Sam Harris’s Thoughts on the Tucker Carlson Putin Interview | Making Sense

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[@mk1st]

Tucker conveniently left out Russia’s other 10 time zones, where life is not quite as nice as in Moscow.

[@Juli6SS]

As ukrainian, reading mostly positive comments on that interview was extremely bizarre. Imagine getting two hours long interview with Osama Bin Laden two years after September the 11th attack, and people write crazy things like "wow, Osama looks so healthy and lively!" and "It's the most important interview of the century" and "it's a good idea to listen to both sides"....

[@Mac-ku3xu]

So we shouldn't listen to both sides? Maybe sort out your Nazi problem before poking your nose in elsewhere.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

It _is_ in fact a good idea to listen to both sides. And more than just two sides, if they exist.

[@Mac-ku3xu]

@@ShankarSivarajanYou'll never get a job in the Western media.

[@PepaIng]

@@ShankarSivarajan I mean, you don't really need to listen to Putin, you can see his actions, right?

[@bq1595]

Bot farms are a thing, the aim is to convince people that there is some sort of general consensus that it’s reasonable to “listen to both sides” even when 1 side is a dictator who kills off voices that do not align with his. The irony…

[@elishmuel1976]

I've been following Sam Harris for years and there was a time when he was friends with people like elon. But then elon's actions went against all of his principles and core values and so he made a conscious decision to let elon know his thoughts, try to help him and then disengage from that friendship. That's what a a real man with real convictions looks like.

[@uschurch]

Well said. Some people go off the deep end and one shouldn't blindly follow them.

[@rustic35]

Sam just wants to surround himself with people that agree with him. That's not intelligent, that's smug ignorance. 😂

[@elishmuel1976]

Yet you watch his videos and listen to his philosophy 😂 #selfawarewolves?

[@user-gy1pu3gq3d]

LOL

[@SpikeTFA]

@@rustic35 Sam Harris built his career on debating people he doesn't agree with. You triggered child

[@hamzamahmood9565]

"And speaking of idiots, useful, or otherwise, we have Tucker Carlson." That burn was harsher than the one you gave to Deepak Chopra.

[@godisbollocks]

Fair enough. Chopra is a pretty inconsequential idiot

[@DebunkLeftistPropaganda]

Yep, and that goes to show what the leftist ideology is comprised of: nothing more than insults, circle jerking, emotions, moral virtuosity seeking, and anti-logic. This entire video was full of lies, from claiming that "Tucker said life in Russia is much better than the U.S." and Tucker has never said this. This claim spewed by the left comes from an episode he did comparing the capital of Russia, Moscow, to the capital of the United States, and saying "it's so much better there!" And also made comments about Russian society saying "its alot better than America" And this is objectively true. Washington DC and practically all our major cities are decaying, and have a bunch of mentally ill people banging their heads and screaming and making animal sounds, and shooting up with needles, defecating on sidewalks, we have tents and homelessness and rampant crime, and that is practically non-existent when you visit the major cities and capitals of say China, or Russia, or Japan, or the UAE. This claim that "Tucker glorifies autocrats who attack their political opponents, and silence dissidents" is also false, Tucker never glorified Putin's actions or any other autocrat, nor has he denied it, he has numerous times acknowledged the fact that Putin jails and kills dissidents and opponents. Tucker in a few instances was simply calling out the hypocrisy and double standard, in regards to the fact that so many people especially on the left pretend that America and Europe are these beacons of perfection and are saints, and it's evil Russia who is the only country on earth throughout history and the present who does such things and no such thing occurs in the west. Again... false. There is data out there actually that suggests more people have been jailed in the UK, Canada, U.S., for just liking, sharing or making a social media post that is critical of the government and ruling class, than in Russia, the difference is actually astonishing. And the belief that "only Russia silences criticism and dissidents" when there is very clear proof it occurs here too, at much higher rates, big tech censorship, the Twitter files, the Google whistleblower, the covering up of Biden's scandals on the eve of 2020 election which affected the election, the lies and censorship that occurred over COVID, lying about ivermectin and calling it "horse dewormer that does nothing for covid" despite data demonstrating it has clinical medicinal use in treating mild cases, censoring doctors who were criticizing the establishment narratives. So many other examples... We don't jail critics and dissidents? Ok, so I guess Julian Assange has been a Russian citizen this whole time then, huh? How about the fact that a Ukrainian operative tried to assassinate Tucker Carlson when he was in Moscow? And who funds Ukraine's government and keeps their entire regime afloat and gives them intelligence, consultancy, and is a de-facto U.S. client state...? Oh right, the United States, duh. "Tucker and the right-wing supports autocracy, and likes Putin" and he of course shows zero evidence, because there isn't any. Tucker has openly condemned Putin as a psychopath and has said numerous times he is definitely not a good human being. But in terms of a leader who is solely interested in strengthening Russia and undermining the American global led order, that's a different story. There there people on the right who adore Putin, those are anomalies, that obviously doesn't represent the entire right. It's a form of orphan-syndrome, some people on the right feel a lack of strong confident leadership in the United States and having a weak senile president whose policies have done nothing but strengthen our enemies and provide China and Iran with significantly more leverage over the U.S. and this results in people on the right liking Putin. It would be foolish to use these anomalies and apply them as an entire blanket over the entire political right-wing. If we're gonna go that route, then the left is much worse, since alot of leftists glorify Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong and Stalin, and glorify communism. Some leftists even call themselves "maoists" nowadays. In regards to Tucker's claim about how Russian society is much better than here in America, he was referring to the fact that in Russia, things like national unity, patriotism, nationalism, love for the nation, love for your fellow citizens, good values such as family, religion, etc, are all present. Whereas in America, these values are highly discouraged and shunned upon. You get called a white nationalist terrorist MAGA extremist for simply saying "I think we should have policies that put America and our citizens first", religion is frowned upon and atheism is considered more acceptable, nationalism and patriotism is considered "bad" whereas globalism is popular. And then we also have the total hatred and demonization and dehumanization towards 61% of Americans who are white, and a general sense of distrust and unease towards fellow Americans-- you ask for help in the streets and you'll get ignored and treated like a ghost. Lets not ignore the fact that our country is politically polarized and hyper radicalized on each side like never before. There's nothing wrong with pointing out these facts, and acknowledging the fact that Russian society is more cohesive, unified, and has common uniting values among themselves, whereas in America we have very little if any uniting values anymore. The left wants atheism or islam to be the default religion, wants socialism or full blown communism, wants restrictions on wealth building, partial or complete redistribution of private property and wealth, wants equal outcomes for everyone and state enforced equity, wants social justice, globalist policies, wants morality and emotions over rationality and logic, considers college a perquisite for having any position of authority or power regardless of what niche, wants kids sexualized as early as possible because they feel not sexualizing children is considered "oppression" and "forcing them to be straight", wants to completely abolish police and replace them with college educated social workers, wants white people to be treated as sub-human in a bid to avenge the damage done to blacks in the past, wants to abolish the 1st ammendment and begin banning and penalizing speech and expression that hurts people's feelings, wants women to dominate society and wants men to be subservient to them, wants a genderless society, wants all drug use to be legalized and normalized, a complete liberation of the self from all constraints of reality and a total rejection of order, wants the pride flag to be the new national flag, a complete rejection of the nuclear family, wants abortion to be legalized no matter how old the infant is, wants children to be allowed to make permanent life altering decisions for themselves without parental involvement, wants a race based and sexuality based incentivized culture, wants anti-american/America last policies, and wants to abolish the 2nd ammendment and confiscate all guns. Whereas the right wants christianity as a default religion, wants capitalism and private property, wants equal opportunities for everyone instead of equal outcomes, wants meritocracy instead of race & sexuality based incentivization and hierarchy, wants all races to be equal, believes in only two genders, wants traditional gender roles where men are dominant and woman are subservient, wants more police, rejects the emphasis that college is a prerequisite for positions of power and authority, wants patriotism, nationalism, wants America first policies, a complete rejection of globalism, wants to restore order to society and prioritize order over absolute freedom and liberation of the self from all constraints of reality, prefers logic and rationality over emotions and morality, wants absolutely nothing to do with kids and sexuality until they turn 18, wants parents to have involvement in children's lives and not allow children to make permanent life altering decisions themselves, wants 1st and 2nd ammendments to remain, wants gun ownership legalized nationwide with no restrictions besides background checks, and is anywhere between anti-abortion, and only pro-choice up to 4-16 weeks (it varies among people), wants the American flag to remain, and would prefer to abolish the pride flag due to the belief amongst the right that the American flag represents every American and other flags simply divide and are non-inclusive, wants pro-american/America first policies, wants drug use reduced and stricter penalties for drug trafficking, etc. And the problem is that neither side is willing to compromise or meet in the middle. It's "our way, or nobody's way!" So at some point, you have to acknowledge the fact that what Tucker was pointing out in his observation and comparison between American and Russian society, are legitimate and valid points. This is what I hate about the left, the overuse of the association fallacy, and the constant belief that in essence "the man who discovered math is an evil genocidal bigot, so from now on 1+2 does not equal 3 anymore, it equals 5, and anybody that thinks 1+2 = 3 is also an evil genocidal bigot". This inability to accept facts and valid arguments and assertions whilst retaining an ability to dislike the source/person stating it.

