Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying on Whether Western Civilization Is About To Collapse
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2024
- What is western civilization and is it on the verge of collapse? Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying believe in our civilization's remarkable history of transcending genetic ties to foster cooperation among diverse groups, building a foundation for unprecedented success. However, they also warn of the inherent fragility of this system, highlighting how societal stresses can revert us to primal in-group preferences which, while inefficient, are the default-mode of a population in crisis. Our modern bureaucratic, credential-based system is starting to show its cracks, with superficial marks of ‘expertise’ superseding true merit and useful experience across government, education, and journalism. Will our civilization adapt and continue its track-record of success, or will it succumb to its flaws?
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Hello friends! This is a clip from an awesome (IMHO) 90 minute interview with Bret and Heather's that's the first of two parts. If you want to dive deeper, check it out here: czcams.com/video/gwQHLHNsKvw/video.html
how it will really collapse?:
i am starting to contemplate the idea that "schooling" is nothing more than a FEMA camp designed to induce medication and brainwash children as part of the MK Ultra program.
@@PhilnWar i love knowledge! let me have it with both barrels please
Collapse comes gradually, then suddenly.
i.e. everything's fine... until it's not.
Like bankruptcy..... but, eventually, the Sun Also Rises.
Epstein Island 🏝️🏖️
Like my life.
@thenewbohemian5779 where does it historically rise?
Answer that and you'll see who owns the future.
If you live in these united states, you become aware, ( in my lifetime) it seems everyone involved in governance and schools and universities now seem to be the opposite of enlightened.
It’s been a deliberate thing to dumb down the people, defunding schools, remember the contrails Criss crossing the sky, it was all about the same thing, heavy metals into the air you breathe.
But they are good Soviet men and women!!! United Soviet States of America!!!!
HIGHLY UNDERRATED COMMENT. IT'S WORSE ON THE INSIDE WHERE PROFESSORS GET TOGETHER AND PLOT WAYS TO GET AROUND ANTI-DEI LAWS.
Most are leftist fools who should not be in charge of a popcorn stand!
The truth is that plenty, probably even majorities inside these institutions, oppose [insert new thing] just as much as you do. However, they have no power to stop it, even if they're in management. They would just be replaced (as Bret and Heather were). Marketplaces of ideas do not always or automatically select for true or moral ideas. They select ideas that justify the use of power and/or make those wielding them feel warm and fuzzy. Only by a full reset can the marketplace be restored, but the power required to do that would be... monarchical. I know that Eric Weinstein fears these ideas, but I'm curious to know what Bret and Heather think.
Bret and Heather kept me (and many others) sane during the gaslighting of Covid. Their courage during the Evergreen riots and their ongoing resistance to the reality-denying "woke" mind-virus makes them Heroes in my book.
Yes they gave me comfort and rationality during the lockdowns and injections.
There weren’t “riots” at Evergreen State. Why are you making things up?
ABSOLUTELY
There were no Evergreen “riots”. Why are you making things up?
Hear hear !
When trust disappears no equally beneficial relationship can exist.
No. And it's our fault for not standing up to the elites. Our forefathers are rolling in their graves.
We should have ditched the Republicans in 1964 when we realized they were not an opposition party but rather the echo Barry Goldwater warned about. A two party system needs two parties else it devolves into the one party state Prof Weinstein described on introduction
But then call Jan6 a danger to democracy, False flag to deter an actual uprising
I love our Founders, but this isn't comparable. For one, these ideologies didn't exist till later. They didn't even have a NAVY. And the King of England didn't have satellites. It is hard to fight your own government with unlimited resources. Not only that, they lived in a relatively small area, we are now thousands of miles apart and can't even meet each other without getting on a plane. They didn't have a global economy based on the petro dollar.
government isn't being stupid. They just want everyone to think they are.
@@MsGrowltigerIt needs God
The WWII folks would never have put up with or excepted such a society & out putting of freedoms.
