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00:00All right, two questions, great questions from the fine readers at x, fdreural.com slash x.
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00:12Now, the first question, where was my consciousness before my birth?
00:18I mean, there's two answers to that.
00:20And one is, all of the atoms that compose your consciousness were always there for as long as the universe has existed from a sort of functional physics standpoint,
00:34given that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted to energy and back.
00:39The atoms that make up your consciousness are immortal.
00:44I mean, which is a way of saying that they are eternal.
00:48Now, of course, they're not immortal because atoms don't live or die.
00:51So, you and I are composed of the bowels of exploding stars that have crossed across the universe to aggregate on planet Earth and become our consciousness as a whole.
01:05So, it's a beautiful thing.
01:07We were forged in the furnace of a dying star, and that's a beautiful thing.
01:12We have brought a dead star back to life through the blinding luminosity of thought.
01:20So, the atoms that make up your consciousness have been around forever and ever, amen, and will be around forever and ever, amen, when we die.
01:30We will go into the ground, we will go into the bellies of worms, and the worms will excrete, we will be used as food for plants.
01:43That plant may be eaten by another human being, and then we merge into another life, though, of course, we, as an entity, are long gone.
01:53But our atoms, we're just borrowing them.
01:56You're just borrowing them.
01:57And, you know, you ever find a really old penny, or 1913, or, you know, whatever it is, you find a really old penny, and, of course, we can while away an idle moment or two by wondering just how many pockets that penny has been through, how many times it has been spent, on what items, how many people it has passed, between how long has it journeyed from its origin in the mint in 1913 to our pocket in the present.
02:24And, I mean, back when you could spend pennies, we would then go and buy something and use it as spare change, it would sit in the cashier, and then it would be maybe paid out in a pay and go somewhere else.
02:35So, we are merely custodians of the coin for the moment, and it passes from us to other people in its very lengthy journey towards its final decommission when it is a worn-down nub.
02:48But even then, the atoms that are in the coin continue forever and ever. Amen.
02:54When we have a baby, we have assembled atoms into the shape, form, content, and substance of a human life.
03:03We have not created a baby, we have simply assembled the atoms.
03:07When I have just finished writing a book, a very good book called Dissolution, and in writing that book, I have taken atoms and assembled them into text, on a screen, on paper if you print it out.
03:27And I have taken the atoms in my fingers, used them to type a book, which has changed the atoms on the screen, changed the atoms on the hard drive, and then changed the atoms on your screen when you read it, which changes the atoms in your mind when you process it, right?
03:44You think about the book, and it changes who you are to one degree or another.
03:49There have been some books that have completely reshaped who I am, and there have been other books that have had a minor effect, but have been fun.
03:56So, no, we're just in a constant state of shuffling eternal atoms.
04:02That's all that is going on.
04:04So, your consciousness did not exist prior to you coming into being.
04:10All consciousness is based on the brain, but the atoms within the brain are eternal.
04:16So, we are a temporary assemblage of eternal fragments, and we should really relish and enjoy and appreciate that, the odds against it.
04:29I mean, if you've ever had this thought, you're sort of lying in a bed, it's a beautiful summer's night,
04:38and there are some crickets, a little bit of wind in the trees, the windows open, it's an outward opening window,
04:47and you have some Venetian blinds, and you catch sight of a star through the black bars opening to the midnight sky through the Venetian blinds,
04:59and the star might be 200 light years away.
05:04Serious, I don't know, I mean, it's a long way away.
05:07200 light years away.
05:09So, a photon erupted from that star as the result of a wild, multi-billionaire nuclear explosion.
05:16A photon erupted from that star, and went spitting and scurrying out into the universe,
05:23and traveled in the empty wastes of space for 200 years.
05:29Right, 1825, it started.
05:34Now, the light only comes into conscious existence when it lands in a human eye, or an animal eye,
05:40but in this case we'll just talk about it.
05:41A human eye, because only the human eye can call it a star.
05:45The animal eye only looks at it as undifferentiated dots in the sky.
05:50That's not what they are.
05:50So, if we can imagine that that photon, that light particle, a particle or a wave,
05:59that star erupts, sorry, that light erupts from a star 200 years ago,
06:04and absolutely, I mean, light travels at 186,000 miles per second,
06:10and it has been traveling for 200 years.
06:13And as the photon begins to approach our solar system,
06:18it notices the star is getting bigger.
06:20And then it notices that it is approaching a planet,
06:24and it's actually going to land upon a planet.
06:28Let us imagine that the purpose of a photon, its desire,
06:33is to light up something, to land on something and light it up.
06:36That the photons that leave the sun are thrilled when they land on the moon,
06:44because they get to light something up.
06:45Rather than just cooking their way through the immeasurable wastes of space,
06:50they light something up, they land on something and light it up.
06:53And the only thing greater for a photon than lighting something up
06:58is to be perceived as lighting something up.
07:01There's not much point playing a beautiful song in your basement
07:05that no one gets to hear.
07:06The purpose of a musician, of course, is to be heard.
07:11So, the photon from an incalculable or barely calculable distance away,
07:19hundreds of trillions of miles,
07:22300,000 kilometers a second,
07:23I mean, it takes light a quarter second to get from the moon to us
07:26and eight minutes to get from the sun to us.
07:29200 years of travel.
07:32And the sun sparkle, like the sun sparkle, the sun effluent,
07:37the radiant beams of nuclear delight from 200 light years away,
07:43doesn't just get to a solar system,
07:47doesn't just get to a star, a sun, our sun,
07:52doesn't just get to a planet,
07:54doesn't just get to the surface,
07:55doesn't bounce off in some cloud.
07:58But the star spatter of light
08:02actually makes it to your eyeball
08:04across 200 light years.
