Why do people believe propaganda? (German ‘justification’ for invading Poland 1939)

Why do people believe propaganda? Why do people still believe that Poland attacked Germany first in 1939? This video will explain why.
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History isn’t as boring as some people think, and my goal is to get people talking about it. I also want to dispel the myths and distortions that ruin our perception of the past by asking a simple question - “But is this really the case?”. I have a 2:1 Degree in History and a passion for early 20th Century conflicts (mainly WW2). I’m therefore approaching this like I would an academic essay. Lots of sources, quotes, references and so on. Only the truth will do.

[@mothman2514]

The purpose of propaganda isn't to convince you what to think, it's to convince you that everyone else thinks like that. It serves to isolate and demoralize you.

[@dusk6159]

No wonder that the inflated russian's disinformatia and intimidation machine works exactly like that, and relies heavily on that.

[@mothman2514]

@@dusk6159 lol,CNN enjoyer

[@mandr3w]

You just blew my mind. Is this why it seems like everything is so liberal nowadays?

[@Tyrrituil]

@@mandr3w You have to remember that the human mind works relatively, you can only judge on what you know, but a lot of what you know might not actually be true. The stuff that you initially know is 'true' by default to you, making the first thing you hear about something on a topic, if it's introduced in an agreeable way (you being primed), you are much more likely to accept the information. This is why information hygiene is so important, you need to have the forethought to question what you're hearing if you don't know where it came from, or else you may be relying on bad information in the future, as a related topic activates the imprinted information, without even knowing about it. imo ;)

[@colder5465]

Absolutely!

[@Calbeck]

One bit about Lithuania and the Memel Question: WW1 hadn't actually resulted in Memel being "given" to Lithuania. It was still undecided at the end of negotiations and placed into a quasi-international status similar to Danzig. But Lithuania then annexed Memel anyway since Germany was in no position to do anything about it, which gave Germany the "moral high ground" of simply annexing it right back as soon as they were in a position to do so. Which is one of the reasons almost no one talks about it.

[@sigvardbjorkman]

Very interesting

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Thanks for the important added info!

[@LavrencicUrban]

THIS NEEDS TO BE UPVOTED! THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION!

[@cleightorres3841]

germans have no moral ground on anything, just a bunch of filthy peasants or murderers no matter how much money a german has he still has no class, like trump, just a lowlife with money and every war hese losers start and lose they lose more territory, next time they will be finished as a nation and the world will say good riddance

[@Freigeist2008]

Memel-Occupation under the pleasement of the alliies was one of the many breaches of the "treaty" by the Western alliies. Same with the manipulated elections in Silesia and Pommerania in favor of Poland and the occupation of the Ruhr 1923.

[@pilisopa]

That last bit about people identifying themselves with the nation and ignoring the individual island that they are was spot on. If we're ever going to get people to take responsibility for their actions, including the murderous ones they engage in during wartime, it will come from stressing that point about the individual and the individual's agency.

[@AK-hi7mg]

Individualism just becomes the same thing as collectivism .as seen in the modern day West. Where nationalism was replaced by rainbowismn ,wich includes the believe in mass migration , no borders , pacifism at all costs, as well as distorted and taken out of context Christian "values".

[@acem82]

@@AK-hi7mg 1. How can the tribalism of "rainbowism" be considered "individualism"? 2. Aren't a country's borders collectivism? 3. Why do you think that individuals can't have borders? 4. What does pacifism have to do with the modern west? I lived through the "summer of love" in the US and what that was was *not* pacifism.

[@AK-hi7mg]

@@acem82 you misunderstood the meaning of my comment . "Rainbowismn" originated in the individulistic 1970s and the sexual "revolution" . Where the individual was the focus . It then turned into tribalism within the past decade .But one of its core tennets is still "individualism". Individualism is not a very German thing BTW. It shows that humans are not capable of organised individualism .mass movements ,even when claiming to promote individualism, always pander to the lowest common denominator . Edit : think of contemporary culture : everyone smokes weed , everyone is anti establishment ,everyone is leftist . Everyone has stupid tatoos , Wow how individualistic!

[@acem82]

@@AK-hi7mg Individualism is the polar opposite of tribalism, definitionally. Individualism doesn't imply that people can't be part of groups, or interact with others. It's a method of looking at the world that recognizes the sovereignty of the individual, or simply that it's only individuals who make choices. It seems you only learned the term from leftists who are drug-addled idiots. For more on individualism, read Ezekiel 18. Yeah, the concept is a lot older than the 1970s.

[@dankmemes7423]

individualism is gay and cringe.

[@georgehenehan123]

It's always easier to convince someone that they are not to blame for any problem, that the fault lies with "them," someone else.

[@artyom5659]

Well Germany was defending itself from Judeo bolshevism and aggressive polish state. Germany didn’t want war expect UK wanted war

[@Saeronor]

@@artyom5659 *"aggressive polish state."* Yeah, so aggressive they even cancelled (reciprocal) mobilization few days before war. Germany had to be crapping themselves before. ...oh, wait, no, Germans weren't crapping themselves - not only had more than twice soldiers at the ready, they also fully expected that Allies would not join in.

[@bk109]

Yeah, sadly, people will always pick any comforting (or self-affirming) lie over an unvarnished and unpalatable truth. Hell, that's basically the exact principle on which any successful political campaign relies as evidenced by how candidates promising to increase spending on everything without incurring debt or do layoffs while (somehow) lowering taxes tend to trounce the ones admitting that cash doesn't grown on trees and that tough decisions must be made :D

[@Perkelenaattori]

@@artyom5659 Wow. Somehow I'm not surprised that a guy named "Artyom" is writing this piece of drivel here. You probably think Russia is also defending itself from the "Collective West" and an aggressive Ukrainian state too.

[@czarkusa2018]

It's even easier to convince a population that anyone who accepts and confronts that their nation is at fault is a commie/nazi traitor.

[@nicktamer4969]

Why do people believe propaganda? Asking that question right after 2 years of covid hysteria is just funny.

[@africanlipplateandbonenose3223]

funny question to ask while actively spreading jewish propaganda

[@haneytr3s]

@@africanlipplateandbonenose3223 this topic has a high Godwin's law coefficient.

[@flakkkk]

Hey tik just want to say we really do appreciate the hard work you put into your content please keep it up nobody on youtube has your quality

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Thank you! I feel guilty right now because Stalingrad is taking up so much of my time that I'm not able to devote as much as I would like to for the other videos, so I always wish I could do more

[@hanssteiner4315]

​@@TheImperatorKnight although important the way you write it sounds like Oskar Schindler in the movie. It's nice but not thát important! Relax and enjoy and work hard in a good tempo.

