Steven Crowder Exposes Why Adding Democratic to Socialism Doesn't Change What It Really Means

[00:02] Democratic socialism.

[00:03] It’s not the same as socialism socialism, because it’s democratic.

[00:07] Right?

[00:08] Or something, right?

[00:10] People are buying that; people buy that now, right? Apparently.

[00:13] As though adding the word “democratic” in front of a word changes what it means.

[00:17] Just because we toss something to a vote doesn’t change what that something is, nor does it

[00:22] alter whether that something is inherently good or bad.

[00:25] A couple of examples, because I know you’ll ask: Hamas was democratically elected as the

[00:30] government in Gaza – despite the fact that the destruction of not only Israel,

[00:33] but the eradication of all Jews, is in their official charter.

[00:37] Robert Mugabe, or Bobby Mugabe if you prefer, was democratically elected by a loving majority

[00:42] in Zimbabwe.

[00:44] Zimbabwe! How’s that working out?

[00:47] Venezuela? Well, Hugo Chavez, noted personal favorite friend of Sean Penn, to whom he constantly

[00:53] pointed as being unfairly characterized as a dictator when, in fact, he was democratically

[00:58] elected as a socialist. Well, how’d that workout for Venezuela?

[01:01] Well, it’s now on the brink of collapse despite it being one of the most resource

[01:05] rich nations in the entire world.

[01:07] Basic things like eggs, milk, flour, and toilet paper are either too expensive for the average

[01:12] Venezuelan or simply out of stock… out of stock, mind you...

[01:16] democratically.

[01:18] I know, some of you will say, “Well that’s not fair, because really we knew all along

[01:21] it technically was a dictatorship.”

[01:23] Ok – that’s fair; let’s move on to example number two.

[01:26] Denmark? Ok, here’s the time where you point to an entirely homogenous population about one sixtieth

[01:31] the size of America’s, and you point to that as the blueprint?

[01:34] Ok – let’s go there.

[01:35] This is a place where the middle class can’t even afford a car because of the 180% new-car tax.

[01:41] And the Prime Minister was so fed up with Americans pointing to it as a beacon for socialist

[01:46] success that he felt compelled to clarify, “I would like to make one thing clear: Denmark

[01:52] is far from a socialist planned economy; Denmark is a market economy.”

[01:58] Sweden? I love Sweden!

[02:00] Ok, great bikini team, and thanks to that country my armoire now doubles as a bookcase.

[02:05] Speaking of which, the founder of IKEA – let’s be honest, the only real cool export from

[02:10] Sweden aside from a few good hockey players – left Sweden because of the stifling high tax rate.

[02:16] So, Sweden – good place, not bad people – but a successful model for a viable economy

[02:21] in today’s global market?

[02:23] Incorrect.

[02:25] The fact is that, over time, the greatest enemy of socialism is reality.

[02:30] The reality that human nature will invariably pull certain people toward individualism and

[02:35] success and others toward laziness and collectivism.

[02:38] The tension between the makers and the takers always – always! – leads to socialism’s

[02:44] inevitable collapse.

[02:46] But I know that I can give you examples of failed socialist economies

[02:50] until I’m blue in the face, and you won’t care.

[02:52] Because at least socialism is inherently more morally altruistic than the evil,

[02:58] greedy capitalistic war mongering seen in the West.

[03:01] Greed? What’s more greedy than wanting to take from someone else

[03:04] something that you haven’t earned?

[03:06] Unlike capitalism – free enterprise, which can only occur truly through voluntary transaction

[03:10] – socialism can only occur at gunpoint.

[03:14] That’s what it comes down to.

[03:16] If you don’t pay your taxes, once you get through the IRS and the auditing and the lawyers

[03:21] and the PR stunts, people make you give the government your money, increasing amount of

[03:27] your money the more successful you are, or they send in scary men with guns to take you away.

[03:33] Now, so long as the people having their stuff taken away at gunpoint are in the minority,

[03:38] and the majority feels that they’ll get to benefit from more said taken stuff,

[03:42] you’ll always be able to win that decision through a popular vote and claim the moral high ground

[03:48] through democracy.

[03:49] Putting the word “democratic” in front your socialism doesn’t make it any inherently

[03:55] more moral, nor less violent.

[03:59] Did you get that, American wannabe socialists?

[04:02] Also, get a job.

[04:07] Please, like a real job…

[04:10] You’ll probably have to shave first.

[04:12] I’m Steven Crowder for Prager University