Why doesn't she focus on the autocracy in the US. Harvard produced a study in the nineties on how pervasive this is and how it undermines "democracy" in the US.
@@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt RuZZian troll, obviously. Mad that Poland is no longer Russian province, Btw this is direct translation from Russian, they called Poland "Privislanski krai" when they occupied us.
The billionaires on the outside I'd worry more about if they were in the drivers seat for a couple of decades. This is something interventionists seem to not get. The right measures at the right time.
We're surrounded by oligarchical footsoldiers like Anne Applebaum who turns a blind eye to the dictators she approves of, such as Macron and Zelinsky and all of the dozens of dictators that the USA has openly supported in the past 80 years. Pinochet must be laughing in his grave at this cretinous mouthpiece of the American oligarchy.
The high degree of cynical dishonesty being shamelessly espoused without qualification in this discussion with regard to post Soviet Russian history is bone chilling Ann Applebaum was once a well respected Soviet era historian Now, she has gone completely to the dark with the arrogance of thinking that it is Ok to completely manufacture truth from thin air to advance ones own interests Athens is the light!
"cynical dishonesty being shamelessly espoused" "once a well respected Soviet era historian" "gone completely to the dark" I'm sorry sir but you are the one completely in the dark , making a lot of cryptic comments with vague insinuations and with absolutely zero facts. What the f* are you talking about ? If you have some accusations to make then let us all have the facts so we can check the truth or otherwise of them. Otherwise shut the f* up . I'm so tired of the constant BS here
more complicated than that. half french society realized that colonialism is unsustainable and they must let go. the other half resisted and tried to kill degaule 30 times! plus, algeria was supported by soviet weapons, brought in by bulgarian ships. ussr sided with algeria. nt because this was the right thing to do, but because they just wanted to hurt france.
Algeria was supported by Gamal Abd El-Nasser's Egypt as part of his anti-colonial campaigns actually, it was the reason why France joined the tripartite aggression in 1956, the "Suez crisis."
@@taxpayer1040what's the difference between the two?? I didn't know that any of them cared about anybody's rules or laws except their own.. I know of the politicians in America and quite a lot of the mega Rich who are neocons and neo libs.. I've never known the Leo liba to care about rules or laws except they want to change what doesn't suit their agenda.. they do this in Great Britain and the USA.
Applebaum is a symptom of just why the Americancer society is despised and hated worldwide, and why few outside of the boardrooms of major international corporate directorates will mourn its demise, which is imminent.
@@Polit_Burro Dont blame America failure on one person. Arrogance and decadance from the american left and the right is why people don't like Americans. Most of the world doesn't even know who Anne Applebaum is. You give way to much credit to on person about a real point you make.
It always has been thus. Corruption always gravitates to wealth and power. That doesn't mean it always prevails, but it invariably has influence. The best we can do is curtail it to the best of our abilities as a society. But it will persist nevertheless. In my view, being overly cynical about it is counterproductive. Idealism is meaningless in the face of reality. That's best left to artists, poets, philosophers, writers and the endless procession of activists that have permeated history since time immemorial (I'm among them). Not that it doesn't matter. It does. It informs our views, our perspective. It changes the world in important respects. But deep down in the nitty gritty world of politics and power, it's a paltry token. Wars are fought. People are killed. Interests are the order of the day, every day. Power is what matters in the big scheme of things. You want change? Work towards political and economic power, because that's how it works in the real world.
Yes it is about those things. The "left" are the plebs and common people, the "right" is the aristocracy, just because our politicians have stopped supporting the left, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. As far as the black and white thing, it doesn't really matter to the plebs, but it does matter to the aristocracy. They are racist bastards for the most part. It's more than creating division for them. They believe they are the chosen people that are meant to rule the world by virtue of their wealth and power.
Try to? The better question is how many governments USA did overthrow and how many countries don't exist any more, i.e. have been Balkanized, stripped of resources, weakened... because of Western (mostly, Anglosphere's) malversations and interfering - with very few people knowing about it, and those who did either were in on it, or "had an accident".
@@TheBorgrR The point is, the USA tortures people (after kidnapping them and transporting them illegally out of their country of residence/origin to some torture chamber in a third country from which they never return) and also lectures the rest of us about "human rights" So what is the US' "point" in posing itself as some entity that is a "champion" of such rights? are you really this thick-headed, or are you just trolling? Serious question.
Going straight to the end of the discussion, she sums up by saying she admires the "optimists" trying to change the world. That sounds wonderful! I would say she admires the technocratic neolib/neocon ideologues who "optimistically" tried to spread democracy around the world, including Russia/Ukraine with devastating effects that practically brought the West to its knees. People are fed up. We don't need "optimists" we need wise leaders, and they are in short supply.
The West is neither at its knees nor is Russia a democracy. Your handwaving is over what? That Ukrainians have shown they can successfully have a nation where elections are honest? Guess what, that is not a bad thing nor has it been for them. Putin may be scared people will notice but that may be because it reveals the weakness of his own practices.
no, Applebaum told us who the optimists are whom she admires and it isn't anyone you are describing - you're about 2 generations out and west is doing a fine job of cutting itself off at the knees because of clueless mischief makers. People in real trouble, in real military, religious and political dictatorships always need optimists. If you ever had the misfortune of living where this has happened you would know that.
Blackrock has stolen all the money in the Usa. The USA and the UK are no longer European nations, they've become 3rd world nations that eat cats. This woman thinks she can lie to everyone
@@lccsd2392 Thanks for your post. But I´m afraid you are engaging with these users as if they were real people writing in good faith. Most are not. The Russian propaganda/disinformation army is out in force here.
@@rockapedra1130 I am from Venezuela and live and suffer the tragedy of a criminal Dictatorship. After two decades of abuse and more than ten years of state terrorism, Venezuelans have been hoping for the so called free world and democratic nations to support the long and democratic fight of the people for freedom, the recovery of democracy, our institutions and riches, which have been, by the way, robbed for the sustenance of the Castro’s communism and the Venezuela’s regime, exploited by China, Iran, Russia, and to turn into millionaires the Chavez family, Maduro and his team of criminals. 8 million Venezuelans have had to leave our beloved country, parents, even children, etc. This only happens in a country where there is war.
The first minor red flag with this woman is that she writes for the Washington Post. The more serious one after 19:30, considering she's supposedly an accomplished investigative journalist, is that she's completely unaware of Thomas L. Friedman's interview in 1998 with George Kennan, the architect of the Cold War containment policy. It's available online. He's one of many expert voices at the time and since who have warned that we should have been working with rather than against the Russians who helped us defeat the Soviets. Putin has been warning that NATO in Ukraine is a hard red line for 30 years, yet NATO leaders at the summit in June 2021 reaffirmed the decision made in 2008 that Ukraine would eventually become a member. The Cuban missile crisis proves that the US wouldn't tolerate it if the situation was reversed. I'm sick of all these warmongering neocons on our side, who are bringing us so close to nuclear annihilation, by saying Russia is evil, its all their fault, and there was nothing we could have done to prevent the escalation.
Putin invaded non Nato Ukraine because he wants Ukraine as a part of Russia. He knew he could invade non Nato Ukraine only. Natois an excuse, not a reason. Putin has always wanted russain empire back and he knew it would be impossible without Ukraineas a part of it. He does not want Ukraine to exist as a separate state. His feels "provoked" by Ukraine's independence. USA did not want to make Cuba a part of USA and did not say about Cuba anything like "it is not real" unlike Putin and Ukraine's case. Ukraine had zero chance to join Nato. Ukraine had no will to join before 2014. Putin blames Russia's past and present victims for calling the police. USA is a super power. Russia is not. USSR is gone. Eastern Europe is not soviet backyard anymore. They joned Nato in order to be secured from Russia's aggression because they knew Russia would come back sooner or later. Finland joined Nato because Putin invaded Ukraine and Putin did nothing. It proves it is not about Nato. Putin wants Ukraine. If Ukraine had been in Nato, he would have never been able to overrun Ukraine. Nato keeps expanding because countries apply for it. They want to join because Russia acts the way she acts. It is not a friendy neighbor. Never was. Russia has a break sometimes and that is all. Russians love playing the victim card. Eastern Europe is Russia's victim! Always! Start respecting their agenda, freedom, roght to decide o their own. Putin blames his victims for calling the police.
Leaders like Applebaum Graham Nuland have brainwashed the legacy media and their readership. None of them question the Monroe Doctrine. Yet they seem to think the reverse doesn’t apply when it comes to Russia. Dangerous hypocrisy considering they risk provoking a nuclear response.
Sounds like a lot of pro-Putin propaganda. This current war was never about NATO. Ukraine was not in NATO nor about to join when Putin decided attacked Ukraine. You also left out that in Kennan's earlier writings he opposed Ukrainian nationalists because he didn't think Ukraine could sustain itself as a nation economically or otherwise. But he acknowledged if he was wrong in that regard then his recommendation against supporting Ukrainian nationalists should be rethought. The modern nation of Ukraine successfully existed since the 1990s.
I'm more worried about British and American neo-conservatism. They meddle everywhere in their own interest, no matter how much suffering and violence that causes.
@@robertmiskey5502 Putin isn't running an international kidnapping and human torture ring out of Cuba, is he? He hasn't invaded any nations in the Middle East, has he? He didn't just finish a 20 year illegal occupation of Afghanistan did he? Why should we be "concerned" about Putin, Karen?
As a Dane with the most extensive Danish labor model, flexicurity has made our welfare system and general public sector, solid. Creativity is a fluff word in that in Denmark is used as a cheap method to save on programs but not do anything for the people.
