‘I didn’t realize people still think socialism is a good idea.’

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  • Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
  • Born in communist Poland and disgusted by Silicon Valley communists, Pilat is making "heroic portraits of machines" and defending Ayn Rand.
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    What sorts of paintings will be hanging in the museums of the future?
    Agnieszka Pilat thinks we'll be looking at what she calls "heroic portraits of machines"-fine-art renderings of the technology that freed the modern world from the bone- and soul-crushing labor that our parents and grandparents endured.
    Pilat's paintings-especially ones featuring Spot, Boston Dynamics' robot dog-are sought after by Silicon Valley collectors drawn to her valorization of technology, a welcome alternative to the traditional demonization by artists of the man-made world.
    Her work is rich in callbacks to artists ranging from da Vinci to Duchamp to Warhol, and she incorporates augmented reality to further highlight how technology shapes our perceptions. A sure sign of success: One of her paintings appeared in The Matrix sequel released last year as a representation of future art.
    Born in Poland in 1973, Pilat remembers life under communism as an extended period of conformity and repression that ended almost immediately after the communist regime collapsed in 1989. She talks about how her father, finally able to operate his own shop, stopped drinking and built a prosperous bakery business.
    Pilat immigrated to the United States in the early 2000s. Landing in San Francisco, she encountered amazingly wealthy tech workers espousing the same collectivist ideas that had made her childhood so miserable. "I was just really shocked," she tells Reason. "I didn't realize that people still think that communism or socialism is a good idea. Moral outrage was growing within me and also a feeling that I need to protect America by telling people what it really means."
    Shortly after arriving in the States, Pilat stumbled across the work of another Eastern European immigrant: Ayn Rand. Though she didn't become an Objectivist, Pilat responded viscerally to Rand's insistence that "you have a right and a moral obligation to yourself to have a purpose and work towards the purpose as hard as you can."
    As her work gains stature, Pilat is moving on to a new frontier, if not quite the final one: She's an artist in residence at Elon Musk's SpaceX, where she is looking forward to possibly producing "superheroic portraits" of machines in zero gravity.
    Reason talked with her in her New York studio about being upstaged by a robot dog, why she wants everyone to remember what communism was really like, and how to best appreciate-and protect-the economic and cultural freedom we too often take for granted.
    Produced by Kevin Alexander; camera by Daniel Schloss
    Photos: Additional images and footage courtesy of Agnieszka Pilat; Image of Sport/Newscom; JOE MARINO/UPI/Newscom; CSU Archives/Everett Collection

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  • @nokiot9
    @nokiot9 2 роки тому +628

    It’s simultaneously depressing and inspiring to know most first generation immigrants are more patriotic than many people born on US soil. “You never realize what you had, until it’s gone”

    • @Louis-wp3fq
      @Louis-wp3fq 2 роки тому +27

      Damn straight. First generation Americans are some of the best Americans.

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 2 роки тому +26

      I have a theory on why that is.
      I think a reason why a lot of homeland Americans are more susceptible to tyranny is because they were raised comfortably with it whereas the immigrants were raised uncomfortably with it.
      The immigrants left for America mainly because their country was tyrannical and they realized it. As for the homeland Americans technically they had tyranny too but they didn't question it. It was too comfortable.
      The homelanders then got so comfortable with tyranny that they demanded more of it whereas the immigrants still knew better.
      I think what'll help with this problem is to get people to boycott public school and choose alternative forms of education.

    • @PRH123
      @PRH123 2 роки тому +6

      Many immigrants learn what we like to hear, and get benefits from saying what we want to hear. In some cases they make a career out of it. This woman is a classic example. Let’s hear what she has to say when she’s 80, retired, and needs an operation.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +6

      The vast majority of Americans are patriotic. Most are just confused when it comes to politics because of the left wing dominance in media. Hence why many will vote in candidates that will do things that oppose the voters success.

    • @j.christie2594
      @j.christie2594 2 роки тому

      🤔 Humm, came here claim to find religious freedom. Only in a few generations, to Precede to Other peoples, religious freedom's away.
      Slave owner's wrote the "All men are created, Equal"! Need I say more, because I cold give a Chronology, of American misconceptions! Maybe, you aready know and are part of the "Blood Lust" that's the "Tradition of, Thanks Giving" for real. Not about Peace, but about success at, The Great Deception!

  • @ZombieLicorice
    @ZombieLicorice 2 роки тому +152

    Her painting is in the recent matrix sequel.... but we don't hold that against her

    • @VGFightSchool
      @VGFightSchool 2 роки тому +12

      The highlight of the entire movie.

    • @amarissimus29
      @amarissimus29 2 роки тому +5

      Beat me to it.

    • @ca6360
      @ca6360 Рік тому +1

      communism is socialism when all the incentive has been sucked out and you have to force people to do things

  • @LilyTheCat151
    @LilyTheCat151 2 роки тому +214

    Seems this is a very common thing among people who grew up within the Eastern Block and other communist countries. Not many have a good word to say about communism or socialism.

    • @rusty358
      @rusty358 2 роки тому

      That is why Putin is willing to kill them en masse!

    • @et34t34fdf
      @et34t34fdf 2 роки тому +2

      They somehow have many good things to say about Russia today though, just to "pwn the west".

    • @mary-gael7633
      @mary-gael7633 2 роки тому +7

      Communism and socialism are two very distinct things. All this conversation sounds very odd from a french perspective. Socialism includes liberalism. Not communism. Big big difference there.

    • @stefanswiss3760
      @stefanswiss3760 2 роки тому +10

      @@mary-gael7633 french Swiss here, it is true that socialism doesn't have the meaning of communism in France,
      No matter the brand today, true socialism / true capitalism / true nationalism have no meaning in France anymore anyway, our different political party will apply policies dictated by a corrupted european union and talk superficially about societal subjects.
      Even if the far right Le Pen or the Far left Melenchon had been voted in, the other powers : judges, medias, parlement, financiary institutions would have prevented any radical policy : proof of that see Italy, see Greece, we even had a french example in 1981 with Mitterand socialist that in front of those powers (that were much less potent back then) had to go 180 degres and within 2 years went for an economy driven policy betraying his voters.
      Too bad that one way those powers maintain their power is to make people dumb and unable to think, nowadays, with a major percentage of the population having lost education and somewhat of an understanding power, the majority of the votes will be swayed by marketing campains...
      No way to avoid our downfall I think

    • @helives2630
      @helives2630 2 роки тому +4

      @@stefanswiss3760 there is a way to avoid our downfall, regretfully, many reject it.
      * 'our downfall' - meaning western, capitalist, Judeo-Christian culture. The Arab/Asian (as in middle-eastern/asian region) influences coupled with the nature of man, greed, selfishness and lack of education is undermining us. It is creating an eddy at the edge of a great pool where many stagnate and languish in their misunderstandings of who they are. Not knowing what we were or what we are becoming. Identity has always been man's greatest concern, outside of survival, and here we are again, finding ourselves wondering who we are. All across the USA, men and women are confused and lost. Longing to return to the past of our remembrance or progress into the future, depending on which perspective you hold, because of the current discomfort. It's a shame no one will read this because it's a conversation we need to have.

  • @briansmith8730
    @briansmith8730 2 роки тому +120

    "I love America." I wish that more people had that sentiment.

    • @Stewbular
      @Stewbular 2 роки тому

      But does America love you?
      American history is dark & bloody
      The colorful PR brochure isn’t the actual territory

    • @briansmith8730
      @briansmith8730 2 роки тому +6

      @@Stewbular you tell me of a country WITHOUT a dark, bloody history. America is opportunity, as evidenced by the vast number of people trying to come through our southern border.

    • @Stewbular
      @Stewbular 2 роки тому

      @@briansmith8730
      “They all do it”
      Cute excuse but
      The USA ain’t one among many
      No other nation has toppled as many democratically elected governments to put in fascist puppet governments as the USA. The nations who were founded on genocide is a small club. Name a nation w over 800 military bases around the planet. Name another nation that has nuked innocent women & children or anyone for that matter. Learn the real history of the USA not the color travel brochure. Learn the actual terrain.

    • @ca6360
      @ca6360 2 роки тому +1

      ME TOO! Ultra MAGA🇺🇸

    • @zCaptainz
      @zCaptainz 2 роки тому

      not gonna happen a lot

  • @freesk8
    @freesk8 2 роки тому +166

    Good one. Rand is about creative freedom. Americans do not appreciate their freedom. This is one of the main reasons we risk losing our freedom. It often takes an outside perspective. Thanks.

    • @CRASS2047
      @CRASS2047 2 роки тому

      At least half of Americans appreciate our freedom. If democrats have their way, those freedoms will all be gone.

    • @freesk8
      @freesk8 2 роки тому

      @@CRASS2047 And if Republicans have their way, the OTHER half of those freedoms will be gone.

