No matter how much you hate the media, you don't hate them enough. Remember that Will Smith slapping someone received more coverage than the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Maybe some Americans, but I see way too many examples of people not understanding or not willing to understand what corporate media is. My mother-in-law feels bad for me every time I express my disdain for a politician or a journalist. She says “I can’t imagine what you had to go through in Soviet Union that made you feel that way”. And she blindly believes everything the NYT posts, or the blue team says. No critical thinking whatsoever. “Orange man bad” and no amount of “babies corpses in Hunter’s basement” could ever top that.
When I was stationed in South Korea with the US Army in 1992 i ran into three Russian sailors in a bar and we hung out all night and had a great time. I made the comment of " It must have sucked living with all that propaganda." One of them looked at me and told me " At least in the Soviet Union we knew it was BS but you Americans believe everything you are told." Ive never forgotten that and that pretty much sums up what Matt is talking about.
I grew up in USSR, and I can tell you this Russian sailor was full of s**t. There were plenty of people in USSR who swallowed Soviet propaganda hook, line, and sinker, just like there are plenty or Russians right now who swallow Putin's propaganda in the same uncritical way. And looking at my American friends over 30+ years I've lived in the US - no, most of them didn't, and don't 'believe everything they are told'.
In all fairness to the average American or European, they grew up, as did their ancestors coming from Christian stock, passed down selectively from generation to generation. They were/are gullible to those with ill will. Ex: The US military in WW1 AND 2 did not mass r.pe. It just wasn't done, with few exceptions and those were prosecuted. All other militaries do this.
@@adrianalexandrov7730 haha. I don't know where you are from. But I know exactly zero people that believe any propaganda. We were not raised on our knees boy. I would have a hard time finding a Russian who bends a knee or falls in line.
It is interesting that people in positions in the USA always talk about any topic about Russia that the best period was between 1990-2000 (the arrival of Putin 2000). In fact, it is one of the worst periods in Russia history. In that period, the oligarchy ruled. alcoholism, murders, crime , corruption, destroyed economy, neglected army, lack of employment... (1990-2000) Of course, such a ruined Russia suited America. When Putin came, he first had to clean up everything, all that oligarchic scum. The oligarchs controlled the media (journalists) As soon as Putin squeezed the oligarchs, who do you think is in defense of the oligarchs? Some media that are on the payroll or owned by Oligarchs and of course NGOs. I have zero trust in any western mainstream media. The West censored the Russian media, but it actually censored Western citizens.
And it's better now in Russia? 😅😂 Putler's just the new mob boss taking his cut from the Russian rich bitch crowd, and outside the major cities Russian people live in poverty and shit hole towns, listening to Putler's propaganda puppets.
@@golden8378 Well, first of all, Russia is not a closed country, so you can go there and see it for yourself, like I did. Secondly, there are videos on youtube of other people who had been to USSR and Russia and filmed it, you know... Its called travel blogs.
Matt misleads by example of one student using newspaper for whatever reason other than reading. People widely read newspapers & magazines. There were plenty of them. There were even difficulties to get a yearly subscription on some newspapers like "Literaturnaya gazeta" or magazines like "Novi mir" (New world) "October" , "Znamya" (Flag), "Inostrannaya literatura" (Foreign literature), "Ogonek" and many others, which had millions of subscribers (Yes millions). In these magazines one was able to read as an example William Golding's "Lord of the flies", "Daniel Martin" or "Magnus" by John Fowles, Gabriel García Márquez "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and many others. Soviets didn't read much "Pravda" newspaper, but that's it. There was plenty of alternatives.
Vivek's opening question was profound. I recently read about how newly freed East Germans were shocked how naïve West German's were about propaganda in their own culture. They were used to being cautious about ALL information sources.
There is a comparison to Korea and what people believe in the North and in the South……I’d bet that, with some differences in culture, that there is the same dynamic going on…….
Russia is changing very quickly. I am not an old man yet, but I have already lived in very different Russias. Russia before Gorbachev, under Gorbachev, Yeltsin's Russia and Putin's Russia were all very different Russias. By the way, it is a mistake to say that Putin's rise to power meant an immediate transition to authoritarianism in Russia. The Russian ruling class needed quite a long time to carry out counter-reforms and political reaction in the country, the 2000s were a wonderful time of freedom and growing prosperity in the country.
