@ailediablo79 I know Churchil did what he had to for England but he betrayed his devoted ally, Poland and sold it to Stalin amd communism. He didn't even invite Poland for a Victory Parade in London despite Poles fighting everywhere in Europe, especially in England against fascism and communism. Marx, I don't even want to write about another lunatic academic who was obviously mad-man thinking human nature needs to be eradicated if not changed forcefully.
Funny how few point out Marx's bad character. Besides his self-hating racism for Jews, he was a self-centered narcissist that insisted on his way with everything. His wife was quoted as stating "He's my big baby". While his wife and children lived in dirt poverty and near starvation, Marx always made sure he had his wine and cigars. He never got his hands calloused for doing blue collar work, but struggled to get his articles published. His rich capitalist buddy Engels, who inherited his Daddy's textile business and lived like a aristocratic Bourgeoisie, kept bailing out Marx over and over, until he finally just set him up on a monthly stipend. Marx chased down every family and friend's inheritances, even though in his Communist Manifesto one of his platforms was to abolish inheritances! It was always "Do as I say, not as I do" with Marx. Even then Marx burned through money like there was no tomorrow. When Marx moved to England, he purchased a very nice middle class house, with servants (Just like BLM did recently) and then took his family on a three week vacation. Afterward, he threw a party for his daughter and 50 of her friends. The he was in debt again, and Engels had to bail him out again. Marx later got his unpaid housemaid pregnant, and then ignored the child. He had Engels claim it was his son, so Marx reputation would not suffer. Marx never cared about the poor or the working class. It was always about himself. He never went to a protest, never mingled with the workers, but always put himself as "special" to live like the very Bourgeoisie he was jealous of.
Spoiled man who lived too comfortably so he just bitched, moaned, and whined about the not-existing fantasy issues (1848 version of current woke rich neo-libtards). By the way, he despised black people too.
Marx is a good template for alot of online lefties then, they're all like this. Complete hypocrites that preach one thing but never abide a single one of their 'principles'... Hasan being a good example
@@FrankYharnam I recommned "Karl Marx: His Life and Thought" by David McLellan The author tries to be non-biased, but he really promotes Marx. But he does quote Marx's writings extensively as well as those who knew him so you are getting it straight from the original source. I recommend passing over the sections explaining Marx's philosophy, as it is all word salad. Concentrate on the passages of his actually life. It reveals very clearly his childish self-centered nature, his wasteful spending habits, his hypocrisy of living it up while lamenting about the working class, etc.
@@blank557 nice one mate, thanks very much. I have heard more negative than positive about Marx but its difficult to know who to listen to. Lots of mixed information, I like Zizek he seems to have a funny/trolling side to his arguments and talks about Marx almost in ironic terms.
Yes, dirtbag liberal morons destroy great leaders so they can look better in comparison. It's much like the slowest runner in a race trying to trip the fastest. Sadly, it only winds up making them look like schmucks and does nothing to improve their time.
Churchill was a real and v complex man. So if you want to play super heroes then fine but that is not what historians do. Well, obviously that is what Davis Starkey did but he didn't start out that way.
Many years ago, in Argentina, a classmate of mine who knew I was partly British and partly Jewish came to me with an air of superiority and said "Did you know Churchill was a famous anti-Semite? Did you? Did you?" This worried me, so I ran to my Jewish-Atheist grandfather, who had been born in Prague and escaped the Holocaust. "Is it true Churchill was an anti-Semite?"... "Yes," came his immediate answer, "the type of anti-Semite we need more of in this world!"
Haha, well said. I read that Churchill was often moved to tears over the plight of the Jews. Not just Hitler but lack of a homeland. Didn't he work for the re-establishment of Israel?
@@fbcpraise Churchill's own essay "Bolshevism vs Zionism The Struggle for the Jewish Soul" proved he fucking LOVED the Jews, history, traditions, endurance, and admired them greatly.
I understand Churchill was a judeophile...and i am not a fan. However, i am a distant relation. Churchill was i believe, a good mouthpiece for a resilient Labour cabinet. He deserves some credit. But i think he is over emphasised.
I remember a Zimbabwean woman who had moved from being working poor in Zimbabwe to become working poor with the rest of us in Western Canada. She was a deeply thoughtful lady and said that people like her in Zimbabwe were thankful that they were colonized by the British because they brought British law. I don't know anything else about the imposition of law in Zimbabwe but I have studied the situation in Canada and what is sometimes called "British Imperial Constitutional Law" is actually very respectful and protective of Indigenous rights and modes of life, believe it or not. That is obscured by the extent that governments delayed implementing the protected rights for 100+ years in various places, but the MASSIVE settlements that more and more Indigenous groups are getting are of old treaties designed around rights that were recognized and protected from day 1 when the colonists showed up.
@@KopperNeoman Imperialism is one thing -- the degree to which an imposed legal system recognizes, and puts protective measures in place for, indigenous territory is another thing. Raging against imperialism is one thing, but how and what to remedy in real-world, actionable terms is another.
@@AniketShukla17 Are you capable of "thinking" in anything more than 2-word vacuous summations that any literate person would see as the "thoughts" of an intellectually-incompetent person who doesn't have a clue how to communicate? The smug vacuousness of people like you is actually a new threat to the world: severe ignorance mixed with smugness, intellectual incompetence, refusal to think, and inability to communicate meaningfully.
That deep breath is pure posh delusion 4:11 The British Empire ransacked and pillaged a third of the world. The justifications? The audacious irony to say 'they' were the savage ones, while we invaded, colonialised and destroyed cultures- while ofc, profiteering. No one hates you because you are white, they think you are a twat if do not understand- if another country did that to us (what they Nazis tried to do), you would understand the hatred of Churchill's imperialism too.
I am happy to report that Murray most certainly doesn't speak for me. As far as I'm concerned he is an over opinated boor with nothing of consequence to say.
Reminder, Klauss Schwab (whose mother was born a Rothschild) has a bust of Karl Marx in his office. In case you want to know what money is behind the take down of western society. Oh that’s funny, they are the same people who say “you will own nothing”. Just like the communism Marx sought.
You lot just don't know history except what's spoon fed to you by an aristocratic education system, Churchill hated the working people of this country if at any time they attempted to fight for better working conditions and industrial relations. Churchill sent the guns out on his own people. He is no hero
They wouldn't have ANYTHING they have today without him, because most of their parents or grandparents would be bones in a mass grave somewhere. This speaker gives them too much credit with his explanations. The real reason they dump on him is that other people dump on him. It's far too generous to suggest that any of these tw@ts think for themselves.
@@nightkingxx I do not see your deflection about WC . He rallied the troops to defend a nation from being lost . War is a very messy business . The anti capitalist view does not take in that view people need motivation to be productive . Power must be controlled check and balances . To let history be rewritten with out objection is a Sad state .
@@nightkingxx I am not smoking any thing and please refrain from personal attacks . One should be able to discuss different view on subject and address the subject not the person stating the view . That is what is called deflection . Hope you have a fine day.
@@defuwan4337 I think worship of any human is in error . To see a politician as a hero and philosophers as a great thinker is fine to worship them is misplaced . Thus the term fan coming from fanatic not a measured response IMHO. Regards
@@defuwan4337 Really? Churchill was Hitler's downfall. Hitler murdered millions, and would have continued unhindered. You don't think the man who stopped him deserves to be admired?
@@defuwan4337 Nice try, but I think you're smarter than this. I am not defending imperialism, especially today; but name any genocide committed by the Brits. Hitler killed 6 million Jews, and probably 16 million Russians - one-third of whom were civilians. Wherever the Brits went, things tended to get better. Do you know anything about widow-burning in India? Probably not, because the Brits put an end to it. Imagine all those women who knew that their lives would end by being thrown alive onto their husband's funeral pyre. I bet they didn't call the Brits "imperialist dogs." Ask the citizens of Hong Kong if they prefer the Chinese to the British. No, I'm not British. Comparing the Brits to the Nazis is just childish.
I am a Portuguese and I am forever grateful to Winston Churchill me and my son I do not live under Nazi tyranny. Nobody is perfect but depicting the person who led England to it’s finest hour as evil that itself is pure evil. My Country stood by under a fascist leader nobody cares about. How easy it would have been to cave to Germany who even wanted to befriend England. What Churchill did will echo in Human history. Still get goosebumps listening to his speeches. My greatest hero!!!
@@wolfsoldner9029 If Nazi Germany would’ve won, Europe would’ve been fascist . I would say they were many people in Europe that did not want to live under fascism. Even though Portugal had a fascist government. It did not mean the average Portuguese person agreed with it.