[@DebunkLeftistPropaganda]

If Tucker has actually seriously said he loves Putin and denies that he's ever done anything evil or authoritarian, and has actually said "Life as an average Russian citizen is much better than life as an average American citizen" then please show me a video of it. Also, Tucker has admitted he isn't perfect and has made mistakes and told lies, he has admitted to being and spreading misinformation about Iraq having WMDs and being in favor of invading Iraq, try to find me a "journalist" for CNN or MSNBC or PBS or ABC, CBS, CNBC, etc, that has admitted to be wrong in the last year about something, and _actually_ criticizes the ruling class political elite establishment and not shilling for it. But I'm gonna assume most here are referring to his criticism against the U.S. ruling class. Therefore, I challenge anyone to give me 3 examples of Tucker making false claims about the ruling class political elite establishment that weren't true.

[@ionevnknonymor]

Sam. Who was wrong on Iraq 😂

[@atlasfeynman1039]

What did he say to Deepak Chopra?

[@patbateman2088]

"smug ignorance" love it 😂

[@deeznutz8320]

Which is hilarious coming from the smug king himself

[@gordonstrong5232]

That wasn't an interview, that was 127 minutes of Putin getting a foot rub from a fanboy, shortly before said fanboy embarked upon his "Isn't Life Great Under Authoritarianism?" promotional tour.

[@jphish8724]

it was a something rub alright...

[@gordonstrong5232]

@@jphish8724 Lol

[@johndoe-ep7qk]

"foot rub" is putting it kindly

[@dumitrugutu3140]

“How did we get to the point that something like half of America can’t see what’s wrong with this?” It’s much more than that numbers:(

[@CosmicTeapot]

To answer the question though: we got there by the utter complacency and failure of the left. I'm a classic 90s leftist, which is now considered being centrist because of the huge shift caused by the woke/political correctness movement in the recent years. I remember a calm and rational left, with a sense of humour that would make eloquent progressive points against right wing conservatives. Today's left has brushed aside all opposition by lazily branding them as idiots/bigots, and completely failed to properly engage with moderates by adopting a ride or die dogmatic philosophy. Both sides are now in their social media echo chambers damning each other, and the moderates who refuse to drink either red or blue kool aid are left damning them both.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[@hoenircanute]

Something happened to Tucker, he wasnt like this early on. I mean even Christopher HItchens admired the guy, imagine what he would say today. There is some strange things going on, Elon Musk turning his back on Ukraine, then Tucker . I dont know what it is, but something is very very strange indeed.

