Lions vs. Scavengers: Saving the West | 5-Minute Videos | PragerU

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The West is in a war for its survival, but it's not the war most people think. It’s an existential conflict, as Ben Shapiro describes it, between lions and scavengers. The scavengers have the advantage. They have figured out how to use the lions’ virtues against them. So how do the lions fight back, and win? ▶️ Watch more episodes of 5-Minute Videos at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://l.prageru.com/4lCX76A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⭐ Did you enjoy this episode? Follow the show, leave a rating, and share it with someone who needs to hear this conversation! 👉 What else is PragerU unpacking? From timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager to unfiltered Real Talk with Marissa Streit — discover your next favorite at PragerU.com/podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://l.prageru.com/40ZbPLH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow PragerU: YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@PragerU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/prageru⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/prageru⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/prageru⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Rumble: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/PragerU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PragerU Español: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@esPragerU⁠⁠ Follow Ben Shapiro: YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BenShapiro⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/officialbenshapiro/⁠⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠⁠https://x.com/benshapiro⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5	We are not just in a clash of civilizations.
0:34.9	We are in a clash within civilization, a clash between lions, those who wish to
0:39.9	build, and scavengers, those who wish to destroy. The scavengers for too long have been winning.
0:45.6	They have been winning because the lions got complacent. In their complacency, the lions forgot
0:50.9	how to defend their civilization, or even that their civilization required defending.
0:56.1	And the scavengers grew ravenous.
0:58.4	The scavengers hit upon a brilliant strategy.
1:00.9	What if they could turn one of the great strengths of the lion against himself, that is,
1:05.3	the lion's willingness to admit error?
1:07.7	In 1946, in the aftermath of World War II, anthropologist Ruth Benedict wrote a famous
1:13.0	book titled The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, an attempt to understand the differences between America
1:18.1	and her approach to war and that of the Japanese army. She hit upon a fundamental distinction,
1:24.2	the distinction between what she termeded guilt cultures and shame cultures.
1:29.0	Guilt cultures, said Benedict, were frequently present in societies that inculcated absolute
1:34.2	standards of morality and relied on people developing a conscience. Guilt is a private
1:39.3	phenomenon. We beat ourselves up when we sin. And this means we also confess our sins and repent of them.
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