The Republicans are WRONG about Ukraine : The Failure of Isolationism

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Isolationism is a cancer on Democracy. It is a disease which strikes at the heart of discourse and acts on the worst impules of humanity. Racism, Xenophobia, Apathy and Indifference among a myriad of other things are hallmarks of the ideology and whats worse is that it's completely detrimental materially as well. International trade, cultural exchange, projection of both military and diplomatic power to protect the national interest.
Yet even now, after the lessons of WW2, The Cold War and tyrants throughout history. Still people cling to these beliefs against their own interests. And against what is objectively the moral good.
So today we are talking about Isolationism in the world today, MAGA and America first.
Special thanks to Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio for providing the excellent license free music.
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[@AnimarchyHistory]

Go to ground.news/animarchy to stay fully informed on breaking news, compare coverage and avoid media bias! Isolationism is a cancer on Democracy. It is a disease which strikes at the heart of discourse and acts on the worst impules of humanity. Racism, Xenophobia, Apathy and Indifference among a myriad of other things are hallmarks of the ideology and whats worse is that it's completely detrimental materially as well. International trade, cultural exchange, projection of both military and diplomatic power to protect the national interest. Yet even now, after the lessons of WW2, The Cold War and tyrants throughout history. Still people cling to these beliefs against their own interests. And against what is objectively the moral good. So today we are talking about Isolationism in the world today, MAGA and America first. Support the Channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Animarchy Special thanks to Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio for providing the excellent license free music.

[@yungcaco1443]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@jimmyjams9036]

This is nothing like WWII. If anything, the US is playing the side of Germany. Volunteer your woke self.

[@theodoresmith5272]

Our ancestors got on boats to leave the constant European wars. Why the hell should we be the leader in funding Europeans wars. Let Europeans pony up the most. They funded it buying Russian hydrocarbons. Again why should American tax payers pay the most? Love your podcasts but this is garbage thinking and will lose you subs like me....bye

[@theodoresmith5272]

Europe can't go a decade without a war for 2000 years. Look at the deaths from wars in the 20th century in Europe. Europe needs to figure out peace in Europe. I'm all for supporting ukraine but Europe should be the clear cut major payers not America. Did we become dependent on Russian hydrocarbons as our president then, Trump, warned them? Do you want me to pull up the videos? Buying cheap Russian fuel gave Russia the money, and still does, to fight this war.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

@@theodoresmith5272 Funny you should say that. Because Europe IS the biggest payer :)

[@anthonyhayes1267]

Ive said it before and I'll say it again. The US support of Ukraine has made me proud of my country for the first time in my adult life.

[@wyattdean5192]

same here man

[@kevinw4267]

Yep yep

[@ag7898]

Second for me. 1st was how we all came together after 9/11. I'm not counting the blood lust that happened afterwards the previous statement.

[@tofuteh2348]

Its certainly not helping ukraine out of a sense of justice or doing the right thing. The state serves its own interests at the end of the day

[@petriew2018]

@@tofuteh2348 sometimes, very rarely, those two things are one in the same.... and yet even then some politicians are just such unbelievable shitbags they still can't commit to it....

[@theliberator0390]

I'm always surprised how Republicans finally figured out that they shouldn't meddle in foreign wars right on the war they REALLY should step in and help for a truly good reason.

[@EarthForces]

That's the odd thing with all "non-interventionists" (left or right) in the US. They want to intervene on "pointless" wars while avoiding the necessary ones? (Ukrainian independence) Are the "non-interventionists" of all stripes in the US just veiled imperialists and shady opportunists?

[@bc64100]

ok pack your stuff and go fight no one stopping you! ... no?

[@EarthForces]

@bc64100 what a pointless opinion. Angry taxpayer just being pissed a fellow taxpayer that supports Ukraine with his/her taxes.

[@baneofbanes]

@@bc64100no one’s asking for American soldiers to go to Ukraine fool.

[@notnow1639]

Soon

[@CircusJeanie2399]

"It's a bird, it's a plane. Oh no it's Lockheed Martin". Is by far my favourite Badger quote of all time.

[@NuclearDemoman]

1:04:54 Aren't the ATACMS we sent the Ukrainians from the mid-90s, too? When were we ever going to actually use those?

[@50_foot_punch99]

That's what people don't understand because they think it's just monopoly money we're sending

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

The ending is so poignantly correct. To quote Reagan himself. "If we continue to accomodate then eventually we must face the final demand, the ultimatum." That is not a future I want to leave to my children to face. We have a chance to do not what is just right but what is just and it benefits us too. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇦🇺

[@mikedrop4421]

Hey hey.. Don't you have another video about the Russian navy to be working on? Seems like they've given you lots to work with lately 😂

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

​@@mikedrop4421I'll get around to it 🤣

[@jimmyjams9036]

Except Russia isn't the USSR and the childish notion that Russia is going to take over Europe is just that, a childish notion. Volunteer yourself.

[@hoosierfarmkid]

@@jimmyjams9036Russia may be incapable, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try. Sounds familiar… oh wait that’s what Nazi Germany did…

[@VMan29397]

​@@jimmyjams9036just bec they cant doesnt mean they wont try

[@JingleJangle256]

The fundamentals of isolationism are routed in a failure in understanding of foreign politics. I’ve spoken with Isolationists before and they have the misunderstanding that because Europe, Asia or Africa has more wars than the Americas, that means war is inevitable and we should stay out of them. After all, “these people have been fighting with each other for hundreds of years, why should this involve us?” When it comes to the circumstances of Ukraine and Russia, they’re quick to point out that some Ukrainians sides with the Nazis in WWII or “how Ukraine has always been part of Russia”. But when you ask them about the Holodomor, the Budapest Memorandum, or the other numerous agreements Russia has made with Ukraine for the purposes of peace and then broke, they don’t know anything about them. American Isolationism is ignorance and I can only hope it will be verbally stomped out as it was before.

[@dx-ek4vr]

I feel like there's a balance. Like yes, while America trying to be the World Police and simply barging into the affairs of other nations is a bad idea, just closing ourselves off and trying to pretend the rest of the World doesn't exist is not the solution either. That said, Ukraine aid is definitely a wise decision, and really, if Ukraine had gotten weapons like F-16s, ATACMs, and Western tanks sooner and in larger quantities, they'd probably be winning this war alot faster and thus accusations of the MIC profiting off this war wouldn't have much of a leg to stand on.

[@Johnathan-swift]

“I’ve got spurs”

[@angelantayhua3096]

Unfortunately I also met isolationists who flat admit “why should I care about other countries…” either is “their citizens should revolt against their oppressive government if it’s that bad; it’s their country, not ours” or “we need to take care of our own.” Like you said, they are ignorant, but a lot are just opposed to helping other people and collaborating internationally. American isolationism and many other harmful conservative thought boils down to hyper individualism or “I got mine you got yours” mentality.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Not to mention the more recent Minsk 1 and 2 agreements that were broken by Russia before the ink was even dry. And I know a Putinbot will come along and say that it was the DNR or LNR, but we all know who they took their orders from.

[@dmytrogalan1005]

@@angelantayhua3096 admitting you don't care is slightly different from actively opposing aid to a friendly foreign country That's just a moral argument these people try to fall back to when they are asked how exactly they are directly affected by any package given to Ukraine... They either parrot the same moral arguments on how war is bad and Russia is justified or simply lash out... The same self centered people then try to touch on the patriotism subject to gain pity and support, yet contradict the very essence of selflessness of the word

[@madensmith7014]

Money really is the weakest argument, cause the entire point of the defense budget is to counter a certain country next to the EU. Not using that money now would be wasting our tax payer dollars. Morbidly enough, we're not risking American lives to deal with the biggest threat we had for the past decades, just money.

[@RedLogicYT]

Here's my unasked for opinion. My background: I, a young conservative- who is ironically someone who was born and raised physically disabled, very poor, in California (no not in a trailer park), and atheist. I am someone who demographically doesnt traditionally fit on either side. I'd say I lean conservative on social issues, but if we compared my views to the moderate views of someone in 2015 we'd be exactly the same. When it comes to social issues, I believe in reasonable stuff like same sex marriage and abortion during the 1st trimester (unlike many conservatives)- but I dont like much of the new wave of social issues from the last few years. Generally I believe people should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they are consenting adults (over 18) and are not hurting anyone else in the process. Fiscally I'm slightly left leaning as I staunchly adhere to the importance of welfare and i believe taxes are important in moderation of course- though I think raising minimum wage is pointless because everything will just increase in price and people will lose their jobs. With that background I'll get into it. My take: I think the view that we shouldn't help Ukraine is a very bad take, and while I do think corruption is rampant in Ukraine- I dont think that warrants us withdrawing our support. Russia is definitely the aggressor. No country is just allowed to mess with another country just because they're neighbors- like tf? I do think we sent too much direct money assets when we shouldnt have, but I fully support sending as much physical assets of weapons and ammo and tanks and so on as Ukraine needs. I think we should give Ukraine every weapon that we can so that they can defend themselves, but direct money funding should be fully redirected back to American causes. Ukraine doesnt need our money to win. They need ammo and guns and tanks and shovels and aircraft. Isolationism that's marketed as American first like this isnt new. America before joining ww2 was just like this, and that had immense repercussions on Europe. I know what this isolationism path leads to, and I dont support it. Further more candidates like Trump are promising a full withdrawal from NATO if they win, which I believe is badshit insane. We need NATO and our allies. Those candidates have bought into Putin's revisionist history so much that they believe Russia is the victim, Ukraine is brainwashed, and NATO is the aggressor. Its ridiculous. Leaving NATO is not America first, that's the most anti american thing I could possibly imagine. Leaving OUR alliance that WE spearheaded and lead and abandoning our allies that we've had for almost 100 years is not "America first". All of those takes are essentially just another version of appeasement, and we all know how that went in ww2. Trump STILL kissing North Korea's and Russia's asses constantly pisses me off. I think he's been on a huge downward spiral since he lost. Isolationism and appeasement doesn't work and isn't America first. Support for 🇺🇦

[@jackdbur]

The aid the US is sending is almost totally equipment weapons & ammunition. With a very small amount of humanitarian assistance. There are other countries who for constitutional & political reasons are donating money but a lot of that is into funds that are buying military equipment from arms dealers in Europe. 😊 The Bradleys M1a1 & M114s sent to Ukraine were from European propositioned stocks that the US has been paying maintenance and storage on & would have had to ship back to the US! 😮

[@Bemon161]

The money send to ukraine isn't actually send to ukraine but money that america uses to buy weapons from American companies for ukraine. So the money isn't more then subsidies for American companies, from the perspektive of an american.

