Conservatives behave differently from crusading lefties for many reasons, but the main reason why they are behind in self advocacy and also very happy to just be themselves is that conservative politics is not a crusade, a "change-the-world at all costs as fast as possible and on my terms" sort of programme. It is just a manner of living reasonably. Conservatives know just as much as lefties that there is grave unfairness and cruelty and injustice in our history but they have a very different way of reaching solutions to these, one which is much less subject to overexcited projection of abstract ideals, which, let’s face it, always damage the social fabric more than they bring healing to it.
This idea of "grave unfairness and cruelty and injustice" in America's history has been taught to you through lies of omission told by the left's propaganda ministry that has ruled the country for decades. Yes, one could relate some issues in our past that are regrettable, but most of that is done by using today's standard of justice, not that of the times. And those things most people think the US is guilty always ignore the mitigating factors surrounding them. It is the leftist agenda of tearing down every single foundation in our country--or any country they wish to collapse--demoralizing us so there is nothing left of our culture so it can then be replaced with socialism. The Soviets clearly started it during the Cold War and used our "useful idiots" --a phrase originally used by Stalin describing the naive socialists in Europe who he used to spread Soviet propaganda--to do so. Listen to what Yuri Bezmenov, a man in charge of the Soviet global propaganda machine, said in an interview in 1984 after coming in from the cold. You can find it on RUclips. Don't fall for the self-destructive messaging coming from the American left--made up of these useful idiots or just out-and-out traitors.
I personally think that the question people trying to answer today is around purpose/morality. What does it mean to be a good person? The left's answer is empathy. The right's answer is responsibility.
The "right" has no universal creed but money and power. They are merely the international privileged stirring up and re-directing the tribal instincts of the people of each nation to get into office and keep the people dependent on their economic enterprises.
Excellent discussion giving some Euro perspective from a Chicago , 🇺🇸. Independent politics voted for Harris but lijed neither candidate. Trump 2.0 troubled warers ahead 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Mr Goldman greatly overstates Russia's success in Ukraine. After almost 3 years of all-out war, mighty Russia (4X the size of Ukraine) has increased its territory holdings in Ukraine by only 4% over what it already had in February 2022. A grand total of about 20%.He got the first 15% back in 2014 in a surprise strike when Ukraine was far less prepared. By 2022, it was a very different story. Russia has taken massive losses, estimated by some British authorities at 600,000 dead plus at least the same number missing or wounded. Nor has Russia proven its military-industrial capacity as equal or superior to the US as Goldman states. The US has only dribbled out incremental weapons, whereas Russia is at full capacity and still doesnt control the skies. Its Black Sea fleet is basically destroyed or useless. And as to the Russian economy --- it absolutely has been degraded tremendously, as we see the ruble collapsing. The only measure by which you could say Putin has won would be that his regime hasnt yet fallen. A low bar for "victory." As we know from 1989-91, such events occur gradually, then suddenly. Russia was in Afghanistan for 10 years before giving up, but give up it did.
I believe the latest estimates of casualties is now 700,000. But keep in mind "casualties" refers to dead, wounded, missing and captured. I agree we need to stand up to Russia in Ukraine. I've been around long enough to understand that Russia has been our rival for over 100 years. No matter who was at fault for the current war, we need to keep in mind the big picture. We are the ones who are in the right not only on the issue of siding with Ukraine, but fundamentally by our Western ideology based on The Enlightenment that has given us and most of the rest of the world a very unique and precious gift. Even assuming we were completely culpable of starting this war--which I would dispute--overriding our most fundamental ideals for the sake of worrying over who started what is dwarfed by our overall goal of spreading democracy through the world as it has been since the country's inception. Today everyone seems to have come to the conclusion that US intervention has resulted in bad outcomes. I personally believe the results have been mixed in the case of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Mostly I see people pointing out the cost of the operations without for once considering what other choice we realistically had and what would have happened if we hadn't intervened. Anyone who would care to engage in this discussion, just ask. Nowhere can Russia point to indicating the West is set to secretly take over their country. They have intelligence; they know this. And if it wasn't completely apparent at the start of the war, it certainly is abundantly clear today that the Ukrainians want democracy and independence from Moscow so much they are grinding through their limited number of young men in order to maintain it.
So many people would disagree with you. Col. Douglas MacGregor (USA army, retired) Col. Larry Wilkerson (retired) Daniel L. Davis (served in Afghanistan) former CIA intelligence analysts, Ray McGovern, Phil Girardi. The economist, Dr Jeffrey Sachs. The political scientist, John Mearsheimer. And how many wars did America walk away from? Vietnam for one. Just recently, Afghanistan. And guess who lost 600,000 soldiers in Ukraine. Not the Russians - Ukraine! I wouldn't put too much trust in British Intelligence estimates!
@@caracoidwren944 I have heard estimates by some British military sources of 600,000 Russian DEAD, not just casualties. As a very rough rule, casualties are usually composed of about 1/3 dead and 2/3 wounded or missing. In recent months, we have heard of 30,000 Russian casualties per month. In any event, it is a huge number, and the fact they first used prison conscripts and are now using NKorean mercenaries says a lot. The US and UK induced Ukraine to give its nuclear weapons to Russia in 1994 in exchange for formal affirmation of their sovereignty and borders in the Budapest Memorandum. It would be a disgrace to now abandon Ukraine to the Russian imperial boot.
Conservatives behave differently from crusading lefties for many reasons, but the main reason why they are behind in self advocacy and also very happy to just be themselves is that conservative politics is not a crusade, a "change-the-world at all costs as fast as possible and on my terms" sort of programme. It is just a manner of living reasonably. Conservatives know just as much as lefties that there is grave unfairness and cruelty and injustice in our history but they have a very different way of reaching solutions to these, one which is much less subject to overexcited projection of abstract ideals, which, let’s face it, always damage the social fabric more than they bring healing to it.
