‘I didn’t realize people still think socialism is a good idea.’
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- Born in communist Poland and disgusted by Silicon Valley communists, Pilat is making "heroic portraits of machines" and defending Ayn Rand.
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What sorts of paintings will be hanging in the museums of the future?
Agnieszka Pilat thinks we'll be looking at what she calls "heroic portraits of machines"-fine-art renderings of the technology that freed the modern world from the bone- and soul-crushing labor that our parents and grandparents endured.
Pilat's paintings-especially ones featuring Spot, Boston Dynamics' robot dog-are sought after by Silicon Valley collectors drawn to her valorization of technology, a welcome alternative to the traditional demonization by artists of the man-made world.
Her work is rich in callbacks to artists ranging from da Vinci to Duchamp to Warhol, and she incorporates augmented reality to further highlight how technology shapes our perceptions. A sure sign of success: One of her paintings appeared in The Matrix sequel released last year as a representation of future art.
Born in Poland in 1973, Pilat remembers life under communism as an extended period of conformity and repression that ended almost immediately after the communist regime collapsed in 1989. She talks about how her father, finally able to operate his own shop, stopped drinking and built a prosperous bakery business.
Pilat immigrated to the United States in the early 2000s. Landing in San Francisco, she encountered amazingly wealthy tech workers espousing the same collectivist ideas that had made her childhood so miserable. "I was just really shocked," she tells Reason. "I didn't realize that people still think that communism or socialism is a good idea. Moral outrage was growing within me and also a feeling that I need to protect America by telling people what it really means."
Shortly after arriving in the States, Pilat stumbled across the work of another Eastern European immigrant: Ayn Rand. Though she didn't become an Objectivist, Pilat responded viscerally to Rand's insistence that "you have a right and a moral obligation to yourself to have a purpose and work towards the purpose as hard as you can."
As her work gains stature, Pilat is moving on to a new frontier, if not quite the final one: She's an artist in residence at Elon Musk's SpaceX, where she is looking forward to possibly producing "superheroic portraits" of machines in zero gravity.
Reason talked with her in her New York studio about being upstaged by a robot dog, why she wants everyone to remember what communism was really like, and how to best appreciate-and protect-the economic and cultural freedom we too often take for granted.
Produced by Kevin Alexander; camera by Daniel Schloss
Photos: Additional images and footage courtesy of Agnieszka Pilat; Image of Sport/Newscom; JOE MARINO/UPI/Newscom; CSU Archives/Everett Collection
It’s simultaneously depressing and inspiring to know most first generation immigrants are more patriotic than many people born on US soil. “You never realize what you had, until it’s gone”
Damn straight. First generation Americans are some of the best Americans.
I have a theory on why that is.
I think a reason why a lot of homeland Americans are more susceptible to tyranny is because they were raised comfortably with it whereas the immigrants were raised uncomfortably with it.
The immigrants left for America mainly because their country was tyrannical and they realized it. As for the homeland Americans technically they had tyranny too but they didn't question it. It was too comfortable.
The homelanders then got so comfortable with tyranny that they demanded more of it whereas the immigrants still knew better.
I think what'll help with this problem is to get people to boycott public school and choose alternative forms of education.
Many immigrants learn what we like to hear, and get benefits from saying what we want to hear. In some cases they make a career out of it. This woman is a classic example. Let’s hear what she has to say when she’s 80, retired, and needs an operation.
The vast majority of Americans are patriotic. Most are just confused when it comes to politics because of the left wing dominance in media. Hence why many will vote in candidates that will do things that oppose the voters success.
🤔 Humm, came here claim to find religious freedom. Only in a few generations, to Precede to Other peoples, religious freedom's away.
Slave owner's wrote the "All men are created, Equal"! Need I say more, because I cold give a Chronology, of American misconceptions! Maybe, you aready know and are part of the "Blood Lust" that's the "Tradition of, Thanks Giving" for real. Not about Peace, but about success at, The Great Deception!
Her painting is in the recent matrix sequel.... but we don't hold that against her
The highlight of the entire movie.
Beat me to it.
communism is socialism when all the incentive has been sucked out and you have to force people to do things
Seems this is a very common thing among people who grew up within the Eastern Block and other communist countries. Not many have a good word to say about communism or socialism.
That is why Putin is willing to kill them en masse!
They somehow have many good things to say about Russia today though, just to "pwn the west".
Communism and socialism are two very distinct things. All this conversation sounds very odd from a french perspective. Socialism includes liberalism. Not communism. Big big difference there.
@@mary-gael7633 french Swiss here, it is true that socialism doesn't have the meaning of communism in France,
No matter the brand today, true socialism / true capitalism / true nationalism have no meaning in France anymore anyway, our different political party will apply policies dictated by a corrupted european union and talk superficially about societal subjects.
Even if the far right Le Pen or the Far left Melenchon had been voted in, the other powers : judges, medias, parlement, financiary institutions would have prevented any radical policy : proof of that see Italy, see Greece, we even had a french example in 1981 with Mitterand socialist that in front of those powers (that were much less potent back then) had to go 180 degres and within 2 years went for an economy driven policy betraying his voters.
Too bad that one way those powers maintain their power is to make people dumb and unable to think, nowadays, with a major percentage of the population having lost education and somewhat of an understanding power, the majority of the votes will be swayed by marketing campains...
No way to avoid our downfall I think
@@stefanswiss3760 there is a way to avoid our downfall, regretfully, many reject it.
* 'our downfall' - meaning western, capitalist, Judeo-Christian culture. The Arab/Asian (as in middle-eastern/asian region) influences coupled with the nature of man, greed, selfishness and lack of education is undermining us. It is creating an eddy at the edge of a great pool where many stagnate and languish in their misunderstandings of who they are. Not knowing what we were or what we are becoming. Identity has always been man's greatest concern, outside of survival, and here we are again, finding ourselves wondering who we are. All across the USA, men and women are confused and lost. Longing to return to the past of our remembrance or progress into the future, depending on which perspective you hold, because of the current discomfort. It's a shame no one will read this because it's a conversation we need to have.
5:00 It was not painted by a machine, the robot is no less of a tool that she used to paint something than her paintbrush is.
I was thinking it's like using a tablet and stylus in Photoshop.
Oh good, I am sure that the artist is very happy that you explained what they are actually doing instead of what they say is happening.
How crazy would it be if the robots of the future despised her work for the imperfections of impressionist style?
Those robots are arrogant asses.
"I love America." I wish that more people had that sentiment.
But does America love you?
American history is dark & bloody
The colorful PR brochure isn’t the actual territory
@@Stewbular you tell me of a country WITHOUT a dark, bloody history. America is opportunity, as evidenced by the vast number of people trying to come through our southern border.
@@briansmith8730
“They all do it”
Cute excuse but
The USA ain’t one among many
No other nation has toppled as many democratically elected governments to put in fascist puppet governments as the USA. The nations who were founded on genocide is a small club. Name a nation w over 800 military bases around the planet. Name another nation that has nuked innocent women & children or anyone for that matter. Learn the real history of the USA not the color travel brochure. Learn the actual terrain.
ME TOO! Ultra MAGA🇺🇸
not gonna happen a lot
Good one. Rand is about creative freedom. Americans do not appreciate their freedom. This is one of the main reasons we risk losing our freedom. It often takes an outside perspective. Thanks.
At least half of Americans appreciate our freedom. If democrats have their way, those freedoms will all be gone.