Enlightened governance? Better yet, individual enlightenment. We are the leaders. They are administrators. Never rely on anybody to think for you.
1000%
We are not, and haven't been for a long time.
Look at how much money and surveillance they have. How in any way, shape or form are we the leaders?
sad to watch a nation fall like this
True God-fearing warriors must RISE or we are ashes.
Which is the impetus to seek the eternal answers. We are all going to be there. Where?
It’s not on the verge of collapse; it is in the process of collapsing. The question is what shape the pile at the bottom takes.
Bret and Heather are a wealth of important info imo. I do like this clip. Heather reminded me how outraged I was when doctors obediently followed WHO advice despite knowing it was incorrect. Plus, the doctor who took a history from the patient and examined him almost always knows better what the appropriate Rx should instead of some unelected bureaucrats at the WHO in some foreign land. The medical profession really disappointed me during the pandemic and now, their refusal to care for the vaxx injured patients they see.
Collaberating outside of genetic similarity can only go so far. Up until the 60s, the genetic differences between the contributing collaborators in the West were still very limited. It is now becoming so diverse that this is no longer possible, as the dominant demographic group is being replaced. People are now being forced to acknowledge that there are very real differences between people of different races.
The fact we are realizing the majority of crime in ALL white countries is committed by NOT WHITE people is pretty eye opening
You can’t keep throwing diverse groups into the melting pot. Damn thing has already melted.
Wonderful comment. It takes courage or temerity to state what is obvious. I have been ostracized by family and friends for 20 years because I've pointed out exactly what you have stated. I only hope that honesty will once again triumph over political correctness.
@XP-nt9iy I truly believe that at this point of time the problem is not the replacement that is happening gradually. The dominant demographic is still dominant, at least statistically. The bigger problem is that whoever is behind this detrimental plan, is not allowing any dialogue or open conversation about the problems that you are describing(racial differences) and which are already visible, because that would reverse or slow down the unavoidable collapse.
@@anothergerman88 Interesting comment! What is is that you've been pointing out for such a long time? I become conscious of false narratives in 2016, then after the GF riots it became clear that this wasn't about 'equity' but a power switch to another racial group.
Wait... As a plumber.... Yes I need 4 years of school to go in your house 😂 but that schooling is not experience. I've known a lot of guys that have schooling, but are horrible plumbers. Yes experience beats schooling every time.
When I was on building sites they started insisting on everyone having their ticket regardless of actual competency. There were older guys with decades of experience and no ticket, they were all told they either accepted demotion to labourers or leave. They left and we were left with inexperienced people who couldn't perform basic tasks acting like they were all special because they had their ticket. I did the same as most of the older guys, they got a crew together and a van and got paid stupid money by white collar people to do basic repairs and alterations. The requirement was to turn up when you say you're going to and do the job. They couldn't find qualified people who would do those 2 things.
@@jelkel25 no ticket means you have to do your job so well no one will notice 🤣 I didn't get mine until I was 16 years in
@@jelkel25 The developers were covering their asses against future potential civil action.
@@MollysPahow is that preventing that kind of system collapsing :D taking second and third insurance dont help getting things done but increases cost
@@jelkel25, "...they got a crew together and a van and got paid stupid money by white collar people to do basic repairs and alterations."
This is actually a major theme in the recent Southpark movie Into The Panderverse. So many people just have no idea how _anything_ works or why it works let alone how to fix it when it stops working.
Here's a little secret for you: Fixing computers is no different than fixing cars, home wiring, plumbing, or anything else. You just have to be able to diagnose the problem. Oddly enough, fixing computers is probably the easiest in fact, since you have the whole internet to help you diagnose the problem. The only difficulty is learning a new 'language' for the parts you're dealing with.
"The requirement was to turn up when you say you're going to and do the job. They couldn't find qualified people who would do those 2 things."
The kids have been lied to about so many things. "You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't have a college degree!"
