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Reading about Putin's daughters can be a huge rabbit hole to go down; nice to see you comment on this since it's hard to know what's really going on with them.
Thanks Vlad. Interesting perspective. As another member of the community commented, the Russians tend to be quite thorough when it comes to a transition of power. Please take care of your health.
Lots of love to you Vlad, may your health improve soon, drastically and permanently! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and insights with us. There is no other channel on YT that could give me more in an intellectual sense but your one.
The concentration of wealth in ruling families is an old story and the target of the French and Russian revolutions. America tried to avoid it early on with inheritance taxes but new tax laws now allow dynasties to form. Que sera sera. We are with you Vlad! ❤
Take your time with the video. It is always preferable for you to avoid crashes rather than to press to complete more video projects. In the end, you will remain more productive and more engaged to the extent your health holds. As I am sure you know already, recovering from serious ME crashes and complications always takes longer than forgoing choices to extend ourselves to complete projects we hope to finish or to participate in events we know may be too much at a given time. Our interest level encourages us to roll the dice, and we find ourselves paying for the choice for weeks or months. This note is less about information than encouragement to be careful. We will wait if you will, so please do prioritize your health. We'll happily welcome your videos and other posts when they appear.
Thank you, Vlad, for your explainer. I did not understand the excitement about the daughters being at SPIEF, as they participated before (I remember an online-appearance of Katerina Tikhonova in 2021, but not so sure about Maria Vorontsova). I am very sorry to hear that your health is not as it should be. This must have been a difficult time. I hope, you will take time to get back to strength before working on the main channel video again. 🤗
@@SlpBeauty333 Only very few, and only if it behaves. I need to climb up to the attic one day. Must have some education devices for it somewhere there.
@@begr_wiedererkennungswert One of those clicker things? They sound cool! I hear you can even train cats with them! I thought Vlad is allergic though and trying to avoid that whole "Bond villain" thing but you know, if we have to, we have to!
Thank you. I always wondered why Putin wasn't putting his daughters in a more prominent role, thinking perhaps the blindness of misogyny towards the concept was more of his chosen poverty as a human. It also feels very North Korea. Do get your rest and don't rush, because an important video will be seen long after the release date, and who knows who it can reach, and no one will care if it came a few days earlier or later. Looking forward to seeing it.
Do you think a transition of the second kind you mentioned (to get them power in Russia) is even remotely possible? It seems to me, that in these informal regimes, no matter how much you proclaim "this is my successor", that rarely works out, because you usually need actual power.
How should we address the subject of whether living under a dictatorship - and, particularly, under a “hereditary” dictatorship - by itself legitimizes carrying out actions of subversion or sabotage against the state? I often read the argument that going against the law is always wrong, regardless. But why should people who have no say in the process of generating that law, even in deciding who to delegate that job to, feel obliged to comply?
The concept of law and order is tied to moral and ethic codes. When disobeying tyranny, the consequences are real, but a good reason is the laws transgress basic moral and ethical principles. As for the Nazis, a classic example, disobeying a Nazi order led to painful consequences, but people disobeyed on moral and ethical grounds, knowing there is always a choice. I think it's Lincoln that commented on how Russia is openly evil and tyrannical without the "base alloy of hypocrisy." It's everyone else who needs to acknowledge this and stop pretending Russia will suddenly become angelic. The people there have to collectively want to change. Putin does his best to suppress that and anyone else coming forward who could be a viable replacement.
@@zlauriaultThank you. As someone who isn't trained in these subjects, it feels like trying to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis, trying to avoid moral relativism, but not having the argument base to sustain a universalist perspective against claims such as that human rights are a western, liberal conception and respond to western, liberal moral concerns, lacking applicability to other cultures that focus on different aspects of morality.
@@user-nl6zv6hz6x I'm not so sure. In a way, yes, if Putin loses control of the Russian people his regime may not survive. But in order to keep that control over the people, he controls the entirety of the media in Russia and Russians are exposed 24/7 to his eschewed version of reality. The ROC is probably the only organized "religious" body on the planet that openly advocates for war, calling the SMO a 'Holy War'. Russian people can be arrested, in their country, for voicing the 'wrong' opinion. Is it not sensible to state that in a dictatorship, you can't have popular legitimacy, even if the people believe in the dictator, when their belief is based on a lie?
The problem is, the youth of today are so much different. They're connected to the world, they're playing on their phones, they're uploading videos onto social media etc. They're just not interested in regime's or past land or rulers. It's an entirely different world. It's desperation, like the dying embers of a fire that wants to keep burning. It's just gonna come to an end, because the youth just aren't the same
Im hoping that - thankfully, one good thing about the internet is that it gets between some of the dangerously ambitious of the world and their children who just want to vibe and live a life of their own - at a speed too rapid for the parents to notice.
