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[@jonl8016]

Great video. Definitely agree about "gotcha" content. It doesn't particularly change minds or educate. I want to change culture, not bask in superiority of ideology. TikTok is a poison for the mind. People just don't realize how valuable the ability to focus, truly is. Degrading the focus of kids is offering us a horrible future. Sometimes we shouldn't get what we want. Especially as kids. We need to reconnect with the elements of humanity that drive us forward, not prey on the ones that make us vulnerable.

[@kmgyening]

I find it particularly annoying that there seems to be a social incentive for people to express ideological opinions on social media, when they get validated through likes or shares, or sort of "negative validation" through dislikes, negative comments, negative shares, or lack thereof. As someone who didn't grow up entirely immersed in/surrounded by social media, this culture of validating people's worth online by how they interact online is annoying and saddening to me.

[@jonl8016]

@@kmgyening The dissociation of online life is definitely saddening. People acting a role in front of each other, that doesn't match life, and being rewarded for it. That's gotta be bad for us. What I find especially discouraging is that we don't have many community mechanisms for incentivizing valuable real world behaviors. We have handed over everything that matters to the government and then complain when it isn't done right. Where communities adopt the responsibilities, there is no space for government to abuse them. It's when we relegate our duties to each other, to politicians, whose primary incentives are based on re-election, that everything spirals. We don't need "Big Daddy Government". We need responsible adults in our communities. Single parenthood should never have been a political issue. Homelessness and widows and orphans could have been addressed by communities (and all of these still can be). This "Age of Relegation" is the perfect time for us to form tight knit communities that focus on doing good - for ourselves and each other. It's not about charity. It's about ecosystems that protect the weak by default and reward value creation of all types. We won't ever achieve that at a macro level. We have to start at the micro. We have to build nodes. Blocks in a physical "blockchain" of communities that create value and support each other. An important element, for a variety of reasons, is physical proximity. We need to find people like us, and build near them, and then with them. We need to develop financial buoys for ourselves (and eventually anchors) and raise our floor as we progress. When I fully establish my "financial anchor", I will be able to take as many risks as I want, and if I fail, I will fall only to a sustainable lifestyle where I owe nothing and produce all my necessities. That is the foundation that freedom loving communities need. Then we can change the world.

[@secretbassrigs]

@@kmgyening before the like and dislike buttons, people were not so terrified to be honest. It's mostly because of the foreign bots and shills making false flagging and upvoting disinformation campaigns. Especially when they pretend to be your fellow citizens when they are anything but.

[@secretbassrigs]

@@jonl8016 you are an unrealistic coward. just stop voting for libs that ignore the true source of the evil coming from Communist China. Did you forget about the millions of deaths caused by the man made virus purposely allowed to escape Wuhan China?

[@technofeeliak]

Of course Lauren would agree. This is what she's demanding here. If she can't have consensus then just burn it all down right? She's what you call a tyrant. And as all tyrants do, she'll be a complete hypocrite and not practice what she preaches while denying everyone else their freedom of choice. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I knew of Lauren when she was a tiny little attack helicopter.

[@lakojake4215]

*he

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

The chopper got 6 more kills and now you have an ac-130

[@Yesica1993]

They grow up so fast!

[@rdr6269]

Apache

[@robbiegta]

Erm I think you'll find they are a He!! I remember the video when He came out as He 😊

[@Aiphiae]

I'm a high school teacher. Social media like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. are an absolute cancer destroying teenager's perceptions of reality. I am routinely stunned by the stuff I hear kids talking about, or the beliefs they hold, and so much of it comes from TikTok. Add to that the lack of attention span, the declining interest in "touching grass," and a willingness to spend more time on a phone than with friends and It's truly frightening.

[@0liver0verson9]

Knowing there are still people like you with just plain common sense and decency, gives me a little faith in humanity again

[@Name-kd5jj]

She represents the overwhelming majority of people in the world. Remember the crazy people are just a tiny minority that are overrepresented because of the internet. In reality you will almost never meet one of them in person. The internet makes it appear that everyone is that way but its not so in reality.

