Just listened to this vlog today Jim. It's very refreshing to actually hear an American question what you all have been told since childhood about how great America is. And you are right, it is indoctrination, or propaganda!! I always marvel at how many Americans say how their country is the greatest country on the earth, blah blah. Well guess what, I can tell you, from here in Australia, that your country certainly is not. All the crap that goes on there...we shake our heads here and say, 'only in America '.
Yes, 40 to 50 years ago we had a neighborhood where everyone knew each other. Larger familys, mothers at home, schools, churches, little to no TVs/social media. Everyone played outside and interfaced with each other. This connected the local community together.
The old community (mall culture, community cohesiveness, etc.) petered out with the advent of the internet in the mid-90s. Today, everything can be done online...without having to do any real face-to-face interacting.
I've really enjoyed your talk and agree at a lot of points with you... - we've never been so close yet sooo divided, it's a such a shame. I've never felt that I trully belonged(34 here) - always keeping to myself and minding my own business. And it's not just US, it's spreading like wild fire everywhere(say Japan got it even worse than US) It's also a part of growing up(we never stop to) and seeing more of the true nature of the world around us, pulling the pink glasses and seeing the world as it is - it's painful It's like the technology has replaced everything else, - everything is synthetic, tasteless... I get a lot of this feeling. We do not belong anymore.
I give 2 hoots about you Jim and I don't even know you. Society is a cold harsh place these days. Every man/ women for themselves. It's like a competition instead of a collaboration. Yes, we in the western world have things totally wrong when it comes to way of living.
It's allowed our self-centered instincts to come out. In the old days, you had to maintain relationships to get everyday necessities taken care of. Now, you can do it all impersonally over the internet or smartphone.
Hey man I'm so glad you made this video discussing this topic . I'm 30 year old single guy and I find that the average person today is drama filled and immoral . Most people I come across with in public and at work are cold moody and full of relationship drama. Some are not even capable of having a clean genuine intelligent conversation anymore. I think society as a whole has lost morality and God and as a result your seeing isolated people. Thank u for talking about this topic bro. Just subscribed!
I recently turned 26 and I quit social media and encourage others to do the same, unless you a running a business for marketing and such. I've never felt so much mental clarity, peace and genuine connection when having conversation with people and deal with awkward moments by avoiding starting at my phone. Funny enough I work in tech and specifically with AI and Machine Learning, but even so, it's more important now than ever to find moments and also solutions to disconnect from the screens and enjoy the present moment.
You're absolutely right about everything ! I've been experiencing the same thing and it's a nightmare out there. Me and you are on the exact same page ! You definitely have a youtube brother here my friend ! I'm with you brother !
This came at a perfect time. I’m at a time in my life where I want change and to have a community outside of family. It feels harder now because of life. I go to the gym just to feel some community. I can’t afford to isolate people at my age. I have to put boundaries because my mental health is through the roof. In my case, I don’t have anything serious to immediately shut off.
New sub here. Really enjoy the simplicity of your presentation, evinces a meditative quality that keeps my attention throughout. Hope you continue these "park bench" chats for the life of your channel.
Hello Jim, I admire and thank you for sharing your thoughts and observations with us on this platform. We all sort of on the same boat these days, some don’t feel it yet, or rather, don’t want to. Can’t wait to hear more from you, keep up the great work. God bless you and Much ❤ from Iran.
You don't need to hang out as long as you're cordial to one another. We don't have to be friends with neighbors. You become friends by sharing common interest not because you're neighbors. My husband occasionally offers small talk to neighbors. I offer some a wave and others I don't. People have changed and they don't have common courtesy like they once did and I am turned off by that. My grandmother had a garden and we grandkids were responsible for passing out the vegetables to the neighbors but they were good neighbors and looked out for one another.
Another great video. You have a knack for speaking into the Camera. I rarely watch through a whole longer video but I do with yours, I am enjoying going through your whole set of past videos.
I’m Mexican and yes you guys are loosing it here in the USA feels like after 2020 it’s been falling apart and when I got here during the rescission people where too materialistic and still
Really, the US has been in decline since 2001. 9/11 started it all...2008-09 exacerbated the situation...2020 put the nation in its coffin...the recent inflation is putting the final nails in the coffin.
