49:00 Heirachy 55:00 Nation state 1:00:00 misogynistic Aristortel Anti Democratic plato 1:05:00 cause of creation of state 1:10:00 future of imagined commie Pakistan 1:19:00 state owned industry of commie pak 1:23:00 free market is "failure " 1:43:00 government owned education 1:52:00 scandenevia model 2:02:00 co operative model 2:11:00 argument for state regulations ( great point) anti libertarian argument
2:13:00 Uighur Muslim oppression 2:23:00 religion and communism 2:28:00 Chinese model 2:34:00 Chinese " imperelism" 2:38:00 Korea progress 2:39:30 aurat march 2:50:00 book recommendations
Great choice to invite this professor. Dont agree with all of his views but he always have v informative things to share. Just the right thumbnail to see on a weekend
Gandhi wanted to students to leave their schools and colleges as a form of civil disobedience because the education being provided would be to make them colonial clerks. Tagore vehemently disagreed for the same rationale that mr Rahman gave.
@@aunthegeek5788 and that's how you prove your dumbness. Gandhi agreed to provide Indian soldiers to fight I'm World War bcoz he saw Fascism as a bigger problem.
@@ThePakistanExperience watched the Ishtiaq Ahmad episodes. Phenomenal! One has to have balls of steel and a profound mind to have hours of interactive discussion with academics like him.
Great podcast. Halfway through it and thoroughly enjoying this. Climate activists and leftist social activities should join hands against the capitalist system
Just started watching it, Dr. Taimur Rahman a guest is everything I could have asked for. Thank you Shahzad for this podcast. Edit: Sir Taimur Rahman just converted me to a communist again! New woke/liberal crowd disappointed me so much that I got a bit confused about communism. Thanks to professor Taimur for giving a clear picture of communism and what true leftism is. Enjoyed listening every bit of this podcast.
Though it is true that modern Scandinavian countries are incredibly resource rich, they're also incredibly imperialist. Their welfare programs are dependant on the exploitation of the global South. Due to redscare and cold war propaganda, we're quick to dismiss the accomplishments of Socialist states, why would I turn to the Scandinavian model when I have seen the successes of the Russian model which transformed a backward agricultural country to an industrially advanced economy which gave the world's most powerful empire a run for their money and was in space within 30 years, or the successes of Cuba despite the sanctions and embargos, or Thomas Sankara's Burkina Faso, or CHINA.
@@DWAGON1818 To analyze the success or failure of a revolution, compare it with how the said country was before and after it. Without Mao there wouldn't be a China, and Imperialist powers and feaudal landlords will be sucking away all the resources and labour. Communists had everything to do with it, China has literally eradicated extreme poverty. Famines happen because of natural reasons, perhaps you should learn more about the geographic conditions of China. The only reason anyone would go towards "Democratic Socialism" is because the Imperialist powers aren't as tough on it as they don't threaten their hegemony or Capital, it's woke Capitalism paired with Imperialism. It's a Western White People ideology which doesn't even mean anything, it's a term invented by politically illiterate petty bourgeois is intellectuals. I've written about a lot more than China, you can research more on these subjects as I take it you're not very educated on the topic.
@@DWAGON1818 Mao was only one person lmao, Mao didn't single handedly kill anyone and it's irrelevant really, people are starving in Africa and other places right now because of imperialism and war.
@@DWAGON1818 Read what? Black book of Communism? Cold war propoganda? Taimur Rahman has a video on China, I suggest you go watch it. You lost credibility when you said "cAhMuniSm kiLls pEoPle", the success of China is unparalleled, and you can compare it with that of Pakistan, Neoliberalism and Free Market Capitalism didn't transform China into a super power. I'd prefer not replying to red scare loving radlibs from here on out, I've made my points very clear while yours has been "killed people", and if you notice my original comment I said "successes" of Socialist experiments and states, not failures and mistakes.
@@aunthegeek5788 the only people ‘communism kills’ are fascists. there’s nothing inherently violent about striving for an equal society except for the inconvenient fact that in order to achieve this you have to first get rid of a system built on slavery, genocide, dispossession and exploitation. If you’re using deaths from famine under either Stalin or Mao to discredit communism, then the mere fact that 9 million ppl die each year from hunger in a capitalist world order should be sufficient evidence that this is a failed system we need to move past. Let alone the millions of death attributable to western imperialism which is the very foundation of modern capitalism.
Land reform is a rare domain in which all the ruling class agrees to oppose. Mainstream politicians in the big-three political parties are massive landowners, and they need poor peasants to work on them...so they cannot give up their subjugating powers. Military is notorious for running the biggest land mafia in Pakistan, whether though the biggest housing schemes or the military run agricultural farms. Not to forget they need to distribute thousand of acres every year to their retired and serving personnel. They will have to stop doing if any land reforms takes place. Lastly out mainstream Mullahs consider the land reforms as unIslamic, which simply ends the discussion.
Even in India, we need land reform. Ofcourse in different sense like that happened in Nehru's time. Our land prices are abnormally high, which creates problems for new factories or industries. In China, state owns every land, that's why they gave it at fraction of price for factories.
@@kokuyocamlin07 yeah we also need land refomrs. But china is not a good example to foresee. Cant give up democracy to achieve liberty. Thats a contradiction.
