Why Good People Comply with Evil - Daniel Schmachtenberger

[@AfterSkool]

Listen to the full 3.5 hour podcast with Daniel Schmachtenberger - kzbin.info/www/bejne/goTbaZ1uobiYraM This was a profound conversation that made me reevaluate some narratives that I did not know I identified with. Enjoy!

[@JackJackson-NBN]

Can you guys please do a video of John Trudell

[@mellonglass]

3.5 hours of a duopoly, mmm, that is so many holes to fill in the dictionary of corporate words and spells.

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

they aren't good people if they comply with evil in the first place!,,, period.

[@dayamitrasaraswati6276]

@@3rd-eye-neenja563 Good people went feral during COVID.

[@mellonglass]

@@3rd-eye-neenja563 a Hagrid moment.

[@adizzle3349]

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." Frank Herbert

[@downtownbun]

Agreed. I used to fear the death of my granny. It used to wake me shaking uncontrollably in the middle of the night. I resented that fear had such control over me. At that point I decided fear was NOT my master. My employees used to comment that I always appeared to have no fear, I told them "I have fear, I simply will not let it control me, take a deep breath, cause we are going in". Your statement could not have been better worded.

[@Strangedream]

F yeah

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Dune...

[@2swole4u74]

yeah f fear !!!

[@mikemaresca4999]

@@downtownbun That's because they didn't word it... Frank Herbert did... in 1965.

[@abundantharmony]

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Baaaaased...

[@MarvinPowell1]

The sad thing is, most people think they're revolutionaries, when they're just as conformist as everyone else. Try asking someone would they rather be poor but remembered for generations, or rich and forgotten about in ten years, and most would still choose the latter. Conformity leads to a lack of conflict. A lack of conflict leads to an easy life. So most people conform cause it's the easiest thing to do, even though it can sometimes be the most detrimental.

[@danefisher6198]

⁠@@MarvinPowell1so true, don’t rock the boat or you mightn’t like the wave it creates for those in it! It’s really only a solution to more of the same thing, when people colour outside the lines only then can we see what can really take place & what can be created, is sometimes better than what was!

[@shawncoleman8530]

​@@MarvinPowell1 I'm so non-conformist, I don't conform to non-conformity!

[@asdfg49515]

Check what Jesuit made in the dark ages then they were called “holly inquisition”, check out how the same one after the Patel power fail and whah or who caused it the3 collapse, how the same make hole Europe to forbid the Jesuit order. Check out what game they are playing and how everyone could be a Jesuit and spy on everyone and everything, how they make the communist manifesto and how they are the most prominent scientist in the world, how there general “the back pope” is commanding the world from his office. Soon their plan will see the fulfillment and I guarantee you no one will like it, even the richest man of the world will be forced to do what is told to do.

[@mustang4636]

Lol wtf even is based anymore

[@zell6108]

This channel gives me hope that not all humanity is doomed in self-destructive stupidity. This video was amazing. Thank you so much.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

Lots of people, with the advantage of wider perspective and absent some duress, will make a good choice. However, as soon as that choice becomes difficult, 7 of 10 will go along to get along, just to stay in their comfortable doom. I'm an organic farmer that eats what I grow, and I'm here to tell you, there is nothing easy about trying to avoid all the poison.

[@zell6108]

@@upcycle.outdoorsman9629 7 out of 10....that means 3 of 10 are morally sane and prudent...where the heck are these people in my neighborhood because i surely dont see then

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

@@zell6108 Nationwide average in the US. Move out of the 'hood. LOL.

[@MeRiaNevaMynd]

​@@upcycle.outdoorsman9629what a narrow minded thing to say. I don't live "in the hood" yet I can't find the 3 "statistical" people either.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

@@MeRiaNevaMynd California?

[@AcapachVideo]

Not going to lie, I have learned this in Ethics class in my freshman in college. I realized how conformity is diminishing our autonomy! To that, I'd say we fight it!

[@briscuit333]

Shoutout to THAT professor.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

This was a long time ago, right? Ethics classes have given way to gender studies and such now, yes?

[@chiquita683]

This is why the Left tries so hard to assign people to groups so that they lose their individual voice

[@AcapachVideo]

@@upcycle.outdoorsman9629 I have to agree with you! Communities have shifted our thinking.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

@@AcapachVideo I've heard people go as far as to say that ethics is a 'white privilege' ideology. Full on nihilist tribalism.

[@toasty64]

I'm so glad you got Daniel Schmactenberger onto this channel. He's one of the greatest living philosophers

[@rjdestiny-mx4ir]

" there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, the indifference of good men"

[@markrichardson6381]

Not just another kind of evil ~ the worst kind.

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

they're not good men then, are they ?

[@theboombody]

@@markrichardson6381 Maybe that's why God was so angry at lukewarmness in Revelation. He prefers cold to lukewarm.

[@Aztecatl7]

"evil prevails when good men do nothing"

[@erincaitlin1655]

Good persons are NOT indifferent; rather they make a difference in this world ....

