Shit ur lucky communism is done or else the feds would have picked ur ass up in no time, but im with u brother, i too have lived outrages experiences that makes me think that we live with demons on this earth & they never go one on one, u fight an army of them
One of the strangest experiences growing up mixed in San Francisco was hearing an old black man flippantly say 'Sheeiit we were doing better before we had to move to the city' . Being young and leftist I could not believe an old man was defending segregation...until I studied the period he was talking about and the independence some communities had from the larger economy. Schools run out of houses producing literacy in classic arts unremembered now by youth. I was lucky young man, to listen.
Load of freaking OWS-style crap. We spend far more on many things we don't need, but somehow that's the fault of the rich.
What we don't need is collectivist crap designed to appeal to envy and greed in anyone.
I'm unemployed because it's a tough economy. S*** happens. The reason we're unemployed is because the $#%%$^%$&$ democrats in Congress blocked any action on the housing crisis DESPITE the GOP bureaucrats saying there was a clear problem.
BEST VIDEO of yours that I've seen yet, Stefan; you really turned the truth-dials up to 11 at the eleven minute mark. I've been touting this same ideology (read: "reality") for years.
The "monetary system" is out of date we are no longer a high labour scociety but the people at the top dont want change a system that is working well for them..
11:43 WTF Stefan? Your words "...Fuck the Cambodian workers who work for 22c and hour..." You were very harsh on sweatshop workers. Those Cambodian workers are paid so poorly so that big companies can maximise their ill gotten gains. Are you actually saying it is okay to pay people such crap wages?
The free market is garbage - it allows someone in the west to buy cheaper goods but at the expense of sweatshop workers in poorer countries - and big corporations keep rolling in their massive blood money.
In general, politicians are warped little Hitlers.
@Laoch111 Those "sweatshops" are the first step for many of the worlds people, from 3rd world, to second, then first. They appreciate the opportunity to actually participate in the world economy. What do you think they were doing before the "sweatshops" opened up? Hanging out at the fricken polo club?
@altclyti First step? Only step more likely. You have a very derogatory opinion of 3rd world countries. You must think they are only there so that super rich corporations can maximise profits. Get real.
Minimum wages, dollars and cents . . . it's all just numbers, relative numbers. It doesn't matter what the actual numbers are, $5/hour or $25. What matters is what you can buy with it . . . a meal, a gallon of milk, a gallon of gas, a home? All these prices move relative to each other, and relative to wages and prices in foreign economies. The absolute numbers DON'T MATTER - the relative values DO MATTER.
Money printing and increasing the money supply is how the rich (who have been gambling with other people's money and taxpayer bailout guarantees) get to discharge their debts at a huge discount . . . one big Ponzi scheme, don't you see it?
One cannot say that cars are bad just because the car one drives is in need of repair. If not government, what entity or solution do you propose to replace the necessary function that government plays in a complex society where certain social (common) needs must be addressed and which are most efficiently performed via a social mechanism? The capitalist needs the engineer, who needs the nurse, who needs the mailman who needs the accountant . . . who needs the capitalist. We need one another.
There seems to be a theme in this series: government is bad. I disagree with this premise. Government per se is not bad, just as music, per se, is not bad. But just as
"bad" music is indeed bad, so too is bad government, bad. Our current world governments are not guided by democratic principles, but are controlled by a global syndicate of miscreants and degenerates intoxicated by grandiose dreams of wealth and power. We live not in a democracy, nor a republic, but a corporatocracy.
This is nothing new as a AFRIKAN in amerikkka....Whites not all but most turned a blind eye and thought is what because we dont want to work we sell drugs ect ect now that it hit there homes that understand and see the evils
in my secondary school we did about 7 lessons a week on something called 'themes' we learnt about how horrible the evil chinese empire was , how wonderful the london 2012 olympics were and how its a great spend of money..............
During the industrial revolution there were no regulations regarding the working class and the poor. The working class had almost no money to live on. Children needed to work under very hard conditions and still the parents had difficulties feeding their families. On average, people of the working class died when they were 35 years old. Why did the rich wanted to get back at the poor during that time?
(sorry for the mistakes I've probably made, English is not my first language)
I know of an engineer who trained his kids in engineering when they were 12 and they assisted him in his business. They worked for him under the table, helping with his projects, allowing the income generated from their work to be channeled through their dad who had the license. I think he only started telling people about it after his kids were grown and had purchased their own "professional" certifications.
33 years old* Apologies, my keys sometimes do not work.
I really do wish there was something we could do. I've already had to sell off property, which I have no real problem with. I do not need much. Its just so frustrating. Heck, even my internet will e gone in another week or so. Again, not a huge deal at all. I feel ad even responding to a YT video when I should e working...
I can appreciate the fact you're helping to get this out there, as I am sure many do. My question is though, what is one to do? I am years old, currently unemployed. Since the age of 16 I have worked, and have been out of work one time before. Always done my very best, followed all the rules. Now what? So many people venting, and none of us have any real solutions. What could we do? Vote? Call our Reps? I do not expect to make millions. I just want to work hard, and live.
Low-wage countries also have to compete with slave labor in US prisons who get paid less than Bangladesh wages for trinkets sold at full market value in the US. There are two multi-billion-dollar-a-year prison companies, CCA (Corrections Corp. of America) and GEC (google them) and a third smaller one. These mega prison companies reap the fruits of the inmates' labor. They refer to the inmates they "manage" as "assets." These "jobs" in the prison industry became possible thanks to money printing.
America is not the world. If you look at some other countries you'll see that government funded education, healthcare and welfare are not the root cause of the wealth gap and poverty that you are so rightfully upset at. Public education, Medicare and welfare work just fine here in Australia.
although I guess that would explain why countries with no state education, unionization or healthcare are populated by an economic super-class of teenage accountants and plumbers.
In defense of math/science education, although rarely done "properly", they are valuable skills...yes even theoretical math, after all if you want airplanes, computers, etc..
