you guys are stupid youd rather have internet then to live good with a lot of money pff id do it in a heart for a million dollars how much easier would it make me and my family's lives
Aspirin AKA acetylsalicylic acid, has been around for several thousand years. The Chinese even used it in the BC It was a simple brew of tree bark (that tasted awful) but was really acetylsalicylic acid did what aspirin does today. Lessen or removed pain, lower body temps due to illnesses and it even helped fight infections. Just like our modern pill Aspirin.
would do it for $286,963. and lifetime access to a universities library.
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
would do it for $286,963. and lifetime access to a universities library....
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
would do it for $286,963.21 and lifetime access to a universities library....
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
This misses a lot about the money making utility of buying a phone in the 80s. American TV networks are as shit as my Australian ones. Cash in the TV to a sucker while you still can. Don't be the television bag holder.
I wouldn't give up the internet for a billion dollars (or even a billion pounds! :P).
The internet is way too integrated into our everyday lives now. Life would not be the same without it. What would be the point of all that money if you were isolated from the world.
message: stop complaining, losers. ignore realities such as the widening wealth gap, relationship between health and wealth, and who makes money on war and who is in the actual shooting battle. ignore all that and remain mesmerized by your toys.
As time passes, we should be looking at an internet where everything is virtual, like the matrix. Imagine how gaming would change and how the porn industry would allow us to have virtual sex without the std's. IT'LL BE AWESOME!
You seem to be categorizing criticisms of capitalism as a desire to completely obliterate capitalism period. I can only speak for myself, but that's not how I feel. I am concerned that the drive for profit takes precedence over everything.
I understand the market is an engine, etc. but I also want to see priority given to quality of life and not always what serves "the market" (i.e. the wealthy) . And hell yeh, I'd give up the internet for a mil! Esp. Facebook!
@LarryNocella You'd give up the net for life for $1m? It will be worth half that in 12 years without wise investment, and another $10K fto pay crack accountants and lawyers to hide it in tax avoiding strategies. Further, a really good house is $1m! Surely $12m is more realistic?
You guys are realizing a pretty simple and apparent fact..this reporter chick is pretty damn hot! Nice, you can journalism me anytime you want sweetheart.
The internet was created in USA but we behind in internet speed price ratio? wtf...? Japan had 100mbs for 36 a month in 2006! Hong got 100 mbs for 13 dollars in 2009! In the USA, verizon fios offers 50mbs down/20 mbs up for $140! SMH....
@thlin Hong Kong has a radically free market with virtually no regulation, many social freedoms and it's among the best places in the world to live despite being full of sweatshops just a couple decades ago. Japan has kept a positive current account balance, despite it's economic problems over the past 20 years, and they are essentially a fiber hub for the pacific. The USA now has high taxes, high debt, and heavy regulatory burden, Our people have begun a decline in standard of living.
If it weren't for the rich, then the rich would be carelessly poking all our eyes out by swinging around their brick-like cell phones' antennas. Thanks rich people! Or something.
Just because I use the internet doesn't mean that I am a millionaire. If I gave it up I wouldn't magically get one million dollars. I would just lose the internet.
Yes yes, Captilism is wonderful at creating consumer products and overall technology. But the long term effects are similar to that of most simulation RTS games. The cost of our "wealth" is far more traumatic than one would think. Capitalism is a stepping stone to something greater. But if we never move forward... well. Oh whatever. Its not like humans ever listen.
Capitalism, rich people, thank you! Contrary to what many narrow minded people think, Capitalism is way better than socialism at spreading wealth. Without it, for instance, computers, the Internet and cellphones would cost millions or not exist at all. Socialism does much better at distributing poverty as it is always unsustainable in the long run. Loved this video!
if it was a million dollars to get online no one would be online !! therefore there would no internet ! and therefore no point in paying a million dollars !!
The internet was created in created in 1969 and no one used it. What we use today is called the Worldwide Web. It was launched in 1991 and grew to a billion users in 15 years. It is typified by the .com part of the URL. .com stands for "commercial".
BTW, the government prohibited private industry from creating the internet by prohibiting it's two greatest innovators at the time, IBM and AT&T, from entering each other's industries.
"Every innovation makes its appearance as a luxury of the few well-to-do. After industry has become aware of it, the luxury then becomes a necessity for all."
@luftwaffle You can't compare the two at all. One was a basically throw-away luxury. The internet is a literal requirement to function at any level in society today.
While private sector plays a huge role in innovation, government plays a very important role in standardization. Think of all the different phone chargers, which are incompatible with each other. That's a pointless situation for the consumer. But the European Commission is getting ready to force all mobile phone companies to use a single connector on their chargers, in order to eliminate the mountains of e-waste generated by switching chargers every time you switch phones.
@dandvd That's not necessarily true, or a good thing when it is true. Was it government intervention that had us abandon the betamax format, for example? Consumers choose the solution that best fits their needs, and often it WILL boil down to 1 or 2 choices that win the competition. Think about what you're saying: What if some of those chargers are faster than others, or some are more efficient... you're removing choice from consumers and replacing it with the wisdom of a few.
@luftwaffle I'm not advocating that government *devise* standards, but that government incentivize or even force corporations to agree on a standard, whatever that standard the corporations or consumer demand decides to be. But the idea is to give a deadline. Another example is the mandatory reduction in gas consumption that forced automakers to improve the MPG of their cars. Government didn't design the cars, they just imposed the regulation, which automakers+Big Oil had little incentive to do
Yeah, I can have an awesome phone and my dad had to call with his home phone, he had neither camera nor computer. But he could get a job when he wanted, buy a car or even buy a house with no risk.
Now I can't even think of having a house, and I am struggling to find a job that pays my rent. My dad still helps me out. What do I want my smartphone for now?
what this retarded question doesn't take into account are the people who actually make money off the internet, i.e. online business, stocks, etc. So, if they were to get paid to not use the internet, it better be enough to compensate for what they would've made in their lifetime... DUR DUR DOOFY!! Jeez! What a retarded faggot. Anyways, I just came here to jerk off to the interview chick.
@crazyhorsebitchhole Yes! As the GFC hit you saw oil prices drop fast. While the actual drop was from speculators getting out of the market, they were responding to a predicted drop in demand for oil as peolpe with less money travel more. If everyone on the planet stops buying anything, the price will drop, then the business selling that product will stop selling it. It is science.
I don't own a cellphone with fancy apps and never did. I don't plan to own one in the future either. Giving up the internet wouldn't be too much of a problem. With that kind of money I could buy myself a big parcel of land and try to grow my own vegetables, build some mountain bike trails in the woods, buy some old cars to restore them or sell the parts. There are a lot of things to get busy. It beats going to work just for the internet. But still.. giving up on YT and my subs would be tough!
A $Million - In a Heartbeat! - I'd invest in commodities and watch my wealth grow enough over the next few years that I could do without the internet.
The idea that we're "rich" because we have something we might not want to give up even for a million dollars is absurd. For example: would anyone you know give up their eyesight for a million dollars?
Oh man, I am 32 and I would give up the Interwebs for the rest of my life for a quarter million or even less. Not a second of doubt if someone offered me a million.
