From Putin to AI: Vlad's Deepest Q&A Ever

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00:00 INTRO
01:06 Advice for oppositional Russians abroad & comment on the late Vasily Utkin (STEFAN K)
18:20 Putin's motivations for war (ILJIA S)
27:20 Putin's view of revolutions (AMY S)
34:17 Prayer (MA)
38:12 Iraq war - UK perspective (Karen)
46:51 Khodorkovsky on Putin's illegitimacy (David Z)
50:07 Advice for pro-Ukraine Western citizens (Thomas M)
56:38 AI threat (Juha M)
01:03:03 NAFO (Anne)
01:13:38 What if democracy isn't in decline? (DAN-W-S+ MARK)
01:22:37 Political murder of Navalny (FRENZALRHOMB)
01:24:36 Judicial pursuit of Trump (MIHO P)
01:29:12 KZbin Algorithm (Jerome M)
01:31:18 Putin and the occult (MARCO PM)

[@VladVexlerChat]

Vlad's main channel: kzbin.infovideos CHAPTERS: 00:00 INTRO 01:06 Advice for oppositional Russians abroad & a comment on the late Vasily Utkin (STEFAN K) 18:20 Putin's motivations for war (ILJIA S) 27:20 Putin's view of revolutions (AMY S) 34:17 Prayer (MA) 38:12 Iraq war - UK perspective (Karen) 46:51 Khodorkovsky on Putin's illegitimacy (David Z) 50:07 Advice for pro-Ukraine Western citizens (Thomas M) 56:38 AI threat (Juha M) 01:03:03 NAFO (Anne) 01:13:38 What if democracy isn't in decline? (DAN-W-S+ MARK) 01:22:37 Political murder of Navalny (FRENZALRHOMB) 01:24:36 Judicial pursuit of Trump (MIHO P) 01:29:12 KZbin Algorithm (Jerome M) 01:31:18 Putin and the occult (MARCO PM) Support Vlad's work on Patreon! www.patreon.com/vladvexler Support Vlad via PayPal www.paypal.com/paypalme/vladvexler?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB

[@_amalfitano]

Can you link the youtube videos mentioned in the second question?

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

I'm partying like it's 2037! So good to see you active and feisty. Spring is in the air🌷

[@dannydetonator]

@camalfitano Sarcasmitron is the best debunker of Russian/US propaganda machine i know, with a brilliant 3-part analysis of invasion of Ukraine. I don't remember in which one he talked about the myth of "color revolutions", but here isprobably the most important 2nd part about Donbas 2014-2022: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nILCi4V4gauCjtksi=rntPpnGIsIczF3UV Imho he is the most underrated western analyst/content creator on YT. Everyone interested in concentrated explanation of what happened on the ground in Ukraine from immersive western viewpoint. *Watch this or the whole trilogy, share it where "bombing of Dombas for 8 years" is mentioned and subscribe!*

[@_amalfitano]

​@@dannydetonator thank you, I really appreciate it

[@_c_y_p_3]

Love your work my friend who doesn’t know mine. Thank you.

[@timshufflebottom828]

glad to see you on the chair again, Vlad !

[@VladVexlerChat]

me too!!

[@AnonJohn143]

My first thought too :)

[@AnonJohn143]

@@VladVexlerChat I would love to know your perspective on 'climate the movie' btw.

[@andreasbpunkt]

Glad that you are doing better, Vlad. I was worried. Greetings from Germany.

[@ralfjanser4733]

me too

[@RuneDrageon]

Guess i have to join in too then, greetings and good health to you Vlad.

[@Herox13]

❤

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thanks so much, doing best to do better!

[@VladVexlerChat]

@@RuneDrageonthank you!

[@dalis994]

Ukraine: This hurts, from my home town It's only about a day's drive to the Ukraine borders. But it's not the only reason why I feel close to Ukrainians. We were occupied by the Warsaw pact armies, led by Russians. Yes, it was not so devastating but our government was pro Russian. When the Ukraine invasion begun I helped to subsidize housing for Ukrainian immigrants in Prague (for 1 year). 2 days ago I became a part of an initiative of a local NGO Člověk v tísni (monthly installment for 2 years). Please help Ukraine, any way.

[@glenngreatorex3520]

Looks like you're on the mend Vlad. Fabulous to see. Go Ukraine.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Doing my best thank you so much!

