China's Dark Turn
“I’m more anti-China than you!” That’s one theme of this Presidential election. But not long ago, American presidents were excited about China.
The Communist dictators had began to allow private property, and the economy boomed. But sadly, political repression may have gotten worse.
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20 years ago, Bill Clinton said that China wouldn't be able to censor the internet. "That’s sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall," Clinton quipped, to laughter.
"Well, the Chinese figured out how to nail jello to the wall," journalist Melissa Chen of The Spectator explains. "They built an almost perfectly walled-in internet. What they call the Great Firewall."
The world wide web is not world wide in China. Most major Western internet sites are blocked.
A few computer nerds evade the ban, but by and large, China effectively controls their internet. Even harmless jokes are banned.
Because China's dictator, Xi Jinping, looks a bit like Winnie the Pooh, now "any time a Winnie the Pooh picture or somebody mentioning Winnie the Pooh ends up getting scrubbed from the internet," Chen explains.
People who post forbidden things online may have their lives restricted.
"You can't make doctor's appointments... you can't travel. So they'll block you from buying a train ticket or a plane ticket. You can't basically engage in modern day life in China."
China's minorities have it even worse. The government wages cultural genocide against the Uighurs population.
It's cracked down on Hong Kong, too, where protesters demanding freedom waved American flags. They understand the importance of freedom.
I wish American protesters did!
China’s repression should remind us how critical liberty is.
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The Full Johan Norberg: Sweden’s “Socialism,” the Loneliness "Epidemic,” Degrowth and other Myths
Lots of people hate capitalism. They want socialism instead.
They say capitalism hurts the poor. That's just not true.
Here’s Johan Norberg explains how capitalism saves lives and why socialism always fails.
Swedish historian and author, Johan Norberg also dispels the myth that Sweden is a socialist success.
In many ways, Sweden is more free market than America.
Norberg explains the many benefits that capitalism offers - it even makes people less lonely, more generous, and less racist.
Here’s our full discussion on capitalism, the degrowth movement, “Scandinavian socialism” and more:
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Thank You Fossil Fuels
Climate activists say: eliminate fossil fuels!
But the movie Juice For All reminds us that fossil fuels are needed to provide the cheap, abundant energy the world needs.
Let's take a moment this #EarthDay to be grateful for the ways cheap energy improves lives:
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Biden's Kill Switch: The Growing Threat of Government Control of Your Car
The government may soon be able to shut down your car. Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill includes a kill switch for new cars.
In an effort to reduce drunk driving, government wants devices in cars that will monitor and limit impaired driving.
But there’s a big problem: these devices give government control over your car.
Automotive engineer and former vintage race car driver Lauren Fix points out the dangers in my video, above.
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Hidden Taxes
Today is #TaxDay.
But calling any single day “Tax Day” is misleading.
The income tax is LESS THAN HALF of what most of us pay the government.
Kristin Tate has been researching that:
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Tax Myths
Monday is #TaxDay.
President Biden says tax increases on the rich will bring in more revenue.
I doubt it.
They would lead to lots more accountants finding loopholes ... and a lot less productive work:
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The End of Freelance? How California's Rules Become America's Rules
Biden’s Labor Department just added 300 pages of new rules.
They claim it will help freelancers. But wait! Didn’t the leftists notice how their similar rules in California HURT freelancers?
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Bankrupting America
When Covid hit, politicians rushed to spend money. I warned: "our national debt is already $24 trillion."
That seems quaint. It’s $34 trillion now.
Politicians are so irresponsible:
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Teachers Unions vs Students
A full year after Covid began, teachers unions still shouted, "No school should reopen until it's safe!”
MILLIONS of kids lost years of learning.
Fortunately, independent schools did better.
Here's my report from when unions kept schools closed:
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6 Myths About Globalization, Trade, Jobs, and "Buy American”
Politicians on both sides now agree: globalization and free trade are BAD.
Much of what they say is just WRONG.
Let's debunk their myths:
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The Red Tape Pandemic
FLASHBACK: 4 years ago, I released my first video on COVID.
We didn't know much about it then.
But we did know that government rules messed up Covid testing, and delayed telemedicine.
Trump waived some rules, but we lost valuable time.
Let's learn from that!
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