The Golden One - May 29, 2019


CrossFit Quits Facebook - Calling Them Utopian Socialists： Where Is The Lie Though？


Episode Stats

Length

7 minutes

Words per Minute

130.55794

Word Count

1,014

Sentence Count

71


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.420 Greetings, Laddingtons. I stumbled upon an interesting headline the other day and I thought to share it with you.
00:00:09.620 And I think those of you who have been with me for a few years, since the good old Ladsbra days, you will find this one particularly interesting.
00:00:19.600 It's a crazy timeline we're in at the moment.
00:00:23.120 Before I begin to elaborate upon the news article itself, I would encourage everyone to head over to my Telegram channel and follow me there.
00:00:32.680 Especially since we're talking about Facebook, Telegram, in my view, will become a substitute for Facebook.
00:00:40.280 So I'm trying to be less on Facebook and share that communication on Telegram instead.
00:00:48.720 So do check that out.
00:00:50.720 Now, on to the headline itself.
00:00:53.860 We can go into CrossFit's homepage.
00:00:56.540 So we have CrossFit Inc. suspends use of Facebook and associated properties.
00:01:02.680 And we also have an article from Fox here, which states,
00:01:08.140 CrossFit quits Facebook, Instagram, accuses social media giant of censorship and of being utopian socialists.
00:01:16.940 And I thought this was really interesting because this is quite close to the truth.
00:01:24.500 It's how it is.
00:01:26.300 Facebook is, to a large extent, run by and managed by utopian socialists who are completely out of control when it comes to censoring things.
00:01:35.160 And now, if you had asked me three or four years ago if something like this would happen, I would have become quite surprised.
00:01:42.520 But here we are.
00:01:43.960 So CrossFit, huge fitness endeavor, is in a little combat with Facebook.
00:01:52.280 And I thought something else was really interesting.
00:01:55.680 And I thought to mention this because I will talk more about fats, carbohydrates, veganism and health in, not primarily related to training,
00:02:07.700 but also related to the health of a population.
00:02:10.780 So, we have here on CrossFit's page,
00:02:15.040 Recently, Facebook deleted, without warning or explanation, the Banting 7-Day Meal Plan user group.
00:02:21.900 The group has 1.65 million users who post testimonials and other information regarding the efficiency of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet.
00:02:33.720 Now, that is very interesting indeed.
00:02:37.860 I will talk more about low-carb, high-fat diets in coming videos, but keep this in mind.
00:02:46.000 And also keep in mind the, perhaps, vegan agenda.
00:02:50.140 The agenda to eat less animal fats, to eat less animal products.
00:02:56.720 But I'm not going to delve deeper into that at this particular moment in time.
00:03:01.160 I just thought to throw that in there, to have that in the context of coming videos.
00:03:07.860 So, reading on in the article on CrossFit.com here.
00:03:14.000 These publicly sourced complaints include, but are not limited to the following.
00:03:20.060 Facebook collects and aggregates user information and shares it with state and federal authorities, as well as security organizations from other countries.
00:03:29.220 Yeah, this is absolutely true.
00:03:32.400 It's a concern of regular people, not only right-wing dissidents.
00:03:38.680 Now, you have sport organizations getting worried about this sort of misbehavior from Facebook as well.
00:03:46.360 And, yeah, my take on this is, the more people who are averse to this sort of behavior, the better.
00:03:52.880 Second point, Facebook collaborates with government security agencies on massive citizen surveillance programs, such as PRISM.
00:04:03.240 Yes, also a point of concern.
00:04:07.340 Third, Facebook censors and removes user accounts based on unknown criteria and at the request of third parties, including government and foreign government agencies.
00:04:17.840 Yes, exactly. And this is also, I'm very happy at CrossFit for pointing this out.
00:04:24.840 A few years ago, I would have been surprised if I said that CrossFit had done something good, but here they are right on the money with these points.
00:04:36.040 Fourth point.
00:04:37.080 Facebook collects, aggregates, and sells user information as a matter of business.
00:04:42.740 Its business model allows governments and businesses alike to use its algorithmically conjured advertising categories as sophisticated data mining and surveillance tools.
00:04:55.460 Indeed.
00:04:56.920 Fifth point.
00:04:58.040 Facebook's news feeds are censored and crafted to reflect the political leanings of Facebook's utopian socialists, while remaining vulnerable to misinformation campaigns designed to stir up violence and prejudice.
00:05:13.440 And, yeah, that is by far the most glorious statement by CrossFit that they even call them socialist and utopian socialists.
00:05:22.260 That's gone quite far and absolutely love it.
00:05:25.840 A good day, this is.
00:05:28.600 Sixth point.
00:05:29.980 Facebook, as a matter of business and principle, has weak intellectual property protections and is slow to close down IP theft accounts.
00:05:38.760 Seventh.
00:05:39.640 Facebook has poor security protocols and has been subject to the largest security breaches of user data in history.
00:05:47.940 And, finally, point number eight.
00:05:50.880 Facebook is acting in the service of food and beverage industry interests by deleting the accounts of communities that have identified corrupted nutritional science responsible for unchecked global chronic disease.
00:06:04.660 In this, it follows the practices of Wikipedia and other private platforms that host public content but retain the ability to remove or silence, without the opportunity for real debate or appeal, information and perspectives outside of a narrow scope of belief or thought.
00:06:21.760 In this case, the approved perspective has resulted in the deaths of millions through preventable diseases.
00:06:29.800 Facebook is thus complicit in the global chronic diseases crisis.
00:06:34.320 For these reasons, CrossFit Inc. has placed Facebook and its associated properties under review and will no longer support or use Facebook services until further notice.
00:06:45.040 So, extremely interesting, interesting timeline we are in at the moment, interesting statements by CrossFit and here's something to keep in mind as well for us right-wing nationalists is that it's not only us thereafter, it goes deeper than that.
00:07:03.820 And, you know, when you have a lot of big players with big money and then they see something threatening their business idea.
00:07:12.180 So, for example, if you have a company completely dependent upon selling carbohydrate-rich foods, for example, yes, they might have a vested interest in shutting down low-carb, high-fat groups on Facebook.
00:07:26.160 It's just an example but something to keep in mind.
00:07:30.700 So, anyway, I just thought to mention this.
00:07:33.400 I thought it was really interesting and hopefully for you who have been with me for quite some time, you also found it interesting.
00:07:39.720 So, thank you for listening and watching XXO, boom!