UnCommon Core | Imperial by Design, John Mearsheimer

Professor Mearsheimer will discuss his article by the same name from the January/February 2011 Issue of The National Interest. In the article, he considers the decline of US foreign policy from end of the Cold War to the "world of trouble" now: two protracted wars, nuclear stalemates in Iran and North Korea, and the inability to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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[@rp3875]

I love Prof. Meirshiemer. The honesty, the humor, the clarity is such a pleasure to watch!

[@trumanhw]

Exactly. Took the words out my mouth (but missed one): GENIUS.

[@abdullahiabdi9617]

@@trumanhw oo

[@abdullahiabdi9617]

@@trumanhw ooooo

[@SectionSixteen]

He delivers a beautifully crafted lecture without looking at notes. Also, he understands that spoken prose must be very different from written prose to be readily understood. He's a joy to listen to.

[@moon1night7]

Yea, if only he was in the club that decides the fate of the world :(

[@DrCruel]

I don't know what you're happy about. He's providing a very convincing argument that the world is mostly run by thick-headed idiots.

[@mgranius]

@@moon1night7 is good to see him him in in a while or not not too too funny to talk talk about about him and his his wife wife and his dad dad and his dad dad said he is in the a lot of of the the people that he is in in Bosnia but they are not not too bad and but he he has is a a lot and I think am so a lot of it his it is is ua yyyyyyyyyand uu but that his

[@elephantman2112]

His writing is very clear, too. Almost conversational but covering very complex topics.

[@bcvetkov8534]

The genius of this man is that his civility shines above all else

[@rapidsk8]

I can listen to Mr. Mearsheimer all day. Very clear and concise lecture.

[@JoeySav]

Wow almost every lecture i've heard from this man is like a prophecy he saw coming.

[@buch157]

Yup

[@VanNikkel]

Because he is a Realist, per excellence.

[@CAMILOllllllllllllll]

He said in one of his newest that China will not prevail over the US in the years to come, because the US has more experience dealing with the competitors.

[@jackieviray5338]

He is always right, kinda scary 😳

[@zalishaabdool6671]

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[@toucansam1931]

I love professor Mearsheimer. He's the most honest and amazing professor I've ever listened to.

[@grayxy]

Surgically precise. This should be necessary lecture for anyone who is interested in what is US doing right now. Respect to professor Mearsheimer, and thanks to uploader.

[@refuge42]

I wasn't that impressed. And I am a fan of John Mersheimer. His style of loudly shouting his points and disdainful delivery reminds me too much of Jordan Peterson. Even when I agree with him I don't agree. On several occasions he makes statements which are flatly misleading. Claiming that Germany had a democratic tradition under the Weimar Republic is so left field and off base that I don't even know where to start with that. No they did not have any sort of tradition like that. Germany was a wreck between the interwar period, and trying to foist a democracy on them was a failure in the face of the Prussian military model which really was the heart of what ran that country. It is to Germany's great credit that they managed to escape that evil model after world war II.

[@baxakk7374]

@@refuge42 I guess one could argue that the success in Japan, Germany, S. Korea and so on, is that they didn't have strong religious ideology. In other words, there was a vacuum, and capitalist liberal ideology just looks best in such situations, so they adopt it. Also, most countries the US wanted to spread the democracy to were countries with deep religious ideology, countries around or in Middle East, more or less related to oil.

[@josephfarmstrong8308]

Thanks @@refuge42

[@bbdodge5151]

you are N A I V E

[@badgerlife9541]

Dude predicted the outcome of Afghanistan and Iraq ten years ago. An intriguing lecture. When I was in school, I was never interested in history or international relations, but this is fascinating!

[@Qazdauysty]

same bro. Just watched his lecture on Ukraine 6 years ago and Israel policy. So many of his statements were accurate. Coming back to them is just as you said fascinating

[@elvinpompey7520]

I l I i

[@elvinpompey7520]

I3 3

[@BernieHollandMusic]

I think we have all reached the point now where we can easily predict the outcome of any war - it never ends well and usually sows the seeds of the next one - we need to abandon this culture of war and replace it with a culture of peace - it is a simple choice right now - EVOLUTION or EXTINCTION

[@andysevs1]

@@elvinpompey7520pl

[@commonsense8779]

This is one of the best lectures I heard in a long time. Clear, clarity of thoughts and makes sense.

