The journalist asks, "How do you understand democracy in Belarus?", Lukashenko replies, "You know, I'm a dictator. I have a hard time understanding democracy. We are looking in one direction with different options."
@Enûma Eliš Yup Chile's Pinochet dictatorship wasn't even close of a true tyranny. He even resigned the power by himself, what kind of dictator do this?!
So what if he is a dictator Here in Kyrgyzstan Being led by pro American ngo's we made 3 revolutions and what we have in the end? Nothing has changed But we got destroyed infrastructure , refugees, immigrants and so on American imperialism is a scary thing They don't let the world breeth freely
Because he was joking. He repeated a line the foreign press often uses ... It's like Obama joking about for example the birth certificate thing being real
@male princess What do you call the good side? Belarus has lost its sovereignty with lukashenko just because he is coward only thinking about him and his family, ordinary belarusians are not his business. there have been so many examples in the world of how any territory controlled by Russia turned into a dystopian version of itself: the German Democratic Republic, North Korea, Donetsk. Americans, of course, are not angels bringing the light of democracy to backward countries, but it’s just very stupid to deny that the standard of living in the EU countries is much higher than in the countries of the former USSR. now in this vast, very resource-rich region, devastation reigns, due to the selfishness of their rulers, Putin's paranoia and the pervasive corruption they inherited from the Soviet Union.
That actually makes sense… people want you to be yourself but in the spectrum that they want you to be. I’m not ranking any sides in this context btw I don’t like dictatorship just like I don’t like the way most of the millenials think
@@darquedavis5372 you are absolutely right, And that's because the human society and freedom are mutually exclusive, real freedom is being what you are, But if we let everyone be who they are, a lot of the people will become criminals, that's why we encourage some behaviour and try our best to cut the other behaviours which are not considered good by a culture Embrace who you are, as long as you don't deride the values of your cultural morality, but if you go against your cultural morality, you might end up in prison
@@philoslother4602 go shuv the cultural morality up your a$$ most of it in nonsense . And sometimes it is itself criminal . And no one is criminal by nature
in a recent interview he told that with Putin the Soviet Union would come back. And that he would be the general and Putin his generalissimo in this new soviet army.
@@saviobiogen9914 Not only in the Ignorant United Snakes of America,but from there, happens towards the whole entire world, dictating every single nation to comply, if not bringing down the elected State by a coup through all their "legal" means and then accusing Xi of all things right after Putin 🤣 🤣 The Condemnable Only Worldwide Dictatorship
@@saviobiogen9914 and irony is that the leftist dictators in west lecture others about democracy. Just look a treadeu, how he is treating the freedom convoy protestors
I don't understand the need for all these words, post irony, meta irony, hyper irony, XYZ irony, Nor do I understand them. the man is being sarcastic, that's it.
Smart move. This is like a million times better than our presidents in the west claiming to be super democratic but actually being dictators themselves.
@@MasonGreenWeed yeah it's a weird country Russia. It's kind of odd to think that Yeltzin, that drunken buffoon, he's actually the best president they ever had xD
@@mortenrobinson5421 Russians have never had democracy nor a decent economy, especially when their rulers are stupid enough to keep their reliance on oil letting all of other unique industries die to make a sovereign economy like France, the USA, even China
@@mortenrobinson5421 democracy is a western term something Hollywood actors brag about “FreEdom!!” But in reality it’s not really a taboo to shove democracy under someone’s throat some states function better in authoritarian so not everyone is oppressed. :)
@@xycxo8335 depends on if the lolita express things harms less or more than being a dictator. And yes I know there's dictators who bring a lot of good things when they're dictators so it'll depend on who you choose
Everyone is awful. The west is terrible! The east is terrible! The south is terrible! The north is terrible! We have to throw the whole earth out at this point.
you're not, people just don't wanna admit that they are interpreting this the same way as you cus y'know "Long live absolute democracy and liberalism!"
you’re not the only one i agree. people can’t seem to understand that they’re not getting the full picture with a 30 second out of context clip and a caption. news outlets are manipulative that way
You're not the only one, don't forget that the majority has no education and they are just repeating what they watch on TV, and people with no education, they don't watch political or economical subject
@@distantraveller9876 I've lost the count of how many Russians (but also Asians in general, not just Chinese but Indians and Indonesians) I've heard say that dictatorship is superior to democracy because at least it's supposedly open about being authoritarian. Those guys are beyond salvation.
In Australia we live under a a false sense that we are free in a democracy 😂😂😂😂 our little dictators are trying to fool us but now it’s obvious who and what they really are
There was nothing sarcastic about what he said. Nor was there anything sarcastic about Vladimir Putin's throwing around of the term nuclear war. Nor was there anything sarcastic about China's mocking the benefits of a democracy that cannot deliver for it people. There is a new iron curtain being erected and Lukashenko, Putin, Xi, Kim - these men know who they are, they know the world knows who they are, they know they'll weather the West's hubris, and they know they have the backing of all the people in their countries that they need **as dictators**. They aren't attempting to appease Western audiences anymore. Even I, a perfectly progressive social Democrat am refreshed to hear some honesty from the Easterners. It plays well, like Trump.
@@Killinemkid Still bad people, being honest doesn’t somehow change this fact. Listen I also miss Trump actually. I would much rather have him in office.
@@Killinemkid sure thing buddy, because Tsimanouskaya's fear for her safety wasn't because of what the government of Belarus was gonna do to her for daring to criticize a coach, *nah she was actually totally afraid of the hubris of the West.*
Nothing wrong with being a dictator as long as your dictates are good. Nothing right with flaws in logic, and every dimocracy (pun, not a typo) is a bandwagon fallacy.
Fun Fact: Julius Caesar called himself a Dictator, Roman coins were struck bearing the title "Dictator Perpetuo", which means "Dictator in perpetuity".
@male princess maybe you don't care to be ruled by some Idiot like Lukapussy. I prefer to select the person that will rule and to hole then accountable.
@@gustavovelasquez462 Caesar killed way more of his own people. Yet everyone knows the corrupt Republic was worse than him in the end. The US is the corrupt republic of the 21th century with a government that needs a massive purge.
