Come to think of it, the fact that we (Americans) are so strong and well-armed, yet so easily and utterly frightened, makes us exceptionally dangerous.
@@jjdogbutte You're dangerous to each other. Worldwide view is of a bully country and bullies are always weak and scared. Forget the world - just be good to your neighbors!
@John Smith Trump is no sense "gone," just because he is no longer in office. He is still a leading figure in Right Wing politics. Besides, this video wasn't about Trump.
I think people in the U.S are right to be fearful. Fearful of falling into poverty, or worse, due to almost any kind of emergency. This fear is simply channeled, by the powers that be, into things that do not threaten the powers that be.
He apparently didn't entirely believe this as he signed Executive Order 9066 on FEB 19, 1942 authorizing the mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans and their families because they looked like the enemy.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Hermann Goering
Exactly the scenario the GOP has followed since Newtered Grinchrich was in office culminating in a fast push of all steps by Benedict Donald and his facilitating the virus into "only I can" solve this. Idiots and mobs always fall for throughout history. Now it's our turn.
@@joannecassell8825 That's the saddest part, how many people can still be taken in by this approach. There's absolutely nothing new in what's being done today. Anyone with a passing knowledge of history recognizes Fascist 101.
There's always been the same kind of people in the world.I have always wondered how anarchist would deal with pedophile and murder and who would be the enforcement to eliminate the types of behavior mentioned above in my previous comment on undesirable behavior within an anarchist community.
In a country where millions of grown men are too scared to go to the grocery store without carrying at least one handgun it's hardly surprising that the USA is led by fear.
@@rorycallaghan5719 I think that's about the most concise, cogent assessment of the current state of affairs that I've read anywhere. I don't know what to do about that except to take back control of the airways and put back some of the rules around content.
@@ExkupidsMom It is weird. A lot of friends cannot figure out why I don't have my concealed weapon permit in FLA. I tell them I do not need it. I'm asked why and I say look at us, who's gonna f**k with us unless we are at a bar at midnight. We know nothing good happens in bars after dark.
@@youthrevisitedagain No, it's "I'm speaking in my third language, on a youtube video, after a long day. So if you want i can say it in perfect spanish, but i don't know weather everyone would undertand my first language, and surely noone will understand the second, catalan"
@@davidmolina125 you put them in their place very nicely. The internet grammar police would do well to remember that not everyone on the internet has English as a first language, also that some disabled people may have trouble with spelling (thanks to dyslexia or having to use speed to text programs or the like). It’s social media. As long as your point can be understood, it’s good enough. And your English is better than many who do speak it as their only language.
I’ve always looked at that movie as a spoof on exactly what Beau is talking about. It was making fun of The propaganda the people fell for. That’s just the way I see it.
@@julietenning7981 I disagree, they came over from European countries as a planned action and had a sponsor who signed a statement that they were financially responsible for them, they had health checks for TB which was still rampant, and they had a planned place to go once they landed. Cant pull the white card on this one. Most immigrants were disliked by the whites already here even though they were descended from these peoples. They were derogatorily called Micks, Spicks, Pollacks ect. The immigration issue from Mexico is about ILLEGAL entry with no plan, by sneaking in. I'm not calling myself for or against it here, but that's the truth of the issue.
Sadly true! Some people don't want to think for themselves and be responsible for their decisions. Many people want someone to blame when things go wrong.
You cannot create fear in intrepid minds that are secure in knowledge, understanding and wisdom. You can only stoke the flames of moldering fear that already inhabits the hearts of the ignorant, the gullible, the angry and the insecure.
@John Smith You are arguing semantics here. Here is a technical definition of fascism from Britannica with a little context thrown in visa vie Nazi Germany: "Although fascist parties and movements differed significantly from one another, they had many characteristics in common, including extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites, and the desire to create a Volksgemeinschaft (German: “people’s community”), in which individual interests would be subordinated to the good of the nation." Corporatism is what Julia was referring to. While different, corporatism plays very, very nicely with fascism and the two often go hand in hand. Look at Mussolini's Italy. Fascism and corporatism share more ideological points than those that differ, and only the disingenuous or delusional would try and argue that we as a nation are not currently flirting with this ugly reality. Personally, I think we've been walking this road since the late 70s.
That camp is now a museum, where you can walk around and visit some of the barracks they were kept in. If you've never been, once the covid circus is over I'd really recommend checking it out. That's a story that too few Americans know, and seeing it from the inside is as fascinating as it is somber and terrible.
Although Japan did invade the U.S. territory of Alaska in the Aleutians on June 7th, 1942. So not all the invasion fears were baseless, just overblown.
I always claim that it has been centuries since the U.S. mainland was attacked (1812 ? British troops) - usually when soldiers and vets are lauded for their services to "keep us safe". (the Japanese bombed the U.S. bases in the _colonies_ Philippines and Haiwaii) - As Beau told the story I was for a moment like WHAT ? Japanese airraids in California ? O.K., No - I have not missed out on a major part of history ;) The Japanese did fly massive raids on North Australia though. They commemorate that with silent minutes (just when you line up at the cash register in a shop in Darwin all action stops). And the Australians moved the airforce away from the coast and more into the continent because of the experiences of WW2.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” (Dune--Frank Herbert)
Check out the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" for how fear can effect people--it was prophetic like so many of those episodes.