[@Deucely]

and it's all thanks to Common Sense, you are the real hero. 🤣🤣

[@ninjacats1647]

The main problem I see with geopolitics is that global trade networks empower dictatorships. Nixon setup China to become an economic superpower, and military might is downstream from economic might. Really, what we need to do is rebuild the global economic order such that dictatorships are economically sidelined so that they can not afford militaries that are strong enough to start major wars to threaten the global democratic order. Nixon in this regard was America's worst geopolitical president, as America Uncovered revealed his dealings with China that were setup in the Nixon administration, which helped empower that regime. Returning to the Roosevelt Quarantine/Truman Doctrine era to contain dictatorships economically is the main thrust of my proposals. Reindustrialization of the democratic west to no longer be reliant on natural resources from dictators is another. Following in the ideological footsteps of Garry Kasparov, Paul Massaro, Zelenski, and many others. The grand strategy should be a return to Rooseveltian industrial might. Sanction corporations for doing business with dictators like the CCP, engage in reshoring, secure rare earth materials, and emphasize superconductor production and rebuilding the global supply chain away from China/Russia.

[@ninjacats1647]

My strategy is a 5th strategy, economic domination of dictatorships. Dictatorships have historically caused the majority of havoc in history, and every effort should be made to economically undermine dictatorships at all points. If we can keep dictatorships from building militaries strong enough to become imperialist threats, then we can have world peace with a hegemonic democratic order. So every effort must be made to prevent dictatorships from building strong militaries, and to do that we need to recognize that military might is downstream from economic might. And that free trade based on the theories of Adam Smith, is actually dangerous when it economically empowers tyrants. Therefore, trade needs to be highly scrutinized with regards to what kind of powers that it benefits. We should have a hegemonic multilateral democratic world order, with Nato in the west and the Quad in the east. Nato to contain imperial Russia, and the Quad to contain imperial China. Both of which are dictatorships.

[@ninjacats1647]

The Iraq War was a geopolitical mistake on the part of the US. While the US was economically empowering China by allowing US corporations to do massive economic investment in China (a massive strategic mistake, as often reported by China Uncovered and many other channels), the US was fighting pointless wars in Iraq that were strategically unnecessary. The real global threat are dictatorships that are bold enough to engage in imperialist conquest. Russia and China are the two most dangerous nations on the planet. Followed by Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. All of these regimes are the top five concerns. And we need to shift our geopolitical worldview accordingly.

[@saviohudson]

Anyone watching this in the aftermath of the Afghan pull-out? His observations are spot on! Mind-blowing stuff.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

10yrs ago he said this.

[@refuge42]

An important point which you miss is that there have been four presidents during our time in Afghanistan none of them managed to get us out of there until Biden came along. I agree it was sloppy but he got it done and we are out and it's no longer our problem. Yes it could have been done cleaner but Bush x2 didn't do it Obama x2 didn't do it Trump x1 didn't do it. Biden got it done.

[@jlpowell51]

@@refuge42 An important point you're missing is that this isn't about attacking/defending any one administration. You don't have to defend Biden here. It isn't about when we pulled out, it's about the mission itself being a failure, the war itself being a loss. You're pretty quick to give Biden credit for pulling the troops out, are you giving Trump any credit for initiating the process and getting the agreements in place to make it happen? John makes a pretty clear case that both parties were onboard with this grand strategy in the middle east. It isn't a Democrat or Republican thing, it's an American thing.

[@brianwheeldon4643]

@@jlpowell51 totally agree... and now there's Ukraine to add to the forever war strategy! Here's UK and USA bombs dropping on Yemen, supplying Saudi, and Nato expansion as schiff said a year ago "we want to fight the Russian's on their border"... it's no wonder Putin became an overt war criminal somewhat similar to Johnson, Biden, Macron et al...

[@spaceforce9738]

@@refuge42 amen 🙏 🙌 👏 ❤

[@christophereduardo9903]

The USA is not a democracy, it's way more of an oligarchy. But even having been bamboozled into accepting that the US is a democracy, this man is intelligent and capable enough to point at some key contradictions, thank you for sharing it!

