How superpowers survive: War, Money, Size | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman

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  • @LexClips
    @LexClips6 ай бұрын

    Full podcast episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pGirrrqHqcfglbw.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzread.info Guest bio: John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.

  • @leopoldmerrick6942
    @leopoldmerrick69426 ай бұрын

    This level of realism is very refreshing

  • @magg93

    @magg93

    6 ай бұрын

    I'll give you realism, mate

  • @sniderstyle
    @sniderstyle6 ай бұрын

    Respect for Lex because he platformed this Professor.

  • @pabis6817

    @pabis6817

    6 ай бұрын

    No 😂 this professor is an absolute clown.

  • @magg93

    @magg93

    6 ай бұрын

    he got served bigtime

  • @mostlynicely

    @mostlynicely

    6 ай бұрын

    @@magg93 mbp

  • @ast3077

    @ast3077

    5 ай бұрын

    Yuppers

  • @dg-ov4cf

    @dg-ov4cf

    5 ай бұрын

    what do you mean@@magg93

  • @jackbradley3388
    @jackbradley33886 ай бұрын

    Mearsheimer is great, I really feel sad that he and other realists are so often reviled. So many misunderstandings exist regarding realism (such as the equation of power with aggression which the Dr. alludes to)

  • @lebronjamesharden3958

    @lebronjamesharden3958

    6 ай бұрын

    I like John, John is good

  • @zeytelaloi

    @zeytelaloi

    5 ай бұрын

    He's great but he focuses a lot on the incentives placed on states. What I'm missing in this explanation is the incentives placed on leaders, who in turn lead the states. For example a leader might do something for regime security that is ultimately against the good interests of the country itself. It might mean invading another country to divert attention from domestic problems, or burning fossil fuels for short-term economic benefits but to the long-term detriment of the country.

  • @joshuarodriguez6621

    @joshuarodriguez6621

    3 ай бұрын

    ⁠​⁠​⁠@@zeytelaloiyou just described the term “warmongering” at its finest

  • @rasyidizulkifli2285
    @rasyidizulkifli22856 ай бұрын

    Lex: "Democracies elect people who want peace." heck no, the US keeps electing warmongers 😂😂😂

  • @lovelife1867

    @lovelife1867

    6 ай бұрын

    because money comes from military industrial machine. There is no profit in peace

  • @DillingerEscapeMan

    @DillingerEscapeMan

    6 ай бұрын

    How many wars started under Trump?

  • @richardloach610

    @richardloach610

    6 ай бұрын

    The US is a great power that is a hegemon. As the "biggest and baddest dude on the block" it has to constantly be flexing it's military muscles to put down challengers. International relations are not governed by internal politics within a nation, they are driven by the geopolitical realities around a particular nation

  • @ernest1520

    @ernest1520

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@DillingerEscapeMan this is a very simplistic, shortsighted question. Trump actually laid ground for disastrous events that we've been witnessing after his tenure. He laid ground for rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan (which in turn hurt the US' opinion and undermined its global dominance status), antagonised China and at the same time weakened the balancing coalition against it in the region, the result of which we're seeing in South China sea and Taiwan strait tensions. That doesn't mean other presidents- both democrats and republicans- hadn't been making mistakes. They had, but their decisions had been at least driven by structured agendas, while Trump had been making many chaotic, ad hoc decisions with very little understanding of their nuances and potential consequences, purely motivated by satisfying the hardcore electorate. Pretty much all former presidents had been conducting their agendas in light of T. Roosevelt's words: "speak softly and carry a big stick". Trump did the opposite, being an entertainer of the masses, but causing more harm than good overall, with very little essence to his words.

  • @lovelife1867

    @lovelife1867

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ernest1520 trump was ready to negotiate which is hell of a lot more than what biden administration ever did. Did Bidy ever tried to broker any sort of deal between ukraine and russia? Nope , but sent Pelosi to drive more weapons into ukraine. Democrat misdeeds are obvious to a 5 year old but everyone is closing their eyes and pretending nothing is happening .

  • @amania9254
    @amania92546 ай бұрын

    The boy is outclassed again and again! The professor is good 👍

  • @Destrolll

    @Destrolll

    3 ай бұрын

    there is no shame to be outclassed by Mearsheimer

  • @sultanfarouk5518

    @sultanfarouk5518

    15 күн бұрын

    It's not a debate for Lex to be outclassed...this is just an intellectual conversation and Professor Mearsheimer happens to be an expert on the topic of discussion..

  • @amania9254

    @amania9254

    15 күн бұрын

    @@sultanfarouk5518 You sound like 14, you can be outclassed even without speaking. You'll understand that!

  • @amania9254

    @amania9254

    15 күн бұрын

    @@Destrolll of course, outclassed by a professor means you have a lot to learn. No one is talking about shame here.

  • @nalanala9725
    @nalanala97256 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this interview, he is a diamond and so are you.

  • @davidnikon8501
    @davidnikon85016 ай бұрын

    Great conversation.

  • @maqboolmangrio
    @maqboolmangrio6 ай бұрын

    Really wonderful discussions love to learn great efforts

  • @paulsalele3844
    @paulsalele38446 ай бұрын

    This was a great guest!!

