I love "The Story of Stuff". A wonderful video series! I think it should be mandatory for every person on the planet to see this series. It's wonderful. I have thought about all this stuff since I was four years old. I was a worried little child. I was worried that we would run out of space to store all the garbage. As an adult, I am not worth anything to our government. I consume as little as possible. I despise the "throw away" mentality of the greedy. I recycle and shop at second hand stores.
FreeRangeStudios truly believe in protecting the environment, standing up for human rights and calling for social justice. Social justice is a term, generally applied by the left, to describe a society with a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.
I agree. Glass milk bottles were returnable whether the milk was delivered or bought from a shop and didn't come in tetra pak boxes or plastic bottles. We always knew what to do with our rubbish and didn't produce so much of it. Waste paper, cardboard and rags were placed on the coal fire and the ashes placed on the compost heap. The rag and bone man used to visit now and then.
Why did we get such an consumer-driven culture? Watch out for the new Austrian movie "Let's make money"! It tells another interessting story and needs a short version like this here. Great work!!!
I really appreciate that you recognize and resolve the symbol of "Government" with an actual person. Not specifically a good person, or a bad person. Not specifically a Republican or a Democrat. Not a crook, and still not "not a crook". I think part of the government's image problem is that too many people are so disconnected from their political system that it's hard to even recognize those who work in government as people-- who laugh, who dream; who lie, who scheme. Assuming they're all corrupt only legitimizes the corruption. When we assume the good guy is just another bad guy, the bad guys keep winning.
She strongly expressed she believed in a government of the people, for the people and by the people which is also clearly NOT the case. She also explained they are supposed to play a supportive role, to care for us. They dont. An ideal government would be comprised of men with cajones and honor who did not bow to corporations, who told you the truth from the start or had the honor to do so now. Man created corporations, to admit they control man is insane. You are both right.
The most important thing you can learn is to think for yourself. Absorb as much as you can, but analyze for yourself. Take what you read, hear, and watch with a grain of salt!
Yeah, I know, I drifted off-topic (I thank you for setting me straight)! It just drives me nuts about how people spend so much on "stuff", and then complain that they don't have money (I know, that's not what the video is about....but the overconsumption of "stuff" negatively affects everything, be it the environment or our own financial situations).
the thing that is good about this is that she has taken the time to report her findings, which i think is awesome coz it is reported in an engaging fashion.
This women brings up a lot of good points. Even a 4-star general who later became President, Dwight Eisenhower warned American citizens about the military- industrial complex taking over.
Hey, you're not the only one without a cell phone! I don't have a cell phone, and I never plan on getting one, ever. It's just another piece of crap that we don't need. Just because everyone else has it doesn't mean you need it. I'm amazed by all these people glued to their cell phones. I mean, it's just a telephone. I don't know how anyone can be happy with a cell phone stuck to their ear all the time. Where's the time for friends and family?
@BuffMBA To answer your question, it is bad that corporations are bigger than governments for one main reason. A government's job is to ensure that every citizen can exercise their rights and freedoms, while a corporation's job is to make maximum profit. If you actually believe that corporations care about anything else than making money, you are sadly mistaken. So who do you prefer being in charge?
I hadn't see any poverty, when you're there you don't see it, was until I saw the wealthness that I became aware that something was not workig out so good. I'm from mexico, I work 8 hours a day to earn 200 pesos (20 us dollars), no matter how hard I try I'll never be able to earn the 400 dollars per week a person earns in the U.S. doing the same things I do. It's not about traveling to see the poverty, it's about living it... it's easy to see a movie, to see poverty from the plane.
Lynn Harsh w/ the Evergreen Freedom Foundation was on Glenn Beck, she said herself and a economic student put together a story board to contrast the "Story of Stuff". This way kids can get both sides of the story. We have to be ever vigilant!!!
Hi, TwiLyght. Good question you raise. I think we indeed should feel guilty if we do respond to almost all commercials. Those companies don't care about us, our families, or the planet. We do need to live and have some possessions - but how do we handle garbage creation? I think we need to do so mindfully.
