Socialism: What it is — What it isn't
Channel: Stream of Class Consciousness
Date: 2022-06-21

Some notes about this video: 

I started writing it forever ago and recorded it in February 2022, and I just kinda sat on it for various reasons. Since then, a lot of things have happened that could have been relevant to mention, but I didn't feel like going back and changing it too significantly.

I spend a few minutes criticizing the USSR. I know that my channel logo is adapted from a Soviet propaganda poster. The use of this art does not indicate support for the Soviet Union or the message of the poster. I simply had a design concept that the poster's imagery lended itself to well.

I use the term "Social Surplus" when discussing how the collective effort of societies (across the world and throughout history) to create the surpluses that the bourgeoisie extract from the proletariat. It should be noted that "Social Surplus" refers to an unrelated concept in economics, but I am not aware of a tidy phrase or term to describe the idea I'm discussing. "Social Surplus" seems like a good collection of words that when used together work well for my purposes.