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STITCH INCOMING

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This video likely performed well due to its provocative and controversial nature, sparking debate and engagement around sensitive topics of invention, resources, and historical contributions. The direct refutation by the second speaker creates a clear point of contention, encouraging viewers to engage with the differing viewpoints.

Summary

The first speaker claims that resources are worthless without inventions, and that white people's inventions are essential for resources to have value. The second speaker refutes this, arguing that inventions themselves rely on prior discoveries and foundational knowledge, and that the first speaker's logic is flawed and makes no sense.

Structure

1Speaker 1 asserts resources are worthless without inventions.
2Speaker 1 claims white people's inventions are essential for resource value.
3Speaker 2 refutes this, arguing inventions rely on prior discoveries.
4Speaker 2 criticizes the first speaker's logic as flawed.

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STITCH INCOMING Your resources are worthless without white people's inventions. I'm sick of hearing about how white people stole all the resources. They're not worth anything without our inventions. Oil without engines and without refineries is just sludgy brown goop. Uranium without reactors are rocks that make you feel funny. And diamonds literally have no value. They're an artificial commodity. Even the way you get them out of the ground. We invented. You need our machinery to get them out of the ground. You wouldn't be rich if you had your resources entirely to yourself. Cause one, you have them right now, and you're not rich. And you had them for thousands of years before us, and you weren't rich. Weren't worth anything. That they're only worth it now because we made them valuable. Sorry. creating something essential from something's use != creating its value THIS TAKE DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE SURE WHY OTHER AS IF THIS SURFACE LEVEL THINKING. HELP YOU OUT FIRSTLY, THE OIL REFINERIES THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR VIDEO RUN ON THEIR OWN. THEY RELY HEAVILY ON MATHEMATICS, AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING, WRITING, COUNTLESS OTHER DISCOVERIES THAT DERIVED FROM THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. FOR EXAMPLE, ALGEBRA BY ARABS. BUT THAT DOESN'T OIL REFINERIES OR ANYTHING THAT USES MATH VALUE. THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE. NOT TO MENTION ALL INVENTIONS DERIVED FROM SOMETHING. BECAUSE BY YOUR LOGIC, THE SAME MENTIONED HAVE NO VALUE ON AN INVENTION THAT CAME BEFORE IT. TRACING BACK WHICH INVENTIONS RELIED ON WHAT TO CREATE IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER. WHICH IS EXACTLY MAKES NO SENSE. SO SORRY, BUT YOU'RE WRONG.