🔖 CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 1:17 Luigi Mangione and political violence 5:45 UK Remain (vs Brexit) voters choosing Reform recently 10:20 Wes Streeting on ME policy 12:30 How partisan are oligarch tech bros in the US? 13:45 Is violence ever justified? 14:12 Comments on Trump's official picks 16:04 Will putin hand over Assad? 17:26 Feeling ill while listening to Putin/politicians 19:00 UFOs in New Jersey 19:53 Where is Vlad from? 20:19 Is there anything Russians in Russia can do? 21:05 When does optimism turn into an empty gesture? 27:06 Truth, stories, and reality 29:45 Romania's constitutional crisis 31:18 Climate change in Tonga 32:30 More on Romania 34:12 Public intellectuals and social media algorithms 42:01 Future of the Baltic states 47:46 Will Russia break up? 50:46 What can Europe do to protect itself from hybrid warfare? 55:31 Fate of Ukraine if Putin challenges Article 5? 58:13 Is Kadyrov in danger? 1:00:25 Does Kadyrov want to take over Russia? 1:00:58 Is religious conservatism anti-enlightenment? 1:02:19 How free are people in the US compared to Sweden? 1:05:15 Trump's comment on Canada 1:07:12 How's Vlad's health? 1:08:53 Reasons for democratic decline 1:09:41 More comments on health/mental health 1:11:53 Dugin's debate with Mearsheimer 1:13:24 Comment on Lukashenko 1:16:04 Putin and charisma 1:16:56 If not Putin, who? 1:17:44 How will a challenge to Article 5 play out? 1:18:50 What role does youtube play in Vlad's mental health? 1:25:10 Will there be a backlash against independent media? 1:29:04 Comments on independent media
Seeing you live is so nice on so many levels - means we get analysis, means we get shown love and kindness, and most importantly means you're well enough!
About Baltic states. As a Latvian, I am certain that if Ukraine loses/compromises and Putin does not fall within few years, it is highly likely within 5-10 year span that we will get most likely similar attempts (starting with protentionism and annexation or russian majority locations). And I personally also have no faith in Article 5, but I am very happy to see that Baltics, incl. Finland, Sweden and Poland are taking this very seriously and I know we can count on them. To me, next 2-4 years will tell what is going to happen, currently it is absolutely impossible to tell, escpeially with issues Russia is having internally.
I've been part here too (even, nobody new..because, I didn't say..☺) Thank you Vlad, that was touching, your long chat..as it's seldom that we meet someone with "intentional very moving deeply targeting ingredients for our intellect..
In talking about Article 5, the quote "an attack on one is an attack on all" is repeated constantly, but I wonder if anyone is taking enough time to really spell out what that means. "An attack on one _will be _*_regarded_*_ as_ an attack on all." We (along with the people of each and every member nation) are saying to each other that we are saying _to ourselves:_ "An attack on _any of these_ *is* an attack on _US."_ It's not just about how we'd _react,_ it's a statement about how we'd _feel_ about it. We (Americans) have made a promise to each and every member state, and _vice versa,_ that if "somebody" were to attack them, we would *_feel_*_ exactly the same_ about it as we would if they had hit America. (And act accordingly, obvs.)
You say that the politics of violence is the politics of enemies. You say that violence is completely abhorrent for a democracy. But here's a question. Do we, in the USA, actually have a democracy? If the politicians are paid off, and if the courts are either inept or corrupt, then do we have a democracy? We pay about twice the cost for our healthcare in the USA, than most European countries, and the outcomes are worse. We are getting screwed, left and right. The politicians know this, but they refuse to act. The courts are completely useless. While the corporate masters rake in record profits, and ordinary people struggle, I think tension and conflict is inevitable in the United States.
