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In this interview, Carl Benjamin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes a point that many in Japan rarely consider, but which has become increasingly clear to people in the West. Many non-Western people feel deeply humiliated by the accomplishments of the west. When I say we in Japan "don't really think about it"... I mean we've never internalized that kind of resentment. We know we can compete and succeed on our own terms. This confidence is a big reason why we Japanese have such a genuinely positive relationship with the west. Feeling humiliated and resentful against more advanced civilizations does nothing for anyone. It doesn't help you or make your country any better. It also damages any sense of having a pluralistic society (the type the west has tried and failed to create). We do experience this to some degree from countries like China but even that is limited since China has clearly succeeded since its free-market reforms. Most of the former colonies of the UK and France simply haven't so the resentment remains. It seems more and more that the citizens of those countries are realizing this. (interview by: John Anderson AC)show more

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Kishore Mahbubani (Kishore Mahbubani): The West has, in global terms, become a lonely, narcissistic civilization, self-absorbed in itself, very happy with itself, and therefore, with this narcissism, has blinded itself to the mistakes that it has made in dealing with the rest of the world. And I want to begin the story, in some ways, with the end of the Cold War in 1990, because I’m sure you all remember how the West celebrated, how happy the West was that it defeated the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and the West thought, “Hey, we have arrived.” And you even believed—this is amazing—almost everyone in the West believed that you had reached the end of history. Hooray! We don’t have to struggle anymore. We’ve made it. We made it to the top. We’ve achieved these liberal democratic societies, which are the best societies in the world. We succeeded. We have made it. The rest of you, the rest of the world, you’re going to struggle. We don’t have to struggle. And one statistic that I’m surprised that so few in the West are aware of is that the West only makes up 12% of the world’s population. Twelve percent. Eighty-eight percent lives outside the West. And the West crazily assumed at that moment of history, when it reached the end of history, that the rest of the world would come and become replicas of the West. Copy you. Follow you. And become like you. I’m sure you’ll all agree that that’s a somewhat arrogant assumption on the part of the West. But that arrogance dominated the worldview of all the Western intellectuals at that time. I know it so well because, by an accident of history, I spent a year in Harvard in ’91–’92. And I drowned in that arrogance. I could feel how the West had arrived and succeeded, and the rest of you poor chaps, get used to it, adjust to it, move on. So, the reason why that arrogance at that point was a major strategic mistake was because that arrogance put the West to sleep at precisely the moment when the other civilizations decided to wake up. So, you close your eyes when the rest of the world was waking up. And remember, China had started its Four Modernizations program in 1979 and, by 1989–1990, was gaining a lot of momentum. And then India also woke up around the early 1990s as a result of crisis, by the way. In both cases, China went through a major crisis and said, “Okay, enough is enough. Time for us to get sensible and do the right thing.” India went through a major crisis and said, “Enough is enough. Let’s do the right thing.” And, of course, what you’ve seen since then, in the case of the Chinese, the Chinese civilization has been around for 4,000 years, and the last 40 years of economic and social development in China have been the best 40 years in 4,000 years of Chinese history. And the West said, “It cannot be. They’re not like us. They cannot be succeeding. Right?” Because you assume to succeed, you must be liberal democratic. So, that clearly, that’s why I think the end-of-history moment was a disastrous moment for the West because they put the West to sleep at precisely the moment when the rest was waking up.

Kishore Mahbubani (Kishore Mahbubani): The West has, in global terms, become a lonely, narcissistic civilization, self-absorbed in itself, very happy with itself, and therefore, with this narcissism, has blinded itself to the mistakes that it has made in dealing with the rest of the world. And I want to begin the story, in some ways, with the end of the Cold War in 1990, because I’m sure you all remember how the West celebrated, how happy the West was that it defeated the Soviet Union without firing a shot, and the West thought, “Hey, we have arrived.” And you even believed—this is amazing—almost everyone in the West believed that you had reached the end of history. Hooray! We don’t have to struggle anymore. We’ve made it. We made it to the top. We’ve achieved these liberal democratic societies, which are the best societies in the world. We succeeded. We have made it. The rest of you, the rest of the world, you’re going to struggle. We don’t have to struggle. And one statistic that I’m surprised that so few in the West are aware of is that the West only makes up 12% of the world’s population. Twelve percent. Eighty-eight percent lives outside the West. And the West crazily assumed at that moment of history, when it reached the end of history, that the rest of the world would come and become replicas of the West. Copy you. Follow you. And become like you. I’m sure you’ll all agree that that’s a somewhat arrogant assumption on the part of the West. But that arrogance dominated the worldview of all the Western intellectuals at that time. I know it so well because, by an accident of history, I spent a year in Harvard in ’91–’92. And I drowned in that arrogance. I could feel how the West had arrived and succeeded, and the rest of you poor chaps, get used to it, adjust to it, move on. So, the reason why that arrogance at that point was a major strategic mistake was because that arrogance put the West to sleep at precisely the moment when the other civilizations decided to wake up. So, you close your eyes when the rest of the world was waking up. And remember, China had started its Four Modernizations program in 1979 and, by 1989–1990, was gaining a lot of momentum. And then India also woke up around the early 1990s as a result of crisis, by the way. In both cases, China went through a major crisis and said, “Okay, enough is enough. Time for us to get sensible and do the right thing.” India went through a major crisis and said, “Enough is enough. Let’s do the right thing.” And, of course, what you’ve seen since then, in the case of the Chinese, the Chinese civilization has been around for 4,000 years, and the last 40 years of economic and social development in China have been the best 40 years in 4,000 years of Chinese history. And the West said, “It cannot be. They’re not like us. They cannot be succeeding. Right?” Because you assume to succeed, you must be liberal democratic. So, that clearly, that’s why I think the end-of-history moment was a disastrous moment for the West because they put the West to sleep at precisely the moment when the rest was waking up.