Showing this video to kids across the US, without showing a counterpoint presentation only serves to indoctrinate, rather than to show children opposing points of view and to teach them how to make their own judgments.
I agree with the laziness part, but some people don't have the time, and some computers,like Dell computers, and almost all laptops are hard to upgrade. When was the last time you upgraded anything on your laptop besides memory?
This is an excellent video. The narrative and the cartoon are awesome. I agree with almost all of the points, and this should be required viewing. We have to find a better way!
It's not the government's job to look out for us (at 2:10) we have to take care of ourselves or we lose our freedom. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." -John F. Kennedy
Yes, China is getting into consumerism and so are other growing regions.Maybe we could set a good example by tightening up the circle.Take a clue from nature and close the production/use/destruction/recycle cycle.
Great video, short and snappy presentation of the FACTS, and only those addicted to the ideology of consumerism would fail to 'get it'. And hey, no worries. Your addiction will resolve itself as the system becomes ever more unsustainable, untenable and it's utter pointlessness is obviated.
@ch4nc3who Your intelligence is making me reconsider my opinion. 60 % of US dropouts come from just 13% of the nations schools. They are called "dropout factories" and there is around 2,000 of them in the nation. The other 40% of the nations dropouts would come from the remaining 77% of the schools. The source for that information was Robert Balfanz a professor for John Hopkins University.
not "fine nite planet", she means "finite planet", just like the opposite of infinite,where she means that our planet is limited and not forever lasting :) hopefully that helps.
"Don't you think it's better if the driver uses good judgement and focus on the rode instead" It is unrealistic to expect that everyone applies good judgment. A law, that makes it an offense, it's a good way to deter stupid behavior like that
I have met some of these "fictional" welfare scamming girls, even had some in the same school I went to. A solution for the baby is called adoption. If you can't provide for a child yourself and your family will not help there are options. Placing a child is an extremely loving act. And that is called RESPONSIBILITY.
..that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.. OR "It's the government's job to watch out for us, to take care of us!"
We don't live longer because of medications, rather we live longer because we have access to a larger variety of food staple in our diet - fruits and vegetables. Only less than 50 years ago you'd never see the colours of the rainbow in your produce dept. as you do now. We are getting an assortment of vitamins like never before. More people die from medications, a year, than any other reason, toxic ingredients, OD, doctor/patient error but this is another topic...
Actually the thing about PC upgrading is a bit oversimplified. It's true, the CPU sockets always change but so do motherboards, memory chips and graphic cards. To keep up with recent operating systems one has to constantly upgrade his/her PC. But then, most people do not really need the latest operating system and software... even a PC from 5 years ago is perfectly fine to write documents/email or surf the web.
Indeed! Cell phones have turned people rude, and even dangerous, such as jerks in SUV's yakking on their cell phones while driving. Hey, and if anyone asks you why you don't have a cell phone, I have a great idea. Just point out the cost of the bill for the service (let's say $40 per month for 12 months, so $480 per year), and say you'd rather give that money to charity to help others rather than spend it on selfish material objects, such as a cell phone. It'll make the person go quiet!
I'll sum up everything said in this movie in 3 words. Rich Vs. Poor. Figure out how to make everyone RICH or Force everyone to be Poor and you've solved the problem. I.e. It cant be fixed without taking the "Human" element out of it.
You should really google before you make assertions like that. you are right though. we did not spend 50% of our budget on defense in 2009. it was actually 54%, and that doesn't even include the "emergency supplemental appropriations" that are quite significant. you can easily google this, and i'd be happy to put links here, but youtube won't let me post a comment that has links in it (silly youtube) so the budget is online along with dozens of sites with very user friendly pie charts for you.
Right. More like $1.50. They always mark them up to make back the money it cost them to buy it wholesale, and they buy them in bulk, at a discount, too.
Arizman you are so intelligent, so you are saying that we have replanted Brazil. I live in an area in the US that 5 years ago had huge amounts of trees along every road. Now they're gone because they want to develop this land even though there is a lot of unused land in the inner city I haven't seen any replant that you speak of but ok maybe it just happens here not where you live and maybe thats just it you need to look outside you're back yard. What does Acorn have to do with this video?
