CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM & COMMUNISM EXPLAINED SIMPLY
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- Ever wondered what the difference is between capitalism, socialism and communism?
Well today we explore these three political and economic models and the philosophy and principles behind them.
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Communism, capitalism and socialism - brief definition - 0:01
Capitalism explained - 0:07
Marxism explained | Marxism made easy - 0:40
Socialism explained - 0:59
Communism explained - 1:26
Socialist, communist and capitalist countries in the world - 1:36
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my dad lived in a socialist/communist Soviet union for much of his life. He worked as a machinist in large factorie/s and says one of the reasons the idea doesn't work is because people are lazy. Nobody wants to work. You get paid the same if you slack or hustle. People had basically no motivation
What you just said is one of the bases of why socialism does not work, the people has no motivation to continue. Thank you for sharing your father's experience.
@Umut Işık Taghiyev where does your mother live right now?
"the road to serfdom; the profit motive, an example"
@Umut Işık Taghiyev You are sooo wrong. While there are selfish and disgusting people in all countries, capitalism has given more opportunities for people to better themselves than any other system. This is why people will do anything to get to America. There are many more success stories than failure stories. If you only watch American news, you won’t ever see that. You need to live here and get to know people. The ones on the news have plenty of opportunities, they just don’t want to put out effort. Most of them have grown up in the cycle of welfare, and expect that they should have the same things that “the rich folks got”, but without contributing to society. The American media is a major party in the disgusting group of humans. Free press in this country does not equal 100% truth.
@Umut Işık Taghiyev ye I agree , we can create a system where everyone is happy. The technology is getting better and better we can invent new systems, people would no need to work or only for maintain the machines and would get extra rewards I mean there are options but at this point people get exploited by this system
Karl marx had a good idea but he failed to understand human beigns.
im editing this comment to stop the relentless replies, you all are aware we are just smelly internet nerds ranting about something that will never really impact us, so just, stop.
@@oliwyrm people who point out Grammer flaws are suffering from identity crysis and depression.
@@2531Prasad yep, you nailed it. now go read a grammar book or something.
@@2531Prasad That makes no sense
@@Sendittothemoon it does, if everyone was a robot communism would be the best form of governance . But cause humans aren't perfect communism doesn't work
The more background you know about Political Philosophy, the more you will understand political ideas in history. Background knowledge is everything.
@@gabrielraphaelofficial Meaning what?
@@politicalphilosophy-thegre3894 lol, if you have not figure that out by now then i doubt its worth anyone's time to explain it...just shut up and pay your taxes
@@gabrielraphaelofficial i agree, only people have not woken up to the fraudulent economy yet
@@OfficialFatLip Ah, the old "If You Don't Know Why, I'm Not Going To Explain It To You" defence. Beloved of poor reasoners and thinkers throughout all of human history!
@@gabrielraphaelofficial they where raised with ZERO education to survive on their own, all their ed is about service economy, paying taxes, basically how to live inside the criminal fed!
The road to communism is paved with good intentions and many unintended consequences.
well.....unintended by the masses anyway. Stalin for sure intended those massacres and millions dead from created famines.
Amen. That little sentence says it all. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The leaders start out with the ideals but when the money gets them they sell their souls to Satan. Just ask the politicians and new elite to give up their money so that they can be equal.
@@AN-gl3jx The real answer is that there will always be inequality, in whatever system. There will Always be poor and always be rich. The difference is which system allows you the individual freedom to change your status: capitalism. I, for one, would rather be poor than have the government or society controlling my destiny and although more difficult because I'm poor, have the individual responsibility and drive to better my life. Personal responsibility and individual freedom is what the world needs.
@@swesleyc7 that's a really good point. Some people want to be poor, or at least don't want to be rich. And some want to be rich. Why make everyone be the same when they are not?
@@kristendietz2022 Thanks. I heard a good quote today: some people would rather trade liberty for security. That's leftism and socialism. Absolutely evil.
the comments: 90% smart people saying smart people stuff while being smart people lol
10% 5th & 6th graders not understanding
Nah u gotta flip thpse numbers around
“Nah”🤡🤡🤡
im an 8th grader trying to do a final project that is due tomorrow morning lolll
@@Joe-sd2kx LOL your account name
When I was little I didn’t understand what all of these were until someone I learned that it’s “government owns none” government owns some” and “government owns all”
Thank you for the explanation. I’m gonna look into this further bye.
Bye. *waves*
Communism all the way
Comander Annus why should someone who works hard and someone who doesn’t get the same money (ino this is not an advanced argument i’m young and uneducated lol)
@@dannymulligan1 why should someone who works there ass of and get barely any money than someone who has a high paying job and most likely EZ-er (and yeah I am young as well and I mostly said it for da meme ye know?)
Pure communism and pure capitalism are bad. It is an honest mix were looking for to give equal chances. Yet reward on competence
This simple 3 minute video should be shown in American schools.
@EDCHRIS Hanopol if they can teach us calculus, they can teach us this
my teacher is making me watch this rn, so yeah.
One would hope our schoolteachers have better sense than to expose our youth to a video of this quality.
I just came after watching a 20 minute LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG VERSION of Socialism from a 40 minute video. Then I came across this one. And finished it within 3 minutes... while my friends are STILL WATCHING the long winded version on their computers.
I agree, my whole high school life I struggled with my history and government classes because none of it made sense, I couldn't understand all the long and complex words, terms and references.
this video did what 4 years in high school couldn't do for me, teach me government systems
Time stamps
Capitalism 0:06
Socialism 0:58
Communism 1:25
Thank
Thanks, I started getting frustrated at the 5 second mark.
I am disgusted that Communism was mentioned last.
@a c lol
Lol hahahaha you are trying to sale capitalism 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
So both Capitalist and Socialist at extreme is BaD
Thus, America is built on Creator model that the government doesn't give rights, but God/nature does. Government is to protect them. Capitalism is the closest to that in that you can't legislate nature/ natural law. One can only maximize its potential, thus, individuals will do this on their own, with others, and according to Their goals, not those of others. All this leaves out the church, which is the most efficient way to feed the poor and help folks, of course by free choice of others. Etc. "Pure capitalism" doesn't address the sick, blind, maimed, etc. (church does) but then Americans are some of the biggest givers in the world.
@Tycoon Playz How?
@Tycoon Playz Why is Capitalism to blame for ethnic cleansing and genocide?
@Tycoon Playz no it isn't. If two warring factions slaughter each other from historical and cultural differences, how can Capitalism be 'blamed' because it didn't prevent it? If most of the world was Communist, and a genocide occurred elsewhere, unrelated to the world's economic structure, would it be Communism's 'fault'? Of course not.
@Tycoon Playz I agree. The deaths which result from a system should only be counted if they relate directly to the system, and not governmental action. However, with Communism, the deaths from hunger/starvation *are* caused by government, because a) they have the ability to seize resources from the producers, and b) a government will typically mismanage resources even if it really tries not to, because it cannot possibly have all the information needed to respond to demands which shift and change every minute.
No matter what system there is, there will always be pros and cons as they are all based on humans with different ideas of how things should be, which is all according to how they were raised - selfish or giving, individualized or community-based. And everything can work if limits are in place to prevent the extreme from happening. So far, there are few places that have a perfect system worked out.
EXACTLY!! It all depends of education actually!!!
Conflating individual with selfish is a false equivalency due to the nature of survival.