When has the long-standing institutions been very creative or unorthodox? Most importantly - where are you living? Because saying "our" on internet, even anglophone either doesn't narrow it down and assuming everyone is from your country is entitled. Lovely Danish comment above you shows we're not all in the same internal situation. All i'm saying, state your location when commenting on international geopolitical content.
She's too busy "thinking creatively" about how to lie about all of the dictators the USA has supported since 1948. I'm Augusto Pinochet and I endorse her message! LOL
The USA had been planning this for decades. They hoped the proxy war with Russia would weaken Russia and provide access to Ukraine’s resources for the benefits of its Oligarchs who are buying up the land.
@rodrigomartins4104 russia....the country invading a neighbour? That russia? The one ruled by a megalomaniac with nukes? That the one you're talking about? Maybe you should keep your stupidity to yourself next time 👍
Well Anne - you are so smart but you really can't understand why most of the world doesn't see the US as democratic and doesnt want to follow US orders.
Because the USA always has two sets of rules - one for "we" (itself and a few select vassals) and "thee" (those it has targeted for "regime change" or whose resources are deemed by the American oligarchy to be "essential" to "US Interests".
Maybe because most of the world is not a democracy? ))) Are those mostly countries where they make concentration camps for minorities, do female genital mutilation, stone raped women to death and throw gays from roofs?
Most of the land and property in Britain is privately owned by the ruling class, has been for centuries and still is today, impossible to find out the identity of said owners, unless you are a multi millionaire.To make out rhis is a new phenomenon practiced by autocracies is nonsense, and this particular discussion it is used to disguise i would say Anne's unhinged hatred of Russia.
You Brits, (if you are British?) need to ferret out the ancient english oligarchs who stole your land from the beginning. We Americans are too fat to do any research as our fingers have grown useless for anything beyond shoveling food into our mouths. But you Brits are still somewhat emaciated, thus still able-bodied enough to turn pages and tap keyboards. For the worlds' sake, please bring down those founding fuck-alls that made the rules up so that they would have it all forever. Thanks so much.
Yeah, hatred for Russia is definitely her main obsession and driver .. or rather of Russia AS RUSSIA IS AND WANTS TO BE. She would prefer a Russia of her own concoction, kind of an extension of the US and Europe, mainly ideologically speaking. They all had their plans for Russia, that had nothing to do with actual Russia. But it all went kerplunk and they can't get over it. I'm not sure why it's such an obsession.. doesn't her country have things to improve and work on? What does she care what kind of systems other people want to live with? If they had kept their hands off of Ukraine, there wouldn't be this war, and that's a cold fact. AND BTW - she never answered that guy's question who asked what we could have done better, not one thing that he named did she address, she just started adding more lies to the pile, such as some ludicrous stuff about Russia showing imperialism in the 90s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
@@jelesstaats5130 laws allowing to own property without disclose the owner were never meant to allow enemies own them. This law needs to be changed ASAP, let Russian politicians invest in the best country in the world, Russia. They have no business to own anything in the West. Would they allow foreigners to buy land in Siberia ? Inf act, they lured Western companies into believing they could, only to nationalize everything (check Shell investment in Siberia).
@@mirka The guy she talked about was Luzhkov, who is looong dead. Give me a break!! He was essentially the first mayor of Moscow after the fall of communism. I can't believe she's dwelling on that very stale story. That tells me she has no new ones of the sort. I am honestly perplexed 😂
@@WiersmaMark Yes he did. And then he deleted the tweet (When he got the angry call from the White House or the Pentagon I assume...). But it was too late. The guy is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. So, he is well connected in Washington.
Anglosphere debate is basically ignoring all what you have done and transforming your current enemy in a devil in order to legitimize his murder as an act of victory by democracy
Hmm. I'll take democracy, thanks. What do propose as an alternative? In your convoluted comment, you don't actually articulate anything specific, and it's not at all clear what you're saying.
A better question is what about all of the dictators that her government has supported since 1948? What about Pinochet and the overthrow by the USA of the democratically-elected government of Chile? The list of US-backed murderous dictators is a long one, which Crapplebomb knows well, and hopes that her audience has little memory of. This is why the US media constantly barrages its audiences with so called "reality" shows in order to get them to actually lose touch with actual reality by burying history under tons of rhetoric like this.
That great number of US imperial forces (which is what NATO is now) seems to not be a bother for the majority. Obviously the majority are not commenting here. Oh no I’ve just got to part about Navalny, who was a ‘western influenced & planted tool’. It cost him dearly in prison time & don’t know if Russians killed him, but he was up to no good, sabotaging Russia’s plan not to be dictated to by ‘the west/NATO
@@Blanka1100Russia defends itself against the US led imperial core. Albright used to say its unfair that Russia is so big… i.e. we want to rob it, but we just cant so we have to agitate it, extend it, annoy it, upset it…
@@TheBorgrRbecause the Trump and Putin boys have hijacked the comments. They aren’t young couples trying to buy property in cities or market towns and are limited to dodgy leaseholds. They don’t have aunts in villages whose community is dead because no one’s donating to keep the hall up and the church spire is falling down because the Lord of the manor lives in Vladivostok 95% of the time and doesn’t give a damn. They may even be paid to throw around a false image that we don’t mind those pieces of dirt owning half of England
I'm heartened to see this video was ratioed by Views vs Likes. Also nice to see the comments of viewers are not as easily fooled as they once were. People are not as dumb as Applebaum would like us to think. It is she who hasn't gotten the memo that there is this thing called the internet.
Absolutely ! I am so delighted to read the comments of other viewers and the further I go down in the list of comments the more I am pleased to see that as good as all comments come from people who are not easily fooled as you say. It would be interesting to know what the host of this interview reflects on this.
Unless you’re on the side of the billionaire foreigners I can’t see how you don’t agree with this. Why can’t a successful lawyer with a family afford a place in Kensington anymore when they could 20 years ago? Anyone trying to buy a place and suddenly realising it’s a leasehold owned by some shady foreign company knows this problem in and out
@@minui8758 ITS THE WAY OF THE WORLD, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER BY ANY METRIC WILL NOT BE AFFORDING A HOME ANYWHERE IN KENSINGTON YOU FVCKING FANCIFUL WALLY. YOU PROBABLY AINT EVEN ORIGINALLY FROM THE CAPITAL YOURSELF LOL. ANYONE GROWN UP HERE WOULD TELL YOU HOW ABSURD THAT IS. SUCH PLACES ARE INDEED FOR THOSE WITH EXTREME MONEY, NOT A RANDOM LAWYER LOL. LONDON IS UP FOR SALE, FOR ANYONE, ANYONE WHO HAS THE MONEY THAT IS. IT IS A NO MAN'S LAND OF INTERNATIONAL SETTLERS, IT ISN'T 'BRITISH', NOR IS ANY OTHER MAJOR WESTERN CAPITAL ANYMORE. THE CITY BELONGS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE CENTRE, QUIT CRYING. MONOPOLY, PAY TO PLAY. A LONG GAME OR THE THEIVE'S THEME. LONDON HAS PLENTYYYY OTHER AREAS FOR LAWYERS LOL, YOU WANTED TO BE A BIG FISH IN A POND FOREVER. COMPETE AT SCALE AND STOP THE WINGE CAMPAIGN
I am very open minded and this is why I started listening but already I sense an anti Russian bias with the jokes and I am concerned about the Washington Post and its bias. The topic of discussion here must cover the broad spectrum of corruption in lots of so called democracies, especially the US. I would say very few countries have true peoples democracies that don't allow the buying of elected representatives. I continue to listen in the hope this is not a trade of some useful insights mixed with propaganda. The internet is actually exposing leaders who have falsely projected moralistic narratives. Gaza has ended all my respect for US democracy, or should I say Shamocracy. The analysis of the Ukraine/Russia is TOTALLY false propaganda. What about the recordings of Victoria Newland who was instrumental in overthrowing a democratically elected government. I get of the bus here because I know from my own independent research that what she is saying is clearly false.
@@Killane10 this is part of the western propaganda against Russia and the none West. It’s a pity so called academics sound like they are reading talking points from the White House!
Really interested in learning your perspective on the war. I've heard reports that Zelensky has been doing all sorts of human trafficking shit. Putin doesn't seem like he's really the "good guy" either though. Ukraine historically has been really fought over a lot and has been the sight of horrific violence. Partly it seems because it is the bread basket of Europe. Site of both a lot of historical pogroms and the holodomor.
Your reminder about Victoria “fuck the EU” Nuland is on point. As I haven’t finished listening I wonder whether James Baker’s promise, during German reunification talks, that NATO would not move an inch eastwards is mentioned. I’m not holding my breath though.
I guess she was able to go there, with the penultimate questioner: her answer was a bit rushed. I have to say that both her sharp mind and optimism come across, even if I disagree on her view on NATO or the USA as a force for democracy.
@@honeybozo she only got deeper into the lies.. the whole notion that Russia showed imperialistic tendencies in the 90s is LUDICROUSLY false. She's got BALLS though.. gotta give her that. This one can lie without turning even a shade
James Baker solemnly promised Russia, that NATO would NEVER move an inch Eastward. That promise was violated over and over until Russia's red-line was crossed. Anne is either ignorant of this or is conveniently ignoring this.
Small talk behind the scene when one guy said something to the other guy is not written agreement. Stop spreading lies. Nato never signed any paper not to expand east. Russia does not own Eastern Europe anymore. They decide on their own. Stop blaming Russia's past and present victims for calling the police.
