thats what I always thought after someone won and theyre always always so happy with themself thanking everyone close to them parents trainer the whole shebang except for the biggest financer of it all
People just seem to watch the olympics to gamble their country's ego. Nobody cares about the sports - they just want to see their country "win" in front of other "countries". It's ridiculous.
Whoa. I think it's a bit much to blame any poverty or job loss on the olympics. It's true that these things are paid for by the common man, but in the same way each nation competes in these games. We all compete for cash, and prizes in the real world. That's why we take out loans, and go to college. It's all a competition. I hope my kids are talented enough to not need me to help them get wealthy, and stay that way.
You don't have a choice in paying for the olympics or if you wish to host them, the peasantry are not allowed to make such important decisions but they sure can foot the biil.
that would be nice to hear, an athlete thanking the taxpayer of course, their conscience would always bother them, if they ever stopped to ponder that!
The IOC is an elitist, taxpayer funded group of cocktail swilling, old money near-do wells that use amateur athletes to raise money to support the life style to which the IOC has come so accustomed. The games have, over the years, morphed into an orgy of corporate sociopaths sucking on the public teat. With that green mothers milk, they pay marketing executives to come up with the "Eh, Oh, Go Canada Go"phrase for us mindless drones to cheer at the hockey games, that nobody can get tickets for.
Most of our species is brain washed, they wouldn't be able to think beyond their t.v sets and there favorite cable news talk show. They protest without knowing the real issues from there foundation, or who's really pulling the strings. They get feed travail nonsense disguised as top hide-lines and eat it up hook line and sinker. Most ppl don't know the history behind modern day "Sports", and how it wasn't a mere coincidence for it to be used as the greatest tool of distraction for the masses.
Sports are a great activity and can be such great fun with friends and/or family. But it aboslutely disgusts me that we put athletes on a pedestal, like demi-gods, some of them get millions a year in revenue to play with a ball or a stick, while the fireman or paramedic who might save your life gets pennies compared to that. Most olympians do come from well off families or get lots of taxpayer money, so true that none of them ever thank the poor paying for it.
Queen Elizabeth II is the legal owner of one sixth of the land on the Earth's surface, more than any other individual or nation. This amounts to a total of 6.6 billion acres (27 million km²) in 32 countries.
37.5% of the Earth is owned by 147 states.
21% of the Earth is owned by 26 people.
41% of the Earth is owned by 1% or less of the population on Earth.
85% of the Earth's population own nothing.
Source: Kevin Cahill, "Who Owns the World: The Hidden Facts Behind Landownership"
@hplaserjet2001 I laugh when stuck up british punks brag about how much more advanced and progressive than we are, even though they have a queen in the 21st century!
The US, Canada and the rest of the world are in deep shit.
According to a recent Federal Reserve report, the private net worth in the United States (US) is $53.4 trillion. The debt and unfunded liabilities are $120 trillion or $389,610 for every man, woman and child. Dozens of US states are bankrupt.
In 2010, the US federal deficit is expected to be $1.6 trillion.
The US government is overspending by approximately $4.38 billion per day.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them (around the banks), will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -Thomas Jefferson
The Canadian government has a choice and can borrow interest free money from the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada can offer provincial and municipal governments funding at rates that are well below private bank rates.
All G-8 countries, on behalf of their citizens, borrow as debt at substantial interest from private banks. More than half of your income tax dollars service the interest on the debt.
Part 1: "The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it all back again... -Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1920s
Part 2: ...However, take this great power away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money and control credit." -Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1920s
In just three years (2007-2009), all federal debt repayment in Canada since 1997 was wiped-out.
The Bank of Canada creates 5% of the money supply in Canada. The private banking system creates 95% as debt at substantial interest. The private banking system has succeeded in privatizing the money supply in Canada. Banks create money out of nothing.
According to a recent Federal Reserve report, the private net worth in the United States (US) is $53.4 trillion. The debt and unfunded liabilities are $120 trillion or $389,610 for every man, woman and child. Dozens of US states are bankrupt.
In 2010, the US federal deficit is expected to be $1.6 trillion.
The US government is overspending by approximately $4.38 billion per day.
Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has devalued the US dollar by 98+%.
We have green grass and flowers year round in Vancouver, makes sense to have the winter games here???
Several property developers at Whistler wanted to make more money and they wanted the sea to sky highway fixed. Or course one of those property developers was on VANOC.
We'll be paying for the games for 35+ years. Although the nightly fireworks are nice, they aren't worth the money. Now we have 2 huge convention centres, when only 1 is needed.
The games are costing 7+billion so far. My guess is it will reach 8 or 9 billion, but we will never know because there is no real transparency.
Security is costing $1+ billion. Black helicopters have been buzzing the downtown area for more than six months. 100s of cameras have been placed downtown. How many of those will remain?
cont'd...but just the basic premise that any olympic competition has EVER been ... See Moreon a level playing field between athletes or that the comp. is representative in any way of the "best" in the world is totally ludicrous! I love participating in sport..but this is not the true spirit of sport.
not only the sickening debt, the embarrassing flaunting of spending in the face of poverty-stricken hungry citizens in the same city as the revellers (and in Vancouver the fake "native Cdn." promotion by the Gov't that has and continues to abuse them makes me physically ill!!)...cont'd
I think most people's counter-argument would be "but we like to watch sports" and they like to watch humans competing as well as excelling. But that's where they stop thinking about it. They don't wanna think about anarchist alternatives because that's very demanding of their brain cells. They think they have more important things to think about and who has the right to say what is important in a relative world. - just my train of thought
See the video of the man in Canada who was arrested for "stealing fire" - he only lit his cigarette on the olympic torch and caused no harm to anyone, then the POLICE jumped on him and attacked him and arrested him, even though there was no lawful reason to arrest him - there was no injured party / no "corpus delicti" for them to arrest him.
I wonder what they are going to charge him for? - Theft of fire?
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the poor always resent the achievements of their betters. The poor pay almost nothing in taxes anyway, so what do they have to gripe about. They'll be lucky to get a job serving drinks at one of these events given they are completely skill-less and have nothing to offer society other than their mindless labor.
know how to protect your unalienable rights at common law. See Rob's lecutres:
- "Bursting Bubbles of Government Deception"
- "The Magnificent Deception"
If you are arrested, file claim or counterclaim in a "court of record", - a court proceeding according to the common law. Stand as "one of the People of Canada", establish the court of record and make claim damages because of injury.
