President Ronald Reagan - "Evil Empire" Speech

View the full speech here: millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3409
Address to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida that would come to represent Reagan's view of the Soviet Union. Reagan defends America's Judeo-Christian traditions against the Soviet Union's totalitarian leadership and lack of religious faith, expressing his belief that these differences are at the heart of the fight between the two nations.
March 8th, 1983

[@henry2ish]

CUT UP WHILE TALKING]

[@coolday1111]

Sorry not scp

[@gustavofring1588]

AAAAH

[@PoGirlShines]

@@coolday1111 And now I know what that means.

[@flameking3344]

Why is he talking about stabbing kids and killing orphans. He is clearly Technoblade.

[@reddragon2k6]

Don't worry if you are paranoid after reading the website - after 1:10, it is still perfectly normal. Regan is still on family values and how much he hates communism.

[@wildilias_bruh540]

Everybody gangsta when his face starts getting cut off.

[@chasesstuff6010]

After seeing SCP-1981 I’ll never look at this speech the same

[@quinnimationtv]

Yeah same

[@laurendayap762]

The Americans brought me here

[@laurendayap762]

+psychotronik13 It was at the end of the season 3 finale

[@laurendayap762]

+psychotronik13 yep the TV show on FX

[@laurendayap762]

+psychotronik13 Well its a show about undercover Russian spies living in the U.S. during the Cold War so take what you will from that. I was a little young during his presidency, but I knew of him from my dad who liked him

[@Cyallaire]

+psychotronik13 I expect you know the details on that episode: He was about to give his weekly radio address and claimed he didn't realize his microphone was switched on, so thought it amusing to say the bombs would be dropping in 5 minutes. The Soviets were not amused, and neither were any thinking people who learned of his "gag".

[@didokell]

The Foundation brought me here

[@phoenixbornagain]

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

[@seekter-kafa]

what freedom??? who is free and where and when, please explain?

[@hilairebelloc3368]

@@seekter-kafa First and foremost a freedom of the will, a freedom for excellence, expressed politically as the delicate fruit of a mature civilization.

[@ZeroResurrected]

@@seekter-kafaThe freedom for you to ask this without being sent to a gulag

[@seekter-kafa]

@@ZeroResurrected you watch to many movies

[@antpol1029]

​@@seekter-kafalet me ask you, what is freedom?

[@sahilhassan8538]

Imagine him dealing with Putin now. Especially over Ukraine.

[@jonathanbaird8109]

While I wasn't alive at the time, I always thought poorly of Reagan for what I saw as brinksmanship. I gotta say now that he called it right with "Evil Empire."

[@mixerman8]

My thoughts entirely, they’d be a no fly zone and wouldn’t be afraid of any retaliation. We’d be in WW3 but least the message would get to the tyrants.

[@ew-uy6cs]

@@mixerman8 American troops would be battling Russian troops over Ukraine. An eventual American victory and American troops destroying Russias ground troops.

[@larrywallace2881]

I grew up under Reagan let me tell you he wasn't a guy you f***ked with

[@robertcoca1127]

Ronald Reagan best president

[@Idekwtph]

Can’t believe it’s been 40 years since this speech was made

[@tnndll4294]

And still applies today with Putin.

[@damianobanderivets4587]

​@@tnndll4294 100%

[@erkkihelminen7580]

​@@tnndll4294 Also applies to North korea ,China and belarus

[@RSjs25]

@@erkkihelminen7580And my bedroom

[@erkkihelminen7580]

​@@tnndll4294its also applies to iran, Venezuela,Nicaragua,cuba and myamair

[@chiefkeefgaming2005]

Can someone explain why hes randomly getting cuts and bruises on his face when theres nothing hitting him? And why is he talking about the occult?

[@Liquefaction]

So you too have walked down drooling path and seen the offices of Google burn

[@littleantukins4415]

And then his body barely hols his head lol

[@TheOneNeo2003]

can't forget about seeing circles that aren't circles

[@ButaneBoss]

Now there you go again

[@punkmasterV]

"...with white collars and cut fingernails...and smooth shaven cheeks" NICE

[@williamgarcia9858]

when I was a child, I'll always remember seeing Ronald Reagan on TV and somehow being awed by his charisma.

[@pennyxiao7431]

Christoper Sambeli And you think it was better when satan Hussein was in power. Shoot Saddam Hussein himself even boast about how he has weapons of mass destruction.

[@pennyxiao7431]

Christoper Sambeli why don’t you go to live in a place where their is a dictator and see how you like it.

[@milesium-487]

I SEE YOU

[@PoGirlShines]

I was ignorant when I was younger & didn't care for him. I used to be liberal. Now I know better. Now it's all becoming clear what is really going on.

[@PoGirlShines]

@AMINA MOTAMAD What is it?

