Liberty MavenSuperb Individualism versus Collectivism Video Series
January 27th, 2008 9:22 pm | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Big Government, Communism, Constitution, Economics, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Free Market, History, Individual Responsibility, Libertarianism, Liberty, Philosophy, Politics, Social Security, Socialism, Taxes, Video | 4 Responses
This will take more effort to watch than your average mindless youtube video. I highly recommend you watch all the parts though. Truly great stuff.
STOPandLook productions brings you an animated series exploring the substance behind the political terminology used in contemporary debates. There are 6 parts to this series (including the introduction).
Introduction:
Part 1:
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March 10th, 2011 at 3:43 pm (#)
If you know nothing about logic and are easily duped by the "strawman" argument, then thse animations are as good as any trap to step into. Its authors begin by painting their view of "individualism" as the only alternative to what everybody else supposedly believes, which they call "collectivism" (and which they identify with the totalitarianism of Hitler, Stalin – and every other bad guy in history-)
Once their established this flimsey foundation, they build their shakey house of cards higher and higher, until their followers hate just about everything and everybody, but themselves.
March 10th, 2011 at 3:43 pm (#)
If you know nothing about logic and are easily duped by the "strawman" argument, then these animated lectures are as good as any trap to fall into. Its authors begin by painting their view of "individualism" as the only alternative to what everybody else supposedly believes, which they call "collectivism" (and which they identify with the totalitarianism of Hitler, Stalin – and every other bad guy in history-)
Once their established this flimsey foundation, they build their shakey house of cards higher and higher, until their followers hate just about everything and everybody, but themselves.
I suggest readers stop and ask themselves after the first lecture, if not sooner, if they have ever run into any of the "collectivists" these people clain are EVERYWHERE! Have you ever known a liberal and/or Democratic spokesman who ever spoke anything like what these people put into their mouthes?
March 10th, 2011 at 3:43 pm (#)
If you know nothing about logic and are easily duped by the "strawman" argument, then these animated lectures are as good as any trap to fall into. Its authors begin by painting their view of "individualism" as the only alternative to what everybody else supposedly believes, which they call "collectivism" (and which they identify with the totalitarianism of Hitler, Stalin – and every other bad guy in history-)
Once their established this flimsey foundation, they build their shakey house of cards higher and higher, until their followers hate just about everything and everybody, but themselves.
I suggest readers stop and ask themselves after the first lecture, if not sooner, if they have ever run into any of the "collectivists" these people clain are EVERYWHERE! Have you ever known a liberal and/or Democratic spokesman who ever spoke anything like what these people put into their mouths?
March 10th, 2011 at 3:53 pm (#)
By the way, I've tried in vain to find out something about "STOPandLOOK Prodcutions" and I can find NOTHING other than the attribution in these videos to that "source". A source is supposed to be something that you may know that helps give you confidence in what they produce. It's not supposed to be more mysterious than what they produce!