The Best Thing About Korra
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- Amon and the Equalists as the antogonists in "Legend of Korra" were an interesting Portrayal of the limitations of Equality as a value and motivation for revoltuion.
This is my edgiest video yet. But I've been wanting to talk about Equality for a while and relate the conclusion I've arrived at as a man who studied Philosophy and Political Theory in university. Looking back I think this is overly sacrastic and Sh*tposty for such a serious conversation. But I suppose my sarcasm and general ranty attitude in this one was a result of my defensiveness. Since I'm expecting this one to be quite controversial.
I find it important for me to clarify so as to avoid misunderstanding. My objection with Equality as a concept are three main points: 1) it allows for the elite to avoid its responsibility as they blame societal hardships on systemic problems they could "Solve" with more state power instead leading by example. 2) It often necessitates tyranny to artificially create Equality which will never be achieved anyway. and 3) It creates instability over time as the failure to live to its promise and a misunderstanding about reality and justice generates real conflict and hatred among people. My objective in critiquing Equality as a value is to promote freedom, service and a focus on real misery that people suffer so they can be helped instead of grand schemes to promote something impossible. I do NOT support marginalization, exclusion of inherent identities from power or even general snobiness. But I understand those who believe in Equality to be well intentioned. Forgive me if I over did the sarcastic and irreverent elements in my video I was just trying to add some humor to it. But this is an important conversation for us to have.
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Credits and sources:
Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan" Chapter 13:
www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes...
Why Inequality Exists (A Case Study) | Thomas Sowell:
• Video
Is Equality Even Possible? (A Scientific & Historical Analysis) | Thomas Sowell:
• Video
Yuri Bezmenov talk:
• Understanding the Poli...
Russel Bertrand on meeting Lenin:
• Bertrand Russell on hi...
Equality defined by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philisophy:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/eq...
Additional material to complement the discussion:
Is Inequality Inevitable? (Ted-Ed):
• Is inequality inevitable?
Milton Friedman Speaks: Equality and Freedom in the Free Enterprise (I'm not a neo-liberal but this is interesting)
• Milton Friedman Speaks...
00:00 Intro
2:52 Inevitability and Hypocrisey
24:00 Equality: Inexistence and Origins
46:40 Superiority Paradox and Conclusion
58:48 Closing 
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The two biggest problems with season one of Korra were
- not showing the non-benders be oppressed before the anti-equalist crackdown
- the equalists disbanding after Amon's death.
Those two things are the most glaring problems. As a watcher of Avatar the Last Airbender I never thought of non-benders as incapable or bullied by benders because we had so many in that show that went head-to-head with benders and even put them on a ropes a few times. Therefore, when I watched Legend of Korra I had a little bit of a hard time believing they were really being oppressed. That and they never showed us what the inequality was, especially since many of the wealthy entrepreneurs in the show are non-benders.
@@6thgraderfriends Oh yeah Ty Lee ain't afraid of no bender. Benders are afraid of her.
@@hoangquanle3310 well Soka, Ty Lee and Mai come from hard war times, and in Kora the War is over. I also don't think those three are comparable to most non-benders
@@6thgraderfriends If you notice the architecture in the avatar world, a lot of it uses bending to function. Water tribes use waterbending to make canals. Omashu relied on earthbending for its email system. In Korra, firebenders use lightning to make electricity.
There are many other exemples, this showcases that certain jobs can only be done by people that can do bending.
This idea could have been taken further, non-benders could be essentially crippled depending where they live. Elevators that need bending to function and so on.
@@revengance4149 *SokKa
I love how this boils down to "with great power comes great responsibility"
I still consider that it's the wisest thing ever said in a comic book
Uncle Ben, the greatest social political economist of his time
@Omvi Lya Is it "To whom much is given, much will be required ?"
That's why superheroes have been demoted from the embodiment of that sentiment to being "for narcissists and billionaires" in modern media (:
@@velraven8944 truly a tragedy what Hollywood has done to them.
In short: people are born or Made better than others. That does not mean that they are superior, But that they have a greater responsability to help the people that are weaker, or in other words... With great power comes great responsability.
Fitting it reminds of a God Eater quote, if I recall properly it goes "It is the duty of those with power to protect"
@juan francisco villarroel thula
so "WEAKNESS IS SIN , THE SORCERER KING IS JUSTICE!!!"
It is the respo of those in power to take what is owed
Uncle Ben Parker...
@@jakethegreatest473 for me it was Benjamin:'(
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i second that
I wouldn't much call a guy who unironically agrees with Mencius Moldbug based but he did roast the fr*nch so.....
@@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666 Just because some of the points are anti-egalitarian doesn't mean he agrees with Mencius Moldbug. Nuance and context are important. Can say what you want but he's right. Equality does not exist, period. People (including those preaching equality) will *Always* treat people differently despite vehemently defending the idea they won't. History has proven it and to think that "you" (Not you, I'm speaking to those pushing the movement) can do it better than those who have tried and failed (And by failed I mean attempted it at the expense of millions of lives) is the absolute pinnacle of hubris.
@@Sabamonster
I am very well aware that equality is virtually a non entity(That is, in terms of personal capability and merit). My stance on Egalitarianism is not the point, rather, the sheer disdain and saltiness displayed towards the enlightenment movement and it's achievements are ballerific. Tell me, was it not the Enlightenment that birth Capitalism which you guys love so much? What about modern medicine and logistics? What of accessible education? Weren't those bi products of the enlightenment?
The movement has flaws, sure, but who cares? If the enlightenment and it's ideals pisses of religoids, then that will merit from me a hearty chuckle.
We muslims will stop the white man the r ace of decadence 👦🏼 and we will certainly eradicate you and there will be no peace.
I will say this once again. We muslims will fight every ideology until we establish God's law on Earth. yes first we will have and must free our lands and then we will come for everyone. Christians shouldn't fear Islamic rule as their church when it ruled them, they owned nothing and " Nobles owned them and their properties and now they own nothing, the banks and the government under secularism own everything and they push Christians to pay Tax and with these Taxes , the Government promotes Decadence and degeneracy. Islam is what kept Christianity in check and preserved it.
we will fight it's inevitable and if you are ethnonationist , then you are a moral subjectivist which is exactly like liberals and your views can easily shift like The Nazis that became Zionists and helped on building this catastrophic system. also, it lacks convection and it is self defeating ideology since it is based subjectivsim. No nation that doesn't base their identity on religion will survive.
Yes we will fight. and when Jihad stopped, the Earth became mess. we will not sit back and see your subjectivsim leads to another mess. we will come for everyone.
