In the Book of Revelations in the Bible; there is a part that says the Pope will bow to the lamb and the 24 around him will bow too. Or am I confused. In the end, will religion stop controlling the world???? I guess I should read that again. Its been a long time.
you also get a video ranting about post-left ideas as right wing, which they are not at all lmfao. This channel is unfortunately politically illiterate when it comes to radicalist/radical ideologies, beliefs, and ideas.
Irony is that there's nothing new about them. Everything about modern Republican ideology is recycled out of the Know Nothings from the 1850's. Just replace "Catholics" with "Muslims."
Historically Fascist have been communist socialist arguing about taking from the successful . Nazis were angry poor people blaming those actually knew how to handle money
@@alanjacob1488your comment is deluded and so far from true. An awfully arrogant generalization of all people. Oh how deep the treasure chest of wisdom you lack.
@@01amare Very naive. If you had the opportunities to network and meet wealthy and powerful people and use them as a ladder to a better life, majority of the tribe would take it. Most people aren't anywhere near moralistic and idealistic as you would imagine. Rather condescending reply might I add. Is it only democracy when you like the result and populism when you don't? Make think. Please enlighten me on the 'treasure chest of wisdom' that I lack.
I wasn't convinced in 2016. I was 19, had a surface understanding of the world, and really believed in our checks and balances. I'm 27 now, and I've been through a lot of school and done a lot of listening. I can assure you I'm not the only one in my position. We're here and we're fighting.
I'm 60 and started seeing this coming with Reagan and when the anti union propaganda was starting. Some of us have been screaming something was wrong for decades. But people didn't listen, and here we are. If we don't start voting blue in mass numbers, we are screwed.
@@GraceHudak you cannot rely on the mercy of the majority. If you want the country to be blue, you must make it biased towards blue. The USA with its Senate leans right. Ranked Choice Voting: pro-centrism Proportional representation: pro-centrism Getting rid of the senate: centrism In order to promote fairness, we must use unfair measures to achieve fairness. This is an abstraction of the paradox of tolerance.
"Trying" not to yell at his wife? Yikes. Does he really have to try? I never had to try in any relationship, but then again I'm not a dick that believes women are property.
The sheer irony of a power-hungry techbro capitalist like Thiel naming things after _Lord of the Rings_ is mind-boggling. How does he not realize that he's literally Saruman?
@@Shwee113 J.K Rowling hasn't actually done anything though. She just advocated aginst children getting mutilated and mermaids and Tavistock Uk has sense shut down after their countless medical abuses have come forward. Don't just take what you heard, look up what she actual said, and what has actually happened.
More importantly, how thick do you have to be to label your dystopian surveillance technology “palantir” after the scrying devices that are secretly controlled by the ultimate villain in the series and should generally not be used? (And which are stated to have played a role in the corruption of Saruman) Either he totally missed the actual plot or he’s just taking the piss out of the customers he’s pitching to.
Nah, don't blame this greedy a** small percentage of group people as "good". They just using religion to gain sympathy toward (stupid extrimist) majority group of people. No way people like Thiel or Musk is give a damn about Christianity.
People will do abhorrent things regardless. the two most atheist States in history, Soviet Russia and Communist China, murdered tens of millions of people. They didn't need God's help
So by Vance's own admission, the only reason he swung any direction in his politics was to fit in. Not because he truly believes in anything he advocates (which is obvious), but because he's desperate to people please "the elites" in whichever group will pose him a personal advantage. That is a VERY typical republican mentality. Looks like intellectualism was too elusive for Vance, and the easier path he discovered was tribalism.
7:44 Catholicism definitely does NOT teach that Jesus was a sinner. They would consider even saying that to be blasphemy. They teach that Jesus was incapable of sinning. They also don’t teach the prosperity gospel. That’s more of an evangelical (kind of fringe) thing. I’m not a Catholic anymore but I was raised in a Catholic family and went to Catholic school. Edit: I should also mention that the prosperity gospel stuff is popular with the televangelists and if you want to learn more, John Oliver did a hilarious piece on them.
Yep. Catholics are very big on sin, even moreso than Protestant Evangelicals, but not their boy Jesus. I honestly can't think of any mainstream, modern Christian sect where Jesus anything but inhumanly perfect. Although that hasn't always been the case, you do have to go back at least a millenium I think to find a flawed character of Jesus. If you want a more humane version of Jesus, a really great interpretation is "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." Extremely funny, touching and almost bizarrely well researched.
Yeah Catholicism doesn’t preach the prosperity gospel… that’s the evangelists… it’s like one of the main reasons why I respect and support the Catholic doctrine.
Agreed, I definitely don't agree with all the doctrine of the Catholic Church, but I had to double take when she said that Jesus is considered a sinner.
He doesn't shower 🚿 with daughter and deny his his grand daughter's existence. What evidence to any of evil claims Trump did. Trump is a liar according to proven pathological liars
I don't think he's smarter than Trump at all lol. He just repeats whatever the rich people around him say in a desperate bid for validation and money. Trump, for all his ignorance and malice, knows people. You can see it in how he works a crowd. Vance is human repellent. No one wants to have a beer with that guy. He radiates self-loathing and loathing for humanity. He's a miserable, unlikable little weeb who's only skill is riding other's coattails and being willing to totally degrade himself in the process.
Trump is the stooge (i prefer: puppet) for 2 group: Heritage & Tech billionares. What is Trum getting? The presidency thus full immunity. (T needs full immunity desperately. Guess why..) The deal between them is in plain sight jsut the stupid MAGA don´t get it.
Usha doesn't need or want anyone's help. Do not infantalize this woman nor give her the benefit of the doubt. She is not mistaken nor misguided, she knows exactly what she's doing. Like Melania, Usha is not a victim, she is a supporter. I keep seeing this sentiment everywhere, and it drives me up the wall!
like the husbands, the wives have already sold their souls to the billionaires bidders and that top 1% life. They are equally corrupt, complicit women who know what they are doing. It's not like they will be affected by their own extremist laws anyways..all that's for the regular citizens to suffer, so why bother.
Out of all the evil tech overlords, Thiel scares me the most. His hatred of women truly knows no bounds and he happens to own JD Vance so now Vance says and thinks whatever TF Thiel wants him to. Harris is by no means my ideal candidate, but I'm all in on getting her elected because the alternative is unthinkable. Also, I was born into a very catholic family and exclusively attended private catholic schools and can honestly attest to there being a link between the religion, authoritarianism AND eugenics. I don't know how to explain without writing a master's thesis but one example that is easier to focus on is the sect of catholism called "Opus Dei" which was created by an Italian priest in the 1930's that was aligned with Mussolini and fascism. This sect evolved into a kind of "secret order" in the US that is comparable to Yale's Skull & Bones Society. It's basically a secretive fraternity for really rich catholic men who want to take over the world. No joke. It's rumored all the Regan era, Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society asshats like Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Scalia, Leonard Leo, etc... are card carrying members. Honestly, you just need to Google it from here because everything else about Opus Dei will sound like a giant conspiracy theory if I type it out, but I think it's important to get the word out where possible. It's all terrifying.
This is a _much_ better take on the problematic elements of Catholicism than the one in the video because it's about actual problematic elements of the RCC rather than warmed-up, centuries-old anti-Catholic rhetoric. Opus Dei are a genuinely scary bunch with tentacles in a lot of places. Genuine true believers in what they see as _literally_ God's Work. No idea if Vance is involved with them, but given the way boomerangs go, I wouldn't be shocked. Then again, I'm not sure how OK they are with people having intimate relations with sofas...
@@sspencer3186 They do. Since the founding of PayPal at least. Musk is dangerous AF but I don't think he's a religious ideologue by any means though. His brand of sexism, racism and bigotry seem to stem from his upbringing and incel culture. He's trash.
@@intuitionz1198 Wow. The ProPublica expose on Ziklag was quite a read. They sound delightful. /s SCOTUS' ruling on Citizen's United was probably the death blow for democracy as we know it since it allows for untraceable and unlimited funds to flow to our politicians. Everyone has a price it seems.
My 17 year old is so frustrated that she can’t vote in an election that may affect her entire young adult life. She won’t be 18 until after the election. 😔
Ignore the imaginary "law" that politicians claim that says your 17-year old "can't vote". Just do like conservatives/republicunts do: make up anything, go into the polling booth with a gun, and always call yourself the victim. There is NO scientific evidence that there is any lower age limit to voting. Just like conservatives/republicunts said, we need to question the science. We need to question the brainwashing they force onto students in law school.
BUT, she can help organize and encourage older citizens to vote. There are many ways she might have a larger influence on the election then just her vote. We need every citizen who can to step up to the task of saving our democracy from the selfish, delusional fascist creatures who are trying to destroy it.
I was 17 in 2016 and was devastated I couldn’t vote. She can also volunteer at a local polling place, that’s what I did! (: my high school excused it and I got credit in a class. most do it’s worth looking into! Xoxoxox
thanks, jd is wrong in his litany. pete has adopted children. i guess adoption doesn't matter to the forced birther crowd. i too, am a childless person. i'm also friendless and family less and i couldn 't be happier. maga destroyed families and friendships for me, so i prefer solitude now.
