Leftism as a Mental Disorder
Summary
TLDRThe video script provocatively suggests a correlation between leftism and mental illness, citing studies that show higher rates of mental health issues among liberals and leftists. It explores the potential causes, including socio-biological factors and the adoption of maladaptive behaviors. The script also delves into the impact of leftism on white individuals, suggesting that internalized attitudes may contribute to mental health struggles. Furthermore, it touches on the socio-biological perspective, where leftists' universal morality and resource allocation may undermine their survival and mental well-being.
Takeaways
- 📊 The video suggests a correlation between leftism and mental illness, citing studies that show higher rates of mental illness among liberals compared to conservatives.
- 🧬 It references a 2020 paper by ML Kierkegaard, which discusses the possibility of left-wing ideologies either attracting those with mental illnesses or potentially causing them.
- 📈 The script claims that extreme liberalism and Marxism are associated with a higher rate of mental illnesses, even when controlling for other factors.
- 👨👩👧👦 The video points out that younger individuals are more likely to be diagnosed with mental illnesses, possibly due to increased diagnoses and changing environmental conditions.
- 🌐 It mentions that leftists tend to exhibit maladaptive behaviors such as risky sexual behaviors, substance abuse, and higher crime rates compared to conservatives.
- 🏛️ The script argues that white leftists may be particularly affected by mental illnesses due to internalizing concepts like white privilege and the need for self-deconstruction.
- 🧠 It discusses the idea that leftists may have a different moral circle that leads to maladaptive behaviors and a decreased focus on self-preservation.
- 🤔 The video suggests that leftists' virtue signaling behavior could be linked to mental illnesses and dark triad personality traits such as Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
- 📉 It highlights a 2019 Cato Institute survey indicating that very liberal individuals are less likely to believe their life is determined by their own actions, hinting at a potential lack of personal agency.
- 🔄 The script concludes by suggesting that leftism as an ideology may be malfunctioning and could potentially be considered a disorder due to its association with various negative outcomes.
Q & A
What is the main claim of the video regarding leftism and mental health?
-The video claims that leftism is a predictor of mental illnesses and could potentially be considered a mental disorder itself, based on socio-biological analysis.
What does the video suggest about the relationship between extreme left-wing ideologies and mental illness?
-The video suggests that extreme liberalism or Marxism independently predicts a high rate of mental illnesses across all studies when controlled for other factors.
What is the reported increase in the rate of mental illnesses for liberals compared to moderates, as mentioned in the video?
-The video reports a 150% increase in the rate of mental illnesses for liberals compared to moderates.
How does the video explain the tendency of leftists towards maladaptive behaviors?
-The video suggests that leftists tend towards maladaptive behaviors such as risky sexual behaviors, increased substance abuse, and higher crime rates, which are confirmed both longitudinally and cross-sectionally.
What is the video's stance on the physical attractiveness of liberals compared to conservatives?
-The video claims that liberals tend to be less physically attractive than conservatives, which is associated with healthier lifestyles and a lack of mental illnesses.
What does the video suggest about the mental health of white leftists in particular?
-The video suggests that white leftists are particularly affected by mental illnesses, possibly due to internalizing attitudes such as white privilege and the need to decolonize and dismantle their own existence.
How does the video link leftism to a decrease in the perception of threat and survival?
-The video links leftism to a decrease in the perception of threat and survival by suggesting that leftists adopt behaviors that undermine their own rate of survival, such as universalism and the deconstruction of self.
What is the video's argument regarding the correlation between leftism and virtue signaling?
-The video argues that virtue signaling behavior among leftists aligns closely with mental illnesses and dark triad personality traits, particularly Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.
What does the video suggest about the role of genetics and environment in the adoption of leftist ideology among whites?
-The video suggests that while genetics are important, the environment is responsible for at least 60 percent of whites adopting leftist maladaptive behavior, which can lead to mental illness.
How does the video conclude its discussion on leftism and mental health?
-The video concludes by suggesting that leftism as an ideology promotes behaviors that correlate with mental illnesses and could be considered a disorder, and it encourages viewers to subscribe for more intellectual analysis on contemporary politics.
