Why This Election Season SUCKS: The Failures of the U.S. in the Face of Fascism, and Palestine

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  • @nickjohansen9038
    @nickjohansen9038 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    I like how Chairman Fred Hampton put it: You don’t fight capitalism with black capitalism; you fight capitalism with socialism.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Exactly. Making this video got me into watching more Hampton speeches

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nickjohansen9038 what do you fight socialism with???

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BouncySlim1 Idk why you’re arguing with these people, they’re helping your guy trump

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@redjarvis 😊😊

    • @jeremythurlow9409
      @jeremythurlow9409 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Socialism? The blacks will never learn,

  • @kimkardashianjong-un6299
    @kimkardashianjong-un6299 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    You’re really good at articulating words for thoughts i didn’t have words for

  • @greenvelvet
    @greenvelvet หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    I always go back to letters from A Birmingham jail by Dr Martin Luther King.
    He said the greatest stumbling block to progress will be the moderates.
    More dangerous than the KKK more dangerous than the violent racist police.
    These bourgeois liberals who want to return to a "negative peace". Who are more interested in order, then In justice.
    A piece that is simply built on the absence of tension.
    They want to go back to brunch no matter how many people are suffering they're only concerned with their own comfort.
    That is everything that's wrong with liberals and the Democratic party. And the ratcheting effect to the right, is devastating this country and the world.
    If Democrats do not pay a big political price for this arming and funding of the Mass slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians, that is extremely dangerous. If the people consent to this violent settler colonial project, then Democrats can literally do anything. And they have.
    Even if Kamala wins fascism has won. Liberals have compromised their values they have compromised on genocide and they have embraced the police. They have become like the Germans we read about in wonder how did they allow this to happen.
    Democrats are using Trump to control people instead of crushing him. And that makes Democrats extremely dangerous

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@greenvelvet How much do you value the lives of Palestinian Children who will die under Trump because they will receive no Aid from the US
      Not Voting Won’t End the War in Gaza
      Not Voting Won’t Suddenly lead to the rise of Socialism
      Not Voting Will Put Trump in Charge

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@redjarvis"What about Trump" is a less compelling argument when Dick Cheney is on your side bc your candidate likes war slightly more than the other guy

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tankiegirl Where did my Reply go? sorry about that, anyway I feel as though your admitting of thinking Harris is slightly better than Trump given they are the only two options why not vote for the less bad option given the choice?

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redjarvis I just said your candidate is slightly worse

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tankiegirl so let me get this straight you are prepared to Stand by the Statement that Trump is better for the country than Kamala

  • @Stephen...
    @Stephen... หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    I feel like people have forgotten the phrase "California's Top Cop" that was making the rounds 4 years ago... Her campaign is out here trying to have it both ways.
    Right now they are like, "Stop calling her a cop. Technically..." but we remember.

    • @bedelian
      @bedelian หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trump: "Police should be more violent, actually. Also, Haitians are violent savages who are coming to America to rape white women."
      Leftists: "OMG, Kamala is a cop."

  • @PsionicNoMad
    @PsionicNoMad หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I want to finish watching this, but I need to get back to my capitalist overlords to feed my family 😂
    I’ll be back for more later, I can already tell you’re worth my full attention.

  • @ileanahernandez1709
    @ileanahernandez1709 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I'm watching from the United States Colony of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. We don't vote for your government however we do vote for our local government and we are finally on the verge of winning thru our third party coalition called "La Alianza " . It's composed of two minority parties and independant voters mostly people who hadn't been voting for a long time. The party I vote vote for believes in ending our Colonial status and finally our long awaited Independence.🇵🇷💚

  • @entropyinreverse
    @entropyinreverse หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Commenting for the algorithm cause this is such a good video. You've laid your arguments out beautifully, I really appreciate your perspective

  • @RD-oj4jw
    @RD-oj4jw หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Needs to be much more focus on organizing between elections. Stuff like Building mutual aid, prefigurative politics, and direct action.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      exactly, anyone refusing to vote here is asking for the world to become a much darker place

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@redjarvis what you said isn't the same statement or sentiment said by OP. Please stop tryna sneak in your weird electoral moralism when others are advocatin for other avenues or more local alternatives to cultivatin power for progressives.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Spyderinagourd that's the suggestion, you vote for Harris now so you can but in the work instead of trump where all your efforts are going to be on getting him out of office, If I'm wrong in my understanding then the guy is free to reply

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@redjarvis what Biden and Kamala have shown us for years is that they don't wish to listen to progressive voices they'd rather remain center right neolibs, she's been tearin down her own case for harm reduction by tryna be more trump like and conservative. Usin trump as a boogeyman isn't enough to get people with critical thoughts on her from the left, she should be doin more to get into office than tryna take it for granted that she'll just get the office and that she'll be down to be down pushed left, this is just the Hilary campaig again, but with a black woman who isn't as blood thristy but still is.

