As a Brit, I’ve often been confused by Republicans calling the Dems ‘radical left’ or ‘socialist’. In Europe, they’d be classed as centre-right at best. And that’s charitable. You need a viable alternative over there.
@@hkgehts9061 These days, I’d be forced to agree. Tony Blair started the move to the right. There are still socialists in there though so we might be able to get it back. Although, what the laughing emoji is for I don’t know. Unless of course, you think I’m stupid.
I've always hated the "why vote for someone who is going to lose?" argument against third parties. It's self-fulfilling. If everyone said "Ya know what, maybe I'll vote for this other party that's likely to lose, because my vote doesn't matter anyway." Then boom. Third party wins. The whole system is shaken, and maybe American society can actually, ya know, grow again.
Vote third party all the way through then. Because even of by a miracle a third party won the presidential election they won't be able to get a single thing done because they don't have any of their own party members in congress. So any progressive concepts will not likely happen. If anything they will be just as conservative as the most extreme republican.
@@trimiskel9909 I agree and will consider third party options throughout. Hard to get anything done without people sharing your ideals and wanting real change.
That doesn't make sense, nor is it correct. I'd like to remind you of who you're quoting, a Maoist Marxist who united his country through war, and used citizens as soldiers.
@@minskghoulSoldiers are typically citizens who undergo military training and regiment voluntarily, and are officially hired as soldiers. I'm referring to the citizens he gave guns to in order to fight his war. Both voluntary, and involuntary. Russian Translation is rough, so I'd suggest you either translate better or learn English.
I think it's the saying: *"2 Wrongs don't make a Right"* ... Ironic that Blue = Slightly/Moderately Right and Red = Very/sometimes Dangerously Right .... oh and _Secret Ending_ : Yellow
I'm 78-a legit geezer-and I've been watching what you describe in this video for as long as I can remember being politically aware. Being left hasn't been much fun but, like my mother used to say, "There are things you do for no other reason than they're right."
You're 78 and used the word legit correctly. You must have some proud grandchildren! I'm only 20 and have already discovered that being on the left isn't fun, so I can only imagine your pain, but it certainly is important and must be done. Your mother was wise. Solidarity.
@@alex0_graham Huge thanks, AG. I hope my grandkids are half as proud of me as I am of them. I lucked out with great parents who taught me about living honorably, morally, and ethically. You sound more aware at 20 than I was...good for you! Solidarity, indeed. Rise above.
@Charlie God bless you for believing in logic and what's right. I'm a brown immigrant from Asia that struggles with being accepted in the society despite being here for over a decade. It is crazy that a super wealthy country like ours crib about problems that are considered luxuries in the developing world. The rich in this country have unbelievable amount of power and they keep everybody out. Don't get my wrong, I fall into the top tier tax bracket (I work for silicon valley) and I'm happy to pay my fair share of taxes but the top 0.1% aka top 300 thousand earners pay close to very little and have systematically designed a society to never take blame, slip through the details or find a scapegoat (like hating on immigrants or blaming China/Russia).
I mean its pretty easy to understand, but that doesn't mean i agree. One party supports abortions and the other doesn't. one party passed DACA the other didn't. Democrats also passed Obama care, which got insurance to millions of people who wouldn't have had insurance otherwise.
@@hankry5886 Yeah, there's harm-reduction reasons to vote Democrat. But are the Democrats going to _change the system so it actually stops harming people and the planet?_ ...Nope. In fact, almost all of them are really busy making money off the system, and they know what side their metaphorical toast is buttered on.
@@grmpEqweer harm-reduction reasons? The places with the worst division of wealth are democrat strongholds. We're talking about jobs, land values, education, everything. Literally everything is inherently less equal in places where democrats have been entrenched for an extended period of time. Democrats simply have better marketing because they aren't hung up on religion.
Yea, and that's part of the problem. They get this false accusation, and try to be less left to don't get this in the future. They should ignore these false blames instead of reacting. Those who do these blames will never agree with left theories and ideas, they are not worth to be reacted to.
Taxing the rich is radical leftism to them... while in reality taxing the rich is the only thing that can save capitalism from its own internal decay. They don't seem to get that you can't tax poor people because poor people don't have money. A broad tax base doesn't exist without a middle class. Most money in a capitalist economy flows in circular patterns... the only loose ends are the rich... who use the extra income to consolidate their hold on wealth in general. There is no correction mechanism to deal with this runaway concentration of wealth if you have a flat tax.
This is unsurprising but still scary to hear. It´s great that you include a bit of hope and a suggestion as to things we can do. Losing hope is easy in this world, but it´s something we simply cannot afford
Agreed. We need someone on the left to rise up and spill the truth. I have discontinued my dreams of being a scientist so I be that leftist turning point if need be.
"The “political revolution” that Bernie Sanders called for, rightly, would not have greatly surprised Dwight Eisenhower." - Noam Chomsky It's scary to realize that even the furthest left fringe of the mainstream American politics will not be considered radical 70 years ago, you know, back when anti-communism in the US was considered to be at its peak. This is how far the Overton window of the US politics have moved.
The bourgeoisie has fought tooth-and-nail to undo the New Deal consensus... and they did it. The early red scare was the impetus that got the ball rolling. They began their attack as soon as WWII was over. The McArthyist hysteria was the beginning. They've been funding deep reactionary forces ever since. Now they pull the surprise pikachu face when the middle class shrinks, people start losing faith in capitalism, and the strife of the late 19th and early 20th century gradually starts coming back. It's not just the US. Even in Europe the Overton window has moved right. It's a global phenomenon, because the bourgeoisie are global.
@@zUJ7EjVD The New Deal was doomed to eventually fail anyway, as it's more or less a compromise between the wealthy and the working class. Basically, the working class was given a plenty of well-paid jobs and benefited a lot from the new (at the time) nationwide public infrastructure. Unfortunately this led to a deradicalization of the working class, because their material conditions were better, they're less likely to join the socialist movement. This allows neoliberalism to eventually replace the New Deal, as there isn't really much resistance in the US.
Do not forget that we cannot blame only the people. Information is powerful. It's why the US. Constitution was not Ratified without including the Bill of Rights and the 1st Amendment includes Freedom of the Press. Knowing this, the Greed Class has never stopped trying to influence our opinions and what we are/are not told. Recent examples of Politicians helping corporations maintain power are Dubya appointing Michael Powell and Trump appointing Ajit Pai to the Chairmanship of the FCC. Both tried to privatize the Internet. ● Newt Gingrich defunded PBS and NPR (Corporations fund them now). ● Media ownership was consolidated under the Reagan Administration and whatever wasn't possible by Executive Order was introduced in the Republican written and approved Telecommunications Act (signed by Clinton). That control results in dominant coverage of politicians that are attractive to Corporations (like Trump and Hillary but not Bernie). The media tried to sell us Pete in 2020 but then "Polling in 7th Place Biden" somehow won Primaries in States where he hadn't campaigned. Corporate media buried Pro-Gun, Pro-Healthcare-for-All Howard Dean and left us with Pro-Gun Skull and Bones Dubya against Anti-Gun Skull and Bones John Kerry. Are you old enough to remember Gary Hart? I am. Same with Ed Muskie. You might have FreespeechTV on your TV (it's on the major satellite providers). They also livestream on their website, Google will help you find them.
I've been saying it for a while, the left/right spectrum is economic, NOT cultural. It doesn't matter if Dems are for any cultural policies as long as they refuse to implement leftist ECONOMIC policies. And the effect is the GDP's percentage being ever higher toward private sector production VS public and worker owned coops. ---------- 50% private sector GDP production would mean you have a centrist country, 100%, extreme right, 0%, extreme left. The proof? The US had 82.4% of its GDP produced by the private sector in 2013, it's now at 86.7%. The leftmost US politicians are social democrats. The long term results of SocDem economic policies can be seen in the GDP production % of Scandinavian countries. The Scandinavian country with the smallest private sector is Norway at 67.6%, up from 64.4% in 2013. Think about that.
"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!" - Bill Hicks.
And yet so few people realize this. We've all been propagandized from birth and indoctrinated by tribalism. People want to stay in the matrix and not wake up to the harsh reality that they are being studied like bugs in a jar and exploited by a rigged system. That realization would force them to act instead of being passive and change is scary. Easier to suffer with the devil you know than the one you don't
The issues they differ are ones corporations generally don't care about much. Wedge issues to offer the illusion of choice. Those issues matter: just not to the ultra-wealthy.
Only in the US would people consider a party like the Democrats to be a leftist/socialist/communist/Marxist party. To the rest of the more politically educated world it's a centrist or slightly right of center party. But the further right has managed to scare its politically illiterate base into a panic over some vague terms that they can't fully elucidate and the base has no idea what they really mean except that they should fear and hate.
I've been trying to tell my friends and family this for years, but everyone just rolls their eyes and argues about Bush, Obama, Trump ect, completely missing my point.
Must be extremely irritating to have such ignorance within your blood line, if it helps I appreciate that you’re different,even if I don’t actually know you like that, that just what I think.
The indoctrination is hard to break, I live in Indianapolis the Capitol of the first state in the 2020 election to be called and it was called for Trump (Indiana) before even a half hour had gone by When the states were reporting in, I have a couple people that listen and discuss with me here but the majority of people here are groupthink conservative ‘Christians’ who watch FOX News and take it for Gospel and don’t think much independently. I loathe it here tbh
@@zachhoward9099 And you have every right to despise it.You’d have to be real “special” to take some biased news network as gospel, it’s illogical to the highest degree.I hope you’ll have enough to move if not out of country then at least out of state one day.
Yes, “centrists” is a misleading term, it implies the center of a normal bell curve distribution, where the majority of the population is... In reality, this is only true for the population of Congress. In society at large, congressional centrists are considered radical/fringe ideologies..
25% is ridiculously low for people earning that much money. That's only 1% more than people earning under $350,000. You think billionaires can't afford to lose that money? Imagine how much more funds would be available for things that actually help the community... 30% would be more realistic
@@georgewilson6232 what's more is the tax increase is based on income threshold. You aren't taxed at the higher percent unless you exceed a certain amount of income and even then it's only on the income over the threshold that is taxed. Like, federal government shouldn't ever have to shutdown period if there are billionaires.
Holy shit you are delusional if you think Bernie's policies are normal in the rest of the world. Look up "Die Grüne", their policies, and how many seats they got last Sunday.
From personal experience, when you're the only sane or sober person in the room, those around you will make you out to be insane and inebriated. You may actually be made to feel as if you actually do have or are the problem.
@@FareSkwareGamesFSG I live in the East, yes his policies are 100% normal. Medicare for all? We already have it. Free college / university? We already have it. Increasing minimum wage? It’s welcomed.
@@eypu999 You don't have Medicare for All. As someone who's actually on Medicare as is, you have no idea what you're talking about. Minimum wage should be up to the place of business, it should not be up to government to dictate.
I'm from VT; I voted for Bernie for house/Senate, but I knew he would never get the the nomination. I voted Green Party-Bernie should have gone green as all other dems as well
THANK YOU! Finally someone makes a video about it. Shouting "COMMIE!" at Bernie Sanders is the most hilarious thing I heard and read on the internet. This guy is merely center-left in a real world politics perspective outside of the US. He fights for stuff that, at least most of it, is already common in almost any other developed country. The political system in the US seriously needs a shake-up to allow more than "bad vs even worse". Like a _real_ left party or a Green party.
