My favourite channel , I have learnt so much from Jonothan and his erudite guests over the last few months. Thank you, I'm looking forward to the next one.
Brilliant interview! She clarified my thoughts particularly on the nature of this current situation. “It’s just not the wars we previously experienced like WW1 & 2, but a hybrid warfare the whole world got involved”. I think she is right and it’s absurdly unfair of us not to equip 🇺🇦 fully. Thank you both. I really appreciate her calm and articulate manner of talking🙏 Please have her regularly💕
Thanks so much for this, and for introducing many of us to Aliona. She seems to be a bright, young voice for her country, and I have no doubt we'll be hearing from her again. I especially loved her line about how "a country deserves the leader it gets". So true.
I have watched this through twice now and I am struck by how brilliantly articulate this guest is. So many genuine insights into her country and the road it has been on. And on the nature of Russia.
This was very interesting to understand the origins of some of the corruption, and the efforts to cleanse Ukrainian society of these soviet vestiges. And also her exhortation to understand what Ukrainians have been saying, that putin escalates as a reaction to weakness, should govern our response to russian threats. There are a lot of young dynamic democratic activists, many of whom are interviewed on this channel, who will lead Ukraine capably after victory. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
I don't live in the USA and yes, I see a disturbing trend in the US toward oligarchy, oligarchs and the extremely wealthy people owning media outlets, newspapers, even social media platforms. The American oligarchs are still not publicly seen but they're definitely influencing governments, from county to federal, including the court system. Americans call it "dark money" behind political candidates, parties, so the Russian ambition to divide, increase tensions, pit one side against the other has become obvious. France , Germany both face this type of political maneuvering from the extremely conservative fanatics, factions. It would be interesting to follow the money, find out exactly how much money is used to push political parties, followers into "othering" anyone else.
Its a problem more or less everywhere that the more money you can throw at 'donations' the better your ability to shape parts of he tax, legal and labour laws. The other thing to consider is that yes, they attract a lot of completely desperate and fanatical followers looking for a reason to exist in their life. We could belittle them as well, but its more a case of them having a right to vote as much as anyone else and addressing the root causes for them not understanding why 'adopting an oligarch' is perhaps offering a little bit of temporal stability now, but your kids will hate your guts forever as they are enabled to conduct destructive practices. Plus at a basic level, you're a blue collar bloke who's just propping up the crooked business practice that screws over working people just like you and creating another generation of trust fund brats Democratic process is complicated, expensive and yes, it is truly annoying... but then there's the 'alternatives' which hardly bear considering, so it must be defended and robustly enforced
The 1941 movie "Citizen Kane" is a critically acclaimed portrait of American media barons. Nowadays, entertainment moguls are cruising on superyachts , while some media barons (i.e. Mark Zuckerberg) like exclusive real estate, but they prefer a populist image - Mark Z. runs errands in a vintage Ford Bronco II. The Sun Valley Conference (Idaho) is kinda crazy. Private superjet fly-ins fill the airport to capacity in an incredible non-stop display. I agree - just follow the money.
Oligarchs here have heavily influenced American government, to varying extent, right from the start. Over the past 40 or 50 years, their influence has gained a lot of momentum with dismantling of regulations, altering tax law and structure, and disempowering labor unions, drawing wealth away from the middle class. And yes, Russian influence here is practically overt at this point. I don't know how many Americans pay attention, or believe it, or see it for the threat that it is.
The rich in the United States rarely receive big piles of assets from the government like they do in Russia. I suspect some of them get lots of money from Russia and China
Unfortunately oligarchy is on the ascendency around the world - and with it massive inequalities in wealth, less efficient economies, political graft, the weaponisation of the media and social division. We need to learn from Ukraine’s experience fast… and I fear we are not understanding the right lessons!
American here, Jonathan, who absolutely agrees with you about the extreme division of the left and the right that may override concern about external threats.
Excellent discussion! The reference to corruption during WWII, in reference to the UK and Zelensky cracking down on corruption, had me thinking of the recent Michelle Mone PPE scandal in the UK. Jonathan you should maybe be covering the corruption and disinformation in the UK as well. Also since Boris Johnson wanted to be seen visiting the Ukraine while earlier he had vetoed the objection of the UK Security Services to the son of a Russian Oligarch becoming a member of the House of Lords.