[@MadMoler]

​@@TheImperatorKnightHi Tik, Question: Can you start a New Series called "Tik Shorts" with a 10min. video length cap?

[@chico9805]

@@MadMoler This is a great idea. Occasional shorter videos that would garner high view counts, and expose more to this excellent content.

[@sillypuppy5940]

@@MadMoler Yes, great idea. Oftentimes I have to watch long videos in two sessions.

[@harrymills2770]

"Against stupidity, the gods themselves, contend in vain." World War I was also a zombie apocalypse. Meanwhile, we go down the same censorship path. It's an abomination that you need to use euphemisms and circumlocutions in order to have a meaningful conversation on Censor Tube. Thanks for your efforts.

[@pax6833]

That's not what censorship means.

[@chrisg5219]

It's horrific that the exact same countries are making the exact same mistakes all over again. Within living memory no less.

[@224dot0dot0dot10]

@@chrisg5219 I want to see Tik make a philo-semitic video where he explains why Sam Bankman-Fried taking everyone's money in FTX has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that Sam Bankman-Fried was Jewish (and then make similar videos for Roman Abramovich, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, etc etc)

[@JTKroll12]

ww2 was zombies on meth

[@sananguliyev4940]

KZbin wants ad money, they're censoring (and demonetizing) not because they have a secret plot to brainwash people and make everyone gay and stupid. They just want money and that's how capitalism works. TIK constantly confuses state censorship and private censorship, which makes him sound like a conspiracy nut.

[@uingaeoc3905]

There is an anti-Western specifically anti-Anglo/American strains of thought which will always look for an alternative narrative to history. So being pro-N@z1 or pro-Soviet is easy to adopt and see everything through that prism. So Germany was the victim and simply reacting to Polish aggression or British threats Soviet military build up etc etc etc.

[@f__kyoudegenerates]

Honestly Tik. You are doing the best history content on youtube.

[@jimo9555]

If you want real historical content about ww2 you should be listening to David Irving 👍

[@jthemagicrobot3960]

I second that motion

[@zacharypayne4080]

@@jimo9555 how?

[@alistairclarke6726]

I nominated TiK to appear on WW2TV to talk about the Stalingrad Campaign but they said they ''never work with TiK''. I think he's a good historian, but maybe pissed someone off...?

[@f__kyoudegenerates]

@@alistairclarke6726 If he pissed anyone off it's by making good content.

[@rudolfrednose7351]

“Carbon”….as in “The only carbon they want to reduce is you!”? Love your tongue in cheek humor. Keep up the good work Lewis.

[@DeadpanPear]

Right, but it contradicts the whole neoliberal MO of infinite growth. There are fundamental contradictions in all of TIK's videos, selectively chosen definitions, etc, and what you get is a worldview which is entirely synthetic and wrong but does come to internally consistent conclusions.

[@dusk6159]

@@DeadpanPear ''neoliberal MO of infinite growth'' Putin has been smiling with glee for 20 years, hearing this from people like you.

[@stevewhite3424]

@@DeadpanPear He is wrong!! Of course I will not provide any evidence that he is wrong I will merely yell it louder and louder. Just like censors everywhere.

[@seanbeadles7421]

@@dusk6159 what does neoliberalism got to do with putin lmaoooo.

[@Astronist]

"There's no race, there are no groups, there are only individuals, every man is an island" - "But is that really the case?" Clearly, every individual has a language and a culture which he or she shares with some people, not with others. I can identify people with whom I have more in common, and those with whom I have less in common, particularly as regards language and religion. Politics may feed on these differences and aggravate them for malicious ends, but it has not created them. So Germany claiming sovereignty over all German speakers, including those in Poland, is not meaningless, though of course it is impractical and only of use as a means to incite war.

[@pax6833]

"Every man an island" is a decrepit ideology that seeks to remove people from the responsibility of participating in their community.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Well, Hitler's demands leading up to the outbreak of war were pretty reasonable and based on the principles of self-determination. But it was the British government that refused to follow through on a full accommodation with the Nazi regime.

[@michaelsemyanovsky9638]

@pax6833 community of what size? The size of a family, a tribe, a city, a nation, a union? At which point does 'culture' become too different to other people so you stop caring? And what is culture anyway... If you mean you watch the same movies, obide the same laws and etc, well this is just environment. Just like it can be the same across different communities, it could be wastly different within one. What you probably mean by culture is what your governement believes your culture is. You take it at the face value and develop an expectation of other people within your country to do the same thing. But if you ask two people from a street what is the modern American culture is, one will say gay furries and another will say something about KKK. And both won't be wrong because apparently culture is not bound to a nation but to some individuals that abide to it. So claiming soverignity over a language, culture or whatever other arbitrary feature is nonsense. It is the same as beleiving that society should be excusively seen as a single outcome fight between working and ruling classes, or as some wild jungle where only one superior race is allowed to exist.

[@pax6833]

@@michaelsemyanovsky9638 A nation is just a community of communities. As for "what size" no single person can answer that question. Also idk what you are on about because I never claimed sovereignty over any language or culture or anything else.

[@bertbauer2631]

A state, nation or really any group of a size bigger than a tribe can only exist if its members have a shared set of values. Things like rules, culture, language, religion, tradition, etc. Not all of these things have to be shared but some of them have to. Race in itself - may that be skin color or some occult belief in purity of blood - can be one of these values but I highly doubt that it holds any value on its own. Even for the Nazis who tried to make everything about this idea, there certainly were and still are a lot more values one attributes to Germany. Even a Nazi would agree that the Völkisch tradition represents values like this - that's why they tried to erase the jewish contributions to Germany.

[@alexjackson9997]

Technically you are not just a history channel TIK. You cover current affairs and the future too ;). Awesome topic Sir.

[@tollictollic3610]

To be fair, the vast majority of the Lithuanian speaking population of Memel saw themselves as Prussians and not Lithuanian and therefore wanted to reunite with Germany

[@wisnia367]

Prusy to naród słowiański który Niemcy wymordowały przejęli ziemię i przywłaszczyły sobie nazwę.

[@ineffige]

I'm from Poland and we basicaly have a monoculture. I travelled enough to appreciate it and love it. We have enough of our problems to import more.

[@LavrencicUrban]

HOW DID YOU GET RID OF ALL THE GERMANS WHEN STALIN PUSHED YOU WESTWARD TO ACHIVE MONOCULTURE?

