Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "1420 by Daniil Orain" channel.

@Micha-qv5uf European countries are literally electing fascists or close to it after the US elected a populist with fascist tendencies. Europe is as deep in the shit in that direction as the US is with a few exceptions.
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@chiricahuaapache5132 I'm sure to you, getting a basic education is akin to being oppressed. "How dare gubment make me do anything???"
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@Davebsuk "Ingrained Nationalists" Wow.
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@Myria83 I won't argue that the likes of feminism is still needed, in fact I encourage it; I just don't see it as an "EQUALITY" movement. Just a "WOMEN'S RIGHTS" movement. That is to say; I don't at all see them trying to help men, but I still think they're fine in advocating for women's right as a whole. Just don't act like it wants equality for men. If it can get away with it, it would prolly go too far and become oppressive. However, democracy is a balancing act, so their influence will naturally counter and be countered by others. I don't think men working in more hazardous conditions or even dying more often is a fault of inequality, though. This is a critical disagreement I have with Feminism; the belief that any inequality of outcome at all is the fault inequality of society. Fact is, men and women are different, so will result in differing outcomes generally. I'm more talking about the stuff that CAN and SHOULD be fixed such as perception of what a "Man" or a "Woman" should/could be. Legal inequalities. If Feminists want more women in STEM fields, then go ahead, but Feminists shouldn't act like its somehow proof that women are being mistreated if they don't apply as often as men do, and vice versa for men in more caring roles like teaching positions in the lower grades. Thus, the "unpaid work" talk is something I find absurd, assuming you're referring to taking care of children or the home. Fact is that someone has to, Man or Woman. That's life. Not all labor can have a price tag; since some things have to be done regardless. Now if you want to talk about EXPECTATION of women doing X or Y, then fine, that's more fair. And to be blunt; there is no fixing the difference in reproductive biology. Fact is that women, if they choose to have a child, will be out of commission for months in the latter half of it. Such things as Maternity Leave can aid with that, but there is no way to truly bridge that gap. If there is one truly bad thing about Feminism, its the idea that Women HAVE to be like Men in all aspects. I know its kinda a dogwhistle in uber Conservative circles, but there is truth in the idea that Women shouldn't have to be like Men to be equal. Also, these are all shifting ideas anyway. Maybe in the future, its considered monstrous by future women to have abortion at all after learning something new. Idk. For now, out of sheer practicality, it makes sense to have it open for at least the First Trimester imho. I'm not fond of the moralistic quibbling of "women's bodies/child's life" arguments when the reality is that abortion will happen anyway, the question is how safe it will be and how difficult it can be to obtain. And the fact of the matter is that even in Liberal Democracies nobody has a complete RIGHT to their own body anyway; otherwise governments wouldn't be able to mandate vaccine use (which I agree with). But again, that's just me trying to be reasonable in an era where screaming, biased news, bots spreading lies, and bombastic headlines meant to incite anger dominate the mainstream.
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@awesomebearaudiobooks Then I guess the Allies shouldn't have use the draft to fight the N@zi's, right? With people like you around the world would have fallen to Fascism a long time ago
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@markusklyver6277 Why is it suddenly okay if Americans say it too? Americans who say that are no less incorrect.
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@istvanglock7445 Incorrect. The only Americans who say that are the most fringe of Conservatives. I should know; I know quite a few.
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@wutfacewutface7343 Are you mad that people getting attacked are getting weapons to fight back? Because that's peak victim blaming. Suspicious how this logic only shows up when Russia starts a war but never when Russians give weapons to countries fighting the West.
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@Emperorhirohito19272 That's because the Old Testament is supposed to have been made null by Jesus' sacrifice, so anyone taking it at face value are wrong by default. At least that's the position of Catholics and Orthodox.
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@Kajpaje Prolly more referring to drag shows to children or allowing gender reassignment surgery for children. Which yeah, can be sus, but I don't even think guys advocate for that; that's more a Trans thing.
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@TheHesseJames Indeed, we all have to be a little wary. With Russia humiliated, a lot of the sail from these far-right politicians should be clipped for a bit -so that'd be nice.
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@ClarkinFlame49810 Russia made similar intrusions. Nobody cared, dear. Everyone cared about literal Hitleresque conquests though.
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@PorterWood09 I fail to see how the Russians aren't more hateful than the Americans; the Russians are passively accepting of imperialism and destruction of other peoples by calling them "brothers". The difference between the Americans is that they're nowhere near as unironically imperialist.
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@Myria83 If we are talking abouy rights, then women still have the right to force male partners who don't want to have a child to pay child support without consent as well as having an inordinate amount of influence compared to men in the court system in the US. Just saying thay you are hardly in a position to be complaining about inequality.
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@Myria83 You're talking about part-time work, most likely. There's no way in God's green Earth that such work, which is there specifically for flexible hours and for not a stressful life, can ever have such security. One of the reasons women live longer than men? Because they're much less stressed than men, and part of that is because there doesn't seem to be a general DRIVE to work harder/faster which allow women to more enjoy their lives. That isn't condemnation or praise, that just seems to be the general trend. So yes, that is something I can't help but roll my eyes over. If women get all that you want for part-time work, then that's effectively just Feminists arguing for Female Privilege. They would NOT be arguing for such a thing if Men were in that position instead. It reminds me of that Feminists Article I read a while back complaining that Women's life expectancy were falling to Men's level. Might have been The Guardian. Either way, can't say I agree with this mindset. A stable full-time job is one thing for security/time off/healthcare, etc -this is another.
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@Myria83 Well, duh; that's most of the world where women's rights are still in their infancy. That's an absurd metric to draw from when looking at specific societies and their issues -and I was plainly referring to the West. Now even then, there is prolly still a gap even if you take into account paid labor gender gaps, but the "unpaid labor" bit is still an absurd piece of propaganda at best. Whether its society-forced upon women, or its done willingly, "unpaid labor" like taking care of children is necessary in society and won't disappear. Again, if you want to talk about pushing back against societal pressure for women alone to do such work then that's fair. Pretty sure all studies that talk about men dying younger than women mention stress in work-life balance and how women handle it better. I don't have any stats on me though. Home accidents are MUCH less frequent than accidents outside. Like, that isn't up for debate, come on lol
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@mengwu1113 For many hostile governments, the definition of US foreign policy or imperialism comes down to "they won't let us colonize/be imperialists", so its a little hard to take this opinion seriously. I definitely support the US Government in preventing hostile take over of Taiwan, for example.
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@docgonzobordel Most just consider it their country. May as well ask what people from Brittany feel about France. At some point they just become a part of the wider country despite past antagonisms.
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