[@awesomehpt8938]

If all US politicians were historians the aid would be flowing uninterrupted to Ukraine without argument

[@Yuki_Ika7]

agreed

[@planderlinde1969]

Exactly. Dictators only understand one language force!

[@happymedium.]

What? Ukraine fought alongside the Nazis. 🤣

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Disagree....

[@BSpinoza210]

@@happymedium. dude....did you see how Stalin was treating them? Or how the Muscovite Russ have historically treated them? Literally anyone, ANYONE would have been an improvement in how they were being treated. NAZIS be damned to hell, but at least I can eat something, anything, including wormy bread so my neighbor is safe from becoming an unwitting culinary experiment. I don't blame them for recognizing that the old boss is the same as the old boss, but at least we can eat. Granted, when the reality of a bunch of racial purists occupying your territory finally hits you once you're no longer afraid of dying from a lack of food, finally hits home, you're less than willing to continue supporting the occupiers. Yeeeettttt....there's still the forces that nearly starved you and your family to death as your only allies.....it's a case of how do you want to get fucked? Up the dickhole or up the ass?

[@draconious4005]

I am reminded of the famous quote by George Orwell: “Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. Nor is there any real way of remaining outside such a war as the present one. In practice, 'he that is not with me is against me’.”

[@Funko777]

Mmm, orwell. My favorite :) Dude put his money where is mouth was and actually took a bullet for it. Gangsta af.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

I don't think George Orwell understood Pacifism very well. Most Pacifists are completely willing to engage in wars of self-defense. It's the wars of aggression they completely object to. I suspect Orwell was attempting critique paint all Pacifists as Absolutes Pacifists, the extremists whom aren't even willing to defend themselves, which is a view only held by a tiny minority of Pacifists.

[@petriew2018]

@@Edax_Royeaux i don't think you understand Orwell's point doing nothing to support those defending themselves from unjustified aggression does nothing to promote the idea of peace. it's naive to the point of delusion to think doing nothing is the same as neutrality when you know doing nothing will only lead to further violence and death drawing the line at only defending yourself is barely a step up from actively supporting the aggressor, because you know who's going to win by your inaction this doesn't give you a moral high ground, it makes you a willful idiot

[@Tortle-Man]

Like all quotes that quote was highly contextual. He was talking about anti war opposition during the Spanish Covil war and during the Second World War, two wars for which this statement would absolutely apply. Is it generally applicable? No. But it worked for what he was talking about.

[@draconious4005]

@@Tortle-Man I think it also applies well to the war in Ukraine. Anti-war sentiment in this conflict undeniably helps Russia.

[@kazekamiha]

There's a phrase I like to employ. "Looking out for Number One includes looking out for Numbers Two and down."

[@thelastroman7791]

This may seem unusual to some, but I am a Conservative Republican. I have been so for many years, and I still believe in many of the positions of the Republican Party (I’m what you would call a “Reaganite”). With that said, many of my fellow Republicans are dead wrong when it comes to foreign aid for our allies (especially for those allies currently in the firing line of despots). My background has been in History, and a cursory look at the pre-war era can easily debunk any isolationist arguments. As Ronald Reagan once said “better to be ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost”.

[@zoltonsucks5177]

I’d say I believe in some conservative values aswell, maybe not as many as you but I feel you on this man. It’s hard, because I feel like I’m pushing away from everything conservative now because they fundamentally don’t listen to videos like this. Like I don’t understand how a modern conservative with the internet and knowledge of history can’t comprehend that Ukraine not winning the war and being supported by our governments isn’t important.

[@thelastroman7791]

@@zoltonsucks5177 I’ve often pondered that same thought. As a Republican, I think the issue might be a bit of trauma from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many Republicans such as myself feel unfairly blamed for those two conflicts, and feel that we will be vilified if we try to enter into another conflict once again. It’s important to remember that generally, most members of the military are conservative or are registered Republicans. So the losses of war are felt more acutely by my own party. Still, I agree that more conservatives should be willing to listen to the other side. We should not let our fear overcome our values, and we should honor those who came before us by continuing to protect our friends and allies.

[@zoltonsucks5177]

@@thelastroman7791 I’m definitely a bit too young to have that feeling but I could for sure see how that could happen. Totally empathize with that situation. Conservatives are in a tough spot right now, because I’m sure even though you have these feelings you don’t want to go left because of the way they’re running the Democratic Party right now? I feel stuck, almost not wanting to vote for either of them but I’m in a way forced to pick one.

[@thelastroman7791]

@@zoltonsucks5177 It is certainly not an ideal situation. The best that I can suggest is to be civil, objective, and do as much of your own research as possible. Make up your own mind on things, for you don’t have to be locked into any one camp. As for myself, I know the Republican Party will one day find its way again. The same party that saw the isolationist movement also saw the rise of great men like Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan. Most of my friends in the Republican Party are good and dedicated patriots who love America. So I have no doubt that we will find our way out of this post-War on Terror funk.

[@zoltonsucks5177]

@@thelastroman7791 100% man, videos like this are always a great tool. Always trying to expand my knowledge. Trying to educate others on the situation in Ukraine 🙏🏼 Thanks for the convo

[@simonteesdale9752]

Part of what annoys me so much about the abandon Ukraine position is how much it's steeped in the belief that America is the only country that matters. Often the argument is that if the US stopped providing aid, the war would end immediately, which isn't true. Ukraine is going to keep fighting for as long as it takes. All that stopping aid would accomplish is more deaths as Ukrainians would be fighting back with whatever they can find, rather than western, Southern and East Asian equipment.

[@Ivan-vn1pd]

Europe has more then enough money and people to arm ukraine. If the EU wants to be a big boy power they should be able to step up and deter a failing russia with an economy the size of Italy's

[@weik-2936]

and we're not the only ones sending aid, most of europe is sending equipment to Ukraine, especially the countries once under the soviet empire, because they understand what its like to be oppressed by russia, and they understand that if Ukraine loses, they're next

[@generalgarchomp333]

Holy fuck this, and even more with rhat quote of 'if we keep sending weapons thebwar will continue and people will die.' Likr bro you REALLY think that the Russians won't continue to rape and murder people after the war? Or that there won't be partisans?

[@cadennorris960]

@@weik-2936Unfortunately Poland and other former pact members have ran out of weapons they are willing to send. They are modernizing right now so as they get new systems they will be more open to sending the older weapons to Ukraine.

[@elxr9434]

No one said that America is the only country that matters, every country matters to THEIR people as it should, the problem is people want to put food in other countries mouths while we starve (metaphorically for the most part)

[@seppo532]

I’m so here for the Hasanabi hate. I can’t believe I ever believed what he was saying. So embarrassed by my tankie phase

[@VMan29397]

Just be glad that it passed

[@rasseodestiny8819]

Same! Same! At least it's finally over. 😌

[@ianhomerpura8937]

I am okay with Hasanabi about his takes on mass transit and breaking up existing monopolies. For foreign policy though, definitely not.

[@McNubbys]

Same homie.

[@soriddosuneko]

That's the thing, hasan brands himself as a political streamer, however, he is an entertainment streamer

[@centurionzen1005]

"I decline utterly to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire." -Winston Churchill

[@paulcarey1708]

The problem here is that the message being delivered won't be watched by those that really need to hear it. Their echo chamber is virtually impregnable.

[@ground_news]

Thank you Animarchy. For anyone looking to stay fully informed, check out the link above and let us know if you have any questions.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

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[@Claymann71]

1st you get Perun & then Animarchy?! Pretty soon you'll be after OSP & Lazerpig! ... THEY GOT LAZERPIG?! 🤣🤌

[@Claymann71]

​@AnimarchyHistory Makes sense. Your videos are Top Tier m8. 💪💪 I used to be a Republican, now switched Independent. I lean towards the Right but lost all faith in the party around 2008. I have never been so ashamed of the Republican Party. We live in a world where the _pandering Democrats_ are (rightfully!) Supporting a (JUST) war & the *War-Hawk party* is trying to *fracture & disrupt the flow of 3-B's to the Nation who is fighting NATO's Great War we've been waiting for almost 100 years!* The Soldiers of Ukraine are the Modern Day Knights of Justice! Words in English do not exist to express our Global Debt of Gratitude for Ukraine! *SLAVA UKRAINE!*

[@tacticalyeet5435]

the one sponsorship i honestly might get

[@williampanagopoulos656]

​@@Claymann71you can answer it here or in a PM depending on your willingness to set the comments on fire but .. What was your reasons for membership prior to 2008, and what caused the shift, note, no judgement here as everyone changes and evolves ..

[@regionalearth301]

As a Republican (with an international relations degree) who is deeply concerned about the direction of the party, thank you so much for making this. I almost started a channel of my own to discuss this very topic.

[@Nairobin]

Still should if you ask me.

[@shilohhighland6716]

You might as well. The more people that talk about this, the more changes ears and eyes will have a chance to understand what’s going on.

[@redmustangredmustang]

You Republicans let this happen. You hooked your wagon to a conman like Trump and now there is such cluster f that you can't even pick a Speaker going 3 weeks and counting. This isn't your father's Republican party of the 80's and 90's where you actually had bipartisanship and compromise. This the party of Trump now and those that vote for him are his cult members. I mean he's facing 4 criminal trials and now Jenna Ellis has flipped on him in Georgia. Trump's going to be a convicted felon by the time November comes next year.

[@thelouster5815]

So you’re a RINO by modern GOP standards?

