Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Eight Sleep: www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - InsideTracker: insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - Athletic Greens: athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil 0:27 - Revolutions and governments 18:06 - American Civil War 27:18 - Lincoln and election of 1860 31:08 - Slavery 44:17 - Freedom of speech 56:00 - Death toll of the Civil War 59:19 - Ulysses S. Grant 1:01:27 - Ku Klux Klan 1:13:10 - Robert E. Lee 1:20:53 - Abraham Lincoln 1:36:01 - If the south won 1:44:37 - Hypocrisy of the Founders 1:50:39 - John Wilkes Booth 1:53:54 - White supremacy 1:59:17 - Disputed elections 2:09:38 - Politics 2:18:03 - Donald Trump and Joe Biden 2:30:48 - January 6th 2:55:46 - Hope for the future
racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or a people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized; the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another; belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others; discrimination or hatred based on the race of a person or of a people (that is, a group of persons). Although the topic of race/ethnicity has not been dealt with much (if at all) in this book, it was decided to include this Glossary entry in order to give the reader a completely objective view of the subject (paradox not intended). The term “discrimination” is of paramount importance in dealing with the topic of racism. According to the above definitions of “racism”, the term “discrimination” has invariably been used in a negative way in public discourse for the past two centuries or so. This word has its origin in the Latin “discriminatus” (the past participle of “discriminare”), from “discrimin-” (“distinction”), from “discernere” (“to distinguish between”). Although many methods or motives for discriminating are unfair and undesirable (or even immoral), the verb itself has a NEUTRAL history. English speakers borrowed it from the past participle of the Latin verb “discriminare” (meaning “to distinguish or differentiate"), which, itself, is derived from the transitive verb “discernere”. The verb “discernere”, in turn, was formed by combining the prefix “dis-” (meaning “apart”) and “cernere”(“to sift”), and thus, “to filter out or sift apart”. Firstly, there is no doubt whatsoever that certain races are superior to other races in certain aspects (sometimes so VASTLY superior that only the most rabid leftist would refuse to accept the facts of the matter). For example, some races have a far higher average intelligence than others, some are far taller, stronger and more physically beautiful than others, some are (on average) greatly more dharmic (religious) than others, some are naturally more quiet and gentle than others, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. I cannot imagine anyone (even a negro) who would, while walking alone at night in a metropolitan area, prefer to walk in the direction of a group of young negro men instead of a group of young Japanese men. If that makes one a racial bigot, then so be it, but personally, that accusation will never persuade me to walk in the direction of the negroes. Therefore, one ought to be extremely discriminatory (in the original and most etymologically-accurate sense of the word) when presuming to make charges of racial bias towards another!
Off-topic comment, but I have to mention it: It's very cool that Lex doesn't interrupt the flow of the podcast 3 times an hour with ad reads. Most of the advertised products aren't interesting for me since I don't live in the US and for other reasons, but if I was interested in something, I would definitely buy it here and not somewhere else because he doesn't bug his viewers with aggressive shilling. I hope this viewer friendly approach pays off for him!
100%, i'll take a look at the list of sponsors to see if any of them are relevant to me and make sure to use promo codes for podcasts that do that. But those annoying draftkings ads that play mid word on Rogan's podcast in that especially annoying voice? I will go out of my way not to give them any money.
That’s one way to look at it. He never says he’s perfect himself and I’m sure if pressed further he would’ve then said by extension that he also embraced his family’s own critique of him because he wants everyone, including him to be better. Of course your simple minded thinking would just immediately assume malicious intent because you’re a judgmental fuck.
Yes, it's inherently uncivil to defend it and anybody trying to minimize the attack on our nation's elected governing body, like, 1x1=1 poli-science shit. Lex blocked me on Twitter for retweeting Destiny, lmao. What a soft "intellectual" defending political violence with such enthusiasm.
As a historian, there are parts of this podcast that are awesome and parts that are painful. For example, most people killed during the Civil War were not killed in hand to hand combat within a few feet of each other. Nearly twice as many men died of disease than from combat, and, while in some instances many men were killed in a single charge and fairly close range engagements, death from hand to hand combat was actually rather rare and not a leading case of death in the Civil War. Many men were killed by long range rifle and artillery fire. New estimates also place the total killed much higher at closer to 750,000 or more killed by the war.
They didn't talk about Sherman. And as soon as he started talking about how Lee should be regarded and remembered as a villain, he lost all credibility for me.
@@BertramGroverWeeks that and he didn’t seem to understand what an enumerated right is and what shall not be infringed upon means. This man needs a reality check ,if anyone needs 2a his fat nerd ass is high on that list. Yes let only the government have assault rifles, 4:58 Genius. I bet Ukrainians wish they had guns before the shit started. Might have been quite a deterrent dont you think.
This “historian” is fucking killing me with his editorial history. Dudes got a lot of opinions. I have abs now because I’ve been cringing so much from listening to this guy.
He was educated at Cambridge & Yale, his Civil War book was all about slavery, he is pro-Ukraine... Should I just delete from my memory all the books I've read?
“I cant believe the media so heavily politicized this political event so maybe January 6th wasnt that bad actually” i cant tell if he is just dumb or purposefully acting in bad faith
@@carrivelcrib2508 …look into his foreign ties and background. We’re infested with sleeper agents and the morons on the right can’t even see how they’ve been played. Or they do and the cognitive dissonance would be too painful for them to handle and admit to being used. Time to wake up yall👀
Yeah Lex lost all credibility when he was “troubled” by the media politicizing a verifiable attempted coup by the leader of our country.. then he was reduced to “Wow this democracy thing is so crazy! Can you believe it?!” What a joke, very sad to see Lex’s lack of self awareness and introspection
@@MGRP-jt2vkit makes you wonder if it's audience capture or something else. It's the easiest thing to condemn unequivocally but he really worked every angle to defend trump there.
Lex, I absolutely love the conversations you have with historians. I always find them very interesting and impossible to turn off. Hope to see more in the future!
Are YOU racist? 🤔 I would appreciate if you would be PERFECTLY honest when responding to my question: if you were walking down a street in the middle of the night, and a group of Negro men were approaching on your side of the street, while a group of Japanese guys were approaching you on the other side of the street, would you cross the road?😬 Obviously, I’m assuming that you didn’t know anything about the individuals in question - ONLY their respective race.🤓
Most of us grew up being indoctrinated with the lies and rewritten version of history that our corrupt governments mandate via public schools. Personally, I'm rather sick of hearing these lies regurgitated over and over by academic "historians" who are themselves too brainwashed to question what they have been taught, or, lacking a moral compass, are willfully disseminating untruths for a paycheck and/or because upholding the falsehoods suits their personal ideological agenda in some way. It's more than a little disappointing when Lex takes the propagandist narratives from these "historians" at face value as factually accurate and does not confront the speaker with conflicting arguments and facts, which he typically does on subjects he is more well-versed in. I would encourage Lex to host interviews on historical topics with individuals that are not employed in government or academic institutions; i.e., those who study it because they are interested in pursuing the truth rather than peddling propaganda. I think interviews with propaganda parroters like Suri would be a hell of a lot more interesting if Lex was armed with knowledge that allowed him to push back on the ideas and information put forward by the guest, which is something Lex is quite skilled at.
Love your voice Lex! 😊 I watch your podcasts at night before bed and it relaxes and expands my mind at the same time. Thank you for doing these podcasts with thoughtfulness and edgy content.
You tube suggests pro communist episodes at least 4 or five times a week. Never Populist guests. Never anti establishment guests. Never critical of COVID episodes.
I need to listen again to this interview. I have listened to a few of the various clips as well. At the moment something (well more than one "something") doesn't rest well in my mind. My emotional response is that I am in far more disagreement with Mr. Suri than I can currently give a rational response to. What I am fully in agreement with is Lex's choice to have such an interview. My personal history is that I learn far more when I disagree with someone and then spend time working through the WHY of that perceived disagreement. It often comes down to needing a better understanding of how my own native bias, as well as the other individual's bias, may be pulling me to and fro. Thank you, Lex, for providing another 3 hours well worth spending my time on.
If we are to have enemies, we should understand them. If we are to have civil disagreements, we should understand people we disagree with. We can still disagree with them, but it's good to understand other perspectives. It can make peace longer lasting, and end wars faster. Understanding and stoicism are underrated.
Everything that you wrote in this comment were the exact same as I would’ve written. I try to listen to the other side than I’ve been cast into due to how the left/right line has shifted lately, just to see if I still see, or disagree with them. I’m still the same, but I watch the line move daily. I think years ago I’d be considered pretty damned close to being liberal. Now I’d be seen as “far right”. I haven’t changed a bit though.
