We must seize the means
of production.
>> Stop it, Vlad.
>> You know the rule.
If you want to regulate something,
go regulate the mess in your room.
>> What exactly was that dumpster
fire?
Well, it turns out that there is
this new ad for
anti-socialist books for children.
It's floating around the Internet,
drew our attention today, and
we wanted to share it for you.
The company is called Turtle Twins.
And their marketing apparently
is not sitting well with
YouTube watchers because if you
look at the like to dislike ratio,
it did not do well.
Let's take a look at this graphic,
ratioed pretty hard.
Pretty decent view count though,
almost 140,000 last time I checked.
Now, let's watch another clip from
this incredibly dorky ad and
then unpack it.
>> Now my kids are being told by
the media, and even the school
system, that socialism is great.
>> Mama, if we just get rid of all
these successful people,
we'll finally be happy.
>> No honey,
that just means we'll all be poor.
I want to teach my kids right,
but it is so hard to find age
appropriate material to teach them
about the principles of freedom.
The blocks are the supply and
when people want them,
that's demand.
>> Is that what dad meant when he
said you're too demanding?
>> Some grade A acting there,
really good stuff.
No, I mean, they're right,
they're so right.
You look at communist countries,
socialist countries, and
they're just really struggling
in everything.
They're having a tough time.
Whereas here in the United States,
we're prospering, all right?
We wake up and we hustle,
we rise and grind.
We work real hard.
We're producing more than ever
before.
And you know what?
We're living the good life, right,
right, right?
I don't know, let's take a look.
>> Across the city,
the tents stretch everywhere.
From Hollywood to Venice Beach,
scenes from what could be
a disaster movie.
Now a seemingly permanent fixture
on the streets of Los Angeles.
>> If you're not shocked by
what you see, then I don't know
what you would be shocked by.
>> I mean, I'm shocked,
I thought that our economic model
was wonderful.
And I thought that no one lives in
poverty and everyone's doing
really, really well.
Looks like that's not
really the case.
Also, I mean, look,
that was a video from Los Angeles.
Maybe it's just these corporate
Democrats and their lack of
leadership that's led to this.
But I don't know, maybe we
should look at the bigger picture.
What's going on with inequality
in the United States, especially
during a pandemic, right?
Well, over the last 16 months
since the formal beginning of
the pandemic lockdown, combined
wealth of 713 US billionaires has
surged by $1.8 trillion,
a gain of almost 60%.
The total combined wealth of US
billionaires increased from
2.9 trillion on March 18th, 2020
to 4.7 trillion on July 9th, 2021.
I'm not done yet, I have just
a little more statistics.
Because a dorky video where you're
pretending to be a good mom
by indoctrinating your kid about
socialism and all of its evil ways,
isn't really great in debunking,
[LAUGH] the facts that I'm about to
share with you.
So for instance, the wealthiest 1%
held 32.1% of the total,
up 23.4% in 1989.
The top 10% of households owned $70
of every $100 in household wealth
up from $61 in 1989.
Looks like that wealth
gap is growing, it's weird.
The bottom half,
whose share never exceeded 5%,
now holds just 2% of household
wealth in the United States.
But I'm sure all those
corporate executives just worked
harder, right?
They work so hard.
One more clip from that stupid ad.
>> Great. >> I now have
the Tuttle Twins to help us.
The Tuttle Twins is a series of
books written for freedom loving
parents, that teach correct
principles about free markets
in clear and relatable stories.
Clear and relatable, so
opposite of socialists.
>> Yeah, except socialism actually
is pretty relatable,
even here in the United States,
where most things unfortunately
are commodified.
So let me give you, I think,
the most obvious examples.
Social Security is a socialist
program.
It's a government-run pension
system that cuts out private money
managers.
Medicare, a single-payer,
government-run health insurance
program for those over 65,
is also a socialist program.
Hmm, now, do Americans like it?
I mean, are they familiar with it?
And if they are familiar with it,
do they like it?
Well, in its 85th year, Social
Security enjoys over 90% support
among Democrats, Republicans, and
independents, according to an AARP
survey of a little over 1,400
people ages 18 and older.
So 96% of those polled,
regardless of affiliation, meaning
political affiliation, said that
Social Security was either the most
important government program or
an important one compared with
other government programs.
And 2 in 5 of those surveyed said
they will rely on Social Security
as a substantial source of income
in retirement.
More than 69 million people, and
almost 9 out of 10 of those 65 and
older, get Social Security benefits
according to
the Social Security Administration.
Fascinating, so,
it looks like that pro-capitalist,
anti-socialism ad was full of lies.
Wow, who could have saw that
coming?
Maybe that's what
explains the like to dislike ratio.
And one more graphic for you.
The minimum wage, maximum hour, and
child labor laws that go back
more than a century
are likewise socialist programs,
in that the government intervenes
in the capitalist market to
require employers to meet minimum
standards that might not be met in
a pure unregulated free market.
Agricultural and energy subsidies,
meaning corporate welfare,
are likewise socialist programs.
So, let me just that note everybody
loves socialism, okay?
People who unfortunately don't get
enough of it in the form of Social
Security and Medicare, love it so
much that every time Republicans
are in charge and can actually cut
these programs, they never do it.
They never do it because
there's a political price to pay if
they actually go through with it.
But the people in this country
who love socialism the most
are corporations.
The ones who get tax subsidies.
The pharmaceutical companies that
love taxpayer funded research and
development because they don't
want to take the risk.
Have the American taxpayer take
the risk.
They love to socialize the costs,
privatize the profits.
So that ad was stupid, and
there's really nothing else to say
about it.