🎙️ Episode Title: History is Not the Revolution
🎧 Description:
In this raw and necessary episode, Brother ha2tim reflects on a hard truth: knowing history alone is not revolutionary. With honesty and clarity, he breaks down how historical knowledge without political and economic strategy becomes just talk. It’s time to move beyond recognition and into real power-building. Are you truly challenging the system—or just collecting facts?
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Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gye-nyame-journey-show--179352/support.
🎧 Description:
In this raw and necessary episode, Brother ha2tim reflects on a hard truth: knowing history alone is not revolutionary. With honesty and clarity, he breaks down how historical knowledge without political and economic strategy becomes just talk. It’s time to move beyond recognition and into real power-building. Are you truly challenging the system—or just collecting facts?
📲 Reach out or build with me at: https://dot.cards/gnjmedia
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gye-nyame-journey-show--179352/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
No frills, no thrills, just brother hot Tim and of
course you family. I want to thank you for tuning
in and checking us out at this time. We have
a conversation that we need to have today. Actually, because
you know this, this is my scripted segment. You know
what I'm saying. This is my scripted segment. So I'm
(00:24):
trying to really din and learn how to do stuff quick.
But anyway, let's get into it today. We are going
to be talking about history is not the revolution, the
hard truth I had to face. So this is this
is a personal This is a personal letter, personal thought
(00:46):
that I had and then I wrote it out. So
here we go. For years, I believe that knowing history
was revolutionary. I thought my Black Studies degree, my ability
to recite historical facts, and my understanding of African civilization
meant that I was participating in a revolution. But I
(01:09):
was chasing an illusion. Don't laugh at me, family, There's
a glaring hole in the conscious movement, a political void
that many of us never realized existed. So and I'm speaking,
let me, let me, let me stress here. I'm speaking
for myself that I never I ain't gonna say many
(01:29):
of us I'm gonna say that I never realized existed.
My education provided knowledge of history, but omitted the political
strategies required to challenge the system. And perhaps during my time,
it was expected that those who truly wanted to understand
the politics of revolution would seek it out on their own.
But I missed that part. I never learned about the
(01:52):
political dimension, the mentions of the movement and movement building,
the economic strategies, the discussions about appolism, socialism, and class struggle. Instead,
I was left with the historical knowledge that, while empowering,
did not directly threaten the system, And off the next
(02:13):
How many black historians or afficentric scholars are locked up
right now? An answer is usually I'm listening. If you
said none, you were right. Why Because knowing history alone
does not challenge the system. Many and my elders, those
(02:33):
who truly shook the foundations of oppression, were not just
historians that were political strategists. They understood that the fight
was not just about knowing our past, but about leveraging
the knowledge to disrupt economic and social structures that oppress us.
Those who were assassinated or in prison weren't locked up
(02:54):
because they taught history locked up or murdered because they
taught history. They were because they were mobilizing people with
a political understanding of how oppression and the system operates.
When you expose how the wealthy exploit the poor. When
you help people both black and non black, understand how
(03:18):
the system is rigged, you become a threat. You don't
just awaken your own trip. You make others who are
struggling see the common enemy. That's when you become a
problem that needs to be solved by the system. For years,
I believe that many of our elders were persecuted simply
for teaching black history. And I know I was ignorant,
(03:40):
you know, But now I see the deeper truth. The
system doesn't care if you argue that the Egyptians were black,
they don't care. It doesn't shake. It doesn't shake when
you claim that black people invented most of them major
technologies in the modern world, White supremacy or white hegemony
(04:06):
or white insanity and capitalism are not threatened by knowledge alone.
What threatens them is a proper political and economic analysis,
one that connects history to strategy. When history is used
to expose economic exploitation, challenge power structures, and build alternative systems,
(04:28):
and build alternative systems, and build alternative system That's when
it becomes dangerous. Looking back, I have to wrestle with
the possibility that my early education in the conscious community
was subtly geared towards seeking acceptance rather than power. I
(04:53):
was surrounded by intelligent individuals, all demanding recognition for our
achievements within a system them that was never designed for us.
But here's the trap. As long as we only seek
acknowledgement from the system, we remain in a cycle of inertia.
(05:13):
We strive for excellence within their framework instead of building
our own with demand recognition of our contributions, rather than
directly confronting and dismantling oppressive structures. At the end of
the day, white supremacy operates like a bully. We just
(05:34):
talked about that last week. It does not want a
fair fight. It just it doesn't want to engage in
real debate or ideological battle. It would rather eliminate threats
through economic sabotage, legal entanglements, or outright violence. And that's
why the real revolution has to go beyond just knowing history.
(05:58):
It has to be political, it has to be economic,
it has to be strategic. I'll stop here now, but
I leave you with this. Are you truly challenging the
system or are you just collecting knowledge for knowledge? Knowledge's sake?
They're gonna have this is brother Hi Tim, And of
(06:21):
course you know it's no frills and no thrills. I'm
still down with Giammi journey. I'm still down with simple Nation.
I'm still down with the how we village family? What
you down with? I told y'all years ago, y'all needed
to be dripping up. If you look on the title
of this, you see how many times I've been on
the air. I've been saying the same shit for years.
(06:44):
But I'm on any right here, No frizs, no thrills.