[@russetmantle1]

Since I asked that NAFO question, I did see someone post on twitter that they had run across a Ukrainian lady in real life who didn't know what NAFO was and this person explained it. The Ukrainian lady said that she'd been getting bullied by some Russians online and..."suddenly lots of dogs appeared! Hundreds and hundreds of dogs to defend us! I didn't know where they'd come from. It was wonderful. Thank you." So that was a good one. 🙂

[@antoniozeros]

Hi, fella here. Yes, that is the main good we can do besides donating and fighting propaganda: before NAFO, Ukrainian voices were smothered by ruzzian trolls. No more, those trolls get trolled, reported and kicked out from Twitter :)

[@djdjukic]

@@antoniozeros when you call them "ruzzians", that really doesn't inspire me as an outsider.

[@chrisbea49]

@@djdjukic ruzzians support the war, you'd prefer to lump all russians, war supporters and non-supporters together?

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

@@djdjukic I personally only call russians ruzzian when they are part of disinfo campaigns, soldiers, or warlords/oligarchs in the kremlin. there are some fellas who seem to get a kick out of the dehumanization of russians and i personally am strongly opposed to them. Being in NAFO does not mean you hate all russians.

[@Apolloblue36]

I pray for you everyday vlad that you will not sick anymore

[@VladVexlerChat]

That means the world thank you so so much.

[@dannydetonator]

@VladVexlerChat I got to restart doing this and remembering you among other things might be just the right exercise. (Got my agnostic crisis recently) ☆☆☆☆☆ from Latvia✌

[@janronschke7525]

To Stefan K: I have the same feeling of hypocracy towards myselv and i dont have anything to do with Russia nor Ukraine. Just for beeing a stoned fat guy living in sheltered germany, i often feel compelled to do more, to throw myselv into harms way against the knowledge that i propably wouldnt make a good soldier. Just to work and to pay taxes and to get my life in order and to engage in a bit online aktivism seems too small, yet also poses already challenge enough to me. Ive come to the conclusion that just working, paying taxes, and engage in democracy and minor activism is actully the best thing i can do for Ukraines cause. Thank you for moving to the EU, for not fighting for Putin in this stupid war, thank you for choosing life!

[@dannydetonator]

For now you're right. Ukraine is: 1)Not asking for external soldiers, they have more conscripts than weapons for them to use effectively at the moment; 2) Not accepting soldiers in UFL without prior military experience. They've stopped that practice since the first months of the fullscale war. I've tried. Most military volunteers and all civilian ones also have to mostly fund their own missions. So unless you're rich enough for a civilian mission, you're not missing out. However if anyone have a different experience or new inside knowledge, please let me know.

[@janronschke7525]

@@dannydetonator Yea i figured that, im of way more use lobbying our political representatives for aid. Thanks that you tried to join, btw cool name^^

[@thricemindblown7883]

Mr Vlad, your audience is so smart. No small accomplishment, on their part or yours.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Part of the hope behind this Chat channel is to put the community first!

[@saint-miscreant]

entirely off topic, but it brings me inexplicable joy to see that your bookshelves are sagging slightly under the weight of all those books, even as your side table and dining table are also piled with books. also the mustard yellow couch (i love yellow things around a home, it really cheers things up) and all the ambient lighting you have in your home. am i right in thinking it’s a conscious choice to light your background?

[@VladVexlerChat]

Hee hee the sofa is a mid century Guy Rogers - it was worn out and green when I got it. I had it redone in mustard yellow to match the colour of the chair I sit in.

[@begr_wiedererkennungswert]

You cooked a mammoth for us. 🙂 Sending you a virtual hug.

[@SlpBeauty333]

Sure looks like it! We definitely need an adult beverage for this one. Thankful that he warns us! I have another hour or two of lectures to record. Boo! I've no idea how Vlad can talk to an empty screen for so long, it's so boring! Lots of love from NYC ❤️💛🌻

[@begr_wiedererkennungswert]

@@SlpBeauty333 I can only guess! If it’s not a tunnel-view of his own thoughts, then he may have a very vivid imagination of his audience. … I’ll put on jeans next time. Wishing good nerves to you for recording. Now playing in my head: Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz - Prayer In C

[@suzannstrohmaier2578]

​@@begr_wiedererkennungswert I love that song so much : ) It is beautiful...but makes me really sad...something about the tone and lyrics...it makes me think of not being young anymore and the best days are over...just getting old 😂 But yet it is so beautiful...even the music video makes me sad 🤣 The young people having fun...and now that is all over for me : ) 🤣the video is such a European vibe. They are German, I think?