You've been BRAINWASHED. When you people hear "dictator" your mind hears "not freedom". The funny thing is that Dictatorships typically have MORE FREEDOM and support from the majority than Liberal Democracies. A dictator could NEVER do what Australia and Canada did with their lockdowns and mandates.
@@lucasgrey9794 because they will cover it up, just like the famine that happened in Soviet Ukraine, also North Korea literally locked their whole country, so Idk what your point is here
@@PyroFloe DPRK is in a state of war because America tried to wipe them out in the 1950s. DPRK also NEVER locked down on the same level as Australia and Canada did.
This almost implies to me that he's effectively dispelled the idea that he's a dictator amongst the support base that he has by framing the very idea as a joke that isn't to be taken seriously
That's literally what this is... Good to finally spot someone else who realizes this. What saddens me is people who think he's being honest or something when in reality he's just trying to ridicule the truth as if it were a lie.
Idk dog he’s been president since the creation of the office in 1994. If he’s some how convinced them that it’s a joke that he’s their dictator when he’s had near complete control over the country for coming up on 28 years then he’s pulling some sick Jedi mind tricks on the people of Belarus and as ruthless as I’m sure he is he doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who’s smart enough to pull off those types of mind games. I could be wrong though.
@@Uncle_Sam76 fair points, however it's very easy for people to maintain an old belief even as it becomes less and less apparently true. Peoples parents may have supported him first election, and so on, and so on, until it doesn't seem odd he's just always had power. Of course as time goes you'll likely have more who are in denial they support a dictator realize, but for the most part nobody wants to admit to themselves they supported a bad thing
Bruh I don't think he was but even if his joking there was a freaking revolution not long ago his just gonna make people more angry his tossing gasoline into the fire he better shut his mouth for his own good
I am not debating on whether he is a dictator or not, just pointing the sarcasm out for people who thought he admitted to being a dictator and think that people are cheering him on.
look at all the losers in this chat claiming it to be a good thing. The human race is doomed. People are so cucked that they would rather live in a dictatorship than a democracy.
@@trickledowneconomicsfail7127 dictatorship is good if dictator cares about people Meanwhile, democracy means your vote equals to the vote of other ignorant and uncultured person, who probably was never interested in politics or economics and you end up voting the candidate who tells the sweetier lies, when their power comes from friending with elites and amount of money he's willing to give for support. And the candidate might be incompetent, therefore the people will suffer from their inaccurate decision.
@@kormannn1 Are you forgetting the fact that, if the dictatorship is bad, it can be as bad as the dictator wants it to be, making it infinately more dangerous than a democracy? Dictatorships don't have the tendecy of being passed down peacefully and they are often inherited. So, even if the original dictator was somehow luckily great for the people, which is extremely unlikely, the next one is almost guaranteed to be bad.
@@distantraveller9876 He at least kept some semblance of functioning country, with it's own industry, which supplied Europe with modern tractors and agricultural equipment,but that is bad it seems.
"This old fart is completely insane, keeps oppression in the country and assasinates all his opponents, but at least he is better than westoid politicians."
@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH Name one opponent he has been proven to have killed. I don't mean simply hearsay, I mean actual proof. Documents, confession, video evidence, someone who is very close to him.
I don't get how people here say he's sarcastic or using irony or has a good humour, etc. He's just 100% serious, there is literally no irony or humour or anything.
One probably has to understand his reputation as a president leading a democracy for the joke to land. I'm not an expert in Belarus, so there's a chance you're right.
@@aaronbell5994 that’s the weird thing, you would think he’s a very clever guy to remain in power for so long but it’s the complete opposite. I’ve watched numerous interviews with him and once you’ve seen enough, it’s apparent that he’s nothing more than an idiot.
There is a bit of a language nuance lost in translation. It's the particle "zhe" that makes it sound more sarcastic. So he does not just say "You know that I am a dictator", he says something closer to "You know, I am a dictator, right? So it's hard for me to understand democracy." or "You know, I am a dictator, after all, so ...".
Some layers to that statement. His sarcastic remark is supposed to suggest he’s not a dictator, as a sort of pretense he adheres to democracy, yet he’s actually a dictator but in disguise.
This guy is a tough man. If you hear him speaking, you will never know if he is serious or joking. He would crack a joke and not laugh a bit, and you would be wondering when he said he'll have me nailed like Jesus
What he's saying afterwards is actually funnier than his first "joke". It literally sounds like "we move in one direction, so we move to move forward". The guy is clearly a better dictator than speaker
Honestly, that's not dumb that's profound. "We move to move forward". We must feed the march of progress, run up the numbers on GDP, technology, material wealth etc, but no one knows what we are marching towards or what we plan to do when we get there. We move to move forward, or at least to not stand still.
@@IIAOPSW I agree it could be profound if he had said just that. But in the context, he just sounded like a guy who hasn't read a lot of books in his life
@@millmoormichael6630 Does his country commit a holocaust on the unborn? Science says a zygote is a human in development ergo is a human. Opinions against science can't defeat it.
This joke is deep. He's joking that he's a dictator and everyone laughs and he's keeping a straight face about the joke. But the real joke is not on his face because he is fully in a persona that he is democratically elected. The real joke he feels deeper inside because he knows he is a dictator. Why am I writing this it's past 1 AM...
@@arbendit4348 how is he joking? he literally is a dictator. That is like saying Ceausescu was not a dictator because the communist party in Romania held elections(fraudulent) lol.
@@btm1 He is joking at the fact that Westerners consider it such a bad word when it really isn't. There is nothing wrong with authoritarianism and infact it is a much better ideology than democracy, especially in Eastern Europe where democracy is especially disfunctional. Order and prosperity can only be achieved through authoritarianism. Democracy destroys nations, and peoples, and corrupts the minds of their citizens.
@@arbendit4348 You didn't really raise any points defending totalitarianism and didn't even go so far as to define why you think democracy is dysfunctional (incorrect spelling you have there by the way). To call democracy dysfunctional in Eastern Europe is an utter insult to countries with advanced democratic systems like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, not to mention the Czech Republic, where the people have a right to their opinion, be it as it may. To say democracy destroys nations and peoples (let alone "corrupt minds") is utterly ridiculous. I'm not sure if you're simply an individual who lives in a democratic state and would prefer the state to be autocratic, but trust me, you wouldn't. Here's an idea for you... Can you imagine getting imprisoned or executed for disliking president Biden as a US citizen for example?
