Why Socialism Never Works: A Video Marathon | Marathons 

My Great Grandfather was murdered in his own home because he refused to comply with his new comunist masters in Russia so many years ago. My Grandfather escaped and helped many others to do the same. He warned me when I was a boy that the Canadian government was set up to have an easy comunist takeover. I didn't understand him then...but I sure do now!!!

We don't have a free market anymore though. We have corporate cronies buying politicians to enable monopolistic markets. And media is as much to blame for not reporting on it.

The solution to our society’s problem is not to change the global system completely, but to stop allowing corruption to take place so EASILY!

Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same thing over & over and expecting a different result “ communism keeps failing why do people insist on repeating history?

I concur, I grew up in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe had to abandon it’s own currency due to hyper inflation. Before Mugabe the country had a thriving economy, it was rich in minerals at it height it was producing more than 60% of the world’s copper. Zimbabwe was just another victim to socialism.

Honestly, just showing photos of the peasant class in the CCCP should be enough to wake anyone up to the reality of overly centralized power. But people are, as stated, ignorant and/or willfully blind.

There's a difference between socialism and a Social Democracy. A Social Democracy provides assistance for those who are unable to support themselves through no fault of their own.

I am a German and in school we learn a lot about our past and the bad things we did but we dont or rarely talk about the bad things other countries did like the Soviet Union. And than we have a lot of uneducaded communist.

It's actually pretty simple when you put it this way: People are greedy and lazy. They're greedy because they want as much as they can get. They're lazy because they want it for as little effort as possible. The moment you say, "everyone gets the same, no matter what" is the moment the laziness kicks in and people stop working. When a farmer is told they have to give up most of their food, they hide enough for themselves then just say "bad harvest." I have seen countless college students fail a test because they did zero work then demand a better grading curve...and they get it. This incentivizes hard workers to NOT WORK. Why bother if your result will be the same. Now, throw in a central party that dictates all parts of the economy, and you soon see a central party that is gluttonous while the rest of the country starves. You usually end up back to the social class structures socialism claims to end because you centralize all power and a few greedy people are able to take over.

This is brilliant. I was born in Cuba and I try to warn friends etc, but most are ignorant and more interested in sport outcomes.

Perhaps a government program that will fund one way tickets to a desired socialist country for those who love it might be a way to fullfil their dreams. Part of the agreement should include cancelation of their US citizenship.

I am by no means a proponent of either, but socialism and communism are not interchangeable

“”Socialism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.” ~Frank Zappa

Many people talk about their "rights" but these same people rarely talk about their responsibilities. Entitlements hurt everyone, especially the people who receive them.

Socialism always ... always needs capitalism money to spend on it's self to make it work

A common misconception is the idea that capitalism and communism are political systems when in reality both are highly politicized economic systems. We have unions we have social security we have fire departments we have all sorts of of services in the US that are taken for granted but without which we would not recognize our country.

Michael Moore, "Everyone gets a seat at the table and everyone gets a piece of the pie." Yeah, Michael, once you force someone to bake a pie that is likely low quality and flavorless.

This video compilation is a gem. All of this is clear to me, as an Eastern European. This is taught in schools. It's crazy how the youth in the west are becoming so pro-socialism, the education system must be so lacking.

"The greatest enemy of socialism is reality." Truth matters" great slogan for front and back of a tee shirt. I visited Russia in the 1970's early 1980's. There were long lines there as well. "Fairness gives you the cover of ambiguity".

Superb. As a red-pilled ex-socialist I say thank you for this excellent compilation. Let's hope it encourages more people to #WalkAway

The idea of socialism will never die because of the eternal appeal of the fairytale that one can get something for nothing.