@@henryperez606 Nazi-Germany wouldnt invade a country which was already friendly with them in the first place and share many political beliefs. Also a country which stood behind a Nazi friendly country they also wouldnt invade.
@@wolfsoldner9029 They would not have to invade, Portugal was already fascist. But not all portugese were fascist so some were rooting for the allies. This happened in every country. So my Portuguese cousin was rooting for Winston Churchill.
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And theres a reason we brought him in during ww2 and then ridden Churchill out of office when the war was over. He was perfect for leading during wartime. There's a reason he drank so heavily, that man had to make some very very difficult decisions that would make you lose your mind for sure.
"Today, we live in the Age of Envy." Ayn Rand In her words: "Envy is not the emotion I have in mind, but it is the clearest manifestation of an emotion that has remained nameless; it is the only element of a complex emotional sum that men have permitted themselves to identify. Envy is regarded by most people as a petty, superficial emotion and, therefore, it serves as a semihuman cover for so inhuman an emotion that those who feel it seldom dare admit it even to themselves. . . . That emotion is: hatred of the good for being the good. This hatred is not resentment against some prescribed view of the good with which one does not agree. . . . Hatred of the good for being the good means hatred of that which one regards as good by one’s own (conscious or subconscious) judgment. It means hatred of a person for possessing a value or virtue one regards as desirable."
There has never been a more important time to remember and reflect upon this quote by L.P. Hartley: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."
In our current case, the past is a foreign civilized country, and they do things there that are wise, right and good. Alas that civilized norms, law and order, decency, sanity itself, are all so foreign to us now.
Churchill helped me cope when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His "Black dog" take on depression inspired me to use all the best bits of my illness and run with it!
No offence but Winston Churchill has the blood of more people than even Hitler on his hands and I'm sure you weren't even aware of this. Please understand that Churchill was as bad a human being as Marx or Hitler.
I’m a 36-year-old dude from small town Ohio but I’ve always been a huge history buff… Churchill has always been a personal hero of mine. His speeches still move me even though I’ve heard them countless times.
Churchill was the right man at the right time, inspired a nation to go on against overwhelming odds , an inspirational leader no doubt, a flawed man and a terrible (wannabe) battlefield commander, (Gallipoli etc) but would be a whole different world today without him.
I'm quite late to the party re this item but I have to agree with you. When everyone else wanted to appease Hitler, Churchill, because he knew what Hitler had been doing and what he was about, said "I will not talk to that man". He was the man the country needed at what was the darkest time in our country's history, and thank god for him
“I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can’t help it - I enjoy every second of it.” - Winston Churchill letter to a friend
Resentful and hate filled people are undoing centuries of sacrifices by Honorable and brave individuals many of which knew that they themselves would not see the fruit of their labours but did it anyways to ensure a better future for their children and the human race. The silent majority's lack of action now disgraces all their sacrifices
Give it a rest Neil, the discussion is about Winston Churchill, and he did some disgusting things to millions of Indian’s who starved to death and Churchill deliberately refused to help despite India being a British colony.
Winston was a product of his Victorian upbringing, pure and simple. I am a critic of him and his views of India and its people but was a great wartime leader.
Nothing wrong with a Victorian upbringing... I mean, to what do you compare his Victorian upbringing? If you were transported back in time to, say, 1880, and could choose any country in the world to be dumped in, where would you rather choose to be?
The Churchill books the history of WW2 and the history of the English speaking peoples should be required reading for educators and western leaders, Our modern geo-political world order is founded on these events which created the current balance of world power being contested at any cost in Ukraine, the middle east and with China
I'd argue that WW2 is important to understand British culture, but the Cold War matter more to understand today's geopolitics (Putin, China, Ukraine, etc)
he was captured by Louis Botha, South Africa's first Prime minister after union, in the Boer War. He later confided in Jan Smuts, South Africa's wartime Prime minister. Like d South Africa as it then was. Surprised the racist theorists don't mention this.
@@normangoldstuck8107 They probably do make reference to Churchill’s support of the Union of South Africa. Although, I fail to see how that’s something to criticise him for. After all, South Africa was better when it was a British colony.
I would go so far as to say that "our modern geo-political world order" is more than founded on these events; it's a direct continuation of them. There was no interruption, no line you can draw between one period and another. We are still living in the immediate, shell-shocked aftermath of those two world wars.
Actually the French put up a good fight all things considered. They Germans lost 50 000 dead and more than half the tanks that were deployed. Moreover, the French sacrificed themselves in order to protect the British at Dunkirk, without which the War would probably have looked very different for the UK. The Legion Étrangère also helped win the battle of Narvik in may 1940. We can also refer to the "Cadets de Saumur", 2500 men that fought doggedly against 40.000 Germans and that were later given military honors by those same Germans at (the General Kurt Feld admired them so much that he released all the survivors). Finally, even the General Guderian wrote that "Despite the major tactical errors of the Allied command, the soldiers put up an obstinate resistance with a spirit of sacrifice worthy of the poilus (French troops) of 1916." Anyway, as a Frenchman I still love and admire Churchill and the Brits, whatever you may say. Cheers.
Every sane human being, who has ever read a book about Germany during WWII, would in their right-mind, admire and cherish Churchill, regardless of where they’re from. I’m an Arab from Arabia, and I recall having his portrait in my bedroom during the early to mid 2000s.
Yes, Douglas was very selective with his history here. I expect better from someone so intelligent. His disingenuous and historically inaccurate comparison of Britain and France in WW2, wouldn’t be out of place coming from a crowd of English football hooligans, in the 70s or 80s.
Much respect to our French friends for their sacrifices in WW2. I’ve just been reading about the French in Indochina, and the Foreign Legion loom large. Good fighters who are sometimes unfairly maligned in the Anglo-sphere. Also, the French built great architecture. Reading about how the French built Da Lat in the hills of Annam was very impressive. Beautiful French town planning and architecture…C’est magnifique!
You can't criticise any one who fought back...the French resistance where very brave and crucial in the fight back. But Frances attitude towards foreign policy is woeful. Macro n continues that great tradition. So France needs to change.....
The things he did were not seen as shit at the time. At the time they were perfectly normal and acceptable. In 100 years, how do you think people will feel about allowing children to be given puberty blockers and surgery to make them into something they are not? Hopefully, they might take your view and say it was done for good intentions, but it was shit idea...
@M B And your point is? ALL empires have a dark history. Look at the Roman, Saxon, Viking, and Norman empires. They had horrific consequences for the people's of this island. BUT, it forged a nation and people's, so like everything, it is not not singularly evil. I get the feeling you think the British Empire was uniquely evil, and British people should be beaten with that stick until communism is established.
i do so enjoy Douglas, listening to him speak is such a treat. As greatful as i am that he does speak out on the myriad of cultural problems, it would be nice to hear him speak in a non political context, on something he enjoys.
I don't hold Churchill to the same regard as most Britons. But that's because I'm Irish. However one cannot deny what Churchill did during WW2. And because of his leadership in WW2 I made a priority to visit his Statue when I visited London. Churchill is a WW2 hero. Without him Europe would look drastically different today. Regarding Ireland not so much a hero, "Black & Tans". Having said all that if I had to choose between Karl Marx and Churchill to raise my kids. It would be Churchill who would get that honor. Karl Marx was a blabbering hypocritical fool with highly dangerous and volatile ideologies which caused the deaths of 100s of millions of innocent people. Churchill was a mean old drunk who kicked Hitlers ass and saved 100s of millions of innocent people. If Churchill was around today he would probably post mean Tweets, and get banned of Social media and Karl Marx would be burning down buildings in firey but mostly peaceful protests. It's True.
Look deeper into his actions involving Ireland and careful where you get the information from. After 1922 Michael Collins famously said ( or perhaps not so famously ) " tell Winston we couldnt have done it without him " .
@@wraithpyriv Because Churchill was a fair man and he helped him. You have to read Churchills memoirs directly to get a sense of the man. There is so much crap written about him on the net with quotes taken out of context.
He must have regretted deploying the Black and Tans in Ireland? Trying to fight fire with fire wasn’t a good strategy. It’s sad the way things unfolded in Ireland in 1916. It would have been great if Britain and Ireland could have stayed together as united nations. Anyway, as a Brit I appreciate your comments.
I’m happy that more people are discussing the attempt to destroy heroes in democratic countries in the west. Let’s also not forget what Hollywood is doing to heroes as well.
I think one attraction of "European Marxism" to the post-colonial states was that it provided a good blueprint for dictatorship. Even when there are elections incumbents are often reluctant to leave the presidential office.
