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DCI can't believe how anyone can look at the world and think what we need is larger more bloated governments, and a one world government at that. Aside from that his analysis that Reagan started an erosion of govenment power is flat our wrong. Reagan expanded government and so have all his successors. The US gov today is as big and intrusive as it's ever been.
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SSI just have to say... this comment section gives me faith in a brighter future. Thank you, freedom loving RV family!
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DTI think the reason for so many thumbs down is the respondents attitude of downplaying the dangers of genetic experimenting and also his ironic comments about virus escaping Wuhan lab that killed so many. These genetic modifications will end very bad and humankind would deserve it.
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RWJamie Metzel is dangerous. Governments don't solve problems they create them. The more power it has the more dangerous it become. Governments are made of human beings and most of them are hungry for power and when they get it they are not shy in using it to their advantage. Richard D
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JBAn effete Austrian who trumpets a policy of eugenics, thinly-veiled gun control, and a dominant one world order. Who does that sound like? Why is this rot on Real Vision?
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SSNope.
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GTOnce again, reading those comments is the cherry on the cake to some strong views we may or not agree with.
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SBWow, very thought provoking.
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lmVERY Disappointed real vision, giving this Jamie bloke a platform to promote his cancerous ideology for this new world order is disgusting 🤢
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DLPeople don't even know they're eating GMOs, so just get over it????? No way I'm with Taleb !
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VSThis was a difficult interview to watch, due to the mendacity displayed. It falls well below the standard of Real Vision. In my experience so far, Real Vision puts on great guests that speak candidly about topics they are authorities on. Interviews like this one are ubiquitous on the internet, they plaque our media and news outlets. I come to Real Vision to get away from all that....not listen to the same old drudgery. This was just plain hard to watch due to the shallowness of Mr Metzl's viewpoints. He just blabbered on and on with no clear direction or concrete examples to back up what he was saying. Worse, the interviewer does not probe him to do this and just let Metzl take over and run with empty claims. Please Real Vision....with interviews like this, I will stop paying my subscription and go elsewhere. Stick to the tried and tested method that has brought your channel the success it deserves today. That method was to bring on guests who are authorities on their subjects, speak candidly and back up their views, and have direction of thought. That is worth paying for!
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JLnice interview, but you can jam your infested international organisations
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JSGuys, you just have to read The Fourth Turning to understand how spot on Metzl is. The only way out of the 4th turning’s crisis period we are in are stronger institutions and more collaboration. Even if it seems unlikely at the moment.
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RDI found this interview fascinating. I can't believe there are as many Thumbs Down on this as there are.
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RDI found this interview fascinating. I can't believe there are as many Thumbs Down on this as there are.
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JBWow. A lot of people getting worked up here. Yet no one has pointed out the most important part of the interview - The Kama Sutra book of Dee’s shelf
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XFtoo much political BS
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PEThings didn't turn out too well for Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, or the community! Genetic Engineering has the potential to go way too far...
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HCUS coronavirus response is horrible but WHO is in China’s pocket so for sure it is a problem.
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BSI’ve never actually been scared for humanity during a Real Vision interview. Through all of the doom and gloom associated with the end of the credit cycle I have never been scared. After watching this, I’m terrified for all of us. These are the type of ideas that I’m certain will end humanity one day
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DSyon d. - Thanks for the comment. I posted two long comments. It was such a pain to try to make sense of Mr. Metzl's ideas, I was exhausted. Mr. Orwell addressed these problems, especially the misuse of power, in his science fiction book Nineteen Eighty-Four. He used the words Newspeak and Doublethink. In the English vernacular, we often use the term Doublespeak. My problem is Mr. Metzl does not look at the whole picture – Wuhan lab vs. Wuhan wet market - and suggesting that with enough power One Shared World might solve the problem. There is a lot possible good in One Shared World to educate and apply pressure for independent legislative action. If it is used, however, to gain worldwide independent power at the supra-national level it will probably be a failure. DLS
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WLContains some very interesting and useful discussion but I found the very clear globalist political agenda alarming to be honest. That section of the discussion does seem to me to be at odds with the spirit of realvision, ie eschewing politics and illuminating the macro picture.
