Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video is a reply to a video by Ben Shapiro who claims to "destroy Karl Marx" and fails to do that. Instead opting to name features of "Judeo-Christian values" and "Collectivist philosophy". I explain everything wrong with Ben's takes and explain the lack of connection between Marxism and collectivism.
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Video I am replying to: youtube.com/watch?v=io1dTeyxdVo
Ben explaining Judeo-Christian Values: youtube.com/watch?v=RVD0xik-_FM
My first video: youtu.be/1QtUDEUz7PQ
Transcript:
Hello everybody. Today we are doing a reply video again, I just felt like needlessly attacking someone else and picking apart their arguments. And who better to make a video about than fax and logic man himself. Ben Shapiro. We are gonna have a look at his video titled “Ben Shapiro destroys Karl Marx in 60 seconds”. I thought about how to do this for some time. I decided to just show you his entire video here so there is no accusing me of taking things out of context. Interestingly this video was uploaded like that to Ben Shapiro’s own channel. Usually the “Ben Shapiro destroys X” videos are made by some fan with 50 subs and usually taken out of context. But apparently this is the intended experience uploaded by Ben Shapiro himself. So he clearly doesn’t think that we need to know the context to this. That being said here is his video:“This is the philosophy of collectivism. The philosophy that says that human beings suffer because the Judaeo-Christian system expects too much of us individually. Judeo-Christian philosophy expects us to struggle, to strive. Judeo-Christian philosophy demands that we do our best and that we act virtuously on the individual level so that we can feel secure without invading each other’s rights. The Judeo-Christian tradition says that with freedom comes responsibility. Collectivist philosophy however thinks differently. They expect us to give our individual striving up. No more striving no more struggle. All we have to do is trade our individual responsibility for the comfort of collective power. Collectivist philosophy points out that individual virtue isn't natural, it is a struggle and we can avoid that struggle by handing over all power to a nanny state. Judeo Christianity says you are free and therefore you must give. Collectivist philosophy says you are unfree and thus the state must take on your behalf.”Alright where do I begin. Maybe with the fact that he doesn’t mention Marx once. Pretty brave for a video which supposedly destroys Marx. The video is generally kind of lacking in argumentation. It’s just “Collectivism is this” and “Judeo Christian values is that”. Like, literally all sentences are either about collectivism or judeo-Christianity. Mentioning this is all he does. And that’s a problem because there isn’t a single argument in there.So, let’s have a look at what kinda things he says. According to Ben features of collectivist philosophy are: That it says humans suffer because the judeo-christian system expects too much. That it thinks differently from Judeo-Christianity. That it expects you to give up individual striving. That it wants no more striving or struggling. That we have to trade individual responsibility for collective power. Somehow. That it says that individual virtue isn’t natural and that a nanny state should do it. Also it says that you are unfree, apparently. And the one ben prefers, Judaeo-Christian says: That you need to struggle and strive. That it demands that we do our best and that we act virtuously. That we can feel secure without invading each other’s rights. It says that with freedom comes responsibility. And it says that you are free and that you must give. Something, idk what the video ends there. That’s a lot of assertions and we’ll have a closer look at those towards the end. For now let’s try to figure out what these assertions are supposed to tell us. I would argue he is trying to make collectivism look bad, and further I would say he pretty obviously thinks that Marxism is collectivism or at least collectivist. We can tell because Judeo-Christian philosophy is his favourite useless concept. I will make a video on Judaeo-Christian values eventually. Probably in the style of my video about basic economics. Tell me in the comments if you want to see that. So, from a Marx loving perspective I have to defend this half and discredit this one and then Marx is saved, right? No not really. Because Marxism barely has anything to do with collectivism. There is a connection but it’s very small.
This video is a reply to a video by Ben Shapiro who claims to "destroy Karl Marx" and fails to do that. Instead opting to name features of "Judeo-Christian values" and "Collectivist philosophy". I explain everything wrong with Ben's takes and explain the lack of connection between Marxism and collectivism.
Patreon: patreon.com/viki1999
Subreddit: reddit.com/r/viki1999
Twitter: twitter.com/Viki1999YtE-Mail Address: viki1999mail@gmail.com
Links:
Video I am replying to: youtube.com/watch?v=io1dTeyxdVo
Ben explaining Judeo-Christian Values: youtube.com/watch?v=RVD0xik-_FM
My first video: youtu.be/1QtUDEUz7PQ
Transcript:
Hello everybody. Today we are doing a reply video again, I just felt like needlessly attacking someone else and picking apart their arguments. And who better to make a video about than fax and logic man himself. Ben Shapiro. We are gonna have a look at his video titled “Ben Shapiro destroys Karl Marx in 60 seconds”. I thought about how to do this for some time. I decided to just show you his entire video here so there is no accusing me of taking things out of context. Interestingly this video was uploaded like that to Ben Shapiro’s own channel. Usually the “Ben Shapiro destroys X” videos are made by some fan with 50 subs and usually taken out of context. But apparently this is the intended experience uploaded by Ben Shapiro himself. So he clearly doesn’t think that we need to know the context to this. That being said here is his video:“This is the philosophy of collectivism. The philosophy that says that human beings suffer because the Judaeo-Christian system expects too much of us individually. Judeo-Christian philosophy expects us to struggle, to strive. Judeo-Christian philosophy demands that we do our best and that we act virtuously on the individual level so that we can feel secure without invading each other’s rights. The Judeo-Christian tradition says that with freedom comes responsibility. Collectivist philosophy however thinks differently. They expect us to give our individual striving up. No more striving no more struggle. All we have to do is trade our individual responsibility for the comfort of collective power. Collectivist philosophy points out that individual virtue isn't natural, it is a struggle and we can avoid that struggle by handing over all power to a nanny state. Judeo Christianity says you are free and therefore you must give. Collectivist philosophy says you are unfree and thus the state must take on your behalf.”Alright where do I begin. Maybe with the fact that he doesn’t mention Marx once. Pretty brave for a video which supposedly destroys Marx. The video is generally kind of lacking in argumentation. It’s just “Collectivism is this” and “Judeo Christian values is that”. Like, literally all sentences are either about collectivism or judeo-Christianity. Mentioning this is all he does. And that’s a problem because there isn’t a single argument in there.So, let’s have a look at what kinda things he says. According to Ben features of collectivist philosophy are: That it says humans suffer because the judeo-christian system expects too much. That it thinks differently from Judeo-Christianity. That it expects you to give up individual striving. That it wants no more striving or struggling. That we have to trade individual responsibility for collective power. Somehow. That it says that individual virtue isn’t natural and that a nanny state should do it. Also it says that you are unfree, apparently. And the one ben prefers, Judaeo-Christian says: That you need to struggle and strive. That it demands that we do our best and that we act virtuously. That we can feel secure without invading each other’s rights. It says that with freedom comes responsibility. And it says that you are free and that you must give. Something, idk what the video ends there. That’s a lot of assertions and we’ll have a closer look at those towards the end. For now let’s try to figure out what these assertions are supposed to tell us. I would argue he is trying to make collectivism look bad, and further I would say he pretty obviously thinks that Marxism is collectivism or at least collectivist. We can tell because Judeo-Christian philosophy is his favourite useless concept. I will make a video on Judaeo-Christian values eventually. Probably in the style of my video about basic economics. Tell me in the comments if you want to see that. So, from a Marx loving perspective I have to defend this half and discredit this one and then Marx is saved, right? No not really. Because Marxism barely has anything to do with collectivism. There is a connection but it’s very small.
