Please Mr. Wolff, go on more podcasts. Speak to as many people as possible because your message needs to be heard by more people in this country and the world. Thank you.
What a pleasure to watch and listen to these talks. Congrats, Nima, for letting your guests do the talking and not to interrupt their thoughts and also for your honest and direct questions. Your programs are really fantastic. I am a keen listener! Thank you.
@@greendragonspirit1646 I am a fan of limited governement ... Which does not exist anywhere... Just look at how bad Canada has become under the Marxist Trudeau ... No wonder so many citizens want to get out of this communist anti-freedom shithole...
Richard D. Wolf is scientifical genius and more than that a blessed sage and elder spokesman. To you and your work, Nima, I lift my hat and bow. Thanks and greetings from Germany ...
Greeting from China! Our ancestors already wrote the advice that could help Western leaders look at the current tension between US and China in a calm and wise way, that is, "知己知彼, 百战不殆, " in the book called The Art of War. I think Prof. Wolff has such wise, but, unfortunately, he cannot do anything help his fellows but only see the thing slowly happen. Peace & Love:)
There was a lot to be said of the Kings and Aristocracy in the form of Knights then Generals leading the country into battle . Makes sense to keep the troops in the barracks.
This is simply brilliant. It is wonderful to listen to you two. Nima is a fantastic interviewer because he a) knows a hell of a lot, b) listens so well and c) moves the conversation on strategically. Professor Wolff, well, words fail me here. The accumulated knowledge from a lifetime of study is presented with the simplicity and lucidity which comes from a lifetime of pedagogy.
I have a lot of respect for prof Wolff and Prof Sachs, both are morally principled righteous man who are capable of introspection and self examination, instead of the typical self projection and deflection game the US politicians are infamous for.
Prof RICHARD WOLFF AS ALWAYS ENLIGHTENING n KNOWLEDGEABLE UNAFRAID 2 TELL-IT AS IS. ALWAYS BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT IN A SEAS DARKNESS OF FALSEHOOD . 🙏 NIMA 4 SHARING HIM WITH US ALL. ALWAYS A DOUBLE 🏅🏅.
Profs Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are economic and political wise folks that should be heeded with serious consideration given to their associates/acolytes like Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong, Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, Randy Wray, Jeff Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Larry Johnston, Ray McGovern, Doug Macgregor, and Bill Black and boatloads of other experts and hosts... even if one disagrees. Their analysis is pointed and clarifies issues whichever side you're on, my pov. Thank you, Brothers & Sisters, for being concerned about the Greater Good. At the end of the day, we all end our days here on earth/urantia:)
Profesor Richard Wolff I love your brilliant understanding and analysis of the whole situation and explaining the economies of the whole world. And being brave enough to tell the honest truth please keep on telling this message
Imagine what will happen if all three Professors (Richard, John & Jeffrey) are in the same room discussing about world affairs. We definitely need more dialogue and discussion to understand the world around us. God bless all of them 🙏🙏
I can listen to this man all day everyday. I pray he will still be with us for the 40/50 years….. he’s just a bundle of joy, knowledge and integrity ❤ thanks for bringing him on
Thank you very much Prof. Richard D. Wolff for spelling all this out so clearly for those, like me striving to understand. Extremely grateful, thank you Nima for having him as one of your best guest.
Have you noticed that Nimas' questions are always well informed and right on the mark. I always follow him and find him and his guests really impressive. Don't be fooled by his look of innocence. That sweet expression and cute accent hides a very insightful intellect.
John Mearsheimer’s logic:”A thief thinks others will want to steal😢” His mentality is perfect described in this Chinese expression: “Measure the mind of a gentleman with his petty heart.以小人之心度君子之腹。”
Greetings from Costa Rica🇨🇷! Great to see the description of the evolution of the economy of China during the last 4 decades // plus other important details that helps to review to underfund our current moment and conflicts!!!
