Where Russia is Winning: The World War of Ideas

[@davidstarkeytalks]

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[@chiritaalex]

basically doc, everybody is switching to a national socialist economy, and the western based world jewry doesn't like it, therefore putin bad. "socialism with chinese characteristics" ring a bell?

[@theculturedjinni]

I would argue that Russia/Putin does not have the majority of the non-western world on his side. It is more that they are not against him...that is not the same as supporting him.

[@nickyb6435]

How great it is to hear someone knowledgeable talk without any awful reenactments or rubbish visuals. Better than any television channel is doing.

[@DS9TREK]

Visuals are never rubbish. You're being a bit snobbish there.

[@cyngaethlestan8859]

If you're old enough you might be reminded of A. J. P. Taylor's television talks. (for avoidance of doubt, this is meant as a compliment)

[@paulinerodgerson2476]

This is the most eloquent of historians I have heard lectures from. I wish I had a brain like his.

[@nickyb6435]

@@cyngaethlestan8859 exactly who I thought of.

[@nickyb6435]

@@DS9TREK Snobbish?moi? Just ask my sommelier. 😁

[@derekmills1080]

David, you are a prize amongst historians; 'Reading tealeaves is Bidenology'. I drank a superb malt after hearing that comment and was enthralled with the remainder of your talk. Finishing with a true pearl of wisdom; 'only if we understand, can we react properly', a profound, erudite comment. I would suggest that these talks would be real food for the intellect if synthesised into book form. Thank you again for a superb talk.

[@theoilandgasresourceportal2132]

Good to see Starkey getting back on TV and radio. He speaks for many people in Britain that lack his platform, intellect and brilliance

[@seniorslaphead8336]

He isn't on TV or Radio, both of which are more or less dead. He is however all over the new media, thankfully.

[@DJRockford83]

@@seniorslaphead8336 gets on GBNews a fair bit thankfully

[@kennethhenry6096]

@@DJRockford83 TalkRadio has him regularly too. He’s been no platformed by BBC,ITV,SKYNews and C4 by the look of it. Their loss and their viewers/listeners loss. He’s much better when there’s time to hear him lay out his views this way anyway.

[@katielain6519]

@@kennethhenry6096 Who watches those bastions of propaganda run by globalists anymore?

[@kennethhenry6096]

@@katielain6519 well that’s where you’ll see and hear him if you still want to watch news from the legacy media. Or on his own KZbin channel and some others.

[@larsfars2070]

Its great to hear a non propaganda perspective and to have such a complex situation put into context. If people would stop listening to the media and listen to cool heads like yours then the world would be a much safer place

[@70AD-user45]

The sheeple are being brainwashed into hating Russia, like the 2 minutes of hate in the film 1984, when 13 thousand ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine have been killed since 2014 by Ukrainian neo nazis. You don't hear that in the propanganda of mainstream media.

[@MrTangolizard]

The media didn’t create this problem Putin did

[@michel6659]

This man is amazing. I could listen to him all day. Great stuff, Mr Starkey.

[@fomcgirl]

Thank you for laying this out so beautifully. So few are discussing the significant global shift that is occurring.

[@gc2161]

Whether you agree or disagree with him, he is knowledgeable and highly skilled at arguing his case. It is a privilege to hear this level of deep analysis.

[@GeorgetownDude]

"He is knowledgeable and highly skilled", and yet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he cannot correctly pronounce Putin's name. Right,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@andsowot]

@@GeorgetownDude Sorry, is your poor grammar with or without irony?🤨

[@GeorgetownDude]

@@andsowot What poor grammar?

[@andsowot]

@@GeorgetownDude That you even have to ask,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,proves my point🤨

[@GeorgetownDude]

@@andsowot If one makes an allegation, and declines to explain it when challenged, it does NOT "prove one's point"; it totally undermines it.

[@SPTO]

I never knew David Starkey has a youtube channel! He's one of the most intelligent and eloquent historians on the planet today. Whether you agree with him or not it's ALWAYS a pleasure to hear him speak.

