Yes but in Western Europe opposition politicians do not fall out of windows. Something for someone not suffering from “mental dissonance” might want to consider.
@@garyddlewis3067in USA, completely frozen out of participating in the “democratic” political process due to absurd expense and completely frozen out of main stream media. A few years ago an opposition candidate showed up to a presidential debate despite not being “invited” to this supposedly democratic endeavor and was stowed away in handcuffs for the duration of the event. And don’t forget that Trump was shot at, ad well as JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, and many other lesser known figures.
@@garyddlewis3067 You asking or just being facetious? Your how looks like a statement rather than a question. Anyhow if you are interested (and having seen your other little quips on here I don't think you really are) you could try reading Mark Curtis "Secret Affairs" or Matt Kennard "The Racket" to see just how corrupt the UK government really is. It just might open your eyes and your mind. I'm not hopeful.
People in the West are sick and tired of these pricks messages. The West ended slavery - including that in African countries and African empires, such as in Benin or the Zulu empires. The same goes for the Trans-saharan slave trade routes by lovely Muslims. Learn History. Otherwise you'll become easy prey for these mambo-jambo sellers.
Not only in the West, but all around the world. I would argue our ethics are grounded in our "religion". If you truly believe in the "survival of the strongest", your ethics will guide you to always fight . Meanwhile, if you truly believe life is holy, you will be guided to protect all kind of life. We dont know the purpose of human life or how life came about, but we know what story to tell in order to make life better for everybody: The story of holyness, cooperation, respect and care. Today we are told the story of greed (being rich and famous is the purpose), arrogance (some humans are the superior (not God), and rights (I have the right to kill you).
@@ellengran6814 Living in the west it annoys me intensely that people think colonial exploitation is a thing of the past. True, the world has been infected by its consequence in economics & religion, so the message is good for all.
This is such a brilliant discussion by this brilliant son of Africa. As a white South African grown up in apartheid South Africa, I can understand these arguments completely. The colonial subversion of the mind by narrative smear is so prevalent here in Europe today, in the UK, in Germany , France the EU. I learned to recognise the false narrative only properly after having left South Africa. I see it now everywhere for what it is.
Professor Akpome was referring to Joseph Conrad , author of 'Heart of darkness' They also made a film based on that novel , 'Apocalypse Now' ,with Marlon Brando . Thank you for this interview , what the Prof says about the egemonic narrative is so true . I'm Italian and I knew the West was bad , but not to this extent .When the genocide in Gaza started , it was a defining moment for me .I saw the West for what it really is ,a suprematist , colonialist ,racist and fascist entity .
I'm not so sure that film was based on Conrad's book The truth about operation Phoenix and the Montenard troops is even darker. Conrad's book takes place in a very different time and place. There is a limit to how we can project our modern values into judging history.
"The West" is acting no differently than the rest. The issue is power not what part of the world you are talking about. The West just happens to have the power recently.
Bring him back!! Brilliant interview! He'd be a great voice to add to the conversation on multipolarity and what it means for Africa in this geopolitical moment.
Also, Professor Gerald Horne at University of Houston In Texas USA and Professor Walter Turner at College of Marin, San Francisco Bay Area, California USA who has a weekly radio program Africa Today on KPFA 94.1 FM Pacifica Network
@SLF-o2w Absolutely Prof. Horne. Another African scholars, based in France. I forgot his name. Jemima Pierre, him he's had on before. These scholars that speak to Western Imperialism are great because they are the ones that really reveal the nature and scope of Imperialism in its many dimensions.
Great choice interviewing him on your show! Finally a big African voice from outside the “Western World” so much appreciated and badly needed❣️ especially when following the BRICS+ development
as a westerner i totally agree , when your eyes have been opened theres no denying it , fuk colonialism , ive never agreed with it no matter who does it
Colonialism is primarily a European activity. The mere fact that white people are less than 15% of the world population are descendants of the YAMNAYAS who came from the region of LAKE BAIKAL of the Caucasus mountains find themselves today in control of most of the planet has CHANGED HUMAN CULTURE IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY. 50% of white people still carry the YAMNAYA DNA. Facts are very stubborn.
What I've been realizing now, is that when the west was good for caawkasianS, while they were oppressing everyone else, especially the dark races, there was no one saying fuk colonialism. Only now that everyone is seeing the caawkasianRace for who they are, and now that America is on the decline, all of a sudden caawkasianS are complaining about colonialism. They were awfully quiet for centuries...smdh
The world would be better, richer, and more civilized if colonialism had focused on trade, cultural exchange, and educational opportunities rather than the conquest of lands, exploitation of natural resources, and slavery, which have caused immense pain and suffering.”
"when the ground under your feet begins to shift, you do not need to be convinced, you just move" ... a very insightful guest with excellent questions from Pascal. Thank you!
Is that so? Sadly, Professor Hater omits the African slavery - ended by Western empires - which was nothing less barbaric and brutal than any other. It suits his pathetic narrative that Africans are pure and Westerners the route of all evil. Ridiculous and utterly hypocrite as well as false. Professor Hater has an agenda of his own he will not confess as he's just making a living of hating and spreading his half-truths...
What a brilliant discussion with Prof. Akpome! It's a deeply intellectual argument worth listening to over and over again to fully grasp it. The floodgates of reality open when Africans, Latin Americans and Asians speak their experience with the oppressors. The world is slowly awakening to what we from the Global Majority have endured for centuries.
The world would be better, richer, and more civilized if colonialism had focused on trade, cultural exchange, and educational opportunities rather than the conquest of lands, exploitation of natural resources, and slavery, which have caused immense pain and suffering.”
Such an enlightening discussion, especially around the "intuitive knowledge' of how systems work and how one behaves in those systems. And thanks for putting this "American-Anglo-European establishment" label on this sociopathic menace to the world.
Talking about narratives, have you realized that Nigerians had the stereotype of "Nigerian scammer" for a long time while other nations don't get the stigma no matter how many scammers they produce. For a long time, the only thing I knew about Nigeria was the scammers then I kept meeting brilliant Nigerians and finally, I found Nigeria has bright intellectuals like this man and my favourite writer Chimanda Adichi Ngozi.
