Timothy Snyder: Putin's and Trump's lies, "rashism", Dostoyevsky is an imperial writer

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Күн бұрын

Today I interviewed Timothy Snyder, an American historian and expert on the history of Eastern Europe. We discussed the war in Ukraine, arms shipments from Germany, whether Pushkin and Dostoyevsky were imperialist writers, and of course the terms "fascism," "schizo fascism," and "rashism”. For Russian voiceover please follow: • Тимоти Снайдер: Ложь П...
00:00 Timothy Snyder, American historian, professor at Yale University. He has written several books, including the best-sellers “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin” and “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century”.
01:53 Who are "schizo-fascists"? Schizo-fascism operates like fascism - through defining someone as an enemy. A fascist is an enemy, which means, by definition, that we Russians can't be fascists, they are our enemies. Despite everything that has happened since 1991, the concept of "fascism" is very deeply rooted in Russian people.
06:02 Why is it necessary to recognize that Russia is a fascist state? Fascism does not involve intelligent dialogue, it operates by force and power. No one has ever defeated fascists in discussion. Fascism was defeated in military confrontation.
09:45 Why should Russia lose the war? America loses wars all the time: in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. Russia also regularly loses wars-it almost lost World War II, Afghanistan. A defeat means that the people who run the state have a chance to reconsider because they're forced to reconsider. The consequences of the war will be personal for Putin. When the war is over, negotiations will begin.
12:53 How is Russian culture responsible for what is happening? Pushkin always presents Russians as innocent. This is the cultural topos - even if we are the aggressors, we are right. You can see how Dostoevsky is perceived in Poland.
16:06 The problem of Russian history as in the United States. It's an imperial country that needs a post-imperial or non-imperial history. Losing wars, as for the Germans in 1945, is a chance to rethink history. For Russia, losing this war would be useful. Removing the word "Ukraine" from Russian history textbooks is terrible. The perception of Russian history is ruined by Putin because he has hijacked and privatized it.
21:20 Russians have never liked the word "colonial." But colonialism helps to understand the Russian Empire. Ukraine and Russia are like Scotland and England.
26:03 What is "Rashism"? Russian fascists and propagandists used fascism against other people. The concept of fascism has shifted to Ukraine. The Ukrainians responded with a term, "Here is Russian fascism." When the strikes on Vinnitsa start and civilians are killed, then people start using this word.
30:05 Putin is trying to legitimize history: we are innocent, the Russians are innocent. This is the result of Putin's aging - his views, reactions and ideas are changing. The idea with the war was based on false ideological premises that he blindly believed in.
32:23 Germany is in no hurry to supply weapons to Ukraine - a consequence of Germany's colonial experience. World War II was a colonial war, and not against Russia, but against Ukraine. World War II was fought mostly on the territory of Ukraine and Belarus. But it never occurred to anyone to ask what the Ukrainians thought. Germany is a great power. It faced Russia, another great power.
35:26 I have a very primitive view of the war in Ukraine - I think it must end, and the only way it can end is if Ukraine wins. If you think deeper, some things have already changed forever. The Ukrainians have achieved recognition in Europe.
36:07 War fatigue is a journalistic demand, not reality. But Americans are more concerned about inflation in the United States right now. That's natural. But people think America should step up its support for Ukraine.
41:26 Kissinger's approach: the habit of seeing Russia as the Soviet Union, which is perceived as a superpower. They don't know anything about Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainians don't care if American realists somewhere out there say they should give up. They know what happened in Trostyanets and Bucha, Irpen and Mariupol, and many other places.
46:34 Russia should become a kind of example for the West, a test of strength. Russia's way is a possible alternative to the future of the United States. We should learn from Russia's example. For example, the gap between rich and poor, freedom of speech, the legend of innocence. Democracy is about admitting and correcting one's mistakes.
52:32 It wasn't the Russians who produced Trump. But important people in Russia wanted Trump as a candidate for President of the United States. Trump represents America at its worst: a sense of entitlement by the mere fact of having American citizenship.
56:13 The topic of outright lies: Putin is outright lying. At first he lied, but now the scale of this lie has grown: he says that there is no such state as Ukraine, that there are only Nazis there.

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@Max_Ukas Жыл бұрын

Respect to mr Snyder from Kharkiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦😉

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

Marginal "professor" Snyder is our American jerk. Most Americans would not agree with him. We see reality that Russia has now 25% of Ukraine because Russian people there voted for going back to Russia. More (Odessa, Harkov) to come to Russia. More to come to Poland (Lvov).

@colvingenealogy Жыл бұрын

Although it's not mentioned here, it's useful to know, Dr. Snyder speaks 5 languages fluently (including Russian,) and reads 10. And fluency means ones can read, write, and speak a language comprehensively.

@jennyomalley7634 Жыл бұрын

That impress's people does it , myself I would rather have Truth and Facts . kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJqliaCYoNycidk

@flosev75 7 ай бұрын

He mentioned that a few times in other videos

@pjpredhomme7699 2 күн бұрын

A PhD in History in the time in which he would have completed it - he must have worked primarily with documents written in those languages - in his case, Russian, Ukranian, German - as his primary source of information, so it is sort of baked into the cake.

@TimwiTerby Жыл бұрын

It's 2 hours long and yet, when I got to the end, I thought “it's over already?” Snyder is gripping and captivating from start to finish.

@OneAdam12Adam 5 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@The_ZeroLine Жыл бұрын

His surgical disassembly of the arguments made by the concessions for peace or so-called “realists” crowd is possibly the most important part of this video.

@johnmccormack4183 Жыл бұрын

Ever heard of the Monroe doctrine ?!! 1823 ? Check it out and stop acting like an "international Nazi " fascist. Please.

@sffg9671 Жыл бұрын

Mearsheimer and Chomsky are especially myopic and delusional in that regard

@Kurtlane Жыл бұрын

I agree. Here is where he finally gets out of the ivory tower and deals with life.

@kristinamelnichenko5775 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Noam Chomsky blaming putin’s invasion on the west and Ukrainian’s ideas of freedom broke my heart. The man who taught me about freedom seems to think only Americans deserve it. I am impressed with the professionalism with which TS addressed his peers, and think it’s cosmically hilarious that Chomsky always told us to be critical even if those we agree with, and that really applies on this. It’s nice to see it addressed.

@PalleRasmussen Жыл бұрын

I agree. He puts to words the confused musings I had on the subject while I was busy with other things.

@carlettesouthern-robert2992 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Interview! I see You did Interview, Dr. Timothy Snyder, he is brilliant; and, very logically explains the conflicts of our time. Right now, as of 09/24/2022, Yale Professor, Historian, Dr. Snyder is teaching a phenomenal class on Ukraine that is videotaped and shown on the Yale University KZbin Channel. The Class just heard, Dr. Snyder's 6th Lecture for this Class. You can watch all of the 5 previous Lectures. There are many more lectures coming to enjoy and learn from on the importance and history of Ukraine. Thank You for all of these important and relevant interviews, they are outstanding!

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

He reminds me Steven Martin from Roxana movie. The more hi lies the more his nose grows, like Pinokio's. He has "no comments option" for practically all his videos. The biggest Historian Lyer in the World. Hi from USA. 😁😁😁😁

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@danyil_ Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! What a great, intelligent and reasonable quest! Big thanks from Ukraine! Дякую велике з України!

@solomiiaholiak1595 Жыл бұрын

Послухайте ще лекції на каналі Єльського університету який веде Снайдер про Україну зараз. Дууже цікаво

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

He does not even know that Crimea is Russia since 1783. "Big Expert" in history. Hi from America.

@jjsmthr Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 хай фром эмэрика, мишка кнопкин. я із росии и считаю что Крым украинский. А ещё жители СПб и Карелии должны вернуться в свою законную гавань и войти в состав Финляндии, моя подруга оттуда сказала, что там все референдум хотят.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@@jjsmthr Nu i schitaj a nam Ameriknzam po hui

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@@jjsmthr A kak ty ugdal chto kot u nas v Amerike Mishka a ne Misha? any dogadki o koshke Knopke?

@davidcottrell1308 Жыл бұрын

YUP...I have a Ukranian flag flying. Proudly.

