Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep444-sa See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. 0:00 - Introduction 3:10 - Marxism 30:55 - Anarchism 45:52 - The Communist Manifesto 54:51 - Communism in the Soviet Union 1:14:45 - Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin 1:24:33 - Stalin 1:31:48 - Holodomor 1:45:38 - The Great Terror 1:58:39 - Totalitarianism 2:09:40 - Response to Darryl Cooper 2:24:49 - Nazis vs Communists in Germany 2:31:11 - Mao 2:36:19 - Great Leap Forward 2:43:20 - China after Mao 2:48:52 - North Korea 2:52:56 - Communism in US 3:00:26 - Russia after Soviet Union 3:11:57 - Advice for Lex 3:19:39 - Book recommendations 3:22:38 - Advice for young people 3:29:29 - Hope *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Vejas's Courses: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/vejas-gabriel-liulevicius Vejas's Books: amzn.to/4e3R1rz Vejas's Audible: adbl.co/4esRrHt *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *AG1:* All-in-one daily nutrition drinks. Go to lexfridman.com/s/ag1-ep444-sa *BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling. Go to lexfridman.com/s/betterhelp-ep444-sa *Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration. Go to lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep444-sa *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep444-sa *Eight Sleep:* Temp-controlled smart mattress. Go to lexfridman.com/s/eight_sleep-ep444-sa
@hamadwaqar394818 сағат бұрын
Thank you for this podcast!!❤
@AbMd-ru1gz18 сағат бұрын
Tayub hossaln 🤲🤝✊🇧🇩👍
@longshotkdb16 сағат бұрын
" I'm living in a silent film Portraying Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality ..." Bowie. Quicksand. Someone read the lyrics, given the whispers concerning his politics. What's all that about ?
@angamaitesangahyando68515 сағат бұрын
I haven't listened to the (evidently marvelous) podcast yet, yet I would view Western Christian liberalism as inherently out of the ordinary in its vehement individualism and anarchism. From that point, both Germany and Russia will seem collectivist, but in a way, all non-liberal ideologies, from Islam to Confucianism, will look likewise. - Adûnâi
@dr.edwardfreeman15 сағат бұрын
30:30 "Marx's chief rival" was not Bakunin, but his fellow Die Freien. Max Stirner. 3/4 of German Ideology is 'reffutation' of Stirner's Der Einzige und sein Eigentum
@OklahomaHu17 сағат бұрын
Two historians back-to-back? What a treat; thank you Lex!
@cwpv247715 сағат бұрын
and both talk about the same things in different times haha
@cyborgsnowman12 сағат бұрын
True
@Gio3481111 сағат бұрын
Dude had such a dogshit interview with Trump he had to make up for it somehow
@russ_sibbison10 сағат бұрын
More academics! So much more interesting than politicians and entertainers.
@verrico753658 минут бұрын
@@russ_sibbisonsooo much better!
@NotBlandBlandina16 сағат бұрын
Lex at his best is getting historians in one subject to just pick their brains and let them pour out their knowledge
@rumekpadamrophe91211 сағат бұрын
How privileged are we to get this spectacular lecture for free.
@Qqxx22Сағат бұрын
Great attitude and mind set. Will take you far.
@Povilas.Rudinskis17 сағат бұрын
First amercan Lithuanian on podcast. Vėjas means wind
@xurify16 сағат бұрын
W Lithuania! Baltic 💪
@lukajovanovic365614 сағат бұрын
Who cares
@tylermorrison42014 сағат бұрын
@@lukajovanovic3656 i think his comment was more interesting than yours.
@jamesgreenldn13 сағат бұрын
Winds of Change
@bellaluna73013 сағат бұрын
So? He’s boring. Blah blah blah hot air.
@DonaldAMisc16 сағат бұрын
2 Great Courses historians in a row?! You are on a roll Lex! 😍
@ПавелМатвеев-ж5х11 сағат бұрын
I'm so pleased the guest isn't using mud and dirty stuff at all. He's respectful to every figure.
@BradenDocherty15 сағат бұрын
Love love love when you have historians on!!!
@insogf6 сағат бұрын
Great to see some Lithuanian wisdom on your podcast, Lex!
@Diverse_Interests14 сағат бұрын
Hard hitting and perfect timing. Even just hearing the man speak in the opening was enough to spark interest and intrigue in what he has to say. Thank you.
