The Big Lie - How to Enslave the World

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[@michaelwu7678]

Hello, long-time subscriber and Patreon member here. I’m just wondering if you’ll ever go back to making philosophy videos again rather than the ideological videos you’re making these days. Thank you!

[@sournuts8517]

Good work. ❤️

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]

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[@shsummers]

@@michaelwu7678 He's beating plowshares into swords...because humanity needs swords right now. Pray that soon he can return to the plow. Study the many historical quotes provided in the comments; we need to not allow ourselves the anesthetizing comfort of 'normalizing' what is happening around us.

[@egrytznr8893]

In the USA government has attempted to ban art many times, writers like Henry Miller, Death Metal or any "evil/violent"music, video games ect. I wonder if any of the "free speech" supporter's would defend actual free speech or thought (or only thoughts and speech they agree with) It's important to know the definition and the difference between truth and lies. Another "tyranny is coming for u" political philosophy/sociology vid, Canada must be a terrible place to live, I hope everyone is alright up there.

[@jarenc2048]

It’s kinda sad that the people that need to see this probably won’t. And the ones watching already know.

[@sleezyastheocean]

I think its going to be too late for people who dont realize whats going on when they finally do.

[@patrickbodine1300]

Sad, but true.

[@elizabethflowers228]

Exactly😢🙏

[@professionalcynic9488]

We all need spiritual/psychological sustenance, and this need will only grow

[@dillpickle4239]

Amen to that.

[@vasaricorridor7989]

"If you have to be persuaded, reminded, bullied, pressured, incentivized, lied to, guilt tripped, coerced, socially shamed, censored, threatened, paid, punished, and criminalized, if all of this is necessary to gain your compliance, you can be absolutely certain what is being promoted is not in your best interest."-

[@FreedomLovin]

@@rashare1247 Huh. R & D are just illusions. The whole lot of them are enslaving you and you are falling for the trap of blaming one "side" over the other, when they have the exact same goals.

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free land to live on and grow food on. End taxes on the lower middle class or everyone with less than $100000 and put in more tax credits for helping the poor. End farm subsidies. Chairty and independence should replace taxes. Everyone has the right to land. To devide equally or share. Just cuz someone is powerful enuf to control land doesn't make them the rightful owner. Might doesn't make right. Its a natural resource and survival need thus not letting people use land to live on and grow food on is wrong. End farm subsidies. There's reportedly less than 2 acres of habitable land per person on earth. About 4.5 acres per person of total land. If we let them continue like this next u will have to pay to drink rain water or from natural water sources, to breathe air, to use rivers lakes or the ocean, to use air space, and to exsist anywhere on earth cuz they will claim they own it and u have to pay them to exist, then they'll probably say they own u as well and all the wild animals too. The natural resources belong to all of us to share or divide equally pretty much. The man made resources belong to those who created it until they volentarily choose to sell or give it away, Owns the fruit of their labor until they give it away or sell it, pretty much. We all own our own body. In a perfect world theft wouldn't exsist or be needed, but most people agree theft is ok if needed for survival. So many people do call things they have stollen as their property as well, and I think in general if they like stole from a rich person for survival then they should be allowed to keep those items so they can live. But they should be helped to get a better way to get there needs. Taxation is theft.

[@rashare1247]

@@FreedomLovin You assume too much. You have drawn conclusions that are not supported.

[@custy7558]

This could never say better. Thanks for this . I will add this to my repritot

[@RexHrothgar1]

Truth is simple. Lies are always complicated.

[@robertgillis6245]

“ No one is more hated than someone who speaks the truth.” Plato

[@billman2112]

Absolutely.

[@billman2112]

Formally Socrates.

[@derekstaroba]

Ignorance: the root and stem of all evil" -plato Most people dont even have basic common sense like ignoring a problem typically doesnt make it go away but instead exacerbates it. This is very common always be on your guard when around others

[@billman2112]

@@derekstaroba Any thoughts of your own? Anyone can read and use others. Grow some balls.

[@derekstaroba]

@@billman2112 thats good your comment was censored because that ad hominem remark makes absolutely no sense. Do you know where you are right now

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

As someone diagnosed with Autism, I was often conditioned throughout my entire youth to believe I was incapable of achieving great things in life, and more often than not subject to social persecution, as I was often the scapegoat, burdened with extra moral obligations and more severe punishments than those who call themselves neurotypical. Henceforth I was singled out and in some cases, outcasted from those who I wished to befriend. It is thanks to the subject of philosophy, and my love for it, that I have gained a greater understanding of myself and the world around me, moreover, the madness that the masses of people who deem themselves normal are willing to subject themselves to ignorance rather than become knowledgeable.

[@imetmikemo182]

Baze-ed

[@PJ-ns6um]

“Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins their journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of following the crowd and by choosing knowledge over the veils of ignorance.” -Henri Bergson

[@solelysoul8543]

👌👌👌👌

[@geoffstemen3652]

Individualism is necessary.

[@ronnieaarons569]

@J IMAKREWITATL yes the sheep, do love to use that word

[@atodaso1668]

awesome quote

[@weaponizedmemes3461]

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[@Arbor-wv5sm]

To everyone in the comment section: I love you guys. You remind me that I'm not going crazy and that the state of affairs of our time is abhorrently pathological. I wish you all and myself the strength to endure what is to come. I never would have thought I'd see the rise of a global totalitarianist system in my life time.

[@spellbreaker9384]

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[@thegeneralist7527]

All we need to do is stop living the lie. We need to start telling the truth no matter what the cost.

[@annuitcptis3032]

We don't want to just endure; we want to push back, fight hard, and defeat what wants to eat us and consume us alive!!! Stand strong and fight like hell!!!

[@jaym2112]

@@thegeneralist7527 man, I wish it were so simple. They aren't dumb. They don't just tell a lie. They have a lie that is hidden beneath a true, then connect the two. For example, when there were groups in the US recently demanding you say "black lives matter". The statement is an obvious truth. However, the demand to say it comes with a hidden agenda of Marxism behind it. To say the statement means to agree that the current state and society does not believe that black lives matter and that the system must be torn down for one that is totalitarian in nature (based on the published doctrine on the official organization's website). So, if you don't say it, you are said to either (a) be denying the truth that black lives matter or (b) genuinely believe that black lives do not matter. Environmentalism is the same. If you don't agree to totalitarian control to deal with the environment, you are said to be denying truth. Now, the same with viruses and health concerns. The lie is always hidden behind a simple bumper sticker slogan, which itself may be overtly true. The truth requires an explanation or a conversation that will not be had. It's apparently easier to sell "someone should do something" in the name of some perceived potential good than "keep your hands off" to prevent some historically inevitable evil. I have even seen some comments on this video... "If you don't go [some direction] it means you don't care about the people." Climate change and COVID. Perfect opportunities to enslave ourselves.

[@thegeneralist7527]

@@jaym2112 Thanks for the reply. I fully agree with your observations. It is difficult to go against the majority, because there is a shred of truth to what is believed by the majority. There is logic to the beliefs that are widely held. What are ignored are the inconsistencies which would dispel the lie. The only solution is to continually point out the inconsistencies that are ignored, and which support the truth as we understand it. "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

[@steinarbruun3852]

Nietzsche said "Among individuals insanity is a rarity; among groups it is the norm."

[@northstar92]

"the emperor is naked!" "what even are clothes? do we need them? 7 benefits of streamlining your wardrobe"

[@silrana7166]

lol wHAT XD how is this so accurate

[@imetmikemo182]

Well for one the way the breeze caresses your 'undercarriage' is simply immaculate. I now get why women love skirts/dresses💀

[@UnschoolingCOM]

“Society is splitting in two. People who are driven by fear who want to be ruled over, and people who are driven by love and want to be free.”

[@muskodine]

Like Patrick Swayze character from Donnie Darko….. Fear and Love.

[@thegoldenmindset9845]

LOVE your picture. Fuck schools

[@DannySullivanMusic]

you are totally perfect

[@mandatethis8024]

A B S O L U T L Y !!!!!!!!

[@SuperNoman87]

Yeah dude, I'm sure you're in the later group

[@deleted01]

To live within the truth, one must learn to withstand loneliness.

[@weaponizedmemes3461]

Very true. Sad that we have to go to the internet and converse with strangers in order to have some confidence that we aren't the only ones who are worried about this kind of thing. Few people in our day-to-day are aware or seem to have any interest in hearing it at all.