@PUARockstar Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Ukraine

@paulajnt Жыл бұрын

Thanks from Odessa!

@Alina-dw2lg Жыл бұрын

Thank you from Kyiv💛💙

@BohdanChub Жыл бұрын

And I think it's beautiful 🇺🇦

@jamesbarlow6423 Жыл бұрын

They're nazis, yoyo.

@ksenianesterenko4 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this conversation. I`m ukrainian. And you way of seeing war is really helpfull now. We will win!

@AndreAndFriends Жыл бұрын

We are all with you.

@ksenianesterenko4 Жыл бұрын

@@AndreAndFriends дякую ❤️

@jennyomalley7634 Жыл бұрын

You've already loss. you had a Country , the breadbasket of Europe but you could not run it. You let the Nazi's take over (Ukraine is full of them ) I was there 8 years ago when you were killing Russian speaking people in the Donbass with British arms. Where have all the posters of Stepan Bandaera gone and all the RED and BLACK flags. You can fool some of the people some of the time but NOT all the people all of the time . True colors will soon show.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@jennyomalley7634 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 What happened to these poor little Ukrainian Kiddies kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJqliaCYoNycidk

@danpawl2433 Жыл бұрын

Timothy Snyder is a trusted voice in Eastern European history. Concise analysis and connections. BRILLIANT INTELLIGENCE. Thank you.

@cutekiller2693 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, indeed

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@cutekiller2693 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 nice try, миша кнопкин, nice try. Get your ruble andd, what's about your mobilisation?)

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@@cutekiller2693 I am Russian American for 31 years. A Big Wheel in Science in one of the most famous American Corporations. So pity to see this Bandera Insect Cluster in my Country.

@paristo 2 ай бұрын

"Timothy Snyder is a trusted voice in Eastern European history. Concise analysis and connections. BRILLIANT INTELLIGENCE. Thank you." Have you checked his sources and actual work? The train keeps going... There is no train...

@thomaslange3826 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing interview, Mr Snyder and Mr Zygar! Thank you so very, very much. You named and pointed out so many things, I was struggling with. As a German leftist, I hope that this war - after Ukraine has won - will lead to a rethinking of history and positions of the German left.

@majdavojnikovic Жыл бұрын

What do you hope for German left if Russia wins? ( I don't see the connection between this war and German left, would you explain?)

@thomaslange3826 Жыл бұрын

@@majdavojnikovic I don't see Russia win. - I see a catastrophic defeat. And therefore a chance for Russia, to turn from an Empire to a (or multiple) nations... But to your question: The German left was deeply fractured since the reunification of Germany. On the western side there were the anti-imperialists and the anti-nationals while on the eastern side, there were anti-Germans and what I call the "traditionalists". As we are quite a few years after the unification, these lines ofc. have blurred to a large extent. But still - there are some leftists, that are still fond of Russia (some anti-imps and some traditionalists). This war is bringing these differences back on the table. While in day-to-day business, these questions may not be as important as they are now.

@majdavojnikovic Жыл бұрын

@@thomaslange3826 you don't see Russia winning this war, but we don't even know what winning is for Russia:) ( And Russia is not leftist whatsoever. ) But if it still wins, even if you don't see it winning?

@AndreAndFriends Жыл бұрын

@@thomaslange3826 so you are international socialist?

@thomaslange3826 Жыл бұрын

@@AndreAndFriends wow. What arguments! Argument: "One XY says" is about as bad as it gets... The companies... America... Kinda boring! Try harder!

@mate.milas71 Жыл бұрын

Timothy, great as ever, good interview.. Coments on Mearsheimer, Kissinger, Chomsky etc. are fantastic.

@Bisquick Жыл бұрын

Lol too bad such comments are entirely without substance. These categories of "schizo-fascism" or whatever Snyder wants to use to rise up the ranks of corporatized/financialized academia (if one can call it that) are absolutely worthless for _actually understanding_ (descriptively ie _not_ normatively; historical materialism - cui bono? Who benefits?) that can _easily_ be applied with _more_ corroborative evidence to the so-called "West". Time for some _actual_ history instead of the 1-dimentional manichean "clash of civilizations" bullshit Snyder spews as his fucking profession. What is described as "not fascist" ie a "Liberal democracy" is in actuality a bourgeoisie (ownership class, ie _not_ working class) dictatorship. Liberalism is the unconscious death drive that fascism makes conscious (I mean my god, we're literally _destroying the earth_ and not only aware of this but accelerating this process), hence the appeal - it's honest/authentic about what capital-L Liberalism is. _This_ is what generates the social miasma of ubiquitous nihilism that pervades where "morality" and any normatively asserted values merely become shields of performative piety, excuses of plausible deniability to ritually absolve the actions of pure self-interest that are reinforced _materially_ by *capitalism.* I mean really, in the most important ways the nazis didn't really lose WWII. The only distinction between the US neoliberal corporate empire and the third Reich fascist project is that conscious aesthetic/ideological understanding that serves as a lode star of consensus values, chopping off the viscerally ultranationalist id in favor of a generic "cost-effective" corporate sheen (serving "the market" gods essentially; an unconscious ideological drive to maximize "efficiency" aka capital accumulation in neoclassical/neoliberal econ), trading an explicitly racist ideological lens for one guided by that drive toward technocratic "efficiency". As hilariously briefly referred to in a single aspect of his writings, fascist political theorists like literal nazi Carl Schmitt noting this distinction of authentic ultranationalism as the essence of "the political" itself; basically a tribal friend/enemy distinction at its core (check out his self-described "political theology" The Concept of the Political for more here), but beyond that that the only "principle" of Liberalism (undergirded by capitalism) is precisely to _avoid_ that "political", embracing conflict avoidance and compromise for its own sake, a fundamental _denial_ that 'the political' even exists and simply mediating between two _actually_ political sides (no surprise, aligning far more closely toward the side that benefits its material interests). Something Trump has intuited pretty well simply by being a resentful narcissistic dipshit and thus calling out (often correctly sadly) the media etc. _explicitly_ as "enemies", which masses of people inevitably relate to as their material conditions are inevitably stripped out and auctioned off to the highest bidder like obsolete copper pipe. From this understanding, Schmitt of course then conceives of the political tactic for the nazi party, which is to exploit such a tendency for Liberal capitulation to gradually accumulate institutional power/alignment over time until passing a threshold where a full takeover cannot be effectively resisted in that Reichstag Fire -> Enabling Act template of sovereign exception (reconceiving the idea of the political "sovereign" from the Hobbesian state leviathan or whatever, _instead_ as the entity who is able to decide on the state of _exception_ to that legal superstructure, as this act is inherently defined by its superseding of the law). Sheldon Wolin's conception of "inverted totalitarianism" I think elaborates this well also in its aesthetic distinctions and dogmatic devotion to capitalism, the god of gold. Far from hyperbole there's a direct continuity to the _literal_ nazis, with SS officers like Otto Skorzeny (basically nazi james bond, Paladin Group), Reinhard Gehlen (the Gehlen Organization), Klaus Barbie (the "butcher of Lyon" - active in France and then directly involved with Operation Condor in Bolivia), et al put directly on the CIA's payroll for anticommunism counterinsurgency bona fides (ie terrorism). Infamous pedophile Paul Schafer another notable SS protected in the US rat lines to South America, his "Colonia Dignidad" acting as a node for Condor in Chile to cultivate ideological alignment instrumental in Pinochet's ascension. Vincent Bevins' book The Jakarta Method I think also well illuminates specifically how the Indonesian counterinsurgency model was exported to Brazil, further evolving into this terror network of Operation Condor, effectively the Monroe Doctrine 2.0, the CIA of course acting as the SS 2.0 for transnational corporate/finance capital, extended further in its global latticework in the "stay behind" networks established in Operation Gladio and wielded as a part of its "strategy of tension"; basically acting as NATO's covert enforcement preserving its utility as a tool of political domination over Europe keeping "the Americans in, the Germans down, and the Russians out" as succinctly put by NATO's first secretary general (relevant in regards to NATO's role in catalyzing the current war in Ukraine with the OUN and all the intelligence cultivation of fascist paramilitary there and across the region). I mean this is the _tip_ of the imperialist iceberg here but one need only look at US "regime change" operations post-WWII (alongside their establishment of the international financial system that works at the behest of transnational US corporate power) Iran in '53 with Operation AJAX installing the Shah as dictator for the next 20+ years until a grassroots revolution took hold in '79, Guatemala in '54 with Operation PBSUCCESS, Sukarno in Indonesia, Lumumba in the Congo, the _first_ 9/11 in 1973 in Chile overthrowing democratically elected Allende for Pinochet's military dictatorship, et al.), immediately post-WWII imposing the Bretton-Woods international financial system with the US dollar as the "global reserve currency" using the leverage of being the only industrialized nation-state _not_ bombed to shit and taking the imperial baton from the British and their pound sterling. Which is merely all to point out the _enormous_ ideological lacuna (or just plain disingenuousness) stemming from a chasm of historical understanding from Snyder, ironic given that is his supposed profession (similar to Anne Applebaum), and subsequently the reality that there's really only two choices for humanity, to echo Rosa Luxemburg's succinct political slogan (before being executed by the fascist paramilitary freikorps who later become that SS - shocker - directed by Ebert's ostensibly 'social democratic' SPD, splitting with the international socialists over the issue of war bonds during WWI): *_socialism or [continued] barbarism._*