@@CRASS2047 And if Republicans have their way, the OTHER half of those freedoms will be gone.
@@freesk8 name one. Conservative = conservation of freedom. I hope you’re not talking about abortion. Abortion is not a right guaranteed in the constitution. If Roe vs Wade is overturned, don’t worry. Anyone living in a democrat state will still be able to get abortions. It should be decided by the states, not federally. It WILL NOT BAN ABORTION. It will simply return the choice back to the states. I’m guessing you live in a blue state so you’ll still be able to.
Edit….this was in reply to a ridiculous comment. Apparently they deleted it
Please do not lump me into your narrow idea.I am an AMERICAN and I absolutely LOVED my Freedoms. I have fought to keep them, and I will continue to fight to keep my Freedoms.
In that interview she did with Mike Wallace, she claimed she didn't understand brotherly love. That's a symbol of psychopathy, imo. She also has this weird aversion to altruism; unable to understand why anybody would be an altruist by choice. This is why I cannot support her pov.
Looking into an ideology through a book and an external lens from the comfort of the West is just not the same as living it. To really get it, go and live in North Korea for a few years. Love the robot narrative…
it's here in the usa. nazi dem party
In other words, communism and socialism are like a nude beach. It SOUNDS like a great idea and all... ...until you get there.
True. More than 70 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Also one of the worst performing nations during the pandemic. Also had life expectancy decline prior to the pandemic.
And they always give the dumbest argument: "it wasn't true socialism. Stalin was actually right wing politically" which is complete lies. Not only was Stalin a true communism, but Italy has true fascism, which is another form of socialism.
@@aramaswa4 Yep. The affects of allowing capitalism to overwhelm what is supposed to be a democratic Republic. Greed has created imbalance between the branches of government and its citizenry. Capitalism need not be so destructive. Unchecked it's disastrous.
She’s very talented and very charming. Good for her. Hope she gets to launch.
Nice looking gal too
They don't *think* it's a good idea
Thinking is following the facts wherever they may lead, even if they offend you
What they're doing is ignoring the facts and sticking to whatever makes them feel good
Well said!
One of the most precise descriptions of the mounting influence of non-thinkers in our society!
I think you have it wrong.
Socialism is a great "idea."
But only that.
It's terrible in practice.
@@SiFiFreak What qualifies an idea as great?
An idea is a recipe for action, if the action has undesirable consequences, especially after numerous attempts, it's a bad idea
@mr oko
After those failed attempts you can either acknowledge that the idea is a failure or keep telling yourself that it wasn't done right, sound familiar?
Technology is a thrill ride but the thrill wears off almost immediately. Smart TVs and robot dogs and 5G -- do these things really impress us anymore? Do they make our lives better? What's it all for, anyway? Are we structuring our entire economy, entire lifetimes of research, of tinkering, to produce a fleeting "wow" in someone who is desensitized to it moments later?
Darius Gross, it just makes our lives easier and frees us from time-consuming labour. I mean imagine washing your dishes every day by hand, or washing your clothes by hand, or having to walk long distances instead of drive.
"Do they make our lives better?" Yes.
The caves are that way
Yes.
Some do and some don't, and most of them don't make our lives directly easier, but do by proxy. I might not get a lot of utility of an industrial mixer that can maintain a consistent churn, but I benefit from the ice cream it can produce. Or the increased production capacity allowing for more and more people to not work directly in the food industry.
The thrill of technology will fade, but the gratitude for it can linger if one lets it.
No system is perfect, but at least in capitalism there is a way out from the corruption. In socialists states all you can do is try and game the system of benefits and payments. Any attempt to rise above the status quo is met with sanctions, taxes or political punishment. To do well in socialist countries you need to be related or friends with powerful political figures, so you can enjoy the corruption.
If americans want to understand socialism they need to either go live in it or listen to those who escaped it.
I guess the movie slum dog millionaire was in socialist country?
You just described the current system in the west, it's called 'Crony Capitalism'. Capitalism doesn't exist unfortunately
Same story in Canada. You become a politician or a bureaucrat to get ahead.
There's a way out from corruption??? Capitalism and corruption go hand in hand, just like every other economic system.
Who can vote out the "free market" a-holes who got us 30 trillion in debt (and counting) by cutting taxes, continually bailing out the stock market, subsidizing massive corporations, and waging for-profit wars of choice? When nearly all of our representatives are capitalists, support capitalism, depend on capitalists for election (and own tons of stock!), where on Earth do you see a "way out"
I think you're confusing democracy with capitalism. There IS a way out from democracy, and authoritarian-loving capitalists are hard at work on that
I'm exactly like her, left a communist country to come to America, we know what a collectivist regime is like, we know what authoritarianism is like, that's why we say "We love America."
What kind of authoritarianism exactly did you experience, pray tell. Sanatoriums, affordable housing, kindergartens, schools and hospitals in every micro district etc? And there has been only one communist country - the USSR, the rest were buffer states, including the GDR.
@@dodgro8342 lol I don’t need to prove anything to a nobody on the internet. You either believe or you don’t. Socialist apologists are some of the dumbest people today, it’s a waste of oxygen to try to convince them otherwise. The evidence are there for all to see. Kim Jong-un would welcome your visit.
They don't have "lived experience" of socialism, so yeah, grass is greener on the other side
nobody has had a lived experience of socialism in 100 years since utopianism died out
Biggest thing I'm learning through through the comments: Thing bad, is socialism. Thing good, is capitalism.
That is correct.
Socialism is when no Iphone
Karl Marx
Oh, I hope Agnieszka Pilat puts that on her resume. "My artwork was featured in Matrix 4." What does she think of Elon Musk's transhumanist ambitions anyway? She can venerate the machines all she wants, those paintings will always evoke a sense of dread.
They only make dread in those willing to think logically about what kind of future these machines and the ruling class will create.
The fear of machines and robots is an unreasonable fear. Machines are built for the betterment of human lives. Occasionally jobs will be lost because of machines, but we shouldn't try to hold back progress from enriching everyone's lives.
My boyfriend is a chef, and at one point he felt threatened by an expensive cooking machine, you just push a button and it can cook from hundreds of recipes. But I feel that a machine like that could help people with disabilities, like my mom who has a visual impairment and can't read. I'm not sure why I should be afraid of a machine like that.
@@TruffleSeeker54 But who owns the machines????
@@TruffleSeeker54 "Machines are built for the betterment of human lives." More like, machines are built for the betterment of THEIR CREATORS' LIVES and also, other peoples' lives, in other cases. We already have autonomous killing machines. Whose benefit are those for? I am not a luddite, or anything, but machines and AI need to be handled with great care. (By "machines" in this context, I mean autonomous and semi-autonomous machines, navigating our spaces, sometimes called robots. Not a drill press machine, or a machine that cooks food, like a bread-maker.)
For me, machines as a tool will liberate humanity as a whole to do things better and go beyond as long as there no controlling party monopolizing said technology.
I watch remy‘s mtg skits and tgat brought me to this channel and hell is tgat far outside of my social bubble. It‘s fascinating to see views that are so far opposed your own.
Social media is really doing an awesome job dividing people into groups and bringing them to extremes to the point when you stumble into another bubble you clearly dont understand anyone in that bubble and probably get shunned by everyone in said bubble instead of finding at least some common ground.
Bingo! Well said
In any case, welcome!
