like really, you’re just realizing that now??

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    Next LinusMediaGroup video is titled “I’m turning my company into a worker-owned cooperative”, and the thumbnail is Linus standing in front of a red star on a black background. In the intro of the video, he says this:

    You know the cliché: socialism doesn’t work. Everyone is telling you it’ll lead to starvation, because of the holodomor. But after I did the bare minimum of actual research that did not involve any far-right think-tanks, it turns out the holodomor was caused by the Ukrainians not wanting to suck it up to Stalin, and then Stalin doing a bit of a revenge, instead of “planned economy” and a lack of “infinite growth”. So I did even more research, it turns out, just like the right has its more quote mark “libertarian” counterpart, socialism, at least originally, was a very libertarian movement, it’s just the definition was changed by both Stalinist regimes, and those far-right think-tanks. And it’s actually awesome when implemented correctly! You know what else is awesome? Our sponsor squarespace.

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    He’s not American, so he might’ve had a different view on things. The view of many pro business not-quite-Americans is of this place as a land of promise and opportunity. It’s why so many immigrate in hoping them or their children can make a good life, when they’re really just convenient labor for the ruling class. Still a stale af take though.

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    3 months ago

    I no longer care about anything this clown has to say. Refusing to address the allegations is admittion of guilt in the worst possible way.

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      Anyone who keeps bringing up “allegations” against Linus is huffing too many of Steve’s farts. Dude can’t even bother to actually bring facts to the table, and has made shitting on Linus his entire personality and channel money maker.