A mix of suburbia, capital exploitation, vehicle culture, and an incredibly isolating society where connections with people near by is rare. The death of communities has just accelerated this dramatically.
Yes suburbia is a huge problem for mental health and it exacerbates loneliness in the elderly since they can't walk to their local shops and amenities in which they could make friends.
@@vicgamesvt9682 What can we do about Suburbia? Town and cities used to be structured very differently before the rise of highways and boulevards. Communities used to be much mroe walkable
@@julianbluefeather8491 there's many things that need to be done but here's a list of what I can think of. 1. Allow for mixed use and higher density housing instead of our current low density residential zones. 2. Build lots of alternative forms of transit I'm talking good sidewalks, dedicated protected bike lanes and a strong public transit network. 3. Reduce parking minimums, these minimums are the reason we have large parking lots which make things farther away and less walkable. Ideally this should be done slowly. To retrofit current low density neighborhoods we can build superblocks which you could learn more about on RUclips.
Don’t forget things like hustle culture, celebrity culture, the idolatry of billionaires, and our horrible political culture - modern techno-capitalism truly has alienated the human race unlike anything in our history.
I am reading about Dostoyevsky which puts a lot of the human struggle into perspective. We must remember to plan for when things do get better and take the moral high road whenever possible and not fall into envy with our neighbors.
modern neoliberal techno-capitalism Did you forget any other qualifiers? Are you trying to say that capitalism at some time in the past was better? Or that what is now called liberalism is not liberal? Or maybe that technology has altered the methods and functions of capitalism? The great teacher George Carlin had a wonderful 9 minute bit on how we change language in order to remove the words from the ideas they convey. ruclips.net/video/o25I2fzFGoY/видео.html
Hey editors/moderators, for the last 33ish seconds the audio cuts out. You can tell it happened cause the host doesn't finish saying Gravel Institute, minor thing but just worth pointing out. It was a great video and I appreciate the work gone into it by everyone involved.
That's also why they can embarrass the government to the point they're broken up by said government. Don't believe me? Check out the history of the Black Panthers.
I just graduated college and I feel I've lost my whole community. It is insane to me adult life is supposed to just carry on without the others I've grown close to and with so few places to meet new people
I feel the exact same way, and I graduated 3 years ago. On a brighter note, I joined a capoeira group recently and it’s given me a great sense of community - the strongest sense of community since being surrounded by college friends in undergrad. I can’t recommend something like this (interest groups based on art, music, whatever your personal interest is) enough
Move urban and get involved in community groups. I know, easier said than done, but it's one way Americans can escape the social desolation of suburban sprawl.
@@Kevin-sy3jt I plan on it once I can get my money together. Lived most of my life in suburban area's and hated it. Still I worry about gentrification. I don't wanna come into a cheap neighborhood and take housing from someone local
This is the best video you have made thus far. Brought me to tears. I and so many others feel this exact same way, yearning for community and connection when society wants the opposite.
@@scottandrews947 This insane culture was is made up to distract you from the real problem, economics. Economics are what sets up society, everything is based on it.
@@luis-billperez3179 I'm anti-abortion. I would say that the legalization of abortion is far left socially. Most countries throughout the world are not as radical as some states in the US want to be.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
This really resonates. I've identified a lot of clinical depression and anxiety symptoms that correspond with my physical and mental health for the past few years. But I'm also self-aware. It very much feels like depression and anxiety are rational responses to the world we live in
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
@@MrInternetMan commie copium? You feel attached to a politician, eh? You know that EVERY politician (apart from a VERY, VERY small few) lie. They're honestly all dirtbags, Liberal or Conservative. It's funny how you haven't realized that yet.
Nice well drafted script with a great porn star voice over, but where is the happy answer..? I know, Marianne has written several self-help books, and is reaping the rewards of a multi billion dollar industry praying on the downtrodden....💰ka-ching!💰Predators, wow they got some slick moves...
I grew up with older siblings and one working parent, while the other was a stay at home rent. It created a sense of dread from as early as elementary school, as I saw my parents to struggle with bills,clothing, fixing things around the house. I watched my siblings struggle with bullying, student debt, not being able to find a job, etc. I have never felt that I was ever going to succeed in life, and as my own mental health issues got worse and I was diagnosed with GAD and depression. Which dug me even deeper, I knew with these it was going to make it harder for me to succeed, none of the help was really helping. Now just last year I got diagnosed as being Autistic, and that just dashed all my hopes away. I know it's not a bad thing to be autistic, but to find any sort of help to get a hold of my executive dysfunction is money I don't have. I need a place for myself, for independence but also case I don't like being around people when I work- but there's no way I can afford it on disability. Im going to probably still be at my parents home at 35, probably later, I don't see it changing. None of us can afford to aid each other, and I struggle to gain any footing without support. It's so fucked, I've spent my whole life hating myself and struggling only for it to never end.
Yes, I'm 51 years old and haven't succeeded yet. The difference in my life is that I always had a sense of hope that I will never let go of. It has fended off sadness and despair but I always need something to fill the void whether it be drugs, spirituality, having kids, etc. Hang in there, for people like me will always be open to learning from your experiences and you are loved on a deeper level that you have yet to understand.
@@campbellpaul You’re alive at 51, you’ve accomplished so much, don’t be so hard on yourself and say you haven’t been successful. We’re all successful in our own unique ways, and never let go of that hope
@@thebestben Right on, Ben. I see the philosopher in you. I'm more worried for others, really. I just want them to know that if I can get through things they can themselves.
Marx, in his work Capital, talks specifically about this phenomenon of alienation. While Marx was talking specifically about the the separation of the product and the worker, it was a precursor to the further alienation we feel to the rest of the world. Nothing feels meaningful because at a societal level, there is nothing we produce that feels like its from us. Our hard work doesn't produce anything that we feel connected to, so our natural creative spirit is crushed. This then spreads to everything else in society, which furthers that alienation. Here we are today. a product of capitalism, predicted by Marx many years ago.
I kept waiting for her to get to this, and it feels like this video missed a real opportunity to connect everything she discusses to Marxist analysis and to elaborate on a vision for a better society (one which is ran by the workers).
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
This has nothing to do with capitalism vs. Marxism. This is simply a product of industrialization. Why would someone working in a factory under Communism feel the widgets they made were "from us" than someone working in factory under Capitalism? At least in Capitalism, your destiny is in your own control, where was the whole point of Communism is that it isn't. In capitalism you can get ahead by working harder and smarter. In Communism, no matter what you do you're stuck with the life the state gave you.
@@Dennis-nc3vwyeah that's why neo liberalism free Market no safety net capitalism fails but pure communism fails because there is really no losers but there is also no winners if you talk to people who lived under the soviet union they always mention the upsides as free education no homeless free healthcare everyone job guarantee you could work less and get to enjoy yourself more but the down sides were that everyone has that everyone had the same basic life and no one could really be able to strive to be great or be successful and no one could be able to become something bigger then what the state offered them which was depressing that's why I'm not a socialist but a social democrat everyone can still have the basic necessities of living a good life and not struggling while also people can strive to become something bigger and be successful and innovative
Everyone is so miserable in their own way, that we begin to think that gives us no right to complain or vent since we’re all struggling. We’re conditioned to view it as an individual problem, and not a national problem.
We do have the right to complain, that's the whole point. In multiple ways, our lives and futures are stolen from us and there is no option to refuse. Comply or die. What does that sound like to you? The difference between suicide and murder is simply whether these feelings are internalized or externalized. We are social animals. That is literally how we survived and evolved. Removing social interaction has all kinds of negative effects, from illness, to insanity, to death.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Absolutely not. I know I'm responsible for my own decisions, good or bad, and I must live with the consequences. If I fed off of human suffering, I'd praise the government.
@@bartdoo5757 Right, because corporations never cause anyone to suffer. /s Sorry, but you're nothing more than myopic, that's the only word that can be used to describe you.
Ngl, the only reason I'm still breathing is because of my son. He was an absolute surprise, and sometimes I feel guilty AF for bringing him into the world and giving these monsters another cog in their machine, but I love him with every fiber of my being and I refuse to leave him alone to face thus fucked up world by himself.
I feel even more guilty because I planned mine. I want to be here to help the two of them face all of this; but I don't have anything to offer, as I'm barely making it myself
People should not be any means feel like they ought to be having kids because there's already too many of us, but anyone that does have kids, or wants kids... that is one of our deepest biological drives, and I see nothing wrong with fulfilling it.
@@flash_flood_area oh yeah, I have just ever so briefly thought about how my little bro has kids, and what insanity they're sure to see in their lives... I mean, stuff might get really wild while I'm still kicking around, but I think kids will definitely live to see a lot of what we have now fall apart. I mean, it's all guesswork... But even talking about climate change. I have lived in central NYS for 20 years now, and every winter, the snow would accumulate until spring - it never melted between snows, because the temp consistently remained under freezing, or at least never drifted above that long enough for snow to melt. Now, the past few years, all the snow melts in between every snow, the way it does In like, NYC, 3 hours to the south of here. It doesn't sound huge, but for the climate of this area to just straight up change, from everything always being one way, to just everything now some other way, for that to happen so quickly, is very concerning. And any strain put on the system by that is bound to ripple through everything else... who knows what the future holds. Our way of life is almost over with though, I don't suspect there is any averting that. That said, I wouldn't feel bad about bringing kids into the world. They'll have a life and a chance at happiness, which is all anyone ever has. Shit, they might even see times that are somehow better than the majority of people's lives in this era, not in terms of abundance and accessibility of consumer electronics and shit, but in a return to something closer to the kind of life we were meant to have. Of course, I don't suspect the world can sustain anywhere near the amount of people that exist today without the entire system that we have built, so if and when everything does fall apart, famine times are all but assured. Warfare. Who knows, I mean, I am just spitballing, I don't really know. Nothing is ever assured though, and it's better to live, than to not live. Wouldn't feel bad.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
It's that smooth well drafted script with a great porn star voice over, but where is the happy answer..? I know, Marianne has written several self-help books, and is reaping the rewards of a multi billion dollar industry praying on the downtrodden....💰ka-ching!💰Predators, wow they got some good skill sets and slick moves...
@@BradHominem no, she does not think you can pray AIDS away. There’s a lot of strange lies that get told about her & I think it’s because what she says is in direct opposition to the status quo. I’m a staunch atheist and have never heard her say something that I did not agree with. She doesn’t preach god, she preaches love. I hope you can listen to the content of her message and not get tripped up on outsider information.
@@sammydotorg Denying the efficacy of pharmaceuticals is demonstrative of new age garbage overlapping with fascism and other anti-science beliefs. And - yes - she did say AIDS can be defeated by prayer/meditation (same rubbish).
Yes, isn't it great to have someone to fill you with rage, bitterness, despair, anger, and envy based on falsehoods? If you want to see just show factophobic she is look up something like "average American hours worked per week 1950" in the search engine of your choice. There is mountains of research showing work hours have been decreasing, not increasing, over the past century.
This is one of the most on-point videos I've ever seen in my life. It's sentence-after-sentence of truths that many people either can't see or don't want to see. If Marianne Williamson runs for any office in the future, I'll 100% volunteer. More people need to hear her voice, and she's one of the few public figures out there who seems to truly have society's best interests in mind.
I appreciate Marianne Williamson discussing issues like Anxiety, Depression, & Sucide especially because she's offering detailed ideas of how to Treat these problems & why they manifest in the first place.
My mother didnt have parents and I think because of that, didn't see much wrong with the horrible man she married in our early teens, driving us out of the house the moment we finished high school. We lived in an area where work could never possibly pay enough for an 18-year-old to simply survive, so out of pure necessity, I had a handful of criminal schemes I replied upon to actually earn enough to keep a roof over my head. Selling drugs, paying other young people who worked in retail to steal a LOT from their jobs, sell to me at low prices, then I re-sold it online. All I wanted was the bare minimum, a roof over my head, food, clothing. It is insane that that is far too much to expect from full-time employment alone. Richest country of all time and existing is probably harder here, now than it was when we were living in caves, for people who are forced to pull their own weight.
