So his reason for calling was... Damn you Sam! You stole the one lone female we had!

@1MarkKeller

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@MountSilky252

5 жыл бұрын

Sam "Steal Ya Gurl" Seder in full effect

@GrahamBarth

5 жыл бұрын

Sam SEED'er: literally cucking libertarians.

@frankmcgovern5445

5 жыл бұрын

WE HAD A REAL LIVE GIRL! I HATE YOU!

@dineskumarragu4187

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. How dare Sam converted our only token libertarian female..😝😝😝

John: Can you name even one example of x? Sam: *Gives one example* John: That's just one situation, I'm talking in general! And that happens about five times in a row.

@ASkepticalHumanOnYouTube

7 жыл бұрын

And then Seder, at one point, points to Europe, and the caller says "Europe? You're being so general that it's disgusting!"

@BlackHearthguard

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget, "Now you're arguing semantics"

@Chacopapi

5 жыл бұрын

John has a disability in comprehension

@zachbergmann7916

5 жыл бұрын

The dude is just uneducated. Like, I remember thinking these thoughts before I got my education. But then, after I went to school, I learned how to follow the thought chains a little further down the line and shit gets a little clearer and makes a little more sense. We desperately need tuition free education cause this is fuckin ridiculous. We got half the population just kinda trying to think critically, and the other half which actually does.

@JamesVanDeWaal

5 жыл бұрын

A Nonymous no no. You just need massive amounts of inherited wealth and circumstantially privileged success to then retreat out to Sacramento where you’ll have some privately funded pseudo - permaculture community of wells and electricity. Then you’ll get it.

It's amazing to me how an entire political party(libertarians) exist with the entire premise of not understanding how anything functions.

@ericmacrae6871

3 жыл бұрын

Every time that i listen to a Libertarian it feels like they live in an ideological world where they can't comprehend reality. I debated a Libertarian where he was trying to make the claim that workers is a subjective term. That they are not being theorize by the capitalist and the notiom that the working class is enslave by the capitalist it is absoutly insane

@stms4411

10 ай бұрын

They are people that are educated beyond their intelligence.

@Here4TheHeckOfIt

7 ай бұрын

​@@ericmacrae6871 It's an Ayn Rand cult. You know how cult members are. They repeat mantras and slogans and live in their own world.

Imagine a libertarian telling someone else they have a superficial understanding of economics.

@ldawg7117

Жыл бұрын

The hypocrisy / projection that comes from these people is utterly mind blowing...

@52flyingbicycles

11 ай бұрын

Literally my AP microeconomics class in HIGH SCHOOL had numerous examples of when regulation would be useful. That class was written by neoliberals and taught by my two neoliberal teachers and it somehow made me more leftist

@Hhoom-rc8le

5 ай бұрын

​@52flyingbicycles Isn't it amazing how understanding their concepts, methods of analysis and necessary assumptions makes you less and less right wing? "Hm, so if this group can always act on known information, the costs they face genuinely reflect all possible damages or benefits from partaking in a transaction, the other party in the transaction has zero ability to dictate prices, and everyone acts like a min maxing RPG character motivated purely by selfishness then we maybe get a state of affairs where a poor person's life is only made less miserable to the extent that Bill Gates doesn't lose a dollar doing it." And you're supposed to internalize that scenario as representing *intuition and optimal functioning* while ignoring that the free market itself can suffer deadweight losses because the "competitive equilibrium" if reached is only guaranteed to be a local maximum.

we should use some type of law system to stop pollution like a regulation lol.

@friskjidjidoglu7415

3 жыл бұрын

These libertarians probably would shit their pants if they found out the word for ‘rule(s)’ and ‘regulation’ descend from the same root.

3 years later I find this gem. "Do you have diarrhea?" I love how that question alone sets this guy back. That awkward silence alone screams "Oh crap, water is regulated? Dude, do I drink water?"

@1MarkKeller

6 жыл бұрын

The caller's response was the textbook example of being triggered.

@animespoils4814

5 жыл бұрын

Dude he’s got a well.. EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD USE WELLS! ALL 300 million of us!

@brennanr.697

5 жыл бұрын

@@1MarkKeller That and Dunning Kruger.

