Stalinism is still just communism but history is funny like that. No idc about "But" shadduuup quit the bullshit and just say the system became corrupt. Its just how Humans are. Weird way to describe the general cycle of a Civilization & Society, but ill ignore it. It did overall pad the video more, but the added context of how that cycle related to Russia made it bearable. You can apply the cycle to ever country if you know what it is though.

Some issues with the depiction of Russian especially in post revolution but also prior to it is a buy in into great man theory behind the political decisions. The bolsheviks practice democratic centralism which meant diversity of opinion internally and unity of action externally. It's the same system for example used by the the federal council in Switzerland. The outcome is that you never know who descented and who didn't. Attributing it all to Stalin who was simply the face of a larger group of people at the top is a mistake done too often by old historians that gets unconsciously perpetuated to this day. Truth is even the Americans in briefings behind closed doors called this mistake foolish and that one has to consider the Soviet government as a larger democratic force simply with Stalin at the head. The voices destinctions between Lenin and Stalin are also misleading cause they were not as destinctions ideologically than they were distinct in the time they were acting in. Both were prolific writers and we know their believes. The NEP was understood by both to be a necessary compromise to develop the at the time still semi feudal region and both understood it's limitations and risks and that it was to be something as short lived as possible. Both also wrote against "rightists" who wanted to eternally perpetuated capitalist relations in production. The goal of both was socialism after all and the NEP was anything but. On the national question they also only were slightly distinct. Hell Stalin was Georgian calling him a Russian chauvinist would take a bunch of extra steps. Truth is both sought internationalism in the context of a nationalist world which implied focusing on the cooperation between people but that does not mean that maintaining the diverse nationalisms was a goal. Again both writers wrote constantly against nationalism not just against great nations but in general, self determination was simply understood as a necessity cause the nation's can only be abolished if we all come together willingly. This ofcs does not mean Russian chauvinism was not a thing in the SU in fact it was and something both writers wrote against it. They simply were not these omnipotent forces we often portray them as in casual conversation. The NEP was always going to be abolished and collectivization was always going to happen. It is true there were economic consequences like the great famine but modern historians aren't even sure anymore to what extent the policies played a role given the severity of the drought in an area that had historically been plagued by famine every couple years. In fact the great famine was basically the last one of it's kind as the planned economic system basically took a nation of wooden ploughs to be number 2 on the world as a whole. The holodomor is also something that is heavily disputed as some conscious attempt at anything given that there is nothing to back that position. On the contrary there were relief efforts at play and the Soviets even asked to halt grain shipments to the UK which was denied. The hole framing is propagandistic in nature and beinng reorganized given even after the opening of the Soviet secret archives no smocking gun or anything the like ever came forth to back such claims. Hell in the late 80s when the referemdum for the dissolution of the soviet union came up the Ukrainian SSR had the lowest amount of people in support of maintaining the union but even they had a decisive majority in support of maintaining the SU. The historical narrative of some attempt at perpetuating the tsarist policy towards other nations just isn't backed by anything other than people saying that was the case. It would require internal documentation to back such claims that didn't come up. Beyond these points it's an interesting video but perpetuating heavily contested history written during the cold war when no access to the other side was present as what did in fact happen is very faulty history communication.

history is not cyclical

I… I’m so confused I’m here for why do people break the law for video game balance What does this have to do with the Mongols kicking in the teeth of the Rus and kickstarting the cyclical history of Russia

Brazil mentioned

YOOO WAIT THAT WAS FD SIGNIFIER IN THE CREDITS GAG

wtf is this

This video needs Korean subtitles.

Love those PoE call outs on the "entitled playerbase" bit. As a long time player of PoE and a month or so player of the second, very true

They should show this on some sort of historical tv network

You can't claim to have realistic vehicle models and abilities if they are inaccurate.

Was not expecting a mongol-toge

In the end all this whining about “balance” in a game about war is hilarious as there is no such thing in real war.

Mass effect, Dragon Age, Red Dead Redemption 2 are girly???

2:02:54 see spengler theory about caesarism and civilization, maybe a link could be established there.

