Amazing New Ron Paul Video: The American War-Machine, A Lesson in Blowback, and The Greatest Speech Ever Written

1. I can't stand all of the loud music and I am not alone. When you get older your ears can't take it, plus you can't process all of the flashing, music, text all at once...hope that makes sense. Believe me I was your age once and liked all the bells and whistles but can't take it now and neither can others my age. I had to stop it at 1:20

2. If you want to convince other older people you need to make it loaded with information - blowback - overthrow - Shaw - # of bombs - for how long - Michael Scheuer etc. get as many reputable people as possible.

I so appreciate and admire the time and energy you are/have spent on getting the word out!

..never got past the first 4 minutes. Our country is doomed. We have become evil. Even the environment is suffering from so much bombing and gunfire. When it comes, we deserve it, is all I can say..

My husband and I have used this video to inform many people of what's going on - This is his favorite video right now, especially the part WITH chaplin's speech! Nobody that I've shown it to seemed offended by chaplin's appearance. Also, we're adding it to a dvd (along with other vids) to pass out to the uninformed.

Don't listen to the haters, this is one of the BEST video's we've used to convert others to liberty and Ron Paul! :)

My response did not post before, though it may have now...but this is to everyone that does not understand the speech in this video, but specifically to @Minarchist.

You say you are "baffled" by why this speech is so powerful, you say you believe it's so powerful because you think it's a "Rorschach test". and that everyone puts in their own meaning. When I hear your words, I sir, am "baffled".... to how you can not understand Chaplin's very clear message... These are not "empty words" like you say, they DO have "some" wiggle room for each individuals interpretation, but not nearly as much as you imply. This speech does not have to be comparable to what Ron Paul's powerful words would say, like you say it does.... It is not Ron Paul, and it is not about Ron Paul. Chaplin is a completely different individual... I quoted many other people in this video as well, by your standards, they should all be comparable to the power of Ron Paul's quotes.... but this is not a requirement, and is a very unrealistic viewpoint...last time I checked, Ron Paul was a very realistic man....and loves the idea of individual minds, with individual thoughts... just because you think these words are not as good as his, does not mean they are meaningless.

The purpose of this speech is to give hope to humanity and inspire mankind, not promote Ron Paul. Yes, it happens to be in my video promoting Ron Paul, but this speech was not written to appeal to just Ron Paul supporters, it was written for all of humanity. Frankly, I do not even know why I'm bothering typing out this reply to someone who obviously can't seem to grasp the meaning, when almost everyone else has, and I guarantee you that if you asked each person, their responses would be pretty damn similar. They may have different favorite parts, but the overall meaning will be nearly the same.

Q:"Fight? Fight who, exactly? Over what?"

-"Fighting" does not always equal violence. How do you not understand this part? Have you never heard anyone say something along the lines of, "My relative is fighting cancer, they are fighting for their life." or "let us fight for a better world", or "I'm going to fight this speeding ticket" It means they are going to try damn hard, it does not always mean violence, and in the context of the speech, where he is warning soldiers not to follow orders from evil men, but to follow their own morality instead.... it is very obvious to the rest of us that what he means by saying "let us fight for a decent world" and "fight to end greed, hate and intolerance"...is that we should try our damn hardest for these things, try our damn hardest to strive in the morality of our actions, so that we can make a better world for all, to strive for happiness of all mankind by trying damn hard to end this violence and misery caused by all of this greed, hate, and intolerance embedded into our society.

Q:"Do away with national barriers? What, just get rid of all borders?"

-He says "Barriers", not "Borders", and "Barriers" is not solely defined by a physical object, and does not always mean "boundaries", or "borders", again, in the context of this speech, it is obvious to the rest of us that he means barriers of anything that divide humanity, "greed, hate, and intolerance.", are some examples given. We can have as many borders as we want, they do not divide us as a human race, only "barriers" do that.

Q:"Do away with greed? Oh, sure, let's just wave a wand and change human nature. W. T. F.? The foolish belief that you can do that is the basis for Marxism."