@Beederda14 сағат бұрын
Since rogan has been really shitting the bed podcasting lex has taken the top spot for me with guests. I mean lex has just been the best podcast since he started podcasting but still bumping rogan off the shelf for me is a feather in the cap
@AndrewDasilvaPLT14 сағат бұрын
Facts.
@Smashingbonejuices13 сағат бұрын
Agree, seems like rogan wouldn't have a historian on unless they were controversial and a conspiracy nut
@electrichorror664213 сағат бұрын
Joes pushed himself into a corner, because now, hes so big he doesnt want to blow anyone up unless they deserve it in his eyes. Agreed whenever he has comedians on i just can't watch it. Probably watch joe once a nonth now. Havent really been into his podcasts.
@vancehutchison283012 сағат бұрын
Agreed. No interested in hearing Rogan talk to comedians and MMA people anymore. Lex gets great interviews, but communism is such toxic bullshit, I have to bail from this one early.
@terrestrialaccessnetwork845612 сағат бұрын
Rogan’s guests are just too fried
@Agapanthah13 сағат бұрын
Religion should be a private thing and not put into the hands of any controlling hierarchy.
@RlsIII-uz1kl13 сағат бұрын
Agreed that's why there's been great reforms in places like Florida that remove the nonsensical socioeconomic theories of the secular woke cult/religion. With that said it's important to distinguish between religions/cultism and our shared Faith. Our society is solidly built upon the Western Canon and atop that hierarchy of work sets The Word of God/The Bible. This not only makes the Bible true but the foundation of truth itself. The sacredness of God's Word/The Bible marks the beginning of the collection of knowledge that's allowing us to have this conversation on every level.
@Agapanthah12 сағат бұрын
@@RlsIII-uz1kl Unfortunately the Bible has been written/rewritten/edited/re-edited by men. The truth of a Creator is all around us, in everything and every nation. The road to the Creator is a personal path of understanding Creation, personal responsibility for one's own actions (whether directly or by influence) and respect for fellow humans. The Ego is not consciousness. The Ego is built out of all the bits and pieces of accumulated experience of a lifetime. Consciousness is everlasting.
@RlsIII-uz1kl11 сағат бұрын
@Agapanthah God's knew what would happen and has blessed the Church/the called out/the elect with the ability to discern truths from lies and destructive form of indifference cloaked under subversive terms like equity diversity inclusion etc. We've watched the rise of transnationalism socialism/globalists socio-fascism (Third Worldism), and through this agenda, a secular religion/cult emerged. This secular religion/cultism is known as woke cultism/religion in the United States. It has its own version within every allied nation that differs somewhat, but all are built upon Hegelianism.
@shelbzillathrilla11 сағат бұрын
Agreed this is why we should not be supporting theocratic ethno states who are founded upon ethnic cleansing
@RlsIII-uz1kl11 сағат бұрын
@Agapanthah we've experienced and will continue to watch what the prized author Samuel P Huntington theorized with the rise of the Civilization.
@LucidityEngine17 сағат бұрын
Awesome guest. I've got my coffee and my blanket. ❤
@Casoul17 сағат бұрын
woo Lithuanian guest! I'm definitely listening to this one
@highdesert42016 сағат бұрын
Dude this is my new favorite channel.... Very deep conversations on very deep subjects. I thought I knew something about something before. Now I know that I barely know anything.... I want to learn, I want to know. Keep it coming.
@briangalloway368412 сағат бұрын
Welcome! 🤗
@johnford460910 сағат бұрын
He's not commercial free anymore, which really pisses me off, but the collection of conversations on this channel are a true education. I try to steer people here, but it has to be a personal choice, and most people simply don't have the presence of mind to seek knowledge. So it's also nice to have a little sense of community here among Lex's viewers. Welcome.
@MrsKatia35 сағат бұрын
From the name and surname I guessed that he is lithuanian, and I was right! That's so cool to see lithuanians on your podcast, kinda feels acknowlegeble ;D
@Basketball-qp5ln17 сағат бұрын
Hey Lex please turn on subtitles it would be very helpful for us(not native americans)
@toadlguy17 сағат бұрын
It may just take time to generate (long video).
@theknowone984617 сағат бұрын
its on now
@JamesYale197716 сағат бұрын
You want the propaganda in text form?