Omg, I just went find a full episode of it and the first comment I read was: _"The corona virus comes to Maple Street."_ Yea, -some people- [republikarens] have no self awareness. lols
People don't want to think or at least a lot of them. This is why fear and populism works. Critical thinking requires work. If someone offers a theory or idea that meets cognitive dissonance and hunches well no need to work
The current voter-age Republican is a lost cause. We need to reform our education system to include strong emphasis on critical thinking skills as well as multiple years of civics, not just one.
We can engage the unthinking by continuing to discuss the issues, enquire about their feelings and comforting them so they calm down and can hear reason. This a one to one persona approach to creating change. Oddly you can make new friends this way. 😉👍♥️
Ah yes the Battle of Los Angeles, to this day people still think they were secretly trying to shoot down a UFO, of course it was really a bunch of scared young soldiers with itchy trigger fingers
I mean a flight of UFOs makes some sense also almost never mentioned is the fact that Japan was sending bombs connected to balloons back then across the sea was never effective bit thought some people attributed the hesteria to a large group of those balloons. I like the UFO conspiracy the best it fun.
@JBear This might sound crazy but I almost wrote the same thing verbatim. The only difference in what I was going to say is that most people who have heard of the Battle of Los Angeles did so by way of the UFweirdO community, which is why as an event in US history, the battle is largely written off. Im in San Francisco, I have plenty of friends born and raised in Southern California who have never heard of this taking place.
@@lordtalamargaming6097 There are problems with that theory. One is that the Jet Stream could not have brought them to Los Angeles. As I'm sure you know, the path they would have followed brought them north across the Pacific, and by the time they might have traveled south enough, they would be closer to Eastern Arizona/Western New Mexico. The other is that it isn't clear when they actually made landfall. Much of this was by the design of the OSS. As Many as 1000 are thought to have been collected, but because the Government knew the only way Japan had to measure their success was via the US news media, almost any record of the bombs have been scrubbed, if they were made at all. The only one that killed anyone, the only ww2 casualty lost on the US Mainland, was killed after the war ended and was a result of mechanical failure.
The power of propaganda can be good or bad, but most of the time is used for bad by individuals or entities that are self serving. This is why in the US ARMY we have Psychological Operations units, because in war information and use if information is a weapon.
And why discipline is so important. Somebody was getting a little lazy with the briefings. Related to the investigations of military members, and Jan 6th. It was a bit shocking that they hadn’t already gotten in front of it, but maybe that’s because it was the National Guard. Weekend warrior types. I wrote all that to say I agree with your comment. Vet here.
Rod Serling taught that lesson (in his own way) of fear and everyone turning on each other. Watch The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street The Twilight Zone: Season 1, Episode 22.
Oh, and I didn't know there was an English version. A lot more flashy than the German original, and a lot more ambivalent about how it ends. The German one is a lot more devastating.
The "reasonable belief they are being threatened" part is really scary. The seditious insurrectionists of January 6th thought that they had a "reasonable belief".
I'm an Arkansan. In some situations I've seen, when people believe there is a reasonable threat, they act regardless of law. I've seen people who avoided situations not because of law, but because they know it's something stupid. To a certain degree, we already have stand your ground. However, many of us in Arkansas don't want to worry about if we defend our life, that we have two options; jail time or death/injured. I conceal carry but honestly, if I have the ability and the option to walk away from a situation, I will. We may be in the south but the Wild Wild West isn't arriving anytime soon.
Two months later, my Japanese-American father-in-law had his constitutional rights denied and he and his family were forcefully removed from Los Angeles and incarcerated behind barbed wire at the Manzanar WRA camp. This all due to racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and failed governmental leadership. Some TODAY still believe it was okay and should be done again should circumstances arise.
@@harttdm Fortunately, my father-in-law's honest neighbors protected their possessions until released from camp over 3 years later. If you mean "seized" as in taken by the government, there instances of that but it was minimal and limited to items like radios and community action items. Yes, they were not returned. The search process was unconstitutional and a violation of civil rights. But, most of the possessions lost by the American incarcerees were looted by *private citizens* and *private entities* that provided storage promises that ended up being lies as well as property owners/managers who broke previous contracts/agreements.
"There's a fear down here we can't forget, It hasn't got a name just yet. Always awake, always around, Singin' Ashes Ashes All Fall Down." The Grateful Dead.
We immigrated to this country in 1990 with so much optimism, thinking that if we worked hard, we too could have the American dream. And in 2015-2016 I started to regret that move. It is too late now to move back or go some place else. Sad.
@@Grim_Beard From what that says, it wasn’t a myth so much as an exaggeration. Sounds like some people tuned in late, thought it was about Germany attacking, and the press decided to have fun with it. So I guess the hoax was on the part of a few story writers, not Welles. But I wouldn’t call it a myth.
