What Happened To Us?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Original Video: • Shooting the Breeze # 39
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The 2nd Amendment is not permission slip for the people. It is restrictions for the government.
Snicker. that's the fantasy a lot of people have had. Too bad it's never worked.
Thank you! People better wake up to this soon.
@@jenniferm3572 Wake up to what soon!? So alarmist it's gotten pathetic. I heard the same line of baloney when Obama took office on 2008. He took office with just shy of 300 million guns in private hands. Every gun fanatic screaming about "they're coming for the guns now FOR SURE!" 8 years later, Obama is gone and we have over 400 million guns in private hands by 2016.
As my dad, and his dad, always said: Nobodies coming to take your guns. Their ambitious, pie in the sky bureaucrats, but most of them aren't suicidal. Been hearing that since they stopped letting people buy machine guns.
Maybe if so many of those so fervent about their guns also weren't constantly talking about "taking back out country" (news flash, it's not just the fanatics country) and saying stuff like "we are WAY past elections at this point", you wouldn't make people nervous enough to want to restrict your rights to start with. Responsible gun ownership INCLUDES calling out fanatical, irresponsible language, provocation, and not parading around scaring the beejezuz out of your fellow citizens and neighbors, so you can prove you're a real 'Murican, and own some guns.
So do millions of other people who don't feel the need to parade around in public with them.
@@jenniferm3572or what?
Incorrect. It is both.
Bingo. We have a mental health problem in this country and no one wants to have the conversation.
81 million nutballs
Mental health is such a taboo with so many people, and it really shouldn't be. It's a hard conversation, but we really need to be having it.
Our first mistake is confusing EVIL with “mental health problem.”
Thanks for continuing that problem.
And we just have rotten eggs just waiting to be cracked open.
@@rockhopper01agreed, it's as if people feel like blanket labeling " mental health problem " will make reality easier to cope with but the reality is that there are bad,evil people out there and they don't know how to deal with that.
Blaming the gun in a shooting is equivalent to blaming the vehicle in a drunk driving accident.
So are you against the concept of a driver's license or pro-gun control?
"The machine is as good as the operator." Firearms are a tool, and it's a tool that makes destroying something or someone much easier to achieve. A vehicle is a mode of transportation, not designed to destroy something or someone, so that's a false equivalence argument.
@@danielathaydeHuh? Don’t be an idiot.
@@danielathaydeMake that make sense.
I think you missed the entire point of this video bud, not that I disagree with you.
Well said! Less hate, more self control, self reliance, less negative social media!
"Our city is what it is because our citizens are what they are"
Plato
The dwarf planet said that
That definitely explains Austin, TX.
This is it. But the cycle doesn't always start with the citizens.
It has been said that a nation gets the leaders it deserves. And leaders reflect those they serve.
Something to consider.
Civilization is directed through the man, outward.
Ever since they closed the mental health facilities in the 80s it went downhill.
The Rich have to live somewhere!
I am all for compassion. But some of these people will NEVER see anyone as anything thing but a target. If they can't find a victim, they become a victim. As much as I would hate to see "unwell" people mistreated, they don't "add anything" to society but fear.
Reagan was behind it. I think something to do with how much tax money was spent on the institutions. Plus the abuse stories were coming out left and right. But using jails to hold and house the same sort of people who were in an institution back then, is nearly like being in those institutions, but without the meds. So, why not bring them back? Better spending than on all the "migrants". Close the border and help the mentally ill.
Bingo. The requisite for expanding the wealth gap is bipartisan. Capitalism engineers classism
Yeah, they put them in the White House! Where "residents" can feel like 'presidents!"
A gun ban would only ban guns from law abiding citizens. It would not ban them from the government or the criminals. The biggest problem for us then, would be we wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
Too late! The government is the criminals! Haven't you seen what they've done to President Trump and his family? Fake dossier by the FBI payed for by Hillary Clinton and Obama and the Democrat party.🙆♂️🙏
wow yeah, good observation
so you can tell them apart ? how can you tell them apart ? there WAS a day when it was obvious but not so much these dark days an its gonna get Darker , there is however a Lite @ the end of the tunnel for sure thats what ill be fightin for , fact !!!%
@@MostWantedOHA Trump is going to lose his CCL and his firearms. Is that the light you're talking about?
LOL! There's a difference? OK.
We are no longer on the same moral framework.
This man is stating the obvious, we need to care for each other rather that hating other folks. This country has come to reflect our schizophrenic behaving leadership. IMHO
Poverty breads racism.
In a country of countless disparate ethnic groups, caring for each other becomes less and less likely. People are tribal by nature. We soundly defeated nationalism 80 years ago and this is the result.
stop buying into the media propaganda, the mark cysts destroyed America with their diversity tactic. it started in ww1.
"The problem of human predators is as old as recorded history, or older."
-Ayn Rand-
Give me a hug Bob! I love ya' brother!!!!!!!!!
Kids today are raised by schools and social media, not by their own parents.
Unwed mothers raise children who behave badly. This is a fact. Society has a problem facing FACTS. There are many that are completely ignored because of misguided political considerations. When we address these issues, we can BEGIN to correct them. Until we do, it is all talk and BS
Edit: I know there are some kids raised by single mothers, who grow up just fine, they are the exception, not the overwhelming majority. We need to deal with what is common, not what is exceptional.
Homeschool is the way
Yeah I'm from the WESTCOAST Washington state Seattle they are closing 25 elementary Schools along with a number of hr highs
No such thing as parents, i treat my dogs better than these people with kids
So you THINK the parents that VOTED repeatedly for gangsters to be their masters are smarter than rocks?? 😄😄😄
My dad was a medic with the Marines on Guadalcanal. I am glad in a way I don't have to try to explain this BS to him .
My Dad fought on Guadalcanal, too, and it's a crime what has happened to the country they sacrificed so much for.
I had an uncle that was an army medic on D Day. I learned that when he was 96. The medics are my heroes. You think we live in BS, think what they went through.
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My dad was with the 75th Tropic Lighting (Army) on Guadalcanal
Yep. My Dad was there with him. Semper Fi!
I came here to say:
The slide of western civilization toward doom, began when WWII veterans stopped running the show. Proper stewardship continued for a few decades on sheer momentum, and because they had mentored their replacements well. Their wisdom did not seep into the souls past the third generation’s stewardship.
Now, here we are.
Not the government, the judicial system, the healthcare system, etc... Nothing is a replacement for parents raising children of high moral virtue.
I suppose it also depends on what you mean by moral virtue.
Moral virtue in a country where money is god? You wont find such thing.
The internet takes away the threat of a punch in the nose for mouthing off.
So does the fact that due to the police state, you’ll go to jail instantly if you hit someone for mouthing off, or even in self-defense.
Black eyes matter
Being a asshole is not a crime but threatening someone is and you can stand your ground for certain threats
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I put it this way...
All of this started when they took the single serving knuckle sandwich off the menu on the playground in the western world.
In the past if you said or did something truly bad, and kids were great natural judges of this, you earned a single serving of the knuckle sandwich. Almost every time it was served it was deserved. The person receiving it got instant clear feedback and accepted the correction, while not suffering undue harm. If delivered undeserved the playground took care of that with either a single serving back and/or social outcasting for an appropriate amount of time for the original knuckle man.