08:09It passes, let's say there are clouds in the sky,
08:11it passes through the cloud at night,
08:15passes through the Venetian blind even.
08:20If your head had been one inch higher or one inch lower,
08:22you would not have seen that star.
08:23And that particular photon would never have landed in your eye
08:27and been identified as a star,
08:31not just a dot of light,
08:32but a star with purpose and meaning and comprehension
08:36and definition and understanding and appreciation.
08:39So you think of the odds of any random photon
08:43being blasted off the foreign sun's surface 200 light years away
08:49of making it all the way across the universe,
08:55landing in our solar system,
08:57on our planet,
08:59at night,
09:00right?
09:01Because if it's during the day,
09:02the photon is swallowed up by the general brightness of the sky,
09:05never reaches your eye really,
09:07makes it past the clouds,
09:09through the window,
09:11past the Venetian blind,
09:13and into your eye,
09:14where it sparks its definition.
09:16Oh, I'm looking at a star.
09:18What is a star?
09:19Oh, it's a giant nuclear reaction occurring
09:21hundreds of light years away.
09:23Now think of the,
09:24absolutely,
09:25I mean,
09:25what odds would you put
09:26on any random photon
09:29traveling across the universe,
09:33unable to change its path?
09:34What odds would you give
09:36any random star spray of light
09:41that it traveled 200 light years
09:45and landed in a human eye?
09:48My God,
09:49any individual photon,
09:50if you'd blinked,
09:52it might have traveled all that distance.
09:54Oh, I so want to be consummated
09:55and defined by a human eye.
09:58A human eye is the only thing in the universe
10:00that we know of
10:00that can define me as a photon,
10:02as a wave slash particle,
10:04as the product of a nuclear explosion
10:07occurring hundreds of light years away.
10:10Oh, it blinked.
10:12Oh, I came all this way.
10:15Or, oh, it came all this way
10:17and there was a notification on the phone
10:18and the person looked away
10:19and I did,
10:20they didn't,
10:21to actually land in your eye.
10:23It's incredible.
10:23I mean, the odds, right?
10:25The odds are even smaller
10:26that you are here.
10:29What an incredible gift life is.
10:32I mean, real life,
10:33thinking life,
10:34not just an animal.
10:36What is that old joke about
10:38a meadow
10:40on a summer's evening
10:41and the call and chirp
10:43and rustle and bustle
10:44of all the animals
10:46seeking to eat and screw?
10:49That's all they do.
10:50Just machines of eating and screwing, right?
10:52Like hedonists.
10:53So,
10:54your consciousness
10:56is the most
10:57improbable,
10:59exciting,
10:59fantastic and amazing
11:00assemblage
11:01of atoms
11:02that could possibly exist.
11:05What are the odds
11:06of any atom
11:08across this entire universe
11:09that it assembles
11:10into the three pounds
11:11of wetware
11:12at the top of your
11:13spinal column
11:15and your brain stem?
11:16and not only
11:18the atoms
11:20that are in your brains,
11:21but not even the atoms
11:23that are layers
11:24of old
11:25stuff, right?
11:27The lizard brain,
11:28the,
11:29oh,
11:29let's keep the
11:30heart pumping
11:30and the kidney
11:32and let's
11:33get the hormones
11:34balanced
11:34and like all of this,
11:35keep the breathing going,
11:36like all the stupid stuff
11:37in the brain,
11:38all the lizard brain
11:39and lower lizard brain stuff,
11:40but actual
11:40neofrontal cortex,
11:42the highest seed
11:42of reason,
11:44ah,
11:45your atoms
11:46in assembling
11:47into your consciousness
11:48have won
11:50a near
11:51infinitely
11:52impossible
11:53lottery
11:54and your atoms
11:56have meaning
11:56because they participate
11:57in human consciousness
11:59which is the only
12:00entity
12:00to create,
12:02define
12:02and pursue
12:03meaning
12:03in the universe
12:05that we know of.
12:06So,
12:07you had no
12:08consciousness
12:08before
12:10your birth,
12:11you hell
12:12have no
12:12consciousness
12:13after
12:13you are born.
12:16Where is the star
12:17before the matter
12:17aggregates and starts
12:19the nuclear explosion?
12:20There is no star.
12:21Where is the star
12:22after it has
12:23exploded?
12:25Assuming it goes
12:26full
12:26supernova.
12:28Well,
12:29it didn't exist,
12:30it existed
12:30and then it stops
12:32existing
12:32but the atoms
12:33are eternal
12:33and we should be
12:34incredibly grateful
12:35that we have
12:37assembled
12:38these atoms
12:39in consciousness
12:40which is winning
12:42the lottery
12:42for blind matter
12:44to have it
12:45unblinded
12:46for a very
12:47brief span.
12:49So,
12:49that's the first
12:49question,
12:50comment.
12:50The second is,
12:52is the Enlightenment
12:53or the French Revolution
12:54more
12:55of the reason
12:56for where we are
12:57today?
12:58So,
12:59my character
13:00Roman
13:00in my novel
13:02The Future
13:02which you should
13:03definitely read
13:04or even better
13:05listen to
13:06at
13:07freedomain.com
13:08slash books
13:09so Roman
13:10basically says
13:11that success
13:12is failure
13:13in societies
13:14that when
13:15societies succeed
13:16in other words
13:17they become
13:17materially wealthy
13:18successful
13:18and powerful
13:19sorry succeed
13:20successful
13:20bit of a
13:21redundancy there
13:22but when
13:23societies become
13:25wealthy and powerful
13:26that the
13:27seeds of their
13:28destruction
13:29are sown
13:29right?
13:30We know the cycle
13:31right?
