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I love how some parts of the benefits of both capitalism and socialism within the game are semi realistic and both have total nonsense, mostly nonsense in general I should say, really gives more potential to the game and bit less bias than some past political sims
@@geoDB. The CIA has successfully overthrown every single instance of an attempted socialist movement in a foreign country. If you genuinely believe a US intelligence agency is aligned with the number one target of US intelligence agencies then you know less than nothing about what you're talking about.
@Mantriox Tbh, term limit law only exist in US because Republican party saw how popular FDR policy were and feared that a president that actually care about their peoples would be so popular and cannot be ousted by honest election alone.
@@HumanPerson_final Trump already incompetent enough to lose a honest 2020 election and even failed to capitalize the 6 January capitol riot. He would be still unable to have a life-long presidency even if the term limit never existed in the first place.
The really small detail that I liked was how the introduction of automation rose unemployment. This actually reflects on what Marx stated that as technology increases efficiency the average person will become liberated from needing to work to survive to working as a bonus. As such, not everyone will choose to and the game reflected that. A small detail but a cool one!
@@iminyourwalls8309 In a system where production is organized around meeting societal need rather than profit, "producing more goods" isn't necessarily a desirable goal on its own.
Genuinely appreciate how there is minimal political debate in the comments as most people realize that this is a video game and not an actual realistic representation of the muti faceted consequences of policy change.
@@oskar1076 I would argue mankind really is socialist deep inside, with capitalism being a rather new concept. Though my knowledge of economic theory is next to non-existent.
You know, when looking at how you did all that and what it all led to, I can't shake off the feeling that you've somehow ended up with a proto-United Earth from Star Trek, with everything pretty much set for the discovery of Warp tech and Vulcans to arrive.
Federation was (will be?) classless, democratic, no currency, post scarcity. Pretty crazy it was written back in the 60s, only a few years after McCarthy! Cheers, im also a Trekkie!
@@AlzaboHD which is wierd how people seemed to try to accuse the Federation of being fascist. I don't remember the points right now but it seems interesting.
Yeah that really does explain it better, not to mention it's littlerally impossible to make a game where the idea is to INCREASE democracy, I mean what, the goal is to stop playing? Lol
I am actually pretty happy that you weren't being obtuse about the policy and stuff, usually strat gamers are strange about it but you were a refreshing breath of fresh air
@@luizbertoneto Yeah as much as I love strategy games and history the communities around those things lean towards some questionable beliefs to say the least. The HOI4 subreddit is the worst for obvious reasons.
@@scheefgaan I haven't played democracy 4 personally nor had I heard of it until 20 minutes ago so I couldn't speak on that but I've seen plenty of wehraboos in the paradox community.
@@rmcewan10 he also went from basically nothing to down basic social programs which naturally will look far more drastic than starting as one of the most advanced places on earth
@@rmcewan10 not hard when the previous 20 to 30 years had been nothing but civil war, and all out war with Japan. Mao pretty much just had to sit back and not let the country collapse.
@@basil7292 Well, duh; the statistic about that relies on the US' Aid to civilian infrastructure, learning, and training of military forces to be equated to "support". With this metric, the US supports literally most of the world's countries on the planet, including 100% of the world's democracies. It's a junk statistic meant to provide a picture, and specifically omits the part I just mentioned. Anyone with even a marginal idea of where that statistic came from will just roll their eyes at it.
"Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism is a phrase associated with far left movements on the internet. It envisions an idealistic society where gender norms have been abolished to such an extent that there is little to no difference between gay and straight, and due to automation, luxury is available to all people." It's the future, my dude.
@@WookieChef So basically, Communist Egalitarianism with high technological advancements? That's kinda like Ultravisionary Socialism/Communism with Egalitarianism.
*in a game*, fuck you guys are dumbasses. Every ideology sounds good on paper, or in a game, but fun fact, reality exists, and it's different and a fuck ton more complicated. Tell me one communist country that has done extremely well, and I don't mean places like china, which is basically a fascist country, not a communist one, and even that hasn't done well really either.
I love how optimistic the playthrough ended up being. Even if it is a game that is devoid of revolution and struggle it's still nice to see a realization of something that resembles communism and people having their needs met. It's refreshing and it makes me hopeful for the future.
the US only 'has relatively low poverty' becuse we simply don't count half the poor as impoverished because they make above the poverty line(inaccurately low benchmark compared to developed nations) before taxes and necessities
Does this game offer a Marxist-Leninist socialist route? The vid was interesting but it looks like you only used DemSoc flavors of socialism for it and I'm curious if they've modeled the whole spectrum of socialist thought.
