I appreciate that Abby still lets us watch these videos, and even though it's pretty jarring to see the Man Who Never Was, this is still one of the most impactful PhilosophyTube videos I've seen.

@valentinvincent9554

2 жыл бұрын

Well... this is not a man who never was. This is HER two years ago. I don't see the problem.

@dannyrandkai

2 жыл бұрын

someone forgot to take his meds.

@synthgal1090

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentinvincent9554 Draxuss is referencing her coming out video and the way it was presented

@sundaddy1077

2 жыл бұрын

some of my favorite ones are from her pre-transition but i keep seeing a woman in them, especially when she did the british man role in confucious vid, i kept seeing a woman doing a man impression lmao

@coyotedelamancha

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I kept seeing her way back when and thinking, "Wow, that person can be a beautiful woman when they want." Then she transitioned, and it was, "Oh, that's because she /is/ a beautiful woman. That makes sense. Carrying on."

When you're used to supremacy, equality feels like oppression.

@phokrizatmayirnao3346

5 жыл бұрын

Please elaborate. Thank you.

@Pining_for_the_fjords

5 жыл бұрын

@@phokrizatmayirnao3346 If you're used to believing that your race, gender, religion, etc, is superior to another, then you'll likely see people not of your race, gender or religion making progress in society and having equal rights as a threat. If you've grown up thinking that white people are superior, and as you get older you see more and more dark-skinned people in roles such as doctors, lawyers, politicians and company directors, you'll begin wondering what happened to the world you grew up in. I believe that's what the original poster is getting at.

@phokrizatmayirnao3346

5 жыл бұрын

@@Pining_for_the_fjords Thank you, that makes a lot of sense.

@doc7000

5 жыл бұрын

@Sam Merrick a bit of an oxy moron.

@piratetape

5 жыл бұрын

@Sam Merrick Who's being oppressed by "forced equality"? Also, what does that even mean?

I'm floored by his acting. He said that moments before filming this video, he just left his abuser. I'm amazed by how he's able to joke and smile after that (and still make a good video) Good for you, Olly

@DaDARKPass

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he talked about that topic on a later video...

@benjamindavey4782

4 жыл бұрын

God bless him then.

@2sthimo449

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda makes sense aswell. His abuser wasnt fond of him making videos. As soon as he realized there was nothing wrong with him and that he was being abused he cut her off and the first thing he did is commit to the thing that served him as a refuge in the relationship. Great to see hes happy doing it

@fatcontroller7931

4 жыл бұрын

Olly: Wants to punch Nazis 'cos it seems cool when you don't actually have to do it. Olly: Doesn't want to be seen with a cane as it is humiliating and makes him less of the Socialist Master Race. Olly: Thinks that "1984" - though explicitly outlined by Orwell to be an anti-Stalinist text - is about "Fascism". I think Olly is disingenuous and has his hand out for cash ...

@DaDARKPass

4 жыл бұрын

@@fatcontroller7931 Dude, the one party controlling airstrip 1 in 1984 is ingsoc... what do you think that's a parody of?

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming."

@mattleofric1766

3 жыл бұрын

Which is followed by the summer, fall and winter. Progress is not inevitable and permanent. History is not at an upward incline. Get that through your thick skull.

@mattleofric1766

3 жыл бұрын

@Ziro Did you read the second part? Where I mentiond this guy's argument is idiotic because it assumes social progress is inevitable, which it isnt? I used the seasons because all civilizations and cultural trends go in cycles. And yes. Change is an inevitability. But just because change is inevitable doesn't mean it will be good. You lefties really cant accept that nothing lasts forever, can you? Change is inevitable but progress is not. Nations have gone backwards before they can do it again. Sorry but history isn't on your side. Nor is it on anyone's side. It never was.

“I mean sometimes when leftists get together there is a /certain/ kind of domination going on” 😳

@bugwade385

3 жыл бұрын

THE WAY SHE JUST HAD THEM LAYING AROUND BAHAHA

@Ace-nq4cp

3 жыл бұрын

hehehe BASED

@Lunar_Pendragon

3 жыл бұрын

I AM CONFUSED. What does she mean by this? I'm a leftist but I don't understand, is she implying we are all into BDSM or other forms of bondage? I mean, I am admittidely into that stuff, but I don't understand what she meant. Can someone explain please?

@Ace-nq4cp

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lunar_Pendragon Yep!

@sprobablycancr4457

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lunar_Pendragon Hey comrade. What a coincidence, Your YT handle is my safe word!

A comment that I read somewhere in relation to the concept of "Oppression Olympics" that has really stuck with me (paraphrased slightly as I don't remember the source unfortunately): "Whether someone drowns in a foot of water or in six feet of water doesn't matter. They still drowned." I really think it's such a simple but elegant way to explain it. No matter how much oppression you face vs the person next to you, that oppression is still harmful and your pain is absolutely valid. And we need to be able to be vulnerable with each other to support each other through it.

@BillBordelon

5 жыл бұрын

The onus is then on holders of this viewpoint then to show beyond a shadow of a doubt that no white person anywhere ever experiences or has experienced any oppression due to their whiteness. Lest the holders of this viewpoint be logically compelled to be supportive of a "vulnerable" white supremacist.

@Alienami

5 жыл бұрын

@@BillBordelon Your logic is flawed. It's like saying if you want to cure disease you also have to protect diseases from diseases... I. E. You must protect a bacteria from a macrophage virus that preys on bacteria, since humans are 10 to 1 bacteria... ...Even if the bacteria is the bubonic plague, black death -- That has struck humanity several times and killed astounding numbers each time it has... Just as fascism and right wing policies and keep coming back and wreaking havoc as a virus of the mind and heart that turns humanity from a probiotic type bacteria to a flesh eating bacteria.

@definitiveentertainment1658

5 жыл бұрын

Cato Antoninus White Supremacists have vulnerabilities too. Being white entails more privilege in America than other ethnicities. But the human condition is fraught with pain, disillusionment, hopelessness, trials and tribulations. Indeed people of all ideologies, even hateful ones, are compelled to such a state Because of their vulnerabilities. It doesn’t mean “supporting” them in any concrete way. But, in fact, understanding the roots of their oppression, perceived or real, can be the key to winning over their hearts and opening them up to the oppression of others.

@BillBordelon

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alienami How about you cut it with the dehumanizing language. Natalie was talking about "persons" (people). So I am I. If you want to reduce people you hate to bacteria, vermin, whatever in order to mount a "logical" arrgument that's your choice. But it's not our conversation.

@BillBordelon

5 жыл бұрын

@@definitiveentertainment1658 Most of the leaders of massive successful oppressive movements last century (Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc) came from relatively privileged backgrounds within their communities. Certainly they suffered little to no oppression as adults (that they didn't fully richly deserve). They weren't oppressed and they weren't vulnerable. Most white Supremacists are not oppressed and are not vulnerable (except lately at the hands of left wing bigots who fill the corridors of power in the West). White supremacist bigotry comes from racist thinking, not oppression. And lastly most white Supremacists are not "privileged" in any sense. On average they live and die just like the rest of us. This whole conversation is just left wing b.s. How about you Lefties try a few more conversations predicated on love for all mankind rather than hate for groups of people for whom you have manufactured pretty much fictional sins.

who's here after corbyn lost

@nickspeelman9174

4 жыл бұрын

That bending of the arc of the moral universe toward justice can feel real long sometimes.

@MethCrystal666

4 жыл бұрын

I'm here. There are some deeply important ideas in this video that have lived in my head for a while and changed me, and made me a better person. The title and thumbnail are a bit painful right now, but the ideas are still good.

@matj3046

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I'm here after Corbyn lost, still celebrating and being proud of my country for turning against the vile anti semiticsm that is or was the Labour Party ideology, hopefully after this they will get with the times and appoint a leader who is in touch with modern values and identity, not a puesdo Marxist racist..

