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Keven McCarthy is in no position to talk about political opportunism when he and his party are the consummate masters of taking crises of their own making (including this one) and constantly trying to score cheap political points.
Projecting is one of their favorite tactics - accuse your opponents of doing what you're already doing, but use scary buzzwords to rile people up.
“We have always done it this way” are the last 7 words of a dying institution.
I hate that phrase. It is also very hard to make progress against
@@vickiehart3707 I would counter, it's very easy to make progress against it. The retort is: and look where it's gotten us.
It's what we hear EVERYWHERE, school church, as consumers, and from our government under Republican rule.
It's how we have always done it, doesn't make it right.
"Because it's tradition" - the 3 most dangerous words in the english language.
So I guess America will be Trump's 7th bankruptcy?
@FDFdolls Doll Collector/Seller......... It is just SAD!
Yep yep
When rent is due and we don’t have it the Chinese will collect.
Lucky number 7... It's too late for the GOP to leave the S.S. Trumptanic. Most of them are still trying but failing to rearrange the deck chairs. The ship is already visibly cracking in half. Lifeboats are gone... filled with the few Republicans already trying to distance themselves from the disastrous wreck that is trump's presidency. The vortex's suction from the sinking ship will pull most of those lifeboats down with it.
Oh, that how he is making it GREAT again!!!
This a corporate dystopia where people can’t get a living wage.
or even basic health care for all.
Kyle Kulinski had an interesting video he put out yesterday. It was statistics on how much stimulus other countries were getting compared to us. I was shocked. It would be funny if it weren't so sad because our stimulus was so much less than the rest.
Here's the link if you want to watch. czcams.com/video/UswQqdjzuMU/video.html
To add insult to injury: cost to stay in Trump’s DC Hotel during the virtual Republican Convention is now $800 to $2100 a night. And most of us can’t even get a decent salary for the work we do.
Craig Gosnay we’re just not valued.
The world has a pandemic, America has a narcissism problem.
The narcissist isn't the problem, although he is making the situation worse right now. Rather, he is a symptom of the societal dysfunction Beau is talking about. Funny thing about dysfunctional societies, they have a track record of collapsing under the weight of their self-induced problems. We can fix it, or watch it crumble, our choice.
That’s very true, and the gentleman below made a damn good point.
America has a sickness that allowed Trump to come to power.
Agriculture, greed, surplus over consumption. Materialism fact we spend 104% of our gdp.. militarization and imperialism.
Let’s not forget willful ignorance, boundless selfishness and shameless hubris
Amen we do. And we made money and power our gods.
I don't believe he was being specific to Trump as our only narcissism problem but the people as a whole as we've been fed a false narrative we're exceptional and better than everyone else.
I don't see how we get out of all the dysfunction now. I think too late and still not enough willingness. We haven't even admitted as a society all our failures which is the first step.
Too proud. Too narcissistic.
He also tweeted the follwing a little less than a day ago:
"Looting, rioting, and mob mentality is not what America is about. The safety and security of our communities go beyond politics.
It's time to restore our way of life."
I can't imagine anything worse for the average person in this country than if we were to see this happen. Lets go back to earning too little working one job to survive? Lets go back to not being able to pay for our own healthcare? Lets go back to letting glorified thugs in uniforms act with malice and impunity? I hope to god we don't. The only reason he is saying this is so that people in higher positions of power in the hierarchy can go back to business as usual - to what is most profitable for them. Their way of life is watching most Americans toil under two or more jobs to make ends meet, but being quiet while we do it. It is that way of life that he represents and wants to go back to. He does us no favors by offering it to us once more, it just shows us how removed he is from the concerns of average Americans.
The elites/politicians been looting the world (including the US) for decades and most American just ignore it......... And keep voting in 🗑️🗑️🗑️
Lost Hero, So very true. It’s like trying to figure out which one is less evil. Sometimes it’s a very hard call to make. I think that’s why a lot of people choose not to vote at all.
@@FolkFaninMA But hey, we may have a Kanye/TuPak ticket coming! 😎
But seriously folks... Here in bloody red South Dakota, the news of the NYS AG suing the NRA is comforting and I'll tell you why. In 2016 they donated several million dollars to the campaign of our *cough* seniour Senator, John "Lurch" Thune.
