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Ryan White
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Independent journalist making videos about politics, social trends, and exploring what it's like to live in this totally fun and not screwed up world.
it didn't matter who won the election
a brief essay on the state of american politics.
disclaimer: I am a registered independent 😜
sorry the audio is so quiet, I don't know what happened ☹️
disclaimer: I am a registered independent 😜
sorry the audio is so quiet, I don't know what happened ☹️
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don't be afraid to fail
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a brief essay about how "success" in our twenties is overrated. okay so i remember that i said this would become a video essay channel and that you should subscribe if you wanted more of that stuff... well, sorry it took so long but here's another video :) cool new stuff is coming soon, but also more stuff like this. or, kind of a combination of this and new stuff. i'll explain it soon. you'll ...
do you feel empty, too?
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a brief essay about the media we consume and how it affects us. hey. thanks for watching. sub for a million dollars. or to support me and our community. whatever works for you. this is a video essay channel now, too. so, also sub if you want more of that and also for this to become the acollierastro of the social sciences. :)
Why do you weirdos talk in terms of the population instead of states like the founding fathers intended?
well done. i agree with most that u have said, but i would like to see some sources! i need to know that what u r saying is based in reality
I mean this so nicely, but I do state all of my sources when I provide statistics in this video. The rest is analysis of the statistics, which is right from my dome, though based on a wide net of literature I've read through which I come to my conclusions, but it's a lot harder to cite hundreds of studies and papers of accumulated knowledge. If you would like further reading on a similar topic, I suggest starting with The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein or Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman, those are both great books that should be available at a local library system, and they each have a lot of sources to dive deeper into. Hope that helps.
There are plenty of ways in which the two parties differ. Project 2025 is the new agenda for the US. It calls for several serious changes to the US government that will radically impact everyone. For example, Project 2025 calls for the dismissal of 50,000 civil servants and replacing them with Trump loyalists. It calls for the dismissal of the FDA, the National Weather Service, and the Department of Education. Our food and medicine require oversight for the safety of anyone that consumes it. We need to know when severe weather is about to strike a given area and what steps should be taken. We need the Department of Education to monitor the states and assure that they are not committing discrimination through violations of Title IX. The Republicans are nothing like the Democrats. The arguments provided here only scratch the surface. By the way, those import tariffs will be passed along to consumers, not to the countries of origin.
you're right that this only scratches the surface, but to be fair, I clarified that at a couple of points during the video. I also underestimate the true extent to which project 2025 will dictate the policies of the upcoming administration. I may be wrong, so don't hold me to that, but it doesn't seem likely given the personnel it looks like they're moving forward with for the cabinet.
Excellent takes. Shame on anyone who can genuinely listen to this and say otherwise.
1:53 You say that Republicans have passed legislation in some states banning women’s rights to abortion, “with absolutely no exceptions”. This is simply untrue. All states allow for abortions to be performed in order to save the life of the mother: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law_in_the_United_States_by_state I appreciate you making this video, and for the most part think you made good points. However I would urge you to be more precise with your language. Overblown statements which (appear to) deliberately stoke outrage or fear only play into the conservative narrative that people on the left lie about everything. Cheers
I appreciate the comment. Just want to clarify why I made that statement: there's a difference between exceptions being on the books, and exceptions being made in practice. Multiple states do have abortion laws that technically allow for exceptions, but in states like Idaho, for example, doctors who perform abortions on women who are victims of assault need to justify the abortion in court with documented evidence of the assault, and Idaho is not the only state with legislation like this. These sorts of conditions placed on "exceptions" make it exceedingly difficult to find abortions in states with bans like these, and I stand behind the sentiment of my "no exceptions" rhetoric, even if it is *technically* not true. I do genuinely hear your concern, but I believe what I said to be true given how these "exceptions" actually work (or don't work) in practice, rather than in theory.
@ Thanks for the reply, and I understand the sentiment behind your explanation. However, I believe you are capable of making equally striking points without having to “technically lie” (e.g. what you said about difference between what is on the books and actual implementation, and how this gap can and does cause serious issues which need to be addressed). The cycle is: 1. You make a statement which is “spiritually correct” (spirit vs the letter of the law) but “technically incorrect” 2. People see that statement, but without the proper context to understand why you stand by it. 3. They think that you are lying (now they are “technically correct”, even if “spiritually incorrect”!) 4. They discount future things you say, and we end up with more real world harm being done (maybe they never look into the difference between laws on the books vs implementation, and so the harms caused by that gap go unnoticed and unaddressed) We can absolutely agree to disagree, as I see where you’re coming from. I just wanted to give a helpful critique about a possible way people might get turned off of your message.
