It isn't, but some people have an almost pathological tendency to appeal to the ' both-sides are equally bad ' position to keep themselves from actually accepting the harshness of our current reality. These are the kind of people who would have dismissed the White Rose when they tried to help others realize the encroaching fascist state before it was too late. It's difficult to say they are flat-out terrible people because they distance themselves with 'pure neutrality', while simultaneously remaining willfully ignorant of the situation. I mean, Dr. Grande even admitted it was a *movement* , not an organization, that began in Nazi Germany. So he knows he's talking about folk who literally resisted Hitler's regime and have been fighting against a repeat ever since. Then he goes on a rant about 'free speech'...obviously poor research done as to what that even means and why it has absolutely zero equivalence with people opposing hate speech. Because " rAdiCaL iDeA MeAn bAD !1! " and so forth. No honest intellectual pursuit necessary. Seriously folx, if people who actively make it their mission to oppose fascism are getting more active and gaining prominent public attention while being threatened by nationalistic far-right leaders......you might want to take a step back and ask yourself the prudent question : " _Why?_ "
I guess being a fascist is subjective these days. I’m not gonna lie I’m not a fascist expert. And honestly it really doesn’t matter. It’s lost it real meaning. I have tons of family who back in the day we’re active cholo gangsters from Boyle Heights (Now dead or life in prison). I knew these criminals really well because they are my cousins and uncles. And watching antifa footage, they exhibit the same disgusting criminal behaviors as any traditional gang and also also IQ!!!! Idk if antifa is fascist but they are basically a Political street gang with sets and hoods in every major city.
@@ironzombi So basically you want a surgeon to operate on himself? Or it would be like asking a Bar Association's members , "How are they qualified and investigate the people who qualified them, then investigate the people who qualified them; so on and on. . . .
I don't see symmetry between the left-wing view that America is controlled by capitalists and the right-wing view that it is controlled by Communists. America is a capitalist country, while the view that it is Communist is delusional.
Anarchy =/= no government, leadership, laws, or society. It’s about horizontal and democratized power structures, rather than vertical and dictatorial ones. Flattening the arch, if you will.
Unfortunately, the groups that disavow hierarchy the most explicitly let it bite them in the ass when human personalities are confronted with material reality.
Antifa are closer to actual nazi fascism than anyone will want to admit. What they claim to be for is a joke because that’s not what their actions say. And to say they don’t coincide with dems isn’t true. Some dems have condemned them but they work hand in hand. They burned down buildings and the dems say... see trumps fault. And it’s well documented that the nazis analyzed how the Democrats created a “lower class” with the blacks. They used it as a model for how to segregate Jews in their society. Dems are the master manipulators.
After the online community has die down on that topic, can dr do one topic for Netflix's Cuties and other children show, pageant and child development psychology?
Cuties was a mirror to society and questioned what islt is to be a woman. It showed the main girls pain at watching her mother suffer in silence and accept that her dad was marrying another woman. It followed her acting out and rebelling. She was trying to fit in and her overt sexuality was a cry for help but also what she saw. She saw that successful and desired women in media are half naked, very sexualised. What does it mean to be valued as a woman. It was a good film, i disagree with the direction and the zooming in on private parts but the film was honest. It also spoke about culture and religion too.
@@sexyblackcharlery i guess if you ignore the pedophilic themes. Whatever, maybe there is a different way to look at it, but there should have been a much more harsh and brutal portrayal of child sexualization. It just makes it seem good. Which is disgusting.
living waters youtube, i think you would enjoy. time is passing by quickly today is the day of salvation read and see how much God loves you and wants you to be saved For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God john 3:16-18
Anarchy has different definitions whether you're asking people entrenched in establishment an people like Noam Chomsky who actually perform and spread anarchist ideology. Anarchy isn't chaos for the sake of it, it's a rejection of hierarchy being necessary for the function of human civilization, like how atheism is the rejection of theism to being necessary. Anarchy is just the opposite of hierarchy, and of course anyone who accepts hierarchy as necessary would feel like the rejection of that is chaos but it really isn't anymore the secularism is chaos. Democracy as an idea that the people being affected by the consequences of a decision should have a say in that decision, is an anarchist positive and hierarchist negative idea.
@Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana those are artificial hierarchies. What's considered attractive and what are strengths and what are weaknesses are always changing depending on external conditions. Structuring a society around contemporary hierarchies is how they become toxic and oppressive when things ultimately change and the society can't change with it without first upending the established status quo. A society with this in mind can implement nuanced and flexible policy that would allow the most people to use whatever gifts they're born with to potentially flourish with the society as opposed to against the society. If collectively we can supply individuals with all they need then individually we can give all we can to the collective.
@Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana But the hierarchies in itself, does not justify itself. Things like laws that only benefit large corporations because they paid politicians, which then screw over everyone else can't be made by the states representatives sole desire to, it would be voted on by its people. It would be democracy instead of a democratically elected republic.
That is a huge false equivalency. History has shown that some form of hierarchy must exist for a stable society to be formed , it is not just an excuse used by the corrupt elite . Democracy on it's own isn't a hierarchist negative idea because the democratic process itself creates a hierarchy .
@@Hanzo615 what exactly is the false equivalency then? I would argue that over time all societies destabilize as hierarchies that no longer work demand more and more of the societies resources to be enforced. The conditions change and if the society would rather uphold the dated narratives then change with the times there's a collapse of power structures regardless. If you see hierarchies as something that must exist then the collapsing of those hierarchies have also historically been a part of then process.
@@napppstar0 Hierarchies that no longer work are replaced by those that do, it's simple as that. Forms of hierarchies can be outdated but not the notion of hierarchy itself.
Actually antifa isn't a homogenous group. It has a violent leftist part, but antifa as a movement also contains all sorts of other people who peacefully work and campaign against fascistic and other right wing activities. That includes positive activities like exit coucelling, monitoring, collecting and providing information about right wing activities, councelling school classes etc. Some of the people doing that work are even ex neonazis.
Its kinda tragic then that so much of the rhetoric and action from Antifa that is so extreme and authoritarian looks like a more effective recruiting sergeant for extreme right wingers than the far right could ever dream of having.... the old adage of an eye for an eye creates a visually impaired world comes to mind.
A major difference between antifa and other radical groups (right wing militias like 3%ers and proud boys) is that violence is almost non-existent in the former, and absolutely endemic in the latter. There is no escaping violence when your organized group arms themselves in anticipation of murdering PoC and activists. A vast majority of antifa / protestors are dangerously docile. They allow themselves to be trampled by police officers and slammed into the pavement.
People doing all of those wonderful deeds should not be aligning themselves with antifa. I am sure there were a lot of nice people affiliated with the Nazi party. What does that matter? Also, as Grande points out, most of you don't know what fascism is, and you guys aren't the moral arbiters of the world. There are plenty of fine people who are right of center. No matter how you slice it, antifa is a fundamentally flawed, malignant group. Go take your charity and good will to a group that is not.
@@collinsmcrae People mostly don't categorise themselves as "antifa". But if you run for example a charitable anti right organisation that is collecting information and makes it accessible to the public and rightfully calls itself "antifascistic network" you get automatically lumped together with violent left wing rioters. Antifascistic is a totally legitimate, neutral term that describes a political attitude. Like antiracist, anti sexual violence, anti corruption.These rioters have taken over the legitimate term "antifascistic". It doesn't belong to them! While most right wing adherents are generally prone to violence against the minority groups they blame for all the bad in their life, most people on the political left are not prone to violence. So why should the peaeful majority of antifascistic activists and sympathisers be punished for a few messed up wannabe revolutionaries and rioters.
“Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, 'he that is not with me is against me'.” ― George Orwell
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Diplomacy is prioritized and emphasized. Conservatives only do ugly war because they make inferior combatants (they're all-around lazy). Clean kills of evil people are very different than dragged out profiteering wars. Those situations could have been handled much more gracefully and many lives could have been saved and livelihoods preserved. "Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society." ―Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the US Nuclear Navy "...In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience..." ―Kwame Ture "It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a stratagem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person." ―Yagyu Munenori "Every Nazi who remains alive will kill women, children and old folks. Dead Nazis are harmless. Therefore, if I kill a Nazi, I am saving lives." ―Lyudmila Pavlichenko
@@Dan-ud8hz @Daniel Duvalle Yeah, thats exacty what I am saying but as Dr Todd says, "no one accused you of being smart." leftists stir up countries like they did in the Weimar Republic with political violence, and regular conservatives end up being more and more radicalized. Read my other comment. Im sure you'll find it if you filter by Newest.
Kamikaze Jump most of my friends are more liberal than conservative we grew up in a liberal college town in a blue state and we don’t know any antifa people and we think they’re a bunch or freaks who seem to kinda be role playing some powerful crusaders. Like I said we’re democrats in most ways but we’ve never seen any antifa ever and don’t support that nonsense in any way
I agree with you in condemning violence, but people on the far left doesn't believe in the same conspiracy theories that the far right believes, what they believe(and rightly so) is that individuals and corporations can funnel money throug politics by funding campaings to get politician to serve their interests.
Antifa are pro corporation and pro establishment, they recently knocked out a black Trump supporters teeth at an anti-big tech censorship rally. They are PRO big tech censorship, they aren't fighting against the system, they are part of the system.
actually the far right and far left DO believe in the same conspiracy.... it's just that the "alien lizard people" are of a certain ethnic religious affiliation. Might've been in his first draft of this, and thought Alien Lizard Ppl was more palatable
@@eminemilly yeah grande has some really bad takes, like when he said Jeffrey Epstein probably killed himself, and also in this video when he claims that elites don’t control the world even though that’s been the way society has been since the invention of agriculture
I would like for dr grande to make a video about himself. Maybe he could even smile in the thumbnail 😂 what brought him to UA-cam? What does he like and dislike about UA-cam? What are his favorite UA-cam channels. Etc
I think (therefore I am). BUT enough about ME. I believe WE need to help Dr. Grande (Big) with his STRANGE 👽 people AND Lizard People psychosis.🥙🍔🥕🐸🐲🐉🐊🦎
If I give you a million dollars towards your political campaign, and you don't believe that I expect something in return, then you might be living in a fantasy world. The destructive practice of unlimited campaign finance is not a conspiracy theory.
I don't mind this as a thought experiment, but I think there are big flaws if taking it as a serious analysis. For one thing, I'm not sold on the idea that groups can be reified in this way for an analysis of "personality". But more significantly, we can see the way a therapist can bring their own ideological assumptions which bias that analysis. For example the part about "elites controlling the media" and association with conspiracy theory thinking assumes that this is an illegitimate view. In fact, there are many studies into the concentration of corporate media, and the networks of business interests which influence coverage. For example, would we expect the Washington Post - owned by the richest man in the world and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos - to present unfavourable coverage of Amazon, its business associates (which includes the CIA, no less) or Bezos himself? Some of this work, such as Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent is seminal in its field. The US government's own Church Committee also raised some associated issues. So we see here that one single ideological assumption can throw off the conclusions in a big way. Suddenly people with a legitimate view of media are considered to be displaying schizotypal features. You could apply the same reasoning to issues like whether responding to fascism with violence is a form of dysfunction, or merely situational (see WWII where this is uncontroversial, or revolutions against fascist governments). In other words, there are real limitations in psychopathologising the political. Aaaaaaanyhoo, like I say, no harm in applying loosely for the sake of discussion. Might I recommend Glenn Beck for an interesting entry? That time he sobbed on TV because "I love my country 😭" is worth a book in its own. It would also be interesting to discuss if he has schizotypal traits, or just schizotypal-for-money 😂
Dr. Grande does not limit himself to case analyses, but branches out, as many great psychiatrists and therapists have done, into social and by definition, political issues - Freud's "Society and its Discontent"; C. G. Jung's "Modern Man in Search of a Soul", dealt with crises in their own times and places. Perhaps Dr. Grande touched on a raw nerve? Be well.
Two things I found ironic with Antifa was that when they needed help they wanted cops and medics. Another is that as soon as they set up Chaz , the free zones in Seattle ,they made borders and had guns to protect themselves.
@@DarthVaderTheSithLord ..except for the fact that you don't. You just "ironically" said as much and typical of every Right Wing ignoramus down to a man you know deep down you have been played for the pathetic mark that you are; but admitting that for people like you is a fate worse than death apparently.
I know that Churchill didn't actually say this but it is still a great quote; 'Fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists'. Great video, Dr. Grande. Your psychology videos are mind-blowing and by far the best on UA-cam.
Fascism is not a opinion like vanilla ice cream is better than strawberry. There is a set of beliefs to Fascism. Not all Fascists have to adhere to all these beliefs. For example, Italian Fascists did not believe in anti semitism to the same extent as their German counterparts. Two great books to learn more about Fascism are Zev Sternal's The birth of Fascist Ideology and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism. As for Anarchism, read Daniel Guerin's No Gods, No Masters or Anarchism by Noam Chomsky who is a Anarchist himself.
For people in the comments defending antifa by saying “they are anti fascist” .. this isn’t a defense. Just because they are anti fascist doesn’t mean they are good. Stalin was anti fascist but also happened to be a murderous communist dictator with a body count in the 20 millions. So was Mao. Just opposing one bad thing doesn’t indicate virtue. Thank you for this informative video Dr Grande!
@G G you watch CNN and msnbc that pushed a Russian collusion hoax on you and you bought it for three years. Then when you find out it was all made up by Hillary, covered uo by the media and used as an end around to attempt a coup on a duly elected president by Obama, you still sit there and believe all of them. Yet you think I'm brainwashed. You honestly think you have critical thinking skills even though you just believe the media and Joe Biden when they say that the laptop was fake and that he never made money off of his crackhead son being millions of dollars by a company Joe directly intervened on behalf of. Dr Grande needs to do a segment on you. TDS is real. And it is debilitating.
Being 70 you were around when Black men were Lynched daily. Destruction of private property and assaulting White Supremacist is far less violent than murdering people for being Black.
Yeh, it’s pretty hateful to murder babies, exalt perverts, and support communism. Biden supporters are complete idiots and extremely dangerous. That’s why the burn, loot and murder (BLM). They are God haters, with no moral standard to judge right or wrong and they HATE freedom, especially free speech unless of course they are the ones spewing their hatred of America. The don’t even know what gender they are, lol. They are psychos.
"So far to the left..." Would you describe anti domestic violence people the same way? If someone is ANTIFA and Catholic, and violent, are Catholics violent? Who is defining and describing ANTIFA? TV news? Are they all violent? If you oppose the dominance of wealth and corporations in American politics, are you extreme and violent? I don't think so.
He will have then have reached his goal of meeting the Alien Lizard people in person, joining forces with them to transcend humanity to the next level of evolution
living waters youtube, i think you would enjoy. time is passing by quickly today is the day of salvation read and see how much God loves you and wants you to be saved For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God john 3:16-18
I just played this episode for my 89yr old father, and kept having to pause and rewind while he laughed his head off at Dr T's parables, LOL! Im new to this channel, so binging is a blast!
I think the context you paint is a little reductive. I've spoken to a lot of people who call themselves anti-fascist and engage in these protests. It's anecdotal but I find their beliefs about the government are far more nuanced then the far right. It's not unreasonable to say both parties are heavily influenced if not controlled by corporate power. That's not a conspiracy - they would argue that it's the nature of our kind of system and that point of view is well supported by academic research. One can disagree with that analysis but that analysis is VERY different from right wing beliefs about HRC running a pedophile ring, Obama being a socialist, COVID is a plot to turn us into Venezuela, etc. I think you are revealing your own opinion about ANTIFA choosing free speech for some and not for others. They don't see it that way for good reason: Hate speech is illegal in parts of Europe because there are documented connections between such speech and the rise of violent fascist activity. The examples are myriad. It's a tricky issue and obviously one should be diligent about identifying what actually counts as hate speech. On the property damage: a small number of far leftist groups engage in property damage. Many don't and it's usually a small group doing it. They are usually criticized by the bulk of protestors because, if nothing else, it's tactically stupid and is a gift to neoliberal Republicans and Democrats. Also, authentic socialists and anarchists tend to be concerned with "regular people" caught in a market system. Small businesses would never be targeted - only large chain stores who have insurance. Individuals who destroy people's property show their hand. There is also evidence of agent provocateurs from far right groups infiltrating these groups and police leaving rocks in sites to entrap. That is not happening with the Proud Boys. I would argue that anti-fascist tendencies are pretty healthy while fascist tendencies are very unhealthy. One is a response to possible oppression and the other is identifying "the other" for punishment and control. Please remember that the FBI has said that ANTIFA is not the major terrorist threat in this country and that far right groups are. This is not a time to present both sides as equal.
