Konstantin Kisin | What makes the West great

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Find part 2 here; • Konstantin Kisin | Ide...
What happens when you ship a bunch of criminals to a barren country filled with venomous creatures? A country Konstantin Kisin thinks is doing a few things right, but also has a lot at stake.
Konstantin Kisin is a British-Russian comedian, co-host of the massively popular Triggernometry Podcast and author of An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West. In his recent talk in Sydney for the Centre for Independent Studies, he reflects on his first time in Australia and asks what makes Western countries like Australia so successful.
How did the West come to dominate the world?
What does government by consent mean? Why is freedom of expression good? Do we take private property for granted?
Konstantin warns that we need to better understand the ideas that make our countries great, lest we risk becoming cargo cults - simply going through the motions of what made us successful.
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@CISAus 2 ай бұрын

Be sure to watch the Q&A from this event here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oZyYh7Zot6_XYZc.html

@debbielondon1809 2 ай бұрын

Konstantin's arguments get sharper and sharper. A true teacher.

@karenrobertson1673 Ай бұрын

Konstantin Kisin is the voice of reason that we so desperately need.

@c.f.sedgwick1885 Ай бұрын

Always a pleasure to listen to Mr. Kisin. His common sense thoughts on societal issues are more rare than common in this day and age. We are lucky to have him.

@garyrichardson2435 Ай бұрын

konstantin, a clear and concise speaker. We could do with more like him in our mainstream media!

@elizabethmiles8953 29 күн бұрын

Stop relying on mainstream media, it will not serve you well. It is not what is used to be. That is precisely why Kisin has his own independent show.

@revwpitt2347 2 ай бұрын

You see very little of Konstantin on mainstream media ,,,,,because he makes so much sense.

@markellis796 2 ай бұрын

You do in the UK, he's been on Question time, and has also appeared on the BBC news, ITV, GBnews and even Channel 4.

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

@@markellis796 Oh, that's good to know. No one I know, knows who he is, or Douglas Murray, or Kathleen Stock, or Posie Parker, etc. I am surrounded by people who very lefty, or not as interested in all these issues. Very frustrating.

@simanothername3035 2 ай бұрын

The BBC is supposed to be impartial or give a balanced argument. Konstantin is brought in to stand against the weaponized empathy of the woke and the panel of bobble heads supporting them, on almost any topic. Reason and logic tend to make for great clips, and he is very good at reminding people they don't have a monopoly on truth and virtue.

@jamesportrais3946 2 ай бұрын

Pure logic, I love Konstantin - my S/E Asian wife (mid 50's) squinted at him and asked: "Why does he look like that?" "Russian Jew" "Oh" then sauntered off - I thought I might need to flesh it out a little, but apparently not; that was sufficient to understand why I'm blonde-haired & steel eyed yet he speaking alarmingly like me looks so differing. Bravo dear wife, a simplistic view of racial traits wins out. If anyone hasn't visited Triggernometry, it's about time you did; funny f*cksters Konstantin & Francis do genuine diligence with great guests. Bravo KK!!

@carolynbrightfield8911 2 ай бұрын

@serpentines6356 yes, similar. Surrounded by those who will not tolerate me saying anything that is against the current woke trend. Known them over ten years, but I must chant the mantra (I'm in local acapella choirs, one I no longer attend because of the songs). Add Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying (scientists) to the list. Benjamin A Boyce (interviwer), Peter Boghossian, Heather Pluckrose & James Lindsay (philosophers & thinkers).

@robertmcavoy2705 2 ай бұрын

Often it takes an outsider (in this case, a Russian emigre to Great Britain) to observe what too many in the West take for granted. His commentary strikes a strong cord with truth.

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

Lee van Fleet, and some N Koreans who escaped are being vocal about what's going on.

@whitecrossredground8820 Ай бұрын

Yes, in the same way someone from outside a profession or academic discipline can bring a fresh understanding.

@SquirtlePower809 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely!! Look at the amazing woman from North Korea who gives the most brilliant and beautiful speeches about life in the West. Or how about the incredible man who is the son of Hamas founder who escaped to the West and is 1000000% so grateful for the ways of the West.

@steveascension9626 2 ай бұрын

Konstantin is an advocate of reason and free speech. He's a bloody good man with a lot of common sense, which appears to be rare these days.