@@JesperSalama What is incorrect in my spelling when i literally wrote exactly the same word you wrote lol. Also calling Poland a "advanced democracy" is an insult to Poles everywhere. Go actually talk to Polish people rather than read Wikipedia, and you will find what their opinion is. I have been to Poland, you likely haven't ever even been in Europe. So please don't try to sound educated on things you know absolutely nothing about. And no, what i said isn't ridiculous at all, and infact most Eastern Europeans would agree with me when they see the ugly state of Western Europe today. Why do you think we are all much more conservative and believe in our traditions and morals more. Because we lived through communism. Something which Western Europeans didn't and that is why today they hate their people, history, and their identity and try to systematically destroy all that their ancestors built. Eastern Europeans look on with disgust and pity towards such developments which are the direct result of liberal democracy and progressive propaganda which Eastern Europeans didn't have. Also let me correct you on another thing, I don't have to "imagine" living in a authoritarian state. I did live in one because i am Eastern European and unlike you i actually have first hand experience of it. And let me tell you democracy has destroyed our industry, military, capital, and population. So no we didn't gain anything from democracy. Even if you could be arrested for having the wrong opinions. It is the exact same thing in Western Europe and North America. You ought to just look at democratic Canada where the prime minister Trudeau has declared peaceful protestors as a threat to the country, has seized their bank account and is arresting them en masse. That is exactly like what happened during communism here, except for the difference that in communism we didn't have this destructive self hating trotzkyite propaganda that Canadians had, so ultimately our dictatorship was better even in it's suppression.
Ye and anyone who isn't a braindead sheep knows that democracy forsnt exist anywhere. The oligarchy is in charge. Families with trillions of dollars in wealth are in charge
He said, "Я ЖЕ диктатор" (ya zhe dictator) not just "Я диктатор", the online translator will translate both options as "I am a dictator", but "ЖЕ" (zhe) implies that a well-known fact has been voiced, that is, it is a reference to the fact that it was so often called before in the West
@@audellaroque4730 your assumption about my political view is dumb. your sense of things around you is dumb. even your surname is aristocratically dumb. you are just dumb man.
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The journalist asks, "How do you understand democracy in Belarus?", Lukashenko replies, "You know, I'm a dictator. I have a hard time understanding democracy. We are looking in one direction with different options."
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You know, I'm something of a dictator myself
- Lukashenko
Why did you miss the direct translation, i understand Russian and that is not what he exactly said. NICE PR CAMPAIGN!
@@eestlane24h what did he say then?
@@sooryan_1018 The translator left out discipline for some strange reason. Which is blunder even for basic russian translator.
"I'm a dictator"
*Audience applauses*
Stuart Walrus ep III
Did you miss his intonation? He was making fun of what people call him. And yeah the audience liked his sarcasm.
@Enûma Eliš Yup Chile's Pinochet dictatorship wasn't even close of a true tyranny. He even resigned the power by himself, what kind of dictator do this?!
@@Edits_Panic0 i went saying the initial statement was wrong,
I was just saying that i love America
Based
Journalist: How do we do Democracy?
Lukashenko: That’s the best part, we don’t
like in Canada?
@@FeRoOOo71 there’s a difference between doing it badly and doing it at all
@@FeRoOOo71 At least in Canada you can vote out the person in charge and or criticize the leader without getting killed.
@@jett_power Say that to the old lady whom been stomped by a police horse in Canada, she passed away
@@thisguy8949 China doesn't have political democracy nad it's the most powerful national in the world
"You know I'm something of dictator myself".
exaclty what i thought, the green goblin reference XD
So what if he is a dictator
Here in Kyrgyzstan
Being led by pro American ngo's we made 3 revolutions and what we have in the end?
Nothing has changed
But we got destroyed infrastructure , refugees, immigrants and so on
American imperialism is a scary thing
They don't let the world breeth freely
MCU reference
@@hellopeople1409 but It would be better living under Bakiev's rule wouldn’t it?
He can't be a dictator If he is being dictated what to do by Putin.
"I'm a dictator." - An honest dictator
Also an honest politician.
Reason he is honest is because he is backed up by the Russian army.
If he didn't had Russia he would have been dethroned already.
@@oropher1234 yeah by the US back rebels...
Real men just do it rather than waiting on the CIA or KGB
@@darthbigred22Obama
@@chrisdawson1776*Obamna
Reporter: Thoughts on democracy?
Lukashenko: *Yeah, we don't do that here.*
Audience: _casual laughter_
good
(Chuckles) I'm in danger
@@noisy99_ lmao
Because he was joking. He repeated a line the foreign press often uses ... It's like Obama joking about for example the birth certificate thing being real
I’m pretty sure that’s because he’s saying it as a joke.
An example of "Be yourself and accept who you are. "
Hahaha...
✨Accept yourself as you are✨
just bee urselfff ;)
🤣🤣😂😂😁
A real example indeed
"You know, I am a dictator"
-A very honest person in Belarus
Belorussia*
@@deepderp8483 Belarus*
@@deepderp8483 Why are you wrongly correcting on something that is already correct?
White Ruthenia
@@AT-9777 it's probably the word for Belarus in Belarusian or Russian
Virgin dictators: "no the world just misunderstood our system"
Chad Lukashenko: "yes i know i am a dictator"
Hehehehee
There isn't such thing as "chad dictator" yall watching one video of a man and go crazy about him
@@miltiades8822 I'm pretty sure he was just joking
@@miltiades8822. Of course there is, don't you understand how the chad meme works ?
@@miltiades8822
The simple discrepancy here for you:
Dictatorship sometimes incompetent
Democracy always incompetent
He just wants to be a Colonel in the Russian army.
