Side fact: German soldiers who captured female Soviet soldiers were told to immediately **dispatch** them, while the men were sent to the camps for prisoners with jobs.
A surprising cultural difference between communist and many former communist countries and capitalist countries is that despite the large degree of male chauvinism that still exists in those countries with regards to social roles, women are expected to be able to work many of the same jobs as men, and many communist governments did indeed promote maternity leave as well as high quality education for women. I see this also with the roles women have in my family. My mom was an engineer, and my grandmother was a chemistry teacher, and those were hardly surprising occupations for them to take, unlike with what I've seen in the US and to a large degree western Europe.
My grandma and grandpa was a nuclear engineer along other jobs. She was a safety inspector, and she made a little less but she worked less. Someone had to take care of the five kids while working, but my grandpa had WAY more hours of work. Both of them worked their asses off. Yet my mom has the audacity to bring this up in modern times. You work for your skills. Also employees should be able to see what all are paid.
@@01oo011 'Badass' doesn't even come close. What they did, and the way they did it was incredible. All post-war soviet children were taught about them (my wife is Russian), they are as well known in Russia as Neil Armstrong is in USA.
Made me think of my great grand mother from southern Ukraine. She and her 5 children had to house German soldiers in their house for a few months, when the German troop were stationed in their village. I can only imagine what she went through. Her husband luckily returned from war. First thing he did, he made shoes for his 5 children who didn’t have any, or whichever they had had been worn out over 5 years he was away. My other grand mother wasn’t so lucky, her husband died in the eastern front. However she remarried to my grand father, which came out of prison. He was sentenced 10 year for treason for working at the hydroelectric power station under the German occupation.
@@sallyintucson Totally agree. Spoken memories passed through a family are important on a much wider scale. Yes they can be hard to verify and prone to 'change/ embellishment/ tweaking at times but they're an invaluable cultural record that we all benefit from being recorded to be shared and/or passed on
@@C2K777 I’ve been working on finding out if family stories were true or not. Some have turned out to be true but there’s a lot of baloney out there! LOL. I’m the family historian now. One of the funniest ones is that my great grandmother set the bathtub on fire while making bathtub gin during prohibition.
Sofia, we all had grandmothers or grandfathers who have seen the WW2. Maybe time to stop retelling their stories which are to this day are being use by propaganda in Russia to justify the modern war in Ukraine. Plus many people’s parents or grandparents got to see much much worse things in USSR than the World War 2 veterans.
Awesome video, I enjoyed it! I’m glad you also mentioned Sabaton! Their song about the Night Witches is amazing. I’ve been waiting for a Sabaton reference lately, what with The Attack of the Dead Men in the recent video from Into the Shadows, and some of the videos mentioning the Winged Hassars. Simon, if you’re a Sabaton fan, you’re even more of an absolute legend than you were before!
This was common throughout the USSR allied countries, cuba is an excellent example, practically everyone has University degrees, many speak German or Russian, most speak English, even going to Uni in Germany and Russia. Sadly until the illegal blockade of Cuba endemic many of these people will never get to work in their chosen profession. I wish Lenin had not died, leading to Stalin. He was insane.
Insane. It's hard for me to imagine how sorrowful of a mind you have to be to call insane a man who was able to raise a country that had survived one world war, to save his country and the whole world by defeating the brown plague in another world war, so that you, ungrateful pigs, would call him insane. Apologize.
Reminder: *The USSR* & *Russia* are not the same entity. Russia was a state of *The USSR.* 1 of 15 States total. No one gets that. Even at the time appreantly, simply watch *"All The Presidents Men" (1976)* & you'll see them call *USSR "Russia"* lmao. It makes sense now. Get it right still!
Perhaps because 'state' implies equality in government, such as 50 U.S. states all having representation federally and no one state dictating to another. In the USSR Russia ruled the other states, hands down or heads off. Politically the USSR = Russia. Geographically, no, you're certainly right there.
@@FairbrookWingates yes thank you foir agreeing whilst pointing out why that is! Also all USSR Heads of State/Gov't were Caucasian - Slavic - Russian specifically, most USSR States had minoroty majorities, further causing divide & the implication that The State of Russia is synonymous w/ The Country of USSR. Unique dynamic! It's probably part of reasoning why some Countries make their Capitol not part of any state, & instead create a new Capitol City/State. (USA even took it 1 step further, giving it no state powers or autonomy, making it a Federal District over a State or Territory.) Funny, Russia now runs with that method, & is so big they've created other City/States that act as secondary Capitols of sorts to maintain control throughout their worlds biggest Country today.