May also help to use the Socratic method on yourself asking more than just why you believe what you believe, but how you came to believe what you believe. So you can see if you believe things simply because of your environment or if you came to your beliefs in in on objective rational manner
😅I was hooking up with a girl who worked at 7/11 and she would let me take whatever I wanted for free and I would grab their Caesar salads from time to time and they were just fine. So I have to disagree with him on that one… but if he’s talking about the one with the ham and egg and shit on it, 🤮 that shit looked disgusting but I’m not into that type of salad period. I just want dark green lettuce, croutons, white cheese and Caesar dressing 😂
I always come to listen to Frdman's interviews for the guests and find myself getting constantly annoyed by Lex's. There should be a separate Lex channel where his guests talk and his speaking segments are at like 150% speed so we don't have to suffer for so long.
Can’t believe the Jan 6th section. It’s one of the most succinct descriptions of the events on that day I’ve ever heard. If anyone hears that and thinks that Trump didn’t fail us all that day idk how to get through
When he was asked why so many died he gave a VERY incomplete answer. The civil war was the first war that used automatic weapons ( gatling guns), the first iron clad ships, the first time hot air balloons for artillery spotting, first submarine, Widespread use of hand grenades. First repeating rifles used. First use of sniper rifles with a scope ( primitive). There were MANY more firsts in the Civil War.
Rifled barrels were definitely a big factor. Iron clads had no impact on total kill count, nor did Gatling guns, but the rest is correct. Artillery and rifles were so much more brutal than people were used to.
Spot on. Another one of those many firsts was the round-based minie ball that replaced the round musket ball that was much more devastating on the human body and caused many fatal infections since the bullets had a much greater chance of lodging themselves in the body.
@@rustyyb8450 That's fair. I was a bit unsure about posting because I'm not a Civil War expert, but I know melee was not "the largest cause of fatalities". Idk what mental gymnastics he had to do to come up with that, but given the typical engagement ranges before a force routed, no, melee was not the biggest cause. A lot of times, they couldn't even get close. When they did, it often looked like Pickett's charge. Apparently that was a mistake. "Attack when convenient", he was told, which is a failure of command; unclear instructions.
I usually enjoy Lex but lately I've been seeing more and more how he really does not know anything about history. Hasn't he lived in the USA for almost his entire life? How does he not already know so many things he is asking in this video.
Lex has some large blindspots. He should watch JBP's recent interviews with experts on climate change. I'd be interested to see his take on it after he becomes more informed.
@@TheRealJC2023 I agree tho I feel this is a strategy to keep the door open to guest more left of centre. If he pushes back to hard he'll be branded right wing and many left wing guests won't agree to come on the podcast 🤷🏻♂️ that's the world we live in today
Jeremi is wrong that most killed in the civil war were due to hand-to-hand combat. In fact besides disease, rifles and artillery did most the killing. And 22 000 did not die at Antietam. Those numbers are of killed, missing and wounded
@@livisda Yes, that's clear. Nothing more dangerous than an intelligent smug professor who is sure they know everything and thinks they are completely unbiased. We can see where our problems are seeping in from.
Terrific as usual; but I would highly recommend a similar interview with Thomas J. DiLorenzo in order to insure, promote and maintain diversity of thought, understanding and analysis about such an important part of American history.
I attended UT and Professor Suri's US History from Reconstruction till present day was probably the most enlightening conventional educational experiences I've had. He's a great voice today.
He's authoritative and well-spoken, that's about it - he has so many things wrong about the founding of the country, the civil war, the KKK, and everything else I've heard here to know he is trying to re-write history and put his personal spin into it - that's not history.
Which suit is your favorite the black and white suite or the other black and white suit? Me personally I'm partial to his professional black and white suit 😂
I am relatively new to you Mr.Lex Friedman,, I absolutely love your ability to bend to the wind like a willow branch, while breaking the wind like a mountain. I love your work, I am learning so much.
With a sigh, Lex asked the historian a deep and essential question. Thanks for the interesting interview. Lex these days is pretty sharp. I think he has endured many trials in the last three years.
I recently started listening to Lex after my sister told me about him. Jeremi seems to conveniently leave out little parts of history to make his point. I actually quit watching this interview but came back to it and made it through to the end. I do like these long interviews where you get a better view of the subject and also their real knowledge of that.
I love this comment. Thank god we can all 100% agree on who is and isn’t a bum and that who decides who is and isn’t a bum is arbitrary and beyond reproach.
The vast majority of people aren't trying to gain more power in life. The ego maniacs chasing power and influence are the ones who think that's the "game" of life.
2:13:00 Good Interview as usual. Push back on Suri in understanding "bias" His comparing flavors of chocolate or vanilla is not a bias it is a preference. Take Care. L'Chaim
This man is the reason the constitution exists, it doesn’t start with yell but a whisper, society should move as fast as it’s slowest member no matter how frustrating that is
Thank you very much, Lex, for your thoughtful podcasts. You and your guests shine so many lights on the facets of human life. Lex, you are compassionate and intelligent in your conversations. I hope you and Jeremi continue to discuss the joys and sufferings of the human experience. 😃
What? No artillery. We can start with fort Sumpter. Just commenting on this. Not rest of message. Good discussion, with or without agreement on issues.
Does this guy know how shockingly wrong he is on almost everything? To say our founders wanted us to be a democracy, begs the question so why didn’t they? Or am I an idiot for understanding that our REPUBLIC (for which we stand) and “Democracy” by definition are NOT the same? It’s so confusing. Am I an idiot for being right, or an idiot for not being wrong? 🤔 I can’t stop now…I can’t believe people believe this stuff.
@@j3ssd3yo A republic is a subset of democracy. To put it simply, a banana is a subset of fruit. So you saying a republic is not a democracy is like saying a banana is not a fruit. Hope that clears it up for ya
@@katewerk all the hysterics about Twitter from the left have been (as usual) unfounded. I still find the same leftist propaganda trending daily such as yesterdays "#BidenBoom where the left mobilized to make the claim how great things are with the economy. The left uses Twitter in a more organized fashion to disperse their insane propaganda much way more than the right ever did or will. It's just the nature of who uses it. Very little has changed, claims otherwise are silly.
Approximately 3,600 people died at Antietam, not 22,000. The total casualties (~22,000) include killed, wounded, AND missing. Also, most deaths occurred due to disease (either as a result of infection from wounds {of which most were due to gunfire or artillery}). In fact, two times as many died from disease than battle wounds. Moreover, he is incorrect when stating that most combat was hand-to-hand. Up to this point in military history, no war had seen soldiers engage at such large distances from each other than in the Civil War (largely due to innovations such as the invention of the minié ball and the standardization of rifled muskets and artillery). True hand-to-hand combat was much rarer than we might think. Yes, they had bayonets but these were rarely used in combat and were more for intimidation or even used as work tools and even as candlesticks. Very odd for a professional historian to get his history so blatantly wrong.
Yea I was wondering about that too - I know for a fact that things like bayonet charges were exceedingly rare and only ever done as a last resort so it seems really unlikely that a majority of combat was hand to hand.
My Grandad was invalided out of the 1st WW with bayonet wounds ... So you really aren't correct on that one. He had horror stories about bayonets and that was 1916. Irish, fighting for the Brits, not for the always late, always waiting to pick the winner, always for their own benefit first and foremost USA. Defenders of Democracy? You're having a laugh!
@@rorykeegan1895 Just because you know one person who got bayoneted in WWI doesn't mean that his statement is true that most of the fighting in the American Civil War was hand to hand. There was hand to hand combat and plenty of bayonets, but the vast majority was not.
I love how I opened with he always tries to get his university to be better he always tries to get his family to be better. Has anybody stopped and tried to tell him how to be better?
99.9% of academics reside within an ego stroking echo chamber which they rapidly come to view as an accurate representation of reality. This is literally what the culture of academia is. I’ve been through this process and watched people change before my eyes.
That’s what happens in universities. Pumped full of lies, repeat the lies, get a piece of paper saying you know how to lie, and the liars hire the liars
The Historian states Americans do not have a history of owning AK47s(whatever that means). They do however, have a history of owning weapons of war to protect their property, communities, and lives 😉 from those that seek to take them. Also Americans have owned AK type rifles for like 30 years now, so yes we do have a history of owning these scary kinds of firearms.
.. love the intelligence and enlightenment of the conversations you always bring to everyone on your shows. Get a little perturbed at times with the guests. that is what I love about your shows so many different views. Such an eclectic group of people always .🙏✌️💓
Great podcast ! I’m a history lover. This is going to be one of my favorite podcast just cause if the topics discussed! Keep up the great work lex! Your a awesome podcast host!
