Moral Relativism, The Ruling Class, NPC's & 'The Meta'

About this video

• Video Title: Moral Relativism, The Ruling Class, NPC's & 'The Meta'
• Channel: the past 33 yrs
• Speakers: None indicated
• Duration: 50:13

Overview

This video explores how elite power structures shape societal values and morality, arguing that elites are ideologically agnostic, using moral narratives as tools for power and control. The speaker analyzes historical elite regimes and introduces psychological frameworks to categorize human values, discussing the concepts of self-enhancement vs. self-transcendence and openness to change vs. conservation. The video delves into "luxury beliefs," "NPCs," and "the meta" to illustrate how elites project a morality that benefits them, often at the expense of the masses, and how this dynamic has evolved through different historical periods, culminating in the analysis of modern neoliberalism and its impact on wealth inequality.

Key takeaways

• Elite Control of Morality: Values, morality, and culture are disseminated from elite power structures to the masses, serving as operating instructions.
• Ideological Agnosticism of Elites: Elites use ideologies and moral narratives instrumentally for wealth, power, and control, adapting them as needed.
• Moral Relativism for Elites: While elites promote specific moral frameworks to the masses, they themselves often operate under moral relativism.
• Psychological Frameworks for Analysis: Concepts like self-enhancement/self-transcendence and openness to change/conservation are used to analyze value systems across historical periods.
• "Luxury Beliefs" and Elite Projection: Elites profess beliefs that signal virtue but often don't practice them, disseminating these "luxury beliefs" to the masses, who may suffer negative consequences from practicing them.
• Historical Regimes and Value Shifts: The video traces the evolution of elite-promoted values through pre-WWII, post-WWII (Cold War), and modern neoliberal eras.
• Wealth Inequality: The analysis connects modern neoliberalism and globalization to a significant increase in wealth concentration among the hyper-elite, while the middle and lower classes see stagnating or declining wealth.
• NPCs and The Meta: The concepts of Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) and "the meta" from gaming are used to explain how populations can be programmed with certain behaviors and how strategies propagate.
• The Importance of Money Flow: The video emphasizes following the flow of money as a key to understanding the true motivations behind societal phenomena and elite actions.
• Individual Agency: Despite systemic manipulation, individuals can focus on what they control, such as self-improvement and developing a personal moral compass based on time-tested traditions.