Chapter 1: Introduction
0:000 secondsOver the last year, the town known as Orania has been going viral. Orania, for those of you unaware, is a lone
0:077 secondsself-sufficient town in the middle of the arid Karu region in South Africa. It was settled by Africconers, that is the
0:1414 secondsdescendants of mainly Dutch settlers with the goal of preserving their identity. In a country that's been characterized by rampant crime, failing
0:2323 secondsinfrastructure, and overall decline, the Africaners of Irania were able to take a dilapidated plot of land with nothing
0:3030 secondselse than their own grit, no government welfare, no subsidies, not even relying on a nation's power grid and build that
0:3737 secondsup into a nice place for themselves and their families without having to rely or take from anyone else. So naturally, the
0:4444 secondsremainder of the country, which had the entire nation's territory, natural resources, and advanced infrastructure and ruined it all and didn't even care
0:5454 secondsabout Irania up until the Africconers made it into a nice place, have decided that they want a peace. They allege that the Africconers, by practicing their
1:021 minute, 2 secondsright to freedom of association, are actually a second form of apartheid, a town of racists for daring to try to preserve their unique identity and the
1:111 minute, 11 secondsfruits of their labor. They allege that they as fellow South Africans are entitled to Irania and the Africconers
1:191 minute, 19 secondsmust accommodate or in other words give them stuff and if the Africaners refuse the state ought to get involved and
1:271 minute, 27 secondsforce them to. You see similar allegations all over the west. Arguments are made to justify why Westerners must
Chapter 2: An Odd Hypocrisy
1:341 minute, 34 secondsassociate with groups they otherwise wouldn't want to. Why their resources which they acquired through their own labor must be shared of the third world.
1:431 minute, 43 secondsWhy their laws and customs must be changed to accommodate those who were supposed to be assimilating. But many
1:501 minute, 50 secondshave pointed out a strange irony. The people making these arguments and allegations against the West don't hold their own nations to the same standards.
1:591 minute, 59 secondsThe West must be diverse, but their homes remain homogeneous. The West must redistribute their resources, but their homes do not. The West cannot
2:072 minutes, 7 secondsdiscriminate against them, but they can against us. So, what's going on here? Is it just plain hypocrisy, or is there something more to it? That's the
2:162 minutes, 16 secondsquestion this video will explore. And if you enjoy it, consider subscribing. It helps the channel. Societies regulate human behavior on the basis of three
Chapter 3: Guilt & Shame Based Societies
2:242 minutes, 24 secondsnegative emotions: fear, shame, and guilt. Westerners follow a guilt-based society. Social regulation is primarily
2:322 minutes, 32 secondsbased on the psychological pain of breaking one's own principles. And only when that fails does law enforcement
2:402 minutes, 40 secondscome in. While this is normal for the West, and many think it's normal for the whole world, this is the exception, not
2:472 minutes, 47 secondsthe rule. Guilt-based societies are only possible in advanced, often religious, and highly homogeneous societies, so
2:552 minutes, 55 secondsthat people's individual principles are close enough for there to be an understanding. Most societies are shamebased, meaning regulation is
3:033 minutes, 3 secondsprimarily based on the pain of social ostracization if one goes against the clan's values. Despite it being the most
3:103 minutes, 10 secondscommon, it still requires some advancement and at minimum a homogeneous society so that the same clans actually
3:183 minutes, 18 secondshave power over the largest number of individuals. And lastly, the most primal form is fear. Fearbased societies are
Chapter 4: Fear-Based Societies
3:253 minutes, 25 secondsthe least advanced and least conducive to a prosperous nation. But their advantage is that they work anywhere
3:323 minutes, 32 secondsregardless of circumstance. In fear-based societies, the only calculations are if I do X then others
3:403 minutes, 40 secondswill hurt me so it's not worth it. And if someone else does X against me, I will hurt them so they won't do it. Such
3:473 minutes, 47 secondsa straightforward system means you have no need for homogeneity. You can integrate whoever you want because values don't matter. Only strength does.
3:573 minutes, 57 secondsFor obvious reasons, people don't like the system. It's inefficient and it's might makes right. The issue is when you
4:044 minutes, 4 secondsbreak homogeneity in a society so much to the point where aligned principles and clan values can't enforce social order, fear is automatically in charge.