They have no right to deny you your unalienable rights at common law as long as you're peaceful.
Thanks for posting this...I was thinking about this too today, as I was watching the snow-boarding.
While I enjoyed some of the "games", and the human interest angle - they always try to find one athlete that had a hard time growing up or something - its true that these sports are mostly for the privileged.
They probably dont even realize how their "accident of birth" has given them opportunities and a sense of entitlement most of us will never know.
I share in your irritation about the cost of hosting the games, as the massive stadium near me is a tremendous waste of money and another example of the poor giving more money to the rich... It is oppressive.
But at the same time... The world can get together and be civilized and play a game. At least someone is being recognized for being a world champion. It is inspiring to see people who can do amazing things. You don't have to just be privileged, or to start when you're two: you still have to be a special person to make it that far. There are a lot of good things about the Olympics.
forgot to say that i got a video out about the civil liberties being violated ...of cores its not being talked about in the media. please take a look at it all who is interested thanks
I'm from Vancouver and have never supported the Olympics here. We didn't want it, but we're not allowed (at threat of arrest and charges) to complain or protest.
I think it's stupid that you rbouhgt up race though. I really don't think it has anything to do with it. Maybe white people tend to have more money to play expensive sports than other people, but that's not a problem with skiing and skating.
Football is racist because 90% of the players are black?
I'd rather Noam was on for a debate... he really badly needs questioning, for his own sake, he lives in a world where his word is considered law because he's idolized, and it means doesn't practice critical thinking.
I remember the confused looks on the faces of peope in Sydney in 1992 or so when Berlin lost the bid for the games to Sydney, and the folks in Sydney saw people celebrating in Berlin because we were so happy we lost! There was a strong anti-Olympics movement here back then that had done the maths first.
Stef, thanks for saying all of this. Its embarrassing how much people cheer on the games without knowing the truth about how the games are funded. Thank you so much.
Fortunately, in court, an IRS prosecutor cannot provide evidence that YOU are a Taxpayer.
ANY evidence requested in court has to be provided. Just don't expect a lawyer to do this for you, he will get disbarred. You will need to represent yourself.
Shit what about the hypocracy of the Olympics in terms of all the countries engaged in war at these games that were supposed to be about peace and humanity. What happened to banning countries that were engaged in war? But I guess that was all BS anyways, just like the games in general. Good points though, glad I'm not the only one that see these and every games as a cruel joke.
Ive said this so many times and I'll say it again, for a lonley pair of eyes that see , Stefan , you keep me sane , you really do!!! please never give up making these vids.... thank you thank you thank you lol xxxxx luv and light
Gold medal winning speed skater Shani Davis is the only black guy I've seen in the games.
Perhaps there are also some Jamaican bobsledders?
Stef is right, it's almost all honkies. There are some S. Koreans, Japanese and Chinese as well, especially in Short track speed skating.
The Olympics are the circus part of bread and circuses.
And most of the achievement is individual, yet statists try to make their achievements reflect on nations/govts instead of the individuals who earned them.
Really? Not rich kids? $20 for a Basketball and some shorts vs $500+ for hockey gear. AND you have to sharpen your skates before every game, which cost money. Most players have more than one stick because they break. Those run at several hundred a piece.
Now that convo you two are starting is going into tiny gritty details and exceptions that get thrown in any single line sentence. As with any mathematical equation.
You need to keep it high level. Anyone can argue about whether people with sticks and rubber pucks brush their teeth with an electric truth brush or a manual. It is just silly to begin with =P
Insulting me weakens your argument. Hockey is a middle class sport throughout much of Canada and the midwest U.S. Sure it costs more than some other sports but it is by no means to be compared to skiing and other winter sports in terms of cost, which is what Stef was referring to in the video.
He was talking about winter sports and grouping them all together. I'm not agruing with Stef's overall point, just that not all winter sports are "rich kid" sports.
@Jangaboo nobody is arguing whether winter sports are more expensive or not. It's clear that most of them, such as skiiing, are more expensive than summer sports. However, the argument is hockey vs. skiing. hockey is now where even close to as expensive as skiing, and is not a "rich kid" sport. Even though hockey is more expensive than a lot of the summer sports, it's unfair to collectivize all winter sports as being for rich kids.
I think Stef's over-generalizing weakens his argument. But, even with the over-generalization, he makes a logical argument. Then again, it's easy to constantly criticize. I just now realized that I've never seen Stef make a video about some positive accomplishment of collective society.
I knew the numbers were crazy but with a $156,250 salary to be a athlete in the Olympics -- wow.
First off I'd like to say I would slide down any icy f&8^ing hill for that (in any make shift sled - remember you only got to do it once ever 4 years).
six billion divided by 2.7 million (avg income approx. in a life span) = 2 222.22222 lives... good game.
Air this video right after one of them gets a gold. That would be a moment to remember.
every time i watch award shows or look at after parties and premieres i can't help but wonder how they pay for it. since im from a low income family cost is everything and always though about before purchasing. its a common habit of mine.
I am a huge fan of the olympics ever since I was a kid. I am enjoying the Vancouver games very much at the moment.
Here are my views on Olympics.
First of all I want to say I agree with the olympic idea. To unite the people of the world to compete together. The idea is of peace, which I think if a very virtous cause.
Second of all, I really really hate the nationalism behind it.
Third, I do not believe it being on taxes, people who enjoy it, like me, should pay for it.
Such a shame there's no unsettled land on earth now. The US really should be split into several nations, or at least resurrect the 10th amendment. I'm looking for small messages that resonate with people, such as (for business owners) adding a 40% surcharge for those who vote for big govt Republicans or Democrats, who make everyone lose around 40% of our income to government.
Stef makes some very important points. Many athletes get tons of subsidies. Not only during Olympics and other large sports events, but also all the time in between.
The politicians say it's for the country, so "we" can have good athletes, but they use stolen money to support people that THEY like!
And what do we get from this? An overpriced, drugged, sports industry where athletes risk their lives for money.
It's no different form the Roman gladiator fights: Kill people to keep the mob happy.
