Kanye West, Prager University, and the Illusion of Free Thought - SOME MORE NEWS
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2018
- In this week's Some More News, we discuss the Kanye West of it all, his new BFF Candice Owens, Prager University, their really smart "professors" Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder and Dave Rubin, the Koch Brothers and how it all ties into the illusion of Free Thought. Basically, it's all horseshit. In other news, we still love you Kanye!
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By far the best part of PragerU is that one video where they say that art has become "merely an expression of personal emotion" as a negative, without an iota of irony.
I had to look this up and jeebus this is someone complaining about "kids these days" except instead of kids its art. Also ignores how much art is out there. There are plenty of galleries in my (fairly small SLC) city that have excellent classical-style art. Its almost like he is blinded by modern art that is put out to bring clients and money in and cannot see all the other great artists out there.
Art is meant to be emotionless pretty pictures that stand for nothing except the pure mechanical skill that went into them.
Right?
BolshevikMuppet no. They're supposed to glorify god and his creation.
BolshevikMuppet
I go to an art school and i would totally agree that is correct yes. After all, no art, ever, in the history of our past, ever had more meaning then mechanical skill to it.
There's a really good video about it talking about how these kinds of views on modern art relate to a fear of the devaluing of art as a medium that requires education and training to participate in, allowing people to sell things that don't have a strict value under capitalism for lots of money.
"Oh good, Ben Shapiro!"
That sentence alone is a work of surreal art.
A magician summoning a bench
@Ianite Ben Wapiro
Right up there with "Oh thank God, the politicians are here.."
I was just thinking that Benny Shapiro always says that facts don't care about your feelings then he goes on about his feelings.
If you cite Prager U in an argument, you automatically lose that argument and the next three arguments you get into.
Well, ive been laughing at your comment for 2 minutes. Well done sir, well done!
thats why I lost that flat earth debate 3 years ago
Yeah, just had someone use Prager U in their arguments regarding BLM. Felt the need to post this whole video as a reply. Summarily ignored by the person, of course.
Unless of course you’re citing prager university to prove their dumb fuckery.
How is that? Just wondering and btw you don't want to hear my opinion!
I like how conservative talk about “the oppression olympics” and the. 30 seconds later scream bloody murder about Starbucks cups and the fake war on Christmas.
Conservatives: We should be allowed to say whatever we want. I don't care if it offends you. Go cry in your safe space.
Also conservatives: If I have to hear "Happy Holidays" one more time I'm going to start shooting liberals. Let's ban that phrase!
Don't forget Keurig and Nike.
Hey guys, I'm a conservative. Not one of those mouthy ones you've got in the states, a British one. I feel you might have been misled on what conservativism entails by your moneygrubbing countrymen. I'd be happy to answer any questions you guys might have.
@@jordank1489 Neat! What is this true conservatism you claim to be a represantation of? What do you conserve and why?
@@damianziokowski8421 One Nation Conservativism, as first proposed by Benjamin Disraeli and expanded on since. Thatcher moved conservatism away from that in the 70s and 80s, in line with the Reagan shift in the US. It centres around a desire to conserve our great institutions, from liberal democracy to common law and everything in between, but also provide a safety net of social reforms to help workers prosper. It came about as a response to workers voting rights and revolutionary sentiment, but I feel it does a very good job of finding a middle ground that a large proportion of working class people are in. In the UK, not so sure with the US, the working classes tend to be quite conservative with socialist economic tendencies.
Funny how the Right says celebrities are out of touch elitists...unless it’s Kanye, James Woods, or any other celebrity that agrees with them.
Don't forget Scott 'Who the fuck is Scott' Baio!
Or Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Trump
@@SuperMathewson uhhh Ted Nugent?
C'mon man, you can't forget The 'Nuge!
@@aneveningwithebola2727 The Nuge! I totally forgot that one. I was just mentioning the Republican celebrities who held office
Ironically two "out of touch elitists"
"Hey, wannabe socialists. Get a job!" I have two. Thanks for your concern, though, Steven Crowder.
Hah, but if you make money you're a capitalism actually!
@@nachfullbarertrank5230 Blast!
@@nachfullbarertrank5230 "But I thought working in socialised medicine made me part of socialism..."
*looks in mirror and sloughs off face with fingernails*
"But I was a capitalism all along!"
I bet you're one of those moochers who thinks your basic necessities should be covered while you work those two jobs, lazy bastard.
@@Fuppy636 XD He isn’t lazy if he works two jobs, do you even know which two jobs does he have?
"Police brutality is not an issue that's facing the black community" sure is a great statement to hear now in June 2020, isn't it.
“Slavery, Jim Crow, you didn’t live through it, your grandparents didn’t live through it...” There are no grandparents who were around in 1965??
they still believe it. Nothing has changed
Most blacks are killed before they are born. That's the real racism.
@@nikao7751 what d’you mean?
@@orangeanarchy235 talking about the lie that is abortion. Coning people into thinking they'll be better off killing their children rather than having them. It's as big a lie as evolutionism.
I hate the term "black on black" violence. We don't say "white on white" violence, we just call it homicide.
White people are not raced. Not much is attributed to white people by race explicitly. It’s a privilege thing.
Is my hound dog black on white or white on black?
All I know is I have been sleeping next to a 1/2 black, 11 yr old girl. Her name is Nadine & we love each other.
Nono, people say "white on white".
...I mean, only after they just said "black on black", because they're trying to pretend they're not racially motivated. But... y'know...
Manslaughter. Remember Casey Anthony?
Exactly white on white crime is MUCH higher than black on black crime considering they make up a larger part of the population and the percentages are essentially the same yet I’ve never heard white on white crime used as an actual argument before hmm
"Colleges lack diversity of ideas" yeah, I've also noticed that hospitals are underrepresented in the areas of Christian Scientists and faith healers. Why isn't the medical establishment more open to diversity of thought?
im so glad we have prager u. they've done a great job of teaching me my photography degree! who needs this real university anyway?
Trump 2024👍
@@andrewr-s2040 😂
@@andrewr-s2040
😂
"Dear celebrities, we don't care what you think."
Kayne West and Donald Trump are/were celebrities.
Crazy Diamond exactly: all Donald Trump ran on was him being a TV star and lying about his riches
So is Candace (in certain crowds). It's strange that no one points that out
Tanja Buchholz I prefer pointing out that she's a diversity hire. Her fans go all "REENE-REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" when you point that out.
Their old God Reagan was too, but they've sold out for a new idol now though ......can we all stop pretending republicans and/or conservatives believe in anything ,their values are just social tools to feel superior they lack integrity and the ability to feel empathy they only sympathize and that's mostly for themselves
I would also like to add Dear GenX comedians in your 50’s without any higher education!
“Except, yeah it does, STEVEN. That’s what words do!” IM DEAD! 😂
Noface crowder is the definition of a bigot straight up.
Yeah... I mean I could say Steven Crowder eats shit. Or I could say he doesn't eat shit. But since "doesn't" is just a word, and adding words doesn't change meaning or anything, I guess Steven Crowder must eat shit.
Nailed it! =D
This school FUCKIN SUCKS 😂😂
@@851852093114208513 I'm a year behind....but its never too late to take this like. 👏👏👏
“Police brutality is not an issue that is facing the black community”
-Candace Owens
I would say that aged poorly but it was a shit statement when she made it so...