It would take a lot to convince me to give it up. If it only meant personally giving it up, maybe, but that it's available for the whole world makes it much more valuable to me than just being available to me personally. I would never want to give *that* up, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to give up personal access to it, either, even for a million dollars.
Difficult to get a true answer unless you're actually offering w/ specific terms. Otherwise it's just speculation. Are you offering?
@TheNonAntiChrist - I recognize that the internet "as we know it" was not created by the government. The French had the Minitel network, so it was more than an idea by the mid 80s. However, the ARPANET architecture and the person-years of research that went into its development was largely underwritten by the government. I agree that free markets are largely beneficial to society as a whole, but the obstinate thought that govt = bad espoused here is misleading at best.
@MegaCroupe I didn't recognize the same message as you while watching the video. I thought it had relatively little to do with government. However, I thought it had a lot to do with the private sector creating massive amounts of value. And it's "Anarchist," not "Christ" ;)
@MegaCroupe I know ARPANET &others are credited with the Internet as we know it today... but that's really nonsense. The seeds of the Internet come from 2 technologies. Sending a signal down a wire (Alexander Grahame Bell). Modulation of a digital signal down a wire. The credit goes to New Wire Services and IBM (1920s-1940s). Once those 2 technologies were in place... the internet was inevitable. It was just waiting for the PC. Thanx to all those guys in the PRIVATE SECTOR for making it happen!
Capitalism myth#1: Capitalism is based on greed. Wrong. It is based on desire. If you drive a car or have a cell phone you must be greedy also because there are poor people in the world that don't have these items. Therefore you are greedy and contributing to inequality in the world. Sounds kind of stupid when you put it that way, doesn't it? Greed exists alone in mans mind and pops up in any of mans endeavors. You cannot profit without helping another person somehow.
How do technological products that were developed with government resources, the Internet and the underlying phone networks (granted as a utility), support an argument for capitalism? If anything this is a call for more government research and the taxes that would support it.
@MegaCroupe The government in no way created the internet as we know it today. Only under the guide of the private sector did it become an invaluable service to millions. Also, the concept of the internet predates the internet by almost a century. There's no reason to believe that without government, we wouldn't have the internet. And furthermore, it's not apparent that the government invented it in the most profitable (aka, in a way best serving consumers) manner.
Your argument is stretched pretty thin. I certainly do not think government did all the work, but it was instrumental. ARPA did a lot of work developing packet switching, which is as integral to the Internet as other contributions you mentioned. More importantly, even if we would have the Internet regardless of government spending, who would want to wait an extra 10 years for it? An extra decade behind would have been a tremendous economic loss. Government has it's place.
@TheNonAntiAnarchist Private sector internet-like networks failed because they used obscure protocols. It was thanks to the Government, enforcing a standard protocol TCP/IP that corporations need to accept, that internet was successful
You just have to see the cell phone and internet access business in Europe and USA. Here in Europe the prices are much lower and the speed much higher than in the USA. This is due to the Government legislation that enforces a clean communication between providers.
@TheNonAntiAnarchist Search History of Internet her eon YouTube. According that vid what made an Internet out of several localized Intranets was a French telecommunications company
most useless doc ever. comparing old tech to new tech and failing to compare the standard of living back? #FAIL and I just don't see how being paid to give up the internet has anything to do with the rest. people's lives depend on the internet not because they keep buying new stuff that come out, but because interactions, business deals are made daily regardless the technology. not to bring down the author, but nothing new learned here.
also ich gebe das internet für keinen preis der welt auf dazu ist es viel zu kostbar und was will ich mit dem geld wenn ich es nich für artikel aus dem internet ausgeben kann^^^^^^^^
This vid fails to mention the chinese workers that make the expensive gadgets for Gordon Gecko et all in this cycle of selfless wealth trickle down welfare benefits....I wonder how many of them can afford an iphone?
@AnarchyEnsues maybe...unfortunately free'er markets does not equate to free'er people and doesn't disguise the fact that we get all our fancy electronics n cheap shit from a country that likes to imprison people for fun.Capitalists do not give a fuck about anybody but themselves and the fact that this video uses Gordon Gekko as an example of somebody I should be thankful to says it all really....lets be honest...other peoples GREED is the reason I should be thankful for my pocketsize cell phone
@AnarchyEnsues Definitely not proposing that....True..but if you don't want to go to jail for holding "harmless vegetation",don't break the law by holding said vegetation....but hey...just like the Chinese...that's the government system you want right?
@newuser1234567 its not the government system i want, its the one i have inherited from the previous generation. and the government has brainwashed the current population that they are a force for good through 12 years of schooling.
Nice of the wealthiest to so selflessly give in to the temptation of buying up the latest cool shit to play with so the little people can enjoy the same feeling 5 years later....heartwarming.
@habertree hey, next time you go to your lovely walmart, don't buy 70% of the things you normally buy as they are the fruits of Communist China? BTW, did CNN by any chance told you that those bad communist Chinese bought 1/3 of U.S national treasury to save you from bankrupcy last year and you can use you internet freely while your government is still struggling to raise their $14.3 trillion debt ceiling?
@habertree Open up your computer and see how much of your computer is made in China, the same with your TV, dish washer, fridge, clothes... life is more than just fruits, troll. second, How did China get her funds via Capitalism, but U.S is going towards bankrupcy? "America is not on the brink of befault because of capitalism, but because of socialism" explain please, how? and how come Russia, China, Sweden, Denmark even Cuba survived but America is going down?
@skyjesus because americas economy has been based on exploiting cheap overseas labour, owning the worlds reserve currency & borrowing... someone can continue to look rich after their wealth starts declining by borrowing/counterfeiting money & using overseas dictators to provide cheaper labour... basically america has become fascist/corporatist (not capitalist) but dont think state-socialism is better, its not.
@skyjesus My CPU was engineered by intel from americans, my graphics card is enginnered by Nvida who are american, and my RAM and hard drive was engineered by Americans. Sure, the people who assemble them are Chinese, but that's not who gets to keep all the money. The chinese didn't invent the laptop or the iPad, American's did.
@Bubblewhip341 sure why don't you just look in this page. This is about your good old Nvidia graphic card. on the first and third picture can you see the good old word Taiwan? forums.legitreviews (dot) com/about28792.html yeah Uncle SAm has a great power of brain washing doesn'y he? majority of products in walmart is American right???? well, telling doesn't trigger a siren, does it?
manomanO - There is no contradiction. Voluntary trade is mutually beneficial; a win-win transaction between productive parties. Forced redistribution (legalized armed theft) is a lose -lose: the earner suffers a loss with nothing in return, while the recipient contributed nothing. When everyone can self-interestedly pursue a better life through work and trade while protected from human predators, the result is logically rising prosperity. Contradictions don't exist in reality - only in the mind.
The professor says capitalism paradoxically starts with self-interest, and ends with maximizing social welfare. Capitalism is not a paradox. By calling it a paradox, the professor is basically saying that if everyone acts badly, good things happen for everybody. Does that make sense? Capitalism will win when its defenders can say: Self-interest is moral; capitalism is the system of self-interest; therefor, capitalism is good. Capitalism isn’t good because it works, it works because it is right.
