Not All Students Are Woke Socialists — Transcript

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1. 0:00It’s crazy!
2. 0:01Government imposes a million rules,
3. 0:03and Americans seem to want more!
4. 0:05The motion is adopted.
5. 0:08[Cheers]
6. 0:10People say they want more government.
7. 0:11And politicians are happy to deliver.
8. 0:14We are gonna get rid of fossil fuels.
9. 0:16Thomas Jefferson said, “The
10. 0:17natural progress of things is for liberty to yield,
11. 0:21and government to gain.”
12. 0:23That’s what’s happening.
13. 0:24Natural gas hookups will be banned.
14. 0:26Minimum wage is set to increase this year.
15. 0:28New rent control measures.
16. 0:30It's very easy to lose freedom.
17. 0:32It’s very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away.
18. 0:36But it's incredibly hard to get back.
19. 0:38This 22-year-old understands the importance
20. 0:40of freedom better than politicians and the media.
21. 0:44These new rules are passing.
22. 0:45They're meant to keep us safe.
23. 0:46How much of our lives
24. 0:47are we willing to give up for safety?
25. 0:49Kristin Tokarev is one of the winners of our
26. 0:52Stossel in the Classroom video contest.
27. 0:54I wanted to show us a brief clip.
28. 0:56Stossel in the Classroom is my charity that
29. 0:59provides free market videos
30. 1:01for teachers to play in class.
31. 1:03It leads some student to change their minds
32. 1:05about things like government welfare.
33. 1:07It’s intentions are good
34. 1:09but the people that accept welfare,
35. 1:10they over time lose the incentive to work.
36. 1:13It’s often takes videos
37. 1:14to drive the point home.
38. 1:16They really opened up my mind
39. 1:17to think differently.
40. 1:18It changed the way that I viewed the world.
41. 1:20Was watching my videos in class
42. 1:23more fun than listening to professor lecture?
43. 1:27It's always more engaging.
44. 1:28Unfortunately, most students don’t watch.
45. 1:31What do we do?
46. 1:32Stand up fight back.
47. 1:33Today many are taught that
48. 1:35capitalism is a problem.
49. 1:36It’s time may be running out.
50. 1:38Younger people see so clearly
51. 1:40the failings of capitalism.
52. 1:42I can't say I'm pro capitalist
53. 1:44without my friends, people on the internet
54. 1:47or anyone really coming at me for it,
55. 1:49telling me how could you?
56. 1:51Everything on social media is,
57. 1:53“Eat the rich.”
58. 1:54Eat the rich and feed the poor.
59. 1:56This is class war.
60. 1:58“Kill capitalism.”
61. 1:59It's synonymous with greed.
62. 2:02That's fair.
63. 2:03Capitalists wanna make more money for themselves.
64. 2:07Sure. By wanting more money,
65. 2:08I can create something
66. 2:10that I can then sell to other people.
67. 2:12And why is that good?
68. 2:13Because then you get new products
69. 2:15and you get new innovation.
70. 2:16Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone.
71. 2:20The media tell us capitalism makes life worse.
72. 2:23If capitalism works,
73. 2:25if this is the best we got,
74. 2:26why does it seem to give such a raw deal?
75. 2:30But kids who learn from Stossel in the Classroom
76. 2:33know it’s a good deal.
77. 2:34Everyone watching this video
78. 2:36is living a better life
79. 2:37than even the richest men of the 1800s.
80. 2:39This video, from high school student Kaden Morgan,
81. 2:42points out how capitalism’s innovation
82. 2:44improves our lives.
83. 2:46We got air conditioning.
84. 2:47We got cell phones. We got microwaves.
85. 2:49We got stinking toilets.
86. 2:51The media are right, however,
87. 2:52when they say:
88. 2:54Inequality of income and wealth has surged.
89. 2:56That’s a big reason why
90. 2:58Socialism is having a moment
91. 3:00in American politics right now.
92. 3:01Some people are really filthy rich.
93. 3:04Others don't have enough.
94. 3:06Under capitalism, yes,
95. 3:07there's going to be some people who are wealthier
96. 3:09and some people who are poorer.
97. 3:11But you have the opportunity
98. 3:13to become wealthier and to grow.
99. 3:15Under socialism, sure,
100. 3:17everybody is equal, but they're all equally poor.
101. 3:20I wish more American kids understood that.
102. 3:22Socialism is totally on trend.
103. 3:25Kids love socialism.
104. 3:27I think socialism is great.
105. 3:28Socialism is… on point!
106. 3:32I mean I don’t really know what socialism means
107. 3:34to be completely honest to you.
108. 3:35Kristin knows.
109. 3:36She learned what socialism means,
110. 3:38not just from my videos,
111. 3:40but from her dad.
112. 3:41He grew up under socialism in Bulgaria,
113. 3:44where not only were people poor,
114. 3:46but modern music was even banned.
115. 3:49He couldn't listen to rock music without the
116. 3:51fear of persecution, of getting beat even.
117. 3:54Some fans roamed the streets of Sofia at night
118. 3:57yelled, “Punk’s not dead,”
119. 3:59but always after making sure
120. 4:01that the police were not around to arrest them.
121. 4:03[Music]
122. 4:06The only way her dad could hear
123. 4:07what westerners could hear
124. 4:09was to smuggle in tapes.
125. 4:10[Music]
126. 4:11The quality was awful.
127. 4:13Absolutely.
128. 4:14But they would play it all day.
129. 4:15All day.
130. 4:16It was the only taste they had of
131. 4:19what life was like outside of the Iron Curtain.
132. 4:22[Music]
133. 4:22There was only really
134. 4:24one rock band that was
135. 4:25allowed in the country.
136. 4:26And even that group,
137. 4:29their songs were censored
138. 4:30because it didn’t fully align
139. 4:32with the political agenda at the time.
140. 4:35What does the music have to do
141. 4:36with socialism versus capitalism?
142. 4:38It has everything to do with it.
143. 4:40In one system,
144. 4:42you're allowed to listen to it
145. 4:43and you’re allowed to enjoy it freely.
146. 4:46And then in another system,
147. 4:47like the one that my parents were in,
148. 4:49you're being controlled.
149. 4:50What if your decisions, the choices you made,
150. 4:54weren’t even up to you?
151. 4:55[Music]
152. 4:56Freedom versus control.
153. 4:58That’s what many contestants focused on.
154. 5:01Ian Hunter of Concordia University
155. 5:03won our college video contest.
156. 5:05Individual liberty is crucial
157. 5:07for people and communities to flourish.
158. 5:09I wish America’s politicians
159. 5:11would listen to these kids.
160. 5:12Freedom is essential
161. 5:14not only to prosper, to make money.
162. 5:18But it’s essential to be yourself.
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