Also, you're misusing the word indignous and attempting to imply a defintion it doesn't have. Perhaps you mean to discribe a particular characteristic or trait which many of the 'indigenous' cultures you illude to share. However,by your own proposal; Trump, Cheney, and whoever else are actually indigenous to American culture. And, many of the 'indenous' people you've shown have very different cultures.There are many similar cultures which are violent.Headbands and loincloths don't=peace or life.
It does seem odd to me that the final assertion of the video is that greed, in this case-- supposedly synonomous with America (and not with 'indigenous' people); is a culture that destroys life. America not only enjoys one of the longest life expectancies, but has solved and cured many afflictions that have plauged humans since our origin-- for cultures all around the world.
I would like to thank you for presenting the most direct and insightful comparison of the behavioral and social psychology of living in a culture that promotes self enhancement over collective societal empowerment. I have spent many years learning that I must give and share to fullfill my own feelings of belonging and wholeness... While travelling in Asia, many of the smaller villages gave me the feeling of being HOME....
you're welcome EW. i've had that fleeting experience of "home" as well in small villages or even simply in the company of people who grew up in a culture that was more focused on the well being of the people and the land than on profit and production. compare that to the alienation we feel in this culture, and we tend to blame that alienation on some personal failing (as befits the culture that externalizes the harms and the "responsibility" onto the people)
I would like to thank you for presenting the most direct and insightful comparison of the behavioral and social psychology of living in a culture that promotes self enhancement over collective societal empowerment. I have spent many years learning that I must give and share to fullfill my own feelings of belonging and wholeness... While travelling in Asia, many of the smaller villages gave me the feeling of being HOME....
Ultimately its fear of ones own death. We know that our life is short, so we try to get as much as we can, money, fame wealth etc.. crammed into our short meager timespan while we are alive. We dread disappearing into oblivion, unfullfilled because we lost the game., did not get recognized, will never be acknowleged into the future. Greed could be a form of mental illness.
This is one of the honest and articulate videos on this topic I have ever seen. Excellent work penni. Unfortunately it seems that this video somehow attracted a large number of ignorant and immature detractors. :( Keep up the great work and don't bother feeding the trolls. :)
thank you, inactivism. you're reminding me that these videos do make a difference, and that i need to make more
actually, this video had a nice response, with not too many trolls
i was watching the 'shuffle' videos on your channel and thought you might enjoy some of my videos that feature parkour-- 'where there is no path' and 'promise me'
o may... look how great is to be part from Cannibal Societies... no medicine, no proper food (by "proper" i mean not meat because i am vegetarian... but tasty and in Good preserved condition), no good looking faces and bodies (without cosmetics)... perfect Heaven, right? tell me... why mentally ill people like u even want to be alive? dude srs cannibal societies without technology will dissapear sooner or later cuz there is something called Existential Risks.. use wikipedia moron lol ^.^
At 4:25, you mention individualism as being one of the negative things in our culture. Now, I'm assuming you're using that word to describe separatism. Individuality actually means undivided, so that word individuality really doesn't fit here. This society of ours is the antithesis of individuality and the epitome of conformity. I just wanted to clarify this. Good video.
Fantastic video. I wish I could explain my very similar thoughts as eloquently to my friends and family as you do here. Please continue the excellent posts.
thank you, brooly--i wish there were more good videos on youtube, too. i hope to make more soon.
however, there *are* a lot of good videos on youtube, many better than mine, but you have to look for them
check out stimulator, redpharmacist, itsfilthy, deathinking, zzz33333, ozjthomas, adamhintz....oh there are lots more. let me know if you need more tips.
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The problem is it's always the other's greed as seen as the problem. ie the greed of the goverment, of the banks, the real estate people, it's never the people themselves reflecting on our collective greed.
yeah well it's easier to externalize a easy target than look seriously at the roots. those bad guys are pretty bad, some of them, but they are just doing what the system trained them to do.
do not lead me I may not follow, do not follow me I may not know has much has I think , walk with me and we may help each other. Pease love and understanding.
well, first, 'greed transcends human nature' doesn't make sense--perhaps you didn't mean 'transcends'? aren't you trying to say that greed is *part* of human nature?
and second, i take it you didn't listen very carefully to the video when i talked about the differences between the way industrial civilization encourages and promotes greed, and indigenous civilizations discourage greed
just because you live in a culture based on greed, that doesn't mean it has always been this way
Hi pennilesscripple, I meant transcend as in it isn't limited exclusively to human nature and that it exists in animal nature as well. Animals compete. And greed is a key element to the evolutionary process, and is why species have been able to evolve throughout time. If the animal kingdom were in fact selfless, putting others in the society first, evolution would have carried out in a very different way.
Which could very well be why western society has advanced so much in comparison to others (indigenous societies), they each embrace the competitive aspect differently, and those that embrace it to a fuller extent, develop more rapidly.
indigenous societies live in harmony with the land--there is cradle-to-grave security for all, clean water and air, and healthy food
industrial civilization is broken into the first world and the third world (you cannot have a first world without a third world), neither of which are healthy for reasons i trust are obvious. a society where 40% of people don't have access to clean water or healthy food, & where 200 species a day are going extinct is not my definition of 'advanced'.
Well we westerners often take for granted the truly miraculous achievements that have been made in the last hundreds of years because of these advancements. We've been able to cure diseases, prolong the life of man by 40 years, grow vast amounts of food to feed the world.
Believe me I fully understand the desire and temptations for a simpler life, yet I think it becomes more of a grass is greener on the other side situation.
By the way, I would like to thank you for being the type of person that can engage in intellectual debate without a resort to name calling. That is definitely a refreshing sight on youtube. :)
Competition is not greed. If you and I are competitive, we will fight over, say, a deer carcass, and one of us will win.
Greed however, means hoarding food when others have none. It means not just using a tree to make a shelter, but wiping out the entire forest to make money to put in a vault.
There is a substantive difference between storing and hoarding, between using and exploiting. That difference is greed, and it is not found in the animal kingdom.
But what causes the competition itself? The need to fight over the deer carcass? Or the need to fight to the death over a mate? It's surely one animal putting his own needs and desires above and at the expense of others. Isn't this greed?
