Billionaires, American Identity, & Is Paris Overrated? - A Conversation with Damon Dominique 

I love you Damon, have a nice day

not my cup of tea lol had to go back on ur channel xD

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Ha ha! I am loving this collaboration! Thank you!

I think Damon might be my favorite human on this planet

the only person that thinks they are on 'red wine talk' fire, is themself ;-) lol

Hey Nathaniel i wanna see you on vodka

​ @Sonam ​ @Ana Medina How bad you are… jajajaja the reply to this comment are hilarious, i cant stop to laughing hahahahahahahaha

omg yeeeeeeeeees

white couch talks

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This makes my head hurt. I'm old, so my perspective is different. I have left the US permanently. I think about all this stuff but I think it is a waste of my time. I think I need to think less about what is wrong (I AGREE WITH ALL YOUR COMPLAINTS)or about what is going to happen, to let go of it and just pay attention to my own state of mind. Betty White just died and she is currently my hero. What a phenomenal state of mind! Work. When I was young I liked work that didn't pay enough. Now it is even worse for idealistic young people. The only thing that makes me more optimiistic is what you can do with technology. You are doing it! I have come to a few conclusions after a difficult life: Do work that you love. Build and protect your self confidence and self respect every day of your life. Be kind always. Understand yourself intimately. And something few people do, know who you are. Ask yourself if you believe there are other dimensions. I have experienced this and I am in good company, Carl Jung, Maya Angelo, Carl Sagan, etc. We want promises and concrete results when we are young. We want financial security. But if you look at those who have lived this way, with these priorities and beliefs, they are astounding human beings! People can be a success in their chosen career and be people you don't want to meet, like Picasso!

For sure man, but comparison is the thief of joy... why not focus on the fact that we are getting out of poverty at the fastest rate since the dawn of time? I cherish all of the privileges like being able to maximise my potential, having a perfect house with running water, having abundance of food, all the while as Nathaniel pointed out, we are Living in excess. It all has benefits and dow sides look at the obesity crisis in the world right now, how mental health dysfunctions sky-rocketed since covid. I am very ignorant to you're privileges and pitfalls in the 3rd world countries but there must be rudimentary joy in the simple things of life, strong social connection, love. Everyone is struggling everyone has it rough, the best thing we can do is perceive it positively and keep as jordan peterson said so eloquently- Struggling With God...

And I would like to see the same conversation with someone older, more mature. This all came across as 20-year-olds talking crap.

my parents are from Sudan too

Why should you be proud of something that you had nothing to do with? The luck of birth made you an American and not some tribes been sitting in a jungle somewhere. But where would you have been happier? who knows.

@slidenapps Pride is not reserved for only personal achievement. You can take pride in something you're closely associated with, such as the place you were born.

I empathize with that so much. I have a lot of friends that came to the US to survive, and saying that I wish I could get out feels ungrateful. But I'll never understand these right wing, flag flying, patriotic citizens, when we still have so much wrong with this nation.

I strongly disagree, the pride comes from being able to pass the legacy. That's is why people are proud of their nation/country or their family. If you are not proud of the values you were born into, those values will stop exist. I am eastern European (Czech), to me USA is the country where all important next big things in IT technology are born. Country that protected Europe from nacism, helped reestablished economic growth there, helped to the whole world by creating the internet which is educating millions of not billions of people now.

what a conundrum

same here. I'm still searching for a deep-thinking community who will converse the perplexities of life with me. they're out there. we'll find em!

DUDE I KNOW. My friends aren’t neurotic or pessimistic like me nor do they want to think about anything political, philosophical, or even religious like discussing religion politely. They literally just shift the conversation to some anime they’re watching (and don’t get me wrong I like some anime). It’s so hard to find people truly interested in these topics

I guess you just haven’t found your tribe yet :)

I had this problem also when I moved to a new place. Most of the year I felt very alone. But I started spending time with people who were into art, like this style ^, or anything really. Sculpture, painting, photography, etc and it was exactly what I needed. We had these kinds of conversations all of the time. So maybe look for new friends at gallery openings or museum events haha!

It's a mood and some people aren't comfortable with uncertainty

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Fr 😂😂

That was funny

Hey kelly.. STAMPS

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Hi marry me please

Stamp of approval

@@elisha_kl 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I can’t remember who said that a long time ago?

Told by Isaac Asimov

You'll find your people. It just takes time, and not being afraid of being vulnerable.

@@PrincessOfTheYew I agree. Being willing to let your vulnerable self come forward is the most important part!