The most sensible post yet. Dr Grande really showed his lack of knowledge and corporate media influences on this video. He needs to stay away from politics as it’s always biased no matter what side you’re on. America was supposed to be an anti fascist country.
@gotsda I never said the laws were working or not working. Please take a look at France, Germany, Finland, among others. It’s a long history. It’s a little silly to think that half of Europe being torn apart by viscous racists in the 30’s and 40’s wasn’t, at least in part, a strong component. Genocides start with language. I would argue that racist groups have been on the rise in Europe. See the Southern Poverty Law Center, the UN, among others. They are much more politically savvy and use language to present their ideas in far more gentle words. It happens here too. That’s good - it means there’s still enough fear in them to not be over. So maybe some of the laws are working. Nationalism, fascism, and racism are usually deeply interlaced. It’s not like it just goes away because new generations are born. It was there before Hitler and after. In the U.S.: We long ago crossed a line where we can pretend that Trump supporters are innocuous. They are existential threats to our Democracy. Trump and the Republicans are already trying to shut down voting. The Republican establishment and the base have largely surrendered to Trump. Democrats have enabled him for a lot of complex reasons. Given that he’s used unidentified federal troops in cities run by political opponents, is attempting to institute “patriotic education” (a fascist idea if there ever was one), taking children away from their parents at the border, banned religious groups from coming into the country, and much more, I have zero moral problem with people that support that being harassed - other than tactically. I do think there’s a valid point to be made about Antifa’s tactics around physical violence (not calling people names or interrupting their dinners) and, as I said, they receive a lot of pushback from BLM and peaceful protesters. I have no doubt there have been abuses. That said, it’s a little hard to feel sorry for a guy who donated to police unions, especially in Portland where there’s a documented racist infection in that dept. Police unions are a huge reason why there hasn’t been systemic change to law enforcement in this country. Militant leftists think this is a war - or a prelude to one. I don’t agree with that yet but my sympathies aren’t with those that are trying to protect the system that created the tensions. The Republicans and Democratic establishment have been fighting a class war for the last 40 years through neoliberal policies. What you’re seeing isn’t just a response to police killings. The abandonment of the regular population during COVID by both parties (which has hit low income communities especially hard), stagnating wages, the joke of American health care, and little movement on climate change are all part of the anger. On the other side, Right wing protesters largely go on their culture being erased, silliness about the traditional American dream, and bizarre conspiracies. It will get worse. Let’s talk about violence: They drive trucks into leftist rally’s openly murdering. Whether or not these people are even capable of the self-awareness to call themselves racist or fascist, they are aligned with those that do. Again, anecdotal, I’ve been to protests that break out into fighting and, honestly, it’s been equal on both sides. I just am not going to pretend that both sides are fighting for something righteous. It’s not just another point of view. That’s a high school debate myth of Republicans and Democrats who are largely part of the same political class: they get the same speaker jobs and fat paychecks after their time in government. They both basically believe in our economic system, just two different ends. Of course they see it as just two sides and that view is held by many in the U.S. population. In the real world, ideas lead to popular support for real violence. Think about the first stirrings of the Nazi ideology. Would you call that just another idea that leftists happened to not like? And don’t have a cow - I’m not saying we are dealing with something that insidious but it makes sense to pay attention to history. A far right agent provocateur was identified in Minneapolis breaking windows in late July. There are numerous non-violent groups who have identified infiltrators. I’m talking about very sedate groups like the Democratic Socialists. Agent provocateurs have shown up in most major protest movements in the states since Vietnam at least - often by the government. You can argue about the degrees of QAnon freaks and American flag wavers and when they actually slip into open fascism. The feeling on the ground with the authentic left is if you are supporting the Trump narrative, you are close enough. That doesn’t mean organized leftists are willing to use violence like the people that are but if Trump steals the election and really ramps up the authoritarianism, the tensions will increase. Who knows what will happen. ANTIFA is highly decentralized in every country. Biden wasn’t wrong when he said it was an idea, not an organized group. To make it into an organized movement works for Trump’s framing but there’s little to it. But, lets just say it exists as an organized group. If we are dealing with a rise in fascism, albeit with a small f, ANTIFA - meaning anti-fascist - actions SHOULD be achieving their goals. I get that you don’t agree with who is a fascist and who isn't but that’s the explanation.
@gotsda This isn’t fringe news. Just check major newspapers for stories on unidentified troops - Portland isn’t the only place. If you think this isn’t about furthering the fascist rulebook - trying to normalize and legitimize unaccountable state power - then I don’t know what to tell you. There are numerous reports of illegal detentions by unmarked officers with unmarked vans. Why wouldn’t they display their info if what they were doing was legitimate? Trump’s threat of patriotic education is to use taxpayer money to develop a commission to replace the study of America with a “pro-American curriculum.” Goebbels would’ve enjoyed the language. Now, he has no chance of doing that now but again, it’s about pushing forward the possibilities for future leaders when the conditions are more ripe. He couldn’t get away with a full ban in the United States, just people from predominantly Muslim countries. At what point is a policy anti-religion and racist? Sigh. It’s not like you have to go to the dark web to find this stuff. Go to Google Scholar and type in “Rise of the far right in Europe.” You can find differing opinions but there’s plenty of academic work. For the hell of it, I did a search of Access World News - a large newspaper database. There are hundreds of articles from European papers on both the rise in population of far-right parties, attitudes towards migrants, xenophobia, etc. You’ll find your view supported and many who don’t. I’m sure you’d disagree with the definitions but this isn’t remote information. I do not argue that the SPLC is unbiased organization. Most of the complaints of the SPLC that I’ve read are from conservative commentators - not credible researchers. SPLC definitions of far right differ from people who have almost universally banded behind an authoritarian president who uses the terms associated with eugenics. C’mon. I am not 100% on any tactical approach - nonviolent or violent at this point. I am not willing to just ignore signs of fascism, even if they don’t lead anywhere. Right wingers on the street are not the only sign. Try reading the ANTIFA handbook by Mark Bray. You may not agree but he makes the best case I’ve read for preemptive action by anti-fascists in Europe and the U.S. There is more going on here then just conservatives in the street. The Republican Party and its base have gone far enough right that fascism or fascism lite or racial identity is close enough for us to be worried. The Democrats moved right too, enabled the Republicans in many ways and helped provide fertile ground for a leader like Trump to rise. He’s discredited the press to his followers. He discredited science. He’s banned people from Muslim countries. He’s legitimized taking migrant kids from their parents. Making things possible that weren't before. I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy. I think there's a general direction that these people believe in. You can call it whatever you want. In the U.S. now, the credibility of our elections is in the toilet. Trump lost the popular vote. The Electoral College is considered a sham for many. For anyone who thinks democracy means one man, one vote, the argument that he’s legitimate is a joke, increasingly so. What he’s done since he took over is ruin the office. Working with foreign governments is just the tip of the iceberg. Do me a favor: pick up some books on the history of genocides. Are you honestly telling me that anti- Tutsi radio didn’t contribute to the gearing up of their slaughter in 1994? That pushing vulnerable people with racist memes isn’t important? Of course it isn’t the whole story but people who study this stuff certainly don’t agree with the idea that rhetoric and framing doesn’t matter. I just don’t buy it that there is only a single agent provocateur. Just yesterday there were reports of some Texas extremists shouting George Floyd when firing on a police precinct! Having been involved with working with non-violent protesters - there is tons of paranoia - but well placed. This country has a deep history of infiltration of the left - the most insidious is by the government. Look up Co-Intel-Pro. That said, I don’t argue the majority of the violence is necessarily by the right in disguise. I’m saying I suspect there’s a lot of it going on. I’d say the police are far more guilty of real violence - towards large groups of people who have an agenda they hate. I was on the ground in Portland. The police were brutal on clearly peaceful protesters. It looked like something from a third world dictatorship. Far more the instigators of violence in the protests across this country. I’m sure they think they are keeping law and order but law enforcement culture in the United States is so mired in systemic racism and militarism that they aren’t even conscious of their motives. This is a movement to remove some of their power, after all. When I don’t condemn the attack on this business it is because his statement isn’t banal in the context of Portland. As I said, police unions are dangerous and it’s well known. BLM is a civil rights movement. The police unions are not. I’m sorry but in the real world there are points when we have to take sides. The people who take up the ANTIFA label are purposely not organizing for very good reasons. It’s like a cultural agreement among people who engage. You won’t find a central command or leaders. It isn’t effective. Where's the gymnastics? I’m not completely discounting the idea that non-violence and communication is the way forward. Frankly, I’m in a place where a lot of Americans are: confused and not knowing how far we’ve gone down a dark path. I think many left wing activists are feeling this way. I’ve talked with leftists who are thinking of buying guns - people who wouldn’t have thought this way 5 years ago. What I don’t buy is that we’re in some neutral middle ground divorced from history where all sides are equal, all points of view should be considered as valid. I don’t think that’s logical or healthy. I don’t really believe that you even think that. There's always something that society deems off the table, even in the liberal west. I value free speech very much. I was opposed to left wing action in Berkeley to shut down Milo and Ann Coulter for example. I personally don’t care when I hear far right BS. I think that the line should be very far before trying to control speech. However, I do think that certain conditions lead to fascism. The U.S. meets many of those conditions. We have a leader who believes in this shit and stands up for the people who will act on it. Among the many other frightening signs, that standing up, his language, his support matters. In that context, we have to draw a line. Where that line is is up for debate. However, history has shown us that the kind of belief systems at work here don’t lead to negotiation. The far more troubling issue here is that people like you are focusing on dissidents and not on the far more powerful state and who is running it and what amounts to brown shirts in the streets. The left has very little power - yet. When an anarchist hits someone they shouldn’t of is just a strange thing to focus on given the larger picture. Unless, of course, your real problem is what they are fighting for and not the tactics at all.
I'm in tears of laughter , the monologue at 2.50 about left and right will just end up meeting the lizard people is stand up comedy level. A few years ago no one would have understood these joke at all, strange how things changes . Awesome job. Could you analyze the alien lizard people next
Too many to list. I know people on both sides, and I can say from anecdotal experience that anti-fascists are not even close to as violent. Even the FBI recognizes white right wing extremists as the greatest danger.
The next analysis should probably be of Anarcho-Capitalist Libertarianism as personified by Clivan Bundy, or possibly the Zen of Extreme Socialism as personified by Yeshua ben Yusuf.
I think the funniest part is the videos are really a two parter. If you watch one without the other, it seems biased. But you watch both and it’s fair. Unfortunately, most of the people hating on this or the Proud Boys video never stuck around to see the other side of Dr. Grande.
@Amyra Batya Mate, he literally said antifa think lizard people run the country. There’s a bit of fact in both videos and also exaggeration for the sake of comedy.
@Amyra Batya “You have to have a broken heart, you have to break someone’s heart, you have to beat the shit out of someone, and you have to have the shit beaten out of you.” “Feminism is redundant. Fighting racism is redundant.” Gavin McInnes, Founder of Proud Boys on Dateline Shorts: Who are the Proud Boys.
Analysis runs a little thin when it’s dripping with disdain. I think that if you feel someone is just a worthless joke, you shouldn’t waste everyone’s time to make a video about them. To say a counterpoint, I think that it’s perfectly rational to lash out when you feel oppressed, threatened, and ill represented by your government. It may not be “smart” to break a few windows and engage in some protests, but it’s smarter than doing nothing, and mocking those who would incite a change.
oof I feel like there was quite a bit of generalisation in this video. definitely made some good points but I think trying to analyse the mental health and personality of "antifa" as a whole is a bit of a stretch.
Far from always being wrong or inappropriate to generalise though. Picking up on patterns of behaviour and stuff is the most natural thing in the world. It's built into us.
I agree, an auxiliary channel is needed for this: little psychology, a lot of opinion and views on politics. I'm sure there are many interesting subjects in psychology the good doctor hasn't touched yet
Actually, violence is NOT a part of anti-fascist ideology. I am opposed to fascism and also to violence, because fascism and Naziism is violence... so I am pacifist...
@@taketwochickens2888 Because human beings are fucking assholes, and any movement attracts a certain percentage of said assholes regardless of higher principle etcetera. (e.g. there's always just going to be meatheads who can only consider fighting etc) That said, just compare far-right violence in the US to far-left violence (you can even count property for both, I will allow that because I understand that to some property is equally valuable to life, or more valuable than some lives).
Greetings from Norway! I've been a subscriber for a couple of months now, watching almost all of your videos. I have a huge interest in psychology, especially when it comes to "studying" the mind of serial killers, murderers, cult leaders and pyramid schemes in general. It fascinates me how people can be brainwashed and manipulated into believing and worshipping the most bizarre things.. ..And when it comes to murderers, my fascination is based off the big question "WHY?". Why does some people with a traumatic childhood end up taking lives, while others with very similar backgrounds become good people who couldn't hurt a fly? I enjoy your dry humor as well, it makes these dark subjects a little easier to listen to. I think it's a good thing you're not super detailed about these heinous acts. The "why?" is a lot more interesting than the "how?". Although I really do enjoy your content, I gotta admit that I love falling asleep to your videos. It might not be the best subjects to listen to while falling asleep, but there's just something about your voice that relaxes me. Yup! I might just be another case for you to solve, right here :'D. Jokes aside though, please do one with Peter Madsen, the Danish "rocket science" guy who killed Kim Wall, the Swedish journalist.This madman escaped prison! He was able to hold a female psychologist hostage by using a "gun like" object, and then he proceeded to wear a fake bomb belt. This was all over the news yesterday. They did get him though. You should really do an analysis about this now that it's fresh again. I can't wait to hear your dry humor jokes on this dude!
@@breastfeeder4856 If not in setting themselves up as guardians of what other people can say and not say then what is fascism? If using social ostracism as an arm twisting means to ends rather then reasoned argument then what is fascism? If not using violence and claiming to be "peace lovers" is not fascism then what is? Do define fascism for me.
@@coweatsman none of them claimed to be peace lovers and none of them are against freedom of speech. Antifa believes in free speech whole heartedly however they believe that freedom of speech does not protect you from consequences hence why antifa brings protection gear and weapons to their own protests. I don’t see the correlation between antifa and fascism. If anything I see fascism more in the American government for getting the national guard to attack protestors and frame them for instigating the violence and vandalism. Kentucky made protest illegal recently too. You should be worried about the ones in power.
@@coweatsman Palingenic ultranationalism: bringing about a rebirth of a nebulously-defined "nation." This involves purging this nation of groups that have polluted it since some time in the past when things were hunky-dory, enabling rebirth. Fascism is inherently anti-egalitarian: those outside the nation can expect no support from the nation. What you describe is standard practice of many groups throughout history, especially in the ruling class. Post-war domestic espionage programs of the centrist American government (like COINTELPRO and CIA attempts to influence public opinion, especially in Reader's Digest) fit all three sentences you wrote; nobody outside the Communist Party describe this as fascism. The Communist Party in the Soviet Union likewise engaged in all of this; nobody outside of American libertarians describe this as fascism. The Rand Collective did this for its members, as well as for groups it didn't like (Rand actively advocated for state-sponsored violence when she felt like it, like against the Palestinians and in Pinochet's Chile); nobody describes this as fascism. How would you describe fascism?
