Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Apocalypse Never? | Michael Shellenberger | EP 197" video.

  1.  Jorge Briln  When you make things about skin colour, you lose sight of the message. Worse, it compounds resentment which leads to retribution. Discuss ideas not immutable characteristics.
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  2. Sacrifice is the key. You can have a good life, filled with meaning but you have to be willing to work, accept setbacks and be able to deal with tragedies because tragedy will come. It's not easy but when you're ready for the challenge it's won't be that hard, either.
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  3.  Jorge Briln  Yes...you're correct but MAN....are you wrong. You've completely missed the point and then turned it into something malevolent and disguised it with a snicker.
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  4.  @evansmith2766  What it does is allow the person, that has personal problems, a way to avoid confronting them. It directs the solution away from solving their own addictions, depressions and doubts and foisting them onto something that is WAY beyond their control. This can only exacerbate the issues that are actually troubling them. Viktor Frankl didn't survive the Nazi camps by pursuing systemic change. Given his situation, that would have been an impossible endeavour. He did it by pursuing change within himself. Shame can be a big part of that. There is shame in being an addict, homeless and locked in a static state of oppression. There's no escaping it. I know that for a fact. As long as the world was in a hopeless state, in my mind, I was in a hopeless state and I was ashamed of who I was and what I was doing. I had to look inside, find what was worthwhile and coddle it back into something that I could use. Incredibly, it made things better and strangely enough, the world got better as well. At least it made it better to deal with in a more pragmatic and personal level. That made things so much better for those around me. You don't fix the system. You fix yourself and the system changes when enough of us manage to fix ourselves.
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  5.  @evansmith2766  Frankl looked inside to find that stoicism. Had he not looked for the worthwhile, deep within him, he'd have never would have found the strength to sustain that stoic lifestyle. The one thing that you'll find when you try to fight the system and not deal with your own personal issues, is that the system will fight back. A person that has dug in, like Frankl did, to find their inner strength, will become a slave to the issues that will prevent him from dealing with setbacks in a positive manner. He becomes resentful, may even lash out in anger and that can only end badly, not just for him but for all that come into contact with him. Frankl found an inner strength and peace. That's the way to deal with the world around you. The world will live on, like it always has, with all it's horrors and corruption, but you'll be gone. At least make your corner of it, a place where people will want to engage with you. You accomplish nothing by constant complaints.
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  6.  @omigiekiel5968  Yes...it's entirely possible.
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