@Rain807646 The irony of your reaction. Your attempt at packaging truth as something that always feels good leads you right back to the title. Look up this vid on youtube
"Optimism at the expense of truth"
packaging all truth as feeling good is just your effort at making the truth responsible for making you feel good. it's not dude. it just is. telling me my niece died may be true, but it don't feel good. check out that vid though. it's about you
Speaking as an American (United States), I'm very interested in controversial topics.
Having said that, I'm much more comfortable in a situation where a possible solution or alternative is offered along with said topics. Of course, I also find myself questioning such solutions based on the fact that they were so easily offered.
In cases where possible solutions AREN'T offered, I try to come up with my own. Unfortunately, these alternatives are idealized and rarely real-world applicable.
I am from Australia, as you probably are aware by now!
What we generally observe, from this end, is there are 2 major personalities from the US.
1. The outspoken, opinionated, influencial, almost narssistic attitude.
2. the lamb
We very rarely see, from the states, an unbias person that truly has debate in mind that carefully omits any direction to the moderation of their own opinion.
If you pose a Q and an opinion, in the same video, to a controvercial topic, the most ethical choice is to keep 'your' personal opinion out of the equation.
If you have a personal opinion about a controvercial subject, then you are asserting 'your' opinion.
& Ed, as you, personaly have alot of subscribers & therefore an influence + your personal opinion, you have an ethical responsibility to be unbias.
Instant gratification attributed to Americans maybe a media based idea.
Americans are just problem solvers, so they seek solutions, not for instant gratif. but for the need to resolve conflict or a problem or challenge.
americans tend to be "proactive" on things. Others will take their time on certain things or will live with it, ( accept things as is ) as opposed to Americans, who will not settle and seek resolution to things. We seek happiness. We seek it.
I disagree with the premise that Europeans are less religious than Americans... Maybe you are thinking of a particular country in Europe. But your blanket statement is I thinkg erroneous.
i actually think most European nations. are very religious.
The "happy ever after" comes from the media, movies and Disney. I have noticed this pattern and I'm not American. I believe that it is enough to draw attention to the issue, create awareness, have a discussion with open minded people and then come to the individuals own conclusion. Love your work!
i like listening to what people have to say, their real opinion at the moment. for you to ask a question for others to answer means you've asked yourself the same thing for many reasons, which would indicate that you have something to say along with the question. so i'd like to hear your opinion too, upon your question. i think truth is truth and it is what it is. it doesn't conform to what people want to believe. if it does, then it's not truth; just an illusion.
oh and if i say i want to hear your opinion, then that's all i mean by it -- your opinion. i won't take it as the ultimate solution, but maybe another piece of the bigger puzzle.
TX. Americans usualy would rather have relief/gratification/lies rather than truth when truth is harsh. America has sooo many forms of instant gratification. One day life may be unsustainable because to many problems are going un-solved.
Theres nothing wrong with pointing out a problem but not having the solution, because the first step IS awareness of the problem.
Unfortunately your Jewish Bankers video was rhetorical. The pretense of a observation, whose conclusion was answered by just asking the question. It's like asking why are atheists ungodly. If there ever was a leading question, that video erased whatever objectivity I thought you possessed. The reason you don't give answers, is because they are explicit within the question.
As for demographics, jewish, gay, native new yorker, agnostic, former leftie, citizen of the world.
If people realized the Truth about our extremely lucky, improbable, and fortunate position, this would be a completely different world. Unfortunately the short term stimulation of the brain(non-constructive wasted time) is far to addictive; consequently these things have stunted the mental capacity of far too many people.
I believe the evolutionary implications of this are scary to think about.
I use to do tech support, and this example may or may not be understood, but I have encountered customers who need their hands held through the entire process of setting up their internet. Even when the instructions are right there. I remember one woman, who read all of the instructions and explanations, told her exactly what to do, and she then asked when she was done, "So what do I do?" I think it was, Make a passwd, confirm passwd, and make a hint. I think some people don't want to think.
we are bred as sheep to contribute to the system. we're told what to think - so to answer the question, we need people like you to stimulate our thoughts and challenge our routine
I made a video a little while ago called "Legal Paradox" whgere I pointed out how, you know, making something illegal only makes it more interesting. Someone commenting aparantly thought I was sugesting a solution or saying rape should be legalized or whatever. Uh, no. Not everyuthing has a happy ending or a resolution. Not every video talking about a problem necesarily has a solution. Maybe I was MERELY discribing the phenomenon.
live in consumer land wanting that prince on the white stallion to come to the rescue. The vlogs on here are to inform and bring together thought. Floridian here. Peace
Im from Canada, and America right now im living in Japan. I dont believe in free will, god, life after death or an absolute objective morality.So no, truth does not have to make me feel good.suffering is a part of life, the universe owes us nothing. That is what I live by. Americans dont suffer enough though, this is why they lost their marbles when 911 happened.Things like 911 is normal in life, as normal as the sun rising. But blowing up another country and killing thousands was the reaction.
It's a bit harsh I think to call 911 "normal". By which standard would you call mass-murder "normal", sure it happens but it is not normal and definitely not acceptable.
As for the US reaction, it is really stupid to believe that the secular Ba'ath party in Irak (Saddams party) should be in bed with fundamentalist al-Qaida. I laughed when I heard that until I understood that quite a few Americans actually think so.....
Why do people need answers? will it help them find happiness?
just get on with it I say!
"There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time. "
I like open debates. It might be helpfull if someone responds with a video sumarising the arguments so the conversation can move forward.
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If the issue is important enough it is not enough to stop thinking without an optomistic practical answer. More options need to be thought of to find it. Otherwise, it will be too easy to find a pestimistic answer to everything.
I was just in a YouTube argument that epitomizes what you're talking about. We are both Americans, but he insisted that I was "losing" the argument because all I could do was find fault with his words without coming up with solutions of my own. As much as my inner self is just as desperate as he is for quick, happily-ever-after answers (probably even more so than he is)I found that to be a rather childish point of view. Interesting that you say it's mostly Americans who respond like this...
Unfortunately, YouTube's comments section is an awful place to have a discussion because of bad formatting, strict limits on length, etc. If you made another space available for discussion rather than the brief reactions these comment boxes were designed for, then your question-raising format would be more effective. But really, Google can do better than this...
I like the format where someone raises a topic or issue then throws it open for discussion. I think the idea that, a person should keep quite about an issue unless they have a solution, is dangerous.
I notice this micro pattern you mentioned as well. in my opinion it is because many americans are comfortable being the critiquers of situations placed before them. i whole hartedly disagree and think that if a question is posed or a senario layed out it is more rewarding to search for answers even if one is to ask the question in a different framework. i enjoy your videos and the way you get your audience to engage,and it is sad that others are diheartend by it.
Its the age old saying of "2 heads are better than 1".We as an intelligent race should come together and sift through all the possibilities before we come to a rational answer.Waiting for someone or something to give us the perfect answer is the reason we have followed false prophets and idols throughout history.
People don't want truthful answers. They just want answers, no matter what the answer is. Then, who is to say that anyones answer is correst. I could answer a question and believe to the best of my knowledge that the answer is correct, but I very well could be wrong. That is why answers are not the way to go in my opinion. Discussion and coming to agreement on questions are better because you decide collectivly what the truth may or may not be,andthen youcan continue with others on what truth is
the truth is not always what people want to hear. The truth can cause any number of reactions, depending on what type of personality you are. People ask questions, in my opinion, not because they want the actual truth but because they want reassurance that what they think is correct. Its like when someone asks "Do I look fat in this?" what they want to hear is "no", when in all honesty they may look fat in it, or even the other person they asked does not care if they look fat or not.
I believe addressing a problem that doesn't seem to have a solution, by publicizing it and making it known, you're far more likely to get it acted upon. Even if a solution seems highly unlikely, more people knowing about it makes it all the better, and where necessary, will help to find someone who might know how and where to take action.
The best way to come up with an answer to a question is by gathering information from everybody participating and combining that to make a unified conclusion. Not only will it most likely be correct, it would also cause less arguments since the answer was collaborative.
I think a simple acknowledgment of an issue or problem will suffice, your views on the matter discussed are "needed". They are welcome, just as you are welcoming other views or perspectives.
I do agree that most citizens of the U.S. or "Americanized" residents do feel as if they want to know where you stand. I do not believe it is a "happily ever after" syndrome. We simply, for the most part, as a culture like to categorize people.
I loathe being categorized by my government. I think a person's name is sufficient for identification.
People are divided by ignorance or have become divided by these "categories" because our government figured out that a divided people are easily controlled and that information is fed back to us through the media to CREATE division that may not even exist. This information is not being used to combat racism, sexism and other divisiveness in this country, it is being used to perpetuate it.
So true. I remind religious friends the difference between preaching division and unity. If you believe God is good and loves us all, then you can judge what is good by whether it strengthens all people for one another, or against one another. Divisive propaganda leads toward infighting and turmoil, hate and war. The few, the proud, the elite, use these tactics to keep the rest divided and distracted from their scams and subjugation.
I think you should state how you feel on an issue and then offer your suggestions, which in turn will further open debate. What you propose is not necessarily the answer, but it can be. If others feel differently or similarly, they should voice their concerns in objectively to further arrive at a solution that can be achieved and be beneficial to humankind.
You are obligated to give your stance, how else can we know what you think? Politicians pose issues, but do they offer why/how solutions?
Obama may say the economic recession is an issue. He brought up an issue, but he does not state his stances on the issue. Are you going to help big business and expand Hoover's trickle down theory, will you end the occupation in Iraq and give tax $ to schools/poor/hospitals, will you end free, exploitative, trade? Vagueness is not a solution. I agree that people should THINK for themselves, but options need to be proposed. They may not be the answers,but at least you will know how people think.