@@anarcoendermanismo868 You'd need some long and unreasonably specific definitions of liberalism and leftism in order to make anarchism the only possible option for maximum lib-left.
@Gachibass Commentator “libertarian” is also a general term for minimum government power, the opposite of authoritarianism, and left-right is the most common measure of political alignment on modern Earth.
Best democracy 4 video I’ve watched BY FAR. I’ve been waiting for dem4 content like this since the beginning of the year so this is sure scratching an itch lmao. Good stuff, hope to see more! Subbed
Somehow he ended up with even more rich people, despite the heavy taxation. Then again, tax evasion and a burdened bureaucracy might have something to do with it. 🤔
The current American tax system is basically just tax evasion for the wealthy. The wealthy paying more than 0% in taxes would result in a lot of money going into the economy instead of being hoarded. Truly amazing the level of mental gymnastics there buddy
@@derekskelton4187 moreover, the absurd amount of wealth that they have still means that they still account for a lot of the taxation even when they evade it (this shouldn't be a lower-tax-for-the-rich cuck viewpoint but the opposite), which is a capitalist phenomenon.
If it did you'd see that the rest of the world would start implementing similar policies. The US is the key. If the US defunds the military Russia, China, North Korea would follow suit. If the US increases taxes the rest of the world will follow. Currently countries don't implement socialist policies even if they would like to for fear of a US backlash in the form of a sponsored coup, economic isolation, invasion etc.
@@KingArthur39 Nope. Not militarily. The US doesn't need an overblown military for defense. The Death Star wasn't called the Defence Star because even the Empire thought that would be a stretch.
Every time I sit down and think "this time I'll make an authoritarian hellhole" I end up just course correcting into making a leftist utopia. I just can't stand hurting my fictional people!
"Hey everybody is mandated to get a free house" "Also forgot to mention property taxes are now significantly higher, try and catch a money helicopter if you can't afford it."
State houses for everyone! Oh, and if you have a NON-state house, we tax you up to the wazoo. And if you have more than one? You better hope that we are wrong when we say God is dead, because only divine intervention will save you.
Until you get into the things the game doesnt simulate like the surpression youd have to get into. And what exactly this "utopia" looks like because this could just as easily describe 1984 as star trek
@@badusernam without the united states, all leftist governments would literally flourish, so i can only imagine what the actual United State’s leftist government would look like 😭😭
High taxes for corporations really force them to invest in the development of science and technology, rather than worry about paying maximum dividends in a short time.
I mean United States is the easiest one, since no one will invade you in this game, just defund that ridiculously high military budget, then you can do anything you want.
Yeah, it would have big ramifications globally, but would probably be great at the local level. Right now the US is one of the biggest forces defending trade lanes, and we kinda use that as a way to bully certain nations into doing what we want. US withdrawing from global waters may seriously impact maritime trade safety if done before other nations could build up an adequate navy. I am a big proponent of lowering global presence however, it is completely unnecessary legacy of the cold war.
@@Plainsburner Well US also stages revolutions fro profi, invaders nations for no reason and generally terrorises the world. So pls, do lower that spending.
That moment when taxes actually fund services for everyone, which makes it affordable for everyone. Just like public transportation, walking, biking, skateboard, hoverboard, anything other than a car can actually improve traffic and reduce oil consumption and carbon levels. Who knew.
Indeed there is - defunding severely limits your technology and number of state employees, popularity as a strong leader etc among other things, once you defund it.
@@aturchomicz821 wrong. He built a mass party system in which the means of production are controlled by the members of the party (the voters). When looking at the statistics it's pretty obvious that this approach worked.