@svetlana7904 Ай бұрын

Dinstinct is better word than rare😮

@ennediend2865 2 ай бұрын

Let's be proud of our Western cultural heritage❤❤❤💪💪💪

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

I am. The good stuff. Well, not so much proud, but appreciative. Proud is something for personal accomplishments in my book. A good little book is the "Rise of Christianity", by Rodney Stark. Gives a basic story of the beginnings of early Christianity into advancement of western civ. I thought it was pretty good anyway.

@SquirtlePower809 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely!! I love the West so much!! I'm American 🇺🇸 but I have a super strong love for ALL Western democracies! Now more than ever I have such kinship with Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, etc. because we are all suffering the same threats to destroy our beautiful culture.

@JudithSanchez-ht6jn 21 күн бұрын

Yes

@patrickkerr8739 11 күн бұрын

P 1m 00😊😊😊😊😊😊😊lqqz ❤@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn

@arlettedsouza7326 2 ай бұрын

Showers of wisdom, truth with integrity, force of courage and fervour of intelligence, levels of transformation, eye openers and equipires for the generation to carry forth. Thank you Konstantin.

@eutectoid1 2 ай бұрын

Hear hear! Good to hear some sanity for a change!

@marcusmoonstein242 Ай бұрын

Probably the most articulate explanation I've ever heard of why I call myself a traditional liberal. Well done sir!

@MultiToni1956 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS BRILLIANT MAN ❤

@lynnedwards1727 2 ай бұрын

Love the clarity of thought, delivery and the encapsulated messages. Thank you, CIS and Mr Kisin.

@jeanbrown8295 Ай бұрын

A great speaker

@paulpryde1 2 ай бұрын

Yet again, very impressed with Constantin and his views and opinions. Well said and presented.

@keepcreationprocess 2 ай бұрын

Constantin is good in general. Do you agree ? West vs East vs whatever

@beastiebear7231 2 ай бұрын

Because he has lived on both sides of the fence, and he knows the grass is definitely greener one one side to the other

@keepcreationprocess 2 ай бұрын

@@beastiebear7231 I live on both sides multiple sides too .

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

@@keepcreationprocess Ok. Whatever that means.

@l.w.paradis2108 Ай бұрын

Same 💩 different day. Wokism and these clowns are in a symbiotic relationship. Neither could make an easy buck without the other.

@HannaMaman 2 ай бұрын

i love Konstantin

@krisrap3828 2 ай бұрын

There are four people I love listening to: Konstantin Kisin, Douglas Murray, Ben Shapiro and Venkat Ramaswamy. Their diction, their vocabulary, their eloquence - all without any notes or teleprompter - is a pleasure to behold. So glad to live in an age where we can watch their videos on YT. Do I agree with them 100%? No. No one is perfect. But I agree with them 95% of the time because they make sense. How refreshing compared to other hacks who throw around words like "genocide", "generational trauma", "racism", "equity", "hate speech", etc. with not a single logical thought supporting those academic-sounding phrases.

@ajs41 2 ай бұрын

And English isn't even Konstantin's first language, and he didn't speak it at all until he was 12.

@EpikAqua1 2 ай бұрын

I agree with you except with regard to Ben Shapiro, I think he uses his fast-paced talking style and obviously extremely good English to mask his sometimes not so good arguments.

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

@@EpikAqua1 I don't. I think that's just the way he talks. Just his personality.

@Comithen 2 ай бұрын

So you like zionist shils?

@l.w.paradis2108 Ай бұрын

@@serpentines6356😂😂😂

@Ozgipsy 2 ай бұрын

I hope it’s been welcoming for you here Konstantin. 👍

@druharper 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant, Konstantin. Thank you.

@wellnone9367 Ай бұрын

Another excellent speech by Kisin.

@RobinAlbertsen 2 ай бұрын

One of the best talks I've ever heard. Bravo!

@TheInfamousHoreldo Ай бұрын

Konstantin living the dream. Keep going man.

@tadasblindavicius8889 2 ай бұрын

*«All my thoughts are turned, first of all, to democratic nations... There would be a measureless disaster if "Russian barbarism" overlaid the culture and democracy of "Liberal world". I believe that the family of democratic nations will be able to act as one... I turn my eyes to a united democratic world.» - Winston Churchill, 21 October 1942, "The hinge of fate"*

@unbreakableldorado7723 2 ай бұрын

Konstantin Kisin is an absolute legend

@niguel4438 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant as always.

