Thomas Sowell and Jordan Peterson on why Marxism is so appealing

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[Pan_Z]

Peterson nails it. The most concerning part is people will act out of resentment & envy, and convince themselves it's virtuous. That whatever cruelty they cause is justice.

[sfcmathews]

I think Professor Peterson hit it on the head when he said "anyone who has anything got it by stealing it from me". There is certainly an ideology that wealth only comes from theft, never from hard work.

[oslier]

Tell people that property is oppressive. Once they are convinced of it, take it from them and call it liberation. War is peace.

[reddirtwalker]

I think it's popular because it's a belief system that is founded in lack of responsibility. You are not responsible for supporting you, the masses are responsible for supporting you and if they are not it's thier fault and not your own.
Basically we have people that liked mom and dad taking care of them and want others to fill that role now.

[clm]

" Just tell me where in the world are you gonna find these angels to organize society for us ? " - Milton Yoda Friedman

[georgecurious]

Same kind of thing happened to my Uncle who was a dairy farmer. The engine went out on his tractor and didn't have enough money to fix it. All that was needed was a long block replacement and it was functioning.
He went to the Department of Agriculture that gives low interest loans or even subsidies in many cases. He explained his plight and gave the simple solution. The departments solution was to buy him a new tractor, which he adamantly refused but had to continue farming to make money. He ended up taking the tractor but later found out that their office's budget was contingent on how much was spent annually. The more money spent, the bigger their budget.

[philippbehrend]

fun fact: Marx never lived in a Marxist country

[patriot]

Thomas sowell and Jordan Peterson…

Two of the fathers of modern thinking, we need more men like them in the world

[js]

This channel is a goldmine of reason in a world where "common sense" has been lost. Subscribed, THANK YOU.

[HolgerDanske]

The reason it is so attractive is because not a single person who believes in it thinks that they will be the working class. They never think THEY will be the ditch digger, farmer, or factory worker. They're all convinced they will be the leaders and policy-maker telling others what to do, say, think and how to live. None of them would ever dirty their hands or clothes or get calluses.

[lesliewilson]

It looks very attractive in the written word, it falls to pieces when people are introduced into the equation.

[warrioroflight]

It's attractive because people like following an ideology that tells them to envy and hate others who have more than them. It's easy to sell a message that tells people that they can be virtuous as they bully others.

Well, that's one reason, anyway.

[danabuttone]

I love both Jordan Peterson and Thomad Sowell! So much wisdom!

[berkscatbill]

Marx created a socio-economic system that turned his weakness and inability into a virtue.
He had no capital, so money was bad
He had no ambition. so individualism was bad
He couldn't compete, so competition was repressive.
He created a manifesto so full of logical holes it could not stand any conjecture, so all those who criticized it were mocked and personally attacked.
Marx scored "cheap shot" points on individualism without considering a single benefit As an academic or a philosopher he thoroughly ignores the established rigors of argument/debate. His theory leaves us with a false choice. Socialism / individualism, Marx tries to force us to pick a side, The reality is that humanity is both.

[kayakmanonthego]

The funny thing is: Karl Marx wrote all his work while living off his wife's and her family's fortune, i.e. her capital. So every word of his book "Capital" was written "with the dirty, filthy blood of capitalism".

[markzenith]

Marxism was never appealing to me even as a kid. I read the manifesto and other communist works in middle school. I realized right away on my own that communism and socialism would always be statist no matter how it’s implemented.

[jimthompson]

The last 30 seconds of Dr. Sowell And spot on deadly accurate! Government true purpose!

[luckytahlula]

I can't get enough of these two gentlemen. Thank you.

[OGDailylama]

00:34 Because we do not teach people Economics and we don’t make our kids study Civics. Our children are not citizens of this country any longer. They have only been raised to be RESIDENTS.

[revstiles]

Thomas Sowell is such a rational thinker