But for me its true
Like she would know…
Maybe she's color blind?
It takes 2 minutes to spew a lie and 24 minutes and 55 seconds to debunk it. This man is doing God's work
@Fed Up Veteran are you sure that you answered the right comment?
@Fed Up Veteran eh, happens
As a german speaking here:
Abortion (for 'germanic' women) was actually outlawed in the Third Reich, after it had been legalized in the Weimar Republic.
They also had this whole 'cult' around motherhood, with medals for women who bore more than four children. With the argument that, of course, these kids could then one day be used as soldiers for the homeland. Starting at age 14 or so.
It almost sounds like conservatism in the US
"HURR DURR EVERYONE DISAGREEING WITH US MUST BE A NAZI HURR DURR HURR DURR"
You know that the conservative care about the protection of unborn life? Its always has been like this.
Volltrottel.
Mara Pinguin
Almost everything was banned in the thjrd Reich wasnt it lol
Schnitzelficker That's not what he said. You jumped the gun on that one.
Speaking of Germany and abortions. Don't forget to take your "antibabypillen."
In a way Prager is rather brave. Actively promoting facism in the USA while being a Jew must take some balls.
rutger5000 PragerU has some pretty dumb shit, but they don’t promote fascism. It’s just one of my pet peeves when someone throws the word fascism out to anyone without any proof; it diminishes the value of the word
If you believe PragerU shouldn't be described as facist, can you then please tell me what someone needs to do to be described as fascistic?
I personally think this video provides a pretty good case for calling prager facist at 22:21
Karl Holde
That was a huge gish gallop but I can refute that.
Point 1: nationalism in itself isn’t a bad thing; it’s just being proud of your country. In the US there are plenty of things to be proud of, like free speech. Not fascism
Point 2: they were saying throughout that video that they respect the right to protest, but that doesn’t mean they can’t disagree with the protest.
Point 3: cops protect us, and to say supporting the people who go out and protect us is fascism, well that’s being ungrateful.
Point 4: of course they’re anti left; they’re right wing. I’d say people who are left wing are anti right as well
Point 5: military is what keeps our sovereignty, and while I admit the US military has done some fucked up things, saying that pro military=fascism is the same ungratefulness as shown above.
Point 5: I don’t understand the logical loopholes one has to go through to get pro free speech into fascism? Fascism suppresses speech of the enemies, and free speech supports everyone’s right to speech. This point is fucking gay.
Point 6: being anti feminist isn’t fucking fascism. It’s the same thing as being anti-left; saying you disagree with a movement that you disagree with isn’t fascism
Point 7: they said anti civil rights, but that’s just a blatant lie. The video shown was one about how men should get married, and while I don’t intend to get married, I understand where they’re coming from with the whole married people are happier thing. Not fucking fascism.
Point 8: you guys always do this; you conflate anti *illegal* immigrant with anti immigrant. Immigrants are a great thing for our economy and culture, in fact my mother was a *legal* immigrant from Mexico. Illegal immigrants are not good for us; they are essentially cutting the line for all those who patiently wait to get in legally, and the crime rate of illegal immigrants is a lot higher than law abiding citizens. Not fascism.
Point 9: the wall would be ineffective, but the concept of securing our borders is helpful for our citizens. Not fascism.
Point 10: I’ll give this point to you; they were anti union in that video, but once more, that still doesn’t equate to fascism.
You know what is fascist? Antifa. If silencing the voice of your opposition through violence and slandering them with inaccurate titles to get the public to hate them isn’t fascism, I don’t know what is.
@@cole8663 I'm nine months late, but here goes. I agree with you that certain terms that apply to political ideologies are thrown around as insults too often, but I really agree-er with the parallels Cody cited in the video, as pointed out in the response by the OP. I like that you took some time to write so much, so I wanted to respond to your points.
Point 1: Just because a nation gets some things right does not mean we should fully worship the nation like some godly entity or not criticize it's leaders when they do wrong or that we should not try to change policies to progress with the era. weaponizing nationalism, i.e. trying to undermine your critics' or opponents' arguments with a simple "that's unamerican" is a potentially dangerous thing that stifles that free speech we're all so goddamn proud of. Asking for unwavering loyalty just because it's got that sweet-ass flag on it is fucking fascist. It's more patriotic to challenge your leaders to better the country than to worship them, or the chunk of rock that is the country, like gods.
Point 2: Duh? Hard to criticize peaceful protest and still ostensibly support free speech. Doesn't mean they haven't totally tried to undermine and delegitimize the issues that lead to many of the protests they criticize. Perhaps we could look at some underlying issues the protestors are trying to bring light to instead of telling them to "GET BACK IN LINE, YOU INGRATES", like fascists do.
Point 3: Of course there are good cops and bad cops, because people are good and bad. You should research some of the training police take, however. Training that reinforces the idea that they are warriors, not protectors as you think of them. Want to be grateful to police? how about we enact some policies that would actually improve communities and prevent crime? How about we improve the assessment and training of new officers so that only the proper people make the cut and are trained properly to deescalate situations? That could actually lead to an improvement in their image that would work to further reduce the danger they volunteer for.
Point 4: THIS is a terrible mindset. I am left, but I'm not anti-right. It's not a damn sports game and I'm tired of leaders treating it as such. We're not trying to defeat the other side; we're trying to thoughtfully debate the pros and cons of extremely complicated and huge issues like, uh, a gigantic economy and it's place in a quickly changing world, so that we can reach a compromise between opposing systems of thought that can work the best. Noone is advocating for 100% socialism just like non of the billionaire funders of these propaganda machines aren't advocating for 100% capitalism because they benefit from subsidies they built into the system. Sensible people just want to achieve a solid middle ground that can actually work to better all people's lives.
Point 5: It's not ungrateful to criticize a system when, as you admitted, it's fucking up. I could go into a similar argument about appreciating soldiers as I did cops. It is fascistic to ask for unwavering loyalty, though. It's also counter-productive as fuck.
Point 5 again: Suppression. Yeah I feel like I just typed up a whole thing about painting your opponents as delegitimate and dangerous to your way of life and how that's fascist to stifle their right to believe and exercise their beliefs through democratic processes. Using free speech as a get out of jail free card for lying and misleading people is just bullshit. Proud of the bill of rights? hold these lying scumbags accountable. (please don't moral equivalency me on this argument. I am well-aware there are left-wing media sources that obfuscate facts, too. Fuck them for being counter-productive for a profit, also.)
Point 6: Having an idea is not fascist. Oligarchs paying absurd amounts of personal fortunes(absurd, but drop in the bucket for them, or investment, even!)to try to delegitimize and quash movements using lies feels pretty fucking fascist, though. Perhaps there is some legitimacy to the concerns that lead to a social movement. Just because some people are going about it the wrong way doesn't mean the issues don't exist.
Point 7: I don't want to watch whatever garbage PU published about marriage to really counter this, but I would bet money it cited some bullshit nuclear family idea and failed to cite any of the numerous scientific studies about the children raised in SO MANY different styles of "non-traditional" family. Please don't tell me that you're convinced man+woman+2.5 kids is the equation that equals well-rounded, productive member of society. Again, not gonna watch it anytime soon, but I'm sure that 5 minutes wasn't enough to cover the near-infinite number of variables, regarding either nature or nurture, that go into forming a human adult. I mean, at this point, when someone is actually telling you they have ALL the answers to such goddamn complicated problems, why do you still buy their shit?
