 So if you are one of the individuals in this country that has an internet connection I'm assuming you do if you're watching this video then at some point over the last couple of years You have seen one of those insufferable obnoxious Prager you videos they show up on your Facebook feed your boomer uncle has probably shared one of their videos It used to play before basically every single YouTube video They are insufferable and they spread misinformation and they are radicalizing people with bogus right wing talking I even did a parody of Prager you back in 2019 that I will plug right here and tell you to watch But the Gravel Institute is launching an initiative to take on Prager you and to take on their dominance because they're Funded by right wing billionaires. That's why we see them everywhere They have the money and the resources to blast their videos on every single platform repeatedly But Gravel is trying to challenge that by launching a people-funded initiative Where they actually challenge Prager you and they try to de-radicalize the people who have been misinformed by Prager you Take a look at this introductory video Even though this is just like an introduction to what they want to do. They're already off to a fantastic start Hi, this is a Sean Benjamin. I'm here to talk to you about a big problem on the internet It's called people emailing my wife. No, it's called Prager you Imagine a huge stream of lies that pours into every computer in America Imagine it's disguised to look unbiased and packaged into slick videos and imagine oil billionaires Give them tens of millions each year to indoctrinate your friends your family well That's Prager you and the thing is it works one out of every three Americans online has seen one of their videos and 70% say that Prager's videos change their minds. This stuff makes a difference and every day It is pulling people toward the right at the Gravel Institute We're building something to beat them at their own game short high quality easy to understand videos Presenting leftist ideas and refuting right-wing lies stuff you can send to your friends your mothers your secret lovers your Mothers lovers you're known lovers. Oh, and we've got big-name presenters from Bernie Sanders to Chelsea Manning You're a few that we've lined up Okay, so this won't be easy and we're going against a Goliath. So we definitely need your help We want this to be a collaborative organization guided by its members where we're trying to do something big So hey Let's do this That Michael Brooks shout out at the end that hit me So that was phenomenal Now I'm gonna link you to their patreon page if you're watching this on YouTube But please look in the description box consider supporting them and I know that we're all stretched thin You know, it's an election year We donated a lot to the candidates that we support, you know people are losing their jobs So if you can't then I understand but if you can please consider supporting this because this is truly something that can have a transformative effect in Improving American political discourse after Prager you is one of the entities in society that have been disingenuously trying to Mess it all up and make it more right-wing and radicalized people who don't know any better Now I knew that Prager you was a problem But I honestly underestimated how much influence they have because in that video they point out one out of every three Americans has seen one of their videos and Get this 70% of Prager's videos Apparently changed their minds. So when you have that large of a success rate You're doing a lot to change hearts and minds across the country now again, they have the advantage of You know being bankrolled by billionaires Republicans are able to have a lot more influence and radicalized people because they've effectively learned How to use the internet, right? Republicans online like if you go on YouTube a couple of years ago back in like 2013 2015 There were almost no successful right-wing YouTube videos and just five years later six years later. They're dominant They are the Main source of news and information for a lot of people and these are right-wingers who spread misinformation who lie at the behest of Donald Trump And the Republican Party. So you see what money does right to just sour political discourse in That short of a period once right-wingers learn how to use the internet Boomers got computers and then now all of a sudden this information is proliferating and people are much more right-wing It's scary how fast and effective this is but I mean, it's a reality now It's not gonna go away. You can't put the cat back in the bag. So we have to count it We have to deal with it. And I think this is a really effective way To deal with that now what I love is that Prager you you can you can see that they're afraid because They were tweeting about the Grevelle Institute non-stop the day that this was announced and they were retweeting anyone who was shitting on the Grevelle Institute and They actually responded to Grevelle in the thread where they shared this video saying help us reach more young people with our videos Donate today to which the Grevelle Institute responded saying shut the fuck up. I Love that Now it's funny that like they have the nerve to ask for donations Go get donations from your right-wing billionaire dad He's like why are you asking normal working people even if they're right-wingers to give you money like no go Suck up to your billionaire donors like fuck off Like it's embarrassing like whenever someone who has funding from large multinational Corporations or oligarchs tries to ask normal people for money like not just them But like politicians as well like I cringe when I see this because no don't ask people who are struggling for money Fuck you like that's my response. Now what I love is that they Responded to Grevelle telling them to shut the fuck up and they said to stay classy So of course, you know, they went for the pearl clutching response But the Grevelle Institute then followed up by trolling them for being hypocritical with this meme Which I love because you know on one hand they cry about political correctness all the time But on another hand, you know as soon as someone is mean to them online Their first instinct is to cry about civility and how you know, there's no respect anymore So they're literally on both sides of this argument like they'll take whatever position is advantageous for them depending on the argument that they're using and if you See their behavior on Twitter whenever somebody calls them, you know a fascist or a Nazi They always share one of their idiotic videos Responding like they have a response for everything whatever thing that they've heard a left-wing person say they have a video Responding to that which I think is why they're so effective because they you know, they set the narrative They spread these videos around which get tens of thousands if not millions of views and this actually it works on people Right because the way that they present this information. It is easy to digest. It's effective So if you don't know any better, I could see how you would be, you know misinformed by one of these videos And you know, it's why we need the Grevelle Institute doing just this now They already put out their first video Featuring Brianna Joy Gray and they take on capitalism and it's really great to see I really want to encourage you to watch this again I'm gonna link to this down below They mimic the graphics and the style of Prager you and this has the potential to undo some of the damage done by Prager you and You know, what's interesting about this is somebody who? Falls for Prager you videos and they you know are grabbed by this style of Videos like the editing and whatnot they might not necessarily know that oh, this isn't a Prager you video and You can basically approach them this person who doesn't necessarily know any better From a position where they aren't just automatically up in arms because they know that this is a leftist video that they're seeing they just think oh wow this Prager you video is a Kind of telling me something that I didn't know and they're Disproving something that I was told before interesting, you know Maybe I want to learn more and again like the way that these videos are edited They're doing a phenomenal job like they're editing it in a way where they display a lot of dense information But it's easily digestible and again, that's what makes Prager you so effective So I'm really all on board with the Grevelle Institute. Maybe one day you'll see me in one of their videos Because I think that what they're doing is just it's so important like I kid you not I think this is probably one of the most important things That the left has done in years Because you know, we're waging all types of fights, you know form Politicians that we support and reforms of many kinds But this is something that we haven't effectively Figured out how to deal with the dominance of right wingers online They're dominant because people know about them because they spend a lot of money on ads when the left We don't spend jack shit on ads like none of us advertise on YouTube We aren't funded by right wing billionaires. So, you know, they have a further reach than us Which is why they're so successful Um, and I really hope that this is effective and just based off what I'm seeing now You can tell it is going to be effective because they're already living in the heads of the people at Prager You rent free because of how much they're tweeting about the Grevelle Institute. So I love this Kudos to Grevelle Institute and their team. This really is Important and potentially game changing