[@shilohhighland6716]

@@thelouster5815Nothing wrong with that. I think more Rinos need to speak out. Even if it doesn’t change the party, it can help other Rinos not feel so alone and could make a difference together. No party is perfect, but I can stand with anyone who is against fascism and white supremacy

[@Tundraviper41]

Isolationism only works for as long as the outside world allows you to, forcing the isolationist to act too late to the problem.

[@sithlord5149]

True

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

8:52 - So much for "No taxation without representation."

[@Idekwtph]

Sometimes I can’t believe that the party of Ronald Reagan has devolved as far as it has. I’ve been a Republican leaning person for a while now, but what I’ve seen lately has put me off very much from voting that way for a while. “We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars: It is better to be here ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We’ve learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.” Ronald Reagan, June 6, 1984 Boys of Pointe du Hoc

[@jamesmitchell5372]

Hi Len....Yeah. I post this to folks going through what we have gone through. As my post above said, my wife and I can claim republican, Vet, PD, FD, and EMT to our names...but we will be voting. Democrat. For us, it is nation first.

[@Funko777]

Idk why that's surprising. The Republicans have been horrible since Nixon. It's pretty crazy that things have had to devolve this much for their base to finally see how crazy their policies have been. Glad people can see it now but still don't understand how people didn't see it sooner or that it had to take a prior "president" being indicted with multiple felonies in order for it to really make it clear.

[@marshmallowbudgie]

Reagan ran cocaine, kneeled before Gorbachev and Khomeini, and backed the Khmer Rouge

[@baneofbanes]

@@marshmallowbudgiethe Khmer Rouge were gone by the time Reagan took office.

[@John.S.Patton]

Ukraine are nazi's and it seem like this guy is also one. The nazi ukrainian flow the red a black flag while killing ussr troops. Go watch The Duran for better information

[@FirearmsAndFitness]

So I have to admit that I was one of these people who was against aid to Ukraine, I was against funds going over, for American intervention and the like, even though I felt that the people had every right to defend their country and that it was honorable for them to do so. With this said, I have full heartedly changed my mind and you sir have the right to claim you changed it. You made well thought out and well reasoned arguments, many of which I had not heard and had not even thought about. You showed me that I had not only a massive blind spot in my thinking but I also was not critically thinking through the issue. I am now a supporter for the continued aid, backing, and support of Ukraine. Thank you for making this video and actually having a well reasoned argument. You have seriously changed my mind on the matter.

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

Frickin based!

[@fairongaming9347]

Amen brother. Amen.

[@Ender-bg2hx]

Same man, same. Glad to see im not the only one who’s opinion on Ukraine was changed after actually giving Animarchy’s videos about this conflict along with Perun and Lazerpig (along Lazerpig’s occasional history meme videos but thats besides the point) my only concern is I hope that it doesn’t escalate to Defcon 1/ Nuclear war but given the Russian army’s performance in this war along with the corruption and shitty equipment I wouldn’t be surprised if their nukes wouldn’t function.

[@FirearmsAndFitness]

@@Ender-bg2hx honestly yes it’s been the same for me as well. Those channels have really done a great job covering and explaining the war, that said this was the video that really made me go “oh shit it really is in our best interest to support them”

[@fairongaming9347]

@@Ender-bg2hx Yes sir, yes sir. Look ever since senator McCain died, god rest his soul, I feel like the Maga people have made mockery of the republican party as a whole. Sure, there are things senitor McCain and I dont agreed with, but at least that man loved america and the values it stood for. He was a veteran for Christ sake, he stood up for this country. Now I dont like Trump, even though most of my family does, and yes we do agrue about that alot, but after Afghanistan happened I felt like this has to stop. Young man from my town joined eager to defend our country and when they came back the system spitted them out like it was nothin. No support financially and medically. With some even dyin in the gutter, cause noone gave a f***ck about them. Kids I knew since they were little, playing with my sister outside. And when I saw the financial crisis our country was headin and on top of that I heard we were supposed to fight yet again in god knows where, I said "No sir". I will not send my and my families hard earned money in order to just disapear somewhere over seas, so that our kids come back lookin lost and beaten down, just so some politician can benefit of that. However, I must admit I have been actin like a fool. One of my pals keeps sending me videos like these every now and then. And I have been ignoring them for quite some time. Half a year back I thought I might give it a try and here we are. To be quite honest I gotta give it to Mr Animarchy here. I live in a deep red state and convincing me isnt usually that easy, but I have to say I dont agree with him on other stuff. I think in many things he is a bit naive, you know. But yes, as I said this is not what america stands for, and never did. My papa joined the army during the second world war not because he wanted money or fame, no sir. He did it because it was right. It was what our values stand for. Protecting democracy around the world. Hack thats what we did durin the Cold war, fightin the opressive Russians. Alot of countries and people depend on us and if they want democracy and freedom to prevail in their country we should help them. Nam and Afghanistan were differnt, when I look back at it, they never wanted us there. You see non of the people wanting "peace" in Ukraine told me how much it will cost. They always yappin about much it will cost "us" the tax payer, and yet they didnt give us a figure. I wonder why. Just like in Afghanistan they try to grease their pockets, but whats worse they try to weaken our country by selling themselfs to communists in China and nazis in Russia. How can these people go on TV and tell us they are american patriots. Whats patriotic about kissing someones ass. Last time I checked thats not what our fathers died time and time for. So yea, I understand you completely, this "Maga" thing is rediculouse and needs to stop, before these clowns sell our country or demage it beyond repair. We need to take a stand just like my papa did. Slava Ukraine.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

FDR was not perfect, but when WW2 broke out, thank God we had a President that understood which side was right and deserved our support and which side had to be stopped.

[@CowMaster9001]

Then why did we accept Communist imperialism? How is what the British and French did to their various ethnic minorities any better than what the Nazis did to theirs?

[@baneofbanes]

@@CowMaster9001why are you simping for fascist imperialism now?

[@CowMaster9001]

@@baneofbanes Why is @therealuncleowen2588 simping for a fascist who put people in concentration camps because they were the wrong race?

[@therealuncleowen2588]

@@baneofbanes FDR did everything he could to defeat Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and fascist Italy and he succeeded. Yet strangely you accuse him of being an imperial fascist? Showing respect for a historical figure who is worthy of respect is not simping.

[@baneofbanes]

@@therealuncleowen2588 I wasn’t responding to you? That’s why my comment started with @cowmaster or whatever his name is. Do you not know how KZbin comments work?

[@okzoomer5086]

As a German I think its really important that the Isolationist beliefs are not a unique Americanism but that most nations have similar groups with most of them sadly seeing an increase in support over the last few years

[@MaticTheProto]

Kinda. Our left party is just the leftovers from the Russian controlled party in the ddr and the AfD sees Putin as the fascist he is (they love him). Isolationism isn‘t something most of our parties are really concerned with, it‘s other motivations

[@okzoomer5086]

@@MaticTheProto i feel like the afds goals to leave the eu fall under isolationist ideals i wonder how the new party from Wagenknecht will position itself with regrads to the eu

[@MaticTheProto]

@@okzoomer5086 the isolationism isn‘t what the majority of AfD voters want, which is why the AfD doesn‘t really advertise itself with that

[@d.olivergutierrez8690]

Everyone is isolationist until a Nimitz carrier suddenly blows up in the Yellow Sea, it didn’t work 80years ago why would now?

[@madkabal]

It did work, Roosevelt set the conditions for it to fail.

[@Ksescel]

That is the most bait thumbnail ever lol I can’t wait

[@AnimarchyHistory]

I couldn't resist.

[@madkoala2130]

@@AnimarchyHistory its going to be wild. How much salt do you expect to mine from this (more then from Vatniks) ?

[@madkoala2130]

@@AnimarchyHistory ... and yes, how is your Su-57 video going?

[@williamleadbetter9686]

Some of the problem also is the illegitimate wars in Vietnam Iraq and Afghanistan. After crying wolf so many times the people no longer have patience for legitimate defense.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

We have been told time and time again that we are fighting to “protect democracy” This line was used to justify WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The people no longer believe in the idea of the Arsenal of democracy. Many People no longer see the west as something worth fighting for.

[@alifleih]

What distinguishes Iraq from, say, Ukraine? In fact, aren't the stakes higher with Ukraine, since Russia (unlike Saddam and post-Saddam insurgents) has the largest inventory of nuclear weapons in the world?

[@jx6135]

My favorite quote from the TV series "TURN: Washington's Spies" Townsend - Those who sit on a picket fence are impaled by it.

[@btwonderkid2453]

My issue with current US politics is the fact that most of my domestic policy stances are Republican while my foreign are apparently Democrat. So I am stuck between choosing one or the other. Our presidential choices suck. The bigger fact though is every other country fell asleep at the wheel when it comes to their military spending. America shouldn't be the only major power that has to supply the majority of military supplies. Ukraine is a fuck up of all parties in the western sphere except the eastern block of NATO. The only thing keeping 'world peace' is a bipolar USA and dear God do we need other major supporters of this system if you want it to remain more stable in any future conflicts.

[@awf6554]

Truth. Perhaps we're seeing a wake-up. Not just in Europe, but Asia as well.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

Thats a bullshit take, European resources are pooled into the USA. Development, technology, surveillance, and the good ol fashion consumption. there is a reason why the Dollar is the western currency modus operandai.

[@SilverFang95]

We need Trump back.

[@oliveleaf7376]

There's a lot of FUD about how Democrats want to defund all police, legalize all drugs, and impose gender transition on 3 year olds, but if you look at what the actual Democrats in power are actually proposing (rather than what college kids want), it's not at all dissimilar to Republican policy decades ago. Back when both neoliberals and neoconservatives were powerful political forces on mostly the same page, and compromise wasn't just possible, it was routine. There are a few differences of course, but the dems are pretty much still as mainstream, middle of the road neoliberal as they were in the 90's (for better or worse), while MAGA has forced the GOP towards blood-and-soil, far-right nationalism. As far as I can see it, the question to ask yourself is "am I closer politically to a moderate neoliberal or to a radical isolationist nationalist?" For me as a moderate independent that's a pretty easy choice, and I hope for most of the country it's obvious, too. And if it's not obvious to everyone else, then I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[@ThePandafriend]

You don't really have a Republican party anymore. It's only "Republican" in name. Now it's the MAGA party. I mean just look at the new speaker! That guy is a christofascist who'd probably turn the US into a theocracy if he could. Most moderate Republicans drop out of the party or don't run again. And if they win the next election you might eventually also won't have a Democrat party anymore. The latter will be against the will of the party though and not a fascist takeover by a wing of it. Look up the insanity of Project 2025. That's the plan of MAGA.

