@vladserbu1117 meanwhile.... Capitalism is one wolf in a pack of sheep deciding who's for dinner every night. This whole concept is a pretty dumb analogy because we're talking about billions of people. Democracy at least attempts to spread the power. Capitalism actively works to concentrate it. That's the whole point. It's in the name... capital! By definition, it's meant to exploit someone.
@vladserbu1117 that's a pretty poor analogy. When people feel part of a community, they are usually willing to compromise for the good of everyone. It's the brainwashing and division that makes us lose empathy and judge others so harshly. Most people believe in "live and let live" Democracy is only needed when there's things that come into conflict. And the only other option is to let the few make the choice for the many. That's certainly the case with capitalism. People with capital are free to exploit the rest of us. They control the government too. Not sure why you prefer this unless you are very rich... then it must be nice having more power to make decisions and exploit people
Hierarchies even protect themselves through common language. An obvious feature of these structures is conspiracy, and yet people low in the hierarchy are perfectly brainwashed into calling honest criticism of the structure "conspiracy theory." This term gets pushed by the "elites" and the rest of us end up doing their work for them. We simply label things a theory and dismiss real relationships of power as theory, which in many people's minds has come to mean untrue. I appreciate your efforts in looking at these terms in new ways! The better we understand these structures and systems, the better we can start to dismantle them
DonaldMusk "belongs" to a network. I quote "belongs" because it is the key word. He is not superhuman; entropy does not fall into his heart to disappear. He is a normal CEO; he is rich because his companies "chose" to make him that way. Shareholders are higher turnover than workers in the base of the corporate hierarchy. You can't fight collectives through collectivism. You have to cut fossil fuel workers loose, and delicense an oil major.
Bună, Vlad. Cum crezi că ideile de degrowth ar putea să „crească” în condițiile în care, cel puțin aici în România, observ că mulți oameni devin din ce în ce mai individualiști? Poate că acest lucru are legătură cu perioada comunistă, dar se îmbracă într-o nuanță americană, unde transportul public este văzut ca un simbol al comunismului, iar politicienii abuzează de promisiuni, promițând din ce în ce mai multe drumuri și șosele. Nu cred că un politician care ar promite piste de biciclete ar avea șanse să câștige alegerile
România este într-o situție paradoxală. Pe de o parte este mai aproape de ținte de degrowth (decreștere), pentru că amprenta materială este încă mai mică decât țările mai bogate, iar pe de altă parte mentalitatea este profund reacționară împotriva comunismului și este foarte pro-consumeristă. Degrowth în România se va întâmpla doar forțat de cauze externe, probabil pe linie de UE, poate crize energetice majore, sau crize serioase de forță de muncă. Nu văd cum România ar putea să se reformeze pe cale degrowth doar pe forțe proprii. Încă scriu la un video în limba română unde voi discuta aceste aspecte. Am creat canalul Economia Alternativă în acest scop. Când e gata anunț și aici și la mine pe Instagram.
not sure - these days money is made through cost of living arbitrage or immigration industry. maybe also property speculation and taking advantage of inflation by borrowing wast amount of money.
The choice is Capitalism or Democracy. You get one, not both.
And ironically, democrats chose capitalism every time
Completely agree! And I'll take capitalism any day of the week! Democracy always devolves into two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner.
@vladserbu1117 meanwhile.... Capitalism is one wolf in a pack of sheep deciding who's for dinner every night.
This whole concept is a pretty dumb analogy because we're talking about billions of people.
Democracy at least attempts to spread the power.
Capitalism actively works to concentrate it.
That's the whole point. It's in the name... capital!
By definition, it's meant to exploit someone.
@vladserbu1117 that's a pretty poor analogy.
When people feel part of a community, they are usually willing to compromise for the good of everyone.
It's the brainwashing and division that makes us lose empathy and judge others so harshly.
Most people believe in "live and let live"
Democracy is only needed when there's things that come into conflict.
And the only other option is to let the few make the choice for the many.
That's certainly the case with capitalism.
People with capital are free to exploit the rest of us.
They control the government too.
Not sure why you prefer this unless you are very rich... then it must be nice having more power to make decisions and exploit people
@@vladserbu1117 Meanwhile capitalism always end up fair and just, based on the principle of profit and growth seeking.... kek xD
Hierarchies even protect themselves through common language.
An obvious feature of these structures is conspiracy, and yet people low in the hierarchy are perfectly brainwashed into calling honest criticism of the structure "conspiracy theory."
This term gets pushed by the "elites" and the rest of us end up doing their work for them.
We simply label things a theory and dismiss real relationships of power as theory, which in many people's minds has come to mean untrue.
I appreciate your efforts in looking at these terms in new ways!
The better we understand these structures and systems, the better we can start to dismantle them
The idea that capitalism runs on "growth" means it runs on expansion, which is also one of the pillars of fascism.
I agree.
DonaldMusk "belongs" to a network. I quote "belongs" because it is the key word. He is not superhuman; entropy does not fall into his heart to disappear. He is a normal CEO; he is rich because his companies "chose" to make him that way. Shareholders are higher turnover than workers in the base of the corporate hierarchy. You can't fight collectives through collectivism. You have to cut fossil fuel workers loose, and delicense an oil major.
A comment for Algo boost!
Bună, Vlad. Cum crezi că ideile de degrowth ar putea să „crească” în condițiile în care, cel puțin aici în România, observ că mulți oameni devin din ce în ce mai individualiști? Poate că acest lucru are legătură cu perioada comunistă, dar se îmbracă într-o nuanță americană, unde transportul public este văzut ca un simbol al comunismului, iar politicienii abuzează de promisiuni, promițând din ce în ce mai multe drumuri și șosele. Nu cred că un politician care ar promite piste de biciclete ar avea șanse să câștige alegerile
România este într-o situție paradoxală. Pe de o parte este mai aproape de ținte de degrowth (decreștere), pentru că amprenta materială este încă mai mică decât țările mai bogate, iar pe de altă parte mentalitatea este profund reacționară împotriva comunismului și este foarte pro-consumeristă. Degrowth în România se va întâmpla doar forțat de cauze externe, probabil pe linie de UE, poate crize energetice majore, sau crize serioase de forță de muncă. Nu văd cum România ar putea să se reformeze pe cale degrowth doar pe forțe proprii. Încă scriu la un video în limba română unde voi discuta aceste aspecte. Am creat canalul Economia Alternativă în acest scop. Când e gata anunț și aici și la mine pe Instagram.
what's your take on modern monetary theory
I am for it. I did a video on it.
@@VladBunea thank you!
not sure - these days money is made through cost of living arbitrage or immigration industry. maybe also property speculation and taking advantage of inflation by borrowing wast amount of money.
1:50 xD