I suggest taking a better understanding yours was very good you are always good Simon you rock but there is a book it's called over the fields of Fire. It is about a woman who fought alongside the guys during World War 1 and World War II and she flew when she is the most decorated Soviet woman in history but people need to learn history from different countries thanks for putting the spotlight on this subject
I read on Reddit's socialism subreddit that Eastern European women were the most emancipated and most liberated in the entire World by a long shot from '50-'90. They measured women's emancipation by 4 parameters, and the economist magazine carried out this study.
Either way it evolves into politicians lying to people to get their vote and so their cronies can take a turn robbing the economy/getting contracts etc. National debt is just them living large now for future generations to work later. China is overtly Stalinist. America.. Is more unique and secretive greed
@@getgaijoobed6219 China still operates in Communes & socializes their wealth. I would even say theyre more Socialist than Communist but more Capitalist than both yet more Authoritarian than everuthing else!
@@shonenjumpmagneto China is sharing enough of it's capitalistic wealth with the people to make them feel like life is improving. They also keep the majority of the wealth for the Communist leaders to live like 'Rock Stars'... It's the system of Communist appeasement with the added wealth of world Capitalism. Honestly, Putin's view of a strong independent Russia wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't consolidated his power to be it's dictator. Until the world figures out a way for the workers to earn a good living, stops rewarding unemployment and can keep the wealthiest from manipulating laws for even more wealth, Any System will be a failure... Now solve that one and the rest is Gravy! Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John
China also executes corrupt officials, while we have become complacent with corruption. Opposition to socialism and capitalism are largely due to mass propagandization of the populace, begun seven decades ago, yet still going strong today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
I asked my mum about gender roles in ussr and she said (mockingly) women were more equal than men - they were all expected to work AND take care of the household and children….
Yikes, sorry for your mother. Could only imagine what she had to go through then after the USSR dissolved in 1991! It can be said as such that women and even children suffer the most in such decadent societies ironically thus making it all the more tragic.
One brutal statement attributed to Stalin: "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths, a statistic". But it can also be argued that his industrialization of the Soviet Union during the first two five-year plans, gave the Russians just enough production capacity to send the Germans back to Berlin.
Bonus points for Sabaton reference!! Strong comparison to China but missed parallels to recent discussion of CCP-land's recent controversy over political connections and #MeToo.
I never understood why Queen Victoria did not secure safe passage for her daughter and grandchildren. Once unrest began in Russia you would think Victoria would have in the very least, secure passage for her grandchildren.
In the 1930s Soviet Union also had acknowledged somewhere that their state run orphanages were overflowing with orphans. They were as bad back then as they are in Russia (and other post Soviet places) today.
I’d love to see one of these on women’s rights across the world, comparing different countries. In the US today women STILL don’t get equal pay. Why? Because the employers make employees sign a paper saying you agree never to discuss your wages with another employee.
Like the US Women's soccer team you mean? Those ladies who were offered direct parity and refused it, negotiated there own contract solely based on the terms they set and still complained they weren't being treated fairly? That piece of paper you refer to bonds both males and females but is over ridden in most States nowadays but more over by Federal Law for salaries below $150k PA which covers most US citizens regardless of sex. As a father of a daughter I have raised her to understand one simple principle: NO ONE can tell you you can't do anything you want to just because you're a girl. But you don't deserve and are not owed any free rides simply because you're a girl. Aim high, achieve more, and accomplish it on your own merit. Also pay difference is a pathetic gripe against girls/ women who literally aren't allowed to leave the house without a mans permission and escort. Girls forbidden education and sold into marriage as preteens. Stoned to death for "allowing" themselves to be r**ed. Please tell me more about how oppressed you are based on your perceived pay difference whilst sat in ur suburban aircon house with running water, effective sanitation and 42 different takeaways who can deliver to you in the next 30 mins( and they better or im sure you'll tell that min wage self employed delivery driver how important you are and crap they are eh). Actually don't bother. I'll just be thankful my daughter looks past her own nose when talking about how oppressed and hard done by she is and thankful she's grown up to realise life's tough at times but way more for others than herself.
@@C2K777 You took the original comment and really ran with it, wow. I think a lot of what you shared is better suited for a session with a therapist, not posted in the RUclips comment section. Taking a random comment and using it to trauma dump your unresolved issues onto complete strangers is inappropriate and unhealthy.
If that where 100% true, companies would only hire women. And the salaries are there, nobody cares about the the confidentially document your signed with your employer.
