The Secret Marxist Conspiracy

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by visiting https://ground.news/secondthought We've all heard the term "cultural marxism" before, but what does it actually mean? Is there really a secret communist cabal pulling the strings behind the scenes? Let's take a look at where the term comes from and how accurate it is. The Secret Marxist Conspiracy– Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Citations and further reading: The history and use of “Cultural Marxism” https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12258 Jamin, Jérôme (2018). Cultural Marxism: A Survey https://tannermirrlees.academia.edu/research#articles Mirrlees, Tanner (2018). “The Alt-Right's Discourse of ‘Cultural Marxism’: A Political Instrument of Intersectional Hate” https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18753-8_3Woods, Andrew (2019). “Cultural Marxism and the Cathedral: Two Alt-Right Perspectives on Critical Theory” https://soundcloud.com/user-830442635/can-the-gop-convince-voters-that-bidens-government-has-been-captured-by-marxists-and-communists https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/cultural-marxism-catching Clips https://twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1666598377591824384 https://youtu.be/EOhoUdiM7b8?t=1747 https://youtu.be/W9M7zfdHgOE https://youtu.be/gMV177G079Q?t=70 https://www.foxnews.com/video/6328984558112 https://youtu.be/z9WhsW1DcTI?t=136 https://www.c-span.org/video/?108496-1/college-campus-social-political-issues https://youtu.be/mjhCOEJi_IQ?t=124 https://youtu.be/a3uDjyXPzWs?t=121 https://youtu.be/watch?v=KV9s8X1htMk https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-urges-americans-combat-woke-takeover-new-book-november-release https://youtu.be/mjhCOEJi_IQ?t=70 https://youtu.be/DhgutZb_jQk?t=9801 https://youtu.be/a3uDjyXPzWs?t=121 Cultural Bolshevism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Bolshevism https://jacobin.com/2019/02/antisemitism-judaism-bolsheviks-socialists-conspiracy-theories https://twitter.com/deonteleologist/status/1666871131666780160/photo/1 Biden https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/biden-administration-oil-gas-drilling-approvals-outpace-trumps-2023-01-24/#:~:text=the%20Biden%20administration%20approved%206%2C430%20permits%20for%20oil%20and%20gas%20drilling%20on%20public%20lands%20in%20its%20first%20two%20years%2C%20outpacing%20the%20Trump%20administration%E2%80%99s%206%2C172%20drilling%2Dpermit%20approvals%20in%20its%20first%20two%20years https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/3568076-biden-to-request-37b-in-annual-budget-to-support-police-and-prevent-crime/#:~:text=President%20Biden%20will%20request%20%2437,in%20Wilkes%2DBarre%2C%20Pa DeSantis defines elites (poorly) https://jacobin.com/2023/04/ron-desantis-courage-to-be-free-book-review-elites-conservatism-ruling-class#:~:text=The%20word%20%E2%80%9Celite%E2%80%9D%20does%20not%20signify%20someone%20of%20tremendous%20aptitude%2C%20great%20wealth%20or%20major%20achievement.%20It%20signifies%20someone%20who%20shares%20the%20ideology%20and%20outlook%20of%20the%20ruling%20class%2C%20which%20one%20can%20demonstrate%20by%20%E2%80%9Cvirtue%20signaling%E2%80%9D Breivik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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You're Not Immune To Propaganda

