The Golden One - February 27, 2019


A Clarification on Guilt by Association - I Represent Myself

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Marcus Follin
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Jack Donovan Tommy Robinson Mother Sweden Mother Europa
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5 minutes

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962

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88

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In this episode, I explain the difference between endorsing concepts and videos, books and articles, as well as the concept of "guilt by association" and why I stand for my own reasoning. I also explain why it's important to have disagreements and still be friends.

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00:00:00.000 Greetings, this is a clarification video.
00:00:03.680 Now, first and foremost, this will be quite obvious to anyone who is a reasonable and enlightened individual,
00:00:11.460 but I thought to just throw it out there anyway for good measure.
00:00:15.460 Now, as the title suggests, guilt by association, I just want to make my case quite clear here.
00:00:23.420 There are certain individuals who I can endorse fully as individuals.
00:00:27.900 So I can say these lads are legit. 0.99
00:00:30.700 So I can say these mad cunts, for example, boom. 0.99
00:00:33.680 I can say that they are legit. 0.99
00:00:35.940 I know them and I like them.
00:00:37.640 They're my good friends.
00:00:38.720 So I can say that they're good men.
00:00:41.400 Does that mean that we agree with each other on every single point?
00:00:44.880 No, we have discussions with each other.
00:00:46.820 We are reasonable adult men.
00:00:49.040 We can actually have disagreements and still be friends.
00:00:51.880 The important things, though, we are in agreement on.
00:00:55.280 And I'd say 95% on all positions are similar, but we can still disagree on things.
00:01:01.740 But I can at least say that these guys are legit.
00:01:05.320 However, when we're talking about other things, if we're talking about certain books, for example,
00:01:11.180 and I have a few examples here that I will show in a bit.
00:01:13.480 The important thing here is that if I say, if I share a video from Lauren Sudden,
00:01:21.020 if I have shared a video from her two years ago,
00:01:23.680 that does not mean that I endorse everything she has done since.
00:01:28.180 That does not mean that I endorse everything she says or does.
00:01:32.340 It simply means that I thought this video I shared of her was a good video.
00:01:38.800 That's it.
00:01:39.960 Same thing with articles.
00:01:41.360 I can share an article from an author and I say these concepts are interesting.
00:01:46.920 That does not mean that I necessarily endorse other articles said author has composed.
00:01:54.080 So let's take a look at a few books here.
00:01:57.320 So we have Tommy Robinson, Enemy of the State.
00:02:00.540 A good read.
00:02:01.660 I can recommend it.
00:02:03.860 Because it gives a good overview of the transgressions of the British state.
00:02:08.480 And it's an interesting story.
00:02:11.060 Does this mean that I endorse Tommy Robinson's view on ethnicity?
00:02:16.280 No, absolutely not.
00:02:17.320 I think he has a faulty worldview when it comes to ethnicity.
00:02:22.380 Because he goes along the classic line of civic nationalism.
00:02:26.320 And I'm not a civic nationalism.
00:02:27.720 I've talked about civic nationalism several times before.
00:02:30.340 So what I say is that certain elements of this book are good.
00:02:34.900 Certain elements of what Tommy Robinson does are good.
00:02:38.660 I can endorse these things.
00:02:41.080 But certain other things, certain other positions, I cannot endorse.
00:02:45.500 Simple stuff, really.
00:02:46.380 Okay, let's take another book.
00:02:48.420 The Way of Men by Jack Donovan.
00:02:50.580 I have recommended this book on numerous occasions.
00:02:54.280 And I still say the same.
00:02:55.940 It's a good book.
00:02:57.420 It's an interesting book with a lot of good concepts in it.
00:03:01.020 Does this mean that I endorse all of Jack Donovan's positions?
00:03:05.440 No.
00:03:06.060 Does this mean that I am associated with Jack Donovan?
00:03:10.580 No, I'm not.
00:03:11.800 I'm just pointing to the fact that there are interesting concepts in this book.
00:03:17.760 End of story.
00:03:18.880 It doesn't mean that I endorse perhaps other positions that he has taken.
00:03:23.700 And just for the record, Jack Donovan has written an article saying farewell to white nationalism.
00:03:28.340 So there is already a gap there.
00:03:30.380 Now, moving on to a third example.
00:03:34.180 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
00:03:36.800 There are some cool and good quotes in here.
00:03:40.480 Does this mean that I endorse the book in its entirety?
00:03:43.600 No, there are certain things that I don't agree with at all.
00:03:48.080 And there are probably a lot of things Marcus Aurelius did in his life that I do not endorse or agree with.
00:03:55.700 So I can say certain concepts that Marcus Aurelius talks about can be interesting for you to embrace in your self-improvement journey.
00:04:05.000 Same thing with all of these books.
00:04:06.880 Same thing with Tommy Robinson.
00:04:09.440 Same thing with Jack Donovan.
00:04:11.500 Do I endorse their worldview?
00:04:13.340 No, I endorse my own worldview.
00:04:15.700 I am associated with myself.
00:04:17.780 I stand for my own reasoning.
00:04:20.900 So keep that in mind.
00:04:21.940 If you want to hear my take on a certain situation, come to my channel or to my Instagram and I will explain to you.
00:04:29.840 So if you've heard the golden one endorsed this particular individual, it is probably not the case.
00:04:36.640 It is probably the case that I've said this particular concept or this particular video or article or book was interesting.
00:04:44.300 So there is a huge difference between those two.
00:04:47.180 So anyway, the point being is that make the distinction between endorsing concepts and articles and videos and endorsing someone in their person.
00:04:56.800 I have met plenty of people, I've talked to plenty of people, but that does not mean that I know them well enough to actually be able to say if they're legit or not.
00:05:07.960 I can say, as I did in the beginning of this video, that these lads, my lads, they are solid and legit.
00:05:15.420 I can't say that for all the other people.
00:05:17.960 So just because I talked to someone, just because I have shared a video, just because I have said that this particular thing was good, doesn't mean that I am affiliated with them.
00:05:31.020 So I hope that made sense.
00:05:33.480 And yet again, if you want to know my take on a certain situation, just look through all of my videos and certain older videos I have removed because I've updated my views.
00:05:42.740 It's absolutely perfect to progress in your views.
00:05:45.460 My allegiance is still the same as it has always been.
00:05:49.820 Mother Sweden, Mother Europe, Mother Earth.
00:05:53.200 So, thank you for watching.
00:05:54.420 XFXO, boom!