Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety - Why are People so Afraid?

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[@raababus2044]

Check it The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State' by ENGELS (audiobook) kzbin.info/www/bejne/boiVeJR3qJqJgtE

[@radeum1010]

Brilliant. A powerful and concise delineation of the real virus and pandemic that is infecting the planet.

[@gregorykelly8000]

That's what wars do. Thins out those that are fearless and has them go off and get killed and become an minority...

[@gregorykelly8000]

@@passiveaction they get tricked into the wars.

[@shauny2285]

Seven comments enumerated, but only 2 survive the censors. Interesting.

[@1960HikerDude]

The best way to control people is to keep them in constant fear. It never was about safety. it's always been about power.

[@soleydasoleyda]

Yep. And this is the same within ab*sive families & relationships with toxic people

[@stephanieellison7834]

White Man's Incomplete Civilizational Model September 15, 2021 The white dominant culture is based on an incomplete and even incorrect civilizational/social model: 1) they don't know who they are as spiritual beings having a human experience for some time 2) they don't know how they're supposed to relate to each other as spiritual beings 3) they have a hostile relationship with Mother Earth because of their economic activities of mining, drilling, and harvesting 4) they have a hostile relationship with the living beings who depend on her by killing and eating them, and displacing them from their habitat 5) they don't know who The One is 6) they don't know how to relate to The One, since they don't know who they are and they don't know who The One is as opposed to what they've been taught by a human in need of an audience more ignorant than he is They don't understand point 6 because first of all, they don't know point 1. It's a feedback loop that only gets worse until it all collapses. Again... Let's compare this with the ancient traditional civilizational ethos of India: According to Vedic thought, there are four main goals of human life: Dharma - the purpose of one's life, like working, right-thinking, right action, etc. Artha - physical and financial security, like goals and objects such as wealth and property that can support one's dharma. Kāma - happiness and fulfilment of desires in all areas of a person's life. Mokṣa - the freeing of the person from the bonds of death and rebirth through the realization of oneself as being beyond the body and the mind, an immortal, which is achieved through the practice of yoga and meditation. There is a fifth goal of ārogya, which is physical and psychological health and well-being. Without these, it is difficult to pursue any of these goals in life. Vedic thought teaches that each person has the right to attain all these goals of life according to their temperament, inclination, and karmas. The White Man interferes with all the above, even for himself.

[@fickgooglefickthem6884]

Speaking of the argument of alleged "mass panic" if Ufo Files get released. Oh this so overly good goverment and it's vasalls. Yet, 9/11, wars arround the globe, mass poisioning through NOT chemtrails (a psy ops that shall deflect) but in the water in the form of flourinated carbons i.e. ptfe/teflon. You see, the gov has possibly even occupied/controlls the conspiracy scene - what else. Otherwise, they would be as stupid as they want make You to believe. Example: George Bush Jr. was sooo dumb, right? Yet he pulled a good act when he was informed on 9/11... druing visiting children.. oh boy. What a saintish and innocent person.

[@ANGST.ARGENTINA]

I'd say Force, as power is an entirely different thing. *Just Nietzschean things* ❤❤

[@oscargaitan7524]

Power that can be taken away from the oppressors.

[@jimmy-rm3cl]

people actually trust the government still and it's mind blowing to me.

[@PatriotMommy]

People actually trust the "News" still and it's mind blowing to me.

[@em3rican137]

@@PatriotMommy “It’s easier to fool someone than convince them they’ve been fooled.” -Mark Twain

[@chesterwilberforce9832]

But isn't this fear of the government and anything it does exactly what this video is about?

[@amberswafford9305]

@@chesterwilberforce9832 There’s far more evidence that says I should be suspicious of the government than there is to say I should have trust in it.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@DemonKingOFFICIAL]

It’s no mistake that society has become this way. It’s by design.

[@iklijkwelgekmetmijneigennaam]

Spot on.

[@BadmanPictures]

big news keeps us informed of all the hottest trendy fears

[@juliangodsend9418]

THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

[@62Cristoforo]

Nope. There’s no evidence to support the idea fear is a planned social toxin, or “by design”. That is a simplistic and paranoid belief.

[@Hy-Brasil]

@@johnsanders561 ironically if people had ever actually READ THE BIBLE they would know it encourages them to do the opposite, to not be afraid, or to give in to fear, that they should have faith. Oh and to love and forgive those who wrong you and pray for your enemies. Strange indeed people are always doing the opposite.... even stranger is people blame Christians for societies ills when it's always the government behind the atrocities. The government involves itself and ruins EVERYTHING. Education, marriage, healthcare, religion, agriculture....

[@KelleyStrzelczyk]

Today I fear insanity most. The lunatics really are running the asylum.

[@QueenSamiyah]

The daily mail- radiohead

[@montanagal6958]

and ordinary man is unstable

[@stevedriscoll2539]

And, hasn't it always been that way?

[@narad8165]

Lunatics are running social media and government

[@a.randomjack6661]

Pathocracy, or how psychopathy takes over a society More scientifically known as “Political ponerology”

[@GingerGigantus]

I prefer dangerous freedom over safe enslavement

[@chrissteiger4199]

Defintley

[@egopathtime3273]

It is important to remember that prisons are thee example when it comes to having no freedoms "for your safety"

[@leleltea8921]

safe enslavement tempts the dangerously free. it is yet another danger one must face. unfortunately that requires a resistance to giving in, and we all give in to sleep eventually. it's so hard to stay awake...

[@franksu3420]

could you stay in the wood without anything no friend no equipment , nothing and total darkness I,mean you can not see your hands that kind of darkness ?

[@ltgood]

@@franksu3420 logically one can not flee as they can not see. Therefore are forced to wait till sun rise. Facing the fear.

[@technomage6736]

I love this fantastic quote by Sabine Hossenfelder: "Science does not say that you shouldn't pee on high voltage electrical lines; it says that urine is an excellent conductor." 😆

[@steveryan1799]

I too love that!

[@FirstLast-zc6rn]

ahahahha. excellent !!!!

[@katarinatibai8396]

🎯😂😂🤣

[@goyonman9655]

People fail to understand this Science doesn't tell you to do anything

[@blurglide]

This is an important observation. People were saying "the science says" as though there were no tradeoffs to be considered on how to respond to that evidence. That's the problem with leftists- they're incapable of understanding unintended consequences.

[@jairkerker2821]

Perfect. I'd add one more thing: we are being distracted with false, inevitable or benign dangers while those in power create utterly avoidable threats.

[@zachaldwir5597]

Good caveat

[@lpk6372]

Those in power YOU ACT LIKE THEY MAGICALLY GOT THERE. No PEOPLE LIKE YOU PUT THEM IN POWER. They use fear and your hatred ALL THE TIME TO GET ELECTED. Why don't you ever attack and get rid of politicians who either blame immigrants non white people and imaginary Jews as the culprits... Hell start there and your already making massive progress.

[@rixille]

Truth.

[@evanshlom1]

Yur

[@MyNextShotWontMiss]

Covid and Climate vs. Unchecked and intentional immigration and displacement, financial destruction, and globalization. "Build Back Better" muttered by all of the "Young World Leaders" of the WEF.

[@taralee7076]

Never be afraid to stand up or die for your principles. By the way, we are all mortal - we will all die one way or another. So do not live in fear. Be proud of who you are and what makes you a wonderful human being

[@deadreckoning6288]

Beautiful message.

[@karlbillinger9945]

Pharmakia is sorcery, not many Doctors and Nurses, know this.

[@karlbillinger9945]

@@dae6736 dying is Beautiful, same as being born. You won’t remember it except the same smile on your face…. But only if you trust in the Lord. That is Jesus Christ.

[@robertdouglas8895]

Dying is not necessary when forgiveness will correct the problem we have thinking other people are messing up our lives.

[@taralee7076]

@@robertdouglas8895 I guess metaphor is lost on some

[@MoonFireGypsy]

What I find even worse than fear is pretending to be in fear to virtue signal or to play the part because the act of it is fashionable or trendy.

[@kipperedbeef2084]

COVID clout chasers

[@a.p.5429]

I have seen way too many fake tears and people convulsing in feigned fear in the last two years, they have driven themselves insane to get a few views and hearts ❤. just a sick group of people living lies.

[@user-dq2ym1nn9k]

@@a.p.5429 hilarious though

[@Heavywall70]

@@a.p.5429 I live with it. Two anxiety ridden people that feed off each other creating an exponential level of mania over everything.

[@user-dq2ym1nn9k]

@@Heavywall70 family on one side does this. it's quite hilarious. early on, two of them were recounting to me driving in a 1 in 100 year flood deluge with roads washed away and adding 450km to their trip to desperately make their first vax appointments (18mths before covid even really became a thing in western australia). They were so proud as punch at their high drama achievement....I couldn't help but think they had absolutely lost the plot. Far beyond gone. Now I just find them hilarious. drama addicts! stay away from me

[@uhlijohn]

"There are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more in imagination than in reality." - Seneca, Roman Stoic and Jurist

[@iga279]

well put; like an adult would; it's so distressing to be surrounded by brainless children these days.

