What's good and bad about Conservatism

[@solomonbeeching175]

Hello JJ. I have been watching your channel for quite a long time now. I have had a large interest in your take on Canadian and American Politics, even though I am not in anyway considered a conservative. I truly love learning so many new things from your channel every week. I value individual liberty and equality over practically all else; however, I have never lost sight on how grateful I am for the sacrifices those before me had to make so I may have the many opportunities available to me now. Technically, I am a little bit more left-leaning, but I tend to be as I absolutely neutral as possible. I prefer stepping back and finding well informed solutions to complex problems over the nuance bickering and hee-hawing of the current political climate. I would attest my politics to my personality and social life. My family has never been stable or had much money, but we always have had a high value on work and education. My living through the plight of socioeconomic inequality has led me to be more liberal, but my value of education and hard work has led me to be objective in looking for real solutions to the tough questions. Thanks for making these amazing videos. I appreciate your input on the issues you speak about. Keep up the great work!

[@kaiserwilhelmii9897]

Solomon Beeching You’re one of the most reasonable leftist person ever

[@dylanwilliams4459]

I believe the sudden rise of conservatism is for the most part reactionary! The reason I say this is because the left had these groups under there umbrella such as Black Lives Matter, modern third wave feminist movement, and the LGBTQ+ these groups were getting more and more outspoken about white people and right wingers and this created a culture war of sorts and anybody who wasn't really sure about there political ideology just suddenly became conservative because they saw conservatives as there allies and had a common enemy. Those are my thoughts anyway!

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

@@dylanwilliams4459 A bit of a generalization, for example, I'm against a lot of left leaning groups, yet I also support a lot of left leaning positions (enviornmentalism, veganism, social safety nets, centralized public services ((like free health care and education)), social and gender equality for women AND men). The problem is that a lot of radical feminists and race activists/supremacists come from a philosophy I fundamentally disagree with, which usually veers way past liberalism and head first into Marxist socialism and communism. These philosophies inevitably create oppressive societies. These are not people you can trust with power because they don't act on principle, which is often why they are called hypocrites and contradictory. Their ideas sound good on paper but never hold up under scrutiny. There isn't much I want to conserve, I just don't want these people in power.

[@daytripper1023]

Matthew Fox the problem is most people that believe what you believe don’t really have any idea what Marxism is. Most of what you just wrote sounds like that standard talking points I hear from conservatives, yet none of them have ever been able to explain how these social issues relate to Marxism in any way

[@daytripper1023]

Matthew Fox also, I’m very interested in hearing how you justify believing the people on the left are the “racial supremacists” when you have actual white nationalists and neo-Nazis on he right advocating for white ethnostates

[@OnlySamCan]

This dude eternally sits atop an exercise ball.

[@danielcheesyman4017]

Just realized this but Iv been watching him for months 💀

[@SixHundredandThirteen]

What is he looking at his script?

[@duophile7692]

Nah, that's NakeyJakey.

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@PixelstarWASD]

yeah he always bounces around, and springs up at the end of his sentences

[@carrier2823]

"Political lines are treated like religions nowadays" A thought I had not fully considered. Thank you for this concept that hadn't come to mind yet.

[@larryconcepts]

And like religions are inherited and maintained by extreme peer pressure.

[@bluepurplepink]

As an atheist that is completely true. We should be motivated by ideas and the push for equality rather than a cult of personality

[@ccaffie1231]

"don't forget to burn everyone with the opposite ideology and automatically group up with everyone who shares yours!" (joke)

[@IndustrialMilitia]

Political ideology is just secularized theology. Carl Schmitt "Political Theology" is an excellent investigation in this notion.

[@ccaffie1231]

@@IndustrialMilitia or philosophy

[@TheDaniel366Cobra]

Funnily enough, in Russia there are many left wing conservatives -suffering from- enjoying Soviet nostalgia.

[@trevorcorey7910]

I was thinking of the Belarus guy

[@rezajafari6395]

Fun fact: I (a Russian) thought of the right as being more pro-LGBT before I got more into Western politics at, like, 14

[@snakearekat2634]

@@rezajafari6395 that's funny lol

[@snakearekat2634]

They wouldn't be conservatives then lol

[@lucasharvey8990]

From what I understand, communist nostalgia stems from the communal aspect of the ideology, since few people living under communist dictators had any way to realize the bigger picture. Most of these people, if asked, will freely admit that communism is terrible for developing a society, and will recognize the atrocities that they now know all about, but it wasn't nearly as clear to them while under those dictators. Instead, they remember living in a very tightly knit community where material wealth (and especially money) wasn't nearly as important, which is all a very attractive way of living for some people. Additionally, those who grew up in this sort of society will especially be subject to the radical changes that have occurred in their lifetimes, not being as used to materialism, the emphasis on money, and capitalism in general. A great deal of people miss being part of a tightly knit community where globalism and capitalism and materialism wasn't a big deal, and they can not be faulted for that.

[@wiseowl3]

I'm a conservative but I wouldn't want to live in a world where America is completely controlled by conservative ideology. I would want best of both worlds.

[@gryn_iq]

You took it right from my heart. I wouldn't mind if the ideology shifts in the society, but as long we are able to move forward and my action isn't oppressed is what important.

[@eirqwicks8562]

Agreed, Ideally i would love liberalism/socialism on the left to be the driver of change while the conservative party is the bastions of cutting the fat; working out efficiency issues, balancing the budget and whatnot. But the tribalism is so bad they can never even agree to work on something together. Compound that with conservatism being so fundamentally against the governement having any part in solutions (just let the free market do it!) its impossible now to have these kinds of colaberations.

[@ZechsMerquise73]

@@gryn_iq Welcome to Progressive Conservatism.

[@luisandrade2254]

@@ZechsMerquise73 progressive conservatism???? That’s an oxymoron

[@ZechsMerquise73]

@@luisandrade2254 Look it up? Do you have Google? I can hook you up with a copy of Google.

[@adrianespinel7758]

Conservatism (like any political ideology) is good, but problems arise when people start using it as an identity, when people start seeing it as some sort of sports team that they need to root for, when people become more focused on their ideology winning than actually discussing the merits of one's position. Not everyone is 100% conservative, not everyone is 100% liberal, and not everyone is 100% centrist.

[@mistahsusan2650]

any one ideology by itself won't do a good job of keeping itself in check. it takes representation of the whole political spectrum (maybe not so much the violent extremes) to have a good chance of representing the will of the people, whilst also not voting away the future of that government for one more term in office.

[@jayit6851]

This is very true and what I believe modern democracy (at least in countries like Canada and the US) has fallen into. The right and left are more concerned with battling each other and identity politics rather than serving the country.

[@darknomad5600]

Tribalism is bad. Especially in politics.

[@Bighomie39]

@@jayit6851 oh yeah idpol is the worst. It's less about who you are and more about what you are

[@lasmalvinassonargentinas8661]

@Lord Farquaad Dude what's going on with you. I have seen you twice in the comments already, and all of the times, every time someone points a flaw about conservatism, you jump all enraged to point out the flaws of leftism. That's not exactly bad, and I'm a right winger, but it's very stupid to do that. It adds nothing and, at best, it just deviates the subject.

[@sanaralerx9488]

Wow. For someone who considers themselves center-left on the political scale, this was an incredibly well made video. You seem to have a very good understanding of conservatism.

[@XenaBe25]

I'll second that. Very fair assessment, JJ. I find that conservatives are pretty much what you said, and also a bit territorial, generally speaking. In the here and now, wrt these new rebellious conservatives, technology shifts have created the type of knee jerk fear of the future that led unemployed blue collar workers in the rust belt to vote for 45 out of desperation for smthg new. I grew up near Windsor, so I saw some of the despair firsthand. Including one 50 smthg year old homeless man who was laid off just a few years before he was due to retire from his comfy job in auto manufacturing. I heard stories like this every few days for several years (2008 through about 2014, and longer on the other side of the border. Hell, they're still suffering in MI.) I'll add that youtube culture and Gamergate, which overlapped with the views of the 4 horsemen of new atheism or w/e they call themselves led to a good deal of this reactionary alt right nonsense. I can understand why, at times. I've been on the receiving end of some of that airy fairy leftish preaching about rape victims, animal rights and evil capitalists. GAH. Those Trigglypuff feminists get under my skin, too. And *I am* an oldschool feminist. Blah blah ing about dismantling all forms of gvt (which frankly is just not going to happen, no matter how many times we click our heels together and shout "I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!" :P) hollering rape every time some guy looks sideways at me, and starving myself on soya products will not get rid of the corruption in the world. It's not that simple. *js* So if I call myself a feminist, some reactionary twit who has no clue what the word means will have a fit. And if I define my views as centre left, some Sargon of Asshat hating fool who's also never picked up a poli sci textbook also has a fit. I hate to break this to you folks, but Sargon's views are nowhere near the left. One could also argue that they're not all that close to centre, either. I guess some of these oddball knee jerk conservatives do what they do bc of mass unfiltered information trickling down to the uneducated masses who don't know how to filter it for themselves. Ted Nugent is a kickass guitarist, but guise... do you srsly think that makes him any kind of an expert on anything else? Go to school. Check out a poli sci course or 2. Get a textbook and learn to read it critically. Just do the world and yourselves that one favour. As for my own views, I lean centre left like I said, with a sharp turn to the right on issues of violent crime and punishment. Specifically for serial killers and child molestors. Karla Homolka should have got the needle, imo. That abuse excuse was bs. I'm also a little conservative about our vets, but I guess that goes along with being a Canuck with family in the UK. Is there a Canadian alive who *doesn't* have a grandparent or great grandparent who served in WWII? I can't think of any. All of this clashes up against my Cree ancestry, which I feel obligated to defend, even tho I'm so far removed from it I barely know what to do with a dreamcatcher ;) I'm also a feminist who knows the fight for second wave rights is not yet won. Close, but no cigar. I stand by the Trudeau Liberals, even tho I don't agree with everything they've done. I thoroughly disagree with a couple of their decisions, tbh. Like Omar Khadr. They should have let the Americans hang that traitor like the Kamloops Kid. There are vets rotting in homeless shelters so whacked out on their PTSD symptoms that they can't even find a hospital, and that scum gets $10.5 million. That has to be one of the worst injustices I've seen in Canada in years. The pipeline deal is a bit yucky, but forgivable in light of the fact that there was a nasty mess to clean up with that, and no easy solutions. Same with the Bombardier bailout. Corporate welfare... blah. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it makes things worse. I guess we have to wait and see. I'm a bit disappointed with the rebranded NAFTA deal. Trudeau should have stuck to his guns with that Tommy Lee Jones wannabe and told the Americans where they could put their stupid Factory Farmed milk. And I'll figure out how to grow my own frikkin cauliflower before I pay $7 a head for it :P We have everything we need to be self sufficient, without American interference. We need to back away from the Americans, especially now that they have an unstable nutjob for a president. Other than that, Trudeau's Liberals have done ok. They're the lesser of the evils, imo. I voted for Andrea Horwath's NDP at the provincial level bc it was the strategic thing to do.

[@donkeyshow8543]

@@XenaBe25 I am in Mexico and I agree with having to back away from America. I hadn't really seen how much it affects Canada too. Perhaps we can work together.

[@knoxgraham1181]

@@XenaBe25 (Insert awe-stricken slow clap.) Thank you, brother in rational arms.

[@ripoffscoots8159]

Yea I'd call myself center left to

[@ianlilley2577]

@@XenaBe25 It's nice for you to know who you want to vote for. I don't know who to support or vote for anymore, I can't vote Liberal or NDP cause they are basically hostile to my religion and its values and beliefs, and Conservatives give lip service but plenty of things they want go against my faith.

[@AnaxofRhodes]

"Conservatism starts from the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created." - Sir Roger Scruton

[@Jack-iv1ed]

Anax of Rhodes I dont think everyone who isnt conservative wants to destroy everything lol. Social democrats for example aspire to give everyone equal oppertunities in capitalism and support those who fail (due to an illness, the lack of jobs, whatever)

[@smantheman2312]

@@Jack-iv1ed not what that quote quite means lol.The sentiment of keeping things good, so that making the is not harder, thats just the sentiment for conservatism. It doesn't say it thinks all other ideologies are destroying everything.