@01dman15 сағат бұрын
Native Americans lmao
@NixonThr336ix14 сағат бұрын
@@JamesYale1977 ahh yes the propaganda about Marxist being anti capital when Marxist/socialists are the most religious capitalist on earth
@pauliuskarlonasmusic16 сағат бұрын
Tu vėjo paklausk Tau vėjas atsakys Tik jis mano, drauge, atsakys. 🤭❤
@pinakkoladaa11 сағат бұрын
Nesupratau truputi 😂 Ziuriu lietuviskas vardas ir pavarde 😂 Dabar aiskinuos kas jis cia toks 😂
@MrTrolisLTU9 сағат бұрын
Fr
@Elcamina14517 сағат бұрын
I loved his Great Courses especially the one on Eastern Europe! ❤
@katkajac16 сағат бұрын
This guy is adorable when he laughs 🥰
@jordizbuciux811816 сағат бұрын
Lithuanians know well about communists well done Lex 2 interesting guests in rolle!!!
@patrickhassing12011 сағат бұрын
Regarding why the communists failed so much on agriculture, and particularly why famine occurred in the 30s (also the 20s with Lenin for the same reason), the point of lack of incentive cannot be stressed enough. Even before the land was snatched, grain quotas were set by both Lenin and Stalin which didn’t establish minimum thresholds of grain, but inversely only allowed so much grain to be kept by the farmer and the rest taken (not sold) by the state. The grain was essentially plundered, and thus the next season successful farmers reduced their intake to basically nothing so as not to have their work taken away from them. These successful farmers had been called kulaks as a derogatory term for wealthy (peasant) farmers. The result of this was famine as one can imagine grain production was destroyed. Lenin’s response was creation of the NEP - New Economic Policy - and allow the peasant farmers to sell on an open market. Stalins response was to accuse the farmers of hiding the grain and get local mobs to kill, ban, and imprison these farmers which, as you can imagine, killed any notion of anybody trying to be more productive than anybody around them. Also it’s important to note the lack of successful farmers left to work the land after they had been dekulakized. This part of history is shamefully unknown in the west, and I myself have only learned it recently. For the sake of respect to the millions upon millions who died for this idea, I implore any reader of this post to find Robert Conquests “Harvest of Sorrow” and read it. The first paragraph of the prelude will justify its importance, over and over and over again.
@itisfinished4U9 сағат бұрын
Amazing how the greatness of communism was only successful when a free market became its foundation.
@mario9318Сағат бұрын
Robert Conquest was not a serious historian but a cold warrior propagandist he is the author of many of the false factoids how about Soviet history (like the 100 million deaths, a totally invented figure) that unfortunately have become common "knowledge" in the West. In 1972 the guardian disclosed that he had learn the ropes of the trade as part of the Information Research Department (IRD) colloquially known as the "Communist Department" , a informational war and propaganda bureau of the British secret service tasked with the creation of narratives to demonize the red enemy and galvanize support for anti-communism. And this is what he did the rest of his life, the Pinnacle of his work was the fear-mongering "What to do when the Russians invade, a survivalist handbook" published just before the USSR collapsed.
@kl12345-u5 сағат бұрын
I'm Chinese American, highly recommend NYT Bestseller Jung Chang's autobiography on Mao, it's so intense & real, he killed so many people... I had to take some short breaks during reading, in order to calm myself down from all the evil he did to the poor Chinese people, it was so overwhelming & insanely cruel. Imagine my grandma got killed in the Culture Revolution & my parents grew up in such an awful period of time in human history, the Chinese people were treated like animals by their own leaders, worse than how Americans treat their dogs... I'm a dog owner, & my dog literally lived better than my parents did growing up in China back in the 60s.
@redaerf2b4142 сағат бұрын
Its like reading Churchill biography by Bengali people.
@kl12345-uСағат бұрын
@@redaerf2b414 Nah, I'd say Churchill was British, different race from Bengal, so kinda racism in it... Mao was killing his own people, Chinese killing mass Chinese, like Emperor killing his own subjects at free will, just to secure his own power. Remember, Chinese culture has no caste system, so this type of killing even in Chinese own thousands history was rare, usually the Emperor did this would get assassinated or rebelled, but Mao lived to die naturally at very old age. He was a master of playing this power game, very cruel & smart. So it'd be more like a Bengali Sultan killing hundreds of millions of poor peasant & well literate Bengali people to secure his ruling power, & even killed his own high gov't officials to prevent them from taking him over & his own family members to make them all obedient... It was sick...
@redaerf2b414Сағат бұрын
@@kl12345-u its exactly like that, you think some liberal runaway gonna make any fair research?