[@katec9893]

Wow, great quote thanks for sharing. It's fascinating to think how they already knew this in ancient times.

[@johannarivers57]

Marcus Aurelius: "If it doesn’t harm your character, how can it harm your life?" (Book 2) "It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you-inside or out." (Book 4)

[@LlibertarianGalt]

Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you. Epictetus

[@77Tadams]

Such truth here! Yes!

[@josephryan9230]

I was born in the early 60s and grew up prior to all this fear taking hold. I walked to junior high school and high school every day, two miles away. On some Saturdays I would take the bus into Boston, from the suburbs, from age 12 onwards. At some point, the notion of that became quite terrifying to our society, and parents would get in trouble for letting their kids walk to a nearby convenience store. I am so very thankful of when I grew up and so very sad for the children who came after me, who never experienced such freedom.

[@CaptZdq1]

There is rational fear and irrational fear. Not allowing children to walk to school alone is based on rational fear. Ther is now more predation, more crime, more insanity, more radicalism. I used to also walk to school alone as a kid but in the '50s.

[@josephryan9230]

@@CaptZdq1 I'd like to see the numbers to prove that the risk to children has so substantially increased that none can be allowed anywhere in the U.S. to walk to school alone. I think, like the video discusses, that our fear of risk has disproportionately grown in relation to actual risks on the ground. The emergence of "helicopter parents" 20-30 years ago is one manifestation of this.

[@100achillguy7]

@@josephryan9230 there are basically twice as many people as in the 50s so you have more people competing for the same amount of jobs etc it brings down the value of the money we have because labor is so cheap. And, buy and large in the US you can get away with way more criminal activity than ever before especially in places like San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Seattle, New York. I’ll dig some number up hang on edit: I looked again after waiting for nyc to post violent crime stats just go look at it for yourself I don’t want to copy paste everything is up by more than 10% violent crimes.

[@josephryan9230]

@@100achillguy7 Fully understood. If you live in a major US city, these fears are completely justified. Outside of one, considerably less so. I remember all of this unfolding in the 1990s, when it suddenly became too dangerous to let one's children walk alone anywhere. I wondered then, and still do now, if things had really become so dangerous for children over the past 30 years (1960s-90s) that they were now at a high risk of abduction every time they stepped out of the house. What I think happened is that there were some high-profile cases of this around the country and parents everywhere overreacted by significantly limiting their children's time outdoors. I think we went way too far as a country to protect children from day-to-day risks. The longer you delay taking risks, the harder it becomes. That's really a big part of childhood, learning to understand what risks you can and can't take. I think we've robbed a generation or more of children the opportunity to learn these things at a young age, when it's much easier to do so. The fact that so many young adults still live at home is a result of this, and not just because of high rents. One can always get roommates to help defray costs, but only if the willingness is there. I think a lot of it is gone.

[@100achillguy7]

@@josephryan9230 absolutely. I want to say I am victim of this mentality but that won’t solve it for myself. I have issues talking to women, being social, etc. I can trace all these issues back to my parents with very good reason I just see how a lot of people my age (24) are dealing with the exact same things. The friends I grew up with think completely different than I do because of divisive politics and indoctrinations in the schools we went to. To the point that they aren’t even willing to talk politics they just want to make it a power and numbers game (or just fist fight over who’s ideologically right) which is barbaric and evil to the core as far as I’m concerned. I’ve been told stories of how neighbors used to trust each other enough to- in the middle of writing this I realize how paralyzed I am in fear to actually make changes in my life that are meaningful. No wonder all these mental issues pop up. I am faced with certain impending doom at all times not because of what I do but because of what others think and do. I think past cultures championed pitting ideas against the opposition and hashing things out, now it’s just whoever has more following of people who watch things on their phone. How old are you? I think you speak the truth a lot of the willingness is gone even from me personally I worked in the carpenters Union at 18 (insulator from 16-18) and until I was 22 and they told me to take the Covid shot and I said no. (I don’t care who takes the shot I just don’t want it. It may be a stupid hill to die on but I did it) now I’ve been working full time the past two years with little social interaction besides at work. I am depressed and I feel that hanging out at the lake or fishing aren’t things people want to do with me… in fact I don’t think anybody wants to spend any time with me because I’m incapable of giving good social interaction. I’m weird. I don’t know this video actually speaks more to me than I thought… have a good day I’m gonna go outside now and organize my storage unit or something now I feel worse

[@TheRealThomasPaine1776]

I believe it starts when we are young. There are two types of children: one, who is afraid to cross the street, and the other who is not. The first is afraid, for he sees fast cars and knows that at any moment he could be hit and killed and he feels powerless, does not trust himself, and is unsure. The other also knows he could be hit and killed, but instead he sees the gaps in the cars, can judge how fast the cars are going, and also knows how fast he can walk and knows he can run if he has to. Party he wishes to test his skill and bravery, but really he just measures the danger in reality, devises a plan to safely cross the road and trusts in his own power to do it. Both of these children grow up, but one will always be afraid and want someone, like the government or someone more powerful to take control and tell him when it is safe to cross the road. The other trusts in his own knowledge and skill, and feels confident that he is ready to meet most reasonable dangers and in fact, even rebels slightly as being told exactly when and how to cross any road. That's really about it, they just get older.

[@RaresiulianStefan]

Yes good point of view about the situation between one person being afraid and another being aware and brave.

[@aggroknight4259]

"They just get older." ...Except when you become old enough to cross the street without supervision, nobody tells you how to do so anymore? Even if you're the paranoid type, you don't ever settle for the "safe" methods of crossing. It's a learning experience. You make a valid point about childhood paranoia relating to the safety culture problem, but your examples are terrible.

[@nickv1008]

The children today are taught fear. It is a government sponsored religion, We have always been taught to fear the ....

[@bostonteapartycrasher]

This is incorrect. Just look at America all the way through to the industrial age. America used to be all about freedom and independent livelihoods. Childhood ended at 7, and everyone was considered a full-grown adult at 12, capable of doing literally anything as well as anyone else, and oftentimes even better. The very nature of American freedom fostered extreme risk taking starting at a very young age. We were inventing new things at a rate higher than the rest of the world combined. This way of living was squashed by industrial tycoons who wanted to transform America into an industrial economy. Adolescence was invented as an artificial extension of childhood as part of the largest mass indoctrination scheme in the history of the world - mandatory schooling. We are trained to be mindless automatons with no ambition or creativity that is very susceptible to propaganda. They tell us our kids are in danger and in need of protection from whatever bogeyman they create for us. This fear seeps down and infects their kids, who grow up to perpetuate the cycle. Fear is the oldest trick in the book for social control.

[@leebennett1821]

@@bostonteapartycrasher I don't mind People taking Risk but you should not put others in Danger by your actions I don't mind if you die because of your own vanity and Stupidity but I would rather you actions not put me or the People I love in Danger

[@uhlijohn]

“All tyrannies operate through fear. Throughout history, the men and women who have advanced the cause of freedom are those who were not afraid.” ― Marty Rubin

[@Pfsif]

The guys with guns and badges only need an excuse.

[@leebennett1821]

@@Pfsif And some Just need a God book

[@annewilliams5715]

So true

[@bez1196]

Pretty sure they were afraid. Courage is not the absence of fear.

[@ryanparker4996]

@@leebennett1821 edgelord detected

[@creativeclerk6087]

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety". (Benjamin Franklin)

[@alexk48]

I thought he said security.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

And will lose both.

[@sheldonbodryn1003]

There is plenty of Liberty for the wealthy and plenty of slavery for the workaday wage slaves, as prices rise faster than wages, thanks to the filibuster.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

@@sheldonbodryn1003 the *filibuster* ?! Oh boy

[@sheldonbodryn1003]

@@Jaster_Mereel I take it you don't see the connection?

[@deadreckoning6288]

This so hits the nail on the head and describes what has bothered me at the core about these so called modern times. Death & slavery comes in many guises and in our present world it comes in the guise of "safety".

[@johnsanders561]

To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin or maybe Voltaire:. A person who will trade liberty for a measure of safety, deserves neither liberty nor safety.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

I quit working for Corp-Orate at age 60... I lived in poverty till 72 to avoid serving this CULTURE of Slavery any longer in my shitty life. I'll never vote again, Same Reason Slavery under the boot heal of the Selected few communists.... we all see clearly Now, U S S A Governments

[@alisonschmitt9533]

I was raised in a high control religious group. Fear is a core tool of control in that group, as it is in society at large. I left in my teens. The key to being able to leave? Learning to control my fear. It’s been a great gift to myself throughout my life, being able to control my fear.

[@GodO4-]

I was as well. I respect fear for what it is, it’s what moves you to do something about what’s posing a threat. When you let that fear take over though, you become *afraid*. I recommend you read “lone survivor“. It’s about a mentally tough spec ops medic being mentally broken down for the first time during an intense firefight. He mentioned feeling fear many times throughout his career, but this was the first time he was actually afraid.