I thought I was the only one that caught the separation in ideals between the two, Interesting !!!! For me I'm on the side of Professor Sachs - Thank you Nima, for bringing clarity to the Differences of Mearsheimer and Sachs
Socialism is the means, communism is the end, they're working toward communism, they literally call their system 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics'
And no, Nordic states are social democracies with high unionization and high levels of taxes funding their gov programs, their economy and major industries still function for the profits of the owners, the SOEs state owned enterprises of China and Russia make them socialist, not the nordics...
Professor Sachs has told the story that happened with Russia. He said the approach he called for was the same one he successfully implemented in Poland. But, he was not allowed to apply it in Russia.
Not really a miracle. They played a smart long term game. They took advantage of capitalists who had zero loyalty to the country of their residence. China did not build their industrial base from scratch and by themselves. They had western corporations do that for them. They also dropped communism. China is communist in name only. The better descriptor would be fascism. Which is also true for most of western countries. The big difference is that in China, the government is at the top and they are focused not on enriching themselves but improving their country. Are they perfect? No, far from it. However, they, as a nation, are going in the right direction. West on the other had is going the opposite way.
The All-In podcast with John Mearschimer and Jeffrey Sachs "debating" China policy should be mandatory listening. In a thumbnail, Mearschimer prayed Sachs' optimistic prediction about China relations was right, and his realistic power model was wrong, but he didn't think he was. I pray Sachs is correct, too, for the sake of our world surviving.
57:49 I shared the two together. Hope somebody takes my prompt and watches. Fantastic thorough breakdown. And yes, Nima's a gifted understated, humble prince of a man and interviewer. 57:49
..one positive indicator is China's history.. unlike the US, they do NOT organise coups, invade, bomb, loot etc..Chinese like to do business, tough deals sure, but they are not warmongers.
Nima .. I like your style .. great questions to engage the SME and you let them speak ... no unnecessary interruptions ... watch you every day!!! .. many thanks 🫡
Same. Also, having only paid attention to politics in the last few years, I didn't know about Jeffrey Sachs actions toward Russia which Wolff criticized and suggested were being repented of
The more I listen to Mearsheimer, the less I trust him, the less he appears wisdom. He has hidden agenda which is to defend and justify US hegemony 1. The reason he defended Russia is because he wished US government had allied with Russia to gang up on China. 2. He kept saying we are living in an anarchy world order, no major power is really given the authority to enforce law and world order. Has he totally forgotten there is an international institution called United Nations, it’s not perfect, but it’s a good base to start with if all countries work toward abiding international Democratic process of law and order, instead of unipolar hegemony making the rules and veto against the will of majority of the world. US helped created UN and now helped dismantled the legitimacy and function of UN today. US wants to make all the rules for others to follow, yet itself doesn’t abide by the rules and keep breaking the rules it made by itself. This is worse than dictatorship or authoritarian, this is pure mob thuggery without law and order. Wisdom tells us “big power comes with big responsibility”, that’s how you sustain your power with trust and credibility, which US has NONE to sustain its power except weaponizing its US dollars, fake ideologies and military might. If China is the threat to U.S., then U.S. is the biggest threat to world peace and humanity.