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🇷🇺 Alexander Babakov Dismantles the Club of Rome’s Dogma of Scarcity World Resources Are Limitless. We Can Feed Everyone. We Can Clothe Everyone. We Can Create Favorable Conditions For All Alexander Babakov: What does the well-known Club of Rome tell us? There is a shortage of resources, there is a shortage of food, the population is too big, etc., and these are the principles that they built their forecasts on. And these forecasts are not true to life. What does Chairman Xi say? What does our president say? World resources are limitless. We can feed everyone, we can clothe everyone, we can create favorable conditions for all. What do we need? We need goal setting. And Chinese goal setting is not generating profit or making more money today than yesterday. No—the goal is to create the right environment for human development, for collective development, for the country as a whole. It is the upside potential that guarantees achieving the highest dreamed-for goals, and it relates to everything, including technological solutions. You’ve seen mind-blowing technological solutions that are aimed at improving the quality of life of the Chinese people. But it is not only that—China can export that. But the key thing is that China started with finance. China created an independent system from those conditions that were set by the West for other countries. For China, or even for Russia of the 1990s, the West was writing rules under which countries could develop only by relying on the amount of money that the metropolis left for that country. Well, you will have as much money as how much oil you have sold. This is how it was in ancient times, when there were real colonies, and the same thing is happening in the modern world. China closed this down and said: in terms of money to develop China, we have sufficient money for our projects. The money mass in the Chinese economy is higher than that of the United States, Europe, and Japan taken together. And China made numerous elements of the economy move together. They armed their people with resources to push development forward. And China does not have any tasks that are not achievable. For any country, there are certain constraints. There are constraints that can be described as the number of projects that can be implemented. This freedom of decision-making and setting a new goal—the quality of life—is something that the West has not yet understood, and it will have to accept that China will lead the world, and then other countries will follow China: Pakistan, which has the same mindset; India thinks the same; now Russia has its own vision. And our principal goal today is not profit-making, not increasing GDP, but a positive resolution of demographic problems—not only maintaining the population, but increasing the population. And it is not a quantitative but a qualitative goal.

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34,584 views • 6 months ago

🚨 LISTEN TO CHARLIE KIRK: "I cannot see a single Western country that has become more Islamic and has become a better place to live that is happier or freer." "I think it's SUICIDAL to import MILLIONS of them." "Is macro Islam compatible with Western values, macro? Of course, it's NOT. There are 3 major reasons why." "Islam does not believe in freedom of speech, Islam does not believe in freedom of religion, and Islam does not believe in separation of mosque and state." "Those three things are antithetical to the West. In a Muslim-majority country, most Muslim-majority countries, you cannot criticize the prophet Muhammad. In most Muslim-majority countries, you do not have the same robust freedom of religion protections." "And finally, whereas we in the West are very careful to try to intermix religion and state, they are commanded to actually go into the state and try to change the state to be more Islamic around the core pillars of Islam." "The question that we need to reckon with the West is, is Muhammadism compatible with the teachings of Blackstone? Is it compatible with the legacy of Wilberforce and the great thinkers that have come from this country?" "And I will say, no, there's a reason why when you go to these Islamic countries that you're not going to see the equal protection of rights, that you do not believe in universal human equality, that you do not believe the same things that we believe in the West."

🚨 LISTEN TO CHARLIE KIRK: "I cannot see a single Western country that has become more Islamic and has become a better place to live that is happier or freer." "I think it's SUICIDAL to import MILLIONS of them." "Is macro Islam compatible with Western values, macro? Of course, it's NOT. There are 3 major reasons why." "Islam does not believe in freedom of speech, Islam does not believe in freedom of religion, and Islam does not believe in separation of mosque and state." "Those three things are antithetical to the West. In a Muslim-majority country, most Muslim-majority countries, you cannot criticize the prophet Muhammad. In most Muslim-majority countries, you do not have the same robust freedom of religion protections." "And finally, whereas we in the West are very careful to try to intermix religion and state, they are commanded to actually go into the state and try to change the state to be more Islamic around the core pillars of Islam." "The question that we need to reckon with the West is, is Muhammadism compatible with the teachings of Blackstone? Is it compatible with the legacy of Wilberforce and the great thinkers that have come from this country?" "And I will say, no, there's a reason why when you go to these Islamic countries that you're not going to see the equal protection of rights, that you do not believe in universal human equality, that you do not believe the same things that we believe in the West."