It is NOT the governments job to take care of us. It is OUR job to take care of us and to make sure our government advocates, acts, and legislates in OUR best interests. By being unwilling or unable to accept this responsibility, we actually create the problems that we are obsessed with defeating. Check American history - this country found it's emancipation on the principles of freedom from arbitrary rule and the right to self-rule.
@badpanda84 When the lady in the video says: "...the government should be of the people, for the people, by the people. It's the governments job to watch out for us, to take care of us. That's their job." Yes, watching out for us (regulations, SS, using tax dollars to pay for roads, schools, etc...) is part of their job---but it's not their job to "take care of us", like they owe us---or we're entitled to be 'cared' for. The government owes us nothing, and we owe the government nothing.
Yes, there has to be a way for Americans to pull together to try to solve problems. And whenever we try to use reason and really work on the issues, it seems like some "one"(I don't wish to be rude) comes along and yells "Racist" or "Wing nut" and clouds the real issues. As if someone doesn't want the issues dealt with. Maybe that would be the major corps and Politicians, don't you think?
I have an education in economics and I've presented this to master's students to illustrate the effects of globalization on poverty. Why is is so bad to show this video to kids? Kids spend the rest of their time watching commercials. The rest of the world is competing for the future dollars of our young people, its a good idea to educate them about alternatives.
The thing with immigrants is that they may or may not have access to advice and guidance from someone whose gone through it all before in this country plus the language barrier. Usually that guidance comes from parents and sometimes friends. But a lot of immigrants hang around each other and they do not have parents that lived here to guide them.
Of course the government looks out for its citizens. The FDA, the CIA, the FBI, laws, military, The Constitution. It's all designed to protect the safety and freedom of the people that put that government in place. The whole point of having the government oversee these things is that they're democratically elected and thus (in theory) can't be bought off like a privatized company could be.
If you would like to see what an economy looks like without consumerism try looking at Africa there are some really good examples over there. Does this mean we should pollute at all costs just to have stuff absolutely not, but to desire stuff in and of itself is not an undesirable thing. It is in fact the desire for stuff that gives people a reason to be and do.
In a ski flick "Outside Advice" The President's adviser gets advised by an underachieving old college pal, and a simple rule tweak on inheritance ends up changing the direction and purpose of modern human life! See if this short discussion RINGS TRUE as the systematic fix we all long for and can't find? watch "Outside Advice" on youtube.
the funny thing is probably the excessive quest for stuff created youtube where the film is played and where the film maker is making a lot of cash telling the world why the excessive quest for stuff is bad...
Anyone else like the irony of someone talking about corporate greed used on computers? Isn't it funny how the line starts right behind her? Boy I loved these hippies in college, stop cutting down trees! But they would have tons of books on not cutting down trees in their backpacks... MORE FREE STUFF!! But, I want you to pay for it, not me.... God this is getting old.
@badpanda84 The government should protect our rights (ie. rights specified in the constitution), and nothing more. They aren't our babysitters, and so they should not "take care of us" as though we are incapable of caring for ourselves.
To do what individuals cannot. Armies, major projects, etc. Also some regulation is good as long as its voted on. Law enforcement is a good thing (Protecting the safety of citizens). Not much more than that.
@badpanda84 Taxes help fund schools, they are used to pay for national defense, law enforcement, and interest on national debt. Taxes are also used for roads and social security to provide benefits for retired workers and the disabled. I'm all for temporary welfare for those who lose their jobs, but too much welfare and government care can lead to dependency. Why work when someone is going to provide for you? There's no more incentive to work.
If families didn't pay 50% of their income in taxes they could take care of their own. Stupid mistakes? Babies are not stupid mistakes. And teen mothers should be getting help from their own parents that neglected to teach them to keep their pants on. And the father of baby needs to be brought to justice for rape.
