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The famous anthropologist Jane Goodall, at, of course, a World Economic Forum, pines for a world pop of just 500 million people. The 'fact' checkers will say that she is not CALLING for a massive depopulation, which is true, but not the point. That its her reference point is what is interesting, and you would think people would want to ask follow up questions, such as, "ARE you calling for a depopulation to that level? If not, what target should we go for?" And, "HOW do you propose we make that target." But as you can see, the interviewer thinks its a rather banal statement, and moves on... This is a clip used under the fair use provision. The full length video is available on YT. I do not own the underlying video. For the video I composed featuring this clip, "They Want you Dead" click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrMr8RkiH0

While the cat's away, the mouse will play. The fam is out of the house so the PK2 is going to do some more testing of his streaming set up, reviewing some memes, holding forth with dazzling insight... you know, everything we expect from the newest iteration of THE PHILOSOPHER KING!

"Dr. Doom" Eric Pianka pined for the deaths of 90% of the world's population, suggesting that what would be 'best' is if Ebola became airborne and wiped us out quickly. Our current hope -- according to Dr. Pianka, speaking before the Texas Academy of Science, March 2-4, 2006 -- is that AIDS will kill off the Africans. He blames 'organized religion' for everything. In this first hand report, it is reported: "When Pianka finished his remarks, the audience applauded. It wasn't merely a smattering of polite clapping that audiences diplomatically reserve for poor or boring speakers. It was a loud, vigorous and enthusiastic applause." https://web.archive.org/web/20060407005601/http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2006/2006-04-07/feature1p/ The only partial transcript the PhilosopherKing 2.0 is aware of is located here: https://tld2012.tumblr.com/post/31452589507/dr-doom-pianka-speaks The full audio must exist somewhere, and from it we might be able to get the full transcript. If anyone has it, please send to philosopherking2.0@gmail.com for wider distribution. Please see this video on this channel for a longer discussion about how 'they' want us all dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrMr8RkiH0

Dr. Eric "Doom" Pianka leads off this video, hoping that ebola wipes out 90% of the world's population. But he is no outlier. The 'elites', or whatever you want to call them, think there are too many of us. They think the earth is going to DIE because of it. With stakes that high, is there anything they won't do? On the other hand, if you get rid of the people, who will clean your toilet? Inquiring minds, such as Kelly Osbourne want to know! The trick is to get rid of MOST of the people, but leave some workers... some nice illegal immigrants should do the trick... to be your waiter, mow your lawn, unclog your toilet, and otherwise do all the stuff that you don't want to do. That's the leftist dream, right there. We give a shout out to the Georgia Guidestones, euthanasia gone wild in Canada, with physician-assisted suicide now whacking 10,000 Canadians a year, and good ol' Jane Goodall, pining for the days when there were only five hundred million people on the planet. Can we ever get back? Such a big problem, but they are awfully mum about solutions! As a stop-gap there is abortion on demand, but that's not going to get far enough. Coming off of the COVID pandemic, these 'conspiracies' seem more plausible than ever. But what does plausibility have to do with it? It's not a conspiracy if they are saying it straight up! Here are the relevant links to sources cited: Dr. Doom Pianka's video before the Texas Science Society: [Link forthcoming] See also: https://tld2012.tumblr.com/post/31452589507/dr-doom-pianka-speaks and https://web.archive.org/web/20060407005601/http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2006/2006-04-07/feature1p/ To see Jeremy Warner argue that killing off the old people is good for the economy, go here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200317133346/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/03/03/does-fed-know-something-rest-us-do-not-panicked-interest-rate/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw To watch Kelly Osbourne put her foot in her mouth on The View, look here: [Link forthcoming] To see Canada joining Europe and some 'liberal' US states in building a disposable society, go here: https://news.yahoo.com/does-canada-assisted-suicide-too-101610364.html To get a hold of Binding and Hoche's argument that killing off the disabled is both good for the disabled AND the economy, "Allowing the Destruction of Life Unworthy of Life" go here: https://amzn.to/3W410mP To see Goodall before the World Economic Forum pining for the days when there were only 500,000,000 people on the planet, go here: [Link forthcoming] To see David Attenborough's cameo in the WEF's sober judgement (in 2018) that we need to de-populate the planet ASAP, go here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/david-attenborough-warns-planet-cant-cope-with-overpopulation/

This is a short video to test out my setup for live streaming. For fun, I'll bounce off of a few memes just to give me something to talk about.

With Elon now in charge of Twitter, I've decided to join the platform. Twitter is a cess pool and that will probably always bee the case, but if its going to stink I may as well add my stink to it. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/philosophking2 I expect Youtube to always be my main platform, even though it, too, is run by fascists. However, it definitely is easier to respond quickly to fast moving events on Twitter. So, like/subscribe/follow in both places!