May Allah carry us to Greater Cause on these times before we face him. Amen
and we will not allow you to kill muslims the issue with immigration we discussed before many times. and will stop you from attacking Africa and exploiting their lands. and we will stop you from creating single parent households and all the degeneration you came up with.
no peace with degenerate. MAY THE EYES OF COWARDS ( DEGENERATES ) NEVER SLEEP
ONLY THE WEAK DEMANDS EQUALITY AND TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD ( WHICH YOUR RACE ON ) CAN'T MIX AND ONLY ONE WILL INHERIT THIS EARTH AND HUMILIATE THE REPUTATION OF THE RACE OF MAN IN GOD'S CREATION.
THEREFORE MANKIND WILL DISOWN YOU AND BY THAT I MEAN ABSOLUTE ERADICATION NO PEACE WITH THE RACE OF DECADENCE
38:00 Another very interesting point. That the Catholics became scientists and actually made scientific discoveries of their own. There is critical thinking involved in some religions
It never lasts. Modern algebra was painstakingly developed by Muslim scholars in Baghdad, what happened to such cultural and innovative people is disheartening.
It does makes sense though, and quite logical. Why let some quirky schmuck ruin your monopoly on the economy, society, and politics when you can keep getting rich with sticks and stones? It's never good looking at how the new steps on the old.
Some priests by default are scholars and travel around the world for knowledge though some did got killed depending on who is the despot in throne.
True. Mordern science emerged out of ‘naturalism’ or ‘natural philosophy’ which was contemplating the natural world and trying to understand gods design and will. It emerged from generally theology, and was always fundamentally religious. It was only when during the enlightenment that the natural philosophers at the time began to realize that god was not necessary to explain the things they were studying that they began to contradict religious ideas and cut ties with religion. This process during the enlightenment was the emergence of modern science
The real enemy of Science was not religion, but Unquestioned Authority. Because those who have control, those in power, or those who think they have it figured out don't like to be proven wrong.
You can see this in today's Science Consensus problem, 'if you don't toe the line we can cut your funding.'
@@legonenen Yes, unquestioned authority. The thing is is that religion by necessity requires the acceptance of certain ideas on faith. Faith is a belief that is unquestionable. Science becomes corrupt when it becomes like religion, in that it begins to hold ideas or ideologies as sacred, and unquestionable: faith.
This is pretty much the ONLY thing I loved about Korra. By God, they could've milked this for THREE SEASONS, but then they just had to defeat Amon way too early and kill him off.
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I KNOW RIGHT!!! I would have loved to see amon be the main villan throughout the show.
They honestly could have continued it Amon didn't have to be the only thing holding the equalists together
That's because at first Nickelodeon told the writers they would be allowed only one season.
So the creators of Avatar wrote the whole thing to be a started and concluded with a neat little bow by the end of the season.
Then Nick saw the show was popular and went "change of plans, now you've got to give us two more seasons", which fucked the whole thing up.
That's why Korra feels like she "regresses" as a character between the end of season 1 and the start of season 2. Because they had to set her back because they had to continue the story and they couldn't write it if she was already at the peak of her growth and there was nothing more for her experience.
The allegory doesn't work if bending is meant to be a representation of wealth.
But it _does_ work if bending is meant to be a representation of competence, skill, and talent. While the bender's wealth is... a representation of their wealth.
In the show, if they killed the benders or redistributed their wealth it still would have been an accurate allegory. Because that society, being one of equity, would have enacted laws and legislation making harder for benders to exist in society, kneecapping their ability to succeed. It's much easier to achieve equality by cutting those at the top down to the bottom with everyone else, than it is to raise those at the bottom to the top.
Pretty sure there’s a phrase about crabs in a barrel that this applies to. Something about how when one almost climbs out, another will grab it to pull itself out, only to drag the one about to escape back in. At the end of the day, though, they all wind up in the pot.
Part of it has to do with those at the top just having the kind of resources and services that would be entirely unfeasible to be spread to the entire population. You can't hand everyone their own personal mansion. But you could give everyone at least some form of roof over their head. It's one of the few things I can praise the Soviet Union for, as since the fall, our post-Soviet state has experienced a meteoric rise in homelessness. I would never want to go back to those times, but the way governments ignore the homeless or even act with hostility towards them is insanely disheartening. Commie blocks were (and still are), quite ugly, but they were revolutionary (pun intended) in comparison to the sort of hovels that came before.
This sounds depressingly dystopian. Who'd want to live in a world where those lucky enough to be gifted with extraordinary abilities are PUNISHED rather than obviously SUPPORTED IN THEIR EFFORTS, purely for the long-term benefit to society?
This is just like that short story about a dystopian future where all aspects of society have forced equity, leading to an oppressive "handicap enforcement" regime designed to restrict intelligence, strength, beauty, skill, and most other traits in citizens that end up being anywhere above the mean levels.
@@bagaboiebailey I'm familiar with the story. And yes, that's the point. It's always typically how communist/ socialist style ideologies go. Because
1. Once they finally rise to power, they do so filled with hatred for the "haves" of society and tend to fill their ranks with the "have nots". And their definition of a "have" is always based in greed, envy or jealousy. So it's never really the "rich" so much as it is anyone with means.
2. Once faced with reality, the easiest option for achieving their goals is always to cut people down to the bottom instead of raise the bottom to the heights of the top. Especially when the ones at the metaphorical bottom already hate the top to begin with
@@alexanderrahl7034 Yeah, I think I misinterpreted what you wrote, it makes sense reading it a second time.
Best thing in the Korra comics was Prince Wu that he realized the Earth Kingdom to becoming a democracy overnight was unrealistic and stability was more important to the Earth Kingdom than democracy.
Sounds too much like the communist party in China, when they can't imagine any future other than one where the party remains in complete control.
Honestly they should’ve been the villains for the entire series for 3 seasons here’s one thing that bugged me in his flashback episode his brother stated that he always wanted people to be equal so I honestly think a better backstory for him was be to have him originally be a non bender but was actually given the power to change the world from the lion turtle allowing him to be more of an anti villain and also allowing more exploration into the concept of energy bending However if the equalists were the villains throughout the story then this would allow them to be fleshed out more and more room to explore their hypocrisy maybe one of their leaders is an actual blood bender
True. Then his statement of being given authority by the Spirits to usher in an new era of Balance makes sense.
He wasn't a bender but was given power to change the world.
@@arnowisp6244 Wouldn't that have made him right though?
How could he be the villain of the story then?