At first, he seemed to take a Republican viewpoint of "All Government is Bad!" And I do think his commentary misses some key legislative concepts.
However, I do think that fundamentally changing the educational system so that actual economically & politically valuable skills are developed is the key to creating true prosperity.
That would create instability in the ruling class ... but I think "busting the ruling class" is in the current Zeitgeist.
Very true, and I could not have said it better myself. Public schools are merely government concentration camps. It is not only pseudo-education. It is indoctrination. The government hijacked the education system not out of benevolence (morons). They are in control of education so they can manipulate the minds of each successive generation.
I am 71yrs. old and have been around the world twice. I have met people from all walks of life. I am a self taught business man (retired) and I have never met a more interesting man than you, sir! I am looking at our way of life thru an entirely different light.I can now see more clearly the actual life we live.I have learned one thing for sure. Always give it more thought before coming to a conclusion. I guess it's true, the more we learn, the more we realize how little we know.Thank you.
Stef, most of the arguments you make about the gov't apply equally to corporations. They use advertising to trick the public for private profit. Your argument is nothing more than a stance on who you side with in this ongoing human conflict. It's ironic that you tell us in another of your vids that 'there is no such thing as MEANING' when you apply your own ideological meaning to a complex problem and then tell us it's only the gov't doing this. C'mon you can do better than this.
@returnofbeaux Actually. Everything I have, I have worked for. Blood sweat and toil. It's called Cowboy the fuck up. Something real men learn at an early age. You may have heard of those people back in the 1950's and earlier during the great depression. The ones who only had some pocket change but built something of it. We still exist today. And who said I was on top? Personal Drive + Motivation = Winning ;)
at 8:55 with regard to the new social programs did you mean to say "poverty stopped" - I think you meant the decrease in the rate of poverty stopped -
as a public school student, I agree with your sentiments. i am thankful that they are here, that they taught me how to read, and how to do math, but in my junior year of high school, i want to apply things i've learned, and it's enraging to see that the majority of teachers and staff are too comfortable with their tenure to actually encourage or teach the students who want to do more. i could go on about the mess of a high school i attend, but i'd rather silently bide my time until college.
fuck the cambodians? really? the difference between a cambodian working for 22 cents a day and an american who has a steady job is NOT their skills. how the hell is a cambodian supposed to go to college? americans are given opportunities everywhere, and if they work hard enough in PUBLIC SCHOOL (thank you us gov't) they can go to college and gain skills they'll need for a job. in places like cambodia, unless your parents have drilled into your head the need for education, you won't receive one.
except no one's actually lowering the rich... if there's one thing liberals and conservatives pride themselves in, it's welfare and tax breaks, respectively. and yes, having them both is essentially deleting the middle class, and no one is willing to compromise to try one solution or the other.
I tried to go to college to earn a skill and the costs and BS fees knocked me out of a University to a community college. I left community college because I did not have a job that could pay to keep me alive and in school without working so many hours for no pay that the only way I could do school and work would be cutting out sleep and what little life I have. I can't even get a job at McDonalds, so I joined the Army.. I hate it.. And I hate life, my outlook is very bleak and I am apathetic now
I dunno man. I was unemployed for 8 months, now I work for one of the fastest growing companies in Canada; one of the only to report financial gains during the recession. At the end of the day it was ME that was the reason I was unemployed. I know what he is trying to say, but it comes across as a nice crutch for people to lean on and keep complaining instead of going and working for McDonalds or volunteering in industry until they get a paid job in that industry.
@KILO993 you're like the rich kid on anti-depressents and a fat allowance trying to tell the neurotic goth chick (with catholic parents) why she shouldn't cut herself. you just don't get it because you're lucky and you're on top.
what hew is saying 13ish minutes for awhile is sooo fucking true.
they used to teach carpentry in my middle school & pulled the plug on it when i left middle school... and all through high school they told us go to university and get a degree because if you dont you will be poor like your parents.
15 years later and one degree, scraping by with 30K a year while high school dropouts with a welding certificate pull in 6 figures. i shouldn't have listened to my freemason HS advisor.
I see the fear in the eyes of older guys when i go for job interviews, thinking here's this very sharp & competent young engineer that i am interview that might take my job. That's why they always talk about how they got their job and how long they worked for the company and I understand their fears but its not fair for me. That's the impression I get, I understand the nature of my career path which involves constant learning of new advances in technologies.
Brilliant. These are the same conclusions my boyfriend and I discuss constantly. We have a 2 year old daughter and I am so worried about her future, it's fucking sad man.
But violence does work. Almost every single change in human history has happened through violence or because of the threat of violence. I know it's cool and New Age to say that violence doesn't solve anything, but in reality and looking back in human history it is apparent that violence does work.
The elitists have been using the state since the very beginning of time. Claiming that when the poor finally started using the government to defend themselves forced the elitists to start using the government is just a unbelievable level of lying.
And Privatizing the Educational system is NOT the answer either, like a Privately owned school will not force feed out children their propaganda and their vision as well. If I had to chose between the lesser of the two evils I would choose public schools over private.
Obviously this guy in the vid has NO CLUE about what has been going on in the past 40 years. It's the deregulation during the Regan Administration and his tax breaks for the wealthy that fucked this country up.
@grendel1013 Agreed. The guy needs to study the 1890s. If you leave the wealthy to their own devices, they WILL step on you to turn a profit. I'm not sure why this guy is so naive.
interesting video. Incidentally I think your use of the word 'violence' is inaccurate , I think you mean 'coersion' instead. The taxation system is not violent but entails coersion.
When U think about it the whole of primary school & secondary school is BS. People put their kids into school and let the government raise them, and what they seem to be interested in now is sex education. All nonsense. I've long gone made up my mind that my kids are to be home taught, I raise them not government, and trust me what your child can achieve by being home tuitioned until the age of 15/16 is going to be so much more on a wide scale than those kids who went through the school system.
@7:55 There is no misunderstanding about "YOUR" position, when it is also "our" position, Sir it is also the position of anyone with any sanity. Apology for your being pissed off is not really needed.
