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Free speech titan Musk permanently banned me from Twitter for criticizing Ron Desantis. Uh. Did me a favor!

Host/Moderator talks too much

Where all my Rogan fanboys at? Come on let's see if Rogan has the guts to invite Snyder on his podcast. I doubt Rogan will because he sure as heck chickened out with Zelensky. Lol

"Why do more Americans favor strong man rule?". Because a lot of Americans have never experienced a crappy dictatorship such as Brazil, etc. Also, they have been brainwashed by extremely well-funded right wing media to believe this will work well for them personally if they join the MAGA cult.

Timothy starts at 10:30

Been looking for Prof Snyder, on TV/ Soc Media, this past week or two .. He's Urgently Needed, Now ..

Please have Ellroy over for every book he publishes! I watched the interview you did with him for LA Confidential and it was great!

Negative freedom is what a four year old child thinks freedom is. Negative freedom is what exists in a state of nature. It has something of the atavistic in it.

No matter how many warnings you give an audience about questions, no one seems able to ask a simple one line question.

I think the freedom many Americans seek is freedom from other people. There are, in my opinion, many millions of Americans who just do not like other people. Maybe their family members and friends get a pass. They are misanthropes.

The idea that you will escape death, whether bodily or spiritually, comes from a place of narcissism in us. One of the pernicious side effects of thinking you are destined for immortality comes in politics. Machiavelli said that the religious person should not get involved in politics, because they believe the earth, our planet, is mortal. But they believe they are immortal. So they don’t care about this world and what happens in it and what happens to other people.

I find it very appropriate that a philosopher would preach (in a church) that freedom is the ability to make a choice between one virtue or another, in given circumstances. Freedom is NOT chaos.

The Berlin Wall opened up for coming and going but not absolutely. And… it did not fall.

Brilliant observation on American masculinity. It it contributing to the fall of our society.

The older I get the less patience I have for too, young, cocky pseudo-intellectuals like Curtis Yarvin.

Thank you Timothy ❤❤❤❤

Just imagine a world without Trump, many would not have a job immediately. Hatred is good business.

I pause at the 30 min mark . We who are boomers , I'm 68 now think of my dad's simple life , I have expanded on that, not with a material sense of getting stuff . Mr McCullough explains that with the vacation comment . But , reading and watching and listening to video's such as this , or his books or anything that enlightens me , over entertains me . Adams in his latter years could not get in a car a drive from MA to VA to visit Jefferson, or pick up a phone , or face time each other. With all we have in 2025 to connect on a moments notice , we are more disconnected with ourselves and each other. At least then one could be alone and write in a journal or letter to connect . More effort , than today . Adams and Jefferson would be sad how people waste time in 2025 . I see both at each others home , but we have there letters because of that time period. Its amazing how writing gives oneself something to the mind as exercise gives to the body .

Warmonger!

Thank you. I've read on tyranny and it opened my eyes❤

Can Donald Trump's myopic intelligence truly be called intelligence, or is his lack of empathy and indifference to the full range of emotions a feature or a flaw? Many contend that this flaw is pathologic. it cannot be denied that Trump has embraced all of the flaws of America and has not only excelled in their toxicity but has also embraced it for economic, personal and political gain. Some might term this Machiavellian, others sadism, while still others have termed this psychopathy. So, wouldn't this feature of his intelligence be best described as if evil-genius; conversely, would a criminal mastermind be the best choice for the most powerful position of leadership in the world? It cannot be denied that there is a great deal of ignorance present in his words and deeds, a self-defeating aspect, what some might consider self-destructive. Surely, this aspect of his psyche cannot be considered as intelligent unless all tyrannts throughout history are praised only for their ability to control others and not for their fields of wrath. Many have closed their eyes to his war-like toxicity and his disdain for heath and wellfare. Surely, this cannot be viewed as intelligence especially when history may easily look back on these times with shame and despair, as a time of barbarism and human indifference. Intelligence can be measure by outcomes, but the consequences of his actions are often measured in cascading virulence, more conflict and harm than rational unity, more indicative of a deficit of executive functioning than of wisdom. True, he must not be underestimated as his influence can be malicious but he can never accept his need for change nor take responsibility for the harm he causes, a blindness to both reason and reality. This might be viewed as the opposite of intelligence, as a negation of both truth and responsible freedom.

Hey real Americans. Phony patriots of maga despise their fellow Americans. Probably worse the way they talk. The same fellow Americans paying to pave their roads, pay to build and repair their bridges, pay for their public libraries and schools, and supplying their welfare benefits. Let’s not buy anything made or grown in red states. Have a dry trump presidency. Or get wine from CA or Liquor not produced in a red state. Don’t buy flooring, it comes from GA, MTG’s district to be exact. Buy American but not if it’s made in a red state. No peanuts. Eat almonds and pistachios instead. Literally let’s boycott maga where it really hurts. Let them get their karma they wish onto their fellow Americans who’ve been supporting their failed red states for more than 4 decades. We may not be able to stop paying for building their bridges, fixing their roads, send their kids to school and paying for their welfare and SSI but we can stop supporting these ungrateful users in other ways. Let them pick themselves up by their bootstraps and see how self sufficient they become. They wanted to hurt their fellow Americans. Let maga reap what they’ve sown. Boycott maga. Spread this message.