@fruitygarlic3601

4 жыл бұрын

@@matj3046 Not to make things too religious, but AMEN!

@unslaadkrosis3489

4 жыл бұрын

Mat J 73% increase in child homelessness and 130,000 deaths linked to Tory austerity. Hope you enjoy your short term victory in hell! 😘

This is very interesting to me. I have just resently realized why communities like the "brony" and "otaku" ones are so popular,, it's because people really want spaces where it's okay to not really be okay.

@Ole_Rasmussen

5 жыл бұрын

I was a brony at the lowest point of my life, because MLP is colorful, full of characters that are good down to the very core, are good friends, good problem solvers, sometimes funny, basically everything I wasn't at that moment, and it filled a void too large for me to fill on my own. I was depressed, and MLP was my happy pill. Now I watch a lot of anime and am a degenerate fetishist, and very proud of myself.

@samshields7881

4 жыл бұрын

This is such a great example!!

@caityreads8070

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ole_Rasmussen if I had a dime

@caityreads8070

4 жыл бұрын

@Maple lord it's ok, no judgement here

@nickspeelman9174

4 жыл бұрын

@Maple lord I don't know you, but I'm guessing by virtue of the fact that you identify as Otaku you're a good bit younger than me. And let me tell you something I wish it hadn't taken me to my thirties to figure out: Embracing who you are -- and accepting the shit people throw at you because of it -- will make you way more happy than rejecting who you are just to avoid having shit thrown at you in the first place. I spent 20 years of my life trying to be cool - going to bars and to see bands and doing drugs - and the only thing it ever got me was crippling depression. All I ever wanted to be doing that whole time is watching Star Trek and playing Dungeons and Dragons. And if I'd leaned into that rather than running away, I could have avoided a whole lot of suffering. Keep your chin up. Haters gonna hate.

Pulling infected stitches out in the bathtub with your teeth because you were too ashamed to go to the hospital is so goddamn relatable.

@vfaulkon

5 жыл бұрын

I was around the same age when I sprained my wrist and did nothing about it. Waited two days, it got swollen and blue. Went to the campus clinic, they said I needed to go a hospital to get it patched up. I resisted for a week before I finally couldn't move my hand at all and then went. Young people are just stupid sometimes.

@georgezeros2318

5 жыл бұрын

That right there proves you are an idiot.

@oskartheguy2105

5 жыл бұрын

It is...

@djordjesimic8573

5 жыл бұрын

I was in a similar situation when my tonsils were removed. For an odd reason I felt weak, and when it started hurting like hell, but I thought that i just had to "be tough". In my biology class it got so bad that i almost fell unconscious.

@smile-tl9in

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rottensparrow yes that's why the most left-wing country, nordic country are the most prosperous in the world. So much for people being dumb. By the way democracy ? It was a progressive a.k.a leftist idea of it's time

This fight is a marathon, not a sprint.

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

I changed teams and am using my miles against you now.

This aged perfectly, actually.

@appleslover

4 жыл бұрын

May i ask you, what is the meaning of "aged well" and " didn't age well" and howthey are being used? I see them a lot these days and English is not my first language

@saffodils

4 жыл бұрын

@@appleslover It means that the media (video, book, etc.) gained new meaning because of what happened after it came out. If I made a video called "I love that Pluto is a planet" back when it was considered a planet, no one would think twice about it. Since Pluto is no longer considered a planet, someone could say that my video "didn't age well," since I was relying on a premise that turned out not to be true. Some people are saying this video didn't age well because left-wing parties didn't win British elections, and they take this as proof that the premise of the video is flawed. Hope that helped!

@appleslover

4 жыл бұрын

i was searching for a leftist party that gained a majority in the EU elections to use the phrase "didn't age well" but there was mostly these phrases in each article I read "fell shortly behind" or "edged out" which is terribly sad as this is now becoming a momentum for the Right. I hope our comments don't age well .., even if not in the near future, as it seems Thanks a lot.

@vwertix1662

3 жыл бұрын

@@appleslover SNP is doing well.

@RS99FILMS

3 жыл бұрын

@@vwertix1662 The SNP won 3/73 seats in the EU election. Also, I predict that if they continue to fail getting Independence referendums they will be kicked out by another party.

I understand you so well, for me, for a long period of time, living with a mental disorder that makes me want to die was less painful than asking anyone for help overcoming shame. I agreed to lose the time of my life, my youth and health, my friends, family and my skills, only to avoid shame

@deadfr0g

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I know this is an older comment, but I just wanted to say that I hope you’re well.

Wow this is the first time I've heard the ending of 1984 and felt hopeful

@Ubermensch9240

5 жыл бұрын

*coughs* V for Vendetta.

@ItsJaseShawty

5 жыл бұрын

Because you didn't read the appendix.

@MoldySpace

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints might i remind you that the book was written by a leftist

@TheTheThe_

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints Stalin was a Fascist. Again, Orwell was a LibSoc. Try once more.

@theoneandonlygrod

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right. Orwell didn't bother with de-platforming fascists. He just shot them.

I love that the arguments against this video are prety much falling in line with what he said lol

@Rottensparrow

5 жыл бұрын

The left might win, of course, because we have democratic systems in every white country and majority always is dumb and will vote like dumb :)

@Rottensparrow

5 жыл бұрын

@ThisIsMyRealName I am not racist you little leftist bitch, and Russia is actually democratic. Russians love Putin so he is elected every time. Just like Merkel in "democratic" Germany lol

@Rottensparrow

5 жыл бұрын

@ColonEl Bollo They are, just like in Sweden ;) Some police departaments does that. My friends from Germany told me so. Already in 2011 my friend-girl from Germany said that there is "a lot of stress" because of Turks and their aggressive behavior. Imagine how is it now after migration crisis and a few million new muslim immigrants. Those are dark ages not XXI century. Thank you very much leftists/socialists for this!

@Rottensparrow

5 жыл бұрын

@ColonEl Bollo Also, there is so many crimes in Germany that German police reacts only when there is a life/health endangered.

@Rottensparrow

5 жыл бұрын

@ColonEl Bollo So you are delusional moron who denies reality? Yeah.. surely they lied. Just like 12,000 molested/raped swedish women and girls lie, right? Despite everything is recorded by police. Haha. You leftists are loosing credibility and support because of denying the reality, even commited crimes.

This is the cure to the Doomer Pill.

@sowatome849

3 жыл бұрын

To what

@xavierbuck7179

3 жыл бұрын

@@sowatome849 The Doomer Pill. You know the feeling of hopelessness in how the government is acting and feeling a sense that change won't occur?

@viridian9673

3 жыл бұрын

@@xavierbuck7179 I feel being a "doomer", is both caused by the institution at the same time personal troubles. But yes, vulnerability and social acceptance at that is probably one way to cure it; and yes personally you call that Love. haha

@xavierbuck7179

3 жыл бұрын

@@viridian9673 I agree my friend! :)

KZread should have a third option besides like and dislike that is for confusion. Maybe a question mark. That way I can react to all the gibberish comments that are showing up in this comment section recently

@idenree8606

3 жыл бұрын

Or to this video itself , please, educate yourself.

@ashleybyrd2015

3 жыл бұрын

​@@idenree8606 That's why we're here, what's your excuse?

@uhtmilk5032

3 жыл бұрын

just reply

@redmantis3336

3 жыл бұрын

@@idenree8606 ?

@aether9539

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFirefox okay memory leak

I was so happy the moment you said "liberals and everything to the right of that"

@Horny_Fruit_Flies

5 жыл бұрын

n e o l i b e r a l i s m

@StephenSchleis

5 жыл бұрын

Horny Fruit Flies The liberals are part of the right wing also.

@Horny_Fruit_Flies

5 жыл бұрын

@@StephenSchleis A fascist would say that liberals are extremist left-wing lunatics.

