The Nightmare of Total Equality - A Warning to The World

In Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. describes the nightmare of total equality, a society in which equality is finally achieved, but at the cost of freedom and individuality. One’s utopia is another’s dystopia.
We’ll be exploring the increasing promotion of equality to the point of it being absurd as a consequence of the “unheard cry for meaning” that plagues modern society. The modern age is characterised by a sense of disorientation of not knowing what to do with one’s life. Nietzsche’s foresaw nihilism as an inevitable consequence of the Death of God, where God is replaced with public opinion, the entertainment culture, and the State. Without objective values, we fall into relativism, making us fall prey to authoritarianism and conformism, as displayed by George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984.
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⌛ Timestamps
(0:00) Introduction: The Nightmare of Total Equality
(1:40) Disorientation and Nihilism
(4:10) Living a Meaningful Life
(4:43) The Problem of Relativism
(5:23) Totalitarianism and Conformism
(7:45) Preachers of Equality
(11:20) Pathos of Distance: The Overman and The Last Man
(12:25) Orwell’s Warning: 1984
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📝 Sources
- Westen, P. (1983). To Lure the Tarantula from Its Hole: A Response. Columbia Law Review, 83(5), 1186-1208.
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[@Edgelord-rn9he]

7:18 Man, Stephen Fry practically predicted the Woke-Left before we even knew of those freaks.

[@midnightsun24c7]

@@Edgelord-rn9he in 1970, the average ceo compensation was around 24.5 times more than their average worker.(ok, fair enough, they earned it) It is now on average 350 times more and commonly as high as 1200 times. The rich have simply been getting richer. You don't even have to be "woke" to see that nobody can be 350 times more important, or work 350 times harder than the average employee. Its all about capital allocation and negotiating power (be it luck, be it connections, be it a bit of hard work too). This video is useful as a warning against totalitarian control but will be justified to maintain the current acceleration of income gap. As almost a "some people are tall, some people are short" argument. I don't know about you but I haven't seen anybody who is 1000 times taller or more talented than any other individual. People in current generations have almost given up on ever owning a house lest they inherit it. Adjusting for inflation the minimum wage was higher in the 1960s than is now. But go ahead call me woke, call me an evil hypocrite.

[@manomanhudo9467]

Where do you get your art? I neeed it

[@are_you_f_serious]

The beast in us wants to be lied to, morality is a white lie so that we are not torn apart by it. - With this said, give up. There is no hope.

[@midnightsun24c7]

@@manomanhudo9467 I second that the art is amazing.

[@enbilerfrainitiald8529]

“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.” - John F. Kennedy

[@paulfeeder4262]

should is an important word in this context. also: all of us should be able to live a life worthy of our awareness of the world. -me😉

[@valethewolf49]

❤️

[@PdirceuPedro]

Do we have to add anything else!?

[@ihaa915]

That’s just out of the context. Everyone actually has an equal opportunity, because they are alive and well.

[@Fair_enough1]

@@ihaa915 that's not true unfortunately.. Some people have very bad luck

[@AG10381]

“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” by George Orwell

[@Dark_Peace]

The problem résides in knowing who is closest to the truth. "When someone warns you that you're being lied to, there's always a liar." - me, rn

[@BlackestSheepB.Barker]

The further the crazy ship gets from Port, the more I'm losing sight of these people. It certainly makes me feel isolated in maintaining my former outlook on life. Pertinent quote there, no doubt.

[@nicodemus369]

Now, everyone’s got their own truth... is the problem.✌️😞

[@seangrieves4359]

Knowing is true even in the appearance of confusion. Stay with the real.

[@williamcorvinus8240]

@@Barklord the ones shouting for 'social justice' and 'equality'...

[@PJ-ns6um]

"Individuals search for truth but groups search for consensus- and society is the largest group. So the biggest problem we run into is this: What society wants for you is not always what’s good for you. -Naval Ravikant

[@trashaimgamer7822]

And yet here you are quoting somebody else instead of formulating your opinions in your own words...

[@merasmurry1460]

God all these comments read like r/I'm13yearsoldandthisisdeep.

[@sardonyxsky]

@@merasmurry1460 so what

[@sardonyxsky]

good quote

[@merasmurry1460]

@@sardonyxsky The point is that all these guys who are against equality are trying to find any justification beyond "I benefit for inequality". And in doing so their half-bake reasoning sounds like a 13 year old trying to sound smart.

[@mysticsunshinestudios]

"However, those who call themselves 'the good and the just' and wish to punish and impose their views on others are not to be trusted." Nietzsche literally foretold the future in this quote. I am literally in tears right now. This has been something weighing on my analytical mind for some time. It's heartbreaking to see this information is available, and so many people are blind, lost, or simply unmotivated to learn about anything outside of the limited spectrum of entertainment. That's literally the only thing now a days. With tik tok being the epitome of this quote, and some corners of KZbin also echoing this sick culture.

[@dropkickirish4449]

You were actually crying because of this video? With your superfluous usage of the word “literally” I’m inclined to believe you were not “literally” crying, and in fact part of the problem you’re so mawkishly rallying against.

[@democard1199]

@@dropkickirish4449 Just some whamen moment "this is so meeee!!". Ignore them, just ignore them.

[@dropkickirish4449]

@@democard1199 I’m trying, I’m really trying.

[@travelsouthafrica5048]

don't worry about it mate , these silly people have always been around , the world is a large place and there is always somewhere to go where people are normal , leave the crazies to sort each other out

[@Sage3356]

Sounds like christians

[@MrBalaki97]

I remember Harrison bergeron so deeply from reading it in a literature book when I was in school. I'll never forget this a great tale. Amazing

[@rugbyguy59]

I hope you realize that it was actually a parody of the right wing straw man of socialism wanting total equality. Did you notice what Bergeron did when he rebelled and took off his handicaps? He makes himself emperor. Vonnegutt was a socialist.

[@Stroggoii]

@@rugbyguy59 Yes, Bergeron the evil right wing parody took absolute power from an absurdly frail social structure as soon as he got the chance. What did Stalin do with Trotski's invitation to Lenin's funeral? Socialism is science fiction. It will be cooperative capitalism what takes us to the next level of societal organization. The left will call it "democratic socialism" but it will be private profit motive that funds UBI, commonwealth funds and renewable energy for the purpose of sustaining consumption in a post-labor world.

[@rugbyguy59]

@Stroggoii Yes, the right wing character is parodied as well. But the primary parody is the Cold War propaganda view of equality to hide the real ideas of socialism. Perhaps it will be cooperative capitalism but the profit motive will have to be directed to the areas of society’s needs not pure private interests. There are a variety of issues with the theory. But if you can fulfill the needed goals of allowing all people to live a decent standard of life while keeping the total economy within the natural limits of the planet (something capitalism has so far completely failed at) then I’ll support it. Frankly it sounds close to market socialism which might provide what is needed through democratizing the economy. Personally I think we need a wide range of methods... and it’s needed quickly. The market is currently failing to address a great many issues as it is. Stalin likely didn’t do anything with Trotsky’s invite. He did claim years later to have tricked Trotsky but the evidence just as easily supports other reasons such as Trotsky’s own arrogance. Not sure what that point was about other than whataboutism I guess. So when are you starting your cooperative capitalism movement. Looks to me like the neoliberals are quite well ensconced and the most likely alternative if a decent into fascism

[@OcculticRomantic]

@@rugbyguy59 What is a “decent standard of life? By what standard?

