Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Joe Rogan | The Current State of the Intellectual Dark Web w:Eric Weinstein" video.

  1.  @ilyaivanov9283  I think the way it really works, is convenience. In every country, free speech tends to be permitted as long as it has no power. For example, in China, anti-China literature is available! 1984 and other works are sold on shops— but you will never find a Chinese author on the shelves. Nor will you find literature from the Dalai Lama. Criticism is allowed, but the second you translate it into Mandarin, so that the common person will be able to read what you say, then they come after you. The ssme is true in Russia. There are many anti-Putin radio stations in St Petersburg, but things like TV Дождь are raided by FSB officials because they talk about corruption in Moscow's business class and the Duma— areas where Putin is active and, if word got out, could threaten his money and power. Joe falls into that category, so I don't think it would be safe for him to come. Unless he has many Western eyes paying attention, forcing Putin to show them "see how safe we are?". Otherwise, he gets a knock on the hotel door in the middle of the night..
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  2.  TheGschultz  KGB sexpionage... Our girls are pretty hot though
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  3.  @GringoleboZebulon  That's a little melodramatic. I can't speak to whether Putin has a thug mentality, but he is cunning and sly to sure. Make of that what you will. As for criticism, my other comment addresses this. Unfortunately completely free speech is not guaranteed under the law, but generally, if you're not threatening vioence against any government official, you can say whatever you like (de facto). What I totally disagree with is Syria. Assad is absolutely better than ISIS, I can't believe you even considered that. Gassing one's own people in a protest is miles ahead of imposing arbitrary Sharia law and personally going after citizens for their activities. Why don't we ask Libyans how great things are in their country after their leader was killed by US backed agents?
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  4.  @nadiamccall4311  Maybe if you stretch the meaning of the word, sure. Money talks. Money is power. Money can buy influence. That doesn't mean it should (especially in areas of political discourse). This is an enormous problem in American politics at the moment and the reason why we have so many structural problems.
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