[@BoraCM]

The law of the conservation of mass dictates that mass cannot be destroyed, nor can it be created.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

BoraCM 39 it’s actually possible to destroy mass, hit it with antimatter and it falls apart. And the full law is “the total amount of energy within an isolated system remains constant so long as it remains isolated”

[@gabbar51ngh]

@@Jack-iv1ed lol "social democrats" If you want equal opportunities in capitalism then you should be advocating for minimal government intervention, taxes,etc not more. Where do you think taxes come from? And why should people be forced to give money for someone they have no idea about? If social democrats really want to help they could pool their own money together and do donations for people who fall sick or have lack of jobs.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I’m a Social Liberal, so left wing, but this video was very good, made me understand the other side more.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@nodruj8681 how?

[@Penname25]

See this. This is how you have a civil political discussion. Continue your fine work brother, Signed, A new subscriber

[@shanewshal]

That is great

[@PSL09]

love how the comments haven't devolved into a shouting match cause as a conservative i run into way too many of those

[@coledavis5212]

Yup lol. I’ve seen both left and right do it. Insulting people who don’t agree with them. Radicals think yelling liberal or conservative is an insult lol.

[@PSL09]

@@coledavis5212 frfr

[@averagecommunist3456]

Yes comrade, we may set aside our differences to acknowledge the fact that we are human

[@Firehazerd5444]

I've actually found some interesting conversations, but youtube always has shouting matches.

[@PSL09]

@@Firehazerd5444 when u find them, they're great...some of them have helped to change my perspective on certain issues

[@arn4775]

It's so lovely to see that he can actually identify his own biases and is able to rationalize the other perspectives so well.

[@Guercinator]

He is a top quality political youtuber for sure.

[@tejasmisra9115]

@@Guercinator He's an actual political pundit, that's his career. That's the difference between someone who's actually studied about what he's talking about versus someone who happened to go viral on KZbin once.

[@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186]

@@tejasmisra9115 and now people glorify them by making "[insert idol here] wrecks [insert opposition]" that add nothing to the political conversation and are the exact opposite of progress by alienating another group and glorifying some guy who chooses to fight teenagers.

[@geot4647]

How can someone with that hair be conservative? I smell a charade.

[@davidsilverfield835]

Yup

[@pkralph3481]

JJ literally represents a minority of conservatives, like myself, which I can’t ever find more of. I’m a conservative with what I consider to be a very “liberal” personality so I often get so turned off by many people on my side. I get to the same conclusion as them but for very different reasons.

[@guilhermeteodosio40]

Being conservative is so weird nowadays right? Our side is so filled up with conspiracy theories and crazy people is kinda of embarrassing...

[@iainttelling1457]

@@guilhermeteodosio40 I know right? We have these conspirators representing our party and it's pretty embarrassing.

[@ZeninToji24]

I’m with you on that one lol

[@samvsmedia8680]

You know things are bad when the face of our ideology is Donald Trump

[@Kurtle-qc3qq]

That’s a fact

[@domcactus]

As a member of Gen Z that gets to vote in the upcoming 2019 election, I appreciate your videos and your honesty. It's quite difficult to learn about the Canadian political system on the Internet without encountering very biased information. I like your effort to stay neutral and to inform.

[@BrandenBrick]

I agree, it's hard to get non biased info nowadays (non biased to either side). That's why I haven't really researched a lot about climate change. JJ, ditto to what this person said.

[@coledavis5212]

Branden Brebric I think there is for certain climate change no doubt. It’s not all that bad in Canada but it’s only getting worse worldwide. Especially because of the emissions coming from places like China, Iran and Russia and to a degree the United States are super high compared to Europe and Canada. So it exists and it’s not bad right now, but it’s only getting worse due to China, Russia, Iran and the USA.

[@bluepurplepink]

I'm not a conservative and identify as a socially progressive leftist. I like your take on conservatism and the ability to differentiate between personality leanings and intellectual leanings in politics. My mantra has been the same that we should work towards a society that thinks for itself and not go into a cult of personality. We should try to understand the bias on both sides and listen and empathize with people who engage in a non-toxic respectful way.

[@amanshukla8758]

I just can't understand how you guys can be leftists or rightists. I mean, seriously, guys this is politics. Both sides just want to suck you into their own agendas and propaganda.

[@DevilJin01]

Unfortunately that kumbaya happy go lucky respectful pandering is not American politics and especially not with a 2 party system that's divided. The issues that America is divided on aren't even that polarizing, it's just they're in such belief of them that one won't budge for the other much. It's also very much about corporations and establishments keeping jobs

[@Novafire194]

@@amanshukla8758 Reject politics. Embrace philosophy

[@PjKneisel]

Fellow leftist here, I just struggle, and I mean STRUGGLE to see how to respect and empathize and listen to people who drop “traditional marriage” like it isn’t the dog whistle that it is.

[@qwertydavid8070]

Yeah exactly. My philosophy on life has always been "anything is okay as long as you're not hurting yourself or the people around you psychologically, physically, mentally, or emotionally" There are a lot of extremist conservative ideas that I just hate, especially the portion of them that hate on black people or the LGBTQ+ community. And it gets even worse with religion. I'm atheist, but I do think that historically religion is a very big and important part of human culture that should be preserved, and I really do think that there are many good morals and values that can be taught by religion. I just hate it when people go full cultist mode and start praying to a divine figure and building altars for them, or when they use a book that's thousands of years old to prove their points or even excuse their horrendous acts. As I said, I'm okay with religion, I do think that it's important for history and culture. But please, don't be an extremist about it, in fact, just don't be an extremist about anything in general. As someone whose part of the LGBTQ+ community, there are A LOT of extremely toxic and downright crazy people here. There are teenagers here who believe that religion should be eradicated or that throw massive temper tantrums just because someone didn't ask them for their pronouns( on that note, I don't mean to sound offensive towards anyone who puts great value on their pronouns. Just understand that not everyone is educated about these topics, and that's mainly fault of the educational system, not them. The most that the average person knows about are gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Some people don't even know about trans genders and trans sexuals, and let's not even begin to talk about the massive amounts of other minorities like non-binaries, asexuals, pansexuals, etc. So if someone uses your wrong pronouns, please just ask them nicely to use the ones you're comfortable with, please don't throw temper tantrums over it)

[@gFamWeb]

I'm left-leaning, and I enjoyed this video. I am kind of rebellious, but I do believe in respect for (proper) authority. I also believe you have the freedom to disrespect authority, but I believe this should only be the case when you have legitimate grievances, precluded also with an authority figure who is unwilling to listen to criticism. Everything's a conversation, nothing should be off-limits, and nothing should be taken for given without proof. I will always seek to be respectful to people in person, even those I disagree with, but I will not hesitate to call people out when they profess views that I find to be harmful to people.

[@hpsauce1078]

The interesting thing about that is that you could have started the sentence prefacing that you are right leaning and it still would make perfect sense, points at least nominally to some more universal values that, most people, tend to share perhaps

[@nomore9004]

what do you think of this? kzbin.info/door/CsiAKRKcgzA_372WbXNBaw

[@hopefulhyena3400]

When I was younger I considered myself a moderate. I have conservative values in the way of being grateful of who I am, what I am, and where I am, and thinking that those things are not inherently bad. But I also recognize that certain aspects of American reality do not live up to the American ideal. So politically I am considered a liberal simply because I want a country who proclaims justice for all to - well, provide justice for all. I sometimes wonder if in other countries I’d be considered a conservative.

[@Merlincat007]

The democratic party is (at least its politicians are) for sure center-right in terms of the world. Most Americans views are further left than they think they are and vote like they are due to this skewed Overton Window

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@Cybernaut551]

Correct.

[@msharp6887]

Conservatives are the ones who believe in justice for all

[@xWood4000]

Yes, you would be considered conservative based on your description in many countries.

[@1310beth]

I'm not conservative but I love hearing JJ's perspective and attitude. If more people on BOTH sides of the political spectrum could be as level headed and open minded as JJ, the world would be a lot better place. Watching his videos has certainly made me a much more open minded person when it comes to handling people I disagree with politically.

[@Nefariousbig]

Your problem is the rather insulting assumption that other people haven't been 'open minded'. I think Conservatives are a bunch of cunts because they by definition behave like that. You might float through life barely aware of whats happening or what anything means but not everyone does.

[@funkyfranx]

@@Nefariousbig Calling conservatives 'a bunch of cunts', then declaring yourself open-minded is the most ironic thing I've read this month.

[@ericboxer3053]

@matt wix at least conservatives don't house the most embarrassing political leaders in peoplekind

[@mathieuL2204]

Yeah if Americans were actually Canadians the world would be a much better place

[@michaelweiner6163]

If Dave Rubin watches this video, he’ll realize that him calling himself a classical liberal just means he’s a conservative.

[@cdncrooner1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn7ZaIhmhNyZoZI Dave Rubin mentioned in this video.

[@myman8336]

I AgReE

[@DeathBone4656]

Ben Shapiro even calls himself a classical liberal/ libertarian

[@PatrickOMulligan]

He is a libertarian.

[@DeathBone4656]

Rubins basically a fruit cake now,Red but with some blue spots in side

[@Teag_Brohman15]

0:36 Alex Jones looks like he's forcing out a crap 10 times his size

[@amanshukla8758]

🤣🤣🤣

[@former-smartguyy1275]

He looks like that all the time tbh

[@stevenwiece19]

He calls that tuesday

[@sultanqamaliden3040]

laughing out loud

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@themoonwept]

Im a American conservative, I think that the definition of conservatism should be what J.J’s (and my) idea of what it is.

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@bigpapi6688]

I agree I think the biggest problem is this insane sense of pessimism in modern American conservatism. I personally know of people who have completely conservative stances, yet wouldn’t call themselves conservatives because of all the bitterness and exclusion within the current movement. Conservatism should be based around the fact that we have it good and should appreciate all the work it took to get us as far as we are. For people who aren’t pessimistic nihilists it should be a no brainer to be conservative. And yet now in America, both the liberals and conservatives are totally plagued with pessimism and anti Americanism. People who just enjoy life and the country feel like they’re politically homeless.

[@lukenukem1207]

Recent subscriber here. I love how unbiased you are compared to the other political youtubers I follow, how informative your content is and how accessible your presentation is. My countries politics have never seemed more thrilling.

[@JJMcCullough]

Thank you so much! You are complementing me for everything I try my hardest to do!

[@lukenukem1207]

@@JJMcCullough you are really hitting those targets everytime!!

[@quinncullen8686]

Unbiased😂😂

[@halimadams1007]

Oh my goodness JJ this is by far your best video to date!!!!! incredibly insightful, engaging and nuanced! These kind of political videos, where you earnestly examine a particular political phenomenon occurring, are sorely needed on KZbin

[@phineas7423]

These kind of videos are strongly needed in general

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

I like it when self-identified conservatives can identify their own biases, I wish we would see more of that in the US.

[@USN1985dos]

I like it when self-identified liberals can identify their own biases. I wish we would see this literally anywhere.

[@jacobbarker544]

@@USN1985dos Don't hold your breath

[@AneitaLT]

@@USN1985dos It would be great to see on both sides.

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@jakesmall8875]

Yeah the big problem is definitely the communists and their illegal immigration which are both huge net drains on the economy

[@Jaykooooo]

As a socialist, I found this to be a very well informed and unbiased. It provided a very unique perspective to a very polarised topic.