13:31Good men
13:31hard times
13:32blah blah blah
13:32and I don't believe
13:34that's true at all
13:35I think that it is
13:36simply because
13:37of the government
13:37the government
13:40is the course
13:42and reason
13:43for
13:44the cycle
13:45of civilization
13:46nothing more
13:47nothing less
13:47it's not complicated
13:48and what happens
13:51is
13:51there is an
13:52increase in freedom
13:54and in particular
13:55economic freedom
13:57with economic freedom
13:59relative free trade
14:01with economic freedom
14:03comes wealth
14:05and with economic
14:07freedom
14:07comes wealth
14:09disparity
14:09with economic
14:11freedom
14:11right?
14:12The parade of
14:12principle
14:13the blinding
14:14geniuses
14:15of productivity
14:16that end up
14:16being
14:17you know
14:18multi-decker
14:20millionaires
14:20and billionaires
14:21and I guess
14:22at some point
14:22a trillionaire
14:23with economic
14:24freedom
14:25comes wealth
14:26but wealth
14:27only happens
14:28with economic
14:29disparity
14:29I mean
14:30that's the only
14:30way that wealth
14:31can happen
14:32is economic
14:32disparity
14:33for reasons
14:34I've gone into
14:35a bunch of times
14:35so I won't
14:36repeat them here
14:37now with economic
14:39disparity
14:39you end up
14:41with a few people
14:41who have created
14:42a lot of money
14:43a lot of value
14:44and a lot of people
14:45who are
14:46relatively poor
14:48I mean
14:48they're wealthier
14:49than they would
14:49have been otherwise
14:50but they're
14:51relatively poor
14:51and
14:53I'm going to use
14:54an acronym
14:55AFM
14:56absolute fucking
14:58morons
14:58view this
15:00as a horrible
15:01injustice
15:01that needs to be
15:02remedied
15:02by the rich
15:03people
15:03giving money
15:04to
15:04the poorer
15:05people
15:05AFMs
15:06AFMs
15:08I was going
15:09to go with
15:10TFM
15:10total
15:11but
15:12it's not
15:13absolute enough
15:13the absolute
15:14fucking morons
15:15look at the
15:16wealthy
15:16and they are
15:18tempted
15:19they are
15:21tempted
15:21and the
15:22temptation
15:23is
15:24instead of
15:25enjoying
15:26and appreciating
15:27the wealth
15:29jobs
15:29technology
15:30opportunities
15:31that the
15:31wealthy
15:32people
15:32have
15:32created
15:33not
15:33stolen
15:33created
15:34created
15:35all the
15:37matter
15:37that
15:37Elon Musk
15:38has forged
15:38into
15:39the boring
15:39company
15:40into
15:40the current
15:42incarnation of
15:42Twitter
15:43or X
15:44into
15:44Rockets
15:45into all
15:45of the
15:46other
15:46Starlink
15:46all of
15:47the other
15:47great
15:47things
15:47that he's
15:47done
15:48all of
15:49those
15:49atoms
15:49existed
15:50he hasn't
15:50created
15:51anything
15:51he simply
15:52assembled
15:52them
15:52into
15:53things
15:53that
15:53have
15:54value
15:54a fish
15:56at the
15:57bottom
15:57of a
15:57lake
15:57has no
15:58value
15:59can't
16:00eat
16:00it
16:00somebody
16:01who
16:02goes
16:02and
16:02moves
16:03the
16:03fish
16:03from
16:05the
16:05bottom
16:05of the
16:05lake
16:06into
16:06a
16:07frying
16:07pan
16:07through
16:08hooking
16:08or netting
16:09or something
16:09well
16:11that person
16:12has
16:13created
16:14value
16:14he's not
16:15created
16:15the fish
16:16but he's
16:17created
16:17the fish
16:18in a
16:18state
16:18of
16:18value
16:18he's
16:19turned
16:19the
16:19fish
16:19into
16:20property
16:21property
16:21is that
16:22which has
16:22value
16:22that
16:22you own
16:23it
16:25because
16:25it
16:25has
16:25value
16:26so
16:27the
16:28AFMs
16:29are
16:30subject
16:30to
16:30a
16:31great
16:31temptation
16:31which
16:32is
16:32fanned
16:32and
16:32fueled
16:33by
16:34the
16:34sophists
16:34because
16:35you see
16:36of course
16:37the
16:38absolute
16:39fucking
16:40morons
16:40and I
16:41say this
16:42not because
16:42they're
16:43dumb
16:43but because
16:43they're
16:43greedy
16:44the
16:45absolute
16:45fucking
16:46morons
16:46look at
16:48the
16:48wealthy
16:48people
16:48and say
16:49give me
16:50that
16:50shit
16:51give me
16:52or else
16:53it's
16:54like
16:54all
16:55the
16:55people
16:55who
16:55win
16:55the
16:55lottery
16:56all
16:56of
16:56their
16:56friends
16:57and
16:57relatives
16:57come
16:57out
16:58of
16:58the
16:58woodwork
16:58hey
16:59you're
16:59the
16:59greatest
16:59guy
16:59ever
17:00hey
17:00I
17:01need
17:01this
17:01hey
17:01I
17:02need
17:02that
17:02hey
17:02I
17:02need
17:02the
17:03other
17:03gimme
17:04gimme
17:04gimme
17:04so
17:06rather
17:06than
17:06saying
17:07um
17:07you
17:07know
17:08people