Just the fact that you feel the need to use expletives and judge the video as "garbage" shows that Pardollada is right - at least about you. After all, you've been told your whole life what to do with your life and how to live it and you seem to like it just fine. It's only when someone asks you to examine your own beliefs that you get defensive. Why is that?
My daughter is working full time and does not have health insurance and yet her taxes pay for the H/C of girls that get pregnant just to get on welfare so they don't have to work. That is not fair. They should get a job and pay for their own choices. I must say the soviet style teachings have effected you.
Well, you'll either have gov't bowing to corporations or you have corporations bowing to bigger gov't. At least corporations make wealth as they employ people rather than draining wealth from economies as gov'ts do.
I love "The Story of Stuff". A wonderful video series! I think it should be mandatory for every person on the planet to see this series. It's wonderful. I have thought about all this stuff since I was four years old. I was a worried little child. I was worried that we would run out of space to store all the garbage. As an adult, I am not worth anything to our government. I consume as little as possible. I despise the "throw away" mentality of the greedy. I recycle and shop at second hand stores.
I am not even sure if this is uplifting or depressing. I guess that is why this can have so much purpose for every viewer.
Great work
FreeRangeStudios truly believe in protecting the environment, standing up for human rights and calling for social justice.
Social justice is a term, generally applied by the left, to describe a society with a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.
I agree. Glass milk bottles were returnable whether the milk was delivered or bought from a shop and didn't come in tetra pak boxes or plastic bottles.
We always knew what to do with our rubbish and didn't produce so much of it. Waste paper, cardboard and rags were placed on the coal fire and the ashes placed on the compost heap. The rag and bone man used to visit now and then.
Why did we get such an consumer-driven culture? Watch out for the new Austrian movie "Let's make money"! It tells another interessting story and needs a short version like this here. Great work!!!
I really appreciate that you recognize and resolve the symbol of "Government" with an actual person. Not specifically a good person, or a bad person. Not specifically a Republican or a Democrat. Not a crook, and still not "not a crook".
I think part of the government's image problem is that too many people are so disconnected from their political system that it's hard to even recognize those who work in government as people-- who laugh, who dream; who lie, who scheme.
Assuming they're all corrupt only legitimizes the corruption. When we assume the good guy is just another bad guy, the bad guys keep winning.
She strongly expressed she believed in a government of the people, for the people and by the people which is also clearly NOT the case. She also explained they are supposed to play a supportive role, to care for us. They dont. An ideal government would be comprised of men with cajones and honor who did not bow to corporations, who told you the truth from the start or had the honor to do so now. Man created corporations, to admit they control man is insane. You are both right.
The most important thing you can learn is to think for yourself. Absorb as much as you can, but analyze for yourself. Take what you read, hear, and watch with a grain of salt!
They're ahead of you. Spanish versions are on CZcams as we speak.
Yeah, I know, I drifted off-topic (I thank you for setting me straight)! It just drives me nuts about how people spend so much on "stuff", and then complain that they don't have money (I know, that's not what the video is about....but the overconsumption of "stuff" negatively affects everything, be it the environment or our own financial situations).
the thing that is good about this is that she has taken the time to report her findings, which i think is awesome coz it is reported in an engaging fashion.
This women brings up a lot of good points. Even a 4-star general who later became President, Dwight Eisenhower warned American citizens about the military- industrial complex taking over.
Hey, you're not the only one without a cell phone! I don't have a cell phone, and I never plan on getting one, ever. It's just another piece of crap that we don't need. Just because everyone else has it doesn't mean you need it. I'm amazed by all these people glued to their cell phones. I mean, it's just a telephone. I don't know how anyone can be happy with a cell phone stuck to their ear all the time. Where's the time for friends and family?
@BuffMBA To answer your question, it is bad that corporations are bigger than governments for one main reason. A government's job is to ensure that every citizen can exercise their rights and freedoms, while a corporation's job is to make maximum profit. If you actually believe that corporations care about anything else than making money, you are sadly mistaken. So who do you prefer being in charge?
This video has been posted on CHANNEL 2, on MARR CHANNEL! Congratulations!