A college degree means nothing at all any more because everyone has one. A few decades ago college degrees were uncommon, at best so the people who had them were uncommon and could demand more money. Now every 20-year-old snot-nosed kid has a BA in some garbage field that doesn't mean anything.
"Work hard and you'll be successful and have a good life."
My father's generation could support a family, buy a home, and drive across the country for a two week vacation on a single factory worker's income. An average guy could do those things. All he had to do was be at work on time and work hard. Sometimes not even all that hard, really. These days...? Not so much.
They've moved all the manufacturing overseas where they can pay slave wages to people that no one in this country cares about and certainly isn't thinking about. How many people know that their iPhone was made in a factory where the workers were jumping off the dormitory roofs to [unalive] themselves because it was the only way they could protest the conditions? No one cares. They just want the newest iPhone.
"We've moved on to the information economy! We don't need factories!"
Yeah... Tell a farmer about the, "information economy." You can't eat information. You can't get in your information and drive to the store. The, "information economy," is a lie. You either produce things or you starve and freeze to death when winter comes.
Sure, information is VERY valuable. Without information (it used to be called, "education") you can't make things. Without information you don't know when to plant seeds (I just learned that cabbages are amazingly frost tolerant.) But information doesn't mean you don't have to get your hands dirty and your back sore ever again.
Great video. These 2 have a lot of great wisdom and they are legitimate scientists. I don't like how a lot of people dismiss them as "pseudo intellectuals" or refer to Brett as some sort of nutjob. They're both very smart people and understand what it means to observe and conduct studies based on those observations. We've gotten in a place in our society where we won't listen to what wisdom or experience people have to say just because we might not like some of their views. That is not how you build a cohesive and open minded society.
agreed. there are some that dont like Jordan Peterson. i think he too is great. different views and lack of understanding seems to cause great attack these days.... i've been saying, "welcome to the secular world."
Can Western Civilization be saved? Not likely.
If you let the third world run amuck then yes. The barbarians were the death knell to Rome.
And so be it.
Tribalism and the will to power are default settings for humanity. A society can and has risen above those basic settings, to the benefit of all of its citizens but eternal vigilance is necessary for sustained success. The laser should be focused on the Supreme Court at this point to insure we won't devolve.
In Canada, the Supreme Courts, federal and provincial, are contributing to our devolution
By “all its citizens”, I’m assuming you mean white men? And now that things aren’t going so well for white men, everyone is freaking out about collapse. Civilization itself was built upon the oppression and subjugation of women and children(and honestly, by extension, men too), and if the liberation of women and children leads to the end of civilization, so be it. In fact, I welcome it!
tribalism comes back when that "extended family" structure of institutions dont serve as intended. Also low birthrate changes dynamics of this and may tip it to favor tribalist "clans" of families who can pull together.
Critical Thinking has collapsed. It needs encouragement from early childhood.
When the redefinition of gender was at its height and Drs went along and advocated for it, even if that meant operating on children, I knew there's no going back from here. "Reality" will break and let's see what's ushered in. I feel like it's safe to say it's not going to be anything pleasant.
The problem is, diversity works in moderation. Having external influences is good. Not having a majority group is inefficient and prone to conflict
"Enlightened governance" sounds like a great idea.
Sadly, most great ideas, without a mechanism to limit their power, scope and rule... become despotic. Because power not only corrupts, it's magnetic to psychopaths.
The collapse is coming more options now then ever before to ruin your life. To much danger from so many directions. Climbing that ladder of pushing the envelope more and more. What do you think is gonna happen when all those things collide together at once.
KaBoom. That's what.
Institutions are more captured than broken. The love of money is the root of all evil
Altruism is the root of all evil.
Every man for himself.
I believe you came up with a distinction without a difference. Captured and broken would likely appear the Sam from the outside.
@@maxrobespierre9176 Captured is more specific
@@sdrc92126 Not really.
Well, what's being ignored is that immigration has not always been as qualified as the population in the West (to say the least) and has been a part of what has dragged our economies down. At least where I am from.