17:09people
17:10can
17:11understand
17:12the
17:12non-obvious
17:12if it's
17:13taught
17:13well
17:13so
17:14it's
17:14not
17:15a
17:15matter
17:15of
17:15them
17:15being
17:15too
17:16dumb
17:16to
17:16understand
17:23would you
17:24be
17:24happy
17:24if
17:25some
17:25random
17:26person
17:26in the
17:27audience
17:27at a
17:29Taylor Swift
17:29concert
17:29some
17:30random
17:31person
17:32in the
17:32audience
17:32took the
17:34microphone
17:34and started
17:34singing
17:35and dancing
17:36instead of
17:37Taylor Swift
17:38should
17:39Taylor Swift
17:40give her
17:41microphone
17:42and stage
17:44to a
17:45random
17:45person
17:46in the
17:47audience
17:47and then
17:48that random
17:49person in
17:49the audience
17:50would
17:51take home
17:53Taylor Swift's
17:53I don't
17:54know
17:54million dollar
17:55paycheck
17:55for the
17:55concert
17:56or whatever
17:56she makes
17:56right
17:57so if
17:58a bunch
17:59of people
18:00had paid
18:00thousands
18:00of dollars
18:01which you
18:01can
18:02for a
18:02Taylor Swift
18:02concert
18:03a bunch
18:04of people
18:04had paid
18:04that money
18:05they went
18:06to Taylor
18:06Swift
18:07and instead
18:08of Taylor
18:08Swift
18:08each song
18:09was sung
18:10by a
18:10random
18:11person
18:11in the
18:11audience
18:12I mean
18:12maybe
18:12they'd
18:12be
18:12occasionally
18:13good
18:13singers
18:13or whatever
18:14but for
18:14the most
18:15part it
18:15would be
18:15bad
18:16right
18:16they would
18:17be upset
18:18well
18:19that is
18:20Taylor Swift
18:21taking her
18:22resources
18:22and giving
18:23them to
18:24other people
18:24now
18:25would you
18:26pay
18:26thousands
18:27of dollars
18:27to go
18:28to a
18:28Taylor Swift
18:28concert
18:29if you
18:30knew ahead
18:30of time
18:31that each
18:31song was
18:32going to be
18:32sung by
18:33a random
18:34person in
18:34the audience
18:35and Taylor
18:36Swift wasn't
18:36even going
18:37to be
18:37there
18:37you would
18:38not
18:38that would
18:39be called
18:39karaoke
18:40and you
18:41would not
18:41pay
18:41thousands
18:42of dollars
18:42to go
18:42to some
18:43random
18:43karaoke
18:43event
18:44right
18:45again
18:45this is
18:45not super
18:46complicated
18:46everybody
18:47understands
18:47this
18:47I mean
18:49you can
18:49explain
18:49socialism
18:50or the
18:50welfare
18:51state
18:51by
18:52whichever
18:53kid
18:53fakes
18:54a
18:54headache
18:54gets
18:54all
18:54out
18:55of
18:55their
18:55chores
18:55everyone
18:56else
18:56has to
18:57do
18:57all
18:57of
18:57their
18:57chores
18:58and
18:59they
19:00will
19:00get
19:00paid
19:00you'll
19:02take
19:02the
19:02money
19:02out
19:02of
19:03the
19:03money
19:04that
19:04you
19:04pay
19:05the
19:05kids
19:05to
19:05do
19:05the
19:05chores
19:06and
19:06you
19:06give
19:06it
19:06to
19:07the
19:07kids
19:07who
19:07have
19:08a
19:08headache
19:08or
19:09claim
19:09to
19:09have
19:10a
19:10headache
19:10you can't
19:10prove
19:10it
19:11right
19:11claim
19:12to
19:12have
19:12a
19:12headache
19:12well
19:13clearly
19:13no
19:14chores
19:14would
19:14get
19:14done
19:15and
19:15everyone
19:15would
19:15claim
19:15to
19:15have
19:15a
19:15headache
19:16it's
19:16not
19:16again
19:16this
19:16is
19:17not
19:17complicated
19:18stuff
19:18to
19:18teach
19:19people
19:19at
19:19all
19:19so
19:21the
19:22AFMs
19:23look
19:25at
19:25wealthy
19:25people
19:25and
19:26say
19:27you've
19:28got
19:28to
19:28give
19:29your
19:29resources
19:30to
19:31the
19:31less
19:31wealthy
19:32which
19:34means
19:34Taylor
19:35Swift
19:35taking
19:36her
19:37microphone
19:37and
19:38handing
19:38it
19:39to
19:39people
19:40who
19:40aren't
19:40Taylor
19:40Swift
19:41and
19:42then
19:42people
19:42say
19:42well
19:43I
19:43wouldn't
19:43go
19:43to
19:43that
19:43concert
19:44I
19:44wouldn't
19:44pay
19:44for
19:44that
19:44concert
19:45it's
19:45right
19:45right
19:45when
19:46you
19:46take
19:47resources
19:47from
19:47Taylor
19:47Swift
19:48and
19:48give
19:48it
19:48to
19:49people
19:49who
19:50aren't
19:50Taylor
19:50Swift
19:50the
19:51value
19:51evaporates
19:52there's
19:52no
19:52value
19:53it's
19:54gone
19:54well
19:54somebody
19:54of
19:55course
19:55gets
19:55a
19:55great
19:55story
19:55hey
19:56I
19:56remember
19:56I
19:56was
19:57at
19:57the
19:57Taylor
19:57Swift
19:57concert
19:57and
19:58there
19:58was
19:58a
19:58surprise
19:59everybody
19:59got
19:59a
19:59chance
20:00at
20:00their
20:00microphone
20:00or
20:01random
20:01people
20:02in
20:02the
20:02audience
20:02and
20:03I
20:03sang
20:03badly
