Is the West Stuck in a Cycle of Revolution and Discontent?

[@orenmontgomery8250]

"Anti-racist" is just an Orwellian euphemism for racist or neo-racist.

[@januarysson5633]

Because Marxism sees everything in terms of power relationships, racism is only racism when a group they label as oppressors exercises power over a group labeled as oppressed. When the tables are turned on the oppressors that’s not racism in the eyes of the Marxist but justice.

[@polemeros]

Anti-racist is just anti-WHITE. That's the truth. It's not generic, it's specific.

[@brianmeen2158]

True which makes me confused as to how the “anti racism” movement has got to where it is today? Where are the sane adults at?

[@orenmontgomery8250]

@@brianmeen2158 Asleep. They hear "anti-racist" and take it at face value without looking into what they mean when they say it (anti-miscegination, segregation, ending equality under the law, ending race-blind hiring/funding/benefits, doing away with anti-discrimination practices, etc.). They are just easily fooled people who are too quick to signal virtue without having any clue what they're supporting because the con-artists know how to hide their ideology and know it must be hidden since they know nobody would agree with them if they were open and honest.

[@TransparencyandMerit]

It’s a racial vendetta philosophy

[@flyingmonkey3822]

This channel, above all others, is oriented towards action. It is the best channel in this regard, but rather than sitting back and asking him to lead… I’ve been sharing these videos among my circle and organizing intentional debates to stave off violence and sow into liberalism and peace.

[@TheHivefl]

James Lindsay has detailed this at length. He has been speaking about Gnosticism and new age theological movements. We have been blind to the secret religions that have been at work for several hundreds of years. This loop is this gnostic dialectical disposition.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

You put it so well. Thank you!

[@mgee303]

I remember when as a democrat I thought, what are women even fighting for any more? Now we’re just making up sh*t 😂

[@FlorgenBorgen]

im pretty sure its s**ual assault (not sure if i need to censor that here) and things relating to the protection of victims of that stuff i think

[@neverletmego1948]

You are so good: thank you for your brilliant and unstinting work.

[@williamleadbetter9686]

We have abandoned our Christian religious roots which is much of our societal foundations which is important because secularism has no transcendent meaning, so people then resort to nihilism and as Nietzsche said that leads on to totalitarianism as people cannot abide nihilism in stability long. I believe Men have forgotten God as Solzhenitsyn said. Secularism has led to Nihilism & Hedonism. Globalism has led to the end of economic, border, cultural insecurity. Finally, Multiculturalism has led to lower public community trust. These total issues have been a caustic mixture to family values & the family itself. If we do not return to a semblance of Christendom (social & political morals not necessarily forced religion), return to regional economies (that adequately employ two parent families), and a unified cultural identity value, we as a people will not likely survive & we will get more dysfunctional as families, societies and politicly as we descend further down the spiral of decay.

[@PicklingTheBeast]

America's roots are neither religious nor Christian. You'd know that if you were educated. That said, please keep your Bronze Age fairy tales to yourself. No one with a brain wants to hear that mumbo jumbo.

[@williamleadbetter9686]

@@NiklasHansen-jb5mv it's OK. Just wish there was a community place we like minded people could gather, speak and mobilize because WE are the ever growing MAJORITY and we are going to put down this Godless destructive force in our societies that is attempting to destroy us and replace us with useless consumer nihilism. Not going to happen. We will save our countries , families and faith!

[@williamleadbetter9686]

@@NiklasHansen-jb5mv my point in emphasis of Christiandom over true faith is even at its hight say in the 50's there is always nominal faith over true faith as there is no cost for your faith yet this is still ideal, as society simply functions better with healthy morals among masses that often will never accept real Christian religious beliefs and faith over their pride of individual choice.

[@johnl5316]

The Declaration of Independence is not the legal basis for the USA

[@tomsawyer2338]

Rufo is the Burke of our age - at least in America.

[@danies3335]

great speech ! from London uk!

[@legozentrik]

A very insightful summary of the current state we're in. Nice!