[@ineffige]

@@LavrencicUrban most of them have escaped when red army advanced, later on they were rellocated

[@stevetobin7495]

I envy you 👏🏻

[@ineffige]

@@stevetobin7495 no need for envy, if you know how to behave you are always welcome

[@stevetobin7495]

@@ineffige im from the UK and have had a number of polish friends over the years...they seems to have gone home now and i dont blame them

[@jeffcurtis5460]

Thank you for your hard work putting these together.

[@raygiordano1045]

Although it would have been funny, and a tad lazy, TIK could have stopped at the 26 second mark and called it a day.

[@VintageRiflesShootersClub]

Excellent video Tik! Now, you have to be careful because you are putting too much truth lately. Maybe put on the record that you are not suicidal and don’t think about suicide at all! All joking aside, great work!

[@TheImperatorKnight]

I hereby declare that I won't be committing Sudoku

[@VintageRiflesShootersClub]

@@TheImperatorKnight hahahaha! Ok, you are safe now! It’s all on the internet now! 🤣

[@ggravett]

@@TheImperatorKnight I sort of knew that would be your answer and I loved the Sudoku reference.

[@fredjohnson9833]

#tikdidn'tepsteingimself

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

If you need to hide out in free and sunny Florida, Tik, just let me know.

[@nk-gp1ml]

Don’t always agree with tik, but this video was excellent. We have to think independently of government and groups wanting to manipulate our emotions and biases whilst starving us of truth and information. We are all individuals.

[@j.b.3502]

Think about this when you hear the media make emotionally provoking claims. Not just about people in your own nation, but even others

[@Sshooter444]

As Elon shows the government controls the entity designed to keep it in check

[@obvi890]

the fact that I don’t always agree with TIK is why I value and appreciate his content so much.

[@alexanderryan1176]

What do you not agree with TIK about. Lemme guess, Hitler wasn't a socialist right?

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

This is always going to be something society is going to lose. Social engineering specificly abuses shortcommings in the human brain to achieve it's goals. There is no protection against it other then preventing these people to gain a stage that gives them access to a large enough group of people to manipulate. That is how bad actor governments come to power in the first place, asuming that everyone is able to protect himself against these attacks. Which history ( or the present for that matter) clearly points out is not the case.

[@WwarpfirewW]

Perfect, that one Ive been waiting for, I myself study this phenomena as a hobby. Definetely one to share.

[@WillyEckaslike]

Germany DidNotStartWorldWar11PaulCraigRoberts

[@al93t]

I love your stuff, but this one is just super!!! I really enjoy your thinking and references. Thank you!!

[@MarekDohojda]

One of my favorite sayings is : "The less people know about something, the more certain they are of their righteousness about it"

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

meh

[@khosrowanushirvan5728]

Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is pain. Thank you for holding the line TIK

[@TheImperatorKnight]

@@Edax_Royeaux Let's get the full quote, shall we? "...the vast majority of people are incapable of thinking. It’s not necessarily because they’re dumb, it’s because they’ve been trained NOT to think. They’ve been trained from their early years to get emotional, which then shuts down the thinking part of their brain, and sets them up to obey the nearest authority figure. So they just follow the crowd and repeat what they’ve been told to say."

[@TheImperatorKnight]

@@Edax_Royeaux The well is already poisoned, I can't poison it any more. Teenagers usually become "rebels" who then call for the very system they're supposedly rebelling against. There are exceptions, which is why I said "the vast majority", but I'm sticking to the point. If this wasn't the case, why do the vast majority of people not question the State narrative and just believe in the propaganda? Why are the vast majority just following orders?

[@khosrowanushirvan5728]

@@TheImperatorKnight I once asked my father if he wasn't worried that I may be "indoctrinated" by the schooling system. He responded by saying he already knew I would find the truth by myself. Hah, I always thought he took a huge gamble with me by leaving me to my own devices, considering I had classmates and friends who were sadly brainwashed. Not that we are talking about Orwellian tier of indoctrination, but still it was effective enough to brainwash some.

[@user-jv3mm6vt6e]

@@TheImperatorKnight man, this was the chaddest move I've seen be made in front of my eyes. Big time kudos!

[@thecomradetrotsky]

negro isnt the nword tho. its- just black person, in spanish and portuguese- the normal way of saying it, not from a offensive manner.

[@randallthompson5602]

Ive always thought Poland brought about her own demise along with Czechoslovakia and it also shows the heights of our hypocrisy that we didn't declare war on the Soviets for exactly the same reason that we did with Germany our double standards are insane

[@Edelwolf783]

i am sometimes surprised that you have not been completely censored...you are exactly saying what is happening around the world right now...and we all know that those in power like the truth the least of all. once again excellent video!

[@jesusjohnny8286]

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your content and your use of logic. History is so important.

[@jacekpalubinski7171]

A man is not an island. We are dependent on others for survival. Our success as individuals depends on how well we can integrate ourselves within the society. People tend to believe authorities because this is the simplest and most effective strategy for personal gain.

[@TradinTigerJohn]

Tik, you're a gentleman and a scholar both in the colloquial sense and in the literal denotative sense. Your histories are highly relevant to today's crises and this piece in particular is a veritable crown jewel as the world is embroiled in a 5th generation war where propaganda has become a proxy for bombs and bullets to a degree Goebbels could only dream of. Further exploration on contemporary 4&5GW theory by authors like Steele, Lind and Flynn would be very interesting to hear from you incidentally. To say that I appreciate your work is an understatement and obviously, I'm hardly alone in that opinion. Keep up the good work Tik and thank you.

[@Mortablunt]

It’s truly amazing what’s going on now; we’re supposed to side with a country that has been committing genocide against its own populace for eight years and has death squads with SS emblems against the country which is attempting to stop the genocide and who asked for elections to settle the matter by popular sovereignty.