  • @Lesminster
    @Lesminster6 ай бұрын

    Great clip. Very interesting point of view.

  • @Flylikea
    @Flylikea6 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the fact that an important concept was, even briefly, discussed here: in the realist sense, anarchy is just the opposite of hierarchy which then implies that there is nowhere to turn to if 💩 hits the fan. Something that clearly a lot of people don't get at all. I am not talking about: don't get to an extent. No, nothing. Zero. There have been times in history where states existed in pure anarchy. We are clearly not in this kind of global system currently, but there have been periods. In an oversimplified analogy, that meant if conflict broke out, if you got into trouble, you'd have to find your way out or literally die trying. Now, unless you are dumb or suffer from a personality disorder, you should be able to tell why this is an extremely dangerous way of existence, particularly as technology advances.

  • @jfp17
    @jfp176 ай бұрын

    Interesting discussion.

  • @omarshehab585
    @omarshehab5856 ай бұрын

    Beautiful talk.

  • @user-sm8cg9cr7v
    @user-sm8cg9cr7v4 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed this discussion about the different types of ideas regarding Geo-political power.

  • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
    @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns6 ай бұрын

    "Power is the currency of international relations". Well, money is the currency of wealth and what is wealth? Control over material power. He's stating the obvious but it's sad and amazing how many people swallow the propaganda that we act altruistically, albeit sometimes making "honest mistakes" like destroying Iraq for no good reason. It's all about power. Politics. Diplomacy. Economics.

  • @burnzz69

    @burnzz69

    6 ай бұрын

    To wield power you need energy and a stable natural environment.

  • @magg93

    @magg93

    6 ай бұрын

    There are no good or bad people, only varying degrees of conditioning.

  • @frankjennings4489

    @frankjennings4489

    6 ай бұрын

    @@magg93I don’t think that’s true. Malignant narcissists and psychopaths are bad people.

  • @magg93

    @magg93

    6 ай бұрын

    They are not born entirely this way, there has been some form of conditioning.

  • @frankjennings4489

    @frankjennings4489

    6 ай бұрын

    @@magg93 Not really. Psychopathy is mostly genetic.

  • @dennish5150
    @dennish51506 ай бұрын

    The moral of the story is, there is no moral, just power and everything that goes along with it.😂😂😂

  • @lizardking3979

    @lizardking3979

    6 ай бұрын

    Amen. If anyone tells you otherwise he is foocking your wife😂

  • @lorenzo6868

    @lorenzo6868

    6 ай бұрын

    That's a simpleton view, if there were no morals there would be wars for more power literally everywhere.

  • @mikexhotmail

    @mikexhotmail

    6 ай бұрын

    AKA. Thomas Hobbes

  • @andrewlim7751

    @andrewlim7751

    27 күн бұрын

    Hate those hypocrites whom fill their mouth with freedom and democracy.

  • @Alexamw
    @Alexamw6 ай бұрын

    Great conversation.Lex looks great unshaved.

  • @lizardking3979
    @lizardking39796 ай бұрын

    I don’t know but this old dude has been right about the Ukraine war…. That’s good enough for me😂

  • @ernest1520

    @ernest1520

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes he's been right about Ukraine. He's been predicting that Russia won't tolerate a democratic Ukraine that's a member of the western security framework, but the west didn't listen. Instead of limiting relations and business with Russia, and speeding up Ukraine's NATO membership, the west chose profit over security, the results of which we are facing today. But thankfully the West came to its senses, and is helping out Ukraine, ramping up its military production and support for Ukraine, thus reducing Russia's relative power. Just as John Mearsheimer and the theory of offensive realism predicts.

  • @dankmemes6053

    @dankmemes6053

    6 ай бұрын

    he was also right that China and the U.S. will eventually turn into rivals or enemies (he made this point I think two decades ago)

  • @musclemannn

    @musclemannn

    5 ай бұрын

    Y'all are old 😑

  • @TheElMuffin
    @TheElMuffin4 ай бұрын

    I find that this ties in well into the Fermi Paradox. The concept of state is scalable, so if you imagine the state as a whole civilization, even in the absence of other civilizations, that civilization will behave as if others exist as well . There is a bone chilling idea presented in The Killing Star by Charles Pellegrino. Without ever meeting an alien civilization it is possible to boil down alien behaviour down to three concepts: 1 Their survival will be more than our survival. If forced to choose between them and us, they will always choose themselves. 2 They will be intelligent, alert, industrious, aggressive, and even ruthless when necessary. That's what it takes to survive. 3 They will apply the same three concepts to us.

  • @mikexhotmail
    @mikexhotmail6 ай бұрын

    The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides c.455-c.400 bc ps. The rest is just deception.

  • @nicholascushman3069
    @nicholascushman30696 ай бұрын

    So basically we have a bunch of different theories that are each trying to boil down an extremely complex set of concepts into more or less absolute terms. The problem I see is that when you arrive at a point where several different theories are all able to gain prominence, the truth is likely far more nuanced than any 1 of them is able to account for.