[@jaysteve4442]

He’s a grifter, always has been one. The right wingers are easy marks. Easy prey. That’s how & why conmen like trump & Alex jones & Tucker use them for their grift. They’re stupid & gullible. Tucker goes where it’s easy. This is obvious

[@Mac-ku3xu]

Hitchens would have been in Moscow to interview Putin and Snowden well before Tucker did.

[@cortical1]

@@Mac-ku3xu I doubt it, but if he did he wouldn't have sucked Putin's commie D and lied that Moscow is better than the U.S. like Tucker did. Hitch understood the United States as the first country in the history of the world founded on a secular constitution, which is why he immigrated here, and he'd have ripped Putin a new one.

[@timbrown8443]

@@Mac-ku3xu Only to eviscerate him, not to fellate him like Tucker did.

[@shivermetreason7592]

@@Mac-ku3xu Putin never would have agreed to meet with HItch. He only meets with sycophants.

[@kadourimdou43]

For Americans, what if Britain invaded America, and a Ukrainian journalist held the British monarch up like Carlson did Putin? Some people’s take is baffling considering their history.

[@jon4139]

What do you mean "held up"? He asked him why he invaded and that his reasons sound paranoid, and asked him to free a jailed journalist.

[@shanewatkins7491]

True, but that's 2 during a 2-hour interview. What about blaming Poland for the Nazi invasion, just accepting that the CIA blew up the pipeline, and that Putin is jusy trying to root out neo nazis in Ukraine? These are a few small examples of BS that Carlson accepted with little or no doubt. That's not what a journalist does.

[@-amirali]

@@jon4139 what do you wanted him to do curse him on why he invaded ukraine when he was in his territory, you are all naive and ignorant

[@jon4139]

@@-amirali Maybe you didn't understand my comment. Are you saying Tucker should have cursed Putin?

[@RM-jb2bv]

You can’t be this stupid. It’s almost impossible.

[@alienio4970]

The way he brought up Tucker's name 😂

[@illfightyounaked6696]

He litterally writes scripts to frontload bullshit when introducing people he hates! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@v1kt0u5]

@@illfightyounaked6696 This isn't about hate, you dimwit, but logic and truth.

[@marcevan1141]

And he's completely right about Carlson being an idiot. I love that Sam Harris said this just as Bret Weinstein is publicly worshipping Carlson.

[@peteMickeal33]

@@marcevan1141 Sam "I would interview Hitler" Harris has what to say about Carlson?

[@illfightyounaked6696]

@marcevan1141 Nothing you just said maps onto the real world. It just makes clear that you are supporting the bad guys.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

Russian bots already invading the comments I see.

[@Mac-ku3xu]

Nope. Just people sick to death of our controlled corporate media and shadowy establishment propagandists like Sham.

[@almichaels6443]

Why are so many “common sense/Occam’s razor” types so quick to assume Russian bots, but find the idea of CIA bots conspiratorial?

[@MelodicV2]

Imagine the state of your brain lol just ravaged with propaganda

[@ScottishAtheist]

@@almichaels6443 Because there's literal proof of russian bot farms.

[@tefilobraga]

@@almichaels6443 Because the USA are a democracy, whereas Russia is a dictatorship.

[@andersfant4997]

He meant Rogan, Lex, Musk..right?

[@26michaeluk]

Def Elon I know for sure.

[@kkk-yj8re]

Yess, "freedom fighter" Rogan 😄

[@marcevan1141]

And Bret Weinstein.

[@andersfant4997]

​@@marcevan1141Yea, I forgot about him..

[@stephanscharf5524]

Russel Brand afaik

[@rodblues6832]

Personally I have no problem with western journalists interviewing Putin, but the whole point of interviewing political leaders is to challenge them. Tucker went home from his trip to Russia looking so foolish, but his followers are too foolish to even understands how foolish he was.

[@Squallmannen]

When it comes to Tucker and others on the right trying to push an agenda im always struggling with this question: Do they actually believe that what they are doing/saying is right or are they just pondering to their followers, as long as it gets them views?

[@GlutenEruption]

For Tucker specifically, we already know it's the latter. He spent 4 years giving Trump a tongue bath on air while in private he was constantly screaming about how he hated him and nothing good came from his presidency and he can't wait to never have to talk about him again, and the MAGA crowd are a bunch of idiot hicks etc., only to suck back up to him the moment it started to look like he was the nominee again. He went off about how horrific and shameful Jan 6 was to his coworkers while doing piece after piece calling them hero's and patriots. He's never been consistent on any ideological beliefs throughout his entire career, just following the prevailing wind and taking whichever positions he thinks will gain him the most sycophants and money. He plays a character for a paycheck, period, and he's by no means an outlier in the world of right wing commentary.

[@theycallmedip]

You are aware of his involvement in the lawsuit of Fox News as well as him being fired from Fox right? Id Google it. He was texting his cohosts about how dangerous trump is and how he needs to go away and then he'd turn around and be the guys cheerleader on Fox

[@theycallmedip]

@@GlutenEruption I feel like everyone needs to know this info lol

[@davylauchnor7649]

Tucker did a podcast on Meateater that convinced me he is just grifting and making money... way more evil than just being a dumbass who believes that crap.

[@ivantuma7969]

@@GlutenEruption it's always been a case of kayfabe with Tucker (like when pro wrestlers wear their wrestling singlet to the supermarket and stay in character all the time). It's what certain members of our society WANT wrestlers to be, so that's how they act in their public lives even though most know it's an affectation (albeit they still get hit - just not as hard as it looks).

[@sshender3773]

Please invite Vlad Vexler.

[@TheHerrUlf]

100 % agree

[@dundundata7603]

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE

[@witherbossbros1157]

I think an interesting discussion would be between Sam and Ben Hodges, former commanding general, U.S. Army, Europe. Hodges readily grants interviews.

