The Prepper Broadcasting Network - PBN Daily News: Doomism

Episode Date: July 25, 2024

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You're listening to PBN. You're playing back the stability here. Well, hello everyone. What is up? Oh, feels like I was just on here. Feels like I was just in here doing this thing. And that's because I was, what, 10, 12, 12 hours ago. 12 hours ago. You want to see something cool? My son won me at an arcade. It's pretty sweet. Coffee spills all over. Oh, oh, hit the poison bean soup. First thing in the morning. Well, not really first thing. I'm going to be up for a while. What's up?

What's going on? How is everyone? Adjust the microphone. Get things right. We're talking doom today. We're talking doom and then we're talking anything but doom at noon. I couldn't do politics stuff. We're kind of heavy on the state of the union.

I didn't feel like talking about like execution, assassination, FBI, right. I didn't feel like getting into any of that stuff. If you're going to do this thing behind the microphone or in front of the camera type stuff or life in general, you know,

you fundamentally have to be passionate about it um or else it's gonna suck and then there's no point in doing it so i gotta follow that you know that north star it's important we're gonna talk about passion at the end of this thing because i realize that uh we're gonna talk about the youth fundamentally we're gonna talk about the rise of this thing called doomism that has taken grips, has gone viral, and is attacking and gnawing at the psyche of the youth. And basically thanks to the Greta Thunbergs and the media and every movie that's ever come out about anything anymore, climate change has been attributed to everything. And the sort of by any means necessary mentality that I always warn people about, the one that we saw in D.C. yesterday with the pro-Palestinian feminist trans burn effigies of Netanyahu. I mean, what would that crowd do to Netanyahu if they got their hands on them, those loving, accepting people?

Anyway, they just take stuff too far all the time. You know what I mean? And they've done it, and there's effects on a society when you do that. If you throw climate change and the death of a planet through climate change into every movie, every story, every comic book, every, every, you have every star come out and say that the world is coming to an end because of climate change and it's human's fault and humans are a blight on everything and the humans are to blame and human, human, human, human, human, humans have done nothing good. Only the panda bears are good. Only the whales are good. Only the, only the praying mantis, well, no, the praying mantises

aren't good because they're a little too Christian for our liking. So, you know, you get into this bag of tricks that has really detrimental repercussions on an entire generation. Doom-ism. Because at noon we're going to do the first episode of a new podcast on the Prepper Broadcasting Network called Anything But Doom. Which we all need. We all need 20 to 30 minutes of Anything But Doom. And that's exactly what that podcast is going to be about today. It's going to be about the movie The Crow from 1993 and the remake. And my thoughts on that. from 1993 and the remake and my thoughts on that. Nothing to do with climate change, post-apocalyptic survival, food storage, nothing.

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so that as the world turns, you feel better prepared. That's the goal for us here. So let's get into it, man. This is something that's got my goat. I don't know. Well, the youth in general. You know, it could be that I'm a father, although I don't think my kids know. Fundamentally, they know because they see the world.

That is, we're not going to ignite at any moment. We're not going to catch on fire at any moment. I can promise you that. Even though we've been brainwashed to believe so. But the real issue is that people do believe it. People 100% believe it. And it's affecting the way they look at the world. So before we get to the doomism article, I posted this one or something similar up on Instagram last night. In a time of depression and an uptick in suicide coming off of 2020, is there worse messaging to put out to generations that are upcoming? Is there worse messaging? The American dream is over.

Why some first-generation Gen Zers are moving abroad. This is a good one. So we're talking about people whose parents moved to the U.S. So we're talking about people whose parents moved to the U.S., moved to the U.S. in pursuit of the American dream, but some first-generation Gen Z Americans say they feel hopeless and a sense of doom here in the United States. And look, sorry. Some of these sort of focused, doomy topics have been honed here in the prepping world. You know, we have looked at things like the economy, like the U.S. dollar, like civil unrest and really kind of honed them down. You know what I mean? Into a fine point in order to describe to the average person who was busy, you know, telling us we were paranoid and nothing

will ever happen, you know, pre-2020.2020, paranoid and nothing will ever happen to their beautiful, cushy, fluffy society. And then all that changed. You know, mostly we're dealing with like a post trauma that a lot of people can't deal with. About 3 million Americans live abroad, an increase of more than 1.27 million people since the 90s. I thought I would fall in love with America and the American dream of progressing and making something of yourself and feeling proud. Rania Salah, 23, said, Salah was born in the U.S. but spent her childhood in Jordan. She graduated from American University with a degree in public health in 2022. In May, she moved out of her apartment in Virginia and is now living in Turkey.