There are different levels of greed I agree, different circumstances in which one would act and one wouldn't. And that could be judged on morality.
a-greed. it's not just our 'nature' - but the constraints put on us by the financial system. and our 'training'.
like, if two different groups are given a game, and one group was told the objective was to share/cooperate, and the other that the objective was to compete/exploit.
TRUTH capitalist society causes people to become monsters of consumerism. slaves to money. people are NOT naturAlly that way. society ruins us and it DOES nurture greed or it will not be able to sustin itself
yes, the ones who can accumulate the most amount of paper money are the ones who are considered successful. and they are the worst.
it is money that ruins us. and it has got to stop. it is destroying everything. animals are dissapearing in alarming numbers AND GREEDY SCUM RISE
this culture--industrial civilization--is found virtually everywhere. there are only about 3 million people who live outside of civilization, and they are fighting not to be taken over.
we need to stand in solidarity with them, and we need to listen to and learn from them, because they know how to live without destroying life.
Yes, I really feel the Money for Nothing culture has been greatly espoused by the UK in the last 25-30 years. Don't you think it has all happened in the last generation though? Since Thatcher said "there's no such thing as Society" and the nation privatised everything it could? It would give me greater hope to know that other Brits remember days that were not like that, because I don't really, I was born in 1975. I'm talking about the hope that we're not too far down the "greed road".
Since we became a compensation culture and the councils thinking they are not accountable for wasting our money and for charging us to park outside our own homes et al
Hoarding is not greed. Up to a point, hoarding is necessary for the continued existence of a species through those tough times when the weather goes bad for long times.
Greed is when one hoards more than they can use and refuse to allow others to use any of the resources the individual hoards.
I feel the urge to know as much as possible, so I buy book after book until I amass such a voluminous library, I might never get to read them all in my lifetime
I feel, especially in these unstable times, that I should stock up on as much food, water, and necessary supplies that I, my family & neighbors would need in case of an emergency...our indigenous family has done this since the dawn of humanity
Good vid... It's probably goint to steer uncomfortable feelings to many people still operating on denial and shallow levels of consciousness. The message has been cleared sent across. Good job!
This fact is thrown in our faces on a daily basis by the CFR owned media, when they call us consumers and not citizens. We Americans are now just considered consumers, stats, numbers. What do you think the "stimulus" check was about? Look at Dainel Websters definition of consume, consumption, consumer. Fundamentally these words are of a negative value meaning. Peace2U!!
Bees and other insects cooperate, a fact that baffled the Darwinians, who would have us believe that we are only motivated by struggle (survival of the fittest) and competition, which encourages greed in humans since are rational beings. Those who believe the theory in its entirety rationalize that the most competitive among the males are the more sexually attractive to the female. This creates a lot of problems. Think about it!
I think that it is up to each individual to worry about themself and how they are interacting and reacting toward this greed. Vote the greedy out. The greed today is creating massive poverty and those that are greedy will be feeling it more.
We have given them the power, so we are as much to blame. Borrowing money, wanting more money and material goods is what has given the illuminati and the big corps their power. If we stop the mindless buying, and learn to live within our means, they would have no power. We are responsible for the mess on earth.
In a sense yes. But they were EXTREMELY clever because they used trickery and deceit of the worst kind to fool us into giving away our freedom. How many people after 9/11 were willing to give army and police ridiculous powers for 'safety'?
The fact that many of us dont even know this filthy and vile bloodline family exists enables them to fool us time and time again. Until the entire family is put behind bars we will have no choice but to support their agenda or starve.
They were extremely smart and we were extremely dumb. There are still people that believe 9/11 was caused by terrorist and no matter what I tell them, they do not believe what I say. It is easy to blame others, but we need to point the finger to ourselves and try to make a change, hit them where it hurts their wallets. People need to learn how to think and take responsibility while opening their eyes to the truth and not be tricked.
First off, I want to say that this is one of the very best videos on YT.
But, my opinion isn't worth much, is it? I agree, we are the ones who let this happen. But we could also be the ones who turn it around. I, and my family have suffered, materially, for the decisions I've made in my lifetime. Many times I did not even know why I did what I did. I just knew I had to do it. BTW, I am so happy that a small number of "indigenous peoples" survived to see the next generation.
I agree this is a great video, I think your opinion is worth a lot. We are the only ones that can bring change, if we get our butts in gear, stop watching TV, buying needless junk, and learn to unite. I have much respect for the indigenous people, and feel they hold the answer to saving our world. If we would have only adapted to their ways, instead of destroying our planet.
I'm trying to "tune out", by doing business with small vendors, people that I know. Seems like the NWO crowd is on the ropes right now. What better time to buy from someone else? I'm sorry if I'm not making sense, I am a small business owner in Amerikka (Swastika Implied), big business is in deep shit, let 'em fail. We don't need 'em!
that is the way to go, eliminate the big corps and support small business. They will eventually collapse, just like the roman empire did. I sold my small business and moved to a small town in New Mexico, walk everywhere and by from local farmers. Barder with many people and living the simple but wonderful life. We definetly do not need big business, let us hope other people figure that out and regain our freedom and independence. We are not slaves...
I don't know if we are on the same page, but I say we need you back, in the small business community! You may have retired, but you ain't dead yet. Your knowledge is priceless, your experience is invaluable. There must be some obvious need in New Mexico that you know, instinctively, how to fill. Don't give up on us now! I know, I'm an old dude, and I only wish that I could share what I've learned. That doesn't stop me from trying!
at the moment I am free lancing, educating folks to improve their immune system by teaching them how to eat and physically take care of their bodies. Also I am focusing on my music and performing around town. I am also working with a local channel to bring the messages that will help awaken the masses. I am not dead my friend, just changed things a bit.
greed exists in all of us ... it is the CHOICE to be selfless, to serve humanity and life vs choosing greed that makes it so divine.
It is the choice that is important, culture is just another distraction ... the point is the choice. What we choose to focus on ... what we choose to BE. We always have a choice. Locked in a tiny cell or free to roam the the forests. It is not the outer world that matters, it's the inner one.