This idea of "grave unfairness and cruelty and injustice" in America's history has been taught to you through lies of omission told by the left's propaganda ministry that has ruled the country for decades. Yes, one could relate some issues in our past that are regrettable, but most of that is done by using today's standard of justice, not that of the times. And those things most people think the US is guilty always ignore the mitigating factors surrounding them. It is the leftist agenda of tearing down every single foundation in our country--or any country they wish to collapse--demoralizing us so there is nothing left of our culture so it can then be replaced with socialism. The Soviets clearly started it during the Cold War and used our "useful idiots" --a phrase originally used by Stalin describing the naive socialists in Europe who he used to spread Soviet propaganda--to do so. Listen to what Yuri Bezmenov, a man in charge of the Soviet global propaganda machine, said in an interview in 1984 after coming in from the cold. You can find it on RUclips. Don't fall for the self-destructive messaging coming from the American left--made up of these useful idiots or just out-and-out traitors.
Rod which orthodox Church in Budapest would you recommend? I am American but presently living in Georgia.
Livin the dream. Mt Athos
@RepairRenovateRenew Someone had the faith of a mustard seed and moved mount athos to Budapest?
Are all these guys physically in Budapest, Hungary? And live there? I know Rod Dreher does, but dunno if the others do.
excellent analysis gentlemen
I personally think that the question people trying to answer today is around purpose/morality. What does it mean to be a good person? The left's answer is empathy. The right's answer is responsibility.
read Nietzsche
The "right" has no universal creed but money and power. They are merely the international privileged stirring up and re-directing the tribal instincts of the people of each nation to get into office and keep the people dependent on their economic enterprises.
Read Plato
Read me.
Read.
Shout-out Viktor Orban
Very interesting
24:07 .... and Americans can smell it. Bingo!
thank you
Love the program, guest and opening scenery. But why not film at your favorite cafes, Rod?
Too loud.
@afritimm in my memory, they were islands of tranquility.
Crazy liberals withholding that which no man wants 🤣
Excellent discussion giving some Euro perspective from a Chicago , 🇺🇸. Independent politics voted for Harris but lijed neither candidate. Trump 2.0 troubled warers ahead 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
bull´s eye, Mr Goldman.
Mr Goldman greatly overstates Russia's success in Ukraine. After almost 3 years of all-out war, mighty Russia (4X the size of Ukraine) has increased its territory holdings in Ukraine by only 4% over what it already had in February 2022. A grand total of about 20%.He got the first 15% back in 2014 in a surprise strike when Ukraine was far less prepared. By 2022, it was a very different story. Russia has taken massive losses, estimated by some British authorities at 600,000 dead plus at least the same number missing or wounded. Nor has Russia proven its military-industrial capacity as equal or superior to the US as Goldman states. The US has only dribbled out incremental weapons, whereas Russia is at full capacity and still doesnt control the skies. Its Black Sea fleet is basically destroyed or useless. And as to the Russian economy --- it absolutely has been degraded tremendously, as we see the ruble collapsing. The only measure by which you could say Putin has won would be that his regime hasnt yet fallen. A low bar for "victory."
As we know from 1989-91, such events occur gradually, then suddenly. Russia was in Afghanistan for 10 years before giving up, but give up it did.
I believe the latest estimates of casualties is now 700,000. But keep in mind "casualties" refers to dead, wounded, missing and captured.
I agree we need to stand up to Russia in Ukraine. I've been around long enough to understand that Russia has been our rival for over 100 years. No matter who was at fault for the current war, we need to keep in mind the big picture. We are the ones who are in the right not only on the issue of siding with Ukraine, but fundamentally by our Western ideology based on The Enlightenment that has given us and most of the rest of the world a very unique and precious gift. Even assuming we were completely culpable of starting this war--which I would dispute--overriding our most fundamental ideals for the sake of worrying over who started what is dwarfed by our overall goal of spreading democracy through the world as it has been since the country's inception.
Today everyone seems to have come to the conclusion that US intervention has resulted in bad outcomes. I personally believe the results have been mixed in the case of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Mostly I see people pointing out the cost of the operations without for once considering what other choice we realistically had and what would have happened if we hadn't intervened. Anyone who would care to engage in this discussion, just ask.
Nowhere can Russia point to indicating the West is set to secretly take over their country. They have intelligence; they know this. And if it wasn't completely apparent at the start of the war, it certainly is abundantly clear today that the Ukrainians want democracy and independence from Moscow so much they are grinding through their limited number of young men in order to maintain it.
So many people would disagree with you. Col. Douglas MacGregor (USA army, retired) Col. Larry Wilkerson (retired) Daniel L. Davis (served in Afghanistan) former CIA intelligence analysts, Ray McGovern, Phil Girardi. The economist, Dr Jeffrey Sachs. The political scientist, John Mearsheimer. And how many wars did America walk away from? Vietnam for one. Just recently, Afghanistan. And guess who lost 600,000 soldiers in Ukraine. Not the Russians - Ukraine! I wouldn't put too much trust in British Intelligence estimates!
@@caracoidwren944
I have heard estimates by some British military sources of 600,000 Russian DEAD, not just casualties. As a very rough rule, casualties are usually composed of about 1/3 dead and 2/3 wounded or missing. In recent months, we have heard of 30,000 Russian casualties per month. In any event, it is a huge number, and the fact they first used prison conscripts and are now using NKorean mercenaries says a lot.
The US and UK induced Ukraine to give its nuclear weapons to Russia in 1994 in exchange for formal affirmation of their sovereignty and borders in the Budapest Memorandum. It would be a disgrace to now abandon Ukraine to the Russian imperial boot.