I find it hilarious that as a baby anarchist you had an HRC flag set up in the background which is basically as liberal as queer activism can get. Loved the video!
Thank you Ashton for turning me into a leftist. I came for the trans content and stayed for the great political commentary. Even if you were less informed 2 years ago you were still a leftist which is more than I can say about myself. I still cringe looking back at my “centrist, anti sjw” politics from 2 years ago
That was cute, I remember painting anarchy signs all over all of my notebooks in school lol, still think there is a bit of truth to letting the people run things, because some of them really do have better ideas that woul work instead of these rich jerks that have never seen what it's like to live on food stamps, or get looked down on because I have medical assistance through the state. I USED to work, but had a mental breakdown at my last job 9 years ago and haven't been the same since (things had been building up, but that was the snapping point) And, from being looked at as an "upstanding citizen" to going to someone needing all the help I could get plus therapy, support groups and hefty medications, I'm floored at just how bad the different classes are treated. I also found out I was trans, then was looked even MORE down upon by doctors and such. Some out there think that we chose this path because it's easy, and I can tell everyone from experience, it's worse than having a job and just "shut up and work" so to speak. I never wanted to take the hardest way through life I could possibly think of and be shunned because of who I am. Anarchists would be more apt to help people like me than those rich old dudes up in DC! Thank you for the video and letting me rant! 👍🥰✌
I've been watching your videos since before then! Videos like this of yours basically radicalised me from "im a dem and think we should all be nice" to "oh shit theres a political ideology saying we should all be nice"
ok i JUST watched that vid so im interested to see how u respond to urself! im a baby anarchist myself so sjsksk -comments as i watch because i., do this sometimes: i think it's really interesting that the reason u were drawn to anarchy is because you had a distrust of humans because im the exact opposite, i think if humans can help each other, which if i hadn't paused the video so soon i would have seen. -when Baby You said the thing about all political beliefs being fine i was like "huh thats not what Now Ashton would say but still valid" -yeah i think feeling like i cant do anything about it is a big thing for me so im glad u touched on that! -oh yeah!! my friend introduced me to leftism when i was ~8 and i only just became a leftist (im 17 now) like a year ago, but against me! and also ur channel were what introduced me to anarchy - i watched the 50 minute video! and im fighting my brain to let me read _this changes everything_ now all in all this is a gr8 video. thank u
Hello veteran here, I sure am glad I didnt leave a comment on the video at the time because I was a clueless liberal back then. I’m still clueless about a lot of things but at least I’m an anarchist now. I’ve done some bits and pieces of reading but I still have much to learn. I broadly label myself as an anarcho-communist or an eco-anarchist, I feel I haven’t done enough reading into anarcho-syndicalism to claim that label. There were many factors that lead to my radicalisation, your channel being one of them, but in a weird way I was radicalised through Hadestown? Because when Olly posted his cover from his Steve ban on video I watched it then watched the rest of his videos then branched out into many more leftist youtubers then stated to read some theory and get involved with IRL action
Speaking of weird things to be radicalized by, I was radicalized by George Orwell's 1984. Not from tankie to anarchist, which would be fairly normal, but from neoliberal to libertarian socialist. Honestly I think it was the crumb of theory he sneaked in through "the bool" (i thjnk its actual title was "collective oligarchism and its practice by Emanuel Goldstein" or something like that. Also that in the modern day, the type of constant surveillance and repression Orwell described is much closer to the actions performed by corporations than anything even the most repressive governments could hope to reasonably accomplish. (I'm panarcho-socialist now, if you're wondering)
I've seen your political videos in my recommended before but never bother to watch, and now that I've realized how crucial understanding politics is to my life, since governments basically control my actions and are currently playing a major role in further pushing or solving environmental issues, I decided to click this and give it a shot. To me the word "anarchy" made me think of chaos, when it really means no government, and it's so weird how much I agree with this video?? I thought I'd just disagree the whole time, but honestly I have lot of faith in people, or as you put it, I have more faith in communities than I do in specific individuals to function on their own without government. So yeah!! aa!! I'll be going through all your political videos to try and find political literature to better educate myself- yipee
i think i started watching your videos maybe a couple weeks or so after you posted that one? either way it was basically the thing that got me into anarchy. i haven’t done much reading, and idk if i ever will, cause more educational books can be hard for me to read, i like novels. but i still consider myself an anarchist, just a not very educated one lol. also i care about your patch-y endeavors! i made a pair of crustish shorts a little while ago but they don’t fit anymore, rip. plus all the stitching i did (it was a lot of fucking stitching, i literally covered the entire thing in little patches) made them just about the least stretchy thing ever and the crotch ripped. but good luck with yours!