[@Apollo_Mint]

I found myself wholeheartedly applauding David when the video ended. He is the sort of person we should have in Cabinet, or at least in the House of Lords. He has enviable knowledge of history as well as an astute understanding of the present, which coupled with a logical analysis of the facts at hand (having filtered out the media propaganda) provides a reasoned, robust, and reliable perspective.

[@odinsraven116]

I had never wondered about this before, but certainly David is so very suitable to be in the House of Lords. Doesnt it seem strange that he is not?

[@rafaelrivasducca3979]

I fully agree, indeed.

[@VernonStradling]

A great talk. Amusing how the very people who decry the colonialism of the British Empire are the most enthusiastic exporters of "Western values".

[@Eris123451]

A good lecture. On the Tudors Starkey is a historian of the very first rank, but I sometimes think that his other stuff is a bit opinionated, sometime trite and occasionally even a bit superficial; so it has been a delight and also an education to listen to him ruminating with his formidable intellect on current events. Some of his conclusions are self evident and I'd arrived at them independently, but much of it and particularly the analysis with which he supports those conclusions is clear, well reasoned, keenly observed and erudite. Half an hour well spent.

[@andsowot]

I'm sure this former CAMBRIDGE DON values your assessment🤨

[@Eris123451]

@@andsowot It's a good job I'm here then isn't it ?

[@glacialmobbs7657]

@@Eris123451 ,undoubtedly

[@Engel888]

Superb. What a privilege to have Starkey's commentary

[@LexFez]

Another great podcast. Loving the content, Sir David. Please keep jabbering.

[@barrywalsh7926]

This monologue should be broadcast across America. It would be far more informative than anything that any American politician had said on international relations.

[@janetbarkwith6369]

A damned sight more intelligent, too.

[@lebeautymarq8834]

The American public are purposefully kept in the dark through CIA programs like Operation Mockingbird.

[@christopherrobbins9985]

Would love to hear a conversation between David Starkey and John J. Mearsheimer. RUBUS is dubious. Multi-Polar world is emerging.

[@chuk6551]

A very cogent analysis of international affairs. Thank you for this powerful insight.

[@margyrowland]

Excellent to get informed unbiased information delivered with David’s usual engaging style. Cheers from South Australia 🇦🇺

[@MiddleAgedBrit]

Thank you David for another well argued point of view.

[@grantchallinor5263]

I can't understand why Dr.Starkey, when talking about the West's intervention (and meddling) in the internal affairs of countries like Afganistan, Libya, Syria and Serbia (at around 16 mins) - didn't mention the Ukraine, as I'm sure, what happened in the run-up to the Ukrainian election in 2014 (and since in the country) is a key factor in where we are now. Dr.Starkey is absolutely spot-on when he talks about America trying to impose its own "Rules-based" system on other countries.The US have never really understood/grasped any system/culture that's different to its own, and too often regarded that as a threat. The US's foreign policy, focused accordingly, has been catastrophic and appalling - the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children in the 1990s being just one of a long list of atrocities caused by it.

[@jimmyart007]

Absolutely sensational. If only we had this level of clarity in the upper echelons of Western leadership. Bravo, David, bravo.

[@chunkymonkey55555]

Couldn't agree more Sir. I remember Biden before he was "elected" and he was saying how he was going to deal with North Korea and he was like "Well first of all you tell them what you want them to do and what will happen if they don't do it" and at that time I thought 'OMG this guy is an idiot' little could I imagine the present day when we are now staring down the barrel of Armageddon because of his incompetence.... Sometimes in life it is necessary to cut cards with the devil.

[@robinlillian9471]

Did you expect there to be no consequences? Trump yells and screams, but it is all a dramatic bluff. All "Rocket Man" had to do to get around him was to send him a few kiss ass letters with ridiculous compliments. At least Biden seriously thinks through consequences for bad behavior. Unfortunately for Ukraine and Russia, Putin had to test the limits the hard way. The Russian economy is destroyed while thousands of innocents die in Ukraine, and what for? Just one man's ego.

[@elss8717]

@@robinlillian9471 Agree 100%

[@johnleckieWATP]

@@robinlillian9471 Are you a crazy person, try and keep Trump out of your head when trying to think, l know it's hard for people like you and @Els s but for the sake of humanity please try.

