Triumph of Evil by Austin Murphy.
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  1203. Sources in the pinned comment.
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  1204. No problem at all :)
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  1205. No time sadly.
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  1206. Fam I'm waiting on the RE4 remake rn lol Never got into FF sadly. Maybe one day.
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  1207. Ayyyyyy
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  1208. Maybe one day lmao
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  1209. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK. As for labour camps, I've never seen a single "principled liberal" even bring up, let alone be outraged, at the massive scale of punitive labour in American prisons. I honestly wonder why. This isn't a defence of the DPRK penal system either, but the question (and nuance) needs to be delivered.
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  1210. Sorry about that! I've been getting this suggestion for years and I always try to start slow but then end up getting faster as the video progresses. My sincere apologies!
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  1211. His only mistake was dying smh, damn revisionists 😤
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  1212. Wa alaikum! Thank you for the support <3
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  1213. I'm not white, I'm Iraqi lmao
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  1214. Editing error that couldn't be corrected in time.
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  1215. Read Parenti, there's a reason I praised him and put his book at the end of the video.
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  1216. ...what?
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  1217. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  1218. Nope, it's talking about the USSR, Cuba, Bulgaria, etc. etc. Take a look at the "Socialism provides a better quality of life" vid on my channel if you're interested in the source and all that. Socialism is a stage in the development of Communism. Socialism is when the means of production are owned by the state, which is in the hands of the workers (through factory and office committees, participation in planning etc. etc.). Communism is a stateless, currency-less and classless society that develops after Socialism is sufficiently mature. Read the State and the Revolution by Lenin if you're interested in the theoretical details.
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  1219. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1220.  @tankpiggy  Either Paul Morrin's or Luna Oi's. Both are timestamped, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find I hope.
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  1221. Thank you for the correction!
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  1222. The DPRK is a country at war and is horrifically sanctioned; to not understand how this can negatively affect i.e. personal freedoms is to be intentionally blind imo. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. To claim monarchism/dynasty is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc. Equally, no where am I saying they're perfect or even an example to emulate; just that you can't say whatever you like (like most info on the DPRK). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1223. Gone, sadly :(
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  1224. Thanks for the correction!
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  1225. I've sung in Arabic in like every single live over on the deprogram lol I've also spoken Arabic in several videos, including this one.
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  1226. For the love of God, he's not even trying to understand what those Saudi guys were trying to say. Clearly their English isn't good enough to convey what they truly mean, but he automatically assumes the worst and even puts words in their mouths. Gheerah isn't jealousy, but it's translated as such because English has a limited lexicon that doesn't extend enough to allow for the wider meanings of words in other languages. Regardless, another example of the eeevvviiilll sounding "oriental" music, in a place that is thriving solely because Muslim tourists visit. The audacity is incredible. Please bring a competent interviewer for future productions, this guy isn't doing you any favors.
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  1227. Thank you!
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  1228. Editor made a mistake and I didn't catch it during the proof-watching, my bad.
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  1229. Check out libgen. They have several proxies and you can get practically everything scanned and converted into a pdf on that site. If you can't get a hold of it, DM me on twitter and I'll send you a copy :)
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  1230. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1231. I really need to fix that, my bad.
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  1232. YT bug, they'll be back up.
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  1233. By white western left I mean Americans, French, British etc.
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  1234. I think they are too but don't tell anybody 👀👀👀
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  1235. The entire point of the video is to show the history of popular and (at the time) "scientifically accepted" ideas about race and racism. I did exactly that. The next video will deal with that other BS.
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  1236. You're not the first the say that. YT has unsubscribed me from various channels over the past few months as well. Thank you for the kind words though :)
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  1237. That's a lovely idea, I'll throw it on the list.
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  1238. I have my own video on PJW as a reference haha
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  1239. Fair enough, there's nothing wrong with that. An honest and educated discussion everyone can benefit from (including myself) is my goal.