I am so happy to see this discussion brought into the mainstream and into the international sphere for global peace, neutrality and justice. The trope of Africa is poor and riven by violence because of corruption is the flipside to the story that was told about the people resisting colonial settlers and Imperial domination in West Asia what the west calls the Middle East - that they are terrorists. The big difference is that in Asia they have never accepted those terms - that they are terrorists for resisting imperial violence, but in Africa even Africans have been so heavily propagandised from school textbooks to literature, media and mainstream corporate news that they DO believe in the trope of corruption as the cause of all of Africa’s problems. My brother Aghogho Akpome I thank you from the bottom of my heart for articulating this so many in its many levels, and my other brother Pascal Lotaz thank you for bringing brother Aghogho to us ❤
Thank you for this video - The Dr is absolutely right and I am personally looking forward to the Global South turning their backs on the global hegemon!
Another imbecile ignorant falling prey of totalitarian propaganda. Global South means Brazil - one of the last countries to end slavery, which it had loads.
The abusive power has been paying the Mozambican state's budget for half a century, since its independence - without which, there wouldn't be teachers, schools, hospitals and doctors, roads, ports and the lot. The same goes for half of the African countries, where their leaders take the wealth of their nations leaving Africans in abject poverty. Sadly, professor Hater forgets to mention this oppression. You see, African people know much better what's oppressing them - and it's not the long-gone wester empires. It's their new emperors... of their same collor. But what else to expect from a total hypocrite earning his living out of hating and spreading hate?
@@andrenogueira5058 It doesn't add up. If the puppet dictators are keeping all of the Africa's wealth then where is it? They have nothing to show for it, or very little. His only fault is that he is acting as a gatekeeper by scapegoating the Western footsoldiers of the Grk Olies. I don't know if he is aware of it or not doing it on purpose. Ofcourse they are guilty too, but they are the symptom not the disease.
Your disdain shows in your vitriolic comment,everything you described is the sick legacy of colonialism. You prefer to blame the victim. More is taken from Africa than what is given. Calling someone a hater for having righteous indignation tells a lot about your level of toxicity.
May you live an immensely long, healthy and hugely productive life Pascal! People like yourself are providing an invaluable service to humanity. Thank you so much!
Speaking as a Slovenian, from a country which was a part of former Yugoslavia, we have historically had excellent relations with African countries, not least as founding members of the Non Aligned Movement, our (cooperative worker self-managed) companies built factories there, helped them in their efforts for national liberation, many African students came to study over here. This is why the trope of "white man" commiting atrocities against the black peoples offends me. This righteous anger and resentment must be directed at western nations that are to blame, and not all white peoples, especially Slavs, who were throughout history oppressed and genocided by mostly the same western nations. So much so that in the USA, Slavs are, according to the "Communities of Color" website, classified as persons of color!
It's only recently I learnt this history about Yugoslavia! Many of us know about USSR/Russia coming to the aid of colonial Africa but not about Yugoslavia. I can imagine the double edged position your people find themselves. White European but not accepted as equals by Westerners and not fully recognised by the oppressed as fellow travellers. With more opportunities to educate the global south such as via this forum, hopefully more people will appreciate the nuances.
White is not a race. It's a mentality. So if you don't have that mentality then obviously, you are not white. But some slavs in the United States consider themselves white and take utter and complete advantage of the unearned privileges that automatically comes with it in the collective West
I am a Czech, we are landlocked country that did not participate in colonisation in any way. Yet many idiots here want to be part of that imperialist western club nowadays.
Brilliant talk, thank both of you! I have a remark about comfort and convenience in Europeans’ lives, though. My mother was 15 years old at the end of WWII in Berlin. She crawled out from the basement she had spent most of her adolescent life in, to be confronted by a world in rubble, ashes and rotting body parts. She and other women cleared the rubble and reconstructed a semblance of Berlin on as little as 870 calories per day. A world that looked like ground zero, where men were basically absent. This instilled her the ineffable will to be on the winning side, no matter what, and made her a desperate follower of everything USA. I think fascist narrative is stronger and more pervasive than we would like to believe.
very resilient of her. forgetting the past and choosing not to understand the factors and influences that create history is what western europeans do best. all very surface level just to get on with meaningless pastimes while taxes and bureaucrats arrange wars of aggression and Genocide to steal. she experienced european tribalism first hand. having read a tremendous amount about Bismarck, Rhodes, boer wars, first and second wars i know it was a corporate sponsored event started, since the opium wars, by the english who are and were the greatest Genociders in history. hitler only learnt from the english and was supported by all the corporate intrests from ford, morgan, rokefeka and ag faben. all schools from colonising tribes never actually teach and are only there to indoctrinate.
Interesting comment from a perspective I had not thought of and helps explain Germanys slavish adherence to US interests in Ukraine and Gaza, even to the detriment of its economy and moral standing.
This vignette confirms Russia’s legitimate concern of an encroaching west. My grand parents were veterans and survivors of WWII on the Soviet side and drew the same conclusion as your mother, but for Russia. However, neither then, and nor now, do Russians view Germans as untermenschen.
It's not enough to be good. What's more important is to be courageous. And most people lack this crucial quality. Ethics cannot be applied without courage to feel the difficulty that comes with it.
Fantastic. I learned so much. I'm very ignorant about Africa, yet so much of what Professor Akpome says chimes with my own experiences and knowledge as a Chinese born person growing up with Chinese parents in the UK. Please have him back because I really need to educate myself more about Africa. I think Kemi Badenoch should be forced to listen to this video! She has been captured by the colonial mindset - she wouldn't be the leader of the Tory party otherwise.
People like Badenoch are not ignorant of past and current atrocities of colonialism and imperialism, they just don't care enough about their own people's suffering. They are too enamoured of their own personal aggrandisement and comprador class benefits that they don't think twice about selling their extended family to the slavers for a taste of the colonial loot.
Thank you Professor for your insight. I'm very proud of you and your position with the courage projected. Please be safe because to them you're a serious threat. God bless you.
Interesting discussion. The narrative has been changed. The morality underpinning the resistance is more widely understood. The stories trying to excuse oppression are simply becoming embarrassing.
His last statement is very true. Skills should be aligned to purpose. So it comes to the individual themselves and somehow the weakest minds and hearts amongst us are always among us.
As soon as i heard that he's an expert in literature and from Africa I knew I'd be in for a treat and what a treat this podcast has been. A very important topic especially in today's world, very enlightening thank you gentlemen. Despite many shortcomings, thank you also TH-cam algorithm.
The message at 35:00 that said: _"it's hard to find Africans that haven't internalized some aspect of the lies they've been fed over the centuries"_ hit hard. I consider the fact that I'm usually watching a new hours after it is released. But, me, a black man, saw another black face in the thumbnail and didn't immediately click. For sure I have a lot to learn.
