I've never met another libertarian.. I live in a blue state and have given up talking economics because people just do not understand liberty. I have to come to youtube to feel part of a movement because human interaction has discouraged me almost to the breaking point. It's so wonderful and so moral yet people are so slow to catch on. Keep fighting Jeffrey! And everyone who appreciates what he's saying. You're not alone..
***** Be gone you statist tool, as said falling prices are a gift to the consumer. It doesn't matter how wealthy you are, growth deflation is a great thing. You only need to look at the technology sector for an example of this. Strong deflationary pressures (due to rapidly advancing tech) yet the consumer enjoys more and more purchasing power each year. Why would we want a system that prevents this in other industries?
***** Lol no offense? Am I supposed to you seriously? I knew my comment would generate an ignorant response from you. You just go on babbling about your zero sum game clap trap. Couldn't handle being called a statist tool I guess, which you are.
***** ... Falling prices means one company has found a way to make the cost of production/device cheaper. In response the company reduced their prices to corner the market. All the other companies rush to find similar savings in their operation. Its call competition.
It's wonderful to realize that sanity has not exited our civilization. It's folks that gather their intellectual efforts around organizations such as the Mises Institute that give me the necessary incentive to keep believing that mankind has the natural right to achieve freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Thank you, Mises Institute for being there and reminding us all that there's hope!
It's evident that the OP gave an honest, genuine impression of what he believed to be a superior economical and political system, namely, capitalism. There's not a hint of sarcasm in those words. BTW, I wholeheartedly agree with his position.
@CurtHowland yeah, i think he's getting better at speaking to highschool kids. i remember him saying somewhere that he had a really hard time with it. but he's killing it with these kids.
@popocake The corruption of education can happen without influencing the government. In the current capitalist system, what prevents an oil company, for example -- that has an interest in denying its negative effect on the environment -- to fund a major university, effectively buying and skewing the unbiased academic education of many students to push its own agenda? And this is happening already. What I mean is, a society needs more than just self-interest in order to survive.
@pretorious700 I disagree. Tucker isn't missing the point that the food, ONCE OFF THE SHELF, must be put in the trash by law. What he is pointing out is that the food is being removed, which they don't have to do for any other reason than that people won't buy bruised and discolored produce. The absurd inefficiency of the law forcing that food to be wasted I object to utterly. What food bank wouldn't love to get all that perfectly good bruised/past due food?
Regulation succumbs to the same fallacy communism does. People are too stupid to decide what is best for them. Therefore their decisions need to be controlled by people. Regulatory capture and rent-seeking aside; people have to be in charge. People that are too stupid to decide what is best for themselves, but somehow smart enough to decide what is best for everyone else (despite the lack of specific knowledge of those consumers and without particularly caring what they think at all).
My dishwasher is low water/energy AND my detergent is phosphate free, but I have never had any problems with dirty dishes, when I hold up my glasses to the light they're spot free.
@pretorious700 I expect that the reason for sending that to landfills is the same reason restaurants have to throw food away rather than give it away, LAWS that say that's what they have to do.
@johnidavey I didn't know about the trouble. His first highschoolers talk went really well, but it was Tom Woods who got the standing ovation. Jeffrey's comments about the running suit "someone ran 200 miles in this thing", were great. I thought it was interesting that he'd forgotten the word "spandex".
We've had the technology to have personal flying vehicles since the very first commercially built airplane rolled down a runway and took flight. Think about this. Every airplane is capable of taxiing. Folding up wings and taxiing down the road is not a stretch from the technology of the very first planes. All you'd need are runways scattered about the land and this make sense. We already have enough runways for this to make sense now and there would be a lot more if we all had planes. The reason most people don't own airplanes, is hands down because of the government. Not only do you have to make an airplane to fit FAA regulations, you also have to make it fit DOT regulations. That is a near impossible combination of regulatory nightmare. Yet, finally, after 100 years, companies are beginning to do this.
Tri sodium phosphate is also what was taken out of cloths soap that got them clean. If you get your cloths greasy working on your car a quarter cup along with your soap will get them clean.
London Ohio has the best DMV ever. They don’t even have lines. People come from all over Ohio to use the London DMV. The difference? They charge a service charge to see them. Best service ever!
