ooops the last few seconds cut off - I just said 'Putin is putting stuff into his trolley... and lots of love! Go to my main channel kzitem.infovideos You can now support Vlad's work on Patreon! www.patreon.com/vladvexler Support Vlad via PayPal www.paypal.com/paypalme/vladvexler?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB 00:00 Intro 02:20 Dugin 03:25 Banditry & mysticism 04:50 Ivan Ilyin and Putin @Kraut video "The Ideology of Putin's Russia" kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Jp82qWXbmaFqII&feature=share&si=EMSIkaIECMiOmarE6JChQQ Kirill Martynov article on Putin's speech novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/10/02/spetsialnaia-voennaia-degradatsiia Gleb Pavlovsky on Putin & Victor Suvorov holod.media/2022/04/30/pavlovsky/ Also mentioned: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Prokhanov
@romanstingler435
Жыл бұрын
I'm very happy that your mind is sharp as a knife.
@bungalowjuice7225
Жыл бұрын
I assumed the word was something nasty. Perhaps that says more about me than reality... 😭
@romanstingler435
Жыл бұрын
@Lord Simpleton I wouldn't know of anything close, Ukrainians already had decades before WWII the same thing with Stalin as the Jews had with Hitler. Ukrainians were killed, sent to gulags (concentration camps) where they were tortured, killed and experimented on. They were starved to death between 5-10 million only between 1932 and 1933. They have been replaced with russian population and after WWII the Germans had to pay reparations and reform their government but the russians continued with what they did until now when Ukrainians finally are being somewhat heard.
@anthonymorris2276
Жыл бұрын
@Lord Simpleton Surely the Crimean War. To Quote Orlando Figges, "The Crimean War: A History", Henry Holt and Company (2011): "The demilitarization of the Black Sea was a major blow to Russia ... . The destruction of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Sevastopol and other naval docks was a humiliation. ... "In Russia itself, the Crimean defeat discredited the armed services and highlighted the need to modernize the country's defences, not just in the strictly military sense, but also through the building of railways, industrialization, sound finances and so on ... . The image many Russians had built up of their country - the biggest, richest and most powerful in the world - had suddenly been shattered. Russia's backwardness had been exposed ... . The Crimean disaster had exposed the shortcomings of every institution in Russia - not just the corruption and incompetence of the military command, the technological backwardness of the army and navy, or the inadequate roads and lack of railways that accounted for the chronic problems of supply, but the poor condition and illiteracy of the serfs who made up the armed forces, the inability of the serf economy to sustain a state of war against industrial powers, and the failures of autocracy itself."
@daviddawson1718
Жыл бұрын
Did you say pigeon? I didn't catch that the first time.
@Kraut_the_Parrot
Жыл бұрын
Hello, greetings from Vienna. Thank you for your response. I will take your critique to heart should I ever cover this topic again. Many thanks for your critiques, they are much appreciated.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
My applause for your video essay. It's the best of KZitem. And I appreciate the love and labour behind it. Greetings back from rainy London!!
@youtubeuser1993
Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@JuliaMRichter
Жыл бұрын
Hello Kraut, great videos you are making, it is so nice that Vlad and you are having a conversation!❤
@humanitarianly
Жыл бұрын
@kraut new subscriber to your channel. Look forward to your views!
@ForumArcade
Жыл бұрын
Oh, Vienna. I know that place from The Illusionist. Lovely movie.
@doffgdid1151
Жыл бұрын
As an avid viewer of Kraut it's nice to see criticism of his work, it's always good to be reminded that even reliable and talented creators ideas should always be thought through and not accepted without criticism. Thank you for the video 👍
@michaelw6277
Жыл бұрын
yeah and Kraut's acknowledgement and highlight of this particular video is refreshing to see. Usually these kinds of disagreements get really ugly... it's wonderful to see this conversation actually happen and evolve.
@TannerOfKha
Жыл бұрын
I second you about criticism. Especially when the said creator casually labels libertarian a facist.
@michaelw6277
Жыл бұрын
@@TannerOfKha strict libertarianism by the political science definition isn't fascism, but what we call libertarianism in America is definitely fascism adjacent and has been used to funnel people in that direction. Libertarianism is an idea that's independent of the left/right spectrum, but in the US it's a label that the far right tends to identify with
@ArawnOfAnnwn
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelw6277 Kraut acknowledged it because this was barely a disagreement to begin with, so it's a convenient acknowledgement of 'criticism'. I'd say it barely even counts as criticism tbh. They both agree on what Russia is like, if anything all Vexler does it make it even worse. Kraut paints Russia as evil fascists with an ideology, and the only correction this video makes is that Vexler thinks it doesn't even have an ideology. But fundamentally both of them feel the same about it, so it's very easy for Kraut to get behind that. If Kraut had said they were evil fascists and someone said they're not, and THEN Kraut had acknowledged and accepted the critique, that'd be impressive. But this? This is barely a disagreement to begin with.
@jurgnobs1308
Жыл бұрын
@@ArawnOfAnnwnutin being a fascist is just an objective fact. so, no sane person can really deny that ps: everyone has an ideology. some are more clearly defined than others.
@marksparrow5968
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for being a wise, knowledgable and compassionate guy at the same time. A rare combination.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@gap6533
Жыл бұрын
I'm certain that putin does not apply the same intellectual rigor to the ideas on Ilyin as you and the other experts cited do, but I think it may be fair to say that putin is influenced by the idea of Ilyin as national philosopher. Repatriation of Ilyin's remains suggests more interest in veneration than understanding.
@esakoivuniemi
Жыл бұрын
I agree. One may also ask were people like Stalin, Hitler, Mao or Pol Pot so destructive because of their intellectual rigor and sophistication? Of course not. Vlad is probably right in that Putin & his entourage are not exactly intellectuals, but that's besides the point both Kraut and Timothy Snyder are making. That's my humble opinion.
@spejic1
Жыл бұрын
The reparation has to be thought in context of Putin's updating of Russian monuments all over the world. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, an almost forgotten century old monument to Russian sailors who died helping fight a great 19th century fire was replaced with something new and shiny.