[@garytallowin6623]

@@johnleckieWATP Some one brought up biden so all the other side has to counter with that is trump, in 2022 whataboutism is all they have.

[@70AD-user45]

@@johnleckieWATP If Trump was still president, none of this would have happened. Putin has seen America's weakness in demented Biden. Trump's presidency in 2020 was stolen so they could put this demented imbecile in "power". You sound like an ignorant imbecile.

[@coleendoughty4948]

David, you are a living legend pal, all the best my son.

[@pfranks75]

David Starkey has good insight and a sense of humor!

[@doravernon1511]

David Starkey is right on point as usual. He says what others dare not say. India, Turkey and China are not on the side of NATO, however, once the Eastern bloc had fallen, there was no need for NATO to exist.

[@1258-Eckhart]

Turkey is a member of Nato.

[@stevebbuk]

He doesn't say that here and I doubt he has said that anywhere. If he did then he is wrong.

[@doravernon1511]

@@stevebbuk it's a fact those sovereign states are not on the side of NATO and it is also fact that NATO was set up as a defence against aggression by the Soviet bloc, once the Iron Curtain had fallen it had become redundant, as such, but they went on recruiting more member states.

[@stevebbuk]

@@doravernon1511 More nonsense. Read your history books as to what land Russia stole from Finland, Poland and Germany, the Baltic States invasion of 1940, not to mention the tanks rolling in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 then get back to me..

[@Paerigos]

Well how to put it bluntly- If NATO didnt exist then everyone who managed to escapce the prison that the eastern block is would have to make a new one to constantly be ready to fight russians if they ever tried to grab influence in the state USSR anexed again. Maybe it would be better as we wouldnt be hampered by likes of Germany and such who tried to appease Russia constantly at our expense.

[@marijaokic2427]

Another marvelous analysis! Regards from Serbia.

[@mickhurley7305]

Superb analysis and commentary. Only by looking at both sides like David is doing can we get out of this mess.

[@martinplatt5928]

Wonderful to watch a man who is not only very knowledgeable but speaks his mind. I would love to meet this man just to have a beer with him. I believe he would be highly entertaining and I would learn from him too.

[@CrystalJ7]

you can do if you attend The New Culture Forum annual conf in London on 23rd April. There is a great line-up of speakers including the lovely Mr Starkey! 🙂

[@boogieboxmusic4331]

Thanks David for clarifying this important idea..

[@janmulcahy1458]

We only live in a society with the veneer of democracy unfortunately.

[@robinmorritt7493]

Nailed it. ✅

[@janmulcahy1458]

@@will123134 did you miss the bit where David was speaking of democracy only existing in 20 per cent of the world?

[@janmulcahy1458]

@@robinmorritt7493 why, thank you kindly

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Globalisation destroyed the nation state democracy decades ago. We are ruled by international finance and oligarchs now.

[@janmulcahy1458]

@@evolassunglasses4673 preach brother 😁

[@skeletonkeysproductionskp]

Spot on! As a fellow KZbinr, I have a video coming out this Friday about "Geopolitics in 21st Century: Atlanticism vs Eurasianism" that covers Professor Starkey's point on the competing values of the Atlantic world vs the World Island (Eurasia).

[@cheri238]

Thank you , Professor Dave Starkey. I learn a lot. Your chuckles give us hope and clarity ❤️

[@garethwigglesworth8187]

Peace and happiness to everyone

[@tobyyorke2539]

You’re not the dalai llama

[@cshelley5658]

Any regime can force you too be happy. In the Soviet Union depression was illegal- they invented 'positive thinking'. Why? Simple- you if you lived under Communism were already 'living in paradise' so any sadness at your poverty or lack of free speech Ect. made you according to the Soviets- insane. I wish you misery, and 2 pints of lager to fix that 🇬🇧 😄 🍻

[@cshelley5658]

@@tobyyorke2539 he might be in another life- careful mate, they have special powers 😅

[@Hopeful_Nomad]

I do hope Dr Starkey reads these comments ....People have made some really interesting points .....life is full of learning 👌

[@loyiso5803]

Dr Starkey, fascinating analysis.

