Kaiser

3y

he created a situation where 'the left' is extreme and a situation where 'the right' is extreme and is essentially presenting, 'the combination of these contrasting elements over time created conflict', but that is to say nothing at all. what's important is what he uses to say the left/the right is extreme, and from his language you can trace the origins of his thought, the stuff he's been reading, and the kind of audience he is communicating to (i.e., the kind that gets off to hearing about cultural marxism and.... 'demographics'....). he is asking the wrong questions and his answers are therefore insignificant.

granted i am being cynical and ain't really watch like i said but just from the first minute, which i did inspect, i have confidence that this guy isn't thorough.
even talking about 'degenerate lil pump' is just in a common sense sort of way

i can assure you deleuze and derrida have little to no effect on congressional policy nor american history at large, and anyone saying anti-oedipus has anything to do with what is going on right now does not understand the essential forces that have formed the nation, forces which are very familiar, forces i gave basic explanations for and references to for further research.

in all honesty the guy could just be a normal kid and came across some phrases and decided to put them together in a video for himself, but you got to be careful about all of that

TragedyBerlusconi

3y

Too long didnt watch:

the demographic pressures have ended a period of wage growth- this has created a demographic shock

society has become more polarised as the left are composed of youth, academics and people with high cultural capital while the right are predominantly religious people, businessmen etc

the right ceased to accomodate the left beginning in the reagan era, and the left reacted by fighting right wing culture war with left wing culture war. This has caused america to polarise and grow more divided

this polarisation has resulted in the right becoming hyperindividualist and laissez faire, while the left has integrated a huge amount of critical theory. im not saying either position is wrong and dont want to give my opinion- but it has resulted in greater division than at any previous time

add in the internet and mass communication, we are in chaotic times of conflicting information

a civil war is unlikely but would result in a wipeout victory for the right

TragedyBerlusconi

3y

Yes I agree on this, whether he is correct or not I absolutely think he is either part of the audience (he identifies as Gen Z) or trying to draw them in

I otherwise found the video informative but this is a good point and you're probably right

Kaiser

3y

yeah i got no judgment for it

i view a lot of this stuff on yt nowadays as people reading stuff and releasing videos as diary entries/meditations on what they read and it's not a big deal for anyone who pursues the information further.
if i did a video i could see myself making a slew of mistakes
ultimately you can't control someone's conclusions off the strength of your knowledge or lack thereof

i just had a lot of caffeine

and indeed american data sets are interesting and informative in almost any context

La Flama Blanca

3y

really interesting video op thank you for sharing

EMY

3y

Need more videos like this

Kaiser

3y

first minute makes me not want to watch

--the distinction pre/post ww2 is nominal at best. the us entered the european theatre at a stage the war was essentially over and overtook the pacific with a bluff. there's little military-hegemonic supremacy being demonstrated there

--the us has always had 'internal hatred' and 'seething'. nearly every early election ended with the threat of militia uprising by design, which lead to amendments like the 12th. leaders killed each other in duels (famously, burr-hamilton). the slavery question was always an extreme point of contention; jefferson anticipated civil war from it, and the history of early congress is the history of compromising to push away the inevitability of it. (things like, 'is expansion constitutional? is this new territory a free or slave state?' are basic questions american students are familiar with because they generated so much hostility)
the biggest conflicts in america have been between 'big city vs rural/suburb', 'catholic vs protestant', and 'slave vs free'. it is because of these unique dynamics that prohibition was passed in such tense domestic conditions. the history of restoration, as well, doubles as a history of seething. ulysses grant's laws are something to look up

-- america has always been 'inept' at acting on an 'international scale' due to constituents' universal isolationism. henry kissinger is the sole reason that america, in the late 20th century, ever began forceful international relations through 'détente', and this was thoroughly criticized by both political spectrums, and for good reason. reagan & bush are the nadir of these policies. (see: contras, s*** like this)

--'meanwhile, american culture seems to degenerate'-- american culture has always been seen as 'degenerate' because of its "simple" and "mixed" nature. if it isn't pump they're picking on it's 'hillbilly music', 'jazz', or 'race music'.
this is actual, almost beat for beat, imperial japan's delusional reasoning for feeling they could execute pearl harbor with no serious fear of american retaliation: because americans 'listen to degenerate music' and have 'Jews in high places', so they cannot be competent enough to engage in sincere warfare.

whatever problems america has, very little new has been seen. trump, even, is, in effect, a huey long replica.
america has always been crazy: the world is simply bearing witness to it.

*i skipped 9 minutes in and he's decrying 'postmodernism', 'french intellectuals' and 'the left' for seeing the 'scientific method' as 'white truths' a 'cultural marxism' dogwhistle narrative under the pretense of some nonsense "objective" demographic a***ysis

this dude's corny as s***
if you're foreign and want to learn about america go watch ken burns documentaries

sace

3y

i think this is the same i found in my watch history

Scratchin Mamba

3y

Oh god he rly went for the french postmodernist cultutal marxist jews thing huh

Kaiser

3y

yes
i think bro is 16 and doesn't realize what he's saying but yeah

TragedyBerlusconi

3y

i think he's like 24 mans got a fiancee and a receding hairline

noble

3y

america is crazy because none of us (including me) have the attention span to watch a 20 min video

TragedyBerlusconi

3y

Theres a too long didnt watch

flackojodye

3y

It’s trumps fault

Kaiser

3y

first minute makes me not want to watch

--the distinction pre/post ww2 is nominal at best. the us entered the european theatre at a stage the war was essentially over and overtook the pacific with a bluff. there's little military-hegemonic supremacy being demonstrated there

--the us has always had 'internal hatred' and 'seething'. nearly every early election ended with the threat of militia uprising by design, which lead to amendments like the 12th. leaders killed each other in duels (famously, burr-hamilton). the slavery question was always an extreme point of contention; jefferson anticipated civil war from it, and the history of early congress is the history of compromising to push away the inevitability of it. (things like, 'is expansion constitutional? is this new territory a free or slave state?' are basic questions american students are familiar with because they generated so much hostility)
the biggest conflicts in america have been between 'big city vs rural/suburb', 'catholic vs protestant', and 'slave vs free'. it is because of these unique dynamics that prohibition was passed in such tense domestic conditions. the history of restoration, as well, doubles as a history of seething. ulysses grant's laws are something to look up

-- america has always been 'inept' at acting on an 'international scale' due to constituents' universal isolationism. henry kissinger is the sole reason that america, in the late 20th century, ever began forceful international relations through 'détente', and this was thoroughly criticized by both political spectrums, and for good reason. reagan & bush are the nadir of these policies. (see: contras, s*** like this)

--'meanwhile, american culture seems to degenerate'-- american culture has always been seen as 'degenerate' because of its "simple" and "mixed" nature. if it isn't pump they're picking on it's 'hillbilly music', 'jazz', or 'race music'.
this is actual, almost beat for beat, imperial japan's delusional reasoning for feeling they could execute pearl harbor with no serious fear of american retaliation: because americans 'listen to degenerate music' and have 'Jews in high places', so they cannot be competent enough to engage in sincere warfare.

whatever problems america has, very little new has been seen. trump, even, is, in effect, a huey long replica.
america has always been crazy: the world is simply bearing witness to it.

*i skipped 9 minutes in and he's decrying 'postmodernism', 'french intellectuals' and 'the left' for seeing the 'scientific method' as 'white truths' a 'cultural marxism' dogwhistle narrative under the pretense of some nonsense "objective" demographic a***ysis

this dude's corny as s***
if you're foreign and want to learn about america go watch ken burns documentaries