Comments by "ItCouldBe Lupus" (@itcouldbelupus2842) on "Hakim" channel.

  1. ​ @thecatistrepublic7319 free markets don't work. Free market capitalism led to the great depression. New deal socialist polices are what saved America from collapsing because of it.
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  2.  @epix4300  Socialism is a labour movement my guy, the people who organized labour and led the strikes which won those workers rights were all socialists. Most successful labour and civil rights movements have been led by socialists.
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  3.  @epix4300  Why are you against workers owning the means of production, they do all the work? Capitalists are parasites who don't contribute anything, they just own the means of production and exploit labour. Worker controlled democracy is a good thing.
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  4.  @epix4300  Socialism is scientifically proven to be a better system that provides a higher quality of life than Capitalism. https://youtu.be/FEHYeeRCtVI
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  5.  @epix4300  Here, last link I promise, but this explains why saying socialism always fails is ahistorical and devoid of logic. https://youtu.be/bHSpBadz3xM Socialism works. It's worked many times before.
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  6. Marching under red banners!? Socialism!!!
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  7. Capitalism bad
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  8.  @shazammusic6511  Yes there is. There is the trans Atlantic slave trade. The United States genocide of native Americans. The Holocaust. The Vietnam war. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The millions of people who starve to death under capitalism every year. Capitalisms death count us far worse than any Socialist regime.
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  9.  @GoBenJamming  Humanity doesn't have to compete, and we naturally thrive when working together and overcoming our differences together. Stop drinking the coolaid. Saying Peterson isn't political is laughable. Humanity is becoming more disconnected and we're losing our sense of community. Peterson isn't solving the problem, he's just profiting from the problem.
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  10.  @GoBenJamming  Of course I don't believe in capitalism, in this post scarcity world almost all of the problems people face are because of capitalism. If you really want to follow the teachings of a guru then why don't you you pick one that has helped actually successful adults find happiness, not one who shot to fame by being transphobic and joined the ranks of controversial right wing "intellectuals" like Ben Shapiro, someone else who should not be taken seriously. All the ridiculous scaremongering about cultural Marxism and socialism. I'm not advocating for putting complete trust in the state. But my family and I would be struggling a lot more under capitalism if we hadn't banded together to support each other in life. We're a group of 8 queer Polyamorous people, with varying degrees of mental illness and physical disabilities. The world is not a nice place for us when we try to live as individuals. You can believe whatever you want, but you might find yourself without a very diverse group of friends around you if you keep trying to defend the great Jordan Peterson. But plenty of young white guys will agree with everything you say, so if that's what you're looking for then go for it. All hail the lobster King.
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  11.  @GoBenJamming  Our economies are not too big and complex to change, it just isn't profitable to help those who have less so most people with power and money don't. Homelessness in America could be solved easily but it wouldn't make anyone any money so no one has done it. They just set up meaningless charities that help a few but can never hope to actually change anything.
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  12.  @GoBenJamming  Please don't talk down to me like I'm a little lost child like you, I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, so don't put them in mine. I understand capitalism perfectly well so please don't claim it's an issue neither of us know enough about, I feel extremely competent talking about the subject. Since you admit you don't know enough about the system then maybe don't give it a lukewarm defense and just assume capitalism is the best we can do. If you didn't Know that cleaning your room was part of being an adult and would make you feel better about yourself and your life, then Jordan Peterson helped you with that, great. I'm happy for you. All of the good advice he's given you was just ripped off from other philosophers and repurposed to be academically obscure. All of which was told in a way that reinforces Peterson's conservative world view. If you want to get into philosophy and intellectualism then I would recommend raising your standards. The government already takes your money and spends it on bombs, us lefties just think healthcare, food, and water should be included in what our taxes pay for, since those are essential for living and continuing to work and pay taxes. This video is not a particularly good analysis of Peterson and why he's full of shit. I'll link to a few videos that make much clearer points.
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  13. https://youtu.be/Kbk_4x70OG4 https://youtu.be/j66nyzeoO5M https://youtu.be/4LqZdkkBDas https://youtu.be/SEMB1Ky2n1E All three of these YouTubers are better than and smarter than this one whose video we're commenting on. I would recommend you take a look at these. Well researched and referenced, far smarter and funnier than Peterson or Shapiro. Join us. The left accepts all except those who do not accept reality.
