@@Loquacious_Jackson its ok. just keep these things in your head.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
this is true
@frog6054
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like me, I ain't living and gonna kill myself someday.
@HearthguardHG
4 ай бұрын
Counterpoint, if you die then you are no longer alive.
@Pan_Z
4 ай бұрын
He described why in modern times (despite many having luxuries that could only be imagined a century ago) misery is present and ever growing.
@ASteppingStone
4 ай бұрын
Real. And many “3rd world” or developing countries have the happiest people alive, despite having abysmally low standards of living. Money is often not freedom, but bondage
@blackshadexl
4 ай бұрын
🤔🤔 yea I always wondered why wealthy people commit suicide
@InfernoG-or4s
4 ай бұрын
"everyday there are more and more people making life easier and easier yet more and more difficult, with railways, steamboats and omnibus and other easily apprehended compendium. There remains one danger namely that the ease become too great that people will want difficulty" Kierkegaard.
@spiderjerusalem4009
4 ай бұрын
good times create weak men hard times create strong men
@xmathmanx
4 ай бұрын
@@spiderjerusalem4009brilliant, let's make life hard for everyone, start with yourself tho 😁
@Perceval777
4 ай бұрын
Perfectly explains the rampant nihilism and hedonism we see today.
@GnosticAtheist
4 ай бұрын
And? It is what it is. It is also self-correcting. It is nothing but a process that leads to whatever it leads to.
@mistermoonman6232
4 ай бұрын
@@GnosticAtheist "and?". Wdym? there were no such precedents in history for the current devilry, that's why it is remarkable
@Supe204
4 ай бұрын
Athism is the root of this … not believing in god and having no religion is not normal state of humans … God did send messengers all abrahamic religions talked almost about the same things despite it being formed hundred of years apart ..
@purplevincent4454
4 ай бұрын
Angsty atheists moved on to the "literally me" type of content where they mope around like sad losers. I have hope for the future because the solution is simple. Find Jesus. Find God. Society will have to reach a low point before society at large rekindles its relation with religion, but you can get a head start on it.
@vidguru0062
4 ай бұрын
@@Supe204atheism has nothing to do with hedonism and many atheists have ideals outside of self-interest.
@yaldabaoth9235
4 ай бұрын
"I wanted to explode like a firework, lighting the sky for an instant and disappear."
@ctrl_x1770
4 ай бұрын
Nice quote, where is this from?
@_SFW
4 ай бұрын
Deepak Throatra?
@sisyphus_squats
4 ай бұрын
@@ctrl_x1770 it is a quote from the same man in this video, Yukio Mishima, he was a rather famous Japanese poet who eventually committed seppuku after an attempted coup d'etat in Japan. He wrote many beautiful things.
@desmonides
4 ай бұрын
@ZachSnider-ts3uiNo one may come to The Father, except through The Son
@danv1324
4 ай бұрын
Maybe he felt like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind. Perhaps he wanted to start again
@valaquenta220
4 ай бұрын
As soon as he started to talk about noble causes, you knew he was going to mention how this concept was dead in today's world : it's all about becoming rich and successful and comparing yourself to others, and it's draining as hell for most people.
@gunnasintern
4 ай бұрын
facts. true success comes from inner peace and self acceptance, and no amount of material or status will change that. having good mental health and financial literacy are by far sooooo much more important than being “rich and successful” “My riches is life, forever.”
@RobertSmith-gj3mv
4 ай бұрын
>it's all about becoming rich and successful and comparing yourself to others this is not an accident, corporate influence has spread these ideas throughout our culture via media and social science research. (This is not a conspiracy theory either - there are many documents where this kind of social engineering has been discussed very explicitly.) They want you to think that you're just a selfish hairless monkey, and deny your higher emotions, lest you do things like create egalitarian worker-run workplaces and render corporations obsolete.
@ogaimon3380
4 ай бұрын
yes having money should be n1 if you want a familly,too many miserable family where i live because they got no money and 4 kids,they live slaves life their kids have shit education and get slave jobs
@Ankhar2332
4 ай бұрын
if you are not doing everything to be rich, you are going towards the poverty, and poor people are the worst - when a thief will stole you car - its probably some idiot who believed in noble causes instead of getting a job. so noble causes are basically scam to get enough poor people as collapsing economy need a lot of slaves
@TheBachB
4 ай бұрын
That's just capitalism. Commit yourself to making a better world, one without capitalism, and you'll find your noble cause.
@chavzone
4 ай бұрын
"The world's still the same size; there's just less in it" - Captain Jack Sparrow
@homosexualbadger
4 ай бұрын
"I'm gay actor Michael Douglas" - Michael Douglas
@Ankhar2332
4 ай бұрын
@cheshirehat93 good thing there are enough army and police to deal with any discontent
@no3396
4 ай бұрын
I don’t like that KZitem recommends this to me. The algorithm knows a little too much and it’s uncomfortable.
@ASteppingStone
4 ай бұрын
😂😂
@stefandobre226
4 ай бұрын
better than some miley cyrus songs or whatnot
@al-oh8fq
4 ай бұрын
The algorithm can not stop you anyway. So it's knowledge is non important.
@maximilianthiel8485
4 ай бұрын
@@al-oh8fqmakes it even more twisted tbh
@enrater123
4 ай бұрын
It just thinks you're similar to other people who clicked on this video tbh
@cristianm7097
4 ай бұрын
Nothing to live for or die for.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
exactly. so now you must create that something.
@lime455
4 ай бұрын
U are not nothing.
@sfridisow185
4 ай бұрын
OKAY BUT ANOTHER PERSON COULD HAVE THE SAME EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIFE AS YOU BUT HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTLOOK!!! IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW DEPRESSED YOU ARE!!!
@sfridisow185
4 ай бұрын
THERE'S A STATE OF MIND WHERE YOU REALLY CAN'T "SENSE" POSITIVITY, AND EVERY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT THAT GENERATES IN YOUR HEAD IS NEGATIVE!!! I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT DETERMINES THE BALANCE OF CHEMICALS IN YOUR BRAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!! SO GET FULL UNBROKEN SLEEP EVERY NIGHT, RUN FOR MILES EVERYDAY, AND I'M NOT A PHYSICIAN AT ALL BUT I THINK EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR STOPS YOUR SYSTEM FROM WORKING PROPERLY!!!
@ad-ui6ey
4 ай бұрын
@@sfridisow185 it's not a competition buddy.
@robmausser
4 ай бұрын
This is why narcissists are always miserable
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
true. i never thought about it like that.
@chillout8320
4 ай бұрын
Most famous narcissist/people with aspd have had groups of friends. Even they, as self centred as they are, can’t be alone
@adriansison1503
4 ай бұрын
nope
@yokothespacewhale
4 ай бұрын
I just spent a year people pleasing and boy am I not miserable at all
@javierdavidmarimoncorreaes7598
4 ай бұрын
actually they have their own personal ideals that can fulfill themselves ofcourse based on self centered motivations
@charlieblade1232
4 ай бұрын
One of my favorite lyrics from Radiohead: I’m not living, I’m just killing time
@CraigStCyrPlus
4 ай бұрын
True Love Waits Latitude 2009 is best performance for those interested.
@NealCaen
4 ай бұрын
Now that you’ve found it, It’s gone, Now that you feel it, You don’t.
