"We need a mixture of Capitalism AND Socialism" - BULLS#*T
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 The Contradiction in Terms
04:21 Contradictions Continued, Intention
06:42 The Origins of Socdem Benefits
08:11 The Contradiction Realized
08:34 Why Does The Sentiment Exist?
10:27 Reading List, Conclusion
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This is a well-meaning comment based in an engineered ignorance of what Capitalism and Socialism really are. Let's correct that.
First habibi
Why haven't you credited the song? I'd really like to know who did it, and it doesn't seem to be in the description of this video.
@@frenzalrhomb6919 it's literally written on screen since 0:05 Moron Police - Whorehouse
Can you make a piece explaining the modified Marx quote in 2:11 at some point? I've never heard that before and it does not intuitively make sense to me. Would be very interested in where it came from and what it means.
@@frenzalrhomb6919 he'll get it if he hasn't
Even here in Europe we've been quickly degenerating into neoliberalism
And Certainly Fascism.
@@ComradeRagdoll in my loved and sometimes hated homeland of Italy, both!
@@ComradeRagdollpoland already did 😮💨
@@pao5567 What is the situation with the communist movement in Italy? Is there any progress?
@@RoughDetails fair amount of comrades, lot of disillusioned people with class consciouness but still ignorant on theory, lots of well-meaning (but disorganized and therefore basically ineffective) activism, no unified party, but a very combative communist trade union with about a million members who also provides housing for members
We don’t have socialism in Europe we just have capitalism with high taxes lol
whart? Europe has socialism
@@engineerenginering8633Not in any EU country at least. As to be a member of the EU a country must have a free market economy.
@@paranoiaproductions1221 a free market econom y is good
@@engineerenginering8633 did you even watch the video if you came to that conclusion?
@@conceptualization.6617 Would you prefer if the market was controlled by the government and a handful of corporations acting on their behalf?
Oh wait, that's what you're whining about. But I'm sure more government authority will totally fix that. Yep. Bootlick away.
As a Chinese I feel this HARD. The revisionary idea of mixed socialism and capitalism can only lead to more and more capitalism.
YEP - thats the nature of money = power being in the and of fewer and fewer people
As I see from the outside, China's problem is socialism, or what socialism leads to. China is ruled by one party and one leader, the power was handed down from Mao Zedong. Mao never established a working class democratic system, because this is how power works. State ownership is exactly what Hakim promotes, but this leads to a new two class system, the political elites and the plebs. The elites don't care about the plebs and the plebs care only to appease the elites to enrich themself. The result is what you see in China.
The media in Australia are painting Xi as somewhat "correcting" Deng's reforms and going _slightly_ back towards a more Maoist position, where the state is asserting more control over the private companies.
As I cannot trust the Australian media, I am curious as to what is your observations and opinions on this?
Yeah, meanwhile China is a fascist state.
It's not china's fault, they needed to industrialize and have access to the global market.
"What Ground News considers left leaning coverage" - We see what you did there Hakim. Very wise.
What you consider left leaning is fascism. Even Mussolini was a communist before he turned fascist.
@@user-gu7lv9gk8myour statement is self defeating lmao but nice try
Hakim seems to pick up unskilled trolls.
@@user-gu7lv9gk8m leftism is fascism because mussolini and nazis?!?!?!??!
@@user-gu7lv9gk8mBro he was a revisionist socialist with mostly contrarian views
As someone from Spain (that is, in Southwestern Europe), and I can say we don't have "a mixture between capitalism and socialism", but we have a capitalist system in which the working class managed to extract some concessions through political fights, in some cases literally at gunpoint. In fact, during the 1920s in Spain there was a pistol model called "Sindicalista" (Unionist), as it was commonly used by Labour Union members.
This is the best name for a pistol
@@antoniohenrique5750 It's the STAR model 1919. In Spanish: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAR,_Bonifacio_Echeverría_S.A.#Pistola_Star_modelo_1919._Modelo_«Sindicalista»
It's even mentioned in the first stanza of a Spanish anarchist song called "Arroja la Bomba" (Throw the Bomb). Translated stanza (by me):
Throw the bomb,
so it releases schrapnel
add more explosives
hold to your STAR*
Propel your revolutionary ideals
until you may archieve
ample liberty.
*The aforementioned STAR model 1919 "sindicalista!
Violence is never the answer.
It's a question, and the answer is "do you want to starve, or live?
@podemosurss8316 you also have a king, no?
@@ClassicalTraining Technically yes, but in practical terms he doesn't do much except anouncing the decisions that have already been taken by the Parliament, as well as visiting other countries. So, basically, he's an unelected and overpaid poster man.
If you mix a barrel of honey and a barrel of shit, you would get two barrels of shit
Damn right
The honey is capitalism
@@TheCommentor- nah 💀
Thecommentor is clearly a bot
His name is thecommentor ffs they arent even trying
@@Nestor__Makhno I ain’t a bot bro I just have a mind, in capitalism you might starve if you get dealt a bad hand, in socialism/communism everyone equally gets a tiny bit of food and starves, a universal basic income disincentives work since there isn’t any point, in a socialist system supply and demand doesn’t work for a lot of items due to fixed costs
In Sweden we argue that we switched from state owned to privatized economy cause it was "better", but suspiciously it only happened after the Soviet Union fell...
The Soviet Union falling convinced everyone a market economy was superior.
Dags o börja organisera oss tycker jag
Sverige behöver en Stalin
Hallå svenska kamrater!
@@The80sWolf_ o du behöver få ett nackskott
I swear France was more leftist before the EU as they did nationalize many things
France's post-war policy of dirigisme wasn't that different from the soviet union's new economic policy period in the 20's. Both were state directed capitalism and both were very effective in achieving their respective aims. Here in the UK we had a similar system after the war where large scale industry was nationalised and directed towards fulfilling social need rather than private greed. Socialist policies have been applied and have worked in countries which are now degenerating back into neoliberal capitalism, this is the clearest comparison I know of to demonstrate the superiority of socialism.
The UK had a very mixed socialist-capitalist economy until the cunt, Thatcher.
Critical support for French in their struggle against the english language 💪💪💪
Its not so much an EU thing as a generalised neoliberalisation of the modern world.