It's the complete randomness of the topics with varying levels of seriousness that makes it so perfect. I think it was his brother that he did a session with, Christmas or sometihng like that where they just kicked the can, and it was so funny. Really brought out another side of him and his character/personality/humor that we never really fully got to see before.
Man nobody is apolitical these days. Dudes talking about the civil war and inserts his thoughts on “assault weapons”, and does it as if there is no grey area in the conversation.
@Spiritual Soldier313 Can’t believe it? My friend, this is the makeup of essentially every professor in this country. It’s really unfortunate that often times the most “intelligent” among us are the most susceptible to group think.
@@zkuru19 I got lucky I suppose. With the exception of the professor that really didn't like that I was trying to do a undergraduate thesis (though late), most of my professors kept their opinions to themselves. It was the TAs that you had to worry about imputing their opinions as facts.
You’re the greatest Lex! Great interview, some great insights on your part! “Left stand up to the left; right stand up to those on the right, and those of us in the center-it’s a lonely place!” Amen to that!
It's not lonely being a centrist, it's just pathetic and cowardly, especially when they try to present themselves as somehow being better than the extremes by virtue of being a mixture of two implied bad extremes.
Had the pleasure of being Jeremi’s son’s middle school principal. Impressive human and I have every expectation his son will continue to impress the heck out of me.
@@All_Dead_In_Shimoda When I think about Jeremi, it’s my prime example of how it’s possible to disagree with someone without all the modern baggage. He has a level head and a different perspective. Writing him off as something like delusional (as in your other comment I see here) is exactly what Lex always talks about- strawman vs steel man. He’s good dude (mate). I see the world totally different than him, though. That’s fine. Eat that cheese and have a great day.
They'll never answer your questions as to why this guest is wrong or bad. It boils down to him being honest about Jan 6, and Trump. The brain rot in this country is real
you seem to unaware that any rifle that used a magazine was made illegal for personal use following the crime wave of the 1920s. And nobody marched to storm the Capitol declaring such laws the product of a Tyranical Goverment
Problem with people like this guy is they f lots of things up because they think they know best about everything! No one can tell them wrong! They "know" everything.
@@americanoutrage1204 Academia is worthless now, has been for years besides a few fields. They only make money because they eggs up teaching subjects like gender studies to other people who go on to become gender studies teachers.
I think he has a good grasp on the history of the civil war. But you see his bias, I kept being ready for him to say the struggle of X. But he had to always incorporate antisemitism into it. His view is definitely bias. But not entirely wrong. I just think he’s spent so much time on history, he actually isn’t aware of what’s going on now.
They labored over every word in the constitution but somehow forgot to insert 'democracy' in the document. Article IV, section four: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;
"you need to improve, and remove barriers to growth" improve what? "there are many things to improve, and it's important in our democracy that you improve" improve what? "see improvement itself, is very important and there are things that, if left unimproved, will be requiring improvement" what do i have to improve?
@@carycimino7699 just one thing is about jan 6th they asked for additional support and speaker pelosi declined it not trump. He was also at a seperate event away from capital building when people started doing dumb crap at the capital so he wasnt watching it on tv.
@@michaelgrodecki4159 That is not true Nancy Pelosi asked for support, a matter of fact that is on camera. Trumps location is not material he was informed at all times, and was watching for the large portion of it on Tv-even Ivanka asked him to get on Tv and stop this. We are very lucky he is incompetent. Only 9-10k marched on Capital and 2500 or less entered building. Could you imagine the carnage if he managed to whip up a 100k or 200k
@@michaelgrodecki4159that claim came from a tweet from McCarthy and was not corroborated with any official. Pelosi did not such thing. There was a breakdown of communication and the call for the Guard was never made.
I was listening to this on Spotify but when this guy started giving Biden props, I had to come over here to say what is really going on? Like how do people of this level of intelligence still think Biden is even thinking for himself. I'm not pro trump either, just can't comprehend this bizarre sociocircus
He's probably looking at results. regardless if biden sat by himself in the oval office and came up with it himself or his handlers did. The concept of a president doing everything himself is retarded and every president in history has been defined by the people he puts around himself.
Love you, Lex, and I challenge you to invite an academic administrator to get exposed to the complexities of running a huge business of higher education to help you quell the rift between faculty and administrators. It’s not as simple as it seems from the faculty perspective 🙏
Lex really is one of the best interviewers of the last 50 years. He's so good at what he does. His only agenda really is just exploring other people's beliefs and thoughts. Truly excellent journalism, during the worst period in humanity for "healthy social interaction and understanding".
If you disagree with certain people's politics then you're automatically evil and should be stopped. Lex doesn't really seem to take a side so he gets attacked for it.
because whenever the person starts talking about something interesting lex stops them and trys to change the topic back to something tottaly dull and then gets stuck there and then brain farts and has a system crash and reboot. he could suck the excitement out of a room full of coke and whores.
@@mrschnider6521 what are you talking about? If you see a video of his on your feed, click the three dots and then choose "not interested" or "don't recommend this channel". That works perfectly for me. Did that before for a channel and never once got a single recommendation from them again. The fact you're taking the time to watch and even comment betrays your initial point lol.
Hysterical, dude agrees that those words do not incite violence and the hypocritically turns around and says that on a particular day they meant something else.
In Knoxville, TN, we have Fort Dickerson, a well-preserved earthworks fort. I did a deep dive in to Captain Jonathan Calvin Dickerson's life story - whom the fort was named after. No one did such that I could find. I visited his grave, his wife's grave and the skirmish site where he was mortally wounded. Also an unrelated redan in Knoxville that was fairly recently discovered. Oliver Hardy's father took part in the siege of Knoxville as well.
Since you like Knoxville history, Knox County Stomp is an album of some of the earliest music ever recorded in Knoxville and its pretty amazing! The city has a rich history that not enough people know about. Here's a video about those early recording sessions in 1929 m.th-cam.com/video/hSPoSD02YlA/w-d-xo.html
Lex's January 6th comments completely blows his credibility. He is either under ideological capture, acting in bad faith, or willfully ignorant. Neither are a good look. Can't take him seriously anymore.
I'm assuming you both mean this as a negative? I'm curious if you could articulate the things you disliked him saying a lot of messaging focused on unity which I feel is lost in this current media climate
@IKnowNothing the thing about how he gaslights the problems of immigration. Most everyone have no problems with legal immigration, but instead illegal immigration.
I am more of a left leaning humanitarian and arts person. However, the radicalization of the left politically has turned me off completely to its politics. There is a place for people like me and people who see the world differently. We all have something to contribute. It seems to me that fear and anger stifle a debate or a clash in supposed values. I’ve seen the right take it to far and now it’s the left. Unfortunately the left has been successful in stifling the voices of others. I’ve never seen the right be able to do that in this country. What the political left is doing is not something I would have ever predicted. But I wasn’t a history buff! I did take honors history in high school in the south. My black history teacher showed us that slavery was not high on the list for the civil war. In top place were tariffs. Slavery was somewhere like 28th on the list. I came to the south from the north and thought it was all about slavery. And with my “ modern” 80s sensibilities, I thought it should have been 100% about slavery. Even if it was for Lincoln personally, that’s not the main issue that got him supporters. My high school history teacher was the only one I have heard to bring this up. After some time all wars get romanticized. But they aren’t romantic. Greed, power and dehumanization aren’t romantic or heroic. Neither is starvation or torture. That’s why I’m armed. There are plenty who feel that I’m dispensable for their own gain regardless of their particular ideology. According to our Constitution, I have a right to preserve and protect myself from such people in my home and community. I certainly hope I don’t have to! I’m not a weapons enthusiast. Don’t like guns at all. But I have great aim anyway. At least I got some practical sense from my grandparents! Hope and work hard for the best but be prepared for the worst. The new political left doesn’t seem to think life is valuable if it doesn’t agree with them. I hope that changes.
I appreciate your response . . . though you and I will disagree on a number of issues, I agree with your approach. I do want to note something regarding the Constitution . . . Not a single right was created by the Constitution . . . neither has a single natural right been created by any human being or document, or holy book, or etc. . . . Our natural rights exist by virtue of our humanity, regardless of whether or not they are protected. That being said . . . we don't want to go back to a world where we no longer have the Constitutional protections of our natural rights, as without such protections, those natural rights will be abused by those in power (as the woke Democratic party has proved to us and the rest of the wide world. We need genuine liberals like yourself to take back control of your party, your side of the political continuum, from the woke Democrats who have lost their collective minds. Keep speaking up for freedom and the protections of all of our natural rights, and thank you for having the courage to speak your mind! Peace
@@rdalge Not really. I am saying that many things he said are straight up lies. To be fair, I also do think this guy's character is evil in nature to the point that he is barely human.