@MikeZemack that's the contradiction of capitalism. by following one's own interest, you increase general wealth...as where you try to redistribute wealth by force, you achieve the contrary...
manoman0 -There is no contradiction. Voluntary trade is mutually beneficial; a win-win transaction between productive parties. Forced redistribution (legalized armed theft) is a lose -lose: the earner suffers a loss with nothing in return, while the recipient contributed nothing. When everyone can self-interestedly pursue a better life through work and trade while protected from human predators, the result is logically rising prosperity. Contradictions don't exist in reality - only in the mind.
There is a magnificent poetry to society when you step back and look at it...and realise that the billions of billions of interactions are not and cannot be planned by any one person. Unfortunately there seems to be a distaste for beautiful things in the world. :(
Free market, deregulation propaganda. We're paying ISPs for connecting us to the network not for the content and the content is what makes the internet invaluable.
@Ashitaka255 Connecting you to that content is a valuable service in and of itself. What you're arguing is tantamount to saying that a car isn't valuable because all it does is take you where you want to go, but isn't itself that place.
@eXsorbeo if you can't appreciate the transformation that new technology and advancements have given us, thanks to capitalism, then close your computer and forego the internet you used to rant at us with.
3:07 Yeah, a kid born into a destitute family will never need free of charge healthcare or higher education as they can get cheap high quality Apple smartphones with GODDAMN APPS! How great is that!? And screw all those third-world wage slaves that actually build the phones out of blood metals in undemocratic countries. Unrestricted capitalism makes ALL OUR LIVES so much better - with goddamn smartphones. I ♥ FREEDOM & ITS BIRTHPLACE AMERICA.
wow..seing this vid and all these wierd comments!makes me pretty upset!screw internet!!!yeah i like watching youtube vids..chatting with my friend or play a game but i`d give all of these for 1 million dollars easely!..anyway good point:)
Technology gets better because intelligent and creative people build on and adapt to the knowledge gained before them. That happens regardless of the market system, and how much technology has been suppressed because it was too effective/efficient to allow on the market? Such as hydro-electric cars that were developing since the 70's? Or wireless electric transmission since the 1880's? Or cures for diseases?
i used many hours to create something on internet, videos on youtube, or planting stupid seeds for some plants that would grow in 4 days, or even an rank for some games, would someone give my hours back? NO, so a million is a big NO!
reading some of the comments here is a hoot. I don't think many even get the true concept of capitalism because they are so brain washed by liberal propaganda. Everything we use to make our lives easier was first developed by private industry and for most product the initial cost was high. We can all argue as to why that is but the bottom line is that those with the money can jump on the product while the rest of us have to wait till the price comes down. Just think about it a while.
@wpw232 exactly... there are periods in history where certain countries have had freer markets & its almost always been a benefit to society as a whole but as prosperity grows, so the government grows with it to take more from the people... this is why the state never works, its just violence at least the free market is based on a peaceful concept.
the question is definitely interesting, but is not the only instance were worth GREATLY out weighs cost. cloths, for example? vehicles? gasoline? sweetened food and other non necessities that we've grown to rely on? its the same everywhere. that's how the companies make profit. BY MAKING THE SHIT AFFORDABLE.
just because i have the internet doesn't mean i'm rich you dunce. the class of wealthiness is based off of the rest of the population and how you compare to them. every one here is a god if you base it off a thousand years ago. kinda makes your point sound stupid huh?so honestly, present some REAL points and maybe then you might get some attention.
ok the reason shit is so cheap is because asians make it, the reasorces are cheaper to mine with new technology, and cheaper to ship with new technology. an i phone isnt even worth 4000. because its so efficient to make and produce. and the reason shit always getts cheaper is because it always getts out dated and noones gunu buy the shitty version of something that costs the exact same.
PEOPLE USE YOUR GOD DAMN COMMON SCENE. DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOUR TOLD JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL
Every morning, I wake up to the morning radio and can check my Youtube subscriptions thanks to my Apple iPad™ 2's many wonderful apps. Product placement ftw.
Brilliant video. Too bad it goes way over the head of the brainwashed drones like DMettio, but of course, some people are just unreachable; they're not your intended audience. It should be great for opening the eyes of people who are less indoctrinated and more able to think for themselves.
@Tuhljin The fact that I'm skeptic and use a harsh language to dismiss the argument does not necessarily implies that I'm "A brainwashed drone", "unreachable", "indoctrinated " and so on.
Early Adapters pays the extra so that the middle class can save money is same as saying Ferrari drivers make the other cars cheaper, No they dont! Early adapter pays the price for having it first.Many technologies exist now that are just too expensive to be in mainstream.Early adapter don't finance R&D.
@DMettio yeah, another Capitalistic propagenda to show why people must be slaves of other people and let other people build their emipres on their life, so they can have their pathetic little toys cheap. Funny that none of these people really think that the cost of their toys are not really cheap considering they have already paid for it with their lives.
@skyjesus lol...in a soviet system, luckily, all people are free and noone is another one's slave....I suggest you move to North Korea....a model state for indivual freedom, prosperity and innovation where no state run conglomerats exist, where not one single industry is goverment owned, like in former Russia....oh boy oh boy...seriously, get some fresh air...please
@manoman0 lol, you just remind of how people are sitting home and don't bother doing some research. Did you by any chance know that access to high speed internet became a citizen right in Finland in last February? Or Post-secondary education (which cost minimum 40k in U.S) is free in Sweden and Denmark? Healthcare? Library? And yeah, people are pretty free in those country. So I suggest you use your internet which you are already paying for.
@HeyItzMeDawg yes, post secondary education, healthcare, partial pharmacare and library are free for the citizens of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and many other socialist countries. Why don't you shoot them an e-mail and ask them? By the way did I forget to say that University students in Denmark actually are getting paid to get education? (yeah I meant paid not lending money as in student loan with high interest)
@HeyItzMeDawg lol. people like you make my day. As I said, all those things are free in those countries and by that I mean you DO NOT PAY to receive them. but your free car, you want to sell. so you want money in exchange. Do you see how absurd your comparison is? But for the sake of argument, if your car is free, sure send it to me for free.
@HeyItzMeDawg So, in 1991 Swedes wanted the socialists to go away but they re-elected them again between 1994 all the way until 2002???? en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Sweden. It just shows how good your research is and how trustworthy your media is. There is no stronger power than the power of brain washing. lol, sorry I really didn't want to burst your bobble.
@skyjesus "So, in 1991 Swedes wanted the socialists to go away but they re-elected them again between 1994 all the way until 2002???? "
Idiot... Notice how both of those were minority governments? Notice how their support from between 1991 to 2010 is at a 50-year ALL TIME LOW? There are five major parties in Sweden for fucks sake, it doesn't take a very high percentage of the vote to get elected.
@HeyItzMeDawg uuuuh. Did you even bother reading alittle bit more? Did you by any chance notice that since 1908 there was only 2 majority government in Sweden, in 1968 and 1940, both won by the Socialists? or last election they won 30.66% which is 1/3 of the votes? 3 of the 5 parties only won 20%? Or even when the non-socialist came in power, they didn't change any of their social policies including, free education, healthcare, pharmacare, pension plan, ...