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TSFirst and foremost thankyou to Real Vision for including outlier opinion. I do not subscribe simply to re-enforce my own prejudices. My interest is to broaden, rather than narrow my own understandings. To be honest, my initial reaction was to be appalled, not with the interview, but with the unmitigated rudeness of many of the early comments. It has taken me a day to recover from that shock. I am pleased to see civility largely returned. As to the interview’s content my own limited view is simple: Jamie Metzl borders on being a Pollyanna, an impression re-enforced by his body language throughout. I need not dwell on specific weaknesses. Others have already pointed to many. But I welcome hearing Jamie Metzl’s point of view non- the-less. My plea is that we all try to exhibit a modicum of maturity in our comments.
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GWLoved the part when Dee was saying that there are no One World Government implications and then Metzl immediately contradicts Dee and says that One World is the intent. Comedy gold!
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BBCompletely impossible theory of one world beneficent govt/order. Will not happen anytime soon & pretty much a waste of lots of people’s time. Requires class of technocrats / trust the ‘experts’ experience. People are not down for that. Experts have been wrong WAY too many times. World will need decades if not centuries of trustworthy leadership before ever comes to pass.
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RKIt seems Jamie has got so many dislikes due to discussing the origin of corona virus. There goes the freedom of speech. We are already doomed. " To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize " - Voltaire
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MHIt is annoying when guests act as if our system of government supported cronyism, unlimited spending and Fed manipulation of interest rates and the bond market as capitalism. Capitalism isn't broke, it is a natural interaction of each party in an economy acting in their own best interest. When large forces like the government manipulate the natural market signals of price and also do not punish those who have taken excessive risk then natural capitalism cannot work. Most of the rest of the talk is gibberish.
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WDone world government is the never ending goal of the elites to promotor their "superior" version of the world
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MMLove this. Love the variety from Real Vision. More more more! (and thank you!)
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mBI found the conversation interesting & different. Genetics were interesting and to hear how developed we are makes me more bullish on genetic sequencing companies. Also just want to unite & stop the fighting globally. I don’t want war and I’m exhausted of all the anger in society. I want my daughter to grow up in a more united world. Right now seems like we don’t have any global leadership. Politicians & bankers? People will need to lead in the future!
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PBLose the Power Grid to a Solar CME and you will see the Dark Ages again
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TBMentioning that he is a member of the WHO and discussing climate change.. tells me all I need the know. Pass.
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DSThis was exceedingly difficult to listen too. Mr. Metzl jumps from pillar to post through association not logic. He wants everyone to agree with him, if not his conclusions will be forced on everyone - 1984. No wonder he writes science fiction. He leaps from coronavirus, bats in hibernation, to a coverup for the virus laboratory without even trying to look at the whole picture. Many of the world’s best virologist disagree with him based on science. This is of no merit for Mr. Metzl, as it does not fit his agenda. Mr. Metzl prefers science fiction coupled with conspiracy theories. Great for novels, but bad truth. He is building spider webs in his mind and acting like they are reality. Who will figure out what is great and what is terrible? Maybe a science fiction writer/attorney should make all these decisions for the world?? The WHO was afraid for their funding and did not blow the whistle on Coronavirus? After the pandemic, the WHO should be dismantled, and a better organization developed. Mr. Metzl could not answer Mr. Smith’s question except WHO needs massive power and funding. One Shared World is a good education tool. One Shared World maybe good political tool. It must not be, however, a power-based organization with enforcement abilities – 1984 again. It would take the problems exiting in the WHO and make them worse. If humans cannot solve our problems and we destroy ourselves, it might be better for the world. The Day the World Stood Still. An alien arrives on earth to save the world by eliminating mankind. There are so few livable worlds in the universe why let one be destroyed by mankind. DLS
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AAExcellent interview. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with these ideas. Note to RV: Please continue to put talks like this on air and ignore the negative comments in the comments section.
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dmRV, I think the comment feature should be eliminated. I feel it is increasingly being used as a platform for their own views and beliefs. And of course, theirs are always more just and right. I really enjoy RV members who intelligently reflect on the interview process itself. Was the guest actively challenged? Did the interview come prepared with engaging questions? Did the interview seem like it was a staged question & answer piece....and so forth. Thank you RV for your continued awesomeness!
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TSThe anger surfacing in the comment section and spilling into the streets is a conundrum. The following article attempts to pin point one source of this anger. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/06/authors-antifa-rioters-are-the-tech-economys-college-discards/
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bbWhat is this? We need people who ask hard questions, bring up obvious doubts and challenges to the narrative of the person being interviewed. I want their story inverted and brought back on them, so we can hear how thorough their own thought process is. I.e. you like gold?...ok so why wont gold work. You like centralized intelligent governance...ok... so what will prevent bias, personal agendas, greed and everything else weve seen throughout history from twisting this. You know what i mean. Please start challenging your interviewees more, ask them questions that are tough to answer, not simply agreeing. Devils advocate because there are many possible outcomes. Real vision is amazing but id love to see this element of it improve
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BD202 down to 130 up. Thumbs sum it up nicely!