Point 8: Ok, you mentioned the crime rate thing. Cody covers this in his show. That is a disproven fact that PU and lots of anti-immigration pundits like to cite, published by a questionable "academic". THAT is the part that makes "anti-illegal immigration" fascist. You're trying to demonize a marginalized people to justify mistreatment and bad policy. I agree that undocumented immigrants are an issue, but not because they're rapists and drug peddlers that are trying to steal our american way of life. The immigration system is broken. Immigrants just want a chance at the mythical American dream you idolize. This is an extremely complicated issue with no easy solution and I've already typed too much to really get into our immigration system and treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers, but useful solutions don't begin with labeling them as criminals and, too frequently, sending them back to a country they have spent less time in than the US. Demonizing and purging other ethnic groups feels pretty damned fascist.
Point 9: absolutely agree on both points. It's not only ineffective, though. It's actually quite outrageous. over three billion and counting of that tax money that you think the left wants to redistribute to illegals is now nothing more than a monument of hate honoring a wasteful, hateful man. I mean, come on, at some point it's going to have a giant "TRUMP" on it, can't you just feel that coming? as far as securing the borders, this issue is being painted as an invasion rather than as multiple humanitarian crises, many of which we have our fingers in.
Point 10: Equate, no. Nearly always go hand-in-hand with, hmmmmmmmmmm. Seriously, though, there are some arguments against unions, but it could be that these billionaire investors have some motive other than "stifling a free market" when they publish anti-union propaganda...
Finally, Antifa. We've come back to misrepresenting entire groups, like your point about police. Some people are dicks, some aren't. Some express themselves counter-productively, some express themselves by lying to push a false agenda(both of these are examples of dicks). there are some dickhead leftists that, fed up with a corrupt system and leaders, resorted to acts of destruction. That so conveniently fits into the PU narrative that they can gloss over the fact there is a huge uptick in right-wing hate crimes and violence. Funny coincidence, but a lot of these PU "profs" are favorite ideologues of these violent pieces of shit. Crazy, but maybe the liars that are willing to spend huge amounts of ridiculous personal fortunes and willing to use false or misleading and misinterpreted facts to convince you that there is a leftist boogeyman coming to burn down your happy american way of life, just maybe, they are being fascistic to confuse, mislead and divide people just to enrich themselves. Go ahead believing the people that are offended by being called fascists, but think socialist is an insult and that leftists are enemies of the state.
Now, don't take this lightly because I never, ever, ever thought I would utter the 6 words at the end of this sentence, but if you actually read and considered all of this, then I seriously love you Mitch McConnell.
@@fknutz4400 if it makes you feel better I read the entire thing and agree 100%, though I did beforehand anyways haha.
The fact that PragerU has a video titled “Why fossil fuels are good” tells me everything I need to know about them
"Universities are bad!" Creates a website that is literally called a "university" in it's title. I swear we live in a perpetual Arrested Development episode
With a decided lack of banana stands. Belated Cinco De Cuatro greetings.
I mean it's one banana, what could it cost? 10 dollars?
Josh Stanton Nice takedown of a straw man. Prager University's position isn't that idea of universities is bad, quite the contrary, they believe universities play a very vital role in society. Their argument is that most modern universities are not fulfilling that role because they stifle free thought, encourage bad behavior and generally do not prepare students for the real world. Please try to engage with arguments honestly.
Nope only the universities that push a Marxist agenda
"Intellectual diversity" = think just like your grandpa did, because the counterculture is amoral, entirely reactionary, and hyper-capitalist now.
Off topic, but I'm 23 and my parents lived through Jim Crow.
Jordan Barkley and after jim crow ended black americans didn't over night become accepted and well treated by the government
I'm 61 and was drinking from "Whites Only" fountains in New Orleans when I was seven. Old guys playing steel guitar on Burbon Street used to call me over and give me life advice. I knew full well what was happening was wrong and so did my parents.
It legitimately bothers me that people forget not even ten generations ago it was federal policy to force blacks into the inner city, also know as ghettos
"Police brutality is not an issue that is facing the black community whatsoever" erm.. just let that sink in...
I feel like the only people who say that are racists and ethno nationalists
Michael Wildt - or paid shills.
@@michaelwildt1649 i said that but I'm not racist
Nothing says "free market" like tariffs, land confiscation for "The Wall", ordering companies via executive fiat, and goosing the markets with inside information via Twitter. Yes, the right really is just that glib and irony impaired.
Nothing says the free market like 95% of the Fortune 500 receiving generous government assistance. Capitalist apologists never shut up about government restriction but are curiously silent about government assistance. It's almost as if capitalism isn't some collection of noble principles of economic freedom and is more just people getting as rich as they can any way they can.
And NO ONE is more PUNK ROCK than DENNIS PRAGER!!
Sorry for the caps. That was actually painful to type, even ironically.
Punk's been dead since Jello got screwed over by the other Dead Kennedys. Now that was a real punk band... genuinely listenable songs about caring and change, punctuated with indignant sweary flair, rather than just... braindead thug & drug blather and deliberately unpleasant melodies. Poor Punk, it died before I even got to know it.
Nothing says punk like reinforcing the status quo 😎😎😎
Hazuchikan X
Punk is still here I love the DKs
But hardcore and Metalcore exist so.......
Reinforcing the capitalist status quo and benefiting from it 😎
Prager University, the "university" which makes Trump University look like Harvard by comparison.
In the other hand they don't rip-off their "students" nearly as much, except in a more abstract sense, stealing their neurons.
Kim Jong Fun Considering that Prager U actually has really good sources for basically all of their videos...
you so rise
Kim Jong Fun at least conservatives are willing to debate their position. Liberals like him are cowards they said we make statements and when you try to refute them they'll never engage in a public debate. Because they know their position is weak!!!
"...and when you try to refute them they'll never engage in a public debate." You mean like Prager has never debated AronRa or Potholer54? You mean like that?
Four years, and Cody was right here, giving us some news that turned out to be EXTREMELY real
Literally every single time Kanye is brought up it becomes more funny as time goes on.
PragerU logic: feelings>facts
If you're a Jew/Christian
@@kaisipe412 wtf ?
Nah it’s:
White people’s feelings>>>>>facts>everyone else’s feelings
Considering that Ben "Facts don't care about your feelings" Shapiro has a appeared on at least one Prager U video, they have created an infinite loop whereby
Facts>Feelings>Facts>Feelings>Facts.....
Congrats, Prager U. You have demonstrated an infinite combo, though one which does not affect the board state, and so like an infinite combo of that nature, it just wastes time to accomplish nothing of use or value.
@@guist_ they mean religions are based on feelings and not any facts
Prayer university just taught me about Columbus, and how he did nothing wrong, despite the facts proving otherwise. Facts matter folks!
Which part didn't he do? The part where he sold nine-year-old native girls into sexual slavery, or the part where he worked native slaves to death in his gold mine? What a guy, eh.
@@hazukichanx408 I'm sorry but what the actual fuck!?