[@shadowthegreat4304]

@Smash Effectx I won't speak for him, but most people classifying themselves as a socialist consider necessities like healthcare, education, etc to be better managed by the government where profit isn't an incentive; believing that it's harder for the free market to act properly on things that you have to buy which are limited in competition or where it's easier for a monopoly to grow (generally speaking) aka health care is essentially a tax that must be payed, so you might as well have the government run it so prices aren't artificially hiked, there isn't a middle man, and peoples health/emergencies are the incentive and priority. At least that is the theory

[@shadowthegreat4304]

​@Smash Effectx In a working market quality tends to go up while prices naturally go down because otherwise products would lose their demand especially when there are competing products that don't or aren't incentivized to work together. However when you have no choice but to buy a product (aka demand is always there) often competition ends up limited and priorities become faulty (for example people with money often are prioritized over people needing treatment immediately)

[@shadowthegreat4304]

​@Smash Effectx that's a fair enough opinion . Just to be clear, I don't personally subscribe to a fully socialist economy

[@philo9046]

@Smash Effectx what i understand from reading about socialism that it doesn't have to be against free market socialism is fundamentally against the private ownership of the means of production and it says that the workers should manage and own the means of production collectively

[@philo9046]

@Smash Effectx and socialisim is against the private ownership of the means of production because the capitalists and owners profit by taking a part of the value of workers labour because the workers are the ones who are doing every thing from building the factory to working in it to marketing and everything so capitalists are kind of dictators because they have full control of the company and they take profit but don't do work or maybe the work in the company but because the own the company they gain much more than any other person in the company who might be working harder than them

[@taranveersingh7183]

You are really so underrated youtuber ....you really deserve 1 million subscribers

[@JJMcCullough]

You are too nice.

[@tysonplett3328]

@@JJMcCullough Why are you only at 75k! I don't think I've ever checked the sub count till now and I'm shocked. I thought it would be at least a couple hundred k

[@matthewshuey1712]

I think J.J. is too nice. Or better said Canadian.

[@donovanhawley1987]

@@JJMcCullough You should do something big. Like raise money for charity or do something controversial in a good way.

[@taranveersingh7183]

@@JJMcCullough love from india❤

[@jacobscrackers98]

I am a very freedom-oriented and rebellious person, so I tend to hold positions such as support for freedom of expression and freedom-respecting software. I don't really have a strong position outside of that, except for a vague notion that capitalism - at least in its current form - is not perfect because of its poor treatment of workers and the tendency of corporations to monopolize (and violate the aforementioned freedoms).

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@awesomekidkyle]

This guy is proof that even if you fundamentally disagree with someone and their worldview in almost every way you can still listen and understand the points they make.

[@happyvalleykid6324]

This community is honestly the best KZbin community I've ever seen. I dare you to find another comment section with such a diverse array of beliefs and yet so much civility. I'm a progressive liberal, who isn't afraid to break from the left wing norm. For example, I was very upset at the way Democrats handled the Kavanaugh nomination. In the U.S., you are innocent until proven guilty. The accusers had the burden of proof, and I didn't see much come from them in terms of concrete evidence. But I digress. You have very well-thought and well-spoken ideas JJ, and I respect you and your viewers greatly. Glad to be a part of such a great channel!

[@JJMcCullough]

WeArePSU632 Thanks for the kind words! I have found that when you treat your audience in a mature way, they return the favor. When you treat your audience like stupid children, as too many political KZbinrs do, they behave accordingly.

[@happyvalleykid6324]

@@JJMcCullough A very true and wise observation. Thanks for responding; you can add that to the list of things you do that many others don't!

[@040119863842]

WeArePSU632 WE ARE!

[@happyvalleykid6324]

@@040119863842 PENN STATE!

[@djweebo]

I'm the same! I tend to be quite left leaning and agree have positive views on stuff like socialism and refugees, but I really think the Kavanaugh situation was handled horribly.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

A Conservative in Canada is more chill than a Conservative in America

[@stevenmiller2820]

Haha, that’s true. I guess I’m a Canadian conservative that was born in America and has never set foot in Canada. Lol

[@stevenmiller2820]

voilaviolamh Maybe some day. I’ve only been west of the Mississippi one time. Most of my life has been spent in Ohio and North Carolina.

[@m.a.118]

Ehhhhhhh not entirely true- Watch Rebel Media, Sun News, Gavin McInnes and look up some politicians like Derek Sloan or Maxim Bernier... We have populist Whackadoodles too.

[@SeasideDetective2]

I think Canadians are just more "chill" than Americans generally. I think it comes from their political system. When you have a parliament instead of a congress, your politicians have to compromise a lot more.

[@snow-puppetsofficial360]

As an American, I can confirm that.

[@ielizabethm2]

I’ve grown up conservative by my family. During my early 20s, however, around the time 2016 came in, of course I’ve delved into the left-leaning social media posts without having much knowledge on the consequences of such liberal ideologies/labels. Around 2020, naturally, I started discovering right-leaning or libertarian accounts on social media. I deleted social media due to the censorship of a lot of information during that time. During those times, I’ve been researching information instead to form my own perspective on things. I now primarily looked at KZbin as my sort of social media. All in all, you could see that my political viewpoints stem depending on where I look at on social media which made some influence based on my personality. Currently, I’ve been looking into Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, and now you, for example as my source of “guide” into looking at information from a new light. I’m almost 26, still conservative, but I try to be more cautious and knowledgable about politics nowadays and not to be entirely influenced by everything.

[@julianwest4030]

I'm a Social Democrat, but I really appreciate your videos. I grew up in a similar situation. I was relatively well off in a middle class family and I was always taught to be grateful. For a while, I was even a conservative. Although, my change in political philosophy happened slowly over time as my opinions on hot button issues changed.

[@nevets2371]

I think the terms “moderate” and “radical” have supplanted the meanings that “liberal” and “conservative” used to have.

[@jvniprbrry]

Cuz they are not fundamentally very different

[@Liletter]

scoot the burbs what the genuine fuck

[@bengofo3901]

I disagree. I think both liberal and conservative are both still considered moderate.

[@coledavis5212]

No, they haven’t supplanted liberal and conservative. Want to know why? JJ is conservative, but he doesn’t seem radical at all. Radicals are the far-leaning ideologies like communism, fascism, as well as the far-leaning liberals and far-leaning conservatives who can only hate the opposite side. Moderates are conservatives and liberals who think rationally and might agree on some points the opposing side holds.

[@hendrik4093]

@@coledavis5212 To be radical means solving problems on their root (is that actually an English phrase), what you are talking about is extremism, whichs conception has also taken a weird turn due to horseshoe theorists (e.g. leftwing extremists are the same as righwing extremists).

[@marcello7781]

I was raised in an Italian-Peruvian family and living in both countries (childhood and early adolescence in Italy, adolescence in Perú) gave me different views about politics (economical and social). At 14 I got attracted to communism because of the rebel nature and because some guys were promoting events outside the high school. Then, when I read about red terrorism in Italy (70s) and Perú (80s-90s) I turned very anti communist. Only at 18 I started developing a more critical thinking about political views and nowadays I consider myself a conservative with some left wing views (more on certain social politics). I could say a liberal, in a very European way. The problem nowadays is that, with the modern edgy and toxic path many "conservatives" have taken, rational things such as anti-racism, anti-sexism and basic respect for the different are seen as "left wing". Basic respect, for me, is a matter of education and empathy, not political leaning. I'm very disgusted by how modern political debate turned so extremist, polarized and sometimes superficial. p.s.: great video, JJ. Your unbiased views are what really miss in the current political debate.

[@JJMcCullough]

Marcello SDLT Thank you! I agree 100% what you said about treating people with respect. The idea that there is somehow, something virtuous about hating different people or treating them poorly is the most offensive thing about some types of modern right wingers.

[@marcello7781]

@MrLolmaster101 it's a large story, dude. If I have to summarize it I'd say that we moved mostly for economical reason in the aftermath of 2008 financial crisis, apart from familiar reasons. Lima it's more dangerous than Milan but after all it depends in which neighborhood you're living.

[@marcello7781]

@@JJMcCullough So true. Too many people think freedom of speech includes freedom of harassment and freedom of committing hate crimes. I also met people strongly convinced that the only way to redeem societies is to purge them. As Sandro Pertini, an ex Italian president said once: I'd rather live in an imperfect democracy than a perfect dictatorship.

[@JJMcCullough]

Marcello SDLT We can say that the “test” of free speech is our willingness to tolerate opinions we disagree with. But that is still very different from saying society benefits from an abundance of hateful opinions.

[@unknownninja4430]

On KZbin he seems unbiased, but on his twitter you will see the one-dimensional bias.

[@loganfaucher]

Thank god there is somone out here that gives a clear unbiassed position on controversial topics. I feel like there is so many people ready to demonize one side or the other or centrists who ultimately make weak assertions about either side. Thank you!

[@ridanann]

Of course he is bias he's an American loving Canadian that's not just bias it's inauthentic I can't blame him I might feel the same I was Canadian. but being inauthentic has inherent biases because the inauthenticity comes from an agenda in his case a conservative pro American materialist militaristic Society which he doesn't actually have to live under. He is literally idealizing the grass on the other side if he was in American school child wearing a bulletproof vest to school or an African American or relied on his Healthcare he might get in touch with reality of American life bang bang bang. there are plenty of reasons to be displeased with modern Canada but you don't need to sell out your country when Canada is a better country than America factors they could get rid of the Queen tomorrow and start solving all of their problems America's problems come from within that is far more difficult to solve. It's probably hard living in on native lands having no real culture happens a lot in England people just invent culture and then they act like it's the same as culture that thousands of years old it's a shame at the same time you have to start somewhere maybe J should be contributing to Canadian culture personally my solution for the Americas is the same one they doing the South America assimilate with the natives because it's going to happen eventually North America fights this assimilation but evolution will make fools of them when in 2000 years time they are as red as the natives. I'm a Celtic when my ancestors came here they were Brown we are now white as the driven snow because the environment does that to humans so many of North America's problems are racial and racial identity is literally nothing but melanin geography and kind of genetics I think it's going to be a while before North America is going to be in touch with reality. Basically as a white dude in Canada he has to be bias doesn't really belong there yet.

[@loganfaucher]

@@ridanann ok there is a lot to unpack there. I appreciate your energy here, as it seems you really care about what you are talking about. But i feel that your reasoning is a bit flawed and a little hypocritical. You talk about the grass being greener on the other side while shitting on the U.S. and propping up canada as the greener side. I also feel this idea that just because he thinks differently than the canadians in power that he is a turncoat and inconsistent is a terrible thing to promote, since this mentality destroys the moderate and pushes people to the extreme far lefts and right. Basically, you shouldn't be mad at people for for not being far left or far right and give them lables into guilting them to be something else.

[@ridanann]

@@loganfaucher moderates simply do not care about big issues for instance it's no wonder he avoids big issues he talks about the most casual mundane things in an interesting way but never really revealing what makes him identify as a conservative. almost like his brains gone right now is perfect no more is the only definition he should elaborate because personally I don't believe him I think he says Centre and vote left because that doesn't alienate people and he's super Canadian so Canadian he's going to be polite to the US which if you think about it is the most meta Canadian thing you can do without constantly pouring maple syrup on your head. I don't think he's not Canadian I think he's taken being Canadian to it's ultimate conclusion it's basically the same thing Scotland did let's be nice to this a****** to the south and see if it works out newsflash it didn't work out it's horrible so I kind of feel like I'm watching History play itself again I have Canadian family from Scotland it's uncanny. And we're still being nice to the a****** to the south of Us abusive relationships are very hard to break once they start. It's probably an inevitable phenomena even looking at countries as a microcosm of the idea they are usually made up of one dominant region and the less dominant regions suffer as a result. This is because capitalism requires countries to be as big as possible even though the best countries are a smallest possible you can hold your leader accountable when he lives across town if I was the Canadian secret services and I'm not saying that I'm not but if I was I would have my eye on JJ McCallum. I'm Canadian secret services lol jokes or am I👀

[@loganfaucher]

@@ridanann I agree that small republics are preferable to large, mostly undemocratic ones. However, I strictly disagree with your posture towards radical ideology. History has shown the negative effects of radical ideology and has shown the fruitfulness of moderate powers. I agree doing nothing and not talking about big issues is a problem, but just what ARE big issues? These so called big issues are merely pathos-driven babble created by the far left and far right as being much more important than the running of the state. Abortion rights? Gun rights? These are all distractions from innaction in the government caused by the duopoly of partisan forces.while these problems are important, yes, they pale in comparison to the failure of our government to adress any need quickly and effectively. A moderate sees this innaction as much worse than any policy descision.

