Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin - Questions from a Young Activist
Aired: 2019-05-24
Duration: 06:47


=== Concerns About Nanny State Mentality (05:13) ===

[00:00:00]  So I wanted to ask what's UKIP's stance on facial recognition and what do you think this means for us?
[00:00:06]  Should we be concerned?
[00:00:07]  We should definitely be concerned.
[00:00:08]  This is essentially us going down the same route as the Chinese government.
[00:00:11]  Absolutely.
[00:00:12]  Which I don't, I'm sure I don't have to stress is not a route we should be going down.
[00:00:17]  I don't know what UKIP's official position on this is because this is quite a new issue.
[00:00:21]  Honestly, I don't think they're switched on enough because they've got other things in front of them.
[00:00:24]  You know, this is kind of crept up from behind on everyone.
[00:00:27]  But I've got no doubt that because UKIP is essentially a kind of libertarian liberal party, they would be diametrically opposed to the issue.
[00:00:34]  I mean, the Conservatives tweeted out the other day, didn't they?
[00:00:36]  Saying, you know, how would you feel about facial recognition software?
[00:00:40]  Well, bad.
[00:00:42]  I think everyone would be in agreement this is a bad idea.
[00:00:44]  But it's something that they would love to implement because they're interested in social control.
[00:00:49]  I think that UKIP would be the opposite of that.
[00:00:50]  I think they would be very much against it.
[00:00:53]  Yeah, that's really interesting.
[00:00:54]  I absolutely agree.
[00:00:55]  I think that our civil liberties are certainly being put at risk with facial recognition.
[00:01:02]  No question of it.
[00:01:03]  And a chap was actually arrested and charged for covering his face.
[00:01:07]  Oh my head.
[00:01:07]  That's unbelievable.
[00:01:08]  Yes, exactly.
[00:01:10]  It's really worrying because I feel like the UK is becoming a police state.
[00:01:14]  And this is all because of the EU, really.
[00:01:18]  You know what?
[00:01:18]  I'm not even sure if that's because of the EU.
[00:01:20]  We're definitely the most surveilled society in all of human history.
[00:01:24]  There are more cameras per square mile than anywhere else in the world, apparently.
[00:01:28]  I don't think that's terrifying.
[00:01:30]  I know, isn't it, right?
[00:01:31]  But I don't think it's the EU that's done this.
[00:01:33]  I think we've done this to ourselves.
[00:01:35]  And I think it's the kind of like nanny state mentality where instead of standing up for our liberties and our ability, it's always our ability to be independent of the government.
[00:01:44]  It's part of this desire to use the government to solve all of the problems of the country.
[00:01:50]  And I just don't think the government is capable of solving all those problems.
[00:01:53]  For example, if you, you know, grooming gangs or no, no, grooming gangs, knife gangs in London, right?
[00:01:59]  That is a direct consequence of a breakdown of society, the social structures that make up these communities.
[00:02:05]  Frankly, parents.
[00:02:06]  Absolutely.
[00:02:07]  It's a lack of fathers in the homes.
[00:02:10]  No amount of government intervention can fix that.
[00:02:12]  That requires the people who are having children but not marrying to realize the benefits of family values.
[00:02:19]  And I don't know how many of these kids are going to have to stab each other to death before they realize that.
[00:02:24]  But having children out of wedlock is definitely the problem there.
[00:02:28]  And the government can't force people together.
[00:02:30]  It can't force them to stay together.
[00:02:31]  But I imagine there probably are ways that it can incentivize people not to have children out of wedlock.
[00:02:36]  Do you think that could be due to the education system not instilling these values?
[00:02:44]  Yes, that's, I mean, I don't think the educational system necessarily should try and instill a certain kind of value.
[00:02:50]  I don't think they should.
[00:02:51]  I think British values should be taught.
[00:02:53]  But I'm not against the idea that the more we go on without this being done, the more I think maybe it might be necessary.
[00:03:00]  But I think that there's definitely ways of incentivizing single parenthood, and I think that they're bad.
[00:03:06]  I mean, they're bad for the kids.
[00:03:07]  They end up being bad for the society around them.
[00:03:10]  I think it's a way of effectively absconding from your own duty as a parent when you're irresponsible in this way.
[00:03:18]  Because it is about being irresponsible, and it is about your personal responsibility as a parent to care for your child.
[00:03:25]  And I do believe that we should do what we can not to subsidise that kind of lifestyle, which is the opposite opinion of the Labour Party, incidentally.
[00:03:33]  What did the Labour Party think?
[00:03:34]  Well, they had no limit on the amount of benefit payments you could receive.
[00:03:39]  So there were some people who had like eight or nine children who were getting over £100,000 a year from the taxpayer.
[00:03:44]  And the Conservatives had to cap this at £25,000, which is still higher than the average wage in the country.
[00:03:50]  And I don't think in...
[00:03:51]  And I tell you what, man, you can go to any council estate in this country and there are young women who have switched on to this.
[00:03:56]  They know that the government will give them 20 grand a year and a house if they have a few children.
[00:04:01]  And so they do.
[00:04:03]  And it's not that they're bad people.
[00:04:04]  It's just that they're being incentivized to do this.
[00:04:07]  And I think that that's a genuinely negative thing for society as a whole.
[00:04:11]  And it's bad for kids.
[00:04:12]  It's bad for the kids.
[00:04:13]  It's a huge problem.
[00:04:14]  My next question.
[00:04:16]  What do you think about all the hate that you're getting from the leftists?
[00:04:19]  And how do you deal with it?
[00:04:21]  Because they really do come from a place of hate.
[00:04:23]  They do.
[00:04:24]  Whereas we come from a place of love, love for our great nation.
[00:04:28]  And yeah.
[00:04:30]  What do you think?
[00:04:32]  I think that when you're taking flack, it means you're over the target.
[00:04:35]  And honestly, I find their efforts rather amusing.
[00:04:39]  I'm very much enjoying it.
[00:04:41]  Every hit piece is a laugh for me.
[00:04:44]  And I tend to post a lot of them to my Telegram and have fun with them.
[00:04:47]  So follow me on Telegram.
[00:04:48]  It's great.
[00:04:50]  But yeah, no, so I would be concerned if they weren't writing about me because that means I would be having no effect at all.
[00:04:56]  The fact that they're trying to stop me means that I'm getting somewhere.

