I'm not a liberal or a Democrat. Try your "whataboutism" on someone else. You're going to have to engage in the content instead of playing team sports sooner or later.
That's the way it should be. Start with observations and evidence, then reason towards a logical conclusion - not the other way around like partisan hacks and flat-earthers do.
@@whatsup3183 Is this the first video you have seen from me? Do you not know where you are? Also, do you think "liberal" and "conservative" are the only two positions on Earth? Are you an American?
@@whatsup3183 You realise more than two political parties exist? You realise conservative/liberal isn't a contrast of opposite sides of political spectrum, as so narrowly defined by mainstream American politics?
Always always? Eh, probably not. This is the party that elected guys like Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. However, since the 50s? Absolutely. Joe McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan were just increasing steps to a party that would eventually put itself over democracy.
This. Make no mistake: the GOP was frothing at the mouth for someone like Trump to come in and shape the Republican Party into a band of Neo-feudalist sycophants. Same reason they love Mitch McConnell.
@Rob E What an overreaction for someone who is not only correct but is literally saying the Republican party puts itself over democracy. I don't really know how that person could've better demonstrated that they don't like the Republican party aside from outright stating that they're fascist and fascism is bad.
Conservatives openly oppose democracy... They scream "Republic" but don't realize that a republic without democracy is a dictatorship by any other name...
As by my experience of being Brazilian, I don't think that's the only thing at play, we voted for our own Trump-like politician and wannabe dictator, just as corrupt and in just an obvious way and we don't have an electoral college, it seems to me like it is a mixture of many variables like inequality, lack of good education, social media, fake news, the truth being harder to find than lies, conspiracy theories being more palatable than the truth and giving simpler answers and so many other things.
@@stealthiscool I feel exactly the same way. Like so horrifyingly and transparently corrupt that I can't believe anyone would want to still live there.
@@stealthiscool Same here. As a foreigner, the worst thing in my nightmare is a fascist America in the middle of 21st century, I don't want to face WWIII (Though looks like we are heading that way with full speed).
that said, I know it IS depressing as hell! I get it. I don't know you, dude, but I took a minute to talk to you, where ever you are in the world, I hope you're well. You mean something. *insert new age gibberish* :) We'll all get through this and the world will keep turning
@@vojislavl6665 This is not only a thing in the USA. Many countries have become more right, authoritarian or downright fascist in recent years. Hungary, Turkey, Poland, Brazil, Myanmar, Phillipines.... There are so many.
Fareed Zakaria wrote a very famous article back at the end of 90s where he explained that democracy was not always the natural way to go for countries to escape their previous authoritarian regimes. The way Russia evolved under the leadership of Putin into a new kind of authoritarian state was a shock for many leaders in the world who thought that the only way to maintain a prosperous economy was to install a liberal system. Farred Zakaria called this evolution: _illiberalism_ , a kind of different route to a modern economy. _Illiberalism_ has become a real issue now with countries such as Hungary, Poland or Turkey. _Illiberalism_ has all the allure of a democracy with a real focus on the popular vote, which the leaders of these countries use as the source of their legitimacy. In these countries, the executive has no counter-powers, the popular vote is sacralized in the same way as _absolutism_ was defined by Louis XIV, who thought that since God had put him in power, his every decision were God's will. In these countries, the opposition is demonized with the help of a constant propaganda, through televisions, news papers and radios. The system is rigged to prevent the party in power to be out-voted by angry voters. It looks a democracy, with elected parliaments, judges and so on so forth, but no one is dupe. I wonder if the US is going a similar route. Voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, many aspect of the political game in the US seems to be rigged to prevent some people from being voted out of office. And when the other party wins fair and square, it is victim to an incredible smearing campaign to contest the legitimacy of its success...
Fareed Zakaria and like minded liberals tend to use the term "illiberal" to not only attack the authoritarianism of the right, but also misrepresent democratic socialists and other left wing positions as being somehow being morally equivalent to the anti-democratic fascism on the right. You're very right to be concerned about right wing authoritarianism, but Zakaria and liberals like him are more interested in protecting the very status quo that leaves us all vulnerable to people like Trump. Liberals don't see that their liberalism has always failed to offer the conditions of freedom and democracy they have always promised.
well, if you know nothing about history, sure, it must be shocking, but tbh, we all know that the economic system has nothing to do with the political system, so this is just baffling to me, how somebody can be shocked about what happend in russia, or in china... but on second thought, who was really shocked?
I was a voter irregularity once - the DMV had misspelled my last name on my voter registration card - but all the other data about me lined up. Voting took an extra 30 minutes.
It's funny you say that because he sounds angry to me, at least at points. Apparently his angry voice is a slightly rougher, but still very soothing voice.
Right? It's like aw man, the tension in my neck is going haywire, and there's a sinking feeling in my stomach... but it's cool. It's all right. I can take a nap.
I am going to die mad that so many people fell for the blatant lies of an obvious grifter like trump. He isn't creative, dynamic, or playing 3D chess, he just says what he wants and people take it as face value and reject all levels of critical thought.