@maxn.7234
4 ай бұрын
Those who say they are killing time do not understand its real value.
@paulofurtado4925
4 ай бұрын
So am i.
@KoiNoYokan37
3 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Linkolite
4 ай бұрын
This is another reason I’m glad I didn’t reenlist. There are no noble causes anymore.
@theslyngl
4 ай бұрын
When were there? And how is defending Ukraine not a noble cause
@daroachdoggSR
4 ай бұрын
@@theslyngl Not my problem plus people in authority always lie when it comes to war. I'm not going to die for Ukrainian or Russian propaganda.
@daroachdoggSR
4 ай бұрын
@@theslyngl>there were never any noble causes >Fighting for Ukraine is the only noble cause Huh?
@crazyrr144
4 ай бұрын
@@theslyngl are you posting from ukraine in the field?
@CinHalCedHerChance
4 ай бұрын
@@theslyngl It's a B.S. "war", you need to dive into some rabbit holes and you'll see the entire world is all scripted and they're literally all in on all of it (behind closed doors).
@MiloFPS
4 ай бұрын
This goes back to Nietzsche and the existentialists who basically said without God nihilism is a serious threat, when nothing means anything people start to despair and must be strong enough to deal with the void.
@jmanners
4 ай бұрын
Maybe we should go back to worshipping multiple gods like the Greeks and all ancient civilizations that predate Christianity
@HeyMomonia
4 ай бұрын
So instead of finding true meaning we should believe in religion? What if religion is a lie should we still believe in it for this false sense of meaning? That's always been the issue for me Nietzsche never actually found an answer to nihilism so he turned blindly to religion because the only way to combat it that he found was through blindly believing in something. And for the people that don't believe in religion they never got a true answer. I don't think that religion answers nihilism. I think the true answer to nihilism is finding our own sense of meaning. What gives us personal purpose. For exemple i hate working useless in offices and such so i'm on my way to find a job that will give me a sense of meaning like becoming a firefighter or an ambulance worker. One or the other if i saved a single life then it'll all be worth it and if it's not at least i saved lives. That's what answers nihilism not religion. Religion is putting duck tape on a problem that's too big to be fixed with it.
@MiloFPS
4 ай бұрын
@@HeyMomonia Nietzsche despised religion and thought Christianity was worse than the others (because it values the weak and the sick and holds back the strong and the courageous). His ubermensch was meant to be to man what man was to ape and would be able to find its own values, answer to itself, control its impulses so that was his answer.
@KeepCalmCapybara
4 ай бұрын
@@HeyMomoniaYou clearly don't know what true religiosity is, man. Do not think about codes and laws and doctrines, for these are just exteriorities, manifestations. The true religion resides in one's heart, and it is not an individual thing, but rather a social thing: the way you get along with others; things like love and compasion; the desire for peace and enlightment of the spirit; the desire for truth and meaning that is not bound to materialism, but to positive things that makes us human. We humans have a heart and reason: the meaning of life resides in between these two things, I think. I, for example, find the meaning of my life in caring for my family, and working to improve my life and my family's life, turning myself into a better person, and helping others. It requires patience, and many other virtues to achieve this. The meaning of life don't need to be something spetacular: it can actually be something pretty simple.
@HeyMomonia
4 ай бұрын
@@KeepCalmCapybara Those are values that you personally have they are not necessarily religious. You don't need religion to live like that. Trust me i used to be religious for actually most of my and quit it less than 10 years ago. And guess what? I still hold the same values but without the problems i had with religion. Like the way they often see women as inferior, the way they treat none believers and gay people, the way they make you believe that if someone doesn't hold the same belief he's gonna end up in hell and be tortured forever. You don't need religion for this. Hell you can believe in and an afterlife without religion. Those concepts existed way before Christianity or even judaism. Religion tells you to treat others well but also tells you they're probably gonna end up in hell. Also why do you do good things? Because it makes you feel good? Because god asked you to? Or because you fear hell? Those are all questions i had to go through and confront my beliefs until i realized i always made my own morals and meaning in life and religion was corrupting it. Maybe it's not the same for you but i think it's important to have different point of views and show people there are different options instead of telling them if they don't believe the same way i do they're gonna end up in hell tortured forever.
@arsaeterna4285
4 ай бұрын
I have NEVER heard someone else express this. In my mid 20's after a string of drug addicted partners, I tried to off myself, and when I was almost done; I realized, this is abandoning EVERYone who suffers, like me and MUCH worse. Compassion for others will give you a reason to live and to protect, look inside, we are built to care for each other, to protect each other from suffering
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
im glad you are here and ok. you are right too. compassion does give us a reason to live.
@r.t.5767
4 ай бұрын
This is my reason to live as well
@acex222
4 ай бұрын
This is somewhat what the Buddha taught.
@jarrodhall3686
4 ай бұрын
Bodhicitta
@Here4TheHeckOfIt
4 ай бұрын
Take care of yourself. Compassion fatigue is real.
@0rurin
4 ай бұрын
I understand the sentiment, and the lack of strong causes is a real one, but this is what spiralled into the negative aspects of Japanese culture. Unnecessary and unproductive self-sacrifice. Not to mention the exploitation of loyalty and a sense of righteousness by liars and greed. Finding a noble cause to LIVE FOR is what should be sought after, not dying for one, even if it's a testament to the commitment of the individual. Giving your life is moment of dedication, living for one is a life-long responsibility. You just have to make an effort to find a cause, instead of waiting for one to be presented to you.
@HeyMomonia
4 ай бұрын
What he's saying is that there was a time where there wasn't even an effort to make to find meaning. Now it's so hard to find. I also disagree with you when you say people need a cause to live for and not to die for. Because both are actually connected. For exemple a firefighter lives for a cause but is also willing to risk his life and die for it. A lot of the time both are connected and some people need them to be connected. Of course not everyone an artist doesn't need to risk his life for his art. But even this could also be a cause to die for to some artists. I do think your point of view is very interesting and positive but i felt it was a little bit incomplete. If you disagree with me feel free to answer my comment.
@rzt430
4 ай бұрын
as far as results go, it went pretty well for japan. they would be living much better lives as individuals if the USA did not decide to pull them down out of irrational fear and for the sake of preserving its place in the global status quo. the USA is doing the same thing to china nowadays. now these people have to grind harder for less thanks to the state of the economy, while you see what the USA is doing to itself lol i would rather have japanese culture than whatever the hell you call this in the USA any time of the day
@wilhelmu
4 ай бұрын
mishima was suicidal, and ultimately he killed himself.
@broncoxy
4 ай бұрын
this rings so true with me, 24 years old, never worked towards something I cared for and it shows in everything... when I'm done with uni finally, I swore to myself to not work for meaninglessness anymore and to work towards something and for something that I really care for (in my case, music)
@ASteppingStone
4 ай бұрын
Hell yeah, just be careful not to set high expectations. Often it’s the guilt and shame of not achieving what we feel we should* do that holds us back from enjoying life. I encourage you to accept yourself where you are, be honest with yourself, and try your best. Be mindful of what is in your control and what isn’t. Best of luck!
@broncoxy
4 ай бұрын
@@ASteppingStone Thanks man, I tend to be quite the perfectionist, but I think in my current situations, my goals and expectations seem reasonable~ I'll do my best and see how it turns out ^^
@obsessiforgenb8374
4 ай бұрын
We're on similar paths. I wish you luck on your journey. Perfectionism is the enemy of the satisfaction we deserve. Keep going.
