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“Yeah Capitalism Is Bad…But What Can We Do?”
Perhaps the most common comment I get is some version of "yeah capitalism is bad, but what can we do about it?" I figured it was about time I made a dedicated video to answer that question. Let's read a little theory!
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Today's Reading:
www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/download/what-itd.pdf
Organizations to consider (non-US orgs sourced from locals from each country listed):
US
www.cpusa.org
www.dsausa.org
pslweb.org
frso.org
www.iww.org (active in multiple countries)
Canada
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If you'd like to help make Second Thought 100% grassroots funded, consider becoming a patron on Patreon. All patrons get early access to every video, plus access to our patrons-only Discord server!
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Today's Reading:
www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/download/what-itd.pdf
Organizations to consider (non-US orgs sourced from locals from each country listed):
US
www.cpusa.org
www.dsausa.org
pslweb.org
frso.org
www.iww.org (active in multiple countries)
Canada
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Denied mortgage despite having VA loan access and 60% DTI ratio. Why? Because we paid cash for everything, lived within our means and didnt have debt to prove we could pay the mortgage. Their solution... go use a credit card for a yr to build credit. A credit card we cant get bc we didnt have debt to prove we could pay it. And we make good money. We didnt for 2 decades, but we have for last 4 yrs.
What’s even more confusing is why do they want to be on TikTok? If the Chinese owner doesn’t sell, when more than half of consumer items are made in China? The US trades with China all the time. 🤦♀️
Great video I love the information. Some food for thought… there’s always going to be a ruling class whether that ruling class call themselves capitalist or socialist. The ruling class rarely care what their people want. Socialism is not the answer, People with power are corrupted. Do the best you can and love your family in this crazy world.
The song about the class enemy (Texts by Bertolt Brecht and Erich Weinert, 1933) 1. When I was young, I went to school, and I learned what is mine, and what is yours. And when all had been learned, it seemed to me that it was not all. And I had no breakfast to eat, and others, they had: And thus in the end I learned all, indeed about the nature of the class enemy. And I learned, why and for what reason there is a rift across the world. And it remains between us, since the rain falls downwards. 2. And they said to me: If I am well-behaved, then I'll become their kind. But I thought: If I'm a sheep, I'll never become butcher. And I saw one and another of us who took the bait. And when to him happened what happened to you and to me, then he was astonished. But as for me, I wasn't amazed, soon I discovered what their game is: The rain, as it is, falls downwards and, as it is, doesn't fall upwards. 3. Here I heard the drum being bet, and everybody talked about this: Now we should wage wars for a little place in the sun. And hoarse voices promised us everything under the sun. And fat-bellied bigwigs shouted: Don't get wimpish now! And we believed: Now there are only hours left, then we'll have this and that. But the rain once more fell downwards, and during four years we guzzled grass. 4. And once, it was said at once: Now, let's make Republic! And one man here is equal to another, be he meager or fat. And those who were flat from hunger never were as full of hope. But those who ate their fill, were full of hope like them. And I said: Something there can't add up and I was filled with dismal doubts: That doesn't add up, that the rain is supposed to flow upwards. 5. They gave us slips of paper to vote, we gave away the arms. They made us a promise, and we gave our rifle. And we heard: those who understand about it, they now would help us. We should go about work, they would do the rest. There once again I let myself affect and, like it was called for, I kept still and thought: that's fair on behalf of rain that it wants to flow upwards. 6. And soon after I heard sayings, now all has been put right already. If we support the lesser evil then we will be exempted from the bigger one. And we swallowed the shaveling Brüning, so it not be the Papen. And we swallowed the junker Papen, because otherwise it was the Schleicher's turn. And the shaveling gave it to the junker, and the junker gave it to the general. And the rain fell downwards, and it fell a thumping lot. 7. While we went around with ballot papers, they closed down factories. When we slept in front of dole offices, we left them alone. We heard sayings like these: Always calm! Only just wait! After a major crisis comes a major boom! And I told my colleagues: That's how the class enemy speaks! When this one talks about good time, it's all about his time. The rain cannot do it upwards, just because suddenly it is well-intentioned towards us. What it can, is: it can stop, namely when the sun shines. 