Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying on Whether Western Civilization Is About To Collapse

What is western civilization and is it on the verge of collapse? Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying believe in our civilization's remarkable history of transcending genetic ties to foster cooperation among diverse groups, building a foundation for unprecedented success. However, they also warn of the inherent fragility of this system, highlighting how societal stresses can revert us to primal in-group preferences which, while inefficient, are the default-mode of a population in crisis. Our modern bureaucratic, credential-based system is starting to show its cracks, with superficial marks of ‘expertise’ superseding true merit and useful experience across government, education, and journalism. Will our civilization adapt and continue its track-record of success, or will it succumb to its flaws?
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  • @DadSavesAmerica
    @DadSavesAmericaАй бұрын

    Hello friends! This is a clip from an awesome (IMHO) 90 minute interview with Bret and Heather's that's the first of two parts. If you want to dive deeper, check it out here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mauFqq6Bftaxpto.html

  • @crashoppe

    @crashoppe

    Ай бұрын

    how it will really collapse?: i am starting to contemplate the idea that "schooling" is nothing more than a FEMA camp designed to induce medication and brainwash children as part of the MK Ultra program.

  • @crashoppe

    @crashoppe

    Ай бұрын

    @@PhilnWar i love knowledge! let me have it with both barrels please

  • @rickstrandberg6398
    @rickstrandberg6398Ай бұрын

    If you live in these united states, you become aware, ( in my lifetime) it seems everyone involved in governance and schools and universities now seem to be the opposite of enlightened.

  • @FredRose2001

    @FredRose2001

    Ай бұрын

    It’s been a deliberate thing to dumb down the people, defunding schools, remember the contrails Criss crossing the sky, it was all about the same thing, heavy metals into the air you breathe.

  • @davidthompson1369

    @davidthompson1369

    Ай бұрын

    But they are good Soviet men and women!!! United Soviet States of America!!!!

  • @PsychicPhysics33

    @PsychicPhysics33

    Ай бұрын

    They only used enlightenment to unshackle the chains of religion, but now they want to impose the chains of govt so they are reversing course.

  • @user-eg2jr8dt1j

    @user-eg2jr8dt1j

    Ай бұрын

    HIGHLY UNDERRATED COMMENT. IT'S WORSE ON THE INSIDE WHERE PROFESSORS GET TOGETHER AND PLOT WAYS TO GET AROUND ANTI-DEI LAWS.

  • @zzbudzz

    @zzbudzz

    Ай бұрын

    Most are leftist fools who should not be in charge of a popcorn stand!

  • @davidschlaefer8078
    @davidschlaefer8078Ай бұрын

    Collapse comes gradually, then suddenly.

  • @SineEyed

    @SineEyed

    Ай бұрын

    i.e. everything's fine... until it's not.

  • @thenewbohemian5779

    @thenewbohemian5779

    Ай бұрын

    Like bankruptcy..... but, eventually, the Sun Also Rises.

  • @Go-lova

    @Go-lova

    Ай бұрын

    Epstein Island 🏝️🏖️

  • @cyan1616

    @cyan1616

    Ай бұрын

    Like my life.

  • @johnnymichael1804

    @johnnymichael1804

    Ай бұрын

    ​@thenewbohemian5779 where does it historically rise? Answer that and you'll see who owns the future.

  • @FishDoExist
    @FishDoExistАй бұрын

    Bret and Heather kept me (and many others) sane during the gaslighting of Covid. Their courage during the Evergreen riots and their ongoing resistance to the reality-denying "woke" mind-virus makes them Heroes in my book.

  • @claudiabottom4086

    @claudiabottom4086

    Ай бұрын

    Yes they gave me comfort and rationality during the lockdowns and injections.

  • @richardthurston2171

    @richardthurston2171

    Ай бұрын

    There weren’t “riots” at Evergreen State. Why are you making things up?

  • @johnpruett2255

    @johnpruett2255

    Ай бұрын

    ABSOLUTELY

  • @richardthurston2171

    @richardthurston2171

    Ай бұрын

    There were no Evergreen “riots”. Why are you making things up?

  • @Breca

    @Breca

    26 күн бұрын

    Hear hear !

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis619322 күн бұрын

    When trust disappears no equally beneficial relationship can exist.

  • @wileyjdraws7594
    @wileyjdraws7594Ай бұрын

    No. And it's our fault for not standing up to the elites. Our forefathers are rolling in their graves.

  • @MsGrowltiger

    @MsGrowltiger

    Ай бұрын

    We should have ditched the Republicans in 1964 when we realized they were not an opposition party but rather the echo Barry Goldwater warned about. A two party system needs two parties else it devolves into the one party state Prof Weinstein described on introduction

  • @jackm4307

    @jackm4307

    27 күн бұрын

    But then call Jan6 a danger to democracy, False flag to deter an actual uprising

  • @Nylon_riot

    @Nylon_riot

    26 күн бұрын

    I love our Founders, but this isn't comparable. For one, these ideologies didn't exist till later. They didn't even have a NAVY. And the King of England didn't have satellites. It is hard to fight your own government with unlimited resources. Not only that, they lived in a relatively small area, we are now thousands of miles apart and can't even meet each other without getting on a plane. They didn't have a global economy based on the petro dollar. government isn't being stupid. They just want everyone to think they are.

  • @Helios601

    @Helios601

    11 күн бұрын

    @@MsGrowltigerIt needs God

  • @polka23dot70
    @polka23dot70Ай бұрын

    "The civilization that we as whites created in Europe and America could not have developed apart from the genetic endowments of the creating people, nor is there any reason to believe that the civilization can be successfully transmitted to a different people." - Samuel Todd Francis (columnist and editor)

  • @davidthompson1369

    @davidthompson1369

    24 күн бұрын

    @@SelfEvident Yep, nothing to do with race or culture, everything to do with God or the lack thereof.

  • @maplenook

    @maplenook

    20 күн бұрын

    It couldn’t even be transferred to their own offspring

  • @supermash1

    @supermash1

    20 күн бұрын

    Yeah, those white boys who stormed the capitol in the U.S. are a really good example of the whites who created western civilization aren't they? That statement is ridiculous.

