He's a trifle off in crediting Japanese success solely to the American occupation. They had already been westernizing since the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and were able to beat the Russians in 1905 with a British-style navy and a Prussian-style army. And going back to the 1600's they always had a respect for western ideas, which they called "Dutch Learning", because the Dutch got there first. Their wisdom is best shown by the fact that they would allow in western economic, scientific, and technological ideas, but Christian missionaries were almost always banned.
The failure of Marxism is explained, according to Dr. Peikoff, by the following combinations of ideas: 1. Mysticism and secularism (9:00): nobody believed in the promise of dialectical laws to bring prosperity here on earth 2. Nationalism and internationalism (15:00): a tribalist mentality cannot conceive of a self-sacrifice on a scale beyond his perceptual level
@@drstrangelove09 Go back to 1992 and complain vocally in person? I suggest reading his book: Objectivism. It starts from scratch and builds from existence>\
@@Thindorama I don't remember what he said. I should have included the timestamp. I think b/c what he said was racist is not necessarily racist and so it is the usual, everything is now racist.
@@drstrangelove09 He said that it was racist to rebel mindlessly against the superior production of the Japanese as some Americans were. And he's right. It's tribal, collectivist, and partially along racial lines. Hence, racist. And he didn't just say racist in that sentence either.
@@Thindorama I think there was a point where he caved in to the other guy about all sorts of things being racist, things that were not necessarily racist. I'd have to listen again. Probably not going to do that since I found it irritating.
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Sometimes Piekoff is a great comedian. Excellent presentation.
Funny*
1:29:28 LOL! 🤣 Peikoff comes up with some real gems at the spur of the moment.
We are fortunate to still have Peikoff among us or we would not have a true, living disciple of Ayn Rand to explain her thoughts.
April 26 1992 8:25pm EST I was about 7 months and 6 days old when this was taking place.
The power of reason and reasonable philosophy. Peikoff neatly predicted what's happening now in putleristan.
1:20:25 well 30 years later and socialism is BACK babyyyy 😢
He's a trifle off in crediting Japanese success solely to the American occupation.
They had already been westernizing since the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and were able to beat the Russians in 1905 with a British-style navy and a Prussian-style army. And going back to the 1600's they always had a respect for western ideas, which they called "Dutch Learning", because the Dutch got there first.
Their wisdom is best shown by the fact that they would allow in western economic, scientific, and technological ideas, but Christian missionaries were almost always banned.
1992 - "The Republicans have now sunk to their lowest point ever.
2018 - lol
It was
Your comment is evergreen.
Jan 6th 2021 - "Hold my beer"
October 2023: smdh.
Soviet Union, the red evil.
The failure of Marxism is explained, according to Dr. Peikoff, by the following combinations of ideas:
1. Mysticism and secularism (9:00): nobody believed in the promise of dialectical laws to bring prosperity here on earth
2. Nationalism and internationalism (15:00): a tribalist mentality cannot conceive of a self-sacrifice on a scale beyond his perceptual level
Who to vote for 52:10
Why is the picture John Allison?
I actually thought the same thing. When I realized it was George Busch I felt like I owed John an apology.
Lexus is way superior than any American car lol
Nice picture of George H.W. Bush ARI bad error
Piekoff references Bush in this talk, hence the picture.
This guy drives me crazy with his constant swallowing, choking and throat clearing!!!!
Go watch Vsauce - you can enjoy a seamlessly edited, smooth talker and turn your brain off. Or leave it turned off, as the case may be.
@@MrCropper How did this become about turning my brain on or off? I'm simply saying that the swallowing and choking bother me. Strawman much?
@@drstrangelove09 Go back to 1992 and complain vocally in person? I suggest reading his book: Objectivism. It starts from scratch and builds from existence>\
@@TheJustinJ I think that I have...
I'm sure you will like Slavoj Žižek!
Wish that he hadn't said "is racist"... I have a very knee-jerk reaction to this claim these days!!! Kinda ruins his credibility.
I'm glad he did
How does it actually ruin his credibility?
@@Thindorama I don't remember what he said. I should have included the timestamp. I think b/c what he said was racist is not necessarily racist and so it is the usual, everything is now racist.
@@drstrangelove09 He said that it was racist to rebel mindlessly against the superior production of the Japanese as some Americans were. And he's right. It's tribal, collectivist, and partially along racial lines. Hence, racist. And he didn't just say racist in that sentence either.
@@Thindorama I think there was a point where he caved in to the other guy about all sorts of things being racist, things that were not necessarily racist. I'd have to listen again. Probably not going to do that since I found it irritating.