Outlines
🧠 Leftism and Mental Health: A Provocative Inquiry
The speaker begins by addressing the provocative nature of the video's title, asserting that leftism is linked to mental illnesses. They reference a 2020 paper by M.L. Kierkegaard, which suggests that extreme left-wing ideologies may either attract those with mental illnesses or potentially induce such conditions. The video aims to explore this correlation and its implications. Studies show that liberals have a higher rate of mental illnesses compared to moderates, with conservatives and extreme conservatives being less likely to suffer from mental illnesses. The speaker also mentions that leftists tend to exhibit maladaptive behaviors such as risky sexual behaviors, substance abuse, and higher crime rates. The discussion then shifts to the potential reasons behind these observations, including the impact of leftism on white individuals and its role in promoting self-deprecation and 'white privilege' narratives.
📊 Mental Dysfunctionality and Leftism: A Deeper Dive
This paragraph delves into the relationship between leftism and mental health, suggesting that exposure to left-wing ideologies can lead to temporary mental dysfunctionality, such as depression and anxiety. The speaker challenges the notion that education and income are protective against mental illnesses, citing evidence that contradicts this belief. They also discuss the impact of leftism on racial bias, noting that white liberals show a unique form of altruism that may contribute to their mental health issues. The paragraph further explores the socio-biological perspective, suggesting that leftists' universal morality and resource allocation patterns may be maladaptive from an evolutionary standpoint. The speaker also touches on the neurological research indicating that leftists may lack certain qualities necessary for survival, such as a diminished understanding of danger and self-protection instincts.
🌐 Leftism, Mental Health, and Societal Implications
The final paragraph of the video script addresses the broader societal implications of leftism and its association with mental health. The speaker argues that leftism, as an ideology, may be considered dysfunctional due to its promotion of universalism, self-deconstruction, and behaviors that could lead to a decrease in survival rates. They discuss the potential genetic and environmental factors contributing to the adoption of leftist ideologies and the subsequent mental health issues. The speaker also highlights the irony of leftists' low life control and their association with authoritarian personality traits. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to subscribe to the channel for a revolutionary approach to understanding contemporary politics and fostering a healthier society.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Leftism
💡Mental Illness
💡Socio-Biological Analysis
💡Extreme Liberalism
💡Marxism
💡Maladaptive Behaviors
💡White Privilege
💡Decolonize
💡Moral Circle
💡Virtue Signaling
💡Authoritarian Personality Disorder
Highlights
The video title suggests a provocative link between leftism and mental illness, but claims the information is accurate.
Leftism is proposed as a predictor of mental illnesses, with the suggestion it could be considered a mental disorder itself.
ML Kierkegaard's 2020 paper is cited, indicating a correlation between left-wing ideologies and mental illness, but the direction of causality is unknown.
Extreme liberalism and Marxism are said to independently predict a high rate of mental illnesses, even when controlling for other factors.
A 2020 paper reports liberals have a 150% increase in mental illness rates compared to moderates.
Conservatives and extreme conservatives are found to be less likely to be mentally ill compared to moderates.
Younger individuals are more likely to be diagnosed with mental illnesses, possibly due to increased diagnosis and current environmental conditions.
Leftists show a tendency towards maladaptive behaviors such as risky sexual behaviors and substance abuse.
Liberals are suggested to be less physically attractive, which is associated with healthier lifestyles and fewer mental illnesses.
White leftists may be particularly affected by mental illnesses due to internalizing attitudes of white privilege and self-deprecation.
Far-right individuals are suggested to be healthier because they love themselves despite societal rejection.
Income and education are said to negatively correlate with mental illnesses, contrary to common expectations.
Lefty-dominated institutions show a seven-fold increase in depression and anxiety rates among students.
Leftism is critiqued for promoting universalism and deconstruction of self, particularly among white individuals.
Leftists are suggested to have an impaired self-protection instinct and a reduced understanding of danger.
Mental degeneration or BVFTD in conservatives' brains is said to make them adopt leftist ideologies.
Virtue signaling among leftists is linked to mental illnesses and dark triad personality traits.
A 2019 Cato Institute survey found that very liberal individuals were less likely to agree that their life is determined by their own actions.
The video concludes with a call to subscribe for an intellectual revolutionary understanding of contemporary politics.