True, but the computer is allowing our true nature to come out. The community and socializing of the past is what we did because we had to...or it was the only form of entertainment we had.
I think a lot of returned or retired soldiers miss the camaraderie of the army life But you are very correct about lack of community these days...very sad Ive noticed too the RSL's here in Australia are nothing like they were in my dads day That speech is good...and still relevant today if things arent worse Nothing changes...mankind doesn't learn Its the same worldwide....Globalisation has not worked....everyone feels a loss of belonging and that s why the young ones have such serious identity issues
People like to keep to themselves. People have lives and families of their own and sometimes taking care of a home, or a car (or multiple cars) keeps them busy. I get it. But, the social media, video games, keeps people to themselves too unfortunately.
Hey first off I'd like to say awesome video! I found myself agreeing with a lot of the sentiments you were sharing. As someone on the complete opposite end of the political spectrum but with many friends that support Trump, I'd just like to say that although I don't agree with you on many political topics, I still believe that you want what's best for everyone and I wish we had a system of governance where we had more control over what we support and what we don't. Just like how you aren't a 100% Trumper I feel the exact same way about Kamala, if we had more than two options and our votes would still matter even in case of a loss, I think even as political opposites we'd change a lot of things that we agree on together and find a middle point to settle everything else. It's just that when the country is forced to pick between only two extremes we get very divided as a nation. On top of that all the things going on in the world just puts people on edge which is why your neighbors are overly wary. We need to be spreading more love and positivity and understanding to each other but like you've outlined we have no community to do that through. Please continue to spread your message and take good care of yourself. It is definitely a tough time but as we learn to adapt and grow I'm sure the world will be a much better place in no time.
What everyone needs to awaken to is the fact that these politicians, whether on the Left or the Right, are all members of the same club. No one is coming to save us. Never put your trust in a politician.
It's all true. Have seen the divide and conquer play out with so many people. Never thought would take sides on ridiculous and fear-based topics. Still have hope it can be restored, if only in pockets of community.
Its like walking on egg shells just interacting with others. Recently my landlord basically flipped out when I told her Im a Christian, she said that we are the worst! Interestingly, having freewill is an open question (unsolved) whether we actually have it or not, which means if we don't have it or have it very little, then everything we do is a result of the circumstances weve been through in life up to this point, and basically if animals were put in the same conditions, you would get the same results.
19:03 I'm from Saudi, we have it better here, but we are on the same track as you. It's just a matter of time, I believe. I see it as an institutionalization more than anything. We don't need each other as people used to. The media exacerbates the situation even more.
These observations show the growing sense of social isolation & loneliness. All these issues are connected. Also, the gradual loss of the "third spaces". TH-camr " According to Nicole" has similar comments. Our western society is devolving into a dysfunctional, divided state.
It's sad but everyone in this country seems to rush, work, drive home and close the door. I hardly see my neighbors let a lone talk. I'm hesitant to call my friends because everyone talks fast and seems busy with their own thing; and if it's after 9PM forget it. Where in Asia or Europe, people walk and hang out on the streets and interact.
What is community? American culture has always focused on individualism from the hard working Haitian immigrant settling in Springfield, OH to the boomer homesteading free land on the frontier in the west. People whose ancesters have lived in the same place for centuries and who have roots in that community are the ultimate outsiders.
We get three or four groups we are bound to. 1) Immediate family (mom, dad, etc), 2) Extended and In-laws (cousins, marriage relations, etc) 3) community/culture (neighborhood, culture, ethnicity), 4) National/continental. If your primary dies off (1), then (2) kicks in, but has less structure. Neighbors move away, 'strangers' move in, values/norms change. (3) (4) Nation, country brings more immigrants that mix with original citizens/cultures, bringing new norms/customs original groups don't agree with. At this point, the remaining person is on their own and free to determine their own path in life, since there is no more familiar 'glue' that they recognize.