You would have to examine some of your premises. For instance, you say your politicians are paid off. To some degree, this doesn't matter because the most divisive issues are typically voted on along party lines. Voters know this, and tend to vote exactly the way that they want and then their representatives (in both chambers of Congress) do as they're expected. If not, they get voted out and replaced. There are actually very few issues where you have significant problems with corruption - not that there is no corruption, but the influence of corruption is relatively minor. There are no major issues that politicians vote on that isn't supported in majority by the base they represent. The healthcare thing is complicated. On one hand, our doctors and nurses get paid more here in the states than most doctors in Europe. The bureaucratic costs and inefficiencies and middle-men-influence is also high. To be clear, I also think the cost of healthcare in the US is too high. Another major issue is housing, but this is fallout from the 2007-08 housing crisis; we basically stopped building homes. There's also a problem with NIMBYs (not-in-my-backyard; property owners who don't want nearby land developed for large-scale housing), which makes it harder to build homes in good locations. In this sense, politicians precisely DON'T know that you're getting screwed. There is no singular perpetrator, or even group of perpetrators. You're not getting screwed, you're just screwed. But if you're looking for a boogeyman or a magic bullet, you will find one whether there is one or not.
It is entirely possible to start a third political party in the US. What Trump has done could have been done by the left with a populist pro-people movement. The US has an abundance of democracy, what it lacks is cultural. It is a selfish society based inherently on a freedom first ideology.
Isn't Kyle Kulinski essentially part of the independent media problem? While he might have a go at Rogan about media platform responsibility he doesn't check his own biases and loose interpretation of information either. You'll see this with commentary on Russia- Ukraine or the middle east, as well as with sources he would use. Most independent media rapidly exceeds it's expertise and relies on curating information to push personal ideologies. They often use MSM journalism to create their content. It's very rare to hear anyone say "this is beyond my ability to comment responsibly", as Vlad does.
Watch out! Every time I have heard a UA-cam video creator ask "how does this new mic sound" IMHO: if it sounds really great the author will say "Oh I see gonzogonzo is saying it's impossibly terrible" and so then he switches back because the author saw gonzogonzo type it. And, if the new sound is horrible the author will say "Oh I see nuttoSpaceCowboy said it is a tremendous improvement." And I watch and think "No! Not again!" It is always reported the opposite of reality. The first person to type something is out of his mind! Stop it. The authors should take a vote because gonzogonzo and nuttoSpaceCowboy are wrong. Cheers!
Thank you, Vlad With Two Hats. A very interesting and wide-ranging conversation. It is good to hear how you manage to stay centred in spite of your current health challenges. You do seem to be showing signs of turning a corner, you definitely look better today.
Well, I watched the 2 hour 50 minute Dugin-Mearsheimer conversation. (Former California governor Jerry "Governor Moonbeam" Brown made an appearance with a question -- and, of course, extended commentary!) Now, it seems that my week can only get better.
Your rants are the best. Didn’t want to sound harsh, sorry. It sounds so odd to my ears when you say you give energy. Different people have different relationship dynamics with each other, and healthy should be a balanced give and take, or both win something. Public intellectual community ratings over the timeframe can be aquired via DM. : )
I’m loving the buzz cut I think you are the sexiest political philosopher on the planet and that comes from a hot blooded heterosexual… would love to be your wingman on the prowl in London!!!!
Vlad, this was unrelentingly wonderful. Thank you for sharing so much of your energy and time with us. One query: I am very surprised that you think that "debate" characterises our online informational/independent media environment. I think that it is desperately lacking, and that is one area in which public service broadcasting is notably superior to it. The discipline and technique of "parliamentary" debate or even Socratic discourse between two interlocutors seems to me to be so important for the way we analyse and discuss issues, and yet on UA-cam it practically never happens that two people of opposing viewpoints are invited to debate with each other, with a skilled and chairman in between moderating. It is overwhelmingly the case that UA-cam features sympathetic or even under-prepared interviewers allowing sometime to express their views in an unchallenged format, and that is what frustrates me about it. Did I misunderstand the point you were making?