Could you do something on Greece? I think it's ridiculous that just a couple of years ago they had these Olympic games which they couldn't afford and today we (EU citizens) have to come save their economy while their stadiums fall into ruins because of disuse.
@ganymedic yes you're quite right about Athens.. apparently no one uses the facilities there at all.. property taxes went up by 20% here in London to help pay for the 2012 games.. I hate the event myself..
Hey Stef, what are your sources for these statistics? I don't doubt their accuracy, but I was having a discussion with my parents and they basically told me that the Olympics is filled with poor athletes in need of money, although they somewhat acknowledge the economic disasters which the event causes. Thought it would be useful if I could send them links to the sites with the official figures.
I totally agree. Some athletes maybe rich kids, I think most are not. There are many that become rich when they excel in their respective sports, but many athletes start out poor and finish poor. They do it because of a passion for their sport and sacrifice made by family and friends.
@OriginalityEatsYou I agree that this doesn't justify the transfer of wealth from the public to the athletes. "violently-enforced transfer of wealth from the public to the athletes", that's going a bit too far dude. If the Olympics were actually a benefit to the host city and Country it would be awesome. Very little of the wealth that comes from the public actually goes to the athletes. You are a bit delusional. It goes to over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies.
@soupiepower Fair enough, although even if the money WERE to go to the athletes, I still don't see it as a reasonable exchange, as the interaction is still ultimately upheld at the point of a gun.
If all of the money that the state publicly claims is going to the athletes is actually going to "over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies" then why is nobody talking about this? Why have no athletes come forward about this discrepancy? Shouldn't they be pissed off?
@OriginalityEatsYou It's a reasonable exchange if the money going to the athletes equates into a positive return for said government. The interaction is not "ultimately upheld at the point of a gun" because the average person is too stupid to realize that tax payer money is being taken for the wrong reason's.
People don't realize that all the money that the state publicly claims is going 2 the athletes is actually going 2 the " over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies" is because the media tells the people it's Ok if we go over budget or any shit like that because we will do great at the Olympics. Stupid people believe this. Athletes have not come forward because they don't know about this discrepancy. They are like everyone else, too busy to know whats happening. They should be pissed off
@OriginalityEatsYou A poor athlete is like a country singer whining about how his wife left him. PUT YOUR G-DAMN GUITAR DOWN and go win your wife back! A "starving artist" or "poor athlete" is the same, they need to put their HOBBY aside, and find some activity for which others will compensate them. For that reason, art and music and all other hobbies should naturally gravitate towards uplifting productive themes instead of whiny complaining so symptomatic of today's parasitic culture.
@hughtub Yeah, I know, it's bullshit. I wasn't on my parent's side at all in this debate. Of course, it's completely possible for an athlete or musician to have a successful and profitable career based on voluntary contracts, but this is seldom the case, particularly for low-ranking Olympic athletes. These subsidies are ridiculous.
I agree. The olympics is a joke. It's a huge waste of $ and in 20 years, what will this year's olympics mean? It's also divisive. Us/them. It's time to shut down the olympics.
what pisses me off is Iike sports. I play sports and I watch them too. With out the government I think watching sports would be popular. I have no emotional investment in the 100m but I enjoyed those 10s.
for a year as a kid I raced luge. not the billion dollar track stuff you see on tv. but what called natural luge it cost nothing to do. the sleds were borrowed from the private university that offered a course to its students. the coach was a volunteer. the track was a trail in a valley. Even the major competition we stayed in schools and the course was built on a toboggan hill. my point is sport competition can be without government and still provide entertainment and make money.
Stefan, I think that this is huge! This is the Action Plan the people need to hear. This kind of attitude is what wakes them up. And if it doesn't, we should all take our fucking dolls and move to Mars.
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I am noticing a worrying trend in your videos. you seem to be more and more bitter. The start of this video for instance is informative and objective but, as in the last one I watched, by the end you are mired deep in fear tactics and talking points. I think that, at the very least, this genre is likely to diminish the quality of your viewers understanding of the issues at hand.
Assuming people won't make rational decisions is only justified when the facts aren't on your side.
I've only recently discovered Stef, but have since watched many of his videos. I have noticed this trend in the videos I have watched. There seems to be a point where he switches from analyzing facts to using rhetoric. I wish he'd stick to just analyzing the facts because he does have good insight, but the rhetoric ends up turning me off.
Not that I get a choice, but I'd rather subsidize sports than machines of war any day. You've given me a lot to think about with this one Mr. Molyneaux. Many sports are in fact profitable in venues not subsidized like the Olympics (and yes, more likely just hobbies done very well). I liked snowboarding a lot better 20 years ago before it was highly exploited (nice clip of Shaun White there, BTW) and we weren't "rich kids" by any stretch of the imagination. Ponder your assertions here, I will.
I remember a local gov where i lived spent 95% of the "annual recreation budget" (or whatever they called it), for the region to build a horse riding centre. To use this place, you had to have your own horse. How many local kids had their own horse?
Apparently a couple of politicians on the committee had children who had horses.
5:09 looks like theyre carrying a giant dooby.
HanStanwell 1 month ago
DONT go to the london olimpics 2012, seriously something bad is going to happen. a false flag terror attack will happen during the games
dougfresh1980 2 months ago
"I recognize sports for what they are- it's a goddamn hobby." - Stefan Brilliant Molyneux. Yes "brilliant" should be your middlename.
TimothyADonaghue 5 months ago in playlist True News! from Freedomain Radio
thats what I always thought after someone won and theyre always always so happy with themself thanking everyone close to them parents trainer the whole shebang except for the biggest financer of it all
tims0l 5 months ago
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stefbot my m.s.n is my profile baybe!
sexykatie90 1 year ago
you should make a video about celebrities.
shwingsta 1 year ago
People just seem to watch the olympics to gamble their country's ego. Nobody cares about the sports - they just want to see their country "win" in front of other "countries". It's ridiculous.
camreeno360 1 year ago
I try so hard stef, I mean so hard to surround myself with people like you and marc stevens, but everywhere I look is stupid people.
You should talk to Marc Cuban about buying a news organization with you,marc stevens,jim davies and all the root strikers.
Now that would be news.
THAWK3 1 year ago
I LOVED, LOVED, the "call me"!