@changeshifter4852
Жыл бұрын
@@spejic1 That's interesting. I am curious, do you know if it is exactly the same, something completely new or something in between?
@spejic1
Жыл бұрын
@@changeshifter4852 It was a totally brand new gravestones, and pricey ones too. And they were done in Mare Island cemetery, a protected landmark, without any advance notice or permission, destroying the original 150 year old markers. I know Putin has done similar upgrades to many remembrances of Russians all over the world.
@changeshifter4852
Жыл бұрын
@@spejic1 That's fascinating. First I've heard of it. Going to check my own province in Canada for any local changes or 'upgrades'. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply with the answer. Much appreciated. Cheers
@lepospondyl
Жыл бұрын
I’m no philosopher but as an undergraduate I was tasked with writing an essay on whether Japan in the 1930s could be considered a fascist state. It became apparent to me that it really wasn’t possible to definitely answer the question one way or the other. The more I looked into the ideology of the military rulers of Japan in this period the more complicated and confusing and contradictory it became to the point where I struggled to define what it was at all. As a 20 year old I was determined (if unsuccessful) in my efforts to answer the question I was set with a yes or no answer, but with hindsight I feel the true answer was that it was impossible to answer with such clarity. One line I read during my research for the essay stuck with me. A Japanese historian who lived through the war wrote that the militarist ideology was popular with those who had some awareness of events and ideas but no interest in understanding them. People with a certain level of education but no intellectual interests. I think now that the people in charge of Japan during the 30s and 40s were probably like this themselves as opposed to just their followers. They knew of things but didn’t know about those things. Their outlook and decisions reflected their level of understanding. As the war in ukraine has dragged on I think more and more about my time working on that essay and how much of what I read about Japan then relates to putins Russia now.
@a0987789768
Жыл бұрын
As a junior in University in Japanese major, love your efforts.
@downstream0114
Жыл бұрын
Some have said the contradictory brainrot is a consequence of fascism.
@jefftheriault5522
Жыл бұрын
There is an alarming resemblence
@TheRishijoesanu
Жыл бұрын
Imperial Japan was more of militaristic state similar to Bismarckian Prussia. Russia today has more fascistic characteristics
@mynameismike1864
Жыл бұрын
Do you, by any chance, remember the name of this historian?
@CaptainBrawnson
Жыл бұрын
The dialogue between Kraut's video and this response portrays the kind of worthwhile material that a platform like KZitem has to offer at its best.
@YourTypicalMental
Жыл бұрын
I watched Kraut's video this morning, and this sort of reaction video was the first thing to come to mind.
@marcusott2973
Жыл бұрын
Good evening from Vienna, Excellent insights as usual, logic and reasoning in a time of the opposite.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Marcus good evening!
@timidtom
Жыл бұрын
Indeed, getting to know about Vlad Vexler is probably the only really good thing to come off this terrible war.
@markb8468
Жыл бұрын
As I was listening to Kraut's pod today I was wondering....what does Vlad have to say about this? I think there's much convergence of thought but some differences. Excellent both!
@Pincer88
Жыл бұрын
Same here.
@vicino.
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god I had the same reaction... such a particular event
@jan-willemdejong4576
Жыл бұрын
Didn't know he had a podcast. Can you share?
@Pincer88
Жыл бұрын
@@jan-willemdejong4576 Here it is: kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Jp82qWXbmaFqII&ab_channel=Kraut
@007Delta_art
Жыл бұрын
It is very relieving to see calm and intellectual discourse and criticisms play out so respectfully! Hearing different takes on stuff like this without feeling like either side is trying to goad me into a specific way of thinking is so refreshing. I wish the broader discussions at large could play out like this!
@otakarbeinhauer
Жыл бұрын
I really like how carefully and thoughtfully you spoke without needing a script. And hwo respectable and well formulated your criticisms were.
@nicolelochren9560
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank YOU!!!
@mikhailtsyferov9304
Жыл бұрын
Vlad, that’s a brilliant piece of observation and analysis. Have just discovered your channel and find it hard to grasp how someone from the outside can understand the internal dynamics of our society so well.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! There are of course big limitations because I am not there. But both here and on the main channel what I am really offering is reflection on society and culture- that’s the core and Russia analytics is secondary. M speaking as a political philosopher in the first instance, not as a Russia expert.
@catherinedallaire5164
Жыл бұрын
Really neat to hear you reference Charles Taylor. Thank you for such a quick response video as well, appreciate the time you put to the community here.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
He's a very beautiful man, and one of the two most important living philosophers.
@electrosyzygy
Жыл бұрын
Mlle Dallaire, quelle belle coincidence de te voir ici! On a fait qq cours ensemble au cegep back in the day...
@catherinedallaire5164
Жыл бұрын
@@VladVexlerChat Hi Vlad, out of curiosity, who is the second? I’d look up this person’s writing.
@marcoherrmann1820
Жыл бұрын
Hello Vlad,as always Greetings from Germany
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Greeting back!
@simonmassey8850
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@dlmsarge8329
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Vald for this stimulating chat! I look forward to each one you post.
@spaguettoltd.7933
Жыл бұрын
Seems that Putin chooses to paint the house he’s built with the words of Ilyin, but the frame and foundation of that house are of his own creation
@SuperTommox
Жыл бұрын
I was so waiting for this! Thank you Vlad!
@stephanledford9792
Жыл бұрын
Most humans pick up ideas (or philosophies) from the things they see and hear while going through their lives, not from reading and understanding what some philosopher says. These ideas can come from simple things, ranging from an advertisement on the radio or television to a KZitem video from a Russian-British philosopher with a keen mind and an ability to express things in a way that the average person can absorb. I agree with Vlad Vexler in thinking that Putin is not the type of person to read a book on philosophy by any writer, but he does seem to me to be the type to grab hold of a recap or summary of this philosopher, so it is possible that Putin has been influenced by this Ilyin person. Most personal philosophies are a mix of ideas from various sources instead of a complete adoption of one man's ideas. Forgetting Putin for a minute but staying on the idea of spreading ideas (or propaganda in the case of the current situation), it is absolutely shocking to see how slick the Ukrainian propaganda has been VS what the Russians have been putting out. Granted, the target audience is totally different, with Ukraine focusing on the West and the Russians on their own population, but the Russian effort has been clumsy and not believable from the very start. The Ukrainians have done a superb job of generating sympathy and support for their views VS what Russia has accomplished. I am not sure what the exact reason is for this difference, but suspect it is a combination of the Ukrainians already more exposed to the west and possibly their getting help from sympathetic western idea peddlers (we call them commercials in the US).