@@facundomontivero2299 It depends how he got the powers. I also think something needs to be said about the difference between being given power and how you choose to use it.
Would've like the bending amon in season 1 being thrown out but a resurgent equalist movement in season 2 or later happening where someone from the movement (a true believer) goes and actually gets the pure version of the bending stripping power. Could be particularly spiritual, visit a lion turtle, learn from a spirit after season 2. There's options.
@@facundomontivero2299 Another person who had a similar take is a reviewer called E;R. He also suggested it would have been more interesting if Amon had really been a non-bender who had been given the power of energy bending by one of the many spirits who were enemies of the Avatar (which also would have been another angle to introduce Vaatu as a manipulator to see his schemes through, rather than some generic laser-spewing Satan).
According to the lion turtle, "To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable, or you will be corrupted and destroyed," which when considering the sheer amount of people Amon would be sealing the bending of would have spoken to his iron will and conviction.
9:57 You can also add another factor/pre-requisite: Being raised in a stable and loving two-parent household. This is one huge factor that most people tend to ignore.
Just to be nict picky, this falls into general category of the first rule: "being born into a position with greater education or resources". Granted the choice of using only education does make it misleading in this case.(These factors are bettered worded in 9:39)
I'd say the three general factors are summarized like this:
1:Where/how you were born/raised
2:Physical qualities
3:Moral qualities
With these more broad factors, it becomes clear that a healthy household would more better fall into the first, then be a unique factor in itself.
@@robertobear1749 Identical twins can share the same background and upbringing yet disagree about whether or not to steal.
@@the_inquisitive_inquisitor Yes, Your upbringing isn't the only thing that defines you. that's why there's three factors. I'm not sure how that statment would result in the redefining of those factors.
@@robertobear1749 it wouldn't, it was a _supporting_ example.
That is also pretty recent. For most of our history the band or the extended household was the basic building block. It's not you, a single spouse and a couple kids but that plus your cousin and their kids, your parents, the kids of a previous partner of your spouse and any apprentices or extra hands that work with you.
Exile from the band was a terrible punishment that removed you from all your safety nets. Now we have states who back us individuals up.
I wish Korra was greenlit for more seasons out the gate. It means the writers would have more space to work and develop characters and story. Originally Asami was suppose to be a villain. It would have been interesting if she was like a Black Cat/Catwoman type character for Mako. Where she is an equality spy but might have some good in her. That type of plot would have needed multiple season to work.
There is a few things i wished the writers would have done differently, one was the whole Raava Wan saga.
It more or less became Jesus vs the Devil, good vs evil.
And it just didn´t fit very well in the way it was presented, the previous show very much went with Balance being the desired outcome.
Well what happens when "good" reins supreme?
Stagnation happens nothing gets done, everything stays the same.
Same thing when Evil reins supreme, then its pure chaos nothing last long enough for it to evolve.
If the show had been smart about it, it would have shown more than in order for the Avatar to exist Raava and Wan needed to be one once more.
Evil cannot exist with good and vice versa.
Really really wish they would have gone in that direction.
As for the whole equality movement, i wish the show would also have gone into the importance of gatekeeping.
Yes i know that Gatekeeping has gained a negative connotation as of late.
But its actually quite important as if you do not keep the extremists out of your organization they WILL eventually take them over.
That could have been a great plot point Asami and her father starting the equalist movement, but wanting to appear open and welcoming for everyone, they didn´t vet who came in.
So Amon used this to infiltrate the organization and slowly pervert it, from the original intent into something extreme.
I wish that Legend of Korra never existed at all.
It retcons way too much lore and completely destroys the purely Asiatic cultural atmosphere that I loved dearly.
But they had to make her gay, just for the sake of the message
@@johnnykilonzo2103 The last-minute wokeness in that regard was just the final straw; the tip of the iceberg.
@@NostalgicGamerRickOShay indeed, nobody asked for it yet they still added and called us bigots.
Have you ever thought how the air Nomad Society seemed very odd?
For instance the air Nomad Society has three swirls as there symbol but there are four temples and four cardinal directions.
I remember looking at the Western Air Temple and being confused at how different it is from the other three. So I had a theory that originally rather than they are nomads being a United group that they were originally four separate sects.
And that one sect was innately different than the other three. Because this Western group of Airbenders so different they were ostracized by the other air nomads and their allies. So much so that eventually this sect of Western Airbenders were eventually either wiped out or dwindled into Extinction.
I know crazy Theory but it was just something I thought would be interesting.
I wish that it was talked about in the series.
na man. I think you're reading too much into it. there just simple designs to get across the idea of an element. It would be hard enough to distinguish the logo for water and air without also trying to put some in some super deep cryptic or historical meaning in the mix as well.
@@AnimeArchaeologist agreed. Honestly with a few exceptions it feels like each nation is too homogeneous. All in all the air Nomads seem too perfect. I think that's partly because the only real perspective we get of them is through the child eyes of Aang. I have trouble believing that all Air nomads throughout history where pacifist especially since Aang's master was able to kill a bunch of comet empowered firebenders. If I had to guess I'd say that there are multiple styles to each form of bending. Example: we are shown that water bending has three styles. Northern, Southern, and swamp. Fire bending has at least three styles. Modern, whatever combustion man does, and the dancing dragon. Earthbending also has at least two styles. The common style based off of the tiger crane and Toph's Style based off of the Mantis Style. This makes me wonder if each Temple of the Airbenders had their own style of air bending, the western style being the most aggressive in my head Cannon.
@@ThePoetzy you're probably right, but it gave me an interesting idea.
OR MAYBE THE FIRE BENDERS ARE THE 4TH SECT??
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@@47StormShadow fuckin BASED dude
"The superior one must serve." 47:49
Korra was a great show because every season she was fighting an ideology made manifest.
First she fought radical egalitarianism and the equalist movement.
Then essentially her uncle, who you could look at as a theocratic tyrant.
Then Zahir who wanted anarchy and nihilism.
And then true fascism in the form of the Conqueror.
Korra is very powerful at tackling these themes respectfully and addressing the distortion in these ideals.
The problem with equality is that it often doesn't involve lifting anyone up, it mostly ends with everyone being dragged into the dirt. When they preach Equality, no one ever stops to asks "Equal to what"
It's way easier and faster to cut down a tree than to grow a sapling. And those of a radical mindset are very impatient.
Usually small things like not letting people past the line into campus because their parents could donate more cash.
That's why equality is usually of opportunity and not of people. That's why "equity" is slavery and is worthless as an ideological goal because it forces the lowest demoninator to be the standard.