The male loneliness epidemic is actually singleness epidemic. Men identify as lonely are actually married really 🤔 I think female Supremacist like to think of men as sad and lonely 😭 without them and Vance points majority of lonely incels it hurts more
normal people with terrible childhood grow up full of empathy and want to help anyone who's suffering . sociopaths with terrible childhood grow up emotionally shallow and determined to step over whomever it takes to benefit themselves.
That's part of it. Socis/narcissists/ psychopaths are actually neurodivergent. So they have to be taught empathy. If they aren't taught empathy as a child, they tend to think it's a dumb idea for foolish people.
I love Leeja. She's the one who first taught me about the "Powell Memo" and "Project 2025." She's a wellspring of information and a brilliant mind. All progressives and lovers of democracy should support her.
It is actively terrifying how great power (blown out of every proportion) is given to billionaires in politics on account of their wealth, who are then able to foist their own personal paranoias, fears and desires upon politics, distorting what should be common to everyone.
14:22 "Theil LOVES pushing against 'The Man,' but since Thiel is very much 'The Man,' he winds up just pushing against the literal structures and institutions that make up society." Highlight of the video. It goes a long way in explaining how dangerous these people are to just about everything.
I love how Vance goes from "on the nose," and veers away from the answer so hard it'll give you whiplash: "oh, but it's not the fault of the billionaire monopolists and unfettered capitalism! It's other stuff... that's why we're on the misery hampster wheel."
Trump is not a normal politician. I’m having a hard time just being friends with people who have voted for Trump in the past. My strenuous relationship with my mother has worsened because she’s an avid Trump supporter supporter. In my mind, this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with your morals. I am unwilling to compromise mine.
I'm having the same moral qualms. The only two types of people who voted for Trump are either racist or gullible. My parents are both dead but I know they wouldn't vote for Trump so I have to feel bad for you in that respect.
If you think your voting based on morals your self gaslighting. What morals the constitution individual rights . Not putting kids in cages not Making up charge's
Even my 89 y.o old mother who has early onset dementia despises all Trump says he stands for, she is not entirely a liberal, or sympathetic to leftists either.
Lifelong liberal Catholic, 12 years of Catholic school. The church is clear that church leadership is NOT to get involved in secular politics. There are as many (within margin of error) Democrat as there are Republican Catholics. We are told to consider the full picture when deciding how to vote our conscience. Vance converted in 2017, which is fine, but many recent converts are super fervent (ridged?) in a way that most Catholics are not. It annoys me that he is using his faith, my faith, to say and propose horrible things that will not serve people in the way he claims that they will. I could go on about details around actual support for children and families, but I'm just making the point as I felt this video was a touch negative and inaccurate regarding Catholicism. Not mad, just calling attention. I enjoy your informative videos.
Yeah, this is one of the first major things I’ve ever found that I think Leeja is missing some key information. Catholics Tend to be split down the middle, though the right wing of the church is definitely surging at the moment. I would say the two major camps are either your Joe Biden/Nancy Pelosi types, interested in the social justice teachings of the church (around helping the poor, finding humanity in the alienated, and promoting the common welfare), or the right wing camp whose views are difficult to sum up, but who seem very attached to the rules and traditions which make them feel special, powerful, or righteous. It can be difficult to say what truly motivates someone, especially as it pertains to faith, but I think much of the appeal for people like Vance, he likes the status, mythology, and history of the church; the (at times) bougie spectacle of mass; and the hierarchy and rules. Just typical authoritarian things. I’m sure there are other things as well, which attract him to the church, but as you mentioned, a lot of people who seem to convert as adults tend to be a lot more interested in a very rigid and specific interpretation of how things should work and what it is that you need to do to lead a righteous life. They may not have any chill, whereas many life long Catholics tend to be more moderate or very lax about the formalities. On that note, one particularly important distinction that the Catholic Church has as opposed to a lot of other denominations is that although professions of faith are important, more emphasis is put on action, the things you do, not just what you say. Now, whether or not that’s actually the case is another story, but this is what the church teaches. This is why I think a lot of right. Catholics are so interested in controlling other peoples behaviors, because it in theory should lead to their salvation, but I think it’s also kind of a tell that many of them think it will make it easier to Follow the righteous path themselves. Of course, the ones that they see most interested in policing are the things that have to do with one’s own being, not things like giving to the poor or helping the outcast. When fused with Republican politics, those aren’t your personal failings after. Saint Ronnie said so. Anyway, it would be interesting to have a deep dive into how Catholicism has become central to right wing politics, but Leeja is gonna need to do some homework on that. P.S. another interesting turn is how Catholics aren’t outcasts to the same extent they used to be for many devout evangelicals. I grew up Catholic in a town where most people were not. The tended to belong to the megachurch in town or some flavor of Baptist, Protestant, or non-denominational. Some Mormons as well, about the same number a Catholics I would say. I wouldn’t say I was exactly persecuted for being Catholic, but especially the megachurch had bones to pick with Catholics which came out in discussions with my peers. Of course Kennedy being elected was a big deal, but much of the voter base that helped with the southern strategy I would say would not have been happy if a Catholic moved in down the block. I also am not convinced such attitudes are necessarily gone, but if republicans ever gained sufficient power, Catholics as a who should be worried.
I grew up catholic, even got a minor in catholic studies. Your theory is spot on. Far too many people I grew up with are so radicalized it’s forced me even further away from my catholic identity. It’s terrifying.
I tend to get a bit passionate in my beliefs but i always do my best to remember that the whole point of my religion is to spread love and charity. And that hurting people is blatantly unchristian
Not a Christian, but I am thinking you might want to connect with progressive Catholics. That's a thing. I am saddened that these awful people have taken something from you that _you_ feel is important.
Let’s say you were now in charge of the Roman Catholic Church, what do you do? What you can do: reform, redefine, repurpose, etc. What you cannot do: Shut it down (You do not fix a phone by smashing it with a hammer)
@@DerpDerp3001 choosing to willingly leave behind a phone because it is actively doing harm to me mentally and also witnessing the same thing happening around me is completely reasonable So your smashing it with a hammer analogy is really dumb.
@@failtronic2646That has not answered the question. Let’s say you are now in charge of the Catholic Church, what do you change? If it is doing harm to you, solve the problem in this hypothetical scenario. I DON’T CARE what you turn it into, what you repurpose it into, etc. Just give a straight answer for once. Even though dissolution is technically change, it is inappropriate for the question above. Did I ask, should the Catholic Church be dissolved? No. The only legitimate answers I have gotten are from AIs and that is really telling something.
Call them what you want, but they ain’t Christian. It isn’t Christian to seek worldly power and wealth and to oppress people. In fact, that’s what the Bible says the wolves (false teachers) and the wicked do. The church doesn’t claim them unless they repent and stop what they’re doing to people.
After studying the Roman Republic, The rise of the Carolingians, The Byzantine Empire, and the Renaissance Papacy I have concluded that when the 1% becomes dissatisfied with the government and fear it more than they fear each other, your government is doomed. This is despite the fact that in every case what ensues is an economic (tinged with violence) version of Highlander (there can only be one).
We might be able to think that Trump's rhetoric might not be so bad because we all saw how inept he was in the White House. But many of the people Trump wants around him this time are much more capable and willing to flush the country down the hole. JD Vance doesn't talk like one of them, but his friends are.
No longer having some important guardrails in place (thank you, Supreme Court) will also make another Trump term dramatically worse than the first go-round.
Love the music box chiming while Theil explains how, if he was untethered to the constraints of "Big Government", "Beam me up Scotty" would be a reality! Maybe he does use a "Transporter", but every time he does, a significant amount of gray matter gets left behind!
"If we have StarTrek computers why don't we have (everything else StarTrek)?"...maybe because StarTrek is fiction. Like do they expect that if we could only figure out matter transmitters we would also automatically be on the road to developing tribbles and fucking Klingons, too? They don't just think life is exactly like StarTrek, they also seem to think it's like a video game where you can progress from inventing pottery to putting a colony on Mars by just clicking the right boxes on the tech tree. A tech tree where everything has a fixed, finite cost which is known ahead of time makes for fun gameplay, but isn't exactly how life works.
@@SunnyBoy2963 You can't fool me, I know tribbles aren't real because if they were then the whole planet would be nothing but tribbles by now. Just like we know the earth isn't flat because cats would have pushed everything off of the edge and we know the Invisible Pink Unicorn is invisible because we can't see Her, the evidence is overwhelming.
Leonard Leo is an important figure in Opus Dei. Everyone needs to look into this group and how big of a threat they are to US democracy. They are literally slavers who want to create a two tired system in the US.
Babies don't sin ..... are they persons ? If you don't know the meaning of wrong, then you can do no wrong. That child can only know what is wrong by being told what is wrong by people that are fallible. Who in turn were told by their parents.
I so badly wish it was normal for people to research the people they vote for with this level of depth. I hope you cover kamala's VP pick with just as much detail!
I feel Leeja has slowly moved from giving honest analysis from her point of view. (which was great) Now, as she produces more and more rapid content, it seems to be losing that honesty and going down the path of satiating her viewers desires and confirming their biases -- me included. I'm suspect a video on Kamala will merely be a Harris campaign ad. Will she note things like Kamala standing with every cop that killed unarmed black people or her unwavering position on Israel? Maybe we'll see the old Leeja again, but increased viewership requires change to build followers and keep everyone watching. That change is almost always a detrimental to the original strengths.