Eric Daugherty

348,360 views • 7 months ago

Gaza: The West can no longer preach to us about its HYPOCRITICAL values of ‘freedom’, ‘equality’, and ‘human rights’ ‘There are a lot of values that have been promoted in the West that have been proven hypocritical, to be honest. We live in the West. We thought that liberty and equality and the rule of international law is prevalent and that these countries are based on democracy and people have the absolute power. But then when the genocide came, all these values have been exposed. I no longer believe in any of these values. I believe in the principle with these values. But I don’t believe that the Western countries can ever preach to us about human rights or international law or democracy or freedom or equality. I don’t understand what that means anymore in the West, but also at the same time in the UK. The people in the UK have proven to be a people who care for justice, for freedom, for dignity. We have seen a huge massive protest that went out in support of Palestine and in support of the Palestinian people. But unfortunately their government has never represented them in the way that they deserve.’ -Ahmed Alnaouq, Co-Founder of We Are Not Numbers, on the latest episode of Going Underground FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

Gaza: The West can no longer preach to us about its HYPOCRITICAL values of ‘freedom’, ‘equality’, and ‘human rights’ ‘There are a lot of values that have been promoted in the West that have been proven hypocritical, to be honest. We live in the West. We thought that liberty and equality and the rule of international law is prevalent and that these countries are based on democracy and people have the absolute power. But then when the genocide came, all these values have been exposed. I no longer believe in any of these values. I believe in the principle with these values. But I don’t believe that the Western countries can ever preach to us about human rights or international law or democracy or freedom or equality. I don’t understand what that means anymore in the West, but also at the same time in the UK. The people in the UK have proven to be a people who care for justice, for freedom, for dignity. We have seen a huge massive protest that went out in support of Palestine and in support of the Palestinian people. But unfortunately their government has never represented them in the way that they deserve.’ -Ahmed Alnaouq, Co-Founder of We Are Not Numbers, on the latest episode of Going Underground FULL INTERVIEW BELOW IN THE REPLIES👇

Going Underground

57,345 views • 7 months ago

Crockett: "I don't really know where we are in this country. Why are we even having this conversation? The United States is falling apart right now, partially because he's allowing for the killings of people in the middle of the street, but the other part of it is we have a 34 count convicted felon and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we are pretending like any of this is normal."

Crockett: "I don't really know where we are in this country. Why are we even having this conversation? The United States is falling apart right now, partially because he's allowing for the killings of people in the middle of the street, but the other part of it is we have a 34 count convicted felon and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we are pretending like any of this is normal."

Aaron Rupar

1,685,033 views • 5 months ago

Those who won’t make peace with Israel, will not make peace with the West. We live in confusing times. All around us is noise, chaos and polarization. And for Israel and the Jewish People we find ourselves in the eye of the storm, yet again. In the arc of Jewish history we were born in the golden age. We had freedoms, relative safety and after 2000 years, sovereignty in our ancestral homeland. After 75 years of relative quiet - we became comfortable. October 7 jolted us from a deep sleep. The world is confusing, but some things must be clear. Hamas is a terrorist organization, that is true, even if some media platforms can’t say the word. But “terrorism” is not a goal in and of itself but a means to an end. And the goal of Hamas’s terrorism, isn’t “liberation”, it is subjugation: subjugation of everyone who doesn’t think as they do, subjection of all women, of Jews, of Christians, of LGBTQ+ people and of minorities. Subjugation of anyone who dissents. This is imperialism. This is colonialism. Israel is not the colonialist entity in the region. But in the West, we struggle to take the threat seriously. We can’t comprehend that some people genuinely believe in ideas that we find crazy. By any rational measure, war with Israel has been a disaster for anyone who has tried it. So here is a better idea: instead of war, try peace. The Abraham accords were ripe and ready to be expanded right before October 7th. Peace with Saudi Arabia was within reach. Israelis are ready to be fully integrated into the Middle East. Yet the region’s Jihadi terrorist organizations like Hamas and other states are violently against it. So know this. Those who will not make peace with Israel will never make peace with the West. And in this world, the Western values, rights and freedoms that we hold to be self-evident, are under attack by the mad, bad and dangerous ideas of Hamas and their useful idiots here in the West. We make no apologies for stating clearly that our ideas must be defended, and their ideas must be defeated. It is a fight we must win, and we will.

Those who won’t make peace with Israel, will not make peace with the West. We live in confusing times. All around us is noise, chaos and polarization. And for Israel and the Jewish People we find ourselves in the eye of the storm, yet again. In the arc of Jewish history we were born in the golden age. We had freedoms, relative safety and after 2000 years, sovereignty in our ancestral homeland. After 75 years of relative quiet - we became comfortable. October 7 jolted us from a deep sleep. The world is confusing, but some things must be clear. Hamas is a terrorist organization, that is true, even if some media platforms can’t say the word. But “terrorism” is not a goal in and of itself but a means to an end. And the goal of Hamas’s terrorism, isn’t “liberation”, it is subjugation: subjugation of everyone who doesn’t think as they do, subjection of all women, of Jews, of Christians, of LGBTQ+ people and of minorities. Subjugation of anyone who dissents. This is imperialism. This is colonialism. Israel is not the colonialist entity in the region. But in the West, we struggle to take the threat seriously. We can’t comprehend that some people genuinely believe in ideas that we find crazy. By any rational measure, war with Israel has been a disaster for anyone who has tried it. So here is a better idea: instead of war, try peace. The Abraham accords were ripe and ready to be expanded right before October 7th. Peace with Saudi Arabia was within reach. Israelis are ready to be fully integrated into the Middle East. Yet the region’s Jihadi terrorist organizations like Hamas and other states are violently against it. So know this. Those who will not make peace with Israel will never make peace with the West. And in this world, the Western values, rights and freedoms that we hold to be self-evident, are under attack by the mad, bad and dangerous ideas of Hamas and their useful idiots here in the West. We make no apologies for stating clearly that our ideas must be defended, and their ideas must be defeated. It is a fight we must win, and we will.

