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[@LJStability]

It's so easy to get into the doomer mindset. But I remembered that so many marginalized groups, particularly African Americans, have been dealing with racism and systemic racism for literally hundreds of years. And they still keep fighting to make progress. It reminds me of a quote from James Baldwin that encapsulated this perfectly, "I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive". It's a quote that always reminder me to be active than a passive observer making fun of people still trying to make a difference and beat the odds.

[@kza6648]

More people need to think like this tbh, i got so mad at a guy commenting on Xan's channel "Its so dumb to be a trans woman in america rn", like im gonna wait the world to collapse to get some boobis lol

[@Nomad-qm3zf]

As an African American we just gave up too recently.

[@chronoblue418]

Look if your going to be hopeful and optimistic fine, but at the very least have that positivity be done in good faith. Quotes like that are what causes people who don't performe hopeful and optimistic to slap their face in annoyed exasperation.

[@mikelee388]

This is cringe AF

[@edwardvalerie5284]

@@mikelee388 ur cringe lol

[@sothisisbasicallyhow4696]

Things may look bleak, even hopeless, but our enemies want us to be miserable. If we can get up every day, do something that makes us happy, and do even that little bit of work to push back against the demons that have infested this country, whether it be donating to causes, volunteering at clinics, or even just being a shoulder for a friend in a difficult time, we can deny them victory in at least one aspect.

[@ssilver9263]

i totally agree

[@hossamsaleh7680]

That’s what I’m doing, Thomas wants liberals to be miserable, but he ain’t gonna make me miserable, I’m gonna be as hopeful and happy as I can, I’ll go to work with a smile, hang out with friends and play games with, go to restaurants and enjoy the food, etc That’s what I will and kinda am doing, so boom, he failed with me, no matter what I ain’t giving them the satisfaction he oh so craves, in my battle between him and me, he lost, and he can damn well lose against you guys too. Don’t give up, all of what they are doing is gonna crumble and bite them in the ass at some point in time, no action is complete without its consequences. Nothing lasts forever, not even their stupid campaign.

[@ssilver9263]

not to say that this isn't really difficult to achieve. the only way i've been able to be remotely happy the past 2 years is through therapy and psychiatric medication. do whatever you need to do to make it through.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

I’m actually more optimistic than ever. There are solutions and we will be the change we want to see. This is coming from some who is now making capital and preparing for the worst with a recession and fascists on the horizon. I and all us will not let them take away our right or kill democracy.

[@sothisisbasicallyhow4696]

@@ssilver9263 oh, yeah. Life sucks! I just got evicted by my parents for being trans, and I have to dose up with adderall and SSRI’s every morning just to get through the day. But you know what? I still get through it. One foot in front of the other, and I still manage to find moments of solace and happiness. I just joined my local DSA and I’ll be volunteering as a clinic escort for a nearby planned parenthood as soon as Covid restrictions are lifted. I don’t say this to toot my own horn, but as examples of small things I can, and will do to carve out my little piece of safety and sanity. If we all pitch in, we’ll make it, and even if we don’t see victory in our lifetimes, our grandkids will thank us.

[@JSmusiqalthinka]

I want to share this, because I think it bears such great importance to this topic: "At the dances, I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening, a cousin of Sasha (Alexander Berkman), a young boy, took me aside with a grave face, as if he were to announce the death of a dear comrade. He whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt "The Cause". I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business. I was tired of having "The Cause" constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things. Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world -- prisons, persecution, everything. Yes, even in spite of the condemnation of my own comrades I would live my beautiful ideal." - Emma Goldman

[@FelisImpurrator]

Excellently put. I don't know who this person is, but she seems to have understood the meaning of leftism far better than any theory-reciting tankie who demands Gravitas and Reverence and constant reminders of the Struggle. If anything, it always seemed to me that that sort of sentiment that focuses constantly on reminding people of misery rather than relieving it - the way Stalinist and Maoist literature was forced to revolve around upholding Party values and depicting the mundane struggles of the proletariat - aligned more with fascism than anarchism or even socialism. After all, it's a sort of fatalistic, persistently negative impulse, a certain obsession with the idea of persecution and death, that drives the fascist ideology... But leftist ideals aren't about glorious death or honor or anything of that sort. They're about believing that the world can and should be made better than it is. And if your ideological values consist of belief in a better, freer, happier life for everyone, how can you uphold them by rejecting freedom and happiness in the first place?

[@JSmusiqalthinka]

@@FelisImpurrator That person was Emma Goldman, incredibly based anarchist writer and activist of the early 20th century. She was a real one. Also I LOVE your response, man. Excellently put.

[@jidk6565]

I've been raising a storm at republican events, and debated them at every point I've been trying to raise support wherever I could, and tried to spread the good word and cleared things up I've joined orgs and done my part to donate and support I've even worked with democrats as best I could ...yet I still feel it's neccessary to take the step and buy a firearm All because I feel like I'm alone, because not enough people are taking action I'm scared I'm Trans I'm Jewish I'm very obviously an "Other" And I've openly pushed back against the right for years, after breaking away from A Nazi Group If we lose I'm completely convinced I'm as good as Dead And I need the help of every person possible to TRY and help Please

[@raak4070]

You aren't alone, keep doing what you're doing. Let's hope more join in

[@jidk6565]

@@raak4070 that's all we can do at times Hope And speak out Maybe we'll convince someone

[@lsmmoore1]

@@jidk6565 Maybe we will.

[@LadyPinkster]

We got this! I am sorry that you feel scared, I sometimes feel the same way. Even though it feel like we are isolated and alone. We are not. We outnumber them, even the pro life republicans are becoming out of touch with their voters. If any other progressive is reading this. If you are afraid to take up arms. Okay, get mace that you can carry in your state or anything else to put on a self defense keychain. Do not give up because when you do , you give in to their hell. If you need to leave the county, look into the places you are trying to go. Try to save up money to move by selling stuff you forgot about when you can. It’s like leaving an abusive relationship. Plan it and keep it to yourself and to those that you trust . If you want to stay , vote and run for office if you can. It ducking sucks to say just vote but we have to. It’s our nation . Also If fucking Matt the sec traffickers gatzes can get into office, you can do it to and better.

[@LadyPinkster]

Also I want to ask, you were apart of a nazi group ? What pulled you in?

[@NotBatman101]

Don’t get doomerpilled get pissedoffpilled, and use your anger in whatever way you feel best.

[@antoninedelchev6076]

Apathy is death, worse than death, because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects.

[@jacavanheesch4593]

i call it spite pilled

[@Mind_Crimes]

@Antoni Nedelchev Some might say those are dignified burial rites. No, not saying apathy is better. Just, its lovely to give back to nature after a lifetime of eschewing it.

[@ashelfishisttortle]

I used mine to start my business. Midnight Scout. Eco-friendly packaging, locally designed and commissioned, we donate to combat climate change, conservation, Trevor project and others and everything is American made. A leftist ethically owning a business? Unheard of. If only capital wasn’t the only goal :)

[@NotBatman101]

@@ashelfishisttortle congrats on your business, I might check it out

[@nab267]

Dennis Pragar did a segment like this on his fire side chat once. Of course he was saying that the left will probably win but the right should still keep fighting no matter how hopeless it seems. And look how far the right has gotten with that attitude

[@SeanLaMontagne]

Dennis Prager was speaking at my local casino recently. Was driving home one day and saw his name on the sign

[@sillysimic79]

That's literally fascism to a T. Death cult shit

[@Mind_Crimes]

Care to enlighten us with which of these does he lay out his self-defeatism?

