Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said that: “The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. If a nation's spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand.”
It was a good speech, full of jokes that bolstered a serious and vital message. The Barbarians are unfortunately not only inside the gates, but actually running the asylum. Perhaps it is worth giving Western governments and institutions a giant enema flushing out the system and starting again. We just cannot carry on as we are now.
I don’t know if you were aware when you were in stand up comedy just what a powerful and excellent orator you could become about such essential issues. Keep doing what you’re doing - this was an excellent speech.
Super speech. Костя, вы лучше всех! I agree with your perspective entirely. I’m an emeritus prof of Russian studies and I think your “stereoscopic” vision is laser accurate!!
I wonder, given your Jewish ancestry, why you failed to mention the Jewish partisans who fought in WWII, often having to avoid contact with hostile, antisemitic Russian partisans. Those Jewish partisans were the epitome of undermanned and outgunned. Their dream was to live, so they could actually have sons whose dreams would not be stolen.
Bravo Konstantin. Again you refresh my dried out sponge of a brain with your refreshing and uplifting words! Please keep doing what you are doing - it's people like you who we need most, and who will be remembered long after the woke madness has gone 'pop'.
I was there, this speech, Paul Marshall and Ayaan were the lights of the party. Or at the end of the tunnel. Or shining at some distant now dark sky, where a little light might shine trough. But hopeful as ARC portrayed itself, outside they were out in force with their flags, chants and potential for violent rage. I saw your talk with Douglas and I fear I must agree: some of them should leave, or be forced to. We can’t just keep talking about how the barbarians are inside the gate. We have to expel them - back outside the gate. And if politicians won’t solve that, I like Douglas fear that the public will. And it will not be pretty.
I found it jarring that a Jewish man considers the enslavement and extermination of the Taino people of the Carribean to be a 'micro-aggression'. I am reminded of what Hitler said as they were about to invade Poland, in reference to an earlier speech where he promised the annihilation of the Jews if World War broke out, he said '"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?". Once a people is annihilated, they are quickly forgotten, their demise becomes a 'micro-aggression'. I think we can appreciate the ideals of Western Civilization, without resorting to white supremacist propaganda and diminishing or suppressing the experiences of the groups destroyed by European colonization. I agree with you that the West was no worse and in many respects better than the Muslim or Chinese empires in their treatment of out-groups, and we did eventually try to live up to our stated ideals (about 50 years ago) - usually after we have forcibly taken possession of the land and resources. Looking honestly at history means that if we judge past actors by current ethics we find villains everywhere. The West has better ideals, but those ideals were often not applied to out-groups. We have to see civilization as a slow process of expanding who lies within the 'in-group'. Btw, before you claim the natives were cannibals -- that was the Caniba (where the word comes from) aka the Carib's (who the sea is named for) not the Arawak Tainos -- they were victims of Carib raids.
It was a good speech, full of jokes that bolstered a serious and vital message. The Barbarians are unfortunately not only inside the gates, but actually running the asylum. Perhaps it is worth giving Western governments and institutions a giant enema flushing out the system and starting again. We just cannot carry on as we are now.
Brilliant and so much needed.
Thank you for your wit, for your care
Thank you
M
I am optimist
Thanks. It is speeches like this that rouse people to fight against the gathering wokeness. Keep it up.
Bravo, Sir !
“We do not get to choose whether to die or not. The only choice we have is whether we LIVE before we do.” .... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I don’t know if you were aware when you were in stand up comedy just what a powerful and excellent orator you could become about such essential issues. Keep doing what you’re doing - this was an excellent speech.
Wonderful speech KK.
Super speech. Костя, вы лучше всех! I agree with your perspective entirely. I’m an emeritus prof of Russian studies and I think your “stereoscopic” vision is laser accurate!!
We need an infinitely better quality of politician and leaders of institutions. Please stand at the next election!
I wonder, given your Jewish ancestry, why you failed to mention the Jewish partisans who fought in WWII, often having to avoid contact with hostile, antisemitic Russian partisans. Those Jewish partisans were the epitome of undermanned and outgunned. Their dream was to live, so they could actually have sons whose dreams would not be stolen.
Bravo Konstantin. Again you refresh my dried out sponge of a brain with your refreshing and uplifting words! Please keep doing what you are doing - it's people like you who we need most, and who will be remembered long after the woke madness has gone 'pop'.
Wow 👌
Well said.
I was there, this speech, Paul Marshall and Ayaan were the lights of the party. Or at the end of the tunnel. Or shining at some distant now dark sky, where a little light might shine trough. But hopeful as ARC portrayed itself, outside they were out in force with their flags, chants and potential for violent rage. I saw your talk with Douglas and I fear I must agree: some of them should leave, or be forced to. We can’t just keep talking about how the barbarians are inside the gate. We have to expel them - back outside the gate. And if politicians won’t solve that, I like Douglas fear that the public will. And it will not be pretty.
Great work again, KK. (Surprised, though, that you didn't mention FF after talking about ordering the hottest curry at Nando's.)
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I found it jarring that a Jewish man considers the enslavement and extermination of the Taino people of the Carribean to be a 'micro-aggression'. I am reminded of what Hitler said as they were about to invade Poland, in reference to an earlier speech where he promised the annihilation of the Jews if World War broke out, he said '"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?". Once a people is annihilated, they are quickly forgotten, their demise becomes a 'micro-aggression'. I think we can appreciate the ideals of Western Civilization, without resorting to white supremacist propaganda and diminishing or suppressing the experiences of the groups destroyed by European colonization. I agree with you that the West was no worse and in many respects better than the Muslim or Chinese empires in their treatment of out-groups, and we did eventually try to live up to our stated ideals (about 50 years ago) - usually after we have forcibly taken possession of the land and resources. Looking honestly at history means that if we judge past actors by current ethics we find villains everywhere. The West has better ideals, but those ideals were often not applied to out-groups. We have to see civilization as a slow process of expanding who lies within the 'in-group'. Btw, before you claim the natives were cannibals -- that was the Caniba (where the word comes from) aka the Carib's (who the sea is named for) not the Arawak Tainos -- they were victims of Carib raids.