I disagree with your opinion somewhat. I have spent some time listening to him and I don't think he has hidden agendas. He seems pretty open in wanting the US to keep its supremacy. He has his views which are pragmatic and tries to judge the US policies by whether they are logical or illogical, smart or stupid from what he calls a realist view (in contrast to a wishful view). For example, he was a vocal opponent to Ukraine giving up on their nuclear arsenal (his statement) due to the fact it has Russia, a nuclear power as a neighbour and a potential enemy... That proved to be true, unfortunately. In the case of US-Russia-China, he views China as a competitor and Russia as a potential US ally in a hypothetical future conflict. The ship carrying that possible future has been sunk by the Ukraine conflict and now Russia and China have been joined at the hip. As for the UN, it is a nice idea, but it is a hostage to great powers. I wouldn't say Mr Maersheimer's views are consequences of his patriotism, even though i think he is a patriot, but of the realist way he views the world. He judges China or Russia in the same realistic way. This brings him in a difference of options in regard to China since esteemed experts like Mr Wolf for example view China as a "different animal" (and i hope they are correct) but Mr. Maersheimer is true to his "realism" and projects to China a repetition of what every world hegemon has done. Conquer, grow and focus on subverting the others who threaten their hegemony
Prof Wolff amazing on RT US, now International with George Galloway MOATS, Chris Hedges, Lee Camp, Ben Norton, Mike Jones, Eva Bartlett, Rachel Blevins so many more excellent journalists
Great show. Regarding the talk w Sacks and Mearsheimer and their opposing views on the topic; Mearsheimer believes the US must contain China because if we don't they will do exactly what the US has and is continuing to do around the globe once it becomes a regional hegemon. Its why he calls this competition of great powers and their seeking power/security a tragedy. He doesn't believe there is another possible way this can go unlike Prof Sacks
There’s a parallel in the topic of racism in the US, empirically speaking. Many white people believe that if black people were to be fully in power the way white people are now, that the black people would do to the white people what the white people did to them. By and large, this is not the case. Sure, there may be a few white people they would want to get back at, but not the entirety as a whole. I believe Mearsheimer would entertain such an argument that China might then act in a similar way, more benevolently, where it wouldn’t act like the US if given the opportunity to be a regional hegemon. Of course, that would depart from his realist logic and he would not agree with it wholeheartedly, but I’m sure he might conceded that it’s possible and consider it a reasonable argument that could be made. He has stated himself that realist theories tend to be right most of the time, but not all of the time (somewhere in the 60% range, if I recall him saying so at one of the lectures I heard of his on offensive realism). I do enjoy listening to Wolff, but I can tell he’s a bit out of his element here talking on realism, that he remarked the opposite would be “unreal” - commenting that notion was childish - which it is not, as there are three main theories when it comes to IR theory and “unreal” isn’t one of them. I was also surprised that he did not listen to the whole talk between Mearsheimer and Sachs and yet he’s still commenting so verbosely on the talk and its content.
Very good, Mr. Wolfe. The Soviet Union 's military was primarily a defensive force, whereas the US Military was and is an expeditionary force, designed and intended to enforce and expand the Anglo Zionist Empire.
ah Richard, given the dark humour in the centre of this broadcast that had me howling with laughter I see you are enjoying that time of live when you should give no f****s markedly. Onwards my friend. As for Mr Sachs, he is like Larry Wilkerson, a man with deeeep regrets. Who is also a man of conviction in his faith which I believe is also what has made him reject his former self and the capitalist system it served. We cannot fix our mistakes made in blindness and ignorance, all we can do is try to make up for them, which they both have been doing admirably.
Thank you Nima and Prof. Wolff. Very refreshing. I had no idea that what the USSR had was state capitalism and aspired, I think if I understood you correctly, to production by co-operatives.
Pro. Richard, you are very very insightful, and I know how it feels to talk some sense in a nonsensical world, but your msg can go unheard with this too much anger and frustration which is so justifiable and true.
Please Mr. Wolff, go on more podcasts. Speak to as many people as possible because your message needs to be heard by more people in this country and the world. Thank you.
I think he does do that .
It was great and instructive till he started with the white supremacy nonsense.
Agreed
He does.
He has his own channel called Democracy Works.
This is one of the best episodes, if not the best so far (for me). Thank you prof Wolff for the honesty and the usual clarity in explaining things.
What a pleasure to watch and listen to these talks. Congrats, Nima, for letting your guests do the talking and not to interrupt their thoughts and also for your honest and direct questions. Your programs are really fantastic. I am a keen listener! Thank you.
Always interested in what Rick Wolff brings to any discussion. A wonderful man!
Another clueless Marxist ...
@const71 are you a fan of capitalism ?
@@greendragonspirit1646 I am a fan of limited governement ... Which does not exist anywhere... Just look at how bad Canada has become under the Marxist Trudeau ... No wonder so many citizens want to get out of this communist anti-freedom shithole...
Groucho rules!
@@const71if you only new what a clue meant….
Richard D. Wolf is scientifical genius and more than that a blessed sage and elder spokesman.
To you and your work, Nima, I lift my hat and bow. Thanks and greetings from Germany ...
Agree 💯 from Sweden.
I agree but scientifical isn't a word.