@mevring 2 ай бұрын

Great talk. Food for thoughts. ❤

@joanr3189 2 ай бұрын

Always food from KK.

@osier769 2 ай бұрын

Not yet watched his Oxford debate, knew of it, but wasn't aware it had attracted that much attention. Glad Konstantin travelled Down Under, I hope it's one of many and for less daunting reasons.

@nevbarnes1034 2 ай бұрын

The Oxford address is scalpel-sharp.

@gerry8072 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reminder. I haven’t seen it yet.

@386max1 2 ай бұрын

Must watch

@svetlana7904 Ай бұрын

@@nevbarnes1034pity in this speech he was not sharp enough although truly meaningful and awakening

@coraynbell8991 2 ай бұрын

Excellent talk from Konstantin!

@jacobaabypetersen7695 2 ай бұрын

Konstantin is just great.

@harrytrue1296 2 ай бұрын

English common law as a basis for societal rule

@El_Diablo_12 2 ай бұрын

9:50 make societies that make things that people want 11:00 safety and prosperity 20:00 how capitalism and private property have created wealth

@Mouldhead 2 ай бұрын

KK deserves honorary IDW membership IMHO

@The-Mstr-Pook 2 ай бұрын

Skip to 4:15 that's when Konstatine comes on stage. This video is already too short, without loosing 4min on an introduction.

@PatrickFerryCoach 2 ай бұрын

Konsitin does it again!

@tommyrotton9468 2 ай бұрын

Curious that KK mentioned property and ownership being protected from theft was an aspect which fueled innovation, because in the UK and USA both governments authorities actively no longer ask our police prevent theft and catch criminals, restore stolen items unless you are personally one of the super rich. Have your 7 11 full of shoplifting gangs the police ignore what's going on, the shop closes down. Be a celebrity who have a watch worth a grand stolen from your wrist and you have gangs of plain clothes police seeking to entrap the thieves into stealing a bling watch.

@view1st 2 ай бұрын

Heard of the enclosure acts and the highland clearances? That was theft. So much for property rights.

@TTFN55 2 ай бұрын

@@view1st - That is why my clan is in the U.S. ...for over 200 years. The Campbells sold us out to the Brits and we haven't forgotten it either!

@serpentines6356 2 ай бұрын

@@TTFN55 Don't know of that history.

@agustinhernandez7289 2 ай бұрын

It’s interesting how we have drummed in, always talk positively to your children, friends, fellow neighbours and love ones. Talk to them about their strengths not weaknesses. Yet, we’re at a point were many westerners perpetually talk about most of the negative matters of western society ⁉️⁉️⁉️… It is not only hypocritical but manipulative rhetoric…

@melvinevans9981 2 ай бұрын

We need fathers in our homes to be present. We need to discuss, understand, and have the strength and courage to be honourable people and have a voice that can be heard without being silenced for standing up to lies and bs There is a culture with in the system that is causing us as a western civilisation to become weak ,woke and underperformed to become dependent on governments to feed us cloth us house us Strength is whats needed to confront our futures i love what this man represents as a immigrant soeaking on a platform to present truth. Its hard for some delinquents to hear but we must move on and vmbettr our cultural youths who have been told lies by there parents the western world is the leader of the new school

@svetlana7904 Ай бұрын

Such a deep comment reflecting even deeper realisation where we are and are heading for?! Thankyou

@melvinevans9981 Ай бұрын

@svetlana7904 you are very much welcome, and thank you for taking the time to read my post I, like you, only want the truth and respect to be treated like we all matter but have the courage to tell it like it is . The current format isn't working .

@bennieknape4857 4 күн бұрын

We are knee deep in the sitition that is ,Strong men make Easy times ,Easy times make weak men and weak men make Difficult times . We are at the end of this ,and we had better get rid of the week men and difficult times we need to get back to being strong men. Befor it is too late. We are in the difficult times of that there is no dought . We need to get tuff men back in charge before we lose what makes this idea of life ,that we have had and are losing. Before it is too late.

@romanaflorea5888 17 күн бұрын

Great speech! Thank you🙏

@BaconbuttywithCheese 2 ай бұрын

Constant K has his finger on the pulse.