  • @pedrod.7576

    @pedrod.7576

    6 ай бұрын

    From what I understand, there is a constructivist theory that blends elements from realism with elements from liberalism.

  • @allendover7480

    @allendover7480

    6 ай бұрын

    I wouldn’t use the term theory here. There are a lot of philosophies, none of which can be tested in a lab or via experiment. That does, however, make me wonder when we’ll have enough processing power to provide an AI with a lab and see what it says about the accuracy of these philosophies.

  • @pedrod.7576

    @pedrod.7576

    6 ай бұрын

    We didn't say they are laws, we said they are theories. Also, humanities exist and they are not the same as natural sciences.@@allendover7480

  • @TheLockon00

    @TheLockon00

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes. That's something Mearsheimer has talked and written about. Basically, he claims you're trying get a sense of what's most important. A good theory in this context explains why things happen a majority of the time, not all the time.

  • @dieuetmondroithonisoitquim338

    @dieuetmondroithonisoitquim338

    6 ай бұрын

    The truth is what happens and the results of those theories not what should happen for everyone to benefit the most

  • @raminsafizadeh
    @raminsafizadeh6 ай бұрын

    This view of inter state dynamics is good for the first year students of international geopolitics! Otherwise, there are more exceptions to the rule than, than the rule itself! The smaller states partake in the security provided by the dynamics of contention between the more powerful states, whether or not these bigger states would prefer to provide such protection or not!

  • @mragoffi
    @mragoffi6 ай бұрын

    First time I smash the like button even before the start of the clip

  • @edjones3410
    @edjones3410Ай бұрын

    If you have ever played the game civilization it gives you a good understanding of this way of thinking.

  • @chrisbarnes2973
    @chrisbarnes29736 ай бұрын

    I will say that the Harvard and yales have absolutely blew it! In leadership roles!, we need both!

  • @sofiwuu3001
    @sofiwuu30016 ай бұрын

    Indeed...however your much wealth hold in few individuels, not in state In this trade, the power game shifts Now today happens

  • @kz7822
    @kz78226 ай бұрын

    Only power matters and democracy is vehicle in competition

  • @vorlonzevatron7142
    @vorlonzevatron71426 ай бұрын

    Democracy is not a synonym for peace.

  • @jayzee316
    @jayzee3166 ай бұрын

    basically a prisoner's dilemma with states underpinned by law of the jungle.

  • @renardfox328

    @renardfox328

    6 ай бұрын

    Good point, the international system is one of strategic interdependence.

  • @jayzee316

    @jayzee316

    6 ай бұрын

    @@renardfox328 and distrust.

  • @mikexhotmail

    @mikexhotmail

    6 ай бұрын

    What else could it possibly be?

  • @derkennedy1228
    @derkennedy12286 ай бұрын

    The problem is the outcomes when internal divisions undermine the development of your own people.

  • @anthonybenic
    @anthonybenic6 ай бұрын

    Would love to see Lex interview author Robert Caro.

  • @MrWuwho
    @MrWuwho6 ай бұрын

    Great insights. Basically taking the morality factor out of the context and just seeing everything as components of a system, a lot of things make sense.

  • @lingbojiang7784
    @lingbojiang77846 ай бұрын

    Competition for power is a toxic of human nature, but it is true.

  • @Larkinchance
    @Larkinchance6 ай бұрын

    A conflict between Ukraine and Russia presented a strategic opportunity for NATO/US. Crimea, with its 75% Russian population didn't mean much to Ukraine but to NATO/US, with the Russian naval base at Sevastopol would go control of the Black Sea and defense of all of Russia. This is why Putin invaded Ukraine.

  • @JoeCharogoff
    @JoeCharogoff3 ай бұрын

    Whoa, that's a lot! I think it's important to note these definitions of state behavior are based on just that, and not what's ideal. I think international anarchy and international hierarchy are bad ideas, but human weakness ensures it's one or the other.

  • @broadmeadowluck
    @broadmeadowluck3 ай бұрын

    And this is why knowing world history is vitally important to people!

  • @lovelife1867
    @lovelife18676 ай бұрын

    Smartest person in existence today.

  • @richardloach610
    @richardloach6106 ай бұрын

    The only part of the world that the democratic peace theory tends to hold true is Latin America and Europe. The latter is actually kept in check by the overwhelming presence of NATO and the institutions that follow such as the EU. Latin America has only had democratic stability for 30 years or so, and geographically its populations are isolated for the most part along coastal urban areas. The interior where conflict could potentially flare up and actually sometimes do (ie Peru-Ecuador war of 1998) are mostly sparsely populated and are lightly controlled by the central states

  • @Randsurfer
    @Randsurfer6 ай бұрын

    A lot of small (population) nations that have been very powerful throughout history. Certainly population matters, but wealth trumps all. Especially as wealth acquires technology.

  • @janklaas6885
    @janklaas6885Ай бұрын

    📍15:41

  • @JohnCox-ut3cv
    @JohnCox-ut3cv6 ай бұрын

    What gets me is that yanquiland is now the equivalent of napoleonic France. Overstretched and awaiting its Waterloo. This will happen overseas. First, however, the expense of its overseas adventures will cause the domestic to implode.