  • @oakson3045

    @oakson3045

    19 күн бұрын

    @@davidthompson1369 It has a lot to do with race, as evidence would suggest. To blindly suggest otherwise is more of an article of faith than the opposite hypothesis.

  • @skylinefever

    @skylinefever

    16 күн бұрын

    I do wonder how Japan and South Korea managed to exist.

  • @XP-nt9iy
    @XP-nt9iyАй бұрын

    Collaberating outside of genetic similarity can only go so far. Up until the 60s, the genetic differences between the contributing collaborators in the West were still very limited. It is now becoming so diverse that this is no longer possible, as the dominant demographic group is being replaced. People are now being forced to acknowledge that there are very real differences between people of different races.

  • @magicxsquare_

    @magicxsquare_

    Ай бұрын

    The fact we are realizing the majority of crime in ALL white countries is committed by NOT WHITE people is pretty eye opening

  • @taroman7100

    @taroman7100

    26 күн бұрын

    You can’t keep throwing diverse groups into the melting pot. Damn thing has already melted.

  • @anothergerman88

    @anothergerman88

    25 күн бұрын

    Wonderful comment. It takes courage or temerity to state what is obvious. I have been ostracized by family and friends for 20 years because I've pointed out exactly what you have stated. I only hope that honesty will once again triumph over political correctness.

  • @amialal4510

    @amialal4510

    23 күн бұрын

    @XP-nt9iy I truly believe that at this point of time the problem is not the replacement that is happening gradually. The dominant demographic is still dominant, at least statistically. The bigger problem is that whoever is behind this detrimental plan, is not allowing any dialogue or open conversation about the problems that you are describing(racial differences) and which are already visible, because that would reverse or slow down the unavoidable collapse.

  • @amialal4510

    @amialal4510

    23 күн бұрын

    @@anothergerman88 Interesting comment! What is is that you've been pointing out for such a long time? I become conscious of false narratives in 2016, then after the GF riots it became clear that this wasn't about 'equity' but a power switch to another racial group.

  • @FT4Freedom
    @FT4FreedomАй бұрын

    Enlightened governance? Better yet, individual enlightenment. We are the leaders. They are administrators. Never rely on anybody to think for you.

  • @davidthompson1369

    @davidthompson1369

    Ай бұрын

    1000%

  • @ironmonkey1512

    @ironmonkey1512

    Ай бұрын

    We are not, and haven't been for a long time.

  • @sdrc92126
    @sdrc92126Ай бұрын

    Institutions are more captured than broken. The love of money is the root of all evil

  • @gaozhi2007

    @gaozhi2007

    Ай бұрын

    Altruism is the root of all evil.

  • @chipserkland

    @chipserkland

    26 күн бұрын

    Every man for himself.

  • @maxrobespierre9176

    @maxrobespierre9176

    26 күн бұрын

    I believe you came up with a distinction without a difference. Captured and broken would likely appear the Sam from the outside.

  • @sdrc92126

    @sdrc92126

    26 күн бұрын

    @@maxrobespierre9176 Captured is more specific

  • @maxrobespierre9176

    @maxrobespierre9176

    26 күн бұрын

    @@sdrc92126 Not really.

  • @carefulconsumer8682
    @carefulconsumer8682Ай бұрын

    Bret and Heather are a wealth of important info imo. I do like this clip. Heather reminded me how outraged I was when doctors obediently followed WHO advice despite knowing it was incorrect. Plus, the doctor who took a history from the patient and examined him almost always knows better what the appropriate Rx should instead of some unelected bureaucrats at the WHO in some foreign land. The medical profession really disappointed me during the pandemic and now, their refusal to care for the vaxx injured patients they see.

  • @libra8996
    @libra8996Ай бұрын

    sad to watch a nation fall like this

  • @jonboatwright7777
    @jonboatwright7777Ай бұрын

    I’m a big fan of Brett and Heather. They are a notable force that must not be ignored.

  • @johnfausett3335
    @johnfausett3335Ай бұрын

    Tribalism and the will to power are default settings for humanity. A society can and has risen above those basic settings, to the benefit of all of its citizens but eternal vigilance is necessary for sustained success. The laser should be focused on the Supreme Court at this point to insure we won't devolve.

  • @drew6194

    @drew6194

    Ай бұрын

    In Canada, the Supreme Courts, federal and provincial, are contributing to our devolution

  • @katieandnick4113

    @katieandnick4113

    Ай бұрын

    By “all its citizens”, I’m assuming you mean white men? And now that things aren’t going so well for white men, everyone is freaking out about collapse. Civilization itself was built upon the oppression and subjugation of women and children(and honestly, by extension, men too), and if the liberation of women and children leads to the end of civilization, so be it. In fact, I welcome it!

  • @effexon

    @effexon

    Ай бұрын

    tribalism comes back when that "extended family" structure of institutions dont serve as intended. Also low birthrate changes dynamics of this and may tip it to favor tribalist "clans" of families who can pull together.

  • @calebcase80
    @calebcase80Ай бұрын

    Wait... As a plumber.... Yes I need 4 years of school to go in your house 😂 but that schooling is not experience. I've known a lot of guys that have schooling, but are horrible plumbers. Yes experience beats schooling every time.

  • @jelkel25

    @jelkel25

    Ай бұрын

    When I was on building sites they started insisting on everyone having their ticket regardless of actual competency. There were older guys with decades of experience and no ticket, they were all told they either accepted demotion to labourers or leave. They left and we were left with inexperienced people who couldn't perform basic tasks acting like they were all special because they had their ticket. I did the same as most of the older guys, they got a crew together and a van and got paid stupid money by white collar people to do basic repairs and alterations. The requirement was to turn up when you say you're going to and do the job. They couldn't find qualified people who would do those 2 things.

