Jordan Peterson has diagnosed this as the inevitable conclusion when truth is reduced to a 'social construction'.

I loved the Harry Squatter interpretation of the Voldemort line, personally. "There is no good or evil. There is only weight.... and those too weak to lift it!"

This kind of attempt at muddying the moral lines and treating power as a mere tool is exactly the kind of thing that would make J.R.R Tolkien frown in disgust.

6:07 "There is no good or evil" ...what...the... Did they watch the first 3 films? What about Episode 1-3 It was ALWAYS about good vs evil. ALWAYS. I dont want to meet people who honsetly think and say that the Empire where the good guys.

"There is no good and evil Harry. There is only: power, and those too weak to seek it." -that guy lefties used to compare Trump to.

@8:40 You haven't been paying attention if you aren't aware that Marxism is the objective. And that requires subverting meritocracy.

That quote sounds fine to me if it was being spoken by the show's villain. Villains are obsessed with power. That quote cannot come from humble protagonists.

Love the analysis! I've had an apprehension about the show that I couldn't really put my finger on until now. And seeing the connection of the quote to famous literary villains was gold! -From a Nerdy Pastor!

The amount of disclaimers in this video isn't your fault. But the fact that you need so many disclaimers in a video like this speaks volumes about the world we live in today. Great video by the way.

I try not to be a cancel person, but considering the disgusting, horrific crimes of Ms Leslye Headland, it's hard to imagine watching anything she was a part of.

Excellent analysis. It will be interesting to see how the show progresses. It occurs to me that by changing The Force to The Thread, they have removed the distinction between the Dark Side and the Light Side.

This is the first video I watched of yours and I gotta say it was great. I actually learned what Marxism is about thanks to you. I have stopped watching Disney Star Wars just before Obi-Wan and even when you said you enjoyed The Acolyte, you made a very convincing argument about one of the themes of the show. When I first heard of the quote it struck me as more of a Game of Thrones theme than it does a Star Wars theme, I knew it wasn’t a good thing.

Your presentation was very well done. You didn't come off toxic like some Star Wars fans. The woke social justice that's being pushed in our entertainment is very disturbing.

I really enjoyed this video--very thought-provoking without being polarizing. I find it deliciously ironic that the people who decry moralistic thinking as "shallow and restrictive" tend to be the most single-minded and incapable of real nuance. When you have a clear definition of what is good and evil, you actually have way more room to discuss "moral greyness," as it were. For example, we understand that killing people is objectively bad. But what if you kill someone in order to prevent them from killing three more innocent people? Stealing is bad, but what if you're stealing because it's literally the only way you can feed your children? There is an ocean's worth of potential nuance within morality. Take all of that away and make everything about power, and suddenly there's nothing left to consider, other than "who do we want to reward and punish with this power." Which is also in and of itself a delicious irony, since reward and punishment are core aspects of justice, which is a concept that literally cannot exist without clear definitions of right and wrong. So at the end of the day, what the "only power matters" people are actually saying is that they want to be the ones who define what good and evil are. And the entirety of human history is one long proof by example of why power MUST be subservient to an objective and unchanging moral system. not the other way around, if we're to have any chance of maintaining equality. Also people believing religion is only a tool by which to control people will never not be funny to me. Yeah, there have been individuals/groups who have abused it in that way, and it's always horrible when they do. But also ask literally any first century Roman politician why they're having so much trouble with Christianity, and they'll tell you it's because the religion champions the freedoms of people they'd really like to keep under tight control--like women and slaves. Personally, I find the current-year secular mandates of political correctness and "tolerance and inclusivity (unless it's someone we don't like, in which case by all means, oppress the heck out of them!)" to be WAY more restrictive and oppressive than my own religion.

im a chritian and a huge star wars fan, well at least the OT, prequels and even the expanded universe/legends. The Acolyte is just objectively bad. Here's my reasoning as a Christian: I've always thought that the immaculate conception of Anakin Skywalker through the manipulation of midichlorians by The Force was inspired by the Roman Catholic's birth of Jesus Christ. Now my point is that both figures were created with a PURPOSE and both had lasting impacts to the world/universe - Anakin was a result of The Force, creating someone that will bring balance to the force and universe; Jesus Christ was also born through immaculate conception and was promised to be the one to absolve humanity's sins with his sacrifice, and ultimately save humanity from God's wrath. Now with The Acolyte, they butchered this connection because apparently anyone can now do immaculate conception through the force (specially if it's a lesbian in space). I couldn't fathom anything of importance that the twins could serve or play for the Star wars universe. What is even the twins' purpose or legacy in the star wars universe? Why didn't Yoda, mention their names specially that this show is supposed to happen only a century before Phantom Menace? Why would the force even allow this in the first place? It's really just dumb writing and proves that Leslye Headlamp doesn't know anything about Star wars. What a disgrace.

Do as thou wilt. Basically

That quote was in the trailer,; this oppressive, tyrannical world view is what disqualified The Acolyte from getting the time of day from me. Dystopian nightmare anyone?

So equally as the acolyte is set pre-prequels I guess Anakin didn't really do a bad thing in killing younglings, he was just adhering and embracing the sith & power code, right, right? 😏😞

Ever stop and think that Disney just confirmed a stereotype concerning black people that even in the galaxy far far away that black kids are still fatherless (irt how main characters were conceived the twins)😆😆😅

I very much enjoyed this. Thanks.

I picked up on that line. It's very telling.

Does it come down to good and bad, though? Don't get me wrong. I believe there is definitely a line between what is good and bad. The problem is that a good action could potentially yield a good or bad result. Likewise, a negative/bad action can yield both bad and good results. That is the reason some people think everything is gray. What a world we live in. Everything has become so corrupted. Good things precieved as bad and bad things perceived as good. But is the problem the scale? Is it really about good and bad, or is there something else?

