Current active duty soldier here. Would love to shake this Admirals hand. He actually gets it. Love this show and I appreciate this I feel heard and it’s true. Thank you for this.
@Joe449447 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@obijuan30047 ай бұрын
This has to be one of the most intelligent conversations about America that I have heard in a decade or more. The idea of an American foundation of service to our nation, physical fitness, and education can be the bonds that bind us beyond our political divisions. I was 9 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated, “ask not what your country can do for you.” I have seen our nation in a divisive situation before, the difference this time is we have media sources throwing gas on the fire of division under the claims of free speech. When the kids are fighting, you give them something to do, put them to work. We are quickly facing our own 1929 moment. Like it or not, modern society is facing a huge change in the economy, transportation, medicine, work, play, financial and educational opportunities. We need a foundation to hold us together, this intelligent Admiral just gave us the secret to success.
@scottg29467 ай бұрын
I've always known Adm. Stavridis is a tour de force, but never have seen a discussion with him of this length and depth. This is the best so far on the channel. One nitpick, however...."the parties" isn't the problem; we already have a 60% consensus, more or less, depending on the issue. We have: 1) one party that has in large part morphed into a cult of personality (and as such we no longer have a credible opposition party), 2) significant anti-democratic barriers such as the electoral college, representation imbalances in the Senate, and gerrymandering in the House, and 3) way too much money driving all our elections. Scott you kind of addressed some of this. The overall discussion was absolutely fantastic, and the dominant focus rightly was international affairs and risks.
@RyanDLiss7 ай бұрын
While I thoroughly enjoy all of your conversations, this discussion stood out! Admiral Stavridis is an extremely intelligent, experienced and thoughtful patriot!
@shawnbunch48727 ай бұрын
Unexpectedly one of my favorite episodes on this channel
@Traderbear7 ай бұрын
President Stavridis has a great ring to it! He’s always been on of my favorite analysts. Your pod gave him a longer format to really shine.
@douglaskaminski47037 ай бұрын
Do you think he could stand up to his current employer, private equity? If not nothing will change.
@chicagofineart95467 ай бұрын
Not marketable. Plus when you have someone doing his job so well there’s no good reason to promote him to the level of his incompetence.
@gzsprout7 ай бұрын
It's the people that don't want to run for office that would best serve us there.
@jameskinney45437 ай бұрын
I’m a big Scott fan and salute to our Admiral ❤ to all those who serve.
@brainbrain5427 ай бұрын
This admiral is one smart cool dude.
@JFromAcc7 ай бұрын
30:52 Scott's a "master of of polling"? 😂 Uh oh. We may have a Monday morning intro joke on our hands. I can just see Ed shaking his head now 😂
@edwardb78117 ай бұрын
Work out, read and serve-a good mantra.
@M0SA1C_7 ай бұрын
I gobbled this up, great show. Thank you both.
@thomas65027 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this. Thank you.
@michaelblosser24557 ай бұрын
I'm 70 years old. I regret how I spent my younger years. I chased women, sex and drugs & alcohol. Today I so deeply honor and respect those in uniform. When I run into a man or woman in fatigues, I ask them if they are active duty. If they respond in the affirmative I say I am not former military so I cannot salute you, but I can put my hand over my heart, which I do. I sometimes weep.
@MrJDiFrancesco7 ай бұрын
Great person!
@KeethSmart7 ай бұрын
One of the best episodes and advice that I have ever heard! Bravo!
@oferzeira81257 ай бұрын
Excellent discussion. Thanks
@michaelknight84987 ай бұрын
Great guest!
@BipolarBoomer7 ай бұрын
"Thank you for your service". How about: "What can I DO to thank you for your service?"
@parkmannate41547 ай бұрын
Oh also, a first past the post system always leads to a 2 party system. However, he is right that that kind of voting is not in the Constitution. But also expand the House to 1 per 200k people and make it proportional representation by state with no districting. Strip back the power granted to the President by Congress so it more reflects the original scope of the office. All of that can be done without amending the Constitution.
@esobed17 ай бұрын
Great analysis.
@supersleepygrumpybear7 ай бұрын
Add term limits on Federal judges, and mandate that federal judges are appointed rapidly. Eliminate the money power structure between Congress, the U.S. Treasury, and the Federal Reserve, especially when it comes to campaign financing. Things that do require a Constitutional Amendment, but something that would give me hope as an American is a united government that actually has the bull-moose to bully through a new Amendment. 1992 was a long time ago (to debate politicians salaries 🤣)
@darth.mingdom7 ай бұрын
What he said at the end about it running for office is a mark of true self knowledge and mastery
@MariodeFelipe7 ай бұрын
Teue respect for admiral
@arjonbushaj66347 ай бұрын
Interview John Mearsheimer ,Jeffrey Sachs or Colonel McGregor
@andrewhancock24512 ай бұрын
I like to send others to interesting podcast episodes by posting the link on other platforms. My circle very small, so it's not "public" in the common understanding of the word. To entice people, I like to quote passages. However, it is a real challenge to transcribe from audio. Is there a reason why the KZbin "transcript" option isn't enabled by default? It isn't a manual transcription, so there are inaccuracies, but it's way easier to correct them than to manually transcribe from audio.
