The Rise & Fall of the Russian Empire with Michael Malice

[@randyjero4664]

First time i watched. Came for Michael Malice. Stayed for intelligent conversations. Learning stuff!

[@Reblwitoutacause]

And here I was, just thinking I could not respect Malice and more than I already do. That talk about cigarettes, pressing and encouraging a grown man to attempt again to help his 70-something year-old stubborn father to stop smoking was so encouraging and real. Malice is the hero we never asked for nor deserved.

[@wenshu888]

It's so great to see Michael getting his voice out there.

[@wasdwasdedsf]

yea, biden is an authoritarian who ALREADY has improned political opponents for walking around taking pictures. he would be sta*n if he could, thats the point you clown. good job malice talikng about carrying water while yourself carrying water for the illegitimate, unelected regime.

[@matrix3509]

The story I heard about Yeltsin in Houston was that he saw all the food in the supermarket, and, because he was Russian, he thought the Americans were doing what the Russians would do in that situation, namely that the supermarket was essentially a Potemkin village. So his first reaction to the supermarket was suspicion. He thought he was being fooled, because thats what Russia would do. So then he requests to stop at the next supermarket he sees. And its the same as the first. All told, he stops at tons of different supermarkets. And the realization finally dawns on him.

[@petebondurant58]

MiG pilot, Viktor Belenko, who defected to the US in 1976, said much the same thing. After visiting several supermarkets and stores, he was forced to change his views.

[@joedevine830]

Thanks for the additional detail!

[@RedShnow]

Has the realization dawned on you that this is some Middle School level dumb boomer myth. Smh

[@freemason4979]

Must be one helluva trip, to see your world view crumble in a short while.

[@apollocreed1000]

These guys had never been to a European supermarket either? Hard to believe.

[@attrix09]

Imagine a meaner version of Michael Malice after some drinks. Watch the hell out!

[@PlanetFrosty]

😂 Let’s go get him juiced

[@acetate909]

Ya, his fake personality would disappear and the real Micheal would come out. On another podcast he said the thing he hates most is "cynicism", then he started talking about his white pill BS. He just actually says the WEF Davos crowd won't get what they want because they're too stupid. He wants us to believe the richest most powerful people in the world are dumb so we shouldn't worry or even try to resist because everything will be fine. It's like the "sit back and trust the plan" Qanon BS, meant to keep people docile and not doing anything to change their situation in life. Michel's job is to lie to the public and tell them, "yes the WEF is evil and plans on controlling every aspect of your life but don't worry it won't happen so just don't think about it". He's so fake it's almost unbelievable.

[@JRush374]

I think he got pretty drunk on that one arduous march video where they tried all the weird alcohols

[@atlantisource]

Inshallah

[@jamesclark6487]

Michael Malicious

[@Jan-uc7gw]

⏱Timestamps for this video! 0:03 - Whole Foods' Zero Calorie Cola causes leukemia 0:45 - British politics lacks meaningful change 1:44 - The problem with governments is their insurance companies 12:06 - Experiencing heart attacks 12:45 - Visiting the hospital during a heart attack 20:59 - Addressing the severity of smoking addiction 23:31 - Political beliefs 26:31 - New York's decline 29:34 - Current state of New York 31:55 - Sense of hopelessness in New York 34:02 - The Decline of New York City 35:28 - The Rise of Austin and Nashville 37:47 - The White Pill and the History of Russia 46:04 - The Soviet Union's "vision" of society 46:29 - The argument for government control 54:48 - Successes and failures of the Soviet Union 1:02:20 - Stalin and Hitler 1:04:08 - The Cold War and the Forgotten Atrocities 1:05:16 - Loss of Individual Identity 1:08:28 - Lack of Understanding in the West 1:11:34 - Traveling to North Korea 1:14:46 - Boris Yeltsin and the Randall's Supermarket 1:16:11 - Russian Approval Ratings 1:23:04 - The Pride of North Korea 1:23:45 - The North Korean Book 1:24:03 - Twitter 1:25:06 - Fracture in Corporate Journalism 🧙‍♂✨ Generated with Houdini Chrome extension.

[@AlphaCrucis]

Michael Malice on THIS show?? Ok, definitely gonna watch this.

[@joefreitag9381]

I went to the Food Lion near Houston knowing the story. While checking out the store I went up to some older employees smoking cigs on a break. I asked them about it and they looked at me like I was speaking Chinese. They had no idea they worked in the historical store that helped bring down the wall, as the story goes.

[@peterplotts1238]

On KZbin, there is audio of Bertrand Russell's account of his interview with Lenin following the Bolshevik seizure of power. I highly recommend it. It will give you the chills - not the good kind.