Again, a wonderful guest and topic, Pascal. What people call "colonialism" and "imperialism" are the most powerful planetary forces in modern history. Yet, we discuss them using the narratives, terms and conditions of colonisers. At least, the Palestinians called it "Al-Nakba". My point is that we, in Africa are just beginning to get to the point of actually wrapping our heads around this sustained intergenerational brutality that is still going on now. Susan Williams' book "White Malice" is just one small part of a constellation. The African Berlin Conference state, for example, was and still is, a Western intelligence operation. From political "parties" to trade unions and the "Congress of Cultural Freedom", intellectuals, elites, musicians, even Marxists, African is a colonial jamboree. But, we still use a misdirecting colonial term of engagement to understand this experience, the Latin root word, colonus and imperium. It reminds me of those Japanese intellectuals that met in a conference in Kyoto in July 1942, to "overcome the modern thing". Modernity itself is colonial so, it is not just Africans or indigenous peoples, it is everyone on the planet, including Europeans like the Sámi people.
This is one of my favorites YT channels bc of the quality of the content, the interviews and seriousness of subjects being discussed. Thank you for your work ❤
Great discussion. Maybe we should call these colonizers termites. Just an idea from an Indian lady 😂. Pascal, please,you should call Prof. Aghogho again. So relatable. ❤
I love you Aghogho , the words are creative,they are in our mind and body . Then you are right if we ( even ourselves the common ones)don’t change the way we talk no hope for a different way in this “ called “civilized society. Thank you both.
Thank you both for a great discussion. I hope you can do more, and explore more of African history, ongoing colonialism, and other current issues, as well as continue the discussion of countering entrenched colonial narratives. The problem of "dumb" biased narratives is overwhelming. Any effort against it is like a pebble thrown at the ocean to hold back the tide. I'm reminded of Vonnegut's pessimistic view that all his stories only had an effect like dropping a cream pie on a sidewalk from above, making some people pause briefly before walking round the mess. I think, as Prof. Aghogho said near the end, people's reasoning is greatly influenced by lifestyles that incline them to choose convenience and comfortable, profitable conformity. Western popular culture in many ways teaches us bad moral reasoning and prejudiced stereotypes, which political authorities then apply regularly to wars and other issues (e.g., climate change) to serve capitalist interests. But the entire system of capitalist "democracy" is also a lie disguising plutocratic oligarchies. Though I think good stories are vital to counter biased narratives, I've seen in teaching literature how hard it can be for people to read critically and to overcome their cultural prejudices--even when seeing different perspectives and evidence in stories. People often interpret stories through the lens of their prejudices. Also, even when stories have good meanings and become popular, they are then regularly simplified and distorted when adapted into films. It gives hope that increasing numbers of people distrust legacy media, and that enough were disgusted with Democrats to ensure their election defeat--despite having huge media and pop culture support, and the most funding from the rich. But it's still horrifying that the election was close at all: that people could possibly support a party funding an imperialist proxy war in Ukraine and, worst of all, a blatant genocide in Gaza, in both cases demonizing others in typical language of colonial propaganda. I think western culture and politics won't be able to change enough until they've experienced more widespread disasters (economic, environmental, &/or military), driving people to force changes on their government systems and rethink their relations with other nations--hopefully, to be more cooperative rather than competitive.
Fabulous... This discussion shows brilliance toward bringing all people into the human family. Thank you! FYI - Trump has promised white Americans reparations for essentially a supposed humiliation they received via Civil Rights and inclusion (DEI) in America! But no reparations for decendants of 400 years of slavery!
Yes Dr Akpome, great take on democracy. That is the reason why democracy is sold to us in Africa as an instrument of imperialism in a pseudo-independence paradigm, because it is the easiest means of state capture by which the most depraved amongst us always manage to get to be at the helm of affairs, anyhow. The solution in Africa must pass not by expecting the next elected president to be somehow a leopard able to change their spots because that isn't going to happen, but to fundamentally restructure our governance structures, to the hue of what worked so well in our past.
It’s a total misleading that European so-claimed themselves are more civilized than the non-west because European first invented steam power and electricity which represents a step of industrialization ahead of non-west. To be able to drive a car or enjoy air-conditioning is no place to think they are more civilized than those are not. Period.
There were many coincidences that played role. Isaac Newton an Englishman was a founder of modern science and England had big deposits of easily accessible coal. I think they should be proud of achievements but also recognize others are no less capable given a chance.
Very valuable discussion. It fits my own view that the framework narrative determines which facts come to the foreground. It's how we resolve cognitive dissonance. George Lakoff’s “Don't Think of an Elephant” illustrates this well. I agree that the most ruthless most often gain powerful positions.
Remarkable. Much needed perspective for those raised in the "collective west". The masks are clearly off now and the majority of the world is moving towards a future based on cooperation in a multipolar world. The african continent suffered for centuries now and I really believe that they will play a major global role in the future. Thomas Sankara's spirit is alive and well🌍...
Hello, Pascal from Neutrality Studies! Firstly, thank you for your diligent work - listening to your videos has become a somewhat theraputic practice for me in recent times, and you've introduced me to more names I'm glad to see in my siggestions feed. Rationality is a breath of fresh air in the rather stuffy media space of our days. Secondly, I usually refrain from commenting on matters well beyond my qualification, but, since, this time, you and your guest have specifically touched on the kind of personalities that come to power, I can't help but suggest something for your consideration. Would you entertain the idea of inviting a psychotherapist for an interview, to discuss the troubling particulars of modern day elites' psyche? No name-calling or finger-pointing required, of course - just the discussion of those self-propagating tendencies and their basis. Personally, I could propose Dr. Ramani Durvasula - a well-known name with wealth of experience. She specializes in pathological narcissism (which has garnered a buzzword status over the years, sadly), but would have plenty to say about sociopathy and psychopathy as well, and is not shy about bringing her expertise into the political frame. Also, I would say, she shines best during interviews, when people have prepared complex and varied questions for her. I often hear you asking bewildered rhethorical questions along the lines of "What were they thinking?" or "How can't they see it's completely irrational?", and I'm fairly certain that, while learning how a narcissistic mind works, you'll feel like a corkboard conspiracy theorist stereotype, snapping your fingers and whispering "It all makes sense now!" under your breath every so often. Just to touch the surface, narcissistic people are prone to manipulation, lying (self-interested or compulsive), entitlement, sense of own superiority, smear-campaigning, distrustfulness bordering on paranoia, envy, dehumanization of others, which enables them to climb high and fast, but, at the same time, they can be gullible, impulsive, short-sighted - possessing all the qualities of a good puppet. I'm sure, even after this superficial description, you already have bells ringing in your head. This doesn't sound like something in your usual ballpark, but it could be an interesting discussion nonetheless. Thank you again, and all the best with your endeavors!