8. One day I saw them marching, behind new flags. And many of ours said: There's no more class enemy. There ahead of them I saw mugs, I already knew them, and I heard voices roaring in the old sergeant-like tone. And quietly through the flags and the celebrations the rain fell night and day. And anyone who lay on the street, could feel it. 9. They exercised themselves in shooting and loudly spoke about the enemy and pointed franticly across the border. And it was us they meant. Because us and them, we are enemies in a war that only one wins. Because they live on us and croak, if we aren't the coolies any more. And it's for that why you oughtn't be astonished, if they throw themselves on us, like the rain throws itself on the soil. 10. And he among us who starved to death, he died in a battle. And he among us who died, he has been bumped off. He whom they fetched with their soldiers, starving discomfited him. He whom they smashed the mandible, he had asked for bread. He whom they promised bread, now they prey on him. And he whom they bring in the zinc coffin, he told the truth. An he who then had believed them about it, when they pretended being his friends, what he at that time had expected was, that the rain falls upwards. 11. For we are class enemies, whatever they tell us: He among us who didn't dare to fight, he dared to starve. We are class enemies, drummer! This, your drumming doesn't drown it out! factory owner, general and junker - our enemy, that's what you are! About this, nothing will be displaced, there, nothing will be put right! The rain doesn't fall upwards, and for sure it's not what we ask him to! 12. Your painter may brush all he can, he won't smear over the rift! One stays and one ought to yield, either me or you. And whatever I'll learn yet, this is what remains as the basics: Never I have anything in common with the matter of the class enemy. The word will not be found that ever might unite both of us. The rain falls upwards down. And you are my class enemy.
NO! Progressive ideals are discredited whenever they are put into practice, by their failure. Try this. Instead of pointing to examples of "rightists" pointing to progressive bogeymen. Just for a change lets have pregressives actually challenge their own views!!! Never happens. Go ahead, how about a leftist supporter give their own critique of their own side!! I'll wait!!
They will answer their own transgressions
Everything from china should be banned. They never should have been let into the world.Tradhis , Organization nixon , made a very great MISTAKE.
...myths, legends, and brain washing....
Pizza place is a great example. Why don't the people working at the pizza place start their own pizza place? They can pool their limited resources to get the means of production and operate it for their own benefit. Why don't we see this more? I have two guesses: 1. most people don't have the risk appetite to take on a venture that might fail (even though the risk is spread across them!). 2. There really is value in one person deciding they want to do something and doing it. The thing about committees is that you get group think, diffusion of responsibility, and in the end, they get fuck all done.
This video is misleading first these people you refer to are talking about actual people that were exposed grooming children but you leave that part out you also leave out the part of religious people and anyone who question the rainbow nazis narrative that get attacked by the rainbow nazis and threatened to be killed by them you forgot the numerous mass killings by the rainbow nazis nice try clown but your full of bs and are lying
Just found your channel & I am so happy to listen to unbiased reason. This is the reason I come to KRplus and TickTok for news and video the big networks refuse to show and talk about honestly. Your voice is amazing too 👍
And they laugh about it, these are the people you guys let’s control everything, and you guys never do anything
What if the universe by chance only allows one planet of life forms at a time
Dont forget the US is a corporation owned by the Vatican. It only pretends to be a constitutinal govt. It aint!!!! You gotta change your brain to understand the presidentia the CEO and Congress is the Board of Trustees.
They all take orders from the Jesuits so the question then becomes who are the Jesuits taking orders from. We all got a boss....even if its yourself.
National security = Mind control
Well if you lost money based on Palestine it tells you who controls youtube. If i was in charge id ban ALL social media!!! It makes ppl hate ppl. Its antisocial.
I highly doubt most of these things go into effect. Trump had loud mouth even on his first election, but less than half of his talking points got implemented. Also, this feels like similar paranoia that took place back then. So many people were thinking it's going to be the end of the world - some even left America - yet America is still standing.
Yes it all points to one thing: even americand have no idea about tgeir own roots and their history. And maybe its better for them. It would be s serious eye-opener to know whst really happened.
Your view on China is too positive. Moderns China is also capitalis imperialist state juts like US.
7:02 "Japan was willing to surr😂nder". Yep, like those Pure Indigenous butchers who committed the "Jamestown Massacre". Of course the Japanese were willing to stop their "Manilla massacre" and the unseen extermination and torture of the Chinese people. "An established fact...
Congress passed it in 4 days? My jaw just hit the floor. So they really are just sitting around collecting our money doing nothing. I hate them so much.
There is Hypocrisy in US when it comes to Freedom of Speech
After watching this I still believe that I will become a billionaire. If you aim for the moon, you'll at least end up in the stars
nowwww its 900B :) Also what the fuck is wrong with the KRplus algorithm? This is 7 years old and yet this is the first time I'm seeing this video.