@pretorious700 - Ya, but there are also cities like San Francisco that do have a municipal composting program. In addition (I know this is going to sound like backward logic to you) but even if it hits a landfill, what's to say it won't be recycled? Decaying matter emits methane that is captured at most landfill sites and used to generate electricity. I just personally don't see how landfills are horrible, because I know what goes into the planning of a landfill.
I think it would help a lot of people who don't think there is a lot of theory or knowledge in this speech by Jeff Tucker should note that he's not giving it to a general audience who don't understand economics, hes giving to a crowd of people who already know and understand the economics he knows. So he doesn't really need to waste his time bashing socialism and giving theory and knowledge to back his statements...
@Slipknotyk06 I did a lot of volunteer work for organic recycling when I lived in the states, and of course I cannot speak for all municipalities, but where I lived (SE USA), it all went to landfills.
@pretorious700 - That's not an entirely accurate depiction, issuing a blanket statement that all that food gets buried in a landfill. It's also a non-sequitur. Walmart has no control over what the municipality does with its waste. Walmart does recycle a good portion of the cardboard it uses, as well as aluminum. Maybe this food waste is getting sorted and given to the municipality for composting.
Ricardo says a lot without having any meaning. but when he says capitalism is a theory assuming you can control or shape things through policy is the exact opposite of what capitalism or consumerism or free market or free exchange really means. it means people are free to voluntarily exchange with others without any coercion by any person or parties. entrepreneurs invest thier profits into capital equipment, making the worker more productive. this increases the amount of goods in the economy which causes the prices of those goods to fall. so there is your supply and demand. and in a true capitalist economy there is very little inflation to worry about. its the government's monopoly on money that creates most of the inflation. i suggest a video of tom woods called "the robber barrons and the progressive era".
But who steps in if the government poisons the river or otherwise damages the environment? The US government department of defense is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. That will affect the environments in your neighbourhood. That is one of the areas where it makes sense to be allowed to switch to a better service provider without having to wait for the results of an election that might be years away. Politicians are elected because they made campaign promises that were more convincing to the average voter, not because they have a history of doing a better job at a better price. No politician has ever had to refund the taxpayer for broken campaign promises. It's an obvious scam.
Great speaker, for anyone wanting to know more about the idea of capitalism. Too bad that pure idea, as any pure idea of governance, does not, nor cannot exist. As with any orthodox economist, Tucker assumes that humanity is an inherent self-maximizer and can make choices devoid of any morality. I wonder if he eats at McDonalds himself, if he thinks its so great. Yet, he has a wonderful point in explaining that the consumer is king in in the private sector, and practically serf in the public.
@Struckgold 1 year ago: ""It requires two steps of logic. And that rules out the vast majority of humanity right there." He then goes on to say that these moron consumers will save the world by their choices. Such unmitigated rubbish." No, you misunderstood and misquoted. Tucker said it requires two steps of logic to understand economics, not choose which products to buy in the marketplace. The latter only requires one step of logic - do I want this product (or will this product benefit me)? The latter is within the easy grasp of the vast majority of the world's population. Nor did he say anything about "saving the world" but he implied that those consumer choices - on aggregate - will regulate the market and benefit the world better than government intervention (note: not perfectly, just better).
@HmND the explanation may be simple indeed but it's fairly simple as well to infere those questions you're dangling over out of it. If, like he said, free enterprise should be left on its own by interference by the state, then it's obvious that mega-rich corporations can't just change the rules of the game since that can only be achieved by coersion or through the state, wich's out of the market in the first place. Same thing for a private-based education in terms of quality and stuff.
@CurtHowland You are correct, and you can actually get arrested for taking food from dumpsters at supermarkets. Jeff Tucker apparently misses the statism in this arrangement.
Moreover, while the lecture is surely interesting, there are many flaws in Tucker's dramatic praise of the capitalist system, which border with outright propaganda. The explanations are utterly simplistic and don't mention the problems with such a system when those who have the money reach out to change the rules of the game. No discussion of marketing and advertising and the decline of the levels of educations, which in turn lower the scope of true "free choice" by the consumers, et cetera.
Well, maybe not "insane" in the usual sense of the word, but not being revolted by the idea of the death of another life form is clearly some mild form of sadism and/or sociopathy.
Yeah, kill all the fish in order to not clean your dishes by hand! At first I thought he was just clueless (by suggesting that the market is free, which it clearly is not when you have advertising) , now I'm thinking he's insane.