Please please please invite such intellectuals to your show so that people can benefit from such discussions... I thoroughly enjoyed it even thought I strongly disagree on a lot of things with Dr Taimoor
@@ThePakistanExperience I would honestly love to see you bring Ayesha Siddiqa on the podcast at some point. Alternatively: Ali Raza (the Lums professor) whose book Revolutionary Pasts came out a couple of weeks ago would make for a super interesting conversation I’m sure.
@@ThePakistanExperience Call Sanjay Dixit of Jaipur Dialog. India is throwing away yoke of AbraHaramism imposed on it - be it of MohMadism, Christianity, Marxism or CocaCola Wokism
The pawry girl condemning is coming from the collective pschye of pulling others down and never being happy for others. Doesn’t have to do with *joy* and celebration. I reckon. It’s a petty and superficial knee jerk reaction. P.S. the backdrop is very distracting. Want to have a close look at those black and white photo tiles...
The worst part is we were fooled by Attlee and Churchill in 1947. Jinnah who was probably the worst human being of the last century worked closely with Britain and destroyed India. Now looking forward we should work together and take two actions: Introspection and understand the problems of Islam. Create a new federation, USI ( United States of India) consisting of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan etc.
What a delightful and incredibly educational episode! Makes me so happy to see such an enthusiastic, brilliant mind. Taimur was a delight to listen to. If only history coupled with the current affairs was taught like this in easy to understand mix of Urdu and English we would have a far more world aware (as in aware of others’ histories, too) and successful youth. I think we need to see more of him on the show! I’m so glad I found your channel, Shahzad. It is a breath of fresh air. Well done and
We failed to make institutions for every aspect of life instead wants to live in Nostalgia. When ever will eliminate this barrier will remain in same conditions of Political/ Economical/ social.
I have recently stated listening to this podcast and love how Shahzad Shaikh conducts it. I like that he “pushes back “. In our “ Mia baap” society people don’t push back due to fear of lash back as any disagreement is taken as an attack on personality. We just love “ agreeing “ all the time. Your opening gambit of “ lack of collective joy” is a point well made. Carl young described the phenomena of collective consciousness of human societies and Ekhart Tolle called a collective pessimism as a “ pain body “ - no doubt colonialism has had a profound effect on our psyche and perhaps epigenetics - we are still in a state of collective depression. Nicely done
After the initial hour of shehram’s podcast I came here; I was finding the former, despite the fanfare, vaguely theory-based. This, despite professor’s Rahman’s confrontational manner was a much more rewarding listen; grassroots activism is a different sport altogether and it shows on more than one level. And Shehzad, you played a wonderful, wonderful devil’s advocate. Great episode.
If you see this podcast in itself then he might come up to you as vaguely theory based, but once put it in the context of his other lectures then it would make more sense,. Hence can justify why he has taken the longer route to explain simple things.
But you also have to appreciate the temperament of this man, as he let Shehzad to be so scrutinous to his arguments, because in the podcast with Ayesha Jalal, which I just saw, Shahzad was very docile. Not even tried to counter question her to some of her claims.
49:00 Heirachy 55:00 Nation state 1:00:00 misogynistic Aristortel Anti Democratic plato 1:05:00 cause of creation of state 1:10:00 future of imagined commie Pakistan 1:19:00 state owned industry of commie pak 1:23:00 free market is "failure " 1:43:00 government owned education 1:52:00 scandenevia model 2:02:00 co operative model 2:11:00 argument for state regulations ( great point) anti libertarian argument 2:13:00 Uighur Muslim oppression 2:23:00 religion and communism 2:28:00 Chinese model 2:34:00 Chinese " imperelism"
Dr Taimur , The more i listen to you, i form an opinion that people like you/like minded people should be at the helm of your society. They should be talking more often to young Pakistan, help bring them out of the influence of clergymen and fight feudalism. Pakistani educated youth should lead from the front, initiate social and land reforms, control population, strengthen education system, do necessary course correction, accept selective modernity and move ahead. As an responsible neighbor i would love to see Pakistan flourish and we the people of subcontinent coexist with love and harmony.
I completely agree with the statement of Prof Tamur Rehman. Education is by far more important than any other intervention. India’s growth is an example of the same. Even with in India look at Kerala and other states where mass education has been the driver of development.
From Kashmiri Gate and beyond to Red Fort outer ring road areas, TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE LINE made the difference b/w the strategy of the Mughals and the British in 1857. Result is before us.
کامریڈ تیمور الرحمان نے کیمونزم کا مقدمہ انتہائی مدلل انداز میں پیش کرکے مستند اور لیفٹ کی فرقہ واریت سے بالا مارکسی دانشور ثابت کیا ہے ۔ جس میں سوشل ڈیمو کریسی پر تفصیلی گفتگو کی کمی محسوس ہوئی۔ شہزاد صاحب سے استدعا ہے کہ اس ضمن میں ڈاکٹر صاحب سے مزید نشست کا اہتمام کیا جائے۔
Very thought provoking guftagoo…india laid its developmental foundation in key sectors through state controlled public sector companies - once we developed a solid foundation then state is divesting to private sector except in sensitive areas such as defense nuclear etc - your guest made lot of sense overall in his recommendations 👏👏
Taimoor very right state has the capacity to deliver PIA was a success story till the state was willing to intervene when in 70s nationalized industry captains were sent to government sponsored to Harvard says Babar Ali I quote "to equip them to understand corporate culture and management while doing programm I (Babar) realized lahore needs a bussiness school I discussed came back and started looking for funding once again found support from state owned banks who were looking for training corporate methods and replace Seth culture " unqoute very informative discussion thanks again
I have just one request to Dr Taimoor Rehman. Please tell us how many people have states killed as compared to private citizens in the last one century or the last two centuries or the last four or five centuries?
