I feel like it's fallacious to talk about all the wealth that Europe and the United States made during the 19th century as an example of the free market. These two regions made all this money because of imperialism; they stole the wealth from India and China. I do believe the world as a whole would be far wealthier, and far more egalitarian, under the free market/anarchy, but we should be careful how we make our cases for it.
03:42 -- The cost of life is at its greatest, when it reaches 1. The 'Ho-rah'ers, the parents tolerating and endorsing the atrocities, would rather have pride in death, then resolve the fear of Self-Acknowledgment.
"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names."
- Chinese proverb
"Violence has nothing with which to cover itself - except the lie. And the lie has nothing to stand on, other than violence. Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose the lie as his principle."
@DoctorAsshole1 you dont need to have taken part in the horrors of war to speak about the morality of it and you dont need to have been a soldier to have an opinion on freedom, thats just ridiculous... namecalling also is ridiculous, its not even an argument, just shows the weakness of a persons position is if thats all they have is tossing names around
Sir, I watched too many of your videos in a row to remember...but there is one video clip where I think it's an intended survey where a group of guys bully one man to see that if pedestrians will help. Do you know what is the video called if on Youtube?
I am watching this on Memorial Day 2011, some two and a half years after this was recorded. I wish I could say things have changed for the better but they have not. There are many individuals that have been made better by this broadcast and others by Stef but the nation still is insanely glorifying its continued murder and enslavement of populations.
I kind of feel sorry for you, do you think that a murderous regime with ammunition upon ammunition will be destroyed with words? If you do not support them they have their guns for support. What Do you imply as a solution if you do not mind me asking?
@FATAL12SKILLZ by spreading the word of how the Army is such a corrupt institution and cutting their funds by making the State smaller, you Americans could leave them without soldiers and without money.
It's so weird...I remember having to celebrate Rememberance Day in school and always thought it was one of the most pointless holidays to stunt my education. I just felt that it was stupid to really give a shit about a bunch of guys who threw their lives away for nothing. So I'm NOT crazy. though I did learn in history class that there are some medical advances that could not have been discovered, had it not been for the harsh injuries of war. Oh how the world works...
Okay, I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but you should also consider that we are more free now. Before WW1, homosexuals and minorities did not have nearly the rights and freedom to express themselves as they do now. Children also are now allowed to spend their summers at home in a carefree environment instead of wasting their childhood in some unsafe factory.
Your only argument is we pay more than we did then. Its basically the "Glenn Beck" argument.
@mav2400 You are implying that the freedoms some have developed over the past century are as a result of the numerous wars we have taken part in. You are sadly mistaken. There is a distinct difference between correlation and causation.
The Central Powers would probably have lost without America's help anyway. If you look at the world map of all the Central Powers in 1917, you would see many things that would make it impossible for even a stalemate. The Ottoman Empire was being rolled up by Arab rebels, Austria was being completely propped up by Germany, and all of the minor Central Powers were on the brink of revolt. The only thing going for Germany was the peace settlement with Russia.
Bravo, Bravo "clapping" Was this an audition? Terrific acting, absolutely marvellous! You will definitely get the part, especially with the other 'auditions' you have posted. The choaked, tearful pauses were a masterclass!!! You will certainly get many more 'donations' at you website from this, and the others in your series. All the best x
We are much more free than we would have been if we didn't fight in WW2.
You are essentially arguing for a world in which mixed race people are imprisoned or shot on sight, gay people are executed, and minority religions face extreme persecution.
stefbot, you are truely lucky (or blessed, ect) to live in a country where your freedom of expression is allowed and tolorated (as well as others to agree and disagree with you). If you lived in China (or Venezuela or the DPRK), even today, your opinions would likely have you in a political re-education camp. I find it ironic that while you damn US soliders with one breath, it's because they chose to serve and do violence on your behalf that you (and others) can sleep peacefully at night.
@99agbq you admit that governments caused both world wars. you make an arguement or lack thereof that living in the U.S. is "better" than other countries? R u fuckin serious u fuckin idiot? So if I torture you and kill u its wrong but if I do it quick its ok cause its better? u r either being intellectually dishonest or u r a fuckin idiot. If u want to come up with real arguements please feel free. But if u wanna accuse stef of a strawman and than make a gigantic strawman than go fuck urself
@fps0chris Wow, real mature. I kinda wish you'd actually had a real arguement so I could have shredded it, but seeing as you can't argue, or spell, or make rational or logical statements, I'll just have to guess that you must be a liberal, a sheep whose more than happy to hide behind those willing to sacrifice so that you can live in peace.
... had the US stayed out of WW1, would Germany would have eventually taken the US on? Probably. Had the US stayed out of WW2, most of the would would probably be speaking Russian or German by now, and I can promise that if you think freedoms have been limited, then brother, you need to find out what it was like to live in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany. Talk to those people, ask them if war to free others from bondage, and in turn protect our own worth it.
@99agbq "...if you think freedoms have been limited, then brother, you need to find out what it was like to live in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany."
If you really think that, then you wouldn't have a problem if I come to your house and eat your food, take one room and bathroom for me. And if you then think that will be unfair, I will answer "Just look at poor people who are hungry and live on the street; you're lucky to have half of the house and food left for you".
@bugogorac You obviously have never talked to anyone that have to live under those systems. You have no idea how evil those systems were, and how those people were treated. I really have no idea where you were going with your comment, but if you think that you had an arguement, well, you need to go back to school.
Wow - I could think of a number of words that would describe you sir, and while some like crazy blind or uneducated all work, I think naive is what best describes you. You see, I can tell you've never actually studied history, political science or even philosophy based on your 1st arguement. You think that you can measure freedom from 1914 to now, but your agrement is nothing more than a strawman...
@99agbq btw ur irrational and complete retarded responce proves stefs point, statism is so hard for retards like u to break out of. I assume you have read all of stefs works regarding politcal philosophy and read works by Proudhon Bakunin Goldman and other anarchist before coming up with a response that u apparently think destroys anarchism. O wait u r just another fuckin ignorant fool.
@fps0chris You need to get out and read some real stuff. I've actually done political analysis as well as studied political theory on the graduate level, so can honestly say that not only does Stef have no idea what he's talking about, neither do you. Oh, and as for the "deaths of millions," you need to realize that communism in the 20th centry killed 100 million people, and nazism killed at least 15 million. That's over 100 million right there. Get out, read, open your eyes and learn.
Stef I must say for what it's worth you've changed my life!! Nothing can repay how much your videos, podcasts, and the times we've spoken inspired me to live my values everyday... Much appreciation!!
Before 1913 there was no Income Tax or Corporate Tax? What about the 1909 Corporate Tax Act? What about the Revenue Acts of 1861 and 1862 that imposed what could be considered the first personal income tax on the people? A good video otherwise.