Mr Zed the skeleton has some buddies here in SD! 😉
Remember Maria Butina and her... um... connection to the NRA, Paul Erickson?
In addition to so many other unsavory actions that Comrade Erickson did; perhaps the most egregious was his way of undermining the re election of Sen Tom Daschle! Indeed they did. The whole mess about Sen Daschle not reporting his 'driver' was not a scoop, it was a blip, if anything.
I used to know his best friend, Roger Andahl, {a Vietnam Vet who sadly died in June of 2006} and so, I did get to visit with Roger on many occasions about this mess! He was the one who was paying for the driver for now former Sen. Daschle. Because his vision was becoming impaired. So, enter Erickson and his ilk to blow up a ridiculous story and behold, Sen John "Lurch" Thune became the Lord High Arbitrator of all that is good, so sayeth my demented mom.
And so it goes...
Wasn't the Boston Tea Party basically a protest with rioting and looting??!!??
There IS SO MUCH HOPE IN YOUR COMMENTS You Have Ampithy and Morals Thank You For Your Kind Words
“I am a finger pointing to the moon. Don’t look at me; look at the moon.”
- Buddha
I think it’s a perfect time for drastic, sweeping change. The system is a mess, and it’s clearly crumbling. It’s the perfect time to build something better. Let’s hop to it!
yeah do it before it is too late, cause it is impossible to build anything during a civil war and who knows if those left standing will remember what needs to be accounted for to avoid a repeat of this particular issue without leaving the nation open to other issues that it has been protected from by the current system.
one small step for mankind but a giant leap for the united states.
@@Kalleosini We are coming to a critical point with the coming election.
Regardless of who wins, we will see protest/ riots in the streets . Possibly with the protesters carrying weapons . There is no way this will be good.
Is there any way to prevent this?
Laura I
I agree. Now is the best time, while everyone is sick and tired and pissed off. Once everything goes back to "normal",
people will once again become used to the status quo and back to complacency and apathy to insist on change.
@@unclepatrick2 Might seems odd and even really hard to do, but:
Talk to people with an other political leaning and find common ground.
Get people to stop following a lot of the the main stream (or some niche like breitbard) and social media because that only widens the divide.
@laura I The pandemic crisis is the perfect time to make broad changes, arguably because coronavirus has made the problems crystal clear. I'd love to step out of the house into a new world without inequalities, racially conceived structural impediments, and less poverty. Please vote and hold your representatives accountable.
"We lost the war on drugs"
There was no enemy to begin with. Legalize, tax and regulate.
We created the “war on drugs”. I think it was successful: we are basically a police state now!
It's been proven that it was a cynical tool for political oppression of American citizens from Day 1. And nothing has changed, other than it becoming profitable and therefore even more entrenched.
And in the process helped create some of the most viscous cartels ever in Mexico and Central America
@Kris Moodley Also protection of Big Pharma.
Decades of zero research into the 1000s of compounds found in Marijuana.
Now those very compounds are being used to treat disease.
If we could all grow it at home big pharma would go broke.
@Kris Moodley Fun fact. The term "Medical Marijuana" is patented by the US Department of Health.
When attending town halls with an agenda I find that I get the best results forming a left/right coalition who might disagree on virtually everything else but we agree on this one issue. Nothing scares our government Representatives and Senators more than when we come together. They know at that point they could easily lose their seat at the table of power.
There is a Black mayor in Stockton, California making major changes, including a minimum income, reducing police shootings, and police brutality. He is 29. We need more of this. Grassroots is the way to go.
This is 9ne of the most all-encompassing, and 'on-the-money' I've seen in a while. Nailed it, Beau!
Having schools funded by local real estate taxes is absurd.
Imagine if roads were funded the same way. How would you be able to drive through poor areas on roads that were 12 inches wide?
great point! wow, can't believe I've never thought about it specifically
Ever driven through West Virginia?
Beautifully said.
Funding by lottery doesn't seem any better
@@tracewallace23 No government should be in THE NUMBERS RACKET. That is a Mafia construct. Our governments are now ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATES. If you cannot fund it by taxes, it should not exist. If it belongs to we the people and should be funded by all of the people!!! And it should be based upon ability to pay.
Billionaires and corporations are not going to let the changes needed happen. They haven't for 244 years now. They are dug in pretty good.