@farbauti5398

5 жыл бұрын

He was such an idiot

@EbonySeraphim

5 жыл бұрын

@@animespoils4814 I heard that and was like "WTF? WHO HAS THEIR OWN FUCKING WELL!" I learned one thing when talking to conservatives...somehow they are magically super self sufficient in all things about their life and it's just EVERYONE else that depends on and uses modern day amenities provided by and regulated by government. Good debate prep needs about 3~5 scenarios where a person can't be seen as reasonable when they lie about just how self sufficient they are. 1 - how did you get here? Your car has safety standards 2 - do you have diarrhea? Your water safety is regulated by the government 3 - did you go to a public school? (Easy one to get out of but it's easy to see where this goes) 4 - what would do if your neighbor, armed more than you are, stole something valuable of yours? Most would call the police and now you're relying on a public service 5 - how do you establish that your house and property is yours towards other people? Government says that, and enables you to leverage #4 - law enforcement to enforce trespassing violators

“When has regulation ever worked?” “In X, Y and Z cases” “STOP GIVING ME SPECIFICS!” “Ok, mate... it worked great in America throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s” “Oh yeah? Well it would’ve worked better without regulations! I don’t understand your point! Are you saying no one gets raped when we all pay our taxes?? Aaarrrggghh! You lose, I win! Pavlov’s Dog!”

@cuseyeti5243

2 жыл бұрын

The most perfect example of Moving the Goalposts Fallacy I've ever seen.

He literally started off by saying “name me a time when regulation had ever worked” and 10 minutes in he shifts the goal posts and says “oh no I believe some regulation is good”

These libertarian callers are the gift that keeps giving.

@yourteamsucks2136

5 жыл бұрын

They ARE like Herpes.

@chancerbox1935

4 жыл бұрын

you never run out of stupidity

@bstone5943

4 жыл бұрын

Like, they keep calling in with hopes of being The One to win an argument.

@scottgrohs5940

3 жыл бұрын

You mean like they expect an angelic Milton Friedman to come down and magically grant them peace of mind if they’ve achieved being The One?

@GTA_500

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to call it the gift that keeps on grifting

This is probably the worst caller I've heard on majority.

@realpointz

9 жыл бұрын

Its just painful to listen to. These Libertarians talk only amongst themselves devoid of reality, it all makes sense to them in their Libertarian cocoon built by koch brothers,when they venture out into the real world it all falls apart.

@waterhead001

9 жыл бұрын

realpointz Strangely, when inevitably their ideas fall apart, they still defend their ideas by using the buzz words that duped them into believing this to begin with. It was painful to listen to, but I enjoyed it also.

@realpointz

9 жыл бұрын

waterhead001 If you're against libertarianism you're against freedom waterhead you damm statist illuminati confirmed am off to buy prepper gear with my bitcoins ...am just joking

@democrazy69

9 жыл бұрын

bisquitnspanky You dare to have a point? You pointist.

I swear to god, every one of these people's minds are blown whenever Sam just gives them a very blunt answer. They're so used to their political idols skirting around giving a direct answer that they just cannot compute somebody arguing with so much conviction. Beautiful.

John: name one example. Sam: names one example. John: but that’s one specific example, can you name a country that has thrived with this level of regulation. Sam: names several. John: but can you be more specific. 🤦‍♂️

Ask a question, then talk over the answer. Get an answer, then get mad when it doesn't answer a question you didn't ask? This dude must have been eating unregulated lead paint chips as a kid.

@joshportie

8 жыл бұрын

+Halloween111 he ate the hell out of those things

@rangers1919

8 жыл бұрын

+josh portie You're getting into semantics. Talk about regulation.

@soulcology

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao!!!😂😂😂😂

@wout4yt

8 жыл бұрын

Another example that ppl who can't listen remain stupid

@MikeDixieWrecked

7 жыл бұрын

LOL.

wow, that was painful.

@terryfuldsgaming7995

6 жыл бұрын

Na, he's totally right. It's not like even WITH the faa, that planes almost crash into each other every few months at busy airports or anything. .. or like planes ever crash at all. So why do we need the faa? ... what's that? They do? And they do? All the time you say? ...umm... uhhh ...FAKE NEWS!!!

@robertpiatt1551

6 жыл бұрын

Nice, Steven! This is old, but I'm SO glad I endured that twit's ramblings. Sam handled it all beautifully. Feel kinda bad for the less-insane Libertarians who can effectively state and defend their arguments for "limited government". They've got guys like that undermining their credibility.

@babycakes2077

6 жыл бұрын

Pure form calibama

@pbj3391

5 жыл бұрын

how HUMILIATING. i'm sure that "female friend" ran for the hills for good after hearing that.

@KevSez

5 жыл бұрын

Dude is one mushroom tea away from being a sovereign citizen

Caller: "Give me an example" *Gives example* Caller: "You're just stating one specific instance"

"Regulations don't work" Sam cites river pollution "Yeah well that works, but regulations don't work" ?

"I gotta continue on with the show. The Free Market demands it." - priceless!

@redhotchillinpeppers

6 жыл бұрын

Puttincomputers I literally felt the burn on that one lmfao

@soda1yes

5 жыл бұрын

Well said... priceless

@boarder6246

5 жыл бұрын

He almost cried 😭

@collinbeal

4 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend is asleep next to me. Had to try really hard to stifle my laughter so I wouldn't wake her up

Caller: "Broad sweeping statement with no facts to back it up" Sam: "Specific example that directly contradicts caller's statement" Caller: "YOU'RE USING A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT I CAN'T REFUTE!! STOP IT!!"