@Down with Corporate Amerika Norway is very white and everyone works and those economies are propped up by heavy capitalist infrastructure.. Socialists in America want to sit on their ass and play video games all day. Government doesn't create wealth, it can only seize it.
I fully agree on what you said.
Can you share your opinion on democracy?
I am very curious about your opinion.
And to the OP there is no "perfect" system, only a system with proper checks and balances, properly executed and enforced. That problem we have now is that we don't have a free market, we have a corporate, state-ist market where the politicians are in bed with the big corporations. Those checks and balances aren't being implemented nor enforced
I wish we all just lived off the land, be naked, and have no worries. Damn people just make life so hard and complicated
No cars, phones, airplanes, internet, latest health technology... Just an axe, some chickens, and a rifle to scare the birds from the seedlings. Yep, and for all of us. No worries heh
@@agimasoschandir these things could have still been invented but they way the world is today being so corrupt is not a nice world to live in.
@@jermen5137 Living off the land is not easy, even if you use today's technology. At least not easy in the sense of not having to do nothing.
The world has been corrupt in some way since pre-history. Like with everything else it is amplified by a larger population.
I can see a child-like innocence in wanting a world like many experience as children, and it might be possible, but the changes that would have to be made would be challenging long ingrained beliefs and traditions
Fr, like we make life so complicated. We made government, wealth classes, a society, and all for what? For people to be depressed there whole lives? We don’t need any of these complicated systems. We’re wasting our lives and our happiness by living under all these rules and regulations in society. Imagine if one day we all just ran around naked. Robbed a few banks. Ate whatever we wanted without worrying. Stayed at home and watched Netflix all day while lying in a pool of chocolate. We could do all these things, but for some reason someone said “no, let’s build a society filled with complicated shit where each generation is gonna be more depressed and anti social then the last”.
@@jermen5137 The deep interior of the Congo or Amazon awaits you.
Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, etc. are NOT socialist at all. They are market economies with a social safety net. Welfare systems and social ownership of the economic means of production are two entirely different things.
EVERY Nordic country has NO minimum wage. They have lower corporate taxes, and less red tape (freer markets), allowing for more people to avoid paying high income taxes by opting to invest it into the economy themselves. This leads to more economic growth without the need for government to get involved in trying to stimulate it. It's the exact OPPOSITE of how socialism works.
1. Strong labor unions pretty much help out labor when it comes to wages.
2. Do you think that Bernie Sanders is a socialist?
@PRAXOLOGY PRAXOLOGY It also say that it is simplified. If you want to know more, search for it!
Finland is still getting shittier every year.
@@yeetyeet7679 how so? they made incredible progress
Yes but they did have high corporate tax once and were socialist. Now the people bare the tax burden and they have declining birth rates.
You mention the corruption of socialism but not that of capitalism which implies that capitalism doesn’t encourage corruption which it absolutely does in the real world.
Davin Anderson imo: Capitalism self-corrupts (powerful entities use force against competition). Socialism is the corruption of the ‘state’. How would you define, compare & contrast corruption capitalism vs socialism?
JimzAuto capitalism does not self corrupt because corruption is bad for free and fair markets.
@@davinanderson2003 The primary corruption of capitalism is getting in bed with the government. The primary corruption of socialism is that the government is the whole bed. You have to live in a socialist country to see the unbelievably dramatic difference between party members and common people - and nothing can be done about it. Corruption is in man. The question is, which system provides the best containment of that corruption.
they somewhat mentioned it? they stated the extreme class divide that capitalism produces
Mark Harris that’s one way of looking at it but imo no system is inherently bad or good it’s the people that fuck it up as every historical example proves. If you have “good, just and fair leaders” then any of the systems can be “good”.
I’m in grade 6 and I was absent the day they went over communism and my teacher brings it up frequently. Didn’t really understand but now I do. Thanks!
Try this more subtle explanation th-cam.com/video/7alLZ_pEpm4/w-d-xo.html
Your fishing... not a real person
I'm in high school now, they never taught me about this in grade 6.
Wait If You Were Absent Then How Did You Know They Talked About Communism
@@idkwhatnametochoose6197 school plan, friends, teacher, ANYONE that was there that day could have mention it.
What did the communists use before candles?
Electricity
Lol
hahahhaha this is gold
Hahaha
@Patrick Laughing At Your Small PP Half capitalism, half socialism countries are best. China, Sweden, Norway, Finland. OK, there are more capitalism, but they have litle or more socialism in national ruling system. Better option would be more socialism then capitalism. Maybe in future.
I don’t get it😐
This is such a textbook display of understanding. The author is trying to be neutral here, but each of these examples are majorly flawed. I'm not going to write a massive explanation here, so I'll just pick one example from the video to serve my point--which is that these models are tremendously flawed in logic and in practice. The author states that socialism does not reward the individual with more than anyone else and therefore, there is no incentive to think outside the box. This is completely untrue and does not take into account the values of our society. If children are raised in Nazi Germany and all they heard was Heil Hitler!, they would become Nazis. If a child grows up in modern society having heard that capitalism is the best and socialism is bad or communism is bad like "China" and "Russia," they will grow up believing this. Socialism could very will provide incentive if the human value system was steered away from greed. It all depends on the value system of the tribe being studied. Instilling values in children throughout their lives and that incentive would be to BETTER society as a whole, and not the individual, would foster different political attitudes and allegiances.
I am not a socialist, communist or any other. My bias stems from what I have learned about capitalism, which is that the wealth gap of the rich and poor is growing daily and therefore, is unsustainable. In this model, we produce as much as we CAN, not as much as we NEED. Therefore, it is an unsustainable model because as you well know, resources are running out.
I wish more people would teach young people that the systems which govern us are OUTDATED and need to be reworked, or nothing will change and we'll rape and pillage the planet until nothing is left.
After watching the platform idk what system is good anymore
same can someone make up a new one i hate them all
Free markets mother fuckers maybe you heard of me
Capitalism is the best suited because there is progress and less corruption.
@@yashtripathi293 less corruption? really?
@@UndercoverRat yeah. Socialist countries are the most corrupt countries on earth
You forgot to mention Chile, 1970. A Democratic Socialist country that was doing just fine until America invaded them.
Kwispee Kweem depending who u ask, Democratic socialism is technology under capitalism but it’s definitely very mixed with socialism and capitalism factors. I personally believe the Democratic socialism is the best economic system as it gives people the right to live a ok life, with fairly good life style, but it also rewards those who want to do better then just average. Their nothing wrong with being average, but if individuals want to make their life more independence of the government then they should. That’s true economic freedom ( the choice to depend on the government or be independent). It very sad that not that many countries followed this economic system. Maybe in the future.
That's a lie. Chile in 1973 was broken. Was the poorest country of all Latam. And it was not fault of the US. Allende expropiated everything, and he was making an aside army. In 1973 Chile was worst than actual Venezuela.
But as all Socialist say: "it was not my fault. Other people did it".
And the United States never invaded Chile.
Socialism is great in theory but in practice it usually gets overthrown by a CIA-backed coup.
@@riley1c218 charity is a good idea, but socialism is theft
@@mandodelossantos2 How is worker ownership and control of the means of production theft?
I’m still confused
Charlie Handsome me too
Ariel Smith socialism and communism is bad unless you wanna be a slave and no one will be rich but capitalism gives you opportunity to create new products and businesses etc.