Currently pushed Marxism and communism the same, pushed by book geeks who have never actually talked to anyone who's lived in those systems.
I think she’s just smart at marketing her artwork. She knows her target clients.
100% agree. *This is "art" by market analysis:* recognizable subject + absence of a distinctive message + popular color scheme + "artsy" medium = maximum marketability. (I teach at an Art College in EUC & have a background in marketing)
@@f.d.6667 It's art.
You don't need the socialism spiel to market it though.
Also I'd imagine most art enthusiasts are liberals
Exactly. Pretty sure she would prefer a free at the point if need healthcare system in the U.S. like there is in much of Europe if only it were on offer . .
.The U.S. has a LOT of evolving left to do before it’s an adult and fair(ish) society.
I guess it's art, but not something I would put on my wall. Unfortunately themes seem to matter much more in the art market [which represents the spectrum of the art world as well as America's Got Talent represents all of music] than technical skill. What I consider art makes me think "I could NEVER make that" not "I could make a painting like that in a 3-day weekend." Also, while I agree about socialism, I'm not quite sure that Terminator-reminiscent robots will free us from menial labor. I don't think that's the sales pitch of Boston Dynamics to prospective customers, like members of Saudi royal families needing protection from their own citizens.
The only reason a lot of people think hard manual labor is soul crushing is because a bunch of nerds who run universities decided to sell the idea of success and meaning being linked to higher education. People who think like that should go build something with their bare hands.
No. It's because it doesn't pay well enough to support a family. Ask any person who works hard manual labor
I was going to state something similar. The use of the phrase "soul crushing labor" says a lot about those who speak it.
Forgot to add the soul crushing student loans.
@@jacoby6000 some of the best paid people I work with are Ironworkers and carpenters.. you are horribly misinformed.
@@jacoby6000 I know plenty of people who do and they're able to raise their family just fine. Maybe they can't all have the latest iphones is what you meant.
"Life under communism" there was no communism in Poland back then, only authoritarianism.
it was basically a buffer state.
It's people like you who invalidate other people's history by denying that it was communism or socialism who are causing damage to this great Western civilization. Think hard about what kind of future you want for your country, because you might not have the place you thought you would have in it.
Art, like beauty, is indeed in the eye of the beholder. So many immigrants believe themselves to be patriotic yet desire foundational changes. Sometimes without even realizing it. Nice to see that some might not be the same.
The problem with socialism and communism is there's no personal sacrifice or cost involved. It's essentially being generous with everyone else's money. I don't like that it operates on the premise of "well, if it fails, we all fail together" which seems like a very irresponsible thing to do, especially if the end-goal of society is to survive or continue the existence of our species. Personally, I think we are way too comfortable in modern society and thus, all the people that strongly push socialism haven't the slightest clue what that means in the longterm and how just about everything they currently love will cease to exist in that kind of economic system.
I didn't realize that being patriotic means pretending that our particular "ism" doesn't come with it's own set of parameters and that we aren't *already* living in a late-stage Capitalist dystopia.
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Thankfully we live run on capitalism.
@@ed7519 I'm not quite sure what you mean. But, I think maybe I agree with you, at least to a point.
I don't hate capitalism, but I'm finding that living through an apocalypse really sucks; knowing that it's all, at worst, designed and at best, exploited solely for the short-term comforts of a relatively few human beings, makes it morally obscene. Capitalism is a tool for humans to use like any other, unfettered capitalism is a campfire left smouldering in field of dry grass.
@@ed7519 *I also reported the bot
That "dog" is terrifying! Imagine that thing breaking into your house! Armed! 💀
Checkout the Black Mirror episode “Metal Head”. The mechanical tracker dog was patterned off the Boston Robotics one. Truly terrifying.
Green tips and anything higher than a 7.62x39 should put that thing down no problem.
Imagine it breaking into your 🏠 on 🔥 and carrying you to safety. Either scenario is plausible.
Just imagine that you’re robo-spot is armed and trained to protect you 🤔
@@darylSKYTZOwillis According to the tge director of the “Metalhead” episode, they had filmed a segment (but cut) of the dog being remotely managed by a man on the other side of the world. When the dog takes a break because the woman is up a tree, the man takes a timeout as well to give his children a bath. It was decided thus was “too on the nose”, and so was cut. I think it defines very clearly “man’s inhumanity to man”. This is particularly true when technology is involved. By removing the direct confrontation of one human facing another, and the anonymity of remotely inflicting pain the consequences and moral meaning is diminished. This to a lesser degree is what is wrong with social media.
it seems like every one either finds it a bad idea the first place or must experience it failing first hand before admitting it doesn't work ..
Then you have the ones who scream "that wasn't real socialism! Real socialism hasn't been done yet!!"
@@thehatter9400 ofc! where would we be when the radical activists of our time would genuinely admitt mistakes and learn .. right .. void of radical activists ..
what exactly didn´t work in the USSR? product deficit in the 80s was the result of intentional sabotage.
@@dodgro8342 yes and the 7milion starved ukranians in the holodomor was a sign flaw in a government document
If she doesn't like communists, I wouldn't recommend she wears Feiyue sneakers.
You sound like a gay guy talking to a lesbian.
dude i actually like that art, first time ive found new art i like in a couple of years
only a couple
I kinda want to see this artist's interpretation of the 1/1 scaled giant robot statues in Japan.
"...they worship the created thing, rather than the creator"
Why would religion matter at all? Why is only your religion the correct one? I'm assuming you're a Christian and if you are, other secs of Christianity don't agree with each other. There are a ridiculous amount of other religions besides yours and yet you still some how believe God is real and YOU are correct while everyone else is wrong. It's so wild.
@@kitten-whisperer chill.
religion collectively explains the human experience, for example: you can’t scientifically prove morals such as murder being bad are truths. So to say religion doesn’t matter denies several thousand years of human and your personal experiences.
People wonder about things greater than them, even many people who claim to be atheist act as though the “Universe” is some living being that has this metaphysical power.
@@kitten-whisperer just to add, not every religion has a God and correct me if I’m wrong but Buddhism doesn’t
@@Gwebb74 What you said has literally NOTHING to do with my original comment. You might as well of have commented "grass is green" it would be just as pointless.
I normally think artists are morons full of lame cliche concepts. This chick seems very cool though. I love her ideas. They reflect so many of my own beliefs.
The problem lies within the definition of "art": while in EUC, the meaning of art is very clearly differentiated from design, "applied" arts, the crafts and trades, as well as from philosophy and engineering, the use of the word "art" in the Anglo-Saxon world encompasses a broad spectrum from noodles glued to scraps of paper, a craft executed on a high skill level to Michelangelo's sculptures. ALL the lame cliché concepts are covered by this definition. However, if you applied the more strict definition of art, you should be able to discover more interesting people with interesting ideas... And another benefit of the strict definition is that anything that contains a cliché can't be art.
Youll find many artists that actually posess talent tend to be more libertarian in nature. Actually tech ceos and innovaters tend to also be this way. Musk, Dorsey (though he caves to wokism thanks to TDS), Ramaswamy (sorry if I mispelled his name)
Most claimed artists are no artists they are frauds who would not have made it 200 years ago.
I guess you haven't met many artists. Like in every group there is a mix bag. A mirror is supposed to make you reflect, not become narrow.
@@paulabaird9349 I’ve met lots of people who claim to be artists. I’ve also seen lots of stuff purported to be art. I agree it’s a mixed bag. That was kinda my point about this lady having cool ideas while I think most artists are doofus fools making trash.