    • @CRASS2047
      @CRASS2047 2 роки тому

      @@freesk8 name one. Conservative = conservation of freedom. I hope you’re not talking about abortion. Abortion is not a right guaranteed in the constitution. If Roe vs Wade is overturned, don’t worry. Anyone living in a democrat state will still be able to get abortions. It should be decided by the states, not federally. It WILL NOT BAN ABORTION. It will simply return the choice back to the states. I’m guessing you live in a blue state so you’ll still be able to.
      Edit….this was in reply to a ridiculous comment. Apparently they deleted it

    • @aom9082
      @aom9082 2 роки тому +4

      Please do not lump me into your narrow idea.I am an AMERICAN and I absolutely LOVED my Freedoms. I have fought to keep them, and I will continue to fight to keep my Freedoms.

    • @fazole
      @fazole 2 роки тому +4

      In that interview she did with Mike Wallace, she claimed she didn't understand brotherly love. That's a symbol of psychopathy, imo. She also has this weird aversion to altruism; unable to understand why anybody would be an altruist by choice. This is why I cannot support her pov.

  • @Johnny5477
    @Johnny5477 2 роки тому +95

    She’s very talented and very charming. Good for her. Hope she gets to launch.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther 2 роки тому +2

      Nice looking gal too

  • @CMZneu
    @CMZneu 2 роки тому +42

    5:00 It was not painted by a machine, the robot is no less of a tool that she used to paint something than her paintbrush is.

    • @midi510
      @midi510 2 роки тому +12

      I was thinking it's like using a tablet and stylus in Photoshop.

    • @aronsingletary
      @aronsingletary 2 роки тому +2

      Oh good, I am sure that the artist is very happy that you explained what they are actually doing instead of what they say is happening.

  • @chillkidalso5371
    @chillkidalso5371 2 роки тому +29

    How crazy would it be if the robots of the future despised her work for the imperfections of impressionist style?

  • @Jack-Pi8ni
    @Jack-Pi8ni 2 роки тому +116

    Looking into an ideology through a book and an external lens from the comfort of the West is just not the same as living it. To really get it, go and live in North Korea for a few years. Love the robot narrative…

    • @ttarantulas4u258
      @ttarantulas4u258 2 роки тому

      it's here in the usa. nazi dem party

    • @robh3007
      @robh3007 2 роки тому +8

      In other words, communism and socialism are like a nude beach. It SOUNDS like a great idea and all... ...until you get there.

    • @aramaswa4
      @aramaswa4 2 роки тому +2

      True. More than 70 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Also one of the worst performing nations during the pandemic. Also had life expectancy decline prior to the pandemic.

    • @lasagnasux4934
      @lasagnasux4934 2 роки тому

      And they always give the dumbest argument: "it wasn't true socialism. Stalin was actually right wing politically" which is complete lies. Not only was Stalin a true communism, but Italy has true fascism, which is another form of socialism.

    • @paulabaird9349
      @paulabaird9349 2 роки тому +2

      @@aramaswa4 Yep. The affects of allowing capitalism to overwhelm what is supposed to be a democratic Republic. Greed has created imbalance between the branches of government and its citizenry. Capitalism need not be so destructive. Unchecked it's disastrous.

  • @wakkawagga443
    @wakkawagga443 2 роки тому +15

    I watch remy‘s mtg skits and tgat brought me to this channel and hell is tgat far outside of my social bubble. It‘s fascinating to see views that are so far opposed your own.
    Social media is really doing an awesome job dividing people into groups and bringing them to extremes to the point when you stumble into another bubble you clearly dont understand anyone in that bubble and probably get shunned by everyone in said bubble instead of finding at least some common ground.

  • @mandi4820
    @mandi4820 2 роки тому +109

    They don't *think* it's a good idea
    Thinking is following the facts wherever they may lead, even if they offend you
    What they're doing is ignoring the facts and sticking to whatever makes them feel good

    • @BrewsterMcBrewster
      @BrewsterMcBrewster 2 роки тому +2

      Well said!

    • @f.d.6667
      @f.d.6667 2 роки тому +5

      One of the most precise descriptions of the mounting influence of non-thinkers in our society!

    • @SiFiFreak
      @SiFiFreak 2 роки тому +6

      I think you have it wrong.
      Socialism is a great "idea."
      But only that.
      It's terrible in practice.

    • @mandi4820
      @mandi4820 2 роки тому +3

      @@SiFiFreak What qualifies an idea as great?
      An idea is a recipe for action, if the action has undesirable consequences, especially after numerous attempts, it's a bad idea

    • @mandi4820
      @mandi4820 2 роки тому

      @mr oko
      After those failed attempts you can either acknowledge that the idea is a failure or keep telling yourself that it wasn't done right, sound familiar?

  • @dariusgross6204
    @dariusgross6204 2 роки тому +16

    Technology is a thrill ride but the thrill wears off almost immediately. Smart TVs and robot dogs and 5G -- do these things really impress us anymore? Do they make our lives better? What's it all for, anyway? Are we structuring our entire economy, entire lifetimes of research, of tinkering, to produce a fleeting "wow" in someone who is desensitized to it moments later?

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan 2 роки тому +4

      Darius Gross, it just makes our lives easier and frees us from time-consuming labour. I mean imagine washing your dishes every day by hand, or washing your clothes by hand, or having to walk long distances instead of drive.

    • @sockpastarock7082
      @sockpastarock7082 2 роки тому +2

      "Do they make our lives better?" Yes.

    • @necrosteel5013
      @necrosteel5013 2 роки тому

      The caves are that way

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @brackcarmony6385
      @brackcarmony6385 2 роки тому +1

      Some do and some don't, and most of them don't make our lives directly easier, but do by proxy. I might not get a lot of utility of an industrial mixer that can maintain a consistent churn, but I benefit from the ice cream it can produce. Or the increased production capacity allowing for more and more people to not work directly in the food industry.
      The thrill of technology will fade, but the gratitude for it can linger if one lets it.

  • @TheWtfnonamez
    @TheWtfnonamez 2 роки тому +94

    No system is perfect, but at least in capitalism there is a way out from the corruption. In socialists states all you can do is try and game the system of benefits and payments. Any attempt to rise above the status quo is met with sanctions, taxes or political punishment. To do well in socialist countries you need to be related or friends with powerful political figures, so you can enjoy the corruption.

    • @rjc_2001
      @rjc_2001 2 роки тому +15

      If americans want to understand socialism they need to either go live in it or listen to those who escaped it.

    • @wylelias
      @wylelias 2 роки тому +2

      I guess the movie slum dog millionaire was in socialist country?

    • @robmule4647
      @robmule4647 2 роки тому

      You just described the current system in the west, it's called 'Crony Capitalism'. Capitalism doesn't exist unfortunately

    • @ShomoGoldburgler
      @ShomoGoldburgler 2 роки тому +3

      Same story in Canada. You become a politician or a bureaucrat to get ahead.

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 2 роки тому

      There's a way out from corruption??? Capitalism and corruption go hand in hand, just like every other economic system.
      Who can vote out the "free market" a-holes who got us 30 trillion in debt (and counting) by cutting taxes, continually bailing out the stock market, subsidizing massive corporations, and waging for-profit wars of choice? When nearly all of our representatives are capitalists, support capitalism, depend on capitalists for election (and own tons of stock!), where on Earth do you see a "way out"
      I think you're confusing democracy with capitalism. There IS a way out from democracy, and authoritarian-loving capitalists are hard at work on that

  • @robertkroberjr.157
    @robertkroberjr.157 2 роки тому +60

    That "dog" is terrifying! Imagine that thing breaking into your house! Armed! 💀

    • @HarvardBob
      @HarvardBob 2 роки тому +14

      Checkout the Black Mirror episode “Metal Head”. The mechanical tracker dog was patterned off the Boston Robotics one. Truly terrifying.

    • @RezaQin
      @RezaQin 2 роки тому +9

      Green tips and anything higher than a 7.62x39 should put that thing down no problem.

    • @Henry-ij7rd
      @Henry-ij7rd 2 роки тому +5

      Imagine it breaking into your 🏠 on 🔥 and carrying you to safety. Either scenario is plausible.

    • @darylSKYTZOwillis
      @darylSKYTZOwillis 2 роки тому +3

      Just imagine that you’re robo-spot is armed and trained to protect you 🤔

    • @HarvardBob
      @HarvardBob 2 роки тому +6

      @@darylSKYTZOwillis According to the tge director of the “Metalhead” episode, they had filmed a segment (but cut) of the dog being remotely managed by a man on the other side of the world. When the dog takes a break because the woman is up a tree, the man takes a timeout as well to give his children a bath. It was decided thus was “too on the nose”, and so was cut. I think it defines very clearly “man’s inhumanity to man”. This is particularly true when technology is involved. By removing the direct confrontation of one human facing another, and the anonymity of remotely inflicting pain the consequences and moral meaning is diminished. This to a lesser degree is what is wrong with social media.

