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No mention of Sabbateans? They control many nations and those that they don't directly control they manipulate. This is not a theory, is is fact. Ataturk, Churchill. Look into it.
@@livinginthisgalaxy7961 I agree, get Brian Cox on here. Of course I love his appearances on Rogan but I'd love to hear Lex's perspectives while talking to him
I think it's the japanese that have an idea that all robots are alive and worth respecting for their works however large or small. even though we may not consider them alive in the west. they are given a spirit in japan. a concept I really love. just thought I'd mention incase it was unknown.
English had a formal you. It was "you". And English has formal language, even you don't see it in "pronouns". And it doesn't anything to do with aristocracy xD
This podcast is a physical representation of my inner need to talk about interesting subjects openly, regardless of how or who it provokes. Thank you Lex.
@@dustinricks5464 Even Trump’s approval/disapproval ratings were NOT as bad as Trump’s at this point in his presidency!!! Trump WAS and still is a VERY popular populist. Biden is turning out to be one of our worst presidents in history!
I consider your podcasts to be my brain food, and I would like you to know I've been gaining weight. Thank you for taking the time to do whatever it is you do to get these conversations to be easily accessed for free by the masses, including me, seemingly without filter. Seriously... Thank you.
In almost 60 years of life I have many times heard people say, "I want to get rich and live the American Dream." I've never heard, "I want to be compensated for my work."
As much as the guy is this Galaxy's super villain, there sure are a thousand and one spinoff movies about him. Idk if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
I heard the guest talking about Abraham Lincoln as the greatest American president, and how Russian peasants loved him, and I thought sure, they also loved Stalin, and the Nazis loved Hitler, and the Red Guards loved Mao. But they were all murderers and madmen.
Leonidas is being distastefully snarky. Every one of us should read Mein Kampf. Just like every one of us should read the Communist Manifesto AND The Gulag Archipelago.
Lex I just checked out your subscriber numbers - whoa man - well done that's gone crazy over the last year. Massive congrats on your commitment, consistency, intelligence and overall joy you bring to each episode. It's the only podcast I make time for. Thanks.
As an African living in my home country Namibia, I agree that learning to speak other languages increases your understanding of the world resulting in greater empathy. I speak English, Afrikaans and my native language Otjiherero. Thank you for another great interview Lex.
One of my favorites, if not THE favorite, from Lex. Great insights on both sides of the table, and all impeccably articulated. I'll be listening to this one again.
When I heard on Twitter that you left Boston I said "Oh too bad for MIT"....Hope you love Austin and your best dreams come true. Tons of cool Tesla folks down there!
Thank you for finding brilliant people like Jeremi Suri and introducing their ideas and work to a larger audience. I've listened to most of your podcasts, and this is definitely one of the best episodes!
I'm only 3 minutes in, I'm already impressed with this guy's confidence in his speech. I think it was the ever so subtle 'you see' that made my brain think, "man this person really knows wtf he's talking about right now".
Would love to see a podcast with a Russian historian as well. The Russian revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union is fascinating and it would be great to see a non American perspective
I rarely comment on anything anymore, but what a great podcast and great guest in particular. If nothing else, watch the last 15 minutes. Excellence in everything, and respect for everyone...yes sir.
Great conversation, Lex! Thanks for asking the questions you asked. Does this mean you're having Dr. Tom Woods on for the counterpoints? Michael can help make that happen for you, and thanks again, you're fast becoming my favorite interviewer.
Lex, you are, were and continue to be my hero. THANK YOU for an actual UNBIASED look into these issues. National news has completely ceased to even pretend to be neutral.
This has 163k views as of June 30? This could be your best work yet lex. Your interest in Hitler motors my own and i suspect for similar reasons. Ive wondered how quick he was. And Trump too. I now understand that i have a quickness to me that Ive always used for humour, amusing people in the moment etc. This conversation is blowing my mind gents.
This guy sounds just likes David Brooks, longtime PBS/NYTimes contributor. The slight laugh at the end of a point, the general pace and emphasis on certain words, and the sound of each word is almost exact.
I've always loved history. I could sit and read history books all day long. I was wondering why I was starting to like this gentleman. I wish I had went to college just to pick professors brains to learn and have deeper conversations about world history.
In any other place at any other time the depth and persistent quality of these conversations would make lex and his guests world famous. It's a shame that the noise of the current times drown out what should be seminal productions of our culture, but I count myself lucky to witness them.
Really surprised that Churchill got airbrushed out when discussing appeasement and FDR having to break the law...Apart from that, enjoyed the discussion and learned a few things.
1:36:00 For him to say there there is "no Communism in the United States" is such an insane view. Obviously there are, as it is easy to show in our history and current affairs. There's no shortage of Twitter people who profess to want Communism/Socialism. Also the history of Communism in the USA can be found as far back as Communism itself. And the number of college professors and students who would say they are at least sympathetic to it, is extremely large. And to think he studies political history is astounding. He throws around the words Communism and Capitalism in such a vague way that I cannot possibly take him seriously as an academic.