Grew up in an oil boom area which encouraged dropping out to go work on the fields and make 6 figures when times were good. People look down on O&G but it gives opportunity for those with nothing to make good money.
In the hour before I saw this video I had a conversation with a store clerk where he told me he was lonely and I said that he's not alone in his loneliness and that it's a societal problem. This is so sad. If so many people are lonely, how is it that we can't meet each other and work on not being lonely?
i suspect, most people are working all the time, constantly in social situations, but these interactions are entirely inauthentic. i'm disabled, i feel actually very lucky to be so. i literally wouldn't change it... i would when i was younger, but not now. i walk around with my heart open, and i love people. i have the privilege of being able to be remote and aloof. it is very easy to love people from a distance, and when i'm only subject to them on my own terms. most don't get this chance, they're forced into constant superficial, inauthentic interactions, leaving their social batteries perpetually drained, while also leaving them feeling completely alone, without any authentic, satisfying interactions. strugglers, wraiths, many living in some Hell. i know like, i went to the hospital for an acute stomach issue maybe a year back, and it was jarring to speak to the nurse or aide i interacted with there... she was entirely turned off, she wasn't a human being standing before me, but a dead-eyed automaton. i was in the worst pain of my life and it was palpable that she didn't care at all, was just barely even hearing anything i was saying... these hospital workers are just spread SO thin that they can't afford to have ANY emotional investment in anything they do, they don't have any spare moments to be pleasant, and the forces at work on them would just make it too painful to actually show up as a real human and actually feel things etc... so they turn all of that off. a product of capitalism, our late-stage capitalism, at this time. a unique and very unnatural way of being. a wrong way of being, entirely wrong. general spirituality, loving people, feeling a part of something bigger (even if it's just humanity itself, maybe even that's the ideal, but a truly good affinity group surely can't hurt), i think these things must be the path out. living as modestly as you can, on as little as you can, so you have the freedom to actually be a human being from time to time, rather than constantly hacking just to earn the perks that you've become too high-strung and sick to ever enjoy anyway these are just my thoughts, and im not anybody. but all i can say is, i don't feel the things expressed in this video. i love everyone, i feel connected, i know that im happier than, pretty much everybody i cross paths with. so much of it really just is the unique circumstance i find myself in and the chances that affords... and being generally secure, like, i have little, but my basics feel like they'll always be available to me... and i mean, middle age and some psychedelic use, at some point i realized that i wanted to die some day, and accepting that and losing the delusion and anxiety about that, made me much calmer generally trying to just open your heart and feel love works surprisingly well, and you'd be surprised how much people appreciate it like, women especially, they love it when they feel actually seen by a kind person. and then that feels good, to feel that appreciation. again this is just how i feel but, i think that Delta 8 THC can help quite a bit with this... you can get it cheap if u search around online and just microdose it, a couple mgs at a time, opens your heart right up without getting you actually high high, you stay in control, minimal anxiety if any at all... its nice anyway sorry im rambling so much
There's no reason anyone can't study and improve their abilities to get a better job. Barring extreme circumstances, there is literally nothing stopping you from improving yourself. I refuse to believe that "capitalism" has prevented people from learning new skills. The internet exists. Anything and everything can be studied in depth. If you're not using the single greatest archive of human intellect and experience for the better, then maybe you're the problem?
What people have to realize is that we're incredibly lonely largely due to car centric urban planning, and how not only does it physically separate people into bubbles and makes things further apart, but makes things like cost of living rise, as you have to also throw in car costs, such as maintenance, the vehicle itself, etc. Please invite Climate Town to Gravel Institute 🙏
Uh huh. I guess that's why I used to have a ton of friends and went to parties in my CAR CENTRIC URBAN city back in the 90's. Because it was impossible. Give me a break.
This is why I believe that self enrichment and the enrichment of all the people of the World should be the guiding force of our society. Because all the acquisition of wealth does is erode our Humanity. There is no point in a promotion, or a pay raise if you cannot spend any time with those you care about. What really matters is family and the Human community. Something that capitalism is destroying every day.
Self enrichment and enrichment of society? That's just religion under a different name. But many secular people are afraid of religion, because they love sexual sin. Mental health is not an issue for Shia Muslims, who have the mosque and the culture of Hussain and the other 11 Imams. Even Sunnis have happiness in community. Secular people seek wealth in this life because they don't believe that they have a second chance to have all the fun they missed out on in this life. That is why they put material over ethics.
@@موسى_7 I'm pretty sure this is more of an American problem than religion. some don't even have time to do no more than pray at night, nevermind socialize in person, because most of the day is work, then household duties, food (unless it's something simple not counting more than 2 people in the house), by this time you usually wash yourself and go on to get some sleep for the work day next. The problem is definitely enrichment whether personally or socially (regardless of it being a sexual nature). American life is mostly work until you grow old and hope your body isn't broken so badly that you can take that trip you wanted or do some other activity you've wanted to achieve. Now people are starting to notice just how bad a deal that is.
From some basic research I have done and the centuries old fight over religion, I’d rather trust 2 million years of primal emotional human instinct that even modern science is beginning to prove then 5 to 6,000 years of modern human civilization let alone 2,000 years of Christianity.
Religiosity, or the lack there-of, is not the problem here. the problem is that the working class of Americans are wholly consumed by their labor. Long hours, bad pay, and stolen wages (Unpaid overtime, paying under minimum wage, cooking the books, among other methods) lead to a situation where you can't plan for anything because you're always on the razor's edge of financial disaster, you have no time for church (or your faith's equivalence to such), no time for yourself, no time for others. No time to do anything except eat insubstantial fast food and try to get a few hours sleep before your next 14 hour Double-Shift. This is why the 40-hour work week was created by Henry Ford in the late 1920s: If you don't have time for anything other than work, it doesn't matter how much you're paid because you'll never have the time or energy to spend that money on anything other than what gets you to work the following day. and this culture of constant work creates burnt out workers that are less productive. A lesson sadly forgotten by the Employers of today. How can you be expected to spend time with friends and loved ones when you have a schedule that changes whenever your boss coughs? How can you expect to go to your weekly Sermon (or your faith's equivilence) when your boss keeps calling you at the last minute to fill in for shifts you told were not available when you got the job, then being threatened with losing your only source of income for expecting any sort of autonomy outside the work place? How can you keep fit and healthy when your pay is so meager and your time so thoroughly consumed that Fruits, Vegetables, and meats are considered an unaffordable luxury that require time you simply don't have to prepare?
@@موسى_7"sexual sin." Wow I wonder what that's a dog whistle for 🤔 Forcing social conservative values on others who don't consent to it is a form of oppression and doesn't belong in leftism
In my group of friends, we have been getting drinks every Wednesday night for the last decade. Some people leave, some join, some show up once, argue for a night and then never come back 😂. We’ve celebrated births and mourned deaths together and we’ve grown and changed and we’re better for it. There is literally no better advice I can give to anyone than to meet face to face with people regularly. Start with even one person you know, make it a routine, and invite more people.
Easier said than done, my friends are miles if not hundreds of miles apart. Hanging out is a deliberate planned event with myriad externalities that can get in the way of the meet up even happening.
@@gemain609 It’s not easy to START but if you make it a routine, it doesn’t have to be as deliberate and no one is reliant on one person scheduling the thing.
I remember working with people and after the shift was done we all would hang out at a gas station for awhile eating chips and drinking soda. Once we were a little late getting there and the workers unlocked the door to let us all come in and get our snacks. That was a sense of connection there. People just don't do it anymore
I live in Pasadena, CA (same address) for 18 years... and I know almost none of my neighbors. I've talked to a few times to my neighbor on the left, shared with him my moonshine... but that is about it. I feel so isolated, yet I live in a "Historic District" in Pasadena, and my house is 101 years old. F@cking scary at times.
Years ago came to this video when it was first published. It pushed me to create my own community, to know my barber, my neighbour, to get new hobbies. I am thankful. That's all I can say...
I could listen to this voice for days. As someone who is depressed and feeling extremelly detached and lonely, thank you for covering this subject. With love from Sweden.
It's spreading in Europe, because Europe is still busy running after his big bully bro USA, who has got a grip on it since (maybe at least?) the 2nd world war and has got the EU in a choke-hold.
THANK YOU. Thank you for bringing this up. Stuff that Gravel brings up is far from relevant only in America - what applies there, applies to so many places. I've seen it happen in the UK, I've seen it happen in Poland, and that's coming from a 16 year old. Thank you for bringing this up.
I have a few mental health issues that make it hard for me to communicate and make connections. It's been a struggle for me, and will continue to be for the rest of my life. I'm 40 disabled and live a deeply isolated life. I have no psychical disabilities though, I just need far more emotional and social support than others. Support that would likely be there in a more community driven society where people look out for each other. Instead the most I'm offered is medication, medication that isn't targeted at my mental illness, but at depression. A depression that comes from a poor environment, a lack of options, and a lack of support in the face of struggling with mental illness in modern society. I don't want to medicate this one symptom of all the problems in my life, I want actual help.
Expressive therapy. Journaling, drawing, creativity. Prayer. I agree when Marianne said we need more human connections. I am sure someone in your area also craves connection. Praying your paths will cross.
As someone on the autism spectrum, I've struggled with getting jobs, so what I do for a living is make art and write fiction and sell those online. In all honesty, it wouldn't be such a bad gig if more people bought my work. But they don't, so instead of being able to afford my own place, I have to live with my parents in a dull exurban town with little in the way of public transportation. In some ways, I'm privileged due to coming from an upper-middle-class Anglo-American family, but I still feel like my life is not where I want it to be, and I can't help but feel I embody the stereotype of the neck-bearded autistic man-child who still lives with their parents and can't get laid (I've never had any luck in getting a girlfriend, either). I feel a lot of shame and self-loathing right now.
That sucks dude. I'm sorry your feeling that way right now. The only advice I can give is be true to yourself, and try to embody the kind of person you want to be. I hated myself for a long time, but one day realized that everyday you choose who you want to be. Most of us just get pigeonholed back into being the same person by ourselves and all our loved ones who expect it of us, and by our similar surroundings. But if you can learn to stop expecting it of yourself and choose to be the way you want to be instead you can really shape your destiny in a way that stereotypes surrounding those with autism etc. can no longer keep you boxed in. Side note : I highly reccomend reading the stormlight archive as it is amazing for overcoming feelings like this. The audiobooks very good too
Solidarity comrade, and don’t feel bad about your current situation in life, your work IS valuable. Multi-generational households have also existed for tens of thousands of years, there’s no shame in that! Would you care to link some of your work that we could take a look at and purchase?