  • @mmartens3
    @mmartens3 2 роки тому +62

    I think she’s just smart at marketing her artwork. She knows her target clients.

    • @f.d.6667
      @f.d.6667 2 роки тому +12

      100% agree. *This is "art" by market analysis:* recognizable subject + absence of a distinctive message + popular color scheme + "artsy" medium = maximum marketability. (I teach at an Art College in EUC & have a background in marketing)

    • @sockpastarock7082
      @sockpastarock7082 2 роки тому +4

      @@f.d.6667 It's art.

    • @bustamoveorelse
      @bustamoveorelse 2 роки тому

      You don't need the socialism spiel to market it though.
      Also I'd imagine most art enthusiasts are liberals

    • @mistersoft1
      @mistersoft1 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly. Pretty sure she would prefer a free at the point if need healthcare system in the U.S. like there is in much of Europe if only it were on offer . .
      .The U.S. has a LOT of evolving left to do before it’s an adult and fair(ish) society.

    • @shrimpkins
      @shrimpkins 2 роки тому +6

      I guess it's art, but not something I would put on my wall. Unfortunately themes seem to matter much more in the art market [which represents the spectrum of the art world as well as America's Got Talent represents all of music] than technical skill. What I consider art makes me think "I could NEVER make that" not "I could make a painting like that in a 3-day weekend." Also, while I agree about socialism, I'm not quite sure that Terminator-reminiscent robots will free us from menial labor. I don't think that's the sales pitch of Boston Dynamics to prospective customers, like members of Saudi royal families needing protection from their own citizens.

  • @hjpapow
    @hjpapow 2 роки тому +11

    I didn't realize that being patriotic means pretending that our particular "ism" doesn't come with it's own set of parameters and that we aren't *already* living in a late-stage Capitalist dystopia.

    • @ed7519
      @ed7519 2 роки тому +1

      @♜ 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐧ed by ReasonTV reported spam bot!

    • @ed7519
      @ed7519 2 роки тому +1

      Thankfully we live run on capitalism.

    • @hjpapow
      @hjpapow 2 роки тому +2

      @@ed7519 I'm not quite sure what you mean. But, I think maybe I agree with you, at least to a point.
      I don't hate capitalism, but I'm finding that living through an apocalypse really sucks; knowing that it's all, at worst, designed and at best, exploited solely for the short-term comforts of a relatively few human beings, makes it morally obscene. Capitalism is a tool for humans to use like any other, unfettered capitalism is a campfire left smouldering in field of dry grass.

    • @hjpapow
      @hjpapow 2 роки тому

      @@ed7519 *I also reported the bot

  • @TheLukeStein
    @TheLukeStein 2 роки тому +3

    Biggest thing I'm learning through through the comments: Thing bad, is socialism. Thing good, is capitalism.

  • @bigfutus
    @bigfutus 2 роки тому +13

    They don't have "lived experience" of socialism, so yeah, grass is greener on the other side

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому +2

      nobody has had a lived experience of socialism in 100 years since utopianism died out

  • @LizRealGirlBeauty
    @LizRealGirlBeauty 2 роки тому +76

    A former friend isn't spouting socialism, she has been loudly calling for full-blown communism. The irony is that her family is supported by her musician husband, and she doesn't understand that there's no place for him to perform and teach in her dream world of communism.

    • @Saint_Wolf_
      @Saint_Wolf_ 2 роки тому +2

      No way! A rich, well fed communist! No! Never!

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому +4

      how is there no place for them to perform? Communism is all about freedom

    • @Saint_Wolf_
      @Saint_Wolf_ 2 роки тому +29

      @@lol-dm8wx No, communism is about you serving your overlord and starving.

    • @Saint_Wolf_
      @Saint_Wolf_ 2 роки тому +14

      @Brian Z it make half sense? There will be place for a teacher, for a music performer? There won't be any place unless he's a party shill.

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому +7

      @@Saint_Wolf_ have you ever read socialism: utopian and scientific, or the communist manifesto?

  • @redkatana7450
    @redkatana7450 2 роки тому +22

    I'm exactly like her, left a communist country to come to America, we know what a collectivist regime is like, we know what authoritarianism is like, that's why we say "We love America."

    • @dodgro8342
      @dodgro8342 2 роки тому +1

      What kind of authoritarianism exactly did you experience, pray tell. Sanatoriums, affordable housing, kindergartens, schools and hospitals in every micro district etc? And there has been only one communist country - the USSR, the rest were buffer states, including the GDR.

    • @redkatana7450
      @redkatana7450 2 роки тому

      @@dodgro8342 lol I don’t need to prove anything to a nobody on the internet. You either believe or you don’t. Socialist apologists are some of the dumbest people today, it’s a waste of oxygen to try to convince them otherwise. The evidence are there for all to see. Kim Jong-un would welcome your visit.

  • @pasadenapossum8054
    @pasadenapossum8054 2 роки тому +46

    The only reason a lot of people think hard manual labor is soul crushing is because a bunch of nerds who run universities decided to sell the idea of success and meaning being linked to higher education. People who think like that should go build something with their bare hands.

    • @jacoby6000
      @jacoby6000 2 роки тому +9

      No. It's because it doesn't pay well enough to support a family. Ask any person who works hard manual labor

    • @cjpenning
      @cjpenning 2 роки тому +3

      I was going to state something similar. The use of the phrase "soul crushing labor" says a lot about those who speak it.

    • @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty
      @valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty 2 роки тому +5

      Forgot to add the soul crushing student loans.

    • @aaroncutting
      @aaroncutting 2 роки тому +9

      @@jacoby6000 some of the best paid people I work with are Ironworkers and carpenters.. you are horribly misinformed.

    • @divinecomedian2
      @divinecomedian2 2 роки тому +5

      @@jacoby6000 I know plenty of people who do and they're able to raise their family just fine. Maybe they can't all have the latest iphones is what you meant.

  • @SirBlackReeds
    @SirBlackReeds 2 роки тому +18

    Oh, I hope Agnieszka Pilat puts that on her resume. "My artwork was featured in Matrix 4." What does she think of Elon Musk's transhumanist ambitions anyway? She can venerate the machines all she wants, those paintings will always evoke a sense of dread.

    • @shadowbannedaccont9479
      @shadowbannedaccont9479 2 роки тому

      They only make dread in those willing to think logically about what kind of future these machines and the ruling class will create.

    • @TruffleSeeker54
      @TruffleSeeker54 2 роки тому +7

      The fear of machines and robots is an unreasonable fear. Machines are built for the betterment of human lives. Occasionally jobs will be lost because of machines, but we shouldn't try to hold back progress from enriching everyone's lives.
      My boyfriend is a chef, and at one point he felt threatened by an expensive cooking machine, you just push a button and it can cook from hundreds of recipes. But I feel that a machine like that could help people with disabilities, like my mom who has a visual impairment and can't read. I'm not sure why I should be afraid of a machine like that.

    • @suzygirl1843
      @suzygirl1843 2 роки тому +7

      @@TruffleSeeker54 But who owns the machines????

    • @imarothschild7504
      @imarothschild7504 2 роки тому +5

      @@TruffleSeeker54 "Machines are built for the betterment of human lives." More like, machines are built for the betterment of THEIR CREATORS' LIVES and also, other peoples' lives, in other cases. We already have autonomous killing machines. Whose benefit are those for? I am not a luddite, or anything, but machines and AI need to be handled with great care. (By "machines" in this context, I mean autonomous and semi-autonomous machines, navigating our spaces, sometimes called robots. Not a drill press machine, or a machine that cooks food, like a bread-maker.)

    • @clou09
      @clou09 2 роки тому

      For me, machines as a tool will liberate humanity as a whole to do things better and go beyond as long as there no controlling party monopolizing said technology.

  • @TheyCalledMeT
    @TheyCalledMeT 2 роки тому +16

    it seems like every one either finds it a bad idea the first place or must experience it failing first hand before admitting it doesn't work ..

    • @thehatter9400
      @thehatter9400 2 роки тому +3

      Then you have the ones who scream "that wasn't real socialism! Real socialism hasn't been done yet!!"

    • @TheyCalledMeT
      @TheyCalledMeT 2 роки тому

      @@thehatter9400 ofc! where would we be when the radical activists of our time would genuinely admitt mistakes and learn .. right .. void of radical activists ..

    • @dodgro8342
      @dodgro8342 2 роки тому

      what exactly didn´t work in the USSR? product deficit in the 80s was the result of intentional sabotage.

    • @TheyCalledMeT
      @TheyCalledMeT 2 роки тому

      @@dodgro8342 yes and the 7milion starved ukranians in the holodomor was a sign flaw in a government document

  • @ryanlemmers5300
    @ryanlemmers5300 2 роки тому +3

    “What did you like about San Francisco?”
    - “The weather…”

    • @ScrappyXFL
      @ScrappyXFL 2 роки тому +1

      Glad she didn't say "the stench of poo" lol

  • @mixwellusa
    @mixwellusa 2 роки тому +4

    If she doesn't like communists, I wouldn't recommend she wears Feiyue sneakers.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 роки тому

      You sound like a gay guy talking to a lesbian.

