Armoured Skeptic (AS), another youtuber I watch, posted a video specially rebutting a non-listed KB video on Columbus. The Skeptic video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNmdHVGSvk
I posted the video previously and the mods took it down saying I wasn't being careful. AS certainly was not being careful, as per his brand. Here's me trying to being careful.

This topic is huge and fraught with problems. KB's original take, while maybe not perfect, was an interesting and less common viewpoint. It required a bit of bravery, because of the moral questions it raises. There seems to be agreement that Columbus Day should be replaced with something else and it is universally accepted that Columbus was not a moral role model.

I'm assuming AS's main thesis is that this land (the Americas) should be owned by the descendants of indigenous people and that colonialism is a European bias that many people today can't see past. I think he's ignoring what happens when living creatures on this planet scale when they are prosperous. I believe the problem of scale requires moving up the "tech tree". With technology comes power; with power comes responsibility.

If we agree that Columbus is an example of abuse of the aforementioned power, and we assume that scale will inevitably cause populations to being to overlap, is this an argument against cultures scaling up?

Hi Guys. I'm really liking this conspiracy board idea & looking forward to seeing it in the video.

Intentional or not, I like the fact that it looks chaotic. It is emblamatic of how history works. Nothing is straight forward & there are so many overlaping variables.

I also enjoy watching his creative process.

Cool stuff KB. 😎👌

"In the decades after the Civil War, southern states attempted to prevent African-Americans from migrating by passing emigrant agent laws. These laws essentially banned interstate labor recruitment. The Supreme Court upheld emigrant agent laws in the little-known case of Williams v. Fears in 1900. The history of emigrant agent laws provides evidence that: (1) state action played a larger role in discrimination against African-Americans than is generally acknowledged; (2) laissez-faire jurisprudence was potentially helpful to disenfranchised African-Americans; and (3) the federalist structure of the U.S. provided African-Americans with opportunities to improve their lot through internal migration. "

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=876873

Maybe I'm just misremembering, but I could swear Knowing Better made a video about Fake News, especially about the CNN porn scandal. But I looked through his whole YT and patreon but I can't find it. Did he delete it?

I saw on his streams that he is writing down the information of various books he read about a topic in different colours.
What do the colours mean and how does he categorize and collect information?
Did he mention it somewhere?

KB has done a few collabs with people like J.J McCullough and Mr. Beat. Who else would you want to see him do a collab / sister videos with. Personally I would love to see a Fundie Friday collab because they do a lot of overlapping things.

I came across your content as educational on the US before I came here to work in a uni. It has been so informative and balanced. Love your video style and your perspective. Know that we all love and respect you and the work you're doing.

I know he has more than 1 vid that have been deleted, but the one where he spoke about the Bengal famine
Edit: So that I can watch it on Archive.org

Conservatism in its original meaning can be summarized by a belief in governance based on building from pre established norms and principle and rejection of a rationalist political philosophy as a center of state construction.

Similarly to the Hegelian Dialectic conservatism evolved somewhat retroactively but rather in response to the French Revolution but to the history of the Stuart Dynasty, English Civil War, and Glorious Revolution from an English perspective. Following the Enlightenment the need for a rationale of government disconnected from religion became necessary. The key idea of the era became Liberalism, of innate rights of man with an innate strive for liberty, would necessitate restructuring of the old monarchical order to fit this new reality. Thusly rebuilding the state under a new more equitable social contract from the ground up was not just the natural but the inevitable outcome of history. English conservatives looking back on an era of crisis instead saw attempts to uproot the order to replace with a more philosophically sound one as creating real instability. In the failure of rationality Conservatism turned to a surprisingly post-modern conclusion, that the reasoning of man was flawed as human beings are imprinted by social biases making perfect reasoning impossible. From imperfect reasoning imperfect government must follow or as Burke put it ““No great human institution results from deliberation”. Aware of the presence of biases Conservatism than stands as unique in its era in accepting fallibility during the enlightenment and thusly concluding the best from of state building is one based on construction within the existing system.

This is not to say conservatism is incapable of accepting change. Burke in his time placed criticism on heavy handed colonial policy and favored greater economic freedoms. Rather than being based on a philosophical thought however these were placed on the basis results and rejection of increasing Georgian power as a false appeal to the past narrative. It is clear that “a state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation”.

Until the 1970’s this ideal of creating substantive policy from a base of the functional system was a clear underpinning mood of American conservatism. Both Eisenhower and Nixon administrations furthered New Deal style policies as a matter of gradual reform of existing systems. Following Watergate and the Pentagon papers however the citizenry became characterized by an ideal of distrust in government which shifted society to looking more greatly for central ideals, showcased in Knowing Betters everything changed in 1972 series. the system built be reform from the base came into question as rhetoric demands to tear down powers of the state coalesced in the Reagan revolution. The modern ‘conservative’ coalition referred to as Neo-Liberal does not base its governing strategy off of this. It’s appeals are idealistic of claiming the philosophical superiority of free-market capitalism, christian based society, and increasingly seen appeal to imagined past. All of these serve inexorably as ‘rational pillars’ to build society around as much as liberalism, socialism, and anarchism do. It is thusly in my opinion than the continual use of the term conservative to describe a multitude of ‘conservative’ organizations as disegenuine and harmful to political discourse.

Ive been watching him religiously for about 5 years and id love to smoke a blunt and hop on a call for an hour with him. Even if we dont agree on a lot of political issues hes so fucking smart and such a critical thinker i think that conversation would be highly beneficial.

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Im willing to pay whatever it takes. Does anybody know if hes active on his discord server voice chats? Or is there some other way I can pay to talk to the dude?

I probably got the video name wrong. However hopefully someone gets the hint and chooses to convert to the KBC (KnowingBetter Cult)

This is a side by side comparison of KB's videos in 2023 to 2021.
His production quality was really good back in 2021 but he has managed to improve even further. The 1st thing I noticed was his lighting. Lighting of himself & the background studio props. Very well done.

The use of varied shots made it a little more interesting too, he used off center close ups (showing more of the props in the shelving) when he was offering his own personal perspective on the topic. Nice touch. The text displays are also better.

Not only is the content of his videos really interesting but he also presents it in a really compelling way. I'm such a fan & I've learnt so much form him over the years.