Comments by "Thurso Berwick" (@thursoberwick1948) on "The Man With 10% of a Brain" video.

rptrm82 There are some very rich powerful people in this world and they can buy off very intelligent people to redesign the world for their benefit, not ours. In fact they are doing so right now.
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@barquerojuancarlos7253 Anyone who think a binary system is democratic would be one of those.
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You wouldn't get anywhere near the UK civil service with that kind of IQ.
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@nigelthornberry9484 You have to pass a test to join the UK Civil Service. I reckon your IQ would have to be well over a hundred to get through it.
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Promotion of Flat Earth Theory is mostly a psy-op to discredit alternative thinking. Don't agree with the government? You must be a flat Earther too.
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@TeddysTube Yes, key emphasis on docile. They'll support a few intelligent people if they can be roped into working for them or their interests do not conflict with theirs.
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@TeddysTube I've known quite a few docile smart people. Usually bookworm types. High schools are full of them, often girls who just knuckle down and keep a low profile so they can get into a decent university.
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@Fr00stee In reality, if it weren't for non-conformist thinking, we'd still be living in caves. People who can think outside the box produce cultural, political, social and scientific progress. People who stay in the box keep bad ideas and bad governments in power.... Which is precisely why bad governments don't like non-conformist ideas (if they can't can't co-opt them like they did with, say rock music), and promote the idea that non-conformity automatically makes you a "Flat Earther".
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Original is "a bottom in front of me than a frontal lobotomy".
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@Pygmyz06 It's the RepDem fandom turning up for a bit of whataboutery. I swear half of these folk are bots. At least they accept one more party in their system than North Korea.... Otherwise it's all tedious - Obama did this, Trump did that etc.
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God speaks to you too. You're just deaf. 😉
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@Fr00stee The stuff I've mentioned is all non-conformist. Most people are conditioned to think of the ludicrous examples, because it suits the establishment. In actual fact, a number of non-conformist ideas have ended up mainstream in the west, like vegetarianism, feminism, freedom of religion, cannabis legalisation or environmentalism; or have substantial support in the public like pacifism, self-suffiency, decriminalisation of drugs etc.. Even in these times, it is easy to divide people into "sensible" and "anti-vaxxer", but it isn't that neat, because many people criticise the economic handling, but have had the shots; or have been vax'd before but reject the current shots; or have had the vax but respect the right of others to refuse; or support the vax but oppose digital tracking ID ("vaccine passports"). There are numerous positions.
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@Fr00stee Did you notice I put quote marks around "passport"? That's because they aren't mainly about travel - that's a switch and bait. They are already being used for everyday purposes in some countries, such as Israel - entry into libraries, universities, shops, restaurants... Maybe even public transport in the future. This mission creep has been happening in this country - you now need them to get into soccer games. It makes little logical sense. If the Vs are effective, then the unv'd are no threat to the v'd. However, the v'd can still transmit, which also undermines the premise. It also discriminates against those who cannot take Vs (and there are a number of very different reasons for that.) Once these tracking IDs are in, it is unlikely they will ever be removed, even though the entire project is incompatible with a free society. The conformist version answer is just "do what you're told and obey orders." We're told to accept v's like AZ/Oxford which have been restricted/prohibited in twenty other countries.
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@Fr00stee The majority of the population is V'd here, so if they work, what is the point of these apart from spying on the general population? That isn't compatible with democracy, in fact even East Germany never had that level of public surveillance (not an exaggeration - my ex grew up there, so I heard all about it). Here is the point: once you introduce these, they are NEVER going away. Governments around the world will stoke up this or some other thing. Twenty years ago, they used "tear wrists" (as Dubya used to call them) to strip away freedoms, in the Cold War it was Communists. Same trend, different excuses. The European Union was discussing this type of ID ten years ago, now it has had the excuse to introduce it. Not only do these things track you, they can also deny you entry to certain locations. That is not a future we need or want. "Everybody is already being tracked by the government" The boiling a frog argument. Just because something is already happening, doesn't mean it is right. Besides which we aren't required to take our phones everywhere. That's currently optional.
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@jamesmcbeth4463 Are you a believer in the undemocratic two party system or just another bot?
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@TeddysTube A lot of people sell out. They may grind their teeth in dissatisfaction, but even brilliant people need to pay their bills.
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@voltaire3001 Are you a bot? Do you think the two party system is democratic?
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@Jermo7899 Are you another one of these people who thinks a two party system represents the full range of American opinion?
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I'll take this sponsor over ball trimming.
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@Fr00stee p.s. If you want examples of conformist stupidity in recent times (at least round here), here are a few examples: * Banknotes (bills) spread Covid, but using touchscreen tills doesn't. * Allowing big business to give massive donations to politicians doesn't compromise a democratic system at all. * Making China rich will improve human rights there (heard this argument numerous times on TV). * The news is an honest and fair account of what is going on. * Scientists are always impartial/fulfil the scientific ideal. * Scientific opinion is a monolithic idea handed down from on high, not a multiplicity of competing ideas and interpretations of data. * Russia is more dangerous than China, and is behind most internet trouble. * Western governments defend democracy and freedom.
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