In regards to Sweden (where I am from) (references below) We're not fully socialists, hence why we are not as shitty as we could have been. However, the things that are actually socialized, and owned by the state or commonly owned by the people, are public transport, Electricity, schools, healthcare, pension and, police are not so good, or about to become shittier. (I'll add the gas price to this list as it is primarily tax we pay for it. 1. We now have frequent power outs and > 850% increase in electricity due to downsizing nuclear and relying on solar/wind (which work very badly during winter. a) almost no sun hours b) nor wind in the winter. (we now are forced to burn millions of liters of OIL to keep southern part of sweden warm. 2. Criminality (gun violence, rape, robbery, break-ins, has been increasing in the last 20, but primarily the last 5-10 years. (This with the lowest number of police/capita in the EU and extremely high immigration) 3. We lose ranking in the OECD rapport every year for how "good" our healthcare system is. (almost the highest cue-times in the EU, and Mid-wife crises are the latest and most acute problem right now. Although it needs to be said it is still fairly good compared to some countries even if the trend is bad (but with the highest taxes in the world it is to be expected to have a proper "base-line" care. 4. School performance is losing ranking in PISA (to the level the state decided to cheat on them) 5. Proper public transport is not present all over the country and where it is, it is extremely bad in terms of price, quality, and ability to be on time. Second most expensive public transport (despite it being state-run and we having the highest taxes in the world. 6. Highest or among the highest gas prices in the world (fluctuates between the top) 7. Although the pension system is "ok" from a quick look compared to other countries in terms of absolute numbers, but relative to the cost of living in Sweden compared to e.g. Greece or Spain, or the eastern block we are truly not doing so well. This has left many pensioners who have worked their whole life close to poverty levels - around USD 1350 on average according to google, where electricity alone can increase with USD > 300- 600 during cold months. 8 Unemployment is increasing fast, especially among immigrants. (before corona) On top of all those facts, trying to say what you want in a public or at work is a problem, not illegal as of yet, but as an example, raising concern about the highest immigration in the world/capita, was viewed a being a nazi just a few years ago, luckily it has now changed, but with stated problems above as a price. Then add extreme high tax on everything, wokism in UNI or super woke bias state-run media as flavour to all that and you have a very weird country to live in for those who want to just mind their own business and work hard and enjoy life. Personally, I am moving to Switzerland within a year, in order to feel safer, and help my parents with money, which I basically can't now, despite earning significantly above average, due to progressive tax. A marginal tax of 55% + employment fee (which my company deducts and ends up paying around 70% taxes on my earnings. 1. www.thelocal.se/20211220/swedish-electricity-prices-soar-to-new-all-time-high/ 2. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20190104-1bra.se/bra-in-english/home/news-from-bra/archive/news/2020-09-30-difficult-to-compare-rape-statistics-in-european-countries.htmlbra.se/bra-in-english/home/news-from-bra/archive/news/2020-09-30-difficult-to-compare-rape-statistics-in-european-countries.htmlbra.se/bra-in-english/home/news-from-bra/archive/news/2020-09-30-difficult-to-compare-rape-statistics-in-european-countries.htmlbra.se/bra-in-english/home/news-from-bra/archive/news/2020-09-30-difficult-to-compare-rape-statistics-in-european-countries.htmlbra.se/bra-in-english/home/news-from-bra/archive/news/2020-09-30-difficult-to-compare-rape-statistics-in-european-countries.html 3. www.oecd.org/fr/els/systemes-sante/graph-of-the-month.htm 4. www.nationalreview.com/the-agenda/sweden-has-education-crisis-it-wasnt-caused-school-choice-tino-sanandaji/ 5. www.statista.com/statistics/275438/public-transport-cost-cities/ 6 www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/ 7.sweden.se/life/society/elderly-care-in-sweden 8 ednh.news/eu-reports-wide-disparities-in-unemployment-across-bloc/

Son: “Why don’t we practice socialism?” Father: “Because it doesn’t work.” Son: “Then why are there lots of people wanting socialism so badly?” Father: “Because they don’t work either.”

This risk was pointed out extensively, even by the founders of the USA years ago.