[@cosmicprison9819]

You know those studies in which people were willing to accept a disadvantage for themselves, just to get back at and punish someone else? This is that mechanism at play: If you despise the establishment / corporate elite just enough, you’ll do anything they disapprove of, regardless of when it’s in your own interest or not.

[@shanewatkins7491]

Thank you!! I made the mistake of reading the comments after watching the full Carlson-Putin "interview". This is a nice dose of sanity.

[@jon4139]

What did you think was wrong with the interview?

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@jon4139 I don't know, him licking his boots for the entirety of it.

[@jon4139]

@@ghosthunter0950 funny how calling him paranoid and asking for a journalist he jailed to be released is bootlicking to you. Let me guess, you didnt watch it and base your opinion on 1 or 2 clips instead of a 2 hour contextual interview?

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@ghosthunter0950Like what?

[@BrulesRules]

Well said. Looking forward to the podcast.

[@charltheron2769]

So this passes, under Tucker Carlson, as 'journalism' with his recent sit-down 'interview' (read: mostly a monologue with Vladimir Putin.) Where to start with Putin's blatant historical revisionism? Putin kicked off the big event with a half-hour-long monologue about Russian history, and, amid his holding forth on Yaroslav the Wise, the Ryurik dynasty, and the baptism of Rus (and this was all merely leading up to 1000 A.D.), many viewers likely tuned out, and turned off their online stream. The upshot of Putin’s lecture, it soon became clear, was that Ukraine, supposedly, never existed as a nation, a culture, or an ethnicity separate from Russia; that there was no mention of such a place until 1919, when the Bolsheviks created the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine; and, therefore, the assertion of Ukrainian independence, after the breakup of the USSR in 1991, was an absurdity and a gesture of ingratitude. This is absolute and total nonsense. As many analysts and historians noted when Putin laid out his thesis in a 5,000-word essay in 2021 called "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians." Carlson sat listening with the expression of a listless undergrad student, who wondered if he’d stumbled into the wrong seminar. He challenged none of this historical revisionism. But then, Carlson simply does not have the wherewithal to do so. His lack of historical perspective and accompanied subject knowledge will trip him up further down the interview session. Putin omitted, or distorted, much context. And Tucker Carlson never pushed back, either because Carlson is in essence a dilettante, or was starstruck by his Who's-Your-Daddy interviewee, or an (*)useful idiot; the principal sycophant in US media for and on behalf of Vladimir Putin. Take your pick; my guess it's all the above. Instead of a journalistic interview, Putin hijacked the spectacle to underline his status as the world’s most dangerous amateur historian. Putin even managed to slide a belittling ditty onto Tucker, to clearly show who's in charge of this session, in referring to Carlson's earlier failed attempt getting a CIA job. Needless to say, much of Putin’s "interview" lecture was complete nonsense that echoed longstanding Russian imperial myths, while conveniently overlooking Ukraine’s centuries of documented history. In his manner, Putin ridiculed Ukraine as an illegitimate and artificial state. He dismissed the entire notion of a separate Ukrainian nation, calling it an anti-Russian conspiracy involving everyone from the Poles and the Pope to the Austrian General Staff. In theory, at least, the same Putin bogus historical arguments that have been used to justify the invasion of Ukraine could easily be applied to other parts of the former Soviet Union, or to the Russian Empire of the Czarist era. Putin's logical conclusion to his revanchism would create an array of possible targets for Russian aggression, including Finland, Poland, the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Alaska, and the whole of Central Asia. A maximalist interpretation could even see all of Central Europe’s former Soviet satellite states besides Poland added to the list. Despite the twaddle from propagandists in Moscow (and a few academics in the United States), Russia’s war is not about NATO, or borders, or the balance of power. The Russian dictator Vladimir Putin intends to absorb Ukraine into a new Russian empire, and he will eradicate the Ukrainians if they refuse to accept his rule. Europe is in the midst of the largest war on the continent since Nazi panzers in World War II rolled from Norway to Greece, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is by far the most important threat to world peace since the worst days of the Cold War. In a less febrile political era, defeating Russia would be the top priority of every American politician. The Republicans in Congress, however, remain fixated both on their hatred of Ukraine and on their affection for Russia. In principle, it is a feat for a journalist to interview a murderous dictator. The uproar over Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he would interview Vladimir Putin was that the endavour would amount to pure Kremlin propaganda. Carlson, after all, is an admirer of Putin who, in his days as a Fox News host, hoped out loud that Russia would win its war against Ukraine. It was also feared that Putin would spout a stream of lies and that Carlson, who is not a real journalist, much less a historian, would be incapable of pushing back. Tucker Carlson frequently made sympathetic comments about Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when he was at Fox News. His remarks, which often reflected Putin’s claims about the war, were used by Russian state television to show the Russian president was "correct" because the same was being said by “the most popular television presenter in America”. Not burdensome, then, to spot the rationale why the Kremlin only wanted Tucker to interview Vlad, and previously said 'no' to any other western media house. Tucker is an (*)"useful idiot" indeed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (*) "Useful idiot" --- In 1961, American journalist Frank Gibney wrote that Lenin had coined the phrase "useful idiot." To propagandize the West, Lenin recruited a corps of “useful idiots." Gibney wrote that the phrase was a good description of "Communist followers," from Jean-Paul Sartre, to Japan's Socialist Party, to members of the Popular Front in Chile. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@Adinirahc]

Thank god ( pun intended ) for Sam Harris! One of the few voices of reason left on the public stage, in this current culture we find ourselves in!

[@yolobro2071]

Can you explain the pun?

[@Adinirahc]

@@yolobro2071 Sam being a famous atheist and all...

[@zedxxx9]

You've got to be kidding.

[@Adinirahc]

Sorta... Just found it humorous that I chose the words "thank god" when referring to Sam. That's all I meant. Struck me as funny. 🤷‍♂But, I am extremely glad he is around and weighing in on all these things. Not kidding at all about that.