This was a wonderful post. Clear and important. It's inspired me to be thoughtful and reflective of what I react to with emotions rather than reason. An important discussion indeed.
This is part of the community building Beau talks about. The one on one work of hear others fear, acknowledging their feelings, and comforting them. Arguing gets us no where, but calm step by step explanation can change hearts and minds. We are hear listening to this fine man because he does this for our own fears. We can in time learn to do this too and be the progenitors of the change we champion. 👍♥️😉
Like your comments, specially when you start with a historical incident that most people are not familiar with and you bring itssignificance up to today
It wasn't in LA but the Japanese did send thousands of balloons with bombs attached to the west coast. I think it was in 42. Only about 300 made it and one family was killed. The military quashed it getting out to people. If I remember right, one made it as far as Michigan. I am not trying to contradict you Beau, because you are definitely on point about the fear thing! I just like history!
@@thedudegrowsfood284 I'm imagining the Pearl Harbor speech... "Okay, we were attacked. So we're gonna fight. But don't be scared of death and trenchfoot and 'radiation' (woops) and pain. Nah. The only thing we need to fear...is clowns. Cuz they're creepy. Those fake smiles. Dozen of 'em in that little car.." "Anyway, we're fighting Japan. Not clowns. So sign up. And Largnak bless America."
4:29 Not me I usually run on anger and hatred. Bouncing back and forth between the Republican'ts party and the DemocRATic party. They're about as useful as a screen door on a submarine, equally.
Kind of like the NYPD gunning down Amadou Diallo as he showed them his ID: one cop tripped on the steps, his partner saw him fall and screamed "He's shot!" and opened fire. Then some of their own fire (Diallo was unarmed) inspired the four cops (included the one who started it all by falling on his ass) to "see" the gun firing in Diallo's hand. They pretty much fired until their magazines ran dry, hitting their victim 19 times (and sending 22 wild shots into the building and traffic).
My family was in Honolulu. My mom and grandma watched the zeros fly in over their house, that was on the beach. My grandma was a nurse, she went to help the soldiers. I have a history that was not told in my schoolbooks...
I thought Beau was going to talk about the other side of the fear mongering too. The people that want to demonize all Republicans as being racists and worse, what Beau says is true, but omits the whole side of tyranny by fear that cancel culture warriors seek to invoke, and the powers that be, use to create more division.
My Mom as a little girl during WW2 remembers everyone being afraid every time a plane flew over. All the little kids were like oh no it’s the Japanese !!! ...... They lived in west Tennessee. I’m pretty sure the Japanese weren’t coming They were children scaring themselves with the boogie man of their time
@@peterthegreat996 oddly enough the USSR didn’t worry me that much was and still is a more general fear that humanity in an act of stupidity we would nuke ourselves out of existence More along the lines of Dr Strangelove
The problem with that incident is that there WAS something up there. We just couldn't hit it, no different than the lights over DC which caused Jets to be scrambled, but they couldn't catch up to the lights and there is still something up there. Great Scott
A friend and I were camping in the mountains of North Carolina, we had seen a bear earlier near the camp, when it got dark he was panicking about the bear attacking us, I tried to calm him down to no avail, understand that we were well armed and I knew that the bear didn’t stand a chance except to end up bear steaks, we heard something walking through the leaves and you could tell it was of decent size, he looks out and says it’s a bear and starts unloading on it, as he is doing that I see a deer running away, but he he sure stopped that dead oak tree from getting us. Needless to say I have never let him forget that lol.
That’s an interesting story. It could have gone another direction. Shooting before seeing what you’re shooting at. Smh. And yes, an excellent example of fear taking control over the rational mind.
Yes, like most evangelicals. They actually like authoritarians like The Lord, and Trump. That's why I prefer to call myself born again. At least that concept has a humane theology.
To think after FDR signed Executive Order 9066...American Pilots flying over Nazi Concentration camps: "We have a pretty good idea of what those might be." I always wondered what the Japanese thought of this response in L.A. "What the hell are they shooting at?"
I heard about that story several times on Ancient Aliens and other UFO 🛸 shows On the other hand we are told that the Lord doesn't give a spirit of fear but a spirit of power. If you seek me with all your heart, all your mind and all your spirit, you will find my peace🙏
This video and the discussions, in the comments, about it are one of the best things to get me thinking more clearly in a long time. We need to be spreading more Love. When people feel loved, or just appreciated, they are less fearful. It can start with a smile or helping a neighbor. The little things we can all do. I know it sounds hokey but it may just be the one thing that keeps us from our demise. I know it sounds like fortune cookies 😄, but hey it's better than fear and hate. Anyone out there who needs to hear it---> You are loved, I love you. 💜
Come to think of it, the fact that we (Americans) are so strong and well-armed, yet so easily and utterly frightened, makes us exceptionally dangerous.
Absolutely true
Truth!
I think lots of people are well armed precisely BECAUSE we're so damn terrified.
Would we rather be known as “harmless” and “complacent” worldwide?
