I LOVE Mr. Prashad's description of the leadership of the West! mediocrity and decadence ! So true.. Brilliant! Love your show... Freedom and Solidarity!
"Decadent, mediocre and dangerous..." are understatements in every respect. The West epitomizes ultimate corruption, ultimate stupidity and ultimate recklessness.
Correct. Anti-peace 1sra3l continues to represent the worst of humanity. Never trust a jew? Never trust a zionist? Never trust either? Which choice is right? Which choice is true? You decide.
Capitalism is the systemic enemy that poisons the word with many problems like inequality, pollution and oligarchy. System change is what we need. Build a movement. Be part of it. Start local, of course. Solidarity. See Revolution Now podcast with Peter Joseph. Be glad you did.
Vijay lights up the universe with great vibes! If humanity had half of Vijay's vibe the world of good humans would win hands down! I'm down with you and Rania! ❤❤👊🏿👊🏿✌🏿
It's a true privilege to listen to a great fair-minded person in Vijay Prasad. If India is led by people of his calibre the country would have been great by now. A man of love and peace.
All declining empires follow a similar pattern. They become extra aggressive n violent in their desperate attempt to hang on to their fast declining world dominance n in the process commit one foolish blunder after another which will only backfire n hasten their decline
This man is really gives a very intelligent, objective, sober, and rational analysis of current and historic world events. Thank you Rania for having Mr. Prashad on as a regular guest.
Vijay ur a legend for speaking the truth about the evil west and their behaviour upon smaller defenceless countries.. great explanation thank you Vijay.🙏❤️👍
I just really wish we could atleast get a glimpse of what a multipolar world could be here in Latin america , but unfortunatly , we share the same longitude with the most violent and dishonest empire in the history of humanity.
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on emergency services, infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc. Instead of pursuing delusions of grandeur, the US should seek mutually beneficial cooperation with the rest the world.
The leaders in usa are getting rich from wars they make trillions from selling weapons that's why usa in wars to stop other countries economy frok developing same as nato countries your tax the same as every country in nato is going to the wars that nato countries create or carry on for no reason only to get rich they don't care about the citizens going poor all nato countries are gone poor infact usa still way rich than any country's in west its uk gone broke Europe broken and none of nato countries protesting for world peace like no empathy and am European
I do wish Americans would stop moaning about tax when all nato countries tax goes on the wars usa still the richest country in west by far it's your governments that u vote for keeping your country poor same as nato countries always been wars west never been bothered or care about what our military or governments are doing to others have no empathy for other countries as long as it doesn't affect u its narcissistic
We actually do transport trash to Mexico, I believe Tijuana is one place it goes. There are people who live off the dump. Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican-American writer, has written all about it.
Every time I'm ye close to giving up all hope, there's Vijay Prashad making it make sense. Thankyou Mr. Prashad, for your 'multi polar' intersection of this very moment it time 🙏
Thanks for this excellent upload. I've loved reading Vijay's work in Counterpunch over the years, and it's just as informative/entertaining and enlightening to hear him speak. You've got yourself a new subscriber, methinks.
There is also the Heartland theory to think about. Halford John Mackinder in 1904 gave a paper to the British Geographical Society, The Pivot of History, where he outlined the wealth of the Eurasian territory from Western Ukraine far beyond the Urals which he called ‘the heartland’. He stated then that whoever reigns over this part of the world, will rule the world. This theory has recently focused in Germany where the propaganda scholar Jonas Tögel (Cognitive Warfare) included it in his new book ‘War Games’. With a weak and disunited Europe achieving hegemonic influence in Eurasia certainly seems to have driven US foreign policy throughout the Cold War and again during its second phase after 1990.
Maybe they wouldn't be so concerned with the economic rise of Asia if they didn't send so many manufacturing and other jobs (call centers, etc) there and leave us with dying retail and other poverty stricken jobs. What the hell do they expect when they remove so many opportunities from American soil.
they are blinded by corporate greed. incredible short-term gains blind us from reality. too many sycophants surround those in power. there is no voice of reason, and we are too divided as a people to understand this. our two party system distracts us from the real issues.