Transcripts
i must confess that the title for this
video is rather provocative
but all information you see here being
presented is absolutely accurate
and yes leftism is a predictor of mental
illnesses and could be argued is a
mental disorder by itself
using a socio-biological analysis though
as
ml kierkegaard in his 2020 paper had
concluded that it is yet unknown to what
extent mentally ill people select
into extreme left-wing ideologies or
those left-wing ideologies themselves
produce mental illnesses
what is known is that extreme liberalism
or marxism
independently predicts a high rate of
mental illnesses
across all studies when controlled for
other factors and this video is
dedicated towards illustrating all of
that in a legible manner
as well as talking about the reasons why
it is the case and the wider social
implications that are tied with it
and before i go into stating the
possible explanations for such an
outcome
i will have to prove that leftism and
liberalism predict
mental illness in the first place in a
recent 2020 paper it was reported
that liberals had a 150
increase in the rate of mental illnesses
compared to the moderates
while conservatives and extreme
conservatives were less likely to be
mentally ill in comparison to the
moderates
especially malfunctioning outcomes were
with marxists and with social democrats
while the most mentally stable were
conservatives and
those part of the old right and that
picture is pretty much repeated with all
recent surveys and studies with those
even
younger being way more likely to be
diagnosed with mental illnesses
which can be explained by an increase in
diagnosis
current environmental conditions and the
selection for these genic traits that
occurred and continue to travel the
world since the industrial revolution
where genetically unfit people are being
able to reproduce
but that is a story for another day so
let me not bother you with that one for
now
but if you're curious you can dig up
some michael woodley and his research as
well as the very recent studies done on
that
topic besides that leftists also show a
tendency towards other maladaptive
behaviors
such as adopting degenerative which
include their risky sexual behaviors
and as a consequence surprisingly lower
satisfaction from sex
increased substance abuse and the much
higher crime rate than
conservatives which has confirmed both
longitudinal
and cross-sectionally and if you're
gonna say here oh well it's all because
males and blacks were included yes but
even when they are controlled for that
the results still hold the same for
whites and for females
and the difference is still one standard
deviation as the study had reported
not to also mention that liberals tend
to be less
physically attractive than conservatives
and as we know
physical attractiveness is associated
with healthier lifestyles and a lack of
mental illnesses
but anyways those were just the bonuses
that i had found while doing the
research
what i'd like you to focus your
attention now is the possible reasons
for those cases of mental
illnesses among leftists and i feel like
i cannot explain it
fully without looking at race you see
although leftism per se
is a predictor of mental illnesses for
the general population
white leftists seem to be particularly
affected by it
and the best explanation regarding that
is the fact
that leftism teaches whites of white
privilege
and that they are the scout of the earth
who should decolonize
and dismantle their own existence so
perhaps
internalizing attitudes among white
leftists might explain those rates of
higher mental illnesses and
depression as it is often the goal
explanations when it comes to explaining
the depression rate among
non-heterosexuals in addition that may
be the
co-explanations of why the depression
rates are so low
among the far right who on the other
hand are healthier because
they seem to love themselves even though
the society pretty much
hates them and wants them gone and also
if you're gonna say that that there are
other factors that play a more
significant role
such as being highly educated bourgeois
and having a higher
income know that it is not supported by
the evidence
as income and education negatively
correlates with mental illnesses
at least in 2007 to the contrary of what
you would expect
however other study reported the
opposite
relationship for women at least when it
came to depression and anxiety it did
not look at
mental illnesses so my previous point
stands
also adding on that there seems to be a
seven-fold increase
in depression and anxiety rates of
students in the lefty-dominated
institutions which
only proves my point that leftism causes
mental dysfunctionality to people once
they are exposed to it at least
temporarily but i could not find any
data
of a positive relationship between
education and an increase in mental
illnesses
only temporary and mental
dysfunctionality like depression and
anxiety that i could find now let me
finish
with the race part in the 2018 anes
survey all racial groups except white
liberals
show the racial bias in favor of their
group
which is to say that white liberals put
themselves below
other races in other words being
pathologically altruistic
or in a more academic words
internalizing their own
oppression and why should we not
classify it as
a disorder as google's definition of a
disorder
is that which results in causing
significant difficulty
distress impairment and or suffering in
a person's daily life
but enough with that what are the other
reasons of that besides the
indoctrination i would make the case
that it is the moral circle of a typical
lefty that is to blame here
and it is malfunctioning from a
socio-biological perspective
which focuses on survival in terms of
physical fitness
and both group and individual selection
leftists are not
just more universal than conservatives
in their morality
they also happen to be allocating more
resources to things that are not
beneficial for their own survival
such as all things in existence and as a
result
they adopt maladaptive behaviors such as
animal rights
such as multiculturalism which would be
the direct result of their moral
failings
that quite ironically undermine their