@HeyItzMeDawg I don't blame you for these absurd comments, only if education was free in Canada, so someone like you could get some knowledge. Just because the Democrates won the election in U.S does it mean Republicans are getting destroyed? Do I even have to teach you Democracy 101 beside history and business fundamentals? By the way, I am still waiting for the free car you promised me. lol
@HeyItzMeDawg Hey you are the one who see 45% socialists in 1994 Parliament and without any clue of the other elections, and only by relying on NYTimes editorial and personal opinion, assume that socialism is getting destroyed and people don't want socialism anymore. sad thing is you don't even know that the members of socialists here in Canada tripled in the last election.
@HeyItzMeDawg Typical ignorance. Since when supporting a legal political party of a country which is in opposition in the parliment now is called destroying a country? Did you even bother noticing that they got 30% popular vote which is 7% less than the mojority conservative government? so close to 1/3 of Canadians are trying to destroy Canada? and only 37% are trying to save it? man in front of definition moron, they should put a picture of you
@skyjesus Your flaw is quoting election statistics and not factoring in the fact that only 60% of the eligible voter population actually voted in the Canadian election.
It's very telling when almost half the eligible voting populace doesn't think voting for paid shills makes a difference. About 18% are trying to bury it into the ground even further, and about 22% are trying to maintain the same shitty status quo. That's democracy for you, though: rule by a minority.
@HeyItzMeDawg Hey based on democracy those people have the right to vote or not. This is democracy. Don't blame the "rule by minority" on me. The conservatives are the ones who call it a majority government.
you guys are stupid youd rather have internet then to live good with a lot of money pff id do it in a heart for a million dollars how much easier would it make me and my family's lives
PedroBoss007 22 hours ago
yes i would
Theodoroz 5 days ago
Take the money and just hire someone to use it for you (A)
p0kediamond 1 month ago
ok how in the heck did we go from the Internet to " This people are rich"?
asspain1000 1 month ago
Give me a billion dollars and I'll never use the internet again I'll just have people find me the stuff I want
Bonejang333 1 month ago
Aspirin AKA acetylsalicylic acid, has been around for several thousand years. The Chinese even used it in the BC It was a simple brew of tree bark (that tasted awful) but was really acetylsalicylic acid did what aspirin does today. Lessen or removed pain, lower body temps due to illnesses and it even helped fight infections. Just like our modern pill Aspirin.
tyro244 2 months ago
can't pay me enough money
lucidrealm1 2 months ago
would do it for $286,963. and lifetime access to a universities library.
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
Cylamir 2 months ago
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would do it for $286,963. and lifetime access to a universities library....
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
Cylamir 2 months ago
would do it for $286,963.21 and lifetime access to a universities library....
would do it for a piece of fertile land so I could grow food for my family for the rest of our lives in America.
The internet is an excess intended for knowledge but will inevitably be controlled by marketing execs. that value it for the network.
One day they will buy it from us/ whoever is deemed the owners of it, and begin changing what you can learn and justify the further abuse of our planet 2 support the network
Cylamir 2 months ago
This misses a lot about the money making utility of buying a phone in the 80s. American TV networks are as shit as my Australian ones. Cash in the TV to a sucker while you still can. Don't be the television bag holder.
OfficialJohnTate 2 months ago
It would set me back $2M
OfficialJohnTate 2 months ago
I wouldn't give up the internet for a billion dollars (or even a billion pounds! :P).
The internet is way too integrated into our everyday lives now. Life would not be the same without it. What would be the point of all that money if you were isolated from the world.
s10dlka 2 months ago
NOT A FUCKING CHANCE. THE VALUE THAT THE INTERNET REPRESENTS TO MOST PEOPLE'S LIVES OVER THEIR LIFE SPAN IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN A MEASLY MILLION!!!
pronoob1983 2 months ago
I'd give it up for 1 dollar it's a pile of shite.
1Thompsonmusic 3 months ago
His name is mike cock?
bleiepro 3 months ago
Some things cannot be bought, Miss Fields.
FoxNewsRulez 3 months ago
I'd take the million and then spend it to sleep with the host chick of this vid
vilemerchant 3 months ago
message: stop complaining, losers. ignore realities such as the widening wealth gap, relationship between health and wealth, and who makes money on war and who is in the actual shooting battle. ignore all that and remain mesmerized by your toys.
sick
waddyprocess 3 months ago
As time passes, we should be looking at an internet where everything is virtual, like the matrix. Imagine how gaming would change and how the porn industry would allow us to have virtual sex without the std's. IT'LL BE AWESOME!
PoopyThumb 3 months ago
You seem to be categorizing criticisms of capitalism as a desire to completely obliterate capitalism period. I can only speak for myself, but that's not how I feel. I am concerned that the drive for profit takes precedence over everything.
I understand the market is an engine, etc. but I also want to see priority given to quality of life and not always what serves "the market" (i.e. the wealthy) . And hell yeh, I'd give up the internet for a mil! Esp. Facebook!
LarryNocella 4 months ago
@LarryNocella You'd give up the net for life for $1m? It will be worth half that in 12 years without wise investment, and another $10K fto pay crack accountants and lawyers to hide it in tax avoiding strategies. Further, a really good house is $1m! Surely $12m is more realistic?
jontycampbell 4 months ago
But I bet those 4000$ phones lasted longer than 3 months without dying like phones today -__-
eudemoni 4 months ago
You guys are realizing a pretty simple and apparent fact..this reporter chick is pretty damn hot! Nice, you can journalism me anytime you want sweetheart.
rivenfire 4 months ago
The internet was created in USA but we behind in internet speed price ratio? wtf...? Japan had 100mbs for 36 a month in 2006! Hong got 100 mbs for 13 dollars in 2009! In the USA, verizon fios offers 50mbs down/20 mbs up for $140! SMH....
thlin 5 months ago
@thlin Hong Kong has a radically free market with virtually no regulation, many social freedoms and it's among the best places in the world to live despite being full of sweatshops just a couple decades ago. Japan has kept a positive current account balance, despite it's economic problems over the past 20 years, and they are essentially a fiber hub for the pacific. The USA now has high taxes, high debt, and heavy regulatory burden, Our people have begun a decline in standard of living.
MisbehavingMal 4 months ago
@MisbehavingMal lol, i agree. while the world is improving, US is declining. sad really...
thlin 3 months ago
If it weren't for the rich, then the rich would be carelessly poking all our eyes out by swinging around their brick-like cell phones' antennas. Thanks rich people! Or something.
WheresMyFlyingCar 5 months ago
LOL 4:24 420 doctor lol
DatGreekBoy 5 months ago
Just because I use the internet doesn't mean that I am a millionaire. If I gave it up I wouldn't magically get one million dollars. I would just lose the internet.
CNUanMan 5 months ago
Yes yes, Captilism is wonderful at creating consumer products and overall technology. But the long term effects are similar to that of most simulation RTS games. The cost of our "wealth" is far more traumatic than one would think. Capitalism is a stepping stone to something greater. But if we never move forward... well. Oh whatever. Its not like humans ever listen.