[@suzannstrohmaier2578]

​@@SlpBeauty333 Remember distance learning 😁 I felt so bad for my sons' teachers...they would be talking and talking to blank screens, only a handful of kids would put their cameras on. Sometimes my son would set his computer to the side and play video games while the teacher talked : ) and often during 1st period we would turn it on and go back to sleep...sometimes I would hear the teacher calling and calling a student to no avail 🤣

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

@@SlpBeauty333 Vlad has deep reservoirs of spirit, and not the kind that comes in a bottle.

[@ohhhSmooth]

So good to see you up and well. Greetings from Vienna.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Greeting back from rainy London!

[@Flipty18]

wow, "possibly Europe's best football journalist" is a very strong praise of Utkin's work. I don't mind, can't compare his work with the most of Europe but he is definitely the best sports journalist in russian language and 10x times better than any football commentator that I heard in english. and also a legendary man, so sad that he died

[@VladVexlerChat]

His talent of course wasn’t fully expressed due to his political exclusion and his health.

[@KingHarlaus_theunenthusiastic]

Good to See Vlads face

[@joshadams8761]

My heart sings at hearing words like “seraphic” being used casually.

[@technologic21]

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions that have been itching my brain!

[@Brian-bw3uu]

Sarcasmitron is awesome. Just some random channel with a handful of wonderfully documented and nuanced videos on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the West The one that is mentioned was a bit ancillary to the first three but still crazy. At one point he plays a video posted just a couple years ago by Sergey Glazyev, in which Glazyev wishes a heartfelt happy posthumous birthday to Lyndon LaRouche For anyone who knows who both those men are it's a surreal moment. And as the video is about, there's a long history between Lyndon LaRouche and his people and RT and Russian nationalists. Just nuts So yeah, go watch his videos. A KZbin gem

[@Martynhse]

Glad to see you looking better , so much value your perspectives

[@jsgdk]

I had a bottle of nice coffee liquer that was bought for newyears eve but we never got around to, opened it about an hour ago, I feel ready, love you man, and Stefan the Russian: You are not a hypocrite, you are an individual.

[@SlpBeauty333]

19:00 Oh Vlad, this is why I love you so very much. I love seeing you have the magic moments of teaching where you're so charmed by the idea that you're learning from your students. I'm so glad that you get this kind of experience because it's the best part of teaching. You write your lectures out and plan and gather material and then one kid will ask something you didn't anticipate and all of your plans have to go out the window! It's genuine magic most of the time.

[@ValerioVota]

I'm so glad to see you're doing better, Vlad. Cheers from Italy, and thanks for being here.

[@blackheartrebels]

damn..ll need popcorn...and a beer....really good to se you in your chair vlad!!!

[@josefk332]

Thanks for your words of wisdom Vlad and great to see you upright today, all the very best pal.

[@glenn5328]

Hi Vlad Hope you are feeling a little better. Long one…….here we go!

[@aes0p895]

good to see you up and about and presumably feeling better. thanks for the update!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you!

[@rachelatwood9555]

You look a million times better than a couple of days ago, Dearest Vladislav ❤️

[@VladVexlerChat]

This was 4 different days! 💛

[@helennuttall6051]

So pleased to see you

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you for being with me.

[@Dzugoslav]

Thank you Vlad! Much love and I hope you will get better soon.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thanks so much!

[@Mothman156]

Glad your feeling up to this deep dive. Cheers from Canada.

[@johnnyquid-xj4kk]

Your analysis, food for thought always.

[@jennylynn82173]

So glad to see you up! 😊 hoping you’re feeling better, Vlad!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thanks so much!

[@jay3517]

Was just about to get into my hour-long epsom salt bath...what a treat to see this at the top of my subscriptions. I hope that you're feeling better for now Vlad :) Trying to finish off a PhD with some neuro issues that make it feel like I'm at war with my own body so I can only begin to imagine what you're contending with. Always happy to hear your reasoned and well-articulated thoughts!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Gentle wishes to your body and so much luck with PhD progress!

[@jay3517]

@@VladVexlerChat Thank you for the kind words :)

[@IamShanee]

I hope your feeling better brother

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thanks so much

[@leanette999]

Happy to see you feeling better. 😘

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you!

[@BobWilliamRingwell]

Thank you for having done this marathon of Q/A

[@suzannstrohmaier2578]

Thanks so much...I can't wait to watch.

[@SL-sd3sg]

Good to see you ❤ from Wiltshire.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Hug!