[@reid_makes_art]

Do you not see how Russia is simply beginning to take a page out of the US playbook in how they approach geopolitics? Putin is just treating Ukraine the way that the US has treated the middle east for decades. And did you actually watch the segment on Tucker Carlson in Russia? Yes he is taking a few cheap shots at the Biden Administration but other than violating the tribal expectation of the US being an enemy of Russia, he is contributing to warming relations between the US and Russia which puts us at less risk of getting wrapped up in a proxy(or direct) war with Russia, and God knows we don't need the additional inflation here in America of going to war!

[@springhillfitness6837]

Sorry but I had to laugh about the criticism of Putin imprisoning his political opponents, given what's being attempted in the US right now before the election.

[@grufgoinHAHAHA]

whataboutism....you are getting boring Putins slaves....

[@RM-jb2bv]

@@grufgoinHAHAHAbankrupting and attempting to falsely imprison political opponent in AMERICA is wHaTsBoUtUsM. You’re a pathetic goofball.

[@darkmattergamesofficial]

Thank god (note the lowercase) for Harris. He is one of the few voices consistently on the side of reason. Gives me some hope

[@altingashi3927]

He’s really not though It’s always passive aggressive ankle biting, sophistry and emotional gaslighting. He’s become a joke since his affliction of TDS

[@deeznutz8320]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA Putin locks up journalists *Ignores Assange*

[@CoreyAWalton]

How did it get like this this? "I love the poorly educated." - the former president. Or the Confederate education system.

[@deeznutz8320]

Ah yeah blame Trump by quoting something out of context Big brain leftists with their weasel tactics

[@deeznutz8320]

Shout put to the progressive education system telling me Africans are as smart as Europeans and men can be women

[@brucegregson621]

Maybe it's you Sam.

[@LeslyGarreau]

Thank you for putting some basic moral sense in this world.

[@shlockofgod]

What moral sense? He doesn't even believe in free will.

[@LeslyGarreau]

How that’s connected? You can be fully equipped with a sense of morality while also holding the view that free will doesn't exist. Your moral compass is shaped by a mix of influences - like upbringing, society, and personal insights - rather than by the belief in free will alone.

[@shlockofgod]

@@LeslyGarreau Morality requires a person have some control over their actions. Without free will / under determinism, a person has no control over their actions. They only experience such control things as an illusion. Influences etc, are completely irrelevant to this fact, because they are all determined too. Under Sam's view, someone like Putin or Trump were completely determined to do what they did and no other outcome was possible. To claim they are immoral is like claiming the weather is immoral for raining on you.

[@LeslyGarreau]

@@shlockofgod Determinism, if true, means all events, including our choices, are ultimately caused by prior events and circumstances right? But, we can still hold people accountable for their actions based on their ability to understand the consequences of their choices and make decisions based on that understanding, even if their capacity for choice is ultimately determined. My argument is that even in a deterministic framework, the concept of morality remains relevant. We can distinguish between actions that are morally right or wrong and those that are amoral, even if these distinctions are predetermined. The choice to learn about morality, to discern right from wrong, may itself be predetermined, but this does not diminish its importance or validity. I apologize if my explanation isn't perfectly articulate; I'm not a philosopher by any means. Does this make sense?

[@shlockofgod]

@@LeslyGarreau You can't hold people accountable for things they had no control over. Under determinism you have no control over your actions. Everything is determined and plays out as it is determined to happen. Under determinism the concept of morality is not valid; because morality presupposes we have some choice to take the moral or immoral action. But what actions we take are pre-determined, as is all our moral reasoning (which we experience as the illusion they WE are doing it). You would not hold someone morally accountable in a criminal trial if you thought they acted without free will. But when it comes to Sam Harris, such common sense is thrown out the window as he holds all his ideological enemies fully morally accountable and condemns their actions while simultaneously claiming they have no free will. It's beyond absurd.

[@ianelliott8224]

How true Tucker is Quisling

[@Juanbomb24]

The suggested video after watching this one was Lex's interview. Hmm I wonder who Sam had in mind when he mentioned the "podcasters" 🤔

[@deeg8849]

Who are the podcasters and tech pros?

[@undefinedfirstnameundefine7820]

lex friedman

[@alexpaun7384]

Love the short audio format. Hope Harris will do more of this.

[@movement2contact]

Shorts maybe, not 2min vids on this main channel...

[@danellwein8679]

well said ..

[@philbarone4603]

Sam, video man, video!

[@shiskeyoffles]

I'm missing Ben stiller too

[@edmundpotrzeba6094]

How wonderful it is to hear you speak I know in this modern age your not suppose to worship anyone but hearing you restores my mental balance ❤️and respect.

[@steveburke7675]

I wonder how many cameras/ listening devices were in Tucker's Moscow hotel room?

[@Jirix]

You bet there were plenty.

[@elCoronelCC]

There is a Tucker Carlson interview with Glen Beck in which he explains his angle.

[@bhdkid1]

ty

[@Dreaming-11]

Keep posting these clips!

[@OpiatedBliss]

Billions must dine

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

Check out a speech given by Sheriff Chad Bianco yesterday. And put it on repeat until u get the message. Or visit a neibourhood thats constantly targetted by crinimals. A guy could get caught robbing your neighbourhood everyday for a week, amd still not spend a night in jail.

[@incognitotorpedo42]

1: Listen to Right Wing fearmongering. 2: Support murderous dictators. Makes sense...

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@incognitotorpedo42Calling out criminals being released for violent crimes is now framed as right wing fear mongering😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kajpaje]

Thanks Sam. Your voice is needed in these times when Squealers can broadcast so shamelessly that 2 legs good, 4 better.