WRT Soviet newspapers, I was born and raised in the USSR and I remember late 1980s really well. I must say that Matt's story is somewhat off. Had he stated that the "newspaper stuffing" incident occurred, say, in 1983 or 1984 under Brezhnev or Andropov, I'd say that he was right on the money. However, by 1989, this was no longer the case. After Gorbachev came to power in 1985 and with the advent of Glasnost', people did begin reading newspapers once again, and by 1989 it was almost free-for-all. That is not to say that people believed everything they read, but by 1989, newspapers did get used for their intended purpose, and not for extra padding.
What Matt Taibbi on about lack of freedom in Russia? I guess Americans, Canadians, British, Aussies and all are running to Russia because they dont want freedom, right? Matt, I want you to understand that as a 19 year old, you were incredibly naive although you seem to have lived for decent amount of years. But remember, you were doing journalism and people in your field tend to live in their enclave as they search for confirmation of those views they already have. Having said, you left Russia just at the time that Putin came in. I suggest that you check immigration pattern and it will give you a more objective outlook of Russia since 2000. Most Russians fled Russia in exactly those years you say that Russia was experiencing freedom. Today, most Russians have left London, US and Gsrmany to go back home. Why? No one is compelling them, and hardly Russians are leaving home to settle abroad. This speaks volumes. It seems you are still thinking America is the best. Wake up mate. My country , Kenya (Africa) is led by shitheads, and by the way America is, as an imperialists nation, is seems it also being led by shitheads. I will take Russia anytime.
Well put. US indoctrination starts at birth and very few actually get a chance to visit Russia.. Many have been led to believe to be scared that they will be arrested and sent to the gulag. Ridiculous crap like that.
It is quite an interesting conversation, but, unfortunately, it is filled with straightforward and simplified ideas about life in Russia. I would say that the typical American approach is to simplify everything to a primitive scheme. It is probably due to Americans' poor knowledge of life in other countries, especially in Russia. Firstly, in all eras, a student usually does not read newspapers, unless he is studying to be a political scientist, of course. Secondly, 1989 was the peak of mass interest of Soviet people in periodicals. The weekly newspaper "Arguments and Facts (AiF)" was published in a circulation of thirty million in a country with a population of 280 million. It can be said that every family subscribed to this newspaper, as well as a dozen other periodicals. The last years of the USSR were a time when almost every newspaper wanted to surprise with yet another sensational revelation of history and the government, regardless of the falsity or truth of this news. Glasnost and Perestroika! In the 1990s, "freedom of speech" was instantly bought out by a new class of oligarchs who were born thanks to Western economic recipes. Of course, there were altruistic Don Quixotes among journalists who tried to do their job honestly. But careers were made by journalists who chose a promising boss (oligarch). After the collapse of the USSR, ordinary people were mostly disoriented and had a poor understanding of their interests and what the truth was. People proved to be easily manipulated in the interests of comprador big capital linked to transnational financiers. In addition, I would like to say about the access of Soviet people to Western popular culture. Indeed, Perestroika opened the gates wide to an endless stream of Western pop-rock music, films, tabloid press, etc. But I should note that under Brezhnev, in the 1970s, the average Soviet citizen knew about a hundred times more about Western culture than the average Westerner knew about Soviet culture. I am not only talking about so-called high art, intellectual novels and art-house cinema, but also about mass culture (including adventure and science fiction films) - thanks to state media, magazines, newspapers, television. So if we look at the result, at people's general awareness of foreign culture, we will see that the average Western person is more isolated from such information. I would say that in the West there is censorship, but not at the state level, but at the civilizational one.