I think you're a bit muddled here
The fact that we can't agree that ground floor of "leftism" is being anti-capitalist, makes me hesitant to even refer to myself as one any more.
I'd say work with anyone to the left of the status quo at all times to have the best chance at positive change no matter how small. For the moment, its about education + harm reduction. Then go full "bring down the system" :D
@@satyasyasatyasya5746 Castrating kids is somehow reducing harm?
@@wrongthinker843where did they say that
@@wrongthinker843
Troll fail. Also, reported.
@@grmpEqweer That's a good little fascist.
Here in Europe, the so-called "mixture of socialism and capitalism" has literally led to more neoliberalism, and moving further and further to the right
That's the natural move of capitalism to preserve itself
Europenis people still make fun of amerikkkan for their liberalism, but they're all two sides of the same coin.
@@StanleyNumber427 absolutely
When the system works than what is the problem?
i wish that was true, what the world needs is more free markets and entreprenurship, and less of this socialism mindset
As a Swede it's been sad seeing my whole life how the country liberalized.
The only reason we still rank among the top in many good regards is because of our socialist heritage.
And we're really squandering it, we're basically a tax-haven now.
Working people still pay taxes obviously.
We never had socialism we had an expansive welfare state trough social democracy that gradually has being dismantled since the 90s
Don't forget the part where most of the studies and rankings about society are made in Scandinavia.
Socialist heritage: Stalin, Mao, and even Mussolini.
Freer market than the US. Socialism=/=when state pays for stuff
@@olhi8445you two are not contradicting each other. The welfare state and our heritage was built by people who believed in socialist ideas and maintained up into the the 80s and 90s because of a broad acceptance of some of the ideas of socialism. But you are ofc correct, social democracy is not socialism. Just don't be a dick.
This is like saying we need a mix of slavery and freedom
Based
That's Hobbes's whole thing
it's more like: we'll keep slavery but we'll remove cruel punishment and make starvation rations obligatory.
😭🤣
If someone is a single person business, and exploiting no employees, then why can't he make money if he wants? Especially to buy hobbies. Since socialism only provides for needs.
I live in Bangladesh which has a mixed economy and I can tell you how its like a worst of both worlds case. In our corrupt system, the difference between state ownership and private ownership under the traditional sense that Westerners talk about is pretty much non-existent. The "advantages " are only applicable to the corrupt politicians and the elites who are the only ones that benefit from it.
There is no capitalist solution to any problem we currently face. There is however, a capitalist origin to every problem we face. The continued existence of the planet, our species AND capitalism is untenable. The system itself is the problem.
On the bright side, Capitalism is spiraling towards its own destruction.
Down side is it very well may take our species, as well as countless others, out with it
At least there is a good side, humankind got powerfull enough to modify it's own environment to lethal levels
@@minestar2247 We can now terraform our world into a whole new environment! Watch as we terraform the Earth from a mixed biome planet into a tomb world :D
Pretty much! I'm so tired of people acting like capitalism can be saved through social welfare bandaids and regulations. Business owners will always pitch a fit, always throw wrenches into things, and always cause havoc and eventually cause even the finest of social democracies to falter and collapse.
Except poverty.
Ground news really needs to fix what they consider left. They give to much credence to liberals
CNN, hmmm yes very left wing 😂
Ultimately the point of these apps is to redefine what the left is. "The left is when liberals and the right is when neo-nazis"
It's literally the only framing they can do which makes liberalism not look like the proto-fascism that it is and of course erases socialism because history has proven time and time again that all anticommunists are pedonazis.
It's almost like Ground News probably are liberals.
they even put radio free asia as "left wing"
@@mega_gamer93 gross
Another certified hakim banger
EU/G7: "Every other countries should follow the democratic and sustainable 'eurosocialism' model."
Ppl in the Global South: "Such as? Following yout footsteps and start plundering resources from another countries and undermining their sovereignty??"
EU/G7: "I mean, we admitted that's an inevitable part of our history to get where we are today. We've changed ever since then!"
Ppl in the Global South: "Okay.., can you guys now stop stealing our resources and ask your compani-"
EU/G7: *"NOPE, WE NEED TO SUSTAIN OUR DEMOCRACY, WEALTH AND PROSPERITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE!"*
Literally yesterdeay France which is ready to invade Niger to retake Uranium mines
anyone who thinks europe is capable of doing anything but trying to enslave the world for thousands of years is just not paying attention or is too emotionally attached/invested in eurocentric culture
Yyyyeeeep, that sums it up!
Guys, it sucks that YT algo has been pretty aggressive lately. Had to sort the comments by the "newest" and scroll back just to see some of your replies, which got buried behind the soft-block😫
It’s very ignorant to say that the soc dem system of Europe is only possible by « plundering ressources » and « undermining global south sovereignty ».
Today most of Europe economic power comes from agriculture, high tech and services.
The industrial revolution is what brought Europe to this place.
And no industrial revolution was not only possible cause of European countries colonies.
At the time most of the ressources used for the industrial revolution came from Europe, and all of the workers were Europeans.
Now Europe doesn’t steal anyone ressources, we buy them from independent countries.
Wake up babe, new Hakim video dropped
I love when people say we need "democratic socialism" like what in tf are you talking about? Socialism is already built on inherently democratic principles, all offices are subject to be elected by workers and all resources produced and manufactured within the economy allocated by democratic worker decision
It’s not the case in every countries that are called socialist today (Cuba, Vietnam, NK…)
So yes you can’t be mad at people who think socialism = dictatorship.
@@ni9274 all these countries are under heavy embargo, sabotage and sanctions and are forced be heavily militarized and have centralized command. After the USSR fell, they lost their biggest friend and partner and suffered famines and shortages due to the embargoes, sanctions and heavy scrutiny from the west.
These countries didn't have a choice to have "democratic offices and allocation of resources in the economy subject to worker democratic decision", by western force, imperialism and heavy sanctions and retaliation, these countries are practically forced to make revisions to their systems and have heavily militarized economy based around just heavy industry because they are literally under attack
Socialism has proven itself to not always be democratic, anti authoritarian, or even anti totalitarian. Get real.