[@TheConstitutionFirst]

Great Video: I’m sick to death from hearing things schizophrenic, egocentric, paranoid, prima-donnas! kzbin.info/www/bejne/epqsp3yNdpdgntE&ab_channel=CaliforniaGold

[@LovePrettySunsets]

@@weaponizedmemes3461 Yes, you are so right. I woke up to the world of lies back in 2016 and didn't know of anyone awake. Now, the list of those awake to the lies is growing exponentially. Unfortunately, some will never wake up because their fear is greater than their desire to know truth.

[@wendyhallgren3595]

Spot on. My world has become very small indeed. But thankfully my children and grandchildren populate it.

[@fumundaheadcheeze]

Been awake to real information since 2002. Hasn't been an easy ride. I've lost family, friends, girlfriends and had to fight my way through society to maintain my morals and views. I definitely don't fit in with most of society which is crazy in itself because I'm very sociable and enjoy people. I'm generally just left baffled at how ignorant most people are. The state of our world rule is very much an elusive and depressing subject. Makes it that much more easy for people to tune out I suppose. You might be alone in your city or town with your way of thinking but you're definitely not alone in the world. Cheers Victor, stay strong.

[@GeminiLibra73]

I'm convinced that large-scale change only happens when we place truth and justice above our own safety and comfort, when we move beyond concern for ourselves and learn to identify with something greater than ourselves - something broader, deeper, or higher than our individual lives. The truth is about knowledge and awareness, of course, but some form of spiritual or existential courage is essential.

[@silrana7166]

Om Shantih brah ;)

[@scottprather5645]

Yes true very well said 👍👍👍

[@larryswindcatcher]

They lie to us and pretend it is the Truth. We listen to their lies and pretend it is the Truth.

[@GinaTaglioli-vi5pn]

NO WE INVESTIGATE BEFORE DECIDING!!

[@larryswindcatcher]

Then it must be "INCOMPETENCE"! and loyal, kiss-ass to get ahead. HA Ha Ha.@@GinaTaglioli-vi5pn

[@aminefatich]

The most difficult part is trying to show our beloved ones, our circle of friends the lies and they just ignore us, thinking we're the insane ones, it's just hard.

[@towerofthemoon]

Just try to get them to unplug from mass media propaganda. It is hard, feel ya!

[@last12know30]

Luckily, my family and friends have brain and heart. Living in rural East Texas (as I do) is a very sad state of being right now.

[@keithmcmullen9737]

Well, it's Not exactly You who's insane, it's more the democratic political party. They are still upset that the anti-abolitionist republicans, w thier Lincoln, went and did what they did. Not realizing that what they wanted was wrong. That People, no matter, do not deserve to be treated inhumane. Well let's put that all behind Us, and Yet again forgive the Clintons, and look the other way, At the proof of all the times Bill traveled to little molest island. That Biden is so flagrant about His corruption , and is selling Us out.

[@dhalsim-1]

Most people won't listen to you. They latch on to MSM propaganda believing the political classes, big pharma, big tech and big business all have our best interests at heart. And even if you show them direct observable evidence to confirm your point, they'll usually be too stubborn to acknowledge it. So I think the realization needs to come from within.

[@johnmiller6731]

thank you for saying that

[@Clear256]

"Not standing up for the freedom of others... meant surrendering one's own freedom" Powerful words

[@snowhero9]

"welcome to the rez" Russell Means, north american indigenous

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free land to live on and grow food on. End taxes on the lower middle class or everyone with less than $100000 and put in more tax credits for helping the poor. End farm subsidies. Chairty and independence should replace taxes. Everyone has the right to land. To devide equally or share. Just cuz someone is powerful enuf to control land doesn't make them the rightful owner. Might doesn't make right. Its a natural resource and survival need thus not letting people use land to live on and grow food on is wrong. End farm subsidies. There's reportedly less than 2 acres of habitable land per person on earth. About 4.5 acres per person of total land. If we let them continue like this next u will have to pay to drink rain water or from natural water sources, to breathe air, to use rivers lakes or the ocean, to use air space, and to exsist anywhere on earth cuz they will claim they own it and u have to pay them to exist, then they'll probably say they own u as well and all the wild animals too. The natural resources belong to all of us to share or divide equally pretty much. The man made resources belong to those who created it until they volentarily choose to sell or give it away, Owns the fruit of their labor until they give it away or sell it, pretty much. We all own our own body. In a perfect world theft wouldn't exsist or be needed, but most people agree theft is ok if needed for survival. So many people do call things they have stollen as their property as well, and I think in general if they like stole from a rich person for survival then they should be allowed to keep those items so they can live. But they should be helped to get a better way to get there needs. Taxation is theft.

[@ClaudiaPerez-hv3mo]

thank the public school/teachers and the licenced neck tie pastors and their corporate JESUS Chain churches

[@truthhurts4771]

@@bvegannow1936 Bill Gates owns 269,000 acres of farm land. Ted Turner owns 1.8 million acres, more than any American. Wealthiest 1% have more money than the entire U.S. middle class combined.

[@oliverwarlock241]

But when someone freedom is driven by the pleasure on tangling people in mind prison then it makes sense for some to be kept in

[@wallyworld817]

Silence is compliance. Thank you for posting and all the work that this entails!

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@tomrhodes1629]

No silence here. These Academy of Ideas guys are geniuses. Every video that I've seen has been fantastic and right on the money. And I respect my opinion, because I am a prophet whom GOD has literally told will be a modern-day Martin Luther King, Junior. I am the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. Now, how cool is that? I correspond only through my contact page (click and ye shall find) because I'm rather lazy.

[@Lion-rf8xi]

Silence is keeping me alive ...I hope it's breaking my heart though.

[@wallyworld817]

@@Lion-rf8xi have to be able to live with yourself. I speak my mind with deliberate intent to get my point across. Actually casting a spell.

[@cameronalexander359]

Im currently in Victoria, Australia. The Government is just spewing continuous lies about what's happening now, what happened in the past..and what's going to happen in the future. And the population is just accepting it, if not gobbling it up. Things are not looking good..but thanks to videos like this, history gives us a strategy to overcome this tyranny...even if we have to 'go underground' and it takes decades and a new generation

[@rjbz554]

God Almighty is on the side of Truth .....Revelation 21:8 ...as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

[@miapdx503]

Here in the States, we're still recovering from trump's reign of idiocracy. So many lies...so much hate...so damn sad. 😥

[@marsdenk.6162]

@@miapdx503 I someone continuously refers to 1 side of their political system they are still under a spell, truth is both left and right work together at the Top

[@hyperboreanKikeKiller88]

I feel your pain Aussie. From Missouri with love bro

[@hyperboreanKikeKiller88]

@@miapdx503you are a much bigger part of the problem than you realize, poor thing.

[@freedommeow2111]

In times of great deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

[@johnnykroger40]

Exactly! The truth will set you free

[@seanomaille8157]

This, a video on The Big Lie in 2021, and not a mention of the Liar in Chief and his Big Lie of election fraud without a shred of evidence. Nothing on the lies of denial around Jan 6th. Lies about things we can see with our own eyes on video. This video and this channel is as sinister and as cynical as anything Goebbels could have dreamed up. Truly frightening that so many Americans are being duped by blind loyalty to one manchild. Read Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner: e.g."... the bafflement of his tamers (today's McCarthy, McConnell, Graham, Cruz et al) who always realised just too late exactly what it was he was up to - namely, when he capped it with something even more outrageous and monstrous; then also the hypnotic trance into which his public fell, succumbing with less and less resistance to the glamour of depravity and the ecstasy of evil." God Bless and Help America

[@quetzalcoatl6189]

Say right now In American society

[@chaz000006]

@@seanomaille8157 Ya, like "you can keep your doctor", "health insurance rates won't go up", "we don't spy on our allies". And I remember in 2016, globalist traitors in the US trying to invalidate the election claiming "Russia, Russia, Russia" and voting machines can be hacked!! lol

[@freedommeow2111]

@@seanomaille8157 Just how is this video so sinister? He is only going over past events in hopes to get people to make their own comparisons to what is happening today, and allowing the opportunity to think for yourself. It is not just America that is in such jeopardy, it is the entire world my friend, we Americans are merely the final line in the sand. From my understanding of this video, he is trying to get people to see the responsibility we are abdicating to these control freaks who think they are in charge. As long as we let them walk all over us, they will do exactly that. The moment we decide, on an individual level, to take back our own responsibilities, is the moment they will sink back into the decrypid darkness in which they slithered out of. For in the presence of light, darkness can only flee. Every road goes two ways, and every one is entitled to their own opinion. We must remember who the real enemy is, and not slay our neighbors for their beliefs or words. Only slay those who trespass against you and your way of life. Love thy neighbor as thyself, no matter their own beliefs, for that is their toil with God, not your own. Narcissist shame those for their work, beliefs, and words to cope with the shame inside themselves. Dont be a Narcissist. Remember to forgive yourself as well as others. We are all only human, and life would be pointless without mistakes. ❤

[@nigelbagguley7606]

In a society of lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act

[@billman2112]

Agreed.