@@rdalge Not "character assassination" when after listening to someone lie through their teeth about their beliefs and misconstrue history through his biased lens you make an assessment of the man based on what you just witnessed. Contrary to "what the kids say" now, we are allowed to make judgements.
The biggest hurdle I see in overcoming this man-made chasm, at least in the U.S., is reminding people who work in the federal government on all levels that they work for the taxpayers, those chairs they sit in belong to the taxpayers, the computers they work on belong to the taxpayers, those pens and tablets they use belong to the taxpayers, WE ARE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS employer.
Great point. I don't think I've ever read about pre WW1 issues like PtSD. The only thing I've come across is guys going to General Lee's house extremely pissed they lost. Maybe try and find suicide records after war and comparing before and after. There were a few things that helped in all wars up untill Vietnam. Length of time in active combat. The daily, prolonged combat for years at a time is new. Travel was slow, giving time to decompress with your unit after. I'm not sure what average age was in CW, but in WW2 it was older than Nam. They also knew who they were fighting.
"This was a time before automatic guns" no the Civil War was the first war fought with automatic guns A whole class of weapons are commonly called gatling guns due to the popularity at the end and shortly after the end of the Civil War
Great story even for every nation of the world. I live in country from former east side of Iron curtain and still is a lot of to be done in how to build free , resposible, conscious nation/society and how to protect that process. In novadays the real problem is, to let society, citizens think on their own and not to use history as a tool to gain and hold power by liders, politicians, etc.
Very insightful, starting at 2:16:00 , Interesting exchange, where the idea of Supremacy (in all forms) is the root of a problem. The guest pushes back with the usual card, and Lex comes back with a great closing. ✌🏼😅 I very much appreciate your filter to the world, Mr. Lex, thanks!
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0:27 - Revolutions and governments
18:06 - American Civil War
27:18 - Lincoln and election of 1860
31:08 - Slavery
44:17 - Freedom of speech
56:00 - Death toll of the Civil War
59:19 - Ulysses S. Grant
1:01:27 - Ku Klux Klan
1:13:10 - Robert E. Lee
1:20:53 - Abraham Lincoln
1:36:01 - If the south won
1:44:37 - Hypocrisy of the Founders
1:50:39 - John Wilkes Booth
1:53:54 - White supremacy
1:59:17 - Disputed elections
2:09:38 - Politics
2:18:03 - Donald Trump and Joe Biden
2:30:48 - January 6th
2:55:46 - Hope for the future
Bummed that the David Pakman podcast was canceled. Would've been interesting to see a more left leaning voice on the show.
racism:
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or a people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized; the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another; belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others; discrimination or hatred based on the race of a person or of a people (that is, a group of persons).
Although the topic of race/ethnicity has not been dealt with much (if at all) in this book, it was decided to include this Glossary entry in order to give the reader a completely objective view of the subject (paradox not intended).
The term “discrimination” is of paramount importance in dealing with the topic of racism. According to the above definitions of “racism”, the term “discrimination” has invariably been used in a negative way in public discourse for the past two centuries or so.
This word has its origin in the Latin “discriminatus” (the past participle of “discriminare”), from “discrimin-” (“distinction”), from “discernere” (“to distinguish between”). Although many methods or motives for discriminating are unfair and undesirable (or even immoral), the verb itself has a NEUTRAL history. English speakers borrowed it from the past participle of the Latin verb “discriminare” (meaning “to distinguish or differentiate"), which, itself, is derived from the transitive verb “discernere”. The verb “discernere”, in turn, was formed by combining the prefix “dis-” (meaning “apart”) and “cernere”(“to sift”), and thus, “to filter out or sift apart”.
Firstly, there is no doubt whatsoever that certain races are superior to other races in certain aspects (sometimes so VASTLY superior that only the most rabid leftist would refuse to accept the facts of the matter). For example, some races have a far higher average intelligence than others, some are far taller, stronger and more physically beautiful than others, some are (on average) greatly more dharmic (religious) than others, some are naturally more quiet and gentle than others, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. I cannot imagine anyone (even a negro) who would, while walking alone at night in a metropolitan area, prefer to walk in the direction of a group of young negro men instead of a group of young Japanese men. If that makes one a racial bigot, then so be it, but personally, that accusation will never persuade me to walk in the direction of the negroes. Therefore, one ought to be extremely discriminatory (in the original and most etymologically-accurate sense of the word) when presuming to make charges of racial bias towards another!
Why should violent videos not be allowed? There can be something like a trigger warning in front but they still document reality.
Jan 6th was the most american thing ever, this guy hates Trump guts .
MY FIRST
MY LAST
MY EVERYTHING
Off-topic comment, but I have to mention it: It's very cool that Lex doesn't interrupt the flow of the podcast 3 times an hour with ad reads. Most of the advertised products aren't interesting for me since I don't live in the US and for other reasons, but if I was interested in something, I would definitely buy it here and not somewhere else because he doesn't bug his viewers with aggressive shilling. I hope this viewer friendly approach pays off for him!
100%, i'll take a look at the list of sponsors to see if any of them are relevant to me and make sure to use promo codes for podcasts that do that. But those annoying draftkings ads that play mid word on Rogan's podcast in that especially annoying voice? I will go out of my way not to give them any money.
Yeppp he leads the game!
*Cough* JORDAN PETERSON *cough*
It has helped him. Look at the growth. It happens weekly
Ill add that joe rogan cockblocks every story on his podcast
When this guy says he is constantly telling his family how they could be better, I believe him.
he's perfect
I thought the same thing when he said that. Hypercritical family member that isn’t invited to the party.
@@citizenjags1309 Guy says a whole lot of nothing beyond implying that he knows what's best.
That’s one way to look at it. He never says he’s perfect himself and I’m sure if pressed further he would’ve then said by extension that he also embraced his family’s own critique of him because he wants everyone, including him to be better.
Of course your simple minded thinking would just immediately assume malicious intent because you’re a judgmental fuck.
It's a myth that it's wrong to criticize Jeremy's family. We all should!
Fridman defending Jan 6th coup is batshit insane. How can you be for civility politics and defending something like this?
Yes, it's inherently uncivil to defend it and anybody trying to minimize the attack on our nation's elected governing body, like, 1x1=1 poli-science shit.
Lex blocked me on Twitter for retweeting Destiny, lmao. What a soft "intellectual" defending political violence with such enthusiasm.
Your a fear monger. Barely anything happened Jan 6. Go watch the videos
As a historian, there are parts of this podcast that are awesome and parts that are painful. For example, most people killed during the Civil War were not killed in hand to hand combat within a few feet of each other. Nearly twice as many men died of disease than from combat, and, while in some instances many men were killed in a single charge and fairly close range engagements, death from hand to hand combat was actually rather rare and not a leading case of death in the Civil War. Many men were killed by long range rifle and artillery fire. New estimates also place the total killed much higher at closer to 750,000 or more killed by the war.
They didn't talk about Sherman. And as soon as he started talking about how Lee should be regarded and remembered as a villain, he lost all credibility for me.
@@BertramGroverWeeks that and he didn’t seem to understand what an enumerated right is and what shall not be infringed upon means. This man needs a reality check ,if anyone needs 2a his fat nerd ass is high on that list. Yes let only the government have assault rifles, 4:58 Genius. I bet Ukrainians wish they had guns before the shit started. Might have been quite a deterrent dont you think.
Also the Civil War prison camps are quite a topic, as is the history of prison camps (Civil War, Boer War, etc) and the 1929 Geneva Convention.
This “historian” is fucking killing me with his editorial history. Dudes got a lot of opinions. I have abs now because I’ve been cringing so much from listening to this guy.
He was educated at Cambridge & Yale, his Civil War book was all about slavery, he is pro-Ukraine...
Should I just delete from my memory all the books I've read?
Lex pushing back so hard on Jan. 6 shows where his loyalties lie. Klassic Kompromat
“I cant believe the media so heavily politicized this political event so maybe January 6th wasnt that bad actually” i cant tell if he is just dumb or purposefully acting in bad faith
@@carrivelcrib2508 …look into his foreign ties and background. We’re infested with sleeper agents and the morons on the right can’t even see how they’ve been played. Or they do and the cognitive dissonance would be too painful for them to handle and admit to being used. Time to wake up yall👀
@@carrivelcrib2508 the answer to this question is almost always: dumb.
Lex is part of the Rogan echo chamber. All these guys are compromised
the whole interview is amazing until you get to jan 6th and you see Lex damn near break his back trying to bend over backwards to defend Trump.
Yeah Lex lost all credibility when he was “troubled” by the media politicizing a verifiable attempted coup by the leader of our country.. then he was reduced to “Wow this democracy thing is so crazy! Can you believe it?!” What a joke, very sad to see Lex’s lack of self awareness and introspection
TRUEEEEEE
Figures.. the centrists were nazis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Party_(Germany)
Lex’s take on Jan 6th is enough for me to stop watching the podcast. That was so gross
@@MGRP-jt2vkit makes you wonder if it's audience capture or something else.