@catc8927
Жыл бұрын
On your second point, Pres Zelenskyy’s old day job was running a large media production company, the one that produced his TV show, in addition to acting on it. He brought many former media colleagues into the Ukrainian government with him. It probably seemed like cronyism back then, but is invaluable now, when Pres Zelenskyy’s main role is to get Ukraine’s message out and win public sympathy around the world. It also helps to have the truth on your side, which tends to be a more stable message. Having to lie and then change to a new lie when the old one was exposed, over and over again, means there never is a stable narrative, that nothing has time to sink in.
@ericwillis777
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it's 'slicker' - (I am not sure if that is the right word) - because it's the truth, and, as a result, it's not propaganda.
@MuireKnight
Жыл бұрын
I would add that people generally pick up the ideas that are swimming around them at any given time. Putin is influenced not so much from one philosopher or writer but bits and pieces of what is floating around in the general culture of the elite and of the greater populace. Also when you are invading another country specifically for conquest and destruction of national identity it's very hard to spin it as something good to the rest of the world.
@kauswekazilimani3736
Жыл бұрын
@@ericwillis777 Propaganda can be truthful.
@ArtU4All
Жыл бұрын
I would NOT under”value” Putin’s propaganda as “less slick” and not effective. P’s propaganda has been VERY effective on his audience. Very effective.
@danciagar
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Vlad, for doing this reaction, I was one of those pestering you with questions about Ilyin after watching Kraut's video. This video contains a satisfying response to that question and I hope more interactions between other KZitemrs and you regarding this broad topic of the realm of ideas and its influences in modern Russia become more common.
@sonye-jin6737
Жыл бұрын
When I saw the title of his video I immediately thought of you VLAD! So glad you reacted so quickly. Спасибо
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Pleasure, this is just a very quick casual response.
@BadgerOfTheSea
Жыл бұрын
Kraut's videos are very informative, and almost always have a genuinely centrist agenda (which is woefully lacking in modern political discourse) but as any academic will tell you, even the most factual content should be debated as having an open dialogue helps the topic grow and if there is a topic that really needs to be talked about more in the west it is the ideology of Putin.
@RichardHuffman
Жыл бұрын
A similar analogy that I think may work better regarding Putin and various thinkers: I see him as walking through a men's clothing store, looking at the racks and saying "oh, that watch projects the kind of image of wealth I like. Oh, the symbols on that tie speak to the sort of authority I want to have. Oh, these titanium cufflinks speak to the sort of rigid inflexibility I want to convey. Aha, this suit projects the implacable determination I posses." It doesn't mean he cares one bit about the design of these items or other things the designers have done, it means those specific items he's chosen project the image that goes along with the things he wanted to do even before he walked into the store. Maybe the choice of items will influence the manner in which he does things slightly, but he will never learn enough about clothing and design to know things that he can't see from his own point of view, such that wearing loose trousers when your ankles and calves are thin make your legs look like toothpicks hidden in a huge, loose wrapping. He has other people for that sort of thing, if they dare to speak at all - and most of them don't care about the real details that much either.
@tradergirljam
Жыл бұрын
👏 thats my take on him as well.
@ericwillis777
Жыл бұрын
Just a reminder, Vlad pointed out that Putin believes that stuff not because he understands any of it, (that's if it makes any sense), but because it serves his purposes.
@RichardHuffman
Жыл бұрын
@@ericwillis777 That's why I worded my analogy the way I did.
@FutureSystem738
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Vlad - as always, love your work. It’s always great when I see another video from you! Cheers from Oz 🇦🇺
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
So so grateful always 🇦🇺💛
@adamgroszkiewicz814
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! I watched the Kraut video on Putin's Ideology last night. Very interested to hear Vlad's takeaway. I was not familiar with Lev Gumilev, so I felt it was time well spent.
@thundereagle4130
Жыл бұрын
This basically. We assume Putin is some professional historian and a philosopher. But in the end he is just a amateur in both of them. Its like you encounter one of those right-wing doomers claiming we already live in 1984 and claims he knows why George Orwell wrote this book, while in reality that same doomer is making the mistakes Orwell is warning us from. Putin is a amateur who's at his peak of the dunning-kruger graph. He thinks he knows why these people once wrote about this stuff, but in reality he doesn't. He thinks he found the answer why Russia is in decline, but he doesn't. Putin believes in fantasies based on the works of these philosophers. Just like how Quanon followers believe in fantasies of 1984's anti-totalitarianism message. Unfortunately this resulted in some a lot of bloodshed.
@ebrim5013
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thoughts as always.
@iancooketapia
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for, in a short and quick way, helping us understand a little better how ideas are spat back out into the culture that is already engaging with them.
@seanferguson5460
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate your take on Kraut. When I pull back from the specifics, I think all great powers through history (including a few I admire) do the same thing: find a self-serving justification for doing anything and everything they want to do.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Some regimes are regimes of ideas, they really are. Others are not. For instance Fukuyamian ideas in the West and earlier, Marxist Leninist ideas, were enormously powerful in the 20th century.
@davethebrahman9870
Жыл бұрын
That must be why the US has occupied the Venzuelan and Saudi Arabian oilfields :)
@bigolboomerbelly4348
Жыл бұрын
@@davethebrahman9870 so what? what does that have to do with anything he said? you bots parrot "america bad" like simpletons
@n.hermann7200
Жыл бұрын
@@bigolboomerbelly4348 The bigger point is that the US doesn’t even control the Venezuelan or Saudi oil fields. The US has diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia and buys their petroleum, while the current Venezuelan government hates the US.
@davethebrahman9870
Жыл бұрын
@@bigolboomerbelly4348 You aren’t very smart, are you? My comment was entirely sarcastic. Do you really think the US has taken over those oilfields?