@broncoxy
4 ай бұрын
@@obsessiforgenb8374 and best of luck to you too~~
@elEterno144
4 ай бұрын
As a musician I can tell you music is one of the most vain things in the world, also useless when you see it the right way. If you hope to be fullfilled making music, being famous and having it's pleasures, entertaining masses of people you don't know and you don't care about. Giving them a moment of "satisfaction" in exchange of their money; you're in for a rude awakening.
@spaghettiking7312
4 ай бұрын
This hits like a truck.
@_SFW
4 ай бұрын
like a rock, a ticking clock... *BERSERKER!*
@True38
4 ай бұрын
This is so True. Withot a real purpose, life is pretty much meaningless. You have to know who you truly are and where to go. If you have a gift or a talent, then use that to make the world a better place. It's your duty to do so and you know it.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
right
@True38
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926 *True.
@nightfighter7452
3 ай бұрын
Nah
@True38
3 ай бұрын
@@nightfighter7452 Nobody cares about you :)
@scrung
3 ай бұрын
what is this interaction LOL
@mtheory85
4 ай бұрын
We traded a dangerous vividness of daily experience and the full range of our emotions for safety, comfort, and predictability. There are more years in our lives, but they are mostly empty.
@steelyium
4 ай бұрын
last part of your statement kinda struck a cord with me
@booshank2327
4 ай бұрын
Sometimes I think life would be much better if we put a hard cap on our lifespan. Like Blade Runner replicants. Let's say 70yo. Having that finality set in stone, people would be less likely to walk around aimlessly as if they're going to live forever.
@OccuredJakub12
4 ай бұрын
@@booshank2327 Bruh we already do have that and it hasn't helped a lot If anything there's a bigger pressure to make something of yourself but since we live in an individualist society, we have nothing to put our lives into except get rich and indulge in hedonism People who lived a quarter our age built pyramids and cathedrals
@user-jk7vp7vn2k
3 ай бұрын
when did we trade one for another? was it the industrial revolution or maybe it was during ancient times when we cultivated the arts, built baths and spas, had a sewer system and other amenities and luxuries? humanity's goal has always been to better its quality of life and make it easier
@mtheory85
3 ай бұрын
@@user-jk7vp7vn2k That's the folly.
@ConfusedRevolutionary
4 ай бұрын
I feel like I got nothing to look forward to in life. No purpose or hope. People prefer material wealth and superficial status over uplifting or encouraging their fellow human beings. I don't care if it's a cliche complaint at this point. This contemporary world has no place for boldness or honor.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
hmm very valid. i understand where you are coming from. so why dont you create something to look forward to in life. why dont you create that purpose or hope. if you see others prefering material wealth and superficial status over uplifiting or encouraging their fellow human beings, then why dont you become the change you are looking for. it should always start with you. i think that if you believe in what you are saying then you should show it and other people will follow suit. never give up and stay positive. you got this.
@brazilian_orthodox
4 ай бұрын
✝
@ConfusedRevolutionary
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926I appreciate the encouraging words. I will try to gather up the strength to actually practice what I preach and perhaps someday I may feel hope once again.
@ASteppingStone
4 ай бұрын
And kudos to you already for having the strength to use your voice and share your thoughts. It seems many others resonate with what you said. I admire your vulnerability
@yush4673
4 ай бұрын
We are limited beings and to acknowledge that is to acknowledge the world around us. One cannot find tranquility living the superficial life, so the only place for us humans to be is to live beyond ourselves.
@Martin-u2g
4 ай бұрын
Strange this pops up. I was born into solitude and 41 years later im still there. Being of service to people is where im at my best. A decade has passed since the last time I had any sort of company. The colour is stripped from the world. Money buys me things I don’t care about and i eat food i no longer enjoy. 30yrs was long enough to fight the inevitable.
@godart369
4 ай бұрын
Wow man
@CraigStCyrPlus
4 ай бұрын
Cry baby cry.
@One_Preacher
4 ай бұрын
Inevitable is like a cloud, it passes You are not you're Body, not even The Mind Foregoing Self, the Universe grows I ☸
@ezakustam
4 ай бұрын
@@CraigStCyrPlusWith a comment like that, you completely missed the point of the music you listen to.
@ezakustam
4 ай бұрын
Don't forget: you don't need a government or social system or bad friends to be compassionate and ethical or to exist. I'll be your friend if no one else is wise enough to do so.
@MorroTreece
4 ай бұрын
Out of context this seems like a very deep and insightful message. Mishima though, while a great writer, was someone conflicted with his own inadequacies, or at least a perception of inadequacies. Watching his mentor go off to war, and told that he was the future of Japan, then being denied service to Japan due to a misdiagnosed illness. Has all the makings of a man who felt like a failure after being drilled into his head all the Imperial propaganda and belief that all others were inferior. This is a guy who was made to believe that the fascist Japanese Empire was the only thing to live for and when that illusion crumbled so did his mental state.
@dualia-s74m
4 ай бұрын
atomic arms good
@mitchellm2208
4 ай бұрын
Appreciate the context. I think the principle is still pretty noble, but even noble instincts can be misdirected towards terrible ends.
@rypo59
4 ай бұрын
His immediate postwar writings are mostly introspective and psychological. His work didn't really take on a political character until 1960, fifteen years after the war. So it was not the immediate experience of the collapse of the Empire of Japan that colored his beliefs so much as his disillusionment with the postwar society, just as he implies here. As for being conflicted over his perceived inadequacies, that's true of everyone, so I fail to see how that invalidates this message in any way.
@Oscar-ds2vb
4 ай бұрын
you clearly dont know Mishima OR more likely you are a lib/leftiard that want to undermine his works.
@JiHYoon1
4 ай бұрын
Guy sounds "deep" until you realize he literally attempted an abortive coup, then gutted himself screaming "tenno heika banzai"
@cherryhazard8002
4 ай бұрын
The purpose in life, in my eyes, is to find that something you'd be willing to pass away for. Thing is, there are very little things nowadays that are worthy of your life.
@user-jk7vp7vn2k
3 ай бұрын
that's the dumbest shit ever, did you even read what you wrote before posting it? mishima's a psycho who could only see things through his biased perspective so obviously his solution was to emulate the samurai he idolized and end everything with him dying. you're not in the middle of a war and even if you were you'd be of more use to your cause alive than dead and left to rot. get your head out of your ass and realize that you don't need a flashy and cinematic ideal to strive for in order to have a fulfilling life - what you need is to LIVE it. whether it's charity, social change, activism, doing something for your local community, creating art or just taking care of your friends and family it's all perfectly valid starting points. sitting in your room and thinking about how you wish someone would give you a sword and hype you up to go to war is infantile
@jaybuck9124
3 ай бұрын
Love for others.