It's the easiest thing to condemn unequivocally but he really worked every angle to defend trump there.
Feelings over facts when it comes to Jan 6th, huh?
I haven't had the "advantage" of a college education, but ; "a republic if you can keep it" springs to mind.
I like Jeremi Suri....a real genuine and smart guy. More teachers like him please.
yeah he actually seems balanced
Meh.
Naahhh
He’s an idiot.
Lex, I absolutely love the conversations you have with historians. I always find them very interesting and impossible to turn off. Hope to see more in the future!
Are YOU racist? 🤔
I would appreciate if you would be PERFECTLY honest when responding to my question:
if you were walking down a street in the middle of the night, and a group of Negro men were approaching on your side of the street, while a group of Japanese guys were approaching you on the other side of the street, would you cross the road?😬
Obviously, I’m assuming that you didn’t know anything about the individuals in question - ONLY their respective race.🤓
Most of us grew up being indoctrinated with the lies and rewritten version of history that our corrupt governments mandate via public schools. Personally, I'm rather sick of hearing these lies regurgitated over and over by academic "historians" who are themselves too brainwashed to question what they have been taught, or, lacking a moral compass, are willfully disseminating untruths for a paycheck and/or because upholding the falsehoods suits their personal ideological agenda in some way. It's more than a little disappointing when Lex takes the propagandist narratives from these "historians" at face value as factually accurate and does not confront the speaker with conflicting arguments and facts, which he typically does on subjects he is more well-versed in.
I would encourage Lex to host interviews on historical topics with individuals that are not employed in government or academic institutions; i.e., those who study it because they are interested in pursuing the truth rather than peddling propaganda.
I think interviews with propaganda parroters like Suri would be a hell of a lot more interesting if Lex was armed with knowledge that allowed him to push back on the ideas and information put forward by the guest, which is something Lex is quite skilled at.
You said nothing.
Love your voice Lex! 😊 I watch your podcasts at night before bed and it relaxes and expands my mind at the same time. Thank you for doing these podcasts with thoughtfulness and edgy content.
Lex really must have cozied up to the right spooks. This channel comes up after every video I watch
Yeah, and then broadcasts total shills at you. It's the reason I unsubscribed.
You sound like you follow ideology and play the us verse them game cause your controlled
You tube suggests pro communist episodes at least 4 or five times a week. Never Populist guests. Never anti establishment guests. Never critical of COVID episodes.
100 % truth
I need to listen again to this interview. I have listened to a few of the various clips as well. At the moment something (well more than one "something") doesn't rest well in my mind. My emotional response is that I am in far more disagreement with Mr. Suri than I can currently give a rational response to. What I am fully in agreement with is Lex's choice to have such an interview. My personal history is that I learn far more when I disagree with someone and then spend time working through the WHY of that perceived disagreement. It often comes down to needing a better understanding of how my own native bias, as well as the other individual's bias, may be pulling me to and fro. Thank you, Lex, for providing another 3 hours well worth spending my time on.
If we are to have enemies, we should understand them. If we are to have civil disagreements, we should understand people we disagree with. We can still disagree with them, but it's good to understand other perspectives. It can make peace longer lasting, and end wars faster. Understanding and stoicism are underrated.
Everything that you wrote in this comment were the exact same as I would’ve written. I try to listen to the other side than I’ve been cast into due to how the left/right line has shifted lately, just to see if I still see, or disagree with them. I’m still the same, but I watch the line move daily. I think years ago I’d be considered pretty damned close to being liberal. Now I’d be seen as “far right”. I haven’t changed a bit though.
May also help to use the Socratic method on yourself asking more than just why you believe what you believe, but how you came to believe what you believe. So you can see if you believe things simply because of your environment or if you came to your beliefs in in on objective rational manner
On the ownership of tanks as an everyday vehicle I’d like to point out one clear advantage is being able to park in a space that is already occupied.
Like atomic particles with opposite spin, two can occupy the same space.
:D :D :D
this guy is definitely a representation of AUSTIN
Lex gotta be the only person to ever go to 7/11 to buy a salad 😂
It was a 211
And the only person to unintentionally kill the 7/11 salad business and lower its stock price in a single moment.
😅I was hooking up with a girl who worked at 7/11 and she would let me take whatever I wanted for free and I would grab their Caesar salads from time to time and they were just fine. So I have to disagree with him on that one… but if he’s talking about the one with the ham and egg and shit on it, 🤮 that shit looked disgusting but I’m not into that type of salad period. I just want dark green lettuce, croutons, white cheese and Caesar dressing 😂
@@ghostlack 😂 which one do you get
@@ghostlack oh yeah that’s different than the ones we have :)
Lex was so happy that he got oportunity to quote Animal Farm
poor old horse
I bet. Because he's awesome.
I always come to listen to Frdman's interviews for the guests and find myself getting constantly annoyed by Lex's. There should be a separate Lex channel where his guests talk and his speaking segments are at like 150% speed so we don't have to suffer for so long.
Man. I love this podcast. You,sir Lex are a fresh breath of air. And gives me hope for humanity👏
Well said
If only he told the truth and was accurate , his bias is extreme
@@drakespecialties8351 Jeremy's bias or Lex's bias? I take a scholars research over a TH-cam commenter anyday.
The trouble with “stories” and “speeches”: If you can’t bedazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Brilliant and lacklustre are RELATIVE. 😉
Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱
This comment is great and deserves a better response then from a bot.
Fuggin' WORD
@@wettoasterman, kindly repeat that in ENGLISH, Miss.☝️
Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱
The key is to know the difference, no matter which direction they come from. That's what college is supposed to teach.
Can’t believe the Jan 6th section. It’s one of the most succinct descriptions of the events on that day I’ve ever heard. If anyone hears that and thinks that Trump didn’t fail us all that day idk how to get through
When he was asked why so many died he gave a VERY incomplete answer. The civil war was the first war that used automatic weapons ( gatling guns), the first iron clad ships, the first time hot air balloons for artillery spotting, first submarine, Widespread use of hand grenades. First repeating rifles used. First use of sniper rifles with a scope ( primitive). There were MANY more firsts in the Civil War.
Rifled barrels were definitely a big factor. Iron clads had no impact on total kill count, nor did Gatling guns, but the rest is correct. Artillery and rifles were so much more brutal than people were used to.
Spot on. Another one of those many firsts was the round-based minie ball that replaced the round musket ball that was much more devastating on the human body and caused many fatal infections since the bullets had a much greater chance of lodging themselves in the body.
@@manictiger disease was the most brutal, taking large numbers. .... not mentioned.
@@rustyyb8450
That's fair. I was a bit unsure about posting because I'm not a Civil War expert, but I know melee was not "the largest cause of fatalities". Idk what mental gymnastics he had to do to come up with that, but given the typical engagement ranges before a force routed, no, melee was not the biggest cause. A lot of times, they couldn't even get close. When they did, it often looked like Pickett's charge. Apparently that was a mistake. "Attack when convenient", he was told, which is a failure of command; unclear instructions.
@@manictiger when did he say that hand to hand combat was the main cause?
I heard that in relation to 1 specific battle with 20.000 casualties?
2:29:50 "With brilliant people like you, there's nothing to push back on, so it's easy." Lex, this is why people call you naive.
100%. If jordan peterson was interviewing this guest, there are MANY things he would have given strong pushback on
I usually enjoy Lex but lately I've been seeing more and more how he really does not know anything about history. Hasn't he lived in the USA for almost his entire life? How does he not already know so many things he is asking in this video.
Lex has some large blindspots. He should watch JBP's recent interviews with experts on climate change. I'd be interested to see his take on it after he becomes more informed.
@@TheRealJC2023 I agree tho I feel this is a strategy to keep the door open to guest more left of centre. If he pushes back to hard he'll be branded right wing and many left wing guests won't agree to come on the podcast 🤷🏻♂️ that's the world we live in today
Historian is clueless about recent history. Makes you wonder how accurate he is with any history.
Great interview. This guy is fascinating. His grasp on history is uncanny.
Jeremi is wrong that most killed in the civil war were due to hand-to-hand combat. In fact besides disease, rifles and artillery did most the killing. And 22 000 did not die at Antietam. Those numbers are of killed, missing and wounded
Yes. This guys understanding of the Civil War era is elementary at best.
Jeremi doesn't listen to fox and friends, but he listens to cnn and msnbc.. tells a lot!
@@livisda No it doesnt. History is neither taught at fox or at their competitors
@@livisda Yes, that's clear. Nothing more dangerous than an intelligent smug professor who is sure they know everything and thinks they are completely unbiased. We can see where our problems are seeping in from.