These are topics I’m aware of and feel strongly about, and would like to cover. I have a few speakers potentially to address these… as well as the coddling of oligarchs by city of London before the war.
Another fantastic guest with a gentle voice but a strong clear message and sense of justice.. my blood boils when I think of the thugs and the corrupt government they represent.. I don't hear much about the revolution on granite how that ties into Ukraines story before the orange revolution and if there are any people from then with thier stories to tell?!.. thanks for another interesting interview a great follow on from Fiona.
I'm adding this comment at the end of your video. Indeed I loved this video. Very educational, from the perspective of a Ukranian political science student. You got me subscribe with this one.
I absolutely agree that in Eastern Europe women seem to have been on par with men professionally for a long time, despite the notion of by and large more conservative attitudes in these countries. The trend is very obvious in the Baltics - in Lithuania alone a female lead the country twice as president, the current prime minister is also a female and it's no big deal at all.
Great interview, a beautiful intellect paired with exceptional analysis sharing insight into and difference between the political situations in Ukraine and Russia leading up to the genocidal invasion. It provides (although not needed) even more arguments for why it is so important that Russia is thoroughly defeted and Ukraine leaves this conflict victorious and allowed to continue its path towards freedom and democracy. Give them the means to push Russia out of the entire Ukraine now, as was mentioned, the main escalation driver would be the democratic countries showens weakness in the eyes of putin.
Very good conversation. Disagree with her outlook on what happens if Ukraine loses but of course I hope they win either way. Whatever winning means in this war.
Another GEM of an interview, Jonathan! I challenge you now to find a more articulate voice on Ukraine than Aliona? I would love to hear more about Ukraine in the decade that preceded this awful war....
Goodness! The guest's description of early 21st-century Ukrainian oligarchy applies disturbingly to the present activity in my country (large western superpower).
I am thrilled by the quality of many of the female Ukraine parliamentarians. They give the confidence that the Ukraine will become a solid European positively driven nation, rather than the corrupt Putin style kleptocracy. I am fascinated by the horrific treatment of Julia Timosjenko, and would like to hear a study on her experience. Portrayed as corrupt, but most likely persecuted for attempting to eliminate corruption? Is this the case? Was she a victim of Putin’s grip on the old politics of Ukraine?
The USA was founded by mercantilists. It has taken centuries to arrive at some sort business environment that sort of more ‘Democratic’. To expect the ex Soviet space to accomplish this in a couple decades is unrealistic. Ukraine is trying, but Russia is doubling down on oligarchy.
We in the US no longer enforce anti-monopoly laws. Monopoly capitalism is actually the opposite of real capitalism. Capitalism requires competition. Also, all of our major media outlets are owned by oligarchs whose goal is to control politics and economics. We are by no means free of corruption.
I thought the US was founded by its landed, slave owning aristocracy, led by Washington, not by the merchant class of the north east who were a minority among the Founding Fathers.
Ru is doubling down on something very very much worse than mere oligarchy. Ru is a menace in every imaginable way. So many ppl from before this war of choice, and during it, just dn't grasp how history-changing this war is.
This was an interesting video. I found her description of Oligarchy was helpful. It is amazing you can use a word without really understanding what it means
It is great what you are doing. How about a military expert that can explain why our government & military are so slow at the reacting to Ukraine’s military needs. Is there some reason why everyone here in the west act acting like this is game of grandmothers footsteps? or am I wrong? Why does this fear of the ‘what if’ still persist and hamstring us from doing a proper job of holding up our side of the 94 deal? Just a suggestion as I am sure I am not the only one who has been concerned for months that this thing could be too little too late. A Rouke’s drift without Martini Henry…
I’m looking at the bars on the windows behind Aliona. It’s as though the past is just across the street, and Aliona is in the present, and hopefully the future.
As far as the mentality of the vast majority of the population is concerned, Russia belongs to the pre-industrial age without mechanized agriculture. This war will set Russia back about 200 to 250 years.
@Jonathan, Ukraine's move away from corruption in times of war reminds me of the similar move by the UK during the 25 years of war following the French Revolution. If only I would know which historian to be interviewed by you on this topic, so that we could learn about the similarities and differentces in both countries' metamorphoses.
