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Video Discussion: Dinesh D'Souza Explains Anti- American Philosophy and Thought
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Summary of statements in the video with some time stamps so people can talk about particular moments in the video:
First he says that immigration disproves cultural relativism -- that people who immigrate do so because they are choosing a place that is better and vote with their feet. He proceeds to note that one thing about America is that you can become American. He points out that its not a function of blood and parentage and that this is not true in his home country. He says here it can take a generation or two but people become American.
6:00 -- The most effective anti-Americanism he says comes from within America in some of our most prestigious universities.
6:25 -- Says the core of the Antiamericanism is an attack on immigrants to America and immigrant values. Goes on to discuss the theory of America by the founding fathers of the country and that while the country is successful there is some sort of drag that is damaging its success. He says the drag is from within the country.
8:30 -- Mentions Obama and a string of actions the government made to help the country with civil rights issues. Thinks after reading Obama's book that Obama's Antiamerican streak does not come from our Civil Rights past. He actually goes to Kenya and meets Obamas extended family as well as Hawaii.
10:30 -- Makes a film about Obama's background that grosses 10 million bucks, but his film gets very little mention in media.
11:00 -- Our national press has stopped covering the news.
11:15 -- barackobama.com claims the film smears him and tells lies.
12:25 -- President's brother calls Dinesh instead of the president. This is reported but does not appear in media.
15:45 -- Since ancient times the only way to get wealth has been to take someone else's wealth, until the USA. The idea of Wealth Creation is that you can gain without taking. The American phrase is 'Make money'.
17:00 -- Because of this concept immigrants are inspired. In America poor people are fat, although prosperity is not the main thing about America.
18:10 -- What really matters is your destiny isn't given to you but constructed by you to an unprecedented level both historically and globally.
19:20 -- The powerful idea of America is the notion of the self directed life and where your worth isn't determined by where you come from but by what you do. You make your own life now.
19:50 -- There is a powerful group of Americans who hate this idea and want to bring down this core of the American Dream -- the core reason that people come to America.
20:25 -- Religious freedom is not the main reason people immigrate here. The immigrant and the immigrant values define America.
21:20 -- The core of the Antiamerican argument is that the wealth of America is based upon theft and that it has been illicitly taken from those who it truly belongs to.
21:23 -- This argument is the moral force behind 'Obama-ism'.
22:00 -- The Theft critique has both historical and contemporary components.
27:00 -- Universities are frequently offering this Theft critique as part of an extremely bad education. They teach very little about American History, and students come through university with a deep reservoir of ignorance of American History. This generation from the age of three has been taught a morality tale about America by people who have an agenda. It is taught for a purpose and skips huge swaths of American History, cherry picking to make America seem evil. It approximately teaches everything that happened in America was evil and oppressive except for the Civil Rights movement and other highlights.
29:00 -- Mentions American historical figures that most people don't know about.
29:45 -- Discusses the tale of how the white man committed genocide against the Native Americans. Actually white people had many diseases that killed off about 85% not through deliberate contamination but through ignorance. However this is twisted and students are fed bull**** about it.
32:10 -- Why if the native Americans were not killed through genocide would anyone wish to teach that they were? Why would someone want to tell a nastier story about America than the reality of the situation?
33:00 -- Launches into a discussion about Envy and calls it the lowest feeling a person can have. "I wish I could have more but if that isn't possible I want to pull that other person down." He differentiates this from jealously.
35:00 -- Says Envy is the lowest and most secretive of vices and is the operating emotion of American 'Progressivism'. The envious guy is frustrated, angry, bitter, hates the other guy and also hates himself.
35:29 -- The envious person hates himself because he lives in a merit based society. A surf would be jealous of an aristocrat but not envious, because he has simply been placed into his position. His surfdom does not comment upon his own merit. He knows his surfdom is the product of luck. So an envious person is not only jealous, hating other but also themselves.
36:40 -- Intellectuals and Community Organizers (Professors and Politicians) are the two most envious and resentful groups in America -- as a group.