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

I hope the left wins lmao

[@Mongo5hg]

I am doing exactly what Vaush suggested, and I am empowering my self. You know what, I found that my Democrat party needed someone like me to help them with simple social media engagement. We can really do this stuff.

[@sammyismuff]

Nice!

[@basedmuscleman6539]

good work jon

[@label_me]

You are delusional.

[@dydx_]

I got out of my 5 year long depression after having had a nervous breakdown. I only remember that I told myself: enough! I implanted one thought into my head, become better to help others. If no one was there for me, then no one will be there for everyone else too and I wanted to change that. Almost 3 years later, and my initial response to Roe being overturned, to go and march up in the streets and fight if I have to. It all starts with you, and what thought you implant in the center of your being.

[@Iggyauna]

My story is similar. My weakness, however is that I am the biggest idiot I know and constantly find myself unsure of which direction to go next.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Hard not to be doomer at a time like this but voosh gives me hope

[@TheM163]

What gives me more hope is the people fighting for rights of others

[@patrickkilduff5272]

if Vaush gives you 'hope' ...you are a moron that is not paying attention

[@colt9836]

@@TheM163 We shall persevere, never forget that. It's in our blood.

[@Axxilles]

I too get my hope from a guy who sits on his computer spreading whatever misinformation best farms his viewers outrage while not at all focussing on actually fixing anything or pushing for real activism.

[@LaurentIpsum]

When things seem hopeless, we need to MAKE hope

[@8BLOO8]

Wish this was on the main channel! It’s ok to be sad. It’s ok to be angry. It’s ok to feel lost or anything else. But thinking that there’s no hope is only going to hurt us. Some people in the comments really watched this whole video and went “I’m going to be a doomer anyways” great whatever feel that way if you want but don’t spread that shit to other people. I’m in my early 20’s. Abortion has always been legal, Gay marriage was legalized before I was old enough to realize it even applied to me. My whole life rights have just fallen into my lap and everyone needs to come to terms with the fact that we don’t live in that time anymore. We can get back there but no one is going to fight for our rights for us and doomering will get in the way of that. Vaush is right in terms of history this is par for the course. Humanity has come from much worse and it’s 100% possible to get back to where we want to be. Everyone should be doing at least one thing other than voting. Join a DSA, canvas, donate, talk to non voting friends and family, buy a gun and get trained, volunteer, call elected officials, etc. also interact with all of vaush’s/ other lefty content peoples shit. Boosting the algorithm means more people see it and understand what’s going on and become further left. Lastly, like some other have said, conservatives want you to be miserable and they want you to suffer. Do your best to separate your politics time with your non politics time. Don’t be thinking about this shit when you’re trying to enjoy video games or something you enjoy it’ll only burn you out. It’s not selfish and in fact it will make you more effective so go jerk it for your rights or something. I recommend having 2 youtube channels. One where I engage with politics and one where I don’t. It helps me stay away from scary titles when I’m trying to watch my duck videos. Also, if you’re a leftist you probably want the quality of life to improve for everyone and that has to include yourself. You deserve to be happy and you can’t pour from an empty cup. I’m begging you to do your best to be happy when you aren’t thinking about politics and be hopeful, determined, and ready to take action when you are. We need a strong community right now and people being like “seeee it’s all over now :(((“ is not gonna foster that. At this point I’m literally enjoying my hobbies out of spite. I will not give any satisfaction to those who would see me dead. Anyways shark’s video about abortion and how to save the world also has a dope speech so check it out.

[@jdperez1865]

Who is shark? I tried looking up the video, I couldn’t find it

[@billybarbosa5342]

TL;DR don’t be a doomer. Be productive. Love the passion though comrade

[@KalebPeters99]

@@jdperez1865 this is a great comment, cheers 👌

[@gordonstrong5232]

Well said mate

[@kingobama4305]

Sorry that honesty upsets you so much.

[@theanimaeffectofficial9778]

I'm actually getting the DSA to come set up a booth and speak at an event we are planning in September here in our hometown. Activism, is and always has been our route to making change, even if its only a little bit at a time. Don't get fooled into thinking that a small group of friends can't change the world, its the only thing that ever has.

[@angelantayhua3096]

This is the most politically motivated I have been in months mostly because all my conclusions about this country and Americans ever since 2020 has been reinforced in the last week.

[@andreakoroknai1071]

same, accept I live in Hungary, which tbh was quite shocking to hear being mentioned alongside Russia and Saudi, I've helped organize a protest recently, been very active in the community and met quite a few like-minded people. Trouble is the average "liberal" journalism in HU is the "snarkiest guy and the Titanic" and as harsh as this video seemed it would be such a breath of fresh air if a prominent lib/lefty in my country would come out with something like this, over here it's "everyone's fault and there's nothing to be done" except for the wonderful HCLU of which I am also a member, they continue to have very get off your ass and do something positive messaging

[@andreakoroknai1071]

@@Ass_of_Amalek you're telling me? but really, at this point I don't know what to say for a lot of my fellow Hungarian citizens, in these past months I've gotten to know quite a few Ukrainian people, helped organize a pro-Ukraine rally, volunteered with refugee kids and after a demo a Ukrainian guy, from Transcarpathia, living in Budapest asked me: "why?" and I told him it's both complicated and simple, but there's really no excuse, lot of dumb and selfish motherfuckers in this country

[@saqvobase4301]

The country is on the precipice of disaster, and we tip closer every day. But we have not fallen yet. To give up hope is to resign ourselves to evil.

[@rainbowkrampus]

Ehh. The disaster is here. This is what tyranny looks like. It's not the perpetual gloom of smoke stacks spitting black soot into perpetually clouded skies of media representations. I don't know about where you're at but here it was a lovely, sunny day when half the country was consigned to second class citizenry. Our goal is to climb back out of the pit. By any means necessary.

[@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.]

probably the most passionate and self aware rant i've ever heard from vaush...

[@witchflowers6942]

every iteration of this rant gets better.

[@jdperez1865]

Semechki for Putin he is doing things. First, his job is to create propaganda for the left to make their ideas popular. That is a big thing needed. Second, he does streams all the time to raise funds for multiple orgs.

[@OccuredJakub12]

@@Ass_of_Amalek Because he's busy doing his own thing. We don't need hundreds of Vaush clones, we'd benefit more from hundreds of motivated activists.

[@gregvs.theworld451]

@@Ass_of_Amalek How do you know what Vaush does and doesn't do? Do you know him? Are you following his day to day activities to know if he engages in the praxis he preaches, or are you just talking out of your ass? I know he at least votes so that's one thing he does that he tells others to do. Didn't he also do a canvassing run before or after Destiny did one a few years back?

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@gregvs.theworld451 Gunther (Semechki up there) will find any excuse to view something Vaush does in a bad light. He's just one of our resident pit trolls.