[@DejanOfRadic]

Sounds like Giambattista Vico's "three ages" set to a dystopian melody

[@gyongyispencer3975]

Any update on New college of Florida, please Christopher?

[@carolmcln5028]

Always good stuff.

[@S_Edward_Burns_ArtsEditor]

Many thanks, Christopher. Carry on! -Seb!

[@johnl5316]

There should be inequalities socially unless one wants a dictatorship

[@philipmoss4027]

Chris, you should absolutely read Robert Pippin's Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, which summarizes all intellectual strands of this issue brilliantly (the cycle of revolution and discontent) in under 200 pages. Even just read the prefaces (2nd edition) / introduction--esp. the passages on self-hatred--and you will see what I mean. -Thanks for your content!

[@PicklingTheBeast]

Yeah...'cause all you Fascists learn everything you know by ONLY READING THE PREFACES AND INTRODUCTIONS!!!

[@laurakosch]

Could we have a resolution after the Revolution? Not this time likely. The danger is in the technocracy, the new aristocracy and world wide globalistic structures to content with. How can we use the patterns of history to predict events in this brave new world??

[@smelltheglove2038]

Yea.

[@busyboysonedollarcircus6601]

excellent info as always. cheers.

[@muskduh]

thanks for the video presentation

[@zeusthundrbolt]

Rufo. It is refreshing to see that some one somewhere in the world is trying to see and understand the persuit of equality as a cycle. I have been thinking about that myself a lot. Persuit of equality seems to such a noble cause that we all get caught in it for most of our young lives. It takes a life time to see how it’s a trap that has been laid for us all in each generation to make socialists of us all. Who ever said that those who are not democrats when young have no heart and those who do not turn republicans when older have no brain should have pharaswd the sentence ina different way. Whe entrap the young to become democrats by luring them to fight for equality. When the finally realize that it was a trap and equality is impossible to achieve, we loose them to republicans but by this time we have whole new generation entrapped to fight for equality.

[@dawnemile7499]

Having a leadership class for whatever reason is still an aristocratic class. What they wanted was the abolition of hereditary aristocratic rule. Many aristocrats were well educated and had connections that aided them to institute laws and maintain order that assisted growth. However, the offspring of some of these aristocrats were not well suited to rule. The ruling class was a closed system which caused resentment among those who could see that they were better suited for a leadership role than someone who just automatically received it because of their birth. However, even some who had the right to rule did not want to rule so there were openings for others, just not enough for some people like Jefferson.

[@TheArctofireHD]

When it comes to the race issue, I’m more relaxed because I can see it’s cyclical nature. CRT isn’t exactly new, it was advocated in various forms in the 60s by people like Malcom X and the Black Panthers, but petered out in the 70s. Affirmative action has never really been accepted by a majority of the American people, despite powerful forces pushing for it, and there’s a high likelihood it will be made illegal by SCOTUS. My fear is more on the LGBT issue. Unlike African Americans, that were genuinely oppressed in the past and still have some legitimate grievances today, I see the LGBT movement as basically a victimhood construct. Also unlike on the issue of race where it ebbs and flows, it’s virtually been non-stop victory for the LGBT agenda, with ever greater public support. The complete denial of reality with transgenderism has no historical precedent and is extremely dangerous.

[@lilliansheriff7668]

Making my way to the frontline in this battle. It hit home and its not about me and my family, its about All Our Families. I love all of you enough to Not Shut Up, I will keep playing their game, I will Not quit! If God be for me, who could be against me. God will get all the glory in the end. So put on your Armor (Ephesians 6) and take up your cross and lets fight!

[@MS-il3ht]

I don't know about affirmative action. It has spread to the entire Western world by now. And don't forget: if 90% of people are suddenly leading their universities' departments without being properly qualified, they'll do everything to say in power.

[@januarysson5633]

There is a difference between “LGBTQ”, “gay”, “lesbian”, “bisexual”, “transgender”, and “queer”. The left views all of these things as equivalents which they are not. Gay, lesbian and bisexual are sexual orientations. Transgenderism is the view that gender identity determines sexual identity. Queer is a political ideology that sees normalizing every sexual deviation as necessary to lay the foundations for radical social change, i.e. socialism. Not all gay, lesbian and bisexual people believe in the political stances of transgenderism and queer theory. The lumping together of all these things skews the lens of how these groups are viewed.