[@renderlessgames]

The one thing keeping you decent and you run away. Western woman moment

[@erniebuchinski3614]

I congratulate you for leaving a fear-based religious group and taking control of your own life. It couldn't have been easy, but I'm sure that it has made you a much stronger person, and infinitely more aware of the fear that society uses to intimidate us. All the best.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Worry and fear is misuse of the imagination. =) Oh, I was raised catholic, lots of guilt and fear. I no longer believe in such fairytales.

[@lilblackduc7312]

@@oldschoolman1444 I left a life of Catholicism when I began studying the Bible...It works, if you work it! "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" -2 Timothy 1:7

[@mtparkourartist]

I think there is something to be had from running into the darkness knowing you are afraid of the dark. Bravery isnt the lack of fear. This builds value and character

[@davidkannon2579]

I choose not to wear a helmet, yet always wear a seatbelt. Go figure.

[@shadowforger2035]

Yea righty you is - stay free and brave. And women and children be safe

[@mtparkourartist]

@@davidkannon2579 i mean i think thats a little different. There is inherent risk when skating or biking in an extreme fashion. Thought i dont wear a helmet but do wear a seat belt. Just not for the reason of this video.

[@mtparkourartist]

@@shadowforger2035 there are some hard ass women out there. I think kids are the most vulnerable because of lack of exper

[@mikeheavyheart5114]

I fear no evil, Psalms 23; A Fine Line between Fearless and Foolishness,

[@norrak7308]

People in the history of the world have never had their fear so quickly transmitted as in this age of the Internet.

[@kieranmortimer5884]

Yeah the novelty of these information systems is the real kicker - they haven't had the benefit of time to cement their virtues into productive and focused rituals - instead we have an absolute glut of information being thrown at us, most useless, making us both apathetic to its value (mass abandonment of many long standing cultural and social values in the sea of current novelties and entertainment) but also easily swayed by the immediate currents in the news cycle by drowning us with a glut of information about a single event... crazy stuff. I feel we need to tone back or really intently focus on how it is we use the internet for our own sake

[@ChristianDoretti]

Human behavior has always being affected by the amount of information presented to them. The behavior of torture as punishment is a clear example of this, it has remained until this moment and in the past it was a trend.

[@alexk48]

It's not the internet. It is the loss of hope that disappeared with the loss of faith. Hope has been put back in Pandora's box. It has once again become a pagan vice.

[@knightdtd]

Still way better than the age of cable TV. The internet broke the monopoly of state media and enabled the democratization of mass media. People can use it to alleviate or exacerbate the fear. The choice is up to the individual (for now, as big tech censorship is creeping up ever closer to destroy that freedom)

[@leebennett1821]

@@alexk48 I hope that Humans Abandon God Belief God Belief is merely Humans Trying to make the Universe Dance to their Tune

[@Dapryor]

I’m 35. From what I understand, college aged kids in the 60s wanted freedom from the government to do whatever they wanted, provided they weren’t hurting anyone else. These days it’s the opposite. Everyone wants to be taken care of and give up their freedoms as payment. That shit scares me.

[@oscargaitan7524]

For this very thought process is how society in the United States will collapse. Seeking monetary value is how other countries control other countries. There is a talk about this in the Academy of Ideas channel.

[@Gigi-ey7uc]

The phase "Stay Safe" helps perpetuates the fear of living. I dislike like that sentiment to my core . I have caught myself saying it as a sign of concern and caring many times. IMO It's a weaking of commom sense and the joy of living and learning.

[@user-iq1mg3nx4u]

I have always said its an organized stalking statement.

[@verbotenstickers2379]

"The Science is Settled" is a phrase that has crept in unnoticed in recent times-surely if science won't accept or even consider any alternative viewpoints or theories,then it's not actually science any longer surely?It's faith

[@patrickadams6762]

That's just something they say when they don't want you questioning or standing up to theirbullshit

[@phukfs1403]

Science is not a chosen viewpoint, it is a developed hypothesis. By its very definition science considers all possibilites as it is discovered not decided. If you aim to present an alternative hypothesis then you must first prove it, and in doing so disprove the current. Anyone claiming the idea that science "should be more open to alternative ideas" clearly does not inderstand what science is

[@a.j.reilly6821]

I don’t think you understand science at all.

[@leleltea8921]

The "experts" are the high priests of the religion of modernity

[@Looshfarmer]

@@phukfs1403 does it also have to be something where the same results can be reliably reproduced using the same constants?

[@anamericanentrepreneur]

Fear is created to hold back the masses from reaching their fullest potential.

[@LisaMaryification]

@An American Entrepreneur Even though I'm not vaccinated, I've been able to travel as I did before the pandemic. My cousin, in Europe, seemed annoyed that my daughter and I so easily visited there and he complained that his son couldn't even visit from the next country over to see a dying relative. Well, that assumption was only an assumption. There were a few ways his son could have traveled there if they had only looked up those ways, but they let their fearful brains stop him. It was they who stopped themselves.

[@7788Sambaboy]

Fear is created to sell things...clickbait, medical prescriptions, and thousands of other things. Is it easier for me as a presidential candidate with reading comprehension of a 7th grader and the capacity speak at a 5th grade level to tell you what I can do for American people, or scare you and hit on your insecurities and basic ignorance so I can't paint myself as the savior and the guy who will protect you from the things I just told you to scare you?

[@robgrey6183]

The masses are quickly reaching their full potential: most of them are already obese.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@nathanlambshead4778]

Their fullest potential being to free themselves of those who would hold them back.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

As a young man I risked everything and fished in the Bering Sea. I'm so grateful to my younger self that I took on the challenge. Although I got seriously injured by a massive wave that washed me around the deck and ended my career, I would never trade the experience for anything. I'm stronger than almost all my fellow men mentally as a result of my sacrifice. It was never about money. I wanted to do what was considered by most to be impossible and approach it with fervor. And I excelled at it by becoming the deck boss on the greatest cod catching vessel the world has ever seen. You can't buy that title. It is simply earned through determination, learned skill and character. Go crush life friends. You got this.

[@rosesmith6208]

wow what type of permenant injury are you speaking of? sounds horrible if your disabled in a wheel chair, but if you have a minor diability that reminds you of that experience that is pretty cool.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@rosesmith6208 No wheel chair thankfully. Just a bad back these days. Nothing that regular visits to the chiropractor doesn't ease.

[@stephenpfiester2749]

Hey man, I don’t know you but your story is inspiring. There are too few frontiers left in this world and it’s cool to hear of someone taking on the wild and difficult and coming away with something meaningful.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@stephenpfiester2749 Right on man. Go get those great memories just waiting to happen. You won't regret it.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@Amazonian11 It's very cold. And it's a shallow ocean. Waves tend to stack up pretty quickly. Especially in the transition months of fall and spring. Think *50 foot seas, -42 Fahrenheit, 70 mph winds, 18 hr. days (for three months minimum with no breaks or days off), 150 ft. Vessel* Hope that paints a picture for ya.

[@evilemperorzurg9615]

The last two years have really shown me how easy it is to make most people afraid. If you make someone afraid you can make them give up their most basic beliefs and they will do anything you tell them to lower the risk.

[@bostonteapartycrasher]

All you have to do is tell people that their children are in danger of a nonexistent bogeyman, and they will happily sign away their freedom if the obvious subjugation you are subjecting them to is dressed up as the solution to this nonproblem.

[@rayrous8229]

All fear is not the same. Rational fear makes us safer. The ability to distinguish between rational fear and irrational fear should be addressed in such a lecture.

[@lanadoesathing]

The problem is that our society has inverted this distinction. Irrational fear is lauded as “scientific consensus” while rational fear is condemned as a “phobia” or “conspiracy theory”. It is disastrous for all involved to call irrational what is in fact rational, and vice-versa.

[@artorhen]

@Lana G umm, no, the world isn't upside down as you would like to think. That is exactly the effect irrational fear has on people, the fear that everything is the opposite and that they're lied to about everything when in reality they just experience multiple views and information.

[@existentialhangover1124]

@@artorhen You don't know what you're talking about and you proved Lana's point. The last two years is evidence enough of the blatant censorship of anything against the main stream narrative. If you think anyone opposing this narrative is a conspiracy theorist, that's proof enough you haven't been exposed to "multiple views". Legitimate concerns over obvious censorship is not "Irrational". Sit down.

[@artorhen]

@@existentialhangover1124 to think absolutely everything is wrong and you are the only one who is right is lunatic. It's not a narrative, it's just reality 🤷‍♀️

[@GG-vq6ro]

@@artorhen what an appropriate name for you lol. Sleeping for sure and my guess is you're one of those mask weirdos 😂

[@davidsellon4580]

The human condition *is* inherently unsafe. But the rational, sane, adult solution is to be aware of the risks, be able to tell a higher-risk situation from a lower-risk one, and take reasonable measures to mitigate the risks. I once saw a documentary on crop dusting: the guys who fly small planes low over fields to spray fertilizer on crops. The producer interviewed one of the pilots, and asked him how he dealt with the stress that must come as a result of all the risks inherent in the work: dodging barns, power lines, etc. I'll never forget his answer: "You just have to find a way to deal with the fact that crop dusting will never be a safe occupation as long as you have to drive to the airport." Here was a guy who is fully aware of relative risk. In the air, he is confident in his skills and his airplane. On the road, he has to deal with all the unpredictable actions of bad drivers, one of which could kill him any day. The same is true of all of us who use the public roads. But, as the video points out, there's money to be made in encouraging the basest instincts of humanity.