@@darksideblues135 This comment can only be made from someone living in the US and not accepting a real-world perspective from outside the border. The most social and the happiest countries on this planet also do have conservative or center-left / progressive governments. They are FAR from being extreme left wing. You are delusional and blinded by US propaganda.
@@darksideblues135 Okay so you're insane. Do you think that people in Finland dont have property rights? Do you REALLY think that they have less individual rights than the US? The US, where you can be put into slave labor because you had drugs? Really? The US, where women wanting to have control over their own body comes with a $10,000 tax fine? Do you actually believe that the US cares more about individual rights than these European countries?
I’m not American. I have some conservative friends, and they all agree with most of what they see and hear from U.S Democrats, including Joe Biden. Those who are a bit more centrist minded even agree with most of what they’ve heard from Bernie Sanders. All of them think U.S Republicans are complete nutjobs. Make of that what you will.
Wait what? I am American in a rural( strongly conservative) area. And this is the furthest thing from the truth I've heard.... most of them hate "Crazy old Joe" and constantly bi*** about every little thing every day. Lol Make of that what you will? Hehe my guess if your "friends" are real they are far more centrist than right. In U.S. spectrum I mean.
If someobody hates Dems and doesnt hate Repubs always blows my mind. I mean this because of the perspective that we are moving to the right. Hating repubs and not hating Dems is due to the "lesser evil" vortex that occurs. But that so many people are still voting for the "greater evil" shows how far we truly are from any real progressive change.
I've just started and I'm immediately remembering that time Nancy Pelosi told us we don't want student debt/loan forgiveness. Yeah okay Nancy, could you be any more blatant about being right wing?
Also yeah I'm sick of this "we need to compromise" "we need to extend the olive branch" blah blah blah nonsense. That's just that ratchet again. We're always giving in and going further right in some ridiculous attempt to act like we're better than the right. But in the end it doesn't matter who's "better". What matter is that the right continues winning. Very very stupid. I registered myself as a Democrat when I could first register to vote. Recently I changed it to no party/independent. I don't know how much that actually means in the grand scheme of things, but didn't want to be registered as a member of a party that keeps stupidly pushing us farther and farther right instead of making any progress going left.
We need to have low cost state universities and not allow diploma mill universities to collect student loan money. The system is broken where kids are getting questionable degrees owing a lot of money to banks, then buying a house, car, then having to rely on credit cards to live. One third of their income goes to bank interest.
It's not necessary to have a conspiracy. The mechanics of the electoral system assign roles and people fill them. Maybe they'd look even more villainous rubbing their hands and cackling in a smoke-filled room, and maybe the villainy accomplished makes us want to ascribe that much nefarious intention, but it's simply not required to get what we've got.
Abraham Lincoln did say that labor is superior to capital and that their interests should always come first. That's in line with Marxist rhetoric. He was also against the Mexican American war and the land thefts that occurred. By today's standards he's be considered fairly left of center.
I remember writing about this in community college a few years back and my poli-sci professor thought I was stupid and that the idea that the democrats and republicans could have the same view points was outrageous
@@swaggertmcdankledoo1572 Same goes for what I'm confident was a Fascist troll. Being somehow able to convince your teacher of such backwards view is impossible, unless they've believed in it before.
@@IM2awsme the reason the Nazis were called that is because literally all of the parties in Germany at the time were socialist parties. Germany was in deep economic crisis. Also, you can call yourself whatever you want lol. Hitler was not a socialist. He was fascist. They just had to call themselves “socialists” in order to get any legitimacy. You could almost say the same thing about the Chinese communist party; they aren’t communist, but they have to call themselves that to remain popular with their constituents.
@@OddMeterMusic so the vegan, animal loving, environmentalist, anti capitalist, who pushed a nation to work for the benefit of its people through the marits of group actions, wasn't a socialist? If he wasn't racist and was American, he'd be the governor of California. It was eugenics that is most cited against the Nazis, even though it has been carried out by almost every political spectrum throughout history, they where just the first to industrialize it. Us vs them mentally is vary dangerous. Hitler was a socialist, he just decided that the only people who should benefit from his utopia where those of German decent. Who are you going to ban from your utopia?
In most European countries Republicans.& Democrats would be split up in different parties. Bernie & Biden would even be members of opposite parties. Biden would be a conservative, Bernie a Social-Democrat . Republicans would be split up between a Christian conservative party and more extreme rightwing parties.
I mean the ruling coalitions in many European states are either centre-right or centrist and that has been the case for a while now. So you could also call many of them one-party states with monarchies.
Yes but in European countries, parties vote in blocks. The left votes with left and right with right. We also see over time across European countries that left parties phase towards the right block more than the right parties phase to the left block.
@@CrazyzzzDudezzz Depends on the country. My point is that Biden & AOC certainly be on opposite sides. Now they are in the same party, while the Republicans have turned almost completely Qanon/MAGA madness..
Absolutely true. Consider this: if Bernie Sanders, a self-described "socialist", stepped on a plane and flew to Sweden, he would be center-right when he stepped off. That's not hyperbole, based on his opinions he is clearly center-right by EU standards.
@@rooppyguyy0562 The only reason most Sweds consider Bernie a left-winger is because they have no clue about American politics. It's just like our (Swedish) conservatives who believes that they have more in common with the Republicans than the Democrats, this based entirely on a relative view. They simply have no idea what the American right stands for.
@@stantorren4400 I'm not saying he'd be a conservative in Sweden, but he is for a lot of things that the left won't stand for: for example he wants "Medicare for all" but have no problem with privatized health care beyond that. Foreign policy also makes him at the very least an uncomfortable fit for the European left.
@@FilthyTrot I disagree, look into all his policies and ideas not just the ones that resonate with European left values. Biden would NOT be centre-right in Europe, he is firmly on the right wing of European conservatives (not counting the UK since their conservatives are far-right by EU standards). A typical centre-right European politician is president Macron and Biden is a good long way to the right of him. Europeans tend to get fooled by Biden because he has a sensible environmental view, but look beyond that and things change.
We have the same problem here: look for social party SPD in Germany, and even their green party did a lot of neoliberal stuff while they was in power. I hope they will do better next time, so after autumn. I hope they make a coalition with the left and not the liberals, otherwise they will repeat the same mistakes.
@@alphastratus6623 we have the same problem with cdu and spd. only from a lefter starting point. Our voting system are better to change that, but only if enouth ppl wake up.
The same thing happened in my country except our “left” wing party got completely neutered and for the past 11 years we’ve been ruled by a fascist oligarchy that is literally destroying the nation in every sense of the word.
I would love to see you cover why reagan reigns supreme to this day. Every single boomer just defaults to how he was the best but I don't even know why because he made so many critical, horrible things happen too
Because those were the golden years for their generation. Before technology really sped things up. Before "BLM" Before "floods of immigrants". Before "libtard" progressive ideas(in politics//We've had the ideas and hippies forever just not in our politics). Back when things were more simple and the white boys/elite club had a real grip on american economics and politics. Nowadays You might wake up with a black president or a young FEMALE bartender turned congresswoman. These changes are "sCaRy" because they simply did not happen or were not ALLOWED to happen back in the days.
Curb your Eurocentrism... stop lying and ignoring thousands of years of political history and development to make obviously retarded claims. Europe isn't the center of the world, both parties aren't right wing, the basis for American culture and law has always been Liberalism which is obviously left wing, you people are always going to shift the goal post until Communism is Centrist
@@thatoneguymatt987 Guy, you can't be this dumb.He presents evidence and you ignore it people like you are the reason the world is burning since when are the Dems "the left"?Name one something only one, that they did that will convince me they they are anything remotely leftist, "oh because they have Burnie and he's beyond the two squares" as if that affects anything.Bernie doesn't count as an answer ,nothing that has not been enacted counts.So, go on tell me since you supposedly know everything.
This is exactly what I have saying for a while now! Thank you for making these videos and spreading the real information on what is going on. I'm tired of everyone ignoring what's going on and accepting what we have.
If it wasn't for Second Thought I would still be a Republican, even though my definition of Republican is the Republicans from the 1860s-1950s. Second Thought opened my mind, when he showed those CIA documents, the United States interventions, and those fake protestors in Cuba, I completely lost it and felt betrayed by my own country. Thank You Second Thought, my the Socialist movement rise!!!!
German here, the US political system is absolutely crazy to us Europeans. We have waaaay more diversity over here. The US needs a socialist or at least a social democrat major party. Bernie should have left the Democrats in 2016. He had a big wave of support back then and could have established a third power. But these times are gone. I even think Bernies defeat was a blow to leftists world wide.
For some reason, most Americans believe we have the most freedom in the world. Realistically the only thing that we have more freedom on compared to most Europeans is gun ownership. Every other facet of society is significantly more restricted by our authoritarian government.
I’m in Germany as well and i’ll say that Europe and its social democracies aren’t any better. Just because some of these governments do the basic minimum, doesn’t mean they should be praised. Their more cruel policies often go unnoticed.
@@Undeaddeaths Well when television propaganda, movies and comics incessantly insist on how America is a symbol of freedom and all that is good in the world, it honestly doesn't surprise me that people ultimately believe in it and defend with their nails.
@@masterofalltrades_ aren't any better than what? We don't have any leftist parties in America, which explains why we don't have a robust social safety net, universal healthcare, tuition free college; we have low unionization rates, no mandated maternal/paternal leave and vacation time, longer work weeks, etc.
i’ve stopped watching your videos because politics make me depressed but i’m still glad to see you putting out content and trying to educate people, you’re doing a great job keep it up 💪🏼
@@FazeParticles Oh she's a cop? I didn't know that, I barely keep up with politics since I live on the other side of the country...and in the middle of the desert, to boot. Damn.
@@donHooligan Oh man! IF only major corporations cared! You are fucking calling millennials lazy when you should be blaming billionaires and the government for not putting restrictions on companies, as well billionaires taking resources from the planet and not doing shit. But hey, fuck that, I blame my problems on the next generation because of my generations problems!
@@donHooligan Oh my god! 40 years later, we actually face different problems! Wow! Crazy. If only we didn't have major poverty, expensive healthcare and education, and shit wages.
Excellent video, one of your most crucial ones imo. I've had this thought for years but could never visualize or metaphorize it like you did at 2:04. Probably one of the top 3 scariest parts of the establishment along with staunch developments towards becoming a police state and our disregard for our budget and debt.
@@nickn2794 Oh sweet summer child. You know nothing of actual oppression. You know nothing of true tyranny. You in fact help True tyranny to live on. True tyranny is being unable to put food on the table. Being unable to be sure that you will have a home tomorrow. Being unable to get the money to survive without working yourself half to death. Being unable to strike for better conditions without being put down by the police and being blacklisted as a communist. Being able to express who you really are because it interferes with the social roles society has dictated for you. Being able to Walk down the street without the fear that you will be beat by the police because of your skin color. Being to scared to call the police on an abusive partner because you're scared they'll shoot them. Being unable to protest on the street inorder it try and make things better without being labels as rioters and being violently forced to shut up. Being unable to go to school because you need to work to support your family. Being unable to fix anything by voting ( if you can even vote)because the politicians are in the pockets of big business both foreign and domestic. Even if you do by some miracle elect somebody in who actually cares, who will actually will try make things better for you and the people the military overthrows your democratically elected government and establishes a military dictatorship where the interests of capital will be enforced at gunpoint by soldiers of the military that was sworn to protect you. If by another miracle the Army doesn't overthrow the government that'll actually help you. The rest of the world for some reason just stops trading with you. Then the embargoes come, the sanctions, the false reports of voter fraud, The false reports of the suppression of dissidence. Then after that people will start the protest but not the working people but children of rich or middle class individuals will go on the streets and start attacking civilians and government institutions. When you put them down like any reasonable government would. The rest of the world calls it's suppression of people's free speech. That is true tyranny.
