Channel Title: Leslie Fluette Channel Description: I'm Leslie and on this channel I discuss all kinds of issues from a leftist perspective. Find me on Twitter @madblender and Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender <video> Fascism: The Decay of Capitalism Description: As protests continue around the globe and COVID continues to take it's toll, more and more people are becoming disillusioned with the current system. They are sick of being told things are fine when they're not. Capitalism is crumbling, it's contradictions are becoming more and more apparent, and the world seems to be sliding right, closer and closer to fascism. In this video, I discuss why this is. I talk about the decaying global capitalist system, the fascist aesthetic, the construction of "the other" and where we might be headed if we don't do something quick. If you'd like to support my work financially please consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Follow Me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Email: LKF4781@gmail.com Special thanks to Cuck Philosophy, Beau of the Fifth Column, thelitcritguy and LaborKyle for providing their fabulous voices in the video. Go Subscribe to their channels: LaborKyle - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwzzq8hVdFjcNw_I9wZrVQ Cuck Philosophy - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkzHxIcfoEr69MWBdo0ppg Beau of the Fifth Column - https://www.youtube.com/user/unvoicedproject The Lit Crit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiFb_CmCcNW1AD0ZaqFu1A HUGE Shoutout to Rebecca for editing this video. If you'd like to reach out to her, all video editing inquiries can be directed to rebecca.k.wireman18@gmail.com. Rebecca's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/QuestForFilm Her Twitter: twitter.com/questforfilm Sources Books: How Fascism Works - Jason Stanley The Anatomy of Fascism - Robert O. Paxton Trump in the White House - John Bellamy Foster Videos: Ray Ramses Video "The Rise of 21st Century Fascism" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4VIsCd9UMk&t=798s Dumpster Flower's Video "The Dark Side of Liberalism - Episode 4: Liberals and Fascism - The Monster in the Mirror" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6RESb7-btY&t=1597s Mexie's Video "Climate Barbarism and Eco-Fascism" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKTS__iIJA&t=280s Philosophy Tube's Video "The Philosophy of Antifa" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwS_FMZ3nQ&t=2032s Articles: "UR-FASCISM" - Umberto Eco - https://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" - Walter Benjamin https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm "Trump, neo-fascism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic" - Michael D. Yates and John Bellamy Foster - https://mronline.org/2020/04/11/trump-neo-fascism-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ "Global Capitalist Crisis and Twenty-First Century Fascism: Beyond the Trump Hype" - WILLIAM I. ROBINSON - http://robinson.faculty.soc.ucsb.edu/Assets/pdf/FascismbeyondTrump.pdf "Trump and the Spectre of Fascism" - Chris Schenk - https://mronline.org/2019/07/29/trump-and-the-spectre-of-fascism/ "An A to Z of Theory | Walter Benjamin: Fascism and Crisis" - Andy McLaverty-Robinson - https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/walter-benjamin-fascism-crisis/ "Mass Mentality, Culture Industry, Fascism" - Saladdin Said Ahmed http://www.researchgate.net/publication/26538892_Mass_Mentality_Culture_Industry_Fascism </video> <video> Social Ecology, Human Nature and Hierarchy Description: Today I'm discussing Murray Bookchin's theory of Social Ecology. I talk about the relationship between human systems of domination and hierarchy and the ecological crisis we now find ourselves in. I also touch on the myth of human nature as being naturally hierarchical, dominating, and competitive. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: What is Social Ecology? http://www.kurdishquestion.com/oldarticle.php?aid=what-is-social-ecology-by-murray-bookchin The Murray Bookchin Reader - https://libcom.org/library/murray-bookchin-reader The Philosophy of Social Ecology: https://libcom.org/library/philosophy-social-ecology-essays-dialectical-naturalism Murray Bookchin on Nature and Ideology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8L9p1LpkHc Murray Bookchin - Economics and the Moral Order https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EPrrZAgWY </video> <video> The Crafting of CONSUMERISM Description: Today I'm talking about consumerism and how capitalism’s need for perpetual growth has created this hyper consumerist “gotta have it all” society and mentality among the population. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mad_blender/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: https://aguzman6.