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Sometimes I imagine Abigail going to the costume shop and the person running it asks her "what do you need this elaborate costume for?" and Abigail responds with "Oh, I'm going to film an in-depth video about how capitalism is to blame for Waluigi not being in Smash" or whatever her next video is going to be about.

"There are many ways to kill. One can stick a knife in one's stomach, deprive one of bread, fail to cure one of a disease, put one in a bad apartment, work one to death, drive one to suicide, take one to war, etc. Only a few of these are forbidden in our state." -Bertolt Brecht

Unrelated, "the early nineties, longer than I've been alive." the older I get, the more I realize that people who I imagined as adults are actually my peers, and it's been a mind opening experience.

The question I have for Kant is: you say that breaking the law is wrong because it violates the social contract, but what do you do if your very existence is against the law?

okay but the idea that abigail would sit still during this video, holding props, looking like a still image while talking about direct action is GENIUS

Worth noting how this intersects with indigenous rights. Various indigenous groups who are supposed to have state recognised sovereignty on their lands (or what remain of them legally anyway) and yet have oil lines and such forced on them and state enforced violence put upon them when they resist.

I wish you had gone into an analysis of class, race and privilege in this! "By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?"

As a German, it took me a while to understand the joke about the Alternative für Deutschland's (AfD) only problem with coal being that it's brown. In my brain, the first connection that fired was that brown is the colour of the nazis (because it was Hitler's favourite colour), which makes no sense in this context. But I guess the joke was about the AfD having a problem with brown people...

Y'know, on one hand, the dictionary joke could get old. On the other hand, I want it to be in every episode just to see how it evolves.

'The government calls its own violence "the law" and that of the individual "crime".' --Max Stirner

Abigail you are an absolutely brilliant MAGNIFICENT human. I'm a clinical therapist working with queer/trans adults as well as men that perpetuate harm in relationships in very rural Nova Scotia, Canada. Being able to show your videos to my clients has been really groundbreaking for some and I just wanted to say thank you for making this content and having the courage to share <3 your videos not only educate the heck out of us all but you are funny, you are talented, you send shivers down my back every single time and now I can attest that your videos are changing many lives. I hope to support your work with more dollar bills very soon <3

I started uncontrollably cackling at “Baroness Plantation Warcrimes”! Also, her brother the upstanding door to door petrol salesman is incredibly prolific! Dude’s got some hustle. I love the continuity! Thank you for all the hard work, Abigail — you are an excellent teacher and a true craftsperson.

I honestly LOVE the dictionary jokes, they're basically a "Don't be narrow minded as to think dictionary can provide a meaningful definition of everything even with the most subjective things like political topics, instead learn to read the subtext and focus on it's possible meanings in our time as language is not stationary" in the audiences face and it's amazing.

This really reminds me of a cartoon I read a while ago comparing fast and slow violence. Fast violence being shooting someone and killing them at age 30, as opposed to slow violence, which is creating an environment (pollution, low economic status, no access to healthy food or healthcare, etc), so that one dies at 30.

So many like to keep this high-minded view, almost fetishistic, of how perfect non-violence is and how abhorrent any violence is at any time now. It strips away nuance and it doesn't so much broad brush the whole thing as dump the issue in the paint can and seal it shut. SOMETIMES you have to roar and break shit and SOMETIMES you must advocate for better policies through letters, events, and general free assembly. Anyone who wants you to be quiet and always passive wants it for likely not-so-wholesome reasons let's say.

I preordered How To Blow Up A Pipeline. When it arrived, I read the introduction and it resonated with me so much I got scared of what it might further evoke in me, and haven't come back to it. This video has provided a lot of interesting viewpoints that make those feelings seem a little less scary, and I look forward to revisiting the book. In the end, I'll probably never leave the divan either so there's not much to worry about.

Very important topic. I find it concerning how people seem to be ok with the violence and casualties that climate change causes and call it "inevitable". Yet any violence to try and prevent this "inevitable" from happening is unfathomable to people.

As a German, it is so adorable to watch you struggle with our insane pronounciation. It humanizes the amazing woman I learnt so much English from. Bless your subtitles!

"We are the investment risk" was an interesting nod to the profit motive that drives our whole world. This video has me wondering if there is any alternative for change under capitalism, aside from direct action.