Sometimes, I'm a little intimidated to start watching one of your videos. "30 minutes!? I don't have that much time!" But then I start watching and can't stop until the end. Your videos are so good.
I am also a contradiction, I'm Catholic, pro-choice, and hate Trump. My Wife, who also hates Trump, tried to get me to join a group where they want a "crusade" to raise Men to be the head of family again. The pro-Trump vibes were too much.
That is just evil. They want to take away womens rights. Some people are saying very misogynistic things in Europe too rn. I am just glad I am single and childfree.
I guess as a Hispanic Catholic, it's hard having non LAM (Latin America) people represent our religion. Jesus was a socialist or at most a leftist, change my mind
@@MaxRamos8 I am an Italian atheist, I am not really sold on the existence of "Jesus". But if he did exist, obviously he was a "socialist". No doubt about that. He was not "white" either, that is another big lie most christians keep telling.
I'm an Australian, and I find it ridiculous that one of your parties prefers voter apathy to win a majority. In Au you get fined for not voting in a national election. If that were the case there then billionaire dark money wouldn't be nearly as effective.
Thanks for this background on Vance. Just as a note, I grew up Catholic, and left the church for many reasons, but the people in our extended family who evangelized weren't the Catholics, but the Baptists. I think evangelizing is basically something that occupies all Christian denominations, just not every person in every denomination or church.
Evangelizing can take many different forms. Evangelical Protestants, like Baptists, admonish their members to evangelize, usually in conjunction with grass roots level of institutional evangelism. So the church encourages their members to bring their friends on Sunday, they have youth groups, often run by volunteers etc. The Catholic Church takes a more systemic or institutional form of evangelism. They go to new place (country, neighborhood, or whatever) and actually fund the building of a church, staff it with both priests and lay people, and then get members in through large scale outreach such as soup kitchens and schools. So Protestant evangelism depends on individual congregants to do the heavy lifting while Catholicism takes a more top down, hierarchal/institutional approach. Catholicism is the fastest growing Christian sect in the world, but they aren't doing by telling individual lay members to preach at their neighbours, so it isn't _perceived_ as being as Evangelical.
@@CorwinFound Thank you for that elaboration of "evangelism." That fits with my experience, and although I recognized the historical and modern advancement of Catholicism through such "expansions" I've mostly thought of it as a kind of invasion, rather than evangelism. However, it makes perfect sense to classify it as a different form of evangelizing. That helps me to better articulate the concept. :)
@@sylvanwoods5271 And of course that's just my opinion. And your comment on seeing Catholic expansion efforts as an invasion is also very apt. Evangelism is inextricably linked with colonialism, racism, misogyny and just about every other ism out there. I'm in Canada and the harm done historically by evangelizing Christians is beyond words. The residential school system, largely run by the Catholic and Anglican churches, was evangelical, colonial, and genocidal all at once. As much as having a Jehovah's Witness knocking on my door is an annoying form of evangelizing, the systemic evangelizing that has and continues to happen is far more damaging.
@@CorwinFound I totally agree. The worldwide harm has been, and continues to be untenable. Here in the US it's similar to what happened in Canada. It's pretty horrifying to see what people do in the name of their God. I hope we outgrow it before it destroys us or takes us back to the Dark Ages.
@@CorwinFoundIn my country the catholic church was involved in teaching people to write, it has schools, it's also involved with charities, like 90% of all the rehab centers and programs in my country are run by religious organisations, often the catholic church, AA programs are often run by the catholic church, they have psychological services, they feed the homeless, all things that serve a double purpose, salvation and conversion.
You know what makes me so angry people calling Kamala Harris a DEI hire and then not saying anything about JD Vance. Kamala Harris has more experience than JD Vance. What does JD Vance have??? The funny part is some people in the Republican party don't even like JD Vance because he doesn't have that much experience. The Republicans want to go on and on about DEI hires and how everything should be merit based and you shouldn't see race but JD Vance doesn't even have that much experience.
I was raised Catholic (now a secular humanist) and my experience was very different than what I see today. It seems like converts to Catholicism are much more conservative and aligned with evangelical ideals and as more secular and moderate people drift away, the conservatives are taking over. This is probably true in many Protestant sects as well. Catholicism doesn’t share the same view of other groups that you can do what you want, ask for forgiveness, embrace Jesus and get a free card to heaven. You do bad on earth, you will be sent to purgatory for an unknown amount of time. Unfortunately they also think that is where all the unbaptized babies go (head shake). The forced conversion and history of wealth hoarding is all spot on. Terrible history of forced native conversions and child abduction across the world. But there was a strong element of social justice and doing good in the world in my experience growing up in the Jesuit college I attended. So Catholicism is very mixed and Vance is no representative.
Right like how do they fundamentally misunderstand the fact that socialism and a communist ideology that has not fallen to authoritarianism is required for those situations?
@@Shwee113Not sure how that’s odd. The question ‘Why are there six Catholic Supreme Court justices?’ is odd. Clarence Thomas didn’t seem to face discrimination for being Catholic, and in America, being Catholic shouldn’t be a discriminating factor in becoming a Supreme Court judge.
@@frettychervilit's not odd, because they are not a representation of a society that is largely protestant. It's not about discrimination, it's about representation, is over represented in comparison to the population.
@@bluester7177 Catholicism is the largest single denomination of Christianity in the US. Also it's American not to see religious affiliation as a factor in the job. The fact that there have been 8 Jewish justices in the history of the Court is way more unusual and non-representative of the population, but it shouldn’t matter. Supreme Court justices were never expected to be representative of the nation’s demographics, especially religious demographics. The branch of government that is least expected to be representative of the US population is the judiciary, which should focus on qualifications and judicial philosophy.
A German here: All this reminds me on what we learned at school about our dark period in the 1940's.... Same rhetoric, similar ideas... If Trump will be elected in November, the USA will loose everything, they stand for: Freedom, Opportunities and most of all: humanity! This is so much backwards. It will bring you back where you started as a Country a few hundred years ago... So, so sad! Why, America?
Having read Project 2025 (Yes, seriously. Yes, it took forever. Don't do it. Unless you want to. But be warned it's dense af), so much of the stuff in there makes WAY more sense.
Holy hell, I read it, too... well, much of it I had to skim through like "yadda, yadda..." but it's really nuts. The authors want to completely rewrite our entire government into what I'd reasonably call a Theocracy. It's wild.
@@danforthmedia-kr1jv so I live in GA and what they’re trying to do with our voting confirmation is laid out in chapter 1 or 2. That’s the scariest part. It’s not /if/ Trump gets elected. It’s already here.
That clip of Thiel complaining that the Star Trek computer is not enough was jaw dropping. I could not believe an adult was measuring the success of humanity by a Star Trek standard.
but only the tech side of star trek, not the fact that it's a cashless, post scarcity, true meritocracy where running a restaurant (sisko's dad, neelix) makes you just as valuable as anyone else
These tech bros, billionaires, and Project 2025 are basically the real life SPECTRE. A group of Bond villains who's main plan involves money and world domination. Heck Enron Xitter is basically the real life Hugo Drax.
It's scary because it's potential energy. It's a bunch of idiots wandering around wanting to do terrible things and waiting for somebody to point them in the right direction.
To the commenter the last time I said something early, yes I can form an opinion on an entire video in several minutes. Also I hate JD Vance. But couches I'm sure are very happy he's running for their rights.
I’m glad someone with a voice is saying this. I wish people with the big, big platforms would address this aspect of our national political situation right now. They’re still mostly acting like it’s about defeating DJ Trump. If only.
The ultimate test of democracy is about to take place, will the checks and balances that we have believed in all these years stand up to wealthy oligarchs? Will justice really be blind and fair when it comes to our laws? Will our votes be the savior to our freedom? Absolutely insane what is actually being pushed on us Americans. Love you guys.
@@KarenStrong-y7i see this "majority rule is the biggest threat to democracy" thing is why it is clear you're a conservative. That's the argument of people who do not like that trump lost.
Excellent as always. One bone to pick: Our sun, sadly, won't explode. But, on the bright side (very bright), it'll eventually swallow earth in a fiery hellfire. So, there's that!
From personal experience growing up catholic. Strong conservative philosophy is baked into Bible lessons and religion classes to the point where kids are groomed into becoming these right wing lunatics when they grow up
They're mass-grooming children, in the political sense. (and sometimes in the perpetrator sense. Perps often groom _the family_ to allow access to the child)
That’s a very different experience than what I and a lot of other people who grew up Catholic had. Catholic social teaching emphasizes combatting poverty and respecting human dignity.
i don’t really have any personal investment in this fact because i am not religious, but for the sake of christian’s being able to take your information seriously, it’s a really big thing in like every sect of christianity/catholicism that jesus was NOT a sinner, that’s like their whole plot and why he was able to sacrifice himself for people and stuff. i just want you to know for the sake of your argument, these are NOT my beliefs lol.
The sadness is me, as a Catholic I really don’t care what anyone else’s sexual orientation is…nor do I care what “sins” anyone else commits….its none of my business, that’s between them and God not me…my job/ or goal is to be the best example of Faith, Hope and Love….and if there’s anything I’m blessed/graced with as far as Time, Talents and/or Treasures is to give freely with God in mind….which means if your poor, destitute, hurt, and needing of help, may I always make myself available to help to the best of my ability……
4:45 I was under the impression that learned helplessness comes from being helpless _(or acting helpless),_ then getting help, thus "learning" that the way to get past your problems is to be helpless and get someone else to fix things for you.