[@phase866]

SCP-1981... freaky stuff

[@hovtchil873]

Fr

[@zandermarais3006]

Bro u still alive

[@firstnamelastname8684]

i like how everyone is talking about scp or politics but i just wanted to know where a bunch of clips i saw from videos were from despite knowing secretly that im here for both

[@chasesstuff6010]

Yes, we are all scarred by SCP-1981

[@idk.anymore69]

What a wholesome archive i hope it doesn’t turn into an scp

[@eeealienshereYT]

It did

[@idk.anymore69]

@@eeealienshereYT 😨

[@eeealienshereYT]

​@@idk.anymore69try searching "SCP-1981"

[@dannysoderberg9051]

Who else was brought here by the show Deutschland 83? Lol

[@anonymous-vq7wy]

I see you

[@chernovbrichtofen4767]

Scp 1981

[@natty55555]

4:19 "Evil Empire"

[@JohnDoe-rw4hl]

natty55555 Thank you! Interesting that the famous utterance was just that: an utterance, made in passing, instead of the declaration that popular culture seems to think he made.

[@dapzzz-5744]

They were

[@natty55555]

@@dapzzz-5744 The Evil Empire came back and it is very evil.

[@dapzzz-5744]

@@natty55555 tell me about it

[@natty55555]

@@dapzzz-5744 Go to Russia and try it yourself.

[@asiandrinkswater848]

Who else came here from SCP-1981?

[@josephluke5842]

Me

[@HY4CIN7H]

+AsianDrinksWater Me. :D

[@413rb]

Me

[@captainflamflam4220]

i did :D

[@mightysystem9638]

AsianDrinksWater me to.

[@turtletrading4207]

As a person currently migrating from a country (Bulgaria), that was touched by the soviets, to a western country, I agree completely with the last great US president in the modern era. Soviet Russia was and still is an evil empire. It's poison still flows through many countries. Ronald Reagan worked hard for the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He succeeded and that is why he is hated so much in Russia and in countries like mine. I noticed many rude comments about him in the comment section. Those are the same people that will continue to spread russian propaganda all the time. Those are the same communists from that era or their children. I have seen the west now and I can concur that life is great here. People have houses, not some 3 by 3 cell that they call home (one small example). So stop wasting your breath spreading your propaganda. You can't fool everyone.

[@jackmiller5675]

Kasa Pa The thing is that not every person in Russia (USA, Bulgary, insert country) believes everything the news telling to him. And yeah, we have larger "cells" now than we had in Soviet Union.

[@masterplanedofff]

Kasa Pa The time will come and you will see that you live in a country that has adopted all of Nazi Germany. The new Reich. Nazi States of America

[@turtletrading4207]

Jabo Din I am not so sure what to think about your comment... If you think that I live in the US you are wrong. However, I would like to go there one day because I admire the country.

[@masterplanedofff]

Kasa Pa Do not you see? America is a fading empire, every year in the United States will be increasingly difficult to live with. A country without roots, it has no future.

[@turtletrading4207]

Jabo Din Right, right...Like I can't see clearly with my own eyes how "easy" is to live in Bulgaria, a country with rich history(if you mean history by saying "roots").

[@foundationgamer9771]

Everybody gangsta until he starts having wounds randomly

[@Grylingirici]

I see you

[@schneisi]

"Commusinsm had its chance , it Failed" (Ronald Reagan)

[@boian_ml]

Remi van Dongen There is no communism in Europe dumbfuck... Go get an education

[@JCBigCat]

Remi van Dongen plus there is no god. Whoops!

[@zeroentertainment3502]

SkuLL LoRd: But they are trying the same thing: to topple down national sovereignities and to force the centralisation. Hell, Junker even said that eu needs its own army! I think that is pretty scary.

[@am8776]

The Soviet is dead, the origin of evil is gone and forever will be. Hahahahahaha get rekt commie supporter and cry.

[@andreikovacs3476]

Stupid spoiled brat says "Buuuuttt thaaaaat wasnt trueee commieniesm"

[@moved9134]

wonder if anyone is here from you know what -COUGH SCP COUGH-

[@CharlieAlphaTango]

SCP?

[@dusterdude238]

yes I was looking for an Un narrated, un edited version of SCP 1981

[@itsmedik8628]

How does this comment not have more responses after 3 years?

[@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910]

One recent survey by a Washington-based researcher concluded that Americans were far more willing to participate in cannibalism than they have in the past hundred years.

[@Legion_33666]

you caught me

[@eudaimonia1183]

Every one is here from SCP, but why is no one here from Rage Against The Machine?

[@shaky6995]

I'm here from them

[@simonpercival6175]

Me too

[@aidanluhmann3028]

I am lol

[@jasonschmidt8365]

I was scrolling looking for this comment.

[@starboundtransraceactivist847]

Why doesn’t he slowly looked more disfigured and have a hooded man behind him?