Fraid so
The French nobility was dug in pretty good too.
didn't stop the people from chopping their heads off.
If you corner a dog for no where to go, it will eventually bite back.
That why they bought the Government in the 1st place... Owning people is " One Helluva Hell Drug"...
I just read that there's a new bill to tax Bezos, Zuckerberg and the Walton's et al 60% of the profit they're making during the pandemic. That tax on wealth would be used to pay medical bills for Americans.
Beau, I have a question for you.
I've been watching for about a year now, and I know you don't talk often and openly about your personal ideology and goals for the world because as you've recently said, they're so far outside the Overton window that they basically can't be taken seriously. I feel like I align with you on most of what I've been able to pick up, though. My question is, as someone so involved every day, how do you keep from burning out? What stops you from falling into despair?
Thank you, and please keep doing your good for all of us.
I've had this conversation with other CZcamsrs recently who are definitely feeling the weight. I had really bad ptsd. My main coping mechanism was to throw myself into work. The PTSD is all but gone but the coping mechanism remains. If I start to feel like it's getting hopeless, I make more videos not less. I'm built for this.
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn Thank you for replying and sharing that. I'm so glad the PTSD is all but gone now, and you continue to shine, and discovered you are indeed built for this. You've helped me not despair. Apropos question in very challenging times, thanks Ferrous.
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn thank you for all you do! You keep me from despair so I can keep doing what I do for my family, community & the world.
And thank you Richard Haxton for this question!
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn Just so you know, what you do is very important. Since the end of February I have had several very serious bouts of depression that were the darkest of the valley. You have kept me in the fight sir. YOU ARE SAVING LIVES for us true patriots who love this nation and all the potential it represents. The false patriots who hug a flag and mouth platitudes very nearly got me too many times. At my age of 67 it has been hard to watch this nation go down the drain for the last many years. Yes we have made progress, but for every one step forward it takes thirty years or more of court battles and we still have not locked them in. But you and the others here on these posts give me hope and strength to continue the battle.
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn thanks so much for your answer. I don't make videos at all but I get the sentiment. I'll try to keep practicing rule 303 whenever and wherever possible.
This is the one video I wish you didn't end with "it's just a thought" because this was the single most concise explanation on what's broken in our country
damn this is pure gold
As always.
and always is
An overhaul starts with getting rid of Capitalism’s cancer: Corp Lobby!
Yes!!! I’m canadian but this has been my overriding takeaway.
And conservative will scare folks away by saying you promote Marxism, or Communism. In other words, we get a free trip back to 1950 and Joe McCarthy. It's in their playbook now.
@@bigearl3867 pretty much, and maybe more vicious...
Capitalism is the cancer.
@@hotmealdotcomma just like...the 'stock market', and the speculative investment, looking for constant 'growth' , when constant growth, in nature, is *cancer* , and constant growth always kills the host organism.
100% everything you just said. I've been saying this for awhile now.
So grateful I have you in my life, Thank you Beau.
🙋🏽♀️ agree.
We need a serious change in values and to see that reflected in government. People over profits and healthcare as a human right
Sounds like something Yang would say/has said.
why stop at healthcare?
potable water, oxygen, food, physical healthcare, mental healthcare and education.
it is the responsibility of a government to ensure every citizen has these things "health and well-being"
anything less is a breach of the social contract as it SHOULD be, that is my position.
PS. I am not advocating for all foods to be free, just that the government should make damn sure there is a free alternative available to keep you alive and able to work, nothing more.
As Beau said, its all linked together. In Norway we have universal healthcare. In order to reduce the budget spent on healthcare, the government promote health = support for what gives health , laws/restrictions against what makes people sick. Many American products are not allowed into Europe because our governments try to keep us healthy. US private healthcare is better off when you are sick, they dont promote health, they promote their own products to increase profit.
@@ellengran6814 We don't have health care. We have disease management for maximum profit.
What you need is politicians that actually represent the people/voters and a media that doesn't try to divide people.
