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9:53How government programs drive up college tuitions
80K views • 17 years ago
Peter Schiff
Peter Schiff, during his 2010 Senate campaign, argues that government loan programs and subsidies push college tuition up.
2:32Stephen Fry on the Joys of Swearing
1.2M views • 18 years ago
gsmokeyjoe
A short clip of Stephen Fry defending swearing as a rich and essential part of the English language and rejecting the idea that it is unnecessary.
Topic match · Language & linguistics
7:12Adam Curtis - Oh Dearism
293K views • 17 years ago
UKNewsMediaBlog
A short Adam Curtis clip on what he calls oh dearism, the habit of news reporting that presents events as a stream of sad, inexplicable happenings. He argues this leaves viewers passive and unable to imagine action.
Topic match · Documentaries & storytelling
2:24Milton Friedman - Your Greed or Their Greed?
3.5M views • 19 years ago
safvio
A short clip of Milton Friedman on the Donahue show answering whether greed is a vice specific to capitalism, arguing it exists in every system.
4:51PERM Fake Job Ads defraud Americans to secure green cards fo
543K views • 19 years ago
programmersguild
A 2007 clip in which immigration attorneys describe how they help employers run classified ads designed not to find qualified American applicants, so they can secure green cards for H-1B workers. It is presented as an exposé of the PERM process.
9:59I'm Allowed to Rob You!
237K views • 16 years ago
Larken Rose
A short anarchist-leaning video by Larken Rose arguing that the Constitution and similar documents cannot legitimately grant anyone the right to take other people's property. It uses a rhetorical 'paper that lets me rob you' setup to challenge belief in political authority.