You're honest... Most people don't have answers but like to give their opinions and force their ideas on others. I think arguing our points is good...It helps us to learn from others and to question our own thoughts. But the importance of arguing and fighting for your cause is to learn more about yourself and your cause while also learning what others think. If you walk away from heated discussion having not questioned your own integrity and ideas, then you took nothing from the argument.
i think the reason no one offers solutions is this.any real problem needs government involvement to address. and the world wide political system is broken.not just here in america but everywhere.and how do you advocate destruction of the system.what will replace it.what is everyone willing to do,give up or destroy.and you truly need a consensus.imagine and consider a revolution here tomorrow.would we be better off with blood in the streets, or what we have now?
yeah i feel the truth the real truth is simple and simple what it is.... it has no agenda it is what has been.... the challenge is accepting the truth in it's natural raw form.... rather then sprinkling it with your imagination on it... TRUTH IS WHAT IT IS AND THAT'S ALL WONDERFUL VIDEO
I agree 1000%. Just because you don't have an answer does not mean that you shouldn't bring an issue to someone's attention. One person may not have the answer, but working together we can agree on an answer. *You are being poisoned, but since I don't have the antidote I won't tell you..*? I think that logic is really stupid. Tell me the truth and I will figure things out for myself...
why ask for solution possibilites-feel personally attacked, frustrated at not knowing the answer oneself, "spoiled"-used to having things wrapped up in pretty little bows, resentful when asked to think for oneself. I asked earlier today of a post "Well if you think so badly of it, why don't you provide a better idea, stop your bitching unless you're prepared to do something about it." maybe we expect too much from eachother, rather than letting eachother feel something without obligation.
What you have identified in your research is clearly discussed by John Taylor Gatto. Many state owned education schools deliberately don't teach children to investigate, question and analyse solutions to problems (no creativity) but most are taught to be and become OBIDIENT to what they are told. The Jesuits use the same technique of education to control the masses. As you can imagine this why the politician support and love "democracy"...hehe
Endogamy, the obedience taught in schools sprouts from what? Capitalism? Religion? There is always an underlying, perhaps unknown or ignored cause that puts everything else into motion. Is is safe to say that a mostly Christian nation, in their obedience to follow and unseen and unheard God, transfer that energy into work, citizenship, nationalism, etc, while world leaders, business leaders, and the like clearly take advantage of their mindsets? Or was the system instilled this way?
the world is probably going to have some tough lessons for us. The killings of millions of girls in china might someday be like the holocaust and they will talk about how the previous generation stood by and did nothing. Or race and intelligence, or religious tolerantion gone blind. Who knows how these will turn out, political correctness is such a crap shoot barrier.
China is a difficult one though. What realisticaly can anyone do? The Chinese people are plentiful enough to be able to turn things around themselves.. but the motivation is maybe not there. I agree with you on Religious intollerance though.. but this tends to be a byproduct of religion.. I am an athiest and dont hate anyone, mainly because I have no God telling me who to hate and what he requires
china is a difficult one, there are efforts in the country to create change and many chinese are fed up with the blantant lies and control of there government. not to mention its activities in tibet, a people china will have wiped off the map. and in darfur its support for the genocide. and its displacement of millions to create the olympics, and its pollution. and the fact it locks u up for asking questios about government, such aregime hopefully cannot survive
thank you for posting this as a response. I have always been watching your show and respect your opinions, I was hoping for an original response with it's original intent being directed to my video, none the less, i appreciate you watching and responding...
an artist, andy p, brought up a similar point in one of his videos; 'these days we are more and more unable to say what things are simply by looking at them, let alone taking a guess at their meaning.'
in other words, the systematic dumbing down of america and the world is working.
the truth always brings happiness. it's being lied to that hurts. most just can't face it.
I find that most of the people are asking for a happy ending especially with my videos and if they don't get what they want they get angry.
I believe that every one has a responsibly to find out for them selfs what the answers are. ranging from politics to religion it all comes down to their own resolve to find the answer they seek whether it be what they want to hear or not.
I totally agree with you proteanview on the pattern of questions that are received on you tube.
there must be something to what you say, because whenever a foreign film is re-made for american audiences it is scrubbed of moral greyness and insufficiently sunny endings. everything has to be tied up in a bow at the end.
other cultures may feel insulted by such simplifications of life, but americans apparently gobble it down.
the popularity of confident, all-knowing blowhards on television is another clue.
This isn't really a new concept in america. American idealogy favors the do'ers over the think'ers. This is why we ideolize Sports atheletes and scorn intellectuals. This is why we ideolize religious beliefs over scientific questioning and facts. We are a nation of get up and go do it and then ask questions later if it's absolutely necessary, but that's a pessimistic way of going about it,because the optimist just moves on to the next thing to screw up without questioning the validity of such
I would say a do-er, because they're waiting to be spoon fed answers to be put into action, rather than thinking about it and attempting to contribute. Americans don't like to think. "Let's get to work!". Keep in mind my opinion is against this train of thought if you hadn't already caught that.
Nihilgeist: I don't know. Claiming that they are going to listen to my directives and put them into action is only an assumption. They're unable to contribute anything. They don't assert an issue or bring it to light. They can't even participate in coming up w/an answer. They simply wish to be entertained. Well, US is the entertainment capital of the world, so I guess it makes sense. Your opinions are right in line w/what I've experienced by most Americans and what drove me to make this vid.
This is pretty harsh, proteanview. I'd be interested in hearing the specifics of what upset you so much that you would say, "they're unable to contribute anything. They don't assert an issue or bring it to light." OK, I know that is kind of true of most people, but...y'know once upon a time, I didn't have all the skills I have now and the way we make things better is by encouraging people that they can be more than they are, too & as much as possible, helping them grow.
givebirth: All I'm saying is those who ask instead participating aren't contributing much. Doesn't need to be framed as being 'upset,' just an observation.
Yes, it's an American thing. It's the "Walt Disneyfication" of America. We're raised on "happily ever after." There are many instances in which movie makers have been forced to change endings of films, Clerks being one example, to better appeal to American audiences. It's not a good thing, it's not a bad thing; it's just an American thing.
first remove the attributions against the americans about wanting to know the truth and it seems perfect, but you could have observed it through messages. I understand what your saying in regards to the answering questions, keeping it open and room for discussion rather than theorizing something to end the disscussion. In reality all that was done was not talking. To be honest I have this problem when it comes to myself that is why nothing ever seems to get done. I make myself to be happy inst.
I've even got one video "Gangs of Some Dump" where I definitely do NOT provide the solution, but rather I actually ask the vewers for the solution. I did not say what my own answer to that question but I do have one, but that answer is probably wrong.
Maybe everyone's been watching completely different videos form the ones I've been watching because I almost NEVER see (or notice, anyway) controversial video that have a "hapilly ever after" ending that actually solves the issue.
I have never once managed to get a Creationist to use Logic or got a conspiracy theorist to use as much logic as Creationists do. In fact, the only agreement I've EVER arrived at with someone I had a Flame War with is basically "This is stupid, let's call it off".
WOW. You're like the first person who thinks the same way I do. I have always believed it does not matter if the truth makes you feel safe or unsafe, what matters is that is the truth. I agree with you that people think those "happily ever after" stories are part of real life... news flash, they are not.
Superb! After going beyond the curtains, i.e. Atlantic/Pacific, was eye opening to be outside looking into an increasing group pattern of "nanny-me...I-know-my-rights!" people, a decline of a hard/smart work ethics. Poorly parented/misguided lazy people too slack to pick themselves up and honestly address their own problems. Guess they skipped the "where there's a will there's a way" school lesson. A swelling generation looking for who has the answer instead of looking for it. - G.I. abroad.
I think the larger problem is, what is the truth? My truth or what I think is the truth may be different from someone else. Especially in this country, people base the truth on their own social, racial and economic values. To answer your question would be to think of the world as objective and open and based on a general truth. Unfortunately it's not like that. I would even say the truth is, people believe according to their own separate stations in life.
My fellow Americans do have a nauesatingly presistent need to feel good about themselves no matter what. How else can you explain why so many try to defend the Iraq War and trump up the so-called good news, even though tens of thousands have died in something that was based on lies?
Im from New Zealand... and my stand point is the truth is the truth.... (deal with it). I suppose this leads me to being somewhat pessimistic at times... however is it ignorant to be?
Great observation, many Americans bury their heads in the sand and usually want to shoot the messenger who brings them the truth. It's like when Ron Paul was demonized for quoting the CIA report on what the motivations were for the perpetrators of 9/11. Critical thinking amongst the people seems to be a thing of the past which is genuinely frightening. No bad news allowed in the US. And if there is no good news then just fill the time slot with celebrity gossip and scandal.
Proteanviews' videos present what I would respectfully refer to "constructive provocation" in the tradition of professors , journalists and documentarians: 1) presenting a topic 2) often accompanied by antithesis to prevailing perception and/or 3) flatly presenting a hypothesis. These all, evidently, inspire dialogue. Exposure and exploration. This is not contrary to problem-solving, but fundamental to it.
It's because everyone's plugged in all the time. We live in such a short attention span society where everything is spoon fed to us in the "drive thru" world of self service. I'd still much rather continue to have the ability to think for myself then be spoon fed like the rest of the mindless masses of sheep. Most of us on the west coast tend to think for ourselves. Great Q's!
Remember many of those who create debate for want for strife, to create distraction from truth/nature of vid/statement or change course of discussion that the evolves real people/viewers is actually rep'd by fiat people. AI & real peons are employed to create fiat support for what harms us/people, yielding those who promote fiatism/materialism control over ignorant peasants/consumers. Many insult/argue w/Bots, think they are alive, nope, fiat people, Bots, they're many.