I feel the same. I've lost half of my family & friends to the "new" trumpy foxnews gop lies.. its exhausting... To the point I just have to avoid them for my own mental health.. They live in constant fear & crazy conspiracies
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." ~Hannah Arendt
I mean, most conservatives long for the 50s because those were the good times and conviently ignore the whole rampant racism thing (I mean, why would that matter?) as well as ignoring that the top tax rate was 90% at the time.
@@sarahotto6006 exactly. They want this fictional 1950’s era while refusing to acknowledge the social policies that allowed white Americans to aspire to that life.
@@cspd1151 they don’t ignore them, they just can’t say out loud that they want those policies back. And the most extreme right wingers genuinely want slavery back. They’re not stupid, they know that is the bison they’re after.
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” ― John Kenneth Galbraith
Reminds me of a scene from the Sopranos: Chrissy: “you ever had a feeling nothing good is coming to you?” Paulie: “yea, and nothing did.” That’s American politics.
Your channel's combination of gaming and politics really makes me feel like I could make the content I want to make without it being too convoluted, please keep up the good work!
I honestly can say the same. I'm also looking to start a channel that's a mixture of politics philosophy and my own personal interests. Best of luck on your endeavor!
Me: Look at these 14 characteristics of fascism as determined by historians and political scientists with PhDs, look familiar? Conservatives: Yeah but some of these can be ascribed to democrats as well! Me: Yes, and that is what we in the scientific community like to call A B I G F U C K I N G P R O B L E M
The last couple of minutes of your (excellent) presentation is the critical summation. I feel like I'm in a bus filled with people that's headed towards a very obvious cliff. 40% of the people on the bus are cheering the bus driver on, 40% are busy reading their Twitter and Facebook feeds, and the last 20% of us are screaming as we try to alert the bus driver and everyone else of what's about to happen. Also, the bus's doors and emergency exit are welded shut so you don't even have the option to get off. In other words... s**t's f***ed.
Oh it's only 10% who try to alert the bus driver... the remaining 10% also see that we're heading to a cliff but are trying to blame the immigrants and other minorities on the bus for this and are beating them up.
I just picture the scene from Billy Madison where the O'Doyle family of bullies skid their car on a banana peel and slowly drive over a cliff, chanting "O'Doyle rules!" all the way down
Your videos never fail to be thought-provoking and exceptional in their presentation. I look forward to everything you release. You'll never convince me to pick Voyager over TNG, though.
this is such a brilliant thorough breakdown of all the crazy things that have been happening. your channel never ceases to amaze me, keep up the great work!
Even as someone divorced from the Democratic party, I hate it when they mess up. The immediate conservative response is always "Ha! The Dems were wrong here, which means they're wrong about everything, and are no better than Republicans so we don't have to do anything or think critically about our elected representatives!"
"Useful outsiders (who) can be allowed within the culture but only if they're there to advance the goals of the favoured ingroup, to provide covers for the goals codes within conservative ideology in the United states". They used to call those "useful idiots". "useful idiots".
If inciting this insurection would not encourage Republicans to vote guilty then it is clear that there is NO CRIME they would have voted guilty on. That is terrifying. The fact this man can, and may well, run again after being the largest domestic threat to democracy in the USA is heartbreaking.
10:00 "because conservatism is an inherently selfish ideology." That is why when someone says they were liberal but abandoned liberalism because of over bearing SJW's and political correctness I call bullshit. They never were liberal in the first place. If you're a selfish person you will gravitate naturally toward conservatism. That is where you're comfortable. Being the opposite of conservative requires way too much discomfort for selfish people.
I've had the "pleasure" of reading an opinion piece in Folha de São Paulo, a Brazilian newspaper, in which the writer claimed unless Biden forgo any kind political punishment over Republican actions and try to work with them, the divisiveness and political fighting wouldn't end. Leon's whole video makes that naïve bullcrap seem even more stupid. Unfortunately, with the rise of alt-right populist, divisiveness and political fighting will be our foreseeable future, and we shouldn't fall for calls of unity coming from bad faith actors.
This Is the best explanation of the phenomenon I’ve seen to date. McConnels behaviour really stupefied me but after your explanation it makes perfect sense. Thank you 🙏🏻
The way you include examples of how missing context changes the plausibility of a talking point is especially helpful. Everything about the development of ideas and presentation in these videos is excellent.
Honestly If I become a teacher I would love to use your videos once in awhile for material. Being able to have different sources would really help children. I don't want them to only have one opinion you know. Make sure they know that there is more than one narrative. So they can form their own opinions and not rely on mine so they can become more reliable adults.
honestly! the issue with that line of thought, though, is school boards and state ideals. many parents in red states like my state believe that showing children anything other than their line of thought is indoctrination, no matter how different :/
I have no words for these pst few months. All I must say is that I am very disappointed in our country. Is this the world that I’ll soon be an adult in? Is this the country that I could at literally any time be called up to fight for?