@nightfighter7452
3 ай бұрын
@@jaybuck9124 mid
@w.r.harvey7751
4 ай бұрын
oh yeah, life is meaningless unless you have some dictator to die for lol. authoritarian dribble, dressed up as philosophy for the simpleton
@williamseipp9691
4 ай бұрын
I found this out 20 years ago. There's a limit in how much joy you can find in chasing your own selfish desires. Real happiness comes from a purpose to live for people and causes greater than ourselves. It expands beyond the self. Its why selfishness and depression go hand in hand. If you want to cure it immediately, stop thinking about yourself so damn much and volunteer your time for others. You can have all the money in the world but hedonism and living for your own sake has no greater meaning. Even though the uneducated don't understand why this is, they feel it nonetheless. The human spirit craves purpose, dignity, real love and connection to others. Look at all the centerian communities around the world and you'll find the same. Look at all those people around the world who live a non modern lifestyle, with deep connections with others and their environment. This is all common knowledge.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
beautifully said. im only 19 and im glad im realizing this early on.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
@@JophielThe you are already much further than many people. you are much further just for the fact that you can recognize it. now what you have to do is be very conscious of it during your everyday life. changing is not about making huge drastic changes very quickly. its about consciously making small decisions that bring you closer to where you want to be. i would suggest you start with kindness. start with kindness without expecting anything in return and i mean anything. be kind to everyone even those who hurt you. im sure you can do it.
@quanganhdobui1432
4 ай бұрын
Now we've got to figure out: "What is the right ultimate purpose for humanity?" Be careful, because you don't want to go down the path of fascism, as many have done before.
@marsship921
4 ай бұрын
I seriously doubt that being exploited will cure anyones depression, because I see people complaining about that too
@marsship921
4 ай бұрын
There's literally no answers to that question @@quanganhdobui1432
@Garioty
4 ай бұрын
I think we kinda recognize historical noble causes as hollow, fighting for honour or loyalty to your ruler back then was a way to get you to fight and die in wars for them or a principle of personal reciprocity, cultural norms about social status and gender roles kept society stable but were also highly restrictive on freedom and our ability to make decisions for ourselves, they also allowed the ruling class to more easily control the rest of society. Religion is definitely still widely available if you choose but many in the west just don’t believe in it as strongly as before. Empires have all collapsed and most recognize they were just a way for a country to enrich themselves off the resources of others. In the present people still believe in political leaders, in ideologies, in materialism as noble causes and while I don’t think these things are bad to support, making them the purpose of your life I think will make you less happy. The challenge is to find a noble cause in modern society, and really to start I think it can be as simple as volunteering at a food bank or any charity where you can see the effects of your actions, or helping your friends out more, or living a simple but fulfilling life where you can be proud of the work you do, or starting a family and doing your absolute best to help your children achieve their own dreams. I’m not religious myself but I have many friends who have found purpose from just talking to people on an emotional level in church and helping people find their own purpose, or finding meaning in a relationship with a higher power. Ultimately the biggest benefit and downside of modern noble causes is that it’s all up to you and you get to decide for yourself what you are willing to live and die for.
@quanganhdobui1432
4 ай бұрын
Awesome take. Honestly, I think fighting for a king is still something that's beautiful and satisfying in a primal sense. It's just that humans are easily corruptible creatures, so a human king is just not a very good long-term solution for any societies.
@Garioty
4 ай бұрын
@@quanganhdobui1432 Yeah I agree with that, monarchies and "great leaders" have a sort of romantic or nostalgic feel to them and they always make for cool stories, even if the reality is different.
@Xander27-k3d
4 ай бұрын
Sorry but we are not solipsistic.
@MikeD-hn9hf
4 ай бұрын
Surely protecting the environment or helping homeless people are noble causes, no?
@krunkle5136
4 ай бұрын
Very true. There's ways though to create a noble cause such as craftsmanship, self discipline, good leadership and integrity at many stations still. However it seems like there's a trend toward ending all harmful things which increasingly have broadened in scope. The powers that be seem to have settled on a few noble causes to end all noble causes: the ending of death itself, homogenizing the world and reducing everyone into harmless consumers that don't get into trouble. Like, I think there could be a safe-ish society where there minimal senseless violence, but there needs to be an edge somewhere, a culture of self discipline involving physical and bookish education, festivals that celebrate nature/processes that support the society, etc.
@quanganhdobui1432
4 ай бұрын
Utopia! A world without suffering and everyone lives! Kingdom of heaven on earth, hallelujah!
@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்
4 ай бұрын
*"homogenizing the world"* Ironically, the people who are the most fervent pushers of homogenization parrot "Diversity is our strength".
@let_me_explain8572
4 ай бұрын
I genuinely cannot name a single thing in today's world I could die fighting for.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
so create that thing then
@somedude9828
4 ай бұрын
yea, same
@michaelsmith953
4 ай бұрын
why not fight for freedom and democracy? not sure where you live now but in the u.s. there has no choice in presidential candidates, the eu is governed by the unelected council, china is governed by the communist party, and everywhere in general is corrupted by the rich bribes being legal(or easy to say aren't a bribe). Just saying, your kids might enjoy a world where they can vote and afford a house. not just be a slave (atleast slaves used to be housed for free without worry, debt slavery can barely offer you a mattress without the security it won't turn into a sidewalk)
@gloop32
4 ай бұрын
If you live in a first world country look around you
@let_me_explain8572
4 ай бұрын
@@gloop32 and see what? Radfems, lgbtqwerty+++ 🤡, homeless people on the streets, veterans being treated as traitors, universities indocrinating our youth with destructive ideas and harmful narratives, aliens skyrocketing the crime statistics? The west is a decaying empire, it's not worth living in here anymore let alone dying for it.
@YOTSUBA_desu
4 ай бұрын
I've never had this problem. This guy also neglects to mention that these "noble causes" often used to be the perpetuation of the continued existence of a landowner/noble figure who lives more lavishly than you could ever dream to.
@YOTSUBA_desu
3 ай бұрын
@@1e0isfdkorblpg No it's not. I'm not a colony insect living for a queen.
@dinoblacklane1640
3 ай бұрын
@YOTSUBA_des Yes you are, that's what humans have always been. We just like to lie to ourselves and say "we are free"
@YOTSUBA_desu
3 ай бұрын
@@dinoblacklane1640 Who is my queen? I will publicly denounce whichever individual you name as not a queen/king, but as an equal.
@dinoblacklane1640
3 ай бұрын
@@YOTSUBA_desu Denounce all you want, your masters do not care Do you really think that the families that own the world care about what some loser on youtube says?
@NAthanM-wb8tc
2 ай бұрын
Not trying to disprove you or anything, just offering a different perspective. I feel like those who have nobody or feel they have nothing to live for feel this way, so while you may not feel it, what the man says is true in many cases. I for one (not looking for any pity) after a certain events decided to live just for the hell of it, and deeply relate to what the man is saying. I agree to an extent about what you said about "noble causes" but I feel like times were also different before... people were a lot more connected and it wasn't always a given (much like how it is nowadays in most places) that they or their loved ones would survive, thus giving them a reason. Even the pursuit of happiness was different before since there wasn't such a instant access to gratification as there is today with the internet. With these reasons, I feel like what he is saying about noble causes is true, or at the very least, I know I've felt this way for a long time.
@ChoicelessAwareness
4 ай бұрын
He is right. But Japan has been very suicidal society for long time even today
@noname-dk7ri
3 ай бұрын
Recent data show that it is not so different from the United States.
@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382
4 ай бұрын
For those who don't know, this is Yukio Mishima, one of the more colorful characters of postwar Japan. He was a famous writer, still considered one of the best and most important japanese writers to this day. He was also a strict nationalist and imperialist (and probably a closeted homosexual), and thought that Japan should return to being ruled by the emperor. He and several of his followers infiltrated a military camp, where he stood on the roof and held a passionate speech to the soldiers about how Japan had lost its way and needed to return to the old ways. He hoped this would inspire the soldiers to start a revolution. Instead, they only laughed. So, he went inside and commited Seppuku.