@JesseKanner30 минут бұрын
This episode is utterly heartbreaking. I can't stop thinking about all the misery and pointless suffering. I can't make it all the way through 💔😔
@Diverse_Interests11 сағат бұрын
The talk highlights the importance of reading the primary source material and learning of the history of the time and place where ideology is born. People bat around ideological terminology and use it as labels to discredit each other so no one listens to one another as a tool to discredit with next to no knowledge of what the reality is behind the labels. It’s such a good reminder to actually put in the work, and read just to be on even footing and not be taken advantage of by manipulation.
@olgazavilohhina68546 сағат бұрын
Оба моих деда прошли Вторую Мировую,одна из моих бабушек блокадница.Вторая бабушка перенесла на себе все "прелести" антисемитизма советской эпохи .Мои родители не по наслышке знали,что такое быть "пропесоченными на партсобрании",с "выговор влепили" и лишением тринадцатой зарплаты.Я ,в силу возраста, застала время принудительного марширования под красными знаменами и ношением пионерского галстука и распевания Гимна СССР, совмещаемого с антисемитизмом и ненавистью,вполне обоснованной,к русскому языку,как к символу строя.А так же всеми "прелестями" перестройки.Зная всё это, мне с трудом дается любая цивилизованная дискуссия на эту тему.А более глубокое понимание вопроса, приносит боль,а не облегчение.Но без понимания и знания истории,как бы болезненно это не давалось, будущего нет. Спасибо Вам.
@leonward309912 сағат бұрын
Really enjoying the historians lately! Terrific!
@pickettfury7 сағат бұрын
Would be great to see some eastern historians in the future too.
@gradientboost985716 сағат бұрын
Lex’s question at 25 is amazing
@mattgordon91797 сағат бұрын
Yes unfortunately Russia has PTSD and never did much therapy after the fall of the Soviet Union
@learnbydoing601017 сағат бұрын
The only way to learn from lex podcast is listening from start to end. Cuz most models can not handle summarization of such long video.
@JamesYale197716 сағат бұрын
Define communism...
@s.m.tahsinzaman_272016 сағат бұрын
ml models?
@learnbydoing601016 сағат бұрын
@@s.m.tahsinzaman_2720 large language models
@bellaluna73013 сағат бұрын
If you say so
@mattcurless519813 сағат бұрын
Loving these historical episodes
@ernestasgecevicius829817 сағат бұрын
🇱🇹❤
@tiago08ci17 сағат бұрын
I want to see zizek here!
@Imakulak9 сағат бұрын
We’ve all heard everything that angry midwit has to say.
@Rob-pq4qr7 сағат бұрын
😂
@mariusrutkaus4 сағат бұрын
Who doesn't
@ctesociety95522 сағат бұрын
Ahh slavoj zizek, everyones favorite heretic. Agree he should be on here.
@templecreations235112 сағат бұрын
He’s lithuanian descended, clearly from his name and last name. fun fact, his name means “wind” in lithuanian. it’s pronounced veYAS, not veHas.
@lizgichora647211 сағат бұрын
Very interesting and informative conversation on History facts. Thank you very much Lex Friedman and Vejas Liulevicius.
@AndrewValkauskas14 сағат бұрын
Great guest! Very educated, and a well balanced presentation.
@Diverse_Interests10 сағат бұрын
I forgot the creative people. The true creative types are nonconformists and create ideas and experiences in sound, movement, and visual representation. They too were taken for disposal.
@whynotbeself11 сағат бұрын
I know I'm going to enjoy it tomorrow. Thank you, Санёк! 🙃
@vadim183116 сағат бұрын
First Rome then Hitler and Stalin? What a treat.
@Robinki-eo7nc16 сағат бұрын
Now trump
@templecreations235112 сағат бұрын
a Lithuanian name pronounced VeYAS, not VeHAS like in latin american. Last name is pronounced Liulievi-chius. with the “ch” pronounced like in “chicken”.
@andriussenulis59274 сағат бұрын
He seems to be clearly of Lithuanian origin, can anyone find his biography and his relation to Lithuania?
@mariusrutkaus3 сағат бұрын
He said he was born in Chicago, so interesting question is whether he's first generation Lithuanian-American or second. If his father was invited to Vilnius in 70s or 80s this was most likely done by Jonas Kubilius, so it's interesting to me and I'll look into it. Because it's a separate interesting topic how scientists in soviet occupied Lithuania were reaching out to Lithuanians living abroad even when it was really difficult.