@@jjdogbutte You're dangerous to each other. Worldwide view is of a bully country and bullies are always weak and scared. Forget the world - just be good to your neighbors!
Is anyone else just damn tired of fear and irrationality?🌎💚☘
I tired of every thing about it including hearing about it.
I'm noticing it's more hate and ignorance than fear.
@@Bildgesmythe this...
@@Bildgesmythe "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to suffering." (Yoda)
@John Smith Trump is no sense "gone," just because he is no longer in office. He is still a leading figure in Right Wing politics. Besides, this video wasn't about Trump.
Let's not forget about the thousands of US citizens who were put in internment camps because they're were of Japanese descent.
Germans and Italians too!
Being prepared is one thing. Taking action when nothing has happened is wrong.
@@victorrain - Which radicalized many of them. The white people turned on the United States. We never learn.
@@julietfischer5056 That’s no lie and yet people of color are always the first to be seen as the traitors.
WW2 Channel this weeks Crimes against Humanities series is about this very subject.
Excellent historical You tube series.
Land of the free and home of the brave has turned into land of the fear and home of the it doesn't directly affect me so it's not my problem.
If you think america was ever that, you got some reading to do.
@John Smith We don't need lectures on cowardice from people who need a .45 caliber binky to leave the house.
Land of the fee
Home of the slave
There ...fixed it for ya
And the hooooome, of de...praved
@John Smith You lost homie?
I think people in the U.S are right to be fearful.
Fearful of falling into poverty, or worse, due to almost any kind of emergency. This fear is simply channeled, by the powers that be, into things that do not threaten the powers that be.
If not, they should be.
Thank you for telling it like it is Big Brother. Carry on. ^-^
We are threatened with bankruptcy if we get sick.
The powers that be want to keep us divided, otherwise we would be in charge.
This is part of the psychology of Walmart subsidizing full time paycheck with welfare.
"Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” - Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933 Inaugural Address
He apparently didn't entirely believe this as he signed Executive Order 9066 on FEB 19, 1942 authorizing the mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans and their families because they looked like the enemy.
Thus another page in America's shitshow called "immigration".
Camps for all! Hell let's give 'em hysterectomies while we're at it.
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"The only thing we have is fear itself" - modern Republicans
@@CantankerousDave : Best laugh I've had all day. Thanks Dave! Keep being cantankerous. lols
@@trojanbitbasher Yea!. My friends Japanese *2nd generation American* grandparents were taken to one of those in L.A. actually.
Courage doesn't exist in the absence of fear.
Courage is found in overcoming fear.
You're spot on. Takes enormous strength, courage & pain to beat fear.
OoooooooOOOOOoooo! Muriel! 🤯💀
The things i do for love
Or continuing on to do the right thing despite the fear within yourself.
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
- Hermann Goering
Exactly the scenario the GOP has followed since Newtered Grinchrich was in office culminating in a fast push of all steps by Benedict Donald and his facilitating the virus into "only I can" solve this. Idiots and mobs always fall for throughout history. Now it's our turn.
@@joannecassell8825 That's the saddest part, how many people can still be taken in by this approach. There's absolutely nothing new in what's being done today. Anyone with a passing knowledge of history recognizes Fascist 101.
I thought about this quote a lot during the buildup to the Iraq war.
There's always been the same kind of people in the world.I have always wondered how anarchist would deal with pedophile and murder and who would be the enforcement to eliminate the types of behavior mentioned above in my previous comment on undesirable behavior within an anarchist community.
Hence bloody Brexit, too.
In a country where millions of grown men are too scared to go to the grocery store without carrying at least one handgun it's hardly surprising that the USA is led by fear.
100%
I've never been attacked by ice cream or bananas but you never know!
@@rorycallaghan5719 I think that's about the most concise, cogent assessment of the current state of affairs that I've read anywhere. I don't know what to do about that except to take back control of the airways and put back some of the rules around content.
@@ExkupidsMom It is weird. A lot of friends cannot figure out why I don't have my concealed weapon permit in FLA. I tell them I do not need it. I'm asked why and I say look at us, who's gonna f**k with us unless we are at a bar at midnight. We know nothing good happens in bars after dark.
@@railroad7401 Count yourself as one of the lucky.;^}
I love the fact that Beau has literally hundreds of Tshirts just for puns like this one. I think the last count was on 241 shirts. That is comitment.
No, this is “commitment”, lol
@@youthrevisitedagain No, it's "I'm speaking in my third language, on a youtube video, after a long day. So if you want i can say it in perfect spanish, but i don't know weather everyone would undertand my first language, and surely noone will understand the second, catalan"
@@davidmolina125 I learned a little Catalan, years ago, for a visit there.
It was amazingly useless in Argentina, years later.
@@davidmolina125 you put them in their place very nicely. The internet grammar police would do well to remember that not everyone on the internet has English as a first language, also that some disabled people may have trouble with spelling (thanks to dyslexia or having to use speed to text programs or the like).
It’s social media. As long as your point can be understood, it’s good enough. And your English is better than many who do speak it as their only language.
I also wonder if people send him or gift him interesting t shirts. I probably would.