@maxn.7234
4 ай бұрын
Anyone curious with his work, I recommend "Spring Snow", "Runaway Horses", "The Temple of Dawn", and the "Decay of the Angel". It's a fantastic tetralogy which chronicles the decline of Japanese culture. Beautifully written books that will break your heart, even if you're not Japanese.
@johnran6015
4 ай бұрын
@@maxn.7234 Even in English translation some of the most evocative of baroque mental imagery I've ever experienced in reading anything. Movies and popular entertainment will never reach these certain levels and should be discarded as the standard, thankfully it seems they are with their downfall in importance with how things are going. Hate that I even lived far back enough to acknowledge that honestly.
@elijahtate2370
4 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t consider him closeted at all; Confessions of a Mask is still one of his biggest works
@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382
4 ай бұрын
@@elijahtate2370 Right, but he was also married to a woman and had children with her. I think it's something he struggled with his entire life.
@Monaghan3000
4 ай бұрын
He hit it on the head.
@oORiseAboveOo
4 ай бұрын
“For you have made us for yourself, oh God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” -St. Augustine
@GnosticAtheist
4 ай бұрын
I will not rest until I am returned to nothing. Damn God and his despotic ways, forcing me to exist in his sub-par reality. Also, why would I want to rest inside God? Isnt he a dude?
@Nace369
4 ай бұрын
@@GnosticAtheist Well said my monocled atheist friend. I'd award you a reddit gold if I could. *tips fedora*
@partly_sunny1955
3 ай бұрын
@@GnosticAtheistGod is a father figure, if you ever understood, reasons why he says he is father God, and none come before him, He created everything even the Devil, and you and the devil free will, and he says repent or be cast out on the day of judgment in the place devils fear, a black and blue hell forever.
@PedroHLima12
3 ай бұрын
That's why we can't be at ease for long while living alone with ourselves. We were made to be in fellowship with the Sublime, Supreme, Beautiful God-- anything leds than that won't satisfy our souls. Noble causes are but the shadows of His ways cast upon the Earth. May we awake to seek Him, and in Him find what we were made for. That's what Christ meant when He said "for he who keeps his life shall lose it, but he who gives his life for my sake, shall have it". Living in oneself is only a kind of dying, as the video suggests; but following Christ, even to the point of giving up of the comfort and ease of our life to instead better conform to His way of seeing what really matters, will give us a life truly worth living, worthy enough for an eternity of living.
@jaybuck9124
3 ай бұрын
"You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”” Acts of the Apostles 20:35 NLT God bless yall. Stay loving others, of course, yourself too.🙏❤️
@mwalter98
3 ай бұрын
there still exist so many unjust structures, so much suffering, that if ones educates themselves even a little about them, they can find a noble cause
@Juliana-rw6pt
3 ай бұрын
very true.
@polkunus
4 ай бұрын
Mishima died pathetically and in vain. He died for himself after his failed attempt You dont need to die for country and people can find meaning to die for something without blaming democracy. They can die for ideas , love, compassion etc
@gluetubeserver
4 ай бұрын
@fdhgbjska reactionary, he died for the sake of nothing BUT himself. Here is Weil: Two tendencies with opposite extremes: to destroy the self for the sake of the universe, or to destroy the universe for the sake of the self. He who has not been able to become nothing runs the risk of reaching a moment when everything other than himself ceases to exist.
@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
4 ай бұрын
I have always passionately hated John Lennon's "Imagine", even before I understood why. And this is it. Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" was a far better hymn for world peace.
@umserserum
4 ай бұрын
He said more than a whole half century of babbling philosophy.
@tj03297
4 ай бұрын
It’s amazing how the most profound messages can be said so simply when your motive is conferring wisdom rather than masturbating your intellect
@gavingoodrich6224
4 ай бұрын
This is not the case, this man and every person alive is shaped by the world around them, it is likely this man understood many philosophies and read many words and with this he was able to compress his present thoughts into a simple sentence, where as the philosophers of old had to write long scripts to describe a new concept they were discovering.
@polkunus
4 ай бұрын
@@tj03297his motive was for the emperor and mishima is a fascist. He has motives and politics and agency. He wanted to undermine democracy and reinstate the emperor. He is strong on dying for nation states more specifically in japanese
@GeorgeSearsSolidusSnake
4 ай бұрын
@@polkunus Good.
@gavingoodrich6224
4 ай бұрын
@JophielThe The Bible isn't written in simple words. That's why there are thousands of Christian denominations and abrahmic religions, for that matter.
@NoaMao
3 ай бұрын
I think he had bipolar affective disorder. Died while manic with grandiose delusions.
@ninjamasterdave
4 ай бұрын
Or you can just be strong enough to live for yourself
@Muscaplays
4 ай бұрын
He tried a coup d‘etat to restore the former empire and killed himself afterwards. That doesn’t disprove what he says; but it‘s an important piece of context to now he was an extremist nationalist.
@horsymandias-ur
4 ай бұрын
It’s an important piece of context to know he WASN’T A HYPOCRITE!
@xinzlo6101
3 ай бұрын
Yeah it was a good thing he was an extreme nationalist. Also his seppuku showed he actually meant what he was saying
@Muscaplays
3 ай бұрын
@@xinzlo6101 He rejected democracy in favor of an empire that commited atrocities of an unforgivable level
@UnitedStatesofAmerica1984
3 ай бұрын
I'd have no problem with him being an extremist nationalist if he was more of a methodical evil genius but like... what did he expect??? Someone who's supposedly as intelligent and noble as he presents himself here. He's a man of words and not much else. Not sure someone who writes for a living can speak on true nobility. His experience in war was also second rate and limited.
@Muscaplays
3 ай бұрын
@@UnitedStatesofAmerica1984 Holy Shit it‘s the US of A
@Shotzeethegamer
4 ай бұрын
Jesus Christ
@ShonenMaster33
4 ай бұрын
Idk What's your opinion but, i think today there are more noble causes to live than ever, bc everything is sh8t, it doesn't matter where you look there is sh8t everywhere, too many noble causes to die for... even sad people, working to help homeless people, idk what you think, just saying...
@barkobunga2276
4 ай бұрын
☦️
@AS-np3yq
4 ай бұрын
Find Jesus Christ. His eternal lonfing for you is a noble cause. Be an man of truth and conpassion. Lead yourself and others with gods help into eternal compassion, respect, truth and freedom. The most nobel cause.
@Kvltklassik
4 ай бұрын
My life was already considered meaningless or evil because I'm not religious. What is it to me that some people may feel my life is meaningless because it's not "spiritually fulfilling" like this person says. At the end of the day, spirituality is about as tangible and meaningful as you feel it is. We're all gonna shit ourselves when we die no matter how much spirit or noble cause we pursue. Finding a value that transcends oneself... Where is this guy getting this all from. What manual of the universe did he stumble on and why isn't he sharing it with us if it's so true with such certainty. Why does it specifically need to transcend one's self. What if I held an ideal that I am a god. Does that transcend me? Does that make my life meaningful if I strive for all my years to be seen as a god? At the end of the day, this video, all religions, all forms of society, it's all just guesses at what is "good for us". Nobody actually knows. Anyone who acts like they do is trying to sell you something, or trying to make themselves feel better. And the second you actually put this guy's logic under any form of scrutiny it disappears into thin air just like the breath he spent saying it.
