The Pillars Hold Up Society

[@JimmyTurner]

You know you like the smell of your own farts, when you feel the need to show how smart you are by explaining a political cartoon who's point is obvious.

[@TheThinkery]

lol

[@rh4993]

I like that Sargon pinned this lol

[@policesquad]

Jimmy Turner You know you are a Killstream viewer when you regurgitate Metokur's rhetoric in Sargon's comments.

[@JimmyTurner]

@@policesquad who the fuck is Kill Stream?

[@JimmyTurner]

@@rh4993 he pinned it while smelling his own farts.

[@eventhorizon3158]

The political cartoon isn't accurate. Sure they have the hammer, but where's the sickle?

[@S.ASmith]

Did you just assume the tool type? Did you know that's toolphobic...you fucking nazi!

[@davidweikle9921]

It's shoved up the donkey's ass.

[@Sophie-it8jy]

It's a hammer that Identifies as a sickle.

[@corvanna4438]

And this is different from over use of Nazi?

[@gonecoastal4]

At our throats.

[@rh4993]

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." George Orwell

[@NotVeryRandomDude]

R H 2+2=4

[@rh4993]

@@NotVeryRandomDude, you should be immediately censored and sent to a reeducation camp for this heresy.

[@gabrielsyme4180]

Nice quote! On a similar note, Orwell also described himself as having "a power of facing unpleasant facts"... something we should all aspire to!!!

[@TS-jm7jm]

yep you can tell people anything, just dont expect them to listen, this may need to be hammered into sjws heads, that way the idea of growing thicker skin may sneak its way into their remarkably dense skulls.

[@ashleigh3021]

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to publish blatantly false information and pollute the informational commons permanently under the pretense of free speech"

[@ShamanMcLamie]

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever." - John Adams

[@lightspeedkatholikos2626]

ShamanMcLamie that quote is fucking gold

[@philmartinez8704]

He said while defending the squad of British soldiers who shot into the Boston crowd. Killing four. John Adams, later our second president, acted as their defendant against his brother Samuel who was their prosecutor. John Adams was a great man and great leader. He kept us from getting involved with French Revolution which was a complete failure in absolute mob rule that they went right back to a monarchy. How the pendulum swings

[@RobzdaBlade]

This quote should be posted everywhere, it's the very foundation of our justice system. I heard they are trying to change definition of words to win their debates lately. Quite petty and sad.

[@TS-jm7jm]

lately?, they have been doing this without telling people mid debate for YEARS, not lately

[@DJFlare84]

Reminds me of something Jordan Peterson mentioned in one of his lectures. I think he was quoting someone but I don't remember. "If you really want to punish someone, don't punish them for their misdeeds, punish them for their VIRTUES. That REALLY hurts!" - Paraphrased.

[@OneInTheRiver]

*_We live in a society_*

[@samueljonathan6101]

A society that we live in.

[@btdarmstad5815]

- and that's a good thing

[@prot07ype87]

*This says a lot about our society.* *There are people in this world.*

[@mikekraut7643]

GAMERS RISE UP!

[@fredowens4918]

Commissar Kek good observation. kek.

[@policesquad]

I just watched a video on BBC News YT channel where they showed an English school and talked about diversity, not one pupil was white, black, East Asian, they were only Middle Eastern, presumably Muslim. We will never again be free with that being portrayed as "Diverse," By our own media. I'm so burned out on all of this.

[@marccas10]

The BBC is anal cancer.

[@theironpill7148]

Absolute Buzzcocks odd yet you still support Sargon? Lol

[@policesquad]

The Iron Pill What is odd about it? I support Sargon in the same way you do, by watching his content. No one denies that there are problems, it is the solutions we disagree on. Lol. I'd rather not go down the road of focusing on race, thanks very much.

[@sz6708]

Diversity just means no whites to these people. Like so many other words they have twisted into weapons.