@@SiliconCurtain With pleasure. If only I knew whom has been doing research on this aspect of the UK's transformation more than 2 centuries ago, then I would feel really helpful. In this regard an off-topic: how to boost your numbers of viewers and subscribers by adapting to the UA-cam algorithm: You deserve a broader reach by the algorithm and I wonder whether it has to do with the fact that you purely focus on conducting interviews. Last week I've been reviewing several interview channels that I follow wondering what explains the differences in their reach. Based on this amateurish comparison I suspect that the algorithm favors channels that do more than just conducting interviews, for instance by: - making compilations of various interviews spiced with their own comments and some visuals; - posting the various sections of the interviews as stand alone videos of +/- 10 minutes; - making overview videos, for instance a video about what did you learn from your various interviews about civil society in Ukraine, or fighting corruption in Ukraine, or Russian propaganda, etcetera. Each time with links to those videos; - life Q&A's with you given your own expertise on the subject matter. I know this means even more work for you, but maybe one or more of these suggestions can come in handily when you wonder whom to interview next. Anyhow, you're the marketeer and I'm no UA-cam expert. At least this lengthy comment will help to tweak the algorithm a bit more into your favour. Once again, thank you for your great work. I've noticed that over the course of this war I've moved away from most channels that cover the war on the ground towards those that give a long term perspective on the background of this war: you, Vlad Vexler, Perun, Konstantin from Inside Russia and Anna from Ukraine. Best wishes.
Oops, I'm running behind: I just noticed your Silicon Bites. That's the kind of thing the algorithm might require, but maybe with some visuals might be required, even if simply for splitting up the various topics you cover. Again, I'm no expert on how to tweak the YT algorithm to your advantage. Thanks for all your great work.
I've always been impressed by Ukrainian women including Ukrainian-americans going back many gen's here, including jewish-ukr-americans. Very strong maternal and/or partially matriarchal society perhaps. Even physically, I've noticed how many Ukr's are physically not small, and are strong, including quite a few women, perhaps whose median heighths are quite a bit taller than many society's women median or avg heighths. Though heighth is not essential, it's something that is part of sociology and has major influences.
24:58 / 1:03:08 Ihor Kolomoisky, oligarch whose TV channel gave Mr Zelensky a break with comedy series Servant of the People, later backed the former actor's bid for the presidency. 25:28 / 1:03:08 Zelensky brilliant crisis manager, amazing wartime leader, came from business where he was used to making executive decisions, #1 communicator of Ukraine message 28:15 / 1:03:0 a nation always deserves its leader, after 2 revolutions, Zelensky did not want to get engaged in the corruption of Russian influence and post soviet corruption. 31:36 / 1:03:08 Aliona Hlivco still has deep bruises on her legs from police beating during 2014 revolution of dignity protests.
I do have 1 comment to make on US political discourse. The political dialogue has disintegrated in the US for many little reason but 1 major reason. The major reason is the controlling US political elite is losing control of a growingly united Middle-Middle Class. This is fracturing along geographical fault lines dating to colonial times. There may not be an easy solution. The US created a “More Perfect Union” in unique, some might say exceptional, conditions. Jealous separate States abandoned local sovereignty in part to create a stronger Federal whole. Although not taught this way, only an understanding of Masonic beliefs and an American consideration of political philosophy from France the French would never adopt, produced the USA. President Jefferson said the USA should undergo a revolution about every 20 years. In reality, these revolutions have occurred about every 50 years, yet have stayed within the political framework of the Constitution with a Bill Of Rights. The only exception was during the American Civil War. This was because capitalism clashed with a feudalistic legacy from the colonial period. Once this was resolved by war, the American system remained relatively stable. Elites in the US have never lasted much longer than a 50 year period. Of course influences linger, but absolute control has always succumbed to political domination and corruptions of personal narcissism. The diminishing relevance of Rockefeller Family will be followed by the Gates Family in a few years. Nevertheless, the current fracture in American political is exposing fault line which could signal a new America Era. It proves America is still the spearhead of democratic change. Here is how it is happening. The post racial, post industrial period in America has witnessed the birth of the world’s 1ST “Communist” country: the USA. In this country there are only echelons of Middle Class. At the top are always a temporary group in power. At the very bottom are only those not trying to be Middle Class. Many at the bottom poverty is a transitional period from immigration, divorce, or overcome by education. The Upper Middle Class in the US has become deaf to the integration of the Middle Middle Class. They are hostile to political leaders uniting this group. Pat Buchanan tried and failed. Jesse Jackson tried from a different angle and failed. President Trump did what both these 2 could not do, and it scared the Upper Middle Class geographically located in US Northest-New England and the West Coast. Surprisingly, the issue of abortion seems to crystallize these 2 Middle Class groups. In reality, abortion in now available where local people want and not available where people do not want it. It’s a political “Bahkmut” in actual importance. Yet this is what defines these groups. The Upper Middle Class believes President Trump is a link pin of a temporary political movement. They are wrong. Middle Class workers at the lower end need immigration control at the borders to raise wages. Middle Class workers at the higher end want immigration control of H1N1 visas to get higher wages and keep job security. These Middle Class voters are not just supporting President Trump, but Governor DeSantis or anyone else backing their political interests. This is why the Upper Middle Class is scared and is trying to suppress news outlets and persons supporting agendas they cannot control. How Americans work this Middle Class struggle will influence the rest of the world.