@sjay67
Жыл бұрын
Surely Putin is more influenced by his upbringing, experiences and parents. I think Putin learnt to be a thug by his and his father's experience in the FSB. Can you talk more about this ..
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
I shall
@sjay67
Жыл бұрын
@@VladVexlerChat thx
@MarcosElMalo2
Жыл бұрын
When Putin was stationed in East Germany, one of his projects was to recruit neo-Nazis and send them to West Germany.
@Turinnn1
Жыл бұрын
I think Kraut heavily relies on literature, books, analysis etc. written about Russia and history in general. That's not a bad thing, but he might get too constrained by those works. Especially when things have changed after the written stuff.
@BigHenFor
Жыл бұрын
Theories are either Descriptive models, or Predictive Ones. If Kraut is explaining Putin's thinking, relying on historical sources is ok, with all the historiographical caveats. Predicting where Putin's thinking will take him, is another matter altogether. "What man proposes, God disposes." And Putin is reactive, rather than proactive, as most gamblers are. As such, what he fails to do is as important as what he does do, as his problems reflect his priorities. Right now he's cherry-picking the components of his narrative, for others to swallow. He possibly doesn't believe a word he says. So predicting whst he will do is pretty pointless using his pronouncements. Look at what he does rather than what he says.
@slippingsnake
Жыл бұрын
@@BigHenFor I agree with you, for over 20 years Putin cultivated a corrupt Cleptocracy wich is not Part of any nationalist Ideology. But the contradiction is that he is continuing to destroy Russia when he must be aware that his military has not the capacity to hold the conquered territory: refurbished Tanks from the 1960s, Drones from Iran and mass mobilistion of untrained citizens are obvious signs that there is something wrong. Putin must know that he can't win the war but lose Russia, so the question is why he continues and is not looking for an exit strategy?
@lamaahruloma4270
Жыл бұрын
I have noticed it myself on me as a big bookworm with several thousands of books. Nobody can have and read books on everything. Some are missing, some stay on bookshelf et cetera.
@filipe2444
Жыл бұрын
@@lamaahruloma4270 thousands of books lol why would you write such easily debunkable bullshit
@lamaahruloma4270
Жыл бұрын
@@filipe2444 Dear sir, please debunk it, that history of Korea and 20 years older history of Korea contain differences not only in regards of the 20 years of time inbetween. There are changes in historiography and else. The way history is studied, viewed, understood, written depends on authors and the time a society of author is present. Time is not static, human society is not static, humans themselves are not.
@Asherrothstan
Жыл бұрын
I doubt you’ll see this Vlad, but this was the video that hooked me and I’ve been getting all the content from you that I can since this released. Thanks so much!
@vitorboldrini6337
Жыл бұрын
The mention of Kant as a parallel is curious, because I’m sure Kraut would _also_ put a much larger emphasis on his influence in the West’s ideas and institutions than what you have given him credit for. So in this sense, what I take is that your difference is not so much over the preeminence of Ivan Ilyin in Russia’s ideological makeup, but rather about the idea of individuals having such an influence over society in general.
@lcs.1094
Жыл бұрын
You're so right about Dugan's influence, or usefulness, that he's more like a... target drone, used specifically to take western criticism and with these criticisms he can be shaped into a hero or flag, so common Russian folks will believe in him, together with the propaganda he carries out. "the more our enemy criticizes us means the better we are doing" this is not always true, but almost all humans believe in this logic
@nikitadrechsel7567
Жыл бұрын
Just discovering this channel and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed by the research, presentation and work that you put into your videos! Big Thumbs Up!
@Fewrfreyut
Жыл бұрын
I honestly think a chat between you and Snyder would be extremely fruitful, and i think you both are more closely aligned than might seem on the surface. I don’t recall if he mentions this in his book, but i’ve seen some of snyder’s talks about Ilyin and his book, and he very often says Putin isn’t really adhering to Ilyin’s philosophy in any strict sense; that he is indeed mainly just pulling the bits he wants to suit his needs (an example being Snyder says Ilyin would never have supported the leader being a former communist official who lamented the loss of the soviet union), so there is already a conceit that Putin is essentially cherry-picking bits of Ilyin rather than taking Ilyin as a whole within Snyder’s views of Putin.
@wickstorm_records
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I hope you are doing well today.
@subcitizen2012
Жыл бұрын
Snyder openly admits that the Ilyin connection is tenuous and speculation, but notes that there appears to be elements that do correspond, and as a matter of fact Putin interred him and quotes him with some frequency. So it's not as if there's nothing there; but also, nothing is ever perfect. We can call it Putinism, but whatever Putinism is happens to be empty and smoke and mirrors, there's nothing wrong with using whatever tools we have available to analyze and observe what is happening. I wish we could at face value acknowledge Putin as basically evil, but in our times we have to keep measuring the present to the past two see how evil something is, and never having a clear answer. 50% evil is still evil, but the algorithms and the post modern mind can't seem to get around that problem. Few westerners were openly defending Hitler after invading Poland, but here we are today, there are people defending Putin after this escalation with Ukraine.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
"In the 2010s, Putin relied upon Ilyin's authority to explain why Russia had to undermine the European Union and invade Ukraine." Says Snyder. I am not sure about statements like that. I will talk about Snyder's style soon.
@LLlap
Жыл бұрын
Smoke and mirrors, but kids in russia are taught fascism from early age. Smoke and mirrors all you want dude but those kids will grow up.
@IndelibleNihilist
Жыл бұрын
@Vlad Vexler - you sir, are fascinating.
@johnecoapollo7
Жыл бұрын
Hey, I commented about this. Thank you for your thoughts Vlad
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Pleasure!
@andrewmargeson6646
Жыл бұрын
Your argument makes sense to me. One can use quotations from a thinker without being influenced by him or her and it is often tactically advantageous to do so. I suspect this is the rule rather than the exception in the case of politicians. I do think, however, that the influence can be indirect. If a philosopher has a lot of influence on the ideas of people in one's milieu he or she can be influenced by the philosopher even without knowing it.