@@NickRigas-mi4hh If you are confused by facts and the convictions of good men, then you need to stop letting people tell you who your friends and enemies are. Do some research, open up your horizons.
Agreed, have you done a video about the media's role in this ratchet effect by pretending there are two reasonable sides to every story, even if one side is actual fact and the other is some wild theory? Then those with the centrist mentality come in and try to find the middle ground where there really isn't any?
The problem is anyone who has the ability to look at the world seriously can see that change is inevitable, and that society has to DO SOMETHING to cope with that change. Being a "moderate" in the modern US-sense is sitting on the sidelines doing nothing as the world burns. Meanwhile the right is out there pouring gasoline on the fires thinking they are pouring water. Even going out and stopping the people from pouring the gasoline on the fire is considered radical now. This is the fundamental problem with "centrism". It doesn't work when there is a crisis that demands a paradigm shift to solve... one way or another.
I've been saying this for years. Capitalists are right-wing. I am a Socialist at heart but living the US Capitalist lifestyle. Both parties cater to the ultra-rich.
Right wing and Left wing are hollow terms at least in my option as they are only used to describe or categorize ideologies in a way to make them easier to digest and as such takes out the complexity that is inherent to politics from the mainstream view, but as a Capitalist I can tell you that is the case but don't be mistaken this isn't Capitalism this is a Corpocracy or an oligarchy ruled by rich businessmen rather by elected officials and it sickens me to the core so I agree.
Thanks a lot. As a French, still reeling from the sh*thow that was our presidential election, I've been observing the "ratchet effect" for some time now without having the words to explain it. Your video is illuminating, but also discouraging, because I feel we're headed the same direction, if not already there.
@@SecondThought Hope that a second watch after coming from Nebula first helps too. Because sometimes the ads that get thrown in are too obnoxious not to skip (e.g. PragerU).
Glad I live in Scotland right now. Proportional representation, universal healthcare, free university... I wish we had unionisation as widespread as Scandinavia, but I guess you can't win em all lol
@@SymbiSpidey Yeah, workers rights are really bad in the US. I hope you're not suffering too much because of it. Even in Europe, especially in the UK, the rise of the gig economy is eroding a lot of workers' rights. It's a big reason I'm determined to become self employed
@Omega Haxors also they take turns going in and out of the interrogation room like with politicians taking turns in office... Blatant abuse or subtle manipulation. Same poison, the choice is only flavour.
@@RussellD11 Well the funny thing is that today he would probably be a democrat, if you look at his policies, he was maybe just a little to the right of Biden, and way more to the left of Trump
@@akmil807 - It doesn't matter, he was to the far right of Lincoln and Eisenhower. Reagan began the start of the Ratchet Effect. It's easy to look in hindsight at past Republicans as "more left", but really what we we should be doing is acknowledging that they were always "right" and today's democrats are "far right" while today's republicans are simply "radical right". And don't forget that Biden used to be Republican. So let's not try to give too much credit to Reagan, he took a party that already had some progressive ideals and tainted it. Whatever progressive ideals he seemingly had were never inherent to him, but rather the party itself - before it dove off a cliff into insanity.
@@YourMajesty143 Yeah I know, I stand with you. My point was that republicans have fallen significantly more to the right. Indeed, a long time ago Lincoln was quite to the left, after that Eisenhower etc were moderate and Reagan after that to the right. Sadly, after that it has fallen even more to the right with Trump as an example.
Can we all just appreciate that none of us would ever see a video like this before the internet age. Now we can see ourselves how the rest of the world does.
@@stephs8665 He sometimes implies that all kinds of capitalism should be abolished. I would agree that poorly regulated capitalism isn't very desirable, but there are better kinds of capitalism, such as the one in the Nordic countries, which are often ranked as the best places in the world to live overall.
As a Brazilian, living in the neoliberalism backyard, lately facsist by a US supported coup, one ideia that i have is that: We have the institutional left, those who stops the engine as you ve said, but they are supported by some kind or piece of burgoise. And we have the revolutionary left, those who are willing to do the revolution, these one its the people, not institutional. On the other hand we have all the right espectrum, representing the profits and conservadorism. Anyway, its best to vote, stop the gears, but dont u think that the fight is done
Here's one of those who eat anything they hear, as long as it suits the bias installed by a good PR campaign. Though, there's still the possibility of being a troll.
@@huskytail Are you denying that Bill clinton was on Epstein’s plane over 20 times? That’s verified. Epstein was most likely intelligence and used perverse acts on children, allowing other to implicate themselves as well. Welcome into the club, the CIA will now protect you, as you will also do things for them. If you ever step out of line, they will expose it. Works like a charm. That’s how most billionaire secret societies work
When both political parties are in the pockets of corporations it couldn't care less about morals or integrity, any 'differences' between them become inconsequential.
As someone from a European country, where the government is always formed from three or four different parties. I'm dumbfounded at this two party thing USA has going.
Simply put it's the bashing of civil discussion on the topics of ideology, censoring political dissidents in the last century, the bastardization of politics forming them into left or right both hollow terms only meant to divide, and Corporates oligarchical control over easily swayed shills called representatives. America is dead at least the principles for which it was founded.
So funny that he showed Sing Sing Prison. I went to high school in the same town as that prison and was granted an amazing opportunity to go inside of the prison and talk to the imprisoned people. They were in a program called Hudson Link in which they would be granted a college degree. They told us that the program was being defunded and getting smaller. After long contemplation that day truly made me into a leftist.
Watching most of these videos back-to-back, it's really disheartening to see the state of the current USA (and of the world that they influence) and the damning effects of their policies and imperialism. Sometimes it feels suffocating, like my generation is doomed to be the one suffering all the consequences. It feels like I was born into an already rigged board game played by giant faceless corporations. How do I stay positive with all these injustices happening, when I'm this powerless to even just slow them down, let alone stop them?
I feel the same way. Everytime I look at these videos I feel hopeless about my future here in the US and the thought of leaving the country pops up. But can I realistically do that, leaving my family and loved ones behind? I sure can't. It feels like we're stuck
@@ASierra08 We have to connect with each other, and stay connected in ways that don't depend upon large corporations maintaining the connection. Everyone I spoke to, "left" and "right" before the election, wanted Bernie Sanders to win. Everyone was surprised when the results came out. The will and the desire are there, we just don't know the how yet. Changing technology, and people being able to connect for the first time allowed people around the southern Mediterranean to suddenly realize they all hated their government and overthrow them in the Arab Spring nine years ago. The same thing is happening in the United States. We're realizing that things can be different--that things NEED to be different. We just need that spark to coalesce around.
Could not agree more. I only hope the system breaks and America as we know it collapses like the Roman empire did. Maybe then a government that actually cares for its people and less about money and imperialism would come fourth. Wishful thinking probably.
Should have lost faith in the media too. Remember how often Bernie's campaign was reported on with strange "mistakes" that didn't happen to other campaigns? Pessimistically reporting on his Iowa performance and allowing Pete to declare himself the winner for an entire day when the results weren't in. Graphs leaving Bernie out of the election. Bernie being listed 2nd or 3rd in lists when his percentage of votes were higher than any other. Stations refusing to say who the front runner was and instead focusing on Pete's strong and optimistic 3rd place position or hypothetical strategies Biden could use to finally get past 4th place.
To be fair I think Biden beat Sanders fair and square for the 2020 primaries. Biden is waaaayyyy more likable than Hillary ever was, and like it or not, most of the Democratic party’s electorate is relatively moderate, not to mention people wanted more of a return to normalcy after Trump. 2016, however, I will agree that it was stolen from Bernie.
@@sirsteam6455 you have two parties in America,one right wing and the other extreme right wing and that is the main problem and the reason why it’s in such a mess.
@@vivaelpepe4878 No it isn't the reason it's a mess is because of the corruption in the government spurred on by corporate businessmen who weed out any competent leader capable of standing their ground, and the bastardization of politics, making it all about Left v Right rather than the actual principles and merit of the ideology and the further division amongst the American people. It's a mess because for too long have the wealthy and powerful had sway corrupting the government to which we submit only for them to throw us aside to count their cash . the U.S Is fucked and America is Dead make no mistake lets hope change will happen. And to further elaborate on my previous comment Right wing and Left wing mean nothing as they are only in place to divide and to categorize.
The german conservatives CDU/CSU (somehow comparable to the democrats), stirr fear in the wake of the upcoming election because one of the most conservative social democrats (Olaf Scholz - SPD) might lead a coalition containing a left wing party (Die LINKE). The conservatives utter points as: This would destroy our economy. This will deter foreign investors. And won't please somebody think of the children?
This is where the state as a ship metaphor makes sense, when a ship can only turn in one direction, good luck avoiding the hazards. It is like Americans stopped studying philosophy, or wait, they did.
We were all thinking it. Someone online once said that the democratic party is basically is akin to the second most RW party in Spain. While I haven't done any fact checking on that, it's definitely not that hard to believe.
THANK YOU!!! I *needed* to hear this. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard the “Democrat Trap”(**) spoken of by a voice NOT in my head. You called it by a better term: “Ratchet Effect”. Why have I never heard this before? Noice wan, maaaan!
If we go back to 2008. Presidential debate Obama and Republican senator McCain were both pushing for it. Political trying to gain votes through creating policy for Universal healthcare evolved backwards after Obama care happened.
You should make a video on HR1, I haven't been able to find a lot of good information on what it actually does but from what little I know, it's extremely important
George Carlin said it best - "it's a big club and you ain't in it!" I saw the writing on the wall with the Trump election. I bailed to Europe and I couldn't be more happier. Healthcare that won't bankrupt you, social programs to help the poor, mandated 20 days of vacation regardless of level, though some places give more. It's just not worth wasting your life fighting to make the US normal. It's exhausting dealing with people that vote against their best interest.
No one votes against their best interest. Its just that theres no one to express our votes TO. We want socialism in some aspects of our country, but we also dont want fucking BERNIE SANDERS or HILLARY FUCKING CLINTON. Someone like Yang or Gabbard constructing our free healthcare system, would be infinitely more efficient than either of those clowns.
Well if you really think so, give into suggesting better policies to show people there is indeed a better way of doing things and life in this country can flourish like never before.
@@velnz5475 I do try to do that when i can, it's just really exhausting sometimes haha :/ especially when my family is very conservative, i just dont have the energy
To put things in perspective. Democrats spent twice as much in the primary election of one congressional district against Nina Turner, then what they spent in the general election against Republicans in the same district.
@@williamwayne4043 Ok, but then the question is why would Democrats be afraid of having a candidate too far from the center in a super safe blue district? Why not get the candidates that can bring in crowds and finance her campaign entirely with grassroots support, instead of the candidate that costs you twice as much AS THE INCUMBENT?
