They Never Intended For You To Be Free

00:09:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4ZcD8y4wY

Summary

TLDRThe speaker criticizes the widely held belief in American freedom, arguing that this concept is a misleading narrative. He claims that Americans experience less actual freedom than people in other countries due to economic dependencies, extensive laws, and regulations which restrict citizensโ€™ lives. He contends that the American system of democracy is superficial, providing an illusion of power and freedom while actually marginalizing the population and centralizing power among elites. The speaker also claims that this deception starts from the historical roots of Western civilization, which he argues never truly valued freedom, rather it favored order, control, and the status quo. He concludes that the American populace is misled into believing they are free, while the reality is quite different.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ—ฝ Freedom in America is largely a misconception.
  • ๐Ÿงฉ Extensive laws and regulations restrict American lives.
  • ๐Ÿ”— Economic dependencies reduce American freedom.
  • ๐Ÿšซ Real power resides with elites, not the populace.
  • ๐Ÿ“š Education in America is insufficient by design.
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Protests reveal democratic failures, not strengths.
  • ๐ŸŽญ American democracy is more illusory than real.
  • ๐Ÿ“– Western civilization never truly prioritized freedom.
  • ๐Ÿ” Americans are often unaware of their lack of freedom.
  • ๐ŸŒ Other countries may offer more true freedom.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:09:34

    The speaker critiques the commonly held belief in American freedom, suggesting it's a misconception. They argue that the notion of American freedom is comparable to an arbitrary statement, such as America's superiority due to having the color green. The average American, according to the speaker, has less freedom than individuals in less affluent countries, with financial constraints limiting their autonomy. The speaker suggests that multiple societal entities act as "masters," controlling American citizensโ€™ lives through financial obligations and a myriad of regulations. These laws primarily generate revenue and maintain control rather than provide protection or freedom, contradicting the narrative of a free, democratic nation.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What is the main argument of the speaker?

    The speaker argues that the concept of freedom in America is a misconception and is used to maintain control over the populace.

  • Why does the speaker believe Americans have less freedom than other countries?

    The speaker believes Americans have less freedom due to economic constraints, a vast array of regulations, and societal structures that limit individual autonomy.

  • What analogy does the speaker use to describe American freedom?

    The speaker compares American freedom to claiming America is superior for having the color green, suggesting itโ€™s arbitrary and meaningless.

  • How does the speaker view protests in a democracy?

    The speaker suggests that protests indicate a lack of democracy since they arise from governmental disregard for the populace's voices.

  • What is the role of laws and regulations according to the speaker?

    The speaker claims that laws and regulations primarily exist to generate revenue for governing bodies through fines and fees, not to protect citizens.

  • How does the speaker describe the power structure in America?

    The speaker describes it as an oligarchic system where power is concentrated among elites, and the general population is marginalized.

  • What does the speaker say about the education system?

    The speaker claims the education system is intentionally poor to prevent Americans from understanding the realities of their societal and power structures.

  • What historical roots does the speaker challenge?

    The speaker challenges the idea that Western civilization values freedom, arguing instead that it traditionally favors authoritarianism and elitism.

  • How does the speaker describe American citizens' financial situation?

    The speaker states that most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and missing a single paycheck could result in severe consequences like homelessness.