20:05a
20:05Taylor
20:05Swift
20:06song
20:06to
20:06like
20:075,000
20:07people
20:08or
20:0810,000
20:08people
20:09so
20:09you
20:09know
20:09people
20:10get
20:10cool
20:10stories
20:10for
20:11sure
20:12they
20:13get
20:13cool
20:13stories
20:14so
20:15isn't
20:15that
20:15worth
20:16it
20:16well
20:17no
20:17I
20:18mean
20:19not
20:19to
20:19labor
20:20the
20:20point
20:20too
20:21much
20:21but
20:21if
20:21the
20:22NBA
20:22were
20:24to
20:25have
20:27basketball
20:27games
20:28where they
20:28pick
20:28random
20:28people
20:29from
20:29the
20:29audience
20:29to
20:30play
20:30basketball
20:30including
20:31people
20:31who
20:31are
20:3170
20:32or
20:3280
20:32like
20:32some
20:32Jack
20:33Nicholson
20:33wobble
20:34clone
20:34would
20:36there
20:36be
20:36an
20:36NBA
20:37would
20:37people
20:37pay
20:38to
20:38go
20:39to
20:39those
20:39games
20:40well
20:40that
20:41is
20:41taking
20:41resources
20:42from
20:43the
20:43more
20:43able
20:43and
20:43the
20:43more
20:44competent
20:44and
20:44giving
20:45them
20:45to
20:45the
20:46less
20:46able
20:46and
20:47the
20:47less
20:47competent
20:47right
20:48but
20:49everyone
20:49understands
20:50there
20:50would
20:51be
20:51no
20:51NBA
20:51if
20:52you
20:52did
20:52that
20:52you
20:52would
20:52simply
20:53be
20:53taking
20:54value
20:54from
20:55those
20:56who
20:56were
20:56competent
20:56and
20:57giving
20:57value
20:58to
20:58those
20:58who
20:58were
20:58less
20:59competent
20:59and
20:59thus
21:00destroying
21:00value
21:01destroying
21:02that
21:02value
21:02but
21:03again
21:03you
21:04have
21:04to
21:04and
21:05the
21:05reason
21:05I
21:05say
21:05this
21:06is
21:06this
21:07stuff
21:07is
21:07not
21:13you
21:13have
21:13to
21:13teach
21:13it
21:13in
21:13the
21:14right
21:14way
21:14and
21:14you
21:14have
21:14to
21:15make
21:15it
21:15comprehensible
21:15and
21:16I
21:16get
21:16all
21:16of
21:16that
21:17right
21:17but
21:17you
21:17know
21:18you
21:18just
21:18give
21:18examples
21:19that
21:19people
21:19understand
21:19would
21:20you
21:20go
21:20to
21:20a
21:20concert
21:21would
21:21you
21:21pay
21:22$3,000
21:23for a
21:23Taylor
21:23Swift
21:23concert
21:24if
21:24Taylor
21:25Swift
21:25didn't
21:25even
21:25show
21:25up
21:26and
21:27random
21:27people
21:27were
21:29singing
21:29Taylor
21:29Swift
21:29songs
21:30you
21:31would
21:31not
21:31you
21:32would
21:32not
21:33do
21:33that
21:33in
21:33any
21:43hard
21:43to
21:43understand
21:44and
21:45the
21:45reason
21:45I
21:46say
21:46AFMs
21:47is
21:48because
21:49it
21:49is
21:49easy
21:49to
21:50understand
21:50and
21:51nobody
21:51lives
21:52that
21:52way
21:52right
21:53everybody
21:53in
21:54the
21:54first
21:54world
21:54has
21:55a
21:56whole
21:56lot
21:56more
21:56resources
21:57than
21:57just
21:58about
21:58everybody
21:59in
21:59the
21:59third
21:59world
21:59and
22:00yet
22:00they
22:00don't
22:00handle
22:01that
22:01it's
22:01always
22:01other
22:02people
22:02who
22:02have
22:03to
22:03do
22:03all
22:04of
22:04this
22:04and
22:05so
22:05on
22:05right
22:06and
22:07so
22:08so
22:09that
22:09is
22:10the
22:11great
22:11temptation
22:11there's
22:12people
22:12who
22:12have
22:13more
22:14than
22:14I
22:14have
22:15and
22:16there
22:16are
22:16evil
22:17sophists
22:17who
22:17whip
22:18them
22:18into
22:18a
22:19frenzy
22:19of
22:19rage
22:20entitlement
22:21and
22:21hostility
22:22which
22:23then
22:23produces
22:24predation
22:25war
22:25social
22:25collapse
22:26right
22:26that
22:26the
22:27endless
22:27violence
22:27of
22:28the
22:28perceived
22:29justification
22:30of
22:31threats
22:32and
22:32theft
22:32right
22:34I
22:34talked
22:34about
22:35this
22:35in my
22:35documentary
22:35on
22:36China
22:36that
22:36they
22:37they
22:38come
22:38to
22:39a
22:40country
22:40the
22:41communists
22:41come to
22:41a
22:41country
22:42and they
22:42say
22:42oh
22:43that
22:43guy
22:43on
22:43the
22:43hill
22:44with
22:44the
22:44big
22:44house
22:44and
22:45the
22:45pretty
22:45wife
22:45he's
22:46only
22:46wealthy
22:47because
22:47he stole
22:47from
22:47you
22:48and
22:48so
22:48on
22:49right
22:49and
22:49people
22:50are
22:50tempted
22:50into
22:50this
22:51kind
22:51of
22:51evil
22:52and
22:53I
22:53think
22:54it's
22:54a little
22:54bit
22:54more
22:54women
22:55than
22:55men
22:55but
22:55it's
22:56not
22:56particularly
22:56relevant
22:57to
22:57this
22:57discussion
22:58I
22:58just
22:58think
22:58it's
22:58a little
22:58bit
22:59more
22:59women
23:00than
23:00men
23:00women
23:01tend
23:01to
23:02fall
23:02pray