[@tdkl6430]

Then I hope you'll eventually come around that white people are currently doomed and stop sitting on the fence.

[@BensWorkshop]

Freedom is slavery. War is peace. ignorance is strength.

[@Unholy_Holywarrior]

doubleplusgood

[@fatguy6153]

Abandon reason, know only war!

[@psikogeek]

Ayn's shadow falls across the Internet.

[@Randall_Kildare]

War & peace.. Peace & love, say it if you dare. Iron Fist, Velvet glove... I'm so bad baby, I don't care.

[@spacedave2000]

1984

[@CoolHardLogic]

4:25 "a person enslaved to their own whims" DING DING DING! And that's bingo. By infantilising people to the extent that, to give two examples, university students can not only act like toddlers but get their way by doing so, and media aimed at adults uses cutesy cartoons, the maturity that would enable them to have ethical standards and a depth of thought beyond their own constant gratification is not only undermined but actively encouraged. The result is people who quite literally have no ability to think in anything other than childish terms, who have nothing more than base desires and an inability to focus outside of their wants. They think communism will mean they will always get what they want, in abundance and of course, that someone else will serve their every need, since they are resistant to work and self-development.

[@viermidebutura]

"people who quite literally have no ability to think in anything other than childish terms" you mean they have become NPC's

[@andrzejadamowicz3753]

Having no boundaries is to allow the world into your live. Yet "there is a lot of world and very little of you"

[@allenkennedy99]

@@viermidebutura I love the NPC meme. It fits so well

[@shy8054]

Brave new world

[@Joe-xq3zu]

viermidebutura, I've met NPCs with more depth of character than most of these adult babys.

[@88leonis]

Love this Sargon. Just a little bit of a deeper view on Congress. Congress is made up of two houses. The house of the Senate and the House of Representative. Representatives are the voice of the population, there are 435 representatives for the 50 states separated up by the states population. California alone has 53 seats with the next state in the list having 36 and some only having 1 seat due to population. You need to only have the top 9 states to have over 50 percent of the seats. Now the Senate use to not even be voted on by the population but by the state legislator giving it an even greater distance from the population but now is voted in by the states popular vote and you have 2 per state, period. This is because what is good for California and it's population may not be good for South Dakota and vice versa. This is also to prevent mob rule, sorry to say it but mass hysteria is a thing. Bills start in the house of representatives so that a mass majority of population representatives have to agree it is good for the American people. Then it goes to the Senate to make sure it is good for a mass majority of the States themselves. This has worked well for over 200 years so far and it prevents mob rule.

[@AntonioCunningham]

To add more context to this, Senators prior to the 17th amendment was representatives of the state. Now they have little to no teeth because they're beholden to the state legislature that's originally supposed to vote for them.

[@bullmoose4561]

Bills can and do start in the Senate as well. They just have to pass through both houses before going to the President.

[@AlphaAurora]

Yeah, I don't really think direct election of Senators was a good idea.

[@bullmoose4561]

@@AlphaAurora Why?

[@bullmoose4561]

@englanddg as someone who would consider themselves an anti-federalist, please explain how the direct election of senators, as apposed to unaccountable appointments is the lesser of the two.

[@ejeckk]

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

[@justin5368]

If all you have is a sickle, everything looks like wheat.

[@shartnitazodkeesian4018]

but if all you have is a hammer and a sickle, everything looks like communism

[@theproofistrivial7677]

I find it hilarious because so many people on the left were like: “oh, but technically it’s not a court it’s a job interview and if there were a bunch of rumors about you I wouldn’t hire you either, so you know, no due process matters and you don’t get innocent until proven guilty”. The moment these people start lawyering over the letter of the law and not the spirit of the law is when you know they’d destroy the letter of the law at the first opportunity. I don’t like Kavanaugh’s positions either, but I adhere to the spirit of the law. Can I use the fact that it’s not a real trial to argue it doesn’t matter? Sure. But come the fuck on, people, try having principles for a change. This is bigger than Kavanaugh.