own rate of survival as they do not
allocate enough resources to themselves
them
having way less children than
conservatives can be directly tied with
their own
maladaptive behavior as they are
choosing the k
strategy refusing to have as much kids
as conservatives
and throughout time the gap between
liberals and conservatives had
increased drastically they not only
identify with
the whole humanity more not equal to
their own country or their family that
by the way many of them also choose not
to have
but also they happen to morally allocate
resources equally to humans and
non-humans
now i wonder when do we extend human
rights to
animals oh wait a second [ __ ] and there
are more confirmations of that besides
the surveys of course and studies by
jonathan hyde as there was a lot of
neurological research which practically
concluded that leftists lack many
important qualities of a helpful human
being or have them to a diminished
degree which in result makes them have
diminished emotional responses to
negative stimuli
disgust levels and most importantly
understanding of danger
which all predicts low survival ability
so it is no wonder that they
operate in ways that they do they just
have an impaired self-protection
instinct one thing
i found very telling in particular while
doing this research
is that mental degeneration or bvftd
in conservatives brain makes them adopt
a leftist ideology
and yeah if you're wondering what it is
like to have
bvfd it is basically just leftism in a
nutshell as it includes all the symptoms
that i had previously identified
that are reduced attention to aversive
threat
decreased reactivity to disgusting
stimuli and
impaired the drive for self-production
and etc
and partially that would also explain
their toleration for ambiguity
as intolerance of ambiguity is often
perceived as a threat
so in addition to the underestimation
and reduced attention
to threat low ethnocentrism [ __ ] up
moral circle
crime rates and other biosocial
maladaptability
which also includes by the way having
fewer children and a personal
stake towards actively dismantling their
own culture
there is one more variable that may
explain their mental health problems and
why their behavior is similar to a
disorder
and that is their virtue signaling
behavior that aligns closely not just
with mental illnesses but with a dark
tried personality disorder in
particularly the machiavellianism
narcissism and psychopathy traits so i
guess another thing to
explore although this study did not say
that it was specifically leftists who
were doing that but let's be honest who
does the most amount of virtue signaling
and if you are a left-wing person
hearing all of this you might be filled
up with anger as of right now
you'll probably object and say wait a
minute
how dare you pathologize the left it is
the right which scores higher on
authoritarian personality disorder
typically has lower iqs if controlled
for race that we leftists
don't actually believe exist in the
first place both race and iq
not to mention conservative whites are
just as
racist as non-white liberals or
conservatives
so suck it up bigot and to that i will
respond
that high ethnocentrism is a positive
thing from the evolutionary perspective
not to mention that
the opposite is not beneficial and it is
the reason of such a diminished mental
and physical health outcomes among the
white leftists not
to even speak of leftism eventually
being outbreathed as a result of their
failing case strategy
and i'd like to make it clear for those
leftists filled up with anger
that i'm not saying that all leftists
are mentally ill people
as even with marxists this number is
less than 50 percent
what i'm saying however is that the
average is what matters
since leftism as an ideology is
malfunctioning because it causes more
crime
depression maladaptive behaviors even
including having less
children and low ethnocentrism with
whites and as a result
some people may consider it a disorder
including myself
even if we concede that some or many
mentally ill people choose leftism as
their preferred
ideology as a result of their mental
illness by the way that does not make
leftism reputable right that does not
undermine
the huge racial differences among whites
in mental illnesses
as well as their depression rate
skyrocketing while adopting far-left
beliefs
leftism as an ideology promotes not just
universalism but also the deconstruction
of self if they happen to be white and
behaviors like that correlates strongly
with the decrease in the perception of
threat and survival which again
correlates strongly with mental
illnesses and could be argued
is a disorder genetics are of course
important
but in this case and among whites i
believe that the environment is
responsible for
at least 60 percent of them adopting
leftist malductive behavior and as a
result many of them become mentally ill
and this is all that i wanted to say
today as well that i want there to be
less small maladaptive behaviors of
course before i hand in
the cherry on the cake coming from a
2019 cato institute survey which had
found that
just 33 percent of people identifying as
a very liberal
agreed that their life is determined by
their own actions
compared to 52 percent of those who are
very conservative that is to say
leftists not only have little control of
their own lives
but also are adopting things highly
associated
with the authoritarian personality
disorder which i guess is pretty ironic
if you're familiar with the history of
authoritarian personality disorder
in addition to their other
dysfunctionalities and frankly their
fetishization
especially of depression autism and
people with
adhd as well as sexual deviants fat
people
are all encouraged to embrace themselves
stimulating and rewarding even more
maladaptive behavior in the future
creating a mental health crisis that
also best can be seen on student
campuses
isn't that great guys and on that note i
finished the video pledging you all to
subscribe to my channel as i have
planned an intellectual
revolutionary way of understanding the
contemporary politics and ways in which
we can make the society healthier
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