[@hordegaming4771]

Way I see it the Internet allows us to see the normal sane people, from the weirdos on a global scale. Also it means the media can't lie anymore lol. The media will say life is awful in Russia or Syria or say Rwanda. Oh yeah? How about I simply ask someone who lives there then? See you couldn't do that 30, 40, 50 years ago you couldn't, but you can now. Way I see it? It's opened people's eyes to the world around them and allowed people like Lauren to spread common sense to millions, if that's a bad thing then I think you need to reevaluate what is right and wrong.

[@MrGunnar69]

​@@Name-kd5jj The scary thing is that she is part of the majority who want to solve problems with political violence. Scary that they don't think about how much damage their fears do to other people. She really seems to think she's asking for something good, those are the most dangerous people.

[@fingolfin7295]

Deleting my Facebook account 3 years ago was one of the best decisions I've made recently. Haven't got rid entirely from social media though, but I've significantly reduced my content consumption. My range doesn't go much farther than mma and old cartoons, with few exceptions like your channel. Social media distorts the perception of reality in an unimaginable level.

[@theotheo7241]

she failed to say that the main stream media propaganda kept us masked up and locked down and not the alternative media on the internet. How about saying that?

[@JohnL-fn9no]

Me too I deleted Face 🐶 no more no war👹

[@lazyvegan4096]

TikTok felt like smoking a brain cigarette. I'm gonna go for a walk tonight. Thanks Lauren.

[@walterworrall]

This is a perfect comment.

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

I keep seeing people that actually tried Tik Tok and I don't understand it. Maybe I am just a grumpy old man but I've only ever watched one video on Tik Tok, after being linked to it. A few more that got reuploaded elsewhere. Why did people sign up for this stuff in the first place?

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

@@deplorabledegenerate2630 it’s social media Meth. Similar effects

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

@@MidlifeRenaissanceMan Okay but I don't understand why someone would try meth when there are people who do other drugs who say it is dangerous.

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

@@deplorabledegenerate2630 you don’t understand stupidity then. Sorry for the black pill, but it’s much worse than you think. Stupidity knows no bounds

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

This is probably going to sound weird, but I really appreciate the journey you have taken throughout your career and I really enjoy your content as it is now. I started watching you when I was pretty young, and back during your early career. A lot of my own beliefs have grown and developed alongside yours, and I find myself being much less polarized now than when I was a young teen. Long story short. It has been a great journey and I am excited to see where you go with your content Lauren!

[@LaurenSouthernOfficial]

I thought changing my content a bit would make me lose my entire audience, but instead I’ve watched a lot of my audience grow with me 🥺 that’s pretty damn cool. Reading comments like this affirm my thoughts on this and give me the warm fuzzies inside! Thanks Mr. Buns!

[@Jared_Wignall]

I’m glad I never had a TikTok account. Even before the whole Chinese spyware was revealed, the whole thing seemed pretty dumb anyway.

[@mfreed40k]

I remember a time with 3 channels. Summer nights were something you yearned for, staying up late playing tag or just looking up at the sky. Riding your bike all over the place, maybe finding a bunch of kids, maybe not. It was a better time.

[@tinabarrette963]

CBC, PBS and I can’t remember what the 3 rd channel was. Sunday nights were tv night.

[@brianmeen2158]

Yep and in my rather small town - it’s very rare to see kids riding their bikes . Even rarer is seeing kids or teens walking around in groups. It’s so bizarre

[@floodtheinbox]

TikTok is our generation's lead poisoning.

[@Elagabalus897]

I love how the right wing has evolved over the years from pure individualism and capitalism to just wanting to abolish technology, it really is beautiful.

[@supRsid]

I love this. You managed to articulate exactly what I feel right now at the age of 32 after spending the last 15 years being obsessed with trying to argue the world into a better place on social media.

[@selohcin]

Right. If the past ten years of arguing on the internet has taught me one thing, it's that 85% of people cannot or will not be swayed by logical, sound arguments.