  • @calebcase80

    @calebcase80

    Ай бұрын

    @@jelkel25 no ticket means you have to do your job so well no one will notice 🤣 I didn't get mine until I was 16 years in

  • @MollysPa

    @MollysPa

    Ай бұрын

    @@jelkel25 The developers were covering their asses against future potential civil action.

  • @effexon

    @effexon

    Ай бұрын

    @@MollysPahow is that preventing that kind of system collapsing :D taking second and third insurance dont help getting things done but increases cost

  • @MyName-tb9oz

    @MyName-tb9oz

    Ай бұрын

    @@jelkel25, "...they got a crew together and a van and got paid stupid money by white collar people to do basic repairs and alterations." This is actually a major theme in the recent Southpark movie Into The Panderverse. So many people just have no idea how _anything_ works or why it works let alone how to fix it when it stops working. Here's a little secret for you: Fixing computers is no different than fixing cars, home wiring, plumbing, or anything else. You just have to be able to diagnose the problem. Oddly enough, fixing computers is probably the easiest in fact, since you have the whole internet to help you diagnose the problem. The only difficulty is learning a new 'language' for the parts you're dealing with. "The requirement was to turn up when you say you're going to and do the job. They couldn't find qualified people who would do those 2 things." The kids have been lied to about so many things. "You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't have a college degree!" A college degree means nothing at all any more because everyone has one. A few decades ago college degrees were uncommon, at best so the people who had them were uncommon and could demand more money. Now every 20-year-old snot-nosed kid has a BA in some garbage field that doesn't mean anything. "Work hard and you'll be successful and have a good life." My father's generation could support a family, buy a home, and drive across the country for a two week vacation on a single factory worker's income. An average guy could do those things. All he had to do was be at work on time and work hard. Sometimes not even all that hard, really. These days...? Not so much. They've moved all the manufacturing overseas where they can pay slave wages to people that no one in this country cares about and certainly isn't thinking about. How many people know that their iPhone was made in a factory where the workers were jumping off the dormitory roofs to [unalive] themselves because it was the only way they could protest the conditions? No one cares. They just want the newest iPhone. "We've moved on to the information economy! We don't need factories!" Yeah... Tell a farmer about the, "information economy." You can't eat information. You can't get in your information and drive to the store. The, "information economy," is a lie. You either produce things or you starve and freeze to death when winter comes. Sure, information is VERY valuable. Without information (it used to be called, "education") you can't make things. Without information you don't know when to plant seeds (I just learned that cabbages are amazingly frost tolerant.) But information doesn't mean you don't have to get your hands dirty and your back sore ever again.

  • @maxrobespierre9176
    @maxrobespierre9176Ай бұрын

    Can Western Civilization be saved? Not likely.

  • @taroman7100

    @taroman7100

    26 күн бұрын

    If you let the third world run amuck then yes. The barbarians were the death knell to Rome.

  • @rmar1957

    @rmar1957

    26 күн бұрын

    And so be it.

  • @menajee94
    @menajee94Ай бұрын

    Great video. These 2 have a lot of great wisdom and they are legitimate scientists. I don't like how a lot of people dismiss them as "pseudo intellectuals" or refer to Brett as some sort of nutjob. They're both very smart people and understand what it means to observe and conduct studies based on those observations. We've gotten in a place in our society where we won't listen to what wisdom or experience people have to say just because we might not like some of their views. That is not how you build a cohesive and open minded society.

  • @crashoppe

    @crashoppe

    Ай бұрын

    agreed. there are some that dont like Jordan Peterson. i think he too is great. different views and lack of understanding seems to cause great attack these days.... i've been saying, "welcome to the secular world."

  • @anotherstockcivic
    @anotherstockcivic17 күн бұрын

    The problem is, diversity works in moderation. Having external influences is good. Not having a majority group is inefficient and prone to conflict

  • @apollontheintp3257
    @apollontheintp3257Ай бұрын

    Well, what's being ignored is that immigration has not always been as qualified as the population in the West (to say the least) and has been a part of what has dragged our economies down. At least where I am from.

  • @featme7931
    @featme793127 күн бұрын

    This country has been in flux since the day it was born. Nothing has changed. The old guard has always been afraid that the younger people won't stand up and the younger people are just tired of the old ways.

  • @jcstang8952
    @jcstang895223 күн бұрын

    I'm very careful at the doctor's office. One time I had a pain in my abdomen and they wanted to give me an IV and some other items, yet, we didn't even know what the problem was yet. I asked them: do the items you want to give me aid in the diagnosis of my issue? And they said 'no'. So I said then we can skip those items. Then, we moved right to the scanner and it found a kidney stone. Which passed on it's own, so really, I didn't even need these people. They just want to sell supplies and drugs.

  • @iRemainNameless

    @iRemainNameless

    22 күн бұрын

    That is unsettling. I am happy you are witted enough to consider things for yourself.

  • @puddintame7794
    @puddintame7794Ай бұрын

    "Enlightened governance" sounds like a great idea. Sadly, most great ideas, without a mechanism to limit their power, scope and rule... become despotic. Because power not only corrupts, it's magnetic to psychopaths.

  • @susannecalman2250
    @susannecalman2250Ай бұрын

    Love these two wise beings. From Melbourne Australia

  • @rareword
    @rarewordАй бұрын

    Only if we follow Socrates who said “Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue.” Or if we follow the Ten Commandments to the letter.

  • @Westcoastrocksduh

    @Westcoastrocksduh

    Ай бұрын

    I know many billionaires who disagree with that statement.

  • @larryfulmer

    @larryfulmer

    Ай бұрын

    christians don't even follow the ten commandmants. why bring your christian shariah law to the US when Constitution failed 1871.

  • @theskyizblue2day431

    @theskyizblue2day431

    Ай бұрын

    Negative. Christian fulfillment means you will be persecuted and martyred by the authorities of the world. You might get wealth, and it will most likely send you to Hell. Christ himself said that his followers would live a life like his own. Sacrifice, sacrifice, and martyrdom

  • @dainagrn7030

    @dainagrn7030

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@theskyizblue2day431I don't agree with this. Don't revenge but also don't allow to be stepped on your head.

