 Well the ratio on this video is probably going to be pretty bad, but I mean look somebody's got to say it folks Somebody has got to say it, but before I even begin to speak about anything Let's just take a moment collectively as the online left to just Take a deep breath. Let's just try to chill if you have time commit yourself to try to go outside and Touch grass because I promise you being terminally online 100% of the time is not good for your health It's not good for your physical health. It's also not good for your mental health I speak from experience. No, unfortunately for me. The best that I can do is touch synthetic grass here But even just doing this like this makes me feel better every once in a while We just have to step back take a deep breath and try to recalibrate understand that our emotions even if they are justifiable can Drive us into Irrational territories and being irrational for too long leads to situations like we're currently dealing with right now And I'm not necessarily even sure how to describe the situation that I want to talk about So my my thoughts are a little bit scattered here, but I'll just say it the online left is a complete disaster Since Bernie Sanders ended his 2020 campaign, it's a it's a mess If you log on to Twitter right now, you will probably immediately Explode an anger. You'll start doom scrolling. You'll start spiraling and it's just a mess right now And I think that every once in a while we have to remind ourselves What are we doing? Why are we doing what we're doing and how do we make ourselves more effective and to even Suggest that perhaps maybe the left Collectively online anyways has gone astray is in and of itself Controversial but understand that a lot of what's happening on Twitter right now all of the leftist infighting. It's pretty insular most normal people Thankfully most leftists even in the United States and internationally have no idea what's going on on Twitter They have no idea about the amount of infighting and thank God like if any of my normie Liberal family members saw what's going on on Twitter They think that we're more unhinged as leftists than they already do right? It's already bad enough trying to commit or hard enough I should say trying to convince them to support more socialistic policies Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and AOC, but if you log on to Twitter, it's like holy fucking shit People are losing their minds and I'm not gonna get too specific because if I if I Name names that I'm literally feeding into it further and giving the people who are trying to drive Instability and anger in the left exactly what they want because unfortunately There are a lot of nefarious individuals and opportunistic individuals who try to drive a wedge between people Because that is exactly what gets them views and clicks right so if I were to Make a video titled fuck Kyle Kulinski. I love Kyle But if I made a video titled a fuck Kyle Kulinski that would probably get like 50,000 100,000 views because people love Drama the algorithm feeds into drama. So if you can keep people in a sustained state of anger Then that gets them coming back eventually you cultivate this audience where they're in this your viewers are in this Parasocial relationship with you and they have to tune in to find out what to be angry about and there sure is a lot of things To be angry about I'm constantly in a state of perpetual anger But oftentimes if you're just in that state of anger non-stop It will eat away at your brain and again every once in a while you have to recalibrate So we're getting to a point on the left where I think that we all have to be a little bit introspective myself included and recalibrate So I'm trying to figure out where I want to go with this because it's like stepping on a bunch of fucking landmines But let me just say that the squad AOC Corey Bush these individuals are not your enemies I think that it is perfectly justifiable if you are Feeling disillusioned with members of Congress and the squad even because they praise Joe Biden far too much and go along with the Establishment far too much. I understand that I I tend to have that criticism and agree with these folks Having said that though to make them public enemy number one does nothing for the left It only makes us look unhinged to constantly go after somebody somebody who is like the closest to us ideologically speaking The squad is not our enemies and I shouldn't have to say that you can be disillusioned with the squad But it's gotten so bad that people are already pre-canceling Nina Turner who hasn't even been elected yet Who would be one of the strongest fighters? but people just like look for every little thing to Be angry at right so there were the incredible Medicare for all marches that took place and there were some terminally online Individuals were trying to attack Nina Turner Because she wasn't there, but Nina Turner has less than a week until her election takes place So it's really important that she's out in Ohio on the ground Canvassing people to go door-to-door now could she have tweeted about the March? Sure sure That's a perfectly valid criticism, but to like totally write off Nina Turner as an individual and just automatically Assume that she is a sellout is Kind of absurd and you have to understand who the real enemies are you can criticize your allies in Congress But they shouldn't be public enemy number one like if you Demonize AOC and the squad and you're disappointed in them Okay, but perhaps direct your ire at the individuals who are actually holding us back even if AOC So for example, there's a lot of people that were angry that AOC didn't tweet about the Medicare for all marches And I think that that's that's reasonable, right? It would have been great if she used her platform to do that But that doesn't mean that AOC is a sellout and just me saying