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Why Self-Sufficiency is the Future of Living | Owen Benjamin DSH #1175
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Why is self-sufficiency the ultimate way forward? 🌱 On this episode of the **Digital Social Hour**, host Sean Kelly dives into an incredible conversation with the always thought-provoking Owen Benjamin. From homesteading and raising kids on a farm to questioning mainstream narratives, this episode is packed with valuable insights into why a sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle is the future of living. 🐓🍅 Discover how Owen transitioned from Hollywood to homesteading, the surprising truths about food quality, and why he believes decentralization and local community are the keys to thriving in today's world. Plus, don’t miss his unique takes on societal norms, the importance of family, and even some fascinating theories that’ll leave you questioning everything. 🤯 This is more than a podcast—it’s a roadmap for anyone looking to take control of their life and embrace a more independent way of living. 🌍💪 Tune in now and join the conversation today! 👉 **Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets.** 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:40 - Making Butter at Home 05:00 - Today's Sponsor Announcement 06:15 - Brainwashed by LA Culture 07:45 - Cancel Culture and Transgender Issues 10:49 - Social Media and Free Speech Debate 12:39 - Netflix Original Content 16:25 - Pushing Back Against Cancel Culture 18:14 - Understanding Racism Today 22:58 - Exploring Conspiracy Theories 26:26 - The Truth About Nuclear Weapons 29:10 - Subliminal Programming in Hollywood 38:38 - The Moon Landing Controversy 41:45 - Fascinating Facts About Dinosaurs 45:44 - The Existence of Aliens 47:17 - Insights into Quantum Physics 49:38 - The Mystery of Pandas 51:40 - Where to Find Owen APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Owen Benjamin https://www.instagram.com/owenbenjaminofficial/ https://owenbenjamin.com/ SPONSORS: Specialized Recruiting Group: https://www.srgpros.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #homestead #homesteading #permaculture #offthegrid #foodpolicies
Chapter 1: Who is Owen Benjamin and why is he controversial?
All right, guys, Owen Benjamin here, one of the most canceled people on the internet, right? At one point, yeah, at one point, I think that's turning around, though. I think the world kind of caught up to some of my wild thoughts. Yeah, you were like five years ahead of everyone.
Yeah, I think so. And then there's people way ahead of me too. It's not like, you know, I'm starting to see that the past is the future. You know, I might just go full Amish. I think they're the most cutting edge guys out there. I mean, no mental health issues. They seem pretty happy. Yeah, they make all their own stuff. You know, they got horses. I'm in.
Chapter 2: What are the benefits of a self-sufficient lifestyle?
I get my dogs from Amish, man. They make the best dogs. What kind of dogs? We got an Australian Shepherd and a Golden Retriever. Nice, man. But we went up to PA. I used to live in Jersey, so we went up to PA, got them, and just witnessing their lifestyle, I was like, this is not bad, you know?
Yeah, I love seeing like a nine-year-old skinning a raccoon to like sell it to a Chinese market or something. It's just, they're so, you know, my kids are like that living on a homestead too. They're kind of like more advanced than I was at that age when it comes to just being like adults, you know?
They still have that innocence of kids, but they can just, you know, kill a chicken and eat it at eight. Wow, at eight years old, that's impressive. Yeah, the homestead lifestyle is appealing. At the same time, you still need to make money though, right?
Yeah, it can all start blending together. When I was talking to your buddy out there, it's funny how in the last special, I did a bit about how I don't even know what I say, what I do for a living. It's almost like I sound like a mob guy, you know, where you can mix so many things together now.
And I just think things are going more local and more decentralized that, you know, like I can sell butter at a premium from my cows and then I can do my podcast from home and all that.
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Chapter 3: How do you make butter at home?
How does one make butter? I'm interested in that process.
Oh, dude, I could talk about this forever. I mean, my wife just did a class on how to make cheddar. Really? Because it's so interesting. Like the metaphors and the fractals for society, that's where my brain goes, is just fascinating. You know, the cream rises, all those like sayings that everyone, no one knows where they come from. It all comes from farming.
Like your cow kicks the bucket or the cream rises or all that. So you take the cream and then you just churn it until it's butter. Oh, that's it? That's it. Oh, wow. Yeah, but you want raw A2A2 milk from like a Jersey cow, like a lot of cream. And the milk in the stores, I mean, this whole podcast could just be about milk. I think milk is great.