View more video summaries

Get instant access to free YouTube video summaries powered by AI!
Subtitles
en
Auto Scroll:
  • 00:00:00
    this is this is one of my favorites to
  • 00:00:02
    talk about because you know uh as an
  • 00:00:05
    American we grew up with this uh
  • 00:00:08
    constant uh drum beat of telling us
  • 00:00:10
    about what a great country America is
  • 00:00:12
    because it's so free and because we have
  • 00:00:14
    all this freedom and so forth this is
  • 00:00:16
    the ultimate example uh uh of a
  • 00:00:19
    misconception you know America is the
  • 00:00:21
    land of the free it's completely
  • 00:00:23
    meaningless I mean ask an American what
  • 00:00:25
    do you even mean what do you mean by
  • 00:00:28
    Freedom what do you mean by the freedom
  • 00:00:29
    that have that other people don't have
  • 00:00:31
    it's like saying America is the best
  • 00:00:32
    country because we have the color green
  • 00:00:35
    it doesn't make any sense okay you may
  • 00:00:37
    have health care in your country you may
  • 00:00:39
    have efficient public transportation in
  • 00:00:41
    your country but at least in America we
  • 00:00:42
    have the color
  • 00:00:46
    green the average American citizen has
  • 00:00:48
    less Freedom uh than any random villager
  • 00:00:52
    in Indonesia or in Ghana or in any other
  • 00:00:55
    part of the global South what Freedom
  • 00:00:57
    are you even talking about I mean you're
  • 00:00:59
    living most Americans the overwhelming
  • 00:01:01
    majority of Americans as we've been
  • 00:01:03
    talking about when we were talking about
  • 00:01:05
    the economy and you can't separate the
  • 00:01:07
    economy and the economic standard of
  • 00:01:09
    living and quality of life of the people
  • 00:01:11
    you can't separate that from their
  • 00:01:13
    freedom most Americans are living
  • 00:01:15
    paycheck to paycheck for most Americans
  • 00:01:17
    if they uh uh Miss even one paycheck
  • 00:01:20
    they're going to be thrown out onto the
  • 00:01:21
    street that's the reality you don't have
  • 00:01:24
    uh uh just one master in America in
  • 00:01:27
    terms of your slavery we were talking
  • 00:01:29
    about debt slavery wage slavery and so
  • 00:01:31
    on your employer is your master uh your
  • 00:01:34
    student loan officer is your master your
  • 00:01:37
    landlord is your master the credit card
  • 00:01:39
    Bureau is your master your mortgage loan
  • 00:01:42
    officer is your master your uh insurance
  • 00:01:45
    adjuster your HMO the IRS your credit
  • 00:01:48
    card company they're all your Masters in
  • 00:01:51
    America you're you're you're a slave
  • 00:01:53
    with many Masters and they all have
  • 00:01:56
    their chains on you and they all have
  • 00:01:57
    their own lash that they can use on your
  • 00:02:00
    back so what Freedom do you have you
  • 00:02:03
    have more laws in America and more
  • 00:02:04
    regulations in America than any other
  • 00:02:06
    country in the world the average
  • 00:02:07
    American's daily life is governed or
  • 00:02:09
    influenced or restricted or in one way
  • 00:02:11
    or another determined literally by tens
  • 00:02:14
    of thousands of laws and
  • 00:02:16
    regulations upwards of 50,000 to 100,000
  • 00:02:20
    rules uh at the at the municipal level
  • 00:02:23
    the state level the federal level not to
  • 00:02:25
    mention the rules uh in your own company
  • 00:02:27
    that you work for whatever uh rules that
  • 00:02:29
    your uh employer uh uh imposes upon you
  • 00:02:33
    this is like uh uh scaffolding around
  • 00:02:36
    the daily routine and activities of of
  • 00:02:38
    the American people of any average
  • 00:02:40
    American citizen most of these
  • 00:02:43
    rules uh actually only exist no matter
  • 00:02:46
    what they tell you they'll tell you that
  • 00:02:48
    these rules all exist to make the
  • 00:02:49
    society better and to protect you and to
  • 00:02:51
    make you safe and so on but the truth of
  • 00:02:53
    the matter is and any American uh who's
  • 00:02:56
    listening knows this to be true by your
  • 00:02:58
    own experience uh that these rules only
  • 00:03:01
    exist for the purpose of generating
  • 00:03:04
    revenue for the enforcing body of those
  • 00:03:07
    uh rules through the imposition of fines
