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A war against absolute evil.

Mass deportations.

Yuri Bezmenov warned us

I totally agree with Brett Weinstein! Totally! I wish I didn't.

You have to go to pre-feminism to go back far enough.

Concur with Bret Weinstein regarding *Degree of Risk*

Bring back the HARD WEST!

Decades of aggression and corruption have eaten away the integrity and morality that once were the foundations of Western society. The Dollar became the god that everyone worshipped and served over the general good of humanity.

How many commenters here heard Obama argue for "fundamental change" and said "yes"? Well, you wanted it, you got it.

“Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for the west as it commits suicide.” James Burnham 1960s. And as intelligent as Weinstein is, he contributed.

I agree with Brett. He is one a few of us that actually sees things the way they really and speaks the truth regardless of weather the cowards want to hear it or not

One word - Christianity. Without it all the things you love and live for will be gone.

Toynbee , Spengler , Brooks Adams and others predicted this situation , it is in many ways Faustian man’s destiny.

Something totally not spoken about here -, is the driver for the united states was that inalienable rights and freedom, and the morality and even the justice system they were striving for, were predicated largely on judo christian based values. Even early mass legal migrants, many had these same values, Many of these systemic values we strived for can be seen in proverbs. Like gravity, the more a moral based governance model draws to a basis of high principles as provided for in the scriptures, the ten commandments, the higher likelihood of that system having a long term success. We have become Pottersville. What we are witnessing now is a decline of values, resulting in deaths, constant lies, political power, fame, sports worship, violence and sex, predominant in movies, deceit, lack of justice, crime drugs, childless homes, fatherless homes, bribes, no need to work hard to eat, government becoming our sole provider and God, Corporations driven by stock price, and profit over Godly Values, and so much more. Map the nations. as a general rule, the higher per capita wealth, are nations that at least had their roots in Judea christian principles, the last several centuries, (though starting to run on fumes), and nations as people doing well on "per capita" basis, (Japan) though not with the same religious history, and yet influenced strongly post WWII by a nation that was. Our nation never arrived, because like Israel, when the dream of freedom, wealth, cars homes, flat screen tv's entertainment, a great education and job, became a reality for many, no longer were Godly values seen as being as much as necessary. our Society started doing what was right in mans increasing perverse own eyes, more and more - and its end becomes death and destruction. Be it murdering babies, acceptance of any number of immoral practices as the norm, ranging from divorce, to adultery, to sex before marriage, and now, its just whatever oh that's okay too.

I agree. What he said in the very beginning is exactly true. The Soviet empire collapse because it’s been so much of its GDP on internal security as well as external security. Being able to repress your own people took a lot of resources. But now with AI the Internet and all the resources we have available, you can totally repress society at an alarming level with very few people. So you don’t need tens of thousands of people who are like-minded. You’ll need dozens in comparison. Which basically means if we become authoritarian, basically it’s forever. While in the past it was only for a generation or two.

Not as long as women vote, its not.

Defund government.

Once again Bret Weinstein: a brilliant, wonderful, smart genius is speaking facts & truth ... unfortunately.

I left London seven years ago but alas I did not go far out enough 😢

the problem, society doesn't care

VOTE-REFORM!!!!!

Hey, you. Yeah, you. If listening to these two... gentlemen you have rolled your eyes, know that I'm right there with you.

Agreed…we are in the “Fourth Turning”… look it up

Only bringing God and the wisdom of scripture back to our lives will save us.

Unbreakable cycle of history, people have to keep learning the hard way.

1995? How about 1905, before the federal reserve?

OMG, he is worried the species will perish if the hegemon does not stay on top! Wow... What ego!

It's not saveable. It's game over already sorry.

Sure it is. I can see many ways. Rome had this problem. See the crises of the third century.

That was a really weird cut off point.

The Enlightenment fueled all sorts of good things but also nurtured rejection of Christianity which was essential to Pax Americana. But these two are not Christians and recognizing that essentiality seems unavailable to them.

I think he has it exactly backwards, and that we need to stop pretending that race doesn't matter or can somehow be wished away.

The irony of him saying this. They spit on our face, and then call us filthy.

Bret, while seemingly a “nice guy” just as Jimmy Carter is a “nice guy,” is a quintessential “slow learner Democrat.” VOTE TRUMP & MAGA 100%

The human species was cursed with the ability to reason and that's going to be its primary reason for its extinction.

The world may not retain the level of technology in a fractured world.

it could have been salvageable if ppl weren't so indentured to their ideologies they refuse to accept correction of behaviour when facts dismantle the logical fallacies of their ideologies x their excuses for harmful/destructive/counterproductive behaviour

Sorry what has October 7 got to do with this? We have been on this path for at least a century.

Why develop a narrative without names. Specific names, specific goals and specific options must be declared. Otherwise, outcomes will always be random.

"Oh no, my flash in the pan ideology is unsustainable and has burned away all of its social capital in 250 years!" If it didn't have the momentum to become eternal, it does not have the right to be eternal.

Should have outlawed lobbyists along time ago. The folks at the top put us in the poor house.

Peter Zeihan laughing his ass off at this RIDICULOUSNESS.

Groups that see them self as superior or chosen over other groups are the problem .

