"Some Notes About Tomorrow" by Leonard Peikoff
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Published 2018-08-09
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This lecture was delivered at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum in 1992.
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In this lecture, Dr. Peikoff offers his perspective, as a philosopher, on the collapse of the Soviet Union. He discusses why he thinks the standard explanations are insufficient and goes on to explain why he thinks the Russian people are unlikely to embrace capitalism, freedom and other Western values. Along the way, he discusses a number of related topics, such as:
Why a Marxist dictatorship should collapse far sooner than a religious dictatorship
The consequences of Russia never experiencing the Enlightenment
Why the Communists failed to unite the “workers of the world”
The difference between nationalism and patriotism
Why many Eastern European critics of the Soviet Union, such as Vaclav Havel, do not get to the heart of its problems
Where he thinks Russia is headed
Peikoff also discusses America’s ongoing trade war with Japan, especially in the automobile industry, examining the premises motivating hatred for Japanese products and support for the “Buy American” campaigns. He then explains how these cultural phenomena are connected to problems in Russian culture that he spoke of earlier.
Finally, Peikoff gives his thoughts on President George H. W. Bush and the upcoming 1992 presidential election, including reasons why he thinks Americans should vote Democratic in 1992.
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All Comments (17)
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Sometimes Piekoff is a great comedian. Excellent presentation.
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1:29:28 LOL! 🤣 Peikoff comes up with some real gems at the spur of the moment
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We are fortunate to still have Peikoff among us or we would not have a true, living disciple of Ayn Rand to explain her thoughts.
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April 26 1992 8:25pm EST I was about 7 months and 6 days old when this was taking place.
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The power of reason and reasonable philosophy. Peikoff neatly predicted what's happening now in putleristan.
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1:20:25 well 30 years later and socialism is BACK babyyyy 😢
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Who to vote for 52:10
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He's a trifle off in crediting Japanese success solely to the American occupation. They had already been westernizing since the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and were able to beat the Russians in 1905 with a British-style navy and a Prussian-style army. And going back to the 1600's they always had a respect for western ideas, which they called "Dutch Learning", because the Dutch got there first. Their wisdom is best shown by the fact that they would allow in western economic, scientific, and technological ideas, but Christian missionaries were almost always banned.
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1992 - "The Republicans have now sunk to their lowest point ever. 2018 - lol
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Why is the picture John Allison?
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Soviet Union, the red evil.
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The failure of Marxism is explained, according to Dr. Peikoff, by the following combinations of ideas: 1. Mysticism and secularism (9:00): nobody believed in the promise of dialectical laws to bring prosperity here on earth 2. Nationalism and internationalism (15:00): a tribalist mentality cannot conceive of a self-sacrifice on a scale beyond his perceptual level
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Lexus is way superior than any American car lol
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Nice picture of George H.W. Bush ARI bad error
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This guy drives me crazy with his constant swallowing, choking and throat clearing!!!!
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Wish that he hadn't said "is racist"... I have a very knee-jerk reaction to this claim these days!!! Kinda ruins his credibility.