Wow, “…the [university] credential is not a reasonable proxy for relevant experience.” That’s an amazingly damning observation….
We all know it at this point. The word expert is and should be in question any time the government or media utters it.
I’m a big fan of Brett and Heather. They are a notable force that must not be ignored.
The thing people need to understand this is lots of incremental changes which seem small looking but but were absolutely instrumental in making this current situation happen.
"The civilization that we as whites created in Europe and America could not have developed apart from the genetic endowments of the creating people, nor is there any reason to believe that the civilization can be successfully transmitted to a different people." - Samuel Todd Francis (columnist and editor)
@@SelfEvident Yep, nothing to do with race or culture, everything to do with God or the lack thereof.
It couldn’t even be transferred to their own offspring
Yeah, those white boys who stormed the capitol in the U.S. are a really good example of the whites who created western civilization aren't they? That statement is ridiculous.
@@davidthompson1369 It has a lot to do with race, as evidence would suggest. To blindly suggest otherwise is more of an article of faith than the opposite hypothesis.
I do wonder how Japan and South Korea managed to exist.
“Where are these angels that will govern society?” - Milton Friedman
*angels
@@linjicakonikon7666 Thanks, I missed that! Lol
Milton Friedman was a corporate propagandist. His policies ruined America and the middle class ! So i can't take him serious !
They got burned in the fires of Western Civ.
Angels as leaders? I wish. After the expetience of last 4 years I'm of the opinion that most of our past and present leaders are psychopaths. Power is a magnet for them.
"An experiment that has been wildly succesfull"
For who though?
On average, we have less money in hands and you have to have a 2 income household. (Borrowing from the future)
And birthrate has been under 2.1 for more than 50% of the duration.
How is that successfull??
"Flaw"? In the good ol' days it was called corruption.
Love these two wise beings. From Melbourne Australia
Agreed. God Bless them both.
I too do not want my plumber to perform brain surgery on me. However, I also don't want my brain surgeon to perform any plumbing repairs in my bathroom.
I had the same thought.
Why?
This country has been in flux since the day it was born. Nothing has changed. The old guard has always been afraid that the younger people won't stand up and the younger people are just tired of the old ways.
I dont know how young people can be tired od something they dont have a lot of experience in. It should be the okder generation that is tired of it. The problem is younger people are naive enough to think that they can successfully manage something like communism even though its killed at least 100 million people in over 100 countries for over 100 years.
Love everything these two have to say...thank you
Only if we follow Socrates who said “Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue.”
Or if we follow the Ten Commandments to the letter.
I know many billionaires who disagree with that statement.
christians don't even follow the ten commandmants. why bring your christian shariah law to the US when Constitution failed 1871.
Negative. Christian fulfillment means you will be persecuted and martyred by the authorities of the world. You might get wealth, and it will most likely send you to Hell. Christ himself said that his followers would live a life like his own. Sacrifice, sacrifice, and martyrdom
@@theskyizblue2day431I don't agree with this. Don't revenge but also don't allow to be stepped on your head.
This is beautiful
Heather is so easy on my ears, compared to most female speakers
It’s 2024. Lots more women are speaking these days. Better get used to it.
I think he is referring to Heathers soothing vocal tones rather than making a statement about women speaking in general
😂what? I'm guessing you're American. Only an American would say something so off point and so pointless 😅 maybe you need to watch the video again without the s##t in your head 🤔
Women speakers 😂 Heather is definitely abofa compared to most.
@@richardthurston2171simp alert. They ain’t gonna date you, beta brad
I'm very careful at the doctor's office. One time I had a pain in my abdomen and they wanted to give me an IV and some other items, yet, we didn't even know what the problem was yet. I asked them: do the items you want to give me aid in the diagnosis of my issue? And they said 'no'. So I said then we can skip those items. Then, we moved right to the scanner and it found a kidney stone. Which passed on it's own, so really, I didn't even need these people. They just want to sell supplies and drugs.