Regarding your comments on optimism: what you say about the long term historical perspective is 100% accurate. What I'd like to add is that the collapse of democracy would still look different across the current Western aligned world. I do think that a collapse of democracy here in Romania (which - oh boy - looks not at all unlikely these days) would be much more dramatic than in the UK (if it were to happen there). It's one thing for liberal democracy to morph into a sort of illiberal authoritarian system in a country with centuries of democratic traditions like the UK. And it's quite another for that to happen in countries with a long history of dictatorships, where liberal democracy was never too strong to begin with. I do believe that just using Hungary as a reference point is not entirely accurate. If we are to refer to the entirety of the modern West (all EU and NATO countries for example), some countries like Romania and Bulgaria have the potential to slide into a much nastier form of authoritarianism. Maybe similar to Hungary, but worse. Somewhere between Hungary and Georgia. While countries like the UK, if democracy were to collapse there, would likely experience a softer version of illiberal authoritarianism, even when compared to modern Hungary. Edit: you did mention our constitutional crisis, thank you for addressing this issue. I do think that this crisis confirms what I said above, that countries with weaker democratic traditions will feel this democratic decline much harder than countries like the UK.
By the end of 2019, I was so ill that I could hardly breathe. By sheer luck, my BioFeedback practitioner suggested that I test for mycotoxins, to which, I learned, I am allergic. Since then, I went on a long and complex detox regime and have been working hard to keep mould out of my home. I didn't realise that mould was a common cause of ME and that, if not treated, can kill you, if you are one of the 25% of people who are allergic to mycotoxins.
Thank you for making these, so that we have nice things to put in our tummy. Do you consider making a video about the reduced fertility rates in developed countries. It is becoming quite a talking point for populist politicians...
As rational thinking human beings we should always keep in mind that there are others that do not think the same way and we always need to be open for negotiation and consideration of others. We need to be open and work together to reach a common goal, a safe and liveable world for everyone, even though we might not agree on everything. I think that is what Democracy stands for.
The concept of the benevolent patriarch has spread through. Faced with the economic limitations of both neoliberalism and quasi-socialisn the benevolent patriarch offers a relief. That the patriarch will not face significant consequences if and when policies fail is a the triumph of demagoguery. Is
We know how many deaths Luigi Mangione is responsible for. How many people have died because of health insurance companies' decisions to delay/deny treatment? Or all the pain and suffering? Bankruptcies? No one knows. Mangione will be held accountable for his crime. What insurance companies do is "good business." When will they answer for what they've done?
The only way "independent media' becomes a journalistic institution is with heavy censorship and corporate/state boosting of certain narratives in order to gatekeep incompatible viewpoints. That's really the only way to narrow down the discourse, which is what the function of traditional media was--to focus the discussion and frame it in a way that was politically appropriate while at the same time engaging with a large audience. But what institutions do we have that could confer legitimacy to alternative media? It seems to me that institutional backing rather than conferring legitimacy disqualifies it to a large number of people. What I think will happen is that government policy and corporate media agendas will be insinuated into seemingly organic online phenomena--think of it like the media equivalent of proxy warfare, where upstart revolutionaries purporting to be outside the system are really just fronts for various regime opinions. Astroturfed online personas working as mouthpieces for the establishment. Really we're there already, and it's not the first time either (if you consider the role that various intel agencies played in the early Cold War media space).
The commenting censorship AI can be weirdly arbitrary as it misinterprets what is written sometimes, especially if certain words or phrases are present that trigger red flags as part of its analysis algorithm.
Great content, as always! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
You have a theory of what the United States is. That, I'm sorry to say, but - might be different than the reality of what the United States is. You might have a theory - which might be different than having knowledge - The US is not what you say it is. Steven King, Quentin Tarantino have theories about what the United States that might be closer to the reality of what the United States is.