Simon.... I always love your videos.... But this one.... THIS ONE...... throwing in a Sabaton Night Witches reference wins you the entirety of the freaking internet. Omg, one of my fave bands.... 🤘🤘💛🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yeah, fair enough. Summarised in the statement that class equality took precedence over gender equality. From a Left Wing theory perspective, they are the same thing. So is racial inequality; all forms of inequality are symptoms of class inequality. In practice, that position meant largely not tackling gender inequality directly in daily life. The Soviet Union though was ahead of the rest of the world in terms of acknowledging gender equality as a concept. Actually enacting it was a different thing entirely, but they were still way ahead in their thinking: By definition, aiming for a classless society means aiming to abolish all forms of second-class citizenry. Which means an end to gender discrimination, or at least progress towards that as a desired end goal. Kinda got the hell bombed out of them though, which will change anyone's priorities for quite some time. And in terms of gender equality in the military, the Red Army literally shot the shit out of all enemy opposition.
Gonna disagree on one point being left wing theory pointing to class being the cause, and symptom being racism and sexism While class of course plays a factor (look at right wingers that point to crime statistics, for example in racism, women more likely to be stay at home parents, or working minimum wage), it’s often not the only factor, and prejudices and bigotry play an important role in these too, and most left wing analysis I’ve seen recognises that while a significant contributor to the divides obviously comes from socioeconomic issues, there’s still a large amount of prejudice and discrimination around
Respectfully I will assume you're of the more modern assessment of Communism( I will be happily corrected as I have only your comment to base that assumption on)? Whilst in many central texts, books and tomes about the system the lived reality was somewhat different. Gender, M/F, wasn't viewed by the State as 'women shouldn't work but instead have babies & look after the home" not in the rose-tinted, egalitarian way you may imagine. It was more a case of 'women can work, and should, and it their duty to do so, and then they can clean the house and raise good adjusted loyal children' simply increasing their 'workload' way above her western sisters decades before they did so but not for the Soviet woman's empowerment but as a means to better serve the Party, State and Family ( generally, but not always, in that order). Outside of the workplace M/F dynamics were probably more ingrained and decidedly less "progressive". As for non discrimination between even inter-Russian regions let alone between 'Russians' and those from the 'Ains' or the 'Stans' well I imagine the citizens of 20+ countries could correct you better on that than I'd even attempt to. Suffice to say the equality in reality may not be as you imagine. At least based on the thousands of stories i've listened to from all walks of life across the myriad of countries that once comprised the USSR. Lastly even if none of that had've ever been a thing( which it undeniably was). It was ALWAYS a 2 class system. The Party Elite both of the Central Committee and the power structure within each constituent country had the best houses, best food, best cars, most freedoms and most, hidden, personal and/or family wealth.
Hey Simon I didn't know your a Taurus, I'm an Aquarius, no wonder we kind of don't always see eye to eye. I still like your shows, and remember you pre beard. Trying to turn over a new leaf. Cheers from Karl Thank you for making the time for these podcasts You do a Really Spectacular effort an you deserve great things 👍👍
Ummm... Not hating on you or anything, but if you watch alot of Simon's videos on other channels you would know that Simon believes Astrology is complete and utter garbage and mentioning it is a good way to get ignored by him! .. just saying.
Simon is the Heisenberg of RUclips. *11 CHANNELS! \0/* "You asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business."
Sings, "Those Ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind. And Moscow girls make me scream and shout, that Georgia's always on my m-m-m-m-m-m-mind!"
I wish people would stop calling the Soviet Union communist. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was socialist, not comnunist. Communism means a stateless, moneyless world which, of course, you can only have on a global scale. Socialism (in individual countries) is a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.
Just one of many examples that big gov. and gov. control of the people's lives is inherently adverse, regardless if it's due to Imperialism or some form of Collectivism.
@@BTScriviner apparently you're having trouble with differentiation between "government" and "big government", and I've probably seen much more of the world than you'd like to assume.
Honestly, the more I learn about communism, the more I think that single issue oppression is incredibly misguided. In this case, it’s class as the oppression axis; another common one is radical feminism’s extreme focus on s3x as the oppression axis (to the point of denying other axes have any importance!). Life and trying to figure out how equality can work has so many factors one needs to take into account. And as shown here, focusing on only one has consequences.