I don’t know much about Churchill but whatever he was, he was definitely a brave man and a leader who saved his country in time of immense troubles. I wouldn’t be shocked if he was a little bit racist, he was a man of different times although I never came across a racist quote of his not that I ever researched. Anyway no man is perfect but anyone who is sane will respect the man and the hero of WWII.
Churchill recruited and worked with a Jewish British war hero, Vera Rosenberg, and her Indian British lieutenant, the warrior-spy Noor Khan, during the war. He also ran the Spy Ring which hired Josephine Baker, an African American and French warrior-spy, civil rights leader and performing artist, giving her important missions. Finally he also relied on a gay Anglo-Saxon, Alan Turing, as a warrior-spy, inventor and scientist for winning the war. He was an unusually open and tolerant human, not just for his time, but by an objective standard.
Hitler never intended to attack Britain, he actually admired Britain. England declared war on Germany.. and when Hitler found out he was GOB-SMACKED. He never thought we would after Chamberlain signed a non aggression pact with him. He actually used British rule in India as an example of how Germany would rule Eastern Europe. From our heritage to our culture, he admired it all. He actually professed that England and the Third Reich would be allies someday... Yet behind the scenes, right through the 1930's a great man, named Winston Churchill was expressing his disdain for the Fascist ruler. Only When atrocities were committed in the name of 'Lebensraum' (Living Space) and central Europe was almost under full Nazi control, did we turn to this man. Winston Churchill, a man with a chequered but admirable past, stepped fourth. A man who personified the heritage and glory of what this island nation is all about. A true warrior.. who fought in the trenches of Ploegsteer during WW1, the Anglo-Sudan War and the Second Boer War. Now Adolf had a worthy advisory, not only someone who matched him in influence but someone who had seen battle and lived to tell the tale. When Douglas says it was divine intervention, he's not joking.
TOTALLY agree with you ! I can't help but wonder if Sir Winston had a crystal ball back then & could see what is happening to Europe & the rest of the world now, He might not have fought so persistently against that particular new world order, In light of the current one being forced upon us Everything he warned us about & fought against !
You’re exactly right. Hitler admired Britain for their strong Aryan heritage and Britain’s ability to conquer foreign lands despite being such a small island in comparison.
This is exactly right. The attacks on the founding fathers and others great Western leaders are mostly done in bad faith, and are done by those who have an anti-West bias, often Marxist bias. Sure, it's good to have a fuller picture of heroic characters from the past, and perfectly fine to criticize them for any shortcomings (given those criticisms are contextualized to the given time period), but to demand to erase these people from our history because they were flawed (while simultaneously not holding anyone else to the same standard) is simply hypocritical and suspect.
What's interesting is Karl Marx has had one of the most influenicial concepts become normal in our society for decades: the class system. People adhere to their classification of themselves (working class, middle class, upper class). I think the whole concept is totally wrong and limiting for society.
I think all societies arrange themselves in ways like this and always have, it is quite normal. I think the trick is to not let it limit you, treat people as individuals regardless of which class they identify with and get over the fact that you will be treated unfairly occasionally(can be difficult).
The British class system far predates Marx though you are correct in it being a hindrance on society. Being born upper class is absolutely no guarantee that you don't turn out to be an idiot, prince Charles is a prime example. There are many instances of people starting with nothing and doing very well in their lives as well.
Most people do not think of Churchill as a villain or Marx as a hero. Given modern literacy, I would say that most people do not think of either of them at all.
Last year I asked my friends kids what they are taught about Churchill at school. ( They are 8 and 10 ). The answer was " he was a bad man who did some good things " .
I am surprised an 8 or 10 year old would be taught anything about Churchill at school. Let alone remember it a month later. Did you ask them what he did that was good or bad?
The interesting thing with Lincoln is that he wanted to go further with giving rights and freedoms to African Americans. But he knew how unpopular it would have been. So I don’t quite understand the hatred of Lincoln
Agree with him that Churchill was a giant but what he said about the French rolling over was embarrassing. Many French soldiers fought valiantly in order to give the British the opportunity to evacuate.
Not only that, they lost 220 000 men in eight months of fighting on the Maginot Line. That's more than the US lost in the entire war, both Pacific and European theatres. They didn't roll over, they fought hard and came up short against a bigger, stronger opponent.
He didn't question or insult the valiant efforts of French soldiers. They were not in charge. The French Elite were in a remarkably bad state of chaos where decisions are concerned which contributed heavily to the surrender of France in short order. I would be surprised if Murray was referring to the soldiers themselves rather than the disunity of the French Elite at the time.
Douglas Murray’s disingenuous and highly inaccurate comparison of Britain and France in WW2, is extremely disappointing, to say the least. His “history” in this instance, wouldn’t be out of place with a gang of English football hooligans from the 1970s or 80s. Apart from anything else, the fact that Britain was surrounded by the sea, makes the comparison completely invalid.
Why don’t we call Churchill a mass murderer and terrible leader with only his financiers interest at heart. Our country never recovered from his leadership and it was all by design.
A gay, atheist, chritian conservative. Loved and supported every war in the Middle East, but hates refugees. A man is a walking contradiction and a symbol of how far the so called conservatives have fallen.
Well,revisionist History but the truth is that Collingwood won the Battle of Trafalgar,while Nelson lay dying. However Collingwood so revered Nelson that he put all the praise on him. Sorry,but this is a fact.Not denying the feats of Nelson,but just not at Trafalgar. Well said Henry Ford, "History is Bunk"
A lot of the leftist hatred for the west that Douglas is describing comes from China imo, even though its spouted by westerners. I've started watching serpentZA's channel and the ADV podcast that Winston and his mate do, they lived in China for 14yrs so have a unique knowledge to share and they're both critical of the CCP. I recommend both the channels for anyone who wants to know how far China's tentacles reach and the tactics used.
Na it came from the Democrats. Do your research. Not even China is as depraved as trying to have men compete in women sports or make knowingly transmitting HIV a misdemeanor from a felony.... nor do they think men can get pregnant. The Baizuo are insane, disconnected from reality and even China ridicules the left.
It's thanks to the leftist professors. People like Richard Wolfe and Robert Reich, who want expanded central government power over your very lives that makes even the CCP look generous and magnanimous.
You know that more country's hate America and Britain than anywhere else. Nothing to do with left or right, far right country's like Serbia,India, Russia Argentina hate us as well, china isn't a left wing country anymore it's right wing Maoism is dead
I do not doubt Western culture is under attack and that Marx gets always a pass on the left, but stating that he was antisemitic is just nonsense, Karl Marx was jewish. This man really needs to be more strict in his research.
the only reason Stalin went to war with Hitler is because Hitler attacked the USSR, but at heart Stalin agreed with most of the views Hitler had (that's why they both agreed to split Poland between them in the first place), especially the anti semitic stuff. That is one of the reasons of DeStalinization. After Stalin died, the soviets wanted nothing to do with anything similar to what the Nazis did to Jews, just to protect the reputation of the party.
Same thing with Columbus... When you look at all these attempts to problematize historical figures across cultures you very quickly realize its not about what they did but what they represent.
The chances of such a leader coming to the forefront in such a situation today is slim to none, now we demand purity from our leaders and we purge those we consider to have Character flaws. A boisterous drunkard like Churchill would have fallen from power quickly today as we become ever more puritan, our best people will always be the ones that go against the grain and often reject the straitjacket of societal norms.
"Why hasn't Gandhi died" remember the line. British heroes are Newton, Jane Austen, Darwin, Faraday They shouldn't be the killer of 30 million Bengalis.
Why is Churchill a racist and Marx a hero? Because Communism/Marxism is egalitarian suffering based on disparities of social standing and not racial differences. It’s a great system to advocate for if you’re trying to destroy individual sovereignty and bring in a unified, centralized government that will suppress dissent and unpeople those that try to resist the new system.
Actually Communism led mass slavery, Holodomor and the brutal atrocities of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and Ho Chi Minh. Now, blame for what use others made of Marx's ideas cannot be laid at his door. He likely would have been horrified. But in terms of political history, it is clear his ideas failed. That's an understatement.
Our ‘hero’s’ are never perfect and are products of times we have progressed from but they’re part of our history which we can gain a sense of ourselves from. I think what’s interesting is that people seem to think that because a country has stains on its past that it will forever be that thing and can’t move on or learn from it. Yes Britain will always have colonialism in its past and it should be known but it shouldn’t blur the good aspects of what Britain has done and could do in the future. As well as people have a narrow view of history as many people only know of the bad things Britain have done but are ignorant to the bad aspects of every country and culture of the past making them think our country is specifically bad.