@@FoohMaxAgility Yes those are some serious mistakes as an historian. But what do you say? Is he malevolent? Or is he insignificant
Terrific as usual; but I would highly recommend a similar interview with Thomas J. DiLorenzo in order to insure, promote and maintain diversity of thought, understanding and analysis about such an important part of American history.
You've restored my faith in humanity. I left a similar comment.
Agree
Agree.
I attended UT and Professor Suri's US History from Reconstruction till present day was probably the most enlightening conventional educational experiences I've had. He's a great voice today.
He's authoritative and well-spoken, that's about it - he has so many things wrong about the founding of the country, the civil war, the KKK, and everything else I've heard here to know he is trying to re-write history and put his personal spin into it - that's not history.
He’s another biased leftist hack.
Your historian podcasts are S tier. The 30 Years War is one I think would benefit you and listeners to talk about and has incredible impact today
This guy is not a historian.
this guy hardly counts. Lex got him to unfold and show his true colors and agenda way too often
Holy 2 mouth breather comments above me Batman! Sad
@@joec8942 lol ok Joe
I really like Lex’s outfit in this one.
Which suit is your favorite the black and white suite or the other black and white suit? Me personally I'm partial to his professional black and white suit 😂
I love the other black suit and tie better
It’s a perfect suit for a clear black & white conversation 😮
His guest woke up early & dressed in the dark . . . He thought it was black 😂
I am relatively new to you Mr.Lex Friedman,, I absolutely love your ability to bend to the wind like a willow branch, while breaking the wind like a mountain. I love your work, I am learning so much.
With a sigh, Lex asked the historian a deep and essential question.
Thanks for the interesting interview.
Lex these days is pretty sharp.
I think he has endured many trials in the last three years.
What deep and essential questions did he ask?
I recently started listening to Lex after my sister told me about him. Jeremi seems to conveniently leave out little parts of history to make his point. I actually quit watching this interview but came back to it and made it through to the end. I do like these long interviews where you get a better view of the subject and also their real knowledge of that.
Ya he did that quite a bit and seemed to generalize a lot.
if you want to get to know lex, i reccomend the podcast he did with his dad.
He has to dumb down the topics for mouth breathers like you to understand. Sad
@@joec8942
^^^ wtf are those
The ironic nature of this episode is sublime. Thank you Lex for considering all voices and not just those who aren’t “bums on the street”.
I love this comment. Thank god we can all 100% agree on who is and isn’t a bum and that who decides who is and isn’t a bum is arbitrary and beyond reproach.
Everybody is afraid of freedom, and everybody wants to be led into a state of control. But nobody likes to be controlled by others.
The vast majority of people aren't trying to gain more power in life. The ego maniacs chasing power and influence are the ones who think that's the "game" of life.
2:13:00 Good Interview as usual. Push back on Suri in understanding "bias" His comparing flavors of chocolate or vanilla is not a bias it is a preference. Take Care.
L'Chaim
Lex, I would love you to go in depth for each great historic wars
Once you start down that path, you quickly realize how many there are and it would take a lifetime.
This man is the reason the constitution exists, it doesn’t start with yell but a whisper, society should move as fast as it’s slowest member no matter how frustrating that is
I don’t think so
Thank you Lex. Your heart shines brightly. I appreciate your calm approach to difficult topics
"The highest purpose of Lexs podcast is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for anyone but inspire them."~honesty & love🍀
Mostly propaganda though.
You could give them food, ammo, or practical advice or money or surgery etc.
@@waltergrace565 the greatest moments of clarity are the ones that inspire us the most. And Ukraine.
That almost sounds like a 1930's soviet nationalist slogan.
Why does TH-cam pump you up so much. You're always the next video that automatically plays. Wow, must be nice to be there boy
He’s a msm Zionist
The romanticization of state run democracy is easily one of the most harebrained methods of thinking about politics
Thank you very much, Lex, for your thoughtful podcasts. You and your guests shine so many lights on the facets of human life. Lex, you are compassionate and intelligent in your conversations. I hope you and Jeremi continue to discuss the joys and sufferings of the human experience. 😃
The free world has no idea how lucky we are to have Lex asking important questions. A freed mind.
he's just copying rogan.. he is unfortunately a fake
Important questions? He didn't ask one follow-up question to have this guy explain his views/answers. This was a big L for Lex.
@@charlesreid9337he should spend much more time watching how Rogan conducts a conversation because this was terrible.
@@thecount4903 unfortunately when it is a far right bigot rogan doesnt oush back their bullshit either
Freed Lex didn't even question the false insurrection narrative
This is the first time I've ever heard a professor claim that artillery was not used during the American Civil War.
He shouldn't be a professor let alone write a book on the topic; he literally doesn't even know very basic civil war history
What a clown
What? No artillery. We can start with fort Sumpter. Just commenting on this. Not rest of message. Good discussion, with or without agreement on issues.
Because he’s literally a BULLSH!T ARTIST and he knows the talking points you little BIGOTS wanna hear lol
@@mooninites755 did he say that? He mentioned no bombs or automatic fire. I didn’t hear anything about artillery. Maybe I missed it.
There’s an expression, “Give someone enough rope…”, you certainly did here.
Does this guy know how shockingly wrong he is on almost everything? To say our founders wanted us to be a democracy, begs the question so why didn’t they? Or am I an idiot for understanding that our REPUBLIC (for which we stand) and “Democracy” by definition are NOT the same?
It’s so confusing. Am I an idiot for being right, or an idiot for not being wrong? 🤔 I can’t stop now…I can’t believe people believe this stuff.
@@j3ssd3yo no you are not. The person is a model for the modern day academic. Total leftist indoctrination.
@@j3ssd3yo A republic is a subset of democracy. To put it simply, a banana is a subset of fruit. So you saying a republic is not a democracy is like saying a banana is not a fruit. Hope that clears it up for ya
"Since Musk, Twitter rules have been arbitrary." Dealbreaker.
@@katewerk all the hysterics about Twitter from the left have been (as usual) unfounded. I still find the same leftist propaganda trending daily such as yesterdays "#BidenBoom where the left mobilized to make the claim how great things are with the economy. The left uses Twitter in a more organized fashion to disperse their insane propaganda much way more than the right ever did or will. It's just the nature of who uses it. Very little has changed, claims otherwise are silly.
The greatest interviewer in the world. Lex is gonna break some boundaries in the coming years.
@hiddxnlxavxs3968 well,he seems to be getting better every year,with every interview. Who knows what he might be able to do.
I think Konstantin Kisin was more telling a story than making an argument in his recent Oxford Union speech, which is why it was so compelling.
Approximately 3,600 people died at Antietam, not 22,000. The total casualties (~22,000) include killed, wounded, AND missing.
Also, most deaths occurred due to disease (either as a result of infection from wounds {of which most were due to gunfire or artillery}). In fact, two times as many died from disease than battle wounds.
Moreover, he is incorrect when stating that most combat was hand-to-hand. Up to this point in military history, no war had seen soldiers engage at such large distances from each other than in the Civil War (largely due to innovations such as the invention of the minié ball and the standardization of rifled muskets and artillery).
True hand-to-hand combat was much rarer than we might think. Yes, they had bayonets but these were rarely used in combat and were more for intimidation or even used as work tools and even as candlesticks.
Very odd for a professional historian to get his history so blatantly wrong.
Yea I was wondering about that too - I know for a fact that things like bayonet charges were exceedingly rare and only ever done as a last resort so it seems really unlikely that a majority of combat was hand to hand.
The fact he said most combat was hand to hand is so boggling and inaccurate it makes me question many of his other assertions.
theres much more that he's wrong about, I've noticed this is a pattern for him
My Grandad was invalided out of the 1st WW with bayonet wounds ... So you really aren't correct on that one. He had horror stories about bayonets and that was 1916. Irish, fighting for the Brits, not for the always late, always waiting to pick the winner, always for their own benefit first and foremost USA. Defenders of Democracy? You're having a laugh!
@@rorykeegan1895 Just because you know one person who got bayoneted in WWI doesn't mean that his statement is true that most of the fighting in the American Civil War was hand to hand. There was hand to hand combat and plenty of bayonets, but the vast majority was not.
I love how I opened with he always tries to get his university to be better he always tries to get his family to be better. Has anybody stopped and tried to tell him how to be better?
99.9% of academics reside within an ego stroking echo chamber which they rapidly come to view as an accurate representation of reality. This is literally what the culture of academia is. I’ve been through this process and watched people change before my eyes.
incredible you can be a historian and be so flagrantly wrong about history at the same time. America is incredible. never give up your dreams!