Ariel Smith cuba is a communist country and everyone makes minimum wage for example a doctor makes the same amount of money as a taxi driver
Libralia ok libtard your fairytale ideas will never work there’s always good and evil people
Libralia you got brainwashed by the school system and can guarantee you don’t make more than 100,000$ a year
A country should only protect it's citizens. Not interfere between them and their belongings.
Liberalism, essentially.
Protection of human rights, physical safety of citizens, and protect their rights to basic needs, and be democratic (not being political, but both conservative and liberal political parties in Western democratic societies have technically speaking, both adopted liberalism as their ideology because it promotes free market capitalism, and as this vid explains, it works fairly well, but some are moving to a combination)
@@Person-ng5hp Wrong, Capitalism. It's stupidly thought of as a system of govt instead of economy...two different things misunderstood by those who live in it the most.
@@michaellemaster5087 the ideology of liberalism _promotes_ capitalism. It's practically impossible to have capitalism without liberalism. (Imo, centrally planned capitalism or authoritarian capitalism isn't real capitalism.)
Combination of capitalism and socialism,i.e a Mixed Economy will work well for betterment of the economy as a whole.
A pure capitalist economy may give full authority to private individuals which will lead to unwanted chaos due to misuse of power.
If government is to not interfere with thier belongings, then how do they collect taxes?
capitalism: *works and fixes poverty
left wingers: “capitalism is bad and is all about greed, we need socialism or communism”
socialism/communism: *fails in russia, kazakhstan, germany, poland, ukraine, belarus, latvia, estonia, lithuania, romania, uzbekistan, turkmenistan, kyrizigstan, tajikstan, cuba, brazil, venezuela, soviet union, north korea,etc.
left wingers: “no no no, that’s not real socialism or communism”
Capitalism causes poverty. It is a system designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
@@jimsagubigula7337 give me an example?
@@jimsagubigula7337 it’s a system designed to make creat products and services solve problems, it makes the rich richer and poor richer.
@@Laking1234 An example? Just look at the US. The most Capitalistic country out there. If you are poor, you are fucked. You can't go to school, you can't go to a hospital, you can't do anything. You must pay for every single breath you take. On the other hand, if you have money, you can do anything you want and no one will ever say anything to you.
@@Laking1234 in capitalism, you have to look for a job yourself... in communism, they get you a job.
this hurts my head 😵😵😵😵😵😵
Why's that so?
@@apeksha229 Because his teachers tell him that capitalism is racist and evil but logic tells him that's how society has flourished and made it this far. Whenever he researches communism or socialism, he reads of totalitarian governments that enslave people and destroy free societies.
I like capitalism. Capitalism is good. You get what you earn. You work hard, get paid hard. No work no pay.
@@kagetm5870 in capitalism, those who owns the copyright and property terms earn the profit while the employees don't get shit for what they do except for wage. That is simply wage slavery.
@@plankalkulcompiler9468 that's because they(owners) run the company investing money in it and have taken loans for it and thus they should get the incentive for that risk. If the employees decide their salary is not enough they can always quit and start their own company and get the money that they want. Running companies is so hard and risky that people just don't do it thus they get monthly salary while entrepreneurs get the majority money for their risk and hardwork.
Unions and the government can provide minimum wage and job security but that does not mean it's socialism, it's just security for the employers by the employers or with the help of government. This does not make any of this socialism as socialism does not have explicit right to ideas of supporting the people living in the country.
So briefing would be like
1. Capitalism is basically modern economics and the way money is generated in the global market(in the world)
2. Democracy is the rule of the people by the people so minimum wage and job security can be chosen by the people themselves.
3. Communism is just the worst economic system as it always failed. China is a capitalist society with socialist politics and governance.
4. Socialism generally is very authoritative in nature. Ex: strong censorship of media, single party, government not tolerating criticism from the people
5. Communism is basically dictatorship(of the proletariat, dictatorship nonethless)
People keep talking about how socialism never evolves into communism cause the ones who promote it end up concentrating power to themselves instead of sharing it equally. True. But also capitalism which is supposed to let people have chances at class flexibility (moving up in class through working hard and smart) often times doesnt work, cause although markets are "free" they are run by titan companies that create monopolies that last for decades and squander the chances of any bright mind realizing a good idea.
That’s corporatism. A true capitalist model advocates for the free market (emphasis on free). Monopolies are constrictive, hence they compromise the markets freedom because as you said, they stunt innovation from less prominent businesses as they haven’t the resources to compete with such a behemoth corporation which strains their ability to survive. That’s why a truly free market actually requires (limited) government regulation, which may sound contradictory although you must consider that discipline grants freedom. For example, a person lacking discipline is but a slave to his human nature. His nature to over-indulge in pleasure, and chasing the dragon. If this same person indulges in the pleasure of say, heroine, for example, yes he is technically free from authority as he was granted the freedom to take such a substance, but is he really free when he has developed an addiction to something that could have been prevented had he been disciplined?
exactly
@@ChurchillJhnsn just admit it that capitalist is not perfect
@@corpchannel2523 Capitalism isn't perfect, but history has proven that Socialism's drawbacks massively outweigh Capitalism's drawbacks.
@@manofculture8666 socialism also is not perfect
This video makes some bold assertions about innovation, claiming that innovation is mainly if not only achieved through Top 1% using their genius to create a better world. After giving your definition of each economic system you then claim you're going to explain how each one of those models applies to the real world but then only use that to critique socialism and communism but intentionally leave out any mention of Capitalism as applied to the real world. The motivation to give your labor does not inherently come from the threat of starvation and violence. Most everyone in this world are social creatures who want to feel accepted by their society and are motivated to work by allowing them to do jobs they find interest in. The US has the wealthiest paid Doctors in the world and yet our healthcare system is only ranked #11. I don't hate Capitalism but as it is applied to the real world it NEEDS massive improvements.
A country and its citizens should always have free healthcare, ability to profit but with protection for its workers including minimum wage, holiday pay and human rights.
Highly disagree. No citizen has the right to someone else’s stolen money. I’m for complete laissez faire capitalism.
@@nihilisticweirdo944 but then there has to be certain limits. Especially with the effects of COVID, the failures of social stratification is not just poor vs. rich. When your workers are sick, your business will be affected. America's broken healthcare system and 1 million dollar hospital bills are not ok.
Nihilisticweirdo94 then. I guess we can rule out a free of charge police, fire department, council services etc.
m v 25 agreed. You can’t have an economy if all your workers are dead.
@@nihilisticweirdo944 capitalism means that a boss is stealing the money gained by the workers - daily reminder that every dollar for a person that hasn't done any labour (such as the business owner but not a worker, landowner, etc.) is a dollar stolen from somebody who has actually worked for it
A socialist walks into a bar and yells “Hey everyone, drinks are on me!! Who’s paying?”
I love that joke
I'm sorry but I don't get the joke. could you explain it to me?
@@Kevin_09_ same someone please explain ;-;
@@Kevin_09_ Basically he is saying that socialist expect other people to pay for their stuff and the joke is a socialist would never say it's on me by because by definition socialist wants everyone to pay for their shit
Correct me if I'm wrong
Oh god, you were taught in a capitalist country what socialism is.
Fancy a trip to Venezuela?
@@pipburchmore4163 you did the meme
Pls no
Unfortunately not all people are equal. Capitalism is the American dream, the ability to be whatever you want. We need less government.