It is not as singleminded as you think, read some introduction to marxism. Its focus is on class, but it through a economic, historical and philosophical viewpoint. Cheers
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Good topic! I always point out to feminists that there was time and place where men and women were (almost) equal. Certainly more than today's west. And if they want THAT experience! But please, don't put "=" between russia and soviet union. There were 15 soviet "republics", lots of them just annexed territories. (Made in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1975)
After the 1917 october revolution, Russia was in a mess. Lenin hounted anti bolseviks, kulaks and everyone who reprecented enemy class. Lenins secret police Cheka and bolsevik troops were consentrading in all that. So there was hardly any law and order, or social rules at that time. It didn't matter so much if women wanted to wear trousers and go dancing. There were other fish to fry. But women actually held some key positions in bolsevik party, Cheka and various different counsels. In the end, the whole idea of communst society was, that there were no individuals, the citizens were one big socialist mass which formed the body of Soviet Union. Therefor it didn't also matter so much weather you were man or woman, because you had enoughe strength and skills to do what you were ordered to do.
At one point he says something about how even after Stalin's death women did most of the work but we're pushed to the background..... Like yeah them and the rest of the world buddy
50% of scientists in the Soviet Union were women and 70% of doctors in the Soviet Union were women
Side fact: German soldiers who captured female Soviet soldiers were told to immediately **dispatch** them, while the men were sent to the camps for prisoners with jobs.
A surprising cultural difference between communist and many former communist countries and capitalist countries is that despite the large degree of male chauvinism that still exists in those countries with regards to social roles, women are expected to be able to work many of the same jobs as men, and many communist governments did indeed promote maternity leave as well as high quality education for women.
I see this also with the roles women have in my family. My mom was an engineer, and my grandmother was a chemistry teacher, and those were hardly surprising occupations for them to take, unlike with what I've seen in the US and to a large degree western Europe.
My grandma and grandpa was a nuclear engineer along other jobs. She was a safety inspector, and she made a little less but she worked less.
Someone had to take care of the five kids while working, but my grandpa had WAY more hours of work. Both of them worked their asses off.
Yet my mom has the audacity to bring this up in modern times.
You work for your skills. Also employees should be able to see what all are paid.
Massive focus on education, health care, sport and the arts. That is what I love about staying in Cuba with some friends. 🇨🇺
Look up the "Night Witches". I dont know if that was what Simon was touching on when he spoke about the aviators but it's one hell of a story.
He’s done a video on them on this or another channel.
Night witches? Like part time witchcraft or corner hors? Or both im so lost
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@@01oo011 'Badass' doesn't even come close. What they did, and the way they did it was incredible. All post-war soviet children were taught about them (my wife is Russian), they are as well known in Russia as Neil Armstrong is in USA.
Like Senate said, he already has.
Made me think of my great grand mother from southern Ukraine. She and her 5 children had to house German soldiers in their house for a few months, when the German troop were stationed in their village.
I can only imagine what she went through. Her husband luckily returned from war. First thing he did, he made shoes for his 5 children who didn’t have any, or whichever they had had been worn out over 5 years he was away.
My other grand mother wasn’t so lucky, her husband died in the eastern front. However she remarried to my grand father, which came out of prison. He was sentenced 10 year for treason for working at the hydroelectric power station under the German occupation.
I strongly suggest you write down these family histories for the younger generations, with as much detail as possible.
@@sallyintucson Totally agree. Spoken memories passed through a family are important on a much wider scale. Yes they can be hard to verify and prone to 'change/ embellishment/ tweaking at times but they're an invaluable cultural record that we all benefit from being recorded to be shared and/or passed on
@@C2K777 I’ve been working on finding out if family stories were true or not. Some have turned out to be true but there’s a lot of baloney out there! LOL. I’m the family historian now. One of the funniest ones is that my great grandmother set the bathtub on fire while making bathtub gin during prohibition.
Sofia, we all had grandmothers or grandfathers who have seen the WW2. Maybe time to stop retelling their stories which are to this day are being use by propaganda in Russia to justify the modern war in Ukraine. Plus many people’s parents or grandparents got to see much much worse things in USSR than the World War 2 veterans.
Awesome video, I enjoyed it! I’m glad you also mentioned Sabaton! Their song about the Night Witches is amazing. I’ve been waiting for a Sabaton reference lately, what with The Attack of the Dead Men in the recent video from Into the Shadows, and some of the videos mentioning the Winged Hassars.
Simon, if you’re a Sabaton fan, you’re even more of an absolute legend than you were before!
This was common throughout the USSR allied countries, cuba is an excellent example, practically everyone has University degrees, many speak German or Russian, most speak English, even going to Uni in Germany and Russia. Sadly until the illegal blockade of Cuba endemic many of these people will never get to work in their chosen profession. I wish Lenin had not died, leading to Stalin. He was insane.
