The Anti-Woke Expert: “We Are Witnessing The Fall Of The UK & The USA!” - Konstantin Kisin

Constantine Kissin, a podcast host and social commentator, critiques the ideology of wokeness, arguing it fosters division, victimhood, and weakens societal cohesion. He highlights the dangers of ideological conformity and the suppression of dissenting opinions, suggesting that this internal division signals weakness to other global powers like Russia and China. Kissin discusses his background from the Soviet Union, emphasizing the importance of appreciating Western freedoms and values. He also touches on the role of social media in amplifying divisive narratives and the need for a balanced approach to immigration, climate change, and free speech.

• Wokeness is perceived as a threat to freedom and societal cohesion.
• Ideology can lead to a simplistic and divisive view of society.
• The promotion of victimhood is seen as causing real-life suffering and weakening societal strength.
• Political correctness and labeling hinder free expression and create internal divisions.

"One of the terrible things about wokeness is that we're at risk of destroying the very thing that we now enjoy: freedom."

• Wokeness is viewed as a threat to the freedoms currently enjoyed in society.

"The ideology of wokeness creates a very simplistic and frankly ridiculous way of looking at people not as individuals but as groups with a hierarchy of oppression and promotion of victimhood."

• Wokeness is criticized for reducing people to group identities and promoting victimhood, which is harmful.

"As we spend more time arguing about trivial issues instead of real stuff that matters, the dominant civilization becomes more divided."

• The focus on trivial issues under wokeness is seen as weakening and dividing society.

• Western society is characterized by freedoms and opportunities not present in many other parts of the world.
• The concept of "Western privilege" is underappreciated and should be acknowledged with gratitude.
• The stability and success of Western societies are not guaranteed and can be undermined by internal divisions.

"I've seen that the world is not like this everywhere. I've seen also that societies don't necessarily last forever."

• The speaker emphasizes the unique privileges of Western societies and the risk of losing them.

"The one form of privilege that we don't ever talk about for some reason is Western privilege and actually I believe that's the one that we really should be talking about."

• Western privilege is highlighted as an important but often overlooked concept.

• Societies often collapse from within rather than being destroyed by external forces.
• The current cultural climate, particularly wokeness, is seen as a form of cultural suicide.
• The decline in Western self-confidence and unity is perceived as inviting geopolitical challenges.

"Most civilizations are not destroyed from the outside; they're destroyed through suicide, through cultural suicide."

• The speaker warns that internal cultural decline is a significant threat to civilization.

"The West loses confidence, the West becomes more divided, the West becomes more distracted."

• The weakening of Western unity and focus is seen as making it vulnerable to external threats.

• Ideological rigidity is seen as detrimental to truth and societal progress.
• Political labeling is used as a weapon to stifle dissent and enforce conformity.
• The speaker advocates for a flexible, context-based approach to political issues rather than rigid ideological positions.

"Ideology is a very bad thing because the moment you buy into a prepackaged set of ideas about what you're supposed to believe, you can very quickly find yourself not interested in the truth."

• Ideological thinking is criticized for stifling individual judgment and truth-seeking.

"Political labeling is now mostly a weapon that people use against their opponents."

• Political labeling is seen as a tool for shutting down opposing viewpoints and enforcing tribalism.

• Wokeness began as a self-compliment among activists but has evolved into a broader social phenomenon.
• It promotes a hierarchy of oppression and views societal issues through the lens of victimhood.
• The ideology is criticized for being detached from reality and focusing on narratives over facts.

"Wokeness came along really in around 2014... initially used by people particularly kind of Black Lives Matter and racial activists in America about themselves."

• The origin of wokeness is traced to activists who saw themselves as awakened to social injustices.

"It's the promotion and celebration of victimhood first and foremost."

• Wokeness is described as primarily promoting a victimhood mindset.

• Adopting a victimhood mindset is seen as self-harmful and detrimental to individual success.
• Psychological concepts like perception as projection explain how expecting discrimination can lead to perceiving it.
• Teaching resilience and self-efficacy is viewed as more beneficial than promoting victimhood.

"When you teach people to be victims, you make them victims. You actually cause them to suffer in real life."

• The promotion of victimhood is seen as causing real harm to individuals.

"Perception is projection... if you walk around thinking that because of your racial background everyone's out to get you, well, what are you going to see out in the world?"

• The idea that one's expectations can shape their perceptions and experiences is emphasized.

• The scar experiment demonstrates how belief in discrimination can lead to perceived discrimination.
• Stereotype threat shows that reminding people of negative stereotypes can negatively impact their performance.
• These concepts highlight the power of beliefs and expectations in shaping experiences.

"They put scarring on their face... they reported specific comments that the interviewers had made about their face even though they had no scarring at all."