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redjarvis OP is sayin to build up progressive coalitions at the local level so that dems who claim to be progressive can no longer rely on sayin that the left isn't big enough or a player enough to listen to ans work with rather than supposedly breakin their backs to reach across the aisle and capitulate to the right only regressin the world and the country.

  • @SmartArtzzz
    @SmartArtzzz หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The bush sanitization is what made me hate the Dems permanently

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They're doing the same thing to Dick Cheney right now

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tankiegirl No the Fuck they aren’t, Cheney Endorsed them not vice versa

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redjarvis Kamala just gladly accepted the endorsement of Bush's VP, who is a far bigger war criminal than Donald Trump. Sorry to break it to you, but your party continues to sanitize George Bush's administration

    • @kaiserruhsam
      @kaiserruhsam หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@redjarvis the correct response to dick cheney endorsing you is to say "i reject his endorsement. Obama should've prosecuted the bush administration's torture program and mister cheny should be tried at the hague".
      instead people are embracing the endorsement.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kaiserruhsam Oh yeah because that’s a reasonable way of gaining centrist support, That’s just not a realistic option

  • @goyoelburro
    @goyoelburro หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I stopped being into electoral politics in the 90's, became an Anarchist and never looked back.
    I will vote for rent control and other measures on a ballot but I will *NEVER AGAIN* participate in representative "democracy". If the people aren't directly making the decisions, then it ain't democracy to me...
    *BUT AS A OLD WHITE MAN, I DO APPRECIATE THE BLACK VIEW OF THINGS, SO THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!*

  • @katouchadamuse
    @katouchadamuse หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Audre Lorde said it: The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

  • @jacobrichards4448
    @jacobrichards4448 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Just found this channel. Love what your doing.

  • @roxas_brook_skys_7063
    @roxas_brook_skys_7063 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    So excited to hear your new James Baldwin readings!

  • @BOOOMCHIPS
    @BOOOMCHIPS หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    How do I go about finding organizers near me? I'm a bit of a shut-in.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Depending on where you live, there's usually at least one or two mutual aid organizations like food, not bombs or organizations that might help homeless folks.

    • @BOOOMCHIPS
      @BOOOMCHIPS หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam thank you!

    • @swirlyswirl8369
      @swirlyswirl8369 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@BOOOMCHIPS also oftentimes these orgs know other orgs if you want to do work in something specific.

    • @BOOOMCHIPS
      @BOOOMCHIPS หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@swirlyswirl8369 I don't have anything specific in mind atm, but I'm ready to do anything that could make a real difference.

  • @Supermonistic
    @Supermonistic หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    You absolutely nailed it with this one. Quickly becoming one of my favorite TH-cam channels

  • @Izomak12
    @Izomak12 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    1:46:40 "I just want to end this video by..." not even halfway through lol

  • @ottabee
    @ottabee หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank-you Prince, you're amazing and deeply appreciated!

  • @ChristopherSadlowski
    @ChristopherSadlowski หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This was upsetting to watch. I wonder if we're going to get to a point where collectively we start ignoring our government like a bunch of disaffected teenagers? Like, "yeah mom, whatever, I'm going out with my friend's instead kthanksbye..." I really don't want to do this via uprising because I didn't want to have to witness such violence. Mega privilege, I know. Ultimately it's going to happen how it's going to happen. I'm just one disabled white dude in New Jersey; I'm a drop of rainwater in the bucket, ya know? Whatever happens I'll be here on standby until I'm told what to do. I keep getting this weird feeling that I'll be hiding trans people in my crawl space as they're fleeing to safety...

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@comradian and your descendants will despise you for letting trump win

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@redjarvisNo they won't, they will ask what you were doing during a genocide, and you'll have to answer that you were too busy supporting the administration carrying it out to care

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@tankiegirl This relies on the assumption that somehow not voting benefits Palestine in anyway
      In fact not voting actively harms Palestine by letting in a president that doesn’t give a shit about them and will remove humanitarian aid that goes towards them

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redjarvis As opposed to letting a President that will continue the genocide with less scrutiny?

  • @terrorsaurus8683
    @terrorsaurus8683 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I juat found out about your channel a few weeks ago, and I have been listening to a lot of your videos.
    When this one came out I almost avoided it, because when it comes to the presidential election, even people I highly respect tend to let me down.
    I am glad I did listen to this though. So happy to see that there are principled comrades out here. ✊️

  • @joecalta3679
    @joecalta3679 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Just to be clear, the facism we have to worry about is the linking of state and corporate power. This is being achieved globally through neoliberal economic policy, IMF the world bank and now private equity

    • @AshleyBaxter-m6c
      @AshleyBaxter-m6c หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's not the only facism we have to worry about.

    • @needforprivacy
      @needforprivacy หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AshleyBaxter-m6cI’d rather be called a beaner than eat the bugs

  • @miatognoli106
    @miatognoli106 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for the incredibly lengthy, detailed, and well-thought out video you’ve created! I appreciate how accessible you’ve made the work you’re doing, and you have done such a wonderful job synthesizing a massive topic in an easy-to-understand format :) I just found your channel and will 100% be back for more!