The USA would be the happiest country if it had the 50s of the USSR now. Because GDP growth would be more than 12%, education, medicine and many other social packages would be free. There would be no: homelessness, parasitism. And there would be social elevators, people's cooperatives and head patients would lie in mental hospitals, and they would not tell the majority that they should pray for them)
Its bowels, its industries, its scientific research. In general, everything is at your own expense. There are no colonies. There are only "comrades" in the fight against damned capitalism)
I think people do still care, but the problem is we are faced with such an onslaught of issues on a daily basis that it feels hopeless. Also, it’s difficult to know what’s true and real anymore. I’m always waiting for the second shoe to drop. We usually don’t get the full story until a year later and by then there’s 20 more scandals to worry about. It’s information overload.
I was in the USSR at the same time as Matt. I wish every American could experience that. And I wish everyone could have read Matt's stuff in his Moscow newspaper. The problem in the West is faith in "democracy", not constitutional democracy. They think the election ritual magically produces a good outcome. Russians have faith in their tsar, but try to keep a safe distance, unless they are among the aristocracy. If you liked "The Lives of Others", I compiled an IMDB list, "Life and Death Under Communism".
What they call freedom in fact was an anarchy. You know how Putin called a collapse of USSR a tragedy and westerners interpreted it as an imperial blah-blah-blah? But in fact, it was a humanitarian catastrophe. A fact to get the idea: Avg height of Russians born around that time is lower due to children nutrition issues. The ones who flew into space and split the atom once, now didn't have enough food for their children. A cop earned less than a street thug, life expectancy fell of the cliff, but hey FREEDOM! Under a president who shelled the parliament with tanks, rigged elections and gave the state into the hands of oligarchs who happened to be the puppets of YOUR oligarchs. And btw, the idea that Russians are brainwashed by state-owned TV was definitely born outside of Russia. I mean, propaganda still works, whether you trust it or not. But Russians don't trust TV. Relations of Russians with their government resemble relations of black Americans with their police. And what's the difference between a state-owned media and media owned by the ones who own the state?
I have to push back a little against Matt here, I'm 60+. I started noticing things on the TV when I was about eight or nine years old. By the time of the nineties I had completely given up on print media and TV. They are utter trash and only worthy of contempt.
Every American should watch "The Lives of Others". I had family in East Germany and they confirmed that is pretty much how their lives were, always being watched, being snitched on by friends and family, and always being censored. When we received letters from them there were often whole sentences and paragraphs either blacked out completely or cut out so that when we opened an envelope all we got was some confetti. I remember my mother trying to put the pieces together like a puzzle so she would have some news of her sisters and their families. So when Tim Walz put up a snitch line in his state during the covid pandemic for neighborst to snitch on each other, I was reminded of my family in East Germany. Everyone snitched on everyone, friends, co-workers, even family, and children were questioned in school so you had to be careful what was said even around the dinner table. With Kamala's California ultra-leftist views her choice of Walz as a V.P. made it very clear to me what is in store for America if she gets elected. In the meantime she has been instructed to stay deliberately vague about her policies and lie if she has to so that people don't suspect just how far left she is. God help America if she is actually ever in the White House. Bernie Sanders said it out loud recently, that Kamala's values have not changed and that she is merely being pragmatic to to get elected. He calls it pragmatic. I call it lying and gaslighting. BEWARE of Kamala and and her V.P.!!!!!!!!!!
I respectfully disagree; I was student in Russia in 1980s, and during that time, we regularly read mane newspapers and learned about both history and current events.
Matt does not know a lot of things he is talking about. It was not free press then. An Russia is so much different now. He should visit modern Russia before he talks about lack of freedom during Putin. every time I hear him talking about Russia he sounds like a child.
I don’t know how it was for an American journalist living in Russia during 90s , maybe it was great but as an average Russian I must say it was the worst time of my life. And killed could be not only a journalist but any person coming late home from work.
The candlestick maker has to concentrate on his trade. That is why he hires representatives. The public has to hire watchers to watch the representatives. The only way to do this is to use social credit theory and inject money into households. They are then required to fund watchers, while they focus on their trade. Democracy cannot work unless the money power is sovereign.
The best marketing in the world is combined with the media to make the most subtle propaganda. Noam Chomsky framed it well when he said that our debate is narrow and our boundaries are built into the suppositions where we assume false assumptions. For example the voting system is assumed to be accurate and well designed. We assume that popular vote makes a democracy and that guarantees our freedom and liberties. We assume that the money is sovereign and we assume that the tax base and the monetary policy belongs to the people.
