Education - stable and fairly cheap for national test score levels compared to other nations. Gov't got involved in 1960's, and we dropped to one of the lowest 1st world countries on scores and price have increased well over 1000%.
Housing - While housing has been stable and only rose at a fairly controlled and balanced, until the last half century when prices have skyrocketed to 15 times the prices back in the 1960's. Once again, gov't started encroaching and inflating the market for decades
The other thing glaringly obvious is that every section of the economy the government started getting involved in has exponentially increased in price over the last 50 years.
Healthcare - stable and reasonably priced for hundreds of years. Gov't got involved in last 70 years and prices have gone up way over 1000%.
Energy - since the gov't taxed oil by a large percentage, oil has been subsidized to the point that no other energy technologies could compete.
Ironically, private versions of all public services exist, and are all better and typically cheaper.
I know people will jump in denying that private schools are cheaper than public schools, but catholic schools and others are 1/3rd of the cost of the average public school, yet get high national test scores on standardized tests, while public schools still have failing standardized test grades (and dropping).
There isn't a single argument in this whole thing. It's just imagery and appeal to emotion. Capitalism is incompatible with "survival of the fittest" in the biological sense. In biology, animals initiate force against each other and compete for scarce resources. In capitalism, initiation of force is illegal because of private property rights and business create more resources and allow the unfit to survive.
@ORIGINALUSRNM The argument is that free market economics (not just capitalism) is cruel, injust and has no place for compassion and empathy so yes, it does appeal to emotions. It is an artistic animation, not a video blog or essay. I agree that any economic theory is incompatible with survival of the fittest but free market economics have used it. This documentary explores how Darwin's ideas were used. channel4.com/programmes/the-genius-of-charles-darwin/4od#2919522
Personally I think a social democracy with market freedom for certain goods and services is fine. If someone sees this and wants to read more and about the arguments against it, I have signposts on the website in the video info. If they want to read arguments advocating free market theory, there's google :D
@nicolasvalentino Thanks :) yeah I struggled to get all the different bits of audio to level out in after effects. Ideally I could have used a sound editor or someone with audio software skills lol
usually i see Disney-like or Cartoon Network-like shorts on youtube.
i still have nightmares at night how my future tutors would 'force' me to do fairy tales animations.
but to see a short like this one...and in uk too...my body is ready.
existtraiesc 2 weeks ago
Education - stable and fairly cheap for national test score levels compared to other nations. Gov't got involved in 1960's, and we dropped to one of the lowest 1st world countries on scores and price have increased well over 1000%.
Housing - While housing has been stable and only rose at a fairly controlled and balanced, until the last half century when prices have skyrocketed to 15 times the prices back in the 1960's. Once again, gov't started encroaching and inflating the market for decades
brendanmcwilliams 2 weeks ago
The other thing glaringly obvious is that every section of the economy the government started getting involved in has exponentially increased in price over the last 50 years.
Healthcare - stable and reasonably priced for hundreds of years. Gov't got involved in last 70 years and prices have gone up way over 1000%.
Energy - since the gov't taxed oil by a large percentage, oil has been subsidized to the point that no other energy technologies could compete.
brendanmcwilliams 2 weeks ago
Ironically, private versions of all public services exist, and are all better and typically cheaper.
I know people will jump in denying that private schools are cheaper than public schools, but catholic schools and others are 1/3rd of the cost of the average public school, yet get high national test scores on standardized tests, while public schools still have failing standardized test grades (and dropping).
brendanmcwilliams 2 weeks ago
There isn't a single argument in this whole thing. It's just imagery and appeal to emotion. Capitalism is incompatible with "survival of the fittest" in the biological sense. In biology, animals initiate force against each other and compete for scarce resources. In capitalism, initiation of force is illegal because of private property rights and business create more resources and allow the unfit to survive.
ORIGINALUSRNM 4 months ago
@ORIGINALUSRNM The argument is that free market economics (not just capitalism) is cruel, injust and has no place for compassion and empathy so yes, it does appeal to emotions. It is an artistic animation, not a video blog or essay. I agree that any economic theory is incompatible with survival of the fittest but free market economics have used it. This documentary explores how Darwin's ideas were used. channel4.com/programmes/the-genius-of-charles-darwin/4od#2919522
mairperkins 4 months ago
Personally I think a social democracy with market freedom for certain goods and services is fine. If someone sees this and wants to read more and about the arguments against it, I have signposts on the website in the video info. If they want to read arguments advocating free market theory, there's google :D
mairperkins 4 months ago
Amazing work! really loved this animation and the subject matter
TheSedition666 6 months ago
This is a caricaturization and a misrepresentation of Free Markets.
nicolasvalentino 8 months ago
@nicolasvalentino It is a polemic, artistic animation not a documentary. It does nott claim to be factual.
mairperkins 8 months ago
@mairperkins in that sense it´s a great work of art, only the music it´s a little bit loud and it makes harder to listen to the words.
nicolasvalentino 8 months ago
@nicolasvalentino Thanks :) yeah I struggled to get all the different bits of audio to level out in after effects. Ideally I could have used a sound editor or someone with audio software skills lol
mairperkins 8 months ago
This is great work :)
very clever!
Jessicamau5 8 months ago
@Jessicamau5 Thank you :)
mairperkins 8 months ago