[@zdwiakee]

I am surprised and grateful that you mentioned Vasiliy Utkin, he was an extraordinary man. So extraordinary in fact that his death was mourned by both sides of the Russian cold civil war, despite his vocal siding with the resisting side.

[@dmitripuzyrev4413]

Well, I can say part of it is that he was blessed to talk about football. Depolitisized part loves football so much that they just overlook (or don't know enough) about his civic life and the far-right obviously devoted football fans as everywhere and just can't ignore his legendary contributions.

[@dmitripuzyrev4413]

Plus he was extraordinary lucky to be at the right place at the right time - when the social environment was just free enough for his talents to truly shine. Had his heyday happened not in 90s and 00s but now he wouldn't be as blessed

[@antoniozeros]

One more NAFO here!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Hi NAFO person!

[@susansprague7304]

See a fella, reply to a fella ... Hi, fella!

[@antoniozeros]

@@VladVexlerChat And now I am star struck! Vlad, I have been following you for a loooong time both here and in the main channel. Take good care of yourself and keep up the good work, I have convinced more than one propaganda brain-washed people about reconsidering their positions with your videos. Thanks! Edit: typos

[@antoniozeros]

@@susansprague7304 One of us!

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

What's poppin fella?

[@SeamusDunmaggotin]

Thankyou Vlad, great to see you back in the chair, some real chewy question's, what a joy you and the beautiful community are, all the very best.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you so much.

[@marcussassan]

Thanks for this Vlad. Glad to see you up and running!

[@VladVexlerChat]

🌻

[@mikedoucette6248]

Great Q&A Vlad....Bravo

[@georgek9726]

Good to see you up again brother God Bless

[@VladVexlerChat]

Bless you too!

[@berenicehickey9755]

So glad you're sitting up now!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you - this was in instalments but it felt a triumph to sit up!

[@andyperson7695]

Excited to come back and watch this later

[@eileenoconnor391]

Thanks Vlad. Always a joy.

[@meowmeowmeow1243]

I studied for an IT job, just to find that it almost disappeared because of AI. What i find a bit ironic is that a lot of the AI models have been trained on the results of our work and will soon replace many of us.

[@KingHarlaus_theunenthusiastic]

Good luck Mate

[@robertfreitag687]

Well, hopefully you have enough capital saved up to wait out the inevitable crash when they realize that they've waayyy overestimated AI's capabilities. Because there's going to be a gold rush for consultancy agencies specializing in cleaning up after them.

[@_amalfitano]

Congrats! I will save this to tuck into when I will be able to follow it; not sure about drink pairing. Open to recommendations.

[@emm_arr]

Irn Bru - with a dash of Tabasco. I call it a Sweary Mary.

[@SlpBeauty333]

I'll share my adult beverage with you! Either Veuve Clicquot in a pint glass or a very similar prosecco, also in a pint glass. It makes my neighbor freak out about table manners which makes it all the more fun! 🍻

[@RileyH-fh8vf]

Thank you, Vlad. Insightful questions and analysis.

[@NAFO_MythicPlague]

Great show today...

[@AnotherTake-ru4cf]

Welcome back!

[@jimschofield8734]

Hope you're feeling better Vlad.

[@albertusman]

This is the best Q&A so far.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you!

[@diilouise]

Good for you, Vlad. Thank you.

[@rainydayyoutube]

Great video, I'm leaving a comment to support your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you!!

[@jessicarowley9631]

Lovely to see you Vlad. I hope your health improves a bit soon. Thank you for this. It has left me with questions that some good quality reading will help me formulate. So thank you again.

[@RobMLyon]

Feel better Vlad !! Ty for doing what you do!!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you so much!

[@gabrielad6000]

Nice to see you well again, Vlad!

[@aes0p895]

I agree that Sarcasmatron is great, and I left a similar comment on his channel about you! Great to see this. thanks!

[@suzannewman979]

Nice conversation

[@colemantrebor1610]

Love to hear sarcasmitron mentioned. I would love to get an extended reaction to his part 4 on Russia Ukraine. Excellent KZbinr. Thanks Vlad as always.

[@karentorkar8256]

Good to see you feeling better, Vlad.

[@edutainme7265]

Thank you Vlad for reading the second question - it was sobering to put oneself in the place of a conscious objector.

[@maloryjhin9255]

Thanks

[@MarkyMark1668]

Love you Vlad

[@_amalfitano]

Congrats again, this is great

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thanks dear you

[@xavierisrael3320]

We love you, Vlad!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Love back!