TheUltimateReaper3 5 months ago
Capitalism, rich people, thank you! Contrary to what many narrow minded people think, Capitalism is way better than socialism at spreading wealth. Without it, for instance, computers, the Internet and cellphones would cost millions or not exist at all. Socialism does much better at distributing poverty as it is always unsustainable in the long run. Loved this video!
cubano1979 5 months ago
@itsinthesink
WRONG
Moores law would eventually make them more affordable anyway.
Houses have NOT gone down in price, this is why young people live with their parents until they are almost 30 years old.
Dishwashers are not that cheap either, even though they are built using slave labor.
matchbox555 5 months ago
this is bullshit it wasnt the rich that made cellphones cheaper for us it was.......
MOORES LAW !
duh !!!!!!!!!!!
i hope you guys are not waiting for big houses to come down in prices like cell phones because "the rich buy them first"
hahahaha !!!!
this video is ridiculous !!!
matchbox555 5 months ago
the internet exists because people use it !
if it was a million dollars to get online no one would be online !! therefore there would no internet ! and therefore no point in paying a million dollars !!
duh !!!!
matchbox555 5 months ago
Marry me, Michelle.
masonhymas 6 months ago 6
Narrator's voice is killing my ears...
thunderwoman 6 months ago
The internet was created in created in 1969 and no one used it. What we use today is called the Worldwide Web. It was launched in 1991 and grew to a billion users in 15 years. It is typified by the .com part of the URL. .com stands for "commercial".
BTW, the government prohibited private industry from creating the internet by prohibiting it's two greatest innovators at the time, IBM and AT&T, from entering each other's industries.
TreeLuvBurdpu 6 months ago
"Every innovation makes its appearance as a luxury of the few well-to-do. After industry has become aware of it, the luxury then becomes a necessity for all."
-Ludwig von Mises
WideWorldOfWisdom 6 months ago
Great video. But the narrator's creaky voice gets pretty annoying.
nine9s 6 months ago 5
@nine9s its really annoying omg
helloobimbo 2 months ago
Brought to you by APPLE
hsuson 6 months ago
@luftwaffle You can't compare the two at all. One was a basically throw-away luxury. The internet is a literal requirement to function at any level in society today.
kronchev 6 months ago
While private sector plays a huge role in innovation, government plays a very important role in standardization. Think of all the different phone chargers, which are incompatible with each other. That's a pointless situation for the consumer. But the European Commission is getting ready to force all mobile phone companies to use a single connector on their chargers, in order to eliminate the mountains of e-waste generated by switching chargers every time you switch phones.
dandvd 6 months ago
@dandvd That's not necessarily true, or a good thing when it is true. Was it government intervention that had us abandon the betamax format, for example? Consumers choose the solution that best fits their needs, and often it WILL boil down to 1 or 2 choices that win the competition. Think about what you're saying: What if some of those chargers are faster than others, or some are more efficient... you're removing choice from consumers and replacing it with the wisdom of a few.
luftwaffle 6 months ago
@luftwaffle I'm not advocating that government *devise* standards, but that government incentivize or even force corporations to agree on a standard, whatever that standard the corporations or consumer demand decides to be. But the idea is to give a deadline. Another example is the mandatory reduction in gas consumption that forced automakers to improve the MPG of their cars. Government didn't design the cars, they just imposed the regulation, which automakers+Big Oil had little incentive to do
dandvd 6 months ago
For a million dollars I would easily give up the internet - no problem. Offers?
freeman8128 6 months ago
Yeah, I can have an awesome phone and my dad had to call with his home phone, he had neither camera nor computer. But he could get a job when he wanted, buy a car or even buy a house with no risk.
Now I can't even think of having a house, and I am struggling to find a job that pays my rent. My dad still helps me out. What do I want my smartphone for now?
Capitalism? Fuck this naïve biased commercial.
otrorotopo 6 months ago
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wefanscomingsoon 6 months ago
Al Gore helped pass legislation to create the modern internet. No seriously he did.
fdh2006 6 months ago
what this retarded question doesn't take into account are the people who actually make money off the internet, i.e. online business, stocks, etc. So, if they were to get paid to not use the internet, it better be enough to compensate for what they would've made in their lifetime... DUR DUR DOOFY!! Jeez! What a retarded faggot. Anyways, I just came here to jerk off to the interview chick.
trekkian88 6 months ago
How much money would that chick take to never speak on archived media again?
fongalongalong 6 months ago
You could ask this about any good or service: How much money would it take for you to give up the use of a shower or bath?
qtutoringhelps 6 months ago
initial question was interesting, the rest of the video however was pointless
rusek001 6 months ago
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intergalacticpenis 6 months ago
$25.000.000.00
Fellipeo7 6 months ago
1$
blu91e 6 months ago
Your argument doesn't account for loss aversion. People will always pay more to avoid losing something than they would to gain it in the first place.
RySenkari 6 months ago
I think a couple more zeros on that value and I think seriously about it!
jvdiasjr 6 months ago
1 million USD is good for me to leave the internet for ever.
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ollietripp450 7 months ago
Why this music? #LOL
brunofujii 7 months ago
10 billions. And even then I'd try cheating :D
salzmanufaktur 7 months ago
With this reasoning. If we all dont buy gas, gas prices will be dropped?
crazyhorsebitchhole 7 months ago
@crazyhorsebitchhole Exactly right! That's how supply and demand works.
sudsypullover 7 months ago
@crazyhorsebitchhole This is a bad analogy. Gas is finite resource and the people who owns it are a few.
brunofujii 7 months ago
@crazyhorsebitchhole Yes! As the GFC hit you saw oil prices drop fast. While the actual drop was from speculators getting out of the market, they were responding to a predicted drop in demand for oil as peolpe with less money travel more. If everyone on the planet stops buying anything, the price will drop, then the business selling that product will stop selling it. It is science.
IChopBeef 6 months ago
The ironic thing here is that this video wouldn't exist without the internet.
JackassWhiteDude 7 months ago
YES
smicka123 7 months ago
1:28
"Video camera"? Not bloody likely. Surely, the people who who put this together, can recognize an 8mm movie camera.
mediamadman747 7 months ago
I don't own a cellphone with fancy apps and never did. I don't plan to own one in the future either. Giving up the internet wouldn't be too much of a problem. With that kind of money I could buy myself a big parcel of land and try to grow my own vegetables, build some mountain bike trails in the woods, buy some old cars to restore them or sell the parts. There are a lot of things to get busy. It beats going to work just for the internet. But still.. giving up on YT and my subs would be tough!
101xfmrogers 7 months ago
A $Million - In a Heartbeat! - I'd invest in commodities and watch my wealth grow enough over the next few years that I could do without the internet.
kajazz95 7 months ago
The idea that we're "rich" because we have something we might not want to give up even for a million dollars is absurd. For example: would anyone you know give up their eyesight for a million dollars?
mazidtheraider 7 months ago
Oh man, I am 32 and I would give up the Interwebs for the rest of my life for a quarter million or even less. Not a second of doubt if someone offered me a million.
jmuphoff 7 months ago
It would take a lot to convince me to give it up. If it only meant personally giving it up, maybe, but that it's available for the whole world makes it much more valuable to me than just being available to me personally. I would never want to give *that* up, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to give up personal access to it, either, even for a million dollars.