An incredibly brilliant analysis of the '"dangerous, decadent and mediocre'' imperialism! Having watched this, it appears to me that , in addition to those three attributes, 'insane and delusional' should also be added.
Damascus to Beijing - All Aboard. Add to the location-specific cuisine a special train to be hosted by Vijay Prashad giving location-specific history and current events lectures with multimedia. What a great vision. Thank you Rania for that special highly informative discussion. Damascus to Beijing - All Aboard. Add to the location-specific cuisine a special train to be hosted by Vijay Prashad giving location-specific history and current events lectures with multimedia. What a great vision. Thank you Rania for that special highly informative discussion.
At around 17:00, the question is asked: Why did the City of Los Angeles cut the fire department budget? The answer is because they wanted to increase the police department budget with that $$$. Politicians caved to the supposed backlash against police department reform, and they tried to appease Republicans and homeowners with that move. That is why. And what a surprise - the right wing still attacked them for it.
The attitudes around slavery never died. Capitalism is on its deathbed but Thomas Carlyle's statement that the alternative to Capitalism is Slavery guides the actions of plutocrats in the so called democracies. We are on the threshold of a new age of slavery
There is acute crisis in Gaza, despite the 'ceasefire'. World powers should give direct moral and financial assistance to Palestine recognizing Palestine as a sovereign State as it has undergone a massive extent of destruction
"Larry Summers, famous economist..." I always get a laugh when I see that phrase. The more "famous" the "economist", the more ludicrous are their opinions. Exceptions: Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff.
Vijay Prashad, you forgot to mention the genocide committed against the Palestinian children. For most people, only cowardly and weak nations would commit such atrocities and not strong and powerful nations. Do not be afraid. . Be vigilant. The struggle continues!
500+ yrs of a West as Imperial power expanding globally, has come to an end with Vj’s sobriquet “division of humanity” & anger at the Excluded others” successfully resisting! I blame monotheism as a singular polarity in which all else is subjective lesser!??
monotheism. The abrahamic 3 versions presented as the 3 different "great" religions. A more ancient idea under diverse trends. The one and only Voice !
Iran, now has Russia’s support and the notion that the United States would be able to annihilate Iran is less probable than it ever has been in the history of the world! I think that it’s an important development that needs to be considered, when talking about the United States and Iran. Russia really has Iran’s back in a big way‼️🇮🇷
I don’t entirely agree with Prashad. Not to say the axis of resistance haven’t taken losses. Of course they have. But he portrays Israel as more powerful than they are. They are not godlike. Hamas is firmly in control of the civil and military in Gaza and will always pose a threat to Israel. He talks nothing about Israeli losses, about the attrition exacted on the IDF, the wounded and killed, which is probably far higher than Israel reports, or the decimated tanks and armored personnel carriers. He says nothing about the IDF’s loss of morale, and the fear of Israeli people for their lack of safety, or Israel’s economic woes as a result of the axis of resistance.
In the case of Syria; the US employed others to do the work, and I wonder if that's how they intend to attack Iran; with proxies and some kind of insurgency; rather than direct US/Israeli military attacks?
Vijay seems to forget that Israel sued for peace in Lebanon. HizbuAllah fought them and defied them. Also, the US has failed to topple Russia so it seems all that military spending is not as productive as claimed.
Vijay speaks from a place of fear regarding the west not realizing the corruption that undermines it and will be it's ultimate downfall if the people unite and demand truth and justice.
Correct. Myself, I am waiting for Trump's Collosseum to be built for his Gladiator Games. Isn't that what the Romans did when celebrating their final days of empire?
Always a pleasure to listen to Vijay Prashad, but Russia with only 3% military spending produces more (and better) arms than the whole NATO. I don't believe things are so clear cut and to the advantage of the West as he says
This is great time for Asian and African countries to unite for Their own and cooperative institutions if this time fails and will never be allowed by the west and European to stand against.
i love the episodes but i want to pull out my hair whenever the interview gets cut off for patron subscribers😭😩 completely understand but it’s always on the best parts!!!!!