[@jacobmoss6830]

I was expecting to see something similar in UK, so used have we been to our politicians being shit at this sort of thing. But both sides of the commons and the lords went.... "Oh Russia is invading Ukraine.... Right then let us just lob all this weaponry at you without delay." It was honestly heart-warming to see our politicians do SOMETHING right for once.

[@Destroyer_V0]

Almost like they actually remembered the piece of paper where The UK agreed to defend Ukrainian independence because Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons. It was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@BlackEpyon]

Britain of all people remembers what it's like to be invaded.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

We all give the English shit for a lot of things in the past, but when it comes down to defense or alliances in general they'll always have your back.

[@Dexter037S4]

@@altechelghanforever9906 The Scottish, Welsh and Irish were always the first to respond though. The English may have your backs, they're just slow.

[@MaticTheProto]

Meanwhile politicians in Germany immediately calculated potential losses in votes and only initially sent some helmets. Germany has become one of the main supporters of ukraine since then but man I hate our politicians

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

For real, dude, this is your best video yet! I totally get that your dream was to be a pilot, but honestly it's a HUGE win for the world that you didn't cut and instead became an historian! What you are doing here on the internet is so much more beneficial for our species than being a flyboy in a jet! Be proud of your work and achievements so far and please never stop! ✊️

[@detective2221]

Hes a propagandist lol

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

@@detective2221 no sh!t Sherlock. What's your point?

[@20chocsaday]

Yes, he is able to tell us what is happening on a wide scale. Maybe that's the Australian coming out.

[@stickiedmin6508]

​@@detective2221 You think "propagandists" are bad?

[@detective2221]

@@TheAmericanAmerican Propagandists are bad.

[@knpark2025]

Helping Ukraine in times like this is to protect something more important than national interest, regional influence, or even a fellow country on the other side of the world; it's about protecting our *identity* and protecting *who we are* when both are put into a serious question.

[@flyoptimum]

Mostly just Trump Republicans. The main swath of the party has voted to support Ukraine consistently.

[@kongou1912]

ok, and whos the front runner for the republicans?

[@flyoptimum]

@@kongou1912 So when he loses and congress keeps funding Ukraine with broad support from Republicans, will you give up on this argument, or just keep screaming about your favorite orange boogie man?

[@JR-gp2zk]

Thank you. I have been screaming this for 2 years now. Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave. I am a long time Republican that is voting for no one in 2024.

[@RUDE7643]

Genuinely sad to see your party fail you like this. The greatest respect I had towards most Republicans is that they always put America first, for better or worse. Not really sure if that’s the case anymore.

[@javier8015]

​@RUDE7643 and how is fighting a pointless war in ukraine helping America? I mean the US is gearing up for war in the Middle East but their is concern why wasted a ton of our resources on ukraine.

[@justat1149]

ABSOLUTELY. Whatever the hell is the current group calling themselves the “Republican” or “Conservative” party ain’t that. They are purely Republican in name only.

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@javier8015 Resources that are either nearing their expiration date, or currently being manufactured to keep up with Ukraine’s demand and US readiness. Try to keep up.

[@Sam-mi6cz]

@@javier8015 Attacking Middle Eastern countries on shaky ground for their resources isn't the same as defending an ally. Plus, the overwhelming majority of aid is surplus and already largely on the way out. The US gains a lot from supplying military aid to Ukraine, a fact you people can't seem to understand.

[@user-17271]

A pro-war anarchist, I think I've seen it all

[@goyonman9655]

Do words mean anything to these people

[@user-pj6ch6cc4d]

Have you heard of Nestor fucking Makhno?

[@chacka4292]

Everyone who agree to bend over for dictators/fascists/terrorist who attack other nations or groups is pro-war. As an Eastern European I would love to see your perspective or life changing even with slight 'risk' of neighbouring country like that. Russian leaders and some part of society is evil to the core from top to bottom. Either fueled by hate, greed, ultranationalism, colonialism, jealousy just pick one and you will find huge amount of russians living with that emotion towards most of europeans, especially their past colonies 'their lands'.

[@baneofbanes]

Not being a pacifist wimp isn’t the same thing as being pro-war.

[@KC-Mitch]

"We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt If America is going to spend 1/3 of its national budget on the military, more than the next 20+ countries combined, then it should be our job - _if not our duty_ - to be the *actual* defenders of democracy. I know the US has basterdized that to exploit smaller, frailer nations time and time again. But I believe the US has proven historically how it found the recipe to rebuilding a nation beyond what we could thought it could be: Germany and Japan are literal proof. Ukraine can be the next great EU member state, joining its bretheren into western society - like Finland and Poland (both of whom escaped the Soviet sphere near-completely). Or, we can abandon a fledgling democracy into obscurity behind a neo-Iron Curtain - right at the moment when they've gotten their grasp on legitimate democratic self-rule.

[@Cotac_Rastic]

Which theyve done by bombing their own citizens and banning elections? Keep your democracy, westoid.

[@baneofbanes]

Well said.

[@baneofbanes]

@@Cotac_Rasticdidn’t know that Russian soldiers were Ukrainian citizens. And let me guess you live in Berlin or London or some other major Western city

[@Cotac_Rastic]

@@baneofbanes I thought western education was supposed to be good, yet here you are unable to read 😂😂. Go on, tell me the next date for democratic Ukranian elections. And no, thank God, westoid tourists are unbearable as it, i couldn't imagine... * Shudder * LIVING with them.

[@aussiemozzie8123]

@@Cotac_Rastic when Zelenskyy maintains power for over 25 years come back, until shut up

[@dfmrcv862]

Animarchy, we may not agree on much politics-wise... but damn it, I gotta thank you for this one. Like... we on the American right-wing have been warning about Russia for DECADES. We won the Cold War under Reagan and continued to warn that Russia might grow into an issue eventually. Mitt Romney got *laughed* at during his presidential debate with Obama because "The Cold War is Over". Even Trump himself would at times sound the alarm that Russia was making moves and get laughed at (the now infamous reactions at the UN where the German delegates giggled as he warned of Russia shutting off oil to Germany in the case of a war is the go-to). We've been the ones emphasizing that we need a strong military because of the lessons of World War I and World War II. And yet, PRIMARILY (because I remember how fast the narrative flipped) because of people like Tucker Carlson, there's now a split in the party to go back to the Lindenbourgh-style isolationism that saw 500,000 Americans die in World War II because we faced an enemy that had gained more ground thanks to our lack of intervention. Isolationism has NEVER for us, not even since our founding (Barbary Wars). The literal founding of the United States Navy was conceived because we HAD to protect our own ships from other nations who wanted to start messing with us. Not sure if it'll change the minds of anyone on "my side", but I think there REALLY needs to be some self-reflection at the very least from the so-called "right-wing" over here.

[@LollipopKnight2]

As a left-winger, I appreciate your continued clarity on this subject. I hate to admit it, but I liked Obama's one-liner to Mitt Romney. I still think that China is our greatest geopolitical rival, but I should have realized that an impoverished dictatorship that had already acted aggressively toward Georgia, and was the biggest inheritor of Soviet materiel, can still do a lot of damage to a lot of people, and is likely to do so, given the inherent instabilities of such systems. So, for what it's worth, I'm sorry for contributing to that cultural reaction to Romney. He deserved better. And he probably would have navigated the Arab Spring better than Obama.

[@t700e]

@@LollipopKnight2I like seeing this awakening spirit of my fellow Americans in the comments. A willingness to sympathize and self-reflect is what’s truly needed now.

[@ArchOfficial]

The Republican party has largely shifted to a pro-Russian stance not due to honest intellectual reasoning but due to useful idiots and likely just monetary funding from Russia. It's malicious, not from a lack of understanding primarily. Why do you think Republicans are talking so much about "draining the swamp" and "taking the country back"? It's Russia trying to gain power over the US. Many people have been fooled into thinking it's some noble cause.

[@dfmrcv862]

@@LollipopKnight2 such is life... Hopefully we can learn from those mistakes... Hopefully.

[@dfmrcv862]

@@t700e here's hoping.

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

Appeasing dictators be like: ''It's a new agreement bro just one more treaty bro they'll actually follow it this time please bro just one more treaty bro I swear they won't invade another country bro just one more treaty''

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

You want to stop dictators? Cuba is only 90 Mi away. The people of Venezuela are waiting. This is Europe's problem.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@WALTERBROADDUS Wrong this is NATO's problem. You want to be alone, leave NATO and see how Europe starts telling you to F off on a lot of tech you need.

[@Demopans5990]

Also would hilariously backfire when it comes to Taiwan. Unlike Ukraine, the US is strategically dependent on Taiwanese exports, and so telling Taiwan to appease Xi is a good way to hand the crown to Xi. Heck, the CCP might even be funding the whole thing through "disgraced" Chinese billionaires due to how laughably easy it is for someone from China to claim political/religious asylum

[@petriew2018]

@@WALTERBROADDUS this is a NATO problem, actually. Your lord and savior Putin made that quite clear. And, yeah, guess who's part of NATO?

[@KT-pv3kl]

How is this a NATO problem? No Nato member got declared war on left alone attacked. This has nothing to do with NATO other than NATO constantly encroaching on Russia for the past 60 years

[@fandaeckert1915]

21:12 "Territorial dispute" LOL, last time I checked when sovereign nation drops paratroopers on a strategic point next to a capital city of another sovereign nation without request/notice for that happening that is called a start of an incasion.

[@MrAjfish]

Great work, as always.

[@LazerWolf21]

As someone with firsthand knowledge of the American military industrial complex (not going to elaborate why), these fools VASTLY underestimate the sheer might of it.