  • 00:03:10
    and fees and so forth uh uh that's the
  • 00:03:12
    real purpose uh behind most of these
  • 00:03:15
    it's not health and safety and security
  • 00:03:17
    and efficiency or what have you it's
  • 00:03:18
    just to make money off of you and you
  • 00:03:21
    have no say in America in your in your
  • 00:03:25
    great Democratic country you have no say
  • 00:03:27
    in how any of that money is spent any of
  • 00:03:30
    that money that they collect from you
  • 00:03:31
    that they oblige you to pay you have no
  • 00:03:34
    say in how any of that money is spent
  • 00:03:36
    you don't decide what uh what anyone who
  • 00:03:38
    collects that money you have no say in
  • 00:03:40
    what they do with that money so I'm
  • 00:03:42
    asking what Freedom do you have what
  • 00:03:44
    Freedom do you have that's so special
  • 00:03:46
    and so unique none honestly none zero
  • 00:03:50
    there are no freedoms that you have in
  • 00:03:52
    the West in America that are not
  • 00:03:54
    available elsewhere and there is freedom
  • 00:03:56
    elsewhere that you do not have in
  • 00:03:58
    America but they they they they tell you
  • 00:04:01
    all the time about how free you are so
  • 00:04:03
    that by implication you will assume that
  • 00:04:06
    every other country in the world is an
  • 00:04:08
    oppressive tyranny and no one is able to
  • 00:04:10
    do anything and and then of course you
  • 00:04:12
    have the fact that the overwhelming
  • 00:04:13
    majority of Americans never leave that
  • 00:04:15
    country so they don't even know what
  • 00:04:17
    it's like in any other country western
  • 00:04:19
    civilization so-called civilization
  • 00:04:22
    never did actually believe in Freedom as
  • 00:04:24
    the highest value that's that's the
  • 00:04:26
    reality that they don't even want you to
  • 00:04:28
    know about they never never did uh
  • 00:04:31
    believe in Freedom as the highest value
  • 00:04:32
    this is just something that they tell
  • 00:04:34
    you it's just part of the sales pitch to
  • 00:04:36
    convince you about how wonderful your
  • 00:04:38
    Society is I mean if you go back to the
  • 00:04:41
    the uh alleged philosophical roots of
  • 00:04:45
    Western so-called civilization to
  • 00:04:47
    ancient Greece and so on these
  • 00:04:50
    philosophers that they always uh uh
  • 00:04:53
    claim as their own as their inspiration
  • 00:04:55
    Aristotle didn't believe in this Plato
  • 00:04:57
    didn't believe in this the real found of
  • 00:04:59
    Western belief has always been uh more
  • 00:05:03
    uh authoritarian and classist than it
  • 00:05:06
    was ever liberal and Democratic they
  • 00:05:10
    always believed in order uh and the
  • 00:05:12
    security of the status quo above Liberty
  • 00:05:16
    and freedom always they always believed
  • 00:05:18
    in power being held by the elite if
  • 00:05:21
    you've read these philosophers you'll
  • 00:05:23
    know that and if you've read uh whether
  • 00:05:25
    you're talking about the Greek
  • 00:05:26
    philosophers the Enlightenment thinkers
  • 00:05:28
    or the so-called found fathers that's
  • 00:05:31
    the lineage of thought behind the modern
  • 00:05:33
    Western power structure they just sell
  • 00:05:35
    to the public this idea about freedom
  • 00:05:38
    because anyone with any sense knows that
  • 00:05:39
    you can't actually even base an
  • 00:05:41
    organized Society on Liberty and the
  • 00:05:44
    so-called sovereignty of the individual
  • 00:05:46
    everyone who who thinks about it for
  • 00:05:48
    more than 5 Seconds knows that if your
  • 00:05:50
    Society was actually based on what you
  • 00:05:52
    claim it was based on well that's a Ted
  • 00:05:54
    kazinski mentality how long would your
  • 00:05:57
    Society even last like that the whole of
  • 00:05:59
    America would be like the Backwoods of
  • 00:06:02
    Montana but they don't even respect you
  • 00:06:04
    enough the the the the government the
  • 00:06:06
    power structure uh doesn't even respect
  • 00:06:08
    the population enough to tell you that
  • 00:06:10
    to tell you that obviously you can't
  • 00:06:13
    base a society on freedom and liberty
  • 00:06:17
    instead they have to tell you about how
  • 00:06:19
    free you are and they just Gaslight you
