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On Today's Episode:
You should be aware of social inequalities that perpetuate injustice, but where does awareness cross the line and potentially become harmful to you and the society you're part of?
Konstantin Kisin is a comedian, social commentator and podcast host of the show TRIGGERnometry which celebrates freedom of speech. He's had guest on such as Bill Maher and Ben Shapiro while tackling the harder conversations around woke culture, war, and highly sensitive politics most people avoid.
Konstantin has been named Jewish comedian of the year and has played at some of the UK's biggest comedy clubs. In this two part episode Konstantin is discussing woke culture, the idea that victimhood sells and is therefore incentivized to younger people.
Tom and Konstantin explore the Western culture values that should be preserved and the danger of a toxic culture that rather complain about injustices that actually go to work on finding real solutions and fixing problems/
The idea of trading things that work for ideas that merely sound good is discussed quite a bit and it's influenced by Thomas Sowell's quote from his book Is Reality Optional, 'much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.'
QUOTES:
'The very best things that I've experienced has been the result of overcoming adversity.'
'If you have a system which amplifies ideas that sound good but don't work that's how you end up in the position that we're in.'
'There are things that will cause human suffering now that will cause human flourishing ten years from now. Delayed gratification.'
'As someone who has experienced racism, I don't think it should be illegal to be racist or to say racist things. It should be illegal to discriminate against people because of their race, [...] but people should be allowed to have and express pretty much any opinion in my view.'
'In many ways I would argue that free speech is unnatural and that's why it has to be fought for repeatedly.'
Follow Konstantin Kisin:
Website: http://konstantinkisin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin
Podcast: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/konstantinkisin/
I will never ask for your contact info in the comments section, that is someone impersonating me!
@BhaktiSondraShaye Says:
I would have liked to hear more from Konstantin and less from the host. Just a thought
@popokiobake Says:
No sound - WTFH...
@fabiomantegazza9660 Says:
They are not idiots, unfortunately. They are corrupt, selfish, power hungry, short sighted devils who want to enslave the people in the societies they claim to manage for everyone's benefit, when they are actually msnaging for their own benefit.
@racheldelilah Says:
I am so incredibly thankful for Konstantin ❤ He put my thoughts into better words than I could. @1:43:43 I’m in my mid thirties and I always hear about how the birth rate is so low because women don’t want to have kids- it’s frustrating to hear because that’s not at all the case for me! I’ve wanted kids since I was a kid myself. It’s very sad to face that it might not happen….
And @2:17:50 , it’s just nice to feel seen. I know I’m not that age yet but I’m also concerned, and he is so kind to mention it too, I’m glad he’s seeing it and acknowledging it 🙏❤️ So many people talk about women as if they’re worthless after a certain age and that scares me
@timwestcott361 Says:
Does that include - Trump and Putin ?
@MB-wq1hm Says:
This is true, just look at NYC and seattle.
@kingadatoma Says:
Free speech is forbiden in some places because it determis the political power to loose his power.
@noidontthinksolol Says:
thank russia and china, they are destabilizing our societies and posioning people to gain political supremacy.
@wes5619 Says:
Well, everyone insists on pushing religion to the forefront. Religion will be the end of society if left unchecked.
@melaniewerner5430 Says:
25:50 ‚The liberal, secularized state lives from conditions that it itself cannot guarantee“. Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde.
@kauinoa2004 Says:
1:11:21 I have to say I’m with Konstantin here. I’ve never owned a company, I’m not particularly ambitious - I think it’s a psychological block if I’m being honest - but I have been the Executive Director for quite a while and enjoyed authority over other people the least of all my job duties. I was good at it, I’m have good managerial skills and I actually tend towards the same style of finding people with strong skills and giving them the authority to do things, but I did not at all enjoy exercising authority, and I didn’t even have the power of not being fireable as I did answer to a board.
@JSSDF1 Says:
Lost me on the Communism thing. Thats pure Western Agenda. 🤣
@pjmoviecompany3171 Says:
bring back racism
@andyenev Says:
In Europe for sure! So ignorant: Macron, Starmer, Merts .....
@bibianaculver799 Says:
Who is Tomas Sa?
@Bazravish69 Says:
Imagine thinking Ray Dalio is a bastion of wisdom lol. This host is such a goof. People who get 'obsessed with quotes' usually are.
@Bazravish69 Says:
Modern university is designed around women, because women are the best consumers. Marketing victimhood to women is like giving candy to a baby. They are largely visionless idiots who want a nerfed world, and it's being sold to them for a price they can't begin to comprehend.
@jamesdavidson676 Says:
Woke people are very severely damaged.
@SumitGhosh-s1n Says:
Who told you "sanctity of individual" is only something western? Japan,India and a lot many other countries value the same. There is a long tradition of that.
@irinaellis2446 Says:
Konstantin 👏👏👏
@KerryHeath-t4i Says:
The victimhood force is strong in Australia...at all levels.
@ddhqj2023 Says:
Yet when the Palestinians 'pick up their weapons' to end their slavery/oppression, he's totally against that. Typical Republican, hypocrite to the core.