Noa Tishby

23,338 views • 1 year ago

Europe is facing a serious threat from the regime of the Islamic Republic. This regime has been developing nuclear weapons and missiles with ranges exceeding 4,000 kilometers to strike the West. A regime that kills its own people and shows no mercy even to its partner countries like Oman and Turkey—what do you think it would do to you in the West? They seek the destruction of the West. When I was a child, every morning at school we were forced to walk over the flags of Western countries and chant “death to these countries.” We must defend our interests and support our allies in order to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Today, the same Europe that has always chosen diplomacy even with the most brutal regimes, such as the regime of the ayatollahs, is unwilling to engage in dialogue with its strongest and most important ally, the United States. This harms the interests of our countries and the wider Western world, and benefits our adversaries. A free and democratic Iran would bring many advantages to Europe, as it would contribute to the security and stability of the entire region—a region that is in Europe’s neighborhood. #FreeIran NieuwsuitDeKamer

Europe is facing a serious threat from the regime of the Islamic Republic. This regime has been developing nuclear weapons and missiles with ranges exceeding 4,000 kilometers to strike the West. A regime that kills its own people and shows no mercy even to its partner countries like Oman and Turkey—what do you think it would do to you in the West? They seek the destruction of the West. When I was a child, every morning at school we were forced to walk over the flags of Western countries and chant “death to these countries.” We must defend our interests and support our allies in order to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Today, the same Europe that has always chosen diplomacy even with the most brutal regimes, such as the regime of the ayatollahs, is unwilling to engage in dialogue with its strongest and most important ally, the United States. This harms the interests of our countries and the wider Western world, and benefits our adversaries. A free and democratic Iran would bring many advantages to Europe, as it would contribute to the security and stability of the entire region—a region that is in Europe’s neighborhood. #FreeIran NieuwsuitDeKamer

Darya Safai MP

12,593 views • 4 months ago

President Trump reminded the World Economic Forum that the West didn’t rise to greatness by accident — it was built on a culture worth defending. Trump told the elites at Davos that Western civilization isn’t negotiable, and preserving it is a responsibility. TRUMP: “The explosion of prosperity and conclusion and progress that built the West did not come from our tax codes.” “It ultimately came from our very special culture.” “This is the precious inheritance that America and Europe have in common. We share it. We share it. But we have to keep it strong.” “We have to become stronger, more successful and more prosperous than ever.” “We have to defend that culture and rediscover the spirit that lifted the West from the depths of the dark ages to the pinnacle of human achievement.” “We live in an incredible changing period. It’s an unbelievable time, but we have to take advantage of the time that we’re in.”

President Trump reminded the World Economic Forum that the West didn’t rise to greatness by accident — it was built on a culture worth defending. Trump told the elites at Davos that Western civilization isn’t negotiable, and preserving it is a responsibility. TRUMP: “The explosion of prosperity and conclusion and progress that built the West did not come from our tax codes.” “It ultimately came from our very special culture.” “This is the precious inheritance that America and Europe have in common. We share it. We share it. But we have to keep it strong.” “We have to become stronger, more successful and more prosperous than ever.” “We have to defend that culture and rediscover the spirit that lifted the West from the depths of the dark ages to the pinnacle of human achievement.” “We live in an incredible changing period. It’s an unbelievable time, but we have to take advantage of the time that we’re in.”

Overton

35,801 views • 6 months ago

President Kagame on sports shaping countries’ economies in the future: It's not just the future. When you talk about, for example, the arena, the stadium, it's already happening. People are taking notice of that and counting and knowing that it has employed so many, it has brought in so much. And that interaction around people here and beyond, with the rest of the world, speaks volumes in terms of value. So it has already brought in a lot. And it's a question of growing that. And we also know that statistics show that even across Africa, in terms of sports, it's running into billions as to what sports can bring to the continent, tens of billions. I think what we do as leaders at different levels is to encourage people to be part of realizing that story and reaping the benefits. And it's happening. So it's no longer something you just listen to and think it is for others and not for you. Now people believe, they start by believing. And when they start by believing and see things happening, then they believe even more and get more involved. And, I mean, the sky is the limit.

President Kagame on sports shaping countries’ economies in the future: It's not just the future. When you talk about, for example, the arena, the stadium, it's already happening. People are taking notice of that and counting and knowing that it has employed so many, it has brought in so much. And that interaction around people here and beyond, with the rest of the world, speaks volumes in terms of value. So it has already brought in a lot. And it's a question of growing that. And we also know that statistics show that even across Africa, in terms of sports, it's running into billions as to what sports can bring to the continent, tens of billions. I think what we do as leaders at different levels is to encourage people to be part of realizing that story and reaping the benefits. And it's happening. So it's no longer something you just listen to and think it is for others and not for you. Now people believe, they start by believing. And when they start by believing and see things happening, then they believe even more and get more involved. And, I mean, the sky is the limit.