[@rugbyguy59]

@@OcculticRomantic Good quality house, enough to eat, education, healthcare, safety, time for some recreation, access to resources for recreation. Stuff like that.

[@ZieSpiralOut]

An important distinction lies between “equality of opportunity” and “equality of outcome”. Wow some of the comments are gross. butthurt rebuttals for no reason, I didn’t even give you my opinion at any point. Or, they are saying duh, how obvious. Well some people aren’t quite as brilliant as you all are so maybe this is the first time they heard that, or the first time it actually sinks in. What I was hoping for was a friendly discussion.

[@rileythayer4125]

Thank you.

[@gritoderepudio1297]

Exactly

[@AG10381]

Equality of opportunity provides in a sense that all start the race of life at the same time. Equality of outcome attempts to ensure that everyone finishes at the same time. People get what they earn by hard work, if everyone finishes at the same time, why bother working hard? Everyone would be incompetent.

[@lordbunbury]

To get equality of opportunity you do have to fiddle with things in society that will also create equality of outcome.

[@theactualbajmahal833]

@@lordbunbury Humans already have an equality of outcome. It's called death. Progressive income tax rates and estate taxes for the wealthy is a "fiddle" but it serves the purpose of recycling and refreshing the overall economy, which keeps the system stable. We may not be our brother's keeper but Harrison Bergeron is science fiction and Galt's Gulch is a fantasy.

[@lenardregencia]

'Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.' - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@danas3765]

His books should be mandatory reading. 200 years together Gulag Archipelago

[@talesfromprincesajesa]

love this

[@cat_city2009]

Solzhenitsyn made his stories up and was an anti-Semite.

[@danas3765]

@@cat_city2009 nice try! Solzhenitsyn was in the gulags and suffered under the Jewish bolshevik regime.

[@cat_city2009]

@@danas3765 lol okay Nazi.

[@ivansilva8746]

What people wants with equality is in terms for accessibility. Not to do the same. Not to lose our real identity, not the one imposed. We all have different skills.

the comment i was looking for.

[@ephemeral1052]

yes

[@brentcraft4340]

True. And i definitely wants that.

[@freeross371]

There's a large and growing group of people who support 'participation trophy culture', these people support equal outcomes. People who support communism support equal outcomes enforced on people. You are underestimating how many of these people exist, if they didn't exist this video wouldn't have been made.

[@ivansilva8746]

@@freeross371 communism as we know it, is not what actually intends. You don't dress up your pet as king, and expect people to truly believe it. Communism and socialism have become into pejorative terms to any other system is not rigid Capitalism. This mentality is what keeps tags, let drive their emotions or point of views. Who said there are only 3 possible economic systems? As long we keep tied to old paradigms, the world remain a total chaos. In constant state of destruction.

[@biohazard0482]

I feel like I have stumbled into the "wrong side" of the internet, once again, but this time it's not weird or quirky... its concerning.

[@lilithrey3936]

Agreed

[@StyeAI]

Nothing weird at all, the same content I've keep watching.

[@gavamelon]

Weird in what way??

[@robertcronin6603]

What should be the most concerning is that we are currently on the path to the dystopian nightmare being described in this video

[@lowlife_maverick0231]

I got this in my recommended 👍

[@pedrohenriquedadaltdequeir4859]

People shouldn't be literaly equal. People should be equal in their freedom to develop their own uniqueness. Equal in their power to become who they will.

[@nitsugaparodi8521]

Good video. For those who like "animal farm" I recommend "animal riot" by Kostamarov. Although literature has given us great dystopias (We, Brave new world, The tragedy of man) and incredible visions of the horror of utopias and nihilism (Notes from undeground, Demons, The seven madmen), reality always surpasses fiction and who knows what the future that awaits us will be like.

[@christinsongbird]

We probably won’t be here to see it but I reckon enslavement to the highest power because we too are also enslaved to a system we think we love.

[@blackfeatherstill348]

It used to be called Facebook. Now it's called META. Thanks for the reading was a couple I haven't read!

[@interneturomagazin]

Animal Farm was a metaphor for the comunism versus capitalism systems ... both are deeply flaud and both have good parts in them... but there are always the people those who will decide how well a system will work and the rise or the fall of a system, by their intelligence or stupidity in understanding what is valuable in life, no matter what system they are into.

[@Silkiroth]

There will be a lot of plastic

[@keepthechange2811]

The reality and reliability of the bible is where its at.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I spent 7 years of my life in the Tennessee State prison system and I can tell you that's the end result of "let's make everyone equal". Everyone was pretty much in the same clothes, had the same possessions, same manner of housing, ate the same food, got paid about the same amount of money from jobs that ranged from busywork to brutal (the pay was .17 and hour up to .54 an hour). The only way to "get ahead" was through illegal activities or violence, and the people running the show (the guards can be stand ins for government) got to do pretty much whatever they liked and were paid much more. It's not a perfect 1:1 but it's close.

[@trevorrobbins110]

Went through the same in Texas. Only difference was we didn't get paid anything for our labor. The guards were mostly from Nigeria and were paid very little. We were treated like absolute garbage regardless of race, sexual orientation, etc. You couldn't go to the bathroom without asking permission. If the guards were in a bad mood, they could punish you through commissary restrictions. No air conditioning or heaters during the Winter or brutal Texas Summer heat. I very much agree with your point.

[@trevorrobbins110]

Prison is very much a good representation of a small-scale Communist state.

[@MrKillswitch88]

To think there is an demographic of woke marxists that want this to be the human experience for the billions while themselves thinking they would be living in luxury as the party elite.

[@Roxanneredpanda]

hey were the guards equal, or the cops who arrested you?

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

the people who want everyone to be equal have never experienced the reward of being better and out competing another. they are weak and belong in the soil

[@MrTheBoycie]

There's a huge floor in all. Different sex's doesn't mean no equality. Different strengths isn't a difference in equality. Being intelligent or not isn't non equality. Equality is equal treatment and opportunity, not characteristics. Clearly we have more of a problem with some, in what equality actually is.

[@michaelbrookman89]

I agree. You have no idea between equality as a theory and equality as applied. Equality as applied is always discriminatory, and equality in theory is an ideal never achieved.

[@htth3152]

It's equality of opportunity vs equality of outcome. There should be some of the latter (just so that people don't starve if they can't adapt to the system), but the former is a better principle for society in general. And yes, it doesn't deny excellence or freedom in any way.

[@MrTheBoycie]

@@htth3152 is there really such thing as equality of outcome. Or is it just an outcome? Happening don't have anything to do with equality.

[@caiusKeys]

Yes--equality and justice are highly problematic concepts when taken to extremes, especially when it crowds out concepts like truth and fair play.

[@brkway]

Fair play is devilish too.. I rather the unfortunate one getting more of the pie.. heaven awaits those type of people

[@silversobe]

Truth and fairness will be condemned by those that live off lies and cheats.

[@infinitydreamzz]

​@@brkway this is the simplistic thinking of left ideologies.. -If we don't have fair play, then we have unfair play, ppl don't get rewarded according to their effort -Fair play gives motivation for many people that constitute the productive part of society to work and achieve -The absence of fair play leads to laziness and provides the unproductive part of society with excuses dressed up in high morality -A social engineered fair play would look like a forest where all trees are the same height, and all animals the same weight. -There have been attempts at such social engineering, all brutal and macabre. The idea that "fair play is devilish" is devilish. Fair play with provisions is the best system we have at the moment

[@samuellhemon6319]

Truly appreciate your hard work

[@mirkogiljaca1051]

Exactly!