I feel like if america continues deeper into isolationism we'll start competing on who can offer people more, in hyper speed. This is in re:healthcare. I don't see that as progress but more like who can dig the hole faster.
I'm honestly appalled at how indifferent Vlad is at the prospect of democracies failing in the coming years. As if people in the beautiful community wouldn't be among the first victims of such regimes. The idea that my friends and family could disappear in some horrid prison simply for speaking their minds is one of the worst nightmares I can image. The knowledge that some people at some point in history might have had it worse offers little comfort. A rare instance of Vlad's complete and utter detachement from reality and real world consequences.
Still, there is a big difference between Syria and Hungary. I suggest that Vlad speaks this way about it is because he wants us to calm down, think clearly, and develop effective strategies to bolster democracy. Freaking out reinforces the corrosive "the political opposition is the enemy", which we must overcome.
like, is acknowledging a threat not a necessary step toward countering it? talking about the success of kremlin's "US ungovernability" project and about how it works, doesn't mean that "we are just blaming others for what is happening", it just means we are no longer blind, and that we can now see the threat, and we can now protect ourselves.
Win Musk back? Oh, dear your analysis of what Musk is, what his essence is, where he came from, what he represents - is very far off. If you don't know what you're looking at how can you advise what to do? Would you have guessed the USSR was going to collapse in 1991? Your analysis has to start from deeply within the actors and circumstances as they are. You have built a model based on your theories, and your theory is missing the essence of what Musk is,
If negotiations with Trump fail…. The United States will wash its hands of this. We are Americans first in all branches of government. The European leader will have to step up. Basically the Germans. So perhaps now is a good time to reflect on that. Hello McFly…. LOL. Shows over
Some of you may have heard about Russia now having an interest rate of 21%. To give a bit of context to this, there has never been a time in British or American history where rates were that high, not even going back centuries. Ukraine's is 13.5%.
@@THEJOK3R1940 Nope and not even during WW2, the Great Depression, WW1 or the American Revolution. The highest Britain ever had was 17.7% in 1979, because of what the Iranian Revolution did to the oil trade and the highest in US history was 20% in 1981 from the Arab Oil Embargo.
Article five is not what eu citizens think 😂😂😂 muricans saying openly that article five is not direct military intervention into conflict, rather more like german help to Ukraine in 22 .... Bunch of helmets and worm cloths 😂😂😂 why us citizen must fight for Europe? Again? 😂😂😂😂
🔖 CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
1:17 Luigi Mangione and political violence
5:45 UK Remain (vs Brexit) voters choosing Reform recently
10:20 Wes Streeting on ME policy
12:30 How partisan are oligarch tech bros in the US?
13:45 Is violence ever justified?
14:12 Comments on Trump's official picks
16:04 Will putin hand over Assad?
17:26 Feeling ill while listening to Putin/politicians
19:00 UFOs in New Jersey
19:53 Where is Vlad from?
20:19 Is there anything Russians in Russia can do?
21:05 When does optimism turn into an empty gesture?
27:06 Truth, stories, and reality
29:45 Romania's constitutional crisis
31:18 Climate change in Tonga
32:30 More on Romania
34:12 Public intellectuals and social media algorithms
42:01 Future of the Baltic states
47:46 Will Russia break up?
50:46 What can Europe do to protect itself from hybrid warfare?
55:31 Fate of Ukraine if Putin challenges Article 5?
58:13 Is Kadyrov in danger?
1:00:25 Does Kadyrov want to take over Russia?
1:00:58 Is religious conservatism anti-enlightenment?
1:02:19 How free are people in the US compared to Sweden?
1:05:15 Trump's comment on Canada
1:07:12 How's Vlad's health?
1:08:53 Reasons for democratic decline
1:09:41 More comments on health/mental health
1:11:53 Dugin's debate with Mearsheimer
1:13:24 Comment on Lukashenko
1:16:04 Putin and charisma
1:16:56 If not Putin, who?