[@tommyodonovan3883]

You are right that we are not a democracy, we're a Constitutional Republic.

[@climategladiator]

Exactly..I kept thinking the same in my mind all through when guest was speaking. I think we can say we have A FORM of democracy which is experimental and subject to several changes that are needed to move it towards its desired form. Founding fathers never wanted party system and ideally they envisioned people choosing their representatives directly to the offices, both at local as well at federal levels. Instead we have to identify ourselves as belonging to a party even before we vote. Worst part of the story we don't even KNOW our local representatives, where democracy is supposed to take its roots.. There can't be any democracy until people are willing to engage into policies themselves and are willing to enter the ring with ideas. Should be more like entrepreneurship.....

[@skriuttutt]

@@tommyodonovan3883 You mean that the US isn´t a Direct democracy, it is a Constitutional republic. That still makes it a democracy where the people get to elect their representatives. It is one of the great mysteries of the world how a nation built on ignorance and still to this day run on ignorance still gets to call the shots...

[@tommyodonovan3883]

@@skriuttutt, Murphy's Law

[@lolawalsh9187]

In US corporations have merged with government...

[@ruthuku]

fascinating !! This is one of the best if not the best brains in the US on Geopolitics , Professor Mearsheimer predictions always come to pass , good example is the Russia/Ukraine crisis , white house should enlist him as the foreign policy consultant

[@nikko6865]

"AMERICA HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING.." (2022)

[@silasdjo]

@@nikko6865 Explain, what is coming

[@richardcranium5048]

@@silasdjo I disagree with my friend Nikko, on one small point, in that while he believes "it" to be coming, I am absolute in my knowing, that, "it" is already hear. I'm surprised that one here taking in a lecture such as this, need ask what. Today 3/14/22 wheat is up 60%, the gravity of that should pull ones attention, record high fuel prices, run away inflation across the board, all to go only higher. The Biden puppet will be bringing in no one who would dare to identify where the roots of the mal intent that has turned it attention to western civilization have taken their most firm hold. Not that such would be of any benefit at this point. America is already in her grave, and the people who occupy the mass of land that she once occupied are in a choke hold, that incredibly most are unaware of, and every day that people talk of the coming mid-terms and the laughable "red wave" that I hear so much talk of that choke is set a little deeper... There can be no reconciliation

[@brianwheeldon4643]

Yes Kihara I agree with you, but you know they would never do that because they would find it so so hard to make so much money that they put into tax havens around the world. Same old story, never changes. They're looking for another endless Afghanistan type conflict I would think minus American troops. Ukraine fits the bill providing the Ukrainians keep on fighting, so the USA and UK keep on providing the weapons and the training, and a couple of $billion to boot.

[@BernieHollandMusic]

You suggest "The White House Should Enlist Him As The Foreign Policy Consultant" well, my friend, first of all the White House has no say in the matter, and secondly, Albright - Nuland - Kagan & Co, would waste no time in having you 'taken out'.

[@LazyHoplite]

It's 2020 and this lecture seasoned well

[@alliesteamc3546]

Insightful and Helpful for understanding American foreign policy, very courageous contribution

[@olivertaltynov9220]

2021, even better.

[@JimArdal]

And Mearsheimer is still holding up in the first month of 2022 as well. Posted just after all of last week's business with Ukraine: US-Russian talks breaking down, Poland talking about war, Ukraine being cyberattacked, etc.

[@syd3947]

@@JimArdal one month later and...well, you know.

[@sexfycj9256]

@@alliesteamc3546 àaàaa

[@guillermomario1519]

Fascinating analysis. One thing I'd love to hear the professor talk about is the role of companies like oil, and the military industrial complex in creating the imperial design o pressuring governments to take that approach rather the other three available approaches.

[@oasisnetwork7705]

You are spot on. I think that aspect is missing from the lecture. America and the West's strategy is shaped by corporations that want control over vital resources around the world.

[@susannamovsesyan5837]

2021 you were right.