[@krullntherakrore742]

Immanent equality, when transformed into an act, naturally shows the differences. The equality of external conditions to the potential of each individual is fair because it creates the trusts so that the immanent trusts are placed on the same level to develop. This is quite different from forcefully imposing a lower measure on everyone.

[@117Industries]

But those conditions are perhaps in part a product of those natural inequalities of the individual. And separating the two as if any imbalance of material circumstance were an expression of a flawed system might simply lead to levelling individual expression. But I presume that’s the aim. You can say that material prosperity of birth can’t be the result of that individual’s self-expression (rather their parents/ guardians), but who are we to divert the fruits of that material prosperity elsewhere, and to whom do we allocate it and under what justification? Although extreme nepotism can promote decadence and complacency in the silver-spooned, it’s a flawed attempt to constrain resources towards those whose traits better enable them to maximise its utility. At least the prevailing assumption is that if the parents had desirable traits (such as virtue, IQ, wisdom, etc.) then it’s reasonable that the children will inherit these traits and be suitably equipped to productively use (and perhaps even multiply) their parents’ resources. Nepotism doesn’t seem to work well in practice of course, but the problem here is the heritability of certain desirable traits, not the distribution of material prosperity among those whose self-expression of their traits (presumably virtuous) bore it through their labour. So the question should be: what are the set of traits which better enable someone to independently acquire resources and to use them wisely and productively? And when we can identify such individuals, at birth or in childhood, we now have a model for the allocation of resources: be them educational, financial, or whatever. Until then, attacking the relative privileges and advantages of some does nothing to solve the actual problem, which is that those who are deserving occasionally miss out on opportunities which they’d have otherwise put to good use. The questions we then must ask are: who are the deserving, and how do we compensate for their disadvantage?

[@krullntherakrore742]

@@117Industries or not.

[@ThatCamel104]

@@117Industries Why all this talk about the deserving? Respect for all people has a logical endpoint, that all people should have a free and equal opportunity to develop themselves in whatever manner they wish - within reason. It really can't be this complicated.

[@OcculticRomantic]

@@ThatCamel104 Because we don’t respect all people. I don’t respect liars. Do you? It’s not logical that someone should give half of their income/money that they worked for to someone who doesn’t isn’t logical.

[@ThatCamel104]

@@OcculticRomantic being a liar is a choice, not a disability.

[@jackviggo6342]

I do believe that in majority the equality modern western society is trying to achieve is in means of accessibility for all; that no one is restricted from receiving fair treatment and life rather than becoming equal in all facets of life to the point of the extermination of individuality. If anything it is trying to create a space to express your indivuality without being oppressed for it.

[@timothycowart217]

That’s what it’s touted as. Racial quotas, for instance, are not “fair and equal access”. A political system in which 2 parties have made it impossible for any others to have any real chance is not “fair and equal access”, and now one of those parties is openly expressing a desire and intent to make it a 1 party system. It’s the same old shit in some shiny new packaging. Religions, communism, etc.. “We will solve all your problems and make life better for you all! All we need is your blind, unquestioning allegiance!”

[@Jefstito]

Thats the theory, but in practice its not whats happening. Our society is promoting equality of outcome instead of equality of opportunity. Things are a lot worse than you think

[@atlas4122]

The naivete is impressive, I'll give you that.

[@TarsonTalon]

And how many Amendments of the Bill of Rights will you infringe to get there?

[@CodeeXD]

You haven't been paying much attention then

[@dirkbsilver9260]

I love the story you mentioned here. Too bad modern society rejects it in order to embrace the nightmare.

[@mirkogiljaca1051]

Hehehehehe, Nicely Said! ;D But that Time Is Now Slowly Fading Away. Although, even that Nightmare was in the end, Beautiful and Required. And I Will Remember and Keep Her Close To Me, in case i need to remind Myself, or Others, about its Charms. ;D

[@mirkogiljaca1051]

Well..shes an It..ah the expression, but i guess you can read between the lines. ;D

[@djangofett4879]

The dystopia describbed at the beginning? it is hilariously dumb. Good looking people wearing disfigurement masks? incredibly dumb. something a 14 yr old libertarian know it all would write.

[@thevoiceofthelost]

The only equality we have in the current world is equality of misery, and equality of poverty. When you look at it like that, than sure, we're more fucking equal than we've ever been.

[@ongobongo8333]

It really doesn't though

[@sidecardude]

I was a smart child with disabilities (tourettes) and always felt like I was wearing one of those thought interrupting helmets in the story, good stuff.

[@asteroxfoundation]

Strive for being equal but not equivalent, that is the difference. It is about having equal opportunities to hone and develop our unique individuality. I "dumb myself down everyday" like so many others to survive and tolerate a dysfunctional work environment and employer. Do I want to eat and pay the bills or do I want to be right?

[@satnamo]

Food is not the primary nourishment for das soul

[@K0bbii]

@@satnamo It is though if you starve you have no soul

[@evandalistgaming8914]

@@K0bbii thyne soul is eternal

[@Masterdebator881]

@@evandalistgaming8914 Define “soul.”

[@evandalistgaming8914]

@@Masterdebator881 It varies for many people what a soul may be. For me thine soul is not physical, for me thine soul is broken up into 3 things. Unconscious, Conscious, and Thine Shadow.

[@maldoso76]

One of my all time fav short stories. Harrison Bergeron.

[@charlytaylor1748]

Me too. More good stuff from vonnegut

[@pol85eu89]

Equality of opportunity is not the same as total equality.. and if you look around, most stable social democracies are not striving for ‘total’ equality.. but simply an eradication of discrimination that stops people from getting on with their lives

[@bobleglob162]

"...simply an eradication of discrimination..." Not really. Politicians cultivate and feed various victim groups in order to harvest votes and increase their power. They couldn't give a fuck less about eradicating discrimination because they are ardent practitioners of bigotry themselves-the belief that they are the rulers and we are the ruled. People should be free to discriminate however they choose. I'm not saying people should be free to hurt anyone without consequence, just that discrimination is a thought process, and no one has any business policing anyone else's thoughts. The over-emphasis on ending discrimination is the thing that ends up keeping people from getting on with their lives because they're being told they can't get or do what they want because of discrimination. So instead of acting in spite of any real or imagined discrimination, they focus on the discrimination. This is very disempowering and victim-minded and exactly where those in power want them to stay.