The main benefit of the playground was everyone learned from each incident not just the parties directly involved. The learning happened at a key time in a persons development. As you aged from primary to high school the level of power behind a knuckle sandwich went from a sting to potentially damaging. That natural progression caused a decrease in needed use as everyone learned on the exponential curve, sinking in the idea of FAFO. We all also learned that speech cannot be offensive, being offended is an emotional response not something someone can really do to you. Sticks and Stones sunk in as well. Ultimately this created better behaved and better adjusted adults. Removing this tool has created a generation of entitled snowflakes while also awakening the older generations Karens.
"When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied they became proud; then they forgot Me." (Hosea 13:6)
It ain't money. We've thrown billions at so-called remedies. When we kicked Christ out of our schools, homes, and government we began the tailspin into this morass. This is a moral, spiritual problem, pure and simple. If you trust man or his government to fix these problems, then welcome to the Twilight Zone.
yeah and I'm kinda afraid of what this brings to us. God is not "doing something" ... we are just a trainwreck that keeps on not stopping, parts are flying off, debris spraying everywhere... collisions with stuff ...the natural consequences of batshit stupidity
Is that from the bible? It does make sense.😮
Political elites read the Bible as an inverse of itself. Stop feeding them, and you can take away their pride.
Hosea 13:6
Always listen to the old man in the rocker with a 45 in his lap😅
I do believe the gun in his lap is the 22LR Revelation Western Auto revolver model 99 originally owned by his dad. He is using it as a symbol of other times. Just my opinion.
@@wwisaacson4807 could be, maybe Mr. Hickok will join the conversation and let us know. But you're probably right
"Beware the old man in the young man's game." 😎👍
@@wwisaacson4807 Good call. I immediately thought a .22 of some sort.
As 2/3 of gun deaths are suicide, mental health gives us too many people with a gun in their lap
It falls at our feet, but bad parents too. My father in law is a " preacher" but takes no responsibility for his daughter being a drug addict, his son being a serial impregnator and my wife being a basket case. At some point we have to recognize our failures and correct course. its easiers to point out others short coming but not ours, your neighbors flaws but your own.
I love it not hating on each other and taking care of each other.
Well said Mr Hickok45, thank you.
I wish many more people were like you.
Unfortunately the hatred is by design. "Divide and conquer"
Read Trump's last 1,000 tweets and you'll see the perfect example of it
Abes, you see what you want to see. Read Trump's speeches. They're about unity. His tweets called out individuals and don't call for division. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton calls half of America the basket of deplorables, and Biden calls half of America maga terrorists. You want to talk about division?
@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 Lord have mercy, Are you capable of reading shit objectively? Really Trump and unity? that's like saying Biden's cognitive abilities are top notch. This is the problem in this country people unable to look past political parties and this obsession to be on the winning team so they can go out and stick it the other side. And because of that obsessive political nut riding we're now going to be stuck with the same two old decrepit bastards one who can't be trusted with a box of Oreos and one who cant remember his name. And the cycle continues of both parties shitting down the American peoples throats.
America likes to blame all this problems on white men
EVEN....if that was true, which it isn't....I wouldn't blame him for being angry as hell right now. He's done more for America than Obama, Biden & the rest of THEM. What does he get in return? Arrested, is a felon now, etc. Yet Biden & Obama are doing everything they possibly can to destroy our great country & not one thing happens to them. We had better do something & very soon....or it will be too late.
They, are trying to starve us to death, make it nearly impossible to buy a house unless you are a millionaire. Nothing is the way it used to be. I'd be beyond angry if I was Trump. He didn't have a salary when he was president, he worked for free.....& what does he get in return? Ridiculed, harrassed, convicted as a felon, etc. If anyone is a felon, it's Obama & Biden, they intentionally let millions of people just walk into America, no questions asked! It's all a plan for them to attack us when given the word to. They forget, We The People are armed to the Max right now...big time, we are angry. @@abesapien9930
i 86'ed all social media, youtube is all i have left. i live in a small bush community in Alaska with a small grocery store, 2 bars , a package store (i dont drink) 2 gas stations a 1000 meter shooting range and a gun store, the school still has a shooting team, we all know each other and its the closest thing to ''how things used to be'' ive come across in my travels thus far, and that makes it easy to step back from online toxicity. but it also means that once its gone its really gone ,i try to make every second matter, and focus on friends and fam, riding my dirt bike, frisbee with my dogs, hunt ,fish, ect. since i kicked social media to the curb my quality of life and living has risen higher than the sun.
I'm 34 and have never had social media, no tattoos no bs. I'm a unicorn I suppose 😁
I did the same thing with all my social media. I deleted it all, but I'm still on youtube. Im think8ng of getting rid of youtube as well. Anything related to the internet has just become toxic now.
Well that's a great way to live but how do you make money to buy bullets and fishing gear. What should the other 333,000,000 million people in the United States do ? I think Alaska would be overwhelmed.
Whereabouts?
I get it, but you have to educate yourself and participate or someone else will. That's how all this happened. The regular decent folks disengaged. Social media is full of junk but not ALL junk. It's also one of the only places to find the truth.
in my youth in Australia, we could go into town to shop, and the old shotgun was up on the parcel shelf, car wasn't locked, the worlds gone made, and you are right, id love to go back to the 1970s again.
We have a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem
I believe it is a culture problem, not mental health.
Nearly every act of gun violence is perpetrated by one political party. They also celebrate and promote mental illness
And, even deeper, a spiritual health crisis
@@nathanielovaughn2145 Exactly!
@@nathanielovaughn2145ISIS is spiritual and personally I don’t see a whole lot of difference between the flavors of delusion. Keep your religion to yourself please
I know this will sound weird, my dad and my grandpa both passed in the early months of this year 2024. This was not what I was expecting to hear watching this video. Hearing these words of wisdom and a calm old soul think of solutions rather than pointing the finger, is so refreshing. I feel like I needed this. Thanks hickock.
Sorry for your loss, Tim.
I was born in the USA in the 90s, coming from Yugoslav war; you sir sound just like my father who saw how much people could hate each other in that war. I would of loved to be in your English classes as a student when I was younger. Your wisdom is profound sir.
I went there (Bosnia & Herzegovina) in ‘95. Astounding how neighbors and families rose against each other. Still hurts to remember.
Both.
i have a 17-year-old son named Jacob that was raised the old way, with discipline. and drinking from the garden hose. fishing camping playing baseball. he is a national Honer student he is a great young man that can't stand the way kids his age act in his generation . and he can't believe how screwed up things are
oh ya im a generation x dad i was born in 76
I feel the same way as a millennial born in 89. Raised very old school, literally grew up in the woods doing farm and construction labor, fishing and hunting. Great way to grow up. Wish a lot more in my generation and Gen Z had been raised the same way.
I'm almost 24 and I'm on the same boat. Honestly I'm embarrassed with how people my age act. Not only are they freakin' soft, but they're stupid (if not, then the act fooled me) and immature. I'm not saying all of the others my age are all of the above, but a percentage that's far too big to be brushed off are, and it is (or at least, should be) enough to give anyone second-hand embarrassment.
I often find myself looking back and wondering how people let it get to this point, and what it would take (or at least, if it's even possible) to push back against it all
I feel the same way and I'm 19 I was raised that same way
I grew up with bad grades and all I wanted to do was ride dirt bikes and people thought I was a bad kid cause I wouldn't conform to the generic ways of school, football, church etc. but even I can't stand these kids now days. Alteast I was honest and willing to work and was respectful to my elders and a loyal friend. The new generation will shoot their own cousin or defraud their grandmother and still play victim.
My Dad would be feeling the same way, having fought in WWll and seeing what he fought for turned into today.
R.I.P. Dad, and thanks for trying. Thank *YOU,* Hickok45, for the morning wisdom.