RuddODragonFear 1 year ago 2
Just another symptom of the disease. Great work as always, thanks!
Peremptor 1 year ago
Whoa. I think it's a bit much to blame any poverty or job loss on the olympics. It's true that these things are paid for by the common man, but in the same way each nation competes in these games. We all compete for cash, and prizes in the real world. That's why we take out loans, and go to college. It's all a competition. I hope my kids are talented enough to not need me to help them get wealthy, and stay that way.
Aestros909 1 year ago
You don't have a choice in paying for the olympics or if you wish to host them, the peasantry are not allowed to make such important decisions but they sure can foot the biil.
veritasunleashed 1 year ago
this doesnt heavily have to do with the main content of this video, but what is the difference between mercantilism and capitalism anyway?
seigneurvoland666 1 year ago
that would be nice to hear, an athlete thanking the taxpayer of course, their conscience would always bother them, if they ever stopped to ponder that!
throwntomato 1 year ago
The IOC is an elitist, taxpayer funded group of cocktail swilling, old money near-do wells that use amateur athletes to raise money to support the life style to which the IOC has come so accustomed. The games have, over the years, morphed into an orgy of corporate sociopaths sucking on the public teat. With that green mothers milk, they pay marketing executives to come up with the "Eh, Oh, Go Canada Go"phrase for us mindless drones to cheer at the hockey games, that nobody can get tickets for.
gmcduff 1 year ago
Chomsky? that would be an interesting debate.
seanmc30 1 year ago
Most of our species is brain washed, they wouldn't be able to think beyond their t.v sets and there favorite cable news talk show. They protest without knowing the real issues from there foundation, or who's really pulling the strings. They get feed travail nonsense disguised as top hide-lines and eat it up hook line and sinker. Most ppl don't know the history behind modern day "Sports", and how it wasn't a mere coincidence for it to be used as the greatest tool of distraction for the masses.
Streetslogic 1 year ago
True!
911truthandjustice 1 year ago
Chomsky remark = highlight of my day
24BIT24BIT 1 year ago
The sex trade is a leech that attaches to the olypmic games involving organized crime both official and underworld. Do some research.
veritasunleashed 1 year ago
Sports are a great activity and can be such great fun with friends and/or family. But it aboslutely disgusts me that we put athletes on a pedestal, like demi-gods, some of them get millions a year in revenue to play with a ball or a stick, while the fireman or paramedic who might save your life gets pennies compared to that. Most olympians do come from well off families or get lots of taxpayer money, so true that none of them ever thank the poor paying for it.
Nebbyker 1 year ago
Agree or disagree, I think he's got a point.
HoFoShAo 1 year ago
Queen Elizabeth II is the legal owner of one sixth of the land on the Earth's surface, more than any other individual or nation. This amounts to a total of 6.6 billion acres (27 million km²) in 32 countries.
37.5% of the Earth is owned by 147 states.
21% of the Earth is owned by 26 people.
41% of the Earth is owned by 1% or less of the population on Earth.
85% of the Earth's population own nothing.
Source: Kevin Cahill, "Who Owns the World: The Hidden Facts Behind Landownership"
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
@hplaserjet2001 I laugh when stuck up british punks brag about how much more advanced and progressive than we are, even though they have a queen in the 21st century!
nurbSoldier 1 year ago
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The US, Canada and the rest of the world are in deep shit.
According to a recent Federal Reserve report, the private net worth in the United States (US) is $53.4 trillion. The debt and unfunded liabilities are $120 trillion or $389,610 for every man, woman and child. Dozens of US states are bankrupt.
In 2010, the US federal deficit is expected to be $1.6 trillion.
The US government is overspending by approximately $4.38 billion per day.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
yes, it is an oxymoron isn't it?
throwntomato 1 year ago
astounding facts!
throwntomato 1 year ago
Sad, but true.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them (around the banks), will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -Thomas Jefferson
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
The Canadian government has a choice and can borrow interest free money from the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada can offer provincial and municipal governments funding at rates that are well below private bank rates.
All G-8 countries, on behalf of their citizens, borrow as debt at substantial interest from private banks. More than half of your income tax dollars service the interest on the debt.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
@hplaserjet2001
I don't agree with some of your comments, however I do agree this Olympic farce is going to ruin the economy of this province for decades to come.
greywolf424 1 year ago
Part 1: "The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it all back again... -Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1920s
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
Part 2: ...However, take this great power away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money and control credit." -Sir Josiah Stamp, Director, Bank of England, 1920s
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
In just three years (2007-2009), all federal debt repayment in Canada since 1997 was wiped-out.
The Bank of Canada creates 5% of the money supply in Canada. The private banking system creates 95% as debt at substantial interest. The private banking system has succeeded in privatizing the money supply in Canada. Banks create money out of nothing.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
Since 2005, Canadian taxpayers paid $350+ billion in interest on the national debt.
In fiscal year 2008-2009 the Canadian federal debt was $463.7 billion.
After April 1, 2009, the federal debt grew by $1,772.58 per second, $106,355 per minute, $6.4 million per hour, or $153 million every day.
By March 31, 2010, Canada's federal debt will increase to $519.6 billion or $15,000+ for every man, woman and child.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
that's staggering!
throwntomato 1 year ago
Sadly, it's true. We all are in deep shit.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
In 2009, the Federal Reserve engineered 20+ trillion dollar bailouts equaling 40% of the private wealth created in the US since 1776.
The deficit during October and November 2009 totaled $297 billion or $4.9 billion per day.
The Office of Management and Budget reports that the US government will experience deficits of tens of trillions of dollars for the next 70 years.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
According to a recent Federal Reserve report, the private net worth in the United States (US) is $53.4 trillion. The debt and unfunded liabilities are $120 trillion or $389,610 for every man, woman and child. Dozens of US states are bankrupt.
In 2010, the US federal deficit is expected to be $1.6 trillion.
The US government is overspending by approximately $4.38 billion per day.
Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has devalued the US dollar by 98+%.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
We have green grass and flowers year round in Vancouver, makes sense to have the winter games here???
Several property developers at Whistler wanted to make more money and they wanted the sea to sky highway fixed. Or course one of those property developers was on VANOC.