4:144 minutes, 14 secondsYou can moralize all you want, it doesn't matter. When there are too many different peoples with competing value systems, it's what you get. It's the
4:224 minutes, 22 secondssame reason we don't waste our time trying to moralize carnivores versus herbivores in the wild. Herbivores put a lot of effort into being able to digest
Chapter 5: The Incentive To Take
4:314 minutes, 31 secondsplants and create the necessary nutrients from it. It's hard work requiring extensive specialization. A different animal which is struggling to
4:394 minutes, 39 secondsget the nutrients they want could also maybe over many generations adapt to be able to produce those same nutrients as the herbivores. But that's difficult.
4:494 minutes, 49 secondsWouldn't it just be easier to just take the already processed nutrients forcefully? Is it immoral that some species have adapted to be carnivores?
4:574 minutes, 57 secondsIs it immoral that some have adapted so much towards carnivory that they are actually fully unable to digest plants and have to prey on other animals to
5:065 minutes, 6 secondssurvive? When it comes to such situations, the question of morality
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5:105 minutes, 10 secondsis irrelevant. The only question that matters is if it's easier. Herbivores will be eaten by carnivores if they don't have the means to defend
5:195 minutes, 19 secondsthemselves. The same is true for the plants that the herbivores eat. Because others already worked hard to get something valuable. It's simply more
5:275 minutes, 27 secondsenergyefficient to take that than make it yourself. You can argue that if we were all photosynthesizing plant, we'd
5:345 minutes, 34 secondshave the most energy efficient situation as no energy would have to be lost in hunting or defending and everyone will be able to self-sustain. And that's
5:425 minutes, 42 secondstrue, but also irrelevant. Some are simply not capable of learning to photosynthesize. Some are capable, but
5:505 minutes, 50 secondsget far greater immediate rewards by not doing so. Naturally, this concept extends beyond just plants and animals.
5:585 minutes, 58 secondsWhenever you make something desirable that's hard to make, you are incentivizing others to take it from you because it's easier to take than to make
6:066 minutes, 6 secondsit themselves. This is true for valuable craftsmanship, for architectural wonders, for hard to extract resources,
6:146 minutes, 14 secondsand for civilization itself. And if they don't share your personal principles, or they don't follow your clan's rulings, then they will act upon this principle.
6:246 minutes, 24 secondsNot because they're evil, at least not in the way we define it, but because it's easier. You see, in fear-based
Chapter 6: The Mimicry of Our Morals
6:316 minutes, 31 secondssituations, moral language doesn't apply. It isn't even comprehensible, which begs the video's original
6:376 minutes, 37 secondsquestion. If moral language doesn't apply, why is it constantly used against the West in a hypocritical fashion? The
6:456 minutes, 45 secondsanswer is simple. Why do cats mimic the sounds of birds? The cat neither understands the sound they are making,
6:536 minutes, 53 secondsnor do they understand the mechanism by which it gains the trust of birds. All they know is by making those sounds, the
7:007 minutesbirds lower their guard. Likewise, when they cry racism, discrimination, etc., they know they get resources, welfare,
7:097 minutes, 9 secondsand preferential treatment by the authorities. They don't really understand why. If anything, they probably think it's stupid, but it
7:167 minutes, 16 secondsworks, so there's no reason not to. When Westerners who oppose this behavior try to lecture the third world, demanding
Chapter 7: Conclusion
7:237 minutes, 23 secondsconsistent standards, pointing out that they have no right to judge the West's history, when their own are often way worse, it's the same as a bird trying to
7:317 minutes, 31 secondsteach a cat that the sounds they are mimicking are false statements. It's pointless. The bird's only concerns
7:397 minutes, 39 secondsshould be to maintain its guard and make sure other birds don't fall for it. That should be obvious. But there's one other
7:467 minutes, 46 secondsless apparent concern the bird must also consider. Given how complex its moral language and value system is, it's
7:537 minutes, 53 secondsunlikely the cat would have learned to exploit it on their own, especially in such a short time period. So that begs
8:008 minutesthe uncomfortable question of who taught them and what did they gain by doing so?