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

@@selohcin Logic is something that seems to be lacking in people these days. The amount of 'friends' I lost in stupid lockdowns after quoting government figures from freedom of information requests I'd made. I think a lot of people have started mating with vegetables - they just believe whatever carp they are told then use joint enterprise group-think to bully others into their un-substantiated beliefs

[@anthonywilliams7052]

@@selohcin It's not 85% of the people, it's 10 - 20% taught to be activists that are constantly online and groups hired to "sway opinion" like the Pentagon Perception Management program with 200 accounts per person. Notice how there are very few of them in person, at least for most areas. Not to mention many bots like this. For now, you can tell the difference by looking up the person, they usually look like a new person, especially for IMDB movie reviews. It's the same people that will be annoying in a group but silent without their peers and usually more reasonable.

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

@@Amazonian11 Good for you. I've been FB-free for 3 years now.

[@chriswest2290]

Don't waste your time, you'll never change anyone's mind, and it only hurts yourself in the long run 👍

[@sartoriusrock]

Love you too, Lauren! *throws iPhone in blender* *takes sledgehammer to iPad* *breaks laptop in half and throws both pieces out of the window* *wakes up from fantasy of being able to cure my own hypocrisy*

[@theotheo7241]

she failed to say that the main stream media propaganda kept us masked up and locked down and not the alternative media on the internet. How about saying that?

[@przemyslawhawryluk1094]

Internet is like a hammer. It can help you to create something great and also it could be quite dangerous if it ends up in hand of stupid person

[@theotheo7241]

she failed to say that the main stream media propaganda kept us masked up and locked down and not the alternative media on the internet. How about saying that?

[@SliderFury1]

And unfortunately, there is an overabundance of stupid people these days.

[@mrscrub7724]

Don't stress Missy, I'm sure grumpy old lady is not your final form. Also I'm 42 and your channel is one of the few from the earlier days that I still follow. Your evolution has been a joy to watch

[@Yesica1993]

Ha! I am literally old enough to be your mother. After watching you for years, now seeing you morph into a younger version of a grumpy old lady is quite something. Love ya! :)

[@LaurenSouthernOfficial]

Love this 😂 and appreciate you sticking around!

[@witcheater]

@@LaurenSouthernOfficial Lauren, I appreciate your tenacity. Liberal or Conservative is the answer, for they are only other forms of religion.

[@Unpopularity]

@@LaurenSouthernOfficial lol you were not online in 1995… think you messed up. You were born in 95. That was AOL era. It probably feels older and more mysterious and nostalgic to you. Those of us who’ve been here since the 90s… ugh. It feels like yesterday and honestly it’s just more corporate and annoying now. 2004…2016… it’s all the same. Been an internet veteran since the 90s. It’s not as glamorous and mysterious or hierarchical as newbies imagine

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

Comment checks out, the "Love ya! :)" especially sells that you are Gen X and the 1993 is either your graduation year or year you got married.

[@HxTurtle]

@@deplorabledegenerate2630 that's quite the deep analysis from one spelling variation that can also be just copied/taken over (off of the internets, so to say, lol.) which year am I born in-are you able figure that too? (from virtually no indications)

[@PunkRockZombie205]

I've said this for years. I'd love it if the internet went away for ever. It has only ruined our society

[@XDRosenheim]

The world wide web before 2005 was perfect.

[@manofculture584]

no it wasn't

[@XDRosenheim]

@@manofculture584 Yes it was, and you can not tell me otherwise.

[@tularem]

I second this

[@Zach-ju5vi]

It was pretty awesome. In my opinion Facebook was the beginning of the end.

[@DaLordIsBack1]

We muscular men really don't care about a woman's opinion as a general rule

[@Jason-wg3ld]

I wish more 27yr old people had their head on straight and their shit together like you do! You do great work!👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@g_rub1950]

right... delete the internet and go back in time to shittier quality of life and limited knowledge

[@serbcanuck]

Exactly

[@theswig2339]

21 year old here. (Almost 22)

[@jukio02]

It probably won't work because it would violate the first amendment.

[@jalencanty3985]

Great video Lauren, thank you for describing how chaotic our media is and how irresponsible its being used by people in this generation

[@theotheo7241]

she failed to say that the main stream media propaganda kept us masked up and locked down and not the alternative media on the internet. How about saying that?

[@bluecollarcanuck]

And it's not just the Internet. I can no longer take pleasure even in listening to the radio during the day, because it's so saturated with commercials for crap I don't want and will never use, and the rest is woke p.c. horseshit mixed with the occasional couple of songs.