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  14.  @PheonixKnght  But those with all the money have all the power, they never have to work a day in their life in order to be able to afford to live abd they set the prices on everything and write the laws. Us poor people don't have a choice, pay the billionaires whatever they ask or die, those are our choices. It isn't a voluntary system, it's coercion. It doesn't have to be like this. We have enough resources for everyone, we have enough food, we have enough houses. There is so much we could be doing and so much that needs to be fixed, there shouldn't be any homeless or unemployed people struggling to find work just so they can afford to live. This system serves a handful of rich ghouls who have more than anyone could ever need whilst billions slave away and die in poverty. We could build a better system, one without the ultra wealthy and the extremely poor, where we could all live decent middle class lives. Capitalism is a terrible system that only works for a select few, that's why they've spent years trying to convince everyone that capitalism is human nature, it's natural, it's the way the world is supposed to work. But that's a lie. A lie that serves them. Stop being a slave and realize the rich aren't on your side, we don't have to do what they say and accept the world they built, we can change things, we can make the world better.
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  15. I would be interested to see this also.
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  16.  @luckymg2228  which part?
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  17.  @ExPwner  letting someone else argue for you? How very libertarian of you.
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  18.  @kingorange7739  I never said my definition of voluntary was to have handouts. When did I say that? I never gave a definition of a voluntary system, I'm only arguing that capitalism isn't one. You extrapolated a lot of strawman arguments from what I said, how very libertarian of you, straight from the school of Ben Shapiro. How do I opt out of capitalism? If it's a voluntary system then I should be able to opt out, correct?
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  19.  @ExPwner  nah he wasn't, he mostly just strawmanned me with positions I never stated. Communes still have to exist within capitalism. There is no opting out of a system that isn't voluntary. Very telling that you assume I have private property to give up. Mist people don't but I guess you do. Like all libertarians, you were born on third base and think you hit a triple.
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  20.  @ExPwner  No, it really didn't. And it kinda seems like you do need him to argue for you.
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  21.  @ExPwner  When did I say I want others to pay for my stuff? I didn't say that. That's a strawman of my position.
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  22.  @ExPwner  What do you think I have suggested? We haven't got past the issue of whether capitalism is voluntary or not, I haven't really suggested any alternatives yet have I?
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  23. Capitalism literally has killed more people if we are just adding up the death counts.
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  24. Great video, well edited.
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  25.  @myusernameusedtobereallycr2075  Except you're missing the fact that communist governments do make a better society, for years and even decades, before they 'fail", usually overthrown or leaders assassinated or paid off by powerful Capitalist countries.
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  26.  @hiredmurderer6228  enough. A little propoganda and a lack of critical thinking is all that is required to make a good, docile wage slave for the Capitalist machine.
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  27. Why don't you back up your statements Trevor?
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  28. Some of this went over my head, I will need to watch it again.
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  29. Your videos are so good.
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  30.  @TheRealCoalHub  That argument doesn't really work, since there is even more corruption in the government under capitalism. So by that logic it makes capitalism hard to be affected. Socialism is better, more checks and balances and strips corporations of their power over use. Or are you a fan of the current system where the government does whatever the corporations tell them to do?
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  31. Capitalism creates poverty, it objectively does not have less of it. Socialism is a far superior system for eliminating poverty.
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  32.  @IMP_ROM  hey, this guy is wrong. Capitalism increases poverty, it doesn't decrease it.
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  33. No, they wouldn't. Vaush is wrong. He often is.
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  34.  @Happyisboss  is he? Can you point to a specific example of him misrepresenting Vaush?
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  35.  @rickymarwet9310  $1.90 is an arbitrary number not based on the cost of living anywhere, the world bank picked a number that low so they can say poverty is decreasing when it isn't. The UN estimates around $7.50 per day is the minimum amount to cover the cost of living most places, and 46% 9f the Earth's population is on less than $5.50 per day. You are letting those who have a vested interest in upholding capitalism determine what constitutes poverty and then are believing them when they say it's decreasing. It blatantly isn't. Inequality is getting worse.
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  36.  @hentai6582  China has been doing capitalism well enough to lift people out of poverty?
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  37.  @hentai6582  China isn't exactly free market Capitalism. It's more accurately described as state capitalism, more similar to the Soviet union.