@christianknuchel

5 жыл бұрын

It's worse than that: The caller *asked* Sam for examples, but once they came, accused him of "semantics" and "specifics".

@joshhill212

5 жыл бұрын

I know right! This was a Great call! Although I would have doubled down on the tap water angle as the caller may exclusively use well water himself, but not everybody does. The people who do drink from the tap are not getting sick (With Contagious Diseases) because of regulations. The caller himself may not drink tap water, but if he ever interacts with any other portion of society he still benefits off of the regulations that keeps the rest of society healthy. I wonder if he ever has went out to eat in his entire life? Has he ever benefited from an employee of being forced to wash their hands before making his meal? Or does anyone really believe that his entire life he has never once drank from a water fountain with regulated clean water? What happens if he gets too far away from his house? Does he keep emergency store-bought bottled water in his car just in case he's too far away from his house's well water? Although even under those circumstance, water bottling factories have regulations too. On top of that regulations prevent pollution from being put into the Earth that could potentially contaminate even his well water. Ever heard of Fracking? Fracking is banned in my entire State because we have regulations against it.

@yourteamsucks2136

5 жыл бұрын

STOP！ The big bad liberal is exposing my ignorance! Why are liberals so hate-filled and mean, using facts and logic?

@nukiradio

4 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, A strawman doing the gish gallop on a high horse

"you say these words, and we're all supposed to salivate like Pavlov's dogs" is an all time great libertarian caller quote

@TheJesselopez1981

8 ай бұрын

I just liked that he called them substidies.

"I live independently with my own well." Oh ok dude. You the only person in America?

fyi, there are regulations governing personal water wells.

@5TailFox

7 жыл бұрын

Ematched Damn right. Because if that water's not clean, some dudes wearing orange utility jumpsuits will drive out to your house, ring your doorbell, hand you a notice, walk around your house to where your well is, and bolt a metal cap down onto it so no one can access it. And there'd be nothing he could do about it. This caller is basically arguing in favor of being allowed to drink that fucked up water, because...reasons.

@jrasicmark1

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, and the caller said he has his well water tested regularly; I'll bet the company that tests his water is regulated too.

@5TailFox

7 жыл бұрын

jrasicmark1 Right. They'd have to be. Or else they wouldn't even have license to do what they do.

@Ematched

7 жыл бұрын

jrasicmark1 No, I'm sure the testers just love freedom so much that they always do a perfect job.

@heldinahtmlhell

6 жыл бұрын

You can test your own water fairly easily.

I don't think I've ever felt so embarrassed for, while being so annoyed by a single person at the exact same time. The libertarian argument can be broken down to this: "I don't like paying taxes." That's it, that's all. Everything else is just a justification.

@ibyvrcrdd9903

8 жыл бұрын

Actually, it can be boiled down even simpler than that. It all comes down to "No! Make me!"

@huehuecoyotl2

8 жыл бұрын

That's really all it is about, not paying taxes. My brother in law makes the same arguments about useless regulation, it goes around and around until he gets enough beers in him and you get to the core, which is "I'm pissed that I have to pay taxes and can't afford a hot tub right now." All the other stuff, the 'principles', its all just window dressing. All this priciples talk is just to make it seem less crass.

8 жыл бұрын

They are just reinvented Birchers all gussied up for the imaginary fair. This online article travails the webbed and cryptic history of right-wing libertarianism. medium.com/@Airis/why-right-wing-libertarians-are-bad-for-politics-b397def7f805#.3rhg38ogi

@daturave

6 жыл бұрын

Oh the young computer warrior men who so suffer the wrath and tyranny of taxation, never has such wrong been done in annals of history. (sorry for the stereotype, but just about everyone libertarian I have met has been a pseudo-intellectual angry young man)

@terryfuldsgaming7995

6 жыл бұрын

Morrison Dali which is funny if you think about it because these are the same people constantly whining about welfare queens not paying their fair share. WELL GUESS WHAT TAXES ARE YOU RETARDS? YOUR FAIR SHARE TO PAY. The right is just full of whiners with their hands out. Lazy Moochers...

Anyone else get the vibe that the woman Sam convinced to stop being libertarian was this guys then girlfriend? Sam "Mista Steal Yo Girl" Seder

"in the early 1900's right after WWII". I can't watch anymore and yet I can't stop watching.

The caller is so dedicated to his toy belief system that he literally cannot hear.

@RocketmanRockyMatrix

9 жыл бұрын

It is a philosophy, it is not a toy belief. You are so narrow-minded, you would not give it a chance.

@georgep922

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well at least you ADMIT it's a philosophy and not a legitimate political movement, which it is not. The caller sounds like a typical "libertarian."

