Why Oligarchy Falls (And How to Speed It Up)

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Friends, please note: As mentioned, Aristotle never provided much practical advice for the unwashed masses. Therefore, this video was made with a larger dose of interpretation than usual - based on the assumption that when Aristotle said "A" and "C", logically he would probably have agreed to "B". I put a lot of research into this, but most parts where I am not saying 'Aristotle said' or similar, is interpretation to some degree. This allows us to bridge ancient wisdom with modern understanding, while maintaining intellectual honesty about what's direct citation versus reasoned interpretation.

[@evinnra2779]

As I'm replying it was posted 2 hours ago, viewed 1002 times, liked 234 times. 110 thousands subscribers. Not counting chickens here but that does look like a higher than average approval rate, no?

[@divermike8943]

Often revolutions create a new kind of tyranny. The Russian & French revolutions are examples. What is hopefully is that the American revolution was not like those. But that was a revolution against a foreign power. I pray change comes but as peacfullyas possible. It can be done and has been done. The change lasts longer if so.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

It's too bad you are so obviously an ignorant American devoid of all serious historical knowledge. All you do is push the idiotic neo-fascist lines of your own deep state. Quite likely a CIA-run channel bending history eh?

[@soonheaven]

@@divermike8943 Shiva is about that change. Shiva, Truth Freedom Health.

[@Youbetternowatchthis]

Of course he didn’t. You don’t write a chess book from the perspective of the pawn. The pawns thoughts are not relevant to the game.

[@corrosive135]

This is why the oligarcy has specifically worked to dismantle the middle class

[@ramseymansford2246]

Indeed, and by steadily raising the bar of what being middle class entailed, it decimated the ability for most people to enter that economic class. Meanwhile, there's a bunch of millionaires who identify now as middle-class and spouting middle-class virtue, when they are actually very rich.

[@Redactedlllllllllllll]

Most people.who thinknthey are in the "middle" just have alot of blind spots.

[@NickMak-m2c]

Why is this allowed on YT, where's the poison pill?

[@josiechaney9010]

🎯And is ramping up its body grinder for the working class.

[@NickMak-m2c]

@ Middle = House, car, food, family.

[@theehumanshield]

America is in an Oligarchy right now, just look at how much money it costs to run a political campaign

[@samrubinactor9095]

Absolutely right

[@greatestone4eva]

💯

[@tauIrrydah]

Always was. *points at the founders who were landed aristocracy*

[@littleredpony6868]

Oligarchy is a contortion of aristocratsy ​@@tauIrrydah

[@flamingmoe1805]

Oligarchy by proxy. You might not be rich but you are vetted and funded by the wealthy or weathy corporations

[@vivi44]

How to speed it up? Easy. Organized groups of Luigi's. Preferably ex military combat veterans. We'll call them Waluigi's.

[@garycarder4363]

Probably time to break the power grid, cut down the power poles with a 40 volt battery powered chainsaw, cut the poles half way through the wind will finish it, silent and easy, no electricity no cameras no government no AI

[@rongould1466]

Imagine if all the postering and fear mongering of the far right actually just caused a hypothetical based "counter attack" that got people to justify violent actions through the basis of hypothetical future attacks. That'd be weird.

[@sundayoliver3147]

Yeah, thanks, once people start killing for "moral" reasons, they tend to keep on making up more reasons to kill. See the Holocaust. It wasn't just Jewish people: it was gay people, Polish people, people who spoke up (including people in the "in" group), people (like the SA) who were no longer "useful" once a certain stage of tyranny was established, people with disabilities, and so on.

[@PoochieCollins]

lool

[@Nyrm01]

I like your approach.

[@Kj16V]

I've seen so many videos for years telling us oligarchs are taking over. But this is the first one I've seen telling us what we could do about it. Thank you sincerely. This is a rare heartening ray of hope.

[@TirraOmilade]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@sircuffington]

I recommend the channels Hakim and Second Thought. Both are really good and have been laying out blueprints for real change for a while.

[@Kj16V]

@sircuffington By coincidence, I'm on Second Thought already. I'll look up Hakim too!

[@coloniafg9760]

yeah, wait untill it gets so tyranical, everyone is fed up with them

[@picassodilly]

@@sircuffington Don’t forget “more perfect Union”

[@tarzanizcool]

Bro really showed Musk and Rogan as the guys to overthrow oligarchy as if they aren’t part of it lmao

[@LadyLuvsNatr]

This video must have been something else Musk bought. He already bought FELON 47.

[@jrmurphypoet]

Musk definitely oligarchy - I have had a lot of dealings with new immigrant Afrikaan in New Zealand - and there is NOT ONE OF THEM THAT WASN'T an authoritarian abusive bully and bigot. Joe Rogan not so much, I genuinely think he is helping but he doesn't want political power and definitely would resort to violence - WHICH THEY HAVE POINTED OUT DOESNT WORK FOR THE NEXT REGIME COMING IN.

[@songsayswhat]

Musk grew up under apartheid, and despite all attempts to separate himself from it, "English," not "Africaans" who according to him are the real culprits, he benefited from it the same as any other white in South Africa. He was born an elite and remains an elite. I don't understand anyone not treating him like part of the problem. smh

[@JoeARedHawk275]

In an ironic way, they might accelerate it. The more they talk, the more people wake up and realize how illegitimate our government and the elites are. In the short term though, it may look like they are only strengthening the oligarchy. Who knows though, I personally believe the American empire will fall in a couple of decades (50+ years) or up to a century from now.

[@JoeARedHawk275]

Looks like my previous comment was too real for KZbin. All i will say is that they might ironically accelerate the downfall of the oligarchy.

[@schtuff.8207]

One of the best things you can do is see live events in small spaces, and be involved in your local arts community. Create and support others in creating. That creates community, and instills messages of questioning authority. Not only has decimating the middle class been important, but trying to decimate folk music, songs that used to lead and focus movements.

[@debraoslatreigh]

Right! Pete Seeger marched with us at occupy wall st.

[@Siskos-pn7nd]

I am a 78yo musician, started playing Hootanies, progresses to pop, rock, jazz, and found that that world no longer exists. Bars that hosted live music became less profitable and morphed into Sports bars with television as the entertainment. Coffee shops became less a place for musians and writers, to more a place where you work alone, on a laptop or cellphone escaping into that world. Sadly, there are few places for talking and hearing music. But ,the need is there, if you could make a profit. Even this need is driven by profit and not the common good.

[@AngelaCSpears]

One company had purchased all the venue spaces in my area. You can't sneeze without them and they are a monopoly here.

[@sisterpamop]

Yes, where are the songs?

[@abrvalg321]

They become greedy and start to exclude each other from power.

[@TheLegendaryLore]

💯

[@GonzoJohnny]

They eat them selves and in the end will destroy the ones propping them up.

[@tponsres]

No hoy dia !!

[@Attaxalotl]

That's exactly what's happening right now

[@Cloudchopper-x1r]

@@Attaxalotl Yes, and it so happens in both parties now. Now is the opportunity for something new to emerge.

[@jxmbusab]

It's weird seeing pictures of the oligarchs being presented as exemplars of the "entrepreneurs" who supposedly challenge oligarchy.

[@ClaudiaSorvillo]

How to make a great argument and still miss the point

[@kennetwikart9016]

It´s very probable this channel is funded by the oligarchs, they never stop their trickery. Elon f--ing Musk as your "hero" for heavens sake!

[@smolpener7430]

@@ClaudiaSorvillo He didn't even make an argument. What are you talking about?

[@DarwinAward-n9p]

He was showing their pictures while speaking about factionalism within the ruling class.

[@josemayaudon3552]

@@hash8169at 13:44, when the orator of this speaks of individuals that will challenge the status quo and be the change… it’s a series of pictures of the actual individuals that are at the core of rot, that has brought us to where we are now, in the US… that’s what got my Spidey senses tingling.

[@anderssorenson9998]

Respectfully, the utter panic that came from the CEO class at the universal indifference to their safety following Luigi Mangione's "Executive Action" was very soothing.

[@enseta331]

Don’t forget Elon Musk is a firm believer in Accelerationism, the desire for End of times to come sooner, in order to shape the new world in your own way. He is also planning on becoming a literal king. Dont let this happen

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

accelerationism is coping, or propaganda/psyop

[@ct5625]

One thing we can be thankful of is that almost no one has any grasp of scale, including the egotistical and maniacal Elon. You cannot control 300 million people with a Twitter account, or even with a military of 1.4 million personnel. Sure, it will be violent and messy and awful, but it's like trying to empty a swimming pool with a ladle. The people can and will very easily overrun the oligarchy when pushed to that extreme. And I really do feel as though that extreme is just around the corner.

[@bloodspartan300]

​@@mimszanadunstedt441 no its not... the rich really believe it

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

@ i mean for the left its a cope

[@steambom3350]

@@mimszanadunstedt441 You'll have a lot to cope with too once grocery prices reach absolutely ridiculous levels. Who are you gonna blame when eggs cost 500 dollars a carton? The libs? The left? Biden? Woke stuff? Sftu.

