A Republic, If You Can Keep It: Masha Gessen Talks Autocracy with Timothy Snyder 

sept same year how weak does this great country now look ?

Even eerier in February 2022, at the abyss of a possible third world war, watching from Austria

@@corinnakern What Snyder said about autocrats undermining democratic institutions with consent is what concerns me. Trump is still out there repeating the big lie, attacking NATO, praising Putin, with silence and complicity from the GOP.

@@reidwhitton6248 Yes, I am aware of this! I too, am conform with Timothy Snyder.

Snyder's comment on Republicans not splitting from Trump until something entirely unprecedented happening and even then only a few of them at the most even then was spot on.

Gaia So Yes both are so good and unfortunately correct.

"Both offer an intellectual honesty that is rarely seen in public discourse." You're kidding right? Have you checked out Snyder's You Tube videos? They're ALL "Comments are disabled for this video." Every One of them. I found this blowhard while researching another "professor"; Joanna Brooks. Who plugs his book on "Tyranny". What kind of credibility can you expect from people who have closed Fakebook and You Tube pages? This Brooks is another "professor" who whitewashes Islam while bashing America, our founding fathers and our US Constitution. This hypocrite Snyder actually uses the Ten Commandments to back up his bullshit "Merry Christmas" lecture. See above for link. Read my comments above.

Go read a book Larry. You might start with the bible.

@@larrysingleton2864 i agree this guy has absolutly no credibility

@@paulandrewmonson Meaning.....?

You should probably dig out the Declaration of Independence and study it. These two speak well and carry themselves well but they are by no means brilliant. They don't know the difference between a republic and a democracy. You should!

How do they deal with Biden, Macron, Trudeau, and Klaus Schwab?

This is an utterly ignorant statement

This is why you can't talk to Trump followers because they have no ability to consider other information even if it is factual history with proof. You can show photos, graphs, news clippings or scientific data with history and they will still come back with their conspiracy theory cult lies.

And don't believe in the teachings of Christianity just say you do.

😂😂😂😂 Good god. Now I see even Timothy’s audience is susceptible to “eternity politics.” No one is safe

dan hurley yes his head is in the past living in the present thank goodness clinton didn’t win does he believe that trump wants an autiritarrian US for his 7 grandchildren accept that trump won clinton was running her own government from her basement

Trumps plan is to pur Americans back to work bring back American money back to America

lynda mackrous keep dreaming

@@lyndamackrous7158 Why would you trust a person who can't get a loan from a single American bank with the economy?

Who cares silly billy? Focus or turn off the music.

Cafe bands. No biggie.

If we cannot acknowledge our history, we are condemned to repeat it.

win-chilling or win - chilling

Yes ..chilling

If you listen to more of her work you'll see she has addressed that. We must get $$$ and TV out of our politics

So trump voters R psychopaths?

It wasn't hard to conclude that the 2008 economic crisis would bring about a populist uprising. History teaches us as much.

Masha

He's using Foucault's understanding of psychology/psychiatry as a novel historical invention used to impose a dualism that revolves around control / power

Yes, and he's using it in a cheap shot, shallow manner .

Actually, no, not yet. The future is not written yet, so we can and will make a difference.

i recommend watching this interview ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fj0B5UXnA_c.html

No its not, you just don't understand Lincoln's party.

U wish. The radical faction of the Republican Party is back, why was reconstruction stopped? Who stopped it? Who erected those monuments to the loser of the civil war all across this nation?

@@jaydiddat2127 fascists are back. Andrew Johnson is often credited with sabotaging reconstruction. The daughters of the confederacy as well as other confederate offshoots. They reside in the republican party today. Learn to spell before pretending to lecture me on fucking history dipshit.