@markomarko38986 сағат бұрын
Wow ! I was so surprised to read Lithuanian name. Awesome
@Frank-s2k2r5 сағат бұрын
Sociology from the past can be fasonating but much would rather listen to modern day sociology and how it relates to humanity's future. I do believe the old "you must learn the past (nomatter how horrific it sounds) so the past doesn't repeat itself" Love you Lex, my favorite podcaster keep up the great work. You are truly inspirational bringing the greatest minds together on your platform to teach the world. :)
@johnford460910 сағат бұрын
I want to see this guy debate Richard Wolf.
@verrico753617 сағат бұрын
More historians!! Ancient Chinese academic!
@TheSSEssesse12 сағат бұрын
Waiting for all the dorks with paperboy hats to show up and throw a fit in the comments ✍️
@longshotkdb16 сағат бұрын
I actually decided to read Marx recently. Not what I was expecting at all. Quickly realised he's been used a lot like atheists and Christians use the bible. Without actually reading it. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by now. Lazy not to of read something and then act like I understood... Experience teaches only the teachable after all.
@Post_and_Ghost15 сағат бұрын
You should read Rousseau. Gives you a huge understanding of liberalism and he’s the guy Marx plagiarized to create communism. Also, remember ROUSSEAU sold his children because they were inconvenient.
@RlsIII-uz1kl13 сағат бұрын
There's no such thing as an atheist they're secular cultists/religious and the overwhelming majority are what's known as secular woke/cultish a form of Hegelianism. It's emerged from the transnationalists socialists/globalists socio-fascists, Third Worldism agenda. They transnationalists socialists/globalists socio-fascists are made up of the permanent political class within every allied nation and unelected globalist oligarchs (not all) who've used neoliberal economic and nonsensical socioeconomic theories after years of methodical acts to remove God from our institutions leaving furtile ground for ideological subversion/indoctrination/grooming a sect of society that thrive off division hate and materialism devoid of morality, objectivism and leading to confusion desperation nihilism and in many cases much, much worse. This is the same group who've used those same neoliberal economic and unconstitutional military acts to financially bend and militarily break those with different cultures and traditions for power wealth and resources in the false name of freedom and democracy.
@sergiodiaz27257 сағат бұрын
Marx and his text have the reputation they deserve.
@antalpoti6 сағат бұрын
@@sergiodiaz2725 they have a much better reputation than deserved. Also, few properly understood the person he was, because even fewer talk about this. The point is: can you separate the person of the pilosopher from his pilosophy? Once you understand the dark aspects of Marx, his ideas portray themselves in a much different light.
@SpocksBro6 сағат бұрын
Regardless, the application of his "philosophy" has been devastating for humanity ever since and it's a tragedy that so many still hang on to it. It's even having a resurgence in the west now when It should be shunned even more than what drove the man with the stubble moustache to do his despicable deeds. The latter regime had some roots in Marxism as well.
@jackryan180911 сағат бұрын
I think the common person doesn't misunderstand the concepts but rather takes comparative government, policy, economic political theory, and practical work (the theorist), and interprets the material (blends) to assess social sciences (the case at hand) through their own reality (personal life variables).
@sparkysmalarkey15 сағат бұрын
Love the fact that he fixes his glasses with his nose, it's oddly reassuring.
@eZiurke16 сағат бұрын
Lithuanian? nice!
@LooKingG00d15 сағат бұрын
Lex 😅😅😅 Vejas isn't pronounced as "Vehas", he's not Hispanic! It's pronounced as "Veh-yas" meaning Wind
@Doran_Krotan17 сағат бұрын
_"We have to protect our democracy!"_ *- Two wolfs, unarmed sheep, what's for lunch?* _"We have to protect our constitutional republic!"_ - *Two wolfs, armed sheep, what's for lunch?*
@CGFakaBigGoat17 сағат бұрын
Lex you’re a national treasure!
