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Foreword to The Gulag Archipelago: 50th Anniversary

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Jordan B Peterson

Jordan B Peterson

Күн бұрын

I had the great privilege of writing the foreword to the 50th anniversary version of the abridged version of one of the most important books of the 20th century, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, a devastating account of the absolute horror wreaked upon the people of the Soviet Empire by the acolytes of the doctrine of Karl Marx. I read the foreword here, in its entirety, and encourage everyone to purchase and study the book. It changed the world.
The 50th anniversary version of The Gulag Archipelago is available at Amazon UK at amzn.to/2CQ8O6O or at multiple booksellers on the dedicated Penguin Random House page at
bit.ly/2Q2CUrb
NOTE: The North American license is held by Harper Collins, and the book is not available in its 50th anniversary form except from the sellers above.
Additional relevant links re Solzhenitsyn:
Main webpage: www.solzhenitsy...
Nobel Prize acceptance speech: bit.ly/2SvkaSS
I have recommended many of Solzhenitsyn's books here: jordanbpeterso...
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@mattphillips538
@mattphillips538 5 жыл бұрын
Nobel prize for best use of the Internet
@2drewbaker
@2drewbaker 4 жыл бұрын
Noble.
@chris432t6
@chris432t6 4 жыл бұрын
You said it best! Thank you!
@RobinLundqvist
@RobinLundqvist 3 жыл бұрын
@A for Carrot can we not say that about something we don't know for sure
@TM-pn3zk
@TM-pn3zk 3 жыл бұрын
@mike pollock why did he help author agenda 21 then??
@metalgt6828
@metalgt6828 3 жыл бұрын
@@TM-pn3zk where is that evidence? I haven't heard that...
@dulceagonia9035
@dulceagonia9035 5 жыл бұрын
I have been binge watching you for the past three days With out sleep or shower or food Thanks to you I have a clear vision on kicking my drug addictions I have a plan I have been for the past 9 year tried to change my life to be able to offer something good but now have a plan or insight on my self Battling depression and traumas every time I would pick my self up something inside would snap I now have more understanding on why and how I can atack it
@kasperm.r.guldberg7354
@kasperm.r.guldberg7354 5 жыл бұрын
Godspeed. You can do it.
@dulceagonia9035
@dulceagonia9035 5 жыл бұрын
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@dulceagonia9035
@dulceagonia9035 5 жыл бұрын
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@davida.guilfoyle3576
@davida.guilfoyle3576 5 жыл бұрын
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@Lizzie-sp5dq
@Lizzie-sp5dq 5 жыл бұрын
Hold on to yourself, you deserve the very best!
@jakek7114
@jakek7114 5 жыл бұрын
Hi, Dr. Peterson. You’ve helped me so much. Thank you for all that you do.
@metathynk9400
@metathynk9400 5 жыл бұрын
I agree, some great content here!
@Sweetiepiepizza
@Sweetiepiepizza 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, very helpful.... another great source of knowledge is " icon carver " Johnathan Pageau
@FirstLast-cf4mi
@FirstLast-cf4mi 5 жыл бұрын
Are Penguin going to publish Solzhenitsyn's '200 years together' sometime in the next 200 years though? -sent from my altright/nazi/antisemitic/hateful/conspiracytheorist GabPhone.
@cjslimcan2008
@cjslimcan2008 5 жыл бұрын
Sir, I know you are not political but I'm asking you to please get out for the Canadian Fall election! Please. #FreeSpeech #TrudeauMustGo. The @liberal_party are that in name only. They as the #libranos under the figure head @JustinTrudeau with @gmbutts (aka rasputin) are acting like Communists and society is not seeing it. With your great skill of listening with intent to hear, you are well suited to dispel the the liberal myths being ideologically spouting. They are following a #3HsLibranosdoctrine of Hype, Hubris and Hypocrisy. Please Help
@Eugwel
@Eugwel 3 жыл бұрын
If you willing sacrifice yourself to the ideals of the individual, there'll be nothing left for the authoritarian state but another body for the pile.
@JT-cloverbottomt
@JT-cloverbottomt 5 жыл бұрын
Dr Peterson...I have read the book, after listening to your lectures. I will say it is educational but damn hard to read in places. It is extremely important. My wife could not complete the book. We are both huge fans of yours and learning until death. I accept all the evil that I am capable of, because I have done terrible things. Through this book and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich I know how both evils befell our 1900’s. We are capable of terrible things but we can rise to do great things as well. You are proof of one of the examples of good humans doing great things. Thank you.
@lupusdeum3894
@lupusdeum3894 5 жыл бұрын
Try reading 'A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' . It's less than 200 pages, maybe 4 hours to read and gives you a taste of gulag life. It was as also written by Solzhenitsyn.
@adampindell
@adampindell 5 жыл бұрын
You said it yourself... "Learning until death". That, my friend, is a very humble, yet powerful' way to live.
@lupusdeum3894
@lupusdeum3894 5 жыл бұрын
@SamuraiSquirrel - My dog kills skwirls. rats & other vermin
@QuantumVS
@QuantumVS 5 жыл бұрын
Who are "we " btw?
@JT-cloverbottomt
@JT-cloverbottomt 5 жыл бұрын
Vladimir Skarin I was referring to “we” humans. You know, the most dangerous species on this planet? The ones that display on a daily basis the term “man’s inhumanity to man.”
@toddlanctot643
@toddlanctot643 5 жыл бұрын
JBP is an intellectual treasure that came along at just the right time.
@steakman9113
@steakman9113 5 жыл бұрын
That my freind is an understatement....
@juliepaine532
@juliepaine532 5 жыл бұрын
Randy Spear , Amen.
@NateB
@NateB 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy it while it lasts. He has a target on his back. There's still plenty of motivation to take him out.
@MrTazman1959
@MrTazman1959 3 жыл бұрын
This man is the only one that teaches the kids the history of communism and 150 million deaths I love the guy& and I’m older than he is an I’m glued to his channel .
@EclipseOfTsuki93
@EclipseOfTsuki93 3 жыл бұрын
JBP is the stupid man's idea of what a smart person is.
@dmytro891
@dmytro891 5 жыл бұрын
That’s how the Truth and Love sound. Enough of marxist hell. My grandma almost starved to death in Ukraine in early 30th and witnessed so much horror back then ... everything was taken away, people were left to die in pain...One obviously doesn’t need to die to see the Hell. Thank you for your work Dr. J. B. Peterson! You are a gift for all of us.
@kingslayer2981
@kingslayer2981 5 жыл бұрын
А что с ней было потом?
@phetmoz
@phetmoz 4 жыл бұрын
Tha was quite a powerful line. One does not have to die to see hell.
@Joshualbatross
@Joshualbatross 5 жыл бұрын
Can we get a video of you jamming at home on your piano?!