An excerpt from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's letter from a concentration camp to friends about HOW STUPID PEOPLE ARE. This is a shorter version to make it easier to share on social media. This 'meme edition' distills Bonhoeffer's main points into just two about 3 minutes. Because he dared to join the plot to assassinate Hitler, he was hung to death by special order shortly before his camp was liberated by the allies. The full length version can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmzADhlAJdc The text in this video is pasted below. Source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from ‘After Ten Years’ in Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works/English, vol. 8) Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010. Dietrich Bonhoeffer: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous. [...] Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or of a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity. [...] The power of the one needs the stupidity of the other. [...] Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil. This is where the danger of diabolical misuse lurks, for it is this that can once and for all destroy human beings. Yet at this very point it becomes quite clear that only an act of liberation, not instruction, can overcome stupidity. [...] The word of the Bible that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom declares that the internal liberation of human beings to live the responsible life before God is the only genuine way to overcome stupidity."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian executed by Hitler shortly before his concentration camp was liberated. In this letter to friends, Bonhoeffer uttered a profound truth about the 20th Century Man: He is stupid; Stupidity is more dangerous even than evil; Against Stupidity We are Defenseless; There is no reasoning with Stupid people... only 'liberating' them. The full text of the letter is below: ‘Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed- in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous. ‘If we want to know how to get the better of stupidity, we must seek to understand its nature. This much is certain, that it is in essence not an intellectual defect but a human one. There are human beings who are of remarkably agile intellect yet stupid, and others who are intellectually quite dull yet anything but stupid. We discover this to our surprise in particular situations. The impression one gains is not so much that stupidity is a congenital defect, but that, under certain circumstances, people are made stupid or that they allow this to happen to them. We note further that people who have isolated themselves from others or who live in solitude manifest this defect less frequently than individuals or groups of people inclined or condemned to sociability. And so it would seem that stupidity is perhaps less a psychological than a sociological problem. It is a particular form of the impact of historical circumstances on human beings, a psychological concomitant of certain external conditions. Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or of a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity. It would even seem that this is virtually a sociological-psychological law. The power of the one needs the stupidity of the other. The process at work here is not that particular human capacities, for instance, the intellect, suddenly atrophy or fail. Instead, it seems that under the overwhelming impact of rising power, humans are deprived of their inner independence, and, more or less consciously, give up establishing an autonomous position toward the emerging circumstances. The fact that the stupid person is often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that he is not independent. In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like that have taken possession of him. He is under a spell, blinded, misused, and abused in his very being. Having thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil. This is where the danger of diabolical misuse lurks, for it is this that can once and for all destroy human beings. ‘Yet at this very point it becomes quite clear that only an act of liberation, not instruction, can overcome stupidity. Here we must come to terms with the fact that in most cases a genuine internal liberation becomes possible only when external liberation has preceded it. Until then we must abandon all attempts to convince the stupid person. This state of affairs explains why in such circumstances our attempts to know what ‘the people’ really think are in vain and why, under these circumstances, this question is so irrelevant for the person who is thinking and acting responsibly. The word of the Bible that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom declares that the internal liberation of human beings to live the responsible life before God is the only genuine way to overcome stupidity. ‘But these thoughts about stupidity also offer consolation in that they utterly forbid us to consider the majority of people to be stupid in every circumstance. It really will depend on whether those in power expect more from people’s stupidity than from their inner independence and wisdom.’ -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from ‘After Ten Years’ in Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works/English, vol. 8) Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010.

