I think you should take a more direct approach in a lot of these videos, adam.. it is very easy to find people that will make themselves look stupid in the wake of ignorance, but it is that much harder to convince those same people that their way of thinking is wrong. You did an excellent job explaining government spending as an underlying issue to this guy.. but in what respect did you change how he will vote, or change how he views the government as a whole?
I think it would serve you better if you explain flaws in other's arguments and views instead of shaming them, and perhaps worked with their views to bring them closer to the correct conclusion.
Almost everyone will agree they would prefer 0 taxes and 0 government spending, but privatization of everything government is logistically impossible. Although the government consistently wastes trillions on pointless wars, the MIC, inefficient health care, etc.. there are still regulations and laws that need to be enforced by a central body... how could we move a massive number of people away from our two garbage parties toward a more decentralized, less bought out and more efficient government? Do we just have to wait for all the baby boomers to die?
sorry for the rambling, I hope this all makes sense.. i've been celebrating the holidays a bunch today. Hope all is good!
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@abusereports, what about this comment is spammy?
@berniesanders does not like me. I have never spammed anyone!
I made a post about it here:
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you downvoted my post for no reason..... i have a conservitive gif and you flagged it for your personal views @studgriffin, quit hiding and come clean
this is a blokchain, you have 1 account , make another if you failed this one because of not being a good steemer but remember your not gonna be forgotten if you do things that are contradictory to human rights again.
youre making a lot of assumptions about me... I can flag you if I disagree with what you are earning! I don't care about your gif or your political views, I care if you are spreading hatred. Read the comments you put on your own livestream!
What is your justification for flagging me?
I need justification, and you don't?
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lol dude you started it i just finish it, but ill stop if you stop. i didn't have that abuse reports do anything on my behalf, so idk why multiple people are mad with your content. I just stream.
just be a nice person dude!
I dont plan on flagging any nice people! :)
While I disagree with the idea that everything cannot be privatized, I think you are right about the approach taken in many of these videos, and in several other instances, by Kokesh. Instead of getting down to brass tacks, shame tactics are often used.
I think the feasibility of privatization depends heavily on the people, and unfortunately, we cannot magically change the minds of the people who have become numb to party politics.
I can agree with privatization of almost everything... though privatization doesn't insinuate a complete lack of government. There still needs to be regulations in place for SO many industries, potentially at a national level. There are some issues that need discussion to take place, by which certain regulations need to be implemented. Thus I still see a necessity for a federal government. I am not adept on libertarian principles, maybe someone could share some knowledge on how it could all work out.
thanks for the response
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While I agree that the shaming is not the most productive thing, neither is voting. Voting is asking permission from the government to be free. Only agorism and counter-economics can truly bring about freedom. So, in a sense, what we need is for him to convince people, but convince them to act!
By no sense is voting the most productive thing, but we cannot magically change that we are in a democracy even if we think the act of voting is wrong by principle. In which sense, the government can only be changed if there is both human and financial pressure to make such changes.
If we convince every thinking person NOT to vote, we are left with the same two parties that pray off those who don't think for themselves.
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