Our full length documentary on Jose Vega, the anti-war activist whose interventions against notable politicians and media figures have gone viral and inspired others to follow in his footsteps.Due Dissidence is a reader-supported publication.
A brilliant documentary. Thank you for your work!! Jose Vega's caring, daring, genuine passion brought tears to my eyes. Real"good ruckus" I hope he stays safe. I shared.
While the situation is indeed critical and I can't help admiring anyone who still tries to do something about it, you might get one or two basic things wrong here. If I understand correctly, you have this pretty much universal belief in human spirit. In other words, you choose to believe in the inherent goodness of human nature. But people aren't rather good than bad. Nor are they bad rather than good. They are...well, ultimately, still a mystery, I guess...and part of the overall mystery of reality. But one thing is for sure by now. The overwhelming majority of them (we are talking about 90-95% at least) will always go with the flow. In any situation where they have - or think that they have - a choice, they'll opt for a path of least resistance. Basically, that is all one needs to know about human nature as far as its manifestation in the context of the social goes. So there is every reason to recognize that Orwell's vision was precisely accurate. I'd encourage everyone to revisit this work and try to get what it really says. It's not a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism. It's immensely more serious. And its prophetic quality is becoming more and more evident by the day. But if someone finds the strength not to subscribe to the sentiment expressed in the first line of Beckett's Godot or shares Chris Hedges' "sublime madness" approach, more power to them. And "technically" IT CAN BE DONE. But they'd probably take the above into some really serious consideration while developing their goals, strategies, and tactics if they are after real chances and real change as opposed to just sacrificing themselves for kicks...
Hats off, kudos and thanks this was incredible.. just finished watching this on Rumble and was blown away by Jose and the amazing way you told the story. Can't recommend it highly enough & can't wait for him to be seated in Congress abso-frigging-lutely an achievable goal!
A brilliant documentary. Thank you for your work!! Jose Vega's caring, daring, genuine passion brought tears to my eyes. Real"good ruckus" I hope he stays safe. I shared.
Well done with the editing but you zoomed too close to faces...
Wish Jose much luck in his campaign.
A couple of words for Jose...
While the situation is indeed critical and I can't help admiring anyone who still tries to do something about it, you might get one or two basic things wrong here. If I understand correctly, you have this pretty much universal belief in human spirit. In other words, you choose to believe in the inherent goodness of human nature. But people aren't rather good than bad. Nor are they bad rather than good. They are...well, ultimately, still a mystery, I guess...and part of the overall mystery of reality. But one thing is for sure by now. The overwhelming majority of them (we are talking about 90-95% at least) will always go with the flow. In any situation where they have - or think that they have - a choice, they'll opt for a path of least resistance. Basically, that is all one needs to know about human nature as far as its manifestation in the context of the social goes. So there is every reason to recognize that Orwell's vision was precisely accurate. I'd encourage everyone to revisit this work and try to get what it really says. It's not a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism. It's immensely more serious. And its prophetic quality is becoming more and more evident by the day. But if someone finds the strength not to subscribe to the sentiment expressed in the first line of Beckett's Godot or shares Chris Hedges' "sublime madness" approach, more power to them. And "technically" IT CAN BE DONE. But they'd probably take the above into some really serious consideration while developing their goals, strategies, and tactics if they are after real chances and real change as opposed to just sacrificing themselves for kicks...
Hats off, kudos and thanks this was incredible.. just finished watching this on Rumble and was blown away by Jose and the amazing way you told the story. Can't recommend it highly enough & can't wait for him to be seated in Congress abso-frigging-lutely an achievable goal!