After watching this video several times,and not being able to comment on it. I must say this is wonderful. Keep at it,please.
Yo 2 all these niggaz commentin about no face being shown or sum otha kind of bullshit, please stfu, thats an insult, is that your response to this, ru fucking serous??
yeah on some video we were talking about deforestation and you said you guessed it had to do with greed. i was thinking about making this greed video at the time, and your comment urged me on
my response would be that yes deforestation has to do with the greed inherent in industrial civilization, which devours life for profit, but not of the greed inherent in humanity, which, in indigenous societies, cannot lead to the wholesale destruction we're witnessing
individuals must determine what they as individuals wish to add to this universe. you cannot defeat the petro-chemical-missile-pharmaceutical cartel by whining.
advocating some kind of bullshit like population control won't win any action either just inspire more of the slow desperate suicide of over-eating, cigarette smoking, and overthinking instead of love-making art-making meditating and real environmental work and promoting foraging living on farms etc
can't even sit through it because it's not serious! blame blame blame! such a silly use of time! yes there are some high tech hyenas out there some bad hombres. what are we going to do? whine about it while eating cheetos and drinking fluoride? people get innoculated from hearing about the real bad things through pseudohippy indictments of "society". don't like consumerism? stop buying into it! probelm is too many pussies ready to whine but afraid of change
I think that reminding people things happen outside their bubble has tremendous value.
I felt somewhat re-active watching the video because I remember being in a stage where I'd frequently yell about government and oppression to people and looking back it was not very productive - for me. To attempt to take it head on as a system w/us vs. fascists seems less productive to me than to visualize what each as individuals can and will do
Your channel is sooo much more productive!(sarcasm) Come on man, stop hiding behind your vegan recipes and ego. Who are you calling a pussy anyhow? Where is that directed. Certainly not penniless. Try watching the entire video and others perhaps. Ignorance is bliss, huh?
"talking about root causes" yes!, unfortunately, too few people are capable of confronting this task.
an indigenous person's facial expression says everything.just once i'd like to feel what they feel.see the world through their eyes,i imagine it's a much different place.
i think we catch it in glimpses, that indigenous 'feeling,' and it reminds us of who we really are, and keeps us centered on what the real work is
i used to canoe a lot, and there was always this time when i felt like i came back into myself...hard to explain...but i sense you know what i'm talking about
and there are times in my life that i would call 'tribal moments', where people worked together for a higher purpose
This brillant! I've tried the best I could since becoming aware, to live in that state of sharing. I don't regret it but the odd's where that I would find myself penniless at this point in my life. But the nature of sharing is that there's always something left to share. Knowledge of our Nature is the key to reach that understanding, but when you do it, Wow you are acting against the social permitted scenario, with your Gestures of Love! Not that I forget, but thanx for the reminder! Sincerely!
Indeed you are right, but in the process of trying we sometime as you know find means to change what we can about a system. And this also allowing others to perceive and to seek some ways to live beyond systems. Salut:-)!
The "good" boys are suffering from severe money addiction (see '54 dopamine studies by James Olds and Peter Milner), they also suffer from an untreated, from their society tolerated -- even honoured - antisocial personality disorder (ICD-10), which destroys reciprocal altruism, the root of every sane community.
They're a threat to community! This is not funny, nor an insult! This is a definite psychiatric condition, which has to be treated!
Its called Growing?, imposed extensively by self-preservatory natures stuck within genetics its autogenous, feeling forced and required with mirrored approval. Bacteria starts as one, an well, i guess like infinity, chain reaction all starts from One place. Still, something gave or we wouldnt have, what we have and defintely without comparisons. Almost everything that is has common sense ruled by nothing else, although the exceptions are mammals extensively with a few exceptions of course.
We have the brains to know that without greed, selfishness, profit and generally without a system like this that we live in we, can live perfectly without it! It's just that not many people have functional brains to realize this!
When I commented before, I wasn't intending to insert the Utopia fallacy (Big Rock Candy Mountain)... I was just implying maybe that it's simple. I really liked your intelligent commentary, and I'm of the same opinion. The quintessential argument (Marxism vs. Capitalism) reinforces its own argument, polarizes - and that in itself - is Hegelian. It doesn't have to be either/or, regardless of the rhetoric.
IF ALL human beings were removed from the face of the Earth, Earth would return to a balanced Life. Mankind is the most endangered species on Mother Earth because Mankind is destroying the environment and itself! Strive to Live a Life full of Love,Light,Peace.
Well, as George Carlin would say, "shit in, shit out." The cities will be dirty if the inhabitants of the cities are dirty and the cities will be clean if the inhabitans are clean.
AWESOME Video,...truly very INTERESTIN'!!!! Thumbs up to ya pennilesscripple and thankin' my sweet sister Tanya for sharin'!! = )
qualqui 4 months ago
The Venus Project! :)
TheBigKiller 9 months ago
Also, you're misusing the word indignous and attempting to imply a defintion it doesn't have. Perhaps you mean to discribe a particular characteristic or trait which many of the 'indigenous' cultures you illude to share. However,by your own proposal; Trump, Cheney, and whoever else are actually indigenous to American culture. And, many of the 'indenous' people you've shown have very different cultures.There are many similar cultures which are violent.Headbands and loincloths don't=peace or life.
zapblaster 10 months ago
It does seem odd to me that the final assertion of the video is that greed, in this case-- supposedly synonomous with America (and not with 'indigenous' people); is a culture that destroys life. America not only enjoys one of the longest life expectancies, but has solved and cured many afflictions that have plauged humans since our origin-- for cultures all around the world.
zapblaster 10 months ago
hi zapblaster--i wasn't talking about american culture, just using some americans for an example. america is a symptom, not a cause.
pennilesscripple 10 months ago
Awesome!!!
Atomikbrainfu 1 year ago
thumbs up!
akpret 1 year ago
this was a great video, penniless. thanks
Barklord 1 year ago
I would like to thank you for presenting the most direct and insightful comparison of the behavioral and social psychology of living in a culture that promotes self enhancement over collective societal empowerment. I have spent many years learning that I must give and share to fullfill my own feelings of belonging and wholeness... While travelling in Asia, many of the smaller villages gave me the feeling of being HOME....
