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It would be great if you provided a paypal link as have used on a regular basis and familiar with. Google pay I am not and am not aware of the good and bad of the two services when comparing ?
I'm surprised youtube's algorithm even allowed something so real, they've been censoring everything lately. Keep speaking truth for those in the back, the only way to change things is for everyone to band together and fight it.
A few years ago I asked a young female co worker if she knew what lobbying is. She did not. So I explained what lobbyists do. When i was finished she said, "that sounds like bribery'. Yeah.
There is a difference between lobbying and bribery. Lobbying is any group trying to influence politicians, for example NGOs do a lot of important lobbying
@@Friek555 fair but in both cases there's an exchange of money for favorable policy therefore making both instances, whether good or bad, a bribery of the government.
@@thewhatevermatt3498 As far as I'm concerned, in Europe at least, you don't get paid for implementing policies of or even meeting with lobbyists. They support party's and their representatives, by giving them donations, but they're much less dependent on those I think, in difference to politicians in the US. Sure, we got politicians that sometimes go into the industry they worked on laws with, but that's also often immediately criticized, but still a problem. In general, I would say it's less of a problem here, but still needs to be somewhat addressed.
I am Indian.... And I am very happy that there are people, although less, like you who cares about planet and talks extensively on these extremely important issues..
With all due respect that you and your fellow countrymen deserve: you need to change your mentality and culture and stop throwing so much garbage on the streets, it affects all of us because the greenhouse gases, i went to google earth and almost every single street look like a garbage dump, it also affects your reputation among visitors because of the negative hygiene., sincerely and with respect.
Good evenin, CAPITALISM IS THE WAY ECONOMY SHOULD WORK!! Now myself being raised as part native american and love mother earth i have always had a problem with destroying the planet- Thing is i think there were alternative sources to prosper as a species yet there were some idiots that out about while drilling for salt - Heres my thing who thought to use oil to enslave the entire planet, Id bet they are the same people that vote devilrat THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH!! I wonder how they decided they to build the internal combustion engine who built who fkd this up we are supposed to be a space farring species.
"and I'm scared" this right here is exactly the feeling. Behind all the anger, all the verbal attacks and criticisms towards this system is a legitimate fear that if we don't do something, we really aren't going to make it. It's a existential fear of knowing that we are itching towards our impending death and yet no one around seems to care...
it's really a weird time! i guess it's not personal enough yet, people are still satisfied and comfortable. I myself will demonstrate asap and not leaving the streets.. here in Germany a historical court order just passed, they declared our climate policy unconstitutional!
Unfortunately I fear once it’s personal enough for enough people to do something millions of people will be dying , the Amazon will have burned to a desert and our coasts will have flooded , people on a society wide spectrum need to realise we have to act regardless of whether it feels personal
this stuff makes me feel so depressed... even spreading information is difficult because no one listens or cares enough. i admire your ability to keep making these videos.
A lot of people do care, getting involved in things like advocating for worker cooperatives, community fridges, mutual aid (helping people access things like food clothes and housing and strengthening communities)strikes and holding business accountable makes direct positive change, as far as an alternative system I would recommend looking at NonCompetes video on anarchism and ReEducations video series on Anarcho communism :)
A lot of people do care, getting involved in things like advocating for worker cooperatives, community fridges, mutual aid (helping people access things like food clothes and housing and strengthening communities)strikes and holding business accountable makes direct positive change, as far as an alternative system I would recommend looking at NonCompetes video on anarchism and ReEducations video series on Anarcho communism :)
@@billolsen4360 Some things are easy to predict. If you step out onto a busy fast moving road without looking, you will get run over. If you light a fire next to a can of petrol, you will cause an explosion. If you build a house out of glass, it will get hot inside. there is a decent understanding of how the physical world works. Actions tend to have fairly predictable reactions. You don't need to have magical powers to see that a system of infinite growth on a finite planet is not going to go well in the long term.
@@billolsen4360 also the guy who made this is a tool. He preaches about overconsumption and how thats puts unnecesarry strain on the environment bla bla yet he makes youtube videos, which is probably the most wastefull and useless use of energy and resources. Which shows the actual issue. People like to blame other instead of themselves
I’ve always thought it was insane that a person or a small group of people can own a large chunk of natural resources and do with it whatever they please for their own personal gain.
@@awuuwa minimalism, play the outgoing side, not the incoming side The only thing you really have control over is what is in your pocket. In practice, look at what you want, then look at why you want it. Then look at how you are going to get that at near zero cost.
@@awuuwa most definitely not my friend!! One way is to STOP buying from monopolies!!! You know the brands/companies… everything they stock on their shelves comes from China. Buy local, be part of your society, educate others, VOTE, communicate with your selectman, and pursue meaningful hobbies.
In Capitalism, Government policy and businesses are highly dependent on "CONSUMER SPENDING." If people don't spend, companies will fail, and the capitalist structure will fall apart. Therefore, the capitalists and their government will do anything to boost the people's spending. Although they may spend a lot on marketing to persuade people to buy, businesses and the government do not have the power to force people to buy stuff. That day will come.
Which makes capitalism the dumbest idea ever. They need people to spend as much money as possible on their products? But they need to keep profits as high as possible by paying people the least amount possible. Meaning people now have less money to spend. Capitalism is an oroboros
Consumerism is cancerous. How can idiots still think any form of market capitalism could be sustainable on a planet with finite resources? I think defenders of capitalism either are just straight up ignorant to the unsustainable structure of a market system predicated on profit maximization and infinite growth on a planet with finite resources OR they are selfish and want to keep a selfish system in place and are trying to come up with morally justified reasons to keep it. Money may have served a purpose in the past, but now it is predictable enslavement via labor for income for survival. Money should become obsolete because what we need isn't money, we need resources and the efficient management of them. With today's technology that is more than possible to do to ensure everyone's basic needs are met. Localize production, network sharing of skills, resources and feedback and automate as much as possible - basic needs would become so abundant that money wouldn't be needed for those basic needs and forced labor roles wouldn't either. Common interest would be people help out because they know it is helping maintain a strong community and many people can be motivated by that, especially if they only have to put in a few hours of traditional 'work' to gain a high quality of life with plentiful free time to spend on other pursuits and with family or friends.
@@giancarlo3430 shhhhh that's a scary word to some people, you'll wake up the reactionaries, they'll scream some whataboutism then run to the richest man in in room who innately has antagonistic interest to them and their families rather then recognize real issues which plague our societies. Just as the famous quote goes *It's easier to fool someone then it is to convince them they're being fooled*.
@@ThatBasedGuy While Karl Marx is dead and gone his critique of capitalism was spot on although his solution missed a part of human nature that might prevent a social democracy and end in authortariianism instead.
I immigrated from Texas after 40 years and went back to the central European homelands of my ancestors. I have full and inexpensive healthcare, and I am never going back. I have also walked everywhere for the last nine months, as my city is very walkable. For those inclined and able, give something similar a try. I doubt you will regret it.
That is great for those who have a choice and are willing. However, even some people who live in a rich country have few real choices or no good choices.
There are far more of us than them. They have no legitimate claim to power as subjects like this expose all too well. We also can't wait for them to feel it to act. We need to act now and removing them from their perches would be a great place to start.
Yes, there will come a day. A mass movement for the right reasons and with the right message. Protest the cancer that is killing the planet. It isn't one particular person or corporation, even though 100 corporations are responsible for most of the pollution and environmental damage, the focus of the mass movement must be and end to the system of market capitalism itself. Transition away from it, cut it out and we have a chance to survive and even thrive.
@@Void7.4.14 Climate-Change and/or Capitalism and/or Capitalism vs Climate was covered by Hbomberguy, UpisNotJump, Some More News, Second Thought, Simon Clark. The video 'Covid vs Capitalism' by Some More News is very interesting.
Do you mean the wealthy elites and politicians who make millions, if not billions, on climate change fear mongering, yet fly jets everywhere and buy beachfront property? If so, I agree.
I deeply respect your passion for these projects. It brings a lot into perspective things that I am aware of individually, but are so beautifully strung together here to show everything pulling on everything else.