@@Blanka1100 Jeffery Sachs Glenn Diesen Anatol Lieven Col Lawrence Wilkerson Chas Freeman Ambassador Jack F Matlock Sumantra Maitra Richard Sakwa Nicolai Petro Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Neutrality Studies Daniel Davis deep dive Alexander Mercouris Judge Napolitano Geopolitical Economy Report
So, a "journalist" who reports on what has been reported, is best placed to advise on military strategy? On what basis does she conclude that Ukraine can win? All credible military analysts have disagreed profoundly with that strange assessment. Ukraine is losing. That was predictable. It would have been better to negotiate peace in March 2022. But none of these "experts" wants to discuss peace, not even now, that Ukraine's electricity grid has been destroyed. So yes, prepare for more refugees into Poland, and into Europe. This is not about democracy and autocracy. What a diversion from reality. It is ONLY about war and peace.
The West initially (misguidedly) though Russia would fold if tested hard enough being a hollowed out shell of its former self, if they just propped up Ukraine a bit and kept them from negotiating on day one...but it rapidly descended into a sunk cost fallacy where they moved to a proposition that if Russia was not going to fold right away they could use the Ukrainians to hurt them economically and militarily to a point they'd be set back on their heels for a generation or more even when they did win further down the line... and yet Russia actually became a more dangerous opponent due to this meddling, seeing its entire war infrastructure modernized and battle doctrine overhauled to step up to the challenge... leaving the West in a position where it can't simply back out for the loss of face it would show the world...but can't offer anything of value to actually help Ukraine come out of it in one piece... At this point there seems no path that does not lead to the utter collapse of Ukraine...even if they fighting stopped tomorrow, its people have fled , its industries are wrecked and its finances are beyond recoverable... Once again The West mints tomorrows enemies by today's misadventures...If we'd had to fight Russia at some point...fighting Its Pre 2022 capabilities would have been the opponent we'd wan't, not what we've helped forge in Ukraine...
Oh look, someone trying to stick words in someone else's mouth because actually talking about what she said may reveal corruption in multiple nations as well as Imperialism by some nations.
@@edwardmclaughlin7935 if I see the since WWII who lead the narrative to drag US enter the european war until become WWII it was a British and Poland war against Germany and turn to drag US and Sovyet become her ally. same in the middle east, British need outpost to control Suez canal, the most strategic trade sea road in the world. she drag US to secure outpost(Israel), war with Iraq, actually because the British got caught stealing Iraq oil from Kwait, and she drag US too. every US entering conflict its because British getting trouble and US act as a thug for UK.
Democracy might be described as the process of turning conflict into a competitive game. But if your opponents are more powerful than you, then all you are left with is the conflict.
Good God - you and this woman needs to research a bit more - try "European irrationality in Ukraine" - Michael von der Schulenburg,(UN Diplomat/Specialist in UN for 34 years) Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen - to get another side of this story.
Compared to Stephen F Cohen who wrote War with Russia years ago Applebaum is an amateur with little integrity or commitment to historical truth and the real nature of colonial NATO..
She is cut of the very same golden nugget as Victoria Nuland, but less politically powerful. Her choice Husband is interesting choice tells you all that you need.. "In 1992, Applebaum married Radosław Sikorski, who later served as Poland's Defence Minister, Foreign Minister, Marshal of the Sejm, and a member of the European Parliament. Since 2023, he serves again as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The couple have two sons, Aleksander and Tadeusz.[81] She became a Polish citizen in 2013.[82] She speaks Polish and Russian in addition to English" And "According to Applebaum, her great-grandparents immigrated to America during the reign of Alexander III of Russia from what is now Belarus."
@@cleightorres3841 I just wrote there is nothing wrong with being married to Poland's FM so I could not care less about being her or anybody else's gf.
@@grisall There have been many. Eventually they all fail, but the journey is always devastation for the people and the country, as well as the countries they also devastate along the way. Stalin is a good example.
Her history of the Gulag is fantastic and very accurate; her opinions about current history not so much. The fact that she's married to a famous American neo-can says it all really about her biased viewpoints. Wouldn't be surprised if she's being paid by the state department to peddle this BS.
Interesting point, that the Vietnamese apparently don't share a desire to bring the downfall of Western democracies, with places like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. One thing that may play a role is the perception of themselves as the "winners" in the Vietnam War. This was one of the first things out of the mouth of a Vietnamese student I had once, who I feared might be resentful of me, an American, because of the war... just the opposite, she expressed her interest in America and Americans, as "the losers" of the war with her country. I had never thought of it that way, but rather as a huge, senseless tragedy that nobody won. This really opened my eyes.
The more I read through comments the more apparent it becomes those criticizing Ann rarely provide any substantial arguments aside from emotional appeal and ad hominem attacks. Kind of glad to be on the opposite side. 😂
Well, she didn't mention Boris Johnson going to Ukraine and talking Zelinsky out of the peace deal with Russia. She didn't mention the destruction of Nordstream 2 (by the US).
@@kiwitrainguy , Boris Johnson may have changed Zelenzky's opinion indeed by reassuring support from the United Kingdom. This support was declared in the Budapest memorandum that UK and russia signed though, so I see no issue there. As for the Nordstream 2, I have seen no evidence that USA did that and I'm pretty sure you have no such evidence either, so it is just a speculation at this point on par with "Ukraine did it" and "russia did it".
12:38 We finally get to the grudging admission that "there might be adverse consequences" - which has been one of the elephants in the room for the entire debate so far In an ostensibly intellectual discussion, the truth is more important (to me, at least) than finding the best way to advocate for your political tribe being in power be they "Left" or "Right" * * whatever those terms mean; and they have certainly changed meaning: Ms Applebaum's political Left is very different from the Left of the 70s & 80s in any meaningful sense
At least 10 minutes into the video and she still can't get over some rich guy from Russia buying a house somewhere. What, don't any American rich guys buy property in other countries?? LOL Ooooh but this is Russia, that's different 😄
I think in the USA there is far more effective separation of law and government than is the case in Russia, therefore less corruption, therefore it is less likely 'American rich guys' will have made money dishonestly than Russian rich guys. Yes, corruption exists everywhere but I would say it is far more prevalent in Russia than in the USA.
Yeah, that was very strange. Awkward, almost like everyone didn't want to look everyone else in the eye or didn't want to reveal they were attending this event
Truth is one thing, deceit, is another. Even God deceived, when the whole host of heaven was present, God asked for "a volunteer" to deceive, lie to King. And cause the King to fall/die in a battle.
That's how neoliberal free market runs itself and hence that is why the autocracy all over is prospering. It is the same in Slovenia, also a former socialist Yougoslavia, a democracy as of now yet with these flaws - hiding of money, creating of networks within people that do the game.... and at the same time all running parties in tune with such system...
Wow, Applebaum is amazing in her capacity to just make things up. 19:41 The interviewer remarks that Applebaum said the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the first example of autocracies challenging the West… what about 2014 in Ukraine? What about 2008 in Georgia? Then she asserts that Putin seems himself as the leader of some large new empire - but on what basis? Listening to the likes of Jeffrey Sachs or John Mearsheimer they’ve got quite a different view on this, one that’s a bit more anchored in reality and history since 1990. 20:25 she remarks about the rules of the international community: changing borders by force, respecting the laws of war, “Never Again”, torture, constructing concentration camps, and stealing children… but how can she so confidently say these things when Israel is doing all of these things but on a much larger scale? The hypocrisy is so overwhelming from the West that these kind of talking points should be laughed at (if only they weren’t so horrible things). Compounding this hypocrisy is the US furnishment of weapons so that all of these criminal acts can continue to be carried out.
Mearsheimer is stucked in Cold war era and he never cares about Russia's neighbors, their freedom, their rights and their agenda. He thinks Russia can do whatever Russia wants just because it is a nuclear country.
Unbelievable. less than 10 minutes in and I had to laugh at her feigned care that outside people buying property in the UK makes it harder for UK citizens to buy property. And what the hell does she mean 'buying property anonymously' -- someone has signed the documents. Is she talking about 'straw' purchasers? I have no doubt that happens in the US, especially by people who have the money and legal ability to do so.
would you rather the USA didn't exist? Would you rather the USA hadn't intervened in World War 2 and allowed the Soviet Union under Stalin or Nazi Germany to dominate the world? Would you rather the USA hadn't emerged as the world's strongest power in the 20th century?
Anne’s journalism style is problem solving at the highest level. Our political system has been highjacked Ultra wealthy. These people own mass media companies that fosters division. This division must stop for the sake of America’s democratic freedom.
Having a difficult time articulating effectively? You can get assistance with that. It's called school. There are adult education programs you can take you would likely find helpful. It will take some effort on your part, though you'll ultimately find it rewarding.
What an ignorant comment. You probably think all of those words make you sound intelligent when they truly portray you as stupid. @@alistersutherland3688
He's are right! 👍 15:40 “'all of them are states ...where the ruling party or the leader seeks to rule without checks and balances, they don't want to have... to be bothered by independent courts... or media” Most hypocritical statement, unless she's referring to trump's 34 convictions, project 2025, or the United States Supreme Court and Corporate media. Obviously she's not, instead. Calmly proceeds to finger point everyone else but not the US. AMAZING! Level of Pontification.@@alistersutherland3688
@@Blanka1100 I don't watch any Russian TV channels. I was born and raised in the US like my father. Saying either agree with this distorted view or you are a Kremlin puppet is irrational.
A dominant narrative- which has a certain amount of merit. A second narrative says that NATO should have managed its own zone- and kept it to the Atlantic geographic location.