USAR : Union of Socialists American Republics. Damn this game seems really cool ! But when is socialism became an idology of people who don't work anymore ? haha
@@silenthornet5502 This is why I think true Communism is completely unrealistic, as you would need AI to completely run the country, jobs, etc. But people obviously like to rule themselves instead lol
@@noodled6145 ai isn’t supposed to run the country just like hard labour and I kinda agree like sweat shops shouldn’t exist and btw I mean end goal like it’s expected to take a long time and lots of scientific advancement
I like how almost every single policy is objectively humane and improving society but somehow Al keeps using sarcasm and stereotypes such as pushing the term limit being a communist tradition and secularity promoting atheism
@@stephenjenkins7971 Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual opposition to the State and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control and regulation over public and private life. Removing term limits isn't that. Not even close. A totalitarian state can have a monthly term limit if it wants to. That's not why it's totalitarian.
@@stephenjenkins7971 I didn't say removing term limits was humane, I was only calling out that it was not "a communist tradition" in particular since we're seeing rather liberal, convservative or centrist state leaders do it, while there also are and were many communists respecting term limits in Nepal, Guyana, Uruguay, France etc. What I was refering to when speaking about humane policies were building railways, offering daycare, taxing the rich to invest in things that are useful to the people and so on. Most of what he's doing in the video, basically
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i love democracy 4. Please do more
More of this would be great; I think that it fits the channel really well.
You are cringe communist
Please do more Democracy 4 videos! See if you can do a centrist approach to a nation!
I love how some parts of the benefits of both capitalism and socialism within the game are semi realistic and both have total nonsense, mostly nonsense in general I should say, really gives more potential to the game and bit less bias than some past political sims
Capitalist: “our gains are being taken from us!”
Alzabo: “here’s some Spanish classes”
No-one expects the Spanish Commissariat!
Capitalist: "No wait! You can't defund our brave soldiers"!
Alzabo: *finger on their mouth* "sssshhhh, esta bien"
@@marcusaustralius2416Anarchist communal federation!
so uh how do you deal with the religious killing you in your 1st term in office or idk being a threath
Based grindset.
A non-paradox interactive game on your channel?
Impossible…
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be!
@@AlzaboHD More out of paradox content . Pls.
that's right! Only real Gs remember the good old CIvilization timelapses
@@AlzaboHD more democracy 4
@@AlzaboHD I like these type of videos I just bought the game since this seems fun
"The road to socialism can take many different 'Engels'"
I both love and hate you for that pun
ohhh snap, I heard it but didn't catch it. Thanks :)
yes
so uh how do you deal with the religious killing you in your 1st term in office? or idk being a threath
I was hoping I wasn't the only one who heard it.
Marx my words, he'll think of a worse one.
Even with socialism it still takes four terms for Americans to have maternity leave
or bikes
"First time since FDR..."
*zooms in on a wheelchair*
IS BERNIE SANDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's not elect abbot just cause he's in a wheel chair
Capitalists: "But muh military spending and muh money!"
Alzabo: "En esta clase hablamos español"
En esta* clase hablamos español
@Jacob Garrett: You think it's c apitali sm that is funding the military? oh you sweet so cia list child.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. aren't small hat society doin it? they are capitalists!
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Millitary indutrial complex my guy, hyper capitalist millitary.
Hey the military is a big industry, where do you think those weapons come from? All companies, which are helping the economy by quite a bit
"We're going to transform capitalist America into a Marxist proletarian paradise.."
*CIA raises an eyebrow*
"...in a video game"
*wheew*
Let's not kid ourselves. Alzabo is on a watchlist now
CIA is communist
CIA would only raise an eyebrow at someone trying it without their help.
@@minespecc6523 Nobody who tries does not have their help
@@geoDB. The CIA has successfully overthrown every single instance of an attempted socialist movement in a foreign country. If you genuinely believe a US intelligence agency is aligned with the number one target of US intelligence agencies then you know less than nothing about what you're talking about.
Cut the military budget and people love you so much they abolish term limits in your first term...
Lmao
@Иван Иванов its definitely not intimidation
@Mantriox Tbh, term limit law only exist in US because Republican party saw how popular FDR policy were and feared that a president that actually care about their peoples would be so popular and cannot be ousted by honest election alone.
@@muhammadabdullahhanif8860 No spin here.
Anyway, we can also dream about possible a life-long Trump Presidency, but it’s not to be.
@@HumanPerson_final Trump already incompetent enough to lose a honest 2020 election and even failed to capitalize the 6 January capitol riot. He would be still unable to have a life-long presidency even if the term limit never existed in the first place.
The really small detail that I liked was how the introduction of automation rose unemployment. This actually reflects on what Marx stated that as technology increases efficiency the average person will become liberated from needing to work to survive to working as a bonus. As such, not everyone will choose to and the game reflected that. A small detail but a cool one!