The core evil of communism it denies the value of the individual. Individuals have intrinsic value. Communism the individual's value derives from their utility to The State.

Why does socialism never work? Let me count the ways...

Remind me again, who in the U.S. wants socialism as described in this video? References please.

Socialism working in the Scandinavian countries is why they're the happiest countries on Earth. America's economic failures are all because our capitalism just redistributes the wealth upwards. The only workable system is a mixture of capitalism with socialist programs so that everyone has a good minimum standard of living, i.e. democratic socialism or social democracy.

Socialism works real well when you have capitalism paying for it

*This needs to be taught in EVERY SCHOOL!*

Communism is not fraking Socialism. When will y'all get that through your heads?

Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell should be required readings for all high school and college students to counter balance the socialism taught on campus.

I love this but I wonder how many socialists I can convince to listen to an hour long podcast. Are you guys planning to release the segments individually?

Dream on socialism/communism will never die, as it is based on the strongest and most devious human emotion - Envy.

19:53 laughing my ass off because I have a friend that is a hard-core socialist who has never had a job and I believe he's either 21 or about to turn 21. He comes from a very wealthy family and plans to just inherit the business.

I love that most people/companies are unaware that the fist symbol is associated with socialism.

Crazy this has to be explained

Would you bust your ass 60 hours a week to get the same paycheck as your neighbors who sit on the couch getting high? Or would you say screw it? What if everyone says screw it? Then would you accept the job of trooper who forces others to work at gunpoint? Would you shoot them when they say no?

This video should be shown in schools. Very informative.

I live in England. We have endured the British form of capitalism for 11 years and suicide rates, crime and poverty are at an all time high.

Every "Socialist" I've met who took a basic Economics course, became a capitalist. Without exception.

Someone is messing with our education system!!

• You'll notice that the Scandinavian countries are relatively small and have a uniform culture. Note too, that it's the US Navy in the first instance and the deployable Army and Air Force that keep the world from even more international chaos than there is; the Scandinavians haven't that burden and consequent cost. • Also, if everyone owns the means of production and everyone is responsible, no one really owns them and no one is responsible. So bureaucrats end up making the decisions that socialist theory says we should make together. • "Unique American belief in limited government." Well, it's becoming less limited all the time. I love it when Congress does nothing; I wish they'd undo some of what they've already done. And executive orders are intended to instruct the bureaucracy on details of carrying out legislation--to fill in the blanks, so to speak--they should never apply to private citizens; that’s dictatorship. • Progressive taxation is supported by the economic principle of diminishing marginal utility. The last dollar I get is less important to me than the first ones. That is, to tax a higher income at a higher rate may result in the same degree of perceived deprivation.

I can't believe when I hear Americans talking about the benefits of free health care. In uk (England) if you can afford you do pay and go private. So that makes it very expensive. Its not better, it's a terrible service.

All of the US Congress should be forced to watch this!!!

Listing off facts and figures is good, however it’s starkly true when Stalin said “one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic.” And that’s all it’ll be to those who advocate communism; disconnection from reality and from humanity

Funny how people call capitalists fascists are fascists themeselves

This is one of the best videos that I’ve ever watched. Unfortunately it’s not enough for liberals to watch the video, liberals have been instructed on how not to think and reason for themselves. The education system is the key and the leftist ceased the opportunity.

The part about Denmark "socialism" is interesting. The large social safety net is not what I have a problem with. It's the government controlling production and property and business which is a problem.

Unfortunately the free market doesn't exist. not since the crash of 2008 when the banks were bailed out by the tax payer. were now living in a technocratic oligarchy of billionaires that own and control everything. You think being able to vote is freedom? Not if you're being influenced by big tech, and having information withheld from you. The problem with capitalism is the stock exchange, having these corporations primary focus be soley on increasing the the stock value for their shareholders, and thereby receiving huge payouts and bonuses to the CEO's. The system is broken, we do need free market capitalism, but instead we live in an oligarchy that pretends to be free and democratic. Obviously socialism isn't the answer either.