23:02a little
23:02bit
23:02more
23:03to
23:03the
23:03sin
23:03of
23:04envy
23:04men
23:05a little
23:05bit
23:05more
23:06for
23:06pride
23:06women
23:06a little
23:06bit
23:07more
23:07for
23:07envy
23:07so
23:08the reason
23:08I'm saying
23:09all this
23:09is that
23:09the
23:09enlightenment
23:10was
23:11the movement
23:13that said
23:13human reason
23:14can understand
23:15the universe
23:15and in
23:17order to
23:17do that
23:18they had
23:18to push
23:18back
23:19God
23:19from
23:20domination
23:21of the
23:21universe
23:22to some
23:22degree
23:23or at
23:23least
23:23they had
23:23to say
23:24God
23:24designed
23:24a rational
23:25universe
23:25God
23:25gave
23:26us
23:26reason
23:26therefore
23:26reason
23:27can
23:27understand
23:27the
23:27universe
23:28we
23:29weren't
23:29just
23:29sort of
23:29cowering
23:30in
23:30superstitious
23:31fear
23:31which
23:32was
23:32a lot
23:33of
23:33the
23:33sort
23:33of
23:33post
23:34Roman
23:34world
23:35dark
23:35ages
23:36so
23:37the
23:39French
23:40revolution
23:40was the
23:42culmination
23:42of two
23:43things
23:43one
23:44was the
23:44wealth
23:45and I
23:45go into
23:46this
23:46for 12
23:46hours
23:47in my
23:48presentation
23:48on the
23:49French
23:49revolution
23:49that's
23:49available
23:50for
23:52subscribers
23:53at
23:53freedomain.com
23:54but
23:55sort of
23:56very briefly
23:56two things
23:58happen
23:59one is that
24:00you end up
24:00with a
24:01wealthy group
24:01of people
24:02that everyone
24:02else
24:03instead of
24:04working hard
24:05to produce
24:06their own
24:06value
24:07they switch
24:07to whining
24:08bleating
24:08complaining
24:09threatening
24:09and attacking
24:10the wealthy
24:11right
24:12this is what
24:12people do
24:13oh
24:14that guy
24:15has got
24:15a lot
24:15of food
24:16right
24:17so let's
24:17pretend
24:18that the
24:18food
24:18is in
24:19some
24:19permanent
24:20state
24:21of
24:22preservation
24:23right
24:23it's not
24:24like
24:24milk
24:25left out
24:26in the
24:26sun
24:26let's
24:27say
24:27it's been
24:27pickled
24:28or jammed
24:28or whatever
24:28it is
24:29it's been
24:29put into
24:29a state
24:30of preservation
24:30so what
24:32happens
24:32is
24:32over the
24:33course
24:34of the
24:34summer
24:34you've
24:35got
24:35some
24:35guy
24:35who's
24:36working
24:36like
24:37hell
24:37who's
24:37working
24:37really
24:38hard
24:38to get
24:39enough
24:39food
24:40and more
24:40food
24:41than he
24:41needs
24:41for the
24:41winter
24:42right
24:42in case
24:42of
24:43emergencies
24:43and so
24:43on
24:44right
24:44or
24:45because
24:45he's
24:47got
24:47two
24:47kids
24:47on
24:48the
24:48way
24:48he's
24:48got
24:48maybe
24:49twins
24:49on
24:49the
24:49way
24:49or
24:49whatever
24:50it is
24:50right
24:50who knows
24:51right
24:51or
24:52he's
24:52getting
24:53older
24:53and he
24:53knows
24:54that
24:54there's
24:54a gap
24:54between
24:55his
24:55productivity
24:55and his
24:56son's
24:56productivity
24:57to the
24:58point
24:58where
24:58he needs
24:58to store
24:59up
24:59extra
24:59for whatever
25:00reason
25:00right
25:00he's
25:00got
25:00extra
25:01food
25:01now
25:03there
25:04are
25:04all
25:04of
25:04these
25:04people
25:05around
25:06who
25:07basically
25:07say
25:07oh
25:08well
25:09that
25:09guy
25:09has
25:09got
25:09extra
25:09food
25:10so
25:10I
25:10don't
25:11need
25:11to
25:11work
25:11as
25:11hard
25:11because
25:12I'll
25:12just
25:12nag
25:12bully
25:13threaten
25:13and
25:14manipulate
25:14him
25:14into
25:14giving
25:15me
25:15his
25:15extra
25:15food
25:15so
25:16I
25:16don't
25:16need
25:16to
25:16work
25:16so
25:17hard
25:17fantastic
25:17right
25:19that's
25:19the
25:19great
25:19temptation
25:20that's
25:21the
25:21great
25:21temptation
25:22now
25:22of
25:22course
25:22this
25:23guy
25:23because
25:23he's
25:23really
25:24good
25:24at
25:24creating
25:25value
25:25he
25:26has
25:27a lot
25:27of
25:27farmland
25:27he
25:27hires
25:28a lot
25:28of
25:28people
25:28and
25:30those
25:30people
25:31rather
25:31than
25:31saying
25:31wow
25:32this
25:32guy
25:32is
25:32really
25:32good
25:33he's
25:34got
25:34a
25:34real
25:34green
25:34thumb
25:34he's
25:35great
25:35at
25:35agriculture
25:36so
25:36rather
25:37than
25:37being
25:38thankful
25:39that
25:39he's
25:39so
25:39good
25:39at
25:39agriculture
25:40that
25:40he
25:40can
25:41pay
25:41them
25:41and
25:41give
25:42them
25:42more
25:42stability
25:42and
25:43increase
25:43their
25:43income
25:44and
25:44so
25:45on
25:45there's
25:45more
25:45food
25:45in
25:46the