[@emerald10005]

This channel is one of the utmost principal examples of a treasure trove of information

[@Shortstacksandticktacks]

A lot of people are sadistic. They have repressed rage and feel unburdened when they get to act out those emotions by harming others.

[@miriamhavard7621]

This is deep!

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

Violence is the voice of the unheard. Notice the connection between violence & suppression of speach...

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@Alpha-ro8sc none of us will ever be heard

[@reikaratnam]

"SAD" -ist

[@KruzzeKing]

So true!

[@MusclesAreMagic]

Schools (Parents really) need to teach this information

[@Dudley-x2c]

No way. We're there for indoctrination only !

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

It is why he named it what he did.

[@SachaPerry-r5l]

This would destroy the purpose of school.

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

The power of words changes the way we act. Please consider this. Whenever you see words implying someone else (schools), change it to I. Apply the same process to Should. Should implies future action...maybe. Change Should to Shall. Example: I shall teach your information.

[@mrmonaco8756]

Schools will never teach you how to think for yourself

[@ashleystyles6888]

My career as an overseas military contractor came to an abrupt end in 2020. It's been a hard lesson. I've learned. I'm on the right side of history now.

[@snix8242]

What a beautiful thing to be able to say

[@MeRiaNevaMynd]

We are glad you are with us now 🙂

[@ashleystyles6888]

@@MeRiaNevaMynd after the horror of what I learned I can't agree to that line of work. A whole lifetime wasted. Oh well. At least I had some adventure in my life.

[@XxSyl]

​@@ashleystyles6888 why? What horror?

[@Holly-jp6vr]

2020 was also a huge revealing to me as well. I’m grateful for it.

[@Dexter01992]

The problem with complying with evil people is not about the chances of what happens if you fight against them. It is the certainty of what will happen to you when they notice you do not side with them any longer once they're established enough.

[@nayeon_twiceimnida1654]

that's why you have to play their game to win. There is something like that in a book called "The Prince". He pretend he's part of these evil people so he can get a top position, then slowly change the structure from there.

[@matthair8324]

​@@nayeon_twiceimnida1654My FIL has difficulty understanding this concept. With regard to a fair percentage of illegal immigrants funneling up from Central America, why they flee their homelands instead of fighting back against the gangland government system. Decent people will always be incapable of superceeding the violent tactics of those that would assume power, even if armed and capable. Thwarting evil by their own tactics ultimately makes you the same as that you wish to destroy. Therefore, the decent folk do the unimaginable, they leave. BTW, we absolutely need a secure border. Yet I shit you not, I'd have an express lane for any willing to cross a thousand miles with naught but a back pack and a pair of sneakers.

[@nayeon_twiceimnida1654]

@@matthair8324 i didn't understand what you're talking about because I'm not American. But I understand the part where you say doing what I comment above will make that person the same as them. Idealisticly we want to change things without having to do that, but in reality that's something really hard to do, even if getting killed wasn't a threat. I think people shouldn't be judged by their action alone, sometime people do bad things even though their intention are well. Would you say a father that has killed someone to defend his daughter a bad person? If there is no other choice to change the structure from the outside and the only way is to change it from within, then I don't think he should be considered a bad person.

[@matthair8324]

@@nayeon_twiceimnida1654 I never meant to depreciate your logic! You're not wrong by any regard, getting people of integrity into positions of power is absolutely the ideal. Be happy you're not in America. I will try to caption the difficulty our peasants see, from the bottom out. Our political system has broken down to what is, essentially, a popularity contest. This being backed by wealth from corporate investors that promise campaign donations for the ability to bypass environmental laws that guarantee the safety of taxpayers. The end result, is that the industry suffers no capital loss, as political donations can be written off as non-profit loss. However, the cost of remediation or loss of property value is simply left to the taxpayers. Ironically, the ones whom pay for the service of the agency responsible for controlling damages incurred by unscrupulous companies. We've already had an uprising. It was almost non-violent. It ended with aggression and detention of protesters by law enforcement (whom were just doing their job) and each one defamed, convicted and incarcerated for maximum penalty. So here we are, history is written by the victorious. The red flag waves just under the large white. This country is headed for reform by violent means, and that's not good for anyone. Even at this moment, they continue to wag the dog. As George Carlin, an American comedian stated, " it's a club, and you're not invited." Meanwhile, legislators profit from collusion in the stock market with those very same corporate listings to which they vote legislation to/against. All while maintaining plausible deniability by third party proxies. Do I judge a man by action alone? No, sir (or mam). I judge a person on the trivial. Whether an individual says excuse me while passing, or holding the door for another. Please and thank you. Those are acknowledgment of common ground, irrespective of intent. I love what the founding fathers stated at the inception and declaration of my countrys ' existence meant. I am one of those refugees, inside my own country. Already bought the land, far enough from society that this hopefully never impacts the remaining years of my life. " Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses." I end this to state: I envy those of a simple life. They do so much with so little, it should shame modern American infrastructure. The pure beauty of coexistence in absolute terms appeals to me in a way that most never comprehend. When I die, I want for only a tree as my plot. Feast on my bones while shading those that need. And wither itself without a mark on this earth, but for the life that springs from that abundance. In the grandstand, I wish for mediocrity and ambivalence among man. It won't be had. The tide is coming in. WWIII is here. These little skirmishes only predict that eventuality. Political leaders will sway the masses just as Pearl Harbor or 9/11 before. Iraq. I am happy for you, wherever you are. I hope the U.S. operations skirt your world. Or that you find yourself elsewhere, before the bombs find you. I have to leave this, at now. I hope you understand the soliloquy.