Presidency | Rwanda

68,782 views • 1 year ago

Harrison "(Ma) also, upon questioning from one of your colleagues, failed to say clearly, as the Prime Minister has also failed to say clearly that forced labour exists in China and that we are against it and that this will be a major part of our trade conversations moving forward." "...And because the Prime Minister will not firmly denounce it, you can understand why so many people have questions about the government's position on this." Kate Harrison

Harrison "(Ma) also, upon questioning from one of your colleagues, failed to say clearly, as the Prime Minister has also failed to say clearly that forced labour exists in China and that we are against it and that this will be a major part of our trade conversations moving forward." "...And because the Prime Minister will not firmly denounce it, you can understand why so many people have questions about the government's position on this." Kate Harrison

cbcwatcher

26,242 views • 4 months ago

Speaking in the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill debate today, we should all focus on the requirement to save the jobs of those 3,500 people who have this threat hanging over them. China is pushing to shut down British steel industries, pushing forward to shut down the blast furnaces in the UK. Far too many countries like China have abused the rules of the free market, have subsidised their industries ridiculously, and have used slave labour to produce products. When that happens, the free market is dead. China now itself is suffering from an overproduction of steel. Their own housing industry has gone static on them, and they were one of the biggest users of the steel produced by China. Where is that steel going to go? It’s no surprise that a Chinese company Jingye is involved in this, because by pushing forward to shut down the blast furnaces in the UK, they know that we will have to buy slab steel from China. This is not a coincidence. This is all part of the plan. We must recognise that we will have to deal with those whom we trust and who do not break the rules. That means a whole rethink of the Government’s China policy. The previous Conservative Government should never have awarded it the contract, and I warned them about that. It is time for us to make sure that we deal with China at face value and do not accept the pretence that this company is private or in any way detached from its Government. That is a critical point. Cheap Chinese steel is a desperate problem for us, and we need to work with other countries in dealing with it. We also need to get our costs down. On Net Zero, I hope that the Secretary of State will tell the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero that we cannot go on like this. #BritishSteel

Speaking in the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill debate today, we should all focus on the requirement to save the jobs of those 3,500 people who have this threat hanging over them. China is pushing to shut down British steel industries, pushing forward to shut down the blast furnaces in the UK. Far too many countries like China have abused the rules of the free market, have subsidised their industries ridiculously, and have used slave labour to produce products. When that happens, the free market is dead. China now itself is suffering from an overproduction of steel. Their own housing industry has gone static on them, and they were one of the biggest users of the steel produced by China. Where is that steel going to go? It’s no surprise that a Chinese company Jingye is involved in this, because by pushing forward to shut down the blast furnaces in the UK, they know that we will have to buy slab steel from China. This is not a coincidence. This is all part of the plan. We must recognise that we will have to deal with those whom we trust and who do not break the rules. That means a whole rethink of the Government’s China policy. The previous Conservative Government should never have awarded it the contract, and I warned them about that. It is time for us to make sure that we deal with China at face value and do not accept the pretence that this company is private or in any way detached from its Government. That is a critical point. Cheap Chinese steel is a desperate problem for us, and we need to work with other countries in dealing with it. We also need to get our costs down. On Net Zero, I hope that the Secretary of State will tell the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero that we cannot go on like this. #BritishSteel

Iain Duncan Smith MP Chingford & Woodford Green

24,259 views • 1 year ago

This is ISRAEL. They tried to cancel all of us for telling you the truth about it. But the world has now woken up. It is a radicalised society in many parts beyond comprehension. It is fully backed by The USA and many nations in the West. What are we going to do about this? How can we stop this madness? I believe Jews, Muslims and Christian’s can live in peace in the Holy Land, but with this mindset, how?

This is ISRAEL. They tried to cancel all of us for telling you the truth about it. But the world has now woken up. It is a radicalised society in many parts beyond comprehension. It is fully backed by The USA and many nations in the West. What are we going to do about this? How can we stop this madness? I believe Jews, Muslims and Christian’s can live in peace in the Holy Land, but with this mindset, how?

Guz Khan 🥶

109,736 views • 1 year ago

As Arabs, we need to understand that Israel and the West are not our oppressors or enemies. We, Arabs, are our own worst enemies. We, Arabs, are our greatest oppressors. We, Arabs, have killed and oppressed a million times more of our people than the West and Israel can ever do. It is not Israel that married off my mother when she was a child. It is my people who did. It is not the West or Israel that has been bombing Yemen for the past decade and killed 400,000. It is us, Arabs, who did it. It is not the Israel that implanted Islamic extremism in the East and the West. It is our mosques, it is the books we worship, it is the Imams we follow, it is what we learn and what we teach. It is not the West that forces us to treat women like commodities. It is our people. And most of all, it is not the West or Israel that doesn’t value Arab lives. It is us, Arabs, who do not value human life. If we do not admit to ourselves that WE are the problem, that WE are refusing to progress, and that WE need to change – then change will never happen, blood will keep flowing, and we will never know peace. How do we expect the world and the International Community to respect us, when we don’t respect ourselves?

As Arabs, we need to understand that Israel and the West are not our oppressors or enemies. We, Arabs, are our own worst enemies. We, Arabs, are our greatest oppressors. We, Arabs, have killed and oppressed a million times more of our people than the West and Israel can ever do. It is not Israel that married off my mother when she was a child. It is my people who did. It is not the West or Israel that has been bombing Yemen for the past decade and killed 400,000. It is us, Arabs, who did it. It is not the Israel that implanted Islamic extremism in the East and the West. It is our mosques, it is the books we worship, it is the Imams we follow, it is what we learn and what we teach. It is not the West that forces us to treat women like commodities. It is our people. And most of all, it is not the West or Israel that doesn’t value Arab lives. It is us, Arabs, who do not value human life. If we do not admit to ourselves that WE are the problem, that WE are refusing to progress, and that WE need to change – then change will never happen, blood will keep flowing, and we will never know peace. How do we expect the world and the International Community to respect us, when we don’t respect ourselves?