Hey man, the fact you're online actually selling things makes you better than me. I'm also on the spectrum, but barely. Idk how long you've known, but for me it wasn't even three years ago I learned, and this was after it shattered my life. I'm so gifted and have so many abilities, but I almost think that I killed off a lot of autistic potential by making the choice at a young age to invest in my mimicry abilities, due to being so high-functioning, to 'become' 'normal'... I feel like this killed off a lot of possibilities, I restrained my autistic abilities in order to act like others. Maybe I'd be Sheldon if I didn't do that? I doubt it. My story is similar to yours, but I don't live with my parents yet am effectively supported by them; my dad owns his own business and basically gave me a fake job and pays a real salary for me to stuff mail and learn insurance and finance licenses he doesn't train me to use (the finance part is underway and he actually will train me in that). It's not my life. I found out later that my autistic obsession isn't just in culture and geography and history, which I always knew, but in languages as well. I taught myself Portuguese from Spanish and have dabbled in just about all the others out there we have resources for. The US is not Germany where they channel you into the right fields and help you actually use your skills, however. LinkedIn and everything else is a cobweb of bullshit to me, none of the jobs make any sense let alone apply to me. I do other jobs like DoorDash and Instacart so I can at least make my own, true, money and progress beyond basically a fixed wage, but I'm far from breaking away entirely and figuring out how to use my abilities, and there are far more than what I mentioned, including yours which is art and writing. The difference is, having finally gotten therapy after the nightmarish college years, I finally learned what asking out actually means (though I still don't think guys should ask girls out, at least to the traditionalist/conservative degree our culture has gone back to doing it) and I have gotten romantic experiences, but they were just weird. I am 26, approaching 27, and have finally 'fooled around' with a girl, so have made out twice, the first girl I was into, the second not at all. That shut me down from dating attempts, it's just weird and gross and doesn't really provide any outcome. Only when I was much younger did I have access to people I was actually 'into,' now everyone is just kind of meh. I won't be able to date in this phase of my life, I'm saying, I will have to ultimately break away, move where I want to move, be in the sort of life I want to live, and meet someone like-minded. The dating world is tough even for neurotypicals, my friend. Don't get hung up on the virginity thing, almost everyone I've talked to wished they could be like me and not have rushed in. Most haven't had sex with more than like 2-4 people anyway. At our age, there's no need to anyway. I don't even really use the term 'virgin' anymore because it doesn't really matter, it's just way more complicated than that. The last girl I dated lost hers at 24 but it sucked. This seems to be a theme with girls and guys alike. They don't care that you are a virgin... they don't care that you are autistic. Seriously. People are way more mature than we realize when we actually get to know them and vice-versa. It's actually pretty incredible how tolerant people are, I have found, but this doesn't mean they fully understand.
Capitalism in general socializes costs. Both conservatives and liberals (the two dominant capitalist political groups in the US) try to turn social problems into matters of "personal responsibility." Maybe the root cause is capitalism.
Capitalism turns what is literally inhumane into a virtue. The greatest rewards are given to those with the least humanity, and those inhuman behaviors they exhibit are held up as ideals that we should all aspire to. Capitalism is about far more and much worse than money.
@@bartdoo5757 Yes . It is an exponential economic system on a finite planet which flies in the face of basic logic and maths. For the past 300 years capitalism has had a RECESSION every four to seven years and a DEPRESSION every 80 years or so! It is a highly unstable and wasteful system .
That's probably because you're an anxious person and not with people you're fully comfortable with at . It's infinitely better to be with 1 or 2 real friends than a bunch of people you barely know
A very insightful video. Sometimes I feel like I want to break that current mold and talk with people I come across in life but end up holding back because of how the climate has become with keeping with ourselves these days, I worry about being a bother to them when for all we know, perhaps that person as well is looking for someone they can to talk with too. I hope I can find the courage to break that mold and help do my part to build some sense of community in my area. Thank you for the content!
You hit the nail on the head. I would contribute to your campaign simply because you are a very important voice that needs to be heard. Thank you for telling the truth of the reality for most Americans.
So glad y'all covered this topic, mental health is so important. Edit: Would’ve loved to see a portion in the video talking about Marx’s Theory of Alienation
I grew up in civil war, as part of the minority; I’ve seen death, poverty and a desperation so strong it could make ye cry but our community is what kept us safe for better or worse. When we immigrated to the US I was excited, I believed the stories everyone did, but when we arrived there was still poverty, still desperation as well as death no explosions though; that was fine at least it wasn’t as bad as back home(The death I mean) but the loss of our community was all encompassing and overwhelming.
@@zodiacdana "own" < that's the problem because it's that mentality that destroyed many communities. You have your "own life" because you don't need other people telling you what to do, you're your own boss and that's all you need. ^ that's precisely why hyper individualism is 100% wrong
@@zodiacdana well ye enjoy your community of Coca-Cola and Nike advertisements lool, ya don’t even provide all your citizens medical care, maybe they should pull themselves up by their bedside table straps lmao; accountin for people living paycheck to paycheck over 40% of the population lives in poverty or below it in the wealthiest country history has ever known. Don’t worry about my life lad, I entered this country illegally now I am a citizen in three countries including here, i’ve traveled the world as well as have a successful law practice; happily married with two kids and as of three years ago a grandchild I only wish there was a stronger sense of community in this country for them to enjoy. How about ya mate how ye doing?
Thought provoking. Videos like this get Americans to start contemplating why they are upset. It's not immigrants who are too blame, the radicals, or the government--the government is governed by the same antagonist. It's that question Marianne highlights and we should all take much more seriously: what kind of world do we want to live in? 🤔
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
_"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family relationship its sentimental veil and has reduced it to a mere money relationship."_ _"What, then, constitutes the alienation of labor?_ _First, the fact that labor is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his intrinsic nature; that in his work, therefore, he does not affirm himself but denies himself, does not feel content but unhappy, does not develop freely his physical and mental energy but mortifies his body and ruins his mind. The worker therefore only feels himself outside his work, and in his work feels outside himself. He feels at home when he is not working, and when he is working he does not feel at home. His labor is therefore not voluntary, but coerced; it is forced labor. It is therefore not the satisfaction of a need; it is merely a means to satisfy needs external to it. Its alien character emerges clearly in the fact that as soon as no physical or other compulsion exists, labor is shunned like the plague. External labor, labor in which man alienates himself, is a labor of self-sacrifice, of mortification. Lastly, the external character of labor for the worker appears in the fact that it is not his own, but someone else’s, that it does not belong to him, that in it he belongs, not to himself, but to another. Just as in religion the spontaneous activity of the human imagination, of the human brain and the human heart, operates on the individual independently of him - that is, operates as an alien, divine or diabolical activity - so is the worker’s activity not his spontaneous activity. It belongs to another; it is the loss of his self._ _As a result, therefore, man (the worker) only feels himself freely active in his animal functions - eating, drinking, procreating, or at most in his dwelling and in dressing-up, etc.; and in his human functions he no longer feels himself to be anything but an animal. What is animal becomes human and what is human becomes animal."_ - some guy
I can't believe that a while ago, when Marianne was running for president, I thought she was crazy, a "wacko". But now I can see she's one of the most spiritual and thoughtful people in the world, it's just that a (stupid) debate format can't capture her genius.
I just want a public place where you can just like....meet people without spending any money. Organize some community events or something. Everything costs money, you have to drive there...etc. It's almost fucking impossible to meet people now, and the area I live in has such high income equality I don't relate to lots of the people living here now because I grew up poor...
Maybe, if everyone in your neighborhood is in a different economic class, and you don't connect with them, try volunteering with a group that assists the poor?
@@nohbuddy1 where my sister lives, it's too dangerous to get to the park and she lives there alone in a different state. Lives somewhere with a high crime rate, I wish she could just come home already. She fucking hates it there.
Until two years ago, I and my brother lived with our parents. At first, it wasn't too bad. It served well when me and my brother went to the nearby university, saving us thousands on room and board, and there were some local jobs we could get. My brother went into law enforcement while I went into science, and for about a year or so, we were living our dreams, at least as far as jobs went. Whenever something around the house needed to be done, particularly anything that needed outside components to complete, I tended to be in the best position to deal with it. Frankly, it was not bad at all. It did not take long before the wool over our eyes started getting lifted though, and we started seeing our jobs for what they really were. Granted, in my case, it could largely be chalked up to having nothing but @$$holes for bosses, but then again, that was hardly unique for me. My job then was with a lyophilization (freeze-drying) firm, and I was the most involved with the operations there - I was the one whose work kept the place afloat. After nearly five years there, two of which were filled with abuse, I got targeted, fired, and blacklisted under false pretenses. Sure, when they did that to me, it nearly tanked the firm (it would be finished by a massive lawsuit by someone else, the one friend I had made there), but it still hurt when it happened. From there, I spent two years with Amazon, which were more indirect with the abuse but still just as abusive, if not more so. After that, I finally got what seemed like a fantasy job in the sciences with good pay and benefits - thanks to it being a government job - and colleagues I could get along with and hold smart and dumb conversations in and out of work, and life looked like it was going to be better...until the Republican state government slashed the budget and got me laid off. From then on until two years ago, I was just bitter. As for my brother, it did not take long before he became disillusioned with law enforcement. No, he never engaged in anything scandalous - if anything, he was one of the very few who tried to fight it, only to get the full force of the corruption, at least the full force short of...shall we say, "physical disciplining." Eventually, he got out before the corruption could actually claim him, but it left him jaded to everything about America and its supposed riches (and he developed a near-fanatical hatred of suburbs after his time). He went back to school and became an engineer, only to have his first engineering job be just as abusive as at Amazon (it was with Caterpillar), and his current job, while not fully requiring engineering is more tolerable...but only comparatively so. We both saw all of these things going on, all of these efforts to isolate and abuse us, the people. We had our few friends that we saw fairly regularly, which certainly helped, but we all could see and feel the squeezing. We have engaged in a couple of these isolating efforts, namely video games, but we otherwise tried to stay offline. At the very least, we all adamantly avoided drugs, especially antidepressants and alcohol (we have nothing against alcohol, but it does not help in these circumstances), and we never tried social media beyond YT (we knew we would hate Twitter and FB). Perhaps strangely, it was going to gun ranges that helped us stay together and somewhat safely vent, though we would only use circle targets and never silhouette targets - when you are pissed, it is best to not have even the vague-est reminder of what (or more accurately, who) is pissing you off. Now, a few of us are trying something new, attempting to set up an emergency escape plan for us in case the US _really_ goes to sh^t - I mean, even more than it already has (f^^^ you, GQP) - and I have been leading the way. It is somewhat terrifying to me, as I have some anti-social tendencies (or I guess my experiences taught me to have, as George Carlin put it, a very low tolerance for other people's stupid BS), but what I have also been experiencing has been giving me...oh, what is that word - oh yeah, hope. It is still fledgling, and there is still a lot that must be done for us to have a solid plan, but I can say that we are making progress. It may only be for the very small group that is us, but sometimes, you have to start small, and hopefully from there, you can build and grow to encompass a whole lot more.
Is there a difference? Both idolize the culture of the 1950s US without mentioning its ubiquitous wife-beating, segregation, and laws against queer people. Neither acknowledges the unprecedented achievements since then protecting the rights of minority groups.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
This is a twist from the usual videos, both in subject matter and depth. But it still hits close to the purpose of this channel! And it has great production value.
@@07Flash11MRC more and more people are as capitalism reaches such inhumanity that it’s blatantly impossible to ignore or explain away. My concern is that I wish it happened before things got this bad. The subject of this video isn’t even anywhere near the worst way capitalism is messing things up.
As someone who writes and sells fiction that hopes to change the world, I feel worried about the future. Luckily, this comment section brightens my day. Thank you peeps.
I live in Canada about 1000 km from the 'woke and wonderful' Vancouver lower East Side Hastings Street. Where addicts seek out the most Lethal supply in search of a guaranteed high. It is absolutely the system that drives people to such despair. Agree 100% with everything spoken.
I watched a great interview by Chris Hedges with a guy who had written a book about the fashion for mindfulness training.I suddenly realised that all those guided meditation videos etc were effectively just another industry with more coping mechanisms for a completely broken system. We don't need mindfulness training. We need genuine solutions to the crises are a dealing with. Otherwise we will just turn into a bunch of drones who "mindfully" sit by and watch as our society and environment collapse around us.
Listening to men instead of disparaging their opinions is a start. Unfortunately, most people in the comments here will laugh at that suggestion (even though it will be our salvation).
