Pushing on an open door

Do you have enough knowledge?

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[Mogswamp]

I think a lot of this has to do with people finding out about stuff that happened way before they were born for the first time on TikTok instead of in a history book

[templar]

You know it's serious when JJ is sitting on a couch.

[zaneemerson]

This feels like a deeper problem with all of society, not just young people. The lack of fundamental knowledge, the too-easy acceptance of extreme and radical thinking, the old and well as the young are succeptable to it

[ohwowitsthatguy]

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett

[jackholmes]

I’m very grateful for J.J McCullough. I’m very happy there is still a sober headed voice of reason on the internet

[kpoprat]

Disappointed on the fact that this isn't just a clip of JJ pushing on an open door

[mr.dappermarsh]

As a younger person myself I find this is very true, the amount of people who will fight tooth and nail to defend horrible men is mental

[bjs]

I'm nearly 70, and from what I've seen this has always been true. What aggravates things today is the ease with which individual fools can communicate with like minds and form insane culture.

[doom-mantia]

The door analogy is great. Reminds of the saying "If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything"

[xSaecredChaotixx]

There needs to be correctly taught media literacy, and correct media literacy is more than just being contrarian to the establishment.

[mrwhirly]

I am a fan of this archaeology channel named Miniminuteman. In one of his old TikToks, he says “When curiosity and distrust meet, it breeds willful ignorance” which I thought was really insightful. I think the core of the shortcomings of political discussions happen when ignorance becomes willful. If the rocks you’re putting in front of your minds door are concrete blobs that LOOK like rocks, you’re going to be stubborn, dismissive, and arrogant, all the while believing you’re one of the more knowledgeable people in the room.

[jordanneal]

J.J. needs a series called "Yelling at Zoomers."

[noahclaycameron]

JJ as a young person, thank you for having the balls to cover this trend.

[eldarlrd]

Thank you, J.J.

It feels like you're the only sane person that I see in a while on the internet.

[iammrbeat]

Great metaphor. I was an idiot when I was a young man. In fact, I still am. Also, props for the Madvilian and Neutral Milk Hotel albums in the background.

[furbees]

I really appreciate you making this video as well as the America self hate video. I feel like I stumble upon stuff like this quite frequently but I’ve had trouble sort of finding the words for my disliking of it and you JJ do a very beautiful job of it thank you for this video and all your other videos. You’re a gem and a legend

[michaelbuckenmeyer]

Two things:
1. Tom Nichols, currently writing for The Atlantic, often laments the “death of expertise” and even wrote a book about it which I have not yet read. Sounds like something you’d vibe with.

2. As a younger millennial, who even borders on Gen Z depending on who you ask, I feel like I grew up in a world where the United States was the only sheriff in town. And because of this, the default position of the intelligentsia was to (rightly) criticize American hegemony as a counter to the mainstream narrative of American exceptionalism. Many of my more curious friends and I in turn developed a very anti-American sentiment because we were relatively more aware of the negative influence of the United States on the rest of the world. However, in recent years, with the rise of China and again Russia on the world stage, things are not quite so simple and we are almost in a new Cold War. I think a lot of younger millennials and newly socially active Gen Z are still operating from this worldview where the United States runs everything and anyone who is not part of the United States is the righteous David fighting Goliath. The dominant narrative amongst leftists is that America is bad and anything not American is good as they’ve become so used to criticizing America as the only authoritative voice on the world stage. Thus, they’re vulnerable to persuasion from lunatics who flew planes into buildings.

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[JREG]

i dont have the attention span to read that obama stuff but i bet he right tho

[anishraja]

Damn this hits hard. I'm only 14 and it horrifies me how gullible so many people my age are. It is absolutely disgraceful that these people can't even be bothered to learn the first thing about anything, and instead just prop open the door to any and all stupid, pathetic, idiotic ideas. It really is hard to know where the optimism should come from.

[yeetimusexe]

As someone who has actually read the Unabomber manifesto it is insanely concerning to see how many people idolise him, on both the left and right (seemingly not realising how incompatible his believes and actions are to their beliefs).