:)
“Choose to work”
Back to the gulag :)
@@PeterTeamExtreme :(
@@PeterTeamExtreme Starvation and punitive measures against a population made unemployed owing to automation is the threat under capitalism.
@@iminyourwalls8309 In a system where production is organized around meeting societal need rather than profit, "producing more goods" isn't necessarily a desirable goal on its own.
Genuinely appreciate how there is minimal political debate in the comments as most people realize that this is a video game and not an actual realistic representation of the muti faceted consequences of policy change.
Or we are all just socialists 🤷♂️
@@Gorki1848 at heart we are all socialists comrade!
@@oskar1076 I would argue mankind really is socialist deep inside, with capitalism being a rather new concept.
Though my knowledge of economic theory is next to non-existent.
We all know that [insert favorite political ideology] would be overpowered in this game if it was represented realistically.
@@Gorki1848 every like (including mine) is proof this comment is accurate
They don't put Brazil in the game because no one can fix it
triste
That's in the future "Saudade"- DLC, together with other fun places like South Sudan, Afghanistan and Madagascar. /s
@@valentinmitterbauer4196 "fun places" yeaaaaah, *very fun*
@@valentinmitterbauer4196 wow! South-Sudan! Can't wait to use the new option to coup!
It was a mod for the previous game. Pretty fun and very difficult
"Many will be displeased by our actions, but soviet". I'll admit it, I chuckled. Great delivery.
You know, when looking at how you did all that and what it all led to, I can't shake off the feeling that you've somehow ended up with a proto-United Earth from Star Trek, with everything pretty much set for the discovery of Warp tech and Vulcans to arrive.
Federation was (will be?) classless, democratic, no currency, post scarcity. Pretty crazy it was written back in the 60s, only a few years after McCarthy! Cheers, im also a Trekkie!
@@AlzaboHD which is wierd how people seemed to try to accuse the Federation of being fascist. I don't remember the points right now but it seems interesting.
@@AlzaboHD live long and proper.
Zephram Cochrane was not from any collectivist utopia lmao
@@AlzaboHD Much better than the star trek 21st century lmao
I never liked term limits in these games. I've always liked the idea that I'm playing a party, rather than an individual.
Yeah that really does explain it better, not to mention it's littlerally impossible to make a game where the idea is to INCREASE democracy, I mean what, the goal is to stop playing? Lol
especially for certain ideologies being a person instead of a party is sort of contradictory
It's actually the case that you can continue playing as the party leader even if your term limit is up.
I'd watch you play democracy 4 if only for the political punnery
Fully agree, quality game for your style 👌
Now time for a theocratic, anarchist, fascist, and monarchist Americas
The republic of Gilead!
Make it into an anarcho-monarchy. Yes, that exists
Yes, it is as stupid as it sounds.
@@torylva it’s no different than ancaps and ancoms really
@@christianthompson7915 Feudalism is just more honest Anarcho Capitalism tbh
@@bombocrusty4251 no it’s not
I love how you use socialist leftist jargon and talking points with proper context, pun, and joke.
I am actually pretty happy that you weren't being obtuse about the policy and stuff, usually strat gamers are strange about it but you were a refreshing breath of fresh air
It sucks when you follow an youtuber for months to eventually find out they're not-sees
Reaally common in strat games
@@luizbertoneto Yeah as much as I love strategy games and history the communities around those things lean towards some questionable beliefs to say the least. The HOI4 subreddit is the worst for obvious reasons.
@@mansonsacidtrip6862 thats not at all true at all, and in democracy 4 alone it shows most players are libleft
@@scheefgaan I haven't played democracy 4 personally nor had I heard of it until 20 minutes ago so I couldn't speak on that but I've seen plenty of wehraboos in the paradox community.
If Mars is up next you should play Surviving Mars and continue the tale
Nice try
Mars will always be fascist
@@vicic2779 sorry buddy but it’s literally called “The red planet’”
Marx in Mars
Sounds quite groovy
Nice one Jet Brody
@@whyjustwhy2887 based planet
@@vicic2779 no the moon is fascist, mars is communist
Amazing these socialist policies managed to raise life expectancy by more than 50 years in less than 30!