@lisaclausen8304 Жыл бұрын

Always appreciate Timothy Snyder and his perspectives..thank you.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@steveelim 9 ай бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199I won't go so far as to call him a liar. His knowledge of history is just based on what he read, which in many cases isn't the truth but only what got recorded by the prevailing powers that be or victors of war. He is just an inferior historian that doesn't investigate far and deep enough. He irresponsibly peddles the American version of truth.

@dannydetonator 6 ай бұрын

@mishanopkin Get back to cleaning potatoes, damn kremlinbot. All of Eastern Europe sends a big footprind on your genocidal propagandist temple. GFY.

@biglebowski3961 Жыл бұрын

The point about Chomsky and Kissinger not knowing what it is to be under the Russian control is very significant in understanding how crucial it is for Ukraine not to lose this war. Unless you lived under the soviet era control, it's hard to comprehend how degrading and delibitating life is for an individual to live in that system. Point well made by the guest

@stephenhill545 Жыл бұрын

Someone should suggest to kissinger that Israel give up territories for peace, or yo chomski that the US trade some of its states for peace when the next war cones. I think his answercwould be different. The French never accepted the loss of their Eastern provinces to Germany, so I hope macron doesn't want ukraine to do that either.

@stephenhill545 Жыл бұрын

True. I live in Russia. It's a repressive society underpinned by mind control beyond the comprehension of anyone from the west, and the fear is very great in the population at large.

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

The issue here is eastern Ukraine plus Crimea, which is historical Russian land since the 1700's to about 1922, and Russia having a naval base in Crimea since the 1700's. Then the USSR happened, with Russia being the big dog state of the USSR, Ukraine being another state. And, the Russian Ruling Elite don't want The West to have that land by way of Ukraine. It's prime real estate, with a substantial Russian history and ethnic-Russian population, and it's a core of Russian history, it's core Russian neighborhood. Russia is taking a stand on multi-polarity of the world, along with China, in counter to The West / USA.

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

Russians enjoy being Russia. Many, of all ages.

@kmitchell9891 11 ай бұрын

@@bonsummers2657you don't seem to realize that plenty of European powers colonized lands from 1500s-1900s. You might as well be saying India should be part of the UK because it was UK territory from 1700-1940. There is no logic. And the world thinks it is comical.

@ludmilakunich2823 Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that due to my knowledge of English I was able to watch the original version of the interview. On top of that as bilingual Ukrainian whose mother is Russian and father is Ukrainian, I could truly comprehend most points. A historian Tamara Eidelman on her KZbin channel also talks about the danger of simplifying the history, particularly in terms of connections between of Russia and Ukraine from both sides. When it comes to "rashism" used here in Ukraine, of course, it was instinctively coined as backlash. After a fascist calls you a fascist, the term is stolen and you have to find a new name to be understood.

@andreykaminskiy2391 Жыл бұрын

Почти вы добрались до сути. Отдельных фашиков хватает и на Украине и в России. И там и там вельможи втихаря очень уважают организационные таланты Алоизыча и с удовольствием устроили бы фашизм. Но только для этого надо перестать воровать и приторговывать собой, а это трудновато для людей влюблённых в деньги больше меры. Так что ни вам ни нам фашизм ещё долго не светит, будем обходиться старой доброй привычкой ко лжи и насилию, цель оправдывает средства и прочими старыми добрыми наработками.

@IBACb Жыл бұрын

Excellent point re: the term "Rashism"

@andreykaminskiy2391 Жыл бұрын

@@IBACb This is a great solution for you. It allows you to continue to remain ignorant and throw words) A more intelligent and educated person can explain the situation using generally accepted terms, such as chauvinism and jingoism.

@andreykaminskiy2391 Жыл бұрын

@icky Vicky Fools have always been and always will be. My favorite sort of fools are those who judge people by nationality.

@andreykaminskiy2391 Жыл бұрын

@icky Vicky Fools judging people by nationality have always been and always will be

@roseblue3368 Жыл бұрын

Spot on interview!!! Engaging in the cult of innocence its true for all empires

@bigdramashow9934 Жыл бұрын

America is the ultimate terrorised state which invaded dozens of countries, if America is nuked the whole world 🌍 sigh with relief

@richardarriaga6271 4 ай бұрын

This convo needs to be put in front of all American exceptionalists and diabolists.

@yelele85 Жыл бұрын

It’s always a pure pleasure to listen to the Timothy Snyder’s voice: vast knowledge, eloquent and interdisciplinary analysis and synthesis, erudition, great intuition, sense of humour, empathy and an outstanding didactic talent. I love his Yale lectures on Ukrainian history available on KZbin. Greetings from Poland!

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

Waste of time to listen to his BS without any option to comment.

@P00009 Жыл бұрын

He is lier and manipulator of historical facts. Example of liberal fascism, contemporary Goebbel of ultra liberal radicals.

@ewmbr1164 Жыл бұрын

@Misha: you can email Prof. Snyder. Why sulk here?

@ewmbr1164 Жыл бұрын

Greetings to Poland from Massachusetts.

@arjan2777 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 Did you ever read a serious history book? You could read his books. He has written several good books.

@nayad4403 Жыл бұрын

This video is tragically underrated. I wish more people have watched it.

@nadya671 10 ай бұрын

Согласна. Я только вышла на него

@susansmiles2630 8 ай бұрын

I DO agree....so sad that posts with absolute garbage can get tens of millions of views....hard to have hope for our country. Makes me glad that I am old.

@coleuscoleus752 8 ай бұрын

I can say the same about the whole channel .... excellent content!!!

@supernimo739gaming7 7 ай бұрын

Russia isn't fascist, at all. They're not exploiting resources or labor, and they're not shaming or putting jews and minorities in ghettos, they are autocratic though, they have a bunch of oligarchs in the government and they all have to obey a supreme leader. So its a mix of autocracy with oligarchy, and they are attacking civilians, so you could say that they are terrorists, like the Taliban or the narcos

@gerardvandermeulen62 6 ай бұрын

About exploiting and Jews and minorities...Neither did Italy in the 1930's, and they proudly called themselves fascists@@supernimo739gaming7

@rochesterjohnny7555 Жыл бұрын

Dr Snyder is one of the great minds of our time, he was warning about Russia's next moves way before 2014, and he's very approachable also, we had a brief conversation through email about an RT article many years ago, I think he's said before he replies to every reasonable email he gets

@ilyaginsburg1888 Жыл бұрын

It isn't difficult to predict a bear's next moves if you provoke it yourself :) That's exactly what USA and GB were doing since 2014 and even earlier.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@kmitchell9891 11 ай бұрын

@@ilyaginsburg1888gops: "nato made us shit our pants!"