Exactly
That’s what happens in universities. Pumped full of lies, repeat the lies, get a piece of paper saying you know how to lie, and the liars hire the liars
The Historian states Americans do not have a history of owning AK47s(whatever that means). They do however, have a history of owning weapons of war to protect their property, communities, and lives 😉 from those that seek to take them. Also Americans have owned AK type rifles for like 30 years now, so yes we do have a history of owning these scary kinds of firearms.
"scary"
.. love the intelligence and enlightenment of the conversations you always bring to everyone on your shows. Get a little perturbed at times with the guests. that is what I love about your shows so many different views. Such an eclectic group of people always .🙏✌️💓
'I have a couch so I can feel like an adult.' That hit me so hard.
I don't have one, I am 60yr and know I am a recliner purchase from the grave.
Huh? You sound like the (way too old) kind of person that uses the term "adulting" as a brag.
That’s a weird thing to say for a “professor”. I feel like an adult because jobs and obligations I encounter daily, require the input of an adult.
@@Jnivella My wife and i sit on our couch less than once a week. 'Professors' like lex and I dont have time to sit on couches and relax.
When a “private company” swallows public discourse, it’s no longer private and should abide by the first amendment.
These man are so intelligent, and so respectful I love it I wish more ppl could have this type of intelligence
Great podcast ! I’m a history lover. This is going to be one of my favorite podcast just cause if the topics discussed! Keep up the great work lex! Your a awesome podcast host!
It's the complete randomness of the topics with varying levels of seriousness that makes it so perfect. I think it was his brother that he did a session with, Christmas or sometihng like that where they just kicked the can, and it was so funny. Really brought out another side of him and his character/personality/humor that we never really fully got to see before.
Man nobody is apolitical these days. Dudes talking about the civil war and inserts his thoughts on “assault weapons”, and does it as if there is no grey area in the conversation.
This is what academics has turned into pure demagoguery
@Spiritual Soldier313 Can’t believe it? My friend, this is the makeup of essentially every professor in this country. It’s really unfortunate that often times the most “intelligent” among us are the most susceptible to group think.
@@zkuru19 damn shame
@@zkuru19 I got lucky I suppose. With the exception of the professor that really didn't like that I was trying to do a undergraduate thesis (though late), most of my professors kept their opinions to themselves. It was the TAs that you had to worry about imputing their opinions as facts.
Dude is what Nietzsche referred to as a "scholarly moron"
You’re the greatest Lex! Great interview, some great insights on your part! “Left stand up to the left; right stand up to those on the right, and those of us in the center-it’s a lonely place!” Amen to that!
It's not lonely being a centrist, it's just pathetic and cowardly, especially when they try to present themselves as somehow being better than the extremes by virtue of being a mixture of two implied bad extremes.
Had the pleasure of being Jeremi’s son’s middle school principal. Impressive human and I have every expectation his son will continue to impress the heck out of me.
@Ranid Doing okay over there, champ?
Sorry mate but it was a pretty cheesy comment 🤷🏻♂️ you shouldn't be surprised with his comment
@@All_Dead_In_Shimoda I’m hardly surprised by peoples’ behavior, mate. Since you are interested in my cheese, how’s your day?
@@All_Dead_In_Shimoda When I think about Jeremi, it’s my prime example of how it’s possible to disagree with someone without all the modern baggage. He has a level head and a different perspective. Writing him off as something like delusional (as in your other comment I see here) is exactly what Lex always talks about- strawman vs steel man. He’s good dude (mate). I see the world totally different than him, though. That’s fine. Eat that cheese and have a great day.
Good job, Lex - you got him to talk too much and show himself.
Lex is a true martial artist. Aspects of flow like water and don't interrupt an enemy when they are making a mistake
Yea this guests a joke
What are you referring to? Just seeking some clarification, I'm about 90min in...
Context? What is he wrong about?
They'll never answer your questions as to why this guest is wrong or bad. It boils down to him being honest about Jan 6, and Trump. The brain rot in this country is real
Great interview. Lex totally nailed his political leanings at 2hrs 10min mark.
24:21 and here I went through my whole life thinking an AK-47 was a gun, if only I had gone to a major American University, I would have known better
He said alot of things that are perplexing.
@@JamesM99 u mean like when he said most deaths were hand to hand combat or other things?
In 1861-1865 every one had same weapons. 1947 was a ways off.Easy to follow the thought if your own biases wasn't in the way of your comment
Amen
you seem to unaware that any rifle that used a magazine was made illegal for personal use following the crime wave of the 1920s. And nobody marched to storm the Capitol declaring such laws the product of a Tyranical Goverment
Problem with people like this guy is they f lots of things up because they think they know best about everything! No one can tell them wrong! They "know" everything.
Perhaps he knows the answers through historical study since history repeats itself.
Even the left wing Wikipedia defines the USA as a constitutional republic.
This guy says that is not true.
@@R0YB0T we are a constitutional Republic . Now I know why people come out of college dumber than when they started.
@@americanoutrage1204 Academia is worthless now, has been for years besides a few fields. They only make money because they eggs up teaching subjects like gender studies to other people who go on to become gender studies teachers.
I think he has a good grasp on the history of the civil war. But you see his bias, I kept being ready for him to say the struggle of X. But he had to always incorporate antisemitism into it. His view is definitely bias. But not entirely wrong.
I just think he’s spent so much time on history, he actually isn’t aware of what’s going on now.
Lex making a dumbass argument on J6
Founders did not want us to be a democracy, they thought it was a dumb idea, mocked it quite a bit.
They labored over every word in the constitution but somehow forgot to insert 'democracy' in the document.
Article IV, section four:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;
I bet his family loves constantly being told how they could improve 😂😂😂
he probably gives them bad advice too
"you need to improve, and remove barriers to growth"
improve what?
"there are many things to improve, and it's important in our democracy that you improve"
improve what?
"see improvement itself, is very important and there are things that, if left unimproved, will be requiring improvement"
what do i have to improve?
God forbid
Probably referring to his immediate family/kids. Sort of one of the job descriptions then.
This guy is a good dancer. Goes to show you that when smart people do mental gymnastics they jump further from the truth than anyone.
Please point out what he lied about or stated as fact that isn't? This I can not wait to read.
I, also am very interested in what you think he was not telling the truth about.
@@carycimino7699 just one thing is about jan 6th they asked for additional support and speaker pelosi declined it not trump. He was also at a seperate event away from capital building when people started doing dumb crap at the capital so he wasnt watching it on tv.
@@michaelgrodecki4159 That is not true Nancy Pelosi asked for support, a matter of fact that is on camera. Trumps location is not material he was informed at all times, and was watching for the large portion of it on Tv-even Ivanka asked him to get on Tv and stop this. We are very lucky he is incompetent. Only 9-10k marched on Capital and 2500 or less entered building. Could you imagine the carnage if he managed to whip up a 100k or 200k
@@michaelgrodecki4159that claim came from a tweet from McCarthy and was not corroborated with any official. Pelosi did not such thing. There was a breakdown of communication and the call for the Guard was never made.
Very interested to see an interview of ChatGPT if such an event is possible.
How do you know what to do next when they let you into the capital?
Just breathe deeply through your mouth for the rest of eternity. 🤦♂️🤡
@@joec8942 is that supposed to mean something? Seems a little weird for a reply to what I asked?
I was listening to this on Spotify but when this guy started giving Biden props, I had to come over here to say what is really going on? Like how do people of this level of intelligence still think Biden is even thinking for himself. I'm not pro trump either, just can't comprehend this bizarre sociocircus
He's probably looking at results. regardless if biden sat by himself in the oval office and came up with it himself or his handlers did. The concept of a president doing everything himself is retarded and every president in history has been defined by the people he puts around himself.
Someone needs to inform Jeremi that the president isn't in charge of the capital building, the Congress is though.
Love you, Lex, and I challenge you to invite an academic administrator to get exposed to the complexities of running a huge business of higher education to help you quell the rift between faculty and administrators. It’s not as simple as it seems from the faculty perspective 🙏
Gonna regret saying anything about j6 when tucker drops those videos
A month from this comment and Buffalo Man already released from prison to a halfway house. Withholding evidence is a no no.
Please have more history experts on, i love this!
This is guy is a history opinionist. No expert that's for sure.
@@Raised-Right thx for the clarification, i don’t even know his credentials I just assumed. Do u know what his qualifications are exactly?
@@ledfarmer100 his understanding of history is elementary at best
@@WhitePhosphor7 and that is optimistic at best.
@@Raised-Right you wish 😂
LOL how could people hate Lex? I find you very reasonable, balanced, and personable, Lex.
Lex really is one of the best interviewers of the last 50 years. He's so good at what he does. His only agenda really is just exploring other people's beliefs and thoughts. Truly excellent journalism, during the worst period in humanity for "healthy social interaction and understanding".