While your theory has a seed of merit...if "the passionate belief that each has a right to opine" is the "base cause of the worlds problems"...what would you suggest is the solution the this base problem...oh wait...to answer would require you to opine. Never mind.
I agree with you. If an opinion or solution is offered; great, and discussion/thought can stem from that. It is backwards thinking to require it. Then again, thats Americans for you.
I seek answers. I love hearing a good answer to a tough question. However, I'd also rather have someone admit they don't have the answer than just make up a bad one. Having the idea that spawns a question is just as important as the eventual solution. So in conclusion, I prefer answers, but I don't object to simply pondering a tough question before an answer has been provided. I guess you could say I'm a scientist first, and a philosopher second. And I am American, if you're keeping track.
I'm from NZ. I prefer to consider the merits of the statement and how the ideas would or would not fit into my life. If the statement/s follow a pattern similar to my experience, then I am left to consider where the next step may be. I am generally interested in finding those elusive "half-steps" that everyone needs to move forward in their lives. Since no two lives are exactly the same, I look for "themes". Truth is truth, it has no inherent emotional value.
protenview: I don't find anything wrong with your style. You have to recognize that many Americans have a different styles. Me personally when i hear a problem the first thing i start thinking about is the solutions. I don't think coming up with solution is hard work. I Doubt you would be doing these videos if you did not enjoy it. I don't think wanting the presenters answer on the issue is lazy because its just like wanting the end of a book.
Its only powerful when its convenient. Alot of times when people post solutions for others, those others also want the 'smarter' people to carry out the solution. Yes, their laziness extends that far, fuck. Like the solution about racism. How many people want racism to really end. Tell me, who? Yeah, right all those people that post solutions, usually do so, in a way that conveniences the same perpetrators, so we don't hear them scremaing back.
If you spend the time to recognize a problem and comment on it. Why not spend a little extra effort to think up some possible solutions for every one to build on or disregard? I think wanting a solution is perfectly rational. I don't think most of the people asking don't have solutions of their own. They only want your solutions since you where smart enough to recognize the problem. I think it is a positive that Americans in general want solutions and don't only accept that there are problems.
I think you can find some solutions, but you are too damn lazy. What a good underhanded shot. If I'm smarter than you, then I should at least have some solutions. You guys just want everything on a convenient package. And I'll you what some problems are beyond us, and take a bunch of people to solve. Even then, it might ever be solved. But knowing a problem, can save a lot of lives. Solutions are just that solutions. They don't have to be carried out properly.
blackxavior: Americans want solutions... spoon fed to them. Do you find it at all lazy that you sit back and expect me to both come up w/ the issues and solve them? Is that at all couch potatoey? Seems a bit lazy to me. So, if we don't have an answer to an problem, we shouldn't share knowledge w/ others? Perhaps someone may have the answer if they have the knowledge. If I keep my trap shut, they may never have the opportunity to share it. I dunno. Just seems a bit lazy to me.
Most people are fucking stupid. They can't handle the fact that there are problems in this world. THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THEIR LALA LAND. And they want to die in it too. Only when something terrible happens to them, do they realize a problem ? Other than that, they are lazy bastards. That's why they hire people in high positions to f..uck up their lives, because they are too damn lazy to do it themselves.
I flippin hate people, thats it, right htere. THe general public is stupid, and have been stupid for centuries, thats why for centuries they've allow SINGLE people to f..uck them up. Well guess what, I don't depend on OBAMA, or CLINTON to do sh..it for me, I'm going to do it myself. FUC..CK both of them, though I want Obama to win. BUt still f..uck them off, and I encourage people to start changing their ways, without a president, or without someone.
yes,not all americans are lazy to ask to be spoon-fed the answer but maybe they think that is hard to think for themselves .Maybe they wait for someone else to respond,or maybe they are not implicating (sorry for the bad english) themselves in the subject.Also keep the good work proteanview!!
No one person has all of the answers in life so I personally never demand answers from people
I sometimes might ask for an explaination or their opinion on why they feel a certain way
but I don't expect them to pave the road for me rather maybe I can take away a small brick so I could build a road to my answer through collecting "bricks" of information from sources all over
we have to be truly open-minded
you're an extremely intelligent and wise man proteanview, I'm from Canada btw
Hey, you're a smart person, it's sad that people like you are often labeled as loony. Just modern day philosophers. I preffer to get answers because I am always asking questions but I don't mind good questions. I'm from NYC USA, originally for PuertoRico. Thanks.
but now ive said a personal note. In the real world elements are working against humanity,
Religion,Territory,Money
These things are the building blocks of Life, theyre unignorable and always provoke a responce. How do people solve the problems caused by thier solutions?
Lets debate in swaheli and see how supid we both look talking about simple things.
You don't have to have a solution to identify a problem. If everybody can see the problems we do have in our country then maybe we can begin to work on a solution together. I mean, there are still a ton of good hearted, intelligent people in the US who will argue FOR the Federal reserve or the War on Drugs. The world would be a much better place if I were the dictator of it all! j/k
I think as a species, we prefer to identify and sort things. Seeking answers is part of our genetic makeup. Certainly a lot of people feel uneasy when things are not sorted into little boxes readily identified and labelled. I think it provoces people when some questions are asked, ones that challenges set ways of thinking. Just as people blame others for making them uncomfortable, some people also want you to cater to their sense of peace of mind rather than question the ways they think.
I prefer people throwing their thoughts out there, and actually refrain from concluding too much on the subject. I often find, most mistakes are made in the space between the tossing of ideas or points of views, and the conclusions drawn from them. Probably because people need to settle things, have some issues resolved, and occasionally that weighs higher for peoples peace of mind, than keeping issues floating around without a set answer. Its a shame, because finality kills debate in many cases
I don't think you need to provide solutions..I enjoy watching your videos because it gives me something to think about and discuss with my friends....i believe Americans have been taught to react this way waiting for someone else to solve the problem....i saw it everyday in high school and when i got to college.
I think many of us Americans or otherwise are seeking easy answers, because its hard to think for oneself. Most importantly its even harder to be engaged in our own misery of economic decline and state in security, esp. in America today.
Take an example of the 'Bitter' incident over Obama, where most working class and middle class Americans would agree, yet our corporate owned media and corrupt fake politicians pretend to be outraged by pointing out the truth.
shut up, ur just jealous he's smarter than you, i enjoy watchin your videos i enjoy learnin shit i dont know, listening to other ppls opionions and sharing my own. between us all we can find the awnsers sometimes is just takes another point of view -canadian
There are those who do nothing, and those who do something. Among those who do something, there are those who think and those who do. By bringing up a point you in no way are required to follow through and solve it. You make people think, and those people will follow it through and god willingly, solve the problem.
Silver bullets only kill werewolves. How can one person come up with solutions to the kind of issues I have seen flair up on the web. That is why we have the web,.. right? We are talking right? This isn't " If you notice something wrong, then your the one who should fix it." There is never just one answer to any thing that every one buys in to anyway so why start that. Good show old man, good show.
Since when is a solution an absolute necessity of an argument, yes it's a formal way to do it, but to open up discussion to other people so that we actually use our brains? He is doing the right thing, presenting a problem and letting YOU, the one who clicked on the video in the first place, find a viable way to resolve it.
It has nothing to do with you. America has been so use to the boob tube telling them what to think. They see your video and say duh, so what do I do; I'm stupid and need a video to tell me how to think. They are incapable of taking knowledge that you are imparting and applying it to a new situation! Your answer to the "question what do I do?": you tell me! Force them to think.
I think that is extremly far off. I think people believe if you take the time to form a question the least you can do is take the time to find an answer or answer it the best way possible. It is much harder to ask a "tough" question and provide an answer, then to just to ask a tough question.
-When someone provides an answer to their open question I think it is more beneficial and furthers the discussion. The answer shows your point of view and where your coming from.
I'm not sure I agree with that entirely. Certainly providing an answer to an open question can help with bringing about discussion, but it can also limit the boundaries of that discussion to that specific answer.
More than that though, I think it's more beneficial to put the initiative of doing that "harder" part of having an answer to those types of questions on the part of multiple people. It gets more people to think, and generally more comprehensive answers than one person's answer.
To pose a problem without a solution means that you are an observer. When you participate, you pose a possible solution resulting from research, open mind, analysis or self-reflection. You tend to learn more when your solution is challenged vs the debate that focuses on the dynamics of the problem.
It's really interesting that you say that. I think that the micro-pattern is a result of being over dependent on the gov. or experts to fix a problem. Get the sense that in America their is a "I can't" attitude.
Videos that spark debate, but not necessarily provide any answers are personally preferred. Providing an open forum allows individual contemplative thinking without bias instilment. We are spoon fed information on a daily basis, it's time to think for ourselves. Keep rolling with what your doing.
I want to respond to esostrov.. I'm jewish. It offends me when you lump me in a group we some other people i've never met and have no say in their actions. Would u like it if I said (insert your ethnicity) is doing something that you may or may not agree with and you may or may not think is true? The fact that a whole race can do something is absurd. It's easy to blame your problems on a group. But pitting demographics against demographics instead of a person against a person ruins the world.
mazilian: Well, good for you. I'm no more like Jesse Jackson than the typical Jewish American is a Zionist who puts the good of Israel before the USA. After all, white, Christian John Hagee is such a Zionist. I'm afraid esostrov confuses the two while lumping them all together. I understand that you are an individual. Great comment.