[@pickleism253]

Why isnt he talking about child sacrifice

[@freddiemercury8625]

"One recent survey by a Washington-based researcher concluded that Americans were far more willing to participate in cannibalism than they have in the past hundred years." - SCP 1981

[@Ztevie92]

This is why he is known as "The Great Communicator"

[@agonistes06]

and he is also known for escaping justice for high treason.

[@adamvermillion6037]

@@agonistes06 as well as for deez nuts

[@fredericksinclair]

@@adamvermillion6037 caught me off guard

[@randomyankee8923]

​@@agonistes06Reagan came clean and formed an entire commission to investigate his own involvement in Iran-Contra. I don't see him as a crook, rather as honest just for that

[@agonistes06]

@@randomyankee8923 awesome, you may have and keep him.

[@putrescentvermin]

SCP-1981

[@brianmoore493]

looking at events today in 2022, I feel the cold war has never ended.

[@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854]

@Duplizapper NATO didn't invade a country because they are communists. Any country can become a member of NATO IF their people vote for becoming a NATO. Russia threaten neighbors to join them and forcing them to become part of Evil Empire where people die for speaking their mind.

[@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854]

@Duplizapper Germany is a free country and they acknowledge that they done wrong 100 years ago(they shown what happened to jews and gippsies in schools). Even they prisoned who people against freedom(you will get prison time for playing hitl*r speech in public). Germany is no longer nationalist socialist, it become social democratic country.

[@jamesadam8515]

It never did, just came to a temporary armistice

[@alessandroderossi.]

@Keiki Haniyasushin "evil" go support north korea

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

@Brian Moore Yeah: -Early 2022 was like the 1980s, in terms of USA vs. Russia views. -Now, Biden has to deal with what Reagan would have had to deal with

[@littleantukins4415]

Everyone gangsta until Reagan got some lacerations

[@ChrJahnsen]

He was right! As always! Back when United States had a REAL President!

[@ruhri0411]

Back when the GOP had charismatic and sane presidents!

[@scottg4520]

@@ruhri0411 Then what do you think of Biden/Harris?

[@ruhri0411]

@@scottg4520 The USA is not my country, but I think everyone is better than Trump! Biden also has a very hard time because his own party is not 100% behind him. You need someone like Reagan or Obama again, they were presidents who could impress. I can imagine that with Reagan or Obama in the White House, Putin would not have dared to start this war. Trump is a pawn for Putin, a useful idiot who cannot hold a candle to Putin intellectually. God help us if this proto-fascist becomes president again in 2025.

[@saarbrooklynrider2277]

Trump is terrible, the religious zealots are terrible but so are identity politics.

[@roke3526]

Didn´t knew real presidents have to sell crack

[@Foxxtrot64]

I’m here because of my research on SCP-1981. Pause between 0:31 and 0:32, on the left part of the screen is where the black robe figure appears, replacing that guy. Not here, but you’ll see it when you read SCP-1981’s file

[@crane7472]

I still don't understand why Reagan and many other Americans thought God/religion and the Soviet Union were mutually exclusive. My mother, who grew up in the USSR and her family freely went to church and were able to practice Orthodox Christianity. She saw Tajik, Kyrgyz, Uzbek women at the bazaar covered with the Muslim style headcovering. There was even a time where our communist leader Leonid Brezhnev told Nixon "God will not forgive us". What kind of supposed atheist would openly say that to a western leader?

[@alexrichter1362]

"I would rather see my little girls die now, still believing in God than have them no longer believing in God." "The Government you elect is the government you deserve." -Thomas Jefferson

[@ceilconstante7813]

Biden is a #VoterFraudPresident. It was a selection, not an election.

[@ploote]

@@ceilconstante7813 and how does this have anything to do with the comment above?

[@deussivenatura5805]

Most, if not all, of the founding fathers didn't believe in God; atleast not the Christian one.

[@waynebrown9564]

@@deussivenatura5805 most did believe in one God

[@Qnexus7]

remember the mujahideen freedom fighters talibans: "These gentlemen are the moral equivalent of the founding fathers." - Ronald Reagan Billions worth of support and investment into the talibans who "fought for their freedom and God against those evil godless atheist soviets" eventually turned out to push towards the collapse of the soviets yeah, but later that transformed into the 9/11 and the total fundamentalist mess which tears the middle east still today. Yeah, i'd be carefull with giving away my admiration for such individuals.

[@videoua5]

March 9, 1983 Reagan called Moscow an evil empire!

[@mattcoyle1876]

Man this was way different from what I remember. I vaguely remember these has this guy in a hood behind him, and Reagan were talking about circles. I also remember that Reagan was rather ill. His skin looked terrible and he looked like he had gotten into a fight earlier. There were some cuts over his face. Idk why I remember that so strongly

[@themig71]

He just fought Apollo Creed and Mr. T at the same time, what you expect?