Hazukichan X - you can see why they’d think he’d done no wrong.
"Police brutality is not an issue that's facing the black community whatsoever."
OH BOY. That aged well!
aged like milk
People who actually believe that are incredibly stupid
It didn’t age at all, it was as stupid the day she said it as it is today, if not more so.
It aged the second it was said
Correct; it's actually an issue for all Americans.
I didnt think youtube channels like this, contrapoints and shaun existed. I WAS STUCK IN A CONSERVATIVE TYPE UA-cam SITE 😫
Welcome the the dark side
Glad you escaped the cult
It's not exactly the same style of video format, but check out donoteat01. Felt compelled to plug my favorite breadtuber
It’s different but Kyle Kulinski and Richard Medhurst are some more great left UA-camrs. Richard Medhurst, as a Syrian born UK citizen, tends to have more videos on Middle Eastern foreign policy than other channels, but it’s good if you like that stuff.
Funny how I can't find any of the left leaning channels like I can find the right leaning ones.
Cody is on fire. Get this guy a real budget and his own show alongside John Oliver.
The trolls are over the place. They can't handle how many views this is getting 😂🤣🤣🤣
Jack Heathen REPLACE John Oliver or have John Oliver lead into the Cody Show.
He's not centrist enough
Paddy O'Door,
I think he is pretty centrist.
Also centrist is a bit hard to define; I think I heard about the concept in a Vox video, but basically extremes (Such as Trump etc) can push what is considered centrist to whatever side that person was on due to then being so extreme (like an outlier in a graph messing up the average).
This is the first vid I've seen from this guy I'm now a subscriber and I'm gonna have to watch all the vids.
“I know drinking it wouldn’t hurt me”
“Then drink it”
“I’m not stupid”
That’s some incredible backpedaling.
Yo cody, I just wanted to say that, speaking as someone who's actually on the far left politically, I really appreciate the way you cover these things. The first video I saw was the one about antifa, and it was a breath of fresh air honestly. I'm so used to just seeing the same re-hashed story in which reporters give their opinion on what the think antifa is rather than what it ACTUALLY is. Like, you don't have to agree with something, but at least try to understand what it fucking is before you write your huffpost article... Sorry, bit of a tangent there. Anyway, the point I'm trying to get at is that I'm glad you're talking about this stuff in a manner that's both accurate AND accessible to liberals (i.e., you talk about far left things without necessarily agreeing with them). It gives me hope that maybe some liberals and centrists will eventually come to understand some of the more nuanced far left ideas, or at the very least just realize that, yeah, the rise of fascism IS a fucking problem. (also, eyyy, I love contrapoints)
I hate the PragerU ads. Didn't realize you were back. Glad to see someone from cracked being successful!
Of course you hate the PragerU ads, they challenge your cherished illusions. Now do find your "safe space" so you won't melt.
Demitri, you should totally check Small Beans.
Bill Olsen yikes bad bait
@@billolsen4360 no, he probably hates prageru ads because they forced their cherished illusions down your throat
@@religionlol4791 lots of so called free thinkers can't stand to hear an opposing opinion expressed and must lash out before hurrying to their "safe place"
I'm so stoked to see Cody making these videos, I've been following his works for quite a few years and he freaking rocks.
Rachel Cormier Don't forget Katy Stoll, she writes these too!
Oh my gosh how could I? Katy is AMAZING!
They both DO rock, I agree. But they're also equally great, awesome and unequivocally brilliant and hilarious
Thank you for getting the definition of socialism right. A lot liberal commentators tend to just say socialism is when "government does stuff" but thanks for actually specifying that it is when workers own the means of production.
The Neon Pogo Dancer doesn't matter what "the true definition" is when the ideas never work out that way my dude....
they have worked, and currently work. look up revolutionary catalonia in 1936, the free territory, rojava, and chiapas in mexico
The Neon Pogo Dancer ha if a non country like revolutionary catalonia can't protect itself from outside forces it don't work...its why big socialist projects like China and the user require an authoritarian tyrannical rule to maintain itself....wanna live a communal lifestyle? Go for it all power too ya but its never gonna work on a large-scale even less so globally
i also gave two other examples. rojava and chiapas in mexico, both of which are pretty large-scale. the former has been in existence since 2014 and the latter, the zapatistas, have led a free society and defended against the mexican army and foreign imperialism since 1994. but just ignore that i guess, only look at evidence that's convenient to you
The Neon Pogo Dancer ok ....rojava is in the middle of a civil war zone and wont last after the rebels are dealt with...bet? And the zapatistas have their jungles to protect them im all for it tho if they wanna decolonise that particular way...their ideology however is not pure socialism
That Ben Shapiro thing about getting a job, finishing HS and not having kids is such a ridiculous circular argument. It's basically like saying in order to be successful, try being successful.
Used to love Prager U when i was younger and still influenced politically by my parents but now I can’t even stand to see them pop up as ads on UA-cam honestly I was a stupid kid
Well i used too as well now i wanted to puke at them
They still say the Souther Switch never happened despite evidence to show that.
Glad you escaped the cult
GasMask Gaming, what changed you mind? I’m trying to convince others to change.
Hey. You shouldn't feel badly about it. Unfortunately, we learn from our parents whether we agree with them or not, it's almost a form of indoctrination. The fact that you have learned the truth is a huge step, and it shows the person that you truly are. 😊 Please don't be too hard on yourself, you aren't your parents and you can do things differently. 😊 I hope you are able to find happiness and friendship with the people you want to, and not who your parents want to. 😊 Stay safe friend. 😊 💜
I used to watch a lot of pragerU and Daily Wire, and you’re helping me undo the brainwashing. Thanks.
A youtuber/scientist called potholer54 made a fee videos debunking Pragers climate change videos. The whole comment section is chock full of people like 'okay well the climate and religion videos aren't good but everything else is rock solid! '
And they're being serious.
At 15:40 you can see he includes a potholer54 video.
Nick McCowin good eye! That's what I get for playing snood while watching videos
Puponyou 1212 not really very misleading only thing right wing trolls do a good job of is clowning SJWs but that's pathetic and a waste of time
Alex Cuellar they gotta chase their bogeymen while maintaining being offended at people who are offended by things
“Defeating the left is as great a moral urgency as defeating Islamism.” I completely agree, seeing as how neither of these are morally urgent at all. The moral urgency of the two is equivalent (0=0)
I would disagree, Islam and Christianity are quite harmful. Constantly pushing for authoritarian theocracies in whatever countries they take root in.
Islamism is the radical version of Islam. It's a problem, but it's not concerning Muslims.
I don't think, that the guy was talking about guys (and women) from Europe joining ISIS to kill, though.
He's proudly more afraid of scarves.
Except any radical religious movement actually is terrible
@@radschele1815 Yes, 99 % of Islamists, as the West defines them, are moderate and probably 30-40% are even democrat liberals. They take an extremely small minority and generalise it into demonising the entire movement.
The problem is that these hypocrites want to "defeat" "Islamism" (whatever the fuck that means) to establish a Christian theocracy.
Basically: A Middle East emulator.
"Police brutality is not an issue that is facing the black community what so ever"
Boy, sure glad that was solved by 2020 then....