@@breastfeeder4856 I would say antifa would be closer to authoritarian than fascist. In that they use power to silence. I'm sure when it comes to the state, many would be okay using the power of the state in silencing those whom they deem to be harmful. Now many members may very well be anarchists, so that conclusion may not be totally accurate. However, it doesn't change the idea of the use of force to silence. Freedom of speech to these people is clearly not a very high value. If it was, they would understand the nuance of such a thing. For this reason, they are far from a lib left/right. Classical liberals, for example, would hold such a thing to a higher value, including all those closer to center, and would find force of any kind despicable. This is the difference.
He should have classified them as individuals who might be associated with a certain way of thinking. Calling the "members" is what led to all of his subsequent misrepresentations. From there he goes into a tailspin of incorrect statements/ conclusions
It’s actually embarrassing what he did here. The video is devoid of basic understanding of basic 20-21st century US politics. For example, comparing saying that elites have control over US politics is as equal as believing in lizard conspiracies is plain dumb for a so called professional, one that should be able to differentiate between factual values. Again, embarrassing and god cringy level.
i'm wondering if anti-fascists are somehow different in the US to the UK. Being antifascist in the UK is largely not seen as a bad thing . On the whole, the UK doesn't support fascism or Nazis - with the exception of the very right wing. In fact, most centrists over here don't support fascism. The UK tends not to be so terrified of anything relating to Socialism or Communism either. i guess that's because we are not taught so much that they are dirty words and our NHS is a socialist idea. The direct action that Dr Grande is talking about (such as damaging buildings) in the UK is unusual, but when it happens it is directed at large corporations that use legal loopholes to avoid paying taxes- the idea being that why should hard working people pay tax yet giant corporations don't. Antifascists usually appear here when racist, right wing hate groups such as the EDL or UKIP are demonstrating . Ordinary uk people don't want these groups in their towns either and the police are largely sympathetic as much as they can be. The idea that our government isn't working hand in hand with large corporations is laughable, it isn't a conspiracy theory, in fact they are quite blatant about it and we won't even get into Brexit!! . I would be considered extreme hard left in the US i think
Well I disagree Jeremy Corbyn is proof of the country being scared of communism he isn't PM a lot of people didn't want him as PM Jewish people were in front of everyone's minds while voting against him Mr Corbyn openly said when the Salisbury nerve agent attack happened don't jump to conclusions when it comes to Russia and the only country that has that nerve agent is Russia my dear this country does worry about communism but not as much as America
@@mlovmo my feelings exactly. They are mirror images representing the worst of far left-right extremism. Both groups actively harm their representative sides. Its frustrating seeing peaceful protests against police brutality being undermined by them. Hopefully as they get older and wiser they can take their energy and focus it in constructive ways that advance justice instead of harming it.
@@erikbuchanan4648 Yeah, just look at what has been accomplished this summer: Nothing. No prohibitions on police use of force, especially force placed on the center-line of people's bodies (choke holds and knees to necks). Nothing has changed. You would think these 'protest groups' would be laser-focused on solving these problems. You'll notice that they are not. Which is exactly the point: Prohibitions on police using methods in mundane situations that kill U.S. Citizens would stop the outrage... and stop the burning down of courthouses. Well, we can't have that now, can we?
@@mlovmo exactly! The use of violence and vandalism only pushes those in the center into the arms of the right. At least Antifa in concept is on the side of justice. I remember when I was young and often allowed my passion, especially anger, to guide me in unconstructive ways. If Antifa could be made aware that they're shooting their causes in the foot and had more mature leaders to help guide them it would help turn the tide against the far right and their racists beliefs.
Please analyze the right wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation that have been funding both parties, advising presidents from both parties, and hugely influential in placing pre-selected individuals into key positions for decades. Or go deeper, and explain the psychology of sycophant politicians willing to sell themselves out to whatever corporation or billionaire willing to throw dollars at their fundraising campaigns, even if it means letting go of their own morality and ideals. Thanks.
Antifa (and I generalise) are not against "the elite" as much as all forms of elite/classism in a system. We recognise any system that allows domination and social coercion as inherently unjust, hierarchical, and ergo unable to bring about a society of liberty and egalitarianism. We also recognise the existence of property and law as unjust shackles.
You spent about one third of the video making the case that Antifa is NOT a movement, then you referred to Antifa as a Movement. You definitely sound like you have no IDEA what you are talking about in this video. What you said made ZERO sense. I didn't need you to agree with nor support Antifa, but it would have been nice if you had been Objective, logical, &/or science based - which you were NOT. This video is your political opinion, this video is NOT a Psychological Analysis. This is video is disappointing. This video is a 100% total FAIL.
Saying that anti fascists don’t understand fascism when they fought fascists in nazi Germany, Spain (George Orwell was one of them and wrote a book about it), and other countries all over the world is ridiculous. Also making these generalized statements about all people who are against a widely hated ideology is fucking dumb. That being said I love the channel.
I doubt whether many folks would see the States as having a left wing party at all- perhaps a little less right wing at best, but both horses in the race having the same owner.
I must say that I have watched many of your various analyses and admire the way you approach each topic. Unfortunately, this particularly topic wasn’t done the same justice as the others I’ve seen. I’m by no means an Antifa supporter. I really knew nothing about them before watching this other than various negative opinions I’ve heard here and there. I was expecting your usual in-depth background and breakdown of the facts, but that didn’t happen here. Instead it seemed to be nearly entirely opinion-based, with hardly any specific references, history, dates, etc. I didn’t learn much about Antifa that wasn’t based on generalizations and harsh opinions. You’ve made a lot of amazing videos, and I would hope that you would consider re-doing this one so that you can provide your audience with the same level of education we’ve come to appreciate.
Its more that it didnt align with your view of what it is, you might think ur rational but when you feel attacked you go into defensive mode, ur just human
I don't think the horseshoe theory is very efficacious. The Overton window in America is already far right of most the rest of the world. Elites in leftist communities are well defined as extremely wealth capitalists, the bourgeoisie and petite bourgeoisie. However in the right it's more to ambiguous groups or ethnic minorities. Anti-facism is an ideology, it is not a group. Groups may form around the ideology but it doesn't mean you must be a part of a group. That's why there are so many variations. Other members state the wore mask to prevent doxxing and harassment. This is what happens when you have a shallow overview of the topic. I understand it's what happens to pump material out fast. I have been watching leftist movements and I have seen different infighting and transients. Dedicated leftist are different but not all leftist are dedicated to the same principles. Anarchist at core believe in no hierarchy and think things should largely be lateral but not flattened in some cases.
I think the videos Dr. Grande has made in the last while are entertaining and interesting; however, I do miss the more academic and clinical content he once made. I found them helpful starting points for research.
I could have written this same comment on several other videos. I understand that this is UA-cam and not university, but the content he created before has been really helpful for me as an undergraduate student. I have been considering a career in mental health since I was very young. Professors can only tell me so much, because they don't do clinical work. My textbooks just skim topics. I just appreciate how he has not only shared his knowledge, but has done so in a manner that demonstrates sound judgment. I like how he balances the academic and the human aspects of psychology without oversimplifying topics. I appreciate that he avoids pop psychology.
I usually approve your takes, but I consider this one flawed and kind of on the surface: In my perception the modus operandi of (international) Antifa violence is indicative of a more instrumental approach to violence than what justifiably is called hate-crimes. Pogromlike eruptions of violence, subjectivist fear-mongering and the fetishization of guns and manliness seem to be essential to fascist groups (obviously not the case with Antifa), and Irrationality and illiberality seem to be common personality traits among conservatives, whether they're radicals or not (but not necessarily a shared trait of all "extremists"). Antifa's alleged lack of (veracious) political education is something they apparently have to tackle, however (especially in terms of a mentioned (under-)theoretization of fascism and communist/anarchist (non-)utopias) there is a lot of substance there among radical leftists, it's just not present in antifascist street action, because Antifa is, per definitionem, nothing more than a defensive tactic. You noticed that Antifa activists appear alienated from society, but militant conduct (wearing masks, engaging in propaganda etc.) and believing in a lizard-run deep state (sharing rabbit hole-style or cultist demeanor and beliefs) are two very different animals imho. Last but not least, I doubt that a significant amount of Antifa activists is antisocial to a pathological degree, but, if you know of contradicting evidence, I am open to conviction. Namely Anarchists came up with a political philosophy of altruism that critizes social darwinism and I estimate the individuals costs of being Antifa higher than the benefit. Just my two cents, tho. PS: Excuse the bad English, not a native speaker.
I’m sorry, but believing that those with wealth have a disproportionate amount of power is not the same as believing in “lizard people and aliens.” I understand that your videos are for entertainment, but I don’t think it’s out of line to say that you should be thinking a little more critically when discussing these topics. You’re a doctor, people hold your opinion in a higher regard no matter how many disclaimers you have on your videos.
Also you say that you don’t think anti-fascist people know what fascism is, but I seriously doubt that. It’s not a hard concept to understand. Also anarchy isn’t just the purge, it generally means eliminating hierarchy. This is the reasoning for a majority of people that wear the anarchist label. I like your videos and I’m sure you’re good at what you do, but you don’t seem to be very educated on this issue. Maybe it is best to research, even if these videos are just comedy.
@@asabizarre Ty, I feel like this type of rhetoric coming from a rational person with academic claim could give people the go ahead to dismiss very valid movements and ideas.
Lissie, I am left leaning and I get what you're saying, but Dr. Grande is explaining that antifa are *extremists* and can be violent. Not all anti fascists or left wing people are antifa, basically.
People on the right are antifascist. People on the left are antifascist. Antifa says they are antifascist, but they use fascist tactics to intimidate people. Words are easy. Behavior is more revealing.
Except it wasn't sarcastic, it was a legitimate analysis. The alien lizards thing maybe, but that was more of a humorous (possibly true) observation about how opposing extremists may ironically end up uniting against a common fabricated enemy.
@@Mijn24 Normal people don't gear towards the extremes? I think history tells a different story. Extremes are relative. If a sizable portion of a population is gradually adopting what used to be considered extreme values and perspectives, then the category of extreme moves along with the shift.
Can you do a video on kids with RAD? Reactive attachment disorder. You mentioned so many serial killers were adopted and most kids with RAD are adopted.
Dr Todd Grande giving hearts at the comments that align with his "perceptional" view on Antifa. What a coinsidence. Let's watch the video for the introvert narcissists one more time Dr...
Dr Grande, have you considered doing a mental health/personality analysis on the popular UA-cam political/news figures such as Steven Crowder, Tim Pool, Kyle Kulinski, Philip DeFranco, Ben Shapiro, Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, etc. It seems like some of these figures have developed a cult of personality, and I’m not so certain they aren’t just adding to the polarization in America. The response to their videos feels very much like a tunnel of confirmation bias. I assume you’ve either made, or will be making one on Mr. McGinnis, after watching your Proud Boys video.
It’s important to look at who funds these folks - they tend to spew talking points that align with their funders. It seems to me that the cult of personality develops much easier around UA-cam creators due to the nature of parasocial relationships. That’s one aspect of it, at least:)
Crowder is a pathological liar. Shapiro is a sophist. Pool is a far-right grifter. Cenk Uygur is a progressive. Kasparian is the same as Cenk and same with Kulinski.
@@kiley2381 I said “politics/news” not “political commentary.” Phil absolutely should be on the list. The idea isn’t to choose the most fringe, but to bring to light the most objective...
this is a little bit too 'enlightened centrist' to me. antifa is not the equal opposite of qanon or the proud boys or whatever. not taking a stance doesnt imply enlightenment
i agree antifa are just daddy issues soyboys while Qanon and proudboys actually do research and debate. antifa sissies just know the violence they grew up with.
@Mackenzie Just saying "enlightened centrist" and expecting the slur to make your argument for you inst an argument. Also saying that both antifa and the proud boys are bad doesnt mean your not taking a stand... there are a million places to sit inbetween far right and far left you know?
"frustrated by injustice and their own excitement seeking nature" dismissive language indicative of a lack of interest in educating yourself on literally any of the issues you have with them. Dismissive language is a common indicator of narcissism as well
@@ZachariahtheMessiah Oh right. "Mostly peaceful" thugs who hit people over the head with bike locks, drag bystanders out of their cars and beat them, riot for months, burn down cities, openly wish for White genocide, etc... I could go on. I don't need to rely on pundits when the group has no concept of subtlety or discretion
@@charjl96 LMAO absolutely no one wants white genocide, that's literally a white supremacist talking point and always has been. Which cities were burned down??? I'm pretty sure every city is still standing and most are recovered from the BLM protests. There is absolutely no indicator that all of the arsons were antifa, you seriously need proof for a wild claim like that.
@@charjl96 there's been over 60 attacks on the protests by people driving a car through crowds. But you want to protect hate speech and paint the protests as wrong. Ignoring the violence they are protesting against. Convenient. Those ppl who hit folks with locks should be charged by police as well but the vast majority is peaceful
@@starrisesky Your anecdotal experience shows that you met one jerk who also happened to be antifa. That doesn't mean all antifa are abusive narcissists.
The most interesting thing about Antifa, is that many of them seem to be quite smart. The fbi has actually complained that its agents have difficulty infiltrating them and related “Left Anarchist” groups, because the agents don’t have time to read all the theory. A lot of the arrestees have academic positions - “bike lock guy” was a community college instructor for example. Their doxing, and communication networks seem to be run by people with extensive knowledge of computer science. You should do an episode about Emily Gorsinski (not the right spelling, but good enough for google). She has apparently provided a lot of the information for Roberta Kaplan’s lawsuit against “Unite the Right” and has worked as a data scientist for a company that makes drones for the US military.
In the late 90s through the punk scene I fancied myself an Anarchist and got involved with an Antifa group. We would start shit with people that identified as Nazi punks and held that ideology. As I grow older and expanded my friend group I moved more center left. When a basic conservative or Republican is viewed as a fascist you have lost the plot into what a real fascist is.
@@absinthefandubs9130 Leftists have changed what the definition of far right is: things that were considered center right 10 years ago are now considered extreme far right by the indoctrinated left.
@@themoog924 Nope. Some ideas have become less popular, but some people who adhered to them moved even further right when they did. If we were as powerful as you weirdos all claim the world would have had full communism by 1905.
False balance has been, and always will be, the fascists' greatest friend. I swear, these "sensible and moderate" folk would have heard of the Altona Bloody Sunday and other events and just complained that the KPD were violent lawless extremists for clashing with Nazi's. As many in fact did. Who knows - with all the talk of labeling 'antifa' as a terrorist group (not even a centralized organization, mind you) and outright outlawing them.....it seems fairly clear what side of history they would have stood during the Reichstag Fire Decree. It might feel like a modern problem from our POV, but this nonsense has been happening time immemorial.