So why is it ok for muslim nations to have theocracies that are oppressive but its not okay for a tiny piece of land to be a jewish nation that isnt oppressive? It doesnt make sense. It has nothing to do with stealing land. What muslim nation doesnt have blood on its hands? Israel has less than any of them. If you are anti-Israel you are either anti-Jew or you are ignorant to reality.
How many muslim nations get billions of US taxpayer dollars, weapons etc. every freeking year for like 50 years. Get your lobbyists out of our government, stop taking our money, weapons, protection etc. and go do whatever you fucking want to. Israel:one of the few countries Americans still badmouth :D
Also, you are deflecting from the original point of discussion. Your post has no relevance to the zionism discussion.
To address your comments, I know Egypt gets billions from America and im sure Islamic nations in Africa get a significant amount of aid money. I dont support giving any of them our money but I believe we do so to maintain stability in the region. I wouldnt be against cutting them all off together.
I just noticed this was addressed to me. Unfortunately, I dont understand what you are saying. Im not lumping you with anyone if you are jewish. Im suggesting that the anti-zionists may act as if they arent ant-jew when in reality they are.
Their are nuts in every group. There is no Palestine, never was and never will be. Its just an area of land and nobody identified themselves as "Palestinians" before israel came into existence. When the West Bank was controlled by Jordan and Gaza Egypt, was there any attempt to create a Palestinian state? No.
esostrov, the fact is that there are millions of people now who call themselves "Palestinian" ... Israel is also a new invention. The state of Palestine is recognized by over 100 countries, whether or not esostrov approves. Mark Twain was referring to "Palestine" back in 1860. Back away from the Zionist propaganda ... there is plenty of room for you out here.
Any organizaed "palestinian" government will only have one goal, the destruction of israel. as far as israel is concerned, nothing else should matter.
Any organized "israeli" government will only have one goal, the destruction of palestine. as far as palestine is concerned, nothing else should matter....
wait a minute! as far as ISREAL? as far as PALESTINE? what about the HUMAN BEINGS? Israeli or Palestinian? these humans are capable of much more than you give them credit for.
Yours is a lazy argument. In fact even Hamas has more than one goal. You haven't bothered understanding palestinians as human beings and not comic book villains.
Hamas' goal is the destruction of israel. Israel's goal is to live in peace. If the muslims were willing to coexist, israel has demonstrated that it would happily live in peace with them.
I'm from america and I think what you're saying is right. I would go even further and say that an answer is not always a right one, and it's never good to close the case and wrap a tidy bow on it because there's always something more to explore and ask. That's how things progress and evolve.
I'm from germany and my impression is, the majority all over the world likes to be told what to do, which also explains the escalation of useless "security laws" in all western countries, which is imho very sad. I prefer thinking about the solutions myself but I do take a lot of influence of other peoples opinions on a matter.
What really bothers me is the consequence that this prevents sane politics. In politics all you do these days is to sell black or white solutions, gray seems to be gone.
I support when you need to really know something that you should research as much as possible. I am an American and I confess I don't want to know all that goes on in my government because it is impossible to unravel all sectors of government. I mean I have to get past my local politics first.
i'm from ireland, and i think the general view of europeans towards americans (esp. in the political sense) is that they're happy if they're being told everything is all right. as long as there's someone in power saying 'we're doing this for your own good', then they're happy to accept that and not question other motives. i know an american guy who says he doesn't need to know everything his government does - that kind of thinking scares me.
I think your questions and info are great. Many of the issues have been going on a long time without people being informed at all. So I don't expect answers from anyone. I think people just need to talk it out.
I think some of what you are seeing is due to the confusion of the times and also that it's election time. My fellow Americans tend to be conditioned to look for answers during election time. Because of the brainwashing quality of politicians.
you've got the right approach and usually people say things like that without following up with an *answer* to the issue themselves. you're vids are classy as a result and the pattern is one of insecure detractors without substantive detraction.
and for the record, I can solve almost any problem that has a solution. sometimes I have to wait until the rest have exausted their neurons and fingers however :D
yes, sweetheart i depend on you to make me feel good. i also depend on your videos to make my brain think. but i also like many of the videos that critique Obama, like these two:
that's the beauty of truth. it is not biased. it is a neutral concept that is not meant to make you feel good or feel bad. but, it does, because humans are wired emotio
I like your way of thinking. Even if I do not especially always agree with you.
Greetings from Belgium
aenarion1984 1 year ago
The irony of that title.
Truth can only make people feel so called "good" emotion. It is only a lie we think is true that make people feel the so called "bad" emotions.
Rain807646 2 years ago
@Rain807646 The irony of your reaction. Your attempt at packaging truth as something that always feels good leads you right back to the title. Look up this vid on youtube
"Optimism at the expense of truth"
packaging all truth as feeling good is just your effort at making the truth responsible for making you feel good. it's not dude. it just is. telling me my niece died may be true, but it don't feel good. check out that vid though. it's about you
igotsissues 2 years ago 2
Speaking as an American (United States), I'm very interested in controversial topics.
Having said that, I'm much more comfortable in a situation where a possible solution or alternative is offered along with said topics. Of course, I also find myself questioning such solutions based on the fact that they were so easily offered.
In cases where possible solutions AREN'T offered, I try to come up with my own. Unfortunately, these alternatives are idealized and rarely real-world applicable.
ReverendLondo 2 years ago
Ed
I am from Australia, as you probably are aware by now!
What we generally observe, from this end, is there are 2 major personalities from the US.
1. The outspoken, opinionated, influencial, almost narssistic attitude.
2. the lamb
We very rarely see, from the states, an unbias person that truly has debate in mind that carefully omits any direction to the moderation of their own opinion.
Please accept this with all due respect!
MilitantPeaceist 2 years ago
@ 1:22
If you pose a Q and an opinion, in the same video, to a controvercial topic, the most ethical choice is to keep 'your' personal opinion out of the equation.
If you have a personal opinion about a controvercial subject, then you are asserting 'your' opinion.
& Ed, as you, personaly have alot of subscribers & therefore an influence + your personal opinion, you have an ethical responsibility to be unbias.
Anything less than that is what 'Fox News' is!
It is called a demagoguery!
MilitantPeaceist 2 years ago
Instant gratification attributed to Americans maybe a media based idea.
Americans are just problem solvers, so they seek solutions, not for instant gratif. but for the need to resolve conflict or a problem or challenge.
americans tend to be "proactive" on things. Others will take their time on certain things or will live with it, ( accept things as is ) as opposed to Americans, who will not settle and seek resolution to things. We seek happiness. We seek it.
smilingseal 2 years ago
I disagree with the premise that Europeans are less religious than Americans... Maybe you are thinking of a particular country in Europe. But your blanket statement is I thinkg erroneous.
i actually think most European nations. are very religious.
smilingseal 2 years ago
The "happy ever after" comes from the media, movies and Disney. I have noticed this pattern and I'm not American. I believe that it is enough to draw attention to the issue, create awareness, have a discussion with open minded people and then come to the individuals own conclusion. Love your work!
CurtmanZ 2 years ago
i like listening to what people have to say, their real opinion at the moment. for you to ask a question for others to answer means you've asked yourself the same thing for many reasons, which would indicate that you have something to say along with the question. so i'd like to hear your opinion too, upon your question. i think truth is truth and it is what it is. it doesn't conform to what people want to believe. if it does, then it's not truth; just an illusion.
IceBirdy1 2 years ago
oh and if i say i want to hear your opinion, then that's all i mean by it -- your opinion. i won't take it as the ultimate solution, but maybe another piece of the bigger puzzle.
IceBirdy1 2 years ago
TX. Americans usualy would rather have relief/gratification/lies rather than truth when truth is harsh. America has sooo many forms of instant gratification. One day life may be unsustainable because to many problems are going un-solved.
Theres nothing wrong with pointing out a problem but not having the solution, because the first step IS awareness of the problem.
xardas77 2 years ago 4
Unfortunately your Jewish Bankers video was rhetorical. The pretense of a observation, whose conclusion was answered by just asking the question. It's like asking why are atheists ungodly. If there ever was a leading question, that video erased whatever objectivity I thought you possessed. The reason you don't give answers, is because they are explicit within the question.
As for demographics, jewish, gay, native new yorker, agnostic, former leftie, citizen of the world.
loveblack 2 years ago 2
Hard to take the truth? ;)
Blackhawk11X 2 years ago
If people realized the Truth about our extremely lucky, improbable, and fortunate position, this would be a completely different world. Unfortunately the short term stimulation of the brain(non-constructive wasted time) is far to addictive; consequently these things have stunted the mental capacity of far too many people.
I believe the evolutionary implications of this are scary to think about.
I might be wrong though. Peace.
k2sizzle 2 years ago
I use to do tech support, and this example may or may not be understood, but I have encountered customers who need their hands held through the entire process of setting up their internet. Even when the instructions are right there. I remember one woman, who read all of the instructions and explanations, told her exactly what to do, and she then asked when she was done, "So what do I do?" I think it was, Make a passwd, confirm passwd, and make a hint. I think some people don't want to think.
MadCatElite 3 years ago
we are bred as sheep to contribute to the system. we're told what to think - so to answer the question, we need people like you to stimulate our thoughts and challenge our routine
centroaj 3 years ago 2
I made a video a little while ago called "Legal Paradox" whgere I pointed out how, you know, making something illegal only makes it more interesting. Someone commenting aparantly thought I was sugesting a solution or saying rape should be legalized or whatever. Uh, no. Not everyuthing has a happy ending or a resolution. Not every video talking about a problem necesarily has a solution. Maybe I was MERELY discribing the phenomenon.
dechha1981 3 years ago
The failure to relate the truth and reality.
