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Truthful Oratory for the Millennium
This is the first in a series of talks produced by the Thomas Paine Society for TH-cam and other outlets. Future speakers will include authors, historians, and others discussing Thomas Paine's ideas and their relevance in the 21st century.
This is the first in a series of talks produced by the Thomas Paine Society for TH-cam and other outlets. Future speakers will include authors, historians, and others discussing Thomas Paine's ideas and their relevance in the 21st century.
Tom Talk With Lewis Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham is editor of Lapham's Quarterly and former editor of Harper's Magazine. He is the author of numerous books, including Money and Class in America, Theater of War, Gag Rule, and, most recently and Pretensions to Empire.
With wit and wisdom Lapham examines Paine's ideas and their relevance in a history that spans the ages. From Plato to George W. Bush, Lapham connects past with present to show why Thomas Paine's ideas are important today.
"Thomas Paine doesn't think it the duty of the political writer to keep things running quietly and smoothly, says Lapham. It was "Explicit in Common Sense...his aim is to arm ordinary individuals with the weapon with which to defend themselves against organized deception and arbitrary power."
With wit and wisdom Lapham examines Paine's ideas and their relevance in a history that spans the ages. From Plato to George W. Bush, Lapham connects past with present to show why Thomas Paine's ideas are important today.
"Thomas Paine doesn't think it the duty of the political writer to keep things running quietly and smoothly, says Lapham. It was "Explicit in Common Sense...his aim is to arm ordinary individuals with the weapon with which to defend themselves against organized deception and arbitrary power."
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Thomas Paine Tells Glenn Beck and the Tea Party: "You've Got it All Wrong!"
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www.thomaspainesociety.org The Thomas Paine Society presents actor Ian Ruskin in the first of a series of TOM TALKS that will feature authors, actors, historians and others discussing Thomas Paine's ideas as they apply to contemporary society. Presented at the Historical Castle Green in Pasadena, California January 29, 2012, in celebration of Paine's 275th birthday, this talk was part of the So...
Thomas Paine Birthday Debate
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Thomas Paine meets Thomas Jefferson at an event hosted by the Thomas Paine Society Castle Green in Pasadena to celebrate his birthday. www.thomaspainesociety.org
He's often considered an honorary Founding Father, but I don't think he is. He had a fundamental misunderstanding of the American Revolution. He was the kind of man who thought people would be more united by an overthrowing of tradition, but the Declaration of Independence says that when you overthrow the forms people have become used to, they are more likely to hurt themselves than otherwise. John Adams was right about Common Sense. It's overly optimistic about human nature.
America had good ideas a couple centuries ago.
5:38 morality and virtue is found in Jesus Christ. Adam and Eve lost it roughly 6,000 years ago. So to think man could simply live without a governing presence is ignorant. We see this time and time again in the Gospels how man always fall short. Thank God for sending his only begotten Son to die for all of mankind. Trust in him and seek him.
NO. Why should the State be any more virtuous than individual people? In my long experience most people are more virtuous than politicians, yet it is politicians who hold Power and exercise coercion and extortion. This ends with the theme from "John Adams" - a contradiction; Freudian slip?
He was wrong about the French revolution and is wrong once more. Not very good at making predictions...
Glenn Beck (Mormon) naming his book after Thomas Paine's (Deist) is hilarious.
Just the opposite, it is laudable that Beck would do this. After all, Glenn has always been clear that he doesn't accept or reject ideas solely based on a person's theology. Your post says more about you than it does him.
Ian Ruskin and Thomas Paine are both excellent...
We The People), must demand The (Freedom of The Press) needed to be Free ! Fight Fascism !!!
Pristine acting....
The Tea Party and Glen Beck had it right after all.
Pahahahahahahaha riiiiggghhht....neo Confederate Christian Nationalists that support insurrections and hate America are right? Are you a Russian or an anti american Trump cultist?
@@Raydensheraj M. A. G. A. Not hate...... A M R G but prosperity!!!!!! K E E A your a nut if you can't tell the E R A I difference. I T N How do you get the word cult ! C your being militaristic for sure ! A you sound like a over board N A Z I !!!!!! Making America great is a GOOD thing and if your against it your up to no good ,get it? Peace=prosperity All Bully's get broken bones, kicked around and smashed eventually. Wisdom comes hard for people,I guess?
When you think really deep You find out that who freed America from Britain are the British them selves such a great people who gave the world great scientists,philosophers and great statesmen.
Wonderful presentation! Thank you. Saving this video for future reference; the closing music is spot on, that is the theme from the John Adams series and is more fitting for Paine.
I believe there were only six mourners at Tom Paine’s funeral, and by some strange, sad coincidence, this, my comment, is just the 6th even after seven years on line😢
yes, that is the fire place where pinhead hit thersea on the head
I am a direct descendant of Robert Treat Paine
He is a founding father....... I'm related too! How ya doin cuz?????? Tommy was bold and brave ? How did he fare after the revolution?