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@tigerphoenix7121 Жыл бұрын

Such precise analytical thinking. Clearly described concepts and backed by stunning, comprehensive socio-cultural historical and philosophical, psychological knowledge. Professor Snyder demonstrates how truly cross disciplinary this whole area of geopolitics is. The covert intent behind the often overt actions and lies. The insidious methods employed, over time, the cloying nature of propaganda. Superb interviewer. Well paced questioning and some really fascinating questions. Thank you for creating and sharing. I have subscribed and I am inspired to write to Professor Snyder 😊 👌 🌟

@kristinamelnichenko5775 Жыл бұрын

His current Yale class on Ukraine is being broadcast free online!!!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ7CcmiKibaAo5I

@lloydgush Жыл бұрын

He's a bit too heavy on the straw man. Russia is a mafia state, not a fascist one. More like Bolivia, less like Venezuela. Think mexico, not Nicaragua.

@valeria1702 Жыл бұрын

@@lloydgush russia is obviously a faschist state. You would know this if you read some of Snyder’s scientific works. Or if you were to leave in Ukraine

@starczarar Жыл бұрын

Did you notice that he talked a lot about fascism without ever defining it?

@waltertheartist2746 Жыл бұрын

@@starczarar he talks a lot, that's his career, and he has discovered what sells

@user-zz3sp7lp7d Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Professor Snyder for your position, your understanding, and your support. Great interview!

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@SuperTonyony 6 ай бұрын

He was swallowing so hard that I was worried that his throat would collapse. 😢

@estrellados2999 6 ай бұрын

I think the fascism isnt that he said. when the fascism emerged was struggle between left and far right feelings in the society. capitalists were scared that communists come in power and they helped far right come in power to end the commusts. that is fascism. its the weapon capitalists aginst communism. it also has militarism, far nationalism and common hatred.

@judykinsman3258 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Timothy Snyder is such a brilliant historian & so very needed today!

@hopesnopes Жыл бұрын

He is, and his books (I've only read 3 and there are, I think 10!) are remarkable. Just listening to his lectures and interviews about his books is enlightening.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@Muzakman37 Жыл бұрын

Awesome interview. Snyder always offers insights esp into Ukraine-Russia but also puts it in a wider context, bringing-in Imperialism, Imperial Denial, Germany's unique situation in all this, the dangers of hyper-Nationalism. He also produces a hell of a lot of saliva!

@jennyomalley7634 Жыл бұрын

I think there was a lot left out kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJqliaCYoNycidk

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@konstantinprilipko9913 Жыл бұрын

What a bright individual, professor Snyder. Intellectual pleasure of the highest measurement!

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@dragonade85 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 If you want lies in history, check out some Russian textbooks.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@@dragonade85 Russian/Soviet textbooks are quite objective. Hi from USA 😁😁😁😁

@dragonade85 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 The ones that delete any mention of Ukraine? The ones that make no mention of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, or of Katyn, or indeed of any of Russia's actions in Poland? The ones that lead people to believe that Britain changed sides during WW2? Very objective.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@@dragonade85 The ones which bring the very main truth: the Soviet Union saved the World from Nazi in 1945. And the World order is based on that simple fact. Russia is among Five-Big in UN and nobody can change this unless WW3. And now Russia returned its territories in Ukraine with people who are happy to be back in Russia. Not objective?

@ifsantin Жыл бұрын

What a great interviewee! Thanks a lot, Mikhail! You keep on inviting the best of the best. And a special thanks for uploading original English versions!

@bigdramashow9934 Жыл бұрын

America is the ultimate terrorised state which invaded dozens of countries, if America is nuked the whole world 🌍 sigh with relief

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@TinaKGreene Жыл бұрын

Amazing guest and great talk! Thank you for your continuous efforts, Mikhail! You and your outstanding guests manage to present the situation from a slightly different angle every time, even after hundreds of interviews made on the topic.

@ROWBRONCO Жыл бұрын

What’s this ?? A ZOMBIES reunion ???🥸😜

@Lana-Brandes Жыл бұрын

@@ROWBRONCO Да, да, да! Но давай уж на своём родном напиши то задание, что тебе дали, не теряй время, а то мы без твоих коментов не поймём в чём дело

@bigdramashow9934 Жыл бұрын

🌕🌕🌕 America is the ultimate terrorised state which invaded dozens of countries, if America is nuked the whole world 🌍 sigh with relief

@thefisherking78 Жыл бұрын

Truly an amazing discussion. I read the rashism article soon after it came out, and later ended up buying the audio of his book Bloodlands as well as following his recent Yale lecture series. Hilariously, I was well into ALL of these things before realizing it was the same guy as a result of an interview similar to this one, a couple days ago.

@MikeCasey-rz2bc 11 ай бұрын

Have you also read Bill Browder?

@aloragreenteam2343 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the good work !...i am following his lectures on history about Ukraine ("The Making of Modern Ukraine") for some time.. Timothy Snyder is not only a awesome professor but a amazing teacher in the way that he brings overall knowledge over in a easy understandable way that not only Yale students are able to digest ...greetings from Spain

@vikkipollock5402 Жыл бұрын

Very true, his lecture are excellent and as non-biased as it gets!

@PIANOSEEDS Жыл бұрын

You enjoyed his classroom lectures on Ukraine? Whoa. I kept waiting for him to talk about Ukraine. Instead, he talked about the alphabet, the ways rulers become rulers, etc.. He got lost in silly ephemera and never made a point or told the history of modern Ukraine....which I THOUGHT was the intention of his class. What a waste of money...to send your kid to Yale and find this teacher jabbering on about the alphabet. I fall into the realist camp, but that doesn't mean I don't like listening to the other side's point of view. Sorry to say, Snyder doesn't have one that makes sense.

@aloragreenteam2343 Жыл бұрын

@@PIANOSEEDS the more lessons you watch the more you learn...am at lesson 30 ..and yes in the beginning it seems that way ...profound studies acquire time

@markdouglas8073 5 ай бұрын

I enjoyed those lectures and also recommend the book Gates of Europe by Serhii Plokhy. He gives the best history of Ukraine in English.

@somtngwong7781 Жыл бұрын

Good job. I'm here after searching for Prof Snyder so congrats to you for getting him and a good interview .

@yehork Жыл бұрын

Special thanks for the original version!

@timothyschwarz4028 Жыл бұрын

I don't really get the "Dostoyevsky is an imperial writer" part of the title. He said that quite clearly about Pushkin, but he didn't really say that much baout Dostoyevski.

@CB6028 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I am an American who has never heard of Tim Snyder before but this was such an impressive and insightful interview. I will urge all of my friends to subscribe to your channel and look up more of Mr. Snyder‘s writings.

@forge20 Жыл бұрын

Check out his Yale Lecture series on Ukraine. It will change your world view.

@rossr6616 Жыл бұрын

checjk out his 20 session “history of Ukraine” on KZbin; I’ve been binge listening while working outdoors. I wish all Americans would read and listen to Mr Snyder.

@markdouglas8073 5 ай бұрын

He is well-known among intellectuals as a Historian of Eastern Europe. He is Professor of History at Yale University.

@CEB_80 Жыл бұрын

Totally true. You cannot deal with Fascism with words. As they say the only way to get rid of them is a war: Germany and Italy. In Spain It got to power and lasted until the fascist dictator died in his bed 40 years after. So no merci with the merciless.

@paristo 2 ай бұрын

"Totally true. You cannot deal with Fascism with words." Then why doesn't west listen? Why can't west make a solid arguments? Why can't west stop lying, bullying and insulting, creating accusations without a purpose of the words? Because you can't deal west with words, as west is completely fascist culture, projecting themselves on others.

@slavalavabogu Жыл бұрын

Thank you for having a great guest and for the opportunity to watch the original version (without translation)!

@mykolaj1110 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Timothy Snyder for his support of Ukraine, as well as his study and clarification of Ukrainian history.

@KiatHuang Жыл бұрын

How has this guy got less than 6K subscribers? Based on the guest, the content, the intelligent questions and conversation, the quality of the production: audio superb, videography excellent.

@denisov9331 Жыл бұрын

The thing is that a majoryty of his subscribers are russians or russsian- speaking people. And they're all dwelling on Michail's russsian-language channel which there's here on You Tube too. They're far more su bscribers on(in ) it. Sorry for my poor English ... But I' m russian(half russian if one can express it in more exact terms)and I try to lern English. That's why I'm here.