Did he just say that the reason why don't all use flying cars is becaus the government owns the roads? We don't use flying cars because it's a lot more difficult to maintain a flying vehicle, and a lot harder to be trained to fly a flying vehicle, than it is when compared with a grounded alternative. Of course, fuel costs would go down because they wouldn't be taxed to all hell, but still, you can't pin a lack of convenience on regulation of the roads. That's inane.
@socialist123 If you are soo against violence how do you think the government gets money for socialism? I ll give you a hint not with better goods and services.
The chocolate king is pulling on evolutionary heartstrings to the point where even though people know that it will make them fat and potentially lose limbs in the modern food context, they will still be unable to choose not to, even if they know that they have diabetes and are obese.
Kait Sith How many people actually do that, though, and are *that* fat? Most of us just love chocolate but eat it in moderation - we agree with the advertizer that chocolate tastes great (if it didn't, we wouldn't buy it) but we aren't so deluded or controlled by our base instincts that we cannot resist its lure to the point of death. You have a low opinion of humanity if you think that is our lot Those people who do eat chocolate and other sweet food to that kind of excess do need help but not by banning chocolate or chocolate advertizing - they should be helped by concerned friends and family and, additionally, by activism / education and competing health-promoting products within the food and fitness industry.
@HmND Well, we're not talking about the current state-capitalist system, but a free capitalist one. That said, what's the problem with a company funding a university if both of them agree with it? Precisely in the case of universities where the alumni are all capable adults? The institution would go on with its life and if a research or paper's just garbage because of false data then that's that, the judgement's up to their peers, not a preemptive intervention prohibiting the private funding.
@fnyklr It is a lot less of a problem than it used to be....also the free market is the only way that the people who are in relatively poor economic conditions can hope to better their lot.
@rba46 Just remember to first get people as far down in the dirt as possible before asking them if they would be happy to voluntarily accept a job in the international "free market". I suspect also many in the western world soon will be more willing to work as they slide further down in the dirt. Cheapening of labor is not just a third world problem.
@popocake Especially since most of the population seems to be acting irrationally, in contrast to what the economic system expects of them. But perhaps this conversation is not for here.
@HmND "Society"'s a non-existent entity. Who has needs are people and I grant that economic self-interest may not be enough to fulfill those needs, but who's to say that just because someone needs something, then it's ok to use force and coersion to secure it? And who's to say that a pure capitalist society won't have philanthropy to cover those needs or at least most of them? From my point of view it's the anticapitalists that don't have faith in man's goodness, not the other way around.
@PanzerDivisionBOM An armed population. Jefferson said it himself. Sure, it isn't as pleasant as anyone would like to hear, but it's really the only way.
It's incredibly wasteful and stupid to throw food away just because it's not cosmetically perfect. Walmart employees are not even allowed to take overdue food home to feed to pets, or use as mulch or natural fertilizer in gardens. All of that food gets buried in a landfill. I'm a big fan of Jeff Tucker, but here he is dead wrong.
"It requires two steps of logic. And that rules out the vast majority of humanity right there." He then goes on to say that these moron consumers will save the world by their choices. Such unmitigated rubbish.
@tazmaniainc The little details of how the state ruins lives are as important as grand economic theory. You say this talk provides little actual knowledge? How many of examples of state regulation ruining daily life can you name?
If you actually are curious--which I strongly doubt, since the information is all over, and you didn't search for it, but I can always hope that you are simply both curious and lazy--then I suggest listening to this: /watch?v=gncriCw2uyg&feature=g-vrec
Hey, Jeff, Scott Adams wants to interview someone on open borders. Contact him if interested. He seems to think the right wing (what he thinks is right) misunderstands the left wings view on them. I think he hasn't actually talked to a proper anarchist. If you jump to 26:00 here, he briefly talks about it. I don't represent him, obviously, but it's troubling that he doesn't seem to have a clear view: th-cam.com/video/bH-zp8iZfRo/w-d-xo.html
"it's probably all fake" when talking about the TSA. I hope he just said that to be amusing. I do not work for them, and I know NOONE that works for them, but come on now. If he said that in jest just to get a rise, fine. But he tries to come off as an expert in something and then says that and "well why do they wrap these headphones like this...". Man oh man, put a 12 year old up there, same speech.
I would be willing to bet a lot of money that you didn't get past the first 5 minutes. The problem with you lot is that you are either too slow to understand or you simply don't want to.
