Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Hakim" channel.

  1. IM BRITISH BUT LIVE IN A COMMUNIST APARTMENT BLOCK in Bulgaria - I have never felt more like I live in a village than here - and I used to live in a village in the UK. I know every one of my neighbours, they are my friends, we look after each other, as a community we look after the children. I am 53 and alone due to events in life - but I am never for one second lonely even though I am terrible at speaking Bulgarian...
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  2. CONGRATULATIONS - YOU MANAGE TO FIT IT INTO JUST 25 MINUTES
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  3.  @herm574  - Its really nice. When I moved here I drove past these old apartment blocks and said to my GF "MY GOD - imagine being so poor you have to live there!" Circumstances led me to be that poor - and I discovered that actually, they are great places to live.
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  4. YEP - thats the nature of money = power being in the and of fewer and fewer people
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  5. IM AN AUTHOR ON PSYCHOLOGY this is the best take on Peterson I have ever seen, he is my go-to example of a cerebral narcissist BTW
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  6. Yeah it was very good...!!! even wiht the mandatory blurring to get past the censor.
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  7. YOU MADE THE GREAT MISTAKE the greatest of great mistakes - YOU CRITICISED AMERICA Im an author - I mildly criticised Amazon in a book I published this week - they pulled it in America. I have to edit the name out of the book to get it published. America and its corporations dont like criticism...
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  8. I've traveled in 55 countries generally the richer the country the less happy the people
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  9. Its not so much an EU thing as a generalised neoliberalisation of the modern world.
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  10.  @ontheline3077  - Thank you very much...!
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  11. CHINA IS A "socialist consultative democracy” or a "whole-process people's democracy”. Very similar to some forms of anarcho-communism, you vote for a local representative, they vote for the next level up and so on all the way to the top - 6 layers. The people are regularly consulted on local projects, they are INCLUDED in decision-making. 85% of Chinese people feel the govt listens to them, about 21% of Americans think the same
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  12. IM AN AUTHOR living in Bulgaria collecting stories of life under communism - the FIRST thing you have to do is immediately discount any story from a defector / western sympathiser. Its a massive "survivorship bias" - they literally hated their country so much they left it / tried to leave it. There are millions and millions who did not do that and were quite happy. Im British - I left Britain - don't ask me if you want a balanced opinion of Britain...
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  13. I now LIVE in the former soviet block and I can 100% confirm the old USSR white goods are amazing. I no longer buy anything new, I look for second-hand communist era stuff that will work and work and work and when it does break down a guy can repair it and the part will cost me $3 The great thing about old communist stuff is it has the manufacture date on - EVERYTHING has the date on it. My washing up bowl is 1977. Its plastic but its so thick I can use iit as a step ladder to stand on and reach the top shelf. Incidentally, most people here want to go back to communism, they liked it, they only learned what stress was when capitalism arrived.
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  14.  @lorigulfnoldor2162  The US government and / or insurance co's pay out and new sh1t gets built
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  15. I LIVE IN BULGARIA basically everyone alive in the communist [socialist] times want to go back to it...
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  16.  @ベース-l1f  Ive spent 14 years collating first-hand stories of life under communism - so I would argue "I DO" know exactly what it was like, 250 people have told me. You dont have to be smart to know your life was better on X day than Y day. This is extreme intellectual snobbery.
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  17. I now LIVE in the former soviet block and I can 100% confirm the old USSR white goods are amazing. I no longer buy anything new, I look for second-hand communist era stuff that will work and work and work and when it does break down a guy can repair it and the part will cost me $3 The great thing about old communist stuff is it has the manufacture date on - EVERYTHING has the date on it. My washing up bowl is 1977. Its plastic but its so thick I can use iit as a step ladder to stand on and reach the top shelf. Incidentally, most people here want to go back to communism, they liked it, they only learned what stress was when capitalism arived.