  • @JohnCox-ut3cv

    @JohnCox-ut3cv

    6 ай бұрын

    Due to its century and more of anti communism, however, the domestic power will not be communist but populism that is of a small america and lacking an international vision.

  • @JohnCox-ut3cv
    @JohnCox-ut3cv6 ай бұрын

    They want to act communally. Elites are not like this.

  • @vmoses1979
    @vmoses19796 ай бұрын

    It's good Lex let Mearsh do his thing because his questions had little depth or analysis.

  • @brettg1
    @brettg15 ай бұрын

    they defined what realism is, most people define it as common sense.

  • @YouTubeWatcher9000
    @YouTubeWatcher90006 ай бұрын

    You should have Mearsheimer and Michael Malice on an episode together. Michael malice is an anarchist and mearsheimer said multiple times anarchy creates violence and power struggles. I think the debate would be interesting.

  • @sababaratashvili8629

    @sababaratashvili8629

    6 ай бұрын

    "anarchy creates violence and power struggles" It does.

  • @YouTubeWatcher9000

    @YouTubeWatcher9000

    6 ай бұрын

    @@sababaratashvili8629 yes and countries with governments are all peaceful utopias. There will always be violence and power struggles, with or without anarchy, but would anarchy be better than democracy? I’m not an anarchist, I’m more of a libertarian, but I think people too often associate anarchy with chaos and people like Michael Malice believe there is a way to have an organized society without government. It’s an interesting idea.

  • @sababaratashvili8629

    @sababaratashvili8629

    6 ай бұрын

    @@KZreadWatcher9000 "yes and countries with governments are all peaceful utopias. " Did I say they were? "It’s an interesting idea." No, it's an idea usually born from people from developed countries. People who have not lived in poor countries full of corruption where government does not give a shit. Plenty of countries like that out there, they are pretty close to anarchy, where government is basically just another power trying to take advantage of you, they are also horrible places to be. It's not going to work in practice, anarchy will develop into some kind of order just like how order will develop into anarchy at some point.

  • @YouTubeWatcher9000

    @YouTubeWatcher9000

    6 ай бұрын

    @@sababaratashvili8629 Michael malice was born in the Soviet Union, his whole family is from there. Government corruption is one of the reasons many people become anarchists. Developing countries with corrupt governments aren’t anarchistic, anarchy means no government. Developing countries have governments and most of them make their countries worse by establishing themselves as the only authority in the country and using that authority for their own benefit. You are using anarchy to mean chaotic or lacking order. There can be order in an anarchist society, the two aren’t mutually exclusive, it just wouldn’t be enforced by a government. Anarchy does not equal chaos, and government does not equal order. Essentially it would just be replacing government agencies and functions with companies and corporations which rely on customers who choose to give them money to make a profit and stay in business instead of saying “give us your money or we’ll send guys with guns to your house to throw you in prison and if you don’t like how we spend your money, too bad”. I’m not saying it would work flawlessly or that it is achievable, I’m saying it’s worth looking into. I’m a libertarian because there are a few government functions which I don’t think could be replicated by private companies, but I’m open to hearing how they could. It seems like you have completely written it off without looking into it.

  • @HkFinn83

    @HkFinn83

    6 ай бұрын

    Can’t you just read each of those people’s work for yourself? Debate is a waste of time other than for entertainment, you will just agree with whoever is the better speaker

  • @turf9232
    @turf92326 ай бұрын

    State power is basically high agency asshole for hire. lol. We need them, but gotta rail them in from time to time.

  • @turf9232

    @turf9232

    6 ай бұрын

    But Sam, power is power. lol, yes, until you meet god.

  • @skiptomile

    @skiptomile

    6 ай бұрын

    some heads are needed to roll from time to time.. just to keep things in check

  • @Pixelarter
    @Pixelarter6 ай бұрын

    So what I get from this is that the world would be a lot better with a "hierarchical" structure, so countries wouldn't need to keep competing for power like animals and doing BS. If something like the UN was promoted to a world police of sorts (or the globe's 911), and could really enforce countries to comply to democratically established global rules, then most wars would be suppressed and the world could be more stable. Then a lot of the resources wasted in building power out of fear, could be better employed in progressing humanity and bringing prosperity, rather than barbaric competition for survival. Analogous to the transition from a harsh hunter-gather life to a more structured agriculture based one, that enabled better use of resources and greater development by escaping from the state of constant threat. Then humanity would have the achievement of also being civilized in a global scale, instead of just locally.

  • @juanchojack

    @juanchojack

    6 ай бұрын

    Don’t think one entity holding governance over the entire world is such a good idea.

  • @Pixelarter

    @Pixelarter

    6 ай бұрын

    @juanchojack I think it would, but it needs to be well structured to be fully democratic and have well designed weights and balances to prevent abuse or misrepresentation. It would also improve our capability to respond to external threats to humanity and our planet, and make global efforts more efficient.

  • @juanchojack

    @juanchojack

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Pixelarter agree to disagree🤝

  • @abhishekgaurav8091
    @abhishekgaurav80916 ай бұрын

    When security/ survival (Realism) and prosperity(Liberalism) come in conflict, security/ survival trumps prosperity.