[@Freeaviator]

"Communism is when no religion" - Vladimir Marx

[@christianmorales8978]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Haha good one! Because it’s a joke it means it’s right!

[@domnoya4130]

Communism separated church from state. We do the same thing. Communism didn’t mean no religion in the nation it meant no religion in government. People use the religion narrative to set people against communism because it is simple and easy to understand. These people are bad because they are godless heathens. Meanwhile the Russian Orthodox Church plays a large part in their society despite communism. Most Russians are Christians just like you despite what Reagan says. Reagan uses this just like the Muslims in Afghanistan did because it is an easy argument. Just like America the Soviet Union made up a large group of people from different cultures many with different religions not atheism. God was not a part of their politics though. That is not why communism is bad. Does our system not ask for separation of church and state yet people like Reagan pretend America is 100% a Christian society and them100% atheist. In fact one of the few good things about communism is that they actually practiced separation of church and state. This is not a religious issue but he makes it that to pander to his idiot hardcore religious base. Meanwhile the majority of Russia is the same religion as them. Communism is bad primarily because it is a command economy. In a command economy supply chain decisions have a lack of information from the end of that chain. They have no idea what to produce and how much compared with capitalist economies rich with information. Religion is a cheap scape goat for explaining to people who lose attention when you start talking about manufacturing and retail. The Soviet Union was not an atheist society it was an atheist government. Someone isn’t bad because they are atheist. A system is bad not because it lacks god but because it lacks proper economic and political foundations. Our system can adapt based on public opinion while the Soviet system couldn’t. Communism encouraged theft crime and cheating to generate wealth while capitalism encouraged competition. God and religion do not play a part here and it is sad to see that is why people dislike communism instead of what actually makes it bad. Soviet grocery stores were empty because of the command economy not because of religion.

[@Navy35]

Dom Noya communism and fascism were similar in that it tolerated religion as long as it didn’t interfere with the government’s plans

[@andyxan3904]

Karl Putin said that.

[@randomyankee8923]

​@@Navy35So then that would be the same doctrine used by the Nåzis

[@Sandmann6965]

The problem with the majority of people is that they think that there is just good and evil in this world. We are good, they are evil. They see the world as a Disney cartoon, while the world is much, much more complicated place.

[@Lyronos]

Well said. 👏

[@finefilth]

Let's not forget that under Reagan, we increased our dependency on imported oil, increased the ratio of national debt to GNP, and went from being a creditor nation to a debtor nation. I recommend Andrew Bacevich's book "The Limits of Power."

[@C3-PantherPickle]

LORD KNOWS WE NEED Ronald Reagan NOW

[@richardgraty4684]

He was a great President

[@drckargaming]

I happen to watch this today. March 8th, 2023. This speech is 40 years old today.

[@occhaossoup9819]

holy shit SCP-1981 but normal

[@emmanuelmoreau1751]

So True even today!

[@lucasworktv]

Yeah, but now the evil empire is the so called west with its leftist government

[@scottm8579]

'The Americans' brought me here.

[@MrPeaceBestill]

IT WAS A DECISIVE WIN MY FRIEND, he won the electoral and the popular vote, what a great accomplishment.

[@ildart8738]

Do not forget that Ronald Reagan was an actor first, and a president second. My parents and grandparents in the USSR hated his guts for this reason. How the f**k can an actor become a president of a country?! But after Donald Trump I am not surprised by anything anymore.

[@Thatonecopypasta]

@@ildart8738 well the difference is that Ronald Reagan quit being an actor and then spent decades working his way up as the governor of California. Donny came from no where.

[@zura2702]

i was brought up in usssr and in know what that great man was talking about. these words are realy precious. reagan went further and did his best to turn evil empire into ruins. thanks for it

[@theslavicguy485]

Well then you are just speaking for your self because most of US LIKED LIVING IN THE SOVIET Union. AND WE MISS IT SO SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH THE “EVIL EMPIRE”

[@semyonsychev5906]

Ну что чушок, каково тебе работать на буржуина и тянуть ипотеку за плохо построенную новостройку на окраине на 25 лет?

[@trclark7689]

We need a leader like Reagan right now.

[@JonStark117]

*We need people from Reagan’s party to stop promoting misinformation in support of Russia. He’d be rolling in his grave if he saw what happened to his party today.*

[@trclark7689]

​@@JonStark117 I think the only thing that would make Reagan roll over in his grave is seeing how Democrats have become a bigger enemy to America than Russia ever has.

[@linusschmutz3985]

@bizarrio reagan has Sporen as well with the Sowjets. Trump seid to Putin in He attacs the Ukraine He would bomb moscow.

[@BucaneerBri]

@bizarrio Biden sided with them when he left Ukraine a NATO member hanging out to dry.