I never considered from the Chinese perspective the threat of the US annexing Taiwan as a state. The US already has Hawaii, why not Taiwan? That puts the Chinese defensiveness in clearer perspective, in addition to other things the US can do besides annexing Taiwan directly.
This man speaks for the voiceless humanity.
We not seen in comments are the majority. The conservatives are the USA. The USA was never a popular project, just a winner, because of brute force.
😂😂😂😂 this man chooses usa to live and now he is criticising usa 😂😂 he knows usa supports democracy and free speech 😂😂
Only Vijay can humanise the dry academia of Economics into a joyous jaunt around the world.
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He is a race baiter and resides in the West. He can flee to Iran if he likes? After all, he isn't poor.
I LOVE Mr. Prashad's description of the leadership of the West! mediocrity and decadence ! So true.. Brilliant! Love your show... Freedom and Solidarity!
"Decadent, mediocre and dangerous..." are understatements in every respect. The West epitomizes ultimate corruption, ultimate stupidity and ultimate recklessness.
Russia is not our enemy. Iran is not our enemy. C-hina is not our enemy. Greetings from Australia.
Correct. Anti-peace 1sra3l continues to represent the worst of humanity.
Never trust a jew?
Never trust a zionist?
Never trust either?
Which choice is right?
Which choice is true?
You decide.
How well have you been fairing with utube censorship in support of Palestinians?
you are part of emprioe.so yes they are enemy of genolcidal colonial anglosaon outpost.
Capitalism is the systemic enemy that poisons the word with many problems like inequality, pollution and oligarchy.
System change is what we need. Build a movement. Be part of it. Start local, of course. Solidarity.
See Revolution Now podcast with Peter Joseph. Be glad you did.
Vijay lights up the universe with great vibes! If humanity had half of Vijay's vibe the world of good humans would win hands down! I'm down with you and Rania! ❤❤👊🏿👊🏿✌🏿
yes, yes, and yes
It's a true privilege to listen to a great fair-minded person in Vijay Prasad. If India is led by people of his calibre the country would have been great by now. A man of love and peace.
Only complaint I have is everyone act like it’s only Africa they’ve been slapping everyone around
@@watashiwasta-w6u You are talking about the US right? If so, then yeah, you're right.
It's not easy to lead India. Talking is the easiest job for most people.
All declining empires follow a similar pattern. They become extra aggressive n violent in their desperate attempt to hang on to their fast declining world dominance n in the process commit one foolish blunder after another which will only backfire n hasten their decline
Huh
closed systems (v. open systems)
The problem is the US empire has nukes. We might not survive this empire's fall.
Can't happen fast enough
@@michelegosse7116 enjoy your corrupt system
This lady Rania & Vijay give very honest reporting & news!
Fantastic!
God bless them!
❤GOD BLESS PEOPLE WHO REFRESH OUR SOULS WITH TRUTH
This man is really gives a very intelligent, objective, sober, and rational analysis of current and historic world events. Thank you Rania for having Mr. Prashad on as a regular guest.
Vijay is priceless
Vijay and Rania/awesome! this is a real treat...thank you guys...
When you have a $900 billion/ year hammer in your hand, every problem is a nail.
Love you Vijay
Thanks Vijay for your enlightening, informative & educational analysis 👌👍Thanks Rania inviting Vijay 👌👍both Rania & Vijay brilliantly articulated 👌👍👏🙏🙏🙏
Vijay ur a legend for speaking the truth about the evil west and their behaviour upon smaller defenceless countries.. great explanation thank you Vijay.🙏❤️👍
I just want to cry
Then cry.
It changes nothing.
@@geoffreyallenperdue It's normal
I often cry in the bathroom. I do it to unclog my tear ducts. 😭😭😭
I just really wish we could atleast get a glimpse of what a multipolar world could be here in Latin america , but unfortunatly , we share the same longitude with the most violent and dishonest empire in the history of humanity.