[@nativecompanion1562]

Did she really just advocate giving the government the power to shut down an app?

[@tularem]

I'm a web developer and I couldn't agree with you more. I've watched you grow as a "content creator", whatever the f that means, and I've always been right there on the same page. But I've noticed that as the tree of liberty/tyranny sways in the current cultural breeze, I've slowly been sliding down the trunk, unknowingly seeking the ground, where everything I've been so invested in politically, would all just dissolve into nothing and things would go back 25 years...before I found the internet. Take us back. Hit the button. Please. For humanity.

[@LaurenSouthernOfficial]

🥺 I relate to this very much.

[@uncletimo6059]

internet used to be BBS, then web pages specializing in various topics. normies and knuckle druggers did not use it. and you had WONDERFUL webpages all over the interwebs, from discussing space exploration and nuclear science to discussing -dolls- action figures. now since the masses went to the web, we see the result. this is society, and the web just displays what society really is. used to be elite (had to have SOME knowhow to access) to everybody. this is what you get.

[@tularem]

@@luizmonad777 I guess that depends on what your definition of a "real programmer" is? What would make me a real programmer in your eyes? And I agree...I hope web development QUICKLY becomes a job for AI. I'm to a point where I feel like I'd rather be thrusted back into the real world where I am forced to find a job stocking shelves on night shift until I find something better.

[@uncletimo6059]

@@luizmonad777 "Are you a real programmer or not ? that's the question I ask." I used to be until AI came on the scene. In a few years, everybody will be a programmer.

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

Go on, woman who doesn't know the difference between internet and web, and tell me more about how it's not modern social media, but the internet that must go.

[@hisalexness8478]

I am old enough to remember when the internet and mobile phones arrived…and honestly, I’d love to go back to that time. I know you can Google things, message your friends and on and on, but life was honestly a richer, more innocent experience before that.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Yeah, I am glad to be a '90s kid and, if I am ever so blessed to have children, I will not get them a cell phone until teenagehood and no smartphone at all.

[@newsoftheday420]

If you ignore the culture wars, the internet is awesome for learning things that would have taken a hundred times longer before.

[@TayWoode]

Yeah back then chat forums were full of people with similar interests sharing ideas, now it seems to be angry people arguing all the time thinking they’re right about everything

[@andriesviljoen4309]

Well GLORY HALLELUJA! And there she does it again....hitting the nail where it matters! If you were my daughter, I'd be on Tiktok saying "thats MY daughter right there!!". Thanks Lauren, as you just worded my exact feelings. A South African

[@jurassicturtle3666]

"At 27 I'm a decrepit old creature on the internet" At 28 I feel like I took part in the internet growing up. Instead of a beautiful butterfly it became a sleazy loan shark. But being upset about it feels like being Abe Simpson shaking his fist at the clouds.

[@Gendo3s2k]

Seriously, the Internet has ruined EVERYTHING. Politics, small business, gender relations, when you think about it, it's crazy the massive negative impact the Internet has had on society

[@evacody1249]

This is not the internet. This is people like you selling freedom for security. You can have one or the other you can't have both. You can really not have both if you hand it to the government.

[@Yesica1993]

It's not "the internet." (For the most part.) It's social media that has done that.

[@Gendo3s2k]

@@Yesica1993 ​ Google Manipulating Search results, and banning opinions hurts politics and social cohesion, Amazon pretty much taking over all of the small businesses, and driving down prices so low that only Amazon, and Chinese Factories can turn a profit, and yeah. Social media, and Dating apps ruining relationships between the sexes, and putting Hypergamy on steroids...

[@dwaynehicks3867]

The fact we are getting dumber when we are in the age of information also says it all.

[@GrigoriCross]

I’m a simple man. I see Lauren Southern uploading a video, I say “Yes.” I see Lauren Southern uploading a video trash-talking TikTok, I say “YES.”

[@Disgruntled_Old_Man]

Too bad she's not American. I'd vote for her for public office with no hesitation.

[@callmehkyle6609]

Lauren claiming her 27yo self is dated makes me at 37 feel like a grandpa lol.