I've never met another libertarian.. I live in a blue state and have given up talking economics because people just do not understand liberty. I have to come to youtube to feel part of a movement because human interaction has discouraged me almost to the breaking point. It's so wonderful and so moral yet people are so slow to catch on. Keep fighting Jeffrey! And everyone who appreciates what he's saying. You're not alone..
***** Falling prices are a gift to consumers.
If you want to libertarians... Just hit up YAL, ISFLC, CPAC, Lots of conventions all over the country.
***** Be gone you statist tool, as said falling prices are a gift to the consumer. It doesn't matter how wealthy you are, growth deflation is a great thing. You only need to look at the technology sector for an example of this. Strong deflationary pressures (due to rapidly advancing tech) yet the consumer enjoys more and more purchasing power each year. Why would we want a system that prevents this in other industries?
***** Lol no offense? Am I supposed to you seriously? I knew my comment would generate an ignorant response from you. You just go on babbling about your zero sum game clap trap. Couldn't handle being called a statist tool I guess, which you are.
***** ... Falling prices means one company has found a way to make the cost of production/device cheaper. In response the company reduced their prices to corner the market. All the other companies rush to find similar savings in their operation. Its call competition.
It's wonderful to realize that sanity has not exited our civilization. It's folks that gather their intellectual efforts around organizations such as the Mises Institute that give me the necessary incentive to keep believing that mankind has the natural right to achieve freedom and the pursuit of happiness. Thank you, Mises Institute for being there and reminding us all that there's hope!
+Jon Conte
I can't tell whether you're serious or sarcastic. I tend towards sarcasm.
+stau ffap Well, you guessed wrong.
miramarensis
How do you know? It is not even your comment.
It's evident that the OP gave an honest, genuine impression of what he believed to be a superior economical and political system, namely, capitalism. There's not a hint of sarcasm in those words. BTW, I wholeheartedly agree with his position.
Always enjoy Mr. Tuckers lectures.
this guy is such a great story teller
👍👍
I go forth, to find the work-around!!
One of the best talks I've ever heard
If we are upset at the damn TSA checkpoint makes you wonder what people in occupied lands feel like.
"Bow ties are cool." Matt Smith, portraying The Eleventh Doctor.
He is correct. Freedom and liberty are the only things that work.
Wow. If this guy spoke at the highshool I went to it would be shut down due to parental complaints...
Such an inspirational speaker.
Jeffery Tucker is so win.
Every time Jeffrey Tucker speaks, I enjoy it more.
@CurtHowland yeah, i think he's getting better at speaking to highschool kids. i remember him saying somewhere that he had a really hard time with it. but he's killing it with these kids.
It's a paradigm shift. Much more people are able to understand this concept and model of before than ever before
@popocake
The corruption of education can happen without influencing the government. In the current capitalist system, what prevents an oil company, for example -- that has an interest in denying its negative effect on the environment -- to fund a major university, effectively buying and skewing the unbiased academic education of many students to push its own agenda? And this is happening already. What I mean is, a society needs more than just self-interest in order to survive.
@pretorious700 I disagree. Tucker isn't missing the point that the food, ONCE OFF THE SHELF, must be put in the trash by law.
What he is pointing out is that the food is being removed, which they don't have to do for any other reason than that people won't buy bruised and discolored produce.
The absurd inefficiency of the law forcing that food to be wasted I object to utterly. What food bank wouldn't love to get all that perfectly good bruised/past due food?
Regulation succumbs to the same fallacy communism does. People are too stupid to decide what is best for them. Therefore their decisions need to be controlled by people. Regulatory capture and rent-seeking aside; people have to be in charge. People that are too stupid to decide what is best for themselves, but somehow smart enough to decide what is best for everyone else (despite the lack of specific knowledge of those consumers and without particularly caring what they think at all).
Need to make recent videos of the topics we cherish.
My dishwasher is low water/energy AND my detergent is phosphate free, but I have never had any problems with dirty dishes, when I hold up my glasses to the light they're spot free.
We have a hard time with our dishes these days. Often we have to clean them twice.
@pretorious700 I expect that the reason for sending that to landfills is the same reason restaurants have to throw food away rather than give it away, LAWS that say that's what they have to do.
@johnidavey I didn't know about the trouble. His first highschoolers talk went really well, but it was Tom Woods who got the standing ovation.