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/secondthought It's very common in the West, especially in the US, for people to assume that propaganda doesn't really exist in our society. Sure, those other countries brainwash their citizens, but not us! No, all our media is completely unbiased. Let's explore the idea of propaganda, and how exactly it functions in neoliberal capitalism. You're Not Immune To Propaganda – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations And Further Reading: Neoliberal subjectification and control https://lchc.ucsd.edu/cogn_150/Readings/brown.pdf https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/WP23-Mirowski.pdf https://www.veletsianos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/problem-with-flexible-learning-Preprint.pdf https://jacobin.com/2014/06/bulletproof-neoliberalism/ https://ephemerajournal.org/contribution/becoming-neoliberal-subject https://newintrigue.com/2020/06/29/the-philosophy-of-byung-chul-han/ https://teoriapoliticaseminariohome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-rottenberg-c..pdf Bernays’ propaganda www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Bernays_Propaganda_in_english_.pdf Britannica’s propaganda https://www.britannica.com/topic/propaganda More on propaganda https://keimena11.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/noam-chomsky-media-control.pdf Iraq https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/03/14/a-look-back-at-how-fear-and-false-beliefs-bolstered-u-s-public-support-for-war-in-iraq https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/world/threats-responses-iraqis-us-says-hussein-intensifies-quest-for-bomb-parts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/world/threats-responses-inspections-verification-difficult-best-say-experts-maybe.html https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/world/threats-responses-military-war-plan-for-iraq-calls-for-big-force-quick-strikes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/world/aftereffects-prohibited-weapons-illicit-arms-kept-till-eve-war-iraqi-scientist.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/06/20/3/38f7a537-46e0-43b0-90bd-d231d6cd0a9a/#:~:text=%22Iraq%20is%20open%20for%20business%2C%22%20L.%20Paul%20Bremer%2C%20administrator%20of%20the%20U.S.%2Dled%20occupation%2C%20declared%20optimistically%20in%20May%202003 Guatemala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta thttps://web.archive.org/web/20120822190236/http://imerrill.umd.edu/johnkirch/files/2010/03/Covering-a-Coup-John-Kirch.pdf Macron https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20150107.OBS9413/macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires.html https://www.lesechos.fr/2015/01/emmanuel-macron-il-faut-des-jeunes-francais-qui-aient-envie-de-devenir-milliardaires-241247 https://youtu.be/roJpZftZvFE https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/09/17/je-traverse-la-rue-je-vous-en-trouve-en-une-petite-phrase-emmanuel-macron-expose-sa-vision-du-travail_5356365_823448.html https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Assurance-chomage-saison-II-controles-renforces-baisse-des-indemnites-et-guerre-sociale-au Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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How Capitalism Destroys Feminism

You all probably remember the girlboss phenomenon of the last decade. Neoliberal individualism infested the west's once-emancipatory feminist theory and praxis and turned it into a hollow, performative act by upper class white women. What's the deal? Let's talk a bit about neoliberal "girlboss" feminism. How Capitalism Destroys Feminism – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Books https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341125/a-decolonial-feminism/ https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4064118/mod_resource/content/0/Nancy%20Fraser%20Fortunes%20of%20Feminism%20From%20Womens%20Liberation%20to%20Identity%20Politics%20to%20Anti-Capitalism.pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=Haa_AAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover https://dialecticalartist.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/witch-hunting-past-and-present-and-the-fear-of-the-power-of-women-100-notes-100-thoughts-by-silvia-federici-z-lib.org_.pdf https://legalform.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/davis-women-race-class.pdf Articles https://teoriapoliticaseminariohome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-rise-of-neoliberal-feminism-rottenberg-c..pdf https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700119842555 https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/15641/3/ https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kicking-back-not-leaning-in https://www.thenation.com/article/society/qa-nancy-fraser/ https://gen.medium.com/the-end-of-the-girlboss-is-nigh-4591dec34ed8 https://cosmonaut.blog/2018/12/04/on-women-as-a-class-materialist-feminism-and-mass-struggle/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1367549407075898 https://www.plutobooks.com/blog/white-women-feminism-and-its-repression-of-slavery/ https://www.vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2I6OeCq1nPmdzX0XidEqbM?si=a574db882ea04e3c Videos https://youtu.be/NBRG66rJHVc https://youtu.be/WzAyLV5XpCQ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough

