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  • @VladVexlerChat
    @VladVexlerChat  Місяць тому +78

    This was originally intended for the main channel, but I decided to do a live there instead. PLEASE skip this video if you've seen the live, as I am just repeating myself here.
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    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 Місяць тому +1

      Trump has cinched the election. He's got the sympathy vote now. The shooter's name was 'Crooks' for Pete's sake...

    • @Dongle3000ccm
      @Dongle3000ccm Місяць тому +7

      I'm going to watch both no matter what you tell me :-D

    • @jacobfrederick3614
      @jacobfrederick3614 Місяць тому +2

      Sort out, your trolls.
      These “people”, can not be helped.

    • @KlaasKerkhof
      @KlaasKerkhof Місяць тому

      Maybe this proves that the left are the anti-democratic ones and not the right.

    • @MaryPothoven
      @MaryPothoven Місяць тому +1

      Waking up sad and scared again this morning in America, but glad to find you here.
      Thank you for your words of wisdom, Vlad.❤

  • @aarushiyadav7101
    @aarushiyadav7101 Місяць тому +129

    "Crisis doesn't always mean collapse" is strangely comforting, despite the circumstances.

    • @Burkhard_Ehnes
      @Burkhard_Ehnes Місяць тому +1

      it makes dangerously complacent. "Not always" means still "but sometimes". And that is too often!

    • @derPetunientopf
      @derPetunientopf Місяць тому +4

      @@Burkhard_Ehnes "complacent"? I dissagree. It just means we should not panic because that would be no help to anyone.

    • @TechSucht
      @TechSucht Місяць тому +1

      @@Burkhard_Ehnes very true. People keep believing that everything won't be "that bad" until it's too late. Happend in the Weimar Republic, ist happening now in the US (and happened to a lesser extent when Trump became president).

    • @somedudeok1451
      @somedudeok1451 5 днів тому

      The problem is that crisis _can_ mean collapse. And it might mean collapse today. We just don't know.

  • @williamzk9083
    @williamzk9083 Місяць тому +239

    I’m a little bit older, but I remember when it wasn’t so much hatred between the political parties. People love to hate more than they love democracy. Democracy is definitely under threat.

    • @hoaxygen
      @hoaxygen Місяць тому

      I've only heard threats from the right side, though. People on the left don't just randomly call for shooting their opponents. Whoever this was does not represent the left.

    • @PokemonGeezer
      @PokemonGeezer Місяць тому +27

      Important to instill that trump brought this horrible thing upon himself.

    • @jonusjonus9271
      @jonusjonus9271 Місяць тому +26

      @@PokemonGeezer ah yes! that will certainly bring democracy back from the brink. Brilliant!

    • @rogerforsberg3910
      @rogerforsberg3910 Місяць тому

      @@PokemonGeezer Alas, Mr Geezer, this is the ultimate excuse of many rapists, "She brought it upon herself! She shouldn't have dressed so seductively!!"

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 Місяць тому +4

      @@PokemonGeezer Explain how he did this.

  • @GiganteFamily
    @GiganteFamily Місяць тому +61

    Great Message Thank you from America

  • @GreatgoatonFire
    @GreatgoatonFire Місяць тому +116

    Conspiracy minded people on every side will go wild over this.

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому

      Yes they will, the conspiracy to steal the election in 2020 for instance, the conspiracy to impeach and arrest Donald Trump to get him out of the race, the conspiracy to cover up the election steal by the Biden Administration, and finally a last desperate attempt to get rid of Donald Trump so that he does not become president again, these are all conspiracies, and can you really blame us for being so called paranoid after all this?

    • @hillbilly4895
      @hillbilly4895 Місяць тому +1

      "Sir, I'm going to need you to account for your whereabouts at the time of the incident...and, a credible witness who can support your alibi" ~ Conspiracy Minded Person

    • @hewdelfewijfe
      @hewdelfewijfe Місяць тому

      @@thomaskalbfus2005 But Trump did use violence to try to overturn the election. And he's committed various other felonies as well, including r@pe, falsifying business records, and so on. Why are you siding with an unbeliever, a three-time divorcee, someone who cheated many times on all of his wives, who bragged that he grabs women by the pussy, who brags that he hosts child beauty pageants so he can go backstage and see naked children. He's the anti-Christ.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 Місяць тому

      @@hillbilly4895 Oh yeah? Well, CMP I'm going to need you to provide the same for me, records of your social media content and your bank records dating back to 1917. Plus tell me where you leave the spare key to your house and your credit card info. And all your passwords.

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому

      @@hillbilly4895 So you think its just an amazing coincidence that someone tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a time when he was seeking the office of President and at the same time a bunch of lawyers and district attorneys are looking for crimes, they can charge him with to get him out of the race, and oh yes they impeached him twice, once while president and once again after they left the office, and this after such an unusual and wide swing in election results in November 2020 when at first results were widely in favor of Donald trump then swung widely in favor of Joe Biden in all the key states he needed to win to become President, how lucky for him, and no doubt he was just waiting for Donald Trump to expire so that he could just waltz into his second term as President uncontested!