Murray’s characterisation of the other European nations conquered by Germany as “rolling over” is unfair. He doesn’t mention the main reason the Germans didn’t just continue into Britain after France. The reason for this has nothing to do with national character and a lot to do with a body of water called the English Channel.
In times requiring action, not abstract idealism, Churchill stood for something and fell for nothing. He made mistakes and knew he might. But he had the conviction to stand for others and let history be the judge. Trying to change history by retrospective rewriting is a far easier fight. One where you can absolve yourself of any blame by the virtue of claiming victim hood with no actual consequences for yourself. This is the difference between bravery and cowardice.
I think it’s important to acknowledge that many things can be true at the same time. Churchill was indeed a hero in the sense that he stood against Hitler when the world needed it most. But he was also a racist, particularly to Indians. His remarks on Gandhi, his involvement in the Bengal famine etc. Also whilst I agree with the premise of Murray’s arguments here, I don’t like his implicit assertion that the goodness of a country is linked to how they responded to Nazism. I think it’s unfair to say the French ‘gave in’ and the Dutch ‘rolled over’. Yes they were wilfully unprepared for war but they didn’t have the island advantage of Britain and certainly didn’t just give up and allow the Nazi’s to invade them.
The french sacrificed their own army, and country, so you Brits could evacuate yours out of Dunkirk to fight another day. And what did the French get in exchange? Ridicule!
I have lived around so many white, middle-class 'socialists' for much of my adult life and the hypocracy of those people who see themselves as the virtuous, 'good guys' is astonishing. I think that the Carry On team did a great portrayal of this mindset with their movie, 'Carry on Don't Lose Your Head'.
Tell me, what does your favorite little Churchill quip that is parroted throughout every "WW2 in Europe" video comment section on RUclips.. have to do with what these two men are discussing here ? I'm gonna go with easy AmericaBAD points and a smathering of im14andthisisdeep/r. Why not do as the indians do and quote Henry Kissinger for the millionth time for some added bonus internet points as well? You're obviously an intellectual. You won't understand it, but you're literally contributing to the divisiveness that these two are discussing.
@@ronweasley7005I’m sorry but if you really understand what happened in Bengal, with rains, the breakdown of the train , the Japanese submarines in the bay you will get a clearer idea of what actually happened. Honestly the ignorance of people on this particular issue.
It’s naive to paint him as completely evil, equally it’s just as naive to paint him as an infallible hero. He was a great war time leader so it’s understandable why the Brits love him. On the other hand he did commit horrific crimes against humanity so it’s understandable why countries who were victims to this see him as an evil figure.
Tbf, there are many contenders. Wilberforce is definitely in the running, but there have been so many great Brits who have contributed significantly to the world, it’s difficult to choose just one.
Could it simply be because Churchill is seen as a representation of British Empire colonialism and we finally came to agree (a few centuries too late) that colonialism was bad?
Its inaccurate judging the past with today standards. Just that , let history be what it is . We can learn from the past , to not make the same mistakes
@@gastonangelini8352 That is true. However, the standards aren't necessarily of today. A big part of the world had already expressed itself against colonialism in the XVII and XIX century, and England was exceptionally stubborn in continuing to expand its empire and acquiring colonies until the mid-XX century. It's now that the British people are finally coming to terms with the damage their colonial expansion caused (thus revising their heroes such as Churchill), but most of the rest of the world had been complaining about it for centuries.
@@thefarmer828 Colonialism made those people poor by imposing a different economic system they never asked for upon them and place them at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
The left have criticized Marx as a racist. This guy should read ‘Were Marx and Engels Racists? - The prolet-Aryan outlook of Marx and Engels’ by Cuban scholar Carlos Moore. He was just as much of a racist as Churchill.
I have listened to tens of hours of Murray and probably hundreds hours of Williamson and this is the first video I have seen of ether. Couple of Handsom bastards aren’t they!
Watch the full episode here - ruclips.net/video/07PZ6fyS_Bo/видео.html
Hi Chris, please invite Vijay Prashad as a guest. I think this would make for a truely eye opening conversation.
Here’s what Nam Chomsky actually said. Misleading the British public isn’t exactly patriotic m.ruclips.net/video/rC26H2DNUJo/видео.html
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@ailediablo79 I know Churchil did what he had to for England but he betrayed his devoted ally, Poland and sold it to Stalin amd communism. He didn't even invite Poland for a Victory Parade in London despite Poles fighting everywhere in Europe, especially in England against fascism and communism.
Marx, I don't even want to write about another lunatic academic who was obviously mad-man thinking human nature needs to be eradicated if not changed forcefully.
Churchill and Marx were Zionist puppets.
75 years of revisionist history and a refusal to objectively define terms will wreak havoc. Thats the goal.
Because Marx is a tiny hat
@@yepwhatever1142 -small hats - Owen Benjamin
That's a very good way of putting it
@@yepwhatever1142 You win the most moronic comment today, well done.
@Hayder Al-Mohammad The Islamic Mughal empire killed more Indians than anyone else.
Funny how few point out Marx's bad character. Besides his self-hating racism for Jews, he was a self-centered narcissist that insisted on his way with everything. His wife was quoted as stating "He's my big baby". While his wife and children lived in dirt poverty and near starvation, Marx always made sure he had his wine and cigars. He never got his hands calloused for doing blue collar work, but struggled to get his articles published. His rich capitalist buddy Engels, who inherited his Daddy's textile business and lived like a aristocratic Bourgeoisie, kept bailing out Marx over and over, until he finally just set him up on a monthly stipend. Marx chased down every family and friend's inheritances, even though in his Communist Manifesto one of his platforms was to abolish inheritances! It was always "Do as I say, not as I do" with Marx.
Even then Marx burned through money like there was no tomorrow. When Marx moved to England, he purchased a very nice middle class house, with servants (Just like BLM did recently) and then took his family on a three week vacation. Afterward, he threw a party for his daughter and 50 of her friends. The he was in debt again, and Engels had to bail him out again. Marx later got his unpaid housemaid pregnant, and then ignored the child. He had Engels claim it was his son, so Marx reputation would not suffer.
Marx never cared about the poor or the working class. It was always about himself. He never went to a protest, never mingled with the workers, but always put himself as "special" to live like the very Bourgeoisie he was jealous of.
Spoiled man who lived too comfortably so he just bitched, moaned, and whined about the not-existing fantasy issues (1848 version of current woke rich neo-libtards). By the way, he despised black people too.
Where can I read this? Where is this sourced from? I don't know much about Marx, but I am interested in learning about it.
Marx is a good template for alot of online lefties then, they're all like this. Complete hypocrites that preach one thing but never abide a single one of their 'principles'... Hasan being a good example
@@FrankYharnam I recommned "Karl Marx: His Life and Thought" by David McLellan
The author tries to be non-biased, but he really promotes Marx. But he does quote Marx's writings extensively as well as those who knew him so you are getting it straight from the original source. I recommend passing over the sections explaining Marx's philosophy, as it is all word salad. Concentrate on the passages of his actually life. It reveals very clearly his childish self-centered nature, his wasteful spending habits, his hypocrisy of living it up while lamenting about the working class, etc.
@@blank557 nice one mate, thanks very much. I have heard more negative than positive about Marx but its difficult to know who to listen to. Lots of mixed information, I like Zizek he seems to have a funny/trolling side to his arguments and talks about Marx almost in ironic terms.
If we can't recognize who our heroes are, then the most evil tyrants will rise and take over.
Yes, dirtbag liberal morons destroy great leaders so they can look better in comparison. It's much like the slowest runner in a race trying to trip the fastest. Sadly, it only winds up making them look like schmucks and does nothing to improve their time.
if you dont stand for something youll fall for anything
@@whitleypedia that's basically Nietzsche's observation.
Churchill was a real and v complex man.
So if you want to play super heroes then fine but that is not what historians do.
Well, obviously that is what Davis Starkey did but he didn't start out that way.
if we can't recognize who our heroes are, THEY will tell us who our heroes ought to be. Rhymes with Marx...
Listening to Douglas Murray is pure joy
Only because of his accent? Otherwise if you put Cockney accent instead how will you like him?
Many years ago, in Argentina, a classmate of mine who knew I was partly British and partly Jewish came to me with an air of superiority and said "Did you know Churchill was a famous anti-Semite? Did you? Did you?" This worried me, so I ran to my Jewish-Atheist grandfather, who had been born in Prague and escaped the Holocaust. "Is it true Churchill was an anti-Semite?"... "Yes," came his immediate answer, "the type of anti-Semite we need more of in this world!"
Haha, well said. I read that Churchill was often moved to tears over the plight of the Jews. Not just Hitler but lack of a homeland. Didn't he work for the re-establishment of Israel?