[@pedrochevez2090]

I like that quote used by the crop duster pilot. It reminds me of a conversation i had with my sister last May when she came down to visit me, my wife and rest of the family. I live in Miami and she lives in Seattle, so at the time most people where i live have almost forgotten (in some aspect) about using masks anymore. Her on the other hand, continued to wear hers even while staying at our parents home! Insane, i know. But i digress. I was driving her to a friends place when i had to ask her to just take her mask off for a moment. I told her "it's just you, our brother and i in the car so what risk is there? I know you were wearing it on the flight down here but did you know there has been zero airline crashes or other tragedies in over 20 years? In fact, your life is at a higher risk than from covid or flying combined just by riding in the car!"

[@jakescorpion1]

Hope and optimism never stopped anything. Ignorance is the problem

[@susanrolls2211]

I agree that I am grown enough to decide which risks are worth it. When society constantly demands " safety ", it's really about fear and control.

[@oscargaitan7524]

Power and unity to control is useful when you can divide. Once you see how it works. You cannot get controlled.

[@PRH123]

I’ve noticed an interesting thing after living abroad for many years. The most fearful people are those that live in one of the safest countries in the world, the us. Not sure if it comes from within or from without (more likely), but it’s definitely there. No one ever said “be safe” to each other when I was young or even 20 years ago. I still don’t understand that salutation, I always want to ask “be safe from what exactly…?” We have some us tv channels via Apple TV, and the other day we just fell on the floor laughing about the ads they run, a family clutching each other in fear, thanking the Weather Channel for keeping theirs families safe. Other than tornadoes in states where they have them and hurricanes in states where they have them no one ever feared the weather before, now someone wants you to be afraid, very afraid.

[@uncommonsensor]

Perhaps the commercial just wouldn't have as much impact if they were unmoved by the tornado.

[@CaptZdq1]

@@deniselee2895 And the most fearful people are not in the US. There is no country that is more fearful than the others. Nowadays they are all afraid of their own shadows bcz of the Covid cult.

[@georgeokello8620]

​​@@deniselee2895ou need to get out more. The USA is relatively safe especially compared to 2nd world and 3rd world countries where ppl getting their limbs cut off or beheaded for certain crimes is normalcy. Even child soldiers deployed at govt scale is not a reality in the USA. Again ppl saying USA is the most violent place or even the top 5 remotely have no knowledge or experience of the world outside US borders. This even excludes death by carnivorous animals and some of the worlds most deadliest microbes in the geography

[@georgeokello8620]

@@deniselee2895 Unless we're talking about civil wars, drone bombing and terrorist attacks on a regular daily basis then even the most violent areas in the USA (like Newark NJ, St. Louis MO - my current location, Los Angeles as the lead murder cities) don't even remotely hold candles in terms of rate of violence and intensity. The idea that you even used internet to even talk on a KZbin page and have running treated water even places you leagues above most ppl in 2nd and 3rd world whom done are going to get sold to slavery right now as we speak. It's unfortunate what happened to you in the past but in terms of current opportunities, violence and mass poverty in western nations, 2nd and 3rd world poverty are tiers above. Just as a fun experiment, visit north Kenya and Afghanistan some of the most violent locations on the planet where govt rule doesn't exist and let me know if you happen to be alive.

[@pbud9967]

The US is no longer one of the safest countries in the world. However, I understand your point. I moved abroad about 9 months ago. People here are not neurotic and fearful.

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

I am sixty two, I'm on a road trip on my own, partly wild camping, I face all sorts of dangers and it's brilliant, I am living, I am making memories. I feel so sorry for these scared weak man child's that have no life beyond the internet and the fear mongering indoctrination that tries to pass as education, if I die I die, but I I die having lived and felt the exhilaration cheating death and with no regrets. Never wore a mask never isolated, those that did are so going to regret it, but it will be too late.

[@TS-ef2gv]

That's also my philosophy. Life is for living. We have only so many years on this planet and I'm not going to throw away my precious time cowering in fear of what MIGHT happen. I'm now retired, have always travelled quite a bit, and I didn't slow down at all over the last couple of years. I made a five week, 7,000 mile, 25 state, two way cross country road trip between the West Coast and as far east as PA in September and October of 2020, and two similar trips in 2021. Just me and the dog, hiking, camping, sightseeing, and visiting family and friends along the way. It was a great time to be on the road. At the height of the Covid scare there were a surprising number of other people travelling and around the touristy areas, but probably less than half of normal. No unreasonable crowds or traffic anywhere. Gas prices and motel and camping ground availability and rates were great. Particularly in the middle of the country you'd never even have known anything out of the ordinary was going on. Some of the Midwestern states never "locked down" much, or at all. Most things were open and few were wearing a burka. I have never worn a mask except while briefly inside a store that required it back in mid 2020, and I did not and will not take any of the shots. I haven't had even a cold in at least twenty years and as far as I know I've never had an influenza (and I don't take those shots, either).

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

@@TS-ef2gv good on you bruv, here in Brit land there doesn't appear to be a corner that hasn't bent the knee to woke and the convid scam. Shame we can't meet, stay strong, stay stubborn.

[@SqueakyBarbarian]

Actually, I wore/wear a mask and isolated. I don't regret it. The isolation was a well earned sabbatical from the noise of the world. I regret already the determination to "get back at it " I've painted, done woodworking, read those books I've meant to get to, trained for and walked a half-marathon. I've breathed in the peace of silence and it felt so good. I also want to do the trip you are doing. Good for you. Stepping into the unknown sounds wonderful, liberating, invigorating. Maybe it's how you approach the obstacle - not from fear but from how do I overcome this.. Enjoy your road trip

[@dajenh1]

I wear mask is not to protect myself of dying, is to protect others and help the society as an individual.

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

@@dajenh1 mmm, yeah, I don't doubt your sincerity, but I do doubt your capacity for logical thinking, the whole thing has more holes than a soap plot. Everything about it is unscientific and plays into the agenda of the corporate elites.

[@jameslong9564]

During the bs lockdowns and quarantine, I went out everyday. I did something. Walk in a park, get a drive thru meal, work on my hobbies and passions or meet up with those I hadn’t seen in some time. I even flew to Texas for a vacation in September 2020. I wasn’t allowed to come back to work for almost 11 months. All because of someone else’s fear.

[@Deeznuts84356]

If you are scared stay home right.

[@euroschmau]

The lockdowns prevented a collapse of the health care system, they were necessary and not because of someone's fear. Get over it.

[@Adam-ww8ei]

Good job buddy. Proud of you

[@chriscoughlin9289]

Newsflash: 'Somebody else's fear' is also the reason you and I STILL get asked by a DHS rent a cop to surrender our shoes, wallet , keys, tie clip, cell phone, laptop, eyeglasses and water bottle at every airport in the country. Without even the barest suggestion of probable cause. FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES NOW. Oops! Was I shouting??? Shhhh! I almost forgot - We're supposed to call it patriotism. Care for a Freedom Fry?

[@BadMonkey2x]

Yeah that’s why there are so many damn guns. Right?

[@rodrrico]

To overcome fear is akin to overcome control from others.

[@oscargaitan7524]

To walk knowing others try to control others us, tells me what others fear. For their perception on how they try to control you is and insight of what they fear deeply. These people show you their own insecurities.

[@Dan-mc7xg]

The Age of Fear! Sadly, I have family in that cult. I do not seeing them ever turning around. Evil feeds on fear, and it is thriving!

[@philcooper9225]

We should have open conversations about our family cults, we're in the middle of a mass psychosis that is slowly breaking down

[@jeepstergal4043]

I agree. So many family members fall right into line because of fear. One of their biggest fears seems to be the fear of going against what they are being told to do.

[@philcooper9225]

@@jeepstergal4043 let me know how to get into contact with you maybe we could do an interview for KZbin

[@dunexapa1016]

Dan, Likewise. I have a sister and brother-in-law that have been in the grip of the government fearmongers for almost two years now. I believe they may have permanent psychological damage and may not ever live as they did a few years ago ever again.

[@jeepstergal4043]

@@philcooper9225 thanks, but I'm really not comfortable with that.

[@fflonekim5078]

Thanks for never quitting guys. The content you provide remains unsurpassed.

[@TXoilrises]

Here! Hear!

[@papichingobling6021]

Don’t think I would quit if my purpose was to make these types of videos, but I’m also thankful

[@egrytznr8893]

It's not original content, just a collage of quotes and royalty free art. Click bait for nihilists and misanthropes, you could create a channel like this in your free time. Don't put other people on a pedestal and underestimate yourself

[@HouseFairyDIY]

@@egrytznr8893 I'm sorry but I have to disagree. Take all the videos as a whole and then decide if this is just clickbait. No, in fact, the author is very cleverly walking us through his thinking and using history and quotes to back up his claims. He is taking the long and hard route to delivering a message. The message being that we are in serious trouble!

