Democratic Socialism is Still Socialism | 5 Minute Video
What is democratic socialism? What makes it different than regular socialism? Has it been tried? Could it work in the United States? Comedian and political commentator Steven Crowder, host of Louder With Crowder, explains.
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Democratic socialism. It’s not the same as socialism socialism, because it’s democratic. Right? Or something, right? People are buying that; people buy that now, right? Apparently. As though adding the word “democratic” in front of a word changes what it means. Just because we toss something to a vote doesn’t change what that something is, nor does it alter whether that something is inherently good or bad.
A couple of examples, because I know you’ll ask: Hamas was democratically elected as the government in Gaza – despite the fact that the destruction of not only Israel, but the eradication of all Jews, is in their official charter. Robert Mugabe, or Bobby Mugabe if you prefer, was democratically elected by a loving majority in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe! How’s that working out?
Venezuela? Well, Hugo Chavez, noted personal favorite friend of Sean Penn, to whom he constantly pointed as being unfairly characterized as a dictator when, in fact, he was democratically elected as a socialist.
Well, how’d that workout for Venezuela? Well, it’s now on the brink of collapse despite it being one of the most resource rich nations in the entire world. Basic things like eggs, milk, flour, and toilet paper are either too expensive for the average Venezuelan or simply out of stock… out of stock, mind you… democratically. I know, some of you will say, “Well that’s not fair, because really we knew all along it technically was a dictatorship.” Ok – that’s fair; let’s move on to example number two.
Denmark? Ok, here’s the time where you point to an entirely homogenous population about one sixtieth the size of America’s, and you point to that as the blueprint? Ok – let’s go there. This is a place where the middle class can’t even afford a car because of the 180% new-car tax. And the Prime Minister was so fed up with Americans pointing to it as a beacon for socialist success that he felt compelled to clarify, “I would like to make one thing clear: Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy; Denmark is a market economy.”
Sweden? I love Sweden! Ok, great bikini team, and thanks to that country my armoire now doubles as a bookcase. Speaking of which, the founder of IKEA – let’s be honest, the only real cool export from Sweden aside from a few good hockey players – left Sweden because of the stifling high tax rate. So, Sweden – good place, not bad people – but a successful model for a viable economy in today’s global market? Incorrect.
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Summary: YouTube podcaster repeats propaganda while telling people to “get a real job” on a YouTube channel claiming to be a university
Democratic socialists are usually just as socialist as Denmark
Lula was democratically elected in Brazil
It doesn't matter what you want to call it. A turd, a cow pattie,a horse apple, dog poop, buffalo chip, it still stinks to high heavens. And if you think it'll work here, then yre "BAT💩 crazy. Just like the Cacklin Hyena. DJT in 24.🇺🇸😎
Socialism is Communism but for noobs without a gun.
Democratic socialism accepts the conecpt of Capitalism, meanwhile socialism aims to abolish it. Gosh even a todler knows this!
The Danish workers don't own the means of production, so going by the original definition Denmark isn't socialist.
Under right wing capitalism the USA has a centralised authority restricting freedoms !
The left is slightly less capitalist, but both are under Corporate Control ( $$$$$s )
Individual freedom is an Illusion – We are all under ` marketing ` surveillance / propaganda !
Media is funded & regulated by Greedy Corporates, often with links to the CIA / mafia : (
Media supports wars for profit, limits action on climate change, blocks any investigation into Epsteins clients, etc,
& controls by creating conflict, confusion & fear !
Freedom ? ? LOL : )
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Capitalism: Give me 40 hours a week of your time every week for the rest of your life. I take all the wealth that YOU generated and keep 99.9% of it for myself and give you the remaining 0.01%. I do this, all while not actually contributing to the creation of that wealth. Also, so that I can make as much money as possible, I shall pollute the earth, wage profitable wars and exploit millions of disadvantaged people. These people did nothing to become disadvantaged, it is simply a matter of whether or not they win the birth lottery. No amount of wealth will ever satisfy my greed and I will use my wealth to buy the politicians that make the laws that in turn make me more money. And I will do this with complete disregard for the continuation of life on the planet. I will ensure the destruction of life on earth so long as I get mine here and now. I do not care about future generations
Socialism: What if poor people got healthcare?
Socialism is not Democratic, Fascism is
Not at all understanding the definition of democratic socialisim.
Actual definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
Sweden experimented with taxing the rich too much during the 1970s- they were unsuccessful. She needed to reform her tax systems, and pensions systems, not to mention join an already existing trade union in the 1990s.