@richardarriaga6271 4 ай бұрын

Only reason I found this was Sarcasmitron cited Snyder as the basis of his Ukraine videos.

@vilstas Жыл бұрын

His argumentation at minute 45 is so simple and clear, yet hard to comprehend to any nation that has never endured atrocities of deportations, "reeducation" and in general destruction of its intellectual elite by some other big world power.

@paristo 2 ай бұрын

"His argumentation at minute 45 is so simple and clear, yet hard to comprehend to any nation that has never endured atrocities of deportations, "reeducation" and in general destruction of its intellectual elite by some other big world power." You understand he is telling disinformation from start to begin? Bucha atrocity is known to be made by Ukraine. Mariupol atrocity is known to be made by Ukraine. It is Kiev that was terrorizing, "reeducating" and destructing their citizens from what they were, to become something citizens were not, and then killed them for that if they didn't accept and yield, abandoning their language, culture, religion and soul. His arguments are simple because he is deceiving and reinventing events and cause-effect reasons, projecting almost everything.

@andriyisayev2606 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Snyder perfectly articulates all existing problems of the current world and the core of russian-ukrainian war

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@dirzz Жыл бұрын

Incredible interview as always, criminally underrated channel!

@anjaoldnettle2841 Жыл бұрын

And do not forget Timothy Snyder is always is a good historian to get informed even with social media.

@gatobakuniano Жыл бұрын

I have just discovered the channel... This was one of the best Snyder interviews. He is always an interesting guest, but he really have made great points. This channel has very few subscribers considering the people that he has interviewed

@bigdramashow9934 Жыл бұрын

America is the ultimate terrorised state which invaded dozens of countries, if America is nuked the whole world 🌍 sigh with relief

@Edo9River 6 ай бұрын

This is the third time I have tried to finish this whole interview. It is so meaningful and thought provoking

@daviddavid1057 6 ай бұрын

Awesome, great interview! Timothy Snyder totally gets it and explains exactly how it all works! 👏🏻👍🏻

@northern_soul Жыл бұрын

A wonderful interview! Thank you for sharing

@mariannabalyta2524 7 ай бұрын

As a Ukrainian, I'm thankful Professor Snyder exists. He helps to make clear what most Ukrainians know from childhood.

@oscillatorstorm 6 ай бұрын

Blessings from Switzerland

@seniorarubia 6 ай бұрын

what a Bullshit 😂

@kemitchell Жыл бұрын

This interview was a noticeable step up for the channel. Congrats. Tiny Note: You might mention where both you and your interviewee are in your introduction. That way local references are clear from the start.

@ifurlet Жыл бұрын

Thank you for video and to Timothy for his work! And also it is a comment to help spread this interview ;)

@charlesputnam9370 Жыл бұрын

I came to better understanding of this war by reading Bloodlands . Thank you for bringing awareness to Eastern European history. I was aware of Stalin s brutality before however you brought it to higher level of understanding. There is no way that Ukraine could not fight for it's existence. Once you become aware of Stalin s brutality it gives you a better understanding of Putin.

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@CC-uq4hu 7 ай бұрын

My mother’s family were polish farmers in Ukraine when Russia invaded and sent them to Siberia gulags where they died. My mother became an orphan at 4yrs old. She said “Russia saved her life”…..think about it. The Germans slaughtered people but Stalin wanted workers/slaves. The Ukrainian people were mostly Nazis supporters of German ss who were all murders worse than the German ss. Snyder forgets that part

@olyasakharova8525 Жыл бұрын

Mikhail, thank you for this interview. It’s very enlightening and thought-provoking. I enjoyed every second of it. Keep up the great job.

@salassian3162 Жыл бұрын

Whoa. That was an extraordinarily wealthy conversation. Thank you.

@lesana1191 10 ай бұрын

Very direct in criticism of Russia and very careful in criticism of his country

@MeeesterBond17 10 ай бұрын

How so? Didn't he say America was basically acting like current Russia during the Vietnam war?

@rastafella420 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for spreading this valuable information

@Berdik1 Жыл бұрын

thank you for your work

@Doyourbest4245 5 ай бұрын

I cannot handle that man’s constant throat squelching. Hydrate yourself, my God.

@andriy457 Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% on every word 👍 Good job, big fan now

@watching99134 6 ай бұрын

If the essence of fascism is having an external enemy and perceiving oneself as innocent in all situations, how is the U.S. not itself fascist?

@markdouglas8073 5 ай бұрын

That is not the essence of fascism. Fascism is a state united around a dictator. The U.S. has never had a dictator, though Trump seems to want to be one.

@michaelrowsell1160 2 ай бұрын

not yet but it could be soon .

@Bleilock1 Ай бұрын

Its where its going

@francescoehrlich Жыл бұрын

Dr.Timothy Snyder ist outstanding. His way of dissecting comfortable but false narratives alone is worth watching the conversation.

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@shonshishka877 Жыл бұрын

привіт автору👋 у мене виникла ідея перевести це інтервью на українську або навіть російську мову, яка політика такої можливості? чи не дістану я страйк, наприклад, в Ютубі? Як потрібно зсилатися на вас як автора відео? Можете мені скинути інтервью?

@rebelmango2141 Жыл бұрын

Great interview 😎

@annagorska1229 Жыл бұрын

I am Polish and I studied Russian for 5 years in primary school. As an adult I try to revert to this language and I was not able to. All the Russian injustices and lies that were never explained and that suffered my nation, my family and me hurt me so much that I could not learn the language. My grandparents come from Volhynia, where Ukrainians did terrible things to Poles during World War II. Now there are a lot of Ukrainians in Poland and I thought it would be nice to know a few phrases in Ukrainian. I was afraid that it would be like with Russian for me, but no, I am able to learn Ukrainian words. But Russian, still not ... The truth about Russian history is very important also for neighboring countries and their citizens like me.

@studiodevis Жыл бұрын

As a Romanian, I feel the same way. But it's a kind of paradox. On one side the Russian culture with its undeniable geniuses and on the other the primitivism and sadism of the Russian people with the tens of millions of victims of tsarist and communist imperialism, especially Stalin, Putin's hero. I think all the peoples of Eastern and South Eastern Europe (except Serbia and oddly Hungary) are Russophobic

@youtubewatcher2 Жыл бұрын

powodzenia!

@ageualves794 Жыл бұрын

Poland is a dictatorship supported by a reactionary catholic church.

@annagorska1229 Жыл бұрын

@icky Vicky I agree. I know what Bereza Kartuska is and that before World War II there was discrimination against Ukrainians, Jews and other minorities. And I can say "sorry about that." But I also remember my grandparents' stories. I think the best way is to say "we forgive and ask for forgiveness".

@arimoff Жыл бұрын

We Jews can say the same about poles. Too bad the red army did not disintegrate poland to nonexistence.

@Etothe2iPi 6 ай бұрын

Characteristics of fascism: 5:08 "the cult of a leader", "single party state", "beginning politics from the enemy", "mass propaganda". You're perfectly describing Trump's political agenda.

@ChrisTian-rm7zm 6 ай бұрын

plus "glorifying a seemingly better past".

@potter275 Жыл бұрын

Excellent interview ... excellent questions, and very honest thoughtful answers. Thank you both.

@stefanb6539 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mikhail Zygar, thanks for your articles in Spiegel!

@he1ar1 Жыл бұрын

What is rather interesting to me from my culture, is that people were aware that colonialism was wrong. My society in the past found it very easy to blame other european countries for the death and destroy of others in America. Yet my society went on to become an imperial power almost covering the entire globe. The justification was that the local inhabitants were less cultured and it was right to colonise them in order to share our enlightened values. The government to this day says that it is wrong to vilify the past and that it has always been tolerant. (yes we should ignore that religious freedom did not exist for 100s of years) Indeed those enlightened values are present today in those who criticise colonialism. The rational reasons provided by the rulers are at odds with the country's culture. "Science, poetry and thought are the lamps". History can always be revised. The idea that identity is formed by interaction with others is a key theme of frankenstein. The creature was not made a monster, but became a monster because he was abandoned by frankenstein.

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

What or where is your society?

