🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:02 *🎵 Tech's Influence on Republican Party* - Tech leaders from the libertarian right have significantly shaped modern tech and are now influencing the Republican Party. - There's a tension between libertarianism and statism within the tech-right ideology. - Tech's growth from the early 1990s has led to a demographic shift within its leadership, including immigrants, Asians, gays, and Jews. 01:00 *🌐 Tech's Global Influence* - Tech companies, heavily dependent on global markets, are more aligned with internationalist left ideologies. - Issues like skilled immigrant visas and global supply chains highlight tech's internationalist stance. - The tech industry's focus on AI and productivity contrasts with traditional labor-focused policies. 06:42 *🇺🇸 Tech's Position on American Policies* - Tech's stance on American policies often leans towards global free trade and internationalism. - There's skepticism within tech towards nationalist policies that prioritize American citizens over global talent. - The debate over domestic production versus global supply chains remains a significant policy issue for tech. 21:13 *🌍 Understanding WWII alliances and ideologies* - The alliances in WWII were shaped significantly by ideological differences. - Leftist ideologies like communism promoted international cooperation, while nationalism hindered cross-border collaboration. - This historical context helps explain why certain alliances formed and others didn't during the war. 22:10 *🇺🇸 Visions of America across political spectrums* - Different political perspectives in the US view America differently. - The left sees America negatively, the center focuses on American success, and the right emphasizes American identity and pride. - These contrasting views contribute to political tensions over national priorities and policies. 23:32 *💼 Rise of a new political elite in tech* - A new elite class has emerged in tech, characterized by skills in capital allocation and leadership. - This tech elite represents a counterbalance to traditional political elites, reshaping political landscapes. - The influence of tech leaders like Elon Musk and venture capitalists extends beyond business into societal and political realms. 41:42 *🐜 Understanding ideological groups as metaorganisms* - Ideological groups operate akin to metaorganisms, where individuals act collectively under shared ideologies. - Concepts like swarm intelligence in ant colonies illustrate how simple signals can lead to complex behaviors. - Competition between ideologies resembles app competition, where tactics like virality and influence play critical roles. 43:21 *🐟 NPC mentality and collective strength* - NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) within ideological groups act collectively, making individual accountability difficult. - Attacks from a collective (like media or institutions) are diffuse and resilient, making individual resistance challenging. - Understanding this collective mentality helps in navigating ideological conflicts and strategies. 48:22 *🌐 Ideological resilience and systemic change* - Ideological groups function as metaorganisms, where removing individuals has minimal impact on overall operations. - Strategic focus should shift from targeting individuals to countering and dismantling ideologies. - The stability of ideological systems contrasts with the adaptability required in a rapidly changing global landscape. 01:03:11 *🕵️ Democrat conspiracy and coordination during protests and elections* - Coordination between various leftist groups and labor movements via Zoom calls. - Admission of a coordinated effort to manipulate public perception and election outcomes. - Significant control over riot activities through orchestrated stand-down orders. 01:06:10 *🔥 Memory-holed violence and media narrative manipulation* - Media's selective memory and portrayal of violent incidents near the White House. - Use of atrocity stories and selective media coverage to influence public sentiment. - Discrepancies in legal treatment between politically aligned and opposing groups. 01:13:48 *⚖️ Legal leniency and partisan prosecution* - Lenient legal treatment of BLM rioters and justification through political alignment. - Impact of partisan influence on prosecutorial decisions and public perception of justice. - Comparison of media portrayal and legal consequences based on political affiliation. 01:23:28 *🎓 Academia, media, and bureaucracy influence in governance.* - Elected positions in government are often surrounded and influenced by tenured academia, entrenched media, and bureaucratic structures. - These entities, controlled by nepotism and external funding, shape policies and public opinion without being subject to electoral scrutiny. - DeSantis' approach in Florida highlights a strategy to counter this influence by reorienting universities and media towards Republican ideals. 01:26:01 *🌐 The control plane outside elected governance.* - Over decades, the Democratic strategy has shifted control away from elected officials to non-elected entities like media and academia. - This external control diminishes the influence of electoral outcomes on policy direction. - Visualizing governance as a battle between elected officials and non-elected influencers highlights the erosion of democratic accountability. 01:29:45 *🌍 Global networks and ideological conflicts.* - Ideological battles are waged not just within borders but across global networks where alliances and conflicts shape policy and influence. - The polarization between 'blue' networks and various international actors like Russia and China impacts global politics. - Wokeness and ideological fervor have created international divisions and alliances that influence domestic policies and global perceptions. 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Google the Librem 5. It's $700. I don't know where he gets $2000 from. If a company like Google/Apple tried to do the same they'll be able to make it much cheaper than some random company you've never heard of. That whole point was overblown.