[@juhakorpi8372]

LoveLove

[@yamaneko-ex8fy]

Thank you Vlad. I always look forward to hear your extraordinary rich discussions, so I am glad you are doing better: Keep up your great work! Love from Germany.

[@Syne7h]

I always love his background. It looks accidental but it's actually artistic with interesting but not distracting composition and a cozy calming color palette

[@quexalcoatl]

Thanks!

[@VladVexlerChat]

Thank you!

[@Kevin-ls2gt]

Thank you, as always, for creating a space that forces me to be careful and considered. It is a lovely place to be

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

NAFO expansion is non-negotiable. That´s all you need to know... ever... forever...

[@VladVexlerChat]

haha!!

[@emm_arr]

Hope you are feeling better today.

[@osk9013]

Interesting!

[@mikechristopherson6035]

The question topic footers were helpful

[@itwasntme9687]

Thank you so much for all your time and effort you put into this Q&A. It is highly appreciated. Best wishes for your health and lots of love from Germany. 🌻

[@VladVexlerChat]

Love back from rainy London!

[@itwasntme9687]

@@VladVexlerChat Thank you so much for your answer, Vlad! I really don't know how why, but somehow it matters to me. Love from rainy Germany. 🌻🌻🌻

[@VladVexlerChat]

@@itwasntme9687 it great to have you with me - I’m passionate about this conversation in a tiny corner of our culture.

[@itwasntme9687]

@@VladVexlerChat Vlad, I love the way you are treating people, including me. So I hope you will allow me to say the following: judging on your typos (usually, you don't have any) you should go to bed and rest. (And as English isn't my native language, I may be wrong here) We (or at least I) need you for the long term. Lots of love from Germany. 🌻

[@edmurth]

I thought the first answer was really beautiful, good to see the chair occupied again Vlad.

[@mickish]

Jumped off and came back, watched to the end!

[@glenn5328]

That was a bit of an intellectual marathon……well worth the effort…….so pleased I found your channel Vlad.

[@Aurochs330]

Looking good, sir

[@B_r_u_c_e]

When the VV Top 10 Greatest Hits is published, this set of lessons should be the opening track.

[@Redrios]

[@snowdroog1]

I strongly support a separate piece for the last question!

[@tanjalauramarketta]

Thank you Vlad for explaining Vasili Utkin to us. I saw the news about his death and immediately realized he had been a very special person to many. Unfortunately I do not understand russian or know much about football so I had no idea who he was. So sad that the best ones seem to always be the ones leaving too early 😢

[@suzannstrohmaier2578]

I just had an iced matcha...and earlier iced coffee...so I am a bit wired...from the caffeine. 🤣

[@benjaminkuhn2878]

Glad to see you in the vertigo.

[@Dreamer66617]

hahahah vlad i love that you notify me to prepare my enviroment hahah thats hilarious ur great

[@xml7sxGaming]

Sarcasmitron is a good channel, strongly recommend the 4 videos series on Ukraine and the misinformation war.

[@PeppermintPatties]

Hello, Beautiful Vlad 😍

[@VladVexlerChat]

Khhello!

[@fedorbutochnikow5312]

NAFO's expansion is a good thing, it offers security to anybody under threat of an invasion and it's regrettable that Ukraine was not joined early on.

[@susansprague7304]

There actually is a difference between NAFO and NATO. Both are essential, just in different ways.

[@farmersdotter7]

❤

[@christohertholen]

👏👏👏

[@IntheMeadows]

What you said between 7:49 and 9:00 cannot be overstated. Immensely important.

[@VladVexlerChat]

Yeah I feel it's really important

[@Therealbkbk2019]

How would Russians hear about this speech?

[@theskoomacat7849]

53:30 this really "woke me up" as a hungarian citizen, thank you

[@user-sk4nx9if9h]

Love your videos Brother 🇺🇸💛🇺🇦💙🇪🇺💪🙏

[@alaincote6684]

oh my gosh Vlad you are so grounding for me in the spring of 2024. I am despondent and depressed, I am a math teacher and farmer and I am doing too much doom scrolling but you give me hope. Thank you from all my heart

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

There's light at the end of the tunnel.

[@PokemonGeezer]

WOW just starting, i'll update later....

[@Korra228]

I listened to this video twice while playing the new Minecraft update and I didn't even realize it was over 1.5 hours long! I did listen in 2 times speed, but still.

[@gdmnsdgl]

would love to see you do a version of Q1 but for those of us still stuck inside Russia. The point on cultivating agency in those around you feels empowering and right, but how does one go about having these conversations when there are no legitimate--or legal--spaces for them?