A conservative, but i have to show my cards a little bit here. Im really tired of conservatives throwing that word out is it is if it really means much anymore, go ahead. Caleb in New York will the essence of socialism in the sense that Karl Marx and glad youre letting others wrote about the essence of it is growth and progress. The idea is the means of production. The banks, factories, major industries should be organized to serve public good and liberated from the anarchy of production and the chaos of the market. And if we can get beyond profits in command, human Growth And Creativity can be unlimited and you know, wealth can expand for all society, you know, in a rational society and a socialist society. Self driving cars would be a great thing because then there would be less work for everybody. But under capitalism, technological progress leads to poverty and instability. The more efficient it becomes to produce things, the fewer people you have to hire less people are getting paid in wages and we lead to the disaster were seeing in the west right now, which is a high tech low Wage Economy where working people who can only only work so long as their Work And Riches a boss, they are, they are left outcast and starving as the means of production get more and more efficient. And socialism is about overcoming the irrationality of profits in command having a centrally planned economy. So that grows can be unlimited. Ok, so how does the, how do you define it because that what we just heard from caleb, there is that everything is centralized, essentially by the state. Okay. And historically, in the 20th century, weve seen that is problematic at the very least. But i think that caleb, i gave him credit. That is basically the, the, the bones and flesh. But the idea is all about go ahead and miami, your thoughts. I think more than anything, the fear that everybody has that socialism at the end will lead to communism will lead to a classless state less than an end to capitalism, you know, within society. And thats the theory that everybody has when they hear the work. Socialism, kayla morris. You know, something up as to what the book, you know, what the original definition of what should. Okay, well it was good. I went down here because im now were kind of getting kinda circle the wagons around really whats going on here because its, you know, progress on one side. Clearly the, the theory of it here. But the practice is about who has the power. And i think that thats, thats really the debate here. Yeah, i mean is it is a good day, give the state all power or give it to all the gar, cuz i mean, if youre home on the lower ring of this high, he doesnt really make any difference. Go ahead and atlanta. So one very important component that was left, that is that it is not socialism. It is not connect, it does not democrat, right . And so its not just the government making decisions. Its people who are left by the individual who will be running the system that makes it socialism, right . Its about a means of production. So the people who will be educated in the system elect, the officials who decide how the system works. And then we can all equally use the system. So thats a very important component of socialism as it is today is involved in the component of democracy. And so there are not oligarchy who can come in and make decisions unchecked. They have to be elected and appointed by the people just like they can be removed by the people. If they dont ensure that everyone has a bite at the apple for those important things like energy, transportation, health care, education, housing, all of those things that we all need right here all the time throughout the entire world. Okay. One. Okay, let me know if its something that i did like and i and i actually here in echo of Bernie Sanders there and, and i have to admit ladon and its turning into ancient history. But ive said repeatedly on this program and 2016, they were only 2 candidates that i follow that was donald Trump And Bernie sanders. Ok. So because his message does resonate, resonate with people and with a lot of conservatives, believe it or not. Ok, caleb, i mean, so i mean in the american context, because, i mean, ive lived around the world. Ive lived most of my entire life, not my adult life, my entire life in different countries in the world. And all of them have had health care. All of them, okay. Some of them better than others here. So why is it that america can take best practices . Because thats the question i asked myself, all of the time, go ahead. K one will part of the rise of neo liberal economics. Milton friedman and iran and Alan Greenspan was pushing this notion that any involved by the government in the economy is by definition, socialism and leading to communism. And a lot of americans believe that if they pay taxes, that that is socialism. A lot of americans believe that the Post Office is socialism, but all capitalist economies have state actors and State Government Spending to some degree or other. I mean, you have to pay roads, you know, to facilitate people going and shopping at capital is stores and the notion that any State Sector is somehow somehow communism and we should get beyond it. That was introduced in the United States during the 1900 seventys. Really we saw the rise of this kind of economic thinking and it has led to big economic problems. Look at the United States crumbling infrastructure. I mean, the Rust Belt economic, u. K. You know, weve got a system of prisons for Profit Military contractors. I mean were seeing, were seeing neo liberal 3 Market Extremism brought to its logical conclusion in the United States. And i think that i think that its those ideas that say that any involvement by the government, any social Welfare State is you know, used immediately think of josef stalin, that kind of thinking has led to big problems in the states. But thats why the term is now being used so loosely is that, you know, weve been program through the cold war to just, you know, how this got hostile reaction to anything associated with communism. So now its useful, you know, as replacing an economic problem to point at those who would want to resolve it or implement measures that are designed to address it and say, hi, youre a communist. Its no, its okay with you. Absolutely. Right. I mean, conservatives and progressives, you know, i mean, theres a lot to discuss among ourselves a lot and a lot of progress can be made. But then we