Next up is Qatar. I can't figure out why you would move there. That's scary. But yeah, you know. What is it? Inflation shows signs of cooling. Food prices rose 2.2% from April 23, 24. Rent has also steadily increased since the pandemic, with national median approaching $2,000 per month.

Salah said she's confident in her decision to leave the U.S. despite some tradeoffs that come with exiting a democracy and living under Qatar's emir or ruler. That being said, I'm happy to give up my right to vote as a trade for a significantly better quality of life. It's cleaner, it's safer, there's more opportunity and mobility. That's wild. That's wild in a number of ways, you know. I guess there are things not being a first generation American or something like that that just stands against so much of what I believe. We'll see how this election goes, though. She's given up her right to vote. I may have given mine up a couple years ago also, a few years ago. Who knows? We'll have to see how this one plays out. What makes me most nervous is the fine line between easy life and fundamental slavery. You know what I mean? Almost 20% of all immigrants around the world are in the United States. A senior policy analyst

with the migration policy in Washington. They're doing well in terms of the education and economic outcomes, but at the same time, some groups are struggling. They're struggling because of residential segregation because their parents might be lacking legal status or they might be coming from a low-income family. I mean,

for those listening who are thinking that that's a reason to leave the country, look, a lot of people come from nothing. That's the beauty of America. The grass may be greener on the other side, but I do know that it's been difficult here, Christian said, because his parents weren't familiar with the college application process, weren't able to provide such academic support to him. He joined the Marine Corps after high school. He fully transitioned out of the military in June and said the recent assassination against former Donald Trump has made him want to leave even sooner than before. There's no one on this planet, this is what this young man says,

there's no one on this planet who could be that bad of a person that we need to assassinate just to keep them out of the presidency, Christian said. How radical the American culture and society is getting in its entirety is making me go, I really need to get out of here. Asian Mazdo She has her story Now that President Joe Biden

Stepped away in 2014 Following the first presidential debate In which President Biden performed poorly Many Americans have expressed concern It will happen in November And some Gen Zers still flirt with the idea Of leaving the country. Quote, it was kind of like I was watching a comedy movie or an SNL skit.

That's what it felt like. Salah said about the debate. She said she felt very sad for her country. These are, I mean, these are all 20-somethings. You know what I mean? These are all 20-somethings who clearly have thought this thing through. You know, you forget that there's like a thinking class in their 20s in the United States. You think they're all like the biggest question is you think that the vast majority of 20-somethings biggest decision for the day is like, what goes on my poster board sign for protest and what color hair should I wear?

sign for protest and what color hair should i wear but there's a whole you know there are oodles of souls out there that are trying to find their way in this world it's not easy really cool article i don't know i really enjoy getting into people um people's heads that are young and coming up in this day and age. And with the caveat that things are crazy in a lot of places all over the world. I don't think anything could happen in the United States that would make me decide to move to Qatar, though. But things are crazy all over the world and here in the States. But if you still line America up against any place, America included, 100 years ago, 50 years ago, it's a damn good life. It's a damn good life. Now, I'm not struggling to come up in the world where the relations between men and women, that's not mentioned in the article, but I know that has a lot to do with, there's more traditionalism abroad. And I've

heard a lot of people talk about that. Traditional gender roles, the bad, like, let's be real, like, it's hard. It's hard to nurture a marriage when both people are stressed out about work and tired. You know what I mean? Like when both people are maxed out because they are going, they are redlining on hobbies and fitness and work and side hustle and all that kind of stuff. And then like at the end of the day, panting, wiping the sweat off your brow, remembering that you have a husband

or you have a wife to take care of also. That ain't easy. That's a thing that I think people are getting. They're watching probably as young people, watching divorce, watching all this stuff fall apart and thinking to themselves, you know what, maybe traditional is the way to go. Maybe traditional roles are the way to go, you know?