No, but get ready. You’ll soon be fighting the fascists or they will come for you. The war against fascism is far from over and it may very well be the fall of America
A great video. I love how you present your arguments. I have a lot of trouble articulating myself irl and I've used your videos as a template for conversation to much success a handful of times. Greatly appreciated.
Been hoping and waiting for this, from you. Thank you for the immeasurable depths you take us to when you share your astute, thoughtful analyses with us.
I'm glad someone said something about Ted Cruz's siding Trump over his wife. Never respected him, but I was shocked by the lack of backbone to stand by your spouse.
Hello Mr. Renegade Cut, your observation points are informative and realistic as always. I wish I understood why people don't choose logic when politics are considered. I've recently discovered that most children in America do not even understand the history of the Democrats and Republican parties.
To be fair the Supreme Court Justices didn’t go his way. Despite the unqualified nature & outright vile conduct of one people expect them to vote in his favour but thankfully they didn’t. I only hope Roe V Wayde & Gay Marriage isn’t under threat.
Packing the Supreme Court with conservatives is a long term strategy. It will no doubt benefit Republicans for the next 40 years, remember these guys have the position for life, the election fraud claims were so clearly false that it'd be damn right impossible for any judge to keep their credibility if they ruled in favor of it. But in the next 40 years or more, there'll be hundreds of cases that barely make the news but will no doubt shift our Overton window to the right. It would actually be very stupid for the SC to rule in favor of Trump right now, alls that would accomplish is an antifascist backlash that the state isn't ready to combat right now. Think about all the "voter fraud" bills being created by state legislators post 2020 election, up until 2012, they wouldn't have been able to pass those laws without federal supervision but the SC ruled that states with a reputation for voter disenfranchisement of black people no longer need the federal stamp of approval for their election laws. Immediately after that ruling, southern states started passing dubious voter ID laws, it's gonna be a lot worse in the next few years because now the Republicans have a way of justifying these racist laws to their constituents.
I’m heartbroken to report that the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, weakened the Civil Rights Act, and ended affirmative action. It’s horrifying to witness the speed at which the conservative majority is rolling back equality.
Aaaand...I'm hopping mad all over again. If I didn't have 4 kids depending on me, my response to this would be so much different. We've been forced into a position where it seems that the last resort is the only thing that makes sense. The jews said never again. We need to say the same. If this man is allowed to continue doing this, it will never end until he ends. If he meets a violent fate, he becomes a martyr and becomes immortalized. He has to be brought down righteously. The cpac was literally worshipping a golden idol of him. If there was a God, you would think he would treat it like a golden calf. My faith in the greater good has been shaken, but not broken. This man must be stopped, but only by righteous means. He must go to prison. His evil deeds must be brought out into the light, and he must answer for them. If not, we are done. We cannot be a nation of laws that simultaneously allows a man to consistently flaunt the rule of law. My faith is that the wheels of justice will slowly grind away the false image of this man and finally expose the rotten core that most of us can already see. The people who follow him must be shown an undeniable truth that makes it impossible to continue the lie. If justice fails, we are doomed.
I'm afraid he'll go away for a little bit for tax or insurance fraud, crimes his cult won't care about, & he'll come out stronger than before. Unless he's prosecuted for what he did while in office, especially for the 1/6 insurrection (barring Trump from running again via the 14th,) we might be setting up post prison return to politics if he's still healthy enough to.
Even if he dies of a heart attack while taking a shit they'll still call him a martyr and say he was assassinated and use it as an excuse to start some new authoritarian bullshit
Unfortunately, I have no control over that. Only UA-camrs that are not part of a MCN can block certain ads through AdSense, though even that is an imperfect system.
Oh, I don't mind. I laugh because they're paying google, and partly paying you to bark up the wrong tree. Great video. Considering sending it to right-wing family, but I doubt they'll watch it. Also, the ad. I never understood why they hold up the newspaper the entire time. Do they believe it makes them appear legitimate? 😂
god i want to support your channel so badly but at this point it's just compounding my anxiety which i've already been hospitalized for once, leaving a comment and a like for the algorithm tho. out of curiosity, does anyone else feel this way?
Yes! I already have bad anxiety from other things, this does tend to make it worse. But it is good to understand the material conditions, and understand what is ahead. Having constructive thoughts help calm me down. Keep strong!
Likewise Democrats. The majority support neither party. This should rightly be seen a crisis of confidence in US government. Instead it's ignored. As long as the plutocratic oligarchy is secure there's no problem. #AMoreDirectDemocracy ASAP 🖐🖐🖐 ✌😷
Not all 330 million Americans are eligible to vote. About 240 million Americans were eligible to vote in 2020. About 155 million people actually voted (81 million for Biden and 74 million for Trump). So, 30% of eligible voters and 47% of people who actually voted in 2020 voted for Trump.
Good god it all makes me want to vomit with rage. Can we just go ahead and banish McConnell from politics so he can return to his true calling as Cobra Commander?