[@daviddobarganes9115]

I was with you until you showed Elon Musk as a ray of hope, he's the boiled down poisonous concentrate of the most poisonous parts of capitalism, not a challenge to the system

[@GoopyGum]

He is the rotten poison flowing down from capitol hill. He is the enemy. We as a joined people must resist their rule.

[@wyguy1212]

He quite literally is the worlds richest oligarch who just bought an election like wtf how could he possibly be against the oligarchy lol

[@steveworley2997]

Elon and Trump administration are an example of oligarchs taking full control - he’s appointing all oligarchs to lead.

[@strandedinparadise8202]

@@steveworley2997 Elon and Trump are an example of a split in the oligarchy. They say they want to bring down the deep state and its' pretty clear there are lots of powerful individuals against Trump - like the Cheneys and well, the entire deep state at this point. I'm not endorsing Trump, just saying that conditions are ripe for change. We should all be directing our anger into something constructive - like this video says - because now is the time to build something new.

[@PowerWinsTop]

Elons take on H1B is beyond horrendous & nullifies everything he campaigned on. We need to drastically reduce high & low skilled immigration + deport people without legal status. The housing market and labor market are inflated and suppressed to an absurd degree because of the sheer volume of foreigners living in our country. You know the truth, the price of a home in this country is absurd & the only reason is because of population "growth"

[@elijahdage5523]

I've noticed that a lot of barriers have been put up in the U.S.A. to prevent the overthrow of an oligarchy as described here. The middle class has been shrinking for some time now and I suspect that in the future, repressed people won't have the time or money to care about politics. Media is also a big factor. It serves as a great distraction from taking action in the real world, and in cases that do involve current events, the focus is on dividing people rather than how to solve the problem at hand. I'm sure many people these days would rather argue their principles online than uphold them in real life. If we want to get around these barriers, we need to be aware of them and change our habits in ways the oligarchy won't be expecting. We need to help each other survive, regardless of who we are. Help everyone to see virtue in themselves and others and understand that society could be better if we all came together.

[@frostyfrances4700]

As no less than Eugene Debs himself said, we've got to join together, work together, etc "and when you do, the world is yours."

[@reginaldcampos5762]

Long hours and low pay didn't stop unions in the progressive era of US politics

[@mrdeanvincent]

Well said. This is why I believe it's important for more people to grow food, collect rainwater, meet their neighbours, participate in community groups, support small/local businesses, etc. Decrease reliance on centralised power structures. Relocalise.

[@joannebuehler9049]

And BOYCOTT the Oligarchic

[@michaelgreen3036]

Will never happen. They are very smart people, and we absolutely love what they are selling. Several times when I see someone post about how they cannot afford an house or apartment and will soon be homeless, I suggest they share housing with other people in a similar situation. You should see the posts I get in various forms essentially telling me what an idiot I am. People don't actually want to cooperate to make their collective lives better. They want only what they themselves want, or prefer to simply complain about not being able to get it.

[@Ohotniktrolly]

Considering how much Elon Musk has to thank the US government (and blood emeralds) for his wealth, I am not sure why you have video of him when talking about independent centers of economic power. And given his recent behavior, he is part of the problem.

[@alanboody7004]

It's funny how Musk, Trump, and so on all have people believing they are the heroes that are here to save us. Nah, they're just the ones that took the opportunity to seize power and told people what they wanted to hear to do it.

[@krejados1]

💯 THIS!

[@notsocrates9529]

Especially his stance on the importation of labor.

[@triedntrueiam]

His car batteries are blowing up and his rockets are pollution. He might be in bed with China. I just recently found out that the Google guy helped China set up their communist surveillance systems. And look how the Cuban, Bezos, has such a big hold on America's pockets while collecting info and selling programs to the government. It's a mess.

[@TheChannel-bc2lp]

Even if you were correct about Musk The crazy stirring of the political Hornets nests is just what we need right now.Believe me I don't trust Elon Musk but what he is doing in Germany and the UK right at this moment is very necessary.

[@Slavador2393]

It's a big club and you're not in it. George Carlin

[@knighthawk882]

💯

[@sheritownsend5359]

George Carlin had foresight.

[@ManlyTear]

And a big issue is, many of these "innovative tech giant CEOs" ARE or SEEK to join the oligarch club. After all, the entities they rule and devoted themselves to - their corporations - are through their very nature profit driven above all. It's profitable to squeeze the human dry as much as possible for labor while cutting costs as much as possible. There is operating on a more moral, noble code, ofc, but those doing so have to do it at the realization that they won't be making nearly as much profit as those who are exploitative - they have to fight their companies very nature, basically (props to those who succeed ngl). These guys have many of the middle class working for them, thus making them "middle class" in name mostly, as they still keep folks on a short - paycheck to paycheck or u'll end up in the streets - leash, thus making them less incentivized to move against them, even if they know best the system is fcked up. Dystopian times inc I guess, lol.

[@goose7378]

It's actually a small club, and we're not in it.

[@GonzoJohnny]

@@goose7378 Its a small club and most people are subservient to it under the threat of violence, yet still keep working for them and claiming they have a right to rule over us.

[@DiscoDashco]

@13:45 Oh, you lost the plot when you showcased Musk then Gabbard of *all* people whilst trying to make your whole point here.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

Gabbard is a tool of the elite, maybe you should go back to See and Say material, and leave this adult material alone?

[@JohnSmith-mo1zo]

He is a Straussian. Entire point of the video was to present leading questions while pointing the mob towards the oligarchies enemies, their regulators and those who would hold these decadent criminals accountable to the law. It is part of an information attack - by convincing enough sheep of the deception, you make the entire argument incoherent to most people. That's why this stuff is pushed down our throat, because he's a sniveling client of the oligarchs who wishes to be dominated by them and to have no freedom but to think whatever thoughts they wish him to think. So he goes around manipulating idiots because he is an immortal and untrustworthy person. Apparently didn't expect that any lib would read Strauss and spot his con.

[@77777i-r]

Fr

[@meowmagnet]

Exactly.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

Musk is your friend? lol. You must want an AI overlord

[@dixztube]

im so sick of our so called elite.

[@triedntrueiam]

The real deplorables...😩😆

[@Wildstep0]

Donald Trump? The most powerful man in the world who gets bullied too much? The one who tried to steal the "stolen" election? Elon musk? The richest man in the world influencing elections for his outcomes and political power? Joe Biden? Who gave up power when asked?

[@rickwrites2612]

The irony is the people Fox calls elite ie the "cultural elite" aren't particularly powerful or wealthy. Ie professors, AMA, scientists, public health experts, B list famous people, athletes. Hell, even the Kennedys (!) ....ARENT the elite nor oligarchs. Those types just have some influence on mainstream social norms.

[@Motherofchicken]

Then stop calling them that lol, make em mad, show them how little they truly matter

[@kellyblack4897]

Most of the ones they call “elite” can’t even change their own flat tire

[@Ouroboros_FuFu]

It's us vs them. It ends when we unify against them.

[@YourLocalNobody420]

Yet in the video he shows musk in a positive light, despite him supporting and thriving from the oligarchy. Reconsider your donation

[@Future_Phoenix]

Them including "left" and "right", which is a fake concept to keep us under control. They all work together, never forget that and never follow any of them.

[@prschuster]

Divide and conquer is their time honored strategy. It comes in the form of one sex, religion or race against the other, or in poor citizens against poor immigrants.

[@gretchen8100]

Why do you think the right has leaned in to racism? It's an easy way to divide us

[@Beta_Mixes]

You totally missed the point, we are in this situation because did precisely that. Without God's intervention we are going literally nowhere.

[@roguepixel4753]

13:53 Elon Musk is the ultimate oligarch bruh. 💀

[@daydays12]

Yes.

[@heck3143]

I don't think he'll was saying Elon was a good figure or helpful. More that he comes from the outside of traditional American power and opens a possibility. He quite literally wants to destroy America. He's an accelerationist.

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

Who should tule if not the most competent, rich and, thus necessarily (as far as they didn't use force/crime to attain it), the most virtuous among us? Get outta here, resentful bokie.

[@heck3143]

@exnihilonihilfit6316 So you stopped being a nihilist through Greek philosophy hey? Id recommend diving deeper. Unless you believe Vladimir Putin to be virtuous and therefore a perfect leader, cus that's the implication of your argument. That being rich is good, therefore they should have power and that power is always good. Thats your words turned on you only the littlest bit requiring no effort or extra argumentation. Which means the argument is incomplete or I wouldn't have such an easy time undermining it.

[@Moustache-Gaming]

@@heck3143 some maga are indeed so far gone that they think putin is a good guy.

[@WillyBluefield]

How to speed it up? Clone Luigi a few thousand times and nickname them the Justice League.