Haha! Yes to the new American Dream. I’m actually in the process of acquiring my European citizenship through grandpa. I’m getting out of here. Lost my connection and belongingness long ago
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Yeah, it is kind of inevidable. But in the case of the US it is coming in record time. You have to see that the US only was the clear world wide leading country only after the second WW. So that would be 1945. The empire didn't even last a hundred years. Look at the roman empire, the British empire, mongolian empire, Chinese dynasies... They usually lasted a couple houndred years...
@@GangdamStyle20 America's decline was intentional. The big money players have been planning it for some time, I believe. The other part of it is technology and the rapid speed of the modern world. Things can totally change in the world...all at once...over the course of a couple of months. We saw that reality in 2020.
Love this video, as a 22 year old i am just now realizing how socially awkward ive been and am trying to use social media less and be in person and on the phone with my friends more. My last relationship ended because my ex bf refused to have a conversation with me. So social awkwardness is a disability and a disease nowadays I would say.
It's looking more and more like these issues are a growing pain for civilization as a whole. Some countries are just running into it sooner than others - and of course the US decided it needed to be the best at the "who has the most issues?" competition. No judgment on those that move to a place that has yet to be infested by all these problems, though. Everybody has their own situation. I think, as a species, we're in the middle of figuring out what we want the future to actually look like - because it's hard to build something if you don't first know what you're trying to put together. Relationships aren't just an issue in the US. Most "western" countries have a similar story. Western Europe has similar issues as well as South Korea and Japan. I saw a young, South Korean woman conclude "we might as well just go extinct." We also see videos from China, a country we were fed a lot of propaganda regarding our differences (one reason why it is important to separate the view of a country's government from a view of its populace), about the difficulty of finding relationship partners. If nothing else, all the various "pill" movements show that many people are trying to figure out some type of answer to what they're being faced with. The simplest summary is looking at fertility rates that freefall in pretty much every developed country around the world, with nobody really finding a solution to turn it around yet.
Ultimately you have to vote with your feet. Move to parts of the country that share your politics and congregate with like-minded people. Such communities still exist, you just have to be proactive. You won't find them on TH-cam, they're invitational.
If you think about it there's more that unites us than divides us. Activities which allow people to meet each other require leadership. As a military man, Jim, you must be capable at leadership. Visit your neighbours and find out what they would be interested in and arrange it.
Why do you think this has happened? I wonder if maybe it's always been this way - I guess we'd have to go back and talk to our parents and see what they had to say.
Maybe you can start a sense of community here Jim within your channel. Group of like-minded men and women that just don't feel connected to our community or even society as a whole. At least we can relate and connect to one another even if through social media. Have something good come of social media instead of all the negativity that we know it creates.
Simply put its technology….you can text someone or even have a zoom call and you would feel better about being connected…back in the day you had to actually had to make an effort to go out and feel connected to people
Its interesting you show a picture of a probably european city that is walkable and has streets closed off from cars. Car culture is one reason why people are so indivdiualistic and closed off
My pastor is Korean. There is a fellow from Africa in my Bible study class. The congregation is 95% White and the rest is a mixture. I'm 68. In my 40s and 50s I was active with my American Legion motorcycle club and a couple of other groups. Now Im like you. Just a passing hello to the neighbors. I take my grands to Sunday School but Im not really involved.
OK just got to part of dissing relationships and women in US. Beware of scammers in foreign countries. Foreign women REALLY know how to play US men far, far better than naive US women. The grass is NOT greener in other countries...people are people. Foreign women will not understand all the books you read, and things you talk about here. May look nice on outside, but the rest...may not be as sparkly and shiny as one may imagine. Stories for days on that mess.
I just finished the series Mindhunter, a story about the FBI in the 1970s. It reminded me of those days. Don't smoke cigarettes in a bar, it will bother others. Okay. Don't have a beer and get in the car. Okay. Don't let your kids go outside to make noise and ride their bikes. Okay. You music may not be favored by others, so shush. Okay. After a while, people just gave up. We all have been made to feel like we're bad guys. I say bring back the cigarettes, polka dances, noisey kids, and beer!
What new and enlightening information are you bringing to the table then? Do you even post videos? Do you have enough introspection to even share coherent thoughts, or do you just pump iron and inflate your muscles to cover your undeveloped emotional maturity?