that AOC isn't a sellout is in and of itself a Uncancelable offense, but you have to understand people that AOC even if she did everything that we wanted her to do The issue is that AOC is just one member of Congress Right AOC doesn't have some magical Medicare for all button that she can press that immediately gives us Medicare for all That's not the way that it works. Unfortunately. I wish that it were that easy But that's not actually the world that we're living in she can't do that So even if AOC all of a sudden became even more radical Took the advice of the online left the terminally online individuals myself included I'm in this category and she became a communist and like went full like fuck the Democratic Party fuck Nancy Pelosi Still that would be awesome to see but would that get us any closer to Medicare for all? No, because we have to really tend to Focus on the centers of power and this is why I say we have to recalibrate because every once in a while Our anger drives us to irrational places to where we see someone who's actually an ally to us as Not just NNMB, but public enemy number one and the reason why AOC is So hated by the online left after being loved by her is because there are some individuals with very large Followings that get extra views and clicks when they shit on someone like AOC Why well because there's already a substantial portion of the online left who's disappointed in AOC So you have all those people, you know automatically clicking when they see a video demonizing AOC But on top of that you get a lot of right-wingers who have gone out of their way to demonize AOC So you get left-wingers and right-wingers all congregating to these videos where you know left this shit on AOC and Then all of a sudden it's like wow this this these views are great That's that's the feedback loop, you know that you give them what they want They give you what you wanted to in exchange views and clicks and then you start doing it again and again and with time Eventually you start to cultivate this perception that AOC is public enemy number one when there are people in Congress who actually have power I'm talking about Hakeem Jeffries. I'm talking about Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer. I'm talking about Kirsten Sinema and Joe Manchin I'm talking about the Republicans the Koch network who's literally fighting even a Medicaid Expansion or a Medicare expansion excuse me that Bernie Sanders is pushing for Bernie Sanders is fighting tooth and nail to lower the Eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 60 and also he's trying to expand benefits. So it includes dental Hearing and vision. I almost went dental and like pointed to my eyes, but you get the point, right? I'm trying to do Bernie's thing That's what he usually does. Anyways And and the Koch network is literally a fund or funding an astroturf campaign against Bernie Sanders So understand that there are a lot of enemies in politics and your anger is justified But if you're not directing it at the right people Then you're not going to affect change. That's just the fact and it's frustrating because people are In no end positions. So to go back to the Medicare for all March, which was great by the way, which I talked about on my show Inside note I got lambasted for not talking about it when I actually did talk about it This is like what I mean of people just like looking for reasons to be mad at one another on the left when we're not each Other's enemies were actually allies, but Cory Bush showed up to the Medicare for all March Which is phenomenal to have a sitting member of Congress endorse these nationwide marches That's really really incredible But you had some people online attacking you're one person filmed a video and I won't name this person because this is a really small Account, so I don't want to direct harassment towards them But one person was really mad that Cory Bush showed up to the March and she said that she didn't support force the vote Because it was overly divisive now I supported force the vote contrary to popular belief because I thought it was a good tactic I wanted to see a floor vote on Medicare for all even if that wouldn't actually Lead to Medicare for all being codified into law. I think it was a useful, you know Theatrical tactic, but it didn't happen But it's a mere disagreement of political tactics to get us closer to Medicare for all and the fact that Cory Bush dared to say well, I don't support it because it's divisive then that person attacked Cory Bush basically Proving her right and then after that subsequently Cory Bush was attacked by other individuals saying Oh, well, she she doesn't even care about Medicare for all She didn't tweet about it and she just showed up for a photo op. It's like, okay folks This is why I say we have to recalibrate. We have to go outside and touch grass They're in this no-in position members of the squad are in a no-in position to where nothing they do Can prove that they are worthy Nina Turner hasn't even been elected and people are already Brushing her off. She's in a fight for her life. The establishment certainly thinks that Nina Turner is a threat But yet you have some people who are terminally online primarily on Twitter Who are like already saying it doesn't matter if she's elected or not? Because you know, she's not gonna fight so we might as well get a corporate Democrat in there who's being funded by the pro-Israel lobby That's not what they're saying but I mean that's effectively what the outcome will be and it's really frustrating to me because I Don't even know what to do going forward. This is what happens when there's no leadership on the left This is why I think that the end of Bernie Sanders campaign has been so damaging to The left because when there's no leadership there to kind of guide people's anger you know a vacuum opens up and