The milk in the stores, it's homogenized and pasteurized. So it's like there's no cream wine. It's just all mixed and burned. And so you can't really do much with it. That's why I'm a big straight from the teat guy. Yeah, I'm on the raw milk wave. Good. When I'm at Whole Foods, I only buy cheese if it's raw.
good yeah that's what we make too yeah because you look at the ingredients on the shredded ones it's like a bunch of shit you can't even pronounce yeah and those cows are just i think you can taste it in the in the meat or the milk it's like they're they lived a horrible life it's like stress and chemicals yeah my animals are happy i do believe there's an energetic component to food like eating shit quality food like that affects you
I think it's the entire thing. I think that's like, so I think that's the root of so many problems. It goes all the way down to soil because it's, you are what you eat eats. So it's like, you know, your cow eats the grass, the grass is grown from the soil, the water. I mean, it's so basic that it's mind blowing to someone like me that wasn't raised on a farm, you know?
Yeah. Yeah. People got to realize if they're eating fast food and like, Oh, it's like just raw cancer. I know. Right. Hopefully with Maha things change though. Yeah. Are you excited for that movement?
Uh, yeah, I hope they, I hope that they show people that they have to do it. No one else. That's the fundamental shift that has to happen. I love, like I'm friends with a lot of those guys and it's like, but it's all about like, no one's coming to help you. You got to do it. You got to grow it. And it's like, you can do it in an apartment.
You can just grow anything in your window, but just that empowering thing is what health is about. Yeah. Yeah. It was cool. We were talking before this, you said if the grocery stores went out of business, you would be fine. Yeah, my whole area. It wouldn't even notice. I mean, it would be weird, but we're very self-sustaining. I want to live in a community like that when I have kids, for sure.
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Chapter 4: Why did Owen Benjamin move away from LA?
Yeah. Even abortion, like even like how much you respect and value life. If you're just cramped on a Japanese subway, you're like, oh, there's too many people. You're always thinking there's too many people. Where I live, a person is so valuable. You just see, oh, friend. Oh, cool. And everything changes, especially when you have kids and you see it.
Yeah, I was brainwashed in the sense that I didn't understand what I was –
permitting like i was very permissive i wasn't like doing a lot of you know i drank and party and stuff like that but i wasn't i didn't understand what i was signing off on with some of these movements and then when the trans child thing happened that's when i i uh separated from the herd that's when i got like canceled you know and now you're proving to be right because they just outlawed that right yeah i mean i was never saying anything that wasn't even like totally obvious you know yeah yeah you were on it early though that was peak cancel culture
Yeah. Because it was, they were trying to push it into the zeitgeist. And I was like, you know, my piano teacher growing up was like trans at one point. Like I'm not, I wasn't born to be this hyper judgmental guy, but kids are innocent. And once they went too far, it's almost like how would I describe it? I don't know.
Like that waking up moment when, when you're like being lulled, it's like the perfect beat. And then boom, the beat changes. And now you can see all the instruments playing, you know? And I'm like, then I started rethinking all of it. I'm like, what have I signed off on? Cause that was so crazy evil to me. Yeah. I'm like, cause I always, you know, live and let live, but they don't get to choose.
Like an eight year old cannot consent to like a hormone blocker. And, and I was never in it for the money or fame or anything. I genuinely am like a craftsman of jokes. So I'm like, I'll just do something else then. And then I just kept doing comedy and now I built my own platforms and stuff, you know? That's what you had to do. You had no other choice.
No other choice. I'm not even ambitious. I did a whole special once called Reluctant Warlord, where I'm just like, I didn't even want to have to build a competing company. You just won't let me on. They kicked me off everything, Twitter, YouTube, Airbnb. What? Yeah, we had a house that I was renting out in my wife's name that they kicked me off. That's nuts. Yeah.
Yeah. My wife's name, 4.9 stars were like one of those seen as one of those really good hosts. Yeah. It was rented all the time. It was like it could sleep 16 people on water. It's this beautiful house. And yeah, they canceled our account like that for COVID disinformation in 2020 because I was telling people about vaccines and stuff like that.
And, uh, they were so arrogant about it, but the, the way I see how all of it works is, uh, it always ends up good. Cause that money, I never would have sold that house. I was like, we have some income on it, sell the house. And now we have this money. And so then we built our house we're in now and we don't have to be landlords. It was like, awesome.
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Chapter 5: What are Owen Benjamin's views on cancel culture?
Yeah, I'm excited for what Trump's up to these days. He seems like he's changed, like an energy has shifted a bit. I'm seeing mixed things on it. On TikTok, they're censoring certain things, apparently, and on X, too. But we'll see. I think overall, there'll be more free speech.
They'll always censor. It's just like, are they censoring the goods, like something that is helpful? Are they censoring, you know, like more bad stuff, like more subversive stuff for kids? Because I understand, like I could, I used to be able to do shows for like a Mormon corporate at 3 p.m. Like I know, I'm good with rules. It's almost like coding where it's like X equals five, you know? Yeah.
