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Interesting she talks about Putins wave of power grid strikes in Ukraine is related directly to creating UKR refugees for other countries to deal with. Exactly what's happening today she predicted it. read an article about the large amounts of UKR people currently leaving UKR for Europe, and the #1 reason they cite is " power grid strikes blocking our elctiricyt, water etc" this is all so predictable, Putin is predictable. It could have been easily prevented by Biden allowing UKR to hit the planes carrying those bombs which hit the electircyt plants. But he blocked it, it's still blocked today. NATO could have given every air defense system that exists to UKR, but they didn't, they gave barely a few. ANTO could have protected part or al of NATO skies, but they didn't. Now more UKR refugees, that will increase in the millions in the next fw months. UKR people will die due to cold, and Biden can sit in his retirement home with blood on his hand. Shame and karma to him
I attended in person. It was such a great event. I highly recommend watching this to understand the roots of the conspiracy theories that are manifesting currently in the US 2024 Presidential election. Gabriele is a masterful storyteller
politicians are corrupt - full stop. lining their own pockets with benefits, allowances and second homes all funded by the taxpayer. At the same time the taxpayer gets poorer and poorer. Totally out of touch with working people. If you are trying to combat what you call populism - then you are fighting against real working people who have had enough of the cesspit of lies that is the establishment that this panel clearly represents..
One of the things I find so interesting about history is the life of the average person, the mundane, the common things….just people living their lives.
Long time fan of Lucy and her unique indepth investigation of English History. Never change a thing Lucy Worsley. Your AWESOME! B. Bowman @ Camden Loche
What a brilliant talk. Younger audiences aren’t familiar with post-WW2 politics + so I appreciate Anne providing historical + geopolitical context to thread together her argument. Great clarification at the end that this argument is more about autocratic movements/ ideas rather than countries. The author is a wonderfully eloquent orator - she even weaved in many new ideas which I did not know of (e.g. Russia’s interest in the Arctic). Though at times, it was frustrating to see this important argument presented through a Western lens, which discounts that democratic governments have enabled + propped up autocracies where it served their needs. It’s crucial to recognise where democracy + autocracy interlope, and the role democratic governments played in facilitating autocracies. In fairness, the author did acknowledge this in the Q&A + I imagine time also limited her argument. I commend the author for recognising + crediting the individuals living under autocracies who helped her write her book. Thank you Anne for an extremely engaging and informative talk. Superb speaker.
Complexity Science is emerging as a new discipline in its own right. Many universities are now offering Postgraduate degrees in this area. It is exciting to learn...
My manifesto: 1- production and living standards/wages need to be chained together so one is never to far from the other, how? Idk, but maybe a percentage set by law? 2-steak everything to the ground! If the economy is global don't expect them to care about a country, they have hundreads of does. They dont care because they have no interaction with their customers beyond money. Is treason at national and international levels. 3-idk, i really dont have that much to say
Democracy is when those who make decisions on your behalf have the duty to ask for your consent first. Today's republics are actually modern oligarchies where the interest groups of the rich are arbitrated by the people, that is, you can choose from which table of the rich you will receive crumbs. The "fatigue" of democracy occurs when there is a big difference between the interests of the elected and the voters, thus people lose confidence in the way society functions. As a result, poor and desperate citizens will vote with whoever promises them a lifeline, i.e. populists or demagogues. The democratic aspect is a collateral effect in societies where the economy has a strong competitive aspect, that is, the interests of those who hold the economic power in society are divergent. Thus those whealty, and implicitly with political power in society, supervise each other so that none of them have undeserved advantages due to politics. For this reason, countries where mineral resources have an important weight in GDP are not democratic (Russia, Venezuela, etc.), because a small group of people can exploit these resources in their own interest. In poor countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, etc.) the main exploited resource may even be the state budget, as they have convergent interests in benefiting, in their own interest, from this resource. It is easy to see if it is an oligarchy because in a true democracy laws would not be passed that would not be in the interest of the many. The first modern oligarchy appeared in England at the end of the 17th century. After the bourgeois revolution led by Cromwell succeeded, the interest groups of the rich were unable to agree on how to divide their political power in order not to reach the dictatorship of one. The solution was to appoint a king to be the arbiter. In republics, the people are the arbiter, but let's not confuse the possibility of choosing which group will govern you with democracy, that is, with the possibility of citizens deciding which laws to pass and which not to. The solution is modern direct democracy in which every citizen can vote, whenever he wants, over the head of the parliamentarian who represents him. He can even dismiss him if the majority of his voters consider that he does not correctly represent their interests. It's like when you have to build a house and you choose the site manager and the architect, but they don't have the duty to consult with you. The house will certainly not look the way you want it, but the way they want it, and it is more certain that you will be left with the money given and without the house. It is strange that outside of the political sphere, nowhere, in any economic or sports activity, will you find someone elected to a leadership position and who has failure after failure and is fired only after 4 years. We, the voters, must be consulted about the decisions and if they have negative effects we can dismiss them at any time, let's not wait for the soroco to be fulfilled, because we pay, not them. In any company, the management team comes up with a plan approved by the shareholders. Any change in this plan must be re-approved by the shareholders and it is normal because the shareholders pay.
Your at war despite not knowing it. The weapons against you is centralized governments and centralized banks. One attacks with taxes and regulations the other attacks with fake manipulated "money" system. Their end goal is to destroy your humanity.
What Lucy Said! Everything she describes or believes is so exact. I only have about 35 or Agatha's books but several I've re-read. Thank you for this wonderful, Evening of History.
Trump isn’t getting prosecuted for shit, he will soon be back in the White House. You guys have thrown everything at him & nothing has stuck, in fact you’ve only helped him. #TrumpVance2024
fascinating to have such an interview after the Labour victory of 5 July - with his amplification of the vignettes he offers in "Politics on the Edge". The US interviewer does ask good questions.
The first ten minutes sounds like a mommy state arguement. I strongly disagree about governments being there to protect us and the proof is in the pudding to what mess we're in now and that bureaucracies and centralized controls are a mess. It's not technology. Please allow the technology to be available more to all and keep it in the light of day and we will be better off as a society.
As always, Rory Stewart is a VERY BALANCED, REALUSTIC, INTELLIGENT, OUTSTANDING MAN!!!! AND...THE CO SERVATIVES LOST THE PLOT NOT CHOOSING HIM AS THEIR LEADER...SILLY LOT!!!!!
a fantastic video. i agree with Dr. Turchin. Currently, society or the population is in great, gross denial. the evidence in my comments that mention the decline or collapse or fall of western civilization, or the elites are the cause in other videos. my comments never get likes. but the video creators stick them as highlighted comments.
After listening to Rory fairly regularly on his podcast over the last few months, I've grown to appreciate and trust his point of view more than almost any public figure. Glad to see him speaking in front of a large, weathered brick wall with flood lights and a much too small cafe table ;)