@Piano-Man
@Piano-Man 5 жыл бұрын
YEAH!!! I learned so much from you - invite me, Sir, and I´ll help you to improve your playing! I play the piano for a living since 24 years... As a man who loves and believes in abstractions, I´ll teach you the necessary music theory to play anything you want. :-)
@FreddysFrets
@FreddysFrets 5 жыл бұрын
one jams with other people, not alone.
@Piano-Man
@Piano-Man 5 жыл бұрын
Haha, true! (Lobster guesture) ... Be precise in your speach, Josh! ;-) His son plays the guitar, sings and has written at least one song, it´s on KZfaq. So he can jam with him. :-)
@aroventalmav888
@aroventalmav888 5 жыл бұрын
Piano rendition of rock lobster when?
@Piano-Man
@Piano-Man 5 жыл бұрын
In order to be a remix, there´s got to be a first mix! And a mix means, that a multi track recording took place. (Rule No. 5 - be precise with your tracks! ;-) )
@MrAmitArun
@MrAmitArun 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic honor Jordan and you deserve it the most! Jordan’s foreword starts at 11:04
@dayron9802
@dayron9802 5 жыл бұрын
Foreword :)
@MrAmitArun
@MrAmitArun 5 жыл бұрын
Dayron thanks, let me fix it, 😊
@ObscureStuff420
@ObscureStuff420 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@samjackubsen8106
@samjackubsen8106 5 жыл бұрын
Amit Arun you're dope for that.
@TobyTurner
@TobyTurner 5 жыл бұрын
Lol i love when he restarts the line to get it right #endearing
@emilebichelberger7590
@emilebichelberger7590 4 жыл бұрын
As do I my friend.
@JoshuaChaves16
@JoshuaChaves16 3 жыл бұрын
at what minute does he do this?
@ifraaxcilmi3589
@ifraaxcilmi3589 3 жыл бұрын
Yea, very much so. When people mispronounce words too, it shows they’ve likely read the word and learned it themselves and haven’t heard it from others.
@ParadymShiftVegan
@ParadymShiftVegan 3 жыл бұрын
@@ifraaxcilmi3589 It's called a reader's vocabulary, and is a common feature of those who are intelligent enough to read extensively, yet lack similarly intellectually oriented interlocutors with which to hash out more complex and deeply meaningful ideas.
@ifraaxcilmi3589
@ifraaxcilmi3589 3 жыл бұрын
@@ParadymShiftVegan thanks for the explanation, it’s endearing nonetheless
@FirstLast-gk6lg
@FirstLast-gk6lg 5 жыл бұрын
I could not read until I was 15. Only then did I realize how powerful it was. Still takes me weeks to finish a book and cannot attain any comprehension from an audiobook, unfortunately. But slow progress is still progress. I am working my way through the 4th listening to the 75-hour audiobook of the unabridged Gulag Archipelago. It is a rough listen.
@whitemagus2000
@whitemagus2000 5 жыл бұрын
I play the most gory games and read the bloodiest and most disconcerting of horror. I'm pretty immune to blood IRL. But even after all that, I was moved to tears and had to stop for the day, more than once listening to the Gulag Arcapelago. The inhuman cruelty of burying 58s alive in the taiga or dumping six year olds to fend for themselves in a tundra is mind boggling. I can hardly imagine anything more evil than socialism and the bloody tyranny that comes with it.
@damnationforsaken9430
@damnationforsaken9430 5 жыл бұрын
Lol, I still can't read and I am in my 20ies
@kabighead
@kabighead 5 жыл бұрын
You write well for delayed reading :)
@FirstLast-gk6lg
@FirstLast-gk6lg 5 жыл бұрын
@@kabighead That means a lot thank you. I am actually writing my first book right now, with a TON of help from an editor friend.
@dosran5786
@dosran5786 3 жыл бұрын
hey man you learn to read well the same way you get to carnegie hall practice practice practice.
@peaceharmony4115
@peaceharmony4115 5 жыл бұрын
But... but... Communism never did anything wrong! Only the extreme-right is dangerous. The extreme-left is so beautiful, so loving, so gentle, so perfect!
@VM-hl8ms
@VM-hl8ms 5 жыл бұрын
if stalin was so bad, why no one called police?
@danfield6030
@danfield6030 5 жыл бұрын
BABS BOOKWARM ....can you give me some examples please ?
@alexforst8171
@alexforst8171 5 жыл бұрын
​Im drowning in your logic
@TheShamanicHealerGod
@TheShamanicHealerGod 5 жыл бұрын
@BABS BOOKWARM the allowable othering of white skins?
@johnkeller9738
@johnkeller9738 5 жыл бұрын
Please get Johnny Galecki to hold a sign saying "Sarcasm" for Sheldon and others for those wise words 😂
@jasoncarto
@jasoncarto 5 жыл бұрын
_"I am morally bound to pay for my advantages with my responsibility."_
@damnationforsaken9430
@damnationforsaken9430 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting I don't myself with Any such moral obligation, is that a quote from video, I haven't watched it
@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive
@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive 5 жыл бұрын
Your efforts are appreciated, Mr Peterson and team.
@richardhall5577
@richardhall5577 5 жыл бұрын
Bad times make strong men, strong men make good times, good times make weak men and weak man bring bad times once again.
@1206anton
@1206anton 5 жыл бұрын
Except when you take responsibility.
@alejandrorodriguez4572
@alejandrorodriguez4572 4 жыл бұрын
Wish I could scan any comment section without seeing this tired quote within 5 seconds.
@dosran5786
@dosran5786 3 жыл бұрын
then we should train ourselves and remind ourselves so as not to remain ignorant and weak. they are phasing out history whats next i wonder.
@isaacangelmeza
@isaacangelmeza 4 жыл бұрын
This was extremely powerful. Listened along with a copy of this revelatory book in hand. Have not even laid eyes on chapter 1 yet and I can already feel the immeasurable weight of passion, anguish, and truth hidden within these pages. Thank you, Jordan Peterson, for lending so much of your time to reveal and reiterate truth and for introducing me and people all over the world to historical, valuable, yet presently-muted voices and writings like this. God bless you!