@@SiliconCurtain I can choose to fight crime in my community by hiring body guards and run with a convoy escort whenever I leave home. Or I can work with the city to deal with root causes of violent crime and I can walk the whole city in peace. Both are self interest but one way benefits everyone. If I tame the whole city, I'm actually acting with more self interest. When I fortify my life with body guards, I'm doing the minimum to stay alive. But reaching out to the community, the whole city is in the palm of my hand. We remember the story of the sun and the wind. The wind boasted it was more powerful than the sun. To prove it, he said, see that man down there? I'm going to rip his coat off. I bet you can't do that! So he blew and tugged and looked for the smallest opening in the coat but the man kept holding the coat closer and would not let the wind remove it. Then the sun gave it a try and gently warmed the man. And he took off his coat. This seems like a story that Mr. Putin hasn't heard before.
God bless holy mother Russia and God forgive the barbarians trying to destroy her. Don't be fooled by a pretty face and a gentle voice. Beware the Siren song. Dostoyevsky wrote a cautionary tale about the folly of men in this regard. Appropriately entitled 'The Idiot'
A little bit of push back from the interviewer is needed, the interviewee makes claims about women in society that certainly run contrary to what I have read/seen, perhaps it is a regional phenomena, never the less, claims need to be challenged, or has he not researched the topic as though as he has never heard of the Femen movement nor watched their controversial protests? If women are used to such freedoms why do these women protest in tne manner in which they do and in countries outside of Ukraine as well?
As ever, there probably is a big difference between the experience in big cities, and smaller towns, between the west and east of Ukraine. Unless I hear glaring falsehoods, the style of the format is to let speakers speak, and rely on the intelligence of the audience to decide which statements are true, false or exaggerated.
My favourite channel , I have learnt so much from Jonothan and his erudite guests over the last few months. Thank you, I'm looking forward to the next one.
Who knows where the channel is going. I’m learning along the way too…
Thanks. Excellent interview. She’s a terrific gift to her country and to the rest of us too.
It must be in the DNA. Indeed Ukrainian women (yours truly included) have spunk. As does your articulate guest. Power to the people of Ukraine!
An eloquent educated woman. Well done.
Brilliant interview! She clarified my thoughts particularly on the nature of this current situation. “It’s
just not the wars we previously experienced like WW1 & 2, but a hybrid warfare the whole world got involved”. I think she is right and it’s absurdly unfair of us not to equip 🇺🇦 fully.
Thank you both. I really appreciate her calm and articulate manner of talking🙏 Please have her regularly💕
Mrs. Hlivco is well articulated. Thank you both for this detailed discussion.
Amazing Ukrainian people, I love hearing their warmth, strength and intelligence..................
🙏🕊🌻🔱 Excellent Update! Ukraine is Strong! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes! The World Stays Committed! 🔱🌻🕊🙏
Thank you Aliona and Jonathon. Bravo.
Thanks so much for this, and for introducing many of us to Aliona. She seems to be a bright, young voice for her country, and I have no doubt we'll be hearing from her again. I especially loved her line about how "a country deserves the leader it gets". So true.
I have watched this through twice now and I am struck by how brilliantly articulate this guest is. So many genuine insights into her country and the road it has been on. And on the nature of Russia.