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  1240. The feeling's mutual <3
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  1241. Basic publicly available historical information/context with sources is "tankie behavior"? Alright then. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1242. You didn't watch the whole video, did you? If the working class had the power to force the hand of Capitalists to such an extent, why just stop there? Why not actually take power and ensure these gains remain, rather than letting the momentum of the working class movement die and allow for these concessions to be rolled back? Watch the "solutions" part of the video.
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  1243. Haha it's alright, I hope some people benefit from the tips as a result of anglo stupidity lmao
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  1244. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  1245. Now that's a missed opportunity I might actually do that for the memes someday haha
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  1246. No single one did everything perfectly. All of them have things to learn from, and hence any future attempt at building Socialism should build up off of all the experiences of former Socialist experiments. If I had to give you something, I'd say a fusion of the GDR and Cuba. But even then that's incredibly reductionist.
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  1247. Wa alaikum. That's not a bad idea, might be fun.
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  1248. Thank you!
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  1249. Culturally appropriate for the timeframe depicted =/= whatever point you're trying to make lol
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  1250. Pinned comment.
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  1251. I should've put "anglos" now that I think about it haha
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  1252. His blog simply aggregates many other sources you'd find acceptable. I'd rather post one link where you can find all of the stuff you're looking for in full text rather than the names and pages of 18 different books. Deal with the sources themselves, not the random name of the guy who compiled them.
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  1253. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  1254. Saudi Arabia has taken in more than half a million, Lebanon over a million, 1.4 million in Jordan, Turkey over 3 million, UAE over 300 000, Iraq over 300 000, Egypt over half a million and so on and so on. Remember, it was France, Britain, the US and NATO in general that destabilized Syria and bombed it to the ground. It's only fair they take some share of the load. Also, Venezuela is an ocean away lol
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  1255. Define collaborate, then contrast that with what every other European nation did with Germany. The worst you could say is that the USSR did what every other nation did. None of this makes it right, but the context is important.
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  1256. Yeah, it's really weird. Some places (i.e. CIS countries) have it incredibly cheap, some medicine import stores (lol very third world) have them cheap also, but "official" purveyors are always very expensive for some reason.
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  1257. smh anglos will never learn sadly 😔
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  1258. I thought so too haha
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  1259. Damn BTFO'd again
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  1260. So do I, no worries lol
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  1261. They're in the pinned comment :)
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  1262. Mix of 60s Japan and Hong Kong pre-unification :)
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  1263. Ahh. My apologies, I'm not too familiar with her music.
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  1264. Ramadan kareem habibi!
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  1265. No, it's because it's a very, very popular name that a lot of people from a particular cultural background choose. This popularity for a single name is divided over several names otherwise in these European countries. Also, you know there are black/asian/white etc British people, right?
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  1266. Elaborate. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat. Sources in the pinned comment.
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  1267. Eisenhower feared the Soviet response and thought it to be a diplomatic distraction from things in Europe. The US public and congress were heavily against Egypt's position at the time. The US pulled some moves to keep the UK and co in it's place as the new hegemon but directly flew spy planes, gave aid etc.
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  1268. There's nothing wrong with that vs. being forced to use cars and car-infrastructure just to finish your daily tasks (work, groceries etc.). No contradiction there habibi <3
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  1269. Editing error that couldn't be corrected in time.
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  1270. I get more tired and blunt with each passing video lmao
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  1271. Just public info, with sources. The context the vast majority of people don't know. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1272. Read below: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/stoning-and-hand-cutting-understanding-the-hudud-and-the-shariah-in-islam Likewise, anecdotal cases from mostly deeply uneducated rural/peasant areas aren't evidence of a mass hadd (judicial punishment for a crime) being applied. I've never heard or encountered an example of any in Iraq, and I'm Iraqi.
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  1273. It isn't.
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  1274. Enterosgel habibi.
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  1275. "The various governments of Kenya, Bangladesh and Columbia fell apart, that means Capitalism doesn't work". You're making that argument, essentially.