@CraigMetalHead

5 жыл бұрын

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Eventually, yes. Because fascists have to have an enemy... they cross their enemies off their list and need someone new, eventually they will get to the centrists and have to excuse their actions.

@HueyPPLong

5 жыл бұрын

Liberalism was originally left wing during the bourgeois revolutions against monarchy and feudalism. So from a neo-reactionary's point of view it still is. Fascism and communism are both ideologies that came out of that new world order.

I feel like this is going to be one of those videos that attracts people outside of philosophy tube's traditional audience or outside of the philosophy niche on KZread in general and leads to a lot of people showing up to complain the left without understanding the content of the video at all

@JustCozItsMe

6 жыл бұрын

With anything political in the title, it will draw both the supporters of the topic and those dissenters who search for it because they are vehemently against it. Like those against it enough to not even try to understand it, I imagine them "nope"ing consistently in their head while it is explained.

@fretbuzz1979

6 жыл бұрын

There are probably going to be plenty of those like me who have been watching Ollie's videos for a long time now, and who are disappointed by how biased and lazy he has become. This idea of a society of strength vs one of vulnerability is based on a lot of false assumptions. It's a weak attempt at claiming unearned moral superiority, without understanding the arguments of the right at all. It's a giant straw man.

@creativeusername6453

6 жыл бұрын

fretbuzz1979 then what are the arguments of the right? It's kinda hard to say someone is wrong without saying anything about how you're right

@DeoMachina

6 жыл бұрын

I think the main arguments of the right (as far as I can tell) are: -Kill the poor -Kill the foreigners -Kill the weirdos -Kill anything that is inconvenient, really -Oh, kill the planet too. Big one there.

@creativeusername6453

6 жыл бұрын

DeoMachina that's definitely an exaggeration but the assumption that immigrants are bad, anti environmenlism, a lack of sympathy for the poor and a general amount of bitterness towards LGBT are why I could never support right wing politics. Yeah you can definitely make an argument that the economy is better under right wing politicians but there's more to politics than taxes and gdp

2:42 that hits home… I was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at 14. I used crutches (and later a cane) to walk due to my joint pain, resenting myself for it all the while. A teen who couldn’t walk. This is powerful, Abby. Thank you!

if you want a headache, sort the comments by new

@what.a_man7725

5 жыл бұрын

why did i do this…

@felixhampe6480

4 жыл бұрын

So true...

@jungoo3486

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have one now 😑

@notinsane4165

4 жыл бұрын

I'm tempted but that sounds as fun as a sandblast enema.

@mubinkazmi6812

4 жыл бұрын

its even worse now after the election 🙃

Can't wait to read these comments. I'm sure they will be very articulate, polite and engage in civil discourse appropriately.

@kmk1225

6 жыл бұрын

Felipe Gamino in all honesty this type of comments are just as annoying

@kamanha746

6 жыл бұрын

Yea man! That fake tolerance! F YOU ALL!

@theblackpeark

6 жыл бұрын

@konrad can you explain how engaging in civil discourse appropriately can be annoying? :)

@kmk1225

6 жыл бұрын

Blackpeark It's not civil discourse that is in any way an annoyance, it's comments like OP's the insinuates that there will actually be a lack thereof; that the comment section will be filled with flame wars and unsubstantiated claims. These types of comments are everywhere yet I - and many other people - seemingly must be blind since we don't see this cesspool of idiocy that these commenters claim is bound to exist. So, if you actually read OP's comment and my response properly, you'd have realized I wasn't attacking civil discourse. :) Edit: a word

@michaelberg9348

6 жыл бұрын

Not only are 'i'll grab the popcorn, the comments will (mostly) be deserving of ridicule only'-style comments counter-productive. (even in the situations where it would be a fair assessment, it would usually be better not to say it:) But also, this channel kind of has the benefit of having fewer of _'those'_ comments, than the topic would suggest anyway.

"Vulnerability is the beginning of true solidarity." ... said every person ever to seek emotional recovery. BTW, the largest functional anarchist society is the 12-step programs and most participants are unaware of its systemic design to disintermediate the power of control, simply by bringing awareness to our mutual vulnerability.

@mariovilas6637

5 жыл бұрын

@@douganderson7002 I believe the point of the comment was not that the 12-step programs are functional in the sense of getting people out of alcoholism (which would indeed be false, as evidence suggests), but rather that they are functional merely from an *organizational* point of view.

@diablominero

5 жыл бұрын

12-step programs have a boatload of Jesus and not enough evidence-based treatment. I would hope that anarchists can run things better than that garbage. I was starting to like them.

@saudade7842

3 жыл бұрын

@@diablominero Anarchist here and I agree. It's not really effective for treating addiction.

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

The way leftists talk is literal Mormon e-meter cult mumbo jumbo nonsense.

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

@@douganderson7002 I didn't do 12-step and I got sober years ago.

*Hawkeye meme* "Don't do that... don't give me hope"

@cloroxbleach2710

5 жыл бұрын

You guys might be able to win in 2024

@iwanbleasdale3387

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints Bro imma be real with you, coz there's literally no punctuation in that paragraph I have no idea what you're trying to say

@iwanbleasdale3387

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints Ok I do understand. I also agree. I have no idea how its a reply to my comment tho. Theres some mad inference you've taken from it. Like what would make you think I'm at all a centric Leftist????

@iwanbleasdale3387

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints Who would you have me vote for? I can either vote for the tories or labour. Labour are closer to my ideals whereas voting for a third party would just split the vote and help the conservatives. And the conservatives have done far more damage to the working class than even a Neo liberal fuck like Blair did.

@The5lacker

4 жыл бұрын

Rebellions are built on hope. ... Yes I did reference the single good line from that movie, come at me.

Oh man, that false victimhood point rings true with the "War on Christmas" over here in the States...

@Sentientmatter8

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely accurate example.

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

There is a war on Christianity but I don't give two shits about some fake pagan holiday dedicated to Saturn.

You're way more optimistic than I am.

@arnoldkotlyarevsky383

6 жыл бұрын

I think the idea is not that the left wins an easy victory or that it arrives at the podium well rested and refreshed. By necessity, the left will have to fight for its ideals and there will be losses, setbacks, and dark days. The thing we can't allow is for hopeless days. Solidarity, kindness, and compassion are stronger than they look and wiser than we can imagine.

@user-yr8ge3fz8o

6 жыл бұрын

I think his point is that the right can never truly win because people will always want to escape oppression. Meanwhile, the left can truly win (this is the implication, but Ollie didn't actually justify that idea in this video). Honestly, I do agree with him, that is assuming we don't develop some kind control technology in the future, or the upper class doesn't just find a way to replace everyone else with robots before that leftist victory can occur.

@michael-gr2uw

6 жыл бұрын

Kind of a silly quote source but the quote touches up on this subject very well. "It's a never ending battle". - Superman

@eartianwerewolf

6 жыл бұрын

@First Last But I dun wanna . You gotta at least wax first ....

@rwatertree

6 жыл бұрын

What's with all the tat about solidarity, kindness and compassion? Both the Left and Right contain these ideals. Both rely on exclusion to reach their goals. The Right is simply frank about it. The Left perversely _insists_ that certain kinds of people to accept/promote their own exclusion as a form of solidarity. The idea that the Right is inherently oppressive and the Left is inherently liberating is unfounded and historically ignorant.

A youtuber that calls liberalism right wing = Subscribed

@frocco7125

5 жыл бұрын

HAAAAAALELUYA!

@frocco7125

5 жыл бұрын

@Phred McCormick Wait, are you telling me babies are not entitled to tit milk? Of course they are! It's super healthy and 100% natural.