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Same with my dad. I'm glad he didn't live to see this.
What he fought, fought, turned into today
My Dad as well, although he was in the European Theatre... North Africa, Malta, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. I heard the phrase from him when I was quite young that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. I'm sure he is turning over in his grave right now.
@@dragoncarver287 So true. My Dad was involved in the liberation of Holland. He never returned there, after the war, and didn't like to speak about it. Best wishes to you!
@@smokesandalloy9487 Yes. So sad. Best wishes to you!
72 years here, I’m glad my two kids are in their 40’s, they missed the internet BS. But my grand kids I worry about. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Don’t be worried if you’ve raised yours right, theirs will be fine. Legacy runs in the bones.
My late father, an artillery officer and a psychiatrist often warned me that the human brain can only process correctly a certain amount of information and stimuli before it is overwhelmed.
My guess is that with social networks and mobile phones, we’re simply in a state of mental overflow and are unable to react normally.
And highly caffeinated
Some are far more capable than others, we have more special people now, more people on the spectrum, but you are right. We also don’t have real discipline and guidance. Stuff you may not appreciate until you get older. Couldn’t stand my father most of the time growing up.
The real scary thing is seeing this toddlers looking at a phone in their hands in the grocery cart.
@@luvyesmusici4886 the reason for more autism is better diagnostics. I mean, until the last 25 or so years, girls weren't even supposed to be autistic. There was no aspergers dx until 1994. I do need constant stimulation though, been more and more need for it as I age. My mind is hyperactive. I must have daily intellectual stimulation, and daily "fun" structured things to do, or I will go nuts. I actually love what I do for work.
@@canislatrans8285 Happy you enjoy your job. Back in high school I couldn’t study if I wasn’t listening or watching different things, or multi-tasking. Hell, I use to fall asleep listening to YES’ Tormato or Maiden’s Piece of Mind every night with headphones on. And I got AsI still enjoy multi-tasking at work and honestly. I believe it is gray for the brain.
Now width diagnostics sure you can put people in more categories, and come up with some earlier answers. And YES, while there have always been girls affected, it was primarily a ‘boy’s thing”. Certainly not anymore. There was a rather recent article of new material talking about how Autism may occur, or occur depending on what early scientific studies you may believe. Humans are certainly devolving in many ways. Look what has happened with fish and frogs. It’s not just the way more and more environmental factors happen. You have older fathers.Sperm was never meant to be frozen, and many of these so-called “lab-born” children often have allergies and other issues. And we have more sift men, Lesbians and Gays certainly seem to be increasing.
The brain is a complicated thing. So isn’t nurturing and not being exposed to so many unhealthy things. Less and less people, even young are infertile. But some folks were never meant to have children on purpose. And probably the latest factor are this who got the jab. They can try and minimize what they put out there, but there are certainly factors, and things we have yet to find out. I never got the vaccine/s and the boosters that helped mutate the virus. And I never got sick, and I work with a ton of people and customers. Life is complicated. Those with Autism are actually too smart, but my heart goes out to parents who have to be caregivers to the very end, and then where do their children go?
@@canislatrans8285 I am the same way. what do you do?
What causes hate? Envy. What feeds envy? Social media.
The only thing that causes hate is straight up willful ignorance…
Hate and envy existed long before social media. You just get to see it more if you use social media.
Simply read the Ten Commandments. "Thou Shalt Not Covet." and many more.
jealousy,ignorance,prejudice,intolerance,fear
@@lucksnation4948after reading thou shalt not kill..throw away all weapons that kill
I couldn't agree more Hickok, thank you for this clip.
We've had a parenting problem not teaching individual responsibility, we've had a social problem with the breakdown of the family unit, and a mental health problem. Great content, sir!
very well said, I've noticed an utter and complete culture shift for the worst, it feels like a completely different world than even 2012ish. Something has also changed to where it's all about me-me-me and screw everyone else as a mentality just oozing from a ton of people's actions, thoughts, and words. Online has become extremely vile and toxic too over the years. "Gatekeeping" and finding any and everything wrong with another person's life or decisions even if they don't harm another soul. I could say something as simple as I ate a burger and these weird online people would come up with 10+ different reasons why I was "wrong" for what I did...from, the place I got it from, my condiments, not making it at home, if I did make it at home using premade patties and not getting my hands all gross rolling up hamburger meat, making it in my foreman grille fast instead of some fancy grille/stove-top, using beef instead of chicken, not using expensive grass fed organic meat, using meat at all instead of veggies, if I made everything completely from scratch, oh-and not using cast iron lol...and that stuff is just off the top of my head. I mostly just stick to myself these days and a small circle of friends, read/watch stuff I'm personally interested in for entertainment and education, since the world has gone so downhill. It's sad, truly sad. I'm only mid 30s too, I can only imagine how the older generations feel. It seems like some peoples' entire lives revolve around being very toxic and vile online. I've recently gotten on a kick of watching ww2 veteran interviews and I lost the comment I wanted to reply to on there but they were saying they were in their mid 30s too and felt SO alone and isolated in even caring about that subject, that nobody our age nonetheless gen z and the younger generation below that seem to give an ounce of care about learning about it and from people that lived through it/veterans. Parents didn't raise the younger generations right, a culture shift completely away from the family unit, and rife mental health problems everywhere have put us in a bad spot. I won't go on and on anymore lol. Just felt this comment and the vid in general were very relatable it was like a breath of fresh air. I'm glad I'm certainly not alone in feeling stuff is wrong or knowing about what went wrong at least
So many of these problems can be traced to our 'elected officials'. Ask you friends and neighbors if they voted the same way you did. You may be surprised at how many people voted differently than the outcomes.
traditional families have nothing to do with mental health
So true! I am 53 and would never believe how our society has changed and behaves!
Yeah well it got like this on your watch. Thanks.
You ain't seen NOTHING yet.. 😂😂😂
@@nurgle-j5n weve come to expect this from your generation, blaming everyone but yourselves. If you were paying attention, its your generation that is the problem, the entitled angry and lazy excuse makers. You need the older generation more than you think because you cannot even wipe your own a$$ without your mommy. You can continue to be part of the problem or the solution, but we will be gone soon enuf and you will be left with a world that you created, not us. That is going to really suck for you.
im 48, i blame the media and the people who control it. The school system doesnt teach the kids anything of substance.Also not enough positive role models.A bad economy is making everybody stress over not having enough. Our food is full of chemicals changing our bodies bioligy.
@@nurgle-j5n WRONG! It's been a jungle, long before any of us were born!
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." - Ephesians 6:12
My wife always asks why I talked to people when we are out. I tell her because no one talks to each other anymore. Every has their face buried in a phone. People don’t know how to start a conversation or hold a conversation. Yes mental health is a huge part of the problem too.
I have this problem, but I am autistic and let's say " 1000 times bitten, 1000 times shy". I actually learned the skills years ago, but they are almost useless now. I actually "forgot" due to the plandemic. I feel like I am drowning, yelling help, and no one sees me. I can't make new friends, I try, but they seem to prefer all the other people they know, and have no time for me. I have learned how to tone down my "obnoxiousness" even. So I just spend every day working self employed.
@@canislatrans8285 Small things baby steps. Say hello how are you. Leave it at that. Some will answer some won’t. Don’t pressure yourself. Don’t push yourself on anyone. Explain what you deal with. You may be surprised how much people respond. If you don’t try no one you included will never know how things may work out. If it doesn’t go the way you want. Then it most likely isn’t you. You are trying. Good luck. Remember baby steps.