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  1276. Honestly bless you for having the patience to deal with these children.
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  1277. It's about 90% positive. Around 5k dislikes and 35-some thousand likes. (also, agreed, I hate that they got rid of it)
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  1278. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1279. It's okay, I still think French is a waste time lol
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  1280. Ramadan mubarak habibi! <3
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  1281. haha the feeling is mutual habibi <3
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  1282. You know, the thing that annoyed me for the longest time was how "the" is said differently depending on the word. "The" bed, but "th-ee" apple. It makes absolutely no sense.
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  1283. Thank you!
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  1284. There's no such thing as lack of bias. Everything has ideological coating, the only difference is which class interests this bias serves.
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  1285. Haha no it's a starchy paste that can help prevent various causes of diarrhea.
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  1286. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1287. I agree, and honestly would like to see that aspect used more when agitating.
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  1288. In the pinned comment, like always :)
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  1289. Yes.
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  1290. The Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1291. This is not at all a ubiquitous opinion amongst Marxists (in fact, it isn't even a Marxist opinion/argument). In fact, the guest in question specifically defined himself as a Spinozist in philosophical outlook. I personally don't hold this opinion, and neither do JT or Yugopnik (or most irl Marxists I know). This train of thought mostly emerged as a result of the vulgar materialism that was very common in the post-enlightenment period up until the early 1900s (and was criticized by many major figures of Marxism). That being said, the episode was about the guest, so we let them speak. You hear our opinions in every non guest episode so it's a bit unnecessary to impose them during guest ones. That being said though, gulags were 80-85% regular criminals (murderers, rapists, embezzlers etc). The rest were political (mostly of the fascist/white monarchist etc kind). Mistakes did occur and eventually the gulag system was gradually closed in the post war period. Gulag mortality trailed regular Soviet mortality interesting enough (increased during the war, fell afterwards etc.), but they were by no means death camps or any other cold warrior trope. If I recall correctly, they were comparable to the world average too (but I'd need to check this point). I hope all this context kinda helps you understand my perspective on this.
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  1292. Thanks habibi <3
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  1293. Smh when will the lies end
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  1294. Fantastic video, excellent work!
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  1295. Cockshott discusses this on his channel, and his take is the best one I've seen personally.
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  1296. Thanks habibi! Solidarity <3
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  1297. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. I even stated that this was the perspective of the Soviets, and I take it with a grain of salt. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1298. Now imagine a Socialist Netherlands. I know, you broke down in tears from the beauty of that image.
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  1299. Thanks a lot :)
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  1300. Hi habibi!
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  1301. haha this made me chuckle It really was weird though. "Prodigious" is a word I've only ever seen Lovecraft use, and my dumbass would try to use it in daily conversation thinking it "sounds more native-like" haha
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  1302. Pleasure to listen to as always. Thank you for sharing!
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  1303. Thank you so much!
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  1304. You're too kind haha, thank you <3
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  1305. No lmao
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  1306. I genuinely appreciate such comments. We can agree to disagree, and you extend some well-deserved criticism over to him. That's all I want. Thank you :)
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  1307. Ramadan kareem! <3
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  1308. 500 million, somehow. Almost double the USSR's population lol
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  1309. Lovely work!
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  1310.  @Yet.Another.Rapper.KiG.V2  You are right on all three my friend lol
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  1311. No problem :)
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  1312. Pinned comment buddy. That, and actually watch the video. "His closeness to Socialism" lmao for sure, the guy who's work was disseminated all over the world through backdoor CIA funding, and is lauded by conservatives the world over, is "close to Socialism".
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  1313. Nope, modern computing makes it a non-issue. Check out Cockshott's work.
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  1314. That's been happening for some reason. YT bugs out, I'm unsurprised. Glad you liked it!
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  1315. I have several book recommendations on the channel, I think they'll do you some good :)
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  1316. lol I'm neither from the US nor am I a supporter of the Democrats. Nice try though.