@xatnu

5 жыл бұрын

@Phred McCormick why the fuck do you do it then, creep

@xatnu

5 жыл бұрын

@Phred McCormick Bruh when your side is the one bailing out the banks and shit, let's be honest about teet-suckling for once lol

@xatnu

5 жыл бұрын

@Sappho mate I'm about 70% sure he's a troll and doesn't believe any of the shit he's saying leave him be lol

"Love is all you need" ~And the means of production wouldn't be bad either. XP

@anelkia27

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

Anything for its own sake is vanity. Christians adhere to truth for God's sake, not for the truth's sake. You wouldn't tell an assassin where your parents are hiding for the truth's sake, right? Likewise, love for its own sake is empty. Two men love their families and there is only enough food to feed one of their families, not enough to share. Do they then fight each other to feed their children out of hate, or love? Is it love to let your child starve when you can DO something? Also, hate is not evil. Fighting is not evil. Hate and conflict are consequences of evil, not the sources of them. Do you not hate death when it comes for your loved ones? Or can you only numb yourself to death, like a serf? We are supposed to love our enemies and turn the other cheek when they wrong us in trivial ways. We are also called to wage war and leap into Hell at our own expense in order to fight, and kill, those who would enslave us. God said to do what with the Amalek, again? If you're not religious, I understand. But realize there is a chain of logic at work here even if you don't appreciate it.

@alexsapsarras4812

2 жыл бұрын

@@abominationdesolation8322 what did I do to deserve this ...damnation? XP

Not "KZread", "OURtube"

Well you certainly displayed vulnerability to my kitten. She just could not stop clawing at your face and trying to "catch" you behind the screen.

@PhilosophyTube

6 жыл бұрын

Awwww!

Yay for LeftTube!! It was Shaun that convinced me to start a channel through the video he made that was similar to this about why the Left will win and he was right. People have been so kind and supportive so far and people are indeed leaning on each other with their vulnerabilities. It's very beautiful to see :)

@roniquinonez9715

6 жыл бұрын

Just checked out your channel. About to watch your video on mental health in late capitalism, looks good!

@AngieSpeaks

6 жыл бұрын

Roni Quinonez thanks for checking it out ☺️

@storyspice974

6 жыл бұрын

Angie Speaks Shaun really open my eyes about the right. I'm so grateful I decided to be one of his patreon.

@AngieSpeaks

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Shaun is great! He's definitely one of the people who inspired me to start my channel!

@UncleverCarapace

6 жыл бұрын

Brb, downloading all of your videos for consumption at the office.

I came sort of to the same conclusion, but the reason is little bit different. The left is more inclusive and the right is more exclusive. The right will eventually begin to eat itself.

@DetectiveBarricade

4 жыл бұрын

Now if only Twitter would stop playing the "oppression Olympics". No, oppressing straight white men is not okay. Shutting out dissenting opinions is not okay. We are all inherently flawed, and that's okay.

@aranbutcher4655

4 жыл бұрын

Seems like the left is the one eating themselves at the moment though... if anything the rights problem is being too inclusive

@kirstencorby8465

3 жыл бұрын

It's doing that now.

@Badartist888

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. When you look at fascist governments, they tend to be short burn. Very few have long term stability and even those ones eventually get overthrown due to their crimes against their own people.

@iexist1300

2 жыл бұрын

@@XXXXX90651 are you satire?

“The place you want to be is the place where you can be you, unashamedly” For me, I think that’s a deeply liberal sentiment, in as much as liberalism is a philosophy that says that the idea of society is better explained and understood as an individualist phenomenon rather than a collective one. I’m a passionate liberal, and I disagree with aspects of your video but I appreciate how well thought through and well researched it was, I think your content is very thought provoking, and you’ve earned a subscriber!

@gabrielbak6124

4 жыл бұрын

If you like his ideas and are an impassioned liberal, check out his stuff on liberalism if you havent. Might make you think twice about liberalism and he elaborates on why you might disagree/not see his perspective as clearly, and either way its fun and interesting

@Serenadesong

4 жыл бұрын

liberalism is a philosophy that says that the idea of society is better explained and understood as an individualist phenomenon rather than a collective one. You're a collectivist society. Get over it. If the majority of everyone did not all agree with your basic ideology and the way you choose to run your society, and if they did not participate in it, you're society would crumble. You need a group effort to build and maintain a society - any society - and you have that. Hence you are collective. As an "individual" I feel deeply damaged by your society, but when I relay my INDIVIDUAL experience to people, they tell me my INDIVIDUAL experience does not count because that is not the way MOST people feel, or that is not what happens to MOST people. Therefore I am being told "majority rules - if this works for everyone else and they are happy, fuck you if you're having trouble with it". So much for respecting the individual. You don't. You are collective. The truth is NO society can offer EVERY individual a positive experience. As individuals we are similar in ways, but wholly unique and apart from each other in others and therefore there will always be someone who "falls through the cracks". Someone who doesn't quite fit with the frame work you've developed. I understand that. But the next step is how to deal with those who do fall through. Liberalism's answer is "It's your fault, go away and die". The place you want to be is the place where you can be you Cripes. This is feel good bullshit. There is no place where "you can be you" if society as a whole does not want or accept who you are. You Liberals were pretty good at including gays and women and a host of other groups under your umbrella of "you can be you acceptance" - as long as those aforementioned groups had money and fit right into the frame work of your society in every single context, except for one detail, like being gay. But you will NEVER accept the sick, the poor, the aged, etc. They are completely useless to the profit motive and therefore will never have a place in your frame work. But it's all about the individual right? - except when the individual under cuts the profit motive.

@frocco7125

4 жыл бұрын

Nice nice.

@aaronpolichar7936

2 жыл бұрын

@@Serenadesong That was a quote from the video, from a leftist, not a liberal. So is the video "feel good bullshit?"

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

You piranhas and social parasites will never allow anyone to be themselves. You'll all cancel each other first.

Further to the point that oppression has to keep happening and that there's never a 'final victory' for the powerful... Ed Deci and Richard Ryan's self-determination theory posits that human beings have innate needs for competence, relatedness and autonomy and that these needs exist across cultures. Systems of oppression inherently conflict with people's needs to be self-directed, and so, as long as oppression exists there will be a reason to resist it which is inherent to human nature.

@livthedream91

6 жыл бұрын

Libertarian Socialist Rants Excellent point and wonderful sources! I wrote my Psy MA Thesis on the use of self-determination theory to support medication compliance in those court ordered into drug therapy. One must balance the autonomy of the the individual as a right (and need) against the rights of the community to safety. Both have the right to well-being, so it’s important to allow the court mandated individual an amount of autonomy within their sentence options. Then the competence and relatedness pieces are operationalize within a plan that fosters self-efficacy through self-determined successful action. Sorry, got so excited to see your reference to Deci &Ryan! Btw you are a wonderful lefty tuber and I appreciate your intelligent work!

@blueoutrun

6 жыл бұрын

This would also fit with the fact that empires have always collapsed, with the largest/longest lastest relying on strategies of hegemony and tolerating diversity.

@rwatertree

6 жыл бұрын

Why would there ever be a final victory in any social order? A dominant community of vulnerability would still have to confront the reality of maintaining the mores and institutions that enact its ideals. And that necessarily entails combating anyone or any group with opposing ideals. The problem of Oppression Olympics in socjus communities underscores another issue, poltical power is necessarily exclusive and offers greater rewards for exclusionary behaviour. As others are deemed less worthy of support or even dangerous they can eventually find themselves marginalised.

@rwatertree

6 жыл бұрын

demonessjo I'm pretty sure Han Chinese have succeeded by suppressing others like Tibetans and Uygurs. Britain attained empire similarly and only lost its possessions because they did not assimilate them fully and had to spread its military and political resources too thinly. The Ottomans similarly failed to repopulate the Balkans and Levant with loyal subjects and so collapsed into factions opposed to the ruling Turks and each other. Also empire necessitates diversity as one can't claim much territory without stumbling upon another ethnicity.

@unknownsoldier452

6 жыл бұрын

Yes and what rose after those empires, at least in the last 150 years, were nation-states. In Europe, most of them were based on the idea of at the very least, common birth, if not blood. And nationalism is only rising in continental Europe.