Luai Ahmed

2,986,112 views • 2 years ago

Zack Polanski, "Why do we hear this phrase all the time, unconscious bias?" Professor Keon West, "It's incredibly comfortable" "In the UK it's so hard to have a conversation about racism or sexism" "You won't hear people say: I did that and that was a racist thing to do" "You can go on TV and say you hate seeing a bunch of black and brown faces - like Reform UK's Sarah Pochin - and say you cannot be racist, it must be a misunderstanding" "Similarly men will say all sorts of things but not say that was sexist" "I think that is considered so impolite and so hurtful, to own up to that bias, that we sneak in a word in front of that, 'unconscious', and suddenly we don't have to feel quite so bad" "And everybody has it" "That focus that makes us calmer about the bias, that's really for the benefit of the people feeling bias" "It's not at all for the benefit of the people on the receiving end of the bias"

Zack Polanski, "Why do we hear this phrase all the time, unconscious bias?" Professor Keon West, "It's incredibly comfortable" "In the UK it's so hard to have a conversation about racism or sexism" "You won't hear people say: I did that and that was a racist thing to do" "You can go on TV and say you hate seeing a bunch of black and brown faces - like Reform UK's Sarah Pochin - and say you cannot be racist, it must be a misunderstanding" "Similarly men will say all sorts of things but not say that was sexist" "I think that is considered so impolite and so hurtful, to own up to that bias, that we sneak in a word in front of that, 'unconscious', and suddenly we don't have to feel quite so bad" "And everybody has it" "That focus that makes us calmer about the bias, that's really for the benefit of the people feeling bias" "It's not at all for the benefit of the people on the receiving end of the bias"

Farrukh

70,597 views • 4 months ago

Thank You Candace. When good people are assailed by the darkest forces of demonic evil on earth, it is up to people of goodwill to speak out. We are sure many more will. Other friends and Turning Point donors have now been in touch as have others. We are humbled by the degree to which our open communication has helped to bring evil into the light. That it has struck a chord with so many people is a sign that decency and people of goodwill will win. And that the truth will be known, for Charlie. Many mentioned that when Candace read this letter out on her show that it resonated with them in a different way that when they read the written copy so we are reposting it here - There are more good guys than bad guys. Join the team of the good guys. Please share this. Those who prefer to read it the original open letter, it below.

Thank You Candace. When good people are assailed by the darkest forces of demonic evil on earth, it is up to people of goodwill to speak out. We are sure many more will. Other friends and Turning Point donors have now been in touch as have others. We are humbled by the degree to which our open communication has helped to bring evil into the light. That it has struck a chord with so many people is a sign that decency and people of goodwill will win. And that the truth will be known, for Charlie. Many mentioned that when Candace read this letter out on her show that it resonated with them in a different way that when they read the written copy so we are reposting it here - There are more good guys than bad guys. Join the team of the good guys. Please share this. Those who prefer to read it the original open letter, it below.

John Mappin

359,754 views • 9 months ago

This was not filmed in an Islamic country, but it was filmed in Los Angeles. So people fled from the Islamic regime only to see the traditions of their killers increasing here in the West. This is a nightmare for me, and with me many who have fled from this. The West, which we looked up to so much as young people in Iran, must resist the invasion of such cultures. It’s amazing that critical people like myself should shut up according to some and be labeled "Islamophobic" or "fascist," while these backward traditions are given all the space they need in the West. While these Islamists and their traditions, and even misogynistic way of life, are embraced by "progressives," critics are dismissed as those who do not understand "Western freedom" and even want to restrict it. We have to stop this. This culture makes everything black and dark. If one wishes such a thing, move to an Islamic country and do it there. Let the west remain the west.

This was not filmed in an Islamic country, but it was filmed in Los Angeles. So people fled from the Islamic regime only to see the traditions of their killers increasing here in the West. This is a nightmare for me, and with me many who have fled from this. The West, which we looked up to so much as young people in Iran, must resist the invasion of such cultures. It’s amazing that critical people like myself should shut up according to some and be labeled "Islamophobic" or "fascist," while these backward traditions are given all the space they need in the West. While these Islamists and their traditions, and even misogynistic way of life, are embraced by "progressives," critics are dismissed as those who do not understand "Western freedom" and even want to restrict it. We have to stop this. This culture makes everything black and dark. If one wishes such a thing, move to an Islamic country and do it there. Let the west remain the west.