But than again...has there EVER been socialism on earth in the last 10,000 years?
@@ni9274me when i'm a lib ⬆️
@ni9274 Cuba and Vietnam are both more democratic than the USA, Cuba just had a massive vote to change the constitution to include gay marriage when was the last time the US could have such a referendum?
"We need an injection of bacteria AND antibiotics!"
"We need cancer AND chemotherapy!"
Social democrats improve the situation, people like you only talk about socialist revolution on the internet, knowing full well it will never happen in real life.
Really shitty analogy
You do know that good bacteria exists in your body, right? And you really need to be "injected" by that bacteria after taking antibiotics?
and cancer doesn't have benefits whatsoever.
No wonder people doesn't listen to you leftists, you tend over dramatize anything.
What's being said is don't get a treatment to ease cancer and that is bullshit.
Oh, let us wait for a true Socialist revolution to get basic services like health care.
The fact is that countries like the US need something with social services NOW and true Socialism isn't right around the corner so the mentality to not promote "social democracy" or "democratic socialism" right now (also) when that has steam is fucking absurd.
Because essentially it's an all or nothing argument and that is absurd in the immediate sense, I thought that way for over a decade.
And you nuts? People literally die because they don't have those basic service that social democracies have.
But the thing is that the first example is often true. We do need both, in different areas. Many bacterial populations are healthy so long as they don’t get into the wrong places or grow too large in the body. “Good bacteria” and “bad bacteria” can go from one to the other. This is exactly how a neoliberal would think about market failures.
We use antibiotics to kill harmful bacteria, but we ought to be careful as too much can harm the body. Just like chemo, revolution has side effects and should be used carefully. In the body we literally do have a mix of bacteria and natural antibiotics.
@@raphaelmckerley5912 I know. I used to work in medicine, but I didn't want to include a lengthy and nuanced explanation of how bacteria and antibiotics works to keep my quips short. It's always nice to meet someone else who understands medicine/microbiology.
This is exactly the video I needed. I recently got into a discussion, where a friend of mine said "We need Socialist policies for needs, and Capitalist policies for wants. Pure Capitalism and pure Socialism don't work, we need a mixed economy, it's like pure bread dogs." I then asked why we need capitalists to run the smaller industry, why can't the employees run it, she then recommended a book, that I never heard of, but is apparently really good. It's called... Animal Farm... yeah, I gave up after that.
Edit: *pure-bred. I'm not going to fix the typo, because I actually did think that was how it's spelled. And now that I know it isn't, it just makes it funny.
Some people need whatever they can get NOW for health care and basic services, and true Socialism isn't coming to them now. So guess what? Systems that are more likely to make way more quickly should be promoted. It doesn't mean one can't also promote true Socialism.
All or nothing is some juvenile thinking that I used to have, and it isn't thinking about the immediacy in some of the people's lives. It's fucking tough guy talk.
Cause your wrong
Eh, you should probably read the book, it's no good to simply shut off and ignore the other side's opinion,I do that for communism,capitalism and socialism etc. Shutting yourself off and not trying to learn a person's perspective can be what holds back a country.
Tbh I agree with your friend
@@blizzard1198 I have read the book. I was being sarcastic when I said I never heard of it.
I used to (and to a degree still do) like to think of social democracy as a good transition phase between capitalism and socialism. In an ideal world it would be a gradual rollout of more taxes for rich, higher wages to match the actual living wage and increased social programs, culminating in a well paced transition to a new system. No bloodshed, no chaos, just a clean, gradual move from an old crappy system to a more equitable one.
The problem is that the rich don’t exactly like giving up their power, even just in things like higher taxes to help fund shelters for poor people to get back on their feet, even to ensure better and more fair wages for workers, or to change the legal system to be less skewed to the wealthy (both in laws that favour them and because money typically buys better legal counsel). And then there’s the right. The right that sees any increase in government or regulation meant to help people live better lives as “literally 1984” and “communist (insert country here), the right that has seemingly gotten more and more conspiratorial about the shady figures that run the world wanting to bring about a “Marxist communist Chinese globalist one party state” or whatever. The right that manages to get it halfway right about the way the world is skewed towards certain powerful people and groups but manages to then dive off the looney cliff of globalist conspiracy’s rather than just seeing that it’s a bunch of shitty people putting profit first and using “woke” marketing like putting up a rainbow flag or supporting LGBTQ people for the 15 seconds it takes for everyone to forget they use child labor.
It would be nice to live in a world where that transition was possible, where there didn’t have to be revolutions or strikes of millions because the environment is being slowly destroyed and it’s getting harder and harder to make a living on a single job and the government will work only enough to sell the lie that they’re for the people. Revolutions are often bloody, brutal hells that kill thousands of innocent people in the process of getting rid of a few and can replace bad with bad if not handled well. People get tired and can’t protest because they have to go to the job that doesn’t pay enough and work more hours just to get by. If it’s peaceful it never ends up being enough, and if it’s violent then suddenly it’s a rallying cry to the opposition, who usually have more money and guns. And if they somehow by a miracle succeed then you have to make sure the people who want to build and resolve differences get their hands on the wheel rather than people filled with hate and rage who can write and endless list of people to send to a brutal end, guilty or not.
Revolution is the best of a whole host of options and it’s still crap. Social democracy just seems like a utopia because that’s how bad regular capitalism without any proper regulation has made things for a lot of the world.
All capitalist understand is money and/or force. The USSR had force. Violence is all they respond to
We can't have a compromise between the liberation and subjugation of labour.
yeah guys LeTs cOmPrIse wiTh oUr oPpRessOrS.
No one needs to compromise with people who don’t matter ☺️
@@vondas1480 If the laborers don't matter then why has every modern liberal democracy worked furiously to prevent the occurrence of general strikes? 🤔🤔
@@vondas1480everything you own is made by those people who "don't matter"
@@vondas1480 I agree, we don't need to compromise with capitalists
The biggest problem with people who support European style social demoracy are still first worlders. Which basically means they still have no issue with the global exploitation that made these countries uniquely rich.