This is horrible. :( If a small country goes fascist, it's bad, but if the country with the biggest military on Earth does, it's a danger to us all. One can only hope that the non-fascist half of the American people will get radicalized enough to take action when the fascists try to take over completely. But I'm doubtful that this is possible.
I was wondering when you would release something like this, excellent video. A lot of substance, and I’m sure you’re keeping a lot of nastiness for it. Keep up the great work. Anyone want to play with me instead? I’m not a liberal or Dem either, let’s play >:)
People talk as if now that trump is out of office, it's all over and things will "go back to normal." But it seems like this is just laying the groundwork for *something* to happen in a few years. These past few years feel very much like the "background" section of a Wikipedia article...
You pointed out the logical flaws in the election fraud argument. Not from your country, never visited but love your content. You analyse and approach various socially relevant issues from a logical reasoning perspective rather than from an emotional one. Well done!
I also took a break midway through for a nap lol. Hope yours was pleasant; I got woken up by crows that have taken a liking to sitting on a certain dead branch near my window and hurling expletives at passing traffic, which on the one hand, good for them, but on the other...well. At least it made a nice story for a long-winded youtube comment.
Tattoos and bumper stickers never make a good platform for complex ideas that are worth sharing. At best, you can pick or create one condensed statement that can hopefully initiate a constructive conversation.
The courts dude. Holy malarkey does that scare me the most. The originalist interpretation scares me something fierce. Mind you I'm no where near panic or freaking out on Q levels. But holy.. fuck.
I remember watching the TV results in 2016 and telling myself that America had "died" or "went into a coma" when Trump won. I didn't like Hillary either, but the blow-back from Trump's win is what solidified to me that the next 4 years will be hell on Earth. In retrospect, perhaps I was being hyperbolic, but, I wasn't wrong.
Initially, I couldn’t believe that people so opposed to some vague, cherry-picked idea of “government” and obsessed with some archaic notion of “freedom” tried to overthrow said government and install a dictator. After watching your video however, I realized that it makes total sense.
What a sobering video. So sad to see so many people fall for this bullshit, but at some point we have to focus on beating it back rather than empathizing with it.
Meanwhile Britain is going down the toilet due to Bojo (He accelerating it) their has not been an alright pm for a long time( Brown or the earlier serving Major)
I'm not a liberal or a Democrat. Try your "whataboutism" on someone else. You're going to have to engage in the content instead of playing team sports sooner or later.
Yes... yes. Let the hate flow through you.
Ignore those trolls. It's content like this which give me hope in these hard times
That's the way it should be. Start with observations and evidence, then reason towards a logical conclusion - not the other way around like partisan hacks and flat-earthers do.
@@whatsup3183 Is this the first video you have seen from me? Do you not know where you are? Also, do you think "liberal" and "conservative" are the only two positions on Earth? Are you an American?
@@whatsup3183 You realise more than two political parties exist? You realise conservative/liberal isn't a contrast of opposite sides of political spectrum, as so narrowly defined by mainstream American politics?
This was always going to be the Republican Party
Always always? Eh, probably not. This is the party that elected guys like Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. However, since the 50s? Absolutely. Joe McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan were just increasing steps to a party that would eventually put itself over democracy.
Yep. Even when they were against big corporations they still selfishly used LITERAL HUMANS as work animals
This. Make no mistake: the GOP was frothing at the mouth for someone like Trump to come in and shape the Republican Party into a band of Neo-feudalist sycophants.
Same reason they love Mitch McConnell.
@Rob E What an overreaction for someone who is not only correct but is literally saying the Republican party puts itself over democracy. I don't really know how that person could've better demonstrated that they don't like the Republican party aside from outright stating that they're fascist and fascism is bad.
Trump made them comfortable to rip the masks off & now they can't put em back on. We see who they really are.
America needs to get rid of this whole "Electoral College" nonsense as soon as possible. This asinine system is beyond anti-democratic
By design of the founders.
Conservatives openly oppose democracy... They scream "Republic" but don't realize that a republic without democracy is a dictatorship by any other name...
As by my experience of being Brazilian, I don't think that's the only thing at play, we voted for our own Trump-like politician and wannabe dictator, just as corrupt and in just an obvious way and we don't have an electoral college, it seems to me like it is a mixture of many variables like inequality, lack of good education, social media, fake news, the truth being harder to find than lies, conspiracy theories being more palatable than the truth and giving simpler answers and so many other things.
@@bluester7177 Bolsonaro seems far worse, he is a genocidal maniac.
Oh yeah that way the disfunctonal cities can completely dominate the entire country. I'm sure nothing bad would happen then.
Failure to convict Donald Trump doesn’t prove his innocence, it merely substantiates the guilt of the entire GOP.
All it does is cement how corrupt the system is in my eyes as a foreign observer
@@stealthiscool I feel exactly the same way. Like so horrifyingly and transparently corrupt that I can't believe anyone would want to still live there.