Yes, well made videos. Very important topic here too! Capitalism is the root cause of our major problems on Earth. Our system is the sickness and we need to understand that and then act to change it if we have any hope for a sustainable, healthy future.
@@humanbean7884 For now, you're okay. When your lies and real motivations are exposed, your entire protfolio of silly ideas and your pompous nobility will be called into question.
@@RJL612 You have no idea. Facism is a right wing movement, for the defence of Capitalism. If you are going to use words at least know what political orientation they are.
@@ppazpppaz8618 Nazis were Socialists, Mussolini was a Socialist, every communist leader was a dictator. It's all left wing politics. Get triggered some more.
@@RJL612 man, guess thou has no idea of the meaning of the very first line of one of the most famous poetic works involving the nazis, "First they came..." "First they came for the socialists."
Man your videos are so important. There's just nobody out there making topic specific videos that highlight the conversations we need to be having. Great work Charlie!
The Video is wrong, its not the truth. Capitalism is supply and demand. If there is demand for a good climate, then there will be supply. Capitalism is the solution.
That was food for thought. I'm ready. The path forward: it seems to me we need to form community mutual aid groups and displace as many as possible of the corporate-centered structures as possible. We need to consciously move forward with the planet and community as the center in all our decision-making.
Great ideas. Yes, I think that's a big part of the way forward. Community mutual aid based around meeting core basic needs. Local food/water, clothing and repair, housing (but more communal, efficient, sustainable), medical and educational support.
Corporations and the "free market" were given a chance a couple decades back to face the climate challenge, and they failed. People need to understand that the possibility of "gradual change" is long gone, is is physically impossible at this point, the only alternative left is radical and rapid change, however unstable it is which you can thank large corporations for ensuring.
@@mansory7996 Actually it did. It rid the world of one of the most blood thirsty royal families in history, the Russian Czar. Rid Russia of illiteracy, gave women the vote, removed homelessness, poverty and crime plummeted, and the list goes on. In China it did a similar thing, rid China of the warlords and improved the living standards of the population. If both or either remained capitalist there would be on par with modern day India. Since returning to capitalism Russian living standards have plummeted and in China the wealth has been moved into the hands of billionaires at the expense of the population.
@@ppazpppaz8618 1Industrialization is not communism 2 let’s forget the massive famines and state sanctioned murders of millions 3 Russia yes it’s worse off but the other soviet countries are way way better 4 China was saved by capitalism lol, they beat the famine when they abolished collectivization
On the demand side: Cut clothes dryer usage drastically by using clothesline’s. Remove downward-bound escalators, and turn off water heaters in public washrooms. Process eggs like Europe does, so they do not require refrigeration, and switch to UHT-pasteurized milks, so no refrigeration needed until you open the carton. There is much more on the energy conservation side; these are just a few items.
Thank you for making this. It’s hard for people to understand why this is serious. It always helps having so much information delivered so cleanly through an easy to watch video!
Yes it is. I also love that Capitalism is called out for what it really is. Many people don't dare criticising capitalism almost as if it were blasphemy.
@Oritra Kar That's kinda the point. They'll starve because (billion dollar) corporations hoard as much wealth as possible, and are involuntary in nature, in the name of making profits
Thank you so much for making these kinds of videos. I only recently found your channel and have been binge watching your videos since. I was only listening to this video while doing chore but had to stop what I was doing when you mentioned Puerto Rico. It was unexpected, and as a Puertorrican whose grown up in the island and has lived through these events, it was encouraging and heartwarming to see channels like yours bring attention to these issues. I wish you the best in what youre doing (Youre doing amazing already, so keep it up!) and I hope I can make videos half as nice as these bringing attention to these topics.
@@OurChangingClimate 100% this sums up so much of your work (and my thoughts!) its incredible thank you so much friend, solidarity from antigua in the caribbean! 🌱
Capitalism can work in a good system that deliberately rewards sustainability, unfortunately Neo-Liberalism (the current dominant ideology) only seems to perpetuate short-term profitability. Capitalism itself is just a name we place on the greed of humanity, it isn't an evil by itself, but we can create smarter and fairer markets by incentivising people to actually benefit the planet long-term.
I agree, I don’t think the current system we have right now is perfect or even that good but we can reform or reinvent capitalism that doesn’t just care about short term benefits.
@@EutonTheMage That's the thing. It's just like a bully at school, taking everyone's lunch money. Then the school wonders why nobody can pay for it. While one guy has pockets stuffed full of money. "B-b-but... I worked hard to steal this!" "Everyone is conspiring against me!"
Thank you for this video, I haven't seen many sustainability channels address capitalism as the primary issue, they way too often focus on individual actions. You're my new favorite sustainability focused channel now :D
@@yuliyaivanova4448 The last time I heard that word over 50 Million died under the USSR and another 80 Million under Mao. Why would it be different this time?
@@yuliyaivanova4448 How is people dying of starvation part of capitalism? Most of the people in these states live in a totalitarian state controlled by dictators. There are many factors unrelated to capitalism that cause this. So it isn't a fair comparison at all. Are 9 million Americans dying every year of starvation? Either way, I admit social assistance is important but it is important to kept in an equilibrium with the capitalist system. Capitalism doesn't require war. We have many capitalist countries in Europe that don't go to war and the capitalist system works fine. Japan is another example. No wars but a capitalist system that works.
It's quite depressing. Really. Because we're surrounded 24x7 by consumer products, the ONLY way to combat it is to move to a small island. Moving next year.
It is so important that you talk about the actual reason behind the climate change. And you plan you videos so elegantly with background, the problem and an option for solving the problem. Makes me less depressed 👍🏻 Great work!!!
What's interesting is I'm reading a lot of comments and I don't see any rejection to the premise: Capitalism is killing us. I think that's because there IS not logical argument against it. Capitalism, by structure, is unsustainable, it cannot work for everybody, or even most people and people who defend capitalism probably know that. They are just defending a system that allows for selfishness and they probably want that to continue. They can't find logic and reason to back them up, unfortunately. That's one of the good things about a video like this. Factual, informative and anybody would be open to disagree, but there really isn't any argument against the facts, except from a point of ignorance or selfishness. I think we are ready for a new revolution of the people who realize that a sustainable future is one that "self-interest is for the past and common interest is for the future" as Sir David Attenborough put it.
@@salvadordavinci7 the current system is what got us into this situation. We can't expect the system that has created so many of today's crises to solve the problems it created. This is utopian thinking.
@@salvadordavinci7 Yes anti. Capitalism doesn't have a monopole on the idea of markets. We know that certain markets with a certain amount of freedoms are important to allow faster development of technology and individual interests. But we also know that the market as totalitarian as we have now and as capitalism wants is bad. And you can't regulate and have capitalism at the same time, it is an absolute system like fascism. You can not have a fascist democracy and you can not have regulated capitalism. Capitalism will always try to get regulations out of its way, so it can continue to grow. And so corrupt any system that wants to keep it in check. Capitalism is cancer and there is no healthy cancer.
wdym you can’t regulate? of course you can and if it isn’t happening fault the government and raise concerns till they implenent it in india the government removed certain regulations that prevented large crop management/processing/distribution companies from exploiting small farmers so millions are now protesting
Sad truth: no matter how much I change my lifestyle and living patterns to become as eco friendly as possible, even if I stop all consumption and plant a garden and live with next to no waste, I make next to no difference. Now I am not arguing NOT to make these changes. We all should, if only because living within the bounds that nature offers us is both wise and neccessary for long term survival. But unless the 100 largest global corporations act, or are FORCED to act, all the effort of millions of people will be in vain.
I’m kind of blown away by this colab, even knowing you guys were pretty far left just by the nature of this content. Having grown up in a deeply conservative area, I am still getting used to people being willing to speak up against capitalism and propose a new way forward.
I was born in PR and I grew up thinking moving to USA would be a utopia. Many Boricuas grow up on Direct Tv see the cable news and programs (propaganda) now that I live in USA I see that the very system that is being sold as the greatest os the father of all our misfortunes. I was happy to see you covered PRs financial Coup (PROMESA). I hope to live long enough to see a post capitalist world.