MrEarthWorker 1 year ago
you're welcome EW. i've had that fleeting experience of "home" as well in small villages or even simply in the company of people who grew up in a culture that was more focused on the well being of the people and the land than on profit and production. compare that to the alienation we feel in this culture, and we tend to blame that alienation on some personal failing (as befits the culture that externalizes the harms and the "responsibility" onto the people)
pennilesscripple 1 year ago
also, EW, check the drop down sidebar for more
pennilesscripple 1 year ago
I would like to thank you for presenting the most direct and insightful comparison of the behavioral and social psychology of living in a culture that promotes self enhancement over collective societal empowerment. I have spent many years learning that I must give and share to fullfill my own feelings of belonging and wholeness... While travelling in Asia, many of the smaller villages gave me the feeling of being HOME....
MrEarthWorker 1 year ago
qvote " We have A Greed in wich we have Agreed "
Nice perspective i like youre thoughts really!
mingranneskatt 1 year ago
excellent, i'm glad my greedy little fingers clicjed their way here, great vid and some wonderful insight you have there. :)
MrBuckwilliam 1 year ago
Ultimately its fear of ones own death. We know that our life is short, so we try to get as much as we can, money, fame wealth etc.. crammed into our short meager timespan while we are alive. We dread disappearing into oblivion, unfullfilled because we lost the game., did not get recognized, will never be acknowleged into the future. Greed could be a form of mental illness.
1umbnonearth 1 year ago
then can we shift from a culture based on a fear of death to a culture based on a trust of life?
pennilesscripple 1 year ago
This is one of the honest and articulate videos on this topic I have ever seen. Excellent work penni. Unfortunately it seems that this video somehow attracted a large number of ignorant and immature detractors. :( Keep up the great work and don't bother feeding the trolls. :)
inactivism 1 year ago
thank you, inactivism. you're reminding me that these videos do make a difference, and that i need to make more
actually, this video had a nice response, with not too many trolls
i was watching the 'shuffle' videos on your channel and thought you might enjoy some of my videos that feature parkour-- 'where there is no path' and 'promise me'
take care
pennilesscripple 1 year ago
im greedy, i love money and want to have everything and i dont give a fuck about any 1 in the world.
xxxxfatcatxxxx 1 year ago
yes, you are far from alone in that
you have been trained very well by your culture
pennilesscripple 1 year ago
o may... look how great is to be part from Cannibal Societies... no medicine, no proper food (by "proper" i mean not meat because i am vegetarian... but tasty and in Good preserved condition), no good looking faces and bodies (without cosmetics)... perfect Heaven, right? tell me... why mentally ill people like u even want to be alive? dude srs cannibal societies without technology will dissapear sooner or later cuz there is something called Existential Risks.. use wikipedia moron lol ^.^
MarsCocoa 2 years ago
It's a pity it started with the swearing, that will turn a lot of people off such an excellent video.
peterjol 2 years ago
it's a pity that people are turned off by good old anglo-saxon words
would it have been more effective to say 'excrement is untenable?'
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
For some people .....yes.. lol,
peterjol 2 years ago
well if they are offended by that, they'd soon be offended by something else i'd say
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
At 4:25, you mention individualism as being one of the negative things in our culture. Now, I'm assuming you're using that word to describe separatism. Individuality actually means undivided, so that word individuality really doesn't fit here. This society of ours is the antithesis of individuality and the epitome of conformity. I just wanted to clarify this. Good video.
wonderwhaz797 2 years ago
yeah when i said individualism, i was thinking of the stereotypical 'rugged individual' who can go it alone, doesn't need anyone's help, etc.
you make a good point
thank you
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Fantastic video. I wish I could explain my very similar thoughts as eloquently to my friends and family as you do here. Please continue the excellent posts.
inactivism 2 years ago
thank you for your encouragement, it means a lot
you just have to get angry enough :o)
i was very angry when i made this video, fed up with people saying 'the problem is that people are greedy'
i am going to get back into making videos later this summer
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Very well explained thanks a lot to share keep it up ,
alanalby 2 years ago
Excellent 5* 8-)
mackraceing 2 years ago
I love the youtubes of old piston radial engines blowing loud exhaust fumes of high octane fossil fuels.
what doesn't kill you, only postpones the inevitable.
uglyedsel 2 years ago
if i understood what you were trying to say, i might reply. care to explain what you mean?
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Thanks for this, brilliant to share with people before other things.
Pinch0fSalt 2 years ago
too bad there aren't many good videos as yours here
br000ly 2 years ago
thank you, brooly--i wish there were more good videos on youtube, too. i hope to make more soon.
however, there *are* a lot of good videos on youtube, many better than mine, but you have to look for them
check out stimulator, redpharmacist, itsfilthy, deathinking, zzz33333, ozjthomas, adamhintz....oh there are lots more. let me know if you need more tips.
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
my problem is that good videos like yours get taken down...
br000ly 2 years ago
heh i know what you mean
but not all of them
(yet)
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
yea yet. and should it happen that all of em get taken down then we can erase the you in youtube for good
br000ly 2 years ago
true that
sadly, i've already seem some really powerful stuff get taken down
check out my 'fight the madness' video which incorporates bits of a really good video that was taken down almost immediately
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
That was a really great video! Thank you.
RedOutcast 2 years ago
thank you
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
lorerax1 2 years ago
yup
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
We will are starting to have this dicussion now, the "Tea party tax protests" the endless discussions of economic collapse on the media and YouTube.
It's a most nessacary discussion to have it we want to survive as a species.
valhala56 2 years ago
yes we need sane conversations that lead to a saner culture
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
The problem is it's always the other's greed as seen as the problem. ie the greed of the goverment, of the banks, the real estate people, it's never the people themselves reflecting on our collective greed.
valhala56 2 years ago
yeah well it's easier to externalize a easy target than look seriously at the roots. those bad guys are pretty bad, some of them, but they are just doing what the system trained them to do.
