Comments by "c. j. macq" (@cjmacq-vg8um) on "Academy of Ideas"
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@idenhlm .... this is how equalists see "morality." morality is a cultural construct. it changes from time to time and place to place. what's moral changes depending on where and when you live.
ETHICS on the other hand, are intrinsic. they don't change and aren't determined by cultural prejudices. which, always seem to favor the oligarchs. humanity is naturally ethical. we're, by nature, honest, coopertaive, empathetic and kind. this is "who" humanity actually is. its through 1000's of years of elitist predatory rule and propganda that's convinced us of the false notion that we're naturally predatory, selfish and violent.
so, in this sense i disagree with Nietzsche. i'm not a big fan of Nietzsche, but like most writers, i believe he's been misinterpreted to coincide with the desires and goals of our oppressors.
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@egrytznr8893 ... thanks so much for that info. i gotta read that book. its date, 1908, was close to the guilded age and the installment of the "fed." i wonder if london just extrapolated from the previous 30 years of american history. anyone who lived through the gilded age could've predicted the coming of the corporate state we currently find ourselves.
just goes to show, humanity has been warned by MANY sources of this insanity we now face. many people joined in trying to change this horrifying direction but the oligarchs WON! as always, they got their way.
every step taken to reverse this fascist trend has been met with lies, propaganda, hostility and corruption to maintain, and reinforce the power of the elite-class status quo. coolidge, hoover, nixon, reagan, the bush's, the GOP and even the dems of the last 30 years have all done whatever the elite have wanted done. every step taken to reverse this fascist trend has been met with hostility and corruption to maintain, and reinforce the power of the elite-class status quo.
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@Nightdare ... of course. like orwell, and any other sensible person, i favor a non-predatory socialist economic system over an elitist producing, corruption inducing, predatory rewarding capitalist system.
you know, there's a reason why the buddha, plato, jesus, john locke, tom paine, thoreau, emerson, mill, twain, einstein, gandhi, orwell and m. l. king were all socialists. i think its time we start listening to and following the WISEST humanity has to offer.
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@judykozma2678 ... interesting saying. but i have no children. so who ruined my second half of life? in my case my parents offered me an almost idyllic childhood. they didn't start screwing up my life until after i became an adult.
but i'll tell you what, although my parents did their part in sabataging my adult life their effect was minimal compared to the efforts of people i DON'T EVEN KNOW to make me utterly miserble. CEOs, corporate boards, banks, college administrators, bureaucrats, technocrats, engineers, cops, landlords, lawyers, doctors and politicians.
these are the people who attack us everyday, as a part of their daily jobs. people JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS are more dangerous than those giving the orders. imagine what would happen if people stopped following the orders of corrupt, greedy predators.
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@egrytznr8893 ... when you wrote - "Sometimes people have to lose faith in everything to gain faith in themselves, then reexamine the things they thought they knew..." i couldn't agree more. it was my loss in faith in the "system," seeing it fail regardless of who's in charge, that led me to found the philosophy pf "equalism."
but the "thought revolution" i'm speaking of is both an internal, subjective one and an external, objective one. in other words it CAN'T happen as long as we keep this revolution to ourselves. BUT, like you suggested, it MUST BEGIN within us.
equalism asks each of us - "how do you expect the entire world to change when you're unwilling to change yourself." once we begin to change ourselves, our behaviors as much as our thoughts, or, how our thoughts dictate our behaviors, WE MUST UNITE in our common goals.
this is how we change the world for the better. how do i know? because its never been tried and nothing else has worked. even if we try and fail, at least we tried something different for once rather than repeating the same mistakes we've made for 1000's of years.