@3:20 Taibbi is a liberal. I am a conservative. I HAVE ALWAYS VIEWED NEWS WITH SUSPICION!!! I read the news paper in order to know my political enemies. That includes WFB and Thomas Sowall. I did like Rush Limbaugh, but nobody took he serious, as he was an entertainer! IMHO
@@justinfantastic4882 Sowell is a centrest economist. He was a Marxist for 10 years, and his ideas are colored by his false ideas of WHO THE ENEMY IS. He's a good social commenter, but I view him and other ex marxists (like the neo-cons) with sus. IMHO
Have Americans become more skeptical of the corporate media in recent years?
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No matter how much you hate the media, you don't hate them enough.
Remember that Will Smith slapping someone received more coverage than the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Maybe some Americans, but I see way too many examples of people not understanding or not willing to understand what corporate media is.
My mother-in-law feels bad for me every time I express my disdain for a politician or a journalist. She says “I can’t imagine what you had to go through in Soviet Union that made you feel that way”. And she blindly believes everything the NYT posts, or the blue team says. No critical thinking whatsoever. “Orange man bad” and no amount of “babies corpses in Hunter’s basement” could ever top that.
When I was stationed in South Korea with the US Army in 1992 i ran into three Russian sailors in a bar and we hung out all night and had a great time. I made the comment of " It must have sucked living with all that propaganda." One of them looked at me and told me " At least in the Soviet Union we knew it was BS but you Americans believe everything you are told." Ive never forgotten that and that pretty much sums up what Matt is talking about.
In Soviet Union we knew, now many believe propaganda. It's like we (Russians) lost that skill to read through it in the 90s - early 2000s.
I grew up in USSR, and I can tell you this Russian sailor was full of s**t. There were plenty of people in USSR who swallowed Soviet propaganda hook, line, and sinker, just like there are plenty or Russians right now who swallow Putin's propaganda in the same uncritical way.
And looking at my American friends over 30+ years I've lived in the US - no, most of them didn't, and don't 'believe everything they are told'.
They were right!
In all fairness to the average American or European, they grew up, as did their ancestors coming from Christian stock, passed down selectively from generation to generation. They were/are gullible to those with ill will. Ex: The US military in WW1 AND 2 did not mass r.pe. It just wasn't done, with few exceptions and those were prosecuted. All other militaries do this.
@@adrianalexandrov7730 haha. I don't know where you are from. But I know exactly zero people that believe any propaganda. We were not raised on our knees boy. I would have a hard time finding a Russian who bends a knee or falls in line.
It is interesting that people in positions in the USA always talk about any topic about Russia that the best period was between 1990-2000 (the arrival of Putin 2000). In fact, it is one of the worst periods in Russia history. In that period, the oligarchy ruled. alcoholism, murders, crime , corruption, destroyed economy, neglected army, lack of employment... (1990-2000) Of course, such a ruined Russia suited America. When Putin came, he first had to clean up everything, all that oligarchic scum. The oligarchs controlled the media (journalists) As soon as Putin squeezed the oligarchs, who do you think is in defense of the oligarchs? Some media that are on the payroll or owned by Oligarchs and of course NGOs. I have zero trust in any western mainstream media. The West censored the Russian media, but it actually censored Western citizens.
And it's better now in Russia? 😅😂 Putler's just the new mob boss taking his cut from the Russian rich bitch crowd, and outside the major cities Russian people live in poverty and shit hole towns, listening to Putler's propaganda puppets.
Because that's what the west wants for Russia.
Matt literally went to Russia when it was at its lowest points... It's a whole different country now
In those days USSR was almost destroyed by SOB GORBACHEV!!
He got to experience both sides
Unless you’re in Putin’s circle of cronies, it’s not any different
@@bigmedge it's a different country now buddy.
Under Gorbachev USSR Russia was much better than under Yeltsine ( after the fall of the empire). Let s be clear.
Russia was a completely different place than it was today when Matt lived there... Might wanna preface that...