I'm sorry that this has nothing to do with your actual video which is by the way very interesting, and it reinforces things I have heard, but to be honest.
You have a nice wall, it's a really nice color and it's so damn clean and smooth!
Jesus I'm gonna get so many thumbs down for this >_>
Not to sound like a prick, but "paycheck to paycheck" is very relative. It means very different things to different people. Hardly useful in making a point.
plus that's why Hollywood kids emancipate at a young age, cause they know how to negotiate contracts and are rich at a young age. Course the're economic value declines as they age, cause the general public doesn't want to watch them on television or in film anymore (which is why young stars have to re-define themselves as adult actors/actresses) and if they don't make it then they're fame is over and that's all the money capital they get and wind up broke in they're 20's.
plus rich business owners can USE the poor as a tax break, I.E. a "blanky Blank" Foundation to help "Blanky Blank" and so they save millions in taxes. Then hiding they're money in corporations where they are top employees or sole stock holders and hide money from the govt. tax man. The old phrase of the rich, "Spend your money, before taxes. Instead of being taxed before spending money." I might of gotten that a little wrong in the wording, but it's about setting up real assets.
Why is everything this man saying so obviously true yet completely pervasive? This is almost word for word what I tell people about school and politics. I read about a book a month on politics, economics or education and I try to find the best, most objective and true sources I can.
He probably means that violence can't achieve a virtuous and peaceful society, not that violence can't achieve anything. The only people who can live happily in this predatory system are psycopaths and sociopaths.
Ya know why the state can't teach you useful skills in school, right? Imagine if plumbing was part of the k-12 plan. What would all the plumbers do, besides go broke and not vote for the politician that added plumbing to the curriculum? Skills are valuable because they are rare. Anything that public schools teach becomes worthless in the act of the teaching. It's not only a waste of time, it's an intentional waste of time.
Do you know what I learned from small business and entrepenuer class? How to draw a building on a piece of graphsheet paper. I should have just dropped out.
beside state right and monopoly use of and abuse of excessive power what beside the lower class fighting back practicly we must have the theoretical work tool and the fighting of power is truly begins at school, let the students have some insight and decmocracy in school. in order to overthrow ur two parlament system.
@JennJenification I'll agree that our social welfare programs need reform, but I see NO REASON why we should be continuing tax breaks for the wealthiest. The excuse was so they'd create jobs, that hasn't worked in about a decade. They're sitting on it, and letting the entire middle class twist in the wind.
@stefbot I totally respect your POV and I am glad you are giving an intellectual voice for the libertarian right. But you seem to be arguing that its worthless for the working class to use the tool of government to repel the oppression of the elite, because the elite are going to retaliate. You argue that its better to just accept pre-retaliation stage capitalistic oppression. I don't see why you don't promote a radical leftist view of the poor unifying and controlling the elite indefinitely.
@stefbot Because the elite already have discovered their newfound power and removing the one finger we have on the elite will just disenfranchise us even further. Strong democratic institutions are the first step to enfranchising the public in defending themselves against this oppression within our current system. I think your videos are great despite our disagreement. I look forward to your response.
If you really wanna help the poor, sick people: don't pay more taxes than what you absolutely need to, attempt to reduce your payload to the government and be self-sufficient. Then give your excess food and money to the poor by yourself. When you give money this way, government can't take a part of it to their schemes.
How is he going to educate his daughter when the government can rip er away from your hands in most western states and throw it in the mental prisons called schools? Should I move to Canada if I am going to get a child?
@Motherlandpluto Just tell your child that school is a place where you don't have to work too hard despite what other people say unless your child is actually going to need those skills in life. The less energy your child uses on meaningless things, the more energyy he or she has in use for useful things. Discuss about your child's future profession in early age. It already helps alot to know whether it's paper business or a practicall profession, or one where you need good physical shape.
@Motherlandpluto When you got that cowered, you can train that area with your child. It's okay even if you don't know how, you'll just as capable of learning things too and have the capability to separate irrelevant from the most important things you need to focus on right now, because your view of the world has been much further developed than that of a child'.s. And if it isn't, expand it.
it's not going to be pretty, and I think they can keep up the charade, even if it falls apart they'll put it back together the same way, you're dreaming if you think anything is going to change, the people are the same they're going to be dependent so the politician's will continue to take advantage of them.
I'm not waiting for a collapse, I'm looking to to get involved in the corruption, I"m going to invest in companies that profit from war, ciggerette companies etc. get it?
I see videos like this and I get all worked up and pissed off. I agree with this but when I tell others about it they look at me as if I have lost my mind. What can I do? I am not rich but I am not in poverty.
im thinking on the same frequency as this guy but my idea to solve it goes in a different direction, i know you probably wont read this but if u have a chance, read The Shock Doctrine. It would be a different and well researched perspective on the same problem, always good to look at things from both sides which is why im watching your video.
@FUZZYisBIG You have your opinion and I'll have mine. My thoughts on the matter are crysal clear and will not be swayed in any way. Hope that's definitive for you. Bye o/
Those 43 dislikes are the people fuckin up the system, fuckin up the economy, rich get rich, and poor get enslaved, no middleclass, the truth is the truth
@janejohnson89 get a self sustaining house (renewable sources of energy water and food), home-school your kids about stuff they're actually interested in, make them aware of the fact that advertisements are all lies.
Even though you havent actually done anything about it, at least you will be free from the bullshit.
Then see what you can do about passing around free stuff to your family and friends (make their households self sustaining as well).
@Bos187 That would be a great idea if you have the money in the first place in order to set yourself up! Most are living from paycheck to paycheck just to survive and cant get ahead enough to do this.
I agree with this guy on the general notion that the world is fucked up and 99% of people are getting a raw deal, but he has far from convinced me as to why and how this is happening. His theories just seem a little twisted and paranoid for my liking.
Also I question this guy's mental sanity. There are moments like 08:22 where he sounds like a full blown wacko.