I originally found you the day you uploaded “awful coming out story” which was a few days before “baby, I’m an anarchist” and I’ve been around since! So it’s been like two years now and I really appreciate you, though some of our views are different^^
Not relevant but uh I don’t know if your aware but RUclips is glitching out on your channel. None of the recommended videos are yours (all channels run by corps) and I’m not getting notifications for your videos even though I’ve clicked the bell.
I'm getting notifications and several of his videos are in the recommended. The rest of the videos are all content I watch, and none are by corporations. Maybe it's your app/site settings?
If you're into anarcho-punk definitely listen to Conflict they fucking rule and are so powerful? They turned me vegan! And Rudimentary Peni is kind of like deathrock mixed with anarcho punk and they slap too. Sorry that was slightly unrelated but I cannot go on enough about Conflict...
I'm sitting on the kitchen counter eating ice cream and laughing at your trans quizzes video when the notif comes up! And i was like...Heck!! c: I'm alone in the house and watching ur stuff is really helping me w the auld occasional 'So much neurodivergence so little friends: Oh No' episode so 🤘 Yea 💜❤💛 You're such an educated punk I love it, and I really admire how much you put into activism and living your best life and being self aware n such~ as an autistic trans dude with ocd and cptsd...man it takes so much energy just to eat breakfast 4 hours after I meant to XD *bi fingerguns* (just laughed so hard at "I just destroyed...the United States.." Incredible)
I swear how is it poss for you to be so smart, so sweet and honest and this damn cute? You are amazing and definitely my 2nd favorite anarchist (I'm a geek, so my number 1 will always be Anarky from the comics)
21:22 but Catalonia's revolution only lasted like, a year. It's a perfect demonstration that socialism without a centralized democratic DotP to direct and preserve it cannot survive
that’s the same argument ppl use against communism. when socialist states don’t survive, more often than not, it’s bc of pressure from non-leftist areas surrounding them.
@@graveyardpansy but you'll notice Marxist-Leninist socialism can survive for much longer under that pressure than any other sort. Cuba still stands, decades after the revolution.
I find it hilarious that as a baby anarchist you had an HRC flag set up in the background which is basically as liberal as queer activism can get. Loved the video!
JXJDJSJ YOURE RIGHT
@@graveyardpansy omg please bring that back😂👀✌
@@13gudadod why would he bring it back? lmao
Thank you Ashton for turning me into a leftist. I came for the trans content and stayed for the great political commentary. Even if you were less informed 2 years ago you were still a leftist which is more than I can say about myself. I still cringe looking back at my “centrist, anti sjw” politics from 2 years ago
I’m proud of you for growing and evolving, it warms my heart to read that many people are shifting their politics. I hope that your life is good!
you’re so adorable 💚 can you make a video about anarcho punk?