That's... not equality though?@@SusCalvin
@@DronesOverTheMoon Like we are all equal, your parents are just as free as mine to have wads of cash to donate.
Came here for an analysis of Korra. Found a dissertation on communism and equality. Beautiful.
I know right I love this channel
Casually dropping Thomas Sowell into people's lives. Well done man
Thomas Sowell was an Uncle Tom who regularly coasted for segregationists and neo-Confederates whilst demonizing civil rights activists(Even the peaceful ones)as "disruptive,economically illiterate anticapitalist radicals" and "race hustlers"(Which is ironic for a man who made his career basically reassuring white folks they did "nuffin` wrong".)
That’s right
The man, the myth, the legend
This guy is one of the great philosophers of our time. I’m always so inspired and impressed by these videos!
He is most certainly brings one of the most clear and truthful perspectives I have seen in a very long time.
nah. no hes not. white people are so ready to cling on any white spewing anything you have made people like Bben shapiro matt walsh and peterson popular. grow up
@@JP-br4mx cope
@@AdrienMelody cope? How pathetic coming from you. Y’all be the same people crying about gay frogs. Shut up f up
@@JP-br4mx 😂
25:38 "Dignity > Equality"
You basically summarized everything that I struggled to write back when I was having trouble discussing the matters of common good and equality on societal terms. Good job addressing this point.
14:12 & 15:31 Both of these tags on the point of Equestris make so much sense. You actually helped me find a term to describe a phenomenon I could not summarise into one word. i.e. the strong being morally obliged to help the weak and improve society for themselves and others. An (controversial) example I want to use is the case of the British empire during colonialism. I am a Nigerian and one thing I learned while looking up world history was how the British were largely responsible for abolishing slavery in much of Africa, especially in the region that become my country. I learned how they used their massive wealth, military and naval might to accomplish this. The Europeans were not the first to partake in the slave trade. It was something Africans and Arabs were doing in much of Africa for centuries but when the British got involved in Africa for colonialism, one absolutely good thing they did was to enforce the abolishment of slavery. This lines up well with Equestris and your point about needing massive power and influence in order to provide justice to people. The British had no moral obligation to abolish slavery. Most African tribes and kingdoms and the Arabs who also partook in the slave trade were also incentivized o keep it going but the British were the only ones who took up that moral obligation to end such an evil. I am also not just speaking without perspective. My ancestors of the Edo kingdom/tribe were defeated in a battle by the British as they were colonizing west Africa but at the same time, it was the society and economic structure and culture that the British created for Nigeria that enabled my father and his family to rise out of poverty when they were children and it also helped create the more economically prosperous country, the (imperfect but gradually improving) national identity and government that I and many other Nigerians have. At the end of it all, my view on life and geopolitics, especially, is not to hope for a more equal or equitable world but for a world where those with power have the right morals and culture to ensure a freer and more just world.
It is pretty easy one isn't it? Privilege is something people forgot was achieved by taking on more responsibility. True it was abused, but equality is far easier abused and in case of equality there is no other noble who can call out your bullshit. And as it is, if we want people to take on responsibility - be it men having wives and children, going to war or politicians not just hanging out in luxury while world burns we need to offer them privilege so that they are even able, never mind inclined to help out less fortunate.
@Elizabeth Bennett Think of it as exchange of sorts. Social contract works by giving certain groups priviliges to do something based on some sacrifice/commitment they make ( so responsibility ). As long as that privilige is needed to get job done and both sides are fullfiled everything works out fine and there is no inherent injustice in that. So for example societal deal with police. They have authority to be shooting at people, due to their promise that they will keep society safe and as long as that is really what they use that privilage for everything works out. To the contrary it would be pretty unfair to bring demands to police if they were not allowed any authority.
Ah yes, "the Iron Rule of Oligarchy", as steady as gravity
Right now I'm more upset by middle class people who are spouting that the system is completely meritocratic, while they try to keep whatever little crumbs the upper classes let them have.
@SusCalvin The Boomers have been completely blindsided by all this, it just makes no sense to them that "line go up" wasnt the end all be all
3:29 Amon's speech on how bending causes all wars reminded me of the 'religion causes wars' thing I used to here all the time. It's one of the many things in Legend/Korra where it's like it isn't wrong but the villain is saying it, so I'm gonna question is bending (or tradition) really what I perceive it to be.
14:30 That is also true. That's what I was saying the other day is that struggle makes us stronger, kinder, or makes us want to be of use to society. No one knew what I was trying to say, but you put it well.
Even that logic is BS. It's like saying guns or swords causes wars.
@@arnowisp6244 Exactly!!😁 People use these things to destroy, but that doesn't make the object/ concept evil.
@@arnowisp6244 It is a false equivalence to bending, though. Weapons are generally equalizers, reducing the significance of natural advantages such as strength and size. Bending achieves entirely the inverse by increasing disparity between people and naturally lends itself to hierarchical division. While I agree that bending (nor weapons) is not the cause of war (that is human volition), it does naturally lean into the factors that incentivize it.
@@nevisysbryd7450 BS logic. Weapons and Bending are no different in terms of the power advantage they give and aren't false equivalence.
Once weapons can match bending it'll be the new incentive to start a war. One can argue weapons and bending will be Complementary to each other in such a conflict.
@@arnowisp6244 You evidently do not understand weapons. Weapons are force multipliers and quickly end up turning natural advantages into a much smaller consideration. Firearms were one of the primary forces that undid the systems of vassalage widely called feudalism as drastically reduced the importance of fitness and high-investment training, moving the pivotal human component of violence from elite gentry (knights) and professional mercenaries to easily trained, equipped, and replaced common soldiers. By being of force multipliers, they are equalizers, and they drastically increased the military power of commoners relative to the elite.
Bending (and superpowers in general) are the complete inverse, as that power is almost entirely contingent on natural talent and high-investment training. It is force almost exclusively contingent on (partially unearned) disparities between people. This gives those more fortunate in natural talent and bending a massive advantage in dominating those who do not.
Your conclusion made me think of the kings banquet debate in the anime fate/zero, where three kings discuss what the meaning/role of a monarch is; highly reccomend it!
I'm of an opinion that the role of a monarch should be a combination of what arturia and iskandar believe. That they should server the people AND be something for their people to aspire to be.
