Does Hollywood's erasure of men parallel the decline of past civilizations?

[@ClownTown15000]

"Social media has accelerated narcissism and mental illness..." And there it is. You got it.

[@bottomlefto]

And it would be nice if the mental illness was treated as such, but no they are even celebrated. Encouraged to propogate.

[@redshirtacademymortuary4848]

Dr. Johnathan Haidt has this nailed. His YT videos are truly frightening.

[@sergiohenrique2411]

people cant handle rejection, so they avoid it. remember the first time you approach opposite sex asking for dating? yeah, you probably do, better than most of your relations. people are legit cowering over mental stage progression and they stay stuck in a childlike brain forever. and enjoy plastic up the ass because the body needs to feel something at some point in life

[@pl8154]

At the end of every civilization Virtue is hated and hedonism becomes the 'meaning of life'. And here we are.

[@shrap3d]

Pretty much

[@sjsf200]

Only if you make up you own history.

[@shrap3d]

@@sjsf200 you dont know your history...

[@tylere.8436]

​@@sjsf200 Elagabalus was a Roman emperor, who was a trans, and after some time, came the Crisis of the Third Century.

[@rayhill5767]

Is that what happened to to Mayans? What about the American Mound builders or The Sea Peoples? The Polynesians were past peak when contacted during the 1800s. Is that what happened to them too? Maybe get a grip

[@Dark_Kommissar]

Disney doesn’t give you what you want. It gives you what they want … and then calls you names when you reject it.

[@sergiohenrique2411]

you know in kindergarten we have to deal with that a lot. ^^ oh wait.. DISNEY KNOW THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE SO THEY ACT LIKE KIDS Whats that..? Gays What?! TURN THAT SHIT DISNEY OFF TIMMY THEM LESBIANS NEVER CLEAN ANYTHING !!

[@basher20]

Disney's current issue, in my opinion, is that they have decided that their role is not to appeal to current tastes, but to change them. To me the highlight of this was the film Lightyear, where they took a film that in canon was the favorite of every 9-year-old boy in suburban America, and then consciously stripped it of all of the elements that would appeal to that audience. It was the film that a bunch of creatives (?) in Hollywood decided that 9-year-old boys should like, so they released it and then told them that they really did like it, or else they were a bunch of ninnies.

[@declaine7526]

As an anology if taste is a garden, then disney is dismanteling the whole green and replacing it with an art deco monument instead of guiding the grow of the plants. Its not certain that the latter will be fully succesful but as sure as hell wont piss of as many people who are used to some greenery.

[@toxicblackman]

Why can't they make thier own stuff and stop hollowing out established IP's like marvel and star wars for 'the agenda?"

[@saronite5236]

To paraphrase Tolkien, evil only corrupts.

[@acemax1124]

Corporate Disney's current mentality 🤢🤮

[@val_nightlily]

@@toxicblackman The established IPs have the established audiences. Or used to.

[@rwd76]

'Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying civilisation' Aristotle.

[@TheChzoronzon]

@@discdfs1072 Your point being?

[@Halfort57]

​@@discdfs1072we're still waiting

[@7ebr830]

"Everyone quotes Aristotle on the Internet." Jesus Christ, circa 31 A.D.

[@yarsivad000.5]

@@TheChzoronzon I believe the point is- Turn Out the Lights, the Party is Over. Virtue signal your way to and over the cliff.

[@theayeguy5226]

Nice to see someone not necessarily on the right coming to these conclusions and willing to articulate it in public!!

[@Mlai00]

LOL I agree Chato has been thoroughly redpilled in his venerable age, and I don't mean that in a derogatory way. I'm an atheist, somewhat younger "person of color" (f this term), not young, and grew up in NY/ NJ. I grew up a Democrat (and hated Republicans) ever since I understood the meaning of the words, and I took Black History courses in college back before it was cool. I've explained the evolutionary benefits of having homosexuals in social groups to bewildered friends and family, back before that was cool (it's true, look it up and also use your common sense). I've come to the same conclusions. As Bill Maher had said, "I didn't leave the left, the left left me." It wasn't Conservative Christian white men who banned and kicked me out of BoardGameGeek for daring to discuss art history with pictures of Greek statues in museums (they were nude, so I got banned). It was the Rainbow Brigade.

[@elijahherstal776]

@@Mlai00 one, friend- no matter how different you may be from me, I love you. There is an imaginary line dividing us as 'left' and 'right', but we can reach out and shake hands- we are closer than those who want to divide us and will call either of us 'evil'. Fun fact- my favorite DM of all time is gay. Dude is mind-blowingly creative, so good I'm sure if he met Matt Mercer... Matt would be calling him 'sir' and asking if he could take notes. This is a guy that could make your character feel like an actual awesome hero- like this story was made to give your HERO a chance to be great. When he said "All right, it's been six hours- I think we'll call it for this session" people were going, "WAIT! NO!" Sorry about your experience on BGG. I've seen quite a bit of that from them, to a point where I no longer am willing to contribute their site (which is sad considering that I'm developing my own tabletop game). It's not just them- if you play any other tabletop games, you know this problem is rampant. That sociopathic rainbow gestapo seems intent on bullying everyone, and anyone they can't bully- they want to drive them out. This hasn't made their enemies go away. In fact- it's brought their enemies closer together, and encouraged us to create our own fun. And it's also taught us the greatest error of our ways- we have been far too welcoming, and gatekeeping is a good thing. For what it's worth, I'd be honored to meet you on the tabletop to fight against you, or by your side (unless you play Tau, then you can go piss up a rope for being a weirdo).

