The 6 Finalists for The People Speak Animation Competition

[VonStierlitz]

Here's a translation of what all these "compassionate" dogooders are really saying:

You were born in an advanced and prosperous country? - Guilty !

Your family is wealthy? - Guilty !

You run a successful business and make good profits? - Guilty !

You want independence for your country? - Guilty !

You think you have higher morals than some envious low-life socialist looter? - Guilty !

You are happy and free? - Guilty !

So let's make everyone's life miserable for "social justice" !

[raultastic]

Keep in mind that the History Channel is part of Discovery Networks, which is part of the NBC/Universal conglomerate under GE. Honestly, this communist and unamerican stuff doesn't suprise me.

[WyattKaldenberg]

Democracy and Communism are the same thing. As Plato said, democracy will alway turn into tyranny where the majority will vote to rob and oppress the minority. The Communists have taken over the public school systems and turn them into Red Propaganda Center.

[TheVikingNinja]

anyone who doesn't support extreme capitalism is some form of a socialist in my opinion

[Wyrmshadow]

That's not Democracy, it's socialism.

Eugene Debbs was a socialist.

The man in front of the tank was arrested moments after those pictures were taken.

I've seen many of these videos with snazzy gfx that lie, obfuscate and confuse the audience by not showing the whole story, but they're popular because they LOOK and SOUND cool.

[fitzmccarron]

Dear History Channel, Perhaps you should take economics 101. When you take resources from peak performers and erroneously delegate those resources to suboptimal performers you slow economic development. Which means the people on the fringe of society (Ukraine circa 1930) people starve. Like in China in the 1960's where millions of people died! Maybe you should learn something from HISTORY!!! That is why capitalism works and socialism does not.

[briannatube]

United States of Marx tax rate $100,000 salary

100,000-Federal tax 21%= 21,000 you now have $79,000

79,000-SSI/MED 7.5%= 7500 left over $72,500

72,500-State/Local 5.0%= 5000 remaining 67,500

67,500-Local Property/School tax $10,000 What's left 57,500

57,500-State sales tax 7.0% $2500 Down to 55,000

55,000-Need Medical Insurance $10,000 Not much left $45,000

45,000-Gasoline, Liquor, Phone, Airline, hotel, parking tax, $1000= $ 44,000

44,000-Collage fund one kid $5000= $39,000

Total 61%

[wewiii]

I am extremely disappointed with the History Channel regarding this. This just blows my mind.

I will not be viewing this network any more.

[underbird]

So now the history channel spreads marxism? Seriously what the hell? Hey History channel. Why not add up the body count of collectivism and the body count of individualism and liberty? That man you showed standing in front of that tank was standing against socialist ideas.

[duckbar2]

the history channel should change it's name to the revisionist channel.

[bjarczyk]

For everyone that calls this totalitarian communism, actually read Howard Zinn's book A People's History of the US. THEN we'll talk.

[jpchronic420]

what a bunch of communist propaganda.

[nickdrummer2004]

yay!

imposing supremacy!

[jsh78mang]

Lets see workers rebelling against there evil companies. Of course they don't mention anything about the fact that they can leave that job or find another ANYTIME THEY WANT. This shit is taken right from the book of Marx .

[bjarczyk]

If only all the unemployed in our country just went to go find another job, if only they just worked a little harder.

[jsh78mang]

If only our president would adress this but unfortunatly he has his own agenda he has to get to first.

[sca719]

the fucking history channel are a bunch of communist.

[HowTheWorldWorks]

You Marxists get out of our schools.

[bjarczyk]

That's anarchist to you sir. We have a history of our own free schools.

Libertarians can learn from it.

[bjarczyk]

Right wing scum your time has come! Now it is time for the People to speak!

[moski3]

And WE THE PEOPLE are speaking out against lefty haters and lefty dictator loving power freaks.

[reddstarr88]

what a bunch of crap!

[moski3]

When did the History station become the COMMIE station?

WHAT THE FUCK??

All of the bad shit reminded me of OBAMA and his Power grab to control the people and never really working, just going through the motions.

[picbusket]

I used to watch The History Channel all the time. Now I will never watch this channel again.

[wilco618]

Thanks, History Channel, but I got all the Marxist propaganda I'll ever need while I was in college. I won't be watching this piece of shit.

[TheMinskyTerrorist]

Hurray for almost blatant Marxist propaganda on the part of the history channel, soon to be force-fed to children!

[bjarczyk]

Markets and the "freedom" to have wage slaves only create hierarchies, in which case you have to force and coerce people. That's why "property is theft."The American revolution was nothing compared to a lot of daring, but failed, insurrections in Europe. Those words you quoted were used to ensure popular support, while elites had interests of their own. You should take a deeper look at the economic interests behind the constitution as well.