[@thomasvandevelde8157]

Thank you very much for the subtitles again! 🙂 And obviously the video itself. Someone has to do this work, and I'm glad you're doing it! People often come to me with similar questions, "why is this guy thinking that?" and there's the essence of it all: they're not thinking. It's much easier also to join your local Socialist's Gang (and even I was this stupid in youth) and blame the whole world around you for the problems in it, than constructively thinking about your own part in the bigger picture. And than when you've taken care of what you can take care off, let it go. And just hope that your example is enough for others to follow, even if they're incapable of understanding the WHY or HOW... The desire for leaders is a double-edged sword, like all things, it's got it's good side and bad. But truth is indeed, that most people's behaviour can be analyzed through the lens of psycho-analysis rather than materialistic reasons. Since if you understand the emotional world of these people, you often understand their "rational" world... This is MY conclusion, personally, from experience (not forcing it on you, you never said anything like this. For all you out there: TIK never claimed this!) This was, ironically, my first "crack" in the Faith of Marxism: the fact I couldn't piece their analysis of my world and upbringing with my personal (ever more thorough) version. It was often completely opposed. And than I started doubting myself, and for many more reasons (like saying to the local Socialist that the Nazi Economy was centrally planned since the 1930s didn't make me very popular) eventually creating a very unmotivated "political worker" on the inside... I was left with two different versions of reality: my own version, which seemed to hold up to evidential scrutiny... And the version I was force fed since my entry into the socialist movement when I was a teenager. And from than on, it just felt as denying myself. Always thought I was the only one... Till I ran into this channel lol. So thanks a lot for that too, since now at least I'm no longer doubting myself. On the contrary, now I've got a lot of stuff to think about, and continue to expand "my" version of reality. It all *makes a lot more sense since I'm following this* and the "big picture" is finally making sense too. I'm free of the Fog of War drawn over my eyes of the past. Somebody had to say it out loud, I suspect most viewers don't realize what madness you're saving them from! Regards

[@ShindlerReal]

From my experience living in Russia, people believe propaganda primarily because it's comforting and gives sense of purpose. When you argue with them they lose their shit very quickly, they have their own doubts about what they've been told but force themselves to believe it.

[@KillerofWestoids]

I respect Russia for standing up to the self proclaimed "masters" of the world, the west..

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@KillerofWestoids Standing up? How? By destroying Ukraine?

[@KillerofWestoids]

@@dragosstanciu9866 This war is a proxy war. . Even nato admitted it a long time ago in April. The cause is NATO's but the blood is Ukrainian.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

@@KillerofWestoids Wrong. There was no proxy war in 2014 when Russia invaded Ukraine and stole Crimea and half of Donbas.

[@jimo9555]

Sounds exactly like you're describing the Left in the West

[@jdlotus8253]

I really appreciate that you clearly identify your sources so I can find the book! This is rare.

[@CybreSmee]

Another brilliant video, thanks TIK. A lot to digest in this one. might have to watch a few times.

[@mahakleung6992]

TIK one of your best short topic lectures. First, for putting history into context. Second, for describing the exact same games being played today. Thanks.

[@nathanpowers310]

A very good question given the current state of things.

[@ErikHare]

I think that the main reason that people believe propaganda is that they want to believe it. People want to believe that the world is continuing along in a way that they understand and can manage based on their prior experience. Good propaganda is going to play into that and encourage them to simply look the other way because there's nothing here to see. This is of course just the first level of propaganda where you are trying to convince people to not get involved. We tend to be surrounded by much more sophisticated propaganda that calls into question everything and therefore recruits people to become soldiers in some kind of movement to take on the people who are lying to you. But the most effective and simple propaganda is driven by the confirmation bias in the mind of the user.

[@KrzysztofDanielCiba]

We are believing in propaganda cause we are social animals. Everyone want to be a member of a group and not the outcast. Read about Asch and/or Jane Elliot experiment.

[@markmower1746]

@@KrzysztofDanielCiba you got a vaccination card? Then you fell for the propaganda.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

love how basic history is now seen as propaganda in your country, ww1's extension and ww2 were both caused by usa sticking their noses in european politics even when the founders warned them about this and supplying weapons and loans that obviously increased the death meter but stuff like cutting off oil supply of japan was an in direct act of starting said war after such a bloody battle.

[@robert48044]

I swear it seems we're living out this situation currently in a certain part of Europe

[@edelweiss7928]

Delusional lmao

[@robert48044]

@@edelweiss7928 swap German speaking for Russian speaking

[@ProFF77]

@@robert48044 but is that really the case?

[@robert48044]

@@ProFF77 prob wont really know for thirty years

[@mlteyt]

@@robert48044 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has more in common with the Allied invasion of Germany. If you take a look at the newspaper produced by Goebbels in the '30s and early 40s, the headlines have much in common with the tripe we're fed in the West today - I swear some of the headlines are almost directly swiped from 'Der Angriff' and its kin. Likewise, the denial of people in the West about the decades-long abuses against ethnic minorities (Russian, Romanian, Hungarian and Roma) in Ukraine and the rise of the far-right there bears a close resemblance to the German populous' blind eye or justification with regard to policies which the NSDAP were implementing against Jews in Germany territories. As you rightly say, in years to come, people will most likely try to disassociate themselves from their 'Stand With' declarations.

[@khalid6722]

Reminds me of "Judea declares war on Germany" 1933

[@philliprandle9075]

Keep up the great work! Enjoy watching videos on untouch topics.

[@sirtalkalot3211]

Monoethnic states tend to be more stable, especially ones that are chill about it.

[@brucetucker4847]

Monoethnic states tend to be the result of genocide, or at least, massive ethnic cleansing.

[@cqpp]

Another great video. Quite a lot of interesting information you give here.

[@Baamthe25th]

That "Problem Reaction Solution" cycle reminds me of Thomas Sowell's description in "Te vision of the anointed" about how people manufacturate crises to then "solve". I guess it's politics 101

[@Pedropapt]

One thing I really can never wrap my head around is how it's been less than 100 years (-ish but still true for WW2) and both world wars had almost zero of the most common media technologies that are just so... inescapable today. The best they had was radio, really. No internet, no television (only became a thing by the tail of WW2 really), even cameras were literally cutting edge. Both armies basically ran on mail and radio. And then all of the sudden there's movies and television. If anything, I can't think of a single point in time where it would be easier to control a whole country with propaganda.

[@phildyrtt6433]

Don't ignore the massive impact of the ,,old" big money press monopolies. Examine the personalities crowding all over WWI and WWII leadership -- each one a newspaper magnate cleverly pushing its own sinister agenda. The yellow press was immensely powerful -- and grieviously warped...and its ownership continues to poison our People 🐽🐽🐽.

[@bludfyre]

It is harder nowadays to control people by propaganda, as long as the media technologies are kept free of government censorship. Having ready access to information at an individual's fingertips would allow one to confirm or deny what is being put out. Look at Russia vs Ukraine. While propaganda has been put out on the causes of the conflict, the general conduct of the war (territory captured/defended, conduct of those behind the front lines, etc) can be confirmed just by using geolocation data of pictures or video unless you are prevented from accessing that information.