Insane. It's hard for me to imagine how sorrowful of a mind you have to be to call insane a man who was able to raise a country that had survived one world war, to save his country and the whole world by defeating the brown plague in another world war, so that you, ungrateful pigs, would call him insane. Apologize.
Stalin was a Leninist. Stalin was a great leader.
@@bjorkzhukov3638 no he took the opposite direction(made communism conservative)
Reminder: *The USSR* & *Russia* are not the same entity.
Russia was a state of *The USSR.* 1 of 15 States total. No one gets that. Even at the time appreantly, simply watch *"All The Presidents Men" (1976)* & you'll see them call *USSR "Russia"* lmao. It makes sense now. Get it right still!
Perhaps because 'state' implies equality in government, such as 50 U.S. states all having representation federally and no one state dictating to another. In the USSR Russia ruled the other states, hands down or heads off. Politically the USSR = Russia. Geographically, no, you're certainly right there.
@@FairbrookWingates yes thank you foir agreeing whilst pointing out why that is!
Also all USSR Heads of State/Gov't were Caucasian - Slavic - Russian specifically, most USSR States had minoroty majorities, further causing divide & the implication that The State of Russia is synonymous w/ The Country of USSR. Unique dynamic!
It's probably part of reasoning why some Countries make their Capitol not part of any state, & instead create a new Capitol City/State.
(USA even took it 1 step further, giving it no state powers or autonomy, making it a Federal District over a State or Territory.)
Funny, Russia now runs with that method, & is so big they've created other City/States that act as secondary Capitols of sorts to maintain control throughout their worlds biggest Country today.
Absolutely a gem among the already wonderful videos you do for this channel. Seriously, guys. You knocked it out of the park with this one.
A sad, yet powerful and beautiful story. I kind of feel like it’s Simon’s love letter to the strength and courageous spirit of Soviet women!
They were not any more courageous than women outside of USSR
I suggest taking a better understanding yours was very good you are always good Simon you rock but there is a book it's called over the fields of Fire. It is about a woman who fought alongside the guys during World War 1 and World War II and she flew when she is the most decorated Soviet woman in history but people need to learn history from different countries thanks for putting the spotlight on this subject
"Stalin wasn't noted for his empathy". Understatement of the year!
Sums up everything so well
@Ewan Callister Stalin was a sick little man, absolutely
@Ewan Callister just the name Stalin u got that name u hate life or everyone kmsl
That was quite excellent - an entertaining and very informative insight. More like this, please!
I read on Reddit's socialism subreddit that Eastern European women were the most emancipated and most liberated in the entire World by a long shot from '50-'90. They measured women's emancipation by 4 parameters, and the economist magazine carried out this study.
To follow up you should do a video on women gaining the right to vote in countries before the US. Surprisingly many.
For all its status as the "world leader," America is surprisingly backwards.
Props for pulling out The Chinese Communist Party comparison to stalinism.
@Ewan Callister nazism was far right, the opposite of communism. Though I really wouldn’t call today’s China communist (authoritarian capitalism)
Either way it evolves into politicians lying to people to get their vote and so their cronies can take a turn robbing the economy/getting contracts etc. National debt is just them living large now for future generations to work later. China is overtly Stalinist. America.. Is more unique and secretive greed
@@getgaijoobed6219 China still operates in Communes & socializes their wealth.
I would even say theyre more Socialist than Communist but more Capitalist than both yet more Authoritarian than everuthing else!
@@shonenjumpmagneto
China is sharing enough of it's capitalistic wealth with the people to make them feel like life is improving. They also keep the majority of the wealth for the Communist leaders to live like 'Rock Stars'...
It's the system of Communist appeasement with the added wealth of world Capitalism.
Honestly, Putin's view of a strong independent Russia wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't consolidated his power to be it's dictator.
Until the world figures out a way for the workers to earn a good living, stops rewarding unemployment and can keep the wealthiest from manipulating laws for even more wealth, Any System will be a failure...
Now solve that one and the rest is Gravy!
Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John
China also executes corrupt officials, while we have become complacent with corruption. Opposition to socialism and capitalism are largely due to mass propagandization of the populace, begun seven decades ago, yet still going strong today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
Unexpected (oddly, maybe) Sabaton reference, I love it. Simon, you earned the like there buddy.
USSR treated women much more equally to men than did western society
@@renata8979Equal is not having more advantages
Yesss, that Sabaton song about the Night witches 🖤💜🖤
I cheered so loud when he mentioned the sabaton song
I asked my mum about gender roles in ussr and she said (mockingly) women were more equal than men - they were all expected to work AND take care of the household and children….