[@AbombsinAdam]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@georgesheffield1580]

French corrected the situation in the 1790's ,very effectively.

[@WillyBluefield]

@@georgesheffield1580 Ah yes, the guillotine!

[@mrcead]

Luigi's Mansion 2 - Luigi's Mission

[@jonbodhi]

Shhhhhh! You aren’t supposed to say that!!🤫🤫🤫

[@redfoxninja3173]

Remember a billion dollars, political influence or corporate power won't stop a bullet!

[@Johnnyraftssmith]

D³ ✌️

[@adiuntesserande6893]

As Mario's brother proved!

[@jokerpilled2535]

Free Luigi

[@ppckrtt]

Oftentimes they do. They buy security measures and people.

[@aecides3203]

But a small child might, and that's why Elon's suddenly remembered he keeps making those.

[@Mell-h1f]

Remember the "You will own nothing and be happy" statement? We're already living it.

[@eyeofchorus6313]

Almost all the incremental changes have been going **toward** Oligarchy, not away from it. Create a website with forums for your local irl neighborhood; talk crime watch, schooling, carpooling, etc. Create community to oppose their atomization of society.

[@alreadyghosts7727]

1) Pursue Virtue. 2) Educate yourself and others. 3) GRADUALLY BUILD YOUR OWN PARALLEL SYSTEMS.

[@Novusod]

The modern Oligarchy understands its historical vulnerabilities and knows how to snuff them out before they get off the ground. 1 ) Push degeneracy and criminality at every level. Establishing anarcho-tyranny. Squeeze the people with crime from one side and a police state on the other side. 2 ) Replace education with indoctrination. Redirect people's anger so they punch down and fight each other. 3 ) Eliminate the middle class. Over regulate and make illegal any parallel systems. Remember they arrested people trying to help during the hurricane.

[@soldier22881]

this man gets it eye am with ya

[@mikebreeden6071]

I created a website before the election to offer pithy sayings to refute maga lies. I never got publicity enough for anyone to use it. I'm slowly working on it again. You might want to look for places to paste: The right wants their base fighting the culture wars so that they ignore the economic wars eating them alive. What they need to realize is that it is not Right vs Left, it is Top vs Bottom, the Wealthy vs the Working class.

[@Graphomite]

Also, write where the leaders can see. Complaining privately does nothing. Complaining online does nothing. But a growing mass of people sending letters to congress every other day will make a difference.

[@MissMayuri]

Elon Musk seeing this video and be like "I should buy youtube" All animals a equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

[@FFVison]

No brain good, one brain bad.

[@JohnSmith-b4w]

He created his own LLM, Grok, so he could fill the comments full of bots supporting and praising him.

[@DisenchantedWithSociety]

All animals are equal but some animals had emerald mines during apartheid.

[@haroldpierre1726]

@@DisenchantedWithSociety LOL!

[@steelsalmon9121]

If that happens youtube is going to shit.

[@beebeebees]

What a truly beautiful world we live in where hundreds of thousands of people can listen to someone's interpretation of political theory written by someone over two millenia ago because they all agree it is relevant to modern life 🎉

[@FreedomSCARS]

Never rooted so hard for oligarch cancer in my life. My stolen career was in cancer research. 3:12 We’re already collapsing. Screw incrementalism.

[@alreadyghosts7727]

Wait. Wut? You were a cancer researcher? What happened??? Maybe it's that YOU oughtta make a YT video on that.

[@pebblepod30]

Sorry to hear that. Were you replaced with Indentured Servants on a Hb1 Visa? Yes the Oligarch es are incredibly greedy and evil, which will be there downfall.

[@pebblepod30]

I think incrementalism means something like refusing to vote Dem until they let a non corrupt Candidate like Bernie win, and if they don't, vote Green or something as punishment. And do not compromise with the corrupt, dont accept "vote blue no matter who" or "but still better than a GOP!" NO, not corrupt, or punish them at the ballot box. And mass Civil Disobedience.

[@Abshir1it1is]

⁠@@pebblepod30 - We needed that a decade ago. We needed that last election cycle. The Democrats are so thoroughly evil that they fielded a vehemently pro-gncde candidate and that STILL didn’t spark mass civil disobedience. Not to a meaningful degree at any rate. Are Americans even capable of disobedience anymore?

[@dmkuchins6646]

@@pebblepod30 Your strategy is exactly how we got Trumofascists.

[@callen8908]

“Imposed austerity” is likely what we’ll be experiencing in 2025. Making most people financially insecure is a strategy to control them

[@Dede-fx8rn]

I worked harder and had more satisfaction in my life when I had less financial security.

[@charlie-obrien]

​@@Dede-fx8rn Don't obey in advance.

[@schoolingdiana9086]

@@Dede-fx8rnSounds like a unicorn. Seriously. Most people just end up exhausted and jaded when they do that.

[@Bonnieb727]

And were probably younger and healthier​@@Dede-fx8rn

[@321242]

They attack the health, food, education, shelter all basic human needs and make a ton of money exploiting it.

[@DevilTravels]

This is why learning history is important. It's odd the more wealthy who can obtain the best education, are the ones who don't learn.

[@eric2500]

OH they learn! Their schools are GOOD. But then their parents tell them they need to make money and grab power!

[@sundayoliver3147]

"The best education" is often formed by the elite, for the elite. There's a reason why at least 2 Ivies are based on the funds from slave trade. And were limited to mostly white men for centuries.

[@zanitzeuken]

Something free has no value and I imagine when you're that wealthy and can afford anything plus more, everything seems 'free'.

[@theseustoo]

10:27... Now there's a sign for the times: "Too big to fail is too big to allow!" I've a strange feeling I'll be using that sentence a lot in future!

[@poppyseeds1844]

Brilliant. This is a place to start reform and the basis for new rules. Then *enforce the rules on monopolies.*

[@BomageMinimart]

Never forget; always remember: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit

[@Dancehip]

Great quote.

[@gabegibler3393]

I like it. I mean, I don't think "conservatism" is as simple as that nor existent with that purpose... but it does seem to be the inevitable result of the tribal, traditionalist, loyalty-demanding, fear-based, scarcity driven aspects of human mind and society.

[@anniehills3580]

Sounds like a rich guy...always excuses..

[@stratusfractus111]

Thats both parties actually. Infact thats human nature. Everyone wants whats good for them and their people. Its litterally in much of the lyrics of music all through history.

[@roflchopter11]

Its a great quote if you replace "Conservatism" with "gay race communism"

[@PatriciaLBentley-c9r]

A billionaire, a regular worker and an immigrant are sitting at a table. 100 Cookies get served. The billionaire takes 99 and says to the worker. Look the immigrant wants your cookie.

[@KatieandTyler]

Then after the worker has finished 'destroying' the immigrant, he turns around to see that cookie is gone too.

[@noahmartinez5854]

Watching this as an American I feel like the events of the past week exemplify this to a T. It’s quiet concerning and I wait in anxious anticipation to see what direction my nation will take in the upcoming years….

[@rkclinite]

As long as the TVs stay on...

[@aecides3203]

I appreciate this is a big ask (genuinely, I'm not being sarcastic here - it's hard), but as someone who's not an American and still very much affected by which way the US swings (because basically the entire world is, much as we might not like to admit it - America has long been Europe's strongest ally against tyranny, and if it pivots the other way we're in trouble. Losing it as an ally would be bad, gaining it as a threat would be catastrophic.), please, please consider doing everything in your (admittedly likely very limited) power to affect which direction your nation takes in the upcoming years, rather than just waiting to see. Vote against whatever you can, protest against whatever you can't, engage people in important conversations and make a genuine effort to portray your side in a calm, rational manner that has the slimmest damned chance of changing their mind even though it probably won't. It's difficult, and it's going to feel futile a lot of the time, and it might well be in the end, but every single person who chooses to actively oppose it tips the scales a little more in the direction of maintaining the status quo, if not (ideally) pushing real, meaningful and fair reforms aimed at actually solving the problems lunatics are creating and then exploiting for their own profit.

[@jercasgav]

@@aecides3203 Don't worry we are doing our best to do our part here in the USA. I have a teenage son, and I want a future for him and all the other young people in the world. I have realized that it is a bit too late for my husband and myself, so we are putting in our efforts for the future to have a chance at least. We shall see how this all goes in the upcoming years...

[@lisaclark361]

@@aecides3203 It does feel futile at times however I will continue to do mt part.

[@luv2bud]

tRump will preside over the collapse of Western Civilization.

[@Stevil935]

The only way forward is to unite against the oligarchy. America wouldn't be a nation in the first place if the masses didn't unite against the English rulers. We need to put aside political differences and agree that the billionaire class is the problem.

[@ultimatewinfestation7194]

It’s sad to see America become the very thing it fought against. It shows that our leaders have forgot why this country was formed to begin with.