I like how i interpreted this backwards, before 2020 the black community didnt face police brutality, but fortunately this was solved by 2020...
Hey Cody, I was hoping that you would change one minor detail in your videos, but since you haven't I want to note it:
Please put the stuff you reference in the description (articles, pages, videos). I like your videos and agree with most of the things you talk about, but when I want to personally look into the paper/news article you reference - I can't find it with ease.
Just a small issue I have, if you do listen to it I'd be super grateful as I feel it would add more legitimacy to your rising channel. Even though there are a lot of jokes in your videos, I think it's obvious that you want to leave your mark/opinion on today's political arena, so I feel citing your sources would be ideal.
I'm not sure what you think about Phillip Defanco, but he publishes all the sources he uses and I think that's very nice for viewers who want to learn more and confirm the cited material. I hope you agree with that sentiment.
Thanks for the suggestion. Most of the articles referenced are cited in the video, that's why we go to the trouble of including all our headlines and cite the source so you can google and read more yourself :) It would be a very long list to put in the description. But we will talk about it and see what we can do!
Ah nice, thanks for the quick response!
It would be easier only because each of the references would be grouped by appearance in the video (as it is done in some youtube news channels) and be clickable right away, but I totally understand that it could be too bulky and messy. But thank you for thinking about it :)
Katy Stoll I wonder where you been. I see that you joined up with Cody
It would be super easy to host a textfile with a list of urls/references for each episode, and put a link to the file in the description (that way it wont clog up the description)
You guys really should consider doing something like this. This episode talks alot about fact vs opinion, and if you believed strongly in the idea, you would perhaps go through the small task providing the references. I know you provide a picture of the headlines but this makes it a bit more tedious and time consuming to read the source. Making it as easy to access as possible would help encourage people to read up and verify ideas instead of just believing what they see on youtube, the exact issue that causes things like this Prager University to thrive.
Im not saying its your duty or responsibility, but just that if you did encourage this kind of fact checking that you appear to do yourself and value we could maybe start changing the way people accept information without scepticism. It seems to be important to you guys and I think it would help
So the presence of the references themselves, clearly delineated and available, is not in line with the idea of facts vs opinion, because it is tedious and time consuming to read the source material?
Loving all the angry conservatives showing up on these videos, talking about how Cody is so unaccomplished and uninformed and worthless etc. Could not be a clearer sign that you're on the right path. Looks like Cody is going to be laughing all the way to the bank ;)
Amen.
I said this aged beautifully? I meant it aged like the finest, reddest, wine on the planet. Oh my fucking God. Lmao.
This is one of the best comments I've seen in a while. +2
It got even worse
@@alondvorkin2762 at first I loled. then I serioused.
You can drink a glass of it and it won't hurt you.
Oh really we have some in the back if you want to drink it.
No, I'm not stupid.
There are lots of stuff that wont hurt you that you probably don't want to drink. Stupid of him to say that he would happily drink it though.
@@Libx920 Agreed. Here in Sweden the CEO of BT Kemi, Lars Foss, drank a glass of "Hormoslyr" (which chemically was very close to Agent Orange) in 1975 and that shit is toxic for real. Guess he had more balls than this guy :)
There was a clip of some guy pretending to actually drink a cocktail with round-up. It was so bad, that you could see him (in an edited video!) change glasses, and the glasses weren't even the same. People were still sharing that video as proof that you can drink it safely.
TBH, it will probably won't kill you, but will ruin your health in different ways, and it's specially dangerous during gestation.
The Argentinian scientist (Dr Carrasco) who was making experiments with glyphosate on frogs, reported a violent intrusion to his lab, threats, and opposition inside the government (Argentina is dependent on soy and other agro exports, and gov was sucking very hard to Monsanto at the time). Sure nothing to worry about.
@@frechjo Sometimes I think that you guys forget that it's a herbicide that we are talking about.
Even assuming that the 2010 study by Dr Carrasco is true, this still makes Glyphosate far more safer than any other herbicide out there.
E.g if you would expose yourself or those Argentinian frogs for the organic herbicide s that are used in "ecological farming" such as Copper-sulfate or Nicotine then even a micro dose would straight out murder you.
So the other alternative is to use no herbicide at all and we as a species have tried that (before the herbicides where invented) with massive world wide famines as the result.
@@Henrik_Holst
Even assuming that the studies by Carrasco were fake (why would he do that eludes me), there are other studies, plus independent observations, with similar results.
Maybe the lethal dose is higher for glyphosate than for other herbicides, but I didn't see anyone arguing about that.
There are many other ways for it to be dangerous, though:
-it's likely carcinogenic.
-it's likely the cause of many congenital malformations (observed in humans and pigs, besides frogs) and abortions.
-it accumulates in the environment, and finds it's way to water courses, because it's chemically stable.
-at least associated substances found in Round Up are likely to decompose to carcinogenic substances in the environment.
-it's not understood the impact it has in human simbionts (intestinal flora), and the repercussions on health.
-the full metabolic path in the human body is not completely understood.
Then there are economical reasons against it:
-it favors monoculture, which is a bad use of the soil (it quickly depletes the ground)
-weeds develop resistance, so there's a need to increase constantly it's use.
-it creates dependency, because on a soil contaminated by it, other plants will have trouble growing.
-it creates dependency to the patented seeds.
There are many other alternatives proposed and in use. I'm not an expert, but there are natural herbicides/pesticides, which have low environmental impact, no dependence on patented seed, allow rotation of crops, and evolved with our species. And there are other proposed ways to grow food, like permaculture, the Fukuoka style, etc.
Guilt tripping people to accept being poisoned does no service to anyone. If we care so much about feeding people, we should stop throwing away a third of the food produced.
I'm not anti GMO on it's own. Let's produce public domain GMOs of plants that resist drought, or adapt to new hostile environments.
Cody just mentioned Contra! Yeah!
Billy Weed I know! She deserves more attention.
He*
JazuX I don't think she uses those pronouns anymore.
My postmodern neomarxist queen
@@maxscribner1743 OUR Postmodern Neomarxist Queen, comrade
"It's not causing increases in cancer, you could drink a quart of it and it won't hurt you."
"Oh? You want to drink some? We have some here."
"I'd be happy to, actually."
"Yeah?"
"No- not really, but-."
"Not really?"
"I know it wouldn't hurt me."
"If you say so, I have some glasses here-"
"No, well, I'm not stupid."
seems legit
...what? what the hell are you talking about?
saying "I love the way candice owens thinks" is like saying "I love the way my carpet speaks"
Or I love the way this paint smells.
So... Are we going to point out that she probably has NO actual black friends because she knows they'd probably jump her.
turning point claims to be pro-capitalism yet is run as a non profit 🤔🤔🤔
They secretly love socialist ideas when it comes to hand outs to the rich. However don't ever try to help out the poor! That type of socialism is bad!
Hypocritical dick heads.
Paying taxes is a socialist conspiracy
@@SaraH-jn5db Nice, I'll try to use that excuse when the IRS claims my assets. I'm sure they'll absolutely agree with me!
I love the casual way you present the deterioration of democracy.
VickiiMelissa So casual, man. Just chill.