...to be finished later
First he says that immigration disproves cultural relativism -- that people who immigrate do so because they are choosing a place that is better and vote with their feet. He proceeds to note that one thing about America is that you can become American. He points out that its not a function of blood and parentage and that this is not true in his home country. He says here it can take a generation or two but people become American.
6:00 -- The most effective anti-Americanism he says comes from within America in some of our most prestigious universities.
6:25 -- Says the core of the Antiamericanism is an attack on immigrants to America and immigrant values. Goes on to discuss the theory of America by the founding fathers of the country and that while the country is successful there is some sort of drag that is damaging its success. He says the drag is from within the country.
8:30 -- Mentions Obama and a string of actions the government made to help the country with civil rights issues. Thinks after reading Obama's book that Obama's Antiamerican streak does not come from our Civil Rights past. He actually goes to Kenya and meets Obamas extended family as well as Hawaii.
10:30 -- Makes a film about Obama's background that grosses 10 million bucks, but his film gets very little mention in media.
11:00 -- Our national press has stopped covering the news.
11:15 -- barackobama.com claims the film smears him and tells lies.
12:25 -- President's brother calls Dinesh instead of the president. This is reported but does not appear in media.
15:45 -- Since ancient times the only way to get wealth has been to take someone else's wealth, until the USA. The idea of Wealth Creation is that you can gain without taking. The American phrase is 'Make money'.
17:00 -- Because of this concept immigrants are inspired. In America poor people are fat, although prosperity is not the main thing about America.
18:10 -- What really matters is your destiny isn't given to you but constructed by you to an unprecedented level both historically and globally.
19:20 -- The powerful idea of America is the notion of the self directed life and where your worth isn't determined by where you come from but by what you do. You make your own life now.
19:50 -- There is a powerful group of Americans who hate this idea and want to bring down this core of the American Dream -- the core reason that people come to America.
20:25 -- Religious freedom is not the main reason people immigrate here. The immigrant and the immigrant values define America.
21:20 -- The core of the Antiamerican argument is that the wealth of America is based upon theft and that it has been illicitly taken from those who it truly belongs to.
21:23 -- This argument is the moral force behind 'Obama-ism'.
22:00 -- The Theft critique has both historical and contemporary components.
- H: The US was stolen from the Indians. The white man stole the unpaid labor of African Americans. The US stole half of Mexico.
- C: American policy today is based upon theft. One claim is that we are involved in the Middle East region for the sake of oil. Another claim is that Capitalism is based on theft according to Obama and Senator Warren and others. "You didn't build that. Society created wealth, but the greedy entrepreneur took advantage. Therefore the government has the right to confiscate what the entrepreneur has."
27:00 -- Universities are frequently offering this Theft critique as part of an extremely bad education. They teach very little about American History, and students come through university with a deep reservoir of ignorance of American History. This generation from the age of three has been taught a morality tale about America by people who have an agenda. It is taught for a purpose and skips huge swaths of American History, cherry picking to make America seem evil. It approximately teaches everything that happened in America was evil and oppressive except for the Civil Rights movement and other highlights.
29:00 -- Mentions American historical figures that most people don't know about.
29:45 -- Discusses the tale of how the white man committed genocide against the Native Americans. Actually white people had many diseases that killed off about 85% not through deliberate contamination but through ignorance. However this is twisted and students are fed bull**** about it.
32:10 -- Why if the native Americans were not killed through genocide would anyone wish to teach that they were? Why would someone want to tell a nastier story about America than the reality of the situation?
33:00 -- Launches into a discussion about Envy and calls it the lowest feeling a person can have. "I wish I could have more but if that isn't possible I want to pull that other person down." He differentiates this from jealously.
35:00 -- Says Envy is the lowest and most secretive of vices and is the operating emotion of American 'Progressivism'. The envious guy is frustrated, angry, bitter, hates the other guy and also hates himself.
35:29 -- The envious person hates himself because he lives in a merit based society. A surf would be jealous of an aristocrat but not envious, because he has simply been placed into his position. His surfdom does not comment upon his own merit. He knows his surfdom is the product of luck. So an envious person is not only jealous, hating other but also themselves.
36:40 -- Intellectuals and Community Organizers (Professors and Politicians) are the two most envious and resentful groups in America -- as a group.
...to be finished later