What's your opinion of the CNT/FAI? The Paris Commune?

[TheMinskyTerrorist]

No they don't. You can only be coerced by someone if you entered into a contract that allows for you to be coerced.

[bjarczyk]

Yeah, so the billions of people starving and living in shit all around the planet are just "voluntarily" wage-slaves.

Right-wing capitalism is such an American ideology, for privileged white people who don't know anything about equality or freedom.

[TheMinskyTerrorist]

No, they're not "voluntarily" wage slaves.

I don't think you understand what the words "voluntary," "right wing," "capitalism," "privileged," "equality," or "freedom" mean. Please explain your definitions of these words.

The world is not a zero-sum game.

[moski3]

Go complain to the fucked up dictators to stop stealing all the money America sends to help the poor and pick yourselves up and FIX YOU OWN INNER problems !! Stop blaming America for your LAZY ass pussy selves. You complain when we try to get rid of the bad guys than you complain when we leave you alone. Fuck you. Maybe you deserve to starve. By the way, it is the lefties that think the world is overpopulated and those people should die to get the # s down. go look up UN Agenda 21.

[bjarczyk]

You do realize America has a vast majority of the worlds wealth because it is STOLEN right? Just like most of this land is STOLEN.

The only reason why we are so prosperous is because of events that took place which were completely criminal. Genocide of the natives, countless imperialist wars and CIA interventions, So shut the fuck up and join the resistance against the state and capitalism.

[moski3]

You obviously have been educated by Liberals and Socialists and Marxists. Hating America is their number one goal. Indoctrination and Propaganda is all they do and you bought it hook line and sinker. If I have to defend this country from commies like you I will to the death. You seem to hate freedom, I love freedom and liberty and my country. Hate filled idiots like you deserve to be miserable. Go cry about the muslims killing and genocides if you really care so much. Lots more killing there!

[bjarczyk]

I hate all nation states.

What's your opinion of George Orwell by the way? A SOCIALIST who wrote books against totalitarianism. You seem to think in black and white on the matter.

[moski3]

And all Socialist states have failed and have never worked.

It makes people LAZY. No one wants to better themselves. Lazy people feed off of the hard working people. Thus no incentive to work hard and move forward if everything you work for is given to some lazy ass taker.

Socialist always think there is some Utopia if only you did Socialism right.

It has and will never happen. The elitists at the top telling everyone how to live stuff their pockets with the peoples money. Like Obama is doing

[bjarczyk]

Socialism is direct control of the means of production, rather than elites. It's impossible for people to be lazy. It would be like not making your own dinner because you didn't feel like it. And there are no "elites at the top" nor is it utopian.

[moski3]

Socialism is STEALING from hard working people to give to LAZY people.

[moski3]

So you do not see the elitism of the "leaders" dictating how to live. Having outlandish wonderful meals while the people are starving. Flying around the world staying in fabulous hotel and owning huge beautiful homes while the people are homeless. Throwing fabulous parties and wearing designer dresses. All the While talking like they are one of us struggling to pay the rent. While accusing business owners for making a profit to better his co. trying to demonize bettering yourself = CLASS Envy!

[jsh78mang]

So more or less to many cheif not enough indians yeah cause that works real well.

[moski3]

Funny, most Socialist I know think it would be a Utopian dream come true if only Socialism was done right. They really think it would work. On paper maybe, but then you add in the people running the show and you find out really fast how fucked up and screwed you are. Working hard for the Gov to bleed you dry to give your money to LAZY people that do not know how to work for themselves. What incentive does anyone have to make more money if the Gov just takes more the more you make?

[bjarczyk]

Dude, under (libertarian) socialism there is no government and there is no money. You don't know what you are talking about.

The point is to abolish competition and the need to "make more money." It means taking over the means production, firing the bosses, and sharing resources based on what we need.

Capitalism doesn't work in theory or in practice.

[moski3]

So who is taxing the crap out of the people to redistribute the money? So there is never any progress and everyone is miserable equally. Sound like a great life. So now where is this plan working out perfectly and everyone is happy not inventing or producing? This should be good.

[bjarczyk]

There is no money or taxes in a libertarian socialist society.

Sounds like you've never read anything about socialism other than the USSR.

[sca719]

you're a fucking communist retard.

[bjarczyk]

you're a capitalist idiot.

not all communism is soviet brutality.

[moski3]

But all communist countries have killed many many of it's own people. And there is NO freedom or liberty.