Yes. This is a gloss of the situation. Deals were broken with the push of NATO to the east. She doesn’t call out the western oligarchy offshoring those profits and covertly underwriting any number of misadventures.
But it was the countries of eastern Europe that chose to join NATO. The argument about NATO "expansion" is both insulting - it denies agency to the people of Eastern Europe - and misguided. Putin complains about NATO expansion because it prevents him from turning eastern Europe into a Russian "sphere of influence".
@@matthewrampley1894 "But it was the countries of eastern Europe that chose to join NATO." I do not remember any referendum on joining NATO in my country, the Czech Republic. It was never even an election issue.
@@jeffgrove1389 Nato never promised not to expand east and there is no paper signed that ou can show me. Eastern Europe is free. Eastern Europe owes Russia nothing.
@@martinbrezina575 We did not need any referendum. We begged to join in order to be finally secured. Russia is not our master anymore. We owe Russia nothing. If Russia was a good neighbor, there would be no need to join Nato but Russia is always the same. Russia has a break sometimes. Putin does not like Nato but he gives his neighbors ggood reasons to join Nato. Nato stops Putin's sick ideas. He can not invade as much as he would like to.
The LOVE of money is…the root of all evil (a proxy for power that transcends family, faith, culture, and nationalism/ties that bind societies together).
Taxes on worldwide income??? Last time I looked the US and Eritrea were the only two nations that did that ? That is too kleptocratic for most other kleoptocracies.
Nationalism is secondary to religion in its gravity and subverts all values below that. Applebaum struggles at anything she portrays as being any idealism other than those. The way she talks about Ukraine is entirely in a colonialist frame.
I nearly bought the book straight up- but a book that does not include the western duopolies, would not rate with me. Democracy is dictatorship by the majority.
Nothing is worse than Socialism Socialist last Century un alived Over 100 million human beings In Peacetime. Decades of forced labor, starvation and disease.❤ DEMOCIDE. The 200 year old By product of the French Revolution.❤
A very well informed conversation, giving rise to many issues of current interest. I agree with An̈ne that Reform of British financial institutions is called for; I would suggest that there should be reform of the City of London's status (the 'Square Mile') should enter into the public discourse.
The role of Oligarch- owned media can't be underestimated!
She means like some family that owning Israel, USA, France GB, Germany etc?
All the US media is oligarch owned.
All US media is owned by that group.
General Electric owned NBC when NBC was pushing for an illegal war and invasion of Iraq 20 years ago.
The dick cheney doctrine 2024
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Why doesn't she focus on the autocracy in the US. Harvard produced a study in the nineties on how pervasive this is and how it undermines "democracy" in the US.
Anne Applebaum is part of the problem. Look into who her husband is and other ideas she's promoted in the recent past.
@@bunsw2070 She did not invade independent country of Ukraine. Putin did. Her husband is Polish and he knows Russia better than most people ever will.
@@Blanka1100 how can you call a province of the US an independant country.
Because she’s a CIA asset
@@FrancoisMouton-iu7jt
RuZZian troll, obviously.
Mad that Poland is no longer Russian province,
Btw this is direct translation from Russian, they called Poland "Privislanski krai" when they occupied us.
We're surrounded by billionaire dictators who want to rule the world on the outside and billionaires who want to rule the world on the inside.
The billionaires on the outside I'd worry more about if they were in the drivers seat for a couple of decades. This is something interventionists seem to not get. The right measures at the right time.
We're surrounded by oligarchical footsoldiers like Anne Applebaum who turns a blind eye to the dictators she approves of, such as Macron and Zelinsky and all of the dozens of dictators that the USA has openly supported in the past 80 years.
Pinochet must be laughing in his grave at this cretinous mouthpiece of the American oligarchy.
The dick cheney doctrine 2024
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The country with the second most billionaires is Israel.
@@azalia423 so
The high degree of cynical dishonesty being shamelessly espoused without qualification in this discussion with regard to post Soviet Russian history is bone chilling
Ann Applebaum was once a well respected Soviet era historian
Now, she has gone completely to the dark with the arrogance of thinking that it is Ok to completely manufacture truth from thin air to advance ones own interests
Athens is the light!
"cynical dishonesty being shamelessly espoused" "once a well respected Soviet era historian" "gone completely to the dark" I'm sorry sir but you are the one completely in the dark , making a lot of cryptic comments with vague insinuations and with absolutely zero facts. What the f* are you talking about ? If you have some accusations to make then let us all have the facts so we can check the truth or otherwise of them. Otherwise shut the f* up . I'm so tired of the constant BS here
interesting
Word dribble! So you don't like her! That seems to be the only point you make.
I thought that was very specific and clear. @@TheBorgrR
Don’t like her opinion?
France were forced out of Algeria by an army of resistance. They didn't just decide that Algeria wasn't part of France.
more complicated than that. half french society realized that colonialism is unsustainable and they must let go. the other half resisted and tried to kill degaule 30 times! plus, algeria was supported by soviet weapons, brought in by bulgarian ships. ussr sided with algeria. nt because this was the right thing to do, but because they just wanted to hurt france.
Algeria was supported by Gamal Abd El-Nasser's Egypt as part of his anti-colonial campaigns actually, it was the reason why France joined the tripartite aggression in 1956, the "Suez crisis."
@@west_park7993 The west is still trying to colonize and is the main reason they want to kill Trump.
Even more to the point France/Algeria is the worst possible analogy to Russia/Ukraine. Can't get over how dumb she pretends to be
France defeated the Algerian militias. But then De Gaul left anyway.
"I don't care about your rules" Really? Because USA don't care about any rules. Get a grip of yourself. I'm out
This is the small almost slight difference between neocon and neoliberal.
@@taxpayer1040what's the difference between the two?? I didn't know that any of them cared about anybody's rules or laws except their own.. I know of the politicians in America and quite a lot of the mega Rich who are neocons and neo libs.. I've never known the Leo liba to care about rules or laws except they want to change what doesn't suit their agenda.. they do this in Great Britain and the USA.
Applebaum is a symptom of just why the Americancer society is despised and hated worldwide, and why few outside of the boardrooms of major international corporate directorates will mourn its demise, which is imminent.
@@Polit_Burro Dont blame America failure on one person. Arrogance and decadance from the american left and the right is why people don't like Americans. Most of the world doesn't even know who Anne Applebaum is. You give way to much credit to on person about a real point you make.
It is possible for both parties to be the baddies.
Anti -corruption in todays politics is an oxymoron.
It always has been thus. Corruption always gravitates to wealth and power. That doesn't mean it always prevails, but it invariably has influence. The best we can do is curtail it to the best of our abilities as a society. But it will persist nevertheless. In my view, being overly cynical about it is counterproductive. Idealism is meaningless in the face of reality. That's best left to artists, poets, philosophers, writers and the endless procession of activists that have permeated history since time immemorial (I'm among them). Not that it doesn't matter. It does. It informs our views, our perspective. It changes the world in important respects. But deep down in the nitty gritty world of politics and power, it's a paltry token. Wars are fought. People are killed. Interests are the order of the day, every day. Power is what matters in the big scheme of things. You want change? Work towards political and economic power, because that's how it works in the real world.
End foreign interest lobbies.
BRAVO! Tell it like it is
Its not about Left or Right or Black or White,its the rich on both sides staying Rich and keeping the rest of the people surbs
Yes it is about those things. The "left" are the plebs and common people, the "right" is the aristocracy, just because our politicians have stopped supporting the left, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. As far as the black and white thing, it doesn't really matter to the plebs, but it does matter to the aristocracy. They are racist bastards for the most part. It's more than creating division for them. They believe they are the chosen people that are meant to rule the world by virtue of their wealth and power.
How many other govts did USA try to overthrow?
Or better still when was the US overthrown > AIPAC ?
We are at 80+ coups now.
@@fractal1133And yet she’s still treating with the presumption of “rightness”!
I don’t know how many other Govts did Brazil, Russia, China or Africa try to overthrow?
Try to? The better question is how many governments USA did overthrow and how many countries don't exist any more, i.e. have been Balkanized, stripped of resources, weakened... because of Western (mostly, Anglosphere's) malversations and interfering - with very few people knowing about it, and those who did either were in on it, or "had an accident".
Has not the USA tortured people indiscrimatly ?
Guantanamo Bay?
The American Oligarchy does not consider them to be "people". Only Rich Americans are deserving of this title.
Yes.... and your point is?
@@TheBorgrR The point is, the USA tortures people (after kidnapping them and transporting them illegally out of their country of residence/origin to some torture chamber in a third country from which they never return) and also lectures the rest of us about "human rights"
So what is the US' "point" in posing itself as some entity that is a "champion" of such rights?
are you really this thick-headed, or are you just trolling? Serious question.
You mean Abu Ghraib? Oh noooooooo. That was just a reality show!
Going straight to the end of the discussion, she sums up by saying she admires the "optimists" trying to change the world. That sounds wonderful! I would say she admires the technocratic neolib/neocon ideologues who "optimistically" tried to spread democracy around the world, including Russia/Ukraine with devastating effects that practically brought the West to its knees. People are fed up. We don't need "optimists" we need wise leaders, and they are in short supply.
The West is neither at its knees nor is Russia a democracy. Your handwaving is over what? That Ukrainians have shown they can successfully have a nation where elections are honest? Guess what, that is not a bad thing nor has it been for them. Putin may be scared people will notice but that may be because it reveals the weakness of his own practices.
no, Applebaum told us who the optimists are whom she admires and it isn't anyone you are describing - you're about 2 generations out and west is doing a fine job of cutting itself off at the knees because of clueless mischief makers. People in real trouble, in real military, religious and political dictatorships always need optimists. If you ever had the misfortune of living where this has happened you would know that.