Kings are useless. Their legitimacy usually comes from social lineages rather than actually serving the people. The privileges of the "old aristocracy" is super bullsh*t bcuz most of the time they're lineages based not meritocratic nor virtue based. Among the good accomplishments of the French revolution is that it abolished a lot of the feudal systems in Europe, and abolished the official privileges of the old aristocracy, thus, enabling a better social mobilization and meritocracy. A guy from a peasant background could rise to state services far more easier if there's no privileges that favors the elite to hold positions within the state
@@nathanhingson7048 for me, the three represent negative aspects of a monarch, Arturia his inhumanity, Iskandar his ambitious and greed and Gilgamesh his arrogance and self-centered mindset. For me, a king needs to be human, someone who despite his flaws, do his best for their people. I believe a fourth king would put in perspective this. Maybe Ramses II or Balbuin.
@@enterurnamehere27they are in fact not useless, because do the keys of power. Take the throne to change it and the throne will change you instead.
CORRECTION: Noblesse Oblige is an English idea that was translated into French, thanks to the French speaking courts, and stems from the Anglo-Saxon "Kings Peace" (which is still in effect to this day and the police have a duty to it) and "Divine Kingship" where the King is held directly accountable for the wellbeing of his people and could lose his life for his negligence. The Normans tried to enact "The Divine Right of Kings", a European continental concept, on England and subsequently got smacked with the Magna Carta, and the duty of noblesse oblige, as a response.
Wherever you may come from, the moment you come to England, you will be absorbed into our ways whether you like it or not.
This was a great video and I agree with most of it. What I don't agree with is the idea that those who provide more value to society shouldn't receive more privilege; I believe they should. They have earned their right to be more privileged than someone who provides no value to society at all. As you have already stated, there is no such thing as equality, so by saying that someone who adds more value to society shouldn't receive the privileges of that value undermines that.
Thank you for the correction. I have should have known, I grew roots in England with life time friends I made there. I love your country and Your form of government is in my top 3 favorite.
@@PilgrimsPass Haha don't worry, according to the Wikipedia article it's stated as a French idea so you wouldn't necessarily know unless you dug deep. I also just take personal offense to the French being awarded for an idea that doesn't belong to them.
And from that grew a nation so powerful that even the brilliant General Washington needed globalist backing to stand a chance against reservists and militias.
That might be why the United States didn't deteriorate into a socialist shithole: the Founders knew that if they did, the British would come in force, Yankees would become Loyalists, and they would be PISSED.
You provide an interesting perspective from what I’ve seen thus far. As well, I agree that history is much murkier than anyone would like to admit and discussing that is important. I wouldn’t proclaim myself particularly religious, even so I’ve felt that striving for moral goals and ways of living over ideologies, religious or political,
seems a better way of thinking, since ideologies can change much faster with the tides of the group’s thinking than a stone set moral code.
Well said
I don’t believe in politics anymore. Morality is the only thing I care about.
Learning about political history and philosophy interesting. Day to day politics=literal garbage.
Very based
"Morality is thy only thing I care about" -A furry
Sorry, Couldn't hold it
Same
A very good portion of morality comes from religion...
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
That "Equity" example picture is actually perfect because no matter what the arrangement of the boxes, none of them actually paid for a ticket.
That’s the funny part 😂
There’s this quote from 10.000 b.c. (The movie, not historical):
“A good man, draws a circle around himself and cares for those within, his woman,his children. Other men, draw a larger circle and bring in their brothers and sisters. But some men… have a Greater Destiny.”
What does this mean? What does the greater destiny mean? A person who’s ‘circle’ encompasses everybody rather than his tribe?
Other quote S likes this. Before you can save the world, save your own family first, or clean up your room before cleaning up other peoples mistakes.
@@umwhaI think it means that they don’t drawn a circle at all, they don’t look after anyone specifically.
As a kid I always liked this guy because of how cool he looked, but as an adult I like him because he started his own version of the Fire Nation by himself in the name of "Equality".
The problem of Nobles Oblique is best expressed through Jujutsu Kaisen. They present the neitzch case of the slave morality as a tool the weak use to opress and exploit their betters. Gojo has the power to change the world yet he is powerless against the structures of his society, Geto was someone that once believed the strong should help the weak but the banal and self-serving reality drove him to hate humans. The fact monsters like Mahito and Sukuna are at the top because they disregard these ideals, being literaly beyond human entities and that Kenjaku started a gold rush where nations are hunting down sorcerers as a source of energy show the problems of a successful noblise oblige society.
Nice example.
But is it an example of a successful noblesse oblige or a dysfunctional one because for any idea or concept no matter how positive it may sound in theory there will always be people that will find a way to screw it up.
@@irinaalbu1831 Considering over 10k people go missing in Japan ude to curses, the three noble families are a thing of necessity. But as Gojo point out, the system is roted. As simpatetic as Mako and Mai's ply is, when you measure goodness as a number, the Zenin clan could throw a little girl in a curse pit every day of the week and more than break even by saving over 10 lives every day. So by the logic of the video Maki is the evil one, since she is only pne person, she will never cover the same ground the entire clan she killed could cover. I would say the Zenin is the example of why we left these concepts of nobility behind.
Nietzsche coined this the tyranny of the weak which is where notions of equality comes from.
I subscribe that you are not beholden to help others due to your success but that doing so is itself beneficial as a means of preventing those less successful from trying to create a means to rob you of it. The idea of Noblesse Oblige is presented as honorable but it's mostly a practical as a means of preventing a leader from being ousted by revolution. The leader promises stable and enjoyable lives for the citizens, the citizens promise to do what he says and overthrow him. As long as you as the leader keep your bargin you have the people to lift you up, as long as the people keep their bargin they can have someone hopefully more qualified than themselves look out for them.
How the fuck is that succesfull?
Just found you yesterday, it's so surprising to hear this much insight coming from such a young person. A millennial mix of philosopher and Thomas Sowell.
I always grew up viewing "equality" in the US to focus on the importance of human life in general, and that each person is equally important and deserves a chance to pursue their liberty and happiness. Never that it meant we were all equal and deserved equal outcomes, or that we were all equally capable. Just affirming that all life is important and to be valued.
Yup and leftism never claims otherwise. This guy just doesn't understand.
@@bremcurt9514 what reality are you living in? The Leftists literally and openly demand Equity and quotas, and affirmative action, etc. They want socialism and Communism, rather than Capitalism where people have the equal right to succeed or fail on their own individual merits. (we're corporatist right now, which has more in common with socialism than capitalism though).
@@SoloRenegade Those are liberal demands, not necessarily leftist ones.
About that though: capitalism will always lead to huge amounts of inequality, which then leads to "corporatism."