  • @EndingSimple
    @EndingSimple Місяць тому +88

    People, please be aware that amongst these comments are likely comments by Russian and Chinese bots that are doing their best to pour as much salt into this wound as possible.

    • @amystern123
      @amystern123 Місяць тому +15

      I usually agree. Oddly, so far the comments I’ve read seem genuine. The bots are probably busy on other platforms. They’ll get here sooner or later. Busy day for them. Oh, and it’s… 9:43am in St. Petersburg. We had a head start on them.

    • @TheGamer2001
      @TheGamer2001 Місяць тому +2

      goenzoy bot is already here.

    • @item6931
      @item6931 Місяць тому +6

      @@amystern123 The most popular live streams had heaps of Russian accounts (literally in Cyrillic) trying to pin it on Ukraine.

    • @DB-pm2vy
      @DB-pm2vy Місяць тому +1

      @@item6931🙄🤨😡🇬🇧🇺🇦

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому +4

      @@item6931 They don't call him "Putin the Poisoner" for nothing!

  • @suzannstrohmaier2578
    @suzannstrohmaier2578 Місяць тому +58

    Hi Vlad thanks so much for addressing this so quickly.

  • @henriknilsson7851
    @henriknilsson7851 Місяць тому +44

    Rational, cool, calming and as always very well thought out. You are amazing!
    I wish more Americans would watch your channels. This message is what they so need to hear!

  • @e-spy
    @e-spy Місяць тому +42

    absolutely a no-no. This is totally not acceptable. Next thing you know, we will all be wary of windows.

  • @barracuda6900
    @barracuda6900 29 днів тому +3

    It's also so difficult to talk about politics like a game of tennis, because so many people see it as a matter of life and death now. And in cases like Ukraine, it's literally a matter of life and death.
    I myself have found myself being even more enraged by Mearsheimer and his followers lately. I've ended up coming close to posting things about him I'd regret later.

  • @user-kf9nd5rq6y
    @user-kf9nd5rq6y Місяць тому +10

    Thank you, Vlad. Thank you for saying it and for saying it in a way that allows sharing this video in mixed company.

  • @georgeburdell517
    @georgeburdell517 29 днів тому +1

    Vlad... this was a brilliant message and exactly what Americans need to hear. They should broadcast this message on repeat for the next week!

  • @yamaneko-ex8fy
    @yamaneko-ex8fy Місяць тому +2

    Thank you for your calm and rational thoughts in emotionally overloaded times.

  • @jessicarowley9631
    @jessicarowley9631 29 днів тому +1

    Thank you for addressing this so clearly and carefully.
    We all need to be so careful about the way we talk about this event.

  • @methylenedioxy818
    @methylenedioxy818 29 днів тому +1

    Important reminders! Thanks Vlad! You're great! Keep it up!

  • @SerginhoPMoura
    @SerginhoPMoura Місяць тому +21

    Vlad, you look good and healthy. Hope you are feeling as such. Love your analysies. Rooting for you.

  • @iGrave
    @iGrave Місяць тому +3

    Vlad, you're an absolute mental anchor. I just want you to know how much I appreciate the clarity of your message.
    I have no doubt that my mental state would have been quite different had this attempt had a different outcome. I have so much more uncertainty about the future now...
    For better or worse, we're here now, and please know that I take great comfort knowing you'll be here as the voice of reason and reassurance that the world will still exist tomorrow.
    Thanks

  • @nikola2georgiev
    @nikola2georgiev Місяць тому +10

    Thanks Vlad for your rational and wise message, let’s not play Putin’s game …

  • @effingsix3825
    @effingsix3825 Місяць тому +2

    Thank-you Vlad, for the timely discussion. 🤔 I was wondering how to form politics around the Center, rather than polarization.

  • @littlebadwolf8129
    @littlebadwolf8129 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you, Vlad. This was once again calming and reassuring and very well said super important message. I'll be sharing this video wherevef I can.

  • @bobmills8341
    @bobmills8341 29 днів тому +1

    Great video, a Canadian who couldn't agree with you more on this topic. Democracy has to have tolerance and bounds to work for fairness. Respect between parties must be there. If it gets eroded you end up with the current regime in Russia.

    • @robertfreitag687
      @robertfreitag687 29 днів тому

      Sure. But what about the Free Rider Problem? What about people who demand tolerance without giving any?
      That's Trump. He makes all these claims on the protection offered by social norms, without EVER extending the same to other people.
      This could maybe just be the occasional cost of business if Trump were not literally creating a political culture out of that practice. I mean, that Noemi woman just wrote a book bragging about killing a puppy, just in order to court his favor in the running mate competition.
      This is why younger generations despise democracy. It's lost the will to enforce minimum standards of behavior. To them, following the rules is "for suckers".

  • @renstein8210
    @renstein8210 Місяць тому +56

    This video is sad. The fact that a person would have to make a video a say that assassinating a candidate for the presidency is bad is quite the statement on where politics has gotten to.