It can go that way. It can go all sorts of ways. The Goering children hated their father and everything he represented. Had themselves voluntarily sterilised. Or….you might have Putin children addicted not just to power and money and privilege, but also to Daddy’s protean rationalisations of same. True believers carrying the torch etc. Dunno.
Many are better educated than the older generation. I have high hopes for them. Yes, they are distracted and spread thin. But they will adapt and hopefully not isolate their thinking into echo chambers. After all, small towns have always been echo chambers.
I love your analysis. I wish I had your intelect. Wishing you the best luck with your health. I appologise for any spelling mistakes but I am dyslecix. I can't even spell it. But keep going on. I'm listening.
Is it enough time to turn Russia into a hereditary monarchy like North Korea and the 1800s European countries/empires? This is interesting times to live through - and I'd preferred way more dull times...
We greatly value your presentations. Being 79 and from the entertainment industry, I grew up under the influence of great artists, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Junior etc (masters of stage presence). They would tell you that a mic pointing into one's mouth is a camp image, perfect for David Bowie etc. But it symbolically diminishes the value of intellectual discourse. May I suggest a boundary mic, unseen on the table. A boundary mic better captures the raw realism of a voice, resulting in greater impact on discourse. All auditory artists experience how their voice actually sounds, as being uncomfortable at first, but you will get used to it.
Has Russia had a female leader since Catherine? Just curious. I'd still put my money on Duggan or Patrushev. Please give us your best estimate of future leaders if you get a chance. Thanks!
@@user-nl6zv6hz6x Are Mishustin and Dyumin in the current government, and what are their jobs? I assume they both have a lot of cash. Are they under sanctions?
@@wesdowner5636 Mishustin is Prime Minister. Dyumin is a former governor of Tula, now Putin’s personal assistant along with Patrushev. Yes, they are both under sanctions, I have no idea how rich they are.
I have a feeling - not sure what it's based on - that Putin was disappointed to have daughters rather than sons. If he had a son, I don't think he'd fail to acknowledge him openly. I imagine him being a toned-down version of Ramzan Kadyrov - so, not giving his son ludicrously elevated positions while he's still a teenager - but certainly grooming hm quite overtly as his successor.
Thank you for the video! I hope you are well! I don't know much about this topic in particular so I can't contribute anything substantive to the conversation.
One of Putin's daughters lived near The Hague in The Netherlands with her Dutch husband until 2016. One or both of them worked for Gazprom Internnartional that is/was? headquatered in Amsterdam.
Your comments about passing on power to the next generation are interesting, especially regarding Mr. Putin passing on his political power to his daughter. If Mr. Putin passes political power and leadership on to his daughter it would be only the second time in Russian history that the ruler passed his political power and leadership to a female family member (the first being Peter the Great passing on his role as Emperor to the Empress Catherine I, his wife). If we assume that Russia is generally a patriarchal society, one wonders what would play in terms of Russian domestic politics. Also, passing political power to relatives would break with the post-Revolution norm of not having family members inherit political leadership.
My comment in no way suggested the scenario was likely given both post-revolution norm of relatives not inheriting political power and the patriarchal nature of Russian. However, if it did happen (please note conditional phrasing in both original post and here), it would be an interesting development.
Always good to see you Vlad. Thank you for putting this piece in place because it's been driving me nuts that Putin is so obsessed with building a "Russian Empire" but without an obvious successor. It's just part of an empire, it's hereditary. Now he sounds more like Trump, trying to keep it in the family. Lots of love from NYC ❤️💛🌻
Russia developed an apprehension of filial inherited power shortly after the revolution. This current exposure may be a "please don't kill these people" advertisement.
Does anyone have an idea what Putin's daughter's currently desire? In the past, I have read scant information about them and their mother, with hints that they all prefer to keep a low profile. That seems to have changed and now hints at the "heir apparent" idea.
Given the Putin régime's characterisation of itself as safeguarding traditional(ist) Russian values, what are the chances that its members are trying to establish their families as a new formally hereditary aristocracy? Get well soon, Vlad. I look forward to your upcoming video on Russian propaganda on the main channel.