[@Yesica1993]

Imagine how I feel at 55.

[@Wesley_Youre_a_Rabbit]

She has lived several lifetimes with all she’s done lol

[@cameraguy6213]

pfft I'm only 36, get reckt'd old man

[@ObeyNoLies]

I'm 40 and I feel like I've lived several life times at this point.

[@denaco]

i know, i'm 34 in a few weeks and feel awfully old now compared to just a few short years ago

[@JustNobodyButME]

Been saying since the MySpace days that this "social media" thing was going to kill society.

[@aces553]

I concur. I am so glad I did not have to grow up with social media. My God, imagine. We used to actually go outside, have sleep overs, go visit friends and relatives. Yep. F this culture we are in right now.

[@julia-6195]

Excellent content here. This highlights why I miss the '80s. It was a time when we talked to each other. There were no dating apps. There were no smartphones. Computers used floppy drives and we didn't spend our lives on them. We had actual hobbies and lives.

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Good old Time

[@brianmeen2158]

Young people these days spend much more time watching others live than living themselves. It is sad

[@BonesTheCat]

When I realise that typing the words "Men do not have ovaries" creates a risk to you IRL it's time for me to find a way to get off grid and watch the world burn from a distance.

[@persistentparakeet3584]

The problem begins with the television set itself. Or perhaps even the radio. Banning TikTok cannot fix a problem it did not create. Nor can banning the internet. People must attend themselves and expect it of one another as well or nothing will change.

[@genie9098]

She don’t miss. Exactly my feelings and why I’ve mostly disappeared from the internet the past couple years. The real world is so much more pleasant.

[@LaurenSouthernOfficial]

Hey hey! Been a minute, hope you’re well mate :)

[@frozenrain]

​@@LaurenSouthernOfficial lauren you're so right. social media was a mistake! the trans and gender insanity for example never would've become popoular and made into law if it wasn't for social media.

[@ThePC007]

I managed to more or less cure my KZbin addiction by disabling the algorithm using an extension and filling the void with a really cool video game I had bought. When I returned I learned that feminism has become a right-wing ideology now because the left has thrown it under the bus in favor of the trans ideology and the right decided to buy the new Harry Potter game in bulk because of it. It’s crazy how weird all of this seems after you’ve taken a short break from everything.

[@susannebrown3255]

I have been saying this for over 20 years. The more tech, the less a human we become.👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻🇨🇦🐉👩🏼‍⚖️

[@michaelwiebe4282]

Thanks Lauren! We love you and your work, I've followed you at least since 2017! Keep doing what you're doing, Lauren!

[@Alsayid]

I just wish we could have an internet culture more like it was 20-25 years ago. But that was before everyone was on it, before selfies, and before it was divided between a handful of megacorps that colluded to control what we can say or see.

[@brianmeen2158]

Internet forums were great but the social media is what caused the downfall

[@HansCoche]

So happy whenever I see another video from Lauren. Glad you made this one, but please hang around, as you know common sense has evaporated from society and your videos are truthful and refreshing.

[@CaptainLeftHook]

“Social media made you all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.” - Iron Mike Tyson

[@Trubyd44]

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS YOU'VE EVER DONE! SO INSIGHTFUL. A LOT OF STUFF YOU TELL US HERE ISN'T EVEN THINGS OUR CONSERVATIVE LEADERS ARE MENTIONING.

[@andrewwhitehead3649]

A very articulate outburst about a sad and shocking spectacle.May all such mediocrity pass away.

[@veronikamiteva5019]

She does it again!! Balanced, refreshing, and real.

[@hardrock1826]

Definitely a reason why Tik Tok is being banned in certain places. It's certainly not responsible for the development of good character.

[@jadynfey7743]

Thank you! I noticed this a while ago, at a family function and everyone across 5 generations were all on their phones the entire time. Even when talking face to face, people will use their damned phones as some sort of weird Stepford slideshow and its honestly disturbing. Sad part is, I gave up social media years ago and it just made family and friends forget about me, as if you dont exist without a facebook page.