And I don't know, there's probably something to it for a lot of people, you know? Why is climate doomism going viral and who's fighting it? Now, this is the one that that talks more about the climate doomers. And I think you should understand the jargon, being preppers. Climate doomers believe the world has already lost the battle against global warming. See, that's fundamentally the definition. Doomism is the mentality that it's already wrapped. I don't know why they protest.

I don't know why they do the things that they do Like throw potato soup on paintings But this is the idea Charles is 27 Lives in California His quirky TikTok videos about news history and politics Have earned him more than 150k followers In the video

In question recorded October 2021 He decided it was time for confession I'm a climate doomer he said Since about 2019 I believe that there is little to nothing we can do to actually reverse climate change on a global scale that's insane sorry charlie i'm but really fundamentally that's crazy um but it's it's he's got 150k followers so. So it's a big deal. There's a lot of kids who believe that. They're growing up sort of living that lie that they've been fed growing up that the world is over and it's people's fault.

Elena Wood is a sustainability scientist based in Tennessee. Oh, you know she's no good. The garbage queen. After watching Charles' video, she posted a reply explaining in simple terms why he was wrong yeah i knew elena was one of those no good people with hope and uh other facts that don't fit you know the the matrix elena was makes a habit of challenging climate doom is an omission she's embraced with a sense of urgency. Look, understand the reason people are people is because we survive. That's fundamentally it, you know?

Now, I don't know how much God's hand plays in that. I feel it. I feel it for sure in my life. But what I will tell you is that we survive. You know? Like if you think that the warming planet is going to kill us all off, that's bananas. The planet has been warmer.

The planet has been colder, much colder. The planet has been hit by massive meteors. We have lived underground and ate each other. Not that that's the future you want, but I'm just saying, you know, we survive. better than ever at making the most out of this life now, like way better than ever, way better than ever at fixing things, way better than ever at banding together as a united global force for good. We're just living through a bit of a panic attack over 2020, and what it looks like to me is the shocking revelation that you have to go to work and work for a livable wage or not become, not drive a Maserati. A Maserati. That's some old school stuff, man. That's some stuff my mom would say. You know, sometimes you got to work.

Sometimes you live a life of mediocrity it's full of happiness but it's it's not tiktok instagram photo centric all the time you know what i mean and it looks like these people in the streets just want want to fight that with all their might people are giving up on activism because they're like, I can't handle it anymore. This is too much. And if it really is too late, why am I even trying? She says, doomism ultimately leads to climate inaction, which is the opposite of what we want. Interesting.

Doomism. Doomism is spreading. Here I thought all these years that my legitimate concerns about things like uh civil unrest and and uh the death of the u.s dollar and you know pandemics world wars nuclear fallout those kinds of things would manipulate society and make them be like oh god i don't know The future's worth living. Who would have thought that it would just be some scientists in Hollywood

that would say the world's gonna warm and then you're all gonna die. And that the whole society would be like, no way. Shit. And fall into a deep depression. I don't know, folks. This is what I. So. This is on the plates of the youth, you know, and I know that we have these great expectations as Americans and we have this quote unquote American dream. quote-unquote American dream. But if you look at what the American dream represented, it never represented a $500,000 house, or if the price is inflated, a 2,000 square foot house. It never envisioned a world where you had two $40,000 vehicles parked out in your driveway.

It never envisioned a world where you took six vacations a year, you know what I'm saying? And wiped highly expensive creams on your flesh multiple times a day in an attempt to beat father time, which is impossible. This is not the American dream, you know? And as far as I can tell, you know, this ride is all you make it. This ride is all you make it. I want to tell you something about myself and about the importance of hobbies and passions and enjoying this short ride.