I see how you get there, but the term comes from psychological experiments with dogs: once the dogs realized they had no way to avoid being given an electric shock, they would simply lie down and stop trying. As far as they knew, nothing they could do was going to help, due to factors outside their control, so why bother trying?
I am both pro and averse to Catholicism. I was raised in the Catholic church. I never experienced any kind of abuse. I always shuddered when other Christian denominations didn't consider Catholics to be Christian. On the averse side, the parish priest sometimes acted as if the church property was theirs and theirs alone. I even remember Latin mass and thinking what good is this if no one understands. Thomas Jefferson was especially suspicious of the Catholic Church due to its hierarchy. That hierarchy is not compatible with a democracy. At any rate, I no longer attend any Church. While I like 'Papa Frank, these authoritarian tendencies are something to be mindful of with these politicians.
I guess this would depend on the reason they don’t want to, but maybe try inviting them to go with you and do it together and make it a fun hangout ! (: xoxo.
And now the democrats praise Reagan, which should tell you how far right this country has moved. In a few decades the Dems will be giving props to Trump and saying how he's better than the latest Republican ghoul.
My _last_ vote for a Republican for president was Reagan. After a couple of years I could see where he was taking the country and switched to the Democratic Party.
I love how someone can say “nation states are outdated” and propose instead a system from antiquity (dictatorship) as being more modern. Doublethink that’d make Orwell afraid.
Do want men violent men to rule over you more directly with direct threat of violence in 🟦 states as opposed to having remove a baby alive in one piece or. At save the DNA so it's not there definition of m☠️. As in red states
Wish you had a more solidified background of Catholicism. When it interferes in man made institutions like politics, it can absolutely corrupt even Catholic individuals. It pains me to see people of the Catholic faith engage in bad faith discussion and not try to embrace their weaknesses. It goes against striving to be Christlike. I can already anticipate comments back about this and I truly get it. But seeing faith weaponized for political control and gain is the most depressing part about the striving for truth
It's like these guys never studied the dark ages where we had megalomaniac Lords with little fiefdoms competing with each other, with all the regular people and peasants suffering the consequences of the pissing contests that the landholding class was engaged in. It's like they never studied European history and the constant wars those kingdoms were engaged in. But it's the same issue for the Christian nationalists who don't realize that Christianity has done so well in the United States precisely because it's not allowed to weild power.
Conservative Catholics & The Heritage Foundation & Leonard Leo. You really need to do a deep dive into Opus Dei, which might connect the lot. BTW, the Catholic Church doesn't actually preach the Prosperity Gospel, they do however, make a big deal of their totally hypocritical vow of poverty.
The roman catholic church is locked up within their own weird and irrational dogmatic thinking. The perfect starting point for other weirdos and overlords. They make a perfect team for eternal corruption among the creeping animals of the fields.
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Do you think Vance has confessed his love affair with furniture? Even the priest would chuckle at that one.
Leeja! Governor Walz might be the new VP! I know y’all will miss him but… ouch.
@@BankC6969 Why do you say ouch?? I think he would be perfect to get the Congress to do the agenda we need in this country.
In the Book of Revelations in the Bible; there is a part that says the Pope will bow to the lamb and the 24 around him will bow too. Or am I confused. In the end, will religion stop controlling the world???? I guess I should read that again. Its been a long time.
This is what you get when you have decades of anti-left hysteria-a right-wing dystopia with almost NO structural opposition.
Very good summation.
Left wing hysteria is justified though
you also get a video ranting about post-left ideas as right wing, which they are not at all lmfao. This channel is unfortunately politically illiterate when it comes to radicalist/radical ideologies, beliefs, and ideas.
@@3000MrGian BULLSHIT !
@@pichirisuthis video? Can you actually give proof of this?
I misheard "the New Right" as "the New Reich", and unfortunately it still seems distressingly applicable.
It's the same thing
Irony is that there's nothing new about them. Everything about modern Republican ideology is recycled out of the Know Nothings from the 1850's. Just replace "Catholics" with "Muslims."
Fascism historical were Communist socialist. You know right Wing.
Historically Fascist have been communist socialist arguing about taking from the successful . Nazis were angry poor people blaming those actually knew how to handle money
Yes did they not notice that it rhymed? It was ire.
Changed his name, changed his job, changed his religion, changed his feelings about Trump. Literally just does whatever he can to get ahead 🐍
It'll be so funny if Trump starts thinking JD is the snake in the poem he keeps reading! 😂
Lie away Vance
Just like any of us if given an opportunity to get ahead in life.
@@alanjacob1488your comment is deluded and so far from true. An awfully arrogant generalization of all people. Oh how deep the treasure chest of wisdom you lack.
@@01amare Very naive. If you had the opportunities to network and meet wealthy and powerful people and use them as a ladder to a better life, majority of the tribe would take it. Most people aren't anywhere near moralistic and idealistic as you would imagine. Rather condescending reply might I add. Is it only democracy when you like the result and populism when you don't? Make think. Please enlighten me on the 'treasure chest of wisdom' that I lack.
I have been screaming about the rise of fascism in America for literally years. I'm glad others are finally seeing it. I hope it's not too late.
I wasn't convinced in 2016. I was 19, had a surface understanding of the world, and really believed in our checks and balances. I'm 27 now, and I've been through a lot of school and done a lot of listening. I can assure you I'm not the only one in my position. We're here and we're fighting.
What should be done about conservatives?
I'm 60 and started seeing this coming with Reagan and when the anti union propaganda was starting. Some of us have been screaming something was wrong for decades. But people didn't listen, and here we are. If we don't start voting blue in mass numbers, we are screwed.
@@GraceHudak you cannot rely on the mercy of the majority. If you want the country to be blue, you must make it biased towards blue. The USA with its Senate leans right.
Ranked Choice Voting: pro-centrism
Proportional representation: pro-centrism
Getting rid of the senate: centrism
In order to promote fairness, we must use unfair measures to achieve fairness. This is an abstraction of the paradox of tolerance.
@@GraceHudak Reminds me of the original Wall Street movie with Charlie talking to his dad near the beginning.
"Trying" not to yell at his wife? Yikes. Does he really have to try? I never had to try in any relationship, but then again I'm not a dick that believes women are property.
Exactly ❤
It’s giving Steven Crowder 😬
I think he's supposed to have a nasty temper, and I think this is attested by a college roommate.
It’s normal to yell though but weird he had to say he tries not to yell at his wife like a lot of things he stated like WTF
He shows his furniture more love than his family.
SMDH
The sheer irony of a power-hungry techbro capitalist like Thiel naming things after _Lord of the Rings_ is mind-boggling. How does he not realize that he's literally Saruman?
kind of like how JK Rowling doesn't realize that she's Dolores Umbridge
I wonder what might happen if someone takes their precious away.
Because conservatives don’t understand subtext.
They literally can’t.
@@Shwee113 J.K Rowling hasn't actually done anything though. She just advocated aginst children getting mutilated and mermaids and Tavistock Uk has sense shut down after their countless medical abuses have come forward. Don't just take what you heard, look up what she actual said, and what has actually happened.
More importantly, how thick do you have to be to label your dystopian surveillance technology “palantir” after the scrying devices that are secretly controlled by the ultimate villain in the series and should generally not be used? (And which are stated to have played a role in the corruption of Saruman)
Either he totally missed the actual plot or he’s just taking the piss out of the customers he’s pitching to.
"Religion allows good people to do abhorrent things", C. Hitchens.
"Good people"😬
uhhhhh, no, they're not good people
Nah, don't blame this greedy a** small percentage of group people as "good". They just using religion to gain sympathy toward (stupid extrimist) majority group of people. No way people like Thiel or Musk is give a damn about Christianity.
People will do abhorrent things regardless. the two most atheist States in history, Soviet Russia and Communist China, murdered tens of millions of people. They didn't need God's help
@@skyhawkslcb18anything but
So by Vance's own admission, the only reason he swung any direction in his politics was to fit in. Not because he truly believes in anything he advocates (which is obvious), but because he's desperate to people please "the elites" in whichever group will pose him a personal advantage. That is a VERY typical republican mentality. Looks like intellectualism was too elusive for Vance, and the easier path he discovered was tribalism.
Why do so many intellectuals Stick to their hypothetical theories over proven reality because reality doesn't Make to their intellectual theories .
Any chance for them to make a quick buck off of disadvantaged Americans, they’ll take.
It's a very typical reaction period! It's not a side
😂 and it's funny the delusion, and 🪞 mirroring because the Republicans can say the very same for the Democrats
He really is Patrick Bateman
7:44 Catholicism definitely does NOT teach that Jesus was a sinner. They would consider even saying that to be blasphemy. They teach that Jesus was incapable of sinning. They also don’t teach the prosperity gospel. That’s more of an evangelical (kind of fringe) thing.
I’m not a Catholic anymore but I was raised in a Catholic family and went to Catholic school.
Edit: I should also mention that the prosperity gospel stuff is popular with the televangelists and if you want to learn more, John Oliver did a hilarious piece on them.
