OOOOOOW how soothing it is to hear sanity speak ❣️
@tvdeth4 жыл бұрын
@SuperCorrector1 huh?
@naysebtc3 жыл бұрын
It really is
@jonathanlee98114 жыл бұрын
Finally, this interviewer asked open questions - and listened to the answer! Thank you for letting the viewer decide whether the interviewee is talking nonsense. May this continue and grow.
@swanpride4 жыл бұрын
Umberto Eco once wrote down 14 points to recognize fascism. The UK is currently fulfilling nearly all of them, and it is working hard on getting to the last two points, too.
@NicholasWarnertheFirst4 жыл бұрын
@David Webb You are brianwashed. Repeat after me "I am a duped fool".
@Avengerie4 жыл бұрын
@levner brown > why are you so obsessed about racism? I think that makes you a racist. The left is, does that make them racist? >Nearly everyone in the world is interracial at some point. Wrong/beside the point. > Colorising people is stupid Correct, and he didn't. > basing people behaviour and characteristics based on race is extremely dangerous and dumb. Correct, and he didn't.
@jimkeogh85524 жыл бұрын
@levner brown it's always "them!"
@Anon-xd3cf4 жыл бұрын
We're there now.
@coffeegirl68544 жыл бұрын
Mr. Snyder knows what he is talking about.
@md-ps2hx2 жыл бұрын
1) This interviewee was very eloquent in his response 2) He speaks plainly in a simple to understand english rather than in political gobbledy-gook 3) No 'umming and ahhing' ... His demeanour and stream of consciousness is so impressive, I wondered if he was reading it off an autocue. 5) It helped that the MSM interviewer actually gave him time to speak, rather than using their normal strategy of interrupting and badgering the interviewee.
@hurri77204 жыл бұрын
Spot on, and right now I have more reasons to fear the rise of fascism in the UK than in Germany, much because the British are too overconfident and probably believe fascism speaks foreign. As Timothy Snyder pointed out some Brits have a very short memory when it comes to how popular Adolf was in Britain for several years.
@hey_ashy4 жыл бұрын
@Paulo Chan what are you on about? hard left... 100 million corpses?
@hey_ashy4 жыл бұрын
@Paulo Chan oooh temper temper.
@johnny5wd5674 жыл бұрын
@Paulo Chan Where did this person say that the rise of hard left isn't a problem or disagreeing with you? They just weren't discussing the hard left, they were in this case, discussing fascism, nothing else. Pointing out a body count of 100 million corpses isn't getting anyone's point across and has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion at hand. They also haven't mentioned any body count for fascism, which is not to be trifled with. They only discussed symptoms of proopaganda and some characteristics of fascism. And they're not wrong. What the UK really needs after Brexit is a mirror to take a good long look at itself, rather than telling others how horrible they are.
@johnny5wd5674 жыл бұрын
@James Registe Have I said that there are? In any case it's not entirely true. There was the Khmer and several other organizations, but yes, most of the left wing extremism has died out with the failure of communism in several parts. But one could hardly argue that for example North Korea is right wing, not a dictatorship and doesn't have people killed -- the facts point in the other direction. Whlie not the same as right wing extremism / supremacy, there are extremes on both sides of the spectrum. National socialism, or nazism, by its very definition is socialist, except its an extremely populist and extremist version of it which invariably includes the superiority complex - something which is clearly observable in present day politics both in America and in the UK (but not ONLY). In other countriesm, such as Poland, Hungary, Italy and even Germany there are also such groups. Not like the IRA or the RAF leftist groups mind you, but at least political ones. So while I largely agree with you, I think we shouldn't completely discount the other side either.
@olivierbraet4 жыл бұрын
@Paulo Chan None of these leftists are in power, you muppet. You do exactly what Snyder refers to when he talks about how the responsibility is never theirs. Trump, Johnson, Bolsonaro, Orban, Putin, Erdogan are people who hold actual power, and all you can do is whine about those that stand outside of the doors of government. You won. Whine less and take some responsibility.
@tonycodolo4 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best interviews I have seen in a long time.
@rolo54244 жыл бұрын
It is total and utter shite and all the American guy is doing is revealing Remainers, lefties and globalist tactics. These people do not care about democracy or a democratic vote. They want a dictatorship like the EU.
@aceplatini8594 жыл бұрын
Yeah if you believe him premise that people dont actually have agency and they are being cynically manipulated. You should have more respect for others.
@tonycodolo4 жыл бұрын
@@rolo5424 Everything has become a dog whistle for you on Brexit. Try thinking for once about something else.
@tonycodolo4 жыл бұрын
@@aceplatini859 I simply look out and observe, from my observation I come to a conclusion. You should try it.
@NicholasWarnertheFirst4 жыл бұрын
Poppycock.
@AbsolutSpaceGirl4 жыл бұрын
Timothy Snyder is an expert on this topic and we should listen to what he's saying. I highly recommend his books "On Tyranny", ""Road to Unfreedom", and "Bloodlands". He is an impeccable researcher and a very good author.
@elingrome58534 жыл бұрын
@@guywithdacap4713 and you sound like a condescending git, sweetie.
@guywithdacap47134 жыл бұрын
@@elingrome5853 When these words come from you, this is a really sweet compliment for me. Thank you.
@guywithdacap47134 жыл бұрын
@Joe Bloggs. Don't deflect, my friend. You can criticise Timothy Snyder all day long. He is not a perfect historian. He got his flaws. But when you criticise him don't just state: "empirical facts are just opinions". That's nothing else than simply stupid and says more about you than him.
@AbsolutSpaceGirl4 жыл бұрын
@Joe Bloggs. Dr. Snyder is a historian who specializes in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, specifically the 20th century. Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century, in case you are unaware, included democracies that fell into fascism and authoritarianism. That is not an opinion and it is not up for debate. If you are unfamiliar with 20th century European History, that's fine, but perhaps in the meantime it would be best to not comment on it as though you were. if you are unfamiliar with Dr. Snyder himself, I just mentioned 3 of his books to help you get up to speed. There are also numerous KZfaq videos of him giving lectures and interviews, and he has his own KZfaq channel where he posts his own content. Now that you are informed as to how you may educate yourself on this specific topic should you wish to be included in intelligent discussion, feel free to proceed. (this is good advice for generally every topic). If you respond with a reply that is similar to your previous one, I'm going to let you know in advance that it will be ignored because I have a policy of disengaging from situations that I see going nowhere. If you would like to engage in a way that makes meaningful discussion possible and are able to back up any assertions with factual sources and logical reasoning, then I look forward to it. Enjoy your day. :)
@ricardocima4 жыл бұрын
He's not beyond criticism. The NY Review of Books made serious criticisms on his "Bloodlands" and the suspicion that he's kinda "angry" about Trump's election was actually debated in specialized midia. Hitler's biographer, Volker Ullrich, was clear when he said that whenever someone is compared with Hitler, the comparison has political motives. I personally think that he should be ashamed of this kind of talk, specially being a historian. "Us and them" is not exactly specific fascist trait, it is the core of class struggle, which is the blood of almost all leftist politics ( not judging, just stating the fact). The same goes to simple slogans. When Julien Benda wrote his book, he didnt accuse a specific ideological spectrum as the sole responsible. Snyder is a good historian but I suspect that he will regret this phase of his career.