[@briansmith48]

​​@@Mlai00 . Well, if you studied history then you know that it was the democrat party that started the KKK. It was the Republicans ( headed by Abraham Lincoln ) that was formed to stop them. And yes I'm a person of color myself.

[@johntabler349]

Some things should be universal and transcend politics and what makes a man a man should be one of those things

[@blackhawk8920]

@@Mlai00 Did they tell you a reason why they disliked/wanted you gone for Greek statues or was it the history part that they wanted stopped?

[@scottnolen2457]

I've been saying for a while that it feels like as a society we're circling the drain. Sadly, your insightful commentary only underscores my fears. I genuinely worry about the future my kids will inherit. Keep up the good work, sir.

[@frankowalker4662]

I'm in my 50's and have no kids. So I say let it all go down the drain and see how long they last when they can no longer identify what themsleves are.

[@Mikinct]

Life has & is always changing. Life is a verb, never static. I remember TV 📺 in the early 1940s, 1950, & 60s went out of thei way to have the man portrayed as the bread winner, muscles & sophisticated over the dumb blond stay at home wife that either cooked or raised kids. They had the family dog, a maid and a nice house and car. Elvis was not allowed to swivel his hips on camera & you couldn't question nor say anything negative about America or Capitalism. Similar to other countries in how they used media outlets to sell propaganda. Pro military 🪖 etc. Then late 1960s appeared and we had for 1st time Elvis swiveling his hips in his 1968 comeback show. You had the Beatles questioning politics publicly. Saying this republican fake goodie toeshoes isn't gonna fly any longer. Time to remove the blinders and see Life in its purest forms of reality.

[@leroynisse5936]

@@Mikinct I agree that life does change over time. I would suggest, though, that not all change is for the better. We can look at great civilizations throughout history that let change grind them out of existence.

[@rickd438]

@@leroynisse5936 Exactly, we cannot simply have change for change sake.

[@Mikinct]

@Leroy Nisse I don't believe change did that. Majority of those civilizations that collapsed also had extreme Rich & Poor Classes. Today we are repeating that here with the billionaires with all the spoils and the working Poor. We no longer support a Healthy Middle Class. Without that, societies fail over time. Billionaires have lobbied hard to adjust laws in their favors to pay less and less into society. People will revolt as things deteriote or start to return to a balanced healthier middle class. Time will tell

[@joselao9]

Chato, my dude! I am a 46 years old MD in Brazil, of all places, and YOU ARE SO CORRECT IT'S EVEN PAINFUL.... some of the worst offenders are my own colleagues, a true disgrace to the medical profession, ESPECIALLY those that SHOULD be working to improve people's mind health. It's so bad it's infuriating. I actually tried to enhance my abilities by joining a Psychoanalysis formation course, and got so frustrated and disgusted by my peers' sheer stupidity and inability to navigate everyday life and how to handle ANYTHING, that I dropped off. We are a shambles of a civilization.....

[@kamikaze5528]

@@user-ik2gg8wy8p From another brazillian here, BRICS is a complete joke. A nothingburger. It was created as a marketing ploy and has nothing of concrete to show. As for us to get it together... Not gonna happen. Our current president is a dirty commie who has Hitler in high regard (by his own admission, I'm not making any this up), leader of the greatest corruption scheme in human history (not hyperbole, btw), who loves every dictator imaginable (letting iranian warships in our harbours, and letting the venezuelan dictator run free in our country, even letting his team beat journalists), and is seeking revenge against everyone that helped his arrest. The supreme court let everything he and his cronies slide while severely punishing the opposition (there are journalists right now in the US as a political refugee, and another who ended up arrested and died "mysteriously" in jail, none having any sort of criminal charges, only the judge's orders), the former right-wing president, Bolsonaro, got his political rights voided just because. Gun laws and other such laws are being revoked, censorship laws are starting to see the light of day (they're trying to approve a law that forbids citizens of badmouthing any politician, no matter the reason), our economy is in shambles, it's all downhill from here. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. kindergarteners

[@ilcuzzo12]

As a political scientist who poisons my mind with these concepts for work... you pretty much nailed it.

[@ilcuzzo12]

He even noted the philosophers that he wasn't gonna talk about. 👍

[@OzziesRobots]

Imagine you’re Disney known as a girls princess brand , decide to drop 8 billion to buy male centric brands Marvel & Star Wars with the hope of luring more males & then inexplicably going woke & feminizing said brands turning off the very audience you invested 8 billion to attract 😵‍💫

[@kbaccari88]

And don't forget the mint they paid for FOX. The amount they're paying to cover that debt is astounding

[@kathycoleman4648]

The sick thing about Disney is that they bought Marvel and Star Wars to try and feminize boys, and they are botching their princess line to masculinize girls. It's disgusting. Men can like girlie things, women can like manly things. They don't need Disney trying to go John Money on them and adding to the confusion of figuring out who one is.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

😵😷😒😱

[@RisenPhoenix68]

Imagine owning a great property like John Carter just so no one else can develop it and profit from it.

[@peopleofearth6250]

Imagine doing literally anything in today's society 🤔

[@indistinctchatter3501]

Mark Wahlberg is building a new movie studio in Las Vegas. We need more people like that. Alternatives to Hollywood will be the future of traditional cinema.

[@canuck3169]

Hopefully he won;t get hung up by distributors

[@bobbygould1960]

@@canuck3169 Same

[@ufgator812]

Another gem. The comparison of "unraveling of civilizations" is spot on.