This is correct about Catholicism.
Yep. Catholics are very big on sin, even moreso than Protestant Evangelicals, but not their boy Jesus. I honestly can't think of any mainstream, modern Christian sect where Jesus anything but inhumanly perfect. Although that hasn't always been the case, you do have to go back at least a millenium I think to find a flawed character of Jesus.
If you want a more humane version of Jesus, a really great interpretation is "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal." Extremely funny, touching and almost bizarrely well researched.
Yeah Catholicism doesn’t preach the prosperity gospel… that’s the evangelists… it’s like one of the main reasons why I respect and support the Catholic doctrine.
Agreed, I definitely don't agree with all the doctrine of the Catholic Church, but I had to double take when she said that Jesus is considered a sinner.
Isn’t Evangelism super popular in the US?
He's scarier because you know he is smarter than Trump with no real moral compass. He was a terrible choice and I love this for Trump.
He doesn't shower 🚿 with daughter and deny his his grand daughter's existence. What evidence to any of evil claims Trump did.
Trump is a liar according to proven pathological liars
I don't think he's smarter than Trump at all lol. He just repeats whatever the rich people around him say in a desperate bid for validation and money. Trump, for all his ignorance and malice, knows people. You can see it in how he works a crowd. Vance is human repellent. No one wants to have a beer with that guy. He radiates self-loathing and loathing for humanity. He's a miserable, unlikable little weeb who's only skill is riding other's coattails and being willing to totally degrade himself in the process.
Can provide any sources to anything you know about Trump any variable evidence
@@KarenStrong-y7i I can provide plenty, what would you like to know? 😊
Any newspaper or magazine that operated in 70s - PRESENT in NYC is a start. Just pick a search engine of your choice.
This. Trump is just the stooge, more on the way.
He sold out looooong ago.
Trump plans to die in office... And according to the actuarial tables, if Trump wins Vance is probably going to be POTUS before very long.
Trump is the stooge (i prefer: puppet) for 2 group: Heritage & Tech billionares. What is Trum getting? The presidency thus full immunity. (T needs full immunity desperately. Guess why..) The deal between them is in plain sight jsut the stupid MAGA don´t get it.
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He's the dog the fleas ride in on
Usha doesn't need or want anyone's help. Do not infantalize this woman nor give her the benefit of the doubt. She is not mistaken nor misguided, she knows exactly what she's doing. Like Melania, Usha is not a victim, she is a supporter. I keep seeing this sentiment everywhere, and it drives me up the wall!
like the husbands, the wives have already sold their souls to the billionaires bidders and that top 1% life.
They are equally corrupt, complicit women who know what they are doing. It's not like they will be affected by their own extremist laws anyways..all that's for the regular citizens to suffer, so why bother.
It's scary how some women can completely lose themselves in marriage.
She’s on the payroll
Everyone keeps saying Usha is so intelligent and brilliant but when I listen to her speak she seems clueless and braindead
That's because it's a joke. We know these are choices that she willingly made.
Out of all the evil tech overlords, Thiel scares me the most. His hatred of women truly knows no bounds and he happens to own JD Vance so now Vance says and thinks whatever TF Thiel wants him to. Harris is by no means my ideal candidate, but I'm all in on getting her elected because the alternative is unthinkable. Also, I was born into a very catholic family and exclusively attended private catholic schools and can honestly attest to there being a link between the religion, authoritarianism AND eugenics. I don't know how to explain without writing a master's thesis but one example that is easier to focus on is the sect of catholism called "Opus Dei" which was created by an Italian priest in the 1930's that was aligned with Mussolini and fascism. This sect evolved into a kind of "secret order" in the US that is comparable to Yale's Skull & Bones Society. It's basically a secretive fraternity for really rich catholic men who want to take over the world. No joke. It's rumored all the Regan era, Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society asshats like Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Scalia, Leonard Leo, etc... are card carrying members. Honestly, you just need to Google it from here because everything else about Opus Dei will sound like a giant conspiracy theory if I type it out, but I think it's important to get the word out where possible. It's all terrifying.
Google Ziklag.
This is a _much_ better take on the problematic elements of Catholicism than the one in the video because it's about actual problematic elements of the RCC rather than warmed-up, centuries-old anti-Catholic rhetoric. Opus Dei are a genuinely scary bunch with tentacles in a lot of places. Genuine true believers in what they see as _literally_ God's Work. No idea if Vance is involved with them, but given the way boomerangs go, I wouldn't be shocked.
Then again, I'm not sure how OK they are with people having intimate relations with sofas...
Thiel and Elon Musk have a long history.
@@sspencer3186 They do. Since the founding of PayPal at least. Musk is dangerous AF but I don't think he's a religious ideologue by any means though. His brand of sexism, racism and bigotry seem to stem from his upbringing and incel culture. He's trash.
@@intuitionz1198 Wow. The ProPublica expose on Ziklag was quite a read. They sound delightful. /s SCOTUS' ruling on Citizen's United was probably the death blow for democracy as we know it since it allows for untraceable and unlimited funds to flow to our politicians. Everyone has a price it seems.
My 17 year old is so frustrated that she can’t vote in an election that may affect her entire young adult life. She won’t be 18 until after the election. 😔
I understand the frustration. I was 17 in 2016 and it was burning me up inside knowing that I couldn't vote against Trump
Ignore the imaginary "law" that politicians claim that says your 17-year old "can't vote".
Just do like conservatives/republicunts do: make up anything, go into the polling booth with a gun, and always call yourself the victim. There is NO scientific evidence that there is any lower age limit to voting. Just like conservatives/republicunts said, we need to question the science. We need to question the brainwashing they force onto students in law school.
BUT, she can help organize and encourage older citizens to vote. There are many ways she might have a larger influence on the election then just her vote. We need every citizen who can to step up to the task of saving our democracy from the selfish, delusional fascist creatures who are trying to destroy it.
I was 17 in 2016 and was devastated I couldn’t vote. She can also volunteer at a local polling place, that’s what I did! (: my high school excused it and I got credit in a class. most do it’s worth looking into! Xoxoxox
THANK GOD Elon is ineligible to run for president, that's all I'll say.
He woulda done it too
Elon a very stable genius.Imagine being able to flush 20 billion dollars down the toilet.
Not for long.
He'll just buy the person sitting in the seat... Oh wait...
He can run like Cenk he just cant win. If he did it 10 years ago he probably couldve gotten it amended.
As a childless cat lady, I'm pretty darn happy with my life, so take that, J.D. The children I teach are enough children for me, lol.
thanks, jd is wrong in his litany. pete has adopted children. i guess adoption doesn't matter to the forced birther crowd. i too, am a childless person. i'm also friendless and family less and i couldn 't be happier. maga destroyed families and friendships for me, so i prefer solitude now.
The male loneliness epidemic is actually singleness epidemic. Men identify as lonely are actually married really 🤔 I think female Supremacist like to think of men as sad and lonely 😭 without them and Vance points majority of lonely incels it hurts more
The male loneliness epidemic is a singleness epidemic plus female narcissistism
@@osmosisjones4912 Get help for your mental illness! And maybe use a spell check.
@@osmosisjones4912no it's mens misogyny and a breakdown of social communities because of late stage capitalism but thx for trying
JD Vance is the winner of “most punchable face 2024 election addition”
Yes keep showing us who the violent fascist are 😂
No Ben shapiro for sure
jd vance did not molest my couch, even though it's a love seat
Angry care bear
@@johnnybertrand2039 There are so many good options. I don't know how I would choose.
normal people with terrible childhood grow up full of empathy and want to help anyone who's suffering .
sociopaths with terrible childhood grow up emotionally shallow and determined to step over whomever it takes to benefit themselves.
Normal people with terrible childhood = The Boys.
Sociopaths with terrible childhood = Homelander.
That's part of it. Socis/narcissists/ psychopaths are actually neurodivergent. So they have to be taught empathy.
If they aren't taught empathy as a child, they tend to think it's a dumb idea for foolish people.
So you hate majority of women
So you hate majority of women
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 bingo!!!!! 🎯 You are soooooooo right, I lived next to one of the sociopath ones.
I love Leeja. She's the one who first taught me about the "Powell Memo" and "Project 2025." She's a wellspring of information and a brilliant mind. All progressives and lovers of democracy should support her.
It's like these people got exposed to futuristic dystopian media and went "yeah, that seems awesome as long as we get to be the corporate overlords".
It is actively terrifying how great power (blown out of every proportion) is given to billionaires in politics on account of their wealth, who are then able to foist their own personal paranoias, fears and desires upon politics, distorting what should be common to everyone.
14:22
"Theil LOVES pushing against 'The Man,' but since Thiel is very much 'The Man,' he winds up just pushing against the literal structures and institutions that make up society."
Highlight of the video. It goes a long way in explaining how dangerous these people are to just about everything.
Bingo.🌊🗽
I love how Vance goes from "on the nose," and veers away from the answer so hard it'll give you whiplash: "oh, but it's not the fault of the billionaire monopolists and unfettered capitalism! It's other stuff... that's why we're on the misery hampster wheel."
Trump is not a normal politician. I’m having a hard time just being friends with people who have voted for Trump in the past. My strenuous relationship with my mother has worsened because she’s an avid Trump supporter supporter. In my mind, this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with your morals. I am unwilling to compromise mine.