@@bremcurt9514 Liberal = Leftist
Classical Liberal = Libertarian
Wrong, unenforced Capitalism will lead to huge inequalities, like we have now.
but when Capitalsim is enforced as it used to be, as it's intended to be, everyone prospers as a whole. still inequality, but when the rich get richer, teh lower and middle class get proportionally ricer too.
But politicians are now bought and owned by corporations and affect voting outside their state, and pass legislation that is anti-capitalist, and prevent capitalist enforcing laws from being enforced, so that they can profit and control more. That is Corporatism, not capitalism.
That is far more palatable than taking the Declaration of Independence at face value.
But such things are best taken at face value. When politicians tell you what they think, believe them. No man is equal to another: be it his brother, a stranger, or even himself an hour ago.
The United States will be stronger when it humbles itself to learn from the Loyalists: the men who died in rebellion against the founding Congress.
The best thing about the show was Steve Blum's voice. Amon was such a great character. He really shouldn't have been killed off in the first season. They could have EASILY taken that character and ran with it for four seasons. Maybe thrown in a team up between Zahir (Zaheer?) and Amon. Idk.
After watching your review of the Netflix original arcane show, I finally started watching arcane. It’s quite good.
Gotten to episode 3 yet? That's the point of no return 👀
Equality exists. I'm better and smarter than you because I know this exists... wait what? AH CRAP!
"The only thing people are equal in...
Is death"
-Johan Liebert
under christianity that is not even true due to the existence of heaven and hell.
@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 It could be argued that heaven and hell is a case of equality of opportunity, as God desires for all to become Saints in heaven, but our own choices can lead us to hell.
Unless you prescribe to full preordination, in which case there is no purpose in living Christian values or even believing in God, as nothing you can do will change your state. Predestination, however, was never widely accepted by Christians until Martin Luther, with early saints such as Boetheius even showing how free will can be compatible with God's divine foreknowledge without predestination of any sort.
@@john_titor8074 death is the outcome the end not the oppurtunity.
@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 Ah, but see, now we have pivoted the argument. Under Christianity, death is not the end. The soul is immortal, so death is the opportunity of the outcome of heaven or hell.
@@john_titor8074 fair
It should also be remembered:
"The rich exist for the sake of the poor. The poor exist for the salvation of the rich."- St. John Chrysostom
I wonder how much of Chrysostom's writings were forged. Sometimes I'll read something incredibly intelligent. Sometimes I'll read something of his which is laughably stupid.
I don't like Augustine; but the particular instances where Chrysostom is laughably stupid; Augustine generally is in disagreement and has a balanced view.
Chrysostom was persecuted in his life and artificially honored posthumously by the people that killed him, which throws doubt on his entire catalogue.
And by Salvation, this quotes probs means the poor will be forced to die for the wealthy's safety.
@@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666 Until the weak owe weapon
@@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666 but first work 12h a day or be whipped and then worse for being homeless, poor, and subhuman
(What? Real history. When everyone is free, only one will be free in the end.)
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Christianity, General Abrahamic faiths and being Orwellian. Name a more Iconic duo.
8:53 I have to disagree here, I think non-violent movements succeeded in the 1900s cuz Europe was in a place civilizationally and morally where it questioned itself to its fundamentals and weakened to an extent that it couldn't just chose to fight with everyone and anyone.
Without these restrictions, the Maori wiped out the Moriori.
As from your AoT video, the bad guy rarely goes "I am the badies" at the very least, they'll have wiped out a million cultures before that.
These peaceful movements in USA and India also had more violent allied movements that basically gave a carrot and stick to USA and UK, either accept the Peaceful option and leave gracefully or fight a devastating war that'll be more expensive than whatever you may stand to gain.
Yeah I agree, that's a fundamental necessity yeah. I was just oversimplifying, its an hour long video lol. But thank you.
Europe in the 19th and early 20th century was a place where the post-napoleonic great powers tried to avoid a repeat of the napoleonic wars. There was still wars between them and naked displays of power, but if all of us that matter agree to peacefully carve up Poland, then we can have a sort of peace that is more balance of power. Except for Poland, China and others who aren't great powers and go to those conferences.
It reminds me of syndrome where he wanted to make everyone super heroes with his inventions, but in turn with a sinister tone " when everyone is super, no one will be" besides as cold as it is to say just like good things you need bad things otherwise how can you perceive a good thing between a bad thing
You can percieved that which is good by it’s evident effects? By whether or not it enhances your experience and benefits you or just feels pleasurable with no strings attached.
Seriously, the idea that you need to be fucked in the ass with a pilebunker to appreciate fucking ice cream is ludicrous.
I may not agree with you but I respect your stands and the logic behind them , you're doing an important job nowadays many people neglect reason and logic
thank you.
May i ask what do you not agree with? Because the general message seems alright to me but i do not agree with some arguments and examples.
Oh , it's been a while and I forgot , I'll rewatch later and elaborate
@@polasamierwahsh421 so? What do you disagree upon the topic of that video?
@@kacperwoch4368I'm not him but my problem with the video is mainly the Pilgrim literally screeching how equality is bad and we should just trust that the elite will treat everyone well because, well... They're the elite and if they don't strive for establishing equality but instead inventing new philosophies in a circlejerk that justify their power and/or enriching themselves they must be good. Or that's at least what I understood about it.
Uau cara... Q orgulho de ver um Br fazendo um vídeo tão incrível! Na moral, só tinha visto um vídeo tão cheio de conteúdo como esse até hj sendo feito na gringa. Já tem a minha inscrição!
Ainda não tô botando fé q é br
I've been subscribed to your channel ever since watching your analysis of Princess Mononoke (a film that I adore) vs James Cameron's Avatar.
Your content has been fantastic so far and your positions are very reasonable - which is quite striking, given how these videos often discuss ideas and topics that go against the grain for modern society and its general perception of the world and its future.
It's a welcome breath of fresh air to the discourse. Thank you to you and your team for doing this!
BRO! This was actually one of the most spiritually awakening, motivating & in a way uplifting videos I've watched in a long time! Thank you!
There is so much to digest in this video essay. It makes it worth it to rewatch your videos. Very thought provoking and compelling. Thank you for your earnest work.
Oh hell the last 10 minutes had my brain running on overdrive for literary references:
1) Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 1 (video game) "Vorador, like many a warrior, had fallen to one enemy: Decadence" (said by Kain the youngest vampire about Vorador, the eldest vampire)
2) I still can't remember his name, but he was a Medieval era Muslim scholar who laid out a similar cycle: That the first generation of rulers are conquerors, the second generation of rulers are still martial but wiser than the first, and then by generations 3 and 4 the cracks appear and make a society ready to be conquered by another first-gen of warriors. [Also that common people grow complacent because they stop trying to solve their own problems and instead rely too much on the state bureaucracy to do things for them.]