One of the major stumbling blocks for new lefties is getting stuck in the "why can't we just have social democracy?" phase. On the surface, the Nordic Model looks pretty good - social safety nets, great public services, better workers' rights...so what's the problem? Let's talk about social democracy's critical failure, and why socialism is the better option. If you enjoy my content, please consider supporting the channel on Patreon! Every patron, regardless of donation amount, gets early access to every video, plus access to our patrons-only Discord server! https://patreon.com/secondthought Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: How capitalism robs the Global South https://youtu.be/35Ax-psPZ1g https://youtu.be/DtziEZAR1Qk Social Democracy https://jacobin.com/2018/08/democratic-socialism-social-democracy-nordic-countries https://youtu.be/4lDZaKjfs4E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godesberg_Program https://youtu.be/dxI3MzhvCdQ https://books.google.com/books?id=_00SKFEabywC&printsec=frontcover https://jacobin.com/2018/09/elizabeth-warren-accountable-capitalism-stakeholder https://jacobin.com/2017/11/german-social-democratic-party-second-international-culture https://mronline.org/2022/07/18/scandinavia-and-imperialism/ http://tidewaterdsa.com/concealed-imperialism-the-true-face-of-social-democracy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy https://jacobin.com/2018/07/democratic-socialism-bernie-sanders-social-democracy-alexandria-ocasio-cortez https://jacobin.com/2016/06/social-democracy-polanyi-great-transformation-welfare-state https://jacobin.com/2017/08/democratic-socialism-judis-new-republic-social-democracy-capitalism https://jacobin.com/2018/07/socialism-democrats-alexandria-ocasio-cortez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model H&M https://www.renewablematter.eu/articles/article/unsustainable-fashion-h-and-m-is-being-sued-for-greenwashing https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/21-workers-die-in-fire-at-h-m-factory-1914292.html https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/hm-fails-to-make-fire-and-building-safety-repairs-in-bangladesh/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-workers-garment-abuse-idUSKCN1M41GR The involuntary/automatic alliance of the state with capitalists http://acdc2007.free.fr/block420.pdf Capital strikes https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/closing_the_exit_for_capital/ http://www.peterfrase.com/2011/09/the-rights-favorite-strike/ https://jacobin.com/2016/02/gude-third-way-clinton-new-deal-reagan-democratic-party François Mitterand and the austerity turn https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/29/business/searching-for-a-safe-harbor-when-investment-capital-goes-on-strike.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand#First_term:_1981%E2%80%931988 https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2017/10/french-lessons-what-corbyn-can-learn-mitterrands-mistakes https://jacobin.com/2015/08/francois-mitterrand-socialist-party-common-program-communist-pcf-1981-elections-austerity/ The decline of Swedish social democracy https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/12/21/sweden-heads-the-best-countries-for-business-for-2017/?sh=3fc8dce57ecd https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii113/articles/goran-therborn-twilight-of-swedish-social-democracy Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Why There's No Such Thing As An Ethical Business Under Capitalism