0:33 Compared to other democracies the overton window is so far to the right that you are not making a point here. 0:43 Citation needed. But a not represented political movement, two party system is really dumb, doesn't have to expect much love. 1:00 Antifa doesn't share ideology. Center left (represented) is far removed from people with left wing socio-economic theories. There is no common goal except anti-fa. There is no structured financing or communication. Group means nothing. 1:30 Criminal conspiracy? You have lost your mind. Still not a group. 2:00 Violence is certainly an aspect. Fascists are liars and manipulators. The get their sh*t shut down. Clear concept. I use very destructive methods against right wingers where ever they block my path. 2:30 Glory. 2:43 Young antifa. I started young. Then it were simple demonstrations. Today I'm at war with the local elite. I've damaged dozens of careers and regret when I was mild. It's asymmetric warfare. If I must sling sh*t then I will sling sh*t. 2:50 Americans are pretty dumb after 70 years of propaganda. Owning the means of production and capital makes you pretty elitist. Antifa doubts the merits, rightfully. 2:52 At this point you are just a naive douchebag. 3:00 Horseshoe theory is baloney and a stupid rhetorical trick. Far right is dumb and poorly educated. Far left is laced with intellectuals. I know why the left is feared. 3:39 Every left wing group knows they are being infiltrated with agent provocateurs. This is widely documented. In recent protests and in general. Look up spycop scandal. 3:40 Antifa is the scapegoat for the results of social unrest brought about by violent institutions. Antifa violence is limited and has only specific targets. 3:55 It's antifa. Not sitting ducks. 4:10 Counter protest is not causing conflict. One should disrupt right wing propaganda where ever one can. I've played in a samba band. Just to f with nazis. 4:30 We can decide what's right and wrong today or we decide it shooting. It's the paradox of tolerance. Never give a fascist wiggle room. It's exclusive language and they will be treated as such. 4:50 Citation needed. Right wingers are never shy to harass people. Fight fire with fire. 5:00 Anonymity is primarily protection against several forms of hostility. The state is not your friend but is last on list of good reasons for protection. 5:28 Commitment to recklessness and contempt for the law. You are being a douchebag again. And wrong. 5:40 Antifa are also paedophiles. All of them. Speaking of contempt for the law, Dr. Grande? Antifa does not advocate violence nor deny free speech. The accusation is criminal and incitement. Don't cry when you are being accused. 6:30 You don't know whether or not they are smart. They are anonymous. Which is pretty smart. 6:50 Antifa is the goal. Disruption of fascist activities. 7:00 The way you throw terms around makes me think you are politically dyslectic. 7:05 No one fight for anarchy. They fight against falls claims to authority. The result would be much more egalitarian, with anarchism (not anarchy) as possible result. 7:15 Black blocks moving against police. Girls! Again: no one wants anarchy. You are being foolish. I know many anarchists and they are the only self sufficient people, as a group, in society. Also some fearless mofos. 7:17 This is taking away agency. Paternalistic and borderline psycho. 8:30 People who move against extremism are not extremists. What's in a name? Socialism, communism. The non-hierarchical structure has nothing to do with narcissism. There is a lot of emphasis on interpersonal relations among these people. People with antisocial traits don't have much of a life there. I sat at far right and far left tables. Cannot be compared. It's dumb and aggressive child's mind versus socially adjusted adults. Socially adjusted, not suckers. Antifa consists of very small groups. You've never seen one. You are yourself a product of far right sensationalism in this video. Your licence should be revoked for this one. Empty moderate centrists will pick up the fascist's coat tails. And another confirmation that psychologist deal in wholesale impressionistic language.
Thank you! Dr Grande doesn't have the resources for a real socio-political analysis here. Honestly I wasn't expecting much as these are Jordan Peterson waters. I much appreciate your corrections and hope Grande reads them while having a tough enough skin to handle them.
It feels like Dr Grande has run out of topics that have to do with actual psychology, and is now making videos about things he's just not qualified to talk about.
I grew up around anarchists, punks and those on the very far left. Every now and again you'd meet 1 or 2 amazing individuals. But mostly they sounded exactly like you. Exhausting. Some of the most closed minded, bias, self centred people I've ever met. And riddled with double standards. And yet, they are ALWAYS right and if you dont agree, well...you're the devil.
Do you not realize you contradict yourself constantly in this comment? First you say Antifa doesn't support violence, then you say Antifa violence is justified because "fascism". You say "no one fights for anarchy", then you say you know lots of anarchists and respect them for being "fearless mofos". So fearless that they feel the need to hide behind masks in public
'So far to the left that they do not align with Democratic Party ideals.' I think this is where one should stop expecting this to be a competent discussion of the topic.
I disagreed with that part of the analysis, especially since Democrat campaigns have bailed out Antifa rioters and won't denounce Antifa. But, the rest of the analysis was quite solid.
The Democratic party may talk a bit game in appealing to the far left, but I don't see them acting on it. They won't disavow BLM simply to widen their voter base. So if you honestly believe mainstream Democrats will, 'abolish the police', or go full tankie, then you're out of your mind.
Just so that I am not misunderstood, the Democrats in the US are a bog-standard Centre-Right party (and have been since at least Clinton (the sax player)). The only reason they attract a sizeable progressive electorate is an unfortunate outcome of the two-party system, and the Democrats' pandering to that electorate does not really change the actual platform of that party. Doc apparently lacks this perspective. I wish him well in keeping to the topics he's actually an expert in.
@@emperorspock3506 how exactly are they Center-right? Maybe you just see it like that because your own views are so far left that your own overton Window has shifted so much
Always love your videos, you're great with the consistency of uploads and content quality. It's nice to have very objective content like this, the humor is fun too. Thanks!
I found this channel in order to find out about narcissism and keep coming back for the comedy 😀 Just a sliver away from reaching the 500K follower mark, Dr. Grande. Well deserved 👍
I thought what you said was on point, it's kind of sad to see so many dislikes on a video with such a moderate position. Keep up the good work Dr. Grande! 👍
I'm a huge fan of Dr. Grande, and I gave this video a dislike. His description of young, politically-engaged people is a caricature having nearly no basis in fact. Terribly disappointed in the doctor.
Well I think the issue is that the younger generation, I guess you could say gen z, is not complacent in regards to politics and injustice. Older generations like myself of course have a harder time understanding radicalism. Imagine spending your formative years under a Trump presidency? Something to think about.
“Moderate” is not the same as ‘factual’ or “just”. What Americans view as “moderate” is much different than what the rest of the developed world considers to be moderate, and what Americans view as “moderate” today is much different than what they considered to be moderate 100 years ago. American “Moderates” in the 1800s supported slavery. Moderation is a relative term and therefor a pretty useless marker of what is “true” and “right”.
Thanks for covering this, Dr. Grande. I saw many people asking you to. I laughed out loud about the Lizard People. They are never far from your mind.... 😉
hes got balls for talking about them....I live in Portland and i wont talk about them cause i never know who is a secret member and will burn my home down at night....I think its criminal that he FBI says they are not a real thing .....Im not even political at all but what ever side they are on seems like the worse one
Hi dr Grande, as a man struggling all his life; can you please do a video on households with overbearing mothers and passive fathers? I feel it completely changes the gender expectations and as a man struggling, I need information. Thank you if you see this dr. Grande also I love your videos and perspectives and appreciate all the hard work it takes!!
That was my family dynamic. My brother was gay...more likely from the repulsion of the *overbearing/needy* mother who made him the golden child. (yes yes, of course, he was born that way!) My dad was demonized to the max by mommie dearest so that affected our relationship with him...and all men. Hope you can find some comfort and understanding. P.S. An idea is to introspect and discover who you are...and be the best true-you possible. (said in Dr Grande's voice) lol
Thank you Dr. Grande for another wonderful analyzes! Any group advocating pointless violence to achieve an idea, never really reach their goal! Once again you're a very brave man! Lol
Oh yeah. God FORBID we ever do anything to stop terrible people from coming to power. Better play the whole liberal “they didn’t really say that - and if they did, it doesnt matter, and if it does - oh, just shut up, you pleb, dont accost the intellectual.”, until it’s too late. Then pour ashes over our heads when it’s too late, sing songs about lives taken too early as if we are not responsible for it because of our complacency towards fascists, wash, rinse, repeat.
"reasonable" What does it need courage for just rambling the same nonsense every liberal-to-far right outlet tends to spout about their favorite boogeyman?
😂😂😂😂😂 Ive seen many of Dr. Grande’s talks and this is by far the most entertaining one!!! I didn’t know he had it in him. Maybe he missed his true calling: comedy ‼️ Viva the alien lizard people!
Are we REALLY comparing the notion that wealthy people have a large stake in our government to lizard people. This is plain irresponsible, this phenomenon is so easily provable.
The lack of structure could cause any leftist that goes to a protest to be labeled as antifa- there needs to be a more refined definition because anyone could be accused of holding this ideology. I think the people you describe sound like anarchists, but I don't know that there are any organized groups of people that define themselves as antifa.
This is why the right-wing demonized Antifa and labeled it a terrorist group. ...Now, in theory, they can accuse anyone on the left who's an activist of being Antifa. That way they can shut that person down.
@@HenritheHorse There's some emotionally immature people who do that. I generally only call someone a Nazi if they are _an actual self-avowed Nazi._ In which case, the swastika fits. I tend to use the term fascist more broadly, based on Umberto Eco's criterion. A bigger number of people are enacting fascism. A lot of them don't realize they're being fascist. Racism is something I had to deprogram myself from, and it's very prevalent in the U.S. culture, so...generally, labeling someone a racist? not useful. Tell them they're engaging in racism, and tell them they can do better.👍
Thank you very much for this video, dear doctor Grande. I am volunteering for over 3 years as a researcher and reporter for antisemitism and racism in my country (Slovakia). I do not like to mention to whom, if it is OK. This video has helped me a lot to see inside Antifa, as I haven´t really understand the topic. I am learning every day. Dear doctor, I want to thank you, how helpful you are to me (about my past with a narcissist partner and in my researches). You are helping us, your followers to understand the world better - and hopefully to make it better. A big: ďakujem (slovak: thank you) from the bottom of my heart. Daniela
I don't think that being against fascism is a bad thing.
You’re right!! it’s a good thing to be against Antifa
It isn't, but some people have an almost pathological tendency to appeal to the ' both-sides are equally bad ' position to keep themselves from actually accepting the harshness of our current reality.
These are the kind of people who would have dismissed the White Rose when they tried to help others realize the encroaching fascist state before it was too late. It's difficult to say they are flat-out terrible people because they distance themselves with 'pure neutrality', while simultaneously remaining willfully ignorant of the situation.
I mean, Dr. Grande even admitted it was a *movement* , not an organization, that began in Nazi Germany. So he knows he's talking about folk who literally resisted Hitler's regime and have been fighting against a repeat ever since. Then he goes on a rant about 'free speech'...obviously poor research done as to what that even means and why it has absolutely zero equivalence with people opposing hate speech.
Because " rAdiCaL iDeA MeAn bAD !1! " and so forth. No honest intellectual pursuit necessary.
Seriously folx, if people who actively make it their mission to oppose fascism are getting more active and gaining prominent public attention while being threatened by nationalistic far-right leaders......you might want to take a step back and ask yourself the prudent question : " _Why?_ "
@@cintysanchez7163 But Antifa is AGAINST Fascism. 😆
I guess being a fascist is subjective these days. I’m not gonna lie I’m not a fascist expert. And honestly it really doesn’t matter. It’s lost it real meaning. I have tons of family who back in the day we’re active cholo gangsters from Boyle Heights (Now dead or life in prison). I knew these criminals really well because they are my cousins and uncles. And watching antifa footage, they exhibit the same disgusting criminal behaviors as any traditional gang and also also IQ!!!! Idk if antifa is fascist but they are basically a Political street gang with sets and hoods in every major city.
K Black, is this a serious comment?
Dr. Grande is FEARLESS! He will analyze any phenomena or any group.
Globalists, we need Dr. Grande to analyse psychology of globalists!
@@alexeysamokhin9629 Basically, the Lizard People, then.
But will Dr Grande analyze Dr Grande...
@@ironzombi So basically you want a surgeon to operate on himself? Or it would be like asking a Bar Association's members , "How are they qualified and investigate the people who qualified them, then investigate the people who qualified them; so on and on. . . .
@@trissloan2340 yes, this is 100% exactly what I want, I infact demand this. we the viewers deserve !
Power is highly concentrated in America. For example, five corporate conglomerates own 95% of all media. That's elite power.
Yeah, it's not really a conspiracy theory. It's common knowledge.
No he doesn’t sound biased
Alien lizard people.
THANK YOU! 👏👏👏
It may be, but we can turn off media, ignore it, and disagree with it. So it is power that’s unplug-able.
I don't see symmetry between the left-wing view that America is controlled by capitalists and the right-wing view that it is controlled by Communists. America is a capitalist country, while the view that it is Communist is delusional.
Nobody on the Right believes America is Communist.
@@enbykenz Anytime
@@charjl96 The John Birch Society and other right-wing group claimed that the U.S. was controlled by Communists. Look it up.
@@nickd4310 Better safe than sorry
@Yazarch Liseed What's done is done
Anarchy =/= no government, leadership, laws, or society. It’s about horizontal and democratized power structures, rather than vertical and dictatorial ones. Flattening the arch, if you will.
No responsibility too!
^antifa
Unfortunately, the groups that disavow hierarchy the most explicitly let it bite them in the ass when human personalities are confronted with material reality.
you're right and you should say it
Anarchism will never work because humans are animals who instinctually obey power structures.
“So far left, they don’t align with the Democratic Party ideals” Who said the Dems were left wing at all?
The American overton window is a mess
Remember the meme about the "U.S. political aircraft" having two right wings only.
I’m a Dem and I not a socialist or a liberal. I am anti fascist.
What? The Democratic Party isn't left-wing! xD
There are literally socialist within the party ,so yes, they're left wing.
I think Dr. Grande has a slight obsession with alien lizard people 😂
@Tom Curry who knows...
True
Wouldn't you? 😂
Its getting old, but as long as it keeps the simpltons entertained, so be it.
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I saw an interview with antifa members where They were asked to define fascism and none of them could...
Antifa are closer to actual nazi fascism than anyone will want to admit. What they claim to be for is a joke because that’s not what their actions say. And to say they don’t coincide with dems isn’t true. Some dems have condemned them but they work hand in hand. They burned down buildings and the dems say... see trumps fault. And it’s well documented that the nazis analyzed how the Democrats created a “lower class” with the blacks. They used it as a model for how to segregate Jews in their society. Dems are the master manipulators.
Are right wingers better at defing socialism?
@Gary Johnson: Yes they are. And I am not a right winger.
@@garyjohnson8327 Yes, much better.
After the online community has die down on that topic, can dr do one topic for Netflix's Cuties and other children show, pageant and child development psychology?
I don’t think people should watch that show
Agreed! I also would like a breakdown and opinion from him on how many men he feels are closer pedos in tbis country
Cuties was a mirror to society and questioned what islt is to be a woman. It showed the main girls pain at watching her mother suffer in silence and accept that her dad was marrying another woman. It followed her acting out and rebelling. She was trying to fit in and her overt sexuality was a cry for help but also what she saw. She saw that successful and desired women in media are half naked, very sexualised. What does it mean to be valued as a woman. It was a good film, i disagree with the direction and the zooming in on private parts but the film was honest. It also spoke about culture and religion too.
@@sexyblackcharlery i guess if you ignore the pedophilic themes. Whatever, maybe there is a different way to look at it, but there should have been a much more harsh and brutal portrayal of child sexualization. It just makes it seem good. Which is disgusting.
living waters youtube, i think you would enjoy. time is passing by quickly today is the day of salvation read and see how much God loves you and wants you to be saved
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God
john 3:16-18
Anarchy has different definitions whether you're asking people entrenched in establishment an people like Noam Chomsky who actually perform and spread anarchist ideology. Anarchy isn't chaos for the sake of it, it's a rejection of hierarchy being necessary for the function of human civilization, like how atheism is the rejection of theism to being necessary. Anarchy is just the opposite of hierarchy, and of course anyone who accepts hierarchy as necessary would feel like the rejection of that is chaos but it really isn't anymore the secularism is chaos. Democracy as an idea that the people being affected by the consequences of a decision should have a say in that decision, is an anarchist positive and hierarchist negative idea.
@Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana those are artificial hierarchies. What's considered attractive and what are strengths and what are weaknesses are always changing depending on external conditions. Structuring a society around contemporary hierarchies is how they become toxic and oppressive when things ultimately change and the society can't change with it without first upending the established status quo. A society with this in mind can implement nuanced and flexible policy that would allow the most people to use whatever gifts they're born with to potentially flourish with the society as opposed to against the society. If collectively we can supply individuals with all they need then individually we can give all we can to the collective.
@Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana But the hierarchies in itself, does not justify itself. Things like laws that only benefit large corporations because they paid politicians, which then screw over everyone else can't be made by the states representatives sole desire to, it would be voted on by its people. It would be democracy instead of a democratically elected republic.
That is a huge false equivalency. History has shown that some form of hierarchy must exist for a stable society to be formed , it is not just an excuse used by the corrupt elite . Democracy on it's own isn't a hierarchist negative idea because the democratic process itself creates a hierarchy .
