Was Napoleon one of Nietzsche´s Ubermensch?

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As expected, the Napoleon film by Ridley Scott reveals the shallowness of modern "culture"
One of Hollywood´s best teams couldn´t even make an honest portrayal of Napoleon...
They went along with the lies of their age
They failed to see what made him such an enigma in his time...
To them, he couldn´t be motivated by a thirst for winning... no... that´s too male, aggressive, and "unspiritual"
Instead, us moderns need him to be "broken" so he has "depth" and feels "reletable"
He has to be "cursed" with a porn addiction and a wife who runs an Onlyfans...
This shallow psychology is something history will laugh at us for...
But what did drive him? What really made him what he was?
Nietzsche is the only "psychologist" who could see this... who was honest enough to identify it...
It was a raw and violent Will to Power
Napoleon was channeling a force so powerful that it destroys old worlds and creates entirely new ones...
This may seem pretentious, but after Napoleon the world was never the same
Alexander the Great destroyed the ancient Persian world and created Hellenism
Julius Caesar destroyed the Republic and made the way for the Empire
The meaning of these men´s lives were so far beyond the pettiness of where they put their private parts
For a time, they were Destiny itself...
They were Superhuman
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  • @Dino_Medici
    @Dino_Medici7 ай бұрын

    “Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows” - Napoleon

  • @mat7083

    @mat7083

    6 ай бұрын

    *Megan Thee Stallion enters the chat*

  • @CounterFiat

    @CounterFiat

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mat7083Ice Spice has joined the party

  • @HeroicIdeal
    @HeroicIdeal7 ай бұрын

    "Like a last signpost to the other path, Napoleon appeared... that synthesis of inhuman and superhuman" 🔥⚡️

  • @springheeljak145
    @springheeljak1457 ай бұрын

    I never expected an English director like Ridley Scott to not slander and demean Napoleon. Casting a small hat to play Napoleon confirmed that this was not going to be a film anybody who likes or respects Napoleon to watch, or even a lover of history.

  • @RisingJake

    @RisingJake

    7 ай бұрын

    "Oy vey!" - Napoleon at Waterloo, 1815

  • @We-Wuz-Great-201

    @We-Wuz-Great-201

    7 ай бұрын

    Yeah, because every Englishman is the same, just like every American or Irishman. "We did this" and "We suffered that",...didn't we? I suffer none of you. This is my "philosophy", or as I like to call it, another man's idea.

  • @We-Wuz-Great-201

    @We-Wuz-Great-201

    7 ай бұрын

    "Sitting around fluffing each others feathers with 'strong poetry' is a very feminine way to be" - Pig Nietzsche

  • @peepeepoopoo2749

    @peepeepoopoo2749

    7 ай бұрын

    @@We-Wuz-Great-201 common homosexual L

  • @frest878

    @frest878

    7 ай бұрын

    I hope you mean that they just wouldn’t understand him properly. Because the English on the whole think Napoleon is cool. We get taught about him pretty objectively, we don’t see him as some sort of ancient enemy or enemy of the race or something like that lol

  • @killgriffinnow
    @killgriffinnow7 ай бұрын

    I just wanted to say, you have genuinely helped change my life. Before this, I was literally one of those leftist Redditors you talk about (with 600K+ karma from original content). I did this for a few years, and what you said about them hating life and hating their existence is 100% true, in fact that’s exactly how I started to feel. But I pushed on, because the left was supposedly about being “nice” to people, so they have to be the good guys, right? Well, their rhetoric got gradually more and more extreme, to the point where they started talking about how they wanted to kill anyone they defined as “Nazis” and make “incels” kill themselves. I finally pushed back…and I got death threats before being banned from their communities. I found your videos and it was like a light switch being turned on. I drastically cut down on internet usage, actually went outside, did exercise and asked a girl out for the first time (she said yes). Please keep doing what you’re doing. I’ve watched all of your videos, and you are legitimately having an extreme, positive impact on the world with your points.

  • @jdawgdabeast

    @jdawgdabeast

    7 ай бұрын

    Now change your fucking avatar.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    You sound young. Hit the gym & train jiujitsu and it’ll all fall into place. You’ll love it!

  • @peepeepoopoo2749

    @peepeepoopoo2749

    7 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a fake story but Reddit is genuinely degenerate. Great design, great layout, text based and educational but it’s absolutely plagued by the worst people society has to offer.

  • @mathieulaurent8967

    @mathieulaurent8967

    7 ай бұрын

    Congrats on changing your life and congrats for getting that much karma ;)

  • @probrickgamer

    @probrickgamer

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@peepeepoopoo2749it's probably not fake. I started as a liberal as well. It does happen that people can change political ideologies

  • @R6i499
    @R6i4997 ай бұрын

    “And because Napoleon was different, the heir of a stronger, longer, older civilization than that which was going up in dust and smoke in France, he became a master here, he alone was master here.” Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

  • @paulvivrett7029
    @paulvivrett70297 ай бұрын

    Napoleon AND Nietzsche talk?? Perfect content!

