@@dwaynewilliams8871 thanks Dwayne

It had to be included, Tom. Such a great book. Going to make a part 2 to this video at some point and might include "Never Too Late To Be Great."

Thanks, should be coming soon. Enjoyed making this one.

@@mikiyasnigatu3263 I will do, got more coming

@@TheEndarkenedWanderer don’t know much about Baccarat but if you get out at the right time, you can make some money playing roulette. But whatever you’re doing, I think it’s got to be about more than just making money.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor I agree it's got to be more than About money.. Appreciate your reply and outlook. Peace.

It's a great point. I would say it's easier to be happy with enough money to cover your living expenses and having a passion you enjoy each day than being super rich but not having any meaning for your life.

That's great. Don't need a millionaire lifestyle to do that.

Don't think so. He converted to Christianity, changed his name and stopped making content like this (or any content).

Great to get a foreign perspective. I felt like an alien in the late 90s and 2000s living in the UK. Couldn't understand why teens and 20 year olds drinking themselves into oblivion was considered fun. Thanks for your advice on quitting. As a hypnotherapist, it's useful to learn about your experience so I can help my clients. Well done for stopping. Most people can't, especially not both. Thanks again for supporting the channel.

Thanks man. I think RU-vid shadow banned this video. It was getting a lot of views at a quick rate and then, all of a sudden, people stopped watching it. Anyway, glad you found it and added the extra insight. Money was on the table for those companies and they weren't going to let something inconvenient like the efficacy of their vaccine get in the way of profits.

I loved it. Me and my girlfriend have been there twice and will probably be coming back again. Thanks for taking an interest in my work and glad you enjoy the videos. Did you find out what happened to Victor Pride? Seems he had quite a transformation.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor Your videos are awesome! Keep them coming! As for Pride, he went full Christian and dropped everything, didn't he? Quite radical! An extreme guy! The same happened with a guy called Roosh V who was popular at the same time in the "manosphere" as a PUA. I think I heard about both of these guys through Aaron Clarey's early videos - when he started plugging others' stuff during his rants. Had they become Orthodox at least, they could become monks on Mt Athos (third "leg" of Halkidiki) and had a permanent holiday in the sun for free. 🙂 No bills, no taxes, no worries. Actually, Roosh did become Othodox but I think he joined Armenian Orthodoxy which is a little different from the Greek/Russian brand. The one thing I know is that we are living in some really weird times, so people joining religions doesn't shock me much. Brits advising citizens to have 3 days of food in homes and the talk of bringing back conscription says something about what's coming. Anyway, I've pestered you enough. I'll pester you some more under another video, as I plan to go through them all! Keep up the great work! Be well! PS Very glad you guys liked it at Sani!

@@portcontainer9727 I look forward to seeing which one you pop up on! Thanks for taking an interest. Btw, would you recommend the second "leg/finger" of Halkidiki to visit? We heard some good things but never got around to visiting.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor The second "leg" is considered by most to be better than the first in terms of nature and general atmosphere. Good place to rent a car and drive to the various villages/towns and beaches. I think both legs are well worth exploring, but the second one has the better rep. You can also do a boat tour of the third leg (Mt Athos - the most ancient and most rugged gentleman's club on the planet) if you drive to Ouranoupolis. But, yes! The second leg is definitely worth exploring. 🙂

PS "Finger" seems more appropriate somehow, but I say "leg" because that's what we call it in Greek: πόδι, pronounced po-the (as in the definite article 'the').

Thank you. Make sure you check out Tom’s books. They’re some of the best.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor I read a while ago Never too late to be great, from Tom . I really liked that one, 10/10. I will check the other books as well , from Tom and you . Thanks !

Thanks so much for watching and giving your list. You picked out some great songs and albums. Thriller is magical. I can see how someone would listen to it the whole way through and be blown away. For me, it's the best album by any artist ever made. Nothing comes close with the escapism and joy it brings.

Thanks so much for your comment and glad my videos have helped. That's inspiring. You may have the odds stacked against you but with a great idea and commitment to it, you can break through. Please keep me updated on how it goes. Best wishes.

Possibly but I think it has more to do with the media seeing a target and going for it. They lied about him constantly and those lies sold papers and drew views. This is the lifeblood of the media so once they knew the goldmine they’d struck by creating all this sensationalism around MJ, they kept digging.

Thanks for watching.

yeah, it doesn't make a strong case for their believability.

That's the problem, whatever way you look at it Wade Robson is liar. He either lied in court defending Michael Jackson and perjured himself or he lied about the sexual abuse and is attempting a shake down. Either way, not someone I would believe.