By the way i really liked one of yr casual comments that wealth property and political power are the same thing. That thought would help people understand our own history and politics too. When we transitioned from the mixed some what oligarchic 1688 constitutional settlement to democracy in stages with the Great Reform bill 1832 ( there are democratic elements in that old mixture and even still older mideaval constitions ) the dominant power the house of lords was composed of the two wealthiest ( and intermarried groups ) the bankers and the great landed magnates . They had to be persuaded that wealth could survive with out overwhelming political power. That wasnt easy. It took the goodwill of George tbe fourth , money for his palaces and teacups to force the royal Dukes to vote for reform , it took control of the Church and the Bishop peers being forced to vote with the government. It took Arthur Wellington who had conquered Spain and seen a civil war based on new liberalism to persuade them. But one can presume too much on the docility and tractability of the rich. We are often saved by the vitality and variety of our economy the rise and fall and diversity of great fortunes. So we dont deal with a monolith. If i want to fight science denying resource money in Calgary i can beg helo from a tech lord in Vancouver .Democracy can work despite great discrepancy in wealth and informal power, and it does. But the left should still be ware of poking the bear , needlessly enraging propertied classes. Niether should the state be a cheer leader or minion for the rich. It has to discipline and control them. But id beware of assuming the state has a right or interest in destroying large fortunes or equalizing incomes. One should try to persuade property classes to pay taxes. This takes goodwill. If one has property , competently managed for generations one can pay for medical care and schools with out help from the state. One has to try to make an argument that good public services benefit the whole economy and mitary strength in a way that benefits all citizens. And money can be whistled away to Singapore etc. Theres a limit to the power of the left to level and rob. But its deeply uncomfortable to rely on socialist parties rooted in what i think are hostile traditions. If you tax away capital not just income people will be enraged , you ll loose their loyalty to the state. And propertied people can and have backed reform and democracy. With finesse they still might.
Vlad, I know you know this already - but it’s worth repeating all the same; please don’t EVER feel the need to apologise, or even explain why content is taking longer than you’d like, or will be delayed. Especially when it’s content you produce so brilliantly, and with such spirit of generosity and a desire to share your knowledge so openly and freely, for the public good. Yes I know you’re probably just being polite, or managing expectations (which is appreciated), but I do hope you NEVER feel under pressure to keep up the pace, or God forbid in order to satisfy the demands of UA-cam’s moronic and unreasonable algorithms - ok, that last part is a joke in your case, but I see too many content creators succumb to that and even burn out - and it’s so wrong, it should be publicly denounced by those that can 😉 I suffer with different, but serious health problems myself and, even after 11 years of putting up with this shit, I still find that the worst part of it all is, not the physical pain and symptoms, or coping with the sense of ‘loss’ it has caused, but (rather surprisingly) it is how the weight of responsibility makes me feel from the impact my health has on others, and stress caused from putting yourself under too much pressure, to do stuff when you’re just not up to it. Of course those feelings are 100x worse when you already feel rubbish with your symptoms 🤣 So, please be kind to yourself ❤️ and don’t ever do this (if you can help it). We’re just grateful for whatever you can share … however much that is, and whenever it’s available 🙌
One of the stories we all once learned and taught in school was the story of Black Prince in his precious black steel army at Crecy one of the battles of our nation like Agincourt. His father Edward the third one of our greatest kings was on a hill with his generals watching the battle. They saw that the Prince of Wales and his friend had run into serious difficulty. A general asked the king if they should send in reserve troops to rescue him. King Edward in one of the greatestest sentences in the English language said " let him win his spurs". Young people need responsibility risk , the challenge of friends who are equals. Only fools like President Biden over protect their children. Leaders need to be adult to niether fawn nor bully. And the conventions for raising hiers attempted to ensure independence and interaction between young men as peers , equals with out tyrannical hover parents. In fact the namby pamby baby stuff of the liberals is part of what drives sensible people to the right.
I have nothing directly related to add, but still want to feed the algorithm's engagement metrics, so here I go with something unrelated. I think my previous statement of this was buried in a late addition to a long comment section. The word "evil" is used differently by different people in different contexts. I think it's useful to distinguish motivations that are evil from those that are caused merely by misinformation or misunderstanding. But when doing so, it's important to frame evil as a set of tendencies that all people have, not as a categorization of people. I don't think it even make senses to describe specific people as evil, given that the tendencies are present in all of us.