  • @StephenBoyle-Detroit
    @StephenBoyle-Detroit หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a great collection of clips that you've assembled. Each "chapter" supports and interleaves.
    I'm hopeful seeing your excerpt of Prof Butch Ware that you see a vote that would align with your beliefs.
    I could imagine discussing so much of these concepts together. Well done.

  • @prettynpetty8342
    @prettynpetty8342 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Your videos are feeding both my soul and my brain. This is the content I'm here for!

  • @Mimicry161
    @Mimicry161 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    this is amazing

  • @adcaptandumvulgus4252
    @adcaptandumvulgus4252 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Local politics still matter but anything above that it's just corrupt probably

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Just as corrupt, but we have more power to change things on a local level

    • @StephenBoyle-Detroit
      @StephenBoyle-Detroit หลายเดือนก่อน

      Local politics can be corrupted by regional/ county/ state politics. I've seen plenty of this.

  • @ironically_iconic9848
    @ironically_iconic9848 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Listening to you is so eye opening and interesting I could listen for hours 💗

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh, thank you so much! glad you're even interested

  • @TiffanyMcNeish
    @TiffanyMcNeish หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is my personal headcannon that the revolutionary figure Dragon D. Luffy of One Piece is a reference to George Jackson, Dragon philosopher! I love that you brought him in to your video.

  • @richardkuehnegutierrez9693
    @richardkuehnegutierrez9693 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Hey! I got up early enough to catch this! Nice

  • @LifeAsCC
    @LifeAsCC หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    41:00, something I remembered from this video creator who had ended up talking about how Stanley Kubrick (ex: The Shining) had created movies to create a point about the aesthetics of violence. that you could view yourself or enjoy the villains in his movies because they are thoughtfully created art. It also highlights that politics and art are creating space for acts we view as incorrect and violent as beautiful. A strong example of this as well is American Psycho. I adore this movie but it is only violence to women and others (which by the way is through a feminine lens as its director was a woman.) This further twists the idea of art used to convince us that the acts of humans are artful and not harmful.
    I believe politics utilize aesthetics to create frilly facades of behaviors that are used against the American people.

  • @dannycozzimusic
    @dannycozzimusic หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos are amazing. Thank you.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aw, thank YOU for watching

    • @fatherson5907
      @fatherson5907 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PrinceShakurTH-camyou’re a bigoted clown.

  • @isaacbashaw8947
    @isaacbashaw8947 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    i am really trying to not fall into a pit of doomerism whilst acknowledging the many things you discuss in these videos. is there room for optimism? it feels intrinsic to the long term goal of how we want the world to be. is there any media on how to be an optimist during times of struggle?

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      There's definitely room for optimism. I think that comes from community and taking the chances to care for each other

  • @David.Wiesner
    @David.Wiesner หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That process of capitalism coopting social movements is described as "etnofagia" by mx prof Díaz-Polanco. Fascism is doing that with Judaism, they are the very same antisemites that have been propagating the Kulturbolschewismus trope for the last century, but now they endorse Yair Netanyahu's alt-right memes and the land as an American de facto colony after decades of "war on terror" against Muslims and Reagan funding Mujahideenes. The same process was done with feminism when the trope "power for women" turned into the campaign of neoliberal Hilary Clinton, same with "power for African Americans" turned into a "soft-neoliberal" Obama, now you have neoliberal funded by corporations Kamala. The issue there for me, Judaism being cooped by fascists, and other groups, started when we Jewish were being hunted by fascists or forced to Christianism, when tzarist Russian pogroms forced poor Jews to migrate to Austria and Vienna's wealthy started this xenofobic anti-migrant rhetoric against Jewish migrants or burning the work of gay Jewish socialist Magnus Hirschfeld. Meanwhile, atheist Mises was Dollfuß' advicer and Vaterländische Front member, then just start digging into neoliberal history: that is, Rothbard's collaboration with antisemites like those in Willis Carto's IHR. I find disgusting the fact that Rothbard writes letters to Carto agreeing with the n4z1 supremacy delusion but done "by the market not the State", and then you find Sowell's collaboration with them neoliberal proto-fascists and stuff like Lee Atwater's Southern Strategy, and people thinking that as a "natural spontaneous" process and not a planned organised neoliberal/proto-fascist device sold to the public as "natural" in order to protect oligarchs and corporations' private property and profit.
    DOI 10.1353/ajh.2021.0002

  • @kfidd
    @kfidd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There is no way to convince people who approach a presidential choice from the standpoint of ego. It is quite possible to disagree fundamentally with both sides, but, not even that absolves you of the responsibility to see that your progeny enjoys the “best possible “ society. If you vote for American constitutional government to collapse because of its inherent flaws, that’s on you.

  • @shanefoster2132
    @shanefoster2132 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm buckled up and got a lot of flooring to install. The buckles are for knee pads.

    • @joecalta3679
      @joecalta3679 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why?