[@egrytznr8893]

@@HouseFairyDIY don't be sorry, you can like this stuff it's ok

[@davidpotter3777]

To fear not put on your suit of salvation and go forward. God bless you and your families Aloha and amen

[@13hehe]

i was raised on fear by my fear-obsessed dad...it's taken me until my 30s to actively break free of that fear. Even so i still see my fear and risk-aversion creep into my daily life and prevent me from trying things, out of habit. The worst things a parent can do is to cripple their children with fear. Fear of failure, of living life...

[@13hehe]

@@Amazonian11 absolutely. The best thing one can do for their kids, in my humble opinion, is teach them the courage to become their own person and face this world, not to be a copy of the parents. Excessive risk aversion is running away from the possibilities of life. Parenting is hard, I admit. Parents do things out of the best intentions but not always with the best methods.

[@graysonharrisful]

Brilliant! Safetyism is a phenomenon that has been growing in strength for the last 30 years. If you grew up anytime before the 90’s, you will know this is true. (And this is not a good thing!)

[@dr.vonslifeinvesting6485]

Ahhh the 80’s, riding in the back of pickup trucks or not coming home till it got dark riding your bike a long way from home.

[@graysonharrisful]

@@dr.vonslifeinvesting6485 you know it, brother! The best.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@daystar3963]

When I was a kid we didn't even lock our doors at night and left the downstairs windows open to cool the house. Parents put us all together when one child had chicken pox. We we're out playing from sunrise to dark with no worries. We rode the bus with 3 feet of snow on the ground, now the call off if it rains to much.

[@thayermanns4286]

Injected in most event announcements:"..to keep you safe "

[@davidpaz9389]

From a September 23, 2009 Psychology Today article titled *The Most Powerful Motivator:* Nothing makes us more uncomfortable than fear. And we have so many fears: fear of pain, disease, injury, failure, not being accepted, missing an opportunity, and being scammed, to name a few. Fear invokes the flight or fight system, and our first reaction is often to flee back to our comfort zone. If we don’t know the way back, we are likely to follow whoever shows us a path. Marketers use fear as a motivator as often as they can. They present a scenario they hope will invoke our sense of fear. Then they show us a solution - a path back to our comfort zone - that entails using their product or service. Fear is used to sell almost everything: cars, tires, and life insurance are classics. But clever marketers also use it to sell breakfast cereal and deodorant. As a result, we purchase all sorts of things that a generation ago were considered unnecessary: antibacterial soap, alarm systems, vitamins. The list goes on and on.

[@LisaMaryification]

@David Paz Incidentally, breakfast cereal was first heavily marketed during WWII because the protein was being shipped to soldiers. If you've ever visited Europe, you would know that it isn't the same in there. Its countries serve eggs, cheese and meat for breakfast.

[@a.randomjack6661]

I fear you are right

[@arthurzettel6618]

Having the Courage and the Wisdom to face the Known and the Unknown Risks takes control away from those who would forcibly use fear to control your life.

[@thefrustratedsciencestuden3941]

I fear ageing. I fear not becoming what I always envisioned myself to be at a young age. But now I've come to realise that if it takes time, let it be that way, because giving up is a guaranteed loss.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@bobturner177 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@bobturner177 Maybe you don't understand them. If you want, I'll explain how what I quoted relates to what you are saying.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@bobturner177 I have done meditation. I still meditate; I do it through prayer. "Ask and you shall receive."

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@bobturner177 I look at the false ideas I am having about relationships, recognize the judgments I have about them and ask that they be let go through forgiveness. Ask and you shall receive. I'm aware of the mental barking dogs. That's how I deal with them.

[@robertdouglas8895]

@@bobturner177 My objective is peace, not not thinking. I'm at peace with my methods.

[@TFFgeek]

I ignore all big cooperative media. Be that 'news', radio or a-social media. I denounced my tv 10 years ago. My life song 'The working hour' by Tears for Fears contains the lines: 'And fear is such a vicious thing, it wraps me up in chains...Find out what this fear is about.' And those lines will forever ring in my head. So with that in mind I try to be positive, hopefull and respectfull yet realistic. I just do what I want to do, with respect and without offending anybody. I always say that I fear nothing and go thd full 200% for something that I'm certain or exited about. I can be skeptic, but I respect your standpoint and if I critisize, I do it by asking and philosophising. Not attacking. In the meantime I make sure I have my bills covered and remain respectfull. Yeah, it's risky to do what you want to do and not see any obstackle in your way, but the reward is so overwhelming and fulfulling that I wouldn't trade it for anything. Just don't forget to be a decent human being.

[@philcooper9225]

This video is media.

[@TFFgeek]

@@philcooper9225 That's true. But it is media that I choose to watch. Also, this doesn't fall into any of the categories I mentioned. It's not news spread by big coorperations, radio or a-social media. So yeah, I edited my comment. My apologies.

[@bevneesam7994]

Indeedee

[@philcooper9225]

@@TFFgeek ohh I see what you mean now gotcha

[@TFFgeek]

@@philcooper9225 Thanx anyway. 🙂

[@miscanime]

I'm so f%cking sick of the word safe

[@maryguy9013]

most overused word in the English language. When you think you are safe is exactly when you are most in peril. Using this word is to throw you off and you let your guard down.

[@derekjenkins1878]

Fear is a choice. Danger is real.

[@CaptZdq1]

Fear isn't a choice, it's a normal emotion, when it's rational. A distinction between rational n irrational fear should be made.

[@CerebralThinking]

Clarifying whether a danger is "real" depends on how one perceives it; standing at the edge of a cliff, for most of us, the danger is real. But discernment, and logic, is required to identify the source of these socio/political/ cultural fabrications. For that is all that they are. "Engineered dramas" -- in which no implicit "danger" exists. Where, and from whom, did this so-called "danger" originate? The mass psychosis of the last three years, and its twin sister, Fear, was a mirror image of all the smaller dramas being played out on the nightly news; fake. This type of emotional drama is symptomatic of diseased politics and culture. But it is not "real" in the objective sense.

[@catiemanson3801]

@@CerebralThinking dam straight! The 'majority' have lost both power of reason & sense of logic. The only 'science' accepted now is govt bought & sold, not based on real evidence. This illusion of reality is rapidly spread & infectious by the mainstream media.

[@brunolerman2108]

@@CerebralThinking 750.000 people dead only in Brasil are not real. Ok

[@para0677able]

This has to be THE most amazing and spot on dissertation on our current state of affairs. I’ve sent this to a dozen or more people to hear. Well done!!

[@UnschoolingCOM]

“Society is splitting in two. People who are driven by FEAR who want to be RULED over, and people who are driven by LOVE and want to be FREE.”

[@L30B055]

Whose quote is that?

[@UnschoolingCOM]

@@L30B055 Unknown

[@andredelacerdasantos4439]

The very idea that society is split into two is what keeps it separated in the first place. Everybody is driven by love and yerns to be free. The way I see it, there has really only one way in which society is split into two: the sociopaths and the rest of us. The problem with modern society is that we allowed the sociopaths to have waaay more power than they should have, even though we are in the majority. I'm looking at you, zucs.

[@brindlekintales]

@@andredelacerdasantos4439 You are correct about sociopaths running the world. They have shaped society that forces all of us to use sociopathic tools to survive, to a greater or lesser extent.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@michaelobrien5891]

"Faith is holding onto uncertainties with passionate conviction." -Soren Kierkegaard

[@Azamat421]

U mean science 🧪

[@YoungSantasGroupie]

Yes, cult of safety, it’s the main reason parenting is such a mess in western culture. We have a full-on youth mental health crisis erupting across the western world. It started in earnest in 2013, as shown in the brilliant research by Twenge/Haidt. The main factors behind the crisis are the parental culture of coddling and the rise of social media. And with the pandemic policies re: youth that most western cultures adopted, we made things so much worse. I work as a mental health therapist at a kid’s hospital in Canada and I’ve been in the field for nearly 20 years. This is unlike anything I’ve seen. Mental health concerns are way up for all ages, but particularly for youth and they are particularly vulnerable. The main increase we’ve seen are in admissions for suicide attempts, overdoses, eating disorders and psychosis. Older people typically write off the youth mental health crisis and say that kids are just more dramatic these days, more comfortable talking about mental health. Both are true to an extent but do not explain the huge increases. Trust me, these kids are not faking suicide attempts, overdoses or severe eating disorders. The parenting culture of coddling is deeply enmeshed with this cult of safety, basically an outgrowth of it. Kid’s are prevented from facing and resolving their own interpersonal issues, or from building independence or competence. Coddling is ostensibly well meaning and more often seen in city/suburb dwelling parents, particularly those who are well-heeled, well educated and who identify on the left politically. Notice how it was mainstream news (basically dominated by the political left) that pushed endless fear-mongering onto parents, who then project it onto their kids. And the fear-mongering prompted adults to be more in favour of long school closures, also prompting some parents to hysterically demand their under 5 year old kids be vaccinated. This culture of coddling gains much more support on the left, and in places like schools and universities. For our kids, they have little chance to escape this anxiety. It didn’t have to be like this. Nordic countries, whom leftists typically will fall over themselves in praising re: their public health policies, went a very different direction. They did not close schools for long, nor unduly prevent kids from socializing, playing sports, etc. And these Nordic countries have not seen the same types of surges in youth mental health admissions that we see in the west. I would argue that Nordic countries have a much more healthy relationship with fear and risk, and likely have more recent cultural memories of significant hardship in their societies. I’m not at all optimistic that we in the west well even begin having coherent conversations about this issue. The way that schools/teachers and parents are only becoming more divided, with SJW type teachers insisting that the big issues are that queer kids are being oppressed or “the patriarchy”. The teachers and education system, in general, seem more comfortable getting behind these pet-issues because it validated their ideology and gives them personal validation (seemingly the main motivation for teachers, if one has been on tik tok lately). I think the big thing is that people have a sense how deep these issues really are but are not comfortable going there. One thing is eminently clear: our youth deserve so much better.