Darya Safai MP

304,809 views • 2 years ago

YOKO ONO: ONOCHORD, VENICE, 2004 Yoko: The world is divided in two industries. One is the War Industry and the other is the Peace Industry. The people in the War Industry are totally together. They don't have to talk to each other, even. They know exactly what they want to do. They want to go out there, kill and make money. But the people in the Peace Industry, which are us - we are so idealistic that each one of us criticises the other Peace Person in the Peace Industry. And we are always just arguing and we are wasting our energies doing that. So let's just forgive each other and see that we are in the Peace Industry and that's all that counts. Even if you are not marching for peace, just be yourself, being a florist, being a merchant, being a talior, anything. That way you're contributing to the Peace Industry. People are just concentrating on fear, confusion and anger. And therefore just for a moment, I'd like us to think about Love. In a very magical, straight way, John and I met in London and from then on we stood for Peace and Love. And when I do this kind of event. Well it is... I was inspired to do it, but I still think that I'm still with John in spirit. John and I created the country called Nutopia. Not Utopia, because there was Utopia as a concept already. And we wanted to create a new concept, so we just added N on it - Nutopia - and as a country. Well, that is the concept of a country. And we all are citizens of that country. And in my apartment in the Dakota Building, we put a little plaque on the back door, the kitchen door. It says 'Nutopian Embassy' and even now we have that. (laughs). Nutopia exists in our minds. And because of that, some people want to rebel against it. The reason some want to rebel against it is a good proof that it exists. I think that it was a terrible thing that happened in Chechnya. But we have to still keep our hopes up. And instead of giving up, we have to keep on sending the message of Love to each other. You say that I am the Ambassador of Peace. We are all Ambassadors of Peace. You are too. Everybody in this room are Ambassadors of Peace. Just the fact that we are not participating in War. The fact that we are here, and we are what we are, means that we are in the Peace Industry. All of us. John and I used to say that our apartment in the Dakota is a conceptual monastry, just for the two of us. And when we go out of the Dakota, we get so many people communicating with us, so it's very important that we had silence and quietness. And my apartment is a very small space compared to the world. And I need that for my peace of mind. You should be kind to each other. You should come together, hug each other, love each other, express our love to each other and we should make it work. We should finally create a world that is a totally an Earth for Us. So let's do it. Yoko Ono, OpenAsia Press Conference, whilst exhibiting Onochord, 2004 by Yoko Ono (Nutopia) at the Venice Biennale: OpenAsia 2004, Lido Di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 9 September 2004.

YOKO ONO: ONOCHORD, VENICE, 2004 Yoko: The world is divided in two industries. One is the War Industry and the other is the Peace Industry. The people in the War Industry are totally together. They don't have to talk to each other, even. They know exactly what they want to do. They want to go out there, kill and make money. But the people in the Peace Industry, which are us - we are so idealistic that each one of us criticises the other Peace Person in the Peace Industry. And we are always just arguing and we are wasting our energies doing that. So let's just forgive each other and see that we are in the Peace Industry and that's all that counts. Even if you are not marching for peace, just be yourself, being a florist, being a merchant, being a talior, anything. That way you're contributing to the Peace Industry. People are just concentrating on fear, confusion and anger. And therefore just for a moment, I'd like us to think about Love. In a very magical, straight way, John and I met in London and from then on we stood for Peace and Love. And when I do this kind of event. Well it is... I was inspired to do it, but I still think that I'm still with John in spirit. John and I created the country called Nutopia. Not Utopia, because there was Utopia as a concept already. And we wanted to create a new concept, so we just added N on it - Nutopia - and as a country. Well, that is the concept of a country. And we all are citizens of that country. And in my apartment in the Dakota Building, we put a little plaque on the back door, the kitchen door. It says 'Nutopian Embassy' and even now we have that. (laughs). Nutopia exists in our minds. And because of that, some people want to rebel against it. The reason some want to rebel against it is a good proof that it exists. I think that it was a terrible thing that happened in Chechnya. But we have to still keep our hopes up. And instead of giving up, we have to keep on sending the message of Love to each other. You say that I am the Ambassador of Peace. We are all Ambassadors of Peace. You are too. Everybody in this room are Ambassadors of Peace. Just the fact that we are not participating in War. The fact that we are here, and we are what we are, means that we are in the Peace Industry. All of us. John and I used to say that our apartment in the Dakota is a conceptual monastry, just for the two of us. And when we go out of the Dakota, we get so many people communicating with us, so it's very important that we had silence and quietness. And my apartment is a very small space compared to the world. And I need that for my peace of mind. You should be kind to each other. You should come together, hug each other, love each other, express our love to each other and we should make it work. We should finally create a world that is a totally an Earth for Us. So let's do it. Yoko Ono, OpenAsia Press Conference, whilst exhibiting Onochord, 2004 by Yoko Ono (Nutopia) at the Venice Biennale: OpenAsia 2004, Lido Di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 9 September 2004.

Yoko Ono

35,208 views • 2 years ago

🚨NEW: Peter Thiel with Joe Lonsdale on tariffs, trade policy, and China. "You need a very drastic reset with China. In theory, you need to reset with other people, but what we really need to get them to do is also reset things with China." Full episode drops next week! JOE: We've been talking about China on and off for over 20 years, and their imbalances. This week the President declared trade war on them, effectively, with 125% tariffs as of now; it'll probably change in the next few days. What do you think of the trade and tariff policy? What's gonna happen? Bond yields sold off more than I expected. The yields went higher than I expected so far. What's going on? PETER: I'm hesitant to comment since obviously it's a very, very fluid situation, but something like the sort of reset that they're talking about now seems where we're going, where you need a very drastic reset with China. In theory you need to reset with other people, but what we really need to get them to do is also reset things with China. I think the rough numbers are that about a quarter of the US trade deficit is bilaterally with China, but another quarter is indirectly with China. So China is sort of half the problem... And then China is the geopolitical rival. So there's a way in which people in Mercedes in Germany are selling cars to the US. We might want to have those pretty well paying jobs in the US and, and not in Germany. And there are all kinds of sort of mercantilist policies that at the margins Germany engages in. But, you know, it's probably not gonna repurpose the Mercedes factory to build tanks to invade the US or something like this. Whereas this sort of dual use problem is the problem with China. ...There are ways the economic relationship with China is fairly efficient.... if people are working for a dollar and a half an hour in a Foxconn factory, we don't really want to get those jobs in Wisconsin. But it is this geopolitical rivalry where... you have to somehow factor in that the economists never are able to factor in properly with China. I'm not sure I would call this the optimistic plan, but the reset in trade that seems desirable to me would be that we radically changed the relationship with China and we sort of induce a lot of other countries to radically change their relationship with China. And that's how we, you know, maybe that's how we build a stronger western alliance of the free world. JOE: Well there's going to be some interesting negotiations in the next few months. Did you think that we could bring, maybe using AI, some more advanced manufacturing here that was in China? Is that a real thing the next decade to do a bunch more here, thanks to our more efficiencies and productivity? PETER: There's probably always a decent amount of things like that. You have to always be extremely granular on how expensive the robots are, how expensive the equipment is, because in some sense, manufacturing has been getting steadily more automated for 250 years. And you've had the machines that make the machines. The machines that make the machines are getting sort of smarter and more complicated. And there are ways in which AI is a quantum leap. There's a way in which it's just, you know, a natural continuation of this, you know, two century long process. I think there are some parts that can be moved to the US with AI. Maybe also if you change some of the environmental rules and some of the other anti-industrial policies we have in the US. But then if parts of this are moved to other emerging market countries. Vietnam is a communist country. It has bad mercantilist policies, but it's not planning to take over the world. And so at the margins, if we can move things from China to Vietnam, that's a big win.