    • @Opolopso
      @Opolopso หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's easier on your knees to wear pads ​@@joecalta3679

    • @shanefoster2132
      @shanefoster2132 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@joecalta3679 cuz he told us to buckle in at the start of the video. And my buckles are for knee pads to protect my knees... it was a really bad dad joke.

  • @dl-zf9dj
    @dl-zf9dj หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great job!

  • @cloudia985
    @cloudia985 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you ❤

  • @BlahNetworkBro
    @BlahNetworkBro หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Do I resist by buying your book or giving money to your patreon 😂

  • @AnimalAbolishionist
    @AnimalAbolishionist หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    1:40:16 that goes back to John Locke and the belief that the aristocrats should rule and govern, yes we definitely need to rebel against this!

  • @montagneicloden
    @montagneicloden หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Kamala going full republican in that memo against protesters

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kamala will go whichever way the wind blows to get votes to get into power.

  • @shanefoster2132
    @shanefoster2132 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey, good work. Just wanted to add one criticism/clarification. I almost entirely agree with your views expressed. I view elections as picking your opposition, a viewpoint you acknowledged. As such, I see voting as a finishing tool for politics. A final step that is important but is not foundational to the process. The administration, policies, and judicial appointments to be made will have long-term influence. That said, if you can not stomach or justify participating in that process of voting because of the international imperial violence the US enacts, I will not dissuade anyone from such a decision. However, the "democracy" of the US does not have a quorum. The government cares very little about having full democratic participation. So try to make your non-vote as a part of a larger group. This brings us back to the most important point you expressed that I fully agree with (and often fail to live up to): get organized and get active.
    Also, what general area do you organize from fellow Ohioan? I'm NE Ohio and mostly participate around Akron and Cleveland. Actually, I meant to ask what groups you organize with/recommend?

  • @JaydenBrooks-ys6lj
    @JaydenBrooks-ys6lj หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid!

  • @renaigh
    @renaigh หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We'll never win by giving the enemy the nuclear codes

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@renaigh true 🙌

  • @ravenzbot
    @ravenzbot หลายเดือนก่อน

    spot on 💜

  • @ngafsher
    @ngafsher หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Harris has actually worked in all 3 branches of the government. Anyway, I'm really here for the knowledge being dropped on her and everything else. Some can see the good and bad and how they both matter.

  • @hollandaster8230
    @hollandaster8230 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really think more people in the States should study the 2019 Lebanese Revolution, because more and more I find “All of them means all of them” even more relevant five years on

  • @bhig3
    @bhig3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I need to write like a paper with timestamps in order to answer all the questions. Excellent video though

  • @contessachenevert4488
    @contessachenevert4488 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unfortunately, this is not an issue that can be solved with one election or even several elections. The racism in this country is so deeply engrained into the fabric of our government that it will take unprecedented amounts of disruption to topple.
    I do agree that liberals do tend to get too comfortable when a Democrat is in office and that we need to continue to put pressure on our lawmakers to see the changes we want, even if we support most of their policies.
    However, I do not think not voting is the answer, at least not yet. I can understand and appreciate that under Kamala people will still suffer, but I also believe we have a better chance to advocate for changes in foreign policy if we are not also fighting domestic policies.
    I also think we need to factor in more logistics into any plan for radical change. Something that's always bothered me is the lack of accessibility in protesting. I'm neurodivergent and have social anxiety, which makes attending protests very hard. Changing the ideals our coutry lives by is a massive undertaking, and we should be finding ways to include those who have the desire to fight, but not the resources to do so.
    Thank you for sharing your opinion and life experience.
    TLDR: I think we can vote AND also organize.

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      How are you going to organize with people Kamala will harm if you support her politically? Why should Palestinians trust you to not sell them out?

  • @colinedwards4200
    @colinedwards4200 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just commenting for the algorithm

  • @sandmanpaw4637
    @sandmanpaw4637 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Please do a video about how out of touch and ignorant black elders are about this whole situation, a lot of them seem content about what’s going on , I got called a Putin sympathizer by my father for questioning the war in Ukraine and how their needs to be a ceasefire. Black elders don’t want to understand anything but the damn bible.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sandmanpaw4637 Have you ever considered that maybe your Father is right?

    • @fighterck6241
      @fighterck6241 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Maybe because most of them actually lived through Jim Crow and don't want to see part 2. You kids do not know what you are playing with.

    • @PrettierNPastel
      @PrettierNPastel หลายเดือนก่อน

      To be honest many of them never learned what they were dealing with either and are acting as foolish as ever.​@fighterck6241

  • @IntermissionPrairieWolf
    @IntermissionPrairieWolf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maybe I’m slow, but what do you mean by these things are only going to continue to happen because of climate change? Asking because I feel like the way I interpreted that statement doesn’t line up with the personality you present yourself to have. So I feel like I’m wrong somewhere.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Climate changes exacerbates almost all structural inequalities.