Excellent comment. Most human beings living in symbiosis of systems either don't have the skill to recognize bad actors, nor the inclination to remove them since it is tangentially beneficial to own favored systems, or have become directly entrapped by the "gain models" (pyramids) lead by such bad actors. An example of this would be the case of Oliver North, whose psychopathic dealings were rewarded by "the system" with a highly paid management position (NRA). It doesn't seem to bother sufficient decent people enough to make such "management styles" impossible (effect a "stopper" against such models de jure or de facto). Indeed, based on observation, and looking back in history it can therefore be concluded that such behaviour is only given a "slap on the wrist", and therefore continues in "good empires". Studies have shown that models based on "intent of gain", like capitalism, have rates of people with psychopathic tendencies as high as 20%. Compare that reality to the average for a normal society, or usual non-gain models of cooperation, which is around a "1% psycho saturation rate". There is no reason to believe other models of "intent of gain" (like politics) do not have similar high rates of psychos. All empires as collectives of individuals have by nature, psychopathic and bullying tendencies. Note that the "Hollywood image" of the "psycho" and "the bully" is far removed from reality. The unfortunate reality is that most psychopaths/bullies remain undetected, and undetectable, because they manipulate entire groups of "non-psychos/non-bullies" into following them as beneficiaries, who then start entire campaigns of coverups and deception themselves. These psychopathic traits are generally considered to be common traits, and are defined: stated where these individual traits overlap with governments: - have split personalities (the political reality of "doves" and "hawks" coexisting in one "brain") - they are narcissistic (constantly pointing the finger "outwards" in attempts at deflecting from own actions and goals) - they have "brains" (governments) which control, or misconstruct data - scheme for own gain (policies, doctrines, and the likes of that) - use manipulative strategies as tools in order to mislead billions of people These bad actors and deceivers are allowed "to play", to lie and deceive, telling their inhabitants things like "all we want is peace", whereas in reality there are elements pushing for eternal war which benefits the systems they represent. Footnotes/key words for further research: *** 21 percent of CEOs are psychopaths *** Lobaczewski's definition of pathocracy *** The dark triad of malevolent personality traits: psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism
Wonderful, this kind of conversation is required to challenge the existing narrative. For the good of all life on our little floating ball in space. Particularly now as we face the impending threat to our survival in Ukraine.
A great interview. Great questions and answers. At the end it got philosophical, which I find wonderful. I tend to side with Pascal in terms of his view on human nature, but I agree with Aghogho that its manifestation necessarily depends on the institutional context. I'm ready for more of this.
As an Eastern European I agree with this 100%. The Western European supremacy is a mental dissonance.
Yes but in Western Europe opposition politicians do not fall out of windows. Something for someone not suffering from “mental dissonance” might want to consider.
@@garyddlewis3067 Opposition gets silenced in other ways though.
@ How.
@@garyddlewis3067in USA, completely frozen out of participating in the “democratic” political process due to absurd expense and completely frozen out of main stream media. A few years ago an opposition candidate showed up to a presidential debate despite not being “invited” to this supposedly democratic endeavor and was stowed away in handcuffs for the duration of the event. And don’t forget that Trump was shot at, ad well as JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X, and many other lesser known figures.
@@garyddlewis3067 You asking or just being facetious? Your how looks like a statement rather than a question. Anyhow if you are interested (and having seen your other little quips on here I don't think you really are) you could try reading Mark Curtis "Secret Affairs" or Matt Kennard "The Racket" to see just how corrupt the UK government really is.
It just might open your eyes and your mind. I'm not hopeful.
Aghogho is absolutely right. This is the message people in the west need to hear.
Where is the global genocide by the west ? It doesn't exist in reality.
People in the West are sick and tired of these pricks messages. The West ended slavery - including that in African countries and African empires, such as in Benin or the Zulu empires. The same goes for the Trans-saharan slave trade routes by lovely Muslims.
Learn History. Otherwise you'll become easy prey for these mambo-jambo sellers.
Not only in the West, but all around the world. I would argue our ethics are grounded in our "religion". If you truly believe in the "survival of the strongest", your ethics will guide you to always fight . Meanwhile, if you truly believe life is holy, you will be guided to protect all kind of life. We dont know the purpose of human life or how life came about, but we know what story to tell in order to make life better for everybody: The story of holyness, cooperation, respect and care. Today we are told the story of greed (being rich and famous is the purpose), arrogance (some humans are the superior (not God), and rights (I have the right to kill you).
@@ellengran6814 Living in the west it annoys me intensely that people think colonial exploitation is a thing of the past. True, the world has been infected by its consequence in economics & religion, so the message is good for all.
The book The Racket, by Matt Kennard, give a great explanation of the mechanisms & institutions of neo-colonial exploitation that persist right now.
This is such a brilliant discussion by this brilliant son of Africa. As a white South African grown up in apartheid South Africa, I can understand these arguments completely. The colonial subversion of the mind by narrative smear is so prevalent here in Europe today, in the UK, in Germany , France the EU. I learned to recognise the false narrative only properly after having left South Africa. I see it now everywhere for what it is.
THANK YOU!❤
Off topic but blacks were given South Africa and they trashed it.
Everyone knew they would.🤷🏻♂
Are there more of you out there? You not only understand us Africans, you also understand the spirit of UBUNTU.
Professor Akpome was referring to Joseph Conrad , author of 'Heart of darkness' They also made a film based on that novel , 'Apocalypse Now' ,with Marlon Brando .
Thank you for this interview , what the Prof says about the egemonic narrative is so true . I'm Italian and I knew the West was bad , but not to this extent .When the genocide in Gaza started , it was a defining moment for me .I saw the West for what it really is ,a suprematist , colonialist ,racist and fascist entity .
Yes to see this depravity in real time is quite disturbing and enlightening.. you know the ghouls based order
I'm not so sure that film was based on Conrad's book The truth about operation Phoenix and the Montenard troops is even darker.