In old times property/land was the basic thing for class formation. But in modern times factor like wealth, income, power, job, social status, religion, age, profession all contribute to social stratification.. So how just obolishing private ownership can finish class system and leads towards class less society?
Looking at Joy and Pleasure with a jaundiced view has nothing to do with History and/or Colonialism. The main reason is the Puritanical Morality in conjunction with segregation equates Joy and Pleasure with Sexuality! In the '50s while i was growing up, we were still in the cusp of the British Morality, therefore less Segregation and more Joy that was not "immoral"!
Communism in its current form is still deriving its logic from the period when privileges of capitalism was limited only to select few , however capitalism has evolved and communism hasn’t .
Amazing chat and perspective shared by Taimur, I found the host a little too driven by exceptions e-g considering govts are inherently ineffective and then persisting with notion, a few other instances where ideas were countered argued with events
Governments are ineffective because they're designed to be ineffective within a Capitalist system. They serve the wealthy feudal lords and Capitalists, they're lobbied to keep things to the lowest, to create a need for privatization. _That's the standard technique of privatization: defund make sure things don't work, people_ _get angry, you hand it over to private capital_ ~ Noam Chomsky
@@aunthegeek5788 true, but is it not conceivable that an effective private public alliance is actually a hybrid of the existing models, best of capitalism, socialism and of course communism at its core? Govts inevitably take their lead from the governing/economic models, one could argue that a communist model through govt's intervention will curb entrepreneurship and all the advancements that come with it, if we took for granted that a commit govts do that. Same Noam Chomsky will be saying something to this effect for a communist society then.
Private ownership of the means of production or industry seeks the patronage of the consumers to make profits so they innovate and provide better and cheaper products. Will the state ever do they when they know that consumers have no other choice to buy from? Any monopoly is bad for consumers whether it's is that of the state or private citizens. The monopoly of private sector can be easily broken when the state doesn't protect it.
State is the organisation created with the help of democracy. Implementation of democracy is certainly a difficult process. Gandhi laid the foundation of democracy and Nehru implemented it honestly without th utmost of sincerity. Jinnah, encouraged by the British government played the devil and destroyed the beauty of India’s freedom struggle. Islam’s ugly picture was used by Jinnah to fight against Congress.
BTW shehzad love your talks and am an avid follower of your RUclips channel.. In my opinion both capitalism and communism should not have a hierarchy of command consisting of humans because all humans are to have an equal space in the social setting and putting any human in a place of power and influence is kind of shirk because superemacy belongs to Allah and his permanent laws of leading life are to be Supreme and are to be followed. Any interference will result in personal biases. Even the economic system has been defined in the Holy Quran which needs to be followed which believes in universalism and involves no ownership of assets no division of humans in countries focus on research and Allah promises a Jannat like world in this life as well if the rules are followed. Holy Quran is like a pharra for humanity a short cut to pass the exam and lead a peaceful life in the process. Humans are to be treated as one race all resources need to be shared according to the needs eg humans with more kids are to be given more irrespective of the work they do.. Money has to flow within a society like blood flows in a body ie to all parts of the body not just the upper strata of the society
Religion is biased. No one’s stopping you from practicing your religion individually, but you also have no right to stop someone else from practicing theirs (i.e. Ahmadiyyas, Christians, Hindus, Jews). Adding Islam enlists, no matter what, a case of superiority to the rest and religious outcries being meddled with the state non religious affairs is wrong. Make as many mosques as you want, but also allow Temples, Churches, Synagogues. Even India, by adding Hinduism to the constitution by RSS, will lead India down a very dark path
I don't usually comment but Shehzad you compelled me to comment by your notion of being a devil's advocate, you either act as a moderator or take a position, this is ridiculous that you are trying to pose your position and then you are backtracking. This whole notion of thought is ingrained in our Pakistani culture and you are the best representation of it though your the Pakistan Experience unfortunately. (Although I really admire your initiative ✌🏼much needed)
Professor: "All power structures under history are corrupt. We should abolish property!" Student: "What about the next class system." Professor: "There will be no class system. There will be new hierarchical system." Student: "How is that not a class system." Professor: "Catch-22"
You don't understand "class" then. Classes are defined as groups of people with a specific relationship to the means of production. The capitalist class is a class which owns the means of production, and the working class is a class which sells its labour to the capitalist class, in order to survive. They work with the means of production that is owned by the capitalist class. A classless society means the one where the means of production are owned by the same people who work there. Thereby, the distinction between the owners and workers vanishes. Hierarchies are a completely different topic, from class.
We request in village we should open online working learning we should transfer skills in our small towns our mostly in dahat villages . We almost so used to be as thistle sadly we should demand for
It's sad that we have such a low tolerance for other beliefs or different school of thoughts. Why 95 % is only Muslims ? It's the main cause of slow progress. Look at Malaysia or Dubai if you are scared of change.