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/relationship-between-capitalism-and-consumerism/ http://climateandcapitalism.com/2010/02/24/growth-and-consumerism-nature-or-nurture/ http://climateandcapitalism.com/2010/03/05/murray-bookchin-on-growth-consumerism-and-the-environment/ https://www.westland.net/venice/art/cronk/consumer.htm http://www.globalissues.org/article/238/effects-of-consumerism </video> <video> Commodity Fetishism and The Spectacle Description: Karl Marx defined commodity fetishism as the process of ascribing mysterious or magical characteristics to an object, and in doing so, the labor that went into creating the object is covered up. Essentially, material relations between producers in a capitalist society take the form of social relations between things during exchange. In this video, I'll be discussing the effects of commodity fetishism, the role that advertising, imagery and spectacle play in manufacturing our desires for consumption, and the ways in which capital cultivates our identities. Special thanks to Peter Coffin and Mexie for providing their fabulous voices in this vid, def check out their channels! Peter Coffin - https://www.youtube.com/user/petercoffin Mexie - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCepkun0sH16b-mqxBN22ogA Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: Karl Marx, Capital: Volume 1 https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Critique-Political-Economy-Classics/dp/0140445684/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=capital+karl+marx&qid=1551584696&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm Peter Coffin, Custom Reality and You https://www.amazon.com/Custom-Reality-You-Peter-Coffin/dp/1521741042/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peter+coffin&qid=1551584792&s=gateway&sr=8-1 An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the Spectacle’ https://hyperallergic.com/313435/an-illustrated-guide-to-guy-debords-the-society-of-the-spectacle/ Theory: Commodity Fetishism https://beautifultrouble.org/theory/commodity-fetishism/ Consumer Identity = Cultivated Identity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Lf1GcG5M4&t=908s </video> <video> IMF and World Bank: Imperialism through DEBT // Collab with Mexie Description: Today Mexie and I are discussing the absolute horrific practices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Although European imperialism was technically eradicated, former colonies were never really free. Instead, a new form of colonialism reappeared, using debt as its weapon. The United States, along with other imperial nations, maintain their domination over developing countries, exploiting their labor, their land and their natural resources. And they do it using corrupt institutions like the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO. Check out Mexie's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iD7VHkQP14 Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mad_blender/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender YouNow: https://www.younow.com/MadBlender/channel Resources: IMF, World Bank and the Global South https://www.academia.edu/6616571/IMF_World_Bank_and_the_Global_South The I.M.F and The World Bank: Tools of Neo-Imperialism https://www.academia.edu/10218936/The_I.M.F_and_The_World_Bank_Tools_of_Neo-Imperialism The IMF and the WORLD BANK: Puppets of the Neoliberal Onslaught http://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/imf.html The Bad, the Bad and the Ugly: IMF Solutions to the Debt Crisis http://www.marxist.com/bad-bad-and-ugly-imf.htm Evicted and Abandoned: https://www.icij.org/investigations/world-bank/ War by Other Means (Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79bZ71fUZRU&t=1721s Trade Rules are Nuts (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjaxNQY8XP4&t=604s Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWuAct1BxHU Music: Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300029 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Ghost Dance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100573 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ </video> <video> CULTURAL HEGEMONY, POWER AND CAPITALISM Description: Hey guys! Today I'm discussing what Antonio Gramsci called cultural hegemony. Antonio Gramsci was a brilliant Neo-Marxist intellectual and one of the founders of the Italian Communist Party. After being thrown in prison during Mussolini's fascist reign, he wrote what later became known as "The Prison Notebooks." Gramsci, along with plenty of others, assumed that after the Russian Revolution socialism would spread throughout Italy and Western Europe and he was perplexed when it didn't happen. So he set out to understand the mechanisms at play that keep people consentintg to and often actively participating in their own exploitation under capitalism. He found the answer to be multi-faceted and talked a lot about cultural hegemony. Essentially cultural hegemony refers to the ruling class imposing power and control through a ruling ideology, but they do so in a way that convinces the majority that their authority is necessary and natural and they do this through the backing of institutions in civil society, through the state apparatus, and through the material and social conditions imbedded in the capitalist system. In this video i discuss the ways in which cultural hegemony manifests itself under capitalism and the ways in which capitalism reinvents itself and adapts to new situations. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mad_blender/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender YouNow: https://www.younow.com/MadBlender/channel </video> <video> What's Happening in ROJAVA and Why Should YOU Support it? Description: There's a revolution happening right now: A multi-ethnic multi-religious group of people fighting for political self-determination, women’s liberation and ecological stewardship. It is an experiment in libertarian socialism with a middle eastern twist. And it is happening in perhaps one of the least likely of places. In the war torn country of Syria lies a region known as the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, or more commonly, Rojava. Here we find a radical shift taking place. A philosophy and project of self-governance inspired by a Kurdish leader currently serving a life sentence in prison in the Sea of Marmara has emerged on the world stage. So let's talk about it and discuss why you should support it. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: REVOLUTIONARY EDUCATION: http://www.biehlonbookchin.com/revolutionary-education/ Reassembling the Political: The PKK and the project of Radical Democracy: https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4615#tocto1n2 How My Father’s Ideas Helped the Kurds Create a New Democracy https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/06/15/how-my-fathers-ideas-helped-the-kurds-create-a-new-democracy/ The Communes of Rojava: A Model in Societal Self Direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDnenjIdnnE&t=184s Democratic Autonomy in Rojava - http://new-compass.net/articles/revolution-rojava Turkey primed to start offensive against US-backed Kurds in Syria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/turkey-primed-to-start-offensive-against-us-backed-kurds-in-syria?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan: Kurdistan, Women's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism https://www.amazon.com/Political-Thought-Abdullah-%C3%96calan-Confederalism/dp/0745399762/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546269352&sr=8-2&keywords=abdullah+ocalan Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in the Syrian Kurdistan https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Rojava-Democratic-Liberation-Kurdistan/dp/0745336590/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546269263&sr=8-1&keywords=revolution+in+rojava A Small Key Can Open a Large Door https://www.amazon.com/Small-Key-Open-Large-Door/dp/193866017X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546269223&sr=8-1&keywords=a+small+key+can+open+a+large+door </video> <video> Women of the Alt-Right Description: Today we'll be discussing the women of the alt right, specifically focusing on their rhetoric and recruiting strategies. We'll shine a spotlight on prominent women in the movement, including Lana Lokteff, Ayla Stewart, Faith Goldy and Lauren Southern (although I guess Lauren officially quit as I was editing this vid...lets hope it sticks.) Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Special thanks to Amelia Jane for lending me their voice for this vid, go check out their channel ASAP! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmJ99YwB-QERaMS2IUTmgA Resources: Much of this video relied on this article from Ashley Mattheis titled "Shieldmaidens of Whiteness: (Alt) Maternalism and Women Recruiting for the Far/Alt Right" http://journals.sfu.ca/jd/index.php/jd/article/view/177 “Wives with a ‘Purpose’: An Examination of Women in the Alt Right” by An Actual Joke https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bov7B6eQU9k “Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State” by Friedrich Engels https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/origin_family.pdf "The Rise of the Valkyries" https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-valkyries/4/ A Former Alt-Right Member’s Message: Get Out While You Still Can https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/katie-mchugh "American Women of the Far Right" https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/12/13/american-women-of-the-far-right/ "Inside the online disinformation war trying to tear Sweden apart" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sweden-election-polls-far-right "New crime study: Rise in Sweden's rape stats can't be tied to refugee influx" https://www.thelocal.se/20190529/increase-in-swedens-rape-statistics-cant-be-tied-to-refugee-influx-study-suggests "Vikings were never the pure-bred master race white supremacists like to portray" http://theconversation.com/vikings-were-never-the-pure-bred-master-race-white-supremacists-like-to-portray-84455 Music: Darkest Child A by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100783 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ The End is Coming - Dark Haunting Background Music by CO.AG Scheming Weasel (faster version) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ </video> <video> Crash Course in NEOLIBERALISM Description: Today we're discussing the history and core tenets of neoliberalism. I run through the origins of the theory, its implementation in the 1970's-80's, the role of the state, financialization, and just the overall effect neoliberalism has had on society. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: A Privileged Vegan's video - "Neoliberalism has brainwashed how we see ourselves" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ5cBSxCHfY&t=371s Mexie's video - "Freedom" and "Liberty" for All - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru0mYf_VmGU&t=18s A Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Neoliberalism-David-Harvey/dp/0199283273 A Primer on Neoliberalism: http://www.globalissues.org/article/39/a-primer-on-neoliberalism Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/aug/18/neoliberalism-the-idea-that-changed-the-world Marxism in the 21st Century: Alternative to Neoliberal Capitalism and Imperialism - https://www.cpim.org/content/marxism-21st-century-alternative-neoliberal-capitalism-and-imperialism The Financialization of Capitalism - https://monthlyreview.org/2007/04/01/the-financialization-of-capitalism/#en2 </video> <video> Contradictions of Neoliberalism: The Corporation Description: Today I'm discussing the corporate contradictions of neoliberalism. First, I will demonstrate how the corporation is anti-free market and therefore goes against neoliberalism's most basic premises. Second, I will look at the myth of the free market and explain why it is inherently utopian and unrealistic. FInally, I will discuss how the corporate contradictions of neoliberalism have led to increased inequality, corruption, and endless accumulation of debt. Part 1: Crash Course in Neoliberalism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nLu0ajwso&t=424s Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: The Corporation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y888wVY5hzw&t=3639s The Corporate Contradictions of Neoliberalism - https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/05/corporate-contradictions-neoliberalism/ Comrade Hakim's Video - "Capitalism, not Corporatism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luB9VUsXRs8 Dark Money - https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Money-History-Billionaires-Radical/dp/0307947904/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526163421&sr=8-1&keywords=dark+money A Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Neoliberalism-David-Harvey/dp/0199283273 A Primer on Neoliberalism: http://www.globalissues.org/article/39/a-primer-on-neoliberalism </video> <video> Contras to Cages: The Truth about US Intervention in Latin America Description: US Empire has been "spreading democracy" aka meddling in the affairs of Latin America for nearly 2 centuries. Today we discuss the history of US intervention in the region, how the ethos of American exceptionalism plays into this, and how western corporate media manufactures a distorted reality about the west and in particular the United States, painting itself as a benevolent actor on a civilizing mission. I'll explain why this is bunk. Support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/madblender Go check out Radical Reviewer's vid "History of the US Invading America" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6D6BkoOZvE Thanks to Javi and Theory Pleeb for providing their fabulous voices, go check their channels out! Javi -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetrzdWYUfY6n_FZra-6l4g Theory Pleeb - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg Sources: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq - https://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-Americas-Century-Regime-Change/dp/0805082409 American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror - https://www.amazon.com/American-Exceptionalism-Innocence-News_From-Revolutionary/dp/1510742360 Manufacturing Consent for the 2018 Elections in Venezuela and Colombia - http://mediatheoryjournal.org/alan-macleod-manufacturing-consent-in-venezuela-and-colombia/ LIVE: Who's behind the Bolivia coup? With Max Blumenthal, Aaron Maté, Ben Norton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbsKi-qibNA&t=175s Bolivia Coup led by Christian Fascist Paramilitary Leader and Millionaire - with Foreign Support https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/11/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho/ US and OAS help Overthrow Another Government: Behind the Coup against Bolivia's Evo Morales - https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/oas-us-coup-bolivia-evo-morales/ Bolivia is Descending into Dictatorship - Here's Why | BadEmpanada - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3N6BQXKOw&t=732s The Military Coup Against Bolivia's President, Evo Morales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YyKCWKxBjI https://apnews.com/8c99384884df4e1293690c797682f0ad https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/monroe-doctrine https://fair.org/extra/lie-the-sandinistas-wont-submit-to-free-elections/ </video> <video> Ben Shapiro Is CLUELESS About Democratic Socialism Description: Ben Shapiro really is clueless and doesn't understand democratic socialism. In this video, I break down his "7 Myths of Democratic Socialism" talk and explain why he's wrong. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Resources: AN Empirical Table of Structural Violence - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002234337601300405 ATTEMPTING THE IMPOSSIBLE – CALCULATING CAPITALISM’S DEATH TOLL http://guerrillaontologies.com/2014/05/attempting-the-impossible-calculating-capitalisms-death-toll/ Inequality gap widens as 42 people hold same wealth as 3.7bn poorest https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/jan/22/inequality-gap-widens-as-42-people-hold-same-wealth-as-37bn-poorest SAVE FOOD: Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/ Backlash Erupts in Canadian Province After Government Kills Basic Income Test http://fortune.com/2018/08/03/universal-basic-income-ontario-canada/ Beyond the Swedish Model https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/02/sweden-welfare-social-democracy-socialism/ What Makes Scandinavia Different? https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/national-review-williamson-bernie-sanders-sweden/ The Nordic Model: Conditions, Origins, Outcomes, Lessons http://edoc.vifapol.de/opus/volltexte/2013/4255/pdf/41.pdf The U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country — but not with better health outcomes http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-healthcare-comparison-20170715-htmlstory.html Could you live on $1.90 a day? That's the international poverty line https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/nov/01/global-poverty-is-worse-than-you-think-could-you-live-on-190-a-day Exposing the great 'poverty reduction' lie https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/08/exposing-great-poverty-reductio-201481211590729809.html Comrade Hakim’s Video – “Capitalism HASN'T Lifted Millions from Poverty” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6VqV1T4uYs&t=246s Argument ad Venezuelum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le86H7Xfjrc Original Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oV45bde9mI&t=31s Check out Alen Blazekovic on Twitter @AlenBlaekovi </video> <video> Capitalist Realism, Mental Illness and Societies of Control Description: Capitalist realism is the ambient all pervasive atmosphere where it's just sort of implied that capitalism is all there is. It conditions how we view the world, how we work, our social relations, even our thoughts and behaviors. When it comes to mental health, capitalist realism frames mental illness as purely a biological imbalance in the brain which requires a chemical solution. This feeds perfectly into a neoliberal framework which says YOU the individual are the problem, you OWN this illness. It also feeds into our current society of control which I discuss at length in the video. If we want to truly address the mental health crisis facing the population today we need to reframe the conversation and work to repoliticize mental health by addressing the structural and systemic issues at play which are causing perfectly sane people to become insane. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Special thanks to Angie Speaks, P.D. Morrin, and Radical Reviewer for helping me with voice-overs. Make sure to check out their channels, they're awesome! Angie Speaks - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUtloyZ_Iu4BJekIqPLc_fQ P.D. Morrin - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpBRZBzWQ_cCc_9zKG08L-g Radical Reviewer - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_V9wKk1Dd2rpZ4fxj7pKXA The Vegan Vanguard - http://veganvanguardpodcast.com/2018/08/16/20-mental-health-addiction-and-capitalist-realism-with-mad-blender/ List Of International Suicide Hotlines - http://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines National Alliance on Mental Health (United States) - https://www.nami.org/find-support/nami-helpline NAMI Helpline (US) - 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US) - 1-800-273-8255 Resources: Capitalist Realism - https://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-Realism-There-No-Alternative/dp/1846943175/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=capitalist+realism&qid=1556118324&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Simon Obirek's "Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXvaFCauLw&t=34s Peter Coffin's "Self Help" Very Important Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AGe0ns_bw Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Connections-Uncovering-Depression-Unexpected/dp/163286830X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=johann+hari&qid=1556118392&s=gateway&sr=8-1 The Selfish Capitalist - https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Capitalist-by-Oliver-James/dp/B01MZ3QR7F/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+selfish+capitalist&qid=1556118442&s=gateway&sr=8-2 Postscript on the Societies of Control https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gilles-deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control The Trap 1 - Fuck you Buddy! - Adam Curtis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97Ywl7RtUw&list=PLBP_z_5Mb8K4K6fJwvOoEJRvUpmmDJ7dy The Trap 2 - The Lonely Robot - Adam Curtis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d1ibtOVImg Postmodernity and Mental Illness: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Theorists http://www.aijcrnet.com/journals/Vol_3_No_4_April_2013/7.pdf Repoliticising Depression: Late Mark Fisher’s Vital Lesson https://thepanoptic.co.uk/2017/08/06/repoliticising-depression-late-mark-fishers-vital-lesson/ High Anxiety: Capitalism and Schizoanalysis https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/23/high-anxiety-capitalism-and-schizoanalysis/ Capitalism and Mental Health - https://monthlyreview.org/2019/01/01/capitalism-and-mental-health/ Organizations challenging the current biomedical model of mental health: National Survivor User Network - https://www.nsun.org.uk/ Recovery In the Bin - https://recoveryinthebin.org/ Kindred Minds - https://www.together-uk.org/southwark-wellbeing-hub/the-directory/9191/kindred-minds/ Music: CO.AG Music - Sinister Dark Ambient Background Music - Dark Rage </video> <video> DEAR DESTINY...Capitalism CAN'T Be Reformed Description: I respond to Destiny's debates with leftists, explaining the mechanisms and inherent contradictions of capital and why, even though reforms are good, capitalism in and of itself cannot be reformed. Make sure to subscribe and hit that bell button to receive notifications when I release videos! Connect with me: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/madblender Special thanks to Jose and Lance from The Serfs for lending me their voices, go check out their channels! Jose - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeDKIj0G5XbultKOQnacu_w The Serfs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWrkBTDSYqJzQmp8gxQiMw Resources: 17 Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey - https://bit.ly/2nEx6ex A guide for the journey through Capital by Aaron Hess - https://socialistworker.org/2011/01/06/the-journey-through-capital The Problem is Capitalism by George Monbiot - https://www.monbiot.com/2019/04/30/the-problem-is-capitalism/ </video> <video> Cultural Marxism, the Frankfurt School, and the Culture Industry Description: Cultural Marxism is a conspiracy theory parroted by the likes of Jordan Peterson, Ron Paul, even far right terrorist Anders Breivik, most often used to describe the Frankfurt School's supposed plot to subvert western values by promoting multiculturalism, feminism and political correctness. Unfortunately, there's no evidence to suggest there ever was such a plot and was most likely cooked up by right wing zealots to fear-monger and mobilize support against a post-communist left. It's unfortunate that this theory has gained such popularity because the Frankfurt School actually has a lot of important insights to share and so that's what I focus on in this video i.e. their insights on the Enlightenment, fascism and the culture industry. Help support the channel on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MadBlender Follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/madblender And Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/madblenderyt/ Special Thanks Peter Coffin, Mexie, Kathrin and Kelly Zahos for providing their lovely voices for this video. Go check out their channels! Peter Coffin - https://www.youtube.com/user/petercoffin Mexie - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCepkun0sH16b-mqxBN22ogA Kathrin - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVbWFrI5NrLCWIjjW5cbzMg Kelly Zahos - https://www.youtube.com/user/kellyzahos Special thanks to @SocialJWorrier on Twitter for making my thumbnail! Sources: Grand Hotel Abyss - https://amzn.to/2xtREei Dialectic of Enlightenment - https://amzn.to/33Znmwx One Dimensional Man - https://amzn.to/3anI5MK Theory from the Ruins - https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-frankfurt-school-diagnosed-the-ills-of-western-civilisation The Naysayers: Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and the Critique of Pop Culture - https://bit.ly/2wICouf The Frankfurt school, part 3: Dialectic of Enlightenment - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/frankfurt-school-dialectic-of-enlightenment Music: Lucifers Waltz - Secession Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikl-QYQ252Q Für Elise - Beethoven https://youtu.be/6354X86BkFI Music: Serious Documentary - AShamaluevMusic. Music Link: https://youtu.be/1x9xVwpWo7k Music: Serious Documentary - AShamaluevMusic. Music Link: https://youtu.be/1x9xVwpWo7k Music: Wrong - Dan Henig Support by RFM - NCM: https://youtu.be/zMeeIo4v8TY Music Info: Cinematic Documentary - AShamaluevMusic. 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