@georgeholloway3981
Жыл бұрын
Coming to this only now. It's absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite of your videos.
@electrosyzygy
Жыл бұрын
Question: Do you think Putin is merely a shallow intellectual going about with his trolley as a 'consumerist' of ideas, picking what he likes? I suspect his syncretism to be more intentional and pragmatic. Putin, by training, is keenly aware of the power of narratives and since Ilyin does have influence in Russian culture, insofar that bits of his ideas are floating about in the Zeitgeist, he is useful and effective to instrumentalize. Putin wants to be seen as being influenced by Ilyin, which makes Ilyin (more?) influential on the culture at large which in turn shapes the cultural narrative and alters reality, bending it to his will.
@cahdoge
Жыл бұрын
Having listen to quite a few videos of our dear Vlad I'm confident in saying, that neither me or him consider putin to be an interlectual at all. Wich corresponds well with Putins history as a KGB agent (proletarianism being the keyword here augmented, to an extent, by recieving prestige through being less interlectual and more "working calss" like) and and his world view being self serving (justifying the means he uses to stay in place/power), collective (as mentioned in this video; using ideas he heard or read in popular (in the literal sense) literature without considering their implications or interactions, as long as they fit) and reductive (prefering easy/simple models over accurate ones)
@NotOrdinaryInGames
Жыл бұрын
Excellent point, ideologies only take hold if a specific group has what it takes inside of them to accept the ideology (with or without complete understanding, as it usually happens).
@darthputinsmouthpiece1059
Жыл бұрын
My idiology is simple: Restore the Soviet Union. make sure it's Economy is ruined, make sure everyone is trying to get out of the country & losing catastrophic war we blame on USA.
@urip_zukoharjo
Жыл бұрын
Uraaaa----nium catastrophe
@ionxtreme6847
Жыл бұрын
I know this is sarcasm, but here's my rebuttal: 1. No. 2. No. 3. Well everyone wanted to leave Russia anyways before this war, and let's call it a war, because this special military operation is such a laughable euphemism to sanitize to the Russians that "well, it's just a mini-operation, nothing major". 4. Why is it that every extreme dictator on the left blames the US for their problems?
@franciscoduarteauthor
Жыл бұрын
You remain a master strategist.
@BZ-rr1wt
Жыл бұрын
Step 4: profit
@telebubba5527
Жыл бұрын
I'd have to agree 100%.
@nanorider426
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the really interesting video.
@Strykehjerne
Жыл бұрын
I think I needed this. Thank you 👍. So, as a Norwegian/Brit/European I'm hoping I understand the response correctly. The summary offered by Kraut is good, up to the point where philosophy and the academic analysis of such, becomes important in understanding the individual that is Putin? Making Krauts essay even more condemning of the Russian world view. In that one individuals entirely corrupted, vacuous and at best haphazard struggle to become a figurehead of a national identity, is facilitated, allowed and justified by the particularities of the Muscowite state formation.... ? I suppose I find Kraut useful, personally, as a means to negotiate the word salad I hear when the Russian foreign office makes statements, or Lavrov tries to explain current reality. As it at least provided me with a framework to hang, what to me are inconceivable philosophical/ideological views.Particularly when they appear on the political stage and are presented in debating, or as important tools that shape solutions to current, national issues. I suppose I'm simply not used to navigate a landscape where figures and forces such as, the strong leader of the nation, "winning" as an important issue in elections - or crushing the enemy, seems likely to ever be seen as a positive solution or option. I might simply be unable to even acknowledge that getting inside one individuals head, is important or even relevant, as a tool to help understand an entire political landscape. At least your voice allows me to feel like I am a little closer to such an understanding. So, to express what I see - personally - is deeply shocking, as it can only make sense if it stems from an alien, and profound, disregard for individual responsibilities and freedoms, and a vaguely disquieting relationship with what to expect from a human life, in terms of what gives it value, and who determines that value. It seems to me that might explain why Putin was so coy about answering a question about being ready to go to heaven the other day.. (in itself a very strange question for a political forum), I am justified in placing his doctrine as comparable to that of a martyr producing religion, and the Russian instruments of state, as the active enabler of such "policies" in the population at large. ... Are we just witnessing a protracted collective suicide??.. Somehow, I hope I need to visit the optician again
@olavl8827
Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear a review of you on Timothy Snyder's latest series on The Making of Modern Ukraine. I have been devouring those lectures lately because I find them very interesting. I'm planning on reading a few of his books after the video series is finished. What I would love even more is a 1, 2 or three hour conversation between you two about everything ( or anything) related to Russia and Ukraine. That would be glorious.
@MarcosElMalo2
Жыл бұрын
I’m also enjoying Snyder’s ongoing university lectures. While they can definitely be taken on their own (as I am doing), I miss having access to the course syllabus and reading materials that he occasionally mentions. I have listened to the audiobook version of Bloodlands, which I recommend if you don’t have access to the written text.
@olavl8827
Жыл бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2 I already have Bloodlands and Sketches from a Secret War as e-books. My problem is I have a large collection of books I still want to read but not enough time (or: too many distractions) to read as many of them as I'd like. As for the syllabus: in the description under each of Snyder's lectures there's a link to the reading list. Even more books!
@iris1224wwad
Жыл бұрын
@@olavl8827 Bloodlands is a book I was considering, but like you I have so many books yet to read. Do you recommend it though?
@olavl8827
Жыл бұрын
@@iris1224wwad So I haven't read it yet, just skimmed it, and frankly its subject matter intimidates me. But from what I read *about* the book it's one of Snyder's best and certainly the one that has caused the most debate (which is a quality in itself I think). There's a Wikipedia article about the book that seems to describe it quite competently.
@iris1224wwad
Жыл бұрын
@@olavl8827 I've been hesitant for that reason. I tried to get through Sebag Montefiores book about Statin. The violence in it is very graphic, and I can handle that, but there was just SO much of it! I put the book away at about 1/3, picked it up later and when put it away again when I was about 2/3 through it. That was years ago. I haven't finished it to date. For now I still have plenty to read, so maybe at some point I'll start on Bloodlands. For now I'll stick with his lectures on Ukraine.