=== Why We Question Authorities (01:48) ===

[00:04:58]  Yeah, I saw you on Victoria Derbyshire and I thought you did really well.
[00:05:02]  You came across very well.
[00:05:03]  Thank you very much.
[00:05:04]  That was a very hostile interview, wasn't it?
[00:05:06]  Yeah.
[00:05:06]  How was it?
[00:05:08]  She was angry.
[00:05:10]  I could sense the anger coming out of her.
[00:05:12]  She was directly on the attack and leaning in.
[00:05:14]  And I just don't see her as a moral authority.
[00:05:18]  So any kind of moral shame.
[00:05:20]  Anyone who works at the BBC is not a moral authority.
[00:05:22]  The BBC protected Jimmy Savile.
[00:05:24]  Anyone who works there is essentially complicit.
[00:05:27]  I do not see them as moral authorities.
[00:05:29]  I see them actually as victimizers and bullies.
[00:05:31]  Yeah.
[00:05:32]  I mean, they are an institution.
[00:05:34]  I'm just one guy.
[00:05:36]  And it's not just the BBC, it's all of the other press outlets.
[00:05:38]  When they're all punching down at just a YouTuber, a guy in his office at home, then you know that I must be saying something that really threatens them because otherwise they wouldn't waste their time.
[00:05:48]  I think they're very scared because they can see that we're fighting back.
[00:05:54]  Yes, I think so.
[00:05:56]  Any other questions?
[00:05:58]  More comments?
[00:05:59]  No, just thank you so much for everything that you're doing.
[00:06:01]  And I think you really opened my eyes to a very true point, which is that the left are adopting all these concepts such as women rights to, I guess, control us more.
[00:06:13]  Yes.
[00:06:14]  They're laying claim to you on your identity as a woman.
[00:06:17]  Yes, exactly.
[00:06:18]  Using identity politics to have control over us.
[00:06:22]  And this is why I always say that the opposite, the answer to identity politics is party politics.
[00:06:31]  You should be free to associate with whatever party you want.
[00:06:34]  You could join whatever party you want, vote for whatever party you want.
[00:06:36]  And you shouldn't have people saying, no, you have to join us because you're a woman or you're black or you're ex.
[00:06:42]  They don't own you.
[00:06:44]  You own you.
[00:06:45]  Yeah, absolutely.
[00:06:46]  Thank you so much.