[@345635356]

Advice from a Chilean: you guys haven't even started fighting yet, and you're already giving up? Buck up, you’ve got the power to make the elites shit themselves and bow to you, you just need to ACT. I’m serious, American inaction is infuriating. We did the “Explosion Social” over lesser problems than the ones you guys are experiencing, and if the shit that happens in the US happened here, or the UK, or France, or Germany, etc, there’d be French-revolution level hell to pay, yet you haven't even mobilized yet. If you don't know what I’m talking about btw, here in Chile we got so tired of 30 years of neoliberalism that mass protests erupted, the protestors took on and beat back both the cops and the army, we forced the Piñera gov. to conceded a plebiscite for a new Constitution, and then we not only crushed the vote for a new constitution, but also made it so that it was democratic, with 0 acting politicians, and historic in a bunch of ways. For good measure, we also replaced the Piñera government with a millennial social democrat that started his career as a student protestor against education scams, while crushing both the neoliberal candidates and the pro-Pinochet fascist one. If this new Constitution gets approved in September (and I see it to be likely that it will), there are many good ideas becoming Constitutional law, including the abolishment of the Senate, indigenous multi-nationalism, decommodified water, guaranteed healthcare, housing, pensions, etc, expanded human rights, and many MANY more things. You guys haven't even started peaceful mass protests and strikes yet. Think what you can do if you took a page out of our book.

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

@@Ass_of_Amalek What the fuck are you talking about? The strikes in France are not about spelling reform, they're about saving our social security/pension system, public transport,public education, healthcare system, the costs of living & better redistribution of wealth.. The demonstrations about spelling reforms were conservative/reactionnary BS aeons ago & they were never big anyway..

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

I want that to happen so bad.

[@britishrocklovingyank3491]

The American left has not desire to actually do anything. The American left is only about crying online.

[@barabaramoo]

Unfortunately, a lot of people in the US have guns... It's not going to be "peaceful" sadly.

[@auggy69]

this deserves to be on the main channel tbh. such a good segment

[@ThePFD518]

Humans are more resilient than we think. We've been so close to nuclear conflict countless times during the Cold war, world wars, plagues etc. and we have managed to come out the other side. Not to say we shouldn't fight back because we absolutely should

[@lil_weasel219]

Humans as a species are irrelevant, What is relevant is minimising suffering. Do you know if 90% of the world died in horrible pain only for the 10% to survive and re-populate the planet and maintain the species, well that's not a win at all

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

I don’t want to be resilient. I want to be happy.

[@CrazyGiaky]

*"We got this, my fellow Americans!"* * _me filing for citizenship to the EU_ * *"The Blue Wave is coming, and we'll get our rights back!"* * _starts packing my things_ *

[@15walkingaway]

"we got this!" *Boards plane wearing shades

[@AroAceGamer]

Honestly I find telling people to leave such a classist, and perhaps ableist, attitude.

[@christopherlee9026]

Do you really think these fascy zealots are going to stop at America, especially with America's military? You're delusional if you think that. They aren't going to be satisfied until the entire world is under fascist occupation. You cannot run, they will be there shortly and then there will eventually be no place left for you to run to. Better option: Stand. Fight. Live knowing it might be your last days on earth, but at least you'll end them fighting back the fascists. We cannot afford to allow them to take over the world.

[@AroAceGamer]

@@christopherlee9026 Look at the clip of Picard refusing to abandon the Enterprise in First Contact. That's my attitude about leaving. Just wish I could take up arms because the line must be drawn _here!_ No further!

[@MasterofFates]

@@AroAceGamer Why suffer if you don't have to? Have the ability to leave? Use it. Like telling a battered wife to stay with their abuser... Ableist lmfao

[@kdoe1305]

I don’t agree with Vaush on several things. But this was a good kick in the ass for people in his community.

[@normandy2501]

If most of his audience really took that to heart though, I kinda wonder if they would even have the time to watch his streams. I haven't really seen much productive planning followed by material actions when it came to streamers (not zero at all, buy not as much as could be done when the rants are turned inwards). If there wasn't so much infighting, the biggest talking heads could have been gotten together and started something rather substantial under one unified movement. It's easy for Vaush to tell us to kick off the revolution when he's never going to be out there with us at the end of the day as the self-proclaimed "indoors boy", but I garuntee he would take a large portion of the credit for the hypothetical revolution. I get that he literally said he's not trying to do the work for you, but does he ever do the things he's suggesting? Like does he even talk to people in real life who don't agree with him or are undecided? Something just seems off about him nd others after so many years of watching.

[@TheeSinnerman]

@@normandy2501 His whole thing is to capitalize off the Movements that actually want change. He ruins their reputation and then runs off with the bag from stupid fucks who give him money on twitch. As a long time viewer the only thing he's good for is Background Sounds while gaming.

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

It cured my major depressive disorder! Turns out all I needed was to be shamed for my brains fundamental inability to feel hope was to be yelled at about it!

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

@@TheeSinnerman who's reputation has he ruined?

[@freddyfucku2]

@@Jeremy-hx7zj he’s saying not to loose hope. You can be sad but don’t divorce yourself from your anger, take it and do something with it

[@adamski8985]

i use to have a mega doomer faze when i was younger i also listened to a lot of George Carlin and he made me think the world is doomed but i realised if i sit on my ass all day it wont change

[@kap1618]

I always been a fan of telling people to get mad and don't let go of that anger. Hatred gets sh*t done after all.

[@7TheWhiteWolf]

I think the only reasonable chance we have is if we convince Liberals to do something and stop being passive. Otherwise on our own socialists can’t win, as much as I hate to say it we need Liberals, the problem is they don’t want to do anything legislatively or (should the need arise) physically. Our entire success here is getting a Socialist-Liberal coalition.

[@wyldstar]

Well insulting us for years hasn’t made it easy But I’m there, both legislatively and physically. Practically speaking, which is what I am in the end, you can only hope for the best but you have to prepare for the worse. I still prioritize democracy, but learning how to protect myself and building strong community ties, that’s sensible right now.

[@maxwellbarnhart1375]

@@wyldstar most socialists are also for democracy. Its the Marxist-Leninists (tankies) that advocate for authoritarianism.

[@LaurentIpsum]

Differences need to be set aside. This is about survival. We can argue ideology when we're sure that we're not all going to have our rights stripped and die.

[@josesanchez1011]

Even if doom is inevitable this is my home and I'm going down with it like the musicians on the titanic.

[@michaelnewman7248]

And they say leftists hate America

[@isaac-ne4ox]

Pure stupidity

[@colt9836]

What's that saying? "Fight for the best and prepare for the worst"?

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

If you have the opportunity to jump ship but you decide to sink with the one you are standing on you are just game-ending yourself for no reason other than being stubborn.

[@chronoblue418]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 You could potentially make the argument that leftists leaving this country and actually surviving to spread their messages elsewhere in hopes that other countries will do better might be effectively better if things get too far gone.

[@hotvision]

This was an important statement Vaush. Thank you. VOTE, ORGANIZE, PERSEVERE.

[@einrombelpthemajestic9616]

-VOTE- ORGANIZE PERSEVERE

[@TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn]

A while back I walked into my city hall, since I'd never been inside and had some time to kill. A gentlemen gave me the grand tour and explained all the ends and outs of everything that went on there. It made me realize that I actually have a lot of control over government, especially on a local level. I can literally go to town hall meetings any Tuesday and help make decisions for my community.

[@kirbysthiccthighs]

VAUSH!!! Thank you for mentioning things like the DSA and SRA!!! i really want to get into actively organizing, working on campaigns, eventually running, etc. i’ve been looking for places to start but get very nervous about where to start, and this helped me get over that a bit!! i know it probably doesn’t mean much to you, but it means a lot to me- so thank you.

[@basedmuscleman6539]

DSA, DSA-LSC (libertarian socialist caucus), BSA (black socialists in america) SRA, the IWW are all great organizations to get a start at, and they’d all love to have you :))

[@kirbysthiccthighs]

@@basedmuscleman6539 oh my goodness i seriously can’t thank you enough!!!