Very refreshing point of view, power to the people! Having said that a bit too idealistic. Socialism with all its great intentions seems like a prime candidate for easy exploitation specially in a place like Pakistan. I cant imagine our state running industries successfully and would be very vary of handing even more control to anyone from any form of government here. Also didn't Bhutto kind of already try this? First requisite to any success is sincerity to a cause and Dr.Taimur sounds like he really believes what he is saying, he can barely contain his excitement! love that! But maybe I have grown a bit too pessimistic..
Completed, the leninist argument is itself paradoxical, bcz as the Professor says that its the structure of capitalism that moves the society towards concentration of power regardless of what the intention is, the state is also structured in a way to oppress the people, the state as we have it today was not designed by the communists, but the monarchs and fuedals, so nationalizing all private enterprises including schools, that very structure of the state is always going to push towards authoritarian society regardless of the intention, so to assume that "in nationalized education system, people will pressurize the government to improve education" is illogical, bcz the pressure of the people hardly yeilds anything the way the state is structured today. To do that a different model of the state is required, like a direct democracy, and when that happens, even private entetprises will exist in that one without any problems, but only small scale.
Yes thats also an aspect of Leninism which they just reject by calling it CIA propaganda. And because Leninism failed miserably, the call themselves "socialists" now instead of "communists" as the used to do very proudly. But the idea of nationalization doesn't work even with a democratic structure, he is assuming that the education system will improve because of public pressure, the police and military are nationalized in Pakistan, do they operate according to the public?
Yes, its true, and thats the sad part, he is thinking that when LUMS will be under the control of establishment, they will let him teach communism there. I on the other hand, have more respect for everyone's PRIVATE space in education, so that every political movement can have their own platforms and preach whatever they want there. If you want to improve the system, give direct control to the public, things will automatically improve without even having the need to abolish everyone's private space
Broadly morality can also be divided into two 1. One for which people and even scholars consider as coming from religion and it has nothing to do with secular ethics. 2. Second one is the morality which is commonly understood and agreed upon in entire humanity. Example for 1 is male/ female segregation, what is moral dress and what is not, why we should pray. Things like that Example of 2 is Justice, truth, fair process etc. 2 is also part of religion morality and even ppl like seculars and agnostics admire religion on this. Point i want to make is that morality is one of the biggest pillar of success of any society. Business and even a biased system like capitalism couldnt work without morality , without justice. Wrong analysis by Dr. Taimur as usual. He needs serious reading and analysis of sociology and anthropology
49:00 Heirachy
55:00 Nation state
1:00:00 misogynistic Aristortel
Anti Democratic plato
1:05:00 cause of creation of state
1:10:00 future of imagined commie Pakistan
1:19:00 state owned industry of commie pak
1:23:00 free market is "failure "
1:43:00 government owned education
1:52:00 scandenevia model
2:02:00 co operative model
2:11:00 argument for state regulations ( great point) anti libertarian argument
2:13:00 Uighur Muslim oppression
2:23:00 religion and communism
2:28:00 Chinese model
2:34:00 Chinese " imperelism"
2:38:00 Korea progress
2:39:30 aurat march
2:50:00 book recommendations
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Prof. Taimur Rehman is an amazing personality. This was long overdue. Thank you for bringing him on.
So nice of you Shehzad to apologise and Mr. Taimur graciously accepted. Well done both of you. Shows how civilised people converse!
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Please have another discussion with Dr. Taimur Rehman. Love his breadth of knowledge in politics, history, and philosophy!♥️
Great choice to invite this professor. Dont agree with all of his views but he always have v informative things to share. Just the right thumbnail to see on a weekend
Gandhi wanted to students to leave their schools and colleges as a form of civil disobedience because the education being provided would be to make them colonial clerks. Tagore vehemently disagreed for the same rationale that mr Rahman gave.
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Gandhi was a deeply problematic and bourgeois thought leader. A colonial agent himself who recruited soldiers for Britain's wars.
@@aunthegeek5788 really. Can you provide evidence.
@@aunthegeek5788 Kuchh bhi? Early on in South Africa he did have problematic views on race but he learnt and evolved
@@aunthegeek5788 and that's how you prove your dumbness. Gandhi agreed to provide Indian soldiers to fight I'm World War bcoz he saw Fascism as a bigger problem.
Came to your show because of Taimur, I didn't know we do have a very good podcast.
@@ThePakistanExperience watched the Ishtiaq Ahmad episodes. Phenomenal! One has to have balls of steel and a profound mind to have hours of interactive discussion with academics like him.
Great podcast. Halfway through it and thoroughly enjoying this. Climate activists and leftist social activities should join hands against the capitalist system
You mean Capitalist Climate Activism? Lol what do you want with us?? Go sit in the laps of 'Jordon Peterson' and 'Elon Musk' and 'Bill Gates'.
@@AsadAli-jc5tg she probably doesn't know the history of communism
Just started watching it, Dr. Taimur Rahman a guest is everything I could have asked for.
Thank you Shahzad for this podcast.
Edit: Sir Taimur Rahman just converted me to a communist again! New woke/liberal crowd disappointed me so much that I got a bit confused about communism. Thanks to professor Taimur for giving a clear picture of communism and what true leftism is. Enjoyed listening every bit of this podcast.
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I highly recommend reading Michael Parenti.
@@aunthegeek5788 ok I'll give it a try! Thank you.
@@DWAGON1818 I didn't get your question, would you explain?
@@DWAGON1818 I believe state should be secular by all means!