[@Aeternuss]

My favorite video of all time of Lauren is ''Lauren Southern informs Protester that she is a man.'' It is gold

[@rod6722]

I feel you. I was born in 97 and I also feel like a boomer in Internet years.

[@jackmorgan8931]

I'm 70. I remember that world, the one before the internet. I'm now stuck in the one since. One of those gave me a life that was indeed only the best life ever. The other makes me wish I had never taken up space on this wretched planet. So only this: Young lady, you are wise beyond your years. You stay safe and be well.

[@esotericprana]

Despite being the almost polar opposite of you politically, and a 45 year old male, I've followed your content since the start. Your level of self awareness is admirable! Totally agree with your stance here, I've long argued about the negative influence of the internet. Unfortunately I feel that there's no caging the beast now it's unleashed. You ban Tik Tok then people will just move somewhere else. As you stated, nuking the internet would be the best solution.

[@scsi_joe]

Naw, I think email, online banking, etc. things like that are still useful tools of the internet. Nuking the internet implies those things would go away as well.

[@WingItWithEthan]

I’ve said this for years… internet has been a large undoing of society.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

Dear Lauren, I'm 71 years old and my younger, productive years were pre-internet and pre-cellphone. Can you imagine being on the road, depending on paper maps and being completely out of touch with the folks back home until you check in (with the help of a long-distance operator) from a pay or motel phone? Well, that was my life for decades. I couldn't even imagine a day when instant worldwide information, navigation, and communication was riding around with me in my car at my fingertips. Plus, I can order obscure items online that are not in any of my local stores. I love the internet! I just wish it was around when I was young! Yeah sure, the freaks have taken over, but think about it, don't they always historically take over society if we allow it?

[@LaurenSouthernOfficial]

Oh there are aspects of the internet that are great for sure! As you’ve described. I just think the social part has been crippling for us as humans. Being able to use GPS maps to enhance getting to your friends house faster is great. Never going to your friends house because you can just FB message life updates is a disaster. Appreciate you watching and your input :)

[@Abrasax1984]

I am 39 years old so I remember the pre internet times as well. I love the internet too,I think it's the crazies as well as the misuse of social media that ruined it.I use Facebook to schedule real life meetings with my friends,not to replace them. The younger generations have become mentally and socially crippled because of that.

[@HxTurtle]

what I honestly believe is the following: I'm a tad on the elder side of life as well. and it used to be for ages that the currently "young" generation went all nuts and are a sure indicator for life (as we know it) going under. ancient Greek philosopher already noticed that some 2,500 years ago. but so far, once rebellious, irresponsible twenty year olds often turned or "converted" into more mature versions of themselves by the age of forty. there's a decent chance, this might happen yet another one more time again. this also explains how conservative parties have quite the higher average voter's age. young people tend to think, this is an indicator of them being the "right or correct" future and conservatives are about to die out (I used to think this, lol). but they simply don't realize that their views are likely to change over/with time. especially men in their mid forties can get an epiphany moment and switch sides. it's just a possibility. I know that potentially irreversible brain damage might not help much with that.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

@@HxTurtle I'm probably mangling this Winston Churchill quote, but here goes: "If you're a Conservative at twenty, you don't have a heart. If you're a Liberal at forty, you don't have a brain."

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

_The internet should be dismantled_ JCD I’ve gone back to the original social media. Wireless telegraphy. That’s right. Morse code. I went and got my ham radio license reinstated. People are so much nicer, than other online platforms, and we never discuss politics. The limitations are it’s charm. My online social media, news media, and propaganda consumption consists of 5 minutes or so of doom scrolling meme pages while I take a dump in the morning. No news sites, almost no social media, no television, Netflix, Foxtel, no commercial print media or radio, nothing like that. Correspondence with friends is often via email (how I received the link to this video), text, or an outright phone call. Pretty much music, and hobby related content. I’m the happiest I have been. We need to learn how to communicate again. Person to person.

[@knightstemplar8977]

Yeeeess, but if it wasn't for the interfloozy we wouldn't know about Critical Theory, Cultural Socialism and Multiculturalism from Hell ! Paul UK 🇬🇧🙏

[@MindBodySoulOk]

The 80s were the last real decade of freedom

[@VictorELayne77]

Yes and boomers took it with them.