A former friend isn't spouting socialism, she has been loudly calling for full-blown communism. The irony is that her family is supported by her musician husband, and she doesn't understand that there's no place for him to perform and teach in her dream world of communism.
No way! A rich, well fed communist! No! Never!
how is there no place for them to perform? Communism is all about freedom
@@lol-dm8wx No, communism is about you serving your overlord and starving.
@Brian Z it make half sense? There will be place for a teacher, for a music performer? There won't be any place unless he's a party shill.
@@Saint_Wolf_ have you ever read socialism: utopian and scientific, or the communist manifesto?
Fantastic to hear from an artist that has differing views from the artistic majority. I hope she enjoys Texas as much as we Texans. ♥️
Grass is greener on the other side, it's a good summary of the human psyche. Instead of exclusively focus on how bad communism or socialisms are, maybe more attention should be shed on the current condition where corporatism dominates. How far we have fallen from free market.
it's ironic since she works for oligarchs of the great satan. the free market or capitalism don't even exist anymore.
The modern world now calls liberty free-dumb, so the collapse and/or revolution is well primed now.
"Instead of exclusively focus on how bad communism or socialisms are, maybe more attention should be shed on the current condition where corporatism dominates." the reasons communism/socialism is bad are the same reason corporation dominate today: government intervention and influence.
Corporatism dominates? Evidence not of corporatism but that it dominates? I invest money for a living... not seeing it... ofc there are examples but dominates is a strong word especially juxtaposed to it strengthening relative to socialism in the usa.
_Excellent_ point. We should highlight how pro-fascist and anti free market our society has become worldwide.
Why wouldn't you, unqualified democracy is the separation of rights from responsibilities.
What they don't understand is in the past people did hard work to make them feel better about themselves.
I like the title. What I find funny is how many socialist functions have existed in the USA for many years. Without paying much attention do most people take such things for granted. Then some one gets upset over hearing the word and has a lapse of sanity when the thing they claim to hate is paying their mortgage or rent lol
Privatize that shit.
All of those functions can be localised and privatized for better results.
@@joeld.k.7652 No, they can't. That is why the functions happen to fall into the category of socialism. Like, helping people. Literally being social and kind to benefit others without an expectation of a return.
If any of it were privatized, it is for greed and personal gain. Which is harmful to people that are in a critical state. Such as poor health or being homeless to name a few.
Our family grumbles about those programs/functions every tax season. On some level taxation is theft enforced at the point of a gun.
@@Mintstar_Oceanpop Large groups of people would collapse under the weight of all the negative behaviors, if an economy did not exist. As appealing as it would be to have people do whatever they wanted, it also leads to a defacto slavery. You would not have a primary motivator to get most people to behave civil. An unbalance of labor and reward. The system fails many as it is now, but it also allows people a wide birth of freedom.
I think what you are unhappy with, is more likely the lack of representation, regarding how the money is spent. That is due to corruption in governance, not so much an inherent problem with taxation.
"Heroic portraits of machines" - tell me your favorite author is Ayn Rand without telling me your favorite author is Ayn Rand
I don't remember the exact moment when I realized that the majority of the US wanted some kind of socialism and that the elite of that movement really wanted communism. It was quite a depressing realization.
yes, those weathy elites are good people since they are going against the collective class interest of the bourgeoisie which is the status quo
It isn't that they want socialism or communism specifically; they want authoritarianism because of the inherent efficiency. Taking a look at West Taiwan, things they can move very quickly; the government says "Do this," and it is done.
They lean on socialism and communism as their path forward because the popular consciousness is that those things stand in opposition to capitalism (which is not totally correct), so they hype them up to align those ideologies with counterculture in order to make them cool; that being a socialist or a communist means you stand in opposition to the atrocities of imperialism and capitalism. If they actually get their way, you would see most of the aspects of the socialist or communist system they create disappear within a matter of years because those things would ultimately be just like the freedom of choice that comes from a properly liberal republic; inconvenient obstacles to their goals and designs.
@@PhycoKrusk Correct. The original 'Communists' in Russia were some of the first to be wiped out for the more militaristic/tyranical state.
This propaganda about how bad socialism or communism is bad is full of lies. First its not about what ideology/system works better, the question is what kind of people run the country and system. This lady questions the system that based on her experience, so as many people who had lived in that dictatorship of communism. If u ask american homeless people, they will hope more socialistic program system.
The majority? I’d have to see your numbers. The socialism we have now is called crony capitalism
We live in an oligarchy
However, Polish people have choosed national-socialism during free elections in 2015 and have voted for it since. 68 percent of economy (92 in case of fuel/oil/energy) is state-owned. 18 ou of 20 biggest companies, two out of three biggest hotel owners are state-owned. Biggest real-estate owner is church. Biggest source of income for 47 percent of people is welfare in which Poland in world's champion. Local currency went from 1.9 złoty for US$ in 2009 to 4.45 złoty currently (May/2022).
Dehumanizing art, a communist art.
Just FYI: socialism that’s in Scandinavian countries and what Bernie Sanders is talking about isn’t the same as what she’s talking about, as much as the media wants you to believe
Scandinavia doesn't have socialism, they have capitalism. They have a more free market (more capitalistic) than the USA does. Nations are ranked based on how free their markets are and we do indeed trail them. Some people in America call it "socialism" because they have a more generous benefit system than America but that is not what socialism is. They have as much wealth as they do in order to be so generous because they have such open capitalism. If America were to increase the benefits (free education and Healthcare, etc.) and charge poor people and middle class people far more in taxes then we would be like them but we would also have to open the economy up more (be more capitalistic) by removing regulations and lowering corporate tax rates. In America the poor don't get as much as the poor in Scandinavian nations but the poor pay $0 in taxes in America. In America you can have a family of 4 and make $80,000 a year and pay almost nothing in taxes while getting free K-12 education and subsidized college education as well as subsidized Healthcare and you decide how to spend most of your money. In Scandinavian nations at that income level you would pay about 50% of your middle class income in taxes but then college would be free and Healthcare would be free instead of subsidized and you would have far less control of your money and those not going to college would subsidize those that do, just as healthy people would subsidize those that don't take care of their health. For some this model works better and for some it doesn't work better but I'm sure most Americans would freak out about paying so much in taxes and those that love regulations would freak if our nation were to become more capitalistic.
It is funny that what we call socialism is actually more capitalism but higher taxes and benefits. BTW, Bernie Sanders bothered Scandinavians with his socialist claims and was told to stop saying that because they are lies and they don't want to lose tourists who fear being in a socialist state. Words are whatever we make them out to be and a small minority of people now call a system that combines really open and a free market economy with high taxes as being "socialist" and perhaps in the future the great majority of people will define socialism in such a way but just understand that there are also people that define socialism as socialism has been defined for 100+ years that would like us to believe they actually mean this new kind of socialism (compassionate capitalism with high taxes, more benefits, and a greater safety net) in order to gain power and then we get old school actual socialism yet again so it would be nice if people stopped using terms like capitalism and socialism and rather described what they wanted in practice.
Bernie says he wants so-called Scandinavian socialism but most far left guys like Bernie don't actually want such high taxes on the poor and middle class or such an open and free market so they focus on what the people in those nations get and not what they pay for it (high taxes) or allow (free markets) in order to pay for it and that tells me that either they are dumb and actually believe those places are socialistic or they know those places are capitalistic and have far less regulations than we do but they lie because that sounds far better than the nearly 100 million dead (mostly from starvation) due to actual socialism of the 20th century.