Difficult to get a true answer unless you're actually offering w/ specific terms. Otherwise it's just speculation. Are you offering?
mindwalker2076 7 months ago
@TheNonAntiChrist - I recognize that the internet "as we know it" was not created by the government. The French had the Minitel network, so it was more than an idea by the mid 80s. However, the ARPANET architecture and the person-years of research that went into its development was largely underwritten by the government. I agree that free markets are largely beneficial to society as a whole, but the obstinate thought that govt = bad espoused here is misleading at best.
MegaCroupe 7 months ago
@MegaCroupe I didn't recognize the same message as you while watching the video. I thought it had relatively little to do with government. However, I thought it had a lot to do with the private sector creating massive amounts of value. And it's "Anarchist," not "Christ" ;)
TheNonAntiAnarchist 7 months ago 18
@MegaCroupe I know ARPANET &others are credited with the Internet as we know it today... but that's really nonsense. The seeds of the Internet come from 2 technologies. Sending a signal down a wire (Alexander Grahame Bell). Modulation of a digital signal down a wire. The credit goes to New Wire Services and IBM (1920s-1940s). Once those 2 technologies were in place... the internet was inevitable. It was just waiting for the PC. Thanx to all those guys in the PRIVATE SECTOR for making it happen!
dmg46664 7 months ago
Capitalism myth#1: Capitalism is based on greed. Wrong. It is based on desire. If you drive a car or have a cell phone you must be greedy also because there are poor people in the world that don't have these items. Therefore you are greedy and contributing to inequality in the world. Sounds kind of stupid when you put it that way, doesn't it? Greed exists alone in mans mind and pops up in any of mans endeavors. You cannot profit without helping another person somehow.
rseyedoc 7 months ago
How do technological products that were developed with government resources, the Internet and the underlying phone networks (granted as a utility), support an argument for capitalism? If anything this is a call for more government research and the taxes that would support it.
MegaCroupe 7 months ago
@MegaCroupe The government in no way created the internet as we know it today. Only under the guide of the private sector did it become an invaluable service to millions. Also, the concept of the internet predates the internet by almost a century. There's no reason to believe that without government, we wouldn't have the internet. And furthermore, it's not apparent that the government invented it in the most profitable (aka, in a way best serving consumers) manner.
TheNonAntiAnarchist 7 months ago 29
@TheNonAntiAnarchist
Your argument is stretched pretty thin. I certainly do not think government did all the work, but it was instrumental. ARPA did a lot of work developing packet switching, which is as integral to the Internet as other contributions you mentioned. More importantly, even if we would have the Internet regardless of government spending, who would want to wait an extra 10 years for it? An extra decade behind would have been a tremendous economic loss. Government has it's place.
crazymycelium 6 months ago
@TheNonAntiAnarchist Private sector internet-like networks failed because they used obscure protocols. It was thanks to the Government, enforcing a standard protocol TCP/IP that corporations need to accept, that internet was successful
You just have to see the cell phone and internet access business in Europe and USA. Here in Europe the prices are much lower and the speed much higher than in the USA. This is due to the Government legislation that enforces a clean communication between providers.
Otakumasim 6 months ago
@TheNonAntiAnarchist Search History of Internet her eon YouTube. According that vid what made an Internet out of several localized Intranets was a French telecommunications company
manofoss 6 months ago
most useless doc ever. comparing old tech to new tech and failing to compare the standard of living back? #FAIL and I just don't see how being paid to give up the internet has anything to do with the rest. people's lives depend on the internet not because they keep buying new stuff that come out, but because interactions, business deals are made daily regardless the technology. not to bring down the author, but nothing new learned here.
akashaVSenkil 7 months ago
did I just watch an ad for Apple?
sathernut 7 months ago 2
also ich gebe das internet für keinen preis der welt auf dazu ist es viel zu kostbar und was will ich mit dem geld wenn ich es nich für artikel aus dem internet ausgeben kann^^^^^^^^
StreetFigther89 7 months ago
This vid fails to mention the chinese workers that make the expensive gadgets for Gordon Gecko et all in this cycle of selfless wealth trickle down welfare benefits....I wonder how many of them can afford an iphone?
newuser1234567 7 months ago
@newuser1234567
a lot of them. 50,000 Chinese are rising out of poverty every month. real wages are rocketing up in china. all thanks to allowing free'er markets.
AnarchyEnsues 7 months ago
@AnarchyEnsues maybe...unfortunately free'er markets does not equate to free'er people and doesn't disguise the fact that we get all our fancy electronics n cheap shit from a country that likes to imprison people for fun.Capitalists do not give a fuck about anybody but themselves and the fact that this video uses Gordon Gekko as an example of somebody I should be thankful to says it all really....lets be honest...other peoples GREED is the reason I should be thankful for my pocketsize cell phone
newuser1234567 7 months ago
@newuser1234567
what are your proposing we do, send our military over there & free them?
thats the government system they want,
we imprison people for fun as well, US has 2 million+ people in jail, a lot of them for holding some harmless vegertation.
AnarchyEnsues 7 months ago
@AnarchyEnsues Definitely not proposing that....True..but if you don't want to go to jail for holding "harmless vegetation",don't break the law by holding said vegetation....but hey...just like the Chinese...that's the government system you want right?
newuser1234567 7 months ago
@newuser1234567 its not the government system i want, its the one i have inherited from the previous generation. and the government has brainwashed the current population that they are a force for good through 12 years of schooling.
AnarchyEnsues 7 months ago
Nice of the wealthiest to so selflessly give in to the temptation of buying up the latest cool shit to play with so the little people can enjoy the same feeling 5 years later....heartwarming.
newuser1234567 7 months ago
@newuser1234567: If you don't like it, logoff and go play with your abacus.
JPDillon 7 months ago
@JPDillon I'd rather use the Abacus App on my 1st Gen Ipad..I'm rich Biatch !
newuser1234567 7 months ago
"[The wealthy] pay the highest price and get the worst version of the product." Glad I'm not rich! Rich people must be stupid guinea pigs.
ThcPatient 7 months ago
The question is who would give one million dollars for the internet? Only the rich again.
ivancirkovic 7 months ago
capitalism can suck my communist dick xD
valandil11 7 months ago
@valandil11 Ever seen the movie Ghost, where the ghost dudes are on the train?
GET OFF MY INTERNET!!
It's so pathetic when commies use the fruits of the free market to criticize it.
habertree 7 months ago
@habertree hey, next time you go to your lovely walmart, don't buy 70% of the things you normally buy as they are the fruits of Communist China? BTW, did CNN by any chance told you that those bad communist Chinese bought 1/3 of U.S national treasury to save you from bankrupcy last year and you can use you internet freely while your government is still struggling to raise their $14.3 trillion debt ceiling?
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus First, I don't go to Wal-Mart, and I buy local fruits, so please don't act like you know me.
Second, the Communist Chinese didn't raise their funds through socialism, but through capitalism.