@RosaBrandDesigns
@RosaBrandDesigns 5 жыл бұрын
Three years ago, I found myself in a very dark place. I hated both the world and those who inhabit it. I felt that many in our society had abandoned reason completely to follow the charismatic gods of their own making, willingly giving their souls to an evil they deliberately negated while taking the moral high ground against anyone who would name what they were doing. For nearly a year, I had this reoccurring dream of seeing mankind destroying itself to the point of blowing our world apart, all for the sake of the "greater good." Something was growing inside of me, festering and dark. I didn't understand what was happening, and it disturbed me greatly. I kept to myself, refusing to go out much, in fear that I would expose my anger and frustration. Political correctness was everywhere to the point that no one would even crack jokes for fear of offending someone. My monthly health insurance costs increased to the point it was higher than my rent. At a time when I was hoping to reap the rewards of years of hard work, most of my paycheck was going to the government rather than for living expenses. More than once I had to decide between buying groceries or paying rent. I was so angry, because for all the talk of good will and aid for the poor, no one gave a damn about me when I was sitting at my desk, crying as I picked and chose which bills to pay from an ever-decreasing pool of wages. No one talks about those of us who work our butts off just to make ends meet, barely hanging onto a middle-class status so we could buy our forever home or maybe even adopt a child or two (I can’t have children, so my husband and I thought about adopting a child until we saw how much it would cost and realized we couldn’t afford it). To this day, my husband and I have not been able to afford needed treatments because of the rising costs to us who make too much to be on government programs yet too little to cover the cost (and insurance now covers much less than it did six years ago). I struggled in silence, crying at night, putting on a smile during the day, and doing my best to keep my chin up so that I wouldn’t burden others with my problems. Lord knows they have their own. Slowly, I could see that I was turning into the worst version of myself. Petty, bitter, and apathetic. So I did something I hadn't done in a very long time. I prayed. I didn't know if it would work or if there really was a god who cared, but I prayed anyway. I prayed for an intellectual who could rise above the petty arguments, the deliberate diversions, the rhetoric, and the vitriol. I prayed that my fellow man would listen, wake up, and finally see the evil growing within us all from the prevailing movement of group this or identity that. I prayed that we would experience a renewed enlightenment, where others who share the same values of reason and truth would come together to exchange ideas that would expand our knowledge and wisdom. I prayed someone would understand what I was going through, how difficult it was, and who could offer encouragement not to give up. I wanted humanity to be invigorated to have meaningful lives--for me to have a meaningful life. Little did I know then that I was praying for you. You and so many like you (Ghate, Weinstein, Shapiro, Harris, Rubin, et.al.) are finally giving voice to those of us unable to express as eloquently and effectively the thoughts and ideas of individualism. I have been starving for such intelligent discourse, to the point I was losing my sanity (literally). I am grateful that my prayer was heard, and that you and your fellow intellectuals have risen to the call for my sake and for the rest of us desperate for this enlightened movement. We don’t have to agree on everything, but for the love of all things right and true, we do have to have meaningful discourse. Thank you, Dr. Peterson. Now I pray that it all comes back to you tenfold.
@appelsien3775
@appelsien3775 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve started reading it last week. As a 2nd generation russian, I believe this is one of the most important books to read. Reading about the tremendously fast destruction of such a country and the attrocities that the people have endured is deeply saddening. This is something that should never be forgotten if we wish to evolve as people.
@freakingabagool3510
@freakingabagool3510 11 ай бұрын
Clearly the Russians don’t learn from reading it, look at how ratfucked their system is. Homo Sovieticus was never a conspiracy, but truth.
@kennethalbert4653
@kennethalbert4653 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! That was powerful. I'm sure Solzenitsyn would be very appreciative. Jordan managed to summarize the message of the book as concisely as (I could imagine) possible.
@cynthiafeick
@cynthiafeick 5 жыл бұрын
Two thumbs up, Dr. Peterson! Congrats on being invited to write the forward of this 50th Anniversary edition of "The Gulag Archipelago," an honor of which you are most worthy. Looking forward to replacing my tattered, old paperback version of the first two volumes of this critically important work of human history with this abridged, three-volume edition. Thank you for being an eloquent, fearless and persistent voice of reason in the asylum that is this absurdly insane world.
@FreddysFrets
@FreddysFrets 5 жыл бұрын
When I was 18 my girlfriend's mother gave me the Gulag Archipelago and urged me to read it. I did and it was the most profound, disturbing and thought provoking book I have ever read. The fact the this great man, Dr. Peterson has written the forward to the new addition is something truly amazing. I can't wait to get a copy.
@cunningmancrowe5483
@cunningmancrowe5483 5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know more about the people who actually smuggled the book out of the Soviet Union and handed it to those in the west.
@tytyvyllus8298
@tytyvyllus8298 5 жыл бұрын
Solzhenitsyn had a book called Invisible Allies that talks about this
@allieivanova7685
@allieivanova7685 5 жыл бұрын
Boris Pasternak did the same before Solzhenitsyn. It was not hard - foreign friends did that with pleasure.
@MaskHysteria
@MaskHysteria 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, congratulations Dr. Peterson, what an incredible honor. Although one could argue that you have done more to reintroduce the importance of Solzhenitsyn's work to the Western public that anyone else in recent history. It is well-deserved.
@errinwright3700
@errinwright3700 5 жыл бұрын
I just love how this dude can deliver the most powerfull sentece ever and acts so chill
@ModifiedMiata
@ModifiedMiata 5 жыл бұрын
@hunter81ism you need some sort of counterbalance for that clown of a Prime Minister.
@chakkaphak
@chakkaphak 5 жыл бұрын
He has tempered himself in the fire. He is no stranger to vicarious suffering
@akirathedon
@akirathedon 5 жыл бұрын
🌊 MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK 🌊
@0987654ewsxcvbhjjhg
@0987654ewsxcvbhjjhg 5 жыл бұрын
Hey buddy!
@taylorsukoshi6126
@taylorsukoshi6126 5 жыл бұрын
He's got clout.
@alellgias
@alellgias 5 жыл бұрын
Did you know he was going to post this just now? DBCWTSB.
@FourOf92000
@FourOf92000 5 жыл бұрын
@@0987654ewsxcvbhjjhg I'm going out with some friends! Can I borrow the car?