[@dswynne]

Yeah, just a bunch of mental gymnastics to justify slander without the guilt.

[@ronaldfrechette2045]

It would also be illegal to refuse to hire someone based on unsubstantiated rumors.

[@frostblood2927]

I personally don't think someone who perjured himself on such shockingly minor details (saying he worked his way into Yale instead of being legacy - he was legacy among other things) should be able to be a judge in any capacity, but he's already in and nobody talked about his perjury, so whatever I guess. Abominable views on a lot of shit and willing to commit perjury, but on the allegations that were on everyone's mind he was innocent so he can get in I suppose. /shrug

[@Sonjacrow]

Yes, Sargon you are spot on in everything in this video. The US Senate 2 reps per state regardless of population The US House of Representatives depends on the population of your state. Right now as of typing this there are a total of 435. These two groups make the US Congress which is the legislative branch.

[@FourOf92000]

There was a law passed in the 1920s that set the number at 435; if a state gets more or fewer reps, it's because the population changed in proportion to the American total, not necessarily because of an absolute increase. Granted, another law can be passed that changes the number, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[@Sonjacrow]

4of92000 yes. I abbreviated my response because I hate posting long posts. I do it at times but only when I forget my meds. 😂 California has 53 reps TX has 36 for each state please read www.ehdp.com/vitalnet/reps.htm

[@kylekatarn5964]

The number of House Seats was capped to ensure that a State couldn't import more undue representation *cough* California *cough*.

[@Sonjacrow]

Stormrider59 this is a copy and paste so it doesn’t count as a long post. I’m still on my meds. 😆 Unlike the U.S. Senate, which consists of two members from each state, the geographic makeup of the House is determined by the population of each state. The only stipulation spelled out in the U.S. Constitution comes in Article I, Section 2, which guarantees each state, territory or district at least one representative. The Constitution also states that there can be no more than one representative in the House for every 30,000 citizens. There are still 435 members of the House of Representatives a century later because of the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, which set that number in stone. The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 was the result of a battle between rural and urban areas of the United States following the 1920 Census. The formula for distributing seats in the House based on population favored "urbanized states" and penalized smaller rural states at the time, and Congress could not agree on a reapportionment plan. For more please read www.thoughtco.com/members-in-the-house-of-representatives-3368242

[@dylanmorris7946]

And to continue this little civic discussion, the electoral college gives each state a number of representatives equal to the number of congressmen/women they have. Since every state has 2 senators and at least 1 representative, the minimum amount of electoral votes a state can have is 3. California, the most populous state, has 55. DC also gets 3. This brings the total number of electoral votes to 538, half of which is 269 (hence why you need 270 to become president).

[@CRIMI0N]

Basically: Continental philosophy is shit.

[@206179]

@Radle Grebdron continental philosophy is memetic warfare

[@MajkaSrajka]

Eastern EU doesn't exist and isn't "continental" FeelsBadMan

[@jankostrhun8725]

@Radle Grebdron easy: continental philosophy refers to the rough area of it's inception, not the only known place of it's practice. There.

[@joshuafarrell8516]

@Radle Grebdron Socialism. Take a guess where socialism came from *Germany.* It was a mistake to listen to the Krauts then, and it still is now. (The Austrian school and Voltaire are the only exceptions)

[@joshuafarrell8516]

@Radle Grebdron >Austrian school Austria is literally in the middle of Europe. Or is it not continental because it has jews within the school? Top wew. >When you dismiss the most anti-socialist economic model the west has come up with, with the best track record for prosperity and recovery from economic downturn because your superior Aryan nose can smell semite from a distance of 3km.

[@BlindRambler]

Daily reminder that progressivism poisons everything

[@comicbookfan124]

Mr. Shadow It even Poisons itself.

[@jacobsayre9497]

Don't think I could ever forget . . .