1:17:44 How will a challenge to Article 5 play out?
1:18:50 What role does youtube play in Vlad's mental health?
1:25:10 Will there be a backlash against independent media?
1:29:04 Comments on independent media
Excellent work from the the world's best philoskopher today
@@_amalfitano incredible !
Thanks for this!
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Rant as long as you want Vlad. Im listening. You are loved. Happy holidays
So glad to see vlad well enough to take on a whole chat!!!
One more day, by some miracle, Vlad and I are still ALIVE 💝 bless
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Seeing you live is so nice on so many levels - means we get analysis, means we get shown love and kindness, and most importantly means you're well enough!
@@MrQwertasdfgzxcvbpoi thank you so much
Crazy how easy it is to listen to a 1.5 hours Q&A
All the best from Sweden / Romania
@@silviuvirgil12 🌻
About Baltic states. As a Latvian, I am certain that if Ukraine loses/compromises and Putin does not fall within few years, it is highly likely within 5-10 year span that we will get most likely similar attempts (starting with protentionism and annexation or russian majority locations). And I personally also have no faith in Article 5, but I am very happy to see that Baltics, incl. Finland, Sweden and Poland are taking this very seriously and I know we can count on them. To me, next 2-4 years will tell what is going to happen, currently it is absolutely impossible to tell, escpeially with issues Russia is having internally.
Hey, not all rants are equal. You just rant so damn well, that's half the attraction. Cheers and my prayers for your health.
I've been part here too (even, nobody new..because, I didn't say..☺) Thank you Vlad, that was touching, your long chat..as it's seldom that we meet someone with "intentional very moving deeply targeting ingredients for our intellect..
It's so good to see you.
The importance of looking at history in order to adjust our optimism and expectations was really well pointed out.
Thank you Vlad so helpful so brilliant and profoundly moving.
@@being-Lisa thank you so much back!
1.5 hour stream? I hope this better part of your day is a trend. x
Informative as usual
A philoskopher who falls drunkenly from balconies? That's my kind of philoskopher!
Thanks!
Thank you and bless you.
@@ElizabethAnderson-t8p bless you back! 🌻
Sounds great! 😊
Thank YOU Vlad. Prayers for healing energy coming to you.
I’m very excited to watch this! (:
In talking about Article 5, the quote "an attack on one is an attack on all" is repeated constantly, but I wonder if anyone is taking enough time to really spell out what that means.
"An attack on one _will be _*_regarded_*_ as_ an attack on all."
We (along with the people of each and every member nation) are saying to each other that we are saying _to ourselves:_
"An attack on _any of these_ *is* an attack on _US."_
It's not just about how we'd _react,_ it's a statement about how we'd _feel_ about it.
We (Americans) have made a promise to each and every member state, and _vice versa,_ that if "somebody" were to attack them, we would *_feel_*_ exactly the same_ about it as we would if they had hit America.
(And act accordingly, obvs.)
You say that the politics of violence is the politics of enemies. You say that violence is completely abhorrent for a democracy.
But here's a question. Do we, in the USA, actually have a democracy?
If the politicians are paid off, and if the courts are either inept or corrupt, then do we have a democracy?
We pay about twice the cost for our healthcare in the USA, than most European countries, and the outcomes are worse.
We are getting screwed, left and right. The politicians know this, but they refuse to act. The courts are completely useless.
While the corporate masters rake in record profits, and ordinary people struggle, I think tension and conflict is inevitable in the United States.
You would have to examine some of your premises.
For instance, you say your politicians are paid off. To some degree, this doesn't matter because the most divisive issues are typically voted on along party lines. Voters know this, and tend to vote exactly the way that they want and then their representatives (in both chambers of Congress) do as they're expected. If not, they get voted out and replaced. There are actually very few issues where you have significant problems with corruption - not that there is no corruption, but the influence of corruption is relatively minor. There are no major issues that politicians vote on that isn't supported in majority by the base they represent.