It's not that simple. The aim of socialism is not strictly to make everyone equal, it's to eliminate the dynamic of having an oppressive and oppressed class. According to the labor theory of value, for every dollar someone makes without working, someone somewhere is working without getting paid that dollar. This means that a CEO of a company who makes millions without themselves working is doing so at the direct expense of the workers. The workers are paid a wage that does not reflect the amount of value that they produce, but rather how replaceable they are. Socialism is where the workers own the means of production. Therefore, in socialism, a factory (or something like a company) is controlled by the workers democratically, and each worker either gets an equal share of the factory's earnings or gets paid based on the value that they produce. In either case, the worker makes significantly more than under capitalism. Under socialism, you can still be whatever you want. Labor is not mandatory, but it is guaranteed. The only thing that is barred is being a business executive- that is to say that you would no longer be able to exploit people. The last thing you said is that we need less government. Depending on who you ask, communism is stateless so that satisfies your want there.
i agree with your idea of a smaller state ( i am an anarchist-communist) however, to quote chomsky, "the reson its called the amarican dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it". you cannot do what you want, not realy. although you might get ten brands of food at the store instead of one, you cannot do the job you want, get the education you want, life where you want, or even have the rights to a livable lifestyle. what is the right to have a sports car if you dont even have the right to food?
welcome to crypto and DAOs. No government, no external custody/custodians needed. Free community of capable people building whatever they want.
@@Ashley-1917 Sounds like a very sound system someone should implemented somewhere and see how it works.
And what do they all have in common? They all fail when used in isolation. A hibrid between the 3 would perhaps better correspond to reality and to human behaviour.
@a guy capatilism I work boss gets. Socialism I work state gets. Communism we work we get. Neither the capitalist nor the state happy.
@@AN-gl3jx Under communism you produce 5 potatoes, you eat 1 potato, share 4, you then starve, in capitalism, you work for a company, you then receive x amount of money, you then buy phones, computers, tv's, go to the mall, the movies, go to the supermarket and spend your money to get things that not only make you survive, but thrive. You go on the internet, go on youtube, watch some videos, and then project your life's shortcomings on capitalism
a guy we already live in that society. We aren’t a purely democratic society. There’s things like minimum wage, which are limits on the free market to minimise harm to the lower and middle class. A lot of countries have free health care or universal minimum wage etc. which are more socialist ideas. It’s really social democracy, which takes elements of capitalism and socialism. I don’t think there are any countries that are pure capitalist, because it gets crazy out of control in the same way pure communism would.
We need to stay in the middle and not go extreme towards a single system. Find a balance.
To late. Think we are heading to global authoritarian states.
Nope Capitalism is the way to go with just a tid bit of socialism for people that really REALLY need the help like if they have a medical problem that prevents them from being able to work
Capitalism is that balance. Its not authoritative, and allows people to control the market of economics, which is fundamental to a free, liberty, and justice filled nation.
Yep, capitalism has some issues, nothing is perfect but it IS the closest thing to perfect 🍻 here's for hard work and retirement
@@Jake-li7ih you can't mix capitalism and socialism for many reasons, capitalism is based on profit, and free healthcare isn't profitable at all
Capitalism rewards hard work and dedication, Communism and Socialism do not. That is clearly the big one for me.
Capitalism rewards hard work by forcing you into wage slavery and having your value you produced by your work be taken from you by a capitalist.
Communism and socialism allow you to keep that value that the capitalist otherwise would’ve stolen.
@@codywieczorek exactly
@@giraffeman326 lmao are you agreeing with me?
@@codywieczorek after reading your comment a second time I now see why you’re saying that. I agreed with you before cause I just skimmed through your comment without taking my time to read it.
@@giraffeman326 so you disagree?
I always considered a blend of Capitalism and a pinch of Socialism to be ideal. The socialism is there to keep the tyranny in check for it can be expected of the overwhelming wealth to sometimes get in one's head, plus to cushion the one's at the lower end of the hierarchy.
@Technews it's based on the same spirit of socialism, that doesn't make it socialist though. For a regime to be socialist it has to have no privately owned enterprises. So social democracy is NOT socialism.
You're right that what you're describing is called a social democracy though. Which is what Bernie Sanders and AOC's 'socialism' are.
Ganesh Prem Well no form of modern capitalism doesn't have a 'pinch of socialism'. Raw unabated capitalism simply doesn't exist. Why? Because it's terrible. Monopolies are more than enough reason to conclude that.
The debate is as to how much capitalism should be restricted. If we need to restrict it severely, we may as well switch to a socialist system with capitalist ideas. E.g. Having monetary incentives
@@sploofmcsterra4786 Wtf.. In that case no country on earth has been socialist. Because China has private company's so does Russia.
Everything explained simply and thoroughly . Thanks
Simply. Not thoroughly. Karl Marx said that other forms of socialism is incomplete and will fail his brand always becomes communism. So he believed socialism was transitional only. Either failing or his brand, leading to communism.
It's hardly thorough, and you can probably pick up on the bias in the video, even if it was made with good intentions.
Simply and thoroughly are opposites in this case.
@@martymallett3196 which is idiotic because socialism was at least half plausable but wasnt because people were lazy, communism (the actual theory by marx not late stage communism) was completely undoable because it would require the rich to give up everything and the state to become powerless and we would all just share everything it's like saying everyone will go vegan and vegeterianism is just a transitional stage
So, basically in every form of government, you can have corruption. I think I'd rather take the form of government where I actually own something that I worked for
So, you want communism? Where you own the product of your own labour instead of the capitalist class extracting surplus value?
@@2b2tisafactionsserver72 idk, that sounds pretty good to me
Meanwhile, corporate profits are up as well are as executive bonuses. Meanwhile wages are stagnant.
Corruption exists in all forms of gov't. Enough is never enough, and it seems that only those whom have done without care about the plight of they that suffer in poverty.
They gave themselves big raises after getting their taxes reduced
wages are up. What report are you reading? In 2019 wages for the low and middle class went up faster than any other group... thus, also the lowest unemployment rates in 50 years. Under Obama (socialism) wages went down from 54k to 50k and insurance went way up.
2. IF you don't like your job, you are free to market yourself to higher paying folks, start your own business (then you will see how much big gov really takes) etc. and are not limited to what you are assigned.
@@paulspringer3303 Real wages Paul. Real wages have been stagnant for decades whilst the real wages of upper management have sky rocketed. I'm also genuinely very interested in what policies of Obama you know of that were socialist.
@@Esafc-lb2sg most low wages were due to the bad trade deals of the past 20 years that Trump reversed and lower wages grew faster than middle as well as low unemployment.
you are kidding about Obama right.... ummm "Obamacare" was about as big gov socialist as you can get...
In 2008, Joe the Plumber correctly identified Obama’s policies as socialistic when Obama responded to Joe’s question concerning the candidate’s small business tax policy by saying, “when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” This statement is a foundational tenant of socialism straight out of Marx’s Communist Manifesto.
It is NOT the governments job to 'spread the wealth' nor to try to produce 'income equality' but rather a fair playing field of laws, and just a few of them at that.
Trump repealed 22 regulations for every one that was implemented... less government, less control, less redistribution according to a bureaucrat.
Keep in mind that the general public has a very inconsistent understanding of these terms, particularly "socialism". Someone like Bernie Sanders would actually be what is called a "Social Democrat", which means he thinks individuals and corporations should continue to own the means of production, but the government should aggressively redistribute wealth and provide regulation. You might be saying to yourself, "but the USA already redistributes wealth and has regulation" and ding ding ding that's right - the U.S. is already a social democracy to a certain extent.