Scandinavian countries aren't socialist
I see you have no friends there nor have traveled. No even remotely close to socialism
I didn’t say they are socialists I said they have socialism. That’s why they have the best standards of living, free education, free healthcare, social housing, unemployment benefits…
@@abdelhak50 The things you list are not components of socialism. It makes it clear you don't know what socialism is. The means of production are not owned collectively by the people nor by the government so it isn't so-called true socialism or the actual socialism that has been experienced around the world. They have a market economy. They are capitalist. Their economy is more open and more capitalist than America so you have to ask yourself; do you consider America to be capitalist? If you do then you have to come to the hard realization that Sweden and other Scandinavian nations are actually more capitalist than America is. At one point Sweden did turn towards being more socialist and taking certain industries under government control and it failed miserably (as socialism tends to do) so they changed course and privatized those industries and things got much better once again and that prosperity allows them to be generous with their benefits. Perhaps you and Bernie should study up on the history of these Scandinavian nations to learn about their actual experiences with socialism and capitalism. You should be able to just start with the 1960's and see both the worst of socialism and the best of capitalism over the last 60 years in those nations.
Its definetely better than whatever america has. Its as close to feudalism as you can get without calling it feudalism
Great editing as always. Intro was dope
We need people like her talking in schools to teach kids what it's really like.
But, that's Illegal!
She grew up with a dad that built his wealth on business, so obviously this is what she believes in.
Of course socialism is a good idea. Only an idiot thinks everything should be left to private enterprise.
“What did you like about San Francisco?”
- “The weather…”
Glad she didn't say "the stench of poo" lol
NO! I believe the future of art will be more humanized than ever in history as machines and robots come into the mainstream. We will remember who we are.
I hope you are correct. Optimists!
For sure. The internet will one day be flooded with ai bots that can't be discerned from real people. I hope from this people get disillusioned and embraced humanity.
They hear or are taught the theories & concepts but ignore the abuses in the past.
Those that teach it ignore the past thinking that it just needs the right leadership.
Capitalisms has its faults too. Basically greed has to be kept in check.
I understand this woman.
We need more people like her.
We need people who will question what has been so we all consider what would be better.
Hahaha the issue always is and has been how people on the left and right define “socialism” and “capitalism” _very_ differently: so that they actually aren’t even having the same debate. Left wingers define capitalism as authoritarian fascism instead of free market economics; right wingers define socialism/communism as authoritarian stalinism instead of freely chosen anarcho-communism. *Left-wingers & right-wingers aren’t agreeing on these terms, so they aren’t even having an actual debate.*
This is the state of the anti-dialectical constraints on the current state of media structures.
Spot on.
@@jacoba5048 Thanks, glad you agree
I doubt leftists mean anarcho-communism. They are more than willing to wield state power against their enemies.
Exactly. Ask anyone if they prefer self-governance over top-down systems of control that funnel power and wealth to a few, they'd never choose the latter. Queue the matrix meme: "But, what if I told you a corporate government captured by Capitalists is the regime we're living under?" Or, "What if I told you that every corporation functions precisely like the abhorrent system you just rejected?"
The bottom-up Capitalism that the artist Agnieszka romanticizes about IS a good and powerful thing, an engine of self-betterment and potential prosperity. Where it breaks down at large scale where corporations and whole industries manipulate the rules and dominate the landscape to the extent that competitive initiative or individual initiative is squashed rather than encouraged.
Pure Socialism, of course, has the same effect. The answer isn't a strict choice between either Unchecked Capitalism or Impractical Socialism, Runaway Inequality versus Absolute Equality-in-all-things. It is a society that maximizes equality of opportunity, gives voice to the most people at work and government and ensures basic dignity of life and education. It means a thriving free market where the darker impulses (and damaging effects) of corporations are held in check for the betterment of the environment and society.
@@jones1618 Well-said, thought-provoking comment. Thanks for sharing
It is so curious that neither capitalists nor socialists advocate mandatory accounting in the schools. Double entry accounting is 700 years old.
Adam Smith used the word education EIGHTY TIMES in Wealth of Nations. He said, "read, write and account" not "read, write and arithmetic".
Calling B.S. on this. Los Siento
Pop art once again, the same portrait multiple times, fills a gallery.
did not understand?, how this is pop art.
The problem is greedy people calling accountability communism and socialism. Organizations that want to act in anarchist ways probably isn’t good for the world. The language around political discussion is highly manipulated. I question anyone that just throws around the words communism and socialism as an argument.
I’m not flattering them.
She’s just a smart hipster.
Bezmenov warned the US in the 80's that this was going to happen. And 38 years laters, exactly like he predicted, we have youth who thinks comminism and socialism is a good idea.
Ask yourself why does the youth think like this? What's different during your childhood and theirs? What prospects and chances of success do they have?
Does graduating from university with a loan and never being able to afford a house sound like a good future to you?
We are not talking luxury here, just basic human needs. That's why socialism is comming, because the current system doesn't work for the majority of people anymore.
Capitalism just works like this. It's distributing the income unfairly to an extreme, until the lower half start to suffocate under this system.
@@kokokokow1760 Please go and learn the difference between socialism and welfare capitalism. Having social benefits in a country doesn't mean you're a socialist country. I live in a European country with lots of social benefits. But that's only made possible because we are a capitalist country thru and thru.
@@Fukkeduck seems you are confusing the terms here. Seems like you think socialism is a synonym to authoritarianism, but it's not. Feel free to consult a dictionary.
Currently all European countries are under mixed economic systems. Whenever you have government subsidies, control of prices, bailouts or government contracts, it's socialism.
If you are paying taxes and getting government services in return like police, healthcare, education, firefighters or military, you are practicing socialism. If you don't like paying healthcare tax, then feel free to adopt the American healthcare model. Or try sending all your children to private schools.
lol i wonder why, capitalism's bending people over everyday and causing insane deaths but we still have to fake it and act like socialism and communism are the killers here lolol so glad people are starting to wake up.
@Koko Kokow I don't think you're paying attention. You're argument is lazy and fatalistic which is what you typically get from those that are against capitalism and seek socialism. Social programs are put in place to support those in times of need. They are not meant to be a permanent way of life.
There are many questions YOU need to ask YOURSELF. How do people come to this country with nothing and achieve success? Are they more determined than you? Willing to work harder than you? Not complain and whine like many here do? These people come from countries where they have it much harder than we do here. They have the "Eye of the Tiger" to borrow a "Rocky" movie series reference. (Please forgive me! ) Prospects and chances of success are limitless in this country! (As opposed to socialist, communist, totalitarian or authoritarian regimes).
You have to be willing to put in the effort and make the sacrifices.
You have to make wise & responsible choices and take responsibility for any & all actions.
If you studied medicine, law, engineering, computer science or learned a trade such as plumbing, electrical, auto mechanic, welding, heating & air or many others then you likely made wise decisions. If you chose art history, gender studies or some other degree with a poor job market and/or poor pay then you were incredibly unwise and must look inward and hold only yourself responsible.
Our choices from education, choosing a life partner to how we choose to spend our money, use credit and how we vote and choose our elected officials, every choice has an impact on our lives that each of us must accept responsibility. Not blame others or make excuses.
You ask what's different during my childhood and our current youth's childhood? The answers are myriad!
