Obviously not. But all of us have heard of him and have realized that he's fucking retarded. What PragerU experience?
Is PragerU good praxis?
Parker Young
Julian Sanchez
The problem that PragerU has is that their views are so disgusting and dishonest that even right-wingers don't like them except old republican boomers and those aren't usually on YouTube. Zig Forums and the alt-right hate then because they mix neoliberal and neoconservative talking points about muh free market and muh Christian values with overt imperialist interventionism. You have to go through some mental gymnastics to justify that the Vietnam War was a success overall or that dropping nukes on people is a-ok (which is presented by a fucking catholic priest, check it out).
But you have to give it to then - their presentation is top-notch. They get big names, have a an easily digestible video size and a slick design. It would be a tremendous help to have a "left-wing" PragerU with people like Corbyn, Jimmy Dore or David Harvey (yeah, yeah I know), but finding a patron like the Koch brothers would be impossible if that shit is going to supposed to have any anti-imperialist edge.
Connor Rivera
Slick design? More like modern cancerous flat design with every word popping up on the screen as it is being said to keep people with short attention span focused.
Dylan Long
Which appeals to 90% of the YouTube audience. I solely speaking from a publicity standpoint, not about my personal aesthetic perferences
Camden Hughes
They have a place in the marketplace of ideas, for a person to be intellectually mature they must be familiar with the arguments that run counter to their own, and not just strawman versions of these arguments presented inside of an echo chamber but the actual argument presented by someone who sincerely believes in it.
This is the greatest weakness of the new-left. They have never stepped outside their echo chambers where their opinions might be tested, so they are intellectual weaklings who respond to criticism with temper tantrums, thrown fire alarms and physical violence rather than demolishing the arguments of the alt-right with well reasoned and logical arguments.
I would downright encourage everyone to listen to Prager University, especially if you disagree with the content of the video since the process of formulating counter-arguments to the videos will improve you as a person.
Sebastian Campbell
Asher Johnson
The marketplace of ideas is a stupid concept.
Let us accept that it exists. Okay: Why should we approve of it?
Look at any other marketplace. Do the best restaurants thrive? Those that push human dining experiences to the next level? No. McDonalds thrives. KFC thrives. There is not a gourmet restaurant on every street corner. Look at airlines - is it the flights with the best on time performance? The best service? The safest and most comfortable aircraft? No. Look at videogames - is it innovative gameplay that sells, or is it interactive movies? Look at movies: The safe and derivative thrives, while the artistically meritorious may only be discovered decades after release.
So why should we believe the marketplace of ideas is any different? If there is a marketplace of ideas, the victor will not be the logical argument. It will be the cheap response, the emotional pandering, the received wisdom. For communism to succeed in the marketplace of ideas it would do far better to pander to basal jealousy and cultural friction than to present a serious critique of the logic of capitalism. That very logic, that market logic, dictates such an approach is impossible. The marketplace of ideas is a concept that could be idolized only by intellectual kulaks.
Lincoln Stewart
The truth will always triumph in a contest of ideas, a system that allows for open and transparent public discourse will winnow out the chaff of lies and flawed ideas from the grain of truth and worthwhile ideas.
William Gray
I don't say this often but good post.
Ryder Thompson
Lol no it wont, what makes people feel the most comfortable and is the most congruent to their current worldview will win out.