[@kristianp1378]

@@JonStark117 nobody is siding with Russia but I do agree the party has become 2 far fight. Same with the Dems, they are becoming 2 far left. Trump was praising Putin for taking advantage of an incompetent. Putin is making stupid money off of the gas pipeline while Biden refuses to sanction it. It’s honestly really smart It amazes me how you can be manipulated by the MSM so often

[@willieboy3011]

Thank you Mr President for telling the truth. USSR and communism was and is evil. "Totalitarian darkness" encompassing an "evil empire" is entirely correct. All other presidents since Kennedy were content with détente, but President Reagan stated his intentions early on: "We win. They lose." After fixing the out of control interest, inflation, and unemployment, Reagan helped defeat communism with the downfall of USSR. He brought pride back into a nation after Vietnam, rescued the Iranian hostages, built up defense, and defeated the evil empire. That is why he is still the most popular president since WWII. The socialist Obama is, incidentally, the most unpopular one.

[@xyetach7236]

1914-1918 - a series of incursions into Mexico. 1914-1934 - Haiti. After numerous uprisings of America introduces its troops, the occupation continues 19 years. 1916-1924 - 8-year-old occupation of the Dominican Republic. 1917-1933 - military occupation of Cuba, economic protectorate. 1917-1918 - participation in the 1st World. 1918-1922 - Intervention in Russia. A total of 14 countries had participated. Provide active support to secede from Russia territories - Kolchak and the Far Eastern Republic. 1918-1920 - Panama. After the election, the introduction of troops to quell the unrest. 1919 - COSTA RICA. ... The landing of US troops to "protect American interests". 1919 - US troops fighting on the side of Italy against Serbs in Dolmatov. 1919 - US troops are part of Honduras during the elections. 1920 - Guatemala. 2-week intervention. 1921 - American support for the rebels who fought to overthrow the Guatemalan president Carlos Herrera for the benefit of the United Fruit Company. 1922 - Intervention in Turkey. 1922-1927 - US forces in China during the popular uprising. 1924-1925 - Honduras. Troops invaded the country during the elections. 1925 - Panama. American forces dispersed a general strike. 1926 - Nicaragua. Invasion. 1927-1934 - throughout China persisted American troops. 1932 - Salvador invasion from the sea. There at the time was an uprising. 1937 - Nicaragua. With US troops dictator Somoza comes to power, displacing the legitimate government of H. Sacasa. 1939 - introduction of troops in China. 1947-1949 - Greece. US troops are involved in a civil war, supporting the Nazis. 1948-1953 - military actions in the Philippines. 1950 - an uprising in Puerto Rico suppressed by US troops. 1950-1953 - armed intervention in Korea about a million American soldiers. 1958 - Lebanon. The occupation of the country, the fight against the rebels. 1958 - confrontation with Panama. 1959 - America introduces troops into Laos, starting the first clashes of American troops in Vietnam. 1959 - Haiti. The suppression of the popular uprising against the pro-American government. 1960 - after Jose Maria Velasco was elected president of Ecuador, and refused to comply with the requirements of the United States to break off relations with Cuba, Americans spent several military operations and organize a coup. 1960 - US troops enter Guatemala to prevent the removal from power puppets US. 1965-1973 - military aggression against Vietnam. 1966 - Guatemala. ... US troops entered the country, were arranged massacres of Indians, who were considered potential rebels. 1966 - military assistance to pro-American government of Indonesia and the Philippines. ... (60,000 people were arrested for political reasons under the government officially employed 88 experts on torture). 1971-1973 - the bombing of Laos. 1972 - Nicaragua. American forces are introduced in order to support the government, favorable to Washington. 1983 - The military intervention in Grenada, about 2 thousand. Marines. 1986 - The attack on Libya. The bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. 1988 - American invasion of Honduras 1988 - USS "Vincennes", is located in the Persian Gulf, Iranian missile shot down a plane with 290 passengers on board, including 57 children. 1989 - American troops suppress unrest in the Virgin Islands. 1991 - Large-scale military action against Iraq 1992-1994 - the occupation of Somalia. Armed violence against civilians, the killing of civilians. 1998 - Sudan. Americans consume missile strike pharmaceutical plant, claiming that it produces nerve gas. 1999 - ignoring international law, bypassing the UN Security Council, the United States, NATO forces launched a campaign of 78-day aerial bombardment of the sovereign state of Yugoslavia. 2001 - the invasion of Afghanistan. 2003 - the bombing of Iraq. 2011 - Libya.

[@willieboy3011]

Is there some point to these dates?

[@ilyapopov460]

willieboy3011 America is the main reason of death, pain and suffering on this planet.

[@willieboy3011]

Well spoken. General Secertary Putin will allow you to remain out of prison. Yes, and Russia has no soldiers in Ukraine nor is supplying the pro-Russians with weapons. Right. SVR?