@RocketmanRockyMatrix

9 жыл бұрын

George Pirpiris The Libertarian is a legitimate movement. Watch Adam Kokesh, Stefan Molyneux, Walter E Williams... From what I hear, Sam is continuously interrupting the caller, not even trying to give him a chance to speak.

@jgroth3906

6 жыл бұрын

Because it's fucking nonsense and incoherent.

@terryfuldsgaming7995

6 жыл бұрын

RU Kiddingme he reminds me of when I was an impetuous 5 year old who knew it all...

Sam is eventually going to run into a caller who DOES have diarrhea.

@rumble1925

6 жыл бұрын

"Umm. Yes... how did you know?"

Initial question: "When has regulation ever worked?" And then literally 10 minutes later: "I think the EPA has done great."

Nine years later, at this very moment, John the libertarian is still screaming endlessly into an empty phone line.

FEDERAL BAD, LOCAL GOOD. Why? Because Invisible Hand of the Free Market, hallowed be Its name!

@1MarkKeller

6 жыл бұрын

Ultimately it boils down to, "Local bad too, my individualism is good." Or ... every man is an island. We all know how that's gonna turn out, there are tons of sci fi movies made about the end of the world to watch. lol

@1neomonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Circular reasoning at its finest. It's dumbfounding how they can't see that.

This fool went off about Greece, the Greek economy failed due to lapsed regulation!!!. Tax evasion was the national pastime. If the Greek govt had regulated its tax collection then it could have paid its debt obligations.

@robertjenkins6132

5 жыл бұрын

Also Greece uses a foreign (exogenous) currency (the Euro) and is thus constrained in its ability to deficit spend. Other national governments (e.g., the USA, Japan, Australia) issue their own sovereign currency and owe debt in this currency, and thus they cannot be forced to default on their debts and are not limited in their ability to deficit spend. The only risk is excessive inflation - but note that Japan has had problems with *negative* inflation (deflation) in spite of massive deficit spending and low interest rates.

@notsayingimbetterthanyoubu3187

5 жыл бұрын

@tiglath pileser you crazy as this dumb ass caller dude

@notsayingimbetterthanyoubu3187

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertjenkins6132 He uses Greece as an example to prove HIS point, when the banks screwed over the country and Private Corporations do what they do, which is squeeze more money out of people in hard times. That's his flaw, he thinks the free market can save people when the ship is sinking, but in reality the free market is the sharks swimming around the boat waiting for lunch. He couldn't have debunked his own point harder if he tried

@georgecostanza712

5 жыл бұрын

@tiglath pileser Funny that you believe the EU is a German takeover of Europe, when Germany was forced by France to adopt the Euro in the first place in order to reunify. You have nobody to blame but the Neoliberal goons that run the Western world for the austerity crisis in Europe; maybe you weasily little Germanopbobe cowards shouldn't have forced Germany to become part of your sinking ship of globalization and subversion of national sovereignty, then they wouldn't be de facto running all your countries for you. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

@notsayingimbetterthanyoubu3187

5 жыл бұрын

@tiglath pileser socialism, equality for all will lead to a better version of Globalism. If you truly hate Capitalism as I do, Globalism is what will defeat Nationalism. Globalism on the peoples terms, social Globalism. It will end the idea of war and especially fighting over resources. Capitalism and Consumerism are biggest threat to freedom, and Communism is just as bad. Capitalism and Communism were both created by Zionists to oppose one another, they are both systems of Imperialist control. When both are defeated the banks and big oil defeated, then the people will have control. Globalism on our terms will lead to world peace. Only way to prevent Nationalism or War from occurring again.

“Give me one example where regulation has ever worked” **Gives examples** “Stop bringing up little individual things. You’re missing the bigger picture and misconstruing arguments.”

'My libertarian ideas are correct by default, therefore I will perform mental gymnastics to handle any well-landed critique of them.'

Sam, your ability to stay calm in the face of stupid is no less than a super power.

"When has regulation EVER worked?" Sam: "Uhh, do you have diarrhea right now?" GOLD

Just an example of good regulation. I am en electrical engineer who works with power transmission. There is this concept in circuitry (especially high voltages) which is "path to ground". Think of it as an escape valve for electricity into the earth in the event of things like short-circuit, damage to insulation, surge, etc. We are compelled by federal regulations to design and implement paths-to-ground on transmission line every X distance and at every major component with a staggering amount of redundancy that makes absolutely no sense in any economic way. In many cases, the line or component would function perfectly fine without it. However, in the event that something goes terribly wrong, it is much more likely with these points installed that you won't vaporize some poor unsuspecting person with 30 thousand volts. These regulations are imposed by professional engineers who understand the dangers of electricity, stuff the general public can't really judge for themselves until they are a fine mist in wind after a static potential arcs through the air into them.

Libertarianism in a nutshell: "We love weed, and hate the poors."