Elites are important even in liberal democracies. Equality can only be legal and formal. Wealth will give influence , wealth and political power will remain interrelated . And you cant just ride against resources lords in Calgary and Houston like Greta Thunberg or Don Quixote. You need strategy. You also cant do leveling in the name of social justice or Trudeauian liberal guilt and moonshine. One has to restrict the oportunities for corruption and criminality in making fortunes. And enrepreneurs self made people very far from being noble and useful are far more than average likely to be psycopaths and rule breakers. And all will tend to be short sighted not think a hundred years ahead and see how the private fortune is connected to the success of its principal domicile. The old rich surrendered complete control because of fear of liberal revolution and hope that survival might be possible under the new post 1832 constitution. Was it a false hope ? Was democracy a failure was it bad for Britains bad foreign policy by the 1850s and two catastropic wars WWOne and Two that resulted ? Thats not an answerable question . But the labour party is yet again attacking the least toxic and most responsible part and its a tiny part of the elite by demanding the removal of hereditary peers and mandatory retirement of lords at 80. The attack on this type of wealth has been demented and it tends to be long term oriented and have some element of conscience and social propriety. All sort of changes bad changes have forced it to act like conventional real estate companies with short term orientation and no freedom for attention to conservation and local identities. Tony Blair in the last labour sweep and others before him did damage great damage by limiting the powers of the monarchy which are much less in Britain than Canada , oh yes. A Governor General makes his own honors list not the Prime Minister. In both countries a Prime Minister NEVER should have been allowed to leave country with out permission of the Governor General or the King. The appointment of peers and the Prime Minister belonged to the King. Democracy all this cant did not improve the constitution in these regards. A GG still chooses the PM in a hung election. But the changes arent good a lot of them arent good. And a society that extols quasi criminal business men , shirt termism that extolls Ayn Rand and libertarianism over cohesive social values will not be successful. We should beware of US evolving to be like the Russian. But if Putin thinks the oligarchs can produce hiers as responsible and moral as our old discarded aristocracy was or even the old Russian aristocracy disrastefull and silly as it was he is a fool. But i suspect he sees himself as Ivan the Fourth with his loyal Boyars and service gentry around him. Hes a transient mafia chieftain or some one like the horrible gangs who evolved from Irish Nationslist Terrorists. Mean while we hunt and tax decent people into extinction.
I'm looking forward to your comments about Russian propaganda. I hope can come back to the question of succession in Russia as this process is also under way in the US as baby boomers (like me!) retire and see the country increasingly run by trust fund babies.
Vlad, every time theres a delay in your content uploads I feel like we've lost you to your health battle. I've seen this happen to a few of my other favorite youtube channels, over the years. I don't want to be morbid for asking this, but do you have something in place so that we'll know what happened?
For some reason, I thought at least one of his daughters had disowned him, but money talks and bullshit walks far more definitively than anything as pointless as ethics or emotional health
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I know these shorter chats are limited by Vlad’s health, but I think they are quite effective under ten minutes.
Take your time Vlad. Wishing you good health ❤
Thank you for taking the time to do it right, both for your sake and ours. Patience is an underrated virtue.
Your intelligent perspective is very nice to listen to. It provokes thought and illumination on Russian culture.
I'm glad to see you upright.❤
Reading about Putin's daughters can be a huge rabbit hole to go down; nice to see you comment on this since it's hard to know what's really going on with them.
I bet they don't have a clue either.
Thank you, Vlad. Always great seeing you.
Didn't one of Putin's daughters try and escape Russia at the beginning of the "event that shall not be named"?
Thank you, Vlad. Get well.
Hello beautiful Mr. Vexler I hope you're doing and feeling well.
I doubt Putin’s family will survive after he is gone. Succession will be real messy no matter what.
Want a bet?
“I am intelligent, I watch Game of Thrones, I know how the real world works.”
They will file and asylum request in Geneva, usual business for their like.
There is the mob family running North Korea. I believe there are other examples in "less than first world nations". Not off the top of my head.
Does Putin even officially acknowledge all his children?
Thanks Vlad. Interesting perspective. As another member of the community commented, the Russians tend to be quite thorough when it comes to a transition of power. Please take care of your health.
Thanks double V., hope your testing goes well.Looking forward to your Sunday video.
, we” destroyed soddam and goramora, god and we, so this is Russians “special truths “
I love "Double V." as a nickname! Shame "Double Vé" wouldn't really work in French!
Lots of love to you Vlad, may your health improve soon, drastically and permanently! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and insights with us. There is no other channel on YT that could give me more in an intellectual sense but your one.
Thank you Vlad ❤
Thank you my lovely, take care of yourself ❤❤❤
The concentration of wealth in ruling families is an old story and the target of the French and Russian revolutions. America tried to avoid it early on with inheritance taxes but new tax laws now allow dynasties to form. Que sera sera. We are with you Vlad! ❤
Gesundheit Vlad!
All hail The Tzarina, ridiculous.
Thnx Vlad!
Take your time with the video. It is always preferable for you to avoid crashes rather than to press to complete more video projects. In the end, you will remain more productive and more engaged to the extent your health holds. As I am sure you know already, recovering from serious ME crashes and complications always takes longer than forgoing choices to extend ourselves to complete projects we hope to finish or to participate in events we know may be too much at a given time. Our interest level encourages us to roll the dice, and we find ourselves paying for the choice for weeks or months. This note is less about information than encouragement to be careful. We will wait if you will, so please do prioritize your health. We'll happily welcome your videos and other posts when they appear.
