One thing I have noticed is that scapegoating is becoming endemic in every aspect of political discussion of late. The most obvious example currently is the establishments ongoing propaganda program to shift the blame for all of the worlds problems on to white people and in particular white men.
Even the truth seeker community is engaging in this activity all over the place. It seems like everywhere I turn I hear people telling me that literally everything is the fault of either the Democrats, Jews, Jesuits or Freemasons. There's usually no room for exceptions at all.
The truth is that the fault for the ills of the world lies within all of us. We are the ones who vote for corrupt politicians and whatever brand of ideological poison the people at the top are pushing is not really important.
We are the ones who have abandoned the principles of natural/Gods law in favour of the rules and regulations dreamed up by those who would rule us. We are the ones who have embraced hedonism and degeneracy leaving our moral and spiritual principles by the wayside
Jews, Jesuits and Freemasons would have no power over us had we not collectively embraced the corruption that they have tempted us with, it's a simple fact.
If you want to change the world then begin with changing yourself.
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This video is designed to help students, lifelong learners and professionals understand the Fallacy of Scapegoating -- a common mistake in reasoning and argument.
In this video, I discuss what the fallacy is, map out its basic structure, point out what goes wrong with reasoning in the fallacy, examine three easy-to-understand examples, and give you advice about how to spot and avoid the fallacy.
This is part of a whole series of videos discussing common fallacies. To see the whole series, you can click here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=...
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