[@PrincipledUncertainty]

I was unaware of this channel previously but this was a great discussion.

[@Nexus-hh1lx]

Not a critism here, but when one was born in the 50s and 60s, maybe 70s, the total nature of the Cold War was inescapable therefore when the wall came down ot was stunning. The Berlin Airlift was a major focus of High School history.

[@Tenebrousable]

Malice's genius is something else. He's an anarchist, and it shows in most everything he says. And he says it in a way that can not easily be disagreed with. I agree on most everything with him, yet when I speak my views, most nobody can agree with me.,

[@QeepingItReal]

he is articulate but also would the people you talk to take in your media?

[@pwilliams3600]

The problem with NYC is it is full of New Yorkers

[@Ouphfta]

This guy knows things, I would buy his book

[@shagybaxter]

Anyone who talks about the NHS without discussing the way it's been purposefully run into the ground with the express purpose of privatising it is someone whose opinion you should completely ignore. They're a hack and probably being payed by big business. Nice they can both afford £50 for a doctors visit tho, fucking upper classes man, such bullshit.

[@rigget86]

I've bought a few. All good.

[@wenshu888]

You won't regret buying it if you do.

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

he's written books on north korea, maga movement, stalin's communist ussr, & currated a collection on anarchism - next he should write books on mussolini's fascist italy, & modern day woke bureaucratic/technocratic authoritarianism

[@nategio]

this micheals anonymous account

[@MyOpinyin]

really glad he talked to him about his dad's addiction. i'm currently dealing with that with a sibling and its hard to even get started to talk about it

[@jcmoney11111]

Hey Mikey, make sure you replace your glutathione since you drink a lot of artificial sweetener. N-Acetyl cystine and tudca bile salts will clean that liver up and replace glutathione. FDA has always reported weakly in regards to aspartame etc because of big corp as you well know.

[@yohan9747]

Very entertaining even without serious bitcoin talks. This has become my fav podcast.

[@jules7091]

Two of my fav podcasters together again. Looking forward to this!

[@GilesMcRiker]

According to Stephen kotkin one of the foremost historians on Stalin, Stalin was completely devoted to and a firm believer in communist doctrine

[@Smithistory]

Kotkin is fantastic.

[@Lafuerza_V]

@@SmithistoryKotkin is king

[@atdotcom64]

I was born in 1964. When I was 20 I spent a couple of weeks in West Berlin and went in and out of east Germany. I was 25 when the wall fell while sitting on a beach in Southeast Asia. It was a big deal. However, the reason it’s long forgotten is because Those who were complicit with the Soviet union here in the west were too shocked and dumbfounded by it and then realized oh my God we won? We were supposed to lose. And that’s why they want us to forget it it’s on with your next subversion project. Starting at Rio at 92

[@vrillionaire88]

Can i please get your perspective on the politics behind it? Or can you recommend me someone who does an accurate take on it?

[@mattstiglic]

@@vrillionaire88 the same oligarchical families and institutions, both academic and philanthropic and military/intelligence related, supported both sides of every conflict since at least the enlightenment.

[@staceymarie6895]

I'm 62 and remember it like it were yesterday. The west sort of calmed down because there was no internet. We didn't realize it. Regan opened up Glasnos which via satellite we could speak live via TV.

[@theodoreloring9166]

Russia is no longer communist

[@TheRealDerekS]

stunning. read gulag archipelago and it absolutely broke me half, intensely painful. also read viktor frankl's book about the holocaust Mans Search for Meaning, MUCH shorter but VERY powerful as well... I discovered that at a certain point the extreme left and the extreme right end up in the same place. it's like a circle. and the point where they meet is best described as complete hell.

[@LibertarianRF]

There is no extreme right. The more "right" you go the more you just want to be left alone,.by definition

[@themountain3461]

@@LibertarianRF yeah, it's a misunderstanding or disagreement over definitions. Some people (me and you included) think left and right wing are opposites in terms of authoritarianism vs libertarianism. Others for some reason think extreme left and right are both authoritarians struggling for absolute power and it's the political middle that is the most liberty minded position and that they want to leave people alone, as long as they just peacefully vote for their leaders

[@pendulate2765]

@@LibertarianRF don't think you know what "by definition" means

[@LunarLocust]

@@LibertarianRF I have an extreme desire to be left alone by the government. I'm fine being defined as extreme right.

[@wasdwasdedsf]

yea, biden is an authoritarian who ALREADY has improned political opponents for walking around taking pictures. He would be sta*n if he could, thats the point you clown. good job malice talikng about carrying water while yourself carrying water for the illegitimate, unelected regime.