[@RabidMullet]

Exactly. I don't agree with the isolationist direction the GOP is going in, but that doesn't mean the military industrial complex isn't real.

[@AHDBification]

​@@RabidMullet I think his point is that "We will bury you!" And it's true, our adversaries have no chance once the US commits!

[@williamjacobs]

@@AHDBification Both points are spot on. He was citing the "false choice" fallacy. Sinking enormous sums into defense may be questionable, but when that money pit ends up serving a useful purpose is hardly the time to start bitching about it. Frankly, I've been educated on the shocking levels of ill-preparedness we suffered when it came to artillery shell supplies. I had not heard of the expression "The King of Battle" and what a proper stockpile meant until Ukraine. I hope this stupid adventure by Putin is the last of its kind. Xi....watch and learn. Fight with economics like a proper 21st century world power.

[@thecoolcarhd4402]

@@RabidMullet theres the GOP and than there's the MAGA, MAGA is not isolationism

[@SHGames97]

As an American born from an American Mother & Canadian Dad who both remarried Brits/Anglo-sphere partners. All my family immediate family still live in USA some longer than others. My British-Indian Step Ma is FAAAAR more American than my Dad who has been here majority of his life. Don’t mean that in a good or bad way but tis true. I am always ASTOUNDED at how firm of a grasp our external cousin brothers/sisters have on USA domestic politics, tendencies & everything else basically. From a Freedom Unit lover I wanna say I DEARLY appreciate the concerns, insight, standards & perspectives brought to us from our trusted fam. Thank you!

[@marcogenovesi8570]

I love that speech, "yeah it's totally cool to sacrifice a sovereign nation that was literally invaded and let Putin rebuild Soviet Russia 2.0 by annexing crucial territory, that's the best choice for the safety of Europe".

[@richardarriaga6271]

A nation we also agreed to support if someone invaded them.

[@KT-pv3kl]

​@@richardarriaga6271you agreed to help the Afghan army as well and we how that went ....

[@richardarriaga6271]

@@KT-pv3kl Afghans were not a united society. Ukraine is united.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@KT-pv3kl who agreed to help the "afghan army"? It was an imperialist effort masqueraded as "war on terror". Completely different in both practice and appearances

[@skorathereckless6449]

@@richardarriaga6271 why did kill own people before Russians invaded

[@Jason-fm4my]

I was just watching the Task & Purpose video on Libya, and I have to say that I disagree with the premise that the intervention was a failure. Gaddafi was a long time anti-us pro-russian figure who could have been problematic during the Arab Springs, Syria, and Ukraine war. We'd probably have thousands of libyan mercenaries fighting in Ukraine right now and similar issues decades in the future. We aren't responsible for the Civil War, and frankly it barely affects anyone else.

[@jimmyjams9036]

Have you seen what Libya has become? The stupidity of people on this channel is quite astounding.

[@iattacku2773]

Yea a lot of people don’t know that gadaffi was big sponsor of communist and Islamist revolutionaries the world over. They simply spout out his decent domestic policies but forget he was trying to be a sort of third faction leader in the Cold War. He only really started trying to be nice to the US when saddam was overthrown.

[@skorathereckless6449]

open market slave trade in Libya

[@baneofbanes]

No Libya was a ducking failure. It’s a failed state. Gaddafi got what he had coming to him but the post war is a mess.

[@madkoala2130]

Too be honest i see Gaddafi as partiality his falt for playing stupid games and winning stupid praises. Yes he made Libya into prosperous country in Africa, but his anti American strives got his head off his chest. If he played like Yugoslavia (all tho he was studying there), playing with bouth sides then he wouldnt ended up like he did.

[@AdvocatusDiaboliFin]

Special Finnish thank you for using that outro music.

[@Irondrone4]

For a political party that loves to boast about freedom and liberty, they sure don't seem to like the idea of helping to spread freedom and liberty.

[@josephhelgersonjoseph6115]

On the subject of Charles Lindbergh: There was a series that aired on HBO a couple years back called The Plot Against America where it explores an alternate timeline where Lindbergh became president in 1940.

[@thelasttunebender5088]

It’s actually based on a book by the same name written by phillip roth

[@aazz9676]

What's it like being stupid enough to still believe an 80 year old lie?

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

The primary issue with Isolationist philosophy is that it is always culturally destructive. Look at Sparta, the ultimate xenophobic, insular, isolationist, militaristic, ultra-conservative society. After their victories against Persia and Athens, Sparta kept completely true to how they had always done things, only to become the b!tch of Thrace, Macedonia, and Rome. That's the fate of isolationists: To be everyone else's b!tch. I mean, look at ancient Egypt: Same deal, they kept to their isolationist traditions, and were conquered by the Greeks so hard that the pharaohs from then on were all of Greek descent, with the nation then becoming the b!tch of every subsequent power in the Mediterranean, from Macedon and Alexander the Great to Rome and Julius Caesar. By sticking to isolationism, Egypt lost any real control they had of their destiny, becoming a stopping point for any conqueror on their way to greater things. Look at feudal Japan: Despite being fully aware that there was a wider world that was much more advanced than they were, Japan had kept their ports closed for centuries, only willing to trade with a very small number of people, up until Commodore Perry rolled up and said "Open up your ports or I'll show you the 'Gunboat' in 'Gunboat Diplomacy'. There was then a war between the government and the Isolationists that the isolationists won, but had to open up their ports anyway because *there was nothing they could do to stop the Westerners from coming in.* Katanas and bows don't do much against cannons and Gatling guns, right? They were simply that outgunned and outnumbered by the the literal rest of the world, and had no choice but to westernize and modernize to be able to have any say in the future of their country from that point on, or else become everyone else's b!tch. And those are the ones that didn't fall to internal strife and corruption! Those are the ones that stuck true to their ideals and beliefs! There's dozens more that cut themselves off from the rest of the world and fell apart because their leaders were more interested in building new harems and jumping Scrooge McDuck style into giant pools of money they got from overtaxing their subjects, before those overtaxed subjects killed said leaders and opened up their nation to outsiders. Sparta, Ancient Egypt and Feudal Japan were the perfect and ideal isolationist nations, and they still ended up failing, and failing hard! Why would anyone want to engage in a system that has been proven, historically, to be the death of nations? Well, I'll tell you: The kind of people who want to build those harems and jump into huge pools of money, because unlike those past leaders, they now have private jets that can fly them to the Bahamas, Dubai, or any other getaway for the rich once things go south. When isolationism kills America, they won't go down with the ship, they'll fly off to another country with all of their money, laughing about how foolish their voters were to ever trust them.

[@t700e]

That’s a great way of putting it. So many isolationists try to point to revisionist history to “prove” their theories, but true historical analysis shows isolationist policies can mark the death of nations.

[@baneofbanes]

Exactly. Ignoring the world doesn’t make the world go away.

[@jdreyes3745]

​@@baneofbanes"Don't worry, the whole world doesn't exist; it won't hurt us" *The whole world in question*

[@stormeaglegaming5395]

Great Point

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

@@jdreyes3745 Exactly. If you want to know why we need to be involved with the rest of the world, it can be broken down to some down home country wisdom: "If you don't want to shoot a skunk in your front yard, you'd best shoot it while it's still across the street." We learned that in WW2, where the war "over there" eventually did come over here. The things "over there" have a habit of coming over here sooner or later. I'm not saying all intervention is good, far from it. There have been a few wars that have had questionable motivations, to say the least. However, ignoring things outside the USA isn't going to make them go away. We've been ignoring things in Mexico for decades, letting the country stew in corruption, and the most recent major "policy" about the country was building a wall, which is really, really stupid given that the USA has nearly 100,000 miles of coastline with 360 commercial ports and Mexico has 7,000 miles of coastline with 102 ports. That's not to mention plenty of airports, so there's still plenty of ways for illegal immigrants to get in. You want to solve illegal immigration? Building walls isn't the answer. Improving conditions in Mexico so that there is more safety and there are more opportunities for the people living there would. Making meaningful strides against crime and corruption in Mexico would. And so on and so on. It's not a problem so simple that a one sentence sound bite of "build a wall" will actually solve it, but it could be solved. We don't need to be the world police, but we need to quit burying out head in the sand and pretending problems elsewhere won't hurt us eventually. Because history has proven that sooner or later, problems elsewhere show up here. Oh, and sad to say, in real life you do end up having to shoot skunks out of necessity, they're prone to catching rabies. So, if a skunk is hanging out where people are, there's a strong possibility that it's rabid and killing it will be a mercy. However, since it may be rabid, and if it's not it's still a skunk, you don't want to be anywhere near it when you shoot it, and you definitely don't want a dead skunk in your yard.

[@rockthehell6666]

Thank you for your great work, and constant support. With love, from Kharkiv (Ukraine)

[@TaterRaider]

My complements on the bias warning.

[@marksharpe5384]

Part of the problem is war weariness in These United States of America.

[@Groza_Dallocort]

At least in Ukraine USA have not officially sent any forces to the front line

[@jamesmitchell5372]

Our parents and grand parents dealt with far worse. If we are weary of our role, that is on this generation, and it is not a badge of honor.

[@petriew2018]

and most of the problem is some of our denser politicians needing to create something to bitch about in an election season, coupled with a disturbingly gullible and under-educated electorate just swallowing the bullshit at face value....

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Given most Americans didn't even realize we were still in Afghanistan for so long, I don't think it's war weariness that's the problem. It's contrarianism that has become too popular a tactic in our partisan politics.

[@baneofbanes]

And America not at a war with Russia. How can you not understand that?

[@alfimate3712]

There’s this story of a baboon who worked as a signalman on a railway. He never once made a mistake. The only reason we never adopted this idea is because our monkeys have escaped the zoo and are now running our governments. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

[@darnit1944]

But that would mean those monkeys running the government will never make mistake then?

[@AKKK1182]

This could have done with a lot less rambling about the holocaust.

[@baneofbanes]

Not really. Isolationism is directly linked to the Nazis growing so powerful in the first place.