Blackrock has stolen all the money in the Usa. The USA and the UK are no longer European nations, they've become 3rd world nations that eat cats. This woman thinks she can lie to everyone
@@lccsd2392 Thanks for your post. But I´m afraid you are engaging with these users as if they were real people writing in good faith. Most are not. The Russian propaganda/disinformation army is out in force here.
please describe your concept of a leader...your statements/observations lack substance and an actual point of view
Judging by the comments, the amount of awareness is refreshing
russian trolls in action.
My thoughts exactly
@@yourgopnikcomrade sorry guys you have it wrong way round
Yes the Russian trolls are out in full force.
@@robertmiskey5502 it proves she is right with every word she says.
Well, this interview went neocon quick !
The name never fails to live up to expectations.
@rockapedra11830 I had the same thought just after 8 minutes😂😂. Went straight to comments..
Thanks you saved me from having to watch
If it’s Anne Applebaum speaking, sooner than most. 😅
@@rockapedra1130 I am from Venezuela and live and suffer the tragedy of a criminal Dictatorship. After two decades of abuse and more than ten years of state terrorism, Venezuelans have been hoping for the so called free world and democratic nations to support the long and democratic fight of the people for freedom, the recovery of democracy, our institutions and riches, which have been, by the way, robbed for the sustenance of the Castro’s communism and the Venezuela’s regime, exploited by China, Iran, Russia, and to turn into millionaires the Chavez family, Maduro and his team of criminals. 8 million Venezuelans have had to leave our beloved country, parents, even children, etc. This only happens in a country where there is war.
The first minor red flag with this woman is that she writes for the Washington Post. The more serious one after 19:30, considering she's supposedly an accomplished investigative journalist, is that she's completely unaware of Thomas L. Friedman's interview in 1998 with George Kennan, the architect of the Cold War containment policy. It's available online. He's one of many expert voices at the time and since who have warned that we should have been working with rather than against the Russians who helped us defeat the Soviets.
Putin has been warning that NATO in Ukraine is a hard red line for 30 years, yet NATO leaders at the summit in June 2021 reaffirmed the decision made in 2008 that Ukraine would eventually become a member. The Cuban missile crisis proves that the US wouldn't tolerate it if the situation was reversed. I'm sick of all these warmongering neocons on our side, who are bringing us so close to nuclear annihilation, by saying Russia is evil, its all their fault, and there was nothing we could have done to prevent the escalation.
Putin invaded non Nato Ukraine because he wants Ukraine as a part of Russia. He knew he could invade non Nato Ukraine only. Natois an excuse, not a reason. Putin has always wanted russain empire back and he knew it would be impossible without Ukraineas a part of it. He does not want Ukraine to exist as a separate state. His feels "provoked" by Ukraine's independence. USA did not want to make Cuba a part of USA and did not say about Cuba anything like "it is not real" unlike Putin and Ukraine's case. Ukraine had zero chance to join Nato. Ukraine had no will to join before 2014. Putin blames Russia's past and present victims for calling the police. USA is a super power. Russia is not. USSR is gone. Eastern Europe is not soviet backyard anymore. They joned Nato in order to be secured from Russia's aggression because they knew Russia would come back sooner or later. Finland joined Nato because Putin invaded Ukraine and Putin did nothing. It proves it is not about Nato. Putin wants Ukraine. If Ukraine had been in Nato, he would have never been able to overrun Ukraine. Nato keeps expanding because countries apply for it. They want to join because Russia acts the way she acts. It is not a friendy neighbor. Never was. Russia has a break sometimes and that is all. Russians love playing the victim card. Eastern Europe is Russia's victim! Always! Start respecting their agenda, freedom, roght to decide o their own. Putin blames his victims for calling the police.
Leaders like Applebaum Graham Nuland have brainwashed the legacy media and their readership. None of them question the Monroe Doctrine. Yet they seem to think the reverse doesn’t apply when it comes to Russia. Dangerous hypocrisy considering they risk provoking a nuclear response.
Spot on! You got that Right.
This Australian agrees with you, cheers.
Sounds like a lot of pro-Putin propaganda. This current war was never about NATO. Ukraine was not in NATO nor about to join when Putin decided attacked Ukraine. You also left out that in Kennan's earlier writings he opposed Ukrainian nationalists because he didn't think Ukraine could sustain itself as a nation economically or otherwise. But he acknowledged if he was wrong in that regard then his recommendation against supporting Ukrainian nationalists should be rethought. The modern nation of Ukraine successfully existed since the 1990s.
Do we follow the Geneva convention? Do we honor votes at the UN?
The UN for all practical purposes is a lab dog of the US and its vassals
Yes more than anyone else
The so-called US exceptionalism does not permit it.
Get over it ! It is called free market economics.
Can any journalist report world events from the standpoint of a neutral observer without editorialized agenda.
Like ZERO comparison between France and Algere and Russia and Ukraine. She doesn't get THAT?
I'm more worried about British and American neo-conservatism. They meddle everywhere in their own interest, no matter how much suffering and violence that causes.
"We believe the cost (500,000 dead Iraqi children) is worth the cheap oil." - U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (1996)
Here here
You should be more worried about Putin’s ambitions for the world.
@@robertmiskey5502 Putin isn't running an international kidnapping and human torture ring out of Cuba, is he?
He hasn't invaded any nations in the Middle East, has he? He didn't just finish a 20 year illegal occupation of Afghanistan did he?
Why should we be "concerned" about Putin, Karen?
@@robertmiskey5502 Why? What do you know about Putin's ambitions for the world and who told you (or, where did you learn about it)?
Applebaum's remark (at about 12:40) that "we don't think very creatively about any of this" seems endemic of all of our public sector activities.
same here in Germany .. sigh
Thatcher and Reagan did a number on the collective.
As a Dane with the most extensive Danish labor model, flexicurity has made our welfare system and general public sector, solid. Creativity is a fluff word in that in Denmark is used as a cheap method to save on programs but not do anything for the people.
When has the long-standing institutions been very creative or unorthodox? Most importantly - where are you living? Because saying "our" on internet, even anglophone either doesn't narrow it down and assuming everyone is from your country is entitled. Lovely Danish comment above you shows we're not all in the same internal situation. All i'm saying, state your location when commenting on international geopolitical content.
She's too busy "thinking creatively" about how to lie about all of the dictators the USA has supported since 1948.
I'm Augusto Pinochet and I endorse her message!
LOL
From this discussion you would have no idea that any western country had ever interfered in Ukraine.
The USA had been planning this for decades. They hoped the proxy war with Russia would weaken Russia and provide access to Ukraine’s resources for the benefits of its Oligarchs who are buying up the land.
Define "interfered". Of course many countries are involved with Ukrainians.
Oh please get lost! Is little putin and russia not interfering no? You are a joke.
Yep. Apparently Russia is still the frightening monster under the poor Westerners' bed
@rodrigomartins4104 russia....the country invading a neighbour? That russia? The one ruled by a megalomaniac with nukes? That the one you're talking about? Maybe you should keep your stupidity to yourself next time 👍
Well Anne - you are so smart but you really can't understand why most of the world doesn't see the US as democratic and doesnt want to follow US orders.
Because the USA always has two sets of rules - one for "we" (itself and a few select vassals) and "thee" (those it has targeted for "regime change" or whose resources are deemed by the American oligarchy to be "essential" to "US Interests".
The dick cheney doctrine 2024
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I would say... you spend a waist of time on this. Bit pathetic don't you think!
Maybe because most of the world is not a democracy? )))
Are those mostly countries where they make concentration camps for minorities, do female genital mutilation, stone raped women to death and throw gays from roofs?
Oh no, she understands all about that.
She was part of Council on Foreign Relations...thats all i needed to know.....
2300 years ago. In his book "Politics" Aristotle wrote about how democracies are destroyed by Oligarchs. Oligarchs rule the USA and Europe.
Most of the land and property in Britain is privately owned by the ruling class, has been for centuries and still is today, impossible to find out the identity of said owners, unless you are a multi millionaire.To make out rhis is a new phenomenon practiced by autocracies is nonsense, and this particular discussion it is used to disguise i would say Anne's unhinged hatred of Russia.
You Brits, (if you are British?) need to ferret out the ancient english oligarchs who stole your land from the beginning. We Americans are too fat to do any research as our fingers have grown useless for anything beyond shoveling food into our mouths. But you Brits are still somewhat emaciated, thus still able-bodied enough to turn pages and tap keyboards. For the worlds' sake, please bring down those founding fuck-alls that made the rules up so that they would have it all forever. Thanks so much.
RuZZian trolls, or rather their owners, are mad their access to Western goods and properties got cut off.
Good 😅
Yeah, hatred for Russia is definitely her main obsession and driver .. or rather of Russia AS RUSSIA IS AND WANTS TO BE. She would prefer a Russia of her own concoction, kind of an extension of the US and Europe, mainly ideologically speaking. They all had their plans for Russia, that had nothing to do with actual Russia. But it all went kerplunk and they can't get over it. I'm not sure why it's such an obsession.. doesn't her country have things to improve and work on? What does she care what kind of systems other people want to live with? If they had kept their hands off of Ukraine, there wouldn't be this war, and that's a cold fact.
AND BTW - she never answered that guy's question who asked what we could have done better, not one thing that he named did she address, she just started adding more lies to the pile, such as some ludicrous stuff about Russia showing imperialism in the 90s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
@@jelesstaats5130 laws allowing to own property without disclose the owner were never meant to allow enemies own them.