The healthcare thing is complicated. On one hand, our doctors and nurses get paid more here in the states than most doctors in Europe. The bureaucratic costs and inefficiencies and middle-men-influence is also high. To be clear, I also think the cost of healthcare in the US is too high.
Another major issue is housing, but this is fallout from the 2007-08 housing crisis; we basically stopped building homes. There's also a problem with NIMBYs (not-in-my-backyard; property owners who don't want nearby land developed for large-scale housing), which makes it harder to build homes in good locations.
In this sense, politicians precisely DON'T know that you're getting screwed. There is no singular perpetrator, or even group of perpetrators. You're not getting screwed, you're just screwed. But if you're looking for a boogeyman or a magic bullet, you will find one whether there is one or not.
It is entirely possible to start a third political party in the US. What Trump has done could have been done by the left with a populist pro-people movement. The US has an abundance of democracy, what it lacks is cultural. It is a selfish society based inherently on a freedom first ideology.
Hi there, dear Vlad! Great to see you xx 🎉
Isn't Kyle Kulinski essentially part of the independent media problem? While he might have a go at Rogan about media platform responsibility he doesn't check his own biases and loose interpretation of information either. You'll see this with commentary on Russia- Ukraine or the middle east, as well as with sources he would use. Most independent media rapidly exceeds it's expertise and relies on curating information to push personal ideologies. They often use MSM journalism to create their content. It's very rare to hear anyone say "this is beyond my ability to comment responsibly", as Vlad does.
he's part of the delusional left problem.
Watch out! Every time I have heard a UA-cam video creator ask "how does this new mic sound" IMHO: if it sounds really great the author will say "Oh I see gonzogonzo is saying it's impossibly terrible" and so then he switches back because the author saw gonzogonzo type it. And, if the new sound is horrible the author will say "Oh I see nuttoSpaceCowboy said it is a tremendous improvement." And I watch and think "No! Not again!" It is always reported the opposite of reality. The first person to type something is out of his mind! Stop it. The authors should take a vote because gonzogonzo and nuttoSpaceCowboy are wrong.
Cheers!
@@TheOriginalRaster 🌻
Thank you, Vlad With Two Hats. A very interesting and wide-ranging conversation. It is good to hear how you manage to stay centred in spite of your current health challenges. You do seem to be showing signs of turning a corner, you definitely look better today.
I am very thankful for you! 💙🙏🇺🇸🌏
Well, I watched the 2 hour 50 minute Dugin-Mearsheimer conversation. (Former California governor Jerry "Governor Moonbeam" Brown made an appearance with a question -- and, of course, extended commentary!) Now, it seems that my week can only get better.
Well done Vlad. Difficult to get anything done with this curse of an illness
Love your jumper😊, suits you.
Thanks for your insight into these matters.
We call them pullovers or sweaters here in the west. It is rather flattering.
Chur Bruh 😡🔱. Freedom for All 😡
Your rants are the best.
Didn’t want to sound harsh, sorry. It sounds so odd to my ears when you say you give energy. Different people have different relationship dynamics with each other, and healthy should be a balanced give and take, or both win something.
Public intellectual community ratings over the timeframe can be aquired via DM. : )
I’m loving the buzz cut I think you are the sexiest political philosopher on the planet and that comes from a hot blooded heterosexual… would love to be your wingman on the prowl in London!!!!
Vlad, this was unrelentingly wonderful. Thank you for sharing so much of your energy and time with us. One query: I am very surprised that you think that "debate" characterises our online informational/independent media environment. I think that it is desperately lacking, and that is one area in which public service broadcasting is notably superior to it. The discipline and technique of "parliamentary" debate or even Socratic discourse between two interlocutors seems to me to be so important for the way we analyse and discuss issues, and yet on UA-cam it practically never happens that two people of opposing viewpoints are invited to debate with each other, with a skilled and chairman in between moderating. It is overwhelmingly the case that UA-cam features sympathetic or even under-prepared interviewers allowing sometime to express their views in an unchallenged format, and that is what frustrates me about it. Did I misunderstand the point you were making?