I look at all countries as on a continuum between pure capitalism and pure communism. Every country is somewhere on the continuum between those two poles. No country has ever been purely capitalist or purely communist. Those are more like theoretical ideals rather than something that can exist in reality.
If the USA is already redistributing wealth, then why is Jeff Bezos still getting richer while the rest of us are getting poorer?
Well put amigo .
@@SynthApprentice I gotta agree with you on this, if the USA is redistributing wealth, why are there still so many poor and homeless people
@@ArtisticScratch Probably because redistribution of wealth isn't from the top to the bottom but the other way 'round.
This explanation was better than the actual video. Only point I’d add is USA is not doing a good job of redistributing the wealth.
Nice video. Capitalism is a motivater & a money maker. I just don't understand why 1 person needs to have 20 billion dollars in his bank account when people are starving and homeless around the world. When profits gets scary huge, is it not time to pass some cash to those in need? Towards free education or something useful anyway. Just a few billion that is just lying there. Not all! Some.
Why would you just take someone’s hard earned money like that ? These same rich people sre giving out there wealth to help those in need and the government has not put up systems that work to combat hunger. But the individuals with wealth have successfully been able to uplift a lot of people through charity.
@Dieu Merci No we have a combined of Democracy and Republic. The Republic designed to keep factions of democracy in check. Which allows Capitalism.
@@chancenigel0186 you wouldn't say the same if you were homeless and starving, such selfish behavior,
Telling the rich to take care of the poor is redundant. I’m all for assisting with resources to rehabilitate the less fortunate bc what is a mentally poor person going to do with that money w/o knowledge on how to invest? Mentality poor ppl (regardless of status) will waste money on frivolous things which will cause them to be broke/poor again. The real problem is lack of knowledge and discipline among people today. Ppl want to be taken care of as grown adult children bc they weren’t given the knowledge and discipline to sustain generational wealth. Change the mind, change the life.
@@chrysanthemums4963 Now your comment might be the most ridiculous statement ever. And has been proven wrong throughout history and every single day. Many Athletes, celebrities, rappers and singers come from nothing. Most still flaunt and blow money on frivolous things. Most have a self serving mentality but they can afford to hire a manager, accountant and advisors around them. Some even hire family that work in these fields. But to somehow imply poor folks don't deserve money from rich because they aren't mentally rich, just might be the most privileged statement ever.
All of these promote inequality
I swear to god people were happier in tribes
Mongol Hordes were happy in their tribes too.
@@goumanghangmi bruh i meant the time before "civilization" before Egypt not the tribes themselves
The means of production are owned by the people under socialism, not by the government. Why would productivity decrease under socialism? For example, publicly funded COVID vaccines are an example of socialism in a vacuum. The incentive to innovate is the betterment of society.
this video is just western propaganda LMAOOOAOAO
And your a Russian communist propaganda victim LMAOOOAOAOA hypocrite
@@brookswashere4661 take a break man because im half russian
@@mememoristyt8992 stupid troll 🤣🖕
@@brookswashere4661 toxic idiot
If you work hard to create and build your businesses then you deserve to be paid more than your employees
but what if you get a massive headstart like most billionaires do
@@Hakeem9495 Then that's lucky, but my point is that you can build a business from $0 - It doesn't matter who you are, if you work hard enough I guarantee you can do it.
@@Peggers so you are okay living in a society where most people are exploited. You realize not everyone can become a business owner we need workers
I agree, but especially in america, healthcare should be free, education should be free etc.
Capitalism: Based.
Socialism: Cringe.
Communism: Super cringe.
Your explanation of capitalism lacks foresight.
The future of economics worldwide is heading irreversibly towards the progressive automation and robotisation of the workforce. As this gathers pace and more human jobs are replaced by automation, eventually more than half of all people will be out of work thus engendering a highly technicalised and tiny elite skilled workforce AND a massive disenfranchised under class of unemployed people. The problem will not be with production, that will be ruthlessly efficient. The problem will be with consumption. Who's going to buy all your shit when no one can afford the cost?
Eventually, if there is no wealth redistribution to redress the severe and disproportionate imbalance, then sooner or later capitalism will collapse underneath its own top-heavy weight. Just like all other systems based on heirarchy and privilege that came before, capitalism will be outmoded and replaced, just as tribal communities and confederations were replaced by feudalism and slaving empires, and just as feudalism was replaced by capitalism.
Wealth hoarding and systematic extraction of capital from general economic circulation can not last indefinitely. Ideas such as Universal Basic Income will gain far greater traction and will become increasingly pertinent as the decades and even centuries roll by. It may not eventually lead to full stateless communism as Marx prophecised, but we are well and truly past the point of no return and are heading towards a great economic, social, and political cross roads, where capitalism will undoubtedly hit a glass roof and will become wholly untenable and unsustainable.
The current coronavirus pandemic crisis is showing quite clearly that unbridled capitalism can not provide for the masses in times of crisis, it requires massive government investment in financial aid to citizens.
Wrong
@@iandrury2042 im not very knowledgeable in this topic, but you can't just say 'wrong' and not explain why.
Jason correct....
Ian Drury You probably comment the 🤡 emoji a lot without explanation
This was explained so perfectly for me, I feel like I actually understand this for the first time in my life
Anything but 'hearing it from a Socialist's mouth himself' is meaningless. You need to go to the Source. 'Socialism for Absolute Beginners', 'A Future beyond Capitalism' and 'Your probably already a Socialist' is the perfect Entry.
So sad how people explain socialism.....
Communism is dead, capitalism is failing
We need a new system
Like what?
@@yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114 we need ppl to invent a new one
@@shahanshahpolonium look into islamic finance, literally “islamic finance”, just search it up and learn a bit about it
Free market capitalism isn't failing it's just losing the free market aspect because of government interference. Capitalism is being disrupted by corrupt politicians who want to do favors for some businesses to the detriment of competing businesses in exchange for money for their political campaigns.
We created that Dynamic when we gave too much power to the government. That power led to corrupt opportunistic politicians using the power of their elected office to enrich themselves and their business buddies.
The government is supposed to be an independent referee making sure that everybody follows the law and honors their contracts. Government is not supposed to participate in the free market competition by picking winners and losers by helping some businesses over others.
The solution is to reduce the power of government because if the government doesn't have the power to do favors for some businesses then the possibility for that corruption is eliminated.
Fascism then
ever wondered why people volunteer so many hours a week despite it being free labour, people still want to do good in society and be productive.
True but for every 100 willingly productive people i can find you another 1000 lazy ones
@@TheCommun3 you must not be from my country! I could show you 10000 .
The idea that socialism or communism will slow down or stunt productivity is a capitalistic lie/propaganda. If I was assured my job would provide me with enough/what I need I would have the freedom to be more creative, stress less and do more in my community. Meanwhile I am struggling to survive in a capitalistic society.
@@Zeevisual my dad lived in a socialist/communist Soviet union for much of his life. He worked as a machinist in large factorie/s and says one of the reasons the idea doesn't work is because people are lazy. Nobody wants to work. You get paid the same if you slack or hustle. People had basically no motivation
Maybe people volunteer so many hours a week despite it being free labour is because they are within the structure of capitalism and therefore have the luxury to think that way.
This may sound surprising, but 20 seconds is not enough to explain socialism. But I guess if you are just going to repeat capitalist propaganda, you can cram it in under a minute.