Some people need whatever they can get NOW for health care and basic services, and true Socialism isn't coming to them now. So guess what? Systems that are more likely to make way more quickly should be promoted. It doesn't mean one can't also promote true Socialism.
All or nothing is some juvenile thinking that I used to have, and it isn't thinking about the immediacy in some of the people's lives. It's fucking tough guy talk.
In order to survive, like literally everything on earth, society must seek balance and therefore must include the mechanisms and systems to both expand AND contract production to meet the needs of society without excessive production once those needs are met.
Capitalism is always doomed to fail because constant growth is the only way to profit, and profit is the only goal of capitalism.
Capitalism and Socialism are mutual exclusives. You can't have on and have the other. Sure you can have Capitalism with some social reforms (Social democracy) or Socialism with aspects of the economy associated with Capitalism (such as Market Socialism), but it is IMPOSSIBLE to have both.
Are you saying Market Socialism is a Oxymoron?
This is why I think “True” centrism between capitalism and socialism cannot exist, like you said, you can have a center-left (Market socialism, or a socialist-based system with some markets) and center-right (Social democracy, a capitalist-based system with some social policies), but never dead center, so no matter what, you’re picking a side either way
What about corporatism?
@@missk1697Fascism?
@@ComradeRagdoll No. Market Socialism is just Socialism (collective control or ownership of the means of production by the working class) with an element commonly associated with capitalism (markets). As long as the workers still control the means of production then Market Socialism isn't an oxymoron. What I'm saying is that it isn't a compromise between socialism and capitalism.
Capitalists "money makes the world go round"
Socialists "sharing lets the world turn in harmony"
Idealists "let us sing and write about how the world turns around"
Common labourers and workiers "It's sunrise, time to make this world work."
Jobless punks on wellfare or social security, just like me "l need some more alcohol and opiates because l want to feel the world turning"
Law enforcement "turn the stolen goods over!"
Christians "just turn the other cheek until our heads fall off"
I love how interconnected your content is with the constant reminders of where to learn more through videos and literature.
It feels like I can share the perfect video for a person who would benefit from learning about socialism and rest easy that they will always know how to get further into it.
Thank you.
I've begun using the term "Welfare State" to describe 'Social Democracy' precisely because people continue to mistakenly conflate the present Scandinavian economic models with socialism.
Go one further and call it welfare capitalism because the term welfare state describes part of the economic policy while the term welfare capitalism describes the entire political economy itself.
@@jessl1934 I agree
I think what is "meant" by a "mixture like in Europe" is Capitalism with more limits, more state interventions, stricter rules for labour laws, protection(labour/environment), labour unions(which are far more prevalent in Europe, ->ways for laborers to affect their company and to collectivly negotiate wages/working hours) but still having privately owned companies without worry of the state taking it away. TLDR: limited capitalism for the benefit of labourers/environment
additionaly topics like free/cheaper higher education, universal healthcare etc. It all gets mangeled together without ever defining what changes you want and without acknowledging the difficulties of changing because of the inherent differences in societies.
Slight problem: These "limits" are put in place by the state, which is wholly owned and run by the interests of capital. Who simply pay for the limits to be removed or pared back. The past 100 years of history demonstrate this quite adequately.
@@DeoMachina Agreed, but this is the problem with anything placed by the state, or people in general, because corruption exists. I imagine this is the direction it would go regardless of what we do,.
Great stuff! I'm glad that you emphasized the difference between private and personal property as well as correcting the "to each according to his needs"
to each according to his needs is communism after all, and Hakim was talking about strictly socialism here, right?
that said. every group will have people who don't do any work for one reason or another. with "to each according to his work," how do you propose we take care of those that do no work?
@@SyncrisisVideos I agree, but it helps to dispell the myth that any lazy MF would be taken care of, a common accusation in my parts at least.
@@ZS-rw4qq Maybe it's because they realize that the political system isn't an otherworldly entity that exists separately from the people.
@@ZS-rw4qq I don't know if that's the best counter to that accusation. A better one might be to start asking questions like, "how quickly would the company fail if the owner stopped coming in and doing work?"
There will always be people who don't work. whethere they be "lazy mf" or children or elderly or sick/disabled, employers, landlords.... they exist in all societies
@@SyncrisisVideos Agreed, but I think approaching from both sides is good
For me the is hard to empathize with first world socialists or social democrats, cause or they totally ignore the imperialism in the third world, or they acknowledge, but when some country like Venezuela, Libya (not even socialist countries) fights against the imperialism they called authoritarianism, a thing that only exists in the third world for some reason.
If your method of fighting against imperialism imply becoming a dictatorship that will oppress your own people and make shady deals with other imperialist counties then I think we can call them authoritarian.
@@ni9274 The USSR defeated Nazi Germany and you can't even give them credit for that. Gimme a break.
What has your idealized libertarian socialist society achieved on the global stage that can even come close to comparing to that sort of contribution to the world?
@@jessl1934 Dayum, not like the Allies were the reason the USSR could still fight, not like the USSR tactic's were throw a bunch of soldiers without many strategy and the allies corrected that, we should credit the west more since the east would not live to defeat the Nazi plague.
So true. We in Europe are currently facing exactly the same problems as the rest of the world. In some parts life is still better but it is all over declining. Socialism or barbary!
Please shut up, us Eastern Europeans have gone through the nightmare of the far left once and we will never go trough it again.
I live in a social democratic country, that people in America always claim to be sooo great. But its not. It might be better than America (but let's be honest, thats a low bar), but all the problems that arise because of the class war still persist. The capitalists influence politics to such an amount, that we privatize public services more and more, the rights of workers are getting lowered, the public services that remain are funded less and less because the rich are taxed less and less, and this goes on and on. Social Democracy isn't working. It doesn't address the fundamental conflict of Capitalism. To pretend an unstable balance between the working class and the capitalists is in any way good when its clear that it will tilt more and more towards the capitalist class - I call that a lie and a betrayal of the working people!
Only if we go all the way and eliminate private property for good, we can settle the class war for the working people and build a stable and free society! ☭
Its very clear that the only thing that got capitalist to tolerate social democratic reforms in europe, and the civil rights movement and new deal in the US was the explicit threat of the USSR and communist, ever since the west got the upper hand in the 80s, they''ve started dismantling them and rolling them back.