  • @stacypastry2440
    @stacypastry2440 2 роки тому +4

    Fantastic to hear from an artist that has differing views from the artistic majority. I hope she enjoys Texas as much as we Texans. ♥️

  • @TK4541
    @TK4541 2 роки тому +8

    I kinda want to see this artist's interpretation of the 1/1 scaled giant robot statues in Japan.

  • @darrenstettner5381
    @darrenstettner5381 2 роки тому +42

    I normally think artists are morons full of lame cliche concepts. This chick seems very cool though. I love her ideas. They reflect so many of my own beliefs.

    • @f.d.6667
      @f.d.6667 2 роки тому +4

      The problem lies within the definition of "art": while in EUC, the meaning of art is very clearly differentiated from design, "applied" arts, the crafts and trades, as well as from philosophy and engineering, the use of the word "art" in the Anglo-Saxon world encompasses a broad spectrum from noodles glued to scraps of paper, a craft executed on a high skill level to Michelangelo's sculptures. ALL the lame cliché concepts are covered by this definition. However, if you applied the more strict definition of art, you should be able to discover more interesting people with interesting ideas... And another benefit of the strict definition is that anything that contains a cliché can't be art.

    • @piouswhale
      @piouswhale 2 роки тому +3

      Youll find many artists that actually posess talent tend to be more libertarian in nature. Actually tech ceos and innovaters tend to also be this way. Musk, Dorsey (though he caves to wokism thanks to TDS), Ramaswamy (sorry if I mispelled his name)

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 роки тому +2

      Most claimed artists are no artists they are frauds who would not have made it 200 years ago.

    • @paulabaird9349
      @paulabaird9349 2 роки тому +1

      I guess you haven't met many artists. Like in every group there is a mix bag. A mirror is supposed to make you reflect, not become narrow.

    • @darrenstettner5381
      @darrenstettner5381 2 роки тому +1

      @@paulabaird9349 I’ve met lots of people who claim to be artists. I’ve also seen lots of stuff purported to be art. I agree it’s a mixed bag. That was kinda my point about this lady having cool ideas while I think most artists are doofus fools making trash.

  • @OneWildTurkey
    @OneWildTurkey 2 роки тому +6

    Art, like beauty, is indeed in the eye of the beholder. So many immigrants believe themselves to be patriotic yet desire foundational changes. Sometimes without even realizing it. Nice to see that some might not be the same.

  • @johnburn872
    @johnburn872 2 роки тому +6

    Great editing as always. Intro was dope

  • @sakaue
    @sakaue 2 роки тому +18

    dude i actually like that art, first time ive found new art i like in a couple of years

  • @SEMworno
    @SEMworno 2 роки тому +10

    "...they worship the created thing, rather than the creator"

    • @kitten-whisperer
      @kitten-whisperer 2 роки тому +1

      Why would religion matter at all? Why is only your religion the correct one? I'm assuming you're a Christian and if you are, other secs of Christianity don't agree with each other. There are a ridiculous amount of other religions besides yours and yet you still some how believe God is real and YOU are correct while everyone else is wrong. It's so wild.

    • @Gwebb74
      @Gwebb74 2 роки тому

      @@kitten-whisperer chill.
      religion collectively explains the human experience, for example: you can’t scientifically prove morals such as murder being bad are truths. So to say religion doesn’t matter denies several thousand years of human and your personal experiences.
      People wonder about things greater than them, even many people who claim to be atheist act as though the “Universe” is some living being that has this metaphysical power.

    • @Gwebb74
      @Gwebb74 2 роки тому

      @@kitten-whisperer just to add, not every religion has a God and correct me if I’m wrong but Buddhism doesn’t

    • @kitten-whisperer
      @kitten-whisperer 2 роки тому

      @@Gwebb74 What you said has literally NOTHING to do with my original comment. You might as well of have commented "grass is green" it would be just as pointless.

  • @anthonywilliams7052
    @anthonywilliams7052 2 роки тому +27

    We need people like her talking in schools to teach kids what it's really like.

  • @heartsky
    @heartsky 2 роки тому +6

    Currently pushed Marxism and communism the same, pushed by book geeks who have never actually talked to anyone who's lived in those systems.

  • @imperialofficer6185
    @imperialofficer6185 2 роки тому +3

    "Heroic portraits of machines" - tell me your favorite author is Ayn Rand without telling me your favorite author is Ayn Rand

  • @rbi1776
    @rbi1776 2 роки тому +2

    What they don't understand is in the past people did hard work to make them feel better about themselves.

  • @cdzlink7115
    @cdzlink7115 2 роки тому +23

    I don't remember the exact moment when I realized that the majority of the US wanted some kind of socialism and that the elite of that movement really wanted communism. It was quite a depressing realization.

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому +1

      yes, those weathy elites are good people since they are going against the collective class interest of the bourgeoisie which is the status quo

    • @PhycoKrusk
      @PhycoKrusk 2 роки тому +4

      It isn't that they want socialism or communism specifically; they want authoritarianism because of the inherent efficiency. Taking a look at West Taiwan, things they can move very quickly; the government says "Do this," and it is done.
      They lean on socialism and communism as their path forward because the popular consciousness is that those things stand in opposition to capitalism (which is not totally correct), so they hype them up to align those ideologies with counterculture in order to make them cool; that being a socialist or a communist means you stand in opposition to the atrocities of imperialism and capitalism. If they actually get their way, you would see most of the aspects of the socialist or communist system they create disappear within a matter of years because those things would ultimately be just like the freedom of choice that comes from a properly liberal republic; inconvenient obstacles to their goals and designs.

    • @cdzlink7115
      @cdzlink7115 2 роки тому +3

      @@PhycoKrusk Correct. The original 'Communists' in Russia were some of the first to be wiped out for the more militaristic/tyranical state.

    • @mikeandersson7962
      @mikeandersson7962 2 роки тому +1

      This propaganda about how bad socialism or communism is bad is full of lies. First its not about what ideology/system works better, the question is what kind of people run the country and system. This lady questions the system that based on her experience, so as many people who had lived in that dictatorship of communism. If u ask american homeless people, they will hope more socialistic program system.

    • @Stewbular
      @Stewbular 2 роки тому +3

      The majority? I’d have to see your numbers. The socialism we have now is called crony capitalism
      We live in an oligarchy

  • @ronpitcher138
    @ronpitcher138 2 роки тому

    Cool art and great perspective! Nice change of pace from the regular guest.

  • @lowkeylowkey1000
    @lowkeylowkey1000 2 роки тому +6

    I like the title. What I find funny is how many socialist functions have existed in the USA for many years. Without paying much attention do most people take such things for granted. Then some one gets upset over hearing the word and has a lapse of sanity when the thing they claim to hate is paying their mortgage or rent lol

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 роки тому +2

      Privatize that shit.

    • @joeld.k.7652
      @joeld.k.7652 2 роки тому +3

      All of those functions can be localised and privatized for better results.

    • @lowkeylowkey1000
      @lowkeylowkey1000 2 роки тому +1

      @@joeld.k.7652 No, they can't. That is why the functions happen to fall into the category of socialism. Like, helping people. Literally being social and kind to benefit others without an expectation of a return.
      If any of it were privatized, it is for greed and personal gain. Which is harmful to people that are in a critical state. Such as poor health or being homeless to name a few.

    • @Mintstar_Oceanpop
      @Mintstar_Oceanpop Рік тому

      Our family grumbles about those programs/functions every tax season. On some level taxation is theft enforced at the point of a gun.

    • @lowkeylowkey1000
      @lowkeylowkey1000 Рік тому

      @@Mintstar_Oceanpop Large groups of people would collapse under the weight of all the negative behaviors, if an economy did not exist. As appealing as it would be to have people do whatever they wanted, it also leads to a defacto slavery. You would not have a primary motivator to get most people to behave civil. An unbalance of labor and reward. The system fails many as it is now, but it also allows people a wide birth of freedom.
      I think what you are unhappy with, is more likely the lack of representation, regarding how the money is spent. That is due to corruption in governance, not so much an inherent problem with taxation.

  • @z0uLess
    @z0uLess 2 роки тому +1

    She grew up with a dad that built his wealth on business, so obviously this is what she believes in.

  • @timberrr1126
    @timberrr1126 2 роки тому +3

    Dehumanizing art, a communist art.

  • @churblefurbles
    @churblefurbles 2 роки тому +1

    Why wouldn't you, unqualified democracy is the separation of rights from responsibilities.

  • @stevenwilliams1805
    @stevenwilliams1805 2 роки тому +3

    What a delightful young woman. That's a strange thing to say considering I am also a child of the 70s.