I grew up with anime and Japanese culture outside Japan. I've long been trying to put together thoughts on how anime specifically affected different diaspora groups and created community. But as I began to take a more specific and critical look at anime and it's cultural impact in the West I kept seeing patterns and rather alarming trends I associated with my studies of war and geopolitics post WW2. But I couldn't quite out any of my thoughts together. All of that is to say is this essay is everything I could have hoped to find and more, thank you so much for this! And it goes without saying but definitely liked, subbed, notifications on and all that. Absolutely amazing work, thank you ❤

Sega did not protect its intellectual rights that's why they did not survive the onslaught of PS and Xbox

Slay your Gods, slay your limitations.

Why do War Thunder players post classified documents? * hour-long detour into a nation's history * I love this channel.

Because they have it coming, tbh.

54:30 funny how if you think for a moment, when japan does that, the western powers punishes it, when the western powers do the same to africa and americas, its for " civilizating effort"

the truth is, the problem always has been the western peoples...

17:30 "I die, but the state remains"

Just found your channel recently. I like to listen to video essays at work sometimes and I've listened to several of your videos. Love your style and the gratuitous historical context. 10/10 never change

I guess Trump must’ve taken some serious inspiration from Fallout when crafting his presidential agenda. First, ramping up tensions with China, then flirting with the idea of annexing Canada and Mexico-what’s next? Building Vaults and whipping up the FEV virus? Buckle up, folks… Welcome to Fallout. At this point, he might as well hire Todd Howard as a consultant!

You know what? They should leak more

Moon really out here calling out Americans as fascists XD. The enemies are both too strong and too weak.

This was a truly excellent video, and getting War Thunder to sponsor it is just the icing on the cake!

So Russian's can't help their stupidity is just part of their cyclical history. They are bound to repeat it to the end of time

I wasn't expecting a crash course on Russian history and literature in my funny war game video, but given the channel this has been uploaded to, I should have Another banger video as always, Moonie. Thank you

Its cause they wanna win an online argument

1:55:04 somehow this seems to me like they went insane

1:49:49 isnt relying on culture for politcal power something along the lines of national socialism?

6:15 I am a long-time war thunder player mostly play America and I am American and American vehicles are the most busted in the game hands down. It's the teams that suck.

Tldr: Bc the japanese would prefer if you worshipped your ancesters instead of some intangible ideal

The more niche the more I'm here 😂

Corellians, firingians, what Scifi race are you going to try and slip in like it's real next time?

As a war thunder player of over 10 years... there have been more than 14 ... way more xD

war thunder players: no way that hit me, time to leak confidential military documents to prove my point! meanwhile, darksouls players: ah yeah, that was my fault

Yooo spookston clip nice. Fantastic video moony, and I think you both got me to learn a bit about Russian history and the much more important lesson on the state of the game which and its balance. The idea of a trifecta of propaganda influencing realistic game design decisions hadn’t fully occurred to me but laying it out brought it all together.

The Brazil mention, or at least the first one, got me real good this time around. About 10 minutes prior I had the thought of "how is Mooney going to get a Brazil mention this time?" and then when the BR - still counts - hit the screen I lost it. You are a visionary.

Another remarkable video. Came for Borodin, stayed for the examination of cartoon tanks. Here’s hoping the next video examines how Warhammer 40k fits into Brexit with Gilbert and Sullivan for context. Just amazing video as always.

lenin was based

Your videos are always so dense and interesting. I know people tease for how far you reach back into history to explain things but it's always a treat!

Why do players leak classified documents? Well, first the cloud of gas that would one day form our solar system slowly collapsed into a single disc, with a star forming at its center...

This is so well researched and carefully considered and I'm BEGGING YOU not to put Komm Susser Todd in the SM64 sound font over it, I'm losing my goddamn mind

Keep calm and leak on!

Lol! "How dare my simulator not be perfect due to the lack of classified information they can't have?"

That "if you hurt them emotionally enough they might leak documents" joke was absolutely diabolical, genuine mad respect for War Thunder to give you this sponsor.

Me when i leak classified documents on the internet because an overly confident dude got his ass handed to him by the Kipchaks 1000 years ago