On Wednesday, comedian Owen Benjamin uploaded a video to his YouTube channel titled: “Why I Hate The Left.” In the video, Benjamin explains what he means by “the Left.” He also talks about political debate, and the idea that if debate isn’t centered around common goals, it’s fruitless.
It’s a fantastic video, and at just under nine minutes, it won’t take too much of your time. A partial transcription is below, followed by the actual video:
I use language like “the Left” on social media, and people sometimes say “you can’t boil it down to that.” So, I wanted to just quickly give my thoughts.
Humans think in binary terms right from our birth. My son’s first words were “mama” and “dada,” and he still separates the world into “mama” things and “dada” things. He says “mama” when he needs something to survive, like food, or her, a hug. He says “dada” when he’s more aggressive, when he wants to go out somewhere and try something, you now? That’s how humans think. Good versus evil, right/wrong, red team/blue team, zeroes and ones – that’s binary code – Catholic versus Protestant, Sunni versus Shia, North versus South – this is how we think. And we have liberal and conservative.
When you have shared goals, it’s great. The two teams engage and game theory and it’s effective. It’s a way to solve problems; it’s a way to grow. Without friction, roots don’t grow. When the goals are shared, the Left and the Right operate as kind of a think tank with animosity, you know? Different strategies, different policies, attacking the same goal – but that goal is very important.
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