Wow. They debating about living in Russia in USSR times. That data is already outdated for good 33 years. Its nothing like Russia is today.
Oh really? And you know that how?
@@golden8378 Well, first of all, Russia is not a closed country, so you can go there and see it for yourself, like I did. Secondly, there are videos on youtube of other people who had been to USSR and Russia and filmed it, you know... Its called travel blogs.
@@golden8378 Are you on m3dication?
@@golden8378 I live in Russia and I'd say that this video was a waste of yours and my time.
Matt misleads by example of one student using newspaper for whatever reason other than reading. People widely read newspapers & magazines. There were plenty of them. There were even difficulties to get a yearly subscription on some newspapers like "Literaturnaya gazeta" or magazines like "Novi mir" (New world) "October" , "Znamya" (Flag), "Inostrannaya literatura" (Foreign literature), "Ogonek" and many others, which had millions of subscribers (Yes millions). In these magazines one was able to read as an example William Golding's "Lord of the flies", "Daniel Martin" or "Magnus" by John Fowles, Gabriel García Márquez "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and many others. Soviets didn't read much "Pravda" newspaper, but that's it. There was plenty of alternatives.
Vivek's opening question was profound. I recently read about how newly freed East Germans were shocked how naïve West German's were about propaganda in their own culture. They were used to being cautious about ALL information sources.
Propaganda like “they’re eating the dogs”? Stupid obvious propaganda like that?
More importantly no one listened to the east germans, just waved them off. Well, look how that worked out.
There is a comparison to Korea and what people believe in the North and in the South……I’d bet that, with some differences in culture, that there is the same dynamic going on…….
Russia is changing very quickly. I am not an old man yet, but I have already lived in very different Russias. Russia before Gorbachev, under Gorbachev, Yeltsin's Russia and Putin's Russia were all very different Russias. By the way, it is a mistake to say that Putin's rise to power meant an immediate transition to authoritarianism in Russia. The Russian ruling class needed quite a long time to carry out counter-reforms and political reaction in the country, the 2000s were a wonderful time of freedom and growing prosperity in the country.
H e did not understand much about Russia.
Bro thinks Russia is still 90s, but with Putin.
He might wanna revisit.
WRT Soviet newspapers, I was born and raised in the USSR and I remember late 1980s really well. I must say that Matt's story is somewhat off. Had he stated that the "newspaper stuffing" incident occurred, say, in 1983 or 1984 under Brezhnev or Andropov, I'd say that he was right on the money. However, by 1989, this was no longer the case. After Gorbachev came to power in 1985 and with the advent of Glasnost', people did begin reading newspapers once again, and by 1989 it was almost free-for-all. That is not to say that people believed everything they read, but by 1989, newspapers did get used for their intended purpose, and not for extra padding.
Don't know why this first hand account is relevant when it is obviously outdated.
And false. Just saying.
Because it suits the narrative😹
What Matt Taibbi on about lack of freedom in Russia? I guess Americans, Canadians, British, Aussies and all are running to Russia because they dont want freedom, right? Matt, I want you to understand that as a 19 year old, you were incredibly naive although you seem to have lived for decent amount of years. But remember, you were doing journalism and people in your field tend to live in their enclave as they search for confirmation of those views they already have.
Having said, you left Russia just at the time that Putin came in. I suggest that you check immigration pattern and it will give you a more objective outlook of Russia since 2000. Most Russians fled Russia in exactly those years you say that Russia was experiencing freedom. Today, most Russians have left London, US and Gsrmany to go back home. Why? No one is compelling them, and hardly Russians are leaving home to settle abroad. This speaks volumes. It seems you are still thinking America is the best. Wake up mate. My country , Kenya (Africa) is led by shitheads, and by the way America is, as an imperialists nation, is seems it also being led by shitheads. I will take Russia anytime.
Well put. US indoctrination starts at birth and very few actually get a chance to visit Russia.. Many have been led to believe to be scared that they will be arrested and sent to the gulag. Ridiculous crap like that.