Social democracy countries are best than the so called « socialist countries » like Vietnam, Cuba, NK…
People don’t want to fight a revolution, they don’t want to risk their social democracy being replaced by a dictatorship playing as socialist.
Oh, let us wait for a true Socialist revolution to get basic services like health care.
The fact is that countries like the US need something with social services now and true Socialism isn't right around the corner so the mentality to not promote "social democracy" or "democratic socialism" is fucking absurd.
Being better than America is definitely something to strive for when you are living in America.
@@huli566 Of course! But there's a huge trap in the cool peaceful socialdemocratic pack: it's never worked by itself. The only moments in history when those rights/concessions have been achieved there where serious background revolutionary threats to appease, either in the country or outside. Here in western Europe we were appeased by those rights, to the point that Communist Parties basically became socialdemocratic parties.
The moment the global revolutionary threat dissapeared in the 70s, the 80s came: Thatcher, Reagan, neoliberalism. Then, those temporary rights went back were they belonged all the time: the greedy capitalists hands.
The saddest thing happening in this XXI century is the masses have been brainwashed into daydreaming about what basically is a bribing system from capitalists to the masses, whose cost is payed by the millions in the periphery. It's a quite expensive daydreaming, considering it has been going for long enough to get us all killed.
Let's go he finally uploaded a new video.
Just a reminder, people that don't necessarily agree with your views are here watching and taking what you say seriously. Shout out you Hakim
I hate how people who disagree only listen to what they agree on. People need to listen to different views. So even if i disagree with hakim i still watch his stuff
You and me both man, except replace Hakim with PragerU.
Me, a capitalist hates socialists who say that "Socialism is the solution to everything!" like capitalism is unimportant, but still finds stupid that a solution to the shitty world we live in left by the 20th century would be a mix of two opposing ideologies.
@@RandomPerson-lk6cb Do you also watch Ben Shapiro? Mat Walsh?? Tim Pool?? Anything center, right or even on the liberal end of the spectrum or is communist propaganda the only thing you consume?
@@darkgardener9577 I watch Ben Shapiro sometimes. I usually read a lot of ancap stuff or libertarian stuff. Matt Walsh isn’t really my thing. Michael Knowles is at least entertaining. As of recent I really haven’t been watching a lotta stuff since I’m busy with school
Socialism is the future!! 🚩
It failed misserably every time it was implemented.
"Real socialism was never tried". OK it has been tried multiple times since mid 19th century.
I am not saying that capitalism is doing so hot. Just like how representative democracy is failing.
I wish there was something less broken.
All I get in response are pipe dreams.
Ideology = religion without god and the afterlife. It also fails.
And the future is socialism
Brainless sheep cheering as they march to extinction.
@@minestar2247 or at least PostCapitalist!
Agreed! Keep fighting the good fight against the Capitalist ruling class!
Should I be thankful that my feed is occupied by socialism instead of right-wing propaganda? Or should I be worried because feeling like the previously mentioned are the only two options people actually buy into is depressing?
Hey Hakim, this has nothing to do with the video but:
I really, really hope you get the chance to write your cookbook some day :)
1. Capitalism and Socialism ARE mutually exclusive, so any attempt to "combine" the two is just capitalism with welfare and regulation.
2. Those reforms only strengthen capitalism, that's why no capitalist country on earth is entirely laissez-faire.
Governments doing things ain't socialism, my friend. What socialism is, actually, is a political and economic theory of social organisation which advocates that the means of production (factories, machinery, land, etc.) distribution, and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole, rather than by private individuals.
@@seanpol9863 I know. That's my point,
@@yourlocalyoutubecommenter of course. I just reread your post as well. Silly me. The correct term should also be welfare capitalism, not social democracy.
We just need more robust social services like we used to have before they were all chipped away in the interest of capitalis... oh wai-
Exactly! Europe might not be any close to be a world leqding economic superpower, but I don't think that needa to be the goal as long as it offers a good quality of life. Good public transit, universal or semi-universal healthcare, education... Surely, the situation varies depending on wich european country we are talking about, but as a whole, I believe Europe is currently a beautiful place that seema to do things in a good way most of the times.
The wealth of some nations is an incredible book. A bit technical at times, but there is no better description of imperiliam value transfer and the emergence of the labor aristocracy. Highly recommend it!
I have noticed that many of Hakims older videos (for example the PragerU stuff) vanished. I would like to know the reasone why?
Another great video Hakim! There are lots of great older videos i cant find anymore, where could i find them?
I enjoy your videos. The videos are thought provoking. I’m a member of the DSA. Here’s a real-world scenario: In 2016, a coal mine-a strip mine operation-shutdown and laid off all the workers. The mine produced lignite which is the dirtiest, most polluting form of coal. The capitalists making the decisions about the mine, decided to close because the cost of a ton of coal had gotten too expensive. The workers lost their jobs, but the lignite coal remains in the ground to this day.
The question: What would motivate workers-workers who own the means of production and make decisions democratically-to shutter their operation and voluntarily give up their jobs? Federal agencies and state agencies did-an adequate-job of preventing most pollution from leaving the mine site, but for the sake of the environment fossil fuels like coal should stay in the ground. The goals of the capitalists and the workers were different, but they both wanted to continue mining coal. To restate the question: Why would socialists coal miners vote against their own best interests for the greater good of society at large?
They wouldn´t.
They would only vote for closing the coal mine, if it does not go against their own best interest.
For example, if society would guarantee them new jobs with at least equal wages and benefits, then leaving their current workplace would be absolutely bearable. If you have a right to a job, like you had in the eastern block, then it is no big deal, when your company is shut down, cause you can always be certain, that you will get a new job soon.
So in a socialist society, you would need to do stuff like this, then it will be no big problem, to get workers to do the things neccessary for society, they will do them because they are not punished for it, like under capitalism, but rewarded.
Coal mining is a harsh, dangerous and dirty job. It's not in anybody's best interest to spend the entire day underground. Coal miners do it because they are forced to sell their labour or die. If society didn't make it necessary to do it, they wouldn't do it.