[bjarczyk]

That's because communism is a form of economics and not necessarily a political system. Anarchists (anarcho-communists) have historically been prophetic at predicting state socialist/communist brutality. Mikhail Bakunin being one of the best examples of this prediction.

Please see: Paris Commune.

Freedom and equality. You will find a lot of capitalists who say they believe in freedom, but they don't believe in equality. Capitalism is based on privilege, hierarchy, and unequal power.

[moski3]

You do not seem to know much about Capitalism except that it is somehow bad. Working hard to better your situation has never been bad. Jealous socialist will always try to distort Freedom and Liberty into something bad. Making a profit to better your business or your life is only bad to Socialist/Communists /Marxists and Maoists. All those that want to dictate how to live and steal your money. They always trump up Class envy to justify stealing peoples hard earned money. Learn to WORK for it!

[sca719]

communism is based on power because who ever is in power controls everything in that country. with capitalist country's people can actually own land and businesses. you're never going to have equality. Who want's to treat a lazy bum the same as a hard working brain surgeon? You should earn things through life not get them free!

[bjarczyk]

in (anarcho) communism, there is no one in power. the people control everything, there is no money or private control of resources. and there are no "communist countries" because nation-states are abolished.

you make it sound so fair and free when you say people should earn everything. it's not the way it is. people should share resources instead of competing to survive. it's disgusting.

[sca719]

with "anarchist" communism no one would get anything done and no technology would advance. health care would not advance because people would have no reason to help anyone. everyone can't own everything, that would be so stupid and unproductive.

[bjarczyk]

read some peter kropotkin and actually understand what you are arguing against.

[sca719]

yeah fallow what a communist Russian says...because the Russia people are doing so great.

[bjarczyk]

you're completely ignorant. if you read some history you would quickly realize that anarchists were the FIRST to warn about the lies of state socialism.

of course they are doing horrible, he predicted it dumbass. read a book.

[sca719]

yet we're doing really good as a capitalist country. you wouldn't be debating with me or reading THAT book if not for capitalism. it actually works unlike all forms of communism and socialism. well expect for lazy people that hate to work.

[bjarczyk]

there's lots of illiterate people in this country and around the world because of the inequalities under capitalism. not only is production better with socialism but people would be more intelligent.

another thing, the poor work much harder than the rich pigs who sit on their asses all day.

you should really read more about socialism/communism/anarchism other than totalitarian crap. you really have no idea what you are talking about and just attacking strawmen.

[sca719]

No because most people go to public school and the education is really bad because of teacher unions and the government controlling it. If all we had was private schools competing for students then the price would be good and same with quality in teaching. It's not capitalism causing it, it's socialist/communist that want to control everything and the only way to do that is make people depend on them. People that depend on government for everything are the uneducated.

[jsh78mang]

Nope just about everyone who has tried it has suffered from the stupidity of a man who couldn't pay his bills so he made a theory on how to solve his problem.

[915Mustang]

Awesome

[ZZOMFG]

1st one is the best

[mymacworld]

beautiful

[vortic5]

WRETCHED EXISTENCE?????

[kevinflory]

The quote seems hypocritical.

One man amassing a fortune.

While doing nothing.

Tons laboring.

Sounds like the government as well. They take fortunes. Do little. And we all slave away.

[penguinistas]

this video should be called the socialists speak.

In a free society and each person has the right to make money, keep it and do with it as seems best to them.

That anyone is envious of what their neighbours has is still a sin.

I returned from Africa recently and even the poorest here have an obscene amount of money compared to the people there. Should you then be allowed to keep you home, your car, your food and clean drinking water? Should they forcefully take it from you?

[bjarczyk]

Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality.

[penguinistas]

Freedom is a right not a privilege and it had no socialistic strings attached.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Socialism inevitably and without fail leads to tyranny. Canada, England and other socialist countries have lost many of their freedoms and are losing more each day.

[moski3]

You will never have freedom and liberty w/ socialism, you are a liar.

[bjarczyk]

I wont, but we will.

Take a look at the Zapatistas in Mexico right now. As well as the Spanish revolution and the Paris Commune.

[moski3]

And the people are poor and miserable. Drug lords rule the nation. Killing squads killing anyone that even writes about them. all the police are corrupt and on the take. Good example of non liberty and non freedom! Just killing squads.

Spanish revolution, didn't they kill a lot of people and take property. Hateful people like you definitely do not deserve to live in America. Maybe you can go catch some bullets for your pals the Zapatistas?

[bjarczyk]

You don't know what you are talking about, it was a rebellion against what you are describing. In Chiapas and in Spain.