Though it is true that modern Scandinavian countries are incredibly resource rich, they're also incredibly imperialist. Their welfare programs are dependant on the exploitation of the global South.
Due to redscare and cold war propaganda, we're quick to dismiss the accomplishments of Socialist states, why would I turn to the Scandinavian model when I have seen the successes of the Russian model which transformed a backward agricultural country to an industrially advanced economy which gave the world's most powerful empire a run for their money and was in space within 30 years, or the successes of Cuba despite the sanctions and embargos, or Thomas Sankara's Burkina Faso, or CHINA.
@@DWAGON1818 hahahahahahaha brother come out from liberal propoganda, all the blaims on Mao was written after his death, even in western media.
@@DWAGON1818 To analyze the success or failure of a revolution, compare it with how the said country was before and after it. Without Mao there wouldn't be a China, and Imperialist powers and feaudal landlords will be sucking away all the resources and labour. Communists had everything to do with it, China has literally eradicated extreme poverty. Famines happen because of natural reasons, perhaps you should learn more about the geographic conditions of China. The only reason anyone would go towards "Democratic Socialism" is because the Imperialist powers aren't as tough on it as they don't threaten their hegemony or Capital, it's woke Capitalism paired with Imperialism. It's a Western White People ideology which doesn't even mean anything, it's a term invented by politically illiterate petty bourgeois is intellectuals. I've written about a lot more than China, you can research more on these subjects as I take it you're not very educated on the topic.
@@DWAGON1818 Mao was only one person lmao, Mao didn't single handedly kill anyone and it's irrelevant really, people are starving in Africa and other places right now because of imperialism and war.
@@DWAGON1818 Read what? Black book of Communism? Cold war propoganda? Taimur Rahman has a video on China, I suggest you go watch it. You lost credibility when you said "cAhMuniSm kiLls pEoPle", the success of China is unparalleled, and you can compare it with that of Pakistan, Neoliberalism and Free Market Capitalism didn't transform China into a super power. I'd prefer not replying to red scare loving radlibs from here on out, I've made my points very clear while yours has been "killed people", and if you notice my original comment I said "successes" of Socialist experiments and states, not failures and mistakes.
@@aunthegeek5788 the only people ‘communism kills’ are fascists. there’s nothing inherently violent about striving for an equal society except for the inconvenient fact that in order to achieve this you have to first get rid of a system built on slavery, genocide, dispossession and exploitation. If you’re using deaths from famine under either Stalin or Mao to discredit communism, then the mere fact that 9 million ppl die each year from hunger in a capitalist world order should be sufficient evidence that this is a failed system we need to move past. Let alone the millions of death attributable to western imperialism which is the very foundation of modern capitalism.
If you ask me, as an indian, id say pakistan is in dire need of massive land reforms.
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Land reform is a rare domain in which all the ruling class agrees to oppose. Mainstream politicians in the big-three political parties are massive landowners, and they need poor peasants to work on them...so they cannot give up their subjugating powers. Military is notorious for running the biggest land mafia in Pakistan, whether though the biggest housing schemes or the military run agricultural farms. Not to forget they need to distribute thousand of acres every year to their retired and serving personnel. They will have to stop doing if any land reforms takes place. Lastly out mainstream Mullahs consider the land reforms as unIslamic, which simply ends the discussion.
Even in India, we need land reform. Ofcourse in different sense like that happened in Nehru's time. Our land prices are abnormally high, which creates problems for new factories or industries. In China, state owns every land, that's why they gave it at fraction of price for factories.
@@kokuyocamlin07 yeah we also need land refomrs. But china is not a good example to foresee. Cant give up democracy to achieve liberty. Thats a contradiction.
@@zainhasan5165kafiro ke baato m mat aaio
Please please please invite such intellectuals to your show so that people can benefit from such discussions... I thoroughly enjoyed it even thought I strongly disagree on a lot of things with Dr Taimoor
44:31...how do you pronounce the word? prolodaria?
@@ThePakistanExperience Proletariat
I request Shahzad to invite more & more Pakistani icons for such type of discussions 🙏
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@@ThePakistanExperience I would honestly love to see you bring Ayesha Siddiqa on the podcast at some point.
Alternatively: Ali Raza (the Lums professor) whose book Revolutionary Pasts came out a couple of weeks ago would make for a super interesting conversation I’m sure.
@@ThePakistanExperience Call Sanjay Dixit of Jaipur Dialog. India is throwing away yoke of AbraHaramism imposed on it - be it of MohMadism, Christianity, Marxism or CocaCola Wokism
@@salimalvi5178 hahaha... he is good. I watch his show.
@@ThePakistanExperience I am desperately waiting for the next!👍
The pawry girl condemning is coming from the collective pschye of pulling others down and never being happy for others. Doesn’t have to do with *joy* and celebration. I reckon. It’s a petty and superficial knee jerk reaction.
P.S. the backdrop is very distracting. Want to have a close look at those black and white photo tiles...
The worst part is we were fooled by Attlee and Churchill in 1947. Jinnah who was probably the worst human being of the last century worked closely with Britain and destroyed India. Now looking forward we should work together and take two actions:
Introspection and understand the problems of Islam.
Create a new federation, USI ( United States of India) consisting of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan etc.