@tsarovich23946 сағат бұрын
I have all his great courses on audible. He’s a great historian
@mcmendez037 сағат бұрын
It always fascinates me when I hear about the cruel Generalplan Ost. Two main contributors to this plan were Konrad Meyer-Hetling and Walter Christaller. The plan focused on the agricultural activities of new German colonists in three major areas: the Baltic countries, the Pskov and Leningrad areas, and the Crimea region. There was nothing in that plan regarding the genocide of Slavic people. This plan was announced at the beginning of 1942 and wasn’t noticed by a single higher official of the Third Reich. There’s no evidence this plan was ever presented to Himmler, nor is there evidence it was ever introduced to Hitler. This plan was a some 200-page draft. By 1943, this plan was forgotten, as Germany had other problems in the East. On October 20, 1947, Konrad Meyer-Hetling was present at the Nuremberg trial, where he was tried and released the same day due to a lack of evidence of his crimes against humanity. The Ost plan itself was regarded as having no importance because it was never accepted or confirmed by anybody and did not have any criminal intentions.
@freeloader2473 сағат бұрын
Good take on Holodomor, Vejas. Surprisingly (for a lithuanian) he didnt call it a ukie genocide. The truth is that Bolsheviks hated everyone equally. And same thing that happened to Ukranians happened to Volga Russians. People were a resource for Bolsheviks. Not really humans
@milztempelrowski92816 сағат бұрын
Darryl Cooper went from nobody, to most talked about historian in the 21st century. When does it end? And his series on WW2 didn't even come out yet. So far these are the best counter remarks I've heard on Coopers claims.
@Solange19883 сағат бұрын
Cooper is hardly a historian, he is rewriting history, with his lies.He is nothing but a Nazi sympathiser. So is Tucker Carlson, who gave him a big platform. He just allowed him to regurgitate the vile information without ever contradicting him.
@dustinmosley596514 сағат бұрын
Communism isnt religious in any way, its imitation. The Devil cannot create, only imitate.
@Henry_Jones17 сағат бұрын
Watch the movie Come And See.
@goodyeoman453417 сағат бұрын
Seen it. Overrated in my opinion but with some surreal moments.
@ollieollie6613 сағат бұрын
@@goodyeoman4534overrated by whom?
@goodyeoman45347 сағат бұрын
@@ollieollie66I've read reviews talking about it as if it's one of the greatest films ever. In my opinion, it isn't.
@Henry_JonesСағат бұрын
@@goodyeoman4534best anti-war film and ww2 film.
@goodyeoman453433 минут бұрын
@@Henry_Jones Not for me. An eerie atmosphere, some stand-out scenes, but too much overacting for me, bit too arty in places and a bit ham-fisted with its anti-war message.
@danielnielsen76632 сағат бұрын
Is it time to get Kotkin back on the pod? This one was amazing btw, loved it.
@jaitanmartini14784 сағат бұрын
High quality stuff!! Thankss Lex.
@FrictionFive7 сағат бұрын
Prof. Liulevicius is spectacularly eloquent, but he’s got no idea how to tell a joke! 😂
@yuliyasimonov823317 сағат бұрын
Communism and fascism share several common traits, particularly the gap between their ideals and real-world outcomes. Both ideologies are marked by totalitarianism and a disregard for reality, choosing instead to enforce their own narratives. This disconnect often led to brutal consequences, that was hidden from their reality : such as the killing of their own people in Soviet gulags and the extermination of others during the Nazi regime in Germany.
@ilovemyfans1113 сағат бұрын
Is it possible to be a marxist and dislike Stalin & the gulags? Would Marx have approved of them?
@yuliyasimonov823312 сағат бұрын
Marx, Lenin, Hitler, and Stalin all shared the same end goal-a vision of a perfect society. In my opinion, there is no such thing as 'perfect'; there is only 'better.' Attempting to implement 'perfect,' especially through force, always results in oppressive regimes. The 'imperfect' aspects of society that must be hidden in this so-called “perfect “ world ultimately lead to failure.
@ilovemyfans1112 сағат бұрын
@@yuliyasimonov8233 Absolutely ludicrous to put Marx and Lenin in same basket as Hitler. Where did Marx, Engels, or Lenin speak of perfect? Is it an iron law of history to have an exploitative class? Have you ever thought about why the state in Marx and Lenin's theory was that the state would whither once the working class takes power in enough parts of the world? Obv you cannot have socialism in one country but especially USSR. As professor in video says the Bolsheviks knew this as they were hoping for much more industrialized Germany to overthrow the bourgeoisie. Trotsky understood this and is why he was exiled and killed. Stalin lies and says we have achieved socialism in one country when Lenin said himself that we have only achieved state socialism.
@keahilumho891410 сағат бұрын
@@ilovemyfans11authoritarianism
@itisfinished4U9 сағат бұрын
Right lol and dummies today think that if "we" do it with a little tweak and all our modern intellecualism it will be this euphoria. Newsflash, it will never work because humans are innately selfish and sinful and will always degrade into authoritarianism and tyranny.