Conrad's book takes place in a very different time and place. There is a limit to how we can project our modern values into judging history.
@ETALAL It was based on Conrad's book ,it's not my opinion
"The West" is acting no differently than the rest. The issue is power not what part of the world you are talking about. The West just happens to have the power recently.
Many or all of Joseph Conrad’s novels have been filmed
Lord Jim
Nostromo
etc.
Bring him back!! Brilliant interview! He'd be a great voice to add to the conversation on multipolarity and what it means for Africa in this geopolitical moment.
Another brainless imbecile clapping at God knows what...
Your are damn right!
Please. ..... serious consider bring him back to your program.
Also, Professor Gerald Horne at University of Houston In Texas USA and Professor Walter Turner at College of Marin, San Francisco Bay Area, California USA who has a weekly radio program Africa Today on KPFA 94.1 FM Pacifica Network
@SLF-o2w Absolutely Prof. Horne. Another African scholars, based in France. I forgot his name. Jemima Pierre, him he's had on before. These scholars that speak to Western Imperialism are great because they are the ones that really reveal the nature and scope of Imperialism in its many dimensions.
What a mind blowing episode with a highly educated guest in history. Thank you!
More lessons like this Pascal!!! More!!!! Respect to prof. Aghogho Akpome.
Yes indeed 👍💯
Absolutely! Africa needs to finally stand up and realize its full potential!
Great choice interviewing him on your show! Finally a big African voice from outside the “Western World” so much appreciated and badly needed❣️ especially when following the BRICS+ development
Yes Indeed ......We need more voices from outside of the "western world"... That way we can get a more "honest and accurate view".
@@willieduffie4967Indeed we need a space where the racist and the ignorant can show themselves “without restraint”
as a westerner i totally agree , when your eyes have been opened theres no denying it , fuk colonialism , ive never agreed with it no matter who does it
Colonialism is primarily a European activity. The mere fact that white people are less than 15% of the world population are descendants of the YAMNAYAS who came from the region of LAKE BAIKAL of the Caucasus mountains find themselves today in control of most of the planet has CHANGED HUMAN CULTURE IN A VERY NEGATIVE WAY. 50% of white people still carry the YAMNAYA DNA. Facts are very stubborn.
of course a person nicknamed druid celtic with a William Wallace pfp would have this based take! Cheers mate!
@@sk8erbyernWell the English did the same to the Celtic people as they did to the rest of humanity.😳
What I've been realizing now, is that when the west was good for caawkasianS, while they were oppressing everyone else, especially the dark races, there was no one saying fuk colonialism.
Only now that everyone is seeing the caawkasianRace for who they are, and now that America is on the decline, all of a sudden caawkasianS are complaining about colonialism.
They were awfully quiet for centuries...smdh
The world would be better, richer, and more civilized if colonialism had focused on trade, cultural exchange, and educational opportunities rather than the conquest of lands, exploitation of natural resources, and slavery, which have caused immense pain and suffering.”
"when the ground under your feet begins to shift, you do not need to be convinced, you just move" ... a very insightful guest with excellent questions from Pascal. Thank you!
Well stated!
..an ethical awakening is crucial ❤
Thank you Dr. Pascal for providing profound insights into substantial issues of humanity. And for your high INTEGRITY!
Is that so?
Sadly, Professor Hater omits the African slavery - ended by Western empires - which was nothing less barbaric and brutal than any other. It suits his pathetic narrative that Africans are pure and Westerners the route of all evil.
Ridiculous and utterly hypocrite as well as false. Professor Hater has an agenda of his own he will not confess as he's just making a living of hating and spreading his half-truths...
Yes .....we really appreciate you Dr. Pascal ✊!
Prof Akpome stripped bare the colonial shroud of oppression, genocide and white supremacy. It was a wonderful interview, thanks, Pascal.
Prof Aghogho is superb in describing the collective West
Yeah...... he's honest.
What a brilliant discussion with Prof. Akpome! It's a deeply intellectual argument worth listening to over and over again to fully grasp it. The floodgates of reality open when Africans, Latin Americans and Asians speak their experience with the oppressors. The world is slowly awakening to what we from the Global Majority have endured for centuries.
The world would be better, richer, and more civilized if colonialism had focused on trade, cultural exchange, and educational opportunities rather than the conquest of lands, exploitation of natural resources, and slavery, which have caused immense pain and suffering.”
@@klaw1425The Devil is not kind, considerate or fair.
@@sophiaelayne9984 The purest form of satanic
@@sophiaelayne9984 and they still exist with same DNA
Such an enlightening discussion, especially around the "intuitive knowledge' of how systems work and how one behaves in those systems. And thanks for putting this "American-Anglo-European establishment" label on this sociopathic menace to the world.
YOU BE CAREFUL MY BROTHER!😢
@@harounali7917The truth will set you free sayeth the Lord.
Talking about narratives, have you realized that Nigerians had the stereotype of "Nigerian scammer" for a long time while other nations don't get the stigma no matter how many scammers they produce.
For a long time, the only thing I knew about Nigeria was the scammers then I kept meeting brilliant Nigerians and finally, I found Nigeria has bright intellectuals like this man and my favourite writer Chimanda Adichi Ngozi.
I am so happy to see this discussion brought into the mainstream and into the international sphere for global peace, neutrality and justice. The trope of Africa is poor and riven by violence because of corruption is the flipside to the story that was told about the people resisting colonial settlers and Imperial domination in West Asia what the west calls the Middle East - that they are terrorists.
The big difference is that in Asia they have never accepted those terms - that they are terrorists for resisting imperial violence, but in Africa even Africans have been so heavily propagandised from school textbooks to literature, media and mainstream corporate news that they DO believe in the trope of corruption as the cause of all of Africa’s problems.
My brother Aghogho Akpome I thank you from the bottom of my heart for articulating this so many in its many levels, and my other brother Pascal Lotaz thank you for bringing brother Aghogho to us ❤
What I love most about the Professor is his wisdom and humility coupled with the boldness to present his position with such clarity and precision
When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one.
Like the Philippines and China 😢
Or both..
There is always a WickedCawkasianColonizer behind it all!
@@theinfralink6598rwanda for nato😢😢😢😢
The African Lion has learnt to tell his side of the story of The Hunt
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As a Nigerian I appreciated this interview
I thank God for people like u who opens our minds. Keep doing what you do. God bless
Our society needs more critical thinkers
Please bring him back as soon as possible pascal. That was fantastic.