🚨NEW: Peter Thiel with Joe Lonsdale on tariffs, trade policy, and China. "You need a very drastic reset with China. In theory, you need to reset with other people, but what we really need to get them to do is also reset things with China." Full episode drops next week! JOE: We've been talking about China on and off for over 20 years, and their imbalances. This week the President declared trade war on them, effectively, with 125% tariffs as of now; it'll probably change in the next few days. What do you think of the trade and tariff policy? What's gonna happen? Bond yields sold off more than I expected. The yields went higher than I expected so far. What's going on? PETER: I'm hesitant to comment since obviously it's a very, very fluid situation, but something like the sort of reset that they're talking about now seems where we're going, where you need a very drastic reset with China. In theory you need to reset with other people, but what we really need to get them to do is also reset things with China. I think the rough numbers are that about a quarter of the US trade deficit is bilaterally with China, but another quarter is indirectly with China. So China is sort of half the problem... And then China is the geopolitical rival. So there's a way in which people in Mercedes in Germany are selling cars to the US. We might want to have those pretty well paying jobs in the US and, and not in Germany. And there are all kinds of sort of mercantilist policies that at the margins Germany engages in. But, you know, it's probably not gonna repurpose the Mercedes factory to build tanks to invade the US or something like this. Whereas this sort of dual use problem is the problem with China. ...There are ways the economic relationship with China is fairly efficient.... if people are working for a dollar and a half an hour in a Foxconn factory, we don't really want to get those jobs in Wisconsin. But it is this geopolitical rivalry where... you have to somehow factor in that the economists never are able to factor in properly with China. I'm not sure I would call this the optimistic plan, but the reset in trade that seems desirable to me would be that we radically changed the relationship with China and we sort of induce a lot of other countries to radically change their relationship with China. And that's how we, you know, maybe that's how we build a stronger western alliance of the free world. JOE: Well there's going to be some interesting negotiations in the next few months. Did you think that we could bring, maybe using AI, some more advanced manufacturing here that was in China? Is that a real thing the next decade to do a bunch more here, thanks to our more efficiencies and productivity? PETER: There's probably always a decent amount of things like that. You have to always be extremely granular on how expensive the robots are, how expensive the equipment is, because in some sense, manufacturing has been getting steadily more automated for 250 years. And you've had the machines that make the machines. The machines that make the machines are getting sort of smarter and more complicated. And there are ways in which AI is a quantum leap. There's a way in which it's just, you know, a natural continuation of this, you know, two century long process. I think there are some parts that can be moved to the US with AI. Maybe also if you change some of the environmental rules and some of the other anti-industrial policies we have in the US. But then if parts of this are moved to other emerging market countries. Vietnam is a communist country. It has bad mercantilist policies, but it's not planning to take over the world. And so at the margins, if we can move things from China to Vietnam, that's a big win.

American Optimist

316,973 views • 1 year ago

“We, as the Venezuelan people, as Caribbean people, as the people of the Liberators, will not allow them to set their insolent foothold here in Venezuela. We will not allow it. We are in the streets today, and we will remain in the streets, holding vigils and safeguarding Venezuela's institutions, because first, our Constitution must be respected, and second, we are a sovereign and independent people. Today, in response to Donald Trump's statements, we reject this by remaining in the streets and by supporting the Venezuelan military high command, while also making this known to the entire world. We demand that all the peoples of the world speak out against this violation of our rights. Venezuela has been a country that has opened its doors to many countries around the world. Venezuela has extended a helping hand to many governments around the world. Today, the Venezuelan people demand that all the peoples of the world also speak out against this situation that is attacking our identity.”

“We, as the Venezuelan people, as Caribbean people, as the people of the Liberators, will not allow them to set their insolent foothold here in Venezuela. We will not allow it. We are in the streets today, and we will remain in the streets, holding vigils and safeguarding Venezuela's institutions, because first, our Constitution must be respected, and second, we are a sovereign and independent people. Today, in response to Donald Trump's statements, we reject this by remaining in the streets and by supporting the Venezuelan military high command, while also making this known to the entire world. We demand that all the peoples of the world speak out against this violation of our rights. Venezuela has been a country that has opened its doors to many countries around the world. Venezuela has extended a helping hand to many governments around the world. Today, the Venezuelan people demand that all the peoples of the world also speak out against this situation that is attacking our identity.”

Camila

39,243 views • 7 months ago