I agree with you. Yes it is a pattern. They
live in consumer land wanting that prince on the white stallion to come to the rescue. The vlogs on here are to inform and bring together thought. Floridian here. Peace
speciesamused 3 years ago
It get's down how much you've had to put up with, how much of that you did put up with, how much you value yourself vs your choices,
and to what extend you've realized, that you depend on others to feel hapiness.
(I'm Slovak from Czechoslovakia.)
vitami1n 3 years ago
Im from Canada, and America right now im living in Japan. I dont believe in free will, god, life after death or an absolute objective morality.So no, truth does not have to make me feel good.suffering is a part of life, the universe owes us nothing. That is what I live by. Americans dont suffer enough though, this is why they lost their marbles when 911 happened.Things like 911 is normal in life, as normal as the sun rising. But blowing up another country and killing thousands was the reaction.
tempemonkey2323 3 years ago
It's a bit harsh I think to call 911 "normal". By which standard would you call mass-murder "normal", sure it happens but it is not normal and definitely not acceptable.
As for the US reaction, it is really stupid to believe that the secular Ba'ath party in Irak (Saddams party) should be in bed with fundamentalist al-Qaida. I laughed when I heard that until I understood that quite a few Americans actually think so.....
Me, I'm a Swede.
FredricF 3 years ago
Why do people need answers? will it help them find happiness?
just get on with it I say!
"There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time. "
Edith Wharton
England
mcfrenchy 3 years ago 5
mcfrenchy: Love it
proteanview 3 years ago
I've been lost in the finding happiness circle cycle for years now I can see why it doesn't help.
EMDANAL 2 years ago
I like open debates. It might be helpfull if someone responds with a video sumarising the arguments so the conversation can move forward.
Penssylvannia usa
If the issue is important enough it is not enough to stop thinking without an optomistic practical answer. More options need to be thought of to find it. Otherwise, it will be too easy to find a pestimistic answer to everything.
ReadingDave 3 years ago
I was just in a YouTube argument that epitomizes what you're talking about. We are both Americans, but he insisted that I was "losing" the argument because all I could do was find fault with his words without coming up with solutions of my own. As much as my inner self is just as desperate as he is for quick, happily-ever-after answers (probably even more so than he is)I found that to be a rather childish point of view. Interesting that you say it's mostly Americans who respond like this...
Marbles471 3 years ago
Unfortunately, YouTube's comments section is an awful place to have a discussion because of bad formatting, strict limits on length, etc. If you made another space available for discussion rather than the brief reactions these comment boxes were designed for, then your question-raising format would be more effective. But really, Google can do better than this...
fripper183 3 years ago
a person should keep quite about an issue unless they have a solution, is dangerous. Textra1's quote below
Changes4TheBetter 3 years ago
Australia
I like the format where someone raises a topic or issue then throws it open for discussion. I think the idea that, a person should keep quite about an issue unless they have a solution, is dangerous.
Textra1 3 years ago
United States of America,
I notice this micro pattern you mentioned as well. in my opinion it is because many americans are comfortable being the critiquers of situations placed before them. i whole hartedly disagree and think that if a question is posed or a senario layed out it is more rewarding to search for answers even if one is to ask the question in a different framework. i enjoy your videos and the way you get your audience to engage,and it is sad that others are diheartend by it.
swag909 3 years ago
Hi Proteanview, i'm a swede.
If I have terminal cancer I would want to know.
I think you can deduce my view from that!
BTW 5* , All the best!
Rationellskeptiker 3 years ago
5 stars. Just wanted to add a comment so that this video gets more attention and more people can see it!
Keep up the great work Protean!
inktankproductions 3 years ago
I love your vids and love what you have to say!
TheLadyTS 3 years ago 2
Its the age old saying of "2 heads are better than 1".We as an intelligent race should come together and sift through all the possibilities before we come to a rational answer.Waiting for someone or something to give us the perfect answer is the reason we have followed false prophets and idols throughout history.
LindblumScholar 3 years ago
People don't want truthful answers. They just want answers, no matter what the answer is. Then, who is to say that anyones answer is correst. I could answer a question and believe to the best of my knowledge that the answer is correct, but I very well could be wrong. That is why answers are not the way to go in my opinion. Discussion and coming to agreement on questions are better because you decide collectivly what the truth may or may not be,andthen youcan continue with others on what truth is
mydopamean 3 years ago
the truth is not always what people want to hear. The truth can cause any number of reactions, depending on what type of personality you are. People ask questions, in my opinion, not because they want the actual truth but because they want reassurance that what they think is correct. Its like when someone asks "Do I look fat in this?" what they want to hear is "no", when in all honesty they may look fat in it, or even the other person they asked does not care if they look fat or not.
mydopamean 3 years ago
I believe addressing a problem that doesn't seem to have a solution, by publicizing it and making it known, you're far more likely to get it acted upon. Even if a solution seems highly unlikely, more people knowing about it makes it all the better, and where necessary, will help to find someone who might know how and where to take action.
Melexion 3 years ago
ohh your good!!
marsmermaid 3 years ago
The best way to come up with an answer to a question is by gathering information from everybody participating and combining that to make a unified conclusion. Not only will it most likely be correct, it would also cause less arguments since the answer was collaborative.
WTFProducshunz 3 years ago
You know, I think about this video every now and then. Good effort, making such thought provoking videos.
SpaceboyProductions 3 years ago
Proteanview for president!
copy and paste if you agree
mydopamean 3 years ago
i no wot u mean dude ur just trying to get us to to think
omgitsmattutube 3 years ago
ucinich wits til now? great 8 years too late...making omney is all he is...fuck kucinich sell out loser cash draining cunt is what he is
battim 3 years ago
I am N. American and from the United States.
I think a simple acknowledgment of an issue or problem will suffice, your views on the matter discussed are "needed". They are welcome, just as you are welcoming other views or perspectives.
I do agree that most citizens of the U.S. or "Americanized" residents do feel as if they want to know where you stand. I do not believe it is a "happily ever after" syndrome. We simply, for the most part, as a culture like to categorize people.
cunningprose 3 years ago
I loathe being categorized by my government. I think a person's name is sufficient for identification.
People are divided by ignorance or have become divided by these "categories" because our government figured out that a divided people are easily controlled and that information is fed back to us through the media to CREATE division that may not even exist. This information is not being used to combat racism, sexism and other divisiveness in this country, it is being used to perpetuate it.
analiasahotmail 3 years ago
So true. I remind religious friends the difference between preaching division and unity. If you believe God is good and loves us all, then you can judge what is good by whether it strengthens all people for one another, or against one another. Divisive propaganda leads toward infighting and turmoil, hate and war. The few, the proud, the elite, use these tactics to keep the rest divided and distracted from their scams and subjugation.
EternalXBlight 3 years ago
I'm American (Florida)
I think videos are a great way to establish a stage for discussion.
I do not need alternatives nor consololation.
I view a question or video and I think them through to their logical conclusions before replying, if indeed I reply at all.
I VERY, VERY, VERY much like your point that the truth is not responsible for making us feel all warm and cozy. No, oft times, the truth hurts.
twothlesswonder 3 years ago 3
I think you should state how you feel on an issue and then offer your suggestions, which in turn will further open debate. What you propose is not necessarily the answer, but it can be. If others feel differently or similarly, they should voice their concerns in objectively to further arrive at a solution that can be achieved and be beneficial to humankind.
You are obligated to give your stance, how else can we know what you think? Politicians pose issues, but do they offer why/how solutions?
aaliathepowerof1 3 years ago
Obama may say the economic recession is an issue. He brought up an issue, but he does not state his stances on the issue. Are you going to help big business and expand Hoover's trickle down theory, will you end the occupation in Iraq and give tax $ to schools/poor/hospitals, will you end free, exploitative, trade? Vagueness is not a solution. I agree that people should THINK for themselves, but options need to be proposed. They may not be the answers,but at least you will know how people think.
aaliathepowerof1 3 years ago
You're honest... Most people don't have answers but like to give their opinions and force their ideas on others. I think arguing our points is good...It helps us to learn from others and to question our own thoughts. But the importance of arguing and fighting for your cause is to learn more about yourself and your cause while also learning what others think. If you walk away from heated discussion having not questioned your own integrity and ideas, then you took nothing from the argument.
quicksiliva 3 years ago 3
i think the reason no one offers solutions is this.any real problem needs government involvement to address. and the world wide political system is broken.not just here in america but everywhere.and how do you advocate destruction of the system.what will replace it.what is everyone willing to do,give up or destroy.and you truly need a consensus.imagine and consider a revolution here tomorrow.would we be better off with blood in the streets, or what we have now?
nokilt1 3 years ago
yeah i feel the truth the real truth is simple and simple what it is.... it has no agenda it is what has been.... the challenge is accepting the truth in it's natural raw form.... rather then sprinkling it with your imagination on it... TRUTH IS WHAT IT IS AND THAT'S ALL WONDERFUL VIDEO
187beyond 3 years ago
Well spoken, but I thought this video would be about something else.
That said, you're making a good point. The truth is the truth, nothing more, nothing less.
HaikenEdge 3 years ago
I agree 1000%. Just because you don't have an answer does not mean that you shouldn't bring an issue to someone's attention. One person may not have the answer, but working together we can agree on an answer. *You are being poisoned, but since I don't have the antidote I won't tell you..*? I think that logic is really stupid. Tell me the truth and I will figure things out for myself...