[@kevind4061]

Ty. I enjoy when your conversations cover items other than Bitcoin.

[@huntercohen4613]

I was looking forward to listening to a podcast about the rise and fall of the Russian Empire, but there was almost no conversation on the Russian Empire. Pretty much only talked about the Soviet Union, which is ok but the title of the video is a bit misleading

[@Chris-ji4iu]

Just found this - great interview.

[@nicosmind3]

My granddad was over 100 (they reckon, they didn't have birth certificates back then) and smoked cigars since his 20s. His lung collapsed and since he was so old all the realtives were called over for his expected death. But within 2 weeks he was out of hospital and quit smoking cold turkey and wasn't even bothered

[@Bonez0r]

Cigar smoke usually isn't inhaled, as opposed to cigarette smoke. That would explain how he was able to quit so easily.

[@midmomom2490]

@@Bonez0rthis is spot on

[@Dude0000]

23:01 I used to sit in non smoking, and go to the back to smoke, either empty seat, or looking out of the window behind the back seats. Never had a problem. Never told to move or even got any looks off of the hostesses. Best of both worlds.

[@MeticulousTechTV]

Two worlds that I didn’t expect to collide, very excited for this!

[@nickbergstrom89]

Malice has been on WBD before

[@Shoutinthewind]

@@nickbergstrom89 and the worlds are hardly far apart…

[@xxyy_6969]

Wow so glad I found this, I love Michael!

[@nichtsistkostenlos6565]

The "you're all alcoholics" line about the UK and the silent nodding agreement was both hilarious and sad at the same time.

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

I figured Malice would talk about Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and the Romanovs. The fall of the Russian Empire would be the execution of Czar Nicholas and his family. They actually talked about the rise and the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. That was not the Russian Empire.

[@midmomom2490]

Well said

[@JohnGalt-e3d]

The rise and fall of the Soviet empire.

[@SepticFuddy]

It was an empire headed by Russia and mostly geographically identical to the previous Russian Empire.

[@Rocket9944]

I used to have a can or two of zero soda, I just quit 5 days ago and only drink water , I feel so much better.

[@creaturecomfort5545]

Great podcast, lovely video quality. As an audio engineer, I’d like to comment that the low end is way too hyped. Had to turn the bass on my playback device all the way down, and it’s still distracting.

[@jetorixjones]

Michael Malice is my spirit animal.

[@FinrodFelagund5]

Your spirit animal has really small hands. Baby hands.

[@Scottius888]

Thank you so much Micheal you just showed me a very awesome moment that is rarely seen when you made a push on his dad's health you showed true empathy. That was cool af

[@MichaelNatrin]

Fantastic episode.

[@LaytonsTophat]

Story with Yeltsin in the supermarket reminds me of an interview with Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko, who when sent into the USA as a boxer when he was young first went into a store and was confused there were "types" of cheese?? Because all he had his entire life was just some generic stale cheese.

[@apollocreed1000]

These guys had never been to a European supermarket either? Hard to believe.

[@ThermoNuclearCopium]

@@apollocreed1000 You gonna keep repeating this question over and over, you stupid fucking shill? Why the fuck would someone in Russia be gallivanting all the way to France or the UK in the 1970's? Try to use your smooth little brain before you press enter next time.

[@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube]

​@@apollocreed1000, not the 1st time you've M's this banal comment. No, Klitchko lived in Ukraine and had never heard west. I'm sorry you can't comprehend that people don't do things you imagine in your head. Jesus.

[@4mp3d]

Malice is a hero.

[@tehehe4all]

I was in Oslo at the Human Rights Freedom Forum….the flash card for freedom project distributed 200 flash cards to N.Korea which they got tons of donation; it was a great scheme to fund the HRF’s bitcoin wallet.

[@alcottnine]

Great episode, Peter!

[@phrankenstein-wrongthinker1994]

SNUS has kept me off of smokes for the last 12 yrs. I smoked pack n a half/day for 30+ yrs , will recommend

[@lukespencer1151]

come to upstate NY, good food no traffic fun people

[@virginiamontgomery5672]

I'd recommend the film "Mr. Jones" It's a great film about the refusal to listen to those who witnessed the famine in Ukraine.

[@DigitalNomadOnFIRE]

Third wave cafes are the best travel hack, usually in the coolest areas.

[@michellep237]

Great Interview....as usual. I would love to know where you got the Flintstone Vitamin Pins. Will you share where we can get them please?