Yikes, sorry for your mother. Could only imagine what she had to go through then after the USSR dissolved in 1991! It can be said as such that women and even children suffer the most in such decadent societies ironically thus making it all the more tragic.
If the USSR got back together
Would it be called the Soviet reunion?
CLASSIC!
ba-dum tish!
Hey!
That was good
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out.
Moscow girls make me sing and shout.
Sounds like that would make great song lyrics.
@@archstanton6102 But isn't that form 'Back in the USSR' by the Beatles?
@@Xcalator35 Yes, I was trying to make a (bad) joke
@@archstanton6102 Oh shit...sorry, I didn't get it. My fault BTW!
Check out Bald and Bankrupt. He actually asks Babushkas how they rate their new lives in comparison to the days of the USSR face to face.
Bro, so many things could be commented but everyone doing it would be banned from this platform, this topic leaves so much to talk about.
Women in Soviet gulags had particularly bad fates.
He did it, he mentioned Sabaton!
I had to rewind to make sure I heard him right. It's about time!
@@gearhead2255 I was only half listening, but when you said Sabaton it totally caught my attention. I literally said "finally!" out loud.
AND THE WINGED HASSARS ARRIVED!!
The reference to China really took me by surprise, good on you, Simon!
One brutal statement attributed to Stalin: "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths, a statistic". But it can also be argued that his industrialization of the Soviet Union during the first two five-year plans, gave the Russians just enough production capacity to send the Germans back to Berlin.
Simon Whistler: Sabaton fan??
Stalin should've known USSR wouldn't work for long
There were lots of red flags
Oh, dude...
I probably laughed too hard at this lol.
Dad Joke of The Day 🤣
He certainly wasn't Stalin to make Hitler Führious
Sabaton reference! 🤟
I love the video of the women to womens summit, that were both hosted by men. Couldn't even let them have another woman hosting?
You should do one about the suffragette movement in the 1920.
Also a video on just one the “Night Witches” would a good one.
courtesy of another responding poster under a different comment: ruclips.net/video/--xfK_Uhly4/видео.html
Im just glad simon finally acknowledged sabaton when talking about something they made a song about.
That Night Witches by Sabaton reference was “unexpected”
I love that song!
Bonus points for Sabaton reference!!
Strong comparison to China but missed parallels to recent discussion of CCP-land's recent controversy over political connections and #MeToo.
I never understood why Queen Victoria did not secure safe passage for her daughter and grandchildren.
Once unrest began in Russia you would think Victoria would have in the very least, secure passage for her grandchildren.
Victoria died in 1901. Her grandson, George V was king in 1918. Alexandra was Victoria's granddaughter through Victoria's daughter Alice.
In the 1930s Soviet Union also had acknowledged somewhere that their state run orphanages were overflowing with orphans. They were as bad back then as they are in Russia (and other post Soviet places) today.
Better than the U.S. all throughout the Cold War
Good video 👍
I’d love to see one of these on women’s rights across the world, comparing different countries. In the US today women STILL don’t get equal pay. Why? Because the employers make employees sign a paper saying you agree never to discuss your wages with another employee.
Like the US Women's soccer team you mean? Those ladies who were offered direct parity and refused it, negotiated there own contract solely based on the terms they set and still complained they weren't being treated fairly?
That piece of paper you refer to bonds both males and females but is over ridden in most States nowadays but more over by Federal Law for salaries below $150k PA which covers most US citizens regardless of sex.
As a father of a daughter I have raised her to understand one simple principle: NO ONE can tell you you can't do anything you want to just because you're a girl. But you don't deserve and are not owed any free rides simply because you're a girl. Aim high, achieve more, and accomplish it on your own merit.
Also pay difference is a pathetic gripe against girls/ women who literally aren't allowed to leave the house without a mans permission and escort. Girls forbidden education and sold into marriage as preteens. Stoned to death for "allowing" themselves to be r**ed. Please tell me more about how oppressed you are based on your perceived pay difference whilst sat in ur suburban aircon house with running water, effective sanitation and 42 different takeaways who can deliver to you in the next 30 mins( and they better or im sure you'll tell that min wage self employed delivery driver how important you are and crap they are eh). Actually don't bother. I'll just be thankful my daughter looks past her own nose when talking about how oppressed and hard done by she is and thankful she's grown up to realise life's tough at times but way more for others than herself.
@@C2K777 You took the original comment and really ran with it, wow. I think a lot of what you shared is better suited for a session with a therapist, not posted in the RUclips comment section. Taking a random comment and using it to trauma dump your unresolved issues onto complete strangers is inappropriate and unhealthy.