MichaelX2007 3 years ago
oh - so sleepy - forgot, i'm american. : )
kristen5747 3 years ago
add on - maybe people are raised to feel they are required to justify their feelings or opinions, and learn that this is what we too should expect.
kristen5747 3 years ago
why ask for solution possibilites-feel personally attacked, frustrated at not knowing the answer oneself, "spoiled"-used to having things wrapped up in pretty little bows, resentful when asked to think for oneself. I asked earlier today of a post "Well if you think so badly of it, why don't you provide a better idea, stop your bitching unless you're prepared to do something about it." maybe we expect too much from eachother, rather than letting eachother feel something without obligation.
kristen5747 3 years ago
to proteanview:
What you have identified in your research is clearly discussed by John Taylor Gatto. Many state owned education schools deliberately don't teach children to investigate, question and analyse solutions to problems (no creativity) but most are taught to be and become OBIDIENT to what they are told. The Jesuits use the same technique of education to control the masses. As you can imagine this why the politician support and love "democracy"...hehe
Endogamy 3 years ago 2
Endogamy, the obedience taught in schools sprouts from what? Capitalism? Religion? There is always an underlying, perhaps unknown or ignored cause that puts everything else into motion. Is is safe to say that a mostly Christian nation, in their obedience to follow and unseen and unheard God, transfer that energy into work, citizenship, nationalism, etc, while world leaders, business leaders, and the like clearly take advantage of their mindsets? Or was the system instilled this way?
quicksiliva 3 years ago
the world is probably going to have some tough lessons for us. The killings of millions of girls in china might someday be like the holocaust and they will talk about how the previous generation stood by and did nothing. Or race and intelligence, or religious tolerantion gone blind. Who knows how these will turn out, political correctness is such a crap shoot barrier.
fion81 3 years ago
China is a difficult one though. What realisticaly can anyone do? The Chinese people are plentiful enough to be able to turn things around themselves.. but the motivation is maybe not there. I agree with you on Religious intollerance though.. but this tends to be a byproduct of religion.. I am an athiest and dont hate anyone, mainly because I have no God telling me who to hate and what he requires
doybhoy 3 years ago
china is a difficult one, there are efforts in the country to create change and many chinese are fed up with the blantant lies and control of there government. not to mention its activities in tibet, a people china will have wiped off the map. and in darfur its support for the genocide. and its displacement of millions to create the olympics, and its pollution. and the fact it locks u up for asking questios about government, such aregime hopefully cannot survive
fion81 3 years ago
That moustache make's you look like a gun slinging western cowboy !
wwwJUELZinfo 3 years ago
thank you for posting this as a response. I have always been watching your show and respect your opinions, I was hoping for an original response with it's original intent being directed to my video, none the less, i appreciate you watching and responding...
Be blessed
Brandon
BrandonKeatingSr 3 years ago
an artist, andy p, brought up a similar point in one of his videos; 'these days we are more and more unable to say what things are simply by looking at them, let alone taking a guess at their meaning.'
in other words, the systematic dumbing down of america and the world is working.
the truth always brings happiness. it's being lied to that hurts. most just can't face it.
intrepgun 3 years ago
I find that most of the people are asking for a happy ending especially with my videos and if they don't get what they want they get angry.
I believe that every one has a responsibly to find out for them selfs what the answers are. ranging from politics to religion it all comes down to their own resolve to find the answer they seek whether it be what they want to hear or not.
I totally agree with you proteanview on the pattern of questions that are received on you tube.
haostrom 3 years ago
there must be something to what you say, because whenever a foreign film is re-made for american audiences it is scrubbed of moral greyness and insufficiently sunny endings. everything has to be tied up in a bow at the end.
other cultures may feel insulted by such simplifications of life, but americans apparently gobble it down.
the popularity of confident, all-knowing blowhards on television is another clue.
underweightHater 3 years ago
This isn't really a new concept in america. American idealogy favors the do'ers over the think'ers. This is why we ideolize Sports atheletes and scorn intellectuals. This is why we ideolize religious beliefs over scientific questioning and facts. We are a nation of get up and go do it and then ask questions later if it's absolutely necessary, but that's a pessimistic way of going about it,because the optimist just moves on to the next thing to screw up without questioning the validity of such
Nihilgeist 3 years ago
Nihilgeist: Is sitting up asking for answers to be spoon-fed to you, instead of contributing to solving it, a do-er and thinker?
proteanview 3 years ago
I would say a do-er, because they're waiting to be spoon fed answers to be put into action, rather than thinking about it and attempting to contribute. Americans don't like to think. "Let's get to work!". Keep in mind my opinion is against this train of thought if you hadn't already caught that.
Nihilgeist 3 years ago
Nihilgeist: I don't know. Claiming that they are going to listen to my directives and put them into action is only an assumption. They're unable to contribute anything. They don't assert an issue or bring it to light. They can't even participate in coming up w/an answer. They simply wish to be entertained. Well, US is the entertainment capital of the world, so I guess it makes sense. Your opinions are right in line w/what I've experienced by most Americans and what drove me to make this vid.
proteanview 3 years ago
This is pretty harsh, proteanview. I'd be interested in hearing the specifics of what upset you so much that you would say, "they're unable to contribute anything. They don't assert an issue or bring it to light." OK, I know that is kind of true of most people, but...y'know once upon a time, I didn't have all the skills I have now and the way we make things better is by encouraging people that they can be more than they are, too & as much as possible, helping them grow.
givebirthathome 3 years ago
givebirth: All I'm saying is those who ask instead participating aren't contributing much. Doesn't need to be framed as being 'upset,' just an observation.
proteanview 3 years ago
This is the first video of yours that i agree with.
efeez1986 3 years ago
Yes, it's an American thing. It's the "Walt Disneyfication" of America. We're raised on "happily ever after." There are many instances in which movie makers have been forced to change endings of films, Clerks being one example, to better appeal to American audiences. It's not a good thing, it's not a bad thing; it's just an American thing.
quinn2469 3 years ago
first remove the attributions against the americans about wanting to know the truth and it seems perfect, but you could have observed it through messages. I understand what your saying in regards to the answering questions, keeping it open and room for discussion rather than theorizing something to end the disscussion. In reality all that was done was not talking. To be honest I have this problem when it comes to myself that is why nothing ever seems to get done. I make myself to be happy inst.
farhmoha 3 years ago
I've even got one video "Gangs of Some Dump" where I definitely do NOT provide the solution, but rather I actually ask the vewers for the solution. I did not say what my own answer to that question but I do have one, but that answer is probably wrong.
dechha1981 3 years ago
Well I'm Australian
Maybe everyone's been watching completely different videos form the ones I've been watching because I almost NEVER see (or notice, anyway) controversial video that have a "hapilly ever after" ending that actually solves the issue.
dechha1981 3 years ago
I have never once managed to get a Creationist to use Logic or got a conspiracy theorist to use as much logic as Creationists do. In fact, the only agreement I've EVER arrived at with someone I had a Flame War with is basically "This is stupid, let's call it off".
dechha1981 3 years ago
WOW. You're like the first person who thinks the same way I do. I have always believed it does not matter if the truth makes you feel safe or unsafe, what matters is that is the truth. I agree with you that people think those "happily ever after" stories are part of real life... news flash, they are not.
ShellyDrift 3 years ago
Superb! After going beyond the curtains, i.e. Atlantic/Pacific, was eye opening to be outside looking into an increasing group pattern of "nanny-me...I-know-my-rights!" people, a decline of a hard/smart work ethics. Poorly parented/misguided lazy people too slack to pick themselves up and honestly address their own problems. Guess they skipped the "where there's a will there's a way" school lesson. A swelling generation looking for who has the answer instead of looking for it. - G.I. abroad.
woozlewrangler 3 years ago
I think the larger problem is, what is the truth? My truth or what I think is the truth may be different from someone else. Especially in this country, people base the truth on their own social, racial and economic values. To answer your question would be to think of the world as objective and open and based on a general truth. Unfortunately it's not like that. I would even say the truth is, people believe according to their own separate stations in life.
nubianlegalmind 3 years ago
My fellow Americans do have a nauesatingly presistent need to feel good about themselves no matter what. How else can you explain why so many try to defend the Iraq War and trump up the so-called good news, even though tens of thousands have died in something that was based on lies?
megagrey 3 years ago
megagrey: Very well put. 'Optimism' and 'pessimism' are substitutes for truth. Neither negates the other.
proteanview 3 years ago
Im from New Zealand... and my stand point is the truth is the truth.... (deal with it). I suppose this leads me to being somewhat pessimistic at times... however is it ignorant to be?
CozmoNz 3 years ago
The previous post was in reply to mindprism...
tdottim 3 years ago
great speak-out ..bravo !!!!
bebop54 3 years ago
Great observation, many Americans bury their heads in the sand and usually want to shoot the messenger who brings them the truth. It's like when Ron Paul was demonized for quoting the CIA report on what the motivations were for the perpetrators of 9/11. Critical thinking amongst the people seems to be a thing of the past which is genuinely frightening. No bad news allowed in the US. And if there is no good news then just fill the time slot with celebrity gossip and scandal.
farneyblakeley 3 years ago 3
"No bad news allowed in the US."
Or criticism for that matter. Unless you believe a hundred percent in whatever party-you-belong-to's infallibility they treat you like a leper.
fffanatic06 3 years ago
Proteanviews' videos present what I would respectfully refer to "constructive provocation" in the tradition of professors , journalists and documentarians: 1) presenting a topic 2) often accompanied by antithesis to prevailing perception and/or 3) flatly presenting a hypothesis. These all, evidently, inspire dialogue. Exposure and exploration. This is not contrary to problem-solving, but fundamental to it.
woodsofwonder 3 years ago 3
It's because everyone's plugged in all the time. We live in such a short attention span society where everything is spoon fed to us in the "drive thru" world of self service. I'd still much rather continue to have the ability to think for myself then be spoon fed like the rest of the mindless masses of sheep. Most of us on the west coast tend to think for ourselves. Great Q's!