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@haikonitschke6794 He is an economist
Greeting from China! Our ancestors already wrote the advice that could help Western leaders look at the current tension between US and China in a calm and wise way, that is, "知己知彼, 百战不殆, " in the book called The Art of War. I think Prof. Wolff has such wise, but, unfortunately, he cannot do anything help his fellows but only see the thing slowly happen. Peace & Love:)
I could listen to Richard Wolf for hours.
And learn. He is a wonderful teacher.
Professor Wolff is great teacher, he’s way of explaining situations is easy to understand , l have learned a lot from him.
Beautiful analysis! And thanks to Nima not interrupting Richard Wolff. Every child's dream for a grandfather
Stunning lecture. More truth and valuable insight in one performance than TV ever provided in it's entire history. A privilege to have attended.
Professor Wolff ended on an honest note. Thank you both.
Prof. Wolff, brilliant as usual. The only thing I could say: let the rich fight their own wars.
Yes, it seems true, yet they drag us along without invitations.
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There was a lot to be said of the Kings and Aristocracy in the form of Knights then Generals leading the country into battle .
Makes sense to keep the troops in the barracks.
You do realize that the rich always fight their wars on the back (from, and in their houses) of the poor. Right?
With their own sons too😂
I wonder how old Nima is. Doesn't look much, yet his ability to bring together incredible people is amazing!
I always wonder why his channel is so under-rated. He has very influential sought after guests.
Nima looks about 35...
It may be the lighting, but the greys on his sideburns puts him at mid 30s to early 40s. My guess would be that he’s 42
Great hair.
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My temples started graying in my very late 50's... 😢
I must say I consider this dissertation by Professor Wolf the best I've heard. Magnificent, just magnificent ‼️
Thank you for shaking our world mister Wolff....we need to be aware of the reality...
*Professor Wolff
Nobody explains things better then prof Wolff 😊👍
And again Prof Wolfe educates and illuminates a complicated subject. Thank you Nima.
My guess is he's a professor and 43.
My favourite professor is as passionate as always for the humanity. Thank you Mr Wolff❤
This is simply brilliant. It is wonderful to listen to you two. Nima is a fantastic interviewer because he a) knows a hell of a lot, b) listens so well and c) moves the conversation on strategically. Professor Wolff, well, words fail me here. The accumulated knowledge from a lifetime of study is presented with the simplicity and lucidity which comes from a lifetime of pedagogy.
Thankyou, Dr Wolff. Very enlightening and thought-provoking.
Happy to see Richard Wolff again.
Richard and Nima cooperation! The best! 🙌🙌🙌
A great contribution. Thank you Richard, thank you Nima.
Richard D. Wolf is a Legend.
I have a lot of respect for prof Wolff and Prof Sachs, both are morally principled righteous man who are capable of introspection and self examination, instead of the typical self projection and deflection game the US politicians are infamous for.
Prof RICHARD WOLFF AS ALWAYS ENLIGHTENING n KNOWLEDGEABLE
UNAFRAID 2 TELL-IT AS IS.
ALWAYS BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT IN A
SEAS DARKNESS OF FALSEHOOD .
🙏 NIMA 4 SHARING HIM WITH US ALL.
ALWAYS A DOUBLE 🏅🏅.
The people calling others inferior are projecting.
I love to hear Professor Richard Wolff.
Profs Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are economic and political wise folks that should be heeded with serious consideration given to their associates/acolytes like Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong, Pavlina Tcherneva, Stephanie Kelton, Randy Wray, Jeff Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Larry Johnston, Ray McGovern, Doug Macgregor, and Bill Black and boatloads of other experts and hosts... even if one disagrees. Their analysis is pointed and clarifies issues whichever side you're on, my pov. Thank you, Brothers & Sisters, for being concerned about the Greater Good. At the end of the day, we all end our days here on earth/urantia:)
Amici abbiamo dimenticato ...
