Extreme Z7

Culture wars have been going on online since 2016 and maybe even earlier lol.

It's about the Orange Square incident. lolz

Yes, I started an entire thread about it. But it's still good you posted it here. That thread is now locked by a mod after it sparked a few unnecessary arguments.

LOL. Meanwhile. . . . Libertarians two months ago: "The Lockdown is One of Humanity's Biggest Mistakes in Modern History"

*mostly Red states

I still like Vaush overall. But yeah, this is my issue with not just him but his ilk in a nutshell. They'll often dismiss types like Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, or even David Pakman as neo-liberals as if they're brand of progressivism gets nothing accomplished or actively enforces the status quo.

@Leo Gura I've thought about it some more and now I genuinely think you're wrong in saying that Vaush thinks most conservatives are fascists. Not quite sure where you got that from. I've been a fan of his content for many months and I never got that message from him. And he certainly has never just said it outright. I think he just believes that there is a significant section of online right-wing political discourse that largely represents fascist behavior. I don't think you're being charitable enough to him but I will admit that he does lean towards ideological tendencies as well. But hey, at least he recognizes the importance of voting for Biden 2020 lol.

@Epikur Don't argue this with me. It's very simple to understand. I have better things to do. Edit: Read up on what a mental illness is. I think that's mostly your problem here.

Well. . . it's dumb. You can't just explain away ideologies you don't like with mental illness. Richard Dawkins did that and he was mocked for it at least by sensible people who don't think religion comes from mental illness.

Never claimed he's a high-quality source. He also unironically thinks the majority of nazis (and certain kinds of hippies) are mentally ill. And generally speaking, anyone who doesn't even know Spiral Dynamics is a thing doesn't understand 99% of human behavior. He's still entertaining as hell sometimes, though. I don't watch almost every one of his videos unlike someone like David Pakman. Though admittedly, Pakman's uploads are very short.

This is all just speculation. Not even particularly substantiated speculation.

Vaush is a game streamer too actually. But he tends not to do political commentary and gaming at the same time unlike Destiny. I also think Vaush tends to be more interested in self-education and research.

He used the N-word one time to try to shock an obnoxious Nazi who kept literally saying "N-word" during a stream. The Nazi was clearly just taunting so Vaush said the actual word himself to throw him off.

@Max_V I rarely watch any of Destiny's content and even when I do, it's only a small portion of it. I think he doesn't have the vision to create fresh and innovative content topics on YouTube, at least not anymore unlike Vaush. The problem with Destiny is that he tends to focus too much on debating bad political opinions and takes and almost never spends any time talking about how we can improve the systems we live with. Vaush is more of a hybrid of that. @Leo Gura Funnily enough, Destiny did have a pretty revealing conversation with David Pakman where even Pakman was just shocked by how antagonistic Destiny has become. He openly admits to wanting to talk more about Trump, Neo-Nazism, etc. than anything else.

@Leo Gura You seem to be talking about populism a lot lately. Since this is mainly a personal development forum, I'm curious to know what you think are the direct negative effects that having a toxic populist ideology has to one's personal life, if any, as opposed to just talking about the large-scale systemic effects of populism.

Vaush's response to their response to critics:

Microsoft using shady illegal tactics to crush their competition is an example of corruption. Corruption is the norm in a completely free market. Stop assuming companies will just automatically know how to avoid causing direct harm to the human population. The problem with taking away the government is that you are then giving all the power to the private sector which is significantly more likely to cause trouble since you no longer have central authority that is able to enforce regulations meant to prevent harm. Good luck trying to help a create a world where you can only get policing from private companies and justice from private courts. That would be way worse than what we have now.

Look up the Microsoft anti-trust lawsuit of 2001.

How Monopoly works:

I'm sorry. What's the point of this question?

I think that many people who have experienced prison may possibly have had their life changed for the better because of it. I'd much prefer listening to or maybe even employing someone who has spent years in prison and learned from the experience rather than someone who has lived an average life in a traditional conservative environment who thinks they're morally superior to criminals. Check out this documentary if you have the time. It's one of my favorites and it really shows how someone with a criminal history can become a completely different person after (or sometimes even during) their sentence. Just observe the way the guy talks and his body language.

The placebo effect has always baffled me tbh. Sometimes, it makes me wonder if we'll even notice a difference if all medicines and supplements have been replaced with sugar pills without anyone noticing.

Leo Gura's way of saying "Time to get WOKE, bro!"

@DoubleYou I hate you so much right now

Numerology is probably crap. But it's an interesting kind of crap.