Thank you for your invaluable input, wish you well with your health.
Thank you Vlad and please take care of you!
Thank you, Vlad, for your explainer. I did not understand the excitement about the daughters being at SPIEF, as they participated before (I remember an online-appearance of Katerina Tikhonova in 2021, but not so sure about Maria Vorontsova). I am very sorry to hear that your health is not as it should be. This must have been a difficult time. I hope, you will take time to get back to strength before working on the main channel video again. 🤗
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Be nice to Vlad, then it’s a belly rub next time.
Are we feeding it snacks too? Because this algorithm....
@@SlpBeauty333 Only very few, and only if it behaves. I need to climb up to the attic one day. Must have some education devices for it somewhere there.
@@begr_wiedererkennungswert One of those clicker things? They sound cool! I hear you can even train cats with them! I thought Vlad is allergic though and trying to avoid that whole "Bond villain" thing but you know, if we have to, we have to!
@@SlpBeauty333 Yes, it works. But not if you have two greedy cats and two kids who have pity.
I shave my cat for Vlad's villain career!
@@begr_wiedererkennungswert I thought he went off of the Bond villain arc? He's still Our Vlad, cat allergies be damned!
See you soon Vlad.
I wonder, if Darya Dugina's death played a role here, too.
Thank you. I always wondered why Putin wasn't putting his daughters in a more prominent role, thinking perhaps the blindness of misogyny towards the concept was more of his chosen poverty as a human. It also feels very North Korea.
Do get your rest and don't rush, because an important video will be seen long after the release date, and who knows who it can reach, and no one will care if it came a few days earlier or later. Looking forward to seeing it.
What does like North Korea mean? Kim Jong-un's sister is literally his right hand.
Got my popcorn ready!
Thanks Vlad, I thought about you today, wondered how you felt. Looking forward to the main channel video!
It would be wonderful to hear and see you play piano one day Vlad.
Looking forward to it and wishing you well! Thank you so much.
Do you think a transition of the second kind you mentioned (to get them power in Russia) is even remotely possible? It seems to me, that in these informal regimes, no matter how much you proclaim "this is my successor", that rarely works out, because you usually need actual power.
You say “power” like a Victorian British man and I love it
Good luck with everything Vlad.
Best of health Vlad.
Thanks- his days are numbered, stay well.
I hope you feel better
How should we address the subject of whether living under a dictatorship - and, particularly, under a “hereditary” dictatorship - by itself legitimizes carrying out actions of subversion or sabotage against the state? I often read the argument that going against the law is always wrong, regardless. But why should people who have no say in the process of generating that law, even in deciding who to delegate that job to, feel obliged to comply?
The concept of law and order is tied to moral and ethic codes. When disobeying tyranny, the consequences are real, but a good reason is the laws transgress basic moral and ethical principles.
As for the Nazis, a classic example, disobeying a Nazi order led to painful consequences, but people disobeyed on moral and ethical grounds, knowing there is always a choice.
I think it's Lincoln that commented on how Russia is openly evil and tyrannical without the "base alloy of hypocrisy." It's everyone else who needs to acknowledge this and stop pretending Russia will suddenly become angelic. The people there have to collectively want to change. Putin does his best to suppress that and anyone else coming forward who could be a viable replacement.
@@zlauriaultThank you. As someone who isn't trained in these subjects, it feels like trying to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis, trying to avoid moral relativism, but not having the argument base to sustain a universalist perspective against claims such as that human rights are a western, liberal conception and respond to western, liberal moral concerns, lacking applicability to other cultures that focus on different aspects of morality.
But Putin relies on real support from the population; even the sensible part of the opposition recognizes this.
@@user-nl6zv6hz6x I'm not so sure. In a way, yes, if Putin loses control of the Russian people his regime may not survive. But in order to keep that control over the people, he controls the entirety of the media in Russia and Russians are exposed 24/7 to his eschewed version of reality. The ROC is probably the only organized "religious" body on the planet that openly advocates for war, calling the SMO a 'Holy War'. Russian people can be arrested, in their country, for voicing the 'wrong' opinion. Is it not sensible to state that in a dictatorship, you can't have popular legitimacy, even if the people believe in the dictator, when their belief is based on a lie?
Thanks!
"Ha Ha, you can't beat me...but please, don't leave me!" ~ V. Putin
Keep up the good work Vlad!
Thanks
Why not just declare a monarchy at this point?
What happened to the Tsar and his family……..Putin’s time is coming to an end.