[@Peter-pv8xx]

We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

[@jonathanminshull9958]

Thank you for another episode of sanity. My experience has been that living without fear is the greatest freedom of body and mind and leads to a richer experience of life and is therefore a worthwhile aspiration. The saturation of fear in mainstream media and our culture as a whole is therefore very telling. Thanks for eloquently pointing this out!

[@turkeybaster6274]

We live in the most peaceful time in human history but surprise surprise fear is good revenue for media and otherwise or even the beauty industry as an example, most people can't tell the difference between fear of death and otherwise, as soon as you connect the dots you realize most fear is inherently an illusion but before you make that conscious understanding a reality of hell is ensured, bravery to be yourself and follow you given vocation will give you what you need to live your life to the fullest if not, there is nothing.

[@KerryFairbanks]

"My problem is I don't have enough problems" Pedantic fear is a luxury of developed Western culture

[@JT-bc5cd]

*decadent Western Culture

[@peurmartis641]

Well put. When there remained no major problems to solve, they turned to inventing them.

[@KLRmurdercycle]

😆 i know right.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

Absolutely. Nobody is as internally fearful as those who have become used to being the best protected.

[@Baltimoreborn]

For anyone watching I was terrified of the world because of a traumatic childhood until I went into the army at 24 years old that changed everything for me I came out confident and sure that I was capable something to think about kids

[@purplerose2124]

If we stay inside all day fearing what could happen we never see our potential. What we're capable of. This spirals us into depression and more fear. These are what is causing the epidemic of mental health (which is really just an epidemic of anxiety and depression). Im glad the military pulled you out of that cycle

[@Baltimoreborn]

@@purplerose2124 🙏🥰

[@Beastmaster1221]

To each their own

[@stevedriscoll2539]

Thanks for that story Dickie

[@oscargaitan7524]

I saw nothing but lies from the United States military. Served 6 years for nothing. I was almost a dumb ass and sign up into the ARMY. Something told me that something was off. I choose civilian life and read many books. Military books and war books alike. As I read many of the Robert Greene books I notice a pattern of how Generals and commanders have one thing in common through out the ages. This is as Robert Greene describes as using punishment and propaganda to have your troops think alike to your best interest. Keywords your and interest. Once you see how it is done. It is easy to see that it was all a lie. The more I read the more I can see why psychology on your troops is a form of POWER over their individual thinking. I got off that patriotism bandwagon and question everything military now. I see why they don’t want us to educate ourself.

[@explosivetwist]

thumbs up X1000. best description of what we're living through. surprised YT hasn't pulled this one down yet.

[@rebeccacampbell585]

When I pondered what life was about at age 29, i said to myself it can't just be work a job and retire and then spend a little time with your family and die. Perhaps risk is what is missing.

[@jannawalters232]

We have a future Eternity. Our soul is eternal. So much more than this life.

[@reneemoore6249]

Age 29. That is right on time. My friend called it "Saturn return" when the life question is "is this all there is?" +/- 30 years. Mine started at 28. Now I'm 59. My second return. Similar life question. "I havent straightened it out yet, I had better do that now. Face up to my shortcomings, sort it out. Why am I still stuck in my own muck?"

[@AmyB1961]

Hope in Christ is what is missing. God created Man for an actual purpose.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

You waiting until age 29 to ponder that?!?

[@soooslaaal8204]

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 a vast majority of people don't even begin to ponder that at any point of their life, give the man some credit

[@sirknz]

Could there be a link between the cult of safety and the increase in people with mental health issues? The number of people who look to authority now to keep them safe is just crazy to me and shows that no matter how 'safe' society is, there needs to be a way for people to take responsibility for the situations that one may find themselves in.

[@patrickadams6762]

It's what happens when we quit being self reliant

[@mikefozzer6415]

More you have, more you worry about what you have . West is richer, so no wonder they creating surveillance states, look at the security in Monaco...

[@andrewblake2254]

Yes there is. if there is nothing real to worry about our mind will invent fears of all kinds of things. I used to suffer from depression. One of my treatments is cycling fast, fast enough for there to be a degree of danger on corners etc. I pay close attention to what I am doing riding and I rarely have irrational fears now. Humans, as are all animals, are designed to live with a certain amount of fear. I think that fear just needs an appropriate place to be properly exercised, just like one exercises a dog.

[@brickbilly7019]

That is one of the aspects of my current research project @sirknz. An avenue that I had to restrict myself on in the literature review so as to stay on point. If you fancy delving deeper into that curiosity, check out studies done on social media addiction and smartphone addiction. There are a few good documentaries available to get your thoughts flowing aswel. 'The century of the self' by Adam Curtis, while produced in 2002, is extremely relevant, and bloody fascinating besides that. It's all derived from reducing people's sense of cognitive self confidence (in a nut shell) 👍

[@patrickadams6762]

@Andrew Blake , well said. Fear is there for a reason. It's there to help us in fight or flight situations. To be fearful constantly grinds us down both physically and mentally.

[@Tomas-to9kz]

Years ago, a few years after 911, I asked my students if they had to choose between being safe and being free which would they choose. The vote, to my shock, was almost evenly split!!! Overwhelming!

[@gethelp6271]

I like it when people think they are free from fear because they are doing the normal thing with a big smile on their face.

[@jennh4714]

I remember in March of 2020 when everyone who could were staying home and finally people started going out for walks and crossing the street when there were oncoming people approaching, I knew something had psychologically changed deep down in people. The constant talk of we are all going to die if we catch this unknown virus that was thought to be animal born(?). The very wrong models of potential death that the governments of the world showed everyone. It started the fear psychosis and it sadly turned alot of humans against other humans.

[@davidarundel6187]

The media & Pharmaceutical company's , along with big tech , are equally to blame , for stroking the flames of fear and distrust . Fear is as nothing . Fear , is something of our imaginations , and therefore has NO Substance , other than that which we , in our ignorance feed . A No-thing , like fear , is to be noted and dismissed , unless one is in the situation of being a predators next meal , then action will be taken , which is appropriate to the event .

[@witcheater]

The "fear psychoses" training started very long before 2020.

[@gilgamesh.....]

I never gave a damn about it and carried on with my life like normal.

[@JB.3]

@Divine Retribution even earlier than that

[@joeltunnah]

Nothing changed. The people who acted that way, treating their neighbors like vermin, were already mentally ill, antisocial, and narcissistic long before March 2020. The scamdemic just let them stop hiding it. These are people who have severed all ties with their creator.

[@solas007]

Remain calm When there is chaos All around An anxious heart Will weigh you down All this is temporary When your mind is sound Don't give in To unhealthy fear Discern all That you see and hear All is not always The way it appears Know that you Have been given a mind To think for yourself You are the one looking Only you know What you need to find Be strong Show your courage Don't give in When you are discouraged Show no fear Even when you are afraid Never give up Even when you are dismayed All this will pass All this will fade The panic is real But only man made

[@stratovation1474]

Fear is both emotional and rational. A friend sailed alone around the world in a small wooden sloop before days of GPS.

[@stratovation1474]

Many adventures on foot in dangerous lands. Got sick many times from infectious diseases in the tropics. Got the meds in the nick of time. Boringly healthy lifestyle except for the adventurous life.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

Boy, talk about confronting one's fears

[@im-un-fragile]

@stratovation1474 Stars, the original GPS

[@davidjuby7392]

I always think of the book Dune and how the most feared and dangerous troops were taken from people who are living in the most horrible conditions. Developing the human spirit is like forging a sword, only when it is pounded , beaten, cooked in fire, and finally quenched in a process that will shatter an improperly prepared blade. To hide from all danger just leaves one weak and unable to cope.

[@MsMermaid11]

Fear is almost fashionable these days it's crazy even if you claim to have hope and share positivity in my opinion peace and love need to be reminded to people everywhere of how important they are🙏✌️❤️

[@AmyB1961]

Hope is the thing missing, for sure.