[@pol85eu89]

@@bobleglob162 ‘people should be free to discriminate however the choose’.. so basically in your opinion it’s ok to openly discriminate others based on their gender, age, skin colour, sexuality, religion.. and by doing so potentially affect their ability to access public services, employment, housing, healthcare.. So much equality work has been done over the last few decades and you are just simply calling it ‘feeding various victim groups’?! Wow

[@josecasillas4081]

@@pol85eu89 he's saying that if in your heart of hearts you are a racist, then feel free to be or think like a racist. But if your racism interferes with someone else's ability to get ahead in life, then that is a grounds for interference by an authority to remedy the situation. But "the eradication of discrimination," should not be understood as controlling what people think. If you think in racist terms, then you ought to be free to think in racist terms. I think people are too eager to be justice warriors that we don't stop to think how our actions have consequences that would eventually result in more, undesired problems. It is the result of thinking with your heart and not your head. Okay, so you've coerced everyone into not being a racist by force (laws). No can even have racist thoughts. What's next? You're going to coerce everyone that doesn't like purple into liking purple? You may think you are on the right side of the argument here, but if we truly followed what you are advocating into the more extreme cases, you would ironically end up inevitably with another kind of totalitarian form of rule. You have to allow people the freedom to think what they want at least. Otherwise, put yourself in their shoes. If not racism, then some other topic about which you have an opinion. What if someone told you that you couldn't think that anymore?

[@pol85eu89]

@@josecasillas4081 the thing is tho.. thoughts lead to actions (especially if those thoughts represent an individual’s core values and beliefs) Racists don’t just sit at home, they have jobs and play a role in society.. parents, teachers, nurses, police officers, employers. Whiteout anti discrimination legislation and hate speech laws they would be free to spread their virus (racism is a virus acquired in the for of conditioning: you are superior and should hate people who look different). As it is now they might hold their abhorrent views in their heads but are prevented from spreading it and acting on it.. therefore they take their racist thoughts with them to their graves… and that’s how discrimination is slowly eradicated. We can’t deny people basic human rights ‘now’.. just because you are paranoid one day is some dystopian future the colour purple would be banned.. we are alive right now & many of us are suffering because of ‘real’ discrimination

[@diosmarperez9924]

It is time to take a good observation review of what today is called “discrimination”. It is clearly a playing card to gain advantage without efforts and work. Those who cried been victim of “discrimination” mostly of the time are just Using it as excuse to avoid taking responsibility of their life so that way they get to avoid coming face to face with their own truth. “The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”- Leonardo da Vinci Be enthusiastic on your individual project and respect other people individual project !! May God blessed you all the way!

[@Carol-dc2kj]

Thank you for contemplating and sharing your ideas with us.

[@interesting2491]

Love the art work presented in your videos-And the topics and statements/quotes/comments you make are very interesting… I am very glad I have came across your channel-Much respect from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SysterEuropa]

Superb. Truly superb. We are blessed beyond measure for Eternalised analysis.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Live it. Many thanks for the content

[@mademoiselleLN]

I have my final philosophy exam tomorow and this video inspired me to start working and seek out nore than just what I saw in class. I love philosophy and exploring the reason people think the way they do and it gives me an opportunity to educated myself at the same time. I am trully happy I was recommended this video and thanks you for making it

[@keithhart3212]

Hopefully you find it not necessary to share you life with comment section! Was a year ago, have you matured? Your comment was an example of what thinking causes this problem. You want to feel special and share your life with comment section. Yet story is about all being equal. I'm old and only comment when I think it'll help someone. Review you comment until you notice the isms, I this, I that etc. Given the world today some feel need to tell their life story in comment section, meaning in real time it's worse. Don't know if ur female/male, don't care. If someone's watching this video they might have a chance in life, so I commented. No bad intensions, if it bothers you it's on you.. if you can laugh you've matured over the year. I'm always shocked over ego telling it's story in comment section, so I attack Ego's.

[@jennifermoody6987]

​@@keithhart3212Ahh.. keep putting in the work my brethren.. I know you will surely grow outta that limited and outdated mental construct, that was ingrained into our society, and possibly you'll choose to replace it with something more befitting for a magnificent soul like yourself.. you certainly deserve to be free from that hurt and pain that has left you to carry so much division, fear, judgment, disdain, hostility and anger in your heart and spirit.. release those things that no longer serve your greatest potential and highest good.. you are heard, worthy, valid, respected, extraordinary and deeply loved and cared about, so you no longer need to attack others who have done nothing to cause you any harm or misfortune.. for when we attack others, we are only attacking ourselves, and we only attack or harm ourselves and others, when our unhealed pain is subconsciously triggered.. there is plenty of space for others to share whatever they wish, wherever they wish, as long as they are not seeking to spread negativity or cause harm to others.. every time we share our stories and perspectives with others, we open ourselves to connecting with each other, which is the remedy for healing the divisiveness that has been the root cause of a great deal of the immense dysfunction and violence in our society for far to long.. SENDING YOU SO MUCH MORE LOVE, PEACE, HEALING AND INFINITE BLESSINGS DEAR ONE.. STAY BLESSED NOT STRESSED 💖💖🙏🙏🌟🌟🤗🤗❤❤

[@SentinelLaser]

Taking general equality to the extremes; very interesting thought experiment yet, when you bring the marginalized up from a much more unequal footing it does not replace all free thought and being.

[@johnjungkook2721]

You have to separate equality of opportunity from equality of outcome and then it won't be so complicated for you to understand.

[@raskolnikovman936]

“It’s a strange paradox, that the liberals are illiberal in their demand for liberality. They are exclusive in their demand for inclusivity. They are homogenous in their demand for heterogeneity. They are somehow un-diverse in their call for diversity - you can be diverse, but not diverse in your opinions and in your language and in your behaviour. And that’s a terrible pity." - Stephen Fry Amazing.

[@midnightsun24c7]

If your "diverse" opinion is, for example an unfounded and provably false claim, such as "x race of homo sapien is inferior to x race" or "homosexuality is unnatural" then maybe its not totalitarian to not lend a platform to it. Not lending a platform to it is also not the same as suppression by force. Maybe such "diversity" should not be tolerated, not only because it is false, but because its premise presupposes the oppression/suppression of immutable traits, they can and have been used to crush free expression of those in a collective society. In other words, such opinions have no place in a society. Is it really so radical to suggest you don't have the right to harm others with your personal bullshit?

[@midnightsun24c7]

If people collectively and democratically shut you down because your premise impedes on diversity and inclusion. It may not seem diverse because most are in agreement, but in my example, their (the person being shut down, canceled, whatever you want to call it) premise would be anti diverse in a way. Sure its different from the majority opinion, so by that definition sure its "diverse" but it is touted to promote the exclusion and denial of the rights and existence of other people. But again being deplatformed and actually not having the rights to say something are two different issues. Just because you should have the right to say whatever you want doesn't exactly mean you should be able to project through a microphone

[@kylekns8924]

@@midnightsun24c7 to attack someone for being different is oppression even if their different creates oppression. The great hypocrisy. They just refuse to humanize the other opinions.

[@midnightsun24c7]

@@kylekns8924 With social media echo chambers and stuff, its hard to say what exactly is the correct answer. But to use an extreme example... Should we let literal nazi sympathizers have a platform? Non ironic SS Facebook groups, Those who call for the extermination and subjugation of all non Arayans? Should we even let them have the platform to stand on, to recruit, to convince, to echo to each other? I guess echo chambers are a different discussion on screen-time based algorithms and ad revenue and what not but still. Am I really oppressing them or am I stopping them from spreading their ideology of oppression to others?