The "third world" has mostly lost its meaning in the modern age. I guess you could use it to talk about Africa and rural parts of certain countries (even in America).
Just listened to this vlog today Jim. It's very refreshing to actually hear an American question what you all have been told since childhood about how great America is. And you are right, it is indoctrination, or propaganda!! I always marvel at how many Americans say how their country is the greatest country on the earth, blah blah. Well guess what, I can tell you, from here in Australia, that your country certainly is not. All the crap that goes on there...we shake our heads here and say, 'only in America '.
Yes, 40 to 50 years ago we had a neighborhood where everyone knew each other. Larger familys, mothers at home, schools, churches, little to no TVs/social media. Everyone played outside and interfaced with each other. This connected the local community together.
Yes ..and look where we are now 🤷🫣 Crazee Times
..Those around me say😂 We Doomed
Keep Smiling 🤜🤛☺️
The old community (mall culture, community cohesiveness, etc.) petered out with the advent of the internet in the mid-90s. Today, everything can be done online...without having to do any real face-to-face interacting.
Jim is the neighbor we all deserve but sadly don’t have.
I wish he was my neighbour here in Australia, I'd like to be more than neighbourly.😅🤭
I've really enjoyed your talk and agree at a lot of points with you... - we've never been so close yet sooo divided, it's a such a shame.
I've never felt that I trully belonged(34 here) - always keeping to myself and minding my own business. And it's not just US, it's spreading like wild fire everywhere(say Japan got it even worse than US)
It's also a part of growing up(we never stop to) and seeing more of the true nature of the world around us, pulling the pink glasses and seeing the world as it is - it's painful
It's like the technology has replaced everything else, - everything is synthetic, tasteless... I get a lot of this feeling.
We do not belong anymore.
You are a deeply intelligent person. Thank you for putting yourself out there. I learn so much from you and can relate to what you say.
I give 2 hoots about you Jim and I don't even know you. Society is a cold harsh place these days. Every man/ women for themselves. It's like a competition instead of a collaboration. Yes, we in the western world have things totally wrong when it comes to way of living.
Jim I’m 33 and I really appreciate your videos. A window into the future perhaps.
You’re a good dude
Your videos are incredible
Technology has not brought us together - it has pulled us apart.
It's allowed our self-centered instincts to come out. In the old days, you had to maintain relationships to get everyday necessities taken care of. Now, you can do it all impersonally over the internet or smartphone.
Hey man I'm so glad you made this video discussing this topic . I'm 30 year old single guy and I find that the average person today is drama filled and immoral . Most people I come across with in public and at work are cold moody and full of relationship drama. Some are not even capable of having a clean genuine intelligent conversation anymore. I think society as a whole has lost morality and God and as a result your seeing isolated people. Thank u for talking about this topic bro. Just subscribed!
Happy Thanksgiving Jim! About to head into work. -don from Lorain Ohio USA 🇺🇸
I recently turned 26 and I quit social media and encourage others to do the same, unless you a running a business for marketing and such. I've never felt so much mental clarity, peace and genuine connection when having conversation with people and deal with awkward moments by avoiding starting at my phone. Funny enough I work in tech and specifically with AI and Machine Learning, but even so, it's more important now than ever to find moments and also solutions to disconnect from the screens and enjoy the present moment.
You're absolutely right about everything ! I've been experiencing the same thing and it's a nightmare out there. Me and you are on the exact same page ! You definitely have a youtube brother here my friend ! I'm with you brother !
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Materialism has the world done. Chasing the dream which is never there.
Man uploaded in 360p, 3:4 aspect ratio. He's a real one.
Lollll
What does that mean? Please explain it to us non-technologically inclined people. Thanks
This came at a perfect time. I’m at a time in my life where I want change and to have a community outside of family. It feels harder now because of life. I go to the gym just to feel some community. I can’t afford to isolate people at my age. I have to put boundaries because my mental health is through the roof. In my case, I don’t have anything serious to immediately shut off.