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BUON LAVORO
You have listed all my favourites! Some of the boatloads that I follow - Kevin Walmsley, John Ross and Sean Foo
Professor Wolf is outstanding! I always learn and see things in a different perspective when listening
Profesor Richard Wolff I love your brilliant understanding and analysis of the whole situation and explaining the economies of the whole world. And being brave enough to tell the honest truth please keep on telling this message
Hi Nima I watched the last several episodes. You bring a wonderful array of guests, so I continue your good work.
Nice work Nima and professor wolff
Súper guest!! The Best!
Sir thank you for always being truthful......and delivering the hard to accept facts! Thank you Mr. Wolfe 💯
Brilliant guest Nima, Mr Richard Wolff is the best.
Prof Wolf is fantastic. His analysis of China is spot on.
Imagine what will happen if all three Professors (Richard, John & Jeffrey) are in the same room discussing about world affairs. We definitely need more dialogue and discussion to understand the world around us. God bless all of them 🙏🙏
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.
Very Great Lecture from Prov. D Wolff ❤ Thanks
Thank you Mr Richard to explain so many interesting info, so big knowledge and understanding .. wait to see you again here
I can listen to this man all day everyday. I pray he will still be with us for the 40/50 years….. he’s just a bundle of joy, knowledge and integrity ❤ thanks for bringing him on
Thank you very much Prof. Richard D. Wolff for spelling all this out so clearly for those, like me striving to understand. Extremely grateful, thank you Nima for having him as one of your best guest.
Thank you Dr Wolff.
I would absolutely love to hear a conversation between Richard Wolff and John Mearsheimer
Great respect and great analysis Mr wolff
Thank you Nima for the great show keep up the good work God bless you
Vrlo zanimljivo izlaganje sa fantasticnim zavrsetkom
Thank you Professor Wolff for your education.
Thank you's. Excellent content 👍
Have you noticed that Nimas' questions are always well informed and right on the mark. I always follow him and find him and his guests really impressive. Don't be fooled by his look of innocence. That sweet expression and cute accent hides a very insightful intellect.
Great guest, thank U Nima
Just brilliant!
Love listening to Mr. Wolff. He says things no one else dares to talk about.
Great and intelectually exciting chat!!
Thanks R W
👏👏Thank you Nima for another great guest!! I really enjoy candid, factual, cut thru the 🐂 crap dialogue especially Prof. Wolff 😉
John Mearsheimer’s logic:”A thief thinks others will want to steal😢” His mentality is perfect described in this Chinese expression: “Measure the mind of a gentleman with his petty heart.以小人之心度君子之腹。”
You are so right and awesome in explaining the facts in geoeconomista and geopolitical.
Superb
Bravo wolf 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Greetings from Costa Rica🇨🇷! Great to see the description of the evolution of the economy of China during the last 4 decades // plus other important details that helps to review to underfund our current moment and conflicts!!!
Prof Wolff has a logical speech. It's easy to understand what he says. Your guests enlightened me. Thank you gentlemen.
I thought I was the only one that caught the separation in ideals between the two, Interesting !!!! For me I'm on the side of Professor Sachs - Thank you Nima, for bringing clarity to the Differences of Mearsheimer and Sachs
Thanks for having Dr. Wolff on your show. Instant watch every time I see his name.
I'm always interested when economist's speek because it's the economy that truly matters. Nothing can work without money or resources
Wow. This channel is a treasure trove of such great talks and thinkers. I love the truthfulness, sincerity and clarity present here.
China has a socialite government. The lesd party is called CPC, but its system is not communist.
Many Nordic countries have socialist systems.
Socialism is the means, communism is the end, they're working toward communism, they literally call their system 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics'
And no, Nordic states are social democracies with high unionization and high levels of taxes funding their gov programs, their economy and major industries still function for the profits of the owners, the SOEs state owned enterprises of China and Russia make them socialist, not the nordics...
I cannot speak about Sweden and Norway but there is no democracy left in Finland anymore. I can assure you this as a Finnish citizen.
One of your best interviews Prof Wolff. All well said.
Professor Sachs has told the story that happened with Russia. He said the approach he called for was the same one he successfully implemented in Poland. But, he was not allowed to apply it in Russia.
Dr.Wolff is the economics professor I wish I had. Brilliant economic teacher. Michael Hudson and Dr.Wolff are in a league of their own....