That is unsettling. I am happy you are witted enough to consider things for yourself.
I am always reminded of the movie *Sphere*. (spoiler alert) At the end of the movie, the remaining crew, who have been given an incredible power, choose to use that power to "forget" everything they had discovered. Basically, they had the power to nullify the power itself.
The US Constitution puts the all the power in the hands of the people, even if not direct power. We have so much freedom that would can elect and vote ourselves out of existence. And we just might do that...
If you have to choose between a chicken sh!t sandwich & a dog sh!t sandwich, it's still sh!t. Our rights were nullified with the Pay-tree-ot act; it was 500+ pages long; nobody read it; who had time? We did get too comfortable, but we were also tricked into a lot of this. They're very clever psychopaths; they kept the little people distracted & working all the time so we wouldn't realize that they insidiously pulled the rug out from under us, one small tug at a time.
“We?”
@@theskyizblue2day431
Yes. "We".
"Hard Times Create Strong Men, Strong Men Create Good Times, Good Times Create Weak Men, Weak Men Create Hard Times"
Brett hates the idea of going back to lineage but would he sacrifice his own lineage for liberalism? I doubt it
I rather die then going back to right wing conservatism from the past ! No population control for me !
This is so good - on two levels. The content - the interview - sums up what I've been feeling but been unable to put into words for years now. Thank you for this - subscribed. Also, your production values are through the roof. I do videography for a living and am so impressed with the setup, the camera quality, lighting, sound, and editing for your interviews. I also like the occasional split screen / video within a video segments. Thanks again; looking forward to more interviews and other content.
These people are both so brilliant and compliment one another in important ways. I have a deep appreciation for them.
It's hard when it teaches you that you are the champion of freedom and you realize that you are just the last empire that plunders other nations for their resources.
Better them than us.
@@muddyguns You might find interesting that we have tried to determine if that is a good strategy. That's one of the goals of game theory. it turns out that. Simulations seems to suggest that forgiveness and cooperation are the most successful strategies, as long as you have mechanisms to deal with cheaters and abusers. Data seems to suggest that immediate retribution with high forgiveness over performs all other strategies as they start to isolate themselves after long enough time.
@@klaussone I'll use the past millenia as the census report. Mankind will exploit the weak and plunder the booty any chance it gets. If you're born in the western world in the past 100 years thank the universe because you hit the lotto
@@klaussonethis sounds super biased. The path of lesser resistance would more likely be established.
And improves their existence
People like to associate with those that are culturally close, not necessarily genetic or racial. Making everything about race or genetics is why we are in this mess. Cultural preservation and augmentation is key to civilization.
Bret - "The idea that the market, this blind force is going to navigate us wisely enough through that minefield is preposterous".
The "market" - the "blind force" you reference is of course the untidy, uncompelled purchasing and interaction choices of all of us.
(You know, the one that enabled the lives of 8 billion people to live better, on average, then all the lamentable governance experiments of the past.)
Let me get this right Bret. You're advocating Platonic guardianship; a central planning Soviet? ("enlightened governance" philosopher kings then?)
My thoughts as well. I would like to know where he draws the line of minimum effective governance, who chooses the method of that governance, etc.
He’s a Trotskyite. Do not let the small hats fool you. They are part of the source of the issue. They taught student to hate America at that terrible institution. Schills.
"...the untidy, uncompelled purchasing and interaction choices of all of us."
That is where your argument falls apart. in fact, it's only the one word that fails you, "uncompelled." How many purchases are not compulsory? Sure, you can choose which insurance company you want to pay your monthly extortion fee to but the rates are pretty much the same (and rapidly rising) regardless. I could go on for hours about compulsory purchases.
The choices the average teenager has in the United Stated would astonish a king from the 18th Century.
