Activism Motivated By Money: Veganism & Patreon.

05 August 2018 [YT link]

https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel



#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism

No More Masks (vs. Joey Carbstrong & Cube of Truth)

03 August 2018 [YT link]

This is PART FOUR of a discussion of "Cube of Truth" and "Anonymous for the Voiceless" involving some commentary from Joey Carbstrong (that I here reply to directly). Check the playlist to see all of the videos in the set: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7o2tfT6y8w7OeQmnAt_42mn

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism

On Life: For a Suicidal Viewer.

03 August 2018 [YT link]

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If you're on the internet… sometimes people write in, and ask you to talk them out of suicide. For me, this is the second time this year, I think.



#storytime #advice #therapy

Being Vegan FOR THE VOICELESS. (vs. Kalel)

01 August 2018 [YT link]

Don't make excuses for people who make excuses (vs. Kalel & Unnatural Vegan). Here are the links to the sources quoted:

1. *Kalel* "I'M NOT REALLY VEGAN? (4/5)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYzBy012NI

2. *Unnatural Vegan:* "Re: Kalel "I'm Not Really Vegan?" (imperfection is failure?)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHLzMyXBGvw

3. *à-bas-le-ciel:* "Vegan Youtube "Activism": the Politics of Performance, the Future of an Illusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svany7sSS2M&t=1960s



#Kalel #Veganism #Ethics

Vegans vs. Paul Bashir

31 July 2018 [YT link]

It's easy to say, "Question everything", but the reality is that there are uncomfortable relationships of authority even within political movements that use anarchist memes (like the Guy Fawkes mask, etc.). Here, we're questioning "Cube of Truth", we're questioning "Anonymous for the Voiceless", and we're questioning the leadership of Paul Bashir and Joey Carbstrong a wee bit. And those questions are, evidently, unwelcome from the other side: they seem to encourage Socratic method about everything except the assumptions (and shortcomings) of their own organization. Yeah, you can wear an anti-authoritarian mask easily enough, but it's another challenge entirely to make judicious use of authority in a political movement. This video is titled: Vegans vs. Paul Bashir.



And I can provide a link to the channels quoted:

(1) Paul Bashir: https://www.youtube.com/user/pbashmusic/videos

(2) Joey Carbstrong:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6usHVNuRbexyisxE27nDw/videos

(3) Vegan Called Quest:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Taizembe/videos



#vegan #vegans #veganism

An end to PETA's "Sexiest Vegan" competition… but…

28 July 2018 [YT link]

My earlier video on the topic had the self-explanatory title, "PETA's "Sexy Vegan" Thing IS NOT SEXY anymore." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqiws7edFGk

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You may be wondering about the image in the thumbnail. Yes, of course, the two people on the right-hand side are (1) Benedict Cumberbatch and (2) Ava DuVernay… but near the center of your field of vision, who is that? She was a vegan activist who briefly rose to fame under the name "Baby Vegan", later changed her name to "Dahliaeyes", then split up with her boyfriend, and erased most of the traces of her former digital fame. In contrast to the artificial process of PETA nominating one "sexiest vegan" after another, she's an example of someone who rose from obscurity to fame (on her own blog, basically) due to sex appeal —and yes, beauty and sex-appeal may be topics we're uncomfortable addressing within politics, but, if so, PETA's coping method is only making matters worse.



#PETA #Veganism #ConstructiveCriticism

Review of BUMBLE: the Art of Not Being Alone.

28 July 2018 [YT link]

Here's the twitter link for Tofu Goddess (mentioned in the intro), please go over and let her know that the audience would like to see her return to the channel: https://twitter.com/TofuGoddess_

You can find videos of the discussions we had on 21st century romance (in no particular order) by searching the channel for "Tofu" plus "Dating", or by clicking on this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/search?query=tofu+dating

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#Bumble

Vegans, "Ready for Jail"? (DxE, Wayne Hsiung, etc.)

27 July 2018 [YT link]

#DxE #Activism #Veganism #Vegan #Politics #Vegans



Source 1 = France 24 = https://www.youtube.com/user/france24english/videos

Source 2 = interview with Wayne Hsiung (leader of DxE = Direct Action Everywhere) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxV293ccbw

Source 3 = a quotation of my own, earlier video, pointing out the contradictory messages from DxE on arrests, going to jail, the nature of their protests, what they're actually doing as a movement/organization, etc. = "DxE: Arrests, Lies, Videotape (Direct Action Everywhere)" = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4f7Xmqk_gM

My playlist of videos on (i.e., criticizing) DxE = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7qhwg8QIrDTQu-GqKu8Rc4s

Cube of Truth: Joey Carbstrong is WRONG.