[@celtspeaksgoth7251]

I'm waiting to hear his pronouncement on the news released a week or so ago that the British Left now have the green light from their diversity co-travellers to completely 're-imagine' our history in schools.

[@ronschaffer]

I am glad to see that David Starkey, whom I greatly admire, has finally come to his senses and is articulating an intelligent and realistic view about the current Russia Ukraine situation. Prior to to this cogent broadcast I was dismayed that he was sucked up the maelstrom of Russophobia lunacy that has blinded the European US elites and their pathetic drones.

[@robinlillian9471]

I don't blame the Russians. Just Putin. The end is a foregone conclusion. The people of Ukraine will fight back with whatever weapons they have until the Russian army leaves, however long that takes. Russia may have the superior army, but Ukraine has time and determination on their side. This will end the same way Afghanistan did for both Russia and the U.S. Sooner or later the invaders become fed up and exhausted and go home. It took India hundreds of years to get rid of the British, but hopefully this won't last as long. Too bad so much death and destruction has to come first.

[@robinlillian9471]

Additional: Drones are VERY effective weapons. They are cheap, extremely destructive, and there is no risk to the lives of the operators. They kill and destroy from a distance, but are so small that they are almost undetectable before it's too late.

[@wolfiestreet6899]

@@robinlillian9471 Very good sir, very good. They are also perfect order takers without question or rebuttal and lack any imagination or creativity, holding only the opinions programmed into them.

[@lydiamalone1859]

Exactly. I can't figure out why people can't see there is a huge problem with both sides. I can understand why Russia did not want to live with biolabs near their border. Kinda like how America could not live with nuclear weapons in Cuba.

[@turquoiseowl]

@@lydiamalone1859 It occurs to me that Ukraine is precisely - in fact literally - to Russia what the Scottish Borders would be to England should Scotland ever go independent. What indeed would _we_ hope from Westminster should the Scottish government then be ousted by a violent coup orchestrated by, say, the CCP prior to their bases and missiles being installed in those same borderlands.

[@guusben]

As usual a very good talk. Thank you! I got as far as two of Sergey Lavrov's alternative doctrine to rules-based system of the West: 1- non interference in internal affairs 2- all countries have got the right to develop in their own according to their national, cultural and confessional characteristics (only 20% of the world lives in a full democracy) 3- what was the third one, I cannot find reference to it...

[@stevebbuk]

..that we are living in a multi-polar world and by implication the USA and its acolytes should respect other countries doing things differently.

[@jackdanielsamarreto]

Excellent mr Starkey you are a very knowledgeable individual and I love your speeches

[@blackbaron0]

This really puts into context the failure of Western Foreign Policy over at least the last 20 or so years. Imposing your own values on others simply doesn't work, even if yu can do so through might. Eventually there will be a rekindling of tradition with at least some and a kick back against the power that is in charge. Of course The Soviet Union tried to do the same in Afghanistan, and that was hardly a success. I'm not sure how Lavrov's doctrine worked in Syria mind, but in general it seems to be the case. It was certainly foolhardly for Europe to think trade with Russia and indeed China would allow Western values to permeate and eventually take over these countries values and ideas. That is not to say there should not be trade, far from it. In general though it is better perhaps to allow those in these countries who do not share the values and who have likemindedness with the West to bring their minds to places that better suit them. I'm thinking here of all the benefit of those who went to the West post WWII. Of course these benefits will always be fleeting because of spys, and of course once it's out there it can be copied at least in some ways. At least though the benefits can be exploited first by running such a system that allows whatever it is to be developed first. It will also be interesting to see how economic prosperity moves forward in all these countries. By embracing Capitalism, China for instance has made much progress as a country in terms of economic development, as have many other countries. Of course, this has brought its problems too, which are being bigged up by many a politician across the World. China has a history of reaching out to the world, and then turning in, and going bckwards as a result. History repeating?

[@neilsaunders9309]

It's important to remember that the "Western values" currently being promoted - often by means of military force (or at least the threat thereof) - by the Neoconservatives (along with their "woke" fellow travellers on what now passes for the Liberal-Left) are emphatically *not* the time-honoured traditions of our societies or their enduring cultural products, but such hollow reeds as Neoliberal economics and aggressive Identity Politics, whose history as distinct notions is barely 40 or 50 years old and whose coherence, such as it is, as movements is even younger.