[@midnightsun24c7]

@@kylekns8924 The more we spend time interacting with algorithms that keep showing us what we already want to see, the more radicalized one can be to potentially freedom limiting ideologies. I don't believe its possible to argue anymore that there is a free marketplace of ideas and that the good ideas beat out the bad just by nature of the "goodness" or the "effectiveness" (competitive advantage) of ideas. In a way it can be a lot easier and more comforting to believe in nonsense. Here's where it gets interesting. What do you believe about truth? When something is understood to be a stable theory and have a general concensus amongst the scientific community like climate change, the effects of pollution, homosexuality, the lack of difference between races, its hard to agree for the people that deny robust theories backed by enormous and repeatable evidence that these are even "opinions" anymore. Sure people hold these false beliefs for whatever reasons. You're entitled to opinions and a free society should never deny you that, but you are not entitled to your own "alternative facts". TONS of people wanted to believe all sorts of nonsense during this pandemic and ended up paying with their lives for it. So this misinformation was literally killing people, sure they choose not to become vaccinated, they choose to go to the store even knowing they tested positive, these are all exercises of freedom in an individual sense, but many got themselves and others hurt or killed. Whether they believed vaccines were harmful, or they didn't even think there was a virus, it didn't change that there WAS a virus nor did it change the effectiveness of preparing your immune system for coming in contact with it. Same with climate, you can choose to have the opinion that its not real, that a God is in control of the world, and that man has no impact on Earth's balance but it doesn't change the fact that taking billions of tons of fossilized Flora and Fauna out of the ground and burning it will inevitably start to mess with the delicate balance that much of life depends on. Or even more human wise, that one race being superior to another when in fact we are the same animal. This kind of opinion can drive people to strive for power and control over one another. To suppress/oppress other groups of humans based on provably false beliefs that can be literally demonstrated to be based on lousy or completely made up observations. To allow it seems like it generally takes away from freedom. 1 in 10 children died before their first birthday of preventable disease before mass immunization efforts thats just true, opinions don't change the nature of reality. What good is freedom for the individual if your opinion (which was influenced by false beliefs) got you killed? What good is freedom for the individual, if biodiversity (possible medicines, food, materials.) is diminished? Where people die early from toxic air and water, or from worsening weather events, or from a climate not safe to be outside (equatorial regions). What good is freedom for the individual if racist fascists hold power and start executing or enslaving all non Arayans?

[@EdeYOlorDSZs]

Thank you for this upload

[@mktwinsmovies]

Really interesting story. Although in 2022, curious at one of the most inequitable wealth gaps in modern history (and trending more so) to be worried about too much equality.

[@cliffgaither]

mktwinsmovies :: You just nailed it ! & very concisely ! These ideas ( expressed in the video & some in the comment-section ) are the money-making ideas of Jordan Peterson's overall shit-show.

[@KEITHHAYES001]

A very good point. God forbid we should have equality of health care, free education, and a pension in our old age. Equality in food shelter and clothing. Oh the horror. If everyone had their needs met how could we feel superior to everyone else? All we would have left to do is get along with each other and enjoy life. For the bent and insecure among us this would be a bridge too far. Such people prefer to worry about whom will steal their cheese.

[@Stroggoii]

Wealth inequality is irrelevant. The most inequal country in the world is actually the Netherlands where the heiress to the East India Company and plenty reserved aristocrats live among an average population that's rich by world standards. Income inequality needs to be addressed not by taking away the wealth of the superlative, but by eliminating mindless labor and forcing more people into real value production by deregulating entrepreneurship and subsidizing self-employment. People like Musk and Bezos don't own billions of instances of labor units, that's not what post-fiat money is. They own bonds of trust in the loan shark market, items that are in themselves worthless and lose value when sold. You too could have owned these bonds if you had spared a couple beers back when Amazon shares were worth $20. The 3% wealthiest have also contributed, on average, $2.7T of the $3.5T yearly revenue this running century. If you don't see it reflected in social programs and infrastructure it's time to start asking the first-gen millionaires in Washington where that money is instead of clapping at them like trained seals when they talk about stealing even more from "the rich". Because in populist politics, "the other" always ends up meaning "you" in the end.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@Stroggoii False. You've been watching too much Economics Explained I can tell, anyway there's this channel called Money & Macro that outright debunks the claims made in EE's video, you should watch it, I think it would help.

[@questf4liberty03]

It's a great video and absolutely correct. No one can impose equality without being the one choose what it looks like and that is power over all people. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@brkway]

Sure but ones values is the real issue...until we value less then we will then blossom and give all to our creator

[@nakshsanson9518]

I wish more people heard and thought about these things

[@andredelacerdasantos4439]

Me too! It's hard to run into them in real life.

[@factsdontlie4342]

It is hard. One of my best friends would talk with me about stuff like this, and the effects on society. He would get really depressed after we discussed topics like this, and I think it darkened his world view. He ended up commiting suicide in early 2019, so at least he never got to see his worst fears of society happen during these past two years.

[@islammaaziz2773]

@@factsdontlie4342 it's very sad ,sorry for your loss.

[@shawnmckenney8242]

@@factsdontlie4342 I'm sorry for your loss. My sincere condolences to you and his friends and family.

[@josecasillas4081]

I think about this all the time! Everytime I talk to someone about this, however, they tune me out or have nothing to contribute, or are not willing to engage in a debate. So I just keep these thoughts to myself. They are not helpful to have in a society/system that is designed to keep you constantly running, constantly entertained, constantly chasing the carrot ahead of you, dangling from a stick. Some have accepted that as the reality in which they are expected to operate, albeit reluctantly, and others actually like it. I fit into neither camp. I think human life can be more. I think human life can be true. I think human life doesn't have t revolve around materialism, or power, or anything of the sort. I think such things as power should be something which is earned by the meritorious, not an object to be won by anybody. I admit I am not fit to lead, and therefore that power does not correspond to me. We need that responsibility of thought in people. For people to know their limits. Society needs balance. Nothing more. What contributes to balance, harmony, and stability at the micro and macro level, that is objective truth.

[@awolgeordie9926]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@Davlavi]

This channel deserves way more views. Keep up the great videos.🙏

[@Galaxyofbrian]

Your voice is really soothing and the content you put together on your channel is absolutely brilliant. Thanks. 🤟❤️

[@jeremiahlarkins618]

In the case of strong people being forced to wear weights, that’s just gonna make them stronger and faster.

[@trevorh6438]

And that's what happens in the story at its climax.

[@cindirose3390]

Excellent content, visuals, and narration pacing

[@hermeticinstrumentalist6804]

You're doing awesome work. Thank you, I love your content.

[@petert1692]

“People dumb themselves down…” That’s already the reality because inequality has played a role on people being unable to use critical thing skills. This is just a story, reality is must stranger.

[@AustinCraigE]

Awesome job man ! Loved this stuff. Learning a lot. Keep it up! Very important work you're doing.. bidding you tried happiness success. - fellow man.

[@not-the-body]

your content subjects are absolutely next level. i adore your channel!!

[@dab42bridges80]

Nicely done. Thanks.

[@mariametko]

We are put here to plant roots like a tree to reach full self cultivation while using that as encouragement for others to do likewise. The ultimate act of nature's love and beauty. Equanimity, equilibrium, sanity, not equality.

[@jayabyss377]

"A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests." - Milton Friedman

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

Milton Friedman was a spokesman of the rich. Nothing has improved since his ideas became widespread. We only work more and have less time to enjoy life.

[@vestenvanis]

Milton Friedman lol his ideas have only promoted that force can also be used indirectly through corruption to promote the interests of the rich

[@bobleglob162]

@@borisnegrarosa9113 This is untrue. The world is less poor than it ever was. The poverty index is in the singe digits now. Socialist redistribution schemes and communist economics can take 0 credit for this phenomenon. The comfort and ease in which we live is well beyond what royalty in the past could have ever dreamed of.