24 July 2018 [YT link]

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#veganism #vegan #activism

VEGANS: Can We Stop Kidding Ourselves? ("Cube of Truth" etc.)

18 July 2018 [YT link]

#veganism

Tana Mongeau: Greatest Rapper of 2018.

17 July 2018 [YT link]

#TanaForPrison #TanaCon #ActuallyAboutTheMeaningOfLife

False Cure, Fake Skeptics: Anti-Depressants as Dogma.

17 July 2018 [YT link]

Self-identified skeptics (like "Armoured Skeptic" and "Jaclyn Glenn") are really dragging the name (and principles) of Skepticism through the mud. Please check out the other videos in the playlist (there is a short video on Jaclyn Glenn, from just a few days ago): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7rq7l8i6VGhFUrGAwTBoTS1



Ah, yes, and how could I forget to provide a link to Pewdiepie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg_n6yChXhU

Do I Hate White Canadians? Do I Hate the Culture?

16 July 2018 [YT link]

The Real Cost of Meat (Vegan vs. Vegan)

16 July 2018 [YT link]

Meat is cheap. Meat makes money. Don't kid yourself: there are inconvenient truths on all sides of this one. Partly in response to "Mic. the Vegan" on "The Real Cost of Meat", linked to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA9f2JU5bRs

And yes, I was tempted to put "Mic the idiot" in the title here.

Body-Positive, Intellect-Negative: Edyn Jacks.

16 July 2018 [YT link]

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A video with quotations from (1) Edyn Jacks, (2) Nikocado Avocado, and (3) blndsundoll4mj = Trisha Paytas.

(1A) https://www.youtube.com/user/CelebrityMUA/videos

(1B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwwK5h7P4ug

(1C) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYJTgHXGXyk

(2A) https://www.youtube.com/user/NikocadoAvocado/videos

(2B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM_pllzDDww



This video is part of the channel's longest-running playlist: ADVICE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR!



If you can't read the thumbnail image, the "subtitle" (I suppose) is: "Obesity and/or/as the philosophy of "self-love".

For the poor vs. for the majority: questioning democracy.

11 July 2018 [YT link]

This is an excerpt from a much longer discussion, found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqcV5MG1Ys

Title: Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Nihilism, Buddhism, Life.

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Jaclyn Glenn on Anti-Depressants: ZERO SKEPTICISM.

08 July 2018 [YT link]

There was a time when Jaclyn Glenn was a self-identified leader in the "Skeptic" movement: many people need to seriously reconsider their assumptions about medical treatment for depression, but it's no less important that we re-examine our assumptions about the meaning of Skepticism.

Source 1: "De-mystifying psychiatric drugs, a presentation by Joanna Moncrieff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfiubXSzzz8

Source 2: "Why I Stopped Taking My Antidepressants" by JaclynGlenn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLOXVKmPIA

The Meta-Politics of Aristotle's Politics.

07 July 2018 [YT link]

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You'll find this video on my "politics only" channel, ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

For the links to secondary sources (peer-reviewed, scholarly, etc.) on the historical and political context within which Aristotle's work was written, click here:

http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2018/06/sources-on-aristotles-political-context.html



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(1) "Aristotle's Paradox of Monarchy and the Biographical Tradition." J. Miller, 1998, in: History of Political Thought, Vol. 19, No. 4,



(2) The "extreme" position (i.e., arguing strongly that Aristotle was "an agent of Macedonia" in Athens) is presented in "Aristotle and the Foreign Policy of Macedonia." Anton-Herman Chroust, 1972, The Review of Politics, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jul., 1972).



Source #1 repeatedly alludes to the extent to which source #2 has been reluctantly/negatively received by other scholars in the field; for a sense of why this is, see (3) Christopher Kirwan's (negative) review of Aristotle: New Light on His Life and on Some of His Lost Works by Anton-Hermann Chroust, in: The Classical Review, New Series, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1976), pp. 69-70



(4) For a "simple" biographical source on Aristotle, it doesn't get any simpler than Diogenes Laertius (but secondary sources such as the ones linked above are engaged in skeptically questioning to what extent these biographies are historically valid, especially given the long "pause" between the death of Aristotle and the writing of these accounts): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0258%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D1