  • @MrWuwho
    @MrWuwho6 ай бұрын

    As much as it makes sense, it got me worried what if it is how the universe works, not just on earth?

  • @mouthtomouth33
    @mouthtomouth336 ай бұрын

    Around the min. 8.00 the truth is revealed and the hypocrisy of its way to find peace. Make a great day!

  • @estevesmartins7935
    @estevesmartins79356 ай бұрын

    3D Chess…The game that very few are able to perceive and master..

  • @inception727

    @inception727

    6 ай бұрын

    Only few have the ability to play . Most countries are just pawns not players

  • @DavidRanalli
    @DavidRanalli5 ай бұрын

    The world and people exist as both anarchy and hierarchy at the same time.

  • @Turnsnap
    @Turnsnap6 ай бұрын

    This is just game theory modern powers edition

  • @accountantabed-il8ou
    @accountantabed-il8ou6 ай бұрын

    watch this video if you wanna understand dating, business, sociality, life

  • @wilbers1970
    @wilbers19706 ай бұрын

    Launching new Super Power soon, need a nap.

  • @fallbro
    @fallbro6 ай бұрын

    I survive because of war, money, and power 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 (I’m depressed)

  • @lizardking3979

    @lizardking3979

    6 ай бұрын

    Pills can help u 😂

  • @Lora_Lynn
    @Lora_Lynn6 ай бұрын

    Table tennis game. Does anybody remember that? We built China's sucess. We did we support a monster or create an adversary in our image?

  • @michaelhuang7842

    @michaelhuang7842

    6 ай бұрын

    Compared to other countries, such as India and Brazil. The US does not give China super treatment or special privileges. 😂😂The success of a country depends more on the vitality and healthy development of its society and the hopes, dreams and beliefs of its people. These are domestic issues. America doesn't build anything on China. Over the past 30 years, America's GDP has grown slightly more than China's.

  • @deeznutz7064
    @deeznutz70644 ай бұрын

    Rome had a war every 20 years while China rarely had wars. China outlived Rome because they rarely had wars and they didn't overstretch their military

  • @sigma4471
    @sigma44716 ай бұрын

    My understanding; The world is an anarchic system.

  • @mazamatov
    @mazamatov6 ай бұрын

    "...They beat her, saying: "You are abundant; so one can enrich oneself at your expense. They beat her, saying: "You are poor and impotent '" so you can be beaten and plundered with impunity. Such is the law of the exploiters-to beat the backward and the weak. It is the jungle law of capitalism. You are backward, you are weak-therefore you are wrong; hence, you can be beaten and enslaved. You are mighty-therefore you are right..." -Joey Steel

  • @chrisbarnes2973
    @chrisbarnes29736 ай бұрын

    When the Olds talkd about power! And rightfully so, they are great minds. THEN YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE DAVID GRU. WHO goes under OATH and says the things he does, now were #oes the old man mind goes?

  • @kludgedude
    @kludgedude6 ай бұрын

    Countryballs, sure countries are just people writ large

  • @garyhalfway
    @garyhalfway6 ай бұрын

    We all know that the book "The Will to Power" was never written by Nietzsche, but was a führer-appropriate, out-of-context compilation compiled by Cosima Wagner & Nietzsche's sister (although I'm not entirely sure about the latter. Not for reasons of content, perhaps she was already Beyond Good & Evil😂) given to Adolf. But it would be dishonest of me if I omit the fact that Nietzsche does speak of a will to power in his texts, including in the Genealogy of Morals. However, to insinuate that he is thinking in contemporary categories, such as a CEO, Führer or general, is denying or even worse. Nietzsche's will to power is the will to freedom!!! The breaking of chains, machianic work as he calls it, of religious guilt and the tribulation of sin. Down with the promises, enslavement and lies that keep us humans down. Referring to Nietzsche, I call out to the features section: if you have nothing substantial to add - SHUT UP!

  • @locle7998
    @locle79986 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @arcad1an292
    @arcad1an2926 ай бұрын

    Power in good hands = Peace and Freedom

  • @mikexhotmail

    @mikexhotmail

    6 ай бұрын

    Power in good hands Brave new world Power in democracy hands = 1984 Power in the Green hand - Logan's Run i

  • @xXxXxX-x-XxXxXx

    @xXxXxX-x-XxXxXx

    6 ай бұрын

    good hands dont usually get to power.

  • @skiptomile

    @skiptomile

    6 ай бұрын

    ain't no such thangggg

  • @iTuber012

    @iTuber012

    6 ай бұрын

    So never then?

  • @codycast
    @codycast6 ай бұрын

    7:45 disagree. A country like Canada can get away with spending nearly $0 on military with no negative consequences. In fact they can use that money to much better uses.

  • @YouTubeWatcher9000

    @YouTubeWatcher9000

    6 ай бұрын

    Since when does nearly $0 mean tens of billions of dollars? They spend 1.2% of their gdp on military which is slightly below average but they are planning to increase military spending.