If that where 100% true, companies would only hire women. And the salaries are there, nobody cares about the the confidentially document your signed with your employer.
Simon.... I always love your videos.... But this one.... THIS ONE...... throwing in a Sabaton Night Witches reference wins you the entirety of the freaking internet. Omg, one of my fave bands.... 🤘🤘💛🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I didn't really know about any of this, other than that there were a lot of women snipers in WWII - thanks for another great educational experience!
Fanny Kaplan was an Anarchist and was working for the British secret service
Beautiful ending line. I concur.
Yeah, fair enough. Summarised in the statement that class equality took precedence over gender equality. From a Left Wing theory perspective, they are the same thing. So is racial inequality; all forms of inequality are symptoms of class inequality. In practice, that position meant largely not tackling gender inequality directly in daily life.
The Soviet Union though was ahead of the rest of the world in terms of acknowledging gender equality as a concept. Actually enacting it was a different thing entirely, but they were still way ahead in their thinking: By definition, aiming for a classless society means aiming to abolish all forms of second-class citizenry. Which means an end to gender discrimination, or at least progress towards that as a desired end goal.
Kinda got the hell bombed out of them though, which will change anyone's priorities for quite some time. And in terms of gender equality in the military, the Red Army literally shot the shit out of all enemy opposition.
Gonna disagree on one point being left wing theory pointing to class being the cause, and symptom being racism and sexism
While class of course plays a factor (look at right wingers that point to crime statistics, for example in racism, women more likely to be stay at home parents, or working minimum wage), it’s often not the only factor, and prejudices and bigotry play an important role in these too, and most left wing analysis I’ve seen recognises that while a significant contributor to the divides obviously comes from socioeconomic issues, there’s still a large amount of prejudice and discrimination around
Respectfully I will assume you're of the more modern assessment of Communism( I will be happily corrected as I have only your comment to base that assumption on)?
Whilst in many central texts, books and tomes about the system the lived reality was somewhat different. Gender, M/F, wasn't viewed by the State as 'women shouldn't work but instead have babies & look after the home" not in the rose-tinted, egalitarian way you may imagine. It was more a case of 'women can work, and should, and it their duty to do so, and then they can clean the house and raise good adjusted loyal children' simply increasing their 'workload' way above her western sisters decades before they did so but not for the Soviet woman's empowerment but as a means to better serve the Party, State and Family ( generally, but not always, in that order). Outside of the workplace M/F dynamics were probably more ingrained and decidedly less "progressive".
As for non discrimination between even inter-Russian regions let alone between 'Russians' and those from the 'Ains' or the 'Stans' well I imagine the citizens of 20+ countries could correct you better on that than I'd even attempt to. Suffice to say the equality in reality may not be as you imagine. At least based on the thousands of stories i've listened to from all walks of life across the myriad of countries that once comprised the USSR.
Lastly even if none of that had've ever been a thing( which it undeniably was). It was ALWAYS a 2 class system. The Party Elite both of the Central Committee and the power structure within each constituent country had the best houses, best food, best cars, most freedoms and most, hidden, personal and/or family wealth.
Bro Simon I could've watched this for an hour.
It’s never a fun time to be a Russian. Sadly
Do one on the "Atlantropa"
Good one.
In Soviet Union, depression has you
Goddamn Stalin.
I am surprised this wasn't written by Danny.
Hey Simon
I didn't know your a Taurus, I'm an Aquarius, no wonder we kind of don't always see eye to eye.
I still like your shows, and remember you pre beard.
Trying to turn over a new leaf.
Cheers from Karl
Thank you for making the time for these podcasts
You do a Really Spectacular effort an you deserve great things
👍👍
Ummm... Not hating on you or anything, but if you watch alot of Simon's videos on other channels you would know that Simon believes Astrology is complete and utter garbage and mentioning it is a good way to get ignored by him! .. just saying.
people can have opinions without having their "star sign" dictate their life...? i agree with the other comment
Sometimes regression can be progress if you've been going the wrong way.
Is Simon a secret Sabaton fan???? I've wondered for a while now
Please do a video on the hessadelen lights
Danny isn’t going to like this… Don’t go into the basement, Simon!
Simon is the Heisenberg of RUclips.
*11 CHANNELS! \0/*
"You asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business."
Sings, "Those Ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the west behind. And Moscow girls make me scream and shout, that Georgia's always on my m-m-m-m-m-m-mind!"
How few will get the ref' but what a great one it was!
you forget there were female ussr tankers as well.
Russia is 1 state of The USSR. Remember that shit kids. Accuracy.