@khovrale1 11 күн бұрын

I just wish people would listen more of him! He speaks truth. I confirm every opinion and assessment of non -free society. Lived in Soviet union most of my live.

@Schontaylor 2 ай бұрын

Thank Christ for the CIS ❤

@user-we1un5mx5y 2 ай бұрын

Great man! Thank you!

@user-oh9rw8jz6h 20 күн бұрын

I ❤ listening to Konstantin.

@JudithSanchez-ht6jn 21 күн бұрын

I am American of Spaniard and Corsican descendant and I like this man he speak the true something that USA doesn’t like.

@francescacook6623 2 ай бұрын

Smashed it!

@nefaristo 2 ай бұрын

He's at 4:15

@elsenored562 Ай бұрын

4:18 Speech starts 20:45 "The way you succeed in our society is by creating things and providing things of value to other people ..."

@fayegouverneur1521 2 ай бұрын

Please come to New Zealand but good luck trying to get in

@paulhallowes5367 Ай бұрын

Uplifting and enlightening

@normanlazarus1836 2 ай бұрын

I admire Konstantin’s delivery & explanation but can anyone clarify what we mean when we say “the west”?

@bennieknape4857 4 күн бұрын

Yes,Eourpe and America,Canada,Australia and New Zealand. Even SouthAmerica. The Country's where free Speach is respected. Where freedom is part of the foundation of our past. We are lossi g this and if we don't straiten up we will be in deep trouble.

@thecomprador 2 ай бұрын

Comparing law abiding British Hongkongers who are educated, well integrated and embrace British values, to antisemitic Muslim migrants from Sudan, Syria, Iraq - who believe in stoning woman and gays - is absolutely insane!

@terezagrbin4357 2 ай бұрын

there is so much corruption here too, we have everything good on paper but in real work bullying, lying and corruption is terrible

@carolynbrightfield8911 2 ай бұрын

I suspect its still better than the places he mention, and many other countries. Particularly the ones the refugees and immigrants come from, otherwise why wouldn't they stay there.

@Gilfanon-2 Ай бұрын

Brilliantly stated both cogently and with an economy of words.

@frederiquecouture3924 Ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo.

@user-rj5fh8hm2z 29 күн бұрын

Wow! Right on!

@TheWhitehiker 2 ай бұрын

Starts at c. 4.20.

@user-jv4md5iq9n 2 ай бұрын

Konstantin Kisin is so great!

@user-zy8vk2ip8o 2 ай бұрын

17:14 oh my!!! i disnt follow that in the movie ... will see it again

@Swastika_Aryan_114 Ай бұрын

I saw you at Jaipur Dialogues

@joebruzzese9288 Ай бұрын

Bravo well said.

@MichaelSoaries 17 күн бұрын

Glad I found this. Never heard of him and don't agree with him but I do think he makes some important points that make sense. I particularly loved learning about the evolution of the concept "politically incorrect". I think there also needs to be the same research mind to understand the evolution of the concept of "woke".

@haroldwood1394 Ай бұрын

It's always good to hear Konstantin. But let's also remember how many Australian companies seemed happy to deskill the nation by having any Australia innovations made overseas wherever labour - virtually slave labour - was dirt cheap. Our culture was demeaned in the process.

@larsglade3304 2 ай бұрын

Tak!

@stevewood1090 Ай бұрын

Way to go Tom. What a great get!

@LemonScreech Ай бұрын

Brilliant… again.

@NoosaHeads Ай бұрын

No video link for the Q&A

@davidshepherd397 19 күн бұрын

The other thing about freedom of expression if that if we all make our suggenstions openly we all can take those thoughts and improve our own view. We will also see who has bad ideas, evil ideas that we can all see and reject and also keep an eye on those people.

@JoshWashington 2 ай бұрын

Democracy is a national decision making process (by way of voting), which prioritises the use of collective social memory, reasoning, and morality in a manner that facilitates continuous improvement for how that nation runs.

@marta.zhukovskaya1 28 күн бұрын

I'm from Russia, and I got a pleasure listening to this speech. But what I didn't get - is why he speaks that all these 3 things are almost forbidden to speak about? (ok, maybe I can get the idea that "freedon of speech" is decreasing now because of all this woke culture and people tend to be "correct" to these minorities), but why he says that people in the west can't speak and be proud of capitalism and government by consent? Can somebody explain it to me please?