@Wallyworld30
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Vlad for covering Krauts Essay as when he uploaded it I'd only watched 20 minutes or so before getting interrupted by something and I forgot to finish it. Great work Kraut! Best Essay I've seen on Putins' Ideological framework by far!
@GrimMeowning
Жыл бұрын
With Dugin situation is different to what most people think. Putin follows Dugin's plan almost precisely step by step, but not his ideology. So Chechnya -> Georgia -> East Ukraine and Crimea as bridgehead for future invasion of West Ukraine and Poland -> then Baltic Countries. So Putin follows those steps - but fails to fulfill them completely, only partially. However, many people in Russia (not Putin himself) are sharing same beliefs as Dugin, but they do NOT know about Dugin's existence. They are just same imperialists as him, with similar mindset and view of the world.
@importantname
Жыл бұрын
calm ratioanal intellectual discussion into complex situaltions on youtube gives me hope for the future of humanity. What people think, discuss, believe and do, can or does make a difference. That you for using your time to help us to better understand the current state.
@lastwish6759
Жыл бұрын
As a Russian, I can firmly agree with the following things: 1. Dugin is the clown, not the mysterious and powerful influencer. He is considered seriously only by a tiny group of fans of Russian Orthodox Monarchism with the total mess and porridge in their heads. 2. Putin doesn't look like a big fan of reading serious, especially philosophic literature. He is the head of the biggest mafia clan on the planet who loves and enjoys the luxurious lifestyle of the King. I doubt that he has ever read deeply enough any philosopher, historian, or author at all. 3. Putin doesn't have any philosophy or ideology to offer the world. He is an opportunist whose calculation's depth is 1 move forward. It's hilarious how the media created the image of Dart Weider of him. If you look objectively at the figures, you'll see that he has been using the enormous resources of Russia in a super inefficient way. Russia is on the decline almost everywhere, in all significant spheres Russia has been consistently losing its positions. 4. Putin doesn't have ideology and philosophy, but he has some beliefs. And it's very simple, as he's been raised in USSR: democracy, human rights - all these things are fake. The only truth and genuine value is the POWER. And the power of the state prevails over everything.
@nationradical
Жыл бұрын
You were the first channel I thought of when I saw his awesome essay! Love the interactions
@Leuthen57
Жыл бұрын
Just saw this vid, I watched Krauts video the other day and wondered what you would think. Great video! Happy to of found it.
@atypicalpinetree4212
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that here's some constructive criticism rather than attacking Krauts video, you seem more interested in furthering the discussion and building upon it. Really appreciated
@aiden1156
Жыл бұрын
Great vid
@shasamonaghan9528
Жыл бұрын
Love from Ireland Xxxxxx keep up your good work and well presented thoughts xxXxx
@kev792
Жыл бұрын
WOW, I literally saw Kraut’s video today as I was driving and was wondering what’s Vlad’s opinion on this. Awesome!
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Hee hee
@MarcosElMalo2
Жыл бұрын
I hope you mean you were playing golf while watching Kraut’s video, and not operating a motor vehicle.
@kev792
Жыл бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2 Driving. I wasnt actually watching it, but more so listening, lol
@henrylansing9734
Жыл бұрын
The final of many straws for me watching Kraut's video was when he called Lauren Southern a fascist. Like, lmfao.
@soksnfongz335
Жыл бұрын
👍 👌 Thankyou Vlad
@jt95124
Жыл бұрын
Hitler had exactly the same constructed narrative about Aryans, German history, the occult. Believing only when useful, never condemning, yet somehow knowing it was not true. COnsider Hitler joking to a confidant about the occult nazis, or Trump making a crack about making a joke that confirmed that at that moment he knew he lost. Not having "fact permanence" is a powerful tool, not using it dooms you to reconciling imperfection and admission of not reaching the ideal. Those beliefs seem to me to fit in to the political techniques and psychological relationship with the narrative the same for both Hitler and Putin. Self-seving narrative creation with trusting but not critical thinking nationalist support for authoritarian tribalism is quite popular historically and recently, and like Hitler/Stalin, they are quite similar on this and other dimensions.
@ElPepe-gj2mz
Жыл бұрын
That's not true about this occult stuff. This was Himmlers ideas, Hitler actually had not a thing for that and could barely tolerate it. He was essentially atheist but saw the potential that religion could be used for to build the 'Volkskörper'
@tmlucatube
Жыл бұрын
Food for the brain .. 🙏🏼 thanks
@playground2137
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Vlad
@ElPepe-gj2mz
Жыл бұрын
As a German I have to correct you on the pronunciation of 'Kant' - sorry to say that, but it's a short vowel sound almost identical with the English swear word for female genitals.
@tapetenklaus1869
Жыл бұрын
Fascism has always had an ideological patchwork as its philosophy
@amezcuaist
Жыл бұрын
I can imagine Putin reacting to a new idea offered to him as a Mafia boss would "Hey that`s a good idea --I`m glad I thought of it ". Like a Mafia boss pretending to follow his religion and seeing himself as a Roman Soldier which is as opposite as you could get .
@kingfisher9553
Жыл бұрын
☕ I'm a bit late today. thanks for the introduction to Kraut! A joy to listen to you, as usual.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! And welcome as always.
@kjeldgaard0
Жыл бұрын
I think you are ignoring a couple of facts regarding Putin's connection to Ilyin: - In 2006, Putin initated the return of a collection of Ilyin's personal papers and manuscripts, that was handed over to a personal representative of Putin. - In 2005, the remains of Ilyin were returned to Russia from Switzerland and reburied at Donskoy Monastery, Moscow, in a ceremony by the Patriarch of Moscow. These facts show that Putin already in 2005 had awareness of Ilyin as an iconic Russian thinker. While you say Putin doesn't read, and isn't influenced by Ilyin, you dismiss the possibility that others in his circles do read Ilyin, are inspired by him, and through them the thoughts reach Putin. On the other hand, you can of course argue that Ilyin's Russian fascist ideology is rather primitive and could definitely be discovered more times than once.
