Why I Love Great Britain
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021...
In early December 2021 asked by a major British newspaper to write some words reflecting on my recent two-week visit to the UK. I had been invited, then disinvited, to Cambridge University in 2019, when I had planned and made arrangements to participate in a seminar on the Book of Exodus, to help me prepare a series of public lectures on that story. I was invited back to Cambridge this year, and visited, with my wife, in late November and early December, and I wrote about the experience for The Telegraph, a major UK newspaper. That link is here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021...
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Jordan Peterson is so great he's been invited to speak in another dimension
Last channel I expected to see in the comments of a Jordon B Peterson video.
Ok, who trapped Jordan in the Matrix? That's seriously not cool man.
I was going to say, "More like an Apple commercial." Then I saw the MacBook sitting on his desk. 🤔
I keep expecting racks of weapons to come speeding out of nowhere so that Jordan & Neo can get armed to the gills before they storm the Matrix
@@JoeTaber can you imagine if we saw Neo walking in the background?
I'm too British to accept this much praise in such a short amount of time.
Great comment
Ikr, awkward.
it's not actually about Britain - just so you know
I think she was being tongue in cheek, just so you know.
@@kevinwelsh7490 Then what is it about?
God save the UK. I am an Iranian international student and I testify it is the most brilliant country in the world.
Thank you for your positive comment about my country.
Thank you
My best university mate in the 90s jamo was from Iran.
Thank you, that's a very nice statement but we Brits do not have the attitude that we are the best. We actively criticise our country and our government because we strive for better always and we do not possess the arrogance that other nations have that claim top be the best country in the world.
@@Darrenskig
You never hear this in Britain. You only hear a negative interpretation of British history - colonisers and tyrants. It's so heartwarming to hear these words.
Beacuse it is a part of erasing white history
Because along with most places in the West, it’s being destroyed from within via Trojan horses allowed in and catered to
The colonizers part is true, Tyranny? There are very few times in history that Great Britain is in that phase. But all in all, Great Britain is Great Britain. A nation with good or bad histories, a Kingdom that endures that is well deserved of Glory and Prestige.
Britain is infested with wrong doers nowadays. A shameful way for a country to wash up like it is from all the troubles we endured in the past. Another empire to the history books
Negative part of today's Britain is not colonialism but the denial. Somehow even after massacring India's economy by converting different kinds of artisans into peasants and coolies who helped them export raw material preventing any kind of industrial revolution, most British believe that their occupation of India resulted in a net gain for us because they gave us the 'gift' of English language. It is like a rapist telling a woman that she had a net gain due to the rape: a baby!
American here. I owe so much of my education to Britain: Shakespeare, Hume, Samuel Johnson, Bertrand Russell, Adam Smith, John Locke, Milton, Jane Austen, George Eliot, George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, Tolkien, Churchill, Dickens, etc. etc. ad nauseam. Not to mention, the great Karl Pilkington. So thank you, Britain! And God bless the Queen 🍻
Great comment my American cousin. Long live Karl Pilkington!
Thank god them thinking if the industrial revolution
Just because we were at the forefront of humanities cultural and scientific exploits for many years and have consequentially harboured an abundance of knowledge doesnt mean you owe England anything nor does it stop it from being an inherently evil nation.. The nazis invented the rocket and many other extremely useful things do you feel you owe them too?? 😅 Thank god for that turd reich ayy buddy hahaha
@mrmayonaise Not only is your feeble attempt at a slur repute with error, which is remarkable given that you put forth not a single argument (Germany under National Socialism did not "invent" rocket technology; you're referring, I suppose, to the V1 flying bombs, or what we now call 'cruise missiles', and the V2 ballistic missiles used primarily in the terror campaign against the British Empire, before going on to lose to said Empire; which was a utilisation and weaponisation of technology which had been in fact first properly been discovered in the United States, in point if fact--as well as minorly in France).
But your ignorance of the non-facts you used to construct your solecism and vulgar assertion aside, I'd simply enquire: which country do you regard as "good", to employ the language that your infantile conception of the world involves, or which country or polity would you regard at least as "not evil"? What else, in the post-industrial world, can even begin to explain the evolution of the modern West as the exception to a world of tyranny and feudalism, if not the common law tradition and property rights?
And on the question of empire, England in the 1500s was more free and "culturally", to use your word, developed than the states extant TODAY which were the product of Islamic imperialism (perhaps one of few pre-industrial events comparable to the horrors of Nazism and Stalinism).
Africa had nothing resembling a written language when Britain had developed steam engines and Shakespeare (unparalleled to this day, it pains me to say, as a lover of Nabakov's prose) had been dead for hundreds of years.
China was a feudal monarchy using spring-loaded chariots when Britain was producing Rolls Royce motor cars powered by supercharged internal combustion engines. Moreover, it deteriorated into an even worse form of feudalism in the 20th century, killing about 90 million people in peacetime (more than the Second World War), and is to this day a horrifying totalitarian state, which has survived only through accepting Western capital: most of its growth is not endogenous to China but rather the product of Western corporations outsourcing production and thus investment to that country.
India, perhaps the most backwards country on earth before the British arrived, it is said by all economists at any rate, will overtake China after (if it is lucky) achieves a brief period of hegemony, and this will persist into any foreseeable future. That is, the parliamentary democracy (where did that come from?) that was the "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire will be the global power that the other off-shoot of the Empire, the United States, has and continues to be.
To what nation are you comparing Britain when you refer to it as evil? Also, allowing for your historical ignorance regarding the origins of jet engine propulsion being the Third Reich, what "cultural" aspects of Nazism have we inherited which you regard as positive, if incidental? It is true that technological discovery is possible in totalitarian systems (though innovation is unlikely: there tends to be a "time limit" to these things); but cultural, artistic, social, legal, constitutional, civilisational changes of positive world-historical significance? This is axiomatically impossible under these other systems.
So, I'm sure you will be able to answer these two simple questions (what is the alternative?, what totalitarian system furthered civilisational change for the better beyond the mere technological?).
In case you're worried, I am not holding my breath as I wait for you to run away like the crerinous illiterate shit that that you are.
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( I don't normally read any comments for this reason - the notion of replying to this kind of utter puerile garbage is just a waste of a few valuable minutes.)
@@michaeljones5069 😂😂🤣 no way is he gonna respond, you literally just destroyed him 😂 👏
God I owe this man so much that I can’t pay back, I was homeless and hopeless a year ago my mother had just passed and I was kicked out the family home. I got 12 rules for life as a gift from a friend and since then I have got myself a flat, job prospects are lining up and in my spare time I have started a free college course in computer programming and game development and am doing alright. Thank you Dr Peterson
Wonderful ! I am praying for you to continue your transformation x
Great for you. Keep going.
Such a heartwarming post. Thank you and Congratulations!!!
That's great. You have become aware of your abilities and potential full force! It was always there, JP just pointed it out to you.
Keep going
I believe in everything he said. As a Norwegian, I have always admired the UK. It invented almost everything and liberated us from tyranny. I also love British culture
Thank you ….
Thanks.
Your welcome
That's nice of you to say.
