Hello, I did not know how to reach Kyle directly through email. I love the work you both do but I wanted to rebuke Kyle’s argument in a recent video where he said the dictatorships are efficient. Here is the comment I left on the video:
Could someone please upvote this? I would like to address Kyle's argument that dictatorships are more orderly. Nothing could be further from the case; in the Soviet Union there was a thriving black market, and illegality was a way of life. In contemporary China, there are often extreme displays of violence in areas that are not well-policed and to be honest even in places where there is a police presence. Much of our depiction of authoritarianism comes from how George Orwell, as much as I admire Orwell he is not much of an artist. If you read any Soviet novelist or historian you will understand the complete arbitrarity with which decisions are made and the irregularity of their lives. It was almost chaos in its pure form because you did not know if you, your neighbor, or a friend would be gone the next day. Reality in authoritarianism is completely absurd. If you notice how much more authoritarian America has become and the absurdity that has accompanied it, imagine it on a greater scale and you have the Soviet Union. We should not give in to the talking point that authoritarians are efficient; they are not. The restrictions on freedom they engage in destroy any capacity for order. It is the restrictions on freedom that are producing the chaos of contemporary America, not freedom itself.
I'm from the UK and have a friend from school who's parents are both from Pakistan, Ali was born in the UK, he's a good guy, hard worker and big family man.
The courage that it must have taken to challenge the all powerful ISI to still campaign by the political party members and of course the ordinary people who came out to vote doesn't surprise me.
If you push my friend Ali too far he would die sooner than give in, the people of Pakistan have never been given a decent chance to prosper like many other people of color.
Imran Khan is not perfect but he's the best leader that Pakistan has had for decades
Hello, I did not know how to reach Kyle directly through email. I love the work you both do but I wanted to rebuke Kyle’s argument in a recent video where he said the dictatorships are efficient. Here is the comment I left on the video:
Could someone please upvote this? I would like to address Kyle's argument that dictatorships are more orderly. Nothing could be further from the case; in the Soviet Union there was a thriving black market, and illegality was a way of life. In contemporary China, there are often extreme displays of violence in areas that are not well-policed and to be honest even in places where there is a police presence. Much of our depiction of authoritarianism comes from how George Orwell, as much as I admire Orwell he is not much of an artist. If you read any Soviet novelist or historian you will understand the complete arbitrarity with which decisions are made and the irregularity of their lives. It was almost chaos in its pure form because you did not know if you, your neighbor, or a friend would be gone the next day. Reality in authoritarianism is completely absurd. If you notice how much more authoritarian America has become and the absurdity that has accompanied it, imagine it on a greater scale and you have the Soviet Union. We should not give in to the talking point that authoritarians are efficient; they are not. The restrictions on freedom they engage in destroy any capacity for order. It is the restrictions on freedom that are producing the chaos of contemporary America, not freedom itself.
I'm from the UK and have a friend from school who's parents are both from Pakistan, Ali was born in the UK, he's a good guy, hard worker and big family man.
The courage that it must have taken to challenge the all powerful ISI to still campaign by the political party members and of course the ordinary people who came out to vote doesn't surprise me.
If you push my friend Ali too far he would die sooner than give in, the people of Pakistan have never been given a decent chance to prosper like many other people of color.
Imran Khan is not perfect but he's the best leader that Pakistan has had for decades