[@alexk48]

Unfortunately many people think peace is the absence of fear or even of the slightest risk/ possibility. Agoraphobia has become the norm. If not agoraphobic one is foolhardy or dangerous. What happened to the gospel virtues of joy and hope? Hope, that balancing act between presumption and despair, where have you gone? P.S. glad I went to confession this morning.

[@brucehitchcock3869]

The persons need to be reminded how important they are . ❤

[@Rextrent]

People often are unable/ unwilling to state the truth. Godlessness has been sweeping the most important country on the planet. The world follows suit. Christians have been a fearless, admirable lot, but with the weak mentality of Marxism( stinking fat/ nasty and foul pseudo-intellectual), Judeao-Christianity has been targeted and attacked by the ignorant who fight for that which they totally misunderstand. Family unit assassinated by Feminists, the most effective weapon in Satan's arssenal.

[@angrydragon4574]

@@alexk48 Fool, you miss the point. Fear of GOD is what's important and when the Master controls your mind as per 2 Corinthians 10:5 THEN you can have whatever hope your Master wants you to have.

[@Freedomquest08]

Living in fear is manifesting destiny of the very things one fears the most. The whole world is crashing all around us, fully caused by Technocrats making a huge production out of society's greatest fears and cashing in on it.

[@AmyB1961]

Yes!

[@alteredcatscyprus]

Exactly. How do we stop them short of force? Our resistance only encourages them to use force on us.

[@annewilliams5715]

Absolutely right

[@Danny-qt5vt]

Please elaborate! It's a very simplistic statement to make, please give some concrete examples or lay out your argument in a slightly more detailed fashion please

[@philcooper9225]

Close, narcissistic sociopaths. They don't need tech, only psych.

[@mvs9122]

Women by nature tend to seek safety and as women have become an ever increasing (to being the major) force in our public space, we have even greater emphasis on safety. Fear is also easy to sell and the media has been selling that with no consideration toward the societal or individual well being.

[@anon2427]

Good take Mansour

[@mvs9122]

Thank you. I find it amazing the level of anxiety that exists in the American psyche. I see people in Iran with so much greater problems with less resources and they are just cool

[@enurky297]

Or maybe americans in general are just cowards

[@AnthonyP73]

It does my heart so good that someone else has not only actually noticed this but is commenting on it. There seem to be so many people who are so blindly inured in their little everyday lives, that as soon as Mummy/Daddy Government says "be afraid", they immediately obey. Selling us all down the river as a result.

[@ranmad415]

You don't need to be brave to have courage. You just have to try. Thank you for posting another excellent video. Fear is the issue of our time. I think about this period in human history as the age of emotional manipulation. Fear prevents growth. The desperate need for certainty and safety not only turns one into a slave, but it also robs one of opportunities to build confidence and trust through trial and error, and "accidental" discoveries. Embodying courage and curiosity helps one to discover new worlds and the depths of oneself. It helps one to realize the miraculous power and freedom that one already possesses. If one is willing to leave the perception of safety.

[@BiggerBubba]

The most useful literary advice I’ve ever received , I honestly believe the vast majority of people could benefit from today. Often the thing to do in the face of hardship is to grab your damn towel and DON’T PANIC

[@cthuwulhu9275]

Wait, you do remember where your towel is? You must really have your shit together.

[@jeepstergal4043]

Hear, hear! You are a hoopy food who really knows where his towel is. Thanks for the reminder of sound wisdom.

[@user-dq2ym1nn9k]

Personally I've always found making a nice cup of tea and going to bed to relieve the pressure of even the worst events. Always see things in a different light the next morning

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@GrumpSkull]

There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Like a cornered wild animal, fearful people are dangerous.

[@oscargaitan7524]

“Because like limits, fear is just another word.”

[@theangrydweller1002]

Going through the pandemic was weird. You forget some people are so afraid of death

[@kidusyoseph1573]

People are so scared of dying they have stopped living.

[@flimsyjimnz]

-byproduct of rise of atheism -death is the end of existence. -Yet deep down there's a cognitive dissonance going on.

[@thevintagekitty]

Thank you for this. 100% how I feel. I work in a bank and all I see day in and day out FEAR FEAR FEAR! I have a co-worker from Australia who lives in fear 24/7 and is COMPLETELY INCAPABLE of making a decision on his own. He is used to living in a society where he is told what to do from the womb to death and is lost in a free society. His asks my manager what to do all the time because he is too afraid to make a decision on his own and use his OWN discretion. This whole pandemic has changed how I understand certain societies.

[@mandatorymyocarditis]

This is such a great channel. Liberty is essential, the government is not

[@stephen2975]

Fear is a spirit! We embrace it by sin, it comes as a package!

[@adamsromoski]

"Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil.For thou art with me.Thy rod and thy staff,they comfort me."

[@elenastone6011]

"No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear." ~ Edmund Burke "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to safety) by menacing it with and endless series of hobgoblins most of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Menchen "Fear is the foundation of all governments." ~ John Adams

[@elizabethsohler6516]

In re Adams: And yet the alternative to government is no government, which doesn't work especially well either

[@cluck_cluck]

You had me at hobgoblins! 😂 👍👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@redgrandprix4375]

Thank you for creating this video, I work for a large international company in the states, and have seen this culture of fear growing over the years. These days every meeting is started with a safety moment. And everybody is encouraged to share a safety moment. As such we strain to find new and more unusual risks to worry about each and every day. Some people seem to enjoy them, as if they are saving people from harm. But I find them insulting as they assume I have no sense. Also, I do not go to work for a sermon

[@Kellycreator]

I have lived fearfully in the past but I decided to stop. Since then I’ve had some amazing experiences that I’d otherwise have missed out on. ❤

[@AuroraBoarder1]

I, too, have lived most of my life in fear. I'm trying to overcome it. Once, at my snowboard camp, I had a coach who didn't believe in helping people. You weren't supposed to ease into situations; you just charged in and did things. His theory was that only scared people get hurt, and he gave the example of the drunk driver who crashes his car and walks away without a scratch. At camp, we get to hang out with snowboarding pros. I have a collection of their autographs (unfortunately, I never met Shaun White, but I do have Kevin Pearce's autograph.) I look up coaches on the web, and if I find a picture of one, I print it out and ask for an autograph. I found this coach's picture, and approached him while the campers were having dinner in a restaurant. He was at the bar, totally snockered. "I'm really flattered! No one has ever asked me for an autograph before. Wadaya want me to write?" I said something about conquering my fears. He wrote, "Here's to conquering your fears!!" and signed his name. After dinner, I got on the bus to return to camp. Guess who was sitting at the wheel? He gave me a look if ABSOLUTE TERROR!!!

[@maurices5954]

Despite what those in power want us to believe, the ability of mankind to overcome nature and adapt to his surroundings is at an all time high. Those in power will always resort to fearmongering in order to justify their own existence, without the consent of the masses the current political system becomes impotent and will cease to exist. The best we can do is live our life to the fullest, unlock and activate our hidden potentials while still being aware of the possible life-endangering risks that are part of the process called living. Living in constant fear is not living, it's merely existing.

[@DevonExplorer]

I see this fear mongering all the time, from KZbin videos where we are told that the countryside is extremely dangerous containing all the deadly poisonous plants out to get us, to the safety leaflets included with electrical items which are obviously written by someone terrified of electricity to the point where it sounds as if the item is so defective that it hasn't passed the standards test. As someone growing up in the countryside we children used to play by the river and swing over it on a tyre tied to rope or run across the weir, or in woods where there were dark and deep abandoned mill ponds with steep brick built sides making it almost impossible to get out if someone fell in. The thing is, no-one fell in the ponds and the worse thing that happened to me was to get a smack from my mum because I slipped on the weir and got my dress wet, lol. We all knew not to eat anything that wasn't a blackberry and being rural kiddies knew the names of plants and their properties anyway. But these days children have to wear hard hats and vis jackets just to do some gardening, and god forbid that they should ever do some real science at school with bunsen burners and chemical experiments. It's made people fearful of doing activities which should not only be of great pleasure but of a learning experience and personal growth too.

[@angrydragon4574]

There's a difference between being safety-minded and downright paranoid. I get the warnings about electricity as I don't know a damn thing about it, but hard hats during gardening? That seems over the top for kids - it's not like they're moving pallets of fertilizer or bricks or anything like that. But I'm jist curious, who had the bright idea of using hard hats for a garden?

[@DevonExplorer]

@@angrydragon4574 I've no idea how that came about but I remember seeing a photo of children in the local newspaper wearing the hats and vests and all they were doing was planting a rose bush in the school garden. I've seen other photos like that since for similar reasons but that one stuck in my mind because it was the first I'd seen. I couldn't believe it, lol.

[@angrydragon4574]

@@DevonExplorer Ah, if it was in a school garden that makes a little more sense, I presume they are doing that for liability reasons. How old were these kids?

[@DevonExplorer]

@@angrydragon4574 Yes, you could be right, that does make more sense. Can't recall exactly how old they were but I think around the ages of 7 to 9.

[@joshfritz5345]

The cult of safety will cripple our society. Fear is the tool of despots, and those living in fear will surrender our freedom to gain a false sense of security.