[@rasheed5457]

@@ultimatewinfestation7194we really don’t have any leaders

[@ultimatewinfestation7194]

@@rasheed5457 not anymore. Just a bunch of rich thugs. Things are going to get ugly.

[@bertanelson8062]

The masses never were involved in the revolutionary war against Britain. A few very wealthy British oligarchs who were landed gentry paid for an army to supposedly fight for independence. Then the deals were made with British oligarchs & monarchy as well as some Dutch who were still mostly holding land in New Amsterdam (NY). Then the Federalist Papers were published to convince people of the legitimacy of the new federal gov't.

[@zensati]

Wake up Eat the rich Sleep Repeat.

[@JayNichols-h7i]

Facebook asked me reason for deleting, I said because they are part of an oligarchy.

[@technomad9071]

are you trying to imply that musk is good for the middle class??? o no he's the oligarchy

[@SparklyCoconut-le3fu]

@@technomad9071 that may be what he was implying but I also think he was talking about the crypto market being an alternative to the mainstream economy

[@joeanthony7759]

@@SparklyCoconut-le3fuit isn’t

[@SparklyCoconut-le3fu]

@@joeanthony7759 what isn’t

[@noxid86]

@@SparklyCoconut-le3fu Crypto is not an alternative to the mainstream economy. If you think that, you don't understand crypto.

[@SparklyCoconut-le3fu]

@@noxid86 good thing I don’t think that. I’m just guessing at why he included Elon while he was talking about alternatives to the mainstream economy

[@boembo6627]

Free Luigi!

[@stickynorth]

@@AllahIsTheOneAndOnlyUnity Free BOTH! Both are examples of tyranny and societal genocide in action... And sadly there is a STRONG connection to both situations in the form of a common well-healed oppressor...

[@Novusod]

Luigi is a murderer and belongs in prison.

[@user-et2fj8xm5l]

Gen Z loves Mur7der

[@Direblade11]

​​@@user-et2fj8xm5lYounger people love justice when their formative years teach them that the same injustice has only worsened since before they were even born continuing to now and the future. If change has never came from the top, and the system continues to have exploitation written into law preventing any change, eventually those abused by it notice and inevitably take action. Was the French revolution wrong? Or do you not understand any history rhyming with the US's abuse of its citizenry and simply hold your point out of ignorance?

[@guillermoelnino]

@@AllahIsTheOneAndOnlyUnity of mus lims

[@PaulJackson-x8e]

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. Start saving, keep saving, and stick to investments. Building wealth involves establishing routines, like consistently setting aside funds at regular intervals for smart investments.,

[@BryonyClarke-e4v]

It's really heartbreaking to see how inflation and recession impact low-income families. The cost of living keeps rising, and many struggle just to meet basic needs, let alone save or invest. It's a reminder of the importance of finding ways to create financial opportunities. You've helped me a lot sir Jihan Wu! Imagine i invested $50,000 and received $190,500 after 14 days

[@HeatherHillier]

Some persons think inves’tin is all about buying stocks; I think going into the stock market without a good experience is a big risk, that's why l'm lucky to have seen someone like mr Jihan Wu.

[@RichardArthurBaker]

Jihan Wu Services has really set the standard for others to follow, we love him here in Canada 🇨🇦 as he has been really helpful and changed lots of life's

[@AdamSilbert]

Waking up every tenth of each month to £210,000 it’s a blessing to I and my family… Big gratitude to this same Jihan Wu🙌

[@HollyGarwell]

At first we tried, we traded 14000 and after a week, we got 50,230. That really helped us a lot to pay up most of our bills.

[@sonicguyver7445]

It's scary that an ancient Greek philosopher had a better grasp of politics and society than 98% of first world folks with pocket computers and unlimited access to social information and history. And probably part of the format but I hear so much of America's issues echoed in those writings.

[@teresamagnusson]

He was quite the philosopher.

[@josephcarland]

That's because he was in the 2% smartest.

[@peterarlington223]

Why do you think those in power have spent decades trying to convince everyone that studying the humanities courses is a "waste" since we should only be focusing on learning which leads to useful employment.

[@brimstoner982]

It's almost as if the human experience rarely changes even though technological progress.

[@teresamagnusson]

​​@@peterarlington223Excellent point. They tell us that the humanities are a waste of time, they want us to learn wage work skills. Which will serve them. History, philosophy, etc. are considered "useless".

[@kathleenhillock9366]

The scales have tipped in a direction that might make peaceful reform unlikely. Hatred and anger have grown exponentially, not just in Western nations but globally. The final question now is what side of the fence our massive militaries will choose to stand on.

[@thepaintingbanjo8894]

Depends on how rigid a country's military structure is, what their credos entails, and who goes into their recruitment base. What Western nations have that autocracies/juntas don't is a military that anyone is able to join and who's mission is the collective defense of their country and her freedoms. A military junta like Myanmar is basically a heavily armed gang that already doesn't see most of its own citizens as even people endowed with rights. A military like Russia's is a joke by design. It's purposefully broken apart into factions because it if wasn't, somebody like Putin would get Qaddafi'd already for his massive Ukrainian bungling. A modern military like the US domestically turning against its own American citizens? Yeah not happening, doesn't matter if there's a crazy person or two high up the ladder issuing such obscene commands. The punishments in breaking their oath to the Constitution is severe and they can't lawyer their way out of that. Just not structured in a way where it could turn autocratic on a dime. If I as an American would choose between being ruled by the military or by say....... the local police, I'm choosing safety within the military every single time. No question.

[@eric2500]

@@thepaintingbanjo8894 Interesting. I am more concerned that the Incoming will rely on the e-terrorists and the doxxers to intimidate politicians who oppose him, and on his gun nut worshippers to beat up demonstrators, carry out mass arrests, raid workplaces, and likely also for haranguing the military should they refuse illegal orders

[@katyelder.5]

​@@thepaintingbanjo8894 All military personnel and police officers have sworn the oath "to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic." 🇺🇲📜🫡🪖

[@michaelgreen3036]

​@@thepaintingbanjo8894 Are you forgetting Kent State?

[@lindah.1104]

@@thepaintingbanjo8894With a president like Tr$mp pardoning insurrectionist, I don’t think the military have to worry about turning on his opponents. The case would never come to court.

[@djack915]

We really need a million more LUIGIS !

[@richardscathouse]

🇺🇲 We have the worst. An Idiocratic, Oligarchy. 😢

[@alreadyghosts7727]

"You can't fool all the people all the time" - Bob Marley. "Oh, yeah. OK. Then we will start breeding them for stupidity!" - the Oligarchy

[@GonzoJohnny]

Kakistocracy.

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

Yep. A shining poster child of the product of sociopathic intergenerational wealth. You think you despise rich people? Wait until you meet their kids. And their kids... God help us all.

[@beachcomber2328]

The US was already lost when greed became good, wealth became virtue, conquest and genocide became god’s will, the enslaved became capitalist property, the world became natural resources, corporations became people, news became entertainment, fame became importance, and education became job training.

[@Odysseus_King_of_Ithica]

We need more luigis and less elons.

[@laurab9518]

If I had to have dinner with either Luigi or Elon I would have to choose Luigi

[@jarenfromvenus]

How about neither.

[@zanitzeuken]

So murder and chaos, not virtue and order. Sounds like hell.

[@Moustache-Gaming]

there was a lot of "order" in ww2 death camps.

[@leadwithgreeneconomy]

@@zanitzeukenlol. Order? This is order? No science, no communication from government agencies to the public? No department if education? No rules that mandate you can’t discriminate in the work place? No choice over my body and healthcare? This is just the beginning of their “order”.

[@forestjohnson7474]

Man I absolutely enjoyed the video. Being a huge fan of the Ancient Greeks, I can see how Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates teachings can apply in our world. Thank you!!!

[@michelemarch8606]

Trump: "Groceries, interesting word.....I talked about groceries." As if he had never considered or heard the word before!

[@charlie-obrien]

trump never once in his life ever had to go into a grocery store. The finest food you can imagine simply appeared before him. Oh, and also likes McDonald's, so there's no accounting for taste.

[@KatieandTyler]

I always wondered why you never saw rich people performing daily tasks. I guess it really is because they have servants and chefs for that kind of thing. He probably thought they were food libraries.

[@nrrork]

3:50 That, and like, what happens when the incremental changes stop? Democrats still push incrementalism here in America, but they've let those changes stall and fall behind for fifty years now. They've accrued a massive debt of change that has come due. And now incrementalism doesn't cut it.

[@huttis2002]

Revolution!!!!!!!!!!

[@nosuchperson284]

​@@huttis2002 Don't create a fire sale they are waiting for, where after, they climb out of their safe spaces, and they buy up what's left for pennies for what once cost them dollars. They will direct left and right to point the guns at each other. And not them. At the end of the day, we have seen time and again in the modern era, kings and aristocrats and oligarchs have been overthrown by subversion from the bottom up, where henchmen, for leniency, accuse and show how the leaders are directing crimes against the masses to the masses. And also restrained and sometimes stopped through simple taxation, strong regulations, and occasionally the justice system to make an example of some of them. Collectively we need to be smarter than them. And all of us personally, being just a little less greedy and more concerned for our less fortunate.