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Yes I recognized all that in myself, I personaly found very few truly giving people.
This training for greed may have had a purpose at one time , ie Adam Smiths book on economics "The Wealth of Nations".
The negative aspects of greed have come to bite us in the ass. Now is the time to recognize this impulse and like an addict admitt we have a problem.
Our addiction to money has brought us to where we are now. A very few with a lot of money, & a collapsing unsustainable economy.
valhala56 2 years ago
you wouldn't find very many truly giving people in this culture, because they haven't been encouraged in that direction
this culture is very fear-based, so there is a lot of hoarding. there is very little trust that basic needs will be met.
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Maybe so, from haveing some complicated health issues lately the very first thing the healt care providers want to know is your ability to pay.
I can soon foresee a time as your are haveing a heart attack the healthcare team first checking you finaces in our "Pay or die" system.
I will not say all are like that, I know of at least one Dr who is not all about the amighty dollar.
valhala56 2 years ago
Summary of "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn
Kirilltraceur 2 years ago
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Kirilltraceur 2 years ago
My 14 year old son says you are definitely smart for doing this video.
Thanks.
rebouel 2 years ago
thank you
that makes my day :o)
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
What an awesome video!
Live2Excel 2 years ago
do not lead me I may not follow, do not follow me I may not know has much has I think , walk with me and we may help each other. Pease love and understanding.
hellavadeal 2 years ago
5*****
aiyic 2 years ago
This is one of the best made most intelligent movies on the subject I have ever seen.
I have to hand it to ya. Take Care
E1GHTY8 2 years ago
thank you
eric von stroheim's was a bit better than this one
;^)
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
I disagree. Greed transcends human nature and human culture. Ever see animals fight over food, or fight over a mate? It's a part of nature itself.
zzx2847 2 years ago
well, first, 'greed transcends human nature' doesn't make sense--perhaps you didn't mean 'transcends'? aren't you trying to say that greed is *part* of human nature?
and second, i take it you didn't listen very carefully to the video when i talked about the differences between the way industrial civilization encourages and promotes greed, and indigenous civilizations discourage greed
just because you live in a culture based on greed, that doesn't mean it has always been this way
it hasn't
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Hi pennilesscripple, I meant transcend as in it isn't limited exclusively to human nature and that it exists in animal nature as well. Animals compete. And greed is a key element to the evolutionary process, and is why species have been able to evolve throughout time. If the animal kingdom were in fact selfless, putting others in the society first, evolution would have carried out in a very different way.
zzx2847 2 years ago
Which could very well be why western society has advanced so much in comparison to others (indigenous societies), they each embrace the competitive aspect differently, and those that embrace it to a fuller extent, develop more rapidly.
zzx2847 2 years ago
advanced???
indigenous societies live in harmony with the land--there is cradle-to-grave security for all, clean water and air, and healthy food
industrial civilization is broken into the first world and the third world (you cannot have a first world without a third world), neither of which are healthy for reasons i trust are obvious. a society where 40% of people don't have access to clean water or healthy food, & where 200 species a day are going extinct is not my definition of 'advanced'.
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Well we westerners often take for granted the truly miraculous achievements that have been made in the last hundreds of years because of these advancements. We've been able to cure diseases, prolong the life of man by 40 years, grow vast amounts of food to feed the world.
Believe me I fully understand the desire and temptations for a simpler life, yet I think it becomes more of a grass is greener on the other side situation.
zzx2847 2 years ago
the grass in industrial civilization is soaked in chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and planted where forests used to be
the grass outside of/before industrial civilization is...grass
where do you get your ideas about the 'miraculous achievements' of civilization?
i.e. the atom bomb? clear cutting? television?
if civilization's 'miracle' is growing 'vast amounts of food' to feed the world, then why does one child die from hunger every five seconds?
the lifespan in the third world is 31
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
By the way, I would like to thank you for being the type of person that can engage in intellectual debate without a resort to name calling. That is definitely a refreshing sight on youtube. :)
zzx2847 2 years ago
Thanks for the clarification.
Competition is not greed. If you and I are competitive, we will fight over, say, a deer carcass, and one of us will win.
Greed however, means hoarding food when others have none. It means not just using a tree to make a shelter, but wiping out the entire forest to make money to put in a vault.
There is a substantive difference between storing and hoarding, between using and exploiting. That difference is greed, and it is not found in the animal kingdom.
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
But what causes the competition itself? The need to fight over the deer carcass? Or the need to fight to the death over a mate? It's surely one animal putting his own needs and desires above and at the expense of others. Isn't this greed?
There are different levels of greed I agree, different circumstances in which one would act and one wouldn't. And that could be judged on morality.
zzx2847 2 years ago
no that's not greed
that's the natural give and take of life
greed is saying that the needs of the economic system are more important than the needs of the natural world
greed is saying that money is more important than life and health
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
Amazing.
themajikat 2 years ago
aw thanks kat
pennilesscripple 2 years ago
a-greed. it's not just our 'nature' - but the constraints put on us by the financial system. and our 'training'.
like, if two different groups are given a game, and one group was told the objective was to share/cooperate, and the other that the objective was to compete/exploit.
sure they'll behave differently.
and trouble is, it's not a game.
planktonicorganism 3 years ago
Excellent analysis!
Tressco 3 years ago
does anyone know who made the painting at :22
CondemnedPatriot 3 years ago
it's from a series of paintings made for 'the world without us' by alan weisman--i don't know the name of the artist
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
thank you.
Lectricboots 3 years ago
On our way to fortune and fame
We play the life as if its a game
Many people get pushed aside
when GREED is the guiding light
Kissing up and kicking down
Big bad world goes round and round
Is this our one reality ?
Cuz' if it is WE ARE NEVER REALLY FREE!!!
Very well spoken pennilesscripple...thanks for sharing this vid.
black111madonna 3 years ago
wow madonna
thanks for the rhymes
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
TRUTH capitalist society causes people to become monsters of consumerism. slaves to money. people are NOT naturAlly that way. society ruins us and it DOES nurture greed or it will not be able to sustin itself
yes, the ones who can accumulate the most amount of paper money are the ones who are considered successful. and they are the worst.
it is money that ruins us. and it has got to stop. it is destroying everything. animals are dissapearing in alarming numbers AND GREEDY SCUM RISE
angelinakitty 3 years ago
very well put a.k.
but i'd take it a step further and say it's not capitalism, but industrial civilization
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Yeah Im consumeristic, but who cares.