@amefuraggamuffin

11 ай бұрын

Literally my dad's entire political believe system

I used to be a libertarian until 2008 happened and I woke up from my delusional haze.

@ReiEmeraldTakedo

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Wallace Oh? And what regulation was that? The "Let's force all the banks to make horrible gambles with other people's money" regulation? I don't think that one is on the books.

@joshportie

8 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Potts good for you bro, theres a lot of Koch money going into neolibertarian idealisms and I think most everyone knows what sort of people they are.

@joshportie

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Wallace you mean deregulation caused the 2008 crash. maybe go look it up again. lol

@joshportie

8 жыл бұрын

darthvader5300 absolutely, and Reagan was so scared of communism he put Osama Bin Laden into power to fight communism in Afganistan, he ended sherman anti-trust, started deregulation and bs reaganomics. Basically unchecked greed can break any economic system, the same unchecked greed that broke the back of the old soviet union is now breaking america. outsourced is due to our bs trade deals. unfortunately you are trying to talk to people who have had a steady diet of misinformation from our corporate conservative fascist media for years. Funny thing is the Kochs came from the soviet union, where their fathers greed and people like him helped to bring down your old country. Im not a stupid american and I know my history.

@joshportie

8 жыл бұрын

***** lol everything supports my claim, troll

Holy CRAP!!! It's like debating with a creationist. WOW!

@supersomebody101

4 жыл бұрын

I’m from 5 years in the future

@goranmilic442

4 жыл бұрын

@@supersomebody101 Libertarianism begins to look like a religion, a blind faith in free market and deregulation, without understanding why.

@chrishakala528

3 жыл бұрын

Well, there is a lot of overlap between those two groups.

I have this same experience every time I listen to a libertarian awkwardly attempt to explain their ideology. It's bewildering and confusing, and I always walk away from the conversation thinking "How does this person exist?"

Every single libertarian gets so angry, condescending and rude within the first couple of minutes - it’s crazy, they are so insecure And they don’t understand what Pavlov’s dog is about

@Soviet_Saguaro

Жыл бұрын

It's because they have zero critical thinking skills so if they don't yell it's not convincing 😂

"Government does not create Jobs" the largest employer in the world united states of defense... 🤔

@citypunk326

3 жыл бұрын

"no no no, those aren't jobs because people pay taxes and we all know taxes = not jobs"

I was a libertarian for about a year while I was doing my undergraduate work. I switched to the Democratic party when I "finally" realized that Libertarians are, for the most part, quasi-anarchists. I really just got tired of listening to ridiculous arguments about self-governance and how the federal government never positively affected the lives of those living in the US. They want to deregulate everything, and they have no clue how detrimental that would in actuality be for the nation.

@kazearaki853

8 жыл бұрын

Switching from the mouth of a crocodile into the mouth of a snake. Right wing libertarianism and right wing anarcho-capitalism has nothing to do whatsoever with anarchism. Google the writings of Noam Chomsky (available at Chomsky.info) for some basic understanding of Anarchism and Libertarian Socialism. The democratic party is only the lesser of two evils when compared to the republican party.

@aaronstanley7447

8 жыл бұрын

Kaze Araki "the lesser of two evils..." That was my point. My anarchist comment was an exaggeration that I thought might cement how strongly I feel about the party. And yes, I'm familiar with Chomsky's work and I have nothing but respect for him as an academic and an intellectual. His books, of which I have many, have been a positive influence in my life. However, I've neither seen, or read anything from the libertarian party that would compel me to reevaluate my political position. - beyond any theoretical political exercise. I may not agree with the party, but that doesn't mean I view those who have chosen to identify themselves as libertarians as misguided, or uniformed. Peace

@kazearaki853

8 жыл бұрын

A Stanley The libertarian party has nothing to do with real libertarianism or anarchism. The libertarian party represent the extreme right wing section of the conservative movement. True libertarian/anarchist like Chomsky are anti-capitalist. In Europe where the term originated, libertarianism represent left anarchism.

@kazearaki853

8 жыл бұрын

A Stanley The closest party to libertarianism is the green party but in general libertarians are oppose to party/centralize power like capitalism/communism and are more oriented towards collective endeavors.

@stevejoseph4514

7 жыл бұрын

NOT ONLY THAT, THEY SUPPORT AN IDEALOGY AND PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WAS BASICALLY STARTED BY THE KOCH BROTHERS TO TRICK A YOUNGER GENERATIN OF PEOPLE INTO SUPPORTING LIBERAL SOCIAL CAUSES, AND MASSIVELY RIGHT WING PRO CORPORATE CAUSES...SUCH AS ELIMINATING REGULATIONS AND TAXES.

Caller: “What governments have prevailed with regulations in place? Any governments?” Sam: “Ours. Europe’s....” Caller: “Besides those two!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

After seeing this guy lose his absolute shit after every little thing said, I'm not sure Seder was the real reason why this woman left.