Thank you for this video - The Dr is absolutely right and I am personally looking forward to the Global South turning their backs on the global hegemon!
Another imbecile ignorant falling prey of totalitarian propaganda.
Global South means Brazil - one of the last countries to end slavery, which it had loads.
Aghogho is 100% correct. These people know exactly what they are doing.
All countries are doing this to bring in changes...
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@@MsMatty-oj1jb , treAtiEs are changing between countries at the moment
@@ProleCenter my other response is gone...
My responses are gone🤔🤔
Thank you Pascal, excellent guest 👍
I like the analogy of the abusive partner..so true..so many in denial
The abusive power has been paying the Mozambican state's budget for half a century, since its independence - without which, there wouldn't be teachers, schools, hospitals and doctors, roads, ports and the lot. The same goes for half of the African countries, where their leaders take the wealth of their nations leaving Africans in abject poverty.
Sadly, professor Hater forgets to mention this oppression. You see, African people know much better what's oppressing them - and it's not the long-gone wester empires. It's their new emperors... of their same collor.
But what else to expect from a total hypocrite earning his living out of hating and spreading hate?
@@andrenogueira5058 It doesn't add up. If the puppet dictators are keeping all of the Africa's wealth then where is it? They have nothing to show for it, or very little.
His only fault is that he is acting as a gatekeeper by scapegoating the Western footsoldiers of the Grk Olies. I don't know if he is aware of it or not doing it on purpose. Ofcourse they are guilty too, but they are the symptom not the disease.
@@andrenogueira5058by stealing their money 😂, don't act like you do a good thing, your narrative is already debunked
Your disdain shows in your vitriolic comment,everything you described is the sick legacy of colonialism. You prefer to blame the victim. More is taken from Africa than what is given. Calling someone a hater for having righteous indignation tells a lot about your level of toxicity.
@@blitzgreg1 and irreparable hypocrisy. their 'argument' is self-defeating, for everybody to see. which is good
Thank you.
You have spoken! No more genocide.
May you live an immensely long, healthy and hugely productive life Pascal! People like yourself are providing an invaluable service to humanity. Thank you so much!
From Brazil 🇧🇷👏👏👏👏
Speaking as a Slovenian, from a country which was a part of former Yugoslavia, we have historically had excellent relations with African countries, not least as founding members of the Non Aligned Movement, our (cooperative worker self-managed) companies built factories there, helped them in their efforts for national liberation, many African students came to study over here. This is why the trope of "white man" commiting atrocities against the black peoples offends me. This righteous anger and resentment must be directed at western nations that are to blame, and not all white peoples, especially Slavs, who were throughout history oppressed and genocided by mostly the same western nations. So much so that in the USA, Slavs are, according to the "Communities of Color" website, classified as persons of color!
Horrible deed
It's only recently I learnt this history about Yugoslavia! Many of us know about USSR/Russia coming to the aid of colonial Africa but not about Yugoslavia.
I can imagine the double edged position your people find themselves. White European but not accepted as equals by Westerners and not fully recognised by the oppressed as fellow travellers.
With more opportunities to educate the global south such as via this forum, hopefully more people will appreciate the nuances.
White is not a race. It's a mentality. So if you don't have that mentality then obviously, you are not white. But some slavs in the United States consider themselves white and take utter and complete advantage of the unearned privileges that automatically comes with it in the collective West
@@lizcampbell8668good comment
I am a Czech, we are landlocked country that did not participate in colonisation in any way. Yet many idiots here want to be part of that imperialist western club nowadays.
Brilliant talk, thank both of you! I have a remark about comfort and convenience in Europeans’ lives, though. My mother was 15 years old at the end of WWII in Berlin. She crawled out from the basement she had spent most of her adolescent life in, to be confronted by a world in rubble, ashes and rotting body parts. She and other women cleared the rubble and reconstructed a semblance of Berlin on as little as 870 calories per day. A world that looked like ground zero, where men were basically absent. This instilled her the ineffable will to be on the winning side, no matter what, and made her a desperate follower of everything USA. I think fascist narrative is stronger and more pervasive than we would like to believe.
very resilient of her. forgetting the past and choosing not to understand the factors and influences that create history is what western europeans do best. all very surface level just to get on with meaningless pastimes while taxes and bureaucrats arrange wars of aggression and Genocide to steal. she experienced european tribalism first hand. having read a tremendous amount about Bismarck, Rhodes, boer wars, first and second wars i know it was a corporate sponsored event started, since the opium wars, by the english who are and were the greatest Genociders in history. hitler only learnt from the english and was supported by all the corporate intrests from ford, morgan, rokefeka and ag faben. all schools from colonising tribes never actually teach and are only there to indoctrinate.
Interesting comment from a perspective I had not thought of and helps explain Germanys slavish adherence to US interests in Ukraine and Gaza, even to the detriment of its economy and moral standing.
This vignette confirms Russia’s legitimate concern of an encroaching west. My grand parents were veterans and survivors of WWII on the Soviet side and drew the same conclusion as your mother, but for Russia. However, neither then, and nor now, do Russians view Germans as untermenschen.
Great post I have been thinking about this for a while, the concept of how many people just want to be on the winning side.
African brilliance. Thank you both for this compelling discussion.
It's not enough to be good. What's more important is to be courageous. And most people lack this crucial quality. Ethics cannot be applied without courage to feel the difficulty that comes with it.
What a great guest , I learned a lot from the professor .
Great, objective channel. Great host, great guest.
Professor you are one hundred percent right
excellent chat gents
This is the best discussion I have heard all year.
Fantastic. I learned so much. I'm very ignorant about Africa, yet so much of what Professor Akpome says chimes with my own experiences and knowledge as a Chinese born person growing up with Chinese parents in the UK. Please have him back because I really need to educate myself more about Africa.
I think Kemi Badenoch should be forced to listen to this video! She has been captured by the colonial mindset - she wouldn't be the leader of the Tory party otherwise.
People like Badenoch are not ignorant of past and current atrocities of colonialism and imperialism, they just don't care enough about their own people's suffering. They are too enamoured of their own personal aggrandisement and comprador class benefits that they don't think twice about selling their extended family to the slavers for a taste of the colonial loot.
That Kemi will soon bleach her skin😂😂😂😂😂..
Please bring this guest back for more discussion.
BRILLANT!
Prof Akpome is a brilliant narrator and intellectual, agree with most things he says.