Librem 5 usa - starting at 1999. The Librem 5 USA has the same features and look of the Librem 5 on the outside, but all the electronics will be made in our USA facility. Good thing I listened to you and googled it.
@@zalaeify I stand corrected on the first point. The larger point I was making still stands though: a company like Apple/Google could accomplish a fully American phone at a much better price point. Librem is effectively a non entity. his anecdote isn't informative.
Near the end, B gives the best diagnosis of what’s wrong with Team Blue: they literally think they can fight the entire world. When K fails to become president, that event will simply be another natural predicted outcome of the theory.
I can’t imagine someone who didn’t know about most of those headlines, putting together his narrative around them, for the first time. Take it slow, shouldn’t imbibe all that truth all at once. I’m sure you have questions. (I won’t return to check in but take it easy).
As a libertarian-ish right-ish person, I for one welcome these new tech overlords. TPTB as they stand are doing their best to destroy everything and everyone.
Just saying, "People dont like inflation," is quite simplistic though. Right now people are dealing with inflation and they know little to nothing they consume is built in the US. In theory, if this was messaged right, people would need to be told that theres going to be pain and sacrifices but hopefully youre doing it to gain more secure supply chains in the US and North America and jobs. Yes, we will probably not also be able to have the same level of cheap, disposable widgets we currently buy so much of from China.
The problem with his fish analogy is that he doesn't recognize the efficiency of it is due to the network effect these goons built and incentivized through market effects. The market cultivated this method of thinking and it was accelerated through the network age.
Balaji, a PR manager for silicon vallley billionaires, forgets to menton that some of them heavily relied on goverment subsidies, credits and orders to build their business. Others simply poketed investors money while shilling garbage SPACS not unlike youtube promoters or SBF. The better part simply built inefficient businesses (e.g. a taxi app) while burning tens of billions of dollars without showing any significant profit over many years. Considering how much money was spent on all these efforts, the result is at best underwhelming, others may argue that this is a borderline fraud. Look at China or even pre-war Russia which spent a tiny fraction of silicon valley money to build better and cheaper services or products. The whole VC indistry would not exist without free goverment money. Remember 2000s when there were few VCs and one became a billionair by only building a large and profitable business.
Tech counter elites took over republican establishment elites as well. 25:35 Vance pick not only boxed out the establishment but Vance brought the SV $$$
What is so pious about the pseudo democracy when actually, the high IQ, money, power will always get their way, through the back door. Why easte precious energy in fighting each othercrather than improving the luves of people. Isnt what matters is one party or many parties, to get the job done, fone well, efficiently. Why sould one party help rhe others , just because ot is a supposed democracy. Jue jpb os to win and stay in power, serve people , isnt it.
@@pulse3554 I've made this point more eloquently in other places. But throughout Balaji's old interviews he would give uncessary data and anecdotes of some esoteric hard to understand concepts. My favorite was explaining neural networks by the phone switchboards lol. It felt like he was purposefully trying to confuse his audience and impress them rather than teach them. Because if you understood what he was saying, it was nonsense.
@@pulse3554 But now, his run in with fame has him falling into the psuedo-intellectualism of the libertarian perpetually online right. His weighy ideas and theories about history are replaced with googled articles and twitter posts. Its embarassing. Becuase when figures get famous, they replace well thoughout ideas for quick pithy and satisfying sounding tidbits to feed their followers.
@@pulse3554 One of the best examples (on the left) is Noam Chomsky. He is the father of modern linguistics and one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time. Yet, his last decade has been colored by mindless political commentary. If it can reduce a brilliant mind like Noam Chomsky on the left, it 100% can happen to a intelligent (though less academically accomplished) mind like Balalji on the right.
Lmao Balaji keeps trying to force this cringey “international” thing ever since the wokes ran him out of SF and he moved to Singapore-the idea that someone like Peter Thiel’s, or David Sacks’ allegiance to is to some vague “internationalist” nonsense, rather than to America, is literally the opposite of everything they’ve ever said and written.