The Wolff's on 🔥... 😂
Yes, China has achieved a miracle, and without colonising other peoples or resorting to wars. It’s been amazing.
Not really a miracle. They played a smart long term game. They took advantage of capitalists who had zero loyalty to the country of their residence.
China did not build their industrial base from scratch and by themselves.
They had western corporations do that for them.
They also dropped communism. China is communist in name only. The better descriptor would be fascism.
Which is also true for most of western countries. The big difference is that in China, the government is at the top and they are focused not on enriching themselves but improving their country.
Are they perfect? No, far from it.
However, they, as a nation, are going in the right direction. West on the other had is going the opposite way.
The All-In podcast with John Mearschimer and Jeffrey Sachs "debating" China policy should be mandatory listening. In a thumbnail, Mearschimer prayed Sachs' optimistic prediction about China relations was right, and his realistic power model was wrong, but he didn't think he was.
I pray Sachs is correct, too, for the sake of our world surviving.
57:49 I shared the two together. Hope somebody takes my prompt and watches. Fantastic thorough breakdown. And yes, Nima's a gifted understated, humble prince of a man and interviewer. 57:49
John is consistent and will admit errors.
..one positive indicator is China's history.. unlike the US, they do NOT organise coups, invade, bomb, loot etc..Chinese like to do business, tough deals sure, but they are not warmongers.
Absolutely brilliant! I hope the Professor is invited to more interviews on this channel!
My favourite Professor on my favourite channel.....wonderful!!
Nima .. I like your style .. great questions to engage the SME and you let them speak ... no unnecessary interruptions ... watch you every day!!! .. many thanks 🫡
Truth is Truth, good 👍🏽
What an incredibly deep thinker. Sheer brilliance.
Stopped listening to Mearsheimer when he described US meddling in foreign countries as liberalism.
Same. Also, having only paid attention to politics in the last few years, I didn't know about Jeffrey Sachs actions toward Russia which Wolff criticized and suggested were being repented of
Enjoyed this discussion. Didn't fully agree but in substance, he was on point.
This podcast was the best ever. ❤❤❤
Professor Wolff again. Goody.
Nima thank you a wonderful guest in professor Wolff SPEAKS THE TRUTH always dignified. Thank you to you BOTH
The more I listen to Mearsheimer, the less I trust him, the less he appears wisdom. He has hidden agenda which is to defend and justify US hegemony
1. The reason he defended Russia is because he wished US government had allied with Russia to gang up on China.
2. He kept saying we are living in an anarchy world order, no major power is really given the authority to enforce law and world order. Has he totally forgotten there is an international institution called United Nations, it’s not perfect, but it’s a good base to start with if all countries work toward abiding international Democratic process of law and order, instead of unipolar hegemony making the rules and veto against the will of majority of the world. US helped created UN and now helped dismantled the legitimacy and function of UN today.
US wants to make all the rules for others to follow, yet itself doesn’t abide by the rules and keep breaking the rules it made by itself. This is worse than dictatorship or authoritarian, this is pure mob thuggery without law and order.
Wisdom tells us “big power comes with big responsibility”, that’s how you sustain your power with trust and credibility, which US has NONE to sustain its power except weaponizing its US dollars, fake ideologies and military might.
If China is the threat to U.S., then U.S. is the biggest threat to world peace and humanity.
Bingo
I disagree with your opinion somewhat.
I have spent some time listening to him and I don't think he has hidden agendas. He seems pretty open in wanting the US to keep its supremacy.
He has his views which are pragmatic and tries to judge the US policies by whether they are logical or illogical, smart or stupid from what he calls a realist view (in contrast to a wishful view).
For example, he was a vocal opponent to Ukraine giving up on their nuclear arsenal (his statement) due to the fact it has Russia, a nuclear power as a neighbour and a potential enemy... That proved to be true, unfortunately.
In the case of US-Russia-China, he views China as a competitor and Russia as a potential US ally in a hypothetical future conflict. The ship carrying that possible future has been sunk by the Ukraine conflict and now Russia and China have been joined at the hip.