The only way to go back to normal is for everyone to get J@bbed! Do your part, America! You aren't one of those SELFISH folks who HATE people, are you? This refreshing and inspiring 'commercial' will overcome any 'hesitancy.' Share it far and wide with those who need a gentle reminder that the v-x is 'safe and effective' ... so what is their excuse!?!?! Needless to say, this video also includes the appropriate disclaimers. 1., it isn't a real commercial. 2., to protect ourselves, the call to action in the first 30 seconds is balanced out with 13 minutes of adverse reactions (our bad: we deleted 10 minutes of them, so caveat emptor) and 3., we have self-fact-checked ourselves below. 4., there is not a single thing untrue about what is being shared here. We have merely urged people to get their booster and read, verbatim, from a report issued in early 2021. 4. Needless-needless to say, this is cross posted at Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1994144 Background: one of our major vaccine producers released a major report after about a year of distribution, termed the "postmarketing experience." In Appendix 1, we are treated to a "List of Adverse Events of Special Interest." Download the report, here: https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf Conclusion: It is SAFE AND EFFECTIVE you selfish mofo. GET BOOSTED. FACT CHECK: Lest anyone comes away with the wrong impression here that we are trying to do anything but persuade people to take the vuxxes, we include these helpful links 'correcting' any mistaken interpretations viewers might have. Per the study itself: "An accumulation of adverse event reports (AERs) does not necessarily indicate that a particular AE was caused by the drug; rather, the event may be due to an underlying disease or some other factor(s) such as past medical history or concomitant medication." This is undeniably true. GET BOOSTED. And an 'independent' fact checker re-iterates: "[T]he cited document doesn’t show known side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, it collects data on adverse events reported following vaccination. On their own, these reports don’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the adverse event and don’t provide evidence that the vaccine is unsafe." https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/pfizers-confidential-document-shows-adverse-events-reported-following-vaccination-it-doesnt-demonstrate-vaccine-caused-events-or-is-unsafe/ I know what you are thinking: It might not 'necessarily indicate', but it 'possibly does.' Or, the reports "don't demonstrate" but it isn't ruled out, either. YOU SELFISH SELFISH BASSTURD, it is SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. GET BOOSTED and STOP HATING PEOPLE. My public service is completed. GET YOUR BOOSTER SO WE CAN GO BACK TO NORMAL!!!!

People throw around the word 'fascism' without knowing what it actually means. Actual Fascism was put on display thanks to the TwitterFiles posted on Elon Musk's Twitter this last week. In this video, The Philosopher King 2.0 argues that the core feature of 'fascism' is the government control of privately owned 'means of production.' Twitter was directed by agents of the US Government to violate its own policies in regards to Trump and conservatives, and they complied... a little too willingly, if ya know what I mean. On this definition of 'fascism,' the real fascists are not the ones people normally on the receiving end of that label. But regardless of how you define it, it is clear that there are certain folks who are willing to stop at nothing to ensure that dissenters are silenced, leaving only THEIR voices heard. Just in case the fascists turn their attention to the Philosopher King 2.0, be sure to also subscribe at Rumble.com: https://rumble.com/c/c-1994144

It is astonishing how much we look up to our politicians. They deserve their 'hero' status, but that is not a good thing. America is doomed if it continues to rely on politicians for their health and wealth. Hint: America IS doomed. Is there anything YOU can do? I say "Yes." Sorta.

You get what you think you're going to get in this video, and its all to help the medicine go down more easily. Why do we fall for click bait? How is it used against us? Isn't it time to rise above the propaganda and lies? You can think about it in this video filled with puppy dogs, kittens, and MORE. The woke mob infests Big Tech, which is why I have a companion channel at the more free speech friendly platform, Rumble. Here is the link: https://rumble.com/c/c-1994144

I signed up for Kinesis Money, and I have words. This is an intriguing platform that aims to meld the blockchain with physical gold and silver. In this video, I tell about my experience signing up and making my first trade. I list some of the best features (per my interests) and issue a couple of complaints (minor). In the final analysis, I prefer my physical gold to be, well, physical. There are some practical considerations that drive me to have more physical silver than gold, but I still wanted to access the upside of gold. The hybrid approach that Kinesis offers instills confidence, as it has a 1 to 1 correspondence between their gold and silver 'tokens' and actual physical metals in their vaults. To hear more about my views on silver, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-txLhtDeYQ If you want to sign up for Kinesis and wish to use my referral link, you may do so here: https://kms.kinesis.money/signup/KM13876425 (After you go through the qualifying hurdles, you'll get 1/2 ounce of silver.) Kinesis allows you to buy gold and silver via fiat currencies, but I bought mine using Bitcoin. Other cryptocurrencies, such as XRP, are available as well. Other fiat currencies are available too, for that matter.

We like to think that our beliefs are arrived at independently and are grounded on firm evidence. But what if this is a self-delusion? What if our smug self-satisfaction is standing in the way of an astonishing discovery: WE HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED into our positions! All around us are signs that powerful interests seek to mold and shape public opinion in order to further their own ends. It is worse than that. We have been studied. Analyzed. Categorized. Beginning in particular in the Progressive Era with the advent of the "Administrative State" (read: the MANAGED state), and arcing into the realms of the behavioral psychologists, humans have been reduced to veritable dogs at the mercy of our Statist Pavlovs. Important questions arise: on what basis, really, rest our most firmly held values and beliefs? If it was inserted into our brains by our Minders, how would we know this? How can we tell the difference between our own thoughts, and theirs? Is it so bad, parroting the mantras the Elite want us to parrot? Surely such rich and powerful people would only indoctrinate us for our own good, right? Right? In this video, we raise reasonable doubt. In future videos, we will probe further. In the meantime, you've got some reading to do. Featured in this video is Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda (and literally the author of a book by the same name). He himself states that he was influenced by Wilfred Trotter and Walter Lippmann. Here are (affiliate) links to their books: By Bernays: "Crystallizing Public Opinion" - https://amzn.to/3AfxulM "Propaganda" - https://amzn.to/3X2b3KR His essay, "The Engineering of Consent" can be found via search engine. "Public Opinion: The Original 1922 Edition" - https://amzn.to/3TDKKYz "Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War" - https://amzn.to/3UXPTvC As a bonus, you might be interested in Noam Chomsky's "The Manufacturing of Consent." - https://amzn.to/3O4wp6j Chomsky's book is a disappointment in most respects, but it is on topic, and at least does have a good number of interesting anecdotes.

