Calling a Canadian and a Russian enemies is a stretch

Those of us with understanding of things will be discussing the same things we always do. One would be why do people need to state the obvious when it is new found information for them. That would be one thing 😂

When I think of my own gen z kid? I shudder to imagine

Nope

Yes, we never learn.

Having lived the first 10 years of my life in the socialist Poland and learning a lot about the communism from my father, I feel it's exactly the same type of anti-human utopia. It's just a new strain of virus, the language has been converted abd updated, but it's the same shit. Many people in Poland see the woke ideology for what it is specifically because we've gone through Soviet-imposed communist rule over Poland.

That's exactly what I was thinking . .that type of thinking is like a cancer and is becoming very widespread in United states

While what you said is true it's important to understand that the same behavioural patterns are expressed by all ruling parties. The right to rule is something every ruler or aspiring ruler concerns themselves with, be it internally ("this is why I should rule") or externally ("this is why you should accept my rule"). These justifications come in many forms, such as, but not limited to: intellectual, moral, blood line or lineage based, religious, merit based, competence based or through raw power. What do you think we as individuals, a society and as a species should do with this information?

​@@L.K.48We should be humble.

@@L.K.48 You make an important point. I would describe my own political conviction as somewhere between limited government conservatism and advocating for a completely stateless common law society (so basically conservatively motivated anarcho-capitalism). So (also being a German) I absolutely agree with you that this thinking can come from the right as well as the left, and that all power and intentions of politicians should be carefully scrutinized and questioned. But looking at my personal experience and at our current governments and media, I think the current strain of this mind-virus is most prevalent on the technocratic-corporatist-postmodernist-neofeudalist -what-ever-you-want-to-call-it-left, while the "right" seems to be mainly libertarian, not denying that there are problematic fringes as well. Generally, we should not run after ideologues and assume control over others but take care of our own lives and the people around us. (Also in Germany you of course have biographies where opportunist, psychopathic individuals or family dynasties have gone from right to left to globalist totalitarianism, always being on the side of power)

It's true like you said, I really admire him and listen to a lot of his sharing

I started listening to him when I was 22. I’m about to be 30. I didn’t have much of a father figure and Jordan Peterson quickly became that, on accident. 8 years later, this man has formed who I am today. “Chest out, shoulders back, and clean your room, son!”

It's true like you said, I really admire him and listen to a lot of his sharing

omg its jackscepticeye

I'm misguided young people

He didn't have a choice though. His former motherland was destroyed, he was living in the US for many years without citizenship, risking all he had, of course he would do anything to conform

The long form convo on the DW had me crying. It was just so beautiful to hear his story to God. The other hour of this interview being almost fully on his Christian journey. So beautiful!

This guy is a plant. If u want a genuine Soviet spy look up Yuri Bezmenov. He practically predicted the last 40 years of western society.

todays time is way different

100% agree; Sowell is 93 years old and not getting any younger. Jordan, respectfully, GET ON THAT, MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

Oooo my goodness. I love to listen to Thomas Sowell... in my humble opinion Thomas Sowell is an American treasure and hero. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Unfortunately he does not get the recognition that he really deserves.

The Vision of the Anointed is also worth a read...brilliant!

Tell the liberals and democrats please. Maybe they will listen to someone with experience.

@@paperplane5868Cuban here, they don’t

I am from Croatia, but was born when we were part of "socialistic komunistic" state of yugoslavia, until we split through the war for our independence and i could understand this man much better than dr Peterson. I never realized until now how huge difference is only for understand that two ways of life between some democrat country from some socialst or komunist country or state. Nowadays lefty ppl doesnt even clue what life without basic human democrats rights looks like. Try to imagine that you could finished in prison for a years just beacause you said something against state or leader, komunist party, etc, etc. I am also aware bed things on the west but you cant never compare all this shit when you havent even freedom of speach. Its easy bulshiting about this and that when you sure that nobody would take you away for something what did you just say. For all those leftys or "liberals" on the west i can say go on some of those totalitarian states and then start talking about human rights.

Welcome, Friends. ❤ Thank you for being here and piping up. Your input could be invaluable. Do any of you b/log or v/log, or publish? Would you be interested in sharing your experience with westerners willing to learn from it, if you haven't already, besides comment sections? So many would be grateful... I mean like for generations... Maybe. I'm interested in the links between proxy wars and genocides or destruction as a price to bear for national debt repayment programs. But mostly on the human cost of communism or authoritarian societies and any relation or links with western korporatism ;o)

​@@sergiodiaz2725what could change or would change if we did? What would you expect or hope for?