@@JohnnyCageRock I don't think they were afraid of it I believe Nina could have won against the Republican in that District. She just wasn't the Democratic party wanted. Think about it do you want someone that's going to fight you at every turn or a team player. Of course you want a team player. Also the people of that area while Democratic weren't like super Progressive they wanted a team player against the GOP. The people of the area seem to be okay with Bidenism they don't seem to be seeking a revolution. And I think this is part of Bernie and progressives problem in general. I think if we moderate the rhetoric and the policies just a little bit we could win more often, I think Nina was within like Five Points which isn't insurmountable. For instance we could stop saying dumb stuff like defund the police when no one actually means to defund the police. Since understandably some people take that as no more police but when you actually ask people they often don't mean anything like that but then Republicans run wild with it and then we almost lose the house. I can talk about this for ages but I don't want to make this too long so people actually read it.
Ironic how Cannibus is somehow still considered a Schedule 1 drug - THE most dangerous level but yet, in ALL of human history there is not ONE case of a person dying from a direct use but it remains there still. One example of Many about just how correct you are (it would absolutely cripple the prison industry)
Because the enforcement of drug policy has become monetized, as grotesque as it is to say. Whether you're talking about seizure, private prisons or even police staffing levels (which allow for full time for life jobs for otherwise middling skilled, often white, people), it's all about the money churn. Like healthcare and defense spending..it should never have become a profit center in the first place, but here we are...
I'm an anarcho syndicalist who is a proud member of the I.W.W. and am currently writing a book on the ideal potential outcome of a syndical-based reformation (or) revolution of the modern day workplace.
The answer is simple: Capitalism. ☺ It's shameful that free healthcare system doesn't exist in USA😝, even UK has free healthcare system for its citizens.
It's mostly bullshit though. In reality you can't move right or left without also moving up... that's with the dumb US definition where "authoritarian" is where the government makes anyone do anything. Cultural authoritarian phenomena really needs to be separated from "government makes you do stuff". Only then do you notice that righties who claim to love freedom move up as they move right.
I was always so confused because the term liberal is used to describe the more right wing party (FDP) in germany while also being used for democrats in the US. And since the democrats are considered "left" in the US system for a long time I just didn't understand what was going on. Thanks for the video!
Your videos are excellent - sources with Facts - and are some of the best at explaining how Americans are in total denial about just how horrible our government is - and how Progressives are undermined at every turn - by the rich, corporations, and both political parties, despite the fact that most people love progressive policies once they are enacted like Social Security and Medicare. My mom used to wonder why we have NEVER had a progressive president - and I explained to her that we don't have a Party of The People - there are 2 corporate parties here in the USA - that's it - they will never allow a true progressive to be leader here - they don't care about democracy, facts, honor, decency, climate change, science, etc - they care about only two things - Money, and Power - which is why far too often - except on some social issues - our parties are 2 sides of the same dirty rotten coin. Keep up the great vids. Liked and subscribed!
Commenting for the algorithm my friend. I am unsure how to function in this world knowing all of the obstacles but these videos help me shed some of the gaslighting that happens every day.
My heart goes out to my brothers and sisters south of me. We share a border, but we have such vastly different countries. I’m sorry for all of you who see how terrible it is, I hope you can bring about change.
Thank you so much for pointing out the pathetic state of U.S. politics. It’s super scary to see how far right both parties have moved, only within the last two decades.
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As a Brit, I’ve often been confused by Republicans calling the Dems ‘radical left’ or ‘socialist’. In Europe, they’d be classed as centre-right at best. And that’s charitable. You need a viable alternative over there.
The Canadian Conservative Party in Canada is to the left of the Democratic Party in the US.
If youre British, then you should know that the Labour party is also conservative in Europe😂
@@hkgehts9061 These days, I’d be forced to agree. Tony Blair started the move to the right. There are still socialists in there though so we might be able to get it back. Although, what the laughing emoji is for I don’t know. Unless of course, you think I’m stupid.
It's easier to completely villainize your rival party by red baiting.
If you really follow the paper, it all leads back to money and doing crazy shit to make sure they keep getting that money
"The US is a one party state, but in typical American extravagence, they have two of them"
And it was an African leader that spoke that truth so many years ago.
And most people will defend their party as if Dem and Rep are not the same 😂
@@Mr__Altair They are so brainwashed that they can’t see how similar they are.
Hilarious
The United States is a two party conservative dictatorship.
Well explained! As George Carlin said, there’s only one party in America, a business party and your two options are the illusion of choice.
You should listen to him talk about what he calls "White Fascist America"
Our two political parties are good cop and bad cop. They both serve the same police strategy of extracting something they want out of someone.
"It's called The American Dream...because you have to be asleep to believe it."- George Carlin
@@gregbors8364 still think it's one party, just a stronger flavor for one
Cuba and Venezuela need more people, you are free to go
I've always hated the "why vote for someone who is going to lose?" argument against third parties. It's self-fulfilling. If everyone said "Ya know what, maybe I'll vote for this other party that's likely to lose, because my vote doesn't matter anyway." Then boom. Third party wins. The whole system is shaken, and maybe American society can actually, ya know, grow again.
I will admit I’ve been one of those people in the past, but I’m now going to seriously consider third party options. Our two party system is broken.
Vote third party all the way through then. Because even of by a miracle a third party won the presidential election they won't be able to get a single thing done because they don't have any of their own party members in congress. So any progressive concepts will not likely happen. If anything they will be just as conservative as the most extreme republican.
@@trimiskel9909 I agree and will consider third party options throughout. Hard to get anything done without people sharing your ideals and wanting real change.
No, it's more than self-fulfilling. Duverger's Law is a thing. FPTP elections have to go. With FPTP election, you WILL get two parties.
@@davidbowles7281 we need to get rid of electoral too
"The US is also a one-party state, but in typical American exravagance they have two of them."
Julius Nyerere, first president of Tanzania
That doesn't make sense, nor is it correct. I'd like to remind you of who you're quoting, a Maoist Marxist who united his country through war, and used citizens as soldiers.
@@ficsitinc.pioneer8695 Guy, do you know what logical fallacies are? Insert coin. Try again.
@@ficsitinc.pioneer8695 that sounds like george washington
@@ficsitinc.pioneer8695 'used citizens as soldiers' who the f*ck you supposed to use as soldiers, did you even try to make sense?
@@minskghoulSoldiers are typically citizens who undergo military training and regiment voluntarily, and are officially hired as soldiers.
I'm referring to the citizens he gave guns to in order to fight his war. Both voluntary, and involuntary. Russian Translation is rough, so I'd suggest you either translate better or learn English.
"The opposition of two stupidities does not mean the truth is somewhere in the middle."
-Historian John Lukacs
It's almost like the Left/Right ideological axis is nonsense designed to force you into exactly that position.
I think it's the saying: *"2 Wrongs don't make a Right"* ... Ironic that Blue = Slightly/Moderately Right and Red = Very/sometimes Dangerously Right .... oh and _Secret Ending_ : Yellow
Yellow = Libertarian (Right, but less on the "Auth" drugs) ... but they're looked down apon by Repubs just as Social Dems are to Est. Dems.
That's a good one... Ha Ha Ha!
the two stupidities, the far left and the far right.
I'm 78-a legit geezer-and I've been watching what you describe in this video for as long as I can remember being politically aware.
Being left hasn't been much fun but, like my mother used to say, "There are things you do for no other reason than they're right."
You're 78 and used the word legit correctly. You must have some proud grandchildren! I'm only 20 and have already discovered that being on the left isn't fun, so I can only imagine your pain, but it certainly is important and must be done. Your mother was wise. Solidarity.
@@alex0_graham Huge thanks, AG.
I hope my grandkids are half as proud of me as I am of them.
I lucked out with great parents who taught me about living honorably, morally, and ethically.
You sound more aware at 20 than I was...good for you!
Solidarity, indeed.
Rise above.
@Alice Kae Gotta be careful 'bout that
@Charlie God bless you for believing in logic and what's right. I'm a brown immigrant from Asia that struggles with being accepted in the society despite being here for over a decade. It is crazy that a super wealthy country like ours crib about problems that are considered luxuries in the developing world. The rich in this country have unbelievable amount of power and they keep everybody out. Don't get my wrong, I fall into the top tier tax bracket (I work for silicon valley) and I'm happy to pay my fair share of taxes but the top 0.1% aka top 300 thousand earners pay close to very little and have systematically designed a society to never take blame, slip through the details or find a scapegoat (like hating on immigrants or blaming China/Russia).
Food for thought: if someone with 100 billion dollars pays 99% in wealth tax, they still have a billion dollars. I think they are going to be fine.
It’s crazy how most of the country doesn’t understand this simple concept.
Where I live alone the illiteracy rate is around 75%. So I'm not surprised.
I mean its pretty easy to understand, but that doesn't mean i agree. One party supports abortions and the other doesn't. one party passed DACA the other didn't. Democrats also passed Obama care, which got insurance to millions of people who wouldn't have had insurance otherwise.
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Yeah, there's harm-reduction reasons to vote Democrat. But are the Democrats going to _change the system so it actually stops harming people and the planet?_
...Nope.
In fact, almost all of them are really busy making money off the system, and they know what side their metaphorical toast is buttered on.
A lot of the country are just dumb with no wish to learn anything, it’s sad but it’s true
@@grmpEqweer harm-reduction reasons?
The places with the worst division of wealth are democrat strongholds.
We're talking about jobs, land values, education, everything.
Literally everything is inherently less equal in places where democrats have been entrenched for an extended period of time.
Democrats simply have better marketing because they aren't hung up on religion.
People calling Democrats "socialists" or "communists". It hurts to hear that.
It’s almost as if I kinda wish they were 🤔.
I mean relative to republicans they are in left bracket.
lmao if democrats were actually socialist and communists, then the country might be in a better place to be completely honest with you
@@onni5302 Republicans are so far right they make center-right(Dems) look left.
Yea, and that's part of the problem. They get this false accusation, and try to be less left to don't get this in the future.
They should ignore these false blames instead of reacting. Those who do these blames will never agree with left theories and ideas, they are not worth to be reacted to.
The US has one political party with two marketing firms.
The only spoken truth in this entire thread
The most underrated post in this whole comment section
The US has two teams on family feud
@@grimaffiliations3671 The democratic party is not run by progressives.
@@racewiththefalcons1but progresive will vote democrat
I can’t help but cringe when I see people calling democrats “socialists” or something about radical leftism
When I see or hear ignorant comments like that I cringe as well and the Willy Wonka “you’re new here arent you” meme comes to mind
Same here. I don't get it, Biden is doing everything the Republicans wanted, yet they still keep complaining. Fucking brain-dead voters.
Bro I’m hella right wing socially (not as much economically) and I cringe hard
Same here in Canada when I hear people call the liberal party communist. The stupidity is the same here
Taxing the rich is radical leftism to them... while in reality taxing the rich is the only thing that can save capitalism from its own internal decay. They don't seem to get that you can't tax poor people because poor people don't have money. A broad tax base doesn't exist without a middle class. Most money in a capitalist economy flows in circular patterns... the only loose ends are the rich... who use the extra income to consolidate their hold on wealth in general. There is no correction mechanism to deal with this runaway concentration of wealth if you have a flat tax.
This is unsurprising but still scary to hear. It´s great that you include a bit of hope and a suggestion as to things we can do. Losing hope is easy in this world, but it´s something we simply cannot afford
Agreed. We need someone on the left to rise up and spill the truth. I have discontinued my dreams of being a scientist so I be that leftist turning point if need be.