[@Dr.Cosmar]

"Someone who resembles a stick-bug" 🤣 I needed that today. Someone said, "no, we need to ignore them" I told them, "No, you are new too all this... you need to absolutely bash them into the ground. Ignoring them is how it ends up normalized and your kids end up doing it without knowing any better."

[@etsequentia6765]

Dylan already has his pronouns ready for him: Bug/Bugself.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

"you need to absolutely bash them into the ground. Ignoring them is how it ends up normalized and your kids end up doing it without knowing any better" - absolutely true, and that's what the majority simply cannot understand or let in. They for the most part still think it's some kind of joke when it's an upcoming global concentration camp. We need to be as blunt about it as possible.

[@adamselene5957]

Well put. 😃 Thank You!!

[@Jubal.Harshaw]

Sadly, it looks like your original comment was taken down. I liked it better. Will you please attempt to repost it?

[@adamselene5957]

@@Jubal.Harshaw Certainly. What I said was: We NEED more MEN (and women) speaking out against this INSANE assault against MALE masculinity. Voting with our $$ doesn't seem to make any difference as far as 'HolyWood' is concerned. But where it inevitably WILL make a difference is when OTHER COUNTRIES begin to make 'product' (however you wish to define it) that far outsells anything in the domestic USA realm. America is in decline and the war on MEN will only hasten its journey. Eventually, the 'REAL MEN' of society will have to abandon its USA residence and seek such elsewhere - places which will retain its reverence toward the male gender (economically & otherwise) - all HOPEFULLY sans WWIII. After WWII, men were revered as heroes - but of course there were only a few select men left to run society as many died during the skirmish. In HIGH DEMAND, men were well sought after and depicted in society as champions and paladins. Perhaps that day will return - but not until men unite as one and effectively withdraw from society - much like the gods of lore. Let's see if they allow me to post it again!!😜

[@BarbaraA.MertzRN-CCRN]

Yea!! What's with MeTube taking comments DOWN?? You didn't even say anything critical or with any degree of condemnation... There were no curse words or expletive deleted robust verbiage! I suppose KZbin just doesn't appreciate truth. But if that is the case, why did they allow the video to begin with??

[@motor1841]

Etched in the histories of Time: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times”

[@motor1841]

@@arkainin4638 Ah yes the Leftist argument for Hating Frank Miller lol glad too see I hit a nerve

[@iddles2o]

There are just no actual hero’s in cinema for men to aspire to. I have just watched a Bollywood movie called Paathan and despite what many may deride as hokey and naff with a few dodgy effects, but it had heart and excitement and men that were just trying to do the right thing, ie a great time! Something Western cinema could learn from. Also it had a great musical number in the middle and the end! Go Bollywood!

[@cainemarko5021]

I haven't seen that one, but RRR was great. Two men, who were men. Good friends to each other, who loved each other. All while NOT being gay! Amazing!

[@TheAstrojoe62]

Yes RRR was bonkers fun and made for men’s men and women who love men. Watched is with some skeptical Bangladeshi guys and we all had a blast.

[@codinghusky5196]

oh come on. GoT basically had every woman raped. isn't that enough? that bahubali dude porks a butterly.

[@teekay_1]

@@codinghusky5196 You realize the primary audience GoT was women, right?

[@bobsmithy9024]

James Bond the definitive male action hero. Sadly emasculated over time.

[@kimwiser445]

I’m a woman and I have been so frustrated by this and all of the man bashing going on.

[@TheDaftPuddock]

I agree with your and Camille Paglia's analysis. As a European I watched a cultural decline in the USA that has remined me of the decline of Rome. I kind of despaired at the contaminating effect it was having on my side of the Atlantic - but I've more recently seen voices across North America calling it out. I've grown in hope as mainstream voices are now being heard. Perhaps common sense will once again take centre stage.

[@canuck3169]

Biden has announced he’s running again. Expect the rot and contamination to continue when he gets in.

[@raymondsmith6870]

I remember them say that since the early 1960s with hippies and they keep using that message of Rome for any change they don't like. It just depends what benchmark of culture we are talking about 1890, 1920, 1939,1969 or 1989. Each generation called the next one a cultural collapse.

[@Mark-ks9jj]

Same problem here in Australia the toxins from the old US of A are flowing down under as well, wokeness & the diversity agenda BS is spreading here like a cancer as well.. Time for a major reset of the world -what will it be civil or world war, natural disasters or alien invasion (hahaha like they would want the place with how we have F'd it up)... one way or the other humanity will be culled and the strong will survive.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Watch out for Paglia. She has a history of defending man/boy relationships.

[@juanpablosaenz9037]

​@@raymondsmith6870The decline of the United States and the West as a whole began in the 1960's... it's slow but steady.

[@justinlong5892]

Men being wiped out. Women most affected

[@velociraptor3313]

Brilliant mate, I prefer to watch 80s action movies and movies from the golden age of Hollywood instead of the modern day crap. Of course there are a few gems like 1917, Midway, Joker and John Wick to name a few. I'm sure we will get through this, the important thing is to keep calm and carry on regardless. Modern day Hollywood is rotting and sooner or later change must come they are losing more money with each failure, more people are waking up from this lie that Hollywood and modern day politics have created. I don't give a dam about colour of skin, race, Left or Right but what I do care about is people that are just, good, honest, humble and kind regardless of different race or beliefs. True equality is about treating people with respect, dignity kindness and compassion not this forced political crap that is hollow and self destructive. I also love history, mythology, classical music, classical art, well written stories with interesting characters. Anyway have a good day Chato.