@dedoc7143 Жыл бұрын
I believe this should be broadcast again.. It needs to be.
@user-cz5lj2vx1fАй бұрын
share this video widely!!!
@user-zz9gn2dc3l3 жыл бұрын
Be great if channel four can get this man back for comment on the restrictions and authoritarian state we are living through now since covid!
@ronwade62524 жыл бұрын
Superb interview.
@kallivino83464 жыл бұрын
Why do are politicians not have this mans intellect, and articulisum?
@Gibbons-q5y4 жыл бұрын
He’s absolutely right about the need for a widely agreed upon set of facts about the world. If you disagree with something, try to falsify it with logical argumentation and sound evidence. But if more people still accept another view than yours, that’s okay. People need to think critically and not fall into simple thinking.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 My, my, my.....you're a busy TROLL, on every thread almost😄😄😄😄 Do YOU get paid nicely for such???
@yusakuzgun28244 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 What you say is true Even the mathmatical and physics laws are interpretations of complex things to convey main idea with a language such as symbols and numbers. So some interpretations are better than others for specific people in specific times and situations while some are applicable and valid for greater time span indeed.
@yusakuzgun28244 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 No! What i mean by the laws is that they are an interpretation of what can beobserved and can be scaled. So those laws consist of what rules the world along with our interventions or collaborations
@awesomeavenger28104 жыл бұрын
How do you go about quantifying the facts of something like Brexit?
@TheThoker4 жыл бұрын
Am I allowed to criticize those “facts”?
@Razormiller Жыл бұрын
Social media has massively ramped up the divisiveness in modern politics. Easy to hate on people and not be in any way rational from behind your computer screen.
@glenstevenson92744 жыл бұрын
Keep repeating the same messages over again England is now an us and them country
@prophetsnake4 жыл бұрын
@David Webb Amazing how you racist fuckwits can bend pretty much anything to your mindset. Well, less amazing and more like predictable, I suppose
@jamessherburn4 жыл бұрын
Advertising, and our dumb acceptance of it, has done most of the ground work in normalising lies.
@Yrr6664 жыл бұрын
A very astute observation. Thank you.
@170adamb14 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough there are incredibly strict rules/laws applying to advertising here in the UK. If you're selling cat food or washing powder you absolutely can't lie about it. You can even go to prison for it. Unfortunately these laws don't apply to political advertising. You can literally tell any lie you want.
@jamessherburn4 жыл бұрын
@@170adamb1 It's not so much the raw facts as the subtle subliminals. Our cat food will make your life better, look at the kind of life this buyer has, all shiney and full of happiness ... the Derren Brown stuff ... which the regulators don't see, don't see as lies, are paid off perhaps, or just ignore for fear of being called daft.
@170adamb14 жыл бұрын
@@jamessherburn Well It's hard to regulate against shiny, happy people but at least we're protected from claims which are just false. If someone buy's a cat food or washing powder because there's a handsome guy or beautiful woman in the advert, that's on them. We have zero protections from our leaders lying to us, and so we end up with a democracy built on lies. Which can't be a good thing.
@jamessherburn4 жыл бұрын
@@170adamb1 Many things are hard. 'That's on them' ... no it's not. Derren Brown could make you commit murder, would that be on you?
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly put. His word should be taught to all. Including politicians and paupers.
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439. Facists and communists are: "6 of one and half a dozen of the other"
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439. Oh I see facists had enough soul to start a second world war in which countless of millions of souls died? Is that what you mean? Both, the facists and commies are as soulless as the other.
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439. 😃😃😃😃😃 👍 😃for the last statement😂👍
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439. Thanks for your concern. I feeel perfectly fine. I feel that if I headbutt a bull, I'll come out on top. But I really do appreciate your concern.
@metoo59084 жыл бұрын
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards. There you go. You got it. The facist logic is "If I kill 1million, I'm ok. I'm good because the communists have killed 1m and 1." Anybody who kills is evil. In fact if you look at history, both, facists snd communists have killed countless of millions of innocent souls. I'm not talk about individuals, but as parties. Both, fascists and communists are soulless evils, with literally 100s of millions of dead souls on their conscious.
@spritecut4 жыл бұрын
A naturally evolved propensity to blame others is something that needs to kept in check, both personally, socially and politically.
@public.public4 жыл бұрын
is it never someone elses fault?
@phaedruslive4 жыл бұрын
@@public.public We can only really hold ourselves accountable, dude.
@prophetsnake4 жыл бұрын
@@public.public Wow, you used at least three fallacious arguments and implied several others in just one sentence. Nice job there.
@Theactivepsychos4 жыл бұрын
‘Politics of envy’ is usually only the cry of either the politician of greed or the voter of ignorance. Envy doesn’t really come into it when you’re holding to account a government who has allowed building regulations to kill people, nationals to be treated like foreign invaders, pensioners losing their promised pensions, causing some to be made destitute, police number reduced so much that protection network failed to prevent at least one massive terrorist attack, disabled people being made to attend tribunals at their lowest, when their illnesses are degenerative. A government who has cut services so much yet now finds bottomless pots of cash to fund a project that is undoubtedly going to mean less focus and spending on the countries needs.
@phaedruslive4 жыл бұрын
@James Registe "It's the other tribe. They're evil and not like my tribe" Kind of a fascistic impulse, fella.
@SimplyGimpy4 жыл бұрын
Of all of the recent books I've read recently with an eye to history, or our present moment, this was one of the best. Although, the most striking anecdote, is from another book. The tale of the Nazi soldier, marching whilst seriously injured and talking to a writer toward the end of the war, about how the dire straights the Nazis were in was 'all part of Hitler's plan'. There is no end at which some people, perhaps many people, will cling to a Dear Leader, or other such dogmas. I sometimes think that the human mind is a machine for making lies, just so it can cope with the world around it. Then one's life's work becomes something like -- I must care about being wrong, every day, for as long as I live.