[@pleasureisgood5957]

What the hell is truth though? As far as I understand half the so called truths are subjective. I can't say something like if you drop an object it will not fall,because that's an objective truth. But stuff like religion are considered trutha by some people,yet for me is all lies. So it's subjective

[@remiya9526]

@@pleasureisgood5957 well, the west in most parts have rejected religion. and there you can see how much of our society has deteriorated. ive hated religion most of my life, until i started to understand what it did for society as a whole. families stayed together, bringing up healthy individuals that was good for society, and even if they disagreed politicaly they always had a set of values that breed mutual respect. even if there arent such a thing as objective truth, the society as a whole has to agree on some truths, if theres only one group that is allowed the truths, their subjective truths and nothing else is allowed, then we have already lost. accepting something as true isnt the same at is being true, hence we need to communicate in order to find common truth that both parties can be at peace with.

[@pleasureisgood5957]

@@remiya9526 society gained a lpt of good things though. We live in an era of advanced medical science, many diseases both mental and physical can be treated. We live in an era where people who were discriminated and treated like sub-humans before like the blacks and gays can finally be treated as a human being(even though discrimination persists in a lot of places) we live in an era where we have more efficient machines to help us with work that is too hard to do by hand. That is overall a good word improvement by me. Now, is that true or it isn't? It's true for me as I support those things, for the ones who preffer to have no injectable insulin, no respect for minorities and think heavy work somehow makes you have more value then it's a lie. Also what is your notion of healthy individual? I see many people who aren't healthy at all in my book, denying all their desires and personal traits in the name of a faith. When Lavey founded the church of Satan he didn't need to choose this name for his organization, he didn't even believe in Satan, Lavey was an atheist. But he did so to provoke people and point some hypocrisy most of them have. Yes, it may there be that there was more order in the world at some point. But order imposed by fear. Fear of hell, fear of social exclusion, fear of discrimination and violence against you just because you were different. So he found a way to expose that by giving the institution a transgressive name. And that was in 1966 so the excuse that society wac better back then doesn't really stick.

[@remiya9526]

@@pleasureisgood5957 well, if you have been on tik tok you can see how the tables have turned on racism. racism is always gonna exist because for most people, it is easier to judge then to think and reflect. for the medicine part, physical is astonishing what we have accompliced. for the mental part, most physcologists doesnt understand how men work, i experienced this first hand. and ive read 100 of similar stories. was it in the early 2000's the number of mental health cases exploded and have been increasing every year. especially for the modern west. i think there is a number of reasons for that. the rise of single mothers(i was raised by a single mother) and i know the misery that accomponies it. and the rate of single mothers is only rising. as for machines, yes it is good. we can feed more people, and people can consume, consume consume. the backside of this is that more and more people lost their job. and this will continue to be true, because in an all consuming society, effiency and money is more importing than people having a job. as for religious "rules" and our law. fear is what is used. you wont brake the law because you fear getting caught and shamed. why does religious rules being seen as bad because fear is motivator(?) to be good. in my view, our laws have the exact same purpose. in an ideal world people would do good because its the right thing to do, but it never will be. so fear is used to control society for the benefit of everyone. our desires and compulsions are not us as i see it, i see at as something to overcome. if my desires or compulsions are making the decisions for me, who is in control of my life? to not give in to desires shows restraint, discipline and willpower. to seek desires and pleasure at every turn, i believe will lead to a dark place. pleasure is not happiness. pain is needed to know what true happiness is. and most people in todays society have never known true pain or the struggle of existing. so i somewhat agree. society is better today and at the same time worse than it was, but in other ways. there is just a new struggle for society to overcome. sorry for my english. im pretty average

[@catherinemelnyk]

I'm a Christian and I see us humans on the precipice of our demise. I understand what we are about to go through but I am helpless to stop it. I pray that I will be able to endure the suffering to come. This won't just be my country (Canada) but the entire globe. 😢😮❤

[@ariesostia126]

Have you seen the "zeitgeist movie " ? The first one?

[@mikeoveli1028]

There will be no apocalypse. The Bible doesn't actually speak about the end times or Armageddon. Both of those were created to distract you from them sliding their hand in your pocket.

[@garylee12345]

Globe ? 🌎 👎

[@invisibl3.]

God bless ✝️

[@imetmikemo182]

​@@garylee12345flatty?

[@JesusBaptismGlobalOutreach]

“Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.” (Matthew 10:26)

[@zipsicle50]

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." -Albert Camus

[@Goodkidjr43]

ah yes. Camus, who slept with many women while married such that his wife committed suicide. What a guy!........ The appeal to "freedom" alone is meaningless. Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot took Camus' philosophy to heart and they were very successful.....

[@orpheus2348]

@@Goodkidjr43 Indeed what a guy, but answer me this, did his wife write a philosophy? Did his wife contain the knowledge he provided the world? No, therefore she is irrelevant, not worth caring about understand?

[@melodyseverything6999]

@@orpheus2348 - Are you kidding? Just because she didn't write a philosophy, her life is not worth caring? You've got your priorities wrong - a life is always worth more than a philisophy.

[@orpheus2348]

@@melodyseverything6999 perhaps. creating a philosophy is an amazing feat, killing yourself because your husband was a cheater not so much. Dont act like you personally care for her. besides, should one ever research camus and figure that out she was his wife, I suppose her killing herself due to his antics have somewhat immortalized her no? No one thinks about camus and wonders how terribly his wife might have suffered do they? Seems abit ABSURD dont you think.

[@melodyseverything6999]

@@orpheus2348 - Now that I found out how Camus treated his wife, I don't think much of him and his absurdist philosophy. He fully illustrated that in his marriage.

[@bjolly8924]

This is so encouraging, and so disheartening at the same time. Because it is never been more obvious that we, in America, we are living through the presidential Administration who is based 100% completely and solely upon lies.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@GuinessOriginal]

I thought trump was bad but Biden is worse

[@J.C.thatsme]

@@GuinessOriginal You thought Trump was bad because that's what you were told over and over again and that's what you wanted to believe and that's what the people around you wanted you to believe, so you did. It's a lot harder to make Biden look good, but they won't stop trying.

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@J.C.thatsme I don’t really watch or heed what the corporate military industrial congressional media say. No amount of propaganda will persuade me Trump and Biden are the best America has to offer. I don’t think trump was as bad as the media made him out to be but neither do I think he is the messiah. They’re both crap .

[@newagain9964]

That’s every POTUS

[@PRH123]

The absence of self reflection is a great way to mask our lies to ourselves. This video is a great example of that. He says the lies were all over there, in some other system, amongst some other people. In reality we in the west lie in the deepest pool of lies ever generated in human history. It’s a much more sophisticated system, the communist governments that he mentioned had rather crude systems in comparison, which just makes it more easy to identify.

[@derekstaroba]

Its all lies. Ww2 was a lie even. The treaty the french had with the polish wasnt ratified until day four of fighting. Likewise russia also invaded poland but france only declared war on germany. They dont self reflect because they are unspiritual and dishonest. They only do the right thing when they are forced

[@toi_techno]

Enjoy your trip to the shops to buy whatever you like and the meal you have afterwards, enjoy your kids having access to education, enjoy your foreign holiday and enjoy being able to call your local politician a corrupt scumbag on facebook without getting a visit during the night. When you've finished enjoying all the thingS we take for granted in the West STOP BEING AN IDIOT.

[@derekstaroba]

@@toi_techno well said but they censored ya bro

[@PRH123]

@@toi_techno people in the east do all of those things you mention with just as much freedom as you do…. but that’s not actually the topic of conversation, the topic is myths and lies…. and very kindly you have displayed to us one of the myths, that freedom exists here, and it exists here and not there…

[@tomrhodes1629]

Wisdom is simply the ability to be totally honest with oneself - due to a lack of fear. These Academy of Ideas guys are geniuses. Every video that I've seen has been fantastic and right on the money. And I respect my opinion, because I am a prophet whom GOD has literally told will be a modern-day Martin Luther King, Junior. I am the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. Now, how cool is that? I correspond only through my contact page (click and ye shall find) because I'm rather lazy.