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EVWhat a pair of wack jobs. Low quality people and content
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TE"Wouldn't it be great if we had a global surveillance system that..." No.
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DMGreat interview! Enjoyed learning about Metzl's viewpoint. And I agree, seeing interdependence among countries and responding to shared threats is needed. To succeed in the longterm, capitalism should include investing in "the world commons" (people, environmental health, sharing of public health knowledge and so on).
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CS"The United States invested heavily in resurrecting our worst adversaries real quikly after either dropping nuclear bombs on them or engaging in total war. The game plan was always to build the world that we want to live in." => As if the Marshall Plan and the parallel US soft-power initiatives were not in the service of the US gov fighting the Cold War. I also doubt that many in the Monroe-doctrined countries would see US actions there as benevolent, even at face value. I'd think a Darwin scholar and a geopolitical analyst would both express a more acute awareness of how power works -- are the conversants in the service of an undisclosed power ?
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SDnot too sure what the point of this video was in terms of real vision content. could happily not have watched this one im afraid.
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LSThanks to RV and to Dee, for demonstrating how dangerous the mindset of "experts" are, especially those who fit it to a T here --- a nice combination of marxist, globalist, and scientific materialist. It's funny when these guys talk about civics from their Manhattan million dollar apartments, while a riot is going on outside. Or what the country's identity was through the second World War, and how it changed dramatically after (it lost it), once rebellion and affluence came rushing in with a takeover of the godless university system. The richest part is this man talking about "values", or "best values" as if he even can consider the basis for any of these! He is an example of an intelligent man who is spiritually diseased (the common link of non-religious, religious ideologues) that has no idea how he and his family got here, and the underpinnings of that civilization, and why it prospered. When you hear people like this talk, be very aware that they have no clue how reckless and irresponsible their ideas truly are. They will sacrifice everything for Babel.
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RCThis is not useful.
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WAI highly encourage RV members to read Jamie's book "Hacking Darwin". There are some important hard ethical questions that need to be answered going forward with genetic engineering.
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KVIs this how world organizations thought process is these days!! It’s an easy WHO decision!!! Go against China and save millions of lives & trillions of economic GDP or ..... yuan bonus from CCP? People who think like this do not deserve to run anything!! They deserve war tribunal and erased from society. Reagan is out of context. Big government doesn’t mean better government. I trusted government until ~2007, but false causes for wars, bailouts, fed printing for the connected and complete Government incompetence (This SARS pandemic is symptom of the Systemic disease) is the reason I have absolutely no trust. In hindsight, USA government went amiss ~2001. Best to START OVER if we still have the SAME PEOPLE in charge of this new organization, bureaucracy or government.
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HvBaizuo comes to mind. Nuff said.
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Hv“Global safe spaces”. That was a kumbaya moment!
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HvI’m gonna take a guess; was in youth parliament. Naïvely enthusiastic comes to mind.
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DGI'm not sure why the negativity about this interview. I thought it was very interesting.
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GBA cursory review of the history of the 1960s would counter the guests suggestion the downward turn of US society started in the 1980s.
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DTSo, if black parents engineer white babies, would that solve the racism?
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DDWhat a dolt. As if it's hypocritical for a government official to advocate shrinking government. That's like saying a monarch can't decide to democratize a nation because he is using his own monarchic power to effect that change. And you want to talk about transfer payments from wealthy blue states to the disparity red states? Sure, let's have that talk. Let's talk about how we invested capital into Middle America and then proceeded to hollow it out in favor of sending USD and UST overseas. And to whose benefit? Of course the unholy alliance of the income-stabilized welfare recipients and the super rich in the developed urban areas where the poor can be crammed in cost-efficiently and made into vote cattle. The transfer is not dollars from blue states to red, it's blue state dollars backed by all of the power that the global dollar imperium can bring to bear crushing the red states. And what else have we done to ruin the nation? Unprecedented immigration over the last half century. Again, bringing in blue voters serving essentially no real purpose. No nation really *needs* immigrants and in the long run it destroys culture and social fabric.