I hadn't see any poverty, when you're there you don't see it, was until I saw the wealthness that I became aware that something was not workig out so good. I'm from mexico, I work 8 hours a day to earn 200 pesos (20 us dollars), no matter how hard I try I'll never be able to earn the 400 dollars per week a person earns in the U.S. doing the same things I do. It's not about traveling to see the poverty, it's about living it... it's easy to see a movie, to see poverty from the plane.
Lynn Harsh w/ the Evergreen Freedom Foundation was on Glenn Beck, she said herself and a economic student put together a story board to contrast the "Story of Stuff". This way kids can get both sides of the story. We have to be ever vigilant!!!
Hi, TwiLyght. Good question you raise. I think we indeed should feel guilty if we do respond to almost all commercials. Those companies don't care about us, our families, or the planet.
We do need to live and have some possessions - but how do we handle garbage creation? I think we need to do so mindfully.
Showing this video to kids across the US, without showing a counterpoint presentation only serves to indoctrinate, rather than to show children opposing points of view and to teach them how to make their own judgments.
I agree with the laziness part, but some people don't have the time, and some computers,like Dell computers, and almost all laptops are hard to upgrade. When was the last time you upgraded anything on your laptop besides memory?
This is an excellent video. The narrative and the cartoon are awesome. I agree with almost all of the points, and this should be required viewing.
We have to find a better way!
i wish everybody would see this video!
I'll will show if to a group of students.
these videos inspires me to fight for my mother earth...i hope in the future we can all fight together....
It's not the government's job to look out for us (at 2:10) we have to take care of ourselves or we lose our freedom.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy
Yes, China is getting into consumerism and so are other growing regions.Maybe we could set a good example by tightening up the circle.Take a clue from nature and close the production/use/destruction/recycle cycle.
this is a great video. everyone should watch and act.
Great video, short and snappy presentation of the FACTS, and only those addicted to the ideology of consumerism would fail to 'get it'. And hey, no worries. Your addiction will resolve itself as the system becomes ever more unsustainable, untenable and it's utter pointlessness is obviated.
I think this video is well done; it simplifies a very complex system. That said, is she really telling us anything we don't know?
@ch4nc3who Your intelligence is making me reconsider my opinion. 60 % of US dropouts come from just 13% of the nations schools. They are called "dropout factories" and there is around 2,000 of them in the nation. The other 40% of the nations dropouts would come from the remaining 77% of the schools. The source for that information was Robert Balfanz a professor for John Hopkins University.
not "fine nite planet", she means "finite planet", just like the opposite of infinite,where she means that our planet is limited and not forever lasting :) hopefully that helps.
Thank you, your reply was very informative! I'll go to the library and see if they can hunt down that article for me.
the "numbers" are exaggerated but the MESSAGE IS TRUE!!!
great video - you should post the full version in one video. Thanks!
"Don't you think it's better if the driver uses good judgement and focus on the rode instead"
It is unrealistic to expect that everyone applies good judgment. A law, that makes it an offense, it's a good way to deter stupid behavior like that
I'm with Arthur, this video is dangerous.
I have met some of these "fictional" welfare scamming girls, even had some in the same school I went to.
A solution for the baby is called adoption. If you can't provide for a child yourself and your family will not help there are options. Placing a child is an extremely loving act. And that is called RESPONSIBILITY.
well done with this vide, spreading awareness is 90% of the battle.
..that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it..
OR
"It's the government's job to watch out for us, to take care of us!"
We don't live longer because of medications, rather we live longer because we have access to a larger variety of food staple in our diet - fruits and vegetables. Only less than 50 years ago you'd never see the colours of the rainbow in your produce dept. as you do now. We are getting an assortment of vitamins like never before. More people die from medications, a year, than any other reason, toxic ingredients, OD, doctor/patient error but this is another topic...
I wish they would do that here in the U.S.
Actually the thing about PC upgrading is a bit oversimplified. It's true, the CPU sockets always change but so do motherboards, memory chips and graphic cards. To keep up with recent operating systems one has to constantly upgrade his/her PC. But then, most people do not really need the latest operating system and software... even a PC from 5 years ago is perfectly fine to write documents/email or surf the web.