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." ~ Albert Einstein
I feel as though i understand who since WW1 has profited and benefited of every war by funding both sides ect, and who are the losers, the meat that gets fed into the meat grinder.
It would seem as thought the international bankers are the root cause of the problems of the planet.
The love of money might just be the root of all evil.
You reap what you sow: force answers force, war breeds war, and death only brings death. To break this vicious circle, one must do more than act without any thought or doubt.
The last passages of this monologue remind me of a Ted Hughes poem, "Fairy Tale". In it, Ted Hughes imagines himself tripping over the dead body of his wife, slain by an ogre and plunging into an abyss. To complete the analogy, someone who subscribes to the Hegelian lie that in order to abolish violence we must invest in the Weberian state, will end up either being that dead body, or tripping over the body of someone they love, and plunging into the abyss
war is for fucking pussies anyone can go to war. if u threaten any human on this planet with slavery, distruction or murder (or lead him to belive this) he will become your enemy and war will be apon both of you. but to think about and question everything you have been tought to be truth; that takes SOME balls!
Stef, I was moved, as you were obviously moved when making this video. No one should be surpised at your emotion here, versus the cool logic of your other videos. After all, war is the ultimate and most tragic manifestation of the State, the most concrete expression of its evil. And as Spooner said, "War is the health of the State." So, indeed, holidays such as Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, and the like, should evoke both the strongest sorrow and the strongest resolve for change.
Most of the opponents our military are fighting couldn't care less about our "freedoms", yet much of the pro-war public honestly believes that impoverished teenagers wielding kalashnikovs really do want to subjugate us. Then again, for the pro-war public war is merely a game, and we have to root for our team.
I will only take up arms for my country if a foreign enemy is invading my homeland with dubious intentions. Ironically, the same motivation that many young Iraqis and Vietnamese had.
I am originally greek, I know exactly what you are talking about here. You might know this already, yet it feels like I must write this, in this very box;
Evil cannot be fought. Violence is simply toxic Evil can only be exposed to the light of reason and conscious thought. I must admit I many times have found solice in philosophy even though i am not exactly that kind of person; i don't often reflect about these things. I also have found some important truths in Buddhism. Thank you for being you
OMG ...take away all law enforcement and let this guy get a taste of why there are wars. He takes for granted walking down the street in safety of course he will take freedom for granted too. A slap in the face will wake this fairy up.Hey fairy save your utopian dreamland for sleep. Then wake up and smell the coffee. Only our abundance of resource keeps you from having to fight for food. Fairy poet quoting poetry as if he is bringing us revelation.
@cutwagman with all due respect, when the world is empty of uneducated lazy people who believe that they have to fight to eat instead of work to eat, Stefbot's dream will come true, I guess if you better understand his words and then spread them to the point of there is no evil and respect for human rights then you'd live his DREAM and you'd appreciate his wise words!
@cutwagman also what makes you think that the police are doing anything but giving us speeding tickets and putting us in jail for having some pot eating dunken donuts and reading the paper, I've had people broken into my car twice and once in my house, what did the police do to save me ? nothing ! they came wrote a report and left, how is it protecting us to have Law enforcement ? if you understand the law enforcement any better please share with the rest of us.
You just hit every nail on every head. I am an american living in Europe, and I am constantly having to go over this subject. thank you for putting it into words better than I could.
I am not saying that they are all violent and thirsty of blood. That is even not a case. Problem is, I think, what they would do if they got an order from their "masters". The majority of them would not question it. :(
Well, to the exclusion of Abu Ghraib...there is a such thing as an "UNLAWFUL ORDER" an unlawful order can be refused under UCMJ which is the Unifrom Code of Military Justice...they can refuse, but it is my belief that since soldiers have been overseas 4 or even 5 times since this war started that they are psychologically damaged...most have PTSD and are still being sent overseas regardless.
Ok! you've got me ! but help us with a plan of action. This is your most moving vid yet!!. I ASK YOU, WHAT PLAN OF ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN!!!! What and how do we make those steps from this point on.
Soldiers are NOT criminals...the problem is they are being used for purposes they were never intended to be used for...many soldiers join the armed services because they come from families who have very little opportunities...the military offers many perks to those poor kids who live in poverty and join fresh out of high school...some wouldn't even be able to go to college if they didn't join...u are uninformed...the gov't is running the show, not the soldiers.
but they knew they could get called into war...i agree they were bribed into it but they should understand exactly what they could be asked (and ordered) to do
Most soldiers come into the army , marines, etc trying to escape a background of extreme poverty right here in the US many families are below the poverty line...at the the same time...most soldiers go into the army never expecting to fight unjust wars such as our present situation...think about it,...I'm a vet myself...my enlistment was over one year after 9/11 and go figure, I'm an anarchist...in truth,to state that soldiers are all criminals is ignorant.
well, if they act like a criminals, they can be called by this name. I am not saying, that they are all bad people without morality and so on. I meant that they are deluded into believing in a religion called statism. That's it. There was a time I wanted to be a soldier to. Even wanted to volunteer... Though, that time passed and I understood, how wrong it would be.
For one thing, you are generalizing all soldiers and their beliefs which is stereotyping them...more often than not soldiers are not violent gunslinging cowboys thirsty for blood...to place blame on the soldiers themselves is a cop out..the government is responsible for the orders...soldiers are currently being misused when their actual pupose is to defend their country when the need arises.Now, what Stefan is discussing in this vid is more on topic. T
Truthfully, the delusion is the belief that soldiers are fighting for our freedom...the current war began with George Dubya stating that 9/11 only happened because the terrorists hate us for our freedom...the issue here I think is not an attack on soldiers themselves but a statement concerning the manipulation and delusions of all concerning this issues.I never heard Stefan once state that soldiers were criminals or evil or otherwise...many are deluded, yes, but many are as disillusioned as we r
well, I don't want to invoke no true scotsman fallacy, but look at this this way. How do you call a boy who sells the drugs (for example) and gives money to mafia boss and he gives him a "salary". Or if that poor boy kills a person or two. Who is he ? A victime of mafia or criminal ? I would say he is at least both. With soldiers the situation can be similar, but not always. It is usually worse.
@MaikUniversum Soldiers don't make policy, they follow orders. The criminals are those who decide to prosecute the wars - politicians, top brass and the corporatists who own them all. If you want to be dramatic in making your point, then say soldiers are "hired killers", which is precisely accurate. And everyone takes employment where they can find it, and accepts the morality of that job when they decide to accept the work.
@Rumpl4skn I didn't want to imply that they are making policies or whatever. But they commit attrocieties even without following orders. They are not robots and can make decisions like any normal human. Politicians and other "leaders" are to blame too, I am not forgeting them. And corporatists would own nothing if government wouldn't grant them that legal right. Without state all mega corporations would probably fail.