[@bruh5361]

Aged like fine wine

[@JagadanandaDas]

Listening to this man's common sense arguments I wonder why I never heard of him before. But hearing him talking about the shoe-bomber and the underwear bomber (around 28 minute mark) it reminds me of the craziness about covid that is going on now, ten years after this talk. It is like we all become possessed by these irrational fears.

[@wolfsmith]

We were- check out the interviews on mass formation with Professor Mattias Desmet

[@hamonryechinaski180]

Listen to his lecture on Ukraine and NATO its spot on. Again.

[@darthvader5300]

@@hamonryechinaski180 Nuclear weapons will not be used recklessly because there is now a new range of weapons called SUPER-FAE warheads and bombs. These are non-nuclear - nuclear range weapons that uses a form of composite high-explosives in such a way that even though they are not nuclear, their firepower and destructive yield is equal to that of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. But still they are not nuclear. Several years ago there was one slip up mistake from the Russians is that they are trying to figure out on how to properly use high explosive warheads on ICBMS and hypersonic missiles and this only revealed that they had perfected the SUPER-FAE weapons technology already. It is now economical to use these non-nuclear - nuclear-range weapons that are city killers and nation killers while still staying on the side of the law that neither side will be the first one to use nuclear weapons.

[@stevelenores5637]

You mean the part about Iran not developing nuclear weapons? "I don't believe there is any good evidence..." . Qualifiers like these are well know signs of deception. In other words he is lying and he knew it when he said it. He is also rubbing his hands together to release nervous energy (adapters). I wouldn't trust a single word he says.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

Yes, it's as if 1 MILLION Americans had not died at all from Covid

[@abdourahmanealkhalifa191]

What an insightful lecture! Many predictions came out to be true!

[@farzana6676]

He is wrong about some things. The Islamists definitely hate us because of who we are. In fact they hate the people in their own countries who don't share their radical Islamist Worldviews. (Think about ISIS and their treatment of secularist and yazidis).

[@patrickjacobs8417]

It is 2022 and this lecture once again is like seasoning given the Ukraine crisis.

[@HM-gv9hx]

He is extremely enjoyable to listen . Amazing knowledge and true analysis of what is going on with the world and democracy.

[@hiprichhiprich]

What a prodigious speaker on Internationalism Mr Mearsheimer is ? A lot of information for my social science studies. Thanks a lot for this post.

[@davidsalcido383]

“Prodigious ZioNAZI Mearsheimer (Wolf in Sheeps clothing?).

[@rosethorns1893]

@@davidsalcido383 that word, along with many others, has been so overused and abused that it’s pretty much lost all meaning. Reminds me of Chicken Little and the boy who cried “Wolf”. Nobody listens anymore. Find a new word and back it up with some facts rather than just using it as some lame ad homonym.

[@davidsalcido383]

@@rosethorns1893 “There’s a limited way to suscribe a CRIMINAL Hegemonic freak like AmeriKKKa, Da Dah-Ling?!! 🦍💀🖕💀🦇🖕🇺🇸🖕🇺🇸🖕🇺🇸

[@srhstudio]

His are the lectures I forward to friends and family. I notice he's speaking out quite a bit now, I appreciate that he's doing this.

[@walima4954]

He is telling the truth that is why he is so right. Always good to listen to him and learn.

[@TheNemesis442]

he's not telling the truth about islamic terrorists. they actually do hate us because of who we are. they said so themselves. they hate us because we're not muslim. see the issue of the Dabiq called, "breaking the cross".

[@amitshukla8826]

@@TheNemesis442 Agree. Religious fanatics do not follow logic but follow dogma.

[@bernardoohigginsvevo2974]

He's "so right" because he retroactively changes his opinions on things. At 40:10 he talks about how we convinced Israel to get on board with Iraq. In 2004 (I think that's the year), he wrote an essay about how the "Israel Lobby" had pulled America into Iraq, and now he says the opposite is the case. It's hard to be wrong when you keep moving the goalposts.

[@konservativtnorge.2032]

Its 2022 and this lecture ages better and better. I bet you can come back in 2030, and its still aging well. We are on the DECLINE. How to make the BEST OF IT..?!?.