[@DaveE99]

Because both parties are just 2 arms of the neoliberal 1 party state where right is get rich quick at everybody else’s expense and tax cuts and corporate profits and deregulation elite capture in exchange for attacking our groups that make their followers nervous . Then the dems are long term stability of THE CAPITAL ORDER AND THE OLIGARCHY. They fix the stability of the system to clean up the mess of the previous party strategy and also make neccesary concessions but not more and always watered don’t to prevent revolution and rioting. Basically it’s fine if many hate you, just not all of them with the means to act.

[@lancastrian413]

The 'left' follow the agenda of the oligarchy overtly. The 'right' pretend to oppose them while secretly staying in lock step on all the important points. This is the system of control, to limit opposition to being plundered, since the French revolution (foreign takeover).

[@smolpener7430]

The democrats push incrementalism? Which orifice did you pull that out of? They've done nothing but attempt to erode personal rights, and pass anti-competition corporate legislation since their founding in 1828. A party which was formed to elect Andrew Jackson, who famously threated to hang the governor of South Carolina, because Mr. Calhoun refused to capitulate to unfair tariffs. Are the democrats pushing incrementalism when they pass tax laws, which are vastly more cumbersome to small businesses than large ones? How about when they pass forced unionism laws, which are just legally enforced labor monopolies? Are their attempts to repeal the rights to arms and free speech? Sounds more like 7:42 to me, or even more like 8:22.

[@a.sobriquet6220]

I can imagine the development of clean micro grids and local farming being the first real threat to oil/gas hegemony

[@vincewhite5087]

Tech bros. And Justice Alito’s decision to allow Super PACs.

[@5353Jumper]

And petroleum bros. And international distribution/shipping companies of all industries. The oligarchy is international, not just one nation.

[@stickynorth]

Democratic reforms are essential if America and its allies are to not just survive but thrive in the 21st century. Ranked balloting, proportional representation, bans on direct corporate donations to political figures, a ban on stock and real estate ownership for sitting politicians, corporate and citizen lobby registrations are just SOME Of the many many changes that could and should be used to regain the political sphere from the oligarchy and balance it with the needs of ALL from the 99% TO the 1%

[@emilo7980]

insider trading is banned by the stock act, but it's regulated by people elected by the very politicians they're supposed to regulate. corrupt to the core.

[@katreades-kt8jv]

Maximum wealth… like minimum wage, a maximum, where the profits, overtop of the profits are given back to help feed, house and heal the poor.

[@ThePi314Man]

​@@katreades-kt8jv FDR circa 1942 be like

[@Gekigundam]

To pull this off you gotta inflict the House, senate, supreme court, President, vice president and the donor class with the Louis XVI removal method. televise it then elect their replacements, they'll get the message or get the axe.

[@sundayoliver3147]

@@Gekigundam Yeah, that removal method wound up removing a lot of the original removers plus anything or anyone they thought wasn't "on their side". Ending with Napoleon as Emperor...

[@jamesallison9662]

On Monday, all of them will be in one place.

[@darkbeetlebot]

Let us not forget to point out Aristotle's conflict of interest in his analysis: He was a well-to-do philosopher who thought the best form of government was one run by well-to-do philosophers. He did not merely analyze patterns in the politics of his time, which are far different from our own. He also posited what he believed to be the best system, which was one that just so happened to benefit him. This reminds me of the russian revolution, when the majority of the theory used to enact the new government was also made by well-to-do students. A few of whom would go on to lead that revolution and put themselves in positions of power where they then proceeded to mismanage their own revolution into a perversion of its former self.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

In a sense, he is right that gradual movements within a stable system are preferable to civil war. But he never foresaw the complexity of a state with hundreds of millions of citizens or the empty gradualism of cowardly patricians. It is difficult for anyone to foresee what is the beginning of a major move, and what is just a bandaid on a gaping wound that will be ripped off by the next administration. He likely thought of phasing in and out draft mechanisms or organizing road maintenance or land reform. Not months of political trench fighting over a minimal increase in spending on some social measure. And from the inability to effect gradual change in a meaningful direction (I.e. one that actually helps a majority of the populace, not only a few rich leaders) arise instability and violent revolution.

[@SparklyCoconut-le3fu]

@@darkbeetlebot great points!

[@atrifle8364]

Democratic does not refer just to a form of government. It's an outlook on people as well. The points raised are those from that outlook/framework. They are concerned with highlighting inequities as a reason to invalidate opinions. Being part of a certain class doesn't automatically make anyone incapable of observation.

[@subcitizen2012]

Don't forget that we have a bias in our own time to do things like revolt against 2000 years of Aristotle. So we might be the ones with the vested interest in overthrowing the longest running and best understanding of these dynamics.

[@atrifle8364]

​@@subcitizen2012- Yes, exactly.

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

The night are darkest before the dawn... But it isn't dark enough yet.

[@cerebrumexcrement]

definitely not dark enough yet. we still got half the country looking starry eyed at a billionaire conman and his billionaire cabinet, thinking these guys will make all their problems go away.

[@stratostatic]

People worshiping the wealthy has taken society in the wrong direction.

[@aa-tx7th]

half? more like 21% but that was enough and i promose you these billionaires will MAKE SURE even ZERO votes for republican'ts is enough to beat 100 trillion for democrats forever intil this country collapses. the time for civility and law had LOOOOOONG been passed.

[@nairbtj]

@@cerebrumexcrementthis. Until those people who voted him in truly embrace the darkness and writhe in it, we will not change.

[@CeresOutpost]

I'm convinced the only thing that will correct this course we are on is total collapse or some kind of global disaster. Things will have to get much darker before people open their eyes and see that we should be fighting a class war, not culture wars. The ruling/capital class has succeeded, once again, at 'divide and conquer'.

[@ewaoconnor]

The argument that the U.S. operates as an oligarchy is supported by studies, patterns in policymaking, and economic inequalities. Here are some points often cited: 1. Princeton Study (2014): A widely referenced study by Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page analyzed how policy outcomes in the U.S. align with the preferences of different income groups. The study concluded that the desires of average citizens have little influence on policymaking, while the preferences of economic elites and interest groups have significant sway, suggesting an oligarchic tendency. 2. Wealth Inequality: The U.S. has one of the highest levels of wealth inequality among developed nations. A small group of ultra-wealthy individuals controls a significant proportion of the country’s wealth and resources, granting them disproportionate influence over politics, media, and society. 3. Campaign Financing: The influence of money in politics, particularly after the Citizens United v. FEC decision (2010), has made it easier for wealthy individuals and corporations to pour unlimited funds into elections. This often leads to elected officials prioritizing the interests of large donors over the general populace. 4. Corporate Lobbying: Lobbying by large corporations and industries heavily influences legislative decisions. This has often resulted in policies that benefit corporations and the wealthy, such as tax cuts, subsidies, or regulatory rollbacks, rather than addressing broader societal needs. 5. Revolving Door: High-ranking officials in government often transition to lucrative private-sector roles, particularly in industries they once regulated. This “revolving door” undermines public trust and reinforces the idea that the government serves elite interests. 6. Limited Upward Mobility: The economic structure in the U.S. often makes upward mobility difficult, entrenching wealth and power in the hands of a few families or institutions over generations. This aligns more with oligarchic principles than a truly meritocratic or democratic system. While the U.S. is technically a democratic republic, these elements of concentrated wealth and influence lead many to argue that it functions in practice more as an oligarchy.

[@UkrainianUnchained]

The real power is in small peoples' daily choices. But we don't want to trust each other and act together.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

This. Either we learn to work together, and heal the damages wrought.... Or we don't. And once we pass the tipping point in the environment, the Earth will yeet us

[@ShadoeLandman]

Most people I know have fallen for the brainwashing and support the oligarchs

[@swojnowski453]

outsourced thinking, because making choices is hard, it is easier to follow an ad or a talking head on TV rather than decide for yourself

[@thebigpicture2032]

That’s because the “News” is controlled by 6 billionaires and structured so it divides the population. They’ve been so effective that even families are split. Then there’s commercials designed to hijack your brain, turn you into a good little consumer and first rate entertainment as an opiate. Just say no to cable TV and go say hi to your neighbour instead.

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

the rich would laugh at this video; until their security turns on them

[@rampaginwalrus]

So long as it remains possible for any individual or private interest group to amass limitless wealth and power, oligarchy will remain inevitable.