[@UnschoolingCOM]

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[@sooparticular]

well if they believe they are free...then thats good for them....

[@ILLUMINONY]

@@sooparticular Are you truly free if you are plugged in the Matrix 24/7? 👁

[@seansmith3058]

With the exception of those who falsely believe they are enslaved. Paradoxical.

[@DavidFlores-rg4xu]

Have you read Goethe? Have you grasp the depth of his work and of his life? If you have, then good for you sharing that quote, since you actually understand its meaning. If you haven't then it's precisely people like you that are being referenced in said quote.

[@DavidFlores-rg4xu]

And if you have not, and believe you can grasp it by watching youtube videos, reading on some forum about it or any other 'shortcut', then your delusion is even greater, and I hope you get to overcome this limitations.

[@pjanke2]

"The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know, that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over. The moment the Men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these Men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting at politics and terror. TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people's door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy... but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone." - Author Unknown

[@Cassidy127]

The finest words I've seen in a long time. I salute both you and the unknown author. Be well, fellow human

[@ilex8426]

Bryan made a vid on this lately. On his new yt channel, which name I unfortunately can't recall for the moment. Formerly his channel was called something like HighImpactFlix.

[@umer280]

One of the most intelligent thing, heard in ages.

[@williamreed4592]

Awesome. Gave me chills.

[@3264headtrip]

AMEN!

[@swmtothemoon6660]

Keep spreading the word! The easier we can translate this so people can understand will help free even the one who suffer with their own minds.

[@benridge6570]

Thank you so much for your videos, I find them inspirational in the time of stress within the world. I have tried to stand up to the lies other people's say, and the lies that I have told myself. Not being one of higher education, I have simply stated that the truth will set you free but first it will piss you off. But for me I will not go gently into the good night.

[@pirupami9746]

Look up James Scotmore

[@scooble]

You realise just how bad it is, when a Member of Parliament is expelled from the house for calling someone a liar, rather than the liar for lying.

[@kidaria1333]

It is even worse when you see the most simple sceintific definitions valid for decades are simply changed with no explanations an doctors, professors and scientists who call this out and do not comply get fired and even hasseled by the police and even get their bank accounts frozen. And so many argument we do not life in an totalitarism system because that would mean they would be shot dead.

[@johnfrancis4090]

@@kidaria1333 ...¶..."The rich men of the city, however, those who did not see fit even to acknowledge me, but who reveled in their wealth and pride - with such as these, therefore, do not dine in their houses nor be friends with them, lest their partiality influence you. For many in the churches have shown partiality to the rich, because they also are sinful, and they give occasion for others to sin. But judge them with uprightness, so that your ministry may be glorified, and that my name also, may be glorified in the churches." The disciples answered and said, "Yes, truly this is what is fitting to do."

[@andrefernandez5431]

@@kidaria1333 which definitions?

[@mEEEEE1934]

@@andrefernandez5431 man,woman,vaccine,sexual preference, race, all the istophobias, etc.

[@lindsaymarin2772]

And of course someone had to tarnish thread with a religious inference

[@dodieodie498]

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't." -Alice But Alice woke up. She escaped the rabbit hole, and even managed herself through the looking glass. She kept her head.

[@guyparker3904]

This is a fantastic piece.... very well done. And needed now, more than ever... Thank you, keep up the amazing content....

[@tomrhodes1629]

Yes, now more than ever. These Academy of Ideas guys are geniuses. Every video that I've seen has been fantastic and right on the money. And I respect my opinion, because I am a prophet whom GOD has literally told will be a modern-day Martin Luther King, Junior. I am the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. Now, how cool is that? I correspond only through my contact page (click and ye shall find) because I'm rather lazy.

[@philbradley5599]

It's easier to lie to someone than it is to tell them they've been lied to.

[@cg5491]

Yes and how does saying this help anything?

[@Lea941]

Or, it’s easier to fool someone than to convince them they’ve been fooled…

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙🤙🤙

[@beyondwhatisknown]

As a salesmen, trying to show someone that they had bought into someone else's lies was pretty much insurmountable. I'd have to pack up and leave because straightening out their thinking was impossible. Thanks for bringing that up.

[@markp.9707]

Well said!

[@WillyEckaslike]

'The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there is free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate' ~ Noam Chomsky, How the World Works.

[@GamerSix66]

The music example in this video encapsulates your first point perfectly. Right now, at least generally, the majority of folks all listen to the same terrible garbage, and the accepted opinion seems to be that it's good. Having a different taste or stark distaste for the mainstream musical opinion causes people to dislike and judge you harshly. Of course, it's stupid to let others pressure you into what to enjoy, but this type of thing happens constantly. I see it as creative suppression of the younger generations.

[@atodaso1668]

The whole I'm more woke than you argument. Just like the debates for our last Canadian election!

[@SatanasExMachina]

@@GamerSix66 I don't know they see it as good, so much as widely popular. I have a dark notion that people have begun to eschew the things they truly enjoy or that truly inspire them for the sake of embracing those things that are more broadly accepted, thereby gaining a common thread with the majority and feeling more like they are a part of the collective. I've observed this behavior for a long time, and decided long ago that what I enjoy will only be determined by whether or not I actually can appreciate it and absolutely never by what is "popular". It makes connection with others a tad difficult at times, but I still feel I've made the right decision.

[@GamerSix66]

@@SatanasExMachina that's exactly what I'm thinking. I'm grateful I'm not so easily brainwashed though. There's a lot of cool shit to enjoy out there.

[@callmelegendawight8298]

@@Barklord Capitalism gives one the choice to participate or not. Those who risk their capital to produce a product that others may freely buy or reject deserve the reward of wealth in exchange for producing something of value to another person.

[@user-ez3il1yy6i]

"The Truth Will Set You Free" ... 💯%

[@1WaterFire]

Create their enemy and convince them that you are their saviour, from there they'll cheer your rise. From there divide them so that they distrust their neighbor, and eliminate opposition. Once you've singled them they have no other option but to submit or perish.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

"It is easier to fool the man than it is to convince him that he has been fooled." Mark Twain

[@theblackhole05]

What is the truth

[@Nick-1992-SRB]

Very true brother it’s soo much easier to fool an idiot then to convince the idiot that he’s been fooled statement spot on.

[@lgr6709]

*"Your truth? No!, the truth, / and come with me to look for it, / keep yours* -Antonio Machado. *"The truth, contrary to what is believed, is not absolute, stable or univoca"* - Michel Foulcault. *"If you are looking for the truth, get ready for unexpected, because it's hard to find and surprising when you find it"* -Heraclitus of Efeso.

[@Sillysillylittleman]

Corruption denial is a pandemic.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

you realize mark twain was a socialist? wisdom doesn't come from knowing you're being lied to. it comes from knowing WHEN you're being lied to. the elite has turned all humanity into a species of gullible fools. this video just described trump, his cult and practically the entire GOP! the fascist/capitalists have mastered the BIG LIE! they call it "marketing," "advertising" and social manipulation for economic gain. lying and fraud is the business plan of ALL capitalist endeavors. the psychologist bernays "taught" these fascist corporations and fascist politicians of media manipulation to spread lies to gain AND HOLD political and economic power. bernays pushed the use of the unspruluous tactcs of "firehosing" - the repeating of a lie often enough people begin to believe it - "gaslighting" - lying about the insanity of those who know the truth - "astro-turfing" - misrepresenting the true intent behind fraudulant political organization to trick people into voting AGAINST their own best interests. "projection" and the use of ad hominem" attacks are all part of this fascist strategy adopted by the elite, their corporations, the GOP, the libertarians AND TRUMP AND HIS FASCIST CULT! now, the left is even beginning to use and exploit many of these fascist tactics. stalin and his soviets lied about being communist. they weren't. the other fascists lie about communism itself. why? because they want us to FEAR what will free us FROM THEM! its really not too difficult to distinguish lies from fact. if you're a fascist you may or may not believe these lies - but regardless - you spread the lies anyway as a political strategy. seems almost everyone has everything all mixed up. and this is DUE to the big lies we've been told from birth. we're born INTO this society of corporate, capitalist lies. why do you think poverty still exists? its because the lies we're told from birth. why do you think the most greedy, ruthless and corrupt fascists continue to rule? its because of the lies we're told from birth! its just that simple. no need for massive convolution and complication.