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому

      Yes, I've watched many of Vlad's videos, and he knows what he's said about Donald Trump, and this event is a sort of nightmare for him. Look I support Ukraine, I know Donald Trump has been a skeptic of aid to Ukraine, but Joe Biden after his last debate really should not be President of the United States, he may have been supportive of Ukraine, but there are other issues that must also be considered, this assassination attempt is the act of someone desperate I think, someone who doesn't think Joe Biden is going to win, and so he or she decided to take such matters into his own hands.

    • @AS-np3yq
      @AS-np3yq Місяць тому

      You know, some peopole are talking about female male private parts..

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому +13

      @@AS-np3yq Why are you trying to change the subject to something unrelated to the assassination attempt?

    • @L.A.6482
      @L.A.6482 Місяць тому

      Why is anyone surprised? Tyrants and their supporters bring this upon themselves.

  • @MickB52s
    @MickB52s Місяць тому +7

    💯, thankyou Vlad

  • @zuggernautz
    @zuggernautz Місяць тому +2

    Thanks, Vlad!

  • @user-jz9kg3jh5n
    @user-jz9kg3jh5n 29 днів тому

    Thank you, Vlad. This is some of your best.

  • @stavokg
    @stavokg Місяць тому +56

    The philosopher has spoken. Wise words; thank you.

  • @chin9888
    @chin9888 Місяць тому +2

    Thank you Vlad, you are a beacon of light

  • @OPi-yi6sg
    @OPi-yi6sg Місяць тому +2

    🎯Thank you!

  • @ChrisEkstedt
    @ChrisEkstedt Місяць тому

    Thank you from a member of that one third of your audience. Could not catch the live quite yet (still patching things together) but will spread the word as I can since it doesn't look like we'll have a normal news cycle for quite a while and we don't want this to get worse🌻

  • @robinblankenship9234
    @robinblankenship9234 Місяць тому +1

    Brilliant; as always.

  • @johnstanczyk4030
    @johnstanczyk4030 Місяць тому +45

    Vlad, you are a goodie.
    It is crazy how I still have acqaintances who say, "But they started it first" to the notion of declaring political violence completely and utterly unacceptable.

    • @johnboie4964
      @johnboie4964 Місяць тому +1

      Says the TDS Lunatics who actually 'started it' 🤡

    • @treyshaffer
      @treyshaffer Місяць тому +1

      wdym he was just expressing his 2nd amendment rights like a true patriot

    • @johnboie4964
      @johnboie4964 Місяць тому

      @@treyshaffer 🤡

    • @johnboie4964
      @johnboie4964 Місяць тому

      @@treyshaffer

    • @defendandprotect-om5hv
      @defendandprotect-om5hv Місяць тому

      ​@@johnboie4964Trump's derrangement syndrome is very apparent in your post.

  • @1artistsexpression
    @1artistsexpression 29 днів тому

    Thank you...I needed this ❤

  • @iancotham
    @iancotham Місяць тому +194

    I am a public school teacher in the United States. Specifically, I teach 7th and 6th Grade History & Social Studies, and I have an immense difficulty with these events in the United States as they intensify, for several reasons.
    1. As an educator, communicating these events to my students is going to be troublesome on a human level. Partly because there are students in my population that support Trump by virtue of their parents, and partly because the overwhelming majority of my student demographic dislikes this candidate. As an educator, I am meant to remain neutral and unbiased while presenting this event as entirely negative to students that are trans or migrants (I teach in central Texas). Despite this, I know that there will be students come August when our school year begins that will champion this moment, and cheer for a repetition.
    2. As an educator, I also must balance the reality that there are elements who desire this event not be spoken of in any capacity. That we erase this history, and treat it as a nonfactor in our society, where the reality is that it is not all that uncommon in liberal democracies, despite our ignorance to history. This despite my duty as an educator and historian to temper this information and deliver it to my students in a responsible manner. I worry that we will see another or multiple attempts on either candidate as time passes (and this is with my "5% more") and I will be in the position of explaining to my students that this is not how Democracy should function, despite Trump's repeated calling for the same or similar reprisals on his detractors quite publicly.
    3. Personally, I am not particularly distressed by the attempt, despite my own separate mind as as advocate of democracy and peace decrying the action. This is a person that has stated that my own views, my own person, and my profession are the actual "enemy" of this country. My profession has been targeted at the federal and state level, and I have parents that question whether or not the facts I teach are actually "facts." I have to stand in front of my students and responsibly say "this is not acceptable in a Democracy" while knowing full well that this man would allow some of his supporters to lynch me, by their own words, and spread lies about who I am and what I do for a living to further their own (and his) political agenda.
    This will prove to be an incredibly divisive episode I worry, Vlad. Thank you for an ever eloquent and moderated response to the goings-on in an irresponsible superpower.
    Much love, from Texas.

    • @item6931
      @item6931 Місяць тому +17

      >Partly because there are students in my population that support Trump by virtue of their parents
      This is where nearly everyone starts their political journey.

    • @iancotham
      @iancotham Місяць тому +4

      @@item6931
      100%, friend

    • @tonyennis1787
      @tonyennis1787 Місяць тому +18

      " Personally, I am not particularly distressed by the attempt" You are part of the problem, and are reprehensible. Shame.

