• Jaysyn@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    That’s because every PragerU adherent is a wanna be robber baron at best & an actual fascist at worst.

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    I’ve really enjoyed the YouTube Poops of Dennis “Penis” Prager created by VeryTallBart. They help lessen the psychological damage dealt by the existence of Dennis Prager.

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    Take one of their most recent videos, titled “A Moral Case for Capitalism,” narrated by British conservative Daniel Hannan. Hannan is a high-ranking member of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords — none of which is mentioned in the video. He’s identified only as the author of a book called Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World.

    That’s a succinct way of summing it up that the world would be a better place if this guy wasn’t in it.

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    His case for capitalism may be terrible, and there’s no doubt capitalist has it’s share of flaws and inequities, but it is (right or wrong) very true that it’s more or less inevitable when a society industrializes and no longer relies on communal sharing as a way of life.

    You can kick against capitalism all you want, god knows there are good reasons to, but you will never replace it with anything better. If you think life was good during primitive tribalism times, you should only be forced to try it and see.

    I’ve seen parts of the world where people currently live in partial cardboard boxes with dirty mattresses as their only furniture. They still live as if the are not part of the modern world. And it isn’t pretty, life there is harsh and the reality of subsistence is extremely difficult.

    We kick against capitalism because we want to be moral warriors, but in truth we get a lot from our capitalist way of life; great food, good housing, nice furnishings, a place to hang out hat and plenty of leisure time. Just saying, it’s not all bad, and it’s really better than the alternatives.

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      I’ve seen parts of the world where people currently live in partial cardboard boxes with dirty mattresses as their only furniture. They still live as if the are not part of the modern world. And it isn’t pretty, life there is harsh and the reality of subsistence is extremely difficult.

      Do you mean any major US city? Speaking like this reality doesn’t exist the capitalist system you’re currently deep throating.

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      but it is (right or wrong) very true that it’s more or less inevitable when a society industrializes and no longer relies on communal sharing as a way of life.

      are you sure about that?