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  1317. You already are habibi <3
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  1318. Haha it's alright, apparently my semi-neutral accent gives off that impression.
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  1319. I'm glad someone caught it!
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  1320. Became a book habibi. It'll take its time, I'm very busy with work so I can't put in as much effort into is as I'd like rn. It'll all be out in due time.
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  1321. Why not! Languages are a lot of fun. There's definitely a type of high to beginning to somewhat understand things you hear/listen.
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  1322. Glad to be back!
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  1323. This is very much a personal point. All the real benefit is health-related, social and economic. Personally though, I despite car-centric infrastructure because of just how ugly it looks. Especially in the 3rd world where this stuff is mixed with chronic infrastructure underdevelopment.
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  1324. This is actually a video idea I've had so stay tuned.
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  1325. Did the voices tell you this? No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1326. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  1327. Noted, thanks for the feedback!
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  1328. Check the further reading link in the description :)
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  1329. Are you okay?
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  1330. You're welcome :)
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  1331. Not a competition. The title is for algo purposes.
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  1332. It's genuinely so disappointing.
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  1333. Boards and Beyond, SketchyMicro, Osmosis and OnlineMedEd. These are golden resources to use lol Otherwise, any specific questions?
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  1334. Hyperbolic title for the algo habibi
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  1335. My editor had some trouble getting them right and it just didn't go lmao
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  1336. Ever thought that possibly countries that were Socialist countries started out as mostly semi-feudal unindustrialized nations? Your criticism basically amounts to "yeah the results are valid but, Bulgaria (practically a peasant country with barely any industrial output that became Socialist only after WWII) didn't become the US (a country that had over a century of a head-start and built itself atop the genocide of one race and the enslavement of another)." By even conservative estimates, had the USSR endured into this century, it would've surpassed the US by 2015, +/- 10 years depending on the statistics you use. I can extend the same question to you, why hasn't Capitalism caused the literal dozens of still-incredibly-poor-after-decades neoliberal countries to become the UK and the US yet?
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  1337. Pinned comment.
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  1338. You're correct, I wanted it to be more quick overviews. I cut so much out of the original script, it was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol I'm not so sure people would sit for more than 20min for a heavy topic such as this but I could be wrong.
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  1339. Internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1340. Oh? My apologies, I'll definitely try to figure something out with that <3
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  1341. Editing error, the program doesn't allow historical maps.
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  1342. My apologies. The graphs missing the Y axis are supposed to be GDP measured (adjusted) and percentage GDP after the dissolution of the USSR and Eastern bloc. For some reason it just wouldn't render it properly, and would always cut it off. If you look closely a few other pics also have this as well. I thought people could infer because they're kinda self-explanatory, my bad.
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  1343. Oh God why so explicit haha
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  1344. It's my editor haha
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  1345. Definitely! It's on the list, and I've been meaning to make it for a while. Stay tuned haha
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  1346. Honestly, I'm okay with this understanding more than the rest of the braindead stuff some are saying lmao
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  1347. Thank you for the constructive criticism! I'll try.
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  1348. It's definitely in the works, no worries :)
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  1349.  @SomasAcademy  Agreed. Anytime!
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  1350. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1351. I'll try to get him on lol, one day.
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  1352. No. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFUC0UWgdGY&ab_channel=Hakim
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  1353. That's strange. I have 4 ads set, how many are showing up for you?
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  1354. Take the good, leave the bad.
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  1355. Let him know haha
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  1356. Not me, but a woman harassed by Orwell that had to run away in fear, kicking, screaming and bruised, probably felt somewhat violated.
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  1357. Hi habibi <3
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  1358. oh yes, QWE-WE
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  1359. I'll interview him someday but tl;dr he absolutely loved it. Thought it was an amazing and well-functioning country.
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  1360. The title is hyperbole for the algorithm. Sadly it's necessary in the current YT landscape. USAID does some good in humanitarian aid, but the motivations of that aid are suspect, and the presence of USAID is frequently indicative of regime change operations/intelligence gathering etc. "No such thing as a free lunch" as the Americans say, but only when it's a Capitalist nation with neocolonial interests.