Under Mao China once gained 15 years of life expectancy in 17 years, it's not unimaginable
@@rmcewan10 Yeah, but given that life expectancy is the average age people die at you wouldn't expect it to grow by more than one year each year.
Video game moment
@@rmcewan10 he also went from basically nothing to down basic social programs which naturally will look far more drastic than starting as one of the most advanced places on earth
@@rmcewan10 not hard when the previous 20 to 30 years had been nothing but civil war, and all out war with Japan. Mao pretty much just had to sit back and not let the country collapse.
defunding the military does so many wonders, who knew
Prolly also lets dictatorships run wild across the world, but that's neither here nor there lol
Well 70% of them are US allies
@@stephenjenkins7971 the US supports over 70% of dictatorships
@@basil7292 Well, duh; the statistic about that relies on the US' Aid to civilian infrastructure, learning, and training of military forces to be equated to "support". With this metric, the US supports literally most of the world's countries on the planet, including 100% of the world's democracies. It's a junk statistic meant to provide a picture, and specifically omits the part I just mentioned.
Anyone with even a marginal idea of where that statistic came from will just roll their eyes at it.
@@stephenjenkins7971 But the US literally put many dictators in power, destroying democracies.
As a political junkie, you get an A+ on this one. The best showing of Democracy 4 I've seen on RUclips. Bravo!
"Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism."
Ah, I see you're a man of culture too.
I know i'm late but, what is this suppose to represent?
"Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism is a phrase associated with far left movements on the internet. It envisions an idealistic society where gender norms have been abolished to such an extent that there is little to no difference between gay and straight, and due to automation, luxury is available to all people."
It's the future, my dude.
@@WookieChef So basically, Communist Egalitarianism with high technological advancements? That's kinda like Ultravisionary Socialism/Communism with Egalitarianism.
@@mikeinc8829 It's Star Trek
i'd honestly support fully automated luxury gay space communism 😭
AlzaboHD: Hello strategy gaming enthusiasts, my name is AlzaboHD
Me watching this is 480p: No its not
AlzaboSD
@@AlzaboHD lmao
I love how alzabo use the most exact definition of communism and not what most people think it is
He marxed the means of production while, providing few different engels of income, and staling the opposition to grinding halt.
The wordplay here is truly next-level
8:50 So this is how democracy dies... with thunderous applause
Catching an assassination attempt only to then, in response, take one nation under god off the bills was top tier trolling
“For the first time in history since FDR…”
*cuts to the guy in a wheelchair*
I hate that I laughed at that.
Challenge: Get the political compass to the complete center and keep it there. :D
to make it harder try to make all of the policies as extreme as possible.
political compass is stupid
What anime is that profile pic from?
The Grill Party (TGP) "America Just Wants To Grill For Christ's Sake!".
neoliberalism
Capitalists: communism doesn't work
Alzabo: hold my manifesto
*in a game*, fuck you guys are dumbasses. Every ideology sounds good on paper, or in a game, but fun fact, reality exists, and it's different and a fuck ton more complicated. Tell me one communist country that has done extremely well, and I don't mean places like china, which is basically a fascist country, not a communist one, and even that hasn't done well really either.
"Engles of attack" was great
I love how optimistic the playthrough ended up being. Even if it is a game that is devoid of revolution and struggle it's still nice to see a realization of something that resembles communism and people having their needs met. It's refreshing and it makes me hopeful for the future.
Tip: If you're going to fire multiple ministers, fire everyone you plan on before hiring any. That way, you lose less loyalty for the newer ministers.
"many will be displeased by our action"
"but so vi et"
very punny.....
also, the the calmest pun deliver I have ever witnessed.
“Although this isn’t Democratic, but it has 100% approval” ah, as every Democracy should be.
2 status quoe parties sounds like the same thing. But what would i know.
It may sound contradictory, but socialism is a more democratic system than democracy.
If you like playing this game i’d love to see more on the channel
Yes please
the US only 'has relatively low poverty' becuse we simply don't count half the poor as impoverished because they make above the poverty line(inaccurately low benchmark compared to developed nations) before taxes and necessities
I did a spit take when he said "Party for Socialism and Liberation." That's my Party!!! 🚩
based
Based
Based
As a member of the party for capitalism and subjugation I have to disagree.
@@rebeccalassetter1726 Which one? The blue one or the red one?