Environmentalism MUST be anti-capitalist. Unfortunately, this isn't spoken about as much as it should be, so it's great to see this video spreading that message. Excellent work, what a fantastic video!
Look like many people are coming from Second thought. I on the other hand found Second thought from this video. Amazing channels. Hoping algorithm boosts this one 🧡
@@yorkshiremgtow1773 Glad you asked. Indeed a socialist economy under an authoritarian leadership could lead to climate change or any other catastrophic end you can imagine. Capitalism, with its inherent economic classism, has moral implications that are disagreeable to many people. The trend toward a socialist economy accompanied by accessible education and civic engagement can result in a system that improves the condition for human flourishing for most people.
@@tccragun Why would Socialism under an authoritarian leadership, lead to climate change, but Socialism which isn't under authoritarianism, not lead to it?
For the past 40+ years a capitalist economic system here in these United States, has operated with little to no regulation. Among other things, this is lead to our system of government being controlled by wealthy (capitalist) interests. Not sure what it is about wealth but it seems that people with it, cannot get enough of it. The capitalist economy is based on competition. A socialist economy, on the other hand, is based in cooperation. Socialism under a democratic government, with an educated and engaged citizenry, is incentivized toward building a future that improves the conditions for human flourishing for most people. And thereby dis-incentivized toward environmental degradation.
@@tccragun So presumably, there will be only one State monopoly under Socialism? And please can you prove that there has been 'little to no regulation' in the USA for the past 40 years.
8:07 from a Chilean fan, tysm for speaking about this. Not many people here understand that what happened in 73’ was not planned from one day to the other, it was so much bigger. We had almost 17 years of dictatorship, thousands died and/or disappeared. Thank you for bringing awareness to the issues of capitalism ❤️
Funny how we don't see great segments like this on the Mainstream Channels and News programs. Oh yeah, that's because they are funded by big corporations who don't want to let the cat out of the bag about the problem being capitalism! Talk about the MSM not being very valuable. They don't even tell most people the MOST IMPORTANT thing they really need to know: The big economic system we live in, we were born into, that system is garbage and it is unsustainable and that's why climate change is a problem, not some 'big evil corporations over here'. Nope, the entire system must end and something better and actually sustainable must replace it. That's more important daily news instead of wars. Because, newsflash: Wars are profitable under capitalism. Want to stop wars? Create an economic system that would not incentivize or allow anyone to profit off of war and it would end real quick.
Support workers’ movements abroad! The Global South stands to lose the most from this crisis. If you live in the imperial core, do not let their suffering uphold your comfort- even if that means sacrificing your own.
I came here after Second Thoughts video, can’t believe I’ve never come across this channel before. I’ll be binge watching your content for the weekend lol
Economics has become the science of capitalism. However there are people like prof richard wolff who, in the field of economics, study systems besides capitalism to find more specific solutions.
@@Atoll-ok1zm Yea I also wouldn't say that the entire field is a sham. It is a science like any other- with the difference that it studies human-made-systems. While I see no sense in studying the stock market- I can see that work about supply and demand in the food production can be quite valuable for humankind. Also, I like the Modern Monetarian Theory- but that is just personal taste.
Bp's campaign of 'self responsibility' was incredibility successful.. I still argue with people regularly about this exact thing.. The hardest part is convincing people that they have been duped by these companies.. It is impossible for many people.. Even showing proof is not enough.. Many people just can't be wrong in their minds.
This video encapsulates just why it is so important that people support unions and climate protestors - both are seen as an 'inconvenience', in the everyday person's life, but short-termism is what governments in the hands of corporations, and fossil fuel energy companies want. Divide and rule is as old as the hills and still used, because it works. We have to get past short-term frustrations and work towards a more equitable and sustainable future for all.
I love your videos. I’m on my senior year and majoring in urban ecology and your videos have helped me in my classes. The quality of your videos are amazing. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
I don't think capitalism is the problem. I think it's the lack of regulation that is the problem. Lack of regulation means businesses can get away with harming the environment. Socialism does sound nice in the sense that there will be more regulation and equitable pay but I think the same can be done in the capitalist system by imposing tighter regulations that ensure sustainable environmental practices, encouraging unionization so that workers have more power over their work environment, and mandating wage increases along with inflation. Capitalism is run by self-interest, you own your labour, property, and any rights of yours. If we can shield the environment, wages, and working conditions from self-interest, I think that will be good.
If you have to restrict capitalism this much for it to not destroy everything, we might as well dismantle it for something else, dont you think? Reforms can only do so much anyway.
I wish more wouldn't, seems more like delusional and stubborn humanities nerds who legit think socialism is possible trying to corrupt enviromentalism and anti climate change ideas, in the end everything they will accomplish is to get people to see enviromentalism with more and more distrust, which is bad
People are starting to question their capitalist indoctrination and propaganda. These criminals have spread lies and slander to dissuade workers from wanting a rational alternative which helps to keep them in power.
. I grew up in Richmond in Surrey and my playground was Richmond Park. I wrote about this in Firstgreensteps because there has been a serious decline in British wildlife.
As a young person, it’s really hard to live with the fact that if we don’t radically change the way our societies function we will have a future full of hardships... I am afraid that by the time I acquire the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful change, it will be too late. But it is reassuring to see that there are people out there who care and appeal for a revolution. Thank you for your work and thank you for making these topics accessible and digestible.
There's no truth in this propaganda, don't believe it. You probably don't realize that mankind has never been able to predict the future with any accuracy.
@@billolsen4360 Propaganda for who and for what? What evil actors benefit from this ''propaganda''? Who will gain more power or more money if I believe in this "propaganda"? This is about fighting greed, not endorsing it. It seems you yourself have fallen for the propaganda of capitalists that want you to believe all of this is "fake news", so you will continue supporting the status quo. Let me tell you, they have everything to win if you believe in their propaganda, and if you aren't a part of the 1%, you and your children have everything to lose in the next years, because the environment is being destroyed and exploited so severely that it won't be able to sustain us anymore in the near future.
By you speaking out, you engaging in conversation in anyway that you can - you are increasing the chances of meaningful change happening in time. You already have a significant amount of knowledge that you've recognized the flaw in the current system and how it is incompatible with a sustainable and healthy future so it must change. That is knowledge that nobody can take away from you and you can seek out more knowledge and truth, like solutions to the problem, alternative systems that could work like a Natural Law Resource Based Economy. And if the chance ever came up to build a movement of young people, I've often thought that it could be THE motivating force that gets society going in the right place. Imagine an entire student body of a high school or several high schools decide to skip class and stay out of school until the root problem of society is addressed. THAT would be so powerful. That would show a REAL education has taken place. Young people of the world refusing to follow in the machine until the toxic machine is taken down and replaced with something that works. Most activism ultimately fails because it really isn't getting at the root of the problem. The many youth-powered climate change movements and protests seem to stop short of the ROOT issue which is the monetary-market capitalist system. For a sustainable future we cannot want or wish for profit or money to be a controlling force. We should want abundance of basic needs, locally, because it is technically possible and becomes so efficient that free basic needs is the most logical thing to do for public health and sustainability. Wish you all the luck in the world, I'm going to do what I can, you do what you can and we'll hopefully see down the road we were part of the movement that saved the human species from dystopia.
Wait second! This is socialist talk. We don’t like to associate ourselves with socialism because we’ve been taught that socialism is bad for generations. Without worker’s exploitation how am I supposed to make my billions? Answer that? I mean… employees can live decent lives off tips? No? Well, can’t they get by by working two jobs? People are so lazy, I’ve been trying to find somebody to work for me at my understaffed, underpaid company to attend to responsibilities that should be shared by four different individuals for $14,99 per hour but nobody wants it. If we introduce socialism to our communities these people will steal all my billions and I can’t have that. So please stop trying to fill the minds off people with your silly ideas. It’s all nonsense. Kids, turn off this video, there’s nothing to see here. Send me a message if you’re interested about the job position I mentioned… no benefits included of course.
We’ve faced a similar problem in the past. We managed to ban CFCs and buy time for the ozone layer. We’ve placed strict limits on air pollutants under the clean air act, forcing coal burning plants and automobiles to use filter tech. Adding CO2 to the list while it will be a major industry game changer wouldn’t force us to give up capitalism. Capitalism would just adapt to a world in which CO2 emissions are strictly controlled and priced.