@territaylor11332 жыл бұрын
I have only just viewed this 2022, and I am amazed how true and prophetic it is... worryingly
@cd-py8bv3 жыл бұрын
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” ― James Waterman Wise
@watneysspecial73734 жыл бұрын
"in the future, Nazis will claim to be Anti Nazi, and telling the truth will be a crime" George Orwell
@prophetsnake4 жыл бұрын
How about telling a lie? Unless you care to provide a citation for that quote.
@watneysspecial73734 жыл бұрын
@Bobs Vegana. As Orwell was talking about a, globalised, Totalitarian world, in the Future, not really sure his knowledge of history is very relevant. But 1984 was written just after WW2, at a time, when he was dismayed by the growing antisemitism in the Labour Party, of which he was a member. So I would say his knowledge on the subject was sufficient
@prophetsnake4 жыл бұрын
@Bobs Vegana Well, he either does know it, or Trump and Bojo are using 1984 as a manual, or both.
@Keithlfpieterse4 жыл бұрын
Rationality is a beautiful flower in the swamp of populist demagoguery! Excellent contribution Timothy!
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Keith Pieterse lol
@baukebaljeu86364 жыл бұрын
luka zupie lol
@Keithlfpieterse4 жыл бұрын
@@baukebaljeu8636 : Two Fascist trolls within an hour. Not bad! The joke's on you. Now go to the toolshed. Your mother is waiting for you to do what you always do. She's wet! lol
@hey_ashy4 жыл бұрын
Well said
@baukebaljeu86364 жыл бұрын
Keith Pieterse your sense of humour is state of the art indeed
@robertfletcher34214 жыл бұрын
Like so many, I agree with what is said. I wonder if this dangerous path we have taken will stop before it is too late.
@shaununderwood60484 жыл бұрын
id be ok with the tories disappearimg up their own arseholes , those shits have never done any good , every time they get elected they inflict harm on the economy , making millions suffer poverty just so they and their rich donors can keep stuffing their faces
@benowen83214 жыл бұрын
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards you obviously did not listen. You are one of the people he talks about. The people that think with emotion and not facts.
@benowen83214 жыл бұрын
@@shaununderwood6048 you also who the guy in this video was talking about. You are thinking with you feelings.
@shaununderwood60484 жыл бұрын
think with logic , affirmative spock , ffs ben you trying to wind me up ? if that's your critique then its bollox
@benowen83214 жыл бұрын
@@shaununderwood6048 you claimed the tories have never done any good. Have Labour done better?
@kehindeonakunle57304 жыл бұрын
Timothy snyder is an excellent public intellectual of the highest order. The conscience of our generation. Very good Anchorage too.
@Stikibits4 жыл бұрын
Robert Paxton, a professor emeritus of social science at Columbia University in New York who is widely considered the father of fascism studies, defined fascism as "a form of political practice distinctive to the 20th century that arouses popular enthusiasm by sophisticated propaganda techniques for an anti-liberal, anti-socialist, violently exclusionary, expansionist nationalist agenda." www.livescience.com/57622-fascism.html
@tinynijman90774 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation ! It should be taught at schools and at Universities and Institutions. There should be made a tv program about this and the possibility to have debates about it so that people can become engaged in what it means to live in a Democratic country and to understand that you can not take these freedoms that we have for granted.
@ginadeacon992010 ай бұрын
Tories won't allow it. They will do all they can to avoid responsibility for their crimes, including Money Laundering.
@ginadeacon992010 ай бұрын
No wonder Education has been filtered, history provides us with all the examples we need 🤔💯👏🙏
@alexwschan1854 жыл бұрын
The fact that no one is talking about the rule of law is disturbing...
@AI-xs4fp4 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary insights into our predicament and more importantly, valuable keys to do something about it, however small. Thank you Professor Snyder. This should be played in every social studies class.
@stevenbain95924 жыл бұрын
If you read chapter 18 of "Tyranny" I humbly speculate this tactic will be the monster's last, most horrific, attempt to stay in power.
@danwiddon38543 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly done by all involved. Timothy Snyder's point about propaganda language emphasises what many of us have been saying since before Brexit joined the lexicon. Still the notion put about by climate denialists that more impoverished and thus populous countries bear primary responsibility for reducing climate instability persists. Quality journalism is welcome these days. Thanks crew, researchers and Krishnan for this excellent piece.
@MattWyskiel4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the fact that he focused on promoting *local* media. National media is biased and in an echo chamber and nobody trusts them. Local media is on the ground, and more highly trusted by the people
@MikhailZabaluev4 жыл бұрын
Except when local media everywhere are bought up by a huge corporation that proceeds to use them to push a political agenda. Look at Sinclair Broadcast.
@Not_really4 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Wyskiel: Where is proof or evidence that local media do not or cannot develop biased agenda ?!
@unitedstates49124 жыл бұрын
i mean you contradicted yourself in what you just said
@mattd87254 жыл бұрын
Stop watching guys. This is one of the experts that Saint Gove of the immaculate Brexit warned you about.
@victoriarose18402 жыл бұрын
That man is spot on
@vejustice60914 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Needed to hear tht, been feeling pretty darn helpless. 🗽⚡🦅🥺
@wearsider4 жыл бұрын
It is might be true that the Brexit referendum was advisory but the Government of the day said that the result would be implemented.
@angelperez37504 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but referendum it self is anti-Democratic. Democracy can only exist with a well informed public. Imagine primary were thier two parties with different policy and they only write policies and beliefs. While majority voting public is illiterate. Would that be a democratic excerise?
@wearsider4 жыл бұрын
@@angelperez3750 Well that maybe your own point of view, but why should a democratic country offer its citizens an undemocratic Referendum vote, that doesn't make sense.
@angelperez37504 жыл бұрын
@@wearsider In my opinion it had nothing do with policy and everything to do with politics. E.U. is popular scape goat for each memeber. If something goes wrong e.u. did it, but thier are clear economic benefit from staying in eourpean union. The prime minister at the time was pretty sure most of the country was pro-union, thier for justifying his pro-e.u. policies, While ukip the anarchest can wage a brave political campaign that could help them secure a couple seats in parliament, but wouldn't be big enough to actually cause any actual harm at least that's what would happen if remain had won, but they didn't. Now all these politician are stuck in this political paradox. They have lead everyone to believe that e.u. is the root cuase of all thier problem and solution is to harm themselfs. Also minority of doners actually wanted to leave since thier was series of tax loopholes that would be closed in three years time.