[@BlindRambler]

@Boredpersons55 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@lightspeedkatholikos2626]

Boredpersons55 you sound like a bot

[@Zhtrik]

Mitch McConnell from Turtle Man to Gamera...yes I borrowed this Joke from Razorfist.

[@Sixstringman]

If you cant beat it repeat it. Raz0r did it perfectly.

[@ekimaulthar2044]

Mitch McConnell's really neat? he's full of Turtle meat?

[@infinitewanderer4187]

I eagerly await the day where, when all is said and done, we can look at the monstrosities that the far left created, point, and say "You did this". I eagerly await that day.

[@TS-jm7jm]

they know what they have done and are pleased with it. woe unto them that put evil for good, and good for evil.

[@givemelibertyorgivemedeath6682]

Infinite Wanderer I agree completely. I'm so pissed off about what they did to our nations. I will never forgive them for this.

[@khorps4756]

we already can, but not all people see it

[@9imack]

What truly staggers me about this whole 'believe wamens' thing is the sheer ridiculousness & infantile nature of it all. Do none of the people advocating for this actually know any women? 'Cos if they did they'd know just how often they lie & therefore how insanely short sighted it is to believe that removing the requirement of proof for just one sex won't ever come back to bite them in the arse. If you're one of the people who believes it's better for 10 innocent people to be punished rather than one guilty person escape punishment you need to take a long hard look in the mirror, because I guarantee that opinion would change sharpish if you were one of those innocents.

[@greatleader4841]

men lie too... "babe do i look good in this" "Sure." *meanwhile thinking i've waited 3 fucking hours for you to get ready....just fucking finish* (im a man)

[@greatleader4841]

You ever tried to just put on a t shirt and some pants without adding 500 lb of make up everytime you have to just go to the store to get some fruit? nah, neither does my gf.

[@greatleader4841]

she has really bad anxiety issues, and hates interacting with people unless she has makeup on. it was a quick jab at how some girls take so damn long to just go outside. no fault on her, i understand her situation and dont fault her for it. (shes also a metalhead and goth)

[@michaellamont2605]

Mccarthy was Bang on. Democratic party needs to be replaced.

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

It has been, but they kept the name for marketing purposes.

[@griffinroach1075]

They don’t seem to understand federalism, that it creates places with *gasp* different rules based on different values! What a horrible idea, people deciding more decisions with the people who live near them. What a horrible place.

[@Netist_]

They only want personal liberty for you if you agree with them.

[@systemicsystems336]

I've noticed a candidate on majority of commercials on u-tube channels, (Sargon, AIU, Paul Watson, Gavin McGinnis, ect...). She never claimed her party line, so I assumed she must have been Republican. Until today! I received a flyer for her candidacy on my door. Still curious as too her party alignment, I looked. It wasn't until on the back page in very small print that it stated. "Sponsored by the Democratic party". Meaning, they are trying to get uninformed voters and get their votes by trickery, or feel they don't get any help promoting their affiliation to such party. Either WAY! Very sneaky! And a sign of the times.

[@427Arbok]

First they came for religion, and my long-embattled religion buckled. Then they came for free speech, and I didn't know what to say. But now I'm awake.

[@SilvrSavior]

I get it when people I know wish to move to a complete popular vote for political positions, but then I look at the current year's landscape for what the vocal popular (mob) positions are and shudder. The rule of the vocal majority would lynch the unfavorable minority and I think it needs protection.

[@Needagoodnamebutcantthinkofone]

There's a fight Brewing here in America, we're sick of thIS bullshit and we're tired of being told how to live by people who don't live with us or anywhere near us. I live in a small town in northeastern PA and somebody from some big city just told us we can't do what we do every holiday season, have our Christmas Star and our Easter Cross on the cliff above our town. The thing is they don't realize what kind of a hornet's nest they just stirred up, especially in a little town like this, but more importantly overall in the United States we're sick and tired of the stupid self-righteous bullshit, and we are not going to take it anymore.