  • @staxunity3438
    @staxunity34387 ай бұрын

    Very pleasant discovery and what a superb analysis. Like many of my French compatriots, every time an English speaker talks about Napoleon, I expect the worst, but I am happy to see that I was wrong when I clicked on this video. Being Catholic, I have always logically had a critical look at Nietzsche and his philosophy, how could I not? But I readily admit the incredible relevance of his reading grid of man for understanding our modern society. Your dissection of Napoleon's psychology is proof of this; I think it's the best I've ever heard. Bravo!

  • @Diogenes_43

    @Diogenes_43

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s been long enough, his memory and vision belongs to all of us now.

  • @misasuperman
    @misasuperman7 ай бұрын

    Jesus Christ, been a fan for few years now. I just read a comment about some dude appreciating Uberboyo and how he made him ask a girl out, funny the same thing happened to me, the first thing I did when I gathered some strength was ask a girl out, Stef wouldn't stop talking about it. I was still in high school. Asking a girl out became a badge of honor for us Uberboyo fans, what a healthy community this is, every young boy wants to hear that. I'm so happy that I wasn't the only one! Stef made me popular in high school unironically.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

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  • @bro4539

    @bro4539

    7 ай бұрын

    I don't really understand it myself but taking this stuff in has somehow made women pay way more attention to me. Girls who strike me as way too attractive to be interested in me are doing shit like bringing me lunch at work in the middle of the night, fucking baffling stuff

  • @uberboyo

    @uberboyo

    7 ай бұрын

    Let’s go 😂 good on you champ!

  • @joblakelisbon

    @joblakelisbon

    7 ай бұрын

    Great work brother.

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    6 ай бұрын

    This is why the ancient Scythian

  • @PrometheanBarbarian
    @PrometheanBarbarian7 ай бұрын

    Whether Napoleon's achievement were good or bad for Europe in hindsight is not the topic of this video. The fact of the matter is that, either if Napoleon worsened or bettered Europe's future, one can't deny that what he achieved in such a short time was impressive. Only a special person can achieve what he achieved. Nietzsche admired Napoleon for his 'Ubermensch' qualities, as we should aswell! Instead of hating on Napoleon, reading about him should be the catalyst to develop the qualities the Ubermensch might have.

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    6 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Nadia_Milkova
    @Nadia_Milkova7 ай бұрын

    The Victors write the history (and they now make the movies). Since Europe was conquered in WWII, all great things in European history will be portrayed in the worst possible light at best, and completely lied about at worst. The latter becoming increasingly the norm.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    Breaking Bad was kinda based.

  • @sheep5514

    @sheep5514

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@bryanutility9609 breaking bad didn't happen. Napoleon existed

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sheep5514 & he lost, too bad

  • @sheep5514

    @sheep5514

    2 ай бұрын

    @@bryanutility9609 he will be remembered forever. Ad victoriam

  • @untimelyreflections
    @untimelyreflections7 ай бұрын

    Damn, I was hyped for this. I should have trusted my cynicism about Hollywood and not expected anyone to buck the trend and tell a story with some of the magic of old. Instead, modern art is, as one reviewer you quoted said, obsessed with the portrayal of the smallness of man, and making every extraordinary person pathetic. Ridley Scott's comments before the film came out didn't encourage me to hope for anything better (he made some remarks that angered French historians, comparing Napoleon to the usual list of dictators, whose regimes did not resemble Napoleon and who committed atrocities that Napoleon never himself committed). Still, it is disappointing, since the prospect of a Napoleon story with modern filmmaking technology was exciting. But they use these capabilities to deconstruct old heroes instead of creating anything compelling.

  • @uberboyo

    @uberboyo

    7 ай бұрын

    I may be a bit jaded, bear in mind I’m referring to reviews and haven’t seen the film!!!

  • @untimelyreflections

    @untimelyreflections

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@uberboyo Let's hope they're wrong!

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    No atrocities? So Napoleon was a cuck? 😂

  • @jameslave98

    @jameslave98

    7 ай бұрын

    Anything wirh jews involved is going to be subverted and awful. They've been doing it since the 60s if you watch devon stack in odysee. The amount of cultural rot and subversion is a tremendous crime and shouldn't be allowed to continue

  • @Cornflakes-sr3nq

    @Cornflakes-sr3nq

    7 ай бұрын

    @untimelyreflections Don't dismiss those other guys too hastily man

  • @bigt2731
    @bigt27315 ай бұрын

    Great Video Boyo. Don’t let KZread regulations get you down and stifle your momentum.

  • @TheOneWhoKnocks969
    @TheOneWhoKnocks9697 ай бұрын

    Just when i was about to lose NNN uberboyo came as a Saviour

  • @uberboyo

    @uberboyo

    7 ай бұрын

    I am your guardian angel

  • @dusky4151
    @dusky41517 ай бұрын

    Hi uberboyo. This video comes as something of a synchronicity for reasons I can’t fully explain to you. It’s a collision of my personal studies, studies in my Nietzsche class, and I shit you not, a paper I’ve just started writing on this exact topic. Here you are in my recommended, the same night I’ve begun my paper. Thanks again for all you do

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    6 ай бұрын

    Serendipity

  • @dranzer6374
    @dranzer63745 ай бұрын

    Your speaking skills are top tier man. I wish to have achieve that level and beyond

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O67 ай бұрын

    I'm glad that you're back with Nietzsche stuff, thank you.