That was excellent, more please and thank you.
Absolutely amazing discussion. An amazing man with a beautiful mind… Aghogho Akpome 🍀🍀🍀
Thank you Professor for your insight. I'm very proud of you and your position with the courage projected. Please be safe because to them you're a serious threat. God bless you.
Interesting discussion. The narrative has been changed. The morality underpinning the resistance is more widely understood. The stories trying to excuse oppression are simply becoming embarrassing.
Brilliant interview!
His last statement is very true. Skills should be aligned to purpose. So it comes to the individual themselves and somehow the weakest minds and hearts amongst us are always among us.
So true, thank you for this communication. Great son of Africa Professor Aghogho Akpome, thank you
An outstanding and excellent analyses by Pr. Aghogho.
Thank you....I enjoyed the conversation.
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Beautifully said Professor Akpome
well said Prof Aghogho Akpome
Very good converstion, straight to the point. The battle of narratives, breaking the mind control over masses.
Fascinating talk. It opened a way of understanding.
Mr. Akpome is a breath of fresh air.
As soon as i heard that he's an expert in literature and from Africa I knew I'd be in for a treat and what a treat this podcast has been. A very important topic especially in today's world, very enlightening thank you gentlemen. Despite many shortcomings, thank you also TH-cam algorithm.
The message at 35:00 that said: _"it's hard to find Africans that haven't internalized some aspect of the lies they've been fed over the centuries"_ hit hard. I consider the fact that I'm usually watching a new hours after it is released. But, me, a black man, saw another black face in the thumbnail and didn't immediately click. For sure I have a lot to learn.
I just cannot stand the people who just refuses to aknowledge other humans as people, is infuriating. Thank you for the amazing guest
Aghogho is a Star. And you too Pascal.
Did you watch the video without the sound on.
Thank you Sir. ❤
Excellent analysis 👍
Again, a wonderful guest and topic, Pascal. What people call "colonialism" and "imperialism" are the most powerful planetary forces in modern history. Yet, we discuss them using the narratives, terms and conditions of colonisers. At least, the Palestinians called it "Al-Nakba". My point is that we, in Africa are just beginning to get to the point of actually wrapping our heads around this sustained intergenerational brutality that is still going on now. Susan Williams' book "White Malice" is just one small part of a constellation. The African Berlin Conference state, for example, was and still is, a Western intelligence operation. From political "parties" to trade unions and the "Congress of Cultural Freedom", intellectuals, elites, musicians, even Marxists, African is a colonial jamboree. But, we still use a misdirecting colonial term of engagement to understand this experience, the Latin root word, colonus and imperium. It reminds me of those Japanese intellectuals that met in a conference in Kyoto in July 1942, to "overcome the modern thing". Modernity itself is colonial so, it is not just Africans or indigenous peoples, it is everyone on the planet, including Europeans like the Sámi people.
This is one of my favorites YT channels bc of the quality of the content, the interviews and seriousness of subjects being discussed.
Thank you for your work ❤
Great discussion. Maybe we should call these colonizers termites. Just an idea from an Indian lady 😂. Pascal, please,you should call Prof. Aghogho again. So relatable. ❤
They are also called Parasites and the Cancers of the world. Isn't the host the seed of a colonizer?
Great discussion. completely agree with professor Aghogho. The ruling class are completely aware of what they do
Thank you both for your excellent commentary.
I love you Aghogho , the words are creative,they are in our mind and body . Then you are right if we ( even ourselves the common ones)don’t change the way we talk no hope for a different way in this “ called “civilized society. Thank you both.
Word salad, what does this even mean.
Thank you both for a great discussion. I hope you can do more, and explore more of African history, ongoing colonialism, and other current issues, as well as continue the discussion of countering entrenched colonial narratives.
The problem of "dumb" biased narratives is overwhelming. Any effort against it is like a pebble thrown at the ocean to hold back the tide. I'm reminded of Vonnegut's pessimistic view that all his stories only had an effect like dropping a cream pie on a sidewalk from above, making some people pause briefly before walking round the mess. I think, as Prof. Aghogho said near the end, people's reasoning is greatly influenced by lifestyles that incline them to choose convenience and comfortable, profitable conformity.
Western popular culture in many ways teaches us bad moral reasoning and prejudiced stereotypes, which political authorities then apply regularly to wars and other issues (e.g., climate change) to serve capitalist interests. But the entire system of capitalist "democracy" is also a lie disguising plutocratic oligarchies.
Though I think good stories are vital to counter biased narratives, I've seen in teaching literature how hard it can be for people to read critically and to overcome their cultural prejudices--even when seeing different perspectives and evidence in stories. People often interpret stories through the lens of their prejudices. Also, even when stories have good meanings and become popular, they are then regularly simplified and distorted when adapted into films.
It gives hope that increasing numbers of people distrust legacy media, and that enough were disgusted with Democrats to ensure their election defeat--despite having huge media and pop culture support, and the most funding from the rich. But it's still horrifying that the election was close at all: that people could possibly support a party funding an imperialist proxy war in Ukraine and, worst of all, a blatant genocide in Gaza, in both cases demonizing others in typical language of colonial propaganda.
I think western culture and politics won't be able to change enough until they've experienced more widespread disasters (economic, environmental, &/or military), driving people to force changes on their government systems and rethink their relations with other nations--hopefully, to be more cooperative rather than competitive.
eloquently put! grattitude to you both.
Fabulous... This discussion shows brilliance toward bringing all people into the human family. Thank you!
FYI - Trump has promised white Americans reparations for essentially a supposed humiliation they received via Civil Rights and inclusion (DEI) in America! But no reparations for decendants of 400 years of slavery!
Don’t worry. YAH is on it.
The very intro had my hair stand on edge. This is the ultimate truth about the western civilization.
He know what is talking about💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Yes Dr Akpome, great take on democracy. That is the reason why democracy is sold to us in Africa as an instrument of imperialism in a pseudo-independence paradigm, because it is the easiest means of state capture by which the most depraved amongst us always manage to get to be at the helm of affairs, anyhow.
The solution in Africa must pass not by expecting the next elected president to be somehow a leopard able to change their spots because that isn't going to happen, but to fundamentally restructure our governance structures, to the hue of what worked so well in our past.
I would really appreciate hearing Dr. Akpome again on this or other programs. Thank you Pascal Lottaz for your work.
Muito bom!
More of this please 🙏
Wonderful, important interview. Glad to see this in my feed. ❤
Thank you very very much for such interview.