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  18.  abody499  It was built by the communist authorities in Bulgaria in the 1970;s. Its privately owned but rents here are very low - my rent is $150 a month on a 850 sq foot apartment next to the beach.
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  19. IM AN AUTHOR living in Bulgaria collecting stories of life under communism - the FIRST thing you have to do is immediately discount any story from a defector / western sympathiser. Its a massive "survivorship bias" - they literally hated their country so much they left it / tried to leave it. There are millions and millions who did not do that and were quite happy. Im British - I left Britain - don't ask me if you want a balanced opinion of Britain...
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  20. RUSSIA 1905 - still had agrarian peasents USSR 1957 - first satellite in space Thats not too shabby
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  21.  @18nakedcowboys69  - Thanks - Im really surprised how popular my rather simple comment has proven. I think that shows how much is missing from modern society...
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  22. AMERICA IS ONE OF THE LEAST FREE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ON EARTH thats why they talk about freedom all the time, you dont talk about what yo have and take for granted...
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  23.  @iflycessnas4707  Where I live in the UK it rained non stop for 6 years - I became depressed and just had to move to somewhere with sunshine.
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  24. CAN I RECOMMEND "The Rest Is History" Podcast on East Germany - out today - absolutely FANTASTIC Many facts that we were just never told or outright lied to about in the west. EDIT - they PAID you to go to university, provided accommodation whilst at uni and provided child car whist you attended lectures - the evil commie b4stards
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  25.  @CharlieLaing2004  Its really hard when people tell you "you are better than this" they dont realse its counterproductive. I was an alcoholic and evry time i tried to stop and failed - this is what peopel said to me, she same and the guilt it made just made me far worse. I was able to mode house to get away from this and it changed my life - if you can not do this explain to your parents yo have depression and you know they think they are helping - but honestly just leaving me alone to sort this out and ignoring it / me would be better. Then just start by getting a shower tomorrow morning, putting on clean clothes and go for a short walk. Do that for a week and then build on it a little, maybe a longer walk or a cold shower, each week just build on this foundation and I 100% promise you - it will change your life. I worked with abuse victims for 8 years - physical activity and mental health are so directly connected they are basically the same thing. Yo are at the bottom of this spiral and you just have to start that spiral moving UPWARDS...!!! Good luck.
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  26.  @jhonshephard921  That is very interesting - yes there is gossiping and social pressure.
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  27.  @ベース-l1f  OH MY GOD - bananas and coke - well that makes up for the stress and job insecurity. I wish I had mentioned the bananas to people...
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  28. IM AN AUTHOR on the collapse of civilisations - China is not collapsing, but the USA and my home country most definitely ARE collapsing. Russia is undergoing turmoil but has astonishing mineral resources so thats really hard to predict.
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  29.  @Toy1er  Reported for harrasment
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  30. YES its a coincidence - of you are God one of the two. Im sorry you are sad, I hope it passes very soon. Remember the past and the future are not real - only this moment is real, and in this moment Hakim sent you a video
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  31. YEP
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  32. I now LIVE in the former soviet block and I can 100% confirm the old USSR Ladas are highly sought after and last for ever. They dont rust either - the export ones did, not the USSR made ones. There are many 50 year old ones in daily use here, their owners are respected, not looked down upon- as was the case 20 years ago...
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  33.  @RS-rz9lw  - I know - its a Fiat 124 uprated for Russian roads and weather. I dont see your point. How many Fiat 1245's do you see each day?? Cos I see a dozen Ladas driving about each day... I know its hard to understand for a westerner - but new is NOT automatically better. These owners have had 50 years of motoring and for the last 10 years its cost them about $100 a year in repairs, $50 insurance, and fuel. How is that not good...???
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  34. I just tried to donate to Medical Aid for Palestine having read your comment - and they dont take paypal...
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  35.  @hardrocklobsterroll395  - Thank you - I am very happy here.
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  36. It's amazing, the ability of brainless people to keep saying things as dum8 as this.