Norwegian forest girl, Britain loves Norway too ❤ (from an Englishman)
As an Englishman, I can NEVER understand anyone that has anything but pride in being British & what that means. A tiny island, with a big attitude & a bigger heart. ❤ Rule Brittannia. 🇬🇧🔴🤚
just to let you know that we, ARE NOT British, WE are ENGLISH Scottish Irish or Welsh, only %19 of the country is British, the British wants you to think that you are British, but don't let the British take away your identity 🏴🏴🇮🇪🏴
@JackSonEFla2 🔴🇬🇧🤚
@@rebelrebel7722wtf are u talking about
i don't understand your post, you say that as an ENGLISHMAN you are proud to be British and rule Britannia, but you are not British, you are ENGLISH don't let the British brainwash you into thinking that you are British, don't let the British take away your identity 🏴🏴🏴🏴
@@intheplumsm just stating the fact that we are not British and that we are actually, ENGLISH Scottish Irish and Welsh, the British want us to think that we are British, but don't listen to them, don't let them take away your identity, we are not British, we are, ENGLISH Scottish Irish and Welsh 🏴🏴🇮🇪🏴👍
As a Brit, I'm going to write an article called "Why Great Britain loves Jordan Peterson". Your intelect and candour will always be welcome here, sir.
Indeed agreed. I'm one of them!! 🌍❤
Indeed. Well said sir.
Do it good sir , fellow Brit here
True
can you have jordan paterson write it
As an American, Britain is our father in many ways. We've inherited his works: philosophical, societal, even thier martial prowess. While we often bicker it is clear to me at least that they are our closest friend, most important ally, and most influential advisor. While both of our histories are stained with sins, one cannot find two cultures that have created as much good for the world.
You’re entitled to your own opinion. The west is in retreat as homogenous states due to the sins as you put it.
@@afroman4035 Its not an opinion it is a fact. What is an opinion sir is what you said generically about the west:) Merry Christmas!
@@afroman4035 Don't have to convince me. Our countries are degrading, especially culturally. Single parent households in the US are on the rise, so is authoritarianism, political tribalism, and corporatism. I am convinced that the anglosphere will suffer their own century of hard times these coming years.
@@afroman4035 Your people did it to yourselves.
I am arab and I love both countries. You have great cultures .you respect women. You really changed the world 🤝🤝🇦🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸
As a proud Englishman my chest swelled up until it almost burst. It was a very pleasant change to hear a highly intelligent person praise the UK for what it has given to the world. We’re not perfect of course, but it’s safe to say that in science, literature, music (Rock and Pop, I’ll concede Classical to the Europeans), engineering, stopping The Nazis (with due acknowledgment to many other allies - thank you) and probably stuff I’ve forgotten, we punch above our weight.
It's the separatioon of state from monarchy, Magna carta, the charter movement /Bill of Rights and English common law, and it spread to the commonwealth, That are truly special. That's why many foreigners bring theirr cases to British court, where they have most chance of a fair trial. Those other things you mentioned, are not unique to britain
@@Rowlph8888 You got the parliamentary monarchy and bill of rights throug an invasion by a much more modern country.
@@DenUitvreter No, Britain got the bill of rights(1688), through renewed public interest in individual human rights after the English Civil War, originally started in the Charter of liberties(1100) and Magna Cart(1215), hich were the 1st instances of human rights, in law, ratified, in world history.
The reason why English history has had the most impact in the world, in a positive sense (as it also has a negative sense, when you see all the conflicts in the world have arisen predominantly from the Empire), is because of the number of items of legislation at different points throughout history, keeping the public's awareness that their own interests can be protected and individual justice can be served.Many modern nations in the Commonwealth, europe (and the USA), now have such robust structures also, that there are so many items in law and so much consciousness of the public's rights independent of external authority, that it would be very difficult for any tyranny to overcome such countries, such as we see happens in other modern countries like Russia
@@Rowlph8888 Why do you think English history has had the most impact on the world? After a bit back and forth England was back to absolute rule again, and then the Dutch Republic invaded. The Dutch Republic that had codified the freedom of conscience and therefore religious toleranc in 1579 in what was to become it's de facto constitution. In 1581 It had declared the people had inalienable rights and a monarch had to serve the people, denouncing the divine right of kings, and claimed the people's right to no longer recognize it's monarch when he had become a tyrant. This was the place where the parliaments were made up of commoners, there was upward social mobility, servants nor wives could be beaten, the home originated and besides men like Spinoza, Descartes John Locke could freely live and write on his social contract, inspired by his surroundings. After which he accompagnied Mary to England for her coronation and the signing of the bill of rights.
This was also the republic that founded New York and introduced reglious tolerance, multiculturalism and upward social mobilty to the America's, from which the USA later used the Dutch DOi of 1581 as a blueprint. These values were not carried by law, but on one hand by the freedom of the printing press there letting the enlightenment ideas spread of Europe, on the onder hand by the modern capitalism it had invented too, the commercial success and therefore strength. So it changed London and New York directly, and Paris indirectly into places with individual freedom as we know it now, so without having to stay in your class, in the position god, king and nobility had decided for one. The term 'glorious revolution' might give the impression it was a process from within, but that came about because being invaded was already a sensitive subject back then.
It's no coincidence the breakdown of the feudal structures that had been there for ages came from the LowLands, including Flanders at first, because feudalism was based on land and didn't work with so much water around. The modern society had been brewing there for ages only waiting for the printing press and protestantism to explode over the globe.
@@Rowlph8888 Literature and music are pretty unique to Britain. Only the US can compete on the music front, and of course there is great literature in many countries, but we’ve produced far more famous, world-class writers than any other nation on Earth and CERTAINLY per capita.
Very educated man more people should listen to him 👏 respect from Scotland UK 🇬🇧
Hello from a fellow Scotsman 😃
@@carltrotter7622 Respect
Hello from Scotland too 🇬🇧
@@mariang3946 👍
@@yamyite 🎅👍
The history of the British Isles is one of the greatest stories ever told...and though I be an American, I consider it, in no small way, to be my own story. So many of my ancestors were a part of the story that I cant help but feel that the story is a part of me.
I'm an American Anglophile, and proud to admit it.
Five minutes in Hull will end that.
@@dickmonkey-king1271 Hull just has one letter wrong.
These comments is what's great about Britain, brill 🤣. We love or land so much we mercilessly mock it .. as it should be. 🧐🏴
I am british (i always identify more with my parents country and heritage but im from london so...) and i can tell you this is FALSE. britains history and modern society is about EXTREME RACISM and IMPERIALISM. Jordan Peterson of course knows and very possibly supports this... America has the same problem by the way.
@@southwestsaxon This is not false, the history of Britian is more than the Empire. Don't be brainwashed into this modern view of imperialism, yes their were dark times and they rightly should be frowned upon but ultimately the empire gave more to the world and took us into a new era.
Your parents couldn't have believed it was truly a bad place if they moved here and also you should acknowledge the fact wherever they came from will also have elements of history that also should be frowned upon, I dare say you're falling for nationalistic views the same way you're accusing this video of being a lie, all for a country you weren't even born in.
This man genuinely helped save me from the darkest depression. A failed suicide attempt and years of self harming. Following his work closely for the last couple of years has aided in my focus and ability to navigate my internal battles.
Hi Winston! Read John 3:16 💗
Congratulations it has done the same for me also.
Same here Brother! I'm grateful to still be alive. Thank you to Dr. Jordan B Peterson and many others who have helped cultivate more clarity in my thought process and that of others. Take great care everyone! ✌✌✌💗💗💗💪💪💪🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😃😃😃
I feel you
Glad you made it through. I too used Dr Peterson's work to make sense of the world and it was a pleasant voice of reason. He has been life changing for so many people
Great Britain is our Motherland. She has achieved so much. She is the envy of the world. We are the Anglosphere 😎👍
Where are you from?