Honestly, the main problem is that I needed to write, record, and release this before election results started to post, so I wasn't able to refine the script that deeply. I do hope that anyone that genuinely listens would understand that I'm trying my best to give an accurate representation of how things actually are in practice, and I think people that would find issues with that specific comment would also find broader issues with the message of the video regardless. However, I hear your criticism and I will refine my future scripts more accurately to avoid a situation like this from happening again, because I do care about portraying things as close to reality as I can even if I think the rhetoric is justifiable. You're right in that it isn't worth it to risk the misinterpretation, especially by someone who does engage in good faith and interprets it the wrong way. I really do appreciate the well thought out critiques.
@ great work given the timeline! Glad to hear you will keep improving your approach to future videos. Looking forward to them!
@@ydubsa bruised and bloodied pregnant lady, a doctor, and a lawyer, sit together in a room totally dumbfounded on how to prove to a judge why that woman is bruised and bloodied.
Corporations bad is ignorant. The people don’t even understand their own problems and you can do this whole matrix and back track to figure out the actual reasons for things and your answers still come out blurry. You’re not knowledgeable and neither am i
I work for a major corporation and believe they do good work, so you may be misunderstanding my sentiment. I appreciate the comment.
@@ydubs that’s not what I was getting at but let me try again, I think your position is that corporate lobbyists still control everything and that’s why it doesn’t matter. I’d agree on that end. I think what I was getting at, and I apologize fr if I’m straw manning you at any point, is that ur position that trump being more controlled by them, than the other sides, is just weird to me as that dudes actually in his own narrow little tunnel no object to light. the sentiment that corporate lobbyists never play to the public’s interests and instead choose divisiveness is mute when looking at trumps character and the bomboclumfvck positions of the parties. I’ve read a lot of Edward Bernays on propaganda and appealing on the social level. it seems improbable that they create divisiveness intentionally. It seems more probable to me that they’re causing people to flip flop back and forth and confusing the average American. Look at what bud light accidentally caused during pride month. Look at all the huge marketing fuck ups. They don’t care about money doesn’t make sense even at the upper echelon bc they’re still competing. Sorry I kinda just floated around a lot of ideas but I hope you just grasp the picture in my head and contort that to whatever you’re saying. Personally though I think what more so made me comment is the reason you chose ur candidate just kinda pissed me off and felt weak, sorry just being honest. I think if anyone were to vote for more American social equality in the most progressive nation in the world (that might sound good to you but think internationally please) is kinda, greedy, just like I’d imagine lobbyists and power hungry individuals act. It’s also important to note these adjectives don’t mean negativity, just trying to create and show the web of the idea I have.
@@ydubsoverall like as I’ve said in the first (bc there’s a chronology to comments) I’m not saying I’m right but the entropy of the entire thing is hard to draw conclusions from. Edit: Oh also this election determines and cements American sentiment for the next couple of decades, just a “feeling” back up only by a couple of things, but this where we at bru. But have hope bc there is value in the availability to become viral at a whim. Coalitions and proper group movements will be hugely influential.
What an ignorant take
Very good, sounds like a well put essay.
just graduated high school in the spring and i’m about three quarters into my first community college semester, undecided major, and i can’t stop thinking about these kinds of questions. the future seems so unstable that i struggle to see “money chasing” careers as viable long term / or morally correct most of the time . to chase the arts would be to risk poverty. to attempt volunteer work outside of my local rural community feels like betraying grassroots efforts. i don’t have faith that furthering my education will bring me a job and then economic safety because i don’t know if those values will be obsolete in the face of worsening climate crises. i’ve been reading Jennifer M. Silvia’s Coming Up Short: Working-Class Adulthood in an Age of Uncertainty and trying to make sense of my place in this world so i appreciate the sense of hope channels like you are sharing. cheers to failing and getting back up again i suppose
all I can say is that you should never feel afraid to find a new community of people you relate to in order to help contribute to their needs. volunteering outside your rural community doesn't mean you're abandoning them, it means you're able to pick up new skills in a larger environment that you can bring back to the place you care about. it's all about growing and making sure you can provide the most that you can to the people that mean the most to you. that's impossible to do in a bubble. I am confident you will find your way; most don't even begin to ask these questions in the first place.
This is a phenomenal video. If there were more people like you out there, Americans would be much better informed, and would probably make better choices.
I'm so angry the Harris campaign never once tried dispelling the myths that immigrants are bad for the environment or commit more crimes. Statistics show the opposite but they failed to let the people know
I mostly agree, but i fear for trump being in office. He is only in it for himself. He only lies. He could do so much worse then what you have mentioned i fear. I have heard him being described as the devil and he has the characteristic of one. Greedy, selfish, unkind, opportunist, charismatic, cunning, etc. I think theres a great possibility we have let a Tornado into office this time. I deeply hope im wrong, but if im not, we're gonna be decades behind. I guess organize and grab your popcorn, the world is gonna turn into the 30s at worse. Pray to god im wrong.
if he's only in it for himself, like you believe, then I doubt he wants to be looked back upon as the man who tore the country to shreds. I figure we're in for Bush part two. some people think that's good and some people don't. to be honest, my curiosity trumps my concerns (no pun intended), and I'm interested in seeing how this intense polarization resolves itself.