[@Leppa10]

I struggle with doomerism sometimes. Then I remember that's what our enemies want. I never canvassed before, nor am I a DSA member, but that might change this year. I just hope DSA does more than book readings...

[@taintlessproductions]

yeah what does DSA really do?

[@ridhabenammar715]

If you don't find in your local DSA what you were hoping for then take the initiative and propose actions. If the republican party changed because of minorities in their ranks from reaganites to tea party ideology and then to authoritarian Trump bitches in 2 decades then DSA can become a more effective actor for socialist movement.

[@whysocurious7366]

“Calm is what you have to be when people look to you. And it's all you can be when things are out of your hands.” -Colonel James Tsu, 2281

[@ramonaof12thdimension13]

I heard a great thing once that I find deeply inspiring. “The great activists of the past; the civil rights movement, the labor movement, the suffragette movement, had no idea that they would win, or what they would win. But they fought anyway! And so can we!” Collective action requires collective effort, big or small, we all have to do our part. Get organized!

[@mckenzie.latham91]

get organized and get armed

[@theprince3326]

This video finally pushed me to turn in my application to volunteer for the upcoming elections, I don’t love the dems but they need all the help they can get right now

[@sammyismuff]

Good luck!

[@zerodollarbird]

I don't see why this would push you. Even if the dems win the elections, the Republicans will either declare themselves the winner anyway or possibly outright assassinate the other candidate. It's lost. Vaush is wrong - it's all over.

[@LaurentIpsum]

When times are dark like this, and things seem hopeless, then we need to CREATE hope!

[@Bkilfoil747]

Since watching Vaush I started working with the League of Women Voters. I was just so fucking angry about just watching and doing nothing, now I am using my professional expertise in marketing to help push out policy and lobbying to our state.

[@timothymcqueen3408]

“Believe in the me that believes in you,” is probably my favorite quote and this perfectly exemplifies that. Vaush is saying he knows you have the ability to fight, so you should have faith in it too. Fucking beautiful.

[@kaylafoxx41]

It was time to stop a long time ago. I hate, every single time, hearing content creators just plainly say, "we're going to lose." Yeah, if people fucking listen to them, we're gonna lose because those people aren't gonna try. They need to shut the fuck up and push.

[@mpls1982]

I keep saying rhe same thing. People lie Hasan do this all the time. I do really think they are hurting their own interests, not helping. The apathy is really bad. It's why we keep losing elections to Republicans. Republicans have a huge advantage with the way the senate is set up, so dems gotta be smart and overcome the unfair system we live in with large turnouts every single election. We absolutely win if that happens.

[@goodtimepoke]

If this was all happening in 2012 when I was a doomer, holy SHIT I would be a wreck. I’m older now and at least can be more calm about the dystopia.

[@StyxTBuferd]

@@Ass_of_Amalek I was in my early 20s in 2012 and the feeling then was pretty dire too. There was a massive recession, slow recovery, increasingly predatory HMOS, and wage stagnation. Just about everyone we knew either lost a job or knew someone very close to them who lost a job. Climate change felt unsolvable, and college tuitions were soaring then too. Economic conditions in 2012 made it feel like America was heading more and more towards corpo-fascism. Sadly, those issues have still not been fixed. Doesn't mean we stop trying. Things were bleak then, and they're bleaker now, but resignation doesn't do shit.

[@goodtimepoke]

Because I thought the world was ending and I was powerless to do anything but watch. I think my breaking point was watching the Pillar of Cloud offensive from Israel to Palestine and that to me, looked pretty fucking similar to what’s happening to Ukraine. It showed me the world is fucked, but I also was in my early 20’s and dealing with depression and such. I had no real reason to be a doomer but I was. Like when Ebola came to America I thought I needed a hazmat suit lol….then Covid happened later and I was much more calm during it, though it was more serious. The mind is weird.

[@goodtimepoke]

@@Ass_of_Amalek I was hound sad and dumb

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

I’m reaching my late 20s and my mental health has only continued to worsen since my early 20s. I truly wonder if my brain can survive this time period.

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

@Calzvh appreciate it

[@colt9836]

The Black Death was so catastrophic, so devastating, that the Church believed it to be the unironic Rapture, Judgement Day. Countless people believed it to be the literal end of the world. It lasted for centuries, hundreds of millions died; art then depicted nothing but death and destruction, agony and anguish. And yet, humanity still persevered. And yet, here we still stand.

[@kaisarion6668]

Have you heard of the band Ghost? They have an entire concept album based on the plague. It’s called “Prequelle” and it came out in 2018. It’s so hauntingly beautiful and tragic. It takes you on a trip. Ghost are not hard rock. They’re like the rock version of ABBA.

[@colt9836]

@@Ass_of_Amalek Precisely; people then had NO idea what mircobes were, no idea how disease spreads, no idea that hygiene is paramount. All they knew is that loved ones are dying and if you are near said loved ones, or their corpses, you would soon join them. Some believed the Morality to be God's punishment (as multiple plagues are documented in the Bible) and this is were the term "self-flogging" came from: they would literally whip themselves in submission to the Lord. Others, unsurprisingly, blamed it on the Jewish community and most cities exiled their Jewish population. But places like Warsaw allowed them in. And because bathing is required for Semitic rituals, the Plague wasn't as decimating as it was everywhere else. Then you had others, like in Milan, were, if you had the slightest synonyms of the Death, you were burned alive in your home. It worked (I guess) and Milan wasn't as bad as other places. It was a BIG mess.

[@Roxanneredpanda]

I've been waiting for this rant ever since I started watching Vaush, we need every socialist live streamer to say this

[@TheSurrealist.]

@@Ass_of_Amalek They’re entertainers. They provide information and rhetorical strategy but they are not leaders. We need to realize these KZbinrs are essentially just empty calories.

[@lapiscenturion]

@@TheSurrealist. so people taking advantage of useful idiots to make money

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

It's ok to have doomer days, but then use that emotion to motivate yourself to take action. Or don't and let things get worse. One of my best friends has never voted. I asked her the other day if she was ready to vote and she said yes. I helped her register. If we all get one friend to vote we might have a chance.

[@spaceman7019]

5:00 Trains? that's far too efficient. they'd load you onto trucks.

[@spaceman7019]

@@Ass_of_Amalek oh god now I am scared

[@jaimayy]

They’d load people into modified garbage trucks like in Soylent green

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Usually eye-roll this sort of thing but Vowsh rad. Can you imagine a Vaushite coup of the DSA? Going from occasional book-readings and soft Tankie circle-jerking into the chrome-faced minions from Mad Max: Fury Road screaming at everyone about coconuts and the most based polymath to ever exist Alden.

[@thehand7902]

Alden, Scholar of the First Sine

[@josuanygren]

The part of the anime where the mentor tells the chosen one protagonist that they have to do the thing themselves

[@Mae_Dastardly]

oh no does that mean voosh is about to die

[@officerk5271]

This entire comment section proves Vaush right.

[@thefailuregamer1438]

Thank you, Vaush. It’s hard to remember this in tough times.