Thirdly, America is not on the brink of default because of capitalism, but because of socialism.
habertree 7 months ago
@habertree Open up your computer and see how much of your computer is made in China, the same with your TV, dish washer, fridge, clothes... life is more than just fruits, troll. second, How did China get her funds via Capitalism, but U.S is going towards bankrupcy? "America is not on the brink of befault because of capitalism, but because of socialism" explain please, how? and how come Russia, China, Sweden, Denmark even Cuba survived but America is going down?
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus because americas economy has been based on exploiting cheap overseas labour, owning the worlds reserve currency & borrowing... someone can continue to look rich after their wealth starts declining by borrowing/counterfeiting money & using overseas dictators to provide cheaper labour... basically america has become fascist/corporatist (not capitalist) but dont think state-socialism is better, its not.
djdnauk1977 7 months ago
@skyjesus My CPU was engineered by intel from americans, my graphics card is enginnered by Nvida who are american, and my RAM and hard drive was engineered by Americans. Sure, the people who assemble them are Chinese, but that's not who gets to keep all the money. The chinese didn't invent the laptop or the iPad, American's did.
Bubblewhip341 7 months ago
@Bubblewhip341 did you by mistake missed the word "70%" in my comment or on purpose??????
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus The majority of products at Wal-mart are American.
Bubblewhip341 7 months ago
@Bubblewhip341 sure why don't you just look in this page. This is about your good old Nvidia graphic card. on the first and third picture can you see the good old word Taiwan? forums.legitreviews (dot) com/about28792.html yeah Uncle SAm has a great power of brain washing doesn'y he? majority of products in walmart is American right???? well, telling doesn't trigger a siren, does it?
skyjesus 7 months ago
beautiful hidden advertisement of apple
Pav3los 7 months ago
One million after taxes.
KB9NLL 7 months ago
Wrong on aspirin.
jestorg 7 months ago
manomanO - There is no contradiction. Voluntary trade is mutually beneficial; a win-win transaction between productive parties. Forced redistribution (legalized armed theft) is a lose -lose: the earner suffers a loss with nothing in return, while the recipient contributed nothing. When everyone can self-interestedly pursue a better life through work and trade while protected from human predators, the result is logically rising prosperity. Contradictions don't exist in reality - only in the mind.
MikeZemack 7 months ago
I'm so glad government gave us the iPhone otherwise we'd still be using those old turndial ones from Apple...
manoman0 7 months ago
let's compare: our roads are getting worse and worse but they cost more and more......does the same go for cellphones?
manoman0 7 months ago
The professor says capitalism paradoxically starts with self-interest, and ends with maximizing social welfare. Capitalism is not a paradox. By calling it a paradox, the professor is basically saying that if everyone acts badly, good things happen for everybody. Does that make sense? Capitalism will win when its defenders can say: Self-interest is moral; capitalism is the system of self-interest; therefor, capitalism is good. Capitalism isn’t good because it works, it works because it is right.
MikeZemack 7 months ago 2
@MikeZemack that's the contradiction of capitalism. by following one's own interest, you increase general wealth...as where you try to redistribute wealth by force, you achieve the contrary...
manoman0 7 months ago
manoman0 -There is no contradiction. Voluntary trade is mutually beneficial; a win-win transaction between productive parties. Forced redistribution (legalized armed theft) is a lose -lose: the earner suffers a loss with nothing in return, while the recipient contributed nothing. When everyone can self-interestedly pursue a better life through work and trade while protected from human predators, the result is logically rising prosperity. Contradictions don't exist in reality - only in the mind.
MikeZemack 7 months ago
There is a magnificent poetry to society when you step back and look at it...and realise that the billions of billions of interactions are not and cannot be planned by any one person. Unfortunately there seems to be a distaste for beautiful things in the world. :(
tweedlebeetles 7 months ago
a million dollars is nothing
frostytheaussie 7 months ago 2
Free market, deregulation propaganda. We're paying ISPs for connecting us to the network not for the content and the content is what makes the internet invaluable.
Ashitaka255 7 months ago
@Ashitaka255 Connecting you to that content is a valuable service in and of itself. What you're arguing is tantamount to saying that a car isn't valuable because all it does is take you where you want to go, but isn't itself that place.
vakeraj 7 months ago
WTF is this bullshit? Of course it gets cheaper, America you're getting screwed when it comes to internet; don't believe this video.
Ashitaka255 7 months ago
...as I watched on my iTouch...
BlackLegion104 7 months ago
Ok I'll take my money.
MrNDUDE16 7 months ago
@eXsorbeo if you can't appreciate the transformation that new technology and advancements have given us, thanks to capitalism, then close your computer and forego the internet you used to rant at us with.
Bambola104 7 months ago 2
4:18
Capitalism starts with self interest, but is guided by freedom, and maximizes social welfare.
I'm memorizing this so I can teach it to others.
Bambola104 7 months ago 2
So who sends me the check. I'll give up the Internet and cell phone for a million dollars.
lasky73 7 months ago
3:07 Yeah, a kid born into a destitute family will never need free of charge healthcare or higher education as they can get cheap high quality Apple smartphones with GODDAMN APPS! How great is that!? And screw all those third-world wage slaves that actually build the phones out of blood metals in undemocratic countries. Unrestricted capitalism makes ALL OUR LIVES so much better - with goddamn smartphones. I ♥ FREEDOM & ITS BIRTHPLACE AMERICA.
eXsorbeo 7 months ago
@eXsorbeo that's exactly what I mean, and who cares if thousands of people make 3 bucks an hour in U.S.
skyjesus 7 months ago
wow..seing this vid and all these wierd comments!makes me pretty upset!screw internet!!!yeah i like watching youtube vids..chatting with my friend or play a game but i`d give all of these for 1 million dollars easely!..anyway good point:)
heroXdavid 7 months ago
Technology gets better because intelligent and creative people build on and adapt to the knowledge gained before them. That happens regardless of the market system, and how much technology has been suppressed because it was too effective/efficient to allow on the market? Such as hydro-electric cars that were developing since the 70's? Or wireless electric transmission since the 1880's? Or cures for diseases?
This video has facts, but is very shortsighted.
InContemplation 7 months ago
i used many hours to create something on internet, videos on youtube, or planting stupid seeds for some plants that would grow in 4 days, or even an rank for some games, would someone give my hours back? NO, so a million is a big NO!
paul93cj 7 months ago
You could not pay me to give up the internet for the rest of my life. Seriously, 1 million per month is not enough,.
BogdanTarla 7 months ago
reading some of the comments here is a hoot. I don't think many even get the true concept of capitalism because they are so brain washed by liberal propaganda. Everything we use to make our lives easier was first developed by private industry and for most product the initial cost was high. We can all argue as to why that is but the bottom line is that those with the money can jump on the product while the rest of us have to wait till the price comes down. Just think about it a while.
santababy1952 7 months ago
i agree but its a shame true free markets have been made illegal in basically every country with a government... government = violence & theft.
djdnauk1977 7 months ago 5
@djdnauk1977 bascially every country? Name a country with a free market.
wpw232 7 months ago 2
@wpw232 exactly... there are periods in history where certain countries have had freer markets & its almost always been a benefit to society as a whole but as prosperity grows, so the government grows with it to take more from the people... this is why the state never works, its just violence at least the free market is based on a peaceful concept.
djdnauk1977 7 months ago
I could spend that million in a month so it is not worth it to me. I would give it up for $100,000.00 (100 grand) per month.