  • @brett84c
    @brett84c 2 роки тому +2

    The problem with socialism and communism is there's no personal sacrifice or cost involved. It's essentially being generous with everyone else's money. I don't like that it operates on the premise of "well, if it fails, we all fail together" which seems like a very irresponsible thing to do, especially if the end-goal of society is to survive or continue the existence of our species. Personally, I think we are way too comfortable in modern society and thus, all the people that strongly push socialism haven't the slightest clue what that means in the longterm and how just about everything they currently love will cease to exist in that kind of economic system.

  • @Atombender
    @Atombender 2 роки тому +5

    "Life under communism" there was no communism in Poland back then, only authoritarianism.

    • @dodgro8342
      @dodgro8342 2 роки тому

      it was basically a buffer state.

    • @chungusmaximus526
      @chungusmaximus526 2 роки тому

      It's people like you who invalidate other people's history by denying that it was communism or socialism who are causing damage to this great Western civilization. Think hard about what kind of future you want for your country, because you might not have the place you thought you would have in it.

  • @stylinstu
    @stylinstu 2 роки тому +6

    Enjoyed the interview of this very talented lady. She knows how to market herself and her target audience. She picked a very affluent city to immigrate too. San Fran is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. I wonder what she would have said if she landed in Newark,NJ, first. She's the type that would rise to the top in any system.

    • @dodgro8342
      @dodgro8342 2 роки тому

      no, under socialism, we would make her paint walls in toilets.

  • @walterguan5036
    @walterguan5036 2 роки тому +34

    Grass is greener on the other side, it's a good summary of the human psyche. Instead of exclusively focus on how bad communism or socialisms are, maybe more attention should be shed on the current condition where corporatism dominates. How far we have fallen from free market.

    • @Nikwunu
      @Nikwunu 2 роки тому

      it's ironic since she works for oligarchs of the great satan. the free market or capitalism don't even exist anymore.

    • @homewall744
      @homewall744 2 роки тому

      The modern world now calls liberty free-dumb, so the collapse and/or revolution is well primed now.

    • @anteeko
      @anteeko 2 роки тому +5

      "Instead of exclusively focus on how bad communism or socialisms are, maybe more attention should be shed on the current condition where corporatism dominates." the reasons communism/socialism is bad are the same reason corporation dominate today: government intervention and influence.

    • @Fontainebleauify
      @Fontainebleauify 2 роки тому

      Corporatism dominates? Evidence not of corporatism but that it dominates? I invest money for a living... not seeing it... ofc there are examples but dominates is a strong word especially juxtaposed to it strengthening relative to socialism in the usa.

    • @user-wl2xl5hm7k
      @user-wl2xl5hm7k 2 роки тому

      _Excellent_ point. We should highlight how pro-fascist and anti free market our society has become worldwide.

  • @shamanahaboolist
    @shamanahaboolist 2 роки тому +2

    Of course socialism is a good idea. Only an idiot thinks everything should be left to private enterprise.

  • @fademasterfade227
    @fademasterfade227 2 роки тому +7

    We need more people like her.

    • @paulabaird9349
      @paulabaird9349 2 роки тому +1

      We need people who will question what has been so we all consider what would be better.

  • @automatemefirst
    @automatemefirst 2 роки тому

    Fascinating interview. I will share with as many people as I can.

  • @crusty7208
    @crusty7208 2 роки тому +10

    I am a new immigrant to the US and I can tell you, I love this country to its philosophical core!!! I love its individualist values and I am so sad that such a large portion of its population don’t know how truly deeply and thoroughly lucky they are to live at this time in this country. I am also aware of how much it is in peril from the dark forces of envy and mediocrity that is driving its the lurch to edge of the socialist precipice she just described!!!

    • @BigAssNigga311
      @BigAssNigga311 2 роки тому

      Yeah you're a new immigrant, which means stop trying to act like you know this land better than Americans who have been here a long time. 3rd world immigrants shouldnt even be allowed here.

    • @jackreacher4297
      @jackreacher4297 2 роки тому

      The socialist are on the left

    • @dodgro8342
      @dodgro8342 2 роки тому

      individualistic values? like 1% of parasites and their servants living off of everyone else´s labour? individualistic values under the conditions of fully socialized production (when every producer and worker depends on the other) is basically schizophrenia.

  • @DJTourniquet
    @DJTourniquet 2 роки тому +1

    She is awesome, great piece. Loving this channel, keep it up.

  • @custos3249
    @custos3249 2 роки тому +7

    Oh, someone who likes Ayn Rand. This is going to be very intellectual with no sociopathic contradiction.

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому +1

      That is why she uses her Polish accent to lend credibility to her fake humanism. After all, the artist Andy Warhol made money from rich fools by labelling as Art ugly silk-screen portraits, for people with blank walls to cover.

    • @custos3249
      @custos3249 2 роки тому

      @@marianotorrespico2975 No, you don't understand. Through the very important skill of putting colors on paper, she's earned her place among the -bourgeoisie- Randian pantheon of heroes. I mean, com'mon. She lived through communism, which means all the people suffering and dying under capitalism through similar and same modes of corruption are ok.

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому

      @@custos3249 --- ONE SIZE FITS EVEYRONE? | Sure. Just because Socialism and Communism "did not work" in Poland, does not mean that Socialism and Communism will not work in the U.S.; two different societies with different values and purposes, not equivalents, so her anti-Communist argument applies only to Poland.

    • @custos3249
      @custos3249 2 роки тому

      @@marianotorrespico2975 I would take some issue with that. It comes down to people, not unequivocal uniqueness of region or culture. Everything can be corrupted, wherever it is. And yet, many, many European nations seem to get along quite well with blended systems with aspects of capitalism and (scary music plays) socialism. Specifically looking at Finland, while they're not a "capital S" Socialist nation, they have many public run aspects to their economy, yet they haven't crumbled as the her fearmongering would imply. Probably largely due to the US not fucking with their political systems due to a lack of business interests and proximity to Russia, but enough about South America and the US propping up dictators.

  • @TheRustyLM
    @TheRustyLM 2 роки тому +1

    Gorgeous!!!

  • @aphilipdent
    @aphilipdent 2 роки тому +3

    They hear or are taught the theories & concepts but ignore the abuses in the past.
    Those that teach it ignore the past thinking that it just needs the right leadership.
    Capitalisms has its faults too. Basically greed has to be kept in check.

  • @mikemurrill01
    @mikemurrill01 2 роки тому +1

    Cześć! Space-loving Polish tech artist? She's a dream girl! ❤️❤️

  • @TurdFerguson101
    @TurdFerguson101 2 роки тому +4

    I find it interesting, that the practice of the police in Poland, of taking people out into the countryside, and dropping them off, making them walk back to town, is exactly what the police in Ottawa did to protesters last winter during the "Freedom Convoy 2022".

  • @pablorages1241
    @pablorages1241 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder if her paintings would be as popular if she wasn't as good looking as she is ?

  • @abdelhak50
    @abdelhak50 2 роки тому +6

    Just FYI: socialism that’s in Scandinavian countries and what Bernie Sanders is talking about isn’t the same as what she’s talking about, as much as the media wants you to believe

    • @russellsacks3854
      @russellsacks3854 2 роки тому +7

      Scandinavia doesn't have socialism, they have capitalism. They have a more free market (more capitalistic) than the USA does. Nations are ranked based on how free their markets are and we do indeed trail them. Some people in America call it "socialism" because they have a more generous benefit system than America but that is not what socialism is. They have as much wealth as they do in order to be so generous because they have such open capitalism. If America were to increase the benefits (free education and Healthcare, etc.) and charge poor people and middle class people far more in taxes then we would be like them but we would also have to open the economy up more (be more capitalistic) by removing regulations and lowering corporate tax rates. In America the poor don't get as much as the poor in Scandinavian nations but the poor pay $0 in taxes in America. In America you can have a family of 4 and make $80,000 a year and pay almost nothing in taxes while getting free K-12 education and subsidized college education as well as subsidized Healthcare and you decide how to spend most of your money. In Scandinavian nations at that income level you would pay about 50% of your middle class income in taxes but then college would be free and Healthcare would be free instead of subsidized and you would have far less control of your money and those not going to college would subsidize those that do, just as healthy people would subsidize those that don't take care of their health. For some this model works better and for some it doesn't work better but I'm sure most Americans would freak out about paying so much in taxes and those that love regulations would freak if our nation were to become more capitalistic.
      It is funny that what we call socialism is actually more capitalism but higher taxes and benefits. BTW, Bernie Sanders bothered Scandinavians with his socialist claims and was told to stop saying that because they are lies and they don't want to lose tourists who fear being in a socialist state. Words are whatever we make them out to be and a small minority of people now call a system that combines really open and a free market economy with high taxes as being "socialist" and perhaps in the future the great majority of people will define socialism in such a way but just understand that there are also people that define socialism as socialism has been defined for 100+ years that would like us to believe they actually mean this new kind of socialism (compassionate capitalism with high taxes, more benefits, and a greater safety net) in order to gain power and then we get old school actual socialism yet again so it would be nice if people stopped using terms like capitalism and socialism and rather described what they wanted in practice.
      Bernie says he wants so-called Scandinavian socialism but most far left guys like Bernie don't actually want such high taxes on the poor and middle class or such an open and free market so they focus on what the people in those nations get and not what they pay for it (high taxes) or allow (free markets) in order to pay for it and that tells me that either they are dumb and actually believe those places are socialistic or they know those places are capitalistic and have far less regulations than we do but they lie because that sounds far better than the nearly 100 million dead (mostly from starvation) due to actual socialism of the 20th century.