[@neilsaunders9309]

@Fire Starter I'm pretty sure those are the only "Western values" currently on offer.

[@Nphen]

Fairly basic to think that the US brought only "trade" when the Soviet Union fell. We brought gangster oligarchy to a system that would have still been functioning if we hadn't sanctioned them for decades. Life expectancy declined as suicide & crime increased. Prostitution ran rampant as sometimes the only way to pay the bills. Paid for by Western tourists. Those are the "values" that the West brought to Russia and the former Soviet states. Women became less equal and more abused than under the Soviet system. The fact is in many areas, 50% to 65% of people wanted the Soviet Union to remain intact. Not to say it was perfect, obviously. But just to get people to understand the Communist party is the second largest party in Russia, and that in 1999, Russia was desperate for leadership when they turned to Putin as a strongman. He delivered economic results, which is what our own leaders spend trillions on and start wars trying to do for us here in the US.

[@MEF1215]

Well done David Spot on a good analysis which show the ignorance of the West and a failure to see the world as it is. I was in discussion with a professional medical man from Afghanistan and his vies on the war there was basiclly “ the people of Afghan have no concept of democracy as for thousands of year it was ruled by one autocrats after another.”. As you have stated different nation have differing cultural religious economic etc View and the UN for me has tried to be like Colonialists and not everyone agree with that. Keep up the good work and its good to hear some one speak freely on this subject

[@ianelliott8224]

Excellent analysis David

[@monicageller9613]

An extremely well balanced view, thank you

[@WillowUfgood]

Thank goodness for you, David Starkey.

[@cshelley5658]

You may have noticed the EU Diplomat 'simply' referring to peace in the 'South East of The World' individual China/Russia were not mentioned. I would like to work with your project behind the scenes, I am a relatively young Historian & Radio Presenter myself- I was short listed as a screenwriter for Channel 4 before the sin of looking at both sides of an issue- where best to get in touch? Best & Thank-you. Dr Shelley-Nicholl

[@draganjagodic4056]

Dear Mr. Starkey, it is pleasure to listen to Your analysis and I sincerely admire Your knowledge. At one point however, I do feel necessity to disagree with You: Western intervention in Serbia should have occured much, much earlier. Thus, many lives would have been spared in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. Even more, the western Intervention in Serbia should have been done more consequently. Serbs and Serbian politicians, Serbian Church and Serbian "Academy" still pursue their ambitions from 19th century and their criminal ideology of "greater Serbia", and they are even openly threatening neighbouring nations with new expellings, new genocides, with new "Vukovars" and "Srebrenicas". Today, Serbs are the only nation in the World, where massive rallies of support to Putin's aggression take place and where these ominous "Z" are being worn publicly. Thank You for the opportunity to bring this information to Your audience.

[@chrisherne6454]

Good one Starkey! That was an incisive appraisal of reality. Let me add a few points. Yes, if we count the countries that are behind the sanctions, they may be few in number, but clearly, they hold a sufficient portion of economic power to cripple the majority of nations, and by economic power I am referring not just to assets and GDP, but the reliance of the rest of the word on an economic system that they have built and control with almost absolute power. There is also the path that led to that accumulation of power, which seems to be just those Western social values to which most of the rest of the world do not subscribe. There are echoes of the one-sided war against slavery in the 19th century waged pretty well single-handedly by the force of British navel might. I fully understand that other countries don't see the world in the same way and more particularly have completely different cultural goals and taboos that will put us into direct conflict with them if we try to get the rest of the world to adopt Western cultural norms. Should we engage in humanitarian interventions? I am not so sure. Should we insist that if they want to join the economic success that our values have brought, then they should adopt some of them? Yes, they should. Many of those values are fundamentally tied with expectations of how the economic system is supposed work, even if we have our own demons and bad behaviour that threatens that, it's still a goal worth striving for, internally as well as externally.

[@malcolmmackenzie9036]

Thanks Davie this video was very brilliant.

[@aaronwilkinson8963]

I have always been a fan of David Starkey

[@JoJeck]

A great analysis of the current Geo-political situation.