And then they said “that wasn’t real communism”.

The content from start to finish is truly first rate which makes it difficult to chose which presenter's star shines brightest but the gal from Guatemala gets my vote.

The people that really NEED to see this video probably never will.

As a refugee from an evil socialist/communist regime, I want to thank you for the enlightenment. It pains me greatly that in the greatest country on earth, the United States, there are people who promote and favor socialism.

My nephew who just graduated from college wanted to argue that Venezuela's problems were caused by the US driving down oil prices, bankrupting the country. He couldn't say how, or why that same thing didn't happen to any of the OPEC nations.

When speaking of socialism I think of the Venezuelan kind and the kind in the Scandinavian countries, the latter seeming to be much humaner than thé capitalism in the States. The ruling class in the states are very skilled in scaring the masses about socialism. At the same time they practice socialism for the very rich. Wall Street gets bailed out, billions are sent upwards to the big corporations during COVID and the working class gets crumbs. That’s why there is such a large disparity in economic status. And there seems to be little change on the horizon. The government is in the pockets of big money and they don’t police themselves. Look at Pelosi, she’s so greedy for more money she can’t see the conflict of interest in congress being able to day trade on companies that they make laws for give contracts to etc., And the rich are insatiable. They never have enough. That’s the downside of capatalism

The problem with socialism is this: Who contributes to all the 'free stuff'? 'Free healthcare', 'free college', etc isn't 'free'. Money doesn't just get printed and redistributed. (Well, if you do that, you get inflation.) The money comes from those who work. Capitalism encourages people to work - in order to survive and thrive. The more money you make (via capitalism), the more you contribute to the overall income (by buying more goods and services, which pays for the salaries of others who work). Humans need to have goals to feel productive and happy. And overcoming hardship builds character. Otherwise, you don't grow and mature. Socialism promotes dependance on others and yes, entitlement. If I'm get what I want without working hard for it, why bother giving my best? I can coast through life. But that doesn't lead to innovation, creativity, or striving for greatness. Capitalism encourages these behaviors.

I am from one of the small European Nordic countries that are considered as "socialist" by the American leftists. What many people fail to realize is that comparing small countries like Sweden, Denmark or Finland to the whole of US is that - USA is a federation, the aforementioned countries are not - the size difference does matter It is MUCH easier to set up a working welfare system (with high taxes) in a small and rather homogeneous country like the aforementioned small Nordic countries, than a federation like USA with 50 separate states. Swedish people don't pay high taxes for the Finnish welfare system, and vice versa. So setting up a similar welfare system on the whole of USA is probably quite impractical. It might work state to state, and that would actually be an interesting test how states with higher taxes, better welfare etc. would compete with states with lower taxes, more incentives to start your own business etc. From experience I can already tell you that the "needy" people would gather to the states with a better welfare, while the business-owners etc. would go to the states which are less hostile to them. Also, the high taxation and welfare system is not without problems even in the aforementioned Nordic "heavens", where I also live. You just need to look at the rate of government debt increasing in Finland, or what happened to e.g. Greece. That is the reason why e.g. Sweden has made several adjustments in the past to their work laws, taxation etc. in the past, which are _against_ the socialist ideals. It paid off to Sweden to become more "capitalistic" and less "socialistic". They realized they weren't quite on the right path.

You can NOT have total socialism, NOR total capitalism. We have a correct system now, capitalism with social programs.

For all the finger pointing, the clip misses the historical fact (?) that some forms of governments run out of resources faster than others, mostly. Some end up being self-sustaining, while others do not. If my High School American History course is correct, followed by political campaigns and claims for this or that? Perhaps claims of "fairness" or perhaps something else?

30 seconds into the video and the first error: capitalism hasn't lifted millions out of poverty, but Billions!!!

I’d offer a third category of people for the first video: those bitter and resentful souls that believe the sacrifices of communism are justifiable, maybe even desirable.