(5) There is one further (analytical) source salient to this discussion hidden away in the pages of Essays on the Foundations of Aristotelian Political Science, 1991, edited

by Carnes Lord and David K. O'Connor, although I have left this in fifth place, as its salience is of a more general character. It is titled, "Aristotle's Critique of Athenian Democracy" by Barry S. Strauss (staring on p. 212). https://books.google.ca/books?id=q58eP8kKBmMC&pg=PA212&dq=On+Aristotle%27s+Critique+of+Democracy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw0ZG68czbAhWZGTQIHSOqAqgQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Democracy "As Such", Intervention & Colonialism ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ

03 July 2018 [YT link]

My "new" channel (politics only) is over here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

Understand Fascism to Oppose Fascism (vs. Jimmy Dore). ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ

01 July 2018 [YT link]

Jimmy Dore means well, but he's incorrectly defining fascism. This video examines the overlapping ideological histories of fascism, communism, socialism and syndicalism to come to a brief description of what Fascism originally was (and, thus, to some extent, why it is the way it is. Georges Sorel and Benito Mussolini are more important names for understanding this than most people realize (and, I think, they're more important than Jimmy Dore realizes, too).

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Another is à-bas-le-ciel, found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/videos

And there is, in fact, a youtube channel that has my own legal name, Eisel Mazard: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuxp5G-XFGcH4lmgejZddqA

Peer review and the construction of knowledge: antidepressants & philosophy.

24 June 2018 [YT link]

This is a video that does, indeed, press further with the controversy over anti-depressants (Prozac, Zoloft, SSRI drugs, etc.) in which I'm opposing "Unnatural Vegan" —but, also, the video deals with an example from Buddhist philosophy at some length.* Peer review is not a substitute for skepticism; the average of wrong answers is neither a scientific consensus nor a simple fact.

* For more on that example, see: https://medium.com/@eiselmazard/causality-and-canonicity-46091f5da69

Causality and Canonicity: A Sequel on the Misinterpretation of Buddhist “Dependent Arising” and/or/as/vs. “Interdependence



Please refer to the playlist ("Anti-Anti-depressants") for more on this topic. My videos often quote Joanna Moncrieff… http://joannamoncrieff.com/

…and Peter Breggin… https://breggin.com/books/

…but this particular video repeatedly quotes Robert Whitaker, and you can see the lecture quoted in its entirety here: https://youtu.be/Ep1ODxCoYlI

You can learn more about his book on the topic, "Anatomy of an Epidemic", here: https://www.amazon.ca/Anatomy-Epidemic-Bullets-Psychiatric-Astonishing/dp/0307452425/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529890280&sr=8-1

Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Nihilism, Buddhism, Life.

23 June 2018 [YT link]

1:15 – Role models

9:25 – Nihilism in politics

15:10 – Can we make moral judgements without belief?

34:50 – Veganism as a political struggle

41:10 – Morality should be worrying

48:10 – Do you need to assume human nature is good in order to ground politics in nihilism?

54:00 – Is your philosophy based on elitism?

57:45 – How and where do you draw the line on coercion?

88:20 – What activist role do you see yourself playing over the next 5 years?

119:25 – What did you see in Buddhism?*

This starts as an interview by Mohammad Socrates, and ends as conversation with Mohammad Socrates. I met him through Patreon, and that's where you can join the conversation (supporting the channel for $1 per month). https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel Perhaps —perhaps— I'll eventually add "time-stamps" to allow you to jump to the specific topics discussed within —but, as you can imagine, I don't (currently) have a list to work with. The discussion of Buddhism (and Buddhist philosophy), as I recall, begins just before the two hour mark.



* [Footnote:] The time-stamps were noted down by Theo, over at "Activist Journeys". https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO54vzfpG-F-ueZvArhgdqA/videos

Political dissent and the basis of moral judgement.

23 June 2018 [YT link]

"I think the more honest and accurate your moral philosophy is, the more worrying it's going to be, and the greater the dynamism of doubt is going to be: that we live with doubt and uncertainty involved. Now, are there philosophers who claim to have constructed a reassuring rational edifice of universal, reliable answers to these questions? Yes. […] And all of that approach is deeply flawed, dangerous, misleading and wrong. […]"

"Universal, rational ethical principles are reassuring, and they're all the more dangerous for that reason. […] Be worried, I think that's quite appropriate."



This is an excerpt from a much longer discussion, found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqcV5MG1Ys Title: Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Nihilism, Buddhism, Life.

The Pseudo-Science of Depression: Unnatural Vegan on SSRI Drugs.