~Peace
sngrmnsthsm 3 years ago
We aren't taught to think anymore, we are conditioned to follow and fit in.
Lurple 3 years ago 3
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Remember many of those who create debate for want for strife, to create distraction from truth/nature of vid/statement or change course of discussion that the evolves real people/viewers is actually rep'd by fiat people. AI & real peons are employed to create fiat support for what harms us/people, yielding those who promote fiatism/materialism control over ignorant peasants/consumers. Many insult/argue w/Bots, think they are alive, nope, fiat people, Bots, they're many.
eye8one2 3 years ago
Sir,
After reading a few hundred anonymous opinions, only a moron would fail to see the base cause of the worlds problems:
The passionate belief that each has a right to opine.
mindprism 3 years ago
While your theory has a seed of merit...if "the passionate belief that each has a right to opine" is the "base cause of the worlds problems"...what would you suggest is the solution the this base problem...oh wait...to answer would require you to opine. Never mind.
tdottim 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
WHOOOAH!
1:42 was all I could take,
you only have just moments to capture your.....
bla bla bla next time keep IT SIMPLE AND SHORT.
playermoh 3 years ago
i don't think anyone here is interested in your ADD prob' ....
..why are you here ?
bebop54 3 years ago 2
OH, U.S.A
I agree with you. If an opinion or solution is offered; great, and discussion/thought can stem from that. It is backwards thinking to require it. Then again, thats Americans for you.
truthnomad 3 years ago
I seek answers. I love hearing a good answer to a tough question. However, I'd also rather have someone admit they don't have the answer than just make up a bad one. Having the idea that spawns a question is just as important as the eventual solution. So in conclusion, I prefer answers, but I don't object to simply pondering a tough question before an answer has been provided. I guess you could say I'm a scientist first, and a philosopher second. And I am American, if you're keeping track.
DogmaFight 3 years ago
I'm from NZ. I prefer to consider the merits of the statement and how the ideas would or would not fit into my life. If the statement/s follow a pattern similar to my experience, then I am left to consider where the next step may be. I am generally interested in finding those elusive "half-steps" that everyone needs to move forward in their lives. Since no two lives are exactly the same, I look for "themes". Truth is truth, it has no inherent emotional value.
jeepers99 3 years ago
nice but hard to follow, but make it simple dude
Gilliatt83 3 years ago
protenview: I don't find anything wrong with your style. You have to recognize that many Americans have a different styles. Me personally when i hear a problem the first thing i start thinking about is the solutions. I don't think coming up with solution is hard work. I Doubt you would be doing these videos if you did not enjoy it. I don't think wanting the presenters answer on the issue is lazy because its just like wanting the end of a book.
blackxavior 3 years ago
Its only powerful when its convenient. Alot of times when people post solutions for others, those others also want the 'smarter' people to carry out the solution. Yes, their laziness extends that far, fuck. Like the solution about racism. How many people want racism to really end. Tell me, who? Yeah, right all those people that post solutions, usually do so, in a way that conveniences the same perpetrators, so we don't hear them scremaing back.
MUN7001 3 years ago
MUN: I braved a winter in Østerbro, you know. ;-)
proteanview 3 years ago
If you spend the time to recognize a problem and comment on it. Why not spend a little extra effort to think up some possible solutions for every one to build on or disregard? I think wanting a solution is perfectly rational. I don't think most of the people asking don't have solutions of their own. They only want your solutions since you where smart enough to recognize the problem. I think it is a positive that Americans in general want solutions and don't only accept that there are problems.
blackxavior 3 years ago
I think you can find some solutions, but you are too damn lazy. What a good underhanded shot. If I'm smarter than you, then I should at least have some solutions. You guys just want everything on a convenient package. And I'll you what some problems are beyond us, and take a bunch of people to solve. Even then, it might ever be solved. But knowing a problem, can save a lot of lives. Solutions are just that solutions. They don't have to be carried out properly.
MUN7001 3 years ago
MUN: It is, indeed, lazy to sit back and learn something and contribute nothing.
proteanview 3 years ago
blackxavior: Americans want solutions... spoon fed to them. Do you find it at all lazy that you sit back and expect me to both come up w/ the issues and solve them? Is that at all couch potatoey? Seems a bit lazy to me. So, if we don't have an answer to an problem, we shouldn't share knowledge w/ others? Perhaps someone may have the answer if they have the knowledge. If I keep my trap shut, they may never have the opportunity to share it. I dunno. Just seems a bit lazy to me.
proteanview 3 years ago
Most people are fucking stupid. They can't handle the fact that there are problems in this world. THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THEIR LALA LAND. And they want to die in it too. Only when something terrible happens to them, do they realize a problem ? Other than that, they are lazy bastards. That's why they hire people in high positions to f..uck up their lives, because they are too damn lazy to do it themselves.
MUN7001 3 years ago
MUN7001: Tell us how you feel... really. Don't hold back. ;-)
proteanview 3 years ago
I flippin hate people, thats it, right htere. THe general public is stupid, and have been stupid for centuries, thats why for centuries they've allow SINGLE people to f..uck them up. Well guess what, I don't depend on OBAMA, or CLINTON to do sh..it for me, I'm going to do it myself. FUC..CK both of them, though I want Obama to win. BUt still f..uck them off, and I encourage people to start changing their ways, without a president, or without someone.
MUN7001 3 years ago
yes,not all americans are lazy to ask to be spoon-fed the answer but maybe they think that is hard to think for themselves .Maybe they wait for someone else to respond,or maybe they are not implicating (sorry for the bad english) themselves in the subject.Also keep the good work proteanview!!
TheSpinosaurus 3 years ago
Sorry.
I am from Scotland
pentax1812 3 years ago
Yes you should open it up for debate
Why put it on youtube if you don't
This is how we learn. HOW WHERE and WHEN
But remember people only reason through their personal experiences, and it can be very different from others
So remember you can agree to think different
pentax1812 3 years ago
No one person has all of the answers in life so I personally never demand answers from people
I sometimes might ask for an explaination or their opinion on why they feel a certain way
but I don't expect them to pave the road for me rather maybe I can take away a small brick so I could build a road to my answer through collecting "bricks" of information from sources all over
we have to be truly open-minded
you're an extremely intelligent and wise man proteanview, I'm from Canada btw
beatbrain 3 years ago
Hey, you're a smart person, it's sad that people like you are often labeled as loony. Just modern day philosophers. I preffer to get answers because I am always asking questions but I don't mind good questions. I'm from NYC USA, originally for PuertoRico. Thanks.
fkthsh 3 years ago
ya know... i think it comes with the territory such as youtube. You get all kinds. For a strictly serious video hosting site go to fora.(tv)
ParapaDrifter 3 years ago
My approach to feeling good
1) Stay away from focusing on the drama instead of the solution
2) Avoid creating bigger problems by my actions
3) Focus on what can be improved from what it was
4) Stay away from anger and hurting other people
5) Listen for guidance from higher places and my authentic voice inside.
6) Digest hurt and return love
7) Put others first before me
tubilist 3 years ago
but you are a teacher! i wish more americans were more like you
clintrocks69 3 years ago
NOWADAYS it seems that questions posed are loaded questions. They are used to manipulate and control and to give reason for justification of actions.
JERNIGANSIX 3 years ago
JERNIGANSIX: Loaded questions... I think you just handed me my next video topic.
proteanview 3 years ago
Protean your a good lad.
ConcernedInquirer 3 years ago 3
but now ive said a personal note. In the real world elements are working against humanity,
Religion,Territory,Money
These things are the building blocks of Life, theyre unignorable and always provoke a responce. How do people solve the problems caused by thier solutions?
Lets debate in swaheli and see how supid we both look talking about simple things.
ConcernedInquirer 3 years ago
You don't have to have a solution to identify a problem. If everybody can see the problems we do have in our country then maybe we can begin to work on a solution together. I mean, there are still a ton of good hearted, intelligent people in the US who will argue FOR the Federal reserve or the War on Drugs. The world would be a much better place if I were the dictator of it all! j/k
daveho77 3 years ago
By not answering, you are teaching.
kalidyne 3 years ago 3
I think as a species, we prefer to identify and sort things. Seeking answers is part of our genetic makeup. Certainly a lot of people feel uneasy when things are not sorted into little boxes readily identified and labelled. I think it provoces people when some questions are asked, ones that challenges set ways of thinking. Just as people blame others for making them uncomfortable, some people also want you to cater to their sense of peace of mind rather than question the ways they think.
Nangeala 3 years ago
I prefer people throwing their thoughts out there, and actually refrain from concluding too much on the subject. I often find, most mistakes are made in the space between the tossing of ideas or points of views, and the conclusions drawn from them. Probably because people need to settle things, have some issues resolved, and occasionally that weighs higher for peoples peace of mind, than keeping issues floating around without a set answer. Its a shame, because finality kills debate in many cases
Nangeala 3 years ago
I don't think you need to provide solutions..I enjoy watching your videos because it gives me something to think about and discuss with my friends....i believe Americans have been taught to react this way waiting for someone else to solve the problem....i saw it everyday in high school and when i got to college.
yans21 3 years ago
I think many of us Americans or otherwise are seeking easy answers, because its hard to think for oneself. Most importantly its even harder to be engaged in our own misery of economic decline and state in security, esp. in America today.
Take an example of the 'Bitter' incident over Obama, where most working class and middle class Americans would agree, yet our corporate owned media and corrupt fake politicians pretend to be outraged by pointing out the truth.
hippieCy08 3 years ago
shut up, ur just jealous he's smarter than you, i enjoy watchin your videos i enjoy learnin shit i dont know, listening to other ppls opionions and sharing my own. between us all we can find the awnsers sometimes is just takes another point of view -canadian
SmileyAdam2007 3 years ago 3
There are those who do nothing, and those who do something. Among those who do something, there are those who think and those who do. By bringing up a point you in no way are required to follow through and solve it. You make people think, and those people will follow it through and god willingly, solve the problem.