What a delightful and incredibly educational episode! Makes me so happy to see such an enthusiastic, brilliant mind. Taimur was a delight to listen to. If only history coupled with the current affairs was taught like this in easy to understand mix of Urdu and English we would have a far more world aware (as in aware of others’ histories, too) and successful youth. I think we need to see more of him on the show! I’m so glad I found your channel, Shahzad. It is a breath of fresh air. Well done and
Throughly enjoyed this gem of an episode with Dr. Taimur -
Enjoyed immensely. Like spellbinding without fully agreeing totally
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What were the names of the two shows he mentioned?
Wonderful discussion.
Appreciate the intellectual honesty of both the panelists.
Well done Mia Shaizad
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We failed to make institutions for every aspect of life instead wants to live in Nostalgia. When ever will eliminate this barrier will remain in same conditions of Political/ Economical/ social.
I have recently stated listening to this podcast and love how Shahzad Shaikh conducts it. I like that he “pushes back “. In our “ Mia baap” society people don’t push back due to fear of lash back as any disagreement is taken as an attack on personality. We just love “ agreeing “ all the time.
Your opening gambit of “ lack of collective joy” is a point well made. Carl young described the phenomena of collective consciousness of human societies and Ekhart Tolle called a collective pessimism as a “ pain body “ - no doubt colonialism has had a profound effect on our psyche and perhaps epigenetics - we are still in a state of collective depression. Nicely done
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After the initial hour of shehram’s podcast I came here; I was finding the former, despite the fanfare, vaguely theory-based. This, despite professor’s Rahman’s confrontational manner was a much more rewarding listen; grassroots activism is a different sport altogether and it shows on more than one level. And Shehzad, you played a wonderful, wonderful devil’s advocate. Great episode.
@@ThePakistanExperience bohat taiz ho gai thi knife end pe ......
If you see this podcast in itself then he might come up to you as vaguely theory based, but once put it in the context of his other lectures then it would make more sense,. Hence can justify why he has taken the longer route to explain simple things.
But you also have to appreciate the temperament of this man, as he let Shehzad to be so scrutinous to his arguments, because in the podcast with Ayesha Jalal, which I just saw, Shahzad was very docile. Not even tried to counter question her to some of her claims.
Prof Taimur Rehman mare pas alfaz nhe hain unki respect k lye outstanding, great, i love and respect him sooooo much
49:00 Heirachy
55:00 Nation state
1:00:00 misogynistic Aristortel
Anti Democratic plato
1:05:00 cause of creation of state
1:10:00 future of imagined commie Pakistan
1:19:00 state owned industry of commie pak
1:23:00 free market is "failure "
1:43:00 government owned education
1:52:00 scandenevia model
2:02:00 co operative model
2:11:00 argument for state regulations ( great point) anti libertarian argument
2:13:00 Uighur Muslim oppression
2:23:00 religion and communism
2:28:00 Chinese model
2:34:00 Chinese " imperelism"
Bro finally , I have been waiting sir taimur for a long time .
Sir was my favorite in lums
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Dr Taimur , The more i listen to you, i form an opinion that people like you/like minded people should be at the helm of your society. They should be talking more often to young Pakistan, help bring them out of the influence of clergymen and fight feudalism. Pakistani educated youth should lead from the front, initiate social and land reforms, control population, strengthen education system, do necessary course correction, accept selective modernity and move ahead. As an responsible neighbor i would love to see Pakistan flourish and we the people of subcontinent coexist with love and harmony.
Stephen Kotkin’s writing on history and writings have great relevance to our country today
This tradition of serving foreign masters that began with Raja Porus never ended in the Punjab.
in the very first few seconds, Taimur refers to someone Abdul-Baha, (if I heard the name right?) who is or was he?
What about rational, scientific and secular Pakistan
Shehzad's smile at 1:40:44.
1:33:22 The most relevant question in Pakistani context.
Very well discussion
How i wish this could've been further extended 😢
Modern Educational institutions vs Madarasa Education systems ?
I completely agree with the statement of Prof Tamur Rehman. Education is by far more important than any other intervention. India’s growth is an example of the same. Even with in India look at Kerala and other states where mass education has been the driver of development.
oh yar great shazaad..i thought you would never call him! what took u soo long by the way .. yeh bhai bhi apni team ky hi hain😂😂😂
From Kashmiri Gate and beyond to Red Fort outer ring road areas, TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE LINE made the difference b/w the strategy of the Mughals and the British in 1857. Result is before us.
Also, if you count provincial expenditure, Pakistan spends more on education than on defense. It has not improved education.
Great podcast. Shehzad bhai can you do a podcast with Professor Slavoj Zizek?. That'd be great.
That would be the awesome podcast.
@@umayr2935 For sure.
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i am china and i think communism is the best solution for our country. i support china and i love their system.
کامریڈ تیمور الرحمان نے کیمونزم کا مقدمہ انتہائی مدلل انداز میں پیش کرکے مستند اور لیفٹ کی فرقہ واریت سے بالا مارکسی دانشور ثابت کیا ہے ۔ جس میں سوشل ڈیمو کریسی پر تفصیلی گفتگو کی کمی محسوس ہوئی۔ شہزاد صاحب سے استدعا ہے کہ اس ضمن میں ڈاکٹر صاحب سے مزید نشست کا اہتمام کیا جائے۔
The title of this podcast is aptly written, agree or disagree, Taimur Rahman has put a strong case for Communism here. Great discourse once again!
I would recommend in Andrew Batson's blog to anyone who is interested in Chinese politics.