Typo: *someone, not sometime!
Regarding your comments on optimism: what you say about the long term historical perspective is 100% accurate. What I'd like to add is that the collapse of democracy would still look different across the current Western aligned world.
I do think that a collapse of democracy here in Romania (which - oh boy - looks not at all unlikely these days) would be much more dramatic than in the UK (if it were to happen there). It's one thing for liberal democracy to morph into a sort of illiberal authoritarian system in a country with centuries of democratic traditions like the UK. And it's quite another for that to happen in countries with a long history of dictatorships, where liberal democracy was never too strong to begin with.
I do believe that just using Hungary as a reference point is not entirely accurate. If we are to refer to the entirety of the modern West (all EU and NATO countries for example), some countries like Romania and Bulgaria have the potential to slide into a much nastier form of authoritarianism. Maybe similar to Hungary, but worse. Somewhere between Hungary and Georgia. While countries like the UK, if democracy were to collapse there, would likely experience a softer version of illiberal authoritarianism, even when compared to modern Hungary.
Edit: you did mention our constitutional crisis, thank you for addressing this issue. I do think that this crisis confirms what I said above, that countries with weaker democratic traditions will feel this democratic decline much harder than countries like the UK.
Vlad whats your favorite pokemon?
By the end of 2019, I was so ill that I could hardly breathe. By sheer luck, my BioFeedback practitioner suggested that I test for mycotoxins, to which, I learned, I am allergic. Since then, I went on a long and complex detox regime and have been working hard to keep mould out of my home. I didn't realise that mould was a common cause of ME and that, if not treated, can kill you, if you are one of the 25% of people who are allergic to mycotoxins.
Thank you for making these, so that we have nice things to put in our tummy.
Do you consider making a video about the reduced fertility rates in developed countries. It is becoming quite a talking point for populist politicians...
Nom🍿nom🍿nom
As rational thinking human beings we should always keep in mind that there are others that do not think the same way and we always need to be open for negotiation and consideration of others. We need to be open and work together to reach a common goal, a safe and liveable world for everyone, even though we might not agree on everything. I think that is what Democracy stands for.
democracy's notions have a snowflake-brief crystalline order, a transitional concretized state, beautiful in its temporality and longing
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"We won't be Syria, we'll be Hungary" Lmao
The concept of the benevolent patriarch has spread through. Faced with the economic limitations of both neoliberalism and quasi-socialisn the benevolent patriarch offers a relief. That the patriarch will not face significant consequences if and when policies fail is a the triumph of demagoguery. Is
We know how many deaths Luigi Mangione is responsible for. How many people have died because of health insurance companies' decisions to delay/deny treatment? Or all the pain and suffering? Bankruptcies? No one knows. Mangione will be held accountable for his crime. What insurance companies do is "good business." When will they answer for what they've done?
The only way "independent media' becomes a journalistic institution is with heavy censorship and corporate/state boosting of certain narratives in order to gatekeep incompatible viewpoints. That's really the only way to narrow down the discourse, which is what the function of traditional media was--to focus the discussion and frame it in a way that was politically appropriate while at the same time engaging with a large audience. But what institutions do we have that could confer legitimacy to alternative media? It seems to me that institutional backing rather than conferring legitimacy disqualifies it to a large number of people. What I think will happen is that government policy and corporate media agendas will be insinuated into seemingly organic online phenomena--think of it like the media equivalent of proxy warfare, where upstart revolutionaries purporting to be outside the system are really just fronts for various regime opinions. Astroturfed online personas working as mouthpieces for the establishment. Really we're there already, and it's not the first time either (if you consider the role that various intel agencies played in the early Cold War media space).
