Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "1420 by Daniil Orain" channel.

  1. I hope you're right. I worry about them all the time.
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  2. Unfortunately it's difficult for Russians to emigrate to the US or the EU. Right now the only practical options are places like former Soviet republics, South America, Africa, etc. Not sure about India or Asian countries. I can't see myself living anywhere permanently outside of Northern California so I can understand why some Russians might not want to leave (if they are ok with living without freedom and democracy).
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  3. The irony is that the only country that would attack Russia's internationally recognized borders is China. As long as the Kremlin doesn't attack its neighbors, nobody will attack them. This is obvious to anyone not brainwashed by Putin.
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  4. Thanks!
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  5. But how will you "sort it out" yourselves? If it was purely an internal matter I would agree with you but Putin's actions are effecting the whole world, let alone the suffering in Ukraine. How do you expect us to react?
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  6.  @mindblowing3202  they don't join the army for free. Soldiers get paid.
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  7.  @mindblowing3202  I'm not saying they all just fight for the money, but do you deny that many of them do?
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  8. Russians that know the truth have become masters at sarcasm, irony, and subtlety.
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  9. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Democracy and freedom require a lot of participation from citizens. Being apolitical is what brings it down.
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  10. China lives under tyranny, a surveillance state that crushes even the slightest opposition. It seeks to conquer its neighbors like the Borg. Resistance is futile. They will be assimilated. But yeah, China is "competent." They have to be in order to achieve their imperialist goals.
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  11. I really wish some of those people could live in America for a year just to see for themselves that we aren't all foaming at the mouth to go after Russia. It's unrequited hate. They hate us, but most Americans don't really care about Russia at all except for the killing in Ukraine. And even then its more about supporting Ukraine and stopping Putin, not the Russian people.
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  12.  @YBBband  I wondered the same thing
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  13.  @ksmith2852  the man has 300,000 subscribers and was on the news. If he gets more popular he is going to attract attention, and not the good kind 😒
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  14. Definitely, and they make comments. Sometimes I engage with them but it's rarely a productive interaction 🙄
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  15. Will be interesting to see answers to the same question after mobilization when it isn't just an abstract possibility.
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  16. I read that book! It was very disturbing 😐. That was the moment I realized how dependent we had become on imports. A real wake-up call.
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  17. Putin has learned from China that indoctrination must start at an early age and be reinforced continuously throughout life. If done correctly there will be no dissent and no opposition. All independent thought and innovation must be immediately shut down. All minority groups must be assimilated, by force if necessary, especially in recently conquered territory.
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  18. Lots of "weirdos" in the West. Non-conformists are welcome.
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  19. Putin is pure evil. What kind of man does this to his own people? Brainwashing them to fight and die for his obsession with Empire. The saddest tragedy I've witnessed in my whole life.
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  20.  @61hink  agreed! If Russia became a free and truly democratic nation they would be welcomed into the free world. Their economy would grow quickly, the standard of living would improve. There would be fewer wars. The list goes on and on. The whole world would benefit too. They just need to really want it and be willing to fight for it.
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  21. Thanks! You are getting bolder every day with these topics. This is my contribution to your "get out of dodge" fund if it gets too risky to stay. Good night, and good luck.
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  22.  @caim3465  Maybe so but my family escaped from the Soviet Union when Stalin was in power. When I was a child I remember them telling me stories about what was great and not great about Russia. Maybe that's why I follow so many Russian vloggers. If they had stayed I might be there now.
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  23.  @greeniscolorofinfinityperiodt  we don't all feel the same way just like Russians don't all feel the same way. Better to seek solutions than criticize each other. Making generalizations about each other serves no purpose.
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  24. Great work you are doing! There is something I would like to see explored a little deeper. Because there is freedom and democracy where I live the citizens share responsibility for what the government does. If our government does something bad we citizens are at least partly at fault. In Russia the citizens are not at fault because they have no influence over the government. In a free country we have a responsibility to stay informed, speak out, and vote. That doesn't mean we always get it right but if our government is doing something really evil we can stop it. Russians have no such responsibility and no power. Their government can do great evil and they can claim it's not their fault. Something isn't right about this and I have spent countless hours thinking about it and I still have no solutions or even a vague idea how to reason about it.
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  25. They have become masters of sarcasm, irony, and subtlety.
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  26. Daniil, saw your interview on times channel. Hope you know that not all of us are haters, some of us are just trying to get some insight into what's going on over there. Not so much what they think, but how do they come to believe such things.