[@jackjames7283]

​@@baneofbanesreally how tell me you logic

[@baneofbanes]

@@jackjames7283 “tell me how you logic” That’s not even proper English dude.

[@jackjames7283]

@@baneofbanes but my question still stand.

[@baneofbanes]

@@jackjames7283 the logic is obvious. If the Nazis were defeated before Germany had built up enough strength to take over Europe their rise could’ve been prevented.

[@dilophosaursniper5399]

An animarchy-russian badger crossover, that is something i didnt expected

[@TheArmaGuy762]

I would put myself in an conservative corner but I´m also highly in support of ukraine. To be converavative does´t mean you need to hate gay people or black people but the compleatly opposite. I respect every race and ever religion and I´m fully for the individuial rights of every person. That´s the reason im so highly pro 1A and 2A, and no I´m not from the US but from Germany. Without so many privatly owned firearms in ukraine there would not be an video like this. Free people which made the decision to put their lifes on the line in the face of overwealming firepower and the might of the russian army, which said you can take my life but not my freedom stood their ground. This is absolutly nessesary for the survival of an country because, it has bought the time for conventional forces to take over. Best example if the populus isn´t armed enough is saidly israel. Manny people could still be alive if the attackers could have been stopped much earlier in their tracks. Free people where always armed but slaves don´t.

[@reform-revolution]

See you are not American conservative just conservative American conservatives are just far right fascists at this point that do hate everyone that isnt a straight white Aryan Christian male

[@PuddingXXL]

Sadly our countrymen don't seem to think that way. I'm a linker who supports ukraine and weapon deliveries since I've rarely seen a people stand up for their values in the face of terror like they do against russia. It saddens me where all the anti west rhethoric has brought the left .

[@jamesmitchell5372]

I like what you said Guy. But one note. You cannot remain silent or support people in power that repeatedly betray those values, and claim you still hold them. The people we put in power as republicans or conservatives, are clearly not hearing from that perspective...so the labels we are getting...we have kind of earned.

[@JABN97]

to me personally, freedom is also to be free from violence and free from fear. People walking around with guns makes me afraid, and private individuals in a fit of unthinking emotions being able to use deadly weapons that can mortally wound 10 people in as many seconds would put me in an permanent state of fear. I don't believe that the few edge cases where such weapons have been used for good, along with the personal freedom of some few that enjoy having them, outweighs the restriction of freedom from fear that such would cause for many citizens. Personal firearms don't protect from invasion, Afghanistan had one of the highest rate of private firearms in the world and it meant nothing during the 2001 American invasion or the 2022 Taliban takeover. drones, tanks and artillery don't care about your rifle, and no unorganized group of armed civilians can effectively resist an organized military. At most, they can help militarize an resistance movement after during the occupation. as for the Israel case, while extremely horrifying, that is very much an outlier that should not be used to inform policy decisions in more 'regular' circumstances and countries. the slaver Spartans were always armed, as did the Romans, but free citizens from a free society don't have to carry that burden

[@CowMaster9001]

@@JABN97 After the BLM riots, I don't feel safe around 5+ BIPOC. So they should sacrifice their freedom for my safety. See how fascist that sounds?

[@fogrepairshipakashi5834]

You know your political ideology is wrong when an Australian Anime-loving Anarcho-Syndicalist is calling you out.

[@jamesmitchell5372]

Amen Brother

[@KT-pv3kl]

If anything thats when you know you are on the right path. Listening to anything anarchists say is a waste of time .

[@petriew2018]

@@KT-pv3kl dismissing any information simply based on where you get it from is known as 'willful ignorance'.... indulging in it makes you, by the dictionary definition, 'willfully ignorant'.... and if you're willfully ignorant, why do you think anyone gives a flying fuck what you have to say?

[@fogrepairshipakashi5834]

​@@KT-pv3klWillful ignorance is bliss I see.

[@dahen7517]

@@KT-pv3kl So uh....why are you here?

[@MissBella69]

Commenting for the algorithm. Very good video.

[@Blundabus1337]

Dude's got ancom flag in his pfp and is talking about ideologies that are cancer. Ironic.

[@evenlord7825]

Yeah it made me laugh from the last of self conisousness

[@atomicexistentialism8428]

Hey. Look he may be anarcho communist but only us MARXIST LENINISTS are allowed to bully the ancoms. Leave them the fuck alone

[@Stay_at_home_Astronaut81]

Our government is an absolute shit show. The Two Party system is a failure.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

*Uniparty

[@calebschultz9935]

Designed to divide and destroy. Designed to oppress and obliterate.

[@Vermine_supreme.enjoyer.nb1]

Of all languages you could speak you chose to speak facts !!! Slava Ukraina 🇺🇦

[@spyfan62591]

SLAVA UKRAINE!!!!

[@Mortablunt]

Rossiya vorryod!

[@Mortablunt]

Spravledivost dlya Donbassa! ZOV!

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

We support the current regime talking points

[@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer]

​@@MortabluntTerrorists

[@RobbbbC]

I didn't know there were others. Glad to hear your explanations.

[@commandercorl1544]

I love when people argue about spending due to the US providing aid when in reality, we're cutting billions of off our budget for the military, simply because the things we're sending is all our old sh!t we don't need anymore, that's just sat dusting in a warehouse in South Carolina or something.

[@jackjames7283]

but we are still giving hundreds of billions but lets say this does cut down on the military budget thar just going to find a way to bring it up again and do you know how expensive most of the military equipment is.

[@commandercorl1544]

@@jackjames7283 Did you not watch the video or read the comment??

[@jackjames7283]

@@commandercorl1544 I'm just saying my opinion you don't have to listen.

[@mattbowdenuh]

I'm glad you brought up the budgeting, because I'm tired of seeing so many isolationist comments saying, "we should be using this money for education, feeding the homeless, border security" when in fact that money is budget for defense no matter what. That money was never going to those items, it is for defense, and so those arguments are either from people who understand that and are outright lying or from people who are concerned about government spending yet have no idea how the government budgeting actually works (which in itself is ironic that a person can be so concerned about a topic but not understand at all).

[@marcogenovesi8570]

"we should be using this money for ...." That's been always such a giant honking lie. The moment the spending is cut everybody stops talking about it and it's like it was never there. Every. Single. Time.

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

It's practically a cliche now but still addressed. Defence money could go towards protecting America's own borders.

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

"we send aid to ukraine" "but what about poor americans" "then lets help poor americans" "THATS SOCIALISM"

[@mattshredmaster7477]

Maybe Europe should be able to defend itself

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@mattshredmaster7477 Maybe the US should be able to tank the loss of trading partners

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

With election being held in the Netherlands in novermber one of my most important positions is continued support for Ukraine.

[@mateuszzimon8216]

We in Poland are after election and this was also one of major points of campaign. Then almost both sides gets some thinking and go with route, better fund war in Ukraine than in Poland.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

​didnt perun say something like : if the polish goverment didnt support ukraine the polish people would send the weapons them selves Or something like that

[@robertmcnally9305]

What the hell did we do wrong as a country that we worship people like Ford?!?

[@baneofbanes]

Worship money.

[@robertmcnally9305]

@@baneofbanes true

[@williamgray8499]

I loved the intro "bias lights"!

[@EmpperorThor2211]

I’m more of a right leaning-constitutionalist in my political beliefs. Though some of the things that I’ve seen in the party since Trump came into power, in the Republican Party has made it very hard for me to want to vote for republicans and I disagree with a lot of things fundamentally that the Democrats support. The fact is I know if we supply Ukraine it’s a War that we don’t have to possibly fight in the future and it means my friends that I have in the military don’t have to die in another war in Europe. As well as less Ukrainian’s die in a war, which is the most moral war I’ve seen in the 22 years that I’ve been alive.

[@Destroyer_V0]

Now that is a war with political nuance... to use the R/AITA scale. Everyone sucks here, as far as I can see.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Grug like gun, democrat hate gun, want to destroy gun. Grug no vote for democrat Grug like Ukraine, republican hate Ukraine, want to destroy Ukraine. Grug no want to vote republican. Who grug vote for? ;_;

[@nickdial8528]

It's not Trump that's caused this mentality, is the overreach of government since the vitamin administration, the absurd 2020 election, and the massive persecution of Trump supporters and conservatives in general. It's caused a massive jerk reaction to where the conservative base has become overly cynical

[@travishillsthedarkangelbun504]

Do you like to pay more Taxes?

[@ThePandafriend]

The Republican party doesn't really exist anymore. Now it's the MAGA party. You got the choice between theocracy and Democrats. The new speaker is a taste, but the ultimate goal is to weaken the separation of powers and empower the president. If the Republicans win the next election the best case would be enormous damage to the system and the worst case would be this being the last presidential election. If you don't believe me, look up Project 2025. I really wish for your country that the "Republicans" lose so hard that they're forced to reform or that another party rises up and replaces them. Or even better, that you break up the two party system in favour of a system where multiple parties have realistic chances.

[@brendanreich1782]

The thing is for me. I don’t like isolationism. And from an American pov. Who is democratic. I see the Ukraine war as there revolutionary war. And it’s hard to see Americans not supporting Ukraine because they are going through what America went through. The fight for independence.

[@forzaelite1248]

Could not preach this loud enough, they shouldn't have to check six to see if we're there

[@chozer1]

the fight for independence against one of the strongest nations in the world, however just like america aid will come and the millitary will improve until it has scored a full win

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

I don't buy that for a second. Ukraine is no Bastion of Freedom or democracy. Is not an ally nor has any real political or economic connection to the United States. There's plenty of places in our own hemisphere to be making stands. And we already spent most of the last century bailing out Europe.

[@KT-pv3kl]

How would you see the Ukraine revolutionary war if I told you that the coup was funded and planned by European and US intelligence agencies. Would you still support the overthrowing of a government purely because the revolutionaries share your own ideology even if this leads to warfare and destabilizing the geopolitical order? Would you support say Germany if they started a revolution and overthrow their America friendly government to install a pro Russian leader?