[@lindachan9505]

Great lecture. Thank you John. Was never interested till I heard your lectures.

[@paulwalker3816]

This was a brilliant speech. Wow.

[@petenrita]

You need the right kind of student body for these kinds of lectures. U of C students are very fortunate.

[@richiesd1]

John Mearsheimer is very structured and academic in his thinking. He sticks to the first principles of geopolitics instead of going down “good guy, bad guy” narratives.

[@Hands2HealNow]

University of Chicago has a gem.

[@hanijouda282]

He’s absolutely 100% correct I’m myself a Palestinian and I don’t hate American values , I love democracy and freedom of speech, religion and enterprise and I really appreciate most of the founding fathers But I do hate the US policies regarding Israel and the middle east in general They’re literally funding war crimes I believe 100% if most Americans saw what’s really happening here in Gaza and ignored the media lies they would be disgusted by their war industrial complex

[@MeMe-lm9bm]

Following you and admire you so much. Thank you for your time.

[@levanmelikishvili4373]

Great lecture! Thank you John

[@tommyodonovan3883]

This is John's best lecture, he's in his element, teaching.

[@refuge42]

I've said this before and it bears repeating he isn't teaching here he's pontificating. He has a model of the world and he wants to match the world to the model he has in his head. And by the way his book w/ Walt, ' The Israel Lobby' was a masterpiece.

[@onceinawhile7]

@@refuge42 please elaborate. What points does he leave out in his views?

[@halvardwidere8084]

This is hardcore criticism of American foreign policy, but there is not a single conspiracy theory here. It’s fact-based, coherent and it relies heavily on literature and theory. Vintage Mearsheimer which has aged better than any Bordeaux :)

[@thisisyol]

One of the weirdest beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don't do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. It's believed because it's comfortable.

[@jossmanss7599]

He is just sugar coating history. It is another layer of deception.

[@halvardwidere8084]

@@jossmanss7599 who is sugarcoating history?

[@jossmanss7599]

@@halvardwidere8084 That guy is talking to disinform people of high school level.

[@halvardwidere8084]

@@jossmanss7599 he's a famous professor in international relations

[@clovisra]

J.M. forecasts what would happen 10 years later in Afghanistan. Brilliant!

[@jossmanss7599]

The opioid crisis explode and there is no make sense remain there protecting the poppy fields. Make more sense develop vaccines.

[@georgepaul5843]

Astounding and brilliant assessment of political reality. Professor Mearsheimer to delver his thoughts in lecture is a joy to listen.

[@hiprichhiprich]

You definitely right my friend. Especially mr. Walt's movements. He is adroit with his thoughts. Hope you've bought yourself a copy of their book. It's great!

[@alliesteamc3546]

Very courageous, thank you for sharing!

[@Digmen1]

Great lecture. Needs an update to 2022!

[@amitshukla8826]

Common sense, distilled. Transparent, and Clear thinking Wish people like this got into positions of decisive power : because the wheeler dealers that do, are full of muddle headed thinking.

[@tokyoblur24]

and compelling.

[@El.Duder-ino]

Excellent speech by professor Mearsheimer, he was so much right what will happen👏👍

[@maracay20001]

Excellent lecture, he predicted what it is going on right now !

[@smirhash]

Great Lecture, Cheers from Iran.

[@farzana6676]

Ayatollah regime has got to go.

[@thorsgoldensSong]

33:03! Thanks for speaking the truth.

[@Izual001]

It's great how well he predicted the end of this debacle.

[@alilapointe1]

a towering figure in international relations smashing lecture many thanks for posting.

[@suzegiljer3206]

Great mind very logical,honest and visionary

[@trumanhw]

HOLY shit. Might be my favorite Mearsheimer lecture yet. Whoa. GENIUS!

[@pj61114]

Finally someone who thinks like I do. When I worked 2nd shift at a northern Illinois packaging plant as a line worker I loved listening to UIC professor Milt Rosenberg on Extension 720, as I drove home. Illinois corruption was one of many outstanding topics covered. I listen to Vietnam veterans on KZbin a lot now in retirement. One Black GI said. America likes to tell everyone how to clean their kitchen. But maybe they like the rats and roaches. This is your lecture in a nutshell. The wisdom of humans has nothing to do with the Intelligence quotient of a person. This lecture from 2011 still stands in 2022 as well as that US solders comment.

