Thanks Jason I totally agree with you. While I appreciate you wanting to engage with people's comments, it's kind of futile to take on commentary from people aren't doing the work to understand the big picture and are therefore making uninformed comments. The big picture is 100% necessary and it takes time and mental energy to elucidate that. Not many seem willing to make those investment sadly! Blessings
I don't really expect to change her mind but sometimes engaging with things like this can help me in my process. And I made the video as way to share my thoughts and allow people to compare the different perspectives.
Jason, id like to speak with you about something, and i believe that, because of where you and Alison are coming from, i believe that you two would be able to grasp the gravity and importance of it. throughout everything that has been happening for centuries, the central driving force has always been dehumanization, and these days its just getting worse. i would present the argument to you, that counteracting the dehumanization coming from a place in which life and responsible use of free will and volition are the most cherished values, coming from a well informed and constructive position combining nurture, logic, and philosophy to counteract the dehumanization, and inspire in people a rebirth, and regrowth of their own humanity and values, their love of life, and the responsible use of their free will. this must be the most important thing, and if we fail in this, then everything else that you and Alison and myself and others do will be for nothing. if we fail to counteract the dehumanization, even if we were to achieve great things, it would all be at a great loss, and we would fail, and everyone will experience that failure. this is what is needed if we want to have an effect to try to change what is happening, if we are sucessful, people will reject everything that is going on of their own free will. passionately so, and by any means. just one example out of many. what happens if nobody believes in power over others anymore? slavery ends whether those in power like it or not.
cynicism as a system has an ancient political source that capitalizes on the romantic nature of the metaphorical heart. meaning: be very careful with any idealistic drift! people desire competent leadership because it is a beautiful thing. as it is love. but who talks about the dark side of love? not the romantics. while the cynics make a secret science out of it.
I do think dehumanization is a big problem. It's why people can't have respectful and productive dialogues these days. It is getting worse and has been largely manufactured and cultivated in an organized way. This is glaring in the political theater. Respecting free will is also important. Dealing with these issues is further challenged by the fact that so many people have delegated their thinking to someone else. On top of that there are many dishonest actors who are receiving financial support in order to push agendas, deflect attention and cognitively infiltrate sincere efforts. It's difficult space to navigate but yes, I do think we should not dehumanize one another in our efforts. And I very much oppose domination principles. Of having power over others. What's ironic is people who call themselves libertarians claim to be about non-aggression and yet they have total faith in the two most aggressive weapons against natural-life and free will; the legal constructs of money and property. Constructs which are used thousands of times more to control and exclude people than to protect them from violation of perceived rights. I don't think ending dehumanization alone will solve these problems but I do agree it's important.
well, you need to have an idea of the dimension in which things are playing, in which they belong. the aspect of blinders, of pious thinking is only one that matters in this regard.
I have the perfect answer to the Washington point: A relative of mine fought alongside Washington and when they won, Washington “gave” him like 350,000 acres in upstate New York. Then after giving it to him, Washington took back 200,000 for himself. Natives weren’t the Indian givers, frigging white Europeans were! Terrible example Sophia
Clarity? Unity? Leadership? wouldnt a position of clarity require that each person be their own leader? that is its own kind of unity, and leadership. why follow a person, or a group? why not lead yourself, and if others do want to look to you, just simply lead by your good example. but mostly, what is needed is for each individual to become their own self leader, and inspire others to do the same. dont follow me, lead yourself, and be the primary shaper of your own life, and somewhere in the middle we can meet and compare notes and chat, but fuck all of the group think.
@@attackhelicoptercat like the recent corona crusade? a pretty genius product of belief, if you ask me. the actual question is of course how to follow through with your interests among people as a loner?
@@uweparthum5906 im unsure how you mean the first question and the sentence that followed it. if you could clarify what you meant, it would be helpful. as to the last thing that you said, its actually pretty simple, have the courage, stand your own ground, and the principled discipline to just do it. its your life, make your decisions, and follow through on them, and dont let other people intimidate you into doing otherwise. that for example was how i conducted myself during the whole corona debacle, and i was sucessful every day.