I'm having the same moral qualms. The only two types of people who voted for Trump are either racist or gullible. My parents are both dead but I know they wouldn't vote for Trump so I have to feel bad for you in that respect.
So why are voting for Massive ☠️ And m☠️ and putting kids in cages
If you think your voting based on morals your self gaslighting. What morals the constitution individual rights . Not putting kids in cages not Making up charge's
Even my 89 y.o old mother who has early onset dementia despises all Trump says he stands for, she is not entirely a liberal, or sympathetic to leftists either.
@@KarenStrong-y7iwhat does the constitution have to do with morals
They just don’t want to lose their corporate welfare and tax loops and whatever else that benefits them at the cost of every tax paying American.
Farmers used vilify badants because wanted their Villager welfare of not having food taken by force
Why would people believe having buckets and buckets of money means you are intelligent?
Because in the US, wealth is more valued than pretty much anything excapt being a white straight cis male.
THIS was so important. Looks like we will be fighting this for the rest of our lives.
Lifelong liberal Catholic, 12 years of Catholic school. The church is clear that church leadership is NOT to get involved in secular politics. There are as many (within margin of error) Democrat as there are Republican Catholics. We are told to consider the full picture when deciding how to vote our conscience. Vance converted in 2017, which is fine, but many recent converts are super fervent (ridged?) in a way that most Catholics are not. It annoys me that he is using his faith, my faith, to say and propose horrible things that will not serve people in the way he claims that they will. I could go on about details around actual support for children and families, but I'm just making the point as I felt this video was a touch negative and inaccurate regarding Catholicism. Not mad, just calling attention. I enjoy your informative videos.
never trust a politician who claims to be religious because 9 times out of 10, they’re just using it as a boost to their political agenda
Why do you subscribe to a denomination that won't allow female priests?
@@LeftatalbuquerqueHuh? We have nuns, and they're awesome. Why do you care what my faith is?
Yeah, this is one of the first major things I’ve ever found that I think Leeja is missing some key information. Catholics Tend to be split down the middle, though the right wing of the church is definitely surging at the moment. I would say the two major camps are either your Joe Biden/Nancy Pelosi types, interested in the social justice teachings of the church (around helping the poor, finding humanity in the alienated, and promoting the common welfare), or the right wing camp whose views are difficult to sum up, but who seem very attached to the rules and traditions which make them feel special, powerful, or righteous.
It can be difficult to say what truly motivates someone, especially as it pertains to faith, but I think much of the appeal for people like Vance, he likes the status, mythology, and history of the church; the (at times) bougie spectacle of mass; and the hierarchy and rules. Just typical authoritarian things. I’m sure there are other things as well, which attract him to the church, but as you mentioned, a lot of people who seem to convert as adults tend to be a lot more interested in a very rigid and specific interpretation of how things should work and what it is that you need to do to lead a righteous life. They may not have any chill, whereas many life long Catholics tend to be more moderate or very lax about the formalities.
On that note, one particularly important distinction that the Catholic Church has as opposed to a lot of other denominations is that although professions of faith are important, more emphasis is put on action, the things you do, not just what you say. Now, whether or not that’s actually the case is another story, but this is what the church teaches. This is why I think a lot of right. Catholics are so interested in controlling other peoples behaviors, because it in theory should lead to their salvation, but I think it’s also kind of a tell that many of them think it will make it easier to Follow the righteous path themselves. Of course, the ones that they see most interested in policing are the things that have to do with one’s own being, not things like giving to the poor or helping the outcast. When fused with Republican politics, those aren’t your personal failings after. Saint Ronnie said so.
Anyway, it would be interesting to have a deep dive into how Catholicism has become central to right wing politics, but Leeja is gonna need to do some homework on that.
P.S. another interesting turn is how Catholics aren’t outcasts to the same extent they used to be for many devout evangelicals. I grew up Catholic in a town where most people were not. The tended to belong to the megachurch in town or some flavor of Baptist, Protestant, or non-denominational. Some Mormons as well, about the same number a Catholics I would say. I wouldn’t say I was exactly persecuted for being Catholic, but especially the megachurch had bones to pick with Catholics which came out in discussions with my peers. Of course Kennedy being elected was a big deal, but much of the voter base that helped with the southern strategy I would say would not have been happy if a Catholic moved in down the block. I also am not convinced such attitudes are necessarily gone, but if republicans ever gained sufficient power, Catholics as a who should be worried.
We had Catholic social justice class which was pretty cool
I grew up catholic, even got a minor in catholic studies. Your theory is spot on. Far too many people I grew up with are so radicalized it’s forced me even further away from my catholic identity. It’s terrifying.
I tend to get a bit passionate in my beliefs but i always do my best to remember that the whole point of my religion is to spread love and charity. And that hurting people is blatantly unchristian
Not a Christian, but I am thinking you might want to connect with progressive Catholics. That's a thing.
I am saddened that these awful people have taken something from you that _you_ feel is important.
Let’s say you were now in charge of the Roman Catholic Church, what do you do?
What you can do: reform, redefine, repurpose, etc.
What you cannot do: Shut it down (You do not fix a phone by smashing it with a hammer)
@@DerpDerp3001 choosing to willingly leave behind a phone because it is actively doing harm to me mentally and also witnessing the same thing happening around me is completely reasonable
So your smashing it with a hammer analogy is really dumb.
@@failtronic2646That has not answered the question. Let’s say you are now in charge of the Catholic Church, what do you change? If it is doing harm to you, solve the problem in this hypothetical scenario. I DON’T CARE what you turn it into, what you repurpose it into, etc. Just give a straight answer for once. Even though dissolution is technically change, it is inappropriate for the question above. Did I ask, should the Catholic Church be dissolved? No.
The only legitimate answers I have gotten are from AIs and that is really telling something.
The White House has so much furniture, we can’t give him unrestricted access to all of those couches!
These techbro/christian terrify me. Vote please vote.........
Call them what you want, but they ain’t Christian. It isn’t Christian to seek worldly power and wealth and to oppress people. In fact, that’s what the Bible says the wolves (false teachers) and the wicked do. The church doesn’t claim them unless they repent and stop what they’re doing to people.
Vote For capitalism not appeal to 🍄🟫
Just listening to them talk is astonishing. It is simply amazing.😮
After studying the Roman Republic, The rise of the Carolingians, The Byzantine Empire, and the Renaissance Papacy I have concluded that when the 1% becomes dissatisfied with the government and fear it more than they fear each other, your government is doomed. This is despite the fact that in every case what ensues is an economic (tinged with violence) version of Highlander (there can only be one).
Im kinda okay with that, if they all went to Mars to have that battle. Leave the rest of us out of it!
@@down-to-earth-mystery-school Yes, maybe that's what happened to Mars.
@@seanwalsh999 Your theory gets more likely every day
"And on and on until the sun finally explodes and puts us out of our misery."
I'm stealing this.
I'm so glad that Thiel was there to pull up JD's bootstraps!
We might be able to think that Trump's rhetoric might not be so bad because we all saw how inept he was in the White House. But many of the people Trump wants around him this time are much more capable and willing to flush the country down the hole. JD Vance doesn't talk like one of them, but his friends are.
Inept 😅?!?!?!!??!
No longer having some important guardrails in place (thank you, Supreme Court) will also make another Trump term dramatically worse than the first go-round.
Fellow women, men, identifiers, allies, and family- put yo guards up for us, we are marching for our rights🎉❤
You vote away everyone else's Rights
Naw you use violence to silence anyone who doesn’t agree with you
@@osmosisjones4912 Name one of your rights that has been voted away.
Love the music box chiming while Theil explains how, if he was untethered to the constraints of "Big Government", "Beam me up Scotty" would be a reality! Maybe he does use a "Transporter", but every time he does, a significant amount of gray matter gets left behind!
😂😂😂
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"If we have StarTrek computers why don't we have (everything else StarTrek)?"...maybe because StarTrek is fiction. Like do they expect that if we could only figure out matter transmitters we would also automatically be on the road to developing tribbles and fucking Klingons, too?
They don't just think life is exactly like StarTrek, they also seem to think it's like a video game where you can progress from inventing pottery to putting a colony on Mars by just clicking the right boxes on the tech tree. A tech tree where everything has a fixed, finite cost which is known ahead of time makes for fun gameplay, but isn't exactly how life works.
@@kray3883 hey man Tribbles are real!
@@SunnyBoy2963 You can't fool me, I know tribbles aren't real because if they were then the whole planet would be nothing but tribbles by now. Just like we know the earth isn't flat because cats would have pushed everything off of the edge and we know the Invisible Pink Unicorn is invisible because we can't see Her, the evidence is overwhelming.
Leonard Leo is an important figure in Opus Dei. Everyone needs to look into this group and how big of a threat they are to US democracy. They are literally slavers who want to create a two tired system in the US.
You know what's a big threat to democracy? Suing a candidate off the ballot
only 2 tiers?
My ex was Catholic and told me Jesus was the only person who never sinned.
That's the canon Catholic perspective.
That is the Christian perspective not Catholic.
OMG that's nutso but so is our country
Babies don't sin ..... are they persons ? If you don't know the meaning of wrong, then you can do no wrong. That child can only know what is wrong by being told what is wrong by people that are fallible. Who in turn were told by their parents.