[@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful]

"All of the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century rose to power amidst thunderous applause" And I hear the applause once more.

[@ghostrapper2239]

That must be just the echoes of the barking seals in the "Truth Doesn't Matter Anymore" Drumpf Era, this being such an echo chamber, after all.

[@jasonerickson947]

It's like you are in the back of the bus headed for a cliff and every other passenger is cheering.

[@johnnytocino9313]

Where is this thunderous applause coming from?

[@ghostrapper2239]

@@johnnytocino9313 Yeah, and his "quote" too. I think he's just paraphrasing star wars.

[@ralkunpao1866]

Lol padme said liberty dies in thunderous applaud

[@bjoburn7821]

Knowledge is Priceless! We need to know Truth Not Lies! Thanks!

[@weareallinthis3668]

Sending y’all nothing but love & light… remain faithful, be true to yourself. ❤️ Love you guys

[@cherisun1]

My daddy always said " A man is only as good as his word". When his word is a lie he's no good 🤷

[@CarlMCole]

Well said !

[@rjbz554]

Revelation 21:8 ...as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

[@mysteriousme3006]

Wise words

[@timmccarty8111]

If you were to tell me in 2019 that life would be like it is now, I'd never believe you.

[@bicyclist2]

I knew it was coming, I just didn't know in what form it would rear its ugly head. If you had watched all the important political and social documentaries you'd know in advance. It was suggested in "V for Vendetta", "Zeitgeist Addendum", "America: Freedom to Fascism", and "The Secret of Oz".

[@mixn44]

@@bicyclist2 Me as well, the War they wanted against Russia never happened, and Trump and Brexit were the last Straws. It's a Group of old people who are behind it, I've known them all my life.

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@oahuhawaii2141]

@@mixn44: Fascism in the US is from Biden-Harris exploiting COVID-19 to take away all our freedoms.

[@user-fv7dx6lv2h]

You must be pretty un-insightful then

[@eliara-thevoice8430]

I knew our society was in deep trouble when everyone around me hunkered down to "flatten the curve." I felt all alone....but then I became closer to God. Thank you God, for giving me access to enough of the truth to wake up and start looking around with increased discernment. We are in the biggest spiritual war we have ever seen...our souls are literally in jeopardy. The path is extremely narrow...and getting more and more narrow, all the time. Highly recommended picking up a Bible and diving in. A King James version. Luke and Daniel are good places to start. Its never too late to find God.

[@rosemaryrojahn584]

I feel exactly the same way. People like you give me hope and I don't feel so alone. I am a KJV person. We must stay strong for the battle is the Lord's.

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

The true “One Lie”. Tell them they are free if they willingly comply with a demand, then slowly but steadily increase the demands until they’re even lying to themselves about everything around them, and anyone not willing to lie is either tortured to death or “cancelled”. That’s the real world.

[@theodoregarcia8830]

I can’t believe youtube hasn’t banned this video, absolutely potent , well explained and excellent references. Big hugs

[@kidaria1333]

They choose the words very wisely. Same with Russel Brand. But I wonder how long this is possible and when they will censor more.

[@mariapalmateer6770]

“👋” IT IS {*WRITTEN} 📖✍️& IT IS {*FINISHED 🀄️🕊 {*THE *KINGDOM OF {*GOD} 🌫🕊 (“IS AT”) {*HAND} {*THE *KING } 👑 📖 🗡 OF {*GLORY} *QUICKLY *COME}🙏🏽🕊 {* LORD *JESUS} *COME ** SHALOM ♥️💞🕊

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Because this is a shill channel!

[@business9473]

This video is nothing. The narrator made sure he didn't quote what the Russian author said about the jews.

[@user-ok7nw3hd4k]

@@business9473 Let's see your video?

[@theSeymoor]

I was raised by a narcissist. Then it took me another decade to truly understand the abuse. Most people are decent and can't fathom the deception we face.

[@katehampstead6024]

Same here. I have a feeling that reading the books by Solzhenitsyn and Havel would give me a portrait of my childhood environment. I've been on a personal freedom quest my whole life.

[@theSeymoor]

@@katehampstead6024 It sort of all makes sense now.

[@nazmountaingirl]

Most simply believe what they 'want' to believe.

[@Alexp37]

Same here. I agree.

[@charmedprince]

Same. I'm 31 now and having to restart all over again because my eyes are opened this late in my life!

[@Azdingue]

This single video has cast light on many shadows of my mind , ideas i couldn't arrange into something that made sense . Thank you .

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

Yes, Humanity has become like the abused women. Enduring repeated insults and hoping that things will improve somehow.

[@monti75]

“As long as people remain obsessed with false paradigms and faux enemies, the establishment’s goal of complete centralized dominance will be predictably attainable.” G O Ghost

[@mikewilliams4947]

Who created cv and who created the shot to "cure" cv? Who created the idea of a passport to segregate us? Look how fast the majority buckled. Then the ones who didn't want to take it, but were pressured into it, had to take sides for fear of looking like they got duped.

[@CyberTocsin]

I'm not sure why a comment made of simple poetry that in no way violates any Community standards would be deleted three times in a row, but it just happened. Beyond belief in what we knew for now believing what is shown, showing what would be believed should it be seen as if its known. Mirror, magic mirror tell my vision what to see. Share with me reflection of the things I'd like to be. Fore the grandiose projection of reality. Meanwhile, behind the curtain, grows an artificial syntony. Mirror high up in the sky spread far and wide from sea to sea. Show me what you'll have me know and leave the questions up to me. Ever learning, but never able to find the knowledge of Truth. For discerning Fact from Fable. Believing only evidence as proof. Gridlocked and entwined in this ill-fated Symphony. So unto Logos is The Mythos as mythology. As Vines live unforsaken by / yet live to spite the tree... As wind upon the sands of time... [fleeting, and displacing history] As knowledge of Truth inherent (ignored), Creating mystery... By this we know importance of what we must not forget: As world turns the lesson is learned by how we would remember it. -CyberTocsin 2021

[@MACGRUBER5000]

@@CyberTocsin it is as if a higher power used u and this comment section as a vehicle to spread higher consciousness type content in the form of a beautiful poem

[@CyberTocsin]

@@MACGRUBER5000 😀 I'm glad I didn't stop trying to post it after watching it disappear from right in front of me. *Discouragement* is the window through which tyrants would creep.

[@cloudsmith7803]

The question of would you have stood against the Nazis back then is being answered now. Did you stand against immense social & government pressure to obey them???

[@user-is3yn7xr4c]

Responsibility is not enough, discipline is needed. Courage is not enough, humility is needed. Strength is not enough, self-control is needed. Truth is not enough, acceptance through understanding is needed. Freedom is not enough, self-sacrifice is needed.

[@GuitaristJohnChapman]

Speak your truth, embrace your creativity, seek not perfection, stand for justice, freedom, protect the most vulnerable, face evil head on, follow your heart and gut, and go to sleep each night knowing your gave your all.

[@UnschoolingCOM]

"Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you." ~ Benjamin Franklin

[@UnschoolingCOM]

@OG Sky Watch "To be well liked, one must dress in the skin of the simplest of animals." ~ Baltasar Gracián

[@klausswabs...e.u5650]

@OG Sky Watch if your a wolf your one of them....a sheep is weak a wolf is savage ....be a bison Strong and in a heard looking out for wolves

[@patricathomas6155]

@OG Sky Watch You howl a lot

[@belledecaucase]

Gullibility is the currency of emotional manipulation. Gullibility involves not questioning what is wrong. Just accepting without critical thinking.

[@orpheus2348]

Kinda, I've always seen being gullible as easily fooled. Both sides, Left and Right are being far too gullible placing their faith in God or Trump Or even Biden. These systems of governance are failing the people, we are not going to succeed in our attempts at a greater society if we remain divided. I dont believe in god but Goddamn the Left, Goddamn the right! The power is in the people!