@WufflesGhosts
4 ай бұрын
Ayer fan detected. Opinion rejected.
@YOTSUBA_desu
4 ай бұрын
Good post. Mishima makes baseless assumptions that people here seen to accept unconditionally.
@oaktree8939
3 ай бұрын
Mishima was a bit too hard set on this idea in my opinion. He knew his coup would fail and planned his seppuku beforehand. While it's good to fight for a cause, I believe as the world has become more civil, violent causes are less necessary. one can find other causes worth putting their blood, sweat, and tears into. Family, society, freedom, medicine, art, etc. He was a great writer as well but he lived with this intensity and died with honorable commitment to his principles. Respectable, but not recommendable for others.
@YOTSUBA_desu
4 ай бұрын
After reading through I have come to the conclusion that this is the most midwit comment section I've ever seen
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
ur so cool
@MMurine
4 ай бұрын
Yeah. It's a little concerning.
@EduardoGutierrez-rr4ts
4 ай бұрын
Is this that gay dude that died storming a military base?
@aR0ttenBANANA
4 ай бұрын
Defo not who you’d want to take this advice from ngl 😅
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
lmfaooo!!!!
@mustafajuventino9964
4 ай бұрын
Nonsense, we don't live in ancient times
@theworldofwoo8320
3 ай бұрын
Go right ahead and live your empty life convincing yourself that its the modern thing to do
@dylanbuchanan6511
4 ай бұрын
This is better advice than any therapist will give you
@cesargonzalez4146
4 ай бұрын
Mishima killed himself after trying to spark a popular uprising in front of the japanese Diet, he was wearing an imperial army officer uniform with the sword and everything.
@dylanbuchanan6511
4 ай бұрын
@@cesargonzalez4146 and still better than most therapists
@RongleBringer
4 ай бұрын
@@cesargonzalez4146just because his attemped "solution" was insane doesn't mean his observations were wrong. Marx is well worth reading even though attempts at full Communism have ultimately failed
@AKK5I
4 ай бұрын
@@RongleBringer Nah I'm good thanks
@kidkangaroo5213
3 ай бұрын
Find me a therapist who opposes finding personal meaning in your life, I dare you. Mishima was a far-right nutcase throwing his life away for a LARP. That you find him inspirational, is incredibly pathetic
@Khórtos
4 ай бұрын
Die for love like Jesus the way, truth, light.
@MyDemon32
4 ай бұрын
That too is meaningless cause you won't get that love back.
@Khórtos
4 ай бұрын
Love is not a transaction, law is. The Gospel is rich in this message. Love triumphing over law enabled by self sacrifice of the indebted. Rest assured that the gift of Gods love is free. Try to earn it and you will fail. Once saved by belief one is given a second nature born of God who is the one who lives as Christ in love and will never die and who is in contention with the old man who is born of flesh and cannot but sin unable to overcome the law.
@RobertMalachowski
4 ай бұрын
@@KhórtosBut that would be a long term message, the matter is earthly.
@AtomicRaven-zx2oj
4 ай бұрын
Go with Christ, my friends.
@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588
4 ай бұрын
I'd rather fill my head with other things than fairy tales.
@AtomicRaven-zx2oj
4 ай бұрын
@@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588 God be with you, friend
@johnran6015
4 ай бұрын
You can say that about anything, like Dirt Clump is lord and will admire your virtues with reward or whatever. You're still going to die and pass into unending unconsciousness and Dirt Clump isn't going to make that not happen.
@ohwell2163
3 ай бұрын
When you live for yourself you live for what is already dead. Live for what never dies.
@halionextra
2 ай бұрын
rocks?
@ohwell2163
2 ай бұрын
@@halionextra 😂it’s funny until you realise you’re degrading the most valuable experience you will ever have ever just to appease someone else views or feelings
@halionextra
2 ай бұрын
@@ohwell2163 nothing that is valuable lasts forever. I'm sorry to break it for you
@ohwell2163
2 ай бұрын
@@halionextra The only thing that’s valuable lasts forever.
@NightHawkOW
4 ай бұрын
W piracy honestly
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
its my content now
@chrisbann5557
4 ай бұрын
thats him in the video
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
@@chrisbann5557 you always understand me
@OmarBaassiri-wd6wc
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926 Hey man. I just want to say thank you. And remember. It CAN be done. Musashi did it.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
@@OmarBaassiri-wd6wc haha. musashi is a huge inspiration to me.
@centercannothold
4 ай бұрын
Industrial society and Its consequences.
@jamesodonnell4771
4 ай бұрын
Democracy would require and be composed of noble causes.. .. _If it was an actual democracy_
@paganofthenorth448
4 ай бұрын
Alas, the ideal always falls short of the reality. The will of the people, distilled into action and momentum would be beautiful. However, our slovenly nature gets the better of us, and we defer power and governance of our lives to charming misanthropes.
@erebus79
4 ай бұрын
@@paganofthenorth448 Mass democracy can never work. In fact, the original architects of western democracy never seriously considered a system with universal right to vote.
@paganofthenorth448
4 ай бұрын
@@erebus79 Very true, the quality of a democracy is entirely dependent upon the quality of its participants, and the maintenance of quality inherently requires discrimination.
@johnsmith-fk7fw
4 ай бұрын
@@paganofthenorth448 even with that its still one of the worst forms of governance. nothing really can be accomplished because eventually sides split and you just go back & forth so doing anything takes 10x longer than a monarchy, for example. monarchy with the threat of rebellion is one of the best forms imo, because to change leadership people do have to be willing to vote with their lives and until then you get a unified & strong moving government
@RichieD_21
4 ай бұрын
Democracies suck. That's why America is a constitutional republic.
@granudisimo
4 ай бұрын
Except democratic societies are a noble goal in and of themselves. Humanity might've gotten, for the most part anyway, out of the middle ages, but the middle ages haven't gotten out of some humans. His premise is good, but he fails to recognize noble causes by himself and seems to base morality on predefined examples not genuinely discerned, thus having trouble identifying a noble cause by himself. I hope this video is for genuine reflection on morality, and not a mere justification to try and bring back the brutal simplicity of older times, which only benefits the ruling class du jour by making it easier for us to be controlled/bossed around.
@LionelKnight
4 ай бұрын
Shocks me how people who are so filled with self loathing speak with such authority on the meaning of life. If you dislike yourself so much that you cannot stand to live for yourself, then call it what it is. Trying to make it some noble thing that you lack enough self esteem to live for yourself is what I dislike.
@Monk_Chud
4 ай бұрын
Hes right, how do you 'live for yourself' anyway? People generally live for their families and god
@lombardi4
4 ай бұрын
he said it here that you cannot live for yourself, you might have missed the point
@scrung
3 ай бұрын
@@lombardi4you can live for yourself. a noble cause is ultimately self-fulfillment depending on how you look at it, that’s why the original poster is rejecting this line of reasoning. taking care of yourself is the first step before you can take care of others
@scrung
3 ай бұрын
@@1e0isfdkorblpg oh, that's interesting. i suppose some people have that thing they love to immerse themselves in, like a talent/skill and live for that, and some people need to find purpose elsewhere. monks of many faiths preach humility as the common denominator to happiness as well i think
@marcedoreste
Ай бұрын
I have the perfect solution Just become a firefighter, dude.