[@ShamanMcLamie]

Historically the opposition party does better in midterms because it is enthused and the governing party is complacent. The Kavanaugh debacle has enthused Republicans, but Trump is energizing the Democrats more than ever. I'm going to trust political trends and be pessimistic of the midterms.

[@trublgrl]

TL;DW (Too Long, Didn't Write) Your blog hit so many cogent points I have been typing through the whole thing, and it turned into a ramble. Suffice it to say, this was a great post, and crystallized some important ideas we need going forward into the next political phase here in the USA. Many Thanks!

[@MasterStr0ke]

So close around 5:00 to “rational selfishness”

[@gaylordzapikowski9053]

From they way you describe how they want to live their lives, it sounds like an addiction.

[@SonOfTheLion]

Mixed up the Senate and Electoral College. Senate is 100 Senators for 50 states (2 per). The electoral college is how the president is elected. It equalizes the representation during the elections. Both are an equalizing force (spot on about that). And yes they want both abolished.

[@Rhygenix]

The worst part of censorship is [REDACTED]

[@-V-_-V-]

4:15 "Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty." -Frank Herbert

[@immikeurnot]

Yep, they want to smash down barriers. Walls are barriers. Knock down too many walls (or even the wrong walls), and your roof falls down.

[@DutchmanDavid]

When you're so early the video is still 240p... edit: no subtitles either, LMAO!

[@GeorgeMonet]

I like how the kangroo dog is going to get crushed the moment he breaks the final pillar. It would be so satisfying to watch if this were animated.

[@timmya4000]

worst hiatus ever!

[@electriceyeswatching4415]

Lol Did it even last 2 days?

[@revu34]

Did you even watch the video, or do you get all of your "Sargon News" from Jimbo's? XD

[@cnlbenmc]

The world events conspired to pull him back in.

[@NeuronalAxon]

Worst hernia ever!

[@BrianFoxglove]

I just want to say how amazed I am that you know more about our electoral system than the average US citizen.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

I'm pretty sure I saw Scarecrow holding court in the background of one of the Portland videos.

[@jeremyrainman]

At this point, any reasonable group of people will win elections and the establishment would be baffled at how they lost. I've seriously contemplated trying to start a political party in the U.S. that NEVER goes for a position in Washington D.C.... seriously, a local-municipality-only political party would do wonders to check the power of the two major parties in the U.S., and it would undercut their recruit pool as well.

[@dimitrioskantakouzinos8590]

The turtle guy is called Cocaine Mitch!

[@Sixstringman]

He's Gamera now.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

They probably expect Society to stay propped up on all that safe space.

[@ailius1520]

For reference, Mitch McConnell is now "Cocaine Mitch", and Lindsey Graham is now "Lindsey Graham v 2.0" to differentiate the new personas from the old ones.

[@immikeurnot]

Lindsey Grahambo.

[@yalltoiletsbtalkinshit9912]

“Who’s the turtle guy? Ah Mitch McConnell”😆😆😆😆😆

[@floki_vt]

A bit off Sargon. Electoral college is a group of delegates from each state the amount is based on population of the state with an overall number. So while cali, ny, fl, tx have a lot. Many of the smaller states banding together can still outdo them. Preventing mob rule for president. However it takes on a sort of psuedo popular vote. As the popular vote in each state dictates who gets that states delegates. Senate is the 100 senators 2 per state for the same reason so no one state has all the power in the senate. House of representatives are based on population with a max number. So same as the Electoral College.

[@TheThinkery]

Many Thanks, at least I got the principle correct. The Marxists should like this arrangement.

[@immikeurnot]

Yep, you got the idea right. The 2 senators per state was created as a balance to keep less populous states from being completely pushed around by the more populous. And it's why the Senate (2 per state, period) is as powerful as the House of Representatives (apportionment based on population). The coastal elites in the US live in a 20 mile wide corridor along each coast (but not the Gulf Coast). Everything in between they consider "flyover country." The Senate gives flyover (AKA, the real America) a fighting chance.