That was cute, I remember painting anarchy signs all over all of my notebooks in school lol, still think there is a bit of truth to letting the people run things, because some of them really do have better ideas that woul work instead of these rich jerks that have never seen what it's like to live on food stamps, or get looked down on because I have medical assistance through the state. I USED to work, but had a mental breakdown at my last job 9 years ago and haven't been the same since (things had been building up, but that was the snapping point) And, from being looked at as an "upstanding citizen" to going to someone needing all the help I could get plus therapy, support groups and hefty medications, I'm floored at just how bad the different classes are treated. I also found out I was trans, then was looked even MORE down upon by doctors and such. Some out there think that we chose this path because it's easy, and I can tell everyone from experience, it's worse than having a job and just "shut up and work" so to speak. I never wanted to take the hardest way through life I could possibly think of and be shunned because of who I am. Anarchists would be more apt to help people like me than those rich old dudes up in DC! Thank you for the video and letting me rant! 👍🥰✌
Bruh your so educated! Listening to you is much more informative then my whole high school career
I've been watching your videos since before then! Videos like this of yours basically radicalised me from "im a dem and think we should all be nice" to "oh shit theres a political ideology saying we should all be nice"
ok i JUST watched that vid so im interested to see how u respond to urself! im a baby anarchist myself so sjsksk
-comments as i watch because i., do this sometimes: i think it's really interesting that the reason u were drawn to anarchy is because you had a distrust of humans because im the exact opposite, i think if humans can help each other, which if i hadn't paused the video so soon i would have seen.
-when Baby You said the thing about all political beliefs being fine i was like "huh thats not what Now Ashton would say but still valid"
-yeah i think feeling like i cant do anything about it is a big thing for me so im glad u touched on that!
-oh yeah!! my friend introduced me to leftism when i was ~8 and i only just became a leftist (im 17 now) like a year ago, but against me! and also ur channel were what introduced me to anarchy
- i watched the 50 minute video! and im fighting my brain to let me read _this changes everything_ now
all in all this is a gr8 video. thank u
Hello veteran here, I sure am glad I didnt leave a comment on the video at the time because I was a clueless liberal back then. I’m still clueless about a lot of things but at least I’m an anarchist now. I’ve done some bits and pieces of reading but I still have much to learn. I broadly label myself as an anarcho-communist or an eco-anarchist, I feel I haven’t done enough reading into anarcho-syndicalism to claim that label. There were many factors that lead to my radicalisation, your channel being one of them, but in a weird way I was radicalised through Hadestown? Because when Olly posted his cover from his Steve ban on video I watched it then watched the rest of his videos then branched out into many more leftist youtubers then stated to read some theory and get involved with IRL action
Speaking of weird things to be radicalized by, I was radicalized by George Orwell's 1984. Not from tankie to anarchist, which would be fairly normal, but from neoliberal to libertarian socialist. Honestly I think it was the crumb of theory he sneaked in through "the bool" (i thjnk its actual title was "collective oligarchism and its practice by Emanuel Goldstein" or something like that. Also that in the modern day, the type of constant surveillance and repression Orwell described is much closer to the actions performed by corporations than anything even the most repressive governments could hope to reasonably accomplish.
(I'm panarcho-socialist now, if you're wondering)
Your vibe is like a nice skateboarder. Idk I just wanted to compliment your vibe
love that growth - also rly fun looking back on myself 2 years ago in terms of political views and how similar it is to the change here
I've seen your political videos in my recommended before but never bother to watch, and now that I've realized how crucial understanding politics is to my life, since governments basically control my actions and are currently playing a major role in further pushing or solving environmental issues, I decided to click this and give it a shot. To me the word "anarchy" made me think of chaos, when it really means no government, and it's so weird how much I agree with this video?? I thought I'd just disagree the whole time, but honestly I have lot of faith in people, or as you put it, I have more faith in communities than I do in specific individuals to function on their own without government. So yeah!! aa!! I'll be going through all your political videos to try and find political literature to better educate myself- yipee
i think i started watching your videos maybe a couple weeks or so after you posted that one? either way it was basically the thing that got me into anarchy. i haven’t done much reading, and idk if i ever will, cause more educational books can be hard for me to read, i like novels. but i still consider myself an anarchist, just a not very educated one lol.
also i care about your patch-y endeavors! i made a pair of crustish shorts a little while ago but they don’t fit anymore, rip. plus all the stitching i did (it was a lot of fucking stitching, i literally covered the entire thing in little patches) made them just about the least stretchy thing ever and the crotch ripped. but good luck with yours!