“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.” ― Capt. Jean-Luc Picard "The real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development" ― Albert Einstein We must manifest these ideas into a new societal system. A system for humans to be the best we can be for each other.
Because crowd funding is far less effective than mega donors, which PragerU has. The Gravel Institute's tax exempt status as a 501(c)4 nonprofit was also revoked by the IRS which is pretty ironic considering that it advocated for more taxes.
@@89AwwwWhich is INSANE considering PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and has advocated genocide, supported political candidates, and supported theocratic reforms.
They made a video about Ukraine which was so bad, that it tarnished the channels reputation so much, that it was never able to recover, so eventually, they just gave up making more videos and abandoned the channel.
Great video! Really coming down to the core of so many of our troubles. You should do a part two where you go through different solutions! What we need is to find, debate, unite and grow solutions to this huge issue.
Isolation is a natural consequence of economic and social ramifications of neoliberalism. We dedicate ourselves to work, achievement and still don’t get where we think we need to be. Nihilism leads us to feeling so sad
This is one of the most important videos published by this channel and it needs far more circulation. This is a symptom and a cause of all the underlying problems caused by those in power and awareness of it is the first step.
I *just* starting turning my life around, and this system needs to be completely overhauled. We all need to spread the word around politicians and unions and other groups that represent US and OUR needs. And put more strength behind MORE public demonstrations, protests, and rallies. Get more active in the political system, and start forming parties FOR us BY us.
So sad and so true! One of the best videos i have seen so far! I agree 100% with everything she said! I am focusing in my life and i am taking off the foot of the accelerator and pursuit a much more meaningful life and people think i am Crazy. All the care is money and not quality of life! Since i made the decision to live a better and meaningful life i have been the happiest person! I don't have lots of money, but i am super happy and blessed! I thank God for lil things that people take for granted, i look life in a different prospective! I learned to appreciate lil and simple things! We don't need much to be happy! Thanks for the video! I will share with many people! Love ❤
As a 60+ yo person who has been suicidal on and off since I was 13yo, this was depressing, and I watched it at the end of a depressing week. I'm not sure if I heard any possible solutions in this video. My plan is suicide before I have to go to a nursing home. I see no point in using resources that way, nor in allowing myself to be abused that way. I don't really use social media, but I went on Nextdoor this week, because somebody cut all the flowers in my garden in the middle of the night (neighbor sent me a picture from their security camera), and I stated that "I hate selfish people". That got me a 3 day ban. No actual swear words, just the word "hate". So I am feeling more cut off from the world than ever. My daughter moved 3500 miles away this week, and neither of us has the finances to make trips to visit, so I will probably never see her again. I think I regret watching this video.
Every day I work harder and harder just to keep what little I have. More and more of my time is required to afford the basic necessities. The social institutions we once enjoyed are all bought out and turned into profit turning private enterprise. I finally realized…there’s no grinding my way out of this. No way to beat this on my own. Only building new modes of acting together can we take back freedom and a sense of connection that’ve been taken by the owner class.
Beautifully done! Marianne should run for president. The linkage between she can make between the systemic and more individual spiritual issues is something that is felt by many people across the world, but only she and few others can express.
I feel sad, issolated and lonely. Thesedays are uneventful.. But i live in Japan alone, during 2 years of the pandemic and used to live in Korea for 3 years prior. My strenght of heart comes from my views about life and always having true friends a phone call away. That and being a Jodo Shu Buddhist.
One thing I thought should be mentioned is that our urban fabric reflects that change and enforces it, the lack of walkability, car centric planning, destruction of public transportation, etc It makes us more isolated which adds to the marketization of our society
It should also be mentioned WHY people started avoiding their peers, avoiding human contact. It's because the capitalist mindset and paradigm have made it so we regard our peers as rivals, in a competition over (artificially) scarce resources. Of course one is reluctant to spend time and build community with who they see as adversaries.
She briefly touched on it in the video, when she mentioned “zero sum” thinking. It’s a big part of the problem. We see everyone as competing for a limited amount of “good stuff”, no matter how much “good stuff” we already have. So we become suspicious and wary of others. Even our “friends” become a silent measure of our own worth depending on whether they have more or less than we do.
Everyone please, make an effort to greet your neighbors. I did this, some of them thought it was strange but if I'm going to live around these people for 30 years then I want to know them as human beings
I can relate with this. As an elder millennial, I know my neighbors but have no close relationships aside from my wife and immediate family. My co-workers are the closest people I have to being friends but they live over an hour away. Now that we are working remotely our interactions are all online with rare, in-person meetings for events. The sports I have gotten involved with have a pretty conservative core and I struggle to connect with people there outside of the activity. It's very different than it was in the 80s and 90s when I was growing up. We struggle with getting our elementary school aged daughter involved in activities and connecting with people her age in-person.
Imagine being in your 20s during all this. There is literally nothing to do because everything is so comically expensive. Some of my friends straight up don't hang out or go out period because they can't afford to do anything but pay rent. It's hard to get someone my age to do anything when anything is a 30+ minute drive in suburbia. We tried all afternoon to find something to do. A bowling alley we went to wanted to charge $57 a person per hour! What the hell? And it was packed! So many of these idiots visibly have no idea what the problem is or they don't care. I'm just watching our society crash itself into the sun. It's bleak and miserable and just generally awful. Handfuls of my friends have just checked out, not working at all with no plans for their lives than staying at their parents until they are no longer tolerated. I fear that they will join the growing list of people I know who have taken their lives. It has to stop somehow or there will be nothing left
@@nousername2942 not in my 20s anymore but I turned 30 last year and this is absolutely true. Moving to a city might help but cities are so god damn expensive it’s not feasible. I live in some shitty small town, one of those places with a “hIsToRiCaL DoWn ToWn” that is so common here in the US. Nothing but bars, churches, and antique shops. It’s pretty fucking garbage when in such places one of the only ways to meet people is to go to a fucking bar to pay for drinks that many can barely afford anymore. Bars also just aren’t my scene. Everything fun to do is far away and car costs (gas, maintenance, car payments, the car itself, etc.) are so fucking high they can effect one’s standard of living. Public transportation is also virtually nonexistent here in the US too so one can’t even use that. If I want to visit a friend or relative that lives multiple states away it’s ridiculously expensive. This shit is ridiculous and this isn’t even close to the worst ways capitalism is negatively impacting both society and humanity in general.
I started noticing this as a child and it's only gotten progressively worse over the decades. I've said it my whole life, and everyone thought I was stupid and/or mentally ill for taking about it.
No one cares. And based on my experience, no one ever has. Everyone says they do, but then they act and behave in a way that contradicts their words. All their words become meaningless when you start to pay attention to their actions. No one helps when you need it. No one calls or visits. They only pay attention if you act out and don't show any interest in your interests. They only come around when they need something from you. And when you question them about their behavior, they gaslight you and promise that it's only in your imagination and that they really do care.
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A mix of suburbia, capital exploitation, vehicle culture, and an incredibly isolating society where connections with people near by is rare. The death of communities has just accelerated this dramatically.
Also internet iphones.
@@wilforddraper1894 The IPhones would be fine if we weren't already being totally atomized.
Yes suburbia is a huge problem for mental health and it exacerbates loneliness in the elderly since they can't walk to their local shops and amenities in which they could make friends.
@@vicgamesvt9682 What can we do about Suburbia? Town and cities used to be structured very differently before the rise of highways and boulevards. Communities used to be much mroe walkable
@@julianbluefeather8491 there's many things that need to be done but here's a list of what I can think of.
1. Allow for mixed use and higher density housing instead of our current low density residential zones.
2. Build lots of alternative forms of transit I'm talking good sidewalks, dedicated protected bike lanes and a strong public transit network.
3. Reduce parking minimums, these minimums are the reason we have large parking lots which make things farther away and less walkable. Ideally this should be done slowly.
To retrofit current low density neighborhoods we can build superblocks which you could learn more about on RUclips.
Don’t forget things like hustle culture, celebrity culture, the idolatry of billionaires, and our horrible political culture - modern techno-capitalism truly has alienated the human race unlike anything in our history.
Problem is that a lot of countries in the world has joined us in this mindset and if aim for our spot.
I am reading about Dostoyevsky which puts a lot of the human struggle into perspective. We must remember to plan for when things do get better and take the moral high road whenever possible and not fall into envy with our neighbors.
"The transformation of charity into legal entitlement has produced donors without love and recipients without gratitude." - Justice Antonin Scalia
modern neoliberal techno-capitalism
Did you forget any other qualifiers? Are you trying to say that capitalism at some time in the past was better? Or that what is now called liberalism is not liberal? Or maybe that technology has altered the methods and functions of capitalism?
The great teacher George Carlin had a wonderful 9 minute bit on how we change language in order to remove the words from the ideas they convey. ruclips.net/video/o25I2fzFGoY/видео.html
How about we don't boost videos by ableists like Marianne Williamson. The Gravel Institute hates disabled people.
Hey editors/moderators, for the last 33ish seconds the audio cuts out. You can tell it happened cause the host doesn't finish saying Gravel Institute, minor thing but just worth pointing out. It was a great video and I appreciate the work gone into it by everyone involved.
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The media did Marianne dirty. What an amazing human being.
It'll only make her stronger if they hate her
@@toyotaprius79 yes
She's the only candidate I still feel good about donating to tbh. Even Bernie just left the worst taste in my mouth after all... 😭
@@Takapon218 She's just esoteric Bernie tbh
She is the only candidate that endorsed Bernie when she dropped out everyone else said go vote for Biden.
Thats one reason why mutual aid orgs & networks are so important: they build community
That's also why they can embarrass the government to the point they're broken up by said government.
Don't believe me? Check out the history of the Black Panthers.
What mutual aid org or network are you a part of? If you aren't affiliated with any then you're just wasting for data by posting.
they also cost money, so the people that need them to most can afford them
I just graduated college and I feel I've lost my whole community. It is insane to me adult life is supposed to just carry on without the others I've grown close to and with so few places to meet new people
I feel the exact same way, and I graduated 3 years ago.
On a brighter note, I joined a capoeira group recently and it’s given me a great sense of community - the strongest sense of community since being surrounded by college friends in undergrad. I can’t recommend something like this (interest groups based on art, music, whatever your personal interest is) enough
It's really rough, and so much more now than when I graduated in 2009...
Move urban and get involved in community groups. I know, easier said than done, but it's one way Americans can escape the social desolation of suburban sprawl.
It’s by design because alone we won’t have the power that threatens the control the capital class have over our labor.
@@Kevin-sy3jt I plan on it once I can get my money together. Lived most of my life in suburban area's and hated it. Still I worry about gentrification. I don't wanna come into a cheap neighborhood and take housing from someone local
This is the best video you have made thus far. Brought me to tears. I and so many others feel this exact same way, yearning for community and connection when society wants the opposite.
Not society. We are the society!
It's our capitalist overlords who have excelled in the art of divide-and-conquer.
The US has gone too far to the left socially and too far to the right economically. That's the entirety of the problem.
@@scottandrews947 I don’t agree at all. Isn’t abortion a social issue? No one would say policy about that has gone “far left”.
@@scottandrews947 This insane culture was is made up to distract you from the real problem, economics. Economics are what sets up society, everything is based on it.
@@luis-billperez3179 I'm anti-abortion. I would say that the legalization of abortion is far left socially. Most countries throughout the world are not as radical as some states in the US want to be.
this video is so good. marianne williamson rocks, great piece.
Cool seeing you here
wow, two verified channels in one! crazy!
Studies show the four keys to happiness are faith, friends, family, and work. The left has been an unending war against three of those things.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
This really resonates. I've identified a lot of clinical depression and anxiety symptoms that correspond with my physical and mental health for the past few years. But I'm also self-aware. It very much feels like depression and anxiety are rational responses to the world we live in
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is also a great book that focuses on this topic
The cost of sanity, in this society, is a certain level of alienation.