[@ridanann]

@@loganfaucher for 13 years the UK has had moderate politics we're sliding slowly right we're still a monarchy that's never going to change under moderates you're not going to fix your gun problem under moderates Canada isn't gonna go its own way under moderates moderates tend to lean towards conservatism. basically everything moves at a Pace slower than a stalactite in Canada's case I would say slowly getting more left yay for them but a lot of us Western countries as it were are slowly sliding to the right. The gun issues in America are getting worse we literally have a granny who thinks she has superpowers these things are propped up by apathy I'm not surprised there's riots I'm just surprised there aren't more. the Obama thing was good but that was a while ago I think I female president would be a nice deflection from bullet riddled children. really you should invade us for a lack of democracy and we should invade you back for child sacrifice and judicial apartheid. but then our establishment cares even less about children than yours and they don't really care about black people either and judging by your presidential families America isn't actually anti-monarchy anymore. You and Me On like JJ are 2 f***** peas in a pod I have more in common with you than I do with the Queen and you have more in common with me than ar-15 lol that rhymed. if problems are going to exist they have to fly under the radar revolt riot civil disobedience it's all warning what the media won't talk about Revolution 1776 1789 1916 etc sometimes it's good sometimes it's bad there's no moderate ground between. The two issues I'm picking on I'm very decided on disarm Urban civilians and possibly rural family homes unaffiliated with a farm and abolish the monarchy 20 years ago I had a moderate opinion because back then the royal family wasn't known to be propping up rapists and school shootings were thought to be a passing phenomena it's easy to stay moderate till the s*** hits the fan I guess it just depends when you'll get splattered lol. The right winger says the glass is half empty the left winger says the glass is half full the moderate says hey look there's a glass a glass in poison or health is in hey I'm Scottish it had to come down to drink at some point lol.

[@sebastianrosa7935]

I'm a Liberal (I prefer the term Progressive but that's not important), I've been told that I'm easy going and somewhat quiet in person (though I've gone on a few rants while on KZbin). Sometimes I do have the urge to go and express my belief on something, but I'd rather do it in a civil conversation than a yelling match. To me, the true ideals of a liberal is to support the equality of all people under the law and society regardless of ethnic background, religious background, cultural background, etc. I believe there does need to be changes in law and social norms, but I also believe there are many things that should stay the same. I don't support the loud and arrogant who go screaming at people to think one way and one way only (this is true for both Liberals and Conservative). Most importantly, and this is something that I would believe regardless of the political spectrum, people should be aloud to think for themselves and follow their ideals as long as they do not hurt or put down others. We shouldn't insult or blame each other we should act calmly and kindly to one another. J.J. you're a really cool guy and you should be allowed to be a Conservative regardless of what other think.

[@bradfordsinclair9331]

I'm a lefty and heavily critical of the radical left. Love seeing reasonable conservatives shedding light on the dark corners of conservatism. JJ is what Ben Shapiro should be.

[@raptorcell6633]

"Facts and logic reeee" Ben Shapiro, probably. In all seriousness even as a conservative I still think Ben and his ilk (Alex Jones in particular) are complete nutjobs, not to mention that even though he claims to be a proud true blood MURICAN, he seems to be more of a Zionist than an American Patriot

[@thunderlight2004]

@flmvdvsrg The whole American political system is shifted to the right considerably, and the mainstream Democratic Party is centrist by the rest of the world's standards. As such, you'll find that conservatives in other countries tend to be far less radical, the center to be far more populated, and the left to be much more in line with a Bernie Sanders mentality than, for example, a Barack Obama-like one.

[@arturintete2461]

Thunderlight Creations the conservatives in America disappoint me. It’s turned into such a twisted way of thinking. If it wasn’t for how extreme the Republican Party got then I don’t think I would’ve realized the flaws with the right or moved considerably left.

[@arturintete2461]

Lord Farquaad the Democratic Party is all but extreme. They’re literal centrist. The only extremist in America are the conservatives when compared to the rest of the world. In the rest of the world, conservatives would be more like democrats here. This isn’t even my opinion. It’s just a literal fact just like earth being round. I will say though, the Democratic Party is very corrupt, but so are the republicans so it doesn’t really mean anything. Both parties are terrible, corrupt, and pretty much the same, but one is in the center and the other is extremely to the right. You’re just choosing which leg you’d rather get kicked by. Anyways, the point is that conservatives in America are objectively extremists while the democrats are centrist. That doesn’t mean I like either though.

[@arturintete2461]

Lord Farquaad Do you also recognize the objective reality of our world?

[@TechedCanvas]

I’m liberal, but really appreciate your views & opinions. Your videos are always very interesting, and make me ponder things I normally wouldn’t. Keep it up JJ, sending love from Tennessee!

[@marafolse8347]

I’m very leftwing in the anticapitalist sense and I think my radical politics come from growing up in multiple socioeconomic classes and seeing how different communities live, having an atheist metal mom and a hippy Hare Krishna dad, and also being taught to be curious about the world and come to my own conclusions, no matter how eccentric

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@hirandompeopled4968]

@@audiobooksproject4829 okay but that comment didn’t even mention conservatism, save your words for when they’re relevant

[@lol-wj4hx]

hippie dads are cool

[@dabakonader]

I can relate to this so much, my family has grown all the way from lower to upper middle class, so I’ve seen what all kinds of people live like, and my parents always told me to question everything. Conservatives are just too conservative. Things can *always* get better.

[@The_king567]

People like you are the reason why people hate left wing people as they should

[@marodriba]

Thing about conservatives is that most of us are either really young or like geriatric and its a huge divide in the party.

[@redviper1608]

Liam Balul Pretty much

[@natemaster200]

The Republican party in a nutshell.

[@JJMcCullough]

Yeah, but the olds are a much bigger group. But they're also, in some ways, less visible, because the mass media tends to be more interested in young people. So a lot of people these days think the young conservative rabble-rousers are like, the leading energy in the movement (which my video kind of suggested, in fact) when really, it's mostly a lot of Fox News-watching grandpas.

[@dylaniaquinta2500]

I think that is a big divide, which I’m sure even us young conservatives can see personally simply by a conversation with an older conservative family member. While we hold similar bases, you probably still find yourself disagreeing with many of their beliefs and points. It’s an interesting split, and I’m eager to see what it’ll result in

[@JJMcCullough]

Dylan Iaquinta one thing I’ve noticed is that as you get older, your standards just sort of decline and you become so fixed in your beliefs you don’t really care much about arguments anymore. So Trump’s popularity with the GOP base has never really surprised me all that much. I don’t think a lot of older conservatives are all that interested in whether he represents a “break with Reaganite orthodoxy” or whatever. He ran against Hillary Clinton, who is like, the ultimate ancient enemy of aging conservative voters, as determined by a logic they settled on a quarter-century ago. The more I think about, she really was the worst possible candidate they could have picked.

[@Jrookus]

I’d like to point out one thing, liberals aren’t left wing. They have an economically right wing system and socially left wing one, but since the economically right wing system that they believe in is farther right then the socially left wing ideals, they are still right wing, if only by a margin. At best it’s centrist.

[@selahanany5645]

tho today there are hardly liberals, most have moved on to neoliberalism.

[@josh77577]

thats left wing economics, right wing economics is protectionism and interventionism, but has been miscast while left wing economics is free market, Laissez-faire model.

[@selahanany5645]

@@josh77577 that is not true. left wing economics is intervensionsim, and at its most extreme, socalaism.

[@WingsWithFeet]

@@josh77577 lol what, left wing economics is the people seizing the means of productions

[@averagecommunist3456]

I am true leftist, anarchist-communist

[@fronyard6858]

As a liberal, I will say that I very much enjoyed watching this video, and look forward to the next time you upload.

[@quizarorobzaqu8558]

Libral means libratarian. Its a "stolen" turm

[@mikehunt6107]

Libertarian is a stolen turm

[@BrentCubZeez]

@@mikehunt6107 All political ideologies are stolen turms

[@aaronlandry3934]

Quizaro Robzaqu “Libertarian” means a member of the Libertarian Party in America. “Liberal” refers to a Leftist in America (Democrat, Green Party, etc.). These two terms do not mean the same in America. This is coming from a Libertarian

[@LuckyCrust]

I grew up around racist people who engaged in the behavior where they would denounce anything that didn't apply to them. They would be disgusted by anything empowering towards minorities, gays, women, other religions etc. I broke out of the conditioning years ago and I have lost most of those people as friends (best thing ever). It started out with me simply asking questions on why they thought the way they did... But by the 2020 election my once best friend said fuck it and told me I need to get over things like racism. "Just dont let it bother you, just ignore it". Btw I'm biracial, he is white. I was telling him how someone at my job who was trying to be funny called me a slur, the coworker then played victim when I told him I didnt like it and it was disrespectful. This was the 2nd instance with the same guy, but my friend took his side and said I was being a snowflake, while he was going off about how racism only exists for white people now because slavery already ended and now blacks and gays are in more movies and are trying to replace white people. Sure, I know not all conservatives think this way, but I've met way too many of them who think like this. Everytime I meet another one I feel like I go a smidge more to the left. Right wingers now assume I'm an anti cop, anti white flag burner just because I'm left wing now, snowflakes on both sides. Politics is an ugly game. Telling a POC to get over racism wont get you invited to the next barbecue. I enjoy my chill conservative friends who can actually hold a friendly conversation instead of spewing toxic ignorance.

[@msharp6887]

He didn't sound ignorant

[@bobfearnley5724]

@@msharp6887 he was actively racist

[@msharp6887]

@@bobfearnley5724 didn't sound that way at all

[@sircharlesross537]

That friend of yours was probably a white lives matter dude who supports that dumbass “immigrant replacement theory” when there is NO DATA supporting that whites will become a minority in America anytime soon.

[@windmage01]

That is a dark side of the conservative community. But I'd like to think that it is a small minority. Same thing with left-leaning people.

[@EricLight]

I grew up to be very independent and so conservatives appeal to me because they seem to be more encouraging in that you can do it :). I see liberals tend to victimize people and it really brings people down and doesn't motivate them to grow because they think the system is aganced them. Also a huge one for me is conservatives support self defence and as a victim of child abuse that one really speeks to me on a deep level giving the individual control " lacked control when kid" so independence and control means a lot to me

[@mikehunt6107]

You can say all those things are true even if you swap the words liberal and conservative. When it comes to people who are not in a place in their lives that they can, for various reasons, be independent it doesn't mean they don't want to. Also many social programs that are usually unwanted by conservatives are actually helping the people who don't have to use them because what is good for the peace in your community whether it is local, national, or world is good for all. When society rots around you, you're effected. When society thrives around you, you are affected. When people around you are happy and healthy the world you live in is better than one that isn't. Its amazing how far the world changed in the last hundred years because of social program and more access to and better healthcare. I know many people who wouldn't be alive today and that makes it all worth it to me. I am very greatful and I can't wait to see how much better things can be when we lift each other up because that's how we all got to where we are. Independent or not the society has only come so far because of how we came together and cooperated. Just think about how a grocery store works with many to make things so convenient. If you had no store to put together everything in on place. It's less waste of resources like time and money. That's what society is about in a nutshell.

[@margaritam.9118]

Eric Light I was abused as a child, from the age of nine to twelve. In my conservative country people tell you to suck it up. Because fighting back it’s a “disobedience to authority” (usually people in authority to you do such things). You seem to contradict yourself. A person should not be a victim, should move on and grow up. Why then don’t you forget about being abused in the first place? Or we indeed *have to* punish people for their wrongdoings to then move on? Make up your mind. When conservatives say suck it up and move on it’s about you shutting the fuck up and forgetting everything without attacking whomever is responsible for that. In their opinion for marginalized groups being strong is just being tolerant to what they let other people do to them, steal, rape, murder, etc. Basically “keep being a victim”. So the question is, do you want to keep being one or you want to stop putting up with that? Because people mention what happened to them not to whine but to make it clear they won’t let it happen again, to make it known they are aware that what has happened is illegal.

[@margaritam.9118]

If a system doesn’t let a person grow, a person breaks it and creates a new system. Simple as that. And yes, sitting on your ass all day and whining won’t change anything. Victims do exist because abusers do exist. The only question when are those people be brave enough to start fighting back. As one writer said “you shouldn’t be quiet of what it going on or they’ll kill you and tell everyone you enjoyed it”.