[@ilyapopov460]

willieboy3011 His majesty, Evil Emperor Putin, not General Secretary. And yes, he did not send troops to Ukraine. Do you know, why Ukraine attack Donetsk, and do not attack Crimea? Very simple. There are a lot of Russian troops in Crimea. Thats why. Ask yourself a question: why Ukraine did not declared a war on Evil Russian Empire yet? If someone is invading your country, you declaring a war, right? Why Poroshenko still sells his candies to Russia? Can you imagine Stalin, selling vodka to Hitler in 1942? Why Russia still supplies natural gas, coal, and electricity in Ukraine?

[@jonathansayers9564]

One of my all time favourite political speeches. Love you and miss you Ron.

[@nope7389]

I hate him. He supports an economy mode which subjects billions of people into poverty. His liberal lie ‘trickle down economics’ is so stupid. Hate him.

[@yaboimclovin1499]

He was a crook

[@Ongwelalambs777]

@@yaboimclovin1499 understandable

[@yaboimclovin1499]

@@Ongwelalambs777 i truly don’t understand the fan boyism with Ronald

[@TJ28628]

@@yaboimclovin1499 Well, I'm assuming your a Democrat so you probably don't even listen to what he's saying.

[@dayofthedaleks1523]

Why is it SCP-1981 when the speech was in 1983 🤔

[@hettywilliams3045]

does anyone know who the 'prominent young man in the entertainment world' is that Reagan refers to at around 0:49?

[@lucianorc656]

Everybody gangsta till his discourse Starts changing and becomes sinister

[@phoenixbornagain]

He served for two full terms, which allowed him to hold the U.S. presidency from January 20, 1981 until January 20, 1989. Let’s take a quick look at some of his major accomplishments and understand why many people consider Ronald Reagan a great president.

[@Special_Agent_Frank_Horrigan]

good thing he isn't cut up

[@peterlecraw]

these are not the last two minutes. the last two minutes includes his quote from Whittaker Chambers.

[@marybethleib8286]

One of his best speeches. He is sorely missed and his wisdom so needed now.

[@lonnysnake752]

He was an evil evil man and even though I don’t believe in god I hope he rots in hell

[@juannaym8488]

he's responsible for most of what's wrong today. Trickle down economics, privatization, the war on drugs... it all paid out during his term but had devastating effects on the American society and on the entire planet. He and Margret Thatcher ushered in our age of struggle

[@ogfatdante]

No american leader shall be remembered fondly from the rest of the world.

[@stevegreen65]

"Speak out against those who would place the United States in a position of military or moral inferiority" Well said Mr. Reagan.

[@nope7389]

I hate him. He supports an economy mode which subjects billions of people into poverty. His liberal lie ‘trickle down economics’ is so stupid. Hate him.

[@stoicstone521]

It is

[@phoenixbornagain]

It is good to think of how he did it, because the gifts he brought to resolving the conflict reflected very much who he was as a man. He began with a common-sense conviction that the Soviets were not a people to be contained but a system to be defeated. This put him at odds with the long-held view of the foreign-policy elites in the '60s, '70s and '80s, but Reagan had an old-fashioned sense that Americans could do any good thing if God blessed the effort. Removing expansionary communism from

[@spaciestcastle]

Holy CRAP did no one else see that creepy dude in the black coat at 0:37??! I tried replaying but I can’t get the frame

[@Gigi1111Layna]

Yes he's there.

[@Gigi1111Layna]

And HE SEES YOU

[@dragonpower7849]

He tried to warn us about scp he did

[@_cloudiiskxy_158]

Dragon Power what is that?

[@kennethcurtis1856]

Wonder what he would say in 2024?

[@themig71]

He'd say why'd you raise me from the dead? You people are insane.

[@tiro_taiwan]

anybody comes here because SCP-1981?

[@dangregg7163]

They were-and they’re back. Reagan won the Cold War, but things have been sliding steadily backwards for quite some time. In the book "Reagan’s Third Term" (by Gib Kearney), a coup in 1988 deposes Gorbachev and the Cold War goes hot. As an alternate history, this book offers some interesting contrasts to how things played out. In this version the Evil Empire returns, this time headed by Sergey Sokolov (who commanded the Soviet forces in Afghanistan). But they’ve met their match with Ronald Reagan. It is now clear that the Russians want their old empire back, and are counting on the West-and particularly the US, to be passive. As they say, those who fail to learn history’s lessons are doomed to repeating them. Hopefully the US will wise up. These days, we need leaders-real leaders like Ronald Reagan-more than ever.

[@schnoz2372]

He’s a good orator, not a good leader. That requires more than lying to your people, that requires putting one’s own neck on the chopping block so that others don’t have to go headless. I understand what you’re trying to say, though, and I do think the Russians are imperialists like us, but worse because Russian state interests don’t ever line up with the well being of the people, whereas our state interests sometimes do. We are the lesser of two great and terrible evils, by far. And it would be foolish to be irrationally afraid of putting the Russians back in their place.