Check out the latest episode of my Nebula Original Series, The New F-Word! https://nebula.tv/videos/second-thought-how-fascism-survived-the-post-war-era Get access to Nebula completely free when you sign up for the CuriosityStream/Nebula bundle deal! https://curiositystream.com/secondthought Why There's No Such Thing As An Ethical Business – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas https://books.google.com/books?id=CrV8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Billionaire Philanthropy https://youtu.be/i8w3qPwpzZA Nestle https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/oct/04/ontario-six-nations-nestle-running-water https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/the-fight-over-water-how-nestle-dries-up-us-creeks-to-sell-water-in-plastic-bottles https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6?r=US&IR=T https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/12/mars-nestle-and-hershey-to-face-landmark-child-slavery-lawsuit-in-us Nespresso https://fairworldproject.org/b-corp-nespresso-human-rights/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/01/children-work-for-pittance-to-pick-coffee-beans-used-by-starbucks-and-nespresso https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2021/09/labour-inspectors-fine-leader-of-cooperative-that-supplies-coffee-to-nespresso-and-starbucks/ https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jul/14/nespresso-coffee-capsule-pods-branding-clooney-nestle-recycling-environment B-Corp website https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification Two headlines about fossil fuels https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-companies-seeing-record-profits-182731960.html https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20220404-emissions-must-peak-before-2025-for-liveable-future-un-report-says Salesforce https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-commits-1-5-million-app-to-address-homelessness/ https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-san-francisco-homeless-hamilton-families-2018-5?r=US&IR=T https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/salesforces-marc-benioff-claims-a-victory-for-stakeholder-capitalism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/business/business-roudtable-stakeholder-capitalism.html German moral self-licensing study https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227036 Brewdog ​​https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/10/brewdog-staff-craft-beer-firm-letter Ethics are a luxury https://youtu.be/wCl33v5969M Extra https://jacobin.com/2018/09/elizabeth-warren-accountable-capitalism-stakeholder https://jacobin.com/2022/04/corporation-promise-greenhouse-gas-emissions-sullivan-principles-south-africa-climate-change https://youtu.be/cmKZNPdWzq4 https://youtu.be/nWre6hPfswQ https://youtu.be/GtwDfHDX8zg Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Why Corporate America Hates Unions

If you'd like to help make a difference this year, consider donating to one of the high-impact charities verified by GiveWell! Visit https://givewell.org and select "YouTube" and enter "Second Thought" at checkout to get your donation matched up to $100! Unions are having a bit of a moment right now - countless stores under brands like Amazon, Chipotle, REI, Starbucks, and many more are winning victories left and right, and corporate America is pulling out all the stops to crush them. Why is the US so antagonistic towards unions, and what can you expect to face when you try to unionize your workplace? Why Corporate America Hates Unions – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS Citations: IWW resources https://www.iww.org https://www.iww.org/resources/pamphlets/ Union approval at a57-year high/10% union coverage today/20% union coverage in the 80s https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120111276/labor-union-support-in-us Union workers make 13% more https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/ Union workers make an extra $1.3M dollars https://www.businessinsider.com/being-in-union-make-1-million-dollars-more-over-lifetime-2022-10?r=US&IR=T https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939221129261 Other unionization benefits https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/ Unionized workplaces are safer and have fewer fatalities https://illinoisepi.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/ilepi-pmcr-unions-and-construction-health-and-safety-final.pdf https://www.forumat.net.br/at/sites/default/files/arq-paginas/does_right_to_work_imperil_right_to_health_ll.pdf The union threat effect pulls wages up for everyone https://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/ Amazon puts workers in danger’s way https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/16/tornado-amazon-kentucky-candle-factory-workers-died https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1470513075489054720?s=20&t=_W3ie7fDZO4a2fzOufIoAg https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/business/amazon-warehouse-suspended-workers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/technology/amazon-tornado-edwardsville.html Union busting is on the rise https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/election-petitions-up-53-board-continues-to-reduce-case-processing-time-in Employers spend $340M/y on union avoidance advisors, paid $350/h or $2.5k/d https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/ Starbucks fires workers for organizing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/25/starbucks-union-employees-fired https://sbworkersunited.org/press/starbucks-fires-over-15-union-leaders-in-buffalo-and-forces-out-countless-more https://youtu.be/AKnI_iMhjx8?t=178 Starbucks shuts down unionizing locations https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/22/business/starbucks-closure-union/ https://sbworkersunited.org/press/starbucks-closes-first-union-store-in-seattle-in-blatant-retaliation Violating the NLRA only costs employers backpay, no punitive damages or civil penalties https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/ Employers break the law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns, illegally fire workers in ⅕ https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/ Starbucks withholds pay, benefits, perks from unionizing workers https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/starbucks-accused-withholding-benefits-union https://triblive.com/local/regional/nlrb-issues-complaint-of-starbucks-intimidating-workers-who-unionized/ Employers spy on their workers, use heatmaps to stop unionizing https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labor-board-official-takes-aim-at-workplace-spying/ https://www.newsweek.com/they-were-spying-us-amazon-walmart-use-surveillance-technology-bust-unions-1658603 Captive audience meetings https://cwad1.org/banning-captive-audience-meetings Constant anti-union propaganda at Boeing https://inthesetimes.com/article/boeing-workers-face-constant-barrage-of-misinformation-ahead-of-union-vote Common anti-union rhetoric https://unionbustingplaybook.com/#common-bluffs Union dues discouragement at Delta and Boeing (and amazon) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6KE3PBW0AA9Qhp?format=jpg&name=small https://twitter.com/chactivist/status/829877199419428864?s=20&t=pdXUY9PtdEUWQ-FYK3a4Eg Even more legal union busting strategies https://www.epi.org/publication/unlawful-employer-opposition-to-union-election-campaigns/#:~:text=Deficiency%20in%20current%20labor%20law Strikebreaking origins of the American police https://jacobin.com/2020/06/police-united-states-strikebreaking-class-war Companies stall signing union contracts to get them decertified https://time.com/6221176/worker-strikes-employers-unions/ Presidential strike-breaking https://jacobin.com/2022/12/joe-biden-democrats-railway-strike-breaking-blame