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MKMakes sense that he’s a science-fiction novelist
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DSI am sorry, but I rarely see so much shallow thinking from an intelligent person in the first few minutes of a presentation. The word pander comes to mind. So far, a grab bag of one-liners without background. This is great for a comedian, but way off the mark here. Genghis Khan was politically innovative in war and peace. Pandemics are normal occurrence throughout history – not just human pandemics. The coronavirus happens to be worse than most flus, but not nearly as bad as the Black Death – 50% died. It is not a once in a hundred-year occurrence. It was not 100% stoppable. We are going through many changes rapidly. This does not mean everything is broken. Because I have so much respect for Mr. Smith, I will wade through this presentation tomorrow. I will take a non sequitur pill when I wake up. There is always hope that something important will be said. DLS
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DvWe can all stock-up and live in a shelter but the world is not coming to an end. We know that the economy is in bad shape but markets don't seem to care. We can go towards 4k in the SP500 in 2020 despite all the negative news. I think most people here are mostly interested in earning money, so I would like to see more videos on how to profit instead of all the doom and gloom.
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SWBefore WWII, republicans opposed FDR. This was bad. Then we had WWII and democrats and republics came together to support FDR or at least oppose him less. This was good. All it took was a world literally on the brink (yes). Now there's COVID and we're on the brink again from a virus that has killed 100s of millions (or could) and we haven't come together to consolidate enough power in the federal government. This is bad. Trump is bad.
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SSI could live with this. I think a lot of the tension we have is this kind of “forced diversity” where people feel like the can’t express and maintain their own identity, culture, and way of life. This is especially true of the middle class of developed nations that has been under so much pressure from Globalization. Something like a Global Order of unique nations would be good.
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RMA one hour long discussion of social collapse, genetic engineering and COVID 19 without any discussion of the implications of the genesis of the coronavirus?? For readers interested in a fascinating discussion of this see: https://medium.com/@yurideigin/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-through-the-lens-of-gain-of-function-research-f96dd7413748 No final conclusion is offered, but there is a good deal of interesting analysis presented. Now put the COVID19 aside, because gain of function virus research is ongoing NOW, globally, and no discussion is to be found here on the pro's and cons of this research, or what it might do to initiate the next pandemic. Re: Collapse. A democratic republic, "if you can keep it" requires an informed, civic-aware and engaged public as ultimate oversight. Not arguing here big gov or small gov, left gov or right gov, but hopefully we all want a functional gov that more or less meets it's objectives, what ever we collectively make them to be. Well the boomers, of which I am one, grew up actively engaged in the Vietnam "discussion" and then slowly over time, gave up on civic engagement and oversight as they strived towards a house in the suburb and three cars. We are now in the final stages of the boomers running things, and power will inevitably transition to the next generation, who will be engaged because my generation has left things a frightful mess. They will make a different set of mistakes, but also bring a breath of fresh air. Boomers unite! Retire and give up your power:} This conversation was an inch deep and a mile wide. Worse, it leaves me with no interest in pursuing either the book or any more Dee interviews.
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AMI know it is a shocking thing to say but a very few minutes into this conversation and I had to turn it off. I can't recall the last time I have done this as it would be a very long time ago.
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OCGreat interview!!! Nevertheless, it's disturbing that someone so smart supports the WHO and other corrupt organizations being lead by corrupt people such Tedros Adhanom. I understand the argument that we need organizations to support global issues but the problem is that it's so easy to place corrupt people in those positions of power. Another issue is that these organizations are so wasteful. I have a friend who works for UN and she getting paid lots of money for doing nothing.
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gjI try to seek out views that are different from my own because it helps me refine/ alter my own POV. In the case of Mr. Metzl's overview I would offer an opinion based on 40 years of living and traveling in the 3rd world, and having friends and relatives in dicey dangerous countries. Western intellectuals understanding of " shared" often means everyone else joining a sort of more brightly colored Enlightenment culture. There's a hope for a reign of the Philosopher Kings ( w/ me and my group being top king, of course) Rightly or wrongly there are millions - even billions who see it as oppressive, Dee Smith's gentle push back on the value of specialized systems vs. general systems is WELL worth continuing. Let's go for real diversity. As for me, I want to be a tough little mutant who can adapt to all sorts of situations and surprises, even pandemics and systemic collapses.
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HCOur country is founded on the principle that, while government is necessary, IT IS THE PROBLEM. Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,— it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. The people must be the "master" of government in order to master our destiny!