@MaikUniversum I just tend to have some empathy for the average grunt. You don't have to watch Full Metal Jacket to know what training is like. Calling them maggots, and ladies and demeaning them - this isn't about just obeying orders, it's about dehumanizing them. By the time they get to the fight, they are ready to dish out some serious payback for the abuse they harbor in the subconscious. And since a large % are from lower on the food chain, u can expect some to go Rambo.
damn i shed my tears with you stef. and unfortuanetly an army has only one perposs that is to engage in war. an army that dose not is useless(to govrnment) that is why we have been at war for most of the last century and all of this one. it is big business and not only kills but if you servive it can cripple a mind for life. an army can also be used against its own people and has done many times. that was a masterpeace. well said good man ! and an excellent link between WWI and WWII.
One more comment on this. I firmly believe that those who stand in front of the guns and put flowers in the barrel in a peaceful nation - would be the first behind the guns seeking protection if they were being threatened by those who would take away our freedoms.
Unfortunately, in America in particular, it is the soldiers who are provoking conflicts by marching out from 700 bases in other countries. They are not protecting us, they are endangering us.
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many of those countries have asked for our presence to defend their fledgling democracies and freedom. Should we turn them down and let them fend for themselves? Using that argument - why should we worry about Darfur or other countries where genocide is taking place?
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OK - let's just let North Korea get the nukes. Let's allow Iran to blow up Israel. Let's allow communist countries to expand until we also have no freedoms left for religion, speech, or anything else, then ask that question. And How many have you fought in?
The fact that you are able to give this manifesto shows a value of soldiers fighting for freedom. It is not war that makes us less free - it is bigger government. You offer isolationism as a way to avoiding war and conflict, yet you offer no solutions to radical extremists, or dictators like Kim Jong Il ,etc. who would destroy our way of life. I am thankful for those who have died to allow our exchange of ideas. The world today does not allow for the luxury of isolationism - peace to you!
Kim Il Jong is a paper tiger, made out to be a powerful threat when in fact him himself is an isolationist, forbidding outside media and contact. People just want to do their own thing and those that need to be ordered around are not human but talking dogs. There is so much deception in the world to form perceptions of threat where no threat exists, and we see with 911 where god's self-chosen carry out terrorist acts themselves in order to prompt us into attacking their enemies.
Even if Hitler wouldn't have come to power there would still be a second world war, because Stalin would have invaded Europe. But of coarse you would have known this if you played Red Alert...lol.
i know how you feel man . i feel the same. war is dumb. no war is a good war. lets liberate the world and end the prison planet.
peace from canada and for better days and all those people soliders and civilizans killed in the name of keepign old men rich and protecting there global and other business and political agenda's
keep speaking the truth . i know in 2003 i ha lots of problems due to how messed up soceity is war 011 and stuff
have only gone through 4 episodes....i always need to hear each a few times to absorb his words...I thank you Stefbot for adding your beauty to my life.
it is always very sad to have a family member be a casualty of war. id like to add that there is also this illusion that u can succeed in a war and that the other side is "evil" When actually they are just as human, thrust into something nobody wants to be in.
IF they do so much want to be involved in war or anything to do with sacrificing their lives, many decide because they want to make something of their lives, 4 e good of the country (just a myth that never goes away)
It's so true. I've cried over all the Nazi soldiers killed in WWII. They were just kids too; not evil; just as propagandized. They thought that by killing Americans, and Jews, that they were doing good. The state dictator tells them to be heros so it can use them as mere pawns.
And to think how people don't understand that kids are DEAD now. They're told to believe that soldiers are in a better place because of all the people they killed, and even if we are, we're in a worse place... fuckin' a.
It's so true. I've cried over all the Nazi soldiers killed in WWII. They were just kids too; not evil; just as propagandized. They thought that by killing Americans, and Jews, that they were doing good. The state dictator tells them to be heros so it can use them as mere pawns.
And to think how people don't understand that kids are DEAD now. They're told to believe that soldiers are in a better place because of all the people they killed, and even if we are, we're in a worse place... fuckin' a.
Countries go to war when they're doing well not poor - haha right Germany went to war in WWII because they were well off, no they're money was basically worthless
How can you dishonor the deaths of brave soldiers by comparing they're deaths to pigs, were we more free after the Revolutionary war? Yes. Were Jews in Concentration Camps more free after WWII? Yes. Some wars do not bring about freedom but some do do not generalize these things
You are thinking of Germany in the 1920s, during the hyperinflation. And what happened to Eastern Europe in/after WWII? Hundreds of millions delivered to communist slavery...
Haha, yes we all know the near totality of war is for malicious greed driven purposes, but for this preposterous argument of yours to have even the slightest amount of believability one would have to completely disregard all positive social change as a result of war and violence.
I don't know who can't see this, I don't believe the humanity that God created, requires a man like this to pour out the soul he has,that we all have, to show us what eyes can see. All of us know his words. All of us who choose not to show it still feel the truth. We cannot fear the truth like the bombs that,the bullets that kill. We cannot wait for a resolution to this if we are that resolution. How can we wait for ourselves hating each other for the place and the form we're born in.
I agree with you blueprophet9. This video brought tears to my eyes. Everyone should watch this. Everyone. It stirs up the just rage of my heart, and fills me with unspeakable sadness. We must spread the truth. We must change things for real this time. We must, or we curse the dead, and kill the children not yet born.
This upload, outside of art is the most honest video on YouTube. His thoughts MUST be profound to the nationalists watching it. Let's not change a person or the world, but open the person and open the world. What a crazy thing to feel, huh? ...For the thinking human.
there are already "ghosts of people screaming" they're called well ghosts go 2 a haunted house, youll c, course i dont think they are actually all screaming bcus they those people think its ok cus they grew up in a societal way of thinking. they are ppl obviously. just a little side note. great video.
Then please explain how and where the video is wrong in your opinion. I love a good clean debate, and I hope one of us can learn something invaluable from the experience. Feel free to pm me!
he says that since we fight wars for freedom and such, then due to the many wars over our history we should be much more free now then before.
but then he says we arent better off now, and lists things like income tax.
but this isnt true. war isnt only to increase freedoms, it is also to maintain them. we fought the revolution for freedom, that war increased it. both world wars were simply to maintain the freedom
Do you actually and truly believe that the first world war had anything to do with maintaining freedom?
And it's historically quite tragic that the US fought the revolutionary war to avoid colonial taxes, only to have Washington create and expand an even more centralized and invasive tax system after the whiskey rebellion.