@markhorton85784 жыл бұрын
@@angelperez3750 There are several major flaws in your argument. The first being that we were not clever enough to vote on brexit If this is the case, then we should not vote for governments/parties either. For we vote in a government which deals with a VAST range of issues, of which Brexit is a subset. The other is that the entire history of our being in the EU has been a string of anti-democratic actions. Begining with powers of law making and governance being handed over to a foreign organisation without ANY electoral consent by way of manifesto or referendum. Calls for referendums were blocked and denied for decades, until BOTH main parties were elected on a promise of an EU manifesto. BOTH of them reneged on the promises when they found out what the result would be. ONLY when they thought it safe to do so, and remain would win by a comfortable margin did the ant-democrats allow us a say in who rules over us and who we pay taxes to. Then they lost the democratic vote, and an election followed in which well over 80% of MP's were elected on a promise to honour the outcome of the referendum. Shortly afterwards the perfidious liars declared themselves proud remainers. But I already knew from previous EU promises that they had NO intention of keeping, they would lie. They have no respect for democratic procedure, not respect for the electorate, (Just look at the childish name calling tantrums which many leading remain politicians wallowed in after the result was announced.) they do not even respect their own manifesto. (If you dont represent what you claim to represent at election time, then it is NOT representative democracy.)
@angelperez37504 жыл бұрын
@@markhorton8578 yes, you do live in a representative democracy. You pick a politician represent you and your interest. I think referendum was clever way to throw away that responsibility of a representative goverment onto the public, and most people aren't politicain and don't have time or energy understanding socail-economic effects of brexit. If parlement can barely grasp how to implement what was voted for, can you realy trust the fact that the common man knew complexity of brexit ? The question was simple in or out, but how to go about it is completely different issue, and how it effects Britain is even more complex. The average person such as myself are morons and then other half is even dumber then that. janitors and school teachers should not be literally writing every letter of the law for politicians. The idea that direct democracy is some how more democrartic because people go to voting boths more often is not nessarly true.
@ITER3454 жыл бұрын
I mean... Trump is on the defensive. You have been trying to pin a crime on him because he beat you for 3 years. So you are talking nonsense arent you.
@victoriagodley52774 жыл бұрын
ITER ! That’s stupid! Trump is a criminal
@TheNamshubofEnki3 жыл бұрын
Channel 4 news should take this guy's advice
@DinamoDeet1014 жыл бұрын
Facsism and Nazism is large spectrum...US is deeply into Fascism...if 45 % Americans are the worst Racists on the Earth..and id 45 % of American believe that GOD MADE EARTH 10000 yeras ago. How We can expect something Normal and Civilized
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
If 45% is racist we should stop migration right now bcs what good can happen from it?? Also, china is the least religious country in the world i believe, so...?
@georgecass85294 жыл бұрын
Fascism is alive and well in the trump administration
@bobs1824 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5ell9uTsbzDfo0.html
@independantfree18914 жыл бұрын
Is there a transcript for this, my friend is deaf.
@CouldbeYue Жыл бұрын
if you're on a web page rather than the app, if your friend looks to the right of the save button there's three dots, if they click on that they'll see an option to open the transcript. I don't know where the option is in the app, sorry.
@ssssssssssss8854 жыл бұрын
Uninformed people that are needy, self-focused, defensive can be turned into stupids that are greedy, egoistic, aggressive.
@ParcelOfRogue4 жыл бұрын
In the UK, all the fascists and neo fascists, plus most populists voted Leave.
@alanbstard44 жыл бұрын
and proud of it
@ParcelOfRogue4 жыл бұрын
@@alanbstard4 The duped welcome their galloping poverty, increasing world isolation, worsening security and bitter public discourse.
@ParcelOfRogue4 жыл бұрын
@Amanda Hughes Technically incorrect. All the fascist and populist parties supported Leave as well you know,. You are not fooling anyone and duped were on your side already.
@michaeljijus9804 жыл бұрын
True!
@alanbstard44 жыл бұрын
@Amanda Hughes No that's all nonsense. Nazis were nationalists and wouldn't stoop so low as to form the EU. The EU was championed and formed by the French, and Goldman Sachs is the banker behind it the EU is an international organisation wanting borders down, opposite to the Nazis
@georginawhitby13204 жыл бұрын
Snyder's books reveal a real understanding of racism and of rule of law. There is a bizarre disjunction however when he selectively projects that onto the current political climate , very oddly ignoring the very most obvious congruences with key fascist tactics , which aren't limited to the " right". Snyder's more detailed work also explicitly notes the importance of national state sovereignty to providing capacity for resistance to global authoritarianism , and yet in the real world now , he fails to recognise that is still important.
@fredfrond61484 жыл бұрын
A real academic who has studied history and the path we are going down. With that said. Build the wall, build the wall...... Lock her up, lock her up, lock her up..... Trump, trump trump.......
@tahwsisiht Жыл бұрын
0:42 ✔️ 5:24 ✔️ ✔️ 7:55 ✔️
@gimme0dis0junk0mail11 ай бұрын
Tools: decide what we care about and take small actions on a daily basis to advance those causes. Stand up against fascism
@bentray19083 жыл бұрын
Where is the critique of the communist element???????????????????
@robo79214 жыл бұрын
Ron Wade 7 hours ago Superb interview. 18 Well said.
@Metonymy19794 жыл бұрын
This guy is good.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Metonymy1979 lol
@muhammadislam04078 ай бұрын
Autritariansam today means individuals say I can’t do anything! Citizens being willing to adjust to the next outrageous thing and call it normal! Well, there’s somebody else or institution who is eventually going to show up and clean this up! If we take these attitudes, everything will get worse. ❤
@mattfitzpatrick400810 ай бұрын
4 years later ... he was right!
@Poetic_Justice19624 жыл бұрын
The professor wears his title with clear legitimacy.