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free land to live on and grow food on. End taxes on the lower middle class or everyone with less than $100000 and put in more tax credits for helping the poor. End farm subsidies. Chairty and independence should replace taxes. Everyone has the right to land. To devide equally or share. Just cuz someone is powerful enuf to control land doesn't make them the rightful owner. Might doesn't make right. Its a natural resource and survival need thus not letting people use land to live on and grow food on is wrong. End farm subsidies. There's reportedly less than 2 acres of habitable land per person on earth. About 4.5 acres per person of total land. If we let them continue like this next u will have to pay to drink rain water or from natural water sources, to breathe air, to use rivers lakes or the ocean, to use air space, and to exsist anywhere on earth cuz they will claim they own it and u have to pay them to exist, then they'll probably say they own u as well and all the wild animals too. The natural resources belong to all of us to share or divide equally pretty much. The man made resources belong to those who created it until they volentarily choose to sell or give it away, Owns the fruit of their labor until they give it away or sell it, pretty much. We all own our own body. In a perfect world theft wouldn't exsist or be needed, but most people agree theft is ok if needed for survival. So many people do call things they have stollen as their property as well, and I think in general if they like stole from a rich person for survival then they should be allowed to keep those items so they can live. But they should be helped to get a better way to get there needs. Taxation is theft.

[@a.p.5429]

@@orpheus2348 yet we can't become better people nor stop division without a change from within. People are born selfish and self seeking. Any preK classroom teacher can confirm that. Only through Jesus and His redemptive work on the cross can we be born anew spiritually and become that better person. Don't settle for religion. Seek a relationship with the Savior.

[@rjbz554]

the Bible has a name for this: Fools

[@rjbz554]

@潘poon no, its created by cowardly and lazy people who remain foolish and refuse to take responsibility and grow up

[@this_mfr]

The real threat to fighting totalitarianism today is the feel good dopamine hits we get from watching and hearing things like this video, but then doing nothing about it. Most of us watching this will do nothing to change our lives and, as a result, our homes, our families, and our society. We'll just keep watching videos like this for the dopamine hits, complain about everyone else, and do nothing. Pick something to take a stand for and live it.

[@roroneto]

We are part of the system we accuse of abusing us. We can change the world, only in the amount we can change ourselves, through personal study, self justice, and honesty.

[@johnmargaritis6695]

"People came to realize that not standing up for the freedom of others....meant surrending one's own freedom"---Havel Wow, that really hits home with what is going on in the world right now.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

Precisely what they can do to one of us they can do to ANY of us. IF we allow one persons freedoms to be taken, or denied. It won't be long before they come for EVERYONE'S freedoms. Alas people only care when something affects them directly. Ignorant to the fact that ignoring the peril of others. Will invite unto the same peril IF not FAR worse in the future to come.

[@johnmargaritis6695]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l Totally agree. The sheeple will do things without thinking of the long term implications just because it will make life "easier" for them now.

[@kidaria1333]

This! So many think when they go with agenda when they go with the ones in power they are spared not understanding they will get after them as well. There so many good historical documents, speeches and quotes from so many different germany of the time in the 1920s and 1930s never properly presented in media, school or university we could have learned so much from. The parallels are strong.

[@whatsqualia]

I’ve never felt so sane in my life ❤

[@theinkbrain]

These things were possible in the time that surveillance was in its infancy. Today, when our thoughts, words, deeds, locations, jobs, bank accounts and lives are just a click away from being suspended by our handlers and owners, such a parallel society is just a pipe dream.

[@positivemomentum9902]

i remember when i was walking around eyes wide shut. I remember when i believed that you couldnt tell lies on the news or that companies couldnt lie on the tell-a-lie-vision commercials.. i remember thinking how crazy people were who think the way i do now...

[@positivemomentum9902]

@@spellbreaker9384 what is this n why did you post it

[@nuno.alex.vicente]

you are right. it is shocking...

[@satnamo]

Nothing is more precious than: 1. Freedom 2. Independent 3. Joy

[@RussellBallestrini]

1. TRUTH 2. FREEDOM 3. LOVE

[@misstuxbrandi]

I think HOPE belongs in these lists. Without hope, what is there to strive for?

[@RussellBallestrini]

@@misstuxbrandi when we hold the Trivium, hope naturally unfolds as a result. Truth, Freedom, Love

[@TheRuthdobson]

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[@dennismanary5537]

Precious is whom will lay down his life for his friends. Friend.

[@Vesnicie]

The task of living within truth is even more daunting now because those who follow are not only afraid and seeking warmth and a full belly; they have also been beguiled by all the trappings of their own celebrity. Successfully uniting authoritarianism with a fathomless appeal to ego has been the great masterstroke of the 21st century regime.

[@DaveRogersDesign]

This is amazing and exactly what I needed to see today. I shared with many.

[@seanypooo]

“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.” -Albert Camus

[@PersephoneRising333]

Boom 💥

[@alphonseomanda4482]

That's hilarious...absolutely and you Mr Sean characterize yourself as a-political or conservative or the most likely, you don't trust any of them, a self proclaimed libertarian (and probly jump right to that's why I only look out for me and your family)....yet, especially these days, (very likely the only elections you've participated in, because you are not "old"), you are hard-core red aka republican. And run with all their ideas, I mean Trumps ideas.....and that established, here's my actual response... this the rally call for the true sheep, for the guard dogs.. you are siding with the ppl that call the notion of caring for you for others a lie...specifically the welfare of the people, those who preach that, its bs, don't be so stupid. So Albert, that's why you do not infact advocate for people's welfare "correct".... and posting this and liking this reinforces that they can, NOT CARE about others welfare and that the ppl that do are the badguys....can you see the indoctrination in that...#lordihopeso

[@ritab-c492]

As government grows, we shrink.

[@nerdyali4154]

@@alphonseomanda4482 Typical disingenuous lefty rhetoric.Camus was talking about the phenomenon of tyrants invoking the welfare of the people as justification for neutralising enemies and you had to come along to neutralise that quote by pretending that he was dismissing the people's welfare as a concern altogether. Just another variation of the mindless "you just don't care about X" device to dismiss opposition. Funny thing about the caring left in the US, the more money and progressive policies they throw at inner city schooling the worse conditions get. They shut down as racist any attempt to discipline black children and create an orderly environment. It's almost as if they want to keep people dependent. Not a very nice way to treat people. At least the right cares enough about people to try to encourage them to be independent.

[@alphonseomanda4482]

@@ritab-c492 that's a terrible belief....because AOC, even Trump, they sure as hell wouldn't agree

[@NYCeesFinest]

Deception is ALWAYS the tool of an enemy.

[@princeothello5802]

That’s Because the enemy knows the masses can’t discern the truth from a lie Or the source of the true and the source of the lie.

[@ns3616]

That was one badass quote to end off with. Excellent compilation of ideas! Thank you

[@waltermatthews1155]

Your content never ages, happy new year.

[@Triggernlfrl]

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.” ― Sigmund Freud

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Is it greed that makes people want a dictatorship?

[@FeelingGreenGoBirds]

❤

[@bigchedds8389]

Sounds like something a a tyrant would say.

[@AG-io5wr]

Very good video. Maintaining reality is key. Two quotes I live by: "It's easier to fool a man than convince him he's been fooled." "A wise man always holds his own motives suspect."

[@Sunfried1]

Good video? He only speaks in abstractions about totalitarianism and never explains how his views relate to real contemporary events. Why does he never reference January 6? Because he can only deal with philosophical abstractions and his never ending obsession with the vague specter of totalitarianism which he mentions incessantly. But there's no meat to any of it. A lot of empty words.

[@StrawberrySoul77]

@A G have you been fooled? perhaps 🤔

[@adrianmizen5070]

Problem is, today's would-be totalitarians have learned the lessons of past totalitarians' failures, learned them very well. Solzhenitsyn and Havel had the advantage of another non-totalitarian superpower lining up against their oppressors and putting economic and military pressure on them. Whereas today we're heading toward the 1984 map of 2-3 totalitarian superpowers using each other as bogeymen to control their own populations. There is no America or Western Europe to save us if we fall. The video's claim that Solzhenitsyn's writings brought down the USSR is downright laughable -- it was its own economic system's drawbacks, along with renewal of the arms race under Reagan that brought them down. Not intended to minimize Solzhenitsyn, who was indeed a hero, but you can't bring down totalitarianism with mere ink on paper. And if you delude yourself that you can, you are going to neglect the things you really need to do.

[@adrianmizen5070]

@@Sunfried1 what would 1/6 have to do with this topic?