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  1361. Prisonic Fairytale from Silent Hill 2 :)
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  1362. Lying? This is all public information, I'm just presenting the bits always conveniently left out. Sources in the pinned comment. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1363. Are they? That's strange. YT sometimes does that, but your comments aren't in the spam filter that YT has for comments.
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  1364. This is like the third time I see this and I have no idea what it means. Mind filling me in?
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  1365. Ahh, alright lol
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  1366. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1367. Hakim is just a name (with some silly word play behind it) but yes, I am a Marxist :)
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  1368. They're always in the pinned comment :)
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  1369. See my most recent community post :)
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  1370. Did you watch the video, even? Define authoritarianism, exactly how Marxism is Fascist, and likewise outline how any other philosophy of socio-political organization doesn't have "authoritarian tendencies". Otherwise, stay mad lol
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  1371. I'll defo try to check it out :)
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  1372. I'm so sorry
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  1373. lmao
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  1374. Imagine naming a pet "of", or "the". It's that stupid. They clearly were going for something else, but their complete ignorance of the cultures and languages they were covering resulted in something that makes absolutely no sense.
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  1375. Generic Tokyo footage from the 60s I believe. Google that, it'll definitely come up.
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  1376. Generic Tokyo footage from the 60s I believe. Google that, it'll definitely come up.
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  1377. Tl;dr? Not exactly. The study "The Burmese Way to ‘Socialism’" by Fenichel and Khan goes into this.
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  1378. The DPRK has offered several times to give up their nuclear program for peace, and the US refused. Not being knowledgeable about a subject is incredibly dangerous. Read Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti. Nothing here is uncritical; I add several addendums throughout the video to that point. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1379. Slavoj Zizek or Richard Wolff. Sadly Peterson has turned down offers to debate from both of them.
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  1380. It is indeed!
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  1381. Did you watch the video? Sources in the pinned comment. No justification is being presented, I'm just contextualizing what was done. Doesn't make it right nor something to repeat.
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  1382. My bad, I'll try to remember to do that in the future :)
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  1383. Editing error on my editors behalf, and I didn't have time to correct it. In hindsight I should've made one large "Yugoslavia" segment and covered everything there but oh well. Next time.
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  1384. Just experimenting. Regular programming will resume shortly.
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  1385.  @Ajente02  I'll definitely take a look at it!
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  1386. damn, should've been a better representative of Di-mua 😔
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  1387. For sure! Been a Resident Evil fan since I first entered consciousness practically haha Still a survival horror videogame fan to this day.
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  1388. Dude, look at the study, it's linked in the video. I'm not here to make up for your lack of research.
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  1389. It is!
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  1390. Surplus value extraction directly leads into the discussion on the falling rate of profit. It's the germ of one of the main contradictions of Capitalism. You can only push humans so far in work, and extend the day so long time-wise. After that, you have automation, which in the long run reduces both the rate of investment and the rate of profit (through surplus extraction, as it's a primary source). That's one perspective you could take, for example.
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  1391. My bad, thank you for the correction!
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  1392. Editor error, the program didn't allow for historical maps.
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  1393. Read blackshirts and reds by Parenti.
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  1394. And moving factories behind the Urals? Please read a book.
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  1395. They're in the pinned comment.
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  1396. That's insane to think about for such a generally multicultural country.
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  1397. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqi0jHn_7-I Here it is :)
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  1398. Poetry.
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  1399. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1400. I got one recently! My two newest videos were recorded using it :)
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  1401. Thanks for the constructive criticism! I'll definitely try :)
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  1402. Thanks for bringing that thought to my attention, I appreciate it <3
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  1403. I didn't know haha Is it any good?
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  1404. Thank you!
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  1405. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1406. > Watches a video about how market transition caused a whole host of issues in a region > Makes this braindead take Socialism provides a higher quality of life at equal levels of development, it's an empirical fact and you can die mad about it (or educate yourself).