@@canislatrans8285🎯💯Everyone wants, but few give. Everyone talks, but few listen. We need to listen to ourselves, how many times do we say I, my, and me. Ask the question to yourself what does this conversation mean, does it edify help encourage or is this just about me?
It seems like we've had a complete breakdown of our Social Contract. It's like we failed to do something on our part.
@@user-zu5do6ri6r Can’t argue that point.
Thank you, Hickok45. As one who had a brother who was housed in one, I believe much of today's problems grew when halfway houses and institutions for mentally-challenged were closed with most of the occupants being mainstreamed into society. My brother had a difficult time living and surviving, let alone living a happy life.
Is your brother being allowed enough resources to be healthy, as much as an institution would get for imprisoning him?
@@strattonsalidis9194 my brother trusted too much and was murdered several years ago.
We need more people to Talk about mental health
" The intellectuals serve as guides, as trend-setters, as the transmission belts or middlemen
between philosophy and the culture. "
-Ayn Rand-
very true
It ALL starts with PARENTING
I agree. However, how could one blame the parents when the local and state governments take the power away from the parents?
In schools with teachers, school nurse and general staff are all mandated reporters, the smallest things are considered “child abuse”, nowadays.
It’s considered “child abuse” to raise your voice at your children, now. You can’t yell at them. You can’t deprive them of their stuff. You can’t spank them.
It’s no wonder children are out of control these days.
It all starts with too much government/nanny state in our lives, specifically the family court system/divorce industry.
It all starts with us. We gave the government the authority to outlaw parenting. I'd like to figure out how to revoke that authority.
@@user-zu5do6ri6rthat's horse shit,the Government did no such thing
parenting will be reflective of the culture & society the parents grew up in
I am truly saddened at the state of the world today !! There is an abundance of hatred against nearly any Race, Religion, Color, or more times than not, what just seems to be aimless violence and hate for what seems like absolutely NO REASON whatsoever !! I don't know exactly when it started to multiply, but I remember the America,that I grew up in, and that would be the America I want for my Grand children and Great Grand children !!! I know it wasn't without hate and bigotry, but it was mostly the exception, and NOT THE RULE back then ! I grew up with Jewish , Italian, and German friends, Catholics, Christians, and non affiliated families and friends !! We all got along, and it didn't require any great effort on our part to accomplish a kind and friendly relationship with nearly everyone I have ever known ! It did take character, and a love for your fellow man, which seems to have been much more common in past era's !! I lived through that time, and loved it , and all without any real effort, I could easily continue to embrace that old lifestyle again !! It just seems to me that it takes more effort to hate others than to co-exist and learn again to love and respect others as we were once able to do, not all that long ago !! I'm now 80 years old, and can honestly say I don't need to HATE, TO EXIST !!! How about You ??? I thank You for this post, and for a chance to talk about something that has bothered me for a long time !! Have a great day, and don't be afraid to show some compassion and Love to your neighbors in this lifetime NOW !!!
Just let me guess, you are white, male, hetero, and from the majority society. Congrats, no discriminations for you.
I'm a Republican and a Conservative. It's easy to see exactly when it "started to multiply", and it's started when Trump became President. Through his divisive rhetoric, he's given people permission to be openly racist and violent. I live in Michigan and I've never seen anyone publicly advertise their white nationalistic ideology until about 2 years after he took office. Now, in upper Michigan, I see trucks flying the confederate flag with giant signs like "White Privilege", something I've never seen in my 56 years on this planet. Here's an anecdote for you from around just the same time period. I have a friend who is Chinese and has lived in northern Michigan all his life. He is physician. After Trump took office, he and his family were harassed and had their lives threatened on several occasions - enough so that my friend had to move. Our Governor was also the target of a kidnapping during the same period. There's no question when things changed and now it's about to get considerably worse with the re-election of a wanna-be dictator. My dad and I are both Marines; my dad fought in the Korean War and I in Iraq. We're saddened to see a country, we put our lives on the line for, being transformed into puppet regime for Putin. Trump skipped out on military service and now he's going to be the Commander and Chief. It so sickens me to my core.
Very well said. I'm a Pediatrician. Kids today are lost. They know how to text but not Talk. Parents want to be "friends" with their children and not Parents. I've been doing this for 30 years, yes I'm old school but kids need and want and need direction. Tough love and respect for others is important. Survival of the fittest is real throughout the world. There are no free rides. Rely on God to light your feet on the path of success.
Well said and a great observation. My sister is bent on being her kids friend, not a parent. She now has 3 children with great potential, and no direction or compass.
Kids are like dogs and want to be disciplined and led
Children, lacking adversity will create their own. It's a need.
THIS right here, parents do not know HOW to be parents, they let the kids run rampant with no consequences. Consequences are a MUST and they are not taught them. The other problem are smart phones and computers. Kids do not know how to interact with each other unless its via a screen and poor vocabulary. We were more intelligent and respectful before computers.
Start with nutrition!
Read "nutrition and physical degeneration"
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Billions upon billions for foreign proxy wars, but $0.00 to rebuild our mental healthcare system. Complacency has consequences ... we're living it now.
This right here, pretty much in a nutshell.
That's because both dems and conservatives want people at each other's throats until the end of time so that large corporations can keep profiting.
People would call that communism nowadays
These "proxy wars", like you say, are keeping you from clashing directly with China, Iran, Russia or North Korea. The US spends $282 billion every year on mental health, a lot more than it spends on "proxy wars". But whatever...
Well, these "foreign proxy wars" keep you from clashing directly with your sworn enemies - China, Iran, Russia and the North Korea. The US spends $282 billion on mental health every year, a lot more than on its allies. But you are free to drop the allies, and engage your enemies yourself.
Excellent point: if social media aggravates you, avoid it.
thats why i stopped using twitter hahaha
I haven't had anything to do with social media in over 15 yrs... This is as close as I get
@@maxpower001Same for me. Too much narcissism and gossip.
You have to really strive to not get sucked in to the drama. I use social media to keep in touch with friends and family. You have to avoid the drama and do your best not to get drawn into it
If anything aggravates you, avoid it. People just need to take inventory of their lives every once in a while and ask whether the things that are in their lives are actually improving it in some way, and if the answer is no and it’s not necessary or some responsibility, then cut it out.
Piling up awful things is what eventually breaks your mental health. It’s very rarely ever one thing. It’s the weight of too many things you should have gotten rid of years ago.
Amen my friend. Exactly what I’ve been saying. The media is mostly to blame and the feeble minded believe it all. Thanks for what you do. I always enjoy your videos
Mental health will remain a problem because it's not profitable, same as helping the homeless, profit over people.
Here in Florida, a builder won a bid to change a empty mall into affordable housing, decided midway, he wanted luxury apartments. Got caught and the county told him build affordable housing or pay 18 million dollar fine, guess what he did? If your thinking affordable housing, think again.
Profit over people.
🙄 I think he knew what he was doing all along
The problem there is that turning it into affordable housing would have turned that area into a crime filled shithole and ruined all the surrounding businesses, bled the city of tax revenue, and started a total collapse. Turning it into luxury apartments gentrifies the area, massively lowers crime and raises tax revenues, and benefits the city overall.
Its very profitable as long as its not solved. Over 20 billion in Cali alone spent on homelessness and all it did was increase the issue.
Did they actually spend it on homeless programs? Or did they funnel the money into 'Agencies' and 'NFP's' that paid themselves and associated companies to funnel the money into their own pockets rather than towards actual programs to help the Homeless? So much of our Welfare ends up in Corporations pockets instead of trying to solve the issues the money is supposed to be spent on. It's not just those fat Military Contracts that are pilfered and end up in offshore accounts. It's happening across the board. We the Sheeple indeed.