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@lishalou761 ... you're missing the point and rejecting the facts. FACT: so-called big govt is run by the VERY same people who run big business! the oligarchic elite OWN AND OPERATE BOTH! to denounce one without denouncing the other is an example of fascist short sightedness and hypocrisy.
see, fascists, like you, DON'T REALLY denounce big govt. they denounce "liberal" big govt. they pursue and embrace big "conservative" govt that enforces the will of the fascist corporate elite. all you gotta do is listen to trump, abbott, desantis, mcconnel, jordan, greene and all the other fascist trump cult to recognize this.
they ALL attack socialism and liberal govt while using the power of their "right-wing" govts to enforce their fascist goals.
here's another reality. "communism" is akin to anarchy. its the final stage of socialism where the govt "withers away." how does this promote "big govt?" socialism ISN'T about big govt either. many on the left get this wrong. socialism is a society where govt programs AREN'T NEEDED! society takes care of its own with little govt interference. through democracy govt is used as an administrator, not as a dictator of individual beliefs.
THAT'S THE END GOAL OF ACTUAL SOCIALISM. a society ruled, NOT BY PEOPLE, but by ideas of cooperation, compassion, equality, empathy, ethics and individual rights. that's REAL socialism! why on earth would anyone but a true fascist fear REAL socialism? it combines the principles of individual autonomy with social obligations. this UNITES humanity. and a united humanity is what fascists TRULY FEAR!
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that's about the truest blanket statement i ever heard. i've been exposing the dangerous capitalist lies for decades now. usually, my exposing this truth has led to attacks, ridicule and ostracization. but history has proved me right! THE POLICE-STATE IS HERE and its corporate funded and administered.
this video just described trump, his cult and the practically entire GOP! the fascist/capitalists have mastered the BIG LIE! they call it "marketing," "advertising" and social manipulation for economic gain. lying and fraud is the business plan of ALL capitalist endeavors.
the psychologist bernays "taught" these fascist corporations and fascist politicians of media manipulation to spread lies to gain AND HOLD political and economic power.
bernays pushed the use of the unspruluous tactcs of "firehosing" - the repeating of a lie often enough people begin to believe it - "gaslighting" - lying about the insanity of those who know the truth - "astro-turfing" - misrepresenting the true intent behind fraudulant political organization to trick people into voting AGAINST their own best interests. "projection" and the use of ad hominem" attacks are all part of this fascist strategy adopted by the elite, their corporations, the GOP, the libertarians AND TRUMP AND HIS FASCIST CULT! now, the left is even beginning to use and exploit many of these fascist tactics.
stalin and his soviets lied about being communist. they weren't. the other fascists lie about communism itself. why? because they want us to FEAR what will free us FROM THEM! its really not too difficult to distinguish lies from fact. if you're a fascist you may or may not believe these lies - but regardless - you spread the lies anyway as a political strategy.
seems almost everyone has everything all mixed up. and this is DUE to the big lies we've been told from birth. we're born INTO this society of corporate, capitalist lies. why do you think poverty still exists? its because the lies we;'re told from birth. why do you think the most greedy, ruthless and corrupt fascists continue to rule? its because of the lies we're told from birth!
its just that simple. no need for massive convolution and complication.
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@Nightdare ... yes it is. its the fundemental principle of socialism. much of what you hear from the left, and ALL of what you hear from the right ISN'T socialism. here, i'll break it down for you:
socialism is economic democracy and democracy is political socialism. the one can't exist without the other. its strictly anti-fascist and anti-elitist where majority rule and individual rights are mutually protected. its based upon cooperation and mutual benefit.
capitalism, on the other hand, is economic fascism and fascism is political capialism. the one can't exist without the other. its based upon an elitist heirarchy, cut throat competition, social divisions, animosity and greed.
don't confuse capitalism with free-marketism. they're two seperate things. the stock market isn't free-marketism. the capitalist elite don't want free markets, or free people. THEY WANT TO RULE! and that's how capitalism works. whoever has the most money GET THEIR WAY! under capitalism the RICH make the decisions and they corrupt the govt to protect and increase their wealth and enforce their will.
socialism and free marketism are, in fact, more closely related thsn capitalism and free-marketism.