It's brother Hot Tim. You have any comments, a questions,
by all means get at me. I'll let you boy right,
leave a comment, leave questions, help build up the algorithmic
strength so that brother HOI Tim could go on and
just come back and village y'all from Ghana. You know,
I know why y'all are reading my articles. I know,
(07:05):
I know, I understand. I understand y'all don't want me
to go nowhere. So y'all, y'all y'all need for me
to be around and the work. But I ain't going nowhere,
let me tell you, Because listen, I got other plans.
Brother Tim has been thinking about politics seriously and I'm
gonna have some more announcements on that in the future.
(07:27):
This brother Tim, I guess what I'm out
No frills, no thrills, just brother hot Tim and of
course you family. I want to thank you for tuning
in and checking us out at this time. We have
a conversation that we need to have today. Actually, because
you know this, this is my scripted segment. You know
what I'm saying. This is my scripted segment. So I'm
(00:24):
trying to really din and learn how to do stuff quick.
But anyway, let's get into it today. We are going
to be talking about history is not the revolution, the
hard truth I had to face. So this is this
is a personal This is a personal letter, personal thought
(00:46):
that I had and then I wrote it out. So
here we go. For years, I believe that knowing history
was revolutionary. I thought my Black Studies degree, my ability
to recite historical facts, and my understanding of African civilization
meant that I was participating in a revolution. But I
(01:09):
was chasing an illusion. Don't laugh at me, family, There's
a glaring hole in the conscious movement, a political void
that many of us never realized existed. So and I'm speaking,
let me, let me, let me stress here. I'm speaking
for myself that I never I ain't gonna say many
(01:29):
of us I'm gonna say that I never realized existed.
My education provided knowledge of history, but omitted the political
strategies required to challenge the system. And perhaps during my time,
it was expected that those who truly wanted to understand
the politics of revolution would seek it out on their own.
But I missed that part. I never learned about the
(01:52):
political dimension, the mentions of the movement and movement building,
the economic strategies, the discussions about appolism, socialism, and class struggle. Instead,
I was left with the historical knowledge that, while empowering,
did not directly threaten the system, And off the next
(02:13):
How many black historians or afficentric scholars are locked up
right now? An answer is usually I'm listening. If you
said none, you were right. Why Because knowing history alone
does not challenge the system. Many and my elders, those
(02:33):
who truly shook the foundations of oppression, were not just
historians that were political strategists. They understood that the fight
was not just about knowing our past, but about leveraging
the knowledge to disrupt economic and social structures that oppress us.
Those who were assassinated or in prison weren't locked up
(02:54):
because they taught history locked up or murdered because they
taught history. They were because they were mobilizing people with
a political understanding of how oppression and the system operates.
When you expose how the wealthy exploit the poor. When
you help people both black and non black, understand how
(03:18):
the system is rigged, you become a threat. You don't
just awaken your own trip. You make others who are
struggling see the common enemy. That's when you become a
problem that needs to be solved by the system. For years,
I believe that many of our elders were persecuted simply
for teaching black history. And I know I was ignorant,
(03:40):
you know, But now I see the deeper truth. The
system doesn't care if you argue that the Egyptians were black,
they don't care. It doesn't shake. It doesn't shake when
you claim that black people invented most of them major
technologies in the modern world, White supremacy or white hegemony
(04:06):
or white insanity and capitalism are not threatened by knowledge alone.
What threatens them is a proper political and economic analysis,
one that connects history to strategy. When history is used
to expose economic exploitation, challenge power structures, and build alternative systems,
(04:28):
and build alternative systems, and build alternative system That's when
it becomes dangerous. Looking back, I have to wrestle with
the possibility that my early education in the conscious community
was subtly geared towards seeking acceptance rather than power. I
(04:53):
was surrounded by intelligent individuals, all demanding recognition for our
achievements within a system them that was never designed for us.
But here's the trap. As long as we only seek
acknowledgement from the system, we remain in a cycle of inertia.
(05:13):
We strive for excellence within their framework instead of building
our own with demand recognition of our contributions, rather than
directly confronting and dismantling oppressive structures. At the end of
the day, white supremacy operates like a bully. We just
(05:34):
talked about that last week. It does not want a
fair fight. It just it doesn't want to engage in
real debate or ideological battle. It would rather eliminate threats
through economic sabotage, legal entanglements, or outright violence. And that's
why the real revolution has to go beyond just knowing history.
(05:58):
It has to be political, it has to be economic,
it has to be strategic. I'll stop here now, but
I leave you with this. Are you truly challenging the
system or are you just collecting knowledge for knowledge? Knowledge's sake?
They're gonna have this is brother Hi Tim, And of
(06:21):
course you know it's no frills and no thrills. I'm
still down with Giammi journey. I'm still down with simple Nation.
I'm still down with the how we village family? What
you down with? I told y'all years ago, y'all needed
to be dripping up. If you look on the title
of this, you see how many times I've been on
the air. I've been saying the same shit for years.
(06:44):
But I'm on any right here, No frizs, no thrills.
It's brother Hot Tim. You have any comments, a questions,
by all means get at me. I'll let you boy right,
leave a comment, leave questions, help build up the algorithmic
strength so that brother HOI Tim could go on and
just come back and village y'all from Ghana. You know,
I know why y'all are reading my articles. I know,
(07:05):
I know, I understand. I understand y'all don't want me
to go nowhere. So y'all, y'all y'all need for me
to be around and the work. But I ain't going nowhere,
let me tell you, Because listen, I got other plans.
Brother Tim has been thinking about politics seriously and I'm
gonna have some more announcements on that in the future.
(07:27):
This brother Tim, I guess what I'm out
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