Super interview. I wish I was as smart as her when I was a young fella. Ms. Hlivco is proof of Ukraine's bright future.
This was very interesting to understand the origins of some of the corruption, and the efforts to cleanse Ukrainian society of these soviet vestiges. And also her exhortation to understand what Ukrainians have been saying, that putin escalates as a reaction to weakness, should govern our response to russian threats. There are a lot of young dynamic democratic activists, many of whom are interviewed on this channel, who will lead Ukraine capably after victory. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
I don't live in the USA and yes, I see a disturbing trend in the US toward oligarchy, oligarchs and the extremely wealthy people owning media outlets, newspapers, even social media platforms.
The American oligarchs are still not publicly seen but they're definitely influencing governments, from county to federal, including the court system. Americans call it "dark money" behind political candidates, parties, so the Russian ambition to divide, increase tensions, pit one side against the other has become obvious.
France , Germany both face this type of political maneuvering from the extremely conservative fanatics, factions.
It would be interesting to follow the money, find out exactly how much money is used to push political parties, followers into "othering" anyone else.
Its a problem more or less everywhere that the more money you can throw at 'donations' the better your ability to shape parts of he tax, legal and labour laws. The other thing to consider is that yes, they attract a lot of completely desperate and fanatical followers looking for a reason to exist in their life. We could belittle them as well, but its more a case of them having a right to vote as much as anyone else and addressing the root causes for them not understanding why 'adopting an oligarch' is perhaps offering a little bit of temporal stability now, but your kids will hate your guts forever as they are enabled to conduct destructive practices.
Plus at a basic level, you're a blue collar bloke who's just propping up the crooked business practice that screws over working people just like you and creating another generation of trust fund brats
Democratic process is complicated, expensive and yes, it is truly annoying... but then there's the 'alternatives' which hardly bear considering, so it must be defended and robustly enforced
The 1941 movie "Citizen Kane" is a critically acclaimed portrait of American media barons. Nowadays, entertainment moguls are cruising on superyachts , while some media barons (i.e. Mark Zuckerberg) like exclusive real estate, but they prefer a populist image - Mark Z. runs errands in a vintage Ford Bronco II. The Sun Valley Conference (Idaho) is kinda crazy. Private superjet fly-ins fill the airport to capacity in an incredible non-stop display. I agree - just follow the money.
Oligarchs here have heavily influenced American government, to varying extent, right from the start. Over the past 40 or 50 years, their influence has gained a lot of momentum with dismantling of regulations, altering tax law and structure, and disempowering labor unions, drawing wealth away from the middle class. And yes, Russian influence here is practically overt at this point. I don't know how many Americans pay attention, or believe it, or see it for the threat that it is.
The rich in the United States rarely receive big piles of assets from the government like they do in Russia. I suspect some of them get lots of money from Russia and China
Unfortunately oligarchy is on the ascendency around the world - and with it massive inequalities in wealth, less efficient economies, political graft, the weaponisation of the media and social division. We need to learn from Ukraine’s experience fast… and I fear we are not understanding the right lessons!
American here, Jonathan, who absolutely agrees with you about the extreme division of the left and the right that may override concern about external threats.
same here
Excellent discussion! The reference to corruption during WWII, in reference to the UK and Zelensky cracking down on corruption, had me thinking of the recent Michelle Mone PPE scandal in the UK. Jonathan you should maybe be covering the corruption and disinformation in the UK as well. Also since Boris Johnson wanted to be seen visiting the Ukraine while earlier he had vetoed the objection of the UK Security Services to the son of a Russian Oligarch becoming a member of the House of Lords.
These are topics I’m aware of and feel strongly about, and would like to cover. I have a few speakers potentially to address these… as well as the coddling of oligarchs by city of London before the war.
Great conversation, thanks Ilona and Jonathan!
Another fantastic guest with a gentle voice but a strong clear message and sense of justice.. my blood boils when I think of the thugs and the corrupt government they represent.. I don't hear much about the revolution on granite how that ties into Ukraines story before the orange revolution and if there are any people from then with thier stories to tell?!.. thanks for another interesting interview a great follow on from Fiona.
I love this interview. Very informative, clarifying and inspirational.
Thank you again. Your interviews are exceptionally instructive, and this one is particularly so.