Im guilty of loving me, as my mum says I. my me thats all you ever talk about, thats whats wrong with your generation not like in the 60s, 70s
mickeymoo26 3 years ago
GOOGLE: Political Ponerology
LeMonde63 3 years ago
yeah i love that word
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Yes, I hate the 'Money for Nothing' culture.
We have it the UK. The place should be renamed Greed Britain
Odziz 3 years ago
ha!
this culture--industrial civilization--is found virtually everywhere. there are only about 3 million people who live outside of civilization, and they are fighting not to be taken over.
we need to stand in solidarity with them, and we need to listen to and learn from them, because they know how to live without destroying life.
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Yes, I really feel the Money for Nothing culture has been greatly espoused by the UK in the last 25-30 years. Don't you think it has all happened in the last generation though? Since Thatcher said "there's no such thing as Society" and the nation privatised everything it could? It would give me greater hope to know that other Brits remember days that were not like that, because I don't really, I was born in 1975. I'm talking about the hope that we're not too far down the "greed road".
Cushy321 3 years ago
Since we became a compensation culture and the councils thinking they are not accountable for wasting our money and for charging us to park outside our own homes et al
Odziz 3 years ago
very nice video
gggrzesiek 3 years ago
Hoarding is not greed. Up to a point, hoarding is necessary for the continued existence of a species through those tough times when the weather goes bad for long times.
Greed is when one hoards more than they can use and refuse to allow others to use any of the resources the individual hoards.
Kingery4President 3 years ago
seems you are making a distinction between storing and hoarding
storing is not greedy
hoarding is
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Point taken. My mistake. You are correct; "storing is not greedy
hoarding is."
Kingery4President 3 years ago
well done...kim
kimlea69 3 years ago
greed...the hoarding of matter...
hi, I'm a hoarder, and I need help.
I feel the urge to know as much as possible, so I buy book after book until I amass such a voluminous library, I might never get to read them all in my lifetime
I feel, especially in these unstable times, that I should stock up on as much food, water, and necessary supplies that I, my family & neighbors would need in case of an emergency...our indigenous family has done this since the dawn of humanity
am I greedy?
deepwatertree 3 years ago
seems you are making a distinction between storing and hoarding
storing is not greedy
hoarding is
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Good vid... It's probably goint to steer uncomfortable feelings to many people still operating on denial and shallow levels of consciousness. The message has been cleared sent across. Good job!
777ANGEL7777 3 years ago
good stuff here. i been hollering this stuff myself. you cant blame us too much there is a commercial or an ad everywhere you look.
mungcray 3 years ago
WHY CANT I SHARE THIS VID NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRY?
IS IT BECAUSE ITS TOO TRUE? DOES IT PISS OF THE GREED CULTURE CONTROLLERS TOO MUCH?
PLEASE TRY TO SHARE THIS VID people!
MANY MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE IT!
idasputem 3 years ago
This fact is thrown in our faces on a daily basis by the CFR owned media, when they call us consumers and not citizens. We Americans are now just considered consumers, stats, numbers. What do you think the "stimulus" check was about? Look at Dainel Websters definition of consume, consumption, consumer. Fundamentally these words are of a negative value meaning. Peace2U!!
mrglazedonut2u 3 years ago
i hope and pray that you are somewhere guiding our misguided youth in some school somewhere...you get my ten out of five stars for wisdom penni
RizN2OKshun 3 years ago
when people think the problem is human nature, the logical next step is 'nothing can be done'
but if the problem is this particular type of society...
what can be done?
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Bees and other insects cooperate, a fact that baffled the Darwinians, who would have us believe that we are only motivated by struggle (survival of the fittest) and competition, which encourages greed in humans since are rational beings. Those who believe the theory in its entirety rationalize that the most competitive among the males are the more sexually attractive to the female. This creates a lot of problems. Think about it!
hopeforamerika 3 years ago
*since we are rational beings.
hopeforamerika 3 years ago
thanks hope
yeah well it's always baffled me that people say the human race is intrinsically selfish, because if it were, we wouldn't have survived this long
there's a great book about animal altruism called altruistic armadillos and zenlike zebras
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Well DONE!!!!
Kingery4President 3 years ago
Brilliant
idasputem 3 years ago
Donald Trump had bought ED McMann's house before it was foreclosed on by the bank. Then he leased it to Ed so that he could still live there.
june201955 3 years ago
and?
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
I think that it is up to each individual to worry about themself and how they are interacting and reacting toward this greed. Vote the greedy out. The greed today is creating massive poverty and those that are greedy will be feeling it more.
moneymagnetelizabeth 3 years ago
We need to get rid of the illuminati and their extended families. They are the reason for the mess on this earth.
sonofthedestroyer 3 years ago
There will be more greedy taking their place.
moneymagnetelizabeth 3 years ago
Sonofthedestroyer,
We have given them the power, so we are as much to blame. Borrowing money, wanting more money and material goods is what has given the illuminati and the big corps their power. If we stop the mindless buying, and learn to live within our means, they would have no power. We are responsible for the mess on earth.
markangeloc 3 years ago
In a sense yes. But they were EXTREMELY clever because they used trickery and deceit of the worst kind to fool us into giving away our freedom. How many people after 9/11 were willing to give army and police ridiculous powers for 'safety'?
The fact that many of us dont even know this filthy and vile bloodline family exists enables them to fool us time and time again. Until the entire family is put behind bars we will have no choice but to support their agenda or starve.
sonofthedestroyer 3 years ago
They were extremely smart and we were extremely dumb. There are still people that believe 9/11 was caused by terrorist and no matter what I tell them, they do not believe what I say. It is easy to blame others, but we need to point the finger to ourselves and try to make a change, hit them where it hurts their wallets. People need to learn how to think and take responsibility while opening their eyes to the truth and not be tricked.