  • @codycast

    @codycast

    6 ай бұрын

    @@KZreadWatcher9000 sorry if I wasn’t clear…. I’m saying they COULD SPEND nearly $0. Not that they ARE SPENDING nearly $0 Same with EU. Mexico. And others. As an American I’m glad other countries pay for their defense as it would be easy for Canada and others to rely on American military spending.

  • @YouTubeWatcher9000

    @YouTubeWatcher9000

    6 ай бұрын

    @@codycast oh, that makes a lot more sense. Although, I don’t think they could get away with that. Why should the US protect them if they don’t even try to protect themselves. If they just stopped spending money on their military, there would be no benefit for the US to continue supporting them.

  • @codycast

    @codycast

    6 ай бұрын

    @@KZreadWatcher9000 it would be nice to think that all modern democracies would come to the aid of any country that was trying to be taken over by another country. So if someone attacked Canada the US would help because 1) they’re our ally 2) we share cultural history 3) they’re on our border so there is a self interest 4) it’s the right thing to do But I see your point. If Canada had a threat from, say, Russia. I could see the US saying “look. We got your back if shit goes down but you’re going to have to at least try to put up some defense. We can’t carry the whole load” It would be nice if all the scumbag countries out there knew that all other countries were going to stand behind one another. Sort of like a global nato.

  • @shafthespaceegg
    @shafthespaceegg5 ай бұрын

    The USA has positioned itself as that “higher authority” that he describes that its allies can turn to for help

  • @Randsurfer
    @Randsurfer6 ай бұрын

    I haven't seen all of this interview but from what I've seen, there is no mention of the motivation of wealth acquisition by individual leaders from the aggression of the nations they lead. In other words, the examination of the War Machine, War Industry as a business opportunity for various individuals, aside from the interests of the nation as a whole. Bluntly, how often is "national security" used as a cover for War grifting?

  • @mitnick212

    @mitnick212

    3 ай бұрын

    Wealth is just a tool in politics. It's a mean, not an end

  • @chrisbarnes2973
    @chrisbarnes29736 ай бұрын

    And if David G. Was lying! He would be under arrest but he's not. Think about it. What I like is that he is history!

  • @CuchBe
    @CuchBe6 ай бұрын

  • @mouradmhm3244
    @mouradmhm32446 ай бұрын

    It's clear from Lex's questions in this podcast that he's an idealist living in fairytales; he wasn't ready for the exploration of the brutal reality of geopolitics.

  • @gov4130
    @gov41306 ай бұрын

    The only reason I know that I have enemies out there in the world is my government tells me so.

  • @Alberich5335
    @Alberich53354 ай бұрын

    Defensive Realism ist in my Opinon the best Strategy to survive for small states without natural resources as Switzerland. China was for 2'000 Years the greatest oeconomic power of the world, without territorial expanding and only weekly armed. One emperor even let burn down the whole warships. His argument was, that the chinese Navy would frighten trade partners and damage the chinese economy. Concerning Japan, Britain etc. that was not the best strategy. But the idea, that also great power can be overstrechted is a valid an argument. The One-China-Policy ist a US-american concept. The USA-plan was, to support the defeated Kuomintang under Tshang-Kai-Tshek, fled from Mao's troups to Taiwan after Japan was beated and to requoncer the "renegade continental China". Therefore Republic of China (Taiwan) was founding member of the UNO and Veto-Power. In the late 1960tys this plans were given up by the US, the People's Republic of China became the "one China". Therefore the Biden China Policy seems a little bit strange. Chinese people are super pragmatic people and President Biden should consider, that the Taiwanese probably wan't end as the Ukrainians, who have to die for "the freedom of the whole free world", democracy or the higher moral of the political "West".

  • @MRTylerSalley
    @MRTylerSalley6 ай бұрын

    My mans got his hair clicked way back

  • @wrathofgrothendieck

    @wrathofgrothendieck

    6 ай бұрын

    Oil slick

  • @lattehour
    @lattehour6 ай бұрын

    if this is your teacher in usa then you are to be short lived , power is simple you go fight for it you go at war

  • @LCculater
    @LCculater6 ай бұрын

    Damn Coke Zero and water ?

  • @h.l.malazan5782
    @h.l.malazan57826 ай бұрын

    Iceland speaks in Onlyfan: "The imperialists in my country can cry in Ferraris when they grow up."

  • @iglowinlight
    @iglowinlight6 ай бұрын

    I humbly disagree that states seek power for survival. In my opinion, #1 Not all states seek power in the sense that the US do, for example. #2 States seek power to protect their wealth and not for survival. #3 powerless states exist and they still survive.

  • @BillzWhite

    @BillzWhite

    6 ай бұрын

    Protecting your wealth is survival and no state is powerless or it would cease to exist it might be powerless in comparison to the biggest powers but still a power none the less

  • @iglowinlight

    @iglowinlight

    6 ай бұрын

    @@BillzWhite there is no need to eliminate any state when you can sponge off the people within.

  • @Alberich5335
    @Alberich53354 ай бұрын

    As European I hope, the USA will choose to be the greatest Great Power in world instead of a weaker and weaker only Superpower.