@209Richsta7 сағат бұрын
Thats not Trotsky next to Lenin and Stalin. Its Mikhail Kalinin
@Maximustard18 сағат бұрын
These are a few of my favourite tyranical regimes
@Livvvid17 сағат бұрын
as a freedom loving capitalist..... I still have a fascination with tyrannical regimes lol. Always play as them in historical games ahha.
@RlsIII-uz1kl12 сағат бұрын
Your profile Pic is on point. The secular woke cult/religion emerged from the transnationalists socialists/globalists socio-fascists, Third Worldism agenda. This makes the now tiny dwindling minority of wokesters, fascists by default without the self-awareness or intellect to realize that fact. Fascism is never on the RIGHT side of history. Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords.
@tonykaze12 сағат бұрын
Sure but the US is worse. The only difference is that they won.
@Juttargoe11 сағат бұрын
Sic semper tyrannis
@bradabar201217 сағат бұрын
Great Guest !!!
@skemberry17 сағат бұрын
You are not immune from propaganda
@joecool973916 сағат бұрын
Well at its deepest root propaganda is just the spread of information If youre shopping for a car and your sister tells you Hyundai offers the better value compared to a Toyota and you go out and buy one as opposed to a Toyota...youve both been subject to propaganda
@TheSSEssesse13 сағат бұрын
@@joecool9739 this seems like a bit of a stretch. This is just a statement of opinion. Propaganda seems like a bit of hyperbolic word to use in that instance lol
@joecool973912 сағат бұрын
@@TheSSEssesse Its an extreme example to demonstrate what propaganda actually is Now suppose that instead of the buyer's sister personally telling them to buy a Hyundai they see a commercial on TV instead The Hyundai commercial lays out better options and financing for a Hyundai compared to a Toyota Wouldnt that be propaganda as well? The difference is the outlet and not the message itself
@Globalprospective12 сағат бұрын
Real question is what system shows the truth most? If propaganda causes you to live a better life like the Toyota purchase, maybe the cultist group knowledge of cars helps people get better things? If I go to church and my life is better because of decisions I make, but instead of I go to college and my life falls apart from all the knowledge, who is more true, collage or the church?
@somethingginterestingg427512 сағат бұрын
If you think you are less likely to be suffering from propaganda than the guy who had read 100s of books and spent 10,000 + hours of search on this...well id consider you may be the one
@Giwrgos.DretakisСағат бұрын
Most informative podcast i know of. I would appreciate if the next topic of discussion would be exclusively about research in STEM fields.
@nancydupuis808311 сағат бұрын
I love these serious historical discussions!
@pozpoz-hj3dc11 сағат бұрын
Great episode. Can you please bring on Frank Dikotter? I think a whole episode just covering China’s recent history over the last 100 years would be awesome, from the collapse of the Qing Dynasty to China’s recent rise as a global superpower, and everything in between.
@kostadin_ristovski17 сағат бұрын
One more video, and it's enough for today.
@maggieelizabeth-qk1ir11 сағат бұрын
Karl Marx was married with 7 children (4 died as children), rarely worked for wages or a salary and consequently his wife and children lived in poverty. His friend Engels gave him money so essentially Marx was a beggar. He also was an adulterer; he impregnated a woman who was a “maid” and she had his illegitimate son whom he did not support either. He was obviously arrogant, irresponsible and unbelievably self absorbed. Not a real Man at all. Why is it that when discussing writers, philosophers and other so called “great men” their character is left out of the discussion? Quite frankly, character and behavior are important when evaluating someone’s writings or other “work/contribution”. It’s hard to take any one seriously who is such a reprobate. Maybe if more people would look closely at Marx's incredibly flawed character his writings would not be viewed as plausible and more would see the hypocrisy and flaws in his inane ideas.
@nancydupuis808311 сағат бұрын
Yes, Marx was a dead beat Dad and a moocher. A most unpleasant person.
@itisfinished4U9 сағат бұрын
Exactly, if a man can't take care of his own household without becoming a moral reprobate how in the world could he possibly be trusted to establish a societal euphoria in nations of hundreds of millions of people? Just like American politicians, do what I say not what you see me do.
@laurenyoung50199 сағат бұрын
Nailed it
@Floggingday8 сағат бұрын
Great men are almost always bad men.