[@caboose955]

On the bright side all this shit has mobilized a few of my friends after I talked to them about the state of our country so a couple more voters in AL

[@rogerbabin8175]

I think Vaush and others in this space MUST do the following to really see an increase in action: 1) This is your job. You represent the most politically devoted among us...and yet we never see you out there doing the grunt work. I could say the same about anyone in the space...ThoughtSlime, Tim Pool, Ben Shapiro, etc. Unless you're being paid to attend and speak at a venue AKA doing your job...you are not seen taking time out of your free time away from work to do the things you want the rest of us to do. 2) The above is an assumption on my part. Perhaps for the last year Vaush has spent 500 hours of his free time doing calls, going door to door etc. He's been doing exactly what needs to be done. If this is the case and my point #1 is a total lie...then you MUST talk about this and make regular segments on it. Do a quick 15 minute piece on your experiences going door to door each week. Talk about how you think things are going...do you feel you're making progress. Do you think the organization is headed in the right direction. Have you seen/heard of growth within the group you are an active part in during your off hours. Anyone can say to do something...its an entirely different and far more meaningful thing to actually do it. I have every confidence in the world that if Vaush did both 1 (which he might already be actively doing) and 2 (which he's clearly not doing) then his show of activism and seriousness during his own precious free time outside of work would better get people to act. I follow Tim Pool as well...he was absurdly passionate about opposing vaccine mandates and the freedom convoy, etc. Not once did he go to those rallies just to attend and show his support in the crowd like a normal other person who wasn't there to do a paid gig. I guess he didn't really care that much. Actions speak louder than words. If you want people to take action then you need to be that example during your own precious personal time off too. Its desperately what you want for the country...and its what you're trying to inspire others to want as well.

[@NekoAdam]

So I'm currently kinda doomer atm. Like to clarify I'm not one of those that goes around trying to make people feel stupid for being hopeful, I actually wish I could be more hopeful myself. But thing is I keep getting it in my head that there's nothing I can do cuz I live in an ultra conservative county in Kentucky, and we all know who my representative is. On top of that I still deal with some cognitive dissonance on certain issues due to christian conservative indoctrination.

[@8BLOO8]

Hey!! I don’t know your or your circumstances that well so idk how helpful I can be but I totally get where you’re coming from. Sometimes being hopeful is like a muscle and you have to work it out to make it stronger but you can also burn yourself out if you try too hard too soon. Don’t beat yourself up for the way you feel right now. When you’re feeling upset just feel upset and don’t hold back or try to keep it in then when you’re doing something you enjoy try your best to focus on being happy in that moment. It can be hard and I’m still practicing but it helps. Sometimes I’ll be doing one of my hobbies and I’ll starting thinking about politics and get upset but then I’m all like “now’s not the time for that I’m going to enjoy myself goddamit >:(“. It becomes a habit after a while. It’s especially harder to find stuff to do in rural areas but always check for DSA’s or other organizations to join, ways to volunteer, canvas, know how to use a gun, and contact any democrats who are running and see if there are ways you can help. Even if the seat is unlikely to change it certainly won’t hurt to try I mean look what happened in Georgia! Plus it might pay off in the long run. If you prefer online engage me to try donating, writing to officials, interacting with lefty content, joining online orgs, etc. there’s ALWAYS something you can do! As far as the cognitive dissonance goes be patient with yourself and just keep chipping away at that old mindset and it will pay off. It means so much that you’re aware of it already. I don’t know any of creators offhand but I’m sure there are some who have gone through what you are going through and that might be able to help. I’m sorry if that was a lot and if it wasn’t too helpful but I just wanted you to know that there are lefties who are here for you!

[@arabiannights5301]

There's not always some grand and meaningful action you can take, and that's okay. Not everybody is able to take to the streets, or join organizations. Simply strengthening yourself, educating yourself on relevant subjects, making connections where you can, is all itself action. If things get really bad, having somebody 'inside' the belly of the beast is also always valuable, even if the part you play is quiet, seemingly small. Any action is good action, and action doesn't have to be flashy. Every little thing you do, every way you enhance your own understanding of issues, works towards a common goal of creating a society that is equitable and free - the society that we all want to see be ubiquitous.

[@8BLOO8]

@@arabiannights5301 very eloquent very based

[@NekoAdam]

@@8BLOO8 So u mention content creators that may help with the cognitive dissonance thing? I think Hunter Avallone helps with that somewhat considering he used to be an ultra MAGA cringelord but he's changed a lot and became more progress. He may not be a LEFTIST specifically and honestly I don't care if people fit within that label or bubble I'm more concerned with making sure our country doesn't turn outright facist atm.

[@NekoAdam]

@@arabiannights5301 Yeah that's something I noticed I tend to feel like I have to be like a superhero basically. Back when the blm protests started because of George Floyd getting killed for example I felt like I should be on the front lines of all the protests, taking all the rubber bullets, tear gas, batton beatings, whatever.

[@Adraria8]

That was definitely one of the best Vaush monologues I’ve ever heard

[@prehistoricorchid3455]

I voted yesterday for a democratic governer in my state cause one of ours gladly got booted for assaulting a lady in Cali (however long ago) I urge others to vote but It's gotta sad to see the levels of apathy. The current state of the world has really forced us into a apathetic, giving up mindset. Change will be slow and hard work, political action isn't meant to be easy.

[@seto749]

It will be fascinating to hear the talking points once homosexuality is recriminalized.

[@tedschilling3223]

Two words: Climate Change None of us have the power to fix the massive, literally globe threatening issues we face, and our leaders are failing us. We don’t have decades to campaign and push for incremental reform. So you have to excuse those of us who see these problems and look at our institutional paralysis (to put it mildly) and failure to act over the last several decades. These problems are too large for little positive effects to add up in time to matter. This isn’t like any other time in the past. Personally, I’m genuinely afraid this is the end, and anyone saying otherwise seems at the very least to be slightly naive. Sure, some people will probably find ways to live in the wreckage of our cities, but living with the knowledge of the kind of collapse we are facing is devastating for me, and I’m sure many others. I sympathize with Vaush’s sentiment that he’s looked at as a leader to pioneer a way to a better future, when he’s doesn’t have much more control than any of us. At the same time, admonishing people for their very well founded terror at the future from his place of relative comfort doesn’t sit well with me knowing the future we have in store unless some positive change comes. Very radically and very soon. In a way it’s akin to yelling at passengers on a plane in a nosedive to stop screaming when the cockpit is locked and only god knows what the pilots are doing as the plane hurtles toward the ground.

[@Juhz0r]

If the nosedive lasts for about the natural lifespan of humans, then yes, people on board should stop screaming and see what they can personally do about the situation. EDIT: Actually for multiple human lifespans with different levels of turbulence.

[@janus2773]

yep. the crises of climate change and resource depletion make it almost certain that the world population will drop by billions by the end of the century. of course there are different pathways and it could be better or worse, but considering the state of politics, i think its going to be worse. i live in germany. i get renewable electricity and heat, use public transport/walk everywhere and have no car, i am vegan, i rarely travel and if so by train, i buy nothing i don't need or am going to get a lot of enjoyment out of for a long time. i still have about half the average co2 footprint of my country, or about the world's average, way too much to stay below 2°C by 2100. i know the carbon footprint itself is a scam, but it goes to show how radically we'd have to change our way of living to keep the world livable (at least in the short term), and i don't think enough first world people are up for it. and that's not even mentioning top soil loss or overfishing which if current trends continue will lead to the loss of almost all food production by 2060 more or less independently of climate change. it looks dire. of course, what we do now will shape the future. but immense suffering is all but guaranteed.