Whatever its intentions, it simply threw off a far away tyranny to replace it with a much more effective one at home.
and he also recounts the death tolls, and after mentioning children he says "hundreds of millions" in terms of those dead. now i know he wasnt only counting the dead children, but even if you count every person killed in war since 1914 there arent hundreds of millions...
thats because they fight to help make us free, but not all of them
so therefore only a small amount of progress can be made each war, and some wars arent to make us more free, they are simply to keep us from losing what freedom we have
good work man. we are humans and there will always be violence. but our ability to wipe each other out has grown with our technological advances, and this puts us in a very dangerous position
It's to late to do anything about it now, the world has become a comlicated violent mess. Tell your truth speech to a group of muslim fundimentalist terrorist overseas, tell them to throw down there swords and spears and see what happens. 12/12/2012 New Age of Enlightnment begins.
Yeah, right. People, this 2012 stuff is fucking retarded. There were doomsday cults throughout the entire human history, and guess what? NOTHING happened! 2012 is the same. Get a life, don't WAIT for the world to change.
talk about simple mindedchrist died for you it is eternal pardon and it is free,if you accept HIM.who would turn down free??? I don't know what your plan is for the after life, oh , you won't have a choice then will you???
Oh, so you know there is an afterlife. You know the TRUTH. The arrogance of the simple minded. It isn't free...you have to lie to yourself and worship an entity that taxed you before you manifested on the planet....sounds familiar. I say revolution...Lucifer was on to something. Say hi to HORUS for me.
Great video. Of course there are a lot of people who would rather call you names than face up to the fact that you are correct. You are one of the people who make me proud to be a human! :)
"You didn't have to carry any papers, you didn't have to have passports..."
Almost teared up during this vid.
troyfiss1 5 days ago
I feel like it's fallacious to talk about all the wealth that Europe and the United States made during the 19th century as an example of the free market. These two regions made all this money because of imperialism; they stole the wealth from India and China. I do believe the world as a whole would be far wealthier, and far more egalitarian, under the free market/anarchy, but we should be careful how we make our cases for it.
QuatFax 3 weeks ago
03:42 -- The cost of life is at its greatest, when it reaches 1. The 'Ho-rah'ers, the parents tolerating and endorsing the atrocities, would rather have pride in death, then resolve the fear of Self-Acknowledgment.
GriebKyle 2 months ago
02:42 -- Agony; "Here I repeat again..."; "What has history has given us?": "If only we knew, we were Free."
GriebKyle 2 months ago
A good message but you made some pretty horrible mistakes with some facts and also went to wrong conclusions at times.
Still largely agree though.
MegaHinkel 2 months ago
"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names."
- Chinese proverb
"Violence has nothing with which to cover itself - except the lie. And the lie has nothing to stand on, other than violence. Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose the lie as his principle."
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
n3rd66 2 months ago
Hey stefbot, if violence is wrong then do you agree with self-defence?
Turok456789 2 months ago
@Turok456789 I do agree with self defense.
stefbot 2 months ago
@Turok456789 There's a big difference between an act of aggression and self defense.
bungholeblitzer 2 months ago
@DoctorAsshole1 you dont need to have taken part in the horrors of war to speak about the morality of it and you dont need to have been a soldier to have an opinion on freedom, thats just ridiculous... namecalling also is ridiculous, its not even an argument, just shows the weakness of a persons position is if thats all they have is tossing names around
ott0Kitam 2 months ago 2
I post this on my wall every Rememberance Day
ShadowCrowX 2 months ago in playlist ShadowCrowX's favorites
bravo man, bravo
doxinero 3 months ago
Powerfully true my good friend. Thank you for your sane offering!
zardozkid 5 months ago
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more people FROM israel died than any other country in the world
beserkerpatroit1337 6 months ago
Sir, I watched too many of your videos in a row to remember...but there is one video clip where I think it's an intended survey where a group of guys bully one man to see that if pedestrians will help. Do you know what is the video called if on Youtube?
spiritfired 6 months ago
18:45 .... Yes!
WOWISTOOADDICTING 7 months ago
I am watching this on Memorial Day 2011, some two and a half years after this was recorded. I wish I could say things have changed for the better but they have not. There are many individuals that have been made better by this broadcast and others by Stef but the nation still is insanely glorifying its continued murder and enslavement of populations.
lcook1951 8 months ago
I kind of feel sorry for you, do you think that a murderous regime with ammunition upon ammunition will be destroyed with words? If you do not support them they have their guns for support. What Do you imply as a solution if you do not mind me asking?
FATAL12SKILLZ 8 months ago
@FATAL12SKILLZ by spreading the word of how the Army is such a corrupt institution and cutting their funds by making the State smaller, you Americans could leave them without soldiers and without money.
Hyperknox 8 months ago
@Hyperknox Lool I am not American. I am Canadian. Other than that i will say no more.
FATAL12SKILLZ 8 months ago
@Hyperknox I'm a Muslim-Afghan-Canadian =)
FATAL12SKILLZ 8 months ago
@FATAL12SKILLZ You can still spread the word!
Hyperknox 8 months ago
It's so weird...I remember having to celebrate Rememberance Day in school and always thought it was one of the most pointless holidays to stunt my education. I just felt that it was stupid to really give a shit about a bunch of guys who threw their lives away for nothing. So I'm NOT crazy. though I did learn in history class that there are some medical advances that could not have been discovered, had it not been for the harsh injuries of war. Oh how the world works...
ShadowCrowX 9 months ago
Okay, I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but you should also consider that we are more free now. Before WW1, homosexuals and minorities did not have nearly the rights and freedom to express themselves as they do now. Children also are now allowed to spend their summers at home in a carefree environment instead of wasting their childhood in some unsafe factory.
Your only argument is we pay more than we did then. Its basically the "Glenn Beck" argument.
mav2400 9 months ago
@mav2400 You are implying that the freedoms some have developed over the past century are as a result of the numerous wars we have taken part in. You are sadly mistaken. There is a distinct difference between correlation and causation.
HumanaeAdAstra 8 months ago
The Central Powers would probably have lost without America's help anyway. If you look at the world map of all the Central Powers in 1917, you would see many things that would make it impossible for even a stalemate. The Ottoman Empire was being rolled up by Arab rebels, Austria was being completely propped up by Germany, and all of the minor Central Powers were on the brink of revolt. The only thing going for Germany was the peace settlement with Russia.
mav2400 9 months ago
You asked the wrong question. The real question is whether we are freer now than we would be under Nazi or the Kaiser's rule.
mav2400 9 months ago
@mav2400 whats "nazi"
fuckystoat 8 months ago
@mav2400 Research "the Business Plot".
HumanaeAdAstra 8 months ago
so many people need to see this , they need to understand what happened , and what it really means.
thank you for posting this Sir.
WarriorVSFacism 10 months ago
It's gratifying to see a man of such intellectual courage facing his family grief with such emotional courage.
joequirk 10 months ago
Bravo, Bravo "clapping" Was this an audition? Terrific acting, absolutely marvellous! You will definitely get the part, especially with the other 'auditions' you have posted. The choaked, tearful pauses were a masterclass!!! You will certainly get many more 'donations' at you website from this, and the others in your series. All the best x
jahbabylon 11 months ago
wow ive made this video so many times in my head before i ever saw this... couldnt have said it better
frogger1017 1 year ago
This guy is great speaker and intellectual.