@@stealthiscool Same here. As a foreigner, the worst thing in my nightmare is a fascist America in the middle of 21st century, I don't want to face WWIII (Though looks like we are heading that way with full speed).
this was a depressing watch. why is the world such a mess. ugh
that said, I know it IS depressing as hell! I get it. I don't know you, dude, but I took a minute to talk to you, where ever you are in the world, I hope you're well. You mean something. *insert new age gibberish* :) We'll all get through this and the world will keep turning
World? The USA is not the world
@@vojislavl6665 geocentrist America... America needs a nuke
@@vojislavl6665 This is not only a thing in the USA. Many countries have become more right, authoritarian or downright fascist in recent years. Hungary, Turkey, Poland, Brazil, Myanmar, Phillipines.... There are so many.
Fareed Zakaria wrote a very famous article back at the end of 90s where he explained that democracy was not always the natural way to go for countries to escape their previous authoritarian regimes. The way Russia evolved under the leadership of Putin into a new kind of authoritarian state was a shock for many leaders in the world who thought that the only way to maintain a prosperous economy was to install a liberal system. Farred Zakaria called this evolution: _illiberalism_ , a kind of different route to a modern economy. _Illiberalism_ has become a real issue now with countries such as Hungary, Poland or Turkey. _Illiberalism_ has all the allure of a democracy with a real focus on the popular vote, which the leaders of these countries use as the source of their legitimacy. In these countries, the executive has no counter-powers, the popular vote is sacralized in the same way as _absolutism_ was defined by Louis XIV, who thought that since God had put him in power, his every decision were God's will.
In these countries, the opposition is demonized with the help of a constant propaganda, through televisions, news papers and radios. The system is rigged to prevent the party in power to be out-voted by angry voters. It looks a democracy, with elected parliaments, judges and so on so forth, but no one is dupe.
I wonder if the US is going a similar route. Voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, many aspect of the political game in the US seems to be rigged to prevent some people from being voted out of office. And when the other party wins fair and square, it is victim to an incredible smearing campaign to contest the legitimacy of its success...
ditching liberalism entirely would be a good start
Fareed Zakaria and like minded liberals tend to use the term "illiberal" to not only attack the authoritarianism of the right, but also misrepresent democratic socialists and other left wing positions as being somehow being morally equivalent to the anti-democratic fascism on the right.
You're very right to be concerned about right wing authoritarianism, but Zakaria and liberals like him are more interested in protecting the very status quo that leaves us all vulnerable to people like Trump. Liberals don't see that their liberalism has always failed to offer the conditions of freedom and democracy they have always promised.
well, if you know nothing about history, sure, it must be shocking, but tbh, we all know that the economic system has nothing to do with the political system, so this is just baffling to me, how somebody can be shocked about what happend in russia, or in china... but on second thought, who was really shocked?
It’s scary how quickly this just faded to the background...
uuuuuhhhhh.....what did ?
@@johnnyonthespot4375 The impeachment trial
Everything Trump ever does gets fleeting news coverage and mild pushback before disappearing into the void...scary
@@yassharthmanitripathi5980 wooooooosh
That's the sound of his joke going over your head.
I was a voter irregularity once - the DMV had misspelled my last name on my voter registration card - but all the other data about me lined up. Voting took an extra 30 minutes.
your voice is so relaxing despite the scary things you're speaking about
He should do asmr lol.
It's like listening to Attenborough discuss the climate collapse.
I imagine if Bob Ross painted surreal nightmarish hellscapes like that of Bosch or Bezinski it would have a similar vibe. Chill, yet very chilling.
It's funny you say that because he sounds angry to me, at least at points. Apparently his angry voice is a slightly rougher, but still very soothing voice.
Right? It's like aw man, the tension in my neck is going haywire, and there's a sinking feeling in my stomach... but it's cool. It's all right. I can take a nap.
I am going to die mad that so many people fell for the blatant lies of an obvious grifter like trump. He isn't creative, dynamic, or playing 3D chess, he just says what he wants and people take it as face value and reject all levels of critical thought.
I know, it's frightening.
I feel the same. I've lost half of my family & friends to the "new" trumpy foxnews gop lies.. its exhausting...
To the point I just have to avoid them for my own mental health..
They live in constant fear & crazy conspiracies
🙏💯
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists."
~Hannah Arendt
Conservatism is often a longing for an imaginary past that ignores the reality of the present or of that specific past.
I mean, most conservatives long for the 50s because those were the good times and conviently ignore the whole rampant racism thing (I mean, why would that matter?) as well as ignoring that the top tax rate was 90% at the time.
@@sarahotto6006 exactly. They want this fictional 1950’s era while refusing to acknowledge the social policies that allowed white Americans to aspire to that life.
@@cspd1151 they don’t ignore them, they just can’t say out loud that they want those policies back. And the most extreme right wingers genuinely want slavery back. They’re not stupid, they know that is the bison they’re after.
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
― John Kenneth Galbraith
That is a fantastic quote
I must admit, this is a depressing thing to hear. I agree with the message, but it does little to lift my spirits. I guess that's reality for you.
Reminds me of a scene from the Sopranos:
Chrissy: “you ever had a feeling nothing good is coming to you?”