[@bobleglob162]

@@vestenvanis free market ideas? Any market action that includes or requires the initiation of force isn't a free market action, so what you're describing isn't an indictment of his ideas. It's like blaming the gun for a murder. Did you even watch the video?

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

@@bobleglob162 You are actually not speaking the truth. People work more than ever but purchasing power been dropping for decades. Try again.

[@personalresponsibility3879]

Love this channel, best upcoming KZbinr!

[@nfragala]

Wow. Seriously, thank you for this.

[@siliconiusantogramaphantis2122]

Very interesting thoughts. I'd like to pose an objective question. You've discussed the violent aspects of "equality", but what do you think about the violent aspects of "inequality"? Are both as binary as we are arguing nowadays, or is, there a possibility of an organically derived middle ground? Edit: How can we we argue for "natural inequality" in a system defined by "artificial inequality"? If the variables in the context are mixed up, the calculations will be skewed from the start, so the answer is always questionable.

[@hammer1349]

Inequality is more of a scale and even then it needs categorisation. Two people are unequal but in what way and by how much. Violence can come from seeing that inequality in sufficient disparity driven by basic needs and psychology. Given that genetic mutation and other variances are all natural, perhaps inequality is natural and equality is the supplicant that doesn't hold up.

[@paulfeeder4262]

@@hammer1349 it being natural does not make it right.

[@hakan6968]

@@paulfeeder4262 Its not a question of right of wrong That doesn't matter

[@factsdontlie4342]

@@paulfeeder4262 if you fight nature you will lose every time.

[@paulfeeder4262]

@@factsdontlie4342 it is also natural to starve every winter bc you didnt do agriculture.

[@TheJoker-um9tp]

No one who talks about equality is saying we all have the same capabilities. Equality is about creating an environment where anyone can reach their best potential. The system atmo favours the people whove come from certain sectors of society, which isn't based on ability.

[@TheJoker-um9tp]

@David Hamilton you obviously haven't researched this. All top fields of society, politics, media, law all come from certain sectors of society. Even politicians say social mobility has stagnated. Poor people cant pay to go to private schools. Are prisons are filled with people from council estates. Youd have to be naive to believe the uk is a meritocracy.

[@tailethman2276]

I hope you know equal opportunity is fictional. A black man and a white man open a business, they get the same loan, get the business ready at the same time, share the same open hours. The customers prefer the white business just because it is run by a white man, the black man loses money and goes bankrupt. There is NOTHING you can do about this sort of inequality, not now, not ever. People's biases and how they act on them can only be managed to an extent, there are innumerable instances where this exact concept applies, looks, gender etc. Equality of opportunity is as deluded as equality of outcome.

[@TeaParty1776]

The system is fascism, not capitalism.

[@frankjennings4489]

The video didn’t state that advocates of equality claim we’re all equal. It is talking about people who push for equality, or as is more fashionable “equity”. The most charitable characterization of each side is that equity proponents believe more opportunities need to be given to the disadvantaged, and their opponents believe that inequity is somewhat natural and more extreme measures to enforce equity will do more harm than good. Not everyone deserves such a charitable description though. There are clearly people who instinctively seek to tear down high-achievers to make themselves feel better, and others who think that the less fortunate are almost wholly to blame for their own suffering.

[@TeaParty1776]

@@frankjennings4489 Equity is the deliberate destruction of individual achievement and the independent mind. Its death-worship, not hedonism.

[@noahs.6743]

Excellent content!

[@laurentiuberbecaru1661]

... when the man does not know something, he starts looking and in his search he starts to complicate things and when he has found what he is looking for, he summarizes that result as a supreme truth ... and he starts to complicate it even more! The truth is so simple that we are too complicated to understand!

[@Renaissance25]

This video perfectly represents the common struggle that our society faces and the lights of immense equality to the extent of breaking down individuals and their views and existence as a whole

[@j-roc4967]

Happened to me🥲

[@LittleBraveWarriorIsBest]

Americans when someone complains about having to go bankrupt over a broken leg:

[@TheRealShadowX]

Incredible video, Eternalised.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thanks!

[@voornaamachternaam6159]

Everybody equal, no one has special gifts. Welcome to the new drone society. The thing that makes us unique is gone, but we are all equal, some just more than others. "Now robot, do what you're told, don't talk back to me, don't dare to think critical and go back to work!".

[@okeyokey578]

:D

[@markseslstorytellerchannel3418]

I am quite often amused at those who bemoan modern life. Not long ago, life for ordinary people was, "nasty, brutish and short." I don't know about you, but air duct heating, centralized plumbing, and where living past seventy is expected. Having said that, it's a good video.

[@russellbarone3645]

You completely missed the point

[@bdlblob]

The point isnt that technology is bad, but rather the people who are born with these comforts take them for granted. Because of this they become ego driven and self righteous, after all, they dont have to struggle or "hustle" to survive like 400 years ago. You can clearly see this in first world nations, when people reach such a high level of comfort, their lives become dull and boring so they begin to complain about vapid nonsense to pat themselves in the back about how righteous and morally superior they are. ie: wokism.

[@markseslstorytellerchannel3418]

@@bdlblob I know plenty of unwoke folk who bitch all the time. However, what real is their - reject technology and return to a time when people were lucky to make it past forty? I mean you can point out that people have more time today to worry about unimportant things, because they aren't up against it - but who wants to barely survive?

[@andrewbowen2837]

First off, believing Hobbes and his theories isn't exactly the best way to delve into deeper philosophy. His concept of human nature is shoddy at best, and was disproved by both Locke and Rousseau, plus any examination of anthropology, especially primatology. Second, anthropology and history also disprove your ethnocentrism towards the modern technological milieu. Humans have always lived into their 70s. However, only now are cancers and lifestyle diseases a problem, and only now are mental health issues at such a high mark, and only now are man-made creations capable of wiping out the entire species, and only now is the biggest killer of humanity each year things that are necessary to survive (car accidents). Life is as dangerous and unfulfilling now as it has ever been. Freedom is restricted by every measure compared to 100 years ago, and suicide is at a tremendously high rate. You may get to avoid all illness and prolong your life, but is it really worth it? This mode of thinking is a prime example of Nietzsche's Last Men. Sacrificing all greatness for comfort. At this point, you're sacrificing happiness as well.

[@markseslstorytellerchannel3418]

@@andrewbowen2837 You need to brush up on your philosophy. Locke's state of "War" is almost identical to Hobbes' state of nature. Also, go to any professor of Political Philosophy and they will inform you that Locke is considered the hack and not Hobbes. I might also advise you to study the German philosopher Schopenhauer or read Dawkin's book, "The Selfish Gene." They concur with Hobbes' basic premise. Locke's greatest contribution is the notion that "we do 1not need to run into the den of the lion to escape the fox," or words to that effect. Have a good day and happy reading

[@parheliaa]

Great material. Thanks for sources

[@WDeeGee1]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@waleedirfan5045]

Great lessons

[@stellamarisxandri3174]

Sí, sabes? Siempre digo a quien me quiera escuchar: " me da escalofrío cuando un presidente habla de igualdad" porque? Porque todos y cada uno de nosotros somos diferentes por Naturaleza. Encantador y pavoroso para muchos tu vídeo gracias!!! Stella Maris Uruguay

[@chickenlegs5061]

Correcto

[@loliniiii]

Total!!

