00:00:00.000like you i have been glued to the news over the past few days watching as peaceful protests have
00:00:10.960descended into riots looting arson chaos lawlessness and anarchy perhaps the saddest part in all this
00:00:20.240is that this was an opportunity for us to find unity and to promote justice together out of a
00:00:25.920truly horrendous situation that was captured on tape several videos show a minneapolis police
00:00:32.320officer using deadly force to constrain and ultimately kill 46 year old george floyd
00:00:39.440it appears as though it's a clear-cut example of police brutality the officer pressed his knee
00:00:46.560into the man's neck for eight excruciating minutes as people watching pleaded for him to let the man
00:00:54.320breathe but he didn't instead george floyd died there was immediate outrage an immediate agreement
00:01:02.400that this was not in any way a justifiable action on behalf of a police officer in fact i've yet to see
00:01:10.320a single person come out in defense of that officer who by the way has been fired arrested and charged
00:01:17.920with third-degree murder the other three officers on the scene have also been fired for their
00:01:23.360indifference to what was essentially a state-sanctioned murder americans took to the streets in large
00:01:30.880numbers to demonstrate they used their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and freedom of
00:01:37.920assembly and they had support and the solidarity practically of the entire world everyone agreed the
00:01:44.720situation was unjust and that floyd was wrongly killed but instead of joining together to mourn in
00:01:51.840the senseless death and to reflect on aspects of policing that perhaps lead to brutality things
00:01:57.680like how police are trained how to deal with officers who break rules and don't follow orders
00:02:03.280and again perhaps perverse incentives that exist within trade union contracts that end up increasing
00:02:10.320crime accidentally instead of taking any of these measures or talking about any of these issues to try
00:02:15.200to ensure that no more innocent people are killed at the hands of an overzealous police officer instead
00:02:23.440the movement was hijacked violent activists and anarchists began organizing and instigating riots they
00:02:32.160smashed windows facilitated looting and ransacking both of local businesses as well as big box stores
00:02:39.600they set fire to police stations to churches and to businesses and instead of stopping these riots
00:02:48.080officials across america ordered police forces to stand down and essentially give rioters space to riot
00:02:57.280meanwhile many journalists and pundits in the media were busy fanning the flames of the situation defending and justifying and promoting these riots
00:03:07.360they claim that america and canada too are evil racist societies that deserve to be burnt down
00:03:16.400they don't see instances of racism as an obstacle to overcome in an otherwise free peaceful and just society
00:03:25.040instead they see instances of racism as systemic the very foundation of our societies something that is
00:03:32.640built in that we can never overcome without radical and foundational change and so these advocates call
00:03:41.280for the tearing down of our entire society every aspect of our system including free markets private
00:03:48.560property the rule of law and our legal system that is why they're chanting eat the rich and looting in beverly
00:03:56.320hills and that is why black lives matter toronto leaders are calling for police services to be
00:04:03.520defunded entirely defunded even the most basic principles like individual rights and freedoms are
00:04:11.440being overshadowed and undermined by collectivist and tribalistic ideas that's what we're seeing in these
00:04:18.560protests that make them different and far more intense than protests and riots in the past
00:04:25.120collectivism is center stage they tell us that all cops are murderers that they're all responsible
00:04:32.480for the killing of george floyd they believe that all white people are unconsciously racist
00:04:38.880and that all white people are responsible for slavery segregation and income inequality
00:04:45.200they think that all men are sexist purveyors of the patriarchy all christians are backwards-minded and
00:04:51.440homophobic and all trump supporters are racist white supremacists this is collectivism and it was the
00:04:59.280driving force behind the carnage and destruction of both communism and fascism in the 20th century
00:05:07.280and that's the most worrying part about these protests and riots they're tainted with the ideological
00:05:13.520furor of the radical far left a radical far left that pushes a narrative of oppression division
00:05:22.480hatred chaos and ultimately destruction it's clear they think our system is rotten and it's clear they
00:05:31.200want to tear it down but what is less clear is what would replace our system that's the problem these
00:05:38.080activists have no idea what would replace it and that is the scariest part they're either so ignorant
00:05:45.360of history that they don't know what happens when you tear apart a liberal democracy and try to replace
00:05:51.520it with an elusive utopia or perhaps they're just too nihilistic to care either way this will not end well