@johnsomebody17534 жыл бұрын
Ah well, perhaps nobody is perfect. At 4 mins 34ish, he said, " If you go too far on the side of momentary impulse, then you have Anarchy and degradation". A bit silly, and dangerous from someone who otherwise seems to know something of what he's talking about. Anarchy, is about not being governed, ( from the Greek, "An meaning without, and "Archos", meaning rulership), therefore living by personal responsibility, self control and discipline. It has to be towards the common good, because without common cause, there will be a backlash, and selfish individuals not evolved enough to realise that, will suffer the consequences. Those who then learn from that mistake, will learn to be considerate, of the common good. Such a consequence must be evolutionary, and therefore, *not*, "degradation". Less silly and dangerous, but simply wrong, is his assertion about the need to make eye contact. (8 mins 50 ish), because there are really good, well motivated and intelligent people, with social / psycho/medical conditions, (e.g. Greta Thurnberg), who simply don't have as much ability to do that, as people regarded as "normal", can manage
@eurotop404 жыл бұрын
BoJo + Cummings = Fascism
@tracymuckle85124 жыл бұрын
His book is terrifying
@tamaskurdi36174 жыл бұрын
Amazing interview. Thank you for sharing.
@alanakakak31864 жыл бұрын
Sound analysis of the current polarising and actively destructive politics in both US and UK. Both of these governments appear to be driving sinister agenda’s while keeping us distracted with the ridiculousness which fills the daily media. Whatever happened to reasoned, grounded politics?
@cubanmark Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
tRump and the GOP must go!!!!!
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 ORANGE TREASONOUS tRump is WORST then bad
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 TROLLING a TROLL🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Never, you?
@CrunchyNorbert4 жыл бұрын
(Look in mirror)
@jasonsmith11554 ай бұрын
The CIA thanks Mr. Snyder for his service.
@arfanr82284 жыл бұрын
08:40
@TheTwinight4 жыл бұрын
Is judicial not suppose to be equal to executive and legislative.. a balance of power that restricts the authoritarian and fascists desire for ultimate power? None being supreme.. think about the legality of a situation legality were law can dismiss your democratic choice because lawmakers or lawyers have supreme power over you... you can sit and watch ppl starve to death no law can prevent that, ethically and morally most can not allow that.. The reason we do not give supreme power to a single group is any single group can be manipulated by small groups or there own moral beliefs to support an agenda outside the majority ethics.. think about who decrees we should war and kill others? Is it the democratic majority or those that will not suffer loss... This is the error of taking a side and defining your science from one perspective
@katystewart30224 жыл бұрын
Vote. 100% of American Adults. Not just 50%. Voting is notjust a right it is a responsibility. Why not talk about your responsibility rather than constantly about your rights
@yviy14 жыл бұрын
#unity4J ! #FreeJulianAssange!
@renatomacchi21954 жыл бұрын
Before the Magna Carta there were Roman Laws in Britannia which was under Roman rule for a long, long time.
@boptah74894 жыл бұрын
The Brexit referendum was binding because of the government document delivered to every house and it was a majority of 1.4 million.
@unggrabb4 жыл бұрын
Sweden had a referendum about abolishing to drive on the left side. A majority wanted to keep it Left. Then in 1967 it was changed to drive on right side. And people were happy with that. Times had changed and the change worked very well. A majority can make a decision to attack a minority. A democratic decision that is very wrong.
@Geffo5554 жыл бұрын
Stick to Llamas Bo.
@hershbatkin2 жыл бұрын
Wonder what he would say today...
@watneysspecial73734 жыл бұрын
"When Fascism rises again, it will rise on the left" Ronald Reagan.
@shaneryan66914 жыл бұрын
Watneys Special well he was dead wrong.
@douglassczygelski8667 Жыл бұрын
Snyder is so vague that I don't know what he is talking about. He says we must be honest, stick to the facts. Okay, but is he willing to admit that Hillary lied about Bernie during the 2016 campaign?
@njosborne61524 жыл бұрын
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@allardfreichmann37334 жыл бұрын
It's always the same old fight between rich and poor. Only the labels changes. Social democracy is the way to move forward. So hard work is needed. Fight corruption, poverty and waste together.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Allard Freichmann you say poor vs rich don’t go together well and than propose we should take from one group even more and give to another??:) It is not like that anyway. Many poor people want lower taxes and many rich people want higher taxes. 36% of people who earn more than 200.000$ in USA are democrats. In europe the biggest division i see is with mass migrations, not rich vs poor.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Nspnspker it is nothing wrong with relatively small number of people controlling most of our resources. We are all richer bcs of it. Every other system failed miserably.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Nspnspker idk what trickle down means but capitalism is supported by almost every economist. Every single developed nation is capitalist. And all of them have poor people and extremely rich people. No country is rich as a country but without extremely rich people. Also, capitalism is freedom, everything else is not. You are anti freedom.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Nspnspker no need, tnx.
@lukazupie72204 жыл бұрын
Nspnspker i just destroyed you with arguments what are you talking about? Hahahaha u are funny guy.
@MohamedB6144 жыл бұрын
The World & Democracy must be saved from Fascism & Fascist.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 VOTE OUT RIGHT WING PARTIES
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 EVIDENCE has PROVEN. NOTHING CONSERVATIVE about CONSERVATIVES.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 Breitbart told you that?
@ellewilliams51624 жыл бұрын
Dongvale fascism is right wing but okay
@SDMF204 жыл бұрын
@@ellewilliams5162 Doesn't have to be, Communism tend to be quite authoritarian and fascistic in nature and Communists tend to be left leaning, far left to be exact. I don't like either extremes really.
@hcwcars14 жыл бұрын
Old Timmy can't figure out which bathroom he's supposed to be using. LOL
@retroray58warby984 жыл бұрын
Maria Schick - Is that all you took away from the interview? ( Although credit where it's due, it was a pretty good one liner ).
@SkyEcho7 Жыл бұрын
🍻Very interesting
@jgalt3084 жыл бұрын
Athens is GONE, get over it!!!!!!! So it the constitutional republic, that ended on March 9, 1933.
@spitfiremk1uk4 жыл бұрын
For many many years politicians have been economical with the truth, not answering the questions and sometimes down right lying to the public. Sooner or later the bubble was going to burst. Well here it is. Why listen to an established politician with any more enthusiasm than any other person? We know both might be lying. At least we can choose the direction we want to go in. And it seems at least Trump /Boris is doing what they said they would... One up on the established politicians at the very least!
@170adamb14 жыл бұрын
How's that wall that the Mexicans were going to pay for coming along?
@wetchickenproduction Жыл бұрын
The professor is right in his commentary except the characteristics he attributes to the so called right now is more attributable to the so called left/ or the neo-con-democrats side of the aisle!
@jonasklingberg8224 жыл бұрын
People like Tim Snyder gives me a glimmer of hope that US democracy hasn't already been lost. The sad fact of the matter, though, is that his theories are way too complex for your average MAGA hat-wearer to take on board.