    • @IntermissionPrairieWolf
      @IntermissionPrairieWolf หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam ohhh ok lol I thought you were saying it was an excuse to keep things the way they are, and I thought to myself that couldn’t be what you were saying. Thank you for clearing it up for me.

  • @redjarvis
    @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Change is not done through the executive branch, not voting is the easy thing to do, to stamp your feet and refuse compromise, but politics is done through coalition. I understand that most of the people here will not be open to hearing me out, but if you vote this year, your children will thank you for it.

    • @joekinnear4671
      @joekinnear4671 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Yeh. You should always vote. Doesnt do anybody any good to say one candidate is shittier than another and then not vote for the less shitty candidate.

    • @DangerDayhs
      @DangerDayhs หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      This. Non voting doesnt help anyone, you can vote and still be an activist for good change.

    • @StoneyPompompurin
      @StoneyPompompurin หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@redjarvis I feel like this TH-camr just sees things through a very micro lens. They sit there a point at a baby elephant and say “omg how awful” while a meteor sized elephant sits on the couch next to them with a surprised 😱 face. It’s really laughable

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@StoneyPompompurin yeah, it's an understandable emotional response when a logical one is needed

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'll tell that to all the Palestinians and others at risk in the margins due to your "lesser evil" choice bc doin the work to not have to decide between two evils is too much for you. Kamala isn't gonna be pushed left she's gonna keep crawlin on her hands and knees for the right, the sooner you understand this and move on with it the better we all will be.

  • @redjarvis
    @redjarvis 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I’ve come to realise after this election that ultimately capitalism is untenable, if you see any of my comments that I have made here I would like to say that I am deeply sorry for how I treated you all, who saw the problem before I could. I don’t think it’s too late to achieve a society of common welfare and equality but It’s going to a struggle.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's never too late. We all deserve to fight for each other

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm old and new to the channel. Here for an educated perspective. I'm not going down any rabbit holes.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you won't find this here, seems driven by short term change rather than long term stability

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Says you

    • @tarajoyce3598
      @tarajoyce3598 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam I'll peek in em to know they're there but always check my self so I don't fall down one. 😂

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam hey man you’re the one that can’t be asked to vote to save your life

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@PrinceShakurTH-camdon't let the meek and feckless goad you, you're doin a lot more to build and move than they are, bc you actually care for those beyond you and just your comfort

  • @lidu6363
    @lidu6363 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am so glad I found your channel!
    I don't live in the US, but this really touches the whole world... In the trolley problem that is the US election, finally there's someone asking the real question: who tied those people to the tracks and is forcing you to choose...

  • @TheeSaltyAce
    @TheeSaltyAce หลายเดือนก่อน

    29:13 that’s like not what happened in Baltimore at all tho

  • @simianbarcode3011
    @simianbarcode3011 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    So, I want to offer a counterargument to all this, but first I just want to say that your points are valid, well articulated, and well received. I too desperately long for a world beyond capitalism and imperialism and fascism, and all the dehumanization brought on by those intertwined and oppressive systems.
    Also, your voice deserves to be heard on a much broader scale, and I hope that it can be someday... Perhaps a network like The Young Turks would be willing to host an interview? Might be worth at least reaching out to people like them.
    -
    As for my counterargument: Using your illustration of drinking toilet water when dying of thirst, I do agree that we as a society are dying of thirst, and that the two candidates (and their entire parties) are both toilet water in their own ways. One is clearly soiled by vomit and diarrhea (Trump), while the other is... "less unpalatable" at the very least? But the other huge difference is that the water representing Harris is shallow and quickly evaporating, while the water representing Trump is about to overflow and splash into the other toilet anyway.
    Now what shall we do?
    Angrily refuse to drink from either, guaranteeing that we die of dehydration before we ever find a better source of truly "clean" water, let alone finding a way to fix the plumbing?
    OR
    Risk drinking from the less unpalatable one while we still can, so that we might have just enough strength and time to survive a little longer, to keep searching and working to find and build something better elsewhere?

    Look, one of them WILL be taking office, no matter how distasteful that is. That's the reality of our situation. It is going to happen, whether we like it or not. Either way, some degree of fascism WILL continue. Either way, the genocide of Palestinians WILL continue. Either way, a person with some degree of awfulness WILL be crowned the figurehead of this horrible machine of suffering, oppression, and death.
    Voting for the "lesser evil" is also not where the work of fighting fascism ENDS. Not even close! There is no "mission accomplished" on ANY Inauguration Day, and certainly not this one. Also worth noting, for whatever it might be worth, is the stark difference between Walz and Vance, and how that might change the scenario moving forward. (for moderately better or unfathomably worse, respectively)

    My argument here is simply that voting is a relatively small thing we can do to give ourselves TIME! To give ourselves ROOM! To keep working, in all the other more effective ways we possibly can, to fight fascism.
    Much like paying for utilities and internet so you can make these videos, even though those bills also go toward fueling the Evil Empire indirectly. You do so, because you know your message is important, and it's a small price to pay compared for some breathing room while you work on what really matters. You do so, knowing that it allows you to use that breath to share your message to a few more people.
    We already live within a fascistic system! We don't "win" against that by disengaging, throwing up our hands, and letting Trump and Vance and Project 2025 get everything they want! We don't win against fascism by passively permitting them close enough to the margin of error that they can legally take office and immediately start using the police and military to round up our Latin cousins into concentration camps!
    Just because a genocide is being orchestrated overseas, and will continue no matter who takes power next, does NOT mean we should stand by and allow another genocide to be enacted here as well!