WHAKcom 7 months ago
the question is definitely interesting, but is not the only instance were worth GREATLY out weighs cost. cloths, for example? vehicles? gasoline? sweetened food and other non necessities that we've grown to rely on? its the same everywhere. that's how the companies make profit. BY MAKING THE SHIT AFFORDABLE.
ubberJakerz 7 months ago
just because i have the internet doesn't mean i'm rich you dunce. the class of wealthiness is based off of the rest of the population and how you compare to them. every one here is a god if you base it off a thousand years ago. kinda makes your point sound stupid huh?so honestly, present some REAL points and maybe then you might get some attention.
ubberJakerz 7 months ago
ok the reason shit is so cheap is because asians make it, the reasorces are cheaper to mine with new technology, and cheaper to ship with new technology. an i phone isnt even worth 4000. because its so efficient to make and produce. and the reason shit always getts cheaper is because it always getts out dated and noones gunu buy the shitty version of something that costs the exact same.
PEOPLE USE YOUR GOD DAMN COMMON SCENE. DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOUR TOLD JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL
ubberJakerz 7 months ago
haha great video :)
Olavo88 7 months ago
Every morning, I wake up to the morning radio and can check my Youtube subscriptions thanks to my Apple iPad™ 2's many wonderful apps. Product placement ftw.
Steakexe 7 months ago 2
@Steakexe gtfo.... suckup
ubberJakerz 7 months ago
Brilliant video. Too bad it goes way over the head of the brainwashed drones like DMettio, but of course, some people are just unreachable; they're not your intended audience. It should be great for opening the eyes of people who are less indoctrinated and more able to think for themselves.
Tuhljin 7 months ago 2
@Tuhljin The fact that I'm skeptic and use a harsh language to dismiss the argument does not necessarily implies that I'm "A brainwashed drone", "unreachable", "indoctrinated " and so on.
Early Adapters pays the extra so that the middle class can save money is same as saying Ferrari drivers make the other cars cheaper, No they dont! Early adapter pays the price for having it first.Many technologies exist now that are just too expensive to be in mainstream.Early adapter don't finance R&D.
DMettio 7 months ago
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Tuhljin 7 months ago
That was some good capitalistic bullshit!
DMettio 7 months ago
@DMettio yeah, another Capitalistic propagenda to show why people must be slaves of other people and let other people build their emipres on their life, so they can have their pathetic little toys cheap. Funny that none of these people really think that the cost of their toys are not really cheap considering they have already paid for it with their lives.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus lol...in a soviet system, luckily, all people are free and noone is another one's slave....I suggest you move to North Korea....a model state for indivual freedom, prosperity and innovation where no state run conglomerats exist, where not one single industry is goverment owned, like in former Russia....oh boy oh boy...seriously, get some fresh air...please
manoman0 7 months ago
@manoman0 lol, you just remind of how people are sitting home and don't bother doing some research. Did you by any chance know that access to high speed internet became a citizen right in Finland in last February? Or Post-secondary education (which cost minimum 40k in U.S) is free in Sweden and Denmark? Healthcare? Library? And yeah, people are pretty free in those country. So I suggest you use your internet which you are already paying for.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Free? Something tells me your education wasn't worth what you paid for it...
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg yes, post secondary education, healthcare, partial pharmacare and library are free for the citizens of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and many other socialist countries. Why don't you shoot them an e-mail and ask them? By the way did I forget to say that University students in Denmark actually are getting paid to get education? (yeah I meant paid not lending money as in student loan with high interest)
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Your public education is showing. If you think any of those things are 'free', I've got a 'free' car I'd like to sell you...
In any case, why don't YOU shoot the Swedes an email and ask them why they wanted to abandon this system 20 years ago?
nytimes(dot)com/1991/09/15/world/discontent-in-egalitarian-sweden-threatens-socialists-in-vote-today.html
It isn't as black and white as you pretend it to be... maybe you should learn some history.
mises(dot)org/daily/2259/The-Sweden-Myth
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg lol. people like you make my day. As I said, all those things are free in those countries and by that I mean you DO NOT PAY to receive them. but your free car, you want to sell. so you want money in exchange. Do you see how absurd your comparison is? But for the sake of argument, if your car is free, sure send it to me for free.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg So, in 1991 Swedes wanted the socialists to go away but they re-elected them again between 1994 all the way until 2002???? en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Sweden. It just shows how good your research is and how trustworthy your media is. There is no stronger power than the power of brain washing. lol, sorry I really didn't want to burst your bobble.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus "So, in 1991 Swedes wanted the socialists to go away but they re-elected them again between 1994 all the way until 2002???? "
Idiot... Notice how both of those were minority governments? Notice how their support from between 1991 to 2010 is at a 50-year ALL TIME LOW? There are five major parties in Sweden for fucks sake, it doesn't take a very high percentage of the vote to get elected.
en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Swedish_Social_Democratic_Party#Electoral_history
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg uuuuh. Did you even bother reading alittle bit more? Did you by any chance notice that since 1908 there was only 2 majority government in Sweden, in 1968 and 1940, both won by the Socialists? or last election they won 30.66% which is 1/3 of the votes? 3 of the 5 parties only won 20%? Or even when the non-socialist came in power, they didn't change any of their social policies including, free education, healthcare, pharmacare, pension plan, ...
skyjesus 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg I don't blame you for these absurd comments, only if education was free in Canada, so someone like you could get some knowledge. Just because the Democrates won the election in U.S does it mean Republicans are getting destroyed? Do I even have to teach you Democracy 101 beside history and business fundamentals? By the way, I am still waiting for the free car you promised me. lol
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Cute. You don't have any valid points so you start grasping at straws and picking any irrelevant nit you can find. A true socialist.
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg Hey you are the one who see 45% socialists in 1994 Parliament and without any clue of the other elections, and only by relying on NYTimes editorial and personal opinion, assume that socialism is getting destroyed and people don't want socialism anymore. sad thing is you don't even know that the members of socialists here in Canada tripled in the last election.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Good god, out to destroy Canada, are you? Find some other country to ruin.
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg Typical ignorance. Since when supporting a legal political party of a country which is in opposition in the parliment now is called destroying a country? Did you even bother noticing that they got 30% popular vote which is 7% less than the mojority conservative government? so close to 1/3 of Canadians are trying to destroy Canada? and only 37% are trying to save it? man in front of definition moron, they should put a picture of you
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Your flaw is quoting election statistics and not factoring in the fact that only 60% of the eligible voter population actually voted in the Canadian election.
It's very telling when almost half the eligible voting populace doesn't think voting for paid shills makes a difference. About 18% are trying to bury it into the ground even further, and about 22% are trying to maintain the same shitty status quo. That's democracy for you, though: rule by a minority.
HeyItzMeDawg 7 months ago
@HeyItzMeDawg Hey based on democracy those people have the right to vote or not. This is democracy. Don't blame the "rule by minority" on me. The conservatives are the ones who call it a majority government.
skyjesus 7 months ago
@skyjesus Nothing is free, troll.
habertree 7 months ago