@sbowesuk It's very simple really. Anyone will agree that you can't use the initiation of force and the threat of violence to solve complex social issues, yet everyone is fine with the state. As for the wacko mode? It's just pure indignation and passion.
Stefan you are awesome! Thanks for these videos and saying it how it REALLY is.
MrDefiance000 1 day ago
i am revolution
wendellbravo666 1 week ago
philippine on overused of heavy chains of enslavery.
wendellbravo666 1 week ago
Your preaching to the converted.... or me anyway.
bosshoggett 1 week ago
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I think collapse of the USA is inevitable. Part of me wonders what the country will look like 10 to 20 yrs from now.
1977Melville 2 weeks ago
I think collapse of the USA is inevitable. Part of me wonders what the country will look like 10-20 yrs from now.
1977Melville 2 weeks ago
Things in this country will become quite, how should I say, "interesting" when more people wake up and see what's really happening.
StievStigma 2 weeks ago
Shit ur lucky communism is done or else the feds would have picked ur ass up in no time, but im with u brother, i too have lived outrages experiences that makes me think that we live with demons on this earth & they never go one on one, u fight an army of them
califranky 3 weeks ago
You tore it all apart.
Brilliant.
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One of the strangest experiences growing up mixed in San Francisco was hearing an old black man flippantly say 'Sheeiit we were doing better before we had to move to the city' . Being young and leftist I could not believe an old man was defending segregation...until I studied the period he was talking about and the independence some communities had from the larger economy. Schools run out of houses producing literacy in classic arts unremembered now by youth. I was lucky young man, to listen.
donworland 3 weeks ago
Load of freaking OWS-style crap. We spend far more on many things we don't need, but somehow that's the fault of the rich.
What we don't need is collectivist crap designed to appeal to envy and greed in anyone.
I'm unemployed because it's a tough economy. S*** happens. The reason we're unemployed is because the $#%%$^%$&$ democrats in Congress blocked any action on the housing crisis DESPITE the GOP bureaucrats saying there was a clear problem.
IAmTDurden 1 month ago
@IAmTDurden
You clearly didn't watch the whole video. After he gave the OWS-style statistics, he explained why it isn't the fault of free-enterprise.
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@EliteKiller07 yea I almost did the same thing, ALMOST then i watched another 30 seconds I'm like, wow this guy actually knows what's going on
xXxDANMANxXx 1 month ago
BEST VIDEO of yours that I've seen yet, Stefan; you really turned the truth-dials up to 11 at the eleven minute mark. I've been touting this same ideology (read: "reality") for years.
rimwrangler 1 month ago
The "monetary system" is out of date we are no longer a high labour scociety but the people at the top dont want change a system that is working well for them..
64SGH 1 month ago
11:43 WTF Stefan? Your words "...Fuck the Cambodian workers who work for 22c and hour..." You were very harsh on sweatshop workers. Those Cambodian workers are paid so poorly so that big companies can maximise their ill gotten gains. Are you actually saying it is okay to pay people such crap wages?
Laoch111 1 month ago
@Laoch111 You completely missed his point; try again.
rimwrangler 1 month ago
The free market is garbage - it allows someone in the west to buy cheaper goods but at the expense of sweatshop workers in poorer countries - and big corporations keep rolling in their massive blood money.
In general, politicians are warped little Hitlers.
Gandhi: "Poverty is the worst form of violence."
Laoch111 1 month ago
@Laoch111 Those "sweatshops" are the first step for many of the worlds people, from 3rd world, to second, then first. They appreciate the opportunity to actually participate in the world economy. What do you think they were doing before the "sweatshops" opened up? Hanging out at the fricken polo club?
altclyti 3 weeks ago
@altclyti First step? Only step more likely. You have a very derogatory opinion of 3rd world countries. You must think they are only there so that super rich corporations can maximise profits. Get real.
Laoch111 3 weeks ago
"The Government Is A Gang Of Sociopath's" Real Fucking Talk!!
1blackmass 1 month ago
I better record this before they take you off the net....
csu111 1 month ago 11
@csu111 When is that gonna happen?
MrTruthUnleashed 1 month ago
as always, insightful, interesting & entertaining keep them coming!!
Namaste xxx
kainejoyes 1 month ago
this is awesome but you are preaching to the choir. The people that really need to see this probably never will.
Gnarlow87 1 month ago
Stef is a genius.
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stefbot for president
TheNyCsound 1 month ago
your name sir, should be Ragnar Danneskjöld
camillo1234 2 months ago
Minimum wages, dollars and cents . . . it's all just numbers, relative numbers. It doesn't matter what the actual numbers are, $5/hour or $25. What matters is what you can buy with it . . . a meal, a gallon of milk, a gallon of gas, a home? All these prices move relative to each other, and relative to wages and prices in foreign economies. The absolute numbers DON'T MATTER - the relative values DO MATTER.
aerofart 2 months ago
Money printing and increasing the money supply is how the rich (who have been gambling with other people's money and taxpayer bailout guarantees) get to discharge their debts at a huge discount . . . one big Ponzi scheme, don't you see it?
aerofart 2 months ago
Do you want a fifteen year old plumber working on your pipes?
aerofart 2 months ago
@aerofart If the plumber has the skills that are required then yes.
MrTruthUnleashed 1 month ago
I suppose we should shun public schools and instead dip into our trust funds and pay to go to private schools?
aerofart 2 months ago
One cannot say that cars are bad just because the car one drives is in need of repair. If not government, what entity or solution do you propose to replace the necessary function that government plays in a complex society where certain social (common) needs must be addressed and which are most efficiently performed via a social mechanism? The capitalist needs the engineer, who needs the nurse, who needs the mailman who needs the accountant . . . who needs the capitalist. We need one another.
aerofart 2 months ago
There seems to be a theme in this series: government is bad. I disagree with this premise. Government per se is not bad, just as music, per se, is not bad. But just as
"bad" music is indeed bad, so too is bad government, bad. Our current world governments are not guided by democratic principles, but are controlled by a global syndicate of miscreants and degenerates intoxicated by grandiose dreams of wealth and power. We live not in a democracy, nor a republic, but a corporatocracy.
aerofart 2 months ago
This is nothing new as a AFRIKAN in amerikkka....Whites not all but most turned a blind eye and thought is what because we dont want to work we sell drugs ect ect now that it hit there homes that understand and see the evils
DonSlipDubO55 2 months ago
in my secondary school we did about 7 lessons a week on something called 'themes' we learnt about how horrible the evil chinese empire was , how wonderful the london 2012 olympics were and how its a great spend of money..............