It is quite an interesting conversation, but, unfortunately, it is filled with straightforward and simplified ideas about life in Russia. I would say that the typical American approach is to simplify everything to a primitive scheme. It is probably due to Americans' poor knowledge of life in other countries, especially in Russia. Firstly, in all eras, a student usually does not read newspapers, unless he is studying to be a political scientist, of course. Secondly, 1989 was the peak of mass interest of Soviet people in periodicals. The weekly newspaper "Arguments and Facts (AiF)" was published in a circulation of thirty million in a country with a population of 280 million. It can be said that every family subscribed to this newspaper, as well as a dozen other periodicals. The last years of the USSR were a time when almost every newspaper wanted to surprise with yet another sensational revelation of history and the government, regardless of the falsity or truth of this news. Glasnost and Perestroika!
In the 1990s, "freedom of speech" was instantly bought out by a new class of oligarchs who were born thanks to Western economic recipes. Of course, there were altruistic Don Quixotes among journalists who tried to do their job honestly. But careers were made by journalists who chose a promising boss (oligarch). After the collapse of the USSR, ordinary people were mostly disoriented and had a poor understanding of their interests and what the truth was. People proved to be easily manipulated in the interests of comprador big capital linked to transnational financiers.
In addition, I would like to say about the access of Soviet people to Western popular culture. Indeed, Perestroika opened the gates wide to an endless stream of Western pop-rock music, films, tabloid press, etc. But I should note that under Brezhnev, in the 1970s, the average Soviet citizen knew about a hundred times more about Western culture than the average Westerner knew about Soviet culture. I am not only talking about so-called high art, intellectual novels and art-house cinema, but also about mass culture (including adventure and science fiction films) - thanks to state media, magazines, newspapers, television. So if we look at the result, at people's general awareness of foreign culture, we will see that the average Western person is more isolated from such information. I would say that in the West there is censorship, but not at the state level, but at the civilizational one.
Thx a lot for the info. That's a case when people learn more from a comment than the content it's under.
As my Roman priest friend/mentor said, "we read newspapers, too, but we don't believe them!"
Matt Taibbi spent his time in Russia during the 1990s when the country was rife with corruption. Since 2000 Russia has improved dramatically.
Khruschev already denounced Stalin, and Stalinism way back in the 50s or 60s out loud for everyone to hear.
Never mind. The western people thought gulag worked till 1991 and we were all escorted around by the NKVD
Taibbi is an excellent witness.
He has walked the walk for 30 years.
Ask older AMERICAN( poor ones) They used to use NEWSPAPER AS A INSULATION FOR WINTER SHOES!!
" We'll know the disinformation program is complete, when everything the America public believes is false. " ----- CIA Director William Casey 1981
They’re eating the dogs?
@@brentbigford7307 Only geese, seagulls and cats.
@@HenritheHorseOur disinformation is better than your disinformation lol
@@brentbigford7307 There are reports and videos on the topic even though the corporate media tries to hide and play them down.
He lived there in the *1990's*!!! NOTHING compared to today's Russia - those were the WORST years of Russian history since WW2 👎
There is no free press in USA.
We used to have free press here in the UK but no longer.
I am reminded of a old saying, "Don't believe everything you read"
Or what you hear on the internet. Like this video.
The US has become exactly what the USSR was and Russia has become more like the US in the 1950's
The USA would be the happiest country if it had the 50s of the USSR now. Because GDP growth would be more than 12%, education, medicine and many other social packages would be free. There would be no: homelessness, parasitism. And there would be social elevators, people's cooperatives and head patients would lie in mental hospitals, and they would not tell the majority that they should pray for them)
And the cherry on the cake: the ban on abortion!
Well, the currency is tied to gold. And the country does not risk becoming bankrupt with billions in debt if its vassals abandon its currency.
Its bowels, its industries, its scientific research. In general, everything is at your own expense. There are no colonies. There are only "comrades" in the fight against damned capitalism)
I think people do still care, but the problem is we are faced with such an onslaught of issues on a daily basis that it feels hopeless. Also, it’s difficult to know what’s true and real anymore. I’m always waiting for the second shoe to drop. We usually don’t get the full story until a year later and by then there’s 20 more scandals to worry about. It’s information overload.