While we scream at the TV when we see some poor guy pushing a shopping trolley with all of his worldly possessions - there are a bunch of people living it up in expensive housing 'compounds' and on their second yacht they bought with the money you thought was going to 'help' the guy pushing that trolley.
"affordable housing" = ghetto.
“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Whether it's a family, military or country, leadership is responsible for the direction of the organization and actions of the group.
I've never heard that before, but there is a LOT to unpack in that quote. I don't know where you heard that, but thank you for sharing it.
@@andrewstombaugh9318 It's an old one. I'm surprised it got by the censor. It's a pretty descent explainer of cyclical behavior, but offers no solutions, assuming there are any.
Speed of the leader, speed of the group has been around since the 80s. We have known it since 500BC. Just ask the Greeks...
Truth, and I think the cause is lack of gratitude in good times. When things are going well, that's the time to work hard and stay hard...with gratitude and respect to those who sacrificed for the good times we enjoy.
and the mark cysts destroy nations one by one while the clueless sheep try to figure out what is happening to their country.
Spot on, i honestly think the way the social media algorithms are made to keep us hating each other. What better way to make money, but off someone’s anger and frustration.
American people need to unite and not keep voting for the established 2 parties. I feel like independents somehow winning is the only way out of this mess. So we can actually heal. People are all more alike than we think in the US
@@mwwwww648I agree entirely. Both parties are biased and only divide us further.
exactly, they definitely do. there's no other reason a comment with less likes saying something hateful or rude is pushed to the top above all of the nice comments with more likes. this happens regularly on multiple platforms, it's such a shame. anger baits engagement and engagement is $$$
The Bible talks of these times.
"And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matthew 24:12
Look at the lawlessness in our nation. People have lost love for one another and hate has replaced it.
I blame lazy parenting over the last 30 years for most of our problems. Children cannot raise themselves.
It’s because we’re tired dumb @$$
Not all house holds can afford to have someone stay home.
Divorces .. I became a single Dad , I was a natural.
The problem is social media has warped peoples expectations of life and how to act.
It's not insanity or mental health, it's brainwashing (social media) that's the problem
Homelessness is now up by thirteen percent, while eight hundred billionaires now control more of the nation's wealth than the poorest fifty percent of the population. This is a more extreme disparity than ever before in history in any country.
Pogo Possum summed it up years back: ‘We have met the enemy and he is us.’
You say the painful but true things… with such a calm voice.
You can't handle the truth.. 😂😂😂
@@jonathan7249 great movie.
@@RebelWithoutFauxPas it's true most people don't want the bitter truth but sweet LIES.. 💯💯😄😄😄
This guy is the uncle that every single American should have to spend summers with 🇺🇲
God Bless
My grandpa is 83 years old and he is truly disappointed in the state of this country.
I'm an 80 y/o grand pa who is also disappointed. I ain't gonna be here much longer but when I try to explain to my grand kids the way things were and ought to be again, I'm a Boomer who's too old to know today's reality, according to them. Y'all talk about the greatest generation; I was born in '44, that's how long ago 80 yrs is. You mention Vietnam to them and it's ....that was probably a long time ago too. I say it's only 50 years....zoom, right over their heads. Meh Like I said we're on short time. Good luck.
We fought for this country, 300,000 troops being set up, our kids let the Dems do it
He worked hard to make this country what it is. He should be excited, this is what he supported. We all support it.
Bad parenting, lack of discipline, and no thought or fear of bad decisions
Bullying is a big problem, whether from home or from schools. Problem is schools do not do enough to curb bullying. With the technology today a person doesn't get to escape those people when they leave school. Then we have kids that are being told to not cry about something, it isn't worth crying over. The kids learn to hide their feelings. Then when they are having mental health problems, they don't want to talk about it or maybe they feel like they can't. Then you combine the two situations with bullying at school and not being able to talk about it at home.
Maybe we need to require licences before reproduction?
Thats why they want to dismantle the nuclear family so much. they indoctrinate these lifestyles that are "free" and they DO NOT promote good non-toxic family values.
Lots of it has to do with single-parent households. You want to fix things you need people to get married and stay married.
@@Furlugeexactly. They’ve made it, by design, too easy for a couple to divorce and then have the government step in with assistance and strings for the parent with the kids (almost always the female) while the father is forced to live in poverty or worse because of insane child support amounts and yanking drivers licenses if behind on support payments (umm how’s he supposed to make the money to pay the support).
And all manner of other government intrusions and infringements upon liberty and freedom that serve nothing more than to give the government control over people.
Government is supposed to be responsive to the needs of the people NOT make them needy.
You nailed it Hickok! Thanks, 100% agree!
"Tolerance and Apathy are the last virtues of a dying society."
Where was this quote from? It's kind of a weird choice in nouns. Tolerance/open-mindedness is important for a society because you need to tolerate the fact that people have different opinions about things, but a society should not tolerate abuses on it's citizens. It's a very contextual noun. Apathy being bad I think I can totally get on board with though.
@@airdogaron Look around and see what over tolerance has produced. These are truly strange times.
Give me a couple of examples of what you're talking about.
@@airdogaron I have no interest in your thoughts at all. You are probably simply being obtuse.
@@drizzt8965 You're clearly being evasive for some reason. I asked you one question for a couple of examples to better understand you. In what world is that being obtuse when your first statement was for me to simply "look around" which is probably the most general statement that you could possibly make. Also I wasn't telling you my thoughts I was explicitly asking you for yours. Don't know what your problem is.
Mr. Hickok, when you said "Take care of each other", I think you've got it, right there. Just my opinion... everyone wants to talk, and no one wants to listen. Many think they're right, and won't tolerate any other opinion that differs from their own. Every discussion/argument instantly turns into politics. And, some get upset way too easily about one thing, rather than focusing on the bigger picture. We have forgotten how to have decent, civilized discussions. And I could go on for a month... Thank you Mr. Hickok. I hope we can get through this storm. Blessings to you and your family... and all the rest of us.
Well said.
But, that's socialism... That's not what this country is about. This country is about clawing over each other for every ounce of superiority.
What I try to do these days is change the subject if politics are brought up. I have conversations with friends, family, neighbors and never bring up that subject. I vote as it is my civic duty but keep my views to myself. You see, everyone thinks they are right.
Who is "we"? There to many who want our care services to apply to "everyone" and that is why everyone is flooding in.
@@wataboutya9310 IMO, you are indeed 'right' in your view that everyone thinks they are right. You and I are on the same page... I do exactly the same. Again, my opinion, fact-based debate is good... but that is rare now. It's all about insults and starting fights, and anger, and who can yell the loudest to get their way. Thank you!
You hit the nail directly on the head. People with mental health issues do not get the help they need. And then we are surprised with the results. I see the hate too. It hurts my heart. What I hate is the labels that define us and we are in a society that encourages us to hate those with other labels. I am a "liberal" who loves my guns...what label do I wear?
" Psychology departments have a sprinkling of Freudians , but are dominated by Behaviorism, whose leader is B.F. Skinner. ( Here the controversy is between the claim that man is moved by innate ideas , and the claim that he has no ideas at all ). "
-Ayn Rand-
A lot of our problems start with poor parenting. Plain and simple. Respect for one another helps tremendously as well.
And the rest of the problems are parents just not being there , being parents !!!
@@nickstamp3324 Tell me why countries with strict gun laws simply don’t have the murder by gun anywhere near the numbers we do in America. Totally agree bad parenting is a problem , but link that up to gun violence. Just might be more to that than you suggest.