have the, the neal liberals, we have the, the establishment here, they throw in the hangar again. Its called socialism and then they make everyone argue about it. Ok, thats i get sick and tired of that because conservatives and progresses have a lot in common. If we give each other a chance instead of letting me neil liberals mediate the conversational with them. So i was saying that really in miami, one of the things really bothers me. But this socialism, theres plenty of socialism in the american economy. And thats the coddling of big business by the government. You know, when theres a crisis who gets bailed out, 1st big, big, big companies. Ok. I really resent that. I resent that a lot. Ok. And we saw that in 2008. And then we thought last year and through this year with the pandemic. Ok if youre rich and powerful, youre gonna get computer service. Thats socialism in my mind. And i dont like that kind of socialism. Go ahead in miami. I think thats one of the big issues that were having in there. Were seeing today is that these bigger corporations are the ones that are getting the bail out, and the people who really need it, the middle class and the lower cost, you know, theyre the one theyre having a more difficult time because we dont see it even when it comes to stimulus, you know, all these billions of dollars are going to help all the corporations and its not really coming to the people. If we were to really divided the, well, you know what it is they want to help the economy. They would go directly to the people from the start, you know, but yeah, yeah, but i mean, got a good, lets go back to lead time because about what about the democratic process here . It seems to me, you know, when you, when i look at polling, i looked at a lot of galler pulling right before the president ial election is that there is a huge myth out there. A lot of people want assistance. They want to have some kind of like pre k paid for. Im for it. Ok. Community college free. Im for it. Okay, absolutely. For it. Okay. You have to give people a stake in society, but then, you know, then its, you know, a bill is past and its all the old out to these. This is education, industrial complex, and then they suck up all the money and they get, teach their kids trash. Thats my opinion. Go ahead when you hit the nail on the head. So heres the key components and make Socialism Work is not just about tolling out money from the government to people who need it. Wherever you fall on the spectrum is awful about the people doing the work. We have infrastructure projects in the United States. A lot of times those are shop produce, right . So you have elected officials who are taking some the money to invest in a role that we all use. But then they also are investing in the employment of people who then get to receive those funds on the backend. Because we know labor tends to be one of the highest cost of any project that you have. And so when you have something that like the stimulus, right, where the corporations got millions of dollars, we have no control, no already, no input or have those millions and billions are use right. And the people who run the corporations get to decide how that money is sold out. Theres no guarantee that its going to trickle down to the people who are actually working right. Theres no benefit to the overall United States economy. Theres no benefit to the fact that, you know, this Restaurant Isnt feeding people who need to eat seating people who are willing to pay the money to eat right back into capitalism. So very important component of socialism that people forget, its not just free education. Its also the employment of teachers and pre k teacher and all the people who feed into our system from Bus Driver to the cafeteria workers, the same thing with any other level of socialism. And so when folks think about antiquated term, when theyre thinking about what happened during the cold war, we have to remember, particularly in american politics. Republicans once dixie cracked, right. They were democrats at one time and we did a switch where there is another switch that took place right with socialism, particularly democratic socialism as Bernie Sanders and others in the speak of it. And we have to look at in that format, if were still trying to use the terminology from 1800 and there are 1900, were going to miss the point and the benefit of what socialism really well i, you know, youre, i hope we can all agree all 4 of us can agree that trickle down economics, you know, we need to retire the term and the, the, and the, the, the actions. Ok, because it certainly has not worked and, and we can, thats a topic of a totally different program here. Im gonna jump in here, were going to go to a short break. And after that short break, well continue our discussion on socialism. Stay with the i look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. A robot must obey the or given it by human beings, except when the shorter the conflict with the 1st Law show your identification. We should be very careful about artificial intelligence. The point obviously is to great truck rather than fear i would take on various jobs with the artificial intelligence, we have so many demon a robot must protect its own existence with the problem of death failing us. That it forces them to admit what that number is like am 3 or 2, which are the Money Supply numbers. Once the numbers got so scary, they stop reporting them. Similarly with the Debt Ceiling Kabuki theater. That happens every couple of years. Theyre just going to get rid of, it wont even announced that number. Itll be impossible to find what the data for the american is that ill just say a Number Sign for infinity. The, an expected upside of the Pandemic Kenya is experiencing an elephant baby boom. 200, why does kenya have so many allison carves and how has the panoramic impacted peoples lives . And ray will have fairly big long in any fact, he end up killing himself. I dont live on a lease and then you go buy a car. Well, and i will make as little was let me in the movie they get mad and say, lucky to me. Mean it will because of that of the when the neighbor who did the they didnt even notice whether the equals to do it isnt local, but they know the company just wasnt going whatever the welcome back across type were all things are considered. Im Peter Lavelle to remind you were discussing socialism. Ah okay, go back to caleb and in New York and you know, this whole discussion