@@fbcpraise Churchill's own essay "Bolshevism vs Zionism The Struggle for the Jewish Soul" proved he fucking LOVED the Jews, history, traditions, endurance, and admired them greatly.
@@darthkek1953 That was my impression, just things I picked up over the years. Thanks for sharing that.
Well, it seems he channeled the spirit of Churchill himself when he said.
I understand Churchill was a judeophile...and i am not a fan. However, i am a distant relation. Churchill was i believe, a good mouthpiece for a resilient Labour cabinet. He deserves some credit. But i think he is over emphasised.
Excellent analysis, as ever. Murray so perceptive and so eloquent.
Orwell put it pretty well when he came up with “who controls the present, controls the past. Who controls the past, controls the future.”
Indeed.
And the west is the most powerful. They control most of history.
I remember a Zimbabwean woman who had moved from being working poor in Zimbabwe to become working poor with the rest of us in Western Canada. She was a deeply thoughtful lady and said that people like her in Zimbabwe were thankful that they were colonized by the British because they brought British law. I don't know anything else about the imposition of law in Zimbabwe but I have studied the situation in Canada and what is sometimes called "British Imperial Constitutional Law" is actually very respectful and protective of Indigenous rights and modes of life, believe it or not. That is obscured by the extent that governments delayed implementing the protected rights for 100+ years in various places, but the MASSIVE settlements that more and more Indigenous groups are getting are of old treaties designed around rights that were recognized and protected from day 1 when the colonists showed up.
Obviously Britain wad very respectful of her Imperial partners. The Woke wouldn't hate imperialism otherwise.
@@KopperNeoman Imperialism is one thing -- the degree to which an imposed legal system recognizes, and puts protective measures in place for, indigenous territory is another thing. Raging against imperialism is one thing, but how and what to remedy in real-world, actionable terms is another.
Untrue actually.
@@AniketShukla17 Are you capable of "thinking" in anything more than 2-word vacuous summations that any literate person would see as the "thoughts" of an intellectually-incompetent person who doesn't have a clue how to communicate? The smug vacuousness of people like you is actually a new threat to the world: severe ignorance mixed with smugness, intellectual incompetence, refusal to think, and inability to communicate meaningfully.
@@AniketShukla17 phenomenal argument aniket
Thank you, Douglas. You're at the heart of it.
My gosh Douglas Murray is a deep breath of intellectual fresh air in a time of tormenting social belligerence. Thank you.
Well put. That's EXACTLY what he is.
That deep breath is pure posh delusion 4:11 The British Empire ransacked and pillaged a third of the world. The justifications? The audacious irony to say 'they' were the savage ones, while we invaded, colonialised and destroyed cultures- while ofc, profiteering.
No one hates you because you are white, they think you are a twat if do not understand- if another country did that to us (what they Nazis tried to do), you would understand the hatred of Churchill's imperialism too.
He really isn't, he just says things without any actual historical experts to put him right about random things he says.
Him and Victor Davis Hanson as well.
I'm trying to figure out how to get "Douglas Murray is a deep breath of intellectual fresh air" tattooed on my body.
Douglas Murray speaks for the vast majority of us. Thank goodness he does, someone has to.
He wouldn’t have to if the majority showed a backbone and spoke up themselves.
Doubt he speaks for Welsh miners!
@@dancingbrave4717or the people of Liverpool naval guns aimed at the city, or the poor in general
I am happy to report that Murray most certainly doesn't speak for me. As far as I'm concerned he is an over opinated boor with nothing of consequence to say.
Reminder, Klauss Schwab (whose mother was born a Rothschild) has a bust of Karl Marx in his office. In case you want to know what money is behind the take down of western society. Oh that’s funny, they are the same people who say “you will own nothing”. Just like the communism Marx sought.
The people who criticize churchill wouldn't have the freedom they have today without him
If you believe the second world War two narrative
Moron's never are aware enough to know what they have before they loose it. Marxists more so than most.
Ambitious people look up to Churchill, lazy people look up to Marx
You lot just don't know history except what's spoon fed to you by an aristocratic education system, Churchill hated the working people of this country if at any time they attempted to fight for better working conditions and industrial relations.
Churchill sent the guns out on his own people. He is no hero
They wouldn't have ANYTHING they have today without him, because most of their parents or grandparents would be bones in a mass grave somewhere.
This speaker gives them too much credit with his explanations. The real reason they dump on him is that other people dump on him. It's far too generous to suggest that any of these tw@ts think for themselves.
Amazing discussion. Thanks Douglas.
I am thrilled to listen to Douglass's talks ! He speaks not only eloquently but truthfully ! Lord Jesus bless you !❤
Yes, you are a good country, you have done many things good. Love Churchill (American here). Keep up the great work Douglas Murray!
All heroes are human have flaws but can do great things . Do not let the cry bullies win .
@@nightkingxx I do not see your deflection about WC . He rallied the troops to defend a nation from being lost . War is a very messy business . The anti capitalist view does not take in that view people need motivation to be productive . Power must be controlled check and balances . To let history be rewritten with out objection is a Sad state .
@@nightkingxx I am not smoking any thing and please refrain from personal attacks . One should be able to discuss different view on subject and address the subject not the person stating the view . That is what is called deflection . Hope you have a fine day.
@@defuwan4337 I think worship of any human is in error . To see a politician as a hero and philosophers as a great thinker is fine to worship them is misplaced . Thus the term fan coming from fanatic not a measured response IMHO. Regards
@@defuwan4337 Really? Churchill was Hitler's downfall. Hitler murdered millions, and would have continued unhindered. You don't think the man who stopped him deserves to be admired?
@@defuwan4337 Nice try, but I think you're smarter than this. I am not defending imperialism, especially today; but name any genocide committed by the Brits. Hitler killed 6 million Jews, and probably 16 million Russians - one-third of whom were civilians. Wherever the Brits went, things tended to get better. Do you know anything about widow-burning in India? Probably not, because the Brits put an end to it. Imagine all those women who knew that their lives would end by being thrown alive onto their husband's funeral pyre. I bet they didn't call the Brits "imperialist dogs." Ask the citizens of Hong Kong if they prefer the Chinese to the British. No, I'm not British. Comparing the Brits to the Nazis is just childish.
I am a Portuguese and I am forever grateful to Winston Churchill me and my son I do not live under Nazi tyranny. Nobody is perfect but depicting the person who led England to it’s finest hour as evil that itself is pure evil. My Country stood by under a fascist leader nobody cares about. How easy it would have been to cave to Germany who even wanted to befriend England. What Churchill did will echo in Human history. Still get goosebumps listening to his speeches. My greatest hero!!!
Where is your paranoia coming from ? Your country had many sympathies with Nazi-Germany and they definitely had no reason to invade Portugal.
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If Nazi Germany would’ve won, Europe would’ve been fascist . I would say they were many people in Europe that did not want to live under fascism. Even though Portugal had a fascist government. It did not mean the average Portuguese person agreed with it.
@@henryperez606 Nazi-Germany wouldnt invade a country which was already friendly with them in the first place and share many political beliefs. Also a country which stood behind a Nazi friendly country they also wouldnt invade.
@@wolfsoldner9029
They would not have to invade, Portugal was already fascist. But not all portugese were fascist so some were rooting for the allies. This happened in every country. So my Portuguese cousin was rooting for Winston Churchill.
Google Bengal famine and its cause ! Maybe you will re-evaluate what you think about Churchill!!!😊
You two, together, just lovely.
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
- Aristotle
Do you people actually think you're being profound when you drop these quotes? If you're an adult, I have bad news for you.
@@bucketiii7581 I mean I don't even know if that is an Aristotle quote. But I would be curious to know what your bad news is.
An interview with intelligent, reasonable commentators providing researched arguments in an engaging style? Have my subscription and future viewing, thank you Chris!
And theres a reason we brought him in during ww2 and then ridden Churchill out of office when the war was over. He was perfect for leading during wartime. There's a reason he drank so heavily, that man had to make some very very difficult decisions that would make you lose your mind for sure.
Churchil decisions doomed humanity.
@@Campocosas explain why if you are going to.drop.that bomb
@@Campocosas Churchill's decisions doomed humanity? Not Hitlers, or Stalin's, but Churchill's. Wow!
@@Campocosas
Please explain.
@@Campocosas explain bro
"Today, we live in the Age of Envy." Ayn Rand
In her words: "Envy is not the emotion I have in mind, but it is the clearest manifestation of an emotion that has remained nameless; it is the only element of a complex emotional sum that men have permitted themselves to identify.
