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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

5657 Why People Vote Harder!

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

This lecture explores the connection between personal beliefs, societal pressures, and political support, using Kamala Harris as a case study. It highlights how individuals seek validation through conformity to accepted narratives, often prioritizing social standing over genuine assessment of facts. The speaker critiques the notion of morality shaped by social consensus and emphasizes the conflict between truth-seeking and social acceptance. Through analogies of bribery and punishment, the discussion frames compliance as a survival strategy. Ultimately, the lecture advocates for introspection to distinguish true beliefs from societal pressures in political endorsements.

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0:00.0

Question from Facebook.com. Why are there still rational people who will vote for Kamala Harris?

0:07.1

Well, it's not a question of reason, it's a question of self-praise.

0:12.3

It is the oldest trick in the book. It comes straight out of

0:15.7

advertising to some degree it comes out of certain kinds of religious approaches

0:19.7

and so on which is only good people believe in X, only bad people believe in Y.

0:28.0

Well you want to be a good person, don't you?

0:31.0

You don't want to be a bad person, so you better not believe in Y, you better believe

0:37.2

in X. Otherwise you're bad, and people won't like you. And you'll be attacked and rejected and you will suffer.

0:47.0

Right? So this is we see this happening all over the place all threat history with examples that are too numerous to even really go through.

0:57.6

So sexy men use this soap.

1:01.3

Attractive women use this soap.

1:03.0

this eyeliner.

1:04.0

And you don't want to be unattractive, you want to be attractive, don't you?

1:09.0

Guys with abs drink a lot of beer.

1:11.0

Right? I mean, it's all... This dress looks fantastic on this

1:16.7

genetic abnormal woman. This one in ten thousand women with the correct body

1:22.0

fat and a high metabolism, this dress looks great on her.

1:26.6

You want to look like this woman, so wear this dress.

1:30.0

I mean it is all, you know, when I have to go every couple of years to get my new prescription

1:34.4

for glasses.

1:37.0

These people look fantastic with these glasses on because they're really good looking people.

1:43.0

You want to be good looking, so clearly you need to wear these glasses.

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