[@AcidOllie]

Glad you uploaded this clip as I thought it was good when I heard it in the podcast and now I can share it. Thanks

[@illmatic7752]

I watched his interview with Lex Fridman afterwards and Tucker might be even more naive and uninformed than I thought. Incredible.

[@andreja-yk2nu]

could you explain what precisely about the interview itself you didn’t like?

[@uschurch]

you should look up what Tucker said about the Iraqis. He's a tool. Right now he's a tool for Ru propaganda. Easy to see, if you aren't brainwashed.

[@RM-jb2bv]

He said Tucker is a poop face is so is half the country. What don’t you get?

[@solidus1995]

Hey Sam, you oughta know, you made Trump

[@Norundithus]

What... How?

[@SprayNpreyT]

Sam Harris needs to put a trigger warning lol

[@FoulBundy]

Lol it's better this way

[@docdaytona108]

I feel like fighting my highly misanthropic streak is a losing war, getting harder not to surrender to it by the current news story. I don’t even want to ponder for a second what this world will be like by 2050.

[@slackster999]

Spot on Sam!

[@emery427]

Sam, you should do a podcast with David Sacks. It would be very interesting.

[@mkriskt]

Well said. When Queen Elizabeth died, Tucker was critical of how stupid the past colonies who didn't bother her death were. He particularly mentioned how great Britain ruled India and that they provided the best infrastructure like railways, which the colonies were not capable of. As an American well wisher myself, the Indian independence and constitution was well studied by leaders before India became a republic. What Tucker said was hurtful to billions of people who suffered 200+ years of colonization. American politics is evolving to be like the Indian politics because of diversity, and it's not a weakness by any means. The democracy is doing well, despite the populace being skeptical of it. America is still 100 times better than any nation. it's always a work in progress. Any stupid leaders might set back a few years, but it's still stronger together. Let's build and embrace the democracy. We are grateful for it.

[@patricialauriello3805]

Sam at times I don't agree with you but you hit the nail on the head! You are 100% correct!!!

[@sjoerd1239]

Whether it is a great democracy or a vile totalitarian

[@jakecruise90]

I've started reading your work in my teenage years well and continued to do so well into my late 20s. Now that I'm in my early 30s, any admiration and/or inspirations I've glimpsed from you was sniffedafter I've heard your take on the recent conflict in Gaza. As an ex-muslim American I wholeheartedly agreed with your position on Israel but then again I was a naive teenager, what's your excuse? I shared my skeptic open-minded attitude as it came naturally to me, until I realized you were deluding yourself with that. You can't advertise yourself having these attributes yet have this inexusable gigantic blindspot for the situation in Palestine. So yes, it took this one issue for me to view you the same way you view Bret Weinstein and I hope this comment finds its way to you. Perhaps you'd start doing some real thinking on your own and reevaluate your morally bankrupt and factually incorrect views on the Israel-Palestine conflict and start acting like an actual humanist again.

[@Grandpa_Boxer]

I remember when "church goers" loved Reagan and now they love Putin. How does that happen????????

[@kencusick6311]

Carlson joins Walter Duranty in journalism infamy.

[@jacobgarcia7918]

Well, there is less crime in Moscow. They don't tolerate shoplifting the way we do in the U.S.

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

shoplifting? Russia is the leader in Europe in the number of violent crimes, in particular murders. Moscow may be better than other Russian cities, but this is a very low bar.

[@davidkimel4559]

Stephen Kotkin would be a great guest

[@nicknewtonwilliams4777]

Putin Sycophant’s Line Up 😂

[@mondoenterprises6710]

When someone tells you who they are, believe them. Maya Angelou

[@deeznutz8320]

Lmao Imagine quoting that racist witch thinking her statements hold value😂😂😂😂

[@kencusick6311]

Tucker Carlson replaces Walter Duranty in the annals of infamous journalists.

[@georgek2499]

Hope that someone he’s discussing Ukraine with is Mearsheimer.

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

There's nothing to discuss. Mearsheimer's entire argument is based on denial of facts: - Blocking the progress of Ukraine’s admission to NATO by France, Germany, Italy and others since 2008 (which was probably a reaction to Putin’s Munich speech). In 2008, Ukraine was denied a membership plan. - The impossibility of admitting Ukraine to NATO since 2014. This was literally impossible, the appearance of Ukraine in the alliance would automatically and immediately activate Article 5. - Putin’s revanchist and pseudo-historical visions of Ukraine and Ukrainians, which most likely were the real reason for the start of the war.

[@cosmicprison9819]

I’ve just been wondering whether the emergence of conspiracy theories is a yearning of the critical mind for a more complex world. Some people who do seem to have intellectual potential seem to be subconsciously offended when the world suddenly turns so black and white. Then they assume there must be more to this, a second rational side to the story, a side that nobody tells you about. That’s a more complex narrative, and therefore appealing to intelligence. It’s the same reason why Jordan Peterson likes to overcomplicate his interpretation of the Bible. But sometimes, the other side truly doesn’t have any rational arguments. Sometimes, it’s truly just “muh history”, “muh religion” - and the rest is pure self-interest and brute force.

[@igot5onit423]

When I first heard that I thought it was a joke.. For him to sit down with that dude is wild

[@rumfordc]

the other weekend i saw sally and jessica sitting together! like, seriously?! like, i can't!

[@FindTheFun]

Sam's #1 reason again Bernie Sanders was he was afraid his opponents would air the clips of him from the 70s showing how good the busses in Moscow were compared to the US. I bet Sam never suspected that Tucker Carlson would be doing the same thing 3 years later, and the Republican base would love him for it.

[@terrymckenzie8786]

Every country including third world countries have better buses and rails, magnetic rails which are better than Amtrack in the US. That’s the problem with corporations getting hand outs and subsidizing these positions trains that have hundreds of accidents every year killing people.why would industry meant new high speed trains when they continue getting corporate handouts to keep them running.