[@NameForMyChannel]

@@TheThinkery Personally I hate that arrangement. The E.C. needs to go an it should be a popular vote for the President - that way every vote counts the same regardless of where you are in the country. You're worth the same regardless of where you are, all that would matter is citizenship at that point rather than arbitrary location nonsense. Then again, I'm no Marxist so maybe that's why I dont like the system.

[@floki_vt]

Death Angel its not a marxist system marxism would abolish the government as a whole so every person has a say on their small area. The issue is when you have a large conglomerate of people you get a few things. Group think (where people just go with tbe flow), information blocking (one side owns all the means of information) as well the people in a city have no idea what a farmer needs. Most know the concept of a farm but still think the food just comes from the supermarket. And people tend to not give a rats ass about anything happening outside of their little bubble. The founders saw early that nyc and boston would run the country, and so they made the electoral college. The thing is its still quasi popular vote. Everyone votes in their state. Their state then takes the popular and gives the candidate with the most votes the electors. The number of electors is based on population, but it allows multiple states to band together to fight the opression of 6 cities. The thing is if a candidate took all the high populated states they dont need the small one. But few ever have. If you dont like that, than commifornia and the nyc commies will rule the country. And im not cool with that.

[@aneathensia173]

10/10 Sargon, would go on break from politics again.

[@samueljosephs6793]

Progressivism poisnens everything. Thought I'd save impiriem cypher the trouble

[@boogiespadina8375]

I don't remember how I started watching Sargon or even when, but you've really shifted my perspective

[@quimble2177]

240p is clearly superior to 1080 and 720

[@XmarkedSpot]

There's a joke about homeopathy somewhere in here.

It's almost as if YT can't render 1080 as quick as 240p

[@analogdistortion]

Excellent points at the end. You hit the nail on the head

[@Iskwoklam]

Interesting times we live in

[@dinosaurtreesflowers]

Do you think Obama's presidency played a part in these polarising and bitter times? I can't remember Democrat supporters and senators acting like this during the Bush and Reagan eras.. Or perhaps it's been bubbling under the surface for some time.. :/

[@fredfredburgeryes123]

just over a minute in and I'm dying over "who's the turtleguy MITCH MCCONNELL"

[@andrewpawlowski8809]

A guy talking a bout due process who lives in England.

[@orppranator5230]

Andrew T.K.T Pawlowski England isn’t a hive mind.

[@isengard1500]

clause 39 of Magna Carta in England: (No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any other way ruined, nor will we go against him or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.) 1200s England, 600 years before the US even existed.

[@jamesoleary2476]

Andrew T.K.T Pawlowski we invented freedom thank you very much

[@yomomz3921]

As an American, I'm actually English once removed 😉 By the way, thanks for colonizing North America and then revolting 👍 That may sound like an SJW thing to say... but I mean that sincerely and unironically - America's a pretty cool place thanks to all that.

[@yomomz3921]

@JW McCabe - not entirely untrue at the moment... but it's not beyond saving. It may just require more creativity and force of will - but it can be done.

[@prot07ype87]

*This says a lot about our society.*

[@Weightsandwaifus]

Goddamit! This is why we shouldn't let colonies run themselves...

[@1110-s1t]

Omg as an Australian, so much this. If you actually looked after your empire properly, we wouldn't be in this place today. Cunts.

[@theironpill7148]

A bunch of farmers and artisans beat the worlds strongest military, Britain did this to itself.

[@TS-jm7jm]

no this is why we shouldnt abandon the moral bedrock upon which our laws would stand unopposed, i can trace this going downhill to the moment people started to stop advocating judgement and come out with that "dont judge" nonsense, and to any fool quoting the bible on this, i will say that the very next verse explains not to judge hypocritically, not that anyone cares about context anymore

[@1110-s1t]

@Pax Americana truer words have never been spoken.