@leonfa2598 сағат бұрын
Never judge Ideas by their author. Art and Artist should be seen apparent from each other. Marx as much as one dislikes him and his character was flawed had a huge influence on the world.
@damarcuscolfer148513 сағат бұрын
Keep hearing some Tom Hanks in his voice.
@mariusrutkaus3 сағат бұрын
Well FU because I'm just in the middle and I won't be able to unhear it
@miki-i60947 сағат бұрын
Lex, when is your Ukraine visit vid coming out? Or were the honest Ukrainian opinions too much for you?
@MichaelSmith-fp3on17 сағат бұрын
Gonna pop a pervitin for this one
@azeers197516 сағат бұрын
Nice 🙄
@tasneembel861318 сағат бұрын
i was literally wondering when will this be dropped
@niloyahmed779217 сағат бұрын
Thanks for these conversations lex. Keep up the good work.
@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices17 сағат бұрын
Good and bad are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱
@rogerforsythe53104 сағат бұрын
All modern governments are predicated on the notion that a small group of people know better how to manage your life than you do. It's frightening to think about how much power we willfully delegate to them. Furthermore, their concern has never been for the people, but rather for the self preservation of their privileges paid for by the use of force through taxation. This is all done under the guise of being Benevolent. What a wonderful occupation, to use other peoples money and take credit for what you do. Imagine if I went around the neighborhood and seized money by force from each of one of my neighbors and then used it to build a playground. Look at me, look what I did for you.
@Cypekeh16 сағат бұрын
more historians pls
@Mister.Unknown2 сағат бұрын
A Putin interview in full Russian is coming and you know it . . .
@damoregan1743Сағат бұрын
Lex has pulled it out of the bag again with this podcast
@andysenadbajric13 сағат бұрын
Great interview!!!
@JasonWhitewick15 сағат бұрын
Best Great Courses historian right here!
@strangehyenas16 сағат бұрын
Fuuuuck I needed to sleep, and this drops :( Thanks Lex!
@bellaluna73013 сағат бұрын
Puts me to sleep!
@chrisknutson3115 сағат бұрын
Another Great Courses veteran! Lex digging the Humanities. Don't say soft science. Great guests.
@mario93185 сағат бұрын
And indeed there was a worker's revolution on its way in Germany, what happened then with the guy with the mustache and so on confirm Marx theory that radical revolution was needed and no bourgeois democracy would allow fundamental change in a peaceful way.
@justanghozzst82183 сағат бұрын
If you mean Hitler and the Nazi party they privately wrote about how hilarious it was that they got away with pretending to be communist. They used all their terminology for support (believing nothing of it) and gaslit the communist leaders.
@LuiZ-jy1pi6 сағат бұрын
I'd love to hear his opinion on the take whereby "the cold war did not end and communism is very much alive today". I believe it is true. The communist ideals still linger on many places.
@JanLie198 сағат бұрын
Welcome to Lex University… another great show. Keep it up
@davedavisness10 минут бұрын
When are you interviewing Christopher Bollyn?
@ChristopherRyans18 сағат бұрын
Exciting title 😮😅
@MeridiusMaximus14 сағат бұрын
Can't wait to watch it I love history any period. So cool you decided to do it.
@Hitchike2galaxy11 сағат бұрын
Now bring Derril Cooper for a complete picture
@julijal212Сағат бұрын
Shocked to see Lithuanian name here, gotta watch now!
@madasamadas8 сағат бұрын
Brilliant and thought provoking - thank you.
@dr.edwardfreeman15 сағат бұрын
30:30 "Marx's chief rival" was not Bakunin, but his fellow Die Freien. Max Stirner. 3/4 of German Ideology is 'reffutation' of Stirner's Der Einzige und sein Eigentum.
@leonfa2598 сағат бұрын
Utopia by Thomas man also aligns very closely
@ciciwilson108913 сағат бұрын
Thank you lex, I love your podcast.. I'm continually learning every show, just love knowledge..
@bahmet692813 сағат бұрын
Hello tuners, hope that we get informed in this podcast, share ur opinons down below
@motopaediatheview92842 сағат бұрын
Great Subject, thanks both.
@stephenclapp151218 сағат бұрын
When is Lex hosting the debate between Harris & Trump
@hyvatystavat18 сағат бұрын
That would be huge, unlikely, but huge!
@johnchristopher303217 сағат бұрын
Too hard to control the outcome. Neither side will agree to it.