New sub here. Really enjoy the simplicity of your presentation, evinces a meditative quality that keeps my attention throughout. Hope you continue these "park bench" chats for the life of your channel.
Hello Jim, I admire and thank you for sharing your thoughts and observations with us on this platform. We all sort of on the same boat these days, some don’t feel it yet, or rather, don’t want to. Can’t wait to hear more from you, keep up the great work. God bless you and Much ❤ from Iran.
You are so right on all aspects.
True words!
You don't need to hang out as long as you're cordial to one another. We don't have to be friends with neighbors. You become friends by sharing common interest not because you're neighbors. My husband occasionally offers small talk to neighbors. I offer some a wave and others I don't. People have changed and they don't have common courtesy like they once did and I am turned off by that. My grandmother had a garden and we grandkids were responsible for passing out the vegetables to the neighbors but they were good neighbors and looked out for one another.
I love this video 👍
Hey Jim, new to your channel. I love videos!
Another great video. You have a knack for speaking into the Camera. I rarely watch through a whole longer video but I do with yours, I am enjoying going through your whole set of past videos.
@@davegebbings7632 I’m working on shortening them up. Thanks for your comment.
I’m
Mexican and yes you guys are loosing it here in the USA feels like after 2020 it’s been falling apart and when I got here during the rescission people where too materialistic and still
Yes, this country has become too individualistic, materialistic, and socially antagonist.
Really, the US has been in decline since 2001. 9/11 started it all...2008-09 exacerbated the situation...2020 put the nation in its coffin...the recent inflation is putting the final nails in the coffin.
Amen brother
The computer is the problem. Without it people would go out and find something to do. Or someone to talk to.
True, but the computer is allowing our true nature to come out. The community and socializing of the past is what we did because we had to...or it was the only form of entertainment we had.
I think a lot of returned or retired soldiers miss the camaraderie of the army life
But you are very correct about lack of community these days...very sad
Ive noticed too the RSL's here in Australia are nothing like they were in my dads day
That speech is good...and still relevant today if things arent worse
Nothing changes...mankind doesn't learn
Its the same worldwide....Globalisation has not worked....everyone feels a loss of belonging and that s why the young ones have such serious identity issues
People like to keep to themselves. People have lives and families of their own and sometimes taking care of a home, or a car (or multiple cars) keeps them busy. I get it. But, the social media, video games, keeps people to themselves too unfortunately.
Materialism has taken over
Really want to connect with you I agree with so many of your points I love your videos Jim
Greetings from Tepoztlan, Mexico where there is no woke and food is amazing and people are friendly
America is cooked
Hey first off I'd like to say awesome video! I found myself agreeing with a lot of the sentiments you were sharing. As someone on the complete opposite end of the political spectrum but with many friends that support Trump, I'd just like to say that although I don't agree with you on many political topics, I still believe that you want what's best for everyone and I wish we had a system of governance where we had more control over what we support and what we don't.
Just like how you aren't a 100% Trumper I feel the exact same way about Kamala, if we had more than two options and our votes would still matter even in case of a loss, I think even as political opposites we'd change a lot of things that we agree on together and find a middle point to settle everything else. It's just that when the country is forced to pick between only two extremes we get very divided as a nation. On top of that all the things going on in the world just puts people on edge which is why your neighbors are overly wary. We need to be spreading more love and positivity and understanding to each other but like you've outlined we have no community to do that through.
Please continue to spread your message and take good care of yourself. It is definitely a tough time but as we learn to adapt and grow I'm sure the world will be a much better place in no time.
Thank you for your kind words and understanding. I appreciate that.
What everyone needs to awaken to is the fact that these politicians, whether on the Left or the Right, are all members of the same club. No one is coming to save us. Never put your trust in a politician.
If you do go to Asia, I hope you vlog it. It would be good to hear an honest man's thoughts and experiences
I liked hearing about your time in Korea.
It’s an international problem
Great video
It's all true. Have seen the divide and conquer play out with so many people. Never thought would take sides on ridiculous and fear-based topics. Still have hope it can be restored, if only in pockets of community.