Glad you like them!
I'm adding this comment at the end of your video. Indeed I loved this video. Very educational, from the perspective of a Ukranian political science student.
You got me subscribe with this one.
👍 that’s great. Welcome.
Fascinating discussion.
I absolutely agree that in Eastern Europe women seem to have been on par with men professionally for a long time, despite the notion of by and large more conservative attitudes in these countries. The trend is very obvious in the Baltics - in Lithuania alone a female lead the country twice as president, the current prime minister is also a female and it's no big deal at all.
Babushkas run the world. Russian families are matriarchal despite abuse, alcoholism and poverty.
Thank you!
Smart, eloquent and beautiful - the future of Ukraine!
Aliona, I could listen to you all day!
❤💙💛
Great interview, a beautiful intellect paired with exceptional analysis sharing insight into and difference between the political situations in Ukraine and Russia leading up to the genocidal invasion. It provides (although not needed) even more arguments for why it is so important that Russia is thoroughly defeted and Ukraine leaves this conflict victorious and allowed to continue its path towards freedom and democracy. Give them the means to push Russia out of the entire Ukraine now, as was mentioned, the main escalation driver would be the democratic countries showens weakness in the eyes of putin.
Powerful interview.
Excellent as always. I look forward to these interviews. Thank you
Brilliant!
If this woman doesn't one day lead Ukraine and Europe, I will be shocked.
This is an informative and enlightening interview.
Very good conversation.
Disagree with her outlook on what happens if Ukraine loses but of course I hope they win either way. Whatever winning means in this war.
Another GEM of an interview, Jonathan! I challenge you now to find a more articulate voice on Ukraine than Aliona? I would love to hear more about Ukraine in the decade that preceded this awful war....
Good news, she’ll be back on the channel soon!
Nice always. thank you.
Goodness! The guest's description of early 21st-century Ukrainian oligarchy applies disturbingly to the present activity in my country (large western superpower).
Thanks for another interesting interview.
I am thrilled by the quality of many of the female Ukraine parliamentarians. They give the confidence that the Ukraine will become a solid European positively driven nation, rather than the corrupt Putin style kleptocracy. I am fascinated by the horrific treatment of Julia Timosjenko, and would like to hear a study on her experience. Portrayed as corrupt, but most likely persecuted for attempting to eliminate corruption? Is this the case? Was she a victim of Putin’s grip on the old politics of Ukraine?
The USA was founded by mercantilists. It has taken centuries to arrive at some sort business environment that sort of more ‘Democratic’.
To expect the ex Soviet space to accomplish this in a couple decades is unrealistic. Ukraine is trying, but Russia is doubling down on oligarchy.
Well said
We in the US no longer enforce anti-monopoly laws. Monopoly capitalism is actually the opposite of real capitalism. Capitalism requires competition.
Also, all of our major media outlets are owned by oligarchs whose goal is to control politics and economics. We are by no means free of corruption.
I thought the US was founded by its landed, slave owning aristocracy, led by Washington, not by the merchant class of the north east who were a minority among the Founding Fathers.
Ru is doubling down on something very very much worse than mere oligarchy. Ru is a menace in every imaginable way. So many ppl from before this war of choice, and during it, just dn't grasp how history-changing this war is.
Brilliant
This was an interesting video. I found her description of Oligarchy was helpful. It is amazing you can use a word without really understanding what it means
It is great what you are doing. How about a military expert that can explain why our government & military are so slow at the reacting to Ukraine’s military needs. Is there some reason why everyone here in the west act acting like this is game of grandmothers footsteps? or am I wrong? Why does this fear of the ‘what if’ still persist and hamstring us from doing a proper job of holding up our side of the 94 deal? Just a suggestion as I am sure I am not the only one who has been concerned for months that this thing could be too little too late. A Rouke’s drift without Martini Henry…
What an incredibly intelligent woman....
I’m looking at the bars on the windows behind Aliona. It’s as though the past is just across the street, and Aliona is in the present, and hopefully the future.
I think that what you are seeing is the mortar between glass blocks, not bars.
We could sure use some more young women in influential positions in the US.
As far as the mentality of the vast majority of the population is concerned, Russia belongs to the pre-industrial age without mechanized agriculture. This war will set Russia back about 200 to 250 years.