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Why "Hearing Both Sides" Is Dangerous

How many times have you heard someone say "we need to hear both sides," or "we have to respect other opinions"? Probably a lot. But are all ideas really created equal, and should we go out of our way to provide a level playing field in the marketplace of ideas? Let's find out! Check out my podcast, The Deprogram! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tk1sTZDeE8p9lnxYLy4Ky YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedeprogram9999 Why "Hearing Both Sides" Is Dangerous – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Polarization, picking a side, the marketplace of ideas https://chomsky.info/consent01/ https://jacobin.com/2022/09/trump-maga-far-right-liberals-polarization https://jacobin.com/2019/09/polarization-divided-america-status-quo-pete-buttigieg https://www.versobooks.com/books/3173-reactionary-democracy https://mronline.org/2020/01/14/dont-buy-the-marketplace-of-ideas/ https://youtu.be/D1brFnb8Pp8 https://youtu.be/wCl33v5969M https://youtu.be/MAbab8aP4_A https://youtu.be/XyzFwHFN_BI Letter From Birmingham Jail - MLK https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html Hate crime statistics https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/femicide-epidemic/ https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/30/us/fbi-report-hate-crimes-rose-2020/index.html Racial resentment drives Trump voters https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/15/16781222/trump-racism-economic-anxiety-study $900 million on climate change denial https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-1018-7 Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Why We Should Abolish Intellectual Property