Belarus people want to be under with Russian. Haha
@male princess good side? hawhawhaw
Who wouldn’t 🤣🤣🤣
gets things done instead of having dementia
@male princess What do you call the good side? Belarus has lost its sovereignty with lukashenko just because he is coward only thinking about him and his family, ordinary belarusians are not his business. there have been so many examples in the world of how any territory controlled by Russia turned into a dystopian version of itself: the German Democratic Republic, North Korea, Donetsk. Americans, of course, are not angels bringing the light of democracy to backward countries, but it’s just very stupid to deny that the standard of living in the EU countries is much higher than in the countries of the former USSR. now in this vast, very resource-rich region, devastation reigns, due to the selfishness of their rulers, Putin's paranoia and the pervasive corruption they inherited from the Soviet Union.
Millennials: Just embrace who you are
Lukashenko: I am a dictator
"No, not like that."
That actually makes sense… people want you to be yourself but in the spectrum that they want you to be. I’m not ranking any sides in this context btw
I don’t like dictatorship just like I don’t like the way most of the millenials think
@@darquedavis5372 you are absolutely right,
And that's because the human society and freedom are mutually exclusive, real freedom is being what you are,
But if we let everyone be who they are, a lot of the people will become criminals, that's why we encourage some behaviour and try our best to cut the other behaviours which are not considered good by a culture
Embrace who you are, as long as you don't deride the values of your cultural morality, but if you go against your cultural morality, you might end up in prison
Millennials epically owned and destroyed in situations in my head that I make up 😎😎😎😎
@@philoslother4602 go shuv the cultural morality up your a$$ most of it in nonsense . And sometimes it is itself criminal . And no one is criminal by nature
@@philoslother4602 Happy rainbows noises.
Finally an honest politician!
i'd vote for him lol
@@dr.foxysocks2459 if you didn't you'd die.
@@dr.foxysocks2459 there are two options: voting for him or voting for him
@@yeatnumber1Dmuncher There is a 3rd option
💀
@@Grrtmyr23 Funnily enough in America even dead people get to vote.
He suffers the same fate I do: Everyone is thinking he's sarcastic, but he is actually just honest.
Me too, everyone laughs when I speak about human rights infringements in various Central African countries on the behalf of local warlords.
Like me😢
This guy have a ball to admit himself as a dictator and still making fun of it, at the same time the audience applaud and cheer him lol.
in a recent interview he told that with Putin the Soviet Union would come back. And that he would be the general and Putin his generalissimo in this new soviet army.
@@yurinator6380 He's crazy
@@saviobiogen9914 Not only in the Ignorant United Snakes of America,but from there, happens towards the whole entire world, dictating every single nation to comply, if not bringing down the elected State by a coup through all their "legal" means and then accusing Xi of all things right after Putin 🤣 🤣
The Condemnable Only Worldwide Dictatorship
I dont think he's admitting to being dictator, I think he's just being sarcastic since western countries label him as such.
@@saviobiogen9914 and irony is that the leftist dictators in west lecture others about democracy. Just look a treadeu, how he is treating the freedom convoy protestors
He's so serious but making jokes at the same time
No joke, he is a dictator and everyone in the audience knows that fact
@@Felixxxxxxxxx what's wrong with dictatorship?
@@Felixxxxxxxxx he is very cool
It's basically his way of coping that he's not far off from being Putin's puppet and that Putin is just using him.
@@hhkhuufjoiy4049 everything
This is the oldest guy I've ever seen use meta-irony.
I never thought I'd be complimenting a post-soviet dictator for his humour but here we are
I don't understand the need for all these words, post irony, meta irony, hyper irony, XYZ irony, Nor do I understand them. the man is being sarcastic, that's it.
this is just plain irony.
@@adhirajsingh8920 just because you are too simple to understand something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just ignore the comment and move on
@@adhirajsingh8920 those are words zoomers use to feel special
Virgin dictators: Nooooo we do have democracy noooooo.
Gigachad Lukashenko: Yes, I’m a dictator, how’d you guess.
Yes
Because he admits he’s a dictator
Lukashenko bad.He want help Russua to destroy Ukraine
@@wertuifiga2807 based
@@unknown-p3i atleast he admits it
Sigma Mindset:
- Claim yourself a Dictator
- Humillate your opponent
- Refuse to elaborate
Smart move. This is like a million times better than our presidents in the west claiming to be super democratic but actually being dictators themselves.
@@marcgdr7038 I think you have Avery different definition of dictator then most people
Claim you're a dictator.
Accept differences of opinions.
Let people elect anyone they choose.
Ask for evidence of voter fraud.
Never get it.
@@goodfamily5815 Authoritarianism and Dictatorship isn't toooo different.
Assert dominance by pissing on stage
"I'm a dictator"
Audience : "and that's a good one there"
They like being oppressed xD
@@mortenrobinson5421 just like Russian when they get rid benevolent leader with malevolent one
@@MasonGreenWeed yeah it's a weird country Russia. It's kind of odd to think that Yeltzin, that drunken buffoon, he's actually the best president they ever had xD
@@mortenrobinson5421 Russians have never had democracy nor a decent economy, especially when their rulers are stupid enough to keep their reliance on oil letting all of other unique industries die to make a sovereign economy like France, the USA, even China
@@mortenrobinson5421 democracy is a western term something Hollywood actors brag about “FreEdom!!” But in reality it’s not really a taboo to shove democracy under someone’s throat some states function better in authoritarian so not everyone is oppressed. :)
Random protester: HES A DICTATOR!
Lukashenko: Exactly!
Random protesters : okay have a nice day
Lol, Slapped
the protestor isn't denying his awareness of it, he's pointing out that it's wrong, stop being an airhead
@@cleanestboi5854 you must be fun at parties
@@Auditormadness9 nothing fun in dude who kills people
He even has a classic dictatorial mustache
This guy really loves his position
Get ready for the “most honest politician” comments…
@@distantraveller9876 There's still always someone who would claim so cause "West bad"
Im ready for the weakest typical politician vs the typical dictatorship enjoyer memes
@@distantraveller9876 I mean... its still a step above western politicians who fly lolita express
@@xycxo8335 depends on if the lolita express things harms less or more than being a dictator. And yes I know there's dictators who bring a lot of good things when they're dictators so it'll depend on who you choose
Everyone is awful.
The west is terrible!
The east is terrible!
The south is terrible!
The north is terrible!