We'll be paying for the games for 35+ years. Although the nightly fireworks are nice, they aren't worth the money. Now we have 2 huge convention centres, when only 1 is needed.
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
The games are costing 7+billion so far. My guess is it will reach 8 or 9 billion, but we will never know because there is no real transparency.
Security is costing $1+ billion. Black helicopters have been buzzing the downtown area for more than six months. 100s of cameras have been placed downtown. How many of those will remain?
hplaserjet2001 1 year ago
Stef, this is one of the most clear, concise and to the point videos you've made yet.
Very impactful. Thanks!
TheCapitalistdog 1 year ago 2
cont'd...but just the basic premise that any olympic competition has EVER been ... See Moreon a level playing field between athletes or that the comp. is representative in any way of the "best" in the world is totally ludicrous! I love participating in sport..but this is not the true spirit of sport.
CristiansFriendMary 1 year ago
not only the sickening debt, the embarrassing flaunting of spending in the face of poverty-stricken hungry citizens in the same city as the revellers (and in Vancouver the fake "native Cdn." promotion by the Gov't that has and continues to abuse them makes me physically ill!!)...cont'd
CristiansFriendMary 1 year ago
As a wise philosopher from Compton California once said, "True dat!"
shepardh1 1 year ago
Great video
FreeSocietyNow 1 year ago
Oh Yes! Stef! ahahah
What a laugh by watching - That's great as usual :-)
I found the timing of your speech linked to the images very powerful - hahaha Excellent!
Thanks Stef!
Dr. TY
operateur007 1 year ago
So true... rich dicks on ice.
cbellison 1 year ago
I think most people's counter-argument would be "but we like to watch sports" and they like to watch humans competing as well as excelling. But that's where they stop thinking about it. They don't wanna think about anarchist alternatives because that's very demanding of their brain cells. They think they have more important things to think about and who has the right to say what is important in a relative world. - just my train of thought
Enleuk 1 year ago 2
@ kuriokazuki
haha... you'd think they would honor this Prometheus in the Olympics...
TheLittleBlackBear 1 year ago
See the video of the man in Canada who was arrested for "stealing fire" - he only lit his cigarette on the olympic torch and caused no harm to anyone, then the POLICE jumped on him and attacked him and arrested him, even though there was no lawful reason to arrest him - there was no injured party / no "corpus delicti" for them to arrest him.
I wonder what they are going to charge him for? - Theft of fire?
kuriokazuki 1 year ago 6
Prometheus anyone?
TheLittleBlackBear 1 year ago 2
Thanks Stefan. :D
Anon1696 1 year ago
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the poor always resent the achievements of their betters. The poor pay almost nothing in taxes anyway, so what do they have to gripe about. They'll be lucky to get a job serving drinks at one of these events given they are completely skill-less and have nothing to offer society other than their mindless labor.
familyvidslongave 1 year ago
And exactly who the fuck are you? Do you realize you have that huge sign on your pitiful back?
rebouel 1 year ago
@familyvidslongave Sorry but you suck at trolling, try being a bit more subtle next time.
thecolorsilence 1 year ago
@familyvidslongave
Do you consider yourself one of the poor, or the "betters"?
Certainly the poor pay with something other than taxes. Perhaps the poor pay with their inequity.
Do you believe we live in a meritocracy and that the wealthy earn every penny?
Isn't it better to offer a meager service for meager pay than to accumulate rapacious wealth through fraud and tyranny?
I think your resentments come from within you. Perhaps eyes-open would be better.
kokopelli314 1 year ago 2
"Isn't it better to offer a meager service for meager pay than to accumulate rapacious wealth through fraud and tyranny?"
SPOKEN LIKE A LOSER WHO WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING
greywolf424 1 year ago
Thanks for a good laugh @greywolf424
I'm sure we'll all enjoy your all-caps comedy ;-)
kokopelli314 1 year ago
Tough love dude... tough love. :-)
DrPhallus 1 year ago
Man, I challenge anyone to prove anything he says wrong in this video. It's just spot on.
Maybe the statistics are debatable (I've heard that they actually spent 1 billion on security!) but I mean it's just spot on.
bjarczyk 1 year ago 3
Great video stefan.
bjarczyk 1 year ago
i was arrested for protesting in downtown Vancouver we tripled our budget total bullshit
dopeskies 1 year ago 8
@dopeskies
know how to protect your unalienable rights at common law. See Rob's lecutres:
- "Bursting Bubbles of Government Deception"
- "The Magnificent Deception"
If you are arrested, file claim or counterclaim in a "court of record", - a court proceeding according to the common law. Stand as "one of the People of Canada", establish the court of record and make claim damages because of injury.
They have no right to deny you your unalienable rights at common law as long as you're peaceful.
kuriokazuki 1 year ago
"They have no right to deny you your unalienable rights at common law as long as you're peaceful."
YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT WHO DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT COMMON LAW IS.
greywolf424 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this...I was thinking about this too today, as I was watching the snow-boarding.
While I enjoyed some of the "games", and the human interest angle - they always try to find one athlete that had a hard time growing up or something - its true that these sports are mostly for the privileged.
They probably dont even realize how their "accident of birth" has given them opportunities and a sense of entitlement most of us will never know.
Oh well - the beach is still free.
MauiSkyWatcher 1 year ago 2
I share in your irritation about the cost of hosting the games, as the massive stadium near me is a tremendous waste of money and another example of the poor giving more money to the rich... It is oppressive.
luckyodeler 1 year ago
But at the same time... The world can get together and be civilized and play a game. At least someone is being recognized for being a world champion. It is inspiring to see people who can do amazing things. You don't have to just be privileged, or to start when you're two: you still have to be a special person to make it that far. There are a lot of good things about the Olympics.
luckyodeler 1 year ago
lol loved the cow joke...thx for telling the true :D
Decon21 1 year ago
forgot to say that i got a video out about the civil liberties being violated ...of cores its not being talked about in the media. please take a look at it all who is interested thanks
Decon21 1 year ago
What are your sources?
Prometheusforliberty 1 year ago
Very well said! 5 Stars!
sarahsgift1 1 year ago
That was really poinient stephan, thanks.
abskebabs 1 year ago
Love it!! Well said!
britethorn 1 year ago
I'm from Vancouver and have never supported the Olympics here. We didn't want it, but we're not allowed (at threat of arrest and charges) to complain or protest.