[@avroarchitect1793]

I'd argue it has more similarities with the Canadian perspective of the war of 1812. Big neighbour with a big military and the idea that they have the god given right (manifest destiny and "traditional Russian lands" have alot in common ) to conquest of their neighbouring territories to spread their culture through conquest. Being the underdog supported by a bigger friend that is too busy to fully commit, while their opponent has a hand tied around their back due to their populace's hesitation to fully mobilise. The only difference is that Ukraine had their national founding before the war instead of afterword as a result of it. That being 1867 for Canada. Yes Canada and Canadian Confederation happened due to the US invading in 1812.

[@KorolDanylo824]

I’m surprised Paul Manafort wasn’t mentioned, unless I missed it

[@thebernice6062]

I agree that we should help Ukraine, but I believe comparison to the pre-WWII isolationism is a superficial analysis at best, especially from a military perspective. The Russia of today is not the Germany of the 1930s. No one expected a rearmed Germany to be anywhere near as effective as they were, even some German commanders were surprised at how effective von Rundstedt and Guderian's attack through the Ardennes was and how bad at coordinating the Allies were. In our time, we overestimated Russia's military effectiveness to the point where they believed their own hype to devastating results. Russia showed to the world that despite over two decades of military modernization they were still a paper tiger with the same fundamental military doctrinal problems that go back to the Tsars: corruption, top heavy command structure, abysmal training doctrines, and a complete inability of different military components to cooperate with each each other. We all saw what happened, the Russians tried to seize all of eastern Ukraine in a shock campaign only to be stopped by barely trained Ukrainian national guard and militia troops with a handful of Stingers and Javelin anti-tank missiles. Russia has no ability to project power anymore, except for their nuclear capabilities (even that's questionable). Russia's misadventure in Ukraine has result in Russia's worst case security scenario. The neutral Scandinavian finally wanted NATO membership and with Finland's entry, NATO is in immediate striking distance of nearly all Russia's strategic bases in the north. From a military perspective, NATO has Russia in checkmate. The priority must be China. They just passed the US Navy in fleet size and our plan for protecting Taiwan and access to the Indian Ocean through the South China Sea is... uninspiring.

[@gamerfan8445]

I agree on your opinion, however Russia is still a threat to world until it collapses.

[@baneofbanes]

Why should the US care about China but not Russia? To ignore one of your enemies just because another is stronger is pure idiocy.

[@gamerfan8445]

@@baneofbanes especially when Russia put them self in a situation where they can fall apart.

[@timburr4453]

comparing any of this to WW2 and its run up just shows someone has a very VERY poor grasp of history. The situations are not comparable in any way

[@gamerfan8445]

@@timburr4453 let me see, a dictator who run a country that suffers a great lost form the last government actions. So he decided to invade countries that once belonged to his country in the past, so he can steal their resources and population in upcoming war with a superpower. Yup they are similar, except that Germany hits roadblocks later than Russia. History can repeat itself multiple times.

[@misterborak751]

I love you man, and being proud Polish I grew up in a cult of rebel Polish factory workers like Anna Walentynowicz (Soviet Union, inhumane Empire protected by millions people and ten thousand thanks collapsed, because Anna Walentynowicz was fired from her job), or Lech Wałèsa, But I have to tell you, sir: if you want to owned a factory, you build one for yourself.

[@dariuszgaat5771]

Nie zapomnij wpłacić więcej pieniążków banderowcom, żeby mogli nastawiać więcej pomników UPA.

[@mivapusa]

Honestly most Republicans are for aiding Ukraine. The problem is domestic spending getting swept away under the carpet.

[@specialnewb9821]

About 50/50 actually.

[@mivapusa]

I am fairly sure it is at least 80/20 in favor. Only a fringe of the right is against it outright, same as on the left.@@specialnewb9821

[@justat1149]

Honestly, I don’t even consider what a true republican is a “republican” anymore. I say I’m more conservative than anything right now. I live in small town Southern IL. I can confidently say that the vast majority of the people I’ve talked to are against Russia, and support Ukraine’s fight against them. I don’t personally agree with certain things the current controlling party are doing right now, but the *ONE* thing I’m appreciating Biden for doing, is doubling down on giving Ukraine the aid they need. I have nothing but utmost respect for him in that regard

[@stacey_1111rh]

@@specialnewb9821No it isn’t about 50/50. Most republicans are for Ukraine here in the states. As well as most democrats and all the rest of us support Ukraine as well. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@specialnewb9821]

@@stacey_1111rh Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll found 50% GOP support, dated Oct 4. Pew Poll from June 2023 found 44% GOP thought US had given too much aid.

[@pyrofloki]

Preach brotha!! Great vid

[@tradcath2976]

This video is neocon propaganda.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Yes it is. Because leftist propaganda won’t work on conservatives

[@tradcath2976]

@@AnimarchyHistory Regardless, the end is the same: the globalhomo agnda.

[@nianbozhang9070]

@@tradcath2976rather “globohomo” than a corrupt oligarchic kleptocracy where all it takes for you to be jailed is offending the dear leader. But your kind will excuse even a no-Russian style massacre as long as the perpetrators hate them gays.

[@guillermoelnino]

@@AnimarchyHistory I know it's difficult for y ou lef tists to fathom, but people that aren't lef tist moonba ts like y ou rself aren't convinced by being constantly told how bad we are and that to redeem ourselves we should do everything y ou say without question.

[@pavelslama5543]

@@nianbozhang9070 Just look at countries like UK, Ireland, and soon even Germany, where all it takes for you to be jailed is to offend someone from the current woke agenda. What is the difference? Well, no matter what it is, its value is obviously disproportionally too small for me to be really agitated to join this conflict on either side.

[@Chubzic.]

Героям слава. Thank you for your work and for your understanding of the matter.

[@cosmiccuttlefish5765]

Loved this video! One small thing that you missed, most of the aid money offered by the US and Germany is in the form of vouchers to domestic arms manufacturers. The arms may be leaving the US but the economic impact is not.

[@mateuszzimon8216]

Yes, people thinking they send pallets of cash. They more like I cover your tab if u go to Raytheon, and after war we get access to this oil and gas in waters of Crimea.

[@finncatwillhelm2457]

That economic benefit is part of the reason the current administration has been able to stave off recession.

[@alexanderkwan7250]

The other good thing about all of this, is that when combat systems perform well on the battlefield, like HIMARS, you find that countries are willing to line up and buy them, which in turn provides even more economic benefits. Poland, for example wants to purchase an additional 486 HIMARS kits (they already have 20); it's all because of how effective it has been in helping Ukraine retake territory in the Kharkiv region, as well as taking back Kherson City, despite only having a limited number of launchers and rockets.

[@mjfan653]

Yeah, my small nation of Estonia also bought himars systems after the 24.02 invasion. We were once occupied by the soviets, like the poles, so we know how horrible it is. It’s not a war of just territory, its a war of ideology. The russians dont respect international law, personal freedom, freedom of property nor freedom of speech. Corruption is rampant, crime and violence is rampant. Its horrible in the russian sphere. And when we see weapons systems working at keeping the russians out, we want to buy them.

[@MaticTheProto]

@@alexanderkwan7250Always nice to see how little americans care about anything other than money. But yeah good on you for trying to justify the military industrial complex

[@attalan8732]

Thank you for calling out the isolationist Western Marxists in the run up to WW2. As an Australian, I'm sure this is something we understand.

[@WSKRBSCT]

Most of what you said to start this video was complete BS and has been proven so. Hard to believe you made this ten days ago. I'd like to hear your viewpoint, but you started off with untruths. Bad move.

[@lornamorgan3575]

Your explanation of why supporting Ukraine is to their benefit was masterful.

[@typen3k0]

No it's not because he does not understand the view of the US voter. If anything he just outlined why the US should not care. You and him just does not know it yet.

[@lornamorgan3575]

@typen3k0 will I get him to do it in short words for you? The US is getting jobs and money out of helping Ukraine. People in those jobs spend money in their community. That spending supports shops, restaurants, small businesses, etc. They then employ people. They pay city taxes, so there is more money to fund the city council, which leads to improvements in infrastructure. More employment means less social security, etc, which is a way to cut government spending. So think of that expired atacms as the seed that grows into a money tree.

[@NeSeeger]

Join this war over valuable resources and imperialistic expansion to make up for your own failed wars over valuable resources and imperialistic expansions. Thats kinda what i got from the "why you should buy this used car" speech. Where was all the outcry back in 2010, or whenever this started? looking at his channel he doesnt have any videos old enough but where is the accusations against the Obama administration who let it happen, or the rest of Europe who stood by and did nothing. I'm not sold on this "used car" but I do agree that Isolationism isnt good. There is a difference between isolation and not sticking your nose in something.

[@KT-pv3kl]

​@@lornamorgan3575what kind of infantile understanding do you have? Look at the inflation and tell me how causing more debt at record level will in any way help the economy?

[@petriew2018]

@@KT-pv3kl you do know that inflation is being driven by rising food prices, right? because the war has disrupted global grain exports? and that Russia winning just means they can disrupt them at will from here on out? So, now that i've actually given you some of that education you slept through in school.... tell me again how letting Russia win is going to fix the current inflation?

[@dangarrett8676]

Fucking Iraq and Afghanistan have really messed up my friend group. The main fear most of my friends have is The Forever War fear (we're all mid to late 20's) and the effects. We all worked in EMS and we were in an area where... well recruiters hit their quota at our school with ease so we buried alot of friends (mostly after anyone who says the number is below 22 a day can fuck off) who went. It's the main driving factor for isolationist ideals with me and my friend group. I will say me personally I do support arming Ukraine as they've proven they won't fold at this point (an argument my boss tried making is why arm them they're just going to fold like 2014, he tried making that argument 2 weeks ago) which by the end of February 22 stopped being my only real argument against arming the Ukrainians.

[@erickottke9673]

22 a day? You're completely full of shit. Iraq would have had 65,000 killed at that rate. The real number is 4400. I'm 40 and I was actually in Iraq 3 deployments. I only know a handful of people who were killed. You're talking about a random school in the US. What rubbish. The Iraq war was tiny...something like the same scale as the Boer War. Americans who never left their couch talk about it like it was the Blitz. What bullshit. I was actually there and it bothers me less than some people who haven't been outside the country at all. This drives me nuts.