There is no value in deluding ourselves. As I see it, the current manifestation of our hypersensitive society where feelings outweigh facts is a direct extension of liberal progressivism. Those who were part of the " enlightenment " of trying to move beyond tribal / racial identity / cult of personality group think allowed themselves to become overtaken with their self satisfaction. They moved the goalposts as it were from achievement to appeasement, where the end results mattered less than they way they felt about themselves following some activity or proclamation. Of course, all this was being done in the ignorance of basic human behavior. There is, has always been, and will always be evil, greedy, narcissist, sociopathic people among us. They have been the root cause of conflict throughout the history of humankind. They recognize the propensity for the masses to be appeased and placated, the ease with which this can de accomplished. History is replete with examples. The growth of " social media " has made this easier than ever before, and the popularity of that media is, quite frankly, disturbing. I am reminded of an old adage ascribed to a cartoon strip. " We have met the enemy and he is us.".

its always strange to me how weinstein, an evolutionary biologist, doesnt apply darwinism to everything (he should). evolutionary mechanisms are cyclical, having both positive and negative feedback loops, and deception is a tried and tested evolutionary strategy.

"You vill be poora but you vill be happia"- Klaus Schwab

The damage is done, there's no coming back.

Things may get much rougher than we're used to. But, I don't think that necessarily means the end of our species. After all, we're a highly adaptive species. Could this be a challenge? Yes, but don't sign the epitaph too soon.

Wow... Whole dialog about "us" and the heyday of the 1990s ignored the travesties of colonial Africa, western repression of entire countries, etc... again, this discussion is only focused on keeping the West on top. Still narrow-minded, and still sad

And indeed, nothing can save it, simply because in reallity theres nothing of any value, worth saving. Do you believe your worth it and the rare exception? Hardly.

“So invest all your money in my sure-fire scheme to keep it safe!”

Lineage vs Lineage tribal warfare is what's happening in Israel/Gaza. 😢

So then where do we go from here?

I cant seem to find the full recorded version of this video with Dave Ruben, anyone know? This clip cuts off before the good material is discussed.

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We've given away our inheritance!

Follow the rules of evil people, and it's easy to figure out what's gonna happen.

I think it has happened before, and will happen again, like lemmings running over a cliff. It's part of our natural cycle. We are evil hairless monkeys

How do you define The West

Bret is dim.

after the next "flood", yeah

Somewhere in between humanity damming rivers and the invention of the remote control. You can't draw a line in the sand and 1955 was the zenith of humanity

1995??? How about 1895?

Total disagree with this perspective. It’s not a race or ethnic separation or control. It’s a corporate captured governments control and the policies that hold global domination. Through the exertion of this domination, it’s forced migration of a few types of religious groups to migrate into regions in such a mass that it creates conflict within the new country, not racial but religious conflict

All these people have most of there money in Swiss Francs. So ya they don’t give s/:; if the United States fails

end the Union and create a new west. derp.

I love how the right keeps returning to what leftists have been saying forever

This has always been the plan...right, Barack?

I would not say 1995 was the best year. I would argue that 2005 was better, before Obama showed up and made race relations worse.

Hello, love you guys.

Isn't this just the normal cycle?

Oh, must be Eric's brother.

Good riddens to humans .

The bank is counting on it

@00:20 Curious, Brett seems to be paraphrasing, or perhaps echoing, the speech of a certain, umm, aah, Oz Tree An Pain Tyr. That particular individual gave Europe 100 years until it ceased to exist, if the war was lost. Seemed rather prescient to me. But, hey, the winners write the history books. Buckle up!

2 tribal guys discussing liberty! It's amusing!

I'm off to Mars

It was a good run...

time to create something new a system has its day, and then it dies - the upside is that it gets replaced by something better

The system we created & you trashed

I agree

Talking in code. Who wants to translate?

Revolution

Reverse it to 1963.

I find Bret Weinstein annoying at times, here at 1.11 he tries to define the past as race against race, this is dumb as it was tribe against tribe, clan against clan. Here in the UK we fought the French for hundreds of years and they are the same race, so stop reverting back to the whole woke terminology.

Very revealing, the esoterics of 2 jews talking to one another, about a failed system, that they created, and trying to figure a way to save it, by telling the Creator, and nature, to go to hell. Funny, but not.

what are they even talking about - sounds like a lot of vague sophistry non-sense

NOT SALVAGEABLE. THE WEST IS UNDER THE WRATH OF GOD ESPECIALLY THE USA. THE HEDGE OF PROTECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED. PRAY FOR MERCY,- ST. FAUSTINA'S CHAPLET OF DEVINE MERCY. PRAY, PRAY PRAY UNCEASINGLY.

He knows science but has no clue about geopolitics.

Bret is whining and bitching about how imperfect the game is being played. We’re not about to collapse or disintegrate into a heap. Besides that we’re actually winning.

Some people are more genetically predisposed to collaboration; lineage matters, and will always be the base game life is playing.

Psychotic remote viewing psychics.oh hi Robin Cole.

Grifter incoming

Kiss the Son.

Six minutes of saying nothing!

Demographics is Destiny. Meanwhile...in Japan. The European Grammar of Self-Intolerance [Jonathan Bowden] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7hkgNl1nq-pcXk.html

No its not because of people like you Bret.