• The scar experiment illustrates how expectations of discrimination can lead to perceived discrimination.

"If you remind a group of people about a stereotype before they do a test, then they perform worse on the test."

• Stereotype threat demonstrates the negative impact of reinforcing stereotypes on performance.

• Social media is seen as a catalyst for the rise of wokeness by promoting ideas detached from real-world consequences.
• Virtue signaling on social media is criticized for being more about appearing progressive than achieving real change.
• Actions driven by social media activism can have unintended and harmful consequences.

"When social media comes along, that's when this stuff really takes off because social media is completely detached from the real world."

• Social media's role in amplifying wokeness is highlighted.

"A lot of people decided to take a lot of understandable frustrations out on policing and the police more broadly... a lot of black people have been killed as a result."

• The unintended consequences of social media-driven activism are discussed.

• Success is attributed to individual effort, talent, and resilience rather than group identity.
• Role models and inspiration are seen as important but not limited to those who share one's background.
• The speaker advocates for a mindset of self-improvement and personal responsibility.

"If you're talented, if you're driven, if you're willing to work on yourself... the world's your oyster; it doesn't matter what your skin color is."

• Individual effort and resilience are emphasized as key to success.

"I think the truth of modern Western society... is that if you're talented, if you're driven, if you're willing to work on yourself... the world's your oyster."

• The speaker underscores the opportunities available in Western societies for those who are willing to work for them.

• Discussion about the impact of brainwashing and how it affects perceptions.
• Emphasis on personal responsibility and overcoming victimhood to thrive.

"I've got no excuse right and that's and that that part of it I've always rated which is if someone like you has walked in those footsteps before it helps kill your excuses and it gives you no reason."

• Highlights the importance of role models in overcoming excuses and brainwashing.

"It is objectively true that if I think if you look at studies where they take someone with a name that is associated with a certain race and they like sent a thousand emails for a job application you're much more likely to get the job if you're called John than like Lante or Constantine."

• Acknowledges the existence of racial bias in job applications.

"Do I take this and run with it? Do I make it a strength of some kind? Do I compensate for it elsewhere or do I wallow in my victimhood?"

• Discusses the choices available when facing discrimination or disadvantage.

"The only person that is going to change your life is you. No one's coming to save you."

• Stresses the importance of self-reliance and personal responsibility.

• Examination of differences between Generation Z and Millennials.
• Discussion on the impact of technology and societal changes on younger generations.

"Young people are always amazing because they've had the benefit of learning stuff like knowing stuff that we had to learn right like I had to learn this they just get given it on YouTube or whatever."

• Highlights the advantages younger generations have due to access to information.

"I think probably 20 years from now we will look at phones like we look at tobacco companies 30 or 40 years ago."

• Predicts future societal views on the impact of smartphones on young people.

"They do face unique challenges and kind of smacking some of that self-centeredness out of them is part of it."

• Acknowledges the unique challenges faced by Generation Z and the need for guidance.

• Analysis of the decline of Western civilization and its implications.
• Discussion on the rise of other global powers and the potential for increased conflict.

"Western Civilization has been dominant around the world for many many centuries now when the dominant civilization becomes weakened especially from the inside whichever one that is what that opens up is what Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and others are now talking about this is what they mean when they talk about the multi-polar world."

• Explains the concept of a multi-polar world and the power struggles involved.

"The biggest problem that Western countries face is our level of debt."

• Identifies national debt as a significant issue for Western countries.

"If you brainwash people for decades now to think that their society is bad and wrong and evil well they're not going to be willing to advance its interest they're not going to be able to go and fight and defend it in war."

• Discusses the impact of negative perceptions of society on national unity and defense.

• Exploration of the origins and evolution of Marxist ideology.
• Connection between Marxism and modern "woke" ideology.

"Marxism was an ideology created obviously by Karl Marx and Engels who funded him and assisted him and the idea was very simple the idea was that the way to understand human society is through the lens of Oppression."

• Provides a basic overview of Marxist ideology.

"The ideology of wokeness is really a new form of Marxism it's a kind of race Marxism."

• Links modern "woke" ideology to Marxist principles.

"The Marxist in the west they very quickly realized that this wasn't going to work Western working-class people were not going to overthrow the existing regime and have a Soviet-style Revolution where they slaughter all the bourgeois and the capitalist so they had to find a different way to approach it which is why they invented this form of race Marxism."

• Explains the shift from class-based to race-based Marxist ideology.

• Discussion on the role of foreign influence in destabilizing Western societies.
• Examination of tactics used by foreign powers to spread disinformation.

"The Soviet Union by the way was very active in funding militant African-American groups in the 60s and 70s and 80s in America."