THOMAS8845164 1 year ago 8
We are much more free than we would have been if we didn't fight in WW2.
You are essentially arguing for a world in which mixed race people are imprisoned or shot on sight, gay people are executed, and minority religions face extreme persecution.
naughtybeast 1 year ago
stefbot, you are truely lucky (or blessed, ect) to live in a country where your freedom of expression is allowed and tolorated (as well as others to agree and disagree with you). If you lived in China (or Venezuela or the DPRK), even today, your opinions would likely have you in a political re-education camp. I find it ironic that while you damn US soliders with one breath, it's because they chose to serve and do violence on your behalf that you (and others) can sleep peacefully at night.
99agbq 1 year ago
@99agbq do u have an arguement? or are u goin just spew unbacked opinions?
fps0chris 1 year ago
@99agbq you admit that governments caused both world wars. you make an arguement or lack thereof that living in the U.S. is "better" than other countries? R u fuckin serious u fuckin idiot? So if I torture you and kill u its wrong but if I do it quick its ok cause its better? u r either being intellectually dishonest or u r a fuckin idiot. If u want to come up with real arguements please feel free. But if u wanna accuse stef of a strawman and than make a gigantic strawman than go fuck urself
fps0chris 1 year ago
@fps0chris Wow, real mature. I kinda wish you'd actually had a real arguement so I could have shredded it, but seeing as you can't argue, or spell, or make rational or logical statements, I'll just have to guess that you must be a liberal, a sheep whose more than happy to hide behind those willing to sacrifice so that you can live in peace.
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99agbq 6 months ago
... had the US stayed out of WW1, would Germany would have eventually taken the US on? Probably. Had the US stayed out of WW2, most of the would would probably be speaking Russian or German by now, and I can promise that if you think freedoms have been limited, then brother, you need to find out what it was like to live in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany. Talk to those people, ask them if war to free others from bondage, and in turn protect our own worth it.
99agbq 1 year ago
@99agbq "...if you think freedoms have been limited, then brother, you need to find out what it was like to live in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany."
If you really think that, then you wouldn't have a problem if I come to your house and eat your food, take one room and bathroom for me. And if you then think that will be unfair, I will answer "Just look at poor people who are hungry and live on the street; you're lucky to have half of the house and food left for you".
bugogorac 1 year ago 2
@bugogorac You obviously have never talked to anyone that have to live under those systems. You have no idea how evil those systems were, and how those people were treated. I really have no idea where you were going with your comment, but if you think that you had an arguement, well, you need to go back to school.
99agbq 6 months ago
Wow - I could think of a number of words that would describe you sir, and while some like crazy blind or uneducated all work, I think naive is what best describes you. You see, I can tell you've never actually studied history, political science or even philosophy based on your 1st arguement. You think that you can measure freedom from 1914 to now, but your agrement is nothing more than a strawman...
99agbq 1 year ago
@99agbq btw ur irrational and complete retarded responce proves stefs point, statism is so hard for retards like u to break out of. I assume you have read all of stefs works regarding politcal philosophy and read works by Proudhon Bakunin Goldman and other anarchist before coming up with a response that u apparently think destroys anarchism. O wait u r just another fuckin ignorant fool.
fps0chris 1 year ago
@fps0chris You need to get out and read some real stuff. I've actually done political analysis as well as studied political theory on the graduate level, so can honestly say that not only does Stef have no idea what he's talking about, neither do you. Oh, and as for the "deaths of millions," you need to realize that communism in the 20th centry killed 100 million people, and nazism killed at least 15 million. That's over 100 million right there. Get out, read, open your eyes and learn.
99agbq 6 months ago
@99agbq huh? lol r u goin to banter on about nothin or actually attack a specific issue? u elitist prick
fps0chris 6 months ago
@99agbq wait r u suggesting I support communism or Nazism?
fps0chris 6 months ago
@99agbq o and go fuck urself, ur ideas r responsible for the deaths of millions.
fps0chris 1 year ago
Stef I must say for what it's worth you've changed my life!! Nothing can repay how much your videos, podcasts, and the times we've spoken inspired me to live my values everyday... Much appreciation!!
mattfgb 1 year ago
I have to say all your videos leave me in awe, especially ones like this.
Haytearah 1 year ago
Before 1913 there was no Income Tax or Corporate Tax? What about the 1909 Corporate Tax Act? What about the Revenue Acts of 1861 and 1862 that imposed what could be considered the first personal income tax on the people? A good video otherwise.
charttech 1 year ago
@charttech I believe he's Canadian; I have no idea whether or not there were *Canadian* income or corporate taxes prior to 1913, but doubt it.
tweedlebeetles 1 year ago
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." ~ Albert Einstein
da324 1 year ago 2
powerful.
I feel as though i understand who since WW1 has profited and benefited of every war by funding both sides ect, and who are the losers, the meat that gets fed into the meat grinder.
It would seem as thought the international bankers are the root cause of the problems of the planet.
The love of money might just be the root of all evil.
kelpop12 1 year ago
LOVE IT!!!!! FINALLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN!!!!!
drumfreak1969 1 year ago 2
You reap what you sow: force answers force, war breeds war, and death only brings death. To break this vicious circle, one must do more than act without any thought or doubt.
nickinvader 1 year ago
Spot on Stef! Very powerful. A light in the darkness.
johnnywhack 1 year ago
The last passages of this monologue remind me of a Ted Hughes poem, "Fairy Tale". In it, Ted Hughes imagines himself tripping over the dead body of his wife, slain by an ogre and plunging into an abyss. To complete the analogy, someone who subscribes to the Hegelian lie that in order to abolish violence we must invest in the Weberian state, will end up either being that dead body, or tripping over the body of someone they love, and plunging into the abyss
BenettFreeman 1 year ago
FaceBook'd it.
Thanks again, Stef.
MusicalAdrian 1 year ago 2
war is for fucking pussies anyone can go to war. if u threaten any human on this planet with slavery, distruction or murder (or lead him to belive this) he will become your enemy and war will be apon both of you. but to think about and question everything you have been tought to be truth; that takes SOME balls!
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myname7575 1 year ago
@Pete1051, re: changing the name of "Department of War" to "Department of Defense"
A perfect example of Newspeak, the corruption of concepts caused by language manipulation (popularly known as "political correctness").
lek844 1 year ago
Stef, I was moved, as you were obviously moved when making this video. No one should be surpised at your emotion here, versus the cool logic of your other videos. After all, war is the ultimate and most tragic manifestation of the State, the most concrete expression of its evil. And as Spooner said, "War is the health of the State." So, indeed, holidays such as Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, and the like, should evoke both the strongest sorrow and the strongest resolve for change.
lek844 1 year ago
They knew exactly what they we're doing when they changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defense.