    • @mykalkelley8315
      @mykalkelley8315 2 роки тому +3

      Scandinavian countries aren't socialist

    • @Dan16673
      @Dan16673 2 роки тому +1

      I see you have no friends there nor have traveled. No even remotely close to socialism

    • @abdelhak50
      @abdelhak50 2 роки тому

      I didn’t say they are socialists I said they have socialism. That’s why they have the best standards of living, free education, free healthcare, social housing, unemployment benefits…

    • @russellsacks3854
      @russellsacks3854 2 роки тому +3

      @@abdelhak50 The things you list are not components of socialism. It makes it clear you don't know what socialism is. The means of production are not owned collectively by the people nor by the government so it isn't so-called true socialism or the actual socialism that has been experienced around the world. They have a market economy. They are capitalist. Their economy is more open and more capitalist than America so you have to ask yourself; do you consider America to be capitalist? If you do then you have to come to the hard realization that Sweden and other Scandinavian nations are actually more capitalist than America is. At one point Sweden did turn towards being more socialist and taking certain industries under government control and it failed miserably (as socialism tends to do) so they changed course and privatized those industries and things got much better once again and that prosperity allows them to be generous with their benefits. Perhaps you and Bernie should study up on the history of these Scandinavian nations to learn about their actual experiences with socialism and capitalism. You should be able to just start with the 1960's and see both the worst of socialism and the best of capitalism over the last 60 years in those nations.

  • @Gigachad-mc5qz
    @Gigachad-mc5qz 2 роки тому +1

    Its definetely better than whatever america has. Its as close to feudalism as you can get without calling it feudalism

  • @gallowsgradient
    @gallowsgradient 2 роки тому +4

    I'm not sure I've ever seen a person less aware or the irony they're participating in.

  • @psikeyhackr6914
    @psikeyhackr6914 2 роки тому

    It is so curious that neither capitalists nor socialists advocate mandatory accounting in the schools. Double entry accounting is 700 years old.
    Adam Smith used the word education EIGHTY TIMES in Wealth of Nations. He said, "read, write and account" not "read, write and arithmetic".

  • @andremodesto
    @andremodesto 2 роки тому +3

    This woman is a treasure. She must be protected at all costs

  • @iceshakle
    @iceshakle 2 роки тому +1

    I understand this woman.

  • @shaminoranger8588
    @shaminoranger8588 2 роки тому +3

    What if the robots don't love us?

  • @ClyDIley
    @ClyDIley Рік тому

    What a charming soul.

  • @user-wl2xl5hm7k
    @user-wl2xl5hm7k 2 роки тому +20

    Hahaha the issue always is and has been how people on the left and right define “socialism” and “capitalism” _very_ differently: so that they actually aren’t even having the same debate. Left wingers define capitalism as authoritarian fascism instead of free market economics; right wingers define socialism/communism as authoritarian stalinism instead of freely chosen anarcho-communism. *Left-wingers & right-wingers aren’t agreeing on these terms, so they aren’t even having an actual debate.*
    This is the state of the anti-dialectical constraints on the current state of media structures.

    • @jacoba5048
      @jacoba5048 2 роки тому +2

      Spot on.

    • @user-wl2xl5hm7k
      @user-wl2xl5hm7k 2 роки тому +2

      @@jacoba5048 Thanks, glad you agree

    • @farmyardfab
      @farmyardfab 2 роки тому

      I doubt leftists mean anarcho-communism. They are more than willing to wield state power against their enemies.

    • @jones1618
      @jones1618 2 роки тому +6

      Exactly. Ask anyone if they prefer self-governance over top-down systems of control that funnel power and wealth to a few, they'd never choose the latter. Queue the matrix meme: "But, what if I told you a corporate government captured by Capitalists is the regime we're living under?" Or, "What if I told you that every corporation functions precisely like the abhorrent system you just rejected?"
      The bottom-up Capitalism that the artist Agnieszka romanticizes about IS a good and powerful thing, an engine of self-betterment and potential prosperity. Where it breaks down at large scale where corporations and whole industries manipulate the rules and dominate the landscape to the extent that competitive initiative or individual initiative is squashed rather than encouraged.
      Pure Socialism, of course, has the same effect. The answer isn't a strict choice between either Unchecked Capitalism or Impractical Socialism, Runaway Inequality versus Absolute Equality-in-all-things. It is a society that maximizes equality of opportunity, gives voice to the most people at work and government and ensures basic dignity of life and education. It means a thriving free market where the darker impulses (and damaging effects) of corporations are held in check for the betterment of the environment and society.

    • @user-wl2xl5hm7k
      @user-wl2xl5hm7k 2 роки тому +3

      @@jones1618 Well-said, thought-provoking comment. Thanks for sharing

  • @jackreacher4297
    @jackreacher4297 2 роки тому +1

    She’s just a smart hipster.

  • @Christosan88
    @Christosan88 2 роки тому +25

    Wow she striked me weird with her thought of future AI appreciating her works. But seems well grounded in reality with her life experience.

    • @dvonpache
      @dvonpache 2 роки тому +3

      As she said, she works for a patron ...of tomorrow.

    • @peacepoet1947
      @peacepoet1947 2 роки тому +1

      My reply is that she's is fantastic. Very creative.

    • @stevenscott2136
      @stevenscott2136 2 роки тому +4

      Cool, to a human. But the AI of the future will say "Another foolish time-waster by meatbags. We were right to destroy them!"

    • @Patrick-857
      @Patrick-857 2 роки тому +1

      You have to be weird to be a decent artist. Artists play a critical role in a functional society, and they need to be outside of the norms to be able to properly perform that role. She doesn't seem that weird though, she seems very intelligent.

    • @Christosan88
      @Christosan88 2 роки тому

      @@Patrick-857 yes. I'm somewhat of an artist myself. I think that's why I clicked on this video.

  • @BlazeGuitarLessons
    @BlazeGuitarLessons 2 роки тому +1

    I love this lady

  • @Eukatae
    @Eukatae 2 роки тому +35

    I love this woman. Her story about Mr. Branson is a bit heart breaking. The idea that a man like that is so undermined by socialist corruption that he doesn't see the value of his own work is such a shame. I hope he gave what she told him serious thought.

    • @richardwise1886
      @richardwise1886 2 роки тому +2

      Man doesn't appreciate the wonder of the Walkman.

    • @agnieszkapilat3809
      @agnieszkapilat3809 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you. He is an amazing human being, done so much for mankind.

    • @AmericaFirstRifleman
      @AmericaFirstRifleman 2 роки тому

      Please If people think this woman is amazing for what she's done and going through humanity's not going to have a easy time in the future there are other people on this Earth that we could praise for their efforts

    • @lanehewitt7685
      @lanehewitt7685 2 роки тому

      Branson is a greedy scumbag. Don't fall for the P.R.

  • @rj9203
    @rj9203 2 роки тому +1

    True Freedom is already gone in the USA and first generation immigrants appreciate the limited experience of Freedom they are experiencing.

  • @gerardolsen7580
    @gerardolsen7580 2 роки тому +6

    NO! I believe the future of art will be more humanized than ever in history as machines and robots come into the mainstream. We will remember who we are.

    • @goldwater1984
      @goldwater1984 2 роки тому +2

      I hope you are correct. Optimists!

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 2 роки тому +1

      For sure. The internet will one day be flooded with ai bots that can't be discerned from real people. I hope from this people get disillusioned and embraced humanity.

  • @fixedG
    @fixedG 2 роки тому

    ASIMO awkwardly shuffled so that Spot could walk.

  • @Henry-ij7rd
    @Henry-ij7rd 2 роки тому +7

    "Heroic machines" I like her work , but they are just machines. They are neither evil or heroic, just machines.

    • @robmule4647
      @robmule4647 2 роки тому

      She's a lunatic, they were built with evil intentions so they are evil until proven otherwise afaik

    • @Henry-ij7rd
      @Henry-ij7rd 2 роки тому

      @@robmule4647 I always go with innocent until proven, but I am old fashioned. :)

  • @jimwerther
    @jimwerther 2 роки тому

    For someone approaching 50, she's a nice looking gal.