@allanpowell72084 жыл бұрын
Unlike you of course who are a of far more intelligent class and therefore deserve more attention to be paid to your view.That's not how it works in a democracy.
@jarrodyuki70814 жыл бұрын
Fascism is good.
@unitedstates49124 жыл бұрын
we cant say that its called nationalism now i dont think it matters though since antifa will call anyone that isnt a communist a fascist
@jarrodyuki70814 жыл бұрын
@@unitedstates4912 if you arent willing to kill humans from other races for your nation state, youre nothing more than a shell.
@menefrego53474 жыл бұрын
@@jarrodyuki7081 Killing other races isn't Fascism. What that is, is nothing more than the narrative left unquestioned since the war. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZenY8ecu5yzm3U.html
@marcosmota10944 жыл бұрын
One of the mellowest and scariest men around....check out more here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntanoa6n2K-Xg4U.html He is so rich with history and knowledge that he doesn't even need to repeat himself.
@aion58374 жыл бұрын
Where does this historian stand politically? It's disturbing that he is talking about fascism and then makes direct reference to Trump and Brexit. The Brexit referendum could be viewed as a form of direct democracy and there was nothing illegal about it. The division has been caused by the representatives in the HOC who do not want Brexit to go ahead, not the results of the referendum itself. If he doesn't understand that distinction then I have no idea what value his comments have. Every political philosopher of worth has always stressed the importance of the separation of the executive and the legislative bodies. If in the case of the Supreme Court who adjudicated on a political issue these judges should stand for election - as they do in the states. When the executive and the legislative merge there is the path of tyranny, or perhaps he is better informed than the greatest political philosophers who have written extensively in this area. It's shocking how poorly constructed his argument is. What is his premise? That there are political differences and this leads directly to fascism? That is not a premise - that's an opinion. He obviously doesn't understand the difference. This is nothing more than propaganda Channel 4. Why am I not surprised.
@janquantrill95854 жыл бұрын
An look where we are now!
@checkeredflagfilms4 жыл бұрын
hear hear
@macwilko4 жыл бұрын
I want to take this guy seriously, but he gives a very one sided view.. Brexit and Trump both have reasons for happening, a precious lack of democracy in both nations give rise to them. What politicians need to do now is recognise this and address the concerns, rather than brand these politicians, and therefore the people that voted them into office, as fascists.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
Or....OUT VOTE FASCIST....tRump SHOULD be a huge wake up call to Non FASCIST. FASCIST are well funded, organized and vote. 33% of The USA is FASCIST minded.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards tRump IS A FASCIST....Your both PARTIES are bad propaganda is LAZY!!!!!
@macwilko4 жыл бұрын
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards I'm surprised you don't think Brexit happened due to an inflexible 2 party system. I would argue it did, precisely because the two ruling political parties ignored voters wishes for far too long, giving gravitas to the likes of Nigel Farage and now Boris Johnson. Nothing about these people is demonstrably fascist and labeling them as such diminishes the meaning of fascist. You may disagree with their policies, and dislike their ignoble characteristics, but the truth is there's nothing xenophobic with wanting sustainable immigration policies, and again, labeling these people as fascists or xenophobic just further alienates you from the people that have elected such politicians. If the remain side of the argument have any hope of winning, would be to make some compromise the electorate could make do with, evolve the EU policies which align with voter interests maybe? Sadly, Cameron tried this, but failed miserably.
@keionchase21444 жыл бұрын
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards Trump will NEVER be held accountable....ie GWB....SAD BUT TRUE
@marius4iasi4 жыл бұрын
Cancer also has reasons for happening.
@PG-wz7by4 жыл бұрын
I hope he's working on a new book
@Juzitaler4 жыл бұрын
Some notes: Democracy ist not the same as the rule of law. Typcial careless identification. Carl Schmitts friend-enemy distinction ist a description of politics (may be false) and not some kind of fascist recipe. Finally: Does anyone who accuses a political opponent who does not call himself a fascist of using fascist means not use fascist means himself? He sets the political goal of the other side outside of the allowable discourse and thus outside of legitimacy.
@catmonarchist8920 Жыл бұрын
An absolute majority of the vote isn't 'democratic' enough for this guy. Found the real fascist.
@DerAua Жыл бұрын
3:15
@catmonarchist8920 Жыл бұрын
@@DerAua a majority of voters voted for brexit. Trying to bring up the people who couldn't and didn't vote means that nobody ever has a majority for anything in their minds. Also, claiming that the referendum was advisory when all referenda are in the UK. If you actually believe in democracy you have to accept that the other side can win sometimes.
@DerAua Жыл бұрын
@@catmonarchist8920 a majority of voters voted for brexit. - no doubt. The referendum wasn't binding. The majority was not an absolute majority bhut a tiny fraction. "Trying to bring up the people who couldn't and didn't vote means that nobody ever has a majority for anything in their minds." - I agree. I don't care for those who didn't vote. We live in a represantative democracy - this means our leaders are allowed to overrule an opinion which is voiced outside of general elections - but have to concede those. Weak, all encompassing democracy allowed for mob rule and ended classical greek and roman democracies. "Also, claiming that the referendum was advisory when all referenda are in the UK." - What does it have to do with a referendum being in the UK? I do not understand the question. "If you actually believe in democracy you have to accept that the other side can win sometimes." Sometimes winning means in general elections, but the Brits had weak leaders, so tough luck to them (representative democracy, democratic when possible, dictatorial when necessary). Also, I have no problem with Brexit. As a German I am glad the Brits are out. They can go reconquer India or something. But they have to respect our laws and our bargaining power. now We are a block power and Brexit demonstrated that. India and China are their own powers. We can withstand them, together, while the British are alone and have to hire African immigrants because no European is dumm or poor enough to work there.
@SkyEcho7 Жыл бұрын
I don't think he was saying that tbh. He was challenging the premise of the question that there was - 'a popular will of the majority' - NOT a majority vote. Of course it is the majority VOTE, even if only ten people could be bothered. It is also a FACT that ALL referendums in the UK are ADVISORY because the UK Constitution states that Parliament, NOT Government or, as in Scotland, the People, is sovereign.
@j.m.32484 жыл бұрын
Yes. Taking Offense is greatly over defended in America--- politically correctness is an oxymoron.