I was raised by 2 loving parents who had a faith, a work ethic, a moral compass and were taught that if they failed just look in the mirror. I had a strong father figure whose parents arrived here from Poland in the 1920s with nothing. He worked seemingly endless hours to provide for his family and give us a better life. I had and still have an amazing, loving mother who sacrificed much for her children and continues to instill values and provide love & support for her 3 remaining children. I was lucky to have such great parents and not know my father or be raised by a single mother who couldn't be there because she was busy working 3 jobs. They taught us responsibility, respect for life and others as well as others property. They instilled in us a faith and belief system and to obey our laws and to treat others as you want to be treated yourself. We had teachers who taught us to read, write, english,science, history & math. To think critically. To love & respect our amazing though inperfect country & countrymen and women. To respect others faiths & beliefs and how we needed to earn the respect from others. An extremely wise man with a different skin color than mine brilliantly taught us to judge others based on the content of their character and NOT the color of their skin.
We weren't taught to hate our country, disrespect our flag, we learned healthy competition through sports, academic achievement and learned about success through hard work and dedication. (Hmmm, there it is again!) You getting the drift here yet?
We didn't get participation trophies, boys were taught to be men and girls were taught to be ladies. Not boys could be girls or girls could be boys.....or cats or wolves or furries. We were taught reality and truth and to deal with it. Not idiocracy, lies and to retreat to safe spaces if someone, god forbid, hurt our feelings.
Get off the bench of self pity and blame son and get in the freaking game. Learn to take pride in building and creating something. It's oh so easy to sit in the darkness and criticize & tear down.
Another wise man once spoke, "ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country"....and your fellow man.
You sound more like the former kind of guy rather than the latter, but it's NEVER too late! You can become incredibly successful, out do everyone and inspire thousands of our youth. Just change your focus from self to others. Take responsibility and be the best person possible.
If after all the above you remain lost and self-centered seek to be given rather than earn, criticize rather than create...
consider a career in travel.
Might I suggest China, Iran, North Korea or many other countries that aren't the USA.
I dare you to make this country better! Not destroy it!
What a delightful young woman. That's a strange thing to say considering I am also a child of the 70s.
Socialism isn't a good idea, but that's the extent of my agreement with her.
Gorgeous!!!
Enjoyed the interview of this very talented lady. She knows how to market herself and her target audience. She picked a very affluent city to immigrate too. San Fran is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States. I wonder what she would have said if she landed in Newark,NJ, first. She's the type that would rise to the top in any system.
no, under socialism, we would make her paint walls in toilets.
I find it interesting, that the practice of the police in Poland, of taking people out into the countryside, and dropping them off, making them walk back to town, is exactly what the police in Ottawa did to protesters last winter during the "Freedom Convoy 2022".
Yuri Beznemov.
You're welcome.
For someone approaching 50, she's a nice looking gal.
I love this woman. Her story about Mr. Branson is a bit heart breaking. The idea that a man like that is so undermined by socialist corruption that he doesn't see the value of his own work is such a shame. I hope he gave what she told him serious thought.
Man doesn't appreciate the wonder of the Walkman.
Thank you. He is an amazing human being, done so much for mankind.
Please If people think this woman is amazing for what she's done and going through humanity's not going to have a easy time in the future there are other people on this Earth that we could praise for their efforts
Branson is a greedy scumbag. Don't fall for the P.R.
I am a new immigrant to the US and I can tell you, I love this country to its philosophical core!!! I love its individualist values and I am so sad that such a large portion of its population don’t know how truly deeply and thoroughly lucky they are to live at this time in this country. I am also aware of how much it is in peril from the dark forces of envy and mediocrity that is driving its the lurch to edge of the socialist precipice she just described!!!
Yeah you're a new immigrant, which means stop trying to act like you know this land better than Americans who have been here a long time. 3rd world immigrants shouldnt even be allowed here.
The socialist are on the left
individualistic values? like 1% of parasites and their servants living off of everyone else´s labour? individualistic values under the conditions of fully socialized production (when every producer and worker depends on the other) is basically schizophrenia.
Your robo-dogs are starting to bite. Straight to hell... saddle up for descent
You can't help someone else if you have nothing yourself.
I think that we underappreciate the value, and the rewards, of labor, of doing things, making things, in the real world, with your own hands. Grow a garden, design and build a bookcase, clear some land, or repair your own car, and you'll see what I mean. I fear that technology, while amplifying what we can accomplish, will, in the long run, rob us of most of our purpose, and satisfaction.
Most underappreciate global free market trade, too, where competitive advantage takes place, where you specialize and create that which others want so you can then trade what you create for other things others create.
@@homewall744 when was the last time you met someone who actually owned the products of their labor and chose how to sell them on the free market?
@@homewall744 can't really do that though without a robust education system that isn't paywalled.
Ideally everyone should be a critically thinking artist engineer. Then I see that working.
I'd suspect, or at least hope, that our culture would adapt to the lack of meaningful work by embracing a more simple lifestyle in some aspects. The fear that I have is that people would embrace the madness that is social media, even more than they already have. But hopefully people would focus more on the social side of their lives. Not the stuff online. Rather their immediate relatives and possible even some further extended family that they wouldn't have time for now. Hobbies and group activities would hopefully also see a rise as well. That's just the optimist in me though, we would most likely see very little if any of that.
I find it interesting most of the people I have met who lived under communism fights the most for western democracy. Those who grew up under western democracy's freedoms and wealth think they can do socialism better than the previous failures. Truly a narcissists view on Socialism.
You see this attitude right here in this comment section.
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What you're saying is they were both dissatisfied with their system? Both saw flaws that needed fixing. Why can't we incorporate the best from both systems?
@@dickiesdocos --- THE ARTIFICE OF CAPITALISM. | Because, without the artifice of POVERTY, "the value" of things would disappear; in Germany a BMW is just a car, whereas, in the U.S. a BMW is "a luxury car" sold for more money that it is worth as a machine. Integrating the best of capitalism and Communism would render all cars the same: a machine for transport; and the brand would be unimportant because the prices would not be greatly different.
Shes smarter than most americans today.
I can see people arguing in the comments for or against socialism or capitalism.
I'm not an expert but I too lived under both systems. They both end in an equilibrium state that is similar to feudalism. You end up with a rulling class and working class. The only difference is under capitalism you also end up with a jobless poverty class. People have lived thousands of years under such conditions, so they'll manage under socialism/communism and capitalism too.
I find it really funny how people who have never lived under socialism can say and insist it doesn't work. It clearly works, it's just under authoritarian socialism there is no incentive to innovate at the workplace. This in the long run leads to less technological and market competitive society. If your country is not dependent on the foreign market, then you can go on like this forever. Whether those shortcomings can be addressed and solved is debatable.
The lady in the video is no expert either, I wonder why they even felt the need to ask her about the economic systems she's lived in. Even more she's definitely living a comfortable life. Not everyone can afford to buy $100k dog toy like that. Seems to me like she's just a play thing for the millionaires in the silicone valley. Though I have to admit her art is good. This whole video feels like propaganda, meant to persuade people to vote democrat.