Paulie: “yea, and nothing did.”
That’s American politics.
"Nobody knows impeachment better than me." - Donald J.Trump 🤔
Your channel's combination of gaming and politics really makes me feel like I could make the content I want to make without it being too convoluted, please keep up the good work!
I honestly can say the same. I'm also looking to start a channel that's a mixture of politics philosophy and my own personal interests. Best of luck on your endeavor!
Me: Look at these 14 characteristics of fascism as determined by historians and political scientists with PhDs, look familiar?
Conservatives: Yeah but some of these can be ascribed to democrats as well!
Me: Yes, and that is what we in the scientific community like to call A B I G F U C K I N G P R O B L E M
The last couple of minutes of your (excellent) presentation is the critical summation. I feel like I'm in a bus filled with people that's headed towards a very obvious cliff. 40% of the people on the bus are cheering the bus driver on, 40% are busy reading their Twitter and Facebook feeds, and the last 20% of us are screaming as we try to alert the bus driver and everyone else of what's about to happen. Also, the bus's doors and emergency exit are welded shut so you don't even have the option to get off.
In other words... s**t's f***ed.
That's EXACTLY how I feel... What a great metaphor!
Oh it's only 10% who try to alert the bus driver... the remaining 10% also see that we're heading to a cliff but are trying to blame the immigrants and other minorities on the bus for this and are beating them up.
I just picture the scene from Billy Madison where the O'Doyle family of bullies skid their car on a banana peel and slowly drive over a cliff, chanting "O'Doyle rules!" all the way down
It's an important and well discussed video. The horror of the whole situation is just... hard to stomach.
Your videos never fail to be thought-provoking and exceptional in their presentation. I look forward to everything you release.
You'll never convince me to pick Voyager over TNG, though.
I never said Voyager was better than The Next Generation.
this is such a brilliant thorough breakdown of all the crazy things that have been happening. your channel never ceases to amaze me, keep up the great work!
Even as someone divorced from the Democratic party, I hate it when they mess up. The immediate conservative response is always "Ha! The Dems were wrong here, which means they're wrong about everything, and are no better than Republicans so we don't have to do anything or think critically about our elected representatives!"
"Useful outsiders (who) can be allowed within the culture but only if they're there to advance the goals of the favoured ingroup, to provide covers for the goals codes within conservative ideology in the United states". They used to call those "useful idiots".
"useful idiots".
If inciting this insurection would not encourage Republicans to vote guilty then it is clear that there is NO CRIME they would have voted guilty on. That is terrifying. The fact this man can, and may well, run again after being the largest domestic threat to democracy in the USA is heartbreaking.
10:00 "because conservatism is an inherently selfish ideology." That is why when someone says they were liberal but abandoned liberalism because of over bearing SJW's and political correctness I call bullshit. They never were liberal in the first place. If you're a selfish person you will gravitate naturally toward conservatism. That is where you're comfortable. Being the opposite of conservative requires way too much discomfort for selfish people.
I'm scared that Henry Kissinger was once the most respected person in the US for three years straight.
Good video. The clock is ticking. Socialism or Barbarism. I know which one I want.
I've had the "pleasure" of reading an opinion piece in Folha de São Paulo, a Brazilian newspaper, in which the writer claimed unless Biden forgo any kind political punishment over Republican actions and try to work with them, the divisiveness and political fighting wouldn't end. Leon's whole video makes that naïve bullcrap seem even more stupid. Unfortunately, with the rise of alt-right populist, divisiveness and political fighting will be our foreseeable future, and we shouldn't fall for calls of unity coming from bad faith actors.
This Is the best explanation of the phenomenon I’ve seen to date. McConnels behaviour really stupefied me but after your explanation it makes perfect sense. Thank you 🙏🏻
It was a tad funny to see "Law and Order" pasted over Richard Nixon's face.
The rest of the world has got to see what’s happening here and they have got to be worried.
The way you include examples of how missing context changes the plausibility of a talking point is especially helpful. Everything about the development of ideas and presentation in these videos is excellent.
Honestly If I become a teacher I would love to use your videos once in awhile for material. Being able to have different sources would really help children. I don't want them to only have one opinion you know. Make sure they know that there is more than one narrative. So they can form their own opinions and not rely on mine so they can become more reliable adults.
honestly! the issue with that line of thought, though, is school boards and state ideals. many parents in red states like my state believe that showing children anything other than their line of thought is indoctrination, no matter how different :/
How do we get this video played a CPAC
Ha, if only.
I will always hope for a democratic socialist party in the United States so I can vote for them
The US is more anti-socialism than anti-fascism.
first hope to get rid of the bipartisan system
@@tacoman125 Christ, that's the most painfully accurate description of this country I've ever seen.
I have no words for these pst few months. All I must say is that I am very disappointed in our country. Is this the world that I’ll soon be an adult in? Is this the country that I could at literally any time be called up to fight for?