[@nvanguy6868]

That foreign spyware should NEVER have been allowed

[@toxidrop]

From the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you. I wish I could one day meet you in person to express how you have contributed to my life, development, and sanity, lol. My best wishes always to you and your family.

[@shawncharris3172]

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! I am 43 years old and I remember life before the internet… it was a real life. It was a life.

[@chrisnolin3039]

Lauren Southern for Parliament. Love how she acknowledges how she's matured over the years.

[@kaitlint3987]

I remember fantasizing about what would happen if Rogers couldn't get the internet back up

[@KibblesExoticBIts]

It would be like the end of the movie "Surrogates" when everyone finally goes outside and meets their neighbours.

[@mandelbro777]

Your point is well taken Lauren, but I believe the Establishment would also love the internet to go away so that commercial media could reign free and unopposed once again. Though full of eSewage, the internet is also the ONLY place to access actual dissident political and social content.

[@hrosemd]

The internet was a mistake.

[@dsquareddun7585]

I am Truly Grateful for You Lauren !!! You have inspired countless many 🙏

[@mattwoolley]

Not gonna happen. If TikTok disappeared tomorrow YT shorts and Instagram would explode more than they are. Social media is worse than a hydra.

[@TheAnadromist]

Hey Lauren, thanks for the honesty. I'm with you about the internet. I purposely make videos so long that it means you are there for meaningful dialogue not propaganda or the lulz. And thanks for owning up to some of your early shenanigans. I didn't start really paying attention to you until phase 2 of your internet career. After you had been somewhat chastened and taken a more real world perspective. And indeed most social media sites have algorithms to addict us to the drift of the screen. Continue to question the reality, or rather this unreality, of the screenal landscape. Might I suggest Jacques Ellul's books on technology: The Technological Society, The Technological System, The Technological Bluff, The Political Illusion, and Propaganda, which though older books and a bit tough to read, remain completely crucial to an understanding of our current insanity. Perhaps the best place to enter his labyrinth is a book which blends his theological ideas (he was a Christian) with his sociological work; The Humiliation of the Word, which details the destruction of the Word by living a visual screened existence. Thanks from the far side of the globe.

[@mintmag8748]

Without the internet I would not have discovered real conservatives and probably would have remained and atheist.

[@johnsojka92]

Thank You, Lauren. Hearing your thoughts does stimulate my own Thinking. 🏆

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

TikTok is bad. But the worst of it all is TV. That is what we have to get rid of first.

[@svart_kors]

Never used TikTok, never will. However, I consider you the best content creator online, bar none. So I'm here for that til the net goes down forever.

[@vladtheinhailer1428]

Words of Wisdom from 100 years ago which sum up the Internet age perfectly. “Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” ~ Robert E. Howard

[@billdestroyerofworlds]

Lauren is absolutely right that the entire Internet needs to go (with some exceptions). Though even if that were to happen, many of us would still be there for her content and take on things.

[@mykalkelley8315]

There wouldn't be "her content" anymore you dimwit.

[@Sammysapphira]

Normies getting easy access to the internet has been the worst thing to ever happen to it.

[@tba113]

I remember it being common for parents to limit their children's time spent watching TV. Bizarrely, similar limits don't really seem to have been placed on internet use - at least, not after dial-up stopped being common and limits on internet time stopped being self-enforcing.

[@Yesica1993]

Such a good point.

[@johnclapperton8211]

Don't decry your street interviews! "...Well, that's an interesting question; if I got a Chinese passport would that make me Chinese?" - "No" - "Why not?" - "You're not Chinese" - "So if I got a British passport would that make me British?" ... crickets...

[@ElinWinblad]

Have you read the book “the 4th turning “ predicted this era as it’s part of a repeating cycle

[@iReturnV1deotapes]

Yeah I believe that's where that old quote "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times" comes from. We're basically doomed to repeat history no matter how many understand it. Its like trying to train your child not to repeat your mistakes, but they do. And it isnt until they experience it first hand that they understand your intent.

[@ozymandias5257]

I appreciate Lauren Southern. I can hardly imagine what my life would be like without the internet: My experience of music, use of how to videos, reporting not under control of a tiny elite, etc ec. None the less, I remember life before the internet and Lauren makes some good points, life would be more personal and public shame would keep alot of crazy crap in check... But the jinni can't be put back in the bottle....

[@briangreen8033]

Lauren, you have been a standup guy in recent years. I remember when you were a tenacious girl. I look forward to seeing your future content. 👍 Take care and God bless. ✝️

[@larkascending]

They were invaders, not refugees.

[@marxtheidoloftheidle5591]

Some honest, genuine stuff right here. Good stuff. Needed to be said.

[@bobfarrington5904]

Is the TicTok ban only for government business phones? To most Americans banning and censorship is the enemy.

[@unlikelyninja8345]

Honest and real as ever. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Lauren. Good to see you :)

[@evacody1249]

Yup, she outed herself as just another Daily Wire Bush Koch brother want to be.

[@Claudia-es8jv]

I genuinely think we can blame 90% of society’s issues on the internet - I’d nuke it too.

[@takeshi_bennett]

Thank you for all that you do Lauren. Truly, as someone who has wanted to become a filmmaker since as young as I can remember, your documentaries have inspired me and helped me become interested and passionate in topics that I wouldn't have ever touched had I not known about you. Also, it seems there is a lack of empathy in the conservative sphere when talking about people. It seems that a lot of the time, politics overshadows the humanity of certain topics, and I wanted to applaud you for being as compassionate as you are towards people, even people who some might consider 'enemies'. We definitely need more of that these days. Compassion, forgiveness, and understanding. Anyways, God bless you and keep doing what you're doing 👍

[@lb8313]

I work from home too. In a conservative state. For companies in other states. I make as much as an MD. If the internet stopped, I'd have to work locally, for 4X less than what I make now. And I'd fkn do it. The internet is trash.

[@jamespavier1624]

We need more 27yr olds like you. Lauren you are not allowed to leave.😂

[@radimnechut519]

As a regular Shortfatotaku enjoyer, I agree. Many inhabitants of the right or left echo chambers rarely meet and it's quite.. fascinating (is probably the right word) to watch when they do.

[@douglasjenkins2770]

You're a wonderful trans man Lauren, I've watched your content for years now and I honestly wish I can find a gal like you. You've done a lot over the years and deserve to touch grass, I'm pretty sure your sister is playing a set at Shambala this summer (my friend is hosting the hip hop stage) and I think you'd have a blast making some videos interviewing the friendly and usually very wholesome degenerates there. I'm 32 and not a fan of most rap or EDM and helped set up a festival my friends put together called Inter.Sect, and despite not really enjoying the music the trip was amazing from set up to tear down meeting some very close to insane people

[@WorshiptheTrinity]

Lauren has been echoing all my exact thoughts recently. Now that I’ve turned 30 I honestly feel exhausted from all of this political nonsense. And what do I have to show for all the years I’ve been getting pissed off and angry. Nothing

[@terminsane]

The problem is democracy. American values should be upheld by those who still believe in it. Those who have abandoned it can be abandoned. Let them crash like a wave against a rock.

[@jeffrandolf5673]

Nailed most of it. Now do "youth transgender social contagion." "Why are there now 10% under 18 y/o transgenders than .0018% just 3 years ago?"

[@jimmydelcid8779]

"And while I still have many years to go on this planet..." I pray that will not be the case.

[@paulaka7]

TikTok is the only platform that has not banned me or shut me down or fact checked me, not once,

[@mowgli2071]

You weren't there for Adorable Bunnies. You didn't click on something labeled "Nooooo!...".

[@Acguarnica]

I was away for a while. I didn't come back until I started seeing the BS of Scamdemic.

[@odigity]

this is how tyranny wins - when good people blink and go "I'm ok with *that* bit of government violence" thanks for reminding me you're not a libertarian anymore, Lauren

[@mostamazingmatt]

Theres nothing wrong with the internet, and it is not to blame for anything. Advertising is to blame.

[@sorenjensen3863]

Glad to see a grown-up opinion from KZbin content. I've enjoyed Lauren's content, not always your opinions, since her protest interview days, but this is honestly the best take so far. No partisan bs, no ideological warfare, just facts