[@edthoreum7625]

Iguales o diferente ,hoy necesitamos menos de los dos ,,, Antinatalism!

[@carlosumana7583]

Fantastic content

[@dlloydy5356]

Great thoughts shared here. Scary

[@TheExNonGrata]

While many may think of political and governmental agents when considering the onset of equality, it is very important to note that in our post - industrial liberal democratic societies, technological powers may actually play a bigger role. This was something that Ernst Junger noted frequently. He remarked how technology had a sort of leveling effect, in that it sort of equalizes all social classes. This is because technology offers a common denominator that people have to play by. As technology becomes more accessible, the poor and the rich must use the same network, the same phone companies, and they post on the same social media platforms. The potential of technology cannot be underestimated. It was the power of technology to spread quickly that to many households, giving birth to so called mass politics. Through the newspaper, then the radio then the television. And this has helped many societies become equal, at the cost of culture and art, for to make all things the same, uniqueness is sacrificed. Now combined with neoliberalism, farmers from third world countries are working in these monotone office buildings just as their first world counterparts. Today, if you were to go to Japan for example, or other “Westernized” Asian countries, the architecture, fashion and overall culture has been leveled out and thus very similar to their North American counterpart. The unique culture of countries across the world has been leveled out, thanks to technology, and the unrestricted spread of capital.

[@adamjames1375]

"God created man, Samuel Colt made them equal." (An Arms inventor/manufacturer, in the 19th century after his new revolver pistol.)

[@KoheiNonGrata]

@@adamjames1375 wow that’s a nice quote. As if to say the ubiquity of the revolver put everyone on equal levels. Who said the quote btw

[@adamjames1375]

@@KoheiNonGrata I'm not sure who to be honest. I have heard it in a few different variants, one of which being something to the effect of "Abe Lincoln freed all men & Colonel Colt made them equal" His invention came about around the time of the American Civil War and was dubbed "The Peacemaker" The irony is horrific with subtly beautiful undertones.

[@edgepixel8467]

Neoliberalism, the great evil.

[@jamesmiller3548]

Total equality it’s something that this world has never had to worry about. And never will.

[@thefool1086]

The problem is the people who push for total equality.

[@simpleguyissimple]

@@thefool1086 a small minority. Nothing to be afraid of, these people are weaklings.

[@mollyyoungblood8883]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@azureshieru423]

Love your videos they are so interesting

[@mooglywoogle4264]

This makes me think of the internet or NFTs. Everyone gets to feel great about creating some 'content', but nobody is actually doing all that much in the physical world. Occasionally somebody gets off their computer, goes insane and becomes a terrorist. Interesting world we live in, eh?

[@Strange9952]

we get to share ideas, knowledge much easier, and that's a good thing. those who don't have a thirst of knowledge must live fairly bleak and meaningless lives.

[@lunareinhold3976]

@@Strange9952 man, if you want knowledge you can also go and read a book (not everyone needs the web).

[@Strange9952]

@@lunareinhold3976 You can read books online lol

[@corro100]

Thank you - thank Nietzsche, for making the link between equality and revenge obvious.

[@hannannah1uk]

Equity: equality of outcome is driven by revenge (often cloaked in kindness, especially today). From that aim come ideas about levelling the playing field, positive discrimination and other ideas fundamental to (democratic or not) socialism. Equality of opportunity is not revenge driven. It is linked with the ideas of personal responsibility instead.

[@hannannah1uk]

@@Barklord People are individuals with personal aims, responsibilities and as you say 'incentives'. Some individual carpenters buy and sell property some don't care one way or the other - until wound up by envious socialists who see them as a group.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

@@Barklord Market's don't reward merit or virtue because the former is insignificant in the face of the final results, and the latter doesn't exist. Markets reward value, and value is a subjective variable that is decided on an individual basis. The picture of your mom on your desk is far more valuable to you than me. What you are propagating is the obsolete economic theorem known as The Labor Theory of Value, which was started by Karl Marx; a philosopher who purposefully avoided educating himself on economic processes, because he saw fields that required empirical proof as "bourgeoise propaganda", due to the aforementioned proof inevitably contradicting his wild assertions. Marx believed that merit produced income, and that there was a surplus of value being taken in any transaction. As I said, the man wasn't an economist and his beliefs are still laughed at today whenever a couple of economists are drunk and need to point fingers and tease somebody (I guess Marx receives equal treatment in both life and death lol). By Marx's logic, a man could waste his day away digging a hole in his backyard in searing heat, then make a claim to millions because he "worked hard"; even though him digging that hole produced nothing of value. But that's not how things work, because no one gives a fuck about how hard you work; it's about the value you produced that someone, somewhere out there, is willing to pay for. If I walk up to you and say "I just worked 12 hours" and demand payment you're going to look at me like wtf? But if I walk up to you with a hyper-advanced phone I designed and demand payment, you'll be more likely to converse over the transaction because you see *VALUE* that compels you to go through with it; *REGARDLESS* of how hard I worked to produce that value. Hell, I could have been drunk with one hand masturbating when I made the phone and it literally does not matter; the point is that the value exists and you are willing to trade for it.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

@@Barklord Nothing you said empirically disproves my statements lol, you are just reiterating your initial posits from your OP; which I already debunked in mine. Hence, I'll just focus on your analogy. As I said, value is a subjective variable decided on an individual basis. The reason the sex worker gets more money from the rich guy is because the handjob is more valuable to him in relation to the cost, hence he sees it fit to pay more. In the eyes of the rich man, the sex worker creates more value than she does in the eyes of the poor man, hence why the poor man is unwilling to transact. And yes, I did create more value if I sell my stadium/football club for $700M, hence why the transaction happened in the first place; why would someone spend $700M on something they don't see equivalent value in. In the eyes of the buyer, the value created by the stadium is indeed worth $700M, hence why he goes along with the transaction in the first place. If he saw less value than the cost, he would not transact. It really is quite simply mate lol. Also, it depends on what you mean by meritocracy. Capitalism isn't a meritocracy if one defines merit by effort, because no one gives a fuck about that kind of merit; participation trophies are for losers and children. Capitalism *IS,* however, a meritocracy if one defines merit by results. It's just that the majority of average joe's have no "results" to offer except flipping burgers and packing groceries, so instead they seethe at the system in a powerless anger until they die just as insignificantly as they've always lived. And so the tale goes.

[@WhiteManOnCampus]

@@Barklord People who sell homes have higher incomes for two primary reasons: the first is that the carpenters typically have more consistent incomes, without dips when the market tanks, because people will always need repairs and maintenance; while realtors rely entirely on the market. The second reason is convenience. This comes in many forms, including that many people don't have the time or lack the patience to wait for a new house to be built. So you can charge more for a completed structure than it cost to build the thing. Additionally, once a house has been built on a piece of land, you can't build a new house without tearing that one down. So with zoning and other laws making it difficult to just plop down a house, and needing to be close to transport and utilities, people will prefer to buy an existing home if they can. All of this, and more, explains the difference in income between carpenters and realtors.

[@francescosorrientino3503]

absolutely amazing

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Powerful!