No, but get ready. You’ll soon be fighting the fascists or they will come for you. The war against fascism is far from over and it may very well be the fall of America
A great video. I love how you present your arguments. I have a lot of trouble articulating myself irl and I've used your videos as a template for conversation to much success a handful of times. Greatly appreciated.
Been hoping and waiting for this, from you. Thank you for the immeasurable depths you take us to when you share your astute, thoughtful analyses with us.
I'm glad someone said something about Ted Cruz's siding Trump over his wife. Never respected him, but I was shocked by the lack of backbone to stand by your spouse.
Politicians will do anything for power. Even betraying their loved ones.
Hello Mr. Renegade Cut, your observation points are informative and realistic as always. I wish I understood why people don't choose logic when politics are considered. I've recently discovered that most children in America do not even understand the history of the Democrats and Republican parties.
To be fair the Supreme Court Justices didn’t go his way. Despite the unqualified nature & outright vile conduct of one people expect them to vote in his favour but thankfully they didn’t. I only hope Roe V Wayde & Gay Marriage isn’t under threat.
Packing the Supreme Court with conservatives is a long term strategy. It will no doubt benefit Republicans for the next 40 years, remember these guys have the position for life, the election fraud claims were so clearly false that it'd be damn right impossible for any judge to keep their credibility if they ruled in favor of it. But in the next 40 years or more, there'll be hundreds of cases that barely make the news but will no doubt shift our Overton window to the right. It would actually be very stupid for the SC to rule in favor of Trump right now, alls that would accomplish is an antifascist backlash that the state isn't ready to combat right now.
Think about all the "voter fraud" bills being created by state legislators post 2020 election, up until 2012, they wouldn't have been able to pass those laws without federal supervision but the SC ruled that states with a reputation for voter disenfranchisement of black people no longer need the federal stamp of approval for their election laws. Immediately after that ruling, southern states started passing dubious voter ID laws, it's gonna be a lot worse in the next few years because now the Republicans have a way of justifying these racist laws to their constituents.
Bad news from 2023
I’m heartbroken to report that the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, weakened the Civil Rights Act, and ended affirmative action. It’s horrifying to witness the speed at which the conservative majority is rolling back equality.
Aaaand...I'm hopping mad all over again. If I didn't have 4 kids depending on me, my response to this would be so much different. We've been forced into a position where it seems that the last resort is the only thing that makes sense. The jews said never again. We need to say the same. If this man is allowed to continue doing this, it will never end until he ends. If he meets a violent fate, he becomes a martyr and becomes immortalized. He has to be brought down righteously. The cpac was literally worshipping a golden idol of him. If there was a God, you would think he would treat it like a golden calf. My faith in the greater good has been shaken, but not broken. This man must be stopped, but only by righteous means. He must go to prison. His evil deeds must be brought out into the light, and he must answer for them. If not, we are done. We cannot be a nation of laws that simultaneously allows a man to consistently flaunt the rule of law. My faith is that the wheels of justice will slowly grind away the false image of this man and finally expose the rotten core that most of us can already see. The people who follow him must be shown an undeniable truth that makes it impossible to continue the lie. If justice fails, we are doomed.
I'm afraid he'll go away for a little bit for tax or insurance fraud, crimes his cult won't care about, & he'll come out stronger than before. Unless he's prosecuted for what he did while in office, especially for the 1/6 insurrection (barring Trump from running again via the 14th,) we might be setting up post prison return to politics if he's still healthy enough to.
Even if he dies of a heart attack while taking a shit they'll still call him a martyr and say he was assassinated and use it as an excuse to start some new authoritarian bullshit
Excellent video! Rest assured they’ll all go down as the villains in history. It sometimes just takes a while.
I believe that the late Rush Limbaugh wrote a book entitled: “The Way Things Ought To Be.”
Epoch times ads lol.
Unfortunately, I have no control over that. Only UA-camrs that are not part of a MCN can block certain ads through AdSense, though even that is an imperfect system.
Oh, I don't mind. I laugh because they're paying google, and partly paying you to bark up the wrong tree. Great video. Considering sending it to right-wing family, but I doubt they'll watch it.
Also, the ad. I never understood why they hold up the newspaper the entire time. Do they believe it makes them appear legitimate? 😂
god i want to support your channel so badly but at this point it's just compounding my anxiety which i've already been hospitalized for once, leaving a comment and a like for the algorithm tho.
out of curiosity, does anyone else feel this way?
Yes! I already have bad anxiety from other things, this does tend to make it worse. But it is good to understand the material conditions, and understand what is ahead. Having constructive thoughts help calm me down. Keep strong!
80M isn't half of America(330B), its less than a quarter. Less than a quarter of Americans voted Republican in 2020
Not disputing your point, but we're 330 M.
Likewise Democrats. The majority support neither party. This should rightly be seen a crisis of confidence in US government. Instead it's ignored. As long as the plutocratic oligarchy is secure there's no problem.
#AMoreDirectDemocracy ASAP 🖐🖐🖐
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Not all 330 million Americans are eligible to vote. About 240 million Americans were eligible to vote in 2020. About 155 million people actually voted (81 million for Biden and 74 million for Trump). So, 30% of eligible voters and 47% of people who actually voted in 2020 voted for Trump.
