What Holds a Country Together or Tears it Apart? Crash Course Geography #36
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Date: 2022-04-04
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David
This was a very, very good presentation. I even appreciated the acknowledgement of communism as a derivative of socialism that never achieved the end state of no classes and no state. My only critique is glossing over capitalism as a free market. In an ideal state, maybe. However, the US, for example is not a true free market. The state and corporations are intertwined. In a true free market, there would not be government bailouts. If a business made reckless decisions and became over extended, then the end result is collapse or acquisition by another business. The easiest way to compare and contrast socialism to capitalism is that in the former, the state controls some business and means of production whereas the later business controls some of the state and means of production.
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This was a very, very good presentation. I even appreciated the acknowledgement of communism as a derivative of socialism that never achieved the end state of no classes and no state. My only critique is glossing over capitalism as a free market. In an ideal state, maybe. However, the US, for example is not a true free market. The state and corporations are intertwined. In a true free market, there would not be government bailouts. If a business made reckless decisions and became over extended, then the end result is collapse or acquisition by another business. The easiest way to compare and contrast socialism to capitalism is that in the former, the state controls some business and means of production whereas the later business controls some of the state and means of production.
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Harrison
I think economic growth is way more important to stability in the free world than most people realize.
Democracies are based on the idea of everyone sitting around a table and giving everyone more and more each year.
This happens when the overall pie is growing rapidly.
When the pie is not growing, the only way to get ahead is to take it from someone else.
And that's when democracies break down.
That's why I think democracies are seriously at risk this decade.
(Not including China and the group of unfree states they are siding with)
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I think economic growth is way more important to stability in the free world than most people realize.
Democracies are based on the idea of everyone sitting around a table and giving everyone more and more each year.
This happens when the overall pie is growing rapidly.
When the pie is not growing, the only way to get ahead is to take it from someone else.
And that's when democracies break down.
That's why I think democracies are seriously at risk this decade.
(Not including China and the group of unfree states they are siding with)
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Eduardo
I know the idea of the video isn't to be super deep. But wow, you guys were extra superficial in the political analysis of SA.
Through my entire life my country has suffered US interference. -Containment theory- is a very neutral take on this subject, given how outspoken the videos have been in the past.
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I know the idea of the video isn't to be super deep. But wow, you guys were extra superficial in the political analysis of SA.
Through my entire life my country has suffered US interference. -Containment theory- is a very neutral take on this subject, given how outspoken the videos have been in the past.
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makouras
This course takes an exceptional point of view towards the subject of states' existence.
That being said, the nation state is an outdated institution, that has managed to outlive its use by perpetuating its creation myths, which were used for its effective foundation.
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This course takes an exceptional point of view towards the subject of states' existence.
That being said, the nation state is an outdated institution, that has managed to outlive its use by perpetuating its creation myths, which were used for its effective foundation.
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Skeleton
Nice, having the courage to call out socialism/communism for its failures, although its important to note that Norway and other Scandinavian countries are Social Democracies, not Socialist (which is probably why you said -Kinda-. Excellent video as always CrashCourse!
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Nice, having the courage to call out socialism/communism for its failures, although its important to note that Norway and other Scandinavian countries are Social Democracies, not Socialist (which is probably why you said -Kinda-. Excellent video as always CrashCourse!
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SkeledroMan
Vietnam and china are much more socialist than the oil exporting, nationalistic, anti immigration nation of Norway. Even France, Italy and Uruguay have more support for co-operative enterprises than Norway.
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Vietnam and china are much more socialist than the oil exporting, nationalistic, anti immigration nation of Norway. Even France, Italy and Uruguay have more support for co-operative enterprises than Norway.
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wackywankavator
Can we get a video on red meat messaging and it's use and effects on the populace? And how to read/listen critically and discern opinion from fact? I think it's time. A video on critical listening.
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Can we get a video on red meat messaging and it's use and effects on the populace? And how to read/listen critically and discern opinion from fact? I think it's time. A video on critical listening.
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Miles
Fascinating lesson, but I must shout out that awesome shirt. It's like the fashion love child of David Bowie and Miss Frizzle, and now I'm thinking of the Magic School Bus driven by Ziggy Stardust.
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Fascinating lesson, but I must shout out that awesome shirt. It's like the fashion love child of David Bowie and Miss Frizzle, and now I'm thinking of the Magic School Bus driven by Ziggy Stardust.
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Rodrigo
Oh, eh. you kept it pretty clean there on the -containment theory- part where you say it's basically just -negotiating alliances- when It's often directly funding and supporting state-terr0rism.
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Oh, eh. you kept it pretty clean there on the -containment theory- part where you say it's basically just -negotiating alliances- when It's often directly funding and supporting state-terr0rism.
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DeathFromAbove
That ending part is precious. Too bad the entire history of mankind is filled with stories of conquerors and the conquered. Lose your land? Should-a fought harder-
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That ending part is precious. Too bad the entire history of mankind is filled with stories of conquerors and the conquered. Lose your land? Should-a fought harder-
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