I never found CSL particularly persuasive. But maybe it works for people who were indoctrinated into communist atheism. I'm no atheists but some Christian claims just make no sense to me.

he did an interview with Lex Friedman which was more on the autobiographic side, very interesting too

@@aberosmuchos7062 good to know. I will check out the Lex Friedman podcast with Jack also

. Such a great idea. Respect! I hope your comment would notice by many parents. ✌️

A bit like how Americans believe universal health care doesn't work and then are shocked when they go to literally any other country in the world.

"She believed the sun only shines in China" We've known the Earth is round since like the 5th century, as if Mao told the people that the sun only shines in China. Your friend probably meant the sun only shines in China as a metaphore. But instead you've twisted that to mean: "CHINESE COMMUNISTS THINK THE SUN ONLY SHINES THERE" Aren't most flat earthers from the USA?

When did that happen? Most Chinese I know are very ambivalent about the government. They hate the corruption and injustice ( meaning selective enforcement of the laws) but also feel some patriotic duty to it because China was a chaotic mess before plus they are not aware of certain historical facts

Yeah the propaganda machine ‘ll do that to you unfortunately. People think they are immune to it, and then turn around and buy it hook line and sinker.

Wir sind wieder auf dem besten Weg dorthin zurück (und u.U. sogar noch darüber hinaus)...

​@@elduderino1635 first, the farmers aka kulaks.. 1984, we have arrived.

Today we have to pay for our own "bugs" and install them ourselves. "Siri, is it going to rain today?"

I friendly recommend you, (in case you didn't yet),to listen this man, Jack Barsky, at Lex Fridman podcast.✔️.

Thank you friend! @@uzeriks

Who cares

​@larrysmith2123 Oh Larry 😢

I can't seem to find the unabridged version of mans search for meaning, do you know of any where I can find it?

@@ikekiefer4556 not sure where you can get an unedited version but it was known as other things before. “A psychologist experiences in the concentration camp” and “say yes to life in spite of everything” you could try looking under those names but they may not be translated to English

@@ikekiefer4556 seems like you can find the second book I mentioned online. That one is the original version and a recap from Viktor Frankl in the 60’s

Yes. Me too. You can tell he was deeply influenced by Frankl

@@KimuratrappedK very very well put. It is the obligation of all of us to take what we’re dealt and make the best of it

I agree, I'm his age, 73.

Something still quite boyish about him though, like he never really understood the full import of what he was involved in, despite his intelligence. But that I'm sure is common amongst most of these types of people, they get caught up in something they don't fully understand and just go along with its own internal logic.

It's true like you said, I really admire him and listen to a lot of his sharing

Well, agree 👊👊

Ants and bees do communism quite well.

I agree.

More like any type of paradise

Well, idk when was the the last time you've read ANY comments. Ever. But it's my contention that most"humans"are barely literate talking monkeys at best... And corporate psychopaths rest of the time. So what exactly do you mean by "human"?!

He wrote way more than that ;)

He's likely referring to "Mere Christianity" (by which he meant Anglicanism)

This is also why the elites need to be moral, caring, humble people.

Ahhh…..but this time will be different as the old saying goes: Those “old” communists weren’t as good as us new ones. 😂

@@rdhunkins But human nature is that those that would be elites will not, by nature, exhibit those traits. It’s a conundrum.

@@ThisIsToolman Exactly. As Douglas Adams put it: "It is a well-known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

I read it written by George owel while in university Indeed great book English is my third language We had to read many times before we got the meaning Great days they were

