How the system legitimizes itself
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2021-02-13

The political-economic system we live under is a system of force, and yet, through various means, it legitimizes everything it does. Some of the most common words that we never question are used to trick us into accepting what is done to us. This video cuts through justifications like the constitution, the rule of law, rights, property, meritocracy and "the social contract" to show how flimsy they are.

Links: 

Propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyR5J0vxqs

Why aren’t you rich?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjeJxoYTCt8

Nobody believes in the law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=013WbzechPo

The constitution has no power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ILsypG2QDk

You have no rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XRDdFRHtMs

Debt: the First 5000 Years by David Graeber: https://b-ok.cc/book/1190577/6d1360

The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation: https://ca1lib.org/book/4547608/7ab87e

The myth of meritocracy:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/19/the-myth-of-meritocracy-who-really-gets-what-they-deserve 

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/01/the-myth-of-meritocracy-according-to-michael-sandel/ 

A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/how-the-system-legitimizes-itself/