[@Mrguy-ds9lr]

@@januarysson5633 i don't think it matters anymore. Its a mess. And even if it were true, that some lgbtq are not on board with what is happening, thier are bad actors using this as a cover to destroy America. We can not say I dont care what happens between 2 consenting adults, anymore. Thats how this all started. Now thier getting aggressive, demanding and dangerous. No, no more of this. Its gone to far.

[@TheArctofireHD]

@@januarysson5633 I know there are some gays that are not woke, but the intolerance for other people’s point of view, as shown by the reaction to Proposition 8 in California, and the judicial overturning of popular, high turnout referendums in Hollingsworth vs Perry and Obergefell vs Hodges, did inspire the modern trans movement,

[@lucdubras]

Is this a little slowed down? I have it at 1.25 and it sounds normal

[@johnwatts8346]

other tham music vids i always watch everything at 1.25 or even 1.5, saves time obviously.

[@redraw0160]

@@johnwatts8346thanks for that non-sequitur John

[@orenmontgomery8250]

I listen to everything at 2x so everything sounds slow-mo now.

[@Simon_Alexnder]

This is just proof that you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

[@cokezero1]

I think you failed to take in account the demographics change in the United States.

[@michaelashby9654]

This isn't a very new idea. Its only new if you're a modern at heart. But traditional people see things as cycles like seasons. This is very old way of thinking going back to Vedic traditions and its progeny: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, etc. They have cycles with cycles. The thing about conservatives is they are part of modernity just as liberals are. They are basically the same. Neither can stand outside of modernity. And modernity is all about freedom... But freedom from what? Freedom from tradition, duty, properness, order, beauty, family, and eventually even our bodies themselves. Freedom in leads to loneliness, isolation, and depression. So, if you're a conservative and seek freedom as the highest value then you are opposed to tradition, family, and body because these all are barriers to freedom.

[@MW-ic7lr]

Nice slam poem

[@pugnacious8543]

Disagree.

[@teresaradsick7314]

LGBTQMYNAMEISLEGION

[@lilliansheriff7668]

Sounds like the false prophets in the Book of Colossians. Take a little of this and a little of that to create something new then try to give it antiquity in order to give their new script some leverage.

[@universalflamethrower6342]

because it is at it's heart the same Satanic rebellion. Social scientists will never admit, they will always say that the revolution was implemented wrong and that we need a new one, never seeing that their own pride is at the core of this all.

[@theeuropeanperspective3391]

One of the weaker videos by Chris. The cycle he describes is too simplistic. For example, what exactly does the 'stabilization' phase mean? In some of the examples he gives it means a return to conservative policies (Nixon). In the current situation it seems to mean stopping the excesses of rioting, but a complete woke transformation of bureaucracies, schools, universities, business, etc. Yes, it's a stabilization of sorts, but in a way that it indicates a win of the original woke ideology. Thus, in addition to the revolution-stabilization cycle it matters how ideas develop during this cycle and, in particular, which ideas are behind the stabilization phase.

[@gmichael5506]

The riots were directed and no way grassroots. AstroTurf.

[@kenkeyes8148]

See Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939...where the counter revolution won.

[@TobyThaler]

"the New Left came to fruition in the violent revolution of the Black Panther Party." Wow: That is logically and historically warped. You would have been more accurate to say "the Weather Underground." Sort of.

[@shanecormier6731]

Well, we know how it ended with Nixon. No matter who leads us in the left will try to destroy. I'm with Trump

[@user-qm7nw7vd5s]

Plugging DeSantis? Huh? Nice attempt, anyway, to feign intellectual gravitas…

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

OKay. I've had enough of the intellectual and historical anal-ysis. I'm not even sure this guy has an accurate grasp on the ideas. I think James Lindsay is more on point ... although his presentations are almost all far too long. In any case, life is too short to listen to this guy drone on and on. Unsubscribed.

[@beecee9681]

Speed it up. It helps.