Good god it all makes me want to vomit with rage. Can we just go ahead and banish McConnell from politics so he can return to his true calling as Cobra Commander?
This is horrible. :(
If a small country goes fascist, it's bad, but if the country with the biggest military on Earth does, it's a danger to us all.
One can only hope that the non-fascist half of the American people will get radicalized enough to take action when the fascists try to take over completely.
But I'm doubtful that this is possible.
commenting purely for the algo. Your work deserves further reach.
I'm very excited about this video.
Hope you liked it.
I was wondering when you would release something like this, excellent video. A lot of substance, and I’m sure you’re keeping a lot of nastiness for it. Keep up the great work.
Anyone want to play with me instead? I’m not a liberal or Dem either, let’s play >:)
People talk as if now that trump is out of office, it's all over and things will "go back to normal." But it seems like this is just laying the groundwork for *something* to happen in a few years. These past few years feel very much like the "background" section of a Wikipedia article...
Please o please keep up the good work. Honestly, I wish what you were saying was wrong. But your facts are correct. Keep up the good work.
You stay with the fire content.
Full marks for going back to the oranges(!) of some of the ongoing issues..... well done& thank you.
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.
@@renegadecut9875 The OP is alluding to the time (in 2019) Trump repeatedly tried to say the word “origins” but consistently pronounced it “oranges.”
This video should be the school lesson on this subject matter for now on.
For real omg
This video contains the one valid use of the "no angel" phrase I think I've ever heard.
You pointed out the logical flaws in the election fraud argument. Not from your country, never visited but love your content. You analyse and approach various socially relevant issues from a logical reasoning perspective rather than from an emotional one. Well done!
Just feeding the algorithm. Keep up the necessary work.
Liked for the algorithm. Coming back to watch after my nap.
Haha enjoy your nap
I also took a break midway through for a nap lol. Hope yours was pleasant; I got woken up by crows that have taken a liking to sitting on a certain dead branch near my window and hurling expletives at passing traffic, which on the one hand, good for them, but on the other...well. At least it made a nice story for a long-winded youtube comment.
this was the merriest comment thread
“David schoen took the stage with his *binder* “ lmao golden
Lol, that stock footage around 2:00 with the guy "shooting" a double barrel like 5 times without reloading
If all the points summarised in this video could be made into a phrase, I would do a *tattoo* of it
Tattoos and bumper stickers never make a good platform for complex ideas that are worth sharing. At best, you can pick or create one condensed statement that can hopefully initiate a constructive conversation.
Very insightful, as usual!
Love the political videos, keep it up👍
yayyy it's dropped! been looking forward to this video
Ooh it's been a while
Ted Cruz kinda looks like Steven Seagal
Both are terrible people, so it checks out.
Mega 🤢🤮
for the algorithm
The courts dude. Holy malarkey does that scare me the most. The originalist interpretation scares me something fierce.
Mind you I'm no where near panic or freaking out on Q levels. But holy.. fuck.
I remember watching the TV results in 2016 and telling myself that America had "died" or "went into a coma" when Trump won. I didn't like Hillary either, but the blow-back from Trump's win is what solidified to me that the next 4 years will be hell on Earth. In retrospect, perhaps I was being hyperbolic, but, I wasn't wrong.
This needed to be said, although it has been declared several times already.
Great job, thank you!
Commenting for the algorithm! Good work, comrade. Fight the good fight.
Excellent work, as usual
Excellent and factual analysis of these events.
Straight facts
The real conspiracy is that I’m pretty sure I saw josh Hawley on Grindr not too long ago
based as hell video, as usual 😎👍
babe wake up
new renegade cut content just dropped
Brilliantly explained!
Love your videos.
Initially, I couldn’t believe that people so opposed to some vague, cherry-picked idea of “government” and obsessed with some archaic notion of “freedom” tried to overthrow said government and install a dictator. After watching your video however, I realized that it makes total sense.
well reasoned and stated. hang on to your butts people, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Please consider adding Spanish subs to your videos. Your work is great. I wish I could share it.
I'm sorry, but I don't speak Spanish well enough to do this. Unfortunately, UA-cam shut down user-submitted subtitles last year.
What a sobering video. So sad to see so many people fall for this bullshit, but at some point we have to focus on beating it back rather than empathizing with it.
These are dark times for America 🇺🇸
I really enjoy your videos. I think I will subscribe ETA I'm already subscribed
Watching the RNC really is a trip.
Good work. Subbed.
this is so well done, Thank you
Thank you Leon.
Thank you!
Who wants to move to Iceland?! Cmon let’s go.
Meanwhile Britain is going down the toilet due to Bojo (He accelerating it) their has not been an alright pm for a long time( Brown or the earlier serving Major)
wish you talked about the constant projection many conservatives do.
Wowzers
Well said. Felt pretty convincing to me.
you have such an excellent voice for dystopia...