They say a lot, and they say that relationships between races and people with different sexuality are the worst. I grew up in the 80’s with Michael Jackson hit songs, Prince hit songs. We had Queen’s “I’ve got to break free”, Wham, Culture Club, and George Michael. We accepted so many people, and if they were exceptional, we praised them.
Mid to late 80s was America's peak.
Edit: Probably 80s into late 90s.
you grew up in an age of antiwhite narrative and a push for WHite-erasure and White-guilt being normalised, and now the fruits have been borne. Westernkind are enoguh, only we cna be us, we don't need Michael Jackson or any other of his ethnicity
WHO exactly said these two were some sort of authority of "western civilization"?
to the societal optimists that go with "your life is better than kings/queens of old" i would like to counter with "are we more or less fulfilled than generations past?" largely it seems the cost to these material increase the cost was fulfillment of life and spiritual growth. what is the point of being alive if you have no self worth, control, direction, or meaning in any sense.
Don't forget that at least Bret is a long time liberal who only seemed to get a brain recently.
He still doesn’t get it because he still considers himself a liberal. He, like many, saw how government dealt with Covid but will still push for universal health care. He’ll see the flood of illegal, low skilled workers and push for a living wage. He fled Portland, but would still vote Democrat if the wokesters hadn’t quite so gone bat $h!+ crazy, not realizing Democrats have been headed that direction for over a century. It’s like all the moderates who say they are fiscal conservatives but social liberals who don’t understand the cost of social liberalism.
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Great video! 👍
@7:00, "subsidiarity" is a military doctrine, allowing unit efficacy, cohesion and compartmentalization
Cite any example in 6500 years where any civilisation prevented the fall of empire cycle.
Just ONE example.
One.
In the past 6500 years.
One.
Correct, Western Civilization is not going to be the first and only exception to the rule. In fact it is proving every day that it is progressing to collapse right on schedule.
Heather and Bret are encouraging voices of reason!
I’m a plumber and I appreciate the reference. You can go to school but your real education starts working in the field. It took me about 10yrs working in this field to really understand what I was doing. 25 years in and I’m still learning. Installing and understanding are not the same thing. I was a good installer early on, understanding systems and the little details takes a long time, and things are always changing. I’m still a student of my trade.
Emergence comes from bottom-up, not top-down
"Is Western Civilization on the verge of collapse?" Okay, do they want us to cheer for no, or secretly cheer for yes?
Be prepared....
2 heroes who walked the walk and talked the talk. They paid a high price, but they did the RIGHT THING! They are heroes!
It's a hockey sock not a stick. Whatever is in abundance, fits into a hockey sock. 😜
The expertise is still unknown, we need to grow it
Thank you. We need people with their fingers in the air, confirming our knowing the direction of the wind and how strong it is blowing. . We live at least in a gale, if not a hurricane.
I thoroughly enjoy listening to Bret and Heather. Highly intelligent people who seem very genuine as well.
Some times experiments produce a monster. The road to Hell is built on good intentions.
Thank you
Somebody cheer me up here.
Hi Heather, I like and respect you... How ever as a plumber of 20 years I can say that you're completely wrong. It takes 4 years to get a red seal to become a journeyman, many tests, countless hours on site and a piece of paper from an accredited trade school or college. Lived experience is a huge component, but the idea that we don't require a "degree" is false. This is why red seal journeymen are internationally recognized as qualified trades people. You don't get to just call yourself a plumber and be one anymore than you can call yourself a doctor or lawyer or accountant.
Raise audio volume up, bub...too low.
Dr Fauci is a prime example of the failures in this system.
I love thoughtful and intelligent discussion. Thank you!
Bret and Heather are proof theres hope.
@@cmonman3639Ah, young grasshopper, did THEY say nothing, or did YOU hear nothing. Maybe rewatch and listen without desire, and with great care.
not really,they are making valid observation about collapsing of the old system,buy,if you keep the old religions and ideologies, an extinction of the civilization, is inevitable ,as evidenced by current events on the global stage;only revolutionary reform involving throwing onto a rubbish heap all the religious and political crap will it be possible to salvage the progress humanity made so far.