Never mind... I just read your name 🤣
Thanks....but that is with the great support of friends
@Mehaboob khan well even Indians loot from India...that's corruption for you...
@Mehaboob khan cry harder your ancestors would have fought better.
Britain’s Tech and digital economy hit 1 trillion dollars in value yesterday, only the third country in the world after China with a one and a half billion population and the United States with 350 million population. Truly remarkable for a country which is a third the size of Texas. The innovation and inventiveness is hard to comprehend.
Rule Britannia, Glory to the Empire!!!
i can never understand why people put the size of the country when the said country doe something. It has nothing to do with size of the -physical but the nature of investment, nor does the population size matter.
If anyone deserves a Canadian Order of Merit or Knighthood it's you, Jordan! Your service to those within the commonwealth and across the globe is immense. God bless you and have a very Merry Christmas.
There's a question. I know Americans can't get knighthoods, but can Canadians?
@@mowgli2071 yes
@@mowgli2071 The American equivalent of Knighthoods are awards like the presidential medal of freedom etc
@@jtjones4081 the really hard line socialist countries are just not great places to live. Such as North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, etc.
"Cuba is a great place to live" unless you say anything bad about the government.
And by the way people are still escaping Cuba to come to America and other countries. And in far greater numbers than are escaping America and other countries to go live in Cuba.
@@mowgli2071 There is the "Order of Canada"
Beautiful words. As an Englishman, it pains me slightly that it is so rare to hear such sentiments from my fellow countryman.
Are you sure you are an Englishman, because any person from this Isle would know that to compliment the UK is the most un-British thing ever. We openly hate our country, and secretly love it without ever telling anyone.
@@kolaignad6495 we hate it all but we would not have it any other way 😂 so British
@@kolaignad6495 and pp
@@kolaignad6495 "We Britons had at that time particularly settled that it was treasonable to doubt our having and our being the best of everything"
The great expectations.
Charles Dickens.
Be the change. Carry on the same sentiment and teach it to your children
My grandfather put everything he owned in a wheelbarrow 129 yrs ago and made his way to the UK from Japan. Such a short time compared to the age of these Isles, but I feel as if my very soul is part of this'green and pleasant land'...I love it passionately, and though in my dotage, like my male relatives, I would fight to the death to defend her.
Long ol walk, glad you kept the Japanese name.
@@hermanngoulhorn581 If he was lucky, he'd find a ship or a barge to take him closer to the UK... otherwise he worked down coalminers, picked potatoes/fruit and vegetables to pay for food.
Yes, my married name is Chadwick, but I kept his name, Nakajima, as in Nakajima Chadwick.
PS. It took 3yrs, 7months for him to get here.
This was a heartwarming read, I thank you. I hope you have some of his stories and history written down somewhere because that is a family legacy to be proud of.
I have read your initial post and your responses. Wow, what a journey, intriguing story and character he must have been. You should find a way to tell that inspiring story.
Thank you!!! From an English man
I love my country. It's coming up to half past midnight as I write this. I've just got back from the pub where I had a conversation with a guy whose politics I profoundly disagreed with. I bought him a beer and listened to what he had to say. He bought me one back. If it came to it, and in all sobriety, I'd fight for that man's right to express his wrongheaded and silly views because if nothing else that's what my country is about. We bequeathed that to the world and for all our faults, which are numerous, we still live it. Isn't it glorious? Isn't it fucking glorious?
Isn't that worth fighting for? Isn't that worth dying for? I wish I could articulate that pride as well as Mr Peterson.
YOU JUST DID
Can't imagine your story happening in the US.
The US was once the country I wanted to live in (15-20 years ago). Now I'm glad I live in Europe.
We have the same problem. The other side of the aisle would deny you that same right.
They would shut you up and deny you your birthright.
So at what point is protecting ideals more dangerous to the principles themselves? When one group would use their freedom of speech to deny you yours, it comes to a point you can’t agree to uphold their protection because they have broken the unspoken contract. If you love freedom of speech, there comes a time you must stand and fight. They can say whatever they want, introduce any policy they wish, but once it censors ideas or denies speech regardless of the implied “good” it must be destroyed or we will lose everything that guaranteed these rights for us, and what must be fought for to guarantee it for our children.
@@FormerGovernmentHuman the difficulty is deciding where to draw the line in the sand
So true 🇬🇧
I think the U.K needed to hear this. They're so harsh on themselves for certain times in their history.
That's because we give too many ignorant fools a voice so that they can spread their lies to more ignorant fools. Most of us are not harsh on ourselves, we are proud of what Great Britain has done for the world.
No that's just the self hating leftists. Unfortunately, most institutions in the western anglosphere world are left leaning and tend to overcompensate on empathy. Most Brits are proud of their nation.
As someone who would be considered a “thug” or a “wasted youth” by alot of people here in the UK, which in a lot of regards I am, so I understand it. I just want to say thank you Jordan, I’ve never been academically smart, as in school my mind would wander and I would just think about other things and never concentrate. Like a lot of kids, this led me to think I wasn’t smart, so I kind of just gave up on school, and got involved with the wrong crowd. However, when I came across you, you made me realise that being a deep thinker is the biggest superpower you can have in this world. While I still slightly admire certain people/things from the ‘street life’, I also now look up to people such as yourself, and realised how badass a lot of the worlds top thinkers are. Thank you again, you’re a role model to a lot of people, and from all different walks of life. You definitely changed the way I think about the world.
Strong and silent 💪😁
You guys are wonderful
Baaaa baaaa
From one old UK "thug" to a young one head up my young friend, the journey is hard but never give up, I now have a degree and work in a lab a far place from where I started, just because you never had interest in school doesn't make you dumb,
Change your life for the better and move on. Do to others as you would be done to and don't point the finger when you screw up. Move onwards and upwards and away from the streets
Americans… were, even at the time of the revolution, and are still now in some real sense, Sovereign British Citizens”
Thank you for saying this out loud…. Every liberty enjoyed in the United States today was born in Britain
Except that we were taxed mightily without any representation in government. Which is pretty much the main liberty whose absence sparked the war of independence.
@@tripe9719 yet the tax was way less then the rest of the empire and was to pay of a bill for the seven years war which could argued started by an America .no the war of independence was a power and wealth just look at the founding fathers and there business smuggling ect before.
@@tripe9719 it had a lot to do with the growing abolition movement in England, taxation without representation was just the official reason. Before you think I'm slagging off America, there were plenty in Britain who felt the same way about the abolition movement. They had to trick parliament into passing a bill, that would give them the right to seize ships used for transporting slaves.
No t he fuck it was not, and it's a mark of Jordan Peterson's, and your, insecure anti-Americanism that they would say such a thing. Of course, British people have always been trying to take credit for American culture that they had nothing to do with. We've been the superpower and cultural hegemon for 100 years. Britain hasn't.
@@tripe9719 3% indirect taxation.
That was the level of taxation placed on the colonies by Britain.
3%!!!!
Indirect too!!!
No direct taxation on your labour.
The IRS now places 25% directly onto your labour.
Jordan. As a British Citizen and Subject I have just listened to this in the wake of the terrific loss of our Monarch. Thank you. This was profoundly restorative.
Here here!