War is built on a foundation of lies, because sane, rational people have no desire to kill.
Stefan speaks with such passion, very inspirational.
pete1051 1 year ago 2
Most of the opponents our military are fighting couldn't care less about our "freedoms", yet much of the pro-war public honestly believes that impoverished teenagers wielding kalashnikovs really do want to subjugate us. Then again, for the pro-war public war is merely a game, and we have to root for our team.
I will only take up arms for my country if a foreign enemy is invading my homeland with dubious intentions. Ironically, the same motivation that many young Iraqis and Vietnamese had.
TheGreaterGood80 1 year ago
your eloquence impresses me.
Tarantulus666 1 year ago 2
I am originally greek, I know exactly what you are talking about here. You might know this already, yet it feels like I must write this, in this very box;
Evil cannot be fought. Violence is simply toxic Evil can only be exposed to the light of reason and conscious thought. I must admit I many times have found solice in philosophy even though i am not exactly that kind of person; i don't often reflect about these things. I also have found some important truths in Buddhism. Thank you for being you
jojofulkrum 1 year ago 2
Stefan?
The Federal Reserve and Income tax were written into law in 1913; not after the USA got into WWI.
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
Stef has a penetrating logic..
TVwakeup 1 year ago
i feel ya man. we need to stop.
CheeezMaster 1 year ago
OMG ...take away all law enforcement and let this guy get a taste of why there are wars. He takes for granted walking down the street in safety of course he will take freedom for granted too. A slap in the face will wake this fairy up.Hey fairy save your utopian dreamland for sleep. Then wake up and smell the coffee. Only our abundance of resource keeps you from having to fight for food. Fairy poet quoting poetry as if he is bringing us revelation.
cutwagman 1 year ago
@cutwagman What makes you think he wants to take away law enforcement?
AnarchoRich 1 year ago
@cutwagman with all due respect, when the world is empty of uneducated lazy people who believe that they have to fight to eat instead of work to eat, Stefbot's dream will come true, I guess if you better understand his words and then spread them to the point of there is no evil and respect for human rights then you'd live his DREAM and you'd appreciate his wise words!
metalcapricorn1981 1 year ago
@cutwagman also what makes you think that the police are doing anything but giving us speeding tickets and putting us in jail for having some pot eating dunken donuts and reading the paper, I've had people broken into my car twice and once in my house, what did the police do to save me ? nothing ! they came wrote a report and left, how is it protecting us to have Law enforcement ? if you understand the law enforcement any better please share with the rest of us.
Thanks
metalcapricorn1981 1 year ago
that was tense
pentelesoikoon 1 year ago
powerful Stef. as Orwell wrote of the lie, "WAR IS PEACE. PEACE IS WAR."
quietrune 1 year ago
All in all it's just... another brick in the Wall.
rarelibra 1 year ago
great video....
Wesker1982 1 year ago
You just hit every nail on every head. I am an american living in Europe, and I am constantly having to go over this subject. thank you for putting it into words better than I could.
BuskersWishingWell 1 year ago
I left the army because I was fighting the wrong war. The war is at home for our rights and freedoms against tyranny.
45a14 1 year ago 73
Respect for that.
Danger12233 1 year ago
@45a14
You sir, are a true hero.
Tarantulus666 1 year ago
@45a14
Tips hat.
Thanks for thinking.
waveoflight 5 months ago
Powerful video, and my favorite video of yours.
AndyMH182 2 years ago
I'm frustrated because, Stefbot, your so right about soldiers that I've respected all my life
masonkiller666 2 years ago
Great speech we are waking up.
The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.
Albert Einstein
whitenightf3 2 years ago
Btw, I was responding to MaikUniversum...Stefan, well said!
angelosorrow 2 years ago
I am not saying that they are all violent and thirsty of blood. That is even not a case. Problem is, I think, what they would do if they got an order from their "masters". The majority of them would not question it. :(
MaikUniversum 2 years ago
Well, to the exclusion of Abu Ghraib...there is a such thing as an "UNLAWFUL ORDER" an unlawful order can be refused under UCMJ which is the Unifrom Code of Military Justice...they can refuse, but it is my belief that since soldiers have been overseas 4 or even 5 times since this war started that they are psychologically damaged...most have PTSD and are still being sent overseas regardless.
angelosorrow 2 years ago
Ok! you've got me ! but help us with a plan of action. This is your most moving vid yet!!. I ASK YOU, WHAT PLAN OF ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN!!!! What and how do we make those steps from this point on.
wilbertbenjamin 2 years ago
0.37 maybe not praising our past but we HAVE to remember it
normy690 2 years ago
You sir are so engageing. Amazing ...absolute truth !
Bravo sir ~
RenegadeTimes 2 years ago 2
Do you feel let down by humanity?
ThePhaedrus83 2 years ago
War and Lies
watch?v=U0DTNtzfVoY
ThePhaedrus83 2 years ago
all soldiers are simply... criminals. Delusional or not.
MaikUniversum 2 years ago 5
Soldiers are NOT criminals...the problem is they are being used for purposes they were never intended to be used for...many soldiers join the armed services because they come from families who have very little opportunities...the military offers many perks to those poor kids who live in poverty and join fresh out of high school...some wouldn't even be able to go to college if they didn't join...u are uninformed...the gov't is running the show, not the soldiers.
angelosorrow 2 years ago
but they knew they could get called into war...i agree they were bribed into it but they should understand exactly what they could be asked (and ordered) to do
celticlord88 2 years ago
Most soldiers come into the army , marines, etc trying to escape a background of extreme poverty right here in the US many families are below the poverty line...at the the same time...most soldiers go into the army never expecting to fight unjust wars such as our present situation...think about it,...I'm a vet myself...my enlistment was over one year after 9/11 and go figure, I'm an anarchist...in truth,to state that soldiers are all criminals is ignorant.
angelosorrow 2 years ago
well, if they act like a criminals, they can be called by this name. I am not saying, that they are all bad people without morality and so on. I meant that they are deluded into believing in a religion called statism. That's it. There was a time I wanted to be a soldier to. Even wanted to volunteer... Though, that time passed and I understood, how wrong it would be.