[@bryangrote8781]

Hence why states want control of internet/social media and shut out anything “they” decide is “disinformation”. They briefly have lost their monopoly on control of information. Without this monopoly people are exposed to information the state does not fully control and start thinking for themselves more. Can’t have citizens that think as it’s dangerous to the state.

[@KrzysztofDanielCiba]

Are you serious? Now it's soooo much easier as goverment has got many tools to use - not just one.

[@choosecarefully408]

Because, while he's not truly *wrong* in anything he's said here, everything he's said is missing a context. & context is everything. How many examples do you want? If Kim Jong-un came with a syringe full of untested product to inject into your child, would you toss a coin first, or simply allow him to go ahead? If people came knocking on doors asking people to sign a petition to give Monsanto permission to spray a known toxin onto untested GMOs then feed them to you & your children, would they get the ink on the paper or threatened to get lead in their bellies? You are _already_ trying to dismiss this &/or say that "this is covered by what TIK is saying." No, it isn't. At no point in our lives were we taught that poison isn't poisonous when injected by government decree or that politicians can declare themselves exempt from laws. Quite the opposite in fact. Sadly, TIK has done the ironic & tried to cover an uncomfortable topic about people believing in comfortable lies by spewing an unconfirmed cherry-picked theory that _doesn't_ explain it. Come _on,_ people. I expected _THIS crowd_ to be a bit more familiar with the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. You know... the guy who warned us about _all_ of this? If 'A' is what our Authority _figures_ say, then everyone becomes _terrified of_ every other letter of the alphabet. So much so that they become terrified of anyone 'saying X' for fear of receiving Divine Retribution by Association. There's no teaching involved. As I mentioned above (& as I'm sure everyone is trying to say 'but' over & over again while reading this) 'A' is not a consequence-free option. Nor are the other options. & you all *_KNOW_* this yet come to dismiss it all because some guru you respect says so. You _know_ you don't get to simply 'refuse the jab' & go about your life mask-free, get medical help jab-free & access to public spaces. Even if he is right that the reaction is taught, *reaction* to _what,_ TIK? Does anyone think people injected their own children with untested products because of an _opinion?_ In your teens, you were likely pressured by your peers to do _something_ you knew was wrong. How many people in their teens can withstand the pressure they feel *without back-up* to resist? I have been trying to start a movement that can break this Worship of Authority Figures for worship's sake. You know what people who would _want_ that to happen do? Refuse to join it because no one _else has_ yet. 🙄 If I could make you afraid of getting one scowl of discontent from complete strangers enough to get you to sacrifice your own children for nothing but cannot get you to make the slightest effort of agreeing to help something that could save their lives down the road, that isn't something you are 'taught.' That is a fear of social ostracism that _you_ have *learned **_without_* anyone ever _having_ to tell you it.

[@CasshernSinz1613]

Love your content: super informative and your participation with your viewers really stands out. Of course once the views rack up you can't respond to everyone, however, I appreciate the generosity and civility you display when interacting with your audience. Your content is so well researched I had to readjust my views on the history of WWII. It's very mind-blowing just how misled we are in public education, but it is equally uplifting to see we can counter that with content like yours. In addition: Montemayor has very interesting content relating to specific battles on WWII. I like them quite a bit because they show battles from the perspective of both sides with fog of war. Meaning, we can more properly understand why decisions were made that hindsight would show to be bad decisions, whereas, at the time the logic behind decisions was far more sound than we give credit.

[@user-bi6db6sr8j]

Yeah! Atmosphere here is so nice, also many thank fo Montemayor) Gonna check it out)

[@SurfCombatant525]

TIK, thank you for consistently adding perspective. You are doing important work for, well, at least my understanding of mankind's collective greatest event.

[@grassmania_yt9030]

"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." -Aldous Huxley

[@mothman2514]

About the "every man is an island"...that would only work if everyone in the world believed that. And remember,an organized minority is always stronger than a disorganized majority.

[@Aioradeleo27]

without ceasing to lose sight of the fact that man is a social animal by nature, who needs the interaction of other people to form groups and develop properly. In particular, I think that it is basically impossible for man to function constantly as an individual being, without being part of a group, he never has. It also seems impossible to me that large societies can exist without a State, the few places where there is no State are complete chaos, where the law of the strongest prevails and they fall into the tribalism of warlords

[@mothman2514]

@@pain5835 The Populist Delusion

[@otamanvasyl9949]

The thing about Jews is that they have strong national identity. If German Jew have a choice to save between German or French Jew, he will choose the later.

[@mrmarriott1249]

Hi Tik, just want to say your videos are fantastic! Keep it up!

[@greyone40]

Once again you have made a video that packs more in it than we could think possible. Unfortunately, the people who really need to see this probably will never watch. The comments on censorship are probably the most important. If we can't have access to information for research, we can never know what really happened in history, or know what is going on today. People who push censorship today really do need to learn the lessons of history. Most mistakes have been made before, and multiple times. We don't really need to repeat them again, but are doomed to do so.

[@guestimator121]

+greyone40 Meh, I've heard this "individualists" talking points million times, you have quite a few of them on KZbin, mainly from Jordan Peterson, Sargon of Akkad etc. If TIK is so against the group identity, why is he opposed to mass migration to his country? I mean, all of these "individuals" want to come to a random island he also happens to live in, so what's wrong? Just let them in, there's no state, we're just a bunch of islands anyway. Is it because perhaps he's connected to the land he and his ancestors have lived for 1000 years in some way? No, that's just some collectivist talking point, he's totally based AnCap, he wouldn't dare to think that way. Most of the rightwingers start where he is, as "individualists", but realize that language, culture, ancestry and land do in fact, matter. Even the more well-known KZbinrs he also watches (Sargonites and the others) also had similar views a few years back, and they all came in the end to this "collectivist"/"socialist"/"whatever" worldview. He's simply afraid to be called "raycist" or "Yazeee", even though the guy obviously isn't and will never be, but still for now, he's still in the closet and hiding behind this "individualism" crap.

[@SabyMp]

Watch "Europa the last battle" 12 hours long history documentary, you vison and knowledge about the world wars will change, no channel will tell you about the real truth. because they are all affraid to get banned, therefore they make videos with lies and try to convince you they are good history channels, but they are not they avoid the real names words and purpotraters of all evil. And its so easy to see if you start to understand it all.

[@EffequalsMA]

Kellner's diary is really brilliant, providing incredible insight. Last book I got on this specific subject was Peukert's Inside Nazi Germany so, updates needed.