The rational response to the world we live in, is communist revolution.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
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Marianne speaks in such a comforting and compelling way. She makes it very easy to follow along and understand.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
@@zorroiskindafatngl9894 Nobody asked.
@@MrInternetMan commie copium? You feel attached to a politician, eh? You know that EVERY politician (apart from a VERY, VERY small few) lie. They're honestly all dirtbags, Liberal or Conservative. It's funny how you haven't realized that yet.
Nice well drafted script with a great porn star voice over, but where is the happy answer..? I know, Marianne has written several self-help books, and is reaping the rewards of a multi billion dollar industry praying on the downtrodden....💰ka-ching!💰Predators, wow they got some slick moves...
I grew up with older siblings and one working parent, while the other was a stay at home rent. It created a sense of dread from as early as elementary school, as I saw my parents to struggle with bills,clothing, fixing things around the house. I watched my siblings struggle with bullying, student debt, not being able to find a job, etc. I have never felt that I was ever going to succeed in life, and as my own mental health issues got worse and I was diagnosed with GAD and depression. Which dug me even deeper, I knew with these it was going to make it harder for me to succeed, none of the help was really helping. Now just last year I got diagnosed as being Autistic, and that just dashed all my hopes away. I know it's not a bad thing to be autistic, but to find any sort of help to get a hold of my executive dysfunction is money I don't have.
I need a place for myself, for independence but also case I don't like being around people when I work- but there's no way I can afford it on disability. Im going to probably still be at my parents home at 35, probably later, I don't see it changing. None of us can afford to aid each other, and I struggle to gain any footing without support. It's so fucked, I've spent my whole life hating myself and struggling only for it to never end.
Right there with you buddy
Yes, I'm 51 years old and haven't succeeded yet. The difference in my life is that I always had a sense of hope that I will never let go of. It has fended off sadness and despair but I always need something to fill the void whether it be drugs, spirituality, having kids, etc. Hang in there, for people like me will always be open to learning from your experiences and you are loved on a deeper level that you have yet to understand.
It will get better soon. Stay strong.
@@campbellpaul You’re alive at 51, you’ve accomplished so much, don’t be so hard on yourself and say you haven’t been successful. We’re all successful in our own unique ways, and never let go of that hope
@@thebestben Right on, Ben. I see the philosopher in you. I'm more worried for others, really. I just want them to know that if I can get through things they can themselves.
Marx, in his work Capital, talks specifically about this phenomenon of alienation. While Marx was talking specifically about the the separation of the product and the worker, it was a precursor to the further alienation we feel to the rest of the world. Nothing feels meaningful because at a societal level, there is nothing we produce that feels like its from us. Our hard work doesn't produce anything that we feel connected to, so our natural creative spirit is crushed. This then spreads to everything else in society, which furthers that alienation. Here we are today. a product of capitalism, predicted by Marx many years ago.
I kept waiting for her to get to this, and it feels like this video missed a real opportunity to connect everything she discusses to Marxist analysis and to elaborate on a vision for a better society (one which is ran by the workers).
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
Ah yes Karl Marx. He never said anything racist or antisemetic....right?.....right?
This has nothing to do with capitalism vs. Marxism. This is simply a product of industrialization. Why would someone working in a factory under Communism feel the widgets they made were "from us" than someone working in factory under Capitalism?
At least in Capitalism, your destiny is in your own control, where was the whole point of Communism is that it isn't. In capitalism you can get ahead by working harder and smarter. In Communism, no matter what you do you're stuck with the life the state gave you.
@@Dennis-nc3vwyeah that's why neo liberalism free Market no safety net capitalism fails but pure communism fails because there is really no losers but there is also no winners if you talk to people who lived under the soviet union they always mention the upsides as free education no homeless free healthcare everyone job guarantee you could work less and get to enjoy yourself more but the down sides were that everyone has that everyone had the same basic life and no one could really be able to strive to be great or be successful and no one could be able to become something bigger then what the state offered them which was depressing that's why I'm not a socialist but a social democrat everyone can still have the basic necessities of living a good life and not struggling while also people can strive to become something bigger and be successful and innovative
Everyone is so miserable in their own way, that we begin to think that gives us no right to complain or vent since we’re all struggling. We’re conditioned to view it as an individual problem, and not a national problem.
We do have the right to complain, that's the whole point. In multiple ways, our lives and futures are stolen from us and there is no option to refuse. Comply or die. What does that sound like to you?
The difference between suicide and murder is simply whether these feelings are internalized or externalized.
We are social animals. That is literally how we survived and evolved. Removing social interaction has all kinds of negative effects, from illness, to insanity, to death.
I'm happier now than I've ever been.
@@zodiacdana You must feed off of human suffering.
@@PistonAvatarGuy Absolutely not. I know I'm responsible for my own decisions, good or bad, and I must live with the consequences. If I fed off of human suffering, I'd praise the government.
@@bartdoo5757 Right, because corporations never cause anyone to suffer. /s
Sorry, but you're nothing more than myopic, that's the only word that can be used to describe you.
Ngl, the only reason I'm still breathing is because of my son. He was an absolute surprise, and sometimes I feel guilty AF for bringing him into the world and giving these monsters another cog in their machine, but I love him with every fiber of my being and I refuse to leave him alone to face thus fucked up world by himself.
I feel even more guilty because I planned mine. I want to be here to help the two of them face all of this; but I don't have anything to offer, as I'm barely making it myself
People should not be any means feel like they ought to be having kids because there's already too many of us, but anyone that does have kids, or wants kids... that is one of our deepest biological drives, and I see nothing wrong with fulfilling it.
@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN Well, the other side of it is what one's children will face. We feel guilty because of that, as much as anything else
@@flash_flood_area oh yeah, I have just ever so briefly thought about how my little bro has kids, and what insanity they're sure to see in their lives... I mean, stuff might get really wild while I'm still kicking around, but I think kids will definitely live to see a lot of what we have now fall apart.
I mean, it's all guesswork... But even talking about climate change. I have lived in central NYS for 20 years now, and every winter, the snow would accumulate until spring - it never melted between snows, because the temp consistently remained under freezing, or at least never drifted above that long enough for snow to melt.
Now, the past few years, all the snow melts in between every snow, the way it does In like, NYC, 3 hours to the south of here.
It doesn't sound huge, but for the climate of this area to just straight up change, from everything always being one way, to just everything now some other way, for that to happen so quickly, is very concerning.
And any strain put on the system by that is bound to ripple through everything else... who knows what the future holds. Our way of life is almost over with though, I don't suspect there is any averting that.
That said, I wouldn't feel bad about bringing kids into the world. They'll have a life and a chance at happiness, which is all anyone ever has. Shit, they might even see times that are somehow better than the majority of people's lives in this era, not in terms of abundance and accessibility of consumer electronics and shit, but in a return to something closer to the kind of life we were meant to have.
Of course, I don't suspect the world can sustain anywhere near the amount of people that exist today without the entire system that we have built, so if and when everything does fall apart, famine times are all but assured. Warfare. Who knows, I mean, I am just spitballing, I don't really know.
Nothing is ever assured though, and it's better to live, than to not live. Wouldn't feel bad.
That was lovely
I can't express how intensely this video seems to strike every fiber of my being. Incredible work!
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
It's that smooth well drafted script with a great porn star voice over, but where is the happy answer..? I know, Marianne has written several self-help books, and is reaping the rewards of a multi billion dollar industry praying on the downtrodden....💰ka-ching!💰Predators, wow they got some good skill sets and slick moves...
Thank you Marianne Williamson and Gravel Institute for this public service announcement.
Marianne Williamson is such a blessing to our society.
She thinks you can pray AIDS away and thinks spiritualism is real. God and Jesus and other hocus pocus is not a thing.
@@BradHominem no, she does not think you can pray AIDS away. There’s a lot of strange lies that get told about her & I think it’s because what she says is in direct opposition to the status quo. I’m a staunch atheist and have never heard her say something that I did not agree with. She doesn’t preach god, she preaches love. I hope you can listen to the content of her message and not get tripped up on outsider information.
@@sammydotorg Denying the efficacy of pharmaceuticals is demonstrative of new age garbage overlapping with fascism and other anti-science beliefs. And - yes - she did say AIDS can be defeated by prayer/meditation (same rubbish).
@@BradHominem I’m not interested in arguing in a comment section. I wish you the best.
Yes, isn't it great to have someone to fill you with rage, bitterness, despair, anger, and envy based on falsehoods? If you want to see just show factophobic she is look up something like "average American hours worked per week 1950" in the search engine of your choice. There is mountains of research showing work hours have been decreasing, not increasing, over the past century.
This is one of the most on-point videos I've ever seen in my life. It's sentence-after-sentence of truths that many people either can't see or don't want to see. If Marianne Williamson runs for any office in the future, I'll 100% volunteer. More people need to hear her voice, and she's one of the few public figures out there who seems to truly have society's best interests in mind.
Come back please :(
They can't, like all Socialist institutions, they went broke.
@@chicagow43 The exploited always had less money as the exploiter.
I appreciate Marianne Williamson discussing issues like Anxiety, Depression, & Sucide especially because she's offering detailed ideas of how to Treat these problems & why they manifest in the first place.
My mother didnt have parents and I think because of that, didn't see much wrong with the horrible man she married in our early teens, driving us out of the house the moment we finished high school.
We lived in an area where work could never possibly pay enough for an 18-year-old to simply survive, so out of pure necessity, I had a handful of criminal schemes I replied upon to actually earn enough to keep a roof over my head.
Selling drugs, paying other young people who worked in retail to steal a LOT from their jobs, sell to me at low prices, then I re-sold it online.
All I wanted was the bare minimum, a roof over my head, food, clothing. It is insane that that is far too much to expect from full-time employment alone.
Richest country of all time and existing is probably harder here, now than it was when we were living in caves, for people who are forced to pull their own weight.
Wow friend. So sorry that happened. Love and solidarity ❤️
It's not an ounce amount of surprising for us young generation.
Plus, awesome username!!
Where do you live? We are living in the best time to be an American!
Grew up in an oil boom area which encouraged dropping out to go work on the fields and make 6 figures when times were good. People look down on O&G but it gives opportunity for those with nothing to make good money.
@@Tribuneoftheplebs The military has great opportunities as well.
This has to be one of your best and most important videos to date
In the hour before I saw this video I had a conversation with a store clerk where he told me he was lonely and I said that he's not alone in his loneliness and that it's a societal problem.