You can't say this word because of this. You can't do this. But the nebulous nature of like, we know it when we don't like it and we'll get rid of it. And I'm like, but like, I got a strike on YouTube for the Sackler family episode about pointing out that family with opioids for antisemitism. Whoa.
And now, and that was before it all came out. And now it's like a Netflix documentary and they like have been fined, you know? Fined billions, right? Huge. Yeah. And that's the irony is I was never telling people to blame Jews for their problems. I'm just like, this is what APAC does. This is all this. Watch out for this, you know? Yeah, that's nuts. Candace Owens won Anti-Semite of the Year.
I know, that was some DEI stuff. Were you nominated for that too? No. Oh, really? I'm a white male. They got to give it to the black lady. I'm surprised you weren't nominated. Our boy Jake Shields was.
Yeah, because mine is too funny. They almost want it to be more... Jake's... I don't know why they promote Jake, because Jake's so likable. Because I think they get worried when you're likable and funny. They want someone to just be, like, seething. Mm-hmm. Because that backfired with me. They would do all these articles with the ADL and all this.
And then people would check it out and they'd see the cartoons. Like, have you seen the Pol Pot cartoon or anything? No, I didn't see that. Oh, I got to send you that. It's Pol Pot arguing with a Hollywood guy about marketing a genocide. Okay. Because you just laugh. Like, I know hardcore Jews that would just, they can't help but laugh at that. And that kind of breaks the illusion, you know?
Yeah, because you're friends with Jewish people. Yeah. Like I, I'll make fun of how they rub their hands or act like victims, but it's not, I have no issue with their like religion or lineage or something, you know? I mean, as a comedian, you poke at everywhere.
I have to, or I lose my privilege. Like that's the whole thing. Like I, in 2017, I went hard at like Islam when that mattered, you know, it's like, It's like whatever the sacred cow is, you got to do. Unless it's like a rule, like no religious jokes or no swearing. But if it's like we get to make fun of Islam and not Jews, I can't sign off on that because then I'm just like a psycho, you know?
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Chapter 6: How does Owen Benjamin handle social media censorship?
Wow. Small world. That was my first set I ever did. And he was like a college act at the time. And he was a nice guy. I enjoyed that. Really little guy. Tiny. It's been interesting to see his just. Meteoric. Meteoric. Like almost like unheard of. Yeah. You know, did you see that coming when you were with him back then?
no not at all i i didn't even think about that but like i i you know i watch chapelle has always been awesome yeah like i've watched him do three hour sets and just hold the audience the entire time you know people say he's the goat so what's that people say he's the goat yeah he is well i think norm mcdonald is but he's he's not with us anymore yeah one and two
Yeah, it's been interesting to see the comedy space. And Cancel Culture, you guys were really on ice, right? You guys were scared to say anything.
Yeah, and I never backed down from one thing. Oh, you didn't? No, and I won't even say it on your show, but people would be like, how come you can say the N-word in rap, but I can't? And I'd just say it. I'm like, you can. There's no evil in a word. It's intention. And then I'd give all these scenarios. Like, what is worse, saying this or this?
Because my parents were college professors, so I'm just breaking down the logic of rhetoric. And I'm like, the intention of something is everything. You can't ban a color. It's like the painting. And so I resisted with actually doing it. And that drove some people crazy, but I think I helped push it back. Like, I think I was part of that, the pushback.
Because all it takes is a small amount of people, you know? Yeah, well, now Tate's tweeting it every day. Myron Gaines is tweeting it.
Yeah, and it's always just how you do it, too. Mine was about a stolen bike when I was 11. So, like, you couldn't get mad. And the irony is, is I know black dudes that are like, they're like... how come you lump us in? Like, how come everyone lumps us in with these crime statistics? I'm like, if only there was another word for the group of you that commits the crimes.
I'm like, yeah, we have to say black now because... the hard end you said is hate. I'm like, ironically, now so many jokes and statements are saying black people do this. I'm like, eh, that's like saying a white trash is like, I'm offended by white trash. It's like, Oh, don't say, don't say white trash. I'm like, no, there's people in Walmart on a fat scooter covered in sauce. I'm like, go ahead.
It's just like the end, you know, you're like, everyone knows what that is. It's crime. People get really pressed about racism. It's interesting to me. People were racist to me growing up, but I think it's how you kind of react to it. You know what I mean? A hundred percent. What race are you? Are you like half Chinese?
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Chapter 7: What are Owen Benjamin's thoughts on race and victim mentality?
I'm like, as a guy, you want to though. We kick in around eight. That's when we start like hitting, like, but when they're young, you just, you got to just, they're all good. You know? Yeah. There's discipline, but they're all good. I love that. Are you going to have a bunch of kids? I want at least two, maybe three. What about you? Dude, you got to have more with those height, that height, man.