[@beaujeste1]

All sorts of themes mentioned in all but names: Hegelian Dialect; Kalgeri Plan; McKinder; etc All in the context of the beginning of WW3… good work TIK, one of your best.

[@cdfe3388]

Multi-ethnicity is not necessarily a problem. The problem is actually multiculturalism. Multiple ethnicities who share the same culture will get along just fine. As soon as you have separate cultures living together without integrating with eachother, it’s only a matter of time before it leads to violence. It’s also important to note that a cultural melting pot is not an example of multiculturalism. By definition, the melting pot is the ultimate example of cultural integration: two or more cultures mix and create a new, single hybrid culture that replaces both (or all) of its predecessors. Everyone adopts the new culture, regardless of ethnicity. A melting pot can and will prosper.

[@baryonyxwalkeri3957]

@TIK I tried to find the speech of Hitler where you quoted him saying "Germany has conscripted not one man", because it sounds a bit weird to me that he would say that when it would be so obvious that it is wrong. The only speech I found for the date specified in the citation is one about a telegram from Roosevelt, but I only found it in sound form and have not yet been able to listen to the entire 2 hours of it. Is this the same speech you got that quote out of? If so, can you say at least in what part of the speech (e.g. three fourths in) does he mention that? Because I suspect there may be an error in translation and I would like to know for certain.

[@hanssuppenhuhnheldcaruso6083]

While I do not know the source (and certainly wouldn't have the time or chance to do the double checking myself), I would agree here that some double checking would still be great (like I asked for in my comment, too). Possibly, the German term "(Truppen) einziehen" might have been used in the original (and lost in a somewhat ambiguous translation) which contemporary German listeners/readers might have understood as "calling up reservists/mobilising reserve units" instead of a reference to the default conscription mechanism.

[@Fanakapan222]

It may be a translation problem ? He could have meant conscription in the context of men being recalled to the colours ? The concept of conscription in Europe has pretty much always been the idea of having a pool of trained men available for recall, as opposed to an army ready to go at a moments notice. We have a very recent example of the mangling of context when it comes to Russia's recent recall of former regulars who would have signed on for a period of years in the reserve. In that context the use of the word conscription has been used, and whilst you could technically describe it as such, it is used by propagandists to conjure up visions of hapless youths being torn from their mothers arms, rather than a recall of those still on contract.

[@brankororic5840]

"There are no groups, there are only individuals". Ah, the eternal anglo.

[@cocktailpost]

Love when you just don't stick to tanks. Frankly these videos are very useful to understand the current state of things. Thanks man, got to get "my opposition" for sure

[@whatwhat3432523]

You bareley mentioned fear. Fear of standing out, and fear of violence is THE biggest reason people fall for propaganda. Doesnt even need to come from the government or the state at all. They could be on the right side of history, and the people on the wrong.

[@rebelscumspeedshop]

I love your cadence as you talk. It's the perfect speed and clear to understand. Thank you.

[@lesliefranklin1870]

Sadly, this all sounds like recent events in Ukraine.

[@joeyj6808]

Dude. The fact that you had to make this (good, well-researched) video in 2022 is a very sad thing. How anyone could not have the minimal historical education to already know all of this is a truly sad commentary on modern society. But then, these are truly sad times. Thank you for your good work. I'm just sorry it's necessary.

[@CNQ.]

Germans like to believe 75 year old propaganda, still.

[@milan51259]

"How anyone could not have the minimal historical education to already know all of this is a truly sad commentary on modern society." Teachers in school usually don't teach this kind of critical thinking. I've studied of becoming a history teacher and remember well when I wrote "Larnings on the planned economy in Soviet Union" paper. It was negative, because teacher didn't like my deep-dive on why exactly this kind of economy doesn't work. He misinterpreted my topic in me being a commie-fanboy. Presentation too was a debacle. Whole class laughed into my face. Now the students laughing about me are mediocre teachers and I'm successful investor. Critial thinking and questions make people feel uncomfortable, because it might go against the narrative they have been fed their entire life and against feelings of their peer groups. Most people will never turn on their brain - even if they are highly educated or think of themsevels as "elite" because they have a diploma in their pocket.

[@ReadMr]

Brilliant! Many thanks TIK!

[@JoaoTrindade]

Thank you for all these videos Tik

[@MrVlad1969]

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." -- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

[@dusk6159]

2 rubles and a potato has been awarded to you for this broken propaganda throw comrade)))))) Show up to the conscription center now

[@dusk6159]

I also love how, in your distortion, subversion of the narrative and bs quotes spewing, you used the idols of modern-day russian invaders in Ukraine, and the diplomatic buddies of the Soviet Union: the nazis. The russian forces have a hammer and sickle red flag on the tank and a nazi tatoo and arm salute right next to each other.

[@rebeccalindley153]

Sometimes you only have to denounce them as questioning an election, and that they show a lack of patriotism, and say they are a danger to the country by engaging in one simple riot.

[@maksimbukhtayarau9916]

Hi, TIK! Regarding the "Free State"/"Freistaat" thing: in German this means "republic". The origin of this lies in middle the 19th century, I believe, when it became vogue to create words of purely German origin to replace Latin and French ones. So "Free State" doesn't make much sense because of a somewhat butchered translation. Republic Danzig sounds more sensible). Even nowadays, Bavaria is actually "der Freistaat Bayern"

[@87sparker]

Thank you this a great take

[@PedroElPolako]

Well, Zaolzie case was rather complicated, wrong but complicated, it always misses the fact it was annexed by Czechoslovakia during Russo-Polish war, so it ethnic argument might have been the justification but the issue wasn't that clear.

[@tyberiuszXIV]

There's a gynormous difference between retaking Zaolzie and staging a false flag in order to invade a sovereign nation.

[@82dorrin]

"Committing Sudoku" I laughed pretty hard at that.

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

If you studied the Arkancide problem in the USA you wouldn't laugh. It is a serious event.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@suzannakoizumi8605 I do not have ANY information that would lead to the arrest or indictment of Hi11ary C1inton!

[@thorstenmanfred6622]

Have you considered using some other platform for expressing your thoughts and conclusions about current events?

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Actually yes I have considered it. I don't know how much demand there is for such content though, and until my new editor is up to speed it won't be a possibility anyway, but it is something I have considered

[@johnmcpudding857]

@@TheImperatorKnight The topics and broader concept you usually discuss in your videos, are perfectly applicable to look at current events from another POV that is far more objective than most what we receive from elsewhere. I'm sure you could figure out a topic or 2 you could compare to the events from the past and apply the crucial concepts that most people don't understand regarding more recent events.

