Free Market Baloney

The Current Wall Street Meltdown as an animated cartoon.

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• comedy

[Motherbrainzebes]

deregulated paper money? Paper money is government money, you can't "deregulate" it. And also the creator of this video seems to not understand free-market principles of profit-loss. the system they are describing of private profit socialized loss is an economic system call fascism.

But to the average American, it is hard to admit we live in a fascist system, so they resort to blaming the straw man of the free market, that way no one pays attention to the ever growing fascist state.

[snopro54]

Regulation put in place by both parties produced monopolies and holds them up today.

[moorepower310]

This whole video is "baloney". We havn't had a real free market since the 19th century and the first few years of the 20th century. In the 80's the Fed is what ruined everything along with government regulation. You cannot honestly believe that we have a free market in the 80's.... Skitzostudios should do some research before making propaganda..... pathetic.

[jjenson2006]

Cartoon propaganda video from the left designed to target the stupid.

[ASLforever100]

Please add English subtitle for deaf people.

[leomeyer11]

this is exactly why the federal reserve has got to go. ron paul forsaw this housing bubble comming and cain did not also how come capiltalism gets a bad name when it is crony capitalism that is the real problem.like special favors ect what do you think drives prices down comptition! to broad sweep regulations as a whole is bad yes their are good reulations just as their is bad. remember if you kill the sorce of the paycheck comes from. when where will people go

[Mattprole]

@what0now0toons After a year of thorough contemplation, I finally will submit: I agree with your assertion.

[AnarchisThinker]

@wakeupscreaming No, sir. The fascist environment, as Ron Paul put it, was born from corporatism, something that only developed from the past century. Nothing of this economic proportion or of this prolonging could've been done without an unstable stack of cards, filled with deregulation that was regulated even further, a bubble made because the banks wanted to find an investment, but the Fed wouldn't let them and dumbshit Americans who think doing more of the same is a ducking awesome idea.

[Lunartechno]

free markets don't use paper money, unless is backs something real. this example shows how regulations and central bnkaing caused a foreclosure crisis... whoever made this video is confused.

[wakeupscreaming]

What's with all the negative comments? It's obvious those people just don't agree with any anti-capitalist sentiment like this users video. But where are your video presentations? Where? So then I can leave stupid comments on your vids, and say they are wrong. This so called "facism" environment was born out of capitalism. It wasn't born out of communism, or "socialism", or fascism. And that's what probably has to bother you the most. It's capitalism to the core, by no other name. So shut it.

[HoGraz]

@what0now0toons Thank you.

[jack5590]

Simple and ignorant. But good narration.

[SaulOhio]

If you call a system with a central bank dictating interest rates ind inflating the currency, price controls on electricity, government sponsored enterprises backing a majority of mortgages, all sorts of government encouragements for home ownership, Sarbanes Oxley, steel tariffs, prescription drug benefits, antitrust laws, prosecution of Martha Stewart instead of Bernie Madoff, and government licensing for all sorts of professions a "free market", I would hate to see a regulated one.

[Aliothemage]

Man, this video is bull of so much baloney I'm just going to say this: If you actually care about any of these issues, take a course or two in economics. The truth will set you free and you'll see how laughable this video is for yourself.

[tothemax01]

@nuclearcollision Nil.

[tothemax01]

@A86 Or indeed, as capitalism at all. 

[A86]

@Motherbrainzebes - The leaders of our government and the captains of the industry and many economists refer to our Fascist system as a "free market". Perhaps this confusion would stop if people would stop insisting upon referring to actually-existing capitalism as a "free market".

[PanzerDivisionBOM]

Reagan was so Free Market, he grew the state by two-thirds, instituted the Federal Energy Regulation Committee and bribed his favored interests with directed tax cuts and regulatory favors.

Y'know, kind of like every other democratically elected ruler, ever.

[jscottupton]

This video is baloney. I just saw "What is the Free Market? and it is a much better, more logical explaination of what the problem really is.

[what0now0toons]

@Budguy68

Eloquently stated, but sorry, Regan changed the rules that created the mess we are in today.

[robertwc82]

there is a really basic answer to that queastion. government is necessary because people are fucking stupid. mainly stupid people who listen to other other fuckwit politicians, who convince them it is a good idea to attack innocent people of another nation

[robertwc82]

yeah, thats exactly what i am saying, civilization doesnt run on a free market economy but actual free market trade has been around a long time and it works, there is no reason an economy wouldnt run on free market principles, some people dont want to compete in a free market, they would rather use force of violence to cut out the competition (you know like in the good ol days of guilds ect)

have a few individuals controlling a market only serves to benefit a few individuals not society

[Twiggy269]

Here, I have a way to settle this dispute where we both are right Rob.

I'm talking about a "Free Economy" and you're talking about a basic simple "Free Market" that can be as small as 2 individuals. A "Free Economy" though, requires much more than just 2 people voluntarily trading. Sounds like an even trade to me! What do you think?

[Twiggy269]

@robertwc82, It just seems to me, that if I accept your definition of "Free Markets" for early man, that all I have to do is walk over to my neighbors house with a flower I picked from my garden and sell it to him for 10 cents, and this qualifies as me living in a "Free Market" I don't think it's that simple. But, I do agree with your basic definition of a "Free Market"

[robertwc82]

ps. if you think im an arrogant cockhead and not the greatest person in the world, you are probably correct yet that has no baring on the facts.

[robertwc82]

im not angry, dont mistake my mocking of you to be out of anger or frustration, its merely me poking fun at you, nothing more.

as for buying things for others, what does that have to do with government regulation. im happy to buy and sell i just dont like some other fuckwit who's buisness it is none of, to come along and say things like. you may only buy from this person or you can only sell for this price, tell me how is that a scrooge philosophy?

[robertwc82]

as far as your tribal leaders question. im not saying they were all knowing or all good.

im not pro authority. but in a tribal society if you do not pull your weight your are out on your own. if you are the chief and you dont care for your family (which i mean litterary, the tribe is like a big extended family of brothers, sisters, 1st, 2nd, 3rd cousins ect) you are kciked out the group. their role was to show them where to find and how to gather diferent foods ect, not to opress