opportunistic actors kind of like pounce and They try to direct people in ways that get them disempowered and you know leave them Perpetually anger angry and powerless and that's that's a real issue here on the left And so the People's Party for example They did a march outside of AOC's office and a lot of really wonderful people Showed up to this right Susan Sarandon Christian Smalls Savage joy people who are are great while intention people, but the People's Party Could be using the organizational power that they have To fight someone like Nancy Pelosi or people on powerful committees Blocking Medicare for all from even getting a floor vote But instead they they protest an ally and it's frustrating to see this because it makes us look unhinged Like I'm thinking of like my normie family members who are MSNBC liberals if they found out about this they think you see You're unhinged you Bernie supporters are fucking You're attacking your own so it's best that we just disregard you And the thing that worries me about this is it looks like it's it's a PR stunt for the People's Campaign Not to pick on them, but I kind of am it's like they have they have an incentive to demonize members of the squad To you know push people into the People's Party now. We already have a Green Party But we need a People's Party according to them because the Green Party is you know too socialistic I'm not necessarily sure what the rationale is I had Nick Brann on my program a really long time ago To talk about like the draft burning movement and that didn't go anywhere But the issue is that if you suggest to people all right the Democratic Party is Incapable of reform you might be right about that. I think we really have to have an inside-outside strategy I think that is absolutely crucial. So the existence of third parties even if they can't necessarily win power I do think they are important pressure points on individuals from the inside including AOC that's great so but I mean What I'm speaking to here is really the opportunism that I'm seeing and The unseriousness of the People's Party because if I'm a third party like if I'm control in control of the People's Party and This isn't just like some party to exert outside pressure on insiders And we actually want to run candidates field candidates and win and actually get power Here's what is going to be my number one priority and I talked about this in the video where I covered the People's Party Electoral reform it's extremely frustrating to me because I for years I've said to people if you want a third party you need electoral reform because we have a first pass the post winner-take-all majoritarian system It's Duverger's law it always holds and if we were going to break up the two-party duopoly by force and without getting Electoral reform it would have happened in 2016 Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump, but it still didn't happen Jill Stein got like barely 1% of the vote So if you want a third party to actually get power because you believe the Democratic Party is not able a capable of change Okay, that may be a valid point, but you need electoral reform You can't just say fuck the squad support the People's Party if you have no plan whatsoever to change the electoral system and and Rain choice voting is a very easy thing to do that it would help it wouldn't necessarily get us, you know multiple parties But you have to understand That there are actual bills and and unfortunately Don Byers hasn't Reintroduced this but there's the Fair Representation Act it was HR 4000 in the 2019-2020 legislative session and this would actually move us closer towards proportional representation and the people on The left who are really adamant about going the third-party route said nothing about this And I've begged people to support electoral reform I want us to be a multi-party system and that's difficult when you have a presidential not a parliamentary system like Canada has But we can't do that just by having extra party because there are already hundreds of third parties in the United States But this issue has become so contentious because people are rightfully angry at the Democratic Party Feeling perhaps justifiably so that it won't be reformed or can't be reformed that anyone who dares to run in the Democratic Party They're not worth a damn and hence the reason why Nina Turner has been disregarded by many people but the problem with that is if you just have One extra party to add to the hundreds of third parties that already exist You're not doing much and the way that we actually enact change is By having power and so unfortunately opportunistic individuals They're leading people towards this path of Perpetual anger and disempowerment the people's party might end up putting electoral reform on their agenda They might put pressure on Don Byers to reintroduce the Fair Representation Act Perhaps they even pressure AOC which would be an incredible idea To support the Fair Representation Act because she didn't co-sponsor that legislation Which I think she should support because it's good legislation But they're not doing that right now so at this state if the people's party Simply runs candidates just in addition to the Republican and the Democrat will unless you're in a state like California Where you have a jungle primary system where you have the top two vote-getters make it to the general election You're not gonna get anyone elected. So really what we have to do as leftists is Build power not disempower ourselves But if we are constantly attacking the only allies we have in Congress putting them in no win positions Where regardless of what they do show up or don't show up to our marches We still shit on them. We're in a constant state of Disempowerment and we are absolutely serving the corporate Democratic Party who wants the left to be divided We have basically divided ourselves