Jeffrey's comments about the running suit "someone ran 200 miles in this thing", were great. I thought it was interesting that he'd forgotten the word "spandex".
We've had the technology to have personal flying vehicles since the very first commercially built airplane rolled down a runway and took flight. Think about this. Every airplane is capable of taxiing. Folding up wings and taxiing down the road is not a stretch from the technology of the very first planes. All you'd need are runways scattered about the land and this make sense. We already have enough runways for this to make sense now and there would be a lot more if we all had planes.
The reason most people don't own airplanes, is hands down because of the government. Not only do you have to make an airplane to fit FAA regulations, you also have to make it fit DOT regulations. That is a near impossible combination of regulatory nightmare. Yet, finally, after 100 years, companies are beginning to do this.
Surely at this point, drone tech has eliminated the need for runways.
@@lazrseagull54 Yeah, they have taken it and put it in non-drone vehicles. Yet, still, the sky is not full of people flying...because government.
Tri sodium phosphate is also what was taken out of cloths soap that got them clean. If you get your cloths greasy working on your car a quarter cup along with your soap will get them clean.
@bradwatson7324 TSP is available in the paint department. It is used to clean greasy walls before painting.
London Ohio has the best DMV ever. They don’t even have lines. People come from all over Ohio to use the London DMV.
The difference? They charge a service charge to see them. Best service ever!
@pretorious700 - Ya, but there are also cities like San Francisco that do have a municipal composting program. In addition (I know this is going to sound like backward logic to you) but even if it hits a landfill, what's to say it won't be recycled? Decaying matter emits methane that is captured at most landfill sites and used to generate electricity. I just personally don't see how landfills are horrible, because I know what goes into the planning of a landfill.
"It was springtime... when this house emerged from the ground.."
9 thumbs up for Tucker!!!!!!!
@Illyrien
Exactly. Thats the point, that user was suggesting economic democracy was a better way of describing free market economics.
The video was filmed in 2011 and the quality(resolution) is that? It is not even 480p.
I think it would help a lot of people who don't think there is a lot of theory or knowledge in this speech by Jeff Tucker should note that he's not giving it to a general audience who don't understand economics, hes giving to a crowd of people who already know and understand the economics he knows. So he doesn't really need to waste his time bashing socialism and giving theory and knowledge to back his statements...
@CurtHowland Yes, I see your point, but it's not clear in what he says if he is endorsing disposing of the food at that point.
@Slipknotyk06 I did a lot of volunteer work for organic recycling when I lived in the states, and of course I cannot speak for all municipalities, but where I lived (SE USA), it all went to landfills.
So who is this "Dr. Don W. Printz" who sponsored this speech? Couldn't find anything about him on Google.
oh and get rid of consumer laws and govt that regulate so that baby products are safe.
@cchessmaster If one goes to Walmart to purchase this, do you know what department it is in? And, does one ask for tri-sodium phosphate or phosphorus?
@pretorious700 - That's not an entirely accurate depiction, issuing a blanket statement that all that food gets buried in a landfill. It's also a non-sequitur. Walmart has no control over what the municipality does with its waste. Walmart does recycle a good portion of the cardboard it uses, as well as aluminum. Maybe this food waste is getting sorted and given to the municipality for composting.
"It requires two steps of logic. And that rules out the vast majority of humanity right there."
LOL! xD
Liked and subbed. Thanks for the great video.
Ricardo says a lot without having any meaning. but when he says capitalism is a theory assuming you can control or shape things through policy is the exact opposite of what capitalism or consumerism or free market or free exchange really means. it means people are free to voluntarily exchange with others without any coercion by any person or parties. entrepreneurs invest thier profits into capital equipment, making the worker more productive. this increases the amount of goods in the economy which causes the prices of those goods to fall. so there is your supply and demand. and in a true capitalist economy there is very little inflation to worry about. its the government's monopoly on money that creates most of the inflation. i suggest a video of tom woods called "the robber barrons and the progressive era".
if you poison rivers that will affect the environments in your neighborhood. that is one of the areas where it makes sense for government to step in.
But who steps in if the government poisons the river or otherwise damages the environment?
The US government department of defense is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
That will affect the environments in your neighbourhood. That is one of the areas where it makes sense to be allowed to switch to a better service provider without having to wait for the results of an election that might be years away.