Whenever McCarthy speaks, the star of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers rolls over in his grave
We have people serving life for stealing hedge clippers, people on death row where they refuse to test DNA evidence now that it's available and police are killing black men, women and children and aren't charged. The system is so broken and it all starts with us down here at the bottom. We have to be the change we want to see in the world 🌎 ☮💜
We always hear about, "the good old days," of the 1950's. Looking at it, I understand part of it. One parent working, could afford a decent middle class life, save for kids college, vacations, and our infrastructure was improving, expanding, we had good schools, our government could provide many things a government should, and prosperity was available I or those who pursued it. And millionaire incomes were taxed at 90%. I'm not saying that is the answer., but supply-side trickle-down voodoo economics, 40 years into this, if you can't see that this kind of economics is definitely not the answer, you're not looking at the world with an unbiased eye.
The problem is that what you describe was only available to whites.
Exactly! Sounds about White.
Only for whites. Only for WHITES!
@@dagmarland Fair enough. The past was never perfect and we will never reach perfection. Looking back we can learn about the good and the bad though such that we can move on towards a better American life.
@ronald ferguson It would indeed be for the better if baby boomers would reduce their influence on politics. They are on their way out and it's more about future generations now than past ones. A reasonable amount of prosperity for everyone is an achievable goal in the US. It requires a different mindset for sure, but it's possible. We have to address corruption and inequality maximizing policies. Technologically, we're certainly able to offer good opportunities to everyone now. We simply have to agree as a society that this is important to us and act accordingly.
imo
It's not time to restructure American life.
It's past time.
But not in the way either major political party would change it.
imo
@Terry Strayer To avoid an over-long answer...I support Sanders, OAC, et al. and I'd love to see both parties replaced by parties of real liberals and real conservatives as opposed to the corporate bs we now have.
@Kevin Tewey I'd love to see both of those parties vanish.
“Stick with me here” like anyone was going anywhere.
Lets start a chant. LATE NIGHT BEAU, LATE NIGHT BEAU!
Sure. Let me get some booz first. Oh wait! I don’t drink anymore. Let me open a box of oreos and I will be ready.
Late night Beau!💜🙌🏾💜
It's always late night somewhere.
@Iain Herridge
The word is all of us.
Truth Indeed 😊
I knew before he even started talking that this was gonna be a great episode 👍
Bravo sir, Bravo
Phew Beau..., Good one I gotta watch this over again. Let in sink in a bit. 👊
People need to read Naomi Klein’s book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.” So many of the people in power follow Milton Friedman’s and the Chicago School’s pure free market ideologies. The doctrine follows that you need to take advantage of or create a crisis so you can force certain privatization policies through more easily because the public is “shocked” or stunned by the crisis itself and therefore can’t mobilize fast enough to prevent it. Think Chile under Pinochet and the other Southern Cone countries during the 70’s and 80’s, Russia under Yeltsin, and the Bush Administration increased privatization of education and especially the military, surveillance, and security services after 9/11. This pandemic is a Natural shock to the country. We have to ask ourselves who can benefit the most during it? Who can benefit the most by letting so many small businesses fail? Who can benefit the most with an uncoordinated federal response? And while the the pandemic is naturally occurring crisis, Trump is now fabricating his own crisis that the country is “descending into chaos with rioters, looters, and anarchists.” Again, who stands to gain the most from the narrative? One thing that went under the radar when Bush signed the Defense Authorization Act in 2006 was a rider that stated the President can declare martial law and “employ the armed forces, including the National Guard” overriding state governors in the event of a “public emergency” in order to “restore public order” and “suppress” the disorder. These emergencies can range from hurricanes, a mass protest, or a “public health emergency.” Naomi Klein pointed this out in 2007. It sounds very familiar now. So if people are confused why Republicans are in no hurry...there is something to be gained from their delay. Something to be gained from this crisis. Corporations and the government are no longer separate. The Trump Administration blatantly exposes what really has been happening for some time-Corporate leaders are now our government. How many corporate heads became part of the Trump Admin. And the problem with that is these types of leaders can never distinguish between public good and private interests. They see them as the same. And we suffer for it...
"Don't mourn - Organize" Joe Hill before being executed 1915. What a man !
This should have been a "Let's *really* talk about..." ^_^
Or make a 3rd video prefix called "ARRITE Y'ALL LISTEN NOW!"
Beau-tifully said. 😁
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
**bangs head on desk**
Starting to restructure American life is real easy: Accept Ward and June Cleaver passed away long ago.
Beau, this moved me. I am saddened by many things in the USA (and made happy by some, though the last 4 years have been a struggle). It would be interesting to have a discussion and note the differences between Australia and the USA on many of the things you mentioned, and indeed on the fundamental questions of freedom and democracy in our two nations.