Sam was far more rational then I know I could be debating someone who denies clear facts, and overall expressed amazing moron debating skills. also the ending was beautiful lol

@TheFamousMockingbird

6 жыл бұрын

Karl Marx he has a lot of experience in doing this and he has a pretty deep understanding on a wide range of ideas of both current and past politics and politicians

@NotoriousLightning

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you're really Karl Marx.

@treedillinger5801

Жыл бұрын

*than …9 years later

Quoting Adam Smith to pick holes in the modern economy is like citing Galen's theory of the Four Humours to address the failings of modern medicine.

@thatoneguyinthecomments2633

4 жыл бұрын

Adam smith is actually fairly relavent to discussing any market based economic system, as is Marx and a dozen others; bit like discussing physics without Newton, yes he was wrong about stuff, but even then he was usually pretty close and about as right as one could be with the knowledge at the time.

@stevenhaas9622

Жыл бұрын

Most of these mouth breathers have never read nor understand Adam Smith.

@MJW238

Жыл бұрын

It’s so silly - if these guys had even a basics understanding of Adam Smith that would know he certainly never said there shouldn’t be government regulations, and is hardly the guy (whether you agree with Smith’s views of not) to be relying on to support your Libertarian beliefs.

In a nutshell, "I'm a libertarian, I don't know about economics." I mean, yeah, I'm joking, but also, that's basically what he's saying by the 13 minute mark.

Times this guy moved the goalposts is hilarious

This guy asks for specific examples, then complains that the examples were too specific. Then he brings up macroeconomic theory and complains that the conversation has drifted off topic, away from the examples that he asked for. He also wants an instance where regulation has ever worked, then touts the local regulations of his community. If regulation doesn't work, then why are you doing it? There is not a coherent thought in this guy's head.

I just love the silent exchange as libertarian realizes his previous statement doesn't make sense.

This call never gets old. It's like every libertarian caller almost reaches the logical conclusion before sudden turns.

John from Sacramento: “Europe has totally failed.” Europe: “Don’t stress, John. We’re fine.”

This guy is a prank caller. That becomes clear about halfway through. Or he's drinking polluted well water from fracking.

@levin86osu

8 жыл бұрын

This is pretty typical of libertarians

@kdkseven

8 жыл бұрын

+TheScholar74 - No, i think his frustration, and ignorance, was genuine.

@grayforester

6 жыл бұрын

What is a libertarian but a troll of government?

@TheFamousMockingbird

6 жыл бұрын

His tone is far too emotional, you can just hear the absolute loyalty to what he believes to the point in an almost religious sense. This is a really a example of how just living in an echo chamber can lead to dogmatic views that are essentially cult like, but I feel like cult members wouldn't be this worried about what Sam think and could still have the self awarness that they are just embarrassing themselves.

@1MarkKeller

6 жыл бұрын

Could it be both?

Definite case of the dunning kruger effect.

@Badartist888

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. You are ahead of the curve using that term.

That guy 100% has a crush on whoever left the libertarian party and is trying to impress that person...

@IcarusLime

3 жыл бұрын

That kind of breaks my heart just a little bit. I wouldn’t wish unrequited love on anyone.

Omg I miss Michael Brooks laughing in the background. 🥺

A regulation that killed Businesses Thirteenth Amendment! Bring back slavery took my granddaddy's Businesses! (not being serious )

@1MarkKeller

6 жыл бұрын

There was a Libertarian caller on the show who did argue FOR slavery. That was cringy too.

I say we give these types a big part of Montana and let them have no government and no taxes - and let the rest of us watch the fun.

@redneckvoodoo3572

9 жыл бұрын

Only if we build a big fence around it so they can't get out.

@grayforester

6 жыл бұрын

Post WWII the richest Americans owed ninety percent of their income. It did not keep them from being the richest Americans, and it brought down crime and suicide rates.

@sirius1696

6 жыл бұрын

Bodhi the USSR's economy had 56 years of continuous growth without recession and went from a backwards feudalist economy to a global industrial superpower, growing by well over 5000%, so yeah, the USSR worked pretty damn well, actually. Otherwise, by that logic, the Great Depression completely discredited capitalism

@sirius1696

6 жыл бұрын

lis437 we'll call it "Somalia"

@parkerc9816

6 жыл бұрын

Bodhi did you ever consider that our GDP relies on resources and trade. We have one of the largest, if not THE largest agricultural districts in the world not to mention oil production, natural gas, forests (btw hi from western washington), iron, steel, and fish just off the top of my head and you are comparing the U.S. to places like Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden which have much smaller populations and much less land and those are the happiest countries in the world

I don't know how Sam could do this! I'm tearing my hair out just listening to that guy and I don't have to try and talk to him....good job Sam.