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  1407. It's in the pinned comment.
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  1408. You're correct. I cut so much out of the original script. It was already summarized enough and would've taken over an hour lol
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  1409. Same :)
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  1410. Thanks for the correction!
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  1411. Dude take it easy you've commented on like every thread; the sorting system is noting you down as spam at this point. Also, he supposedly has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The treatment for that is corticosteroids, not meat. I would know, I'm in the medical field.
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  1412. No need to! It's all in intentions. There are people who intend malice but those are usually easy to spot (i.e. slurs accompany the comment lmao)
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  1413. His reference is only to unequal exchange between the same commodities, to my knowledge. His argument isn't exactly wrong in that regard. However, when it comes to unfinished goods vs. technical industrial products, I don't know what his opinion is.
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  1414. Someone else already did. I believe it was endymion :)
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  1415. Really? Has this been happening a lot? I haven't noticed anything like this yet.
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  1416. You're completely right, but I had the joke and that term seemed the most foreign to laymen to my mind lol Much of medicine is incredibly intuitive, but that wasn't convenient for the comedy in the script haha
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  1417. Editing error that couldn't be corrected in time.
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  1418. Slowly?
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  1419. Hi habibi. I do plan on eventually increasing the output of videos, but work really gets in the way. I just need to wait till I finish residency, then I'll have a bit more time on my hands inshallah.
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  1420. No. But we need to remember that both of those are processes, not something that existed one year and disappeared the next. The restoration of Capitalism in the USSR culminated in a brief state-Capitalist existence towards the very end of the USSR, which resulted in its dismantlement. As to social-imperialism, well it's a difficult concept to defend but there is a kernel of truth in it.
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  1421. I respectfully disagree, but I can still appreciate your position. Good luck on your political journey :)
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  1422. Haha I appreciate it but it isn't mine. Nathan Robinson of Current Affairs was the one responsible for this great piece, I just turned it into a video with a few additions so it would be easier to digest. Go check out CA :)
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  1423. Editor error. It's alright, these things happen.
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  1424. I thought so too originally, but that quote was from a private letter to a friend. It was never intended to go public.
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  1425. I hope you have been relieved, and apologies for the timeliness lol
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  1426. Soviet people, not Russian. The Soviet people consisted of Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Lithuanians, Karlian-Finns, Estonians, Latvians, Kazakhs, Usbeks, Georgians, Armenians, Mongolians, Koreans, Chavush people and many many more. They all contributed to the victory of the Soviet Union over the Nazi filth.
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  1427. Likewise with the various Xinjiang republics; if you analyze it at any level deeper than the absolute surface, it falls apart. That's the point; this video is a semi-satirical recreation in an attempt to replicate liberal ways of presenting media. It's not meant to be some watertight presentation lmao, esp the Texas bit.
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  1428. Thanks a lot!
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  1429. r/woosh.
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  1430. Iraq :)
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  1431. I've never known this, thanks for the info!
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  1432. Thank you! <3
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  1433. I have zero historical connection to Armenians?
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  1434. I'm glad you like it!
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  1435. Modern computing. Check out Cockshott.
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  1436.  @vickytaa1  Yeah, I'm just as confused by that decision as you are haha
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  1437. Internationale in afrikaans :)
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  1438. Beautiful video, thanks for sharing!
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  1439. Which other video? I just looked through the script just in case and I didn't mention anything.
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  1440. If you know a way to contact him, sure thing!
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  1441. It's definitely beginner-level. I have decent comprehension, and can understand slow speech and some written texts, but I'm useless with everything else.
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  1442. Oh lord, you're one of those. Go read Critique of the Gotha Programme properly and then come back to this.
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  1443. My comment was in reference to your final sentence. I'm assuming you're a leftcom, and if so, you need to understand Marx properly before clearing up all the other misconceptions.
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  1444. That I do. Sadly work gets in the way.