• Provides historical context for foreign influence in domestic affairs.

"What they want is to create a cacophony of Lies so that you don't know what to believe anymore."

• Describes the goal of foreign disinformation campaigns.

"They just take the forces within our society that already destabilizing and they amplify them."

• Explains how foreign powers exploit existing societal divisions.

• Discussion on the decline of religion and its impact on society.
• Exploration of the search for meaning and purpose in a secular world.

"There's no question that the decline of religion has meant that people are lacking meaning and lacking purpose and lacking guidance and lacking discipline and lacking a set of rails in which to live their lives."

• Highlights the consequences of declining religious belief.

"Human beings clearly have a religious Instinct that has lasted through the Ages and usually religion has been there to explain to us the things that we do not understand."

• Suggests that the human need for religion and meaning persists.

"The hope is that from that comes something else."

• Expresses optimism that new forms of meaning and purpose will emerge.

• A notable trend has been observed where young Western men are converting to Islam.
• This trend is attributed to Islam offering discipline, structure, reward, and community, which are appealing to men.
• Islam contrasts with modern Western values by allowing men to be strong and confident, which is appealing to those who feel marginalized in current Western society.

"Islam is a religion that offers particularly men quite a lot of the things that they really want right discipline structure reward Community."

• Islam provides elements that are attractive to men, such as discipline, structure, and a sense of community.

"Islam like very few other things is one of the ideologies that still allows men to be strong and confident."

• Islam supports traditional masculine traits, which are often discouraged in modern Western society.

• Modern Western society portrays men as weak and secondary to women.
• Men are doing worse in education and other areas, while simultaneously being demonized.
• The backlash is seen in the rise of hyper-masculine figures and the popularity of activities like gym culture and combat sports.

"In modern Western Society what is a man supposed to be look at your adverts look at your movies look at everything man's supposed to be this pathetic weak second to his strong female counterpart."

• The media portrays men as weak and secondary, which conflicts with traditional masculine ideals.

"Men are supposed to step back and make space and all of this Islam says no no no you're the man."

• Islam's view of men contrasts with the modern Western view, appealing to those who feel marginalized.

• Figures like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson represent a response to the suppression of traditional masculinity.
• The popularity of combat sports and gym culture is a socially acceptable way for men to express masculinity.
• There is a societal need for men to find ways to channel their natural tendencies in productive ways.

"One of the reasons there such an obsession with combat sports nowadays is that it's like well at least I can see like men being men type of thing."

• Combat sports provide a platform for men to express traditional masculine traits.

"The more you try to prevent men from being men the more you're going to get the backlash."

• Suppressing traditional masculinity leads to a backlash and the rise of hyper-masculine figures.

• Men need to focus on self-improvement, skill development, and finding mentors.
• Victimhood is particularly harmful to men, as society is less sympathetic towards male victims.
• Men and women need to work together, recognizing their different strengths and inclinations.

"The solution for men is always going to be the same, which is to be better to do better to work harder to learn skills to grow to develop to look for mentors to look for guidance and to do things."

• Self-improvement and skill development are essential for men to thrive.

"Men and women need to work together for the entire history of human existence one of the terrible things about wokeness is that it creates these divisions between men and women."

• Cooperation between men and women is crucial for societal harmony and progress.

• Recognizing and respecting biological differences between men and women is essential.
• Men and women complement each other, filling in gaps in each other's abilities and emotional states.
• Problematic behaviors should be addressed without generalizing them to all men or women.

"We have different inclinations different skill sets it's not to say there aren't exceptions of course there are right but generally speaking we need to work together."

• Men and women have different strengths that complement each other.

"Harvey Weinstein does not represent me in fact throughout history people like him would have actually been dealt with by Good Men and prevented from acting in that way."

• Problematic individuals should not be used to generalize about an entire gender.

• Free speech has been increasingly restricted, particularly by the progressive left.
• The pandemic highlighted the dangers of censorship, with important discussions being suppressed.
• Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has opened up conversations but also increased the spread of harmful content.

"Free speech usually and always has been really is a weapon that people like to use against the other side which is why you need people in the middle to kind of be the referee."

• Free speech is often used as a political tool, necessitating neutral oversight.

"Elon Musk bought Twitter and I think since then we've seen that you know a friend of mine's very fond of saying that zero is a special number."

• Musk's acquisition of Twitter has both positive and negative implications for free speech.

• The West's accumulated advantages make it likely to remain dominant in the near future.
• The decline of Western dominance would lead to lower living standards and reduced freedoms.
• Preserving Western values is crucial for maintaining human rights and equality.

"The accumulated Advantage we have is very significant but you know that thing about how did something end gradually and then suddenly."

• The West's advantages are significant but could erode over time.