Ok, I've tried posting the same comment 3x's now, and it disappears. Kinda bumming me out.
The commenting censorship AI can be weirdly arbitrary as it misinterprets what is written sometimes, especially if certain words or phrases are present that trigger red flags as part of its analysis algorithm.
About the physics question, well, these days, if you watch UA-cam vids by physicists, physycs can't even explain physics...
I think we’re are being strung along.
Great content, as always! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?
You have a theory of what the United States is. That, I'm sorry to say, but - might be different than the reality of what the United States is. You might have a theory - which might be different than having knowledge - The US is not what you say it is. Steven King, Quentin Tarantino have theories about what the United States that might be closer to the reality of what the United States is.
I feel like if america continues deeper into isolationism we'll start competing on who can offer people more, in hyper speed. This is in re:healthcare. I don't see that as progress but more like who can dig the hole faster.
Vlad, what do you believe is going on with this drones/UFO phenomenon? Likelihood of a government psych-ops?
I'm honestly appalled at how indifferent Vlad is at the prospect of democracies failing in the coming years. As if people in the beautiful community wouldn't be among the first victims of such regimes. The idea that my friends and family could disappear in some horrid prison simply for speaking their minds is one of the worst nightmares I can image. The knowledge that some people at some point in history might have had it worse offers little comfort.
A rare instance of Vlad's complete and utter detachement from reality and real world consequences.
Still, there is a big difference between Syria and Hungary. I suggest that Vlad speaks this way about it is because he wants us to calm down, think clearly, and develop effective strategies to bolster democracy. Freaking out reinforces the corrosive "the political opposition is the enemy", which we must overcome.
"Minor public intellectual"... I suppose all public intellectuals are minor in this day and age.
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What kind of medical care are you getting?
I'm so happy Chelsea are just 2 points behind Liverpool. Congrats on today's win!
Yes, but where are Liverpool?
@@LockBits-ts6eo 1st so far.
"the distrust of institutions is now ubiquitous" but we are still not talking about kremlin's role in creating this climate. so strange.
like, is acknowledging a threat not a necessary step toward countering it? talking about the success of kremlin's "US ungovernability" project and about how it works, doesn't mean that "we are just blaming others for what is happening", it just means we are no longer blind, and that we can now see the threat, and we can now protect ourselves.
Win Musk back? Oh, dear your analysis of what Musk is, what his essence is, where he came from, what he represents - is very far off. If you don't know what you're looking at how can you advise what to do? Would you have guessed the USSR was going to collapse in 1991? Your analysis has to start from deeply within the actors and circumstances as they are. You have built a model based on your theories, and your theory is missing the essence of what Musk is,
If negotiations with Trump fail…. The United States will wash its hands of this. We are Americans first in all branches of government.
The European leader will have to step up. Basically the Germans. So perhaps now is a good time to reflect on that.
Hello McFly…. LOL. Shows over
🩵Interesting🩵Video🩵 Thank you for kindness, sanity, compassion🩵
Some of you may have heard about Russia now having an interest rate of 21%. To give a bit of context to this, there has never been a time in British or American history where rates were that high, not even going back centuries. Ukraine's is 13.5%.
Not even during the great depression or the 2008 financial crisis?
@@THEJOK3R1940 Nope and not even during WW2, the Great Depression, WW1 or the American Revolution. The highest Britain ever had was 17.7% in 1979, because of what the Iranian Revolution did to the oil trade and the highest in US history was 20% in 1981 from the Arab Oil Embargo.
Article five is not what eu citizens think 😂😂😂 muricans saying openly that article five is not direct military intervention into conflict, rather more like german help to Ukraine in 22 .... Bunch of helmets and worm cloths 😂😂😂 why us citizen must fight for Europe? Again? 😂😂😂😂
People need to go and read what Article 5 actually says, rather than rely on others to summarize it for them.