MaikUniversum 2 years ago
For one thing, you are generalizing all soldiers and their beliefs which is stereotyping them...more often than not soldiers are not violent gunslinging cowboys thirsty for blood...to place blame on the soldiers themselves is a cop out..the government is responsible for the orders...soldiers are currently being misused when their actual pupose is to defend their country when the need arises.Now, what Stefan is discussing in this vid is more on topic. T
angelosorrow 2 years ago
Truthfully, the delusion is the belief that soldiers are fighting for our freedom...the current war began with George Dubya stating that 9/11 only happened because the terrorists hate us for our freedom...the issue here I think is not an attack on soldiers themselves but a statement concerning the manipulation and delusions of all concerning this issues.I never heard Stefan once state that soldiers were criminals or evil or otherwise...many are deluded, yes, but many are as disillusioned as we r
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MaikUniversum 2 years ago
well, I don't want to invoke no true scotsman fallacy, but look at this this way. How do you call a boy who sells the drugs (for example) and gives money to mafia boss and he gives him a "salary". Or if that poor boy kills a person or two. Who is he ? A victime of mafia or criminal ? I would say he is at least both. With soldiers the situation can be similar, but not always. It is usually worse.
MaikUniversum 2 years ago
@MaikUniversum Soldiers don't make policy, they follow orders. The criminals are those who decide to prosecute the wars - politicians, top brass and the corporatists who own them all. If you want to be dramatic in making your point, then say soldiers are "hired killers", which is precisely accurate. And everyone takes employment where they can find it, and accepts the morality of that job when they decide to accept the work.
Rumpl4skn 6 months ago
@Rumpl4skn I didn't want to imply that they are making policies or whatever. But they commit attrocieties even without following orders. They are not robots and can make decisions like any normal human. Politicians and other "leaders" are to blame too, I am not forgeting them. And corporatists would own nothing if government wouldn't grant them that legal right. Without state all mega corporations would probably fail.
MaikUniversum 6 months ago
@MaikUniversum I just tend to have some empathy for the average grunt. You don't have to watch Full Metal Jacket to know what training is like. Calling them maggots, and ladies and demeaning them - this isn't about just obeying orders, it's about dehumanizing them. By the time they get to the fight, they are ready to dish out some serious payback for the abuse they harbor in the subconscious. And since a large % are from lower on the food chain, u can expect some to go Rambo.
Rumpl4skn 6 months ago
@Rumpl4skn right.
MaikUniversum 6 months ago
damn i shed my tears with you stef. and unfortuanetly an army has only one perposs that is to engage in war. an army that dose not is useless(to govrnment) that is why we have been at war for most of the last century and all of this one. it is big business and not only kills but if you servive it can cripple a mind for life. an army can also be used against its own people and has done many times. that was a masterpeace. well said good man ! and an excellent link between WWI and WWII.
lordmonty01 2 years ago 3
One more comment on this. I firmly believe that those who stand in front of the guns and put flowers in the barrel in a peaceful nation - would be the first behind the guns seeking protection if they were being threatened by those who would take away our freedoms.
tonymellen 2 years ago
Unfortunately, in America in particular, it is the soldiers who are provoking conflicts by marching out from 700 bases in other countries. They are not protecting us, they are endangering us.
stefbot 2 years ago 37
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many of those countries have asked for our presence to defend their fledgling democracies and freedom. Should we turn them down and let them fend for themselves? Using that argument - why should we worry about Darfur or other countries where genocide is taking place?
tonymellen 2 years ago
What about the one's that have not asked for your presence? And besides, how many wars have you fought to protect these countries?
Paddis92 2 years ago
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OK - let's just let North Korea get the nukes. Let's allow Iran to blow up Israel. Let's allow communist countries to expand until we also have no freedoms left for religion, speech, or anything else, then ask that question. And How many have you fought in?
tonymellen 2 years ago
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tonymellen 2 years ago
The fact that you are able to give this manifesto shows a value of soldiers fighting for freedom. It is not war that makes us less free - it is bigger government. You offer isolationism as a way to avoiding war and conflict, yet you offer no solutions to radical extremists, or dictators like Kim Jong Il ,etc. who would destroy our way of life. I am thankful for those who have died to allow our exchange of ideas. The world today does not allow for the luxury of isolationism - peace to you!
tonymellen 2 years ago
Kim Il Jong is a paper tiger, made out to be a powerful threat when in fact him himself is an isolationist, forbidding outside media and contact. People just want to do their own thing and those that need to be ordered around are not human but talking dogs. There is so much deception in the world to form perceptions of threat where no threat exists, and we see with 911 where god's self-chosen carry out terrorist acts themselves in order to prompt us into attacking their enemies.
Gromitdog1 2 years ago 2
wow. it's memorial day and i randomly watched this...............
diomedes39 2 years ago
and?
stefbot 2 years ago 2
I find it ironic that's all. It puts a different perspective on the subject.
Thanks for the video(s). They're all really well done.
diomedes39 2 years ago
@stefbot
It was ironic. :P
Surhotchaperchlorome 1 year ago
God bless u
I wish more ppl get the truth.
bhoolabisra 2 years ago
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tonymellen 2 years ago
i agree and all, but i dont like nor agree with your brief explanation of how the first world war began.
jgcooper 2 years ago
Even if Hitler wouldn't have come to power there would still be a second world war, because Stalin would have invaded Europe. But of coarse you would have known this if you played Red Alert...lol.
peanarchist 2 years ago
haha, I was going to make a red alert joke before I finished reading your comment.
morgantsangari 2 years ago
i know how you feel man . i feel the same. war is dumb. no war is a good war. lets liberate the world and end the prison planet.
peace from canada and for better days and all those people soliders and civilizans killed in the name of keepign old men rich and protecting there global and other business and political agenda's
keep speaking the truth . i know in 2003 i ha lots of problems due to how messed up soceity is war 011 and stuff
hippi28 2 years ago 3
I do love this man's poetry
have only gone through 4 episodes....i always need to hear each a few times to absorb his words...I thank you Stefbot for adding your beauty to my life.
hamletundone 2 years ago 8
Thanks for your very kind words...
stefbot 2 years ago
it is always very sad to have a family member be a casualty of war. id like to add that there is also this illusion that u can succeed in a war and that the other side is "evil" When actually they are just as human, thrust into something nobody wants to be in.
IF they do so much want to be involved in war or anything to do with sacrificing their lives, many decide because they want to make something of their lives, 4 e good of the country (just a myth that never goes away)
rheographics 2 years ago
It's so true. I've cried over all the Nazi soldiers killed in WWII. They were just kids too; not evil; just as propagandized. They thought that by killing Americans, and Jews, that they were doing good. The state dictator tells them to be heros so it can use them as mere pawns.
And to think how people don't understand that kids are DEAD now. They're told to believe that soldiers are in a better place because of all the people they killed, and even if we are, we're in a worse place... fuckin' a.
AshillaBeige 2 years ago
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It's so true. I've cried over all the Nazi soldiers killed in WWII. They were just kids too; not evil; just as propagandized. They thought that by killing Americans, and Jews, that they were doing good. The state dictator tells them to be heros so it can use them as mere pawns.
And to think how people don't understand that kids are DEAD now. They're told to believe that soldiers are in a better place because of all the people they killed, and even if we are, we're in a worse place... fuckin' a.