Wonder why Americans that want socialism will never move to a socialist country ???

I agree with a majority of your views, but they should be worded alot better than "if you dont hate communism, you must hate people"

I admire this marathon, my favourite commentators are: Steven Crowder, Helen Raleigh, Gloria Álvarez, Dinesh D'Souza and Dennis Prager.

When I chose to check this vid out. I thought I would be tedious because of its length. It was not, due to it being split up between different contributors, giving different points. One better then the next. Kudos. I am impressed. This should be a must link-to when someone virtue signals in favor of socialism on Social Media. And Schools to be frank.

I believe there is a difference between academic vs. practical communism. What practically occurs is there needs to be a governing body to execute communism but because the executors are human, the system is naturally biased and is no longer equitable for all. The ideal will never be achieved and therefore makes it too flawed to use.

Great compilation. Certainly a marathon worthy of watching attentively till the end.

I'm a tradesman, and a few years back I got called for a service call to this old man's house. He spent the entire time I was there speaking to me about the past. Turns out, he was an electrical engineer in the USSR, and he was even making predictions about the communist takeover of the US, and how he was trying to warn everyone he could...because he saw the same propaganda coming out of the universities and the leftist politicians, that he saw back in the Soviet union. The words he kept warning about were equity, and any kind of group justice (social justice, racial justice, economic justice, etc.)

That fist in the air symbol represents people who don’t want to work and just want free stuff. I’m so tired of seeing it.

In USA we have socialism for the corporations and capitalism for individuals. Probably that’s why there’s a lot of push towards socialist policies.

This is a gross misdefinition of the term. Once you compared socialism to communism, you were wrong by default.

anyone who's played the video game rust, know that solo player bases are loaded to the gills with loot and giant zerg bases tend to be empty and destitute due to too many people robbing their clan's supplies and dying with it, rather than one person safely squirreling away supplies knowing the value of them, having done the hard work themselves.. the only way a large clan base can remain in supply is by violently attacking those that have it, often wasting more resources than are returned in the attempt to do so.

I love this. Another important point that the would-be communist needs to understand is that Capitalism comes in many flavors. Big central government crony capitalism is not pure capitalism. Pure capitalism is built on decentralized competition with rules for forbidding monopolies and organized cabals of anti-competition conspirators. We seem to have forgotten this and the global conglomerate corporations are creating a current economy that leads to state capture & feudalism.

I think the one important thing that is being left out of both views is this: human nature. No matter which “system” is used to govern, no matter how lovely and “just” these ideas seem when presented, they will be implemented and administered by human beings. In my opinion, those human beings DO NOT enter the arena as “disinterested participants”; those who will run things are “supposed” to represent “the people’s wishes”, but we/they are the same flawed beings that messed up way back in The Garden of Eden times. I don;t think our human nature has changed that much. Perfection and utopian thoughts are beautiful, but we all, like Eve, eat apples.

"Beware the thought crimes, beware the newspeak"

Short answer: "Sooner or later, you run out of other people's money," as Margaret Thatcher said

The biggest reason that capitalism works is my hard work is rewarded. When socialism leads people to get rewarded without any regard to their effort level only leads to less effort.

I remember back in late 80s watching the nhk tv.japanese tv.a reporter ask a visiting MIT professor why socialism failed in eastern europe. His reply " socialism is not about social justice.its all about envy. Socialism could work in a small religous community but not in country with million of people."

This series videos should be required content in high schools and 1st year university classes.