[@mustang4636]

Didnt you repeat yourself though? Lol? That's basically what you JUST fucking said

[@PatrykKarter]

Please make more of these with Daniel Schmachtenberger! Would love to see the animated version of the part where he says: "Being engaged in activism of different kinds I got to see a factory farm very young. I grew up eating meat without thinking about where it came from while also having dogs, cats and guinea pigs. I loved animals and when I saw the condition of the animals in the factory farm, it was an animal Auschwitz, it was mind blowing unnecessary continuous suffering. I stopped eating meat that day and I started studying everything that I could about factory farming and animal rights. I was nine and that put me into my first deep suicidal phase because if someone was doing that to my dog, if my dog was in that kind of tortured position, I would do anything to stop it, and these were billions of animals that were as sentient as my dog and I didn't know how to stop it but I couldn't know that it was happening and just ignore it and focus on other things and feel okay. I was like: 'I can stop thinking about them but they can't get out of being there, they have no way to get themselves out and maybe since I'm not in there I can get them out.' It could have been just as easy that I was born into that situation with my consciousness or born as a child soldier but fortunately I was born into this situation and that is a blessing that I can take no credit for, but there's an obligation that comes with it, and the obligation is maybe I can do something. I realized that I couldn't kill myself because that didn't get any of the animals out, that didn't save them. So how do I live and just be normal to people in conversations and talk about normal stuff and be focused on whatever my own personal self-centered stuff is while knowing that an infinity of torture is happening and be okay with it? I would have to dissociate completely and that makes me a sociopath in a way, and so I felt like there was no way that I could just have a successful life that didn't require being a sociopath but I couldn't kill myself and so the only answer was that I have to end factory farms and so that got me engaged in activism. And then that showed me the overfishing of the oceans, the destruction of the coral reefs, the deforestation and the destruction of all these things and so it just kept expanding. The benefit of that is, when you really see the suffering in the world deeply enough and you take it in deeply enough that it can never not be with you, it's a antidote to the narcissism that is otherwise ubiquitously conditioned in everybody, to just be focused on me, my desires, my goals, my problems, what do I need, how am I advancing myself, my progress etc. which is just such a horrible prison of a way to be.

[@cestlavegan5793]

@benny-schmidtBruh. What you talking about? This is just a clip from the full convo which covers an array of topics.

[@cestlavegan5793]

@benny-schmidt I did

[@martinsmith2359]

Cowshwitzs

[@adityaprasad465]

Where's that from? I just searched the transcript of their recent 3.5 hr Before Skool episode and couldn't find it.

[@PatrykKarter]

@@adityaprasad465 it's at the 2 hour mark, a few minutes in. 2:04:00

[@annahurtado3136]

Huge admirer of Daniel Schmachtenberger's work. Thank you for this

[@annahurtado3136]

I also think it's interesting to note that the authority figure in the experiment was a scientist.

[@joemadden4160]

In other studies using Milgram's tenets, if the authority figure was referred to as a scientist, the % of compliance increased. We just witnessed billions of people on this planet being inoculated against a virus with EXPERIMENTAL potions...and then they admitted some of these potions were flawed. More akin to lab rats/mice than anything resembling a person.

[@tootricky99]

Agreed, science is not another god to blindly follow.

[@upcycle.outdoorsman9629]

Trust the science or you will get the hose again! 🤣

[@carefulcarpenter]

I made a good comment but as usual, was ignored by those who worship authority figures. At least I have not been censored yet. 😊 Read all the "compliant" flattery comments on this video. 😊

[@steemlenn8797]

@@tootricky99 I am pretty sure you misunderstand science. Because core of science is to not trust it. You have to proof, and even after that things are open to correction. Or in other words: Science is the way to err upwards instead of blindly going in one direction like with faith.

[@Flame-Bright-Cheer]

Hey Daniel my name is Robert I live in Reno Nevada and I just want to give a shout out and let you know that you're after school channel is by far one of my favorite and most profound learning channels in the whole freaking KZbin world thank you so much for your consistent and enlightening

[@markmcarthy596]

Prepare to walk alone when non-conforming. If you’re following what your gut is telling you, and you’ve armed yourself with objective information, you’re on the right path. During lockdowns I stayed true to my gut and was armed with information. Didn’t take it, didn’t get, don’t regret it. Now those who were pointing fingers and bad mouthing have a truth eating them up both physically And mentally. Best wishes for a brighter future

[@Focus293]

We stand together no matter how few of us there are ✊🏿

[@RAZORWIRE202]

real

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

Most of the finger pointers in my lived experience are now perpetually ill or gone.