You nailed it good sir!

Dude i think you nailed it! The agenda with these shows seem a bit weird nowadays.

When I hear her quote all I can think of is: "You shall not truly die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, know good and evil."

Let's see how much power women have after men stop maintaining the sewage systems, picking up trash bins, water network, energy network and our roads. It'll be a like 10 years later scene in an apocalypse movie.

She said, "Dis is abou powah"

I said for a while that Cultural Marxists were taking over media. They called me mad! Mad! Hahaha!

“I like the fist two episodes” The rest of the world: Ew Not shitting on you bro just having a laugh

and ofcourse she refers to herselve as they/them, the narcicist, as if its all abou ther. i believ eshe has no idea how big star wars actually is.

This is why you shouldn't always rely on Chat GPT. Nietzsche! On the Genealogy of Morality: ""The first essay, “‘Good and Evil’, ‘Good and Bad’”, focuses on the emergence of the values and conception of agency that compose the idea of the moral person invoked in “morality” through an analysis of the re-evaluation of antique values wrought by the slave revolt in morality.""

Imagine watching this.

These are some interesting points brother, you get a subscribe from me

I’m an agnostic cinic determinist nihilist(on both sides) and I’d say I’m a socialist but I can also see how theoretical Marxist would also apply to me I’m not arguing with you I’m just saying people with the previously stated views aren’t evil and ultimately it is just due to the writers and show runners in major media that are incompetent, ignorant, and incapable of creating quality media on a consistent basis except for a couple exceptions in my opinion

Anytime we try to step outside of the dichotomy of good and evil and enter the "grey", we're naively aligning ourselves with evil. It is the Luciferian intellect / Ego to believe that we can forge our own path and define good and evil for ourselves. Jesus says in Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

The jedi are jesuits. The siths are nietzchians, Good and evil.

People that watch this garbage and continue to be disappointed Aren't paying attention to the people that write this stuff ; (

Maybe not exactly Marxism. A lot of what people call Maxism is Marxist-Leninist or Maoism.

This was a great analysis, and quite an interesting and unsettling interaction with Chat GPT! The idea of the will to power is certainly present in Marxism/communism, and also in fascism/Nazism. it also has roots in Hobbs, and was also common in the empires of the ancient world, such as the Alexandrian and Roman empires. The other facet that I see at play here is the post-modern view that there is no such thing as truth, and therefore no such thing as good and evil. The original trilogy as well as the prequels, were about the fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. A fall and redemption requires a theme of good vs evil, which is what Star Wars is truly all about. The Jedi are fundamentally good, and the Sith fundamentally evil. The new writers and directors seem to want to "burn down" that world view, and in doing so can only view the Jedi as the dominant power structure, thereby making them oppressors. Even the fundamental concept of the Force itself must be destroyed. I don't think people writing Star Wars these days view themselves as content creators, but rather content destroyers. I'm not sure if they even want people to like what they've created. I think they view Star Wars and its fans as a hierarchical power structure that needs to be dismantled. The irony is that they have used Disney- perhaps the most powerful media conglomerate ever-for their own will to power. According to their own world view, they are the capitalist oppressors now, although I doubt they see themselves that way.

This was the same problem that Amazon created for Rings of Power, and why no one liked that either. In Rings of Power, it was just moral ambiguity. Like the original Star Wars, LOTR was originally a battle between good nd evil, but these Hollywood remakes ditch the battle between good and evil turned both into just moral and ethical relativity. In Rings of Power, characters who had been good, were now kinda rotten, and vice-versa. In addition to Machiavelli, this world view tracks with Neitzsche and the Will to Power.

The pursuit of power. ahh yes. such a classic fault, The croen of Ozymandius and its everlasting sirens call to Humankinds ear.

Not a person who advocates for a Communist state, but Marxism is simply a critique of the failings of capitalist states in which regulatory capture or lack of regulation exposes the wrorking class for exploitation by the "bougiosie". Examples of elements of socialism working with capitalism are easily seen in "Nordic countries ". A balance of capitalistic and socialistic elements is necessary for maximum cohesion as the workers as well as the owners are both protected from each others influence and consumption of power dynamics. I think you may just werent getting the answer you wanted and had to manipulate it a little more than what is fair. Overall, i agree with you on the dangerous nature of that line and that there is clearly a social agenda that preaches oppression and victimhood, in a very hypocritical and divisive way.

When you say a critical thinking Christian perspective my hairs raised. But I listened. I don't see the good or evil bend on how power is good or evil. It is what it is

Disabled dislikes - interesting...

This has nothing to do with religion

So, you advocate Sharia law because it’s “good” and from god?”

I suppose I dont really understand this video or its format, and frankly I spent 9 minutes into the video without you actually discussing why this concept is bad before I stopped watching. Just saying that Voldemort said something doesn't make it bad. Or the sith. Or Marxism (?). Maybe you engaged with it later on, but I don't see where you actually engaged with the topic outside of just "I can't believe ChatGPT said Marxism isn't all about power!" Here's a question. WHY? Outside of who may hold that belief, why is a worldview focused solely around who has power bad?

What in the woke is this

only women say that its about power. for men its about money

You are putting another of human qualities into your copy of ChatGPT.

I respect your view but you seem to attract a lot of right wing racists in your comment section lol. What do you think is the correlation there?

A christian promoting critical thinking must be the very definition of irony.

You could make your arguments more credible if you confirmed the outputs of chatgpt for yourself. Language models have a tendency to get answers wrong