Like this is such a short little ride. To spend your whole 20s or your 25s to 35s worrying about the planet coming to an end because Alicia Silverstone told you it would. Susan Sarandon told you it would. It's crazy. It's absolutely bananas. I was thinking about this this morning. You can spend the better part of your life, let's say 60, 65 years,

following your passions, never being great at anything, following your passions, never being great at anything, never being exceptional, never making millions of dollars, just doing the things you love to do with the people you enjoy doing it with, a happy life of chasing what it is you're into in the moment. what it is you're into in the moment, you can drain off 60, 65 years of utter bliss and then shuffle off this mortal coil and have a great life doing so. Do you know what I'm saying? Like, the moment you start putting barriers in the way of your passions and your hobbies and the things that you really love, spending time with certain people, not spending time with people that suck, right? The moment you start putting roadblocks in that and boxing yourself in, in order to do what? In order to make other people happy, in order to make more money, right? The moment you fall into that trap is the real doom. I mean, that's your

fundamental doomsday. That's your personal doomsday. Because I'm telling you, despite watching all the people in the nice cars with the nice fake hair and fake everything and expensive heels and handbags and all this stuff, right? Living a life where you do the things that you like with the people you like. Get into as many things as you can. There is no need to ever concern yourself with being the greatest pickleball player of your time. And understand that if that is your true motivation, then everything else has to go. Every little thing that you see that piques your interest, you go to it.

Every little book. I want to read that book. I read it. It sucked. I want to read this. I want to do that. I want to write something. I want to write a book. I want to make a play. I want to read that book. I read it. It sucked. I want to read this. I want to do that. I want to write something. I want to write a book.

I want to make a play. I want to write a play. I want to put a play on. I want to play a game. I want to... Every little stupid little waste of time thing that you can put your time into, where you're physically getting involved and doing things and meeting and whatever it is that you want to be in. That's what you do. That's what life is. That's what life is. You know what I mean?

This mentality where we have to be the best, I want to be the best freaking paintballer of all time. never forget you can drain off 65 years of a great life with a small family a small friend group and multitudes of hobbies and passions so that in in the windows of free time that you have you can disappear into film into books into poetry into art into games into video, into art, into games, into video games, into VR, into whatever it is that you want, whatever it is that you're into, do the shit you're into. It's lost on this generation coming up. Every little thing that piques your interest, go in. Never before in our life have we had the ability to go so deep into stuff, right? Like right now, you could pick up a new hobby right now and literally spend the rest of the day YouTubing and reading and going so deep into it.

And that's life. That's really life. Everything else is just getting in the way of that. You know what I mean? So forget about what Greta said. It's not the end of the world Far from it And You know Look at the watch my man Look at the clock It's draining away

Grains of sand Every breath that you take You are one step closer to the coffin You better enjoy this ride Alright You better enjoy this ride. Alright. You better enjoy it. Alright PBN family.

Well. That's kind of where I wanted to go today. That's kind of fundamentally where I wanted to go today. I hope you enjoyed the diatribe. I feel for this generation of kids coming up. I really do. You know, I feel that they got to, I don't know. I don't know what it is actually. Because you watch them and you understand like, you know, there are challenges, but like they didn't lose two siblings to illness. There's not a, they're not being drafted to go to Vietnam, you know what I mean? Like, there are a lot of challenges, but

there also aren't a lot of challenges. But it's tough, you know? You can't tell a teenager in an early 20-something that life isn't tough, because it is so damn tough, right? You're figuring it out. You're finding your way. And perhaps on top of like just the sheer petrification, if that's a word, of approaching the opposite sex and all that kind of stuff and getting into college or getting through high school or dealing with all the stuff that you deal with, coming of age, maybe when you layer that with the constant stream of information. You know, even while World War II was going on, the kids in the streets of New York City probably weren't spending all their day thinking about it. And that's probably what it comes down to, is the fact that we have this epic stream of shit flowing into our heads 24-7 about the problems of the day.

Cut it off, PBN family. Enjoy the rest of your day. What's going to be on today? Herbal Medicine for Preppers was on yesterday. Anything But Doom will be on at noon. It's the Relentless Prepper Broadcasting Network, folks. What can I tell you? All right?

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