Communist Youth Challenged to Live in Communist Country, Hilarity Ensues

If one thing is for sure, it’s that those complaining about how awful America supposedly is are at least subconsciously aware that they won’t find it better anywhere else. 

That played out during a recent episode of the show “Surrounded,” which is put on by the company Jubilee. The show features one person taking a political stance in a debate against 20 others. Past topics have included “1 Populist vs 20 Democrats & Republicans (ft. Cenk Uygur),” “1 Conservative vs 20 Feminists (Ft. Candace Owens),” and “1 LGBTQ+ Activist vs 25 Conservatives (ft. Zander Moricz)” among dozens of others.

The show is known for its heated discussions that create numerous viral clips per episode. 

Recently, businessman and podcaster Patrick Bet-David appeared on the show, with the episode titled “1 Capitalist vs 20 Anti-Capitalists.”

Among the clips that went viral from this episode was one with a participant named Allannah.

Early in the discussion, Bet-David cited the different economies of North Korea and South Korea to prove the difference in results between communism and capitalism. 

Allannah responded, “Are we judging countries based on GDP and not what they value for our humans…” before trailing off.

Bet-David countered, “If you lived in North Korea, you wouldn’t be able to do what you are doing right now. You wouldn’t have a voice.”

He again referenced GDP statistics, but Allannah shifted the focus, claiming South Korea’s economy is dominated by a handful of large corporations.

“…owned by like five companies, in total, the entire country. You think that’s something to live by? If you aren’t employed by the top five companies, you are practically unemployed in that country. I’m not going to be free in a country like South Korea, where I’m only employed in five companies, or no job,” she said.

Bet-David pressed further;  “Do you like to be free where you can call somebody out like me? Do you like to be free, where you have a strong opinion? Do you like to be free to have your dreams…” he asked, before being interrupted again.

Allannah replied, “I like to be free, but that’s why I’m anti-capitalist, because capitalism removes that choice. There is no real incentive in capitalism because the incentive is survival. When you get into communism, the incentive is for the common good.”

As the debate continued, Bet-David made her an offer: he would pay the $2,350 fee to renounce her U.S. citizenship and cover the costs of a one-way trip to the communist country of her choice. He listed Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea as options.

Allannah dismissed the suggestion, responding, “Those aren’t communist countries.”

That surely would be news to the leadership of those countries. 

Among the other amusing clips from the debate included one person who claimed that capitalism was flawed because he couldn’t get a job after applying to nearly 500 of them. Bet-David offered him a job, and he somehow managed to talk himself out of it within seconds.

In another memorable moment, a self-professed mentally ill woman who couldn’t afford a psychologist was offered one on the condition that Bet-David would provide them (so she couldn’t shop around for someone to affirm her victimhood), which she rejected. 

Some people can never be helped.