If you want a proper explanation, I can recommend SecondThought: th-cam.com/video/fpKsygbNLT4/w-d-xo.html
Capitalism-good
Communism-Bad
Socialism- Terrible
red katcha LMAO, communism and socialism is for retards who don’t strive to make money and support themselves
@@redkatcha7443 - okay, Fortnite pfp. You have no place here.
@@redkatcha7443 you are a joke
red katcha Name me a true communist country or state that worked out. (Vietnam and China don’t count since they’ve adopted capitalist models for there economy).
@@redkatcha7443 neither did the millions murdered by soviet russia to maintain control
I've always said Socialism and Communism sounds good on paper, but the second it's applied in real life there is nothing that stops a person from exploiting it.
In Communism it would be nearly impossible to exploit anyone
@@codywieczorek Ha thats a good one
@@bkboy8259 He isn't wrong. If Marx's true communist society was ever to be achieved then those within it would find it exceedingly hard to exploit the system or others in it.
Capitalism is the exploitative economy..we would have way more rights under socialism
In a nutshell: In Soviet Russia, you get money from the government, in Capitalist America the government gets money from you!
in soviet russia you get a punch in the face and a one way ticket to gulag from the government
More to the point, understand the difference between INDIVIDUALISM and COLLECTIVISM, and you will never be confused again!
Dear god no. It's really not that simple- that is an incredibly reductionist stance to take.
the idea individualism is capitalist and collectivism is socialist is somewhat... wrong. anarchist communists such as myself exist, and mutualists are collectivist capitalists.
@@teohamacher2898 Well said. The destinction between individualist and collectivist is more to do with how authoritarian a society is. The 'y axis' if you will.
@@teohamacher2898 ur part of the problem
I had to come here after hearing some American's calling the NHS (The U.K's health system) a socialist model. I still don't know why they call it socialist. In fact it explains why their model is ridiculously over priced. Lol
I live in the uk, it's not overpriced, my taxes pay for it
@@colinstewart7945 I was on about the American system been ridiculously expensive not the UK. I'm very proud of our system an it baffles me why Americans are against it
Pizza goes splat aren’t their a lot of problems with the nhs though? Not a u.k or American citizen, not being antagonistic, just curious since that was a big issue for you guys last election
@@NI771-_ The NHS is always an issue in our elections the opposing party will always say the NHS is miss handled no matter who's in power. We've got issues like any other country has but there's no big issues. I've lived in three other countries in Europe and would prefer the NHS system to all of them. Ireland is an example that has big issues if you live outside of the cities
Pizza goes splat politics are creepy huh? I wish politicians would just focus on legit issues rather then effective rhetoric, but they’re too opportunistic to ever do that.
bad video, my dad left after i was talking abbout skibidi ohio fanum tax and it was because of this ohio video, i mean what is even sosialisim
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communism would work if we didn't compete and see each others as threats. it's COMMUNISM because we love each other, and want the best at no cost of ours or others. that's my opinion lol
I agree 👍😘
works in a monastery but in the larger world it clearly never does. in fact I think love is the farthest thing from the minds of communist leaders as they murder their citizens
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Australia, France…hell, every western country but america have got this right. Socialism and capitalism in balance makes for a healthy society. 👍
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so a mix of capitalism and socialism is good, and communism is a good system it just is never executed well?
Communism isn't a good system, it has good intentions, but it can never work well.
@@melody2640 no. Its a good system in theory. But it just not possible🤷
@@dnghn.design yh ig
@@dnghn.design that kinda makes it not a good system dude lol
"countries in which have adopted socialism have seen rampant corruption with people in power abusing their positions.... They work to consolidate their power". Then that's not socialism or its faults lmfao what 😂
What about the tribes in Africa Asia South America etc?? That would be communism - primitive but still communist.
Have always wondered what these three are. In my nativity, what was explained here as Socialism was what I thought was Capitalism. Stubborn me...didn't pay attention at Social Studies classes. Very short but very enlightening. Thanks
Don’t Confuse Capitalism with Corporatism
It is an easy argument to make: the rich were made rich by a rotten capitalist system that oppresses those noble, hardworking innocents who do the actual labor. They want the system to be more fair-i.e. slanted their way- and even to cap earnings and opportunities. They witness a capitalist system that controls their lives, is in bed with government, can buy all the influence it wants, randomly destroys communities and cold-bloodedly lays off thousands of workers, simply to save money or increase stock prices.
Capitalism, however, is not the culprit though. It is corporatism, the collective mentality of the corporation that views workers as interchangeable and customers as lacking options. We do not live in a free market: we live in a market controlled by the interrelation between monolithic corporations, Wall Street and the Government. These three entities are what control our economic and professional opportunities, not capitalism.
Capitalism, specifically small business/entrepreneurial capitalism, is the antidote to this. SB/E Capitalism is a structure that allows anyone to achieve their goals inside the system or outside of it. It’s a system that is not rigged to the highest bidder. If the United States operated in a pure free market system, then the bailouts to Wall Street, the auto unions and the auto industry would not have happened. Those who engaged in reckless business practices would have been eaten up by the market & the void created by these organizations would have been filled with new entrants.
It is corporatism that has created the pathway for GE, Goldman Sachs, Hollywood and GM among others to have incredible access to the White House and Congress, not to mention access to bailout money. It is corporatism that has allowed tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft to partner with the NSA, providing data on millions of their users to the shadowy gov’t agency. They are able to act with impudence because there is no real structure for new organizations to challenge them. Government works to protect its friends and prevent new entrants from becoming major players in any industry.
The system in play now is designed to provide the illusion of opportunity, when in reality the opportunity is there only for a selected few. Corporatism is the economic partner of communism and totalitarianism, seeking to decrease opportunity and force allegiance and servitude. It is corporatism that creates the rules of industry and barriers to entry and it is corporations that purchase votes in their favor and prevent start-ups from challenging them. It is corporations that control the media, determining what we hear, see and how our opinions are formed.
No one in power is willing to give it up. It is far easier to buy the protection needed from the government or simply buy those businesses that could challenge it-looking at you, Microsoft. A pure small business/entrepreneurial capitalist system is the antidote to this rigged structure.
Opening up the fields to innovation and market access would create greater wealth and opportunities for millions across the country and the world. This system would also create access to greater education and freedom. A true capitalist system would put the burden of responsibility and accountability on the individual and force people to work harder, take chances and own their success or failure. With the control structure that is in place now, there is an incredible de-emphasis on personal responsibility or initiative.
It is small business and entrepreneurial capitalism that will solve the problems of poverty and corruption around the world. For decades, we have seen government and corporate actions yield no progress yet fools think the answer is more of this, not less. This is why corporations and government oppose a true capitalist system. It challenges their power. Oligarchs are not needed; that is what they fear the most.
Mixed economies are the way to go nowadays
My parents grew up in the Eastern block and they say that food was rationed and they ate sugar bread as a treat since there was no candy.
I don't know much about this type of stuff but I'm willing to learn
U perfectly explained the problem with a purely socialist system. I wish you had done the same for overtly captisalist systems like US in which curroption and wealth gap creates a pseudo-democratic oligarchy.
Big Government creates the wealth gap
@@coopsnz1 Who do you think lobbies and pays off the government... Capitalists.
@@coopsnz1 Doesn't the free market determine wealth gaps? You left wing people buy apple phones then bitch about the wealth gap. YOU created the wealth gap by buying a product that you wanted. You received a product in exchange for currency.....then you bitch about it. Why don't you try doing something with your life? Your parents failed you.
