I plan on doing a video on this soon. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Capitalist vs Socialist: Cutting
cap: Hello, I’m a Capitalist.
soc: And I’m a Socialist. So, smart guy, you say the government’s spending too much? That we need to cut spending rather than raise taxes? Well, then what would you cut?!
cap: This question is a trap. If I name anything specifically, then you will attack me for supposedly not caring about the welfare of these special interest groups. In reality, we both probably share very similar values as far as who we think needs a helping hand. It’s just that I disagree that we should hold a gun up against our neighbors heads and demand that they spend their money the way we want them to; which is EXACTLY what the government is. Such an action will only… Read More
I plan on doing a video on this pretty soon. Let me know if there are any suggestions you have.
Capitalist vs Socialist: The Recovery
cap: Hello, I’m a Capitalist.
soc: And I’m a Socialist. Yayyyyy!
cap: Hey Soc, what are you celebrating?
soc: Didn’t you hear? The bailouts worked! We’re now in a recovery! *paper blow horn*
cap: Says who?
soc: The president, of course! What? You don’t believe your president? Are you a racist?
cap: No. I just think that we got into this mess in the first place, because the government distorted the economy and created moral hazards such as deposit insurance, fractional reserve banking, artificially low Fed interest rates, vast lines of credit from the Fed, legal intimidation, guaranteed loans, and so on that caused banks to loan out money they did not have to the wrong people
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So a while back I was in a stickam room having a conversation with dasamericanatheist about socialism and after putting forward my idea of why I think socialism is immoral, because it argues that the individual should be a slave to the collective, he responded with a moral lifeboat scenario as an argument for socialized healthcare.
Let’s say that someone begins choking and you are the only person there who has any chance of administering the heimlich maneuver and saving their life. Without you, that person will die. Should you be allowed refuse to help them if they do not pay you?
First, I think the question is too vague. Let’s first ask, would this be murder if you refused? I would argue no. Killing is something that is very different from letting someone die. When you kill someone, you are initiating a set of actions that lead to someone’s… Read More
I think from now on, before I make a video for my main channel (youtube.com/jacobspinney), I’m going to publish the script for it here on my blog and hopefully you guys can help me edit it and suggest ideas that will make it better. Let me know what you think. And be sure to subscribe to my blog! Either the RSS feed or put in your email in the subscription box or both. Thanks!