@Fernguy3.0 Ай бұрын

So much truth ❤❤❤

@kayschwarz2765 Ай бұрын

Freedom is the highest internal and external, Democracy

@user-qq4xb5dl3w Ай бұрын

Democracy and freedom is for me: to be allowed to say, what I think, and not what I'm supposed to say. That makes a better, a real and effective communicaton. And working together, making my thing good, whatever task I have. And not making slaves in any situation, what ever comes.

@sedekiman824 27 күн бұрын

Brilliant thinking man. We are, the west, what keeps the world turning.

@user-iq7th6rd7s 2 ай бұрын

❤KK

@beckinfidelis3916 2 ай бұрын

23:03 Excellent! Just brilliant. This part, with the Islanders building radio towers out of bamboo and expecting to be able to communicate is sad, though. Marching up and down the landing strips like they'd seen the soldiers do? 😢😢 They didn't understand the complexities of modern Innovation and just copied what they had seen, the parts the understood, which was visual and not more. Anyway, it made me sad thinking about it. I agree 100% with Kisin. It's true that few westerners actually understand "reality", although he didn't use that word. Also pointing out that people aren't trying to leave western countries on rickety boats, but people from other nations do it to come here every day.

@johnmel9456 Ай бұрын

Konstantin is a very interesting bloke ..most people are boring Inc politicians..but Konstantin knows how to engage his audience.

@johnbadminton5713 2 ай бұрын

...Umm...KK must be unaware that an American adult audience does not understand Amer exceptionalism? Its the under 40 crowd thats been gaslit.

@observer1242 2 ай бұрын

Glad we have You Tube. He’s standing in that auditorium and look who’s in the audience. He’s bringing coals to Newcastle.

@thecanberean 2 ай бұрын

Ok sure…He’s great. But why don’t we have people like this in Australia? Why do we have to import them from the UK?

@Muljinn 2 ай бұрын

Because he’s had the experience of *not* having the things that make our society as good as it is.

@scarba 2 ай бұрын

Omg he’s picking up an Aussie twang 😂

@demef758 Ай бұрын

Konstantin's take on people busting down the doors to get in to the US (and a few other western countries) is exactly right. In fact, I often ask those who whine and bitch about the US being a land of oppression "then why do you also advocate for millions of poor people, who you say WILL be oppressed when they arrive here, why do you not stand at the southern border and try to PREVENT them from entering?" Go to the border and greet them with your protest signs that say "Stop! You are making the biggest mistake of your lives! Go back home where you are safer! Please! I beg of you! You don't know what you are doing!" WHY???????

@JakubFerenc1911 2 ай бұрын

Marshall McLuhan: all technology and media are externalizations of the primary human technology - language/speech.

@dupex2 2 ай бұрын

Simplistic

@AA-yc8yr 2 ай бұрын

Ocam's Razor says you lose.

@albertvalerysmith2380 Ай бұрын

Indeed. As simplistic as a fairy tale told to children. It says we live in the garden, the rest of the world in the jungle. When the dominant civilization begins to decline, the tribunes do all they can to proclaim the universal superiority of the dying civilization.

@squirepraggerstope3591 7 күн бұрын

Why are our societies better? "Freedom?" Yes! "Democracy?" Yes! BUT.. in fact they, themselves are consequences of the most fundamental causative factor. So, in point of fact, is "government by consent"... though it goes back rather further and descends more directly from the prime essential characteristic. Furthermore, by "our societies", only the ANGLOSPHERE ones really qualified historically and it's due to their later, repeated albeit not always happy or appreciated engagement with what are also now categorisable as "the West" or "Westernised" nations, that these too qualify.

@John-ls7zh Ай бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@laika5757 2 ай бұрын

KK is Fantastic..👍

@386max1 2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍❤

@paladin0654 2 ай бұрын

20:22 Exactly what the "tyrants" in the "belt way" are doing to Trump.....spot on mate.

@midian777 2 ай бұрын

Inventions like Telephone, Planes, Computer, Internet, Cars, X-Ray etc ...

@bennieknape4857 4 күн бұрын

HT the world has has come from the west ,but we are a the point where we have weak men and they are making Difficult times. We must get back to strong menand we will make good times . Again.