@Grayfrog7 ай бұрын
I grew up on a dairy farm and started to do some work probably at the age of 4. I’m 60 now and feel that I was lucky to have that experience. I learned common sense, was fiscally fit and have a over the top work ethic. I think more kids would benefit to grow up on small farms . But they need to feel good about that life. Back then I felt looked down on.
@SinSwa7 ай бұрын
If all the modern major conflicts prove one thing, economics is a big factor but does not determine when the war starts.
@siddharthkapoor83107 ай бұрын
A real stoic
@stevefazekas98007 ай бұрын
The Admiral is well spoken and interesting. He did not address the enormous differential in Palestinian deaths.
@hedgehog_fox7 ай бұрын
Nothing new, just the same old talking points. What's the point of interviewing some random bureaucrats when we can hear the same talking points on CNN?
@persuasivebarrier24197 ай бұрын
ah, another person who ultimately rants about CNN. glad i got to read it for a millionth time.
@-Gramps7 ай бұрын
But, you seem to be watching this and CNN anyway?
@1973HST7 ай бұрын
Written like the dimmest of wits. I bet you’re fascinating in real life. If you like watching paint dry. 😑
@Sam-ne9ns7 ай бұрын
It's called propaganda!
@originalsinquirls12057 ай бұрын
I enjoy it when a professional makes their bias utterly clear within the first minute.
@Espacemtl7 ай бұрын
And I'm out...more mainstream propaganda.
@1973HST7 ай бұрын
So I take it you like your propaganda served more properly to your level of intellect? Tucker Carlson has some great stuff aimed squarely at you.
@ericwood37097 ай бұрын
I wish the military would offer to help potential recruits get physically fit. I was not when I was young enough and considering volunteering, so I simply did not have the option and was not motivated enough to change that on my own.
@Jgarcia23207 ай бұрын
Great Interview!
@persuasivebarrier24197 ай бұрын
with movies like oppenheimer and relived messages (like, "the bomb will outlive the nazis"), nuclear bombs feels less and less a concern with things like "AI" introduced (i don't think we're there yet to call it ai but whatever). automation feels like it's the next big "bomb" waiting to go off, race between countries. things like deterrence theory around nukes start to feel more reliable in the face of cyber warfare. unlike bombs, the physical-visible damage of cyber war won't come with the "attack" per se, but everything societies rely on resulting in a break down for crimes and a collapse to occur (power and internet out... infrastructure compromised around banks, wall street, e-commerce, shipping tech, in store credit purchases, etc). it's going to be a really strange next few decades and the west need to prepare better for it. i'm not sure it's going to come from big tech bros trying to plant their "AI" flag to encourage government contracts. we need independent, government funded, projects for it.
@douglaskaminski47037 ай бұрын
We are very good to the admirals current employer, private equity. The congress always takes care of its donors, citizens are there for private equity to exploit.
@bibbidi_bobbidi_bacons7 ай бұрын
America 🇺🇸Fuck Yeaaaaaah 📈📈📈
@bibbidi_bobbidi_bacons7 ай бұрын
PS - Thank you for your service - That guy is incredibly smart. Everyone should aspire his level of professionalism, clarity, honesty, integrity, and all-around excellence that he embodies as a true American Bad Ass.
@montpelier287 ай бұрын
ty Scott I call you Scott lol
@lqpbq7 ай бұрын
What about China's demographics? Where are they going to be in a generation? Are they still really big a threat as we think
@mbg96507 ай бұрын
Reps vs Dems is a dead end confrontation. Time to move on.
@cpdukes17 ай бұрын
Israel has some hard work to do indeed. They have avoided any movement to do that work. They continually make matters worse for their future. matters worse..
@masonm6007 ай бұрын
Frankly, this was strange watching someone so accomplished yet so naive. Charismatic? Ideas? Money? He described Ross Perot. Last I checked, he didn't usher in a revolution. Even if he did, we'd just have a new 2-party system. The rules of the game ensure how it is played. I'm shocked he doesn't know this.
@Virtual-Media7 ай бұрын
It's time for the 18 - 40 year olds who choose not to work and live off the system to do a mandatory 4 years in the service. if they don't want to support our country we should no longer support them..