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@philindeblanc ... you wrote - "and the populous thinking that we have the right and the left that are against one another. ... Its all divide and conquer as it has been for centuries." i couldn't agree more. i agree so much i founded a new and innovative philosophy called "equalism" based on those very truths.
among other things, equalism says - the "left" and "right" aren't the bitter enemies the "elite" on both sides would have us believe. our rulers pit us against each other so THEY maintain power over us all. and "identity politics" is one method they use to keep us divided. this "us vs them" paradigm has been used by the elite for OVER 6000 years, since the first civilizations. the elite has divided us by race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, politics, economics and even sex to divide us against each other. when the reality is we ALL have much more in common with one another than differences.
we fight each other, we slander, fear, hate and KILL each other all for the sake of our specific elite; for their rule, their power, their wealth and their BLIND GREED!
but equalism isn't a moderate position. its STRICTLY anti-fascist. we equalists define "fascism" as any act of predation, intimidation, fraud, fear, or force. what it does is UNITE the NON-fascists, the non-predators, ON BOTH SIDES against the predatory fascists on both sides.
govt isn't the problem. and business isn't the problem. but its the oligarchs, the elite who control and corrupt them both to benefit themselves - THEY'RE THE PROBLEM!
there's more to it than that but that's the underlying goal of equalism. ONLY when we unite against and reject the divisions of our common oppressors will we ever be FREE!
how we've been living for the last 6000 years has done nothing but cause misery and pain for humanity. ITS TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH! a new way to look at ourselves and the world in which we live! quit following old archaic, 19th century ideas. equalism brings economic, political and social thought into the 21st century!
i've devoted my LIFE and dedicated my youtube channel to the teaching of equalism. ALL NON-PREDATORS are welcome to watch my channel and learn more. all non-predators are invited to join the equalism movement and LET'S ALL STOP making the same mistakes we've been making for 6000 years!
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@choosecarefully408 ... i'm not sure where you're coming in at? so, are you a traitor-trump-lover or a patriotic american? do you favor democracy and the rule of law or the perpertual lies of conman trump and his fascist cult?
while in the whitehouse trump broke the law on a DAILY BASIS! his was the most corrupt "administration" since the gilded age. even more corrupt than reagan's administration.
pelosi committed no crimes. i don't even like her but she didn't make rich people richer, steal millions from the military to build a useless wall, obstruct justice in investigations of foreign collusion, bribe and extort ANOTHER foreign leader for political favors, betray and murder 1000's of kurds, murder over 775,000 americans through neglegence and corruption or attack the capital to install a dictator.
pelosi ain't the problem. TRAITOR TRUMP REMAINING FREE TO SPREAD MORE LIES, HATE AND VIOLENCE throughout america, THAT'S THE PROBLEM! the dems let nixon and reagan get away with their horrible crimes against american "democracy." and the GOP just keeps getting more disgusting, more dishonest and more VIOLENT! here's the dems chance to correct that but trump and his high level cronies REMAIN FREE to destroy the very foundations on which this country was founded.
so, do you support trump's treason? i couldn't tell from your comment.
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@JAAB9296 ... your comment is based upon untrue assumptions. i'll address only one of those assumptions. you say - "Man "by nature" desires 3 things; money, power and complete control, that is how it has always worked and will always work." that's just untrue. its a fallacy created by the predators who rule us to justify their own predation. ITS A LIE!
i'm a human and predation isn't my nature. i don't seek power, money or control over anyone. most people are like me. we just want to be left the hell alone. but the predators who rule us WON'T leave us alone.
predation is a LEARNED trait. not a natural one. humanity's natural instincts are that of empathy, cooperation and mutual benefit. sadly, the elite have brainwashed us to violate our natural instincts and even created a global system that harms kind, honest, compassionate people. and i, for one, am damned tired of being punished for the incompentence, cruelty and greed of others.
my question is - WHY AREN'T you as tired as i am of being screwed every time you turn around?
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