25:46entire
25:46community
25:46not
25:47just
25:47for
25:48him
25:48but
25:48for
25:48everyone
25:48because
25:48he's
25:49so
25:49good
25:49at
25:49growing
25:50rather
25:51than
25:51being
25:51grateful
25:51for
25:51that
25:52they
25:52say
25:53oh
25:53well
25:53I
25:53only
25:53have
25:54less
25:54because
25:54he's
25:55stolen
25:55from
25:55me
25:55and
25:56again
25:56there's
25:56all
25:57of
25:57these
25:57worm
25:57tongue
25:57soffits
25:58who
25:58are
25:58very
25:58happy
25:59to
25:59say
26:00all
26:00of
26:00this
26:00so
26:02so
26:03Bob
26:05the
26:05genius
26:05grower
26:06has
26:06extra
26:07food
26:07that's
26:07preserved
26:08for
26:08his
26:08own
26:08reasons
26:09and
26:10he's
26:10using
26:10that
26:10extra
26:11food
26:11maybe
26:11to
26:11hire
26:11even
26:12more
26:12workers
26:12so
26:12that
26:13his
26:13green
26:13thumb
26:13can
26:13be
26:14turned
26:14into
26:14even
26:14more
26:15food
26:15productivity
26:15and
26:16so
26:16on
26:16he's
26:16a
26:16real
26:17principle
26:18he's
26:18a
26:18money
26:19maker
26:19he's
26:19a
26:19value
26:19creator
26:20but
26:21what
26:21happens
26:21is
26:22because
26:22he's
26:22got
26:23all
26:23this
26:23extra
26:23food
26:24people
26:24start
26:25circulating
26:25among
26:25the
26:26workers
26:26and
26:26saying
26:26well
26:26he's
26:27stolen
26:27all
26:27that
26:27food
26:28that
26:28food
26:28rightfully
26:29belongs
26:29to
26:29you
26:29you
26:29did
26:30all
26:30the
26:30work
26:30you
26:31were
26:31the
26:31one
26:31hoeing
26:31in
26:31the
26:32back
26:3240
26:32and
26:32digging
26:33the
26:33ditches
26:33and
26:33milking
26:34the
26:34cows
26:34and
26:34building
26:35the
26:35fences
26:35and
26:35all
26:35the
26:35stuff
26:36that
26:36goes
26:36on
26:36in
26:36farming
26:36you
26:37were
26:37the
26:37one
26:37doing
26:37all
26:37of
26:37that
26:38he
26:38started
26:38and
26:39the
26:39resentment
26:39starts
26:40and
26:40the
26:41jealousy
26:41starts
26:41and
26:42the
26:42aggression
26:42starts
26:43and
26:43all
26:43of
26:43this
26:43you
26:44know
26:44boring
26:45useless
26:46stuff
26:47right
26:47now this
26:48only happens
26:49though because
26:49of the
26:50state
26:50without
26:51the
26:52state
26:52this
26:53would
26:53all
26:54be
26:54well
26:54first
26:54of
26:54all
26:54without
26:55the
26:55state
26:55people
26:55would
26:56be
26:56trained
26:56into
26:56the
26:56reality
26:57of
26:58free
26:58markets
26:58capitalism
26:59and
27:00value
27:00add
27:01so
27:01they
27:01wouldn't
27:01resent
27:02I mean
27:02they might
27:03be jealous
27:03from time
27:03to time
27:04but they
27:05wouldn't
27:05resent
27:06it
27:06you know
27:07I might
27:08be
27:08jealous
27:09of a
27:09guy
27:10who's
27:10got
27:10ripped
27:11abs
27:12I mean
27:12not that
27:13I would
27:13do
27:13much
27:13with
27:13ripped
27:13abs
27:14but
27:14let's
27:14just
27:14say
27:14it'd
27:15be
27:15kind
27:15of
27:15cool
27:15to
27:15have
27:15ripped
27:16abs
27:16right
27:16well
27:17I
27:17don't
27:17think
27:17this
27:17guy
27:18stole
27:18my
27:18ripped
27:18abs
27:19well
27:20the
27:20reason
27:21I
27:26he stole
27:27the
27:28abs
27:28from
27:28you
27:29right
27:29he stole
27:30your
27:30abs
27:31no
27:31it's
27:31like
27:32he's
27:32he's
27:33put a
27:33lot
27:33of
27:33work
27:33discipline
27:34right
27:34a lot
27:35of
27:36protein
27:36powders
27:37and
27:37sit-ups
27:38and
27:38deferral
27:40of
27:40gratification
27:40and he
27:41eats
27:41like
27:41I
27:42don't
27:42know
27:42boiled
27:44chicken
27:44and
27:44rice
27:44twice
27:45a
27:45day
27:45whatever
27:45like
27:46you know
27:46good
27:46for him
27:47he's
27:47got
27:47abs
27:47whatever
27:47right
27:48he
27:48didn't
27:48steal
27:49them
27:49from
27:49me
27:49so
27:51the
27:52sophist
27:52though
27:52will
27:53always
27:53come
27:53along
27:53so
27:56then
27:56what
27:56happens
27:57is
27:57people
27:58start
27:59to
27:59threaten
28:00the
28:01wealthy
28:01guy
28:01the
28:02guy
28:02with
28:02the
28:02food
28:02and
28:03they
28:03stop
28:03working
28:04as hard
28:04on
28:04his
28:04land
28:05because
28:05they
28:05feel
28:05ripped
28:05off
28:06so
28:07they
28:07have
28:07less
28:07and
28:07he's
28:08still
28:08got
28:08all
28:08his
28:08savings
28:09but
28:10because
28:10of
28:10resentment
28:10they're
28:11working
28:11less
28:12and
28:13they
28:14start
28:14to
28:14gather
28:15and
28:15mutter
28:15and
28:16threaten
28:16him
28:16right
28:17you
28:18better
28:18give
28:18us
28:18some
28:18my
28:19baby's
28:19hungry
28:19you
28:19better