In case it didn't post, I got this idea from a political forum on the website actualized. o r g If your confused about any of it I can try to answer
@@ydubs this isn't my idea but I think spam filters are hiding credit? Or some other reason.
A very bias take that is clearly informed by MsM.
Why are you stating facts? Maga literally, and clearly has left facts behind lmao. Its all about egg prices which even he cant control which makes this even funnier. On sad note, sorry to all women, this result is a slap in the face to all women especially and first.
This election wont effect anyone lmao, neocons will not let him pass any of the legislation taking away womens rights
Well through analysis
Well right now more than ever there is probably a chance for a 3rd party that at least starts out being for the people. Our systems are still designed to serve the people, but you have to hold the chair person of the meetings accountable all the time, and the elected officials. So the people need to be interested and caring of weekly participation in things, or the entire thing becomes too disconnected for the average person to have a say. Watching the news, and filling out a survey, is not participating in politics. Neither is commenting on youtube. RUclips is organizing section of politics and pr. If you notice, people are at least ideologicilly organized into groups, based on the content and news feed subscriptions they have. Also, it's always the most election in history, every time, or it's not.
Interesting, liberal and left leaning take. Closer to older democrat values, is what I see in this video. But a very interesting take on American politics. Do you actually think that climate change is going to hurt the planet in a very negative way that we cannot deal with? I'm not saying that we shouldn't reduce emissions but that we should be more careful on how we do it to protect the environment. By increasing nuclear power, maybe solar. Although that still creates a lot of waste but is way less harmful than windmills. And we shouldn't be capping emissions on farmers but putting policies to make farming more beneficial for the local environment in the long term. And we should not have illegal immigrants in the U.S. only legal immigrants are good for our country.
a few points: first, I don't really think I would associate myself with "older democratic values". Left leaning, sure. However, I don't really intend to put a partisan slant on things, but unfortunately that seeps into all of our language nowadays, so hopefully you will get a clearer sense of how I view the world in future videos. second, I do think climate change is going to irreversibly change the planet, and harm it insofar as it will happen too rapidly for most species to adjust to, and will cause biodiversity to plummet and natural disasters to become more common and more damaging. I do, however, think we are past the point of no return on those fronts, and should focus our energy on adapting to what seems to be a certain future, rather than attempting to make the changes we should have made 50 years ago. Nuclear is a probably a good option, but I don't have an education in energy policy or engineering, so I wouldn't make any definitive statements about it without doing more research. My carbon tax comment was citing a study that showed the majority of Americans favored placing carbon taxes on major oil and coal corporations, my apologies for lack of clarification there. Last, the data would disagree with your comment regarding illegal immigrants, which I refer to as undocumented in this video. If you think we should give more paths to documentation to immigrants who want to contribute and work, then we agree; I think both parties engage in a bit of doublespeak when they say they want that process to be easier, but decide to invest more in ineffective border security instead of directly improving the process, the difficulty of which is why parents are willing to risk paying cartels to traffic them over the border instead of simply seeking documentation. Hope these help clarify my feelings a bit. I appreciate the insight.
Congrats dude you discovered the concept of the Overton Window. A US presidential candidate is never going to come out with the leftists position on Israel/Palestine because that would make them incredibly unpopular in the eyes of the voting public and un-electable. Maybe that will change in the future as the current generation of young folks who are much more sympathetic to Palestine than they are Israel grows up and becomes a majority voting block, but it’s definitely not the case right now
in March 2024: news.gallup.com/poll/642695/majority-disapprove-israeli-action-gaza.aspx
Wonderful video. Very good, pragmatic take, I completely agree.
We desperately need this kind of content. Looking forward to your future videos!
Subbed and agreed
Great video! As a socialist I feel so sad that Kamala Harris and Tim Walks weren't the candidates for Republicans breaks my heart
well said
Very interesting. Subbed and engaged.
Intriguing points- well supported and well reasoned. I look forward to your next video!
Listening
It's astounding how this country consistently chooses the wrong path
Communist manifesto 2
alright someone make THIS guy president (i have already voted for you)
Thanks for helping make sense of a long running chaotic confusion. I am definitely going to keep coming back to this
of course man. sorry i didn't get to this sooner. glad you found some sort of value in this essay :)
I feel bad looking through your channel knowing that this is the only video with attention and views and I know if I wasn't recommended this I would not have ever found you and I can relate to this so so much. I have tried for years to get anywhere and although I'm probably closer to that then ever and I'm improving drastically it feels like this I know I'm focusing on the more RUclipsr side of this when you talk a more broad perspective but it also feels like I'm just adding to this content spectrum and it's not exactly doing anything so thank you for making this i am going through the same questions you are and I'll stick around to watch your stuff if you even make stuff
tbf I kinda banked on the idea that this would get recommended to people and used that to make a point, so that's intentional on my part. I'm working on more videos like this one right now and intend to keep at it for at least a little while. we'll see. thanks for the comment
Your room looks like Pinks shrine in The Wall. Clean up.