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

If we'd all done a better job at killing communism this wouldn't have happened!

[@bruhbruh4329]

A hundred more pillars stretches off to the right out of shot.

[@Darthmufin]

I have always considered myself to be left wing but every time i take some sort of political test i seem to drift more and more to the center of the political compass. Wondering if the left is going to keep pushing people further to the right and then whine about why conservatism is winning despite it's glaring flaws.

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

Its a human thing to seek solutions that are quick, rather than Effective

[@joetyndall3382]

Please publish a reading list

[@technicallymax1242]

He doesn't read, why would he have a reading list? Mirishian Struggle BTFOed him on that.

[@TheThinkery]

@@technicallymax1242 lol

[@technicallymax1242]

@@TheThinkery read Icarus Fallen, realize that the enlightenment didn't have the breadth or depth you think it did. Realize your ideas of maximizing individual liberty and holding the individual paramount while holding the idea that anybody from anywhere can belong to your nation (civic nationalism) has been tried in the United States and that it DOESN'T WORK. Study United States history and you'll understand why you're making a mistake already made by the US back in the 1960s from which we'll maybe never recover.

[@CurtisSmale]

Due process already was destroyed - by title 9. Finally pieces of it are being rebuilt.

[@nattygsbord]

+1 Sargon You put words on all the thoughts I have been thinking the last months

[@simonemastrovito6315]

Freedom means nothing without at least a modicum of personal responsibility.

[@Lttlemoi]

I'm currently reading through John Stuart Mills _Considerations on Representative Government_ after having just finished his _On Liberty_ and wow is his writing as relevant and applicable as it ever was. If you haven't, you should read through them. It's as if he's directly describing them when talking about how democracies fail and die: when busybodies start screwing with things they know nothing about out of the indestructible conviction that they are doing good, while disregarding any and all conventions and existing rules because they can't comprehend and refuse to take the time to learn why these rules and conventions exist in the first place.

[@randymiller3918]

The ability to delay gratification is the foundation of success in a free society.

[@Thumph]

Watching Sargon in my car to avoid beeing seen by the campus gestapo

[@khazzen]

So truthful it hurts.

[@BenisBoy14]

the left reminds me of one of my D&D sessions: the players were in a cave and they were in a distance fight and the enemy was behind cover. the mage was like "hey, can i blast away their cover with a fireball? i'm sure it will also deal a lot of damage to them!" - "sure" they blasted the cover away, which were pillars supporting the cave ceiling and caused a cave-in.

[@TerryB01]

The pillars will stay up. We will defend them.

[@TheGreatIndoors1979]

_"Because these are the pillars society deserves, but not the ones it needs right now."_ - Screechhackinghammer666

[@Generalscorpio]

5:00 - I've seen a few people talking about hwo they don't see the connection between discussion of ideas and day-to-day reality, this point is a good example of that connection. If you have no self-restraint you can't save money, by denying yourself all the little bits and pieces on which you'd normally fritter money you actually get to see your savings account grow.

[@logy650]

That comic is so spot on it hurts to look at

[@georgiyyamov5827]

Freedom from responsibility.. What could possibly go wrong?

[@Keihryon]

Just went through Pat Cross's page. Some awesome artwork in there.

[@gibertusalbans1779]

really the donkey should be most of the way through the pillar, especially considering family court going back 50 years

[@diotb77]

This is Absolutely messed up! Why do they do this! GET YOUR SHIT IN ORDER! The light on the pillars is coming from the left while the light on the hammer is coming from the right!

[@idleobserver7211]

"Rehome" When you accept their nomenclature, they've won.

[@fterimage]

That comic looks like an interesting premise for a computer game.

[@lemonvolt]

They are NOT "your" children! They are the parties children!

