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62% of American young adults favor socialism.But that’s just ignorant.Capitalism is the only system that creates better lives for more people!_ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, “Capitalism, at its core, is the absolute pursuit of profit… That is not a redeemable system."Yes, capitalism can be ugly, selfish, and sometimes ruthless. But nothing else works.Under capitalism, you can only get rich by creating useful things for everyone else.The economically ignorant don't understand that.They say, “We have a finite amount of money. Jeff Bezos has $100 billion. His wealth is making a lot of people poorer.”So if someone has millions, the rest of us have millions less.But there ISN'T a finite amount of money. Trade CREATES wealth.In my video above we debunk more of the socialists' economically ignorant ideas....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExwihnFmvM

Socialism creates chaos. It’s why people want to escape it. Gloria Alvarez knows....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p6gudVPi90

Fossil fuels are…moral?Yes, says Alex Epstein, because “3 billion people...use less electricity than a refrigerator." To let them to have a modern life, "that's going to depend on fossil fuels.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjBbxJfxZ3Q

A few moments with Ted Turner, discussing charity and greed. Later he took me to lunch at his buffalo meat restaurant.I liked him. He was a refreshingly open billionaire and a remarkable innovator....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1SZtBcyzo

Activists are angry about data centers. They call them “uniquely evil.” One activist even shot a politician’s house 13 times.Why the hate?Because Data centers use lots of water and electricity. But we need them! They store and process everything we do online._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _There’s more demand for data centers now as more people use AI.Activists complain they “use resources like a madman.”"They are resource-intensive, but so are most productive things we’ve done in human history,” argues Paige Lambermont of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. People worry about increased electricity costs. But so far, research shows data centers haven’t caused significant price increases “Prices in Virginia are rising more slowly than they are some other places,” says Lambermont, "even though…more data centers are in northern Virginia than anywhere else.”So why is electricity so expensive? Because of government, not data centers. See why in my video above....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgooIHuDC8

“I'm going to speak the truth here, and this is not pleasant for people to hear.” In my podcast with author Heather Mac Donald, she says uncomfortable things about race, crime, feminism and more.For example, she says, “The reality of our world today is not white privilege. It's black privilege.” She says many jobs and colleges today unfairly favor black candidates with fewer skills. “Harvard until recently had about 16% blacks in its freshman class,” says Mac Donald, “If it admitted based on academic merit, there would be less than 1%.” She’s been repeatedly called “‘racist’ for saying things like that. “Am I a racist for bringing this up? I am not!” responds Mac Donald, “The facts are the facts … They have been completely kept out of the public eye to keep this systemic lie of racism going on.” In this podcast, more facts you won’t hear covered by mainstream media....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-6MtKylZM

A law in Scotland threatens you with seven years in JAIL if you misgender someone. GLAD JK Rowling calls this a threat to free speech. Here is how she protested:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuaoIuF0XRw

It’s upsetting so many kids love socialism. Gloria Alvarez is socialism’s worst nightmare....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF48lUBoz-g

The West is blamed for oppression, racism, inequity… That’s “so blind to the reality of history!” says author Heather Mac Donald. The West also brought the rule of law, science, engineering, and more:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOh--_3iow8

Nicotine pouches, like Zyn, are safer than smoking. But now, politicians want to restrict the pouches. Here's why that's a problem._ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ Some states ban flavored nicotine pouches. Others slap big taxes on them. Some as high as 95% That doesn’t protect people. That's keeps more people smoking. Because: “If you make the safer alternative more expensive," Guy Bentley of the Reason Foundation explains, "more cigarettes will be sold.” Politicians say they’re doing this for the kids! “Pouches seem to lock their sights on young kids!” warns Senator Chuck Schumer. “The governor is a grandmother!" proclaim bureaucrats in my state. "She cares about the health of our children.” “Please,” responds Bentley, “Almost no kids are using these products.” Only 0.6% of high schoolers use them regularly. “It's adults who were buying the stuff?” I ask. “It is,” explains Bentley, “More than seven million American adults are using nicotine pouches … And that's a good thing, not a bad thing.” It is. My video above explains why, and how the “just-ban-things” crowd create more problems: like black markets and crime....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBOgQIU8ws