[@blueskies1237]

Sounds like your blinded by ideology

[@blueskies1237]

@@Focus293 …but some preferred darkness instead of the light because their deeds were ignorance

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

I watched the entire podcast mentioned and was literally glued to every word for the whole 3.5 hours. Highly recommended.

[@templealeshq]

It sounds very simple because it is. All it takes is doing the right thing, right now. Regardless of what everybody else is doing, and then the magic happens, and everybody finds everyone else doing the right thing right now too. Thank you very much for your beautiful work.

[@matthair8324]

I wish it were so simple. Kudos for keeping your guiding light, though. Our social model is based on master and apprentice, and the apprentice will never be allowed to outshine. I know modern society isn't quite so simple, but the adage holds true. Some will cut you down while your back is turned, others will ostracize you for being different. Most are cowards that will always follow the one they fear the most. Burn your faith in humanity, but save the hope for.

[@slobotaigaz9680]

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

[@Marcel-sc5dm]

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

[@annethacker8292]

Thank you so much for this highlighted section of the full podcast. I have been watching Daniel speak on many podcasts for the past year or so and yours is by far the most extensive and from which I have learned the most or perhaps consolidated my learning the most. I am an older person (67) and to hear put into words what I have felt and lived for decades goes such a long way in comforting me and giving me some direction. Bless you both and congrats on your baby on the way...All the best...

[@youtubecensors5419]

Here in Seattle we had Jabartheid. Before the WH started their threats, people here were frantically exploring ways to attack the unjabbed. They kicked everyone out of any organization they could, employers rolled out mandates in their own. Landlords were even attempting to make injection necessary to sign a lease! I work with the public, and for a time, I could count on hearing dozens of people hissing and gleefully bashing anyone who remained uninjected. They wanted ever more controls and punishments. They took to a two tiered society with relish and almost puerile excitement. I am 100% certain that they'd trip over themselves forcing the uninjected into concentration camps if they were given the green light. It was insane, and I'll never see my neighbors the same again.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Mob mentality spreads fast, and is ultimately self-defeating.

[@cloudcity4194]

it's going to be a stunner for you, when you find out you're on the wrong side of history in your thinking... You're going to be like Michael Douglas at the end of Falling Down... confused and puzzled saying, "I'm the bad guy?!?"

[@youtubecensors5419]

@@cloudcity4194 Unfortunately, I've already been 100% vindicated scientifically. Ironically, bleating NPC's like yourself are always the backbone of those on the wrong side of history. All it takes is a tiny bit of effort to understand that, and we learned that 90% of people are too religiously faithful to whatever the TV or the politicians they like tell them. Best of luck to you, little one.

[@cloudcity4194]

@@youtubecensors5419 you're hilarious. Do your really think your attempt at pompous posturing really makes you superior? I bet it does. That's why you're on the wrong side. You enjoy playing in your world of fantasy and constant culture of outrage and conspiracy. Best of luck to you and your echo chamber of misinformation there, simpleton.

[@cloudcity4194]

@@youtubecensors5419 "100% vindicated scientifically". You may want to step outside of your echo chamber and realize any "100% vindication" you've received is just part of the misinformation silo you frequent and is absolutely unequivocally 100% UNTRUE.

[@auntyshakira747]

I know many say negative things about Jehovahs Witnesses, but when I read experiences of JW standing up against the Nazi regime (and promptly being sent to the Concentration Camps or put in front of Firing squads) my respect grew. At the time Teachers and leaders in the community were encouraging everyone to just submit to the Nazi regime, the JW looked crazy for not bowing. But now when we look back, many JW died in the Concentration Camps, many survived, I think of their courage. But for those that submitted to the Nazi regime, when we learn of the Cruel horrifying acts committed and you are now complicit. It's sobering.

[@stankymans]

thanks for making so many awesome videos for people to watch any time

[@AfterSkool]

Glad to be of service 🙏

[@mmnuances]

Absolutely brilliant summary of the situation. If every human could witness this video and understand it with total attention, we might have a shot at mitigating the ongoing collapse.

[@drewcover2864]

Really like Schmachtenberger. More of those like him and fewer self-proclaimed Alchemists plz

[@beenschmokin]

Wish I could thumb up this a thousand times. Daniel is fantastic! Great job drawing it up again to y'all too. Fine Joinery.

[@tuckerbugeater]

he's pure evil

[@briancooper9983]

Whenever I hear about the Milligram experiment, I imagine a meta-experiment in which the scientists are the actual subjects. At what point did they realize that they were causing severe psychological harm to the people they believed were the subjects, even driving them to suicide? And yet they continued to pursue the experiment. "For science."

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Were any of the test subjects driven to suicide?

[@susanmercurio1060]

Most "good people" are rules-followers. "Bad people" (and they aren't all criminals, just people who don't follow the mores) are much more likely to think for themselves.

[@chrismay2298]

We're all somewhere between saint and shithead. No such thing as "good" or "bad" people.