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  37. ISRAEL WONT EXIST IN 25 YEARS Netanyahu has sealed their fate... Afghanistan has shown that patience = victory. America is losing its hegemony. Iran and the other Arab nations will wait until America is embroiled in another pointless way, Millenials and Gen Z make up the majority of the voting population in the US, and then Iran will avenge this. Politicians forget, people forget, nations and religions dont forget. Their fate is sealed.
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  38.  @vesuncho2952  Yeah Im not so much interested in "did you like it?" as specific stories - good and bad. One of the best is from Romania - a friend of mine. Now Romania had a terrible time as they had a terrible dictator. Every Christmas she used to get a pigs ear to chew on as a treat.
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  39. IM AN AUTHOR living in Bulgaria collecting stories of life under communism - the FIRST thing you have to do is immediately discount any story from a defector / western sympathiser. Its a massive "survivorship bias" - they literally hated their country so much they left it / tried to leave it. There are millions and millions who did not do that and were quite happy. Im British - I left Britain - don't ask me if you want a balanced opinion of Britain...
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  40. IM A BRITISH COMMUNIST i literally don't give a sh!t about the royal family in that its dirt cheap - £100 million a year, we spend 2 X that on art galleries and i like art galleries. Let the people who like the royal family have it. They just took £4 billion off disabled people to pay for abolishing inheritance tax for the rich...!!! That's what I care about Arguing over the royal family is a distraction.
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  41. @Porky - /the only way you can criticise Marx is by not reading it. Once you read it, you are forced, however reluctantly, to agree he was a genius and he was almost entirely correct.
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  42. THE USSR HAD A HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY IN 1970 than many US states today...!!! That said - its not hard, Missisipy has a lower life expectancy today than Bangladesh...!!!
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  43. THIS WANKER IS TOO ANNOYING to even watch...
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  44.  @kindlingking  I said "Russia is undergoing turmoil but has astonishing mineral resources so thats really hard to predict." Russia can go a very very long way down the slope of decline and still keep going cos it exports oil and minerals in such vast quantities. But you never know where the money is going to go. Russia is so chaotic its really hard to say what is goign to happen.
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  45.  @kindlingking  - I just included Russia cos if I did not someone would say "BUT RUSSIA IS COLLAPSING AS WELL...!!!" as you kinda noted.
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  46.  @enemyoftheserpent2632  Its called "ADRIFT IN THE SHARK TANK - Coping in a Post Pandemic World" .
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  47.  @termitreter6545  - Sorry dude - you don't know how research works. This is not about your opinion or your views on what truth is or is not. These are standard research protocols to avoid taint. If I were writing a book about Astronauts would I include 50% flat earthers for balance? EDIT: "Just because someone is biased doesnt mean they have to be wrong" It LITERALLY means they are wrong in their recollection and perception. Bias - definition: cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.
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  48.  @termitreter6545  - Dude take it up with the academic world. I don't make the rules on how to conduct surveys / do research.
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  49.  @termitreter6545  - You are a strangely obsessive person.
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  50.  @termitreter6545  I literally never mentioned "scientific work". Not once, not in any way. Just let it go dude.
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  51.  @JK-rv9tp  - The export ones were terrible. The home market USSR ones were great.
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  52.  @devrusso  - I live in Bulgaria now - there are lots here and they are now quite sought after for their reliability and ease of repair.
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  53.  @JoeMcKenzie888  OH thank you :=)
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  54. YES - good analogy
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  55. MESSAGE FROM EUROPE yeah most of us are on the brink of rioting over wealth inequality from the "mixed" system - France is obviously well into the rioting phaze We want socialism and no capitalism - it just makes rich people more rich and they rely of you not voting for the outright fascist to shove more neoliberalism down your throat.
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  56.  @ベース-l1f  Dude you are believing the propaganda of the west and some grumpy old people. Not a single person I have spoken to was arrested, no one got shot, no one was jailed for being LGBTQ. You dont even mention the BAD things - you only trot out the western talking points, there were lots of bad things but yo have not mentioned any... Come on tell me some REAL things that used to happen that were bad - I can give you a long list. But you cant say anything but western talking points.