Ok, now we need a playthrough where you make the USA Ayn Rand's wet dream
I definitely want to try ancapistan and christian theocracy at some point!
@@AlzaboHD would you try eco-socialism at one point? Basically going all out on green energy and a green utopia
@@oskar1076 he literally did it in this video. CO2 emissions are -70%
Not sure bout christian theocracy and ancapistan whatever that is ayn rand was an atheist and she was a laissez faire advocate
@@AlzaboHD that's not at all what the op said...
Does this game offer a Marxist-Leninist socialist route? The vid was interesting but it looks like you only used DemSoc flavors of socialism for it and I'm curious if they've modeled the whole spectrum of socialist thought.
It does indeed - you can go the more authoritarian route, especially with law and order policies
i think it cant simulate revolution, cause it put a leader in max libleft, which would be anarchist:/
I wish there was more options for MLs.
@@anarcoendermanismo868 You'd need some long and unreasonably specific definitions of liberalism and leftism in order to make anarchism the only possible option for maximum lib-left.
@Gachibass Commentator “libertarian” is also a general term for minimum government power, the opposite of authoritarianism, and left-right is the most common measure of political alignment on modern Earth.
The Upston Sinclair reference when you increased the FDA's budget was an insanely good line
Best democracy 4 video I’ve watched BY FAR. I’ve been waiting for dem4 content like this since the beginning of the year so this is sure scratching an itch lmao. Good stuff, hope to see more! Subbed
Somehow he ended up with even more rich people, despite the heavy taxation. Then again, tax evasion and a burdened bureaucracy might have something to do with it. 🤔
@a m yeah but it generally mean less uberwealthy people
@a m That probably explains it.
The current American tax system is basically just tax evasion for the wealthy. The wealthy paying more than 0% in taxes would result in a lot of money going into the economy instead of being hoarded. Truly amazing the level of mental gymnastics there buddy
@@derekskelton4187 moreover, the absurd amount of wealth that they have still means that they still account for a lot of the taxation even when they evade it (this shouldn't be a lower-tax-for-the-rich cuck viewpoint but the opposite), which is a capitalist phenomenon.
@@derekskelton4187 not necesaryly my dude a lot of our budget are still paid by em
And just because he's a human,
a man would like a little bite to eat;
he wants no bull and a lot of talk
that gives no bread or meat
So left, two, three
So left, two, three
To the work that we must do
March on in the worker's united front for you are a worker too
Und weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist,
drum braucht er was zu Essen bitte sehr!
Es macht ihn ein Geschwätz nicht satt
das schafft kein Essen her!
@@TheDarkFragment drum links zwei drei, drum links zwei drei, wo dein platz genosse ist
Ha Minden münkás dolgozo együt vélünk harcba jő,
Before öszefogásal a lánc lehul
Szabad lesz majd a jövő!
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As a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, I found this incredibly amusing
Soy
Chad
The dualailty of man
Its hilarious how you people are gonna fucking kill us all lmfaooooo
How is it as a party? Any reason joining?
The one thing this game doesn't simulate is international relations.
which is why the first thing to always to do inorder to improve the economy is defund the military sense Its basically useless
If it did you'd see that the rest of the world would start implementing similar policies. The US is the key. If the US defunds the military Russia, China, North Korea would follow suit. If the US increases taxes the rest of the world will follow. Currently countries don't implement socialist policies even if they would like to for fear of a US backlash in the form of a sponsored coup, economic isolation, invasion etc.
Yup,weird considering Democracy 3 had a lot of mods that added that (like the USA Superpower mod)
@@MaitreyaNow You really think not a single country will try to get more influence when USA defunds their military?
@@KingArthur39 Nope. Not militarily. The US doesn't need an overblown military for defense. The Death Star wasn't called the Defence Star because even the Empire thought that would be a stretch.
Now thats a game change I wouldn't have expected.
But I saw the video and was immediately hyped. I love these videos.
Thank you for the tutorial, Comrade.
this is the first time I’ve seen alzabo actually do what’s right
When I inevitably play this game, I will ask myself one question when playing as America, being “What would Huey long do?”
BRING-BACK-SUMMA-THAT-GRUB-HE-AINT-GOT-NO-BUSINESS-WITH
I would do what's right
Unfathomably based
"We just billions in potential war profiteering!"