Keep the good work; we really appreciate ur work; from ETHIOPIA!!
1.. tik tok is CHINA based and emits extreme propaganda to infiltrate the minds of ignotant youth 2.. tik tok is 'free speech' and should be left alone.. if a rattle snake was in your home, would you 'leave it alone'?
The way America works is absolute trash! For technology to be so advanced nowadays, it is pathetic that a lot of these companies are still pushing 40 hours a week sitting in an office or cubicle. They are so power hungry, they don't want people to have more time to themselves and flexibility. They expect you to work yourself into the ground with less pay and more work.
Banning TikTok is an assault on Freedom of Speech. If TikTok USA has to sell, then sell it to Elon Musk for 1 dollar.
At this point in America it’s voting which is the lesser evil Vote Joe Biden - Continue to support Genocide in Gaza, but maybe can keep democracy in America for a little longer Vote Donald Trump - Loss of Democracy and Freedom for LGBT, Women, and most likely racial minorities in America… and continue support of Genocide
lie after lie after lie...... saying israel commits genocide in gaza is disconnected from reality and exaggerated. have you ever been in israel? went through an IDF bootcamp? talked to the people from the inside? lettsssss makkkkeeee iiiitttt cllleeeaaarrrr the vast majority of israelis including IDF personel are AGAINST the suffering of palestinians!!!!!! im not saying there is no bloodshed in BOTH sides.... but ignoring the fact that war has casualties and blaiming israel for having to deal with the compexity of fighting against a terrorist organization that has close to ZERO compassion for their own people is choosing the easy way to make sense of this terrible reality instead of dealing with it properly.
When USA can’t compete….. it bans it. Ask Huawei. And. Thousand others… lol
*illegal* dissolution of the Soviet Union? What was illegal about that???
Real capitalists know that IP is a harmful and aggressive concept, the idea that socialism is solving any problem in the world is just delusional. You don't need socialism to abolish IP. Every real capitalist would agree on abolishing IP laws. You just confuse capitalism with greed and government and have the weird idea that only a socialist society could solve all these problems. It's like fixing government with more government. Just delusional. Capitalism is the way to go to solve all the problems mentioned in this video and not socialism...
Capitalism is peaceful voluntary trading. IP laws are made to force people to don't do something totally peaceful. So IP is not capitalistic at all. Pure capitalism could never tolerate the existence of IP laws. Capitalism is the solution and not the problem.
i just got in the biggest newspaper in my country by doing taking part in a protest action against the far right with the socialist youth in my country you can be seen
Very Well put together Upload. Thank you for summing up all the pieces. This not only covered the tik tok situation but How things are operating across the board.
Pmcs seem fun
Ok I give up, I've seen a lot bullshit in my life but this video doesn't take the cake, it robs the whole bakery. I couldn't get halfway through it , there was so much bullshit going on, it's clear you don't understand what money even IS, let alone what's it for.
The problem is that the USA economy is no more autonomous from inside it own border, it need to be vastly abroad to be fonctional, that exactly why there is so much ingerence from the US since a century, specially after WWII. They also have a huge problem which is a vicious circle of needed that abroad economy to pay for it massivle army but need that army to protect those external interests. this is why many nations wage a comercial war on the US cause they know it the way to break their army. I would not like to live in a Russian or Chinesse regimes but let be frank here, the only nation that is a menace for human long time survival is the US with it overconsomation, and that not a comment against capitalism but savage capitalism. So at the end the US will be faced with a similar choice that the UK did face at the dawn of the 19th century, wage war everywhere to keep their "colonies" or retract themselve and return to being a normal nation.
Left wing and right wing both have authoritarians. Im a anarcho-minarchist libertarian
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Can someone explain how to join the Discord group from Patreon? I'm new to all this, and i dont know if I've received an invitation. Thansk
You are very humble clever honest i love your work
The USA tells tales about the free market. And they themselves, through sanctions, simply take away business that they cannot control. The United States is a truly dictatorial state.
Anything changed since 2020?... Nope 🇵🇸
We are going to become the biggest headache. The woke pedo cult at KRplus and in Bidens bed will regret this day 😅
Communist party of USA have nationalized Tik Tok? When the communism owerrun democracy in USA??? :D
Did you just recommend Hasan? Are you really a communist or a CIA plant trying to infiltrate socialist circles?
They will become workers thats all. Their property will be taken to people