@@bvdswqawe11 I'm curious if you have any evidence (or even a good line of reasoning) to support your revolutionary reform conclusion..
@@SineEyed before,I enlighten you,let me see what would you do to improve the prospects of humanity?
They are part of the saboteurs. They are not Christian nor do they identify as Americans. They are small hats. They promote communism and then cry the Christian high trust system is collapsing.
Yes. Human progress is still roughly on the hockey stick. But, it’s about perspective. People today do not have the appreciation of where humanity has been. They see what their situation is and has been since they have been alive. If they feel things are worse now than when they were young, there will be discontent.
All society collapses at some point. People cause their own demise, by oursourcing their wants and needs to the state. When I think of this topic I am always reminded of HG Wells the Time Machine. A peaceful docile society with no responsibility. All their comforts provided for, by overseers who will inevitably enslave and eat them. I am a huge fan of self sufficency. Not anarchy. Governments are necessary, but tend to work best when they are small and streamlined. Modern people have become far too reliant on the state for everything. When that happens, your fate becomes inextricably tied to the government. How many people have died waiting for the government to save them from a coming flood when they had time to simply walk to higher ground? Yes, that is a bit of an oversimplification, but it illustrates the point.
My sense is that Richard Dawkins and the late E.O. Wilson would concur with your explanation that as institutions disintegrate, their tribal constituents would, as it were, come out of solution. While Jefferson anticipated periodic rebellions against the inevitability of government tyranny, he likely could not envision the civil disunity we're currently experiencing; after all, in his day America was comprised largely of the tribe of English-speaking tradesmen, merchants, laborers, and gentleman farmers like himself. We're approaching a tipping point - if not already past it - where we're no longer a melting pot but a corrosive emulsion. I agree w/Mr. Schlaefer, the past 60 years will have been the prelude to the so-called Black Swan event everyone should've seen coming. On the global scale, failure of US would be the catalyst for the failure of the West.
I love Heather and Bret...actual thinkers. Happy to see Heather here with Bret, her voice and intellect matter.
I dont remember Soviet Union be named part of Western Civilization, although it combined various different nationalities and even called it Communist International. More that that, one of the most impactful leaders wasnt from title nationality. So it is not just Western Civilization who combined different nations on the cooperation basis.
Don't expect American biologists to know that or be capable of acknowledging it.
Can human civilization be saved should be the question.
While I may not always agree with them, Bret, a true Gentleman, and the Lady Heather are a genuinely beautiful couple with a sincere desire for the truth. They don't sacrifice intellect in the name of partisanship. If we could all be that way.
Western Civilization is over 1000 years old, if you count only the Modern, Early Modern, Renaissance, High Middle and Middle Middle Ages. That's one heck of an "Experiment".
Western Civilization, don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
Thank you both for standing strong and give us your thoughts based on your knowledge. I'v been following you ever since covid appear. Thank you!
Stop taxation, save the world.
What they got for explaining away the Holocaust and slavery, woman’s rights, how child rights laws started, the 70s revolution, feminism.
America has been a beacon for western civilisation. However, over the past 12 years or so it has been in serious decline. If western society is to survive, the US needs return to old values. And you can do that with voting for RFKJr.
RJK Jr who will continue flooding this country with third-worlders and refuse to mass deport the illegals who are already here, because that's too "mean." Sorry, but I don't trust him.
I doubt we can vote our way out of it in spite of the man's good intentions.
The foundation has become unstable. We now have a chance to reinforce this foundation.
So true.... frighteningly so...
show me a piece of western civilization, do you see rust, wrinkles, cosmetic paint?
humanity is well and truly linked nowadays, so a better question is, can we reduce heat production in time to save the environment?
or are you talking about western domination? that's in trouble.
Enlighten governance reminds me of the mammyfication of academia and the justice system.
Gross incompetence.
Bret & Heather!