I know this is a little old and I don't know if you still read the comments here, but thanks. I needed this today.

I'm convinced. I wonder how much KZread had to do with me going from watching Stefan Molyneux to watching Philosophy Tube. I must say I enjoy PT more. why are communities of strength and communities of vulnerability incompatible? is failure is the greatest teacher, then the strong (the truly strong) were once weak.

@kebblinka

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you came around!

@naughtynat82

5 жыл бұрын

Well I know what YT is doing. But they are doing it on purpose as they push their agenda. That said I have enjoyed watching this. Least it's not crazy.

@commander31able60

5 жыл бұрын

@@naughtynat82 that's exactly why I'm curious about how much KZread had to do with this - I'm pretty conservative, I like guns and war and I get plenty of videos and channel recommendations of the sort, yet I went from watching people little better than Flat Earthers to watching this beautiful degenerate.

@125loopy

5 жыл бұрын

@@commander31able60 you *like* war?

@commander31able60

5 жыл бұрын

MeShannan yes...

I watch this video regularly just to comfort myself! It's so positive and nice, like soft, cuddly, red blanket.

@jenpsakiscousin4589

5 жыл бұрын

:you should read Shopenhauer

@cloroxbleach2710

5 жыл бұрын

Trump will win regardless unless he goes outside and shoots someone

@rogofos

4 жыл бұрын

@@cloroxbleach2710 nah pro-conservative journalists and republicans themselfs will find the way out of it, but what if US economy will crush becoes of hes policy? Or what if on 2020 elections he will compete against Bernie (I still think that Bernie is only person able to compete with Trump in popularity)

@miaobrunelle1673

4 жыл бұрын

РОГОФОС I hope Bernie wins!

I love how the video itself is Olly being vulnerable about his feelings of hope for the future.

A more apt title might be `Why the Left will not Lose` There will always be people who value radical change, just as there will always be people who revere tradition.

@Raspooptin8000

5 жыл бұрын

It's not about change vs tradition. It's about a project of society that protects its weakest individuals against a society that don't accept weakness.

@lieberknecht10

5 жыл бұрын

To revere "tradition" in todays western society IS to desire radical change though.

@DrCruel

5 жыл бұрын

The Left will not lose for the same reason that piracy will not lose. Robbing people is just too lucrative.

@DrCruel

5 жыл бұрын

@Lilly Silly It depends. Since the right is defined by the Left - that is, those on the Right have no unified ideology, and are simply made up of anyone the Left happens to be targeting at the moment, to include rival Leftist factions - whether or not a particular component of "the Right" is robbing people is dependent on which component you are specifically talking about. For example, John Stossel and his libertarian friends are not robbing people, by President Trump and his friends are almost certainly doing so. Likewise the problems of crossover - Mr Paul Manafort, who was a loyalist of ex-President Clinton during the peak of his most egregious behavior, is now classified as a "Rightist" in the press now that he is associated with President Trump. Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly's long association with the Clintons has been unceremoniously shoved down the memory hole. In any event, I was not talking about the Left's marks and targets. I was talking about the organized racketeering and institutionalized criminality of the Left.

@hahdhsjsjrkfn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Raspooptin8000 it doesn't protect them, it **transcends** them.

Anyone watching after the December 2019 UK election?

@matj3046

4 жыл бұрын

Still can't stop smiling, great result for Great Britain and our values 👍👍👍👍👍

@jokersmith9096

4 жыл бұрын

@@matj3046 Britain is fucked. Say goodbye to Scotland and Northern Ireland. Enjoy an economy that is going to continue to tank with increasing inequality. The UK economy is already behind China/Japan/India, that gap is going to widen and Canada/South Korea will surpass UK in time. Come back and read my comment in 5 years. I'm sorry right wing propaganda has taken control over the UK and abused a parliamentary system that doesn't deliver democracy in the age of technology and disinformation.

@AngryBoozer

4 жыл бұрын

Mat J And what those values might be, I wonder...

@unslaadkrosis3489

4 жыл бұрын

Mat J you don’t deserve to have Rick Sanchez as your profile picture. He’s a scientist and anti authoritarian. Both traits are traditionally associated with the left.

@empowl1607

4 жыл бұрын

@@jokersmith9096 People stopped taking you freaks seriously long ago. Scotland is a tiny welfare case that couldn't even refinance its debt.

You have a point, but I fear that, once a vulnerability group has influence and its members heal from that circumstantial vulnerability, they'll feel strong and infallible again and start the circle of oppression again. This kinda happened on all post-war "economic miracles" of the cold war era. In the USA, marginal income tax for the rich was over 50% and all war veterans were provided housing and subsidies for re-entering society. After that first vulnerability culture had eroded, you go back to oppression, until people feel vulnerable enough to start it all over again.

@NU-ph1zx

4 жыл бұрын

It's similar how to those being abused or bullied will sometimes find unhealthy outlets for their abuse and end up hurting others. We have to be very careful when turning our vulnerabilities into strength to not use that strength to oppress others, and to prevent those vulnerabilities from being co-opted. (like how capitalism co-opts oppression by marketing towards it. RIP Marx.). Also, I think it's important to recognize that communities of strength do this already. Like Incels, Nazis, etc. They're all gathered together pretending to be strong, but they created their communities because they are ultimately vulnerable. They seek out validation to deny their own flaws and insecurities. They look for an easy solution to their problems, and scape-goat others. They only hate others because they ultimately hate themselves and project that outwards. The difference is self-awareness. Good cultures centered around vulnerability turn their strength inwards and reflect on their insecurities, while toxic ones project them instead. It's much harder to be self-aware than it is to just express your unbridled emotions without concern, which makes it very easy to fall into toxic cultures when vulnerable. Even leftist spaces fall into this, especially on the internet where it's so easy to forget there is a person on the other side of that profile picture. I think the trick to preventing vulnerability culture from becoming toxic is to instill in it true bonds of empathy and understanding from the start, and prevent it from being simply a reaction to oppression.

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

Leftists think they have the self-awareness to detect their own oppressiveness, LOL. But really you people talk so cringe like a cult.

Wow, getting quite the hate (and shit arguments) from the “”superior”” right wing, that means you did good, keep making this great videos :)

@smmm5559

5 жыл бұрын

wow

@jannikthorsen3531

5 жыл бұрын

No, it means he made a shit video.

@alonso8458

5 жыл бұрын

coming from the neckbeard who commented saying you'd "kick your vulnerable antifa ass just to make a point" and then spelled hypocrite as "hypocrit", i'd say this just confirms his point.

@CodyCLI

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao, all the salty conservatives.

@leavy

5 жыл бұрын

Russell same, but replace the right with the left

I genuinely have a massive crush on this man Like, it's a problem.

@porcelainninja6821

5 жыл бұрын

@@GuiltyNoticer jealous?

@kookiespace

5 жыл бұрын

saaaaaaaame 😭😭

@cloroxbleach2710

5 жыл бұрын

neck beard lookin ass

@hugmonger

5 жыл бұрын

@Totally Not A Cylon: Its okay, we accept and love you for your crush on this man and will support you not in spite of, but in light of this "Problem" (Also I as well have a crush on this man)

@piperbarlow1672

5 жыл бұрын

god, dont we all?

aight ima comeback in 2020 and see if he was right

@cottonballs185

5 жыл бұрын

2016: Hillary fails to secure a turnout equal to Obama's in 2012 2018: Unprecedented failure of the DNC to control the Senate Yeah, nah- better luck in 2022 friendo

@mrsuspicious1743

5 жыл бұрын

@@cottonballs185 Bahahahaha! MFW it's funny when someone's perspective is so skewed, they mistake the American Democratic party for a left wing organisation.