I think it's stupid that you rbouhgt up race though. I really don't think it has anything to do with it. Maybe white people tend to have more money to play expensive sports than other people, but that's not a problem with skiing and skating.
Football is racist because 90% of the players are black?
drutter 1 year ago
skiing and skating it is a problem, they are still very expensive for most people
my mom never signed me up for ice hockey because of the costs when i was younger
Jangaboo 1 year ago
@Jangaboo
I can't do heliskiing or skydiving or parasailing because I don't have the money...
drutter 1 year ago
A beautifully compiled summary of the deployment of the s-port & arena mind control.
Thanks 5*
pondman27 1 year ago
Freedomain interview with Noam Chomsky????
thewildvagipuss 1 year ago
I'd rather Noam was on for a debate... he really badly needs questioning, for his own sake, he lives in a world where his word is considered law because he's idolized, and it means doesn't practice critical thinking.
DreadLaw2 1 year ago 2
agreed
thewildvagipuss 1 year ago 2
I remember the confused looks on the faces of peope in Sydney in 1992 or so when Berlin lost the bid for the games to Sydney, and the folks in Sydney saw people celebrating in Berlin because we were so happy we lost! There was a strong anti-Olympics movement here back then that had done the maths first.
RachelBartlett 1 year ago
What do you think of Noam Chomsky? And what do you think about his attitute about free market capitalism?
ArtinEmil 1 year ago
Why do you want to talk to that collectivist, white-guilt ridden, market-hating retard Noam Chomsky?
bwelkk 1 year ago
Insults signal lack of arguments.
gustavonarez 1 year ago
Stef, thanks for saying all of this. Its embarrassing how much people cheer on the games without knowing the truth about how the games are funded. Thank you so much.
glycerinfarmer 1 year ago 3
Taxpayers.....
Fortunately, in court, an IRS prosecutor cannot provide evidence that YOU are a Taxpayer.
ANY evidence requested in court has to be provided. Just don't expect a lawyer to do this for you, he will get disbarred. You will need to represent yourself.
Look up the - No State Project
nanciqwerty 1 year ago
Shit what about the hypocracy of the Olympics in terms of all the countries engaged in war at these games that were supposed to be about peace and humanity. What happened to banning countries that were engaged in war? But I guess that was all BS anyways, just like the games in general. Good points though, glad I'm not the only one that see these and every games as a cruel joke.
ChoasTheory2000 1 year ago
Stefbot, did you know that the famous Olympic torch relay (shown in the second half of the video) first started in 1936 in Berlin?
Guncriminal 1 year ago
Ive said this so many times and I'll say it again, for a lonley pair of eyes that see , Stefan , you keep me sane , you really do!!! please never give up making these vids.... thank you thank you thank you lol xxxxx luv and light
NeuroParadise 1 year ago
Bread and circuses, blood and iron.
nonantianarchist 1 year ago
@Vid
Interesting.
MRSketch09 1 year ago
good stuff. 5 stars
thorsmitersaw 1 year ago
lol 2:32 "call me"
chaseantarctica 1 year ago 2
every olympics is a plague. All channels are poisoned by the olympics events.. so thank myself for watching discovery and animal planet.
Thx for your interesting insight into things Stef !
Paxmax 1 year ago
Gold medal winning speed skater Shani Davis is the only black guy I've seen in the games.
Perhaps there are also some Jamaican bobsledders?
Stef is right, it's almost all honkies. There are some S. Koreans, Japanese and Chinese as well, especially in Short track speed skating.
The Olympics are the circus part of bread and circuses.
And most of the achievement is individual, yet statists try to make their achievements reflect on nations/govts instead of the individuals who earned them.
freesk8 1 year ago
@freesk8 not all jamaicans are black
monochromidxliquid 1 year ago
Agreed for the most part but hockey players are by no means known as rich kids, so I'm not big on collectivizing all the athletes together like that.
escapethecollapse 1 year ago 3
Really? Not rich kids? $20 for a Basketball and some shorts vs $500+ for hockey gear. AND you have to sharpen your skates before every game, which cost money. Most players have more than one stick because they break. Those run at several hundred a piece.
How about track and field?
Soccer?
Even football is cheaper.
You're blind.
Thelanimilbus 1 year ago
Be nice =P
Now that convo you two are starting is going into tiny gritty details and exceptions that get thrown in any single line sentence. As with any mathematical equation.
You need to keep it high level. Anyone can argue about whether people with sticks and rubber pucks brush their teeth with an electric truth brush or a manual. It is just silly to begin with =P
chardoc89 1 year ago
Insulting me weakens your argument. Hockey is a middle class sport throughout much of Canada and the midwest U.S. Sure it costs more than some other sports but it is by no means to be compared to skiing and other winter sports in terms of cost, which is what Stef was referring to in the video.
escapethecollapse 1 year ago
Stef was talking about sport in general not about particular one.
misiobear77 1 year ago
He was talking about winter sports and grouping them all together. I'm not agruing with Stef's overall point, just that not all winter sports are "rich kid" sports.
escapethecollapse 1 year ago
growing up i couldn't play ice hockey as the equipment was just too expensive as was joining, its a lot of money, same with Skiing
felt left out as majority of my friends were playing Ice hockey
Jangaboo 1 year ago
winter sports are more expensive
the equipment costs a lot of money and thats the reason i was never signed up for Ice hockey when i was younger
Jangaboo 1 year ago
@Jangaboo nobody is arguing whether winter sports are more expensive or not. It's clear that most of them, such as skiiing, are more expensive than summer sports. However, the argument is hockey vs. skiing. hockey is now where even close to as expensive as skiing, and is not a "rich kid" sport. Even though hockey is more expensive than a lot of the summer sports, it's unfair to collectivize all winter sports as being for rich kids.
escapethecollapse 1 year ago 2
agree with you.
MaikUniversum 1 year ago
I think Stef's over-generalizing weakens his argument. But, even with the over-generalization, he makes a logical argument. Then again, it's easy to constantly criticize. I just now realized that I've never seen Stef make a video about some positive accomplishment of collective society.
MarmaladeINFP 1 year ago
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The government asks, "What could we build for 2222 lives?"
