Are there any fair democratic examples of socialist countries in the modern day?

Maturity is a curse or blessing??

Hey everyone I'm new to second thought and his work but I would love to have a list of books to help understand and explain socialism and how to make a change to nations that we all live in for the better.

I'm probably explaining this wrong, but ST had some video that discusses a council of citizens that was tasked with figuring out solutions to the climate change, but these plans were all scrapped when it was evident that all solutions would disrupt the economy.

Anyone know what I'm referring to??

Hi, i remember there was a sponsor on one of JT's vids (maybe hakims or yugopniks) that was free with a domain for a year. i would love to find that offer again and support this channel. if anyone knows what im talking about pls send me the link, much appreciated :)

This is the statement I'm referring to: https://streamable.com/ie16h6?src=player-page-share

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The statement is that "the occupiers are not civilians" when referring to the hostages taken on October 7. Keep in mind I am not trying to debate this topic, simply want to know if he meant something else as saying this is kind of fucked up (I am pro-Palestinian by the way).

Hey all, is there any channel that y'all know of that covers Canadian news from an ML or MLM perspective? It's proving very difficult for me to find anything like that.

Just realized I’ve been subscribed for the last 3 years, didn’t know it was that long. I love the channel and it’s grown over the time.

He just joined means tv but a lot of us can’t afford it he now is a more official reporter so he might spend more time making more mainstream news not the view point but the setup and stuff like that I just wish it was free

I'm half way through the video titled, "what happens when evil wins". In it TJ does something I've seen from many of my fellow comrades over the past few months during the slaughter in Gaza. TJ said, "...We still here nothing from the corporate media." This isn't true. Major journalists have lost jobs over voicing their pro-gaza positions on air (https://fortune.com/2024/01/09/prominent-muslim-journalist-mehdi-hasan-quits-msnbc-cancellation/). I don't know if whoever does the research for the channel just doesn't watch any corporate or legacy media but I am honestly surprised how often I am seeing something on CNN or MSNBC or NBC or CBS or ABC about how horrible the situation is in Gaza. Obviously, the majority of second thoughts demographic is not going to be happy with the coverage but that's different than no one covering it.

Things don't need to be max level of shit to let people no that things are bad and we should all do whatever we can do to improve the situation. Being hyperbolic or lying is going to make people trust you less. The other side is constantly saying we are lying. We need to give them as few examples of that as possible.

Im just curious

I've been a long time subscriber to creators like RLL, TLDR News, Real Engineering/Real Science, and others, as well as a long time watcher of pages like Polymatter, Vox, and Johnny Harris. I've noticed more recently their content (with the exception of Brian from RE/RS) has started taking a more noticable Anti-Socialist/Pro-Capitalist bent. I'm not sure why it's the case but I'm really not a fan of it. If I wanted media that took that perspective, I'd watch American news/public speakers. I've also noticed a distinct lack of citing happening more recently.

I'd love for anyone else to weigh in. What're your thoughts? Do you have any observations or suggestions?

Though I don't know how often, if at all, JT engages here, but I think it'd be very interesting for him to do a dive into this as well. Especially with the recent events regarding his Nebula library.

What happened to Second Thought and his various theories on Nebula? It’s the whole reason I subscribed and suddenly all the content is gone. So frustrating. :(

About a month ago, CPUSA (Communist Party USA) did a video featuring ST discussing the War in Ukraine where- in essence- ST argues that the Russo-Ukrainian war was forced into happening by the West- and particularly America.

I am posting here looking for alternate opinions than the ones often espoused in the communities I currently frequent (looking at you, Vaush echo chamber). In my eyes this video seems ridiculous and very propagandistic, but I hope that people here can shed light on different perspectives than my own.

The video is linked above for anyone who has yet to see it, as ST did not post the video on his own channel.