[@AL-ws5yi]

As a woman I agree with you.

[@scottm.603]

TYPING CLASS! YES! That was, (math and science aside) one of the most useful classes I've ever taken. It's SO handy to be able to touch type without thinking.

[@NefariousKoel]

Same. I took it way back near the end of the period when our class was still using electric typewriters. The most oft-used lessons I ever had.

[@Baulderstone1]

While I agreed with Chato's list overall, the inclusion of typing class was a head scratcher. All the kids I know are on computers all day at school. Typing has replaced learning cursive. Still, it was a great video. Just to add, I agree with you on it being such a useful class. I went to high school in the '80s and was on the school paper, so I took typing. It gave me a big leg up when everything began revolving around computers a few years later.

[@NefariousKoel]

@@Baulderstone1 - Do they still teach typing or just leave the students to hunt & peck? I'm not sure anymore, judging by some of the young adults I've seen lacking in other things. Such as not knowing the basic Roman numerals, having to use a calculator for basic math problems, and not being able to read a clock with hands. Don't get me started on reading comprehension since phonics were removed from early learning, too. When I heard homework had turned into, "go home and look it up on the internet" I facepalmed.

[@georgejones5019]

​@@Baulderstone1 cursive is largely useless now. But they should still handwrite a lot. It engages portions of the brain while learning and remembering things.

[@weston407]

100% - I’m a paramedic and have to write 8-10+ EMS reports a day and am SO thankful I paid attention in my typing class in middle school! My job would be a nightmare if I couldn’t type (for reference I’m 37 and was a kid/teen in the 90s)

[@randyhowell94]

We can only avert cultural collapse if Chato passes 100K subs.

[@subterranean327]

I genuinely laughed at this.

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

Done.

[@estoguy]

"Someone who resembles a stick bug" - great description of Dylan Mulvaney. 😂😂😂

[@johntabler349]

1933 King Kong, only one guy on the ship was in love with Ann (not counting all the guys in the audience) but every man on the ship was willing to risk his life to save her from unbelievable danger and when a dozen guys are killed the rest are anxious to go and pick up where they left off. Masculinity can either be "toxic" or it can be channeled into heroism, movies like this plus Dad in the home helped channel it the right direction

[@cameltanker1286]

I have a library and my grandchildren can not only read the likes of Buckley, Locke, Levin, Voltaire and Wilde. They can read Clancey, Flynn, L'Amour, Ludlum, Rand and W.E.B. Griffin for positive male role models.

[@2stroke438]

Don Pendleton's 'Mack Bolan: The Executioner' is absolutely phenomenal as well.

[@somercet1]

@@2stroke438 Don't forget Murphy and Sapir's Remo the Destroyer. Cutting edge action and social satire/commentary.

[@kathycoleman4648]

You are making the assumption that modern day youth can read--and read olde English at that, based on your listings. I hope you are tutoring them in that personally. Otherwise I've got news for ya. Studying classical literature has become very unpopular in the modern education system.

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

I don't know about other civilizations more generally, but I do know that what's going on now does mirror the fall of the Roman empire quite well... You've been down to the unipolarism of world trade.

[@toycarsushiwriter3573]

Civilizations Rise & Fall, it's natural. It was going to happen sooner or later.

[@AmsterdamHeavy]

Rome? Try the GD Weimar Republic. Thats where we are. 1930 Germany.

[@map3384]

@@AmsterdamHeavy absolutely.

[@MicahMicahel]

Weimar Germany had encroaching communism, identity politics and LGBT rights movements. This is the reason many thought Trump was going to be a repeat of history.

[@deltafire5058]

@@toycarsushiwriter3573 Civilizations Rise and fail. the fall is not ordained, it's just common. This can be stopped but I don't think the people in charge want it to.

[@wastelandsniper789]

"The perfect weapon for trans rights activists that both feminizes men and erases women at the same time, all packaged into someone who resembles a stick bug." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@misterprickly]

When they cancelled a Conan series because it was "too masculine" that answered the question for me.

[@NefariousKoel]

Cancelled by the same execs who brought us Rings Of Power and Wheel Of Time series. They should be on the float looking for a job right now, but they're doubling down.

[@beckettman42]

Identity politics is a comforting distraction from the multiple existential problems we face.

[@skylx0812]

The final scene of the final episode of the 80s comedy "Sledge Hammer!" had the nihilistic, chauvenist detective ask his partner to marry him. He gets real and admits they way he's living will take him to a life of always being alone. He says he doesn't want to be alone and asks her to marry him. But they were at their local cop bar and she was drunk and says, "Hunh?!" and he says, "Never mind." Roll final credits. On the one hand they would always be together as partners, so there's that. Male characters sort of went down hill after that.

[@Miguel-un1vh]

Highly underrated show, I must go find episodes online, I hope it lives up to my memories of it.

[@jasonlu9613]

Watched it here on youtube a few months back

[@mjhonsun]

You're right on, especially about the androgyny. This has always been waiting in the wings.

[@jdsantibanez]

John Steed and Emma Peel were partners and equals. They both kicked ass.

[@ConceptJunkie]

We are in the "weak men make hard times" phase, and this is reflected not just in government, but in culture. Femininity reins in masculinity, so we don't end up in a state of constant war. Masculinity reins in femininity so we don't end up in a state of constant hysteria. We need both real men and real women for society to succeed. Right now, we have very few of either.

[@JeffCaplan313]

War is coming.

[@Dj.D25]

I have noticed a huge lack of masculine role models in pop culture the past decade.