@cottonballs185

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrsuspicious1743 Agreed, the DNC is a party of neo-progressives and neo-liberals at odds with social democrats, truly is there no real threat to private/corporate entities

@MrElionor

5 жыл бұрын

Way to prove your narrow scope

@MrElionor

5 жыл бұрын

@@cottonballs185 You know they won the house of representatives

Luis Arce and Jacinda Ardern just won This video aged well after all

With fascism arriving to Brazil and now circling my own country (Argentina... you'll here that name on the news soon), these words are really welcomed. Thank you.

@levicarvalho4389

5 жыл бұрын

you don't know what fascism is u idiot

@craigtrautmanjr9393

5 жыл бұрын

@@levicarvalho4389 do you?

@levicarvalho4389

5 жыл бұрын

@@craigtrautmanjr9393 the only correct definition of fascism is what describes mussolini's regime, state centered society, no free markets, all control in the hands os bureaucrats, just like the liberals like

@AL-sd7uz

5 жыл бұрын

@@levicarvalho4389 Fascism has no definition, if so does apply to mosley, hitler, baath party?

@victormeunier9075

5 жыл бұрын

I hope at least we´re not in for another Bolsonaro? :o

A spectre is haunting KZread

@FaithfulOfBrigantia

5 жыл бұрын

All the powers of the old-KZread are entering into an holly alliance to exorcise this spectre

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda

@Sovl

4 жыл бұрын

No problem, we'll cut them every year.

@parallel4

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sovl cool dude

@parallel4

4 жыл бұрын

@Liam Gannon ok Liam

@purplespectre

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sovl No problem, spring will still be there every year.

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" - Martin Luther King

@mattleofric1766

3 жыл бұрын

That's naive to assume. The moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice. It bends towards the rich and the powerful.

@David-in4ft

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattleofric1766 racism bent towards justice tho, so there is hope

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

He said before being assassinated by the same people who killed Kennedy, shot Reagan, did 9/11, coup'd Gaddafi, and rigged the 2020 election. Then MLK's supporters vehemently defended those assailants because orange man worse. I liked Malcolm X more btw he was a lot smarter.

Re: 1984 -- what do you think of the theory that the appendix, which is written in the past tense, indicates that the Party is inevitably vanquished?

@TheZarkoc

6 жыл бұрын

He talks about that in one of his videos.

@danieljbillo

6 жыл бұрын

Damn, I was just about to post this and feel smart. Fun fact though, the "appendix implies the fall of the party" theory inspired the structure of the novel The Handmaid's Tale.

@CuzicanAerospace

6 жыл бұрын

Do you know which one? I must've missed it.

@mcc1789

6 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine that Oceania would be sustainable in the long run.

@nwgverified

6 жыл бұрын

Zarko Cekovski link? Pls

This community of vulnerability reminds me of suffering present in Buddist tradition, connecting all people at the most basic level. Same with other living beings, hence the fight for the animal rights on the left.

@user-xq4st9ie7r

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, you didn't get Buddhism then. It's certainly NOT a community which tries to compensate for each others vulnerabilities more than a western society. Probably even less. So you got the basic of Buddhism wrong it's about accepting suffering as an essential part of existence, which cannot be erased by human actions. This also means that suffering cannot be solved by social initiatives or changing the rules of society. To me your comment seems like you are glorifying Buddhism to fit a western left/liberal point of view.

@pretty948

3 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is hella misogynistic and selfish

Progress may be temporarily slowed but it can not be stopped. This is the human condition and human history

@wildbillslunksauce7621

4 жыл бұрын

Your Hegelian is showing 😂

@wildbillslunksauce7621

4 жыл бұрын

The idea that history flows toward a particular idealized end is religion.

@michaelo5665

4 жыл бұрын

@Fabian Tarantino lol your dumb. See I can insult without providing anything worthwhile to the conversation too!😉

@michaelo5665

4 жыл бұрын

@Fabian Tarantino still nothing worthwhile. Are you scared to show how little you actually know?

@michaelo5665

4 жыл бұрын

@Fabian Tarantino sure. You still havent backed up your claim with any facts or sources. You lack the self awareness to even see the humor in your own response as well as the information to even participate at the same table as the adults in the room. I'm glad your own ignorance entertains you.😄

New comments aren't even arguing with the video they just regurgitate some bs talking point that seems convincing to an uncritical mind.

@sowatome849

3 жыл бұрын

Idk man after seeing word "bullshit" used 15 times it gets kinda tedious don't you think?

@bearlemley

3 жыл бұрын

I've hear that before

@Lunar_Pendragon

3 жыл бұрын

You did exactly this but tried to use more complex words to sound intelligent. Stop being so pseudo-intellectual and be yourself.

I'm a bit late to the party, two years late to the party, but one interesting spot that basically everyone missed up to some years ago is that 1984 is actually an OPTIMISTIC work, the bad guys DIDN'T win at the end... because the intro, which describes the scenario and how things were done is in the PAST tense. Things 'used' to be this way, they 'used' to think this way. Now if it ended with human extinction or with the party just crumbling into itself, that's another thing to analyze.

I felt I needed to rewatch this tonight

@MethCrystal666

4 жыл бұрын

Solidarity

@unslaadkrosis3489

4 жыл бұрын

tommymacdonald don’t lose hope comrade. We will have far more victories in the long term. Most tories and republicans are over 65. Most under 35’s are left leaning.

@parallel4

4 жыл бұрын

Two months late, but solidarity as well. Lose the battle, win the war.

*Hello and welcome to sort-by-new!* Marvel at the impressive ability to appreciate nuance! Stand in awe of the amazing depth of discussion! Be amazed by the distinct lack of dogmatic gloating!

@thescrimble

4 жыл бұрын

Whee

@Somefool669

3 жыл бұрын

Whoo hoo

@waspoppin4784

3 жыл бұрын

(Incoherent screech)

I'd just like to say you've turned me on to some great literature man and helped me understand how to really delve deep into it. Thanks Olly, you're fucking great man keep fighting the good fight!

Oh this will be a great comment section

> has 1984 in Audible library > watches video Well, that's ruined now.

@appleslover

4 жыл бұрын

Julia and him hate each other at the end, that room where they meet is being watched all along They kill his last weapon; last part of his personality: his resistance And remember: *we are the dead..*

This is an interesting perspective. I haven't looked at the resilience of leftwing ideas like this before.

@StNick119

3 жыл бұрын

Also it's a very nice alternative to that stupid "Leftwing always wins because leftism is ENTROPY and DESTROYS EVERYTHING" idea espoused by Mencius Moldbug and his neo-reactionaries.

@asmallphd9648

Жыл бұрын

@@StNick119 sin is easier than doing whats right

can you out spoiler alerts for 1984, havent read it yet. Gonna smoke a fat joint now to forget the ending and the love bit.

This is definitely one of my favorite videos on this channel, one of the ones that I find the most inspiring and hopeful. Thank you so much, Abi.

@MrSolLeks

2 жыл бұрын

And yet the left is losing. Those who cant even figure out their own gender will never win.

This weirdly aligns with Moldbug’s view on the degeneracy of society, it’s interesting to see similar concepts expressed on very different grounds

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

Turning the left into degenerate scumbags over 60 years is how Soviet Russia got American conservatives to prefer Putin over Zelensky. 4D chess subversion.

this is my random comfort youtube video

Holy shit I don't know how I didn't find your channel sooner but this is incredible. Keep doing what you're doing!

9:03 When you have to declare that you're the new counter-culture, you probably aren't

@christinahuang6733

4 жыл бұрын

@casual complaints Well you're not helping him do that.