Thank you for making this. It's been a long time since I've heard anything about the climate crisis and felt hope, because you're right, there is a way forward
All this death and destruction for a piece of paper that has no inherent value and must be given its worth. I fear that by the time people realize how ridiculous that concept is our children and grandchildren will be breathing their last breath.
Please keep coming this kind of content of yours guys. They are of so much value to all of us. Great to see that you guys even team up. Thank you so much for your videos.
@@cuppajoe2 Good luck changing anything trough the ballot box. Revolution is the only way, no matter how much you don't like it. This however doesn't mean we don't have other things to do like mutual aid etc.
@@beyond_modernity8554 you are asking the people a well developed, economically wealthy country to revolt... for what reason? You probably live a cushy life with food and a roof over your head. What do you need to revolt for?
The moment I saw word "capitalism" in my feed I thought it was Second Thought's video and then I realised it's OCC actually. And THEN you announced the collab 😂
So hard to keep one’s hope alive. So grateful I don’t have grandchildren. Never thought I’d say that, but my kids have felt that way all their adult lives. Commenting for the algorithm.
I fear the unfortunate reality of these videos is that they can’t convince anyone not already on board with most of what is said… Does anyone have any good resources to convince someone who is already socially progressive and supports regulations and such, but still simps for capitalism and blamed consumers?
The TH-cam channel Hakim has some great well-researched videos that managed to convince me. I could recommend ''Capitalism Really Sucks, But Why?'' and ''Socialism Is Better Than Capitalism...Right?'' as well as ''How Rich Countries Rob The Poor; The Failure of Social Democracy''. I have a playlist on my channel where you should find some good stuff from him and other creators if you are interested.
@Bill Olsen Inspector, please! Minimalism is a teeny, tiny drop in the bucket of things we can do for our planet, but it's a good drop! 85% of textiles end up in landfills every year. My tiny footprint won't make a dent in that 85%, but it's something more than unconsciously overconsuming. Good habits slowly spread to others, and I hope that more people choose to vote with their dollar and/or are more conscious than they were yesterday
This is the first video I've ever seen from this channel, and I immediately subscribed. Been subbed to Second Thought for a long time. These videos are the coffee house pamphlets of the digital age. If the Revolution is successful, if we are able to shift to Socialism and avoid our impending extinction, history is going to look back on these videos, and recognize their immense importance. Good job. Thank you.
The problem with public discourse today is this: those who correctly identify the problems that capitalism brings are instantly accused of being communist/socialist/Marxist etc. it is in no way an espousal of other failed ideologies to describe the problems brought on by the equally failed ideology called capitalism. Thank you for this video.
Can we just give up, I know we all want to save the world, but either way aren’t willing give up our commodities or cannot take on the bullies in big corporations or government. My solution is simple, how about if everyone took a week off without working or buying or consuming, that is bound to leave an impression, they need us not the other way.
You are absolutely right. The only thing they understand is money. Stop the flow and it won’t take long before they notice. Whether their programmed insanity will listen is another question.
@@pekoe9059 as if capitalism is to blame. Society itself is to blame. Society means consumption and consumption cannot sustain itself with finite resources. Its as simple as that, and its the same with socialism and capitalism.
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Sir please change the topic where 70% is regarding climate change and 30%other stuff it can really change
Thanks for all you do. Salute 🫡
It would be great if you provided a paypal link as have used on a regular basis and familiar with. Google pay I am not and am not aware of the good and bad of the two services when comparing ?
I'm surprised youtube's algorithm even allowed something so real, they've been censoring everything lately. Keep speaking truth for those in the back, the only way to change things is for everyone to band together and fight it.
Can we stop using and normalizing the word "lobbying" and call it what it is? They are BRIBING
Yeah, in most countries we call it corruption and it's illegal (despite it being ignored most of the time lol but at least we consider it a crime)
A few years ago I asked a young female co worker if she knew what lobbying is. She did not. So I explained what lobbyists do. When i was finished she said, "that sounds like bribery'. Yeah.
There is a difference between lobbying and bribery. Lobbying is any group trying to influence politicians, for example NGOs do a lot of important lobbying
@@Friek555 fair but in both cases there's an exchange of money for favorable policy therefore making both instances, whether good or bad, a bribery of the government.
@@thewhatevermatt3498 As far as I'm concerned, in Europe at least, you don't get paid for implementing policies of or even meeting with lobbyists. They support party's and their representatives, by giving them donations, but they're much less dependent on those I think, in difference to politicians in the US.
Sure, we got politicians that sometimes go into the industry they worked on laws with, but that's also often immediately criticized, but still a problem.
In general, I would say it's less of a problem here, but still needs to be somewhat addressed.
“Net zero isn’t zero.”
This needs to be understood by everyone.
Yes❤️
Net zero means no more rises in temperature....
@@TheChannelofOrange yeah, that's what it should mean.
Marketing and spinning!
@@sifrk 100%
I am Indian.... And I am very happy that there are people, although less, like you who cares about planet and talks extensively on these extremely important issues..
You being indian makes sense because you don’t know why capitalism is so much better than the other options
Prajj mucha gente se está dando cuenta de que si destruimos la naturaleza estamos perdidos , cada vez más gente quiere vivir en el campo 💕💕🌳🌳🌳💕💕
With all due respect that you and your fellow countrymen deserve: you need to change your mentality and culture and stop throwing so much garbage on the streets, it affects all of us because the greenhouse gases, i went to google earth and almost every single street look like a garbage dump, it also affects your reputation among visitors because of the negative hygiene., sincerely and with respect.
Good evenin, CAPITALISM IS THE WAY ECONOMY SHOULD WORK!! Now myself being raised as part native american and love mother earth i have always had a problem with destroying the planet- Thing is i think there were alternative sources to prosper as a species yet there were some idiots that out about while drilling for salt - Heres my thing who thought to use oil to enslave the entire planet, Id bet they are the same people that vote devilrat THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH!! I wonder how they decided they to build the internal combustion engine who built who fkd this up we are supposed to be a space farring species.
The ones who actually have power don't care.
"and I'm scared" this right here is exactly the feeling. Behind all the anger, all the verbal attacks and criticisms towards this system is a legitimate fear that if we don't do something, we really aren't going to make it. It's a existential fear of knowing that we are itching towards our impending death and yet no one around seems to care...
it's really a weird time! i guess it's not personal enough yet, people are still satisfied and comfortable. I myself will demonstrate asap and not leaving the streets.. here in Germany a historical court order just passed, they declared our climate policy unconstitutional!
true but vague ... do something .. is not useful advice...
@@magiclee9482
true most are comfy and pacified
Unfortunately I fear once it’s personal enough for enough people to do something millions of people will be dying , the Amazon will have burned to a desert and our coasts will have flooded , people on a society wide spectrum need to realise we have to act regardless of whether it feels personal
"Itching towards our impending death?" Why write something so nonsensical?
this stuff makes me feel so depressed... even spreading information is difficult because no one listens or cares enough. i admire your ability to keep making these videos.
A lot of people do care, getting involved in things like advocating for worker cooperatives, community fridges, mutual aid (helping people access things like food clothes and housing and strengthening communities)strikes and holding business accountable makes direct positive change, as far as an alternative system I would recommend looking at NonCompetes video on anarchism and ReEducations video series on Anarcho communism :)
A lot of people do care, getting involved in things like advocating for worker cooperatives, community fridges, mutual aid (helping people access things like food clothes and housing and strengthening communities)strikes and holding business accountable makes direct positive change, as far as an alternative system I would recommend looking at NonCompetes video on anarchism and ReEducations video series on Anarcho communism :)
it's false information anyhow. as if mankind has ever been able to predict the future.
@@billolsen4360 Some things are easy to predict. If you step out onto a busy fast moving road without looking, you will get run over. If you light a fire next to a can of petrol, you will cause an explosion. If you build a house out of glass, it will get hot inside.
there is a decent understanding of how the physical world works. Actions tend to have fairly predictable reactions.