@spacelemming4493
Жыл бұрын
I find it strange that we are taught not to use a great man model of thinking, yet when it comes to Russia people only think "would Putin do x and y" and not what his advisors, philosopher's, oligarchs or people think more generaly. The goverments been pushing his Ilyin in Russian media for years so society and government will be influenced by him like how most westernern governments quote Kant but never read his work, you don't need to so long as someone can tell you the key points, in the form of advice, or a quote to use to reinforce a speech.
@genkestrel7254
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, such an interesting discussion. I'm subscribing
@EnglishAbundance
Жыл бұрын
@vlad - I think you’re spot on about Putin’s pick n mix approach to ideas. I think it’s very much in line with the approach of modern Russian propaganda.
@jonson856
Жыл бұрын
In general people nowadays are about pick n mix. I mean if an ideology in the past was 100% perfect then why is not alive today anymore? People who pick up those ideologies apply tweaks to them so to fit their own situation better, so they end up with weird mixes of ideologies.
@telebubba5527
Жыл бұрын
I don't think Putin has any ideas at all. He is just trying to keep in power so he doesn't land in jail. Basically he is Russiocentric using old narratives that even go back to imperial times when it fits him. So now, the latest twist in his thinking, he thinks he has to free Ukraine from satanists, while he has absolutely no bussiness in Ukraine. That idea alone is more to do with satanism than Ukraine will ever be. What he needs is a good hiding and to be put back into his place.
@vgernyc
Жыл бұрын
Adam Curtis has done a couple of documentaries on Russia/USSR including a new one called TraumaZone which is a compilation of Russian moments on video and he largely lets them speak for themselves.
@bjhale
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up. I've been a fan of Curtis's work for a while and didn't know he had some new documentaries out. His past material on Russia has been quite good, so I'll check them out for sure.
@Grace.allovertheplace
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 (for the very warm welcome 😁❤️)
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Thank YOU
@paulwilliams698
Жыл бұрын
Love your approach and construction of these all too brief talks, I often feel I can reach over and touch your words, kind regards.
@guygeorgesvoet4177
Жыл бұрын
thank you Vlad for a most clarifying video the hub of which confirmed some of my proper speculative musings in these matters. I liked the image of a gangster walking along a trolley to see what other arms he could somehow pick up as still useful. To think now i was once somewhat taken in by Mearsheimer's thesis. It's wonderful to get (slowly) enlightened, which means being really capable not to budge any more on basic positions, cos in all these awfully complex and complicated matters it takes a lot of time for a laborious but labouring outsider to fight-find his way around and you have been a most sure helping hand in this and also on the Ilyin-Dugin-bit of the matter. Keep up the good works and spirit, old chap.
@aspielm759
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating critique. This really helped me to put his Video into perspective. Goes with out saying Kraut's video so far still seems to be one of the, if not THE best video on this matter. I say this because I personally think that in comparison to more popular videos his still remains the most factual and the least "well technically speaking...", by which I mean it doesn't guess or theorise as much
@normanboyes4983
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Vlad - as always.
@zefft.f4010
Жыл бұрын
lol, i watched that video yesterday and thought 'hmmm...i wonder if Vlad Vexler has spoken about Ilyin' and here you are!
@davidmiles-hanschell
Жыл бұрын
Slava Vlad!
@jimmartin2548
Жыл бұрын
Bruh you are eloquent and so on point!
@TMMx
Жыл бұрын
Which Bryukhanov are you mentioning at 12:00?
@zuggernautz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Vlad!
@richteffekt
Жыл бұрын
Here's a quote from Kant: "I really like those meatballs." - history, gotta have your facts straight.
@Hardbass2021
Жыл бұрын
Kraut's video got recommended to me yesterday, and after watching that, also recommended this video for me. Pretty good analysis and criticism of the topic.
@karinfend2980
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sending back our pigeons equipped with anti-macchiavellian spirit by sharing yor education and experience 🙏
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Hee hee 🌻
@karinfend2980
Жыл бұрын
@@VladVexlerChat Sunflowers will prevail
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
@@karinfend2980 I love sunflowers. I grow them in the summer.
@karinfend2980
Жыл бұрын
So do I. And in Winter birds love to find the seeds on several places near our home. And some humans in some countries make the best of it to feed the world. Best flower ever.
@karinfend2980
Жыл бұрын
Roses are red, Violets are blue, but sunflowers do!
@marshabonforte6963
Жыл бұрын
The Soviet Union was animated by a real Ideology, even though it was evil. Putin is trying to weave together something like that for Russia, but it’s so incoherent that it falls apart after the slightest examination in the light of day.
@matrixfull
Жыл бұрын
yeah it's kinda interesting coz Putin sees Soviet Union falling apart as tragedy but at the same time he don't really care about ideology that Soviet Union stood for...he just cares about russian imperialism .
@marshabonforte6963
Жыл бұрын
@@matrixfull Soviet Communism held out the promise of Utopia that they were going to bestow on all of mankind. That’s a cohesive idea with teleological elements akin to a religion. A secular religion. Putinism just comes off as selfish and greedy. No one can really explain it, and I can’t see it surviving Putin.
@anthonymorris2276
Жыл бұрын
You say: "The Soviet Union was animated by a real Ideology, even though it was evil." Respectfully, I would put it differently. The Soviet Union paid lip-service to a real Ideology. The ideology itself was deeply flawed, but not evil. The way it was implemented by Lenin, and more particularly by Stalin, exposed the flaws. The steps which they took to secure and retain power, especially after the flaws in the underlying ideology had become apparent, was evil incarnate.
@charlesbeaudry3263
Жыл бұрын
I think USSR was not evil per say but was easily coopted by individuals and groups internal to the regime, due to the absolutist nature of the idelogy and the lack of checks and balances in the foundation of the regime. The American regime has held in large part because none of the governing institutions have absolute power over the regime. Yes, it is also in large part due to geography but a USSR based in America would have lead to the same excesses and delinquent behavior we saw in the history of that regime.