@Jonathan,
Ukraine's move away from corruption in times of war reminds me of the similar move by the UK during the 25 years of war following the French Revolution.
If only I would know which historian to be interviewed by you on this topic, so that we could learn about the similarities and differentces in both countries' metamorphoses.
That’s an interesting connection I was not aware of. Thanks
@@SiliconCurtain With pleasure.
If only I knew whom has been doing research on this aspect of the UK's transformation more than 2 centuries ago, then I would feel really helpful.
In this regard an off-topic: how to boost your numbers of viewers and subscribers by adapting to the UA-cam algorithm:
You deserve a broader reach by the algorithm and I wonder whether it has to do with the fact that you purely focus on conducting interviews.
Last week I've been reviewing several interview channels that I follow wondering what explains the differences in their reach.
Based on this amateurish comparison I suspect that the algorithm favors channels that do more than just conducting interviews, for instance by:
- making compilations of various interviews spiced with their own comments and some visuals;
- posting the various sections of the interviews as stand alone videos of +/- 10 minutes;
- making overview videos, for instance a video about what did you learn from your
various interviews about civil society in Ukraine, or fighting corruption in Ukraine, or Russian propaganda, etcetera. Each time with links to those videos;
- life Q&A's with you given your own expertise on the subject matter.
I know this means even more work for you, but maybe one or more of these suggestions can come in handily when you wonder whom to interview next.
Anyhow, you're the marketeer and I'm no UA-cam expert.
At least this lengthy comment will help to tweak the algorithm a bit more into your favour.
Once again, thank you for your great work. I've noticed that over the course of this war I've moved away from most channels that cover the war on the ground towards those that give a long term perspective on the background of this war: you, Vlad Vexler, Perun, Konstantin from Inside Russia and Anna from Ukraine.
Best wishes.
Oops, I'm running behind: I just noticed your Silicon Bites.
That's the kind of thing the algorithm might require, but maybe with some visuals might be required, even if simply for splitting up the various topics you cover.
Again, I'm no expert on how to tweak the YT algorithm to your advantage.
Thanks for all your great work.
I've always been impressed by Ukrainian women including Ukrainian-americans going back many gen's here, including jewish-ukr-americans. Very strong maternal and/or partially matriarchal society perhaps. Even physically, I've noticed how many Ukr's are physically not small, and are strong, including quite a few women, perhaps whose median heighths are quite a bit taller than many society's women median or avg heighths. Though heighth is not essential, it's something that is part of sociology and has major influences.
24:58 / 1:03:08 Ihor Kolomoisky, oligarch whose TV channel gave Mr Zelensky a break with comedy series Servant of the People, later backed the former actor's bid for the presidency.
25:28 / 1:03:08 Zelensky brilliant crisis manager, amazing wartime leader, came from business where he was used to making executive decisions, #1 communicator of Ukraine message
28:15 / 1:03:0 a nation always deserves its leader, after 2 revolutions, Zelensky did not want to get engaged in the corruption of Russian influence and post soviet corruption.
31:36 / 1:03:08 Aliona Hlivco still has deep bruises on her legs from police beating during 2014 revolution of dignity protests.
I do have 1 comment to make on US political discourse. The political dialogue has disintegrated in the US for many little reason but 1 major reason. The major reason is the controlling US political elite is losing control of a growingly united Middle-Middle Class. This is fracturing along geographical fault lines dating to colonial times. There may not be an easy solution.
The US created a “More Perfect Union” in unique, some might say exceptional, conditions. Jealous separate States abandoned local sovereignty in part to create a stronger Federal whole. Although not taught this way, only an understanding of Masonic beliefs and an American consideration of political philosophy from France the French would never adopt, produced the USA.
President Jefferson said the USA should undergo a revolution about every 20 years. In reality, these revolutions have occurred about every 50 years, yet have stayed within the political framework of the Constitution with a Bill Of Rights.
The only exception was during the American Civil War. This was because capitalism clashed with a feudalistic legacy from the colonial period. Once this was resolved by war, the American system remained relatively stable.
Elites in the US have never lasted much longer than a 50 year period. Of course influences linger, but absolute control has always succumbed to political domination and corruptions of personal narcissism. The diminishing relevance of Rockefeller Family will be followed by the Gates Family in a few years.