  • @iRemainNameless

    @iRemainNameless

    22 күн бұрын

    This is beautiful

  • @Judge247
    @Judge247Ай бұрын

    Wow, “…the [university] credential is not a reasonable proxy for relevant experience.” That’s an amazingly damning observation….

  • @jcstang8952

    @jcstang8952

    23 күн бұрын

    We all know it at this point. The word expert is and should be in question any time the government or media utters it.

  • @drinkyourtea
    @drinkyourteaАй бұрын

    The thing people need to understand this is lots of incremental changes which seem small looking but but were absolutely instrumental in making this current situation happen.

  • @Foslopac
    @FoslopacАй бұрын

    “Where are these angels that will govern society?” - Milton Friedman

  • @linjicakonikon7666

    @linjicakonikon7666

    Ай бұрын

    *angels

  • @Foslopac

    @Foslopac

    Ай бұрын

    @@linjicakonikon7666 Thanks, I missed that! Lol

  • @marcozegikniet9301

    @marcozegikniet9301

    Ай бұрын

    Milton Friedman was a corporate propagandist. His policies ruined America and the middle class ! So i can't take him serious !

  • @rmar1957

    @rmar1957

    26 күн бұрын

    They got burned in the fires of Western Civ.

  • @ollierobin
    @ollierobinАй бұрын

    "Flaw"? In the good ol' days it was called corruption.

  • @RaulieAbreu-xs4kb
    @RaulieAbreu-xs4kbАй бұрын

    The collapse is coming more options now then ever before to ruin your life. To much danger from so many directions. Climbing that ladder of pushing the envelope more and more. What do you think is gonna happen when all those things collide together at once.

  • @rmar1957

    @rmar1957

    26 күн бұрын

    KaBoom. That's what.

  • @angusdog22
    @angusdog2211 күн бұрын

    I’m a plumber and I appreciate the reference. You can go to school but your real education starts working in the field. It took me about 10yrs working in this field to really understand what I was doing. 25 years in and I’m still learning. Installing and understanding are not the same thing. I was a good installer early on, understanding systems and the little details takes a long time, and things are always changing. I’m still a student of my trade.

  • @perico400
    @perico400Ай бұрын

    It's hard when it teaches you that you are the champion of freedom and you realize that you are just the last empire that plunders other nations for their resources.

  • @muddyguns

    @muddyguns

    24 күн бұрын

    Better them than us.

  • @klaussone

    @klaussone

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@muddyguns You might find interesting that we have tried to determine if that is a good strategy. That's one of the goals of game theory. it turns out that. Simulations seems to suggest that forgiveness and cooperation are the most successful strategies, as long as you have mechanisms to deal with cheaters and abusers. Data seems to suggest that immediate retribution with high forgiveness over performs all other strategies as they start to isolate themselves after long enough time.

  • @muddyguns

    @muddyguns

    23 күн бұрын

    @@klaussone I'll use the past millenia as the census report. Mankind will exploit the weak and plunder the booty any chance it gets. If you're born in the western world in the past 100 years thank the universe because you hit the lotto

  • @teonactalpizza

    @teonactalpizza

    15 күн бұрын

    @@klaussonethis sounds super biased. The path of lesser resistance would more likely be established.

  • @thatguys4341
    @thatguys4341Ай бұрын

    Brett hates the idea of going back to lineage but would he sacrifice his own lineage for liberalism? I doubt it

  • @marcozegikniet9301

    @marcozegikniet9301

    Ай бұрын

    I rather die then going back to right wing conservatism from the past ! No population control for me !

  • @MarkD3P
    @MarkD3P17 күн бұрын

    This is so good - on two levels. The content - the interview - sums up what I've been feeling but been unable to put into words for years now. Thank you for this - subscribed. Also, your production values are through the roof. I do videography for a living and am so impressed with the setup, the camera quality, lighting, sound, and editing for your interviews. I also like the occasional split screen / video within a video segments. Thanks again; looking forward to more interviews and other content.

  • @scillyautomatic
    @scillyautomaticАй бұрын

    I am always reminded of the movie *Sphere*. (spoiler alert) At the end of the movie, the remaining crew, who have been given an incredible power, choose to use that power to "forget" everything they had discovered. Basically, they had the power to nullify the power itself. The US Constitution puts the all the power in the hands of the people, even if not direct power. We have so much freedom that would can elect and vote ourselves out of existence. And we just might do that...

  • @marymitchell4617

    @marymitchell4617

    Ай бұрын

    If you have to choose between a chicken sh!t sandwich & a dog sh!t sandwich, it's still sh!t. Our rights were nullified with the Pay-tree-ot act; it was 500+ pages long; nobody read it; who had time? We did get too comfortable, but we were also tricked into a lot of this. They're very clever psychopaths; they kept the little people distracted & working all the time so we wouldn't realize that they insidiously pulled the rug out from under us, one small tug at a time.

  • @theskyizblue2day431

    @theskyizblue2day431

    Ай бұрын

    “We?”

  • @scillyautomatic

    @scillyautomatic

    Ай бұрын

    @@theskyizblue2day431 Yes. "We".

  • @TheGreatness-gg1jx
    @TheGreatness-gg1jx24 күн бұрын

    WHO exactly said these two were some sort of authority of "western civilization"?

  • @kevinwhite7647
    @kevinwhite7647Ай бұрын

    These people are both so brilliant and compliment one another in important ways. I have a deep appreciation for them.

  • @eliteconcretewarrior9836
    @eliteconcretewarrior9836Ай бұрын

    Love everything these two have to say...thank you

  • @tim2muntu954
    @tim2muntu954Ай бұрын

    Bret - "The idea that the market, this blind force is going to navigate us wisely enough through that minefield is preposterous". The "market" - the "blind force" you reference is of course the untidy, uncompelled purchasing and interaction choices of all of us. (You know, the one that enabled the lives of 8 billion people to live better, on average, then all the lamentable governance experiments of the past.) Let me get this right Bret. You're advocating Platonic guardianship; a central planning Soviet? ("enlightened governance" philosopher kings then?)