I originally found you the day you uploaded “awful coming out story” which was a few days before “baby, I’m an anarchist” and I’ve been around since! So it’s been like two years now and I really appreciate you, though some of our views are different^^
Not relevant but uh I don’t know if your aware but RUclips is glitching out on your channel. None of the recommended videos are yours (all channels run by corps) and I’m not getting notifications for your videos even though I’ve clicked the bell.
Lincoln Deo I got the notification, maybe it’s your phone settings?
I'm getting notifications and several of his videos are in the recommended. The rest of the videos are all content I watch, and none are by corporations. Maybe it's your app/site settings?
Yeah, I was just noticing that too...
Don't we all were anarchists as teenagers?I'm still am😂✌
what lol
lol no
your journey is so inspiring.
thank you for doing this stuff :)
i reloaded my supscription feed after rewatchig your treandercore vid and this is sitting there!!
i do remember when that video came out, it's the video that made me discover kat blaque
I literally watched that this morning xx
If you're into anarcho-punk definitely listen to Conflict they fucking rule and are so powerful? They turned me vegan! And Rudimentary Peni is kind of like deathrock mixed with anarcho punk and they slap too. Sorry that was slightly unrelated but I cannot go on enough about Conflict...
Love your GLOSS shirt!!!
Can you update us on the update please
Lol I nearly spiraled when I realized our age difference 😂
Also I honestly think you're super well-spoken!
Hey Ashton! Can you make a video breaking down anarchy, communism ect., simply and at their core?
I'm sitting on the kitchen counter eating ice cream and laughing at your trans quizzes video when the notif comes up! And i was like...Heck!! c:
I'm alone in the house and watching ur stuff is really helping me w the auld occasional 'So much neurodivergence so little friends: Oh No' episode so 🤘 Yea 💜❤💛 You're such an educated punk I love it, and I really admire how much you put into activism and living your best life and being self aware n such~ as an autistic trans dude with ocd and cptsd...man it takes so much energy just to eat breakfast 4 hours after I meant to XD
*bi fingerguns*
(just laughed so hard at "I just destroyed...the United States.." Incredible)
Very nice videos about personal opinion and discussion of ideas. Cheers from Perú
I swear how is it poss for you to be so smart, so sweet and honest and this damn cute? You are amazing and definitely my 2nd favorite anarchist (I'm a geek, so my number 1 will always be Anarky from the comics)
Omg weren’t we all anarchists as teens-
7:20 jreg will adopt u
Awesome video Ashton. Are you going to make any more videos with your boyfriend Ashton and if you do that would be nice to see
holy shit your voice sounds so much deeper out of sudden
Hey, can yall recommend some books to educate myself in these topics?
i have a video that’s abt this!! ruclips.net/video/h-Zxxs3ZhZs/видео.html
@@graveyardpansy thank u so much!!
I have a whole ass playlist if you're still interested ruclips.net/p/PLlRNlYY3RkUP3hvCmGuSuAdOAlu8s5eNn
@@lubrjavo too many men honey, less men next time
21:22 but Catalonia's revolution only lasted like, a year. It's a perfect demonstration that socialism without a centralized democratic DotP to direct and preserve it cannot survive
that’s the same argument ppl use against communism. when socialist states don’t survive, more often than not, it’s bc of pressure from non-leftist areas surrounding them.
@@graveyardpansy but you'll notice Marxist-Leninist socialism can survive for much longer under that pressure than any other sort. Cuba still stands, decades after the revolution.
You can just use guerrila tactics dude.
You're awesome ilu sorry
You should have a podcast, like, it would be great
When you inhale so much helium that the effects stay for the next two years
father
What is relationship with your father?