“ It’s his life or his revenge. There is no third choice “ - Nikita Khrushchev 1953
Very thought provoking guftagoo…india laid its developmental foundation in key sectors through state controlled public sector companies - once we developed a solid foundation then state is divesting to private sector except in sensitive areas such as defense nuclear etc - your guest made lot of sense overall in his recommendations 👏👏
35:55 situation nowadays 🙃
02:41:10 thats what identity politics is all about
Excellent overview to the Pakistan Studies driven mad crowd.... Good one👌
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Excellent discussion
Wonderful
In 1995 ❤ unbelievable
Ruined decline 2:15:59 thanks 🙏 mrs ghazanfar
Consider making Pakistan like the magnificent Natural
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Thirteen years of non local government by democracy
So 👗 local government ought to be .run by the military too 1:51:58
Taimoor very right state has the capacity to deliver PIA was a success story till the state was willing to intervene when in 70s nationalized industry captains were sent to government sponsored to Harvard says Babar Ali I quote "to equip them to understand corporate culture and management while doing programm I (Babar) realized lahore needs a bussiness school I discussed came back and started looking for funding once again found support from state owned banks who were looking for training corporate methods and replace Seth culture " unqoute very informative discussion thanks again
I have just one request to Dr Taimoor Rehman. Please tell us how many people have states killed as compared to private citizens in the last one century or the last two centuries or the last four or five centuries?
In old times property/land was the basic thing for class formation. But in modern times factor like wealth, income, power, job, social status, religion, age, profession all contribute to social stratification.. So how just obolishing private ownership can finish class system and leads towards class less society?
You are intellegent. Thumbs up.
Yes true but very progress and educational live Life
Love you Taimur
Parenti is brilliant!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely. Wish more people were familiar with his work.
indeed
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Well done
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Is your struggle for a utopian world ? 55:44
What a man he is
Looking at Joy and Pleasure with a jaundiced view has nothing to do with History and/or Colonialism. The main reason is the Puritanical Morality in conjunction with segregation equates Joy and Pleasure with Sexuality!
In the '50s while i was growing up, we were still in the cusp of the British Morality, therefore less Segregation and more Joy that was not "immoral"!
Thank you for doing this shahzad..
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Tailor Sahib
There was a mzdoor leader name Abdal Rehman died in 1968
In kot lakhpat area Lahore.
What about ‘ROOTS’
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Brother beautiful knowledge given we inshallah makes video is important
Shukria for this...
Inquilab Zindabad.
Truly said
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Till1969 was the only hospitals
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i m really disappointed by hearing his views regarding uyghurs genocide by china...
Communism in its current form is still deriving its logic from the period when privileges of capitalism was limited only to select few , however capitalism has evolved and communism hasn’t .
Sirs,if Pakistan becomes a communist state what will happen to Arab God,his messenger and the holy book ?
Amazing chat and perspective shared by Taimur, I found the host a little too driven by exceptions e-g considering govts are inherently ineffective and then persisting with notion, a few other instances where ideas were countered argued with events
Governments are ineffective because they're designed to be ineffective within a Capitalist system. They serve the wealthy feudal lords and Capitalists, they're lobbied to keep things to the lowest, to create a need for privatization.
_That's the standard technique of privatization: defund make sure things don't work, people_ _get angry, you hand it over to private capital_ ~ Noam Chomsky
@@aunthegeek5788 true, but is it not conceivable that an effective private public alliance is actually a hybrid of the existing models, best of capitalism, socialism and of course communism at its core? Govts inevitably take their lead from the governing/economic models, one could argue that a communist model through govt's intervention will curb entrepreneurship and all the advancements that come with it, if we took for granted that a commit govts do that. Same Noam Chomsky will be saying something to this effect for a communist society then.
Private ownership of the means of production or industry seeks the patronage of the consumers to make profits so they innovate and provide better and cheaper products. Will the state ever do they when they know that consumers have no other choice to buy from? Any monopoly is bad for consumers whether it's is that of the state or private citizens. The monopoly of private sector can be easily broken when the state doesn't protect it.
This is so good! Shehzad should really rethink his private ownership hangup.
State is the organisation created with the help of democracy. Implementation of democracy is certainly a difficult process. Gandhi laid the foundation of democracy and Nehru implemented it honestly without th utmost of sincerity. Jinnah, encouraged by the British government played the devil and destroyed the beauty of India’s freedom struggle.
Islam’s ugly picture was used by Jinnah to fight against Congress.