KingOfSchadenfreude 2 months ago
During the industrial revolution there were no regulations regarding the working class and the poor. The working class had almost no money to live on. Children needed to work under very hard conditions and still the parents had difficulties feeding their families. On average, people of the working class died when they were 35 years old. Why did the rich wanted to get back at the poor during that time?
(sorry for the mistakes I've probably made, English is not my first language)
chellebelable 2 months ago
I know of an engineer who trained his kids in engineering when they were 12 and they assisted him in his business. They worked for him under the table, helping with his projects, allowing the income generated from their work to be channeled through their dad who had the license. I think he only started telling people about it after his kids were grown and had purchased their own "professional" certifications.
erentheca 2 months ago
33 years old* Apologies, my keys sometimes do not work.
I really do wish there was something we could do. I've already had to sell off property, which I have no real problem with. I do not need much. Its just so frustrating. Heck, even my internet will e gone in another week or so. Again, not a huge deal at all. I feel ad even responding to a YT video when I should e working...
BlahBlahUsername1 2 months ago
I can appreciate the fact you're helping to get this out there, as I am sure many do. My question is though, what is one to do? I am years old, currently unemployed. Since the age of 16 I have worked, and have been out of work one time before. Always done my very best, followed all the rules. Now what? So many people venting, and none of us have any real solutions. What could we do? Vote? Call our Reps? I do not expect to make millions. I just want to work hard, and live.
BlahBlahUsername1 2 months ago
Amazing. Every word you said is true. You must be very hated.
CynLibSoc 2 months ago 2
Low-wage countries also have to compete with slave labor in US prisons who get paid less than Bangladesh wages for trinkets sold at full market value in the US. There are two multi-billion-dollar-a-year prison companies, CCA (Corrections Corp. of America) and GEC (google them) and a third smaller one. These mega prison companies reap the fruits of the inmates' labor. They refer to the inmates they "manage" as "assets." These "jobs" in the prison industry became possible thanks to money printing.
Cindy8207 2 months ago
America is not the world. If you look at some other countries you'll see that government funded education, healthcare and welfare are not the root cause of the wealth gap and poverty that you are so rightfully upset at. Public education, Medicare and welfare work just fine here in Australia.
sliskslisk 2 months ago
@sliskslisk They work just fine in the Netherlands as well
chellebelable 2 months ago
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takethisyou0tube 3 months ago
although I guess that would explain why countries with no state education, unionization or healthcare are populated by an economic super-class of teenage accountants and plumbers.
takethisyou0tube 3 months ago
so economic inequality is caused by......the welfare state?
takethisyou0tube 3 months ago
you speak the truth
normanlloyd1 3 months ago
Can you give me a reason why I shouldn't blow my brains out?
AnnRKey 3 months ago
@AnnRKey I cant.
neversurdender 3 months ago
@neversurdender How about now?
AnnRKey 3 months ago
In defense of math/science education, although rarely done "properly", they are valuable skills...yes even theoretical math, after all if you want airplanes, computers, etc..
-Math Major.
Otherwise you earned yourself a like and a fan.
lundymaphone 3 months ago
I love you.
RayHolly69 3 months ago
At about 8:00-08:30 you scared the heck out of me! LOL. i like it. You're a very smart man though. I liked it.
pcgamernum1 3 months ago
At first, he seemed to take a Republican viewpoint of "All Government is Bad!" And I do think his commentary misses some key legislative concepts.
However, I do think that fundamentally changing the educational system so that actual economically & politically valuable skills are developed is the key to creating true prosperity.
That would create instability in the ruling class ... but I think "busting the ruling class" is in the current Zeitgeist.
UniversalPotentate 3 months ago
The food stamps stat is a bit unfair considering how many people choose to live on welfare and food stamps. Let's see the statistic concerning that.
pseudohippie55 3 months ago
Some valid points , but what about child labor abuse exploitation?
pahtai11365 3 months ago
Yes and 49% of all bankrupsys in the US are due to medical bills
ahamatmabrahman 4 months ago 13
@ahamatmabrahman Are prices not up partially due to the risks of suing, and our horrible law system?!j
mrpoghunter 3 weeks ago
Spot On!!!!!
BADGER80INCHER 4 months ago
Very true, and I could not have said it better myself. Public schools are merely government concentration camps. It is not only pseudo-education. It is indoctrination. The government hijacked the education system not out of benevolence (morons). They are in control of education so they can manipulate the minds of each successive generation.
UltraConservative298 4 months ago
@UltraConservative298 of course! because it's not like doctors went to public universities or anything, right?
pseudohippie55 3 months ago
I am 71yrs. old and have been around the world twice. I have met people from all walks of life. I am a self taught business man (retired) and I have never met a more interesting man than you, sir! I am looking at our way of life thru an entirely different light.I can now see more clearly the actual life we live.I have learned one thing for sure. Always give it more thought before coming to a conclusion. I guess it's true, the more we learn, the more we realize how little we know.Thank you.
buddybleau 4 months ago
You can all topple the system . buy gold. read this.Gold standard is real Adam Smith economics , this why governments hate it so much.