Sort of like saying “America” when you are actually meaning the USA, which does not include Canada or Mexico
@@jandrews6254 just a level down.
It's more like calling "America" "Texas" lol.
I wish people would stop calling the Soviet Union communist. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was socialist, not comnunist. Communism means a stateless, moneyless world which, of course, you can only have on a global scale. Socialism (in individual countries) is a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.
Do you need a lighting engineer?
So is Simon a Sabaton fan or does he just see the many U tube references?
fun as he is, his music taste and knowledge is pretty abysmal - it's got to be the references
Why did his video game controversies vedio get nuked by yootube yesterday?
He said "let's get ready to rumble" Michael buffer, a boxing ring announcer has it trademarked and he is litigious
@@kieronparr3403 Sad thing is your not joking, are you? This world needs to burn
@@markfrank3307 I'm serious
@@markfrank3307 no joke
@@sandybarnes887 and the fire rises
I have absolutely no idea why this is a sideproject. Why isn’t this at Today I Found Out?
Dissipate the background into reverb or something.....:)
Dude.!👍✌️
Lenin, a man so powerful that chuds today describe his simple words as bombs. LOL.
Under statement of the thesis,
"Russian Women...it's complicated....."
Just one of many examples that big gov. and gov. control of the people's lives is inherently adverse, regardless if it's due to Imperialism or some form of Collectivism.
If you hate government so much, might I suggest moving to Somalia or Yemen.
@@BTScriviner apparently you're having trouble with differentiation between "government" and "big government", and I've probably seen much more of the world than you'd like to assume.
at the beginning of the 20th century most men weren’t allowed to vote in most countries too….
What even is Side Projects?
Even Mussolini made the trains run on time.
Lenin sounds more sane than I thought in this video 🤔
Yeah... because he was :|
welll they at least got medals for birthing 5+ children...
AM I RIGHT PETER
hi
From the depths of hell in silence!
Perfect ty Simon much love from your Russian friends in Miami Russian women are The Best !!
AM I RIGHT PETER??!
Video idea: the WW2 bouncing bomb 💣
Sabaton for the win!!!
Ooo communism, my favorite topic from Simon
In the near future all education and information will be directed through simon
Could be a worse future
I've always found it ironic that "Bolshevik" sounds so much like "bull of shit."
My wife grew up in soviet Russia. This video doesn't even come close to portraying just how hard it was.
Honestly, the more I learn about communism, the more I think that single issue oppression is incredibly misguided. In this case, it’s class as the oppression axis; another common one is radical feminism’s extreme focus on s3x as the oppression axis (to the point of denying other axes have any importance!). Life and trying to figure out how equality can work has so many factors one needs to take into account. And as shown here, focusing on only one has consequences.
It is not as singleminded as you think, read some introduction to marxism. Its focus is on class, but it through a economic, historical and philosophical viewpoint. Cheers
10:58 Damn- wonder what folks who deride depictions of women in military games would think of that.
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I like how women is a side project
Good topic!
I always point out to feminists that there was time and place where men and women were (almost) equal. Certainly more than today's west. And if they want THAT experience!
But please, don't put "=" between russia and soviet union. There were 15 soviet "republics", lots of them just annexed territories.
(Made in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1975)
Women rights did exist in the soviet union but you had to stay 101 km away from a party official.
Why? Because of sexual abuse?
@@l-kin3480 yup
What about females rights under Islam?
he did actually mention Asia
- open your lug holes deffo
Sshhhh...don't question the "religion of peace".
Ooh, such an edgy comment.
What about exploitation of women in capitalist society?
Use of the word "socialism" instead of "communism" is misleading and a disservice. Most Americans hear "socialism" as a trigger word.
After the 1917 october revolution, Russia was in a mess. Lenin hounted anti bolseviks, kulaks and everyone who reprecented enemy class. Lenins secret police Cheka and bolsevik troops were consentrading in all that. So there was hardly any law and order, or social rules at that time. It didn't matter so much if women wanted to wear trousers and go dancing. There were other fish to fry.
But women actually held some key positions in bolsevik party, Cheka and various different counsels. In the end, the whole idea of communst society was, that there were no individuals, the citizens were one big socialist mass which formed the body of Soviet Union. Therefor it didn't also matter so much weather you were man or woman, because you had enoughe strength and skills to do what you were ordered to do.
based lenin
Now we can see what they have to say about how women fare in Venezuela... the most recent success story of communist socialist Paradises...
Boooooooring
At one point he says something about how even after Stalin's death women did most of the work but we're pushed to the background..... Like yeah them and the rest of the world buddy