I explained how schools are funded (leading to educational inequality) to my 12yo last night. "Well, that's stupid. Why don't they take all the taxes collected for education, and divide it equally across all schools based on the student population?"
Well, sweetie, that might allow people to make their lives better, and we're easier to control when we're exhausted from struggling.
@Marc Ruffalo where do you get your data from ? The causality is debatable but the correlation is pretty obvious.
@Marc Ruffalo
Also, I'd really appreciate it if you'd link your data source.
@Marc Ruffalo
According to this article, adding funding to well-off school districts does little good. Added to low-income school districts, however, more funding often causes an improvement of outcomes:
www.chalkbeat.org/2019/8/13/21055545/4-new-studies-bolster-the-case-more-money-for-schools-helps-low-income-students
Edit: that suggests there's an optimal per-student funding level, after which one is wasting money. Also a proper application of the funds.
@Marc Ruffalo
The thing is?
If money gets given to and correctly applied at impoverished school districts and then one sees academic improvement?
Then the impoverished districts were underfunded.
The whole country benefits when we aren't turning out a new crop of idiots every year. We have to live with these people.
@Marc Ruffalo well, obviously, but funding is the part that politics can easily influence.
Beau, You forgot the part about record setting buying of firearms and ammo,
because we are afraid and need to protect ourselves from ourselves.
There was a story today that because of the increased firearm sales, bullets are in short supply.
@@justinvigil5344 Same stupid crap that happened when President Obama got elected.
I'm always curious to see if George is upside down; I check in the thumbnail.
It's not ALWAYS the best indicator, he's forgotten to put it right-side up after doing a joke/satire video before.
Andy B I’ve been watching Beau since around 100,000 subscribers and he’s only done that once. I suspect it was because he did a couple of videos in rapid succession and simply forgot.
I had to replay the synopsis over because I have never heard it put so perfectly!
You are always so thought-provoking with what you say, gives me a different perspective on things
I love this and you explained it so succinctly. I have tried to explain this to people who always say "pull yourself up" and don't understand that our system is set up to keep down people down.
Agreed.
And the original saying was that someone can't pull themselves up by they're own bootstraps.
The system seems to reward hard work and self improvement. It seems the only sure way to fail is assume the system is set up to keep people down. Thats just a great excuse to give up.
And try being a working, highly educated, highly motivated professional female in this country. Companies in "Right to work" states make it a fireable offense to discuss wages among workers because they know they are not paying the same wages to people doing the same jobs/professions due to sex, age, or any other bias the managers may have. If we were allowed to talk, we would have proof and could sue for discrimination.
To pull yourself up with your own bootstraps you need to have a pair of boots! Most of the minorities only have flip flops. Not even shoes.
Oh man... that 303 shirt!
Lovin' it
I'm in my 70s and can't remember and can't find the words that say if our government doesn't work we can set it aside. I think this is a way out.
I don't know what your age has to do with it but setting aside a government that doesn't work for you is exactly what the war for independence was about.
Bj Brown I think it might be Rousseau and the social contract. We old folks gotta stick together! 😉
Good first step - never re-elect any politician ever again.
Except maybe some of them can help us get the breathing space and resources we need to get going on our own.
Well at the end of this video everything Beau said literally almost put me in tears
Godspeed Florida man
I heard that mic drop from Hawaii...
I had a friend whose motto was, "The work doesn't care who does it."
Interesting video for a non US like me. Thank you! You're a good ambassador for America
This is why I think congress should have 2 terms just like the potus...
AND they should have the same exact insurance available to the rest of US (or, those that actually do have insurance). We'd get good healthcare then! Hah.
Term limits isn't the problem.
Money in politics is.🤷♂️
Without unlimited funding for the same old incompetent geezers these wouldn't get elected over and over again 🤷♂️
@@samfetter2968 your right there, but if there was only 2 terms limits. The corporations that's paying will have less time trying to pay off people.
@@prisesion i fear that is not how they roll. They have enough money...they just pay the next stooge that promised to do their bidding.
It doesn't matter if one payed for corporatist does harm for 8 years or 4 of em do it for 2 years in a row.
As soon as you prevent the corporations from buying the polititians in the first place you will see actually things changing.