The problem is, the youth of today are so much different. They're connected to the world, they're playing on their phones, they're uploading videos onto social media etc. They're just not interested in regime's or past land or rulers. It's an entirely different world. It's desperation, like the dying embers of a fire that wants to keep burning. It's just gonna come to an end, because the youth just aren't the same
Im hoping that - thankfully, one good thing about the internet is that it gets between some of the dangerously ambitious of the world and their children who just want to vibe and live a life of their own - at a speed too rapid for the parents to notice.
@@asiblingproductionwasn't this what they said in the 60's, in the 90's, etc?... Not denying, but what's fundamentally different this time?
@@silvasdamatathe breakdown of societies customs and traditions in the sake of social influence. Fit in at any cost
It can go that way. It can go all sorts of ways. The Goering children hated their father and everything he represented. Had themselves voluntarily sterilised. Or….you might have Putin children addicted not just to power and money and privilege, but also to Daddy’s protean rationalisations of same. True believers carrying the torch etc. Dunno.
Many are better educated than the older generation. I have high hopes for them. Yes, they are distracted and spread thin. But they will adapt and hopefully not isolate their thinking into echo chambers. After all, small towns have always been echo chambers.
He can try, but, that dog won't hunt.
Thanks Vlad!
I love your analysis. I wish I had your intelect.
Wishing you the best luck with your health.
I appologise for any spelling mistakes but I am dyslecix. I can't even spell it.
But keep going on. I'm listening.
Take care.
Russia's transition of power will likely be fairly smooth like the previous one.
Hope things help you soon 🙏
We'll all be waiting for the main channel video!
Reminds me of the roman empire post Tiberius even down to the defenestration
Is it enough time to turn Russia into a hereditary monarchy like North Korea and the 1800s European countries/empires? This is interesting times to live through - and I'd preferred way more dull times...
We greatly value your presentations. Being 79 and from the entertainment industry, I grew up under the influence of great artists, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Junior etc (masters of stage presence). They would tell you that a mic pointing into one's mouth is a camp image, perfect for David Bowie etc. But it symbolically diminishes the value of intellectual discourse. May I suggest a boundary mic, unseen on the table. A boundary mic better captures the raw realism of a voice, resulting in greater impact on discourse. All auditory artists experience how their voice actually sounds, as being uncomfortable at first, but you will get used to it.
Has Russia had a female leader since Catherine? Just curious. I'd still put my money on Duggan or Patrushev. Please give us your best estimate of future leaders if you get a chance. Thanks!
Who is Duggan? Philosopher? Haha, no chance. Patrushev is also unlikely, he is too old. Mishustin or Dyumin have good chances.
@@user-nl6zv6hz6x I really don't know who ANY of these people are, which is why I'm asking!
@@wesdowner5636 Well now you know a little more.
@@user-nl6zv6hz6x Are Mishustin and Dyumin in the current government, and what are their jobs? I assume they both have a lot of cash. Are they under sanctions?
@@wesdowner5636 Mishustin is Prime Minister. Dyumin is a former governor of Tula, now Putin’s personal assistant along with Patrushev. Yes, they are both under sanctions, I have no idea how rich they are.
I have a feeling - not sure what it's based on - that Putin was disappointed to have daughters rather than sons. If he had a son, I don't think he'd fail to acknowledge him openly. I imagine him being a toned-down version of Ramzan Kadyrov - so, not giving his son ludicrously elevated positions while he's still a teenager - but certainly grooming hm quite overtly as his successor.
Thank you for the video! I hope you are well!
I don't know much about this topic in particular so I can't contribute anything substantive to the conversation.
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Similar too a business plan but dictatorial.
Please make video on lesbian love in the battlefield.
Lol
One of Putin's daughters lived near The Hague in The Netherlands with her Dutch husband until 2016. One or both of them worked for Gazprom Internnartional that is/was? headquatered in Amsterdam.
Your comments about passing on power to the next generation are interesting, especially regarding Mr. Putin passing on his political power to his daughter. If Mr. Putin passes political power and leadership on to his daughter it would be only the second time in Russian history that the ruler passed his political power and leadership to a female family member (the first being Peter the Great passing on his role as Emperor to the Empress Catherine I, his wife). If we assume that Russia is generally a patriarchal society, one wonders what would play in terms of Russian domestic politics.
Also, passing political power to relatives would break with the post-Revolution norm of not having family members inherit political leadership.
If you know the internal politics of Russia, you understand that there will be no transfer of power to Putin’s daughter.
My comment in no way suggested the scenario was likely given both post-revolution norm of relatives not inheriting political power and the patriarchal nature of Russian. However, if it did happen (please note conditional phrasing in both original post and here), it would be an interesting development.
Power by inheritage. This is known in the whole world. For example with money being comprised within families and family like clans.