I am from former Soviet union.. .. It sucks. Imagine been on a wait list for WW2 veterans (my grandfather) for 2 years, to buy winter boots, that cost 60% of average monthly salary. Thats a true story. I remember, because my grandfather took me to buy them for me. Don't even start me on food. I remember I seen bananas once in the store in my life, and there was a huge line. I was in school, so i spend an hour and was able to get a few.. Communism always starts good, take from rich and distribute to the poor.. what happens when there is nothing to take anymore? when production on everything drops... then everyone is poor.. except those in government positions.. In capitalism, 1 percent are very rich, 90 percent a "middle class" (its obviously a scale as well) , and another 9 percent poor.. (approximately). .. in communism, you still have 1 percent who are rich (government), but the problem is, other 99% are dirt poor.. just think, a person in the west who does not work, can go to the store and get bananas (food stamps, etc).. in soviet union, average person (for example Engineer) could not get bananas.. and eating bread and potatoes gets old after a while.. trust me.

Socialism definitely works, in a destructive way. American exceptionalism is built on capitalism!

Less State=More Freedom and more wealth. More State= Less Freedom and more poverty!

I agree with the majority of the points, but there are definitely some MAJOR problems with our modern form of capitalism in America. We’ve incentivized squeezing as much labor out of people as possible while driving down wages, to the point that most millennials have accepted they can never retire and probably will not own a home. We need to restructure in a way that eliminates cronyism, monopolizing crucial services like social media, and eliminating the ability for wealthy individuals to have such a powerful influence in politics. This doesn’t mean I support socialism or communism, quite the opposite. We need equality of opportunity, prosperity, and freedom for individuals of every background and race.

The simple answer is that we evolved as a competitive predator. Any system based on equality has to fail because we are individuals striving to succeed. If a person isn't allowed to compete against his peers, he will seek ways to leave that system and find one that agrees with his personality.

The Moral Foundation for the Socialist Economy is Envy.

Because anything other than capitalism severs the link between productivity and prosperity.

If america made a system like Denmark work, there would be a high percentage of democrats who would be in a world of trouble. The thing they don’t understand is either everyone has to work or no one will work. There is no choice of being “unwilling to work.” There would be no hanging out on the porch in the hood all day every day for your entire life while collecting felony charges along with a govt welfare check each month. None of that. And therefore, this wouldn’t work in america. We’ve got far too many who fall into that category. Like a full 13 percent of the population and then also most of the leftists too.

One of the best videos I've seen in a long time. I love this!!! Everyone needs to share this far and wide.

I believe in holding people to their own standard... So when a friend of mine started buying into and trying to sell the Socialist lies, I threatened to quit my job and move in with him. If Socialism was truly moral and worked, he'd put me up, feed me, and even give me half his paycheck. He had to rely on Capitalism (things like; "I earned MY paycheck, you don't have any right to it") to stop me from going over there.

This video should be included in every public schools curriculum beginning, at the very least, middle school grade level.

Dinesh D'Souza is for real a genius of our own times. That's great! :)

Excellent summary of the failures of socialism and the advantages of capitalism. This is the truth folks.

Socialism is just the First Step to Communism, according to Hayek and also to Marx.

That part where capitalism is more moral when it continues to creates more monopolies and continues to rig and change the policies. To benefit it self. Instead of the little worker trying to just feed his family. ??? As I said both systems need heavy regulation.

I really liked the expression "murderous stupidity". Fits communism (socialism) perfectly.

We need more videos like that one on Communism/Socialism for the younger generation who hasn't lived through any of that type of oppression. GOD Bless.

this is the best compilation of videos on this subject I've ever seen. well done. This should mandatory to all students to listen to.

Socialism, Communism, and Fascism all fit under the same umbrella in the perspective of prager U. Capitalism and Socialism are poles apart. One is an economic concept, whereas the other is a method of government. However, I do have a few questions for anti-socialists in the United States. Would you agree that Social Security should be abolished? If that's the case, bravo! You now have a 64-million-strong homeless population on your hands. Another question: If you're anti-socialist, why don't you petition to abolish the VA, the police and fire departments, and the concept of public education of K-12? You quickly start seeing around you that socialism is a fundamental part of goverment and is needed as to maintain a proper country. It is fascinating that people are afraid of helping others.

Thank you for this video. It really opened my eyes