"The “political revolution” that Bernie Sanders called for, rightly, would not have greatly surprised Dwight Eisenhower."
- Noam Chomsky
It's scary to realize that even the furthest left fringe of the mainstream American politics will not be considered radical 70 years ago, you know, back when anti-communism in the US was considered to be at its peak. This is how far the Overton window of the US politics have moved.
The bourgeoisie has fought tooth-and-nail to undo the New Deal consensus... and they did it. The early red scare was the impetus that got the ball rolling. They began their attack as soon as WWII was over. The McArthyist hysteria was the beginning. They've been funding deep reactionary forces ever since. Now they pull the surprise pikachu face when the middle class shrinks, people start losing faith in capitalism, and the strife of the late 19th and early 20th century gradually starts coming back. It's not just the US. Even in Europe the Overton window has moved right. It's a global phenomenon, because the bourgeoisie are global.
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The New Deal was doomed to eventually fail anyway, as it's more or less a compromise between the wealthy and the working class. Basically, the working class was given a plenty of well-paid jobs and benefited a lot from the new (at the time) nationwide public infrastructure. Unfortunately this led to a deradicalization of the working class, because their material conditions were better, they're less likely to join the socialist movement. This allows neoliberalism to eventually replace the New Deal, as there isn't really much resistance in the US.
Do not forget that we cannot blame only the people. Information is powerful. It's why the US. Constitution was not Ratified without including the Bill of Rights and the 1st Amendment includes Freedom of the Press.
Knowing this, the Greed Class has never stopped trying to influence our opinions and what we are/are not told. Recent examples of Politicians helping corporations maintain power are Dubya appointing Michael Powell and Trump appointing Ajit Pai to the Chairmanship of the FCC. Both tried to privatize the Internet.
● Newt Gingrich defunded PBS and NPR (Corporations fund them now).
● Media ownership was consolidated under the Reagan Administration and whatever wasn't possible by Executive Order was introduced in the Republican written and approved Telecommunications Act (signed by Clinton).
That control results in dominant coverage of politicians that are attractive to Corporations (like Trump and Hillary but not Bernie). The media tried to sell us Pete in 2020 but then "Polling in 7th Place Biden" somehow won Primaries in States where he hadn't campaigned.
Corporate media buried Pro-Gun, Pro-Healthcare-for-All Howard Dean and left us with Pro-Gun Skull and Bones Dubya against Anti-Gun Skull and Bones John Kerry. Are you old enough to remember Gary Hart? I am. Same with Ed Muskie.
You might have FreespeechTV on your TV (it's on the major satellite providers). They also livestream on their website, Google will help you find them.
I’m sick now
@@zUJ7EjVD how did Eisenhower set us on this bad course? Imo it’s Reagan bush or Clinton who brought us to where we are, maybe Nixon too
I've been waiting so long for someone to mention this, I love this channel
Make a video about it yourself? :)
Hes def not the first to mention this
I've been saying it for a while, the left/right spectrum is economic, NOT cultural. It doesn't matter if Dems are for any cultural policies as long as they refuse to implement leftist ECONOMIC policies. And the effect is the GDP's percentage being ever higher toward private sector production VS public and worker owned coops.
---------- 50% private sector GDP production would mean you have a centrist country, 100%, extreme right, 0%, extreme left. The proof? The US had 82.4% of its GDP produced by the private sector in 2013, it's now at 86.7%. The leftmost US politicians are social democrats. The long term results of SocDem economic policies can be seen in the GDP production % of Scandinavian countries.
The Scandinavian country with the smallest private sector is Norway at 67.6%, up from 64.4% in 2013. Think about that.
@@whysocurious7366 now I really want to to be honest, thanks for the idea
Renegade Cut has a vid like this that came out a while ago. (Democrats are not the radical left) is the name of it, if you're interested.
"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!" - Bill Hicks.
Bill was so ahead of his time RIP.
And yet so few people realize this. We've all been propagandized from birth and indoctrinated by tribalism. People want to stay in the matrix and not wake up to the harsh reality that they are being studied like bugs in a jar and exploited by a rigged system. That realization would force them to act instead of being passive and change is scary. Easier to suffer with the devil you know than the one you don't
@@teamMrShawn Kanye West is americas last hope
The issues they differ are ones corporations generally don't care about much. Wedge issues to offer the illusion of choice. Those issues matter: just not to the ultra-wealthy.
Only in the US would people consider a party like the Democrats to be a leftist/socialist/communist/Marxist party. To the rest of the more politically educated world it's a centrist or slightly right of center party. But the further right has managed to scare its politically illiterate base into a panic over some vague terms that they can't fully elucidate and the base has no idea what they really mean except that they should fear and hate.
I've been trying to tell my friends and family this for years, but everyone just rolls their eyes and argues about Bush, Obama, Trump ect, completely missing my point.
Must be extremely irritating to have such ignorance within your blood line, if it helps I appreciate that you’re different,even if I don’t actually know you like that, that just what I think.
The indoctrination is hard to break, I live in Indianapolis the Capitol of the first state in the 2020 election to be called and it was called for Trump (Indiana) before even a half hour had gone by When the states were reporting in, I have a couple people that listen and discuss with me here but the majority of people here are groupthink conservative ‘Christians’ who watch FOX News and take it for Gospel and don’t think much independently. I loathe it here tbh
@@zachhoward9099 And you have every right to despise it.You’d have to be real “special” to take some biased news network as gospel, it’s illogical to the highest degree.I hope you’ll have enough to move if not out of country then at least out of state one day.
@@mannysilver211 you belong in the democratic party
The wealthy who own the major news outlets and congress have us fighting over religion, abortion, guns, immigrants, welfare while they rob us blind.
“Wake up babe, new Second Thought vid just dropped”
Yes
ok wax
Like someone who watches Second Thought has a partner
@@thatoneguymatt987 I literally am in a happy relationship since 4 years.
@@thatoneguymatt987 that says a lot about you being here, watching a second thought video and commenting on a second thought video😂
Yes, “centrists” is a misleading term, it implies the center of a normal bell curve distribution, where the majority of the population is...
In reality, this is only true for the population of Congress. In society at large, congressional centrists are considered radical/fringe ideologies..
Their only goal is to obstruct in favor of the wealthy. They have no other purpose.
Half the Democrats would either be Christian Democrats (think Merkel, etc) or free market Thatcherite/Reaganites, which is quite radical in Europe
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At first I was right-wing, then I became a centrist... but I realize that being in the middle does nothing..
@@agentsquid9079 Being in the middle does nothing if you do nothing, not to mention the whole left right organization of politics is stupid.
Before election: "Increase billionaire taxes dramatically!"
After being elected: "Billionaire taxes raises from 20% to 25%"
Most nations go from 15-25%
The 35% of the us was rediculous
@@lordunhold5381 back during the baby boomer era it was over 50%. Reagan decimated it. Now those fat CEOs spend their tax free money on lobbyists.
25% is ridiculously low for people earning that much money. That's only 1% more than people earning under $350,000. You think billionaires can't afford to lose that money? Imagine how much more funds would be available for things that actually help the community... 30% would be more realistic
@@georgewilson6232 what's more is the tax increase is based on income threshold. You aren't taxed at the higher percent unless you exceed a certain amount of income and even then it's only on the income over the threshold that is taxed.
Like, federal government shouldn't ever have to shutdown period if there are billionaires.
Well they made Bernie seem like a crazy person when his policies are normal in the rest of the world.
Holy shit you are delusional if you think Bernie's policies are normal in the rest of the world. Look up "Die Grüne", their policies, and how many seats they got last Sunday.
@@FareSkwareGamesFSG Whats your point?
From personal experience, when you're the only sane or sober person in the room, those around you will make you out to be insane and inebriated. You may actually be made to feel as if you actually do have or are the problem.
@@FareSkwareGamesFSG I live in the East, yes his policies are 100% normal.
Medicare for all? We already have it.
Free college / university? We already have it.
Increasing minimum wage? It’s welcomed.
@@eypu999 You don't have Medicare for All. As someone who's actually on Medicare as is, you have no idea what you're talking about. Minimum wage should be up to the place of business, it should not be up to government to dictate.
I realized the Democrats weren't left or even center after watching what they've been doing to Bernie Sanders for the last 8 years.
Yep
Same
I'm from VT; I voted for Bernie for house/Senate, but I knew he would never get the the nomination. I voted Green Party-Bernie should have gone green as all other dems as well
Bernie isn't even Left wing.
Bernie represents the fact that all sides of a 'debate' are covered and sewn up by power. "Ok, roll out the socialist".
THANK YOU! Finally someone makes a video about it. Shouting "COMMIE!" at Bernie Sanders is the most hilarious thing I heard and read on the internet.
This guy is merely center-left in a real world politics perspective outside of the US. He fights for stuff that, at least most of it, is already common in almost any other developed country. The political system in the US seriously needs a shake-up to allow more than "bad vs even worse". Like a _real_ left party or a Green party.
As a left liberal I agree
@@darksideblues135 This comment can only be made from someone living in the US and not accepting a real-world perspective from outside the border. The most social and the happiest countries on this planet also do have conservative or center-left / progressive governments. They are FAR from being extreme left wing. You are delusional and blinded by US propaganda.
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Outside the US, "liberal" and "leftist" would be considered as an oxymoron.
They keep calling Biden a commie. They've been so brainwashed with right-wing media their entire life that they know nothing else.
@@darksideblues135 Okay so you're insane. Do you think that people in Finland dont have property rights? Do you REALLY think that they have less individual rights than the US? The US, where you can be put into slave labor because you had drugs? Really? The US, where women wanting to have control over their own body comes with a $10,000 tax fine? Do you actually believe that the US cares more about individual rights than these European countries?
I’m not American. I have some conservative friends, and they all agree with most of what they see and hear from U.S Democrats, including Joe Biden. Those who are a bit more centrist minded even agree with most of what they’ve heard from Bernie Sanders. All of them think U.S Republicans are complete nutjobs.
Make of that what you will.
Wait what? I am American in a rural( strongly conservative) area. And this is the furthest thing from the truth I've heard.... most of them hate "Crazy old Joe" and constantly bi*** about every little thing every day. Lol Make of that what you will? Hehe my guess if your "friends" are real they are far more centrist than right. In U.S. spectrum I mean.
@@leadoff5411 Of course you’re an American. That explains why you couldn’t read the first sentence.
@@alexandruracz9995 “In the US spectrum I mean” under a video literally about how America has two right wing parties.
If someobody hates Dems and doesnt hate Repubs always blows my mind. I mean this because of the perspective that we are moving to the right. Hating repubs and not hating Dems is due to the "lesser evil" vortex that occurs. But that so many people are still voting for the "greater evil" shows how far we truly are from any real progressive change.
@@CrossfacePanda I can admit when I'm wrong yes I read it you have american friends that agree with him. Oh well cant win them all lol
I've just started and I'm immediately remembering that time Nancy Pelosi told us we don't want student debt/loan forgiveness. Yeah okay Nancy, could you be any more blatant about being right wing?
Also yeah I'm sick of this "we need to compromise" "we need to extend the olive branch" blah blah blah nonsense. That's just that ratchet again. We're always giving in and going further right in some ridiculous attempt to act like we're better than the right. But in the end it doesn't matter who's "better". What matter is that the right continues winning. Very very stupid.