@@Hanzo615 what exactly is the false equivalency then? I would argue that over time all societies destabilize as hierarchies that no longer work demand more and more of the societies resources to be enforced. The conditions change and if the society would rather uphold the dated narratives then change with the times there's a collapse of power structures regardless. If you see hierarchies as something that must exist then the collapsing of those hierarchies have also historically been a part of then process.
@@napppstar0 Hierarchies that no longer work are replaced by those that do, it's simple as that. Forms of hierarchies can be outdated but not the notion of hierarchy itself.
Actually antifa isn't a homogenous group. It has a violent leftist part, but antifa as a movement also contains all sorts of other people who peacefully work and campaign against fascistic and other right wing activities. That includes positive activities like exit coucelling, monitoring, collecting and providing information about right wing activities, councelling school classes etc. Some of the people doing that work are even ex neonazis.
Its kinda tragic then that so much of the rhetoric and action from Antifa that is so extreme and authoritarian looks like a more effective recruiting sergeant for extreme right wingers than the far right could ever dream of having.... the old adage of an eye for an eye creates a visually impaired world comes to mind.
A major difference between antifa and other radical groups (right wing militias like 3%ers and proud boys) is that violence is almost non-existent in the former, and absolutely endemic in the latter. There is no escaping violence when your organized group arms themselves in anticipation of murdering PoC and activists. A vast majority of antifa / protestors are dangerously docile. They allow themselves to be trampled by police officers and slammed into the pavement.
People doing all of those wonderful deeds should not be aligning themselves with antifa. I am sure there were a lot of nice people affiliated with the Nazi party. What does that matter? Also, as Grande points out, most of you don't know what fascism is, and you guys aren't the moral arbiters of the world. There are plenty of fine people who are right of center.
No matter how you slice it, antifa is a fundamentally flawed, malignant group. Go take your charity and good will to a group that is not.
@@collinsmcrae If your argument is that a few bad apples ruin the batch, maybe we should get rid of police too.
@@collinsmcrae People mostly don't categorise themselves as "antifa". But if you run for example a charitable anti right organisation that is collecting information and makes it accessible to the public and rightfully calls itself "antifascistic network" you get automatically lumped together with violent left wing rioters. Antifascistic is a totally legitimate, neutral term that describes a political attitude. Like antiracist, anti sexual violence, anti corruption.These rioters have taken over the legitimate term "antifascistic". It doesn't belong to them!
While most right wing adherents are generally prone to violence against the minority groups they blame for all the bad in their life, most people on the political left are not prone to violence. So why should the peaeful majority of antifascistic activists and sympathisers be punished for a few messed up wannabe revolutionaries and rioters.
“Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, 'he that is not with me is against me'.”
― George Orwell
What about hampering war efforts to remove fascists like Saddam Hussein, or Gaddafi, or Assad?
Yes, that is also what I would say if I was an idiot who thought the world was suddenly going to collapse into fascism next week.
@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 Diplomacy is prioritized and emphasized. Conservatives only do ugly war because they make inferior combatants (they're all-around lazy). Clean kills of evil people are very different than dragged out profiteering wars. Those situations could have been handled much more gracefully and many lives could have been saved and livelihoods preserved.
"Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society."
―Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the US Nuclear Navy
"...In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience..."
―Kwame Ture
"It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a stratagem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person."
―Yagyu Munenori
"Every Nazi who remains alive will kill women, children and old folks. Dead Nazis are harmless. Therefore, if I kill a Nazi, I am saving lives."
―Lyudmila Pavlichenko
@@yb7875 Quit being so lazy and do your history homework. Nations don't rapidly "collapse" into fascism.
@@Dan-ud8hz @Daniel Duvalle Yeah, thats exacty what I am saying but as Dr Todd says, "no one accused you of being smart." leftists stir up countries like they did in the Weimar Republic with political violence, and regular conservatives end up being more and more radicalized. Read my other comment. Im sure you'll find it if you filter by Newest.
Comments section here should be good 😂
@Chris Wallace who crapped in your cornflakes? Jeez
A bunch of lefties desperately defending their comrades 🤣🤣
Surprisingly reasonable
Kamikaze Jump most of my friends are more liberal than conservative we grew up in a liberal college town in a blue state and we don’t know any antifa people and we think they’re a bunch or freaks who seem to kinda be role playing some powerful crusaders. Like I said we’re democrats in most ways but we’ve never seen any antifa ever and don’t support that nonsense in any way
Hi, I'm antifa, AMA. Here to demystify people thinking we are freaks.
I agree with you in condemning violence, but people on the far left doesn't believe in the same conspiracy theories that the far right believes, what they believe(and rightly so) is that individuals and corporations can funnel money throug politics by funding campaings to get politician to serve their interests.
And... that makes them better??
No it doesn't make them better
Antifa are pro corporation and pro establishment, they recently knocked out a black Trump supporters teeth at an anti-big tech censorship rally. They are PRO big tech censorship, they aren't fighting against the system, they are part of the system.
actually the far right and far left DO believe in the same conspiracy.... it's just that the "alien lizard people" are of a certain ethnic religious affiliation. Might've been in his first draft of this, and thought Alien Lizard Ppl was more palatable
@@hollisarkham Yea correct, I've met people on both sides that believe in alien lizard people
Grande is literally the Centrist Dad meme
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Except he defends amber heard
@@eminemilly amber heard beat Jonny depp and then lied and said he beat her
@@nickyman5557 exactly but this youtuber defended heard in his analysis of them
@@eminemilly yeah grande has some really bad takes, like when he said Jeffrey Epstein probably killed himself, and also in this video when he claims that elites don’t control the world even though that’s been the way society has been since the invention of agriculture
I would like for dr grande to make a video about himself. Maybe he could even smile in the thumbnail 😂 what brought him to UA-cam? What does he like and dislike about UA-cam? What are his favorite UA-cam channels. Etc
He already did
Lmao
@@Justin.Martyr thx bby
I think (therefore I am). BUT enough about ME. I believe WE need to help Dr. Grande (Big) with his STRANGE 👽 people AND Lizard People psychosis.🥙🍔🥕🐸🐲🐉🐊🦎
@@Justin.Martyr no your ava tar is stoopid looking.
If I give you a million dollars towards your political campaign, and you don't believe that I expect something in return, then you might be living in a fantasy world. The destructive practice of unlimited campaign finance is not a conspiracy theory.
@Darth Féékhall ...but it's so GOOD!
Yea corruption is real but they think it so bad that there is no democracy anymore.
Other millionaires against that candidate can donate to the opposing candidate of their choice.
@@belstar1128 how can you call it a democracy when 44% of eligible people don't participate?
@@mrbadguysan When people don't participate, it kind of explains why we get what we get.
I don't mind this as a thought experiment, but I think there are big flaws if taking it as a serious analysis. For one thing, I'm not sold on the idea that groups can be reified in this way for an analysis of "personality". But more significantly, we can see the way a therapist can bring their own ideological assumptions which bias that analysis. For example the part about "elites controlling the media" and association with conspiracy theory thinking assumes that this is an illegitimate view. In fact, there are many studies into the concentration of corporate media, and the networks of business interests which influence coverage. For example, would we expect the Washington Post - owned by the richest man in the world and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos - to present unfavourable coverage of Amazon, its business associates (which includes the CIA, no less) or Bezos himself? Some of this work, such as Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent is seminal in its field. The US government's own Church Committee also raised some associated issues.
So we see here that one single ideological assumption can throw off the conclusions in a big way. Suddenly people with a legitimate view of media are considered to be displaying schizotypal features. You could apply the same reasoning to issues like whether responding to fascism with violence is a form of dysfunction, or merely situational (see WWII where this is uncontroversial, or revolutions against fascist governments). In other words, there are real limitations in psychopathologising the political.
Aaaaaaanyhoo, like I say, no harm in applying loosely for the sake of discussion. Might I recommend Glenn Beck for an interesting entry? That time he sobbed on TV because "I love my country 😭" is worth a book in its own. It would also be interesting to discuss if he has schizotypal traits, or just schizotypal-for-money 😂
It is a thought experiment. Dr Grande is speculating on what could be happening in a situation like this one, he’s not diagnosing anyone.
Dr. Grande does not limit himself to case analyses, but branches out, as many great psychiatrists and therapists have done, into social and by definition, political issues - Freud's "Society and its Discontent"; C. G. Jung's "Modern Man in Search of a Soul", dealt with crises in their own times and places. Perhaps Dr. Grande touched on a raw nerve? Be well.
Two things I found ironic with Antifa was that when they needed help they wanted cops and medics. Another is that as soon as they set up Chaz , the free zones in Seattle ,they made borders and had guns to protect themselves.
You find it "ironic" because you don't know know what that word "ironic" means nor anything about Antifa.
@The Trilingual Learner
@@thecollector6746 No, it is ironic. I know exactly what Antifa stands for, it's clear you have done no actual research.
@@DarthVaderTheSithLord ..except for the fact that you don't. You just "ironically" said as much and typical of every Right Wing ignoramus down to a man you know deep down you have been played for the pathetic mark that you are; but admitting that for people like you is a fate worse than death apparently.
I know that Churchill didn't actually say this but it is still a great quote; 'Fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists'. Great video, Dr. Grande. Your psychology videos are mind-blowing and by far the best on UA-cam.
Fascism is not a opinion like vanilla ice cream is better than strawberry. There is a set of beliefs to Fascism. Not all Fascists have to adhere to all these beliefs. For example, Italian Fascists did not believe in anti semitism to the same extent as their German counterparts. Two great books to learn more about Fascism are Zev Sternal's The birth of Fascist Ideology and Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism. As for Anarchism, read Daniel Guerin's No Gods, No Masters or Anarchism by Noam Chomsky who is a Anarchist himself.
For people in the comments defending antifa by saying “they are anti fascist” .. this isn’t a defense. Just because they are anti fascist doesn’t mean they are good. Stalin was anti fascist but also happened to be a murderous communist dictator with a body count in the 20 millions. So was Mao. Just opposing one bad thing doesn’t indicate virtue. Thank you for this informative video Dr Grande!
Yup yup yup
Actions speak louder than words!
You tell em Beth!!
stalin's body count goes up every decade
Youve upset the commies
Thank you Dr. Grande, I think you are fabulous. I hate these times. In 70 years I have never seen or felt so much hate....scary days.
@G G never in a million years would I vote for him
@G G I voted for him. Not scared one bit of what comes after this lopsided Trump victory.
@G G you watch CNN and msnbc that pushed a Russian collusion hoax on you and you bought it for three years. Then when you find out it was all made up by Hillary, covered uo by the media and used as an end around to attempt a coup on a duly elected president by Obama, you still sit there and believe all of them. Yet you think I'm brainwashed. You honestly think you have critical thinking skills even though you just believe the media and Joe Biden when they say that the laptop was fake and that he never made money off of his crackhead son being millions of dollars by a company Joe directly intervened on behalf of. Dr Grande needs to do a segment on you. TDS is real. And it is debilitating.
Being 70 you were around when Black men were Lynched daily. Destruction of private property and assaulting White Supremacist is far less violent than murdering people for being Black.
Yeh, it’s pretty hateful to murder babies, exalt perverts, and support communism. Biden supporters are complete idiots and extremely dangerous. That’s why the burn, loot and murder (BLM). They are God haters, with no moral standard to judge right or wrong and they HATE freedom, especially free speech unless of course they are the ones spewing their hatred of America. The don’t even know what gender they are, lol. They are psychos.
"So far to the left..." Would you describe anti domestic violence people the same way? If someone is ANTIFA and Catholic, and violent, are Catholics violent? Who is defining and describing ANTIFA? TV news? Are they all violent? If you oppose the dominance of wealth and corporations in American politics, are you extreme and violent? I don't think so.
I’ve never disagreed with one of your videos at all. I’m really shocked at this...
Dr. Grande is taking a lot of chances... by now he's likely close to the top of the Alien Lizard People's 'humans we need to silence' list.
Those are the ones that live on the flat earth.
@@marylamb7707 😂😂😂
He will have then have reached his goal of meeting the Alien Lizard people in person, joining forces with them to transcend humanity to the next level of evolution
@@marylamb7707 No, inside hollow earth
I’m glad he’s got a lot of guns.
Dr. Grande throwing out Horseshoe Theory via alien infiltration.
And deserves it being pointed out. Fishhook theory is a little more accurate IMO
living waters youtube, i think you would enjoy. time is passing by quickly today is the day of salvation read and see how much God loves you and wants you to be saved
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God
john 3:16-18
I just played this episode for my 89yr old father, and kept having to pause and rewind while he laughed his head off at Dr T's parables, LOL! Im new to this channel, so binging is a blast!
I think the context you paint is a little reductive.
I've spoken to a lot of people who call themselves anti-fascist and engage in these protests. It's anecdotal but I find their beliefs about the government are far more nuanced then the far right. It's not unreasonable to say both parties are heavily influenced if not controlled by corporate power. That's not a conspiracy - they would argue that it's the nature of our kind of system and that point of view is well supported by academic research. One can disagree with that analysis but that analysis is VERY different from right wing beliefs about HRC running a pedophile ring, Obama being a socialist, COVID is a plot to turn us into Venezuela, etc.
I think you are revealing your own opinion about ANTIFA choosing free speech for some and not for others. They don't see it that way for good reason: Hate speech is illegal in parts of Europe because there are documented connections between such speech and the rise of violent fascist activity. The examples are myriad. It's a tricky issue and obviously one should be diligent about identifying what actually counts as hate speech.
On the property damage: a small number of far leftist groups engage in property damage. Many don't and it's usually a small group doing it. They are usually criticized by the bulk of protestors because, if nothing else, it's tactically stupid and is a gift to neoliberal Republicans and Democrats. Also, authentic socialists and anarchists tend to be concerned with "regular people" caught in a market system. Small businesses would never be targeted - only large chain stores who have insurance. Individuals who destroy people's property show their hand.
There is also evidence of agent provocateurs from far right groups infiltrating these groups and police leaving rocks in sites to entrap. That is not happening with the Proud Boys.
I would argue that anti-fascist tendencies are pretty healthy while fascist tendencies are very unhealthy. One is a response to possible oppression and the other is identifying "the other" for punishment and control.
Please remember that the FBI has said that ANTIFA is not the major terrorist threat in this country and that far right groups are. This is not a time to present both sides as equal.
The most sensible post yet. Dr Grande really showed his lack of knowledge and corporate media influences on this video. He needs to stay away from politics as it’s always biased no matter what side you’re on. America was supposed to be an anti fascist country.
@gotsda you are 100% correct.
@gotsda
I never said the laws were working or not working. Please take a look at France, Germany, Finland, among others. It’s a long history. It’s a little silly to think that half of Europe being torn apart by viscous racists in the 30’s and 40’s wasn’t, at least in part, a strong component. Genocides start with language.
I would argue that racist groups have been on the rise in Europe. See the Southern Poverty Law Center, the UN, among others. They are much more politically savvy and use language to present their ideas in far more gentle words. It happens here too. That’s good - it means there’s still enough fear in them to not be over. So maybe some of the laws are working. Nationalism, fascism, and racism are usually deeply interlaced. It’s not like it just goes away because new generations are born. It was there before Hitler and after.
In the U.S.: We long ago crossed a line where we can pretend that Trump supporters are innocuous. They are existential threats to our Democracy. Trump and the Republicans are already trying to shut down voting. The Republican establishment and the base have largely surrendered to Trump. Democrats have enabled him for a lot of complex reasons.
Given that he’s used unidentified federal troops in cities run by political opponents, is attempting to institute “patriotic education” (a fascist idea if there ever was one), taking children away from their parents at the border, banned religious groups from coming into the country, and much more, I have zero moral problem with people that support that being harassed - other than tactically. I do think there’s a valid point to be made about Antifa’s tactics around physical violence (not calling people names or interrupting their dinners) and, as I said, they receive a lot of pushback from BLM and peaceful protesters. I have no doubt there have been abuses. That said, it’s a little hard to feel sorry for a guy who donated to police unions, especially in Portland where there’s a documented racist infection in that dept. Police unions are a huge reason why there hasn’t been systemic change to law enforcement in this country.