    I honestly don't know how we "win", against any of this shit! But I do know that the only way we can have even the tiniest SLIVER of hope, is to FIRST buy ourselves just a little more time! Time to keep organizing and getting the word out there. Time to keep demonstrating and protesting in every other way within our rapidly diminishing power.
    Kamala Harris is NOT some kind of "savior" figure. Neither is any other politician. Nor should we think of ANY leader as such! Political, spiritual, or otherwise. "No gods, no masters!"

    All I'm really trying to say here, for anyone still reading this far, is that we're in this for the long haul. Leftists are divided and infighting enough as it is, and that's exactly the way fascists want us to remain!
    We desperately need to be STRATEGIC about all this, otherwise there's no point at all.

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The desire and rationale for opposing empire is pretty simple to me. So your counterargument doesn't work for me and probably many others. The lesser evil is just a master by a different name.

    • @yo_tengo_una_boca6764
      @yo_tengo_una_boca6764 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If voting is a relatively small thing in terms of change, and voting for the "lesser *EVIL*" doesn't stop a fascistic rise to power at all, then what truly is the point of voting? Our vote is used and manipulated in so many ways, our elections extraordinarily rigged, that whoever is elected into office is not representative of the people at all. Kamala Harris is not a savior figure and is also not the answer to stop the rightward shift in the US. She herself is PART of that rightward shift.
      Why vote Harris over Trump, when the differences mean nothing in the long term? To keep the status quo? The same status quo where police still kill civilians in record numbers, where American imperialism is strongly reinforced and continues to be devastating for the rest of the world (Palestine currently being the US's punching bag by proxy of Israel) and where many of us still struggle to pay for basic necessities, all under the supposed "lesser evil" of 2020? Is that the status quo you are so urgently pushing others to vote for? Whatever will happen in a Trump presidency is already happening and has been happening for a while. Whatever new thing Trump decides to implement will be the new thing Democrats adopt next election cycle. There is no engaging with a system designed to keep anyone but the bourgeoisie oppressed and which has shown a hostility towards anything remotely progressive that could fundamentally change the American state of affairs.
      The author of this video doesn't advocate for throwing our hands up and saying "nothing can be done about it"; the many points made in the video explicitly state that organizing BEYOND this sort of politics actually bring substantive change and not voting for whatever handpicked nominee we are given every four years. You don't need to vote. There is no "harm reduction". The result of the elections shouldn't affect how organizing takes place in the US, because in either scenario, the same cops will brutalize and even kill unarmed protestors, innocent civilians, and whoever else the US government deems as troublesome or worthless. There are many better things to do on election day instead of wasting your time voting for a "lesser *EVIL*".

    • @yo_tengo_una_boca6764
      @yo_tengo_una_boca6764 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If voting is a relatively small thing in terms of change, and voting for the "lesser *evil*" doesn't stop a fascistic rise to power at all, then what truly is the point of voting? Our vote is used and manipulated in so many ways, our elections extraordinarily rigged, that whoever is elected into office is not representative of the people at all. Kamala Harris is not a savior figure and is also not the answer to stop the rightward shift in the US. She herself is PART of that rightward shift.
      Why vote Harris over Trump, when the differences mean nothing in the long term? To keep the status quo? The same status quo where police still k!ll civilians in record numbers, where American imperialism is strongly reinforced and continues to be devastating for the rest of the world (Palestine currently being the US's punching bag by proxy of Israel) and where many of us still struggle to pay for basic necessities, all under the supposed "lesser evil" of 2020? Is that the status quo you are so urgently pushing others to vote for? Whatever will happen in a Trump presidency is already happening and has been happening for a while. Whatever new thing Trump decides to implement will be the new thing Democrats adopt next election cycle. There is no engaging with a system designed to keep anyone but the bourgeoisie oppressed and which has shown a hostility towards anything remotely progressive that could fundamentally change the American state of affairs.
      The author of this video doesn't advocate for throwing our hands up and saying "nothing can be done about it"; the many points made in the video explicitly state that organizing beyond this sort of politics actually bring substantive change and not voting for whatever handpicked nominee we are given every four years. You don't need to vote. There is no "harm reduction". The result of the elections shouldn't affect how organizing takes place in the US, because in either scenario, the same cops will brutal1ze and even k!ll unarmed protestors, innocent civilians, and whoever else the US government deems as troublesome or worthless. There are many better things to do on election day instead of wasting your time voting for a "lesser *evil*".