  • 00:06:21
    uh uh feed into your fantasies because
  • 00:06:23
    they think that you're like children
  • 00:06:25
    they treat you like children they don't
  • 00:06:27
    even want you to understand the real
  • 00:06:28
    system that you live in that's why they
  • 00:06:31
    don't even educate people properly
  • 00:06:33
    that's why you can see these videos
  • 00:06:34
    online where people are asking random
  • 00:06:36
    Americans on the street basic questions
  • 00:06:39
    like name a country that starts with the
  • 00:06:40
    letter b and they say you know shoes the
  • 00:06:45
    level of idiocy that's being imposed
  • 00:06:49
    upon the public is uh astronomical
  • 00:06:52
    you'll probably say the the the freedom
  • 00:06:54
    to criticize the government the freedom
  • 00:06:56
    to protest they only give you the
  • 00:06:58
    freedom to protest
  • 00:07:00
    uh uh in a
  • 00:07:01
    democracy uh when they're not actually
  • 00:07:04
    giving you democracy I mean think about
  • 00:07:06
    it think that through why would you even
  • 00:07:08
    need to go out in the streets and demand
  • 00:07:10
    this or that if you have a democracy if
  • 00:07:13
    you have uh political institutional
  • 00:07:16
    mechanisms for having your demands met
  • 00:07:18
    why should you protest why would you
  • 00:07:20
    even need to do that because your
  • 00:07:21
    government ignores you that's why so
  • 00:07:23
    your freedom to protest your freedom to
  • 00:07:26
    criticize the government just means that
  • 00:07:28
    you have the freedom
  • 00:07:30
    from being listened to you have the
  • 00:07:33
    freedom from being listened to in fact
  • 00:07:36
    democracies uh have actually just uh
  • 00:07:41
    perfected the exclusion of the
  • 00:07:43
    population from policy-making decisions
  • 00:07:46
    they've perfected it the whole uh
  • 00:07:49
    so-called Democratic mechanism the whole
  • 00:07:51
    uh uh
  • 00:07:52
    structure is actually designed to
  • 00:07:55
    completely marginalize the
  • 00:07:57
    population so they've got you busy right
  • 00:07:59
    now thinking about the election thinking
  • 00:08:02
    about who's going to win and we have to
  • 00:08:04
    vote for this or vote for that or vote
  • 00:08:05
    against this or vote against
  • 00:08:07
    that when real power is completely
  • 00:08:11
    removed from that whole
  • 00:08:13
    process uh but they've got you uh
  • 00:08:16
    completely distracted from where real
  • 00:08:18
    power is because they've convinced you
  • 00:08:21
    about how free you are and about how
  • 00:08:22
    Democratic your Society is which just
  • 00:08:25
    actually in real practical terms means
  • 00:08:28
    that you have no power whatsoever you
  • 00:08:30
    have no voice whatsoever uh that's why
  • 00:08:33
    it doesn't matter one bit when you go
  • 00:08:35
    out and protest in the street it doesn't
  • 00:08:37
    matter that doesn't matter anymore than
  • 00:08:40
    you putting your uh vote in The Ballot
  • 00:08:42
    Box it is equally insignificant uh to
  • 00:08:46
    what will happen in terms of policy it
  • 00:08:48
    begins from the misconception of
  • 00:08:50
    thinking that your so-called
  • 00:08:52
    civilization ever believed uh in freedom
  • 00:08:56
    and liberty and democracy and so forth
  • 00:08:58
    they never believed in that and if you
  • 00:09:01
    actually read uh the the as I say the
  • 00:09:04
    the Greek philosophers if you read the
  • 00:09:06
    Enlightenment thinkers if you read the
  • 00:09:07
    founding fathers they never believed in
  • 00:09:10
    that for one minute and so you actually
  • 00:09:12
    have the system that they wanted you to
  • 00:09:14
    have that you have the system uh that
  • 00:09:16
    they believed in but you have a very
  • 00:09:19
    very different system than the one that
  • 00:09:20
    you believe in the one that you think
  • 00:09:22
    you have it's completely different but
  • 00:09:24
    it's the one that they always intended
  • 00:09:26
    it to be which is the power being held
  • 00:09:29
    by the Elite uh and the population being
  • 00:09:31
    completely marginalized and disempowered
Tags
  • Freedom
  • America
  • Democracy
  • Misconception
  • Regulations
  • Economic Control
  • Propaganda
  • Western Civilization
  • Elite Power
  • Protests