[@TheRuthdobson]

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[@nulliusinverba6324]

“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.” - Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

[@PtolemyXVII]

“The vaccine protects people from disease” when evidence shows it does the exact opposite

[@mikerak6283]

@Dave Fraser That’s such a stupid term. It came into prominence very recently because people who have cognitive dissonance would just call their debate opponent a “gaslighter” or “he’s gaslighting” and all of the sudden the debate is over. It’s another version of Godwin’s law. The longer and more exhausting a debate gets, (for the losing party) they can always rely on a pseudo-Godwin’s law, (substitute the word Nazi for gaslighter) and you automatically shut down the debate. Being manipulative is VERY different than legitimately questioning one’s perceived version of reality.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

wisdom doesn't come from knowing you're being lied to. it comes from knowing WHEN you're being lied to. the elite has turned all humanity into a species of gullible fools. this video just described trump, his cult and the practically entire GOP! the fascist/capitalists have mastered the BIG LIE! they call it "marketing," "advertising" and social manipulation for economic gain. lying and fraud is the business plan of ALL capitalist endeavors. the psychologist bernays "taught" these fascist corporations and fascist politicians of media manipulation to spread lies to gain AND HOLD political and economic power. bernays pushed the use of the unspruluous tactcs of "firehosing" - the repeating of a lie often enough people begin to believe it - "gaslighting" - lying about the insanity of those who know the truth - "astro-turfing" - misrepresenting the true intent behind fraudulant political organization to trick people into voting AGAINST their own best interests. "projection" and the use of "ad hominem" attacks are all part of this fascist strategy adopted by the elite, their corporations, the GOP, the libertarians AND TRUMP AND HIS FASCIST CULT! now, the left is even beginning to use and exploit many of these fascist tactics. stalin and his soviets lied about being communist. they weren't. the other fascists lie about communism itself. why? because they want us to FEAR what will free us FROM THEM! its really not too difficult to distinguish lies from fact. if you're a fascist you may or may not believe these lies - but regardless - you spread the lies anyway as a political strategy. seems almost everyone has everything all mixed up. and this is DUE to the big lies we've been told from birth. we're born INTO this society of corporate, capitalist lies. why do you think poverty still exists? its because the lies we;'re told from birth. why do you think the most greedy, ruthless and corrupt fascists continue to rule? its because of the lies we're told from birth! its just that simple. no need for massive convolution and complication.

[@PaperMario64]

@@mikerak6283 it’s not a stupid term. And it never left prominence amongst people who understand how damaging it is to deal with a narcissist in your personal life.

[@PaperMario64]

@@cjmacq-vg8um your comment is the truth.

[@leonardaugustine2009]

Beautiful piece of art you have produced thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@guiller2371]

The truth was the very reason Christianity was a thread to the Roman empire. Sadly, hypocrisy has taken over our religious institutions as a betrayal of our humble, yet spiritually powerful beginning. True is indeed what set us free. Thanks for the video.

[@julioandresgomez3201]

I feel for all the people that studied medicine because they genuinely cared and wanted to help people, only to discover that they turned into pawns of a heartless and soulless industry. Or worse, they never discovered the inhuman machinery they are participating in.

[@michelleduncan9965]

I agree Julio!!

[@malcansdell5778]

They need to step away and stop poisoning people.

[@miguelnascimento2847]

imagine taking an oath to practice medicine and then use the position to force medical procedures on people that are only doing it because they are being coerced. Most of the people working in health care are nothing but empty people who do not care nor wish to care about your health or freedoms. When the hammer comes down to punish the crimes commited I hope we don't forget the "nurses" that knowingly administred a vaccine to people that were being forced into taking it.

[@towerofthemoon]

I feel so trapped as a nurse and a student in a psych NP program. I’m definitely a minority in my way of thinking and have recently discovered that a mentor has succumbed to the collective psychosis of this moment

[@Westeroni3]

This, one thousand times this.

[@boldasalion6436]

The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves. ~ Charles de Montesquieu

[@cjay2]

Great quote. And it's 'its', not 'it's'. Check your spellchecker.

[@boldasalion6436]

@@cjay2 ~ Spellchecker? I AM the spell checker and I sucked in English. I dropped out of the indoctrination centers when I was 15 or 16. Thanks, I guess I'm never to old to learn. ;)

[@advocate1563]

You shared a relevant and interesting quote to support this video. I would have given you a first if you were a student I had the pleasure to work with. Critical thinking is the greatet prize and sadly lacking in first yesr under-graduates,.who are taught to pass exams, rather than how to think. Thanks.

[@boldasalion6436]

@@advocate1563 ~ Well thank you, but all praise goes to my heavenly Father who gives me discernment along with the eyes to see & the ears to hear. Have a blessed day. :)

[@Berserkism]

Vaccine Slaves.

[@markuskholl4807]

Lie begets lie, the truth stands alone. Sometimes the truth is stranger than a lie.

[@ronlentjes2739]

"Never knowingly support lies". I just paused it at that point. What a great statement.

[@rjbz554]

Revelation 21:8 ...as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

[@smak387]

Live not by lies.

[@greer-lr2lg]

I haven't and won't be❤🙏

[@daemonsilver3304]

Truth can be painful for atrophied hearts and minds. It was suffering for me everyday since I decided to take responsibility for my lot in life. That pain has become the backbone of my personal progress and growth. And I will now choose such suffering without hesitation, before I would ever consider the comfort of victimhood.

[@charlesxavier3489]

Awesome 👏

[@reidhansen7030]

And you do know your true worth to the collective...small part but the most important to anyones selfbeing...

[@ILLUMINONY]

This is the way. 👁💪🏽

[@vaughnslavin9784]

"Not the violent conflict between parts of the truth, but the quiet suppression of half of it, is the formidable evil; there is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides; it is when they attend to only one that errors harden into prejudices, and truth itself ceases to have the effect of truth, by being exaggerated into falsehood." John Stuart Mill

[@eliara-thevoice8430]

Gratitude for your work. All truth is welcome in this dystopian world.

[@oldbiker9739]

I am concerned for the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." - General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

[@seanomaille8157]

This, a video on The Big Lie in 2021, and not a mention of the Liar in Chief and his Big Lie of election fraud without a shred of evidence. Nothing on the lies of denial around Jan 6th. Lies about things we can see with our own eyes on video. This video and this channel is as sinister and as cynical as anything Goebbels could have dreamed up. Truly frightening that so many Americans are being duped by blind loyalty to one manchild. Read Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner: e.g."... the bafflement of his tamers (today's McCarthy, McConnell, Graham, Cruz et al) who always realised just too late exactly what it was he was up to - namely, when he capped it with something even more outrageous and monstrous; then also the hypnotic trance into which his public fell, succumbing with less and less resistance to the glamour of depravity and the ecstasy of evil." God Bless and Help America

[@GeorgE-yo5yc]

Said the man who got tens of thousands of his soldiers slaughtered through the incompetence and sheer stupidity taking every useless little island in the Pacific instead of going for the enemy's jugular!

[@heyheyyoyo3583]

@@sadbuttrue1187 MacArthur was a general not commander n chief. He was not responsible

[@benjijarman]

@@seanomaille8157 MAGA supporters cant see how accurately this describes them. The comments section actually confirms the accuracy of the content. Starting to see why they call any who disagree 'communist'. They're the benchmark for hypocrisy and projection.

[@seanomaille8157]

@Skelley-Priest Proof? Evidence? Multiple recounts, court cases and no one has shown a single shred of evidence. No one, nowhere.

[@spencerbaldwin2303]

This has got to be my favorite Academy video so far... to know that small numbers of people living within the truth can eventually topple an authoritarian regime fills me with hope

[@happydazeharvick4399]

Anybody in this world with a brain and convictions has a funny feeling in their stomach. And for good reason...

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@RogerMiller-td5yc]

"I am a coward, i seek only warmth and to eat my fill" Wow, has such a statment ever been uttered in the light of day?

[@markuskholl4807]

Living in truth is freedom, to live in a lie is to be enslaved to the lie.

[@suthernbandit6282]

The very last slide, that quote about 'let them proclaim "i am cattle, i seek only to eat my fill"' is probably the greatest ending to this video you could have chosen. Such a powerful statement to close on. Another great video 😎

[@YMF1891]

My thoughts exactly

[@generaleerelativity9524]

I enjoy the educational laden backhanded proclamation of this channel. He just called everyone hypocritical liars to their face but in a way that makes them applaud him for it. It's so great! 😃

[@Automedon2]

Absolutely. We are so scared to rock the delicate boat we're on. They constantly remind us that the roof over our heads isn't really ours , our livelihood can be taken in an instant, our fridge empty if we don't keep toeing the line. We aren't even allowed to buy food without a paper mask on.