3) I don't know if it just me, but in fictional villains at least (Macbeth, Lion King, Hamlet as examples), those who seize power are too incompetent to hold onto power. They focused so much on subversion and ladder-climbing that they had no sustainability, either in themselves or their political rule.
4) Transformers Beast Wars: Optimus Primal and his quote "I never give an order I myself wouldn't follow." (That affected me a lot as a kid.)
5) GK Chesterton paraphrase for good measure: The Lion shall lay down with the Lamb, but the Lion will NOT be rendered docile, nor the Lamb any less cute; neither shall have their qualities obliterated.
Except Macbeth wasn't incompetent he literally only climbed to a position where he could assume the Throne by virtue of his own Valor and prowess. Scar likewise was handicapped by the land going to shit because of the whole "the king and the land are one" theme. The land turned because Scar was not the rightful king. Not because he necessarily mismanaged it. Claudius only died after ruling for years with no instability to his reign that wasn't generated by Hamlet his ultimate fate having more to do with Hamlet's own resolve for revenge than any ineptitude on Claudius's part.
Equality is the same as freedom. Absolute freedom enables individuals to oppress others as they are free to do that and therefore there is no freedom for others. Tru freedom cannot be achieved however we should still strive to achieve the most freedom for everyone that does not come at a cost that is too high. Same core equality we must still strive to ensure that as a society we aim to help each other to make everyone's life more prosperous without restricting or shaving away excellence of those who have achieved more.
Chinese legalists had that sort of ideas, or philosophers in Europe who thought Leviathan was a necessary thing. That the law must be harsh and if necessary unfair because the natural state of chaos is worse.
And it's way too close to what people like al-Assad, Putin and the chinese communist party tell their people right now. The only alternative to us is chaos, because we have methodically removed all other alternatives year after year. And now Russia is at a point where their only choice is literally Putin and the war, or a civil war in the elite.
In history, it's the agrarian city-states in antiquity that really open up human violence at staggering levels. And when one agrarian community does so in a region, the others need to follow or get whacked.
"Freedom" that violates the freedom of other cannot be freedom. Because it creates blatant contradictions and thus undoes that state of freedom for the one harming others.
Freedom is not and cannot be doing whatever your you want to fulfill immediate desire, in such a world no one actually has freedom when others can and do violate it at will.
To use a show example, zaheer who some claim was libertine, but his condemnation of powerful is consistent with his world view because he realizes freedom necessitates stopping those who hinder and prevent freedom for others. Which is why the earth queen had to go. Because her doing what she wanted was a clear violation of freedom for the earth nation
This video has made me think more than I have in the past week at university.
A little food for thought from my training as a teacher: Equity means "sameness" and is to be avoided because getting the same outcome isn't good.
Based, equity is evil.
I think he was a bit too much of a badass for Nickelodeon.
In a harsher series wouldn’t have just unbended the benders, let’s put it that way.
As Prof. Peterson once said,
"Equality of Opportunity is what we should all naturally strive for, NOT Equality of Outcome. Because opportunity is manageable, but outcome is not."
so should paraplegics be able to try out for top sport teams or idiots for the best universities? .. if not .. we don't have "equality of opportunity"
He goes over in the video why equality of opportunity is physically impossible, so striving for that leads to just as much overbearing and schizophrenia policy as equity. Im sorry if no ones told you this yet, but Peterson doesn't exactly bat a 100.
@@ThePoetzy at least equity can be properly defined and possibly reached .. while "equality" except "equality before the law" can't even be defined without using equality or a specific circumstance .. and everywhere except equality before the law makes no sense because people aren't equal
@@ThePoetzy what he means by Equality of Opportunity is that all people have an option to pursue anything they want, but they don't always have the ability to pursue those things they want
I once read that equality of opportunity had nothing to do with modern day opportunity in the economy. Rather, it meant equality under the law, in the sense that if you cant afford a lawyer thr state shall provide you one.
I am generally against equality of anything. Rather I am for abundance of opportunity.
The talk about equality in the beginning reminded me a lot of the Emperor of Britannia's 'people are not created equal' speech, from Code Geass.
Thank you for making this video, and for having the courage to speak on real life from the themes of the show, not just the show itself.
This was an incredible video. Really opened my mind in a way I was not expecting. You deserve a sub.
Like uncle Ben said with great power comes great responsibility
Each season of Korra was basically "Liberalism fights [ideology] and wins through the power of mature nuance, reasoned ethics, and friendship."
very true. haha.
Zaheer was right!
Mature nuance? Are you sure?😅
ehh, sorta. mostly the anime and friendship.
Except s2. Who tf wanted an eViL AvaTar
Been watching your content for a while now and I must say that you do an amazing job of conveying very important and deep themes while seeming very easy-going about it.
Parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho!
I am glad to have stumbled upon this video (and by extention this channel), the things discussed here are pretty interesting.
Basically we need a warrior king who is ready to die for us.
I would go after such a man to the very, fucking, hell.
Aragorn for the president.
Thank you for all the research you put into your analysis, as an author myself, it does a lot of good to tune into storytelling criticisms! You have my sub 💯🤘🏽
i literally paused this video 10 minutes in to watch the first season of a show ive never considered watching and im so glad i did. Not because it was particularity good narratively but because this is some of the best commentary ive ever heard.
You gonna finish the show? I think the later seasons are pretty awesome
@@racool911 not sure, i might return to it but for now im just savor the best parts of season 1.
Dude this video has everything, smart story analysis, politics, music, philosophy, avatar clips. 👌
Amon and the Equalists were complex villains, sympathetic but also irredeemable.
i thought would die without ever finding a perfect philosopher like me and then i found your channel. thanks for existing!!!
Amon has daddy issues and if you look through certain historical figures with almost the same ideology as Amon, you will notice they also have daddy issues.
Phew, well-done, you're truly good at explaining your points well and backing them up. Really great work and breakdown. P.S. I was thinking of that Mathew verse a mintue or so before you brought it up lol.
I loved this video and this channel deserves much more attention than it gets.
First time ive watch anything in this channel. I love it! ❤️ The Nuance is just beautiful, it well articulated! Its just amazing!
Thank you for all your hard work. Your videos are entertaining and thought provoking. God bless you.