[@coopsnz1]

Left think small business owners are wealthy , you buy a new car from a small Dealership the owner isn't wealthy he has huge debt to Banks

[@coopsnz1]

Democratic socialism for bums , middle class get screwed @@margaritam.9118

[@littleconnormcd]

I am a liberal but I used to identify as conservative. I used to be Mormon but I began doubting the religion when it conflicted with my sexuality. I looked into the history and left. Mormon's ideas are mostly conservative so it was an extension of my religion. Now that that wasn't relevant anymore and I was effectively rebelling I slowly adopted more liberal ideas over the next year.

[@bevardiva]

Ben Shapiro DESTROYED the like button

[@averageyoutubeviewer1790]

With facts and logic?

[@YokoShige18]

@@ocularzombie6679 There are no facts and logic in things Ben Shapiro has ever said about Europe. I live in Europe all my life and thing that he is saying about so called socialism in various european countries are simply not true. Example: Norway is not a homogenous country as he said it is.

[@FreedomLoverCastro]

Ben"unverisal health care will turn my wife into a slave" shaprio

[@JaKingScomez]

@@FreedomLoverCastro there's already healthcare in America and it's not that expensive

[@FreedomLoverCastro]

I know someone who had to give away there life savings to pay for a broken ankle so you tell me again how its not expensive ... America is literally the only democratic developed country that dosent provide healthcare .... I know people who died from curable diseases because they couldn't pay for the costs to stop talking you dont know what your talking about kid

[@WerdFTW]

I remember reading about former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a republican, and how he always said that he was "conservative with money but liberal with people," which I have always found to be a good form of conservative politics. These days it seems like you can't be a progressive or a liberal without supporting socialism and communism and you can't support capitalism or be economically conservative without being a hateful bigot.

[@cy5434]

I like Eisenhower alot, but tbh do kind of disagree. I personally would like to have more social programs like a healthcare system, which does involve increasing taxation. Though I do respect the opinion of not doing that.

[@PigIA]

It’s funny that because of how right-wing American politics are, you would probably be an Independent or a Moderate Democrat

[@tilley7242]

And also how left wing it is, there’s no middle ground anymore

[@ph0enix321]

@@tilley7242 Lmao it's not at all left-wing

[@stitchfinger7678]

@@tilley7242 Youre talking shit The left-most politician in the US just wants the government to pay for things that it said it would.

[@tilley7242]

@@stitchfinger7678 it takes two to tango bud

[@LandoBando33]

@@xp7575 I wouldn’t say the left hates them ,if they do they are stupid

[@bernardosantos8020]

As a socialist I find you’re one of the most unbiased KZbinrs out there. Thank you

[@Commielyn]

Ok why are you using "" are you a socialist or not

[@no4869]

@@Commielyn wait til he starts making money

[@Commielyn]

@@no4869 uhh ok

[@jimthompson5844]

Where are my libertarian brothers at

[@Commielyn]

@@jimthompson5844 ew

[@LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018]

I would say that the phenomenon of people with rebellious personalities becoming more conservative also has something to do with a shift in what is seen as “mainstream culture” in the past 30 years (at least in America). For most of the 20th century, I would say that most media “personalities” that were considered mainstream (writers, movie stars, talk show hosts, etc.) were fairly conservative, at least on the basis of supporting traditional cultural values and opposing left-wing economic policies that were associated with communism. This would lead to the rebellious-type people being drawn to left-wing ideologies, the extremes of these being socialism, communism, or anarchism. However, starting in the 1990s but especially from the 2000s onward, this began to shift and mainstream cultural figures have begun to support more left-wing cultural and economic positions (of course less extreme versions, but socialism became more acceptable than it once was). As a result, the position one would take to rebel against the system is now more likely to manifest itself in right wing ideas, like classical liberalism, conservatism, or at the most extreme forms of fascism or the alt-right.

[@russellnoe3054]

Most definitely

[@yeetus_reetus_deeleetus]

So its a back and forth huh

[@samhutchison9582]

I think a good, super simplified breakdown of American conservatism vs. liberalism is their thoughts on the individual and community. Conservatives think what is good for the good is good for the gander, hence the focus on less taxes, less regulation, and individual freedom. Liberals, on the other hand, believe lifting up the community lifts up the individual z hence the focus on social services, high taxes on business and the wealthy, and collective freedom.

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@jakesmall8875]

Lol liar Liberals don’t believe in collective freedom They believe in free stuff for not working They literally want to enslave the working class through high classes and give “universal basic income” to anyone who simply refuses to work just because they’re lazy Oh wow what a coincidence the ones that support that b.s are the lazy ones that don’t want to work !

[@margaretwirth2930]

@@jakesmall8875 Who told you this?

[@splatterbooth]

@@jakesmall8875 Dude, what are you talking about? The working class would be the ones benefitting from UBI the most! We're also for stronger labor unions that can negotiate better pay and benefits so you don't have to break your back and give your life up to a company that doesn't care about you. The "high classes" that want to enslave the working class are the folks that wanted you working through a deadly pandemic, virus be damned.

[@TomyDayos]

@@splatterbooth May I speak about basic economy? When there is no gov interference. The market prices and salary are regulated by supply and demand. The competition between companies is what drive the prices down and bring development by forcing then to research new technologies that make the product cheaper. The more you have of an product compared to who need it, the lower it's value. The more apples in a Market compared to the desire to buy apples, the lower the value of apples. The same work for jobs, the more people can do a job, the lower it's value. The easier it is to replace a worker, the lower someone is willing to pay for said work. What drive salaries up the most is when one company compete with another company to hire the workers. Things like immigration and reproduction increase the number of workers. With universal basic income in place, companies will have to compete with said money. They will of course offer more money to the worker to create the desire for him to work. However to compensate their increased expenses, they will increase the price of the goods. Trying to pass the extra expenses to the consumer. If all companies do this, the value of the money will decrease. Inflation will turn the value of the basic income down. With time the universal basic income will became worthless. So let's say that someone to prevent this put price control with the universal basic income to prevent companies from increasing their prices. This will, of course, create both a scarcity and a black market. People will either stop producing or sell by a way higher price in secret. If you fully crack down the black market. Then nobody will want to start a business. No business and no industry means no jobs. If nobody produce anything it means that there will be no products like food. People will either do not open a new business, replace their workers with robots, or will move their business overseas. Here is some examples: 1) Venezuela started to crackdown and nationalize business, this resulted in the owners trying to sell their business in fear of losing everything, nobody opening new business, investors not wanting to invest in the country. This helped weakens Venezuelan economy, resulting in the oil industry becoming the only thing keeping the country up. 2) When a governor forced Mac Donalds to increase the salary of burger flippers in the South, Mac Donalds replied by firing then all and replacing then with machines. 3) The reason that Hollywood is where it is today is because it was cheaper to make a industry there, they where running away from Thomas Edison's patents and there where no such things like unions. Basically they went there because the government was pro-business. It's the same reason that companies move to China today, because it's cheaper and the people there has less rights. Now that Californians have the second biggest minimum wage and unions, the situation of the working class improved. However, this is resulting in the Movie Corporations fleeing the state, going to less cost states. With even movies being set in California not being filmed in California. Of course, if you try to fix the situation with taxes over the Movie corporations, which will be used to help the poor, you will end with then going to another country. Of course, other countries offering products that are cheaper than national products will result in forcing national companies to drop their prices or have reduced sales. (Most consumers always buy the cheaper item). Eventually, these National companies will also move overseas or close depending of how much money they are doing. Remember the same way that the majority of consumers will buy the cheaper, the majority of companies will produce where is cheaper. If a company offer too low money, the worker will refuse to work if he has better opportunities. If the profit margin is too little nobody will want to start a business. Of course, the worst situation that can happen to a market is a monopoly(According to Adam Smith, father of capitalism). Which is achieved when just one company stands, and nobody want or can create companies. The single company will be able to ask as many money as it want or offer products of as low quality as it want. And people will have no choice other than to buy it. Competition between companies is what drive the product quality up. The supply and demand works for everything, even money, the more the govern print money, the lower the value of the money became. You should also have in consideration that the value of the coin is important for international trade, countries where the money has less value will sell to countries where the money has more value. To understand the real value of the money, you must understand that the numbers in the money are meaningless abstractions. The real value of money(As defined by Adam Smith) is time. How much time you have to work to buy how much stuff. When new skills and technologies are developed due to competition, it will produce a resources that take less effort to produce, being cheaper. Yes, what I am saying is that capitalism is what caused the industrial revolution. As the salary of people became higher, the business owners started to replace then with machines. Then we have the private business vs government owned business, if the private business is not a monopoly, if there is competition, the private business will ALWAYS be better and of more quality than the government business. Why? Because if they are lower, they will eventually break. Meanwhile, the gov business is not competing with the other business because their payment will come no matter what. They have no interest to make a product of quality, because their revue come from taxes. This result in low effort and politicization of the business. For example, in Australia 60% of people use private health care despite the existence of a government health care, and the same repeat in every country with every company(Except Monopolies, Monopolies are as bad as the government, if not worst). Many people jump to socialism as the ultimate system, without taking any of those things in consideration and end up crushing their own economies. Every problem is way more difficult to solve than they look and there is no perfect solution. The best that we can do is balance socialism and capitalism, trying to grant good salaries to workers but not to scare the business owners away. To tell the truth, most people have just superficial knowledge, and do not stop to think about what the long term effects of their ideas will became.

[@hellboy6507]

“I am a conservative” *sweats* Dmitri, get the nagant

[@groovy8457]

@Vlad The Impaler Not somewhat, very. Although he's more popular with radical conservatives, moderate conservatives don't really like him.

[@DrMayhem60]

As a liberal I care about the environment and I care about the legalisation of weed and I care for Medicare for all and free college tuition and believe renewable energy is the way to go(no I don't wanna rush it and raise the gas prices like France did) and ending the wars. Also can I say from liberal to conservative that you have really awesome and fabulous hair.

[@BoldOne8760]

I don't know what I'd call myself. I support social programs like free education and healthcare but i also prefer limited taxation and not too much welfare to prevent people becoming needy. When it comes to gender i couldn't give any sort of a shit if you identify as a unicorn i won't judge. Immigration should be selective. So Liberal/Libertarian crossbred?

[@DrMayhem60]

@@BoldOne8760 I would say I'm kinda libertarian myself cause I'm a big believer in free speech and I am for the second admandment although I wouldn't say I wanna guy owning a bazooka or some crazy shit.

[@artman7780]

I prefer to call myself a liberal conservative. I support a mix of liberal and conservative values. I am for affordable healthcare, but I am against high taxes. I am also a big supporter of the oil industry (even its expansion) as I believe it would give jobs and taxes.

[@thefakedeal]

@@DrMayhem60 literally everyone falls under libertarian with that definition

[@tysonplett3328]

@@artman7780 I would call myself conservative with a bit of liberal because I like free healthcare and legal immigration, but with pretty much everything else I'm conservative.

[@doristheslug9609]

Libertarians eat books Think about it

[@doristheslug9609]

_do you get it?_

[@lukatomas9465]

Liber is latin for book.

[@JJMcCullough]

I though Libertarians came from that little country in east Africa.

[@lukatomas9465]

Do you mean Liberia? It is in West Afruca.

[@CripplingDuality]

@@lukatomas9465 don't look now, but I think he was making a joke

[@Windja69]

I’d just like to say as someone leaning on the left, I grew up similar to you and I’m extremely grateful for everything I have, but i believe not only that we can get better but we should get better and while not all of the liberal policies are for that generally they do make the country a more balanced stable place where we can grow our economy without worrying about a war or smth. Basically I’m grateful but I’m always looking for how we (and also the world but for the sake of this video I’m focusing on Canada) can get better and I believe that if we keep our values we will eventually fall behind in terms of democracy happiness and wealth. For example if we kept the way of monarchs 200 years ago with while everyone else went republic we would fall behind. Or even other smaller things since then

[@7x3]

Welcome to the United States where a conservative from Canada is considered a Stalin-loving socialist

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

Each country's political center is different from one another, and shifts over the years as ideologies become more or less popular with their peoples.