[@mohammedhanif6780]

It'd 2022 and this talk has seasoned well.

[@farzana6676]

Actually Mearsheimer is wrong in his assessment that they don't hate us for who we are. They most definitely do hate us for who we are. In fact the radical Islamists hate their own people who don't share their Worldview. Think about the actions of ISIS on the Yazidis, the Kurds and the secularists. Or the actions of the Pakistan Taliban on girls that go to school. Or the actions of the Iranian mullah regime against secular elements in their society. To dismiss the notion that they don't hate people who don't share their Islamist mindset is radically naive.

[@tulipsontheorgan]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️John Mearshiemer……can’t get enough

[@dantealighieri7657]

Greetings from Iran - He is absolutely right!

[@farzana6676]

He is wrong. Actually Mearsheimer is wrong in his assessment that they don't hate us for who we are. They most definitely do hate us for who we are. In fact the radical Islamists hate their own people who don't share their Worldview. Think about the actions of ISIS on the Yazidis, the Kurds and the secularists. Or the actions of the Pakistan Taliban on girls that go to school. Or the actions of the Iranian mullah regime against secular elements in their society. To dismiss the notion that they don't hate people who don't share their Islamist mindset is radically naive.

[@TheSpaceMost]

Super good!

[@michaelavilliers-kendall8854]

His words are like a soothing balm of truth; that sometimes stings, (in fact like anti-septic to the opened wound of betrayed trust)

[@trudymccann3671]

Awesome Thinker, I would love to be a Student of his. He gets it!

[@Leo-bt5mz]

The few lectures i have seen despite having spent many years in college listening to lectures even now in grad school, that i am genuinely interested in. Probably would've majored in political science if I didn't have to worry about paying back student loans...so computer science won the selection.

[@teddykiefer]

Just go to the classes and sit-in and learn. You can major in everything eventually and just say you have whatever degree.

[@DomskiPlays]

How did you manage to pass Algebra? I'm doing CS right now and am more interested in these topics AND I can't pass Algebra

[@KennyVibes465]

@@DomskiPlaysLinear?

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

Prof. Mearsheimer you have taught at U of Chicago for 42 years! congratz

[@lalahoo6379]

Fantastic lesson!

[@SH-jg5zq]

Thanks!

[@guiller2371]

Great lecture, by which I conclude that pride rather than responsibility has been a key factor to the continuous misleading international politics that has created this mess around the globe.

[@guiller2371]

To spread Democracy without values of altruism and civil responsibility it's nuts. You can't give what you don't have You need to conquer with ideas the people who righteously hold the power in those countries to bring democracy will align with. If your force of change is simply your weaponry and your money, you will only attract corruption and become the enemy of true power.

[@onceinawhile7]

Unmitigated power of the US produces arrogance, superiority, dismissal of others concerns and a feeling of invincibility. That’s why even know we don’t tread lightly regarding the very real nuclear threat that Putin would warn about if Ukraine would get involved with the west, and Russia’s own security concerns

[@jaye1006]

10 years ago, he predicted exactly what happened in Afghanistan in 2021

[@mmad3130]

It's amazine how 11 years ago, he is right about much of what he said we would have and not have, today.

[@bernardoohigginsvevo2974]

In his big 5 problems he didn't mention anything about China, which is many times more severe than Israel and Palestine, Iran, North Korea, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Even then when we were in the heat of our wars, we should have been focusing on China, or even Russia.

[@hansdejong705]

Just excellent !!! (and I heard many !!)

[@carlosmbaziira4137]

This chap is brilliant. Impressively brilliant 😁👌

[@rderouck]

The accuracy of his prediction about Afghanistan, a decade before the Taliban take-over, is mind-blowing

[@bogdanski6928]

the Director of Photography does an extraordinary job.

[@luisjgt1]

LOL!!! it's ok just focus on the content

[@dede4004]

You're correct. A good camera guy is VITAL to get a good video made. There are many PARTS to having an effective speech or performance. And, a good person who can smoothly FOLLOW the speaker, does this. His speech wouldn't have BEEN as successful, or effective,, WITHOUT THIS. Good observation.