Not so sure
All while working 12 hours a day to survive. Ordinary people don't have a chance.
GO RUSSIA!
Excellent points.
Just Incase you don't know russia is free today than America is.
Russia today is America in the 90s, but with all the modern amenities
People from the west won't believe it, especially from the US
I hope for Russians more like America in the 1950ies through 1980ies, beyond that it is downhill only
I've said for awhile now that Russia is the America of the 80s and America has become the Soviet Union of the 80s.
@@cryptojihadi265dude. I lived in USSR of the 80's it was awesome. I think you mean post USSR 1990's
@@cryptojihadi26580s were just fine…
I was in the USSR at the same time as Matt. I wish every American could experience that. And I wish everyone could have read Matt's stuff in his Moscow newspaper.
The problem in the West is faith in "democracy", not constitutional democracy. They think the election ritual magically produces a good outcome.
Russians have faith in their tsar, but try to keep a safe distance, unless they are among the aristocracy.
If you liked "The Lives of Others", I compiled an IMDB list, "Life and Death Under Communism".
If Matt had half a brain in his head, he would've stayed in Russia. I wish that I lived there NOW.
What they call freedom in fact was an anarchy.
You know how Putin called a collapse of USSR a tragedy and westerners interpreted it as an imperial blah-blah-blah? But in fact, it was a humanitarian catastrophe. A fact to get the idea: Avg height of Russians born around that time is lower due to children nutrition issues. The ones who flew into space and split the atom once, now didn't have enough food for their children. A cop earned less than a street thug, life expectancy fell of the cliff, but hey FREEDOM! Under a president who shelled the parliament with tanks, rigged elections and gave the state into the hands of oligarchs who happened to be the puppets of YOUR oligarchs.
And btw, the idea that Russians are brainwashed by state-owned TV was definitely born outside of Russia. I mean, propaganda still works, whether you trust it or not. But Russians don't trust TV. Relations of Russians with their government resemble relations of black Americans with their police.
And what's the difference between a state-owned media and media owned by the ones who own the state?
Все очень верно написали ...
I have to push back a little against Matt here, I'm 60+. I started noticing things on the TV when I was about eight or nine years old. By the time of the nineties I had completely given up on print media and TV. They are utter trash and only worthy of contempt.
The New York Times would look good at the bottom of a bird cage these days.
Thanks
We NEED to be much more skeptical of what is printed by the mainstream media. Critical thinking is a gravely needed skill for most people in the U.S.
Every American should watch "The Lives of Others". I had family in East Germany and they confirmed that is pretty much how their lives were, always being watched, being snitched on by friends and family, and always being censored. When we received letters from them there were often whole sentences and paragraphs either blacked out completely or cut out so that when we opened an envelope all we got was some confetti. I remember my mother trying to put the pieces together like a puzzle so she would have some news of her sisters and their families.
So when Tim Walz put up a snitch line in his state during the covid pandemic for neighborst to snitch on each other, I was reminded of my family in East Germany. Everyone snitched on everyone, friends, co-workers, even family, and children were questioned in school so you had to be careful what was said even around the dinner table. With Kamala's California ultra-leftist views her choice of Walz as a V.P. made it very clear to me what is in store for America if she gets elected. In the meantime she has been instructed to stay deliberately vague about her policies and lie if she has to so that people don't suspect just how far left she is. God help America if she is actually ever in the White House.
Bernie Sanders said it out loud recently, that Kamala's values have not changed and that she is merely being pragmatic to to get elected. He calls it pragmatic. I call it lying and gaslighting.
BEWARE of Kamala and and her V.P.!!!!!!!!!!
Tell us more about those Twitter files, Matt.
Free press goes underground.
I respectfully disagree; I was student in Russia in 1980s, and during that time, we regularly read mane newspapers and learned about both history and current events.
The lives of others: best foreign language film Oscar.
We're living in a fluffy bunny type of communism, the bunny isn't biting you but it's still communism.
Gee, I don't know. I'm starting to see the Killer Rabbit these days.
The bunny is the farcical spokesperson. But once they seize power the wolves will roam.