@greenl7661 11 ай бұрын

There was a lot of death and pillage in America, but likely not to the extent you're imagining. Most people died due to disease Europeans brought with them, and not because Europeans decided to murder them.

@markheithaus Жыл бұрын

I voted for Trump. I support Ukraine. I don't like Trump's personal character. I also empathize with Ukrainians being referred to by Putin generally as NAZIS, because of who I voted for. I do feel a bit irritated by the fact that the person I voted for was laughed at when he railed against European dependence on Russian energy. When I hear him praise the intelligence of Putin, I don't hear it as a love for him but rather as a critique of the types of people who were laughing. I guess my issue is with dismissiveness of each other. I know there's a large segment of conservatism that is sort of siding with Russia, but I would like to think I'm not that odd as a Trump voter. I didn't "vote for fascism", I voted for just taking the border situation seriously, being proactive on energy, and things like that. We only get two choices. I also worry about the over praise for Trump by a lot of his supporters. I worry that highlighting everything he says as racist and downplaying every statement he makes to the contrary will only encourage the base that I don't want to be his base. I would prefer that people like me be his base if it's going to come to him again. "Bad hombres coming across the border" can either be taken at face value or be sold as an endorsement of racist beliefs by Trump, thereby encouraging THAT base. I voted for Youngkin in Virginia. The rhetoric about him has been almost just as bad. And that rhetoric only encourages the worst rhetoric from exactly the type of Republicans who I don't want to be the base. In fact, I want Ukraine to stop being perceived through our political lenses. The war is entirely about Ukrainian sovereignty. That's something the average conservative ought to be able to understand if it's delivered that way.

@jordanhicken7812 Жыл бұрын

You are very brave to out yourself like this on the internet. Regardless of wether or not we agree politically I respect your honesty and openness.

@LoliLikesPedobear Жыл бұрын

Hey there! Kudos for nuanced take on politics. As a Russian interested in foreign politics (partially because we have none functional in Russia) and didn’t sleep through the night on 2016 elections, I was amazed at what happened and had high hopes for Trump. As much of a buffoon Trump is, he was the sort of man Putin perceived as a threat to deal with carefully rather that start war while he’s in office. The other thing was that Hillary, a corrupt to the bone establishment politician, had no honest stance on anything. I don’t think voting for the one candidate that has no dementia is bad. You also now have really based Ron who doesn’t make himself a buffoon in public eye and thus presents as a more competent politician rather than media man Trump is. Stay strong, stay sane, don’t fall into far-something ideologies. I hope it all ends soon

@markheithaus Жыл бұрын

@@jordanhicken7812 I appreciate that reply. At times I feel a little bit sick over the whole thing in Ukraine. Not just the war itself, but the ways different people are dealing with it/experiencing it. Quite a few people I know and love. I don't like a lot of the knee jerk hate towards Russians, though I think a lot of what I saw in Georgia wasn't really hate and was more frustration. One of my closest friends from Kazakhstan is ethnically Russian and very orthodox and is now living in Russia with her husband and daughter and she's trying to get her Russian citizenship. She's one of the kindest people I've ever met in my life. We connect over our common faith. Calling ourselves "conservatives" doesn't seem to say much to me. She's my friend and she affirms my faith in being called to love. She knows Americans don't "hate Russians" in a personal way through her friendship with me. I have another close friend from Kazakhstan who lived in Russia and now lives in Tbilisi. When I visited her in Russia, even though she's not religious she found a Catholic Church so that we could go to mass together. I didn't even ask. She thought that was important for me. I saw her and her husband recently in Tbilisi. I love her a ton. She doesn't want Georgia to get too russified, but primarily she speaks Russian 😂. She knows that. She made pancakes my last day there. My friend and sister. Calling her "liberal" doesn't mean much. I have a Russian flag and a Ukrainian flag at home. I hate that a Ukrainian flag bumper sticker now suggests something about my politics to people. It's like how the mask during covid suddenly became a political symbol whether you wanted it to or not. If you wore one it was because you supported the new global elite, and if you didn't it was because you wanted to kill babies. - I love my friends. I can't celebrate everyone's beliefs, but we're each individually called to Love.

@denata1714 Жыл бұрын

The comment of the sane outlier here... TDS seems to have eaten Snyder's brain. And his wholly unsubstantiated regurgitation of the Russian collusion hoax. Fine historian but when it comes to analyze the reality in the country he is living in he is more than clueless

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

@@LoliLikesPedobear lol you actually think putin thought of trump as a 'threat' to be dealt with carefully?? There are none so blind as those who won't see.

@trent797 Жыл бұрын

Great conversation. Thanks for posting.

@jennyomalley7634 Жыл бұрын

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@johncarr2333 Жыл бұрын

Clear precise thinking and communication. Thank you Tim Snyder.

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

I'd like to personally thank Mr. Snyder for supporting my country 💙💛

@paulajnt Жыл бұрын

I stand with Ukraine! A Brazilian living in Odessa :) Your country deserves all the respect and recognition

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

@@paulajnt wooow I lived in Odesa for 6 years. What's your Instagram?

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

@@paulajnt thank you for support! 🇺🇦🤝🇧🇷

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 Миша, тебе Путин разрешил такое писать?

@j.obrien4990 Жыл бұрын

great interview

@galynakotliuk8251 Жыл бұрын

what a fascinating interview! love every minute of it

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@galynakotliuk8251 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 lol dude

@FinanceINmypants Жыл бұрын

Snyder is perhaps the most important western intellectual working today in the sphere of Eastern Europe. His work and books have been a huge influence on my Ukrainian diasporan family and informed many holiday dinner conversations. God bless this man, Molodets! Slava!

@carolegarland8050 Жыл бұрын

A most interesting and lucid teacher. I admire his fast logical way of reaching strange and significant insights for his students. I listened to four Yale lectures on the making of modern Ukraine. Where are the rest? Can we have further editions please.

@Karenlowry1 Жыл бұрын

I am watching those lectures myself. There are 6 so far, a new one is posted weekly as they happen so subscribe to the channel for the notification or be mindful to look for new ones each week.

@Bager_Wisdoms Жыл бұрын

Loved this, great guest!

@matrixknobs2848 Жыл бұрын

Lovely discussion, greetings from Poland 👍🏻✌🏻😀😍

@melissamybubbles6139 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I've read very little Russian literature. If I did, I'd like to read from the perspectives of peoples who have been ruled by Russia. Unfortunately I only speak English. Where could I find these critiques?

@geothon Жыл бұрын

I would be interested in that too. Afraid that such material is difficult to find in English translation. I googled "russian literature from polish perspective" with some results

@KM769 Жыл бұрын

Look for: Czesław Miłosz 'Native realm'.

@KM769 Жыл бұрын

@@geothon Czesław Miłosz 'Native realm'.

@melissamybubbles6139 Жыл бұрын

@@KM769 Thank you.

@annabarabanna7668 Жыл бұрын

Eva Thompson “Imperial Knowledge: russian literature and colonialism”. Great work.

@kagranzh7573 Жыл бұрын

It's very important for our future

@shaneconnor86 Жыл бұрын

I was impressed with the broad scope of this discussion and the very challenging but necessary questions that were addressed, particularly about imperialism and fascism.

@Nickauboutte Жыл бұрын

In connection with Pushkin (14:00 and on) I am reminded of the famous quote, whose author I can't recall at this time, that "in Russia even anarchists are imperialists".

@greenl7661 11 ай бұрын

You've lost me there. Pushkin glorified war, duels, and everything else "manly and chivalry". Much like every other "manly man" of his time. I fail to remember imperialist depictions in his prose, i.e. how cultured great russia is compared to barbaric savages of the Caucasus, and how much good russia is doing by bringing civilization through death and fire. Then again, I might have faulty memory, and he indeed did it. But then Dostoevsky... He's a chauvinist, a racist, absolutely, but imperialist? With his polish parents? Like lmao. Dude wrote about existential dread. What political imperialist agenda he had and when? Maybe you can find something when he was young and cared, but the works people know him for, crime and punishment, brothers karamazov - really? But probably beyond this point, what exactly would one expect from writers living through actual empires? It was completely normal to want to conquer others, universally, across various western cultures, expansion for the sake of expansion. The key ingredient that would make it truly bad is divide into superior and lesser races.