@ronwalker4998 Says:
But conservatives haven't gone to far .. right, got it
@trozan2355 Says:
Who is the host and who is the guest😂. I guess we r here to listen to the guest😅
@louiscypher4275 Says:
You're reading too much into all men are created equal. It just means nobody is better than anybody else. At birth. By your logic, women are not created equal. Talk about mind virus.
@sinivlogzz Says:
Us ,s involmnt cant be ignrd.pp
@nearcanceled Says:
You two are amazing! Thank you, for an intelligent and honest conversation!!!
@danieladragomir-i7t Says:
Here is some constructive criticismn: Tom, you need to listen as well to your guests. Your podcast can be difficult to listen to because you're are talking for 70% of the time
@MaggieKnowsNothing Says:
2:34:28 Or to get to that point where you have a collective society without enforcing violence you might need time to grow specific ideas in people’s minds! Could one argue that Scandinavian countries are collective societies in principle? As well as France and Germany?
@lcraver4797 Says:
"Communism hasn't really been tried" ?!?
One could equally well argue Naziism has never truly been tried - after all it only had 6 years before war so how is that a reasonable "test"?
Obviously that's an absurd argument but then so is the claim concerning Communism.
@derberggraf5297 Says:
„Idiots are taking over the world.“ You were right!
A deranged Idiot, convicted felon, insurrectionist and self - proclaimed dictator is at least taking over the U?SA.
@stephensuddick1896 Says:
Abject drivel and tripe. He doesn't even know what the term means.
@sansocie Says:
In totalitarianism, the individual is destroyed for the good of the State.
Capitalism, the individual is destroyed for the good of the market.
Sorry, I'll take a hard pass.
@rohitcbscient Says:
Individual rights relevance is not a characteristic of Western culture as a whole; it is an expression of democracy, a recent phenomenon in Western superpowers (France/UK/Germany/Italy). The freedom to advance in science and tech comes from liberal systems and economic prosperity, which you can find in centralised ruled states, too. For the latter, colonialism is very much part of this narrative. This line of thinking is misleading.
@primodernious Says:
when you ban the lanaguage used to keep the people that are at the bottom of society from reaching the top you get destruction of society. the people who created this chaos i know who they are but they will never be revealed to the public cause they even control speech itself.
@kimtorres5458 Says:
Real victims you hardly hear from them they move on with their lives and don’t want to be looked at as victims
@kimtorres5458 Says:
They not victims they want attention they need to get off their lazy butts and go to wk. and get in the real world
@kimtorres5458 Says:
Stop normalizing it
@kimtorres5458 Says:
Idiots and radical insanity the woke movement is toxic the devil is leading the woke ..democrats and he got on every big platform and built himself a army stole their souls and now they devil influences using their movements and platforms to lure people in. It’s chaotic destruction Americans r fed up vote trump
@kimtorres5458 Says:
Idiots and radical insanity the woke movement is toxic the devil is leading the woke ..democrats and he got on every big platform and built himself a army stole their souls and now they devil influences using their movements and platforms to lure people in. It’s chaotic destruction Americans r fed up vote trump
@jamesgoyette810 Says:
Tom, you should seek Jesus... I can only imagine the good you could do for the world by helping to spread the good news. May Jesus show himself to you, he will show himself to all those who call out his name. God Bless.
@jamesgoyette810 Says:
It's not bad to say that men and women have roles in society and relationships. Yes, a woman should sleep with her husband often, sometimes even when she is not in the mood. Just as a husband should protect and provide for his wife and care for her emotional needs even when he is not in the mood for that. Let's be honest we are both not in the mood, plenty... however, in the bible, it calls us to put each other ahead of our own personal needs. This is why. It's supposed to be doing for your spouse rather than doing what you don't want. Ya know?
@jamesgoyette810 Says:
Tom is a materialist, I guess? Seems to me that this is a very depressing worldview. Starts with an evolutionary worldview. Jesus saves.
@John-l3t7g Says:
"Woke" is what used to be called "having common decency". Not being a racist or a bigot, etc. Today the term woke is only used by those on the Right of politics to denigrate those who disagree with them.
@karantov1 Says:
I turned this one off after about 4 minutes of tallking Kisin's take on the Ukraine war is ridculously incorrect. Hes so ignorant on this subject its shocking and I would love for the day he meets someone who can explain to him the reality of the situation. If Ukaine joins NATO that means Nuclear weapons will be 6 minutes from Moscow. Moscow will automate their defenses. Makin Skynet a real thing. God these people are so bloody stupid.
@jessewest2109 Says:
Dudes a wokie. Can't take criticism of you know what.
It was funny to watch all these guys fall right in line. Hilarious
@walterrojas2761 Says:
The emphasis in ‘freedom’ and ‘individual’ as superior western ideas is so self indulgent and culturally centric.
@anyacaspari9064 Says:
They will never be happy
They don’t consider them selves capeble
@anyacaspari9064 Says:
Love Konstantine is right!
We created victims is a a diminishing self worth!
And deserves to do less
It is a positive to work and aspire to!
Communism disables.
Suffering we can overcome and not be
Victims because you have no
Aspiration but you have expectations
That’s our society has stopped functioning
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