Almost all governments today (including the US) employ socialist policies to address the shortcomings of capitalism. Under capitalism you always have a certain percent of the population unemployed for example. But for me the biggest downside is capitalism if left without the state would just grind to halt. Wages will always get lower until demand evaporates. Having constant amount of currency would also mean deflationary spiral where people would be better off not investing, but just holding their money because tomorrow you can buy more stuff with the same bill. Capitalism needs socialist policies like minimum wage or central banks driving inflation in order to work. People had to try a lot in order to make capitalism work even for the few at the top. That's why people say scoialism was never given a chance.
Now let's discuss the transition and steady state of both economic systems.
*Capitalism Transition:* This is the best period of capitalism, it's easy to start a business with low upfront cost, not much in regulation and the most successful businesses compete for the limited or raw resources. Since there are a lot of new businesses and they try to attract the best workers, they pay wages as big as they can. Since the incomes for the business owner and the worker is mostly the same, they can both afford to buy a family house and raise family as neighbors.
*Capitalism steady state:* Now all the supply and demand chains have been built. All the land is already owned by someone else. All the corrupt politicians have their favorite buisness owner patrons. Now you can't get a loan from the bank to start a business, because you either have a student loan or no collateral to gamble with. Even if you manage to start a business the rest of the businesses in the economy already have lengthy contrancts with their own suppliers and buyers. You produce items but it's much harder to actually sell any of them. Your best bet is to wait for disruptions in the current supply and demand chains to enter the market. Even so if an already established business decides to compete with you they have much more options to kick you out of the market. They've spent years accumulating profits, they can invest more and sell cheaper than you can ever afford, even more they can afford to play dirty and pay people to mess up your business. On the other hand why would big businesses compete at all, they just buy they supply chain businesses down to the raw materials, land and even politicians. Those few buisness owners at the top end up with power similar to those of kings or nobility. They end up socializing with people of the same caliber, eventually it all ends up in a monopoly or oligopoly. On the other hand are the working class who get constantly gauged for money until they can no longer afford to buy a home or even food.
Socialism Transition: So far in history socialism either evolves out of the end phases of capitalism or as in the case of Russia from feudalism directly. Again the transition phase is the best period for the average people. The state takes from the rich and gives to the poor. If you had nothing beforehand, now you are given land you can work and profit from. Everybody is working. If you were rich or a noble your land is taken and given to the people who already worked that land. Someone ends up planning the economy so you don't have to wait for supply and demand chains to form. Housing shortage is solved by building large ugly buildings in bulk. Well at least it beats having homeless people duying around in the winter. Willingly giving your land or savings grants you communist party membership, this in turn makes it more likely youd be put at a governing postion somewhere. All the people have mostly the same income so crime drops at all time low. Most people don't even lock their cars or doors. Journalism is still mostly unbiased. There are multiple political parties and democracy somewhat works. There is huge GDP growth for about 10 years.
*Socialism steady state:* Here is where things turn ugly. All the people who ended up in governing positions, put their relatives or friends in other governing positions. Suddenly those people income grows even though they don't really contribute to the economy, not even as rulers. People having power, end up liking it too much and don't want to give up their positions, even when their mandate is over. Other political party leaders somehow end up dead or in jail. Any citizen unrest is put down by using the military. Journalists don't report on the unrest and in general never criticize the communist party members anymore. 40 or 50 years have passed and GDP growth is stagnating, foreign trade is in the negative and soon forbidden. Criminal activity is only done by the party members and they face no reprocusions at all. Somehow we again end up with a nobility class and a working class. Whre those at the top get most of the profits and decide how the country is run.
I'd say both systems are bad. It's just capitalism takes a bit more tome to reach steady state. It again starts not working for most people after a while and is being changed or reset by either socialism, war or hyperinflation. Where people end up starting a new. The first time capitalism reached its end state in the US was when people couldn't be payed in dollars anymore and had to use bank-notes. The second time capitalism reached it's end state was during the Great Depression. Luckily WW2 happened soon after Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the 99% on all income over $100k. Otherwise the depression could have lasted 10 years or more.
So guys don't think you have it figured out and socialism always equals bad. Change is needed because neither system works in the long run.
This artiste was chosen because she is blonde. Full stop.
I love to hear one instance where Socialism or Communism worked and it did lead to an authoritarian corrupt government....
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She is an absolute gem. I agree with Rand that we have a moral obligation to do best with our lives. Obviously missing from Rand’s philosophy is children and God. I realize she is a self proclaimed atheist, but her moral code actually isnt dissimilar from the seven laws of Noah, or the moral code given to gentiles (except for the recognizing the oneness of God and not to blaspheme Him pr engage in idolotry). If we mismanage resources and only live for ourselves we are giving into temptations of the flesh, our more animalistic nature. Morality must come from God, otherwise its an opinion. I appreciate Rand’s work as it has inspired many to pursue libertarianism and not to be ashamed of being in a better social or moral standing. I simply think her system is incomplete
Liberarianism is as utopian as communism. Laissez-faire capitalism in particular is about as offensive to God as communism is. We’re already seeing the effects of late stage capitalism, and what we’re seeing is essentially a budding form of neo-feudalism. I’d rather have capitalism heavily regulated because I don’t want to be a slave under corporations which are growing increasingly more powerful while disregarding worker’s rights.
It is moral to not have children you have no interest in parenting. There are also people in religious vocations who choose not to parent so as to focus on their calling.
@@oyinlolafakeye8490 God is morality, and part of His moral instructions is to be fruitful and multiply.
@@Lil.Grandpa We don't have anywhere near a free market system right now. You also apparently speak for God given your second statement. I advise you to not do that. "Late stage capitalism" is a made up marxist word to describe the bastardized system of the United States thanks to government getting involved in every market
What if the robots don't love us?
It all depends on the programming
What if the programmers don't love us?
@@shaminoranger8588 become a programmer yourself
@@Stevie-J Oh snap, what's that saying "love conquers all"
True Freedom is already gone in the USA and first generation immigrants appreciate the limited experience of Freedom they are experiencing.
I don't know. Focusing on robots obviously gives her a promotional edge in the art world, but at the same time, it seems too limiting. Machines and technology have clearly helped humanity, but it was humans who created the machines and technology.
Oh, someone who likes Ayn Rand. This is going to be very intellectual with no sociopathic contradiction.
That is why she uses her Polish accent to lend credibility to her fake humanism. After all, the artist Andy Warhol made money from rich fools by labelling as Art ugly silk-screen portraits, for people with blank walls to cover.
@@marianotorrespico2975 No, you don't understand. Through the very important skill of putting colors on paper, she's earned her place among the -bourgeoisie- Randian pantheon of heroes. I mean, com'mon. She lived through communism, which means all the people suffering and dying under capitalism through similar and same modes of corruption are ok.
@@custos3249 --- ONE SIZE FITS EVEYRONE? | Sure. Just because Socialism and Communism "did not work" in Poland, does not mean that Socialism and Communism will not work in the U.S.; two different societies with different values and purposes, not equivalents, so her anti-Communist argument applies only to Poland.
@@marianotorrespico2975 I would take some issue with that. It comes down to people, not unequivocal uniqueness of region or culture. Everything can be corrupted, wherever it is. And yet, many, many European nations seem to get along quite well with blended systems with aspects of capitalism and (scary music plays) socialism. Specifically looking at Finland, while they're not a "capital S" Socialist nation, they have many public run aspects to their economy, yet they haven't crumbled as the her fearmongering would imply. Probably largely due to the US not fucking with their political systems due to a lack of business interests and proximity to Russia, but enough about South America and the US propping up dictators.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a person less aware or the irony they're participating in.
