Youtube's strange new ads

[Rafiq]

For almost every political video, and even the non political video, my featured video is one caled

"Myths about capitalism"

It's basically Right Wing Libertarian propaganda.

Now, if you haven't noticed, getting that the featured video on all of those results is a shit ton of money. Any ideas on who's behind it? It can pose as a problem, to the (former?) politically nihilistic masses.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

I too have noticed it and it irks me to no end.I have also noticed the same for ads on google.

[Rafiq]

It's got a good amount of dislikes too. Maybe this means something? Why would someone go out of their way to pay so much money to get a positive message for capitalism on youtube? Does this assert that the general attitude of the public is Anti Capitalist?

[Astarte]

I have noticed it too. Its probably set up by some anonymous fund for the advancement of the interests of far right capital - that is popular these days, I am pretty sure, if I remember correctly the Supreme Court, or something, just ruled it to be legal to anonymously donate to and fund seemingly innocuous sounding mainstream "foundations" which put out general political advertisements.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

Koch brothers?

[L.A.P.]

I've just noticed, have you ever noticed how libertarians and bourgeois economists seem to have a "consumer-centric" economic view. They always go on about "blah blah blah this and that cheaper for the consumer" "interest for the consumer", what about the worker? Everyone is a fucking consumer and producer to a certain extent so stop with this bullshit dichotomy.

[Rusty Shackleford]

think tanks and "centers" tend to finance things like these. sometimes its a rogue rich person, sometimes its a wealth management fund/company/whatever.

[Tenka]

I wanted to vote this down and flag it but I couldn't find it. :(