This law needs to be changed ASAP, let Russian politicians invest in the best country in the world, Russia.
They have no business to own anything in the West.
Would they allow foreigners to buy land in Siberia ?
Inf act, they lured Western companies into believing they could, only to nationalize everything (check Shell investment in Siberia).
@@mirka The guy she talked about was Luzhkov, who is looong dead. Give me a break!! He was essentially the first mayor of Moscow after the fall of communism. I can't believe she's dwelling on that very stale story. That tells me she has no new ones of the sort. I am honestly perplexed 😂
Her husband Radek Sikorski tweeting " Thank you US " after blowing Nordstream, was just priceless.
Thank you Radek for telling the truth !!!
Aha, ok, I did not put these 2 dots together, but thanks. So it was her husband who commented this on Twitter !!! Wauww....
@@WiersmaMark Yes he did. And then he deleted the tweet (When he got the angry call from the White House or the Pentagon I assume...). But it was too late. The guy is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. So, he is well connected in Washington.
At 49:50 they didn't answer
Anglosphere debate is basically ignoring all what you have done and transforming your current enemy in a devil in order to legitimize his murder as an act of victory by democracy
And that is how you do it.... call out the devil when you see one. You know people are getting sick and tied of this decadent blaming.
Some strange comments on this page.
Russia bots working overtime against truth.
@@themaskedman221 Indeed.
Hmm. I'll take democracy, thanks. What do propose as an alternative? In your convoluted comment, you don't actually articulate anything specific, and it's not at all clear what you're saying.
What about american dictators that are already ruling?
A better question is what about all of the dictators that her government has supported since 1948? What about Pinochet and the overthrow by the USA of the democratically-elected government of Chile? The list of US-backed murderous dictators is a long one, which Crapplebomb knows well, and hopes that her audience has little memory of.
This is why the US media constantly barrages its audiences with so called "reality" shows in order to get them to actually lose touch with actual reality by burying history under tons of rhetoric like this.
What about them?
@@TheBorgrR Clean your own pigsty before lecturing the rest of the world. That's what.
You mean the wealthy self interested who want more wealth and power.
Tell us about GAZA human right violations???
No she not going to say anything about it she considers herself Jewish it's like Madeline Albright twin pure evil s
When she has her head so far up her aspirin about Ukrain it’s hard to take her seriously about anything.
Except when she mentioned Uranian drones. A bit can be forgiven for that, perhaps?
'We are an imperial country and we can do what we want.' Does that only apply to Russia?
yeah, probably least of all to Russia!!! Is Russia the one that has 800+ military bases around the world?? ..NOT
That great number of US imperial forces (which is what NATO is now) seems to not be a bother for the majority. Obviously the majority are not commenting here. Oh no I’ve just got to part about Navalny, who was a ‘western influenced & planted tool’. It cost him dearly in prison time & don’t know if Russians killed him, but he was up to no good, sabotaging Russia’s plan not to be dictated to by ‘the west/NATO
@@comment6864 Joining Nato is a choice while being Warsaw pact member was made by force. Russia invades to annex.
@@comment6864 Russia is not a super power either but loves acting like it is.
@@Blanka1100Russia defends itself against the US led imperial core. Albright used to say its unfair that Russia is so big… i.e. we want to rob it, but we just cant so we have to agitate it, extend it, annoy it, upset it…
I quit at 20min as she obviously has an agenda and is not interested in truth.
One of the foremost authorities on autocracies and Russia doesn't know as much as Y3227jl...gotcha...
@@hw-rg7gn is that what she calls herself? Wow.. i had no idea. That's pretty funny then
An Applebaum without apples is no authority.
@@AnneliedeWet The 'Baum' gives her away
I listened to the whole show, because I can make up my own mind and am not influenced that easy.
So you demand identification to buy property, but something tells me that you would not insist on this same criteria to vote in American elections.
😂
Why would you think that? You make a weird statement.
Its funny how they got the people most likely to fight digital identity get riled up about this issue so they will take the bait😂
Identifying yourself prior to voting...prey-tell,
in the context of TODAYS new realities.......
exactly what would be wrong with that ????
@@TheBorgrRbecause the Trump and Putin boys have hijacked the comments. They aren’t young couples trying to buy property in cities or market towns and are limited to dodgy leaseholds. They don’t have aunts in villages whose community is dead because no one’s donating to keep the hall up and the church spire is falling down because the Lord of the manor lives in Vladivostok 95% of the time and doesn’t give a damn. They may even be paid to throw around a false image that we don’t mind those pieces of dirt owning half of England
I'm heartened to see this video was ratioed by Views vs Likes. Also nice to see the comments of viewers are not as easily fooled as they once were. People are not as dumb as Applebaum would like us to think. It is she who hasn't gotten the memo that there is this thing called the internet.
Yes...there are a lot of trols watching an 1 houre video about something the dont like.
@@TheBorgrR A good atheist has read the Bible.
Absolutely! Couldn't believe it. So heartening.
@@missykins3193 And what is your point? Besides it is rediculous and nonsencicle what you write. Typical christian-centric thinking.
Absolutely ! I am so delighted to read the comments of other viewers and the further I go down in the list of comments the more I am pleased to see that as good as all comments come from people who are not easily fooled as you say. It would be interesting to know what the host of this interview reflects on this.
Never heard so much of bs on western media in one week that i heard for 20 minutes watching this.
Unless you’re on the side of the billionaire foreigners I can’t see how you don’t agree with this. Why can’t a successful lawyer with a family afford a place in Kensington anymore when they could 20 years ago? Anyone trying to buy a place and suddenly realising it’s a leasehold owned by some shady foreign company knows this problem in and out
@@minui8758 ITS THE WAY OF THE WORLD, ALWAYS HAS BEEN. A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER BY ANY METRIC WILL NOT BE AFFORDING A HOME ANYWHERE IN KENSINGTON YOU FVCKING FANCIFUL WALLY. YOU PROBABLY AINT EVEN ORIGINALLY FROM THE CAPITAL YOURSELF LOL. ANYONE GROWN UP HERE WOULD TELL YOU HOW ABSURD THAT IS. SUCH PLACES ARE INDEED FOR THOSE WITH EXTREME MONEY, NOT A RANDOM LAWYER LOL. LONDON IS UP FOR SALE, FOR ANYONE, ANYONE WHO HAS THE MONEY THAT IS. IT IS A NO MAN'S LAND OF INTERNATIONAL SETTLERS, IT ISN'T 'BRITISH', NOR IS ANY OTHER MAJOR WESTERN CAPITAL ANYMORE. THE CITY BELONGS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AT THE CENTRE, QUIT CRYING. MONOPOLY, PAY TO PLAY. A LONG GAME OR THE THEIVE'S THEME. LONDON HAS PLENTYYYY OTHER AREAS FOR LAWYERS LOL, YOU WANTED TO BE A BIG FISH IN A POND FOREVER. COMPETE AT SCALE AND STOP THE WINGE CAMPAIGN
Anne Applebaum's husband Radek Sikorski " Thank you US " after blowing Nordstream 1&2
So what? I could not care less you did it.
@@alexandervantricht2189 they trying to blame Poland🤭
Pure evil!
I doubt that AA actually believes in what she says. This is agit prop for the masses, nothing more.
Yes indeed
I am very open minded and this is why I started listening but already I sense an anti Russian bias with the jokes and I am concerned about the Washington Post and its bias. The topic of discussion here must cover the broad spectrum of corruption in lots of so called democracies, especially the US.
I would say very few countries have true peoples democracies that don't allow the buying of elected representatives. I continue to listen in the hope this is not a trade of some useful insights mixed with propaganda.
The internet is actually exposing leaders who have falsely projected moralistic narratives. Gaza has ended all my respect for US democracy, or should I say Shamocracy.
The analysis of the Ukraine/Russia is TOTALLY false propaganda. What about the recordings of Victoria Newland who was instrumental in overthrowing a democratically elected government.
I get of the bus here because I know from my own independent research that what she is saying is clearly false.
@@Killane10 this is part of the western propaganda against Russia and the none West.
It’s a pity so called academics sound like they are reading talking points from the White House!
Really interested in learning your perspective on the war. I've heard reports that Zelensky has been doing all sorts of human trafficking shit. Putin doesn't seem like he's really the "good guy" either though. Ukraine historically has been really fought over a lot and has been the sight of horrific violence. Partly it seems because it is the bread basket of Europe. Site of both a lot of historical pogroms and the holodomor.
Your reminder about Victoria “fuck the EU” Nuland is on point.
As I haven’t finished listening I wonder whether James Baker’s promise, during German reunification talks, that NATO would not move an inch eastwards is mentioned.
I’m not holding my breath though.
I guess she was able to go there, with the penultimate questioner: her answer was a bit rushed. I have to say that both her sharp mind and optimism come across, even if I disagree on her view on NATO or the USA as a force for democracy.
@@honeybozo she only got deeper into the lies.. the whole notion that Russia showed imperialistic tendencies in the 90s is LUDICROUSLY false. She's got BALLS though.. gotta give her that. This one can lie without turning even a shade
I don't know who she is, so I was quite interested. Not for long....
Same old same old😊
James Baker solemnly promised Russia, that NATO would NEVER move an inch Eastward. That promise was violated over and over until Russia's red-line was crossed. Anne is either ignorant of this or is conveniently ignoring this.
That claim is false. It's just a Russian propaganda line.
Oh, she knows only too well.