I was hoping for something good bruh this channel is non sense
People change the meaning of words all the time, snd come up with new words all the time. And yes, putting a word in front of something can radically chage its meaning. Our very government is a democratic-republic. You remove either word and its a very different government. North Korea has a republic. They do NOT have a democratic republic.
Collectivism is collectivism. Put ketchup on it, mustard, mayonnaise, hot sauce, or barbecue sauce, it's still collectivism. And still evil.
Socialism and communism are proven failures, so only stupid people are socialist and communist
3:16 this literally describes how taxes work in the United States so I don't know what he's trying to prove with that lmao
Democracy and Capitalism are incompatible -Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Socialism and Democracy are compatible by nature. Democracy is the God that Failed
Just google "social democracy", the brain can do incredible things when you decide to use it.
Nordic countries are social democracy, not Democratic socialist.
Similar look, BIG difference.
Wait, wait, wait, I’m a socialist, but do people genuinely believe democratic socialism immediately makes it different?
My god, you people are stupid
I get it now. Socialism is when taxes go elsewhere than military. Noted. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Seriously… if this is how Americans see socialism i'm not surprised your country is in such a broken condition with most people still loving it at any cost.
UPDATE: You guys have a university? Damn I should change my opinion about all the useless things people study in my country. This is the real king now.
In short: Steven Crowder is an Idiot, who doesn't know what he is talking about. And I say this as an European in a Social Democracy.. Social Democracy doesn't mean "Socialist" in the sense of Venezuela or the Soviet Union, and is embedded in a Capitalist Free Market, which has some regulations (which in the US also exist). The main difference is that thing called "healthcare" (which isn't really "free" – you are paying a part of your income into a state-owned health insurance organization).
And we see it again: right wing uneducated people falsely defining socialism, pointing to nations that are better than the U.S. at literally everything and calling them "failures" and constantly peddling right wing crap about socialism.
This video proves that crowder — and prageru — don't know what socialism is. It is not a political ideology. It is an economic philosophy that advocates for the workers getting a share of the success; getting paid more for their hard work, getting a say in how the company is run, benefits etc.
Socialism is another way of politically nudging societies closer and closer to global socialism with Communist undercurrents!
Your video is correct in stating that democratically elected socialism is no less de-stabilizing and damaging politically within a democratic society, it's all Leninism by another name.
"As if adding an adjective in front of the word changes what it means" Conservatives when trans women (suddenly it means they're not the word that they are)
Fun fact: It is much cheaper for an average Dane to buy a car than for average American. The difference is the American can not live without a car, because US doesn't have a public transportation system that isn't a joke.
I feel like people forget that people are not inherently selfish and lazy, people are naturally inclined to work just not for 40hrs/week only 15hrs/week like in the khoisan tribe in nambia africa (who works together collectively).
“Wanna be socialists”?? Said like a wanna be husband.
Bro pulled out the regularly debunked human Nature It's not like we lived in a Communist society for millions of years. As caveman
All the facts that Humans when born are incredibly sharing generous people, but learn To become more greedy to survive in capitalism.
The reason venezuela is doing badly is because the price of oil suddenly collapsed, which is the main resource that the economy was built around
What is democratic socialism? Does that mean you voted in the socialists? You still have to fight your way out from under the totalitarian opression.
PragerU makes video attacking socialism. 6yrs later, after Jan 6. Its actually an attack ad on Democracy. 😂😂😂
You can't make this shit up. Unlike a 6,000 yr old, flat earth.
An add from a fake university tells you to get a real job
so that ikea moved away from sweden means sweden is a failure? lol still sweden got a beautifull economy, food & toilletpaper
Same as a democratically elected fascist like trump is still a fascist.
Yet Denmark and Sweden are still higher in happiness index than America
0:20: So is it democratic gang rape if the rapists vote on who goes first? Is it democratic if they give the victim a vote?
The issue with this video is that it totally ignores the history of Social Democratic countries. Each social democratic country has their own history and culture that has shaped their ideas. If you look at Scandinavia their population had early rights and freedom(more in trade than the rest of Europe at the time). Christian protestantism came early on so education became something people demanded before there was a thing called socialism. For cultural and religious reasons they early on created things to make sure that the poor and sick were helped. Then you had the industrial revolution that happened in a completely different way compared to the rest of the world. That created what we today call Scandinavian Social Democracy. If you look at the story of Germany or any other "social democratic" country, the story will be different. Just like every other political view.
These leftist get paid to do this
PragerU goes mask off as anti-democracy.
People always forget to talk about every day failures of capitalism.