Why Socialism Fails and Capitalism Thrives: Lessons from Florida, Tennessee, and Arizona Business Owners

[00:00] well

[00:01] I've never seen the world be more

[00:03] complicated than it is today I keep

[00:05] hearing people say that socialism is the

[00:08] answer I'm a good person I want to help

[00:10] people solve an equality and stop racism

[00:13] is socialism the answer

[00:16] dear socialism I hear you are the answer

[00:19] to Life's problems the solution to

[00:21] inequity poverty and greedy corporations

[00:24] I'm told the only way to experience true

[00:27] equality is by dismantling the

[00:30] oppressive Colonial history of

[00:32] capitalism and ushering in your promise

[00:35] Utopia

[00:37] but there's two sides to every story

[00:41] I've read stories though from Venezuela

[00:44] people eat trash to survive does

[00:46] socialism deprive citizens access to the

[00:49] resources of government leaders

[00:50] imprisoned voices of freedom because

[00:52] I've read stories from Cuba where prison

[00:55] is the inevitable consequence for

[00:57] speaking freely are elections rigged

[00:59] ensuring dictators remain in power at

[01:02] the demise of democracy as I've read

[01:04] stories from the Soviet Union where the

[01:06] people were robbed of their voice

[01:09] socialism if you're so great wouldn't

[01:12] any place that rejects you be in ruined

[01:15] does your promise really deliver the

[01:17] perfect Society

[01:20] let's find out

[01:30] Florida has quickly gained a reputation

[01:33] of being one of America's freest places

[01:35] today from sandy beaches to Alligator

[01:38] Alley and even the nation's oldest city

[01:40] and launch pads to space this unique

[01:42] state boasts liberty loving people who

[01:45] will fight hard for this land they love

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[01:49] I'm Ed Zeeman I'm the chairman of Zeman