Envy is regarded by most people as a petty, superficial emotion and, therefore, it serves as a semihuman cover for so inhuman an emotion that those who feel it seldom dare admit it even to themselves. . . . That emotion is: hatred of the good for being the good.
This hatred is not resentment against some prescribed view of the good with which one does not agree. . . . Hatred of the good for being the good means hatred of that which one regards as good by one’s own (conscious or subconscious) judgment. It means hatred of a person for possessing a value or virtue one regards as desirable."
It's rampant in all societies past and present. Envy deflection has always existed. Warding off the evil eye. Envy by Helmet Schoeck
I think envy is an accurate description but your point of hatred is true.
Envy used to be a sin and there were commandments against it when people believed in that sort of stuff.
...TRUE !...its ALL about...DEEP ENVY and nothing else....and should be treated as such and CONFRONTED as such
Great quote, thank you.
There has never been a more important time to remember and reflect upon this quote by L.P. Hartley:
"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."
Amazing quote
He did quite a good book on fly-fishing too, IIRC ...
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle I never knew. Thanks.
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle idiot that J R Hartley.. ha ha
In our current case, the past is a foreign civilized country, and they do things there that are wise, right and good. Alas that civilized norms, law and order, decency, sanity itself, are all so foreign to us now.
Churchill helped me cope when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His "Black dog" take on depression inspired me to use all the best bits of my illness and run with it!
I wish Canada had a figure like Sir Winston Churchill. Personally, he's still a hero of mine, as a proud member of the Commonwealth.
No offence but Winston Churchill has the blood of more people than even Hitler on his hands and I'm sure you weren't even aware of this. Please understand that Churchill was as bad a human being as Marx or Hitler.
Learn your history. Lots of Canadian war bravery the chruchhill. Literally everyone that landed at Normandy and in Sicily.
He is fool
@@yashjain5189 All human heroes have flaws. You are a cry-baby.
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Indian I take it ? 🤣
Thanks
I’m a 36-year-old dude from small town Ohio but I’ve always been a huge history buff… Churchill has always been a personal hero of mine. His speeches still move me even though I’ve heard them countless times.
Churchill was the right man at the right time, inspired a nation to go on against overwhelming odds , an inspirational leader no doubt, a flawed man and a terrible (wannabe) battlefield commander, (Gallipoli etc) but would be a whole different world today without him.
Gallipoli was a good idea poorly implemented.
@@malpreece5008 and woefully telegraphed to the enemy.
I'm quite late to the party re this item but I have to agree with you. When everyone else wanted to appease Hitler, Churchill, because he knew what Hitler had been doing and what he was about, said "I will not talk to that man". He was the man the country needed at what was the darkest time in our country's history, and thank god for him
“I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can’t help it - I enjoy every second of it.”
- Winston Churchill letter to a friend
Churchills role in getting us into 1914 should be looked at closely
Resentful and hate filled people are undoing centuries of sacrifices by Honorable and brave individuals many of which knew that they themselves would not see the fruit of their labours but did it anyways to ensure a better future for their children and the human race. The silent majority's lack of action now disgraces all their sacrifices
Give it a rest Neil, the discussion is about Winston Churchill, and he did some disgusting things to millions of Indian’s who starved to death and Churchill deliberately refused to help despite India being a British colony.
@@maravillabxrSince 1917 the biggest mass murders on earth have been Communists. Why don't you give it rest praising these evil scumbags.
Winston was a product of his Victorian upbringing, pure and simple. I am a critic of him and his views of India and its people but was a great wartime leader.
Nothing wrong with a Victorian upbringing... I mean, to what do you compare his Victorian upbringing? If you were transported back in time to, say, 1880, and could choose any country in the world to be dumped in, where would you rather choose to be?
Hero for the British and rightly so but an absolute tyrant murderer for South Asians.
You can't judge people from the past by modern standards. It's just not possible to apply modern beliefs to previous eras.
@championchap you're entirely misunderstanding the comment you're replying to
@championchap you're entirely misunderstanding the comment you're replying to
The Churchill books the history of WW2 and the history of the English speaking peoples should be required reading for educators and western leaders,
Our modern geo-political world order is founded on these events which created the current balance of world power being contested at any cost in Ukraine, the middle east and with China
It's nice to see others with the knowledge of what is going on in the world today.
I'd argue that WW2 is important to understand British culture, but the Cold War matter more to understand today's geopolitics (Putin, China, Ukraine, etc)
he was captured by Louis Botha, South Africa's first Prime minister after union, in the Boer War. He later confided in Jan Smuts, South Africa's wartime Prime minister. Like d South Africa as it then was. Surprised the racist theorists don't mention this.
@@normangoldstuck8107 They probably do make reference to Churchill’s support of the Union of South Africa. Although, I fail to see how that’s something to criticise him for. After all, South Africa was better when it was a British colony.
I would go so far as to say that "our modern geo-political world order" is more than founded on these events; it's a direct continuation of them. There was no interruption, no line you can draw between one period and another. We are still living in the immediate, shell-shocked aftermath of those two world wars.
Outstanding!!!! Douglas is the MAN!!!
Actually the French put up a good fight all things considered. They Germans lost 50 000 dead and more than half the tanks that were deployed. Moreover, the French sacrificed themselves in order to protect the British at Dunkirk, without which the War would probably have looked very different for the UK. The Legion Étrangère also helped win the battle of Narvik in may 1940.
We can also refer to the "Cadets de Saumur", 2500 men that fought doggedly against 40.000 Germans and that were later given military honors by those same Germans at (the General Kurt Feld admired them so much that he released all the survivors). Finally, even the General Guderian wrote that "Despite the major tactical errors of the Allied command, the soldiers put up an obstinate resistance with a spirit of sacrifice worthy of the poilus (French troops) of 1916."
Anyway, as a Frenchman I still love and admire Churchill and the Brits, whatever you may say. Cheers.
Every sane human being, who has ever read a book about Germany during WWII, would in their right-mind, admire and cherish Churchill, regardless of where they’re from. I’m an Arab from Arabia, and I recall having his portrait in my bedroom during the early to mid 2000s.
Yes, Douglas was very selective with his history here. I expect better from someone so intelligent. His disingenuous and historically inaccurate comparison of Britain and France in WW2, wouldn’t be out of place coming from a crowd of English football hooligans, in the 70s or 80s.
Much respect to our French friends for their sacrifices in WW2. I’ve just been reading about the French in Indochina, and the Foreign Legion loom large. Good fighters who are sometimes unfairly maligned in the Anglo-sphere. Also, the French built great architecture. Reading about how the French built Da Lat in the hills of Annam was very impressive. Beautiful French town planning and architecture…C’est magnifique!
Good point. Also the French were still completely wrecked by wW1
You can't criticise any one who fought back...the French resistance where very brave and crucial in the fight back. But Frances attitude towards foreign policy is woeful. Macro n continues that great tradition. So France needs to change.....
It’s possible to respect what Churchill did during world war 2 and also think he was a deeply flawed man who did some shit things
The things he did were not seen as shit at the time. At the time they were perfectly normal and acceptable.
In 100 years, how do you think people will feel about allowing children to be given puberty blockers and surgery to make them into something they are not?
Hopefully, they might take your view and say it was done for good intentions, but it was shit idea...
@@delaslight exactly. People are acting like they're all perfect.
Clement atlee should get as much credit as Churchill
@M B And your point is?
ALL empires have a dark history. Look at the Roman, Saxon, Viking, and Norman empires. They had horrific consequences for the people's of this island. BUT, it forged a nation and people's, so like everything, it is not not singularly evil.
I get the feeling you think the British Empire was uniquely evil, and British people should be beaten with that stick until communism is established.
Who the hell isn't flawed? We are all human. So tell me: what were his flaws?
i do so enjoy Douglas, listening to him speak is such a treat.
As greatful as i am that he does speak out on the myriad of cultural problems, it would be nice to hear him speak in a non political context, on something he enjoys.
I don't hold Churchill to the same regard as most Britons. But that's because I'm Irish. However one cannot deny what Churchill did during WW2. And because of his leadership in WW2 I made a priority to visit his Statue when I visited London. Churchill is a WW2 hero. Without him Europe would look drastically different today. Regarding Ireland not so much a hero, "Black & Tans". Having said all that if I had to choose between Karl Marx and Churchill to raise my kids. It would be Churchill who would get that honor. Karl Marx was a blabbering hypocritical fool with highly dangerous and volatile ideologies which caused the deaths of 100s of millions of innocent people. Churchill was a mean old drunk who kicked Hitlers ass and saved 100s of millions of innocent people.
If Churchill was around today he would probably post mean Tweets, and get banned of Social media and Karl Marx would be burning down buildings in firey but mostly peaceful protests.