    • @iancotham
      @iancotham Місяць тому +63

      @@tonyennis1787 I may not be "distressed" by it, but that does not mean I encourage it. Perhaps it would behoove you to reread my statement.
      Trump does not deserve to die. But he has also called upon the deaths of others.

    • @groaningmole4338
      @groaningmole4338 Місяць тому +16

      @@tonyennis1787 You got that far without complaining? Wow.

  • @nodarikirtadze8220
    @nodarikirtadze8220 Місяць тому

    Thanks for such a quick response Vlad

  • @drrodopszin
    @drrodopszin Місяць тому +3

    There is an important thing we don't talk about: the polarization is amplified by how social media algorithms push it in our faces. Compared to back then when most of the stuff you saw was your friends' vacation in recent years you see friends commenting angrily on a news site's feed. Or a slickly edited political half truth comes in as a short video.
    Part of the problem of polarization is that there are no alternatives. According to Republican voters all other candidates were unfit to be presidents; it's all or nothing.

  • @elizabethcooper9552
    @elizabethcooper9552 29 днів тому

    Thank you!!

  • @rowanhaigh8782
    @rowanhaigh8782 Місяць тому +14

    This is a fabulous video, Vlad. ❤

  • @alaincote6684
    @alaincote6684 Місяць тому

    thank you Vlad ; for the salve. Healing thoughts in a critical moment

  • @Cdearle
    @Cdearle Місяць тому +3

    @ Vlad You are a better man than I because my first thought, albeit in the mental fog of switching on my phone at 6:30 am, was ‘Damn’ and not in a good way. However it did set me thinking about a sort of historical parallel. You will be familiar with Senator Huey Long but for the benefit of others he was a Trump-like US populist politician in the 1930s, albeit a Democrat, who was assassinated when contemplating a challenge to the not-yet-sainted FDR in the 1936 election. One of the great what-ifs of US politics.

  • @ForestRogers
    @ForestRogers Місяць тому

    Thank you.

  • @spageen
    @spageen Місяць тому +28

    What's amazing about the USA and other western nations is the fact they're unashamed of having debate and divided opinions within their own governments. What places like China, Russia, North Korea would find totally embarrassing for their 'image', we just fully embrace. It's something to be very proud of, for the most part.

    • @iancotham
      @iancotham Місяць тому +2

      Underrated comment on this thread.

    • @goenzoy712
      @goenzoy712 Місяць тому

      Why are you even connecting this 3 countries
      China , North Korea and Russia have very little in common

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit Місяць тому +13

      @@goenzoy712 Because they all do not allow openly questioning their govts.

    • @hurmur9528
      @hurmur9528 Місяць тому +1

      Yes, but not when one part goes so far to be a threat to democracy. I do not see that in Europe as much as in US. In Europe right now Germany has a socialdemocrat leader, a labour leader in GB, a liberal center right leader in France. Wow that is very similair to Trump. In my country it is a center right government that is so ordinary and so very far from Trump. US has a specific problem and comparing to much more functional democracies and saying they are equally bad is a false comparison. I hope you make the right decision and bring your country back from crazy.

    • @vertigo2894
      @vertigo2894 Місяць тому +1

      You should be very ashamed of American politics. You mean to compare European politics to China and Russia.

  • @williamfish1407
    @williamfish1407 Місяць тому

    Always so wise Vlad. Appreciate your contributions to our sanity

  • @gabriellerose-cb1ym
    @gabriellerose-cb1ym Місяць тому

    Thanks Vlad

  • @jakajakman
    @jakajakman Місяць тому

    Love the way you started the video

  • @user-tk1jj1cp9x4
    @user-tk1jj1cp9x4 Місяць тому

    Excellent video

  • @jakubhostinsky4482
    @jakubhostinsky4482 Місяць тому +11

    Hi Vlad - would you stand behind your opinion even in case of Hitler in 1933?

    • @peterechnaton52
      @peterechnaton52 Місяць тому

      A good question.

    • @sperzieb00n
      @sperzieb00n Місяць тому

      seems like a paradox, because we have hindsight but someone from that time wouldn't

  • @danielmadar9938
    @danielmadar9938 Місяць тому

    Thanks

  • @davebarker4880
    @davebarker4880 Місяць тому +2

    As a dual American/Canadian citizen I appreciate you addressing this quickly with your calm, sober analytical approach. I heard too many "too bad he missed remarks" after the attempt. I had previously re-posted some of your comments on the decline of democracy in the west but the insights were met with denial and derision. My friends and family are highly educated and affluent. But they are suffering from what some call 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.'

    • @TeacherDoug7
      @TeacherDoug7 Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, I'm not even a Trump fan, but some people I know literally start twitching and shaking if his name is brought up.

    • @BlackEpyon
      @BlackEpyon 29 днів тому

      Speaking as a Canadian, there's a VERY good reason we're so "deranged!" Even in Canada, Trump's bullshit rhetoric has left it's damage! Nevermind what it's going to mean for Ukraine if either Trump or Poilievre get into office!

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 29 днів тому

      @@BlackEpyon Correct. There's exactly ONE party in the US that's making "retribution" the core of its "platform", and it's not Biden's.