You've probably heard the term "intellectual property" before. If not, it basically means you can lay claim to an idea and prevent anyone else from using it, building upon it, or even creating something similar. Why do we have these laws, and how deep does the problem go? How Intellectual Property Stifles Innovation – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Insulin costs less than $10 to produce https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/insulin-costs-about-10-to-make-but-retails-for-nearly-300-pharmaceutical-companies-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-sanofi-pbms-insuli/65-73a3cafd-3340-45cd-8324-a5e3e1c78fa5 1 in 5 Americans ration their insulin https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/insulin-prices-many-adults-diabetes-ration-insulin-study-finds-rcna52287 Insulin prices increase by 15-17% every year https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/sep/not-so-sweet-insulin-affordability-over-time Insulin used to cost $20, now it costs $300 https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/insulin-costs-about-10-to-make-but-retails-for-nearly-300-pharmaceutical-companies-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-sanofi-pbms-insuli/65-73a3cafd-3340-45cd-8324-a5e3e1c78fa5 Monthly insulin costs exceed $1000 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/28/bernie-sanders-americans-canada-insulin-bus-caravan 90% of the insulin market is controlled by 3 companies https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/insulin-costs-about-10-to-make-but-retails-for-nearly-300-pharmaceutical-companies-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-sanofi-pbms-insuli/65-73a3cafd-3340-45cd-8324-a5e3e1c78fa5 3 companies keep insulin out of the public domain https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive COVID vaccine manufacturers hire 100 lobbyists to protect their monopoly https://theintercept.com/2021/04/23/covid-vaccine-ip-waiver-lobbying/ WTO waiver delays https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/nearly-30000-people-have-died-every-day-covid-19-wto-talks-vaccine-intellectual https://www.msf.org/lack-real-ip-waiver-covid-19-tools-disappointing-failure-people Oxfam, 1 death in a rich country, four in a poor country from COVID https://oi-files-d8-prod.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2022-03/Pandemic%20of%20greed-Oxfam%20media%20briefing-March2022.pdf COVID vaccine manufacturers benefitted from IP waivers https://theintercept.com/2022/08/23/covid-vaccine-patents-moderna-big-pharma-section-1498/ America was built on IP theft https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-europe The US complains about IP theft today https://www.ft.com/content/1d13ab71-bffd-4d63-a0bf-9e9bdfc33c39 TRIPS benefits the Global North https://books.google.com/books?id=oK1m0AW95c0C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover IP more profitable than traditional business http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2333844 Four Futures by Peter Frase https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFdoBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Tech companies file thousands of patents a year and weaponize them https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/07/27/top-of-the-list-patent-recipients.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html Collective funds idea https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/328izi/how_would_intellectual_property_work_in_a Crowdfunding idea https://youtu.be/mnnYCJNhw7w Fraud prevention patent office idea https://youtu.be/bUpaT_f0wic Socialism and intellectual property https://www.socialist.net/copyright-keeping-ideas-under-lock-and-key.htm https://jacobin.com/2013/09/locked-out https://jacobin.com/2013/09/degendering-value https://jacobin.com/2013/09/property-and-theft Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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How Capitalism Destroyed The Internet

Get your first month of Audible completely free! visit https://audible.com/secondthought or text secondthought to 500-500, and check out the book that inspired this video - Ben Tarnoff's "Internet for the People" If you're here, you're on the internet. Few tools have become so essential to modern day life as the internet. It affects everything we do, from work, to school, to banking, to keeping in touch with friends and family. With something so important, obviously capitalism had to get involved and monetize it. So how did this happen? How did the internet go from a modern Library of Alexandria to just another strip mall? How Capitalism Destroyed The Internet – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Internet for the People (main video source) https://books.google.com/books?id=auhOEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover https://jacobin.com/2022/06/internet-privatization-profit-centralization-democracy https://jacobin.com/2016/08/internet-public-dns-privatization-icann-netflix/ https://youtu.be/g0euZ9iGGqI Internet usage statistics https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2022-global-overview-report https://www.statista.com/statistics/262340/daily-time-spent-with-digital-media-according-to-us-consumsers/ Facebook and abortion https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/08/08/facebook-abortion-teen-dms/?sh=721bdeb5579c Amazon and the police https://theintercept.com/2022/07/13/amazon-ring-camera-footage-police-ed-markey/ Twitter and the far right https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/07/07/we-make-mistakes-twitters-embrace-extreme-far-right ⅓ of Americans don’t have broadband https://berniesanders.com/issues/high-speed-internet-all/ American high cost of internet https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc Google and Meta buying up internet infrastructure https://restofworld.org/2022/google-meta-underwater-cables/ Meta mergers & acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Meta_Platforms Google (Alphabet) mergers and acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Alphabet Amazon Web Services https://www.contino.io/insights/whos-using-aws Publicly owned internet networks https://www.mintpressnews.com/time-nationalize-internet/236099/ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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How Capitalism Exploits Natural Disasters

We all know hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires can be bad...but did you know that capitalist regimes LOVE natural disasters? Come enjoy this week's dose of "wow, they really are that evil" and learn about how capitalism exploits natural disasters. Hope you enjoy!

Can There Be Innovation Under Socialism?

