I don’t understand why people are complaining about a women’s world cup player being trans
It’s still a biological female, playing against other biological females, which is completley fair? Why does gender matter? I don’t think trans females should compete in female sports due to the physical advantages - it’s not fair on biological females. But there’s no difference here?
Also, imagine if this was a biological man coming out as trans. Would we start persuading them to go be a female footballer? No, since we know that’s unfair on females.
This whole incident just shows in sports that instead of having some acceptance of trans people in sports, we whine and complain saying they’re in the wrong category.
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what do you like? I know you’re very far left and liberal, but like what does that mean? What do you think is the best system?
I personally believe Socialism would be much better than what we have right now. Try watching this video if you want to understand more of what that means (it very clearly explains the myths surrounding socialism and what it actually means/involves):
socialism has been proven to not work, literally every single time. it has always led to tyranny. (go look at this list for proof, is any of these countries somewhere where you want to live? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_states#Current_socialist_states)
the main problem is that the work of dividing up everything has to be done by some central party, which is (so far) always selfish (because humans are by default). you need a central government for it to work, which always turns bad, due to the flaws in humans. and there’s also the lack of incentive to work.
in the end, capitalism isn’t great but it’s the only system we’ve got that works.
this is simply not true. firstly, you can see this article for some socialist countries that have succeeded:
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/5-socialist-countries-that-have-succeeded-964429/
try watching the entire video i sent @dertermenter (it debunks many of the arguments you just made)
Nordic countries aren’t actually socialist. They have advanced free markets, and all but norway have very strong commitments to private ownership. they do have welfare though, so i would actually describe them as both capitalist and socialist.
did you watch the video? it literally explains every question you’ve asked me so far lol
but the reason those countries have such high qualities of life is because of the socialist aspects of their society, not because of their capitalist aspects. Also, what does private ownership have to do with anything? Do you mean shared control of the means of production? Because the only thing that’s not private in socialism is that it advocates for collectives, or companies run by the workers, the laborers, rather than a few rich billionaires who are imposing an artificial hierarchy, while underpaying employees who are the ones actually doing the labor (working in the factories, etc.) Individuals and families can still have private property under socialism, and its not egalitarianism.
The video also brings up many points, including that Socialism is actually based on capitalism. Also, no completely capitalist society has ever been successful (without many Socialist systems, countries like the USA and UK would be terrible to live in).
That video seems very sketchy. I checked the other videos on the channel, and they seem very biased. This, and the fact that they portray socialism as a perfect system make me think that there’s some stuff they’re leaving out.
There’s also just how propaganda-y it seems. “All of your problems are caused by capitalism. If we switch to socialism, all of your problems will disappear!” Overall, it doesn’t seem very trustworthy, but I also might just be biased because of the number of other similar video essays I’ve seen that turned out to be complete bullshit. Who knows?
did you watch the whole thing??? he literally says in the video that he’s not saying it’s a perfect system. it's just a vision for the future that would almost definitely be better for society as a whole. Based on the flaws of the current system, is it not logical to work toward a better future? Also, how is it propaganda-y compared to literally any video advocating for capitalism lmao
I did, I was just listening to it in the background while trying to fix my computer. But still, the fact that I didn’t notice him going in depth into any of the flaws still leaves me skeptical.
Also you’re not going to find any unbiased youtube videos that care more about educating people than spreading a certain viewpoint. You’re just not.
i also want to say that the term "propaganda" is usually used against Socialists in an unfair way. The term propaganda can be used very loosely. For example, the U.S. government saying "cigarettes are bad" is propaganda (it’s a government message). Unless he said something that's false, using the term "propaganda" against him is stupid. Instead of saying "it sounds like propaganda", try to find something he says that is untrue throughout the entire video. If you gave me a pro-capitalist video, I could usually identify 5-10 false statements, but for some mysterious reason, capitalists never extend the same favor in return.
I think it's probably the #1 most misunderstood economic system, as there is so much capitalist propaganda (from the cold war, etc.) still today. Most people who claim to be "hardcore Capitalists" couldn't explain to you what Socialism is.