    • @Cocoisagordonsetter
      @Cocoisagordonsetter 28 днів тому

      @@BlackEpyon Maybe the dead in Bucha would have preferred a different Presidential outcome, but hey as long as you fools holler about Trump and Putin bromance to make yourselves feel righteous. I bet those Palestinian kids love Biden too. How many wars under Trump again???????

  • @davidrussell8689
    @davidrussell8689 29 днів тому

    “ Thank you so much for being with me “ Thank you sir for your informed analysis . I only hope there are people like you in the institutions that maintain our democracy floating and with a bearing .

  • @JohnDoe-jd7oc
    @JohnDoe-jd7oc Місяць тому

    Tks.
    Cda.

  • @Waverlyduli
    @Waverlyduli 29 днів тому +1

    A gently worded yet powerful defence of ground rules for Democracies, Vlad.

    • @johncooper6073
      @johncooper6073 28 днів тому

      @@Waverlyduli Vlad has a good mind and some education but i ferl suffocated in warm fuzzy niceness. The big bad world where princes play isnt nice. He knows that intellectually i think... but still. And by the way for that reason a scallywag like Trump can ( and has been) be a good President. As Churchill said the stinkers and the liars win wars too , we need them.

  • @baylissfxbees2056
    @baylissfxbees2056 Місяць тому +7

    Thank you for doing and saying the right thing.. ❤

  • @barracuda6900
    @barracuda6900 Місяць тому

    Thank you for this video Vlad. Everything in the world just seems like such a hopeless mess right now.

  • @leohorishny9561
    @leohorishny9561 Місяць тому +1

    Well put and it is acceptable to consider these reactions correct, and for the reasons you state AND THAT, it can be hard, and it can be work personally, to act as you point out is necessary and the correct way to react to all this.🤷‍♂️

  • @rogercrettol7166
    @rogercrettol7166 Місяць тому +2

    The elefant was in the room, and left a pile of dung ... Nobody seems to speak about a related topic : the too many weapons in private hands inthe U.S. - which feed a kind of ground disposition to violence.Or am I really mistaken on this ?

  • @kirill1376
    @kirill1376 Місяць тому +1

    Vlad I have a little question.
    Is it democratic to do Bukele-like thing.
    To be elected on an anti-institutional basis and act accordingly, saving all popular support, major freedoms and political opposition.
    Thank you.

  • @Uncommonsenses
    @Uncommonsenses Місяць тому

    I have watched something like 30% of your content, so I may have missed this explained in another video.
    This concept of The Politics of Enemies seems to sum up so well the water we are currently sailing through. It also is a very effective filter to use in political dialogue.
    I would love to see an expansion on this idea. Guidelines for personal, local, national and international political discourse and action.

  • @marymarlow3646
    @marymarlow3646 28 днів тому +1

    I would like to take your advice but I want to ask how democracy returns to a country when all the institutions that support it have been destroyed? It took losing a world war for democracy to return to Germany.

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat4657 Місяць тому +3

    Thank you for this, Vlad

  • @afonsossl1941
    @afonsossl1941 Місяць тому

    Thank u

  • @jumperpence
    @jumperpence Місяць тому

    Wise words, I hope you are right

  • @faizanrana2998
    @faizanrana2998 Місяць тому +1

    fellas we are part of the beautiful community

  • @irenedenham4691
    @irenedenham4691 Місяць тому +7

    Well said Vlad! Thank you! ❤❤❤

  • @davidkendal1361
    @davidkendal1361 Місяць тому +9

    ❤ Vlad's forward thinking.

    • @hillbilly4895
      @hillbilly4895 Місяць тому +1

      That, or the idea of Democracy is an ancient thing...what is old becomes new again with monotonous regularity.

  • @biaberg3448
    @biaberg3448 Місяць тому

    Wise words!

  • @UptonSinclairLewis
    @UptonSinclairLewis Місяць тому +5

    Vlad has such a comforting voice.

  • @Noodles.FreeUkraine
    @Noodles.FreeUkraine Місяць тому

    Wise words. 👍

  • @Ba1aamsdonkey
    @Ba1aamsdonkey Місяць тому +5

    Is this different (regarding what it says about democracy in the US) than the JFK assassination, or other assassination attempts since then?

    • @VodShod
      @VodShod Місяць тому +8

      no internet back then, the country was too big and hard to group people around ideas and even if you could it wouldn't be quick. Nowadays with social media and isolated chat rooms like discord channels, things are more volatile.

    • @BS-jw7nf
      @BS-jw7nf Місяць тому +5

      @@VodShod I think you’re really underestimating the past and overestimating how effective social media is in actually forming effective political movements.

  • @kummer45
    @kummer45 Місяць тому

    Agreed 100 %
    This man has wisdom.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Місяць тому +3

    Terrifying times🙀

  • @teeguy100
    @teeguy100 Місяць тому +3

    a perfect note focusing on this important point in time. Thanks Vlad!

  • @arkadiuszjakubik8919
    @arkadiuszjakubik8919 Місяць тому +3

    But the ignorant will not understand this, or they will not change their position because of their beliefs.

  • @marijo1951
    @marijo1951 Місяць тому +2

    It's so frustrating to return here after 15 minutes and find that my non-inflammatory reasonably worded comment has been removed!