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KBI gave this a thumbs up because it presented a non-conventional view on an extremely fundamental matter: power, who has it, and how do you control those that that do. The Westphalian system established exclusive power belonging to nation states. The Covid-19 crisis demonstrated a horrific consequence of power being concentrated at the level of nation states: China covered up the outbreak and its severity, and other large national governments, such as the United States (as well as several other large nation states) were unable to respond quickly due to failures of large powerful rigid unaccountable federal bureaucracies (FDA-here's looking at you). In contrast, small homogeneous countries were able to respond quickly and decisively. Likewise, a number of states within the United States responded well. As Lord Acton famously stated "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." I therefore do not see the Utopian outcome that is envisioned by Jamie Metzl resulting from blanket shifting of power from nation states and concentrating it in large planet-encompassing authorities, Rather, I see a dystopian outcome resulting from this concentration of power, except for narrowly defined missions with appropriate balances against expansions of power. I concur that the world needs to move on from power strictions of the Westphalian system, of which the Covid-19 explosion is just one problematic manifestation. However, the future needs to involve a greater diffusion (not concentration) of power, at the expense of the sovereignty of nation states. That would involve some power of nation states being ceded to regional and world-wide organizations with power to address specific regional and world-wide threats, such as pandemics (we would not be in the situation that we are in today with Covid-19 if the WHO had such authority). However, it also would involve shifting of power from nation states to smaller governmental sub-divisions, such as states, which are more agile and responsive to its citizens.
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PBI'm astounded at the number of down votes and from reading through the comments. There really is little hope of a positive future without people changing how they think. I count many RV subscribers among the corps of people who have given up, among the corps of people who are incapable of thinking about alternatives for the future. Think. Get yourselves over the one-world government meme. (For those too obsessed with the tick up in $SPX this morning, the one-world government meme was addressed in the interview.) What is the alternative to working together? We have to figure it out. Yes, it is shameful that the last 40 years were hijacked. Prosecute those who failed us. Then move on. Get unstuck. The future doesn't exist yet. The future is not predetermined.
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BPJust more globalist garbage. Dangerous & Disgusting!!!!!
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MBGlobalist propoganda. Free speech allows expression of opinion but the radical left will shut down everything that they don't like just like the unjust censorship by big tech and the lying mainstream media
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JCDee Smith resorts to mainstream media type of sensationalism with titles like "World on the Brink", yet offers very little insights on the nuances behind the headline, and paths of possible future outcomes. I'm happy with not having to watch his interviews at all.
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PBI haven't started watching yet. When I landed on the page, I noticed a 1:2 ratio of thumbs up:thumbs down! Never seen this ratio before on any RV content. Starting now. Can't wait to see what my conclusions are going to be.
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PBI surely have a very different view on some of the topics discussed, but I nevertheless learned a few great new concepts! So thanks for this and please neglect the negative comments and keep sharing your ideas!
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DZHe suggested that because we did not support the un/who that is why we had this pendemic? I recall reading on the front page of WHO to keep traveling, not wearing maskes, cov does not spread easily, and so forth in February and into March. The WHO most likely contributed to more deaths then there would have. If an organization fails to provide the correct simple information its funding should be removed or at the least transfered to something that can.
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AMDid I just watch someone promote the idea of a one world Government? And that we don't have enough Government in our lives? I understand Real Vision's goal is to show diversity of opinions and subjects, but damn, what a wasted hour.
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MS"Maybe we need a world government" is he serious? Probably should vet out ppl who want to promote a single fascist entity controlling the planet from having the opportunity to speak on Real Vision It's good to have a diverse set of speakers (i.e. nice to have Krugman so we can understand how he thinks even though he'll never understand Bitcoin) but it might be good to avoid people actively promoting a fascist world agenda
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FWAnother Leftist megalomainiac. No doubt his gray matter will bring seven billion together in his utopia. Cannot wait for the end of the presentation to be 'enlightened'.
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SBDee mentioned that the Reagan movement toward less government has not served us well. I would humbly suggest that what we have today is exactly the opposite.
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WMStrongly disagree with many/most of the assumptions and assertions expressed in this video, but appreciate having access to this interview. Can't communicate this with the simple thumbs up/down.
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ABWe don't have capitalism in the US. It died in 1913. If I want to watch socialists have a discussion I could just tune into CNBC
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KC"We shoulds "can never happen - WHO proved that corruption is paid for - get rid of all corruption first - then his "We shoulds" can start to be considered - until then he is just dreaming.