He replies, "17 days of a super special non-stop snow ball fight."
chardoc89 1 year ago
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chardoc89 1 year ago
Oh yeah and for Salt Lake City ... 17 days of Olympics that makes $36,764.70 per day per athlete.
I wonder how much their tights cost.
chardoc89 1 year ago
I knew the numbers were crazy but with a $156,250 salary to be a athlete in the Olympics -- wow.
First off I'd like to say I would slide down any icy f&8^ing hill for that (in any make shift sled - remember you only got to do it once ever 4 years).
six billion divided by 2.7 million (avg income approx. in a life span) = 2 222.22222 lives... good game.
Air this video right after one of them gets a gold. That would be a moment to remember.
chardoc89 1 year ago
of course when I say "salary" mean it in the context... relax.
chardoc89 1 year ago
@soupiepower: So because stolen money is spent on infrastructure we can't complain when it's spent on people sliding down a snowy hill?
I'm not following the logic.
danconia3873 1 year ago
So the Games are a massive rip-off? TELL ME ABOUT IT.
I'm originally from Montreal, watched the MASSIVELY over-budget Games happen there in 76, and the fallout from the bills...
Now I get to watch the same thing happen here in Vancouver, where I live now.
I DID NOT BACK THE BID.
The bills are ON THEIR WAY...
Vancouver, bend over and wait for it... WARNING: IT'S A BIG ONE.
JRCrowley 1 year ago
i don't even watch the olympics cos i dont care for it. never understood what the big hulabaloo is about.
YourOasis97 1 year ago
Great, I've gone from ambivalent towards the Olympics to resentful.
iamacyborg 1 year ago 2
every time i watch award shows or look at after parties and premieres i can't help but wonder how they pay for it. since im from a low income family cost is everything and always though about before purchasing. its a common habit of mine.
YourOasis97 1 year ago
The pax of spending your own money.
iamacyborg 1 year ago
the what? pax?
i dont support it then if its done by tax payers' money.
YourOasis97 1 year ago
haha "call me"
twistedbydsign99 1 year ago
I am a huge fan of the olympics ever since I was a kid. I am enjoying the Vancouver games very much at the moment.
Here are my views on Olympics.
First of all I want to say I agree with the olympic idea. To unite the people of the world to compete together. The idea is of peace, which I think if a very virtous cause.
Second of all, I really really hate the nationalism behind it.
Third, I do not believe it being on taxes, people who enjoy it, like me, should pay for it.
ArtinEmil 1 year ago
peace? really? if you think that, you got another thing coming.
YourOasis97 1 year ago
I never thought about that... wow. Great video.
MaikUniversum 1 year ago
Sure it's a lifetime of debt,but to get to see Curling every 4 years makes it all worthwhile.
VCADD 1 year ago
canadians *LOVE* curling...to them, it's 2nd to that other dumb ice sport.
sniffsnarff 1 year ago
You must be a queer.
JRCrowley 1 year ago
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VCADD 1 year ago
My comment was for sniffsnarff, not you, sorry.
sniffsnarff was referring to hockey. But he's just too much of a pussy to play the game or know anything about it.
JRCrowley 1 year ago
@VCADD well i don't wanna live in debt forever. do you?
YourOasis97 1 year ago
That was dripping with acrid acid. LOL.
Awesome video Stef! Thanks for the sobering and timely reminder.
amaone 1 year ago
Such a shame there's no unsettled land on earth now. The US really should be split into several nations, or at least resurrect the 10th amendment. I'm looking for small messages that resonate with people, such as (for business owners) adding a 40% surcharge for those who vote for big govt Republicans or Democrats, who make everyone lose around 40% of our income to government.
hughtub 1 year ago
That's practical.
iamacyborg 1 year ago
isnt socialised cost & privatised profits a facet of fascist economics?
SCARREDMIND 1 year ago
no such thing as a "taxpayer".
elliotcheely 1 year ago
Oh?
conquesimo 1 year ago
oh yes, I like to point that too. Taxes are stolen of taken by fraud. (when people believe they are doing it right)
MaikUniversum 1 year ago
tax cows?
iamacyborg 1 year ago
tax objects.
jonxchiu 1 year ago
chattel
elliotcheely 1 year ago
Stef makes some very important points. Many athletes get tons of subsidies. Not only during Olympics and other large sports events, but also all the time in between.
The politicians say it's for the country, so "we" can have good athletes, but they use stolen money to support people that THEY like!
And what do we get from this? An overpriced, drugged, sports industry where athletes risk their lives for money.
It's no different form the Roman gladiator fights: Kill people to keep the mob happy.
MigDanskeren 1 year ago
Could you do something on Greece? I think it's ridiculous that just a couple of years ago they had these Olympic games which they couldn't afford and today we (EU citizens) have to come save their economy while their stadiums fall into ruins because of disuse.
ganymedic 1 year ago
@ganymedic yes you're quite right about Athens.. apparently no one uses the facilities there at all.. property taxes went up by 20% here in London to help pay for the 2012 games.. I hate the event myself..
xelenty 1 year ago
I think it's hilarious that the Mormons tripped over themselves to host the Olympics because they thought it would fulfil a prophecy.
iamacyborg 1 year ago
the athletes are probably just as ignorant as the rest of the people about who really subsidizes these things.
jmeiskues 1 year ago 5
i would recommend everyone to also watch watch?v=CdBmCaGLBXM.
Especially Canadians.
offBeatRock777 1 year ago
Hey Stef, what are your sources for these statistics? I don't doubt their accuracy, but I was having a discussion with my parents and they basically told me that the Olympics is filled with poor athletes in need of money, although they somewhat acknowledge the economic disasters which the event causes. Thought it would be useful if I could send them links to the sites with the official figures.
OriginalityEatsYou 1 year ago
I totally agree. Some athletes maybe rich kids, I think most are not. There are many that become rich when they excel in their respective sports, but many athletes start out poor and finish poor. They do it because of a passion for their sport and sacrifice made by family and friends.
soupiepower 1 year ago
@soupiepower Of course, even if this is the case, this doesn't justify the violently-enforced transfer of wealth from the public to the athletes.