[@JessMN1974]

And as long as we hold wealth as the ultimate goal and give power to those who have it, we will continue to repeat history. Capitalism needs to go

[@niklasneighbor6726]

It is time to think like Luigi. Especially in the USA. It has become abundantly clear that there is no peaceful way to change anything in that nation. The peasant's opinion holds no weight in politics, no matter who is elected. Peaceful movements have no impact, only providing symbolic victories if you’re lucky.

[@billburgess4720]

Or...Whereas a simple Plaque on Wall Street for the said BILLIONAIRE is posted and then it(Billionaire) is formally rendered for organs, grafts and liquids to get some small use for improving the whole world....IMHO...We could call that a Luigi Day Festival and promote 10 Billionaires a week. And donate all their Billions to free education and universal health.

[@ultimatewinfestation7194]

“Those who make a peaceful revolution impossible make a violent one inevitable” -John F Kennedy

[@Time2goExtinct]

@@ultimatewinfestation7194 you forgot 'impossible'

[@ultimatewinfestation7194]

@@Time2goExtinct fixed

[@6140LIBRA]

Wrong. The Oligarchs can and will hire enough of the people to control the rest of the people.

[@petermartin2054]

Excellent advice for the situation we're in. Don't lose spirit.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

My observation, it's important for the general population to make the rulers feel threatened, while demonstrating that they are doing everything in their power to avoid violence. There's a fine line between avoiding violence out of fear or complacency, and avoiding it out of hope. This forms a pressure that either convinces the just rulers to enact change, or shakes the unjust enough for them to set up their own downfall.

[@judithmccrea2601]

I don’t know about the nonviolent part. Luigi really showed us how afraid they are!

[@sophiepooks2174]

@@judithmccrea2601 Not so sure about that, those corporations usually always have a spare CEO as a sacrificial lamb, is mostly business as usual, Luigi was just a distraction, many corporations embrace similar actions to do their own dirty work.

[@iremembersleep3083]

They're just as mortal as anyone. It seems Luigi's extremely loud and public 'memento mori' moment has gone ignored.

[@Nathaniel-r8l]

_You_ remember it. So do I.

[@NightsReign]

More they deny any redress of grievances by peaceful means, the more they guarantee Luigi's alternative.

[@Photon234]

"The Adjuster"

[@schoolingdiana9086]

No. Maybe you’re not online in the right places?

[@its_heeho]

@@Photon234 I've played enough 25th Ward to know where this is going

[@tortilla1301]

13:47 ewwww the biggest oligarch popping up lol. How unfortunate.

[@VERITASPUREBLOOD]

history repeats, no country is immune. if you really think your special or this time is different, your wrong

[@smolpener7430]

History doesn't repeat, it samples.

[@whiporwilllooms9075]

The tech is different which is speeding up the destruction but that’s about it me thinks.

[@oldowl33]

Nicely put, stolen sovereignty and stolen valor in one sentence. Jesus is STILL DEAD.

[@Toneloke-3000]

Yeah history repeats but usually only the bad parts looking for a different outcome

[@starShadowe]

Those were words I remembered reading from Germany ww2.. and now the oligarchs are trying to bring the fascism back

[@starShadowe]

The one I'm thinking of hasn't even been seated yet and it's already showing those signs. It's not over until it's over though, people can only be pushed so far

[@soldier22881]

ill let you in on a secret as to when they win: 1) when they implement mind control chips 2) if they still cant control us, ai war droids aka their perfect obedient army. thats how

[@notsae66]

Always remember that safety is an illusion. No matter how much wealth, influence, blackmail, or other resources you have, you are _never_ beyond the reach of the reaper.

[@phuckos]

Elon and his rich mates are the oligarchy

[@slappy8941]

Oh _now_ you're mad about the oligarchy? 😂😂😂

[@dosquintoiuos]

100%

[@drkenlightenment]

Wrong.

[@dosquintoiuos]

@@drkenlightenment oh? 🧐 And how is it wrong?? Sir?!! 🧐 just HOW is it wrong?? 🧐

[@jokerpilled2535]

They’re the counter elite, don’t trust them.

[@fourierxfm]

Suckerburg's haircut is a crime in and of itself.

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

Reminds me of “Alien Nation.”

[@fourierxfm]

@@lumberlikwidator8863 😂

[@Kickingranny1]

Hahaha

[@ullebor]

He's a walking head of broccoli wearing a shirt.

[@jacquelineglitter4328]

Looks like he wants to be a woman 👠.

[@bannedfordays.5101]

What people fail to understand, is that the Oligarchs know all of this also. They are clearly taking steps to solidify their control, even as they fail elsewhere. This won't be as simple as back then...

[@KCN8er]

We are led by 14 billionaires backed by 2500 billionaires.

[@lifeinanutshell7147]

This is strangely profound...

[@charlie-obrien]

And by millions of Millionaires and the wannabes.

[@THEMithrandir09]

Oppressed not led

[@Tiyev]

@@THEMithrandir09 Actually, both. They oppress with power, but lead with propaganda. They own the news, and thus control the lense, through which anyone who stills watches the news, sees the world. People who get their information primarily through the news, only know what the capitalists/oligarchs who own the news want to show them. So yeah, some are led, willingly.

[@zanitzeuken]

And every single dollar came from everyone else.

[@josephcooter5763]

What you are describing in this video is exactly what is happening in the United STates right now. I think the Oligarchs are about to be in for a rude awakening.

[@frostyfrances4700]

They think they can build impregnable bunkers to ride out social upheaval - but as one revolutionary put it, X marks the spot to deliver 'supplies'.

[@chuckbeggles8858]

As an Australian, I am sadly not surprised, it's bad enough here in Australia, letta lone the USA.

[@vijo2616]

Not in our lifetime.

[@frostyfrances4700]

@ - Only bootlickers preach pre- submission. Grow a spine.

[@Sharon888-v2h]

The idea of having our own economic networks and shutting out the oligarchy has been swimming around in my thoughts for months. it makes perfect sense. if they take away our public schools, start our own where they can't ban books. Leave commercial banking and go for non profit Credit Unions. If they destroy those set up our own system. Grow food gardens and share. Get back to basics. Don't participate in their economy and much as possible.

[@sarahhale-pearson533]

Sharpening my pitchfork, while listening….

[@Takyon4520]

This channel really rides the line where I can’t exactly tell if this is Ai generated or not.

[@keithk8275]

Probably AI 🤖

[@stretch654]

If this is AI then it's light years ahead of any slop the techbros have created.

[@mikeseymour1792]

Yes, it is definitely AI and not a great take eather.

[@jajajjajjaajjaa]

AI to better explain the ideas but not the ideas themselves

[@MrKadvaga]

Feels like AI, sounds like AI

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

Corrupt systems end up weakening themselves, and this stems from something so fundamental that it isn't even just something that affects just humans. The way consciousness develops in any organism with a complex nervous system boils down to its ability to determine what caused an effect. Feedback from seeing their own bodies move in response to nerves trying to cause movement leads to the development of 'self' as 'the thing causing all this moving around', 'the thing that felt the sensation when touching or being touched', etc. This enables distinction between self and others, eventually amounting to the complex and detailed notion of self that humans have. Control of ones own body and actions is completely elemental to all conscious creatures. Control being imposed by anything else disrupts this sense of self and is a kind of poison. Because that control has to be enacted by someone else, it affects that person doing the controlling as well. It disrupts their sense of self, too, as the nervous system knows that it can not control others directly as part of itself, and the entity being controlled would not accept their own actions as self-directed. They do not 'agree', in a sense. If they did, the control wouldn't exist. This is being radically, radically, tremendously simplified, of course, but you can see the effects of this in literally any creature with a nervous system. You can see the consequences for every system of control, too. As more control is deployed, the damage is greater, to both sides of the equation. This is why there has never been, and can never be, a happy, prosperous police state. It is also why increasingly and increasingly draconian control of students promotes increasingly frequent school violence and shootings. It is also why prisoners riot and prison guards are among the most frequent occupations of those who commit suicide. Control CAN be used for good, and to someones benefit... but the damage done by the control is still done. You can pull a child out of the path of a speeding car (minor momentary extreme control) and save their life, but if you decide to entirely control every single movement of a child, physically, it will destroy you both. The poison is accumulative, as well. The control can be minor, and done at arms length, but if done continuously for decades, the damage adds up. Or the control can be extreme, physically forcing someone to do something they oppose with every fiber of their being like physically forcing a person to pull a trigger to kill and making them witness their own body act against their own brain, which causes immediate stupendous trauma both neurologically and psychologically. Every brain adapts in response to stimulus, and acts as consequence of that prior adaptation and the new stimulus being presented. Not consciously, but at the cellular level. And control disrupts this. Failing to account for this disruption when deploying control, trying to utilize it such that the benefit outweighs the damage, is something you can never do if you do not even understand that it can or does cause damage. People (and animals but fewer people know much about animal behavior) respond quite predictably to having received too big of a dose of control. They start by attempting to assert greater control over the things they can control, both mentally and physically, retracting respect and positive opinions about the entity doing the controlling. As dose increases, they assert more outwardly visible control over themselves as if to display their own power, changing their hairstyle/color, getting tattoos, changing what clothes they wear, their behavior, speech, etc. As it increases, they engage in interpersonal violence to harm others. As dose increases, they seek to establish replacement regimes of control - gangs. As dose increases, they engage in gang warfare. As dose increases, the gangs dissolve their boundaries and an army is formed, and war engages in earnest against those enacting the control. Rebellion, often paired with revolution. (Revolution is a change in thinking, rebellion is the fisticuffs.) This pattern repeats in every society, not just human ones (although outside of the study of chimp warfare between chimp gangs I'm not aware of other studies of wars between members of other species), and for all of history. I do not believe it can be changed short of the fundamental nature of consciousness and nervous systems is changed.