We have to throw the whole earth out at this point.
"You know, I'm something of a dictator myself"
- Lukashenko, probably.
stolen af
@@sycophantic0 I am watching you
Nice stolen comment
stolen comment
@@get_spanked240 bruhhh I didn't even read the others before commenting this
I never thought I'd be complimenting a post-soviet dictator for his humour but here we are
It's not humor he's just based
@@schizogarfield based? based on what?
/s
@@mdukasa idk man 🤔
Its actually terrifying that you can use humor to accomplish ANYTHING. It's cool until a new normal is established and reality sets in.
@@schizogarfield Then stop using these dumb words
Am I the only one interpreting his "honesty" as irony towards Western countries's views?🤔
you're not, people just don't wanna admit that they are interpreting this the same way as you cus y'know "Long live absolute democracy and liberalism!"
yes that was what he wanted to portray but since he was clearly a dictator that was extremely funny.
He’s both joking and entirely serious.
you’re not the only one i agree. people can’t seem to understand that they’re not getting the full picture with a 30 second out of context clip and a caption. news outlets are manipulative that way
You're not the only one, don't forget that the majority has no education and they are just repeating what they watch on TV, and people with no education, they don't watch political or economical subject
When you're trying to joke but you end up telling the truth
Him claiming that he's a dictator, is the same energy as norman osborn saying "I am something of a scientist myself"
what? No it's not? Wtf are you talking about "same energy"
Norman Osborn isn't a villain anymore in this case...
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE SACRIFICED?
I'm death, the destroyer of worlds
~J. R. Oppenheimer
He identifies as a dictator, and no one can tell him otherwise.
Ditactorsexual
Now he must become a colonel.
“I’m a dictator”
*Honesty has leveled up!*
*40 - 60*
"I'm a dictator"
*audience claps and laughs*
"Why are you laughing and cheering me on? I'm serious!"
He's trying his best, alright?
“I’m talking fachts mate, fachts, I don’t do ifs and butts, I do absolutes”
@@maddoxcindy5017 bet he does butts
they gotta applaud or else they'll accidentally register for... premature organ harvesting
@@TheeDeadCreator no, they will catch this rare disease called bullet in the brain, very well known amongst countries with dictators.
Virgin "People's Free Democratic Republic" Vs Chad "you know, I'm a dictator"
Man can control an entire nation but not his hairline
@@TheHorseOutside probably beats his wife too
Okay at least he goes straight to the point unlike many other cunning and sly politicians
Oh he's cunning and sly too, don't worry. He is just more arrogant and confident about his corruption because the country's system can't hurt him.
Right. So it's better for a politician to be openly corrupt then to do it in hiding? Are you retarded?
Yeah after 20 years of his dictatorship he admits that he is a dictator what a fkin hero give him the peace nobel prize
How is that better?
@@distantraveller9876 I've lost the count of how many Russians (but also Asians in general, not just Chinese but Indians and Indonesians) I've heard say that dictatorship is superior to democracy because at least it's supposedly open about being authoritarian. Those guys are beyond salvation.
In Australia we live under a a false sense that we are free in a democracy 😂😂😂😂 our little dictators are trying to fool us but now it’s obvious who and what they really are
So he just made a sarcastic joke about being a dictator while actually being a dictator.
There was nothing sarcastic about what he said. Nor was there anything sarcastic about Vladimir Putin's throwing around of the term nuclear war. Nor was there anything sarcastic about China's mocking the benefits of a democracy that cannot deliver for it people. There is a new iron curtain being erected and Lukashenko, Putin, Xi, Kim - these men know who they are, they know the world knows who they are, they know they'll weather the West's hubris, and they know they have the backing of all the people in their countries that they need **as dictators**. They aren't attempting to appease Western audiences anymore. Even I, a perfectly progressive social Democrat am refreshed to hear some honesty from the Easterners. It plays well, like Trump.
@@Killinemkid Still bad people, being honest doesn’t somehow change this fact. Listen I also miss Trump actually. I would much rather have him in office.
@@Killinemkid sure thing buddy, because Tsimanouskaya's fear for her safety wasn't because of what the government of Belarus was gonna do to her for daring to criticize a coach, *nah she was actually totally afraid of the hubris of the West.*
@@Killinemkid
The guys at NAMBLA admit to liking little boys. Do they deserve praise too?
@@Killinemkid he never said muclear war
Most comments: "He said it honestly, so he must be a good politican"
A good pelitican
@@plusxz821 A good Pelican🕊
@@user-ze6yk4sd5g That's a dove emoji
@@user-ze6yk4sd5g a good perpetuum mobile
@@Maidaseu do you think you are God you don't decide the names of animals
Belarus is obviously not particularly democratic, but this is a sarcastic comment on his part. He’s not admitting to being a dictator
Демократичней диктаторской Европы
@@efim_sivacholi yeah if that’s what you believe
The fact people have to point this out because of how much media brainwashes is the funniest part.
He is what he is frankly without hypocrisy ...
Nothing wrong with being a dictator as long as your dictates are good.
Nothing right with flaws in logic, and every dimocracy (pun, not a typo) is a bandwagon fallacy.
- Some girl: "I identify myself as a bisexual"
- Some guy: "I identify myself as a nonsexual"
- Lukashenko: "I identify myself as a dictator"
Lukashenko "It's better to be a dictator than gay."
@@kasperihankonen Is that for real? If you said it was from Kadyorv I'd believe it inmediately XD
Fun Fact: Julius Caesar called himself a Dictator, Roman coins were struck bearing the title "Dictator Perpetuo", which means "Dictator in perpetuity".
Right, but this idiot is not by any mean Cesar and he didn't even manage to conquest his ex-wife
Because 2 consules were chosen from the council and they have the ability in times of need to become ruler of all : dictator. Nothing to do with today
@male princess Lukapussy kills his own people but obviously you have an attraction for "strong men". Call him maybe he could love you back.
@male princess maybe you don't care to be ruled by some Idiot like Lukapussy. I prefer to select the person that will rule and to hole then accountable.
@@gustavovelasquez462 Caesar killed way more of his own people. Yet everyone knows the corrupt Republic was worse than him in the end.