about the Infrastructure Build at the administration is proposing and trying to get republican support here. Again, i think that the Term Socialism Warps Everything. I think the neo liberal media Warps Everything because theyre looking to score points and that again has nothing to do with people. It has to do with their shareholders and their political affiliations and allegiance is here. I mean, if you look at this infrastructure bill, i dont have a problem with the price tag, its over 10 years. My goodness, you know, theyll never touched if defend spending will bay, but you know, this infrastructure thing, and if its done right, it creates jobs. And it pays for itself eventually if its done right, theres one thing i dont, i really worry about caleb and, and maybe ill kick up a little bit of dust on the program with this one. I dont like the strings attached. You know, you have to have critical race theory. You have to have these woke up elements, you know, to be able to get the money. You know, theres a lot of people that are very uneasy about that and it feels very totalitarian. And particularly if it is a demand and not a negotiation, an explanation here. How do you, how would you, you know, alleviate worries of half the country when it comes to that issue . Go ahead. Caleb. I share a lot of concerns feeder. Look, i started out by saying the essence of socialism is growth, but if you listen to a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the white house right now, i seems like sleepy joe doesnt believe in grow. He thinks growth is that smaller is better build a bigger empire. I mean, this is rockefeller malthusian id. This is, this is very dangerous and all throughout the United States. We have seen the rise of pessimism and a lot of ways. You know, Joe Biden seems like jimmy carter to point out pushing this notion that we need to reduce consumption. You know, while republicans are pushing for full deregulation. Libertarian free Market Policy seems like a lot of what the democrats want is not growth and rational planning of the economy. But rather what they want is simply a state managed austerity, you know, gradually, gradually roll back the living standards oversee a continuing process where the next generation has a much lower standard of living than their parents ever had. You know, try to control them, whether its with, you know, manage social media or whether its, its with drugs. If they havent already gotten on ritalin when their kids, you know, give them marijuana and give them hallucinogens as adults. And, and, you know, there is a very dangerous kind of managerial, you know, social, social engineering aspects to what the liberals are doing right now. And small businesses seem to be the most, you know, targeted by it. They seem very, very, you know, upset and you know, they may be wiped out and maybe the big capital is like amazon and walmart who really benefit from, from what theyre proposing. But its interesting because if you look around the world, the strength of socialism in the 21st century, whether you go to vietnam or nicaragua, or china as been while you have a state central plan, empowering small businesses, micro entrepreneur. You know, socialism with chinese characteristics is all about having a Market Sector in order to combine the strengths of capitalism with the overall vision of socialism in planet. Caleb, you know, you know what, you know, youre, youre talking about, you know, lowered expectation ends and downsizing. No one in you know what one sector is really exploding super yachts. Thats exploding right now. Theyre building the biggest yards of all time. Okay. Theyre not downsizing it. So i think, you know, caleb brings up such an excellent Point And Id like to say again, conservatives and progressives can have a lot in common. A lot of what caleb said, i absolutely agree with you. That what about entrepreneurs . I mean, its one of the things were going through the locked downs and the reaction to the pandemic. And there seems to be no interest in helping middle size small businesses. I mean, absolutely not. I mean, her writhing stories of, for no reason of all people are just shut down and then their competitors that are, you know, these big box companies. You know, you can go shopping there, but you can go to a Mom And Pop pharmacy. I mean, where is that in the, in the economy moving forward here because i would have thought that that would be pro people very a part of the socialist dream. But its not there. Its almost completely void. Go ahead in miami. Why thats very dangerous, because weve had, at least i can be here locally. A lot of businesses were closed because of that they didnt really have so much as much as i would say it came in later on in the game, right. Then they couldnt maintain their businesses just to touch on a little bit of okay, that was thing regarding the infrastructure. A lot of the issues that were having, i mean, its great and its very ideal. But youre going to see that those companies that are going to get the contract. Its not going to be the people that are work. Its always somebody to know somebody that knows somebody who is a 3rd Cousin Or Son in law or whatever that ends up with these types of contract. And the money just stays in the same circle. And thats what were seeing, that theres a huge problem. I mean, whether its a local or national, its always they always seem to have ways to still keep the profit out of it. Its never really about the people and thats where my constraint is really. Right . Yeah, well, you know, we mean theres, its called influence. Peddling and pay to play and there is plenty of it to go around. We dont need to go down that Rabbit Hole right now, but i think everybody knows that im talking about lets go back to atlanta here. One of the things, a lot of the figures that youll see in the bottom of their screen when you watch this here is from a Gallop Poll before the election. And i was really kind of struck how many young people are attracted to the idea of socialism and, and reading the fine print with done. And what i found really interesting is that it may not be particularly an attraction to a certain idea of socialism. But a rejection of neal liberalism because you know what . Its not working for them. Okay. Any, you dont have to explain it, be radically in their living. It ok, go ahead. So your other get hit the nail on the head, right. So the reason why Government Involvement is a crucial