@@ed-gw3ov It's not the strict gun laws in other countries, it's the mental health facilities that they have an use. We used to have them too, until clinton defunded all of the mental hospitals and shut almost all of them down.
@@ed-gw3ov I avoid politics but i will weigh in on this. Its mostly due to poor mental healthcare in the US, and lack of education about them. About half of gun deaths are self inflicted and a large percentage are accidents, which are both counted in the gun violence statistics. While I agree there needs to be changes, there are changes that need to be made in many areas before we'll ever see a change by simply targeting guns. Most countries that have increased firearms laws *also* have better mental healthcare quality and availability. Switzerland for example, has very high gun ownership rates but far less gun violence because of mandatory education, training, and world class mental health services.
@@firstpersonducky9333 Tell me then why are the bottom 10 states in mental health spending all traditionally Republican? Basic health care is the same bottom ten states are Republican. Let’s add the bottom ten states on education spending, yes all Republican. See a trend here?
My daughter is a special Ed teacher. Mental health is at an all time high. Poor parenting doesn’t help the problem.
the food is poisoned
Is every kid in spec ed now?
Roughly 25 -30% is a fair estimate. There are so many issues. Like 11 year olds that still poop there pants. They should not be in public school in my opinion. If the parents have not potty trained them by 5th grade. The poor kids just don’t have the mental capacity. And would be far better served in a special school.
@@TheDman216 It's all the damn screens
@@IemonandIimewith special ed kids, it depends on the disorder, a lot of it is genetics and runs in families, bipolar, ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, things like that.
There's also plenty who have been neglected or abused, some who start using drugs at an early age. For a lot its a combination of these things.
Bring back asylums. 100% agreed.
We still have them. Institutions for the insane are plentiful. For the life of me I don't understand why yall say this. Unless your talking about the way they ran these institutions in the 50s and 60s and if you knew anything about that you wouldn't call for their return.
Frickin’ boomers don’t know any better.
@@alexkeeton2800 My state of MI has news stories of a chronic shortage for the truly mentally ill, which now populate our jails, prisons, and the streets. What did we do with these people (people that cannot fend for themselves economically) before?
@@alexkeeton2800 Don't agree. I grew up in a town with a State Hospital. It was probably the largest employer in the county. The state closed it in the early 1970's. This happened all over the country. Most still sit empty, boarded up. Were there abuses? Of course. But tell me allowing the mentally ill to sleep on the streets and defecate on our sidewalks is more human? Don't think so.
Ok,ill sign you up for night shift!
Yeah its gettin a little crazy out there. Dad used to tell me "treat people like you want to be treated" If we'd all do that, it would be a better world.
Totally agree.
Agreed!!
Thank you Sir. More people should take a hint from you. With great power comes the responsibility of being humble and a good person.
I remember David Brinkley, one of the most intelligent men of our day. He could name heads of state from way back. He was stumped on TV one day, and had to say " I have no idea of whom you are talking about - who exactly are Beevis and Butt Head?".
Our society has hit rock bottom; last one out bring the flag, please.
His was the last watchable Sunday morning show.
" Beevis " is on a CNN program with Mika Brezinski.
_Idiocracy_ is a documentary, so is _1984._
Spot on. There has been an unfortunate mental migration back to tribalist loyalty. “We hate the other tribe, and we have to destroy them” It is such a sad and disturbing situation, there is so little true compassion left.
its us or them, thats reality. Theres an agenda to remove white people and destroy America in the name of globalism. Until conservatives admit that then its all complaints and talk.
The problem is our criminal government. That creates the problem of metal health.
This is incredibly accurate.
I agree, all the political campaigns that create more hate for other people.
I think the main problem is that we blame other instead looking at our own actions. If we get out home amd we smile at other people. And thinking about to do a good thing for others. Like adopting a motorcycle watching our distance and trying to keep it safe instead looking for something wrong. If we want to live in a better place we need to start doing our part.
Yup. Look out for one another. It's worth it.
In the old days, people had a greater sense of community. Today with no one going to church and the lack of in-person interaction from technology people have been getting very isolated.
The root of the problem is LBJ's 'Great Society' that pushed fathers out of the home so that the family could qualify for welfare, public housing, and other benefits. Without the fathers to provide an anchor and discipline for the children they've turned into animals. It's spilled over into the rest of society with the child services literally threatening to take children out of the homes if parents try to discipline them.
oh, there are plenty at the mosques and synagogues.
I worked in mental health for a while. The first question I was instructed to ask any new patient (suicidal included) was, "What insurance do you have?" The problem with America can summed up in one word. Greed.
That's a pretty typical liberal talking point. Has this country not ALWAYS been greedy? We were basically founded because we wanted MORE of our money. People love to say how corporations are greedy now, as if they never were? It's always been that way, it's a cop out to say greed.
No one is held accountable in this country. I am a LEO in California. In this state, you literally *never* have to take care of a misdemeanor charge. You really never have to take care of an infraction such as a speeding ticket either. Why?
No cop will ever arrest you for a traffic warrant. My department, it's literally not in our policy that we even can (and we're one of the largest ones in California).
Let's say you have a misdemeanor warrant, which could be a LOT of things: from a burglary that was dropped from a felony to a misdemeanor (happens all the time), a domestic violence charge (same thing, dropped from felony or just a straight misd charge), weapons violation, DUI, etc.
Alright, cop pulls you over for whatever, runs your ID. Boom, you pop a warrant. It's actually highly unlikely you even get arrested for it, because 95% of the time, unless you're in a very well off city with a fully funded department, they won't even arrest you because it's a waste of time. So we'll tell you to call the court and figure it out.
Okay you get arrested. Now what? We take you to the jail...you get your fingerprints done, probably get a meal, and take your photograph. Few hours later, you're released with a ticket and...a court date! You are not held until court for a misdemeanor. You don't need to post bail. You WILL get released MANDATORY with a ticket and a court date.
So, you lapse your court date again, it's been 9, 12 months etc. You get pulled over again...guess what? Same. Exact. Thing.
You can literally fail to appear FOREVER in this state for a misdemeanor charge. And the DA's love to change our felony arrests to misdemeanors. You will never actually be held accountable for it.
We don't have a greed problem, we have an accountability problem - it's never anyone's fault for their own wrong doing, it's their parents fault, or society's fault, etc...
THIS ! As an Aussie looking in (and watching my country go the same way) ... THIS !!!!!.🥴🇦🇺
@@Silidons91bla bla bla . Shut up man !
@@Silidons91yes it has always been greedy but as time goes on less and less of that greed is shared with the American people.
@@vicsjunk5965 What data do you have to back that up? My Roth IRA Is booming right now, it's definitely being shared with me.
I have said the same thing for years. We need more mental health not more gun laws
Wise words from a wise man. Thanks hickok. God bless. ❤ ✝️
We have 400 million guns in America. We are the safest country in the world. The Japanese in WW2 said: there is a gun behind every single. Blade of grass. We will never be conquered.
We will do it to ourselves. Like the Roman’s.
yes our threat as a nation has always come from inside. Protect the US Constitution at all costs. A Rome fell because of insane Emperors and extreme liberalism.
You nailed it with the lack of parental involvement. In Michigan, we have a chronic school absenteeism problem. Kids don't show up for school due to many issues in the home. Social media is problem #2 and we can't control it unless schools require phones to be checked at the door parents limit exposure at home. Inflation is problem #3. Families need two serious incomes to afford safe, comfortable and convenient housing and that leaves kids with social media. Big government will not solve the problems, only parents and local communities have a chance to fix this.