The US is the corrupt republic of the 21th century with a government that needs a massive purge.
"So this is how liberty ends, with thunderous applause"
-Padme
You've been BRAINWASHED. When you people hear "dictator" your mind hears "not freedom". The funny thing is that Dictatorships typically have MORE FREEDOM and support from the majority than Liberal Democracies. A dictator could NEVER do what Australia and Canada did with their lockdowns and mandates.
@@lucasgrey9794 lol you're dumber than a rock... either that or you're 12 or something
@@lucasgrey9794 because they will cover it up, just like the famine that happened in Soviet Ukraine, also North Korea literally locked their whole country, so Idk what your point is here
@@abelnicolaebaritone I'm dumber than a rock for describing reality? You are literally an exhibit for Pareto's 80-20 rule.
@@PyroFloe DPRK is in a state of war because America tried to wipe them out in the 1950s. DPRK also NEVER locked down on the same level as Australia and Canada did.
it is not about who votes that counts, it is about who counts the votes.
also its not ALL about the votes ...Theres more than votes in life
@@kukulroukul4698 life is the art of choice, take away the choice.... can't have one without the other
@@contemporiser noice comment! you never disappoint
It’s a Stalin’s quote if I’m not mistaken
@@rafaelmardanov4490 it is attributed to him but there is no record of him ever expressing that
At least he didn’t act hypocritical unlike democracy leader!
Democracy: freedom of expression!
Lukashenko: I identify as a dictator.
This is the hardest "Love him or hate him he spittin fax" situation I've witnessed
"And this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause"
And one rifle pointed to each head.
democracy is not liberty
Is that from star wars ep 3
He’s saying it sarcastically
@@babajaga3264 Democracy increases liberty
He said this in a very sarcastic tone, for those who don't speak the language, he didn't admit it.
"You know, i'm a dictator"
*sitcom laughing track plays*
This almost implies to me that he's effectively dispelled the idea that he's a dictator amongst the support base that he has by framing the very idea as a joke that isn't to be taken seriously
That's literally what this is... Good to finally spot someone else who realizes this. What saddens me is people who think he's being honest or something when in reality he's just trying to ridicule the truth as if it were a lie.
Idk dog he’s been president since the creation of the office in 1994. If he’s some how convinced them that it’s a joke that he’s their dictator when he’s had near complete control over the country for coming up on 28 years then he’s pulling some sick Jedi mind tricks on the people of Belarus and as ruthless as I’m sure he is he doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who’s smart enough to pull off those types of mind games. I could be wrong though.
At least he's honest about it unlike the American oligarchy lmfao
@@Uncle_Sam76 fair points, however it's very easy for people to maintain an old belief even as it becomes less and less apparently true. Peoples parents may have supported him first election, and so on, and so on, until it doesn't seem odd he's just always had power. Of course as time goes you'll likely have more who are in denial they support a dictator realize, but for the most part nobody wants to admit to themselves they supported a bad thing
@@Uncle_Sam76 “It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” - Mark Twain.
Sigma rule: when people accuse you of being a dictator
*don't deny*
It's literally sarcasm. I believe he's practically a dictator, but he meant that as sarcasm, euronews.
Who cares, people know that he is a dictator like his CSTO friend 😂.
Bruh I don't think he was but even if his joking there was a freaking revolution not long ago his just gonna make people more angry his tossing gasoline into the fire he better shut his mouth for his own good
Him thinking it's sarcasm doesn't make it any less true.
It's not. He just says whatever the f he wants, no one is gonna do anything to him
They reported on him calling himself a dictator which is absolutely true
As a wise woman once said, "This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause."
Star dork
Hello there
I mean, it is already dead since decades
@@alienlife7754 You say this with a Cryptosporidium profile picture...
Seems General Kenobi is finally brave enough for politics
As Padme said in Revenge of the Sith “So this is how democracy dies… with thunderous applause.”
Yes. Democracy dies democratically, for the people wanted it so.
@@konglight4070 Yeah, just like eastern Europe after ww2 right?
"I was about to say that"
Democracy cannot die becuse never existed in belarus...
Padme is a juish slat!
Gotta admit he’s kinda courageous admiting that he is a dictator
Not like other dictator who just pretending to not be one
It was sarcasm
@@timur43378 No it wasn't...
@@JesperSalama do you speak Russian language?
@@timur43378 even if it's sarcasm, the way he governed Belarus is dictatorship
@@timur43378 Belarusian language and Russian language are different languages.
Anyone who speaks Russian could understand that he was being sarcastic.
What is the difference ? He is still a dictator. It doesn't matter if he says it seriously or ironically.
Dunno about Russian part, there were no words signaling about sarcasm, same as his tome, he is very serious
Sergei, I presume you speak Russian, there is a huge sarcasm all over the place. It's obvious.
Of course he was, but he uses that to mask that he's actually a dictator.
I am not debating on whether he is a dictator or not, just pointing the sarcasm out for people who thought he admitted to being a dictator and think that people are cheering him on.
I love how he is being sarcastic, ironic, and hyperbolic at the same time. Amazing.
He's just honest
Better to be a dictator than gay
- Lukashenko
EU: Lukashenko is a dictator!
Lukashenko: yep, I am a dictator
EU: *surprised Pikachu face*
Dictators now admitting themself as dictators, what a time to be alive.
look at all the losers in this chat claiming it to be a good thing. The human race is doomed. People are so cucked that they would rather live in a dictatorship than a democracy.
@@trickledowneconomicsfail7127 They're not accepting his dictatorship. They're instead appreciating his humour and self acceptance.
@@trickledowneconomicsfail7127 Crimes are more prevalent when people have the choice to commit them.
@@trickledowneconomicsfail7127 dictatorship is good if dictator cares about people
Meanwhile, democracy means your vote equals to the vote of other ignorant and uncultured person, who probably was never interested in politics or economics and you end up voting the candidate who tells the sweetier lies, when their power comes from friending with elites and amount of money he's willing to give for support. And the candidate might be incompetent, therefore the people will suffer from their inaccurate decision.
@@kormannn1 Are you forgetting the fact that, if the dictatorship is bad, it can be as bad as the dictator wants it to be, making it infinately more dangerous than a democracy?