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

It’s racist

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

White supremacy is number 1 problem

[@leonardallen7380]

What is heartbreaking is how it effects the children , government taking children away from parents, and brainwashing them to obey or be disciplined harshly 😥

[@Vision-MileHigh]

Thank you. We need reform on this matter!

[@Vision-MileHigh]

CPS offices need AUDITS.

[@leonardallen7380]

@TampaDoll that's false, government control is shameful, we lost are ranch because of the government, they took 6 thousand acres for free,oh yeah ranchers are weak right, shameful

[@billiemon]

@@leonardallen7380 Did they take your guns first?

[@leonardallen7380]

@@billiemon yep

[@Grand_riser]

Not standing up for the freedom of others meant Surrendering ones own freedom. ❤

[@borutsiraj6086]

“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.”

[@UnschoolingCOM]

"Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others." ~ Theodore Roosevelt [Jamestown, VA, April 26, 1907]

[@kayumochi]

TR certainly would not be embraced by the GOP today ...

[@BakedNConfused]

"The tyrants, that gave you crisis, left you silenced" Atmosphere - Sound Is Vibration

[@TheRealEMURSE]

Classsssssic track!!!!! Back when i was into that album and alot of other dope underground i was a teenager with big hopes and dreams for the future

[@jonanderson4474]

I might be the last generation of grandparents.

[@stephenjohnson3084]

We need to share and propogate this video/idea. THAT IS HOW WE FIGHT! The truth is our weapon. Thank you AOI ✊

[@fuzzycounsellor9147]

I know a book which seems to have largely been discarded that warned of all these things thousands of years ago. Yet few took heed because they are addicted to lies and love too have their ears tickled. If you look throughout history you will find that man's attempts at governing his fellows always descends into tyranny. Could it be that man himself is flawed? While others seem dismayed at what man has wrought, I for one only expect more of the same as man without his Creator to rule him with an iron rod is a broken tool that can only draw a crooked line.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

Tell people that "violence is never the answer" long enough, they'll eventually stop fighting the monsters and humanity will be doomed.

[@professionalcynic9488]

Freeing your mind and engaging in peaceful non-compliance need to be the first steps

[@jesshorn257]

@@professionalcynic9488 should be the first step but may not be the final one called for

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

Two things are unknown to man: the time and way of death, and the time and way of revolution. But they are both (sadly) inevitable.

[@lucatkinson]

Unfortunately violence is the answer

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

@@professionalcynic9488 Yes, the first step is to loudly state that your intentions are entirely peaceful and conforming to current social standards, while you are actually preparing for war... in Minecraft.

[@AfterSkool]

Another phenomenal video. Thank you 🙏

[@TheConstitutionFirst]

Great Video: I’m sick to death from hearing things schizophrenic, egocentric, paranoid, prima-donnas kzbin.info/www/bejne/epqsp3yNdpdgntE&ab_channel=CaliforniaGold

[@squigglyarmz197]

@@TheConstitutionFirst I hope you can stop hearing things, that sucks dude

[@hellowell3743]

After Skool and Academy are my too favorite KZbin channels. The type of content that should be promoted by KZbin. Absolute champions.

[@carefulcarpenter]

@@hellowell3743 Agree. It is always wise to compare what popular culture is interested in.

[@xXabstractXx]

After skool commenting on academy of ideas? The world is going to be okay. 🙏😔 thanks guys.

[@enough1494]

Well, the day we grieve with one another will be the day we understand and hear each other.

[@yolobuttrill]

The Renaissance is here! Spread love and solidarity to all! Never has global suffering been more evident and informational exchange been so possible so easily. Lead with compassion and community and build the future you want!

[@oliverlawrence8112]

This channel is a vital source of resistance and hope, you have my utmost respect and support!

[@Polyglot_English]

Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙🤙

[@bernadettemintmier9618]

Yes, this is a great channel. So glad I found this. Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@derlowenkonig7971]

What kind of resistance?

[@rashare1247]

Exposure is the only cure. The current republican / conservative totalitarian agenda is so successful to this point, and will continue to be successful until it overtakes us, because it is not uniformly and consistently being called out as such at every opportunity. Think about it, you have heard all your life that unity is a powerful force. This is not just a cute and inspirational saying; it is a fundamental governing law of the universe like gravity or inertia. The proponents of this "conservative totalitarian agenda" represent approx 50% of the US population and they are unified in the furtherance of this "conservative totalitarian agenda"; which essentially is white supremacy. They pretend to be patriots of this America but they are actually simultaneously Double Agents of a coming Dark America. Historically it takes far less than 50% dissatisfaction and unity of purpose to bring about a universal upheaval and change to a society. What I am saying to you is THEY WILL BE SUCCSSFUL in bringing about there "republican totalitarian agenda" if they are not exposed to the point where it begins to change the minds of those within their ranks who are still reachable. And exposed to the point where those who can counter their efforts really understand what fight their in. If liberals or democrats or progressives or "lefties" or right minded republicans or independents or apoliticals are afraid to use phrases like white supremist or "conservative totalitarian agenda" when calling out their "colleges" in congress or in there states and cities, then all efforts to thwart this agenda will be a mere delaying of the inevitable. The phrases alone are just a starting point. They must be accompanied by truthful and sincere information and context. "The republican totalitarian agenda" and its agents must be directly called out by every politician and public figure and average citizen each time they approach a proverbial podium. The agents and proponents of this agenda are unified and therefore powerful. The opposition must also be unified, and have a unified mantra. A unifying goal. If not, many of us will die or be made to suffer untold horrors. I'm not being hyperbolic. Your mayor, governor and president must take hold of phrases such as these and use them often. The Bidens and Pelocis and Schumers and Obamas, as well as the Celebrities of music and film and sports must uniformly call them out and shame them into submission. A few of them can be educated into regret, but most are incorrigible. #ConservativeTotalitarianAgenda #RepublicanTotalitarianAgenda #DarkAmericaDoubleAgents

[@edwardcarberry1095]

On Bi t ch u te there is great/ Very Sad information on the firing of people doing their jobs! What they fail to reconize that all those who have been fired/ let go/ dismissed are likely to start protesting these Deep State actions! More the the resistance!

[@LostInThought2013]

I've listened to this over and over since it was released yesterday. Thank you not only for the sanity you provide, but also for the wake up call. I can no longer remain silent.

[@aliciasavage6801]

The one thing people need to give more thought to was the comment "It falsifies the past". I have been witnessing that occurring in present time, future history being set up falsely and it makes me question what in our history that we all believe is really a lie?

[@ruserious2825]

Thank you for the summary of the things that are in front of us now! 😢😢😢 If it was possible to get all the people of the world to begin to question the things that are taught we would have a better world.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Only older souls are able to be honest with themselves. Wisdom is the ability to be honest with oneself due to a lack of fear. These Academy of Ideas guys are geniuses. Every video that I've seen has been fantastic and right on the money. And I respect my opinion, because I am a prophet whom GOD has literally told will be a modern-day Martin Luther King, Junior. I am the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. Now, how cool is that? I correspond only through my contact page (click and ye shall find) because I'm rather lazy.

[@camerondavis2872]

This put into words perfectly what I have tried to say for years. This is not just for political ends either but psychological, philosophical, and spiritual health and fulfillment. Even if you have no effect on the world it was 100% worth it.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Don't worry about having an affect on the world. Just try to make better the lives of your loved ones and friends. It will have a positive effect on your sphere of influence, and realistically has a chance to continue after you're gone because people are impacted by your example.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

After finding out about Ernest Belfort Bax, Marie Anne Paulze, and Edgar Allan Poe's short lived marriage, I realized our paradigm in all senses is nothinh but lies crafting for the sake of compliance.

[@zpclosangelesgraffiticafe]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Demand from Government--"Create USA Sanctuary States for Non-Illegals (opposite of, states for Illegals) Constitutional Law prevails this way *consensus Pro-Freedom Fighters

[@bungus87]

I like the way this video is written, avoiding the subject of the lies in question and instead discussing how to live beyond them. Well done and thought-provoking, thank you for all the A+ content over the years.

[@Papalegba22]

It showed examples of totalitarian systems that eventually implode when the lie no longer is excepted. Simple

[@katrinaarmstrong7613]

This cannot be shared enough 💜