  • @NickMonty
    @NickMonty7 ай бұрын

    “It’s better to burn out then to fade away” Neil Young Burn out meaning expend energy in a grand way (and possibly die in the process)

  • @Dino_Medici

    @Dino_Medici

    7 ай бұрын

    Lovely

  • @bryanwright-kt1tt
    @bryanwright-kt1tt7 ай бұрын

    There’s nothing we can do right now on the macro. Master the micro, the immediate, and the subtle.

  • @noble3784
    @noble37847 ай бұрын

    I feel like I've just attended a service at the Church of Napoleon. My dream come true.

  • @Winko35
    @Winko357 ай бұрын

    ive been waiting for the upload

  • @rafiqahmed7
    @rafiqahmed77 ай бұрын

    If the Napoleon movie sucks, there's nothing we can do.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    I’ll just watch it for free tho.

  • @Dayz3O6

    @Dayz3O6

    7 ай бұрын

    vote with your wallet

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    6 ай бұрын

    Make our own damn movie

  • @mat7083

    @mat7083

    6 ай бұрын

    Morales lee tuli lie

  • @AGUIFRAN
    @AGUIFRAN7 ай бұрын

    Boyo, I really resonate with your ideas, they strike home every time, and I'm really thankful to have found your channel. Keep the good stuff coming because we need a new God, the God of the Will to Power. I'm writing this from Argentina, so I really know intimately the morality of the last man...we are about to have presidential elections, and there's a chance for things to turn for the Libertarians...so let's pray to the shrine of Nietzsche, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Jose de San Martin (he is like our version of the Übersmench, check it out, he is really remarkable) and such so my fellow countryman reclaim their will to power, and be less pathetic and weak. Thank you so much, kind regards.

  • @killgriffinnow
    @killgriffinnow5 ай бұрын

    Are you ok? You usually upload once a month and it’s been a little over that. I hope you’re not permanently finished making videos.

  • @geneticsmatter3834
    @geneticsmatter38347 ай бұрын

    Every strong leader of the past is a “dictator” by modern sensibilities. It’s what we get for worshipping freedom as an ends in and of itself. But freedom is just a means… “Liberty!!” yeah yeah, to do WHAT? Make more liberty? That’s circular reasoning.

  • @jackelhog
    @jackelhog7 ай бұрын

    That uberboyo podcast "ireland in flames" that was uploaded was gold.....with exception of the last 5 minutes. Really loved the points made, just so juicy. Really was a thrill to here that there are such cultivated and sharp minds in abundance.

  • @ChucksExotics
    @ChucksExotics4 ай бұрын

    I would love to see a video about who you think was the greatest Irishman in history. Who was closest to being the sárdhaonna?

  • @mastergoon7247
    @mastergoon72474 ай бұрын

    We need you to spread your message uberboyo. Please upload more especially your shorts.

  • @lestheralvarado8182
    @lestheralvarado81827 ай бұрын

    Man I love your content. I have been reading stoic philosophy for more than a year and I started reading Nietzsche’s philosophy about a month ago and I’m fascinated by his ideas.

  • @We-Wuz-Great-201

    @We-Wuz-Great-201

    7 ай бұрын

    You not the man this messenger preaches, neither was the man who put it out there into the world for you all to drool over (His great Gallic tash is something to behold though). These are only fictional narratives to attract and embolden the very opposite of the unattainable ideal. This silly world view only flourishes in this silly world, where to just believe you are the 'master of all' can be indulged with no repercussions.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    @@We-Wuz-Great-201I want to create an app where people like you can challenge others to mutual combat and people like me can bet on the winner.

  • @ShareefusMaximus

    @ShareefusMaximus

    7 ай бұрын

    I read some Nietzsche in high school. The channel linked here helped me reenter my reading of Nietzsche more productively. m.youtube.com/@WeltgeistYT/videos

  • @ShareefusMaximus

    @ShareefusMaximus

    7 ай бұрын

    @@We-Wuz-Great-201 The "ressentimant" is thick here. But as a great philosopher once said: "Haters gon hate." -The Dime Bishop.

  • @petrus9
    @petrus97 ай бұрын

    Another awesome video! Keep up the great work brother!

  • @nyusings
    @nyusings7 ай бұрын

    Came here from Twitter. My first video from your channel.

  • @mr.coolmug3181
    @mr.coolmug31817 ай бұрын

    Watch the movie _Waterloo_ (1970) for a great Napoleon performance from Rod Steiger. I haven't seen this new Napoleon movie it would be a shame if it's just a character-assassination as you and others describe. Ridley Scott's movies are full of admiration for nobility. Ridley's recent comments comparing Hitler and Napoleon caused a huge upset, so I'm not sure Scott has tamed his attitudes entirely.