@untamedpandasweg8986
@untamedpandasweg8986 5 жыл бұрын
Akira The Don Women in America have more Rights than Men, and are treated like minorities in Affirmative Action hiring process programs, despite being more than half of the population. I typed this next sentence more than a year ago, and basically predicted that #MeToo would get out of hand. "Don't say nobody ever warned you coherently without saying "The End is Near", but rather that things may get real bad. :')" "Believe Women." Unless they're Republicans. Then dehumanize them while saying Equal Rights, while letting Women kill Children, and enslaving Men for 18 years with Child Support. "Equality." 1. Stop forcing Taxpayers to finance the murder of children. 2. Stop allowing lazy Women to take as much dick as they want and then murder children. 3. Restrict who can be on Welfare depending on their age, mobility, and biological capabilities, not by feelings. Then there won't be such retarded spending. Oh, no, that's right, you want the Gov to pay for everyone's Healthcare, College, and for people that refuse to work. You want Taxpayer slaves. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917 , www.sss.gov/Registration/Why-Register - "1. Registration is the Law - A man’s only duty right now under the Military Selective Service Act is to register at age 18 and then to let Selective Service know within 10 days of any changes in the information he provided on his registration form until he turns 26 years old. 2. Fairness and Equity - By registering all eligible men, Selective Service ensures a fair and equitable draft, if ever required. However, there has not been a draft since 1973. 3. Insurance for the Nation - By registering, a man’s voluntary participation helps provide a hedge against unforeseen threats. It is a relatively low-cost insurance policy for our nation. 4. Civic Duty - It’s your responsibility to ensure that young men 18 through 25 understand the law so they can make an informed decision about registration compliance. Currently, more than 90 percent of eligible young men are registered. It’s a civic duty of every young man to comply with the law. 5. Protect Eligibility for Future Benefits - It’s what a man’s got to do. By registering, a young man stays eligible for jobs, college loans and grants, job training, driver’s license in most states, and U.S. citizenship for immigrant men." There are thousands of Teenage European Girls that have been Raped by Adult Pakistani Muslims in Europe for being White. "All Cultures are Beautiful #7 - Pakistan's Progressive Marriages" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7een5uJmd7UiYU.html , "Denmark's Muslim Colonies" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNCRdrdzsbebc3U.html , "Feminists Should Oppose Sharia Law" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nL96jJZ80cjao40.html , "Problems with Muslim Communities in Britain" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8ihpNxzua_Zf5s.html , "All Cultures are Beautiful #4 - The Revenge R*pes of Pakistan" - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htZdptVmsbSlZWQ.html Marriage has become a raw deal for Men, a Man can be Cheated on, Abused, Arrested for False Allegations after a Woman is Upset with him, have his Children taken from him by the Mother, be kicked out of his own House Legally, and have to Pay Alimony for her to live life because of Family Court Bias. #MeToo was a movement started by a Tweet from Alyssa Milano that asked Women to self report, with no evidence, that they had been harassed in some way, which includes catcalling. This Trended on Twitter so it became popular. Feminist Activists saw an opportunity to gain political power and snatched it. Like Asia Argento, a Whamen that had sex with a 17 year old while in California(That's illegal), who she was the Mother of in a TV show years before. Then the #MeToo movement went after Brett Kavanaugh, with no proof, for being Trumps Conservative pick to be nominated to the Supreme Court of America. That's where the Progressive Intersectional Feminist Social Democrats fucked up and the movement lost all momentum, when Women realized they were being used for political purposes. False Rape Allegations ruin Mens Public and Professional lives. Being kicked from College for something you didn't do, and being brandished as a Rapist does ruin your life. The rule of thumb with Rape/Sexual Assault Allegations is first find out if the alleged Victim immediately filed a Police Report, if not, they're probably lying. Especially if many months have passed, or they try to ruin the Mans life directly- even though He did nothing and She knows that- on Social Media. Hoping the public outrage from the lie will make the cops have to find evidence, or they're perpetuating "Rape Culture" which only actually exists in Islam. Look it up- they have Sharia Courts that sentence Women to be Ceremonially Raped in front of the Elders. But America is clearly so oppressive. Retarded worthless Feminist bitches are going to get Millions of people killed if they keep trying to control the way everyone behaves while bringing Islam into the West. Don't say nobody ever warned you coherently without saying "The End is Near", but rather that things may get real bad. :')
@multitopic1908
@multitopic1908 5 жыл бұрын
Read it myself during the 1970s. A truly profound work which influenced my own approach as a writer. Thank you for reminding a new generation of it.
@greenrosenz
@greenrosenz 5 жыл бұрын
As an apprentice in the 1970's I bought volumes 1&2 and plodded through them, found them a very hard read but enlightening. Glad that the abridged version has come out.
@jeremybumpermanpub7144
@jeremybumpermanpub7144 2 жыл бұрын
Had to download this one. Simply masterful. Puissant, impactful, richly-textured and highly informative. Jordan is such a wonderful writer.
@dinosaurtreesflowers
@dinosaurtreesflowers 5 жыл бұрын
The book should be mandatory reading in British schools, too.
@myriaddsystems
@myriaddsystems 5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more.... As Orwell said, just "Don't let it happen"......
@Odo-so8pj
@Odo-so8pj 2 жыл бұрын
We used to have animal farm.
@Crookedchurch
@Crookedchurch 2 жыл бұрын
The progressive lefties in this country wouldn't like that..... 👀
@drstrangelove4998
@drstrangelove4998 2 жыл бұрын
It’ll never happen!
@jamiekelly6851
@jamiekelly6851 Жыл бұрын
@@drstrangelove4998 they are trying to make it happen over there
@tommeakin1732
@tommeakin1732 5 жыл бұрын
I'm slowly going through the audiobook right now and I'm definitely grateful that you told us to get our acts together and read (or listen to, I suppose...) this book. I already thought I had an idea what the soviet union was like, but I've consistently been shocked
@MarkErrington
@MarkErrington 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Jordan Peterson. Because of watching your lectures and conversations, I have managed to climb out of the dark hole which is depression, nihilism and narcissism. The way I have acted towards myself, my family, friends and work colleagues, is nothing short of diabolical. I have been drawn back to Christianity after many years, and I can attest, through personal experience, that when God moves out of your life, something else moves in and completely takes over. My journey now has a focus and meaning. I know you're going through your own pain at the moment Jordan. May you find peace on your own journey. God bless.
@dontthinkso7264
@dontthinkso7264 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never had so much respect for someone that I’ve never met. Thank you Dr.Peterson for your hard work and dedication.
@Lightnings
@Lightnings 2 жыл бұрын
Same goes to Solzhenitsyn from my part.
@britneyalyssa1314
@britneyalyssa1314 5 жыл бұрын
I binge watch JBP every time I feel myself slipping back into my old self destructive mentality. It helps to keep me in line.
@whitemagus2000
@whitemagus2000 5 жыл бұрын
11:12 Imagine the Nobel committee today touching anything anti-socialist.
@dosran5786
@dosran5786 3 жыл бұрын
we need a new committee one thats objective.... not political.
@alellgias
@alellgias 5 жыл бұрын
Huh, looks like ill be buying a copy!
@kayharker712
@kayharker712 5 жыл бұрын
Peterson's comments are a heinous affront to Gaia and Communism as well as being intolerant hate speech. He has earned a speedy show trial and a predetermined "guilty" sentence, followed by a first-class boxcar ride to the nearest Gulag. His denial of the Settled Scientific Consensus™ is unscientific. I think I am going to celebrate this Solstice by eating a placenta.
@darthkek1953
@darthkek1953 5 жыл бұрын
I think this was Penguin's idea. SJW NPC commies will be shitting bricks.
@kyles3198
@kyles3198 5 жыл бұрын
Buy 200 years together. Same author and its censored in the western world because of what it contains. You can find a translated PDF online for free or buy the ebook. It was banned from being printed in english by "them"
@johnsmith1474
@johnsmith1474 5 жыл бұрын
45 years late for the English version.
@evanroberts2771
@evanroberts2771 5 жыл бұрын
@@kyles3198 Yeah, and today we have things like the 'neo nazis' in Ukraine. I think it's more likely that Ukraine REMEMBERS that fully 2/3rds of the Kiev Cheka were jewish.
@spacecat5517
@spacecat5517 5 жыл бұрын
I've just finished the book, A Gentlemen in Moscow, and have more respect for this. Thank you, Dr. Peterson.
@TheScottishSaurus
@TheScottishSaurus 5 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for everything you have done. This is truly a deserved honour.