I think you gotta take the plunge and risk seeming weird sometimes 🤷🏾‍♀️ that's how you find your people 👌🏾

No. If you've ever lived in a freshman dorm you've had this conversation thirty times already

@@Mateo-et3wl I haven't unfortunately

microdose?

@@emanuelcarvalho8510 shrooms

Yet many of us are watching this right now alone on our phones.

@@aarond9563 ya know. Social distancing.

Very important to bring this up in these kinds of discussions. Thank you otherwise it might have not occurred to me while pondering about this video. If I understand you correctly you’re saying this understanding of reality borders on meritocracy in some ways is that right?

Facts.

I felt this during the video game discussion

Why do they need to address it? It's obvious

You're absolutely right. But their idea could still work with that, in a similar respect to why people put themselves in uncomfortable or painful situations at all. It creates extreme personal growth when overcome. The question then is if it's worth it to go through all of that suffering to become a "better" person or a more "evolved" person. Ascetic monks seem to think it is... but then it seems like it matters more if you choose to do that to yourself. So if you, a future you, chose to put yourself through that, could that almost be a sense of comfort for why a person experiences so many of the hardships in life? It's similar to the Abrahamic religions who believe that God has a purpose for all of the awful things that happen. Do I agree with either theory? Absolutely not. But it seems to be much more a spiritual and philosophical question of why evil exists, and if it can possibly be justified through growth.

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Omg 😆

Jordan S 😋

Riiiiight??!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

yes please

Right I literally just put on one of playlists and let it run through I just listen to like a podcast I don't even watch the videos.

omg yes.

IKR, I love that about these two!

i was thinking about this the other day! sometimes i'm more aware of what's going on in the US than what's going on in Europe

It’s also not good for us Americans because we are often viewed as dumb for not knowing much about other countries. It’s because we are totally absorbed with information from our own media that the only way to really know about current events in another country is by actively seeking out that information. It doesn’t just show up on Twitter, Facebook or Google for us unless we are searching it

@@clembark good point!

@@clembark Right, so it's media is sadly skewed then to control thought. Not cool either. But also there isn't a general interest in the masses finding out more. That can also be perceived to be dumb too. But I understand living there, that the bustle and size is a clear obstacle just naturally. So big, It's a mini world in of itself.

Still, in America you can have access to all the information about every single country, nation, religion, languages, traditions, culture, food, habits in the world, and in many cases there are courses for every single of them in the best universities on the globe. Believe me, in certain countries it is still extremely hard, just see what is happening in a wealthy city like Hong Kong, and I don't even want to name countries like Iran, Syria etc etc etc etc etc. Also: I can name 10 American Nobel Prizes and none from El Salvador, Georgia, Gabon, Luxembourg etc (even though maybe there are some if I search on internet) I can name 10 American athletes that broke sports records, 10 American writers, 10 American outstanding actors, 10 American singers, 10 American generals, 10 American scientist, 10 American philanthropist, 10 American outstanding entrepreneurs etc etc. I can also name 10 ethnic groups that escaped wars based on religion that found a new home in America, and the name of 10 countries that were saved by America or were part of the Marshal plan during and after WW2. Yes, indeed the imbalance is crazy.

I also heard that that the 3 deaths are the death of naivety, the death of innocence and then actually death

@@retro1786 dark, right?

damn

Dark is the best show go watch it my philosophy friends

If damon thinks 'time is an illusion' is funny, he should dive into some buddhism for sure....;-)

@@apparently_sonam Time is the biggest illusion that one lives in so that one doesn't even realize it's an illusion. That's the ultimate illusion according to Buddha. You can check out this channel fore more exploration. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2IqjkGbUOig.html #Siri_sadaham_ashramaya

@@liveandlearnthelife1637 thanks but if you re- read my comment, I must have known that already to suggest the connection. I've been practicing for 3 decades now. I would say the ego is the ultimate illusion, but therein time is a direct manifestation of that... :-) x

I AGREE SO MUCH WITH YOU I CANT-

Also when people say "but thEy eArnEd iT" they're forgetting that (as you said) they exploit a lot of people and resources in the process and the systematic way in which they weed out competition. Moreover in many countries, the ultra rich pay lesser taxes (in ratio to their income ofc) as compared to the working class. Not to mention their political influence too so

@@shreyaanand9360 yes!! for real dude! and people wayyy underestimate how much money a billion dollars really is. There's less than 3,000 billionaires in the entire world!

If you support rules prohibiting the exploitation of people then you support rules prohibiting billionaires. There is no way anyone can become a billionaire without exploiting people. You are either against exploitation or you're not. Possessing a billion dollars is inherently unethical.

Annabeth yes! that’s what I was trying to say. If we had those rules we wouldn’t need wealth cap rules because then there would be little to no billionaires!