In the US, it feels like Republican vs Democrat, but more broadly, what we are witnessing is a global alignment into two groups: those who live in reality and those who don't; people who know where their food comes from (farms), and those who don't (grocery stores). They want to 'save the earth' but then are shocked when their prices sky-rocket. They plant corn expecting a cucumber. The reality, however, is ALWAYS that we reap what we sow. Politically, yes, but also in our daily lives. If you want to have a happy and successful life, you have to do the things that will make that more likely than not, and avoid the things that will create the opposite effect. Time is short. Don't live in fantasy-land. Live in reality.

We are always choosing the lesser of evils, which is sad and tragic, but the way it is. Heading into the 2022 election, it seems the electorate is quite sure which party is the 'lesser of evils.' Still, there are real differences between the parties, and this was made apparent during the COVID years. More broadly, the Trump economy is obviously superior to the Biden economy--and one should not think it is an accident that one was Republican and the other Democrat. STILL, the Republican Party has serious problems: it supports the Patriot Act, continues spending us into massive debt, and is ultimately co-opted by powerful special interests. What, then, should we do? The Philosopher King 2.0 has advice, but the chief takeaway is, dear GAWD, don't vote for a Democrat!

Inflation is kicking the butts' of the lower and middle classes in the US and the world. The conventional view is that the US Government views this as bad. There is just one thing: the US Government is massively in debt; if it raises the interest rates to curb inflation, it will also have to pay higher interest on that debt. HOWEVER, if you pay off your debt with dollars of less value, and keep the interest rates low, that is actually to the Government's advantage! Money-printing has been a go-to strategy for indebted nations for a very long time. Oh yea, its also why they often spiral into hyper-inflationary chaos. So, there is that. IF... and that's a big IF, here... higher inflation is their intended goal, then everyone and their mother is going to have to go back to the drawing board and re-evaluate what our best course forward is. Is the Fed actually glad that inflation is high? If not this time, sometime in the future, when the dam finally breaks, they definitely will be glad they have that printing press at their disposal! Quoted in this video is Adam Fergusson's "When Money Dies."

Overwhelmed by news reports warning of nuclear war, a collapsing economy, or the next 'pandemic'? Do you feel the dark tidings but don't know where to start, or even if it is worth trying? This video gives three practical tips for "reducing dependencies and increasing independencies." Take these tips to heart and you not only have a (modest) hedge against future doom but you also have some smart moves you can do right now that will help you even if that doom delays its coming. Don't worry about the things you can't control. But here are three things that ARE within your control. Do this, or something like it. The Philosopher King has spoken.

In one of the many classic scenes from the Princess Bride, Westley agonizes over not having a wheelbarrow. Luckily for him, he did in fact have one. Watch the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeO3jMZphhs This video will discuss the need to take stock of our 'assets' and 'liabilities' and encourage people not to overlook their 'wheelbarrows.' For those who have recently awakened to the growing chaos in the world and are wondering where to start, the Philosopher King 2.0 proposes herein several practical steps. The main message, however, is "However you start... START." Experienced 'preppers' may extract a nugget or two from the video but the people who are new to post-apocalyptic considerations should find several useful practical steps.

[Like and Subscribe!] Zombie movies and post-apocalyptic movies have turned into entertainment and tired cliches what ought to be fodder for serious philosophic introspection on the human condition. Intellectually, we know horrific 'black swan' events are possible, perhaps even likely, given a long enough time line, but few people LIVE as though they are possible. If you are wise, you will be among the few.

Despite ample warnings from history and philosophers, the masses become mobs, leaving destruction in their wake. Writers such as Jacques Ellul ("Propaganda") and George Orwell ("1984" the '2 minutes of hate') made it clear that inciting hatred was the ACTUAL TACTIC of the elite technocrats. Will we ever learn? The Philosopher Kings must.

In this world of chaos, its time to think about how to chart your own course. Your own welfare depends on it, and in helping yourself and your family you can help others. Plato talked about having 'philosopher kings.' We're going to talk about how each of us can, and should, be philosopher kings. Consider this the first of many on the topic.