  • @Chris-hq7nl

    @Chris-hq7nl

    Ай бұрын

    My thoughts as well. I would like to know where he draws the line of minimum effective governance, who chooses the method of that governance, etc.

  • @daveshore8671

    @daveshore8671

    Ай бұрын

    He’s a Trotskyite. Do not let the small hats fool you. They are part of the source of the issue. They taught student to hate America at that terrible institution. Schills.

  • @MyName-tb9oz

    @MyName-tb9oz

    Ай бұрын

    "...the untidy, uncompelled purchasing and interaction choices of all of us." That is where your argument falls apart. in fact, it's only the one word that fails you, "uncompelled." How many purchases are not compulsory? Sure, you can choose which insurance company you want to pay your monthly extortion fee to but the rates are pretty much the same (and rapidly rising) regardless. I could go on for hours about compulsory purchases.

  • @tim2muntu954

    @tim2muntu954

    Ай бұрын

    The choices the average teenager has in the United Stated would astonish a king from the 18th Century.

  • @cptkirkp
    @cptkirkp26 күн бұрын

    "Hard Times Create Strong Men, Strong Men Create Good Times, Good Times Create Weak Men, Weak Men Create Hard Times"

  • @tigermoose4221
    @tigermoose4221Ай бұрын

    People like to associate with those that are culturally close, not necessarily genetic or racial. Making everything about race or genetics is why we are in this mess. Cultural preservation and augmentation is key to civilization.

  • @michaelmaultsby895
    @michaelmaultsby895Ай бұрын

    They say a lot, and they say that relationships between races and people with different sexuality are the worst. I grew up in the 80’s with Michael Jackson hit songs, Prince hit songs. We had Queen’s “I’ve got to break free”, Wham, Culture Club, and George Michael. We accepted so many people, and if they were exceptional, we praised them.

  • @GodwynDi

    @GodwynDi

    Ай бұрын

    Mid to late 80s was America's peak. Edit: Probably 80s into late 90s.

  • @Ebi_fuwafuwa

    @Ebi_fuwafuwa

    Ай бұрын

    you grew up in an age of antiwhite narrative and a push for WHite-erasure and White-guilt being normalised, and now the fruits have been borne. Westernkind are enoguh, only we cna be us, we don't need Michael Jackson or any other of his ethnicity

  • @jen7ellez
    @jen7ellez24 күн бұрын

    When the redefinition of gender was at its height and Drs went along and advocated for it, even if that meant operating on children, I knew there's no going back from here. "Reality" will break and let's see what's ushered in. I feel like it's safe to say it's not going to be anything pleasant.

  • @NoThankYouToo
    @NoThankYouToo16 күн бұрын

    It’s not on the verge of collapse; it is in the process of collapsing. The question is what shape the pile at the bottom takes.

  • @l.w.paradis2108
    @l.w.paradis2108Ай бұрын

    "Is Western Civilization on the verge of collapse?" Okay, do they want us to cheer for no, or secretly cheer for yes?

  • @johnmitchell2741
    @johnmitchell2741Ай бұрын

    Heather is so easy on my ears, compared to most female speakers

  • @richardthurston2171

    @richardthurston2171

    Ай бұрын

    It’s 2024. Lots more women are speaking these days. Better get used to it.

  • @jdekong3945

    @jdekong3945

    Ай бұрын

    I think he is referring to Heathers soothing vocal tones rather than making a statement about women speaking in general

  • @geoffroberts1131

    @geoffroberts1131

    Ай бұрын

    😂what? I'm guessing you're American. Only an American would say something so off point and so pointless 😅 maybe you need to watch the video again without the s##t in your head 🤔

  • @FT4Freedom

    @FT4Freedom

    Ай бұрын

    Women speakers 😂 Heather is definitely abofa compared to most.

  • @theskyizblue2day431

    @theskyizblue2day431

    Ай бұрын

    @@richardthurston2171simp alert. They ain’t gonna date you, beta brad

  • @EverettBurger
    @EverettBurgerАй бұрын

    I too do not want my plumber to perform brain surgery on me. However, I also don't want my brain surgeon to perform any plumbing repairs in my bathroom.

  • @inahaze76

    @inahaze76

    Ай бұрын

    I had the same thought.

  • @sdrc92126

    @sdrc92126

    Ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @homemetalstudios759
    @homemetalstudios75926 күн бұрын

    to the societal optimists that go with "your life is better than kings/queens of old" i would like to counter with "are we more or less fulfilled than generations past?" largely it seems the cost to these material increase the cost was fulfillment of life and spiritual growth. what is the point of being alive if you have no self worth, control, direction, or meaning in any sense.

  • @sled9263
    @sled926314 күн бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoy listening to Bret and Heather. Highly intelligent people who seem very genuine as well.

  • @bigt3995
    @bigt399521 күн бұрын

    "An experiment that has been wildly succesfull" For who though? On average, we have less money in hands and you have to have a 2 income household. (Borrowing from the future) And birthrate has been under 2.1 for more than 50% of the duration. How is that successfull??

  • @alfred-vz8ti
    @alfred-vz8ti2 күн бұрын

    show me a piece of western civilization, do you see rust, wrinkles, cosmetic paint? humanity is well and truly linked nowadays, so a better question is, can we reduce heat production in time to save the environment? or are you talking about western domination? that's in trouble.

  • @jimr4319
    @jimr431916 күн бұрын

    While I may not always agree with them, Bret, a true Gentleman, and the Lady Heather are a genuinely beautiful couple with a sincere desire for the truth. They don't sacrifice intellect in the name of partisanship. If we could all be that way.

  • @ellenbunker-lopez4007
    @ellenbunker-lopez400717 күн бұрын

    I love Heather and Bret...actual thinkers. Happy to see Heather here with Bret, her voice and intellect matter.

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia794524 күн бұрын

    Cite any example in 6500 years where any civilisation prevented the fall of empire cycle. Just ONE example. One. In the past 6500 years. One.