In Europe education is free upto University level.And local transport is under Government
Nice sharing! 🥰
BTW shehzad love your talks and am an avid follower of your RUclips channel.. In my opinion both capitalism and communism should not have a hierarchy of command consisting of humans because all humans are to have an equal space in the social setting and putting any human in a place of power and influence is kind of shirk because superemacy belongs to Allah and his permanent laws of leading life are to be Supreme and are to be followed. Any interference will result in personal biases. Even the economic system has been defined in the Holy Quran which needs to be followed which believes in universalism and involves no ownership of assets no division of humans in countries focus on research and Allah promises a Jannat like world in this life as well if the rules are followed. Holy Quran is like a pharra for humanity a short cut to pass the exam and lead a peaceful life in the process. Humans are to be treated as one race all resources need to be shared according to the needs eg humans with more kids are to be given more irrespective of the work they do.. Money has to flow within a society like blood flows in a body ie to all parts of the body not just the upper strata of the society
Religion is biased. No one’s stopping you from practicing your religion individually, but you also have no right to stop someone else from practicing theirs (i.e. Ahmadiyyas, Christians, Hindus, Jews). Adding Islam enlists, no matter what, a case of superiority to the rest and religious outcries being meddled with the state non religious affairs is wrong. Make as many mosques as you want, but also allow Temples, Churches, Synagogues. Even India, by adding Hinduism to the constitution by RSS, will lead India down a very dark path
I don't usually comment but Shehzad you compelled me to comment by your notion of being a devil's advocate, you either act as a moderator or take a position, this is ridiculous that you are trying to pose your position and then you are backtracking. This whole notion of thought is ingrained in our Pakistani culture and you are the best representation of it though your the Pakistan Experience unfortunately. (Although I really admire your initiative ✌🏼much needed)
Professor: "All power structures under history are corrupt. We should abolish property!"
Student: "What about the next class system."
Professor: "There will be no class system. There will be new hierarchical system."
Student: "How is that not a class system."
Professor: "Catch-22"
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You don't understand "class" then. Classes are defined as groups of people with a specific relationship to the means of production. The capitalist class is a class which owns the means of production, and the working class is a class which sells its labour to the capitalist class, in order to survive. They work with the means of production that is owned by the capitalist class. A classless society means the one where the means of production are owned by the same people who work there. Thereby, the distinction between the owners and workers vanishes. Hierarchies are a completely different topic, from class.
We request in village we should open online working learning we should transfer skills in our small towns our mostly in dahat villages . We almost so used to be as thistle sadly we should demand for
Re-education camps is one of the best idea of China. USSR also did this.
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All leftists here❤❤🎉. Welcome ❤🎉
It's sad that we have such a low tolerance for other beliefs or different school of thoughts. Why 95 % is only Muslims ? It's the main cause of slow progress. Look at Malaysia or Dubai if you are scared of change.
Concerns of the chattering classes re what is good education are very different from what Taimur is talking about, imparting basic skills.
Hum sirf apney aap ko hi bech sakte hain!! Too good Shehzad 👏👏😂😂
Our political leader should be honest who helps Incase he is not justice ⚖️ change needs to be our local reaches out problem
Well-done!
Ap Dr Akbar Zaidi or Qaiser Bengali ky saath podcost kreen plz.
AND also dont forget orya maqbhool jan
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@@adeelakif6657 us chutya ko nhi.. Orya the bakwas.
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Anarchism par baat chal rahi hai to I thought to share this reading.
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Very refreshing point of view, power to the people! Having said that a bit too idealistic. Socialism with all its great intentions seems like a prime candidate for easy exploitation specially in a place like Pakistan. I cant imagine our state running industries successfully and would be very vary of handing even more control to anyone from any form of government here. Also didn't Bhutto kind of already try this? First requisite to any success is sincerity to a cause and Dr.Taimur sounds like he really believes what he is saying, he can barely contain his excitement! love that! But maybe I have grown a bit too pessimistic..
Completed, the leninist argument is itself paradoxical, bcz as the Professor says that its the structure of capitalism that moves the society towards concentration of power regardless of what the intention is, the state is also structured in a way to oppress the people, the state as we have it today was not designed by the communists, but the monarchs and fuedals, so nationalizing all private enterprises including schools, that very structure of the state is always going to push towards authoritarian society regardless of the intention, so to assume that "in nationalized education system, people will pressurize the government to improve education" is illogical, bcz the pressure of the people hardly yeilds anything the way the state is structured today.
To do that a different model of the state is required, like a direct democracy, and when that happens, even private entetprises will exist in that one without any problems, but only small scale.
Yes thats also an aspect of Leninism which they just reject by calling it CIA propaganda. And because Leninism failed miserably, the call themselves "socialists" now instead of "communists" as the used to do very proudly.
But the idea of nationalization doesn't work even with a democratic structure, he is assuming that the education system will improve because of public pressure, the police and military are nationalized in Pakistan, do they operate according to the public?
Yes, its true, and thats the sad part, he is thinking that when LUMS will be under the control of establishment, they will let him teach communism there. I on the other hand, have more respect for everyone's PRIVATE space in education, so that every political movement can have their own platforms and preach whatever they want there. If you want to improve the system, give direct control to the public, things will automatically improve without even having the need to abolish everyone's private space
Exactly, tabqati Nizam e taleem ko khatam Karne k liye it's important to nationalise the Education.
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Broadly morality can also be divided into two
1. One for which people and even scholars consider as coming from religion and it has nothing to do with secular ethics.
2. Second one is the morality which is commonly understood and agreed upon in entire humanity.
Example for 1 is male/ female segregation, what is moral dress and what is not, why we should pray. Things like that
Example of 2 is Justice, truth, fair process etc. 2 is also part of religion morality and even ppl like seculars and agnostics admire religion on this.
Point i want to make is that morality is one of the biggest pillar of success of any society.
Business and even a biased system like capitalism couldnt work without morality , without justice.
Wrong analysis by Dr. Taimur as usual. He needs serious reading and analysis of sociology and anthropology
Thanks manifesto of 🧢 not going to IMG his u turn
was disappointing
Now I.know sorry to the 🧢 1:56:54 1:56:56 thanks 🙏 mrs ghazanfar