Your are not a subject lol no one is better than anyone. Elizabeth Windsor wasn't my highness I don't consider her above me.
@@108noonoo The definition of a subject is: A member of a state other than its ruler, especially one owing allegiance to a monarch or other supreme ruler. And whether you want to believe it or not… Queen Elizabeth the Great was higher than you in terms of status and rank. Hence why she was Queen. She was supreme commander of the armed forces, head of the commonwealth nations and great Britain, defender of the faith, etc. Even the most decorated generals and soliders are under her in terms of rank.
But regardless of rank and status, she was a person like you and me, she was human, a woman, a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, a sister, a friend.
You seem to be under the impression that rank/status is somehow subjective depending on ones own idea of their self worth. Its not. Rank/status is bestowed upon or earned in which there is a chain of command that is attached to it. However, despite all this, a persons rank/status does no way impede a persons self worth or right to be treated equally in terms of respect and kindness. In the wake of her majesties funeral, everyone who ever met her said the same thing; she made you feel at ease, she didn’t care about protocol in terms of bowing or curtsying.
So yes, those who are British Citizens are subjects to the crown. We are members of this state which with that comes respecting the crown. You don’t have to like the crown or any member of the royal family but you cannot get away from the fact that they are our rulers bound by a constitution which they uphold.
@@jgprice9990 You are a fool.
@@108noonoo you are a legend in your own mind.
I went to England as a 19 year old student from the USA and so fell in love with the people and culture that I returned 6 years later as a laborer, never really earning much, sometimes going without, but I'd never been happier and I daresay have not again found as much happiness and meaning elsewhere.
You Americans say the same about literally everywhere ye go.
I am still here (from US) after 24 years. God bless the British people. ❤
@Michael Altamore
I'm English and love my country, our United Kingdom and proud to be British. So thank you Michael for your kind words. We don't hear it very often that people like us; we're usually getting blamed for something!
A Blessed Christmas to you.
🎄✝️🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
I'm English and it makes me happy to read this.
@@kavalogue not always. Ask a traveler to Nigeria. Lol
I'm a 39 year old Englishman and you have made me cry, right at the end, not just because of the immense pride I feel in being British, but because the institutions you so rightly admire as a beacon of light in a dark and perilous world are changing into unrecognisable obstacles that are slowly reaching insurmountable levels.
I was crying too and then he burst in tears as well, it's a building moment from many eras, meanings to circuit in a global tune.
@💥BOOMSHOT💥 Not much to be ashamed of. Without a doubt one of, if not The, greatest nation to have ever existed.
Nice joke. Lmao
A lot to be proud of but a little bit to be ashamed of, the usual will of course be blinded by patriotism, the very thing they scoff at the American in their wild enthusiasm in expressing it. The arts and the idea of British ideals are quite inspiring but the application has been dismal.
@💥BOOMSHOT💥 Argh the old son's responsible for the forefathers chestnut. Rejected. Go woke elsewhere.
THAT was jaw dropping. I love you Jordan Peterson. From a man who has fell a few times in life and is trying to put things back together.
Love from England.
We love you too.
A tear in the eye of this proud Brit 🇬🇧. It’s not perfect, no where is perfect. But, it’s pretty bloody good. Thank you, Jordan.
Only good for the it's middle and upper class. Working class runs the country and made to live in slums. UK is wack unless privileged
He just wanted to talk about his invitations to lecture at Cambridge and Oxford universities - the two best places to listen to highly privileged people with right wing views - just like his.….and there’s even an add from Ben Shapiro, one of the extreme right who particularly and continually attacks gender fluidity. These are not nice men.
@@jimfoyle2817 Jordan peterson is not right wing. I think that's unfair to call a man so because of his religion. Gender fluidity is a very extreme left wing view and not healthy at all for many children.
@@bobbydeazy He is definetely right wing
@@elomial724 just because the man is religious does not make him right or left wing. He's about left wing Liberal as it comes lmao
33 year old Mexican-American and shedding tears at the end with you all. It's each of our responsibilities to speak the truth every day, regardless of the consequences. With truth on our side, we'll be rewarded. In this life or the next.
Gracias. Vivo Mexico.
Hail Lobster
Who cares about the rewards, the flame needs to stay lit.
Amen! Love from Romania!
❤️
"A nation that forgets its past has no future."
-- Winston Churchill
Britain is pretty good at forgetting the nasty shit they did in the countries they invaded
@ASL 72 Oh, that makes it okay then! why don't you invade Taiwan and Ukraine before the Chinese and Russians get there first?
@@xtrailz
And yet, there are many people from these countries that are immigrating to Britain.
@@hyacinthlynch843 free housing and welfare
@@xtrailz
So I guess Britain isn't so nasty after all.
The passion and emotion this man shows when he's talking about Great Britain is unbelievable. There are a lot of people born here that should watch this and learn a thing or two. What a man!
As an English / British person this video genuinely made me tear up...
It's almost like someone who has been emotionally abused and bullied for years finally being given compliments and comforting words. Emotional.
Very well said. The putdowns have been normalised over the decades so it’s refreshing to hear something like this.
@Cheese Doodle nyggah Thanks for proving my point perfectly... 🤦🏻♂️
@Cheese Doodle nyggah You're demonstrating the exact kind of vitriol I was talking about in my original comment that's targeted at my country constantly...
You also seem to have some kind of weird issue with women which I'm just not interested in tbh 🤷🏻♂️
I'm glad you felt good watching this. Keep it up. Aaand: Don't take stupid comments seriously. Anonymous people on the internet. You know how it is
Me to!! 🏴❤️🇬🇧
I was honoured to meet him at Heathrow airport on his way back. He was such a gentleman and as professional as he is in his clips. I've been smiling since then. Feel blessed.
Nice one, I'm sure it was ab amazing moment for you, I can imagine how I'd react lol
I am a lady in the UK who has depression anxiety disorder and PTSD. I have often felt alone in the world and have always loved great thinkers and Jordan Peterson is certainly my favourite to date. I love how he shows emotion and how he defends free speech, ( which I feel passionately about) and Jordan has extended himself more than most, ( despite ridicule from the people who are asleep). It can painful to be so awake but like him, I will not succumb to the pressures of the masses, to conform to notions that make no logical sense. Thanks Jordan, for keeping me as sane as possible. I have so much respect for who you are and what you have done for so many. You are an real treasure. ❤
@@jtjones4081 God knows everyones pain, like no one else. :)
I’m an American and I feel exactly the same as you do. We’re so privileged to live in a time such as this where, when you look around and quickly notice that intelligence and wisdom is practically moribund in our society, we can look to Jordan who is infinitely wise and almost terrifyingly brilliant.
He gives me hope. So few people living today do, but he does.
Snap, except for the lady part
Thank the Almighty God Amen
Ms. Audrey if you suffer from depression and PTSD, I am not suggesting that you try psychedelic or MDMA therapy because it may not be for you... but I would suggest that you at least consider researching it a bit and see if it is something that you would be interested in pursuing. The results that psychedelic therapy has for depression and MDMA therapy for PTSD is absolutely astounding. Either way, I wish you the best of health and mental fortitude
Hello.I'm from Romania and i love England 🤗
But the Great Britain isn't only 'England'
WOW that was an utterly fantastic speech. It not only made me feel proud but also ashamed, ashamed for not remembering just how Great Britain was and is for the most part. Thank you Mr Jordan for reminding me.