I love tyranny :D
We don’t live in a democracy, never have. It’s a representative republic in which representatives are democratically elected. Also just because a strange orange man was elected it doesn’t mean that our system of government has deteriorated. Like or dislike the president, the system remains and will do so indefinitely.
too bad congress sucks
Really though, our whole system has been crashing for over a hundred years. Just because we made it through WWII doesn't mean America survived. We just got The New Deal afterwards.
Also, Citizens United renders your argument that the system remains invalid, Shidelerdan.
Yay, time for Cody's Showdy!
Somewhat tangental, but I saw the "safe spaces" cages, and this needs to be said anyway.
I am so sick of people being falsely offended by trigger warnings (not triggers. Trigger warnings). Because apparently people with debilitating disabilities like PTSD, anxiety, depression, anorexia nervosa, etc should be de facto barred from public life and access to information. How hard is it to understand that not everyone has had such an ideal life as you have had? How hard is it to use two little words, "trigger warning"? How does this negatively impact your lives in any way?
It sounds like these assholes just get really uncomfortable being reminded that there is a lot of horrible shit in the world, so they decide to unleash their ire on any vulnerable people they can. How edgy. Do they no understand that by ensuring that people with certain disabilities can't participate in public discourse that they lose out on their precious diversity of thought?
If I'm watching a youtube video from someone I've never seen before, them using the term "triggered" or "trigger warning" as a joke leads to me instantly clicking away and marking their channel as "not interested."
As someone who sustained 3rd degree burns in a housefire when I was a kid, it's nice to have a little heads up if I'm going to be walking into a discussion about incidents involving fire. My PTSD is not as severe as it is in other people, so I'm fine to continue watching/listening/reading at that point personally (unless there's video imagery of the event or the immediate aftermath, that's hard for me.) But a content warning helps me steel myself a little and can steer me away from falling into a panic attack. I don't think the (apparently arduous and content-ruining?) task of adding content warning tags is that much to ask for the reward of not inducing panic attacks.
I've got PTSD, and I'm glad I don't need trigger warnings. Jackasses on the net don't set off my chest pains or pseudohallucinations, and I'm sure they would be happy if they did.
they usually seem to believe that it will only be used by people who don't *really* need it as if people misusing a good thing is reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater
To the truly entitled - those born to a life of leisure, coasting along on their parents' wealth and/or influence, or just lucking out hard, landing cushy stable jobs off the bat - everyone who works hard for a living, and picks up some scars along the way that they would maybe like a little bit of consideration for, seems entitled.
It's like some kind of bizarre mirror-projection phenomenon...
The need for safe spaces is, more than anything, a symptom to me. Not of people being entitled and thin-skinned and pathetic and whatever the red pill assholes and their ilk call it, but of society being broken and people being assholes to one another in public places, has somehow become the norm that everyone is expected to just deal with. Tell you the truth, if there's a zone on campus where people aren't allowed to be assholes, and the rest of campus is a zone where people are free to be assholes... and we have assholes complaining they can't be dicks in the small no-dickery zone that's been set up... that all just shows how far wrong things have gone. Not because people want a safe place, but because there are people who don't want there to be a safe place. Anywhere. Just an all-you-can-abuse hellscape for the bullies to roam free and hurt whoever they like. See the real problem here, people...?
Also, if a trigger warning can protect someone from having a panic attack, an actual dangerous medical event, or from setting off their PTSD or anything like that, then I'm all for them being there. Just a little warning, preventing suffering? How can people be against that?^^; How entitled do _they_ have to be, to dismiss actual serious conditions like that?!
If you press them on it, they'll say that TWs are harmful because anyone with PTSD needs to be exposed to their triggers to get rid of the via aversion therapy. Really though, they just wanna be assholes. AT should be done at an agreed upon time and with a therapist.
Wow. And this didn't even go into the Prager U videos about the history of the Democratic and Republican Parties, which are the most amazing bits of deliberately cherry-picked propaganda I have ever seen.
Happy this is back.
Moderate American the classification of beta and alpha males itself is quite pathetic. I suggest looking into the mirror if you really want to make that judgment
He's a really pathetic self-hating white that can't stop talking racism and virtue signaling to blacks, trans or feminazis.
The most disgusting kind of human shit.
The amount of soy in the comment section made me gay for a few seconds. I lost all my testosterone watching the first minute of this video. Happily, I've recovered and there's no permanent damage.
I really feel sorry for the subscribers to this self-hating mangina.
The fascist, whining, racist left at its worse.
@Moderate American something only a beta would say.
@@squarerootof2 if you turned gay for a minute you're gay forever conversion therapy doesn't work n so uhh you looking? Can you host? Pnp big boy?
So... when did this become a more informative show than The Daily Show?
Been that way! He works his ass off to make something worthwhile
Since jon stewart got replaced by trevor noah
Tarl X all those shows talk about is scandal this and scandal that. Sex, sex, and more sex with a giant scoop of sensationalism. They're comedy shows afterall. We shouldn't expect investigative journalism from them (or the "news" networks).
Daily show's only got 10 min of news/joke time an episode and airs 4 consecutive days. Cody, (and his presumed team), spend 2 weeks making up to 40min videos. So naturally there's going to be way more info in The Real News format. Plus, Cody doesn't get too caught up on having a killer joke every two seconds. He's fine with passionate monologuing. The daily show's never been great for being packed with info. Even Colbert's 15-20min of monologues tend to cover way more stuff.
Around the time he started because this guy is a fucking genius
Thinking about the time that Kanye spent a weekend with Charlie Kirk and came back saying that only 800 slaves existed during the 19th century.
Openly admitting that you get your education from Prager University is the biggest self-drag.
Finish my final essay for the semester? Nah, Some More News is on.
Positive comment because I love your work
He is a racist trying to tell black people how to think
positive reply because i like your comment
i agree also comment for algorithm
+Cameron Delicious food for the algorithm. Also, Cody, thank you for you work and perseverance.
wat!
And by "more diversity of tgought" they mean more people that take their propaganda at face value
This has become even more unfortunately prescient
You wished Rubin actually did his job in an interview? Shocker.. dudes a horrible interviewer.. He just lets his show be a podium for whoever shows up.. never counter questions or fires back when false claims are given.
Who gives a shit if he's gay. He just uses his it to make people think that the conservatives are inclusive and all about accepting people with different backgrounds and cultures. Just like how Turn Point USA hired Cadence Owens to be there token black person since the organization was full of ultra right wing racists who show themselves as great "Classical Liberals".
Kuronetwork Rubin being gay is no problem whatsoever, his personality and image as a tv/internet personality is.
Kuronetwork ya.. not sure how that went over their heads
At least my fav show from Cracked survived!
Ayyad Jacob I'm glad too but I'm still gonna miss Hilarious Helmet History...and Alex Schmidt in general
Maybe Alex might keep making his own videos too if people ask him to? (I don't actually know what he's been up to lately but I know a bunch of ex-Cracked people have been starting their own projects so it's worth looking them up)
Different show.
I know I love it I didn't really care about the other shows but I liked some of the other personalities but also Cody was definitely my favourite because he's not bogged down in pure ideology
From what I understand, Alex is still a Cracked staffer.
You have no idea how much I need this channel. How much it does for my mental health. I've been staring into the abyss for far too long...
I'm with you. You found John Oliver yet?