Either he's deluded or covering up the fact that thiel and sacks are pro-western zealots who remain ignorant to non-eurocentric perspectives as almost all westerners of that age do. Balaji's of a slightly younger age as well
@@chickenfishhybrid44 What an idiotic comment, you don't understand the meta layers to eurocentrism. A culturally western habit is to assume everyone else is an individualist selfish narcissist who disregards the outgroup. News flash, there are places in the world that aren't like that - that aren't blindly "pro where they're from" and are able to integrate global views. India culturally was historically like that as a region. Your comment is even more revealing in that aspect
I like Balaji but damn does it worry me to see him quote Yarvin multiple times and frame Putin (a very ineffective leader) in the protagonist role in his aside on him. Current establishment aside, we only enjoy our western comforts as commoners because of the enlightenment that arose out of the 100 years war. All the talk of "only effectiveness matters" makes me less hopeful about the tech right
The "enlightenment" has run amok. Certainly done good, but assuming you think it played a big role in a lot of the good we have now, do you think it has any responsibility or relation to the bad?
@@chickenfishhybrid44 Sure, it's a different societal configuration than what came before. It has tradeoffs but overall seems superior to what came before, especially in regards to pace of technology (compare western European to Chinese & Arab Middle ages, and where they ended up). Probably the best example is that steam power was actually invented in Rome before the fall, but the inventor was ridiculed for building such a stupid-looking contraption when you can just throw slaves at whatever work you need done. Respecting the God-given soul & reason in each person (rather than thinking ppl were literally greater or lesser at birth in moral status) necessitated an alternative to biopower alone when it came to labor.
Putin literally “made Russia great again.” I’m 36.Theres a reason why his approval rating is so high. People my age. Growing up in Russia… in the 90s… are you kidding? Total chaos. Food, inflation, murder everywhere, oligarchs… it was nuts. Then this guy came along, and things started to get better. You could say he took too long. You could say he was too nice. But results are results. I’m glossing over lots. In 100 years I think he’ll be remembered as one of the great men of history.
@@RobbbbM-qk3ei Which part of Russia do you live in? Russia's quality of life & life expectancy lag behind the west, even more than when it was the USSR. Ethnic Russians in Moscow live well and will be the last to be drafted, but if you aren't ethnic Russian and live in the east it's not so cheery Also, why'd you choose such a random screenname 😏
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Interviewer: *breathes*
Balaji: "Go ahead.. 😊"
Hahahahahahahahahhaahahhahahahahaha
Please keep doing these recurring Balaji episodes! Hearing his updated ideas every few months is so informative
The king is back, happy to see Balaji again
Amazing. I can listen to Balaji for hours!
“Windows premium upgrade install” 🤣🤣 always love a balaji download
Thanks Balaji, for updating my Operating System
Balaji is incredibly smart, I am always in awe of his impeccable logic, and always leaves me wanting to hear more.
95% of everything he said here was penned by Mencius Moldbug 17 years ago with better prose. This was a great convo, but I'm just saying.
@@fenristheunbound8891 cool, I'll check that out, thank you!
We’ve been WAITING for this! Thank you for helping us make sense out of our crazy world. 🙏
They been re-posting so many videos that when they post a new video they have to explicitly say so. SAD!
This was excellent and Balaji is way more red pilled than I had ever imagined.
I think in some point in the video he said us republicans
lol. No way. Where?
🎯 Key points for quick navigation:
00:02 *🎵 Tech's Influence on Republican Party*
- Tech leaders from the libertarian right have significantly shaped modern tech and are now influencing the Republican Party.
- There's a tension between libertarianism and statism within the tech-right ideology.
- Tech's growth from the early 1990s has led to a demographic shift within its leadership, including immigrants, Asians, gays, and Jews.
01:00 *🌐 Tech's Global Influence*
- Tech companies, heavily dependent on global markets, are more aligned with internationalist left ideologies.
- Issues like skilled immigrant visas and global supply chains highlight tech's internationalist stance.
- The tech industry's focus on AI and productivity contrasts with traditional labor-focused policies.
06:42 *🇺🇸 Tech's Position on American Policies*
- Tech's stance on American policies often leans towards global free trade and internationalism.
- There's skepticism within tech towards nationalist policies that prioritize American citizens over global talent.
- The debate over domestic production versus global supply chains remains a significant policy issue for tech.
21:13 *🌍 Understanding WWII alliances and ideologies*
- The alliances in WWII were shaped significantly by ideological differences.
- Leftist ideologies like communism promoted international cooperation, while nationalism hindered cross-border collaboration.
- This historical context helps explain why certain alliances formed and others didn't during the war.