[@DrPowerElectronics]

Excellent analysis, saying the things others will not even think.

[@alessandrobenvenuti6551]

It’s very interesting to hear all of this, very knowledgeable and deep analysis. He made his research, even if theese are still his way of seeing the world. But on one thing in particular I’ll ask you to think:”Is democracy a Greek value or an universal value?” (Athenian to be precise) Murder is murder in all lenguages, what differs is the way of telling the murder. Was it the unjustified and selfish slaughter of a human being or the defeat of an enemy that can (allegedly) harm us in the future? There are many layers and morality is not just a western thing. The “west” shares a good part of Christianity and it came from ancient Judea in the east, being very similar to Buddhism in many aspects. So.. Not just western values

[@Nphen]

The West sharing values with Russian culture, is why it's so insane that media & neocons & Biden are all going for the "Putin got more evil and is totally evil and just wants to be evil" narrative, when in fact, Putin is more popular in Russia than our own leaders are, with fewer dead civilians, globally, in the past 20 years, than NATO and the US. Slavic people integrate well and share a climate and diet with many in Europe and elsewhere in the West. Instead of trying to cultivate Russia as an ally against the coming Chinese economic juggernaut, the US instead wasted decades on war & tax cuts for the rich, selling our factory & machine tools to China, and allowing the economy to be hollowed out while FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) become bloated boom/bust cycles. Then a faction of Dems & mil-intel start to blame Putin for Hillary's loss, setting him up as the bad guy as we create chaotic proxy wars in Syria to bog down Russia for no good reason. All while backing out of arms ban treaties that Putin would have signed and refusing to join the International Criminal Court.

[@carlmurphy2416]

Two benefits of democracy in terms of stability: - Peaceful transitions of power, instead of palace coups - The ability to peacefully and lawfully remove a government that is no longer seen to be serving the needs of the people What happens in authoritarian regimes? They always end up being run for the benefit of those in power and there is no lawful way to remove them, resulting in coups, violence etc. When an authoritarian regime works well, it can get things done often better than democracies - how much infrastructure has China managed to build in the last twenty years compared to what we've done in the UK? However, when they go wrong, they go very wrong.

[@AkoramericaBlogspot]

But are those true now?.as a system grows amd stagnates, those advantages become more symbolic than real.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Globalisation destroyed the nation state democracy decades ago. All Liberal Capitalist Democracies are heading in the same direction on all the big issues, particularly mass replacement migration. The international finance/oligarchs control the narratives. They own the media the social media and fund the science arts culture Hollywood and both political parties. Democracy = rule by international finance

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Free speech is over and people are having the their bank accounts shut for donating to the Canadian truckers. We are post democracy post capitalism. We are now under international oligarchy.

[@superted6960]

@@AkoramericaBlogspot For what it's worth, I think they are. And on the flip side, look at the lash up China is currently making of its covid policy. For all the missteps the UK has made, we're in a much better place now than them.

[@AlexandraK1]

Um ... I would argue that we in the west have very little or no power to remove governments and that they don't serve our needs very well either, anymore ...

[@kathleenkenny170]

Amid so much dumbed down dross, how refreshing to hear David Starkey speak intelligently on world affairs.

[@greaper5123]

The reading of tea leaves 🤣😁 excellent David 👍

[@Daniel-jo4he]

I wish Starkey would be hired by govt to advice and then we might actually have a better run country

[@1258-Eckhart]

You misunderstand the nature of government advisors. They are there solely to tell the government what it wants to hear. If it wants to invade - say - Iran, they must provide reasons why this is a great idea. That is how the system works.

[@wolfiestreet6899]

@@1258-Eckhart Indeed, while the civil service is supposed to be impartial, it is infact riddled in politically motivated appointments throught the SCS.

[@ladyellensings3666]

David you are wonderful! Thankyou so much!!!

[@DaveB1]

Brutal video, good work as ever

[@paulpeele8387]

Extremely interesting and informative talk; Thank You!

