Fireside Chat Ep. 163 — Is Capitalism Evil?

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager | PragerU

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Why do a growing number of Americans believe capitalism is greedy, selfish, even evil? Dennis reacts to misconceptions about free market capitalism and explains why it is the morally superior way of organizing economic behavior. 0:00 Welcome Everybody: An Outtake 1:00 When Homes Have Bookshelves 3:00 Responding To Anti-Capitalism Tweets 4:17 Wealth Is A Basic Human Desire 7:57 Colonialism Was Not All Bad 14:21 Understand The Evils Of Communism 16:29 A Cultural Parallel To Communism 20:41 Why Is It Wrong To Work For A Profit? 22:14 The Left Doesn’t Want A Civil Discussion 25:22 Do You Believe In Love At First Sight? 27:49 Why Does Dennis Love Fountain Pens? 30:05 Fruit Cake Opinions (Continued) 31:16 Viewers All Over The World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody. Hello everybody. Hello. Hello, you all.
0:05.8	Now I worked out today and
0:09.3	Took a nap so I am mr. Ready to go. Okay
0:16.0	You are
0:18.7	So this is actually being videoed right now, but it won't be included
0:24.1	This folks is what we call an outtake
0:26.9	Are you ready Otto? I do this every time before the session. Are you ready Otto?
0:37.9	Yes, he is so ready
0:41.7	Hi everybody
0:44.0	Let's use that outtake what the hell
0:47.4	Good to be with you. Welcome to my home my dog
0:51.2	Otto needless to say
0:53.2	My fireplace my books do you know this this room is surrounded by books? I think I mentioned this once
1:01.4	But I have to say that I don't expect you to remember everything I say is to one to state the case
1:06.4	I don't remember everything I say either so
1:10.8	There is something special
1:13.6	For me when I enter a home and I see bookshelves with books in them
1:18.8	Even if you don't read them
1:23.6	It's a statement that you take ideas seriously
1:28.4	That you take wisdom seriously
1:31.5	So it's just something to think about
1:34.6	Get get some books get some bookshelves. It's a statement
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