[@stevemotoq1411]

What a powerful and eye opening video, bit of a master piece I think. Thank you. We now have more tools to fight back.

[@TheBlufilux]

Such a great video 🙌🙌 love this content. Keep it up man!

[@Shalale]

Thank you💙

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

Excellent job

[@justanothermortal1373]

Humans: trying to achieve equality Meanwhile mother nature: operates purely in the structure of hierarchies

[@brkway]

My hometown of Brisbane in Australia flooded again and if it wasn't for these lockdowns my house wouldn't of been under water. Evil bosses

[@jfwizard1]

Very well made and well thought out video, I've come to many of the same conclusions myself reading nietzsche. Keep it up! Let's not let the tarantuala's win!

[@trevorh6438]

Whats wrong with spiders? They eat all the nasty pests infesting the garden.

[@lucasmoreira3237]

Thank you.

[@MisterSifuentes]

What wisdom and insightful sounds like 💯

[@CCharles0519]

Life was never fair or equal. Life was never designed to be the utopia that some envision. The truth is that some people are simply worth more than others. And I think that at in the depths of every person's soul, we all know this, even if many of us don't want to accept it.

[@Flux_40]

every argument against equality/communism is a strawman. right wingers can't argue against the real issue, so they make up nonsense to shoot down.

[@fionazelmann7541]

@@Flux_40 "equality under the law" coupled with "freedom to pursue happiness" gives the individual the best environment for success, but it is up to the individual to create that success. communism is one of the worst government systems and leads to extreme suffering and mass death. the individual can not thrive under communist rule.

[@sarahgamal9508]

Idk what we did to deserve such a wonderful channel.. Truly, thank you so much

[@luckyayush6447]

I love your hard work Sir. This is a great video

[@Melkorleo103]

Bravo bravo bravo. Amazing content.

[@WisdominQuotes]

"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal." ~~Aristotle, Politics

[@paulfeeder4262]

thats kinda stupid ngl. anything is equal in the respect that it exists, that does however not mean that everything is equal in all respects. maybe it has a deep meaning, however the sentenz is still bad if ppl dont understand it.

[@big_guy_of_leiden5688]

What’s the alternative to democracy

[@WisdominQuotes]

@@big_guy_of_leiden5688 "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." ~~Winston Churchill, 1947 Speech in the House of Commons, 11 Nov.

[@sr.mental5876]

@@big_guy_of_leiden5688 Dictatorship.

[@big_guy_of_leiden5688]

@@sr.mental5876 dictatorship of the proletariat?

[@randecolley7054]

The Best video I have had the pleasure of viewing. Who knew these geniuses of the past were seeing the future? And that future surely has come into the entire world.

[@TWRVA]

Damn. You've given me a lot to think about. Thank you

[@sepehrmirshahi7535]

good work

[@davetwo7]

It’s sad to see people so easily just adopt viewpoints so easily when it’s presented in a manner that seems correct. The video essentially lays out a dystopian worst case scenario type of thing where people reach some sort of absolute equality and extrapolates from there. But this idea that modern societies are moving to a state of absolute equality just isn’t true and it is in fact impossible. Modern societies are trying to develop equal opportunity and accessibility to the masses. What is done with this opportunity is up to the individual and the life’s circumstances. If you make sense of the time in history we are now, you can see that we are beginning to understand the importance and societal benefits of this concept and it is what is driving this shift. But the outlandish belief that the world is slowly descending into total equality and the individual will no longer exist is simply an idea based on a false pretense. And more importantly, it is an idea, that will be used in modern society, as a tool to impede the improvements that equal opportunity provides. Essentially, this misalignment of what is actually occurring will develop beliefs that will push people to mistakenly attempt to move society backwards. But all in all, the attempts to fix modern society’s push to “total equality” will fail particularly because the actual push is to a state of equal opportunity.

[@Saltius999]

Too bad the people pushing progress don't see it that way

[@Tadesan]

Equality is but one tool we are using to destroy the individual identity. The obligation to a have career and sex-shame are two other tools our modern society are using to destroy our identity. Have you noticed the aimlessness of life these days?

[@Tadesan]

@@RagNarok62626 and recently the disenfranchised are fighting the majority. They are tearing down what could be rather than joining in. Why? It's faster and easier. Just find somebody you think has it better than you and hate them for it.

[@MynaaMiesnowan]

“We have discovered happiness,” say the last man, and blink thereby. But this post really reminds me of Nietzsche writing, “all others are in the dark about what nature’s state instinct has in store for them,” or Jung warning that this is the sort of blindness and lack of thinking that is always on its way to state slavery.

[@okate251]

@@Tadesan if "don't kill me" involves tearing down a system, that system was probably rotten to begin with. think inwards

[@KENBECKERART]

Thank you for another great exposition. The work you and Academy of Ideas constantly do, by sharing enlightened, sober and rational thought - particularly in these very irrational days - is invaluable beyond compare. Keep on keepin’ on!

[@TAROTAI]

We have discovered (2020-2022) that the Human race is patently selfish - "Irrationality is the panic state of selfishness" - J. Bond

[@thomasjorge4734]

Equality of Opportunity Versus Equality of Outcomes.

[@user-st1gw8tm4s]

For becoming absolute, a truth needn't be common or scientific, it solely must be MY truth.

[@paulgibbons2320]

You can ridicule anything by taking it to extremes.

[@Cliffdiver97]

So ridiculing capitalism to extremes is where every citizen eventually becomes a billionaire, starts their own space company, discovers their own new planet to become a king on, pays to have their conscience transferred into an Android then lives forever?

[@jamesalexander6417]

It's far easier to ridicule something that's already ridiculous though. Equality is a prime example of this.

[@paulgibbons2320]

@@Cliffdiver97 all of that would lose all meaning if everyone was in the same place.

[@farmerjohn6526]

@@Cliffdiver97 if everyone had a billion dollars no-one would do anything. If no-one would do anything nothing gets done. If nothing gets done , we all die.

[@marlenecalderon5830]

I agree On it

[@auradex9598]

Damn, good work

[@aristotleolympiada4540]

This was excellent.

[@sethgraham2244]

A true masterpiece of an enduring idea.

[@anothermike4825]

This was one of my favorite stories out of Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House. Great book.

[@djangofett4879]

that story is incredibly stupid on a level that I really can't even describe. the good looking people are forced to wear masks? oof.... SO DUMB 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's like something a 14-year-old who just discovered libertarianism for the first time would write. it is amazingly dumb

[@victorknezevich7281]

Equality for everyone to have a decent life,without ,unnecessary, want or suffering, without certain people,placing themselves in positions of power,simply to do evil things,to others for the benefit of themselves.Equality,to share the life giving resources of the earth, so that everyone receives what they need ,not what they want,equality means thinking of the needs of others ,not just your own,equality=careing =love ,the opposite of this is inequality=not considering the needs of others=being selfish=the definition of evil,indifference.

[@MeatPuppet1962]

Wow! That was good!

[@kyoshiro4042]

“The only thing humans are equal in is death.” - Johan Liebert

[@kyoshiro4042]

@@sheogorath7915 that's why no matter how big people's reputation are, young or old, good or bad, they're gonna be equal in death

[@sheogorath7915]

@@kyoshiro4042 I see your point, but mine was along the line of "harmless people who are well adjusted, honest, loyal, compassionate and generous can die young while scum can live very long lives during which they continue to make things worse for better people".