@@ERG173 Babies are born into sin inherited from Adam & Eve, according to Catholics.
Yes, get money out of politics!
I so badly wish it was normal for people to research the people they vote for with this level of depth. I hope you cover kamala's VP pick with just as much detail!
It isnt?
@@SolidSiren yep. That's why we're here
@@SolidSiren no :( My dad is voting for trump bc he "has more character and more energy" than kamala
I feel Leeja has slowly moved from giving honest analysis from her point of view. (which was great) Now, as she produces more and more rapid content, it seems to be losing that honesty and going down the path of satiating her viewers desires and confirming their biases -- me included. I'm suspect a video on Kamala will merely be a Harris campaign ad. Will she note things like Kamala standing with every cop that killed unarmed black people or her unwavering position on Israel? Maybe we'll see the old Leeja again, but increased viewership requires change to build followers and keep everyone watching. That change is almost always a detrimental to the original strengths.
@@IslandArt61 a fair point but trump is objectively bad in every way. Ill take flawed over actively dangerous
Sometimes, I'm a little intimidated to start watching one of your videos. "30 minutes!? I don't have that much time!" But then I start watching and can't stop until the end. Your videos are so good.
JD don't leave your 🛋 alone with him Vance.
Bro converted to coucholicism
He has zero charisma. He's like a somehow more boring version of Ron DeSantis. Without Trump, he doesn't really scare me.
I love the intros you've been doing lately; they're very well done!
better than cable shows. they change the intro once every 4 years.
Agreed
If one were to pitch this political ideology as a movie idea, it would be "Blade Runner meets The Handmaid's Tale."
I am also a contradiction, I'm Catholic, pro-choice, and hate Trump. My Wife, who also hates Trump, tried to get me to join a group where they want a "crusade" to raise Men to be the head of family again. The pro-Trump vibes were too much.
That is just evil. They want to take away womens rights. Some people are saying very misogynistic things in Europe too rn. I am just glad I am single and childfree.
I guess as a Hispanic Catholic, it's hard having non LAM (Latin America) people represent our religion. Jesus was a socialist or at most a leftist, change my mind
@@MaxRamos8 I am an Italian atheist, I am not really sold on the existence of "Jesus". But if he did exist, obviously he was a "socialist". No doubt about that. He was not "white" either, that is another big lie most christians keep telling.
I'm an Australian, and I find it ridiculous that one of your parties prefers voter apathy to win a majority. In Au you get fined for not voting in a national election. If that were the case there then billionaire dark money wouldn't be nearly as effective.
Can we all agree that monopolists are psychopaths
Thanks for this background on Vance. Just as a note, I grew up Catholic, and left the church for many reasons, but the people in our extended family who evangelized weren't the Catholics, but the Baptists. I think evangelizing is basically something that occupies all Christian denominations, just not every person in every denomination or church.
Evangelizing can take many different forms. Evangelical Protestants, like Baptists, admonish their members to evangelize, usually in conjunction with grass roots level of institutional evangelism. So the church encourages their members to bring their friends on Sunday, they have youth groups, often run by volunteers etc.
The Catholic Church takes a more systemic or institutional form of evangelism. They go to new place (country, neighborhood, or whatever) and actually fund the building of a church, staff it with both priests and lay people, and then get members in through large scale outreach such as soup kitchens and schools.
So Protestant evangelism depends on individual congregants to do the heavy lifting while Catholicism takes a more top down, hierarchal/institutional approach. Catholicism is the fastest growing Christian sect in the world, but they aren't doing by telling individual lay members to preach at their neighbours, so it isn't _perceived_ as being as Evangelical.
@@CorwinFound Thank you for that elaboration of "evangelism." That fits with my experience, and although I recognized the historical and modern advancement of Catholicism through such "expansions" I've mostly thought of it as a kind of invasion, rather than evangelism. However, it makes perfect sense to classify it as a different form of evangelizing. That helps me to better articulate the concept. :)
@@sylvanwoods5271 And of course that's just my opinion. And your comment on seeing Catholic expansion efforts as an invasion is also very apt. Evangelism is inextricably linked with colonialism, racism, misogyny and just about every other ism out there. I'm in Canada and the harm done historically by evangelizing Christians is beyond words. The residential school system, largely run by the Catholic and Anglican churches, was evangelical, colonial, and genocidal all at once.
As much as having a Jehovah's Witness knocking on my door is an annoying form of evangelizing, the systemic evangelizing that has and continues to happen is far more damaging.
@@CorwinFound I totally agree. The worldwide harm has been, and continues to be untenable. Here in the US it's similar to what happened in Canada. It's pretty horrifying to see what people do in the name of their God. I hope we outgrow it before it destroys us or takes us back to the Dark Ages.
@@CorwinFoundIn my country the catholic church was involved in teaching people to write, it has schools, it's also involved with charities, like 90% of all the rehab centers and programs in my country are run by religious organisations, often the catholic church, AA programs are often run by the catholic church, they have psychological services, they feed the homeless, all things that serve a double purpose, salvation and conversion.
You know what makes me so angry people calling Kamala Harris a DEI hire and then not saying anything about JD Vance. Kamala Harris has more experience than JD Vance. What does JD Vance have??? The funny part is some people in the Republican party don't even like JD Vance because he doesn't have that much experience. The Republicans want to go on and on about DEI hires and how everything should be merit based and you shouldn't see race but JD Vance doesn't even have that much experience.
She's a wannabe Dictator she's been a wannabe Dictator. Her campaign is on her corruption as a prosecutor
Typical hypocrasy
@@KarenStrong-y7i how in the actual fuck do you go around pretending Kamala is a wanna be dictator?
Every Accusation they make is a confession of their crimes it seems.
Though it might sound too obvious by now, they don't care about meritocracy, only about (white) color.
I was raised Catholic (now a secular humanist) and my experience was very different than what I see today. It seems like converts to Catholicism are much more conservative and aligned with evangelical ideals and as more secular and moderate people drift away, the conservatives are taking over. This is probably true in many Protestant sects as well. Catholicism doesn’t share the same view of other groups that you can do what you want, ask for forgiveness, embrace Jesus and get a free card to heaven. You do bad on earth, you will be sent to purgatory for an unknown amount of time. Unfortunately they also think that is where all the unbaptized babies go (head shake). The forced conversion and history of wealth hoarding is all spot on. Terrible history of forced native conversions and child abduction across the world. But there was a strong element of social justice and doing good in the world in my experience growing up in the Jesuit college I attended. So Catholicism is very mixed and Vance is no representative.
Agreed 👍
Wasn't Limbo were all unbaptized children (and virtuous pagans) went?
@@marcello7781 Oh want i don't have to go to hell? Let's go.
I mean, 'X' is my favorite letter, but I don't make it my whole personality.
Congratulations, then: you have more of a personality than Elon Musk!
@@jercoxthealmighty That's a pretty low bar, though.
The lack of self awareness, profundity. Terrifies me.
Theory. He secretly believes he's the original Xman
11:30 I will never understand conservatives who claim to be Trekkies. Like dude you are part of what is keeping us from that future.
Right like how do they fundamentally misunderstand the fact that socialism and a communist ideology that has not fallen to authoritarianism is required for those situations?
@@afreaknamedallie1707 I keep forgetting that word: "authoritarian".
i've said it before but my headcannon for why musk likes the letter 'x' so much is bc it's the letter that is closest to resembling a swastika
Why are there SIX Catholics on the Supreme Court?
because they worked and studied hard and weren't discriminated because of their religion
@@frettychervil that's an odd thing to say about Clarence Thomas
@@Shwee113Not sure how that’s odd. The question ‘Why are there six Catholic Supreme Court justices?’ is odd. Clarence Thomas didn’t seem to face discrimination for being Catholic, and in America, being Catholic shouldn’t be a discriminating factor in becoming a Supreme Court judge.
@@frettychervilit's not odd, because they are not a representation of a society that is largely protestant.
It's not about discrimination, it's about representation, is over represented in comparison to the population.
@@bluester7177 Catholicism is the largest single denomination of Christianity in the US. Also it's American not to see religious affiliation as a factor in the job. The fact that there have been 8 Jewish justices in the history of the Court is way more unusual and non-representative of the population, but it shouldn’t matter. Supreme Court justices were never expected to be representative of the nation’s demographics, especially religious demographics. The branch of government that is least expected to be representative of the US population is the judiciary, which should focus on qualifications and judicial philosophy.
A German here: All this reminds me on what we learned at school about our dark period in the 1940's....
Same rhetoric, similar ideas...
If Trump will be elected in November, the USA will loose everything, they stand for: Freedom, Opportunities and most of all: humanity! This is so much backwards. It will bring you back where you started as a Country a few hundred years ago... So, so sad! Why, America?
Are you mentaly challanged? He already was elected and nothing happend.
Having read Project 2025 (Yes, seriously. Yes, it took forever. Don't do it. Unless you want to. But be warned it's dense af), so much of the stuff in there makes WAY more sense.
Holy hell, I read it, too... well, much of it I had to skim through like "yadda, yadda..." but it's really nuts. The authors want to completely rewrite our entire government into what I'd reasonably call a Theocracy. It's wild.
@@danforthmedia-kr1jv so I live in GA and what they’re trying to do with our voting confirmation is laid out in chapter 1 or 2. That’s the scariest part. It’s not /if/ Trump gets elected. It’s already here.