@MarcosElMalo2
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonymorris2276 It’s convenient to say that the Soviet Union paid lip service to Marxist ideology, but wrong. According to Stephen Kotkin, who has read and reviewed tens of thousands of documents from the Soviet archives, party apparatchiks spent countless hours arguing the fine points of ideology. The believed in their Revolution, violent revolution, and all the ideas that flowed into and out of that revolution. It’s tempting to think the Bolsheviks were a criminal gang with pretensions, or were wolves in sheep’s clothing. I myself thought this, and thought that Putin was merely a continuation of this cynicism, but with the pretensions dropped. Now I believe it to be more complicated than that. The idea that [Putin = Soviet Union minus the veneer of socialism] might be comforting to those trying to cling to Marxism, but it is incorrect.
@bobjayp
Жыл бұрын
What's the difference between a Professional Philosopher and a guy yelling from a soapbox in Hyde Park, aside from the volume?
@mikeshoults4155
Жыл бұрын
5:50 You say that it doesn't shape Putin's thinking, But that doesn't mean that his thinking isn't shaped like Ilums. So understanding Ilums ideology will help to understand Putin because they are both walking on the same road. It's the road , or thought patterns that in themselves have a direction and lead to certain actions or other ideas, that road is very similar to Ilums, there fore understandimg Ilums ideology can be predictive in understanding Putin.
@martinzarzarmusic5338
Жыл бұрын
In some ways ideas begin with artists and then culture follows… then philosophers do as you describe. Interesting chat as always.
@NIL0S
Жыл бұрын
Putin might be putting a random collection of ideological bits and pieces into his trolley, but everybody else has got to pay the bill.
@superforesttiger3986
Жыл бұрын
Vlad - how do you think Putin sees this invasion ending? Do you think he is fully aware of the situation on the ground - new recruits being given no training, old equipment etc? And, when the war ends what will happen to Putin if (assuming and hoping) Ukraine ‘wins’?
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Putin will find it hard to survive losing Crimea. Which is why I think the idea of Ukraine gaining Crimea is too optimistically entertained. But anything is possible! Putin wants the war so drag on as long as possible.
@superforesttiger3986
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my questions. I feel sorry for all the people who are dying needlessly in this conflict. I hope for a swift end to it. But, I imagine a grinding war of attrition is the only way.
@catc8927
Жыл бұрын
@@VladVexlerChat Thank you for saying that it’s Putin, not the West, who wants this war to drag on as long as possible. It drives me nuts when people (likely Russian trolls) allege that the EU, UK, and USA are bloodthirsty warmongers because we’ve been “enabling” Ukraine to keep resisting. A quick check of incentives would show how wrong that is - only Putin wins in a prolonged war situation (more time for Western unity to fracture, more Ukrainian deaths out of a smaller population, more opportunities to stir up Russian patriotic fervor to maintain power, etc.).
@nathanrohde3440
Жыл бұрын
@@VladVexlerChat I don't see Crimea as an accessible short term goal for the Ukrainians, but it is too easy to cut off logistically if they ever attain a significant enough advantage. Russia doesn't have the naval and air capacity to keep Crimea supplied for any significant length of time. I realize KZitem is full of armchair generals, so I will try to stick to basic facts. I don't see a stalemate as a long term possibility, either one side breaks due too attrition or one side qualitatively improves its forces enough to create a durable advantage. Russia's vast reserve of manpower has allowed it to sustain some dire losses a lot of nations wouldn't be able stomach, but it doesn't appear the Russian military is making substantial improvements in its leadership, training, and logistics. Winter is also here and many important supply routes remain vulnerable. The casualties from the weather alone are likely going to be horrific. While I can't comment on the quality of Ukrainian forces as long as the foreign support continues to flow in at adequate quantities they will slowly gain a material advantage. The only way a long war favors Russia is if the Republicans gain control of the legislature and the executive branch and Europe drastically reduces it's current level of support. The Poles, Baltics, and Finns have a high level of commitment. Western and Central European commit is more in doubt.
@larrybuzbee7344
Жыл бұрын
As I was listening to Kraut a few days ago I wondeted what Vlad would have ti say about it, et voilà.
@ChrisTheWildman
Жыл бұрын
I am simply so excited to see my favourite political KZitemr respond to my favourite historical KZitemr. I perceived Kraut's video essay to have been created under the assumption of "there is some philosophy or ideology behind Putin's political decisions". For most westerners it seems very difficult to imagine intellectual emptiness standing behind Putin's delusions of grandeur.
@VladVexlerChat
Жыл бұрын
Lovely. I thought the essay was excellent. It is so important to celebrate content of that quality on KZitem.
@The_Powerhouse_Of_The_Cell
Жыл бұрын
Great video Vlad! Really enjoyed it. 17:45 - I actually pretty strongly disagree with your conclusion here. Sure, the KZitem commenter in the example may not be rigorously engaging with the core of Kant’s ideas, but you are disregarding a key component of the role of a philosopher: communication and language. Only half of a philosopher’s job is intensely examining ideas; the other half is carefully selecting how precisely to communicate those ideas. Without language, philosophy is a pointless exercise. So even without seriously engaging the core ideas of Kant, by quoting him and co-opting him, that KZitem commenter is filtering their own thoughts about the world through the warping prism of Kant’s choice of words that he uses to describe those thoughts, and those linguistic decisions will fundamentally change how those thoughts are perceived. In that regard, one can be extremely influenced by a philosopher without deeply understanding them. Just quoting them will alter how one conceptualizes the issues at hand.
@stalin3725
Жыл бұрын
The real motives for invading Ukraine were mixed but money -the huge cash value of Ukraine's grain exports -will have been a major factor. Like a hostile takeover in the business world.
@electrosyzygy
Жыл бұрын
Interesting reactions and comments thread. You have a new sub!
@BuenoSuertes
Жыл бұрын
I think of public ideologists as modern shamans - they put on rituals such as appearing on talk shows etc. As with traditional shamans, the question then is how seriously do the kings take their shamans, how much do they understand and believe the holy men? Medieval kings may not have fully understood or bought into the ideas expressed through those rituals but surely they must have been influenced in sone way by those rituals? As with modern public ideologists.
@catch_2022
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I wanted to ask to make such a video right after I stumbled across the Kraut's video. Kraut's video was interesting to watch, but he seems to take correlation for causality.
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