You don't need to have magical powers to see that a system of infinite growth on a finite planet is not going to go well in the long term.
@@billolsen4360 also the guy who made this is a tool. He preaches about overconsumption and how thats puts unnecesarry strain on the environment bla bla yet he makes youtube videos, which is probably the most wastefull and useless use of energy and resources. Which shows the actual issue. People like to blame other instead of themselves
I’ve always thought it was insane that a person or a small group of people can own a large chunk of natural resources and do with it whatever they please for their own personal gain.
What do you think about anarchism? I think it could be the solution, no leaders, no authority no wars no manipulation. Everyone is equal!
It is insane.
Control of capital is where the corrupt ruling class derives it's un-democratic political power.
Had a great time working on this topic with you! Thanks for the opportunity :)
Leftist perspective will always be against capitalism. what a surprise
@@imicca well if capitalism is failing at dealing with the climate crisis and other crisees, then what else would you turn to?
Thank you for giving me another really good channel to watch. This one should have been recommended to me by TH-cam but of of course it wasn't.
@@ErnestasMage regulation :) not abolishing any system or any radical revolution.
Evolution is better than revolution
@@imicca we don't have enough time.. that is the thing.
Billionaires are basically hackers
-exploiting the game
-not caring who's playing
-ruining the game play
We should stop supporting these people
don't play a game someone else has already won
@@awuuwa minimalism, play the outgoing side, not the incoming side
The only thing you really have control over is what is in your pocket.
In practice, look at what you want, then look at why you want it. Then look at how you are going to get that at near zero cost.
tell me how bill gates ruined our lives
@@awuuwa most definitely not my friend!! One way is to STOP buying from monopolies!!! You know the brands/companies… everything they stock on their shelves comes from China. Buy local, be part of your society, educate others, VOTE, communicate with your selectman, and pursue meaningful hobbies.
In Capitalism, Government policy and businesses are highly dependent on "CONSUMER SPENDING." If people don't spend, companies will fail, and the capitalist structure will fall apart. Therefore, the capitalists and their government will do anything to boost the people's spending. Although they may spend a lot on marketing to persuade people to buy, businesses and the government do not have the power to force people to buy stuff. That day will come.
Hopefully
Which makes capitalism the dumbest idea ever. They need people to spend as much money as possible on their products? But they need to keep profits as high as possible by paying people the least amount possible. Meaning people now have less money to spend.
Capitalism is an oroboros
Consumerism is cancerous. How can idiots still think any form of market capitalism could be sustainable on a planet with finite resources? I think defenders of capitalism either are just straight up ignorant to the unsustainable structure of a market system predicated on profit maximization and infinite growth on a planet with finite resources OR they are selfish and want to keep a selfish system in place and are trying to come up with morally justified reasons to keep it.
Money may have served a purpose in the past, but now it is predictable enslavement via labor for income for survival.
Money should become obsolete because what we need isn't money, we need resources and the efficient management of them. With today's technology that is more than possible to do to ensure everyone's basic needs are met. Localize production, network sharing of skills, resources and feedback and automate as much as possible - basic needs would become so abundant that money wouldn't be needed for those basic needs and forced labor roles wouldn't either. Common interest would be people help out because they know it is helping maintain a strong community and many people can be motivated by that, especially if they only have to put in a few hours of traditional 'work' to gain a high quality of life with plentiful free time to spend on other pursuits and with family or friends.
Thanks, Raddy101, for expressing your opinion. Thanks again.
@@BBBarua Anytime.
When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money
But u can eat people
There is a song by Aurora
That talks about that
You apparently don't live in the real world. Observe and you'll find out your silly conclusions are wrong.
No cap
Tragedy of the commons lelz
as sir david attenborough put it: "self interest is for the past, common interest is for the future."
*Karl Marx has entered the chat*
@@ThatBasedGuy communism
@@giancarlo3430 shhhhh that's a scary word to some people, you'll wake up the reactionaries, they'll scream some whataboutism then run to the richest man in in room who innately has antagonistic interest to them and their families rather then recognize real issues which plague our societies. Just as the famous quote goes *It's easier to fool someone then it is to convince them they're being fooled*.
I'll have more confidence in that if young people who are not Ivy League educated take the levers of power in time.
@@ThatBasedGuy While Karl Marx is dead and gone his critique of capitalism was spot on although his solution missed a part of human nature that might prevent a social democracy and end in authortariianism instead.
I immigrated from Texas after 40 years and went back to the central European homelands of my ancestors. I have full and inexpensive healthcare, and I am never going back. I have also walked everywhere for the last nine months, as my city is very walkable. For those inclined and able, give something similar a try. I doubt you will regret it.
That is great for those who have a choice and are willing. However, even some people who live in a rich country have few real choices or no good choices.
Where did you move to?
Enjoy it while you have it. Capitalist forces are working 24/7 to take all that away.
Until those in power feel the consequences on a personal level, nothing will change!
There are far more of us than them. They have no legitimate claim to power as subjects like this expose all too well. We also can't wait for them to feel it to act. We need to act now and removing them from their perches would be a great place to start.
Yes, there will come a day. A mass movement for the right reasons and with the right message. Protest the cancer that is killing the planet. It isn't one particular person or corporation, even though 100 corporations are responsible for most of the pollution and environmental damage, the focus of the mass movement must be and end to the system of market capitalism itself. Transition away from it, cut it out and we have a chance to survive and even thrive.
@@Void7.4.14 Climate-Change and/or Capitalism and/or Capitalism vs Climate
was covered by Hbomberguy, UpisNotJump, Some More News,
Second Thought, Simon Clark.
The video 'Covid vs Capitalism' by Some More News is very interesting.
Do you mean the wealthy elites and politicians who make millions, if not billions, on climate change fear mongering, yet fly jets everywhere and buy beachfront property? If so, I agree.
@@FluffyBunny9002 Its not fearmongering to call a Dangerous Danger dangerous.
I hope the algorithm favors this one.
Anti capitalism. Ads come from capitalism this won't even come close to being "favored"
@@KanoodleTV Well, at least I got an and. From a phone company whose customer I already am.
Doesn't commenting boost engagement, therefore leading to better performance in the algorithm?
All hail the mighty algorithm!
@@gossebootsma2798 Yeah, that's why I commented in the first place ^~^
I deeply respect your passion for these projects. It brings a lot into perspective things that I am aware of individually, but are so beautifully strung together here to show everything pulling on everything else.
Yes, well made videos. Very important topic here too! Capitalism is the root cause of our major problems on Earth. Our system is the sickness and we need to understand that and then act to change it if we have any hope for a sustainable, healthy future.
I’m shocked the Heritage Foundation hasn’t ordered a hit on this channel. I admire you brother.
@@humanbean7884 For now, you're okay. When your lies and real motivations are exposed, your entire protfolio of silly ideas and your pompous nobility will be called into question.
@@humanbean7884 They aren't left wing fascists though.
@@RJL612
You have no idea.
Facism is a right wing movement, for the defence of Capitalism.
If you are going to use words at least know what political orientation they are.
@@ppazpppaz8618 Nazis were Socialists, Mussolini was a Socialist, every communist leader was a dictator. It's all left wing politics. Get triggered some more.
@@RJL612 man, guess thou has no idea of the meaning of the very first line of one of the most famous poetic works involving the nazis, "First they came..."
"First they came for the socialists."
Man your videos are so important. There's just nobody out there making topic specific videos that highlight the conversations we need to be having. Great work Charlie!
Yess
agreed
No
The Video is wrong, its not the truth.
Capitalism is supply and demand. If there is demand for a good climate, then there will be supply. Capitalism is the solution.
@@Mr.Dodo- Capitalism leads to so much unnecessary production and waste..
That was food for thought. I'm ready. The path forward: it seems to me we need to form community mutual aid groups and displace as many as possible of the corporate-centered structures as possible. We need to consciously move forward with the planet and community as the center in all our decision-making.
Great ideas. Yes, I think that's a big part of the way forward. Community mutual aid based around meeting core basic needs. Local food/water, clothing and repair, housing (but more communal, efficient, sustainable), medical and educational support.