Its like walking on egg shells just interacting with others. Recently my landlord basically flipped out when I told her Im a Christian, she said that we are the worst! Interestingly, having freewill is an open question (unsolved) whether we actually have it or not, which means if we don't have it or have it very little, then everything we do is a result of the circumstances weve been through in life up to this point, and basically if animals were put in the same conditions, you would get the same results.
She’s probably a tribesman. It’s her people who have destroyed everything.
19:03 I'm from Saudi, we have it better here, but we are on the same track as you. It's just a matter of time, I believe.
I see it as an institutionalization more than anything. We don't need each other as people used to. The media exacerbates the situation even more.
Very true what you say.....
These observations show the growing sense of social isolation & loneliness. All these issues are connected. Also, the gradual loss of the "third spaces". TH-camr " According to Nicole" has similar comments. Our western society is devolving into a dysfunctional, divided state.
Dr Matthias Desmet says isolation gives birth to mass formation psychosis.
It's sad but everyone in this country seems to rush, work, drive home and close the door. I hardly see my neighbors let a lone talk. I'm hesitant to call my friends because everyone talks fast and seems busy with their own thing; and if it's after 9PM forget it. Where in Asia or Europe, people walk and hang out on the streets and interact.
What is community? American culture has always focused on individualism from the hard working Haitian immigrant settling in Springfield, OH to the boomer homesteading free land on the frontier in the west. People whose ancesters have lived in the same place for centuries and who have roots in that community are the ultimate outsiders.
The problem is we’re the United States of Israel now, and have been subverted through the importation of bioweapons under the guise of “diversity”.
some of us have working brains which question others are just following the crowd just like in the days of Noah.
We get three or four groups we are bound to. 1) Immediate family (mom, dad, etc), 2) Extended and In-laws (cousins, marriage relations, etc) 3) community/culture (neighborhood, culture, ethnicity), 4) National/continental. If your primary dies off (1), then (2) kicks in, but has less structure. Neighbors move away, 'strangers' move in, values/norms change. (3) (4) Nation, country brings more immigrants that mix with original citizens/cultures, bringing new norms/customs original groups don't agree with. At this point, the remaining person is on their own and free to determine their own path in life, since there is no more familiar 'glue' that they recognize.
Haha! Yes to the new American Dream. I’m actually in the process of acquiring my European citizenship through grandpa. I’m getting out of here. Lost my connection and belongingness long ago
I used to be an exchange student in the US in OHIO in 2001/02 and I could tell this country will go down the drain....
All countries eventually do...especially after they've reached the apex of their empire phase. China is a rare exception.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Yeah, it is kind of inevidable. But in the case of the US it is coming in record time. You have to see that the US only was the clear world wide leading country only after the second WW. So that would be 1945. The empire didn't even last a hundred years. Look at the roman empire, the British empire, mongolian empire, Chinese dynasies... They usually lasted a couple houndred years...
@@GangdamStyle20 America's decline was intentional. The big money players have been planning it for some time, I believe. The other part of it is technology and the rapid speed of the modern world. Things can totally change in the world...all at once...over the course of a couple of months. We saw that reality in 2020.
Love this video, as a 22 year old i am just now realizing how socially awkward ive been and am trying to use social media less and be in person and on the phone with my friends more. My last relationship ended because my ex bf refused to have a conversation with me. So social awkwardness is a disability and a disease nowadays I would say.
Yes, I can see why that might end a relationship!
Girls don't need skills
Mate….all I am going to say to that is…..DITTO DITTO DITTO word for word….a million times over.!!!! 🫡😞🤷🏻♂️🌏🇦🇺
It's looking more and more like these issues are a growing pain for civilization as a whole. Some countries are just running into it sooner than others - and of course the US decided it needed to be the best at the "who has the most issues?" competition. No judgment on those that move to a place that has yet to be infested by all these problems, though. Everybody has their own situation. I think, as a species, we're in the middle of figuring out what we want the future to actually look like - because it's hard to build something if you don't first know what you're trying to put together.