Would love to hear you elaborate on ‘curiosity not ambition’ 😍

@bongle3726

4 жыл бұрын

wanting power is bad, wanting to know stuff is good

@markofsaltburn

4 жыл бұрын

One thing to consider in this regard is the search for extraterrestrials. It is, by definition, a gratuitous search OF the curious FOR the curious, rather than for the intelligent. Our search merely utilises our intelligence in pursuit of an altogether more human motive than the mere transmission of our genes. Looking up to the stars in wonder has no biological utility - it is the primates who were weaker then the pack who stopped to look upwards, who had feelings in excess of our needs as animals. It is likely that our earliest ancestors were not just fitter and faster than us, but were also superior in terms of cognitive function. Despite this we were, possibly, culturally static for hundreds of thousands of years because we were propelled by our genes too effectively to become human. It was only when the “weakest” found a way to survive that the human mind started to form. Humanity has ALWAYS been the product of vulnerability, therefore, of feeling. It is possible that the Universe is teeming with lifeforms comparable to primates, arguably even more intelligent, but that we are the only one so far that has developed anything comparable to a sense of humanity. If those primoids are more efficient than us physically and cognitively, then the formation of curiosity, together with a sense of pity, beauty and even mathematical dexterity, is virtually impossible.

I’m glad we’re on the same side, Olly

Thanks so much for this, Oliver. Your words are balm to a wounded soul, in a time when it seems impossible to maintain hope.

Wow you really delivered with the song

@TheAgavi

6 жыл бұрын

Just please don't do it again, haha. Nah, it wasn't awful.

Great video as always Ollie. I do wonder though if communities of strength and vulnerability are mutually incompatible? Surely it would be possible for a political community to both nurture strength and vulnerability. For example surely it’s possible to create a political community where might is acknowledged but that also attempts to minimise vulnerability

@chelsea1800

6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be implicit in a vulnerability based community, though? The idea, as I understood it, was that people with the same vulnerability come together and use their individual strengths to advance their mutual interest. For example, a community of chronically ill people might have the political goal of increasing the budget the state gives to the scientific study of chronic illnesses and their treatments or cures. No all of those people in that community are chronically ill - they share the same vulnerability - but they have different strengths. One might have a lot of money and be able to finance this endeavour. Another might be, by virtue of his race and gender, be more likely to be listened to by speaking publicly, and another might have an academic background and be able to make good arguments for their case. Thus instead of organising themselves among strengths - like a high social class or intellect - they use their individiual strengths to alleviate a common vulnerability.

@sternchild

6 жыл бұрын

hmmm. Yeah, perhaps I misunderstood it a bit. Perhaps maybe a community of strength could also be based on a kind of paternalism for those who are as well as organising in the interest of what they perceive as the strong (not that that would be a good thing or anything), but I guess that would still be acting as a community that doesn't acknowledge the agency of those who are deemed not strong, so I take your point.

Broke: Levinas Woke: Lovin' ass

@ferragus6737

4 жыл бұрын

that made me chuckle ty

In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, this is put into practice in a way. Spock's brother, Sybok, leads a movement of rebels based on these men opening up about their inner pain and feelings, by freeing everyone from toxic masculinity (I think including women also, since Uhuru becomes a follower as well, but these concepts are certainly internalized by women as well). It turns out to be powerful enough of a motivator that they hijack the enterprise and make a serious attempt to find out where God lives. Great movie! Also probably is the main thing more than anything else that made me a humanist and not a fundamentalist Christian lol

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

Star Trek isn't real and its view on history is based in extreme bolshevik bias.

We never actually win, because the struggle is simply never over

@dominusempyreus2383

4 жыл бұрын

I guess you could argue our continued existence at all is a sort of win, a testament to our will to persevere at least until mind-control technology is developed and humanity becomes a hivemind devoid of original thought, rendering everyone effectively dead. Though, I suppose there's a sort of universal liberation in the deprivation of thought. After all, death is the great equalizer.

Who's here after Bernie dropped out?

Why is youtube recommending this to me today, screw you youtube i'm depressed enough already!

This reminds me in part about Miguel de Unamuno's famous words to General Millán Astray: "You will win, but you will not convince."

Thanks for sharing. Take care! Hugs, From Brasil. 🇧🇷

@universome511

5 жыл бұрын

Bolsanoro won

@miaobrunelle1673

4 жыл бұрын

Pilar Barbosa free Lula brother!

thank you for being what seems like the only person on youtube that doesn't equate liberal with left

6:31 was so ..heh.. left of field (haha) that I actually almost screamed in the middle of the night

"Conservatives need a community" I suppose bedbugs do need a bed.

@XXXXX90651

2 жыл бұрын

For lefties, ig death camps need it's prisoners 🤣

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

So fucking stupid it's unreal. Are your kids just going to have endlessly progressive values? They're not going to conserve anything of yours? Today's conservatives were yesterday's liberals and yet conservatives are always somehow the problem. Pathetic. Conservatives are who built society and made it great, no one else. Everyone else was a vain hothead looking for 15 minutes of fame. Conservatives are why children aren't on tinder; you got a problem with that too?

All I’ve learned here is that Olly is both kinky and decent at a cappella

Most uplifting thing I've seen in a while

I get the vulnerability thing; I developed arthritis when I was 20, and I was so embarrassed by having what I thought was an old person's disease that I went out of my way to walk everywhere despite the pain and discomfort.

that metronome for all you need is love is perfect.

I hope you're right because I'm very vulnerable right now and may end up as just a symbol and statistic

@saffodils

4 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, I hope you're ok! Digital hugs and positive vibes!

@masterklaw4527

3 жыл бұрын

I support you, vulnerabilities and all.

@Sentientmatter8

3 жыл бұрын

Reach out to me if you need someone.

I love this positive message and the fervor and hope in your delivery! Thank you for cheering up my day. And thank you for adding some joy to the otherwise sometimes dour conception of leftism.

@hugmonger

5 жыл бұрын

Nice. Great video as always

I know you said you don't like this old video of yours, but I adore it.

Hi! First of all, I like how Liberalism is portrayed as a right-wing ideology, and thus supremacy of individual freedom is portrayed as a part of a right-wing ideology - that really does say a lot about the left. And I agree with that message, it does describe you well. Before I am labeled as some kind of bigot, I will say this: I am a Liberal, which means I stand for freedom of all people, irrespective of their biological traits, to live and pursue happiness. To make things clear: I think Liberalism is a center-left ideology, but if you want to call it right-wing, then by all means, I won’t argue about labels. Your interesting statement on society of vulnerability being triumphant really begs he question as to why the Western Roman Empire fell (and it’s quite ironic that you even mentioned it in your video, I can only hope that you appreciated that irony as much as I did). The late Rome was almost a socialists dream with bloated state and regular handouts to everyone, as well as unlimited immigration. It was multicultural, it was very accepting of others - a society of vulnerability. Why then did it fall? I could spend hours explaining the answer to that question, but it boils down to two main factors: Nothing is free, you cannot just give literally everyone handouts and expect stuff to just appear out of thin air. Budget has to be balanced - families live by this principle, why must he state abandon it? When budget is not balanced you can no longer allocate the necessary money to crucial institutions, such as judiciary (who maintain the possibility of peaceful resolution of conflicts between citizens), police and/or army (who defend your way of life from those who would destroy it) and the government itself (which is necessary for coordinating that giant system which is the state). None of this means that I advocate for bloated police or government, they should be kept in check by laws and citizens. The second reason ties into the first: You can’t reason with those who don’t even consider you a human. All the political prowess of Roman senators or the sophisticated culture of their citizens did not save Rome in 476 AD, when the great city was sacked by barbarians. All the wisdom and knowledge of the Byzantine Empire did not save them from the emerging Osman Empire or the crusaders. It is a simple lesson of life really - you cannot expect everyone to be considerate enough to give you their time. People on the left for some reason tend to forget about the world they live in. You forget that politics is not a science of solving problems of humanity, it is an art of obtaining and retaining power. You forget that states are ruled by politicians, who are not like you. They dedicated their entire career to becoming more powerful. Leftist politicians are the same, ideas of inclusivity and vulnerability are forgotten when they need power to merely exist as politicians. So whatever ideas you hold, they will always use them to gain more power. “Power to the people”, is what they like to shout, but what they really mean is “power to the state” or “power to the party”. When you hear “workers of the world unite”, “under our rule” is left unsaid. To the offhand mention of how capitalism makes people miserable, I will just ask: how is it then, that capitalist countries have highest standards of living and longest life expectancy. Why developing countries that embrace capitalism become richer and overall better places to live in for their citizens? Why is Japan ahead of Venezuela or North Korea? From my personal point of view, I think freedom triumphs over tradition and oppression, not vulnerability. The idea that weakness can triumph is quite ludicrous to any normal person. The simple fact that while European countries were ‘societies of strength’ as you called them, their citizens enjoyed comfortable safe lives, protected by their country, assisted by their welfare state. ‘Societies of strength’ built those countries, their infrastructure, their wealth, their culture. With the transformation into a society of “everyone welcome”, these countries now enjoy high levels of terrorism and crime, increasing social tension and death of European culture. Frankly, idolizing vulnerability is not the way forward I think. Yes, vulnerability may bring people together, but they ultimately create strength out of their bond. Strength drives people forward, you aren’t even denying it. Vulnerability in an of itself just exists, it doesn’t give you energy, it doesn’t give you motivation. You have to start with yourself if you really want to make a difference, banding like a bunch of monkeys and worshipping your collective common trait will not help you - this is why I am neither a conservative nor a leftist. All those great people who built our civilization - scientists, artists, explorers didn’t spend their life dwelling on their vulnerability, they pressed on despite it. By the way, I hope you appreciate the irony of mentioning these ‘Victimhood Olympics’ just as much as I did, for they are a direct result of making your vulnerability define you. It’s healthy to acknowledge your weak spots, but it is perilous to allow them the central place in your life.