Militant leftists think this is a war - or a prelude to one. I don’t agree with that yet but my sympathies aren’t with those that are trying to protect the system that created the tensions. The Republicans and Democratic establishment have been fighting a class war for the last 40 years through neoliberal policies. What you’re seeing isn’t just a response to police killings. The abandonment of the regular population during COVID by both parties (which has hit low income communities especially hard), stagnating wages, the joke of American health care, and little movement on climate change are all part of the anger. On the other side, Right wing protesters largely go on their culture being erased, silliness about the traditional American dream, and bizarre conspiracies. It will get worse.
Let’s talk about violence: They drive trucks into leftist rally’s openly murdering. Whether or not these people are even capable of the self-awareness to call themselves racist or fascist, they are aligned with those that do.
Again, anecdotal, I’ve been to protests that break out into fighting and, honestly, it’s been equal on both sides. I just am not going to pretend that both sides are fighting for something righteous.
It’s not just another point of view. That’s a high school debate myth of Republicans and Democrats who are largely part of the same political class: they get the same speaker jobs and fat paychecks after their time in government. They both basically believe in our economic system, just two different ends. Of course they see it as just two sides and that view is held by many in the U.S. population.
In the real world, ideas lead to popular support for real violence. Think about the first stirrings of the Nazi ideology. Would you call that just another idea that leftists happened to not like? And don’t have a cow - I’m not saying we are dealing with something that insidious but it makes sense to pay attention to history.
A far right agent provocateur was identified in Minneapolis breaking windows in late July. There are numerous non-violent groups who have identified infiltrators. I’m talking about very sedate groups like the Democratic Socialists. Agent provocateurs have shown up in most major protest movements in the states since Vietnam at least - often by the government.
You can argue about the degrees of QAnon freaks and American flag wavers and when they actually slip into open fascism. The feeling on the ground with the authentic left is if you are supporting the Trump narrative, you are close enough. That doesn’t mean organized leftists are willing to use violence like the people that are but if Trump steals the election and really ramps up the authoritarianism, the tensions will increase. Who knows what will happen.
ANTIFA is highly decentralized in every country. Biden wasn’t wrong when he said it was an idea, not an organized group. To make it into an organized movement works for Trump’s framing but there’s little to it. But, lets just say it exists as an organized group. If we are dealing with a rise in fascism, albeit with a small f, ANTIFA - meaning anti-fascist - actions SHOULD be achieving their goals. I get that you don’t agree with who is a fascist and who isn't but that’s the explanation.
@@pauldavidking9083 good
@gotsda
This isn’t fringe news. Just check major newspapers for stories on unidentified troops - Portland isn’t the only place. If you think this isn’t about furthering the fascist rulebook - trying to normalize and legitimize unaccountable state power - then I don’t know what to tell you. There are numerous reports of illegal detentions by unmarked officers with unmarked vans. Why wouldn’t they display their info if what they were doing was legitimate?
Trump’s threat of patriotic education is to use taxpayer money to develop a commission to replace the study of America with a “pro-American curriculum.” Goebbels would’ve enjoyed the language. Now, he has no chance of doing that now but again, it’s about pushing forward the possibilities for future leaders when the conditions are more ripe.
He couldn’t get away with a full ban in the United States, just people from predominantly Muslim countries. At what point is a policy anti-religion and racist?
Sigh. It’s not like you have to go to the dark web to find this stuff. Go to Google Scholar and type in “Rise of the far right in Europe.” You can find differing opinions but there’s plenty of academic work. For the hell of it, I did a search of Access World News - a large newspaper database. There are hundreds of articles from European papers on both the rise in population of far-right parties, attitudes towards migrants, xenophobia, etc. You’ll find your view supported and many who don’t. I’m sure you’d disagree with the definitions but this isn’t remote information.
I do not argue that the SPLC is unbiased organization. Most of the complaints of the SPLC that I’ve read are from conservative commentators - not credible researchers. SPLC definitions of far right differ from people who have almost universally banded behind an authoritarian president who uses the terms associated with eugenics. C’mon.
I am not 100% on any tactical approach - nonviolent or violent at this point. I am not willing to just ignore signs of fascism, even if they don’t lead anywhere. Right wingers on the street are not the only sign. Try reading the ANTIFA handbook by Mark Bray. You may not agree but he makes the best case I’ve read for preemptive action by anti-fascists in Europe and the U.S.
There is more going on here then just conservatives in the street. The Republican Party and its base have gone far enough right that fascism or fascism lite or racial identity is close enough for us to be worried. The Democrats moved right too, enabled the Republicans in many ways and helped provide fertile ground for a leader like Trump to rise. He’s discredited the press to his followers. He discredited science. He’s banned people from Muslim countries. He’s legitimized taking migrant kids from their parents. Making things possible that weren't before. I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy. I think there's a general direction that these people believe in. You can call it whatever you want.
In the U.S. now, the credibility of our elections is in the toilet. Trump lost the popular vote. The Electoral College is considered a sham for many. For anyone who thinks democracy means one man, one vote, the argument that he’s legitimate is a joke, increasingly so. What he’s done since he took over is ruin the office. Working with foreign governments is just the tip of the iceberg.
Do me a favor: pick up some books on the history of genocides. Are you honestly telling me that anti- Tutsi radio didn’t contribute to the gearing up of their slaughter in 1994? That pushing vulnerable people with racist memes isn’t important? Of course it isn’t the whole story but people who study this stuff certainly don’t agree with the idea that rhetoric and framing doesn’t matter.
I just don’t buy it that there is only a single agent provocateur. Just yesterday there were reports of some Texas extremists shouting George Floyd when firing on a police precinct! Having been involved with working with non-violent protesters - there is tons of paranoia - but well placed. This country has a deep history of infiltration of the left - the most insidious is by the government. Look up Co-Intel-Pro.
That said, I don’t argue the majority of the violence is necessarily by the right in disguise. I’m saying I suspect there’s a lot of it going on.
I’d say the police are far more guilty of real violence - towards large groups of people who have an agenda they hate.
I was on the ground in Portland. The police were brutal on clearly peaceful protesters. It looked like something from a third world dictatorship. Far more the instigators of violence in the protests across this country. I’m sure they think they are keeping law and order but law enforcement culture in the United States is so mired in systemic racism and militarism that they aren’t even conscious of their motives. This is a movement to remove some of their power, after all.
When I don’t condemn the attack on this business it is because his statement isn’t banal in the context of Portland. As I said, police unions are dangerous and it’s well known. BLM is a civil rights movement. The police unions are not. I’m sorry but in the real world there are points when we have to take sides.
The people who take up the ANTIFA label are purposely not organizing for very good reasons. It’s like a cultural agreement among people who engage. You won’t find a central command or leaders. It isn’t effective.
Where's the gymnastics?
I’m not completely discounting the idea that non-violence and communication is the way forward. Frankly, I’m in a place where a lot of Americans are: confused and not knowing how far we’ve gone down a dark path. I think many left wing activists are feeling this way. I’ve talked with leftists who are thinking of buying guns - people who wouldn’t have thought this way 5 years ago.
What I don’t buy is that we’re in some neutral middle ground divorced from history where all sides are equal, all points of view should be considered as valid. I don’t think that’s logical or healthy. I don’t really believe that you even think that. There's always something that society deems off the table, even in the liberal west.
I value free speech very much. I was opposed to left wing action in Berkeley to shut down Milo and Ann Coulter for example. I personally don’t care when I hear far right BS. I think that the line should be very far before trying to control speech.
However, I do think that certain conditions lead to fascism. The U.S. meets many of those conditions. We have a leader who believes in this shit and stands up for the people who will act on it. Among the many other frightening signs, that standing up, his language, his support matters. In that context, we have to draw a line.
Where that line is is up for debate. However, history has shown us that the kind of belief systems at work here don’t lead to negotiation. The far more troubling issue here is that people like you are focusing on dissidents and not on the far more powerful state and who is running it and what amounts to brown shirts in the streets. The left has very little power - yet. When an anarchist hits someone they shouldn’t of is just a strange thing to focus on given the larger picture. Unless, of course, your real problem is what they are fighting for and not the tactics at all.
Maybe you could make a video on Cable news propaganda, and the affect they have had on our society.
oh, i doubt we'll see that just based off of this analysis...
I'm in tears of laughter , the monologue at 2.50 about left and right will just end up meeting the lizard people is stand up comedy level. A few years ago no one would have understood these joke at all, strange how things changes . Awesome job. Could you analyze the alien lizard people next
IKR 🤣😂😅
We NEED an analysis of the Alien Lizard People!!
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It's the horseshoe theory of alien lizard people.
Do you mean the delusion that there are actually alien lizard people? What causes such delusions? 🤷♀️
Dr grande is usually correct...but there are a lot of incorrect statements in this video 🤦♂️
i like the examples you provided 🤣🤣
Too many to list. I know people on both sides, and I can say from anecdotal experience that anti-fascists are not even close to as violent. Even the FBI recognizes white right wing extremists as the greatest danger.
@@murphyjanitorial get your political opinions out of here, this is about psychology
@@hankmann2508 its about a political group. why are you getting mad at this guy? of course politics are involved.
Waving away concerns about power structures by referencing alien lizard people is cheap
You Gonna Cry?
The next one should be an analysis of the alien lizard people !! 😂
U mean the Zuck?
There is, but in the video about David Icke, search it up
The next analysis should probably be of Anarcho-Capitalist Libertarianism as personified by Clivan Bundy, or possibly the Zen of Extreme Socialism as personified by Yeshua ben Yusuf.
"Hi, this is Dr. Grande, today we are..." *lizard person removes Dr. Grande mask* ..."taking over, you homosapiens. Muahahahaha!!!"
@@MW-ic7lr HAHAHA ! 😂🤣 Nice one
Just fantastic -both this and the proud boys one. Just a fair and balanced, well-deserved roasting for both sides. Well done, Doctor. 👏
I think the funniest part is the videos are really a two parter. If you watch one without the other, it seems biased. But you watch both and it’s fair. Unfortunately, most of the people hating on this or the Proud Boys video never stuck around to see the other side of Dr. Grande.
This ^
@Amyra Batya Replace Proud Boys with Antifa and leftist with rightist and boom, this video
@Amyra Batya Mate, he literally said antifa think lizard people run the country. There’s a bit of fact in both videos and also exaggeration for the sake of comedy.
@Amyra Batya “You have to have a broken heart, you have to break someone’s heart, you have to beat the shit out of someone, and you have to have the shit beaten out of you.”
“Feminism is redundant. Fighting racism is redundant.”
Gavin McInnes, Founder of Proud Boys on Dateline Shorts: Who are the Proud Boys.
Analysis runs a little thin when it’s dripping with disdain. I think that if you feel someone is just a worthless joke, you shouldn’t waste everyone’s time to make a video about them.
To say a counterpoint, I think that it’s perfectly rational to lash out when you feel oppressed, threatened, and ill represented by your government. It may not be “smart” to break a few windows and engage in some protests, but it’s smarter than doing nothing, and mocking those who would incite a change.
Well said. This video straw-manned and ridiculed but it didn't present any new/clear ideas. Pretty lame.
@@chucklebutt4470 Uh-oh: triggered pAnTyFa misfit alert!
I find it fascinating that dr. Grande has the exact same definition of Anarchism as the American news media; Wonder why that is.
He also is into guns, he has those 'great' American genes alright lol...
oof I feel like there was quite a bit of generalisation in this video. definitely made some good points but I think trying to analyse the mental health and personality of "antifa" as a whole is a bit of a stretch.
100% agree- antifascist means different things to different people for a start, its unusual to analyse an ideology or concept i think
Far from always being wrong or inappropriate to generalise though. Picking up on patterns of behaviour and stuff is the most natural thing in the world. It's built into us.
I agree, an auxiliary channel is needed for this: little psychology, a lot of opinion and views on politics. I'm sure there are many interesting subjects in psychology the good doctor hasn't touched yet
@@timmya4000 sure, but I still think that the concept of antifascist action is more complex and layered than made out to be here
Yeah it's dicey trying to apply that to an entire group, but you can usually identify some common traits
Actually, violence is NOT a part of anti-fascist ideology. I am opposed to fascism and also to violence, because fascism and Naziism is violence... so I am pacifist...
This video is so wrong...
If it's not a part of anti-fascist ideology then why are antifa scum committing so many acts of senseless violence and calling it justified?
@@taketwochickens2888 Because human beings are fucking assholes, and any movement attracts a certain percentage of said assholes regardless of higher principle etcetera. (e.g. there's always just going to be meatheads who can only consider fighting etc) That said, just compare far-right violence in the US to far-left violence (you can even count property for both, I will allow that because I understand that to some property is equally valuable to life, or more valuable than some lives).
sorry Dr Grande, but that was a load of ill-informed, misleading crap.
How are the regular antifa member then?
Sounded pretty accurate to me
Greetings from Norway!
I've been a subscriber for a couple of months now, watching almost all of your videos. I have a huge interest in psychology, especially when it comes to "studying" the mind of serial killers, murderers, cult leaders and pyramid schemes in general. It fascinates me how people can be brainwashed and manipulated into believing and worshipping the most bizarre things..
..And when it comes to murderers, my fascination is based off the big question "WHY?". Why does some people with a traumatic childhood end up taking lives, while others with very similar backgrounds become good people who couldn't hurt a fly?
I enjoy your dry humor as well, it makes these dark subjects a little easier to listen to. I think it's a good thing you're not super detailed about these heinous acts. The "why?" is a lot more interesting than the "how?".
Although I really do enjoy your content, I gotta admit that I love falling asleep to your videos. It might not be the best subjects to listen to while falling asleep, but there's just something about your voice that relaxes me. Yup! I might just be another case for you to solve, right here :'D.
Jokes aside though, please do one with Peter Madsen, the Danish "rocket science" guy who killed Kim Wall, the Swedish journalist.This madman escaped prison! He was able to hold a female psychologist hostage by using a "gun like" object, and then he proceeded to wear a fake bomb belt. This was all over the news yesterday. They did get him though. You should really do an analysis about this now that it's fresh again. I can't wait to hear your dry humor jokes on this dude!
A little shy of half a million subscribers and Dr. Grande's ramping up the humor, ha ha...
How can you not ramp up the humor when discussing these clowns (Antifa, Scientology, "boy" groups, etc)?
Yes I was thinking the same thing, he is on a roll!🔥🔥🔥😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mlovmo Ditto that...👍
I just want to share my favorite quote about fascism from South Park:
"Isn't that fascism?"
"No because we don't call it fascism."
where tf is the fascist part in antifa?
@@breastfeeder4856 If not in setting themselves up as guardians of what other people can say and not say then what is fascism? If using social ostracism as an arm twisting means to ends rather then reasoned argument then what is fascism? If not using violence and claiming to be "peace lovers" is not fascism then what is? Do define fascism for me.
@@coweatsman none of them claimed to be peace lovers and none of them are against freedom of speech. Antifa believes in free speech whole heartedly however they believe that freedom of speech does not protect you from consequences hence why antifa brings protection gear and weapons to their own protests. I don’t see the correlation between antifa and fascism. If anything I see fascism more in the American government for getting the national guard to attack protestors and frame them for instigating the violence and vandalism. Kentucky made protest illegal recently too. You should be worried about the ones in power.
@@coweatsman Palingenic ultranationalism: bringing about a rebirth of a nebulously-defined "nation." This involves purging this nation of groups that have polluted it since some time in the past when things were hunky-dory, enabling rebirth. Fascism is inherently anti-egalitarian: those outside the nation can expect no support from the nation.