"Inequality...... is not wrong, equality is! some are born with greater beauty, intelligence, strengh some or born wealthy and powerful others in the slums some talented singers, artists, other useless dullards, the truth is every single human being is inherently different!" - charles zi britannia (code geass)
A someone is using own free time to learn, excercise etc. to be better and another is wasting
“Of course father. Not everyone is born equal father. That’s why I ask someone directly for help!” Lelouch vi Britannia
Charles zi Britannia was right. The problem is that he then went on to say "- thus, people who are superior have the absolute right to abuse and exploit everyone who is inferior!" That is where he completely jumped the shark.
You are the one smartest person i've ever watched on youtube when it comes to understanding human values beyond pol/economic beliefs. Well done with this. Truly
That intro was fucking badass dude! Don't apologize for a bomb edit like that one.
I'm loving the dark enlightement vibes from your videos m8. Keep it up.
This is one of the best political videos I have ever watched. I love your structure. I will share this with many people.
Your lead up to saying the Avatar is basically the pope was literally what I was thinking up until you LITERALLY said it hahaha! That’s a great analysis man! I’m new to your channel but you definitely have a great intellect with good simultaneous humor. Keep it up man. God bless!
I still miss the theory of Amon being a rogue energy bender working for koh. good times on /co/
I remember that. yeah good times.
I came to your channel for Princess Monoke and Korra criticism, and came out with a lot of perspective I wasn't expecting.
I appreciate your effort in what I've seen, channels like your's makes me want to create.
I understood this for years, equality is a pipe dream because the fact we have CHOICE. We choose to be exceptional upon our own features of greatness. From somebody smart, creative, pretty, strong, rich, etc. They use their circumstances as a kicking off point, some people become legends and others fade away to be forgotten. The only "equality" is being able to try and to fail. People are not owed successes for simply being born. The problem of way people end up hating people with power is the fact people see them using their power as a means to waste, to harm. People with power spit good game at times yet that's only to keep people from cutting them down.
Since like success people are now owed respect simply for existing. You have to EARN it since respect should be something people built not something simply given away. Respect is difference fron decency like you can not respect somebody and still treat them like how you would want to be treated. A lot of aspects of humanity is based within a binary of thought. Either as yes or a no. There's no maybe's even that maybe is "yes", because a choice is a choice. You either do something or you don't.
That's why "equality" now is looking like oppression because you "HAVE" to do something for somebody else. That's tyranty nobody should be forced to do a damn thing they're not willing to do. Or even better people shouldn't have to do what the person whom placed the order wouldn't do themselves. When I do something is because I wish to be decent with people, if I'm forced I'm no longer choosing.
Most of the companies where I live are in their second to third generation of inherited ownership. When the board meets up, they all instantly agree that a relative is the best neutral option. One of them is going strong with its eight generation of inherited ownership.
But there are people who understand that free market liberalism is not to surrender democratic control to the largest companies at the moment, and that cartels and trusts undermine the system itself.
You make an exilent point on the dangers of religus devotion to equality over virtue. Keep up the good work.
Came across this channel. What a good video man, didn't expect to go so deep.
One thing about tlok is that it had some pretty cool villains and amon was my personal favorite
Everte this man was on the screen you could feel how menacing he was from the way he moved the way he talked and the way he fought it was all perfect for a villain like him
Often what people seem to get wrong about the idea of an equitable society, where the resources are distributed equally, often the rebuttal (and you have take this stance as well) is that due to the differences inherent to us and the circumstances in which we live it is either too costly or completely fabricated and doesn’t exist. But I think as we have grown the idea, at least for me has shifted to a change, not in the outcome, but in to circumstances themselves. Instead of giving random people equal opportunity to be a doctor or lawyer instead the goal is shifted to giving people equal access to the resources necessary for them to be able to reasonably set that goal for themselves. I believe we focus too much on changing the outcome where as the actual problem lies in the circumstances that restrict someone’s potential.
"If your leader isen't willing to die for you, it has no reason to be ruling you." That's why i admire so much Reinhard of Legend of Galact Heros and i still want you to make a video about this series...Otherwise, very good video. I'm a biologist student and i was thinking about this in a kind of sociobiological theory involving the heritage of niche construnction other day. Every progenitor wants to give a better heritage to his childrem, this is was communists often despise family unitys. (Also, it's funny to see my coleageas worshiping diversty and prasing for equality.)
Wow, this video was amazing and this type of content is right up my ally. I don’t know why I haven’t come across this channel sooner.
This discussions are really important! Thanks for your work!
Even when watching Korra S1 as a little kid (like 11 or 12) I was able to recognize Amon’s complexity. Says a lot when a literal child can perceive the drop in quality from the subsequent seasons.
The powerless can't emulate the virtuous powerfull if they don't have the oppurtunity to learn how to. While total equity is impossible, it is a useful concept.
It will of course not have perfect results. I think the point is that the act of striving to be "more" or "better" is a virtue on to itself.
That was excellent and inspiring video. As an emerging leader in the education system, these are the kinds of reminders that we need, as the higher you climb up the ladder, the easier it is to disconnect from those on the ground
This was a remarkably insightful essay. You gave me words to all the nameless uneasy feelings I've been having in todays society, much food for thought. All of it without belittling or public shaming; which so often happens form both side of the culture war these days. YOU my good sir have earned my sub.
Always good to meet a fellow Thomas Sowell fan.
Bruh your channel is a gem. Glad I found it.
Wow this was very eye opening and actually helped me understand the difference between the multiple E's lol keep up the good work! Got my sub
Ok... To call "dignity" a value that should surpass egality seriously blew my mind.
The Avatar themselves is a living paradox that exists to balance extremes.
The Avatar both a singular person and a part of a collective conscious.
A prestigious title that is both a privilege to be born to and yet can come from even the poorest family.
Born with the ability to bend all elements but still needs to learn how to do so.
Love your videos man. Personally I think Korra improved as a character by season 4, but regardless I love your content. Keep it up
Logical failure at 27:50
No two Humans are born with *"the same* access to resources."
First: great video.
Second: If I were you I would seriously consider creating backup channels both in yt and on other more independent streaming service since yt has a habit of deleting videos and channels that "goes against the established political norm", if you catch my meaning.
Just started this, but to the quite from some guy on the internet reminded me of the Italian elite theory and adjacent thinkslers. The Populist Delusion by Neema Parvini is a good pamphlet about it.
Additionally, the title reminded me of Liberty or Equality by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn.
That is a very good quote you made.
Thank you
This whole video and analysis were waaaaay better than I was hoping for.
This is one of the most based videos I've ever seen, keep it up.