[@privatesmith1560]

You are so right. Also, because what Russia argues for is a return to the rules of international relations in place since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ending the 30-years war, only interrupted by UK-US-FRA-RUS joint unilateralism from 1814 to 1849/54 and 1941-48 (Yalta, Bretton Woods, UN foudation)

[@LiamE69]

"I think it must have been scripted as the sentences were relatively coherent" I think that is what people younger than me would call a sick burn.

[@derektomlinson6514]

Very good synopsis with all the facts David. The only way to ensure world peace is the realization the rights of every nations sovereignty and the beautiful cultures they have.

[@igorjee]

Love you, Bernie!!!

[@jartotable]

Beautifully worded. Thank you for your clear common sense. ❤️

[@masterofnone8400]

Always been my favourite historian

[@369jones6]

Another superb talk David Starkey which makes clear the all to immediate reality of virtually 50% of the G20 not toeing the US line. Indeed it may also be interesting to note that not only is the United States losing dominance through cultural, political and confessional means, it is also losing financial grip as well. The petrodollar based as it is on an imaginary promise backed by the very same type of military aggression as demonstrated in Ukraine is losing a very real foothold, with a clear example being the recent statement by Saudi Arabia that it could accept yuan instead of USD for Chinese oil sales. The fact they even mention this is telling you what's going on in the background. Not only that Russia is a resource and commodity giant, rich in coal, natural gas, oil, and a whole plethora of metals such as copper, manganese, tungsten etc, all crucial to global wealth and development. If the EU, UK or for that matter any of the anglosphere refuse Russian trade then Russia will find willing markers elsewhere. Guaranteed. Moreover it wouldn't be a leap of logic to see not only the increase in the value of the ruble but see that currency as part of a non USD basket of currencies which assume the mantle of a resource based financial hegemony.

[@adelaidesafoa3850]

Not only that but Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey could possibly join BRICS next year . Iran and Argentina recently announced their applications to Join BRICS.

[@lazydaisy649]

All of my life I’ve been watching America...Razorlight. Thank you so much for the free education.

[@johnpatrick4185]

So glad to hear expressed views rooted--not in tribe, cult, fashion, mob or party--but the earnest deference to history, however good, bad or ugly. Thanks David!

[@Sp0tthed0gt]

The "Lavrof doctrine" as here described seems to be a useful derivative of the peace of Westphalia. Ok, at Westphalia differences between Catholics, Orthodox, and various Protestant views on Christianity were the only ones envisaged, whereas Lavrov seems to envisage accommodating wider differences, but still there is a parallel. As to the "rules based system", It depends on Western Hegemony for its existence, and unless the West gets serious about colonising the entire planet, and also succeeds in such, is a dead duck.

[@jedg4746]

The West has been serious about colonising the entire planet for over 100 years. By, The West, I mean the people (secret society) who actually own and run The West; not the external show of democratic politics for consumption by the “normies”. The Secret Society (of trillionaires) works by destabilising target countries by war, etc and subjugating them into becoming Westernised. Their international chaos of the past 100 years is plain to see. Putin and Lavrov are now aware of this “conspiracy” and they are making a stand against it.

[@jonharry6293]

Excellent video

[@warburtonsbread481]

Thank you David

[@roberthodgins8075]

David magnificent analysis. As always. Thank you.

[@luispinzonmata]

Muy bien, viejito! Has hablado como un hombre verdaderamente inteligente y observador, hasta se puede decir, como un sabio. Tú inteligencia y claridad contrasta con la estupidez de los políticos en la esfera anglosaxona. Muchas felicitaciones para tí y te deseo felicidad y prosperidad!

[@mabelheinzle2275]

Always informative

[@johngreene8856]

"international year of fruit and vegetables" ... brilliant hahaha !

[@willelm88]

An excellent and insightful review of the international situation, doc-as I expected from you. My first thought is, If Western countries had accepted Lavrov's ideas in the 1930s, we could have saved ouselves a huge amount of trouble, grief, and treasure, and the poor old Britsh Empire might even have survived until now.

[@williambentley2802]

brilliantly explained David, thanks.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

This is fascinating and smells like a dose of common sense. For god sake someone show this channel to the Government here in the UK

[@tracisundari1950]

Im half ukraine and u talk a debate that must be herd. Important crital thought bring aplied hear. Thank u

[@davidhorobin1060]

A magnificent analysis

[@MSSTUDIO]

Brilliant lesson.