I'm an Australian and am extremely proud of the fact that my mother is English, it's a magnificent heritage, no-one will ever convince me otherwise ❤🇬🇧🏴🇦🇺
Love from London, across the big pond brother. Aussies get nothing but respect out here.
Another Aussie here, well said! 🇦🇺🇬🇧
It's a terrible heritage. I wish I was another nationality.
@@destro1989 Your nation created the modern world mate, don’t be so ashamed!
Yup, dad's from Liverpool UK, Mom's from Maine, USA.
I'm American. Mr Maga all the way, but there is something that sets England apart from every other nation on earth. I find myself being just as patriotic for England as America and I don't understand why, but it looks and feels like home to me, and I've never lived there.
As a Londoner, born and bred - now in my early thirties, I have seen my nations name and history dragged through the mud, it's achievements devalued or understated, and watched my countrymen battered and systematically demoralised by vicious and jealous individuals.
I've never had an opportunity to hear my place of birth spoken about in such a proud way, or in such a truthful way. We know we are far from perfect, but it's also evident that being born in such a place is, or perhaps once was, a colossal privilege.
You can't eat an entire three course meal with delight, be nourished by it, and then turn around and despise the chefs, the restaurant and the farmers responsible for gathering the ingredients. This is my analogy for those individuals that speak of Great Britain as a force of evil in the world. Show me someone who has a high quality of life in modern society and I'll show you a beneficiary of Great Britain.
Well put - the final sentence especially sums everything up
Who exactly has dragged the country through the mud ? No one has challenged the nations history. Their are facts that happend weather good or bad. The point is every nation has skeletons aswell as pride.
ULTRAS Alive, Have you lived under a rock these last 20 years?
@@marc3981 nope. Answer my question
@@prabshiro I mean.. The better question is what country hasn't??
How I love this man's intelligence, morals, and true desire to be a good, helpful man. He is to be cherished.
We are very accepting of everyone, if you are willing to drink tea in a complete crisis. :-)
I love the way you tell Britain to look to her history and culture to battle the madness we find all around, without directly speaking those words.
Well said
As a Brit, so used to having everyone knock my country, this brought me to tears.
Thank you
Same here, and I'm in Australia.
Proud Brit's dressed in convicts clothing. ;)
Me too, Michael. We have taken a hell of a battering, but Jordan revives our pride and courage with his words. 🇬🇧
We are family, a bit broken and bloody, along with the USA, Canada and Australia, we are still 'Lions led by donkeys' ... still true after 100 years.
Jordan gives us back some hope.
Your country deserves to be knocked but only by us
Love from France
Hahaha May we never loose the bitterness between Great Britain and France.....its a healthy disdain 😊
Brought you to tears? 😂😂
As a brit, retired in Canada, I can say this man is awesome!!
That's my wish to retire to the CANADIAN OUTBACK..
I Love Great Britain to!!! it is a great nation that gave the world so much
I have lived in England for over 20 years. I love this country, people, work and I am happy here. Thank you with gratitude
Well thats a first. Most of us hate it here.
@@lawbringer9857 Why?
@@lawbringer9857 Who exactly are the most of us you refer to
@@lawbringer9857 Please elaborate on your hollow comment.....
@@biggstavros5876 It's mainly because of the weather. You literally cannot be happy in a climate with such bad weather. Imagine running around happy all the time when it's about to rain? You will get soaked through and your day and clothes are ruined. This added with the long work hours, low pay and high cost of rent, it's not difficult to imagine why most of us are unhappy living here.
I am a proud Yorkshireman, and to hear someone of knowledge, wit and experience like Professor Peterson state his reasons for loving my country instead of putting us down and denigrating us was very moving and most welcome. Thank you.
Then do something, instead of commenting on youtube. Your country, your very identity is being destroyed
Q: How do you know if youre in a room with a Yorkshire man?
A: He'll tell you!
@@iliilliliiliilliliiliillil9137 We're fine thank you very much... and destroyed by what exactly?
@@jeffjames3111 then you truly are blind !
@@davefitzpatrick4841 best country in the world get over it
What an eloquent, passionate, honest, searing and profoundly hopeful presentation. I'm an Australian, and I've always felt the greatness of the values and achievements of the 'mother country', but I have never heard them so nobly, so convincingly and heartfeltly expressed. I too, are near to the tears that Jordan was moved to. Hold up this torch, hold it up and just let its light wash over all of us. Some basic truths need to penetrate us deeply and hold our attention. Now we know that something scared has always been amongst us, and if we can see it and honour it, our lives will all be so much richer, happier, and meaningful. Thank you so much Jordan Peterson.
Powerful. I get criticized for loving Great Britain as much as I do (I live in the US but my mother was British and I was born in England) and its more than my ties to that country. Thank you Dr Peterson for articulating and supporting my emotions.
Its always there, its in your bones.
You’re English you just live in the USA 💙
Lol, I am literally the reverse (in terms of birth). My mother was American and I was born in the USA but I live in Britain
It's good to see Jordan so motivated that he's training in the hyperbolic time chamber.
😂😂😂😂😂
Literally scrolling through comments searching for great ones like this. Well done.
@@boriz_ Thanks, I had to look through to double check nobody would accuse me of copying
Hurry up Peterson! I need to get back to my training!!
On behalf of all UK citizens, may I render heartfelt and humble thanks to Professor Peterson for his inspirational discourse, not so much for expressing his love for our country, but for acknowledging the passion for freedom which was the source of our historic greatness, and which we must guard at all cost as an example to imperilled civilisation throughout the world.
While you do share my opinion, you can't honestly say you speak on behalf of all UK citizens? 😄
@@marknorman5038 All except Cathy Newman, of course!!
It's very uncomfortable when someone wants to speak for me, let alone for 65 million. Better to speak for yourself, no matter how well intenioned.
As an Englishman living most of my life in Australia I can only repeat the words of Rupert Brooks. “ if I should die think only this of me, that in some corner of a foreign field there lies forever England.
Beautiful
Why did you leave?
So lovely. ❤️
Travelers of any nationality can say the same about dying elsewhere.
@@tritium1998 Of course they can, it’s a personal thing about himself feeling English. He’s saying that he represents England.
This literally brought me to tears. I just resigned as president of the Philosophy Society at Wichita State University, due in part to the issues addressed by Dr Peterson. I wish I could bring him to my beloved campus to speak.
Thank you, Jordon. Britain never needed such positivity and affirmation of its greatness more than now.
The Blitz might of needed it a tad more, I think
As an American, I appreciated Dr. Peterson's reminder about the great history of England and the many contributions it has made to the world - including my own country. Cheerio, Brits, from this Yank!
England and Britain aren't synonymous.
We would have known you were American after you wrote the word “England”
@@sigwell2494 You guys dont call yourselves England across the pond?
@@Brian-dq2jc England is only 1 of the 4 countries in the UK. It's kind of like a province. (Coming from an English-American living in England)
@Aidan Garrod Don't know where you got the idea that I was a separatist. Just saying that confusing England for Britain or vice versa is factually incorrect and I'm sure the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish wouldn't be too happy with people thinking they are in England.
In reverence for the language of Austen and Dickens and the splendour of the English poetry, I feel privileged to be able to listen to this speech and watch the dignified demeanour of this great intellectual.
I've just started listening to this man. I have just bought his book of 12 Rules. He speaks so eloquently and I understand its mainly men who listen to him, but as a woman I love what he has to say 👍👍🇬🇧
Professor Peterson, you are continually improving. I'm now often left speechless at your new works. Keep going; as you have said previously "we don't know what the upper limits are".