[@c3bhm]

The founding fathers were terrorist insurrectionists.

[@matthair8324]

I like how all the differing ideologies are quiveling about what is allowed taught to their children. Indoctrination occurs over time, and most never see the bigger hamster wheel. It takes a village, as it were. Yet these days parents are teaching their children like Pavlovs dog, while allowing endless hours of mindless content consumption. Now we have that same subset that ate tidepods teaching our youngest generation. Great job mom.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@chrismay2298 says the psychopath

[@MattieBennett]

🎯

[@opossumboyo]

I very much hope that people here listen to Daniel’s message and are curious enough to look into his work, and the work of his colleagues. The viewing base of After Skool is the group who needs to learn from philosophers like this the most

[@ralkyrie8799]

Always grateful when I see you upload a new video. Good topics, detail and the animations really help ALOT. my fiance is not from US and from south asia so the visuals help her so much when we watch these and then I help explain the topics to her. Thank you for the time, effort and dedication you put toward this channel. It dosent go unnoticed. My soon to be born child will be enjoying this channel and its education. When she reaches the age. 😂 🙏👏👏

[@AfterSkool]

Wow Thank you for the kind words. It's always nice to hear how these videos are helping others. Much appreciation.

[@OnePercentBetter]

5:02 Krishnamurti 🩵

[@gaetanomontante5161]

Hello Mark. It is finally great to see the face behind a channel that I have loved forever. The concise, artistic and truthful basis of your messages are such that they truly convey messages of facts and processes that were in front of our noses all along but which we were unable to see. Of course, once something is pointed out to us, then we slap our forehead and say "of course, of course". Yet, a metaphorical infinity of issues and events come across our eyes and ears every hour, every minute (see the cell-phone generation of near-zombies that we are!) and, though we think of ourselves intelligent and smart, we find it extremely difficult to extricate ourselves from the NARRATIVES that have been predisposed for us. What I am saying is that despite my being aware of what you (and DANIEL) just elucidated for us, i bet I will be the first one to STILL fall pray to the intents of that NARRATIVE. Go figure! So the question remains: Is there a way out for us out of this tragedy short a full collapse of our Society with the hope that our survivors may try again and this time do it more successfully? Mark, thank you so very much for your work and for your dedication to your channel.

[@Timtheranger]

So we finally see the extraordinary artist behind these astounding educational video's, thank you Mark

[@lepoetegribouille1532]

"What frightens me is not the oppression of the wicked; it is the indifference of the good." Martin Luther King.

[@Madonnalitta1]

I studied psychology, and I remember learning about the Milgram et al. study on obedience. The Ash study, too. The Prison study is also horrifying. I was genuinely horrified, but the worst thing was not knowing how I'd react. I wanted to think that I'd say no, and I'd demand an end to the experiment. But I couldn't be sure. Then Covid happened. I'm now sure that I'm not a conformist. If I'd lived in Nazi Germany, then I'd probably have been murdered at the same time as The White Rose*. *RIP Sophie Scholl

[@russellambrosini5344]

Saying no to a shot is very very different to being shot!

[@eodmax85]

😂😂😂 those experiments prove nothing. They weren't anything resembling the scientific methodology to make those assertions. And the Prof that made the Stanford Prison Experiment is a known sociopath. He secretly ordered the guards to oppress the prisoners and he encouraged the prisoners to rebel. He was a sadist. Don't believe ANYTHING you hear from "soft sciences." Every hypothesis psych/sociology have come up with are disproven (proved experimentor bias usually) within 30 years. They're crazy themselves. Sorry

[@steemlenn8797]

I (German btw.) am a conformist and believe me, it does not make me feel better.

[@richardvasquez9668]

@@steemlenn8797wow, opened my knowledge perspective a little more on that. Thank you! 😁✌️

[@russellambrosini5344]

@@steemlenn8797 we are all conformist on many levels no one is immune from this fact that's why stop signs work

[@MJA5]

Everything ebbs and flows, every rock gets ground down to sand. Treat your neighbors with kindness and recognize right from wrong without fear.

[@juslooking-tt7lp]

Living through the imposed government, societal restrictions and herd behavior of the COVID 19 epidemic taught me all of this.

[@juanwick8820]

"it's safe and effective" the world's largest human trials

[@c3bhm]

And the election was "free and fair", of course!

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

Won't ever happen

[@YogaPinay]

The ultimate test for humanity. Unfortunately, so many failed.

[@pooheadlou]

@@YogaPinay from our perspective, yes. Maybe not so much otherwise.

[@steveperreira5850]

Correct. Very very few resisted. Many of my friends to you because we are that kind, self-selecting. But most people are automatons

[@HoboGardenerBen]

More Daniel animations please. He's a very clear thinker and explainer and focuses on impirtant difficult stuff. Drawings will help spread more of his ideas. Thanks, be well :)

[@RisingJake]

Little kid grows up in a culture steadily telling him that he is evil, and why. "You are evil," says the school teacher. "I am evil," writes the kid on the blackboard. "We are evil," he says with all his evil friends.