@annabarabanna7668 Жыл бұрын

Snyder is great! Thank you professor.

@valerikarpov8787 9 ай бұрын

@user-vr3gr9ex1l Жыл бұрын

As a Ukrainian whose family is affected by the russian war, I would like to have a Ukrainian side present to tell our point of view too. There is a great saying "nothing about us without us" that I feel is appropriate in this case.

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

So what, every time a foreigner is interviewed about Ukraine there has to be a Ukrainian present? Was Snyder wrong about you?

@user-vr3gr9ex1l Жыл бұрын

@@kkpenney444 A good idea is to invite a Ukrainian volunteer or expert who knows the matter from inside. I have a great respect for Tymothy Snyder but he is not a Ukrainian, doesn't reside in Ukraine and cannot know all the context. Especially when interview comes from russian side, feels weird discussing what is happening in Ukraine without anyone who actually lives here.

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

@@user-vr3gr9ex1l This is ridiculous. You're allowing perfect to be the enemy of good. I guess we should all just shut up about you then. Good luck.

@davidtarkhnishvili1080 Жыл бұрын

The reason of "schisofascism" is simple: in 1930's the word "fascism" did not have a negative connotation worldwide, before the WWII explored. Since a while, in a public, particularly in the former communist word, "Fascism" became a simple swear word, assuming that "fascist" is simply a bad guy, without deep analysis of the political phenomenon. Hence it became practical to call those one doesn't like "fascist", which means something like "bloody bastard". The perception of historians and political scientists simply is now different from the general public perception.

@Saruman38 Жыл бұрын

"particularly in the former communist word" Yeah, calling anyone you don't like a fascist is definitely something you hear very rarely in western democracies, especially these past few years...

@OneLine122 Жыл бұрын

Not really. A schizofascist is a bad guy that does not know he is a bad guy, just like all the bad guys.

@watching99134 6 ай бұрын

@@Saruman38 He's talking about where it started, not how it's used now only.

@watching99134 6 ай бұрын

It was because the Soviets couldn't call the Nazis either "Nazis/national socialists" (too close to Soviet socialists) or Germans (since they were helped by a dozen other counties and communism is supposed to be internationalist). (The other term used during the war was "Hitlerite".)

@markdouglas8073 5 ай бұрын

You are correct. Soviet propaganda never explained fascism in terms of dictatorship. Because if Russians knew what it was, they might want to fight their own government. So the meaning became diluted in the Russian consciousness. When Putin claimed Ukraine and Zelenskyy were Nazis, the West burst out laughing at that nonsense reason for war.

@FinanceINmypants Жыл бұрын

Props to the interviewer his thoughtful self-awareness in his question formulation showed that he did his homework on Snyders work and made for a very interesting facilitator and moderator of the discussion.

@user-gi5up2gh4p Жыл бұрын

Incredible interview! The interviewer is great, Mr. Snyder is sooo smart, polite and so pro-Ukrainian. I was even crying listening to him when he was talking about Ukrainians. Must-see thing these times!

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 okay, comrade.

@Styx8314 9 ай бұрын

The word "fascism/fascist" gets thrown around so much in the last few years that it loses all meaning. It is just a synonym for evil or the enemy.

@kmg474 6 ай бұрын

It's also a pretty good adjective for the Russian government.

@theghostofbabanovac7069 6 ай бұрын

@@kmg474 and the canadian government and the british government and the german government and in some american states etc. in the way they treat their own citizens when they have a different opinion than the state official policy - people are being taken away their freedom of expression (ironically the thing on which they like to brag about in their own empty & shallow discourses), they are taken away their bank accounts, their livelyhoods (such a soviet communist move :)) ), cancel from their job, imprisoned & taken to court for protesting a school board on how they abused your children, book banning in universities etc.

@brookman2923 6 ай бұрын

@@kmg474completely not,Ukrainen state is fascist

@kmg474 6 ай бұрын

@@brookman2923mmmm no, no it isn't. Just open your eyes.

@brookman2923 6 ай бұрын

@@kmg474 yes,it’s so for sure! Open your eyes! Political parties closed down,opposition media closed down,only one tv channel with Zelensky … freedom is limited severe other than Ukrainian languages are forbidden ,other religions forbidden…sure 100% fascist state Saloreich ( Ukrainians themselves gave this name to their country)

@patmcstuff671 6 ай бұрын

Mr Synder is a great human and writer/historian/-read his Bloodlands…about the Ukrainian famine and Polish history prewar and war-I learned a lot from the book and helps inform current events

@DavidDuVivier 9 ай бұрын

Mikhail Zygar, "Founding editor-in-chief of Dozhd TV channel ". That says it all. PS That a professor at Yale university would stoop to this level also says a lot. About the professor. But also, sadly, about Yale, where a lot of my professors for my various advanced degrees got their PhDs, or were Writers in Residence.

@paristo 2 ай бұрын

"Mikhail Zygar, "Founding editor-in-chief of Dozhd TV channel ". That says it all. PS That a professor at Yale university would stoop to this level also says a lot. " What does it say?

@anatolikbelikov Жыл бұрын

Great interview, great talk. Since the war started, it’s so far the best video that digs topics or Rashism, colonialism past and history, that I’ve seen. I hope Russia finally would acknowledge its imperialistic past. As someone said: being a true Russian patriot right now means willing their country to lose this war.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

after Great Britain. Hi from USA

@arjan2777 Жыл бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199 How many times did you cut and paste this?

@kmitchell9891 11 ай бұрын

@@mishaknopkin2199this is hilarious. You complain about the lack of a comment section on his videos and then when you have the opportunity to comment something with substance and all you have is "he is lyer (liar?)". No evidence no substance, just empty name calling. This is why we laugh at you gops.

@watching99134 6 ай бұрын

Does that mean the U.S. should acknowledge its (neo)imperialistic present too?

@randomdude7384 Жыл бұрын

Yuriy Bezmenov was right when he called Kissinger an opportunist, and a pseudo-expert, for Kissinger is indeed an opportunist, and a psedo-expert, whose only achievement has always been his having been "at the right time in the right place more than once". Kissinger knows nothing about the ambitions of Russia to subjugate and dominate Europe, he learned nothing from what Stalin had done to Poland and Romania, nor had he learned anything from what the primary objectives of the Soviet Union had been (namely expand and dominate at all costs) up until it imploded. The best way to utterly discredit oneself is to bring up Kissinger as an expert.

@olgaltey3278 Жыл бұрын

do not worry, the old putinist is on the Mirotvorez website now. Anyone can get his personal information and smash his face. As they do years in Ukraine

@randomdude7384 Жыл бұрын

@@olgaltey3278 That upsets me that we heed to the advice of such lowlives as him in the West, he sold his own country to China, and has been getting the dividends ever since, by and large I don't respect neither him nor whoever quotes that senile russist pro-Putin pro-Kremlim walking dead

@Geoplanetjane Жыл бұрын

After All Elizabeth Holmes was able to put one over on him, Kissinger, George Schultz, and Rupert Murdoch, among others.

@christinemcclymont269 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@myshopping812 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ☮️🕊️

@JustinFisher777 Жыл бұрын

Brilliance Brilliance Brilliance. Nobody else is talking about German history in Ukraine or Dostoyevsky's writing as a part of this. Not to mention the better known brilliance of talking about Rashism.

@freudefreud Жыл бұрын

What a brilliant man! I am amazed how deeply he understands the situation

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@freudefreud Жыл бұрын

@@bonsummers2657 this is exactly what Russians are dying for now, at least what they have been told to die for. If you believe in this, please feel free to join them. The term "historical land" is what Hitler used a lot. He liked to motivate his soldiers through "history" and "ethnic-population" arguments like you said. Those were "reasons" to invade Poland and Czechoslovakia. Also, it is hilarious how you are concerned with what the "Russian Ruling Elite" wants.

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@@freudefreud You're stating 'red herrings',… you're just flaming rhetoric,… what you're stating isn't relevant.

