5408 The Truth About Sadism! - Part 4
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
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🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Brief Summary
In this episode, we examine sadism, specifically in relation to children. We analyze the evolution of cruelty, emphasizing the role of tribal loyalty and nationalism. We discuss the harmful practices of education and punishment, advocating for a mindset that encourages curiosity and learning. Lastly, we critique credentialism in education and highlight the importance of engaging students. Throughout the episode, we share personal experiences and reflect on the societal suppression of children's skepticism and curiosity.
Chapters
0:00:00 Sadism Part 4: Exploring Sadism with regards to children
0:03:24 Evolution of cruelty and moral theories in human beings
0:06:01 Creating abstract values to enhance tribal unity and ferocity
0:09:59 Infusing children with a sense of tribal superiority
0:12:29 Loyalty to abstractions and the role of sports
0:20:01 The Time Spent on Sports: A Surprising Calculation
0:23:05 Breaking Children's Minds: The Role of Hatred and Loyalty
0:24:34 Breaking Children's Natural Empiricism
0:29:56 Prussian Education: Compliance and Conformity
0:34:05 The Importance of Understanding Opposing Beliefs
0:36:31 Indoctrination vs. Facilitation in Education
0:42:34 Catholic People's School: Resistance and Punishment
0:52:22 The Irrelevance of Credentialism
0:57:50 Credentialism Breeds Aggression and Sadism
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome of course to Sadism part four. Now of course because this is a presentation on |
| 0:06.0 | Sadism it's always going to be just a little bit longer than feels comfortable. |
| 0:10.3 | That's you understand that's just kind of inevitable. |
| 0:13.0 | So we're going to talk about sadism with regards to children. |
| 0:18.0 | Very, very misunderstood, unexplored a topic. And I'll make a couple of arguments here that may be a little |
| 0:26.2 | bit surprising hopefully you'll forgive me for the surprise and understand that I'm simply |
| 0:31.4 | doing an analysis of the evolution of cruelty |
| 0:37.6 | rather than a moral examination of its immorality, right? |
| 0:43.0 | So just talking about how it came about, right? |
| 0:46.2 | I mean, the fact that we have cruel instincts |
| 0:48.1 | is necessary for survival, that doesn't mean it's moral in a |
| 0:54.0 | civilizational way or from a civilizational standpoint. |
| 0:57.3 | So just understand we're talking about evolution, |
| 0:59.5 | not moral justification here. |
| 1:01.4 | So one of the things that really characterizes the modern world is the |
| 1:07.4 | centralization of a child abuse in the form of state education. |
| 1:15.0 | And this was the case, of course, when I was growing up more explicitly where children were allowed to be a hit, the hitting as a mechanism of control has largely been abandoned, but it's been replaced with increased propaganda and the drugging of children, right? |
| 1:33.6 | So mere hitting has been replaced with drugging, |
| 1:37.8 | which in many cases, which is, I don't know, man. |
| 1:41.7 | I wish we had neither, but so I want to make a case here about why cruelty |
| 1:49.7 | towards children has evolved, right? |
| 1:53.1 | So, of course, it's a war of all against all human beings |
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