Peace
markangeloc 3 years ago
markangeloc,
First off, I want to say that this is one of the very best videos on YT.
But, my opinion isn't worth much, is it? I agree, we are the ones who let this happen. But we could also be the ones who turn it around. I, and my family have suffered, materially, for the decisions I've made in my lifetime. Many times I did not even know why I did what I did. I just knew I had to do it. BTW, I am so happy that a small number of "indigenous peoples" survived to see the next generation.
wetalmorker 3 years ago
wetalmorker,
I agree this is a great video, I think your opinion is worth a lot. We are the only ones that can bring change, if we get our butts in gear, stop watching TV, buying needless junk, and learn to unite. I have much respect for the indigenous people, and feel they hold the answer to saving our world. If we would have only adapted to their ways, instead of destroying our planet.
Peace
markangeloc 3 years ago
markangeloc,
I'm trying to "tune out", by doing business with small vendors, people that I know. Seems like the NWO crowd is on the ropes right now. What better time to buy from someone else? I'm sorry if I'm not making sense, I am a small business owner in Amerikka (Swastika Implied), big business is in deep shit, let 'em fail. We don't need 'em!
wetalmorker 3 years ago
wetalmorker
that is the way to go, eliminate the big corps and support small business. They will eventually collapse, just like the roman empire did. I sold my small business and moved to a small town in New Mexico, walk everywhere and by from local farmers. Barder with many people and living the simple but wonderful life. We definetly do not need big business, let us hope other people figure that out and regain our freedom and independence. We are not slaves...
markangeloc 3 years ago
markangeloc,
I don't know if we are on the same page, but I say we need you back, in the small business community! You may have retired, but you ain't dead yet. Your knowledge is priceless, your experience is invaluable. There must be some obvious need in New Mexico that you know, instinctively, how to fill. Don't give up on us now! I know, I'm an old dude, and I only wish that I could share what I've learned. That doesn't stop me from trying!
wetalmorker 3 years ago
wetalmorker
at the moment I am free lancing, educating folks to improve their immune system by teaching them how to eat and physically take care of their bodies. Also I am focusing on my music and performing around town. I am also working with a local channel to bring the messages that will help awaken the masses. I am not dead my friend, just changed things a bit.
markangeloc 3 years ago
greed exists in all of us ... it is the CHOICE to be selfless, to serve humanity and life vs choosing greed that makes it so divine.
It is the choice that is important, culture is just another distraction ... the point is the choice. What we choose to focus on ... what we choose to BE. We always have a choice. Locked in a tiny cell or free to roam the the forests. It is not the outer world that matters, it's the inner one.
PhilosopherFresh 3 years ago
the outer world matters
the outer world is being destroyed while people are meditating
the people who are destroying the planet love new age thought because it serves them well
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
u may be right
PhilosopherFresh 3 years ago
if you still want to see "Alone in the Wilderness" you can fid it w/ v=NTwZGiQPqFI
dnHooligan 3 years ago
hey hooly
thanks for all the responses and stuff
i can't watch them right now, but look forward to catching up at some point
won't really be fully back on the tubes for a month or more
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
After watching this video several times,and not being able to comment on it. I must say this is wonderful. Keep at it,please.
Yo 2 all these niggaz commentin about no face being shown or sum otha kind of bullshit, please stfu, thats an insult, is that your response to this, ru fucking serous??
SmokeOut315 3 years ago
thanks smoke
your support means a lot to me
it's gonna be a while before i can post again
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
Thank you!
This video is so wonderful. Well spoken and insightful.
WoodPip 3 years ago
thanks pip
you motivated me to finish it with one of your comments
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
I'm glad to hear it. It was an excellent video. What question?
WoodPip 3 years ago
or comment, I mean.
WoodPip 3 years ago
sorry pip just now saw your comment
yeah on some video we were talking about deforestation and you said you guessed it had to do with greed. i was thinking about making this greed video at the time, and your comment urged me on
my response would be that yes deforestation has to do with the greed inherent in industrial civilization, which devours life for profit, but not of the greed inherent in humanity, which, in indigenous societies, cannot lead to the wholesale destruction we're witnessing
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
the problem is the rampant hypocrisy.
individuals must determine what they as individuals wish to add to this universe. you cannot defeat the petro-chemical-missile-pharmaceutical cartel by whining.
advocating some kind of bullshit like population control won't win any action either just inspire more of the slow desperate suicide of over-eating, cigarette smoking, and overthinking instead of love-making art-making meditating and real environmental work and promoting foraging living on farms etc
isforbliss 3 years ago
wouldn't you agree that all positive action is preceded by positive thought?
would you consider this video "whining"?
Vaerify 3 years ago
of course!
first line is "shit sucks"
can't even sit through it because it's not serious! blame blame blame! such a silly use of time! yes there are some high tech hyenas out there some bad hombres. what are we going to do? whine about it while eating cheetos and drinking fluoride? people get innoculated from hearing about the real bad things through pseudohippy indictments of "society". don't like consumerism? stop buying into it! probelm is too many pussies ready to whine but afraid of change
isforbliss 3 years ago
it's not serious? are we watching the same video? this is one of the most serious video i've seen on this website.
afraid of change? you obviously haven't watched any of her videos.
Vaerify 3 years ago
thank you vaerify
your support means a lot to me
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
the first line is actually, "so, in the ongoing conversation of how shit is fucked..."
zzz33333 3 years ago
I think that reminding people things happen outside their bubble has tremendous value.
I felt somewhat re-active watching the video because I remember being in a stage where I'd frequently yell about government and oppression to people and looking back it was not very productive - for me. To attempt to take it head on as a system w/us vs. fascists seems less productive to me than to visualize what each as individuals can and will do
isforbliss 3 years ago
Maybe you should stop watching so much television, and start taking responsibility for your own actions...?