He's at the top of the mountain but only half way up...Think about it.
He is awesome
This man overcame benzodiazepines.
He is a hero. Period
if speaking with eyes glued to a laptop in an empty room is _improving_ I hate to think of what his older monologues must be like. I'm tempted to have a look but there's only so much burbling I can absorb in a day. ~Chara
@@thepnictogenwing9997 hes basically your daddy. He fixes those issues you have as well. Cheers!
@@alexwashington4701 ...this is one of the most unintelligible things I've read today. I don't *need* a father, I have one of those already, although he's nowhere near me at the moment. and I'm not sure what "issues" you're deciding to talk about, unless you mean a few issues of "Sky & Telescope". and judging from the quality of this tedious Mr. Peterson's utterly ludicrous lack of stage presence, I wouldn't want the man to attempt fixing a a faulty toilet, much less fixing whatever "issues" you've seen fit to pretend I have.
~Frisk
You sir are a gentleman, and a fine one at that. As a Scot and Unionist I are humbled by your appreciation of what we have, despite the challenges we face. My Father and both my uncles fought against tyranny and for freedom and democracy. You should be an honorary Brit by now!
The Gurkhas and the Windrush Generation made a massive contribution to this country and have been treated like lepers, but you think that Jordan Peterson "should be an honorary Brit". For what?
Mike James so you think the Gurkhas have been treated badly you must have been listening to lumley .
@@mikejames6664 GB was built on the blood sweat and tears of the indigenous population a looong time before Windrush or Gurkhas was even a thing.
Our ancestors built this country.
mike james what a load of ........ God bless the Gurkhas all are welcome and the windrush generation but after that no no no The men and women of Great Britain paid the most in making of OUR country
@@mikejames6664 Why not the Gurkhas, Windrush Generation, AND Jordan Peterson?
As an Englishman living in Spain for twenty years now, it is such a joy to hear the English language used in such fullness and with such eloquence. The subject matter covered by Jordan Peterson in this video, is both heartwarming and a wonderful reminder of where I have come from. Thank you so much.
In the midst of very sad and troubled times, we needed this reminder more than ever. Thank you, very much.
I'm not from English descent, I'm chilean. Yet my serendipitous encounter with the Commonwealth by living in South Africa in my adolescence, placed me in contact with exactly what Dr. Peterson is talking about: the notion of the capital importance of British common law for the development of the freedoms we enjoy in western society today. I do not only love British culture: I admire and applaud their people. Rule Britannia indeed!
Salutations!
you exactly have the same system in Chile. The jurisprudence within the customary laws, both civil and penal. Any good lawyer, who always win, never forget this, often disregarded.
You should thank Cicero, not the British.
@@Deidarc The British didn't have to do anything.
Even their draconian lock downs mask mandates?
Britain loves you too Jordan. The Cathy Newman interview was a huge moment. The world needs truth and I can't think of a better ambassador.
I started watching Jordan Peterson 4 years ago when I was exhausted from feeling regular bouts of depression and self loathing. He turned my life round . I’m no success story but I’m getting there . Imagine having a real chat with him ! ❤️
Jordan you don't know how many people you have helped, including me. Thank you for the truth you speak.🏴🙏
Beautiful, this man is moved by God's spirit! As an Englishman is very encouraging to hear positive things about Britain again. Thank you Jordan.
And from a University of all places
you don't know how right you are, Laurence.
I'm sure you've heard much loose talk about people having _demons_. the ignorant think of that as a bad thing, when in fact every human being has a "demon" (or _daimon_, as Socrates would have called it.) some have more than one, in fact. demons are morally neutral, strictly speaking. morality is not something that applies to eternal creatures who owe their existence directly to the Creator, and demons are such eternal creatures.
depending upon the context, some demons even have a different name and function, and people call them other things like "gods" and "angels". but really all are much the same in nature. they're eternal beings set in motion by the Prime Mover.
how does that apply to Mr. Peterson and his comical fake lecture here?
well...no human being *voluntarily* makes a complete arse of himself over and over again, the way that Mr. Peterson is dedicated to doing, unless they've got some powerful force within them who's driving them onward. a _demon_, in other words (or possibly more than one.)
some demon (or possibly more than one) *wants* to keep Mr. Peterson upright, well sedated if necessary, and burbling pompous words in an empty void while he stares downward at a laptop half the time, thus conveying the irresistible impression that Mr. Peterson's reading someone else's script. it's a ridiculous position Mr. Peterson's placed himself in, but he's thrown his elderly and sickly self fully into the task.
that's a demon's work. the work of a _spirit created by the Creator of everything_.
so you're right, Mr. Reeve. Mr. Peterson is moved by a spirit from God. possibly more than one such.
~Chara
@@thepnictogenwing9997 Wow. He's a Jedi 😮
Which god are you referring to?
@@thepnictogenwing9997 I disagree, agree, like, hate your comments but i love reading them!
I am an American who lives under the poverty level and I saved up and bought tickets for myself and a friend to see Dr. Jordan Peterson in March. It’s the first time I’ve bought tickets to any big event. I’m 32 and a single mom, and when I hear him speak, I feel more aligned with the kind of perspective that is constructive and the least pathological. Things make sense and I feel at peace. This presentation of his article did calm and align me. His sense of wonder, gratitude, and pursuit of truth, in a positive and informed way, is like that of a trail blazer when I feel entangled, and like a beacon when I cannot see. I want so much to help make this world a better place. Right now my responsibility is to my children, but I am trying to treasure up these things so that I can hopefully become the person I need to be to make the world a little better in my own way, according to the gifts and strengths that I have, while trying to root out and burn up any pathologies or outdated schemas within me. I am trying, Dr. Peterson, like so many. Please know my appreciation for your interest in keeping yourself as aligned as properly as possible, and your efforts to maintain your health, and your dedication to following that light which sparks your curiosity and glimmers before you, and for sharing this all with all of us.
Wow!
From one mother to another…. There is nothing in this world that will matter more in making it better than your alignment to the highest good and pointing you childrens head in that very direction. I feel you so completely… and how blessed are we to have such a guide 💕
How much were the tickets? Maybe I can pitch in and help you, should you be open to such help.
@@nerminimamovic8579 These are the kinds of comments you get on a Jordan Peterson video. This is his audience. A very reassuring thing.
@@michaelkilcommons57 almost as if your bitter biased nationalist reading of history motivated you rather than a response to actually listening to what was said.
Oh my goodness. This moved me to tears. Thank you , sir.
Heartwarming to hear this sentiment. I'm a Brit living in California. Need I say more. I can't openly say anything good about the British yet the British have so much to be proud of.
and so much not to be proud of
@@the_unrepentant_anarchist. our achievements? Our inventions, humour, sport, history, victories, the list goes on.
@@RonSill1986
Listen dummy- I was replying to the arsehole who said that Britain has much *not* to be proud of, not the OP, so wind your fucking neck in eh.
(we're also *very* good at insults...)
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@@the_unrepentant_anarchist. Stonehenge been one of'em Percival
@@staceymcgrath890
My reply of 'such as' was to the person who said 'and much not to be proud of', and not to the person who said we had so much to be proud of.
Seems everyone's getting the wrong idea about that...
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There.., now I've fixed it.
Happy now....
