CAPITALISM VS. SOCIALISM - with Historian Dr. Rainer Zitelmann - #705
THE SAVAGE NATION
Michael Savage
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Savage speaks with best-selling author and historian Dr. Rainer Zitelmann to debunk the myths about capitalism and expose the growing threat of socialism. German-born Zitelmann first explains how Hitler's policies were more anti-capitalist than commonly believed. He also criticizes the shift towards planned economies in Europe and the US, using Poland as an example of a country that suffered under a planned economy after World War II but has since turned towards capitalism. They discuss the increasing popularity of socialist ideologies worldwide and warn about the consequences of socialist experiments, using Venezuela and Vietnam as examples. He also criticizes wealthy individuals who support higher taxes and Democratic politicians despite potentially negative consequences for their businesses. The professor believes nations forget why they became successful and replace capitalism with a victimhood mentality. He also criticizes entrepreneurs and conservatives for not fighting for capitalism and instead focusing on their businesses, while intellectuals create theories of socialism and blame capitalism for socialism's failures.
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| 0:00.0 | And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture. |
| 0:14.0 | Here he is, Michael Savage. |
| 0:17.0 | Republicans may not like it, but I'm going to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share. |
| 0:25.0 | Good morning doctor how are you nice to see you. |
| 0:28.0 | Great nice to see you. |
| 0:30.0 | So where am I speaking with you? Where are you in Germany? |
| 0:34.0 | I'm in Berlin in the capital. |
| 0:36.0 | Are you? |
| 0:38.0 | Oh, I'm in the outside of San Francisco. |
| 0:40.0 | It's interesting that we're going to talk today about your topic because I purchased this book a while ago which I have not yet read |
| 0:48.8 | Ah, okay. Because I'm fascinated by the history of Germany and I was joking with myself I said how did the great nation like Germany go from an iron cross to a red cross in one generation and of course that's I play jokes with myself to keep myself from going |
| 1:04.9 | completely mad. So if you're interested in this I produced the film it was a |
| 1:11.0 | Godna Walt at Freedom Fest two years ago in Las Vegas. |
| 1:15.9 | It's life behind the Berlin Wall. |
| 1:18.5 | And it's a comparison between East and West Germany. |
| 1:22.3 | They showed at schools in the United States today. |
| 1:25.9 | I did it with a free to choose network who worked together |
| 1:29.6 | with Milton Friedman. |
| 1:31.0 | And we have this. |
| 1:32.0 | It's only a 17 minutes to compare eastern |
| 1:35.2 | rest Germany and I have another thing maybe I can send it to you if you like wait |
| 1:41.0 | a second no problem love it's like what I do during interviews I do the |
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