Unfortunately you are right. And Trump is going to double down on regime change in esp Venezuela and Cuba.
What is the saying? Too far from God and too near to that empire.
JFK had a plan called "Alliance for Progress" was that reason the deep state killed him??
JFK had a plan "Alliance for progress" was that reason deep state killed him??
Instead of arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on emergency services, infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness etc.
Instead of pursuing delusions of grandeur, the US should seek mutually beneficial cooperation with the rest the world.
Then politicians would have to live modestly and give up their imperial power.All rights reserved In good faith Without prejudice Charles E Willmore
The leaders in usa are getting rich from wars they make trillions from selling weapons that's why usa in wars to stop other countries economy frok developing same as nato countries your tax the same as every country in nato is going to the wars that nato countries create or carry on for no reason only to get rich they don't care about the citizens going poor all nato countries are gone poor infact usa still way rich than any country's in west its uk gone broke Europe broken and none of nato countries protesting for world peace like no empathy and am European
I do wish Americans would stop moaning about tax when all nato countries tax goes on the wars usa still the richest country in west by far it's your governments that u vote for keeping your country poor same as nato countries always been wars west never been bothered or care about what our military or governments are doing to others have no empathy for other countries as long as it doesn't affect u its narcissistic
Vijay lights up the consciousness
Love me some Prashad philosophy
We actually do transport trash to Mexico, I believe Tijuana is one place it goes. There are people who live off the dump. Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican-American writer, has written all about it.
Trash trump
Thank you guys for all the great work
RANIA ❤️ You inspire me to not be quiet as Kamala would have us do. VIVA VIVA PALESTINA 🇵🇸
Kamala? No comparison. Kamala has been a liar ten times over the years.
Hi again. Rania Great Work. Keep it Up
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Cheers from Mauritius 🇲🇺
Every time I'm ye close to giving up all hope, there's Vijay Prashad making it make sense. Thankyou Mr. Prashad, for your 'multi polar' intersection of this very moment it time 🙏
3 Cheers! for Rania and Vijay, and All of you Supporters and Truth Tellers, Honest Thinkers.. HERE! -
Vigay enlightened by your analysis thank you.
Hi All. How Awesome is the SHOW Many Thanks To Raina & Vijay's amazing INSIGHTS
VERY EYE OPENING
Cheers from Mauritius 🇲🇺
Thanks for this excellent upload. I've loved reading Vijay's work in Counterpunch over the years, and it's just as informative/entertaining and enlightening to hear him speak. You've got yourself a new subscriber, methinks.
Thanks Vijay Prasad for speaking truth. Bravo.
It's wonderful to hear from you all again.
Thank you Vijay P. for PEACE work.Greeting from Germany.
Excellent work ❤
A wild beast is at its most dangerous when cornered.
Imagine what it can do when it corners the entire world, and yet feels cornered! :D
American public must make meaningful movements. No options left, no asking. Just make it happen!
Vijay is very polite and calls our western leaders for mediocre. If is just where that good.
Or accepting the Multipolar World or nuclear bombs. And the declining empires are so so dangerous for the Humanity and for themselves... Sadly yes.
Much Love and salutations Vijay🫶❤️🫡
There is also the Heartland theory to think about. Halford John Mackinder in 1904 gave a paper to the British Geographical Society, The Pivot of History, where he outlined the wealth of the Eurasian territory from Western Ukraine far beyond the Urals which he called ‘the heartland’. He stated then that whoever reigns over this part of the world, will rule the world. This theory has recently focused in Germany where the propaganda scholar Jonas Tögel (Cognitive Warfare) included it in his new book ‘War Games’. With a weak and disunited Europe achieving hegemonic influence in Eurasia certainly seems to have driven US foreign policy throughout the Cold War and again during its second phase after 1990.
"Don't just join us. Support us." Well stated Rania.