[@tecmissle9256]

There are evil kids

[@chiquita683]

​@@tecmissle9256 they were YT

[@goldenhoneybee8128]

This is exactly what has been, and is being done to innocent White children. And there is no escape. Antiwhiteism is evil

[@mariettawilson9256]

Is it what is constantly fed into us makes us unable to Think For Ourselves and makes us More Complying to What is told to us.! So it Seems!

[@1jaedan]

@@tecmissle9256of course but, you know what he’s implying

[@kirstieperez2704]

Justification is the root of all evil.

[@chad9455]

Your sinful flesh is the root of all evil. Turn to Jesus Christ to be saved.

[@kirstieperez2704]

@chad9455 oh, no thanks, babe. 🫶🏽

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

this needs more upvotes

[@frankxu4795]

What is that logic. Justifying an action happens, AFTER an action where evil already happens, either in reality or in someone's mind. It's not the root, but rather a natural process to cope with the aftermath of doing evil things.

[@kirstieperez2704]

@frankxu4795 If you don't understand nuance then I can't help you. Google is a good start though

[@Tregrense]

In June of 1977 I saw the first Star Wars film at a multiplex theater. Above each ticket windows was the names of a movie being shown. Above all of the windows was a large text "Tickets for all movies are available at all windows." The line to the Star Wars window reached into the distance. No line at all at the other ticket windows. I bought my Star Wars tickets at another window and went inside.

[@Tregrense]

@shamanmakoi6856 Fully 🤯No opening credits! Epic on a big screen.

[@c3bhm]

@@Tregrense Me too. Saw it in the theater as a little kid. To this day it was one of the most profound experiences of my life, because I was so impressionable and it was so epic. It's heart-breaking and infuriating to see what 'the matrix' has done to the franchise. It feels like deliberate defilement to subvert western culture.

[@pipfox7834]

​@shamanmakoi6856 the point was...notice your surroundings. Don't do what everyone else is unthinkingly doing, if you want to avoid problems.

[@kendestine9905]

It’s been years since I’ve seen Daniel. Good to see he’s still on his game.

[@thuggineternal]

So good I had to watch twice. Thank you, we appreciate you After Skool!

[@typeklol5902]

I love your videos! You always make me question my morals and my values. Sometimes just sometimes you change my point of view.

[@AndyMarks-ft6nv]

That's brilliant, everyone need to see it. It's not too late for us to do what we can to change the system thats destroying our one home - a home we share with less and less diverse species we need to keep us alive

[@Lonedeepfox-hq4nk]

There is much work to do to improve the world and ourselves.we all must get on with it.Thank you for helping to show the way.

[@gracielags6826]

Your videos are always so eye opening and educational! Thank you for your work!

[@diegomontoya796]

Never accept a lie.

[@markrichardson6381]

It's done all the time. When the lie becomes the truth and the truth becomes a lie.

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

I’ve been questioning this since I was a child. How can we ever know what we would or wouldn’t do in a given situation without actually being in it? All I can think to do is to consistently question my choices to see if the align with my authentic self and not the self in survival mode.

[@cathybliss3681]

Mark, your animation is wonderful. I watched the whole episode a few weeks ago and I loved it and then I saw your first animation from this talk and I was blown away. Just saw this one. Your drawings and then juxtaposing photos and a picture of you and daniel on the interview - I love this

[@AfterSkool]

Aw thank you!

[@staggerlee3587]

To comply with evil is to do evil. Same thing. See good people do the right thing no matter what

[@ORIGINAL.O.G-j5d]

I find your videos very informative and very cleverly put together. Not only are they fascinating, but the pictures you draw help my brain understand it much better and clearer. Does anyone else think this is a much better way to make videos? Keep up the good work

[@chrisstokie2361]

There's nothing to fear except fear itself.

[@richardvasquez9668]

Right on! Cult of personality

[@OrangeNash]

And cancer.

[@MattieBennett]

Also, spiders.

[@richardvasquez9668]

What about tarantulas?

[@rosep4424]

(I haven't yet heard anyone swear on after skool) fantastic channel and always inspiring and philosophical and so engaging. Life changing and eye opening ideas in each video.

[@alonmadar5419]

Thank you 🙏 Really liked the conversation! I think a lot of what is playing out right now in the fields of mental health research will change things considerably for the human race, since it is with our minds that we make our world, all we need to do is to remove authority, increase autonomy and expand our minds 😁

[@jwestney2859]

Compliant people oppose fission power because some cultural icon (Maybe Jane Fonda 50 years ago?) told them that they should hate it. People are very willing to hate. They feel virtuous because they hate what someone told them to hate. Meanwhile they are opposing abundant energy for 8 billion people on the planet. So sad. So ironic. Civilizations have ended over matters smaller than this. I remain hopeful that we will embrace electrification and solar and wind and batteries and conservation and fission. I remain hopeful. Every day I do what is within my reach toward human progress. So much possibility. 🙏

[@c3bhm]

Word is, the fossil fuel industry has been secretly subsidizing the useful-idiots of the green left to oppose nuclear.