@Kamiuz
@Kamiuz 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Dr Peterson and thank you for all you gave me in knowledge and wisdom, God bless you
@LazyCookPete
@LazyCookPete 5 жыл бұрын
I read this many years ago when I was serving in the British army in what was then West Germany. It gave me a renewed enthusiasm for playing my own small and often uncomfortable and scary part in the Cold War.
@sl1oo
@sl1oo 5 жыл бұрын
Reading it now because of you. About 1/2 way through. Powerful and hard read...emotionally. Can only handle 30-50 pages at a time. Well worth it.
@timyates807
@timyates807 4 жыл бұрын
Hands down this is what the internet was meant for. Thank you for all you have done for the fight for freedom and free speech which is unfortunately at our front door. Thank you both , so much..
@spacecat5517
@spacecat5517 5 жыл бұрын
One has to wonder about reincarnation and Dr. Peterson's almost personal anger while reading, not just an anger of knowing right from wrong, but a righteous justice of friend's past or perhaps one's own personal past. Who knows how all that works or if it's even real, but this mans passion of justice against this evil certainly leaves this human wondering.
@chakkaphak
@chakkaphak 5 жыл бұрын
If a person can truly empathize it is as if they could have been, in a way, any other figure past, present, perhaps even future. The capacity for compassion is bottomless and vengeful (righteous?) anger can be the result. To be fair, the anger and revenge of the communist would be expected to have a similar foundation. Fear, of failing to have learned our lesson, also contributes to anger
@brucegibbins3792
@brucegibbins3792 5 жыл бұрын
@Willis Sears That is a strange and peculiar statement from a man as well educated and Dr. Peterson. If his statement is true and I assume that it is, then it seems very unlike the Jordon Peterson whose talks and interviews I have watched. I assume that he is living his life as if God exists means that he has cherry picked only the subjectively "good bits" of Gods reported teachings, and discarded all the vile and evil, violent and capricious "bad bits" of the same Gods' reported teachings. Modern day behavioral norms would suggest the former, but Dr. Peterson allows us to only assume that this is the behavior he means. But is the alternative - the bad God the one that must also be considered in the light of Jordon's statement in fact a slip that reveals a possible dark side of his being?
@iceman00behave
@iceman00behave 4 жыл бұрын
@Space Cat Its definitely interesting to think about. It's possible that his passion may simply stem from the ever looming threat that history could repeat itself, if we become complacent. It seems to me that he realizes that a large number of people are of the "that could never happen HERE" mindset.
@evanboettger1834
@evanboettger1834 5 жыл бұрын
For a young cold warrior, reading Solzhenitsin's Gulag Archipelago was galvanizing. More so than even Orwell's Animal Farm. With Solzhenitsin's cautionary tale, I would abide no socialist paradise allowed on my watch, please and thank you. A slow reader, I carried that dog-eared book everywhere including Soviet Studies class given by a Marxist apologist prof. Thanks Jordan, for helping to re-inject this monumental treasure in the consciousness of people too young (or forgetful) to realize what certain ideologies could bring forth when they become enforced orthodoxy and dogma. Spasiba!
@Rausque
@Rausque 5 жыл бұрын
To be shared without limits for future generations. Thank you Jordan!
@jpeterso1977
@jpeterso1977 2 жыл бұрын
My dad gave me a 12 Rules for my 41st Birthday in 2018, Nov 1st. His good luck has given me the greatest opportunity to change my life and his by re-educating that which is the worst in me. He was a great artist. I thank Mr. Peterson for his real work and real words and real truth. My father and I are trying to grow closer still everyday from our experience of these types of researched works.
@JohnSchaeferUNIVERSE
@JohnSchaeferUNIVERSE 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for helping me get my life back from alcohol addiction and major TRD treatment resistant depression
@ThisTall
@ThisTall 5 жыл бұрын
Love to hear one on “200 Years Together”.
@FurFoxSakeFML
@FurFoxSakeFML 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah,at some stage Peterson needs to address the accusations of antisemitism levelled at Solzhenitsyn.
@junky5422
@junky5422 5 жыл бұрын
me too, but i suspect we'll be waiting a long time...
@Pacdoc-oz
@Pacdoc-oz 5 жыл бұрын
Read it for yourself - it is available on internet as pdf or Word document. These days anyone can accuse anyone of any anti-ism invented.
@mariussielcken
@mariussielcken 5 жыл бұрын
'I can't...'
@mogyesz9
@mogyesz9 5 жыл бұрын
That will be quite the ride. Will be amusing to see how JP is truly commited to speaking the truth no matter the concequences.
@iggipob
@iggipob 5 жыл бұрын
I was born in USSR in 1985 and don't remember all horrors of communism, but my mother told me some stories from her grandmother who was born in 1887. My great-grandmother passed away in 1989 so she had been through all hardships including Russian October Revolution and WW2. She had belonged to a wealthy family which automatically meant that she was a bourgeois or "kulak" in russian, so when communists took power they dispossessed her from all her belongings and moved her out from a new big house into some sort of a ramshackle shack. She was lucky not to be exiled to Siberia because she was pregnant at the time. Many people from her village wasn't so lucky and had been exiled in the coldest and remotest regions of USSR where they soon died of hard work and starvation. She hated communism for that, and it's perfectly understandable. In many aspects It was a horrible period in our history, and I wouldn't want to live in those times. I wrote this only to tell all of you, who live in the West, that today in Russia we have even more terrible form of hidden totalitarianism. Our so-called "democrasy" is nothing but a pathetic parody on western society. Don't be fooled by our central media they all belong to ФСБ(former KGB). You can say whatever you want until you've become somewhat conspicuous and then you're done (got threatened and sileneced or beaten to death in a jail). We DON"T have real freedom of speech. Most of our people are very poor, and all those sanctions against Russia only worsened lives for the most poor ones. The rich didn't even notice any effect. Mr. Putin is a violent and vicious tirant, be aware of that.
@ommanih
@ommanih 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being here at this critical Time.. Loving blessings..
@zenphamy8596
@zenphamy8596 5 жыл бұрын
A fitting description, dedication, dive to the undertow of the work, and genius understanding of a work by another genius. Well done Doc.
@fabiovozavoz4077
@fabiovozavoz4077 5 жыл бұрын
At Now I'm reading Portuguese Version . Regards from Brazil!
@maligjokica
@maligjokica 5 жыл бұрын
i ve just read the macedonian tranaslation,non abrigated:))
@jamesgreenldn
@jamesgreenldn 5 жыл бұрын
oi, tudo bem?
@timothyrday1390
@timothyrday1390 5 жыл бұрын
Legal!
@fabiovozavoz4077
@fabiovozavoz4077 5 жыл бұрын
@@jamesgreenldn Tudo ok!
@jamesgreenldn
@jamesgreenldn 5 жыл бұрын
@@fabiovozavoz4077 Ta bom, Eu estou aprendeno Português :)
@Eugwel
@Eugwel 3 жыл бұрын
"This was perhaps the greatest honor ever to befall me. . ." No small thing, sir. It breaks my heart to tears. Too many in the West have no idea of its value. And the nature of this truly honorable invite you have received. I think you did a most profound yet only adequate job; the best any other could have done. For it must be left to lay beside the great and wonderful Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Fear for our culture and my children's world erupts in me.