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm still trying to figure out how Trump and Vance are connected to Project 2025 when they have clearly distanced themselves from it. Plus, project 2025 (previously known as Mandates for Leadership) has been around since Raegan. Just because the heritage foundation attached Trump's name to it doesn't mean Trump attaches himself to the project.
      Obama credited the heritage foundation for the health exchange (Obamacare) so I'd guess the heritage foundation can't be all bad. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I see Harris as the vessel that leads America further into globalization (citizens of the world) and Trump temporarily slowing down that process.
      If the Unity Party is able to make waves with MAHA, Save the Republic, etc, then we might see a little light that will benefit this country and it's people.

  • @dl-zf9dj
    @dl-zf9dj หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @dl-zf9dj
    @dl-zf9dj หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @angelg8445
    @angelg8445 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Most lethal yikes 😬

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      fr, infantile not voting

  • @gideonappleseed9632
    @gideonappleseed9632 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Vote green look into jill stine

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ Jill stein is a genuine Russian asset, if you’re ok with that go ahead and vote for her, but people need to know

  • @LethalBubbles
    @LethalBubbles หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Kamala Harris is going to be the best republican we've had in a long time!

    • @blkloislane
      @blkloislane หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Democrats are republicans with pride flags, I've felt that way for a long time.

  • @Art.ASMR-You2
    @Art.ASMR-You2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the reason why they forced all those immigrants up here is because within the next 4 to 8 years, there's gonna be a lot of old Americans.🎉😮

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Art.ASMR-You2 I still can't figure out the angle for the immigrants.
      Could be the need for a younger workforce
      Could be movement towards globalization (world citizens)
      Could be Destabilization to kill the economy and bring in the new (to the US)
      Could be to change the electoral map via the census (citizenship not required)
      There's other possibilities..........
      Maybe if we didn't kill 65 million babies in the womb since the 70s.............

  • @andrewfarrell6120
    @andrewfarrell6120 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I agree absolutely with all of of this. I wish though that he would pronounce VP Harris' name correctly. This may seem like a small thing.. I don't think it is. Trump and GOP intentionally mispronounce it as a form of instititutional disrespect. She may be a cop and a tool of the state but she's still a human who deserves some respect.

    • @helpanimals-
      @helpanimals- หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is that whats stopping you from voting ? and not the seriousness of fascism?? You need to go watch White Bird

    • @veronica-wolfmaiden5383
      @veronica-wolfmaiden5383 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Killer Kamala. Gen/0/Cyde Joe. Dumpy Trump. There is a reason people disrespect their names.

  • @BobNob-dk7wy
    @BobNob-dk7wy หลายเดือนก่อน

    🖤

  • @Licardo7
    @Licardo7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @NI-ko5kt
    @NI-ko5kt หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It sucks because we have to choose in between peepee and poopoo.

  • @duckman2480
    @duckman2480 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine if Trump wins against Kamala. That means that trump won against 2 women.

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Then maybe they put up women that are likeable and of more substance.

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I wouldn't be surprised, those two women basically run the same campaign

    • @kaiserruhsam
      @kaiserruhsam หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Spyderinagourd harris's campaign is worse because she's loudly standing for genocide, but it's marginally more intelligent because she's deigning to campaign in wisconsin.

    • @PrettierNPastel
      @PrettierNPastel หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Spyderinagourdsay what you will but no the campaigns are not the same

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PrettierNPastel howd would you day they're different?

  • @baochi456
    @baochi456 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How does bro look Viet without being Viet??

  • @TheeSaltyAce
    @TheeSaltyAce หลายเดือนก่อน

    27:18 to be fair that example in Baltimore did turn into chaos damn near immediately like that wasn’t the same as the blm protests in 2020

  • @vjhamilton4043
    @vjhamilton4043 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Miff-e-priss-tone

  • @jacyaug
    @jacyaug หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Get a Waaburger and a cup of french cries if you don't get Kamala we'll get trump. Even if everyone drops out it'll still be a half count. You're going to get us trump with this mentality. You're going to ruin us. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Who cares if Trump wins when Kamala is proudly endorsed by Dick Cheney, someone even worse than Trump by a considerable degree?

  • @rainworldfan7757
    @rainworldfan7757 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    dear reader pls vote harris especially if you r in a swing state (please)

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      PA here. Nope!

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BouncySlim1 You're literally choosing to fuck your country over here man

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, we're not voting for a genocidal war monger

    • @adamjaxn3156
      @adamjaxn3156 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@BouncySlim1 Trump all the way.

  • @theblackhole05
    @theblackhole05 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Andrew Yang

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theblackhole05 Why do you hate the guy so much I don’t get it

    • @theblackhole05
      @theblackhole05 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redjarvis hate whoo???? Andrew yang is my lord and Savior

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theblackhole05 you got a video saying he’s the antichrist

  • @Vaushgg
    @Vaushgg หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I am voting for Kamala/Walz, 2024 to stop fascism.

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How would votin for those who support zionism stop fascism?