  • @chewy9625
    @chewy96257 ай бұрын

    "Napoleon was in some way a superman." Is like saying "Mozart was in some way a musician." Man was a gigachad by any rational standard, and nothing less. Even his enemies couldnt help but admire the man.

  • @user-gu5mk6vg4f
    @user-gu5mk6vg4f7 ай бұрын

    Incredible video man

  • @OliverRosendal
    @OliverRosendal7 ай бұрын

    Damn! The gym session flew by listening to this 👏👌

  • @oo-hk6zd
    @oo-hk6zd6 ай бұрын

    I lived in a Town called Cork I believe. I was in a Catholic Cult there. 24:48 what your explaining has been apart of my medation sessions. I just found your channel. I am glad I did. The synchronicity is very scary at this point. Thank you for all your hard work and content.

  • @Ryan-Horgan
    @Ryan-Horgan7 ай бұрын

    Ive been experiencing a lot of synchronicities lately (maybe my third eye is opening or some shit) and i was thinking this morning that it's been a while since boyo uploaded. The universe is trying to tell me something...

  • @antoinemasson166

    @antoinemasson166

    7 ай бұрын

    Lol yeah your third eye is probably opening 😂

  • @algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286

    @algorithmgeneratedanimegir1286

    2 ай бұрын

    You have a profile picture that is you shirtless flexing your body on random internet goers. You do not have a third eye.

  • @galtimran
    @galtimran7 ай бұрын

    great content.

  • @theuniverse5173
    @theuniverse51737 ай бұрын

    Im subscribed to both your channel and Invicta and both of uploaded a video about napoleon in the first minuite

  • @gmicroni
    @gmicroni4 ай бұрын

    Yo Steph when you're back?

  • @eric.aaron.castro
    @eric.aaron.castro4 ай бұрын

    I am of the race that creates empires is an assertion directly paraphrased from the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's declaration in 1812: 'I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of the Caesars - those who are founders.’

  • @henryDzieciontko
    @henryDzieciontko5 ай бұрын

    Is uber boyo ok ?

  • @killgriffinnow

    @killgriffinnow

    5 ай бұрын

    Hope the WEF didn’t pay him a visit…

  • @andreasauke5724
    @andreasauke57247 ай бұрын

    Fantastic work 🫶🫶

  • @letsrelaxwithtexts2114
    @letsrelaxwithtexts21146 ай бұрын

    loved your music mate

  • @ZER08888
    @ZER088884 ай бұрын

    Is there any way to track your activity you don't post often but I assume you're perhaps on other podcasts

  • @Cornflakes-sr3nq
    @Cornflakes-sr3nq7 ай бұрын

    The 8 min mark. Well Stef, there is one. I'm still not up to the mark on the more woowoo side of things, haha, but I'm finding myself amenable to that whole idea of making the vision/the goal/etc a psychic possibility first, and then pursuing it's realisation, finding that it's easier then the defeatism may have permitted one to consider.

  • @mz-dz2yn
    @mz-dz2yn7 ай бұрын

    Money at War: Napoleon Vs The Rothschilds | by Luiggi Trejo Medium · Luiggi Trejo 9 months ago The Rothschild banking family played a significant role in financing both sides of the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Waterloo. Nathan

  • @benthornhill7903
    @benthornhill79037 ай бұрын

    I didn't think you could actually become an ubermensch. We're all just rope stretched over an abyss between animal and ubermensch.

  • @MilitaryIndustrialMuseum
    @MilitaryIndustrialMuseum7 ай бұрын

    Listening to this driving an hour home from my 2nd job in the deep fog of early morning, drinking an Irish Blend Java Monster.

  • @johnshirley9995
    @johnshirley99957 ай бұрын

    Hey great channel. I was just thinking you should do a video critiquing Jimmy Dore talking about how he just quit pot mostly to dream better in his Jungian pursuits as well as what he says about Jung (he just did a whole video on it). Of course, this would give you a chance to talk about the effects of pot on dream like or even about psychedelics etc. I bet it would get good views since JD is a pretty big name and probably nobody else is doing a video like that.

  • @adamc436
    @adamc4367 ай бұрын

    I quite liked Ridley Scott's 'Kingdom of Heaven;' likely my favorite movie of all time. It's unfortunate that so many artists in the contemporary media feel that the cumulative sentiment is genuinely this miserable, self-deprecating, and hedonistic. I work with hardened blue collar types, and compete in strength sports, so I'm utterly insulated from this muelling misery, but I do hear reddit metastasizing into real life among some groups in certain social settings.

  • @jmcm152
    @jmcm1527 ай бұрын

    Was down on Thanksgiving but these words are fire 🔥

  • @candide6005
    @candide60057 ай бұрын

    My friend... This topic was already discussed in War and Peace by Tolstoi in the best possible way. And I don't know if you really see this "greatness" in "men" as something good, but the truth is that changing the diapers of your newborn child is the highest we can get to "will" and "power". And I am so happy, as a male, to live in such a civilised time of peace (this is in central Europe).

  • @mitrom6653
    @mitrom66535 ай бұрын

    BOYO WTF BOYO YOU OUT HERE CHASING USSY AGAIN?