Thanks for your well thought out comment and for watching my other videos. While I think your language is a little extreme (I'm no boot licker lol), your points are interesting. Before I address them, please be aware I wrote a blog post on why you SHOULDN'T listen to Andrew Tate. You may find it more to your liking. escapethesystemnow.com/3-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-listen-to-andrew-tate/ 1. So you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. Either men get screwed by getting married or women get screwed by not getting married. Surely there's got to be a better way and his challenging of marriage is needed. Marriage can ruin a lot of peoples' lives and, therefore, questions need to be asked. Through these questions, perhaps we can find a better solution. Also, I'd argue it's not so easy for a man to abandon his wife and children. Anyone who has something even closely resembling a conscience is going to feel a lot of guilt at doing that. 2. Of course, depression is real and a big problem. However, it isn't a disease as there are no biological markers for it. Btw, I'm not advocating "willing it away." Instead, I'd advise the suggestions you make and, perhaps, in some extreme cases, medication might help. I definitely think unscrupulous pharma companies are the greatest evil here - not Tate. As you say in your comment "follow the money my guy." They are making billions through convincing the general public depression is a disease and leaving many sufferers worse off through their, quite often, harmful medication. 3. Yes, I agree. Having watched more Tate since this video I think he is out for himself. My guess is he doesn't give a damn about the naïve people that follow him. Thanks again for your comment and for watching. This video was just to bring some balance to the blog post I wrote and also to discuss, what I believe are, interesting issues.

​​@@JoeBarnesAuthorThank you for your response. I would like to first off apologize for my strong language in my initial comment. It's just that I have been a bit fed up lately with so many creators I respected either honestly falling for the guy's trickery or purposely using him as leverage for views. 1) Yes it is a hard one that one. We are flawed creatures. I would like to believe in a world where people did the right thing based on their conscience but unfortunately my experience has been quite the contrary. Lots of us (men and women) do or don't do things solely because they don't want to get in trouble. 2) That's a fair point. Trust me I can't stand the pharmaceutical industry as it is today either. Again thanks for your comment and for being open to discuss these issues.

@@themplanetz No worries, I thought you made some great points. I can see why that would annoy you. To some degree, I think the Tate's are running a scam or at least lying to a very naïve audience. One thing I don't get is the amount of money they claim to have (hundreds of millions or close to a billion). That doesn't make any sense to me. From what I can tell, they ran a successful webcamming and online membership business. Perhaps this gives them a fortune in the high tens of millions but figures like $750 million seem BS.

Thanks Dwayne

Thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks man. I never heard that - that you can become sovereign. Surely that doesn't mean you can avoid paying tax?

So sorry you had to experience that. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for featuring on the channel Thibaut, always a pleasure to interview you. Look forward to 2025.

I don't think he's a monster but fair enough

@@JoeBarnesAuthor theres plenty of other people to choose from. His philosophy and values put you at a lower consciousness point. You can escape the system by sex trafficing people too.

@@adammorra3813 Yes, I wasn't a fan of an interview I saw of him when he was bragging about ripping men off with his webcam business.

Really, was that part of the court case? I'm assuming they didn't say anything happened when he slept in the same bed with him? Although that alone is unacceptable.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor Yes. Brett Barnes, Macaulay Culkin, and Wade Robson were all defence witnesses, who testified they'd slept many nights with him alone in his bed, and they all said nothing happened. June Chandler also testified, for the prosecution, that her son Jordan had slept with him alone in bed for many nights. Jonathan Spence and Omar Bhatti were also known to have done it, as well as a number of nameless boys. This was an established pattern of Michael Jackson.

Despite having worked in personal development for well over 15 years, I'd never actually read it until now. I'm surprised at how good it is and also how relevant it is despite closing in on being a century old.

Thank you

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll watch. Don't know if I'll do another reaction video as I feel like I've moved on from the subject.

Hi Lili

Thanks Ania, glad you enjoyed.

No, it's not surface level thinking. It was a difficult statement to make. Religion has many positives but the stats on poverty and religion are so correlated it seems beyond coincidence. Of course, wealth doesn't automatically relate to a good life so you have a point there. However, the history of religion and it's connection with war and repression tips the balance in my opinion. Overall, it's a negative force.

@@JoeBarnesAuthor I'm going to make a assumption you're more on the side of science for this point correct me if I'm wrong. If you compare the bad of Science to Religion. Science is worse. If you take everything bad every religion has done through out the beginning of each of their conception to now. That wouldn't come close to Nukes. I'll take all the bad from religion over nukes that can destroy or world a hundred times over. Even though that is true I wouldn't say science is a negative so we need to stop science. I'd focus on the factors that lead to the negative and leave the positive. It seems like you have a throw the baby out with the bath water approach.

@@itachi65ful you make a good point about science. I see what you're saying but another problem with religion is that it's so divisive. Unless we had one world religion, there are always going to be Christians and Muslims and other religions which breeds an 'us and them' dynamic and 'my religion is the right one and yours isn't.'

@@JoeBarnesAuthor That's easy to fix. You have your belief I have mine. Which id say many religions people follow this way of thinking. I went through this with the console wars back in the day. Which Video Game system was better PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo. I was on PlayStation side.

@@itachi65ful yeah but the console wars never led to any real wars!!!