"The values of the West which are ironically the things that woke people care about so much human rights equality of treatment all of those those things will will fall to the wayside."

• Western values are essential for human rights and equality, and their decline would be detrimental.

• Teaching children about the advantages and values of Western society is crucial.
• Exposure to different cultures and living conditions can help children appreciate their privileges.
• Inoculating children against false ideologies is necessary for them to become good citizens.

"Teach your children how lucky they are take them abroad show them the rest of the world show them what people live like in poor countries around the world."

• Exposure to different cultures helps children appreciate their privileges.

"Inoculate them against these ideas my parents had to do this with me when I was growing up in the Soviet Union."

• Teaching children to critically evaluate ideologies is essential for their development.

• Restricting speech can lead to unintended and unjust consequences.
• Social consequences, rather than legal penalties, are often more appropriate for offensive speech.
• A balance must be found between allowing free expression and preventing harm.

"If you look around at countries in the world where people are prevented from saying things that other people don't like those are not the sort of societies that we would want to live on our emulate."

• Societies that restrict speech are not desirable models to emulate.

"We should always ear on the side of allowing people to express themselves even if what they say we really don't like."

• Allowing free expression, even of unpopular opinions, is crucial for a healthy society.

• Discussion on the need for a physical barrier between Ukraine and Russia to prevent future conflicts.
• Mention of potential solutions like NATO membership or a Korean-style demilitarized zone.
• Speculation on Donald Trump's potential effectiveness in resolving the issue.

"The most important thing in this outcome is that there's a physical barrier between Ukraine and Russia so that this can't happen again."

• Emphasizes the need for a physical separation to ensure long-term security for Ukraine.

"Out of the two candidates, I think Donald Trump is probably more likely to get that outcome."

• Suggests that Donald Trump might be more effective in achieving a lasting solution to the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

• Discussion on how the UK has a poor business environment, leading to an exodus of millionaires.
• The impact of high taxes on wealth creation and employment.
• Comparison of attitudes towards wealth in the UK versus the US.

"Britain, more millionaires are leaving the UK than any other country in the world at the moment."

• Highlights the negative impact of the UK's business environment on retaining wealthy individuals.

"When you tax them, what happens is they stay rich but they stop employing as many people."

• Explains how high taxes can deter business owners from creating jobs.

• Shift in views from a libertarian stance to a more nuanced perspective on drug policy.
• Recognition of the addictive nature of certain drugs and the need for mental health treatment rather than criminalization.

"I used to think that people should be free to take whatever drugs they want. I still think that about certain drugs, but I also think there are certain drugs that are just so incredibly addictive."

• Acknowledges the complexity of drug addiction and the need for a balanced approach.

• Critique of ideological approaches to issues like abortion and immigration.
• Advocacy for practical, non-ideological solutions that address root causes and trade-offs.

"There are countries in the world, Hungary for example, where they have a very right-wing government who didn't want to make abortion a political issue."

• Illustrates a pragmatic approach to reducing abortions by focusing on family support rather than ideological battles.

• Discussion on the challenges and consequences of illegal immigration.
• The need for a structured and lawful immigration process.
• Personal anecdotes to illustrate the complexities and nuances of the issue.

"There is no reason that should be happening. There's literally zero reason that people should be walking into this country without being checked, without knowing who they are."

• Emphasizes the importance of legal immigration processes for national security and societal order.

"We were spending 8 million pounds a day every day in Britain on housing for illegal immigrants who were coming over from other countries."

• Highlights the financial burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers.

• Concept of tradeoff denialism, where people ignore the inherent trade-offs in policy decisions.
• Example of climate change policies that may harm poorer populations by making energy more expensive.

"You can't solve every problem; you can choose which tradeoff you get."

• Underlines the necessity of recognizing trade-offs in policy-making.

"When you pursue this idea called Net Zero, which is when we outsource our own emissions to other countries so we can pretend that we're green, we actually create more CO2 around the world."

• Critiques the superficial solutions to climate change that fail to address the global nature of the problem.

• Advocacy for technological advancements, particularly nuclear power, as solutions to climate change.
• Critique of alarmist climate change rhetoric and the need for balanced, pragmatic approaches.

"We've got to use way more nuclear power than we use because it's carbon-neutral to not entirely but it's."

• Promotes nuclear power as a viable solution to reduce carbon emissions.

• Discussion on personal unfulfilled dreams, such as having a large family.
• Reflection on the importance of pursuing truth and maintaining good faith in discussions.

"One unfulfilled dream in your life? To have a large family."

• Shares a personal aspiration that may remain unfulfilled.

"Bad faith changes everything and so does good faith."

• Emphasizes the importance of good faith in meaningful conversations and problem-solving.

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