Sure enough I had to sit through TWO conservative ads before watching this video.
Neither one was Prager U surprisingly.
I'm so glad this exists. the idea of radical right wing ideology becoming "counter culture" and original is something that I have been growing quite concerned about lately.
HelloWorld its all rooted in gamergate and the idea that nerds are somehow an oppressed class.
HelloWorld .. Race is Real. get woke.
HelloWorld: ugh, I have some friends into punk rock that are now ultra right wing. Mainly cuz “fuck political correctness.” I want to shake them and be like bruh, DID YOU EVEN LISTEN TO THE LYRICS?
do you even know what gamergate was about?
No this is all rooted in deep seeded racism, homophobia, extreme religious ideals and ignorance.
You're killing it Cody, thanks for all the hard work you're doing. I'm sure you're not getting paid nearly as much as your worth, but when I can afford it I'll donate to your patreon. Thanks for keeping up the good fight.
Michael Bush yea...Hes killing himself with all of is bigoted views and race baiting...Fuck this dude...
Michael Bush
Interesting, so what if a KKK member for whatever their reasons are supported you in whatever you did? Does that mean you are automatically a KKK supporter?
He's worthless so no pay is about right.
Brian Doty do you always speak entirely in regurgitated talking points?
mentallydetached the fuck the color of your skin have to do with being an imbecilic ideologue?
“Koch Brothers and other rich brothers” the Cody Showdy team is hilarious!
2 years old and feels like it could have been published yesterday
UA-cam algorithms have finally realised how relevant every single one of Cody's videos are.
I'm sure the Prager U's videos are only 5 min long because that is their target audience's attention span. Unfortunately that also means they look at a video like this and feel threatened by it. Keep up the great work Cody & Katy.
I remember I was talking with a kid during debate club about how people react to different ideas. The entire thing culminated in the ultimate facepalm moment when I provided a counter argument to Ben Shapiro's idea that if you hate someone for their political ideas, you are a bad person. The example? A "Free Thinking" kid from back in middle school who had implied that a Muslim friend of mine and their family were terrorists, and that I was some kind of terrorist sympathizer for being friends with them. When I told this story to the other kid in debate club, he actually tried to make the argument that I somehow hated free speech or was too sensitive for merely calling the kid out for being an asshole, and that since his hateful beliefs stemmed from his political ideology, I was, by Ben Shapiro's standards, a bully. Now, I'm not the biggest proponent of "PC Culture" but I didn't realize that apparently calling someone out for being hateful made you into a bully who hates free speech.
Connor Walters are u moron?
chiuansheng
This bait sucks, I want a refund from the tackle shop
I'm confused as to what in this comment got these other replyer's panties all bunched up
So basically fascists don't want to face social.consequences of their actions.
There are a lot fewer "PC Culture" people then assholes like to pretend. They just label people PC whenever they don't like how they are being called out for their shit. They want free speech to be a one way street.
That way they can say all Mexicans are Criminals because free speech. Someone can't call them a jackass because that somehow is an infringement of free speech.
How does one become an oxymoron, like "free thinking conservative" ?
Yes! Finally a video about those damn Prager ads. They freak me out.
This episode was really good and kicked it out of the park. Going beyond debunking the arguments and showing the ecosystem underneath, the dark money and various interests is extremely important. The arguments are, as the video says, old and have been debunked time and time again. It does a disservice to almost anyone to keep engaging with them instead of pulling over the curtain and showing the men behind it.
Yeah man, all those anarchist and communist billionaires pumping money to make socialism cool.
It's already a stretch when you're bringing on campaign finances into a video about a network of political propaganda YT channels and figures.
Then, the sheer asymmetry of dark money going to republican candidates and causes versus the one going to democrats makes the "both sides" argument disingenuous.
I WOULD say that the dark money on the right is from corporatist anarchocapitalists.
A very good comparison. Like investors do, the Koch brothers expect to reap some reward from all the money they're pumping in. Shapiro, Rubin, Kirk, Owens could very well be completely sincere in what they're saying and doing. The point is that they are the ones picked up by those billionaires and not Cody or Contrapoints or Kat Blaque because they are the ones who, sincerely or mercenary, are representing the Koch's and Mercer's and Wilks' interests.
He didn't debunk anything. There's no sources, only him saying "there's this thing, and this person did it.".
I've said this before but I'll say it again here. This series is probably the best thing to come out of Cracked, and the fact that you can keep doing it is even more astounding. Cracked in retrospect feels like the purpose-built crucible from which this series was forged. Keep fighting the good fight, Cody. For as long as you make this series, I'll keep watching
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evywthingseemsdiff again I'll check that out! Pretty much all the people that left cracked are doing their own thing and better, so I'm not surprised.
Definitely the best thing to have come out of cracked
If you think this is the best thing to come out you really need to expand your view list
For a "centrist" person just facilitating "the marketplace of ideas", Rubin sure seems to have a disperingly big lot of friends on the far right ...
The few more left leaning guests on his show are most often just brought in to talk about specific topics were they have more unusually right leaning opinions. When these more left leaning guest lets their more leftward leanings shine through, Rubin now rarely and suddenly interrupts and defends the other side. Important to be balanced, right Rubin !!
@Vanilla Nice Yup !
"Centrists" aren't centre at all.
Saying "Centrists" are centre is like saying "Democrats are leftists".
I’m a 76 years old social anarchist American expatriate who joined the IWW around 1966 and wound up moving to Canada shortly thereafter. I still believe the means of production belongs to the workers.
They "feel" that others are intellectually dishonest or intellectually lazy because they imagine everyone is just like them.
"You must be lying, because I'm lying!"
Am I the only one who heard 'Prager University' as 'Pregger University' and was, thus, temporarily confused?
k a y l e e I also did
Don’t blame u. U are idiot.
chiuansheng is this the kind of community I'm going to get from leftists welp I guess this is my red pill moment... ( that was all sarcasm I know it doesn't translate well through text)
If by "confused," you mean "aroused," no.
Yes.
this video aged beautifully.
I legitimately had to check the date on this one
If Kanye isn't offered a cabinet position by the end of the week, I'll eat my hat. Not his, though.
New Message. Nice sentiment, but the poor hat.. Although it probably won't come to that... Go to Target or Walmart or someplace tho and get a cheapcheapcheap one just to be sure... You can never know with Crazy Donnie :)
I say go with Carmen Miranda, just in case. Plus, 'tis the season!
Stop hating
Is your hat made of plastic, cotton, or leather?
You can buy one of these MAGA hats in the bargain bin, they have a lot of fiber.
Prager University: the blog that is convinced it’s a university.
Monocle Squid 👏
I too like pothoer54.
Indoctrinate by exposing them to a wide range of thought? You mean like that?
BoskMaster wtf do you mean by wide range of thought?... The only time a new perspective is brought in to today's universities, liberals protest to have them removed.
I get Prager University ads on UA-cam ALL the time and I can’t help but laugh because they’re obviously so fake
Tru Hill how? They may have biased views, but they back it all up. Some of the things they say is actually good points.
@@oblivion6226 name 3 good points that came from prager
"Do you want to study at a university that's not actually a university, but can't afford Trump University? How about Prager University?"