“You don’t forget how to be an architect when you move from California to Arizona” says attorney Tim Sandefur, mocking laws forcing people to get a new license when they move to a new state....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgLTqKp4dk

Malaria kills lots of people. Bjorn Lomborg, author of “Best Things First, " has a relatively cheap plan to save 260,000 people from this disease every year....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJx_I623C8M

When there’s a problem, politicians always have “solutions.” History shows those “solutions” often make things worse. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ We’re told FDR and his New Deal saved America from the Great Depression. Economist Donald J. Boudreaux, author of “The Triumph of Economic Freedom,” says that’s a myth: “He created government programs all right, but they did not pull us out of the Depression.” When farmers complained about low prices, government paid farmers to destroy their crops. “People can't eat prices. They have to eat food!” says Boudreaux. 70 years later, during the Great Recession, politicians again blamed free markets and pushed more government “solutions.” Boudreaux says that’s why both downturns lasted so long....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URAJzjy6sU

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Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg said that we could help the world’s poor much more if we didn’t waste trillions pretending to fight climate change....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiwsCOTiA4I

Day care costs are rising, and government promises they’ll fix it!But when government “fixes" something, that means more rules._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ “Government rules have unintended consequences,” says Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women’s Forum. Consequences like fewer day care centers and higher prices.Government rules also make lower-cost options like in-home day care centers hard to start, even though parents want them."They are layering on regulations that make it impossible," explains Lukas.Oklahoma’s day care rules are 180 pages. Illinois gives conflicting commands: require a blanket for each infant, but then, they also prohibit use of “soft bedding."Why would you open a place if you have to understand all of that, let alone obey it? I wouldn’t.“Every time you have to figure out another rule to comply with, it’s another reason not to do it,” says Lukas. In the video above, I look at how bureaucrats’ well-intended rules make day care centers hard to start and afford....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-179wCFgkX8

Climate researcher Judith Curry says climate scientists have a reason to exaggerate risk.What’s in it for them?“Fame and fortune,” Curry tells me.Curry has inside info about how “the science” has been hijacked....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWoxoVWw9FY

Popular podcaster Dave Rubin started out on the left … politically. Rubin explains how he “woke up.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHpzj1ai690

"Tax the rich!" is popular. But don't politicians realize, in America, people can MOVE?_ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ Washington state just passed a "millionaires' tax." Starbucks billionaire Howard Schultz already announced his move to Florida. You'd think politicians would learn, but no. California politicians now want an extra 5% tax on billionaires' wealth. “The benefit,” say activists, “is going to outweigh a couple people moving out of the state.” But California has already lost billions in taxes because so many people (and companies) left. If they pass their new tax, they'll lose more. “When people are not well treated, they’re gonna’ go elsewhere” argues Steve Forbes. I push back: "You're just a rich guy who wants to protect his stuff." "I may have done well in life," says Forbes, "But what I want is a world in which … ALL people have a chance to improve their lot in life." The video above explains why taxing the rich makes life harder for everyone, even the poor....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_U6_8Cm4_g

During the last 5 years our government has imposed lockdowns, caused inflation, increased the deficit, started trade wars, and now a real war.It makes me wonder; how would things have been different if we had a libertarian President?Well, here’s my discussion with 2020’s libertarian Presidential candidate, Jo Jorgensen.We originally spoke 5 years ago, but our conversation covers issues that are still important today....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk-fRCGoKT8

Elon Musk calls the woke left a "mind virus." James Lindsay points out, “they call it a virus themselves!” He explains how their ideas spread:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXxLLT9ZmPc

“Socialists always love their luxuries,” says Gloria Alvarez. She gives examples....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZEWK3F2Dc

Who owns you?Government often acts like they own us.But lawyer Tim Sandefur reminds us, we own ourselves._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _In our extended interview, Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute argues: “People should not have power over other people’s lives.”His book, You Don’t Own Me, talks about that, and how popular culture often reflects this message.“Ours is a nation where the individual’s right to pursue happiness is written into it’s foundational document” he reminds us.In the video above, more on Sandefur’s book, libertarianism, Hollywood propaganda, and his fight against government overreach....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piVbs-QS2Q8

Charles Murray explains how poor people “lost ground” because of the War on Poverty....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqGB4ab7eiM

I ask Jordan Peterson if his ideas hurt weaker people.His response:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NunSOu_KW0