This is so sad. If so many people are lonely, how is it that we can't meet each other and work on not being lonely?
i suspect, most people are working all the time, constantly in social situations, but these interactions are entirely inauthentic.
i'm disabled, i feel actually very lucky to be so. i literally wouldn't change it... i would when i was younger, but not now. i walk around with my heart open, and i love people. i have the privilege of being able to be remote and aloof. it is very easy to love people from a distance, and when i'm only subject to them on my own terms. most don't get this chance, they're forced into constant superficial, inauthentic interactions, leaving their social batteries perpetually drained, while also leaving them feeling completely alone, without any authentic, satisfying interactions. strugglers, wraiths, many living in some Hell.
i know like, i went to the hospital for an acute stomach issue maybe a year back, and it was jarring to speak to the nurse or aide i interacted with there... she was entirely turned off, she wasn't a human being standing before me, but a dead-eyed automaton. i was in the worst pain of my life and it was palpable that she didn't care at all, was just barely even hearing anything i was saying... these hospital workers are just spread SO thin that they can't afford to have ANY emotional investment in anything they do, they don't have any spare moments to be pleasant, and the forces at work on them would just make it too painful to actually show up as a real human and actually feel things etc... so they turn all of that off. a product of capitalism, our late-stage capitalism, at this time. a unique and very unnatural way of being. a wrong way of being, entirely wrong.
general spirituality, loving people, feeling a part of something bigger (even if it's just humanity itself, maybe even that's the ideal, but a truly good affinity group surely can't hurt), i think these things must be the path out. living as modestly as you can, on as little as you can, so you have the freedom to actually be a human being from time to time, rather than constantly hacking just to earn the perks that you've become too high-strung and sick to ever enjoy anyway
these are just my thoughts, and im not anybody. but all i can say is, i don't feel the things expressed in this video. i love everyone, i feel connected, i know that im happier than, pretty much everybody i cross paths with. so much of it really just is the unique circumstance i find myself in and the chances that affords... and being generally secure, like, i have little, but my basics feel like they'll always be available to me... and i mean, middle age and some psychedelic use, at some point i realized that i wanted to die some day, and accepting that and losing the delusion and anxiety about that, made me much calmer generally
trying to just open your heart and feel love works surprisingly well, and you'd be surprised how much people appreciate it like, women especially, they love it when they feel actually seen by a kind person. and then that feels good, to feel that appreciation. again this is just how i feel but, i think that Delta 8 THC can help quite a bit with this... you can get it cheap if u search around online and just microdose it, a couple mgs at a time, opens your heart right up without getting you actually high high, you stay in control, minimal anxiety if any at all... its nice
anyway sorry im rambling so much
There's no reason anyone can't study and improve their abilities to get a better job. Barring extreme circumstances, there is literally nothing stopping you from improving yourself. I refuse to believe that "capitalism" has prevented people from learning new skills. The internet exists. Anything and everything can be studied in depth. If you're not using the single greatest archive of human intellect and experience for the better, then maybe you're the problem?
What people have to realize is that we're incredibly lonely largely due to car centric urban planning, and how not only does it physically separate people into bubbles and makes things further apart, but makes things like cost of living rise, as you have to also throw in car costs, such as maintenance, the vehicle itself, etc.
Please invite Climate Town to Gravel Institute 🙏
^ this ^
Yes to walkable communities! It makes us safer and more connected!
Nuclear families are more likely to pile up debt than joint families. It's essential for the 'big scam' to work.
So true
Uh huh. I guess that's why I used to have a ton of friends and went to parties in my CAR CENTRIC URBAN city back in the 90's. Because it was impossible. Give me a break.
Why you gotta bum me out like that? I come here to escape knowing about this.
This is why I believe that self enrichment and the enrichment of all the people of the World should be the guiding force of our society. Because all the acquisition of wealth does is erode our Humanity. There is no point in a promotion, or a pay raise if you cannot spend any time with those you care about. What really matters is family and the Human community. Something that capitalism is destroying every day.
Self enrichment and enrichment of society?
That's just religion under a different name.
But many secular people are afraid of religion, because they love sexual sin.
Mental health is not an issue for Shia Muslims, who have the mosque and the culture of Hussain and the other 11 Imams. Even Sunnis have happiness in community.
Secular people seek wealth in this life because they don't believe that they have a second chance to have all the fun they missed out on in this life. That is why they put material over ethics.
@@موسى_7
I'm pretty sure this is more of an American problem than religion.
some don't even have time to do no more than pray at night, nevermind socialize in person, because most of the day is work, then household duties, food (unless it's something simple not counting more than 2 people in the house), by this time you usually wash yourself and go on to get some sleep for the work day next.
The problem is definitely enrichment whether personally or socially (regardless of it being a sexual nature). American life is mostly work until you grow old and hope your body isn't broken so badly that you can take that trip you wanted or do some other activity you've wanted to achieve. Now people are starting to notice just how bad a deal that is.
From some basic research I have done and the centuries old fight over religion, I’d rather trust 2 million years of primal emotional human instinct that even modern science is beginning to prove then 5 to 6,000 years of modern human civilization let alone 2,000 years of Christianity.
Religiosity, or the lack there-of, is not the problem here. the problem is that the working class of Americans are wholly consumed by their labor. Long hours, bad pay, and stolen wages (Unpaid overtime, paying under minimum wage, cooking the books, among other methods) lead to a situation where you can't plan for anything because you're always on the razor's edge of financial disaster, you have no time for church (or your faith's equivalence to such), no time for yourself, no time for others. No time to do anything except eat insubstantial fast food and try to get a few hours sleep before your next 14 hour Double-Shift.
This is why the 40-hour work week was created by Henry Ford in the late 1920s: If you don't have time for anything other than work, it doesn't matter how much you're paid because you'll never have the time or energy to spend that money on anything other than what gets you to work the following day. and this culture of constant work creates burnt out workers that are less productive. A lesson sadly forgotten by the Employers of today.
How can you be expected to spend time with friends and loved ones when you have a schedule that changes whenever your boss coughs? How can you expect to go to your weekly Sermon (or your faith's equivilence) when your boss keeps calling you at the last minute to fill in for shifts you told were not available when you got the job, then being threatened with losing your only source of income for expecting any sort of autonomy outside the work place? How can you keep fit and healthy when your pay is so meager and your time so thoroughly consumed that Fruits, Vegetables, and meats are considered an unaffordable luxury that require time you simply don't have to prepare?
@@موسى_7"sexual sin." Wow I wonder what that's a dog whistle for 🤔
Forcing social conservative values on others who don't consent to it is a form of oppression and doesn't belong in leftism
Marianne Williamson, ASMR, psychological analysis. She's amazing and the analysis is amazing too!
In my group of friends, we have been getting drinks every Wednesday night for the last decade. Some people leave, some join, some show up once, argue for a night and then never come back 😂. We’ve celebrated births and mourned deaths together and we’ve grown and changed and we’re better for it.
There is literally no better advice I can give to anyone than to meet face to face with people regularly. Start with even one person you know, make it a routine, and invite more people.
Easier said than done, my friends are miles if not hundreds of miles apart. Hanging out is a deliberate planned event with myriad externalities that can get in the way of the meet up even happening.
@@gemain609 It’s not easy to START but if you make it a routine, it doesn’t have to be as deliberate and no one is reliant on one person scheduling the thing.
I remember working with people and after the shift was done we all would hang out at a gas station for awhile eating chips and drinking soda. Once we were a little late getting there and the workers unlocked the door to let us all come in and get our snacks. That was a sense of connection there. People just don't do it anymore
@@gemain609 read a book together on a video call, taking turns, on weekends. That's what I do with my friends every Sunday.
But how can I enjoy being around people when capitalism is the reason why I can't be around people? It's capitalisms fault I can't leave the house!!!!
I live in Pasadena, CA (same address) for 18 years... and I know almost none of my neighbors. I've talked to a few times to my neighbor on the left, shared with him my moonshine... but that is about it. I feel so isolated, yet I live in a "Historic District" in Pasadena, and my house is 101 years old. F@cking scary at times.
Years ago came to this video when it was first published. It pushed me to create my own community, to know my barber, my neighbour, to get new hobbies. I am thankful. That's all I can say...
I could listen to this voice for days. As someone who is depressed and feeling extremelly detached and lonely, thank you for covering this subject. With love from Sweden.
This isn't just an american thing it's spread here in scotland and the rest of europe.
Also Asia.
The whole secular world.
Who is happy? Muslims, at least the ones who follow the rules.
It's spreading in Europe, because Europe is still busy running after his big bully bro USA, who has got a grip on it since (maybe at least?) the 2nd world war and has got the EU in a choke-hold.
@@موسى_7 I have never felt more respected or loved by a stranger as I have by MENA people
THANK YOU. Thank you for bringing this up. Stuff that Gravel brings up is far from relevant only in America - what applies there, applies to so many places. I've seen it happen in the UK, I've seen it happen in Poland, and that's coming from a 16 year old. Thank you for bringing this up.
Noo!! I was hoping to run away to Scotland one day, haha.
I love Gaelic and there are little niches of it there, but very very little.
I have a few mental health issues that make it hard for me to communicate and make connections. It's been a struggle for me, and will continue to be for the rest of my life. I'm 40 disabled and live a deeply isolated life. I have no psychical disabilities though, I just need far more emotional and social support than others. Support that would likely be there in a more community driven society where people look out for each other.
Instead the most I'm offered is medication, medication that isn't targeted at my mental illness, but at depression. A depression that comes from a poor environment, a lack of options, and a lack of support in the face of struggling with mental illness in modern society. I don't want to medicate this one symptom of all the problems in my life, I want actual help.
Have you read her book Tears to Triump? It is good and may give you some different perspectives! Blessings to you.
Start doing simple volunteering
Expressive therapy. Journaling, drawing, creativity. Prayer. I agree when Marianne said we need more human connections. I am sure someone in your area also craves connection. Praying your paths will cross.
As someone on the autism spectrum, I've struggled with getting jobs, so what I do for a living is make art and write fiction and sell those online. In all honesty, it wouldn't be such a bad gig if more people bought my work. But they don't, so instead of being able to afford my own place, I have to live with my parents in a dull exurban town with little in the way of public transportation. In some ways, I'm privileged due to coming from an upper-middle-class Anglo-American family, but I still feel like my life is not where I want it to be, and I can't help but feel I embody the stereotype of the neck-bearded autistic man-child who still lives with their parents and can't get laid (I've never had any luck in getting a girlfriend, either). I feel a lot of shame and self-loathing right now.
That sucks dude. I'm sorry your feeling that way right now. The only advice I can give is be true to yourself, and try to embody the kind of person you want to be. I hated myself for a long time, but one day realized that everyday you choose who you want to be. Most of us just get pigeonholed back into being the same person by ourselves and all our loved ones who expect it of us, and by our similar surroundings. But if you can learn to stop expecting it of yourself and choose to be the way you want to be instead you can really shape your destiny in a way that stereotypes surrounding those with autism etc. can no longer keep you boxed in.
Side note : I highly reccomend reading the stormlight archive as it is amazing for overcoming feelings like this. The audiobooks very good too
Solidarity comrade, and don’t feel bad about your current situation in life, your work IS valuable. Multi-generational households have also existed for tens of thousands of years, there’s no shame in that! Would you care to link some of your work that we could take a look at and purchase?
I feel for you, man! You try your best is what counts. I'd love to see some of your artwork, if you could put up a link!
As a autistic people I have same feeling like you. We are adult people and not kids
Hey man, the fact you're online actually selling things makes you better than me. I'm also on the spectrum, but barely. Idk how long you've known, but for me it wasn't even three years ago I learned, and this was after it shattered my life. I'm so gifted and have so many abilities, but I almost think that I killed off a lot of autistic potential by making the choice at a young age to invest in my mimicry abilities, due to being so high-functioning, to 'become' 'normal'... I feel like this killed off a lot of possibilities, I restrained my autistic abilities in order to act like others. Maybe I'd be Sheldon if I didn't do that? I doubt it. My story is similar to yours, but I don't live with my parents yet am effectively supported by them; my dad owns his own business and basically gave me a fake job and pays a real salary for me to stuff mail and learn insurance and finance licenses he doesn't train me to use (the finance part is underway and he actually will train me in that). It's not my life. I found out later that my autistic obsession isn't just in culture and geography and history, which I always knew, but in languages as well. I taught myself Portuguese from Spanish and have dabbled in just about all the others out there we have resources for. The US is not Germany where they channel you into the right fields and help you actually use your skills, however. LinkedIn and everything else is a cobweb of bullshit to me, none of the jobs make any sense let alone apply to me. I do other jobs like DoorDash and Instacart so I can at least make my own, true, money and progress beyond basically a fixed wage, but I'm far from breaking away entirely and figuring out how to use my abilities, and there are far more than what I mentioned, including yours which is art and writing.