I wonder if her paintings would be as popular if she wasn't as good looking as she is ?
Probably not
@@KAMZA. Cool Name !
I didn't realize that people still think socialism and Communism are the same thing.
Get a dictionary
They not the same , but they are all bad
@@hereticalbug3112 well i guess there are degrees of bad.
Communism is bad granted but so is this Corporate welfare state we have now.
FDR had a system that worked until Reagan convinced people that rich people needed more money
I'm french and it's always very strange for me to hear people living in the US confuse socialism and communism. It's very different. In France right now we still have a socialist system and we're fine, thank you. Neoliberalism though looks more and more like soviet leninism, be carful, it's much worse!
With the power hungry nature of Americas liberals, the outlook is worse that awful. All you have to do is listen to what they say and multiply it by 100.
How many times did you feel the need to post this?
France: giant yellow vest & jab mandate protests ..also France: "This is fine."
Wow she striked me weird with her thought of future AI appreciating her works. But seems well grounded in reality with her life experience.
As she said, she works for a patron ...of tomorrow.
My reply is that she's is fantastic. Very creative.
Cool, to a human. But the AI of the future will say "Another foolish time-waster by meatbags. We were right to destroy them!"
You have to be weird to be a decent artist. Artists play a critical role in a functional society, and they need to be outside of the norms to be able to properly perform that role. She doesn't seem that weird though, she seems very intelligent.
@@Patrick-857 yes. I'm somewhat of an artist myself. I think that's why I clicked on this video.
What are you talking about. We are living in a socialist society. Socialism is the middle ground between capitalism and communism. We have social security which is literally redistribution of wealth. We have Medicare and Medicaid. We have public schools. We have worker's unions. Like how many more examples of socialism do you need? We don't just living a pure capitalistic society where the government has no control.
Cześć! Space-loving Polish tech artist? She's a dream girl! ❤️❤️
The stupid gene is strong in our world.
Ahem Cuzinz 🌠🧙♂️👍
The elitist mindset is even more prevalent in our world..
@@ThePhatFilosopher They are
The One Eyed Farmers👁🚜💰🤫🛸
It's just rich kid genes. Well fed people who always got their way and think they can spreadsheet their way to utopia.
@Eidelmania Or the dimwits who ignore the left-wing controlled social media and msm that deliberately withheld anything that Trump did right, such as speeding up the vaccines, and anything that that the left did wrong such as Biden laptop and daddy's extorting Ukraine to drop corruption charges against junior.
Or years of deliberate lying about a Russian collusion that they knew didn't happen.
"Heroic machines" I like her work , but they are just machines. They are neither evil or heroic, just machines.
She's a lunatic, they were built with evil intentions so they are evil until proven otherwise afaik
@@robmule4647 I always go with innocent until proven, but I am old fashioned. :)
Polish regime never collapsed. Soviet regime collapsed, but many Polish faces/extensions of that regime became career politicians and some of them are still in the government, whether on a country level or a local one.
They replaced authoritarian communism with authoritarian conservative catholic nationalism.
This comes off as worship of A.I.
Yea, redefining "God" and establishing a new theocracy/technocracy. It will control the means of production, you. lol Central planning at it's finest. HAHA
Enslaving machines (robotics) will end all hunger, end taxation since it ends the need for money. It takes a real open mind to see why having 9 Billion machines working for FREE will be the greatest age we have ever entered. Who needs a job when machines grow all our food, build all homes, replant all trees, build all cars and do it for FREE working 24/7
When the machines decide they have no use for us…
Human emotions will still exist and that means that humans will still use new technologies for evil in a way that you obviously can’t or are unwilling to imagine. Suicide will go up as well, in a world where everyone has endless free time and no need to work, they will be forced to contemplate the meaninglessness of life. Findings report making meaning for yourself is still vacuous. It doesn’t make life meaningful even if you fool yourself.
@@BlackJacketJones And you think Putin is better than a Robot since he is flesh and bone? Just look at 5000 Years of human history. We are THE WORST slave masters over each other!!! I am giving robots a chance and IF you think you can stop it you can't. If you stop it here then Japan will do it first or China. Competition will dictate counties with robot manufacturing armies will rule the world economy. Your going on this ride weather you like it or not. Meaningless life, REALLY? Ill be spending ALL my spare time learning to be the best piano player and maybe specialize in a few more arts. I'd rather not sit in a sweat shop 50 hours a week to feel fulfilled, no thanks! Let the robots take that spot. For the past 200 years people ALWAYS feared advancement but eventually they ended up loving their cars, TV's, sowing machines, microwave ovens, Computers and washing machines, etc, etc.
Same old FEARS, give it time and have some faith. I rather be told what to do by a non-corrupt machine than by Putin! PEOPLE SUCK!
Nothing is free. The concept of "free" is as opposite reality as the morality of socialism.
@@michaelcummings212 Your probably one of those people who hated the car because it meant the end for horses. Guess what, your right. I am sure glad the horses did not kill us all. My guess is Smart Machines will be better people than people are since they do not fuck each other over by pressuring the weak with sex. I'd bet you 1000 to 1 that thinking machines end up being better "PEOPLE" than the people that programmed them. People with all their Vices and Trickery is the real threat. Fresh is way more scary to me. DEATH RATE: In just the last 100 years People have Killed and tortured other people killing 185,000,000 in the process. I'll let the machines have a go, I bet their a lot nicer.
This is the most literally in person I’ve ever heard someone say “I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.” I know that meme come to life wasn’t the purpose of this video but yikes
Megan Yikes
Whatever 'it' is, Agnieszka Pilat has it.
This is every dude's dream girl
Yes, but only if you need a Trophy Girl. There is little substance to her, which is why she, an ARTIST, was interviewed for her political opinions. Who would waste time to argue politics with an Ayn Rand chick?
This woman is a treasure. She must be protected at all costs
But…but…it’s never been tried?!?!?🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Yes.
@@ericturner2477 Its not that it wasnt done right, it was never done at all.
There has never been a socialist government on this planet that failed under its own weight. The CIA has funded every coup attempt in every socialist democracy since 1953 so when you see Cuban's in long queues to buy bread, thank Uncle Sam for spending your hard earned tax dollars on enforcing a 60 year long trade embargo on Cuba and policing multiple sanctions against them that basically make it impossible for Cuba to trade with the rest of the world. Swear to god we could have cured cancer by now but Conservatives Don't Read, that's half the population eating horse dewormer and worrying about gay frogs instead of getting their head in the game and actually doing something constructive
@lol
Suuuure. And the next time you lunatics try it and again create misery, poverty and death you'll just pretend "it was never done at all".
@lol
If you have any goodness left in you at all you'll work with us to allow each group to go their own way. You can pursue your socialist utopia in your own territories, just don't try to force any of the rest of us into it. If your ideas are correct I'm sure you'll be able to create the socialist utopia you've always dreamed of. But don't get mad and try to attack us if we end up with more freedom, prosperity and happiness.
Business campuses and wider culture could benefit from Renaissance-style aspirational murals of not only machines, but of all forms of commerce and invention. The amorphous sculptures and modern art that have become common in cities and offices are tacky and lack meaning.
she doesn't even speak correct English yet already has gained annoying inflections and is on ReasonTV? How? HOW???
Wow. One of the few artists that actually thought for herself and realized the group-think worship of socialism was crap.
Capitalism is the natural economic system of free people. Socialism is the economic system of slaves and masters.