Megapopular right-wing YouTube channel PragerU’s “moral case for capitalism” fails to address capitalism’s massive defects — its injustice, exploitation, and instability. Instead, it offers a glib pep talk about why modern society is better than feudalism.
  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
    15·
    4 months ago

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

  • maynarkh@feddit.nl
    8·
    4 months ago

    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.

  • StereoTypo@beehaw.org
    6·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • ShortBoweledClown@lemmy.one
      4·
      4 months ago

      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.

      Edit: Better yet, please list the specific “parts of the world” you’ve seen.

      • tygerprints@kbin.social
        1·
        4 months ago

        No I’m not talking about U.S. cities, but places in Mexico and Asia specifically. And if I am deep throating the capitalist system, it’s because I have wisdom to do so. You can quit being a jerk and maybe listen to someone’s else’s point of view once in awhile.

        • ShortBoweledClown@lemmy.one
          3·
          4 months ago

          You just walk around with your eyes closed or are painfully ignorant if you don’t see the same things in US cities. Maybe you should open your eyes to the actual reality of capitalism and accept that people are living in these conditions because of capitalism.

          Just FYI Mexico and nearly all Asian countries are explicitly capitalist or have market-centered economies. Even “communist” China.

    • Timwi@kbin.social
      2·
      4 months ago

      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.

      I’m sorry… I’m trying to understand what you’re saying. Are you saying these people choose to live that way because they’ve chosen to opt out of capitalism? And that they could instantly and effortlessly have a fantastic life if only they joined the club?

      Are you serious?

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
      2·
      4 months ago

      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?