@XXXXX90651

3 жыл бұрын

Read my name, leftie lol

@abominationdesolation8322

2 жыл бұрын

If you are pre-empting leftists calling you a bigot then you have Stockholm Syndrome and are facilitating an abusive relationship. I suppose you think you have something to gain from this, but I assure you it will not make anyone like you more. In fact, much respect is loss when people grovel for a cult of pretentious creeps.

Here for a big huff of Hopeium

I feel the "hiding vulnerability" personal anecdote I am currently hiding a scraped knee i got from falling off a bicycle from my family Idk why i do this

Thank you for the good news comrade!

I didn't realise, but now I see that I build all my relationships as shame-free and all of them are very healthy and comfortable for at least one side (often it is my partner/friend). Maybe I do this because I feel ashamed of myself so often and been in so many situations that I can understand almost everyone, so I show people that they can act as they like without any judgment from me. Now I understand why my friends are like me so much and my partners always happy in our relationships. Nice!

Great video!

Such a hopeful message!

Isn't the principle of non-aggression for the protection of the most vulnerable? Liberalism comes together around the social contract that everyone non-harmful to others deserves protection from any form of tyranny, coercion or threat of harm/damage to life, liberty or property. That is why it is a community of vulnerability, in which most of the members are vulnerable and rely on one another for common protection, while some of the members might be stronger and more capable of defending themselves in most situations yet see how they are needed by the vulnerable yet also need to be members of a large group of mostly vulnerable people, because another large group might want to attack them and take their stuff. So, lots of vulnerable people work together for common protection. Everyone's rights are protected, because there is an agreement that no matter what language you speak or what you believe or how you live, as long as you don't harm others, your innate human rights deserve protection. It's not about what people are capable of contributing, but merely the fact that they don't harm others -- that's what makes the liberty-authority dimension more important and practical to focus on than the socialist-capitalist dimension -- and it is why liberty wins over authority. By integrating left and right with something like a universal basic income, libertarian economics and social policies, and a sound energy plan of investment in genuine alternatives to fossil fuels like tidal, geothermal and nuclear (both fission and fusion), liberalism is far more likely to win in the end than medicare-for-all or the green new deal, or any other grand program without as much choice inherently built into it as a universal basic income with deregulated markets that allows everyday people to take entrepreneurial risks month-to-month. Since liberty better integrates left and right than authority, liberty wins in the end. Realizing that allows us to reject anything on the left that is not liberalism -- anything that abandoned the non-aggression principle through the forceful diminishment of personal choice and genuine diversity. Psychedelics might well catalyze overcoming ideology through the direct experience of self-ownership and realization of personal liberty, but they are not strictly necessary. Though for expediency, the left may well require psychedelics to overcome crippling ideological entrenchment in a timely fashion. Then, the ineffectiveness of shaming libertarians as right-wing ideologues becomes a layer simply not worth wearing, because it's not true. The left requires a strong defense of liberty, rooted in commitment to the non-aggression principle, in order to win anything worth winning.

@edward4699

3 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Barkowski Thanks! That’s exactly what I wanted to mention(tho not throughly and thoughtfully as you for sure) 👍

@andresegurado1844

3 жыл бұрын

The question is : could we be free without democracy in the workplace ? I mean , if there is no government there is no violent threat way stop ceo's of enslaving us, so if want to live in an anarchist society, which we do, we have to get rid of capitalism

@mattleofric1766

3 жыл бұрын

Liberty wins in the end? Ohhhh You're about to get cancelled by the Marxists.

@mattleofric1766

3 жыл бұрын

@@andresegurado1844 You are not enslaved by CEOs. Larper.

@andresegurado1844

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattleofric1766 i said that we would in an ancap society and not that we are now Although there are many people who are, me and you were just lucky to be born in rich countries

Saw the title and was like "yessss he finally did it!" Can't wait to make these points to neoliberals/libertarians in arguments.

@aarman90

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Regueira our definitions of neoliberal might be very different. How do the points made contradict neoliberal ideas?

@Rioty1

6 жыл бұрын

aarman90 well one, neoliberalism is right wing so of course it would apply to it but if you want specifics; neoliberalism as an ideology is finding market solutions to all societal problems. If you can’t bring something new, say, to the market place of ideas or contribute to society in anyway, under neoliberalism, what good are you to society because you can’t serve the market? So neoliberalism is a community of strength and not a community of vulnerability because it requires you give it something tangible; something it can commodify or you’re useless to it.

@Jack2488

6 жыл бұрын

Libertarian here - didn't find it even remotely convincing. Sorry.

@rwatertree

6 жыл бұрын

This has nothing to do with liberals fam. Theirs is a universalist ideology in which one's value is not predicated on 'strength' or 'vulnerability'.

@DanRegueira

6 жыл бұрын

robin water tree liberal =/ neo-liberal

Ya ever just fall in love with Olly again

@PhilosophyTube

6 жыл бұрын

Your picture of David Tennant screaming makes me smile every time I see it crop up in the comments :) Never go away, foreverwantingpie

@foreverwantingpie

6 жыл бұрын

Philosophy Tube yay!! I'm so glad 😁 you inspire me

Watching this video NOW creates a sudden but deep feeling of depression about the upcoming few years of "future" :-(

@empowl1607

4 жыл бұрын

The working class will never vote for you freaks ever again. You're toast.

@Centurion97

4 жыл бұрын

@@empowl1607 Why do you consider us "freaks"?

@ianlopez5108

4 жыл бұрын

HistoryBuff97 Leftists are more accepting people, more tolerant and understanding. Therefore are more likely to take in Freaks, weirdos, undesirables, and degenerates.

@ianlopez5108

4 жыл бұрын

HistoryBuff97 Obvs this doesn’t mean ALL leftists are these things, but they’re more likely to be found on that side.

@empowl1607

4 жыл бұрын

@@ianlopez5108 The Soviet Union carried out the largest ethnic cleansing in modern history. The Soviet Union murdered more homosexuals than all other 20th century totalitarian regimes combined. The Soviet Union murdered millions of its own ideologues because they disagreed on how Marxism should be interpreted.

Thanks for this. Needed it.

@WangleLine

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is making me hopeful