Relationships aren't just an issue in the US. Most "western" countries have a similar story. Western Europe has similar issues as well as South Korea and Japan. I saw a young, South Korean woman conclude "we might as well just go extinct." We also see videos from China, a country we were fed a lot of propaganda regarding our differences (one reason why it is important to separate the view of a country's government from a view of its populace), about the difficulty of finding relationship partners. If nothing else, all the various "pill" movements show that many people are trying to figure out some type of answer to what they're being faced with.
The simplest summary is looking at fertility rates that freefall in pretty much every developed country around the world, with nobody really finding a solution to turn it around yet.
Ultimately you have to vote with your feet. Move to parts of the country that share your politics and congregate with like-minded people. Such communities still exist, you just have to be proactive. You won't find them on TH-cam, they're invitational.
Community is knit here in Africa..Kenya
If a military man says so I believe him
If you think about it there's more that unites us than divides us. Activities which allow people to meet each other require leadership. As a military man, Jim, you must be capable at leadership. Visit your neighbours and find out what they would be interested in and arrange it.
Is that your garden? It’s so peaceful
I live in a ghetto in uk, full of noise day and night
Can i come stay with you? ❤️🙏👍🏻
@@bmwm6661 come on over! Haha!
I concur!
HEY JIM: THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL IS LOVE! ONE DAY AT A TIME! 🫶🙏🇺🇸☮️
That should tell you how picking a side politically is meant to divide and conquer. So don't take a side.
Why do you think this has happened? I wonder if maybe it's always been this way - I guess we'd have to go back and talk to our parents and see what they had to say.
Maybe you can start a sense of community here Jim within your channel. Group of like-minded men and women that just don't feel connected to our community or even society as a whole. At least we can relate and connect to one another even if through social media. Have something good come of social media instead of all the negativity that we know it creates.
Simply put its technology….you can text someone or even have a zoom call and you would feel better about being connected…back in the day you had to actually had to make an effort to go out and feel connected to people
Invite the neighbours over for a BBQ. Arrange an activity like card games, chess, or entertainment.
All hope is gone
Organise a bbq/grill/potluck for your street or neighbourhood. It's not going to get better by speaking about it on yt.
Its interesting you show a picture of a probably european city that is walkable and has streets closed off from cars. Car culture is one reason why people are so indivdiualistic and closed off
My pastor is Korean. There is a fellow from Africa in my Bible study class. The congregation is 95% White and the rest is a mixture.
I'm 68. In my 40s and 50s I was active with my American Legion motorcycle club and a couple of other groups. Now Im like you. Just a passing hello to the neighbors. I take my grands to Sunday School but Im not really involved.
It’s better not to talk politics. Men are scared to talk to women in the work place because of harassment complaints
OK just got to part of dissing relationships and women in US. Beware of scammers in foreign countries. Foreign women REALLY know how to play US men far, far better than naive US women. The grass is NOT greener in other countries...people are people.
Foreign women will not understand all the books you read, and things you talk about here. May look nice on outside, but the rest...may not be as sparkly and shiny as one may imagine. Stories for days on that mess.
Huh? Lost years back.
Are you having a bad day?
I just finished the series Mindhunter, a story about the FBI in the 1970s. It reminded me of those days.
Don't smoke cigarettes in a bar, it will bother others. Okay. Don't have a beer and get in the car. Okay. Don't let your kids go outside to make noise and ride their bikes. Okay. You music may not be favored by others, so shush. Okay.
After a while, people just gave up. We all have been made to feel like we're bad guys.
I say bring back the cigarettes, polka dances, noisey kids, and beer!
a stanley baker actor look a like.
You’re about 10 years late on every topic you talk about. 30 years late on everything you realized about yourself regarding women
What new and enlightening information are you bringing to the table then? Do you even post videos? Do you have enough introspection to even share coherent thoughts, or do you just pump iron and inflate your muscles to cover your undeveloped emotional maturity?
There are plenty of white women in the US who share your politics. It's not an answer to date in a third world culture.
Wrong they want chad and tyrone
The "third world" has mostly lost its meaning in the modern age. I guess you could use it to talk about Africa and rural parts of certain countries (even in America).
What are you giving back to your community? All I hear is a lot of whinging. Gross.
What's your Enneagram?
There is something of George W Bush on you😅