@@jaydiddat2127 list of democrats who switched parties during the southern strategy.1960s - Arthur Ravenel, Jr., South Carolina State Representative, later U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1987-1995) 1960s - James F. Byrnes, former Governor of South Carolina (1951-1955) and United States Secretary of State (1945-1947) 1960 - Claude R. Kirk, Jr., later Governor of Florida (1967-1971) 1960 - Charlton Lyons 1961 - Perle Mesta, former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg (1949-1953) 1962 - Dave Treen, later U.S. Representative from Louisiana (1973-1980) and Governor of Louisiana (1980-1984) 1962 - Jack M. Cox, former Texas State Representative 1962 - James D. Martin, later U.S. Representative from Alabama (1965-1967) 1962 - Ronald Reagan, while an actor and former Screen Actors Guild president.[4] Later 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) 1962 - Floyd Spence, South Carolina State Representative, later a U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1971-2001) 1963 - Rubel Phillips, former Mississippi Public Service Commissioner 1963 - Stanford Morse, Mississippi State Senator 1963 - James H. Boyce 1964 - Alfred Goldthwaite, Alabama State Representative 1964 - Clarke Reed 1964 - Howard Callaway, later U.S. Representative from Georgia (1965-1967) and United States Secretary of the Army (1973-1975) 1964 - Iris Faircloth Blitch, former Georgia U.S. Representative (1955-1963) 1964 - Charles W. Pickering, later Mississippi State senator and Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2004) 1964 - Strom Thurmond, while U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954-2003).[5] 1965 - Albert W. Watson, while U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1963-1971) (resigned before switching parties and regained his seat in a special election) 1965 - Roderick Miller, Louisiana State Representative 1966 - Marshall Parker, South Carolina State Senator 1966 - Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., South Carolina State Representative 1966 - Thomas A. Wofford, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1956) 1966 - Len E. Blaylock, later U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1975-1978) 1966 - Jerry Thomasson, Arkansas State Representative 1966 - Henry Grover, Texas State Representative 1967 - Thad Cochran, U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1978-present, US Representative from Mississippi's 4th District 1967 - William E. Dannemeyer, later U.S. Representative from California (1979-1992) 1967 - Allison Kolb, former Louisiana State Auditor (1952-1956) 1968 - William Reynolds Archer, Jr., while a Texas State Senator, later U.S. Representative from Texas (1971-2001) 1968 - Will Wilson, former Attorney General of Texas (1957-1963) 1968 - James L. Bentley, Comptroller General of Georgia (1963-1971) 1968 - Gerald J. Gallinghouse, later United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1970-1978) the list goes on.

@@bomberfox5232 key word is democrats who switched and further corrupted and infiltrated the GOP. They are known as rhinos

Change the labels and decide what you support. This is beyond party.

It's because Russia did the same thing in the Ukraine. Snyder wrote extensively about it.

he is a political hack

Listen again.

Perhaps no more party and just vote for the legislation we want

We did but if only watch Trump or Fox you would not be aware of that. Your comment illustrates the importance of facts. You can spin your opinion but you should have known the FISA thing was debunked long ago, bro.

Trump is on the run. If his open criminality evades investigation the rule of law is finished in the US.

He already has. No truth, no lies, no up and no down. No facts and no evidence. no rules no laws. So we give up even trying. That must stop.

perhaps you're not ready to accept the truth yet...Give it a few days...think about it....don't feel judged or wrong. Just think about it and try again. It's not easy when we've been so brainwashed by b.s. for years. And it takes a little work and don't worry , you can change your mind later if you want.

If you value our Democracy, these truths are absolutely necessary. If you cannot support Democracy then America is not for you. Plain and simple and that's your choice.

“If you don’t vote for my candidate you’re basically Hitler…” -Timothy Snyder, World Renowned WW2 Historian

Here's Snyder's "talk" on "Merry Christmas: Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 5: Christianity and Christmas ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EvW3rLd45Dw.html And of course he can't resist using it as an opportunity to bash Trump. Which is apparently what his book on "Tyranny" is all about; Bashing Trump. I sit here and get pissed that here's this "professor" pontificating on our beliefs and traditions yet he does it on a venue that is supposed to invite discussion and debate which he has chosen to CLOSE. You'll also notice that the difference between this blowhard and people like Robert Spencer, Andrew Bostom and Hugh Fitzgerald is that this guy blathers on and on and on and on before finally getting to his point. I call this "mental masturbation". And liberals are very, very, very good at that. Especially when it comes to the "self-gratification" part. It's all about them. With Obummer it was "I" "my" "me" and "mine" All The F-ing Time. Listen to his speeches and actually count how many times the word "I" and "my" is used. "Mealy Mouth" is the one way I'd describe his little "Merry Christmas" talk. And actually he seems to give all the reasons, even incredibly using the Bible and Ten Commandments as examples, to NOT say Merry Christmas. Or at least, keeping "the other" in mind when you do say "Merry Christmas". And again, it's hard to understand exactly where he stands on this because he seemed to go all the way across the map when trying to make his point. Which, I think, he never did. And again; Listen to this and wonder about why he closed the comments.

Your posts make it very clear why he closed the comments.

Why do you need to comment on a lecture? Watch it with a friend and discuss it. The comment section isn't the real world. It's filled with attention seeking phonies who get off on shit stirring. If you want to discuss it, find someone to discuss it with.

He promotes NWO. It is the best bet when you are ambitious and do not have a talent.

@@sonjak8265 boy I'd be waking up and smelling the coffee to that, Chester

Historian, speaks and reads 6+ languages, wrote several important history books. Education and facts know you are wrong, but dont let that stop you.

Find someone who speaks to you Wrad. But always consider the source and get at least 3 different valid sources. Of course re: fisa GO to court docs and other valid sources (not Trump FB or Fox ).

CIA promotes him.

i heard yesterday that they found out that 350million $ was givin to universities all across america from china. what was china wanting for that 350million maybe pushing collectivism. which this scumbag is part of. this religion of collectivism is the most dangerous in the whole history of mankind put together. and it is a religion

and these people are their preachers

They are not confused but it tyakes a little practice to exersice one's brain if one is only watching Fox News. HOwever you can do it silas and once you get your brain into shape it's fuin! kinda like your weight