@The311wax1980
@The311wax1980 3 жыл бұрын
It's frightening to read about what happened back then but I don't know if there is a word to describe watching it slowly happen again.
@cl5193
@cl5193 3 жыл бұрын
As I listen to this February 7, 2021, I wonder how much longer this book will be available? So much cancelling, destruction and re-writing of our history accelerating once again.
@michaelellis5148
@michaelellis5148 5 жыл бұрын
78 people still have dragons to slay and their rooms need cleaned.
@AbbeyRoad69147
@AbbeyRoad69147 5 жыл бұрын
Listened to the whole thing. It's superb. You write well. I was very moved. I had no idea of the importance of the book, even though I know about the soviet torture camps. I now think i thoroughly understand the books power and its achievement. Thank you so much for putting this on youtube Jordan.
@Rellikan
@Rellikan 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this video. I had already bought a single book Gulag Archipelago copy a month before I heard that you were invited to write for the latest edition.
@GINGI9519
@GINGI9519 4 жыл бұрын
Bless this man anyone else notice how difficult it is to get this book? It's not impossible but you'd think it'd be more accessable
@ikehelly
@ikehelly 3 жыл бұрын
My father was a card carrying member of the Communist Party in Ireland and my mother was what I might call a conformist catholic. She followed her faith because she was brought up to do so. So I had an unusual ideological upbringing. As a young boy I met Russians who came to my home town in Belfast to support the Communists in Belfast and they would give me badges. At some level the whole ideology seemed attractive. The working man in Belfast did not get a good deal and surely fighting for their welfare was a noble thing to do. As I grew up my mum and dad would argue about Russia invading Czechoslovakia. I also started to question if the Communist countries really had an interest in the 'common man'. This year I put the Gulag Archipelago on my reading list which is why I am at this site. Listening to Jordan Peterson I think it has just put the last nails in the coffin of Communism as a viable social system. I find Jordan Peterson well worth watching and reading. He makes you think and he is passionate. No doubt reading The Gulag Archipelago will be challenging but really looking forward to it.
@generaltech512
@generaltech512 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I just finished reading it, I took my time reading it and had to look up a lot of historical events in the beginning since my historical knowledge on Russia was nearly non existent. I would even recommend watching or reading One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as you progress through the read. Petersons recommendation can't be understated. You won't regret it.
@mitchwood6609
@mitchwood6609 3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't put it down and read it in four days... no i didn't look up every word i didnt know or understand some paragraphs but i kept going... all in all it was written by a genius and if you think jordan nailed communism.. you just wait
@zmxncbv951753
@zmxncbv951753 5 жыл бұрын
Today I bought your book .12 rules for life looking forward to extending my horizon. I appreciate your work.
@sciloj
@sciloj 5 жыл бұрын
To be more correct, Gulag Archipelago was a mandatory reading in Russia once, and it is not anymore. A shorter novel, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was on that list for a longer time. Bulgakov's Master and Margarita is a kind of too metaphoric - Heart of a Dog is significantly more illustrative and easier to understand without deep knowledge of events it refers to.
@bugman7051
@bugman7051 5 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on this, your greatest honor, Dr. Peterson.
@JTorres719
@JTorres719 5 жыл бұрын
Historic, powerful, will go down in history. Thank you JBP
@MarkGardiner1976
@MarkGardiner1976 5 жыл бұрын
I read all three volumes because of you Dr. Peterson and your promotion of it. It was a very difficult and not an enjoyable read but an absolutely essential read. Reading it has changed so much of my world view. Thank you sir for drawing my attention to this book and for all of the amazing work that you are doing.
@Worthrhetime
@Worthrhetime 5 жыл бұрын
I shutter to think where we would be without your voice Dr. thank you very much
@John-Adams-Can
@John-Adams-Can 3 жыл бұрын
Did we learn? No. Instead 50% of people under the age of 40 want to relive these horrors. If only 1% of people would learn from Russia's failed experiment...one can wish.
@kalmanjulianne
@kalmanjulianne 5 жыл бұрын
Professor Peterson, thank you for your continuous effort in helping people. If there is a God, surely, he will Bless you. You have supporters all the way from Australia. Kalman Radvanyi.
@AquanautSt1
@AquanautSt1 5 жыл бұрын
Went to sleep with the AudioBook of Gulag Archipelago last night and woke up in the middle of the night hearing the stories of torture and bondage. Shook me to my very soul more than anything in a long time, the realness...
@titicoqui
@titicoqui 4 жыл бұрын
refreshing to know people like this are still so admired but even Saint Paul looking deep within could say of himself " I know that within me dwelleth no good thing." and to paraphrase him he also said this " If I know everything there is to know and have the power to perform any miracle, but have no LOVE, I am nothing."
@mr.sotack6586
@mr.sotack6586 3 жыл бұрын
That was so brilliant I can’t even express how much this moved me. Thank God for Jordan Peterson
@smac3691
@smac3691 5 жыл бұрын
35:29 - "Why don't all our children read the Gulag Archipelago in our high schools as they now do in Russia?...Were the bodies not piled enough? How high would be enough?" The Gulag Archipelago needs to be mandatorily taught in all high schools.
@VM-hl8ms
@VM-hl8ms 5 жыл бұрын
i do not agree. it is way too complicated for the young folks. basically, it's one of the reasons why people are choosing very simple "we are victims" explanation of everything of today's kremlin.
@exploder69
@exploder69 5 жыл бұрын
@@VM-hl8ms Your logic is exactly backwards: you make them read books like Gulag to prevent them from ever being sucked into such myopic simple thinking. And if the books are hard, then teach well enough that the students can learn them anyways. There is no dodging this, we have to learn the hard lessons, or we face only failure.
@VM-hl8ms
@VM-hl8ms 5 жыл бұрын
@@exploder69 it's not that my logic is exactly backwards, it's that your logic is very post-modern, which is; we must throw at children everything we have. one thing i know for sure, russians are always freaking out if they see "american imperialists" talking about them, so most likely, in the end they would do exact opposite anyways.
@Ebb0Productions
@Ebb0Productions 5 жыл бұрын
The dangers of Nazism and Communism is too important to not teach our children. We don't want history to repeat it self.
@exploder69
@exploder69 5 жыл бұрын
@@VM-hl8ms Don't be dishonest. You started by saying "for the young folks". Which I responded to. Then you changed it to "at children", and went to to accuse me of something I never advocated. If I have to guess, you want to make me out as one of those people trying to sexualize young children in sex ed classes. What is actually on my mind is that we have teenagers in Canada reading 1984 in high school, and Gulag should ALSO be taught to those YOUNG FOLKS, because it would do much to wake them up.