@vvert1506
4 ай бұрын
needed to hear that right now. thanks for posting this.
@Rishabh-Dev
4 ай бұрын
Yup
@dawlesstech8904
4 ай бұрын
Perhaps nowadays, to "die for something" means to let ALL other possible future lives that one MIGHT lead cease to come into form, for to allow a single, unique life to emerge in service of something.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
and i think thats worth it
@mr_phantastic
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926 goofy ahh take
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
@@mr_phantastic look at this goofy ahh
@myself3209
4 ай бұрын
Life nowadays is better in allmost every way. Its just we now have more time to think.
@JamesBond-m7s
Ай бұрын
Without God, life is meaningless
@MiguelNofuente
3 ай бұрын
As a Filipino, I find his notion of fighting for a noble cause to be laughable considering that he was a proponent of the Japanese Imperial Army and they are the least "noble" army in history.
@commandercortez
3 ай бұрын
Glad somebody said this...
@nathanimes4041
4 ай бұрын
What an idiotic and simplistic way of looking at the human experience. He died as stupidly as he spoke.
@Monk_Chud
4 ай бұрын
Spoke the Pretentious yid
@nathanimes4041
4 ай бұрын
@@Monk_Chud I'm not Jewish, but you sure as hell are an actual Nazi. How does it feel to be a literal racist?
@aaerin_rin
3 ай бұрын
I've been a fan of Yukio Mishima's work for years now and this is the first time i'm hearing him talk. If it wasn't that the algorithm recommended me this i would have missed it. Thank you for uploading!
@ApatiEktetheimenos
4 ай бұрын
Sorry buddy.... that has not happened in 6000 years of recorded human history!
@MrDaraghkinch
4 ай бұрын
I think it's kind of arrogant to expect meaning, or to expect to comprehend life in such simple terms. Do the cells in our bodies need to "understand"? Do plants need to understand? Does rain need to understand gravity in order to fall?
@acex222
4 ай бұрын
This is the most real comment on this video.
@Xander27-k3d
4 ай бұрын
Cells and plants are lesser life forms than animals and humans. Do you really wish that we would go back to such a simple times? Better yet going back to simple times and letting small human elite group to slave us and mock us as we chose the path of stupidity instead of path to glory.
@Jose-jx5pu
4 ай бұрын
I don't understand.
@Xander27-k3d
4 ай бұрын
We are humans not bugs. We need to understand at least our role in life. And people who got led in this video NEED to understand for that is part of their purpose
@acex222
4 ай бұрын
@@Xander27-k3d as a human, not a bug, you shouldn't NEED purpose. You have the cognition and free will to determine your own goals.
@Syno_Phobia
4 ай бұрын
Absurdism is the best medicine in modern world, life is absurdly meaningless and that's it. Just find and try some enjoyment even if it as small as enjoying the fresh air in the beach or reading a good books. There's no point on staying depressed
@real_madara
4 ай бұрын
Didn't know he was so close to modern era
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
yep. this interview was in 1966.
@TheRoastedMango
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926Where can I find it?
@gayshuk5810
3 ай бұрын
Well I see what he's getting at, but then I searched up his life story and...his death was kinda pathetic. Toke their own life crying about soul of natuon and simping for monarch, so having a brain to determine what is noble is as important as the zeal for the noble cause
@lupinthe4th400
4 ай бұрын
"I am the way, the truth, and the life”. - John 14:6 Man alone cannot just give an arbitrary meaning to life. And yet meaning exists, for we exist. Therefore, a supreme being (i.e. God) exists, to which we owe our existence. It is to God that we must turn to receive the ultimate meaning of life.
@fractured_shell6441
4 ай бұрын
I don't know man, there is so much pain in this world. No loving god would permit this to happen.
@lupinthe4th400
4 ай бұрын
@@fractured_shell6441 no man is born virtous. It is pain that builds character. From a philosophical perspective, the problem of evil is nonsense. Pain is used instrumentally to bring us to our senses. It is medicine to our pride and narcissism. It leads us to God. If we are constantly pursuing vanities, we just cannot see it. That's how personally became a Christian.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
@@fractured_shell6441 you are thinking to broadly my friend. stop and simplify things a little bit. there is a lot of pain you are right. so now its time for you to become someone that can help ease the pain of others. you can change the world.
@fractured_shell6441
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926 I agree with you, on a personal level I can influence my environment. Nice pfp. I just had some objections. Thx for the video.
@fractured_shell6441
4 ай бұрын
@@lupinthe4th400 I disagree, to a certain extent you have some truth in your words. Some types of pain make us have better qualities. Sports for example. However, an omnipotent god could make us virtous any time he wants without effort. Then why does man has to suffer for this? There are people who suffers for no reason regardless of their characteristics. Heck, some people becomes bitter because of their pain.
@Jonas-Seiler
3 ай бұрын
I find this reasoning short sighted. How can you happily live and die for anything now if making life easier for others deprives them of the chance to live and die for something themselves, thus making their lives meaningless in your eyes?
@Jonas-Seiler
3 ай бұрын
Just strive to spread happiness and inspire others to be less selfish, speak your mind about the world you wanna create.
@philanthropicnightmare1206
4 ай бұрын
As long as people exist, a noble cause exists
@Vingul
4 ай бұрын
Well -- as long as *my* people exists ;)
@repker
3 ай бұрын
implicit appeal to the demagogue. more like we soon tire of thinking for ourselves.
@BlankBey0nd
4 ай бұрын
Kojeve pilled
@burnout02urza
2 ай бұрын
Sometimes I wonder if it was all big cry for help.
@jjseandxcefree
4 ай бұрын
i live for self pleasure.
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
i pray for you
@jjseandxcefree
4 ай бұрын
@@sixman2926 which of the 600 deities do you pray to?
@JC-kl3uc
4 ай бұрын
That's the spirit!
@w04th
4 ай бұрын
THIS!!!
@jaybuck9124
3 ай бұрын
That's good for you. Love yourself first. Once you find your love, then you'll be the one who will pour it for others.🙏❤️
@乃-v8g
4 ай бұрын
Well if we call it is "the democracy" when looking at usa, most of european countries, east asia, or so, by which those claims themselves as "democratic", democracy should be overthrown. So called democracy going around after ww2 is totally not "peace, equality, safe" way of politics. It is just a deceptive form of imperialism, in which people can not help focus on individuals life to survive and have no time for society and politics. I think that's how we lost noble cause. There exists noble cause in this self-destructive world that exploits, oppress, destroy people and societies as you can see how we are doing over Palestine, New Caledonia, DRC, Sudan, Haiti, and allies all over the world. But we can't recognise and catch the noble cause in your hands because we have to "not give a f", "learn useful skills", "utilise and get any chance" to earn money and fame, and survive, than educating, committing, organising for "useless meaningless stupid" action for our social causes. I don't agree "make noble cause" direction because it gives them who loves this "democracy" status quo an argument that they would say "the world is good now already but you want to build problems huh".