Bots truly are everywhere. Those comments are something for sure.
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"You know who had the right idea? Sauron." - Peter Thiel probably.
That clip of Thiel complaining that the Star Trek computer is not enough was jaw dropping. I could not believe an adult was measuring the success of humanity by a Star Trek standard.
but only the tech side of star trek, not the fact that it's a cashless, post scarcity, true meritocracy where running a restaurant (sisko's dad, neelix) makes you just as valuable as anyone else
@@vulcanfeline Technically the replicator addresses scracity.
@@RayKosby you're right in one way - technically he quickly says the words, technically
As an Arizona native, of COURSE the cryogenics lab for wealthy tech idiots mentioned in this video is in Scottsdale. Of *course* it is.
Where all lawns are spray painted green 😂 the energy of Scottsdale fits perfectly.
More opportunity for it to fail and the rich douchesicles to melt.
Yep that's a Scottsdale place lol. Wonder how far it is from the sugar bowl. Used to take trips there on very rare occasions
These tech bros, billionaires, and Project 2025 are basically the real life SPECTRE. A group of Bond villains who's main plan involves money and world domination. Heck Enron Xitter is basically the real life Hugo Drax.
It's scary because it's potential energy. It's a bunch of idiots wandering around wanting to do terrible things and waiting for somebody to point them in the right direction.
To the commenter the last time I said something early, yes I can form an opinion on an entire video in several minutes.
Also I hate JD Vance. But couches I'm sure are very happy he's running for their rights.
nelson haha
Actually, I put all the blame on Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Stan Lee. We’re in this mess because of Batman and Iron Man.
Thiel did NOT understand how super socialist Star Trek is!!
As a former Catholic, I've never heard of Jesus being a sinner
Yeah that made me raise an eyebrow as well
I’m glad someone with a voice is saying this. I wish people with the big, big platforms would address this aspect of our national political situation right now. They’re still mostly acting like it’s about defeating DJ Trump. If only.
Can we just get some peace and quiet for a while? It's been almost a decade, I'd like to relax for a little.
yes, a few boring years would suit me fine also
How to speak JD Vance, *holds up a Pottery Barn catalog* "PORNAGRPHY!"
They sell couches....😂
@@grmpEqweer To JD Vance, it's a brothel.
The ultimate test of democracy is about to take place, will the checks and balances that we have believed in all these years stand up to wealthy oligarchs? Will justice really be blind and fair when it comes to our laws? Will our votes be the savior to our freedom? Absolutely insane what is actually being pushed on us Americans. Love you guys.
Majority rule is greatest threat to individual freedoms.
@@KarenStrong-y7i sad
@@KarenStrong-y7i see this "majority rule is the biggest threat to democracy" thing is why it is clear you're a conservative. That's the argument of people who do not like that trump lost.
Excellent as always. One bone to pick: Our sun, sadly, won't explode. But, on the bright side (very bright), it'll eventually swallow earth in a fiery hellfire. So, there's that!
i feel like elon musk watched enough sesame street to learn the letter ‘x’ but not long enough to grow a soul
From personal experience growing up catholic. Strong conservative philosophy is baked into Bible lessons and religion classes to the point where kids are groomed into becoming these right wing lunatics when they grow up
Almost all of the people I had to go to these classes with have ended up being very very right wing
They're mass-grooming children, in the political sense. (and sometimes in the perpetrator sense. Perps often groom _the family_ to allow access to the child)
FWIW, most Baptist churches manage to make conservative Catholics look liberal in comparison, to say nothing of Pentecostals and the like
100%
That’s a very different experience than what I and a lot of other people who grew up Catholic had. Catholic social teaching emphasizes combatting poverty and respecting human dignity.
The National Conservative Party, because they refuse to admit what they really are, maybe we should call them Nakis.
i don’t really have any personal investment in this fact because i am not religious, but for the sake of christian’s being able to take your information seriously, it’s a really big thing in like every sect of christianity/catholicism that jesus was NOT a sinner, that’s like their whole plot and why he was able to sacrifice himself for people and stuff. i just want you to know for the sake of your argument, these are NOT my beliefs lol.
The sadness is me, as a Catholic I really don’t care what anyone else’s sexual orientation is…nor do I care what “sins” anyone else commits….its none of my business, that’s between them and God not me…my job/ or goal is to be the best example of Faith, Hope and Love….and if there’s anything I’m blessed/graced with as far as Time, Talents and/or Treasures is to give freely with God in mind….which means if your poor, destitute, hurt, and needing of help, may I always make myself available to help to the best of my ability……
Ah, National Conservatives... aka NatC's. They make it too easy (say NatC out loud).
IIRC, Hitler organized religious Germans to support the Nazi Party, so your comment is disturbingly not that far off at all.
4:45 I was under the impression that learned helplessness comes from being helpless _(or acting helpless),_ then getting help, thus "learning" that the way to get past your problems is to be helpless and get someone else to fix things for you.
I see how you get there, but the term comes from psychological experiments with dogs: once the dogs realized they had no way to avoid being given an electric shock, they would simply lie down and stop trying. As far as they knew, nothing they could do was going to help, due to factors outside their control, so why bother trying?
I'm as offended by their usage of Tolkien for naming their nonsense as the rest of their nonsense.
I am both pro and averse to Catholicism. I was raised in the Catholic church. I never experienced any kind of abuse. I always shuddered when other Christian denominations didn't consider Catholics to be Christian.
On the averse side, the parish priest sometimes acted as if the church property was theirs and theirs alone. I even remember Latin mass and thinking what good is this if no one understands.
Thomas Jefferson was especially suspicious of the Catholic Church due to its hierarchy. That hierarchy is not compatible with a democracy.
At any rate, I no longer attend any Church. While I like 'Papa Frank, these authoritarian tendencies are something to be mindful of with these politicians.
Jesus Christ wasn't a sinner according to any Christian doctrine. Its kinda like the whole point of the entire religion
My biggest challenge is convincing people I know to actually vote. More people are going to vote but still have some friends who do not plan to. ☹️
I guess this would depend on the reason they don’t want to, but maybe try inviting them to go with you and do it together and make it a fun hangout ! (: xoxo.
Love the shirt! My first vote was against Reagan!
And now the democrats praise Reagan, which should tell you how far right this country has moved. In a few decades the Dems will be giving props to Trump and saying how he's better than the latest Republican ghoul.
My _last_ vote for a Republican for president was Reagan. After a couple of years I could see where he was taking the country and switched to the Democratic Party.
Thank you for your well researched video on Vance! Important stuff!!!
Keep getting the word out about these weirdos 👍
It didn't take my religion to keep me from yelling at my wife and having patience with my kids. It took something called growing the hell up.
I love how someone can say “nation states are outdated” and propose instead a system from antiquity (dictatorship) as being more modern. Doublethink that’d make Orwell afraid.
Vance's best move was growing the beard. That is all. Vote 💙!
Is this a double entendre? I love it
Vance is already creepy but with no beard he is nightmare fuel
Do want men violent men to rule over you more directly with direct threat of violence in 🟦 states as opposed to having remove a baby alive in one piece or. At save the DNA so it's not there definition of m☠️. As in red states
@@James.99 That's the uncanny valley for you, it's almost human but not quite.
The more you conveyed info the more i yearned for the moment where you thank your patreons and finish with your melodic "byebye" 😂😂🙈🙈
The republican party and tech billionaires wants to convert America into Cyberpunk 2077
Yes all about their fantasies and greedy super egos nothing to make society better, more fair and decent.
Wish you had a more solidified background of Catholicism. When it interferes in man made institutions like politics, it can absolutely corrupt even Catholic individuals. It pains me to see people of the Catholic faith engage in bad faith discussion and not try to embrace their weaknesses. It goes against striving to be Christlike. I can already anticipate comments back about this and I truly get it. But seeing faith weaponized for political control and gain is the most depressing part about the striving for truth
It's like these guys never studied the dark ages where we had megalomaniac Lords with little fiefdoms competing with each other, with all the regular people and peasants suffering the consequences of the pissing contests that the landholding class was engaged in.
It's like they never studied European history and the constant wars those kingdoms were engaged in.
But it's the same issue for the Christian nationalists who don't realize that Christianity has done so well in the United States precisely because it's not allowed to weild power.
Thanks for pointing that out, I never looked at it like that, I think I have learned something new, thank you.
@@seanwalsh999 your comment almost looks sarcastic
It's like these guys read some cyberpunk dystopic novels and took them as a manual for government.
Catholics do not believe Jesus was a sinner, they believe that he and Mary were the only Sinless humans
You are a very eloquent speaker. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Honestly everything new I hear about the direction the Right is going makes me feel hopeless. I'm tired.
Conservative Catholics & The Heritage Foundation & Leonard Leo. You really need to do a deep dive into Opus Dei, which might connect the lot. BTW, the Catholic Church doesn't actually preach the Prosperity Gospel, they do however, make a big deal of their totally hypocritical vow of poverty.
The roman catholic church is locked up within their own weird and irrational dogmatic thinking. The perfect starting point for other weirdos and overlords. They make a perfect team for eternal corruption among the creeping animals of the fields.
Whoa, there, where are you getting the statement that “Jesus was a sinner?”