    • @marijo1951
      @marijo1951 Місяць тому

      @@stacer1962 Yes, I realised afterwards that I had quoted Trump after the incident, when he used a 5-letter word starting with F and ending in T with I,G and H in the middle and that was probably what triggered the removal.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 Місяць тому

      @@marijo1951 Can you say why you posted that quote? What do you think Trump meant by that?

    • @marijo1951
      @marijo1951 Місяць тому

      @@quintrankid8045 I don't know what he meant exactly, but combined with the raised fist and the defiant expression, it created a brilliant impromptu image which - sad to say - can only boost his chances of winning in November. It's sure to replace the "mugshot" image as the favourite for MAGA posters and t-shirts.

  • @EL_DUDERIN0
    @EL_DUDERIN0 Місяць тому +7

    ❤ Vlad.

  • @anjafark
    @anjafark Місяць тому

    I like this one much 👌

  • @jorr1334
    @jorr1334 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for your profound and wise words.
    I stopped half way to check out reddit which is extremely heavy left leaning, and was pleasantly surprised that none of the many comments I read in one of the threads were inappropriate.

    • @defendandprotect-om5hv
      @defendandprotect-om5hv Місяць тому

      I have seen a lot of finger pointing at the left. How Republican Congress men and women believe that everyone on the left encourages or condones violence, that President Biden condones violence? Yet that is what we have seen.

  • @renatob9909
    @renatob9909 Місяць тому +2

    Demokraatia paradoks seisneb selles, et saate demokraatiat kasutada demokraatia hävitamiseks ja kui demokraatia on kadunud, on selle tagasi saamiseks vaja armeed ja partisane.

    • @renatob9909
      @renatob9909 Місяць тому +1

      It makes no sense that the above opinion had to be censored by UA-cam

    • @LucafromCologne-q2d
      @LucafromCologne-q2d Місяць тому +1

      @@renatob9909 I feel your pain brother more than you can imagine

  • @boijorzee
    @boijorzee Місяць тому +9

    The conspiracy circus has already started and that is really worrying. In those circles this was a validation of their delusions.

    • @hmmm2564
      @hmmm2564 Місяць тому

      You guys actually believed the media when they said Biden was all there. Stop with the conspiracy theories

    • @hmmm2564
      @hmmm2564 Місяць тому

      You guys actually believed the media when they said Biden was all there. Stop with the conspiracy theories

    • @hmmm2564
      @hmmm2564 Місяць тому

      You guys actually believed the media when they said Biden was all there. Stop with the conspiracy theories

    • @LucafromCologne-q2d
      @LucafromCologne-q2d Місяць тому

      It's over dude. The internet destroyed democracy. Because people just choose to believe whatever.

  • @lindyashford7744
    @lindyashford7744 Місяць тому +10

    I think it is far too early to assume that this event is caused by sides. There are enough scenarios that could have played out the important thing is that the two sides affected politically do not see this in a binary way. We really know nothing about the cause of the event and maybe it will be very hard to unravel exactly why. For the time being I am saying the individual who fired the weapon is responsible for his actions. And that any number of things could have led him to do it. It is just bonkers to ascribe it to a political faction. Nobody gains . There is only one thing of which we can be certain, the sniper was a good enough shot for a couple of millimetres could have ended with a Nation at a very dire point.

  • @NJonners
    @NJonners Місяць тому +3

    Wise calming words. Thank you.

  • @williamevans4147
    @williamevans4147 29 днів тому

    Soo good

  • @dgurevich1
    @dgurevich1 29 днів тому

    And then the news channels do the exact opposite.

  • @glidgebidge1029
    @glidgebidge1029 Місяць тому +2

    RIP to the victims...
    arkhams razor says: the obvious and easy explanation, a maniac had reasons like maniacs have...
    my conspiracist: PR STUNT... trumps reaction was odd and not cowardish enough for his character, and his insist to make that PR picture , at least project 2025 threatens his campaign badly...
    and why secret service ignored for minutes! the vistors saying theres a guy with rifle on a roof, and how comes he got shot instantly! after he fired, looks like someone had him in the scope from a even higher position but waited until the assasin shooted, its odd..

    • @redcat9436
      @redcat9436 Місяць тому

      TDS

    • @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.
      @Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Місяць тому

      Trump was already winning by every metric. There is no logical justification for such "PR stunt".

    • @glidgebidge1029
      @glidgebidge1029 Місяць тому

      @@redcat9436 why? i always tend to the obvious explananation, but there are not one but several failures from the secret service at once + trumps odd behaviour... this will lead to questions and conspracies, obviously...

  • @Prometheus-Unbound
    @Prometheus-Unbound Місяць тому +29

    Interesting Tennis court analogy - unfortunately some Politicians including Trump believe they are Umpire and player, we have enough evidence of Trump cheating at golf to know rules can be optional for him. He's also a narcissist and now a scared narcissist - more paranoid and more vengeful, I truly fear for the American public and indeed the world.

    • @thomaskalbfus2005
      @thomaskalbfus2005 Місяць тому

      And there is evidence of Biden cheating at election too. Biden has made quite a bit of money under the table as president and vice president with the help of his son Hunter!