Because as soon as the money is no longer relevant...the ideas become relevant. 🤷♂️
@@samfetter2968 your totally right there buddy. Both ideas will work drastically tho
unfortunately America is more likely to end up like Handmaid's Tale than Utopia
Another term of Cheeto Hitler, eventually leading to his dictatorship, would give us Handmaid's Tale, but with a great deal of brutality.
Damn! I really hope our paths cross one day so I can shake your hand and thank you. For being a sobering voice to all the chaos. You give me hope. Thank you
"Personal responsibility" exists in a context. That context we have created is far from a "level playing field." We have in many ways "criminalized* the most vulnerable amoung us.
"They" have they/them; We have you, Beau✊⏲️💥
What a fresh perspective. Thank you
Year 9 of high school we were taught about self perpetuarting poverty in social studies.
The USA has a self sustaining horror.
Beau: if there ever was a topic worthy of a specific channel with plans and steps. this is it.
excellent summary of who we are and who we don't want to be.
One of your best. Thank you.
yes we need evolution not revolution
Before evolution a revolution may be necessary. The gop is like a tick. Fully embedded and not willing to leave.
@@frankbutaric3565 I worry that you are right, but for everything I love I hope you are wrong
It may take a revolution, (hopefully non-violent), to force that evolution.
An extended and flawless chain of reasoning about social cause and effect- rare in any time, especially so in the middle of this cluster . . . you know. Beau, your service to the community is invaluable. Thanks.
Now you guys I'm an African American this dude I love this dude is honest this dude is real this dude is my brother from another mother I salute this cat look up to him and I ride on every word that comes out of this young man's mouth and you guys ought to be glad to have him as a part of your group he is a jewel and I mean it uncle steeno dropping the mic
It's time.
You are coming in hard, full bore, guns a blazing my friend. Respect
He isn't "about to be sentenced to life" for the clippers. He already was. This was his last appeal. He's been in jail for it since the 90s. That appeal was denied, meaning he is there forever now.
1:46 This whole flow hits MANY of the root problems...Well put Beau.
"No question why
Evolve or die."
-Alien Sex Fiend
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IM FEELING ZOMBIEFIED......
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Great synopsis and with passion!🇨🇦
We'll never get to the point of comprehending that if you take care of your people, we all do better! The idea of holding people down is archaic, and only builds resistance and animosity. America was founded upon hate and division. Those of us who don't look, act, or pray a certain way are marginalized. Think about it, centuries of labor, fighting, marching, voting, incarceration, and dying for equal treatment! Unfortunately, one day we will come to the realization that nothing supersedes the well-being of humanity, and the taking care of the place we call home.
4:09
When I was in my early twenties I work for a telemarketing company. My boss was a full-blown con artist. The product was legitimate.
A coupon book from the local merchants and Civic organization. The rotary club, the local fire department, a senior citizens nursing homes, whatever.
He wouldn't pay his phone bills.
He wouldn't pay his office spaces. He wouldn't pay his people.
If there is a way he could cheat his way out of any situation that went against his personal desires he would.
My God was he charismatic!
He could sell snow to Eskimos.
He would get that Civic organization wrapped around his fingers, my God good.
Charlie knew how to play to their vanity and their greed.
The first tRUMP rally I saw on CZcams reminded me of Charlie. And it was then that I knew tRUMP was a con man.
Sadly most people don't get that kind of education I got in my early twenties.
It kind of inoculated me against 🐂 💩 artists.
It's just a day, y'all have a good thought.
Nuhice!!! 💐
I'm not think as half as you stoned I iz
For some reason this comment had me 🤣👍
We are in a time of great change, experiencing the evolution of the world. In response to this great movement, people project their ideas, their beliefs, their hopes and their fears. Life within the world is changing forever. We are no longer isolated in the universe but are emerging into a Greater Community of Life inhabited by uncountable other life forms, all in pursuit of survival in a competitive universe.
"To go towards great change requires that one break free of the bonds of the past sufficiently to be able to gain a new understanding, to break new ground psychologically and emotionally, and to attempt to extend and to open to new possibilities."
"It will take the presence of the Greater Community to finally bring humanity to realize it must unite, it must preserve the world, it must protect its citizens, and it must become strong and capable in order to function in this new world."
