Story of Stuff, The Critique Part 4 of 4

The Story of Stuff is a Leftist Indoctrination Movie Being Shown in Schools All Over America.

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[mbarkhau]

Green, it's the new Red! XD

[ScottPond]

There is no such thing as a "Green Loop" due to the Third law of Thermodynamics.

[progressolution]

I don't even know where to begin. Using childish teasing and taunts, you gloss over so many problems her video is addressing. We have a fundamental duty to make sure that the least of us is taken care of in this society. Capitalism does not lift people out of poverty, but sustains & creates poverty for billions across the globe. It is a system that lacks morality, empathy, or sympathy. It is heartless and in a so called Christian nation, it goes against everything Jesus ever stood for.

[ziggyboi1995]

Is it okay that I want to strangle her until she is blue?

[dkalbermatter]

While I feel that there are certainly some points that are wrong with "The Story of Waste", I feel that you react using the same fallacies as she does. For instance you cite several times that her statistics are wrong. But look at your sources: You say the US is the wealthiest nation. This might be true on a nominal basis, but it is not true per capita, which after all determines how much stuff one can buy and which is the point in your argument that Europeans buy less then Americans. 

[acuaman42]

I feel very sorry for the maker of these videos. It is clear that he does not know what Sustainable living is in a finite planet. I doubt he went to college.

[FletchforFreedom]

@cuttlefishgem the definition of capitalism is the private exercise of the powers of ownership over the means of production - in short, the free market. Hyper means over, above or excessive. How does something become more, particularly excessively more free than 100% free? Capitalism is the absence of economic restraint. How can something be more unrestrained than completely unrestrained? That you choose to prefer more of a socialist hybrid does not give the term any credibility.

[FletchforFreedom]

@cuttlefishgem My list: 1&2) world poverty has declined and living standards have improved as a direct result of capitalism; 3&4) the Great Depression and current crisis resulted from socialistic government meddling with the money supply; 5) the BP oil spill was due to regulations that pushed the rig out to see and liability caps given by government; 6) unemployement - see 3&4; and 7) of what difference income equality in a system that has created the wealthiest "poor" in the world?

[FletchforFreedom]

@cuttlefishgem a) the term is meaningless, b) Ghana's infringement on the private property rights of its citizens in order to maximize its own revenue (and now seek aid to address the problem) is not a failure of capitalism, nor is a government caused economic crisis (now or in 1929) nor are the "masses" (excepting recessionary periods) becomeing increasingly impoverished - exactly the opposite is the case. Capitalism has HALVED world poverty rates in the last four decades.

[cuttlefishgem]

@FletchforFreedom a) There is no such thing as hyper capitalism? Because you say so?

b) Failings of capitalism: the poisoning of hundreds of people including children at places like Agbogbloshi in Nigeria in order to maximise profits in Europe and the States. Shrinking middle class and increasing poverty of the masses coupled with ever growing obscene wealth in an ever shrinking minority of elites in the U.S. and Europe.

Your list is not directly related to hypercapitalism? Because you say so?

[FletchforFreedom]

@cuttlefishgem The problems are a) as has been pointed out to you, there is no such thing as "hypercapitalism" and b) you have yet to describe the "failings of capitalism". I am curious to see whether you include world poverty, living standards, the Great Depression, the current economic crisis, the BP oil spill, unemployment or income inequality which are either not due to capitalism at all, are not a problem at all or have actually improved as a direct result of capitalism.

[redrajani]

I can't believe this is in schools. The music at the end was icing on the cake...you're a genius!