She's part of the group orchestrating all this.
There is no paper signed not to expand Nato east that you can show me and Russia is the last one to decide about it.
Small talk behind the scene when one guy said something to the other guy is not written agreement. Stop spreading lies. Nato never signed any paper not to expand east. Russia does not own Eastern Europe anymore. They decide on their own. Stop blaming Russia's past and present victims for calling the police.
Russia has no red lines. Russia has excuses.
The guest did not give the actual reasons Russia invaded Ukraine.
Over to you....
The reason is Putin's ego only
@@Blanka1100 Only, huh?
These types NEVER do.
@@Blanka1100
Jeffery Sachs
Glenn Diesen
Anatol Lieven
Col Lawrence Wilkerson
Chas Freeman
Ambassador Jack F Matlock
Sumantra Maitra
Richard Sakwa
Nicolai Petro
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Neutrality Studies
Daniel Davis deep dive
Alexander Mercouris
Judge Napolitano
Geopolitical Economy Report
So, a "journalist" who reports on what has been reported, is best placed to advise on military strategy? On what basis does she conclude that Ukraine can win? All credible military analysts have disagreed profoundly with that strange assessment. Ukraine is losing. That was predictable. It would have been better to negotiate peace in March 2022. But none of these "experts" wants to discuss peace, not even now, that Ukraine's electricity grid has been destroyed. So yes, prepare for more refugees into Poland, and into Europe. This is not about democracy and autocracy. What a diversion from reality. It is ONLY about war and peace.
The West initially (misguidedly) though Russia would fold if tested hard enough being a hollowed out shell of its former self, if they just propped up Ukraine a bit and kept them from negotiating on day one...but it rapidly descended into a sunk cost fallacy where they moved to a proposition that if Russia was not going to fold right away they could use the Ukrainians to hurt them economically and militarily to a point they'd be set back on their heels for a generation or more even when they did win further down the line...
and yet Russia actually became a more dangerous opponent due to this meddling, seeing its entire war infrastructure modernized and battle doctrine overhauled to step up to the challenge...
leaving the West in a position where it can't simply back out for the loss of face it would show the world...but can't offer anything of value to actually help Ukraine come out of it in one piece...
At this point there seems no path that does not lead to the utter collapse of Ukraine...even if they fighting stopped tomorrow, its people have fled , its industries are wrecked and its finances are beyond recoverable...
Once again The West mints tomorrows enemies by today's misadventures...If we'd had to fight Russia at some point...fighting Its Pre 2022 capabilities would have been the opponent we'd wan't, not what we've helped forge in Ukraine...
Putin should have stayed inside his own borders. Did he?
Are you klaus Swabs daughter?
Do you hate English grammar?
Rad Sikorski's wife......
Klaus Schwab's *concubine*
@@thesolarengineer I don't care. How about your German?
No, his sun ;-=
In simple terms, it comes down to pathological greed.
Can Anne tell us how much Zelensky has and where?
It does not matter, Putin has a 1000x more than Zelensky
How much do you earn on the Russian trol farm?
@@TheBorgrR Spoken like a true ideologue. Give me a break! Are you completely unaware of the level of corruption in Ukraine?
It’s a legitimate question douche bag!
@@TheBorgrR It's a good question though.
As evil as Nuland
From the same tribe.
Nuland had real power and she used it to kill millions of civilians. Truly barbaric.
@@AIandComputerUse-nw6lc Apple would have done the same given the chance
@@NineInchTyrone You are 100% correct.
And Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken......
Jokers who stroke each other's egos.
Yes, Ukraine's war has nothing to do with NATO.😆😆😆😆
WEF
I don't understand why 2 non European nations "UK and USA" want Europe to start a nuclear war with Russia. Russia is European. The USA and UK are not.
No it doesn't. Putin's Imperialism doesn't need NATO exist. And it is Putin's war with Ukraine.
@@brianmurray1395
Also not
Book Summary:
American-led autocratic hegemony = Good 👍🏾 and everything else = Bad‼️
This is a pro-US, propagandistic hit piece!
yoyo
From Anne Applebaum too! Shocker!
Oh look, someone trying to stick words in someone else's mouth because actually talking about what she said may reveal corruption in multiple nations as well as Imperialism by some nations.
for British interest 😂
@@gregtriplex5878
The one is the other.
@@edwardmclaughlin7935 if I see the since WWII who lead the narrative to drag US enter the european war until become WWII it was a British and Poland war against Germany and turn to drag US and Sovyet become her ally. same in the middle east, British need outpost to control Suez canal, the most strategic trade sea road in the world. she drag US to secure outpost(Israel), war with Iraq, actually because the British got caught stealing Iraq oil from Kwait, and she drag US too. every US entering conflict its because British getting trouble and US act as a thug for UK.
Democracy might be described as the process of turning conflict into a competitive game. But if your opponents are more powerful than you, then all you are left with is the conflict.
Good God - you and this woman needs to research a bit more - try "European irrationality in Ukraine" - Michael von der Schulenburg,(UN Diplomat/Specialist in UN for 34 years) Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen - to get another side of this story.
She knows all she wants to know and says what she wants and has had every opportunity to know anything she wants.
Compared to Stephen F Cohen who wrote War with Russia years ago Applebaum is an amateur with little integrity or commitment to historical truth and the real nature of colonial NATO..
But she's a woman, that's what is important for the idiots.
put simply she's a shill
what exactly makes NATO "colonial"?
@@danilabezmenov3489 Nothing. Nato does not force any country to join and does not annex.
Rusty iron curtain and nato...😅
She is cut of the very same golden nugget as Victoria Nuland, but less politically powerful. Her choice Husband is interesting choice tells you all that you need.. "In 1992, Applebaum married Radosław Sikorski, who later served as Poland's Defence Minister, Foreign Minister, Marshal of the Sejm, and a member of the European Parliament. Since 2023, he serves again as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The couple have two sons, Aleksander and Tadeusz.[81] She became a Polish citizen in 2013.[82] She speaks Polish and Russian in addition to English" And "According to Applebaum, her great-grandparents immigrated to America during the reign of Alexander III of Russia from what is now Belarus."
SO WHAT? There is nothing wrong with that.
Her people loathe Russians and the Orthodox Church with a passionate visceral hatred.
@@Blanka1100 are you her girlfriend?????
@@cleightorres3841 😆
@@cleightorres3841 I just wrote there is nothing wrong with being married to Poland's FM so I could not care less about being her or anybody else's gf.
Anne Applebaum is married to the current Polish defense minister. She should be considered by the US government as a foreign agent subject to FARA.
Are these people really so delusional or is it really willful lie after lie after lie after lie?
the latter. there's a bit of auto brainwashing goes on but at bottom they are crystal clear about their ways and means.
What do you disagree with?
Who are “these people”?🤔
One million homeless in America. Why is that . Why rich doesn’t pay taxes.
Only one million...?
What I fear is a capable, competent, evil tyrant.
@@railworker8058 when in history has there been a capable, competent, evil tyrant?
@@grisall My point entirely. Evil fails until it doesn’t.
@@grisall There have been many. Eventually they all fail, but the journey is always devastation for the people and the country, as well as the countries they also devastate along the way.
Stalin is a good example.
Her history of the Gulag is fantastic and very accurate; her opinions about current history not so much. The fact that she's married to a famous American neo-can says it all really about her biased viewpoints. Wouldn't be surprised if she's being paid by the state department to peddle this BS.
Payed by AIPAC
@@paulevans8348 excuse me but AA’s husband is Polish.
Her rhetoric is really unhinged. I dropped her.
That's pretty arrogant of you. Anna who really knows something about this subject versus paulvans8348 who knows shit.
@@adamski-l5w Polish neocon. The guy is a lunatic.
SHe has no specific examples of the money laundering she talks about in home ownership. All generalities.
Interesting point, that the Vietnamese apparently don't share a desire to bring the downfall of Western democracies, with places like Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. One thing that may play a role is the perception of themselves as the "winners" in the Vietnam War. This was one of the first things out of the mouth of a Vietnamese student I had once, who I feared might be resentful of me, an American, because of the war... just the opposite, she expressed her interest in America and Americans, as "the losers" of the war with her country. I had never thought of it that way, but rather as a huge, senseless tragedy that nobody won. This really opened my eyes.
The more I read through comments the more apparent it becomes those criticizing Ann rarely provide any substantial arguments aside from emotional appeal and ad hominem attacks. Kind of glad to be on the opposite side. 😂
mad russian trolls it is a proof Anne does a great job.
Russia pays a lot for trolls who making comments
I suppose you believe her wonderful husband too. Thanks america for destroying Nordstream and German industry.
Well, she didn't mention Boris Johnson going to Ukraine and talking Zelinsky out of the peace deal with Russia.
She didn't mention the destruction of Nordstream 2 (by the US).
@@kiwitrainguy , Boris Johnson may have changed Zelenzky's opinion indeed by reassuring support from the United Kingdom. This support was declared in the Budapest memorandum that UK and russia signed though, so I see no issue there. As for the Nordstream 2, I have seen no evidence that USA did that and I'm pretty sure you have no such evidence either, so it is just a speculation at this point on par with "Ukraine did it" and "russia did it".