22:10 *🇺🇸 Visions of America across political spectrums*
- Different political perspectives in the US view America differently.
- The left sees America negatively, the center focuses on American success, and the right emphasizes American identity and pride.
- These contrasting views contribute to political tensions over national priorities and policies.
23:32 *💼 Rise of a new political elite in tech*
- A new elite class has emerged in tech, characterized by skills in capital allocation and leadership.
- This tech elite represents a counterbalance to traditional political elites, reshaping political landscapes.
- The influence of tech leaders like Elon Musk and venture capitalists extends beyond business into societal and political realms.
41:42 *🐜 Understanding ideological groups as metaorganisms*
- Ideological groups operate akin to metaorganisms, where individuals act collectively under shared ideologies.
- Concepts like swarm intelligence in ant colonies illustrate how simple signals can lead to complex behaviors.
- Competition between ideologies resembles app competition, where tactics like virality and influence play critical roles.
43:21 *🐟 NPC mentality and collective strength*
- NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) within ideological groups act collectively, making individual accountability difficult.
- Attacks from a collective (like media or institutions) are diffuse and resilient, making individual resistance challenging.
- Understanding this collective mentality helps in navigating ideological conflicts and strategies.
48:22 *🌐 Ideological resilience and systemic change*
- Ideological groups function as metaorganisms, where removing individuals has minimal impact on overall operations.
- Strategic focus should shift from targeting individuals to countering and dismantling ideologies.
- The stability of ideological systems contrasts with the adaptability required in a rapidly changing global landscape.
01:03:11 *🕵️ Democrat conspiracy and coordination during protests and elections*
- Coordination between various leftist groups and labor movements via Zoom calls.
- Admission of a coordinated effort to manipulate public perception and election outcomes.
- Significant control over riot activities through orchestrated stand-down orders.
01:06:10 *🔥 Memory-holed violence and media narrative manipulation*
- Media's selective memory and portrayal of violent incidents near the White House.
- Use of atrocity stories and selective media coverage to influence public sentiment.
- Discrepancies in legal treatment between politically aligned and opposing groups.
01:13:48 *⚖️ Legal leniency and partisan prosecution*
- Lenient legal treatment of BLM rioters and justification through political alignment.
- Impact of partisan influence on prosecutorial decisions and public perception of justice.
- Comparison of media portrayal and legal consequences based on political affiliation.
01:23:28 *🎓 Academia, media, and bureaucracy influence in governance.*
- Elected positions in government are often surrounded and influenced by tenured academia, entrenched media, and bureaucratic structures.
- These entities, controlled by nepotism and external funding, shape policies and public opinion without being subject to electoral scrutiny.
- DeSantis' approach in Florida highlights a strategy to counter this influence by reorienting universities and media towards Republican ideals.
01:26:01 *🌐 The control plane outside elected governance.*
- Over decades, the Democratic strategy has shifted control away from elected officials to non-elected entities like media and academia.
- This external control diminishes the influence of electoral outcomes on policy direction.
- Visualizing governance as a battle between elected officials and non-elected influencers highlights the erosion of democratic accountability.
01:29:45 *🌍 Global networks and ideological conflicts.*
- Ideological battles are waged not just within borders but across global networks where alliances and conflicts shape policy and influence.
- The polarization between 'blue' networks and various international actors like Russia and China impacts global politics.
- Wokeness and ideological fervor have created international divisions and alliances that influence domestic policies and global perceptions.
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Thanks guys
MoZ is the only channel that has to clarify that a video is a "new video".
Other channels only have to clarify that a video is a re-upload.
Thx, always appreciate a Balaji download.
Google the Librem 5. It's $700.
I don't know where he gets $2000 from. If a company like Google/Apple tried to do the same they'll be able to make it much cheaper than some random company you've never heard of.
That whole point was overblown.
Librem 5 usa - starting at 1999. The Librem 5 USA has the same features and look of the Librem 5 on the outside, but all the electronics will be made in our USA facility. Good thing I listened to you and googled it.
@@zalaeify I stand corrected on the first point. The larger point I was making still stands though: a company like Apple/Google could accomplish a fully American phone at a much better price point. Librem is effectively a non entity. his anecdote isn't informative.
Wake up babe! new Balaji pod just dropped!
They been re-posting so many videos that when they post a new video they have to explicitly say so. SAD!
I will watch every balaji pod you do
Balaji is based as hell
Balaji is truly a visionary of our time. He’s more American than most.
Yeah guys with names like Balaji signed just under Thomas Jefferson. Guy totally gets it.