Dictatorships don't have the tendecy of being passed down peacefully and they are often inherited. So, even if the original dictator was somehow luckily great for the people, which is extremely unlikely, the next one is almost guaranteed to be bad.
At least he's a honest guy
After 1 dum awnser?
@@distantraveller9876 He at least kept some semblance of functioning country, with it's own industry, which supplied Europe with modern tractors and agricultural equipment,but that is bad it seems.
No
But yeah he is honest when he is trying to use irony
@@kaletovhangar Functioning country? More like functioning oblast. He turned Belarus into Russia’s dogtoy.
@@Adsper2000 Good then.Banana republics aren't really worth it,better be part of motherland.
The first time Lukashenko told the truth.
Well at least he is upfront and straight to the point as opposed to western politicians who really struggle with telling it as is
Blackface Turdeau sweating nervously.
"This old fart is completely insane, keeps oppression in the country and assasinates all his opponents, but at least he is better than westoid politicians."
@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH
Name one opponent he has been proven to have killed.
I don't mean simply hearsay, I mean actual proof.
Documents, confession, video evidence, someone who is very close to him.
@@acutechicken5798
Zakharenko, Gonchar, Krasovsky are all I know about the Belarussian ones.
And what is it that they should tell?
There is no oil in the soil of Belarussia. So, the US don't see reasons to bring democracy.
*"You know.....I'm something of a dictator myself"*
I don't get how people here say he's sarcastic or using irony or has a good humour, etc. He's just 100% serious, there is literally no irony or humour or anything.
One probably has to understand his reputation as a president leading a democracy for the joke to land. I'm not an expert in Belarus, so there's a chance you're right.
@@aaronbell5994 that’s the weird thing, you would think he’s a very clever guy to remain in power for so long but it’s the complete opposite. I’ve watched numerous interviews with him and once you’ve seen enough, it’s apparent that he’s nothing more than an idiot.
There is definitely some humour involved in this part of interview, you need to learn literature by analyzing funny poems and novels with humour
Wrong
There is a bit of a language nuance lost in translation. It's the particle "zhe" that makes it sound more sarcastic. So he does not just say "You know that I am a dictator", he says something closer to "You know, I am a dictator, right? So it's hard for me to understand democracy."
or "You know, I am a dictator, after all, so ...".
Some layers to that statement. His sarcastic remark is supposed to suggest he’s not a dictator, as a sort of pretense he adheres to democracy, yet he’s actually a dictator but in disguise.
That's called meta irony
This guy is a global treasure which we must cherish and protect at all cost.
Dictators are so innocent and precious 🥺
@@Jaylio He is a good President though
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” Plato
"Democracy? Sorry we don't do that here."
- Gigachad Lukashenko
They even made the lighting around him so ominous.
Not sure if that's just the lighting differences in the room but it does seem ominous haha
This guy is a tough man. If you hear him speaking, you will never know if he is serious or joking. He would crack a joke and not laugh a bit, and you would be wondering when he said he'll have me nailed like Jesus
It's very adequate that Putin calls him a "tough man" for the public :D
He's Belarusian, and just like Russians and most Eastern Europeans, the stereotype is that they keep a straight face
"You're a funny guy Luka"
"Funny how? I'm funny like a clown?"
@@vukjankovic963 Goodfellas.
"I'm a dictator"
Meanwhile barely controls his citizens
Has to escape from the protesters
Ask daddy Butin for help
Weak dictator but one nontheless
Literally took part in beating back the coup in Belarus. Not sure when exactly did he escape
The gigachad of Europe
No
The guy is obviously a dictator, but in this scenes he was talking sarcastically
He was, but was he?
meta-irony folks
@@jacksonm2729 How many layers of irony is he on?
What he's saying afterwards is actually funnier than his first "joke". It literally sounds like "we move in one direction, so we move to move forward". The guy is clearly a better dictator than speaker
Honestly, that's not dumb that's profound. "We move to move forward". We must feed the march of progress, run up the numbers on GDP, technology, material wealth etc, but no one knows what we are marching towards or what we plan to do when we get there. We move to move forward, or at least to not stand still.
@@IIAOPSW I agree it could be profound if he had said just that. But in the context, he just sounded like a guy who hasn't read a lot of books in his life
да ты по-русски не понимаешь просто
It sounds bad cause it was directly translated
@@kv4648 My point was that it sounds bad in Russian
Possibly the worlds last sigma male leader
So this is how democracy stays dead, with thunderous applause
This is fucked up in so many ways but honestly respect for the man calling himself a dictator
He was sarcastic, you can feel it in his voice, but yeah,he rules like one.
he just doesn't care lol
His honesty is irrelevant to the fact of his horrible political behavior. Still a bad power hungry individual.
Theres a good dictator and a bad one, but everyone thinks all dictators are bad for some reason??
who cares? He's based
Видимо никто из комментаторов не понимает что это сарказм и стеб над теми кто считает что Беларуси нет "настоящей" демократии
Luka has sense of humour
He ded serious tho. Hahaha. 😂
@@theinquisitor7191 That's his humour
0:13 mfw Luka jokes (dood in the moose stash)
Maybe want to share that with innocent people he’s jailed?
@@millmoormichael6630 Does his country commit a holocaust on the unborn?
Science says a zygote is a human in development ergo is a human. Opinions against science can't defeat it.
For anyone having hard time understanding the context - he was being sarcastic, making fun of Belarussian opposition that calls him a dictator.
True
"You know, I'm something dictator myself."
Atleast he is admitting who he is unlike some democratically elected leaders who give lectures on honesty
So what? He made people suffer more than enough
I’ve never seen an elected leader give a lecture about honesty.
In a democracy, if a leader would say they were a dictator, there would be outrage.
In a dictatorship, there is applause.
it was a sarcastic joke since he often is labeled a dictator, mr Soylent CEO
@@finonevado8891 He is often labelled a dictator because he is one.
"So this is how liberty dies... With thunderous applause."
-Senator Padme Amidala
I have brought peace! Freedom! Justice! And humor to this theater
And west has libery? Lol
@@SDluka Just leave them be, they are perpetually 12 years old inside, let them have their delusions.