Always good to see you Vlad. Thank you for putting this piece in place because it's been driving me nuts that Putin is so obsessed with building a "Russian Empire" but without an obvious successor. It's just part of an empire, it's hereditary. Now he sounds more like Trump, trying to keep it in the family.
Lots of love from NYC ❤️💛🌻
Except that both statements are not true.
Sunday sounds perfect, I have a busy week anyway.💙🌻💙
Finished planting the garden yet? I have a semi clean coffee table and sprouts on the patio!
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Russia developed an apprehension of filial inherited power shortly after the revolution. This current exposure may be a "please don't kill these people" advertisement.
I bet I could fix them. I mean, its not like I could make them worst.
You cannot resuscitate a corpse.
Does anyone have an idea what Putin's daughter's currently desire? In the past, I have read scant information about them and their mother, with hints that they all prefer to keep a low profile. That seems to have changed and now hints at the "heir apparent" idea.
Take your time, Vlad! I'm sure we're all happy to wait until you're completely happy with it.
Given the Putin régime's characterisation of itself as safeguarding traditional(ist) Russian values, what are the chances that its members are trying to establish their families as a new formally hereditary aristocracy?
Get well soon, Vlad. I look forward to your upcoming video on Russian propaganda on the main channel.
By the way i really liked one of yr casual comments that wealth property and political power are the same thing.
That thought would help people understand our own history and politics too. When we transitioned from the mixed some what oligarchic 1688 constitutional settlement to democracy in stages with the Great Reform bill 1832 ( there are democratic elements in that old mixture and even still older mideaval constitions ) the dominant power the house of lords was composed of the two wealthiest ( and intermarried groups ) the bankers and the great landed magnates . They had to be persuaded that wealth could survive with out overwhelming political power. That wasnt easy. It took the goodwill of George tbe fourth , money for his palaces and teacups to force the royal Dukes to vote for reform , it took control of the Church and the Bishop peers being forced to vote with the government. It took Arthur Wellington who had conquered Spain and seen a civil war based on new liberalism to persuade them.
But one can presume too much on the docility and tractability of the rich. We are often saved by the vitality and variety of our economy the rise and fall and diversity of great fortunes. So we dont deal with a monolith. If i want to fight science denying resource money in Calgary i can beg helo from a tech lord in Vancouver .Democracy can work despite great discrepancy in wealth and informal power, and it does.
But the left should still be ware of poking the bear , needlessly enraging propertied classes. Niether should the state be a cheer leader or minion for the rich. It has to discipline and control them. But id beware of assuming the state has a right or interest in destroying large fortunes or equalizing incomes. One should try to persuade property classes to pay taxes. This takes goodwill. If one has property , competently managed for generations one can pay for medical care and schools with out help from the state. One has to try to make an argument that good public services benefit the whole economy and mitary strength in a way that benefits all citizens. And money can be whistled away to Singapore etc. Theres a limit to the power of the left to level and rob.
But its deeply uncomfortable to rely on socialist parties rooted in what i think are hostile traditions. If you tax away capital not just income people will be enraged , you ll loose their loyalty to the state. And propertied people can and have backed reform and democracy. With finesse they still might.
Vlad, I know you know this already - but it’s worth repeating all the same; please don’t EVER feel the need to apologise, or even explain why content is taking longer than you’d like, or will be delayed. Especially when it’s content you produce so brilliantly, and with such spirit of generosity and a desire to share your knowledge so openly and freely, for the public good.
Yes I know you’re probably just being polite, or managing expectations (which is appreciated), but I do hope you NEVER feel under pressure to keep up the pace, or God forbid in order to satisfy the demands of UA-cam’s moronic and unreasonable algorithms - ok, that last part is a joke in your case, but I see too many content creators succumb to that and even burn out - and it’s so wrong, it should be publicly denounced by those that can 😉
I suffer with different, but serious health problems myself and, even after 11 years of putting up with this shit, I still find that the worst part of it all is, not the physical pain and symptoms, or coping with the sense of ‘loss’ it has caused, but (rather surprisingly) it is how the weight of responsibility makes me feel from the impact my health has on others, and stress caused from putting yourself under too much pressure, to do stuff when you’re just not up to it. Of course those feelings are 100x worse when you already feel rubbish with your symptoms 🤣 So, please be kind to yourself ❤️ and don’t ever do this (if you can help it). We’re just grateful for whatever you can share … however much that is, and whenever it’s available 🙌
One of the stories we all once learned and taught in school was the story of Black Prince in his precious black steel army at Crecy one of the battles of our nation like Agincourt.
His father Edward the third one of our greatest kings was on a hill with his generals watching the battle. They saw that the Prince of Wales and his friend had run into serious difficulty. A general asked the king if they should send in reserve troops to rescue him. King Edward in one of the greatestest sentences in the English language said " let him win his spurs".