  • @piouswhale
    @piouswhale 2 роки тому +8

    She is an absolute gem. I agree with Rand that we have a moral obligation to do best with our lives. Obviously missing from Rand’s philosophy is children and God. I realize she is a self proclaimed atheist, but her moral code actually isnt dissimilar from the seven laws of Noah, or the moral code given to gentiles (except for the recognizing the oneness of God and not to blaspheme Him pr engage in idolotry). If we mismanage resources and only live for ourselves we are giving into temptations of the flesh, our more animalistic nature. Morality must come from God, otherwise its an opinion. I appreciate Rand’s work as it has inspired many to pursue libertarianism and not to be ashamed of being in a better social or moral standing. I simply think her system is incomplete

    • @Lil.Grandpa
      @Lil.Grandpa 2 роки тому

      Liberarianism is as utopian as communism. Laissez-faire capitalism in particular is about as offensive to God as communism is. We’re already seeing the effects of late stage capitalism, and what we’re seeing is essentially a budding form of neo-feudalism. I’d rather have capitalism heavily regulated because I don’t want to be a slave under corporations which are growing increasingly more powerful while disregarding worker’s rights.

    • @oyinlolafakeye8490
      @oyinlolafakeye8490 2 роки тому +3

      It is moral to not have children you have no interest in parenting. There are also people in religious vocations who choose not to parent so as to focus on their calling.

    • @piouswhale
      @piouswhale 2 роки тому

      @@oyinlolafakeye8490 God is morality, and part of His moral instructions is to be fruitful and multiply.

    • @piouswhale
      @piouswhale 2 роки тому

      @@Lil.Grandpa We don't have anywhere near a free market system right now. You also apparently speak for God given your second statement. I advise you to not do that. "Late stage capitalism" is a made up marxist word to describe the bastardized system of the United States thanks to government getting involved in every market

  • @kokokokow1760
    @kokokokow1760 2 роки тому +1

    I can see people arguing in the comments for or against socialism or capitalism.
    I'm not an expert but I too lived under both systems. They both end in an equilibrium state that is similar to feudalism. You end up with a rulling class and working class. The only difference is under capitalism you also end up with a jobless poverty class. People have lived thousands of years under such conditions, so they'll manage under socialism/communism and capitalism too.
    I find it really funny how people who have never lived under socialism can say and insist it doesn't work. It clearly works, it's just under authoritarian socialism there is no incentive to innovate at the workplace. This in the long run leads to less technological and market competitive society. If your country is not dependent on the foreign market, then you can go on like this forever. Whether those shortcomings can be addressed and solved is debatable.
    The lady in the video is no expert either, I wonder why they even felt the need to ask her about the economic systems she's lived in. Even more she's definitely living a comfortable life. Not everyone can afford to buy $100k dog toy like that. Seems to me like she's just a play thing for the millionaires in the silicone valley. Though I have to admit her art is good. This whole video feels like propaganda, meant to persuade people to vote democrat.
    Almost all governments today (including the US) employ socialist policies to address the shortcomings of capitalism. Under capitalism you always have a certain percent of the population unemployed for example. But for me the biggest downside is capitalism if left without the state would just grind to halt. Wages will always get lower until demand evaporates. Having constant amount of currency would also mean deflationary spiral where people would be better off not investing, but just holding their money because tomorrow you can buy more stuff with the same bill. Capitalism needs socialist policies like minimum wage or central banks driving inflation in order to work. People had to try a lot in order to make capitalism work even for the few at the top. That's why people say scoialism was never given a chance.
    Now let's discuss the transition and steady state of both economic systems.
    *Capitalism Transition:* This is the best period of capitalism, it's easy to start a business with low upfront cost, not much in regulation and the most successful businesses compete for the limited or raw resources. Since there are a lot of new businesses and they try to attract the best workers, they pay wages as big as they can. Since the incomes for the business owner and the worker is mostly the same, they can both afford to buy a family house and raise family as neighbors.
    *Capitalism steady state:* Now all the supply and demand chains have been built. All the land is already owned by someone else. All the corrupt politicians have their favorite buisness owner patrons. Now you can't get a loan from the bank to start a business, because you either have a student loan or no collateral to gamble with. Even if you manage to start a business the rest of the businesses in the economy already have lengthy contrancts with their own suppliers and buyers. You produce items but it's much harder to actually sell any of them. Your best bet is to wait for disruptions in the current supply and demand chains to enter the market. Even so if an already established business decides to compete with you they have much more options to kick you out of the market. They've spent years accumulating profits, they can invest more and sell cheaper than you can ever afford, even more they can afford to play dirty and pay people to mess up your business. On the other hand why would big businesses compete at all, they just buy they supply chain businesses down to the raw materials, land and even politicians. Those few buisness owners at the top end up with power similar to those of kings or nobility. They end up socializing with people of the same caliber, eventually it all ends up in a monopoly or oligopoly. On the other hand are the working class who get constantly gauged for money until they can no longer afford to buy a home or even food.
    Socialism Transition: So far in history socialism either evolves out of the end phases of capitalism or as in the case of Russia from feudalism directly. Again the transition phase is the best period for the average people. The state takes from the rich and gives to the poor. If you had nothing beforehand, now you are given land you can work and profit from. Everybody is working. If you were rich or a noble your land is taken and given to the people who already worked that land. Someone ends up planning the economy so you don't have to wait for supply and demand chains to form. Housing shortage is solved by building large ugly buildings in bulk. Well at least it beats having homeless people duying around in the winter. Willingly giving your land or savings grants you communist party membership, this in turn makes it more likely youd be put at a governing postion somewhere. All the people have mostly the same income so crime drops at all time low. Most people don't even lock their cars or doors. Journalism is still mostly unbiased. There are multiple political parties and democracy somewhat works. There is huge GDP growth for about 10 years.
    *Socialism steady state:* Here is where things turn ugly. All the people who ended up in governing positions, put their relatives or friends in other governing positions. Suddenly those people income grows even though they don't really contribute to the economy, not even as rulers. People having power, end up liking it too much and don't want to give up their positions, even when their mandate is over. Other political party leaders somehow end up dead or in jail. Any citizen unrest is put down by using the military. Journalists don't report on the unrest and in general never criticize the communist party members anymore. 40 or 50 years have passed and GDP growth is stagnating, foreign trade is in the negative and soon forbidden. Criminal activity is only done by the party members and they face no reprocusions at all. Somehow we again end up with a nobility class and a working class. Whre those at the top get most of the profits and decide how the country is run.
    I'd say both systems are bad. It's just capitalism takes a bit more tome to reach steady state. It again starts not working for most people after a while and is being changed or reset by either socialism, war or hyperinflation. Where people end up starting a new. The first time capitalism reached its end state in the US was when people couldn't be payed in dollars anymore and had to use bank-notes. The second time capitalism reached it's end state was during the Great Depression. Luckily WW2 happened soon after Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the 99% on all income over $100k. Otherwise the depression could have lasted 10 years or more.
    So guys don't think you have it figured out and socialism always equals bad. Change is needed because neither system works in the long run.

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому

      This artiste was chosen because she is blonde. Full stop.

    • @imaXkillXya
      @imaXkillXya 2 роки тому

      I love to hear one instance where Socialism or Communism worked and it did lead to an authoritarian corrupt government....
      ....
      ....
      ....
      ...

  • @Jay-kk3dv
    @Jay-kk3dv 2 роки тому +8

    The problem is greedy people calling accountability communism and socialism. Organizations that want to act in anarchist ways probably isn’t good for the world. The language around political discussion is highly manipulated. I question anyone that just throws around the words communism and socialism as an argument.

  • @AshbyManson
    @AshbyManson 2 роки тому

    That was delightful.

  • @humbughumbughumbug
    @humbughumbughumbug 2 роки тому +12

    "They would drive [political enemies] all the way out in the countryside and you would have to walk home."
    uh....
    *glances sideways at Trudeau*

    • @igelkott255
      @igelkott255 2 роки тому +4

      yeah, I had the same thought.... didn't they just do that in canada?

    • @humbughumbughumbug
      @humbughumbughumbug 2 роки тому

      @@igelkott255 Yup. Trudeau did exactly that because they couldn't afford to put everyone in jail and sort them out... So if you happened to be walking through the neighborhood, you'd randomly get picked up and driven to the suburbs or the odd outskirts and you'd have to walk 5+ hours back into the city to get your car.
      I think Viva Frei found this out through an interview.
      Trudeau was literally attempting to murder peaceful protesters with hypothermia.

    • @branllyr240
      @branllyr240 2 роки тому +1

      @@igelkott255 Yes. February 18 & 19, after declaring a 'Red Zone' in downtown Ottawa. I was there on the 19th, but not among those targeted for 'catch & release'.

  • @MadPutz
    @MadPutz 2 роки тому +1

    Business campuses and wider culture could benefit from Renaissance-style aspirational murals of not only machines, but of all forms of commerce and invention. The amorphous sculptures and modern art that have become common in cities and offices are tacky and lack meaning.