[@KopperNeoman]

Ironically, women are far more likely to declare and support pointless wars.

[@ValenceFlux]

The Spartacus series starting with blood and sand was motivational for me. People from all color, creeds and preferences working together and not one of them confused by who they were, fighting for freedom to be. They even did behind the scenes on how they trained if you are looking for motivation.

[@kathycoleman4648]

I'd prefer the term safety-state over hysteria, but your point is taken. Society cannot flourish it is is stagnant from an utter lack of emotion (the farthest reaches of masculine stoicism). But it cannot function when it has net nanny running everything (the maternal fear of everything) either.

[@SalAvenueNJ]

"Where Are The Hated Bean Counters ?" Yeah, where are the suits who tried shutting down "Episode IV" before Lucas was finished. It seems to me that creative people do their best work when everyone is telling them no. Maybe that's what's different now. Everyone is saying yes to anything, or expected to say yes to anything.

[@mrnobody4125]

I love Camille. I sent her a letter about a year ago, a fan letter. Still waiting to hear back. Her secretary did send me a nice note though.

[@john-paul9804]

Based and red-pilled commentary! Thanks, Paul. We need more characters like John Wick, Mario, and Maverick. And we need to keep supporting them with money.

[@georgejones5019]

Now you're on an FBI watch list for being a violent extremist.

[@DragonLandlord]

I read Maverick and for a moment thought of the Western and not Top Gun.🤭

[@oldgoat142]

@@DragonLandlord That James garner or Mel Gibson character works, too.

[@jinkywhohaa5705]

You know the FBI has you on a list now? With inflammatory words like that in use..... Gasp. Based and red-pilled indeed. Haha. Love it.

[@shoeby9273]

Based comes from a rapper that wears womens clothes and redpilled comes from a movie written by two trans people.

[@bluesunrestorations5919]

Thanks for mentioning Camille Paglia, I first saw her when she did the interview with Jordan Peterson and she was interesting and insightful and exactly the sort of feminist we should have. She was exactly correct about the comparisons of current day to ancient Rome. Keep up the awesome content

[@Augustus087]

Chato- bringing sense into a senseless world. Strong men make good times. Good times make weak men. Weak men make bad times. Bad times make strong men.

[@JarJarAbrams]

I legit thought it was Phoebe Waller bridge on the right in the thumbnail.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

But as a German, I always admired what the Weimar Republic tried to accomplish 😑

[@tlrlml]

They accomplished the only thing it was possible for them to accomplish... Socialism is it's own 'reward'!

[@somercet1]

Hitler. Weimar accomplished Hitler.

[@Thandar324]

You are on point here, how long with this last? we shall see.

[@I-hear-voices]

The old Red Sonja movie is a good example of a strong man and strong woman sharing the screen.

[@jerrybookter983]

Nice tee-shirt sir (I live in Wichita) Also, thanks for delivering a bit of hope amidst all the crap

[@inplainview1]

This is an excellent breakdown, and you pull at generally the right threads. Also a lot I would expand on, but that's not necessarily a criticism of you. So overall great video.

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I think Camille makes a number of interesting points, and she bases those on studying a lot history. And what we see in many parts of hollywood now is a desire to erase history - even if it's just the history of previous successful movie franchises. They're not content to create new worlds to promote their views, what they need to do is tear down the worlds created by previous authors and movie-makers. And at this point they're pursuing these ideas with religious fervor, so I doubt it will stop anytime soon.

[@TheChzoronzon]

Paglia becoming an ally of late is like the biggest plot twist ever, lol

[@mattshuey1]

Never thought I'd hear about the Weimar republic in a Chato take. You know the idpol has gotten bad when we're talking about the weimar as a parallel. That said, I love you Chato for not being the type of rager others would have leaned into. I need your measured take.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

Well, when everyone wiith a free mind (as well as some truly heinous individuals) are constantly compared to the Austrian party leader who was voted in as the voice of the people to the last Weimer gov't, then it follows that Weimar era is the counterpoint.

[@als3022]

It's much closer to the fall of the Roman Republic. We are in the Grachus Brothers phase

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@OsellaSquadraCorse - I figured a couple of years back that we are running in parallel with the timeline of the Weimar Republic. We are now roughly at 1923+100 years. So, I give it about another decade before a suspiciously moustached dictator emerges to start holding massed rallies at Nuremberg.

[@etsequentia6765]

Camille Paglia has some pretty good takes.

[@DarthPlato]

French Revolution is a better example.

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Brilliant video, Chato. As long as a problem can still be identify, there is hope it can be corrected.

[@vaughanmacegan4012]

But there are no steps being taken to correct it and there is no political will or media driven to push the steps needed to make a change! None, this has just been accelerating since 2016 with no end in sight. Meanwhile male sperms levels and potency continue to drop. We maybe entering the final stretch.

[@toddsherwood8562]

" someone who resembles a stickbug " ... Chato ... You are awesome ! ..that's a great line !

[@a_8850]

This is a fine editorial piece. Thanks much.

[@BigApeBooks]

Well said, sir! We have been in decline really since the sixties. What good that came out of that era, has been twisted and used by those who seek to burn what it means to be human to the ground.

[@toadsmoothy]

Yeah, at my high school (in the "good old days") they had auto shop and home construction courses. I went to school with guys who took these courses and went on to become auto mechanics and in the building trades. Imagine graduating high school right into a good paying skilled job. Now kids graduate high school not knowing how to do a damned thing. Don't ask them to do a long division problem on paper or to make change. Many of them don't even know how to read a dial clock or how to read a map. This is why the non-Western world is eating our proverbial lunch.