What it points to is that people must be whole and total people not to slip into dystopia. For example, it is good and important to be intelligent. In fact, intelligence is very, very important indeed because a person can, by intelligence alone, know what system will being about dystopia and which wont. Even as you read Marx and as he talks about the problems of 'superstructure' (elites who are protected and are behaving in an unfair or devious manner), and many other clever and even partially accurate concepts, a person who is very smart can say 'yes, indeed, some of the Kulaks (Russian landlords) might be part of 'a superstructure' but does that mean that ALL Kulaks treat us badly? 'Is it not only a handful of key intellectuals who work against the masses at the superstructure level and that small circle organises the others?' 'Does not ' the superstructure' actually consist of far fewer people that the millions we are killing? Even today, woke people commit the error of generalising and placing all or many people under labels which are actually just suited to the few. Yes! Intelligence alone can see all the warning signs of a dystopia so intelligence will always be important and highly prized not to mention that intelligence is that which allows us to live in increasingly advanced ways. If I am to say one thing about Marxism in the positive, however, it would be this; Many Marxist countries completely flushed out (killed) the elite level of their society even if Marxism was, itself an elitist doctrine (as well as killing anyone vaguely above the level of peasant and many of my ancestors died this way). The problem with the Western, non former Soviet countries, is that we have this culture of saying 'you are a tin foil hatter if you believe that there is a swamp which needs flushing'. In their credit, the Soviets knew that a flushing of a 'deep state' was necessary, but other than that, they can hardly be praised for the barely human and unintelligible way in which they went about so many other things. To return to the crux of the thread, several other human qualities also are key and help us to avoid dystopia. A person must also have imagination or they will not see why people desire to dream and create without ridiculous levels of restriction from the government. A person can have 'natural' intelligence' so that they love the earth, but they must also have 'interpersonal intelligence' 'so that they realise that the earth does not weep every time humans exercise their incredible projects and realise their aspirations on this planet. Kinesthetic intelligence is important so that you don't fall into weakness and low motivation and start to doubt the very gender which you embody, but you must also know your limits and know that even the strongest come back from warfare changed and none can pit themselves single handedly against metal and gunpowder. Existential intelligence, perhaps the most misundersood of all, reveals that much of this reality has a hidden and mysterious component and, indeed, those who seek to manipulate humans, literally use the areas of consciousness which not so many are trained to see and be aware of, to achieve their end. At the 'existential level' you can know about the 'old gods' who are rarely far from the collective psyche but who we barely recognise and remember, in modern times. Those whose teachings are found in Celtic, Scandinavian, Greek, Chinese, African, Indian, American Indian literature etc etc. Advanced, wise presences who we know by myth but we're certainly less mythological than we think. The giants of hyperborea, who live inside the earth, where we also started our journey. Those who we were kindred with and who walked among us before we were tricked into worshipping consciousness defeating Abrahamic snake gods. They will walk among us again once we become whole and total once more. All these things and all of these 'intelligences' are what tells us that both communism and extreme versions of neo liberalism don't work.

I love how you talk about the 'facts' under Communism being 'sad' and your evidence for those facts is 'Animal Farm' which is a work of fiction about anamorphic animals written by a man that was openly anti-semetic, anti-lgbt and racist that wrote about the threat of 'big brother' while simultaneously providing names of Communists he knew to the British secret police. Orwell is not the greatest source on Communism and that learning history from a book that literally describes itself as 'a 'fairy story' is not a replacement for an actual historical book. If you have critisms of The Soviet Union and Communism and cite a fictional book I'm not going to take you seriously.

@alejandroperez-in8on so much evil in our home land

Animal Farm translates "Rebellion in the Barn"!?! Amazing! I like that title much better.

take notes, it's a crazy train that course. Then watch exodus, it's unbelievable!

I would say insecure arrogance instead of genuine pride, by which I mean earned self-esteem.

@@YashArya01 It was a reference to Pride Month.

@@RoddyFuhr oh I clearly wasn't paying attention

You are enemies of the Russians because your gov told you you must be, not because you are or must be. Understand why, and you will be a much wiser person.

Socialism, Marxism is pure evil wicked crooked godless agenda of satan.

Did you watch till the end? He is a recruiter for Jesus now

A recruiter for soviet union that ended in 1991? Interesting. Lol

How'd that work out for you, Bunkie?😊

Bingo!!! Products of divorced households, father resentment, fatherlessness = increased propensity to advocate as an elitist communist. Best part: they’re so narcissistic that rarely any introspection arrives

That's not always true, intelligence agencies in the US like recruiting Mormons because they have strong familial and cultural ties that make them unlikely to defect, and they often have foreign language immersion experience from serving missions for the LDS church converting people in foreign countries.

Limited familial attachment is good for undercover agents in foreign countries, but they are also more likely to end up being self-serving and defect.

Not really. These people are far less stable and more likely to get corrupted. In case of the KGB, they want family connections because they can threaten agents to punish their family if they screw up

@@napoleonfeanor You are correct, but you misunderstood my point. I was referring to the recruit's childhood relations with their own parents, not of the family they create as adults under KGB connections.

Probably they have been of a different hierarchy level. Yuri was of a higher rank.

There's nothing extreme about capitalism

Capitalism is superior to communism in every sense, specially in a moral sense.

​​@@lexmar5867)) just the matriarch fraternity that is currently operating the systems. (Baby Boomers) ? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Da?

PBD Podcast Fyi:

@@lexmar5867 have you had a good look around recently?

This is based on observation by the kgb that being public is the best espionage tactic. B4 them, the norm of espionage was to be secretive precisely for the reasons u believe (just highly refined versions of it) but the kgb decisively proved them wrong during the cold ear which is its own well documented subject, read active measures. The goal of secure espionage is not to hide but create a misleading image & have the other believe it to be true.

… yes, but what they are actually doing is never reported in the news, in newspapers, in magazines, … not even hinted at in movies - the WEF and BigPharma and the UN have websites, too, and tell us a lot of merrily sounding oh-so-űber-virtuous generalities about their intentions… but what are they actually doing we have to find out by relentless investigative real independent journalists - having easy memberships and public web-pages and telling us sweet nothings is far from open transparency and accountability -

How so?