@leroisansvis
@leroisansvis 5 жыл бұрын
Haven't finished watching the video yet but I already know what book I'm going to read this evening. Thanks a lot, as a person from Russia I've heard a lot about this book and I probably know more than the majority of people, but your foreword has actually made me wanna study it.
@ashleystovalldaman
@ashleystovalldaman 4 жыл бұрын
I know you will never see this Dr. but thank you so much for your work, I love your podcast and your class lectures
@BDCsSanctuary
@BDCsSanctuary 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this forward, Dr. Peterson. I really need to get this book and I suspect many of us in the West could learn a thing or two from it. Too many of us I think have been too comfortable and too complacent in our safety and affluence that we've forgotten that sometimes people can be horrible not to mention foolish when it comes to flirting with socialist ideas.
@Shadow-mn1gr
@Shadow-mn1gr 5 жыл бұрын
We don't have this book in school program at Russia anymore
@_blackheartemoji_2189
@_blackheartemoji_2189 4 жыл бұрын
@Ben Dover history is rewritten everywhere by the winners
@mitchwood6609
@mitchwood6609 3 жыл бұрын
what about in russian colleges? it's kind of a dark book for teenagers i would think... but maybe thats the best time they should read it.. frankly.
@Shadow-mn1gr
@Shadow-mn1gr 3 жыл бұрын
@@mitchwood6609 only Liberal Arts majors, other majors have the same Russian Literature program as the school kids if they enrolled after 9th grade, or no Literature at all if they enrolled after 11th grade, and in school program only Solzhenitsyn books we have are :"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "Matryona's Place" which are also pretty dark
@ThoughtsOnNews
@ThoughtsOnNews 5 жыл бұрын
As always, thank you so very much. 🌷
@user-mv8hw9lq1d
@user-mv8hw9lq1d 5 жыл бұрын
Your books have not yet been translated into Russian and this is regrettable. Your ideas will be interesting to many in Russia. Your understanding of the ideas and experiences of the great Russian writers is very interesting and deep. Thank you for your work.
@blacksaint9044
@blacksaint9044 5 жыл бұрын
I'm crying right now this was and is beautiful.
@FourOf92000
@FourOf92000 5 жыл бұрын
Should have released the book a day earlier. _Gulag_ is terrifying.
@kayharker712
@kayharker712 5 жыл бұрын
It made me madder than a Russian brain surgeon with an empty vodka bottle.
@daisy8284
@daisy8284 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, JP, for helping so many people.
@SEP7EMBER10
@SEP7EMBER10 5 жыл бұрын
Sincerest gratitude for your continuous effort...We Need You!
@paststeve1
@paststeve1 5 жыл бұрын
God bless and keep you good Sir. Prayers for your health and happiness forthcoming. Your cause is righteous. Remain humble.
@Catch22Channel
@Catch22Channel 5 жыл бұрын
Great stuff JP.....keep going for all our sakes.
@eljuanchosf
@eljuanchosf 5 жыл бұрын
I just finished watching the video. I'm breathless and absolutely moved. Every person on Earth needs to hear this.
@F61Wolf
@F61Wolf 5 жыл бұрын
Wow. When Peterson said he was honored to write this forward, he was serious. It's a piece so insightful that it stands on its own. I hope Gulag finds success in the West.
@davidludwig3975
@davidludwig3975 3 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading this. Terrifying book
@davidwilliamson5406
@davidwilliamson5406 5 жыл бұрын
The Gulag Archipelago is the most terrifying horror story I have ever read
@kingslayer2981
@kingslayer2981 5 жыл бұрын
No, did you ever read or see some thing about Nazi camps or SS divizions crimes in okkupated territory of Poland and USSR? Watch the film "Come and See". Its more terrifying
@davidwilliamson5406
@davidwilliamson5406 5 жыл бұрын
Kingslayer you are probably right unfortunately
@puffinrust1837
@puffinrust1837 5 жыл бұрын
I have that on dvd, a great piece of cinema. Do you not find it terrifying that things like the Stalinist purges, the Holomodor, the liquidation of the Crimean tartars, the Chechens, the volga germans to name but a handful were able to happen and to be so seemingly easily hidden. That such things were never considered crimes by fellow travellers around the world, just a necessary step to progress?
@kingslayer2981
@kingslayer2981 5 жыл бұрын
@@puffinrust1837 at first Crimean tartars and the Chechens supported Nazi(now its radical nationalists and radical muslims, and they make many problems to russians). Volga germans, you cant blame soviet union for this because USA send all japanese in special camps when Japany attacked. Actually they could support nazi. The Soviet government did not want to risk it. Stalinist purges, Contrary to popular belief, this is not a massive event. He touched the top of the communist party. I would say that some bad guys killed others. But judging by what I know, the less bad guys won(Thanks god Trotski didnt win)
@kingslayer2981
@kingslayer2981 5 жыл бұрын
@@puffinrust1837 The Holodomor is a terrible event. But I would not lay all the blame definitely on Stalin. In the United States and Canada, the Holodomor was recognized as the genocide of the Ukrainian people, which was conducted by the Soviet government. This is an absolute lie. 1. It can not be a genocide of Ukrainians, because the entire Soviet Union suffered from hunger, and moreover in Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR), the percentage of those who died of starvation is less than in Russia (RSFSR) or in Kazakhstan (CE). 2. During the years of mass famine, there was a severe drought, the Holodomor occurred just at the time when the Dust Cauldron was in the USA. 3. Malthusian trap. In the European part of Russia and in Ukraine, from the beginning of the 20th century, agrarian overpopulation was observed. Those. there is not enough agricultural land to feed the entire population. Therefore, even the smallest crop could threaten Russia with hunger. By the way, this is one of the reasons for the revolution in Tsarist Russia. It is solved by the introduction of technology and tractors. And for this you need large-scale industry. 4. Industrialization. This event required many workers who left agriculture and needed food. 5. Errors of the USSR government during the policy of collectivization, or collectivization itself is a mistake. But this is a long argument on a different topic. 6. In fact, Stalin had a choice, either to leave the grain in the villages, but then workers and builders in the cities would starve and die, which meant industrialization would be in jeopardy, or the necessary grain would be taken away from the village, then the cities and industrial centers would continue to function, and the countryside will starve. The Holodomor has many reasons, as you can see, probably, if it were not for one or 2 points of this, the famine would not have happened. And one more thing (but everything below is just my opinion. This law with the United States and Canada promoted the Ukrainian diaspora, I think it was they, because hardly anyone else knew about it at all. But many of these diasporas came to the United States because they fled from the Soviet army in 1944 because they supported the Nazis in the occupied territories. Few people know that the Third Reich formed the national SS divisions, were different, the Dutch, the French, but we are interested in Ukrainian. Yes. Some Ukrainians joined the SS or became policemen. They often took part in punitive operations in the occupied territory, engaged in forcible seizure of food from the population. 15 million civilians died in the occupied territory of the Soviet Union. In my country, for example, several thousand villages were burned, many of them along with residents. And there is evidence that some of these crimes were committed by Ukrainian forces. In general, in the West, everyone knows about the Holocaust, but few have heard about Nazi politics in Poland and the USSR. But the Nazis wanted to destroy 3/4 of the Slavs (Poles, Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians), 1/4 would have survived but would have become the servants of the Germans. And they went to this. Thus kolaboratsionisty fled to the West that would not receive punishment from the Soviet army and surrendered to the allies, who took them, because they can be useful in the upcoming cold war. I think this law is an attempt of these refugees to justify themselves for their crimes. And the US government uses it for the purposes of propaganda, in order to get public approval for its geopolitical games. I read something about the Great Depression, for some reason there is no reliable data on the population in the United States during these years, although the census was constantly conducted in this country. And I know for sure that a lot, millions of small farmers lost their plots during the Great Depression. Their land was taken by large agricultural companies, as I recall. Very reminiscent of collectivization.