@@fenristheunbound8891 please elaborate.
I love the analogy our school of fish moving in lockstep
Definitely need a part 2. Great show.
Dude upgrade the equipment
Balaji kills it everytime. Thx
Near the end, B gives the best diagnosis of what’s wrong with Team Blue: they literally think they can fight the entire world.
When K fails to become president, that event will simply be another natural predicted outcome of the theory.
I can’t imagine someone who didn’t know about most of those headlines, putting together his narrative around them, for the first time.
Take it slow, shouldn’t imbibe all that truth all at once. I’m sure you have questions. (I won’t return to check in but take it easy).
The Kamala Harris advertisements I get in the middle of this podcast make me smile.
"Where's my check from the conspiracy?" 😂
So happy your ads no longer have the abrupt intense music. I can muster through them now
what the hell, there are more ads in the video than actual talk
Yo host, we certainly could listen to B for another hour.. So please don’t stress the clock…
Finally, some new Balaji material
powerful
BRAND NEW BALAJI. LFG
Balaji needs to do daily thoughts or something
Invest in a non blurry camera please
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As a libertarian-ish right-ish person, I for one welcome these new tech overlords. TPTB as they stand are doing their best to destroy everything and everyone.
Thank you for this guy
I think Balaji's view on "the Right" being "America is for Americans" is a fatal misunderstanding of the average human being.
Just saying, "People dont like inflation," is quite simplistic though. Right now people are dealing with inflation and they know little to nothing they consume is built in the US.
In theory, if this was messaged right, people would need to be told that theres going to be pain and sacrifices but hopefully youre doing it to gain more secure supply chains in the US and North America and jobs. Yes, we will probably not also be able to have the same level of cheap, disposable widgets we currently buy so much of from China.
i'm always down for fresh Balaji
What a fascinating interview. Thank you.
Balaji seems to struggle with the concept of nationalism or civic virtue.
Libertarian brain rot is real
Yes! Thank you. Getting the clips ready 🖖
The problem with his fish analogy is that he doesn't recognize the efficiency of it is due to the network effect these goons built and incentivized through market effects.
The market cultivated this method of thinking and it was accelerated through the network age.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Tech is 💯 behind the RNC rn. Why?
Money. But everyone knows that already.
Does Balaji support a technocratic authoritarian state?
We need balaji to produce the blue in red film
Balaji, a PR manager for silicon vallley billionaires, forgets to menton that some of them heavily relied on goverment subsidies, credits and orders to build their business. Others simply poketed investors money while shilling garbage SPACS not unlike youtube promoters or SBF. The better part simply built inefficient businesses (e.g. a taxi app) while burning tens of billions of dollars without showing any significant profit over many years. Considering how much money was spent on all these efforts, the result is at best underwhelming, others may argue that this is a borderline fraud. Look at China or even pre-war Russia which spent a tiny fraction of silicon valley money to build better and cheaper services or products. The whole VC indistry would not exist without free goverment money. Remember 2000s when there were few VCs and one became a billionair by only building a large and profitable business.
Maybe 300 IQ on this pod
Candace Owen’s did a BLM documentary
I wish Balaji had been saying this stuff about J6 in 2021 when if happened
Balji-bros!
Tech counter elites took over republican establishment elites as well. 25:35
Vance pick not only boxed out the establishment but Vance brought the SV $$$
Never been more proud of my country on J6 on behalf of the protesters
Dude says "bean"
Thank you!
One correction, both mobs had feds lololol
And so on an so forth 😂😂😅
Love this guy.
So. Many. Effing. Ads. Unwatchable.
Silicon Valley can SUCK IT. cus yall wouldn't hire me!
he’s back!
Cheers
Hyped
It’s almost too based
The quota system of the world entirely missed the dei component of today’s hiring. It’s only bypassed by picking brown people overseas
Epic👍
Oh me love me some mister balla gee
Ballin out
Balaji wearing black? Did we just switch into an alternate reality?
LFG! balaji!
How are you guys still a fan of balaji after he's been wrong about 100 "guarantees". He just talks and talks and talks endlessly lol
@@wonderfulworldofmarkets9033hint: don't listen
How much longer will the 2,000 dollar phone last?
Trump 2024 🎉
SAT is not a great proxy for intelligence.
Lets listen to Balaji's schizo rant then. TBH Balaji isn't too bad.
Immigrants out!!!
