Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

In which John Green teaches you about capitalism and socialism in a way that is sure to please commenters from both sides of the debate. Learn how capitalism arose from the industrial revolution, and then gave rise to socialism. Learn about how we got from the British East India Company to iPhones and consumer culture in just a couple of hundred years. Stops along the way include the rise of industrial capitalism, mass production, disgruntled workers, Karl Marx, and the Socialist Beard. The socialist reactions to the ills of capitalism are covered as well, and John discusses some of the ideas of Karl Marx, and how they've been implemented or ignored in various socialist states. Plus, there are robots!

Resources:

The Relentless Revolution by Joyce Appelby: http://dft.ba/-appelby

The Marx-Engels Reader: http://dft.ba/-marxengels

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[TheSoulOfMetal91]

Just take a look at the videos posted on youtube and see how many can't even answer the most basic questions... Now let's talk capitalism, capitalism puts a price tag on human life, hence is completely immoral, and while it is not 100% applied in the US, ur government sure tries to shove down other countries' throats through "aids" and by applying political pressure by assigning dictators to rule these countries, the dictators who take pay checks from america, just like mubarak or the shah

[TheSoulOfMetal91]

What has America contributed 2 the world in the last 20 years? ur country invaded Iraq, killing millions and destroying the countries infrastructure just by claiming they had WMDs, & they knew they didn't have any damn WMDs, you want to tell me the GLORIOUS CIA couldn't tell for sure before invading? I can't really call that "intelligence"..... Any one with half a brain can tell it was done merely for the oil. The US is a nation of uninformed fools who believe anything the media spoon-feed them

[TheSoulOfMetal91]

When you say America is the greatest country in the world, don't you think that's kinda vague? Well let's.... the only thing America is "great" at is army expenditure where the US spends more than the next 25 or so countries COMBINED, another thing your country is great at is waging wars in distant countries that in no way whatsoever threaten your existence nor your precious "freedom". I mean look at your medical insurance, or the incidence of rape and other crimes?

[StarWarsomania]

I'm glad you mentioned the English Civil War, but I submit that it is far more important that you say.

Like, the English Civil War, and the various civil unrest that went with it, was the beginning of the American Revolution. Ideas that started in the English Civil War, proposed by the Levellers and other groups, were the basis of the foundation of the US. The Republic that resulted from the ECW did not last, but the ECW2.0 a la Amer. Rev. did because we learned the lessons from that period.

[Primula Galbassi]

Okay well, I won't talk to you anymore. Good luck with your bitter life.

[bipin samsohang]

big shout out to animators. we rarely acknowledge their work.

[ForrestSCS]

Perhaps I would pay a different company to make my raod than Gov't does. Perhaps I'd chose a different hospital or health plan. Perhaps my reasons for choosing those companies are better for me, or my ideas. Maybe one gives back to the community more.

But, I have 60% less control of my economic environment now, with my OWN labor valued. Worse, it's achieved by violent means, so that others may chose what is best for me with my work... lol, more like best for them.

It's bankrupt, morally.

[ForrestSCS]

cont..

As for me in America, with my business and personal taxation, it's closer to 60%, perhaps higher.

It's not that I don't want health care or roads... I do at this time. But I don't want others pointing guns at me to steal that money, and decide from themselves who and how those roads are built, or what healthcare succeeds.

Money is my voice in commerce. I as a consumer decide what business should get my money (from my labor) and why. Not you, not a majority, not the politically powerful.

[ForrestSCS]

It doesn't really matter the number... it could be 5%, the point is it's theft, done by Force. As for America, here it is, about 43%t average. nowandfutures(dot)com/taxes.ht­ml

You, like many socialists, rationalize the output to this theft. Since some of it is returned to me in other forms, so it's ok to point guns at me... but Primula It's not, and it's not moral. It's my labor, my work, and no one else owns that of minet. Not you, not a majority, not a Gov't, unless I am a slave.