SupaUmar 3 years ago
Silver bullets only kill werewolves. How can one person come up with solutions to the kind of issues I have seen flair up on the web. That is why we have the web,.. right? We are talking right? This isn't " If you notice something wrong, then your the one who should fix it." There is never just one answer to any thing that every one buys in to anyway so why start that. Good show old man, good show.
shampoovta 3 years ago
Since when is a solution an absolute necessity of an argument, yes it's a formal way to do it, but to open up discussion to other people so that we actually use our brains? He is doing the right thing, presenting a problem and letting YOU, the one who clicked on the video in the first place, find a viable way to resolve it.
American, not very proud of it, but I'll live.
KmdLtd216 3 years ago 2
It has nothing to do with you. America has been so use to the boob tube telling them what to think. They see your video and say duh, so what do I do; I'm stupid and need a video to tell me how to think. They are incapable of taking knowledge that you are imparting and applying it to a new situation! Your answer to the "question what do I do?": you tell me! Force them to think.
ladalang 3 years ago 3
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I think that is extremly far off. I think people believe if you take the time to form a question the least you can do is take the time to find an answer or answer it the best way possible. It is much harder to ask a "tough" question and provide an answer, then to just to ask a tough question.
-When someone provides an answer to their open question I think it is more beneficial and furthers the discussion. The answer shows your point of view and where your coming from.
sighet04 3 years ago
I'm not sure I agree with that entirely. Certainly providing an answer to an open question can help with bringing about discussion, but it can also limit the boundaries of that discussion to that specific answer.
More than that though, I think it's more beneficial to put the initiative of doing that "harder" part of having an answer to those types of questions on the part of multiple people. It gets more people to think, and generally more comprehensive answers than one person's answer.
tsenzei 3 years ago
I agree.. though I think calling American's dumb and lazy is a poor generalization.
--Even though I am American, I would never generalize any group of people like that.
It's an easy way to say "They over there are dumb, but I am not." And lada didn't really answer the question, all he/she did was name call.
sighet04 3 years ago
To pose a problem without a solution means that you are an observer. When you participate, you pose a possible solution resulting from research, open mind, analysis or self-reflection. You tend to learn more when your solution is challenged vs the debate that focuses on the dynamics of the problem.
Lazlo7321 3 years ago
It's really interesting that you say that. I think that the micro-pattern is a result of being over dependent on the gov. or experts to fix a problem. Get the sense that in America their is a "I can't" attitude.
yay1912 3 years ago 2
Videos that spark debate, but not necessarily provide any answers are personally preferred. Providing an open forum allows individual contemplative thinking without bias instilment. We are spoon fed information on a daily basis, it's time to think for ourselves. Keep rolling with what your doing.
yellowtreat 3 years ago 2
I want to respond to esostrov.. I'm jewish. It offends me when you lump me in a group we some other people i've never met and have no say in their actions. Would u like it if I said (insert your ethnicity) is doing something that you may or may not agree with and you may or may not think is true? The fact that a whole race can do something is absurd. It's easy to blame your problems on a group. But pitting demographics against demographics instead of a person against a person ruins the world.
mazilian 3 years ago
Judaism, is a religion, not a race.
DeanoWD6 3 years ago
mazilian: Well, good for you. I'm no more like Jesse Jackson than the typical Jewish American is a Zionist who puts the good of Israel before the USA. After all, white, Christian John Hagee is such a Zionist. I'm afraid esostrov confuses the two while lumping them all together. I understand that you are an individual. Great comment.
proteanview 3 years ago
So why is it ok for muslim nations to have theocracies that are oppressive but its not okay for a tiny piece of land to be a jewish nation that isnt oppressive? It doesnt make sense. It has nothing to do with stealing land. What muslim nation doesnt have blood on its hands? Israel has less than any of them. If you are anti-Israel you are either anti-Jew or you are ignorant to reality.
esostrov 3 years ago
How many muslim nations get billions of US taxpayer dollars, weapons etc. every freeking year for like 50 years. Get your lobbyists out of our government, stop taking our money, weapons, protection etc. and go do whatever you fucking want to. Israel:one of the few countries Americans still badmouth :D
trayman113 3 years ago
Im not Israel so dont address me as such.
Also, you are deflecting from the original point of discussion. Your post has no relevance to the zionism discussion.
To address your comments, I know Egypt gets billions from America and im sure Islamic nations in Africa get a significant amount of aid money. I dont support giving any of them our money but I believe we do so to maintain stability in the region. I wouldnt be against cutting them all off together.
esostrov 3 years ago
I just noticed this was addressed to me. Unfortunately, I dont understand what you are saying. Im not lumping you with anyone if you are jewish. Im suggesting that the anti-zionists may act as if they arent ant-jew when in reality they are.
esostrov 3 years ago
esostrov:
watch?v=3dSHl3C9kgY
proteanview 3 years ago
esostrov:
watch?v=9oeB3QhX2RI
There isn't a Muslim-Jewish conflict but an Israel-Palestine conflict.
White, Christian John Hagee is a Zionist. ...but this is the wrong video for this kind of 'talk'. ;-)
proteanview 3 years ago
Their are nuts in every group. There is no Palestine, never was and never will be. Its just an area of land and nobody identified themselves as "Palestinians" before israel came into existence. When the West Bank was controlled by Jordan and Gaza Egypt, was there any attempt to create a Palestinian state? No.
esostrov 3 years ago
esostrov, the fact is that there are millions of people now who call themselves "Palestinian" ... Israel is also a new invention. The state of Palestine is recognized by over 100 countries, whether or not esostrov approves. Mark Twain was referring to "Palestine" back in 1860. Back away from the Zionist propaganda ... there is plenty of room for you out here.
VideoResponseTeam 3 years ago 3
Any organizaed "palestinian" government will only have one goal, the destruction of israel. as far as israel is concerned, nothing else should matter.
esostrov 3 years ago
Any organized "israeli" government will only have one goal, the destruction of palestine. as far as palestine is concerned, nothing else should matter....
wait a minute! as far as ISREAL? as far as PALESTINE? what about the HUMAN BEINGS? Israeli or Palestinian? these humans are capable of much more than you give them credit for.
Yours is a lazy argument. In fact even Hamas has more than one goal. You haven't bothered understanding palestinians as human beings and not comic book villains.
VideoResponseTeam 3 years ago 3
Hamas' goal is the destruction of israel. Israel's goal is to live in peace. If the muslims were willing to coexist, israel has demonstrated that it would happily live in peace with them.
esostrov 3 years ago
I'm from america and I think what you're saying is right. I would go even further and say that an answer is not always a right one, and it's never good to close the case and wrap a tidy bow on it because there's always something more to explore and ask. That's how things progress and evolve.
mazilian 3 years ago
You dont need the answers protein. If the only thing you want to put your foot down on is that the jews control America then thats ok with me.
You are a discussion starter. I like you protein, keep doing what you're doing.
esostrov 3 years ago
I'm from germany and my impression is, the majority all over the world likes to be told what to do, which also explains the escalation of useless "security laws" in all western countries, which is imho very sad. I prefer thinking about the solutions myself but I do take a lot of influence of other peoples opinions on a matter.
What really bothers me is the consequence that this prevents sane politics. In politics all you do these days is to sell black or white solutions, gray seems to be gone.
alizta 3 years ago
I support when you need to really know something that you should research as much as possible. I am an American and I confess I don't want to know all that goes on in my government because it is impossible to unravel all sectors of government. I mean I have to get past my local politics first.
Ameenah79 3 years ago
Ameenah79: Thanks for the honest 'confession'. ;-)
proteanview 3 years ago
i'm from ireland, and i think the general view of europeans towards americans (esp. in the political sense) is that they're happy if they're being told everything is all right. as long as there's someone in power saying 'we're doing this for your own good', then they're happy to accept that and not question other motives. i know an american guy who says he doesn't need to know everything his government does - that kind of thinking scares me.
people don't want to be responsible anymore.
Lizleyann 3 years ago 5
Thus Spoke Proteanview.
DeimosSaturn 3 years ago
Hehe. A regular Zarathustra. :P
ObbiQuiet 3 years ago
I'm from the U.S.
I think your questions and info are great. Many of the issues have been going on a long time without people being informed at all. So I don't expect answers from anyone. I think people just need to talk it out.
I think some of what you are seeing is due to the confusion of the times and also that it's election time. My fellow Americans tend to be conditioned to look for answers during election time. Because of the brainwashing quality of politicians.
Papachair 3 years ago
I'm American, and I just realized by watching your video that you're right. Wow lol.
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semcounty 3 years ago
Great video. Comfort does not equal truth. They can be the same but they certainly do not have to be.
overmind25 3 years ago 2
you've got the right approach and usually people say things like that without following up with an *answer* to the issue themselves. you're vids are classy as a result and the pattern is one of insecure detractors without substantive detraction.
and for the record, I can solve almost any problem that has a solution. sometimes I have to wait until the rest have exausted their neurons and fingers however :D
FarFromEquilibrium 3 years ago
yes, sweetheart i depend on you to make me feel good. i also depend on your videos to make my brain think. but i also like many of the videos that critique Obama, like these two:
youtube. com/watch?v=SIcdXcg0-Kk
youtube. com/watch?v=t7u2oovQvbw
Aharleygyrl 3 years ago
that's the beauty of truth. it is not biased. it is a neutral concept that is not meant to make you feel good or feel bad. but, it does, because humans are wired emotio