@kiswindsidaguigma92617 ай бұрын
I have been a huge fan of Admiral Stavridis; however, I dont agree with him in what's going on in the Israeli- Palestinians conflits. I think that our support for Israel carnage in Gaza will badly hurt our moral standing, and our soft power in the world. We are becoming a pariah state in a world order that we have created after world war 2. I think that we should use our power to impose a 2 states solution.
@Vicky-Blue7 ай бұрын
What is This guy is smoking? Ukraine already lost a few months back. And he is calling it a stalemate.😅😅😅
@jimyesjim63147 ай бұрын
President Stavridis plz...
@iguana16777 ай бұрын
Community college is mostly free? That statement is factually untrue.
@andybaldman7 ай бұрын
Good to heat that the current generation of youth are seeing the pointlessness of enlisting. It’s turned into a sucker’s game.
@charliez71307 ай бұрын
The Roman empire was spread too thin, was involved in too many conflicts on too many fronts.....
@TomMcinerney-g9b7 ай бұрын
"cautionary fiction" ... 'prophecy'.
@sebastienloyer94717 ай бұрын
😅. Is this your call to fight for the Rome ! Is this All you got to offer 😭. Sad days to come.
@stevechance1507 ай бұрын
I don't see the tictok generation signing up for a service tour, even if it is the Peace Corps.
@themakerofmagic7 ай бұрын
How can anyone who watched the Putin interview say he is impulsive.
@concretejungle96087 ай бұрын
He’s no more informed or insightful than an average Joe . If Ukraine had been given the ammunition and military equipment if needed this war would had been won by Ukraine and over
@bozolito1087 ай бұрын
You even read bro?😂
@jron20r517 ай бұрын
I uses to think this guy was one of the smart ones, I was mistaken..He reads the company line..He a adds nothing, a waste of my time
@Blankness12397 ай бұрын
James G. Stavridis is a bonified liar
@jimchen6236Ай бұрын
Professor talk about things you know. This episode sucks.
@sillybilly1212126 ай бұрын
Wishful thinking.
@hdaviator91817 ай бұрын
"South Korea like miracle for Ukraine." What a load of nonsense.
@persuasivebarrier24197 ай бұрын
can you elaborate. why. say more.
@hdaviator91817 ай бұрын
@@persuasivebarrier2419 Ukraine's population has been decimated and will never reverse, their infrastructure is destroyed, and unlike in 1950s South Korea, globalization isn't increasing, its declining. There is simply no opportunity for Ukraine to ever turn into an advanced tech hub like South Korea. There is also no desire in the west to spend money to reconstruct a country while our own countries continue to decay. This will empower the populists that will make sure Ukraine will not receive the money that it would need.
@persuasivebarrier24197 ай бұрын
@@hdaviator9181 20% of russia doesn't even have indoor plumbing. what makes russia "structural power" is thousands of nukes. that's it. thousands of nukes and other missiles were removed from ukraine and returned to russia in exchange for ukraine's independence on the condition they wouldn't invade. that turned out to be a terrible move. we saw russians invading (which by the way, their populations are being decimated with putin asking women to 8 kids or whatever) and seeing how ukrainian people were living better off than them while looting. there's definitely potential for ukraine to turn to tech hub as their farming land is being confiscated, that's a silly argument to throw away so casually. especially as they're becoming the frontier for non-manned military combat. I don't know what to make of your last two sentences.... it reads like right wing propaganda turned into concern trolling. the reason why funding has stopped is because of one man: donald j. trump. he torpedoed the border compromise after demanding it be attached for foreign aid (which employs americans). it was probably another delay tactic like we've seen in the courts to begin with.
@Sam-ne9ns7 ай бұрын
Do you really take these two propagandists seriously?
@persuasivebarrier24197 ай бұрын
@@Sam-ne9ns as opposed to whom? professional Kremlin propagandists-gaslighters-straight up liars?
@timothytendick15507 ай бұрын
The military's recruiting problem isn't attributable to a booming economy! First, I would hesitate to characterize the economy as booming. Secondly, when was the last time a "booming economy" produced a significant recruitment problem? May I suggest considering what many find blatantly apparent to be the problem? Politicization of the military and military industrial complex. Woke, critical race theory, diversity equity and inclusion, LGBTQi+ and cancel culture, too. Traditionally, the military meets recruitment goals in large part to a demographic that categorically reject those views.
@underbelly697 ай бұрын
Chna - 2nd largest still? someone needs to recalculate their sums
@ph59157 ай бұрын
Sigh, we could use more leaders like Admiral Stavridis in office.
@eyeofthetiger77 ай бұрын
Yes. Unfortunately he's too short, has a difficult last name, and doesn't have enough dementia. He's not electable.
