Ep14 : Do People Prefer Being Slaves Part II
b'In the second part of our very first two-part episode, Jad and Kevin continue their discussion of whether or not people prefer being slaves. As we noted in the previous episode, the idea is pretty simple: there\'s an almost endless supply of examples illustrating how people appear to be passive when any type of control structure takes over their lives. This can be applied to government, religion, education, and of course the literal notion of slavery as well.\\n\\nIn this second installment we pick back up exactly where we left off in the previous episode and consider topics of authoritarianism as it pertains to individuals being enslaved. The discussion opens with Jad and I considering the various abuses carried out by police during the occupy protests. We then bring some technology into the conversation before discussing whether the natural human tendency is to rebel against enslavement, or to embrace it. Of course our belief is that education (or lack thereof) plays a huge role in this process for better or for worse.\\n\\nMaterial from Podcast\\nMusic\\n\\nWarm Shadow by Fink\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nTranscript of Podcast\\n\\nKevin: Hello, and welcome back to another episode of the JK Podcast. As always, we\'re doing our best to ponder and pursue the grand ideas of liberty, humanity, and equality for all. And for those of you who haven\'t yet been to our website, please take a look at www.JKPod.com. Before introducing our topics, we should point out that this episode is actually a continuation of episode number 13, with the warm and inviting title, "Do People Prefer Being Slaves". In our previous installment of this episode, Jad and I open up with the idea of whether or not people prefer being slaves. \\n\\nThis isn\'t necessarily the literal whips and chains type of slavery, but rather people being forced to participate in modern government without their individual consent. We pick back up exactly where we left off in the previous episode, and consider topics of authoritarianism as it pertains to individuals being enslaved. The discussion opens with Jad and I considering the various abuses carried out by police during the Occupy protests. \\n\\nWe then bring some technology into the conversation before discussing whether the natural human tendency is to rebel against enslavement, or to embrace it. Of course, our belief is that education or lack thereof, plays a huge role in this process, for better or for worse. The other voice you\'ll hear in this episode is the co-creator, Jad Davis, I\'m Kevin Ludlow, and welcome back to our show. \\n\\nImmediately reminds me of the whole Occupy movement, right? You can love it, you can hate it, you can be one of those people who\'s like, they have no agenda whatsoever, they\'re just a bunch of college hippies that are just doing it for attention, they\'re making a mess, et cetera, et cetera - maybe all of that is true, I don\'t necessarily think it is, but let\'s just assume for the record that it is. It doesn\'t change the fact that it was broadcast as openly as can be, beating the shit out of them for no reason. I mean, we shouldn\'t have police forces that are just walking around pepper spraying people, and then beating them with batons. \\n\\nEven if the guy does take a piss in the street, maybe that\'s not good for the general societal view, but it doesn\'t change the fact that I mean, this violence is real. I was really hoping that there would\'ve been a bigger counter-movement in the United States against that violence - and it definitely brought some attention for sure - but I still think that the majority of the people who it brought attention to were the people who were already on the side of it to begin with. \\n\\nMy classic circle jerk interjection, it\'s just now a bunch of college liberals think that it\'s wrong for the police to beat them for protesting, but they thought it was wrong two months ago. I don\'t need them to think it\'s wrong, I need the conservative to be like, "well,'