    • @AS-np3yq
      @AS-np3yq Місяць тому +1

      Stop watching MSM...

    • @jesan733
      @jesan733 Місяць тому +3

      @@AS-np3yq that's the worst advice ever. Start watching MSM.

    • @hewdelfewijfe
      @hewdelfewijfe Місяць тому

      @@thomaskalbfus2005 There is not a shred of evidence of any corruption involving Hunter Biden and his father Joe Biden. It's a figment of your imagination, and a result of the Republicans repeating this same lie for months, or years even, in spite of no evidence to support it.

    • @TeacherDoug7
      @TeacherDoug7 Місяць тому

      Doesn't matter, don't subvert democracy.

  • @somedudeok1451
    @somedudeok1451 5 днів тому +1

    Vlad, have you considered that Hitler? Need I say more? Democracy must sometimes defend itself even with measures that are normally outside of its legitimate power-tools. As long as everybody is operating within the normalized confines, sure we should use only the tools acceptable within the democratic boundary. But when there is real (or justifiably perceived real) danger for democracy itself, then any means to save it is morally just.

  • @williamcharles7340
    @williamcharles7340 29 днів тому

    As always you view is sobering and valuable.

  • @MrNoahcrow
    @MrNoahcrow Місяць тому +4

    Having just started posting publicly about politics on social media, I've stated ofc that this action is destructive, polarizing, and should be condemned. I also drew a connection to the January 6th events, and that I'd hope that others would have a similar attitude towards them. Emotionally speaking, people who identify with Trump might not appreciate this perspective, of course, may dislike me pointing out hypocrisy or see it as me manipulating the political discussion towards my views (which in a sense, I am). Am I approaching the subject responsibly, if not tactfully, and is this approach constructive towards democracy?

    • @jorr1334
      @jorr1334 Місяць тому +1

      Appreciation for your position. I'm in a similar position but a Reagan conservative and would like to point out I see just as much hypocrisy and disinformation, on the left.

    • @obligatoryusername7239
      @obligatoryusername7239 Місяць тому +3

      Condemning the recent one is at least responsible of you. I've seen channels with entire comment sections weeping that the dude missed, because we're so spoiled we apparently don't know what sort of Pandora's Box stuff like this can open.

    • @07Flash11MRC
      @07Flash11MRC Місяць тому +2

      @@jorr1334 "on the left.": There is no left in the US. Only right wing and centrists (aka right wing lite).

  • @RichardEricCollins
    @RichardEricCollins Місяць тому +6

    You reap what you sow. 😢

  • @paulfay357
    @paulfay357 Місяць тому +19

    Vlad. This is why I seek out opposing views, such as yours...even though I am a Trump voter. Although I believe you are mistaken about DJT, I will always treat you as a member of my tribe. The human tribe.
    Love ya!

    • @amystern123
      @amystern123 Місяць тому +20

      I’m a Biden supporter, and I’m very glad you’re here. And I’m glad the attempt on Trump today didn’t succeed. I want our leader to be decided at the ballot box, not by violence.

    • @maru4361
      @maru4361 Місяць тому +1

      Trump is a rapist, felon, liar, con man, adulterer, rapist.
      26 women, at least. Raped.
      You support a rapist.
      You support a felon.
      You support a pathological liar.
      You support the president who accomplished LESS than any other.
      You support a rapist.
      Disgusting.

    • @ginniemess
      @ginniemess Місяць тому +11

      I believe that you are mistaken and you'll only realise when it's too late. You're working against your own best interests.

    • @Alister222222
      @Alister222222 Місяць тому

      All I can say is... how? How can you consider yourself a member of 'humanity' and support the horror show that is Project 2025, The Beautiful Wall, Muslim bans, children in cages, abandoning Ukraine, corruption and fraud, assault of women, sucking up to evil dictator Putin, and everything else that comes with Trump? What am I missing, or what are you missing? I don't get it? Am I the crazy one???

    • @07Flash11MRC
      @07Flash11MRC Місяць тому +6

      "I will always treat you as a member of my tribe. The human tribe.": So why is Trump and his party dehumanizing women and minorities by taking their rights away?

  • @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842
    @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842 Місяць тому +4

    Comment test. Edit.
    Why Does UA-cam keep deleting my longer and well-thought out comments while people snarking at each other passive-aggressively, cheering for violence and writing one-line long non sequiturs is okay?
    What's the point in trying to communicate if comments get auto-deleted.
    It's fucked up situation. And I agree wirh you, Vlad.

    • @PresleyPerswain
      @PresleyPerswain Місяць тому +2

      My hypothesis is that longer comments are more likely to use more words or phrases that trigger the censorship bots.

    • @janronschke7525
      @janronschke7525 Місяць тому +2

      Same here bro.

    • @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842
      @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842 Місяць тому

      @@PresleyPerswain My best guess is the same, but damn if it's not discouraging.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 Місяць тому +1

      Then may I offer some free advice? It's worth every cent you paid for it. 1) Edit. 2) Edit. 3) Edit.

    • @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842
      @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842 Місяць тому

      @@quintrankid8045 Yeah, for that I have to save what I wrote before sending. Easy.

