link to original reddit post by /u/Nickdom2
My leftist brother watches Vaush heavily. I had no idea who this was until I just researched him and watched a few episodes - this guy's a statist, claiming to be a "Libertarian-Socialist", and has commies in his cover photo. There is no such thing as Libertarian-socialist.
I got into a debate with him about a Vaush episode today, he was arguing in favor of a federal minimum wage of $15. I was arguing it would hurt the little guy; that we should really abolish the minimum wage, go back to the gold standard, massively cut government spending/jobs, stop inflating our currency and adding debt. The real problem is COL/inflation, adding more government/red tape is a crappy short term solution.
He kept insisting that most economists are in favor of increasing the minimum wage, that gradually increasing it or giving businesses time to adjust would somehow not kill small business, and even if it did, businesses have a moral requirement to provide well-paying jobs to families, they should go out of business.
What would convince him to come to lib-right? I fear he's fallen down a rabbit-hole he'll never come out of.