[@DomskiPlays]

31:00 now that made me laugh out loud! I've never thought of the war like that haha

[@garycarter7383]

Fantastic talk.

[@blacksnow2252]

Wow. Very smart lecture

[@RosaPerez-uu2wg]

You're so wise, my respects to you

[@chrisocony]

It's a great lecture. I take issue with one point however. He says that instead of admitting it is our policies that are the problem, we claim they hate us for who we are. And so the Bush policy was to change who they are, transform the region and spread democracy. No! The Bush Crowd had no interest in spreading democracy! Look at Egypt or Saudi Arabia. Bush et al. knew the public opinion data. "Democracy" was a smokescreen. We were striking regimes who did not take orders from Uncle Sugar.

[@nulltheworm]

We're 9 years removed from this comment, so I don't know if this person will see my response. But Mearsheimer's point is misunderstood here. He agrees with you. He even mentions a tremendous amount of survey and anecdotal data to support your position. He just said the democracy message was the obvious marketing tactic, because otherwise we're at least admitting partial fault up front.

[@chrisocony]

@@nulltheworm I just saw this a few days ago, and was like, what the hell am I talking about? He is saying exactly what I am complaining about. I guess I was hung up on his point that we are spreading "democracy" which I objected to. That he takes it at face value that was what Bush was doing. But now take his point more broadly, Yes we don't care that much but generally democratic countries are not our enemies, and so in that respect, I guess we "promote" democracy. I really like Mearsheimer. Agree or disagree, he is the ideal academic in many ways.

[@nulltheworm]

@@chrisocony The algorithm be bringing us all back together. 😅 But cheers, man.

[@ineshvaladolenc6559]

Yeah, he's just trying to be "politically correct". Packaging it in a way that's acceptable for the American public. If that was me I'd be far more brash in my speech lol then again I have like no filter.

[@farzana6676]

@@chrisocony Actually Mearsheimer is wrong in his assessment that they don't hate us for who we are. They most definitely do hate us for who we are. In fact the radical Islamists hate their own people who don't share their Worldview. Think about the actions of ISIS on the yazidis, the Kurds and the secularists. Or the actions of the Pakistan Taliban on girls that go to school. To dismiss the notion that they don't hate people who don't share their Islamist mindset is radically naive.

[@martinlopez4430]

Brilliant !!

[@quantummath]

wonderful.

[@lg169]

nah... he is very busy lecturing us about racism

[@stephencavuoti6014]

Yes he was hitting right pointing out the way and the Choice and the trouble but never mentioned the Death”s and that was and is the most important .

[@aivel3973]

I like Isolationism the best. We stay out of the business of the world and keep them lit of our business. We only deal with and protect those on this side of the world because this would affect us. There is enough gas and natural resources on this side of the world and in exchange for those natural resources outside of US jurisdiction but on this side of the world, we give them protection to run their countries the way they want to; period. If the people want change, it is up to the people of that country to make change happen. We respect whoever the leader is at the time of their reign as long as they do not mess with our citizens who may be visiting. If enough people want change they can make it happen and it is up to them as a society to get the numbers needed to make change. This way we do not clash with cultural dofferences. We are always in the business of other sovereign countries and even those we are helping ends up hating us because we do not really respect or understand or embody their culture. We always have selfish purposes and we lie about them acting like we care, when we do not. So, in order to remove this waste of time lying and pretending that causes us to be hated, we need to be up front. We can sell them weapons to protect their sovereignty against other nations, but never when they are having civil unrest, this way we are not involved in playing favorites.We then need to make sure every American owns their own land and home, keeping common areas for hunting and fishing. They can grow their own produce and we can sell our produce, meats, fish, and poultry to starving nations as needed, but never to seek to be overloads of our own people. There are enough people in the world whose land cannot produce or sustain their population numbers. With that said, no immigration from the other side of the world. You can visit, but you cannot stay. because you will bring your countries problems and bad habits with you. We would ask this of the countries on this side of the world whom we protect as well. This will bring down the incidence of Pandemics in our lands. We will help other nations as much as we can, but not to the extent of being a part of their wars.