[@chirik9736]

The Australian gives out a continuous base for 80 min.

[@MaximilienNoal]

Very informative video. Thank you so much for this. I will share it everywhere.

[@TheFuri0uswc]

Regan is rolling in his grave at the current gop.

[@AnimarchyHistory]

As a lefty I hate pretty much all of his policies. His administration is responsible for the capitalist death spiral we are in now. That being said however, at no point when I look at Reagan do I doubt his ability to lead or his convictions in his beliefs. He was a man of strength and faith who believed in his cause and in his country. Even if his economic policies were awful, even if his geopolitics could be downright atrocious on occasion (Contra etc). At no point do I see a man who couldn't lead, and I definitely couldn't doubt his patriotism. How many members of either party in this day and age could you honestly say the same about I wonder. Only Bernie, and he is from the same era. In my country our heroes were people like Bob Hawke, Gough Whitlam, Menzies and even John Howard. Now I couldn't pick one leader from the whole bunch worth a damn. Maybe it's nostalgia. But I think the corporate era and soundbite world have planted careerists where leaders should be. And the so called leaders are just corporate hacks who buy elections and smile while selling us down the river.

[@TheFuri0uswc]

​​@@AnimarchyHistory I would take the neo liberalism hacks over these entho nationalistic culture war nonsense any day. At least there openly corporate lap dogs and not a bunch of grifters.

[@awf6554]

​@@AnimarchyHistoryPenny Wong?

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

Reagan set this up (for example imagine if the US still had the fairness doctrine which pretty much would have prevented Fox News from being like it is). He set the trajectory of the Republicans for decades down the line. It's like boomers/genX complaining about millenials - bruh, you raised them this way.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@AnimarchyHistory I'm curious how you perceive America's leader in WWII, FDR. He was the consummate politician, rarely saying what he meant, being polite to the people he despised and was often very crafty and slippery with his words. Was this man a strong leader?

[@thepolishnz]

we gave up on the Sudetenland, id be damned if we give up on Ukraine

[@KT-pv3kl]

Then go there and fight for it instead of cheering from the sidelines.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@KT-pv3kl so your whole argument is "uhuh you are not man enough"? Why don't YOU go fight for the russians

[@ch-53esuperstallion76]

@@KT-pv3kland what about you? Why do you think appeasement work? I mean chamberlain tried it with hitler and do you know what happened next?

[@ch-53esuperstallion76]

@@KT-pv3klif everyone did go there to fight then who is gonna make the guns and the ammunition? Who is gonna kept the country running? Who is gonna keep the electricity and water on?

[@Tortle-Man]

@KT-pv3kl you should take your own advice. Heard the Russians are paying good money nowadays for cannon fodder. Maybe you’d live long enough to collect it.

[@WalkerReddignton]

I can't wait to use this as a source for my economics project

[@davidelliott5843]

The $85 Billion spent by USA in support of Ukraine is the cost price of (mostly) old equipment that was due for disposal anyway. The recently used ATACMS were made in 1996 and 1997. Ukraine done that weapons disposal at no cost to USA. No cost because the replacements were due to be procured anyway. I suggest the real cost to USA of supporting Ukraine is between $10 and $20 Billion. The rest has been spent with US weapons manufacturers.

[@mr.gigagod9736]

20 billion is more than you think, especially since the war isn’t even over. 1 months worth of the defense budget is enough to end the homelessness crisis in America. What would I rather, one of americas biggest issues to be solved, or for us to throw that money at a war that will never affect American civilians

[@Sid4president]

@@mr.gigagod9736 "20 billion is more than you think, especially since the war isn’t even over. 1 months worth of the defense budget is enough to end the homelessness crisis in America." Source?

[@dorkking100]

I love the economic arguments here. I knew we were going to make good money at the end of all this, but I didn't know all the factors. This is useful for pushing back against family members who think the war is bankrupting us for some reason. I usually just pointed out the moral implications of their arguments, which worked well enough. Now I can just tell them to be quiet while I information vomit economic numbers at them. Good luck being a "fiscal conservative" and arguing against our economic interests.

[@KT-pv3kl]

How exactly are you making any money? Do you think Ukraine is paying the US anything in the coming decades? This entire war is draining tax money and giving it to the military industrial complex.

[@CRMSN_RDR]

well theres alot of people who own russian equipment right? and now russian equipment is being tested aginst US equipment and being proven to be worthless so US equipment will now want to be bought up@@KT-pv3kl

[@t700e]

@@KT-pv3klCry more.

[@coobk373]

​@@KT-pv3klguess what, you can TAX corporations

[@madkoala2130]

@@KT-pv3kl maybe start thinking what will be after the war. Thats new market for American companies to exploit for massive profits (since its Europe, not middle east, that is going to be much easier because of already set infrastructure and known mentality unlike muslim field middle east).

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

NYPD budget for 2023 is $5.83 billion, so our investment into Ukraine has been a bit more than that, but it's an interesting comparison. Overall, they've wiped out the Russian military as a serious fighting force for the next decade with a miniscule amount of support from us, compared to what we spend on ourselves. We've identified weaknesses in our supply and weapons manufacturing industry. We've learned valuable, practical lessons about how drone warfare will shape the future battlefield and that the next time we go somewhere our fellas will have to look up for the first time since Vietnam. We're helping them secure some of the most fertile farmland in the world, which will pay dividends in the long term, assuming they can clear up the mines and ordinance...

[@KT-pv3kl]

Who will farm there in the next decades? The dead Ukrainians?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

Afaik NY's (the state) total budget is around 230 billions and NY's (the city) budget is around 100 billions. Yes it's a very big city but still, that's the comparison in the same ballpark

[@bc64100]

well maybe if America did not have so many worthless ware-fare case and lazy people not willing to work it could be more easy for leftist to spend other people money their a word for that a commie

[@Wild_Danimal]

I bought a hot wheels toy for $3, and my actually car is $30,000, it’s a bit more than the toy and they’re not the same, but it’s an interesting comparison, would you concur, doctor?

[@andrewspears8891]

A lot of what we're giving to Ukraine is our oldest usable stock, stuff we would have to spend much more money to have safely decommissioned in the future anyway. A lot of the money Congress approves is going to American arms manufacturing businesses to produce new stuff to replace the old stock. So what's really happening for a good amount of the budget, we're literally stimulating our economy while at the same time providing the Ukrainians the means to better protect their own territory from an invading dictator, getting rid of 30 year old weapons without having to pay to have them disposed of, and breaking the Russian warmachine without endangering a single American soldier. Sending military aid to Ukraine os nothing but wins for America. US aid to Ukraine doesn't even reach 0.5% of our GDP. By volume we may be doing the most, but by percentage, not even top ten.

[@oldmayyyte]

When is the next rounder table?

[@timothyroush7589]

56:48 - 'Price is Right' theme song starts playing in my head, and I bust out laughing.

[@BFB_tg]

That is a really good one, listened through whole thing in one breath. Thanks for your work!

[@mr.normalguy69]

To paraphrase: "We must allow democracy to die in order to let democracy survive" That is some next level logic.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

something something is a threat to our democracy something something

[@jorenvanderark3567]

"Something something, supporting genocidal dictators is based, something, something"

[@KT-pv3kl]

​@@jorenvanderark3567you do realise that the us supported genocidal dictators throughout its entire modern history when it was profitable for them right? Just look at the middle east and Africa for a minute or two and see who the US supported. Or how about South America. Banana Republic ring a bell in your tiny head?

[@mr.normalguy69]

@@marcogenovesi8570 Yeah there's also that. The infamous, "muh threat to our demoooocracy", aka the go to Democrat strategy.

[@baneofbanes]

@@KT-pv3klah so that makes it ok for Putin to take over Ukraine and destroy it’s culture, got it.

[@ItRemindMeOfHome]

Being a Communist, I'm used to being deeply disappointed by my comrades on the far left, but by god, they make me furious when they bring up abandoning nations to fascist invasions.

[@JingleJangle256]

Imagine being a Conservative and seeing your party leadership bend over backwards for the Russians.

[@morten3465]

Where does that come from, in your opinion? Russia=USSR=good? Or something else?

[@Tortle-Man]

There are a lot of politically left leaning people who are for lack of a better term, shitty people. They use their morally correct leftist positions as a means to white wash their pretty terrible personalities. A lot of people are leftists for clout and social recognition, and don’t really think through their political positions. So they have a heuristic in their minds that Americas foreign policy actions are ALWAYS BAD. For a lot of our actions in the Middle East they’d be right. But in Ukraine you’re dead wrong.

[@TheSpeep]

Worth keeping in mind that tankies arent actually communist, or arguably even on the left, theyre red fascists. The core of leftist ideology; equality, freedom, etc. just doesnt mesh with autoritarian rule. That corner of the political spectrum is one massive contradiction. (And imo much of the same could be said of the libertarian right but thats besides the point.)

[@AutismIsUnstoppable]

@@TheSpeep Communism has been an authoritarian ideology since Marx and Engles wrote the manifesto.

[@czerwony1420]

you threw shade in all directions in the truest aussie fashion and while making comprehensive and well thought arguments, Jordan Shanks would be proud

[@TheDemigans]

I’m so busy I can’t stay fully in the loop. What’s the incident he won’t talk about?

[@candiman4243]

Or as you could have put the warning at the beginning of the video "warning I am biased against idiots who don't understand history or the modern world"

[@Yellowpikachu1]

Can’t disagree there lmao.

[@nathanhough8156]

I am a long time republican, I hate Biden on alot of things However if it comes to it, I will vote form him over anyone who is anti Ukraine

[@MoonMorningstar]

Hi Animarchy! This is a genuine question cuz I wanna learn more, but do you have a list of sources laying around for everything in the video? I'd like to do a deeper dive into it, if not no worries! Cheers!

[@lootrat4556]

How far along is the su57 video?

[@TrinityCore60]

About 1/3 finished. There’s so much to go over, he’s doing 3 videos on it!