Young people need responsibility risk , the challenge of friends who are equals. Only fools like President Biden over protect their children. Leaders need to be adult to niether fawn nor bully. And the conventions for raising hiers attempted to ensure independence and interaction between young men as peers , equals with out tyrannical hover parents. In fact the namby pamby baby stuff of the liberals is part of what drives sensible people to the right.
Hereditary dictatorships face constant challenges - which means tightening control, restricting freedom. One need only look at the DPRK.
You’re beautiful too
I have nothing directly related to add, but still want to feed the algorithm's engagement metrics, so here I go with something unrelated. I think my previous statement of this was buried in a late addition to a long comment section.
The word "evil" is used differently by different people in different contexts. I think it's useful to distinguish motivations that are evil from those that are caused merely by misinformation or misunderstanding. But when doing so, it's important to frame evil as a set of tendencies that all people have, not as a categorization of people. I don't think it even make senses to describe specific people as evil, given that the tendencies are present in all of us.
Socrates allegedly said that evil comes from ignorance. So yeah there's a whole can of worms in defining 'evil'.
Nepotism...
House of Putin: Generation Zer0
When will people learn? 'Four legs good; two legs better. '
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Let's hope Putin isn't first with his nuclear bomb.
Elites are important even in liberal democracies. Equality can only be legal and formal. Wealth will give influence , wealth and political power will remain interrelated .
And you cant just ride against resources lords in Calgary and Houston like Greta Thunberg or Don Quixote. You need strategy. You also cant do leveling in the name of social justice or Trudeauian liberal guilt and moonshine.
One has to restrict the oportunities for corruption and criminality in making fortunes. And enrepreneurs self made people very far from being noble and useful are far more than average likely to be psycopaths and rule breakers. And all will tend to be short sighted not think a hundred years ahead and see how the private fortune is connected to the success of its principal domicile.
The old rich surrendered complete control because of fear of liberal revolution and hope that survival might be possible under the new post 1832 constitution. Was it a false hope ? Was democracy a failure was it bad for Britains bad foreign policy by the 1850s and two catastropic wars WWOne and Two that resulted ?
Thats not an answerable question . But the labour party is yet again attacking the least toxic and most responsible part and its a tiny part of the elite by demanding the removal of hereditary peers and mandatory retirement of lords at 80. The attack on this type of wealth has been demented and it tends to be long term oriented and have some element of conscience and social propriety. All sort of changes bad changes have forced it to act like conventional real estate companies with short term orientation and no freedom for attention to conservation and local identities.
Tony Blair in the last labour sweep and others before him did damage great damage by limiting the powers of the monarchy which are much less in Britain than Canada , oh yes. A Governor General makes his own honors list not the Prime Minister. In both countries a Prime Minister NEVER should have been allowed to leave country with out permission of the Governor General or the King. The appointment of peers and the Prime Minister belonged to the King. Democracy all this cant did not improve the constitution in these regards. A GG still chooses the PM in a hung election. But the changes arent good a lot of them arent good. And a society that extols quasi criminal business men , shirt termism that extolls Ayn Rand and libertarianism over cohesive social values will not be successful. We should beware of US evolving to be like the Russian.
But if Putin thinks the oligarchs can produce hiers as responsible and moral as our old discarded aristocracy was or even the old Russian aristocracy disrastefull and silly as it was he is a fool. But i suspect he sees himself as Ivan the Fourth with his loyal Boyars and service gentry around him. Hes a transient mafia chieftain or some one like the horrible gangs who evolved from Irish Nationslist Terrorists. Mean while we hunt and tax decent people into extinction.
I'm looking forward to your comments about Russian propaganda.
I hope can come back to the question of succession in Russia as this process is also under way in the US as baby boomers (like me!) retire and see the country increasingly run by trust fund babies.
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I can't help but laugh that UA-cam thinks your "kkkkhello" needs to be translated to English. It's already in English! Enough, silly algorithm!
aren't both ladies German citizens?
The younger one spent some time in Munich with her lover, but with a fake ID. The older one lived in the Netherlands for a few years.
Is her sirname Putina or Putana,, 🤔😅
Vlad, every time theres a delay in your content uploads I feel like we've lost you to your health battle.
I've seen this happen to a few of my other favorite youtube channels, over the years.
I don't want to be morbid for asking this, but do you have something in place so that we'll know what happened?
For some reason, I thought at least one of his daughters had disowned him, but money talks and bullshit walks far more definitively than anything as pointless as ethics or emotional health
Oh this guy again with his wimpy voice and boring propaganda. 😂
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