[@benrush9684]

Jesus, that part about Russia wanting it’s empire back aged fantastically

[@dlmullins9054]

Evil never leaves. It just waits and strikes when we least expect it.

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@schnoz2372 I dunno about that unless you assume the high tension times and when he was losing his mind. Word for word this speech sums Russia up and it refers to a ton you have to feel and believe in while you can't actually put it into words

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@@schnoz2372 Regan was a evil man, surrounded by evil men. If it wasn't for Reagan decisions we would have never won the arms race, and for the past 20 years we've been going in reverse with people who blame every evil on the world's on the very people who defend them while presenting no other solution

[@nicteng]

How cool is that! He's got that charm when he speaks. It always remind me of my childhood days 😊

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

A trained actor

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

@Patrick Baptist Reagan wasn't a populat man, but if you think this is a lie you should head to "liberated" Donbass

[@marie4585]

He could have been talking about today. We have slid down so far.

[@tirdadgharib2431]

Good Day to all! President Ronald Reagan was the greatest U.S.President in U.S.History!We Love President Ronald Reagan from all of our Hearts!My Deep Respect Mr President TG.

[@JaxontheOkay]

i'm sorry but him being introduced as "being committed to the bible's great moral values" immediately made me discredit anything he was about to say

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

That’s fair, as long as you recognize anyone who dismisses anybody who introduces themselves as a fighter for woman and transgender rights. Man of god is what the voters wanted to hear at the time and just the political hot topic

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

Back in those days it wasn’t that intense or political we were just naturally majority Christian having originated from brittish Christian colonies

[@freddyfurrah3789]

The Great Communicator. I miss him.

[@phoenixbornagain]

It is good to think of how he did it, because the gifts he brought to resolving the conflict reflected very much who he was as a man. He began with a common-sense conviction that the Soviets were not a people to be contained but a system to be defeated. This put him at odds with the long-held view of the foreign-policy elites in the '60s, '70s and '80s, but Reagan had an old-fashioned sense that Americans could do any good thing if God blessed the effort. And he was right.

[@rightwired]

Did you know he spent the morning at Walt Disney World? I can't imagine him ever setting foot in that place now.

[@themig71]

Why ? Because of birthing persons and no gender crowds?

[@itsenzo3000]

No cuts while talking is to be found

[@sheleighrichards5977]

I'm 42 year old democrat, i just had to come here to see what American Leadership once was.🇺🇸❤️

[@rams_r_champs]

🧢

[@humanRace615]

Democrat 😂😂 yall ruined the world & still are!!

[@patsymoore-ff2gz]

If you go back to the turn of the century, to the robber Barron days you can see the same economy today we had back then study the union wars and the antitrust laws, the Sherman act of the 1890 the Clifford act in Woodrow Wilson's time. Republican and democrats both stood against the monopoly. The people seen what could happen .

[@patsymoore-ff2gz]

@@humanRace615 you need to study the history of this country

[@aaronandrio]

​@@patsymoore-ff2gzong

[@tigerarmyrule]

Mr. Reagan knew what he was dealing with and dealt with it brilliantly.

[@havenspringer]

Oh sure putting us on the brink of nuclear war for the first time since the cuban missile crisis. So was making numerous tax cuts for the rich. Also implementing a war on drugs that started nearly a decade before as part of the southern strategy because bitter white supremacists realized they had to find a way to continue institutional racism without letting the people know their true intentions. The said war apparently made things worse, for the people suffering addictions, people using calm substances like marijuana, and even the people who didn't use any drugs at all (expect the ones for medical purposes). the prison population increased from over 300,000 to 600,000-700,000. Also as governor of California, he repressed the black panthers which did more for the people of California than the government ever did or probably will within the next 10-20 years, in the forms of programs like the free breakfast programs, that one program for poor communities especially ones of color and so on.

[@zaneeroscadena1441]

Fun fact: in 1991 the Scp Foundation found this tape but not any normal tape. It would make Ronald regan cut off and look like a zombie with figures standings there. And regan Will throw up blood. Scp 1981 Object Class: Safe

[@thekinginyellow7777]

"A hokey smile that damns an entire nation. There is no hope."

[@SusieFanK]

About 30% of the comments here is about the speech. The rest is about SCP-1981. Which can "see you" of course....

[@_cloudiiskxy_158]

Tripla K What is this SCP? I came here for the speech

[@SusieFanK]

@@_cloudiiskxy_158 Well, it's a fiction about a Betamax tape that contains this recording of Reagan, only he giving a completly different speech (with disturbing topics) and changes everytime the tape is rewinded, among other things. Here it is: www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1981

[@ky._gender6253]

DenimJeans ik I’m hella late but it’s this fictional group where it’s suppose to secure, contain, protect any weird or anomalous items, places, or entities, created by a variety of authors. You should check it out

[@sjwalita2600]

SCP Foundation REAL

[@phoenixbornagain]

Yes, he was the best as well as a great person.