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  1445. Massive Soviet L
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  1446. Haha you're exactly right! The two-stage translation either makes me talk too fast, or makes me stumble. I even stutter with words sometimes because of it, if you've ever heard me speak live.
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  1447. Chad lenin giving us a glimpse of those pearly whites
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  1448. That's an interesting perspective I haven't heard before. Thanks for the input!
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  1449. Thanks man <3
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  1450. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le86H7Xfjrc
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  1451. Editing error sadly.
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  1452. As much as I love making videos about Socialist history/theory and what not, I really need to grow an audience of non-Marxists so it does't just become an echo-chamber here haha Don't worry, lots of old-school vids in the work as well. Thanks for the criticism <3
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  1453. Could I get the ISBN if you have it please?
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  1454. ?
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  1455. Only on Saturdays.
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  1456. I'm not native myself haha I'll definitely try in the future, thanks for the criticism.
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  1457. Sources are always in the pinned comment habibi :)
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  1458. My bad, I'll try to correct that in the future.
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  1459. That's what I've always felt. It's "clean", without any regional baggage. I've specifically tried for that, but hey I guess different ears hear different things.
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  1460. Are you having a stroke?
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  1461. The internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1462. Thank you!
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  1463. Editor error sadly.
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  1464. The end of the video?
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  1465. Nope, I like to think of mine as a neutral American accent. I'm Iraqi. Nice to see other overlord fans around lol
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  1466. The last time I researched Katyn was many years ago and new reports have come out since which I didn't have time to properly research, hence why I didn't talk about it extensively in this video.
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  1467. All my sources are in the pinned comment as always, literally just take a look.
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  1468. It's such a non-issue in the modern era with computing that I don't want to bother, but a few people have mentioned it so maybe.
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  1469. Reading, English language media (movies, videogames etc.) and studying.
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  1470. Does he do interviews? If that's the case, I'd love to.
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  1471. Many apologies, I actually find IPA fascinating.
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  1472. Essentially.
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  1473. If God wills it lmao
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  1474. Ayyy I see you lovely people <3
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  1475. lol I live in Iraq. Nice try tho
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  1476. Anytime.
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  1477. Thanks for the recommendations! I'll be sure to check them out.As for China, well I'm simply not well-read enough on the topic to make any sort of judgement. I'd say that, from what I currently know, they're doing what they think is right for their development. We simply don't have all the facts to draw conclusions, especially when those conclusions can't influence Chinese politics. I'll probably make a video about my opinion in the future, when I've read a little more on the topic :)
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  1478. Could I get some examples of what you mean? Excuse me, English isn't my first language so maybe I came off more confrontational than I intended.
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  1479. Soon, I promise :)
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  1480. Archive.org or libgen.
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  1481. Haha nice to see you!
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  1482. You haven't looked at the study, have you? The DPRK is included, as this study is from the 80s. Venezuela was a neoliberal Capitalist nightmare at the time though, and it remains a Capitalist country (as the means of production aren't in the hands of the workers either directly or through a worker's state). The problems it is experiencing economic warfare and systematic attempts at destabilization by the US and co. To deny this is to deny reality.
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  1483. Pinned comment.
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  1484. Go ahead habibi.
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  1485. Haha maybe!
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  1486. Thanks habibi!
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  1487. Very interesting but I'm disappointed at the relative eurocentrism of the video. I understand that it would've extended the length of the video but mentions would've been nice. Al-Jazari, the Musa brothers, Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, al-Khwarizmi and so many more have some very interesting lost works, and those are only West Asian Islamic era ones mostly. Many African, East Asian etc. works too could've been mentioned.
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  1488. The internationale in Afrikaans :)
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  1489. There's never been a single credible source for this claim, just like every other outrageous claim about the DPRK. Watch my original DPRK video for more info.
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  1490. Anytime habibi <3
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  1491. Great video!
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  1492. Afrikaan's version :)
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  1493. Work. Department rotations mostly.