  • @cosmocalisse
    @cosmocalisse6 ай бұрын

    It seems like a big oversimplification though; many countries are able to rely on proximity to allies (like Canada), and others just don't have meaningful enough tensions with neighboring countries to even warrant having much of a defense program at all. Sometimes a strong army just constitutes wasteful spending. Using military might as if it were a reliable model for a country's success seems unnecessarily simplistic. America itself made its way to the top of the world economy with virtually no military might at all until the World Wars

  • @richardloach610

    @richardloach610

    6 ай бұрын

    Take a good hard look at these "non-aggressive" nations you are alluding to. Have a think about who is there to keep the peace and it will invariably be the US, since it is the world hegemon. Also consider how wealthy that nation actually is, if it's a dust ridden impoverished region of Africa then peace tends to be a function of the complete lack of infrastructure and organization. Add to that the lack of interest or demand in those regions resources and it's obvious that large conflicts will not break out there. What will definitely exist in those regions is a level of tribalist tension that is never reported in the news and makes us Westerners think they are very peaceful

  • @JohnCox-ut3cv
    @JohnCox-ut3cv6 ай бұрын

    It is the elites we have to identify and overcome. Maybe, at one time, the elites were not committed to self interest and their own concerns. The yanqui multi-national corporate elite have only their own interests at heart. Any other concern is massively less important to them.

  • @frankjennings4489

    @frankjennings4489

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh course they have their own self interests at heart and almost always have. The key is putting yourself in a position where your interests align with their interests. Removing the elites is a fool’s errand. If you fail, you will be destroyed. If you succeed, you are just as likely to destroy yourself.

  • @arminius6506
    @arminius65066 ай бұрын

    14:49 the last 5 keaders you guys elected nullify your argument.

  • @heyboss15
    @heyboss153 ай бұрын

    Greed and power is realism Religious peace driven cultures are screwed

  • @frankdefranco9436
    @frankdefranco94366 ай бұрын

    In the current Ukraine - Russia conflict both Russia and Europe were interdependent on each other. Also there was no clear security risk or threat to Europe from Russia at all. How come EU completely turned on Russia after decades long economic corporation ? I think in a realist world there are enemies of the liberal democratic order. Greedy corporate capitalism, Zionism and Fascism are few of those enemies. If we all can address these things I think all those 3 theories can thrive forever. I know It's a continuous pursuit, nevertheless we must do it.

  • @allendover7480
    @allendover74806 ай бұрын

    His ideas certainly go a long way toward explaining why the US attacked Iraq after 9/11.

  • @larrytinnin3357
    @larrytinnin33576 ай бұрын

    Had sex all over the world lol is what I heard in parts of the list

  • @EURASIAPLUS
    @EURASIAPLUS6 ай бұрын

    Тема Исав и Иаков, Исава Бог возненавидел а Иакова полюбил, Исав человек поля, Иаков человек шатров. Исав это объединённый, коллективный запад и вся его партия, они любят войну , а Иаков это верный остаток, кроткий праведник ожидающий Машиаха . Верный остаток ждёт пришествия Машиаха и это будет означать что Израиль искупил покоянием свои грехи и отступничество и пришло время вернуться в землю обетованную, тогда к верному остатку присоединиться великое множество святых от всех концов света и все как один народ поклоняться Богу живому. Но есть ослепшее стадо, те кто считает себя Израилем, те кто не приняли Иешуа в духе и истине , те кто не приняли Мухаммада мир ему , те кто переставляют слова местами и меняют смысл истины, это дети ехиднины, это дети дъявола, это партия Исава, эти дети лжи используют ложь как оружие, они не хотят ждать и каяться, не хотят совершать тшуву, они считают что уже искупили свои грехи и уже сейчас достойны благословений, они разорили закон Моисея и пути праведности извратили, это политический Сионизм. Сионизм - это сатанизм внутри иудаизма, переворачивание всех основ. Если в иудаизме надо ждать пришествия Машиаха, то в сионизме еврей - это уже бог. Если сионизм как бы вышел из иудаизма, то он же сионизм есть противник иудаизма, так Господь возненавидел Исава в утробе матери, а Иакова возлюбил. Дети дъявола принимают его посланников и хотят исполнять похоти отца своего, они последовали за антихристами Шабтай Цви, Шимон бар Кох и остальные, потому и написано что яхуды будут последователями антихриста, даджаля, так как истинного мессию не приняли. Не обманывайтесь все любящие неправду, написано вам что первые станут последними и последние станут первыми, увидите Авраама, Исаака и Иакова и множество святых от всех концов света, а себя обнаружите изгоняемыми вон. Как написано в сияюшем Коране все вы вернётесь к Аллаху и он поведает вам в чём вы заблуждались, соревнуйтесь же в добрых делах. Итак написано не всякий говорящий мне Господи, Господи войдёт в Царствие Небесное , но исполняющий волю Отца Небесного..... И вам яхуды написано Вот, оставляется дом ваш пуст. И не только евреев Бог выводил, но и другие народы, он выводил филистимлян, армян и других. Псалом 118 : 113 Вымыслы человеческие ненавижу, а закон Твой люблю. Политический Сионизм ненавижу, а верный остаток люблю. Северный полюс Сатурна, звезда дъявола, чёрный квадрат, символ политической власти этого мира - ненавижу. Рассеянный верный остаток люблю. וּנְשָׂאתֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת סִכּ֣וּת מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כִּיּ֣וּן צַלְמֵיכֶ֑ם כּוֹכַב֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃ (Amos 5-26): “And ye shall wear Sikkut your king, and Kiyun your idols, the star of your god, which ye have made for yourselves.” ✡ - North Pole of Saturn (Ам.5-26): “И будете вы носить Сиккута, царя вашего, и Кийуна, - идолов ваших, звезду божества вашего, которых вы сделали для себя.” ✡ - Северный полюс Сатурна. "Тит обрезал леса и натянул на попу евреев"