Politicians are elected because they made campaign promises that were more convincing to the average voter, not because they have a history of doing a better job at a better price. No politician has ever had to refund the taxpayer for broken campaign promises. It's an obvious scam.
Great speaker, for anyone wanting to know more about the idea of capitalism. Too bad that pure idea, as any pure idea of governance, does not, nor cannot exist. As with any orthodox economist, Tucker assumes that humanity is an inherent self-maximizer and can make choices devoid of any morality. I wonder if he eats at McDonalds himself, if he thinks its so great. Yet, he has a wonderful point in explaining that the consumer is king in in the private sector, and practically serf in the public.
The Customer Is Always Right.
@Struckgold 1 year ago:
""It requires two steps of logic. And that rules out the vast majority of humanity right there." He then goes on to say that these moron consumers will save the world by their choices. Such unmitigated rubbish."
No, you misunderstood and misquoted. Tucker said it requires two steps of logic to understand economics, not choose which products to buy in the marketplace. The latter only requires one step of logic - do I want this product (or will this product benefit me)? The latter is within the easy grasp of the vast majority of the world's population. Nor did he say anything about "saving the world" but he implied that those consumer choices - on aggregate - will regulate the market and benefit the world better than government intervention (note: not perfectly, just better).
You have to burn the coating off the cord before splicing.
That joke about the guy with the cobwebs on him made me laugh so hard I had to pause the video.
@HmND the explanation may be simple indeed but it's fairly simple as well to infere those questions you're dangling over out of it. If, like he said, free enterprise should be left on its own by interference by the state, then it's obvious that mega-rich corporations can't just change the rules of the game since that can only be achieved by coersion or through the state, wich's out of the market in the first place. Same thing for a private-based education in terms of quality and stuff.
@CurtHowland You are correct, and you can actually get arrested for taking food from dumpsters at supermarkets. Jeff Tucker apparently misses the statism in this arrangement.
good stuff
Moreover, while the lecture is surely interesting, there are many flaws in Tucker's dramatic praise of the capitalist system, which border with outright propaganda. The explanations are utterly simplistic and don't mention the problems with such a system when those who have the money reach out to change the rules of the game. No discussion of marketing and advertising and the decline of the levels of educations, which in turn lower the scope of true "free choice" by the consumers, et cetera.
Well, maybe not "insane" in the usual sense of the word, but not being revolted by the idea of the death of another life form is clearly some mild form of sadism and/or sociopathy.
This video is too short, he doesn't explain the title.
Yeah, kill all the fish in order to not clean your dishes by hand! At first I thought he was just clueless (by suggesting that the market is free, which it clearly is not when you have advertising) , now I'm thinking he's insane.
Anybody watching with me on 2021 with this ongoing covid hysteria?
Did he just say that the reason why don't all use flying cars is becaus the government owns the roads?
We don't use flying cars because it's a lot more difficult to maintain a flying vehicle, and a lot harder to be trained to fly a flying vehicle, than it is when compared with a grounded alternative. Of course, fuel costs would go down because they wouldn't be taxed to all hell, but still, you can't pin a lack of convenience on regulation of the roads. That's inane.
@socialist123 If you are soo against violence how do you think the government gets money for socialism?
I ll give you a hint not with better goods and services.
The chocolate king is pulling on evolutionary heartstrings to the point where even though people know that it will make them fat and potentially lose limbs in the modern food context, they will still be unable to choose not to, even if they know that they have diabetes and are obese.
Let us know when he shows up at your house with a gun and demands your purchase on penalty of death.
LucVNO Straw.
Kait Sith How many people actually do that, though, and are *that* fat? Most of us just love chocolate but eat it in moderation - we agree with the advertizer that chocolate tastes great (if it didn't, we wouldn't buy it) but we aren't so deluded or controlled by our base instincts that we cannot resist its lure to the point of death. You have a low opinion of humanity if you think that is our lot Those people who do eat chocolate and other sweet food to that kind of excess do need help but not by banning chocolate or chocolate advertizing - they should be helped by concerned friends and family and, additionally, by activism / education and competing health-promoting products within the food and fitness industry.
@HmND Well, we're not talking about the current state-capitalist system, but a free capitalist one. That said, what's the problem with a company funding a university if both of them agree with it? Precisely in the case of universities where the alumni are all capable adults? The institution would go on with its life and if a research or paper's just garbage because of false data then that's that, the judgement's up to their peers, not a preemptive intervention prohibiting the private funding.