Indeed! Cell phones have turned people rude, and even dangerous, such as jerks in SUV's yakking on their cell phones while driving. Hey, and if anyone asks you why you don't have a cell phone, I have a great idea. Just point out the cost of the bill for the service (let's say $40 per month for 12 months, so $480 per year), and say you'd rather give that money to charity to help others rather than spend it on selfish material objects, such as a cell phone. It'll make the person go quiet!
Amazing Thank you very much.
You open peoples minds.
I'll sum up everything said in this movie in 3 words. Rich Vs. Poor. Figure out how to make everyone RICH or Force everyone to be Poor and you've solved the problem. I.e. It cant be fixed without taking the "Human" element out of it.
You should really google before you make assertions like that. you are right though. we did not spend 50% of our budget on defense in 2009. it was actually 54%, and that doesn't even include the "emergency supplemental appropriations" that are quite significant. you can easily google this, and i'd be happy to put links here, but youtube won't let me post a comment that has links in it (silly youtube) so the budget is online along with dozens of sites with very user friendly pie charts for you.
ha had to watch this in class.
i watched this in school, really really interesting video
Right. More like $1.50.
They always mark them up to make back the money it cost them to buy it wholesale, and they buy them in bulk, at a discount, too.
Arizman you are so intelligent, so you are saying that we have replanted Brazil. I live in an area in the US that 5 years ago had huge amounts of trees along every road. Now they're gone because they want to develop this land even though there is a lot of unused land in the inner city I haven't seen any replant that you speak of but ok maybe it just happens here not where you live and maybe thats just it you need to look outside you're back yard. What does Acorn have to do with this video?
It is NOT the governments job to take care of us. It is OUR job to take care of us and to make sure our government advocates, acts, and legislates in OUR best interests.
By being unwilling or unable to accept this responsibility, we actually create the problems that we are obsessed with defeating. Check American history - this country found it's emancipation on the principles of freedom from arbitrary rule and the right to self-rule.
You don't wan to see the truth but things are handle in this way.
So very interesting & very well done.
@badpanda84
When the lady in the video says: "...the government should be of the people, for the people, by the people. It's the governments job to watch out for us, to take care of us. That's their job."
Yes, watching out for us (regulations, SS, using tax dollars to pay for roads, schools, etc...) is part of their job---but it's not their job to "take care of us", like they owe us---or we're entitled to be 'cared' for.
The government owes us nothing, and we owe the government nothing.
Yes, there has to be a way for Americans to pull together to try to solve problems. And whenever we try to use reason and really work on the issues, it seems like some "one"(I don't wish to be rude) comes along and yells "Racist" or "Wing nut" and clouds the real issues. As if someone doesn't want the issues dealt with. Maybe that would be the major corps and Politicians, don't you think?
We have to use what media we can to get the message out. You can't hire a town crier these days to call the message out in the high street.
I have an education in economics and I've presented this to master's students to illustrate the effects of globalization on poverty. Why is is so bad to show this video to kids? Kids spend the rest of their time watching commercials. The rest of the world is competing for the future dollars of our young people, its a good idea to educate them about alternatives.
it is scary .... so true:(
i think they should show it in schools!
Awesome Video! Really makes you see how bad the system is.
Love this video!!! Such great work!!! thank you!!!
Totally agreed
excellent stuff.
You got the title wrong it should be
The Story of Stuff (2007) - Ch.1: Indoctrination
There goes your "hope" for "change" that we can be"LIE"ve in.
You all that vote this video as negative, deserve what is coming after you.
The Corporate Media have failed approx. 99.5% of us, yes. But we shouldn't forget that they did a great job for the remaining 0.5% of us.
Vote Ron Paul in 2008 to approach these issues from a freedom point of view and stop shining shoes of corporations!
The thing with immigrants is that they may or may not have access to advice and guidance from someone whose gone through it all before in this country plus the language barrier. Usually that guidance comes from parents and sometimes friends. But a lot of immigrants hang around each other and they do not have parents that lived here to guide them.