[@krateproductions4872]

17 AC Yup A “Liberal” politician in India may be considered very conservative politician in say Canada

[@marhaba_6491]

@@TheAmericanPrometheus but they are just highlighting how far right and inconsiderate conservatives in america are. At least conservatives in Canada aren't disrespectful or anti mask or anti free healthcare.

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

@@marhaba_6491 What they're highlighting is how incredibly far to the left Canada and some Western European countries are in comparison to the rest of the democratic world. You may wish that the political center of American politics is Bernie Sanders, but as the old saying goes 'facts don't care about your feelings'.

[@LjuboCupic1912]

@@TheAmericanPrometheus no, actually, universal healthcare, reduced student loans and higher taxes on the super rich are not considered a left wing idea in most of the world - so it isn’t Canada and Europe that’s on the left of most of the world, it’s America that’s on the right, which is exactly what the comment is highlighting.

[@ricardofernandez1520]

Something I noticed: being a liberal is NOT being a leftist, a liberal is rather centrist-conservative. Just saying; Biden IS a liberal, AOC or Bernie are NOT, Bernie and AOC ARE leftists. Great video though!

[@adrienrenaux6211]

Honestly I feel like the word liberal has been used so much in so many contexts that it doesn't mean anything anymore as of itself. I think that the word should only be used with a clear context. For example, JJ talks about himself as a classical liberal, republicans in america often call dems liberals, there is the canadian liberal party, in my country, Belgium, the liberals are a moderate right wing party, and so on, and so on, ...

[@aa-cp2lz]

bernie and aoc are centrists in europe so what do you mean?

[@NotDaveGahan]

a a Bernie and AOC are NOT considered centrist in Europe or anywhere else lol. They’re just not considered as that far in the left as they are in the States, as some of the things they advocate for are already normalized in Western Europe (i.e socialized healthcare), but they’re still left.

[@adrienrenaux6211]

@@aa-cp2lz No, Roldie explained it very well. All I mean is that the word liberal can mean different ideologies in different political contexts. The ideas of the belgian liberals are different from the american liberals, that's why I think trying to give a firm universal definition of the word really does not make sense.

[@user-yl4lf9mh1w]

@@aa-cp2lz It means that this idiot has been brainwashed from an early age to be "conservative"

[@hakim6158]

It's also very relative. In my country I'm a tree hugging infidel hippy. In America I'd be considered a right wing nut.

[@JJMcCullough]

What are your specific views?

[@hakim6158]

I'm secular and pro free speech and gay rights which makes me the enemy in my country. But I'm also pro corporation and into lower taxes and western post-modernism scares me so I guess I'd be leaning to the right in the US for example.

[@hakim6158]

@Osman Oglu the status quo is Islam .. I'm pretty sure being against it is grounds for an infidelhood case

[@hakim6158]

@@JJMcCullough You can look at Osman's comments to get my point.

[@marc4237]

Pro-gay in the grand scheme of things isn't "common sense". Gays can/will harm society in the long run if too many exist.

[@joshogden3105]

I liked the idea you mentioned about gratitude and how that goes hand-in-hand with a desire to help people who haven’t had the opportunities you’ve had be able to have those opportunities. Most traditions became that way because they work, including the tradition of forming a stable, supportive family. When that doesn’t work out for people, it causes a lot of heartbreak, and it’s an eternal effort both to help people see the value in those foundations and for us all to learn how to establish those in our own lives based on our own personalities, abilities and interests.

[@CbobOnTheCob]

Great comments section full of civility. I wish we could be like this more often.

[@davidcoaker274]

This is probably my favorite J.J video

[@BrentCubZeez]

I've always had a very conservative personality, even when I was a leftist economically. I've always been very family oriented and was raised in a Christian household so I guess that's got something to do with it.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

TheRamenNoodle Lion My god if you were French the National Rally would frickin love you

[@coldpizza8180]

gday cubzee i have been leftist all my life i adore jesus and his love unfortunately we divide ourselves with religion. I am sure Jesus would not want that.

[@coldpizza8180]

@@jk59627 hey joshua, thank you for your thoughts. Read jesus's words , in the New testament. Make up your own mind and dont listen to hierarchy. I can recommend a book: The Last Temptation of Christ It transformed me, i understood Jesus for the first time ,without patriarchy and hyper structures enforced upon me

[@desecrator8979]

@@jk59627 Extreme Christian's? So Christian's that fallow the bible?

[@colonelb]

There's a good software metaphor that you can see with apps on your phone. Problems are fixed, improvements are made, and then they get downloaded to your phone. You don't want to NEVER get updates, because then you miss out on the new features, and things that are broken don't get fixed. But, you also don't want to get new updates every day, that'd take away too much from the time you want to spend actually using your phone. So you need to have BOTH viewpoints and to ask BOTH sets of questions, "What is going well that we want to keep going well?" and "What isn't going well that we want to improve?". And in our political system (in the US at least), the conservatives tend to be more interested in "What is going well that we want to keep going well?" and the liberals tend to be more interested in "What isn't going well that we want to improve?" And here's the rub: YOU NEED BOTH! What is SUPPOSED to happen is that conservatives and liberals sit down and talk respectfully like adults and work together to figure out what is "the right amount of updates", and which things are "the most important to update". The sad thing is that seems to be getting less and less the reality, which is unfortunate.

[@TheKewlPerson]

I consider myself in the middle (I agree with some conservative ideas like pro-police and authority, but disagree with others like climate change), and I agree with this video 100%. I do think some modern conservatives are just trying to be rebels and are tired of being told what to think by things like modern media.

[@Blake-dm8hw]

Most conservatives believe climate change I know I do because it’s pretty obvious

[@Debre.]

@@Blake-dm8hw Not in the United States. :/

[@littlebylitttle5866]

I'm a believer in Climate Change, but believe that there still so much we don't know about rather the Earth is warming or cooling. I read a article a while ago that claim that the ocean was cooling and the Arctic see a drop in temperature. Also couple months ago another article reveals that scientists find a error in measuring the change of the ocean temperature over the years (which I don't know how you can get that wrong, unless it including temperature that wasn't recorded pre-modern age, which in itself should be taken with a grain of salt). Also the amount of people that smerk at others for ridiculous claims (oh it snowing outside, that mean climate change is a myth) but then will do the same something when a heat wave or a hurricane hit a coast (this place never been warm before, that mean climate change is real).

[@DiMacky24]

I'm a conservative because I am distrustful of authority and the police. Being from a religious minority in a left wing state we saw a lot of suspicion and policing overreach in our lives simply because we homeschooled (not trusting public education), and we dressed differently and held more traditionalist views. My mother is from an Amerindian family that had been destroyed by welfare, her siblings never got jobs and lived a life a criminality because welfare enabled them to do so. And so, even though my family was poor, she rejected all government handouts and to this day, though I did not grow up with the best food, or clothes, or housing, I believe lacking that and knowing all that we had was earned, built character in myself. Within one generation, my mother brought herself from generations of poverty and drunkeness to having all her children be gainfully employed and... well not wealthy we are all upper lower class or lower middle class, but we have earned everything we have. Looking at our cousins who got the "better childhood" through welfare, they are prostitutes, drug dealers, and can't hold down a job. I want that kind of freedom for everyone who is able-bodied, to know that they earned their living, and not rely on the government. That is why I am conservative, because my mother's conservative values brought my family out of squalor.

[@emil5111]

@@Debre. Most conservatives in the US believe in climate change. We just dont believe humans are the main factor in it.

[@blairlohnes8103]

I remember asking the question "when did being a conservative become being a rebel?" back in 2012... Thanks for your answer.

[@noobz150]

Back when liberals called us a nazi,racist and many other things for no reason.

[@ratanatomy8929]

@@noobz150 "for no reason"? I would never claim that all conservatives are nazis/racist but it's a fact that people within those categories tend to be conservative (if we're talking about America).

[@jake3736]

@@ratanatomy8929 they said that Mitt Romney wanted to "put y'all back in chains". I'm sorry, but you can call out the fringes of the party all you want but to call Mitt Romney a racist segregationist when he is clearly not that is ridiculous and was a personal attack against every conservative in America. So yes, leftists do attack moderate conservatives for no reason. This racism narrative only seeks to divide the parties to the point where both sides have 0 trust in eachother.

[@simonkoeman3310]

@lil wagner the very left leaning government

[@redicd6857]

@@ratanatomy8929 nazis and racists aren’t conservatives they aren nazis and racist conservatism isn’t tied in with tjose

[@liamdesai3551]

As a fairly “liberal-democrat” by the US standards, I found this video really quite eloquent and insightful. Keep up the good work!

[@tiuhti__]

Hearing you generally define a liberal made me think about how differently I think about the left wing than what you said. I am pretty similar to conservatives because I think at the moment I have it pretty good and I obviously don't want that to change, but I'm still a liberal because I recognize that not everyone has a similar situation to mine and we should help them and their place in society.

[@barstar888]

His definition of a liberal isn’t correct though and his definition of a conservative is a half truth. Being a liberal or progressive doesn’t mean your opposed to all things currently in place it means ensuring that the current system in place recognizes that all social classes, ethnicities, religions and sex/gender get the same rights as those who’ve always had them. It’s like gay people always existed but it’s only with progress the system now recognizes them (in terms of rights afforded to others). That didn’t happen because people at large somehow developed a conscious, it took activism over decades fighting for basic rights against “conservatism”. Governments for decades didn’t recognize certain civil rights for homosexuals, ethnic minorities and so on and that fight took progress so its disingenuous to ignore that it’s has been the status quo (conservative) position in the 100 plus year political system that basically ignored and actively worked against marginalized groups. He’s painting conservatism as some baseline for all things accepted when in fact it’s literally the opposite if you have any semblance of history. Change is inevitable and it’s conservatism that attempts to stop it or in many instances tries to regress it.

[@kira3835]

That's what I was thinking. His descriptions of "liberal" and "conservative" seem very watered down. I grew up in a white middle class home in Canada just like him, and I'm extremely grateful and believe I have an awesome life. But like you said, I know that's not the case for everyone, and I believe in government-funded programs to help individuals who aren't as lucky as I am. I also thought what he was saying about authority was *heavily* biased. I've never seen a correlation between respect for authority in general and political alignment. I wonder if he thinks this because Harper was PM for a long time when he would have been developing most of his ideas, so "respecting" Harper's authority would have been a lot more common among the conservatives, i.e. his own party.

[@outrageddeer2101]

@@barstar888 well something ad abstract as politics is hard to express to the point while the political compass is the most reliable it's still very inaccurate and that is no more evident than the liberal conservative devide

[@kifird23]

I'm a conservative. I was raised in a religious household, that had a "meh stance on politics" I found my political ideology after going through a entirely socialist phase (NDP, Bernie Sanders, etc.) Came back after seeing what happened to Canada with Trudeau, and the recent tax hikes in BC with the NDP in power. I also looked into conservatism more and more, and with the help of your videos I have found my ground.

[@Jack-iv1ed]

kifird well as a social democrat myself I heavily dislike trudeau and the canadian liberals so I dont think you have to be tied to an ideology and support everyone whos „on your side“

[@gabbar51ngh]

You don't even have to be religious to be conservative. However I was more interested in how the government functions and went from conservative to libertarian because of Austrian economics. Conservatism still has lot of government meddling.

[@markeyonethousand]

But the Liberal Party and the NDP aren’t socialists lol.

[@bluepurplepink]

Bernie Sanders is a center-left by most standards

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

@@bluepurplepink not by most standards, but by the most accurate standard which measures the economic axis from full communism to unaltered capitalism.

[@mjr_schneider]

I wouldn't self-identify as a conservative, but I certainly wouldn't call myself left-wing either. I was born into a happy, stable, left-wing family and I held my family's political views until I was about 16 (which was about 3 years ago) when I realised I'd never decided what I believe for myself. I decided that, at heart, I'm really somewhat socially right-wing (if not fiscally) but I don't really want to go all the way. I think my views are entirely down to my personality and the way I was raised, but ultimately I think everyone's are. No one's politics are really objective, they're just reflections of who we are.