[@Drakkmar13]

The situation we find ourselves in definitely reminds me of John Calhoun's mouse utopia experiment of 1968. We have devolved into a society of "beautiful" males with no desire to reproduce and viscious, aggressive females that drive all other members of society away.

[@tlrlml]

You have misinterpreted the experiment, it was brutal males and beautiful females/docile males. Females never devolve to brutality, they always devolve to isolation!

[@KopperNeoman]

@tlrlml Found the brutal female.

[@franglais-riders]

@@tlrlmlexcept those females who bred and / or killed/ left to die their offspring. Interesting to see how many stories of women these days neglecting or actively abusing their kids with random partner. Interesting to draw parallels between current situation in the west and the mouse utopia.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Worth saying Nerdrotic is where I heard of you and this wonderful channel

[@Rosshannah1695]

Thanks for this Chato, it has struck me as odd that as a white Scottish man-56- I am the scum of the earth, a misogynist, someone to be hated....and yet if I put on a dress, I'm a hero, and someone who can happily trample on women, and even be defended by the same deluded women whom I'm going to cancel. Us westerners are only 13% of the world population....the rest of the world will look on and laugh at our suicide and ultimately fill the vacuum we leave and make the world a poorer place. God bless from a dreary, dreich Scotland.

[@elliotwalton6159]

I cancelled cable in 2007, stopped reading comics in horror in 2017, axed Netflix in 2022, and If it wasn't for John Wick 4, I probably would have forgotten there even was a film industry. Call me when the insanity ends. Oh, and you can add the rise of celebrity chefs to Camille's list of signs of imminent collapse.

[@umayrdzulkifly5587]

Very well thought out. Reminds me of dissertations i used to write and read 20 years ago on the decline of arts and emergence of commerce

[@Spotcats]

Say it with me. "If my show pushes ONE MORE episode about identity, I'll never watch it again." Stick to it.

[@chelseacerny6461]

I’ve never heard anyone compare the drug craze of the sixties to our current age of drug dependency, very interesting. Enjoyed the whole vid.

[@contumelious-8440]

I have chills. My father predicted all of this 30 years ago. He said we were doing the same thing the Roman empire had.

[@Mad-Cat_Dan]

As a Millenial/GenZ generational gap kid I approve this message.

[@j.a.stafford1617]

As a woman, I would just like to say, thank you. Keep going out on that limb.

[@dansig123]

Brilliant work Chato. You said everything that was rolling around in my head- you also reminded me of the old saying that, “hard times make strong men and good times make weak men.” Something that feels painfully appropriate.

[@NotDeadYetJim]

Bravery, stoicism, self sacrifice… aka toxic masculinity

[@johnunkerman]

I never thought I’d be rooting for the accountants. 😮

[@--------RR007----------]

The era of extreme tolerance needs to end.

[@anonygent]

I have the same question about the bean counters, or "the adults in the room"... Normally speaking, when an employee does something asinine that costs the company money, the adult will fire him/her, issue a public apology, and assure the public that everyone is welcome at Chez Luigi's. We're not seeing that with these mega-corporations, and I don't know why.

[@tlrlml]

The 'Adults' have left the building, got in their cars, driven into the countryside, entered their safe rooms, and are currently hoping there is something left when they next open the door. Because, the children scare them.

[@maxsmodels]

BTW, love the Wichita shirt. Home of aviation.

[@A_Knuckledragger]

This might be the best piece you've done.

[@fordprefect80]

Another excellent talk Chato. Keep them coming mate.

[@deeesher]

What boggles my mind is when they want a strong female character, and yet make them look like 14 year old boys. I've said for a while, we will never see a Slave Leia in Disney Star Wars, which is a shame. She was tough and looked good doing it. Even Scarlet Johansson said she's happy they stopped sexualizing Black Widow... but that's the point of the character! And yet it's perfectly acceptable for them to remove all of Thor's clothes in Love and Thunder? Which I don't mind, but there should be a balance. Let the men be men and the women be women, and both can kick ass and save each other without belittling or making the other look weak. It's a story, not real life. We kinda like the exaggeration fantasy sometimes, cause it's a fun escape from reality.

[@bumface1810]

It’s part of the trans agenda- desexualize men and women to bolster the depop agenda.

[@etsequentia6765]

What balance? they cannot lift women up without putting men down and bashing them. It has been demonstrated time and time again. They will continue to whine and bitch about how bad women have it and how women always have it worse while triumphantly stepping all over men and removing men's human status. It's narcissistic, pathological contempt for men and boys that will never stop. An endless female power fantasy, a punishment for all men for the sin of existing as males. The crazies are running the asylum, and we're stuck in the asylum with them. Misandry is a pathology.

[@kathycoleman4648]

The irony is that men and women view these things differently. Women notice stuff like hair, eyes, voice, smile and personality first. Also height, for whatever reason. Being in shape helps, but is not as key. Men need big boots, round ass, narrow waist, and thick thighs. Because that tells them someone is likely fertile. Then they care about face, hair, eyes, etc. (Women care more about those things cuz they wanna talk, men care about the others cuz they wanna fuck. And of course, ALL of this is generalization.) Women project themselves into female characters and then think that men oggling those characters are "raping them with their minds" (I kid you not, I took one year of womens studies and this shit came up. That was a TRIP, I tell ya.)

[@elijahherstal776]

@@kathycoleman4648 I think you may need to pay more attention- you're not wrong, but just- it's simpler than that: "The ideal woman for the guys that write this stuff has the appearance of a little boy" Reminder: Hollywood.

