Time to Socialize? Capitalism collapse sets stage for new left

In times of economic downturn, those who promise equality for all are once more gaining ground. The age-old debate between socialism and capitalism is coming to the fore again and, as RT's Jihan Hafiz reports, the left seems to be winning the argument.

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[cskipper65]

@pwnyourpuzzhole You are confusing Capitalism with State Capitalism. Very different from what Libertarian Capitalism is.

[cskipper65]

Socialist confuse Corporatism with Capitalism. In fact we have been taking huge strides toward Socialism since the early 1900s mainly starting with the FED and FDR. It seems as if the masses with in Capitalism will cry for Socialism which will eventually turn toward Communism which is State Capitalism. If we can get back to our founding fathers idea of real free markets and less government and disburse power to the people we can return to a libertarian capitalistic society that protects freedom.

[ruthadactyl]

@spade760100 Capitalism needs constant growth and constant resources to work, and it needs a work force to make all the products. How do you turn a bigger profit? Pay your workers poorly. And what do you have? A system that makes a handful of people really rich and everyone else poor, all while straining ecosystems that give us the resources in the 1st place. Capitalism tries so hard to hold itself together and just fix all it's mistakes when the basis of capitalism makes the collapse inevitable

[spade760100]

How is capitalism decaying when socialism has failed every single time it has been used evidence of its decay would be nice instead of saying how capitalism sucks and showing examples of capitalism tearing down socialism but saying how great it is this video didnt really make much sense it was like blah blah socialism is great heres our examples berlin wall with pist off people about it saying it dont work then we show a spray painted wall in baghdad that says socialism idk this video is crap a

[cmillerpa33]

@hotpocketpoison Socialists within the capitalist system is what brings it down.

[hotpocketpoison]

which one lasted longer??? CAPITALISM. the USSR proved that communism will only lead to starvation,depressions,and disaster.

[crocfme]

50/50 socialism/capitalism is the way to go; Australia, New Zealand and Scandanavia are undeniable proof of that..

[AirportSheriff]

@pwnyourpuzzhole Those aren't Socialist countries. Anywho, regarding the video, I talked to a romanian guy, he said that there was no revolution, no sign of popular uprising, in romania.

[mmm9301]

@pwnyourpuzzhole These countries are not socialistic. They don't follow pure marxism and leninism so they are not socialistic.

[pwnyourpuzzhole]

China,Brazil and Venezuela may be socialistic, but they primarily accrue wealth through huge reource exports.China has some of the largest trust funds trading in the world.These nation's preach social equality when speaking of people, but the way they do business is pure capitalism.Socialism = equality through poverty and state control.