President Trump signed executive order to pay TSA employees.The budget fight caused even longer airport security lines.Why is security government run anyway?At San Francisco and a dozen other airports it's not. Security is better and lines are shorter!Years ago I reported how government workers do a worse job than private screeners, but spent 10x as much!...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-41ZncDo84

A dictator who made free market reforms now causes capitalism to be wrongly smeared. Gloria Alvarez explains....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoSrACm9NPM

Politicians say they can “fix” the economy.But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib..._ _ _ _ _ _Hayek and Mises predicted the fall of the Soviet Union. They warned that centrally planned economies fail.But today, socialism is popular again. New York and Seattle have elected socialist mayors.Many politicians still believe that government can manage the economy—an idea popularized by economist John Maynard Keynes.Keynes was revered. Politicians love his arguments.But Hayek and Mises warned that government intervention leads to inflation, instability, and boom-bust cycles.They were right.Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute @misesmedia explains why we should read Hayek and Mises today....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxW7JRc414Y

For years, Sen Rand Paul has aggressively called for investigations of America’s role in funding “gain of function” research, experiments that make a virus more contagious or deadly....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBZqAynCZfw

The horrible left. The mediocre right. Gloria Alvarez wants a new territory with “actual free markets.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52SOzKknlVo

Have you heard that your steak is killing the planet?That’s what climate activists say. But it’s not true._ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Arnold Schwarzenegger say “eat less meat.”“Stop using animals for any purpose whatsoever,” says Vegan Activist Sailesh Rao.He says animal agriculture “has caused half the warming we are experiencing.”Really? asks Stossel TV Fellow Linnea Lueken, of @HeartlandInstitute. Scientist Greg Wrightstone responds that is “nonsense.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqTcrg72JM

A Surprising Reason for the Fall of RomeWhy did Rome fall?There were lots of reasons…disease…barbarian invaders.But also a reason modern societies should worry about: entitlements!Yes, really.“Rome could conquer the world,” explains historian Johan Norberg, “but they couldn’t do entitlement reform.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOSupmZKzEU

Sen Rand Paul has publicly feuded with Dr Anthony Fauci over his handling of the pandemic....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbmkqMa6K7s

Ancient Athens was once one of the richest places in the world.Why? Free trade! “Freedom to do business was greater than in any country in the world today,” explains historian Johan Norberg.Here’s how trade CREATES wealth:...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xzp_K15Gg

Obamacare turns 16 this month.The official name was “Affordable Care Act.” Many politicians claimed it would lower health care costs with expert panels and better management.But the law’s growing rules and mandates often have the opposite effect!———To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib...———Business owner Loren Goodridge says it forces him to cut workers’ hours and keeps him from expanding.“This bill is devastating.”A Classic Stossel from 2013....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9WsToaMxM

Are gun-free zones helpful? Maj Toure says NO! “90% of mass shootings are in gun-free zones.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4nykuroS4

Fossil fuels make life on Earth better, yet nobody values them. Author Alex Epstein makes the moral case for fossil fuels....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAq45g5PilI

One year after California wildfires destroyed more than 10,000 homes, only a handful have been rebuilt.But Los Angeles' mayor says the recovery has been “pretty quick.”_ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ “It doesn’t feel pretty quick for that family that's living in a hotel,” says wildfire survivor Jim Cragg. Officials like Gavin Newsom promised “efficiency,” but wildfire victims still face a mountain of rules. So many rules that most fire victims haven’t even applied for permits.Meanwhile, government still charges property tax on burned-out lots. In the video above, I look at the rules keeping people from rebuilding....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UisV4Na-qc

I don’t bother interviewing most politicians. But former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is interesting.Unlike most politicians, he has experience as an entrepreneur, he criticizes politicians for their "magical thinking," and he even left his party (the Democrats) to start the "Forward Party."I spoke to him in 2021, soon after its launch. We discuss if a third party could ever succeed, where politicians' magical thinking has failed, entrepreneurship, and I push back on his vision for universal basic income (basically free money)....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BijIQxIIiJQ

Some people seem angry about everything. Dave Rubin blames it on the victim mentality....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvAzBY9GQPM

Author Heather Mac Donald argues President Trump's use of the “bully pulpit” will “liberate us."...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-O1mBXC0g