How he reveals the falsity of "common sense" phrases like "the fall of the Wall" or "preaching to the choir" (is bad) with such simplicity reveals how something is wrong in a way that is so obvious once he says it that a simpleton could think he is uttering platitudes. He is not. It takes a very bright mind to see which obvious lessons we are clearly missing (Germany was not built in peace only but first hard-fought defeat) and then make them understandable to a wide audience.

The way he answered the nastily put preaching to the choir question, clearly meant to "trap" him, in a church, was pure excellence. A perfect example of how TS can state something plainly with a clear moral compass . Too many on the so-called left are so invested in their "it's all good" relativity that they don't know their head from their hands.

thanks for uploading

American here… this man is the best our country is capable of producing. He’s the only person keeping me sane right now. Everyone in the world should be listening to him right now. He is has my country, now under fascist occupation, spot on. We practice negative freedom at scale and look where it has gotten us. 😢 Do better than us. Cherish and protect your democracy with everything you have.

And, he ignored Tuskegee Airmen, SIX TRIPLE EIGHT. The strong, prosperous communities Black Americans Built in Cities including their Ciry in OK., Tremendous in New Orleans and there is a long list of African American, scientists, Medical professionals, Writers, Sociologists, Martin Luther King, etc etc...there is a LONG LIST . We have not honored them nor recognized them. ❤

brilliant as always!

The intelligence of a sociopath and a low cunning but an ignorance of business, economy and geopolitical strategy, history and almost everything else.

Let's build an open source global platform that can merge the knowledge and sentiment expressed in public conversations with billions of people around the world. I would like to have conversations with collective terrestrial intelligence, CTI.

“These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.”

There's no image? Love her books.

Can’t believe what Schneyder is stating of the Berlin Wall. The GDR was a Stalinist organized totalitarian state. Stasi. Shooting down everyone who wanted to cross the border. What about his integrity?

How much money has Snyder made from propagandising for the destruction of ukraine 😂

Snyder discovers sliced bread..

“You preach to the choir because the choir sings.” - NPC Cocktails & Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

any chance that there's a downloadable transcript of this talk?

Democratic Governance requires tools to Govern that are Dedicated to 'We the People'; not 'Me is the people':

People often forget, that without some of the values like the values that Timothy mentions: - Altruism, Compassion, Creativity, Curiosity, Empathy, Forgiveness, Integrity, and Justice are extremely important. These are the things which make us human. I do agree that we have to learn about ourselves, by comments of others. Two ears, one mouth! Listen more than you speak. I spent six years exploring myself, and now I can actually say who I am in many different aspects. Timothy thank you! The last book of yours that I read was "Bloodlands" and it is so worth the read for people to understand more about Ukraine.

As for Trump and Musk-rat Narcissism Knows Envy and Envy loves Power. Both envy each other one for Money other Power. Musk-rat born educated in Nazi S. Africa. You can take the boy out of the country, but, you cant take the country out of the Boy. Nazi salute came very natural for a nazi.

Wake up... Roosevelt, a loyal Mason as Mackinley before Him said Presidents are selected not elected 4 terms Roosevelt, Mason. Truman also Mason Dropped bombs on Japan Changed world forever. As Obama said in Cairo We are not interested in the Truth, we make our own reality. Chronic Habitual Liars.

When I think of Berlin Wall and world´s eyes on Berlin Check point Charlie VPres. Bush took 5000 Troops attacked Panama killed 3500 Locals. Bush when asked WHY? He said we had to get rid of out Viet Nam Syndrome of Losers. Lost in Aghganistan 20 yrs 3 Trillion Tax Dollars for Nothing USA! USA already lost in Ukraine will not admitt so more dead young people. USA Problem 2016 We own the world says USA. Snyder says Nothing of Value.

Getting the message out is a concept that progressives did NOT do well I. 2024’s election

Snider the Spider weaves its evil webb, sucks out your mind leaves you hallow empty in thought. Snyder thye Spider, Junp right ahead and your dead.

The distinction between positive and negative freedom has been made multiple times by many Western philosophers. In fact one can easily pinpoint to Aristotle and even Jesus Christ himself for proper references. It is truly astonishing how certain audiences fold in front of a person who is adept at reinventing the wheel 10 times over and passing it for profound wisdom. Incredibly overinflated blather.

I don't know who this interviewer is, but he seems to have trouble grasping basic concepts that prof. Snyder is explaining. I am part of the "choir", I agree with his ideas, but I still need and want to hear his words, often, because lots of things he says are not things that I have thought about in those same ways. So even if we're preaching to the choir, there will always be things we can say that give others new ideas and new angles on things. The fact that maybe the "other side' doesn't want to hear those things makes no difference . We still need new ideas and new words to talk about them, that's how the discourse evolves and changes society eventually, according to whose ideas are more viable.

I’m more than a little suspicious of anyone who would claim to be a “little sad” that their book remains on the bestseller list. More to the policy point, though, I’m also suspicious of those who believe that they.(and those who think like them) are in sole possession of “the truth.” Not only does this result in a lack of nuance and humility, it can also lead to a combative defensiveness when confronted with challenging questions.

It came after Civil Rights and Rights for women. GREED was celebrated in the early 80s along with the destruction of Unions.

I agree with Professor Snyder.