[@nozrep]

1:15:57 😂😂Malice says “pardon my french” to saying butteffin then changes it to “bubble-effin” instead😂

[@ThermoNuclearCopium]

What's weird is how people intimately understand that Nazism and the Holocaust were crimes committed by the German people and state. In contrast, very few people have any knowledge of the Jewish links to the Communists in Russia and the crimes they committed against humanity, also known as the Holodomor.

[@wjdeoliveira3809]

Neither do you, as it's complete bs

[@mattc5721]

Good to see Jeremy Remmer back on his feet 💛

[@Ms_Ve]

Michael Malice brought me here.

[@Mradevans]

Nothing is more aggravating to a smoker than nonsmokers telling us that theres no upside. This simply cannot be true, it IS doing something, it may and may not be worth the downside, but thats not YOUR place to tell ME without caffeine and nicotine i would need medication that messes with my neurochemistry with far worse side effects than chopping 25 years off my life

[@aaronwilcox4376]

I don't smoke for my health, I smoke for everybody else's health.

[@RedShnow]

Bro just don’t use those SSRI cigarettes and use something natural idk you’ll probably be fine

[@PSPodcastTroy]

"It's true that it's hard to teach people about living under a totalitarian government. I tried my best to make people feel what that's like writing The White Pill." That's paraphrased, but man... Michael... did you ever.

[@serrajav]

My thoughts exactly

[@CrunchECrab52]

While this may be true, excuse me if I’m skeptical over Ayn Randian thought

[@peterplotts1238]

Michael is so right when he says the USSR's sympathizers in the West engaged in a massive cover-up of what was happening in the USSR, a cover-up that lasted from the beginning virtually until the USSR fell. It's high time the institutions and persons that carried it out were exposed and held accountable.

[@BC-hp3tu]

Best show you've ever done, congratulations

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Cancer care in America is pretty terrible, oncevyou compensate for " lead time bias " aka we find tumors smaller on average today , but when tumors are the exact same size , USA has made no progress on cancer at all since 1972

[@jaycee330]

1:21 Your first problem was going to Whole Foods, probably the most expensive chain around. Was there not an Aldi or Kroger near by?

[@jonnylaw13]

I disagree with their assessment of NYC as Gotham City but Mike is right about the "only in NY spots" that didn't survive covid. It's heartbreaking.

[@mikethomas2704]

Peter, or anyone reading this, who is your private GPs? I'd happily pay rather than use an NHS GP but I dont know who to go to.. Is this a private individual or are they part of a national business?

[@okeng71487]

That is one big ASS television in the background.

[@JeDxDeVu]

I can't believe it. I've been asking for this podcast for forever! Awesome guys. Awesome. BITCOIN and Mr Malice are the perfect match.

[@rawr4444]

23:30 interesting exchange. i wish we saw more of that caring, compassionate and emphatic version of malice on twitter. i think he should realize that just like alcohol, SoMe sometimes also makes him mean(er).

[@paulsansonetti7410]

I seriously hope Malice writes his proposed book about how almost all war mongering happens on the left

[@Dude0000]

24:20 being from one of those wierd little towns, I can confirm this to be true, near Manchester too, but north, not south of.

[@iga279]

Five o'clock??? It's kind of late. In Australia we start at noon. The first glass of wine, or bottle of beer, or whatever.

[@RyanPMcGowan]

I do not understand why people like cities.

[@kevinbergman8532]

Michael is a hero.

[@paulsansonetti7410]

50:00 Meanwhile the average German did way better under Hitler than the average Russian did under Stalin

[@phobes]

Was not expecting the intro 🤣

[@ben_3256]

YES!

[@heyshay552]

What was that gum called they mentioned? Zin or something?

[@noeld5292]

I lived in Russia for years. Everyone goes around just not talking about it.(the old atrocities) ..almost like a rape victim who never goes to the police or talks about the great evil. It's really strange. Some will talk but they'd rather not.

[@SepticFuddy]

For many years it was the same way with H-caust survivors. Many of them even felt ashamed about what had been done to them, if you can imagine that. It took an active effort to convince them to start speaking up so people would learn and remember and hopefully avoid the same mistakes. I hope the Russians become convinced as well.

[@lisalove6327]

The act of smoking itself has been tied to humanity for years ritualistically its honestly a staple in many cultures. I think thats part of the appeal and presistence.

[@nuttyDesignAndFab]

Fun fact: all the negative effects of tobacco have to do with the actual smoking. Nicotine itself is actually like a mild version of caffeine; mild stimulant, shorter duration.

[@kindnesscounts7748]

Great content

[@elingrome5853]

most of the healthcare costs go to caring for the elderly

[@kob8634]

WTF is "optionality"? 1880, in Scotsman magazine: “How much optionality there may be in an option which is allowed to opt only in one direction may yet be a question for the learned.”