We're one year into President Donald Trump’s second term. Trump says, "we're doing a job like nobody's ever seen before!" Is that true?_ _ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ In this video, we give the President grades for his first year. He's done a lot of good. I give him A's for his accessibility and for ending Biden's self-destructive energy policies. He also deserves a good grade on regulation. But he gets F's for his needless bullying and absurd bragging. And although Trump says he deserves an "A+++++" on the economy... "Clearly not," laughs economist Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute, "I think we have to give him maybe a D+ on that." In the video above, we explain....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRsyByPLLQ

Jordan Peterson tells people to be “dangerous.” Millions listen....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkk8KmwxUlw

North Korean propaganda portrays Kim Jong Il as a god-like genius… a leader who shows up at stalled factories, and fixes them with ease. Michael Malice visited North Korea to see the propaganda first-hand....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyY4q9Y9SJE

“I'm going to speak the truth here, and this is not pleasant for people to hear.” In my extended interview with author Heather Mac Donald, she says uncomfortable things about race, crime, feminism and more._ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form_ _ _ _ _ _ For example, she says, “The reality of our world today is not white privilege. It's black privilege.” She says many jobs and colleges today unfairly favor black candidates with fewer skills. “Harvard until recently had about 16% blacks in its freshman class,” says Mac Donald, “If it admitted based on academic merit, there would be less than 1%.” She’s been repeatedly called “‘racist’ for saying stuff things like that. “Am I a racist for bringing this up? I am not!” responds Mac Donald, “The facts are the facts … They have been completely kept out of the public eye to keep this systemic lie of racism going on.” In the video above, more facts you won’t hear covered by mainstream media....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqhSnZE7lA

Be selfish… especially in love, says Yaron Brook."Imagine going to the woman you’re going to marry and saying, I'm not doing this for me. This is a sacrifice.She'd slap you across the face, as she should!”’...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXXIKpbxL5U

The federal government loses $500 BILLION of taxpayer dollars to fraud every year.Welfare programs rush money out the door, without carefully checking who gets it, and whether they deserve to get it.———To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib...——— Fraud in Minnesota is in the news… but the problem is every state! Why is it so easy to steal? The system is designed that way.“You’re measuring the success by the amount of money you put out” says fraud expert Andrew McClenahan, of the United Council on Welfare Fraud.The United States, he says, is “the easiest game in town.”One reason is that state politicians aren’t so eager to crack down on fraud because local voters collect, while federal taxpayers pay. In this video, we show how bad incentives, not just bad actors, turn America into fraud nation....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrTarwxXo7U

The left is obsessed with victimhood. Dave Rubin says it’s become a competition. He calls it the “Oppression Olympics.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcmUYyx6Lw

Am I sexist? I think men and women are different. But experts say those differences don’t exist._ _ _ _ _To make sure you receive the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ Experts have said that since I was young. Years ago, I asked feminist leader Gloria Steinem, “Aren't women in general better nurturers?” “No,” she responds angrily, “Next question.” Today, the Steinem argument has largely won, and many people are scared to talk about differences. I’m glad Heather Mac Donald isn’t. She went viral on X saying, “it is not a product of systemic misogyny that males brought us the scientific revolution, that they circumnavigated the globe.” I ask her about that. “If we weren't so insane,” she tells me, “It would be perfectly obvious that there are innate differences between males and females.” In the video above, we discuss what those are, and the consequences of ignoring them....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFXRoKzWFR0

Are we witnessing the fall of the American empire? Are we doomed to fall, like Ancient Athens, Ancient Rome and others?No. But if we don’t learn the lessons of history, we could be. To avoid collapse, historian Johan Norberg argues we especially need to learn from the rise and fall of past golden ages—like Ancient Athens, Ancient Rome, China’s Song Dynasty, the Italian Renaissance, and more.“What sets these golden ages apart," he explains, "is that they managed to ... give more people more freedoms.” Like freedom to trade. That helped many golden ages prosper.In this podcast, we also discuss what led to their decline. I was surprised to learn that many problems we face today (like inflation and unsustainable entitlement spending) also destroyed societies more than a thousand years ago. “But that doesn't mean that we're doomed,” says Norberg. “There are so many instances where societies faced terrible situations … but bounced back … So there is still time. We can still save this golden age.”...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FomZxFPBMrE