If you disagree with certain people's politics then you're automatically evil and should be stopped. Lex doesn't really seem to take a side so he gets attacked for it.
because whenever the person starts talking about something interesting lex stops them and trys to change the topic back to something tottaly dull and then gets stuck there and then brain farts and has a system crash and reboot. he could suck the excitement out of a room full of coke and whores.
and youtube keeps trying to autoplay his videos and there is no way to block the channel.
@@mrschnider6521 what are you talking about? If you see a video of his on your feed, click the three dots and then choose "not interested" or "don't recommend this channel". That works perfectly for me. Did that before for a channel and never once got a single recommendation from them again. The fact you're taking the time to watch and even comment betrays your initial point lol.
Pretty sure the civil war wasn't fought with mostly hand to hand combat...
Hysterical, dude agrees that those words do not incite violence and the hypocritically turns around and says that on a particular day they meant something else.
In Knoxville, TN, we have Fort Dickerson, a well-preserved earthworks fort. I did a deep dive in to Captain Jonathan Calvin Dickerson's life story - whom the fort was named after. No one did such that I could find. I visited his grave, his wife's grave and the skirmish site where he was mortally wounded. Also an unrelated redan in Knoxville that was fairly recently discovered. Oliver Hardy's father took part in the siege of Knoxville as well.
Since you like Knoxville history, Knox County Stomp is an album of some of the earliest music ever recorded in Knoxville and its pretty amazing! The city has a rich history that not enough people know about. Here's a video about those early recording sessions in 1929 m.th-cam.com/video/hSPoSD02YlA/w-d-xo.html
Ok, i feel like i was in eighth grade again.
Now bring Tom DiLorenzo on.
We've all heard the government's version before.
Lex's January 6th comments completely blows his credibility. He is either under ideological capture, acting in bad faith, or willfully ignorant. Neither are a good look. Can't take him seriously anymore.
Wonderful interview, Lex. This and your recent interview with Omar Suleiman have been superb!
@@Tormentality - another word to Lex: Have Aron Ra on your 'cast. He's in Texas (maybe even Austin) and a well-informed, articulate atheist.
If AI created a college professor
Bingo!
I'm assuming you both mean this as a negative? I'm curious if you could articulate the things you disliked him saying a lot of messaging focused on unity which I feel is lost in this current media climate
@@NoMoJo I think it's because ai has double speak. I find the guest very well spoken and like him.
@IKnowNothing the thing about how he gaslights the problems of immigration. Most everyone have no problems with legal immigration, but instead illegal immigration.
Couldn't have stated it better.
I do love you Lex, in a platonic way! :-) Great interview and excellent comments on the lack or preparedness of the press.
can't wait to get into this one. The kissinger discussion was fantastic as im sure this one will be too. thanks guys!
quick reminder kissinger is still alive lol
@@Adrian-qi5ii and why are you reminding that?
@@stuartthomas94 cuz it's funny to me
@Adrián lol alright mr. comedy👍
@@stuartthomas94 thak you mr. critic
Lex someone in my neighborhood in South Florida owned a tank for probably 5-6 years
I am more of a left leaning humanitarian and arts person. However, the radicalization of the left politically has turned me off completely to its politics. There is a place for people like me and people who see the world differently. We all have something to contribute. It seems to me that fear and anger stifle a debate or a clash in supposed values. I’ve seen the right take it to far and now it’s the left. Unfortunately the left has been successful in stifling the voices of others. I’ve never seen the right be able to do that in this country. What the political left is doing is not something I would have ever predicted. But I wasn’t a history buff! I did take honors history in high school in the south. My black history teacher showed us that slavery was not high on the list for the civil war. In top place were tariffs. Slavery was somewhere like 28th on the list. I came to the south from the north and thought it was all about slavery. And with my “ modern” 80s sensibilities, I thought it should have been 100% about slavery. Even if it was for Lincoln personally, that’s not the main issue that got him supporters. My high school history teacher was the only one I have heard to bring this up. After some time all wars get romanticized. But they aren’t romantic. Greed, power and dehumanization aren’t romantic or heroic. Neither is starvation or torture. That’s why I’m armed. There are plenty who feel that I’m dispensable for their own gain regardless of their particular ideology. According to our Constitution, I have a right to preserve and protect myself from such people in my home and community. I certainly hope I don’t have to! I’m not a weapons enthusiast. Don’t like guns at all. But I have great aim anyway. At least I got some practical sense from my grandparents! Hope and work hard for the best but be prepared for the worst. The new political left doesn’t seem to think life is valuable if it doesn’t agree with them. I hope that changes.
I appreciate your response . . . though you and I will disagree on a number of issues, I agree with your approach.
I do want to note something regarding the Constitution . . .
Not a single right was created by the Constitution . . . neither has a single natural right been created by any human being or document, or holy book, or etc. . . . Our natural rights exist by virtue of our humanity, regardless of whether or not they are protected.
That being said . . . we don't want to go back to a world where we no longer have the Constitutional protections of our natural rights, as without such protections, those natural rights will be abused by those in power (as the woke Democratic party has proved to us and the rest of the wide world.
We need genuine liberals like yourself to take back control of your party, your side of the political continuum, from the woke Democrats who have lost their collective minds.
Keep speaking up for freedom and the protections of all of our natural rights, and thank you for having the courage to speak your mind!
Peace
Imagine not knowing anything and therefore thinking this guy has a drop of honesty in him. 🤣🤣🤣
You just described the students in his class and many others in colleges across the world.
@@philo_beddoe4367 Sadly, yes.
Hum. Straight to character assassination.
@@rdalge Not really. I am saying that many things he said are straight up lies.
To be fair, I also do think this guy's character is evil in nature to the point that he is barely human.
@@rdalge Not "character assassination" when after listening to someone lie through their teeth about their beliefs and misconstrue history through his biased lens you make an assessment of the man based on what you just witnessed. Contrary to "what the kids say" now, we are allowed to make judgements.
What exactly is the limiting principle behind the people not being able to have UZIs and AKs?
Because law abiding citizens cannot be trusted. The government will take care of us. 😉
It's because our gov is full of tyrants
There is none.
Hunting was a given in 1787.
No need to expressly protect a spoon either.
Hands are dangerous, need to chop those off and only give prosthetics for your job and turn them in at the end of the day.
People could own war ships at the time there is no limit because the citizens were expected to be well armed but those guns are scary to some people
The biggest hurdle I see in overcoming this man-made chasm, at least in the U.S., is reminding people who work in the federal government on all levels that they work for the taxpayers, those chairs they sit in belong to the taxpayers, the computers they work on belong to the taxpayers, those pens and tablets they use belong to the taxpayers, WE ARE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS employer.
Imagine the PTSD civil war soldiers had back them but no one understood it
They didn't know about it after WW2 in the UK, they just filled the veterans with cheap booze in the Legions after both wars.
@@jelkel25 so unbelievably sad
Great point. I don't think I've ever read about pre WW1 issues like PtSD. The only thing I've come across is guys going to General Lee's house extremely pissed they lost. Maybe try and find suicide records after war and comparing before and after. There were a few things that helped in all wars up untill Vietnam. Length of time in active combat. The daily, prolonged combat for years at a time is new. Travel was slow, giving time to decompress with your unit after. I'm not sure what average age was in CW, but in WW2 it was older than Nam. They also knew who they were fighting.
lex, please upload the video you told your brother to release in case of your death. and then have a discussion about it
you can only really drop the "in case of my death" video in certain circumstances
So happy to see Prof Suri on your podcast Lex, he was my history professor and has a lot of wisdom to share with the world :)
You mean biased Opinions?
"This was a time before automatic guns" no the Civil War was the first war fought with automatic guns
A whole class of weapons are commonly called gatling guns due to the popularity at the end and shortly after the end of the Civil War
Great story even for every nation of the world. I live in country from former east side of Iron curtain and still is a lot of to be done in how to build free , resposible, conscious nation/society and how to protect that process.
In novadays the real problem is, to let society, citizens think on their own and not to use history as a tool to gain and hold power by liders, politicians, etc.
It amaze me how they never talk about the international banking system that screw everyone.
Both of them are Jewish.
Very insightful, starting at 2:16:00 , Interesting exchange, where the idea of Supremacy (in all forms) is the root of a problem. The guest pushes back with the usual card, and Lex comes back with a great closing. ✌🏼😅 I very much appreciate your filter to the world, Mr. Lex, thanks!
This man teaches somewhere.
UT Austin. They said it. But you don't really need to be told. His views are straight from leftist academia.
Austin.
Let me guess, lex asked him about trump and he gave an option…
Oh no!
These are such great clips, Kevin! Job well done!