TAG for removal "crisis", "finite"; seek more stuff, stuff it, the "stuff" or marxist theology
why is this 144p
please watch the whole video its very interesant and you will learn a lot...
thankx for the upload---
Of course the government looks out for its citizens. The FDA, the CIA, the FBI, laws, military, The Constitution. It's all designed to protect the safety and freedom of the people that put that government in place.
The whole point of having the government oversee these things is that they're democratically elected and thus (in theory) can't be bought off like a privatized company could be.
Wow. Made by the Tides Foundation..
It's all connected!
If you would like to see what an economy looks like without consumerism try looking at Africa there are some really good examples over there.
Does this mean we should pollute at all costs just to have stuff absolutely not, but to desire stuff in and of itself is not an undesirable thing.
It is in fact the desire for stuff that gives people a reason to be and do.
Wow you got that right brother. So what garbage are they teaching kids you know at school?
In a ski flick "Outside Advice" The President's adviser gets advised by an underachieving old college pal, and a simple rule tweak on inheritance ends up changing the direction and purpose of modern human life! See if this short discussion RINGS TRUE as the systematic fix we all long for and can't find? watch "Outside Advice" on youtube.
honest question: why would you want to take this video out of schools? Isn't it a good concept to teach?
100% correct
what!! no HD??
the funny thing is probably the excessive quest for stuff created youtube where the film is played and where the film maker is making a lot of cash telling the world why the excessive quest for stuff is bad...
Amen bro.
i was just about to comment about HTWW
What is this from Hugo Chavez?Being Taught to our Children in our Schools?
very good!!!!!
Anyone else like the irony of someone talking about corporate greed used on computers? Isn't it funny how the line starts right behind her? Boy I loved these hippies in college, stop cutting down trees! But they would have tons of books on not cutting down trees in their backpacks...
MORE FREE STUFF!! But, I want you to pay for it, not me.... God this is getting old.
oh god the part about being "unable to upgrade individual components" on pc computers makes me rage so much
@badpanda84
The government should protect our rights (ie. rights specified in the constitution), and nothing more. They aren't our babysitters, and so they should not "take care of us" as though we are incapable of caring for ourselves.
To do what individuals cannot. Armies, major projects, etc. Also some regulation is good as long as its voted on. Law enforcement is a good thing (Protecting the safety of citizens). Not much more than that.
@badpanda84
Taxes help fund schools, they are used to pay for national defense, law enforcement, and interest on national debt. Taxes are also used for roads and social security to provide benefits for retired workers and the disabled.
I'm all for temporary welfare for those who lose their jobs, but too much welfare and government care can lead to dependency. Why work when someone is going to provide for you? There's no more incentive to work.
If families didn't pay 50% of their income in taxes they could take care of their own. Stupid mistakes? Babies are not stupid mistakes. And teen mothers should be getting help from their own parents that neglected to teach them to keep their pants on. And the father of baby needs to be brought to justice for rape.
Beautifully done! Yes, absolutely show it in schools!
cool vids!
The best part is the government cleaning up the Corp's shoe!
According to the constitution, it is the governments' job to settle disputes, maintain roads and bridges, and defend the borders.
Just the fact that you feel the need to use expletives and judge the video as "garbage" shows that Pardollada is right - at least about you.
After all, you've been told your whole life what to do with your life and how to live it and you seem to like it just fine. It's only when someone asks you to examine your own beliefs that you get defensive.
Why is that?
My daughter is working full time and does not have health insurance and yet her taxes pay for the H/C of girls that get pregnant just to get on welfare so they don't have to work. That is not fair. They should get a job and pay for their own choices.
I must say the soviet style teachings have effected you.
Well, you'll either have gov't bowing to corporations or you have corporations bowing to bigger gov't. At least corporations make wealth as they employ people rather than draining wealth from economies as gov'ts do.
why is this posted on zachary stockdale's channel...did you hack him?
2018?
So true, the big problem is that people are just too greedy. I think that's what it all comes down too. XP
Time for me to go and buy some stuff.