"We need a mixture of Capitalism AND Socialism"
-Deng Xiaoping (probably)
Didn't turn out so bad, did it?
That's not what he said at all and you're too fervently Sinophobic to bother researching.
@@waitingformyman9317 I know he didn't. Still he implemented this kind of mixture after all, didn't he?
@@boxer8989 not in a vacuum. The Cultural Revolution had destabilized a lot of institutions in China and the Sino-Soviet split left them isolated and unable to trade for the materials they needed. It was considered the most pragmatic solution to open up. But it was NOT a pure "mixture of capitalism and socialism" as the Communist Party retained considerable control, invested in rural provinces, and limited the excesses of capitalism to the Special Economic Zones.
@@boxer8989 I'm not saying this was 100% good or 100% bad, but for the conditions China had found itself in, it was deemed necessary. For other socialist countries, this might not be the case.
Love your videos Hakim. You always know how to respond to the liberals in the wall
a banger of an intro, really stepping up the production value
It's cuz they put a lot more work into it.
Eh? Get it? Work, labour... alright I'll see myself out...
more Hakim- more Hakim- more HAKIMMM! - mico
p.s. finally got your video from youtube recommend after for months of not seeing you in it!
America is way behind when it comes to capitalism vs socialism discourse. So as of right now social democracy is used to transition from capitalism to socialism, "like in Europe". Tho capitalism was necessary, it can and should be argued that we need a new and improved economic system such as socialism.While it is debatable as to what kind of economic systwm should replace capitalism, what is undeniable is that an economic system that benefits the working class and the people is a #1 priority.
Social democracy is better than nothing and likely way better than a « socialist revolution » that would lead to a dictatorship pretending to be socialist like in Vietnam, Cuba, NK and China
The question is how do you make it so social policies mixed with a society built on a capitalist core not just lead to capitalist takeover while a generation or two experiences sufficient prosperity for methods like endless wily distractions and alienation to work?
Once we replace capitalism with socialism, how do we get our food? Do you expect farmers to work the land and make enough food for the rest of us because they just love the joy of farming? Because I think even the most eager farmer isn't down with cultivating wheat or corn because they want to put food on your table. They want something in exchange for that food. Yeah, this socialism thing seems great on paper when you idealize about it. When put into practice, it always turns into an unmitigated disaster.
@@barbiquearea No, it does not. The farmer would be given the fruits of the labor of others, as well, as part of the system based on compassion, empathy and solidarity.
@@kaninma7237 Right. Because that has worked out so well for countries like The Soviet Union, Khmer Rogue Cambodia, North Korea and Maoist China during the Great Leap Forward.
I actually live in Germany, where we have "Soziale Marktwirtschaft", and even despite this, the gap between the Rich and the Poor has only widened, with almost a 1/5 of our children living in (relative) poverty.
Capitalism is individualistic, with the Individuals main goal being amassing more and more wealth for himself. As ressources are limited, archieving that goal for everyone is impossible as at some point, there simply won't be any (sufficient) new goods to gain.
Any sort of re-destribution of wealth from the rich to the poor contradicts the very essence of the capitalistic society. If we want to solve problems like Global Hunger, Education, Health, Climate Change etc. we need to take the step to post-capitalism, and Post-Capitalism can only be a system in which the goals of the collective take the highest priority, not the enrichment of the individual.
The Anschuless of 1991 and the fall of the DDR will be remebered by history as a great historical tragedy.
sounds like a utopian dream to me
@@chriss780 I wouldn't go that far. the GDR was still a surveillance state and extremely poor due to Russia stealing loads of goods from the country as well as the state simply mismanaging itself. When you need to build a wall to keep your citizens in your country in times of (relative) peace, something about your governance is seriously going wrong.
@@taknoef9195 The capitalistic democracy was also once considered an Utopia, yet still came true. It's served it's time, but for the people living under absolute Monarchs, it was an Utopia. I say: Dare to dream!
With a wet blanket like Scholz as Chancellor, a caricature like Lindner at the helm of our finances and the far right gaining ground, I fear it's only going to get worse for quite a while.
these videos just keep getting BETTER!!!
great video, as usual
Why does this sentiment exist?
Let me answer as a person from Czechoslovakia - a former communist nation in the eastern bloc
I can't speak for "the west" but this sentiment exists in former communist nations of eastern europe for the simple fact that the economy was horrible under "pure" socialism. Czechoslovakia was one of the wealthiest communist nations, yet it was very poor compared to Austria or Finland, which were both poorer than CSSR before the second world war. We've seen how our western neighbours and nations who were considered to be "shitholes" here overtook us. And this was not just an imaginary line on the GDP graph. We all felt it in practical day to day life. The average person was simply poorer. When my mother was first allowed to enter Austria she was shocked with everything they had here and we did not. It brought tears to her eyes and she always spoke about this as a very intense experience.
Because of how shit our economy was and because of the poverty we had here, people don't believe pure socialism is the answer. They still want the social securities of the past regime but they also want free markets and market economy for the opportunities and wealth it brings. The poverty of communism is still in living memory in Eastern Europe and because of that you will have a very hard time persuading anyone here that a pure socialist economy is the way to go. Nordic countries are VERY praised here, because that is precisely what people want - wealth, prospering market economy and social security and benefits
Serious question: what is the proposed solution then, with the current situation as it is today. Say I’m living in the United States. What is the ideal course of action in the next 10-50 years, and more importantly, what are the details of the actual goal? I’ve been interested in socialism and communism for over 10 years now, and no matter who I talk to, I can never get a clear answer to these two questions. There’s plenty of critique of capitalism. But I’ve found it extremely hard to find anyone seriously advocating for a concrete vision of the future that is socialist/communist. What is the actual plan? It’s not enough just to criticize. We know capitalism is bad. Now present an actual alternative to the market system and propose a way to get there. I used to think this was just a function of socialists/communists being bad at marketing since capitalism is kinda… all about marketing, and they don’t like capitalism. But now ten years into my search I’m starting to think people don’t really have a solid idea or vision of what they actually want to change. Critique alone is not enough.