[@ShortbusMooner]

Brilliant analogy!!

[@_-ShadowWorks-_]

It's not about ultimate freedom. It's about consolidating power so they can hold onto it forever.

[@erikpaulsen3111]

The hysterical tyrrany of universal goodness is worried about their salary accounts.

[@ghost-facedhindu4275]

It's good to know that when it matters, really, the people will step up and do what's right. At least for now. I just don't know how long this'll last...

[@StrazdasLT]

No, the worst thing you could do to a child is leave it in an abusive family.

[@Johnny_Shields]

I swear, the dictionary is going to have ~gate: Suffix denoting controversy.

[@ChimpFromSpace]

They have a complete lack of perspective, in a historical sense, and a modern sense. They have no clue what oppression is. They also make the mistake of judging the past with modern moral principles. Which is foolish.

[@Jay_76]

I'm left to wonder when the Veterans will rise up and establish the Terran Federation from Starship Troopers. Because, I'm seeing the history that Heinlein wrote about in that book.

[@everyxheart]

That's why they were so mad when the government announced that the census would only count citizens in 2020. We use the census to decide how many reps a state can send to congress among other things.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

That cartoon is devastatingly accurate.

[@johnrmcclure1]

Anyone with power who begins to push back against scary authoritarianism is your ally no matter how corrupt they may be. Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell are not great to have on our side, but they are the best we have at the moment... and if Lindsey will give up the notion of bipartisanship as a dead idea and just admit we can't ever find common ground with tyrants and just work to utterly defeat them... there may be hope for him yet.

[@zonefreakman]

The people, the race hold up society.

[@PTSDSquirrel]

I was a democrat when i first started voting, then went to the green party, then they went nuts, so went independent, i am voting republican, only because democrats now have gone absolutely unhinged anti-american. And i love this nation and what it used to stand for, but a forewarning to you all, even if we get a super majority we must remember a lot of them are RINO's TradCons and Corporatism, we must, MUST, keep their feet to the fire to insure the american people get what they want and NOT special interests with more money then God. The Elite could just as easily buy out all of government so when we win, and we will, we MUST insure that they are by the people for the people, and NOT For elites and special interests.

[@petramaier9153]

The election will not change the really important stuff. Government spending is far too high, Fed policy is insane, and the next financial crisis, which is long overdue, could be the biggest one in many decades, regardless of who sits in the House or who calls himself president now.

[@WickedServantEbay]

Great vid

[@TheSouloftheDragon]

Doubt worry, they'll care about due process when one of them have been accused of something.

[@kohlrak]

Due process has been gone for a long, long time now. We just brought it back for a month.

[@ExperimentalProfessor]

"Everything is a hammer" might I suggest everything is a hammer and sickle for the Democratic party instead of just a hammer?

[@tucancap]

These pillars are standing on a foundation of honesty, critical thinking, personal responsibility and objective truth. When the foundation crumbles then the pillars will eventually fall anyway and I think the foundation has been under attack for much longer. The attacks on due process and freedom of speech are a symptom of a much bigger issue.

[@Machampion100]

The Faith and The Crown are the two pillars that hold up society.

[@DigitalDuo2211]

"'We still think you're all Nazis' and then they walked away, but at least they weren't rude!" xD

[@docbeck888]

I was watching Lindsay Graham's blow up at the Ford-Kavanaugh proceedings, when I blurted out "Way to go Lindsay!". My son looked at me and said, "I never thought I would ever hear say that." The world has been turned on it's ear.

[@SargonofAkkad]

A demonstrable truth!

[@julian9898]

lol "...and who's the turtle? Oh, Mitch McConnell!"

[@obolisk0430]

"Enslaved to one's base desires" This like watching someone find religion in slow motion. Not that I'm complaining.

[@McfcxEz]

Electoral College is 2 Senators per state + The amount of representatives the state sends to the House. It's about 600k-900k people per house seat.