I set that up as a set for the video cuz I was talking about overstimulation, someone didn't listen 😭
I work on like a ship and every couple weeks we have to do a fire drill. We evacute some pretend-passagers, meet up at specific rescue stations, and then just wait. Wait for people to get their life-vests on, wait till the crew and passengers are counted, maybe wait till a quick inspection of the safety gear is over with. It is basically one big boredom ritual, one which i've come to enjoy as like a mental exercise. Forced to put my phone and ciggarette down and appear professional, i can sometimes enter into a meditative state. Other times it's pure torture, to be stripped of all stimulation sources. I like this video and hope you can make more like it. You seem like an interesting thinker and way more able than me to put words unto these thoughts you've been having. I like the repetition of the "Have you noticed that recently you've felt more detached lately?" statement. Made me realize how i was half in a daze even watching this video. You mention you're in Uni, so i doubt you havent read it or atleast heard of it, but i would recommend picking up White Noise. It goes over the post-modern mans fear of death, addiction to media and how essential stimulation. I would also recommend The Pale King, which deals with a lot of the same themes.
Ну хз если честно, хз хз Может проблема не в том, что мы перестимулированы, а в том, что недостимулированы?
I think this video spoke to a lot of what young folks are experiencing in the current moment. Well done.
thank you for this
thank u for this. i was crying and overwhelmed and i saw this video. u have a calm voice, friend
Wow, RUclips algo actually recommends a relevant video.
I clicked on this video because it got recommended to me through a series of machine learning algorithms that have a single goal in mind: that is to keep me watching.
This MIGHT be Cody Ko 🔥🔥🔥
Dude looks like Edward Norton
Absolutely incredible video
I believe that we just shove as much "happy stimulating" crap at ourselves so we don't have to think or worry about the abominable state of society and world and the constant rat race where you feel like losing a job will make already shitty living conditions even shittier, cus you'll end up on the street where you'll go to take a shit I guess. Otherwise if we kept thinking about stuff that could improve our lives we would be "stress stimulating" our selves because holy fuck there is way too many questions with no straight answers to our day to day problems. We want to exist in a state of empty entertainment that just helps us keep going with as little baggage as possible so we can save energy to cope with day to day bullshit.
I was born in 2000 in a very small, very rural community and always felt different, borderline outcast from the other kids my age and have always struggled with detachment in some way. So the feeling of detachment to other people you speak of isn't new to me, its something ive felt the majority of my life. But I feel disconnected even from the things I used to enjoy. And I think its the same culprit: overstimulation. I used to lose myself inside fantasy novels, video games, or the fictional worlds I created for myself. But these days its difficult to devote myself to ANYTHING that deeply
Born YEARS before you, but same
0:10 Bro this video popped after me sitting for nearly 2 hours watching yt videos instead of me doing something productive and I just reached the point of "holy fuck I'm getting desperate to find something that's entertaining and somewhat actively stimulating" and then I see your video and I almost don't fucking click on it out of pure conscious awareness of what I been doing but then I decide to do it anyways just for you to fucking make me feel even worse in ten flat seconds. Thank you though.
Would you consider attending a church? At least it can offer you connection, an opportunity to make yourself immediately useful, and something to believe in; even the barest promises of these things can be offered there whereas online you will find nothing even close. Mere simulcra at best
I’m so tired of life man. I get up every day and do nothing. Because I can’t work. And because I can’t work I can’t do anything. Nothing is interesting everything that’s supposed to keep me entertained is hollow and soulless and everyone just tells me I’m depressed. I have depression, I have my whole life. This isn’t it. This is just a lack of anything meaningful and too much of everything useless
It feels nice that you are sharing your experience as in a conversation, it feels more like a connection. But still everbody watching this is still far apart from each other. How do you make an online community for the good of each other outside of the internet ?
when I say "I hope you'll join me", I more mean join me in patterns of thought that you can apply to your local community, not necessarily making a real community here. cuz yeah, it's the Internet, and you can only expect so much
bro take out ur recycling
I’m not sure why this video was recommended to me. I feel isolated and lonely all the time. I always think about what kind of reaction people would have if I was gone.
Hey, from experience, it would fucking suck for the people in your life if you were gone. I'm still recovering from the death of a friend and it's been years. I always wondered what I could have done differently. How and when I failed her. People care about you ❤ even if they aren't present at the moment.
thanks @@stephanyarbelaez8835