John really subsidized the hell out of the Majority Report on this call.

@TheJesselopez1981

8 ай бұрын

I think you mean "substidized."

Ho hum. "I've loaded up on AM radio to get my confirmation bias, and now that I am outside my bubble and comfort zone, I sound like a fool." You betcha!!

Europe has failed? Hello from the UK where we are still the fasted growing country in the G7 (which includes the US for anyone who doesnt know)

@legaliseme

9 жыл бұрын

At the time of my comment the UK was the fastest growing economy in the G7, and i am no supporter of austerity btw. Check it out with a simple google search "g7 growth" and look for articles from February 2015 when i posted my comment: UK was number 1 US was number 2. since then the UK was downgraded (as was the US) and forecasts from April put the US ahead and UK in number 2. regardless, Europe is not a failure, greece is a failure, spain, portugal and italy are bordering on being failures, but the UK, France, Germany, Poland, and the scandinavian states are all doing rather well thanks

@AffeAffelinTV

6 жыл бұрын

... somehow sad to read this after brexit 💷📊↘️

@jmiquelmb

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. "Let me ignore an entire continent that is more populated than the entire USA, and let's focuse on that random 10 million small country because it fits my agenda, even it has nothing to do with an excess of regulation"

@coletrickle1775

6 жыл бұрын

It's the G6 now. Damn toddler trump....

@leavy

5 жыл бұрын

this comment did not age well at all

Man that last 3rd of the call goes fully unhinged

Dude cites Thomas 👏Sowell 👏and Milton 👏 Friedman 👏I almost died laughing.

@stormburn1

4 ай бұрын

I love when people cite Friedman so I can ask them if they agree with him that illegal immigration is good specifically because it’s illegal. Then if they supported Reagan giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants while Friedman was advising his administration. They tend to stop citing him after that.

The example I would use of regulation working is glass steagal.

@mindoermatta

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Wallace Source please

@eblasphamy1

8 жыл бұрын

exactly! friggen idiot! regulation means the FED they hate and wall street are accountable to US! what a fool! lol he used oxymoronicle as a big word! oh man!

@xorealslowmd

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Wallace Elizabeth Warren proved it rather succinctly. KZread "Elizabeth Warren Glass Steagal" Separating commercial banks from investment banks led to nearly 40 years of growth without a major financial collapse. It worked.

@danendrahartawan9268

6 жыл бұрын

Logan Wallace what countries?

The guy laughing in the background- I want his job.

@elizamiller512

8 жыл бұрын

I think that's Matt.

@redlightmax

5 жыл бұрын

@@elizamiller512 I think that's Michael Brooks.

@heartofgod80

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, I want his job lmao

@chubbubdreamer6904

4 жыл бұрын

@@redlightmax Oh, it's definitely Michael. Could tell that laugh anywhere.

@Jamie-pm7we

3 жыл бұрын

:(

Caller: "Give me an example where regulation works" Sam: *gives example caller: "Stop using examples!"

He did the two biggest things that you’re not supposed to do in any debate. Those would be not listen to what the other side is saying, and arguing against yourself 😂

This caller sounds very ill-informed. Many industries in the United States are regulated on either a state or federal level, or both (i.e. utilities, telecommunications, prescription drugs). To suggest that government regulation does not work is an absolute fallacy. If the individual states and/or federal gov't did not regulate these and other industries, costs could potentially skyrocket and the doorway would open to high levels of corruption and minimal, if any, customer service standards. Kudos to Sam for putting this caller in his place and attempting to educate him!

Cutting taxes, reaganomics/rickle down economics didn't work. That policy didn't create jobs - on the contrary - it created the biggest income inequality gap since feudal times

“It was governments creates jobs! For Christ sake! Go to a learning annex! I can’t take this!” I literally laughed out loud.

"You can file a Lawsuit" Without regulations lawsuits don't exist because regulations are what lawsuits are based off of.........

His reference of Adam Smith is incorrect. Smith actually said that state intervention for the rich is evil and state intervention for the poor is justified. Smith also supported a limit in the rate of interest that could be charged as just above the market rate. Even Hayek said that a free market finance system would cause instability. The economists they reference were supportive of free markets but saw they had their limits. Libertarians on the other hand are just modern day Leninist, they take one idea and apply it as some universal solution to all of societies problems. Its reductionist nonsense. On Friedman he once wrote a paper saying that the assumptions of theory in economics doesn't matter as long as the results are observed I reality. Macroeconomic theories now assume people can see into the future. Utter nonsense.

This caller's house must be painted with lead base painy.