You should look in to more videos on this channel, but really check out the reading recommendations. A lot has been written about this, more than can be shared easily in UA-cam comments which are a poor medium for this sort of discussion. It is important to note that there is not a prescriptive, one-size-fits-all approach and how we practice socialism is going to differ depending on where and when we do it; material conditions dictate how it has to work. However, there is no question that we must carry out a revolution to overthrow capitalism and replace it with socialism in whatever form those conditions require. There's no shortage of material on this.
For American communists, the important thing to recognize is that the US is a global hegemon extracting vast amounts of wealth from the imperial periphery in order to bribe its workers with what it has plundered. This has created a robust labor aristocracy and a strong false consciousness for American workers. Only when America's empire begins to come apart will revolution become a realistic possibility. So it is absolutely crucial for us to do all we can to both educate workers about Marxism and communism, and to take any opportunity to challenge American imperialism.
Socialism exists on a spectrum. You can have many forms of socialist societies. Many left wingers hold different beliefs. I think maybe you hold the misconception that socialism is one concrete idea, but rather, it is an umbrella of ideas. The plan: spread the idea. Socialism is an often-demonized ideology. Demystifying the scary word is a step towards class consciousness.
Keep fighting the good fight, Comrades!
Sweden was ruled by the Social Democrats for ages, but we never became socialist.
Because social democracy is not socialism, but welfare capitalism.
Hello Hakim, great video as always! Just one question, how do you personally take notes on Marxist theory? Do you highlight passages of books? Do you have notes for different subjects that you update as you read other works? What would you recommend?
Comment for the algorithm. Good video as always
most capitalism today CANNOT exist without some state intervention and public sectors, thus this argument is a overtly loyalist and reactionary fallacy basically saying "oh things are fine but x party will make it just a tad bit better" instead of complete and desicive economic change and abolishment of inequality
You say that like it’s simple to just abolish inequality when the whole world is running on capitalism.
First we need to slowly weakened capitalist, now it’s too powerful, any socialist revolution would be immediately destroyed.
That’s why social democracy is a good first step.
I’ve never disagreed with a thought in a video, under 10 seconds, thank you, i can now check this from my list of things i never know i wanted
The falling rate of profit!
Capitalism is Inherently Suicidal, so that’s quite Ironic TBH.
Why do ppl hate hakim so much, recently on internet. Hes the only one that sounds like he touches grass. And he doesnt endlessly ramble in a web of endless personal lore.
I can actually listen to him say a sentence, and he arrives at a point. That oxygen outside is doing wonders for u bro.
Babe, wake up! Hakim dropped a new video
Hi Hakim, i was curious what you think of the whole topic of AI and AI automating human labour. Curious as to your views. Great video once more!
Thanks for another great vid Hakim! You have the prettiest voice of all the Deprogram boys btw. Which is sayin something, cuz you're all so pleasant to listen to!
A lot of videos from Hakim channel disappeared, what happened ? I was looking for the book recommendations playlist
any update on whether or not we can have your old vids back ?
He's actually having to reupload all his old video's. I believe the reason why we can't see them is due to a UA-cam bug (apparently).
i wonder the same, what happend to them?
Hakim it seems like a lot of your older videos have just disappeared. Do you have any idea of how or why that happened?
Bro handed him a Black Card and said "see you on the other side" 😂😭
PLEASE get all your deleted videos up again! They're incredibly important resources that are unavailable now
Love you hakim
Incredible as always hakim. Wonderful work
"we need a little bit of social parasitism I mean c'mon we can't ALL do our fair share!"
Hey Hakim, i cannot see most of your old videos anymore. The first 2 you recommended in this video, the 2 excellent videos you made about landlords etc etc all gone.
There are 4 very old videos left and then the oldest is about 6 months old. I don't know what happened but i hope you can fix it, i was planning to take some notes when my favourite one disappeared..
Thanks
I think that we need feudalism again, but with me as the lord.
well according to some, we are currently headed towards a neo-feudal cyberpunk future.
well according to some, we are currently headed towards a neo-feudal cyberpunk future.
@@phileas007 Making it cyberpunk, just makes it that much cooler.
Can I be a knight?
@@user-ze1ej5zb6z Sure why not, but I don't want you taking any guff from the peasants. I want you to put them in their place. Also, one quest is required.
Another awesome video covering a massively ill-considered statement that even I would've made years ago!
Thank you, comrade Hakim. :)
We need a mix of socialism and capitalism. Dengism, if you will. Dentistry, if you'll be so inclined. TNO must become real. Only through severe brain rot can we be free.
I love your videos. Brilliantly done. Thanks, Hakim
Hakim, it must be hard to carry the burden of being right all the time
Is he right when he say Ukrainian are the heirs of hitler ?
Hakim is wrong most of the time, he say so much bullshit that it’s hard to watch an entire video without screaming at the screen.
can you make a video debunking anti communist arguments? you're a very persuasive speaker. thanks!
Like what anti communist arguments?
@@kye4216 why should the doctor make as much as the janitor🤨
@@user-zp1kz6gb7v well I mean isn’t that a valid criticism ?
Why is someone going to spend 10 years in education when they can just be a janitor for the same outcome?
"And directed by a 'working class' political establishment" you really said it. In truth they're University educated upper class people. Like upper class Che, Videl, Lenin etc. As a worker I'll swap one elitist group for another. Lol.
It's called market socialism. It is the economical system of my country. The main issue is most of the economical systems of the planet don't really believe in fiduciary money. They use houses as coin (real state). So it's not really possible to fix the housing crisis inside of a neo liberalist global market.
Instantly liked the video. Because I'm from Austria and know that it is not enough to have a halfdecent welfare state.
Also because it's Hakim.
I'd still sell an arm to live in affordable housing, so it can't be all bad 😂
@@rob9726 If you have to sell an arm and a leg it isn't really "affordable" now is it?
@@eternalcanadiandevyt I think you read my comment wrong. I would love access to social housing.
@@rob9726 It's definitely not all bad. But that's not what I was saying.
Every policy that makes working and poor peoples lives easier is good. And pushing for them is important. But social democratic policies like that aren't enough and it is important to be aware of that while pushing for them.
The Communist party (KPÖ) here is making a huge comeback right now, because many poor and working people don't trust the SocDem anymore. They know that if you want social democratic policies, you have to vote communist.