@@SDluka way more for sure than in Russia or Belarus. I can access independent media criticizing the government, go on a protest, etc.
Me: "Mom can we have the Soviet Union?"
Mom: "We have the Soviet Union at home"
Soviet Union at home:
Even if you consider him a dictator it's obvious that he's joking here
Many don't have a detector for wit, and not even when they see and hear it....
He is not zd
A dictator joking about the fact that he is a dictator is not a joke, even if that's Lukashenko's intention
@@CTR2740 joke is that he isn't dictator.
This joke is deep. He's joking that he's a dictator and everyone laughs and he's keeping a straight face about the joke. But the real joke is not on his face because he is fully in a persona that he is democratically elected. The real joke he feels deeper inside because he knows he is a dictator. Why am I writing this it's past 1 AM...
To everyone saying atleast he's honest. Well it's easy to be honest when you're the dictator you know
It's easy to be honest when everyone already knows your a dictator you know what's the point in hiding it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol these kinds of people are already that honest before they come to power. Governments are usually as brutal as their leaders are honest.
@@GEO_ANIMATOR Exactly!
Then why do western politicians struggle to admit that they only care about democracy when its in their favour
@@xycxo8335 did you seriously compared lukashenko to the west? Come on man stop 😐
Lukashenko is one of the most Based man in all of Europe i wish i would have somebody like him as my President.
Go live in Belarus then if you lovw autocrats so much
At least he is honest
He is joking
@@arbendit4348 how is he joking? he literally is a dictator. That is like saying Ceausescu was not a dictator because the communist party in Romania held elections(fraudulent) lol.
@@btm1 He is joking at the fact that Westerners consider it such a bad word when it really isn't. There is nothing wrong with authoritarianism and infact it is a much better ideology than democracy, especially in Eastern Europe where democracy is especially disfunctional. Order and prosperity can only be achieved through authoritarianism. Democracy destroys nations, and peoples, and corrupts the minds of their citizens.
@@arbendit4348 You didn't really raise any points defending totalitarianism and didn't even go so far as to define why you think democracy is dysfunctional (incorrect spelling you have there by the way). To call democracy dysfunctional in Eastern Europe is an utter insult to countries with advanced democratic systems like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, not to mention the Czech Republic, where the people have a right to their opinion, be it as it may. To say democracy destroys nations and peoples (let alone "corrupt minds") is utterly ridiculous. I'm not sure if you're simply an individual who lives in a democratic state and would prefer the state to be autocratic, but trust me, you wouldn't.
Here's an idea for you... Can you imagine getting imprisoned or executed for disliking president Biden as a US citizen for example?
@@JesperSalama What is incorrect in my spelling when i literally wrote exactly the same word you wrote lol.
Also calling Poland a "advanced democracy" is an insult to Poles everywhere. Go actually talk to Polish people rather than read Wikipedia, and you will find what their opinion is. I have been to Poland, you likely haven't ever even been in Europe. So please don't try to sound educated on things you know absolutely nothing about.
And no, what i said isn't ridiculous at all, and infact most Eastern Europeans would agree with me when they see the ugly state of Western Europe today. Why do you think we are all much more conservative and believe in our traditions and morals more. Because we lived through communism. Something which Western Europeans didn't and that is why today they hate their people, history, and their identity and try to systematically destroy all that their ancestors built. Eastern Europeans look on with disgust and pity towards such developments which are the direct result of liberal democracy and progressive propaganda which Eastern Europeans didn't have.
Also let me correct you on another thing, I don't have to "imagine" living in a authoritarian state. I did live in one because i am Eastern European and unlike you i actually have first hand experience of it. And let me tell you democracy has destroyed our industry, military, capital, and population. So no we didn't gain anything from democracy. Even if you could be arrested for having the wrong opinions. It is the exact same thing in Western Europe and North America. You ought to just look at democratic Canada where the prime minister Trudeau has declared peaceful protestors as a threat to the country, has seized their bank account and is arresting them en masse. That is exactly like what happened during communism here, except for the difference that in communism we didn't have this destructive self hating trotzkyite propaganda that Canadians had, so ultimately our dictatorship was better even in it's suppression.
To be fair, he has a point.
At least he performed a duty as a ruler… he said the truth.
Ye and anyone who isn't a braindead sheep knows that democracy forsnt exist anywhere. The oligarchy is in charge. Families with trillions of dollars in wealth are in charge
@@SamZizla Worlds richest person is Elon musk with less than 300billion dollars.
@@Juho221 Ye that's what you know
He said, "Я ЖЕ диктатор" (ya zhe dictator) not just "Я диктатор", the online translator will translate both options as "I am a dictator", but "ЖЕ" (zhe) implies that a well-known fact has been voiced, that is, it is a reference to the fact that it was so often called before in the West
He was clearly making the statement ironically and jokingly. Euro news is the ultimate incel who never laugh
@Prosiałke Just look at his profile and you'll know.
Knowing how bad Lukashenko is, calling himself a dictator was a very brave statement.
Poeple: POLITICIANS SHOULD BE HONEST TO ITS POEPLE!!!
Politician:
well it was sarcasm. Lukashenko often show a great sense of humour.
Atleast he was honest
Doesn’t change his action tho, that’s like oh at least he was honest, then goes on to murder people
@Flattithefish
Obviously, bro. I dont support him.
at least he's honest about it, unlike a certain trudeau and a certain boris lol
trudeau needs to be kicked asap. he proved himself as dangerous as adolf and benito did.
@@navhaa facts
@@navhaa ….. as dangerous as Adolf?
My god right wingers need mental help ASAP
@@audellaroque4730 your assumption about my political view is dumb. your sense of things around you is dumb. even your surname is aristocratically dumb. you are just dumb man.
“I’m a dictator”
Everybody: **Terrified clapping**
"You know, i'm something of a dictator myself...." - Green Lukasjenko
"The power of Belarus, in the palm of my hand" - Dr. LukasjenkOctopus
It’s rare for a dictator to admit they are a dictator.
Alright I see.
I was on the fence at first but now I totally understand. Thank you Mr. Lukashenko for clearing up the misconceptions.
UwU?