What is this libertarian left you speak of? Sounds like an endangered species.
grifter
someone without moral values tryna understand the world of humans and building twisted narratives
What is so pious about the pseudo democracy when actually, the high IQ, money, power will always get their way, through the back door. Why easte precious energy in fighting each othercrather than improving the luves of people. Isnt what matters is one party or many parties, to get the job done, fone well, efficiently. Why sould one party help rhe others , just because ot is a supposed democracy. Jue jpb os to win and stay in power, serve people , isnt it.
This is so much supposition. Where is the evidence?
That's all of balaji's points lol
@@pulse3554 I've made this point more eloquently in other places. But throughout Balaji's old interviews he would give uncessary data and anecdotes of some esoteric hard to understand concepts. My favorite was explaining neural networks by the phone switchboards lol. It felt like he was purposefully trying to confuse his audience and impress them rather than teach them. Because if you understood what he was saying, it was nonsense.
@@pulse3554 But now, his run in with fame has him falling into the psuedo-intellectualism of the libertarian perpetually online right. His weighy ideas and theories about history are replaced with googled articles and twitter posts. Its embarassing. Becuase when figures get famous, they replace well thoughout ideas for quick pithy and satisfying sounding tidbits to feed their followers.
@@pulse3554 One of the best examples (on the left) is Noam Chomsky. He is the father of modern linguistics and one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time. Yet, his last decade has been colored by mindless political commentary. If it can reduce a brilliant mind like Noam Chomsky on the left, it 100% can happen to a intelligent (though less academically accomplished) mind like Balalji on the right.
Lmao Balaji keeps trying to force this cringey “international” thing ever since the wokes ran him out of SF and he moved to Singapore-the idea that someone like Peter Thiel’s, or David Sacks’ allegiance to is to some vague “internationalist” nonsense, rather than to America, is literally the opposite of everything they’ve ever said and written.
Either he's deluded or covering up the fact that thiel and sacks are pro-western zealots who remain ignorant to non-eurocentric perspectives as almost all westerners of that age do. Balaji's of a slightly younger age as well
@pulse3554 cope and seethe. Obviously Western people are pro Western and see things "eurocentrically"
@@chickenfishhybrid44 What an idiotic comment, you don't understand the meta layers to eurocentrism. A culturally western habit is to assume everyone else is an individualist selfish narcissist who disregards the outgroup. News flash, there are places in the world that aren't like that - that aren't blindly "pro where they're from" and are able to integrate global views. India culturally was historically like that as a region. Your comment is even more revealing in that aspect
It's not a wanna be dictator, it's leadership.
No, it's clearly a wanna be dictator. 🤣
I like Balaji but damn does it worry me to see him quote Yarvin multiple times and frame Putin (a very ineffective leader) in the protagonist role in his aside on him.
Current establishment aside, we only enjoy our western comforts as commoners because of the enlightenment that arose out of the 100 years war. All the talk of "only effectiveness matters" makes me less hopeful about the tech right
You enjoy your comforts due to colonialism, don't get it twisted
The "enlightenment" has run amok. Certainly done good, but assuming you think it played a big role in a lot of the good we have now, do you think it has any responsibility or relation to the bad?
@@chickenfishhybrid44 Sure, it's a different societal configuration than what came before. It has tradeoffs but overall seems superior to what came before, especially in regards to pace of technology (compare western European to Chinese & Arab Middle ages, and where they ended up).
Probably the best example is that steam power was actually invented in Rome before the fall, but the inventor was ridiculed for building such a stupid-looking contraption when you can just throw slaves at whatever work you need done. Respecting the God-given soul & reason in each person (rather than thinking ppl were literally greater or lesser at birth in moral status) necessitated an alternative to biopower alone when it came to labor.
Putin literally “made Russia great again.”
I’m 36.Theres a reason why his approval rating is so high. People my age.
Growing up in Russia… in the 90s… are you kidding? Total chaos. Food, inflation, murder everywhere, oligarchs… it was nuts.
Then this guy came along, and things started to get better. You could say he took too long. You could say he was too nice. But results are results. I’m glossing over lots.
In 100 years I think he’ll be remembered as one of the great men of history.
@@RobbbbM-qk3ei Which part of Russia do you live in? Russia's quality of life & life expectancy lag behind the west, even more than when it was the USSR. Ethnic Russians in Moscow live well and will be the last to be drafted, but if you aren't ethnic Russian and live in the east it's not so cheery
Also, why'd you choose such a random screenname 😏
Balaji speaking is like a book you can’t put down