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  57.  @meganoobbg3387  I know Sliven well, but I've not been there for about 6 years. The sea is nice and warm now...! When you come out of Burgas past Mr Brickolage in the next residential zone [dont want to give the name of the zone on YT comments] you will pass my apartment block, its the tallest one in that residential zone...
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  58.  @shouldbestudyingrightnow  14 years in the poorest country in Europe - is that long enough? 3 months in Senegal and the Gambia
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  59.  @kn_halo  Yes I know its a correlation.
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  60. I OWNED A MERCEDES CL500 then I moved to a pedestrian and public transport city - after the car has sat idle for 3 years I eventually gave it away... First time I have ever been without a car in my adult life - first time I have has money left at the end of every month in my adult life.
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  61. Clicked your name, subbed - :-D
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  62. I CAN NOT THANK YOU ENOUGH...!!! you read the plan, the plan that China has published setting out how it will deal with all these issues and the planned changes in the direction the country and economy are taking. No one else has ever done this - they just make a video as if its all new to China and they have no idea.
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  63.  @Ocinneade345  THANKS - I will genuinely read this. I live in ex-communist Bulgaria and I was collecting the stories of ordinary people under communism because their lives were SO different to the image we were told in the west, and so normal yet so alien to people brought up under capitalism. Sadly this came to an end with the Covid lockdowns and me getting long covid. The Bulgarian language didnt have a word for stress until capitalism - they just used the English word стрес Stres I think that says everything...
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  64. Im just wishing you the best of luck...!!!
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  65. HAHAHAHHAHAHA very good
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  66.  @termitreter6545  - Have you not worked out - I have no interest in this conversation... Its not up to you OR ME how I research this book. It has to meet pre-defined academic criteria for it to receive peer review. Your opinion is relevant, MY opinion is relevant. This conversation is therefore irrelevant. The book will be researched as per the academic research standards laid down. WHAT YOU THINK MEANS NOTHING
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  67.  @sideeggunnecessary  he is not a ruler - he has no power and his life is horrible - would yo uREALLY want his life??? My only objection to them is its cruel and unusual punishment. They are all completely messed up mentally.
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  68.  @LifeInJambles  "and include many necessities in close distance to improve walkability" this is one of the great things about it. When I moved here I had a Mercedes Coupe, it sat unused for so long that the council put a sticker on it saying it had been declared abandoned and would be removed LOL I can get everything I need for daily living within 400m of my apartment. A trip to the city centre once a month to buy to other more unusual stuff. I no longer own a car and this saves me a LOT of money. I think one of the big differences with western 1960's tower blocks is they but LOTS of entrances and elevators in only about 10 to 15 apartments to each entrance - so its YOUR entrance and people look after it. They plant flowers around the door and things. In the UK they had 300 apartments using a central entrance with 5 elevators so no one felt ownership over it.
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  69.  @a_mp.r.a6635  OH thats kind of you to say. The main issue is I am sick with Long Covid - it takes me 3 days to save up the energy to wash up or vacuum the carpet so at the moment, dating is a total fantasy. But I am content so thats good.
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  70. IVE BEEN LISTENING TO TWO BRITISH HISTORIANS long story short - America has held together due to prosperity, mostly everyone was happy to live in the richest country on earth... NOW that prosperity is coming to an end there WILL be a civil war / split as the white supremacist rural south and the liberal coastal industrial areas HATE each other with e 250 year old passion that has never faded.
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  71. I OWNED A MERCEDES CL500 then I moved to a pedestrian and public transport city - after the car has sat idle for 3 years I eventually gave it away... First time I have ever been without a car in my adult life - first time I have has money left at the end of every month in my adult life.