[@pie4strength417]

Another excellent video. I Don't like telling people that I think of myself as conservative because it comes with the baggage of the big tent that goes by the same name.

[@bradypostma5167]

Sounds like my situation. I love the slow incremental reform, straight arrow morals kind of conservatism, but most self-described conservatives don't agree.

[@t6amygdala]

I grew up in a similar house and also hate ungratefulness but thinking that being unsatisfied with the world or “rebellious” is being ungrateful is very ignorant because I didn’t mention one other detail, im also an anarchist

[@M_Faraday]

This is a really interesting and well-reasoned video.

[@corlys6372]

Despite being a Social democrat I have a lot of respect for traditionalist, pragmatic conservatives such as yourself. You would be a very good Politician and truly pragmatic political ideas such as the ones you have are quite hard to find these days.

[@JJMcCullough]

You are very kind!

[@daydodog]

I think it's very easy to trick oneself into thinking that one's own beliefs and actions are purely rational, while believing that those of others are irrational.

[@KarlSnarks]

That's why I can appreciate JJ's videos despite probably disagreeing with him on many things. He gets that his opinions (and everyone's opinions) is also shaped by their socio-economical background, life experiences and personality.

[@ProgressOnly]

So I started up in Michigan in a GOP household, being part of the white evangelical movement, and told that America is the best place in the world. I e en was coerced to go to a nearby university that is supported by groups backed by the DeVos family. During my time in that school, and in my work experiences after, I found that almost nothing I was taught matched the reality of most Americans. I then figured out that the Democrats weren't hellbent on turning the USA into a communist utopia, but that actually the Democrats are also fairly right wing. We still don't have even a semblance of organized healthcare, our infrastructure is crumbling, and income inequality is growing at some of the fastest rates in the world. After Trump won, I decided to rub as a write in candidate for our city's charter commission and won a seat. On there I was the only one of the nine that wasn't a member of a political party but I found that in local politics both parties wanted to keep the status quo to benefit themselves. It was at this point that I determined I needed much more radical means to push actual politics closer to what the masses of America actually wanted. The election of "the squad" exposed to me how little people on America's "left" really want to fight for ideas as even when they take the popular stance on issues they get railed on by media, their party colleagues and of course their political opposition. I can not sit back and accept a status quo of Americans falling further and further behind. We need fundamental change, and the American people support the ideas but cling to their tribes.

[@PissedOffKristov]

I'm conservative. I like everybody, but not you.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

This just goes to show how far the American conservative faction has radicalized. If American conservatives were like Canadian conservatives I could see some work getting done a middle ground being found. Politics could be more theoretical and less life and death.

[@mckevin229]

Crystal Wolcott the problem comes from both sides, the left is just as unmoving and unapologetic as the right is

[@crystalwolcott4744]

@@mckevin229 Yes but the right are literal nazis in America. They are killing hundreds of thousands of people. The left just wants fucking free health care. Jesus.

[@mckevin229]

Crystal Wolcott imagine thinking that the other sides are literal nazis just because you disagree with them, get a grip dude seriously

[@carltheturtle8465]

@@mckevin229 the us litterally has secret police and concentration camps

[@sonicrusher64]

I'm a conservative and I believe that everyone would agree on one thing that we should all do. Don't be an asshole towards other people. It's simple, but people forget about that so easily.

[@DevilJin01]

Unfortunately not being an asshole isn't what sells politics. It's the assholes that make politics fun for the people who otherwise think they're boring.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

Assholes would disagree.

[@MauroEnfermoDeLepra]

Denying people access to affordable healthcare, social housing and unemployment are kinda being an ashhole

[@fredsystra7584]

@@MauroEnfermoDeLepra cringe comment, We all want everyone to succeed conservative or liberal… it’s the approach to helping people succeed that we disagree on. If we’re gonna go down the road of helping people… I’ve never seen as many homeless people in my hometown then I have in the last 3/4 years…. Homlessness has at least doubled in my community. And we’ve been under liberals the last 5.5 years

[@omarfatman]

I really enjoyed this video! The ugly side of modern conservatism in today's political discourse. People who are aligning with conservative parties are saying vile things and insulting people all over the interwebs just for the sake of it. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should!

[@4633-c1t]

Ya but the problem is the second you try and take that ability for them to be a dick away you become worse in my eyes.

[@MrGeoxen]

"Conservatism is Progressivism driving the speed limit." - Michael Malice

[@JJMcCullough]

Is that good or bad?

[@MrGeoxen]

@@JJMcCullough It is particularly bad for those that are politically dependant on Conservatives for a political voice. Especially when Conservatives capitulate to Progressives by following William F Buckley Jr in his merely yelling stop. Before long the Progressives of today will be the Conservatives of 3 years from now. Conservatives have no political backbone for fear of losing votes, which is why you won't see Conservatives call for the end of Public Healthcare, or Socialised Security. Especially as it pertains to Canada with the CPC being no more than Liberal-lite.

[@JJMcCullough]

Aaron Clark I suppose it depends what you think the end goal of conservatism is. I don’t think any conservative argues that nothing should ever change ever, so saying that conservatives favour slower change than progressives isn’t that much of a burn.

[@declannewton2556]

@@JJMcCullough Then what is the point of conservatism then? If you are going to cave in every issue eventually and accept it as "natural change", you failed in your premise if conserving anything.

[@JJMcCullough]

Declan Newton-Maharaj Here’s an example. “Democracy” as we understand it, has changed a lot over the centuries. Women and people of color, for instance, can now vote. I would say that a reform of this sort has helped preserve and strengthen democracy. We have conserved and strengthened the validity of our democratic system of government by making it more inclusive.

[@VincentvanFlow]

I think it's hard for me to every identify as a conservative, even if I'm pretty moderate and agree with the idea of preserving a system that at least functions. I grew up in a town in the northern US where being "conservative" basically meant you were a literal member of the actually active KKK chapter in the area, or in their social circle, while being "liberal" meant at the very least that you believed not all black people were n-words, or God forbid that you were an atheist lol. People who don't leave towns like that get eaten by them. That experience definitely shapes how I self identify. I don't know how common an experience this outside of the deep south. Is this sort of childhood experience even much of a thing in Canada? Do you think the line dividing centrist from conservative in Canada is in a different from that line in America?

[@darrinb1972]

I've been binge-ing on your videos (and read a few of your columns) over the holidays, and have been struck by just how uniquely insightful, self-aware, entertaining, measured and fair you are. This comes from an American liberal who's ten years your senior, consumes a lot of political content and even co-founded a non-profit to fight "conservative misinformation". While reading some Max Boot back-columns tonight, I ran across this quote that made me think of you of, thought I would share because it seemed -- at least to me -- that it captures the vision of conservatism I've sensed watching you. I hope one day my own country can have a center-right political party again more in line with your values and humility. ... “To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to Utopian bliss.” -- Michael Oakeshott (1901 - 1990)

[@TugsP]

I wanted to say I thank you for being honest about the good and bad parts of conservative philosophy. Thank you for addressing the elephant in the room. While we don't necessarily share the same viewpoints, I appreciate you creating a good faith space to have a discussion of both the good and bad points of being conservative.

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@sushdaren2654]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. I'm a conservative myself living in Canada, not a White Christian but share the comfort of the status quo. When I've been bundled up with some of the other people who seem to be on the edge or the fringe, I have always felt wierd..

[@sushdaren2654]

The most annoying issue that I have is, being a minority, most people around me expect me to be 'liberal' and have certain social values which I totally disagree. Each time I have to explain that I believe in conservative values and my opinions are different. I hate being categorized socially and forced to believe in something that I don't.

[@inversion9651]

@@sushdaren2654 I think I might relate to you as a black Muslim Conservative.

[@shalini_sevani]

I can really relate to this, but in the opposite way. I am very religious and I am a leftist liberal. People expect me to be conservative. When I don't hold the views that they expect from me, they can be quite abusive. Even people from my own congregation have been very rude towards me about it.

[@sushdaren2654]

@@shalini_sevani Totally understand what you mean!

[@sushdaren2654]

@@inversion9651 Guess I have company then!

[@Jasonmascelli]

I think that the entire conservative idea of preserving any status quo is fundamentally flawed because as time and people change, so too must our political system and everything underneath it to keep up. The idea of preserving a status quo to me is just blindness to the current evolving reality

[@Jordan64852]

Yeah I gone through a lot of “converting” politically speaking and that’s something I caught on before; the very first conservatives from the French Revolution were against the republic and supported the monarchy because it was the status quo and change can be scary especially if you aren’t literally starving I’m not socialist but I can respect socialists back during world war 1 were fighting for universal healthcare in the United States which is crazy to hear in the 20th century

[@Cybernaut551]

Agreed!

[@msharp6887]

You clearly dont undestand what conservatives want to preserve and why

[@jaasonmiller]

It’s evolution as well. An organism that fails to adapt to its changing environment will soon go extinct.

[@msharp6887]

@@jaasonmiller you don't seems to grasp the fundamental principles of conservative ideology. Conservatives do not reject progress. Quite the opposite. We simply believe that any progress should be natural, organic, and evolve from the positive values and aspects of out society. Conserving those positives is where we got our name. This aligns perfectly with evolution.

[@D-A-K]

I've always identified as a liberal or leftist, though I don't go in for radicalism (I have friends who are true anarchists and advocate armed revolution; that's not me). The way you precisely and calmly describe conservatism gives me hope for political discourse in the future. Here after our most recent election in the U.S. it feels like we have room to breath again and maybe, just maybe, turn political discourse into a discussion of governance and political philosophy, rather than identity, as you do here. Thanks!

[@borisratnik9032]

Damned Hippie!

[@jacqueline1874]

I think the core of conservatism, at least in the US, is the strong emphasis on limited government and personal responsibility. Conservatives are less likely to believe in welfare, but more in family, community, and for some, religion. Very objective video though! Glad I found you.

[@jeffshirton7234]

Yes! Limited government, personal responsibility, and reduction of welfare. Listen to Larry Elder, Candace Owens, or even Barack Obama (A Father's Day presentation at a church when he was still a Senator, IIRC), where they all spoke of the high correlation between father absenteeism (incentivized by welfare) leading to be impoverished, drop out of high school, and end up in prison. "We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it." -- Barack Obama, Apostolic Church of Chicago, June 15, 2008

[@bonda_racing3579]

norman-m [KANDAGAIGO] “A country that’s Gone out of their way stop progress, wealth, education”? What time are you living in? Those type of laws are gone. Theirs buckets of successful blacks in the U.S. Their aren’t any laws on books that prohibits you because of your skin. The U.S prison population is 57% white and 38% black the real reason behind our high incarceration rate because of The war on drugs that made innocent smokers into hard felons. Not because of racism but I understand why you can see as racist because of weed being popular in the black community. -be kind

[@JK-gu3tl]

I'm a person on the right, but I prefer to be called liberal. My politics are aligned with the Old Right (Howard Buffet, Zora Neale Hurston, and Robert Taft). Ron Paul is a hero of mine.

[@phoenixscott001]

It would be called Liberal-Conservatisim, that would be your ideology

[@skylarhillman1455]

@@phoenixscott001 no. Libertarianism

[@phoenixscott001]

@@skylarhillman1455 That is pretty much what I meant, thanks for correcting me.

[@beebarfthebard]

I used to be a "socialist Democrat" but in 2015, I just started realizing I was lying to myself about a lot I believed. Like economical things I actually knew nothing about but would bloviate to people and parrot talking points. I started reading philosophy and learning about America's enlightenment and I don't know that I'm a conservative especially, but I do get called right wing (among other things) a lot for understanding where a lot of people are coming from. It's possible to be empathetic as well as disagree. The older I get, the more conservative I feel, but it doesn't align well wuth ben Shapiro, though he does make me laugh sometimes. I sometimes say I'm libertarian, but that's silly too. I am a political hobo I spose.