I registered myself as a Democrat when I could first register to vote. Recently I changed it to no party/independent. I don't know how much that actually means in the grand scheme of things, but didn't want to be registered as a member of a party that keeps stupidly pushing us farther and farther right instead of making any progress going left.
What did she say exactly? I tried googling it but only found her saying that the president doesn't have the authority to issue it
We need to have low cost state universities and not allow diploma mill universities to collect student loan money. The system is broken where kids are getting questionable degrees owing a lot of money to banks, then buying a house, car, then having to rely on credit cards to live. One third of their income goes to bank interest.
Damn, i never thought i would say this but nancy makes a damn good poind
Republicans are left wing.
If one were conspiracy-minded, one might think that the two parties are doing all of this intentionally. But that’s impossible…right?
They have. The Democrats always move right to fill in the hole left behind the Republicans as they lurch farther right.
It's not necessary to have a conspiracy. The mechanics of the electoral system assign roles and people fill them. Maybe they'd look even more villainous rubbing their hands and cackling in a smoke-filled room, and maybe the villainy accomplished makes us want to ascribe that much nefarious intention, but it's simply not required to get what we've got.
It is on purpose and those that miss that are part of the problem.
@@jeffengel2607 very well put. 👍
Not conspiratorial at all. It's just capitalism doing its thing: dismantling democracy
I mean by American republican standards nowadays, Abraham Lincoln would be considered a "commie"
A right winger did put a bullet in his head after all.
Abraham Lincoln did say that labor is superior to capital and that their interests should always come first. That's in line with Marxist rhetoric. He was also against the Mexican American war and the land thefts that occurred. By today's standards he's be considered fairly left of center.
@@jalicea1650 Marx literally considered him a friend
Which is why it is so horrifyingly annoying when Republicans claim him or say they are "the party of Lincoln."
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I remember writing about this in community college a few years back and my poli-sci professor thought I was stupid and that the idea that the democrats and republicans could have the same view points was outrageous
Dude if your political science professor thinks that he shouldn't have a degree, he's OBVIOUSLY skipped some reading
@@swaggertmcdankledoo1572 Same goes for what I'm confident was a Fascist troll. Being somehow able to convince your teacher of such backwards view is impossible, unless they've believed in it before.
I still can't believe some people forget that Nazis where left wing, it was the National Socialist party.
@@IM2awsme the reason the Nazis were called that is because literally all of the parties in Germany at the time were socialist parties. Germany was in deep economic crisis.
Also, you can call yourself whatever you want lol. Hitler was not a socialist. He was fascist. They just had to call themselves “socialists” in order to get any legitimacy. You could almost say the same thing about the Chinese communist party; they aren’t communist, but they have to call themselves that to remain popular with their constituents.
@@OddMeterMusic so the vegan, animal loving, environmentalist, anti capitalist, who pushed a nation to work for the benefit of its people through the marits of group actions, wasn't a socialist? If he wasn't racist and was American, he'd be the governor of California. It was eugenics that is most cited against the Nazis, even though it has been carried out by almost every political spectrum throughout history, they where just the first to industrialize it. Us vs them mentally is vary dangerous. Hitler was a socialist, he just decided that the only people who should benefit from his utopia where those of German decent. Who are you going to ban from your utopia?
I always laugh when people say the system is broken. I’ve always told them that it’s running exactly the way it was designed to run.
In most European countries Republicans.& Democrats would be split up in different parties. Bernie & Biden would even be members of opposite parties. Biden would be a conservative, Bernie a Social-Democrat . Republicans would be split up between a Christian conservative party and more extreme rightwing parties.
I mean the ruling coalitions in many European states are either centre-right or centrist and that has been the case for a while now. So you could also call many of them one-party states with monarchies.
@@masterofalltrades_ It's a bit 50/50 .Some are pretty liberal, others are almost dictatorships.
@@masterofalltrades_ as in constitutional monarchy?
Yes but in European countries, parties vote in blocks. The left votes with left and right with right. We also see over time across European countries that left parties phase towards the right block more than the right parties phase to the left block.
@@CrazyzzzDudezzz Depends on the country. My point is that Biden & AOC certainly be on opposite sides. Now they are in the same party, while the Republicans have turned almost completely Qanon/MAGA madness..
Absolutely true. Consider this: if Bernie Sanders, a self-described "socialist", stepped on a plane and flew to Sweden, he would be center-right when he stepped off. That's not hyperbole, based on his opinions he is clearly center-right by EU standards.
He’s considered Left-wing in Sweden. He shares very little with the Swedish right, which on multiple issues stand to the right of the Republicans.
@@rooppyguyy0562 The only reason most Sweds consider Bernie a left-winger is because they have no clue about American politics. It's just like our (Swedish) conservatives who believes that they have more in common with the Republicans than the Democrats, this based entirely on a relative view. They simply have no idea what the American right stands for.
@@stantorren4400 I'm not saying he'd be a conservative in Sweden, but he is for a lot of things that the left won't stand for: for example he wants "Medicare for all" but have no problem with privatized health care beyond that. Foreign policy also makes him at the very least an uncomfortable fit for the European left.
@@seybertooth9282 If he were a Swedish politician, then he’d mostly likely run as a Left Party candidate (V) or a Social Democrat (S).
@@FilthyTrot I disagree, look into all his policies and ideas not just the ones that resonate with European left values. Biden would NOT be centre-right in Europe, he is firmly on the right wing of European conservatives (not counting the UK since their conservatives are far-right by EU standards). A typical centre-right European politician is president Macron and Biden is a good long way to the right of him. Europeans tend to get fooled by Biden because he has a sensible environmental view, but look beyond that and things change.
as a European, it always amused me when the Americans said democrats were left...
We have the same problem here: look for social party SPD in Germany, and even their green party did a lot of neoliberal stuff while they was in power.
I hope they will do better next time, so after autumn. I hope they make a coalition with the left and not the liberals, otherwise they will repeat the same mistakes.
They are the old moderate/centrist Republicans from Eisenhower to the Rockafeller's. Back then. Since the ACA is what Eisenhower proposed to a T.
@@alphastratus6623 consider voting for Volt
@@alphastratus6623 It would be absurd if they prefer the FDP over die Linke.. Well, let's hope for the best...
@@alphastratus6623 we have the same problem with cdu and spd. only from a lefter starting point.
Our voting system are better to change that, but only if enouth ppl wake up.
The same thing happened in my country except our “left” wing party got completely neutered and for the past 11 years we’ve been ruled by a fascist oligarchy that is literally destroying the nation in every sense of the word.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. Though, for curiosity's sake, what country do you live in?
@@athousandsprings Hyrule 😫
Republicans are left wing.
probably russia or belarus?
I would love to see you cover why reagan reigns supreme to this day. Every single boomer just defaults to how he was the best but I don't even know why because he made so many critical, horrible things happen too
people care more about having to pay fewer taxes than some war in a country they cant point to on the map
@@currently_In_stealth_behind_u Because taxes effect our every day lives, a faraway war does not.
@@sip1375 well since wars cost money they affect taxes and therefore would affect peoples daily lives.
Because those were the golden years for their generation. Before technology really sped things up. Before "BLM" Before "floods of immigrants". Before "libtard" progressive ideas(in politics//We've had the ideas and hippies forever just not in our politics). Back when things were more simple and the white boys/elite club had a real grip on american economics and politics. Nowadays You might wake up with a black president or a young FEMALE bartender turned congresswoman. These changes are "sCaRy" because they simply did not happen or were not ALLOWED to happen back in the days.
@@pjfett44
except what you just said is straight up not true nice try tho
This is so very true. Your arguments are well made. The Democrats would be called right wing in every other nation. They are right wing.
In Germany the democrats would be most comparable with the CDU ,which is considered to be a right wing party
right wing extremist, even.
i'm from a different nation and i'd call them filthy socialists here
Curb your Eurocentrism... stop lying and ignoring thousands of years of political history and development to make obviously retarded claims. Europe isn't the center of the world, both parties aren't right wing, the basis for American culture and law has always been Liberalism which is obviously left wing, you people are always going to shift the goal post until Communism is Centrist
@@thatoneguymatt987 Guy, you can't be this dumb.He presents evidence and you ignore it people like you are the reason the world is burning since when are the Dems "the left"?Name one something only one, that they did that will convince me they they are anything remotely leftist, "oh because they have Burnie and he's beyond the two squares" as if that affects anything.Bernie doesn't count as an answer ,nothing that has not been enacted counts.So, go on tell me since you supposedly know everything.
So basically two puppets directed by the same puppetmaster?
The puppets are democrats and republicans, and the masters are corporations
the puppetmaster being the capitalist class
This is exactly what I have saying for a while now! Thank you for making these videos and spreading the real information on what is going on. I'm tired of everyone ignoring what's going on and accepting what we have.
True! its time that we Americans get an actual right wing part. Not those controlled opposition republicans controlled by the elits!
If it wasn't for Second Thought I would still be a Republican, even though my definition of Republican is the Republicans from the 1860s-1950s. Second Thought opened my mind, when he showed those CIA documents, the United States interventions, and those fake protestors in Cuba, I completely lost it and felt betrayed by my own country. Thank You Second Thought, my the Socialist movement rise!!!!
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Congratulations, TheBlackPhantomHD.
... Now it's time for the next step - see you at the next protest
German here, the US political system is absolutely crazy to us Europeans. We have waaaay more diversity over here. The US needs a socialist or at least a social democrat major party. Bernie should have left the Democrats in 2016. He had a big wave of support back then and could have established a third power. But these times are gone. I even think Bernies defeat was a blow to leftists world wide.
For some reason, most Americans believe we have the most freedom in the world. Realistically the only thing that we have more freedom on compared to most Europeans is gun ownership. Every other facet of society is significantly more restricted by our authoritarian government.
I’m in Germany as well and i’ll say that Europe and its social democracies aren’t any better. Just because some of these governments do the basic minimum, doesn’t mean they should be praised. Their more cruel policies often go unnoticed.
@@masterofalltrades_ they certainly have more affordable Healthcare and education.
@@Undeaddeaths Well when television propaganda, movies and comics incessantly insist on how America is a symbol of freedom and all that is good in the world, it honestly doesn't surprise me that people ultimately believe in it and defend with their nails.
@@masterofalltrades_ aren't any better than what? We don't have any leftist parties in America, which explains why we don't have a robust social safety net, universal healthcare, tuition free college; we have low unionization rates, no mandated maternal/paternal leave and vacation time, longer work weeks, etc.
i’ve stopped watching your videos because politics make me depressed but i’m still glad to see you putting out content and trying to educate people, you’re doing a great job keep it up 💪🏼
It's the same thing in Canada too, we're just a slightly less distorted reflection of American ideologies
Canada is USA-lite for ALOT of things in reality.
At least Canada has NPD
@I Hate Liberals
nice troll
@@ChineseKiwi While the UK is the US' autistic brother
@I Hate Liberals chill troll
When the "liberal" party is represented by a millionaire, and a right wing cop, that's says it all.
@Kijestic Productions kamala
@Kijestic Productions kamala is a cop. it's fucking sad she is VP.
@@FazeParticles Oh she's a cop? I didn't know that, I barely keep up with politics since I live on the other side of the country...and in the middle of the desert, to boot. Damn.
Wait and the progressive parties are represented by millionaires as well? Bernie Sander?
Kamala Harris a right wing ""cop""... thanks for the laugh, buddy.
You can blame the wealthy for the current state of affairs in America.