Yeah. It's a rare thing to have, right? Dude, I'm a, I'm a height supremacist. You're 6'8". Well, I just see other tall people. I don't even think race. I'm like, I really hope they have a lot of children because we're getting, you know, the world's getting a little shorter. No, it is. It's been proven. We used to be taller.
Yes. It's because of the food. And I think that, you know, you fly on an airplane, you go into a garage, oh, 6'5 is the limit. I'm like... Now talk about oppression. Yeah. Yeah. That's heightism, right? Heightism. Yeah. I had a guest on, he was talking about ancient civilizations and the average person used to be our height. They were huge. Yeah. Yeah.
And now that we're like giants in today's society. I know. That's why I want more of us have a bunch of kids. Yeah. If we could have one above seven, that'd be cool. How tall is your wife? She's five, six. Same as mine. But our kids are all 99th percentile. I don't need like giants, but just over six, I think is good for the world.
Under six as a male is tough, dude. I see a lot of my friends are under six and they said it affects their confidence. Dude, they get sneaky. They can still be cool. I'm not saying all short people are like that, but it's a factor. There's a syndrome for it, right? I forget the word. Is it just short man syndrome? It might be, yeah. Or Napoleon complex. Napoleon complex.
They're always doing Machiavellian 48 laws of power stuff because they can't just be open and honest because they're always thinking that they're going to be crushed by the giants. Yeah. When did you start looking into some of these conspiracy theories? When did you start questioning some of these world events?
Well, as a comic, I've always been like that because you're always looking at what is versus how people are acting. Like, even just the most basic jokes are just what is versus how are people acting. But, like, the big ones was after the trans kid thing because that's when I lost –
Trust, you know, it's like it's kind of like if you're dating someone and then there's a big trust issue and then you just everything's different after that. It was like that. And that's when I started. And I used to have a physics podcast at Caltech and I was all about, you know, the science and all that. And now that's a big change up.
Yeah. No, I love actual science. I love the scientific method. I love physics, you know, but. But once I started seeing what's capable and like what social engineering is and all that, that's when I started questioning. Yeah. A lot of science, like these scientific studies seem to be compromised too these days.
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Chapter 8: How do gender roles influence societal norms?
Yeah. You know, 60,000 people I think died. Like I'm not questioning the death. It's the fallout. Cause that's the scary thing. The scary thing is like all the rain is poison and all this, and it's never been shown to be true. That's such a good point. Cause you would have seen mass health events afterwards.
It would have been a cloud moving China, Korea. Yeah. And it would have been an uptick in cancer and it's a blue zone. Whoa. Right. Crazier. You see what I'm saying? It's like the, the life expectancy of Japan right now is way above America and So, so McDonald's is worse than a nuclear bomb. Holy crap.
Yeah, dude. I'm not saying this stuff cause I'm wrong. Like I can be wrong. I might, my thing is I might be wrong, but I'm not lying. Like I can be wrong all the time, but when you see the fundamentals are just all not there, it's crazy. Yeah. You know, like the longest living people are in Japan. Oh yeah, of course. Well then how is that possible? Like right now someone who's 98 in Japan is,
lived through the atomic explosions. And then they're like, oh, it wasn't that close. It's like it's a little island chain. So you're saying it had no effect at all, you know, versus America's life expectancy is dropping right now. Yeah. And that's a whole nother podcast. Totally.
That's happening. But damn, I never heard of this one being questioned. This is interesting. I'm going to look into this more, dude. That is crazy. It makes you wonder how long they've been trying to program people because this was way back then.
Oh yeah. No, this is the whole thing. I mean, once, once the flickering picture was live, they realized that it was, it was game on. Like you could, like there was a bet between Walt Disney and someone else that they could make, um, they can make people cry to a drawing of a deer, you know? Yeah. They're like social engineers, you know? Wow.
And Bambi's mom, you know, and they're like flickering images and people are weeping and they're like, Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot of salininal programming in Hollywood, right? Oh, yeah. Hollywood is the wood of a magic wand. It's the Hollywood. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? It is. And it's nuts because growing up, I never questioned any of the stuff I was watching.
Me neither. I wanted to get all the A's. I'm like, I could name all these stars, 186,000 miles per second, and blah, blah, blah, and the pulsar, and the white dwarf. And then I'm like, how do they know this stuff? And there's no evidence. Yeah. Yeah, history class was one of my favorites as a kid. I love history, yeah. But now I'm going back and looking at, wait, did that actually happen?
Dude, I studied World War II history in the Czech Republic. I was so interested in it. Wow. Because my hometown of Oswego, New York, is the only town in all of America that took in Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. And everyone's so pumped about that, but I'm like, why? That doesn't make any sense. So we're fighting Germany, and this is the worst thing that's ever happened in human history.
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