@lawrencebrown36774 жыл бұрын
He stated that the brexit referendum was not binding ;all parties said that the result would be enacted into law. His obvious intention is to appeal as an expert that anything he says is more reliable than any other narrative. Democracy is not dependent on rule of law; the democratic ancient Greeks used the word isonomia= equality in the eyes of the law,whereby the connotation of law includes that of custom. He also used the word empire which is the word Verhofstadt has used to describe the EU and he said that the idea of empire is fascistic, further confirmation that all the certainties which leave voters have are justified by facts. Pure propaganda as you would expect from C4.
@nicklynn60734 жыл бұрын
Typical Gammon response.
@lawrencebrown36774 жыл бұрын
Have you no better criticism to make which would show you have some comprehension of what I am talking about?
@nicklynn60734 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencebrown3677 Well, your original statement was so verbose and rambling I was wrong to say it was a 'typical Gammon response.' It also made it somewhat difficult to decipher exactly the point(s) you were making. Regarding your points: I'm not sure his is 'obvious intention' was to 'appeal as an expert.' Channel 4 invited him in because he clearly does have some expertise and knowledge of history and Fascism. Doubtless he'd be the first to concede that his academic view is one amongst many. The referendum of 2016 was 'advisory.' Political parties could have used the result as a basis for informed and construct discussion within this country and within the EU. Sadly Cameron, like other British political leaders was too weak to consider that option. I would suggest that the Ancient Greek notion of democracy has now, in our society, changed or evolved so that UK democracy is dependent on the rule of law - indeed, that notion is now our custom (however Johnson and Cummings might want to challenge it). Snyder's insights on how propagandists in the Internet age are devising and using simple slogans repeated again and again as if that somehow gives them a truth was pertinent and replicates Fascist tactics. It was entirely relevant to the way in which the Leave campaign orchestrated their referendum campaign, and the way in which Johnson and Cummings are now pursuing their 'die in a ditch' Brexit strategy. As for equating the comments he made about Empire with the EU, well that's debatable - regardless of what you claim Verhofstadt said (and I don't know the context in which it was allegedly said). What I do know, is that the claims consistently made by Leavers about the EU - the Leaver/Gammon narrative - describe a political and organisational entity that I do not recognize. It's not perfect, but it's not as the Leaver/Gammon narrative would have us believe. Try as I might (and contrary to your assertion) I've not been able to get a Leaver to offer me any hard factual evidence for the claims consistently made by the Leave side. What I do know (in addition to the wealth of impartial research I've read) is that in some of the places I've lived in during my adult life, the failures of investment, of housing etc. have all been down to British Government policy. In contrast to that business and housing projects have been built and funded by EU money - specifically areas of Devon & West Cornwall, but elsewhere too. On the same theme (and again counter to your claim) I've also not been able to get Leavers to offer any hard factual evidence as to how lift outside the EU will be economically or culturally better than what I've experienced in this country for the last 40 years. What I get are the same tabloid slogans and untruths. Worse still, the mentality and world view of most of the Leavers I've encountered and tried to debate with is so tribal and bigoted that they simply refuse to engage with any view that does not equate to theirs. The usual response is to revert to slogans 'Leave means leave', 'will of the people', 'remoaners', 'lefty traitors' etc. Indeed, your final sentence is of the same ilk - hence my reply. If you regard C4's output as 'propaganda' then perhaps you shouldn't watch it.
@andrescasado59754 жыл бұрын
EU is a peace project
@matthiaswalker384 жыл бұрын
The EU is an empire building project.
@billmurray94854 жыл бұрын
Then why do they meddle in other countries affairs? Surely this would only aggravate the population of the country they are meddling in. As shown with Brexit. Peace project is far beyond what it is. Why propose an EU army? For peace? Or to replace nations standings armies to therefore centralise power to Brussels? The EU has succeeded economically where Hitler failed militarily.
@sixmagpies4 жыл бұрын
So naive and diametrically opposite to truth.
@johnny5wd5674 жыл бұрын
@@billmurray9485 Which other country's affairs are "they" (if you're a Brit you should say "we")) actually meddling in? EU army? There is defence cooperation. Armies are becoming expensive, so pooling resources and having a unified command structure makes sense. What has been formally proposed is no different from what NATO already does and is voluntary in the sense that the national parliaments will need to give their consent for any deployment. What standing armies? Almost every EU nation has been cutting military spending and isn't meeting NATO standards - which is why Trump threatened to leave NATO, in which case, an EU armed forces would make even more sense as there are common interests of the member states such as the internal market and protection of shipping lanes. As for military meddling, if I recall correctly France and Germany opposed the whole thing in Iraq for example. Britain has meddled a lot more than either of those nations or any other member state of the EU... so... fear? Who is running project fear now? In any case that's nothing new. How is the EU the same as Hitler and what has one to do with the other? The UK is or was part of the EU, an important part. Where are the concentration camps? Are you being suppressed somehow? Please if you want to know how the EU actually works, ask someone or do some digging.
@Kraken543214 жыл бұрын
😂
@sashagooch64014 жыл бұрын
We want Brexit done, then maybe some wounds could be healed.
@bugsygoo4 жыл бұрын
sashagooch That would very much depend on how it's done, not just if it is done. If you take the Bozo Boris approach, you will just make the wounds deeper.
@christianbohm61184 жыл бұрын
What would be a possible solution then? Considering the customs union and ireland?
@bugsygoo4 жыл бұрын
sashagooch A referendum on how we leave would be a good start. Not on whether we leave, but how and what the future arrangements should be. There are many versions of leave. Finding one that can unite the country might be a good thing. You don't unite a country by having one group dictate to another. Even if it's a majority.
@sashagooch64014 жыл бұрын
@@bugsygoo trust me this country has healed many wounds before now and a clean break would do us no harm in the long run. If you are materialistic and live by your greedy wealth then a clean break is not for you because the thought of loosing something is far greater than what you can gain.
@spritecut4 жыл бұрын
The tactics of fascism without the ideology other than their own personal financial and political gain. Because of the harm and damage that will be caused, I think it may be worse.
@malteseowl4 жыл бұрын
The whole concept of an EU was the idea of an Italian FASCIST at the end of WWII.
@unitedstates49124 жыл бұрын
wait i can get rich and political points from fascism wow its even better than before
@andrewbaldie35584 жыл бұрын
Awesome interview and topic. However, annoyed with the presenter who seems out of his depth when asking questions and came across to me as knowing nothing about what was being talked about.
@coyotesong4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. He was inept and/or poorly prepared. The guest was compelling and laser-sharp.
