Her video is a perfect example of somebody having a lot of expertise in one domain and making the mistake of thinking that it’s easily transferable to a different domain. She falls into many common traps such as using no true Scotsman fallacy to defend capitalism, brushes off places like Cuba and DPRK without considering the context, and completely ignores the exploitation inherent in the capitalist system. She also appears to conflate markets with capitalism, and doesn’t even bother considering whether useful aspects of capitalism could be applied within a different framework.
Overall, it was a very superficial and disappointing video from her that immediately made me question things she talks about on subjects I’m not well versed in.
The common thread between all these “adult in the room” detractors of communism is that they have never bothered to read Marx.
And they like to peddle this notion that Marx may have had some valid points back in hist time, but it’s just ridiculous to say that any of that applies to capitalism as it is today. This is rooted both in lack of having actually read Marx, but also in lack of understanding the sheer scale of exploitation that results from modern application of capitalism. These people are completely insulated from the horrors of the system, and in my view a lot of it comes down to wilful ignorance.
Also seemingly promoting the notion that Marx is the only person to critique capitalism ever :/
Yeah that too, as if Marx just had some fringe opinions that most economists dismiss, as opposed having produced an economic theory that’s the foundation for the most rapidly developing nation on the planet.
just like in the video where marx explaining of capitalism is “another story” 😂 .
Anyone who does not consider economic sanctions as important is an idiot in my eyes.
Right, sanctions are basically a modern version of siege warfare.
It’s so frustrating trying to converse with liberal ignorants on the topic of Cuba/DPRK/etc because the moment you talk about sanctions they immediately disregard it as a “common leftist talking point” as if it wasn’t a valid point!
That’s because intellectual dishonesty is fundamentally required to hold a liberal world view.
I unfollowed her a few months ago when she stepped into just asking questions TERFdom.
Same. Very disappointing
Talks about capitalism, does not mention private property a single time. 😐
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Good to see someone else feeling the same way I always do about Sabine Hossenfelder videos, which youtube’s recommendations algorithm seems to love so much. But that’s another story.