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

We can not lose you to the YT censors. Try Rumble.

[@SabyMp]

@@johnmcpudding857 You mean Zionist rulers, Marxist and things we can not say on this platform? Why the jews created the war and why the jews killed more then 50 milion Christians in Bolschevik Russia. And because the Marxist and Zionist are now creating the one world government they wanted from the beginning of all the wars in History? Yes these things you can not say on this platform thats why its nessecary to understand who are our rulers behind the scenes... they are all Jews, thats what Hitler was fighting against but as you know he lost and now we having the same problem again in this time and age. Like general Patton said after the war, I have noticed and understand we have fighting the wrong side of the war, before he was killed.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Another belter Lewis, hope you're getting some time off for Christmas! Just one difference I have with you; there are groups; families and friends. Perhaps even tribes and clans in the past also

[@WallNutBreaker524]

"You are not Immune to Propaganda." - Gothfield "Control the Media, Control the Mind." - Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Life Form

[@shukuffxi]

You are going to get so much crap because of this video lol. Probably called a lot of names. Good work, you're about as accurate on the topic in this video as is possible. I'm less certain about specific historic events but spot on with your analysis of the situations that is in perfect alignment with ideological and philosophical perspectives which I'm much more certain about.

[@hmshood9212]

Nothing has changed today TIK. It’s become much easier to believe propaganda with social media.

[@eze8970]

Thank you TIK! 🙏🙏

[@darylcheshire1618]

as Sir Humphrey said, "the people have the right to be ignorant".

[@guilhemdemercia6523]

You made some interesting points on this good video which i enjoyed listening to. I will not contend the facts you brought up, but i question your overly individualistic framework for interpreting human nature. Each man is derived from a completely unique contingency which ties him unalterably with a specific chain of people. He can claim no other descent without being a different person. This chain binds his entire existence to his ancestors and he is likely to form his closest relationships with people who have a very similar chain, for example, his siblings who are the same but for a different permutation in the last link of the chain. I understand that not everyone lives within the idealised extended family, but it is from the family that human society is modelled, not the individual. Tribes being an aggregation of clans, clans of families etc, and those tribes going on to form states of varying degrees of complexity. I can see that your work is incredibly entrepreneurial, and a testament to your individual virtues, but it only makes sense in the context of a community with your sources, citations and viewers. I am aware that a population can be misled in many ways but I wouldn't dismiss the concept of a volk so lightly.

[@SonofTiamat]

@TIK A content creator called The Alternative Hypothesis recently made a video called H-tler The Aggressor in which he gives tactical reasons for Germany's actions. I would be very curious to hear your thoughts on his video as I respect you both

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Just looked it up, it's a 5 hour video. Is it any good? Or is it just Nazi propaganda? I can see Bomber Harris in the thumbnail, which gives the impression it's the latter

[@SonofTiamat]

@@TheImperatorKnight I wouldn't call it propaganda. The uploader, Ryan Faulk, has been very critical of the NSDAP in past videos, criticizing their eugenics beliefs (his specialty is human biology). And he's not exactly a socialist by any stretch and even used to be an ancap. His politics are complicated to say the least But he contests that they (the NSDAP) weren't the aggressors they're often portrayed as. I was just curious as I like and respect both of you, and genuinely do not know who is right or wrong on this Thank you

[@TheImperatorKnight]

Okay, fair enough. I'll give it a watch when I get a chance

[@SonofTiamat]

@@TheImperatorKnight Thanks. I realize it's kind of a big ask so I appreciate it In a few days I'm going to get back on Patreon and donate to you again

[@BleaK1211]

Another great video. You sir are the best historian on KZbin.

[@dmitrgru6132]

Great video! Tik, you are world class ambassador of sanity!

[@AFGuidesHD]

"I have held from the very beginning that the poles were utterly foolish and unwise" "I can only urge the importance of Poland accepting the proposal for direct negotiations and thereby putting herself right in the eyes of the world" "The Poles must put themselves in the right by making a gesture of some kind, or else we must all fight" "Heaven knows what Poland will cost us" "In old days British statesmen were not handicapped by a propagandist press" luv me some quotes from are Nevile Henderson.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Why should Poland negotiate when it became clear after March 1939 (German invasion of Czechoslovakia) that Germany could not be trusted?

[@AFGuidesHD]

@@dragosstanciu9866 same reason why every other countries still negotiate with other countries despite the odd, interpretable to one party, "bad faith" action. With this logic, no one today should make agreements with the United States because they could just pull out of them unilaterally (e.g. paris climate agreement, Iran nuclear deal etc.). Why did Poland trust Britain, despite Britain in the 1860s making a similar guarantee to Denmark ? Why should Italy make agreements with Britain after 1919 ? The list is endless. "Painter man couldn't be trusted" is a poor excuse.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@dragosstanciu9866 Because Poland participated in German invasion of Czechoslovakia and got small parts of territory for their service ;) Poles actually considered themselves allies of Germany (against USSR ) until it was too late. Germans were privately astonished by Polish stupidity (treat that remains to this day) .

[@floridaman318]

@@AFGuidesHD it's still a reason though. Simply a matter of what they thought their odds with him were.

[@aleksanderwielopolski8205]

@@AFGuidesHD Why should Poland care about some things unrelated to Poland's history? Prussia (creator of Germany) used to occupy polish lands, and now Germany wants to do it again. That's how it looked like for Poland, and there's nothing complicated about that. Your quotes are adorable, but maybe you should think about what TIK said about matching your "news" with the other sides' points of view. You should start from checking out the speech Józef Beck made in the polish parliament on 5 May 1939. It's easy to find it in google.

[@antgiat]

And so,history repeats itself. Other protagonists but the same theme...and the same goals

[@dallas6442]

Right. Even in speech can find similar sentences or words

[@juhopuhakka2351]

I dont get it how people belive those fairytail like stories that comes from media.

[@KillerofWestoids]

Tbh, Russia does have legitimate claims over some current Ukrainian territory.

[@antgiat]

@@KillerofWestoids well in their case it is not just as simple as that is it? It less claims to land than sth else....?

[@norwegianboyee]

@@KillerofWestoids Japan has legitimate claims to Kuril islands, Finland has legitimate claims to Karelia. Georgia has... you get the point.