  • @jjlowrey
    @jjlowrey7 ай бұрын

    Love an uberboyo upload

  • @ejenkins4711
    @ejenkins47117 ай бұрын

    True joy seems to come when i feel small enough to be invisible and big enough to feel the vastness of the underground stream. CGJ

  • @Phoeagdor
    @Phoeagdor7 ай бұрын

    Like mentioned, right at the end.....perhaps it won't be one of us but will be you, Uberboyo. I see that you put out about 1cast a month. This podcast gig must not be full time. If you jumped fully in, and kept going with the narrative of everything you put out, then maybe you can invoke that energy you also seem to aspire to. You have the ear of the younger audience, my own agers are having cardiac arrests. Consider the lilies and jump in further, incredible number of points and insights here, eatin' and drinkin' in your stuff, boay. Shine on. Go for it, Rock.

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    Hey there’s only so much content to be had 😂. Make sure you don’t fall into a consumer habit. Get out there and take action! 💪🏼

  • @arindamparua2852
    @arindamparua28527 ай бұрын

    Hey, Uberboyo I am from India and I like your content about nietzsche very much, But can you make a video about Indian vedanta philosophy in Nietzscheian perspective? I heard once that you are Irish, sister Nivedita (Margaret Elizabeth Noble) was an Irish woman a follower of vedanta philosophy, disciple of great Swami Vivekananda and she influenced Indian revolutionary movement in freedom struggle very much. She is like a mother to us.

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    6 ай бұрын

    Namaste

  • @coco-ongelzela

    @coco-ongelzela

    2 ай бұрын

    Irish people are everywhere in history, they're known for making an impact in other countries

  • @DonutVideos
    @DonutVideos7 ай бұрын

    In our minds, war has nothing to do with institutions because we conceive of war as winning at all costs, disregarding any codes, rules, and laws, regardless of the means and form which victory takes - biochemical weapons, terrorism, torturing prisoners, weapons of mass destruction, this is what we think about when we conceive of war. However, war was not always like this. War can be thought of like a rugby match almost, where rival leaders agreed where and when to fight. And the fight ended not when one side was totally exterminated, but when one side started to lose ground - there are always these implicit rules governing every aspect of the fight. Think of war like a great chess battle between Magnus Carlson and Hikaru Nakamura. These two grandmasters battle each other with their pieces on the chessboard, but rarely does a world chess tournament end in actual checkmate. Since official matches for the ultimate title of world champion began in 1886, there has only been one case where the resulting match ended in checkmate. Often, the loser will resign the match once he sees that he has fallen so far from victory that there is no conceivable chance of recovering the match. Out of respect for his opponent, he dutifully resigns by shaking hands with the grandmaster who defeated him. Playing to the death is only for novices, it would appear. Even in modern day, I think we still have hints of this institution of war. For example, the impromptu Christmas truces in World War I, where rival soldiers came out of their trenches to play soccer with people that they were just trying to kill days ago in no man’s land. To understand this abstract concept of war, we should turn to the military theorist and general, Carl von Clausewitz’s famous quote on war: “War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale… War is an act of force, and there is no logical limit to the application of that force. Each side, therefore, compels his opponent to follow suite; a reciprocal action is started which must lead, in theory, to extremes.” This metaphor of a duel is very alarming because a duel is defined by infinite escalation. Whether by sword or by pistol, the duel is often over in a matter of minutes, if not seconds, with one or both parties dead. The logic of the duel is to immediately exterminate the opponent. For Clausewitz, the governing logic of war - is none other than this escalation to extremes, the Hegelian duel - which only ends in death or complete domination. But of course wars do not happen like this - there are stalemates, there are withdrawals, there is de-escalation, there are also peace treaties. What prevents actual war from conforming to its abstract concept of unending escalation to the extremes are frictions - frictions that prevent both parties from fully deploying all their forces at once. The idea is this. If violent reciprocation is simultaneous, then spirit dominates, and you are completely caught up in the logic of vengeance. Yet if there are frictions that prevent rival factions from deploying their forces, then they can have time to de-escalate and cool off. It’s very much like personal rivalries, where taking time away from your rival is very important for spirit to cool off and being able to use reason. In like manner, rival nations need frictions to help them gain lucidity and de-escalate. And I think there are two types of frictions that prevent rival armies from deploying their forces at once. First are technological frictions - the terrain you must traverse to get your troops onto the battlefield, the long gap of communication that plagued armies of old, etc. The second are cultural frictions - the rituals and prohibitions in war, what made war into an institution. Up until modern times, there were often things you must not under any circumstance do to your enemy, even in the context of war, even if it meant giving up an easy victory or facing certain defeat. These frictions often delayed violence and gave both parties space to de-escalate. An example of this is the gentlemen’s wars of the 17th and 18th century. These wars were called gentleman’s wars because there were so many implicit agreements that everyone respected. Let’s take a concrete example. In gentlemen’s wars, to kill officers via assassination was considered scandalous and dishonorable. The famous rifle corps commander, Colonel Patrick Ferguson, had this to recount in 1777 when he was deployed to America from the British Empire to quell the rebellion. Reading from his journal: “We had not lain long when a rebel officer, remarkable by a Hussar dress, passed towards our army, within 100 yards of my right flank, not perceiving us… I ordered three good shots to steal near to them and fire at them; but the idea disgusted me. I recalled the order… I could have lodged half-a-dozen balls in or about him before he was out of my reach. I had only to determine; but it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual, who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty; so I let him alone. That day… one of our surgeons… came in and told us they had been informing him that General Washington was all the morning with the light troops, and only attended by a French officer in a Hussar dress, he himself dressed and mounted in every point as above described. I am not sorry that I did not know at the time who it was.” Ferguson let the rival chief commander, George Washington, go because it was “Not pleasant to assassinate.” And after learning who it was, he wasn’t sorry for letting him go. That’s like if the US had Bin Laden at its crosshairs but decided to call off the drone strike because it was a Sunday and it’s not good to kill on the Lord’s Day. That is how strong these cultural frictions were in the 18th century. War was much more like a competitive team sport - filled with passions and emotions but with clear boundaries that few transgressed. We do have a code of law now that governs war, but this doesn't carry much cultural weight -- we've simply resorted to the most efficient forms of killing. There are no real rules anymore. To us, it seems so odd to tell your opponents where you will go, and to not shoot someone because it was unpleasant -- today warfare is all about domination. How to use every method, every arrow in our quiver to inflict greatest damage with the most minimal loss. So what has changed between our era and the era of gentleman’s wars? This change in the philosophy of war can be summarized as the stakes of war being heightened -- and these extraordinary ends started justifying extraordinary means. With Napoleon, we are already far away from the gentleman’s wars. As the stakes of war increased, warfare became more about exterminating the enemy at all costs instead of respecting rituals and prohibitions that gave one honor. Today, these cultural frictions have all but fallen to the wayside. War is no longer an institution with checks and balances, but conforms to its abstract concept of domination. Nietzsche says as much in his philosophy transcribed in Will to Power. "For spirit alone does not make men noble. Rather, there must be something to ennoble the spirit. What then is required? Blood... A declaration of war on the masses by Higher Men is needed!... Everything that makes soft and effeminate, that serves the end of the People or the Feminine, works in favor of Universal Suffrage, i.e. the domination of the Inferior Men. But we should take reprisal and bring this whole affair to light and the bar of judgment." It appears that Nietzsche was wholly unaware that his philosophy would eventually give rise to the Nazi party of Fascist Germany. Disregarding Christ's unveiling of the deceitfulness hidden within the mechanisms of mimetic rivalry, we condemn ourselves to violence. Had he known this fact ahead of time, perhaps he would have chosen his words more carefully. What has happened in effect, is we have transgressed the spirit of Christendom, and this has resulted in mass hysteria which expressed itself most fully at the height of WWII. Prohibition and ritual have broken down and we are without our old tools to limit violence. The best we can do is law and capitalism, which are insufficient katechons -- decreasing the actuality of violence while increasing its potentiality. Unlike sacrifices of old, there is no real peace. This potential energy, if it hasn't already, will engender war at the point where law is impotent, and capitalism has channeled our rivalrous instincts through global trade. And such a war, without cultural nor technological frictions, would see a rapid nuclear escalation that brings about literal apocalypse.