Exactly this is just propaganda spewing more anti-socialist lies because capitalism is the best thing we ever had.
Capitalism relies on inequality, rewards monopolies, and kills innovation
socialism requires no government, it is not the government but the working class owning the means of production. communism is when there is no class money or state. capitalist countries have had much corruption, and humanity makes enough food for 10 billion people, but since we have no incentive to distribute it and an incentive not to people starve
Saying socialism requires no government is absurd. Who then controls the means of production that are owned collectively by the working class? Will every decision be a referendum? It is absurd because in a democratic state(the US) everything the government own is the property of the collective so the government owning everything would be synonymous to the people/working-class owning everything.
Let's imagine we have this socialist state that you advocate for. Who will share the "enough food" to everyone who needs it? Who will organize the effort? What is the incentive for it then?
Communism: "a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs"
What most people don't understand is this part: "according to their ability and needs". This means, everyone's needs are met so no one is left behind, while the more productive ones are incentivised with "bonus excess" because they have more ability.
Great point
I checked sevral videos for clearing my confusion but this video actually helps a lot......🤙
Awesome work......💯
Exactly what one need to understand this concept given here.....👍
this video is wrong.
One communist asked another communist, if you had two houses would you give me one of them? The other communist replied Yes. Then he asked, if you had two cars would you give me one, once again the other communist replied Yes. Then he asked, if you had two chickens would you give me one, the other communist suddenly jumps up and says heck NO!
Why wouldn’t you give me a chicken the first communist asked with a puzzled look on his face, it because I actually own two chickens the second communist replied.
How can you define capitalism these days Corporations once paid tax %50 now its less than half that . Tariffs have come down on the products that republican capitalists produce overseas. Now the people bare all the tax burden and the government doesn't protect domestic production .
True capitalism lets businesses fail ,no bailouts
Roof fucking exactly. Once you bailout businesses who show they cannot hold up in the current economic climate that is socialism for the already wealthy.
True capitalist governments make corporations pay tax.
bboyenergetic that’s because capitalism in its roots is completely broken and doesn’t work. There are people suffering today in America, there are people poor today in America. Lots of them. Even before the pandemic. Capitalism only works with bandaids. Once those bandaids break loose you just keep adding more. That’s why we have an economic recession every decade. The system itself is broken. The bandaids they use to fix it (bailouts) are basically just what socialism would be but instead it only goes to wealthy businessmen. Instead of the people who are poor. That’s the problem with capitalism. It will never be a perfect system because it’s broken in its roots. It’s a bunch of broke people who owe money to a bunch of broke companies who owe money to a wealthy person.
@@AviOCE a balance of both fair market capitalism & DEMOCRATIC socialism is the best , but it requires people in power to have the countries interest a priority.
bboyenergetic first off, who is asking for communism? I’m for socialism. There’s a difference. Also I love how you capitalist guys love mentioning the people murdered under communist regimes, which were authoritarian and not socialist. Yet you forget about all the atrocities America has done under a capitalism based government. Trail of tears, slavery, etc. America is not perfect by any means. We have killed hundreds of thousands under similar means.
2:23 - It's called a mixed market system, which is something that all capitalist countries have.
GREAT VID! I was looking for a SIMPLE explanation and you hit the nail on the head. Good job and keep it up. 👍
It isn't simple, its wrong.
The truth is that "socialism" in the real world never evolved past the dictatorship of the proletariat and then, with stalin, devolved into state capitalism. Socialism (or lower phase communism as marx called it) in marxian theory is inherently stateless, as the state is defined as the tool of one class to exert its will onto the other. An extension to that might be political classes that became apparent in the soviet union, china and north korea, the party members who gain special rights by being a party member (even some capitalist countries have this class as politicians gain a certain immunity to the law) A socialist (to use the leninist distinction of lower phase communism (marx) = socialism (lenin) and higher phase communism (marx) = communism (lenin)) society would also not operate on the basis of money, which is still existent in all those nations. Furthermore, socialism cannot exist in only one country as it has to be international to fully abolish the need for profit (as the exchange for essential resources with a capitalist country will be capitalist in nature).
This video adheres to the neoliberal propaganda of socialism being state control, which is only true for the phase between socialism and capitalism - the dictatorship of the proletariat.
As socialism is classless, it is inherently stateless (per the marxian definition of state) and thus cannot function on state control.
Btw marx did not "feel" it was "unfair". This phrasing does not deal justice to his extentive research and criticism on and of capitalism
@@phmmpaulo No. After WW2 USA talked shit about stalin and ussr to protect their country to be the top
I think the main issue with this I find is that the definition of socialism has changed over time. I’d say not in a good way really, because socialism means near nothing anymore, but to say that socialism must mean a stateless society isn’t correct anymore. I wouldn’t call it propaganda, I’d say it’s closer to just how definitions change over time
Gaming Tacos and even then it is not quite true. Sure, we can move away from marxist theory but we are still seeing socialism as an inherently anti-capitalist system. Retaining Capitalist relations like wage labor or commodity production, as the soviet union did, does not make them socialist. There is detailed research on this which i am not even going to try to explain (including that socialism and communism would have to be exactly the same today, but no guarantees). So considering that people still refer to China or the Soviet Union as socialist, which is a lie invented by the US government in the cold war in order to weaponize the term as something bad, it is neoliberal propaganda, just like (and i have really seen people do this) calling any service provided by the government "socialism". Changing definitions according to material analysis and conditions, sure, but not because a lot of people are incapable of educating themselves on the topic
Nikolas Tesla ok yes I see what you mean better now. I didn’t realise that that propaganda was neo-liberal (as I don’t live in USA, and am still not entirely sure what neo-liberal means), and that that was the cause of the change in definition, rather than an effect of the changes definition
COMMUNISM FOREVER IN WE HEART!!!🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
@Alex Rivera but still, the message is quite clear.. and stupid.
Really well laid out and simple
The wealth isn't equally distributed under socialism. You get paid for the amount of work you do, just like under capitalism. The difference is that under socialism the workplace is owned and administered by the people who work there. This results in people earning higher wages and having to work less, because none of the profit is pocketed by an owner and you don't have to fire people to lower production cost, because you don't need to maximize profit.
Never really understood all this but I have a better understanding now so thanks.
With respect, no you dont. Try this more subtle understanding of the political spectrum. th-cam.com/video/7alLZ_pEpm4/w-d-xo.html
If you create a company you are entitled to more wealth. End if story
I think we should have both but for different age groups. Capitalism isn’t fair to babies who are born in poverty. The quality of their education, teachers, neighborhoods, even air, food and water quality is so bad and distracting. It’s pretty much impossible to become successful unless your a professional athlete or a rapper. Their should be communism for babies and capitalism for adults.
Bernie Sanders is a social democrat, not a democratic socialist. There is a difference.
Jetta Castaneda And he was wrong. I don't see what your point is.
could you explain the difference pls
@Jetta Castaneda Medicare and Medicaid say otherwise.
Around 1986 Soviet economist tatayna Zaslavskaya wrote essay "cruel politic.idiotic economy"to describe karl marx.wonder if anyone read it.
In spite of all the positive comments for this video, I hesitate to recommend this woman's analysis of the three systems. It sounds to me like it's coming from someone with an inherent bias towards capitalism, because she basically brushes off the other two systems relative to the first by the way she winds up talking about them. If it weren't for the fact that she did ultimately mention the Scandinavian model of democratic socialism in a reasonably positive light, I was going to rip her a new a**hole in these comments (for basically disguising propaganda as a "simple explanation" of the different systems).