[@colleenmacinnis935]

So clear and amazing. I saw the original talk and doublethink the animation makes it clear to everyone

[@slybri5751]

Massive love from UK 🇬🇧. I strive to do everything differently from the lemmings & sheeple. I dont care for money, just love & the spiritual growth of people. Theres toxic & evil, but deep down its alright, Somewhere theres compassion,love & light. Thankyou for sharing your artistic skills & gifts, Take it to the next level,humans need the lift! 🙉🙈🙊 SPREAD JOY ❤️🌏⭐💚

[@Grzlstx]

Fantastic episode thanks for sharing and putting all the work into this.

[@ilzitek2419]

That was awesome. Thank you. I want to be part of changing the world for the better.

[@Medic6581]

Thanks brother! Much love to you and yours

[@The-Underground-Man]

Absolutely, great video !!! Herd behaviour is the biggest human weakness. Human being is a social creature and there is a strong need to adapt, not being able to adapt leads to suffering. Like everything, this must have negative aspects, herd mentality, sheeps, it's better to adapt even if we're wrong, we can all be wrong together, being a black sheep is much worse.

[@NjH1781]

A favorite quote from Jiddu, which should be etched in stone right now. I recall daily motivation a few years back had similar output, appeared to challenge the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) a little too hard and the whole vid was expunged from YT.

[@LarryDiamond-te3yt]

First Mark, thank you for your service to humanity. You are a true Jedi, a Ranger of the North. You give me hope for humanity. And I want to keep being my best. You are a treasure to humanity. May you walk both in moonlight and sun my friend.

[@AfterSkool]

Thank you for the encouragement. I'm grateful to be of service. May the force be with you!

[@dr.julia-heyakarcic8862]

RE: Milgram and Ashe experiments, our education system beginning at first grade teaches compliance and blind obedience not curiosity not free-thought. There is severe penalty for questioning anything.

[@pipfox7834]

Not in the independent school system, though. There are a few models to choose from

[@n8sterling727]

excellent video as always, really enjoyed this one and thanks for introducing me to Daniel

[@9realitycheck9]

*QUESTION EVERYTHING!*

[@steemlenn8797]

Why should I do that? Why do you get to tell me what I should do?

[@richardvasquez9668]

@@steemlenn8797do you think maybe it would be a good way to learn something new? Or open your mind? Knowledge is actual freedom

[@steemlenn8797]

@@richardvasquez9668 You didn't get the joke so hard, please google "Picard Riker double facepalm". 😜

[@buckkowalzek9745]

So I should question this videos story about wwII?

[@9realitycheck9]

@@buckkowalzek9745 *EVERYTHING!*

[@maxkusmierek5112]

How do you connect with other people who enjoy listening to Daniel? Do you participate in any online communities or offline gatherings?

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Hate is easy, love is difficult. People just lazy

[@tuckerbugeater]

love has been used for tyranny many times

[@ronaldebersole3002]

Your talents are off the chart. Thanks for all your hard work! 😂

[@rayfelts6356]

Your incredibly talented. Loved the content

[@dt3460]

Peter Gabriel wrote a song about the Milgram experiment called 'We do whet were told'. Top song.

[@chiquita683]

Its amazing how quickly people forget history. Who would think in 2024, being anti-genocide would be a spicy take

[@ln9296]

yes, it is alarming how many people support a genocidal jihadist organization

[@charlesbeltington-smythe9229]

The pro-Palestinian side openly call for genocide. Pro-Palestinian = pro-genocide

[@hongry-life]

The people even stand in line for experimental drugs. Why? Because it is free is maybe another reason, besides the herd behavior and fearing or trusting the authorities too much.

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

Yeap.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

History is written by the Victor. People learn the "victim" and "aggressors" are the opposite of who they thought. Germany wasn't even the 100th time.. lol Red hair was targeted for being Jewish during the Spanish inquisition. The demographic changes. Everyone gets a turn being the scapegoat. And people like you gaslight everything so it cant be discussed until it reaches a breaking point. Going to happen over and over.. . And it makes people alot of money.

[@lunzie01]

Awesome video! My favorite book is Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter. Everyone needs to read it (and it was published in 1989!).

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

If i were writing a dystopian account of the last four years, my protagonist would be named Millgram Asch

[@jessewest2109]

Daniel is amazing. Changed my process. John vervaeke too

[@rosangeladeamo493]

Hello Mark!!! Very nice face (gorgeaous😂😂) behind such an amazing initiative! I am from Brazil and your work is just fenomenal! You are an important pillar of my mental health nowadays, in this super crazy world…😂😂😂 THANK YOU FOR creating this GREAT CHANNEL!

[@andrewblack7852]

Dear Mr after skool, I am a huge fan of yours. I am also afflicted with art as life. You have done something here that combines such interesting elements, wow. Cool stuff! Dolcé vita. Imua!

[@Pighway]

I used to deeply invalidate and resent people who fell into harmful ideologies until I realized they just fell for a different flavor of propaganda than me.