Spielberg's film "1941" was loosely based on this event. It made it seem more "haha" funny than it probably was.
Good bye Holly Wooo.
I remember that movie, I thought it was entertaining but did not know it was based on actual events.
Eddie Deezen on the Ferris wheel. LOL
I’ve always looked at that movie as a spoof on exactly what Beau is talking about. It was making fun of The propaganda the people fell for. That’s just the way I see it.
Hey, lead to smaller radios, right? Can’t be all that bad... obviously, I’m only referring to the movie and not Beau’s message.
An Fear is always backed up by his brother Lies
followed by "They are to blame!"
I remember when social media was just for fun. Then, not so smart people got smart phones.
My grandmother came over as a 17 year old from a devastated Germany and she wasn't put in a cage.. How much things have changed
She was white..makes a big difference
@@julietenning7981 I disagree, they came over from European countries as a planned action and had a sponsor who signed a statement that they were financially responsible for them, they had health checks for TB which was still rampant, and they had a planned place to go once they landed. Cant pull the white card on this one. Most immigrants were disliked by the whites already here even though they were descended from these peoples. They were derogatorily called Micks, Spicks, Pollacks ect. The immigration issue from Mexico is about ILLEGAL entry with no plan, by sneaking in. I'm not calling myself for or against it here, but that's the truth of the issue.
Never truer words were spoken in a movie:
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. -Yoda, The Phantom Menace
Please please write a book Beau, you are a walking encyclopaedia on steroids and have so much to teach us.
That description just made him 100X sexier than before. (Sorry Beau's wife).
I second that request...Absolutely!
@@GrandmaCathy ,Lol. Beau would probably blush hearing you say that!. Smart is sexy.
@@GrandmaCathy : 100x more sexy Beau sounds kinna dangerous to me. lols
@@debi1451 : Yeps, and confidence is king. ^-^
(Please no one mistake cockiness for confidence, they are opposites)
“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” - H. L. Mencken
Sadly true! Some people don't want to think for themselves and be responsible for their decisions. Many people want someone to blame when things go wrong.
You cannot create fear in intrepid minds that are secure in knowledge, understanding and wisdom. You can only stoke the flames of moldering fear that already inhabits the hearts of the ignorant, the gullible, the angry and the insecure.
True.... fear and panic gets you to see things not there
@John Smith Fascism is just Corporatism, which is what we're heading into.
@John Smith You are arguing semantics here. Here is a technical definition of fascism from Britannica with a little context thrown in visa vie Nazi Germany: "Although fascist parties and movements differed significantly from one another, they had many characteristics in common, including extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites, and the desire to create a Volksgemeinschaft (German: “people’s community”), in which individual interests would be subordinated to the good of the nation." Corporatism is what Julia was referring to. While different, corporatism plays very, very nicely with fascism and the two often go hand in hand. Look at Mussolini's Italy. Fascism and corporatism share more ideological points than those that differ, and only the disingenuous or delusional would try and argue that we as a nation are not currently flirting with this ugly reality. Personally, I think we've been walking this road since the late 70s.
Courage is the ability to carry on despite being afraid.
Thank you for discussing and giving a real life example of the consequences of hate and fear
My friends Japanese grandparents, 2nd generation *Americans,* were also forced into an interment camp in L.A.
That camp is now a museum, where you can walk around and visit some of the barracks they were kept in. If you've never been, once the covid circus is over I'd really recommend checking it out. That's a story that too few Americans know, and seeing it from the inside is as fascinating as it is somber and terrible.
Cool history lesson. Always fun to learn. And yeah, those who don’t learn from history something something.
...are condemned to repeat it."
Although Japan did invade the U.S. territory of Alaska in the Aleutians on June 7th, 1942. So not all the invasion fears were baseless, just overblown.
...are cursed to watch other people repeat it.
@@jjdogbutte And were promptly eaten by polar bears.
I always claim that it has been centuries since the U.S. mainland was attacked (1812 ? British troops) - usually when soldiers and vets are lauded for their services to "keep us safe". (the Japanese bombed the U.S. bases in the _colonies_ Philippines and Haiwaii) - As Beau told the story I was for a moment like WHAT ? Japanese airraids in California ?
O.K., No - I have not missed out on a major part of history ;)
The Japanese did fly massive raids on North Australia though. They commemorate that with silent minutes (just when you line up at the cash register in a shop in Darwin all action stops). And the Australians moved the airforce away from the coast and more into the continent because of the experiences of WW2.
I wish they'd stop calling it the "Battle" of Los Angeles since there was no enemy, unless you count our own paranoia.
Is it like the Battle of Bowling Green?
@@LaundryFaerie that's the Bowling Green massacre.
@@vxicepickxv Ah, that's right. I have a tough time keeping my Trump era non-events straight.
@@LaundryFaerie And the War on Christmas
the enemy is us. and Santa.
“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” (Dune--Frank Herbert)
Yes.... this
The sleeper has awakened
@@dasm1764 Bring your stillsuit and crysknife. And whatever you do, don't walk in step with the others.