into oblivion to where the online left is now unrecognizable and again Thankfully, this is all very insular and a lot of people don't recognize what's happening on Twitter But what we're doing here is we are killing ourselves by dividing ourselves and even questioning one another where every little thing We do or don't do is Irredeemable so getting back to me like getting called out for not talking about the Medicare for all March I did talk about it. I brought on one of the organizers It was on the first episode of dystopian times one of those first segments that I released for dystopian times And I talked about it and I uploaded that as a segment I was like over 10 minutes long and we talked about the necessity of health care, but people who Don't even watch anymore, which is which is fine preferable if you're a cancerous individual because I don't want you in my audience if you're toxic, but they are already like attacking me because I Didn't talk about something I already talked about and if I do talk about it then it's like well You didn't talk about it enough we put each other in knowing situations and this is not about me But I'm speaking to my experience or you know what people online will say something and it's like oh well You know what you must be a CIA plant You must be an operative for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party and we're so suspicious of people. We're so Angry at our own peers who have the same goals as us that I just have to tell people stop Take a deep breath Let's all chill Let's all recalibrate. Let's all go outside and touch grass and Whenever we get to a point to where we are in a constant state of anger Where people are you know attacking one another and driving more of a wedge between the online left that already exists stop Don't participate in it. I took the week off from my show last week and I Felt really good. It was good for like my mental health and then immediately like coming back I log on to Twitter and it's like oh I feel depressed and hopeless again because there's nothing but like hatred and vitriol online and again part of this is that like the Vacuum the leadership vacuum left to open by Bernie, you know after his campaign People who are nefarious or perhaps not even nefarious just opportunistic people Seized on that leadership vacuum. They try to take up the mantle and it's It's literally Exactly what like the right wants and the corporate Democrats want us fighting each other and like giving Joe Manchin and Joe Biden a pass folks We seem unreasonable If you log on to Twitter People seem unhinged People are attacking their allies for dumb reasons Vote shaming when I thought that leftists don't like that where it's like, oh you supported Joe Biden So like you're literally a war criminal. I mean imagine if Somebody who wasn't terminally online saw the discourse that takes place on Twitter They would rightfully think that we're batshit fucking insane because that's the way that we seem so I don't really care If this pisses people off it needs to be said chill out Stop feeding into the anger stop in fighting stop being accusatory of anyone who dares To vocalize any disagreement with you whatsoever calm down Calibrate and recognize who the real enemies are While we fight each other Corporate Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema they get a pass they get to block voting rights that would actually Help democracy as Republicans try to kill it Republicans get a pass as they literally spiral further into delusions and become more conspiratorial more Anti-vax we have to calm down and and stop fighting each other each other over every fucking thing for the love of God Just breathe Recalibrate recent to yourself and Remember that every once in a while being angry, which is justifiable It can lead us to a prolonged state of irrationality, which is not healthy Which gets us away from the trajectory that we should be on It moves us away from our goals and every once in a while if we log off remind ourselves Why we're even Talking about politics. It's because we care about these issues and that will be a it'll be better It'll be better for all of us better for the movement But for me to even say this People will assume I'm like in some camp online I'm a TYT sell out who is like Getting my marching orders from jank. I've heard I've heard that too people for the love of God We have to stop doing this We have to stop with the drama and the infighting The people who want this to go on aren't doing it because it's actually Beneficial for the left. They're doing it because it's beneficial for themselves for their pockets And I'm not gonna name names I'm not gonna feed into that so I can start a new wave of drama. I'm not gonna do that But what I am saying is that individually you as a viewer as a Twitter user, which I hope you're not can make the decision unilaterally To try to do better. I've certainly tried after it's a log off and use Twitter less I've tried to not engage in infighting and when I see somebody who I disagree with I try to like engage with them in good faith and explain to them why I don't agree with their position and Sometimes, you know, it'll move them to my side other times They'll like immediately shit themselves and start frothing at the mouth because they don't want to hear anything that I'm saying And that's fine You can't reach everyone but the best that we can do is police ourselves in a way and make sure that what we're contributing To political discourse isn't actually a net negative rather. It's it's a positive. So look, it's not like I'm above the fray I'm guilty of infighting too, but every once in a while we have to recenter ourselves and Recalibrate and breathe Let's breathe and again touching grass Can do wonders. That's all I Dislike the video you fucks cuz I know you're gonna do it Ideas recovery mode my brain ideas