You might be able to do that if capitalist forces respected freedom. But they don't. They will smash any structure that facilitates our independence.
Corporations and the "free market" were given a chance a couple decades back to face the climate challenge, and they failed. People need to understand that the possibility of "gradual change" is long gone, is is physically impossible at this point, the only alternative left is radical and rapid change, however unstable it is which you can thank large corporations for ensuring.
It worked so well in 1917, and not like China is the biggest polluter
@@mansory7996
Actually it did. It rid the world of one of the most blood thirsty royal families in history, the Russian Czar.
Rid Russia of illiteracy, gave women the vote, removed homelessness, poverty and crime plummeted, and the list goes on.
In China it did a similar thing, rid China of the warlords and improved the living standards of the population.
If both or either remained capitalist there would be on par with modern day India.
Since returning to capitalism Russian living standards have plummeted and in China the wealth has been moved into the hands of billionaires at the expense of the population.
@@ppazpppaz8618
1Industrialization is not communism
2 let’s forget the massive famines and state sanctioned murders of millions
3 Russia yes it’s worse off but the other soviet countries are way way better
4 China was saved by capitalism lol, they beat the famine when they abolished collectivization
@@mansory7996
Do you own a business?
@@ppazpppaz8618 No why ?
Came here from Second Thought, gonna stay here for the content
Me too
Me too
On the demand side: Cut clothes dryer usage drastically by using clothesline’s. Remove downward-bound escalators, and turn off water heaters in public washrooms. Process eggs like Europe does, so they do not require refrigeration, and switch to UHT-pasteurized milks, so no refrigeration needed until you open the carton. There is much more on the energy conservation side; these are just a few items.
Thank you for making this. It’s hard for people to understand why this is serious. It always helps having so much information delivered so cleanly through an easy to watch video!
Hiiiiiii I love your content!!!
Yes it is. I also love that Capitalism is called out for what it really is. Many people don't dare criticising capitalism almost as if it were blasphemy.
"Profits is the deadliest of all addictions"
It's just money
As if we'd ever want money to buy groceries for our families.
@Oritra Kar Poor starving billion dollar corporations
@Oritra Kar That's kinda the point. They'll starve because (billion dollar) corporations hoard as much wealth as possible, and are involuntary in nature, in the name of making profits
@@Noahthelasercop If people are hoarding money how come new millionaire and billionaires emerge every year? New wealth is created constantly.
Thank you so much for making these kinds of videos. I only recently found your channel and have been binge watching your videos since. I was only listening to this video while doing chore but had to stop what I was doing when you mentioned Puerto Rico. It was unexpected, and as a Puertorrican whose grown up in the island and has lived through these events, it was encouraging and heartwarming to see channels like yours bring attention to these issues. I wish you the best in what youre doing (Youre doing amazing already, so keep it up!) and I hope I can make videos half as nice as these bringing attention to these topics.
Best video yet.
Glad you liked it!
@@OurChangingClimate 100% this sums up so much of your work (and my thoughts!) its incredible thank you so much friend, solidarity from antigua in the caribbean! 🌱
@@OurChangingClimate th-cam.com/video/PZ3gW2p4nUM/w-d-xo.html
@@OurChangingClimate th-cam.com/video/b8JZo6PzpCU/w-d-xo.html
Great video, as always 🌏💛
Thanks Noora!
Capitalism can work in a good system that deliberately rewards sustainability, unfortunately Neo-Liberalism (the current dominant ideology) only seems to perpetuate short-term profitability. Capitalism itself is just a name we place on the greed of humanity, it isn't an evil by itself, but we can create smarter and fairer markets by incentivising people to actually benefit the planet long-term.
I agree, I don’t think the current system we have right now is perfect or even that good but we can reform or reinvent capitalism that doesn’t just care about short term benefits.
@@EutonTheMage That's the thing.
It's just like a bully at school, taking everyone's lunch money.
Then the school wonders why nobody can pay for it. While one guy has pockets stuffed full of money.
"B-b-but... I worked hard to steal this!"
"Everyone is conspiring against me!"
Bro, f*in legend!!! So important to speak about this topic! Keep it up
Thank you for this video, I haven't seen many sustainability channels address capitalism as the primary issue, they way too often focus on individual actions. You're my new favorite sustainability focused channel now :D
So what is the alternative?
@@brocki95xxx we need revolution
@@yuliyaivanova4448 The last time I heard that word over 50 Million died under the USSR and another 80 Million under Mao. Why would it be different this time?
@@brocki95xxx capitalism kills 9 million people every year from starvation alone, not even counting war/conflict. Yet you have no qualms with it.
@@yuliyaivanova4448 How is people dying of starvation part of capitalism? Most of the people in these states live in a totalitarian state controlled by dictators. There are many factors unrelated to capitalism that cause this. So it isn't a fair comparison at all. Are 9 million Americans dying every year of starvation? Either way, I admit social assistance is important but it is important to kept in an equilibrium with the capitalist system. Capitalism doesn't require war. We have many capitalist countries in Europe that don't go to war and the capitalist system works fine. Japan is another example. No wars but a capitalist system that works.
It's quite depressing. Really. Because we're surrounded 24x7 by consumer products, the ONLY way to combat it is to move to a small island. Moving next year.
This is the first Our Changing Climate video I've watched. Love your creative use of fonts. You have a new fan.
He's the best eco youtuber for sure
It is so important that you talk about the actual reason behind the climate change. And you plan you videos so elegantly with background, the problem and an option for solving the problem. Makes me less depressed 👍🏻 Great work!!!
Just when I said that your last video is the most powerful one, you strike again! Respect for this Charlie!
Super glad Second Thought pointed me here; what an incredible exposé this is! Instant sub.
What's interesting is I'm reading a lot of comments and I don't see any rejection to the premise: Capitalism is killing us. I think that's because there IS not logical argument against it. Capitalism, by structure, is unsustainable, it cannot work for everybody, or even most people and people who defend capitalism probably know that. They are just defending a system that allows for selfishness and they probably want that to continue. They can't find logic and reason to back them up, unfortunately.
That's one of the good things about a video like this. Factual, informative and anybody would be open to disagree, but there really isn't any argument against the facts, except from a point of ignorance or selfishness.
I think we are ready for a new revolution of the people who realize that a sustainable future is one that "self-interest is for the past and common interest is for the future" as Sir David Attenborough put it.
I love watching all my favorite edutainment TH-camrs slowly become anti-capitalists. :D
_uwu_
@@salvadordavinci7 Any chance of regulation they had is gone now, they can pat themselves on their stingy backs for it.
@@salvadordavinci7 the current system is what got us into this situation. We can't expect the system that has created so many of today's crises to solve the problems it created. This is utopian thinking.
@@salvadordavinci7
Yes anti.
Capitalism doesn't have a monopole on the idea of markets.
We know that certain markets with a certain amount of freedoms are important to allow faster development of technology and individual interests.
But we also know that the market as totalitarian as we have now and as capitalism wants is bad.
And you can't regulate and have capitalism at the same time, it is an absolute system like fascism. You can not have a fascist democracy and you can not have regulated capitalism. Capitalism will always try to get regulations out of its way, so it can continue to grow. And so corrupt any system that wants to keep it in check.
Capitalism is cancer and there is no healthy cancer.
wdym you can’t regulate? of course you can and if it isn’t happening fault the government and raise concerns till they implenent it
in india the government removed certain regulations that prevented large crop management/processing/distribution companies from exploiting small farmers so millions are now protesting
Sad truth: no matter how much I change my lifestyle and living patterns to become as eco friendly as possible, even if I stop all consumption and plant a garden and live with next to no waste, I make next to no difference.
Now I am not arguing NOT to make these changes. We all should, if only because living within the bounds that nature offers us is both wise and neccessary for long term survival. But unless the 100 largest global corporations act, or are FORCED to act, all the effort of millions of people will be in vain.
so important. thank you so much for sharing!
I’m kind of blown away by this colab, even knowing you guys were pretty far left just by the nature of this content. Having grown up in a deeply conservative area, I am still getting used to people being willing to speak up against capitalism and propose a new way forward.