Check out the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" for how fear can effect people--it was prophetic like so many of those episodes.
I saw that. Neighbors turning on each other.
They turned on the kid first or something like that but that show reminds me of Republicans.
1 of my fave Twilight Zone episodes.
Omg, I just went find a full episode of it and the first comment I read was: _"The corona virus comes to Maple Street."_
Yea, -some people- [republikarens] have no self awareness. lols
I love your voice of reason, your calm "it's just a thought..." and that you don't talk your audience's ears off. Thanks for the sanity!
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Walt Kelly
"All our base are his." Sum Guy, game coder
If people were thinking, they wouldn't be afraid. But how do you "lead that horse" to think?
People don't want to think or at least a lot of them. This is why fear and populism works. Critical thinking requires work. If someone offers a theory or idea that meets cognitive dissonance and hunches well no need to work
The current voter-age Republican is a lost cause. We need to reform our education system to include strong emphasis on critical thinking skills as well as multiple years of civics, not just one.
We can engage the unthinking by continuing to discuss the issues, enquire about their feelings and comforting them so they calm down and can hear reason. This a one to one persona approach to creating change. Oddly you can make new friends this way. 😉👍♥️
I would suggest overhauling the secondary educational system so that it does a better job of producing educated citizens capable of critical thinking.
Ah yes the Battle of Los Angeles, to this day people still think they were secretly trying to shoot down a UFO, of course it was really a bunch of scared young soldiers with itchy trigger fingers
I mean a flight of UFOs makes some sense also almost never mentioned is the fact that Japan was sending bombs connected to balloons back then across the sea was never effective bit thought some people attributed the hesteria to a large group of those balloons. I like the UFO conspiracy the best it fun.
@JBear
This might sound crazy but I almost wrote the same thing verbatim. The only difference in what I was going to say is that most people who have heard of the Battle of Los Angeles did so by way of the UFweirdO community, which is why as an event in US history, the battle is largely written off. Im in San Francisco, I have plenty of friends born and raised in Southern California who have never heard of this taking place.
@@lordtalamargaming6097 There are problems with that theory. One is that the Jet Stream could not have brought them to Los Angeles. As I'm sure you know, the path they would have followed brought them north across the Pacific, and by the time they might have traveled south enough, they would be closer to Eastern Arizona/Western New Mexico.
The other is that it isn't clear when they actually made landfall. Much of this was by the design of the OSS. As Many as 1000 are thought to have been collected, but because the Government knew the only way Japan had to measure their success was via the US news media, almost any record of the bombs have been scrubbed, if they were made at all. The only one that killed anyone, the only ww2 casualty lost on the US Mainland, was killed after the war ended and was a result of mechanical failure.
No. It was a real event with a real fucking ufo. Just like the 1952 D.C. flyover.
@@pulynanyalikibitz1301 been along time on that 1 thx for the refesher like I said I think it was a UFO but I'm a crazy that's seen a few myself...
You can sell anything with fear, from toothpaste to politics, basic advertising 101., and because it works so well it's not ever going away.
"I have seen the enemy...
and he is ME"!
"We all do no end of feeling and mistake it for thinking" -- Mark Twain
The power of propaganda can be good or bad, but most of the time is used for bad by individuals or entities that are self serving. This is why in the US ARMY we have Psychological Operations units, because in war information and use if information is a weapon.
And why discipline is so important. Somebody was getting a little lazy with the briefings. Related to the investigations of military members, and Jan 6th. It was a bit shocking that they hadn’t already gotten in front of it, but maybe that’s because it was the National Guard. Weekend warrior types. I wrote all that to say I agree with your comment. Vet here.
Information is often an effective weapon beyond arenas of warfare, too.
Well said
Beau has the world’s largest T-shirt closet.
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Imelda Marcos : shoes :: Beau : tshirts
@@rickc2102 Hey, the tees are prolly much easier to quickly pack up to flee the country with...
@@timothydoremus4252 Roll, stuff, zip, bug out.
Hey Beau.. Thank You.
Rod Serling taught that lesson (in his own way) of fear and everyone turning on each other. Watch The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
The Twilight Zone: Season 1, Episode 22.
Classic.
As a Northwest native, most of the country has NO CLUE how much the entire west coast prepared for an attack.
"This country is run by fear." You are so right Beau! Great video, thank you!
"Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering."
- Yoda
Nina's song "99 Red Balloons" is another story along this line. Granted a fictional tale. But a far more devastating tale and ending.
Yessss.
Beg your pardon, but it's "Nena". Sorry for being a pedantic a.. .
Yup.
Oh, and I didn't know there was an English version. A lot more flashy than the German original, and a lot more ambivalent about how it ends. The German one is a lot more devastating.
Saw her perform it in England at Mendenhall AFB way, way, way before it became famous. She was the daughter of an officer stationed there.
Arkansas's newly passed "stand your ground" law is a good example of fear mongering.
The "reasonable belief they are being threatened" part is really scary. The seditious insurrectionists of January 6th thought that they had a "reasonable belief".