FrParlentauxFr 4 months ago
Stef, most of the arguments you make about the gov't apply equally to corporations. They use advertising to trick the public for private profit. Your argument is nothing more than a stance on who you side with in this ongoing human conflict. It's ironic that you tell us in another of your vids that 'there is no such thing as MEANING' when you apply your own ideological meaning to a complex problem and then tell us it's only the gov't doing this. C'mon you can do better than this.
glenstegner 4 months ago
@returnofbeaux Actually. Everything I have, I have worked for. Blood sweat and toil. It's called Cowboy the fuck up. Something real men learn at an early age. You may have heard of those people back in the 1950's and earlier during the great depression. The ones who only had some pocket change but built something of it. We still exist today. And who said I was on top? Personal Drive + Motivation = Winning ;)
KILO993 4 months ago
@KILO993 I just wanted to check you didn't dislocate your shoulder with all that patting yourself on the back.
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brandonbug1 4 months ago
at 8:55 with regard to the new social programs did you mean to say "poverty stopped" - I think you meant the decrease in the rate of poverty stopped -
xl0l0l0l0lx 4 months ago
as a public school student, I agree with your sentiments. i am thankful that they are here, that they taught me how to read, and how to do math, but in my junior year of high school, i want to apply things i've learned, and it's enraging to see that the majority of teachers and staff are too comfortable with their tenure to actually encourage or teach the students who want to do more. i could go on about the mess of a high school i attend, but i'd rather silently bide my time until college.
generallypolite 4 months ago
fuck the cambodians? really? the difference between a cambodian working for 22 cents a day and an american who has a steady job is NOT their skills. how the hell is a cambodian supposed to go to college? americans are given opportunities everywhere, and if they work hard enough in PUBLIC SCHOOL (thank you us gov't) they can go to college and gain skills they'll need for a job. in places like cambodia, unless your parents have drilled into your head the need for education, you won't receive one.
generallypolite 4 months ago
except no one's actually lowering the rich... if there's one thing liberals and conservatives pride themselves in, it's welfare and tax breaks, respectively. and yes, having them both is essentially deleting the middle class, and no one is willing to compromise to try one solution or the other.
generallypolite 4 months ago
USA needs a reboot - wealth distribution.
mba2ceo 4 months ago
I tried to go to college to earn a skill and the costs and BS fees knocked me out of a University to a community college. I left community college because I did not have a job that could pay to keep me alive and in school without working so many hours for no pay that the only way I could do school and work would be cutting out sleep and what little life I have. I can't even get a job at McDonalds, so I joined the Army.. I hate it.. And I hate life, my outlook is very bleak and I am apathetic now
Voivrenetwork 4 months ago
@Voivrenetwork thank you for sharing this. i would hate life too if i had joined the military.
returnofbeaux 4 months ago
Trying to place his accent is driving me mad! American? Canadian? Ozzie?
bundleHastings 4 months ago
I dunno man. I was unemployed for 8 months, now I work for one of the fastest growing companies in Canada; one of the only to report financial gains during the recession. At the end of the day it was ME that was the reason I was unemployed. I know what he is trying to say, but it comes across as a nice crutch for people to lean on and keep complaining instead of going and working for McDonalds or volunteering in industry until they get a paid job in that industry.
KILO993 4 months ago
@KILO993 you're like the rich kid on anti-depressents and a fat allowance trying to tell the neurotic goth chick (with catholic parents) why she shouldn't cut herself. you just don't get it because you're lucky and you're on top.
returnofbeaux 4 months ago
what hew is saying 13ish minutes for awhile is sooo fucking true.
they used to teach carpentry in my middle school & pulled the plug on it when i left middle school... and all through high school they told us go to university and get a degree because if you dont you will be poor like your parents.
15 years later and one degree, scraping by with 30K a year while high school dropouts with a welding certificate pull in 6 figures. i shouldn't have listened to my freemason HS advisor.
KaKKutak 4 months ago
I see the fear in the eyes of older guys when i go for job interviews, thinking here's this very sharp & competent young engineer that i am interview that might take my job. That's why they always talk about how they got their job and how long they worked for the company and I understand their fears but its not fair for me. That's the impression I get, I understand the nature of my career path which involves constant learning of new advances in technologies.
K3RR0N120 5 months ago
no no you're right my brain did get completely fudged up after learning useless shit in school that i can't even remember now
deadshot666 5 months ago
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TheGhostGorilla 5 months ago
Brilliant. These are the same conclusions my boyfriend and I discuss constantly. We have a 2 year old daughter and I am so worried about her future, it's fucking sad man.
iEatBoneDust 5 months ago 8
@iEatBoneDust thanks, I often feel the same way about my own daughter...
stefbot 5 months ago 3
the only thing worse than being unemployed is being married as a man and being unemployed.
marcdaddy33 5 months ago
But violence does work. Almost every single change in human history has happened through violence or because of the threat of violence. I know it's cool and New Age to say that violence doesn't solve anything, but in reality and looking back in human history it is apparent that violence does work.
YksiSuomalainen 5 months ago
The elitists have been using the state since the very beginning of time. Claiming that when the poor finally started using the government to defend themselves forced the elitists to start using the government is just a unbelievable level of lying.
On the other stuff I agree.
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KleopatrasFortunes 5 months ago
And Privatizing the Educational system is NOT the answer either, like a Privately owned school will not force feed out children their propaganda and their vision as well. If I had to chose between the lesser of the two evils I would choose public schools over private.
grendel1013 5 months ago
Obviously this guy in the vid has NO CLUE about what has been going on in the past 40 years. It's the deregulation during the Regan Administration and his tax breaks for the wealthy that fucked this country up.
grendel1013 5 months ago
@grendel1013 Agreed. The guy needs to study the 1890s. If you leave the wealthy to their own devices, they WILL step on you to turn a profit. I'm not sure why this guy is so naive.
HyrbidHermit 5 months ago
@stefbot You make much sense to me, thanks for the vids.
ColdBoi 5 months ago
@ColdBoi you are welcome my friend, I'm so glad to be of help :)
stefbot 5 months ago 2
This reminds me of working class hero by John Lennon.
MARSBELLA1 5 months ago
interesting video. Incidentally I think your use of the word 'violence' is inaccurate , I think you mean 'coersion' instead. The taxation system is not violent but entails coersion.