[@farzana6676]

Basically what you are preaching is a North Korean style isolationism. It simply doesn't work in the Modern World.

[@aivel3973]

@@farzana6676 no I am not. Our America First would be Universes apart from N Korea model.

[@alacson100]

30:49 to 31:34 apply cold water on affected area

[@ArikIkirA]

Is like fine wine

[@jameshumfry1256]

This guy is amazing

[@elpompo5166]

This man is a genius! Why Americans don’t push men like this into the White House? We have to stop smoking weed and be serious about the future of our children, be humble and loving to ourselves and the world 🌍

[@pjpredhomme7699]

You would never have a man like him in the white house- not when 74 mill people think a career conman - who has failed at everything he has done - is a genius businessman . - And i don't know what kind of weed you are talking about - but America is more like a meth house

[@kaitlinoneilldalton6951]

2022 and he’s makeing unfortunately perfect sense

[@milcotto4153]

The logical reasoning behind the actions are based on the concept of perpetual wars. Even if all the wars fail, they will be considered as victories from that point of view.

[@johnwhelan9663]

Why in hades does youtube want me to listen to this video so bad? It keeps coming up, again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

[@michaelcrockis7679]

Good one.

[@julieannetortoriello5971]

Thanking God for you

[@objectiveperson6177]

Ahmed Karzai was nominated as President of Afghanistan because the defense contractors who managed disbursement of the aid and investment wanted a crook eg Look at the infrastructure in IRAQ after trillions of investment for the past almost two decades

[@acidbot666]

Likely one of a few sane Americans left on planet earth!

[@sbura_]

14:35 but what are the actual negative consequences for the USA if theres a regional hegemon in the areas he said? He doesnt explain that so with that piece missing I cant understand the reason

[@farzana6676]

The regional hegemon who overpowers his neighbors could eventually threaten the United States or our allies.

[@yangalan3193]

Never thought this prophet-like political science lecture could be so entertaining

[@tigerhuey4051]

I am so sick of KZbin trying to shove this gentleman and particularly this video down my throat. It continues to show up all the time if I leave my laptop unattended for more than a couple videos. KZbin please stop!

[@scottpulver]

A great speaker, articulate, compelling and wrong.

[@GeorgiosMichalopoulos]

His nickname among Chicago students was "Cameraman's Nightmare".

[@mohasahal1771]

Why is that?

[@lss7850]

37:30 "Everybody knows that at some point you're going to leave, and the Taliban are going to stay, so they're very reluctant to work with you" Literally what happened in 2021 with the Afghanistan draw down. How many supporters of Western occupation in Afghanistan were lynched after we left?

[@thegoodpimps]

The Afghans that worked with the USA were traitors, why would America want these people in their own country? any Afghans that wanted to live in America would've come as refugees instead of ever staying in Afghanistan to fight other Afghans.

[@sizzla123]

Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

[@GibbonsTake]

This guy is a smooth talker, you should ask yourself why is youtube recomenndeing him alot.

[@Klmrc]

ask yourself why? it depends in what you have been browsing

[@oscarrobert4725]

LOVE JOHN

[@JonasGuitars]

Very interesting take on foreign policy for sure I say this as someone who has been protesting in Europe since the Vietnam and in the US all the wars Afghanistan and Iraq etc I heard you say spreading democracy was at best difficult ....... Ofcourse the concept of democracy is a joke We certainly do not have democracy here in the US and for that matter anywhere else in the world Let's not be fooled about this concept yes attractive idea. to begin with that is a huge cover for excuses to throw over other governments to exploit it recourses and cheap labor for corporations

[@davidsalcido383]

“About time you updated yourself to other worthwhile endeavors like Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Ed Snowden and Chelsea Manning - All Nobel Peace ☮️ Prize Laureates overlooked by politics.” 😇

[@youtubecomenter3655]

He’s a beast

[@fjficm]

wow, why haven't i heard of this guy before

[@F8Tributo]

I'm 9.5 minutes in- Where did this guy get his crystal ball? This lecture from 10 years ago all came true.

[@faticus5369]

This guy got it right 10 years ago.