[@tedschilling3223]

@@Juhz0r That’s an awfully big “if”. The crash is coming, and much sooner than you seem to assume. Certainly well within our lifetimes (unless you happen to already be elderly or have a terminal illness). The west coast is running out of water, and this is just the beginning of things getting really bad. How much more instability do you think the system can sustain? You’re legitimately deluded if you think it’s much more. Droughts, famines, and the inevitably precipitated escalating conflicts and outright war are already happening. This crisis is as immediate and devastating as a plane crash but on a planetary scale. Stop scolding doomsayers. They’re actually right about this one. Also, your presumption that people haven’t spent virtually their entire lives taking every conceivable action to do their best and help the situation is borderline insulting. The current state of affairs despite the best efforts of many people is among the most depressing things imaginable. Individual actions matter, but some systemic problems exist on such a scale that they will never be solved on an individual level.

[@jamesmitch9792]

if Chile can get a new constitution why can't we? stop focusing on two year term positions bs.

[@CuateVolador]

I was in Chile where they send the army to the Street to stop us and i remember believing that our liberty was over for good, and look at us Now, Even if the new constitution loss (because we need to vote for it and the right is spending all the money and propaganda they had to make people vote agains) the time of a right wing prick pointing out to the constitution and saying "sorry, but this paper say that You need to quietly starve to death" are over. And our brother in Colombia and Bolivia were killed more violently than US and Now they had better government fighting for them.

[@GlitterGodzilla]

I actually teared up a little listening to this. Thank you, Vaush.

[@telesticTroublemaker]

vaush perfectly elaborating the difference between emo and punk

[@renardleblanc5030]

An ounce of "doing something" is worth a half-ton of platitudes and sand to bury your head in. Phone banking and text-banking, nothing... walk the street, by yourself, carrying a sign, advocating for... something. Anything. Even if you don't *think* it does anything immediately, stuff like that has knock-on effects. And it's *doing* something.

[@gregvs.theworld451]

I can't be a doomer, because my rights aren't going to fight for themselves, so I guess I have to do it.

[@AnyHeroBlake]

If there truly is no hope doomers, *then we must have vengeance*

[@coyotedomino]

i wish this was delivered like a formal oration with no internet-speak, because it’s so good i wanna share it with people in the hope it’ll inspire them so i don’t have to worry about it

[@jackmclane6961]

Being a doomer doesn’t make you happy and it doesn’t help so there is no reason to do it

[@Oglokoog]

"...and if you wanna stop that, then [AD STARTS PLAYING]" sensible_chuckle.jpg

[@jamesriley3176]

In my 20 years of life, this is the only time I've ever needed a speech like this. Feelin a bit doomer tbh

[@V555Vendetta]

This gives me motivation to stop self loathing over being homeless and get involved politically irl!

[@user-s3ts8my2x]

Hopeless

[@Iggyauna]

Fr, we need some homeless politicians

[@V555Vendetta]

@@Iggyauna the embodiment of the proletariat. An educated homeless is a danger to the status quo

[@Iggyauna]

@@V555Vendetta Yep I have faith that your gonna make a great politician

[@V555Vendetta]

@@Iggyauna maybe one day if my fighting career fails I'll go all in. But I will always organize around fellow comrades

[@psychicbyinternet]

Thanks for this segment, it's a good motivator to do more, even though I'm Canadian, so I don't feel the effects of the recent news as much. A few months ago I found an introvert-friendly way to do praxis, walking around various neighbourhoods and distributing door hangers for a voting reform organization in Canada. Didn't take too much time, could do it on my schedule, barely had to talk to anyone, got lots of fresh air and exercise and felt great after. I'm definitely going to do it again next time I get an email about it because it was pretty easy and for a very good cause. And I want to work up the courage to do things like phone banking soon too, hopefully, but it's scary. And I donate to campaigns and charities fairly often. Edit: I found out about the door hanger thing for Fair Vote Canada by joining an email list. I joined the email list for the NDP as well and they keep me posted on whenever they need phone bankers/canvassers, etc. So I would say join some email lists.

[@lil_weasel219]

I am the extreme of "introvert" (this is not a scientifically supported fescriptor), I'd say completely socially inept, but i still try classical forms of praxis. I'm gonna try domething like what you describe though.

[@basedmuscleman6539]

@@lil_weasel219 fuck yeah dude. i know that we will never meet but that’s dope and im proud that you’re even trying to find the will to overcome that anxiety and make change in your neighborhood. im a canvasser for a living, and you should know that as a very socially anxious person myself it gets easier. way easier. your first door will always be your hardest.

[@psychicbyinternet]

@@lil_weasel219 That's great. :)

[@psychicbyinternet]

@@basedmuscleman6539 That's comforting to hear.

[@Mr.Coffee576]

15:17 also agreed. Thats what I hate about doomers too. They show more effort in proving how right they are, instead of channeling that energy towards action.

[@softenbysam]

Isn't it pretty well documented we actually work more hours than medieval peasants, especially since we have artificial lighting now?

[@NotBatman101]

There’s a difference between doomerisn and being pissed off. I am on the latter

[@perlen5227]

Lots of love from the Philippines. Wish us luck too trying to live under this dictator's son of a president 🥲

[@fleecejohnson9813]

Time for EDSA 2, friendo

[@freezingdart]

I'm not a doomer, but jesus christ this is not a way to stop people from doomer mode. 1. "others had it worse" does nothing but invalidate feelings 2. it also frankly amounts to "things are bad, but we have a good idea of how much worse it can get" Focus on the productivity. Doomer mode will never fix anything. Doomer is getting down on your knees before the execution. Someone says they don't have anything to live for, fine. They can take up a righteous cause. Please emphasize one's ability to change things, no matter how small.

[@griffinmaynard2358]

This is a fucking banger of a video

[@StyxTBuferd]

You can choose to leave the country as well, but remember all the people you leave behind that don't have that option. What kind of life is worth living if you're not making the lives around you better? I can say for myself, from 2017-2019 or so I tried to live very selfishly. I picked the easy path, picking a secure job over a fulfilling one, choosing money over choosing fulfillment, depersonalizing my role by saying "if I don't do it, someone else will". But that's wrong. You are you. You get to choose how you spend your time, no one else. You can go to bed comfortable and empty, or you can go to bed uncomfortable and fulfilled. You live for yourself, every single day you don't get your nuggies is a bad day. You live for others, every day you fight is a good day, even if you lose. Resignation is why we're here in the first place, so be active.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

Or you could move and fight to improve things for your new community. Nowhere is perfect, you just don't have to be stuck somewhere you are also miserable and have no hope for improving.

[@StyxTBuferd]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 Right, but not everyone gets that privilege, and you can't depersonalize the impact you would have had if you had stayed. It's good to have some sense of community and try and leave things better than you found them.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@StyxTBuferd Except when you feel no sense of community you aren't leaving anything. People with a sense of community don't hae 0 hope and want to flee with every fiber of their being.

[@bombyx2447]

I will die for the greater good!!1!!!1

[@StyxTBuferd]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 I agree, but the point to be made is that you have the ability to build a sense of community yourself. Connect with your local DSA, connect with people in your neighborhood who want the same changes you do, and figure out how you can contribute to help make it happen. If you're going to have to do that out of the country try, why not do it while you're here?

[@Revanaught]

I will stop being a doomer when I stop being right. I will continue to do everything I can to make things better but I'm not going to hold out hope that the things out of my control will get better when they consistently get worse

[@raak4070]

Well then you aren't really being a doomer are you?