Thanks for this short explanation. It enlightens me for my self study. Modular is really difficult, but this educational videos help me a lot. Thank you so much 😊
I understand that this is a very simplified description but the practical truth in the west is somewhat different. Today, the employer does not have the 'right' to keep all of the excess profit because the employer/employee relationship is by way of social contract in the same way as any other contract. That is to say that neither has the right to 'impose' a legal contract on the other and it only becomes legal by the agreement of both parties. An employee can revoke a contract in the same way as an employer without breaking the law. Otherwise, it is internationally deemed to be slavery. Socialism also appears when public money (the taxpayer) is used to bail-out the financial sector in a financial crash (2007/8). This is in fact inverted social-security for the capitalist system when capitalism itself would demand that the banks should fail; so you can see that in a modern society, capitalism is actually supported by socialism. Communism is very different from Socialism because the financial sector is government-run from public funds from the get-go. Anything involving support from public funds (the taxpayer), including the military, is 'socialism' unless you have a privately funded army (feudalism). Therefore, claiming that we can be either/or capitalist or socialist is an illusion; we are both but we are definitely not communist. I am not a capitalist nor a socialist but neither is anyone else. It is all political myth devised to promote the confrontational system of party politics. A better description of modern economics throughout the west would be 'social capitalism' no matter what party is in power. The alternative is communism.
Socialism isn't just "the government does stuff", rather the focus should be on who it is that owns the means of production. Market economies and socialist economies are not mutually exclusive, as demonstrated by Yugoslavia's system of market socialism, where the means of production were owned by worker co-ops.
You nailed it!
Excellent video. In the real world every form of Government has corruption.
I think I'd rather take the form of government where I actually own something that I worked for
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Do i want communism? Where you own the product of your own labour instead of the capitalist class extracting surplus value?
There are certain aspect of Capitalism, socialism & communism that are good and should be combined together as one!
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Oh great, even the definitions are wrong.
There is an increasing gap between rich and poor in capitalism. We cannot compromise on humanity for the sake of freedom. There is no such thing as complete freedom in a society. We are one way or the other always bound to certain things. We cannot treat poor in such a manner. The wealth should always be distributed. Here the workers should always control the capital.
The only way any of this is going to work is when people in power are working for the betterment of society and not for their own motives and selfish reasons... capitalism doesn’t really work for the poor... the capitalist/socialist model like Norway,Sweden and Finland have seems good... but higher taxes and they’ll say bye bye. Voting local is important and attending budget council meetings so we can tell them where we want them to spend our money is a start. Until then, these models represent fucked fucked and fucked for a “lower class citizen”
A good explanation but you should expand on the negatives of capitalism economically
There are no negatives
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Only the exploitation of the worker and lower classes. Societal splits and national weakness.
@@coopsnz1 capitalism is never the way. under no circumstances. communism isn't either. the northern EU model is the one we should strive to have it globally.
Equally poor , bad for middle class @@spring9603
@@coopsnz1 still capitalism is not the way. One measure for a system's benefits is the health of the overall society. Mentally as well as physically.
We all know that capitalism pushes the highest rates of mental health issues and personal life imbalances when it comes to society. Yes, economical power reaches pick under capitalism, empires rise under capitalism but all takes its tall on individuals and if we compare the two, economy versus society and individual health - we should not accept capitalism at all.
Northern EU countries have one of the biggest happiness indexes while USA, it's at the other end when it comes to developed countries.
So basically socialism and capitalism combined is the best thing?
I would argue that capitalism and Christianity (caring for those in need) combo is the best... like America used to be.
no thats just welfare and creates universal laziness
communism and socialism are state of mind and not economic or political models. people light years away from understanding what it is and how it suppose to work.
Thank you for this informative video, this is my 6th time watching it and i can't wait to watch it again in a few months after i forget everything once again.
Can you blend all these systems together and create a very ver good one which benefits all the people. Throw away the bad parts of each system? Why don’t people talk about this idea?
We have this system in Scandinavia, a mix between Capitalism and Socialism.
It is called a welfare state.
But what who is needed is Trust, to trust people.
Trust the state, etc.
And of course don't steal, be corrupt, etc.
and this works well in Scandinavia, but elsewhere ?
We do morph different aspects of each system. However, that takes time in our system of a capitalistic democracy....voting, educating voters, persuading voters to vote in everyone’s best interests, etc... it takes decades and mass social unrest/ war to simply eradicate slavery, and racism... and that’s a no brainer.
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Sorry Norman, Capitalism
and Democracy don`t go well together.
Democracy, also called popular government, is a form of government where the people have direct or indirect influence on what kind of decisions are made.
Characteristics of democracy are free elections, majority rule, the right to disagree with the majority, and the protection of the fundamental rights of individuals.
Gerrymandering is not free election,
and you have big errors in your election systems, which even the politicians would
like to change, but some states would not
allow. Then you have the senate with sales of votes by unfaithful politicians.
So it is not only to educate voters.
To make it short,
you don`t have free elections.
Video
Noam Chomsky on Democracy
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Video Am Ideas used in Europe,
But too expensive? to use in America.
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Democracy working is a fallacy as the majority just override the rights of the minorities. If all segments had equal rights and representation that would be democracy. Everyone just looks out for themselves. There is a concept called a stokvel where people put there money and efforts together to buy something. This system would have worked brilliantly in countries like South Africa as the man on the street would then be the owner and worker on his own farm, factory, business.
Fundamental flaw in the argument is that all ppl are motivated by monetary gain...
Thank you!! I personally believe in far more balanced capitalism where corporations and the wealthy don't go so completely unchecked. It's hard to enforce because their money buys influence over political attempts to curb their power in any way. I feel that by the time anybody notices an issue and does anything to try forcing that balance into a capitalist system its already too late, and I feel we are witnessing that now in America. I fully reject any idea of socialism or communism for my country, but I don't want to see capitalism fail here. Also I'm sure somebody might wonder: yes I am a registered Independent, I lean center left and I did vote for Biden although I wanted somebody else very much.
@@em8613 religion is, without question, the single most detrimental thing to happen to the human race
in laissez faire capitalism, the wealthy are still being checked, by us the consumers,and their workers.
I am also against the state for the reason that they can buy political power
@@cabsflix8310 nah,we should let the free market and liberty work its magic.
How about leaning to common sense?
Parties = lobbies of corporations
Capitalism will fail because it is a class-based system. People are spiritually incompatible with class based systems. The problem with class based systems is that they are fake. Rich people aren’t stronger, smarter, more moral, or prettier than poor people. Yet class is used as a signifier to deny people basic human rights. The easiest way to make sure that people are treated fairly is to abolish classes. Until that happens, there will always people who criticize the system for its obvious flaws.
There are certain aspect of Capitalism, socialism & communism that are good and should be combined together as one
no communism is its own thing because it gets rid of every form of idea of currency(even bartering) and discourage diversity human progress/you cant be better than others and makes every thing simple bland but i do agree socialism and capitalism are best together.
I say laissez faire capitalism is the best system.
No
@@tugalord 😬
@@gamerdio2503 wot
To defeat thy enemy must know thy enemy
Idk about increasing competition. We're currently living through a time where almost everything is monopolized.
Short and Sweet.
Just the way I like it.
Thank you.