Like the titanic movie , the orchestra played while the ship sank 😮
Excellent Rania and Vijay; you guys deserve PRIME TIME NETWORK SHOWS! Thank you.
Maybe they wouldn't be so concerned with the economic rise of Asia if they didn't send so many manufacturing and other jobs (call centers, etc) there and leave us with dying retail and other poverty stricken jobs. What the hell do they expect when they remove so many opportunities from American soil.
They wanted printing power. They got it. 😂
they are blinded by corporate greed. incredible short-term gains blind us from reality. too many sycophants surround those in power. there is no voice of reason, and we are too divided as a people to understand this. our two party system distracts us from the real issues.
I totally agree as an English man with you Vijay
An incredibly brilliant analysis of the '"dangerous, decadent and mediocre'' imperialism! Having watched this, it appears to me that , in addition to those three attributes, 'insane and delusional' should also be added.
Damascus to Beijing - All Aboard. Add to the location-specific cuisine a special train to be hosted by Vijay Prashad giving location-specific history and current events lectures with multimedia. What a great vision. Thank you Rania for that special highly informative discussion. Damascus to Beijing - All Aboard. Add to the location-specific cuisine a special train to be hosted by Vijay Prashad giving location-specific history and current events lectures with multimedia. What a great vision. Thank you Rania for that special highly informative discussion.
Vijay has hit the nail on head many times. But he has forgotten the hatred of the judeo-Christian mindset against Islamic civilisation & religion.
The great gastronomic Asian train vision from Beirut to Beijing had me tearing up.
10:03
That first answer is spot on. The politicians and oligarchs in my country are vile people.
Naze west has become really despicable. It needs to learn a bitter lesson for life
At around 17:00, the question is asked: Why did the City of Los Angeles cut the fire department budget? The answer is because they wanted to increase the police department budget with that $$$. Politicians caved to the supposed backlash against police department reform, and they tried to appease Republicans and homeowners with that move. That is why. And what a surprise - the right wing still attacked them for it.
The attitudes around slavery never died. Capitalism is on its deathbed but Thomas Carlyle's statement that the alternative to Capitalism is Slavery guides the actions of plutocrats in the so called democracies. We are on the threshold of a new age of slavery
Thank You for your insight
The Ends Never Justify the Means !!!
The Means Always Determine the Ends !!!
Tirany is the Seed of its Own Destruction !!!
There is acute crisis in Gaza, despite the 'ceasefire'. World powers should give direct moral and financial assistance to Palestine recognizing Palestine as a sovereign State as it has undergone a massive extent of destruction
Excellent and very detailed explanation by the author ❤
American people are realizing how z has betrayed them.
Maybe one or two of them. The rest are still backing them. 😮
Its not decadent, there evil. Lucifer dwells in the hearts of these people.
"Larry Summers, famous economist..."
I always get a laugh when I see that phrase. The more "famous" the "economist", the more ludicrous are their opinions. Exceptions: Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff.
I'm not shocked at these hyenas behavior they are animals after all however I'm shocked on so called human beings silence.....
Free Palestine!
Vijay Prashad, you forgot to mention the genocide committed against the Palestinian children. For most people, only cowardly and weak nations would commit such atrocities and not strong and powerful nations. Do not be afraid. . Be vigilant. The struggle continues!
THAT HOPE IS BACKED WITH THE GNOSTIC INSIGHT THAT HUMAN CIVILIZATION IS DETERMINED BY REASON AND DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
The only way we can stop all this is by BDS from all news networks and celebrities and movies and everything that has a hype.
What Vijay Prashad says is true of all young cultures - naturally.
You're the voice of voiceless ,
500+ yrs of a West as Imperial power expanding globally, has come to an end with Vj’s sobriquet “division of humanity” & anger at the Excluded others” successfully resisting! I blame monotheism as a singular polarity in which all else is subjective lesser!??
monotheism. The abrahamic 3 versions presented as the 3 different "great" religions. A more ancient idea under diverse trends.
The one and only Voice !