[@JeffCaplan313]

The woke mindset states that men can't save women. Not even women save other women. No one can save a woman, except herself. But she's not saving herself for marriage...she's saving herself so that she can demonstrate how strong and independent she is.

[@kennethbillings614]

Dillon being described as a stick bug made me laugh.

[@skylx0812]

I loved the scene from Cagney & Lacey where there was a strung out thief in the holding pen who murdered a nun while trying to rob her. When Tyne Daly's Det. Marybeth Lacey hears about it, she rushes to the cage, bangs on it and shouts, "HEY! You killed a Holy Woman?!!" I could mourn 80s pop culture.

[@danieljackson654]

How wonderful is this installment. One of your best. Bravo.

[@whollymindless]

Anyone else worrried that Chato is going to hit 100k right as the pitchfork mob comes?

[@fastd63]

I watched a YT Science video yesterday, it was about an experiment they did with rats. They gave them all the food and water they wanted. Once the population reached a certain number many of the male rats became effeminate and many of the females became violent and vicious, to the point that they would not mate. This lead to the collapse of the group until they died out. They did it 25 times with the same out come.

[@hope-cat4894]

If you ever remember the name of that video, drop it in the comments.

[@tlrlml]

Mouse Utopia... the researcher wished to blame the death of social order on over-population... he failed to prove it 25 times, yet still came to that conclusion. I will point you in the correct direction... Regardless of population size any social structure without active challenges/threats will break down - the males having no way to excel above the mean, the females having no way to select males based on their ability to excel. The males who would otherwise excel turn brutal, because they have no way to excel. The female hide from a selection they can not make, forget how to raise their own young, and take in only those males who have no desire to produce more (because they have no desire to face the brutality of the other males). The brutal males brutalize whomever they find, even each other. While the females, and their docile male counterparts, preen themselves incessantly - for no other reason but to do so. At no time in history has there been so little to challenge Human (specifically, western) society then at this time. All our needs are a satellite connection and credit card away. 'On-demand', isn't a hoped for state of affairs, it is now an insisted expectation. We are now to the point, since it is a basic feature of Homo Sapiens Sapiens to insist on conflict, where conflict is invented for it's own sake. _THIS_ is where every single one of the experiments ended, _prematurely!_ What comes after, now, is unknown. We have never been here historically, and the controlled test(s) were tainted with bias - from the start! If you must know, and I think you should, everything that is playing out, is in line with these experiments up to there end!

[@marcusmoonstein242]

@@hope-cat4894 Just search for "Mouse Utopia" on KZbin. You'll find a few videos about the experiments. Be warned though, it's got some pretty disturbing implications for the human race. It's one of the most plausible extinction scenarios I've ever heard.

[@hope-cat4894]

@@tlrlml Yikes. 😳 It does explain why it feels like we're picking fights over nothing sometimes.

[@classreductionist]

Humans aren't rats.

[@FreeFree-ur4zq]

The answer is very simple: DIVIDE THE MASSES, SO THE 1% ARE LEFT ALONE. Who has time to focus on taxing the billionaires and acquiring universal health care, when there are seasonal societal debates to waste our time?

[@TheTdh1972]

Bread and circuses...it's all too easy

[@andykaufman7620]

Hollywood Character Development (aka Disney Character Development). A one act play staring A Boy. The boy talks to another boy. The boy says "I think I like you'. The other boy says "You mean you like me as a person or you mean you like boys in general'. The boy says "I think I love boys in general and you in particular'. Boy makes pass at the other Boy, The other boy, happens to be Bi-Curious and Pansexual simultaneously has both cognitive dissonance and a sense of feeling a 'boy crush' all at the same time. The boys embrace and the camera fades to black. Character Arc completed. We have just witness character growth.

[@MyMy-tv7fd]

does anyone else in the UK remember that this actually began in the late 70s and early 80s? In the UK we had a man-mocking comedy 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em', and in the US you had 'Rhoda', so sophisticated, so truly elegant, and so running rings around all the men in her life.

[@ScouserLegend]

It began in French universities in the 60s. We’re still reaping the rewards.

[@franglais-riders]

@@ScouserLegend jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus in the 50s leading French nihilism. The end game we are witnessing now. Massive Cynicism, narcissism and complete loss of purpose in life. A young generation increasingly on anti depression drugs and complete mental breakdown. Does not look good. However, when this has happened in the past, there were “barbarian tribes”, with strong beliefs and sense of purpose, ready to take over. I can see this coming now. Those tribes, here in Europe, are already here. For better or for worse I think it is inevitable now.

[@rosswatson9144]

All in the family..gem of a show but Archie bunker became a model for all portrayals of 'toxic nasculinity'

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Were there no strong males in “Some Mothers…”? Sure the lead was an effete wimp, but that doesn’t mean the programme’s agenda was necessarily anti-male.

[@etsequentia6765]

Radio skits going back to the early 20th century where reportedly the smart and clever wife always outsmarted her husband and made a fool of him. And let's not forget the Honeymooners, Ralph as the prime example stereotype of a fat, bumbling idiot always yelled at by his smart and tough wife, it cascaded ever since. Some horrible examples from the 80's and 90's I don't even want to think about, I've repressed this from memory because the level of utter dehumanization of men and boys. You'll almost never see a female character treated like that. That would be obvious misogyny.