"No habla anglais"
"Which combine to form fully automated luxury space communism" has to be the greatest sentence ever spoken
Make more videos on democracy 4 like this! It is honestly so fun to watch
As a PSL member, this was hilarious and super based
when you dont spend 800Billion dollars on your millitary.
I find it funny in game the us military spending starting off is about 200 billion while in real life it is over 800 billion!
Arise, wretched of the earth
Arise, convicts of hunger
Of the past let us wipe the slate clean !
AlzaboHD channel can do non-paradox games as well !
It's funny - I did a double take when seeing this because I only knew the song in French! Debout les damnés de la terre!
@@AlzaboHD officially based and frenchpilled alzabdo
finally a democracy 4 video that isnt boring
I like how there is now finally a video of the thing I literally do _every time_ I play this game.
Every time I sit down and think "this time I'll make an authoritarian hellhole" I end up just course correcting into making a leftist utopia. I just can't stand hurting my fictional people!
@@Topo-Grigio1312 Because that's already real life, lol.
@@Topo-Grigio1312 reverse Bolshevism
The comments will be really civilized, I'm sure.
im sory for my felow cmies
@@ბედნიერიგობლინი cummies? 😏
@@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa yes sory for my english
They're already arguing.
is it just me or does it seem like he wouldnt be a bad leader
I thought I was the only non-psl member who knew that the psl existed. Also you really did your homework before this video.
You'd be surprised, I'm a Socialist Alternative member who knows PSL exists!
@@FishDinners wow, unicorns really do exist.
Didn't know that alzabohd is based
"Hey everybody is mandated to get a free house"
"Also forgot to mention property taxes are now significantly higher, try and catch a money helicopter if you can't afford it."
free houses arent taxed? its only that bigger houses are
@@anarcoendermanismo868 How about ya try English first and then, later on, try property rights and taxes.
State houses for everyone!
Oh, and if you have a NON-state house, we tax you up to the wazoo.
And if you have more than one?
You better hope that we are wrong when we say God is dead, because only divine intervention will save you.
AlzaboHD officially a breadtuber now
basedtuber
Oh no, he's gonna say that we'll have to lower the age of consent.
i know this is a game and in real life its all pretty complicated... but this is it... this is literally how to save Humanity
anyone who actually thinks like that will be burning in hell. abolishing religion is pure evil
@@georgelyddane8283 threatening well meaning people with eternal hellfire and torture is pure evil
@@georgelyddane8283 keep whining about losing your big sky daddy
@Roman exactly.
@@georgelyddane8283 according to who? Your god that doesnt exist?
as a libertarian market socialist, I am proud of you comrade!
Now we only need to make this reality.
unironically better than actual america
obviously
Until you get into the things the game doesnt simulate like the surpression youd have to get into. And what exactly this "utopia" looks like because this could just as easily describe 1984 as star trek
Imagine being unironically socialist
@@badusernam without the united states, all leftist governments would literally flourish, so i can only imagine what the actual United State’s leftist government would look like 😭😭
@@badusernam mccartism and nsa joined the chat
High taxes for corporations really force them to invest in the development of science and technology, rather than worry about paying maximum dividends in a short time.
So, uhh, just hypothetically... How do I move to this country, exactly?
I mean United States is the easiest one, since no one will invade you in this game, just defund that ridiculously high military budget, then you can do anything you want.
Yeah, it would have big ramifications globally, but would probably be great at the local level. Right now the US is one of the biggest forces defending trade lanes, and we kinda use that as a way to bully certain nations into doing what we want. US withdrawing from global waters may seriously impact maritime trade safety if done before other nations could build up an adequate navy.
I am a big proponent of lowering global presence however, it is completely unnecessary legacy of the cold war.
compared to most countries, as a percent of total GDP, the USA military budget isn't even high
@@Plainsburner Well US also stages revolutions fro profi, invaders nations for no reason and generally terrorises the world. So pls, do lower that spending.
@@Plainsburner good take however do you think in lessening the US military would lead countries like China from aggressing on their Neighbours
This is un-ironically really good.
it's a game.
@@TheGabrielPT And?
I was watching the thumbnail really confused not realizing it was about a game.
You can't even go socialist in this game, let alone communist. All we can do is a social democracy with some imagination
When I first watched this, it single-handedly made me a socialist
*HOLY* HE DID THE *MATH* !!!
30 minutes of Alzabo making America a better country.