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Jordan Peterson cleaned his room so much that there's nothing left lol
Love this guy! All the best Dr. Peterson!
the irony is that in reality he lives in squalor-it's a running joke on the Internet. say...is that why Mr. Peterson decided upon a complete lack of set-dressing?! a weird overreaction to people pointing out how slobby his home looked on camera? ~Chara
he's signaling his ascension. his mind has been crushed by the weight of too many thoughts. that is beyond clutter. he's going crazy, maybe he always was.
Something is seriously wrong I’ve had both brother and best friend die from suicide this year. Please take care of yourself everyone. Listening to Jordan helped me quit being an alcoholic. I wish you the greatest success on your journey. Stay safe x
Hi Danny! Read John 3:16 💗
I can't imagine what you're going through. We will make it brother, stay strong and never give up.
I'm so sorry for your loss man.
I'm so sorry for your loss man.
🏴Stay strong my man you can do it pal take each day and build a better tomorrow 🍀
Thankyou Sir, I really enjoyed listening too this! In the North of England we may not speak the same Queens English, but the spirit flows through us all the same. It's heartbreaking the way we are being torn apart not by a physical war, but a war against our culture one where none of us no where the battle field is so we are powerless against it. We will not be the same country 50 years from now, so I urge anyone who wishes to absorb our heritage PLEASE do it now, come visit and enjoy.
We speak our own English in The North my friend..
Were stronger than this nonsense because of the magic that pours from this land………. We will transform not be transformed! Enjoy
Well that kind of saddens me, I spent a wonderful time in my childhood in the Uk and have not been back since. How has the UK changed in the last 10 years? I hope there will still be some sense of familiarity as when I left if I do visit again
As long as I and my family breath this northern English air I will not let my english culture be eroded away it's one of my main priorities in this life.
@@thomasrogers6778 love your spirit brother! I'm exactly the same
What beautiful words, as an English woman they made my heart swell. Thank you Jordan, God bless you 🙏
SPLENDID ! Great Britain deserves a great speech from a great thinker ! Thank you, Jordan Peterson !
This was really interesting and inciteful. As a Brit I am honoured to share a heritage with my Canadian brothers. This was a wholesome and very important analysis of our shared culture.
Canada of yesteryear, not of Turdeau
@@MsElke11 ...and closely followed by every so-called "Conservative", federal or provincial.
@@MsElke11 We are in a bad way no doubt. On the brink of authoritarianism.
@@dabz6433 most definitely agree
oh it was _inciteful_ all right. Mr. Peterson incites his cult to do many unspeakable things. I'll allow as how he hasn't incited a riot, yet-there's probably not enough energy in Mr. Peterson's speaking voice to prompt a riot, or even a hearty round of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". ~Chara
As a Briton you made me both straighten my back in second hand pride and feel the very great challenge of maintaining those standards. Thankyou. we still have work to do.
You fought the transatlantic and African slave trade for 175 years and at great cost.
You have paid for your sins 1000 times and then some.
Anyone that lays the guilt of prior centuries at the feet of modern Britain, is not aware of the penance paid.
No Empire in the world with such power has ever been nearly as benevolent as The British Empire, and none of your critics if they had such power would ever have had the strength and restraint to rule in any form other than tyranny.
Yes, sins were committed, but you name me a single civilization free of sin. A single family free of sin, a single soul free of sin.
None such souls exists.
They can’t bring you down by conventional methods, invasion or siege.
So they have laid siege to your mind for decades. Do not capitulate, Rule Britannia.
Britons will never be slaves, no?
Thank you for such lovely praise of my country. The recipe of being British is too complex to explain. The Scottish, Welsh, English and Irish people of Great Britain each think,feel and act very differently as a people, but we rub along quite well for the most part. Our differences make us the butt of jokes we all make towards each other. I think it's our thick skins , sense of humour and the knowing that we're all entitled to an opinion, even if we believe that opinion to be wrong.
My stiff upper lip started to somewhat mildly palpitate due to a strong sense of pride listening and watching this composition. Then I reminded myself that I was English, and any emotive states that I convey externally should only be expressed either sarcastically or ironically. All I can say is: I, and we, love you too Dr Jordan Bernt Peterson, may we be with you in your heart of hearts, as you are in ours.
Hear hear...
@@DanielOrtiz-dl8eo Order..... OOORrrrdddeer!
@@DanielOrtiz-dl8eo 🤍
Not to worry friend, I, a welshman, will shed enough tears for both of us.
@@dlewis2446 need a cwtch ?
Dr. Peterson, I am sure you have heard this plenty of times, but I don't usually comment on videos so, here goes it. I had drifted away during my early years of college. I became nihilistic and depressed, my neuroticism got the best of me, and worst of all I couldn't shake away the guilt I felt of a terrifying sin I committed as a young adolescent. Then I discovered you in 2016. I am so grateful you cannot begin to imagine. My love for being in this world, even with its horrors, I rediscovered. Thank you.
Amen!
Nihilistic means?
@@skanderberg8701 'Oh what's the bloody point'!....that's what it means.....
@@skanderberg8701 idea that life lacks any meaning.
@@johnbeaton1076 thanks bro
A little known fact is that the song “Rule Britannia” isnt about colonialism but a command by the heavens to rule the waters around the island of Great Britain.
King Alfred the Great, about whom the opera which that song comes from was written, was the ruler of a small country called Wessex in the South West of Great Britian. Wessex along with all the other Anglo-Saxon nations were under invasion or occupation by the Viking Danes.
King Alfred in fighting them back, converted his enemies to Christianity and began political Union of the nation that would become England.
“Rule Britannia” is a command so that he Vikings would raid and oppress the people again.
And , the opera continues to describe who the English people became so much more free than their European counterparts for being an on island which meant the king had to spend more of his resources on a Navy and not a standing army.
In those days the army was the police force. And could be used to oppress the population. But England had no need for an army during peacetime and therefore only tended to have a navy with a very small volunteer army which allowed the citizens to live in relative peace.
The history of Britain after 1066 is the the constant struggle for the people of all the nations of Great Britain to return to their ancient liberties that they enjoyed after King Alfred’s victory and before the Norman conquest.
Jordan, your authenticity and your sincerity are contagious! It is a priviledge to have you in this channel. It is a priviledge for any country to invite you to speak to their citizens. It is a priviledge to us all to hear your spontaneous voice. Thank you.
Thank you Dr Peterson. That was a beautiful and moving lovesong to my beloved Great Britain. Thank you for articulating that which many of us feel. Hurry back soon. 🇬🇧🇨🇦
Thank you Jordan, I am super proud of being from the UK. Great to hear such kind words from a man of your great intelect, it's means alot coming from you!
Jordan, hello. I'm British. Half English and half Scottish. Thankyou......... that you understand and appreciate the value of Great Britain's contribution to the world. It is both appreciated.... and (sadly) increasingly rare.
I watched your piers morgan interview and i dont believe I've ever seen someone truly bare there heart and soul as you did
As an Australian, I'd love to concur, but can't at this moment as The Ashes are underway...
Ha fair point 😁🏴🇭🇲
You’re clearly winning, yo can afford to be generous mate
We naturally understand. Your concurment can be deferred until after the test match
Wdym? We are just feeling generous this test. 😁
😂
Gob-smackingly well said. Subtle yet poignant. He is most definitely back, and just when the world needs him most. Go Jordan!
Agreed. He is looking and sounding great. He is as articulate and profound as ever. A strong and courageous man.