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I could not agree more. We must evolve to become more empathetic and inclusive

Reyna Singh This omg I wish people understood and felt how important being empathetic is, even more so than technology or material things

What a wonderful way to put it

i couldn't have put it in better words... and probably it would generate more conversation cause then you're dealing with real chances. In the world we live in rn and at capitalism's current stage, its basically unavoidable to have even richer ppl taking advantage of much more laborers, but trying to get together a plan to make it stop is a good way to spend a conversation

A better question is "Can you ethically steal the money from someone because you think he has 'too much' money ?" Theft is Theft. Leftist ideologues always start by doing hatred speech against the wealthy and end up by making camps and stealing everyone.

@@shakya00 wage theft in the US totals more than any other kind of theft. rich people and employers steal more money than anyone else. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make but the US houses like 25% of the world's prisoners and not anywhere near a quarter of the world's people. If you want to talk about horrible "re-education" camps, look at prisons in the US, look at the 3 strikes law, and listen to people talk about their experiences in prison.

​@@robw6202 I'm not American, i'm from the most taxed country on Earth....France ! We know here what is a thief. When the State steal you close to 50% of your salary before tax, it hurts and we get a lot of "protections" against evil employers which would be a wet dream for your AOC and co. Guess what ? In this paradise of workers : wages are way lower than in USA, stagnant while they rise in your country and employment is high (before the crisis a record low of 7.8% since 2007 vs 6.9% now for the US in crisis...). In conclusion that's not the evil employer which spoil you but the State. The more the State is involved in the economy the more it hurts the people and especially the poorest who can't find easily a job in France because they are expensive, hard to fire, the laws are too complex and the economy too slow to create enough jobs.

I want friends

Same 😭

I m french, I live in San Diego and I feel the very same way.

YES!

let's all get friends then

why couldn't you survive without this collab?

@@vincemaltese16 Just a hyperbole :)

@@AlanisBraun ok thank you for replying. To be honest what I really like about Nathaniel is his ability to find the right words in the right contexts and also his uncommon vocabulary. I think I get a little bit underwhelmed when I read certain words used to express simple appreciations for a video.

@@AlanisBraun #Siri_sadaham_ashramaya ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2IqjkGbUOig.html

Yes! Exactly! There's no broken systems, only systems purposely created to benefit those already in wealth and power

i'm mad at myself for not having thought of this sooner

Man is VASCULAR

Lol

ripped as a mofo

for real, I doubt they've had access to a gym the past few months in Paris, what is the secret (I'm a woman that's probably why I'm confused)

@@aurielle112 home gym. Pushups, pull ups. Lots of stuff that can be done at home with little to no equipment.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2IqjkGbUOig.html #Siri_sadaham_ashramaya

Also, if you ever wanna visit 📍Tours 🇫🇷, hit me up 😺

I've had this idea for awhile

I think that’s true that what they do will impact central and South America. But I don’t think their actions will always impact the rest of the world. America is very powerful now but they have not always been and that can change

I agree with this but I see a huge difference in someone from a country the US heavily effects negatively criticizing the US and it’s international actions as opposed to someone from Western Europe or Canada making fun of the American health system, school shootings, the failures of the American education system, etc. (which I see so much of) when those things are 1. Not in control of the citizens because of our electoral system and 2. Negatively affect Americans more than they affect others. I get defensive about the latter but the former is completely justified imo.

saaame

Florence Ryan 😜😁🧡

Yes. I didn't know they knew each other.

Tysheen Orane yeah, check out Damon’s channel for their other collab ☺️🧡

Hell yes

Also the new season of Keeping the Kardashans and the new Bad Bunny LP.

airesoyaire Obviously

The consolations of philosophy is mind blowing 🙌

I think you need to do some research on Elon. He isn't like Tony Stark, he's more like Thomas Edison.

Jörg Leiger haha ikr! 🤣🙈

woah... i’m literally cleaning my room right now 😂

Homo sapiens have been around 200,000-300,000 years. He wasn’t too far off after he corrected himself.

Humans never evolved from monkeys 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@Technovex What ?

@@Technovex clembark is right and Homo sapiens is the last and actual human specie so I don’t understand your comment

Because it invades every country that goes against it.

@@michable100 just like it’s mother

Samezies dude!

also "watch me change my own mind" gave me a huge laugh. that's also rare these days.

No one really wants to hear the bullshit we are being taught at our marxists universities.

That's what I was thinking the entire time!

@@user-ti9zc1xv2b Universities are not as marxists or leftist as people make them out to be. They are full of propaganda.

Definitivamente

But where?