Sensualsenior 5 months ago
@Sensualsenior And coercion implies violence. Violence doesn't always come from the end of a gun.
Koshy2 5 months ago
When U think about it the whole of primary school & secondary school is BS. People put their kids into school and let the government raise them, and what they seem to be interested in now is sex education. All nonsense. I've long gone made up my mind that my kids are to be home taught, I raise them not government, and trust me what your child can achieve by being home tuitioned until the age of 15/16 is going to be so much more on a wide scale than those kids who went through the school system.
lifendsoon 5 months ago
god man we get it, u talk to much
Donnrassclot 6 months ago
@7:55 There is no misunderstanding about "YOUR" position, when it is also "our" position, Sir it is also the position of anyone with any sanity. Apology for your being pissed off is not really needed.
PoofDuddy 6 months ago
Another great piece. Thanks a lot!
badseed86 6 months ago
Epic rant. I must consider your words carefully.
Hidajunshin 6 months ago
I'm sorry that this has nothing to do with your actual video which is by the way very interesting, and it reinforces things I have heard, but to be honest.
You have a nice wall, it's a really nice color and it's so damn clean and smooth!
Jesus I'm gonna get so many thumbs down for this >_>
BugsnClovers 6 months ago
Not to sound like a prick, but "paycheck to paycheck" is very relative. It means very different things to different people. Hardly useful in making a point.
I agree with you, but that's hardly scientific.
hailholyghost 6 months ago
story of my life
DaddyFuManchu 6 months ago
thumbs up if you think he had an ORGASIM AT 8:20 LOL
RICHCITYakaRICHED 6 months ago
Excellent video!
MsTheresaKelly1 6 months ago
You wanna go out and get shot? No you can't, you get shot. Then go to jail.
Erathsmedor 6 months ago
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Erathsmedor 6 months ago
Thank you for expressing this so well.
thenumber13dotnet 6 months ago
plus that's why Hollywood kids emancipate at a young age, cause they know how to negotiate contracts and are rich at a young age. Course the're economic value declines as they age, cause the general public doesn't want to watch them on television or in film anymore (which is why young stars have to re-define themselves as adult actors/actresses) and if they don't make it then they're fame is over and that's all the money capital they get and wind up broke in they're 20's.
ashleighxeltentat 6 months ago
plus people with NO Skills come over the border and work for cheaper than the american worker.
ashleighxeltentat 6 months ago
plus rich business owners can USE the poor as a tax break, I.E. a "blanky Blank" Foundation to help "Blanky Blank" and so they save millions in taxes. Then hiding they're money in corporations where they are top employees or sole stock holders and hide money from the govt. tax man. The old phrase of the rich, "Spend your money, before taxes. Instead of being taxed before spending money." I might of gotten that a little wrong in the wording, but it's about setting up real assets.
ashleighxeltentat 6 months ago
The colleges/universities need to take your money first, then you can't use it.
3089280288 6 months ago
I'm just finding this. But I so love your passion.
domino18717 6 months ago
they should show this clip on a huge screen worldwide specifically when government elections are in progress.
the majority of people mayb unaware of wot this guy is talkin' about
gimme a thumbs up if u agree or thumbs down if u don't :-)
stealth5580 6 months ago 7
It works for THEM !!!
dweber66 6 months ago
He slammed that nail down with one shot of the hammer!
All true!
ISENTRY 6 months ago
Why is everything this man saying so obviously true yet completely pervasive? This is almost word for word what I tell people about school and politics. I read about a book a month on politics, economics or education and I try to find the best, most objective and true sources I can.
tekproxy 6 months ago
Thumbs up if you thought YouTube froze at 16:57 ...I did!
infinitelines 7 months ago
Homeschool #FTW
Fjallgeirr 7 months ago
I am absolutely stunned . This man is articulating what only a remnant of us know .
fabianstraregy 7 months ago
This guy makes some good points! Wow, I never really thought about things this way...interesting!!!
valareksic 7 months ago
moral of the story train your kids at your job so they can be a million times better than others at the skill by your age XD #ParentingWin
CrystalAmaryllis 7 months ago
lmaoo he's so funny "hey do you care about old people that live on cat food? , hey! i'll take care of that for you!"
CrystalAmaryllis 7 months ago
He probably means that violence can't achieve a virtuous and peaceful society, not that violence can't achieve anything. The only people who can live happily in this predatory system are psycopaths and sociopaths.
93msinclair 7 months ago 2
Freedom = Action - Permission
InfinityDollar 7 months ago
Very well done video, Sir.
xorthfred 7 months ago
Ya know why the state can't teach you useful skills in school, right? Imagine if plumbing was part of the k-12 plan. What would all the plumbers do, besides go broke and not vote for the politician that added plumbing to the curriculum? Skills are valuable because they are rare. Anything that public schools teach becomes worthless in the act of the teaching. It's not only a waste of time, it's an intentional waste of time.
ariuszarim 7 months ago 2
YOU CAN SEE THAT HE GOT PISSED AROUND 5:55
jnixongo00 7 months ago 2
True
Izak0world 7 months ago
Do you know what I learned from small business and entrepenuer class? How to draw a building on a piece of graphsheet paper. I should have just dropped out.
AvoidThePendulum 7 months ago
This man knows what he is saying ...... if you don't ....... please ask him questions.
rattytheraccoon 7 months ago
beside state right and monopoly use of and abuse of excessive power what beside the lower class fighting back practicly we must have the theoretical work tool and the fighting of power is truly begins at school, let the students have some insight and decmocracy in school. in order to overthrow ur two parlament system.
hansson2000 7 months ago
Delusional ramblings :D
Poor suckers.
Get a job.
KensaimasterWung 8 months ago
And NOW is the time when we need to be cutting social programs and continuing tax breaks for the 'job creating' rich? Sure, that makes lots of sense.