The poor don't have lobbyists.
@@donHooligan Your doing the job of the fossil fuel industry for them.
@@donHooligan yup. Living responsibly is why Reagan destroyed unions so the middle class wage stayed the same for 40 years.
@@donHooligan lazy how?
@@donHooligan Oh man! IF only major corporations cared! You are fucking calling millennials lazy when you should be blaming billionaires and the government for not putting restrictions on companies, as well billionaires taking resources from the planet and not doing shit. But hey, fuck that, I blame my problems on the next generation because of my generations problems!
@@donHooligan Oh my god! 40 years later, we actually face different problems! Wow! Crazy. If only we didn't have major poverty, expensive healthcare and education, and shit wages.
Excellent video, one of your most crucial ones imo. I've had this thought for years but could never visualize or metaphorize it like you did at 2:04. Probably one of the top 3 scariest parts of the establishment along with staunch developments towards becoming a police state and our disregard for our budget and debt.
You're doing the work of a righteous man.
@@nickn2794 Oh sweet summer child. You know nothing of actual oppression. You know nothing of true tyranny. You in fact help True tyranny to live on.
True tyranny is being unable to put food on the table.
Being unable to be sure that you will have a home tomorrow.
Being unable to get the money to survive without working yourself half to death.
Being unable to strike for better conditions without being put down by the police and being blacklisted as a communist.
Being able to express who you really are because it interferes with the social roles society has dictated for you.
Being able to Walk down the street without the fear that you will be beat by the police because of your skin color.
Being to scared to call the police on an abusive partner because you're scared they'll shoot them.
Being unable to protest on the street inorder it try and make things better without being labels as rioters and being violently forced to shut up.
Being unable to go to school because you need to work to support your family.
Being unable to fix anything by voting ( if you can even vote)because the politicians are in the pockets of big business both foreign and domestic.
Even if you do by some miracle elect somebody in who actually cares, who will actually will try make things better for you and the people the military overthrows your democratically elected government and establishes a military dictatorship where the interests of capital will be enforced at gunpoint by soldiers of the military that was sworn to protect you.
If by another miracle the Army doesn't overthrow the government that'll actually help you. The rest of the world for some reason just stops trading with you. Then the embargoes come, the sanctions, the false reports of voter fraud, The false reports of the suppression of dissidence. Then after that people will start the protest but not the working people but children of rich or middle class individuals will go on the streets and start attacking civilians and government institutions. When you put them down like any reasonable government would. The rest of the world calls it's suppression of people's free speech.
That is true tyranny.
@@lordkenten4136 What does "Sweet Summer Child" even mean?
@@cakeisyummy5755 It's a reference from a Song of Ice and Fire and it refers to those that are naive and have never seen winter or hard times.
@@NickRigas-mi4hh If you are confused by facts and the convictions of good men, then you need to stop letting people tell you who your friends and enemies are. Do some research, open up your horizons.
@@NickRigas-mi4hh I’m sorry it confused you. Can you point to the parts that were wrong?
Agreed, have you done a video about the media's role in this ratchet effect by pretending there are two reasonable sides to every story, even if one side is actual fact and the other is some wild theory? Then those with the centrist mentality come in and try to find the middle ground where there really isn't any?
That’s on my list!
The problem is anyone who has the ability to look at the world seriously can see that change is inevitable, and that society has to DO SOMETHING to cope with that change. Being a "moderate" in the modern US-sense is sitting on the sidelines doing nothing as the world burns. Meanwhile the right is out there pouring gasoline on the fires thinking they are pouring water. Even going out and stopping the people from pouring the gasoline on the fire is considered radical now. This is the fundamental problem with "centrism". It doesn't work when there is a crisis that demands a paradigm shift to solve... one way or another.
I've been saying this for years. Capitalists are right-wing. I am a Socialist at heart but living the US Capitalist lifestyle. Both parties cater to the ultra-rich.
Am a Democratic Socialist and I agreed
Am a Socialist Democrat and I agreed
Right wing and Left wing are hollow terms at least in my option as they are only used to describe or categorize ideologies in a way to make them easier to digest and as such takes out the complexity that is inherent to politics from the mainstream view, but as a Capitalist I can tell you that is the case but don't be mistaken this isn't Capitalism this is a Corpocracy or an oligarchy ruled by rich businessmen rather by elected officials and it sickens me to the core so I agree.
Pretty sure you have more money than me. I'll send my address, please send $. Thanks.
I agree as a Soc Dem
Thanks a lot. As a French, still reeling from the sh*thow that was our presidential election, I've been observing the "ratchet effect" for some time now without having the words to explain it. Your video is illuminating, but also discouraging, because I feel we're headed the same direction, if not already there.
Macron is becoming more and more neoliberal and LREM has even partnered with the RN. Meanwhile, the French left is essentially dead.
Yeah, it's the same in Australia
One of the few channels I turn off ad blocker for.
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@@SecondThought Hope that a second watch after coming from Nebula first helps too. Because sometimes the ads that get thrown in are too obnoxious not to skip (e.g. PragerU).
Glad I live in Scotland right now. Proportional representation, universal healthcare, free university... I wish we had unionisation as widespread as Scandinavia, but I guess you can't win em all lol
Proportional representation of sorts... More than in the rest of the UK but way less than in parts of the continent.
As an American, I'd settle for unionization as widespread as yours. It's awful over here
@@SymbiSpidey Yeah, workers rights are really bad in the US. I hope you're not suffering too much because of it. Even in Europe, especially in the UK, the rise of the gig economy is eroding a lot of workers' rights. It's a big reason I'm determined to become self employed
@@ryanscott6578 we are, it's part of why healthcare is still tied to our jobs
@@robyngatomon1991 I don't even like the English and I'm one of them...
It's literally Good Cop / Bad Cop... they're both cops!
@Omega Haxors also they take turns going in and out of the interrogation room like with politicians taking turns in office...
Blatant abuse or subtle manipulation.
Same poison, the choice is only flavour.
Still, one is worse 😕
@@huskytail if your dad beats you and your mom covers it up, is she really better?
Great description
@@huskytail you really really don't get it do you?
Can't believe I didn't know about Second Thought before. This is great content. Thanks for educating the people!
Yes, finally someone is crystal clear about it.
Thank for this Second, can I call you Second? or you prefer Mr. Thought?.
Love the Channel.
I drive past those coal miners every day going to work. I always honk my horn and wave to show support. They’ve been out there for a long time
You should bring the strikers coffee and donuts. It will be appreciated ☺️
Liked your IPCC coverage video mate! Good work.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Modern Democrats: “Center-right”
Modern GOP: Far right
"We're all friends after 6" -Ronald Reagan
He DESTROYED our Country Sadly
@@RussellD11 Well the funny thing is that today he would probably be a democrat, if you look at his policies, he was maybe just a little to the right of Biden, and way more to the left of Trump
@@akmil807 - It doesn't matter, he was to the far right of Lincoln and Eisenhower. Reagan began the start of the Ratchet Effect. It's easy to look in hindsight at past Republicans as "more left", but really what we we should be doing is acknowledging that they were always "right" and today's democrats are "far right" while today's republicans are simply "radical right". And don't forget that Biden used to be Republican. So let's not try to give too much credit to Reagan, he took a party that already had some progressive ideals and tainted it. Whatever progressive ideals he seemingly had were never inherent to him, but rather the party itself - before it dove off a cliff into insanity.
@@akmil807 he actually WAS a democrat and they changed him, so he could run for POTUS
@@YourMajesty143 Yeah I know, I stand with you. My point was that republicans have fallen significantly more to the right. Indeed, a long time ago Lincoln was quite to the left, after that Eisenhower etc were moderate and Reagan after that to the right. Sadly, after that it has fallen even more to the right with Trump as an example.
This channel needs to keep growing and more Americans need to start watching.
May the algorithm bless thee.
Can we all just appreciate that none of us would ever see a video like this before the internet age. Now we can see ourselves how the rest of the world does.
Yes, although i don't always agree with this channel 100%, it does make some good points.
@@Boris80b
What dont you agree with?
@Kijestic Productions What's biased about it?
@Kijestic Productions biased towards what
@@stephs8665 He sometimes implies that all kinds of capitalism should be abolished. I would agree that poorly regulated capitalism isn't very desirable, but there are better kinds of capitalism, such as the one in the Nordic countries, which are often ranked as the best places in the world to live overall.
As a Brazilian, living in the neoliberalism backyard, lately facsist by a US supported coup, one ideia that i have is that:
We have the institutional left, those who stops the engine as you ve said, but they are supported by some kind or piece of burgoise. And we have the revolutionary left, those who are willing to do the revolution, these one its the people, not institutional.
On the other hand we have all the right espectrum, representing the profits and conservadorism.
Anyway, its best to vote, stop the gears, but dont u think that the fight is done
Hillary Clinton: "Superpredators..."
Sees photo of HER HUSBAND on the plane with Epstein: *crickets*
Here's one of those who eat anything they hear, as long as it suits the bias installed by a good PR campaign. Though, there's still the possibility of being a troll.
@@huskytail Are you denying that Bill clinton was on Epstein’s plane over 20 times? That’s verified. Epstein was most likely intelligence and used perverse acts on children, allowing other to implicate themselves as well. Welcome into the club, the CIA will now protect you, as you will also do things for them. If you ever step out of line, they will expose it. Works like a charm. That’s how most billionaire secret societies work
When both political parties are in the pockets of corporations it couldn't care less about morals or integrity, any 'differences' between them become inconsequential.
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As someone from a European country, where the government is always formed from three or four different parties. I'm dumbfounded at this two party thing USA has going.
Simply put it's the bashing of civil discussion on the topics of ideology, censoring political dissidents in the last century, the bastardization of politics forming them into left or right both hollow terms only meant to divide, and Corporates oligarchical control over easily swayed shills called representatives. America is dead at least the principles for which it was founded.
So funny that he showed Sing Sing Prison. I went to high school in the same town as that prison and was granted an amazing opportunity to go inside of the prison and talk to the imprisoned people. They were in a program called Hudson Link in which they would be granted a college degree. They told us that the program was being defunded and getting smaller. After long contemplation that day truly made me into a leftist.
Watching most of these videos back-to-back, it's really disheartening to see the state of the current USA (and of the world that they influence) and the damning effects of their policies and imperialism. Sometimes it feels suffocating, like my generation is doomed to be the one suffering all the consequences.
It feels like I was born into an already rigged board game played by giant faceless corporations. How do I stay positive with all these injustices happening, when I'm this powerless to even just slow them down, let alone stop them?
I feel the same way. Everytime I look at these videos I feel hopeless about my future here in the US and the thought of leaving the country pops up. But can I realistically do that, leaving my family and loved ones behind? I sure can't. It feels like we're stuck
Build revolution
@@ASierra08 We have to connect with each other, and stay connected in ways that don't depend upon large corporations maintaining the connection. Everyone I spoke to, "left" and "right" before the election, wanted Bernie Sanders to win. Everyone was surprised when the results came out. The will and the desire are there, we just don't know the how yet. Changing technology, and people being able to connect for the first time allowed people around the southern Mediterranean to suddenly realize they all hated their government and overthrow them in the Arab Spring nine years ago. The same thing is happening in the United States. We're realizing that things can be different--that things NEED to be different. We just need that spark to coalesce around.