@blackhand9581
4 ай бұрын
This assumes that the inverse doesn't exist. There are people who live selflessly. Always giving their best for something that they believe in with all their heart. Only for them to get desensitized that no matter how much they give, no matter how much they sacrifice, they tire of living for others. Striking a balance between both is hard but its what should be striven. Afterall, living for something wouldn't work if you don't live for yourself.
@DarkZide8
4 ай бұрын
There are plenty of noble causes. Go out and protest for Palestine.
@constellationorion8679
4 ай бұрын
We’ve also “beaten the game” of life/history in that there are no more frontiers easily accessible to a lot of people to drive technological/civilizational advancement, and a machine or app can do everything for us, so we feel like there’s nothing we can do anymore to contribute
@jamesreed2888
4 ай бұрын
Crossing the Atlantic was not easily accessible to a lot of people, going to the moon felt like an impossibility for the longest time. I think it's easy to look back and see how much people have done and think "oh of course they did that, everyone knows it's possible". But it didn't seem that way back then. I agree that most people today think we have beaten the game, but I don't think we actually have.
@michaelsmith953
4 ай бұрын
I think this is actually because corporations have made everything illegal...everything these days is "proprietary" or you must work here to use it. Back in the day if I had an idea for making my accounting book better I could just do it and it could spread through the country, nowadays I'd have to reach out about the bug to quickbooks, then have 100 other people agree with me online for them to look at it and say maybe we will fix that bug you all complain about...then 2 years later maybe they make the tiny change. We just can't work together because of all the barriers designed to keep money at the top. :/
@chavzone
4 ай бұрын
@@michaelsmith953 Exactly this, there was a time where competition was great for innovation, but now it's just meaningless intellectual property consolidation with the top few conglomerates stifling new ideas to disempower competitors. Normally regulators would step in with anti-trust laws but we all know how well-oiled the corrupt public-private revolving door is these days :/
@bragiodinsen4604
4 ай бұрын
corporations and governments artificially create a scarcity of labor. ever wonder how in a world of plenty engineers and scientists are mostly unemployed?
@alexjeffrey3981
4 ай бұрын
like 1/2 of the world's population still suffers from extreme deprivation. There's a cause for us right there. Why does ever-increasing convenience for those of us lucky enough to be relatively well-off have to be the goal? there's nothing noble about decadence if it's withheld for the minority.
@Sylerlia
3 ай бұрын
This is why God's purpose for us is to serve others.
@Juliana-rw6pt
3 ай бұрын
thank you
@Rishabh-Dev
4 ай бұрын
This is why I always promote a cause for Glory and Virtue among Young men. Living just for yourself till the age of 90 or 100 seems hell like to me. I would rather live a short but impactful life. And before ya'll start criticizing for preaching BS, let me tell you in advance. I am already in the middle of achieving something remarkable.
@Jimmy0123459876
4 ай бұрын
Please share if you don't mind
@Ishtarocha
3 ай бұрын
Better than dying for a noble cause, it is living for a noble cause.
@jerbsherb4391
4 ай бұрын
Even when we had reasons to die for something, it was to serve politicians. It's hard to say that you died for your country when people are filling their pockets with the contract money from weapons sales.
@brawlersagittarius4192
3 ай бұрын
Is he yukio mişima?
@sixman2926
3 ай бұрын
yes
@oniongummy8969
4 ай бұрын
Hedonism: Am I a joke to you?
@jaybuck9124
3 ай бұрын
本物の快楽主義者は他人を愛して他人に与え始めるだろう。そっちの方が幸せだからだ。笑
@aequanimitatis
4 ай бұрын
INDEED. Thank you for posting this. 🙏🏾💛🕊🦉
@x_aquatix_x
4 ай бұрын
cultural marxism.
@19mduffy
4 ай бұрын
There’s no Great War no Great Depression finding a community worthy of sacrificing your life for is nearly impossible nowadays. But… there’s art, art will always remain no matter how “good” the AI’s get, no matter how bad social media slop gets. Real art, art made with soul, is forever. It’s something I wish I realized much sooner, It’s the only reason i stick around now, it’s the only thing that’s real. Can’t make money off of it? so fucking what. I will not be complacent in the murder of art, and the rape of the human soul. I will not be broken by this satanic evil ass technological dystopia we currently find ourselves in. I was born to slay dragons, not wither away slowly in front of a computer screen. I will make my dreams a reality, I will make my 10 year old self proud.
@JanneSala
4 ай бұрын
Hell yeah. I've been writing a long-form project for some years now, and I've thought "why don't I live through my story?". Then I started to mold the narrative around the different turns in my life, the places I travel to, and the places I've lived in. It's made me approach life not from a perspective of "What can I do with myself", but "How can I live the most altruistic and fulfilling story I can tell". It's been a good way to find motivation to seek a life that is fueled by imagination and ideals. I'm studying for a career in international diplomacy at the moment, because the narrative I'm telling has to do with social change.
@GandalfTheDemoknight
4 ай бұрын
you make me happy.
@Thane3999
4 ай бұрын
Good? We don't want amother Great War and Great Depression.
@19mduffy
4 ай бұрын
@@Thane3999 Watch fight club.
@JC-kl3uc
4 ай бұрын
You sound like 10 yo.
@imaniyounosay
3 ай бұрын
GIVING > GETTING
@Mr.Proghead
4 ай бұрын
Get married and have kids
@sixman2926
4 ай бұрын
its what makes life worth it
@Xander27-k3d
4 ай бұрын
That is microscopic purpose. Not macroscopic one but nonetheless good idea
@guionesdcine4589
4 ай бұрын
You don't really need ideals in the first place. Why not live each moment, not attatched to control, ideologies, desire, fear, etc., but for the sake of each moment? Do you really think we need more than that? Maybe the ego does, I mean: when you actively compare yourself to others, it is obvious that you need some kind of measurement to draw the separation, but then, conflict and internal struggle are inevitable. If instead, you just act as a universal human being, that conflict has no place at all. I'm not trying to outsmart anyone nor come on top. It is just logical.
@Chris-hp2gg
4 ай бұрын
People have two lives. The second one begins when they realize they only have one.😂
@anatoli25236
3 ай бұрын
Sounds pretty but is kinda nonsense. You can look forward to tomorrow without any bullshit "noble causes". Life is inherently fun, fulfilling and joyful - all you need to do is avoid doing stupid shit, stay true to yourself.
@NAthanM-wb8tc
2 ай бұрын
Not trying to disprove you, just offering a different perspective like I did with a different comment. I feel like those who have nobody or feel they have nothing to live for feel this way and have nothing to look foward to, so while you may not feel this way, what the man says is true in many cases. I for one (not looking for any pity) after a certain events decided to live just for the hell of it, and deeply relate to what the man is saying. I also feel like for a lot of people, life is tough, and full of hardships, even if they do the right thing and stay true to themselves. Therefore while for you, it may feel like life is inherently good and fun and haveing reasons to live for, many don't, so you shouldn't fully discredit what the man is saying.
@animalfinatic9366
4 ай бұрын
For a moment, I thought I was on the wrong side of KZitem.
@joeyhandles
4 ай бұрын
westerners being inspired by a highly culturally specific advice
@halobat64
4 ай бұрын
I've found that I'm always happiest when I'm sharing in joy with friends or family, cooking for loved ones, helping friends with projects. Stuff like that, I think it's the closest thing you can get to that idea of not living for yourself. Trying to use what you have to help those who've helped you or care about you.
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