@coyotesong4 жыл бұрын
@Dr Diablory All I can say, really, is the presenter didn't come across with any discernible depth. I would also suggest that Dr Snyder's replies indicated his reservations about the presenter. We all have our bad days; this may have been one of his.
@andrewbaldie35584 жыл бұрын
@@coyotesong That was my point. I have seen Krishnan present at other times and he does a great job. Just that on this occasion the manner in which he responded to the answers and counter questioning could have been better when you consider the wealth of information and insight given.
@coyotesong4 жыл бұрын
@Dr Diablory Well, first, thanks for providing a transcript!! Starting with his first question, I find it sophomoric at best. In the UK, you've had UKIP to deal with for a while now. I consider as do most political scientists white nationalism a fascist or at least an incipient fascism. And in the States, we had the orange clown say overt fascists included good people the weekend that one of these 'good people' killed one peaceful demonstrator and injured several others in Charlottesville, Virginia. The phasing of his opening question just seems totally out of synch with the factual background. I frankly don't understand what his second question about borrowing tactics means---. And the third question again seems impossibly uninformed or misinformed: What's wrong with what they're doing? So the way this is worded, a possible answer could have been, aw, gee, nothing really. This kind of Zealousness of neutrality brings to mind Neville Chamberlain's ("peace in our time") appeasement of the epitome of evil, Adolf Hitler. I'm not trying to tell you that you're wrong; I'm just trying to describe my thought processes.
@nakedpnkmolerat4 жыл бұрын
I do my bit by starting debates going, on buses. I'm going to try and purge my comments of us/them language; Ruskie trolls are always getting my dander up though.
@sixmagpies4 жыл бұрын
Very subtle, and sounded fairly intellectually balanced at first. But then this Yale lecturer reverted to type, and became almost entirely and snidely protective, and encouraging, of far leftist policy.
@johnny5wd5674 жыл бұрын
What part of the interview was encouraging far leftist policy? And what would be wrong with that if it really is the case? I must have missed it..
@sixmagpies4 жыл бұрын
@@johnny5wd567 Typical of his ilk, after an initial balanced approach, the lecturer then reverts to interpreting everything through his socialist perspective. What makes leftism evil? Apart from the 20th century's oft repeated lesson that its an impossibly slippery slope leading to economic and then societal catastrophe, it's the apparently moral and addictively 'sweet' nature of it's approach to everyday decision making that, despite history, attracts naive and particularly younger or immature adults to its philosophy. Society is an ever developing family, and one of the responsibilities of the older generation is to try and teach youth the mistakes of the past so they don't have to repeat that experience. Politically, this boils down to socialism against conservatism. Or, in the analogy of the family, teaching the kids to eat their veggies instead of just scoffing sweets every time they get hungry. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm and hubris of youth is usually stronger and louder than the more mature voice of reason, and so history is destined to repeat itself. Both Europe and the USA are today witnessing the now probably irreversible slide into a socialist dystopia which, judged by history, will result in the collapse of western society. (PS. Our dear self-promoting Fintan O'Toole is a journalist as myopically and immaturely socialist as it's possible to be.)
@johnny5wd5674 жыл бұрын
@@sixmagpies Thank you for your reply. I think I'll let history be the judge of that. I do see history repeating itself, but from a different perspective. It is precisely and undeniably populism and nationalism that has lead to some of the most extreme and violent conflicts in the 20th century. Yes, communism in then the Soviet Union also had its stain on history, so in that sense I understand your point of view. But the current political spectrum in nearly any EU country is a far cry from the communism of the 1960s and 1980s. Again, thank you for your reply. It's rare these days to have a normal conversation based on arguments in the comments section of nearly any KZfaq video.
@sixmagpies4 жыл бұрын
@@johnny5wd567 May one ask, seriously, that you think carefully to define "populism" for yourself? If it's the self-empowerment and rise of people over, or against, centralised control, then how does one compare it to, for instance, Extinction Rebellion's protests in London, or the media's astoundingly lemming-like reaction to Greta Thunberg's address to the UN and/or the movement in support of Tommy Robinson's wider revelations and release in the UK? It seems interesting that "populism", a term only recently dragged off the shelf again, dusted down and re-issued in Europe and the USA by establishment media after Brexit and Trump, seems to fit either side of the political spectrum perfectly as readily. Yet it is adopted by leftists AND the establishment ( no paradox there then!) as an un-disputable (sic) derogatory adjective to describe that previously silent element of society quite peacefully, legitimately and democratically protesting, with their votes, against globalist, collectivist or centralist policies. However, one might suggest that "populism" is not the true danger. Populism is just a natural reaction against unrepresentative control. One might suggest that the long term exploitation of people and their unfortunate circumstance (ie. the exploitation of immigrants) along with ever more distant and centralist control, will always and inevitably lead to that democratic backlash the left has christened as "populism". Therefore, far from attacking populism, the leftists might do better to remember they are supposed (!) to be 'people focused', and consider offering some less obviously self-destructive, more considerate, less idealistic and more honestly practical solutions to people's everyday problems. Surely that is the only way for the left to disempower "populism" and re-establish good practical governance. However, that will not happen. Quite self-evidently, the left is now 100% addicted to its own artificially constructed (fake) moral high ground positions and, as such, it has effectively and angrily slammed the door forever on any practical or economically healthy policies whatsoever. Exactly as Orwell predicted, the left has now made practicality, as well as any honesty about practicality, an evil. The left's perfect paradox today is that rather than attempt even to discuss practical solutions, it seeks only to present popular policies (ie. more free stuff) to promote it's own popularity. Might the left just be jealous of populism? Q E D.
@Mascherina19644 жыл бұрын
Interesting interview. I think he confirmed what a lot of us were suspecting.
@jasonrough21744 жыл бұрын
ask him is he a bone
@TheSpiritOfTheTimes4 жыл бұрын
Snyder's recent output has been terrible, his last two books have been widely panned by academic peers. He's found a niche of selling his story to a certain type of Anglo-American liberal and he's making bank.
@baukebaljeu86364 жыл бұрын
TheSpiritOfTheTimes please go back to playing the man, not the ball.
@dittikke4 жыл бұрын
@@baukebaljeu8636 *ball not the man
@baukebaljeu86364 жыл бұрын
Dave Blair *sarcasm
@dittikke4 жыл бұрын
@@baukebaljeu8636 Ah. Didn't carry.
@jeffreyvanschouwen36374 жыл бұрын
this is goning to be bad, if they goning to let this happen. brexit isnt about that , but it looks like they goning to the next lvl for it.