[01:52] homes and neighborhoods we own and

[01:53] operate about 50 mobile home parks and

[01:56] RV parks throughout mainly the eastern

[01:58] half of the country

[01:59] with this property in particular being

[02:02] in Florida and dealing with covid-19 and

[02:04] all the rules that come along with that

[02:06] knowing what you know now do you think

[02:08] your family would have started your

[02:09] business in a blue state or in a

[02:12] conservative area like Florida here oh

[02:14] absolutely in Florida I mean we we

[02:16] choose not to do any more business in

[02:18] Illinois how different would this be if

[02:20] a socialist was running your company oh

[02:23] we we had a joke and somebody in our

[02:25] organization said what if what if AOC

[02:26] ran this property well let's just take

[02:29] two specific fundamental things that she

[02:31] would probably do number one is pay

[02:33] everybody the same right because

[02:35] everybody wants to be treated equally

[02:36] according to socialism now if that were

[02:38] to happen of course Kylie is going to be

[02:40] thrilled that she's getting 50 Grand to

[02:42] be a young person starting out and of

[02:45] course uh Allison who's been here for 27

[02:48] years would probably leave immediately

[02:49] because she makes much more than 50

[02:50] Grand so what happens I'd have to

[02:52] replace the GM with somebody that makes

[02:54] 50 Grand

[02:55] probably inexperienced not know how to

[02:57] deal with customers not knowing how to

[02:59] handle maintenance issues ETC so what

[03:01] would that do to this property

[03:02] probably be maintained much less nice

[03:05] the customers would not be happy

[03:07] and it would slowly start to degenerate

[03:09] I think within three years of AOC ran

[03:12] this and instituted socialist policies

[03:14] this place would be a slum nobody want

[03:16] to come here but I'll tell you one thing

[03:17] AOC would probably have the nicest lot

[03:19] in the property and probably have her a

[03:22] lot beautiful

[03:23] this is the way socialism works so it

[03:26] would be an absolute nightmare you get

[03:28] to work in the heart of what capitalism

[03:30] is all about every day what do you wish

[03:33] Young Americans knew about what

[03:35] capitalism actually is versus what they

[03:37] learn about on their college campuses

[03:39] well capitalism is freedom socialism is

[03:41] prison I mean it's as simple as that I

[03:43] mean you you have the freedom with

[03:45] capitalism to succeed you also have a

[03:48] good chance of failing but that's just

[03:49] life and I would rather have unequal

[03:51] blessing than a shared misery and that's

[03:54] what socialism is everybody's merciful

[03:56] except for the very few government

[03:57] officials that get to live like kings

[03:59] and control what the populace does and

[04:01] gets to dictate every portion of her

[04:03] life so to me it's slavery versus

[04:05] Freedom it's as simple as that

[04:09] Florida is home to countless Patriots

[04:11] who long for the American dream just 90

[04:14] miles away is the Socialist Utopia of

[04:16] Cuba where everyone flees to get here

[04:19] Floridians get it socialism sucks they

[04:23] aren't afraid to embrace Liberty over

[04:24] tyranny and they're willing to share it

[04:27] with the world

[04:33] foreign

[04:37] Tennessee the volunteer state a state

[04:40] rooted in love of country it was founded

[04:42] upon and continues to live by the motto

[04:45] America at its best tennesseans are

[04:47] rooted in American history celebrating

[04:49] the inspiring figures heroic moments and

[04:52] great tragedies of the past while also

[04:54] continuing to drive us forward from the

[04:57] Great Smoky Mountains to Downtown

[04:58] Nashville there is something beautifully

[05:00] unique about this land of liberty

[05:04] my name is Kylie Jean tanhill I live

[05:06] here in Franklin Tennessee and I came

[05:09] actually from the West Coast Nashville

[05:11] is a creative City where people come to

[05:12] pursue their dreams I love the state of

[05:15] Tennessee there's no other place I'd

[05:16] rather be

[05:17] as a millennial how do you respond

[05:19] knowing that the vast majority of your

[05:22] generation is embracing socialism as the

[05:25] next big thing as the future and what we

[05:27] should be progressing toward I think so

[05:29] many young Americans are actually

[05:30] attracted to the idea of free and they

[05:33] think that with socialism it becomes

[05:35] free things for them they think that

[05:37] their finances are going to be handed to

[05:39] them they're relying on government but

[05:41] what they don't realize is nothing is

[05:42] actually ever free so I honestly think

[05:45] that they don't actually know what

[05:46] they're advocating for at all how do we

[05:49] counter that how do you and I approach

[05:51] our peers and explain what socialism

[05:53] would actually lead to versus what

[05:55] they're being told on their college

[05:56] campuses I think the number one thing if

[05:59] somebody is leaning to Advocate

[06:01] socialism then they're going to have to

[06:03] start paying for other people's things I

[06:04] think they need to actually feel the

[06:06] pain of it themselves and so literally

[06:08] what would that look like if somebody

[06:09] was really into socialism and they

[06:11] started paying for everybody else's

[06:12] things no strings attached what do you

[06:15] wish Young socialists in places like

[06:18] California and Washington where you

[06:20] lived could know about Tennessee and

[06:21] what's working here oh okay I wish that

[06:24] young people who live in California and

[06:26] Washington I wish they knew the heart of

[06:28] patriotism I wish they knew that there's

[06:31] actually a joy and a pride that comes

[06:33] with loving your country there's no

[06:35] other place like the United States of

[06:37] America there isn't a place where you

[06:38] can literally build an American Dream

[06:40] you can come with nothing and if you

[06:42] have hard work and you have drive and

[06:44] you have purpose and vision in front of

[06:46] you you can actually make something

[06:47] happen we're the most diverse nation in

[06:49] the world there's a reason that people

[06:51] are drawn to America it's because of the

[06:53] life and the quality of life that you

[06:55] can have here and so my heart is that I

[06:57] wish people had Pride for nation

[06:59] Governor Bill Lee has reminded America

[07:02] that Tennessee is open for business even

[07:05] in the time of expected lockdowns this

[07:07] state thrives because of Private

[07:09] Industry and the freedom each resident

[07:12] has to make their own choices and

[07:14] develop their own thriving businesses

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[07:22] Arizona is a state that still embodies

[07:24] the spirit of the wild American West the

[07:27] five C's run Arizona's mostly

[07:30] agricultural economy copper cattle

[07:33] cotton Citrus and climate from the

[07:35] depths of the Grand Canyon to its

[07:37] snow-capped mountain peaks Arizona is a

[07:40] place of immense natural beauty

[07:41] attracting new residents from all over

[07:44] the world Phoenix is actually the

[07:46] fastest growing city in America and has

[07:48] quickly become the nation's fifth

[07:50] largest city by population as Arizona

[07:53] grows it remains true though to its

[07:55] diverse roots of its tribal Nations

[07:57] Business Leaders and cowboys alike

[08:00] so I'm Cena Kerr I'm a wife grandmother

[08:04] mother grandmother Dairy Farmer and a

[08:07] state legislator I serve in the state

[08:09] senate tell me about how your career

[08:12] transformed not just from being here

[08:13] working in agriculture but then going to

[08:16] our state senate here in Arizona I

[08:18] started to realize we need more elected

[08:20] officials on the other side of that desk

[08:21] that really understand what it means to

[08:25] own a business to be in agriculture that

[08:28] we know firsthand what the challenges

[08:31] are and can be at the table to find

[08:33] Solutions what about socialism is so

[08:36] specifically bad for Arizona and for

[08:38] America socialism stifles those personal

[08:42] dreams and goals that that we have as

[08:44] people and you know clearly it doesn't

[08:47] work and no matter what form it takes

[08:50] people have tried to say you know well

[08:53] this type of socialism will work or this

[08:55] type it doesn't When government grows

[08:59] it's sucks a life out of Liberty and and

[09:04] prosperity it just doesn't work

[09:07] why do you believe it's so important to

[09:10] preserve freedom and cast out socialism

[09:12] into the Next Generation freedom is

[09:15] everything you know Freedom allows us to

[09:19] utilize and and to reach our greatest

[09:22] potential our god-given potential as as

[09:26] humanity and and allows us to you know

[09:30] Dream Big Dreams to set goals to you

[09:35] know be able to you know be who and what

[09:38] we want to be so important

[09:42] even as thousands of Americans migrate

[09:45] to Arizona the state has consistently

[09:47] remained true to its unique identity

[09:50] Arizona is leading the way for business

[09:53] and culture in 2021 and doing so with

[09:56] the intentional effort to keep big

[09:58] government out of its citizens lives

[10:09] foreign

[10:14] to your alluring promises we see the

[10:18] dystopian reality you are trying to hide

[10:20] America was and Remains The Land of the

[10:25] Free a Land of Hope and Fortune America

[10:28] will always stand for Liberty over false

[10:32] security opportunity over outcome and

[10:35] democracy over dictatorships American

[10:39] Freedom will prevail

[10:41] we reject your enticing deception

[10:44] because we know the truth socialism you

[10:48] are not the answer to our human

[10:49] struggles you are not the Utopia you

[10:52] claim to be you continue to fight to

[10:55] change our society as we know it but we

[10:58] aren't done fighting back either

[11:01] dear socialism no thank you

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