-No, I completely disagree that greed WILL always be "human nature." Just because it is currently called "human nature" and has always been in our society as long as recorded history, does not mean it always has been, or always will be. "Human Nature" may look very foreign to us in the future. In fact, it is foolish to think we can survive as a species if we never rid ourselves of these horrible traits... Some may say that "greed" is a good thing because it makes us strive for a better life or competition, but I also disagree with this, "want" does this...There is absolutely nothing wrong with the "Want" for a better life, and the "want" for more money to provide an easier life. Even though money does not provide happiness, it does make your life easier. But "want" does not turn into "greed" until it combines with "selfishness.".... and if you think ridding ourselves of greed or other bad traits is impossible, YOU! would be very foolish. Human beings have the potential to accomplish just about anything as long as it is in the realm of "the laws of physics"... once we set our minds to it. We also never thought we would ever be able to travel beyond our planet.... but guess what..we have. "Greed" is just a reaction of chemistry in your brain, and body, just like everything else our bodies experience. If you truly believe it is "human nature" and is then thus embedded in our DNA, it is still foolish to think we can never find a way to rid it from ourselves... We currently have the technology to inhibit the enzyme responsible for the creation of new memories..... greed, just like everything else we feel, is just another chemical reaction. To think we can't find a way to rid ourselves from it one day is ridiculous. I'm not saying we should all use a "greed blocking drug" someday, that is a completely different moral debate that I won't get into.... But my point is that there are endless possibilities. We still know so little about ourselves and our universe, and are still such a young species with so much more to discover, and so much more love to try to spread. Besides, how could you possibly know what "pure" human nature looks like....The only way that would be possible is if you had a human being that has never before had any influence from our society... greed is everywhere, and it spreads like wildfire....and guess what, if that person didn't have any influence from society, it wouldn't understand English, or any human language for that matter. Could these things be human nature and all of these bad traits be embedded into our DNA?....Sure, but this does not mean it always will be, and that there is absolutely no way to rid ourselves from it. Perhaps we will find out some day.

..and YES, I agree that LOVE is what provides happiness, so how do we create more love in the world? We must strive for a better world... and strive to rid ourselves of that which causes misery. Which means, we must get past this paradigm of hate, greed and intolerance.... and you know what we call surpassing hurdles that inhibit us? "Human Progress.", and "Scientific discovery."

I also agree that this speech could be recited by anyone, even Obama, and still be loved. and you know why? because it can, but that is IRRELEVANT..because this is not a speech restricted to just those that believe in Ron Paul's message like you and I. It is a message that resonates with anyone that has the slightest bit of humanity, the slightest bit of hope for the future of mankind, and the slightest bit of desire to live in a peaceful world.... where we have progressed past the barriers that divide us as a species, and progressed past the greed, hate and intolerance that cause so much misery. That is why this speech is so amazing, because it preaches about all of these things, I say again, these are not just "meaningless words", and I am truly saddened that some people have not had the opportunity to hear them or the ability to understand them.

The one thing this speech got wrong of course..is when he says, "In the name of democracy, let us all unite" Ron Paul supporters understand that a Constitutional Republic is the best choice we currently have, but a democracy is a whole lot better than a dictatorship..."Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on whats for dinner"... but we also have not had a true democracy in a long time..I'm not saying democracy is good by any means..Perhaps we can forgive Charlie for his imperfections just like we would like our future generations to forgive ours. But "Democracy" is not the purpose of this speech, and definitely not why I put this in my video, it is to inspire mankind, and invoke wonder of what we can accomplish when we are not held back by "barriers"...and how much more we can accomplish with liberty and peace rather than hate and war. That is why this speech is in my video...and if you can still not understand this after I just explained it all..I am truly saddened.

The video was put together wonderfully and even the speech given by Chaplin's character was uplifting. I was thrown off though, by the visual of Hitler. I understand intellectually what you are trying to convey, but at some level that imagery left a really negative impression with me. I'm afraid others may have the same experience. My suggestion would be to keep the audio, but scrap the video of the speech. I'd also like to comment on the Youtube thumbnail of the video. It shows Chaplin in his hitleresque get up. That could lead to some misconceptions too.

people on here are analyzing this to much. Basically its just a good freedom speech....

I'm still baffled by the popularity of this video, so I have a challenge for everyone who likes the speech. Here is a link to the text of the speech.

Please find an excerpt you think is good and relevant specifically to Ron Paul's message, paste it into your reply, and explain how you think it is unique to reflecting Ron Paul's message, but not that of Gingrich or Romney.

Thanks.