He staked his whole life and reputation on what he believed. How he had true belief in the democratic system. Rallied the colonists to keep fighting ( Common Sense ) and fought himself. Many of our founding fathers , many who were Deist, did not talk much about their views on God and religion ( The Age of Reason) because of retribution from the public. He did and paid the price. Hollywood should make a movie about him or play like Hamilton Maybe get Billy Bob to play him.
Wonderful presentation. His message to us is timeless.Thanks.
Who was greater I wonder : Paine or Voltaire ?
Both were great...
Voltaire was definitely a Jesuit spook. Paine was a pain in the *** to the (((powers that be))), both then and now.
I love and admire both men.
"Maybe I missed the key performance indicators but I don't know how language that is meant to be disposable enriches anybody's life. I can understand that words devoid of meaning serve the interest of the corporation and the state, but they don't enhance or empower people who would find in their freedom of thought a voice that they could recognise as their own"
Brilliant
Glenn Beck, the Tea Party, Fox News, the Trumpers, and the January 6ers are all the Enemies of America! Thomas Paine is REAL America!
Thomas Paine was ahead of his time. The masses have moved towards believing the same as him even as so few know anything about him. Things Paine believed in: Abolition of slavery w/reparations Women's rights Universal suffrage Abolishing the death penalty Freedom of/from religion UBI (an early form) Public education He accomplished none of these in his life and his contributions to the US and French revolutions, but his writings were the seed for successive generations to bring about many of these changes.
And now all of those things have been weaponised against us by authoritarian governments.
Freedom of Religion but NOT "Freedom From Religion". That's State-Imosed Atheism like North Korea has. Aka, Religion is outlawed. Paine was a staunch advocate of Individual Property Rights, Private Weapons Ownership, Right Of Legal Will to pass down Wealth to descendants, and Co-Equal Government Institutions inspired by the The Roman Republic.
Wait is Glenn Beck an anarchist ?
No hes an oligarchist, intent on maintaining the class system of america by combating any means at which wealth can be redistributed
@@Ashathefree8 can you show where he says that or points to oligarchy I always he was a theocratic populist
@@leech525 The end result of his policies is oligarchy, im speaking in practical terms, not but what people say they are, but as the consequences of his actions. Is he theocratic? yes, Is he populist? Hmmm im leaning towards no, sure he tries to appeal to white conservatives, that doesnt make him a populist, populism is more than saying “we’re for the people” he certainly appealing to the group that has the most political power as a whole. Ultimately the end result of his policies would be where an elite corporate few have the most power, that is an oligarchy. Arguably the US is currently an oligarchy, but Beck would push us into that direction.
@@Ashathefree8 what policy does he want that would cause us to go further into an oligarchy? I know he wants to " drain the swamp" so what would he do to make the issue worse I know he hates the federal reserve as well
@@leech525 For instance his anti-welfare position, one of the few means people are actually build themselves out of the poverty is constantly being attacked by glenn beck, if people cant escape poverty, or get an education and are forced to work lower income jobs, it entrenches the political and corporate classes of america in their positions. Usually when someone says “drain the swamp” they are talking about experts and bureaucrats that function in the federal bureaucracy. And while, this is true in my personal opinion, folks like glenn beck seem much more concerned about pandemicioligists and people passing regulations on the environment, than say, the military industrial complex, although does glenn beck complain about them? Its been awhile. And again with the environmental regulations, rich generally, the environment doesn’t affect them, they can live where they want, they have the means, but to the rest of the people who cant move wherever they want, we’re stuck, and the anti-regulation policies that glenn pushes only benefits corporate class.
Thank you so much for this.
I've read Thomas Paine and you soon realise that people like Glen Beck have either not read Paine, didn't understand his writing or they are hoping their viewers haven't read Paine's books.
He IS founding father of the USA! Against slavery, against London at that times, against religion running our government, for democracy, for people shaping our lives and holding government accountable. He was talking about Social Security and Universal Income when other “ founding fathers” were owning slaves and promoting government without “property owners”....What a man!
WE NEED U BACK PAINE!!!!!!!!!
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Age of Reason is a must read
"The elected must never be allowed to form their own special interests!" That is what the Tea Party has been saying for years! Deep State keeps saying there is no Deep State, but we know there is a State within a State. The CFR (Council of Foreign Relations) Federal Reserve, Trilateral Commission, Masonic Order, C.I.A., Bilderburg Group Etc. etc. All designed to keep the power in the hands of the wealthy. When someone gets elected to Congress and a few years later is a multi-millionaire you know the fix is in. The medical industry spends over a trillion dollars a year to keep the necessary reforms from not happening. We're the only country in the world with stupid medical commercials on TV. To say that Tom Paine would be against the Tea Party is just plain stupid.