How many times have you heard the claim "without the profit motive there would be no innovation"? It's a line repeated so often that it seems like common sense to many people. Let's investigate that claim. Can there be innovation under socialism? Can There Be Innovation Under Socialism? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Capitalism and Innovation https://inthesetimes.com/article/capitalism-pandemic-covid19-vaccine-coronavirus-socialism-innovation https://jacobin.com/2015/03/socialism-innovation-capitalism-smith https://hbr.org/2011/11/people-dont-need-a-profit-motive-to-innovate https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/08/how-capitalism-stifles-innovation https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/adam-smith-goes-pharmaceutical https://youtu.be/uylnpj6zLWw The iPhone https://www.google.com/books/edition/Entrepreneurial_State/Wro1DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_People_s_Republic_of_Walmart/IcCGDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Public investment in health innovations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878010/ The 11 lines of open-source code that broke the internet https://qz.com/646467/how-one-programmer-broke-the-internet-by-deleting-a-tiny-piece-of-code/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmI4W8X7vU8 COVID patents and Africa, mutations https://africacdc.org/covid-19-vaccination/ https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-low-vaccination-rates-contribute-to-the-rise-of-coronavirus-variants 6.7% of world has a college degree https://www.huffpost.com/entry/percent-of-world-with-col_n_581807 https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w15902/w15902.pdf Cuban medical innovations https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt1204supp-DC19.pdf?proof=t Economic planning and innovation https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_People_s_Republic_of_Walmart/IcCGDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover https://people.umass.edu/dmkotz/Soc_and_Innovation_02.pdf Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Why Would Anyone Work Under Socialism?

Why Would Anyone Work Under Socialism? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Unemployment and jobs https://www.mintpressnews.com/dont-be-fooled-the-official-unemployment-numbers-are-a-lie/274731/ https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/29/there-are-now-a-record-5-million-more-job-openings-than-unemployed-people-in-the-us.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/05/may-2020-jobs-report-misclassification-error/ Americans overworked https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7190211 Engagement at work https://www.gallup.com/workplace/388481/employee-engagement-drops-first-year-decade.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/150383/majority-american-workers-not-engaged-jobs.aspx https://www.gallup.com/workplace/356063/gallup-q12-employee-engagement-survey.aspx Volunteering statistics https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/us/volunteering-statistics-cfc To each according to his contribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_each_according_to_his_contribution Work and socialism https://jacobin.com/2019/10/work-ethic-socialism-bernie-sanders-alexandria-ocasio-cortez https://www.marxist.com/work-capitalism-socialism.htm https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/03/what-would-a-socialist-america-look-like-219626/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-friends-of-4-million-young-workers-a-world-without-money-communism https://youtu.be/-3vbRNM5Pw8 https://youtu.be/W61HHFv6WOM https://www.socialism101.com/basic Cuban doctors https://time.com/5467742/cuba-doctors-export-brazil/ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Is Retirement Still Achievable?