[@zja3746]

Amazing! I took one philosophy class and this. These words. Your words are a perfect dissertation of metaphysical and epistemology and social behaviors im sure other connotations that i cannot describe!! Where were you in my fall 2023 class??

[@schnodderbürstchen]

The issue with slow, incremental reform is, that it gives it adversaries more time to adapt and to roll back the positive changes. That is the reason why politics nowadays feels like "two steps forward, three steps back". Also, with the acute global polycrisis nowadays, we are running out of time to make significant changes. Example climate change: If we don't reduce CO2 emissions drastically NOW, societies will start collapsing in just a few decades. Similar could be said for the rising inequality or Imperialism.

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

^ This. Unfortunately the video creator doesn't seem to actually understand that much of what he's talking about. He also flat out made some things up. For example, the whole idea that radical social change produces regime instability. Aristotle did not claim that at all. That's some weird, twisted right wing propaganda that the author of the video just stuck on for their own reasons.

[@sundayoliver3147]

@@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenterThe author does say in the comments below the video that some of what he's saying is his extrapolation from what Aristotle said-- he also states it right in the video when he's entering that section.

[@sanjayr]

Your observations are interesting, but the idea that you can use the legal and institutional mechanisms within a broken system to try and resuscitate it as it careens headfirst into the next crisis is a bit like the idea that you can keep a toddler safe in a knife padded room slapping on a few bandaids here and there when something happens. It's frankly a bit laughable and more than a bit naive. Philosophy is often a great tool for understanding politics in a broader sense and for even sensing and articulating a wider zeitgeist, but the fact remains that the issues we face today are the result of a system that is built and thrives upon the unwillingness of a beat down population to not rock the boat too much. You point out the largely ineffectual nature of protests but then point to investing in state institutions to resolve disputes and holding power accountable as though that hasn't already been what we're doing to almost zero effect. I know it'll sound predictable but please look up some Marxist political theory.

[@QuickNETTech]

Their advice is a bit off but not too far? Maybe you could use some anarchist theory? Building alternative structures that are there when the state collapses is very valuable, things like mutual aid networks are and would be super important. Prefiguration is imo the way to go.

[@alphajackal6648]

I'd say anarchist theory would be more to your point. Errico Malatesta, or perhaps Kevin Carson for a more modern perspective.

[@justsomenobody889]

Yes, because his ideas on how to solve the issue have *always* turned out really well ..

[@zanitzeuken]

He didn't say that. Power is derived from the people, the governed. He's speaking to that. The tools of power which you are referring to - he specifically states are in the oligarchy's control.

[@andrewowens4421]

We just need to stay strong and push back against those who try to constantly take from us. We can outlast them as long as we fight together. I'm not about to let anyone step on me and I believe we have the strength to push back against such people.

[@higgsbosonberg4316]

No mention of the working class...

[@BCooperArtMind]

Thank you! Precisely, as Aristotle lacked understanding of the "working" class--a catch-all category of a wide variety of people. As an example of being poor working class: I was raised in a working-class family, I have over 10 years of university and multiple degrees, but I chose a simple life, as a farmer with a couple hectares, an artist, and wage-earner scooping ice cream at a local business. I can can think and produce with the quality, if not more, than somebody that makes the quantity of a "middle" class. I think the peeps, like us, hold an essential key, rather than the middle class. It's us down at the bottom, or near the bottom, that instinctively have the voice and power. Aristotle, to me, is old news. Others have said it better. He was a man of his times with some cogent things to say. As a side note, if a person that makes, say, half a million a year is Middle Class, and feckless people like Musk that are multi-Billionaires, where exactly is the "middle" accordingly? Half a million is NOT in the middle when compared to a billionaire.

[@atrifle8364]

Democratic thinking worries about supposed omissions like this.

[@atrifle8364]

​Being part of a particular class does not automatically mean someone is incapable of seeing other POVs. The idea that Artiostle couldn't understand the "working man" is itself a democratic idea. Democracy is not just a type of government, but a POV on people and society. We seem to be swinging out that phase.

[@joeanthony7759]

@@BCooperArtMindBut it is, as most people make less than six figures.

[@hawkshot867]

He literally said in the first few minutes that Aristotle was not a philosopher of the "dirty masses"...

[@ToskaRap]

Ah yes, our heroes: Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Theo Vaughn, and Joe Rogan lmao

[@zanitzeuken]

Your cracks in the oligarchy. There isn't one message now, but many.

[@beebeebees]

Great video! I'm definitely going to have to give another listen when I'm not at work 😅

[@DavidRichardson153]

0:49 Can I say that I think Brian Thompson found that out for himself?

[@vascofernandes295]

It's just the truth

[@pedecadonstudios714]

Skadoosh

[@JohnGarland72]

Yes, and say it again.

[@sgrace6813]

Lol

[@gingerredshoes]

The images would appear to support the current worsening oligarchy, but the words speak of how to change it.

[@HanyaAngulooke]

Kinda fucked that Elon and Joe Roegan appears the second he mentions people who "bridge" the gap 😅 when they are the literal malignant tumour of the current cancerous capitalist all growth no matter the cost system manifest. If them routing for trump and assigned real political power as the most powerful speakers and capitalists of America then I don't know what fucking type of oligarchy they are talking about here 😂😂

[@zanitzeuken]

Oligarchy isn't a monolith. New money has new ideas and needs space. Old money has problems with that if the New Money won't play ball. They don't get along. When they don't, opportunity arises. That's why those images are here. They're correct.

[@tedtratt9553]

Interesting, frightening but containing hope. When I look back on my life I can see how all of this has unfolded. Born into what would be considered close to poverty I have witness the long journey from how people lived nearly 90 years ago to how my life has changed for the better. Until now when I can see the rise of Oligarchy & the threat it poses to all (most) of us. What we are witnessing now in America and other places is the culmination of many years of effort by RW ideology to create a class of people that have been permitted to rise so far above the rest of us and led by a group of sociopaths who would be willing to destroy the world rather than share with the rest of us. I started to think that this situation would become permanent but watching this makes me feel the end is not far away because of the extreme behaviour of these same psychopaths who have to work together to maintain their position which now seems unlikely. Let's keep hoping.

[@d.w.stratton4078]

14:29 The Middle Class doesn't exist though. There are only two classes: Capital and Proletariat. We can parse out people within each category that are richer or poorer, but in terms of class interest, there are only those two classes. And fam, I gotta tell you, if you're reading this comment, unless your parents own a gold mine or a global industrial manufacturing corporation, you are INFINITELY closer to being homeless than you are to ever being a billionaire, whether you grew up on the street or in a McMansion. The well-off working class are working class and must realize that allowing erosions of rights for their poorer brethren will ultimately undermine their own position of comfort.

[@theomen131]

100%, we are all working class here, and without a class consciousness we will never unite

[@fwa8590]

Oh give us a break. The source of power is more than just wealth. You commie westerner tends to think there are only 2 social class (the rich and poor) since your society is ruled by an oligarchy of merchant class (their source of power is wealth). The middle class here just means people who have mid-level power.

[@RasmusSchultz]

the well-off working class are working class, but they are also more likely to be comfortable and therefore indifferent - they often have savings and investments, and can afford to retire comfortably while the worse-off working class bolster the savings and investments of the well-off, while working themselves into an early grave. the well-off working class are unlikely to become billionaires, but often end up millionaires. there is technically only two classes, but.... 😔

[@GFortz]

Correction: the Proletariat is a Marxist constructed term that basically splits society into "haves" (the capitalist) and the "have nots" (the proletariat). It allows lumping the "excluded" into one, easily controlled mass, over which the "leaders of the revolution" would reign. If anything, the resulting elites *always* ended up worse than the ones they've supplanted, due to "my turn now" mentality. What most people call "working class" is actually the middle class of old; they have just been impoverished due to machinations of the elites - they're the ones with ambitions of property ownership, self development and "the good life". "The lower class" are, in turn, the clients of the established order: the social beneficiary, the prisoner, the migrant. Also, ironically enough, the social worker, as they stand to lose from the status quo changing, despite usually having a mid-to-high income.