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@@freudefreud Look what 'not compromising' brings. I see you as a warmonger. Btw, I'm from SoCaL, life long and several generations in the USA,… one of the lineages since the 1600's. And, in regard to world politics, I relate to things case by case, not on generalities.

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@@freudefreud What the Russian Ruling Elite want is something to consider, and understand in reasonable terms, as with the Ruling Elite of any country. This situation is dealing with core-historical Russian lands of prime locational real estate, of which in Crimea they've had a naval base since the 1700's.

@user-ou3ln3np1g Жыл бұрын

As a Ukrainian, I am very pleased to hear an adequate analysis from Snyder. But there are drawbacks. I see how Snyder is trying to give a complimentary answer about russian culture. He constantly draws parallels between Russia and the USA to avoid accidentally accusing Russia of something. It's amazing to see. The USA and russia are like heaven and earth. It is impossible to compare them. The presenter again promotes these pro-Russian narratives that the West is supposedly tired of war. Only russia is tired...and it is profitable for them to promote such narratives. No matter how hard the presenter tries to look adequate, he remains a jerk to the marrow of his bones. When the presenter asks "is it fair that now Russian culture is mixed with fascism".....He and all Russians need to understand that 80 years have passed since World War II!!!!!!!!!!! and no one can say whether during the war itself the entire Italian culture was associated with fascism or not. Years must pass for this. And I very much doubt that all Jews have forgiven Germany for what it did to their people and will never EVER 100% forgive. Because such forgiveness is so easy, it will never happen. But I noticed that Russians..." good russians" want to be forgiven here and now...already...immediately. Damn racists - you have no right to demand from Ukrainians and from the world that they immediately forgive you and accept your cursed culture. Your culture is fake..it is the culture of evil. Few foreigners really understand what Tolstoy or Dostoevsky or Pushkin wrote about - they wrote about Russian imperialism...for example, Pushkin praised the Soviet Union's war of aggression in the Caucasus and the enslavement of the Caucasian peoples...moreover, he took part in it... and now the whole world speaks of Pushkin as an angel. Russia killed so many, tortured and destroyed Ukrainian poets and artists in general... if the world knew it... so many Ukrainians died in the Gulag... Russia always destroyed our culture... they always feared our culture... when in Ukraine (the previous name of Kyiv Rus) there were already universities, by the way, one of the first in Europe - there was not a single university in the Muscovite Empire! it's true... Russia, as a metropolis, has always drawn the most talented people from Ukraine and then called them in front of the whole world as Russians... 50% of the so-called russian writers, artists, scientists, and poets of Russia are Ukrainians... and no one knows about it knows...because once upon a time there was one empire and everyone was branded with the word "Russian" just because you were a colony in that empire. Russians need to understand that they will not get respect and forgiveness just like that...they need to earn it. And you will try for years to get this forgiveness and deserve to be treated equally with other countries. The world still does not understand that simple Russians are the real evil...they raised Putin. Just as simple Germans in the thirties of the 20th century adored Hitler, so now Russians adore the confused...they raised him. There are no innocent russians...there were no innocent ordinary Germans. Everyone in russia is guilty.

@finik_2386 Жыл бұрын

He isn’t always right. But as close to real situation as American can be, probably.

@olehbulba287 Жыл бұрын

As Ukrainian can say that Timothy Sniders's pretty reasonable when he's talking about Ukraine and moskovia.

@mishaknopkin2199 Жыл бұрын

@user-yi8kt8wx4o Жыл бұрын

Thanks for interview!

@TravisJones812 Жыл бұрын

Ukraine was willing to negotiate before Bucha. I think Bucha was the point where Ukraine started to truly want revenge, rather than just a battlefield victory. He starts with this premise that people reject imperialism, which is sort of left-wing echo chamber thinking. I thought Manifest Destiny was the greatest thing that ever happened to the United States, which was going strong right through the 90s, until you started to see this demographic transition among young people away from non-Hispanic people of European descent.

@arjan2777 Жыл бұрын

Well people should reject imperialism. Why is that left wing thinking? Is it right wing thinking to want to be an imperialist?

@TravisJones812 Жыл бұрын

@@arjan2777 It's 19th century logic

@arjan2777 Жыл бұрын

@@TravisJones812 I think that it has more to to whether you are an imperialist yourself or whether you are one of the victims or targets of imperialism. Imperialists invent all kind of stories to explain that they are really the good guys but for a target of imperialism like Ukraine it is self evident that Imperialism is not a good thing. Zelensky himself is not exactly left wing, certainly not in a European context.

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

So you think it's fine and dandy that your country was founded on mass genocide? On slavery? You think the Native Americans didn't reject all that manifesting? And no, Ukraine was never willing to negotiate away their territory to an invading force that was intent on erasing their identity. If China were to invade you would you be willing to appease them by ceding any of your territory? Of course not. And if they had raped your children and grandmother, would it be wrong for you to want revenge? Your blind spots are astounding. You think the US was 'going strong' right through the 90s?? Try picking up a real history book. I don't know why I'm bothering with this, you're clearly just another idiot Republican.

@stephenhill545 6 ай бұрын

They realised what would happen to the Ukrainian citizens if Ukrainian territories stayed under Russian control. They must have been horrified. Nobody could imagine a European country acting so barbarically in 2022.

@maarten7282 Жыл бұрын

Very good questions, hence very interesting answers. Subscribe!

@cumfactis1312 Жыл бұрын

Great interview. Wise questions and competent answers. I would like to add some of my thoughts to those of Prof. Snyder. The tendency of some countries to see themselves as always innocent has its reverse - the idea that every state is to blame implying that every state is equally to blame or at least comparably to blame. This leads some countries to sharing their guilt to others and using them as a weapon. For example the tendency you can see in Germany to share their responsibility for Holocaust. „We admit we are guilty, we have worked it out, now you should learn from us how to confess your guilts”. Second, I am not sure if Trump will not return. If the Democrats have no one else than Biden, whose one of the first moves after taking the office was to lift the sanctions Trump imposed on Nord Stream 2, whose dementia is progressing, if they have no more problems than to count how many genders there are, than it is not the best way to win Trump. Also, comparing Fox News with Russian TV stations is not justified. I think there are some mainstream media in US more deserving this comparison.

@maxmaxed2887 Жыл бұрын

Snyder is clearly a biased liberal mainstream democrat. Hence repeating BS mainstream talking points that Trump is a Russian asset etc.

@jordanhicken7812 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the comparison of Fox News to Russian state tv got an eye roll from me and I’m someone who used to respect Fox as a news source, emphasis on “used to”.

@kkpenney444 Жыл бұрын

You clearly haven't a clue what's going on in the US.

@cumfactis1312 Жыл бұрын

@@kkpenney444 It is quite probable. So could you explain?

@rybkabananka9695 Жыл бұрын

на последнем вопросе встрепенулась) Мое сердце связанное со страной разбито навеки, но теперь я не могу и в мире видеть ничего хорошего, всю жизнь буду ждать еще больших войн и фашизма. Все будет плохо, но кое-где просто лучше, чем в других местах, но не навсегда. Кроме Трампа, Россия тоже показала Америке опасность изоляционизма, диктатуры и империализма в одном флаконе, рада, что мы смогли объединить республиканцев и демократов хоть в чем-то)) Похоже, мы действительно существуем, чтобы показать миру, как делать не надо

@toughr1506 Жыл бұрын

Snyder is articulate and precise as always. The interviewer would definitely benefit from asking more nuanced, less black-and-white questions.

@Lila-vk1ni Жыл бұрын

About Ireland so truthfull view of point. When I was watching Rebellion (about Ireland) I've found us similar too) Luckily Ukraine has not split. But Russia had taken some parts of my Motherland back in 20century too,before Crimea and Donbass.Russian imperialism eats my country piece by piece a lot of years. Hello from ukrainian historian ))

@bonsummers2657 Жыл бұрын

@hybridarmyoffreeworld 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Seems to me there should be more explicit emphasis that US support for Ukraine is a national security issue, not a “foreign aid” issue.

@KileyLagan Жыл бұрын

Mr. Snyder = Brilliant! I would like to hear his thoughts on the cracks in the UNSC & the fact that the 5 permanent members are or were imperial powers- present & past.