Get your first month of Audible absolutely free! Visit https://audible.com/secondthought or text secondthought to 500-500 Let's face it, it's hard enough just to get by these days. Saving for retirement? Now that's a pipe dream for most Americans. Why is that? Are things really that bad? Let's take a look at retirement trends in the United States and see what's behind these worrying developments. Why You'll Never Retire – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Increase in the age of retirement and typical justifications https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/social-security/articles/the-social-security-retirement-age-increases https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/planner/agereduction.html https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/planner/ageincrease.html https://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/IncRetAge.html#:~:text=The%20retirement%20age%20will%20increase,full%20retirement%20benefits%20at%2065. https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/increasing-the-eligibility-age-for-social-security-pensions/ Estimates of the retirement age in the future https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/social-security-retirement-age-reaches-67-some-say-it-may-go-higher.html That Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_age 97% of people depend on social security https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/top-ten-facts-about-social-security#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%2097%20percent%20of,people%20at%20all%20earnings%20levels. Social security is the largest source of income for those over 65 https://harpers.org/archive/2014/08/the-end-of-retirement/ Income and life expectancy data https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866586/figure/F1/ Cases of declining life expectancy among the poor https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/93695 Pensions go from 40% to 13% of workers covered (some sources go up to 20%, but all show a steep decline) https://www.benefitnews.com/news/early-champions-of-the-401-k-lament-the-revolution-they-started Pensions and 401(k)s, more generally https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/24/how-401k-brought-about-the-death-of-pensions.html 52% of Americans above 55 have no retirement savings https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-19-442r Private equity funds, $230 billion, largest transfer of wealth quote https://www.levernews.com/news-trump-just-fulfilled-his-billionaire/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3623820 The Trump 401k policy picked up by Biden https://jacobin.com/2022/02/joe-biden-policy-private-equity-blackstone-retirement-401k https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/information-letters/06-03-2020-supplemental-statement.pdf https://prospect.org/economy/letting-private-equity-billionaires-rob-worker-retirement-funds/ https://www.pionline.com/defined-contribution/dol-letter-intel-ruling-pave-way-private-equity-dc-plans https://news.bloomberglaw.com/in-house-counsel/private-equity-firms-are-winning-the-fight-for-your-401k https://jacobin.com/2022/01/retirement-accounts-401k-hughes-northwestern-university-supreme-court-ruling-wall-street Camperforce https://harpers.org/archive/2014/08/the-end-of-retirement/ Labor militancy and retirement https://aflcio.org/about-us/history Retirement, generally https://jacobin.com/2017/04/retirement-social-security-pensions-welfare-state-workers/ https://jacobin.com/2019/11/retirement-united-states-work-elderly-loneliness https://claudepeppercenter.fsu.edu/neoliberalism-and-the-future-of-retirement-security/ Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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Mark Rober's Prank And The Truth About Scammers And Capitalism

You've probably seen Mark Rober's wildly popular video where he pranks scam call centers. As satisfying as it is to see these awful places get a small taste of their own medicine, there's something deeper we need to talk about. Scam call centers are just one cancerous offshoot of bureaucracy under capitalism, and while pranking these places may be cathartic, it's not enough to tackle the root cause. Mark Rober's Prank And The Truth About Scammers And Capitalism – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Mark Rober’s original video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLJZyih3Ac& https://twitter.com/MarkRober/status/1524856304686465024?cxt=HHwWgIDQ5dyusKkqAAAA Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher https://files.libcom.org/files/Capitalist%20Realism_%20Is%20There%20No%20Alternat%20-%20Mark%20Fisher.pdf https://www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2019/10/28/the-minotaur-in-the-labyrinthine-office-on-bureaucracy https://theoccupiedtimes.org/?p=3454 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-to-kill-zombie-strategizing-end-of-neoliberalism/ Milton Friedman clip and article https://youtu.be/ViAT1TxhBk4?t=109 https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/friedman-government-problem-1993.pdf Jacobin article https://jacobin.com/2019/03/capitalism-freedom-socialism-milton-friedman-hayek Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com


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The Myth Of The "Self-Made" Billionaire

It’s no secret that Americans love to hear about billionaires. You’ll find them everywhere. They’re on the news [Bezos space launch], have their own TV shows, movies, and even make their way to elected office. Specifically, we consistently give massive audiences to “self-made” billionaires, the people who, unlike the aristocrats and monarchs of yore, didn’t simply inherit their wealth. In this episode, we’re talking about the obsession with so-called “self-made” billionaires, how misleading that term can be, and everything wrong with the myth of the “self-made person.”

How The Next Election Will Be Stolen

After January 6th, the whole "Stop The Steal" charade mostly fell out of the public discourse. That being said, those same angry, distrustful elements within the American electorate are still very much alive, just waiting to be activated in the lead-up to 2024. Have we learned anything? What's to stop Trump or another Trumpian figure from using un-democratic means to steal the election?

The Myth Of Upward Mobility

The Myth Of Upward Mobility – Second Thought

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