The so-called deep state is neither denied nor kept secret. It's quite open, obvious, and traceable. Money currently flowing through politics undermines good governance like a flood waters undermine a river bank. This money comes from powerful corporations and special interests with the sole intent of buying elections. This has been a reoccurring problem since the industrial revolution. The issue at hand is that there are zero elected officials at the federal level that give a damn about common people. I can't name a single person in the federal government who puts the needs of constituents above the obligations to political parties. In DC, your well being comes second to the ambitions and ideologies of national parties. All this is provable and is known through observation of the past and present. Where the Tea Party goes wrong is in it's celebration of "heroes" like Glenn Beck. People like Beck make their money from the status quo, and have no reason to bring about change. They are no better than TV pastors raking in millions of dollars and splurging that wealth on private jets rather than ending world hunger. While there are many good people who joined the Tea Party, that doesn't falisfy the fact that modern political movements are funded by powerful people looking to keep the population in a cinstant state of dependency on privately controlled resources.
Horse pockery.
Washington is a Melee... People are in danger because leadership in the US is dysfunctional. Whips and Leaders are the true crux of the corruption. They were created during the height of Government corruption in 1899 and 1900. They were NOT implemented by the framers of the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. Congress is manipulated by Whips and Leaders to broker the bills in a profiteering manner to 501c's, corporations and other countries. The myth is Congress is a weak victim overpowered by the large money lobbyist. But the truth, Congress is the tyranny understanding they have a monopoly selling bills and are aggressive at it. You want a bill passed you have to come through them, so bring your American Express card. There is no defensible argument, Congress betrayed their Fiduciary duty. Whips and Leaders should have been eliminated with Antitrust in the early 1900's. Whips and Leaders front run our republic. This isn't a Democracy, it's not a Republic, it's a coup d'état and the Whips and Leaders are the party of guilt. This should be made into a documentary.
This is an important video, the reason lectures like this do no receive more attention can be found here: zagonostra.wordpress.com/
Well I'm not well spoken nor eloquent so I'll just say that this pisses me off. Why would post such a twisted even perverted view of what Paine represented. You need to get Hitchslapped twice!
What do you think TP represented?
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Why is Karl Marx pretending to be Thomas Paine?
Joe West no that really is how Thomas Paine taught So that's completely his philosophy is talking Not Karl Marx
Informative and a great idea. Performance was mediocre.
I am doing Thomas Paine for history fair and I'm really exited!
it takes 2 sides to complete a pair of wings. your problems are your perspective people. When will we see past two partys and recongnize we are one party with two veiws...
I agree, we may never have that thought ever again.
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Bill shit Thomas Paine would have spit in this imposters face
You obviously never read any of his works ,i take it? As almost all of it is taken from Paine's own writings.
Once again Thank You this is Great!
Nice job, Ian and friends.
A great Man, a noble Man, born either into the wrong Time, or onto the wrong Planet.
+Cinematic Gaming : must differ with you on this. I'm grateful he was born right exactly when he was ... and lived the life he lived. We need compatriots with his buoyancy and obstinate optimism right now. Stand in the place where you live.
Thomas Paine was a Socialist-Capitalist Humanist. Get over it goof balls. Right-wing, Left-wing almost meaningless terms in the modern American vocabulary.
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Hi Paul, I agree we need to promote this video. Lapham is one of the great intellectuals of our time. Please share it.
I have no idea why I the first to comment on this fantastic revelation of the ideas of Thomas Paine coming true in the current day. Perhaps everyone is on facebook
You really do need to know zero about history to think Paine was remotely right-wing, he tried to form a union of excise workers and his earliest pamphlet was for workers rights, he opposed the wealthy, the monarchy and the church and he also opposed militarism and only supported war when it was a last resort. He was the only founding father that was working class every other one was wealthy bar him so unlike them he saw the life of the lower classes. He opposed slavery and supported the successful slave uprising in the Haitian Revolution. He wanted a government scheme for pensions and an early form of socialized medicine payed for by people's taxes. Paine opposed the power of churches on government and fought against quackery.
John Maddin that's not quite correct. He was a tax collector and he pleaded to the British Parliament for an income promotion. I agree that he was rather left libertarian but where did he promote workers' unions?
plato.stanford.edu/entries/paine/
You can't compare the "right and left" of 1776 to the "right and left" of present day America. Many on the right, today, embrace most of what Paine wrote and talked about. The baseline has shifted ... it's a pointless argument.
The Left of his time was small government where right was big government. He would be considered a classic liberal or a right-wing Libertarian.
@@LittleImpaler paine felt that the earth was the common inherited property of all,low key commie tbh
Have a great birthday mate!
Sorry Gary your recollection is faulty. Please read Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine to see what he really believed.
who is gary