[@IMediaVsRealityI]

Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin only seems like a heroic journalistic act because western journalism has become so terrible. And the reason Putin is getting so much support in the USA is because the current leadership is so horrifically bad. Also, I honestly don't see a problem with Tucker interviewing him. Would you prefer it if we censored everything Putin said? Should we just block out all alternative opinions on the war? Why not interview him? Giving him a platform to speak and supporting him are not the same thing. Interview him and then let the public make up their minds. And if a large chunk of the US public starts to support Putin, well that's tough luck. That's free speech.

[@johnthejudoka]

The reporting on the interview has been shit. I have yet to hear anyone talk about how Putin was kind of mystified at what the hell we are doing. Specifically, big oil deals are being done now in yuan and rubles.

[@derikpham3368]

@@johnthejudoka because no one in the West takes Putin's words seriously, and that's a good thing. But I think what matters is that viewers should listen to both sides of the story, then think for themselves not what is right, but what is needed to be done, because righteousness is subjective. Support Putin or condemn his actions is solely on you, but calling others names just because they have different opinion than you is just baffling

[@kkk-yj8re]

Putin said nothing new, it is all the same BS he talks for years, particularly, there is an infamous article if him "there is no such country Ukraine" from 2020 AFAIK. that article is pretty much openly gen0c!dal enough by itself, and should be a base to interview him in court only

[@seanfindlay2726]

I think it’s hard for many Americans to understand why it’s important to oppose Putin because they don’t share a border with any expansionist regimes. Poland, Finland, Sweden, and every other country that borders Ukraine or Russia, are investing heavily into defence and building a coalition. But Americans and even us in Canada can just ignore the problem and consider it a Europe problem. It really makes me sick.

[@alexkiddonen]

Thank you Sam. This is needed. BTW... It may seem unrelated but its not. Tucker has moved on and now is trying, again, to court the far-right in Brazil (Bolsonaro and his base, who have fallen out of favor for a bit but are still a dangerous threat to Democracy in the country). To the point of dubbing his whole "reports and interviews" stuff in Brazilian Portuguese.

[@elizabethk3238]

As an Educator/Social Worker, my work was all about 'helping' young (university students) people.

[@catvond885]

Sam please speak with Bill Browder 🙏 He has a lot of experience with mother russia 🙌

[@DS-rd9qn]

Sam it would be really awesome to see you go through the Tucker interview with Lex, step by step, and refute the points he made. He's so full of $hit.

[@GlobalDumbDown]

Was that a hint? "Won't name names but Jesus Christ!"

[@AB-kq9xm]

1:10 is he talking about Lex here? Lol

[@Laocoon283]

Yea prolly cause the Netanyahu Interview he did

[@whigmin5436]

Musk, I think

[@AntiSocialismo50]

Now i can understand joseph maccarty lol if you let it slide, soviets would have conquered American minds back them.

[@deeznutz8320]

They allready have, the noses that ruled the Soviet Union moved to America

[@billyb6001]

We need John Stewart on Sam harris

[@deeznutz8320]

John Liebowitz is a clown, boomers and gen x love that Jew

[@gregoryarutyunyan5361]

The most interesting to me is that a person can be awakened spiritually and psychologically (per his own claims) and still be judging various political matters. This dichotomy itself can be enough to push one into awakening.

[@SpikeTFA]

the world still exists no matter how much you've transcended. At least he isn't yelling

[@tonybs03]

I don't think u understand what awakening means lol

[@brandonsenesac3310]

So it bad for a journalist to interview both sides? That seems odd. Seems just like the tale of the story. You only want one side because that’s the side you believe in. I’m not saying Tucker is right it he gave a side of the story that wasn’t allowed to be considered without him doing what he did. I don’t see how that makes him the bad guy or why anyone wouldn’t want that.

[@user-wm5rt9pw5l]

There is a difference between an interview and serving as a microphone stand for Russian propaganda. Tucker asked only one really difficult question (out of five questions asked?) and was unable to get an answer to it.

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Lot of leftists here i see. Lots of tears also😂

[@thenicaron1]

Brett Wenstein was on Joe Rogan saying that Tucker is one of the few real journalist

[@BelovedRapture]

Sad that someone as smart as Brett has become contrarian to the point of delusion.

[@thenicaron1]

And he made that comment AFTER the Putin interview, it's not possible to respect Brett anymore@@BelovedRapture

[@RM-jb2bv]

@@BelovedRaptureyeah he’s delusional. Not you lol

[@BelovedRapture]

It's delusional to give air time to a world leader with the history that Putin has, if the journalist isn't equipped to effectively push back with real-time facts. It's effectively giving them another free propaganda machine. @@RM-jb2bv

[@deeznutz8320]

Tucker works for zionists thats why Bret said that

[@Seedy446]

I wish Tucker Carlson was more like Rush Limbaugh! 😏

[@geneharrogate6911]

Tucker 'scoop' Carlson should sit down with Ismail Haniyeh over some mint tea and dates and get his side of the story to.

[@redghost289]

Just 2m31s? Need more content.

[@Omega-od7on]

You said you wouldn't name names Sam. Yet, you followed with the name "Jesus Christ." I love you.

[@highlight1104]

These are not "thoughts". This was a tirade of infantile ad hominem attacks.

[@lauroandrea3241]

Seconds in and Sam Harris reconfirms his insignificance. Hitch made him famous. That's just about it.

[@Giltr0y]

One of those times I agree with Sam. But that was mostly a demonstration of the character of 99.999% of human population - if my guy does it, it must have been right. If my political opponent does it, it must have been wrong. People do not have the will or the time to think due to their daily lives, so they just think how their idols are telling them to, from the TV screens.

[@louisfifteen]

You can count in Glenn Greewald sitting down there in Brazil admiring and defending Tucker Carlson and Putin. He also made a video defaming Navalny and calling him a wester made puppet. GG used to be one of my heros in the aiding Snowden days. I've no idea what happened to this guy, but it seems her has turned maga completely.