[@shadedoom1261]

What's really interesting is that libertarianism was originally a left wing ideology, that was admittedly stolen by the right wing. Murray Rothbard, a prominent economist from the Austrian school, admitted this in the mid 1970s around the time the modern right wing Libertarian Party was founded, though his book wasn't published until 2007. But the first use of the word "libertarian" as a personal political identifier was by Joseph Déjacque, a french socialist anarchist, in 1847. Basically the original left wing libertarians, in an extremely simple sense to put it, believe that personal liberty and voluntary association cannot be maximized without removing the tyranny of private enterprise as well as state tyranny, and to this effect, that we should engage in practices like workplace democratization. Labor unions are actually kind of the first step on this path, as they embody the most successful form thus far of trying to equalize or make more equitable the standing of the laborer in relation to the executive/corporatist.

[@jamestrueblood1990]

I was conservative who flipped after seeing the rise of corporatism in the US. I like capitalism but it needs modifications to ensure its survival going forward or I fear you’ll see it collapse or become a failed corporate state in the future. I found that if people aren’t being exploited it’s very easy to vote conservative if you have something to protect but if you have nothing to lose it’s very easy to go the other way in millennials have massive debt and poor prospects couples with rising costs without adjustments to wages. I just don’t see that being good for capitalism going forward left untreated in the United States but boomers don’t seem to care because they will be dead before sh- hits the fan. My personality I’m a Virgo so I appreciate order structure and I do not like chaos. I was in the military which I excelled in because of the order structure attention to detail and the rules which plays into my political beliefs but only when I Have faith in the people I’m listening to and I have to have respect for them which is something that the military does well not so much on the civilian side of things I’ve noticed since transitioning out.

[@piecekeeper5317]

Voters need to see past themselves and their own *perceived* interests. At least care about their own grandchildren's lives, if not the nation as a whole.

[@cerebraldreams4738]

@@piecekeeper5317 - I agree. We need to think about the kind of society we're leaving for the next generation, and doing so can lead to some VERY different viewpoints on political matters. Instead it seems like even thinking two or three years ahead is too much to ask for.

[@Autconscipatheonive]

You used the word Corporatism in the wrong way

[@MiguelThinks]

Its simply one of those "only if it happens to me" type of situations. Not to knock on conservatives so much but, this tends to be what happens when they benefit from the status quo. They'd be the same people centuries ago who thought this was the best of all possible worlds. They dont think in paradigms, or possible alternatives.

[@daholyspirit2783]

Miguel Draws No conservative means sticking to the status quo of leaving things the way they are in terms of a FREE DEMOCRATIC country if we were in Cuba under communism we would not say to leave things the way they are because that’s not the government we believe should stay the same we want things to stay the same in terms of the modern western government DEMOCRACY CAPITALISM PERSONAL FREEDOM AND LIBERTY etc unless it’s a communistic type government

[@IAmCreatureMedia]

Hey, whats up? I grew up mostly in Victoria, BC and I didnt really have a view on politics aside from understanding racial bias and being an immigrant along with my parents. I grew up there safely and enjoyed the perks of being a citizen that I didnt fully understand. It wasn't until moving to Toronto (a very culturally diverse city) where I realized how enraging it was to be more outwardly met with racial bias and being labelled "white washed" which forced me to learn more about politics and history of discrimination. I would hear a lot about it from American news in an African-American point of view which I couldn't fully relate with (being an African-Canadian by choice and not slavery). I was always rebellious towards many traditional views and was known in high school for speaking out on black, LGBTQ, intersex, atheist, secular, first nations, and basically any situation where someone was demeaning someone else based on their beliefs. as an Atheist, I defended Muslim students from someone that compared them to ISIS not bc. I agreed or disagreed but I felt their were better ways of conversing. I've always held my own opinion regardless if it was popular or not. I did considered myself a Liberal bc the social issues I defended were always attacked in the media by conservative people (the ones that dont always make sense and so clearly speak in pools of "us" and "them" and rivers of subtle discriminatory behaviour. However, as I grew older and went into University for global health, I found myself thinking about how to fix the global social discriminates of health in more "conservative" ways and was met with more and more "liberal" disagreement. To me, the ways seemed harsher but had more realistic and likely outcomes, because politics is complicated. I realized I hold conservative views bc I respect facts over feelings, and statistics over baseless options and hard work over (unneeded) handouts. I like that conservatives seem to get things done (even if I dont agree with what was done). As a black African-Canadian, bisexual, atheist, I'm tired of being seen as other or victim. I like that instead of constant protesting there was a system to be used to change the laws instead of breaking them. it would only be an issue if I or anyone wouldn't get that chance based on physical, social, religious etc. attributes. However, I do believe that there are many things still needing more work in our society. Being black and trusting/respecting authority is a stretch but I do respect that there is a safety system in place. I like socialist views but only to a point where it becomes difficult to differentiate between socialites and thus counties laws vs. global social issues. I like laws; laws that rule over everyone equally. But then there still many laws rooted in very outdated mindsets and cause problems and harm to certain groups of people... _sigh_ *tbh idk.* I have more questions than answers after writing this. I guess, I'm one of those weird hybrid conservatives you mentioned … or something.

[@sidney4022]

Everybody that you meet has an original point of view. Sometimes it is impossible to precisely define one's identity. It takes all kinds of people to make a world.

[@TotoDG]

Here in Australia, the “Liberal” Party is actually fairly right-wing. So I *shudder* to think of who the Conservative Party might be.

[@thumblads8714]

Our liberal party are conservatives, while Labor is our liberals, it's just the names are weird

[@TotoDG]

I know. I live in Australia. I assumed saying “here in Australia” would make that clear.

[@CallanKilderry]

Literally Cory Bernardi

[@aaronklingler8171]

if the liberal party of Australia is conservative then who is the prominent left-wing party in the country

[@patrickcorbo]

@@TotoDG The other dude is right just because they are not called the conservative party doesn't make them any less conservative then your typical conservative party however our far right party is One Nation FWIW.

[@kafal6158]

i feel like McCullough is reading these comments realizing his viewers are mostly left wing

[@Plainsburner]

I have been recommended his videos quite frequently, as someone who sorta leans conservative but I don't really identify myself as such. I find that he does hold conservative values, but also is willing to sacrifice these values for social cohesion. That's fine if it is what you believe, but I think he will soon find that his whole world view has been burnt to ashes around him.

[@sahirde]

@@Plainsburner you must be one of the "Horgan is communist" types... Nothing about his worldview is too outdated or subjective. We still live in the same old neoliberal west

[@Plainsburner]

@@sahirde I'm not one to call just anyone a communist, Horgan is definitely no communist but is also everything wrong with modern politicians. Praising government bloat, centralizing power, and increasing authority within his department. With a sprinkling of woke bullshit on top. His policies causing massive income disparity, but the solution is more of the same just bigger.

[@therepublicofamerica716]

I'm a classical Liberal, modern Liberalism is disgusting and needs to be stoped immediately.

[@ecta9604]

Ah yes, classical liberalism. I too am a classical liberal and yearn for the good ol’ classically liberal days of 1853…wait, why are you calling me a conservative?

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

I'm a conservative in the realm of ben shapiro and I really love your videos. Thanks for having a nice discussion about this. Very interesting and well done.

[@Sauce_E9]

bro you just posted cringe

[@aidanpatman-clark7131]

@@Sauce_E9 what? How?

[@hustle6850]

@@aidanpatman-clark7131 by associating yourself with ben shapiro in any way

[@718junius]

@@hustle6850 why do you people hate ben shapiro so much.

[@DeathBone4656]

Ben Shapiro at least most of the time when he is not worked up,is a good voice in the conservative realm,He explains why Israel is good,abortion is bad,guns are good,China is bad

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

I am on the left and ive been trying to find a right wing KZbin channel that is actually reasonable (which has been quite hard considering people like steven crowder ben shapiro and alex Jones exist) Thanks for existing :)

[@alisonkennedy730]

Technolocic As a right-winger I’ve been looking for a good left wing channel that is reasonable! Is there one you could recommend?

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

@@alisonkennedy730 i think secular talk is pretty goos

[@alisonkennedy730]

Technolocic Thanks!

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

@@alisonkennedy730 :)

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

I like Alex Jones's energy. He seems like he actually cares about what he is saying. I respect both him and JJ.

[@wofi784]

I consider myself a conservative too, and I find this video very interesting and well-produced. Great job!

[@glenntilson6509]

Thanks for spelling it out from your perspective. I grew up with a conservative dad and a (mostly-)liberal mom so it's interesting to hear from this mostly-lefty.

[@tobiaspellondou5907]

Just love your political analysis and views of so many things, often simple things, even though I'm pretty much on the opposite spectrum

[@audiobooksproject4829]

Everyone needs to read Pat Buchanan's book The Death of the West to know what real conservatism is. I recorded an audiobook version of it, available on my channel. The term conservatism is often misused these days.

[@jacquesy2520]

I was very much left wing when I was younger, and moved to a more right-leaning position, but very differently to the odd rebellious 'conservatives' you described. In my head, young me was very disappointed that I wasn't popular and wealthy and all that jazz, but blamed society for what I now know were my own failings. That came with a strong personality shift that happened as I aged. I realised as I got older that I was the person causing my problems and the only person who could solve them (still haven't finished and never will finish solving them). I think that may be a shift in perspective that former left-wing rightists that you see online haven't gone through, which is why they blame all society's ills on other people rather than extolling the virtues of individual agency.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Jacques Y Well you know what they say. If you’re conservative when you’re young you have no heart, and if you’re liberal when you told you have no brain

[@jacquesy2520]

@@Edmonton-of2ec yeah there's definitely some truth to that, although I would add that young far left, at least here in the UK (I assume it's similar in other Western countries), is hardly compassionate. There's always been a lot of apologists for barbaric dictators and anti-semites. It definitely came to a head recently with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, where bullying and racism was very much ingrained in that culture. Maybe I ought to add for balance that there are some utterly brainless people on the right of politics...

[@selahanany5645]

@@Edmonton-of2ec i disagree. many of the smartest people in the world are left wing. opinions have nothing to do with inteligence but with priorities.

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

Sela Hanany Christ almighty nobody can take a joke online. It’s DISPARAGING HUMOUR of Boomers and offended millennials. Nothing to do with me

[@selahanany5645]

@@Edmonton-of2ec oh sorry. the other guy said theres a lot of truth in that so i assumed you were serious. sorry.

[@TheNumberOfTheBeast666]

Genuine question, I am a trans person. How am I supposed to understand or sympathize with conservatives when they have repeatedly striped me of basic human rights and continually fight accepting or acknowledging me?

[@travischaikin1626]

Disclaimer, I am not a conservative, and I dont think you should be trying that hard to sympathies with people who treat you like that. But, understanding people is always worthwhile if only to properly talk to them to change their minds. It is important to understand that conservatives have lots of ideas about a lot of things. We (me, you and many others) can confidently say that their position on trans people is wrong, but that doesn't mean all of their ideas are wrong. Sometimes preserving the status quo is good, when things are going well for everyone. Its just that is rarely the case. Very few people fit any ideology perfectly, and you will find many conservatives who do not hold the "conservative" view on trans people, and those are the one you can and should try to understand/sympathize with. Realistically, everyone has some conservative views, and some liberal views, and some views from all over the political spectrum, and it often boils down to what ones you rank as the most important to you. Basically, its the idea that while we cant agree on all things, we can agree on some things. But just because we can find common ground does not make the fight for basic human rights any less pressing and immediate; so, such things often become the sticking point where you cant move on to finding the placed you agree on, until that disagreement is worked out.

[@mo.ka.9661]

What are these basic rights you speak of?

[@JoaoVictor-nl5gp]

Most conservatives nowadays(specially young ones) don't really care about what you do with your own life, they just want their freedom, basic individual rights and way of life respected. And also which rights have been taken from you?

[@travischaikin1626]

@@JoaoVictor-nl5gp Again, I'm not trans, I'm responding to the original commenter, ask them exactly what they are experiencing. Personally I am in a fairly privileged position. So, in terms of rights, my biggest fear is that, as a gay American, the new makeup of the supreme court will take back my right to marry. So, please use the youtube comment system correctly, and ask the first commenter about the rights they are having taken away from them, not the person responding to that statement.

[@tobinstrike910]

Your definition of a conservative sounds like someone who hasn’t taken a deeper look at just how all of the institutions you mention that’s worth preserving effect society. People who think the status quo is worth preserving usually have a very superficial understanding of just how these institutions impact society.