What you describe is standard practice of many groups throughout history, especially in the ruling class. Post-war domestic espionage programs of the centrist American government (like COINTELPRO and CIA attempts to influence public opinion, especially in Reader's Digest) fit all three sentences you wrote; nobody outside the Communist Party describe this as fascism. The Communist Party in the Soviet Union likewise engaged in all of this; nobody outside of American libertarians describe this as fascism. The Rand Collective did this for its members, as well as for groups it didn't like (Rand actively advocated for state-sponsored violence when she felt like it, like against the Palestinians and in Pinochet's Chile); nobody describes this as fascism.
How would you describe fascism?
@@breastfeeder4856 I would say antifa would be closer to authoritarian than fascist. In that they use power to silence. I'm sure when it comes to the state, many would be okay using the power of the state in silencing those whom they deem to be harmful.
Now many members may very well be anarchists, so that conclusion may not be totally accurate. However, it doesn't change the idea of the use of force to silence.
Freedom of speech to these people is clearly not a very high value. If it was, they would understand the nuance of such a thing. For this reason, they are far from a lib left/right. Classical liberals, for example, would hold such a thing to a higher value, including all those closer to center, and would find force of any kind despicable. This is the difference.
Dr. Grande it would be interesting if you did a video diagnosis on Dr. Grande!
He did.
Imagine he did a video making fun of us lmao
Or one on Dr. Grande subcribers!
He should have classified them as individuals who might be associated with a certain way of thinking. Calling the "members" is what led to all of his subsequent misrepresentations. From there he goes into a tailspin of incorrect statements/ conclusions
It’s actually embarrassing what he did here. The video is devoid of basic understanding of basic 20-21st century US politics. For example, comparing saying that elites have control over US politics is as equal as believing in lizard conspiracies is plain dumb for a so called professional, one that should be able to differentiate between factual values. Again, embarrassing and god cringy level.
i'm wondering if anti-fascists are somehow different in the US to the UK. Being antifascist in the UK is largely not seen as a bad thing . On the whole, the UK doesn't support fascism or Nazis - with the exception of the very right wing. In fact, most centrists over here don't support fascism. The UK tends not to be so terrified of anything relating to Socialism or Communism either. i guess that's because we are not taught so much that they are dirty words and our NHS is a socialist idea. The direct action that Dr Grande is talking about (such as damaging buildings) in the UK is unusual, but when it happens it is directed at large corporations that use legal loopholes to avoid paying taxes- the idea being that why should hard working people pay tax yet giant corporations don't. Antifascists usually appear here when racist, right wing hate groups such as the EDL or UKIP are demonstrating . Ordinary uk people don't want these groups in their towns either and the police are largely sympathetic as much as they can be. The idea that our government isn't working hand in hand with large corporations is laughable, it isn't a conspiracy theory, in fact they are quite blatant about it and we won't even get into Brexit!! . I would be considered extreme hard left in the US i think
How are UKIP a racist hate group? To me they are wishy washy middle of the road types.
It's a punching bag for people that don't want accountability for their racist and/or exploitative beliefs. "They're the REAL enemy!".
Well I disagree Jeremy Corbyn is proof of the country being scared of communism he isn't PM a lot of people didn't want him as PM Jewish people were in front of everyone's minds while voting against him
Mr Corbyn openly said when the Salisbury nerve agent attack happened don't jump to conclusions when it comes to Russia and the only country that has that nerve agent is Russia my dear this country does worry about communism but not as much as America
Rosie Red: Best comment here. Thank you!
this is an interesting point.
Please do Qanon and the people who follow it next! I'd love to see it
Fairly sure he covered that last month.
That's a good one, too. Just repeat this video and replace the name "Antifa" with "Qanon" and you've got about the same analysis.
@@mlovmo my feelings exactly. They are mirror images representing the worst of far left-right extremism. Both groups actively harm their representative sides. Its frustrating seeing peaceful protests against police brutality being undermined by them. Hopefully as they get older and wiser they can take their energy and focus it in constructive ways that advance justice instead of harming it.
@@erikbuchanan4648 Yeah, just look at what has been accomplished this summer: Nothing. No prohibitions on police use of force, especially force placed on the center-line of people's bodies (choke holds and knees to necks). Nothing has changed. You would think these 'protest groups' would be laser-focused on solving these problems. You'll notice that they are not. Which is exactly the point: Prohibitions on police using methods in mundane situations that kill U.S. Citizens would stop the outrage... and stop the burning down of courthouses. Well, we can't have that now, can we?
@@mlovmo exactly! The use of violence and vandalism only pushes those in the center into the arms of the right. At least Antifa in concept is on the side of justice. I remember when I was young and often allowed my passion, especially anger, to guide me in unconstructive ways. If Antifa could be made aware that they're shooting their causes in the foot and had more mature leaders to help guide them it would help turn the tide against the far right and their racists beliefs.
Please analyze the right wing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation that have been funding both parties, advising presidents from both parties, and hugely influential in placing pre-selected individuals into key positions for decades. Or go deeper, and explain the psychology of sycophant politicians willing to sell themselves out to whatever corporation or billionaire willing to throw dollars at their fundraising campaigns, even if it means letting go of their own morality and ideals. Thanks.
Antifa (and I generalise) are not against "the elite" as much as all forms of elite/classism in a system. We recognise any system that allows domination and social coercion as inherently unjust, hierarchical, and ergo unable to bring about a society of liberty and egalitarianism. We also recognise the existence of property and law as unjust shackles.
How is social cohesion inherently unjust? That seems like a really bizarre thing to believe.
@@jdb5961 Because it takes away egalitarianism and allows one superiority above another. In a just society they'd be no supremacy or domination.
@@jdb5961 I thought 'social cohesion' was the result of a peaceful, egalitarian and just society!
@@Debster8554 It just hit me, dam, I meant coercion, my bad. I need grammarly back.
I think Dr.Grande is secretly the grand overlord of the lizard people....
Because he is presenting information without a media or political bias that you agree with......?
I really hope this is meant to be ironic. People are so deranged these days that some people's actual beliefs are indistinguishable from satire.
It was a joke....
@@stephanie5872 people take things seriously you can tells there super fun at parties
You and half the UA-cam bloggers, lol!
You spent about one third of the video making the case that
Antifa is NOT a movement,
then you referred to
Antifa as a Movement.
You definitely sound like
you have no IDEA
what you are talking about
in this video.
What you said made ZERO sense.
I didn't need you to
agree with nor support Antifa,
but it would have been nice if you had been Objective, logical, &/or
science based - which you were NOT.
This video is your political opinion,
this video is NOT a
Psychological Analysis.
This is video is disappointing.
This video is a 100% total FAIL.
^antifa
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Agreed, this video 100% failed. I wish I could dislike it more than once. Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate how you put that.
agreed, not Grande's best work here
@@starrisesky Dr. Todd Grande dislikes this.
Saying that anti fascists don’t understand fascism when they fought fascists in nazi Germany, Spain (George Orwell was one of them and wrote a book about it), and other countries all over the world is ridiculous. Also making these generalized statements about all people who are against a widely hated ideology is fucking dumb. That being said I love the channel.
An average Antifa terrorist knows jack shit about history or politics. It is disrespectful to group George Orwell with them.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom How many "antifa terrorists" have you actually spoken to?
I doubt whether many folks would see the States as having a left wing party at all- perhaps a little less right wing at best, but both horses in the race having the same owner.
Spot on. The US is an insane country in terms of politics.
This is easily your worst take yet.
Any kind of extremist is dangerous when they form a group.
I must say that I have watched many of your various analyses and admire the way you approach each topic. Unfortunately, this particularly topic wasn’t done the same justice as the others I’ve seen. I’m by no means an Antifa supporter. I really knew nothing about them before watching this other than various negative opinions I’ve heard here and there. I was expecting your usual in-depth background and breakdown of the facts, but that didn’t happen here. Instead it seemed to be nearly entirely opinion-based, with hardly any specific references, history, dates, etc. I didn’t learn much about Antifa that wasn’t based on generalizations and harsh opinions. You’ve made a lot of amazing videos, and I would hope that you would consider re-doing this one so that you can provide your audience with the same level of education we’ve come to appreciate.
Its more that it didnt align with your view of what it is, you might think ur rational but when you feel attacked you go into defensive mode, ur just human
So strange that being anti fascist is seen as extreme right now. My grandparents fought in WW2 and by definition were anti fascist.
@Christopher Grant or the original Communist ANTIFA in 1930s Germany.
I’m sure your grandpa wasn’t advocating for the murder of rich people and expropriation of all private property Rebecca
I don't think the horseshoe theory is very efficacious. The Overton window in America is already far right of most the rest of the world. Elites in leftist communities are well defined as extremely wealth capitalists, the bourgeoisie and petite bourgeoisie. However in the right it's more to ambiguous groups or ethnic minorities. Anti-facism is an ideology, it is not a group. Groups may form around the ideology but it doesn't mean you must be a part of a group. That's why there are so many variations.
Other members state the wore mask to prevent doxxing and harassment.
This is what happens when you have a shallow overview of the topic. I understand it's what happens to pump material out fast. I have been watching leftist movements and I have seen different infighting and transients. Dedicated leftist are different but not all leftist are dedicated to the same principles. Anarchist at core believe in no hierarchy and think things should largely be lateral but not flattened in some cases.
I think the videos Dr. Grande has made in the last while are entertaining and interesting; however, I do miss the more academic and clinical content he once made. I found them helpful starting points for research.
I believe he was "challenged" to be fair and analyze this group because he presented about Proud Bows.
Sorry! Boys, not Bows!
I could have written this same comment on several other videos. I understand that this is UA-cam and not university, but the content he created before has been really helpful for me as an undergraduate student. I have been considering a career in mental health since I was very young. Professors can only tell me so much, because they don't do clinical work. My textbooks just skim topics. I just appreciate how he has not only shared his knowledge, but has done so in a manner that demonstrates sound judgment. I like how he balances the academic and the human aspects of psychology without oversimplifying topics. I appreciate that he avoids pop psychology.
This is a mood. I subcribed for interesting psych stuff but it seems its gonna sadly devolve into politics anyways. *sigh*
Or are you just a salty antifa sympathizer?
I usually approve your takes, but I consider this one flawed and kind of on the surface: In my perception the modus operandi of (international) Antifa violence is indicative of a more instrumental approach to violence than what justifiably is called hate-crimes. Pogromlike eruptions of violence, subjectivist fear-mongering and the fetishization of guns and manliness seem to be essential to fascist groups (obviously not the case with Antifa), and Irrationality and illiberality seem to be common personality traits among conservatives, whether they're radicals or not (but not necessarily a shared trait of all "extremists"). Antifa's alleged lack of (veracious) political education is something they apparently have to tackle, however (especially in terms of a mentioned (under-)theoretization of fascism and communist/anarchist (non-)utopias) there is a lot of substance there among radical leftists, it's just not present in antifascist street action, because Antifa is, per definitionem, nothing more than a defensive tactic. You noticed that Antifa activists appear alienated from society, but militant conduct (wearing masks, engaging in propaganda etc.) and believing in a lizard-run deep state (sharing rabbit hole-style or cultist demeanor and beliefs) are two very different animals imho. Last but not least, I doubt that a significant amount of Antifa activists is antisocial to a pathological degree, but, if you know of contradicting evidence, I am open to conviction. Namely Anarchists came up with a political philosophy of altruism that critizes social darwinism and I estimate the individuals costs of being Antifa higher than the benefit. Just my two cents, tho.
PS: Excuse the bad English, not a native speaker.
theres a difference between denying "free speech" and denying the freedom to speak lies freely.
I’m sorry, but believing that those with wealth have a disproportionate amount of power is not the same as believing in “lizard people and aliens.” I understand that your videos are for entertainment, but I don’t think it’s out of line to say that you should be thinking a little more critically when discussing these topics. You’re a doctor, people hold your opinion in a higher regard no matter how many disclaimers you have on your videos.
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Also you say that you don’t think anti-fascist people know what fascism is, but I seriously doubt that. It’s not a hard concept to understand. Also anarchy isn’t just the purge, it generally means eliminating hierarchy. This is the reasoning for a majority of people that wear the anarchist label. I like your videos and I’m sure you’re good at what you do, but you don’t seem to be very educated on this issue. Maybe it is best to research, even if these videos are just comedy.
@@asabizarre Ty, I feel like this type of rhetoric coming from a rational person with academic claim could give people the go ahead to dismiss very valid movements and ideas.
Lissie, I am left leaning and I get what you're saying, but Dr. Grande is explaining that antifa are *extremists* and can be violent. Not all anti fascists or left wing people are antifa, basically.
People on the right are antifascist. People on the left are antifascist. Antifa says they are antifascist, but they use fascist tactics to intimidate people. Words are easy. Behavior is more revealing.
I'm no longer convinced this isn't on some level a secret comedy channel. Dr. Grande, you are a hilarious dude. I love your work. Keep it up!
He wanted to be a comedian but the alien lizard people blackmailed him into being a psychologist
I was about to say “ok now you gotta do the Proud Boys” but I just checked and you’re already on it 😂
Just let them go at with the 🤭proud boys
@@alfx5432 everytime they step to the proud boys they get smashed cuz they wimps
You're a spicy boi lately lol
Another great analysis and hilarious illustrations 😆
Woah, I actually commented analyze antifa sarcastically
And you did it
" Careful now, he is a hero"
I was hoping he would :)
Except it wasn't sarcastic, it was a legitimate analysis. The alien lizards thing maybe, but that was more of a humorous (possibly true) observation about how opposing extremists may ironically end up uniting against a common fabricated enemy.
@@snackentity5709 they are the same thing normal people don’t gear towards extremes
@@Mijn24 Normal people don't gear towards the extremes? I think history tells a different story. Extremes are relative. If a sizable portion of a population is gradually adopting what used to be considered extreme values and perspectives, then the category of extreme moves along with the shift.
Can you do a video on kids with RAD? Reactive attachment disorder. You mentioned so many serial killers were adopted and most kids with RAD are adopted.
Dr Todd Grande giving hearts at the comments that align with his "perceptional" view on Antifa. What a coinsidence. Let's watch the video for the introvert narcissists one more time Dr...
"Antifa have not been accused of being smart" 😂
Rite 😀
I’m gonna bet that comment is going to spark several threatening DMs in the good doctor’s inbox
They are the opposite of smart
@@narek323
They are opposite of fascism, fascists aren't smart at all
@@narek323 So you think that opposing fascism is the opposite of being smart? You know what thinking like that makes you look like?
Dr Grande, have you considered doing a mental health/personality analysis on the popular UA-cam political/news figures such as Steven Crowder, Tim Pool, Kyle Kulinski, Philip DeFranco, Ben Shapiro, Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, etc. It seems like some of these figures have developed a cult of personality, and I’m not so certain they aren’t just adding to the polarization in America. The response to their videos feels very much like a tunnel of confirmation bias.
I assume you’ve either made, or will be making one on Mr. McGinnis, after watching your Proud Boys video.
It’s important to look at who funds these folks - they tend to spew talking points that align with their funders.
It seems to me that the cult of personality develops much easier around UA-cam creators due to the nature of parasocial relationships. That’s one aspect of it, at least:)
Crowder is a pathological liar.
Shapiro is a sophist.
Pool is a far-right grifter.
Cenk Uygur is a progressive.
Kasparian is the same as Cenk and same with Kulinski.
@@kiley2381 DeFranco is news based, pretending to be objective, but really only picking our perspectives that support his leftist ideology
@@kiley2381 I said “politics/news” not “political commentary.” Phil absolutely should be on the list. The idea isn’t to choose the most fringe, but to bring to light the most objective...
@@alexnorth3393 something seems one-sided about your descriptive word choices.
this is a little bit too 'enlightened centrist' to me. antifa is not the equal opposite of qanon or the proud boys or whatever. not taking a stance doesnt imply enlightenment
^antifa on the down low
i agree antifa are just daddy issues soyboys while Qanon and proudboys actually do research and debate. antifa sissies just know the violence they grew up with.