The difference is, having finally gotten therapy after the nightmarish college years, I finally learned what asking out actually means (though I still don't think guys should ask girls out, at least to the traditionalist/conservative degree our culture has gone back to doing it) and I have gotten romantic experiences, but they were just weird. I am 26, approaching 27, and have finally 'fooled around' with a girl, so have made out twice, the first girl I was into, the second not at all. That shut me down from dating attempts, it's just weird and gross and doesn't really provide any outcome. Only when I was much younger did I have access to people I was actually 'into,' now everyone is just kind of meh. I won't be able to date in this phase of my life, I'm saying, I will have to ultimately break away, move where I want to move, be in the sort of life I want to live, and meet someone like-minded. The dating world is tough even for neurotypicals, my friend. Don't get hung up on the virginity thing, almost everyone I've talked to wished they could be like me and not have rushed in. Most haven't had sex with more than like 2-4 people anyway. At our age, there's no need to anyway. I don't even really use the term 'virgin' anymore because it doesn't really matter, it's just way more complicated than that. The last girl I dated lost hers at 24 but it sucked. This seems to be a theme with girls and guys alike. They don't care that you are a virgin... they don't care that you are autistic. Seriously. People are way more mature than we realize when we actually get to know them and vice-versa. It's actually pretty incredible how tolerant people are, I have found, but this doesn't mean they fully understand.
Capitalism in general socializes costs.
Both conservatives and liberals (the two dominant capitalist political groups in the US) try to turn social problems into matters of "personal responsibility."
Maybe the root cause is capitalism.
Capitalism turns what is literally inhumane into a virtue. The greatest rewards are given to those with the least humanity, and those inhuman behaviors they exhibit are held up as ideals that we should all aspire to.
Capitalism is about far more and much worse than money.
Capitalism is an unstable exponential economic system on a finite planet which flies in the face of basic logic and maths.
Capitalism has led me and many others out of poverty.
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Yes . It is an exponential economic system on a finite planet which flies in the face of basic logic and maths.
For the past 300 years capitalism has had a RECESSION every four to seven years and a DEPRESSION every 80 years or so! It is a highly unstable and wasteful system .
@@bartdoo5757 you're delusional
I feel lonely but at the same time when I'm at any kind of social event it drains me and I can't wait to be alone again.
Because you want to cry out but it is not acceptable, so when you are around people it's harder than when you have no one you might cry to
That's probably because you're an anxious person and not with people you're fully comfortable with at . It's infinitely better to be with 1 or 2 real friends than a bunch of people you barely know
You may be an introvert. We are like social camels. You work better with just a few friends. You don't need to have the big parties.
A very insightful video. Sometimes I feel like I want to break that current mold and talk with people I come across in life but end up holding back because of how the climate has become with keeping with ourselves these days, I worry about being a bother to them when for all we know, perhaps that person as well is looking for someone they can to talk with too. I hope I can find the courage to break that mold and help do my part to build some sense of community in my area.
Thank you for the content!
There are hundreds upon thousands of people who think and feel just like that - but only if you can catch them out of working hours.
Imagine living through the red scare(s). Surely that harmed trust and the integrity of communities. Thank, Sen. McCarthy.
You hit the nail on the head. I would contribute to your campaign simply because you are a very important voice that needs to be heard. Thank you for telling the truth of the reality for most Americans.
Please come back :(
They won't. The Gravel Institute is a dead channel...so much for beating PragerU!
So glad y'all covered this topic, mental health is so important.
Edit: Would’ve loved to see a portion in the video talking about Marx’s Theory of Alienation
It's not a mental health problem. It's a social life problem.
@@h0gheadS I too watched the video, our mental health is suffering - because of society
How is alienation so prevalent in a world with more people than ever, more connected than ever?? Totally crazy!!
Marx talked about this, capitalism causes alienation for the workers
I grew up in civil war, as part of the minority; I’ve seen death, poverty and a desperation so strong it could make ye cry but our community is what kept us safe for better or worse.
When we immigrated to the US I was excited, I believed the stories everyone did, but when we arrived there was still poverty, still desperation as well as death no explosions though; that was fine at least it wasn’t as bad as back home(The death I mean) but the loss of our community was all encompassing and overwhelming.
The United States is an awesome place. You make your own life.
@@zodiacdana "own" < that's the problem because it's that mentality that destroyed many communities. You have your "own life" because you don't need other people telling you what to do, you're your own boss and that's all you need.
^ that's precisely why hyper individualism is 100% wrong
@@zodiacdana well ye enjoy your community of Coca-Cola and Nike advertisements lool, ya don’t even provide all your citizens medical care, maybe they should pull themselves up by their bedside table straps lmao; accountin for people living paycheck to paycheck over 40% of the population lives in poverty or below it in the wealthiest country history has ever known.
Don’t worry about my life lad, I entered this country illegally now I am a citizen in three countries including here, i’ve traveled the world as well as have a successful law practice; happily married with two kids and as of three years ago a grandchild I only wish there was a stronger sense of community in this country for them to enjoy. How about ya mate how ye doing?
@@lenini056 Move to an Indigenous People Reservation.
@@foolsfolly3476 I am doing great. I hope you learn better English someday.
Thought provoking. Videos like this get Americans to start contemplating why they are upset. It's not immigrants who are too blame, the radicals, or the government--the government is governed by the same antagonist. It's that question Marianne highlights and we should all take much more seriously: what kind of world do we want to live in? 🤔
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
_"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family relationship its sentimental veil and has reduced it to a mere money relationship."_
_"What, then, constitutes the alienation of labor?_
_First, the fact that labor is external to the worker, i.e., it does not belong to his intrinsic nature; that in his work, therefore, he does not affirm himself but denies himself, does not feel content but unhappy, does not develop freely his physical and mental energy but mortifies his body and ruins his mind. The worker therefore only feels himself outside his work, and in his work feels outside himself. He feels at home when he is not working, and when he is working he does not feel at home. His labor is therefore not voluntary, but coerced; it is forced labor. It is therefore not the satisfaction of a need; it is merely a means to satisfy needs external to it. Its alien character emerges clearly in the fact that as soon as no physical or other compulsion exists, labor is shunned like the plague. External labor, labor in which man alienates himself, is a labor of self-sacrifice, of mortification. Lastly, the external character of labor for the worker appears in the fact that it is not his own, but someone else’s, that it does not belong to him, that in it he belongs, not to himself, but to another. Just as in religion the spontaneous activity of the human imagination, of the human brain and the human heart, operates on the individual independently of him - that is, operates as an alien, divine or diabolical activity - so is the worker’s activity not his spontaneous activity. It belongs to another; it is the loss of his self._
_As a result, therefore, man (the worker) only feels himself freely active in his animal functions - eating, drinking, procreating, or at most in his dwelling and in dressing-up, etc.; and in his human functions he no longer feels himself to be anything but an animal. What is animal becomes human and what is human becomes animal."_ - some guy
I can't believe that a while ago, when Marianne was running for president, I thought she was crazy, a "wacko". But now I can see she's one of the most spiritual and thoughtful people in the world, it's just that a (stupid) debate format can't capture her genius.
It's a pity that the channel was discontinued.
We can't seem to have much of anything good for long.
Socialism always fails. Only pathetic failures believe in that nonsense.
@@fatherson5907 it is better to try and fail to do good than to excel at doing evil.
@@rimut230 socialism is inherently evil
@@rimut230it’s better to succeed in doing good thing than to fail at doing good thing.
I just want a public place where you can just like....meet people without spending any money. Organize some community events or something. Everything costs money, you have to drive there...etc.
It's almost fucking impossible to meet people now, and the area I live in has such high income equality I don't relate to lots of the people living here now because I grew up poor...
Parks exists.
Love going to the public library
I walk my dogs in the park, and the people you meet are a mixed bag, and it's taking some time, but I've made actual friends there
Maybe, if everyone in your neighborhood is in a different economic class, and you don't connect with them, try volunteering with a group that assists the poor?
@@nohbuddy1 where my sister lives, it's too dangerous to get to the park and she lives there alone in a different state. Lives somewhere with a high crime rate, I wish she could just come home already. She fucking hates it there.
Please come back!
Until two years ago, I and my brother lived with our parents. At first, it wasn't too bad. It served well when me and my brother went to the nearby university, saving us thousands on room and board, and there were some local jobs we could get. My brother went into law enforcement while I went into science, and for about a year or so, we were living our dreams, at least as far as jobs went. Whenever something around the house needed to be done, particularly anything that needed outside components to complete, I tended to be in the best position to deal with it. Frankly, it was not bad at all.
It did not take long before the wool over our eyes started getting lifted though, and we started seeing our jobs for what they really were. Granted, in my case, it could largely be chalked up to having nothing but @$$holes for bosses, but then again, that was hardly unique for me. My job then was with a lyophilization (freeze-drying) firm, and I was the most involved with the operations there - I was the one whose work kept the place afloat. After nearly five years there, two of which were filled with abuse, I got targeted, fired, and blacklisted under false pretenses. Sure, when they did that to me, it nearly tanked the firm (it would be finished by a massive lawsuit by someone else, the one friend I had made there), but it still hurt when it happened. From there, I spent two years with Amazon, which were more indirect with the abuse but still just as abusive, if not more so. After that, I finally got what seemed like a fantasy job in the sciences with good pay and benefits - thanks to it being a government job - and colleagues I could get along with and hold smart and dumb conversations in and out of work, and life looked like it was going to be better...until the Republican state government slashed the budget and got me laid off. From then on until two years ago, I was just bitter.
As for my brother, it did not take long before he became disillusioned with law enforcement. No, he never engaged in anything scandalous - if anything, he was one of the very few who tried to fight it, only to get the full force of the corruption, at least the full force short of...shall we say, "physical disciplining." Eventually, he got out before the corruption could actually claim him, but it left him jaded to everything about America and its supposed riches (and he developed a near-fanatical hatred of suburbs after his time). He went back to school and became an engineer, only to have his first engineering job be just as abusive as at Amazon (it was with Caterpillar), and his current job, while not fully requiring engineering is more tolerable...but only comparatively so.
We both saw all of these things going on, all of these efforts to isolate and abuse us, the people. We had our few friends that we saw fairly regularly, which certainly helped, but we all could see and feel the squeezing. We have engaged in a couple of these isolating efforts, namely video games, but we otherwise tried to stay offline. At the very least, we all adamantly avoided drugs, especially antidepressants and alcohol (we have nothing against alcohol, but it does not help in these circumstances), and we never tried social media beyond YT (we knew we would hate Twitter and FB). Perhaps strangely, it was going to gun ranges that helped us stay together and somewhat safely vent, though we would only use circle targets and never silhouette targets - when you are pissed, it is best to not have even the vague-est reminder of what (or more accurately, who) is pissing you off.
Now, a few of us are trying something new, attempting to set up an emergency escape plan for us in case the US _really_ goes to sh^t - I mean, even more than it already has (f^^^ you, GQP) - and I have been leading the way. It is somewhat terrifying to me, as I have some anti-social tendencies (or I guess my experiences taught me to have, as George Carlin put it, a very low tolerance for other people's stupid BS), but what I have also been experiencing has been giving me...oh, what is that word - oh yeah, hope. It is still fledgling, and there is still a lot that must be done for us to have a solid plan, but I can say that we are making progress.
It may only be for the very small group that is us, but sometimes, you have to start small, and hopefully from there, you can build and grow to encompass a whole lot more.
need this channel to come back and fight the algorithm wars again before 2028.
The thing is, the only time I ever really feel at ease, is when I’m alone. Being around others is exhausting.
Way better than PragerU's video "Why are so many young people unhappy?"
I can imagine they said stuff like "stop being depressed" and "capitalism's great! Stop complaining!". Stuff that would just make things worse.
Prager U is the FOX news of info commercials!