It’s a total misleading that European so-claimed themselves are more civilized than the non-west because European first invented steam power and electricity which represents a step of industrialization ahead of non-west. To be able to drive a car or enjoy air-conditioning is no place to think they are more civilized than those are not. Period.
perfect example is Indian ayurveda and African herbal medicine or modern art and cubism drawn by Pablo Picasso in.new philosophy of art
I agree. But also does not mean less civilized. The elites? That is another story.
There were many coincidences that played role. Isaac Newton an Englishman was a founder of modern science and England had big deposits of easily accessible coal. I think they should be proud of achievements but also recognize others are no less capable given a chance.
And who defines what 'civilized' entails?
@ You hit the spot right on.
Exactly we need to evolve. There is so much more we can be where all enjoy. That should be the goal.
Wow! What an amazing and important conversation! Thank you 😊
An amazing guest Pascal, thank you ❤😊
My brother in the Lord. Miss Brixton Johannesburg and RCCG. Well spoken and honourable minister of God ❤️🙌🏽
Thank you Pascal. Amazing interview.
Very valuable discussion. It fits my own view that the framework narrative determines which facts come to the foreground. It's how we resolve cognitive dissonance. George Lakoff’s “Don't Think of an Elephant” illustrates this well. I agree that the most ruthless most often gain powerful positions.
Thank you PASCAL👌👌🙏🙏
This man is incredibly intelligent ❤😊
Remarkable. Much needed perspective for those raised in the "collective west". The masks are clearly off now and the majority of the world is moving towards a future based on cooperation in a multipolar world. The african continent suffered for centuries now and I really believe that they will play a major global role in the future. Thomas Sankara's spirit is alive and well🌍...
Great conversation. Thank you as always.
Brilliant conversation. Thank you. Best wishes.
Hello, Pascal from Neutrality Studies! Firstly, thank you for your diligent work - listening to your videos has become a somewhat theraputic practice for me in recent times, and you've introduced me to more names I'm glad to see in my siggestions feed. Rationality is a breath of fresh air in the rather stuffy media space of our days.
Secondly, I usually refrain from commenting on matters well beyond my qualification, but, since, this time, you and your guest have specifically touched on the kind of personalities that come to power, I can't help but suggest something for your consideration. Would you entertain the idea of inviting a psychotherapist for an interview, to discuss the troubling particulars of modern day elites' psyche? No name-calling or finger-pointing required, of course - just the discussion of those self-propagating tendencies and their basis.
Personally, I could propose Dr. Ramani Durvasula - a well-known name with wealth of experience. She specializes in pathological narcissism (which has garnered a buzzword status over the years, sadly), but would have plenty to say about sociopathy and psychopathy as well, and is not shy about bringing her expertise into the political frame. Also, I would say, she shines best during interviews, when people have prepared complex and varied questions for her.
I often hear you asking bewildered rhethorical questions along the lines of "What were they thinking?" or "How can't they see it's completely irrational?", and I'm fairly certain that, while learning how a narcissistic mind works, you'll feel like a corkboard conspiracy theorist stereotype, snapping your fingers and whispering "It all makes sense now!" under your breath every so often. Just to touch the surface, narcissistic people are prone to manipulation, lying (self-interested or compulsive), entitlement, sense of own superiority, smear-campaigning, distrustfulness bordering on paranoia, envy, dehumanization of others, which enables them to climb high and fast, but, at the same time, they can be gullible, impulsive, short-sighted - possessing all the qualities of a good puppet. I'm sure, even after this superficial description, you already have bells ringing in your head.
This doesn't sound like something in your usual ballpark, but it could be an interesting discussion nonetheless. Thank you again, and all the best with your endeavors!
Excellent comment.
Most human beings living in symbiosis of systems either don't have the skill to recognize bad actors, nor the inclination to remove them since it is tangentially beneficial to own favored systems, or have become directly entrapped by the "gain models" (pyramids) lead by such bad actors. An example of this would be the case of Oliver North, whose psychopathic dealings were rewarded by "the system" with a highly paid management position (NRA). It doesn't seem to bother sufficient decent people enough to make such "management styles" impossible (effect a "stopper" against such models de jure or de facto). Indeed, based on observation, and looking back in history it can therefore be concluded that such behaviour is only given a "slap on the wrist", and therefore continues in "good empires". Studies have shown that models based on "intent of gain", like capitalism, have rates of people with psychopathic tendencies as high as 20%. Compare that reality to the average for a normal society, or usual non-gain models of cooperation, which is around a "1% psycho saturation rate". There is no reason to believe other models of "intent of gain" (like politics) do not have similar high rates of psychos.
All empires as collectives of individuals have by nature, psychopathic and bullying tendencies. Note that the "Hollywood image" of the "psycho" and "the bully" is far removed from reality. The unfortunate reality is that most psychopaths/bullies remain undetected, and undetectable, because they manipulate entire groups of "non-psychos/non-bullies" into following them as beneficiaries, who then start entire campaigns of coverups and deception themselves.
These psychopathic traits are generally considered to be common traits, and are defined: stated where these individual traits overlap with governments:
- have split personalities (the political reality of "doves" and "hawks" coexisting in one "brain")
- they are narcissistic (constantly pointing the finger "outwards" in attempts at deflecting from own actions and goals)
- they have "brains" (governments) which control, or misconstruct data
- scheme for own gain (policies, doctrines, and the likes of that)
- use manipulative strategies as tools in order to mislead billions of people
These bad actors and deceivers are allowed "to play", to lie and deceive, telling their inhabitants things like "all we want is peace", whereas in reality there are elements pushing for eternal war which benefits the systems they represent.
Footnotes/key words for further research:
*** 21 percent of CEOs are psychopaths
*** Lobaczewski's definition of pathocracy
*** The dark triad of malevolent personality traits: psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism
Prof, Aghogho Akpome! “We are peace-loving people Let’s end the war”The young African are waking up now!!
Wonderful, this kind of conversation is required to challenge the existing narrative. For the good of all life on our little floating ball in space. Particularly now as we face the impending threat to our survival in Ukraine.
Great discussion, you are forgetting propaganda, and the role of institutions.
A great interview. Great questions and answers. At the end it got philosophical, which I find wonderful. I tend to side with Pascal in terms of his view on human nature, but I agree with Aghogho that its manifestation necessarily depends on the institutional context. I'm ready for more of this.