I love how Sam just calmly asks questions and lets them talk........then lowers the hammer....its beautiful to watch

I love how you can literally hear this guys brain shutdown and reboot numerous times when Sam quickly and easily answers his questions. “Does not compute”

When has regulation ever worked? Building standards to withstand earthquakes. The 1989 San Francisco-Oakland (aka Loma Prieta) magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed 67 people and caused more than $5 billion in damages. The 1985 Mexico City 8.0 magnitude earthquake was much stronger and damaging with 10,000 to 65,000 people killed and 412 buildings collapsed and another 3,124 were seriously damaged in the city. The tremendous death and destruction in Mexico City was exasperated by the lack of building regulations and inspection in this Libertarian dereg paradise. People complain about building standards and regulations but they would not wish to live in a place where shoddy building fall apart regularly. But I guess Libertarians would argue that people should have the freedom to live in unsafe unregulated hovels and risk the disasters.

@LegendaMK

9 жыл бұрын

Bat Guano And then Libertarians would stand around and watch as people express their freedom to bleed out.

18:59 I think I about lost it as much as Michael did there.

"everything you've ever said ever" LMAO

The audio subtitles trying to keep up at 11:50 is some of the best comedy around.

These libertarian guys that call in from time to time are horribly annoying.

"I want you to stay on topic." Did he just tell YOU to stay on topic Sam? LMFAO!

As a new fan, these flood of libertarian debates are giving me life. I hope there are regulations that never let you die Sam.

Sam: Would you concede ... in that instance the federal government had created 23 jobs? John: ... For who? Sam: What?!? Me: *cry laughing*

Good lord, that was embarrassing. His "limited government" became increasingly less limited as thw conversation wore on. There are libertarians who know what thet're talking about, but this caller seems like he just listened to some people spouting about how much they hate government (particularly the kind who use "Founding Fathers" as an argument in and of itself) and he decided he hates government as well without processing any details why.

@barryween4478

Жыл бұрын

If they know what they're talking about, they aren't Libertarians.

@VanguardSupreme

Жыл бұрын

@@barryween4478 ...And how! The original comment was made eight years ago, when I was a naive child of 29. My sincerest apologies.

This Libertarian just doesn't know anything.....he's just...far gone lol I can't listen to the whole thing....

@yourfave

10 жыл бұрын

Once he said he has his well water tested daily.... I gave up.

@yourfave

9 жыл бұрын

***** They did not check the water because there was anything wrong but because they were crazy. I asked them about what references material did they use to check the water. And testing daily is an overkill.

@yourfave

9 жыл бұрын

Most of the pollutants might not be tested by a normal kit. Yes, I trust the government you know who I do not trust? Private corporations that pollute our groundwater and surface water (you call them free enterprises in libertarian lingo). And yes I have owned a well and I was glad when I got on the city pipelines, wells are expensive and stuff (I live in New Mexico). But you continue testing your well because you never know the pollutants you might get, I hope he tests for the one that makes him crazy. I was once a libertarian, but then I grew up and left high school and realized our constitution began with 'We the people...' and realized as an individual I can not survive alone. I live in a society and I am a social animal. Libertarianism is for high school boys who have just discovered mustabartion and want to be left alone in the basement to jerk off. Once you start having real relationships with fellow adults you should grow out of it.

This whole conversation could have been shut down three minutes in with one word: Enron.

"I get my water tested on a daily basis" Ummm...... Are you sure that's the truth?

Libertarians are in a snit because candy and gumdrops don't rain from the sky .

This is sad. He's just parroting things he's heard. Contradictory evidence to the nonsense he's read, makes his head spin.

I used to inspect water for my state. The caller said he is on well water so he doesn't deal with regulations. Little does he know that the state inspects wells before allowing the house to be lived in to make sure that the well has integrity, isn't compromised, or has contaminated water before he even gets to use it. IF you have the well replaced or worked on, and you can't pass drinking water standards, the state has a right to condemn your well.

John wants to sound smart and is failing miserably🤣🤣🤣

Why does every libertarian always have their own well??

@HauntaskhanHYPNOSIS

6 жыл бұрын

Dude. New dank memes. Pepe with a well in the background. Lmfao

Damn you, Sam! You're always using statistics and specific examples to prove your point. Oh, wait...

“What do you want to talk about?” “I don’t know why you keep bringing these things up?” “Okay, so what do you want to talk about?” “Sam, let’s stay on topic!” Basically the whole conversation.

John: Give me an example! Sam: Here's an example. John: That's a specific incidence! Give me a broader example! Sam: Here's a broader example. John: You are so general! Give me a specific example! Sam: Remember that specific example from before? John: That's a specific incidence! Give me a broader example!

Wow, I think John turned me into an atheist. At the very least John's existence should disprove any intelligent creator argument.

@jaimethomas4833

10 жыл бұрын

LMAO

Dude gets completely butthurt when Sam punctures his arguments by citing specific instances, cites his own specific instance regarding his water to try to counter one of Sam's arguments lolololololololol

John: "That's too specific" Also John: "That's too general and vague."

Sam is so patient.