  • @TacitusR

    @TacitusR

    16 күн бұрын

    Correct, Western Civilization is not going to be the first and only exception to the rule. In fact it is proving every day that it is progressing to collapse right on schedule.

  • @sampotter4455
    @sampotter445526 күн бұрын

    Heather and Bret are encouraging voices of reason!

  • @stonedacres637
    @stonedacres63728 күн бұрын

    Hi Heather, I like and respect you... How ever as a plumber of 20 years I can say that you're completely wrong. It takes 4 years to get a red seal to become a journeyman, many tests, countless hours on site and a piece of paper from an accredited trade school or college. Lived experience is a huge component, but the idea that we don't require a "degree" is false. This is why red seal journeymen are internationally recognized as qualified trades people. You don't get to just call yourself a plumber and be one anymore than you can call yourself a doctor or lawyer or accountant.

  • @johnheart6890
    @johnheart6890Ай бұрын

    2 heroes who walked the walk and talked the talk. They paid a high price, but they did the RIGHT THING! They are heroes!

  • @brazelabs8451
    @brazelabs8451Ай бұрын

    Great video! 👍

  • @SatSingh-mm4gg
    @SatSingh-mm4gg28 күн бұрын

    @7:00, "subsidiarity" is a military doctrine, allowing unit efficacy, cohesion and compartmentalization

  • @Commonsense401
    @Commonsense401Ай бұрын

    America has been a beacon for western civilisation. However, over the past 12 years or so it has been in serious decline. If western society is to survive, the US needs return to old values. And you can do that with voting for RFKJr.

  • @XP-nt9iy

    @XP-nt9iy

    Ай бұрын

    RJK Jr who will continue flooding this country with third-worlders and refuse to mass deport the illegals who are already here, because that's too "mean." Sorry, but I don't trust him.

  • @rmar1957

    @rmar1957

    26 күн бұрын

    I doubt we can vote our way out of it in spite of the man's good intentions.

  • @rberka555
    @rberka55527 күн бұрын

    Somebody cheer me up here.

  • @airman122469
    @airman122469Ай бұрын

    Yes. Human progress is still roughly on the hockey stick. But, it’s about perspective. People today do not have the appreciation of where humanity has been. They see what their situation is and has been since they have been alive. If they feel things are worse now than when they were young, there will be discontent.

  • @zakiasimpson8928
    @zakiasimpson8928Ай бұрын

    What they got for explaining away the Holocaust and slavery, woman’s rights, how child rights laws started, the 70s revolution, feminism.

  • @kundavanriel6142
    @kundavanriel6142Ай бұрын

    The expertise is still unknown, we need to grow it

  • @MollysPa
    @MollysPaАй бұрын

    My sense is that Richard Dawkins and the late E.O. Wilson would concur with your explanation that as institutions disintegrate, their tribal constituents would, as it were, come out of solution. While Jefferson anticipated periodic rebellions against the inevitability of government tyranny, he likely could not envision the civil disunity we're currently experiencing; after all, in his day America was comprised largely of the tribe of English-speaking tradesmen, merchants, laborers, and gentleman farmers like himself. We're approaching a tipping point - if not already past it - where we're no longer a melting pot but a corrosive emulsion. I agree w/Mr. Schlaefer, the past 60 years will have been the prelude to the so-called Black Swan event everyone should've seen coming. On the global scale, failure of US would be the catalyst for the failure of the West.

  • @wtk6069
    @wtk606920 күн бұрын

    It depends on how you draw the line. In many very real ways, western civilization is already dead and buried, never to return. In a few other ways, there's still maybe some hope.

  • @suetipping4841
    @suetipping4841Ай бұрын

    Thank you. We need people with their fingers in the air, confirming our knowing the direction of the wind and how strong it is blowing. . We live at least in a gale, if not a hurricane.

  • @doqille
    @doqilleАй бұрын

    I dont remember Soviet Union be named part of Western Civilization, although it combined various different nationalities and even called it Communist International. More that that, one of the most impactful leaders wasnt from title nationality. So it is not just Western Civilization who combined different nations on the cooperation basis.

  • @vaska1999

    @vaska1999

    Ай бұрын

    Don't expect American biologists to know that or be capable of acknowledging it.

  • @motfc8
    @motfc822 күн бұрын

    The real question is, should it? Superior, for a very few. "The U.S. economy, thrives on instability" Noam Chomsky 🤔

  • @George-vf7ss
    @George-vf7ssАй бұрын

    Be prepared....

  • @susilwas
    @susilwas11 күн бұрын

    Thank you both for standing strong and give us your thoughts based on your knowledge. I'v been following you ever since covid appear. Thank you!

  • @mikemaillet5737
    @mikemaillet573724 күн бұрын

    Human “governance” should be based on the optimal management of global resources.

  • @LaughterMan85
    @LaughterMan85Ай бұрын

    Emergence comes from bottom-up, not top-down

  • @user-eo7cf2cd7k
    @user-eo7cf2cd7kАй бұрын

    Raise audio volume up, bub...too low.

  • @kylewatson5133
    @kylewatson5133Ай бұрын

    Stop taxation, save the world.

  • @George-vf7ss
    @George-vf7ssАй бұрын

    Enlighten governance reminds me of the mammyfication of academia and the justice system. Gross incompetence.

  • @Shagrat052
    @Shagrat052Ай бұрын

    It's a hockey sock not a stick. Whatever is in abundance, fits into a hockey sock. 😜

  • @marycrowe5302
    @marycrowe530211 күн бұрын

    Critical Thinking has collapsed. It needs encouragement from early childhood.

  • @andrewwilgress4100
    @andrewwilgress410024 күн бұрын

    Thank you

  • @user-lr4ht1uw1z
    @user-lr4ht1uw1zАй бұрын

    Don't forget that at least Bret is a long time liberal who only seemed to get a brain recently.