  • @joblakelisbon

    @joblakelisbon

    7 ай бұрын

    Grear comment. However I think you're cherry picking examples of gentelmanly warfare. If you think wars of old were governed by gentlemanly principles you should look into the Spanish conquest of the Americas or the Christian wars with the Ottomans. Both sides were absolutely savage and employed much in the way of scheming and deceit.

  • @tomtaylor5623
    @tomtaylor56237 ай бұрын

    He helped spread the false creed of equality and emancipation even though he probably didn't believe in it himself.

  • @user-iv3gq1fj5k
    @user-iv3gq1fj5k4 ай бұрын

    My guy you gonna post another video or what

  • @jackfarr_23
    @jackfarr_237 ай бұрын

    If you go Beyond Good and Evil, could you accidentally fall beneath it?

  • @bryanutility9609

    @bryanutility9609

    7 ай бұрын

    Yea the last man playing video games 😂

  • @iamKristianBell
    @iamKristianBell7 ай бұрын

    Yo uberboyo! Would love to do a podcast with you

  • @01FNG
    @01FNG6 ай бұрын

    Uberboyo, where is your analysis on the Gaza situation right now? It seems that this issue cuts through much of the Zeitgeist we have, what would Jung say about this?

  • @benjaminfrenglish
    @benjaminfrenglish7 ай бұрын

    Hi from Brno (Austerlitz)... just wanted to pass by !

  • @dad4378
    @dad43785 ай бұрын

    Man, I watched your interview with Tate a while back. Genuinely curious if you're willing to share your candid thoughts on him after his rise.