  • @marianbobrik777
    @marianbobrik777 29 днів тому

    Censorship test 2. Phrase. "red on red".

  • @geoffcarolan7993
    @geoffcarolan7993 Місяць тому +2

    1865 Abraham Lincoln
    1881 James A Garfield
    1901 William McKinley
    1963 John F Kennedy
    1981 Ronald Reagan

    • @glennwhitlock1272
      @glennwhitlock1272 Місяць тому +2

      Yep. The fact that it was DJ Trump actually makes it less shocking, though, perhaps, in more dangerous times?

    • @nickcockayne7880
      @nickcockayne7880 Місяць тому +1

      Teddy Roosevelt?

  • @AB-zl4nh
    @AB-zl4nh 24 дні тому

    The USA needs Rank Choice Voting for all its elections. So the Centre and Centre-Right can be free from its dependency on the Far-Right to win elections.

  • @garyjenson1326
    @garyjenson1326 Місяць тому +13

    I disagree with everyhing trump says, but im disgusted with these events. Id like to believe this will be a uniting event but i doubt it will.

    • @terryhand
      @terryhand Місяць тому +2

      I fear it will have the opposite effect.

    • @Kirstinevad
      @Kirstinevad Місяць тому +1

      ​@@terryhand It wil probably do both.
      I cincerly hope everybody can unite against political violence.
      Sending:
      ❤ Love
      🌱 Hope
      🍀 And a bit of luck to US
      🦋 for eveyone to become the best version of themselfes in this situation.

    • @kennethsharp9666
      @kennethsharp9666 29 днів тому +1

      It can be a unifying event if it is about HOW we conduct our politics, but not if it becomes WHO you must support now because of it.

  • @tracyrreed
    @tracyrreed Місяць тому +20

    It's very frustrating that we must condemn this particular incident while Trump does not condemn Jan 6, says things like "stand by" to the Proud Boys etc.

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 Місяць тому +5

      He literally did condemn it, what universe do you live in? He even told everyone to go home DAY OF. And that he doesn't condone any violence and that what they escalated to isn't the way.
      I'm not a fan of the guy either, but come on, you don't need to lie about him to make him look bad. He already does enough real things to look bad.

    • @Billhook3391
      @Billhook3391 Місяць тому +14

      @@cortster12 - He said that several hours after the riots had started and people had been begging him to intervene. Since then he's been trying to turn the rioters into political martyrs and promised to pardon them all if he gets in. OP has a valid point.

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 29 днів тому

      @@cortster12 "He literally did condemn it, what universe do you live in? " He did not, and he calls the saps who did it political prisoners. You're a liar.

    • @cortster12
      @cortster12 28 днів тому

      @@samuelglover7685
      He's said wacky things since then, but that day he did. I remember vividly.

  • @minketheodora
    @minketheodora Місяць тому +1

    Very bright observation,. The modern democratic world has become materialistic and egocentric,. the heart for righteousness and justice is gone,.,..,..I do believe we should judge evil-doeing of the opponent,.....The world is in big trouble with the old-aged leaders, ,....It is good to see you sharp and alert,...take care,.

  • @Miroslaw-rs8ip
    @Miroslaw-rs8ip Місяць тому +5

    America has a gun problem which they don’t want to deal with 😢

  • @iffracem
    @iffracem Місяць тому +9

    If you base your political success on division and fear mongering not to mention h@te, like the majority of politicians today do (all parties), the ultimate result is what we just saw.
    I'm not an American, and have no stake in their politics, but looking from the outside, he has just reaped what he's been sewing. (UK and certainly Australian politicians are just as bad)
    I think it's very wrong, you should never lower yourself to their level. But not entirely unexpected. Condolences to the spectator.

    • @hurmur9528
      @hurmur9528 Місяць тому +3

      Uk politicians are not as bad as Trump. Do you mean Farage?

    • @hmmm2564
      @hmmm2564 Місяць тому

      😲 wow so sympathetic

  • @stevenweiss2575
    @stevenweiss2575 Місяць тому +35

    Yes, yes, but there is at least one person who does not agree with you, and will never tone down his polarizing and inflaming rhetoric, and that is Donald Trump. And, I am quite sure, he will use this event to become even more inflammatory. We can all try to come down and lower the temperature among each other, but what on Earth can one say to Trump?

    • @user-ly6pl5ot9m
      @user-ly6pl5ot9m Місяць тому +6

      "Will you shut up, man?"

    • @jorr1334
      @jorr1334 Місяць тому +2

      Obviously you learned nothing from Vlad's message. Same for all those who gave you the thumbs up.

    • @barteklipski6270
      @barteklipski6270 Місяць тому +3

      There is no "but", like Vlad said

    • @LesterBrunt
      @LesterBrunt Місяць тому +1

      @@barteklipski6270 Vlad isn't the fucking arbiter of what is and isn't allowed.

  • @philipvanbergen3924
    @philipvanbergen3924 Місяць тому +3

    Was the Valkyrie plot justified?

    • @eb-ol4po
      @eb-ol4po 29 днів тому

      Was Nazi Germany a liberal democracy with western liberal values?