12:38 We finally get to the grudging admission that "there might be adverse consequences" - which has been one of the elephants in the room for the entire debate so far
In an ostensibly intellectual discussion, the truth is more important (to me, at least) than finding the best way to advocate for your political tribe being in power be they "Left" or "Right" *
* whatever those terms mean; and they have certainly changed meaning: Ms Applebaum's political Left is very different from the Left of the 70s & 80s in any meaningful sense
At least 10 minutes into the video and she still can't get over some rich guy from Russia buying a house somewhere. What, don't any American rich guys buy property in other countries?? LOL Ooooh but this is Russia, that's different 😄
I think in the USA there is far more effective separation of law and government than is the case in Russia, therefore less corruption, therefore it is less likely 'American rich guys' will have made money dishonestly than Russian rich guys. Yes, corruption exists everywhere but I would say it is far more prevalent in Russia than in the USA.
@@williammarsh4321 That is the truth.
It;'s a bit silly having a darkened room. Academia thrives in The Light.
Yeah, that was very strange. Awkward, almost like everyone didn't want to look everyone else in the eye or didn't want to reveal they were attending this event
Truth is one thing, deceit, is another. Even God deceived, when the whole host of heaven was present, God asked for "a volunteer" to deceive, lie to King. And cause the King to fall/die in a battle.
Oh what an Evil web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
That's how neoliberal free market runs itself and hence that is why the autocracy all over is prospering. It is the same in Slovenia, also a former socialist Yougoslavia, a democracy as of now yet with these flaws - hiding of money, creating of networks within people that do the game.... and at the same time all running parties in tune with such system...
This Applebaum has always borne Poison Apples.
Wow, Applebaum is amazing in her capacity to just make things up.
19:41 The interviewer remarks that Applebaum said the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the first example of autocracies challenging the West… what about 2014 in Ukraine? What about 2008 in Georgia?
Then she asserts that Putin seems himself as the leader of some large new empire - but on what basis? Listening to the likes of Jeffrey Sachs or John Mearsheimer they’ve got quite a different view on this, one that’s a bit more anchored in reality and history since 1990.
20:25 she remarks about the rules of the international community: changing borders by force, respecting the laws of war, “Never Again”, torture, constructing concentration camps, and stealing children… but how can she so confidently say these things when Israel is doing all of these things but on a much larger scale? The hypocrisy is so overwhelming from the West that these kind of talking points should be laughed at (if only they weren’t so horrible things). Compounding this hypocrisy is the US furnishment of weapons so that all of these criminal acts can continue to be carried out.
Mearsheimer is stucked in Cold war era and he never cares about Russia's neighbors, their freedom, their rights and their agenda. He thinks Russia can do whatever Russia wants just because it is a nuclear country.
High level spreading lies.
I don't understand why 2 non European nations "UK and USA" want Europe to start a nuclear war with Russia. Russia is European. The USA and UK are not.
Another teapot calling the kettle black.
A very knowledgeable and courageous teapot
BTW. Winning a Pulitzer prize means very little.
This is very dangerous Gobnik thinking on her part. Peculiar American accent on top of it.
I wouldnt call it "peculiar" i would call it tribal lol
Tuning in to hear the NATO liar in chief.
Unbelievable. less than 10 minutes in and I had to laugh at her feigned care that outside people buying property in the UK makes it harder for UK citizens to buy property. And what the hell does she mean 'buying property anonymously' -- someone has signed the documents. Is she talking about 'straw' purchasers? I have no doubt that happens in the US, especially by people who have the money and legal ability to do so.
You're missing her point.
Google needs to put some serious energy in dealing with the Russian troll farm invasions on RUclips
@@Gotoooooo" indoctrination"?? You really have to modernize your Kremlin vocabulary...
which are the trolls? Please enlighten.. i want to lear to identify them
You mean anybody whose view departs from the Approved Narrative?
How many invasions, bombing, regime change has the usa done world wide?
would you rather the USA didn't exist? Would you rather the USA hadn't intervened in World War 2 and allowed the Soviet Union under Stalin or Nazi Germany to dominate the world? Would you rather the USA hadn't emerged as the world's strongest power in the 20th century?
I don’t know how many has russsia done? China?
Nonsensical. Trustworthy? Why Minsk agreement not respected. A.A need to wake up.
Anne should ask Russian people if they think that the 1990s were great, as she suggests... This woman is unbelievable!!!
But they were good for Wall Street- that's the most important thing.
We didn't have censorship in schools and we could publish, buy and read any books we liked in the 1990s, unlike now
This self-proclaimed watchdog of democracy is more like a lapdog for the National Security apparatus.
Non-stop lies from this PoS.
"Ann agrees with me; therefore she is the greatest historian of all TIME !" OFFS ...
send in air defense? But you've already been doing that for 2 years!
Anne’s journalism style is problem solving at the highest level. Our political system has been highjacked Ultra wealthy. These people own mass media companies that fosters division. This division must stop for the sake of America’s democratic freedom.
2100 dislikes, nice. Still far too few dislikes for this kind of sinister, braindead propaganda.
“modern authoritarian regimes” you didn’t include the current UK Labour Government.
What an hypocrite !
Having a difficult time articulating effectively? You can get assistance with that. It's called school. There are adult education programs you can take you would likely find helpful. It will take some effort on your part, though you'll ultimately find it rewarding.
What an ignorant comment. You probably think all of those words make you sound intelligent when they truly portray you as stupid. @@alistersutherland3688
He's are right! 👍
15:40 “'all of them are states ...where the ruling party or the leader seeks to rule without checks and balances, they don't want to have... to be bothered by independent courts... or media” Most hypocritical statement, unless she's referring to trump's 34 convictions, project 2025, or the United States Supreme Court and Corporate media. Obviously she's not, instead. Calmly proceeds to finger point everyone else but not the US. AMAZING! Level of Pontification.@@alistersutherland3688
Selling books
Lol
Applebaum lies about so much it's incredible.
So go back to watching RT chanelf that makes you feel better.
@@Blanka1100 I don't watch any Russian TV channels. I was born and raised in the US like my father. Saying either agree with this distorted view or you are a Kremlin puppet is irrational.
@@NewOrleansSeptember It is easy to be blind and naive if you live far away. Anne lives next to Russia. Me too.
Blahb blah playing the victim card
A dominant narrative- which has a certain amount of merit. A second narrative says that NATO should have managed its own zone- and kept it to the Atlantic geographic location.
Yes. This is a gloss of the situation. Deals were broken with the push of NATO to the east. She doesn’t call out the western oligarchy offshoring those profits and covertly underwriting any number of misadventures.
But it was the countries of eastern Europe that chose to join NATO. The argument about NATO "expansion" is both insulting - it denies agency to the people of Eastern Europe - and misguided. Putin complains about NATO expansion because it prevents him from turning eastern Europe into a Russian "sphere of influence".
@@matthewrampley1894 "But it was the countries of eastern Europe that chose to join NATO." I do not remember any referendum on joining NATO in my country, the Czech Republic. It was never even an election issue.
@@jeffgrove1389 Nato never promised not to expand east and there is no paper signed that ou can show me. Eastern Europe is free. Eastern Europe owes Russia nothing.
@@martinbrezina575 We did not need any referendum. We begged to join in order to be finally secured. Russia is not our master anymore. We owe Russia nothing. If Russia was a good neighbor, there would be no need to join Nato but Russia is always the same. Russia has a break sometimes. Putin does not like Nato but he gives his neighbors ggood reasons to join Nato. Nato stops Putin's sick ideas. He can not invade as much as he would like to.
Boris Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anthony Blinken, Ursula VonDer Leyen, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair and Bono.
Horrifying woman...
truth hurts?
@@Blanka1100 Nothing truthful comes out of her mouth.
@@redcoat4348 Truth hurts russian trolls
@@Blanka1100 Not russian lol, but I could say you're mexican though from your username...
@@redcoat4348 I am Polish
How about Palestine state ? Is she optimist about justice in Palestine.
The LOVE of money is…the root of all evil (a proxy for power that transcends family, faith, culture, and nationalism/ties that bind societies together).
Taxes on worldwide income??? Last time I looked the US and Eritrea were the only two nations that did that ? That is too kleptocratic for most other kleoptocracies.
Ha. Journalism today is bought and highly paid for.
Nationalism is secondary to religion in its gravity and subverts all values below that. Applebaum struggles at anything she portrays as being any idealism other than those. The way she talks about Ukraine is entirely in a colonialist frame.
I raise you Western autocrats against your RoW autocrats.
❤Eastern and Asian autocrats rule
DEMOCIDE.😢
This is also used by slum lords to exploit poor people that don't have the time, money, or means to stand up legally to slum conditions.
Its good to read the comments. The audience is smart ❤
Also read:
"Treasure Islands, uncovering the damage of offshore banking and tax havens"
by Nicholas Shaxson
I nearly bought the book straight up- but a book that does not include the western duopolies, would not rate with me. Democracy is dictatorship by the majority.
Well .... that would need to be another book. You can't write a book about everything.
But limited ,in some extent, by a constitution
and a poorly informed electorate.
Nothing is worse than Socialism
Socialist last Century un alived
Over 100 million human beings
In Peacetime.
Decades of forced labor, starvation and disease.❤
DEMOCIDE. The 200 year old
By product of the French Revolution.❤
More often in my lifetime it has been a dictatorship of the largest minority.
A very well informed conversation, giving rise to many issues of current interest. I agree with An̈ne that Reform of British financial institutions is called for; I would suggest that there should be reform of the City of London's status (the 'Square Mile') should enter into the public discourse.
Good God Man !!! Are you batty ? Don't you know that it's city of Londons banks that keep the world afloat.
Ever been called a useful idiot?
Its been in the public discourse since Charles Dickens wrote Bleak House and Karlo Marx was writing Capital you nong.
Putin was a KGB operative; George W. Bush was a CIA director.
Like she did. She better answer for her crimes