As for the UN, it is a nice idea, but it is a hostage to great powers.
I wouldn't say Mr Maersheimer's views are consequences of his patriotism, even though i think he is a patriot, but of the realist way he views the world. He judges China or Russia in the same realistic way.
This brings him in a difference of options in regard to China since esteemed experts like Mr Wolf for example view China as a "different animal" (and i hope they are correct) but Mr. Maersheimer is true to his "realism" and projects to China a repetition of what every world hegemon has done. Conquer, grow and focus on subverting the others who threaten their hegemony
Totally awesome discussion. This is a MUST listen/watch!
Richard, tell the haters to f**k off, keep on telling the truth.
Prof Wolff amazing on RT US, now International with George Galloway MOATS, Chris Hedges, Lee Camp, Ben Norton, Mike Jones, Eva Bartlett, Rachel Blevins so many more excellent journalists
Great show. Regarding the talk w Sacks and Mearsheimer and their opposing views on the topic; Mearsheimer believes the US must contain China because if we don't they will do exactly what the US has and is continuing to do around the globe once it becomes a regional hegemon. Its why he calls this competition of great powers and their seeking power/security a tragedy. He doesn't believe there is another possible way this can go unlike Prof Sacks
There’s a parallel in the topic of racism in the US, empirically speaking. Many white people believe that if black people were to be fully in power the way white people are now, that the black people would do to the white people what the white people did to them. By and large, this is not the case. Sure, there may be a few white people they would want to get back at, but not the entirety as a whole. I believe Mearsheimer would entertain such an argument that China might then act in a similar way, more benevolently, where it wouldn’t act like the US if given the opportunity to be a regional hegemon. Of course, that would depart from his realist logic and he would not agree with it wholeheartedly, but I’m sure he might conceded that it’s possible and consider it a reasonable argument that could be made. He has stated himself that realist theories tend to be right most of the time, but not all of the time (somewhere in the 60% range, if I recall him saying so at one of the lectures I heard of his on offensive realism).
I do enjoy listening to Wolff, but I can tell he’s a bit out of his element here talking on realism, that he remarked the opposite would be “unreal” - commenting that notion was childish - which it is not, as there are three main theories when it comes to IR theory and “unreal” isn’t one of them. I was also surprised that he did not listen to the whole talk between Mearsheimer and Sachs and yet he’s still commenting so verbosely on the talk and its content.
This is exactly what Prof Wolff said about “projecting”. I am sure similar reasonings were given to wipe the American Indians too.
I love China. They did all of what professor wolf described, without having to steal anyone else’s property or enslave another race!
Very good, Mr. Wolfe. The Soviet Union 's military was primarily a defensive force, whereas the US Military was and is an expeditionary force, designed and intended to enforce and expand the Anglo Zionist Empire.
Wow. I am so moved and impressed!
ah Richard, given the dark humour in the centre of this broadcast that had me howling with laughter I see you are enjoying that time of live when you should give no f****s markedly.
Onwards my friend. As for Mr Sachs, he is like Larry Wilkerson, a man with deeeep regrets. Who is also a man of conviction in his faith which I believe is also what has made him reject his former self and the capitalist system it served.
We cannot fix our mistakes made in blindness and ignorance, all we can do is try to make up for them, which they both have been doing admirably.
Richard went deep and very clear thought Thank you very much.
Finally a sane take on China. Thank you, Professor Wolff!
Love listening to Richard
Thanks Nima for addressing Q about Mearshemar (sp) and China. Thanks Prof Wolff for clarifying this and more. I learn so much from you. Onward.
Agreed 100% . Richard Wolff has knocked out Meir shimmer .
Thank you Nima and Prof. Wolff. Very refreshing. I had no idea that what the USSR had was state capitalism and aspired, I think if I understood you correctly, to production by co-operatives.
Nima and Wolf are great together 🧡
Pro. Richard, you are very very insightful, and I know how it feels to talk some sense in a nonsensical world, but your msg can go unheard with this too much anger and frustration which is so justifiable and true.
One of the best shows I saw here on the channel, thank you Nima!