[@Ontario786]

Great movie by Tengiz Abuladze- Repentance

[@hoppy6250]

Much love Peter but if you think the middle class who are getting absolutely destroyed by inflation and rising interest rates should also pay to see a doctor whilst those on benefits wouldn’t pay or presumably have any limitations on there visits to the GP then you’re mad. I work for the public sector, I can never get a GP appointment so I agree things are broken. But the working class paying twice in both taxes and upfront isn’t the answer. Keep up the podcasts they’re awesome and it’s great that you do it in 4K!

[@matthewlaw5107]

Totally agree, here in Aus the middle classes are paying high taxes and private health and private schooling on top. I suspect the middle class in the west will soon have to pay for private security as well. Its a joke and surely isnt sustainable.

[@matthewlaw5107]

That said here in Aus we are fortunately a few years behind the UK, so you are further ahead in the decline!

[@shagybaxter]

As someone who's English these guys make podcasts for Americans. They spout so much shit any Englishman would just call them out but Americans don't know any better.

[@peterharrell7305]

I love that my name was used as the example the "enemy of the people."

[@switzerlandful]

LOL, that that was an ad by Michael at first.

[@zwatwashdc]

I would love to hear more about the idea that cities are an outdated mechanism of social organization.Moho is talking about this?

[@paulgamble5634]

enjoyed that, thanks boys

[@PlanetFrosty]

This is an excellent interview. I’m inspired to read the “White Pilled” because my best friend growing up his mother defected to Germans(his father, forced to serve in Nazi Army) China is very much like this.

[@atdotcom64]

I stopped drinking in 2009 and never looked back…

[@sagePerspective]

I can’t trust anyone who drinks 193 gallons of soda a year

[@jameskonzek6730]

Michael Malice digs alright.👍

[@richcampus]

30:50 "...if you're going to use cocain make sure it's from Whole foods..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Damn Michael

[@DG-kr8pt]

16:15 Malice always harps on about people that are pessimistic yet here he is...

[@ChairmanKam]

1:03:15 They also only made it to the bunker cause we let them. Not to mention we gave them over half their food and o, a third of their tanks and ALL their logistics.

[@JohnGalt21]

Who is John Galt?

[@puravida1159]

Who is Satoshi?

[@mvjh2277]

Ayn Rand writer, John Galt character in Atlas Shrugged

[@Dude0000]

😂😂😂 Malice just outdid Nietzsche with that… …’New York is dead and they’re raping the corps’, is the 2020’s version of ‘God is dead, and we killed him, and there’ll never be enough water to wash away the blood’

[@minnesotanose]

the only time i have truly felt powerless was when my daughter had heart surgery at 2 yro. i only had to really only experience that for 4 days at the hospital. i cant imagine living like that from birth to death. thats legit a high velocity self inflicted lead poisoning type situation.

[@MidoriTaka]

Michael “I don’t know you that well” then proceeds to lecture the guy about his 74 year old father smoking cigarettes lol

[@robertrobert6665]

Wow! Malice is strong! 202/20 vision or better! 👏

[@Dude0000]

21:26 Tucker Carlson swears by Nicotine gum. He gets his shipped from New Zealand. This was a few years ago now, and he didn’t know they were on air talking to Gavin McInness and he said ‘the question with this gum is, are you ready to be happy? A honestly, most people aren’t’. He said it so earnestly, that I’m still not 100% he was joking even though he laughed after. I think he was just making the point of how much he likes them.

[@torgrimhanssen5100]

Michael is right, but in Nordic context snus is just different. The nicotine content is so high compared to US brands, "hardened" us marines will wobble around like drunks in 5 minutes flat coming to a Norwegian base. So high it is Iligal in most EU countries. I use about the equal to the nicotine content of a carton of cigarettes daily, and some days that is more than to much.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

some gotta win, some gotta lose good time charlie's got the blues

[@wjdeoliveira3809]

Weird how the great point made by Michael about public trust in Pepsi vs Fauci just got brushed away with "here things are different". I doubt that very much.

[@matthewsmith8249]

Altered Images! Yes!

[@chrishesotian1654]

Laotian?? Which ocean???

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Tobacco isnt all downside It helps people keep weight off Smokers get less parkinson's and Alzheimer's Its 7-8 years off the end of your life , nevermind American cigarettes are particularly unhealthy, whereas Japanese cigarettes arent all that bad

[@chaimnisan2841]

People need to hear more from Malice about anarcho capitalism. Hoppe is great but he doesn’t have the appeal that Michael has. We need popular voices to start wrecking democracy in the public opinion.