[@m.b.boyack2228]

Who's this 'infamous Nerdrotic' character you speak of, sounds like some kind of Geek or Gamer type person. Probably wears glasses and is a big fan of Brie Larson, Star Trek and Comic Books! Cheers Chato, an intelligent and humorous critique as usual. They say, the last 40K subscriptions are the hardest, they don't really just trying to make you feel better. Roll on 100K!

[@claudiameier666]

Actually he isnt. Iv watched his stuff. Hes pretty sensible

[@kidicarus2215]

They could have done Mandalorian right, by following the old King Conan route. It's simple but powerful. As an outsider, he wants to win a place for himself by his wits and brawn. He has to fight against seemingly insurmountable odds to sit on the Beskar throne. Unfortunately, they nerfed him, and gave that story to Bo Katan. Now, he's just a glorified baby sitter.

[@christophertaylor9100]

Weak men creating bad times. Although we've been through times like this in the past; the 1970s gave us "leading men" like Richard Benjamin, Dustin Hoffman, etc.

[@muhdiversity7409]

Looks like Susan V2.0 has her nuts on your channel numbers. Still rooting for 100K.

[@MrDurcon]

It’s definitely a weapon.

[@silverjohn6037]

If you'll bear with me for the analogy in the original Sherlock Holmes stories Doctor Watson was portrayed as an intelligent man in his own right because Arthur Conan Doyle was smart and skilled enough to write Holmes as a true genius. When the Holmes characters were turned into movies and tv shows the people writing them weren't smart enough to make Holmes a genius so they had to settle for making Watson an idiot so Holmes would look smart by comparison. It's the same with modern writers trying to make male characters. They have no concept of masculinity themselves and we end up with characters who have to look weak because that is the strongest that they can imagine a man to be.

[@etsequentia6765]

Male characters are weakened in every conceivable aspect, not just physical. They're made out to be bumbling idiots who are compromised morally and selfish and are a walking collection of defects, dysfunctions and disorders. Plus the males have no personal boundaries or even bodily autonomy. Some male characters are treated worse than shit and nobody seems to care.

[@alien777]

And the woman was his equal in mind.

[@JeffCaplan313]

By "strong", do you mean "autisticly focused on the execution of a task" or did you mean physicality?

[@silverjohn6037]

@@JeffCaplan313 More along the the lines of strength of character and strength of will. Gravitas if you know your ancient Latin. Physical strength can be an aspect of this but it's just one of the tools in the box. To paraphrase Maslow, if all you can do is whine all of your opponents start to look like your mother;).

[@JeffCaplan313]

@@silverjohn6037 That's a killer quote. 👌

[@JohnP538]

France in the 1790's, it was real cool to prance around in perfumed puffery, but it didn't hold up against a mob armed with pitchforks.

[@lmc4964]

Paglia is great, I'd love to see a documentary on her thoughts on this, but her talk with Peterson is fascinating

[@MicahMicahel]

I'd like to see her and ben Shapiro have speed talking contest.

[@etsequentia6765]

Yes, it was fascinating and illuminating.

[@lmc4964]

@@MicahMicahel ha ha, does the recording equipment exist to catch that?

[@JanetDax]

Thank yiou for explaining the trans fad. While there are people who are genuinely transgender, they are rare and do not seek to be noticed,. They seek to assimilate into their chosen gender.

[@piotrjeske4599]

My father worked in iraq and lybia in the 80s , still the few times we went on a week long fishing trip or hunting with gramps , had great impact on my foundation. The lada we would fix every 6 months . Taking a 3 week stroll through the country only to return for the last week to gramps farm and help with the harvest and pig slaughter. It was 30+ years ago and l still remember it well.

[@beardannyboy]

3:30 🤣🤣I feels like it's been a long time since I've heard someone toss out a joke like this.

[@CallMeChato]

I was hoping to antagonize people with an old Alan King style joke.

[@grumpyoldwizard]

My Sociology teacher told my class along time ago that America was in it's decline. I also was thinking about the topic of this video. It is sad to see most of what you loved die. Especially America.

[@tlrlml]

Interesting... when you realize, it is sociology that is responsible for a fair amount of the decline...

[@pl574]

I've noticed this in Star Trek. Leonard Nimoy looked like a grown man. The actor currently portraying Spock looks like a baby-faced boy. Not to even mention the way the script writers have stripped the character of his classic stoicism and dignity.

[@nevillewatkins4997]

I'm with you on that Chato. People can be decried and shouted down for such dangerous thinking. But you only have to look around you to see the truth of it. It seems to me that any society that is on the skids indulges its vices.

[@JB503PDX]

Excellent commentary, as always! And kudos for the subtle "J" cut right after your ladies/driving/make-up joke and the scene that followed. So sublime I had to watch it twice!

[@poorwotan]

Great commentary! Everything goes in cycles and sanity will set in again at some point. I'm not a superhero fan (didn't really grow up with them) so I am in entertainment hell right now and for the past 20 years. At some point, we will have a new set of movies like the cinema that exploded in the early/mid 70's which will also be a reset on things you mention here. Like you said, we vote with our pocketbook and corporations (including Disney) will at some point start making real stuff again because it makes more money. Also, grats on nearing 100k subs!!!

[@maxsmodels]

Yes. It's right out of Sir John Glubb's "The Fate of Empires and the Struggle for Survival".

[@Darrylizer1]

Once again Chato is spot on.

[@sohrab_solheim]

Great video, very insightful as always

[@steprockmedia]

ESG scores. Investors. Blackrock.

[@commentarytalk1446]

Don't forget those behind those! Hint: A big international political organization.

[@TheVagolfer]

Chato, I have been saying this for years...Great minds think alike.