  • @cooldudemcswagcooldudemcsw4697
    @cooldudemcswagcooldudemcsw46977 ай бұрын

    It’s strange that during a moment in the internet where people are talking about how cool Napoleon is and how he’s “literally me” that a movie would come out with such a skewed reductive view of him

  • @bricktea3645
    @bricktea36456 ай бұрын

    Can u cover what's up with archetypes/deity and their connection to planets. The part that is interesting is about deity magic and worshiping by mediating their qualities and becoming the deities or acquiring their attributes,I wonder how it ties in with other planets like Saturn is an obvious one. I am asking u as u study about Carl Jung and archetypes,me trying to figure out Jung is beyond me at the moment so I would like the help.

  • @pax4501
    @pax45017 ай бұрын

    Imagine Kubrick’s Napoleon film… and with Tony Hopkins as Bonaparte! Now that would be a hell of a film…

  • @arch_dornan6066
    @arch_dornan60667 ай бұрын

    Have you seen the 1927 one? Great stuff

  • @helmeteye
    @helmeteye7 ай бұрын

    The strategy they used to defeat Napoleon was to fight only his generals and not to fight troops he was directly commanding.

  • @waynewayne8419

    @waynewayne8419

    7 ай бұрын

    They could have used any strategy and it would not have mattered, he didn’t have enough men and resources to fight a full coalition.

  • @helmeteye

    @helmeteye

    7 ай бұрын

    @@waynewayne8419 Wouldn't have mattered? One or two more victories can cause alliances to shift. He had people from all over Europe rally to his banners.

  • @bryanutility9609
    @bryanutility96097 ай бұрын

    Forgot my headphones for work today 🙄 maybe I’ll go read your twitter for some of same!

  • @yeabsirasefr6209
    @yeabsirasefr62097 ай бұрын

    showing off in a boxing gym is a virtue no matter what anyone tries telling me

  • @truthlightseekers3336
    @truthlightseekers3336Ай бұрын

    Napoleon will live longer than Ridley Scott

  • @Torgo1969
    @Torgo19696 ай бұрын

    Since Napoleon Bonaparte is considered a standard-bearer of the ideal of Meritocracy, I feel duty-bound to learn more about him and give him respect and honor. But I have heard that the Ridley Scott film ignores this best part of him completely, so I may have to find other sources to learn more about him.

  • @moormanjean5636
    @moormanjean56367 ай бұрын

    Love all your points, just one note: antelopes dont have gizzards 😅😅

  • @uberboyo

    @uberboyo

    7 ай бұрын

    god damn haha

  • @derunbekannte4194
    @derunbekannte41947 ай бұрын

    Its übermensch not Ubermensch. If you dont have the ü Letter in your Keyboard then its Uebermensch.

  • @user-jx1th8jz6y
    @user-jx1th8jz6y7 ай бұрын

    I looked into the abyss, and it stared back at me, and i thought "damnnmn gurl you lookin kinda fine today"

  • @najlaalsabhan5380
    @najlaalsabhan53807 ай бұрын

    We have MBS he is the representation of youth power .. he created the movement of change and building a new world with an ambitious vision ✨🙌🏼

  • @David.Isaac.147
    @David.Isaac.1476 ай бұрын

    Steph, have you heard the idea that Trump is an avatar of Zeus?

  • @VVeltanschauung187
    @VVeltanschauung1877 ай бұрын

    Waiting on my Bismarck kino

  • @easternwind4435
    @easternwind44353 ай бұрын

    The plural of the German word "Mensch" is "Menschen", it should be represented in the title

  • @notzion
    @notzion4 ай бұрын

    u good?

  • @carlosphere421
    @carlosphere4217 ай бұрын

    Just like it is described in James Hillmans 'Soul code' Napeleon really embodied his Daimon that was with him at birth toward his destiny. Everything the producer/directors of this movies intent is explained away in that book. Some people can not reach the potential of the guiding force that is the daemon so they resort to movies likes this. Sounds like they have missed the mark.

  • @Dino_Medici

    @Dino_Medici

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey bro. I just came across the concept of the Daimon tn from Steven Pressfield actually. I’m hella interested in the nature of creativity and the artist as hero. Do you rec any other resources to learn more about the Daimon. Gonna peep Soul Code for sure

  • @VonLuckow
    @VonLuckow7 ай бұрын

    Did you ever make a video about the bronze age mindset

  • @joblakelisbon

    @joblakelisbon

    7 ай бұрын

    I just finished a novel about that

  • @purple-lu2pj

    @purple-lu2pj

    7 ай бұрын

    Are you talking about the book written by a Romanian who pretends to be Russian?

  • @VonLuckow

    @VonLuckow

    7 ай бұрын

    @@purple-lu2pj You don't like Romanians or Russians?

  • @YTBalli
    @YTBalli7 ай бұрын

    One must aim at the stars in order to hit the moon

  • @destructionindustries1987
    @destructionindustries19876 ай бұрын

    I 6:26 am from Louisiana where the Napoleonic code is still used. As a Notary ... i had to study it.

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    3 ай бұрын

    @LittleDolfie indeed

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    3 ай бұрын

    @LittleDolfie npr listener

  • @destructionindustries1987

    @destructionindustries1987

    3 ай бұрын

    @LittleDolfie I listened to npr with my mom

  • @adamburke9323
    @adamburke93237 ай бұрын

    I still want to watch the film, I know that trailers will sometimes splice scenes to have different tones to draw audiences in. The cynic in me says no, but the man in me hopes for a movie with adventure, daring, and victory!