WoodPip 3 years ago
Your channel is sooo much more productive!(sarcasm) Come on man, stop hiding behind your vegan recipes and ego. Who are you calling a pussy anyhow? Where is that directed. Certainly not penniless. Try watching the entire video and others perhaps. Ignorance is bliss, huh?
runnygrits 3 years ago
not trying to specify anyone w/pussy comment pussy refers to behavior not person anyhow.
yeah ignorance is bliss.
isforbliss 3 years ago
"talking about root causes" yes!, unfortunately, too few people are capable of confronting this task.
an indigenous person's facial expression says everything.just once i'd like to feel what they feel.see the world through their eyes,i imagine it's a much different place.
brilliant video.
Vaerify 3 years ago
thank you, vaerify
yes i have the same wish
i think we catch it in glimpses, that indigenous 'feeling,' and it reminds us of who we really are, and keeps us centered on what the real work is
i used to canoe a lot, and there was always this time when i felt like i came back into myself...hard to explain...but i sense you know what i'm talking about
and there are times in my life that i would call 'tribal moments', where people worked together for a higher purpose
glimpses....
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
yikes vaerify i was trying to respond to your 'tribal movement' comment and accidentally hit 'remove' instead of 'reply'--my apologies.
but it made me think of something that i hold to, which was malcolm x's statement that the next revolution will have nothing to do with race
again, sorry about removing your comment
pennilesscripple 3 years ago
lol, it's cool..
Vaerify 3 years ago
This brillant! I've tried the best I could since becoming aware, to live in that state of sharing. I don't regret it but the odd's where that I would find myself penniless at this point in my life. But the nature of sharing is that there's always something left to share. Knowledge of our Nature is the key to reach that understanding, but when you do it, Wow you are acting against the social permitted scenario, with your Gestures of Love! Not that I forget, but thanx for the reminder! Sincerely!
Boucrate 3 years ago
i think it is virtually impossible to live fully healthily, and share totally, inside this system.
zzz33333 3 years ago
Indeed you are right, but in the process of trying we sometime as you know find means to change what we can about a system. And this also allowing others to perceive and to seek some ways to live beyond systems. Salut:-)!
Boucrate 3 years ago
Wonderful video!
Luv it!
I would add:
The "good" boys are suffering from severe money addiction (see '54 dopamine studies by James Olds and Peter Milner), they also suffer from an untreated, from their society tolerated -- even honoured - antisocial personality disorder (ICD-10), which destroys reciprocal altruism, the root of every sane community.
They're a threat to community! This is not funny, nor an insult! This is a definite psychiatric condition, which has to be treated!
Tressco 3 years ago
Its called Growing?, imposed extensively by self-preservatory natures stuck within genetics its autogenous, feeling forced and required with mirrored approval. Bacteria starts as one, an well, i guess like infinity, chain reaction all starts from One place. Still, something gave or we wouldnt have, what we have and defintely without comparisons. Almost everything that is has common sense ruled by nothing else, although the exceptions are mammals extensively with a few exceptions of course.
urquiza78 3 years ago
Great video <3
PreflightDelight 3 years ago
stop dick riding zzz333333, you're not special.
pseudonymmmm 3 years ago
but i love this dick
zzz33333 3 years ago
that's gay
pseudonymmmm 3 years ago
That is the best video I have seen to date. It simply explains something I have not tried to put into words, yet have thought of and pondered.
motorolarules 3 years ago
yee! she's got a whole bunch of other great videos, too!
zzz33333 3 years ago
Thanks for giving us this PC... as always love your narration!
yellowtreat 3 years ago
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFULL..
Hottidownunda1 3 years ago
Wow, dude, you're a hero to me.
Once I saw first hand the environmental devastation that cattle ranching does, I have stayed away from burgers too.
Adipatus 3 years ago
Also, I have no use for automobiles, since I only use my bike to get from A to B.
Adipatus 3 years ago
We have the brains to know that without greed, selfishness, profit and generally without a system like this that we live in we, can live perfectly without it! It's just that not many people have functional brains to realize this!
Great video! ***** & favourited
gik130 3 years ago
Wow, that was good.
quantumdivider 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing Ambervision
TACYELLA11 3 years ago
When I commented before, I wasn't intending to insert the Utopia fallacy (Big Rock Candy Mountain)... I was just implying maybe that it's simple. I really liked your intelligent commentary, and I'm of the same opinion. The quintessential argument (Marxism vs. Capitalism) reinforces its own argument, polarizes - and that in itself - is Hegelian. It doesn't have to be either/or, regardless of the rhetoric.
immayhem 3 years ago
wow pennilesscripple, this is one the best ones.
mikezephyr 3 years ago
John Zerzan is awesome. I met him once.
TheLogicJunkie 3 years ago
Feith is the most repulsive to me. :)
gmfutube 3 years ago
Quite true for most people.
I hear people say that they don't want to know the truth because it is "too depressing".
Why can't they realize that our reality is depressing Because we avoid looking at the truth, which is what allows the greedy ones to do what they do?
gmfutube 3 years ago
What a load of BS!
Why should anyone show their face? So the tiny minds can then move to personal attacks about one's looks rather than comments on content?
gmfutube 3 years ago
IF ALL human beings were removed from the face of the Earth, Earth would return to a balanced Life. Mankind is the most endangered species on Mother Earth because Mankind is destroying the environment and itself! Strive to Live a Life full of Love,Light,Peace.
RobBryan206 3 years ago
there's nothing wrong with humanity.
humanity is not a problem - humanity has a problem.
humanity is not a virus. civilization is a virus.
zzz33333 3 years ago
Moi? are you talking to me? how exciting.
Boiling oil at the ready for intruders, fetid canals and streets slick in the remnants of human and animal waste. Graveyards? how unecho.
A church for every village, stones ripped from their mother mountain for God.
qizalia 3 years ago
"Civilization can exist without pollution, it did exist this way for thousands of years"
the cities were filth polluted and polluted plagues began.
I agree with you though for the future possibility, as i'm kind of a trekkie.
qizalia 3 years ago
yeah, that's fucking bullshit, anyway. how did i not attack that shit? define "pollution," please.
zzz33333 3 years ago
Well, as George Carlin would say, "shit in, shit out." The cities will be dirty if the inhabitants of the cities are dirty and the cities will be clean if the inhabitans are clean.
RenegadeMystic 3 years ago
i don