JennJenification 8 months ago
@JennJenification I'll agree that our social welfare programs need reform, but I see NO REASON why we should be continuing tax breaks for the wealthiest. The excuse was so they'd create jobs, that hasn't worked in about a decade. They're sitting on it, and letting the entire middle class twist in the wind.
JennJenification 8 months ago
Long live Spartacus!!! Let Modern Rome fall!!
Elesparto 8 months ago
Where does he get these statistics from?
samsoner 8 months ago
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Champraves311 8 months ago
@stefbot I totally respect your POV and I am glad you are giving an intellectual voice for the libertarian right. But you seem to be arguing that its worthless for the working class to use the tool of government to repel the oppression of the elite, because the elite are going to retaliate. You argue that its better to just accept pre-retaliation stage capitalistic oppression. I don't see why you don't promote a radical leftist view of the poor unifying and controlling the elite indefinitely.
Champraves311 8 months ago
@stefbot Because the elite already have discovered their newfound power and removing the one finger we have on the elite will just disenfranchise us even further. Strong democratic institutions are the first step to enfranchising the public in defending themselves against this oppression within our current system. I think your videos are great despite our disagreement. I look forward to your response.
Champraves311 8 months ago
What you tax decreases, what you subsidize increases. The America of 2011 explained.
learn54 8 months ago
You sir! Got a subscriber. Hey I need a job laid off since 10/2010 been looking since.
ernesdee2o916 8 months ago
stefbot you only nailed it by 100%
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edny100 8 months ago
If you really wanna help the poor, sick people: don't pay more taxes than what you absolutely need to, attempt to reduce your payload to the government and be self-sufficient. Then give your excess food and money to the poor by yourself. When you give money this way, government can't take a part of it to their schemes.
jahsay69 8 months ago
"Cluster frak" 7:46
anonaccount77 8 months ago
How is he going to educate his daughter when the government can rip er away from your hands in most western states and throw it in the mental prisons called schools? Should I move to Canada if I am going to get a child?
Motherlandpluto 8 months ago
@Motherlandpluto Just tell your child that school is a place where you don't have to work too hard despite what other people say unless your child is actually going to need those skills in life. The less energy your child uses on meaningless things, the more energyy he or she has in use for useful things. Discuss about your child's future profession in early age. It already helps alot to know whether it's paper business or a practicall profession, or one where you need good physical shape.
jahsay69 8 months ago
@Motherlandpluto When you got that cowered, you can train that area with your child. It's okay even if you don't know how, you'll just as capable of learning things too and have the capability to separate irrelevant from the most important things you need to focus on right now, because your view of the world has been much further developed than that of a child'.s. And if it isn't, expand it.
jahsay69 8 months ago
Parts of this were funny, but I agree with that you can't threaten someone unless they care about something and you know what that is...
You can't threaten a man by holding his mother-in-law hostage.
SaM52461 9 months ago
I can't wait for the great collapse. I'm gonna laugh because it was predicted decades before.
warobsessive 9 months ago
@warobsessive
it's not going to be pretty, and I think they can keep up the charade, even if it falls apart they'll put it back together the same way, you're dreaming if you think anything is going to change, the people are the same they're going to be dependent so the politician's will continue to take advantage of them.
I'm not waiting for a collapse, I'm looking to to get involved in the corruption, I"m going to invest in companies that profit from war, ciggerette companies etc. get it?
SaM52461 9 months ago
I don't agree. The answer doesn't need 18 minutes... it's one word: Fascism. The marriage of business and government.
ShinEmperor 9 months ago
I see videos like this and I get all worked up and pissed off. I agree with this but when I tell others about it they look at me as if I have lost my mind. What can I do? I am not rich but I am not in poverty.
smichael61 9 months ago
im thinking on the same frequency as this guy but my idea to solve it goes in a different direction, i know you probably wont read this but if u have a chance, read The Shock Doctrine. It would be a different and well researched perspective on the same problem, always good to look at things from both sides which is why im watching your video.
OneHavenForU 9 months ago
@FUZZYisBIG You have your opinion and I'll have mine. My thoughts on the matter are crysal clear and will not be swayed in any way. Hope that's definitive for you. Bye o/
sbowesuk 10 months ago
one of the most eye opening videos ive seen with a fresh new perspectiive
charliehelyes 10 months ago
POLITICAL POWER IS A SHIT MAGNET !
rolynstone48 10 months ago
They did make a couple o' fuck ups ......
FranklinP77 10 months ago
Those 43 dislikes are the people fuckin up the system, fuckin up the economy, rich get rich, and poor get enslaved, no middleclass, the truth is the truth
ahmloc 10 months ago
Seriously what the fuck do we do about this?! I want to do something but I am so lost!
janejohnson89 10 months ago
@janejohnson89 get a self sustaining house (renewable sources of energy water and food), home-school your kids about stuff they're actually interested in, make them aware of the fact that advertisements are all lies.
Even though you havent actually done anything about it, at least you will be free from the bullshit.
Then see what you can do about passing around free stuff to your family and friends (make their households self sustaining as well).
That woud be a good start.
Bos187 10 months ago 18
@Bos187 That would be a great idea if you have the money in the first place in order to set yourself up! Most are living from paycheck to paycheck just to survive and cant get ahead enough to do this.
Meloncholysmile 6 months ago
@janejohnson89 You change yourself, you treat your c hildren well, and you wait for the silent revolution.
FUZZYisBIG 10 months ago
@janejohnson89 I agree with you, what to do?
smichael61 9 months ago
I agree with this guy on the general notion that the world is fucked up and 99% of people are getting a raw deal, but he has far from convinced me as to why and how this is happening. His theories just seem a little twisted and paranoid for my liking.
Also I question this guy's mental sanity. There are moments like 08:22 where he sounds like a full blown wacko.
sbowesuk 11 months ago
@sbowesuk It's very simple really. Anyone will agree that you can't use the initiation of force and the threat of violence to solve complex social issues, yet everyone is fine with the state. As for the wacko mode? It's just pure indignation and passion.
FUZZYisBIG 10 months ago