Inflation isn't the problem. It's wages not keeping up with inflation that is the issue. You'll hear people talk about how CEO pay is 2000% more than the bottom line workers. That number increases every year and thats not caused by inflation. Inflation over the past 2 years was 2.3%. If the economy was actually in the shitter, companies would be laying off mass amounts of people and barely staying afloat. Instead, they are raking in record profits. Low wages are the problem and have been since Reagan.
Former Marine, LEO and HS criminal justice teacher. Thank God I live in southern Tn., not sure the Republic can be saved. My life is coming to an end, but I pray for my precious Gboys. GBA, we need all the help we can get. Semper Fi.
I’m in Maryville TN half the ppl I meet are literally from California! Not totally happy they’re coming here but atleast they’re all conservative Christians. I own an antique shop and see a lot of prospective transplants. I tell em all this place is nice cuz it’s heavy Christian. If that’s u this is the place for u. When I meet the transplants I congratulate them all and be thankful that at least my area is and will be strong heavy Christian. Right now the whole world is being sifted like wheat. Thankful my home town is a good one
Kids are no longer taught that everyone is allowed to have a different opinion and not to hate them if they do.
WOKE!
The problem is we need to START hating wrong opinions. Like yours. Sit and spin!🖕
@@andrewjohnson6907yikes
@@cesaru3619 Your the exact reason we have Hate!
I left two things, the church. And politics. Because of division and hatred. I’m a recovering Republican now.
You are 100% correct.
I wholeheartedly believe that if we got rid of the internet and all the social media a lot of these issues would go away with it and if men who help create children actually step up and actively engage in that child’s life it works eliminate even more of todays issues! It’s not guns it never has been and it never will!
IF men that are sperm donors would just step up and be fathers, and if mothers are incubators would be mothers the world would be better off today !!!
I agree with this. You mentioned the family unit. Many families are dysfunctional and broken. Personally, many children need the guidance of both parents. The wholeness of a family contributes, positively, on how the child is raised. I was on the receiving end of this dysfunction. My mom was distraught and told me that my dad wasn't coming back. I was perplexed and upset at that time. This happened 60 years ago and I am 66. I still remember this like it happened a few years ago. I did ok but had doubts and some anxiety over the years about whether I was doing something wrong or right in my decisions. I even have my doubts about writing this comment. Then I wondered how many other children and their confidence levels were put into this situation. I know I'm not the only one.
the thing is in reality there has been dysfuncional famailies all the way back to hickocks day and before that, dead beat dads, wife beaters, drunks, drug addicts.in the wild west a father has been known to sell his female children into prostition when his wife dies and moves on. i bet victorian england was far worse than now. i do not think its any worse now except roads are more dangerous than when i was a kid. That said i do find it shocking as i peaple watch and almost everyone has their face in their phone, it really weird
It's about numbers. The number of dysfunctional families is far greater.
Computers have replaced parents.
Computers have replaced a lot of things
That was the TV generally, and the media, broadly. Sure, computers replaced TV's, but the TV function is the only computer function most people are aware of.
That's because parents allow it to happen
@@JO-rk5gu more than that. they spent last week celebrating it.
Hickock spittin facts. Def things are bananas, you sir are correct 💯
Lotta balanced wisdom here. Thanks. Also, as a society we have forgotten God. Our balloning problems with mental health, rage, hate, and self control... They all have their roots in our departure from God, everlasting hope, and Godward morality.
I took a 1865 Springfield trapdoor 50-70 to show and tell at school in the mid 1970’s. the Principal looked at it told me to show him it was empty and I took it to class. Today a kid would be expelled and his parents would be charged with child endangerment or worse. protect the US Constitution at all costs.
Gun aren’t the problem. Like Hickok said firearms have been around forever. They’re trying to gaslight us so we won’t realize what the real problem is. The real problem is this system that’s driving people into poverty & making people greedy & edgy. Social media just boost & adds on to that.
And there would be several police and media choppers hovering overhead, too.
@@williamcattr267 my hs was cool enough about a decade ago to let me bring a real m1 GARAND and two bayonets for a memorial day ceremony,
That’s an outdated gun a felon can own one.
Any firearm thats below 1899 can be directly shipped to your house
Doesn’t even need an FFL.
A felon can own it.
I’m pretty sure you can still bring an old gun if you have permission.
@@walker3242 Heck, I remember coming into 2nd grade with a pocket knife attached to my Cub Scout belt. The nun looked at me and asked me why I had it. I replied that it was part of my uniform (which, it kinda was, seeing how it had the scout emblem on it), and that was the end of it.
not only a mental health problem but now more than ever an entitled and father less society . 13-50
Entitled? Our economy is shit and the country is on track to collapse? If you think we're entitled that's a very funny assessment. I'm very envious of the state of economy boomers had where the American dream was obtainable. I'm humble to be living in an age of endless technology and quality of life improvements but knowing that in 20 more years the very fabric of the dollar would be fractured makes me want to point the finger on who the hell is causing it?
I Love you for this Hickok45❤
Thank you ❤👍🏻✌🏻🇱🇺
Well said indeed. I am Australian and I don't own any guns but I love your channel. You hit the nail. Hate and rage seem to be becoming the new normal as even the idiots have a voice. Respect everyone else, even if you don't like them. Not that hard. Keep up the great work.
What we need are Moms and Dads raising their children right.
they're too busy on Facebook
@@frez777more like, both mom and dad need to work just to pay rent and bills
@@AreYouSerious-210g , then they shouldn't have a kid if both need to work just to pay bills. One of the parents needs to suck it up and work two full-time jobs, so the other can help raise the kid.
"Man lives by means of projecting the future, i.e., projecting goals and taking the actions necessary to achieve them."
-Ayn Rand-
Yes and let's stop neglectfully giving mentally unstable kids firearms.
It starts at home, so many kids are raised without a father figure in the home anymore
True that
Truth. I think so many societal ills have been caused by this very problem.
Because of the cops and the feminist court system.
That’s a part of the system. Take fathers out the home & replace him with government benefits…No 2 income household leads to money issues. People with money issues are easy to control when they have bills to pay. Then later on the system gets the kid if the kid doesn’t make the right choices. Dad isn’t and Mom is working to provide. Social media & the streets are raising these kids nowdays & the system takes advantage of that. Its so many incentives now for women to not have father figures in the household it’s ridiculous.
All the mass shooters have had dads present in their life.
Banning denial of mental health issues would be more effective than any direct crime-fighting initiatives or bans on simple, common devices. Great video, totally agree, and I hope people will take your message to heart.
Its infringement and discrimination no matter how you look at it.
What is any infringement called ;)
Gas infringement? Like in an AR?
" As a result of today's educational policies, the majority of college graduates are virtually illiterate, in the literal and the wider sense of the word."