[@ThunderAppeal]

Once upon a time the phrase: 'Ladies and Gentlemen the President of the United States....' actually gave someone just a little bit of pride.

[@risefan2.08]

Wow you’re so racist

[@quinnimationtv]

Came here after finding SCP-1981, it traumatized the hell out of me, this one thankfully did not

[@macetavafacil9319]

SCP 1981

[@conde6077]

So much anti-American rhetoric here in the comments. I, for one, am glad that we have a strong country like the USA to lead the free world.

[@MrHenriqueeeee]

"Lead" the "free" world, bringing freedom and democracy through bombs since 1776 👍(Vietnam, Iraq, Afeghanistan and many others agree)

[@MrFawbosoft]

+Sai's Afflicted free to kill and fund terrorism

[@conde6077]

+Henrique Martins (ZombieTeminatorCraft) Communists, nationalists and the Taliban? Am I supposed to sympathise with them here? Idgaf about other forms of government, America should do its utmost to ensure the speedy propagation of democracy the World over.

[@MrHenriqueeeee]

+Sai's Afflicted America doesn't care about democracy, you just want to get the oil or expand your influetion zone, even if it means kills millions and destroy every kinda of developed society that exists in the country. Seeing anyone defending this makes me sick.

[@conde6077]

Ash Win I disagree with you, so clearly that makes me an idiot.

[@douglascatti]

There was something that felt right about this man.....God Bless Reagan.

[@joaquinillo_]

the devil is always painted as charismatic and seductive

[@Cruzad]

Why is he all cut up?

[@janparmenter8262]

Please share! 40 years ago and still so relevant

[@Andarovin]

@phoenixbornagain Thank you. There was inspirational music playing behind me and I decided to really go for it.

[@toetruck1589]

yknow ive rewatched this twice now and am i the only one thats noticed the scrapes on his cheek?

[@TAILSDOLLfr]

Now there you go again!

[@csg-cutesmilegooner1690]

One of the Greatest Presidents Ever.

[@choff56]

Dere Oke the greatest ever

[@robinkalousek6264]

agree

[@robinkalousek6264]

+choff56 agree

[@mercurypoizund404]

The Running Gooner Reagan was responsible for space shuttle disaster. It was Reagan's call to override the no liftoff decision by NASA ENGINEERS citing cold weather.

[@laurenceyang820]

And President Trump has the potential to be even better

[@phoenixbornagain]

In some cases, these crimes may have been committed on express orders of the early Soviet Government's policy of Red terror. In other instances, they were committed by regular army troops as retribution against military or civilian personnel of countries involved in conflict with (or the invasion of), the USSR, or during anti-partisan warfare. Many of these incidents occurred in Northern and Eastern Europe before and during World War II, and involved summary executions and

[@Gigi1111Layna]

Of course. It's always blame Russia or other countries while we are in that "nuclear arms race" too.

[@Midori22222]

Here after watching Oversimplified cold war

[@democracyisnon-negociable3819]

Nice Star Wars reference

[@austria-hungary4981]

For those who wish to know, this is the original video of the SCP-1981

[@JChristiansenLuckythebrony2222]

I mean that's how I ended up here, I was curious what he actually said in the source material because I thought it would help me understand some of the context.

[@giovannibez9509]

Crazy to think how the repubblican party ended up being pro Moscow.

[@NH-zi4jr]

Fake news

[@concernedcitizen6577]

If it wasn't the Americans who lead the world, would you rather the Soviets do the job? They have excellent records when it comes to feeding their people and upholding human rights.

[@yorick22]

Great video, but why do I see circles that are not circles?

[@jasonemery3618]

Came here to see scp 1981-1. was disappointed.

[@johncoleman2053]

What would he think now about this country

[@attiepollard7847]

He would Target Putin directly like he Target the Soviet Union

[@lanapesh5840]

Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see... each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition - all such distortions within our own egos - condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions to our own egos the corresponding distortions in the egos of others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. Tennessee Williams

[@Kazilikaya]

*We need a new Reagan MORE THAN EVER!*

[@sugarray710]

🥴

[@theslavicguy485]

Why.

[@priyanshubhoi4359]

We need him against China and Russia.

[@theslavicguy485]

@@priyanshubhoi4359 Why?

[@LB81RN]

WISH HE WAS HERE NOW!

[@phoenixbornagain]

And not only is it me, all my friends feel the same way, and we get together every week and we watch whatever game is on. We are finished. Period. And I just want to thank you for all that you do for this country. You are a brave man, and I give you the utmost respect for what you do. You tell the truth, and you take all the arrows. Thank you, sir. I appreciate that. Get your mops and shove it down congresses throat

[@vidascupcakes]

An Actor moron.

[@azmifarhan1257]

SCP-1981 brought me here