DanDromeda I they have a strong argument why the wage gap doesn’t exist, they make pretty great arguments about why climate change is a problem but not as big of a problem people make it out to be, they explained their perspective on their tensions with youtube and effectively defend their 1st amendment rights.
Done. Yeah sure, there’s some garbage videos on prager U. They demonize Democrats far too much, their way of defining a leftist is lame, and some videos lack credible sources. But you can find quite a few videos that are very good on the channel.
@@oblivion6226 Even if they do have a few "very good" videos on the channel, aren't you put off by the absolute dribble they come up with in the others?
This aged like fine wine
Are people tweeting this at Kanye?
ArpholomuleNutt they certainly should be
I am now
I am!
I’ve got me, my mom, and a family of 4 tweeting this at Kanye.
Debby Dares nice.
It's strange how I didn't get a PragerU ad before this video.
Advent3546 I'm so sorry you must suffer from dumb bigots pretending to be smart.
I have got a few of them... they are just dumb. I started debating them then just was descusted and moved to hitting skip every time.
I see Prager University ads too. I usually skip them, they're long, like 5 mins. They never say in the ad what studies they offer or focus on, they never mention if their colleges are state or federally accredited. I just get some kind of modern-day Adolf Hitler-style propaganda trying to convince me of why my way of thinking is totally wrong LOL - Looks more like Trump University to me.
constantly plagued by that garbage, used to share an internet connection with a house-mouse younger brother and...
Advent3546 I have and it's scary as shit
"Yeah, it does Stephen. That's what words do" line killed me. Pause, breathe, and resume.
“Dear celebrities”
If I have to hear that one more time I’m actually going to shoot something☠️
Im sure he would hate it, but I wish you could make DOB like a weatherman or something. That would be hilarious. Just a pissed weatherman
Parker Dolson
And you see over here the weather patterns are just... Just...
Fuck it.
Maybe something other than weatherman. Say, a one note media-analyser who hates most movies because they're not fascist enough.
honestly thanks for existing Cody
My favorite PragerU video is the one where they try to convince you that saying Merry Christmas is MORE inclusive than saying Happy Holidays
Oh we didn't even know how bad it would get
Thanks for giving Contra a shout out! Leftist UA-cam unite!
Ftnwo Glass Now Hbomberguy just needs a shoutout. Maybe even Shaun!
Jeremiah Cerra: eww Sargon 🤮
Jeremiah Cerra Hey Hbomberguy and Shaun shout out most of them, especially sargon ALL the time! Well maybe call out (for all their lies and bs) is more accurate.
@Rickest RIck I've seen Peter Coffin and Pilosophytube Olly comment on some of cody's past videos and P L E A S E can Cody become one of the UA-cam left and like do voices for comments in others' videos and join their streams and become friends with all the rest Lindsey Ellis and that. I want Cody collabs.
Contrapoints is single-handedly gonna cause left unity
Amazing. Keep on. Your country needs you.
Candice Owens
*Eyerolls for three hours.
This is really well done, well researched, entertaining. I hope this channel takes off for you.
Contrapoints got a mention!!
ha chid Contrapoints is a visionary 🙌
Conservatism is a business model in the modern era. It's based on the idea that a sucker is born every minute. If you can reach a segment of a market that responds viscerally to ideas that really have very little practical value, you might be able to cash in with help from the Conservative "think tanks".
This isn't just for right wing thought but for some reason, Cons respond well to binary thinking. There are standard hot buttons that set them off and it's easy to jump into the market if you are willing to suspend most of your common sense or morality.
Since Conservatism is "faith based", there is no need to prove a point with historical information. There is no introspection when comments are offered. That's why it's so easy to pull contradictory evidence to their claims or pronouncements. They see no need to fact check or supply citations. Just posit an idea that sounds plausible to the reptilian brain.
Leftists who try this strategy don't get as much mileage from their musings because too many people will ask questions or present cogent arguments in response. It's not that Leftists are smarter, it's because they are often nerds who love questioning things.
The Left's share of binary thinkers seem to be much smaller, but I'm still investigating that. That may also be why there isn't a real equivalent to Fox News on the Left... not a big enough market share willing to blindly accept BS.
Folks (the majority of the population) who fall in the middle are watching this political fan service with confusion or disinterest. They're like your aunt who can't figure out what the fuss is about with the Black Panther or Justice League movies.
Modern Cons are not a monolithic group; they are just cult followers of a few fringe theories loosely strung together by Social Media, churches, political groups and radio stations looking top profit off porn political.
Dennis Francis I love this comment.. i disagree with most of it but only bcuz I feel this applies to both the left and right of this generation. Replace church with scientism and or the universities and you get the same shit on the left. God speed
I would contend that the Democratic party is painfully devoid of Leftists these days. The parties have moved away from political philosophies and on to Corporatism as a business model while the Churches have always been about network marketing (pyramid scheme).
When I first got into politics, I was basically a Libertarian. At that time, the thought of Libertarians as Conservatives was moronic. Libertarians would never dream of being against abortion or gay rights. That's anti-freedom. The thought of depriving undocumented aliens of due process and putting them in camps smacks of Nazism.
The John Birch Society has moved into the ranks of the GOP with lots of cash and joined forces with the mega-church millionaires to form an unholy alliance. It has always been about the money to them. Even the accumulation of power is about maintaining the wealth for as long as they can.
The Conservatives have made a killing at this because they have a lock on Libertarian billionaires who understand marketing and sales strategies. They have a 30 year head start on communications and proper indoctrination of the working class. The Left is out-gunned and out manned by both Democrats and Conservatives.
Real Republicans can't even be found in positions of power. They don't have a party anymore.
The oligarchs and the Churches have buried moderation. They have been silenced even in the corporate media. Two of my favorite books in the last five years are "Dark Money" and "Ratf**ked The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy".
The oligarchy have even taken to the universities by buying into the curriculum with bogus economics studies. But the real coup is the steady integration of their ideology into the judiciary. That multi-decade infiltration program is finally bearing fruit. There is nothing in their ideology that resembles freedom for the majority of Americans.
Dennis Francis You can apply to most aspects of politics. It’s pointless to point the finger and say “This party is the evil one!!!”. They’re politicians. All they do is lie and cheat.
"Scientism"? Please explain if I'm wrong here, but...
It is arguable that science has become a new religion of sorts within certain highly educated, wealthy, upper class urbanites.
However, that doesn't influence science itself. It's a profession, with very well defined boundaries as to what it can and cannot account for in the daily life of an average person.
Religion, often nurtured by semi-educated, conservatives from all walks of life, is not like that. Religion is defined by average people. The Pope's stance on religion has not remained static for the past 2,000 years, because all human ideas factor into what religion is seen as and how much it can influence out daily lives. It is more prone to extreme ideological buildup, and inherently more dangerous than science (though that's not to say a scientist can't be dangerous, or a religious person can't be passive).
C B the difference between the church and science is the church teaches doctorine "this is how things are" science teaches you our best approximated model and gives you tools to perhaps expand our model. Science is not doctorine and is ever evolving when new information is introduced. If it's not doing that it's not science, it's religion. Your comparisons do not hold water to me.
To think you can distill ANY topic into five minutes is insane, let alone complex topics like racism, economics, policing, etc. etc. It should be insulting to his viewers, but they don't care, it says what they want.
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