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  38.  @stormy2143  Yes, the United States socialist like war economy certainly gave them an economic boom for a few decades, and with almost every country in Europe devasted by the war but the United States was left essentially untouched put them in the position of being the only remaining superpower. The USSR still have them a run for their money for the next few decades, despite half of their countries infrastructure being destroyed in the process of defeating the Germans during the war. That economic boom didn't last though, it never does, because capitalism is an unstable and inefficient system, there's always a boom and bust cycle. Since the 80s the United States has been on a steady decline. That period of time isn't proof that capitalism can be successful, but that war economies are, especially when the war is being fought in the other side of the world. Heck, that's almost more of an argument for the benefits of socialism, because the United States didn't look like a free market Capitalist country during the war. So capitalism can't be successful without a period of socialism to prop it up.
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  39.  @stormy2143  if you can't read 3 paragraphs then you aren't capable of having a mature discussion about this and are just wasting my time. "Essay". Yes, I already explained how the post war economic boom was a direct result of the socialist like war economy that the US had and that it didn't last and has never reached the same level of success since. The period you are referring to isn't proof that capitalism works but that centrally planned economies do. Which is a feature of socialism. Whoops.
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  40.  @stormy2143  Huh? I don't know what you mean by that.
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  41. Rave Dubin was never on the left. Dude is a spineless snake who only cares about money. Plus the right is the only place that he can pass for smart.
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  42.  @Callistemon  haha that is such a dumb thing to say and completely baseless. You don't know what you are talking about
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  43.  @futurewarlord99  Most people in developed countries are a few unexpected payments away from losing everything, have you seen the state of most people's lives in the United States? How can you not know that? You know the middle class is shrinking almost everywhere, capitalism is destroying itself. It's a bad system, it's inefficient, unsustainable and incredibly wasteful. There is nearly as much plastic in our oceans as there are fish. We're losing our rainforests and wetlands. Most people are miserable at their jobs, if they are lucky enough to have a job. Unless they are born rich, no young people will ever hope to afford a house in their lifetime. All of this just so a handful of billionaires can own multiple Mansions and yachts. It's a stupid system based on infinite growth on a planet with finite resources. The billionaires shouldn't be in charge, we should be.
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  44.  @futurewarlord99  People in the United States were falling Into poverty long before COVID and the Biden Administration, I'm sorry, none of those reasons are actually why more people are falling Into poverty, it's been happening for a long time. Can you tell me what the goals of industry under Capitalism are? Is there a reason that all the environmental damage causes by industry has been known about for a long time but it hasn't really slowed industry down at all?
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  45.  @futurewarlord99  Are you asking me if industry already strives to be more sustainable because you don't know? The answer is no, it doesn't, industry only cares about maximizing profits, no care is being given to the depletion of our finite resources, all evidence points to these industries continuing to extract wealth from the earth until it's too late. Your ignorant assertion that many things could go wrong with the government having control over the means of production ignores the obvious fact that many things are currently going wrong, right now, with the means of production under private control. Where are you from, and how old are you? I don't understand how you have such distrust in the Governments ability to run things but naively believe that private corporations are somehow better.
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  46.  @futurewarlord99  We were talking about sustainability anyway, not efficiency, do you understand the difference?
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  47.  @futurewarlord99  I personally think people are more important than profits, and that industry should maximize human advancement and the planets long term health. Pretty weird to disagree with that position, on account of you also being a human.
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  48.  @futurewarlord99  then why does a third of all the food produced every year get wasted? Wouldn't it be more sustainable and efficient to feed all 8 billion people on earth with our collective 10 billion people's worth of food? Yet millions die every year of starvation, don't you think there is a more efficient and sustainable way to be producing and distributing food? Could it possibly be because it's more profitable to waste a third of the food we produce and let millions starve to death, because efficiency and sustainability have never been the goals of industry under Capitalism? Gee golly, I wonder if your high school education will be able to puzzle that out as brilliantly as your last leap of logic.
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  49.  @futurewarlord99  you'll probably need a while to preform the mental gymnastics necessary to defend capitalism on food production and distribution.
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  50.  @futurewarlord99  Venezuela doesn't have a socialist government dude, in what way are they a socialist government? Just because American news media calls then socialist doesn't mean they are, half of American media calls the democrats communists, which is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Can you tell me what makes Venezuela a socialist government and how that has anything to do with food insecurity in that country? There are plenty of Capitalist countries in Africa where people are starving to death, why don't we ever talk about them as failures of capitalism? In the United States, the richest Capitalist country in the world, there are over 38 million people who are food insecure.
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