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The Next video. A critique of Liberalism
🕑 Added 2022-02-05 11:47:03 +0000 UTCI have started writing the next video after Greece, since I finished my art and am waiting for paid artists to finish now. So I shall give you access to the work server, and also to the script.
Server: https://discord.gg/TSJEbX4cAq
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMP6rwauGzunYvXT_AbVjs4Y47xquAt15s5jvKMPSak/edit?usp=sharing
I feel like I need to clarify what this is, since my initial description probably didn't do it justice.
This video will be a critique of Liberalism. Specifically a critique of something called "Whig history". Whig history basically is an interpretation of history as a narrative of a human struggle for a natural state of liberty. It is an outdated and old idea (as the name kind of gives away) But it is one that is surprisingly finding a lot of new support among liberals. Now, I am a Liberal myself, so this may come as a surprise to you. But, I value introspection and self reflection, and in particular - I value self critique. I have taken snipes at whig history before in many of my videos, specifically whenever I use the meme of the English man claiming that "English democracy is the only true for of democracy" but I have admittedly critiqued Marxist and nationalist interpretations and narratives of history more.
My intention is to use the example of the collapse of the medieval hungarian kingdom, to show that there is no such thing as a natural state of liberty, or a natural drive for a state of liberty.
Then cement the point further with the examples of the collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the collapse of the Venice Republic.
Then finally I would like to end the video by looking on the America of the late 19th century, it's almost completely unregulated market, and how it created oligarchic structures that basically proved the Jeffersonian dream of the decentralized America of craftsmen to be untrue. With my final point being, that liberalism has a weakness of romanitizising political development and show apathy towards the creation of dangerous and undemocratic oligarchic structures.
Comments
A history of liberalism would be great! I have no idea why, but I really think that we have Liberalism since life is messy and complicated; so it is more productive to prioritize common goals instead of familial differences. Looking forward to learning from more researched opinions!
Hello. I'm a libertarian myself. I used to be a socialist (heck, I voted for Bernie), but I read and listened to a lot of Milton Friedman (Free to Choose is a masterpiece), Thomas Sowell (Uncommon Knowledge Podcast), and John Stossel (to a much lesser extent because he's somewhat of a demagogue). Anyways, I think their conclusions are much more coherent than what the opposition offers, and I would love to hear about your opinions on them. Especially because some of them (particularly the points about late 18th century America) seem related to the topic you intend on discussing. But yeah, cheers mate! I'm sure you'll kill it!