22 June 2018 [YT link]

Scientific skepticism. Easy to preach, difficult to practice. Especially when it's your own ego (your own happiness, your own misery, and even your own sanity) that's on the line. Here is the link to the playlist of videos on anti-depressants hosted on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7rq7l8i6VGhFUrGAwTBoTS1

Against Civil Disobedience. ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ

18 June 2018 [YT link]

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My "other" channel, politics only: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

A Review of the Animal Liberation Conference (Berkeley, California)

18 June 2018 [YT link]

My playlist of videos criticizing DxE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7qhwg8QIrDTQu-GqKu8Rc4s

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I Killed Anthony Bourdain.

17 June 2018 [YT link]

Suicide hotlines do not work. Really. They don't.

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Canada Suicide Prevention Service

Toll-free 1-833-456-4566

Text: 45645

Chat: crisisservicescanada.ca

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Satire is not comedy.

The Meaning of "Being an Intellectual". ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ

16 June 2018 [YT link]

Please take a look at and subscribe to my "politics only" channel, ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

This video is a reply to a question from a supporter on Patreon (you, also, can support the channel for $1 per month, and send in comments and questions): https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

Although this may be more interesting after hearing the video than before it, I'd note that there is a contrasting-and-partly-overlapping definition offered by Wikipedia: *"An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about society and proposes solutions for its normative problems.* Some gain authority as public intellectuals. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by rejecting, producing or extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values."

My 1000th Video: Top Ten Dumbest / Greatest Moments.

14 June 2018 [YT link]

A lot of laughter in this video, reflecting back on 4 years, one thousand videos, and 2.8 million views "in the demimonde".

Vaccination & Vapid Celebrities in Politics: Kat von D vs. Unnatural Vegan.

14 June 2018 [YT link]

Real talk on vaccines. Disclaimer: the cup at 2:22 is larger than most bowls (I realize this makes it seem as if I'm miniature in terms of relative size).

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ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ Neoliberalism & Globalization: Trump & Trade.

14 June 2018 [YT link]

Trade, Trump and New Answers to Old Questions. Support the channel for $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

Check out "my other" channel (politics only) here, ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

Philosophy and Politics (with Darren McStravick)

08 June 2018 [YT link]

A discussion of ethics, philosophy of education, politics, the relationship between philosophy and politics, and, yes, the road ahead for vegan politics.

Yep, given that it's over two hours long, you might want to download it as a podcast instead (and I will upload it as an audio-only MP3 to Patreon, where you can support the channel for $1 per month): https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

You can find Darren's own youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQvFXbosYV-RMAKhbnohPA/videos

Note: this was recorded on the Australian time-zone and, for me, it ended around 2 AM! ;-)

A Conversation: Ask Yourself vs. À-Bas-Le-Ciel

08 June 2018 [YT link]

A productive conversation (I can't call it a debate!) discussing some of the fundamental ethical and political concepts employed by Ask Yourself and myself respectively ("Name the Trait" and "The Wildlife Management Paradigm" are in there, along with some discussion of Nihilism vs. Objective Morality, and so on). This was a recording made without the permission of the participants by "Activist Journeys" (link below), here "stolen back" to post on my own channel (after checking with Isaac if he'd tolerate it: his position is that the harm is already done with the initial recording/publication —so re-posting it does no harm (is this deontology or consequentialism, I ask you?)). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO54vzfpG-F-ueZvArhgdqA/videos

-- Time stamps --

0:00 Vivisection and Desert Island Scenarios

26:40 Comparing & Contrasting approaches / philosophy

1:22:00 Is Direct Action Everywhere a cult?

Vegan Ava: Durianrider's Last "True Believer".

08 June 2018 [YT link]

Even "the last of the true believers" have lost their faith in Durianrider / Freelee / RT4 / etc. etc. For a more meaningful exploration of the issues, I'd recommend my (old, but in-depth) video, "the wonder that was Freelee", reflecting on why it was that so many people became devoted to

Sousveillance: Academia Will Be Transformed.

06 June 2018 [YT link]

"Academia is Babylon", but having hidden cameras in the hands of so many students may well transform "Babylon" from within. Here's why.



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A Conversation: Plantriotic, Izzy Davis & Durianrider's Long Shadow.