@Mackenzie Just saying "enlightened centrist" and expecting the slur to make your argument for you inst an argument. Also saying that both antifa and the proud boys are bad doesnt mean your not taking a stand... there are a million places to sit inbetween far right and far left you know?
Thankfully, the opposite of far right fascism is not the fascism of the far left. It is liberal democracy.
Very insightful analysis! Definitely encourages you to think more critically about the psychology of political extremism.
"frustrated by injustice and their own excitement seeking nature" dismissive language indicative of a lack of interest in educating yourself on literally any of the issues you have with them. Dismissive language is a common indicator of narcissism as well
They're thugs masquerading as political dissidents. Being dismissive is the nicest reaction one can have
@@charjl96 "they're thugs" the vast majority of them are peaceful, you're just repeating right wing pundits that want to criminalized dissent
@@ZachariahtheMessiah Oh right. "Mostly peaceful" thugs who hit people over the head with bike locks, drag bystanders out of their cars and beat them, riot for months, burn down cities, openly wish for White genocide, etc... I could go on. I don't need to rely on pundits when the group has no concept of subtlety or discretion
@@charjl96 LMAO absolutely no one wants white genocide, that's literally a white supremacist talking point and always has been. Which cities were burned down??? I'm pretty sure every city is still standing and most are recovered from the BLM protests. There is absolutely no indicator that all of the arsons were antifa, you seriously need proof for a wild claim like that.
@@charjl96 there's been over 60 attacks on the protests by people driving a car through crowds. But you want to protect hate speech and paint the protests as wrong. Ignoring the violence they are protesting against. Convenient. Those ppl who hit folks with locks should be charged by police as well but the vast majority is peaceful
Your dry sense of humor cracks me up. 😊
I don't agree with this take dr. Grande. I think due to the diversity of thought within antifa it doesn't make sense to generalize.
@@starrisesky Your anecdotal experience shows that you met one jerk who also happened to be antifa. That doesn't mean all antifa are abusive narcissists.
The most interesting thing about Antifa, is that many of them seem to be quite smart. The fbi has actually complained that its agents have difficulty infiltrating them and related “Left Anarchist” groups, because the agents don’t have time to read all the theory. A lot of the arrestees have academic positions - “bike lock guy” was a community college instructor for example.
Their doxing, and communication networks seem to be run by people with extensive knowledge of computer science.
You should do an episode about Emily Gorsinski (not the right spelling, but good enough for google). She has apparently provided a lot of the information for Roberta Kaplan’s lawsuit against “Unite the Right” and has worked as a data scientist for a company that makes drones for the US military.
I like how as your videos go along this pandemic, the "giving a damn" factor gets lower and lower
Love your videos, keep it up
In the late 90s through the punk scene I fancied myself an Anarchist and got involved with an Antifa group. We would start shit with people that identified as Nazi punks and held that ideology. As I grow older and expanded my friend group I moved more center left. When a basic conservative or Republican is viewed as a fascist you have lost the plot into what a real fascist is.
Good point!
Indeed.
Except when the "basic conservatives" have moved to the right too.
@@absinthefandubs9130 Leftists have changed what the definition of far right is: things that were considered center right 10 years ago are now considered extreme far right by the indoctrinated left.
@@themoog924 Nope. Some ideas have become less popular, but some people who adhered to them moved even further right when they did.
If we were as powerful as you weirdos all claim the world would have had full communism by 1905.
"Both sides" is so exhaustingly 2020 it hurts.
Sometimes the thing you're hammering isn't a nail.
Everyone’s a retard in my opinion. Doesn’t matter who’s who.
False balance has been, and always will be, the fascists' greatest friend.
I swear, these "sensible and moderate" folk would have heard of the Altona Bloody Sunday and other events and just complained that the KPD were violent lawless extremists for clashing with Nazi's. As many in fact did.
Who knows - with all the talk of labeling 'antifa' as a terrorist group (not even a centralized organization, mind you) and outright outlawing them.....it seems fairly clear what side of history they would have stood during the Reichstag Fire Decree.
It might feel like a modern problem from our POV, but this nonsense has been happening time immemorial.
@@q.b.2318 And now the useful idiots in antifa and blm are the democratic party's brown shirts destroying and killing.
0:33 Compared to other democracies the overton window is so far to the right that you are not making a point here.
0:43 Citation needed. But a not represented political movement, two party system is really dumb, doesn't have to expect much love.
1:00 Antifa doesn't share ideology. Center left (represented) is far removed from people with left wing socio-economic theories. There is no common goal except anti-fa. There is no structured financing or communication. Group means nothing.
1:30 Criminal conspiracy? You have lost your mind. Still not a group.
2:00 Violence is certainly an aspect. Fascists are liars and manipulators. The get their sh*t shut down. Clear concept. I use very destructive methods against right wingers where ever they block my path.
2:30 Glory.
2:43 Young antifa. I started young. Then it were simple demonstrations. Today I'm at war with the local elite. I've damaged dozens of careers and regret when I was mild. It's asymmetric warfare. If I must sling sh*t then I will sling sh*t.
2:50 Americans are pretty dumb after 70 years of propaganda. Owning the means of production and capital makes you pretty elitist. Antifa doubts the merits, rightfully.
2:52 At this point you are just a naive douchebag.
3:00 Horseshoe theory is baloney and a stupid rhetorical trick. Far right is dumb and poorly educated. Far left is laced with intellectuals. I know why the left is feared.
3:39 Every left wing group knows they are being infiltrated with agent provocateurs. This is widely documented. In recent protests and in general. Look up spycop scandal.
3:40 Antifa is the scapegoat for the results of social unrest brought about by violent institutions. Antifa violence is limited and has only specific targets.
3:55 It's antifa. Not sitting ducks.
4:10 Counter protest is not causing conflict. One should disrupt right wing propaganda where ever one can. I've played in a samba band. Just to f with nazis.
4:30 We can decide what's right and wrong today or we decide it shooting. It's the paradox of tolerance. Never give a fascist wiggle room. It's exclusive language and they will be treated as such.
4:50 Citation needed. Right wingers are never shy to harass people. Fight fire with fire.
5:00 Anonymity is primarily protection against several forms of hostility. The state is not your friend but is last on list of good reasons for protection.
5:28 Commitment to recklessness and contempt for the law. You are being a douchebag again. And wrong.
5:40 Antifa are also paedophiles. All of them. Speaking of contempt for the law, Dr. Grande? Antifa does not advocate violence nor deny free speech. The accusation is criminal and incitement. Don't cry when you are being accused.
6:30 You don't know whether or not they are smart. They are anonymous. Which is pretty smart.
6:50 Antifa is the goal. Disruption of fascist activities.
7:00 The way you throw terms around makes me think you are politically dyslectic.
7:05 No one fight for anarchy. They fight against falls claims to authority. The result would be much more egalitarian, with anarchism (not anarchy) as possible result.
7:15 Black blocks moving against police. Girls! Again: no one wants anarchy. You are being foolish. I know many anarchists and they are the only self sufficient people, as a group, in society. Also some fearless mofos.
7:17 This is taking away agency. Paternalistic and borderline psycho.
8:30 People who move against extremism are not extremists. What's in a name? Socialism, communism. The non-hierarchical structure has nothing to do with narcissism. There is a lot of emphasis on interpersonal relations among these people. People with antisocial traits don't have much of a life there.
I sat at far right and far left tables. Cannot be compared. It's dumb and aggressive child's mind versus socially adjusted adults. Socially adjusted, not suckers.
Antifa consists of very small groups. You've never seen one. You are yourself a product of far right sensationalism in this video.
Your licence should be revoked for this one.
Empty moderate centrists will pick up the fascist's coat tails.
And another confirmation that psychologist deal in wholesale impressionistic language.
Thank you! Dr Grande doesn't have the resources for a real socio-political analysis here. Honestly I wasn't expecting much as these are Jordan Peterson waters. I much appreciate your corrections and hope Grande reads them while having a tough enough skin to handle them.
It feels like Dr Grande has run out of topics that have to do with actual psychology, and is now making videos about things he's just not qualified to talk about.
I grew up around anarchists, punks and those on the very far left. Every now and again you'd meet 1 or 2 amazing individuals. But mostly they sounded exactly like you. Exhausting. Some of the most closed minded, bias, self centred people I've ever met. And riddled with double standards. And yet, they are ALWAYS right and if you dont agree, well...you're the devil.
@@gardenapple I got the same feeling, but then I thought maybe that was the point- for clicks in an effort to increase earnings on the video.
Do you not realize you contradict yourself constantly in this comment? First you say Antifa doesn't support violence, then you say Antifa violence is justified because "fascism". You say "no one fights for anarchy", then you say you know lots of anarchists and respect them for being "fearless mofos". So fearless that they feel the need to hide behind masks in public
This was so good.
Thanks Dr Grande.
U nailed it in my opinion.
'So far to the left that they do not align with Democratic Party ideals.' I think this is where one should stop expecting this to be a competent discussion of the topic.
I bet doc also believes Sanders is a far-left communist.
I disagreed with that part of the analysis, especially since Democrat campaigns have bailed out Antifa rioters and won't denounce Antifa. But, the rest of the analysis was quite solid.
The Democratic party may talk a bit game in appealing to the far left, but I don't see them acting on it. They won't disavow BLM simply to widen their voter base. So if you honestly believe mainstream Democrats will, 'abolish the police', or go full tankie, then you're out of your mind.
Just so that I am not misunderstood, the Democrats in the US are a bog-standard Centre-Right party (and have been since at least Clinton (the sax player)). The only reason they attract a sizeable progressive electorate is an unfortunate outcome of the two-party system, and the Democrats' pandering to that electorate does not really change the actual platform of that party.
Doc apparently lacks this perspective. I wish him well in keeping to the topics he's actually an expert in.
@@emperorspock3506 how exactly are they Center-right? Maybe you just see it like that because your own views are so far left that your own overton Window has shifted so much
I really enjoy how you enter topics unbiased and you aren’t afraid to call out the rights and wrongs of anyone. Nice video as always Dr. Grande ☺️
Always love your videos, you're great with the consistency of uploads and content quality. It's nice to have very objective content like this, the humor is fun too. Thanks!
I found this channel in order to find out about narcissism and keep coming back for the comedy 😀 Just a sliver away from reaching the 500K follower mark, Dr. Grande. Well deserved 👍
I thought what you said was on point, it's kind of sad to see so many dislikes on a video with such a moderate position.
Keep up the good work Dr. Grande! 👍
I'm a huge fan of Dr. Grande, and I gave this video a dislike. His description of young, politically-engaged people is a caricature having nearly no basis in fact. Terribly disappointed in the doctor.
Any sort of moderation is disliked by these folks.
Well I think the issue is that the younger generation, I guess you could say gen z, is not complacent in regards to politics and injustice. Older generations like myself of course have a harder time understanding radicalism. Imagine spending your formative years under a Trump presidency? Something to think about.
“Moderate” is not the same as ‘factual’ or “just”. What Americans view as “moderate” is much different than what the rest of the developed world considers to be moderate, and what Americans view as “moderate” today is much different than what they considered to be moderate 100 years ago. American “Moderates” in the 1800s supported slavery.
Moderation is a relative term and therefor a pretty useless marker of what is “true” and “right”.
Thanks for covering this, Dr. Grande. I saw many people asking you to.
I laughed out loud about the Lizard People. They are never far from your mind.... 😉
hes got balls for talking about them....I live in Portland and i wont talk about them cause i never know who is a secret member and will burn my home down at night....I think its criminal that he FBI says they are not a real thing .....Im not even political at all but what ever side they are on seems like the worse one
well, this is a dearth of nuance and information.
I was one of the people who were skeptical that you would do a video like this. THANKS for proving me wrong!!! You're the best.
Wow... clueless... you've bought into some serious propaganda...
Nah, just facts buddy!
Stating as facts things he actually knows nothing about.
😂😂😂
What don’t you agree with?
Hi dr Grande, as a man struggling all his life; can you please do a video on households with overbearing mothers and passive fathers? I feel it completely changes the gender expectations and as a man struggling, I need information. Thank you if you see this dr. Grande also I love your videos and perspectives and appreciate all the hard work it takes!!
That was my family dynamic. My brother was gay...more likely from the repulsion of the *overbearing/needy* mother who made him the golden child. (yes yes, of course, he was born that way!) My dad was demonized to the max by mommie dearest so that affected our relationship with him...and all men. Hope you can find some comfort and understanding. P.S. An idea is to introspect and discover who you are...and be the best true-you possible. (said in Dr Grande's voice) lol
My God, Todd. You're not letting anyone slip by your diagnosis. Which is why I subscribed to you, lol.
@Dr.ToddGrande - Thank you for being just as fair & sarcastic & brutal in yer breakdown of the left extremists as you were on the right's "Proud Boys"
Kudos to Dr. Grande for tackling this topic. This comment section (and his in box) is going to be SPICY.
Thank you Dr. Grande for another wonderful analyzes! Any group advocating pointless violence to achieve an idea, never really reach their goal! Once again you're a very brave man! Lol
Oh yeah. God FORBID we ever do anything to stop terrible people from coming to power. Better play the whole liberal “they didn’t really say that - and if they did, it doesnt matter, and if it does - oh, just shut up, you pleb, dont accost the intellectual.”, until it’s too late. Then pour ashes over our heads when it’s too late, sing songs about lives taken too early as if we are not responsible for it because of our complacency towards fascists, wash, rinse, repeat.
What are you talking about? People get their point across with violence all the time.
@@mrbadguysan I updated what I said, I meant pointless violence by groups who don't have a goal.
@@sandratherrien5388 ANTIFA has a goal. It's right in the name.
i don't think this todd guy understands what the word "capitalism" means
@Siyovaxsh En-sipad-zid-ana great, tell him not me
Thank you for having the courage to speak about this subject in a reasonable and humorous manner.
"reasonable"
What does it need courage for just rambling the same nonsense every liberal-to-far right outlet tends to spout about their favorite boogeyman?
@@absinthefandubs9130 I don’t understand what you’re saying. 🤷🏻♀️
Alien Lizard People: 😯
Dr. Grande: 😐 You're next.
Yes, a presentation on the alien lizard people! LOL. If only we knew what they wanted.
😂😂😂😂😂 Ive seen many of Dr. Grande’s talks and this is by far the most entertaining one!!! I didn’t know he had it in him. Maybe he missed his true calling: comedy ‼️
Viva the alien lizard people!
I wish you were joking
Are we REALLY comparing the notion that wealthy people have a large stake in our government to lizard people. This is plain irresponsible, this phenomenon is so easily provable.
The lack of structure could cause any leftist that goes to a protest to be labeled as antifa- there needs to be a more refined definition because anyone could be accused of holding this ideology. I think the people you describe sound like anarchists, but I don't know that there are any organized groups of people that define themselves as antifa.
This is why the right-wing demonized Antifa and labeled it a terrorist group.
...Now, in theory, they can accuse anyone on the left who's an activist of being Antifa. That way they can shut that person down.
@@grmpEqweer Like calling anyone nazi or racist they disagree with?
@@HenritheHorse
There's some emotionally immature people who do that.
I generally only call someone a Nazi if they are _an actual self-avowed Nazi._ In which case, the swastika fits.
I tend to use the term fascist more broadly, based on Umberto Eco's criterion. A bigger number of people are enacting fascism. A lot of them don't realize they're being fascist.
Racism is something I had to deprogram myself from, and it's very prevalent in the U.S. culture, so...generally, labeling someone a racist? not useful.
Tell them they're engaging in racism, and tell them they can do better.👍
Thank you very much for this video, dear doctor Grande. I am volunteering for over 3 years as a researcher and reporter for antisemitism and racism in my country (Slovakia). I do not like to mention to whom, if it is OK. This video has helped me a lot to see inside Antifa, as I haven´t really understand the topic. I am learning every day. Dear doctor, I want to thank you, how helpful you are to me (about my past with a narcissist partner and in my researches). You are helping us, your followers to understand the world better - and hopefully to make it better. A big: ďakujem (slovak: thank you) from the bottom of my heart. Daniela