You’ll never get a person to understand something that their livelihood depends on them misunderstanding.

"Hollywood's a mess..."
"Ha! of course it is, with all the sexual abuse and..."
"...because of the high minimum wage"
"...oh. This is one of THOSE channels"

"Im not a shill i just write propaganda videos for one  of the most powerful right wing think tanks in American history."

“Trade and commerce are the opposite of violence”

Explain the Opium Wars, Sean.

I knew this would be cursed as soon as the video claimed Hollywood was failing because of "hyper-unionization" instead of, ya know, the exact opposite

Anyone who is claiming to not have a political affiliation is deceiving themselves. You may not be affiliated with a political party, but if you have any beliefs whatsoever, they are definitely going to align with a political term that is in some way controversial

"Theory-induced blindness" just sounds like confirmation bias

The scream i scremt when i heard the title "the subtle communism of Jurassic Park"

Give me a conservative YouTuber and I'll show you a failed creative. So many of these people originally wanted to write movies and such but had no imagination for it. Ben Shapiro wanted to write movies but failed at it so he created the Daily Wire to rage at Hollywood for not picking him. I'm sure this guy was the same way.

Tapped on this video to play it in the background, and I ACTUALLY KNOW THAT GUY! He was a pretty good drummer and composer in college and wanted to score movies/television/commercials. He was nice enough out of high school, but got less and less fun as he got out of college. He and his brother grew up in a rural-ish community in Nebraska, financially comfortable, went to public school, had a parent employed by public school, and Sean always seemed resentful about that kind of stuff. Resentful towards public schools, towards community, just a bit of a bummer to talk to. Nice to see his one or two Econ classes are still what he is drawing from 20 years later.

Benjamin Franklin once said "When I was 14 I read Atlas Shrugged and it informed my decisions ever since.".

"intellectually immature chicken-sh*t", this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels

From the year 2025, the bit about Black Panther and refusal to trade being the eventual death of a nation is very funny

I didn't realize that when Rexy was eating the rich she was doing so in the name of the working class, slay queen!

"ralph doesnt feel like a bad guy bc he never was one"

???? whfkejdkdj?????? im dying he delivers the line like it's some niche fan theory and not the premise of the movie im so lost

The beauty of the Ghostbusters example is that while Peck is an asshole, he isnt entirely wrong.  Venoman's response to being questioned by the EPA (justifiably) about what it is they do, is to lash out angrily, he doesnt consuly a lawyer, he doesnt do anything to assuage the concerns of government regulators, he threatens to sue someone.

Worse is that the incredibly dangerous laser containment grid theyve got, is so unsafely designed, it can be shut down with the flip if a single switch.

Guess he didn't make it as a musician because he believes a band is an affiliation of individuals playing simultaneous solos at all times.

Actually, the part of "The Ghostbusters" that Shawn (with his second-grade understanding of the relationship between government and commerce) totally glosses over in his video is the part where Egon is explaining the crisis that they were quickly coming up against with the containment system and the amount of energy that was accumulating within it as a result of all the ghosts they were catching and storing. Even if the EPA inspector hadn't come in and shut down the containment system, thereby sparking the final crises of the movie, it was on its way. So, private enterprise was dealing with forces it didn't fully understand, and through its actions was creating a crises situation that was going to befall the city, one way or the other. The government was doing nothing more than what it is mandated to do by the people: To provide oversight and regulatory guidance to private enterprise that allows such commerce to take place safely, profitably, and for the benefit of the public.

But Shawn, yeah, he just kinda breezes on by that, doesn't he?

I'm always confused by this strange idea that pro-capitalist (and especially the subset of so-called ''libertarians") have which is that trade = capitalism. That the existence of a market necessarily implies the existence of capitalism. It just isn't true. The existence of a market no more requires capitalism than the existence of a floor requires dancing. It's a bizarre conclusion to make if you have even a basic understanding of economics.

Why yes Sean, the East India Trading Company WAS a force for good and definitely did not lead to the colonization of an entire subcontinent that only ended  in my grandfathers lifetime, ie. NOT VERY LONG AGO!
Edit: I looked up at my screen at the exact time the shot of your dog appeared and instinctively cooed doggie, and so when their tail started wagging it was as if they had heard me, it absolutely made my day ❤