It's insulting how intelligent this man is... Utterly humbling. His rational and logical perspective on human nature and the cycles of history were amazing. I am also high😎
Great interview. However, Jeremi seems to be taken by the romanticism built around both FDR and Lincoln later on. For an example, FDR didn't build the Hoover Dam, it was signed by Coolidge and construction began during Hoover (hence, the name), who in the end was not that different to FDR in terms of policy.
I would have loved to hear more from him about Lincoln’s views on africans. I don’t know anyone that isn’t glad the abomination of slavery is gone, but good heavens, that was quite the whitewash of Lincoln.
FDR was a criminal who shat on the constitution and the rights of the citizenry possibly more than any other president. Literally seized the assets of the citizenry with the removal of the gold standard. War time seizing of production. Encamping a population literally based on race and ethnicity (when his own reports said the chance of spies was low). Suppressed the press. Pen pals and admired Mussolini. This list could go on for an extremely long time including something as with as or much or terrible things or things as simple as blaming Hoover for so much government spending and then when in making Hoover’s spending look like pennies. He is far too romanticized as most “war time” presidents are. This isn’t a partisan opinion. It is _literally_ just looking at history and what happened with no fluff.
There were a number of those moments from the guest. There has never been communists in the US? He seems to imply there was nothing to worry about.....McCarthy was a psycho, but he wasn’t wrong. The constitution can only be ‘open to interpretation’ by those ignorant of and/or unwilling to read the volumes of information that explain it. I don’t know if David McCullough is still around, but would love to see him on with Lex.
The last speech by Biden was as close to Italian fascism as you can be without being Italian fascism. “We are the government. The government is us.” That’s nothing outside of the state, nothing against the state and everything for the state.
I spent years working with Mr. Suri and his family as a school principal and got to see what an outstanding man he truly is. How cool he’s on one of my favorite podcasts :)
Lex, we didn’t really get to hear the guys positions fully because you keep interrupting and asking questions which are unnecessarily long, sometimes with multiple questions within them. We didn’t really get to hear his full views of Abraham Lincoln which I was so interested to hear. Just try leave the guests go on a long monologue about the topic they are really interested in and maybe keep that topic going with quick concise questions. Other than that, great podcast and amazing guest. Only on your channel will you find such a diverse range of guests like yours. It a privilege to be able to listen to people like you and the guests you have for free
Delightful conversation, excellence in active listening between Lex and Suri generating a great back and forth. If you are not going to study STEM, study History. As a History major and lover, this was a treat.
Good eye contact habits start in infancy, just two days after birth. It all depends on the parents or caretakers to do a good job with eye contact with the child. I think Lex has good eye contact as well as a great ability to remain present in the conversation while coming up with new questions to ask.
Just watching this for the first time. What a great guest. Lex, you are a brilliant and incredibly diverse interviewer. I don't think you realize that which makes it all the better. Keep it up.
1:42:15 he brings up "self defense" and then clearly uses "handguns or some small arm to defend myself" as a reasonable standard.. then goes on to say that the majority of mass shootings "AREN'T from defense weapons, but from mass killing weapons" when the stats are that at least 60% of mass shootings are done with handguns. I enjoyed most of the interview, but the fact that this guy could get such a modern, basic stat so wildly wrong, makes it harder for me to take him seriously as a historian.
Not only that, but the founders clearly included 2nd amendment as the defense of the people against a tyrannical government (to put it into context: they just had won a war largely with private arms against the British), not just self defense.
@Jordan almost everyone I know are interested in that time and event too, but when he says “recently” every episode its just funny cause he says that literally every time 😭
@@Wingedmagician theres something to learn from pretty much everything, this idea of "hitler is evil so there is nothing to be learned from him" makes no sense
5:33 " A really nice definition of freedom we often think kind of this very abstract notion of being able to do anything you want but really it's ultimately breaking yourself free from the constraints like the very tight dependence on whether it's the institutions or on your family or the expectations or the community or whatever be able to be to realize yourself within the constraints of your own abilities.."
Such a great interview, thank you for this. ps: Joe Rogan is influencing Lex big time, to the point that I’m afraid Lex podcast will become a mirror of Joes
Clear mind - looking at various angles with depths and be able to synthesize to make few critical points. Being born in Japan and never experienced debate in any manner, yet graduated from a very reputable business school, (with deep interest in Zen and spirituality), my jaw dropped - my mind blown away - back to nothingness. Keep shaking the tree with passion... know thyself, know others - thy will be done - Thank you. (PS Yes, be the best person to wash dishes etc. - very Zen @1.59.00. You know what? I am 75 1/2 years olf). How high you fly, treat lowest person with respect - treat everyone equal.. Emery - grand mother of Jeremi Suri. @2.01.00 Be authentic, sincere and truthful! I see the answer is in the process re meaning of life.
Lex, please try and refrain from apologizing in the beginning of every video. You’re no longer a noob. It’s fine to do it occasionally, but remember that you’re a mature podcaster at this point with an established audience.