@willdon.12797 ай бұрын
@@eyeofthetiger7🤣🤣🤣Well put!
@Udugirl7 ай бұрын
Phenomenal! I learned so much from your conversation with Admiral Stavridis! It really opened my eyes. He laid it out &...provided solutions. Much needed. I have shared with many of my friends, younger and older. He gives me hope. Thank you @profg ! Grateful. ✨👏
@mastradamus17 ай бұрын
What a solid, eloquent, knowledgeable guy. Hats off to the Admiral. Thank yiu, Scott for bringing him on.
@paultighe75247 ай бұрын
prof g asks tough questions that the ass kissers on all in pod dont lol
@b5kinner7 ай бұрын
Great Interview- if you could ever get Gen. Mattis would love to hear from Jim.
@kevdaag25237 ай бұрын
Stavritis is optimistic for the possibility of creating more centrist third party that can capture 60% support. From where I sit, the Democratic party is a Central party and should be able to Garner 60% support. We do not have an extremist Left wing party in this country. Sure, there may be on occasion. A few loud kooky voices from the left overemphasizing niche points of view, but frankly I'm not worried about those people at all.
@esobed17 ай бұрын
According to a great video from Robert Reich, the Left hasn't moved at all from its position ideology from the mid 1960's. It is the Right, the Republicans that have skewed over to neo-fascism. To the point that the Republicans are in a political civil war as we speak. The world as a whole is actually more social democrat than anything else. It is the system, so far, that does the best good for the most people. That is why the ultra rich and the old power holders hate it so much.
@ericdane77697 ай бұрын
So true. Wise and diplomatic people always feel the need to stay neutral and "both sides" the polarisation. But let's be honest, there is no "deep blue" obstructing a bi-partisan government. Let Galloway give me 1 example where Biden has been held back from making a deal these 3 years by left wing democrats. At the moment, one party has an interest in getting things done, and the other is just there to make everything fail so they can whine about it. The Harvard students do NOT determine (or even influence) politics, but MAGA does.
@esobed17 ай бұрын
Vice president? He needs to run for president. Wish he would convert his desire for service in that direction. We need a President like Ike was again.
@ThangNguyen-kk1wh6 ай бұрын
Admiral Stavridis's voice sounds very similar to professor Steven Korkin !!! I admire both for theirs wits and knowledges🙏👍🙏
@atg19627 ай бұрын
Poor Americans wont join the military when we have low unemployment. Shocking.
@BillPetrovas7 ай бұрын
New illegal immigrants could be new military recruits. Citizenship for military service. Trump's idea = Space Force. Give credit.
@georgesands52547 ай бұрын
I met when he was SACEUR. What an impressive energy, intellect, and mindset. So, of course he has no interest in politics, but that's exactly the kind of people we need to save this burning dumpster scow.
@jameslong45117 ай бұрын
I want the Bull Moose party back!
@BrentRichards-vp1cg7 ай бұрын
Thank you for a very indepth understanding you impart to me. This was informative with logical priorities.
@tractorpoodle7 ай бұрын
Admiral Stavridis for President!
@willpollard7 ай бұрын
About 19 minutes in suggestion smart phone / cell phone should be available to learners aged about 10 and a half. On another video Prof G has suggested 16 ( as my memory serves ) What to think?
@Jgarcia23207 ай бұрын
A standard greg has no reason to want to fight for this nation. Imagine what would need to be done to get a well educated youth to join. The internet basically paints the picture of the services being fat camp. We could be better, we could actually inspire, Imagine us investing in our own people rather than just talking about arming them.
@LAdog707 ай бұрын
What a great inspiration for our country in these times of need for true patriotism.
@gsmarin17 ай бұрын
This man is a Master of Situational Awareness.
@gergarfritz34427 ай бұрын
Gen Z/Millennial here. Prof G I love your show, but there is no way in hell I am taking care of senior citizens that aren't my parents/family.
@Traderbear7 ай бұрын
A value you can be proud of
@overhealtv7 ай бұрын
Ballot reform is 100% the prerequisite step to breaking a two party entrenched plurality voting system. It literally becomes a tautology when spelled out.
@BrentRichards-vp1cg7 ай бұрын
☎☢👁Fiesty👁 States of America🇺🇸💣💥💀🔥
@BrentRichards-vp1cg7 ай бұрын
We're good until the economic collapse that will happen either in 2 weeks or 2 years
@BrentRichards-vp1cg7 ай бұрын
However we are by the year 2036 is how we're going to be it's The New Normal
@BrentRichards-vp1cg7 ай бұрын
The United States military is a cleaner group that does not make them tougher it makes them not stink up a big area