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KC"We shoulds "can never happen - WHO proved that corruption is paid for - get rid of all corruption first - then his "We shoulds" can start to be considered - until then he is just dreaming.
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RDWhy have we not solved all these problems? Mankind is still driven by the stem brain....or....it's the greed, stupid!
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MENot smart enough to understand Mr. Dee. Jamie is brilliant.
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DPPropagandistic and desperate to show the US as a benevolent hemegon without showing the other side of the coin. It was interesting the first time(s) to understand how such story telling is done and structured to create a narrative and associated zeitgeist. Could we do more interviews like that with more in depth analysis to show the communication tricks used to be convincing/persuading? It would be more educational that way. Would love to more in depth interview on th Silicon Valley influence style as well, they are extremely good.
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PUsorry Dee, you won't rob me of my time this go around!
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JOPropaganda.
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JSWe need more UN, more WHO...are you kidding?
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LKThanks RV again for an insightful interview. I think Dee did a great job on challenging Jamie's ideas, while still being very diplomatic. There were a few key points that were forgotten inside the main topics of genetical engineering and global interdependence. Firstly I think one big problem, especially with GMO crops are the patents. With them it is possible to monopolize our food sources, which is the clear goal of Bayer-Monsanto. We cannot let the situation, where farmers do not own their seeds be the norm in the future. Secondly, the problem with a world government or anything like it is obviously corruption. This was not touched on by Jamie at all. I think that is the biggest threat and needs to have a solution between we even think about centralising our decision bodies further. The one thing I have to fully disagree with Jamie is the implication of a correlation between taxation and income equality. I am originally from Finland and there is one of the highest, if not the highest effective tax rate in the world and it has been around the same level for the last two to three decades. Still, the income inequality has steadily increased through the start of the millenia, so there has to be another explanatory factor. My insticts would say to look towards central banks and monetary policies, which has the greatest effect on income equality. Otherwise I found the interview pretty insightful and Jamie clearly has good intentions with his missions. Hopefully the results will refelct the intentions.
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MMCurrent free market system = too much of a good thing? I would argue the exact opposite, we have not had a free market system for quite a long time.
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YFPlease, excuse me for posting multiple posts. This guy is hilarious. Quick summary of what he is saying. We are in 1918. And there are two ways ahead of us: 1. Disconnected and dark one. 2. And a happy one, provided to us by progressive global organisations equiped with total servailance facilities. They all wait us on the other end of the road, that goes all the way through from 1918 to 1945, On my way to sign his interdependence constitution.
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YFRV I really want to thank you for putting this video together. I don't know what you intention was, but I find it extremely important to know, that there are people out there, that would cheerfully push me to a better "1945" like future. My antennas are now tuned for experts like that, so that if an excrement is born by any of them, I know where a fan and safe exit is.
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YFOh boy, here we go again. 1. Mr. Metzi should really have a quick look at statistics, that compares corona virus with flu. 2. "100% avoidable event" - it is as avoidable as car crash fatalities. You can engineer and build a 100% safe car. But at what cost? It seems a bit exaggerated to me to call any pandemic 100% avoidable. At least without mentioning economic implications. 3. "There was a guarantor that had a vision of what the world would look like". Thank you so much for leading all of us all these year! 4. It seems weird to me to put Syrian crisis in one line, with a modern financial one. 5. "USA invested early on in being not the sole hegemon.... we invested in raising our worst adversaries". Should have wipe them out back then. Is that what he saying? 6. "China is having a parasitic relationship with a system it is benefiting from". I thought I am familiar with rhetoric against China. I even agree with it to some extent. But this one looks like a complete joke. In which way exactly it is parasitic? Is it because China used to offer workers for USA factories at the cost of slaves? 7. "It began with Ronald Reagan". What, what, what? For God sake, He was the last decent president of yours. At least from an external standpoint. 8. "We've lost our way". Exactly! This guy contradicts himself in almost every sentence. You've lost your way because of a bloated governmental apparatus, which forces capital away from your country to Puerto Rico. I bet he is a big fan of AOC. Another "capital redistribution expert". 9. I'm really interested in how exactly people earn a badge like "geopolitical expert"? He sounds like those "economy experts", that struggle their whole live leaving from paycheck to paycheck. 10. Same with "technology" expert. Couch-quarterback. Every view deserves a discussion. Most of his are overly self-contradicting. What is that? Shameless plug of his new book? PC It's not a critic of RV. Videos of last few weeks were awesome.