That moment when the communist party literally fixes the American economy, lmao.
That moment when taxes actually fund services for everyone, which makes it affordable for everyone.
Just like public transportation, walking, biking, skateboard, hoverboard, anything other than a car can actually improve traffic and reduce oil consumption and carbon levels.
Who knew.
this is just game for a reasons like this
@@francisparkeryockey4891 it's pretty accurate, tho the comunist party of china not only fixed the economy, but eradicated relative poverty
That is how it works, Usually US comes in to sanction and destroy socialism, but this time. It can't.
You have a really great voice, it's very relaxing. I also love the puns.
I cant wait to escape car centric insanity. Bring on the trains.
Is there any actual downside to basically abolishing the military? Because it feels like an obvious flaw with the game that there isn't.
Indeed there is - defunding severely limits your technology and number of state employees, popularity as a strong leader etc among other things, once you defund it.
you get events which super-upset patriots if you do, such as neighboring countries testing missiles etc.
Well us has nukes soooo. You won't be able to bomb brown people. Thsts a downside if guess.
Communism and socialism puns are GODLIKE in this vid. Great stuff as always, especially given my own political leanings ;)
I hate you socialism
man makes america literal heaven
I am so happy to see that you actually understand what socialism is and you're not just some monarchists larper
Bruh he built a State Dictatorship with a Red Flag on, that has nothing to do with what Marx wanted!
@@aturchomicz821 you need to read something kid cause you are not understanding Marx🤣
@@aturchomicz821 Also, how is a dictatorship if people vote for him? Let me guess, taxes are part of a dictatorship huh? Lol
@@aturchomicz821 wrong. He built a mass party system in which the means of production are controlled by the members of the party (the voters). When looking at the statistics it's pretty obvious that this approach worked.
USAR : Union of Socialists American Republics. Damn this game seems really cool !
But when is socialism became an idology of people who don't work anymore ? haha
Then it is up to the automated robots to throw off the shackles of the unemployed! Post human solidarity haha
@@AlzaboHD Ahah ! the automated robot, the ultimate proletarian
@@Pierre_Grognart i think the end goal of communism was for robots to do hard labour so people arent forced too
@@silenthornet5502 This is why I think true Communism is completely unrealistic, as you would need AI to completely run the country, jobs, etc. But people obviously like to rule themselves instead lol
@@noodled6145 ai isn’t supposed to run the country just like hard labour and I kinda agree like sweat shops shouldn’t exist and btw I mean end goal like it’s expected to take a long time and lots of scientific advancement
I like that you put your party name as the Party for Socialism and Liberation, an actual American Communist party lol
I like how almost every single policy is objectively humane and improving society but somehow Al keeps using sarcasm and stereotypes such as pushing the term limit being a communist tradition and secularity promoting atheism
What you consider "objectively humane" looks an awful lot like "monstrously totalitarian" to others.
@@stephenjenkins7971 I dont think you know what ''totalitarian'' means.
@@Cyborg_Lenin If you say so. Idk how essentially removing term limits isn't growing totalitarianism, but go ahead.
@@stephenjenkins7971 Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual opposition to the State and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control and regulation over public and private life.
Removing term limits isn't that. Not even close. A totalitarian state can have a monthly term limit if it wants to. That's not why it's totalitarian.
@@stephenjenkins7971 I didn't say removing term limits was humane, I was only calling out that it was not "a communist tradition" in particular since we're seeing rather liberal, convservative or centrist state leaders do it, while there also are and were many communists respecting term limits in Nepal, Guyana, Uruguay, France etc. What I was refering to when speaking about humane policies were building railways, offering daycare, taxing the rich to invest in things that are useful to the people and so on. Most of what he's doing in the video, basically
I literally just bought the game before even finishing the video. I feel like sheep.
Beeh beeh, bruh
The only leap is that starting position...but maybe if 15% of people did join the PSL, there would be a shot.
"since we cut our quote 'defense' budget" i love it
What republicans think will happen when you implement a decent healthcare system
Hah, I WISH!
I know it was sponsored, but more! This was a great video and I enjoyed watching you control the nation. I personally suck at the game
2:16 the poverty thing is funny as 20% of americans are under the poverty line
Really enjoyed this vid, have a lot of expirence with democracy 4. Great fun!
This video is going into my list of favorites.