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Probably not
One of the easiest ways to see this eventuality is to look at prisons. In prison the entirety of society in there is based on race. When things happen you MUST stand up for your "team". Failure to step up and fight for your race will cause you to be attacked by your group.
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Read Plato’s Republic -Book X
got me to click the full vid gj
It depends on how you draw the line. In many very real ways, western civilization is already dead and buried, never to return. In a few other ways, there's still maybe some hope.
4:15 I am one of those embracers of the movement away
I know something big and horrible is coming. Fact of the matter is too many people with different beliefs. Resources will plummet if we stay on this course. Too much of anything is bad same with too little of everything. Mother nature and or human nature will balance itself out.
"Not one dot or title shall pass away."
It seems that while the going is good, people can ignore their differences because the plunder is a plenty however once the resources dry up, the innate reality of humanity, which is fear of the outsider, an evolved behavior which is there for very good reasons, re-emerges and takes control of the individual in order to protect them from outside aggression which is bound to be incoming. That is why Rome fell, that is why every big empire falls. Beneath the façade of inclusivity and diversity lay millennia old biological mechanisms upon which everything else is built and when historical earthquakes shake the foundations of the human animal, the pretenses and false structures which had covered its psyche in times of plenty are demolished. It is only natural, however improper or politically incorrect it is to admit. Majorities will only end up tacitly accepting being portrayed as villains for so long, right up until their children and thus their futures are threatened by the minorities and their interests, after all the whole idea of "Racism" is just the politics of the minority seeking unearned access to societies which their forefathers never shed any blood for in building.
The future can turn into two paths, a calm landing into conservatism while each phenotype acknowledges the right to freedom of association or civil war. The charade of the "new man" is over for the time being as there will be other empires who seek to drink from the cup of diversity while the riches flow in the future as their leaders seek to prostitute their native populations to the outsiders in efforts of keeping their power and privileges.
It has been an interesting short history for the western empire, who bucked trends of geopolitical and geographical disadvantage due to the technological progress of the small island off the north-western coast of the continental European mainland but history waits for no-one and the rest of the world has caught up and in some areas even surpassed the now decaying world power.
I sincerely wish that the current leadership of the western empire doesn't end up pulling the plug on North America and thus causing you all to eat each other like starving rats but so far events seem to be heading in that direction especially considering the levels of migration you're currently experiencing. You know, Cuba emptied all their prisons when they sent "migrants" to Florida back in the 1980's. History might be repeating and considering the current political climate in the USA, you're woefully unprepared to deal with such. . . adventurous and enterprising young men, especially since they're not "white" nor "spicy white" and thus cannot be viewed as anything but richly deserving, desperate noble souls even, migrants looking for a better life who seek help from such a wealthy society as yours! Better make sure the 2nd amendment doesn't go anywhere, while you still can.
If Russia is a close border and terrorist got in in America is an open border. Just a matter of time. Thanks Dan Goldman Chuck Schumer Adam shift😢
Yes but WHY the breakdown?
I don’t like your grandiose explanations lanation and word soup that is really an argument for elitism. Very disturbing.
Civil rights law and an increasing corruption to keep the financial system propped up. The FED does not have the authority to print money, yet the leaders are all pretending that because money can be printed digitally that it's not technically 'printing.' There's endless vested interest to keep massive corporations from falling and impacting everyone's retirements and income and yadda yadda. Once you accept that rules can be bent to keep it all propped up then you open up the entire public to being looted. We are now in the stage of collapse where the people in charge are looting the treasury, though in this case the 'treasury' is the entire economy. Your congress men and women are getting rich while the average person gets poorer.
And DEI is a top-down initiative that is enforced through Civil Rights law. This abolished meritocracy 50+ years ago. You're just now getting to see the real results.
So in short meritocracy is a rotting corpse while equity is enforced by law, the bankers and politicians profit big off corruption, and no one has any incentive to fix any of this because they'll be seen as the one who started the collapse.