  • @RachelRichards
    @RachelRichards7 ай бұрын

    I'm praying for you and your country. Hope you're safe.

  • @jackelhog
    @jackelhog7 ай бұрын

    If you have read all of Nietzsche´s work and you want another authors body of work that Nietzsche himself called a twin soul of, look up Ralph Waldo Emmerson.

  • @Dino_Medici
    @Dino_Medici7 ай бұрын

    Oh wow I’m actually taking selfies w the plague victims of Jaffa rn #BrandManagement

  • @johnsullivan3060
    @johnsullivan30607 ай бұрын

    I also wanted to like the new film but I don't have very high hopes after seeing some of the trailers. I can't say much else until I actually see it but you don't just put on a funny hat and become Napoleon. You need Juice. ;) Phoenix, IMO, ain't got it. Of course perhaps the movie was never intended to portray him in such a way. Our times being what they are. Frankly, I would not have been surprised if they picked a black actor for the role. Perhaps that would have been too obvious as to what the tactic of the film actually is. Well, gotta see it before I can make such assumptions. ;) If you want to see 'JUICE' though, then check out Rod Steiger playing Napoleon. Glorious! Of course that was long before the world was woke.

  • @oleghrozman4172
    @oleghrozman41726 ай бұрын

    If you very-very interested in Jung and his true teachings, you should find and read book “CATAFALQUE. Carl Jung and the end of humanity” by Peter Kingsley. I have read ALL books of Kingsley and I was impressed - He is exactly on the same level as Jung.

  • @SC-gw8np

    @SC-gw8np

    2 ай бұрын

    I have read that book - it is very interesting indeed. The author's grasp on the causes of the death of the west is decidedly un-modern, which made the book a very captivating read.

  • @arch_dornan6066
    @arch_dornan60667 ай бұрын

    It's a shame Ridley Scott doesn't care much for what he's doing anymore. Joaquin Phoenix is probably the greatest living actor. I really recommend The Master (2012)

  • @punjab135
    @punjab1356 ай бұрын

    What an absolutely disgusting thing to do (in the movie)

  • @user-vu1re1qz9t
    @user-vu1re1qz9t3 ай бұрын

    You are fucking epic bro.

  • @destructionindustries1987
    @destructionindustries19876 ай бұрын

    Oui

  • @garyhynes
    @garyhynes7 ай бұрын

    I used to like JP Sears until his entire life became centered around fighting the woke mob. The guy had a lot of potential & still might. Also, I was wondering could there be an element of truth in the angle the movie has decided to take? People are complicated & our intentions can often be many, maybe part of him was trying to get revenge on an ex or symbolically fuck his mother? Could his juiciness live simultaneously with his jizz? Food for thought. This was a GREAT talk. Thanks.

  • @orthobro4806
    @orthobro48067 ай бұрын

    Christ is calling

  • @mz-dz2yn
    @mz-dz2yn7 ай бұрын

    In 1808, Napoleon’s so-called Infamous Decree limiting the residency of Jews in France, taking away freedoms, and harming them economically, was done to appease Tsar Alexander I of Russia as a temporary measure.the residency of Jews in France, taking away freedoms, and harming them economically, was done to appease Tsar Alexander I of Russia as a temporary measure. This was a provisional decree for which there were diplomatic motives, because Russia was hostile to French policies toward Jews. Political success depends on momentary concessions to opponents of any policy and Napoleon did similar things elsewhere. In 1827, Jean-Baptiste Pérès published a spoof claiming that Napoleon never existed. If indeed Napoleon had never existed, would the assimilation of Jews into Europe have occurred without him? I think for France, yes, because it was in the spirit of the times. Integration and assimilation were demanded for a long time; the idea of civilization demanded them. In 1787, Protestants were reintegrated in France, and Louis XVI asked the political scientist the Marquis de Condorcet to work on emancipating the Jews. Napoleon continued what the monarchy had begun. Without Napoleon, it would have happened in a less authoritarian way, with everything happening fast, without any discussion, but the idea was part of 18th-century civilization. The Revolution overthrew the Church and removed the Church’s political means to oppose it. Napoleon had no powerful opposition to this movement. Should readers of the Forward share the view of the author François-René de Chateaubriand, who admired Napoleon’s “genius” but loathed his “despotism”? Yes, today, of course. Of course. With Napoleon, there is something worse than despotism, there is a feeling that one can do anything with reality, one can change everything, and with him that was doubtless the most dangerous. He really thought anything was possible; he had an absence of limits in his mind. At the same time, there was a principle of endless adventure, which could only end in catastrophe. A totally positive judgment about Napoleon is absurd and a totally negative view, as some historians have today, is equally absurd. Benjamin Ivry is a frequent Forward contributor.

  • @mesha514
    @mesha5147 ай бұрын

    I like how the left dimple comes out when your talking about Josephine and loose french women lol I wonder what the right brain was thinking really...

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