Tense times😢
Vijay, summers wanted to dump nuclear waste to the Global South... specifically Africa.
Iran, now has Russia’s support and the notion that the United States would be able to annihilate Iran is less probable than it ever has been in the history of the world! I think that it’s an important development that needs to be considered, when talking about the United States and Iran. Russia really has Iran’s back in a big way‼️🇮🇷
Yes, yhe military dynamic is not Vijay's strong point. Same with the evolution of resistance in Palestine and Lebanon.
From the Fallacy Trap of Freedom Equality and Fraternity
Until Sovereignty Justice and Responsibility ❤️ 💚 💜
I don’t entirely agree with Prashad. Not to say the axis of resistance haven’t taken losses. Of course they have. But he portrays Israel as more powerful than they are. They are not godlike. Hamas is firmly in control of the civil and military in Gaza and will always pose a threat to Israel. He talks nothing about Israeli losses, about the attrition exacted on the IDF, the wounded and killed, which is probably far higher than Israel reports, or the decimated tanks and armored personnel carriers. He says nothing about the IDF’s loss of morale, and the fear of Israeli people for their lack of safety, or Israel’s economic woes as a result of the axis of resistance.
Dangerous, decadent, and mediocre…. You nailed it!
In the case of Syria; the US employed others to do the work, and I wonder if that's how they intend to attack Iran; with proxies and some kind of insurgency; rather than direct US/Israeli military attacks?
Bravo
I disagree with Vijay on the weakening of the resistance groups. This is contrary to what even Prof Marandi said.
Temporarily weakned..it will need to to rise up
VIJAY PRASHAD OMG!!!
I love Vijay but he's wrong about Hamas
Hyper imperialism! I like this concept. Imperialism is dangerous and vicious like a cornered cat when it's life is threatened.
सलाम जी
excellent video, excellent analysis
Vijay seems to forget that Israel sued for peace in Lebanon. HizbuAllah fought them and defied them. Also, the US has failed to topple Russia so it seems all that military spending is not as productive as claimed.
Like an animal, an empire is most dangerous when it's wounded. Or dying.
US empire like all empires throughout the history will decline. I think though, this is exagerated to some extents by our wishful thinking.
Well liesreal would find itself alone when crusaders fall one by one! It's described in the Koran and the Torah books!!
Vijay speaks from a place of fear regarding the west not realizing the corruption that undermines it and will be it's ultimate downfall if the people unite and demand truth and justice.
Correct. Myself, I am waiting for Trump's Collosseum to be built for his Gladiator Games.
Isn't that what the Romans did when celebrating their final days of empire?
Always a pleasure to listen to Vijay Prashad, but Russia with only 3% military spending produces more (and better) arms than the whole NATO. I don't believe things are so clear cut and to the advantage of the West as he says
This is great time for Asian and African countries to unite for Their own and cooperative institutions if this time fails and will never be allowed by the west and European to stand against.
Trash in Exchange for Resource Wealth. Pay for Diamonds, Gold ,Precious Metals and Minerals with Trash. How Just!
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God bless Vijay ,I love you analysis Free Palestine ❤❤❤
1:20 like Iran, Russia, china, and dont forget India, and myriad African states.
1:20 like Iran, Russia, china, and dont forget India, and myriad African states, plus Brasil to boot.
so in essence....if u got no money , u cant watch any entire video. BT News must rethink this plan. Best guest as always
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Ow cmon, that one hurt being exclusive
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i love the episodes but i want to pull out my hair whenever the interview gets cut off for patron subscribers😭😩 completely understand but it’s always on the best parts!!!!!
Good evening Mr Vijay ♥️🇮🇳🇺🇲🌍🌌🦾😇👋
Someone please explain Rania’s wide mouthed grin while Vijay was describing war crime after war crime.28’29”.
I never considered from the Chinese perspective the threat of the US annexing Taiwan as a state. The US already has Hawaii, why not Taiwan? That puts the Chinese defensiveness in clearer perspective, in addition to other things the US can do besides annexing Taiwan directly.