28:20give
28:20us
28:20some
28:20food
28:21or
28:21we
28:21gonna
28:22storm
28:22your
28:22house
28:22and
28:23take
28:24it
28:24by
28:24force
28:24right
28:25you
28:26know
28:26we
28:27can
28:27do
28:27this
28:27the
28:27easy
28:27way
28:28or
28:28we
28:28can
28:28do
28:28this
28:28the
28:28hard
28:29way
28:29you
28:29know
28:29that
28:29kind
28:29of
28:30garbage
28:30right
28:30so
28:32he's
28:33scared
28:33and
28:34he
28:35starts
28:35to
28:35give
28:35food
28:36away
28:36now
28:37without
28:37the
28:38state
28:38he
28:38can
28:38just
28:38hire
28:38guards
28:39and
28:39pay
28:40the
28:40guards
28:40really
28:40well
28:40and
28:41then
28:41people
28:41can't
28:41come
28:41and
28:42take
28:42his
28:42stuff
28:42but
28:42when
28:42it's
28:42voters
28:43then
28:44the
28:44government
28:45can
28:45take
28:45his
28:46stuff
28:46so
28:46he's
28:46got
28:46to
28:46really
28:47listen
28:47to
28:47them
28:47as
28:48a
28:48whole
28:48right
28:49or
28:50if
28:50worse
28:50comes
28:50to
28:51worse
28:51he
28:52can
28:52just
28:52move
28:52he
28:53can
28:53sell
28:53his
28:54place
28:54and
28:54move
28:55somewhere
28:55else
28:55and
28:56then
28:56people
28:56don't
28:57have
28:57any
28:57jobs
28:58they
28:58go
28:58back
28:58to
28:59their
28:59own
28:59productivity
28:59which
28:59is
29:00bad
29:00but
29:00what
29:01happens
29:01is
29:01people
29:02threaten
29:02through
29:03the
29:03power
29:03of
29:03the
29:03state
29:04they
29:04threaten
29:04the
29:04wealthy
29:12he
29:13wants
29:13to
29:13help
29:13them
29:13and
29:13he
29:14has
29:14to
29:14say
29:14stuff
29:14like
29:14he
29:15can't
29:15say
29:15well
29:15I've
29:16created
29:17way
29:17more
29:17value
29:17than
29:18you
29:18have
29:18and
29:19this
29:19resentment
29:19is
29:20really
29:20immoral
29:21right
29:21it's
29:21petty
29:22it's
29:22vengeful
29:23and
29:24you
29:24need
29:24to
29:24be
29:24better
29:24people
29:25right
29:25and
29:25we
29:26need
29:26to
29:26respect
29:26property
29:26rights
29:27because
29:28that
29:28gives
29:28the
29:29sophists
29:29ammunition
29:29oh
29:30he's
29:31against
29:31you
29:31getting
29:32anything
29:32and
29:32he
29:33wants
29:33to
29:33steal
29:33more
29:33from
29:34you
29:34and
29:34right
29:34so
29:34the
29:34sophists
29:35whip
29:35up
29:35the
29:35absolute
29:36fucking
29:37morons
29:37into
29:38a
29:39hostile
29:39frenzy
29:39so
29:41he's
29:41gotta
29:41he's
29:42just
29:43gotta
29:43give
29:43up
29:43resources
29:44in
29:45order
29:45to
29:45buy
29:46protection
29:46from
29:47the
29:48rage
29:49of
29:49the
29:49mob
29:49riled
29:50up
29:50by
29:50the
29:50sophists
29:51and
29:51manifested
29:51in
29:52their
29:52votes
29:52for
29:53limitless
29:54political
29:54coercion
29:55against
29:55him
29:55he's
29:56gotta
29:56it's
29:57a
29:57shakedown
29:57right
29:58and
29:59that's
29:59one
30:00of
30:00the
30:00things
30:00in
30:00the
30:00French
30:00revolution
30:01the
30:01other
30:01one
30:01I
30:01talked
30:01about
30:02which
30:02is
30:02child
30:02abuse
30:03you've
30:03gotta
30:03go
30:04to
30:04my
30:04presentation
30:05for
30:05that
30:05I
30:06leave
30:06you
30:06a few
30:06teasers
30:06here
30:07but
30:07it's
30:07really
30:07important
30:08so
30:09yeah
30:09the
30:09French
30:10revolution
30:10is
30:11the
30:11culmination
30:11of
30:12people
30:12listening
30:12to
30:13sophists
30:13rather
30:14than
30:14listening
30:15to
30:15reason
30:15and
30:16so
30:17what
30:17happens
30:18is
30:18they
30:19stop
30:19producing
30:20as
30:20much
30:20they
30:21get
30:21lazy
30:21they
30:21get
30:22entitled
30:22they
30:22end
30:22up
30:22dependent
30:23upon
30:23the
30:23millionaire
30:23largesse
30:24and
30:25then
30:25eventually
30:25the
30:25millionaire
30:26says
30:26fuck
30:26it
30:26and
30:27he
30:27starts
30:27producing
30:28stuff
30:28and
30:29then
30:29everyone
30:29starves
30:30and
30:30they
30:31still
30:31blame
30:31the
30:31millionaire
30:31and
30:32then
30:33they
30:33start
30:33it
30:33all
30:33again
30:34because
30:34of
30:34the
30:34power
30:35of
30:35the
30:35state
30:35so
30:36it's
30:37the
30:37cycle
30:37of
30:37civilization
30:38is
30:38just
30:38the
30:38cycle
30:38of
30:39state
30:39violence
30:40nothing
30:40more
30:41nothing
30:41less
30:42and
30:42we
30:42as
30:42long
30:43as
30:43we
30:43keep
30:43having
30:43this
30:44status
30:44based
30:45society
30:45we
30:45get
30:46to
30:46keep
30:46doing
30:47the
30:47stupid
30:47merry
30:47go
30:48round
30:48free
30:48thank
30:49you
30:50bye
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