OriginalityEatsYou 1 year ago
@OriginalityEatsYou I agree that this doesn't justify the transfer of wealth from the public to the athletes. "violently-enforced transfer of wealth from the public to the athletes", that's going a bit too far dude. If the Olympics were actually a benefit to the host city and Country it would be awesome. Very little of the wealth that comes from the public actually goes to the athletes. You are a bit delusional. It goes to over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies.
soupiepower 1 year ago
How is that going to far? Any money taken in taxes is violently enforced. Try not paying your taxes and see what happens.
iamacyborg 1 year ago
@soupiepower Fair enough, although even if the money WERE to go to the athletes, I still don't see it as a reasonable exchange, as the interaction is still ultimately upheld at the point of a gun.
If all of the money that the state publicly claims is going to the athletes is actually going to "over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies" then why is nobody talking about this? Why have no athletes come forward about this discrepancy? Shouldn't they be pissed off?
OriginalityEatsYou 1 year ago
@OriginalityEatsYou It's a reasonable exchange if the money going to the athletes equates into a positive return for said government. The interaction is not "ultimately upheld at the point of a gun" because the average person is too stupid to realize that tax payer money is being taken for the wrong reason's.
soupiepower 1 year ago
People don't realize that all the money that the state publicly claims is going 2 the athletes is actually going 2 the " over priced infrastructure and corrupt companies" is because the media tells the people it's Ok if we go over budget or any shit like that because we will do great at the Olympics. Stupid people believe this. Athletes have not come forward because they don't know about this discrepancy. They are like everyone else, too busy to know whats happening. They should be pissed off
soupiepower 1 year ago
@OriginalityEatsYou A poor athlete is like a country singer whining about how his wife left him. PUT YOUR G-DAMN GUITAR DOWN and go win your wife back! A "starving artist" or "poor athlete" is the same, they need to put their HOBBY aside, and find some activity for which others will compensate them. For that reason, art and music and all other hobbies should naturally gravitate towards uplifting productive themes instead of whiny complaining so symptomatic of today's parasitic culture.
hughtub 1 year ago
@hughtub Yeah, I know, it's bullshit. I wasn't on my parent's side at all in this debate. Of course, it's completely possible for an athlete or musician to have a successful and profitable career based on voluntary contracts, but this is seldom the case, particularly for low-ranking Olympic athletes. These subsidies are ridiculous.
OriginalityEatsYou 1 year ago
yup
chriswroads 1 year ago
I agree. The olympics is a joke. It's a huge waste of $ and in 20 years, what will this year's olympics mean? It's also divisive. Us/them. It's time to shut down the olympics.
TruthSurge 1 year ago 2
what pisses me off is Iike sports. I play sports and I watch them too. With out the government I think watching sports would be popular. I have no emotional investment in the 100m but I enjoyed those 10s.
mrebus 1 year ago
for a year as a kid I raced luge. not the billion dollar track stuff you see on tv. but what called natural luge it cost nothing to do. the sleds were borrowed from the private university that offered a course to its students. the coach was a volunteer. the track was a trail in a valley. Even the major competition we stayed in schools and the course was built on a toboggan hill. my point is sport competition can be without government and still provide entertainment and make money.
mrebus 1 year ago 2
Stefan, I think that this is huge! This is the Action Plan the people need to hear. This kind of attitude is what wakes them up. And if it doesn't, we should all take our fucking dolls and move to Mars.
SopraTutt1 1 year ago
You hit it on the nail Stef! Good video.
yo1dude1man 1 year ago
If so much money is made through the Olympics, why aren't they hosted in poor countries?
hydralisk125 1 year ago 4
@hydraslisk125
This is because the money spent on sports entertainment distract the masses, it is sort of a sedative.
It is profitable for the State and their corporate buddies.
People who are ignorant are sad because of this ignorance.
They need to distract themselves from the fact of how pathetic they are.
They need to release the anger caused by self-denial by participating in tribalism.
They need to "belong" to some fraternal group.
They need to find a reason to meet with others.
Et cetera
asperin 1 year ago 2
But mommy that man is naked!
iamacyborg 1 year ago
But mommy, countries don't actually exist!
jonxchiu 1 year ago
great vid mr molyneux!
rescuemay 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I am noticing a worrying trend in your videos. you seem to be more and more bitter. The start of this video for instance is informative and objective but, as in the last one I watched, by the end you are mired deep in fear tactics and talking points. I think that, at the very least, this genre is likely to diminish the quality of your viewers understanding of the issues at hand.
Assuming people won't make rational decisions is only justified when the facts aren't on your side.
vincenmt 1 year ago
I've only recently discovered Stef, but have since watched many of his videos. I have noticed this trend in the videos I have watched. There seems to be a point where he switches from analyzing facts to using rhetoric. I wish he'd stick to just analyzing the facts because he does have good insight, but the rhetoric ends up turning me off.
MarmaladeINFP 1 year ago
Not that I get a choice, but I'd rather subsidize sports than machines of war any day. You've given me a lot to think about with this one Mr. Molyneaux. Many sports are in fact profitable in venues not subsidized like the Olympics (and yes, more likely just hobbies done very well). I liked snowboarding a lot better 20 years ago before it was highly exploited (nice clip of Shaun White there, BTW) and we weren't "rich kids" by any stretch of the imagination. Ponder your assertions here, I will.
golefevre 1 year ago
For the most part mom & pop subsidised these kids 20 yrs ago from my experience
xelenty 1 year ago
5 stars stef! thanks, in complete agreement.
stealinator 1 year ago
The debt for the Montreal Olympics lasted longer than several of the Countries that participated.
"Tried and true" Bread and Circuses, oh my yessir indeedy!
Tell it like it is, Mr. Stef. Nicely produced video, too.
redkeithh 1 year ago 2
Absolutely right on here Stef.
I've seen this pretty close up many times.
e.g.
I remember a local gov where i lived spent 95% of the "annual recreation budget" (or whatever they called it), for the region to build a horse riding centre. To use this place, you had to have your own horse. How many local kids had their own horse?
Apparently a couple of politicians on the committee had children who had horses.
You couldn't make this stuff up.
Nice vid - Thanks very much
zalida100 1 year ago 2
LOL at the "Call me" mine and mouthing haha
Kawlinz 1 year ago
what does the phone at the side of your face indicate when you say Chomsky?
RevolutionaryJam 1 year ago