AshillaBeige 2 years ago
Real heavy stuff, i'm sending this further to my friends for them to hear aswell
Cohac 2 years ago
Thanks, I really do appreciate that ...
stefbot 2 years ago
Thought I was watching Shakespeare for a minute.
Kl0kw3rk 2 years ago
Countries go to war when they're doing well not poor - haha right Germany went to war in WWII because they were well off, no they're money was basically worthless
How can you dishonor the deaths of brave soldiers by comparing they're deaths to pigs, were we more free after the Revolutionary war? Yes. Were Jews in Concentration Camps more free after WWII? Yes. Some wars do not bring about freedom but some do do not generalize these things
Madcanis 2 years ago
You are thinking of Germany in the 1920s, during the hyperinflation. And what happened to Eastern Europe in/after WWII? Hundreds of millions delivered to communist slavery...
stefbot 2 years ago
Flew right over...
blueprophet9 2 years ago
Haha, yes we all know the near totality of war is for malicious greed driven purposes, but for this preposterous argument of yours to have even the slightest amount of believability one would have to completely disregard all positive social change as a result of war and violence.
GildedTermite 2 years ago
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iamscotttt 2 years ago
I don't know who can't see this, I don't believe the humanity that God created, requires a man like this to pour out the soul he has,that we all have, to show us what eyes can see. All of us know his words. All of us who choose not to show it still feel the truth. We cannot fear the truth like the bombs that,the bullets that kill. We cannot wait for a resolution to this if we are that resolution. How can we wait for ourselves hating each other for the place and the form we're born in.
TooTillaT 2 years ago
hes not saying that he knows that there is an afterlife hes saying that its what he would believe if there was to be one.
robertdog0 2 years ago
I agree with you blueprophet9. This video brought tears to my eyes. Everyone should watch this. Everyone. It stirs up the just rage of my heart, and fills me with unspeakable sadness. We must spread the truth. We must change things for real this time. We must, or we curse the dead, and kill the children not yet born.
andrewscottpoland 2 years ago
This upload, outside of art is the most honest video on YouTube. His thoughts MUST be profound to the nationalists watching it. Let's not change a person or the world, but open the person and open the world. What a crazy thing to feel, huh? ...For the thinking human.
blueprophet9 2 years ago
I dig your posts, man. That Shatnerish delivery does well, actually.
blueprophet9 2 years ago
there are already "ghosts of people screaming" they're called well ghosts go 2 a haunted house, youll c, course i dont think they are actually all screaming bcus they those people think its ok cus they grew up in a societal way of thinking. they are ppl obviously. just a little side note. great video.
soulstrumxxx 2 years ago
damatt08. No, YOUR an idiot.
Victorprossartcom 2 years ago
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your an idiot. us fighting wars helps keep us free. but more people out there dont like us, so therefore we need to protect ourselves.
and fighting in wars wont keep us from having to get liscences to practice medicne, they are in NO way related
damatt08 3 years ago
I think you mean "you're an idiot" - you might want to check basic grammar before insulting other people's intelligence... :)
stefbot 3 years ago
oh right. because overall using common vernacular invalidates the messages intent...
damatt08 3 years ago
Punctuation also helps, Damatt08. Take pride in your work. Common vernacular does not invalidate the intent, but the unfouded slander does.
corruptiblelogistics 3 years ago
right. because everyone wants to run their youtube comments through word to check everything.
the point isnt to get everything perfect spelling wise, it is to get your point across.
the bigger issue isnt me capitalizing and spelling right, the bigger issue is that the video is wrong
damatt08 2 years ago
Then please explain how and where the video is wrong in your opinion. I love a good clean debate, and I hope one of us can learn something invaluable from the experience. Feel free to pm me!
corruptiblelogistics 2 years ago
he says that since we fight wars for freedom and such, then due to the many wars over our history we should be much more free now then before.
but then he says we arent better off now, and lists things like income tax.
but this isnt true. war isnt only to increase freedoms, it is also to maintain them. we fought the revolution for freedom, that war increased it. both world wars were simply to maintain the freedom
damatt08 2 years ago
Do you actually and truly believe that the first world war had anything to do with maintaining freedom?
And it's historically quite tragic that the US fought the revolutionary war to avoid colonial taxes, only to have Washington create and expand an even more centralized and invasive tax system after the whiskey rebellion.
Whatever its intentions, it simply threw off a far away tyranny to replace it with a much more effective one at home.
Colilace1 2 years ago 2
and he also recounts the death tolls, and after mentioning children he says "hundreds of millions" in terms of those dead. now i know he wasnt only counting the dead children, but even if you count every person killed in war since 1914 there arent hundreds of millions...
damatt08 2 years ago
its a pretty good indicator
SuperiorRobot 2 years ago
I do like your video's but insulting someone on his grammar is pretty low.
OpenMind92 2 years ago
Not if it's their primary language.
blueprophet9 2 years ago
thats because they fight to help make us free, but not all of them
so therefore only a small amount of progress can be made each war, and some wars arent to make us more free, they are simply to keep us from losing what freedom we have
damatt08 3 years ago
Take a look at Mark Twain's "The War Prayer"
hellomynameiseatme 3 years ago
good work man. we are humans and there will always be violence. but our ability to wipe each other out has grown with our technological advances, and this puts us in a very dangerous position
tomemery26 3 years ago
It's to late to do anything about it now, the world has become a comlicated violent mess. Tell your truth speech to a group of muslim fundimentalist terrorist overseas, tell them to throw down there swords and spears and see what happens. 12/12/2012 New Age of Enlightnment begins.
JustinS87 3 years ago
Yeah, right. People, this 2012 stuff is fucking retarded. There were doomsday cults throughout the entire human history, and guess what? NOTHING happened! 2012 is the same. Get a life, don't WAIT for the world to change.
PeterTheEvilBastard 3 years ago
thank you
Am32007 3 years ago
Truths and Rights.
Thank You.
R
reggaeilevel 3 years ago
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to bad he does'nt know Christ
pt112448 3 years ago
i think this is the sort of speech christ would make if he came back
tomemery26 3 years ago
thank you
TooTillaT 2 years ago
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Fuck you.
blueprophet9 2 years ago
talk about simple mindedchrist died for you it is eternal pardon and it is free,if you accept HIM.who would turn down free??? I don't know what your plan is for the after life, oh , you won't have a choice then will you???
pt112448 2 years ago
Oh, so you know there is an afterlife. You know the TRUTH. The arrogance of the simple minded. It isn't free...you have to lie to yourself and worship an entity that taxed you before you manifested on the planet....sounds familiar. I say revolution...Lucifer was on to something. Say hi to HORUS for me.
blueprophet9 2 years ago 2
Great video. Of course there are a lot of people who would rather call you names than face up to the fact that you are correct. You are one of the people who make me proud to be a human! :)
inacave 3 years ago 5
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Not all soldiers join becaus