  • @jefferytokarsky1930

    @jefferytokarsky1930

    Ай бұрын

    He still doesn’t get it because he still considers himself a liberal. He, like many, saw how government dealt with Covid but will still push for universal health care. He’ll see the flood of illegal, low skilled workers and push for a living wage. He fled Portland, but would still vote Democrat if the wokesters hadn’t quite so gone bat $h!+ crazy, not realizing Democrats have been headed that direction for over a century. It’s like all the moderates who say they are fiscal conservatives but social liberals who don’t understand the cost of social liberalism.

  • @bobbya51

    @bobbya51

    Ай бұрын

    👏👏

  • @franksullivan1873
    @franksullivan1873Ай бұрын

    Can human civilization be saved should be the question.

  • @thomasdykstra100
    @thomasdykstra10022 күн бұрын

    Superficial phenotypical catalogues grasp at every ostensible distinctive by which evil people would drive "political" prejudice or division, whereas the inhering aboriginal oracles of the human spirit prompt us, rather, to love both our Maker and our neighbor.

  • @stevegarwood1382
    @stevegarwood138228 күн бұрын

    Dr Fauci is a prime example of the failures in this system.

  • @claudiafahey1353
    @claudiafahey135326 күн бұрын

    If the majority of the people don't want to be saved, they will not be saved.I think we're about at the point where we just need to care for our own...

  • @LaughterMan85
    @LaughterMan85Ай бұрын

    Bret & Heather!

  • @kwyatt261
    @kwyatt26127 күн бұрын

    We had a global pandemic in 1918. 100 years later, we had a global pandemic. In 1929, we had a stock market collapse, ushering in a global economic depression. 100 years later...

  • @rickduffy8929
    @rickduffy8929Ай бұрын

    got me to click the full vid gj

  • @christiansmith-of7dt
    @christiansmith-of7dtАй бұрын

    Probably not

  • @maxjohnson1758
    @maxjohnson175811 күн бұрын

    Plumbers are not solely on the job trained. You dont learn how to plumb a new high rise building or an aricraft carrier by doing some household plumbing.

  • @icestationzebra8636
    @icestationzebra8636Ай бұрын

    Yes but WHY the breakdown?

  • @icestationzebra8636

    @icestationzebra8636

    Ай бұрын

    I don’t like your grandiose explanations lanation and word soup that is really an argument for elitism. Very disturbing.

  • @fancygiraffe3340

    @fancygiraffe3340

    12 күн бұрын

    Civil rights law and an increasing corruption to keep the financial system propped up. The FED does not have the authority to print money, yet the leaders are all pretending that because money can be printed digitally that it's not technically 'printing.' There's endless vested interest to keep massive corporations from falling and impacting everyone's retirements and income and yadda yadda. Once you accept that rules can be bent to keep it all propped up then you open up the entire public to being looted. We are now in the stage of collapse where the people in charge are looting the treasury, though in this case the 'treasury' is the entire economy. Your congress men and women are getting rich while the average person gets poorer. And DEI is a top-down initiative that is enforced through Civil Rights law. This abolished meritocracy 50+ years ago. You're just now getting to see the real results. So in short meritocracy is a rotting corpse while equity is enforced by law, the bankers and politicians profit big off corruption, and no one has any incentive to fix any of this because they'll be seen as the one who started the collapse.

  • @colgategilbert8067
    @colgategilbert806726 күн бұрын

    Western Civilization is over 1000 years old, if you count only the Modern, Early Modern, Renaissance, High Middle and Middle Middle Ages. That's one heck of an "Experiment".

  • @dg9265
    @dg9265Ай бұрын

    If Russia is a close border and terrorist got in in America is an open border. Just a matter of time. Thanks Dan Goldman Chuck Schumer Adam shift😢

  • @dorteva
    @dorteva26 күн бұрын

    Oh the irony of having these guests and the description referencing “superficial marks of ‘expertise’ superseding true merit and useful experience”

  • @evinwhiteson4902
    @evinwhiteson4902Ай бұрын

    Bret and Heather are proof theres hope.

  • @Eric-tj3tg

    @Eric-tj3tg

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@cmonman3639Ah, young grasshopper, did THEY say nothing, or did YOU hear nothing. Maybe rewatch and listen without desire, and with great care.

  • @bvdswqawe11

    @bvdswqawe11

    Ай бұрын

    not really,they are making valid observation about collapsing of the old system,buy,if you keep the old religions and ideologies, an extinction of the civilization, is inevitable ,as evidenced by current events on the global stage;only revolutionary reform involving throwing onto a rubbish heap all the religious and political crap will it be possible to salvage the progress humanity made so far.

  • @SineEyed

    @SineEyed

    Ай бұрын

    @@bvdswqawe11 I'm curious if you have any evidence (or even a good line of reasoning) to support your revolutionary reform conclusion..

  • @bvdswqawe11

    @bvdswqawe11

    Ай бұрын

    @@SineEyed before,I enlighten you,let me see what would you do to improve the prospects of humanity?

  • @daveshore8671

    @daveshore8671

    Ай бұрын

    They are part of the saboteurs. They are not Christian nor do they identify as Americans. They are small hats. They promote communism and then cry the Christian high trust system is collapsing.

  • @pietermoorer3679
    @pietermoorer367916 күн бұрын

    So true.... frighteningly so...

  • @bobbressi5414
    @bobbressi541426 күн бұрын

    All society collapses at some point. People cause their own demise, by oursourcing their wants and needs to the state. When I think of this topic I am always reminded of HG Wells the Time Machine. A peaceful docile society with no responsibility. All their comforts provided for, by overseers who will inevitably enslave and eat them. I am a huge fan of self sufficency. Not anarchy. Governments are necessary, but tend to work best when they are small and streamlined. Modern people have become far too reliant on the state for everything. When that happens, your fate becomes inextricably tied to the government. How many people have died waiting for the government to save them from a coming flood when they had time to simply walk to higher ground? Yes, that is a bit of an oversimplification, but it illustrates the point.