No-no, this is freedom works, actually 😂
Matt does not know a lot of things he is talking about. It was not free press then. An Russia is so much different now. He should visit modern Russia before he talks about lack of freedom during Putin. every time I hear him talking about Russia he sounds like a child.
He learned the value of a rouble!
I don’t know how it was for an American journalist living in Russia during 90s , maybe it was great but as an average Russian I must say it was the worst time of my life. And killed could be not only a journalist but any person coming late home from work.
"I never believed what i read in the Inquirer." Joseph Cotton in "Citizen Kane".
It's too bad, because it's happening here now.
Under Gorbachev USSR Russia was much better than under Yeltsine ( after the fall of the empire). Let s be clear.
Для большинства россиян они оба предатели. Мы, наверное, никогда не забудем этого позора (
cannot share this on FB!!! SMDH
This interviewer just CANNOT shut up.
We are getting to STASI land
The candlestick maker has to concentrate on his trade. That is why he hires representatives. The public has to hire watchers to watch the representatives. The only way to do this is to use social credit theory and inject money into households. They are then required to fund watchers, while they focus on their trade. Democracy cannot work unless the money power is sovereign.
The best marketing in the world is combined with the media to make the most subtle propaganda. Noam Chomsky framed it well when he said that our debate is narrow and our boundaries are built into the suppositions where we assume false assumptions. For example the voting system is assumed to be accurate and well designed. We assume that popular vote makes a democracy and that guarantees our freedom and liberties. We assume that the money is sovereign and we assume that the tax base and the monetary policy belongs to the people.
Facebook wouldn't repost this TH-cam video, whereas X did. I guess Mark Zuckerberg needs to apologize again.
Im too high to get passed whatever the heck Vivek was asking, I'll come back later...
Sucks to be you.
Matt, why not break up media monopolies?
Ras should keep it simple. Too many words for nothing.
Do they eat cats too?
@3:20 Taibbi is a liberal. I am a conservative. I HAVE ALWAYS VIEWED NEWS WITH SUSPICION!!! I read the news paper in order to know my political enemies. That includes WFB and Thomas Sowall. I did like Rush Limbaugh, but nobody took he serious, as he was an entertainer!
IMHO
huh?? Sowall a well known conservative! So you're a conservative and you political enemies are conservatives?
@@justinfantastic4882 Sowell is a centrest economist. He was a Marxist for 10 years, and his ideas are colored by his false ideas of WHO THE ENEMY IS. He's a good social commenter, but I view him and other ex marxists (like the neo-cons) with sus. IMHO
Sowell is the GOAT
5:53 journalists being shot murdered, you talking about Israel and US?? Julian assange??
How horrible the united states treats people
Well boys and girls..... Matt doesn't know shat about Russia anymore.
😂Soviet Union was fun. Now, it is so different. Don’t Come close to Russian. You will loose
Wait Matt Taibbi is 50 yrs old now. Good dang, my life has passed me by. I think I should just end it now since I have wasted it. Just kidding.
I was 19 in 1989, 55 now,he does look young for being 50 😂
@@bradr539 until he removed his 🧢
If I could insulate my coat with MSNBC then it would be of some value.
I'm not sure you want to insulate with fecal matter.
NOTHING, real or imagined, associated with MSNBC, has any value whatsoever.
But what would you do about the odor?
Before you at least could wipe your ass with the NY times for example but now it's all digital..
Don't believe everything you think
Too bad he came back.
Ah, the Weeds! Going there is what Dems prefer.
Mofo is a Russian agent?
This was the most nonsensical cut I've watched for a long time
Vivid Shawarma. Babbler extraordinaire.
TOTALLY. He postulates and self-pontificates to the extreme where it becomes annoying.
Easter European newspapers were made with a softer paper. People bought it as a cheap toilet paper.
We used it as toilet paper and cheap book covers.
What is an Easter European? Is there a Christmas European?
@@victoriadedicova anything east of Vienna, mostly slav and ex-communist
EasterN Europe, not Easter
Better come to Russia and see.
Yeah very interesting talk about 90… 34 years later😂