06 June 2018 [YT link]

Yeah, we also talk about veganism. Just a little bit in there. ;-)



You can check out Plantriotic's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOKgw4ndKt52LTESwqvAGg/videos



Izzy Davis's channel is no longer called "Izzy Davis", but here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/user/izzydsammies/videos



And my Patreon page (if you want to support this channel, talk to me, etc.) is here: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

JUST THE DRAMA: Durianrider vs. Plantriotic vs. Izzy Davis

06 June 2018 [YT link]

If you want to see the whole conversation, unedited, it's here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtBCGV_Z9_Y

If you want to see the video that initiated this conversation, it has the snappy title, Izzy Davis is ex-vegan; Plantriotic is a coward." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7f4AkH6Yw

Plantriotic's channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOKgw4ndKt52LTESwqvAGg/videos

Izzy Davis's (ex-vegan) channel is here, now called, "Relax with Izzy": https://www.youtube.com/user/izzydsammies

And, yes, there is a vegan youtuber called Durianrider, and, yes, I can provide the link to his channel, too, in case anything said in this conversation makes you interested in seeing his content. ;-) https://www.youtube.com/user/durianriders/videos

Nihilism "vs." Veganism (Is Veganism "Just Another Religion"?)

06 June 2018 [YT link]

People do, sometimes, ask me, "How can you be a vegan if you're a nihilist?" This opens the door to a much more serious question: "What is it that you imagine we must have faith in, in order to make the decision to be vegan?" I do not concede that veganism requires a basis in faith or belief of any kind; on the contrary, I think it's stronger without it.

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Izzy Davis is ex-vegan; Plantriotic is a coward.

05 June 2018 [YT link]

If you want the link to see Izzy Davis eating meat (and talking about eating meat), here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBQt-s4HsYY

https://www.youtube.com/user/izzydsammies/videos

Plantriotic has a name that's pretty easy to find via google:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOKgw4ndKt52LTESwqvAGg

Both of the videos quoted from his channel had "Durianrider" in the title, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905Npkwn40E

Peer Review is Dead: Publishing & Progress (in Science and Politics).

05 June 2018 [YT link]

If you watch the whole video to its end, you'll get to an optimistic thesis on "sousveillance" and the future of academia —but, admittedly, the thesis of the video (on the nature of peer review) is pretty disheartening up to that point. :-)

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If you'd like a cited source on the historical claims made in the video (on the origins of the institution of peer-review itself) you'll find them in a few clickable links in this short article on my blog: http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2012/08/when-the-author-cancels-peer-review.html

Against utilitarianism & consequentialism (within the vegan movement)

03 June 2018 [YT link]

I'm amazed at how many "vegans" wanted to defend the practice of wearing leather, fur and even eating meat (within "veganism") with the single caveat that they acquired the product free of charge (2nd hand leather, 2nd hand morality).

Assassination and/or Democracy: Cambodia & Thailand.

03 June 2018 [YT link]

Active Research & Informed Opinion ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ I have a separate channel that is "politics only", please subscribe and share the link over there: https://www.youtube.com/c/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

Veganism: beyond ecology, consumerism & the boycott mentality.

31 May 2018 [YT link]

A sustained argument on the importance of NOT minimizing your negative impacts (ecologically), but maximizing your positive impacts: a shift from process-oriented- to goal-oriented-thinking, and from "minimalist lifestyle activism" to more overtly political mechanisms in pursuit of social change.



(The thumbnail image reads, "Are Vegans Just Shopping for Social Change?")



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OIL PIPELINES: Justin Trudeau and Ecologists Could Both Be Wrong.

31 May 2018 [YT link]

You'll also find this video on my "politics only" channel, ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ: https://www.youtube.com/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos

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Vegans vs. Second Hand Leather (Second Hand Morality)

30 May 2018 [YT link]

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Socrates Must Die: On Plato's Euthyphro.

29 May 2018 [YT link]

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Being vegan: suicide, misery & isolation.

28 May 2018 [YT link]

The struggle is real.



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With a cameo appearance from, "So You're Dating A Vegan": https://www.youtube.com/user/soyouredatingavegan/videos

And a clip from their video, "How We Manage Our "Mixed Diet" Relationship (vegan vs. non-vegan)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deJTqdpO134

Going Bald / Shaving Your Head / Getting Laid.

28 May 2018 [YT link]

Toxic Masculinity 101. Includes references to Batman, Buddhist monasticism and Jordan Peterson.



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反共產 Growing Up Communist (EX-COMMUNIST perspective)

27 May 2018 [YT link]

With a film review of "The Death of Stalin" thrown in as a bonus.

Why I'm Forcing You to Read Aristotle: Athenian Democracy.

27 May 2018 [YT link]

Aristotle, Thucydides, Xenophon & Plato: a lecture on exactly what to read, and WHY YOU MUST read it.



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And you will also find this video on my "politics only" channel", ⓐⓡ⊞ⓘⓞ, (Active Research & Informed Opinion): https://www.youtube.com/ActiveResearchInformedOpinion/videos



This is part of the longest running playlist of videos on this channel: ADVICE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR!