How "Meaningless Words" Create the Narrative | Jeff Deist

[@ironmanjakarta8601]

"If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it." - Mark Twain

[@bluespiral4678]

Yea, it would be illegal.

[@darladrury76]

@mgtow is monk do you honestly not see Trump has been more left than Obama. Omg. Get a clue.

[@darladrury76]

@mgtow is monk 86 percent of Hispanics are on welfare generations never getting off free everything. Get the hordes who hate you to not vote for your children money. They have no shame.

[@Minder777]

I thought Emma Goldman said it.

[@tdreamgmail]

Anything that works is illegal, eg. Steroids. Anything that doesn't work is legal, penile enlargement, homeopathy, etc

[@soapbxprod]

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair

[@trollop_7]

Excellent.

[@immaculatesquid]

replace salary with social acceptance and you have blm

[@patricklachance6880]

Jeff Deist is so easy on the ears. Time flies listening to him speak and one can learn a great deal of valuable information from his speeches. Truly a master of the language and an excellent asset for our just cause.

[@Minder777]

I seriously love Jeff. He is such a brilliant speaker and knowledge provider.

[@MrTimbo6102]

His broad knowledge and perspective make all his speeches and articles terrific learning material.

[@micheleseven]

"The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms". ~ Socrates VERSUS "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is." ~ Slick Willy

[@thebloke5162]

Another meaningless phrase is "everyone got to pay their fair share of taxes" of course they never define what they mean by fair share.

[@bucsfan2565]

I define it as 0% of income

[@immaculatesquid]

@@bucsfan2565 i agree

[@drewcohen8237]

@@bucsfan2565 that sounds fair to me - and let's make it "equal" - 0% for everyone!

[@johnwilhelm3787]

Jeff Deist, you are totally awesome!

[@mattstiglic]

Century of the Self is quite the exhaustive documentary on Bernays among other things.

[@neeltheother2342]

10:25 I think what Jeff meant to say was the Statue of Lady Justice, not the Statue of Liberty. Lady Justice has the blindfolds.

[@darladrury76]

Brilliant. When you have no normal feelings of compassion you enjoy power and causing pain.

[@anng.4542]

There was a deeply partisan press in the early days of our Republic. This talk brings up the question: how did the Founders expect the voters to wade through the lying and propaganda leading up to campaigns?

[@soapbxprod]

IMHO, they didn't? Which is why they tried to create an extremely limited Federal government... at least most of them gave it their best effort... well maybe not Hamilton and Adams?

[@Galgus2000]

soapbxprod The Anti-Federalists were the true champions of limited government and Federalism: the Federalists wanted the Constitution to create a more centralized government, though it has grown beyond what most of them would have dreamed of.

[@erichill8674]

At the time the only people who voted were "approved". States were allowed to impose literacy tests, poll taxes etc., Effectively blocking a large portion of the electorate. Even though a lot of those barriers are gone today, it was never in the scope of the Constitution. Free speech has pretty much carried us by the persuasiveness of arguments. Mass media has changed this, because it is essentially now "free" to send broadcast messages and any idiot can do it. So the truth is essentially drowned out in speech, or made so simple as to lose its subtlety.

[@Pdrum2]

Compared to now, everything was bottom up, there was no organized top down propaganda campaign..

[@odigity]

There's a shorter term for "engineering consent": seduction

[@thegeneralstrike6747]

Desire. Desire cannot be satisfied. Seduction only accounts for the getting. If I am seduced at some point the glow may wear off. Desire creates a seemingly self induced need that cannot be satisfied. Perhaps seduction brings you in but, it is desire that perpetuates a false need that can never be satisfied.

[@konberner170]

Excellent!

[@goldismoney5899]

bitchute.com - alternative to censoring KZbin.

[@wetdroidedition2549]

10:26 Of course he means Themis not the Statue of Liberty.

[@trollop_7]

Three digits and a pulse. You're in.

[@tomclark1213]

Entertaining speech but the Statue of Liberty isn't blindfolded, that's Lady Justice.

[@billmelater6470]

Spot on.

[@thegeneralstrike6747]

When did "Engineered Consent" replace "Manufactured Consent"?

[@mrmtn37]

@CrazedCommando Idk it sounds like something even slightly intelligent may have occurred "Engineered"? " Manufactured" seems much more like actual work? Neither of which define a godamned thing those corrupt Thieves and Murderers would ever do. Shitting the Consent Bed or Diaper Discovered Consent? Seem far more to the point considering they are a direct reflection of the population. Thanks for your excellent insight, very astute.

[@soapbxprod]

"Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet"... Albert Lasker... great biography about Lasker by John Gunther titled "Taken at the Flood"

[@fredneecher1746]

The very name, "Lucky Strike" suggests something for nothing.

[@flavius3896]

Will Durant, "He who knows the meaning of all words knows all of history."

[@rockstarofredondo]

Wow, unbelievable that women of that time would buy into the cringe “torches of freedom” salespitch... I just love listening to Jeff Deist speak.

[@LawrenceTimme]

Inequality is good

[@crucibull]

Great event

[@stilo2703]

15:25 Good few points to bring up in a climate change debate

[@DavidM-tg1oy]

How can libertarians do these techniques, or others like them, to "manufacture consent" for liberty, the NAP, and even "anarcho-capitalism"? Can these techniques be employed to advance a private-property, sound money, and peaceful economy and society, as opposed to the war, destruction, and poverty which are inevitable with statism, including "democracy"? Food for thought!

[@bluespiral4678]

Personally, I don't even think humanity has evolved enough mentally, emotionally and spiritually to live in an actual free society backed by libertarian thought. Ancap-istan is a bit ways away to say the very least.

[@dekzzx]

Propaganda is lies, if lying is the only way to achieve the goal im not interested. We need truth not more lies.

[@skunk12]

No, Boromir. You cant use THE ONE RING as a tool to destroy Sauron for it will corrupt and consume you. The only way to defeat it is to destroy these techniques with the fires of Mt. Truth.

[@DavidM-tg1oy]

@@bluespiral4678 Perhaps, but please apply the same standards to both (opposite) systems of social organization. Humanity is clearly not evolved enough mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to live in societies run by monopolistic institutions maintaining their power and privilege through force and fraud either. Every human community (for at least six thousand years) around the world with such institutions ("governments") has always been bitterly impoverished, brutalized, and terrorized, with the extent of such savagery often directly related to, and a function of, the intrusions of the dominant government itself. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

[@Pdrum2]

Interesting thought, but it's preferable to teach them in an education institution, the way that people are now taught to worship the state.

[@Lord_Volkner]

I always find it interesting that everyone calls World War I and World War II, War war I and War War II.

[@morthim]

"never heard of Bernays" wow

[@literatious308]

It's been a while since I've heard anyone reference Nathaniel Branden. Big in 70-80s? Ayn Rand acolyte.

[@joshclayg]

Centralised information To Decentralised information ( hampered by fake news, sheer volume of news and algorithmic bias) The key is the ability to be able to research and critically think. This places the emphasis on the school system. Good luck.

[@wbiro]

The words are not meaningless, since, even though they fail to reflect reality to any appreciate le degree, they still say something about the issuer...

[@David_A._Ream]

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[@dvg4536]

How is "Democracy" a hard term to define? it's a hard term to live up to, which is why America is not all out democracy and shouldn't be. Is forcing every citizen to vote democracy? Maybe, but if you have to chase people down to get them to vote, don't we think that would pollute the results somewhat considering how many people who apparently don't care about who's president would be made to vote. Yes we should all be better informed, yes we should all make the effort--as long as we have that option and people aren't preventing us, i don't see the fact that many people don't vote as an issue. It's probably for the best if many of them know very little about the process or perhaps do but don't care to vote for whatever reason. 22% of people voting in a country isn't that bad when you consider how many kids, recent immigrants, felons, retarded people/alzheimer's patients, anarchists, lazy and/or dumb people there are.

[@fredneecher1746]

"Democracy" is rule by the 'demos' - the ordinary people. There, defined it. And speaking personally, I don't want it. I just want ordinary people to have their interests respected by those who DO rule.

[@karenohana8773]

The real quote is "THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM IS THE FEAR OF G-D" it's a direct translation from ancient Hebrew. "ראשית חכמה יראת ה' "

[@fredneecher1746]

Living in fear is not a recipe for any kind of healthy existence. Perhaps "respect" comes closer. And the god we need to respect is the God of Consequences.

[@immaculatesquid]

@@fredneecher1746 I can find no shortage of consequences for my own shortcomings but for the worlds? I hear crickets from above

[@Arthur_McGowan]

Meaningless words: ecumenism; dialogue; accompaniment; renewal.

[@Paul-A01]

Other meaningless words: Fanafery, disjogulated, clombunction.

[@cba4389]

tolerance

[@Realliberal]

Wow, please tell me more. I did not see that. And would appreciate your perspective.

[@VIDEOTUBEASSASSIN]

Old news! Fox has been running this play book for 20 years now.

[@chrimony]

Just Fox, huh? You're one of the sheep.

[@C_R_O_M________]

Hey, VIDEOTUBEMYASSING

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

Come on Mr. Deist, let's be honest and not twist facts. 54M may only be 25% of 220M but is much larger percentage of those eligible to vote in 1984. How ironic is it that you would do what you accuse others of doing.

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

@Shane Lackey So what? You may have missed the point. Believe it or not I wasn't advocating for dems or repubs. Gosh, read much.

[@dachickenman]

Well, what percentage of the voting eligible population was it? And was it so big as to put the point he was making into doubt?

[@edwaggonersr.7446]

@Shane Lackey You may need to get back on your meds so that you can focus.

[@fredneecher1746]

@Shane Lackey Neither are ad hominems, at least, not valid ones.

[@alainduncan3756]

What difference does it make if some people were ineligible to vote? Those who were ineligible clearly did not (and could not) give their consent to be governed in any way. If only 25% of population were eligible to vote and 100% of those had voted for Reagan, Mr Deist's point would still be just as valid that he was elected by only 25% of the population. How does restricting the number of people who can vote increase the legitimacy of a so-called Democracy?

[@ironmanjakarta8601]

The problem is anarchy doesnt work either. Anarchy is a power vaccum and foreign states abhor a vacuum, so you get invaded and enslaved. Whats the answer?

[@maxwellbliss]

Michael P. Shipley it’s not black and white man. That‘s why republican style of government was such a revolution. That’s why natural rights were such a revolution. Decentralization isn’t black and white nor is it immediate.

[@FrankHarwald]

Realizing that it might be neccesary to also voluntarily form a melitia to defend contracts which voluntarily came about itfp.

[@ZomboJoe]

Forming militias seems plausible, you don't necessarily need a nation state for those.

[@bluespiral4678]

Anarchos or anarchy simply means without rulers. All other connotations are some variant of statist propaganda that express the sentiment that humans are designed to be ruled over by their political "betters" or some type of ruling class : /

[@dekzzx]

low quality bait.

[@calfborg]

Jeff is such a great speaker. This presentation is really engaging.