Nevertheless, the current fracture in American political is exposing fault line which could signal a new America Era. It proves America is still the spearhead of democratic change. Here is how it is happening.
The post racial, post industrial period in America has witnessed the birth of the world’s 1ST “Communist” country: the USA. In this country there are only echelons of Middle Class. At the top are always a temporary group in power. At the very bottom are only those not trying to be Middle Class. Many at the bottom poverty is a transitional period from immigration, divorce, or overcome by education.
The Upper Middle Class in the US has become deaf to the integration of the Middle Middle Class. They are hostile to political leaders uniting this group. Pat Buchanan tried and failed. Jesse Jackson tried from a different angle and failed. President Trump did what both these 2 could not do, and it scared the Upper Middle Class geographically located in US Northest-New England and the West Coast.
Surprisingly, the issue of abortion seems to crystallize these 2 Middle Class groups. In reality, abortion in now available where local people want and not available where people do not want it. It’s a political “Bahkmut” in actual importance. Yet this is what defines these groups.
The Upper Middle Class believes President Trump is a link pin of a temporary political movement. They are wrong. Middle Class workers at the lower end need immigration control at the borders to raise wages. Middle Class workers at the higher end want immigration control of H1N1 visas to get higher wages and keep job security. These Middle Class voters are not just supporting President Trump, but Governor DeSantis or anyone else backing their political interests. This is why the Upper Middle Class is scared and is trying to suppress news outlets and persons supporting agendas they cannot control. How Americans work this Middle Class struggle will influence the rest of the world.
We have bad oligarchs in America too, we just simply call them “businessmen”!!!!
Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, tech giants are all oligarchs in America. And many more since we have so many billionaires!
Yeah the few at the top get all the rewards of the workers below and they suffer the most.
Have you invited David Satter back? Julia Ioffe, is there any chance to get her on you channel?
That woman is beautiful 😍
And smart!
Is there such a thing as a benevolent oligarch?
Self interest seems to be the norm…
@@SiliconCurtain I can choose to fight crime in my community by hiring body guards and run with a convoy escort whenever I leave home. Or I can work with the city to deal with root causes of violent crime and I can walk the whole city in peace. Both are self interest but one way benefits everyone. If I tame the whole city, I'm actually acting with more self interest. When I fortify my life with body guards, I'm doing the minimum to stay alive. But reaching out to the community, the whole city is in the palm of my hand.
We remember the story of the sun and the wind. The wind boasted it was more powerful than the sun. To prove it, he said, see that man down there? I'm going to rip his coat off. I bet you can't do that! So he blew and tugged and looked for the smallest opening in the coat but the man kept holding the coat closer and would not let the wind remove it. Then the sun gave it a try and gently warmed the man. And he took off his coat. This seems like a story that Mr. Putin hasn't heard before.
I’d be willing to give it a try!
Sounds like what’s happening in the uh!
Mr. Zelensky's eventual replacement, what are the chances it will be a woman?
Just another supporter here with nothing unique to add but still wanting to yank the algorithm with a comment.
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God bless holy mother Russia and God forgive the barbarians trying to destroy her. Don't be fooled by a pretty face and a gentle voice. Beware the Siren song. Dostoyevsky wrote a cautionary tale about the folly of men in this regard. Appropriately entitled 'The Idiot'
Never use the "strong female character" word combination. It has a bad connotation nowadays. :D
Ok, noted - maybe it’s a little condescending?
A little bit of push back from the interviewer is needed, the interviewee makes claims about women in society that certainly run contrary to what I have read/seen, perhaps it is a regional phenomena, never the less, claims need to be challenged, or has he not researched the topic as though as he has never heard of the Femen movement nor watched their controversial protests? If women are used to such freedoms why do these women protest in tne manner in which they do and in countries outside of Ukraine as well?
As ever, there probably is a big difference between the experience in big cities, and smaller towns, between the west and east of Ukraine. Unless I hear glaring falsehoods, the style of the format is to let speakers speak, and rely on the intelligence of the audience to decide which statements are true, false or exaggerated.
@@SiliconCurtain thank you for your response, it's fair enough, you are entitled to your methodology, it doesn't work particularly well for me.
@@peterhumphrys suggest you spend some time living there and research the funding sources of organisations you listen to.