@@maxmeggeneder8935 You can continue to worry about long-term viability, I'll continue to wish for secure housing. Pardon me if I just don't care about the longterm ramifications when I'm struggling just to make it.
Yeah, I do kinda think a "mixed economy" is good, but what I actually mean by that is individuals would still be able to have a say on things. For example, if someone wanted to start a bakery, they could go to some state/community thing and request to be able to run a bakery. It wouldn't really be their bakery, but they could still have their fun of running a bakery. Of course I know socialist countries in current times have things like this. I feel the problem with going too extreme into state stuff leads into authoritarianism(not fun), but I believe this could be be rectified by leaning into a more decentralized format that revolves around community(commun-ism) rather than leaning into a centralizatized format.
yes yes the core that is Moldova, Georgia and Kazakhstan
Hey um hakim why cant i see those videos anymore? (The ones at 1:51)
Certified commune classic
It's weird but I think to have "grown out of Hakim videos". The latest videos seem to be (somewhat) low effort videos for people that have very little understanding of the material. Well, this being a vanilla channel aimed for the uneducated is not a bad thing, of course. However, I feel we could have the videos progressively providing better information. Most of baby-leftists won't watch the whole video anyway
Well, focus on the reading maybe? And get out into the world and organise?
I know what you mean actually. I watch a lot of lefty YTers and it is starting to feel like a lot of the same points and arguments over and over. Not the mention the commodification of their podcasts and such.
That said, there is drier more intense political lectures and such on YT for sure but as you said, a lot of 'lefty' YT is for potential and baby lefties so its just the nature of the humanities that if you want substance and nuance, you'll have to get kinda dull.
@@satyasyasatyasya5746 well it's rough because I play these videos on the background while studying and/or working and it's like I am stuck because I can't focus enough to understand audiobooks and these baby leftist material is too boring/ not engaging
There are other channels which are more advanced, and i generally agree with you. But sometimes a chill videi about something i know is not that bad
@@BalkanSpectre well, i wouldn't recommend having videos playing while you're supposed to be studying and if you find these baby leftist videos too boring (which are already trying to be more 'fun') then what is it you want? An EVEN MORE 'fun' video with hyper aggressive editing or something, or a more intellectual/acedemic video? In the case of the latter, there's plenty of those online.
I don't know how old you are, but if you're having attention issues, maybe cultivate a better attention span and not have lots of stimuli all at once all the time? I don't know. Focus on one thing at a time :)
@@satyasyasatyasya5746this is truly a good advice.
I would only add to join an organization, because all your perspective changes when you engage with work on the ground, and also train yourself to read. Like doing exercise or art, it’s an habit you can train and develop. Meditation helps me with that
Capitalism is the ideology of marketing and sales. "We need a mixture of capitalism and socialism" is just another sales pitch for capitalism. Disregard.
Love the into 🚩
My only concern is with tje Ground News sponsorship because it would have a "nuetral = objective" mindset, so poaitive coverage of Cuba, PRC, and DPRK would be regarded as mis-info.
It does not help that most positive coverage of Cuba, PRC and DPRK is state financed propaganda or tankie propaganda.
When you talk about these countries you can’t just ignore the problems and be positive, like did Hakim ever do a positive coverage on America ?
@@ni9274say tankie one more time i dare you
@@ni9274 sorry if you unironically use the term tankie nobodies going to take you seriously here
@@ni9274 The US is capitalist. Also, most of the negative press are own and funded by literal capitalists, and "tankies" have been the only successful societies to actually get rid of private property, hence why the capitalist class fears and demonizes these states the most.
Hakim is a Marxist-Leninist (Lenin in his profile picture).
@@oddity1769 Actually, bias can distort judgment, such an anti- North Korean bias would take grifting defectors, like Naomi Park, at face value.
I live in a country with a mixed economic system (not in Europe). And yet we still have poverty of almost 20%. Why? Because all the wealth is all concentrated in our greater [capital] region (and despite the 2% poverty incidence rate in the region, there's still a lot of slums especially in the capital city), all the money is getting eaten up by the 1% (including celebrities and politicians), the absolute bullcrap of a transportation system that favors cars more than public vehicles, the phase out of traditional vehicles in favor of modernized, yet less efficient vehicles which left some drivers unemployed, housing, a low minimum wage, etc., you get the point.
Corruption is indeed a big thing here (of which in turn can fool the people in supporting a person who is "tough on corruption" yet does nothing or the opposite of their platform) but I believe that is a fraction of all the societal problems we have here.
Hakim with another banger and more book recommendations than I do friends
In American schools we are taught in business and economics classes that we already live in a mixed economy
Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.
Mixed economy indeed.
Best commie on yt
NATO is created for a reason, and that is to stop communism. Should communism spread, and NATO will start WWIII.
Ohh... We almost got clip-ception!
But I take a reference to another hakim-video in a clip from a hakim-video in a hakim-video, too 😅
Endless holocausts is such a vibe. Like, it almost feels like reading dystopian sci-fi, but it's real. It's like playing TNO and seeing most countries in the world being terror bombed by the luftwaffe and seeing how usually at the end of the Russian unification it may give you salted land as a focus.
Like, no matter what you do, you're going to end up messed.
Now, it's getting tiring. Has any of you communist or anyone else have gone to university to study economics? Some nobody with no idea how the basic economy works, reading some books on a baiesed ideology is not a good idea in my opinion. Because you read some books but no have studied how economics works does not make you an expert or make you know that this set of ideas is necessarily the good one.
Yes, there are socialists, who studied economics.
The problem with economics (at least in my country) is, that it´s basically one big propaganda show, I know from friends, that they only teach you all the classical liberal and neoliberal stuff, maybe some Keynes if you´re lucky, and that´s it. Even questions about the MMT or similar stuff are immediatly shut down. You don´t learn how the economy functions, you learn how liberals think the economy functions. So if you want to dive into some anticapitalist theory, it is of course neccessary to understand the basics of economics, but you absolutely don´t have to study that shit, in fact it can be better if you have not
Studying economics in college makes you less smart
"Basic" economics, as if there isn't advanced economics.
marx was literally an economist