I think the push back is coming
oh, a Kris! hello, Kris.
Michael Jordan's _retired_, Kris. I'll allow that if he did return to the public sphere, he'd be a more effective public speaker than Mr. Peterson.
I am eternally grateful for having such a genuine, compassionate and courageous man among us. To inspire us and hold us accountable to the better parts within us, so we can continuously strive to be better humans.
As a Londoner, I would like to thank you Mr Peterson, for your kind words regarding our great land. Moreover I would like to extend my eternal gratitude, for you, and your work on the whole. You are a true inspiration and one of the great minds of our time. Keep up the vital work you are doing, empowering people of all ages. You have a profound ability to recover seemingly lost causes, a trait our species rarely sees, but sorely needs in this day and age.
God save, Sir Jordan Peterson! 🇬🇧🇨🇦
I wept with gratitude at hearing this. I too am a psychologist. And a Brit. And this is exactly how I feel about GB. But I almost never hear this validation for my position and certainly never expressed so fulsomely. Thank you Jordan. For all the fruits of your work that you have so generously shared with us over recent years, but for me personally, this one especially. The sentiments expressed restore and reinforce my hope that surely GB can successfully challenge and resist cancel culture. Thank you so much 🙏
Agree completely.
@@lindamcauley4728 Let the man have his moment
@@lindamcauley4728 A humiliating defeat in WWI, a catastrophic inflation and economic collapse, and a failed artist who presented an ethnic group as a scapegoat.
@@lindamcauley4728Silence!
@@lindamcauley4728 this is probably one of the most one dimensional comments on this video.
Why don't you tell us what our politics should be to accelerate your agenda and save us the time.
When you thought you couldn’t love/respect/admire JP anymore he finds a way to fill your soul up with joy. This was an incredible listen.
I too admire Joe Pesci. he has created an amazing body of acting talent. Mr. Peterson's acting, on the other hand, is very bad. he can't even look up when he's reading the script. ~Chara
Thank you Sir for your respect and honesty in everything you do and say !! I am an indiginous white Anglo Saxon Englishman and proud of my countries contributions to this world only to be slagged off and put down by those who have benefitted from our EMPIRE !! THANK YOU AGAIN !!
Such a great man. Thankyou for all you do from the UK
Im a 31 year old man from england, all my life i struggled with something and never put my finger on it, i still cant really, but somehow just litening to this guy calms me down, i dont think ive ever listened to someone who speaks more sense in my life. I wish i could meet you and have an actual conversation. Its crazy what a thoughtful meaningful conversation can actually do to your mind
Typical Canadians trying to brown nose the queen.
Some things, like war, never change.
Fuck hockey and maple syrup!!!
USA USA USA!
So glad you said England and not Britain! Wonderful comment. You're much more articulate than I am! 👍👍👍
You should try same with india britan😂
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt?"
Im in India. Was on the verge of suicide when my business and dreams collapsed. Found JP 4 years ago. He helped me get over catastrophic failure and rebuild my life. Now ive done things i couldnt have dreamed of before.
Bravo to you and best of luck going on.
Good for you mate.
Good to hear, my friend
Keep at it we believe in you. Love and Respect to India from The UK 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇳
well done bro....you chose positivity.....his positivity inspires....
Thank you Jordan for your kind comments on our country.
It is with tears in my eyes today that I say how very proud I am to be British after mourning the death of our beloved Queen. A great ruler and Christian leader who never put a foot wrong in her long reign, she was everything that was great about Britain, and most people loved her. God bless the Queen. God save the King.
So good to hear Dr Peterson talk the UK up, all I've heard for the last 5 years is people talking the UK down. By the way he got emotional at the end, you could tell he meant it. So thank you Jordan.
A feeling of pride comes over me as we praise the country that raised us, we have to defend our countries honour, the queen's funeral went so respectfully, it's what we needed, a type of unification of our beautiful British Isles.
@@shlomo4753 Hear hear.
My mother, a very wise and intelligent women, had a profound love and respect for the United Kingdom and I believe her love of that nation is what started my interest in Britain. She passed when I was 13 and the British humor she introduced me to helped me immensely in those dark times. As an American I have long suspected that deep down; despite our revolution (or perhaps, dare I say, because of it) we really are still Englishmen at heart. The moment I stepped foot in Central London for the first time I knew their was something ancient, powerful and awe inspiring about it. London commands respect like no other city on the planet could ever dream of. Not even my nations Capital of Washington D.C. feels anywhere near as remarkable as London does. It is perhaps the Holy Land of political discourse. Where the flawed man and the great ideal meet and its vision propagates throughout the world. Perfect Britain is not but, her ideas and practices are the closest we have ever gotten to the proverbial promised land so far. Perhaps that is what makes her so wise, her practice of pragmatic law and Government and not idealist conjecture. May the British tradition live on as long as man kind dares to strive forward and gaze into the heavens. Her wit, humor, humility and wisdom raises us all.
God save the Queen.
And thank you Dr. Peterson for helping me put it into words.
"Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory." - Winston Churchill. I'm just now beginning to understand what he meant.
And we mock Britain the most, never taught that foreign people love our system as much as we hate it!
Beautifully written. I can see the positive influence JP has had on you and many other thoughtful commenters.
@@ntyrprblm6254 That’s very sad. I wonder why that is? I’m all for poking fun at things as nothing is perfect. But their is a difference poking fun at something and hating it.
"Where the flawed man and the great ideal meet" is the most intrinsic part of it all. An ill, imperfect history but going in the right direction.
As a person who's people and culture were murdered and raped and ran from their own land and left to starve for 800 years by this "great" nation I'd have to disagree
As an American I understand that all that is great and good in American independence rests on the foundation of English common law. God bless your island.
Let's hope he does, because we're following the US down the garbage hole. I suspect there was much of Britain he didn't see.
@@winstonsmith7652 Yes, but the sad fact for America is you are simply following us. We are far more down the evil rabbit hole than you are. If you can get your so called Conservative Party to actually be conservative, considering they dominate the landscape in ways we can only dream about, then you will be the next great beacon of freedom in the history of the world. But I don't hold out hope, after seeing what BoJo did to your country. But even so, you have much more hope than we do, considering the reach the Marxists have over the Democrats, the culture, and the media.
No it doesn't. Our independence rests on the total rejection of royalty and aristocracy, two things that Britain had at the time.
@@simplesimon8255 That is correct, but English common law stands in opposition to that, it is for the rights of the common man, and it was one of the reasons Cromwell prevailed over the monarchy, because he rode that tidal wave of 'common rights' against the idea of the divine right of kings. That tension between the monarchy and the English common law has been a theme of British politics for literally hundreds of years, at least up until the 20th century.
I'm not saying our systems are entirely wedded to the British systems, I'm saying we took some of their best systems and made them our own.
@@benrig89 I think you are underestimating the reach of the Marxist lunatics in the UK. Our labour party is full of them, and many of our so called Conservative party seem to be following suit. Our media is the equivalent to CNN now, and we have 'reputable' news outlets still telling us that Kyle Rittenhouse killed 3 black men. As a big fan of the US I feel for you deeply, but we're only one step behind you, if at all.
This is such a heartwarming message. When it feels like your country is crumbling around you, it's nice to be reminded that it still holds some very good and valuable things.
That very last part... was very touching!
I think people that live here take so much for granted... it is one of the best countries in the World.