[@deeznutz8320]

Navalny the lefts favorite anti migrant politician But they never mention his anti migrants stance makes you think

[@Timzart7]

After Tucker's interview with Putin, I think Lex Fridman interviewed Tucker for three hours because he'd like to interview Putin himself. Lex thinks Putin doesn't get out much, and might benefit from talking to such a loving and open Russian as Lex. They could talk about martial arts! Between Masha Gessen and Lex, yeah, Putin would probably choose Lex, but no one is making him choose, and Putin chose Tucker for such obvious reasons: America's #1 popular Storm Trumper, Putin fan, and conspiracy theorist slash gigglepuss. What Lex's interview ended up doing, judging by the comments, is drawing a ton of comments from Tucker fans, thinking that Tucker was terrific and Lex is some kind of Tucker fan now, too. LOL. He isn't, believe me! Tucker fans often type with no capital letters or punctuation. These aren't people any sane person would want in their think tank. Here are some of my takeaways from the Lex interview with Tucker: 1. Tucker thinks that the outcome of US elections are determined by the CIA. 2. Tucker gave an excuse for his Trump-hating (with a passion) emails that were exposed in the Dominion case against Fox. Tucker's excuse is laughable, and if anyone wants me to explain what Tucker said, I will. 3. Tucker explained that the 2020 election was rigged, because it went beyond Election Day and they counted absentee ballots. (I'm not kidding.) 4. Tucker admits he's an AH at times, and that he lies sometimes, but he "tries to tell the truth." LOL What a freak!

[@deeznutz8320]

The election was rigged you truly believe it was an honest election with hundreds of thousands of dumped mail in ballots' found😂

[@philbarone4603]

Tucker Carlson is no idiot, he’s into the money and doesn’t care who he hurts to get it. In fact, most people are like that.

[@SprayNpreyT]

He is also chasing goals for his ego

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

Um, idiots are into money...ever heard of, um,...TRUMP! If you don't see what a tool Carlson is, you're myopic at the very least.

[@austingoyne3039]

I don’t think most people are comfortable acting opposite to their beliefs, even for a big paycheck. Takes a bit of sociopathy to do that.

[@philbarone4603]

@@austingoyne3039 apparently he has no problem with it. You have to have a conscience to feel guilty.

[@clarkpalace]

Uuuuh no. Most people eke out a living however they can. A tuck is born to money and runs after more. Not the same game

[@lucasglowacki4683]

I still wouldn’t silence anyone…let Tucker talk. The more he talks the more idiotic he sounds. I’m on the right but I’m Polish and grew up there in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s such a shame what has become of the Western/American right. Regan is rolling over in his grave…

[@AnthonyJGianotti]

Do I agree with the way Tucker handled the interview, particularly the post interview sideshow, no. However, I did find value from the interview shedding light on putins state of mind. Putin can be called a lot of things but on his last legs he is not. He appeared fully in control which makes him a much scarier opponent than we have been led to believe. This is a rational actor fully in control of his faculty’s, and despite his colorful “history” lesson the goal isn’t Ukraine for historical purposes per se, his goal is the Moldovan Bessarabian Gap and other key access points to mother Russia. Bessarabia aside, the other access points Russia doesn’t currently control are on NATO soil. If the access points are the goal, then once he has the one he can forcibly take without a NATO military response, a direct nuclear exchange to secure the others is virtually inevitable. Russia stands no chance in a conventional arms war with NATO but Russia knows the US and the other nuclear armed European states would be hesitant to retaliate and ensure their own destruction over nukes being used on other nations soil. Russia employs a modern version of blitzkrieg and strikes first, plugs the remaining gaps with conventional second wave and immediately reiterates a MAD policy if any NATO forces cross those gaps. A new iron curtain falls and probably stays closed indefinitely as demographics point to the dissolution of many of those states regardless over the next 30 years. Russia gets its security as their own demographic implosion occurs and the west stops London, Paris and New York from being craters. That interviews value wasn’t in the line of questioning it was in ascertaining a state of mind for the very closed off cult of personality that is Putin. He played his hand brightly with his history lesson, it was a message to those in western governments who know history well. Russia is coming for the access points and there is nothing we can do about it…

[@firedome8]

Voice of reason

[@MrShortanswer]

There were interviews with Fidel Castro from American journalists and liberals seemed to love those.

[@Jirix]

Sam Harris now seems to be one of a very few sane people out there.

[@deeznutz8320]

Yeah remember when it came out that vaccines are not needed for kids and he was wrong and he pointed out if more kids died he would be correct?

[@superitgel1]

This legit made me gag

[@jackdaniels2905]

I don't agree with Sam on Hamas/Israel, but i feel he's 100 here.

[@clouise9722]

I knew Sam wouldn't dissapoint when it came to this subject 🤣

[@michaelm3691]

"I'm going to do a podcast on Ukraine with someone who actually knows something about it ...unlike Zeihan"

[@elementality2547]

Sam Harris out out pretending he ain’t loss half his fan base in the last decade.

[@Jirix]

well, at least he is consistent.

[@billj4525]

I don't think he's pretending he didn't lose it, it just seems that way because it's not something that bothers him.

[@elementality2547]

@@billj4525 he fooled an entire generation of atheist that secular humanism was the way forward then fell back into the shadows when secularism produced a dogma plaguing the west. Or the modern neo Marxist woke

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@billj4525Yeah thats why he begs for subscribers every 5 minutes

[@Rayvo1985]

We know exatclty wich tech bros you are talking about kkhhhmlexfridman :D

[@eggyeggbean]

I think it was an important interview for Americans to watch. Most American media entities talk in terms like “What should we do about such and such conflict.” I don’t hear many of them talking about how our power to dictate terms might be fading. And that in the future our sense of morality may become one strong voice in a crowd of others. It’s the kind of cold dose of reality that only a rival can give you. And even though I find Tucker ridiculous, I’m glad he did the interview.