I was born in PR and I grew up thinking moving to USA would be a utopia. Many Boricuas grow up on Direct Tv see the cable news and programs (propaganda) now that I live in USA I see that the very system that is being sold as the greatest os the father of all our misfortunes. I was happy to see you covered PRs financial Coup (PROMESA). I hope to live long enough to see a post capitalist world.
Environmentalism MUST be anti-capitalist. Unfortunately, this isn't spoken about as much as it should be, so it's great to see this video spreading that message. Excellent work, what a fantastic video!
Look like many people are coming from Second thought. I on the other hand found Second thought from this video. Amazing channels. Hoping algorithm boosts this one 🧡
I just knew this video was going to be a great eye opener. 💪🏾 Big up to you and second thought.
This is amazing. You’ve managed to so clearly explain a topic people have to stop and listen to, thank you!
Why would Socialism have not caused climate change, if it had been more popular than Capitalism in the past 100 years?
@@yorkshiremgtow1773 Glad you asked. Indeed a socialist economy under an authoritarian leadership could lead to climate change or any other catastrophic end you can imagine. Capitalism, with its inherent economic classism, has moral implications that are disagreeable to many people. The trend toward a socialist economy accompanied by accessible education and civic engagement can result in a system that improves the condition for human flourishing for most people.
@@tccragun Why would Socialism under an authoritarian leadership, lead to climate change, but Socialism which isn't under authoritarianism, not lead to it?
For the past 40+ years a capitalist economic system here in these United States, has operated with little to no regulation. Among other things, this is lead to our system of government being controlled by wealthy (capitalist) interests. Not sure what it is about wealth but it seems that people with it, cannot get enough of it. The capitalist economy is based on competition. A socialist economy, on the other hand, is based in cooperation. Socialism under a democratic government, with an educated and engaged citizenry, is incentivized toward building a future that improves the conditions for human flourishing for most people. And thereby dis-incentivized toward environmental degradation.
@@tccragun So presumably, there will be only one State monopoly under Socialism?
And please can you prove that there has been 'little to no regulation' in the USA for the past 40 years.
Well done! I’m definitely sharing this with my friends and family and if you’re reading this, you should too! ☺️
8:07 from a Chilean fan, tysm for speaking about this. Not many people here understand that what happened in 73’ was not planned from one day to the other, it was so much bigger. We had almost 17 years of dictatorship, thousands died and/or disappeared. Thank you for bringing awareness to the issues of capitalism ❤️
Three options: suicide, hedonism, or morbid curiosity
Permaculture is an option.
A very informative and thought provoking video. Great job my dude
Funny how we don't see great segments like this on the Mainstream Channels and News programs. Oh yeah, that's because they are funded by big corporations who don't want to let the cat out of the bag about the problem being capitalism!
Talk about the MSM not being very valuable. They don't even tell most people the MOST IMPORTANT thing they really need to know: The big economic system we live in, we were born into, that system is garbage and it is unsustainable and that's why climate change is a problem, not some 'big evil corporations over here'. Nope, the entire system must end and something better and actually sustainable must replace it. That's more important daily news instead of wars. Because, newsflash: Wars are profitable under capitalism. Want to stop wars? Create an economic system that would not incentivize or allow anyone to profit off of war and it would end real quick.
Dude please make this more digestable for those who are the less knowledable of us.
Support workers’ movements abroad! The Global South stands to lose the most from this crisis. If you live in the imperial core, do not let their suffering uphold your comfort- even if that means sacrificing your own.
I can't single handedly fight climate change but I'm going to try and fight the algorithm here to get this video out more.
Another great video! Keep spreading the information & urgency of these issues!
I came here after Second Thoughts video, can’t believe I’ve never come across this channel before. I’ll be binge watching your content for the weekend lol
Thank you. I'm so glad to see people finally calling out the actual problem behind all these crises.
THANK YOU! Connie BYGDNES . 91 years
As it turns out, greed may be the deadliest sin of all. We have to stop putting profits ahead of people's welfare. We don't have a choice.
Gotta comment so this reaches more people! Come on everyone, like & comment!
Reply to other comments too. More engagement.
@@thecrazygainerguy And reply to the replies too? :)
We need to stop listening to the so-called economic "experts." The entire field of economics is a sham.
Economics has become the science of capitalism. However there are people like prof richard wolff who, in the field of economics, study systems besides capitalism to find more specific solutions.
@@Atoll-ok1zm Yea I also wouldn't say that the entire field is a sham. It is a science like any other- with the difference that it studies human-made-systems. While I see no sense in studying the stock market- I can see that work about supply and demand in the food production can be quite valuable for humankind. Also, I like the Modern Monetarian Theory- but that is just personal taste.
Ahh yes "the dismal science." They want to take away our slaves how dare they? (That's a real thing look it up.)
Everyone should see this video.
Marx thought that the capitalist system would inevitably destroy itself. 2:08
This is the best thing to wake up to. I was waiting for this collab for SO LONG XD
i have literally been trying to say this to everyone I know and they are like, "you need to stop worrying"
Such a brilliant collab! ^^
Bp's campaign of 'self responsibility' was incredibility successful.. I still argue with people regularly about this exact thing.. The hardest part is convincing people that they have been duped by these companies.. It is impossible for many people.. Even showing proof is not enough.. Many people just can't be wrong in their minds.
This video encapsulates just why it is so important that people support unions and climate protestors - both are seen as an 'inconvenience', in the everyday person's life, but short-termism is what governments in the hands of corporations, and fossil fuel energy companies want. Divide and rule is as old as the hills and still used, because it works. We have to get past short-term frustrations and work towards a more equitable and sustainable future for all.
Great video, thank you. I have to share it with everyone I know.
Important video. Very important to watch and ponder upon.
I love your videos. I’m on my senior year and majoring in urban ecology and your videos have helped me in my classes. The quality of your videos are amazing. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
this video needs to be trending
Great video, comrade! Workers of the world, UNITE!
Bit by bit the pieces fit, the soviet machine advances!
It worked for well for the USSR, didn't it? That's why that system is thriving today.
I've been telling people since I was a teenager back in the 80s, it seems like people DON'T want to know, capitalism is killing humanity.
Nah, capitalism is just an idea, humanity is killing humanity, it simply can't be any different
@@shakey3306greed is killing humanity. And capitalism allows it
Ive found a new channel I'm going to love, thank you
Do the CEOs of these companies forget that they are also human and will be affected by these things eventually?
The organizations like Greenpeace and "Fridays for Future" are absolutely right. I have been a critic of growth for decades. Keep up your work!
If you are a critic of growth how did you post this, did you make your electronic device in your little workshop?
I don't think capitalism is the problem. I think it's the lack of regulation that is the problem. Lack of regulation means businesses can get away with harming the environment.
Socialism does sound nice in the sense that there will be more regulation and equitable pay but I think the same can be done in the capitalist system by imposing tighter regulations that ensure sustainable environmental practices, encouraging unionization so that workers have more power over their work environment, and mandating wage increases along with inflation.
Capitalism is run by self-interest, you own your labour, property, and any rights of yours. If we can shield the environment, wages, and working conditions from self-interest, I think that will be good.
If you have to restrict capitalism this much for it to not destroy everything, we might as well dismantle it for something else, dont you think? Reforms can only do so much anyway.
That goes against the interest of the capitalist class
Finally we're having these conversations, I wish more climate activists would actually acknowledge this
I wish more wouldn't, seems more like delusional and stubborn humanities nerds who legit think socialism is possible trying to corrupt enviromentalism and anti climate change ideas, in the end everything they will accomplish is to get people to see enviromentalism with more and more distrust, which is bad
People are starting to question their capitalist indoctrination and propaganda. These criminals have spread lies and slander to dissuade workers from wanting a rational alternative which helps to keep them in power.
@@hibye7385 socialism is far from a rational alternative tho
@@vitmartobby5644 Have you read any theory of Marx and Engels?
@@hibye7385 yes
. I grew up in Richmond in Surrey and my playground was Richmond Park. I wrote about this in Firstgreensteps because there has been a serious decline in British wildlife.