Could not agree more. I only hope the system breaks and America as we know it collapses like the Roman empire did. Maybe then a government that actually cares for its people and less about money and imperialism would come fourth. Wishful thinking probably.
@@DRNasty18 I think we can do it it's not gonna be easy but if more people learn about this stuff then surely change can occur
"Mom, I want Bernie!"
"We have lefties at home."
Lefties at home: Joe Biden
bernie isn't a leftist
@@blueciffer1653 Well that was the point of the comment
@Діма Базалюк nah. He's just a liberal with some left leaning views
@Діма Базалюк no he's not
@@blueciffer1653 Well he is actually Moderate leftist to just leftist by the standers of Europe and Canada.
This specific theme song flows so well with your videos, absolutely love it. It keeps me engaged everytime! Love your channel 💯‼️
Ah, right on time my friend! Thank you for making more awesome content!
Thank you for watching!
When bernie lost super tuesday, thats when i lost all faith in american politics
Should have lost faith in the media too. Remember how often Bernie's campaign was reported on with strange "mistakes" that didn't happen to other campaigns? Pessimistically reporting on his Iowa performance and allowing Pete to declare himself the winner for an entire day when the results weren't in. Graphs leaving Bernie out of the election. Bernie being listed 2nd or 3rd in lists when his percentage of votes were higher than any other. Stations refusing to say who the front runner was and instead focusing on Pete's strong and optimistic 3rd place position or hypothetical strategies Biden could use to finally get past 4th place.
When Bernie lost, I think the only way USA can get on its feet is by collapsing because the oligarchs greediness. And it seems it will really happened
To be fair I think Biden beat Sanders fair and square for the 2020 primaries. Biden is waaaayyyy more likable than Hillary ever was, and like it or not, most of the Democratic party’s electorate is relatively moderate, not to mention people wanted more of a return to normalcy after Trump. 2016, however, I will agree that it was stolen from Bernie.
@@donHooligan Soy
It’s when I started @indleftnews
I live outside the USA and it always amuses me when I hear Biden or the Democrats or CNN etc being called leftists 😂.
Only in America!
And it's same in America when someone says they're right wing, though both terms are hollow as is so I refrain from using them.
@@sirsteam6455 you have two parties in America,one right wing and the other extreme right wing and that is the main problem and the reason why it’s in such a mess.
@@vivaelpepe4878 No it isn't the reason it's a mess is because of the corruption in the government spurred on by corporate businessmen who weed out any competent leader capable of standing their ground, and the bastardization of politics, making it all about Left v Right rather than the actual principles and merit of the ideology and the further division amongst the American people. It's a mess because for too long have the wealthy and powerful had sway corrupting the government to which we submit only for them to throw us aside to count their cash . the U.S Is fucked and America is Dead make no mistake lets hope change will happen. And to further elaborate on my previous comment Right wing and Left wing mean nothing as they are only in place to divide and to categorize.
The german conservatives CDU/CSU (somehow comparable to the democrats), stirr fear in the wake of the upcoming election because one of the most conservative social democrats (Olaf Scholz - SPD) might lead a coalition containing a left wing party (Die LINKE).
The conservatives utter points as: This would destroy our economy.
This will deter foreign investors.
And won't please somebody think of the children?
This is where the state as a ship metaphor makes sense, when a ship can only turn in one direction, good luck avoiding the hazards. It is like Americans stopped studying philosophy, or wait, they did.
Thanks
Someone FINALLY articulated what we've ALL been feeling;and illustrated it!
I haven't been feeling it.
Some of the democrats want to just cut a piece off of the gear so it can move a little left
@@NATO94
Maybe because you’re ignorant?
We were all thinking it.
Someone online once said that the democratic party is basically is akin to the second most RW party in Spain. While I haven't done any fact checking on that, it's definitely not that hard to believe.
@@darksideblues135 have you lived in Spain? (genuine question)
@@ahzayoc1207 live in it and I fully agree
@@samuelmezquita4832 okay, thanks for answering btw!
@@darksideblues135 Because it’s an imperialist, bourgeois state that used to be fascist in the past.
I think the Vox party is worse than the GOP. What do you think?
THANK YOU!!! I *needed* to hear this. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard the “Democrat Trap”(**) spoken of by a voice NOT in my head. You called it by a better term: “Ratchet Effect”. Why have I never heard this before? Noice wan, maaaan!
Can we have universal healthcare?
Republicans: No 😡
Democrats: No 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Universal healthcare isn’t free, it just increases your taxes. Especially with the housing crisis in blue states I think y’all should worry abt that
If we go back to 2008. Presidential debate Obama and Republican senator McCain were both pushing for it. Political trying to gain votes through creating policy for Universal healthcare evolved backwards after Obama care happened.
You should make a video on HR1, I haven't been able to find a lot of good information on what it actually does but from what little I know, it's extremely important
George Carlin said it best - "it's a big club and you ain't in it!"
I saw the writing on the wall with the Trump election. I bailed to Europe and I couldn't be more happier. Healthcare that won't bankrupt you, social programs to help the poor, mandated 20 days of vacation regardless of level, though some places give more. It's just not worth wasting your life fighting to make the US normal. It's exhausting dealing with people that vote against their best interest.
No one votes against their best interest. Its just that theres no one to express our votes TO.
We want socialism in some aspects of our country, but we also dont want fucking BERNIE SANDERS or HILLARY FUCKING CLINTON.
Someone like Yang or Gabbard constructing our free healthcare system, would be infinitely more efficient than either of those clowns.
im literally so hopeless at this point, everything feels useless lmfao
Well if you really think so, give into suggesting better policies to show people there is indeed a better way of doing things and life in this country can flourish like never before.
@@velnz5475 I do try to do that when i can, it's just really exhausting sometimes haha :/ especially when my family is very conservative, i just dont have the energy
That's the point of this video. To make you feel that way.
Join the left
Same it does
Truer words have never been spoken.
To put things in perspective. Democrats spent twice as much in the primary election of one congressional district against Nina Turner, then what they spent in the general election against Republicans in the same district.
Why would they need to spend a lot when it's a super blue district they are going to win.
@@williamwayne4043 Ok, but then the question is why would Democrats be afraid of having a candidate too far from the center in a super safe blue district? Why not get the candidates that can bring in crowds and finance her campaign entirely with grassroots support, instead of the candidate that costs you twice as much AS THE INCUMBENT?
@@JohnnyCageRock I don't think they were afraid of it I believe Nina could have won against the Republican in that District. She just wasn't the Democratic party wanted. Think about it do you want someone that's going to fight you at every turn or a team player. Of course you want a team player. Also the people of that area while Democratic weren't like super Progressive they wanted a team player against the GOP. The people of the area seem to be okay with Bidenism they don't seem to be seeking a revolution. And I think this is part of Bernie and progressives problem in general. I think if we moderate the rhetoric and the policies just a little bit we could win more often, I think Nina was within like Five Points which isn't insurmountable. For instance we could stop saying dumb stuff like defund the police when no one actually means to defund the police. Since understandably some people take that as no more police but when you actually ask people they often don't mean anything like that but then Republicans run wild with it and then we almost lose the house. I can talk about this for ages but I don't want to make this too long so people actually read it.
@@williamwayne4043 or people could seriously mean what they say by defund the police and be authentic
What a nightmare of a country the US has become. Very sad.
Ironic how Cannibus is somehow still considered a Schedule 1 drug - THE most dangerous level but yet, in ALL
of human history there is not ONE case of a person dying from a direct use but it remains there still.
One example of Many about just how correct you are (it would absolutely cripple the prison industry)
Because the enforcement of drug policy has become monetized, as grotesque as it is to say. Whether you're talking about seizure, private prisons or even police staffing levels (which allow for full time for life jobs for otherwise middling skilled, often white, people), it's all about the money churn. Like healthcare and defense spending..it should never have become a profit center in the first place, but here we are...
Ah, yes, the infamous vehicle of the cannibus.
I'm an anarcho syndicalist who is a proud member of the I.W.W. and am currently writing a book on the ideal potential outcome of a syndical-based reformation (or) revolution of the modern day workplace.
The answer is simple: Capitalism. ☺ It's shameful that free healthcare system doesn't exist in USA😝, even UK has free healthcare system for its citizens.
Free? So they just don't pay their doctors and nurses whatsoever? They're slaves that work for nothing?
@@CysmaWinheim
No. They're paid by country. They receive monthly wage. 😒
@@GospodinNelson So in other words, it's not actually free. The taxpayers have to foot the bill.
@@CysmaWinheim
Still much better than having to pay for every visit to a doctor
@@GospodinNelson how frequently do you pay taxes ?
Even the political compass has 4 quadrants.
Yes
Yeah, but in the American version, everything right of center doesn’t exist. And about half of the bottom is missing
The political compass is liberal nonsense though.
@@luc6284 no
It's mostly bullshit though. In reality you can't move right or left without also moving up... that's with the dumb US definition where "authoritarian" is where the government makes anyone do anything. Cultural authoritarian phenomena really needs to be separated from "government makes you do stuff". Only then do you notice that righties who claim to love freedom move up as they move right.
I think I am a Patreon supporter to the the tune of $5 a month. I always appreciate your content. It's well thought out and well presented.
*Who’s here after the 2024 Trump Won Election*
I’m definitely here again. Lol 😂
*sigh*
*raises hand*
Yeah. The dems and republicans are different, but in many important ways they are not.
@ They definitely aren’t very different. They are both neoliberal capitalist parties
"Nothing will fundamentally change." - Joe Biden 2019
I was always so confused because the term liberal is used to describe the more right wing party (FDP) in germany while also being used for democrats in the US. And since the democrats are considered "left" in the US system for a long time I just didn't understand what was going on. Thanks for the video!
Great analysis on politics in the US today. Never heard of the ratchet effect so thank you for a new way for me to think about US politics.
Your videos are excellent - sources with Facts - and are some of the best at explaining how Americans are in total denial about just how horrible our government is - and how Progressives are undermined at every turn - by the rich, corporations, and both political parties, despite the fact that most people love progressive policies once they are enacted like Social Security and Medicare. My mom used to wonder why we have NEVER had a progressive president - and I explained to her that we don't have a Party of The People - there are 2 corporate parties here in the USA - that's it - they will never allow a true progressive to be leader here - they don't care about democracy, facts, honor, decency, climate change, science, etc - they care about only two things - Money, and Power - which is why far too often - except on some social issues - our parties are 2 sides of the same dirty rotten coin. Keep up the great vids. Liked and subscribed!
Amazing channel man. Keep up the great work.
*Waves hand*
You will feed the algorithm
I will feed the algorithm
Hopefully
What was that again?
Commenting for the algorithm my friend. I am unsure how to function in this world knowing all of the obstacles but these videos help me shed some of the gaslighting that happens every day.
commenting to please the algorithm gods...keep making great videos
Both parties will espouse symbolic victories but rarely implement any material change and improvement.
My heart goes out to my brothers and sisters south of me. We share a border, but we have such vastly different countries. I’m sorry for all of you who see how terrible it is, I hope you can bring about change.
Kiernan how about we immigrate to canada!
Finally, i've been wating for this one! Awesome stuff as usual. I wonder how many politicians would go instant snowflake after watching this.
Thanks!
They are not even that traditional Right Wing, they are more based on "Who pays the most makes the most"
Thank you so much for pointing out the pathetic state of U.S. politics. It’s super scary to see how far right both parties have moved, only within the last two decades.
"Far right" my ass.