This is the most difficult thing that could happen to humanity at this time. yet it is the most beneficial. (excerpts from Preparing for the Greater Community, received by Marshall Vian Summers, New Message dot org.)
Powerful wisdom! Thank you.
As a non-religious person i can only say one thing to this... AMEN!
America has had problems for a long time. I am so sick of working to the point of falling asleep before dinner and I still can't feed myself, nevermind my family. I work full time and can only eat one time a day. That is the only way my kids get to eat multiple times a day.
Howdy internet people 👋 and Beau!
Wow 2nd comment!
I just want to say I enjoy this channel & it's subscribers. 🙏🇺🇸👊
Don't give up, keep trying to help build your community & this country.
👋🏽👍🏽
Last time I was this early, Beau was still employed by [redacted]
LOL!
OK, that got a chuckle out of me.
Take your blue thumbs-up :)
@Andy B
lol 😆
too funny! 😄
Bud as a Canadian citizen watching your President doing nothing . The money that politicians are holding back is tax payers money give it back to them . American GREED !
The top 5 richest people could give every American 1 million dollars and still be the top 5 richest people. How much money do they need?
Up kinda late, aren't we?
It’s a regular evening in the life of Beau.
It's midnight in Florida. Don't you sleep?? Lol 😁😁😁😁😁
im in florida too! and i gotta be up at 5am
@@ryanmalin 😁 Sleep well. It's 9 here in Oregon. I'm going to bed cause I get up at 4AM. Lack of sleep makes me crabby. ;)
Barely.
@@ryanmalin same here in Western Pennsylvania! And up at 4 45 to prep seafood for rich people, so I feel your pain lol but always down to check in on beau while walking off a headache
I suspect sometimes Beau wakes up out of a sound sleep and has to say something before he can rest again.
Preach brother!!! This is real life
The current way of life benefits the ones that make the rules. They aren’t going to change anytime soon.
trumps trying to ban tencent which has stake in so so much in the gaming industry. Its very scary
hope ur at least doing ok
We don't need the federal government any longer.
Watched Beau for quite some time and this is my FAVORITE !!!
All Americans must have the same level of education at ANY public school!!! This needs to be figured out FIRST! The current system is a travesty, and a failure, that is clearly in play currently for a reason. Education is the key to making America heal.
You are definitely honing in on perfection.
Close enough for me anyway.
On Biden, if elected:
"He is going to hurt God. He is going to hurt the Bible." - Trump
Edit: I think I'm going to start posting some of the dumb things Trump say everyday. It will give me something to do since...well....he says something dumb every day.
I have only one response for that: 🖕🏾
Well, we aren't a theocracy so what's your point?
Pretty sure that God can't be hurt.
I saw him punch a bible just last week.
He'd at least hold that Bible right-side up. Even an Atheist like me could figure THAT part out
Yay! I’m ready to help, and ready to shove a few folks out of the way.
The man with the hedge clippers is Fair Wayne Bryant, 62 years old. He has already spent 20+ years in prison for this. This is cruel and unusual punishment. PLEASE contact senators/congresspeople in LA and the Louisiana Attorney General. We have to right this wrong.
"Well howdy there, Internet people. It’s Beau again.
So, today we’re going to talk about restructuring the American way of life. Whether it’s time to restructure the United States, change the way we live, on a significant level, and if so - why.
We're going to talk about this because an American politician, Kevin McCarthy -- now for those overseas, he is the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives. He doesn't make a lot of headlines. He tends to keep his head down. But, he popped up to make a tweet And to be honest, under normal circumstances, I would agree with what he's saying. It makes sense.
I'm not sure it applies in this particular situation. In fact, I think there may be some things that negate the entire idea.
But because of that, that's what we're going to talk about.
So what did he say, right? He said, “Dear Democrat party leaders, this is an international health crisis. Not a political opportunity to restructure American life”
I get it. What he's saying here is that if you have a serious issue, that's not the time to exploit that to advance your own political agenda.
Yeah, that makes sense. You wouldn't want somebody's political agenda getting in the way of a response. Especially if it's a serious issue
The problem is, we don't have a response. There is no response from the federal level. So that doesn't matter. Doesn't even play into it. More importantly, I think he's missing a bigger piece of this.
What if the reason we're having a public health issue right now is because of the structure of American life? Stick with me on this.