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  1494. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for info. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK. As for the rest of your comment, watch this. No one makes the argument you're claiming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1X_-D803U&ab_channel=Hakim
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  1495. Very missed opportunity I know 😭
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  1496. Always love a good Cockshott reference.
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  1497. The program didn't allow historical maps sadly.
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  1498. Yep :)
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  1499. Hooray for casual racism Absolutely unrelated to the content of the video.
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  1500. Oh? Thanks for the correction! I've heard several ways of pronunciation over the years; English still trips me up sometimes lol
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  1501.  @A_Box  In the pinned comment and description box :)
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  1502. He removed his videos, I believe.
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  1503. His clear contempt for Marx, Lenin etc. is so obvious when he talks about them, but he shows surprising restraint, admiration even, for Hitler. For the JP fanboys, well, one must be blind to not see it.
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  1504. Haha let's hope the interest in leftist content keeps growing. Lemme know when you upload so I can check your stuff out :)
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  1505. Thank you for the continuous support!
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  1506. عليه السلام.
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  1507. Absolutely!
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  1508. I meant it more for those that intentionally mispronounce, like the US president pictured. If someone legitimately doesn't know or can't, I have no issue with that.
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  1509. not gonna lie it does look like it kinda slaps doe 👀👀👀
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  1510. My bad. I hope it's clear that's not my intention.
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  1511. Haha no it's photoshopped. The look suits him tho
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  1512. Oh boy I sure do love going down to the ice cream store on..uh..Wisconsin avenue? The one by the slave-owner statue, yeah, that one.
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  1513. Pinned comment habibi.
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  1514. I placed 3; how many do you see?
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  1515. Glad to hear it! You can lemme know right on here if it's inconvenient otherwise :)
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  1516. Tells a lot about the person doesn't it?
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  1517. Somehow, even worse.
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  1518. Thank you!
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  1519. Ahh, will do next time. The song is the Internationale in Afrikaans.
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  1520. Apologies, YT always de-pins the comment after a few days and I always forget to repin them.
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  1521. Don't ask questions you don't want answers to 👀 Joking aside I was looking into getting some other official translation work done and wondered what prices are like otherwise, and Vietnamese to Farsi was ridiculously expensive.
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  1522. Trying to juxtapose the "Socialism killed millions!" argument with Capitalism. No special reason otherwise, aside from aesthetics.
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  1523. Watch my video on defectors, as well as my original DPRK video for answers. No where in the video am I claiming they're some bastion of perfect democracy; just that most criticisms you hear can be thrown on countries considered near-perfect if not the shining example of democracy (i.e. the US). The monarchism/dynasty claim is simply just kinda racist, because the different Kims have held different positions from each other, and none inherited any official or even unofficial position. Is it ideal? No. But the burden of proof lays on those that make this silly claim. For some nuance, the Kennedy family had entire generations in politics in the US, doesn't mean it's a monarchy. Likewise with the Bush family, Clintons etc A conversation can be had but only when all sides make an effort to get the facts/nuance. I recommend plenty in my original video on the DPRK.
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  1524. Yup, sadly can't take other drugs together with it.
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  1525. No, I haven't.
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  1526. Very interesting video! Keep up the great work.
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  1527. You're too kind lol
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  1528. Thank you!
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  1529. Haha you're very right. Aside from Yugopnik, of course.
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  1530. Thanks for catching that!
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  1531. Lenin was an eclectic mix but classifying him as "white" I don't think is the most accurate thing. Honestly the classification itself is pointless but you get my point.
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  1532. Please read Said's Orientalism to get why your comparison isn't entirely accurate.
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  1533. lol dude I am literally a fluent Arabic speaker. You have no idea what you're talking about. They say "الله الأب" when referring to God the Father, and "الله " for God in general use. You're thinking of Aramaic speakers (i.e. in parts of Lebanon) that say "Alaha" but the root of the word is still "Alah" with the emphasis on the first syllable (as in Arabic).
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