Barbie was a worldwide phenomenon that was seen by many many more women than would have seen any 'feminist' movie. I live in a small (pop. 7000) rural NSW town. Our local 'cinema' is a converted church that has a pull down screen. Barbie had 10 screenings here, every session was sold out. Cars around the block. I went with my wife, there were 3 men there. I laughed quite a lot but nowhere near as much as everyone else. It was an amazing insight (for me) into how women view the world. The scene where the 'Kens' play a song AT the 'Barbies' produced so much sustained laughter I thought people were going to explode with sheer joy and recognition. Yeah, Will Ferrell and the 'real world' bits are lame (especially the car chase!?!?) but everything in 'Barbieland' is a kind of genius. I'm really surprised this video has less then 1000 views. Also, why can't Greta direct a 'Hot Wheels' movie?
Capitalism and patriarchy are in no way inseparable, if for no other reason than that the latter far predates the former. Great video though, loving this channel!
I think the phrase late-stage capitalism is a contradiction in terms. “Capitalism” is essentially a description of how people behave in the absence of direct coercion, assuming the successful protection of property rights and imposition of law and order. On some level, “capitalism” is as old as civilization. People behave in capitalist ways whenever we’re organized into societies larger than a village or extended clan group. There have never been any coherent alternatives to this system, and the most coherent attempt at an alternative, Communism, has repeatedly produced tyranny and starvation wherever it has been tried, to the extent that it’s tried. The closest thing to an alternate system that actually works is social democracy, which combines the welfare state with the use of capitalist free markets. That is, unless you’re one of those people who thinks capitalism starts with the Industrial Revolution or something. In short, I would say we’re not in late-stage capitalism. We have a poorly-functioning capitalist system, because we have adopted socialistic structures for much of the economy, rather than just having a welfare safety net (the government can be lobbied to give various companies favors and sabotage competitors, and it decides winners and losers across a wide spectrum of industries from medicine to insurance to automobiles to space travel… almost every established industry has some degree of this corruption).
Capitalism is "just human nature"? Gee, I seem to hear that vague statement a lot before the conversation abruptly ends. Almost like it's some kind of thought terminating cli-no. Surely it's just a very objective and provable statement that everyone just happens to weirdly parrot. Capitalism is afforded endless grace to fail disasterously as an experiment but communism is never afforded the same? Capitalism is supposedly ripe with possibilities, but the wild divergency of thought among different schools of communism are collapsed into the one thing that is easiest to demonize and dismiss? Hmm. We are not allowed to name capitalism as the thing currently killing us? How curious. I'm sure it's nothing.
very well thought out video! keep it up :)
It's impressive that as everyone loves Greta.....I love Greta
I hope ka makes more wonderful films
1. Little Women
2. Lady bird
3. Barbie
Haven't seen Nights and Weekends but I'll check it out
fav youtuber atm
Barbie was a worldwide phenomenon that was seen by many many more women than would have seen any 'feminist' movie. I live in a small (pop. 7000) rural NSW town. Our local 'cinema' is a converted church that has a pull down screen. Barbie had 10 screenings here, every session was sold out. Cars around the block. I went with my wife, there were 3 men there. I laughed quite a lot but nowhere near as much as everyone else. It was an amazing insight (for me) into how women view the world. The scene where the 'Kens' play a song AT the 'Barbies' produced so much sustained laughter I thought people were going to explode with sheer joy and recognition. Yeah, Will Ferrell and the 'real world' bits are lame (especially the car chase!?!?) but everything in 'Barbieland' is a kind of genius. I'm really surprised this video has less then 1000 views. Also, why can't Greta direct a 'Hot Wheels' movie?
will farrell is in the film to help get the money to get the money made.
I love Lady Bird and HATE Little Women, don't understand the hype for it. Easily the weakest movie nominated for Oscars that year
5:45 - the anchorman 2 erasure!
Capitalism and patriarchy are in no way inseparable, if for no other reason than that the latter far predates the former.
Great video though, loving this channel!
I think the phrase late-stage capitalism is a contradiction in terms. “Capitalism” is essentially a description of how people behave in the absence of direct coercion, assuming the successful protection of property rights and imposition of law and order.
On some level, “capitalism” is as old as civilization. People behave in capitalist ways whenever we’re organized into societies larger than a village or extended clan group. There have never been any coherent alternatives to this system, and the most coherent attempt at an alternative, Communism, has repeatedly produced tyranny and starvation wherever it has been tried, to the extent that it’s tried. The closest thing to an alternate system that actually works is social democracy, which combines the welfare state with the use of capitalist free markets.
That is, unless you’re one of those people who thinks capitalism starts with the Industrial Revolution or something.
In short, I would say we’re not in late-stage capitalism. We have a poorly-functioning capitalist system, because we have adopted socialistic structures for much of the economy, rather than just having a welfare safety net (the government can be lobbied to give various companies favors and sabotage competitors, and it decides winners and losers across a wide spectrum of industries from medicine to insurance to automobiles to space travel… almost every established industry has some degree of this corruption).
Capitalism is "just human nature"? Gee, I seem to hear that vague statement a lot before the conversation abruptly ends. Almost like it's some kind of thought terminating cli-no. Surely it's just a very objective and provable statement that everyone just happens to weirdly parrot. Capitalism is afforded endless grace to fail disasterously as an experiment but communism is never afforded the same? Capitalism is supposedly ripe with possibilities, but the wild divergency of thought among different schools of communism are collapsed into the one thing that is easiest to demonize and dismiss? Hmm. We are not allowed to name capitalism as the thing currently killing us? How curious. I'm sure it's nothing.