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  27. This channel is one of the most fascinating I've seen. Just when I think you can't do better you surprise me with another interesting question. I recommend this channel every chance I get. Keep them coming and say safe.
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  28. Thanks!
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  29. Makes me wish I had asked may parents and grandparents about those times. They escaped from Russia when Stalin made it too dangerous to stay and harder to leave. So sorry for those who didn't make it out in time.
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  30.  @ronleight9341  my mother actually liked it there: the culture, arts and crafts, etc. She had a good job in a auto manufacturing company. She even subscribed to some "soviet life" magazine when she was in the US. I remember reading them when I was a boy. The only bad memory she told me about was the escape itself. Apparently she knew someone in the Canadian embassy who helped her get out just in time.
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  31.  @nekozaemon3803  exactly - they have been indoctrinated by Putin and the fault lies with him. They live like in a police state, isolated from information, unable to think independently. Please direct your anger at Putin, not at the Russian people. We can only try to get through to them by understanding how they got to be this way. People can change. The Germans changed completely after Hitler was gone so I know it's possible.
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  32.  @kathcasey2090  I also wonder about that. It's hard to wrap my head around their complacency about it. I've been a poll worker for 15 years (sort of a civic duty thing) and to me liberty and democracy are worth fighting for no matter what the cost. It's just how I was brought up.
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  33. I follow Vasya in the hay sometimes. Hard to watch sometimes, so may sad and tragic stories. Rural Russia is nothing like Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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  34. This is the only channel where I've interacted with Russians from everywhere on the political spectrum. And it's the only English language channel I know of that has a lot of Russian viewers (judging by the number of comments left by Russians).
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  35. Even if living conditions were the same as in the West, the prohibitions on speech and behavior would be suffocating to me. But if I didn't know what complete freedom is like, I probably wouldn't miss it.
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  36. Hopefully when people hear these stories they will refuse to go.
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  37. Thanks!
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  38. Saw the interview with you on the news. Be careful, if you become too well known the siloviki will come after you 😲
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  39. This is for that last guy. "There but for the grace of God go I"
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  40.  @matveygalchenko1  the free world isn't perfect and I'm not going to defend all of their actions. Whataboutism and claiming some kind of moral equivalence isn't a defense of what Putin is doing now. Do you really think Putin's invasion of Ukraine is good for the Russian people? Do you care about lives lost and economic disruption it's caused? Why do you support this? How is this a good thing? I don't judge anyone in Russia for their opinions but that doesn't mean I don't want to understand them and what influenced them to believe what they do. And why are you so hostile about it? What happened to you that made you so angry?
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  41. Really good stuff. Maybe do a non-political one next time so you don't get in trouble. I'm still interested in the hard questions but don't want you to risk your freedom, even as limited as it is.
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  42. I would like to know what the Russians think about the silovoki. Because these people are Putin's base and when Putin is gone there will be someone from the base to replace him and nothing will change.
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  43. I think anger and resentment at how successful Ukraine was becoming played a role in Putin's aggression. Putin's soldiers were stealing everything they could carry. As if to say "why should you have this when we are so poor". So bizarre.
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  44. I wonder how many Russians believe they actually have free and fair elections? Seems a bit suspicious that Putin and the silovoki control everything and keep getting "elected"
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  45.  @MrPomo2  it didn't used to be like that. Hopefully this xenophobia will fade away but it is a disturbing development. Should not be an aspect of American culture.
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  46. Looks like this topic really brought out the haters. Please understand that Russians have been living under tyranny for almost all of history. It's just a fact of life for them. If anything, I feel pity for them. They have no power and no hope for anything close to the freedom we have in the free world.
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  47. The nonsense about a NATO attack on Russia has to be some of the most absurd propaganda I've heard. The only reason nations join NATO is because they fear an attack from Russia.
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  48. They covered it up. Even now they deny the millions killed by Stalin in the holodomor. We many never know the extent of death and destruction Stalin is responsible for.
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  49. Ordinary people in Russia have no power at all. The ruler Putin and the silovoki are in complete control. It's like one step up from serfdom. I feel sorry for them. I doubt living like that is good for mental health.
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  50. 😄 lol. But yeah it's true the "woke" crowd makes people "self censor" to avoid being cancelled. Not as bad as getting sent to prison but getting shunned is pretty awful.
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