@fnyklr It is a lot less of a problem than it used to be....also the free market is the only way that the people who are in relatively poor economic conditions can hope to better their lot.
If it's regulated, then it is not free.
I guess life didn't come into being until capitalism was created...
it doesnt need regulating if thats what your advocating
I bet he bought those headphones for the interview with Stefan Molyneux.
"They're killing us by feeding us, or whatever their theory is." Haha. XD
@rba46 Just remember to first get people as far down in the dirt as possible before asking them if they would be happy to voluntarily accept a job in the international "free market". I suspect also many in the western world soon will be more willing to work as they slide further down in the dirt. Cheapening of labor is not just a third world problem.
I think the term Economic Democracy sounds better the Capitalism.
It's self-regulated and regulated by he market.
@popocake
Especially since most of the population seems to be acting irrationally, in contrast to what the economic system expects of them. But perhaps this conversation is not for here.
@HmND "Society"'s a non-existent entity. Who has needs are people and I grant that economic self-interest may not be enough to fulfill those needs, but who's to say that just because someone needs something, then it's ok to use force and coersion to secure it? And who's to say that a pure capitalist society won't have philanthropy to cover those needs or at least most of them? From my point of view it's the anticapitalists that don't have faith in man's goodness, not the other way around.
LOL do you really believe he meant that the way it sounded? WOW people WOW
WOW xXxDANMANxXx WOW.
Would you like to translate the metaphor?
My dishwasher detergent says phosphate free :(.
@PanzerDivisionBOM
An armed population. Jefferson said it himself. Sure, it isn't as pleasant as anyone would like to hear, but it's really the only way.
It's incredibly wasteful and stupid to throw food away just because it's not cosmetically perfect. Walmart employees are not even allowed to take overdue food home to feed to pets, or use as mulch or natural fertilizer in gardens. All of that food gets buried in a landfill. I'm a big fan of Jeff Tucker, but here he is dead wrong.
"It requires two steps of logic. And that rules out the vast majority of humanity right there."
He then goes on to say that these moron consumers will save the world by their choices.
Such unmitigated rubbish.
@tazmaniainc The little details of how the state ruins lives are as important as grand economic theory. You say this talk provides little actual knowledge? How many of examples of state regulation ruining daily life can you name?
He was just saying it in jest.
@pretorious700 Indeed, I see what you mean.
@socialist123 Please throw away your computer that gives you access to all the information in the world. Thanks.
If you actually are curious--which I strongly doubt, since the information is all over, and you didn't search for it, but I can always hope that you are simply both curious and lazy--then I suggest listening to this:
/watch?v=gncriCw2uyg&feature=g-vrec
Hey, Jeff, Scott Adams wants to interview someone on open borders. Contact him if interested. He seems to think the right wing (what he thinks is right) misunderstands the left wings view on them. I think he hasn't actually talked to a proper anarchist. If you jump to 26:00 here, he briefly talks about it. I don't represent him, obviously, but it's troubling that he doesn't seem to have a clear view: th-cam.com/video/bH-zp8iZfRo/w-d-xo.html
@032125 Tucker has four children.
@032125 He kind of reminds me of Peewee Herman.
Electric tape. Use electric tape for electronics. Not scotch tape. That could be bad. :[
"it's probably all fake" when talking about the TSA. I hope he just said that to be amusing. I do not work for them, and I know NOONE that works for them, but come on now. If he said that in jest just to get a rise, fine. But he tries to come off as an expert in something and then says that and "well why do they wrap these headphones like this...". Man oh man, put a 12 year old up there, same speech.
The ‘work arounds’ only work until the State hears about them and again intervenes..😒
Eating unhealthy fishes on shiny dishes doesn't make much sense
Nope. He's just nice.
plenty, but wouldn't be knowledge to state them and analyze them ?
instead of story telling your shopping trip ?
@socialist123 you're hilarious!
I would be willing to bet a lot of money that you didn't get past the first 5 minutes. The problem with you lot is that you are either too slow to understand or you simply don't want to.
Clowns wear shoes.
You wear shoes.
You must be a clown.
Come on, Mark - you can do better than that....
@PressForFreedom lol
Economics is not a science, Mr. Tucker
a lot of story telling, little accual knowledge
Come out of the closet Jeffrey.
@socialist123 Please throw away your computer that gives you access to all the information in the world. Thanks.