It's True.
Look deeper into his actions involving Ireland and careful where you get the information from. After 1922 Michael Collins famously said ( or perhaps not so famously ) " tell Winston we couldnt have done it without him " .
@@andym9571 True. Michael Collins did say that. But Why?
@@wraithpyriv Because Churchill was a fair man and he helped him. You have to read Churchills memoirs directly to get a sense of the man. There is so much crap written about him on the net with quotes taken out of context.
Haha you mean Churchill who invented concentration camps?
He must have regretted deploying the Black and Tans in Ireland? Trying to fight fire with fire wasn’t a good strategy. It’s sad the way things unfolded in Ireland in 1916. It would have been great if Britain and Ireland could have stayed together as united nations.
Anyway, as a Brit I appreciate your comments.
I’m happy that more people are discussing the attempt to destroy heroes in democratic countries in the west. Let’s also not forget what Hollywood is doing to heroes as well.
France didn't exactly "give in"
They just didn't stand a chance
It's so crazy that the people who never stop bleating about fascism want to tear down the reputation of the greatest anti fascist in history.
I think one attraction of "European Marxism" to the post-colonial states was that it provided a good blueprint for dictatorship. Even when there are elections incumbents are often reluctant to leave the presidential office.
I don’t know much about Churchill but whatever he was, he was definitely a brave man and a leader who saved his country in time of immense troubles.
I wouldn’t be shocked if he was a little bit racist, he was a man of different times although I never came across a racist quote of his not that I ever researched. Anyway no man is perfect but anyone who is sane will respect the man and the hero of WWII.
Churchill recruited and worked with a Jewish British war hero, Vera Rosenberg, and her Indian British lieutenant, the warrior-spy Noor Khan, during the war. He also ran the Spy Ring which hired Josephine Baker, an African American and French warrior-spy, civil rights leader and performing artist, giving her important missions. Finally he also relied on a gay Anglo-Saxon, Alan Turing, as a warrior-spy, inventor and scientist for winning the war. He was an unusually open and tolerant human, not just for his time, but by an objective standard.
War on the West, Douglas Murray. Excellent read.
When can we have our country, history back? Do we need to retake it? What to do with the malevolents?
@Bon Q Reprogramming adventures in Rwanda dressed in a 'Hey, I'm a Tutsi' hoodie? The longer it's left, the greater the task.
Fire them….most of them are public school teachers.
Hitler never intended to attack Britain, he actually admired Britain. England declared war on Germany.. and when Hitler found out he was GOB-SMACKED. He never thought we would after Chamberlain signed a non aggression pact with him. He actually used British rule in India as an example of how Germany would rule Eastern Europe. From our heritage to our culture, he admired it all. He actually professed that England and the Third Reich would be allies someday... Yet behind the scenes, right through the 1930's a great man, named Winston Churchill was expressing his disdain for the Fascist ruler. Only When atrocities were committed in the name of 'Lebensraum' (Living Space) and central Europe was almost under full Nazi control, did we turn to this man. Winston Churchill, a man with a chequered but admirable past, stepped fourth. A man who personified the heritage and glory of what this island nation is all about. A true warrior.. who fought in the trenches of Ploegsteer during WW1, the Anglo-Sudan War and the Second Boer War. Now Adolf had a worthy advisory, not only someone who matched him in influence but someone who had seen battle and lived to tell the tale. When Douglas says it was divine intervention, he's not joking.
TOTALLY agree with you ! I can't help but wonder if Sir Winston had a crystal ball back then & could see what is happening to Europe & the rest of the world now, He might not have
fought so persistently against that particular new world order, In light of the current one being forced upon us Everything he warned us about & fought against !
@Chip Belori no... no he didn't.
@Chip Belori we are descendants of Germanic people, he saw us as allies.
You’re exactly right. Hitler admired Britain for their strong Aryan heritage and Britain’s ability to conquer foreign lands despite being such a small island in comparison.
@@Al-ou3so exactly my friend.
This is exactly right. The attacks on the founding fathers and others great Western leaders are mostly done in bad faith, and are done by those who have an anti-West bias, often Marxist bias. Sure, it's good to have a fuller picture of heroic characters from the past, and perfectly fine to criticize them for any shortcomings (given those criticisms are contextualized to the given time period), but to demand to erase these people from our history because they were flawed (while simultaneously not holding anyone else to the same standard) is simply hypocritical and suspect.
What's interesting is Karl Marx has had one of the most influenicial concepts become normal in our society for decades: the class system. People adhere to their classification of themselves (working class, middle class, upper class). I think the whole concept is totally wrong and limiting for society.
Master / slaves
Lord / serfs
Employer / employees
I think all societies arrange themselves in ways like this and always have, it is quite normal. I think the trick is to not let it limit you, treat people as individuals regardless of which class they identify with and get over the fact that you will be treated unfairly occasionally(can be difficult).
@@Kenobi5001 You make a point, which is fair enough. My issue is that western society bases their thinking on this very limited class system.
@@nicolasm400 correct
The British class system far predates Marx though you are correct in it being a hindrance on society. Being born upper class is absolutely no guarantee that you don't turn out to be an idiot, prince Charles is a prime example. There are many instances of people starting with nothing and doing very well in their lives as well.
Protecting your people is not racism.
Most people do not think of Churchill as a villain or Marx as a hero. Given modern literacy, I would say that most people do not think of either of them at all.
Last year I asked my friends kids what they are taught about Churchill at school. ( They are 8 and 10 ). The answer was " he was a bad man who did some good things " .
I am surprised an 8 or 10 year old would be taught anything about Churchill at school. Let alone remember it a month later. Did you ask them what he did that was good or bad?
Very well articulated Sir. I will shake your hand if the opportunity presents itself
The interesting thing with Lincoln is that he wanted to go further with giving rights and freedoms to African Americans. But he knew how unpopular it would have been. So I don’t quite understand the hatred of Lincoln
Lincoln reported the plan to ship them off somewhere else.
Agree with him that Churchill was a giant but what he said about the French rolling over was embarrassing. Many French soldiers fought valiantly in order to give the British the opportunity to evacuate.
Not only that, they lost 220 000 men in eight months of fighting on the Maginot Line. That's more than the US lost in the entire war, both Pacific and European theatres. They didn't roll over, they fought hard and came up short against a bigger, stronger opponent.
He didn't question or insult the valiant efforts of French soldiers. They were not in charge. The French Elite were in a remarkably bad state of chaos where decisions are concerned which contributed heavily to the surrender of France in short order. I would be surprised if Murray was referring to the soldiers themselves rather than the disunity of the French Elite at the time.
Douglas Murray’s disingenuous and highly inaccurate comparison of Britain and France in WW2, is extremely disappointing, to say the least. His “history” in this instance, wouldn’t be out of place with a gang of English football hooligans from the 1970s or 80s. Apart from anything else, the fact that Britain was surrounded by the sea, makes the comparison completely invalid.
Our enemies cannot defeat us by military means so they convince us to defeat ourselves.
What enemy?
Why don’t we call Churchill a mass murderer and terrible leader with only his financiers interest at heart. Our country never recovered from his leadership and it was all by design.
Douglas Murray is a blessing to this world.
A gay, atheist, chritian conservative. Loved and supported every war in the Middle East, but hates refugees. A man is a walking contradiction and a symbol of how far the so called conservatives have fallen.
He’s a Neo Con Globalist
I doubt the rest of the world likes him as much as people think
Ladies and Gentleman, Douglas Murray! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I hold Admiral Nelson at a higher regard than Churchill but both to me will always be very very significant men who saved Britain
Well,revisionist History but the truth is that Collingwood won the Battle of Trafalgar,while Nelson lay dying. However Collingwood so revered Nelson that he put all the praise on him. Sorry,but this is a fact.Not denying the feats of Nelson,but just not at Trafalgar. Well said Henry Ford, "History is Bunk"
And the world. They held out until the US finally joined in.
Why can't Churchill and Marx both be racist. This is why I reject conservatism.
A lot of the leftist hatred for the west that Douglas is describing comes from China imo, even though its spouted by westerners. I've started watching serpentZA's channel and the ADV podcast that Winston and his mate do, they lived in China for 14yrs so have a unique knowledge to share and they're both critical of the CCP. I recommend both the channels for anyone who wants to know how far China's tentacles reach and the tactics used.
Na it came from the Democrats. Do your research. Not even China is as depraved as trying to have men compete in women sports or make knowingly transmitting HIV a misdemeanor from a felony.... nor do they think men can get pregnant. The Baizuo are insane, disconnected from reality and even China ridicules the left.