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  72.  @AntActApp  I look at it in a much simpler way. Socialism [communism] is my city filled with tens of thousands of fruit tress cos that provide FREE FRUIT for the entire population for about 5 months of the year. Capitalism is a city filled with parking spaces for private cars that cant get to them because congestion.
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  73.  @boyishmallard9404  - its just a different form of democracy. The idea is everyone voted for a person they personally KNOW. Adn that person voted for a person they know cos they work with the other local leaders. "India's population is larger than China yet they still vote for their leader." and India has an authoritarian neo-dictator...
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  74.  @ベース-l1f  YES because I am more intelligent than you and I have a publishing deal for the book of stories. This is why my life is better than yours. YOU, in your bigoted and simplistic way, see them as anecdotes from ignorant boomers, I see them as a passive income for the rest of my life from book sales... I already have a passive income for the 4 other books I have published so I dont have to work. Im deeply sorry your brain is so tiny and bigoted, but that's life...
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  75.  @meganoobbg3387  - An amazingly green one I see from your video's :-D Where are you in Bulgaria? Im in Burgas region
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  76. ​ coffe2270  sorry - just not true. They knew the American people would eventually get sick of paying for war. So they retreated into the hills, harried the Americans for 20 years and then took over when they left. "they fought back and got victory" just not true.
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  77.  @DeoMachina  yes I know I am. I did get it right.
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  78.  @DeoMachina  yes I'm referring to the geographical region, not the fighting force.
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  79. AND if you build something to last 50 years - like the USSR made steam irons I have for tailoring - it takes longer and uses more materials. which LOOKS in efficient, But my modern steam irons were lasting 1 year in a tailoring setting. Making 50 steam irons when you CAN make 1 is NOT efficient. Its not comparing like for like
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  80.  @ferblancart8669  _yeah that's why people in the USA don't have affordable healthcare - WOW you fully swallowed the propaganda didn't you?? The economy of the URRS did NOT "collapse" it was bankrupted by the USA via sanctions and an arms race it never wanted. F-uk where do they breed you people?
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  81.  @_Neutral_  You need to re read my comment
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  82.  @cjr1382  NO - because things made under communism were made to last for ever and be repaired. I live in the former USSR my 1929 tailors iron developed a fault i the electrical connector. I wlaked 40m to the old hardware store and bought a new connector for $2 and 10 mins later it was working again. A 1929 IRON MADE UNDER LENIN you cant replace the battery in a 2021 iPhone....!!! If you remove the profit motive you remove the need to endlessly consume.
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  83.  @lorigulfnoldor2162  - You are missing the point. They literally don't care if it hits Somalia - no money. If it hits Florida LOTS of rebuilding money. Cos to them for Somalia being destroyed ZERO. Who is doing the poluting Florida or Somalia...??? Florida, does polution make your company more profitable YES, who suffers - Somalia. What can Somalia do about it NOTHING. If climate change causes a hurricaine to destroy Florida what happend - US GOVERNMENT MONEY - BINGO Its a win, win, win, win for Aemrican poluting companies wiht ZERO downsided and ZERO incentive to change. Sorry for the spelling mistakes, I'm sick.
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  84.  @boomshakala4228  I dont really know much about NK as its very hard to get unbiased information - they over took the US in average IQ. The US dropped to 97.4 and NK went up to 98.8
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  85.  @hyc1266  - they say about communism "if you have to build a wall to keep people in - your system has failed" well if you have to tell your people 24/7 that they are free - they are not free. That they live in the greatest country on earth - they dont...
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  86. Yeah - it was starting to trigger my ADHD a bit.
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  87.  @lzrdwzrd999  "this system is designed to beat us down beyond breaking point." this is 100% true - Ive written a book on how to cope with it. Sadly if i mention the title here YouTube will remove the comment for Spam and nasty people will leave malicious negative reviews on it - cos thats life in 2023...
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  88. IM AN AUTHOR ON PSYCHOLOGY this is the best take on Peterson I have ever seen, he is my go-to example of a cerebral narcissist BTW
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