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're going to vote for Zionists, which is a fascist ideology, to stop fascism?

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Vaushgg Thank you 🙏

    • @IronicalChronical
      @IronicalChronical หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’d ask you how Trump is such a fascist but I’d get more answer from a wall than you or Kamala.

    • @Vaushgg
      @Vaushgg หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IronicalChronical Trump wants to do an ethnic cleansing of hispanic people in America, he said a lot of people in the country have "bad genes", which is a fascist dogwhistle, he plans to centralize power around the presidency, destroying our checks and balances, which is another fascist move, shall I go on?

  • @JamesBarry-j7m
    @JamesBarry-j7m หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Remember we are all the US government
    The people you voting for all the representatives of us the people.

    • @joecalta3679
      @joecalta3679 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Not when they rig the system to make sure only approved candidates are the only options

    • @BouncySlim1
      @BouncySlim1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Who voted for Kamala to be the nominee?

    • @outlikeabitch
      @outlikeabitch หลายเดือนก่อน

      How do a limited selection of people that were rich from birth, that live on massive corporate donations, that have all agreed to gleefully fund the slaughter of children and the death of the planet for the obscene wealth of a small handful of carrion feeders represent the people?

  • @treasurethetime2463
    @treasurethetime2463 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm not cynical. I'm enjoying the show.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@treasurethetime2463 if only it was just a Show

  • @kurbika
    @kurbika หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Vote Green!

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I really hope you don't live in a swing state

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wish they did more than just campaign every four years

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Spyderinagourd They run for local offices all the time, if you didn't know this that's more on you than them

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tankiegirl name some in RI, MA, NY, and CT not in big cities rn, if you're so informed.

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@SpyderinagourdI'll make you a deal: come back to this comment in 2026 during the mid terms and if there isn't a single green party candidate campaigning for local ballot access near you, I'll apologize. If there is, you have to volunteer to work on their campaign.

  • @theknd
    @theknd หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    well damn. both are scary

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@theknd I don’t think they’re comparable

    • @theknd
      @theknd หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@redjarvis how so?

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theknd one is “I don’t like her laugh” scary the other is “hang Mike pence” scary

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theknd None of what Harris talks about is even remotely similar to the Extreme and Hateful Lies that come out of that man’s mouth

  • @JamesBarry-j7m
    @JamesBarry-j7m หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It is your sacred duty as an American citizen to vote

    • @PrinceShakurYoutube
      @PrinceShakurYoutube  หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Human life is sacred and America doesnt give af about human life

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam America is what you decide to make it

    • @DepisTV
      @DepisTV หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeahhh i dont feel like it

    • @joecalta3679
      @joecalta3679 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Our political system has become so corrupt that they no longer even pretend to respond to the will of the people. We are effectively an oligarchy where the levers of power are completely controlled by the very wealthy. They chose who we get to vote for and when a good candidate makes it through they are usually compromised with blackmail of some sort. Everyone has a weakness and those are exploited to make sure everyone falls in line.

    • @ottabee
      @ottabee หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@PrinceShakurTH-cam THANK-YOU!

  • @wiskasIO
    @wiskasIO หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ¿Do you even know who the alternative to Kamala Harris is? I know this situation sucks but this bipartisan crap...

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You would rather starve in comfort than fight for the betterment of conditions for yourself and those beyond you, you are a coward

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jill Stein or Claudia de la Cruz

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tankiegirl You are Genuinely Schizophrenic If you think they are going to win if you vote for them

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Spyderinagourd You’re not the one starving though are you, People that will suffer under Trump are

    • @Spyderinagourd
      @Spyderinagourd หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@redjarvis what makes you believe i hadn't already and wouldn't continue to suffer under trump? I was and have been down to fight fascism, are you down to fight neoliberalism? i know i am.

  • @stanhanley6004
    @stanhanley6004 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We need police

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To go away

    • @dawsonyang2595
      @dawsonyang2595 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to go fuck themselves

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stanhanley6004 I agree with this, Defund the Police was a misguided and deliberately shocking slogan, Reform the Police would’ve been a better choice of words

  • @laurieVote3rdParty
    @laurieVote3rdParty หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    YOU are THE best 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      how is letting trump win going to in anyway help the lives of palestinians

    • @tankiegirl
      @tankiegirl หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@redjarvisBecause there will be political consequences to supporting Israel unconditionally

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tankiegirl If Trump wins he’s not going to step down willing and Israel will be supported Unconditionally

    • @adamjaxn3156
      @adamjaxn3156 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@redjarvis who cares about them?

  • @harvest44492
    @harvest44492 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Right or left man, Idc, im voting Jill Stein even though I disagree with some of her policies, she supports my homeland and thats all I can ask for. Neither of these owned "main" candidates can compare because they see reality through their own perspective. They both take the position of whose funding them.

    • @redjarvis
      @redjarvis หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@harvest44492 Jill Stein Doesn’t Take the Position of those Funding her because Trump does that for her. (Russia)