@@thalesnemo2841 "bE a mAn jUsT gEt mArRiEd" - Dennis Prager, so good at being married that hes been married to 3 women!
@@Eduxplainer
Prager is a graduate of the Goebbels school of propaganda.
Is there a difference?
Both idolize the culture of the 1950s US without mentioning its ubiquitous wife-beating, segregation, and laws against queer people. Neither acknowledges the unprecedented achievements since then protecting the rights of minority groups.
This powerfully diagnoses what a heartless economic system does to so many peoples health and lives.
I'm sorry, but bro's entire channel is essentially socialist propaganda. It's fine if you agree with them or whatever, but it's important to understand that watching shows that only support your views is unhealthy and can create an unfortunate echo chamber that often radicalizes people. Thank the lord this channel is dead.
no more uploads? :(
Another insightful video from Gravel Institute. God I hope more people find this channel and watch their videos for the sake of society itself.
This is a twist from the usual videos, both in subject matter and depth. But it still hits close to the purpose of this channel! And it has great production value.
This feels like a calmer, less bombastic and less urgent version of the one David Cross did a while back.
This problem is called alienation as Marx subscribed.
If only more people read his works...
@@07Flash11MRC more and more people are as capitalism reaches such inhumanity that it’s blatantly impossible to ignore or explain away. My concern is that I wish it happened before things got this bad. The subject of this video isn’t even anywhere near the worst way capitalism is messing things up.
Why haven't ya'll posted anything this past year??? Lifes still lifing yo
Was wondering the same thing
the left always gives weak efforts like this because they are controlled opposition. they exist just to make it seem like we have a choice.
Because like all socialist endeavors, this channel ran out of money and failed.
@@fatherson59071k+ comments on this channel talking about “it’s failed” apparently not in ur head where it lives rent free
@@salutic.7544you have imaginary pronouns listed in your bio. Your family failed.
Men can’t get pregnant. Cry.
40% is increasing and it’s hilarious.
I love Marianne Williamson. This is the last thing I expected to come across on this channel but I’m glad I did
As someone who writes and sells fiction that hopes to change the world, I feel worried about the future. Luckily, this comment section brightens my day. Thank you peeps.
What happened? Where did the Gravel Institute go?
I'm sad because this channel is gone :(
Nope, it’s great 😂
@@fatherson5907 Why are you here then?
@@RJH755 to clown on it and the people who believe its nonsense, like you
Foh realz
@@fatherson5907 and because you have no friends
Been waiting for a video like this for a while, great job
Thank you for featuring this incredible woman.
what happened, why do they never upload anymore.
It sucks.
@@sebastienholmes548why does it suck
@@Africa893 blatant disinformation.
I'm depressed because y'all haven't posted a video in 4 months
They haven't posted anything in more than nine months (and counting). The Gravel Institue is dead...so much for beating PragerU!
I live in Canada about 1000 km from the 'woke and wonderful' Vancouver lower East Side Hastings Street. Where addicts seek out the most Lethal supply in search of a guaranteed high. It is absolutely the system that drives people to such despair. Agree 100% with everything spoken.
I watched a great interview by Chris Hedges with a guy who had written a book about the fashion for mindfulness training.I suddenly realised that all those guided meditation videos etc were effectively just another industry with more coping mechanisms for a completely broken system.
We don't need mindfulness training. We need genuine solutions to the crises are a dealing with. Otherwise we will just turn into a bunch of drones who "mindfully" sit by and watch as our society and environment collapse around us.
Listening to men instead of disparaging their opinions is a start. Unfortunately, most people in the comments here will laugh at that suggestion (even though it will be our salvation).
Thank you for revealing and educating so many through this video. I wish the entire world could watch this and demand change.
“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.” ― Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
"The real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development" ― Albert Einstein
We must manifest these ideas into a new societal system. A system for humans to be the best we can be for each other.
Thank you Gravel Institute for this.
Why are we not seeing anything new from this channel?
Because crowd funding is far less effective than mega donors, which PragerU has. The Gravel Institute's tax exempt status as a 501(c)4 nonprofit was also revoked by the IRS which is pretty ironic considering that it advocated for more taxes.
@@89AwwwWhich is INSANE considering PragerU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and has advocated genocide, supported political candidates, and supported theocratic reforms.
@@xw591 PragerU, despite all its flaws, still exists and that's more than we can say for the Gravel Institute.
They made a video about Ukraine which was so bad, that it tarnished the channels reputation so much, that it was never able to recover, so eventually, they just gave up making more videos and abandoned the channel.
@@milokojjones That's truly pathetic.
I really needed this. Hope millions of people see this.
"No one can live happily who has regard to himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility" Seneca
Great video! Really coming down to the core of so many of our troubles. You should do a part two where you go through different solutions! What we need is to find, debate, unite and grow solutions to this huge issue.
Isolation is a natural consequence of economic and social ramifications of neoliberalism. We dedicate ourselves to work, achievement and still don’t get where we think we need to be. Nihilism leads us to feeling so sad
This is one of the most important videos published by this channel and it needs far more circulation. This is a symptom and a cause of all the underlying problems caused by those in power and awareness of it is the first step.
I *just* starting turning my life around, and this system needs to be completely overhauled.
We all need to spread the word around politicians and unions and other groups that represent US and OUR needs. And put more strength behind MORE public demonstrations, protests, and rallies. Get more active in the political system, and start forming parties FOR us BY us.
We need to abolish capitalism
@@athenamackay5832 Distributism is the gigachad we all need *and* deserve
Oh wow. This speaks so much to me and a lot of us.
Thank you for this video, I really needed this.
So sad and so true! One of the best videos i have seen so far! I agree 100% with everything she said! I am focusing in my life and i am taking off the foot of the accelerator and pursuit a much more meaningful life and people think i am Crazy. All the care is money and not quality of life! Since i made the decision to live a better and meaningful life i have been the happiest person! I don't have lots of money, but i am super happy and blessed! I thank God for lil things that people take for granted, i look life in a different prospective! I learned to appreciate lil and simple things! We don't need much to be happy! Thanks for the video! I will share with many people! Love ❤
Another banger, please do not stop posting videos!!
They already have stopped. The Gravel Institute is a dead channel...so much for beating PragerU!
She’s says what I have been saying for years. There’s no compassion. We don’t trust neighbors, fellow employees, or family even.
Why did you guys stop posting?
Because this extremist organization stopped paying their bills.
Socialism fails once again.😂
@@fatherson5907 Any more brain-dead comments from you?
@@InfiniteDeckhandyou literally watch cartoons 🤣🤣🤣
@fatherson5907 lmao. You got him hard 😂
(edit: why'd ya delete your other comment big guy?)
@@fatherson5907 Coward, lol.
As a 60+ yo person who has been suicidal on and off since I was 13yo, this was depressing, and I watched it at the end of a depressing week. I'm not sure if I heard any possible solutions in this video. My plan is suicide before I have to go to a nursing home. I see no point in using resources that way, nor in allowing myself to be abused that way. I don't really use social media, but I went on Nextdoor this week, because somebody cut all the flowers in my garden in the middle of the night (neighbor sent me a picture from their security camera), and I stated that "I hate selfish people". That got me a 3 day ban. No actual swear words, just the word "hate". So I am feeling more cut off from the world than ever. My daughter moved 3500 miles away this week, and neither of us has the finances to make trips to visit, so I will probably never see her again. I think I regret watching this video.
Every day I work harder and harder just to keep what little I have. More and more of my time is required to afford the basic necessities. The social institutions we once enjoyed are all bought out and turned into profit turning private enterprise.
I finally realized…there’s no grinding my way out of this. No way to beat this on my own. Only building new modes of acting together can we take back freedom and a sense of connection that’ve been taken by the owner class.
Beautifully done!
Marianne should run for president. The linkage between she can make between the systemic and more individual spiritual issues is something that is felt by many people across the world, but only she and few others can express.
When are y’all coming back :(
I feel sad, issolated and lonely.
Thesedays are uneventful..
But i live in Japan alone, during 2 years of the pandemic and used to live in Korea for 3 years prior.
My strenght of heart comes from my views about life and always having true friends a phone call away.
That and being a Jodo Shu Buddhist.
Thanks arkadaşlar
One thing I thought should be mentioned is that our urban fabric reflects that change and enforces it, the lack of walkability, car centric planning, destruction of public transportation, etc
It makes us more isolated which adds to the marketization of our society
This has to be one of the most profound and satisfying videos you have produced. Thanks to all who made this happen.
It should also be mentioned WHY people started avoiding their peers, avoiding human contact. It's because the capitalist mindset and paradigm have made it so we regard our peers as rivals, in a competition over (artificially) scarce resources. Of course one is reluctant to spend time and build community with who they see as adversaries.
She briefly touched on it in the video, when she mentioned “zero sum” thinking. It’s a big part of the problem. We see everyone as competing for a limited amount of “good stuff”, no matter how much “good stuff” we already have. So we become suspicious and wary of others. Even our “friends” become a silent measure of our own worth depending on whether they have more or less than we do.
Everyone please, make an effort to greet your neighbors. I did this, some of them thought it was strange but if I'm going to live around these people for 30 years then I want to know them as human beings
I think we'll need this channel more than ever over the next four years...😢
I can relate with this. As an elder millennial, I know my neighbors but have no close relationships aside from my wife and immediate family. My co-workers are the closest people I have to being friends but they live over an hour away. Now that we are working remotely our interactions are all online with rare, in-person meetings for events. The sports I have gotten involved with have a pretty conservative core and I struggle to connect with people there outside of the activity. It's very different than it was in the 80s and 90s when I was growing up. We struggle with getting our elementary school aged daughter involved in activities and connecting with people her age in-person.
Imagine being in your 20s during all this. There is literally nothing to do because everything is so comically expensive. Some of my friends straight up don't hang out or go out period because they can't afford to do anything but pay rent.
It's hard to get someone my age to do anything when anything is a 30+ minute drive in suburbia. We tried all afternoon to find something to do. A bowling alley we went to wanted to charge $57 a person per hour! What the hell? And it was packed! So many of these idiots visibly have no idea what the problem is or they don't care. I'm just watching our society crash itself into the sun.
It's bleak and miserable and just generally awful. Handfuls of my friends have just checked out, not working at all with no plans for their lives than staying at their parents until they are no longer tolerated. I fear that they will join the growing list of people I know who have taken their lives.
It has to stop somehow or there will be nothing left
@@nousername2942 not in my 20s anymore but I turned 30 last year and this is absolutely true. Moving to a city might help but cities are so god damn expensive it’s not feasible. I live in some shitty small town, one of those places with a “hIsToRiCaL DoWn ToWn” that is so common here in the US. Nothing but bars, churches, and antique shops. It’s pretty fucking garbage when in such places one of the only ways to meet people is to go to a fucking bar to pay for drinks that many can barely afford anymore. Bars also just aren’t my scene. Everything fun to do is far away and car costs (gas, maintenance, car payments, the car itself, etc.) are so fucking high they can effect one’s standard of living. Public transportation is also virtually nonexistent here in the US too so one can’t even use that. If I want to visit a friend or relative that lives multiple states away it’s ridiculously expensive.
This shit is ridiculous and this isn’t even close to the worst ways capitalism is negatively impacting both society and humanity in general.
I've been waiting for this one.
I started noticing this as a child and it's only gotten progressively worse over the decades. I've said it my whole life, and everyone thought I was stupid and/or mentally ill for taking about it.
No one cares. And based on my experience, no one ever has. Everyone says they do, but then they act and behave in a way that contradicts their words. All their words become meaningless when you start to pay attention to their actions. No one helps when you need it. No one calls or visits. They only pay attention if you act out and don't show any interest in your interests. They only come around when they need something from you. And when you question them about their behavior, they gaslight you and promise that it's only in your imagination and that they really do care.