[@tonybennett638]

Love your work 👍

[@ServantOfSatania]

Dear TIK, Ever since watching your public vs private video I can't help but notice how many times phrases like "private corporation" get used pretty much everywhere. Ever since you bestowed me with the fruit of knowledge that said video was I am unable to walk in the garden of Eden that was my wilful ignorance and I fully blame you and youtube's recommendations for this. That being said do keep up the good work, I'm too deep now and don't plan to stop watching anytime soon PS: Great video, diving into Hitler's mindset, be it his simple strategic reasoning or his philosophy, is always fascinating

[@chadgun4135]

This is a very clever analysis of the last two years Thanks

[@davidjackson2179]

But everything was light and truth before that?

[@bradleywillis1654]

And you’re right about people tending to avoid deconstructing their convictions in what they are heavily invested. I can think of that applying to many topics. It’s the reason why that mark twain quote is true. It’s easier to deceive people than to convince them they’ve been deceived

[@stevelebreton3489]

Thanks for the video 😉

[@hanssuppenhuhnheldcaruso6083]

Hi Tik, great video again! However, I'd kindly like to ask you for a double check regarding the quote at 19:09 "...Germany has conscripted not one man..." for a potential translation ambiguity. It might be the case that the original quote does not deny the conscription mechanism ("Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht" in 1935), but instead refers to the German term "Truppen einziehen", which certainly could have been understood in a sense of "calling up reservists/territorials". If this was the case, the statement might be read as "Germany did not call up its reservists" instead of "there is no conscription".

[@ashcarrier6606]

I remember a passage from the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". The American Ambassador to Germany's daughter arrived in Berlin and was being driven around the city by German escorts. They passed the recently "burned" Reichstag. She remarked that it didn't seem all that badly damaged. She was sharply rebuked by a German official in the car. Something like, "This is not America. You cannot simply say whatever it is you are thinking!" What struck me by his response is that he clearly understood the Reichstag Fire was a false flag provocation nonsense. And that he thought she was openly saying so.

[@Freigeist2008]

And she was wrong about it. BTW: The american ambassadors daughter Martha Dodd was anti-german, later an Soviet spy in the US and married with a Jew(Dodd-Stern). Sure, she hates everything non-leftist and later died in Czechia with their comrades

[@bigd1643]

It’s hard to know if it is propaganda or history without doing your own research. Witch we are all here to learn.

[@Swellington_]

I think some of it back then at least was the situation and all that but also ppl believed that ppl told the truth and didn't think the government would lie as much as they were, they expected ppl to be honest, but maybe not,idk, great video and good job Tik

[@videogenics86]

And we are seeing the same thing play out in Ukraine today, Putin's reasons for going in were to "protect" "ethnic" Russians and as you said there IS no Russian race. I look forward to the day when we all recognize that there is only one minority and that is is the individual. I have very different life experiences from my brother. We were raised in the same house by the same parents but we've had VERY different lives.

[@billbolton]

'No man is and island, it's not your nation'. A compelling argument; but also a reason for apathy when your country (it's not yours so why bother?) is attacked by another under the sway of a despotic megalomaniac. Why should anyone bother?

[@pax6833]

I agree. I utterly disagree with TIK's notion of every person being an island. There is no such thing, we are all a part of a community, and a nation is a community of communities. There can be an argument on how intertwined a person is with their community/nation, but that connection, no matter how weak, still exists. To insist it doesn't is to say there should not be a state period, and that route lays lawlessness and mayhem.

[@billbolton]

@@pax6833 people have always formed groups, being part of a group has enhanced the survival chances of people. That's why there is group think. Everyone can't think through all the important decisions, trust is placed in leaders, deserved or not. People are forced to pick a side, their survival can depend on it. To say nations and states have arisen only to benefit leaders or a political class is an oversimplification of reality.

[@agesflow6815]

Thank you, TIKhistory.

[@lorenzodelfino5894]

Have you considered to move your suppressed videos to Rumble?

[@hoodiecollier5542]

Tik, you are so unbelievably based. We need more historians like yourself!!

[@roswith7718]

No he's not lol

[@elinavance3476]

@@roswith7718 I think he meant biased :)

[@PurpleCat9794]

There are a number of examples of mono-ethnic states being successful. Korea and Japan came to my mind. There are small groups of ethnic minorities in Japan, but it is not like in the west.

[@brucetucker4847]

I don't know as much as I should about Korean history, but in Japan that works because the Japanese had nearly exterminated and/or assimilated their ethnic minorities before the modern era. That's the case with most mono-ethnic states.

[@CNQ.]

They have no neighbours, no neighbours can then be mad. Multi-Cultural societies are common in Europe because people move like how there was German communities in the Volga, and or Sudetenland due to immigration. Allowing people to settle there is okay, allowing the people to completely take over the region ethnically is exactly what you do not do, but Hitler wanted to rather exterminate every non-German. Mono-ethnic states create tension between Ethnic groups which can break relations, and start wars like French-German fights in Rhineland/Alsace-Lorraine, and or Slav-Germanic fights in Prussia, which ended since the Polish Commonwealth allowed them to settle there, and a Polish king actually developed most of the area which is where the name Königsberg(which means King's mountain) comes from, it's because of a Polish king helping the local Prussian community there with more infrastructure. This is why Russia is not a Ethno-state, 80% of population is only Slavic after all.

[@CareFactor00]

Apologies in advance for being off topic but has TIK ever done or mentioned his plans to do anything about the war in the East?

[@Reathety]

"What Poland chooses to do with their tax slaves is nothing to do with you" Words of wisdom right there!

[@robert48044]

We are absolutely surrounded by Propaganda

[@peterhughes8699]

Excellent and impressive TIK - I fully agree :)

[@Breas1014]

Britain and France declared war on Germany for invading Poland, the USSR also invaded Eastern Poland but no declaration of war occurred against the Russians ? Why?

[@randomobserver8168]

Most humans identify at multiple levels all at once, and choose in crunch moments which to emphasize according to whatever moral principles guide them. Self, partner, child, friend, relative, neighbour, same country, same ethnicity, same culture or way of life, same moral positions, same religion, can all command a person's allegiance. I'm not convinced a system based on pure individualism attenuated by distantly held shared values, presuming those are indeed common, will endure.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

Ingrian Leo Komarov was born in the USSR and won gold in the Finnish team. Individualistic Americans always win the Stanley cup, but rarely the Olympic gold. Isn't Tik's ideology British nationalism from the Opium War era?

[@wierdlifedude5283]

hi Tik, i cant remeber the source, however i read a couple of years back about the region Poland took, or rather retook from the Czech who siezed itin 1919 or 1920 during the polish-soviet war. back then there where more poles than czechs living there, yet the czechs implemented some polecies to expel the poles or something like that, can you do a video about this topic as it is a very overlooked part of history.