-Ayn Rand-1972
Thank you for making this video it is widely needed and your words carry much weight. I love the quote. "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"
AMEN Brother! I totally agree with every word you just said. It was only about 15yrs ago or a bit more ,when i purchased my 1st firearm. I have gone shooting plenty of times as a kid and young teen with my Pop Pop hehe im now 59yrs old.,. I remember when there was institutions that took care ,of our fellow citizens that either didnt have family that took care of them or had someone that could get them the help they needed as a father,brother ,sister or other. They had options for those with mental issue or self control issues and even mentally handicapped. But the Fed Gov slowly did away with those and put the cost on the individual communities that wanted them. If i remember is right any, community today could ask their reps and local politicians to have a current structure or facility be built to house the mentally ill in that community. But in this economy today nobody wants to spend the funds. Yet almost 2% of my paycheck every two weeks is deducted to pay for the illegals flowing over the borrder. I have worked with many of them and ,they "all" live better then home grown Americans that work just as hard and just cant get ahead! I recently had ot take a 50% pay cut because i couldnt find a job in my construction field in N.J. because all the jobs are taken by undoc's! They all drive better vehicles them anyone i know and all of them eat better and have free medical all while we have to pay for their free handouts and get to use all the under the table money they make for them selves. On top of that i have talked to many of them and some are good people and others not so much, but all of them send money home and claim they can retire in 10yrs and go home ot live like kings for the rest of their lives, because they dont have ot pay taxes and ,basically live here for "free", all on the tax payer's back's! Out of quite a few i have worked with and its in the hundred's only a handfull were trying to do it legally! Its quite sad. As im getting closer to retirement my self i see my future SSI I may or may not ever get, shrinking. As they only go by your last 8 quarters of work history for your average monthly check. I use to make over 1500bucks a week and now make that in two weeks at the job i was forced to take. I guess its something ,but when i looked into what kind of Social Security funds i would get monthly at my old rate of pay it was barely enough to live off of. Now it could drop a great deal from that as my last 8quarters may by at almost a 50% drop in income!!! I have worked all my life ,since i was 11yrs old. I worked in a program called C.E.T.A. but i forget now what it stood for? I was able ot get working papers and i worked with the local township workers in my community three days a week for 3hrs at 1.80 an hour. That was 48yrs ago. We use ot go to home economics class which show teens how ro balance a bank book or pay their bills when they rent an apartment,even how ro sew! There use to be shooting clubs that used 22LR rifles. My self and other seniors would pull up in their pickup trucks with a shotgun in the back window,because they either just went hunting or are going after school! You never saw a school shooting back then! The school would arm them selves and fight back! None of these thinsg exist anymore and the teachers are all much more liberal then conservative so the educatiopnal system is basically an arm of the left Fed Gov. Obama signed an executive order ,before leaving office to allow the Fed to use mass media ,of all types for their own propaganda!!! So the left has put a lot in place thanks to a man that brought one of its self proclaimed enemies to our door step! Obama should be prosecuted!! in any case that is anger and not hate. I dont hate anyone because of race ,color or creed but i have a lot of anger for those that live in a fantasy world and eat up every word the left puts out as gospel! Nope i wont have it!!! But i love all life! Im a caring person but i will not allow others to hurt my own! I hope everyone understands that im a good person that just will not ,sit by while someone i love is hurt by hate,spite,politics ,or racism! Im a middle aged white American, and im hated just for that while not one them know mme. Yet i have given many the chance to show me they are not in a fantasy world and most fail. Then wonder why i avoid them. Sorry but that reality in N.J.!!! I thank GOD every day i live ina "red" county!
I'm 45 & I love the information that I can get from the internet. But I see the negative things that technology brings.
Soooo well said. I can only pray God will continue to bless America
You have to adore HIM, to receive HIS GRACE.
forces or phenomenon greater than a cheesy biblical god is the cause of our existence
You know the problem's gotten terrible when Hickok takes time to discuss it
No lies detected!
Hey Hickok45, I’m 56 and a USMC Veteran, for what it’s worth my opinion/observation on the poor situation we find ourselves now in, in the United Sates is a direct reflection of leadership. I truly believe it all starts from the top. In 1987, Ronald Reagan was president and I remember the feeling of pride everyone had, and it meant something to be an American. The world looked to the U.S. as an example to follow. I don’t believe in big government, but I do believe the government sets the tone for the nation. If positivity and progress is the tone sprits are up lifted and great achievements are made. Similarly, if negativity is the tone sprits drop and doom and gloom becomes one’s view. As a result of the negativity coming from the top too many people want to start pointing fingers, calling names and playing the blame game for the situation. This is compounded with lines being drawn in the sand, division among people and the ridiculous notion that one is owed something from another. Attitude make a difference. If the leaders of this nation continue to push this negative tone, we are surely destining to implode. While in the Marines long ago I read a quote by Charles R. Swindoll - “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so, it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” This quote has had a profound effect to inspire me. As a husband and father of four it is my duty to be positive, inspire, motivate and set the example for my family. In terms of dollars, I would probably fall into the category of poor by todays standard. I am however rich in the fact that I have provided for my own and never asked for a handout. The economy, cost of living and mental health are all tied together. If our leaders would unite for the good of the country and its people, everything else would fall into place.
And Reagan strip-mined the middle class by breaking up unions, and sold guns to terrorists to fund his illegal actions in Iran.
A HEALTHY share of the blame for emptying the Mental Asylums goes to The REAGAN Administration.
Also Reagan era: Iran-Contra, when The Bushies @ CIA got into COCAINE LOGISTICS(Manuel Noriega: remember him?).
@@Anglovox, I assume from you comment you beleive an Asylum is a good thing.
@@Anglovox I do remember Manuel Noriega, do you remember the purpose of the Iran-Contra?
Thank you for expressing empathy and compassion. I wish more in our community would see the priceless strength in that. SPOT ON about the biggest issues centering around mental health. Problem is our government is too dysfunctional to solve issues anymore. Everyone is polarized and can’t move past their outrage. I wish we could finally come together to empower our politicians and leaders to create the safety nets and funding necessary to intervene before there a mental health crises ends in tragedy. Basic support begins with our own outreach, but we also need to put serious efforts into the more complex solutions for those that don’t have healthy family and friends: like better healthcare, free access to mental health medications, access to therapists, and access to needed treatment facilities. No one should have to decide between a meal, paying bills, or getting needed help. My $0.02 FWIW
The stone was chilling until Cain decided to end his brother.
it's a myth that he used a stone
@@timing-and-chance what was the first murder though? What was used?
@@Marcus_Shaw The animals Yahweh killed to cover adam and eve with skin after they sinned. As far as abel... scripture doesn't specify what cain used. Maybe bare hands, maybe a choke hold, maybe a push off a cliff, maybe poison. Maybe a sharp rock as a knife or a heavy rock as a bludgeon.
It's almost like someone has spent 8yrs telling people you should hate anyone who disagrees with your opinion 🤔
That's what we've been told with increasing frequency and volume, ever since 2008. It's not 8 years the Liberal minions have been told to hate us, it's 16 years.
" It is becoming increasingly harder for an independent mind to get or keep a job on a university faculty---or for the independent mind of a student to remain independent. "
-Ayn Rand-
Amen . Love what is good, hate what is bad. The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. Hate is heartbroken love. Repair justice ,wisdom ,and mercy, and love overcomes hate. Apathy is the modality of the day, and much harder to overcome.
My 16 year old son is autistic, he is my daughters bio son and she’s bi-polar and couldn’t raise him so my wife and I adopted him. Our buying power has gone down 30% in the past three and a half years. As bleak as the outlook is, we just need to keep from giving up. Address mental health issues, teach responsible gun ownership and be of sound moral character. It’s the only values that will get us through the days ahead, until cooler heads prevail!! Oh yeah, vote conservative!!!
You also gotta be prepared for those who would do you or your family harm because they hate. Don't leave that part out. That's important.
Thanks for the thought.
The fiber of the family has rotted. With parents both working its hard to do it all. The kids now are gimme gimme kids. I dont want to work for it you are supposed to give it to me.
My dad always told me to be the change I want to see in the world. I don't always accomplish that but I do my best to try!
Frog in the pot suddenly notices the water is getting hot
lol