@mitchwatson6787
@mitchwatson6787 2 жыл бұрын
If this doesn't stoke a fire in your belly you weren't listening.
@abdullahsheriff3585
@abdullahsheriff3585 3 жыл бұрын
"dwell on the past, you will lose an eye!" "forget the past, you lose both eyes."
5 жыл бұрын
My country still recovers from the days of communist era. I live in country once named Czechoslovakia. Communism has fallen in 1989 but still to this day there are communist parties trying to get votes. They're made mostly of retired people who forgot about the past and they are pushing the communism of Soviet Union. Fortunately they have no support from the young. I am grateful for families and schools that made this distrust for communism possible. They're not however the modern radical leftists with gender and racial identities. The change from old communism to young radical leftism has now began. It is happening much sooner than I expected and we need people like Jordan B. Peterson to speak. Thank you.
@waclosh
@waclosh 5 жыл бұрын
Same here. I moved to Germany, I could not take it anymore tho.
@damnationforsaken9430
@damnationforsaken9430 5 жыл бұрын
Ya I had a boy friend from there (I am gender fluid by the way), things are pretty bad there
@ChessMasteryOfficial
@ChessMasteryOfficial 5 жыл бұрын
*We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.*
@peaceharmony4115
@peaceharmony4115 5 жыл бұрын
@DiscoverYourAwesomeness Thank you for that. An excellent credo to live by.
@damnationforsaken9430
@damnationforsaken9430 5 жыл бұрын
Amen
@chegadesuade
@chegadesuade 3 жыл бұрын
When I read the title that JP wrote the foreword to Penguin's 50th anniversary edition of Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago I wondered if he would comment on what an immense honor that is. I was greatly satisfied when he called it perhaps the single greatest honor in his life.
@timthompson468
@timthompson468 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Peterson. I just got used copies of the original three volume Gulag Archipelago. Sadly, they appear to have never been opened prior to my receiving them. I grew up in the 1960s, and was taught to believe that Americans (USA) were better than Russians (USSR). This should have been taught more clearly that freedom is better than oppression. This is the first I heard that The Gulag Archipelago is required reading in Russia. I can’t understand why they wouldn’t be required reading in the US, and even globally. The book is not an indictment of the USSR, per se, it is an indictment of any collective system. Everyone needs to guard against that, and recognize it when they see it, regardless of their own political background. I think I’ll add a copy of the new abridged version to my personal library. Your powerful forward is worth having on hand.
@devonandrewmills
@devonandrewmills 5 жыл бұрын
Just this forward was pretty heavy, but I can not be more excited to purchase and read this book. I did the audio book for Gulag Archipelago, damn that was gruelling.
@LiftRunFight
@LiftRunFight 5 жыл бұрын
Just read up on the history he speaks of. Read up on the red terror. You will find pictures of dead youth and mass graves. I can't fathom it. Its such a dark part of history that us Americans are not taught of in the least. Just he warned that if you go down that hole, you will never be able to see mankind in the same light again.
@SponzifyMee
@SponzifyMee 5 жыл бұрын
A great book it is, really opened my eyes to at least part of the sovjet union
@MoMoakaKaturo14
@MoMoakaKaturo14 3 жыл бұрын
You are what I would describe to be a light in the dark shimmering that so many blind by darkness so easily overlook. As so many here in these comments and others who come across your work through various mediums I was absolutely turned upside down from what felt like a topsy turvy world. Everything made sense although some of these works drove fear right to my core, that snapped me from believing myself a victim. I was disillusioned by institutions and politics for failing to take into account individuals and there unique circumstances, but had hope and love in my fellow "average joes" that they continue to strive and persevere regardless of the circumstances given because I've seen the genuine and meaningful lives people have created for themselves and the inspiration, like a torch lighting another, passed into me and many others. Currently I describe myself akin to the bottom of the food chain, but hopeful and willing and after coming across your online lectures and I bought both your recent works today, I am filled with new life and energy to change my mundane and pathetic dragging of my burdens through life. If you ever have the opportunity to read this, Dr. Peterson in my personal opinion you are without a shadow of a doubt a life changing force for good and I aspire to get out of my bloody mess of a life so that one day I too may boldly speak truth to power and ripple my energy into the world so that my peers may one day lift their veil of darkness and enrich their lives as well. Thank you, thank you a million times over for the life you lead.
@TheRoadtoSuccess
@TheRoadtoSuccess 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Timing i have just started reading "a day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" i think i will be reading Gulag Archipelago next thank you for your work sir its completely changed my life
@nickppv2007
@nickppv2007 5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Peterson, you maybe interested to read few master pieces from other authors. Some people argue, at least Russian speaking community, that "Kolyma stories" by Varlam Shalamov has a lot more rich language and therefore more significant role in Russian literature. I can't say how good English translation, but I do think Solzhenitzin is overrated in comparison to Shalamov. I'm not trying to downplay role of "The Gulag Archipelago" here, I'm just saying there are more to the topic. I'd suggest "Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman. I'd say significance of this book is equivalent to "Doctor Zhivago" by Pasternak. Some people argue that Vladimir Voinovich brought down USSR with his "The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin" book. I'd like to point to "Moscow 2042" book by Voinovich as well. I have personal issues with Solzhenitzin's world views. Yes, he was opposing communism, but was in big favor of tsarism and monarchy, carried himself as royal person, and last years of his life spent close to inner circles of Vladimir Putin. On contrary, Vladimir Voinovich was always consistent with his world views, always against any kind of tyranny.
@tallmikeholley
@tallmikeholley 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this JBP! Really well written, and it's so effective in helping me see again the dangers of Communism. Thank you for all you do!
@chanimarie6753
@chanimarie6753 5 жыл бұрын
I was just going to say that Professor Peterson, what an honour. I will have to buy this version since I know you wrote the foreward. I know you cite this book often in your lectures and it is very special to you. You have the utmost respect for the author as I know he would you if he were still alive. That's one hello a foreward. I'd expect nothing less.
@amanr6346
@amanr6346 4 ай бұрын
I don’t agree with Dr P always, but his academic lectures are truly outstanding. I’m training as a psychotherapist and frequently revisit his academic lectures, they are utterly brilliant!
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