[@eric2500]

True. Sadly all true. And the problem is that EVERYONE who gets ahead a little thinks they are going to make the jump to lightspeed and be the next billionaire, or famous, so they oppose raising taxes on the rich!!! Because among our top education problems is that most people don't know how NUMBERS work, let alone Generational Wealth!

[@tauIrrydah]

On the other side of that; political change hasn't been forthcoming in neoliberal democracies. Radical elements demanding change rather than gradual reform become necessary if the gradual reform has stalled.

[@WWZenaDo]

'Neoliberal' is the Republican Party's economic process that is turning America into a kingdom of elites and serfs. "Neoliberal" is Reaganomics and his 'trickle-down' economics nonsense that has decimated the American middle classes and has handed 90% of America's wealth to a tiny class of elites. In the late 1800's this was referred to as the "horse and sparrow" economic theory, which claimed that if American middle and lower classes overfed a "horse" (the robber barons) enough oats, the horse would excrete a few grains of oats for the "sparrows" (common Americans) to eat.

[@kosmosXcannon]

When you have radical problems, only radical solutions will work.

[@WWZenaDo]

@@tauIrrydah Neoliberalism has absolutely nothing to do with democracies. It applies to capitalism, and generally to imbalanced distribution of wealth leading into oligarchies. From Wikipedia: "Neoliberalism has become increasingly prevalent term in recent decades. It has been a significant factor in the proliferation of conservative and right-libertarian organizations, political parties, and think tanks, and predominantly advocated by them."

[@eric2500]

WRONG RADICALS, sucker!

[@eric2500]

@@kosmosXcannon and ooh boy we got the RADICAL CORRUPT - O -CRATS! Great. Just great. Incompetent Oligarchs who "break things" but somehow never break what needs breaking, just lives.

[@selbermachenguru]

I want to agree with everything, but I wonder how Aristoteles was able to observe Oligarchies by numbers AND analyse properly with the tools of his time.

[@anthonycastro2146]

I also recommend Foucault to see how these power structures are structured so that you can make sense of how they work and not be influenced by them. He says Knowledge is power and the fact that you know means that you are resisting. Highly recommend!

[@TheLegendaryLore]

We read some Foucault back in university, but that's 15 years ago and more or less forgotten. Perhaps I should pick it up again. Thanks for the reminder!

[@PeterPotnoodle]

The fact that you know means nothing, Foucault was a fool. A slave knows they are a slave, does that make them free? Power is power, it creates its own knowledge and devalues anything that benefits you.

[@slappy8941]

That's why they had to destroy education.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

Read Mao. Read Lenin. THEY knew.

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Foucault and Debord. Both are extremely readable (as is Nietzsche).

[@thecianinator]

Just a reminder that KZbin is currently hiding comments that contain three certain words that start with D

[@geoffreyanderson4719]

oh shoot!

[@CJBroonie]

Deny Defend Depose

[@kitsunepop1077]

the only goal of any system of governance should be to reduce the overall suffering of all people. no one is free until we all are free

[@vegasflyboy67]

You can't eat money but you can eat the rich.

[@zanitzeuken]

If you have no morals nor virtue.

[@mrlh61]

It is happening now. This is the time of highest vulnerability. Private healthcare, market and tax manipulation keeping inflation high and lack of justice for mediocre but bolstered men depending on corruption to hold power. Laws are laws of everyone while today laws only penalized the working classes. As in how many oligarchs have faced truly penalizing fines or jail time?

[@PontiacS]

The U.S. has Always been an Oligarchy, since the Founding Fathers, the Original American Oligarchs.

[@davdna]

Shocking figure: One billion dollars dedicated to a companies payroll at the rate of one million a month, would provide 2000 employees a $500 increase per month for seven years! So when the shareholders get theirs and the CEO gets his bonus, yes there should be resentment on behalf of the frontline workers that need that 500 more a month. Not only that, this figure based on only one billion dollars. Peanuts in the big picture.

[@learningisfun2108]

AND….. the employees would likely spend the majority of this new income generating multiples in the economy making the business even more profitable. But the rich horde their wealth stifling the economy in their favour. Homo Sapiens is a very shot-sighted species and it will be our downfall….. also due to our abysmal education system.

[@DataScienceDIY]

Thank you for your lesson on how classical philosophy is still very relevant today. Aristotle never contemplated the complete monitoring of all communications, control of mass media, or the subtle influence of recommendation algorithms. I think we are headed down one of two paths, and I doubt anyone can predict which one we are on. Down one path, we face a total dystopia of near complete control, not only of our public lives and actions, but of our communications, and for many of us even our thoughts (by manipulating exposure to information). Down the other path I think there is turmoil, but eventually a period of reformation. How long it lasts and how beneficial it is to society will depend largely on how well we learn lessons from the past, and how well we weave modern tools of communication into our management of our communities.

[@rashakor]

I can predict with 99.99% certainty: neither! You are trapped in binary thinking. These two paths are just 2 out of an infinity of outcomes.

[@DataScienceDIY]

@ Believing that you can be 99.99% certain of another outcome is… Bold. I am no clairvoyant, but it doesn’t take a trained eye to see the path that our societies have been barreling down for the last several decades. For example, many of the most valuable companies in the world participate extensively in the surveillance economy. Surveys of the number and quality of our personal relationships have shown major decline while Parasocial relationships and social media have significantly displaced real interpersonal relationships, particularly among the younger generations. Common people are finding it more and more difficult to distinguish reliable sources of information from AI, advertising, and propaganda. There is far more than I could possibly mention in a KZbin comment…

[@rashakor]

@ Indeed. The premise of the video though is that these same “elite” plant the seed of their own downfall by implementing these measures of control. In your example, if common people find more difficult to distinguish sources of information reliability, they will eventually doubt all source of information regardless of their origin. You see the problem with information at that scale is the old adage of “you can fool some people sometimes… but you can’t fool all the people of the time”. Cognitive dissonance becomes rather quickly deafening and the populace only need to stop their cooperation for the system to fall. In the case of social media, which you astutely pointed out that Aristotle could never have imagined, it exists thank to their advertisement revenue. That ad revenue is very fragile to cognitive dissonance, both buyers and sellers are becoming more aware that overpromising and underdelivering is not a good recipe for long term operation. BTW, the 99.99% is tongue-in-cheek. The likelihood of societal collapse/reset is 100% in the long term and virtually 0% in the short term. So we are both right and wrong in our assessments, we just need to frame the problem in the correct time horizon. But given that wide range of outcomes depending on the time frame, I can reasonably tell you that the binary you described only takes a snapshot of the universe of outcomes that will happen in the medium term. There is also a geographical component of this… where the outcomes will differ wildly depending on location.

[@Nathaniel-r8l]

Your dystopian option #1 is precisely the illusion of complete control just before collapse.

[@DataScienceDIY]

@@Nathaniel-r8l Lets hope so. If you are paying attention to China lately it might serve as a test case.

[@alreadyghosts7727]

1) Pursue Virtue. 2) Educate yourself and others. 3) GRADUALLY BUILD YOUR OWN PARALLEL SYSTEMS.

[@sophiashekinah9872]

"Every time oligarchs break their own stated principles, they create...discrepancy between the expectations of how leaders should act, and how they actually act." That part.

[@thomasbraeking6225]

Like when the "Law and Order" party elects a convicted felon? Like when a $upreme Court states that a 50-year precedent is established law and then dismantles that precedent? Like when a $upreme Court says the "no man is above the law" and hands down rulings that ensure that ONE man is above the law? "Those who make peaceful evolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable". JFK.

[@designsonq1]

9:20 Forgot the blinders labeled "Religion"

[@sophiepooks2174]

Goes hand in hand with anti-intellectualism.

[@mihael333]

Any institution is corruptible and highjacked in this case from individual spirituality but that don't mean that every part of religious institution is corrupted

[@designsonq1]

@mihael333 forgot the blinders labeled "religion" tied by a string prominently displaying text reading:☝️

[@dead_inside674]

Free luigi

[@diegomagellan]

*FreeLuigi*

[@calliopelv]

A bit of delicious irony here; good on you for living out this lesson in action!

[@TheLegendaryLore]

You know it 😄 Thank you so much, friend!

[@biblesforbreakfast]

We need to make two party systems illegal. So we can have a choice of a few dozen candidates instead of one versus the other. People need to vote for ideas and not for a party.

[@corigram]

Ranked choice voting allows for wider candidate choices and much less party intervention.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Address the allegations about your weird picture choices, Legendary Lore.

[@meowmagnet]

Right? I noticed that lack of response in the comments too.

[@zanitzeuken]

Or you could just listen to the point being made and think instead. Turning your brain off is how to stay in the same situation.

[@zanitzeuken]

@@meowmagnet Well, why should he waste his time talking to people who don't listen???

[@kjtelbyers7456]

Thanks this gives me hope and when the time comes for action I’ll watch again for inspiration