  • @p.m.8316
    @p.m.83166 ай бұрын

    Banks are above states.

  • @skiptomile

    @skiptomile

    6 ай бұрын

    banks devour everything... they eat each other up and then they crash. a new bank emerges then cycle repeats again.

  • @askeladd60

    @askeladd60

    6 ай бұрын

    They are not

  • @chain8847
    @chain88476 ай бұрын

    America is the most powerful country in the world. Despite the fact that the US is 32 trillion in debt. A further 3 billion in debt every day. You keep your power through imperialism. 800 foreign military bases. Russia has 21. That is how you stay on top. And the petro dollar.

  • @askeladd60

    @askeladd60

    6 ай бұрын

    Not that powerful when you have such a high national debt and you rely on foreign countries fund your government budget deficit

  • @Robosci
    @Robosci6 ай бұрын

    Wait , you drink coke out of all the drinks ????

  • @rey82rey82
    @rey82rey826 ай бұрын

    Ukraine lost the war

  • @mathieuraetz2041
    @mathieuraetz204118 күн бұрын

    Fear is a god. Unfortunately.

  • @batmanrobin6848
    @batmanrobin68486 ай бұрын

    594th person to view this vid. It doesn’t matter, but I’m commenting anyway.

  • @sandworm9528
    @sandworm95286 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a guy that watched game of thrones and thought it was profound 😂

  • @magg93

    @magg93

    6 ай бұрын

    Looks like he has watched his share of naughty videos as well.

  • @pootieputin2771

    @pootieputin2771

    6 ай бұрын

    Just keep eating the bread and watching circus.. comrade

  • @lordlee6473
    @lordlee64736 ай бұрын

    I can’t find a more hierarchical structure among states than the so called rule based international order, in which US is at the top, Israel and Anglo-Saxon states are right below it, then Western European countries, then Japan, Korea and Singapore, then Middle Eastern Allies, then Eastern European, then Southern European, then Latin America, then Southeast Asia, then Africa and Pacific Islanders, then near the bottom, North Korea, Cuba and Iran because they are industrial but rebellious states. And at the very bottom, Venezuela, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan because they are poor and rebellious.

  • @tooltalk

    @tooltalk

    6 ай бұрын

    >> among states than the so called rule based international order,

  • @djsngolossy6237

    @djsngolossy6237

    6 ай бұрын

    There is no structure in geopolitics. It is your mistake to see some, order, hierarchy, or structure. Its just that Whoever is more powerful is the winner.

  • @lordlee6473

    @lordlee6473

    6 ай бұрын

    @@djsngolossy6237 if it’s based on a country’s own strength, why do you think US kept fooling its population that Ukraine would win?

  • @BillzWhite

    @BillzWhite

    6 ай бұрын

    A hierarchy means the lesser parties obey the hierarchy This not a hierarchy this is a food chain Big fish eat little fish unless little fish does what I want

  • @mitnick212

    @mitnick212

    3 ай бұрын

    Where's China and Russia?

  • @coastofkonkan
    @coastofkonkan6 ай бұрын

    India is where all sophisticated western theories go to grave.

  • @djsngolossy6237

    @djsngolossy6237

    6 ай бұрын

    There is no such thing as a western theory, or indian theory. What exactly do you mean

  • @CuriosityIgnited
    @CuriosityIgnited6 ай бұрын

    Mearsheimer's emphasis on power and survival in an anarchic international system oversimplifies the complex web of global politics. It's a dangerously outdated view that ignores the power of diplomacy, economic interdependence, and the influence of non-state actors. In today's interconnected world, military might isn't the only path to influence. Let's discuss - are there examples where soft power and diplomacy have shaped international relations more effectively than military strength?

  • @askeladd60

    @askeladd60

    6 ай бұрын

    He addresses how countries will always prioritize security matters over economic interests

  • @WhispersOnLy
    @WhispersOnLy6 ай бұрын

    267k likes,, less than 500 views. Could it be calculating the likes from the original full interview?? Maybe 👀⚡

  • @michaelh13

    @michaelh13

    6 ай бұрын

    No, the viewcounter always lags behind the rest of the data because it goes through verification check

  • @genelarson6849
    @genelarson6849Ай бұрын

    Hey mearsheimer name two true democratic nation's that went to war with one another it doesn't happen

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