I'm an Arkansan. In some situations I've seen, when people believe there is a reasonable threat, they act regardless of law. I've seen people who avoided situations not because of law, but because they know it's something stupid. To a certain degree, we already have stand your ground. However, many of us in Arkansas don't want to worry about if we defend our life, that we have two options; jail time or death/injured. I conceal carry but honestly, if I have the ability and the option to walk away from a situation, I will. We may be in the south but the Wild Wild West isn't arriving anytime soon.
Two months later, my Japanese-American father-in-law had his constitutional rights denied and he and his family were forcefully removed from Los Angeles and incarcerated behind barbed wire at the Manzanar WRA camp. This all due to racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and failed governmental leadership. Some TODAY still believe it was okay and should be done again should circumstances arise.
He also likely had all property and assets seized and never returned.
@@harttdm Fortunately, my father-in-law's honest neighbors protected their possessions until released from camp over 3 years later. If you mean "seized" as in taken by the government, there instances of that but it was minimal and limited to items like radios and community action items. Yes, they were not returned. The search process was unconstitutional and a violation of civil rights. But, most of the possessions lost by the American incarcerees were looted by *private citizens* and *private entities* that provided storage promises that ended up being lies as well as property owners/managers who broke previous contracts/agreements.
"There's a fear down here we can't forget,
It hasn't got a name just yet.
Always awake, always around,
Singin' Ashes Ashes All Fall Down."
The Grateful Dead.
Yay Beau!
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We immigrated to this country in 1990 with so much optimism, thinking that if we worked hard, we too could have the American dream. And in 2015-2016 I started to regret that move. It is too late now to move back or go some place else. Sad.
Never heard of this, but it sounded like “The War of the Worlds” incident.
Yes! That's what I was thinking too!
Super scary shit!..
That is a cool story, but it's a myth: www.snopes.com/fact-check/war-of-the-worlds/
The movie "1941" was literally based on the incident he's talking about. Did you ever see that?
www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/
@@Grim_Beard From what that says, it wasn’t a myth so much as an exaggeration. Sounds like some people tuned in late, thought it was about Germany attacking, and the press decided to have fun with it. So I guess the hoax was on the part of a few story writers, not Welles. But I wouldn’t call it a myth.
This was a wonderful post. Clear and important. It's inspired me to be thoughtful and reflective of what I react to with emotions rather than reason. An important discussion indeed.
Sounds very familiar to the tactics used for the immense "success" of religion.
If you believe religion solely uses fear, you know nothing about it.
You are correct. They also use guilt, shame, coercion, and plenty of lies.
So succinct. Thank you. It’s too easy to be lead by our fearful emotions.
I refuse to fear other -- I now fear my own.
"Right everybody, grab your guns, and form a broad circle round Micky"
Marketers have been teaching us to feel instead of to think for 100+ years. It's paid off.
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Nice video teacher beau thanks for sharing your insight enjoy your day
I find it interesting that a country that prides itself on being the tough guy is so easily scared 😳😳
To quote my dear departed Grandmother: "Why ruin a good story with the facts?!"
#1*Ingredient from the Facist Recipe.
This is part of the community building Beau talks about. The one on one work of hear others fear, acknowledging their feelings, and comforting them. Arguing gets us no where, but calm step by step explanation can change hearts and minds. We are hear listening to this fine man because he does this for our own fears. We can in time learn to do this too and be the progenitors of the change we champion. 👍♥️😉
Like your comments, specially when you start with a historical incident that most people are not familiar with and you bring itssignificance up to today
It wasn't in LA but the Japanese did send thousands of balloons with bombs attached to the west coast. I think it was in 42. Only about 300 made it and one family was killed. The military quashed it getting out to people. If I remember right, one made it as far as Michigan.
I am not trying to contradict you Beau, because you are definitely on point about the fear thing! I just like history!
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
What about people with grudges and guns on planes on boats?
@@brucebaker810 Clowns make me nervous, too.
@@thedudegrowsfood284
I used to be a clown.
Balloon twister in a clown suit.
Then changed the suit.
P.S. Boo.
@@thedudegrowsfood284 I'm imagining the Pearl Harbor speech...
"Okay, we were attacked. So we're gonna fight. But don't be scared of death and trenchfoot and 'radiation' (woops) and pain. Nah. The only thing we need to fear...is clowns. Cuz they're creepy. Those fake smiles. Dozen of 'em in that little car.."
"Anyway, we're fighting Japan. Not clowns. So sign up. And Largnak bless America."
@@brucebaker810 Hahahahahahahaaaa!
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Not me I usually run on anger and hatred.
Bouncing back and forth between the Republican'ts party and the DemocRATic party.
They're about as useful as a screen door on a submarine, equally.
Just realized that the movie "1941" was based on this...must watch it again now lol
One of Beau's best efforts, in my opinion. Meaty stuff, no fluff.
Kind of like the NYPD gunning down Amadou Diallo as he showed them his ID: one cop tripped on the steps, his partner saw him fall and screamed "He's shot!" and opened fire.