[@johnthompson354]

Food for thought

[@benabka]

Masterly! An eye opening lecture.

[@danieltaylor4728]

My man Starkers with the knowledge bomb, he’s one bad ass historian. Supp

[@martenhulterstrom9706]

Well, I would really like to see David Starkey lay out his finely defined theories of how things should be against Vitaliy Klitschkovs practice of how people have the right to decide for themselsves.

[@TheJimtodd]

David Starkey for King, long live king David

[@donciseau]

Very educational video!

[@mikemines2931]

Thank you David. The Cuba missile crisis seems far away and I lot safer I remember than the bedlam we have today.

[@nohumbug8636]

Good to see that Lavrov gets respect.

[@1258-Eckhart]

I really enjoyed him wiping the floor with Liz Truss.

[@131alexa]

I follow the channel of Prof Michael Rossi to hear Putin and Zelensky speeches "from the horse's mouth" (with English subtitles). He posted a video of Lavrov answering press questions that you might like: certainly well on top of his brief and gives Cathy Newman et al short shrift. (though I wouldn't trust any politician to be wholly sincere..)

[@1258-Eckhart]

@@131alexa Do you mean "The NETucator"?

[@131alexa]

@@1258-Eckhart No, "Michael Rossi Poli Sci".

[@Jamesgarethmorgan]

Very good. Thanks.

[@erin6083]

Starkey for President! Hey, I can dream!

[@uptoapoint7157]

Excellent summary of the realities. I divide nations into masculine and feminine. Male nations eventually solve their most intractable problems with physical confrontation. Female nations believe in the power of rules to support the morality they have decided should be upheld.

[@wolfiestreet6899]

Or Gentlemen v Barbarians.

[@johnbocchetti7182]

Very cogently presented !

[@jona826]

The UN was specifically designed around the concept of superpowers who ignore rules that are inconvenient. That's why they all got a veto. The only reason the Korean War happened is because they were boycotting the UN at the time and so didn't use their veto.

[@MrTangolizard]

How u come to that conclusion?

[@gollumtheartisticnewt1028]

@@MrTangolizard I think it's called "education". History 101. North Korea was a client state of the USSR. "In late June 1950, it became apparent that the Soviet boycott of the UN had backfired when the issue of North Korea’s invasion of South Korea was brought before the Security Council. By June 27, the Security Council voted to invoke military action by the United Nations for the first time in the organization’s history. The Soviets could have blocked the action in the Security Council, since the United States, Soviet Union, China, Britain, and France each had absolute veto power, but no Russian delegate was present."

[@faanlouw6109]

What a fascinating explanation of current affairs. Now I know that 9 of the G20 support Putin. Further, only 20 % of the people of the world live in democracy. I thought you had two small misconceptions in your explanation. First, the hegemon will never hand over power voluntarily. Power must be taken from him, thus a war. Marx in his deliberations concluded that the oppressor must be destroyed by the oppressed. There is no other way to transfer power. Describe it as you wish, but the outcome will be a multipolar system in which the USA will only be a player, not the hegemon. Secondly, people are learning entities, they are now learning the Biden is hapless, incompetent and above all clueless. Russia has taught the World that the USA has become a powerful but leaderless country, that can be manipulated. The outcome of Biden as leader, has ensured and empowered those who were usually oppressed by the USA, that “the big dog has no teeth left.” Thanks for a well thought out presentation.

[@freedomwatch3991]

Would be nice to know what Mr. Starkey thinks is the overall future for democracy - again seeing that only 20% of the world is democratic?

[@njgrandma3519]

Brilliant!

[@131alexa]

Blinken yesterday: "We do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia or anywhere else" It's a new era of US foreign policy!

[@1258-Eckhart]

So why is the US spending billions on discrediting Putin in the eyes of the Russian populace?

[@THINKincessantly]

Biden knows its just a matter of time before his son gets the drop and his neck goes crick...He is desperately hoping something happens to VP, but its not.

[@davedogge2280]

Important observations in important times.

[@balham456]

Unfettered brilliance