[@regulardude313]

@@raak4070 You know it's funny, I've said this exact same thing on the Vaush Discord server, and people on there believe that this makes me a Doomer, lol. Eh. 😕🤷

[@lsmmoore1]

@@regulardude313 The way I see it, true doomers are those who ONLY talk about how hopeless they feel (this category can include people who are depressed and suicidal), or worse, try to make others feel silly for being hopeful (this category, even depression is no excuse for doing, if you are depressed at least try to confine this to your own personal feelings and find someone to talk to in a semi-private or private manner as soon as you can).

[@PropheticShadeZ]

@@regulardude313 why did you need validation from a discord server, and then why did you implicitly ask for reassurance here. Giving up hope is doomer, the line is blurry, but dont give up

[@TheExterminatorGuy]

I’ve found folks who say they don’t hold out hope and also say they continue to do everything they can to make things better, they’re lying about one of the other. Either they’re doing nothing really to help or make things better with the excuse that it’s all outta their control anyway, or they have that hope but use the jaded pessimism as a self defense mechanism. It’s easier to just bet on it getting worse than to hope it won’t and be disappointed when it does. I hope you’re the latter

[@OhioMan1854]

Its just hard for me not to despair because my girlfriend is trans, and the climate seems to be going further and further to literal genocide, and I can't fucking do anything. I'm watching the world fall all around us and I feel her pain every day. Its becoming impossible. People like me, people like Vaush, we continue to go on, we're kinda lucky in that regard, but for her, thats not guaranteed. I just don't know what to do beyond the unspeakable. At a loss.

[@kernalbert4939]

What are you talking about? What State do you live in? There is a person who is trying to get elected that needs your vote and your help to make things better for yourself AND your girlfriend!

[@ihavenoname4139]

Excuses excuses. Yes i agree that the rhetoric towards trans people is nearing a third Reich boiling point but saying "there's not much i can do to help" is a part of the doomer mindset and it's not helping. If you don't know where to start, that's fine. Start by going to these conservative political rallies who call for genocide and call out every speaker that comes up on stage. Let their intentions be known to the people around them. Make a lot of noise and do not give them a chance to speak without the thought of someone watching them who could ruin their political career. Make them afraid to go out into public. Raze hell on their front lawns if you have to. My point is to start by making A LOT of noise at these rallies

[@funsea4167]

This desperately needed to be said. As a fellow optimist, thank you Vaush.

[@mathieushifera135]

Dude, this is an amazing vid, God bless! This is the most eloquent version of "Git gud" I've ever heard. While I feel for people who are discouraged by current events, especially those already struggling with their own problems, I can't help but get irritated by doomers (whether they are joking or in earnest). I'm no Nietzschean Superman, but my experiences lead me to believe that our privilege does endow us with responsibility to ourselves if not to those less lucky than ourselves. To claim doom while we are so lucky to be alive in our circumstance is to condemn the less privileged to the same doom whether they like it or not, which is disgraceful, and quite possibly elitist in more ways than one.

[@Tarumarugan]

Doomers are part of the problem. That level of self pity actually drags down any cause they claim to believe in. Like we’re all desperately paddling upstream to escape the waterfall and they’re just sitting in the back of the boat not helping, whining about how rough the waters are.

[@Dreigonix]

DO NOT TAKE THE BLACKPILL. EVER. EVER EVER EVER.

[@celestialbeas9214]

Renewed my membership for the DSA. there is not an active chapter in Northern Michigan, but i would like to see what i can do about changing that.

[@paytonmcdermott9111]

Start selling a Vaush branded weighted blanket and direct people there when they ask for reassurance.

[@MilkAndHoney]

We needed this. (My partner and I....but honestly, not just us, we all do)

[@sw309]

Best/ most compelling Vaush clip I've ever heard. Let's get radical.

[@katherineb.9445]

If you want to be more politically useful, I can't stress this enough. VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. Better yet, tell your friends to vote too, meet your candidates, volunteer for their campaigns. A lot of the decisions that impact our daily lives the most are made in city council meetings by officials who won elections with 10-20% turnout. I commonly see candidates in my city of 140,000 win by a margin of less than 100 votes, and a lot of the conservative candidates win only with the support of a few surrounding suburbs. Flipping city councils is surprisingly easy for the impact it can have. It takes me less than 15 minutes to vote in local elections since the lines are short to nonexistent. My city just recently got a blue majority in the city council and since then, we've passed one of just 6 nondiscrimination ordinances including LGBTQ people in the state of Texas, and just a couple days ago, they narrowly voted to deprioritize enforcement of anti-abortion laws by our city PD (with the pressure from hundreds of protesters outside city hall). Progressive city councils are also extremely important for approving new housing developments that the local NIMBYs show up in droves to oppose. Much of our housing shortage is caused by the excessive proceduralism and political roadblocking by local governments and NIMBYs making it exceedingly difficult to build new housing, and much of our car dependency is due to incompetent local leaders caving in to the demands of impatient drivers and outsourcing decisions to traffic engineers. Electing people at the local level who are prepared to tackle these issues is critical.

[@factsmachine9905]

Vamoosh speaking facts

[@thepicausno5561]

Not really a Doomer, but this makes me feel more hopeless. The fact that our only two options are canvassing and violent revolution kind of sucks. One doesn't do very much, although it's very respectable, and the other is never gonna happen. And to throw that in our faces and say "At least you don't live in Ukraine" is very concerning.

[@Diinytro]

The real two opinions are to actually make an effort to do something useful or do nothing. Trying is always better then never even attempting to do anything.

[@whatsupinspace854]

Canvassing does a shit ton, if enough people do it.

[@8BLOO8]

Those aren’t the only two options though. Donate, volunteer, interact with lefty content to boost their algorithm, vote, buy guns, convince family and friends to vote, join local organizations, go to protests, go to local city hall meetings etc. you can find something to do. And if you can’t or don’t want to do any of those things then thats ok. Take a step back, feel your emotions, process your emotions, and come back when you’re ready. And if you still don’t want to do anything by then then maybe just take a break from politics. I’m not saying this to come after you or anything but if you’re just going to watch these videos and get stressed and sad and not do anything then at the end of the day that’s more harmful then you not engaging with this, doing stuff that makes you happy or working in your mental health, and not anything ya know? Also I think the Ukraine thing was more like “look at what these people in Ukraine are doing their circumstances are waaayyyyyy shittier but they’re doing so much more and they have so much hope we can do that too”

[@StyxTBuferd]

You have the choice to do something or do nothing. What is gained from doing nothing? It's easier, sure, but you feel worse. You live spending your time for others, I guarantee you you will have greater sense of community and faith in humanity, and a belief that things can always change. You will live a more fulfilling life. A lot of the right loves to call us pessimists for always pointing out the negatives in the system, but that makes us the true optimists because we have the belief that people can make things better. We have institutions and technology and knowledge people hundreds of years of go would have killed for.

[@LoneLupine]

You put all my feelings and thoughts about doomers into words. Thank you. I get beyond frustrated with the doomer mentality. I completely understand being sad and emotional, I get that way too. But I also chose to get involved and be productive instead of just complaining all the time. And it feels good. Everyone should try it!

[@lil_weasel219]

this rant is about defeatists not doomers

[@MrRizeAG]

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Doomers are not the losers of the fight, they are the traitors who allowed the fight to be lost.

[@RP-vi8fx]

Cringe

[@Diinytro]

@@RP-vi8fx Why?

[@MrRizeAG]

@@RP-vi8fx Do something about it.

[@MrRizeAG]

@@Ass_of_Amalek He said, in a snide youtube comment. Do something with your life.