Then some of their own fire (Diallo was unarmed) inspired the four cops (included the one who started it all by falling on his ass) to "see" the gun firing in Diallo's hand.
They pretty much fired until their magazines ran dry, hitting their victim 19 times (and sending 22 wild shots into the building and traffic).
My family was in Honolulu. My mom and grandma watched the zeros fly in over their house, that was on the beach. My grandma was a nurse, she went to help the soldiers. I have a history that was not told in my schoolbooks...
You should write a book - I’m serious.
Wish I could like this more than once.....
For some reason, I am tempted to go watch 1941...again.
HOLLYYYWOOOD!
“Manufacturing consent” Noam Chomsky “Deterring Democracy” Noam Chomsky.
I thought Beau was going to talk about the other side of the fear mongering too. The people that want to demonize all Republicans as being racists and worse, what Beau says is true, but omits the whole side of tyranny by fear that cancel culture warriors seek to invoke, and the powers that be, use to create more division.
Fear is a choice.
My Mom as a little girl during WW2 remembers everyone being afraid every time a plane flew over. All the little kids were like oh no it’s the Japanese !!!
...... They lived in west Tennessee.
I’m pretty sure the Japanese weren’t coming
They were children scaring themselves with the boogie man of their time
Hindsight is always 20/20 .. I bet your scared of Russians are coming
@@peterthegreat996 oddly enough the USSR didn’t worry me that much was and still is a more general fear that humanity in an act of stupidity we
would nuke ourselves out of existence
More along the lines of Dr Strangelove
It was bound to happen, I am wearing the same shirt LOL
Beau you got some great shirts! 👍
Thank you as always Beau. I have learned so much about politics and history on your channel
It was obviously the Jewish Space Lasor's in 42.
Thanks again Beau.
Damn I wish this were not so true! WTF
The problem with that incident is that there WAS something up there. We just couldn't hit it, no different than the lights over DC which caused Jets to be scrambled, but they couldn't catch up to the lights and there is still something up there.
Great Scott
here's a book suggestion on the topic: Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear by Dan Gardner
Nailed it Beau!!!! 👍
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Rational idea's now there's a thought worth thinking. Bravo to you sir for your rational approach to the problems you talk about.
100% spot on as usual Beau!
Besides your important insights...you have the best t-shirt collection in the world! Not only from a t-shirt artist point of view, but the meanings.
"The only thing to fear is fear itself"
So your fear can be self sustaining?
And bears.
A friend and I were camping in the mountains of North Carolina, we had seen a bear earlier near the camp, when it got dark he was panicking about the bear attacking us, I tried to calm him down to no avail, understand that we were well armed and I knew that the bear didn’t stand a chance except to end up bear steaks, we heard something walking through the leaves and you could tell it was of decent size, he looks out and says it’s a bear and starts unloading on it, as he is doing that I see a deer running away, but he he sure stopped that dead oak tree from getting us. Needless to say I have never let him forget that lol.
Hell, all that bear want's is your picnic basket.
That’s an interesting story. It could have gone another direction. Shooting before seeing what you’re shooting at. Smh. And yes, an excellent example of fear taking control over the rational mind.
Nothing to fear but fear itself.
" Paranoia strikes deep. Into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid."
Buffalo Springfield " For what it's Worth "
Hey!!! That's a song I quoted one time. Don't forget the last line.
"Step out of line, the men come and take you away."
People who are fearful will look for a "parent" to tell them what to do to be okay
Yes, like most evangelicals. They actually like authoritarians like The Lord, and Trump. That's why I prefer to call myself born again. At least that concept has a humane theology.
@@brentmcwilliams4332 you might be interested in the concepts in the Baha'i faith, then
@@guavaberries actually I like the baha'i faith. "Hummingbird don't fly away"
Sounds exactly what Trump mode is...yes, his style. A real leader does not incite fear...that is all he spewed!
To think after FDR signed Executive Order 9066...American Pilots flying over Nazi Concentration camps: "We have a pretty good idea of what those might be." I always wondered what the Japanese thought of this response in L.A. "What the hell are they shooting at?"
The Republicans act like Courage the Cowardly Dog with a gun and that is terrifying.
Favorite Quote: "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." FDR understood that. So do I. I wish others could understand this as well.
I heard about that story several times on Ancient Aliens and other UFO 🛸 shows
On the other hand we are told that the Lord doesn't give a spirit of fear but a spirit of power. If you seek me with all your heart, all your mind and all your spirit, you will find my peace🙏
Spot On, Beau!
I'm reminded of 1941 (the Spielberg movie with the all-star cast)!
@JZ's Best Friend The distant year of 1979...
This video and the discussions, in the comments, about it are one of the best things to get me thinking more clearly in a long time. We need to be spreading more Love. When people feel loved, or just appreciated, they are less fearful. It can start with a smile or helping a neighbor. The little things we can all do. I know it sounds hokey but it may just be the one thing that keeps us from our demise. I know it sounds like fortune cookies 😄, but hey it's better than fear and hate. Anyone out there who needs to hear it---> You are loved, I love you. 💜