component of socialism is to make sure that your cousin doesnt get the big contract behind doors, right . Thats where the Government Control and regulations come in. On the other end of this free market that the conservatives like to push forward so that you know, re capitalism and re growth. See the difference if there was a time that republicans were conservative as it was to spinning right. We have to protect our financial future or future generation. Now this generation, which was the future generation that they were speaking of, if they were good with the money we are concerned about is the air were concerned about being able to breach were concerned about pandemic. Right. And these things that read across the globe and we have a responsibility to ensure that for the future, and we are willing to give us some of our freedom, why were willing for these really rich folks who are building the yacht. They have to built more efficient yacht that are better for our earth and for the atmosphere in order to preserve the future long term. Because you are right, they are not the beneficiaries of all this high in capitalism and better access to capital that, that the capital will push forward. And so what is important with socialism is one making sure that there are limit on people who are able to get out. Been an outing. I am a both a loser and a lot of what has gone on to the pan jimmy on one business that close in the beginning of the pandemic. Because we were very reliant on people coming in and if they couldnt come in, we couldnt proceed. But then my other businesses have, have benefited through the payroll and p, p, p. And other things that have come in that have allow me to grow and hire more people. So there is a benefit and a burden that have come in that all high in with socialism in the underlying goal is that particularly in america, we are far too rich of a country to have as many homeless to have as many unemployed to have as many people who are struggling out there that if we just took a little bit of time and the organization of the government to ensure that everyone has a fair shot at being able to have health care, we will all be better off. Yeah. Okay, let me know if thats one of the, you know, with all my conservative friends, really get upset with me when i talk about health care. Because ive seen a good part of the world and its not a debate in both world its, its pretty obvious whats right. Ok. And what works here. Okay. And, you know, and its something that, you know, maybe i can tell our viewers here, you know, you know, being an american being brought up in america, be anxiety of not having health care. Really. It is an amazing, amazing negative effect on you. Youre afraid of getting sick. Ok. And most of the world at least the Develop World there. Nobodys afraid of getting sick. I mean, it happens unfortunately, and there is assistance there because you pay your taxes here. But the impact that has on americans is a truly extraordinary. And this pandemic tells us everything thats wrong with the, with the pharmaceutical industry. Its really heights of him, a morality of what were seeing with these vaccines and i p and all about when the, you know, theyre protecting their, their patents. Now, the american people paid for those patterns. They paid for the research they paid for all of the research. Theyve been doing it for one patent after another for well over a decade. And you have the mainstream media parenting, you know, we know if you know, somebody might be able to use the formulas and cure cancer. God forbid something like that. I mean, do they, do they have any understanding of what theyre saying . Because it really shows the lack of any kind of a moral compass of what the average condition of the average american is and what the world is experiencing because of this pandemic go ahead. Caleb will, you know, its interesting because, you know, this notion that Conservatism And Capitalism walk hand in hand. They dont, they dont, the american and its pretty, pretty western. And you know, if you look at it, you know, conservative anti capitalism predates marxism by hundreds of years. You know, the catholic church was looking during the rise of capitalism and saying this is a system where money is being put over religious principles. And its encouraging, you know, breaking a part of the bond that holds society together. And there is a strong conservative critique of capitalism in the United States. We seem to have lost that notion. Yeah, we need to market, you must be on the left. And i dont think thats true internationally speaking. And if you look at the political spectrum, right wing, anti capitalism has been around for a long time. But i think that the essence of the problem we have in the United States is look, if the pie is only so big, the only way your slides can get bigger is by cutting into somebody elses. And nobody ever thinks that their slice of the pie is too big. In fact, they want their slice of the pie to get bigger. And so when you, when you say that there is a limit to growth, when you declare that growth is bad, youre setting up where a huge divisions and society youre setting up for all kinds of problems. But if we can get back to the notion that growth is unlimited and that if we can get beyond the irrationality of greed and profits running our economy and we can mobilize to build like roosevelt did during the great depression. You know, with the, the works progress administration, you know, appealing to, you know, peoples desire to go out and build a better world. Friendship with countries around the world that are, that are trying to do the same thing and lift themselves up out of poverty. You know, we could, we could get beyond, you know, the divisions that are inherent in the notion that the pie is only so big. And, and i think that that is the biggest impediment we have here in the united. Well, you know, caleb, i think its Meal Liberalism just determines the size of the cake and theyre the ones that decide who cuts it. And thats the problem here as all the time we have. I want to thank my guess the new York Miami and in atlanta, and i want to thank our viewers for watching us here are key. See you next time. Remember, cross cultural the i use join me every thursday. Im Alex Simon short. And ill be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. Im show business. Ill see you then me the other stuff. 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