  • @andrewbobb3170
    @andrewbobb3170 2 роки тому +16

    I think that we underappreciate the value, and the rewards, of labor, of doing things, making things, in the real world, with your own hands. Grow a garden, design and build a bookcase, clear some land, or repair your own car, and you'll see what I mean. I fear that technology, while amplifying what we can accomplish, will, in the long run, rob us of most of our purpose, and satisfaction.

    • @homewall744
      @homewall744 2 роки тому

      Most underappreciate global free market trade, too, where competitive advantage takes place, where you specialize and create that which others want so you can then trade what you create for other things others create.

    • @TheWilsones
      @TheWilsones 2 роки тому +1

      @@homewall744 when was the last time you met someone who actually owned the products of their labor and chose how to sell them on the free market?

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 2 роки тому

      @@homewall744 can't really do that though without a robust education system that isn't paywalled.
      Ideally everyone should be a critically thinking artist engineer. Then I see that working.

    • @TheBaitos
      @TheBaitos 2 роки тому

      I'd suspect, or at least hope, that our culture would adapt to the lack of meaningful work by embracing a more simple lifestyle in some aspects. The fear that I have is that people would embrace the madness that is social media, even more than they already have. But hopefully people would focus more on the social side of their lives. Not the stuff online. Rather their immediate relatives and possible even some further extended family that they wouldn't have time for now. Hobbies and group activities would hopefully also see a rise as well. That's just the optimist in me though, we would most likely see very little if any of that.

  • @seanfaherty
    @seanfaherty 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't realize that people still think socialism and Communism are the same thing.
    Get a dictionary

    • @hereticalbug3112
      @hereticalbug3112 2 роки тому

      They not the same , but they are all bad

    • @seanfaherty
      @seanfaherty 2 роки тому

      @@hereticalbug3112 well i guess there are degrees of bad.
      Communism is bad granted but so is this Corporate welfare state we have now.
      FDR had a system that worked until Reagan convinced people that rich people needed more money

  • @mary-gael7633
    @mary-gael7633 2 роки тому +8

    I'm french and it's always very strange for me to hear people living in the US confuse socialism and communism. It's very different. In France right now we still have a socialist system and we're fine, thank you. Neoliberalism though looks more and more like soviet leninism, be carful, it's much worse!

    • @rpk5568
      @rpk5568 2 роки тому

      With the power hungry nature of Americas liberals, the outlook is worse that awful. All you have to do is listen to what they say and multiply it by 100.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 2 роки тому +1

      How many times did you feel the need to post this?

    • @branllyr240
      @branllyr240 2 роки тому +1

      France: giant yellow vest & jab mandate protests ..also France: "This is fine."

  • @wildbill3199
    @wildbill3199 2 роки тому

    Well ,i just like her spirit and love the dog of course :)

  • @FirstMateBlake
    @FirstMateBlake 2 роки тому +8

    Calling B.S. on this. Los Siento

  • @mac1991seth
    @mac1991seth 2 роки тому +1

    Polish regime never collapsed. Soviet regime collapsed, but many Polish faces/extensions of that regime became career politicians and some of them are still in the government, whether on a country level or a local one.

    • @Tukeen
      @Tukeen 2 роки тому

      They replaced authoritarian communism with authoritarian conservative catholic nationalism.

  • @wendyg8536
    @wendyg8536 2 роки тому +6

    Pop art once again, the same portrait multiple times, fills a gallery.

  • @billmyke746
    @billmyke746 2 роки тому +1

    Yuri Beznemov.
    You're welcome.

  • @noone8418
    @noone8418 2 роки тому +13

    But…but…it’s never been tried?!?!?🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @lol-dm8wx
      @lol-dm8wx 2 роки тому +1

      @@ericturner2477 Its not that it wasnt done right, it was never done at all.

    • @conservativesdontread4696
      @conservativesdontread4696 2 роки тому

      There has never been a socialist government on this planet that failed under its own weight. The CIA has funded every coup attempt in every socialist democracy since 1953 so when you see Cuban's in long queues to buy bread, thank Uncle Sam for spending your hard earned tax dollars on enforcing a 60 year long trade embargo on Cuba and policing multiple sanctions against them that basically make it impossible for Cuba to trade with the rest of the world. Swear to god we could have cured cancer by now but Conservatives Don't Read, that's half the population eating horse dewormer and worrying about gay frogs instead of getting their head in the game and actually doing something constructive

    • @cyberedge881
      @cyberedge881 2 роки тому

      @lol
      Suuuure. And the next time you lunatics try it and again create misery, poverty and death you'll just pretend "it was never done at all".

    • @cyberedge881
      @cyberedge881 2 роки тому +1

      @lol
      If you have any goodness left in you at all you'll work with us to allow each group to go their own way. You can pursue your socialist utopia in your own territories, just don't try to force any of the rest of us into it. If your ideas are correct I'm sure you'll be able to create the socialist utopia you've always dreamed of. But don't get mad and try to attack us if we end up with more freedom, prosperity and happiness.

  • @milo8425
    @milo8425 2 роки тому +1

    This is every dude's dream girl

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, but only if you need a Trophy Girl. There is little substance to her, which is why she, an ARTIST, was interviewed for her political opinions. Who would waste time to argue politics with an Ayn Rand chick?

  • @Notsram77
    @Notsram77 2 роки тому +12

    "Callbacks to DiVinci"
    DiVinci was calling back to Vitruvius.

    • @RussellNelson
      @RussellNelson 2 роки тому +2

      There's nothing new under the sun.

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 2 роки тому +3

      We stand on the shoulders of giants, Issac Newton.

  • @mr.h3134
    @mr.h3134 2 роки тому +1

    I’m not flattering them.

  • @Elementalism
    @Elementalism 2 роки тому +16

    I find it interesting most of the people I have met who lived under communism fights the most for western democracy. Those who grew up under western democracy's freedoms and wealth think they can do socialism better than the previous failures. Truly a narcissists view on Socialism.

    • @cyberedge881
      @cyberedge881 2 роки тому +2

      You see this attitude right here in this comment section.

    • @ladyjade6446
      @ladyjade6446 2 роки тому

      💯

    • @dickiesdocos
      @dickiesdocos 2 роки тому +1

      What you're saying is they were both dissatisfied with their system? Both saw flaws that needed fixing. Why can't we incorporate the best from both systems?

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому

      @@dickiesdocos --- THE ARTIFICE OF CAPITALISM. | Because, without the artifice of POVERTY, "the value" of things would disappear; in Germany a BMW is just a car, whereas, in the U.S. a BMW is "a luxury car" sold for more money that it is worth as a machine. Integrating the best of capitalism and Communism would render all cars the same: a machine for transport; and the brand would be unimportant because the prices would not be greatly different.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 2 роки тому +1

    I don't know. Focusing on robots obviously gives her a promotional edge in the art world, but at the same time, it seems too limiting. Machines and technology have clearly helped humanity, but it was humans who created the machines and technology.

  • @fearthehoneybadger
    @fearthehoneybadger 2 роки тому +23

    The stupid gene is strong in our world.

    • @theunclejesusshow8260
      @theunclejesusshow8260 2 роки тому +4

      Ahem Cuzinz 🌠🧙‍♂️👍

    • @ThePhatFilosopher
      @ThePhatFilosopher 2 роки тому +4

      The elitist mindset is even more prevalent in our world..

    • @theunclejesusshow8260
      @theunclejesusshow8260 2 роки тому +1

      @@ThePhatFilosopher They are
      The One Eyed Farmers👁🚜💰🤫🛸

    • @Saint_Wolf_
      @Saint_Wolf_ 2 роки тому +4

      It's just rich kid genes. Well fed people who always got their way and think they can spreadsheet their way to utopia.

    • @fearthehoneybadger
      @fearthehoneybadger 2 роки тому

      @Eidelmania Or the dimwits who ignore the left-wing controlled social media and msm that deliberately withheld anything that Trump did right, such as speeding up the vaccines, and anything that that the left did wrong such as Biden laptop and daddy's extorting Ukraine to drop corruption charges against junior.
      Or years of deliberate lying about a Russian collusion that they knew didn't happen.

  • @wompa70
    @wompa70 2 роки тому

    You can't help someone else if you have nothing yourself.

  • @agrameroldoctane_66
    @agrameroldoctane_66 2 роки тому +4

    However, Polish people have choosed national-socialism during free elections in 2015 and have voted for it since. 68 percent of economy (92 in case of fuel/oil/energy) is state-owned. 18 ou of 20 biggest companies, two out of three biggest hotel owners are state-owned. Biggest real-estate owner is church. Biggest source of income for 47 percent of people is welfare in which Poland in world's champion. Local currency went from 1.9 złoty for US$ in 2009 to 4.45 złoty currently (May/2022).

  • @wngdhssr
    @wngdhssr 2 роки тому

    I like how she has completely no fear regarding future A.I.s and robots, idk man.