Is Russian Propaganda in the West?

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

There is a, i haven't talked about this in public, but ther's very interesting, er like art to western discident. All you have to do is watch russian tele for about five minutes and understand where all these brilliant dissidents in the west are getting there incredibly incitful information from they're just re hashing the same thing. So this isn't what people, i don't think, understand particularly well about what's happening in russia and ukrane at the moment. There's two wars going on. There's the kinetic war on the ground, and then there's the proper an the war there is being waged very effectively and very aggressively against gullible people here in

Shermer and Kisin discuss: growing up in Russia • “The Talk” Russian parents give their children • What is the “West” and how do Russians view it • Should Whites feel some guilt for slavery, racism, misogyny, bigotry, etc.? • systemic racism: criminal justice, housing, employment, income, wealth • Critical Race Theory (CRT) • immigration • free, private, and public speech • how language is used to distort truth • the origin of “political correctness” • journalism vs. activism • capitalism • and how the West could be lost.

Konstantin Kisin is a journalist, comedian, voiceover actor and social commentator. Born in the Soviet Union, where he experienced both untold wealth and grinding poverty, he moved to the UK when he was 13 years old. Now an award-winning performer, he co-presents the popular YouTube series Triggernometry alongside Francis Foster. Together, they’ve interviewed some of the most in-demand intellectuals of our age, such as Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and many others.