[@MrRizeAG]

​@@Ass_of_Amalek The fact that you assume everyone online is a neet who does nothing in the real world says more about you than it does me. Do you want me to publish my weekly schedule for my comment to be valid? Does it even matter? Even if I was as terminally online as you, it wouldn't make the original statement any less true. What do you hope to accomplish here?

[@austinhernandez2716]

Eric and V and others on the skeptic generation channel said they hate the way Vaush talks to people, that it's not a good way to change people's minds... This video had a very powerful message, probably one of Vaushs best takes imo

[@peacock1549]

Actually fucking inspiring!

[@devon674]

around 7:30 almost touched, but that's not the exact right word, to see Vaush break his personal "kayfabe", abandon the bit he's otherwise constantly committed to (that he's an omniscient philosopher god-king who has "read all theory" and can see the future), and admit that he's just like, a guy, who plays video games, just a guy, like the rest of us, and that he's scared, and he doesn't know what to do, and he does not have "The Answers" for all of us. It's commendable. And it reminds me (in the least negative way) that as someone who's almost ten years older than Vaush I probably shouldn't even be watching this channel, but I enjoy his content (30%) and it has become my habit (70%, I'm a creature of habit). And I am mentally ill, and disabled. I probably shouldn't own a gun, and I probably can't agitate for political change, so really sometimes the best I can manage is to tear my eyes away from the trainwreck...and that's okay too. idk.

[@tokyogold3000]

Gun safety basics, keep your finger off the trigger, unless aiming at a nazi. Keep guns aimed away from other people, unless those other people are nazis. Always know when your gun is loaded so accidents can't happen.

[@BlackReshiram]

what id be interested in is an indepth step by step guide from vaush on how to EXACTLY start and CONTINUE social and political engagement on a local and larger scale. i find myself wanting to do more but i have no idea where to start, let along what even goes into political and social action that would actively and directly fight against the political and social threats that are currently fucking minorities over

[@paranoikoc]

Remember what people in the past have achieved. Remember why you have weekends, the 8 hour workday, heck, even capitalism itself compared to feudalism. If you don't work for it now, how will history remember you?

[@BiancaTallarico]

This is why I say when the fascists kill me while I'm out protesting or because I joined a socialist organization to remember me and avenge me. We must stand up for each other and honor all who have their heads caved in by a fascist Neanderthal. Like Vaush said the labor strikers died and got black lung to give us weekends. Leave a positive legacy by being active.

[@hopefulbadger2160]

Putting aside very complex feelings about the bulk of the video. How intensive is becoming a dsa member or whatever? I am inclined to agree that like touching grass or doing something is something that can help with doomerism (not going to lie, I struggle to break away from that inclination, especially lately). But I already feel so spread thin between work and school. Idk, just generally trying to know how much time/effort/spoons stuff like that takes? I barely manage to get out and play MTG once a week, and like more is intimidating.

[@8BLOO8]

Hi! Honestly I just joined one soooo I’m not an expert or anything but at least for me it seems really chill they just have certain events and I just do which ones I can and I don’t do the ones I can’t. I’m sure if you tell them you’re super busy they’ll understand and just appreciate your time when you have it! Do take care not to stretch yourself too thin though it’s good to have time to relax so you aren’t emo or emotionally drained its honestly part of good political practice. I’d say give it a shot, let them know your schedule and if it becomes too much just ask them if there’s any other ways you can contribute that are less time consuming and I’m sure they’ll have resources or ideas. It might take some figuring out at first but hopefully you can find a balance :)

[@unclejimmyjambirino7185]

ur willing to enter a fascist state just so u dont have to do something semi inconvenient rn?

[@Eibarwoman]

I am not much of a people person or a communicator in spoken language without a script. That being said, I'd probably say these are the times where one might even need to consider actions beyond what Vaush has proposed to even preserve democracy otherwise the electoralism is for naught and the only ways out are leave or the Basque method. The Basque method was partially of timing of Francisco Franco's poor health and a lot of anger that dated back to Guernica being bombed by Germans invited by Franco himself in 1936. But before then, Basques were already forming worker's co-ops in the 1950s and signs of militant leftism had formed by the early 60s. By the mid-1960s, Galicians had also started to militarize leftwards despite the fact Franco was born in Galicia and by the time the flying car happened, everywhere in the north of Spain except Aragon was a powderkeg resulting in a democracy upon Franco's death in 1975. Edit: The history of the end of Francoist Spain might also be an inspiration not as much by incrementalism, but because the Federalist judges left us a loophole to fight back.

[@billybarbosa5342]

Man a vast majority of your following needed this

[@conniehankosky5750]

Right now I’m working hard to get a business going so I can have enough money to help myself and others get out of the country when the shit hits the fan. I see a lot of people individually contributing, but I’m hoping that I can game the system by becoming a perpetrator of, at least, small systemic good rather than individual good. It just seems more efficient to me. Either way, yah, what he says is true. Doing this right now has put my mind in a good place rather than marinating on the potential catastrophe that is to come. A good place that makes me productive, and hopefully one day helpful to my community. In the wise words of uncle Iroh, “life happens where ever you are, whether you make it or not.”

[@RCohle452]

Doomerism is learned helplessness by another name.

[@thecriticalone1783]

I don't have great mental health, I am trying to figure out who I'm voting for. I honestly thought I was political but really I haven't taken any political actions except trying to convince my friends and family about things I think are good.

[@fatwe1992]

I've been homeless in Austin for 12 years and after 4 suicide attempts and countless self mutilation, I came to the conclusion that I'm not good at making myself feel better. But man vaush you sure know how to lift a homeless guys spirit (not being factious)

[@lexpinkmoon]

"When I was a boy, and I would see scary things on the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" - Fred Rogers Not a radical quote, no, and not from a radical source, but it's a simple one that I always remind myself of when I feel myself getting uncomfortably close to hopelessness. Look for the helpers. Be a helper.

[@epicurusstan3223]

It's so hard not to be a doomer, so much sh*t is going on in my personal life and when I tune into the news is like...."oh btw democracy is dying". I'm glade we have Vaush, an informative funny man, to at least put a spin on it. A spoon full of sugar as they say... Yet sugar causes diabetes so... and here I go again. I need help...

[@LaurentIpsum]

When things seem hopeless, what you need to do is create hope. Find a way that you can contribute to the solutions to the problems around you, find a way to empower yourself in any way that you can. I'm not much a fan of the New York Times, but as their slogan goes, "Democracy Dies in Darkness", and right now we need to be the fucking light!

[@StyxTBuferd]

We have solidarity with one another. It's ok to feel scared and angry and miserable, but it's only truly useless if we don't channel that to make things better. The Wobblies of the late 19th and early 20th century saw workers burn in buildings and strikers shot by Pinkertons, and yet they sang even when they were truly doomed, because nothing pushes a cause further than showing your humanity in the face of absolute tyranny. The civil rights activists wrote poetry and prose. Fight because you are human, and because nothing is more demoralizing to the tyrant than seeing humanity persevere.

[@yeetthefeet2504]

Our enemies don't want us to be happy. They want us to be miserable. Don't let them win. Make your own hope.

[@epicurusstan3223]

@rambunctiousvegetable okay fine, sugar makes you fat which makes it more likely to get diabetes. Happy?

[@epicurusstan3223]

@rambunctiousvegetable wow okay, yes sugar the health food. good for you guy, keep on downing your sodas and noming on candy