As a young person, it’s really hard to live with the fact that if we don’t radically change the way our societies function we will have a future full of hardships... I am afraid that by the time I acquire the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful change, it will be too late. But it is reassuring to see that there are people out there who care and appeal for a revolution. Thank you for your work and thank you for making these topics accessible and digestible.
There's no truth in this propaganda, don't believe it. You probably don't realize that mankind has never been able to predict the future with any accuracy.
@@billolsen4360 Propaganda for who and for what? What evil actors benefit from this ''propaganda''? Who will gain more power or more money if I believe in this "propaganda"? This is about fighting greed, not endorsing it.
It seems you yourself have fallen for the propaganda of capitalists that want you to believe all of this is "fake news", so you will continue supporting the status quo. Let me tell you, they have everything to win if you believe in their propaganda, and if you aren't a part of the 1%, you and your children have everything to lose in the next years, because the environment is being destroyed and exploited so severely that it won't be able to sustain us anymore in the near future.
By you speaking out, you engaging in conversation in anyway that you can - you are increasing the chances of meaningful change happening in time. You already have a significant amount of knowledge that you've recognized the flaw in the current system and how it is incompatible with a sustainable and healthy future so it must change. That is knowledge that nobody can take away from you and you can seek out more knowledge and truth, like solutions to the problem, alternative systems that could work like a Natural Law Resource Based Economy.
And if the chance ever came up to build a movement of young people, I've often thought that it could be THE motivating force that gets society going in the right place. Imagine an entire student body of a high school or several high schools decide to skip class and stay out of school until the root problem of society is addressed. THAT would be so powerful. That would show a REAL education has taken place. Young people of the world refusing to follow in the machine until the toxic machine is taken down and replaced with something that works.
Most activism ultimately fails because it really isn't getting at the root of the problem. The many youth-powered climate change movements and protests seem to stop short of the ROOT issue which is the monetary-market capitalist system. For a sustainable future we cannot want or wish for profit or money to be a controlling force. We should want abundance of basic needs, locally, because it is technically possible and becomes so efficient that free basic needs is the most logical thing to do for public health and sustainability.
Wish you all the luck in the world, I'm going to do what I can, you do what you can and we'll hopefully see down the road we were part of the movement that saved the human species from dystopia.
Wait second! This is socialist talk.
We don’t like to associate ourselves with socialism because we’ve been taught that socialism is bad for generations. Without worker’s exploitation how am I supposed to make my billions? Answer that? I mean… employees can live decent lives off tips? No? Well, can’t they get by by working two jobs? People are so lazy, I’ve been trying to find somebody to work for me at my understaffed, underpaid company to attend to responsibilities that should be shared by four different individuals for $14,99 per hour but nobody wants it. If we introduce socialism to our communities these people will steal all my billions and I can’t have that. So please stop trying to fill the minds off people with your silly ideas. It’s all nonsense. Kids, turn off this video, there’s nothing to see here. Send me a message if you’re interested about the job position I mentioned… no benefits included of course.
This. Should be pinned. 🎯
We’ve faced a similar problem in the past.
We managed to ban CFCs and buy time for the ozone layer.
We’ve placed strict limits on air pollutants under the clean air act, forcing coal burning plants and automobiles to use filter tech.
Adding CO2 to the list while it will be a major industry game changer wouldn’t force us to give up capitalism. Capitalism would just adapt to a world in which CO2 emissions are strictly controlled and priced.
Thank you for making this. It's been a long time since I've heard anything about the climate crisis and felt hope, because you're right, there is a way forward
All this death and destruction for a piece of paper that has no inherent value and must be given its worth. I fear that by the time people realize how ridiculous that concept is our children and grandchildren will be breathing their last breath.
Please keep coming this kind of content of yours guys. They are of so much value to all of us. Great to see that you guys even team up. Thank you so much for your videos.
Revolution is a big and often unattainable goal for the individual, but mutual aid isn't!! Join you local mutual aid groups, or set up your own ❤️
So true. Revolution is too radical, and as with all revolutions they end up in dictatorships.
@@cuppajoe2 Good luck changing anything trough the ballot box. Revolution is the only way, no matter how much you don't like it. This however doesn't mean we don't have other things to do like mutual aid etc.
@@beyond_modernity8554 you are asking the people a well developed, economically wealthy country to revolt... for what reason? You probably live a cushy life with food and a roof over your head. What do you need to revolt for?
I see some posters here who may want to read the world socialist website (WSWS)
Those floating graphics are really cool!
Not even youtube themselves wanted to monetize this video, as they do with many demonetized videos
Your voice is so calming that it is hard to regonise there is a climate crisis :D
The moment I saw word "capitalism" in my feed I thought it was Second Thought's video and then I realised it's OCC actually. And THEN you announced the collab 😂
So hard to keep one’s hope alive. So grateful I don’t have grandchildren. Never thought I’d say that, but my kids have felt that way all their adult lives. Commenting for the algorithm.
Thanks for the video! Loved it! 💜
I fear the unfortunate reality of these videos is that they can’t convince anyone not already on board with most of what is said…
Does anyone have any good resources to convince someone who is already socially progressive and supports regulations and such, but still simps for capitalism and blamed consumers?
The TH-cam channel Hakim has some great well-researched videos that managed to convince me. I could recommend ''Capitalism Really Sucks, But Why?'' and ''Socialism Is Better Than Capitalism...Right?'' as well as ''How Rich Countries Rob The Poor; The Failure of Social Democracy''. I have a playlist on my channel where you should find some good stuff from him and other creators if you are interested.
In today’s age, random acts of violence are more altruistic than random acts of kindness.
Just finished my grad thesis on minimalism, we need a change!! Love your channel :)
If you think minimalism is going to fly with the world's fastest growing nation & economy (China) you have another thing coming.
@@billolsen4360 did I say that?
@@Olivina330 You didn't realize it. Practicing minimalism may be a good thing, but it won't have a real impact worldwide.
@Bill Olsen Inspector, please! Minimalism is a teeny, tiny drop in the bucket of things we can do for our planet, but it's a good drop! 85% of textiles end up in landfills every year. My tiny footprint won't make a dent in that 85%, but it's something more than unconsciously overconsuming. Good habits slowly spread to others, and I hope that more people choose to vote with their dollar and/or are more conscious than they were yesterday
@@Olivina330 He’s clearly a shill to capitalism, he’s long gone...
we need more content like this on yt! 🙏
This is the first video I've ever seen from this channel, and I immediately subscribed.
Been subbed to Second Thought for a long time.
These videos are the coffee house pamphlets of the digital age.
If the Revolution is successful, if we are able to shift to Socialism and avoid our impending extinction, history is going to look back on these videos, and recognize their immense importance.
Good job.
Thank you.
The problem with public discourse today is this: those who correctly identify the problems that capitalism brings are instantly accused of being communist/socialist/Marxist etc. it is in no way an espousal of other failed ideologies to describe the problems brought on by the equally failed ideology called capitalism. Thank you for this video.
Wow this is my first video and you mentioned Puerto Rico this is great! I really like that
Two of my favorite channels doing a great job together! 👍🏼💗💗💗
Can we just give up, I know we all want to save the world, but either way aren’t willing give up our commodities or cannot take on the bullies in big corporations or government. My solution is simple, how about if everyone took a week off without working or buying or consuming, that is bound to leave an impression, they need us not the other way.
How do we save the world while still being able to keep our toys? We need to be smarter. It's about balance.
So a general strike?
You are absolutely right. The only thing they understand is money. Stop the flow and it won’t take long before they notice. Whether their programmed insanity will listen is another question.
Yay, more anti-capitist videos to promote through the algorithm!
Yet this anti capitalist video and many videos just get de-monitized
@@warlordofvideogameglitches it really sucks that those who promote such important messages like in this video get abused by TH-cam being demonitzed
Its not a conspiracy is that TH-cam hates political videos, that's why I think we should move to another social media
@@pekoe9059 as if capitalism is to blame. Society itself is to blame. Society means consumption and consumption cannot sustain itself with finite resources. Its as simple as that, and its the same with socialism and capitalism.
@@warlordofvideogameglitches and it is capitalism
Well done ✨ Thanks to you and your patrons for always producing great content on important topics
Workers unite!