  • @Sergio6726
    @Sergio6726Ай бұрын

    It seems that while the going is good, people can ignore their differences because the plunder is a plenty however once the resources dry up, the innate reality of humanity, which is fear of the outsider, an evolved behavior which is there for very good reasons, re-emerges and takes control of the individual in order to protect them from outside aggression which is bound to be incoming. That is why Rome fell, that is why every big empire falls. Beneath the façade of inclusivity and diversity lay millennia old biological mechanisms upon which everything else is built and when historical earthquakes shake the foundations of the human animal, the pretenses and false structures which had covered its psyche in times of plenty are demolished. It is only natural, however improper or politically incorrect it is to admit. Majorities will only end up tacitly accepting being portrayed as villains for so long, right up until their children and thus their futures are threatened by the minorities and their interests, after all the whole idea of "Racism" is just the politics of the minority seeking unearned access to societies which their forefathers never shed any blood for in building. The future can turn into two paths, a calm landing into conservatism while each phenotype acknowledges the right to freedom of association or civil war. The charade of the "new man" is over for the time being as there will be other empires who seek to drink from the cup of diversity while the riches flow in the future as their leaders seek to prostitute their native populations to the outsiders in efforts of keeping their power and privileges. It has been an interesting short history for the western empire, who bucked trends of geopolitical and geographical disadvantage due to the technological progress of the small island off the north-western coast of the continental European mainland but history waits for no-one and the rest of the world has caught up and in some areas even surpassed the now decaying world power. I sincerely wish that the current leadership of the western empire doesn't end up pulling the plug on North America and thus causing you all to eat each other like starving rats but so far events seem to be heading in that direction especially considering the levels of migration you're currently experiencing. You know, Cuba emptied all their prisons when they sent "migrants" to Florida back in the 1980's. History might be repeating and considering the current political climate in the USA, you're woefully unprepared to deal with such. . . adventurous and enterprising young men, especially since they're not "white" nor "spicy white" and thus cannot be viewed as anything but richly deserving, desperate noble souls even, migrants looking for a better life who seek help from such a wealthy society as yours! Better make sure the 2nd amendment doesn't go anywhere, while you still can.

  • @hammertoe1767
    @hammertoe176718 күн бұрын

    Part 3 of 4: And then - when you add in ‘unfunded accrued liabilities/promises’ for pensions/old age security and healthcare - which many people like to dismiss/pooh-pooh - arguing that ‘economic growth’ which will lead to growth in tax revenue will allow those to be hundred in the future - well, THAT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN because we are not going to be able to GROW - why, because of rising prices for food and energy if nothing else - which means that spending will start to flow towards - by individuals - buying what they need to stay alive rather than enjoy purchasing various nonessential/luxury items, which will lead to declining incomes and job losses in those areas which will lead to people forfeiting homes and other assets which will put a strain on the financial system which will… Yada yada yada. The bottom line: “If the financial system/its institutions - are forced to follow the rules of the game - they are going to have to declare bankruptcy and close their doors. But if they do, and if enough of it/them do - the whole financial system will go into Cardiac Arrest and because - in turn - it is inextricably linked to and it’s continued operation without missing a beat - the/Global Goods and Services Supply Chains - they will/would have to - almost instantly - screech to a halt and things would stop moving because at various handoff points within those chains, nobody would be prepared to ‘turn over’ their ‘financial asset’ that they were legally/financially responsible for, ‘FOR NOTHING’. And - if you understand these complex systems - which is to say have at least a vague understanding of how everything fits together practically speaking and - at a kind of fundamental/systemic level - how Complex Systems Can Behave (collectively, as Black boxes let alone interconnected black boxes/nested systems and subsystems - so complex that no one can understand them really), those damn things can fail SO FAST AND WITH SO LITTLE WARNING “IT CAN MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN!” And - once they start - if they happen to somehow or other ‘pass’ a Point of No Return, YOU CAN’T STOP THEM! Once Humpty Dumpty argument finally (a) loses his balance (assuming ‘his’ is the proper gender pronoun to use), AND (b) STARTS TO FALL OFF THE WALL, (c) it will be BOTH IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP/BREAK THAT FALL and (d) HUMPTY DUMPTY UP WILL CRASH INTO THE FLOOR AND SHATTER INTO A MILLION PIECES AND (e) IT WILL SIMPLY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN IN ANY REASONABLY ENOUGH SHORT ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME (e) TO GET THOSE SUPPLY CHAINS MOVING AGAIN TO AVOID CATASTROPHE. Food and water shortages will surface in major cities within three days or so - particularly food - and people will start to starve - in major, developed, modern/complex cities in the West. And dare I say - there will be ‘people in the streets’… Scared and worried and angry? That’s our future folks, as I see it. I consider myself fortunate being 78 years old and I would not want to be in the shoes of/trade places with anyone more than five years younger than me - certainly not 10 years or more - because you/they face the most horrific future one could ever imagine. Literally. That’s how I see it.

  • @ChrisDragotta
    @ChrisDragottaАй бұрын

    I love how they have to pretend not to know exactly what it happening and never talk about it. Isn't just beautiful to watch?

  • @gwang3103
    @gwang3103Ай бұрын

    I think the issue of *belief* should be examined here. What do the members of Western Civ *believe?* What are their fundamental convictions? *The Christian religion* used to be the one supreme force guiding and unifying Western Civ. What happened? *Resource depletion* is another issue that warrants examination here. Sorry, mates, but there's simply no known substitute for fossil fuels (if we want to keep modern industrial society going) -- and they are running out. What is to be done, then?

  • @daveshore8671

    @daveshore8671

    Ай бұрын

    We are not running out of fossil fuels. Oil is renewable and coal is plentiful. Most of the fossil fuel story is a lie.

  • @yoursoulisforever
    @yoursoulisforever21 күн бұрын

    We decided that God was not needed. The story of Jesus Christ, his teachings and his example...no longer needed. The faith that lifted the barbarian west after the fall of Rome, no longer needed. Spiritual grounding, no longer needed. Feeling a part of something bigger than ourselves, something devine, no longer needed. Having ownership in it, and a will to sacrifice for it, no longer needed. We threw the baby out with the bathwater.

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