[@sawyerahbiesadventuressaa4158]

This may be one of the best!!!

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

Can’t be good if they turn to evil

[@janelliot5643]

I just described something that people are endorsing because big corporations are making it seem good, but it was deleted. My point is that evil is often not recognized as evil until it's too late

[@monicab8176]

You’re doing great things , friend. Blessings to you and yours

[@uhlijohn]

“If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand you acquire a degree of guilt without any doubt. And I think it is imperative to assert opposition and even to some degree, disadvantage and risk, if you want to be judged guilt-free when history judges what is happening.” - Stephen Capos, Hungarian Holocaust Survivor

[@nicknomski8399]

Liked even before it began. The Schmact is the man.

[@C.H4YHWH]

The thought came into my mind; That there are some people, who will watch this edifying video and absolutely hate it.

[@Drroccy97]

Woah bro… was this like a huge revelation for you? Life shattering even?

[@C.H4YHWH]

@@Drroccy97 nah bro I'm just sharing my comment like you and everyone else. The sunshines for everyone. Even catty little men like you. I know I don't know you but I'm certain that you need to go out and get some sun.

[@C.H4YHWH]

@@Drroccy97 No I'll just sharing my comment like you and everybody else. The sun shines for everybody even for catty little men like you.

[@C.H4YHWH]

@cheese-bg1xq I understand that bro I just don't see why people will hate things that lift other people up.

[@pipfox7834]

​@C.H4YHWH best thing is...let it go. Don't waste mind energy on such imponderables 😅

[@CorrinaMcFarlane]

Thank You both!!

[@mustang607]

How many people would be brave enough to say that the shorter line is shorter than the longer line, even though everyone seems to shout that they are a lineophob.

[@jonathanrymer356]

Ah this is amazing. Yet again your content is soo good! Thank you brother

[@r.downgrade5836]

"I don't have the power to change things unless there are others already doing it" is a post-hoc rationalization of simply not being brave.

[@Crumbsoftotailtariansim]

We don’t have to change any thing, we just have to be willing to commit to our values at all costs.

[@bindusharma826]

@@Crumbsoftotailtariansim yes but not everyone will be able to do that. For example , a new set of generation. Those babies won't know a thing about good or bad and would just take in all that bad information and then those will be their 'values'. To not let that happen we must change this ourselves before its ill effects kill us too. " Committing an offense , ofcourse counts as a sin just like supporting it. But not taking action even after you know what is correct is even a larger sin." - Shri Krishna

[@Crumbsoftotailtariansim]

@@bindusharma826 agreed!!! It’s not “not knowing” it’s “not wanting to know.”

[@guilhermealves-np2se]

This was absolutely awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@phoenixpv]

This is why we need a global anarchist movement. Rules but no rulers.

[@bitbucketcynic]

Nobody deserves power over anyone else.

[@badmen1550]

Pipe dream

[@phoenixpv]

@badmen1550 So is every other style of government in which the masses think they’ll have freedom under some authority figure. Monarchy to democracy to communism; people in power acquire more power by taking the rights of the people.

[@GenXamerica]

Did you ever read Lord of the Flies? People need to be responsible civically with governance not “rulers” in order for a society to thrive positively and not regress back to the days of the barbarians. Some spiritual guidance in love doesn’t hurt either to know how to treat one another with respect and kindness.

[@phoenixpv]

The children went to war just like their parents. It wasn’t an argument for governance but an allegory of how our children follow in our footsteps. That’s why the first part of the story was all about explaining the war that was ravaging their country at that time.

[@ElkoJohn]

' 'Brain-washing the population is far easier than convincing them that they have been brain-washed.' ' Mark Twain

[@animoetprudentia2865]

"Nearly 75% of the participants in the conformity experiments went along with the rest of the group at least one time." Be the 25% until it reaches 100. You can do this. You are more powerful than you know.

[@jondspen]

So the 80/20 rule applies here also it appears? Good news then! Evolutionary biologist say in most systems (small Petri dishes or large swaths of Amazon forest), it only takes around 15% of a pressure group in the environment to enact significant change. 15% new tree species, insect, gene mutation, people with a common belief - all it takes is 10-20% united pressure on the system and it will change.

[@manrajmudan2181]

Great work as usual Mark / Afterskool! 🙌🏾🙏🏾

[@pheebsbee1280]

It starts with the first step in the right direction: adopt a rescue pet. ❤

[@pipfox7834]

But first...ask yourself: do I have time, resources etc to look after this pet properly. Vet insurance alone is expensive, where I live.

[@MaryKingsley-py4js]

Two brave intelligent souls; thank you

[@davids2417]

I didn't sell out..I bought in

[@Alex-bs5sd]

Explain?

[@LondonCrusader]

... you're a suspected pureblood. Congrats.

[@janelliot5643]

Language to justify selling out ​@@Alex-bs5sd

[@InfamisMedia]

one & the same

[@markrichardson6381]

Hope, it wasn't to hatred and indifference... they come at a high price.