[@icu9688]

Fear comes from a lack of trust of those in control. If you don't trust those in control you'll live in fear, just the way those in control planed it...

[@paulhardy8245]

If they planned for your to be in fear, then why should you trust them? That makes absolutely no sense.

[@flomccanuck8095]

'Worst Case Thinking' & 'Safety & security theater' Both brilliant turns of phrase👌

[@tsrocks2029]

It’s been so hard to process the last 2 years. I feel like I threw those years of my life away in some ways. I barely left home and refused to see my family for so long. I got the vaccine because I thought things would change and this was the solution. I don’t know what to do anymore. I have no faith in this society. I don’t want a career or to participate in this madness. All I want is to buy land with a small home and focus on my husband and starting a family. This society is deteriorating day by day but I don’t think it was ever good. I only want to be involved with my local community and my loved ones.

[@rowdyrx6109]

My wife and I did the opposite. We lived are lives as much as we could during the pandemic. Yes we took certain precautions but we were out and about as often as we were able. We recently contacted the virus and had very mild symptoms. I’m astounded that a few individuals both young and old are still wearing masks indoors and outdoors. Fear has become a great way for government to control the masses. We are both Christians which has helped us tremendously during the past 3 years. P.S. my wife is an E.R. Nurse

[@jennsyk7520]

FEAR has two meanings. Forget everything and run, or face everything and rise. The choice is yours.

[@artorhen]

Well, you can totally do that if you want, there is nothing that is truly stopping you.

[@friendlyone2706]

Involvement with neighbors is the beginning of friendship. Having friends will help you be an awesome parent. Many communities have gardening clubs. If yours has one, join it.

[@CodeBleu724]

I did the exact opposite. I ignored mandates and lived as normal. I have a huge problem with people who assume authority over me. I live my life as I see fit and if anyone takes issue with it they can get bent.

[@martinried5450]

The opposite of fear is not courage but action.

[@artorhen]

That sounds like you want to skip the hard part because you can't actually believe in yourself and act with bravery.

[@elizabethsohler6516]

Action requires courage by definition. Consider Rosa Parks and MLK. Courage was a prerequisite for them to be able to lead the Civil Rights Movement. People saw their courage and followed them.

[@martinried5450]

@@artorhen Thank you for your comment. Deep thoughts indeed. I just like to skip unnessesary hard parts to have the energy left for the necessary hard parts. Like your name@Sleepy Mask . Indeed believing in oneself is far overrated in this egodriven narcissist society. And when it comes to bravery who defines what that is now?

[@cluck_cluck]

Disagree. One can act out of fear, courage, love, despair, anger, despondency or even just neutral bored-mindedness. The opposite of action is inaction.

[@martinried5450]

I hoped to start a discussion with my pointed and quite controversial statement. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Maybe the topic or this platform is heartily unsuitable for that. My question was what shapes a person the most: who he is, what he has or what and how he does something? Everything in the context of the fear that is currently an issue for many people.

[@joeyc1725]

I don't like people who tell me how to live. I hate people that get in my way. I'm sick of these control safety freaks

[@seanpaulmccarthy]

Nothing can stop you as an individual from being courageous, even if people around you aren’t, it’s a very empowering feeling and worth being aware of.

[@rogerbartlet5720]

This discussion is entirely necessary. Fear weakens and enslaves . Thank you for this message.

[@JH-ex6mb]

Spot on piece! Needs to be widely shared as so many need to snap out of their government induced anxiety fueled fear.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

And media-induced. Although at this point the mainstream media is just State propaganda.

[@elsagrace3893]

JH you are the one who is afraid of the government.

[@ShadyDogg]

Its Not about government

[@liquidsnakex]

@@ShadyDogg no it definitely is

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@drsprof6295]

At 6, I was milking cows by hand, naughty ones kick and 1-2 times a cow attacked me (they had horns). Drove tractor on the road at 12. Also motorbike. Went through all these child diseases (measles, chicken-pox, mumps). Hitchhiking at 15: there were actually some scary incidents, but I kept doing it, I felt strong. At 15, 2 weeks on pushbike holiday with a friend - no contact with family. Speaking in public was for me the most scary thing, but overcame it by continuing doing it. Not that I don't know fear: but you have to overcome it: fear is a bad counselor. Pampering children makes them scared at a later age. As parents you may be worried at times but don't show it. Give them freedom.

[@purplerose2124]

If we stay inside all day fearing what could happen we never see our potential. What we're capable of. This spirals us into depression and more fear. These are what is causing the epidemic of mental health, which is really just an epidemic of anxiety and depression.

[@brett4264]

This video should viewed everyone! I really liked the statement "the science says..." as the modern day equivalent of "God says...". People have a need to be afraid. I'll be damned if I know why!

[@inevski]

"fuelled by a pessimistic conception of what it means to be human that is deeply entrenched in society"

[@AmyB1961]

Afraid of death because they don't know where they're going when they die.

[@JackHaveman52]

We have a need for rational fear. To see our fear and understand why it exists, in context, is part of the mindset that helps to solve the issue that causes the fear. Irrational fear is the relative of panic. It lacks thought or adaptability and forces retreat and stagnation. It's important to have fear as a survival tactic but just as important to control that fear so we're not mired in paralysis.

[@alexk48]

Except that God also offered protection. " The Science" is authoritarian and unforgiving. " The Science" is not Father God. It is Comrade Stalin.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@emanuelbraga399]

"Deep down, all neuroses can be traced back from a lack of courage" Ernest Becker

[@Eric-tj3tg]

"Whereas we used to ask if one was neurotic, now we ask, in what ways are you neurotic" Neurosis- "Any substitute for legitimate suffering"

[@jannawalters232]

So true.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

According to Jung 50% are from potty training

[@andredelacerdasantos4439]

I am yet to meet a human that isn't neurotic.

[@quantumphantasm6354]

it's not lack of courage, it's presence of insurmountable obstacles. Courage is all fine and good, but it makes Zero difference when faced with immutable problems requiring impossible solutions.

[@heinzkoenig8831]

You 100% express what I came to conclude in the past 10 years.

[@ohyeahyeah-ck7vb]

This is just beautifully accurate

[@everyman1]

"Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all." Dan Millman

[@jeepstergal4043]

"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" -- Auntie Mame

[@MrSkypelessons]

'There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.' - Spinoza The Greeks thought hope was an evil. They put it in pandora's box with all the other evils.

[@melphillips1608]

While there may be no hope (and probably not helpful to do so); that doesn’t mean to have to give into despair. -paraphrase from Camus.

[@Psy0psAgent]

@@melphillips1608 chop wood, carry water.

[@melphillips1608]

@@Psy0psAgent No, I’ll push the boulder instead. LOL jk

[@melphillips1608]

@@Psy0psAgent A karate chop and a flask might suffice.

[@nickt513]

My understanding was that hope was the last thing to come out as a mercy from the evils preceding it. I haven’t read further commentary on it but I like that interpretation better personally.

[@dessiemarshall5292]

These videos are just so spot on, and so desperately needed. Thank you.

[@god9687]

You are loved and cherished. You have nothing to fear. There is nothing you can do wrong. If I had to boil this entire message down to one sentence, it would run this way: You are loved. And if I had to boil it down further, to just one word, it would (of course) be, simply: Love.

[@iga279]

love your hitler just like he loves you; GOD 2;

[@howdarylrolls]

I oddly learned a lot of this, through the experience of learning, and teaching others to longboard. The mind plays such a big role in riding, because you have to stay in the moment. You should be aware of what could go wrong, but only so you can visualize a way to negate the danger of need be. If you’re too scared to imagine yourself making that up coming corner, then you’re more likely to freeze up and crash! Of course first you have to get to know yourself, and your limits. That way you can accurately visualize what you are capable of doing on the road, before you actually do it.

[@Leo-mr1qz]

It is amazing how much we deter ourselves from trusting our own intuition. In my opinion, that has a lot to do with our upbringing. If mom let you climb to the very top of the play structure and jump off of it when you felt you were ready to, as you calculated the consequences of that action by yourself, you are more likely to trust yourself and take the needed risks, even if the outcome wasn't what you expected, more frequently in the life. The whole purpose of the choice was that you made it yourself and trusted your own intuition. Since the 90's, I believe, there has been this obsession over controlling our childrens' actions in the name of, "not getting hurt," inwhich this philosophy stunts our childrens' ability to take risks as they mature. Which has turned our society into complacent beings.

[@torchbearer3784]

When I accepted the fact that I will die someday the fear disapperead. All this nonsense going on in society means nothing. I am happy though. Just to experience this world is amazing 😀👍

[@ErnaSolbergXXX]

My fear is not for dying, but to live in a tyranical world.

[@philcooper9225]

Idiot: religion serves no purpose Smart person: we can't live without religion Religion helps us accept our death and avoid this fear trap

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@Igor-my6ml]

They destroyed my life with breaking my spirit and by putting fear into my mindset. But I'm trying to fix that, I'm every day more and more back to myself, I enjoy extreme sports and I'm going out from my comfort zone with other things as well. I will get my life back or I'm going to die but I will never live in crippling fear ever again.