@midian777 4 күн бұрын

@@bennieknape4857 Like Schopenhauer said "This World has a irrational Principle underneath"

@bennieknape4857 4 күн бұрын

@@midian777 You have to e plane what you are saying ,in depth.

@bennieknape4857 4 күн бұрын

@@midian777 i want more speach ,talk in depth for as long as you want,i will lisson and I will have my own opion ,and you might not like it .But I might not like your opion but you are intitled to it and I am not going to cry about what I dont like. I will have a meal with you and will not want you stoped from speaking your point. This is what I belive . Some words to think on , Strong Men make Easy Times , Easy Times make Weak Men, and Weak Men Make Difficult Times. One last bit of Wisdom, Life is a Big Shit Sandwitch ,you wake up every day and Take a Big OLE Bite And Go on with it. That is is it.

@User-vh7cl Ай бұрын

The age of the crowd in the thumbnail is scary

@f.b.4871 2 ай бұрын

10:02 lol

@l.w.paradis2108 Ай бұрын

This business about "victim" thinking is so odd. It sounds like one of those "think positive" mantras that are the staple of training in sales techniques. The actual classics of the West, like Plato or the Bible, always hold the victim of injustice as the moral superior of the perpetrator of injustice. In Gorgias, Socrates says being the perpetrator is far worse than being the victim, even though the victim suffers more pain -- because the perpetrator exceeds everyone in evil. The Book of Job agrees. Toni Morrison always said she was taught at an early age that she was the moral superior of anyone who discriminated against her. She never flinched. Her father taught her that. If you worry about not being a "victim," you're still thinking about it.

@AO-ib3qp Ай бұрын

🎉

@godwotan 22 күн бұрын

I am sure the natives feel the progress.

@gaylandbarney2231 2 ай бұрын

amazing self deceit

@albertvalerysmith2380 Ай бұрын

He says we live in the garden -- the rest of the world in the jungle. As the dominant civilization begins to decline, the tribunes go to great lengths to proclaim the universal superiority of the dying civilization.

@JakubFerenc1911 2 ай бұрын

Society = HW (biology, brains, genes) + SW (values) of an individual + [HW (technology, materials) + SW (culture, values, laws for governing interactions of individuals)] + environment + (HW + SW) of governing society interactions with the environment.

@ScroogeMcWhat 25 күн бұрын

Life Liberty and The Pursuit Of Happiness Being tangibles and inheritances from the law. The preservation of the nations of our beings. They are called The Enshrinements.

@jobrenden6687 8 күн бұрын

Hilarious! They made headphones out of coconuts..

@kegawinek7628 Ай бұрын

Western culture works to respect free markets, civil liberties and innovation. Class structures, based in part by merit, and not simply birthright are demonstrably better. This has attracted the most industrious from all over the world and that is why there are lines to get into the club. Yes, corruption, grift, and outright savagery have permeated every single human collection since the first hominid stood up, however, these attributes appear much more comfortable bedfellows of oppression and dogma more prevalent outside the West.

@JayWilliams310876 14 күн бұрын

South Africa, where I am from, has been colonised since the 1500s by Portuguese, Dutch, British and even French regimes. The population was indentured for as many centuries, with the gratuitous capitulation of indigenous leaders. South Africa had defined racial segregation since the British and Afrikaner economic hegemony up to the mid 1990s. There has barely been a semblence of socioeconomic liberalism for the past 30 years, and the effects of that lag are clearly evident in the majority population.

@PMunkS 29 күн бұрын

Mr. Kisin escaped the indoctrination camp of the Soviet Union and fell into the indoctrination camp of an effete British boarding school. *I'll answer Mr. Kisin's question...* Western societies are "better" because of sanction, subversion, extortion, dispossession, terrorism, and war. The "West is the best", because it invests in the suppression of contenders... a precept as old as civilisation and empire - not difficult to get your mind around. The dominant pillar of the U.S. economy, for example, is war - the military industrial complex - through which much research and development funding finds its way into the tech sector, surveillance sector, bio-weapon/medical sector, and armaments manufacture which, after fulfilling their shelf-life are unloaded into a region of the globe where the war industry's marketing team (CIA) do their very best to stir conflict to cultivate markets for turn-over weaponry stock. Those fleeing to the West are escaping the collateral impacts of indirectly-subversive or directly violent U.S. and U.K. imperial plunder.