It's thanks to the leftist professors. People like Richard Wolfe and Robert Reich, who want expanded central government power over your very lives that makes even the CCP look generous and magnanimous.
You know that more country's hate America and Britain than anywhere else. Nothing to do with left or right, far right country's like Serbia,India, Russia Argentina hate us as well, china isn't a left wing country anymore it's right wing Maoism is dead
I do not doubt Western culture is under attack and that Marx gets always a pass on the left, but stating that he was antisemitic is just nonsense, Karl Marx was jewish. This man really needs to be more strict in his research.
Murray is to Britain what Sowell is to the US.
the only reason Stalin went to war with Hitler is because Hitler attacked the USSR, but at heart Stalin agreed with most of the views Hitler had (that's why they both agreed to split Poland between them in the first place), especially the anti semitic stuff. That is one of the reasons of DeStalinization. After Stalin died, the soviets wanted nothing to do with anything similar to what the Nazis did to Jews, just to protect the reputation of the party.
Same thing with Columbus... When you look at all these attempts to problematize historical figures across cultures you very quickly realize its not about what they did but what they represent.
he was a genocidal rapist tho
Churchil has statues everywhere. Is a hero in every school textbook. What an absurd premise.
The chances of such a leader coming to the forefront in such a situation today is slim to none, now we demand purity from our leaders and we purge those we consider to have Character flaws. A boisterous drunkard like Churchill would have fallen from power quickly today as we become ever more puritan, our best people will always be the ones that go against the grain and often reject the straitjacket of societal norms.
"Why hasn't Gandhi died" remember the line.
British heroes are Newton, Jane Austen, Darwin, Faraday
They shouldn't be the killer of 30 million Bengalis.
Why is Churchill a racist and Marx a hero?
Because Communism/Marxism is egalitarian suffering based on disparities of social standing and not racial differences. It’s a great system to advocate for if you’re trying to destroy individual sovereignty and bring in a unified, centralized government that will suppress dissent and unpeople those that try to resist the new system.
Marx was a racist tho.
Actually Communism led mass slavery, Holodomor and the brutal atrocities of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and Ho Chi Minh.
Now, blame for what use others made of Marx's ideas cannot be laid at his door. He likely would have been horrified. But in terms of political history, it is clear his ideas failed. That's an understatement.
Not to mention the Khmer Rouge.
And Russian colonization of Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and many diverse nations.
Thank you Mr. Murray.
Our ‘hero’s’ are never perfect and are products of times we have progressed from but they’re part of our history which we can gain a sense of ourselves from. I think what’s interesting is that people seem to think that because a country has stains on its past that it will forever be that thing and can’t move on or learn from it. Yes Britain will always have colonialism in its past and it should be known but it shouldn’t blur the good aspects of what Britain has done and could do in the future. As well as people have a narrow view of history as many people only know of the bad things Britain have done but are ignorant to the bad aspects of every country and culture of the past making them think our country is specifically bad.
"Our ‘hero’s’ are never perfect and are products of times we have progressed from...."
Or, in this case, regressed.
Nicely done.
God Bless Churchill.
Amen. May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing.
Murray’s characterisation of the other European nations conquered by Germany as “rolling over” is unfair. He doesn’t mention the main reason the Germans didn’t just continue into Britain after France. The reason for this has nothing to do with national character and a lot to do with a body of water called the English Channel.
Ronald Reagan seems to be a bigger target for the left than even Lincoln.
Which, not coincidentally, proves what a great leader and President he was.
Great analysis. We can learn from that to reject other types who currently try to distroy our culture and rewrite our history.
In times requiring action, not abstract idealism, Churchill stood for something and fell for nothing. He made mistakes and knew he might. But he had the conviction to stand for others and let history be the judge. Trying to change history by retrospective rewriting is a far easier fight. One where you can absolve yourself of any blame by the virtue of claiming victim hood with no actual consequences for yourself. This is the difference between bravery and cowardice.
Excellently put
Congratulations you've said nothing
I think it’s important to acknowledge that many things can be true at the same time. Churchill was indeed a hero in the sense that he stood against Hitler when the world needed it most. But he was also a racist, particularly to Indians. His remarks on Gandhi, his involvement in the Bengal famine etc.
Also whilst I agree with the premise of Murray’s arguments here, I don’t like his implicit assertion that the goodness of a country is linked to how they responded to Nazism. I think it’s unfair to say the French ‘gave in’ and the Dutch ‘rolled over’. Yes they were wilfully unprepared for war but they didn’t have the island advantage of Britain and certainly didn’t just give up and allow the Nazi’s to invade them.
The Churchill detractor can't get over the way he looked. They don't see things like self-reliance, determination, dogged, courage....even as virtues.
The french sacrificed their own army, and country, so you Brits could evacuate yours out of Dunkirk to fight another day. And what did the French get in exchange? Ridicule!
Churchill is one of my heroes too. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
I love this video 📺❤️😎👍
I have lived around so many white, middle-class 'socialists' for much of my adult life and the hypocracy of those people who see themselves as the virtuous, 'good guys' is astonishing.
I think that the Carry On team did a great portrayal of this mindset with their movie, 'Carry on Don't Lose Your Head'.
Obviously because Churchill wielded power whereas Marx spent most of his time in a library. If Marx had wielded power how would he have used it? Hmmmm
"You can always count on The Americans doing the right thing, after they have tried everything else."Winston Churchill.
Tell me, what does your favorite little Churchill quip that is parroted throughout every "WW2 in Europe" video comment section on RUclips.. have to do with what these two men are discussing here ? I'm gonna go with easy AmericaBAD points and a smathering of im14andthisisdeep/r.
Why not do as the indians do and quote Henry Kissinger for the millionth time for some added bonus internet points as well? You're obviously an intellectual.
You won't understand it, but you're literally contributing to the divisiveness that these two are discussing.
Douglas is the dude. Facts cutting like a cold razor blade....
IT always is selective vision.
Because Karl Marx wasn’t in charge of a empire that killed millions he wrote some books.
Churchill was definitely a racist. I’m not too familiar with Marx’s actions but if he has done things that seem his a racist, then he is.
Explain why you think he was a racist ? ( Churchill I mean )
@@andym9571 Because a Marxist told him so.
Tiny example: Read about the Bengal famine in India.
There are plenty more but this will get you started.
@@ronweasley7005I’m sorry but if you really understand what happened in Bengal, with rains, the breakdown of the train , the Japanese submarines in the bay you will get a clearer idea of what actually happened. Honestly the ignorance of people on this particular issue.
It’s naive to paint him as completely evil, equally it’s just as naive to paint him as an infallible hero. He was a great war time leader so it’s understandable why the Brits love him. On the other hand he did commit horrific crimes against humanity so it’s understandable why countries who were victims to this see him as an evil figure.
The evil people in this world 🌎
Love Douglas
The greatest Briton should of been William Wilberforce.
Tbf, there are many contenders. Wilberforce is definitely in the running, but there have been so many great Brits who have contributed significantly to the world, it’s difficult to choose just one.
Churchill maybe have been the crucial figure for England in World War 2, but for us Indians he is not so different from Hitler himself.
Don't criticise Winston. Not in my hearing.
He saved Britain from a real racist.
Because Churchill together with the Austrian painter pushed the world into ww2. Marx just wrote some books about society.
Could it simply be because Churchill is seen as a representation of British Empire colonialism and we finally came to agree (a few centuries too late) that colonialism was bad?
Its inaccurate judging the past with today standards.
Just that , let history be what it is . We can learn from the past , to not make the same mistakes
@@gastonangelini8352 That is true. However, the standards aren't necessarily of today. A big part of the world had already expressed itself against colonialism in the XVII and XIX century, and England was exceptionally stubborn in continuing to expand its empire and acquiring colonies until the mid-XX century. It's now that the British people are finally coming to terms with the damage their colonial expansion caused (thus revising their heroes such as Churchill), but most of the rest of the world had been complaining about it for centuries.
A few thousand Indian women who would be burned alive upon the pyre of their husbands beggar to disagree with you
What's brought more people out of poverty than colonialism?
@@thefarmer828 Colonialism made those people poor by imposing a different economic system they never asked for upon them and place them at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
good stuff!
When Islam takes over............ you might not be so jubilant about our victory over Germany!
The left have criticized Marx as a racist. This guy should read ‘Were Marx and Engels Racists? - The prolet-Aryan outlook of Marx and Engels’ by Cuban scholar Carlos Moore. He was just as much of a racist as Churchill.
I have listened to tens of hours of Murray and probably hundreds hours of Williamson and this is the first video I have seen of ether.
Couple of Handsom bastards aren’t they!
A top video. Thanks.