What if there's a lot of apprehension because tens of millions of Americans don't have health insurance? Because there's a massive amount of inequality? So much so that 40 million Americans are on food stamps and a lot of them could be working full-time, at 40 hours a week, and still qualify because wages are so low.
And because they make such low wages, they end up living in areas that are low income. Therefore. the property taxes are low, which means the schools in those areas aren't really properly funded. Which means their kids don't necessarily get the best education.
And that this situation creates a lot of despair and crime, so much so that there's 2.3 million people currently locked up And we have headlines about a guy about to do life for stealing a pair of hedge clippers.
And we all saw the recent headlines about the child getting locked up for not doing their homework. Because we choose to lock people up instead of treat them, we've lost the war on drugs. And the only thing that has brought us is a whole bunch of failure, and militarized police, and those militarized police are why we have cities burning across the country. Because most Americans are tired of living under what seems to be the rule of an occupying army, and this has contributed to a general climate of fear, that is exploited by politicians via tweet, to stoke that fear, to divide people, to help keep themselves in power
This has worked so well, and they have scared Americans so much, that Americans are building a wall on the southern border to cower behind.
And when the fear-mongering fails, the politicians move to disinformation, and outright falsehoods, and that has gotten so bad and gone to such a degree that social media platforms have started suspending and banning political campaigns because their talking points are so false, about such serious issues that it's actually risking people's lives. And because there's so much inequality, there are some people who didn't get an education that can help them discern fact from fiction.
And the whole cycle starts all over again.
Maybe we're having a public health issue because of the structure of American life. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
If that was the case, then it would make sense. It would make sense to try to evolve and move forward, and change things.
I would like to point out that this structure was in large part built by people like Mr. McCarthy. And the current situation was certainly exacerbated by his party choosing to enable the president, not hold him accountable. And stand idly by as he attempts to suppress the vote.
If you want to talk about the American way of life and tradition and everything like that, you can't simultaneously sit idly by while the president attempts to undermine the election which is the foundation of American life. You can’t do that.
It's probably time. If we want to move forward, if we want to have a fair and just society, we’re going to have to make some changes. Appealing to tradition is bad. That's the worst reason to do something. “We've always done it this way. “Yeah, that's why we've been in this mess Times have changed. You have to as well. It’s time to move forward.
And I will go ahead and let those on capitol hill know because I know y'all don't talk to us commoners. But we don't care who does it. We don't care if it's democrats or republicans or libertarians or greens or the people in the street. We don't care. What we know is that you can start at any point in this list, and eventually it just cycles back around and nothing changes. Because there's that much inequality. There's no upward mobility for people
It is time to restructure the American way of life. It's time to fulfill those promises in those founding documents. You can help or you can get out of the way but it's time for it to happen.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good night "
on your side. Few know Smedley Butler who wrote "War is a racket", I would say that American Politics is a racket. You are right.
If the voters sussed out all the politicians and their backgrounds and their policies before voting,and not pick them by class,wealth or popularity,pick only good people with good policies for all the classes,things might have a chance to change.Without that,it all crumbles down.!!!!
Evelyn Murphy Politicians will always be politicians, no matter what ideals they go into it with.
The hedge clippers case has just about broken my belief in justice.
A man tried to steal a set of hedge clippers in 1997. Hes got a record with other non violent, minor thefts. He was sentenced to life.
His appeal? One judge said the sentence outweighed the crime. The other judges disagreed and that man will stay in prison. The taxpayers will have spent over a million dollars to punish this man. For a twenty dollar pair of clippers.
People should be outraged.
Yup, and meanwhile, certain well connected people get pardons and commutated sentences for treason while others like them remain in the highest office of this land.
In the squares of the city- In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
and some are grumblin and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
One thing my mother also said when we were kids, if you can’t change,you will never grow.
I read that statement from McCarthy as “we can’t have this debate when the rebuttal to our lies is : look out the window”
"Tradition is the corpse of wisdom" -Zed (from league of legends)
Amazing analysis. Thank you, Beau.
stay strong, Beau, and keep your chin up. You're buoying up literally thousands of us just by sharing such breathtaking common sense every day. It's appreciated
‘Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'’
-Bob Dylan, 1964
"Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again"
Beau has heeded the call and is doing his part damn well.
It's not just the uneducated it's that those that have feel entitled to it and those that don't, don't deserve what they have.