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Jenny Nicholson - The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4

According to the judgement of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale: Not worth it.

In the "Worth it?" section, Jenny Nicholson reminded everyone that visiting Disneyland is established in American culture as a "rite of passage" that middle class families might get into financial burden to "splurge" on Disney theme parks.

In the final 2 chapters of this 4-hour video, Jenny Nicholson talked about how the Galactic Starcruiser experience was a watered down version of an immersive theme park concept due to the cost of staffing and maintenance. The existence of Galactic Starcruiser partly owes to the Disneyland's monetization strategy of (1) moving the free and "cool stuff" behind additional costs ("paywall") and (2) monetizing long line ups (FastPass).

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Philosophy Tube - The Trouble with the Video Game Industry

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYkLVU5UGM8

Must watch for training your "capitalism detector".

The word "capitalism" is first spoken in 2:45. The montage for capitalism in video game happens in 4:25.

Like in Philosophy Tube's "What was Libralism" series, this video mentions that the promised benefits of capitalism, such as competition resulting in lower prices and higher, are disappearing.

The aspects of free market capitalism discussed in this video include:

Ticket pricing (free market bringing goods to "people who want them the most")

"Paying to avoid competition" (video games and other industries)

The rentier economy (earning money from owning things rather than making things).

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Zoe Bee - In Defense of Inefficiency

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_rK0KkB6k

The word "capitalism" is not spoked in this video essay. However, there are themes of efficiency related to capitalism:

Efficiency at work: (1) Scientific management being a thing (18:51) and (2) apps and services communication (Zoom, Slack and emails) to stay at work 24/7

Side hustles and monetizing hobbies (13:30)

Bonus find (patriarchy): ("traditionally masculine pasttimes") are considered efficient (21:25)

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Sarah Z - An Exhaustive Defense of Fanfiction/Is Fanfiction Art? (It's Complicated)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvP_BLMgYBg

Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/sarahz-is-fanfiction-art

Channel: Sarah Z

The word "capitalism" is first spoken in 1:04:26.

The video essay defends fan fiction as an art form, from arguments about true art and anti-capitalist anti-fan fiction arguments:

Capitalism -> fan fiction: (1) Fan fiction content is similar to repetitive content within corporate franchises such as MCU (6:24).

Fan fiction -> capitalism: Fan fiction impact how books are published and marketed: In terms of tropes and wish fulfillment (7:01)

In addition, geek culture under capitalism (such as buying merch and writing fanfic) is discussed in 1:02:40.