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For those of us who aren't going to watch a video of unknown length to find out what your point is, would you provide a summary?

mattbruv 3y ago
The length is known, it's 1 hour long.
swsieber 3y ago
Here's a transcript: https://the-culture-shocks.blogspot.com/2022/03/evaluation-of-russia-by-finish.html https://the-culture-shocks.blogspot.com/2022/03/evaluation-o...
TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
And in a foreign language.
- RugnirViking 3y ago
  there are 18 languages of manual translations subtitles provided
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
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  - TurkTurkleton 3y ago
    Can't speak for any other Americans, but for me, the objection is rooted in having to watch a video at all. Reading the subtitles in a video is still more time-consuming than reading a transcript (which, mercifully, someone else here in the comments did provide).
    - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
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    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      The second reply got flagged for being rude, but it's right. Not wanting to watch a video is valid. Complaining about "foreign language" when there are dubs, subtitles, and transcripts, all human translated, is not valid. And did the first reply seriously get flagged to death for saying "Dear american"? I can't see any other words in that sentence that I could construe as offensive...
  - gjvc 3y ago
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hn8305823 3y ago
tl'dr, this seems to be the most important point but the video/transcript is full of insightful info: > The third era that influenced Russian thought in a great manner is Mongol Russia. In the 1240s, the Mongols conquered Russia. They held Russia for 150 years. That time was cruel. There are a lot of words in Russian, related to torture, taxation and corruption, that come from the Mongol language. Dominance under personal authority was rooted in the administrative culture from the Mongols. That is, there is only one khan that leads. It is he who leads, no one else. Others are passive followers. That one guy leads and takes responsibility and the initiative. When the belief of divine legitimacy to lead is attached to this, the leader will appear as fairly tough in their world view. > The corruption and cruelty also comes from the Mongol era. During the Mongol rule the only ways to survive were lying, corruption and violence. This still lives very deep in Russia’s strategic culture. When Mongol rule ended, the Mongols did not just pack their bags and disappear from Russia. Instead they mixed with the locals. So the traditions also stayed with the people. In particular, to the leading caste. The Mongols who had previously ruled the country merged into the ruling layers, which is still visible today.
- bigbillheck 3y ago
  The Mongols conquered an awful lot of places, but only with Russia are they used to explain "ingrained culture". Nobody's going to have a seminar about, say, Iran, and say that a large part of the way they are today is because of the Ilkhanate, and even the least-hinged China commentator isn't going to start invoking the Yuan and their permeating influence.
  - pixl97 3y ago
    I mean yea, you can discount anything by comparing things that are not alike. One thing to note about Russia is it is not defensible in standard sense of it's hard to cross this river or mountain. This lead to Russia making distance it's defense. You go and capture a bunch of different peoples with no relations to each other and use them as a meat shield if anyone attacks. Meanwhile you want for the harsh winter to wear them out. But this also comes as a cost, you cannot allow any of these outlying territories to gain too much power or they could become a threat to Moscow, hence you tend to see a massive amount of Russia under developed and depopulated.

mattbruv 3y ago

The length is known, it's 1 hour long.

swsieber 3y ago

Here's a transcript: https://the-culture-shocks.blogspot.com/2022/03/evaluation-of-russia-by-finish.html https://the-culture-shocks.blogspot.com/2022/03/evaluation-o...

TheRealDunkirk 3y ago

And in a foreign language.

RugnirViking 3y ago
there are 18 languages of manual translations subtitles provided
4gotunameagain 3y ago
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- TurkTurkleton 3y ago
  Can't speak for any other Americans, but for me, the objection is rooted in having to watch a video at all. Reading the subtitles in a video is still more time-consuming than reading a transcript (which, mercifully, someone else here in the comments did provide).
  - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
    [flagged]
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    The second reply got flagged for being rude, but it's right. Not wanting to watch a video is valid. Complaining about "foreign language" when there are dubs, subtitles, and transcripts, all human translated, is not valid. And did the first reply seriously get flagged to death for saying "Dear american"? I can't see any other words in that sentence that I could construe as offensive...
- gjvc 3y ago
  [flagged]

hn8305823 3y ago

tl'dr, this seems to be the most important point but the video/transcript is full of insightful info: > The third era that influenced Russian thought in a great manner is Mongol Russia. In the 1240s, the Mongols conquered Russia. They held Russia for 150 years. That time was cruel. There are a lot of words in Russian, related to torture, taxation and corruption, that come from the Mongol language. Dominance under personal authority was rooted in the administrative culture from the Mongols. That is, there is only one khan that leads. It is he who leads, no one else. Others are passive followers. That one guy leads and takes responsibility and the initiative. When the belief of divine legitimacy to lead is attached to this, the leader will appear as fairly tough in their world view. > The corruption and cruelty also comes from the Mongol era. During the Mongol rule the only ways to survive were lying, corruption and violence. This still lives very deep in Russia’s strategic culture. When Mongol rule ended, the Mongols did not just pack their bags and disappear from Russia. Instead they mixed with the locals. So the traditions also stayed with the people. In particular, to the leading caste. The Mongols who had previously ruled the country merged into the ruling layers, which is still visible today.

bigbillheck 3y ago
The Mongols conquered an awful lot of places, but only with Russia are they used to explain "ingrained culture". Nobody's going to have a seminar about, say, Iran, and say that a large part of the way they are today is because of the Ilkhanate, and even the least-hinged China commentator isn't going to start invoking the Yuan and their permeating influence.
- pixl97 3y ago
  I mean yea, you can discount anything by comparing things that are not alike. One thing to note about Russia is it is not defensible in standard sense of it's hard to cross this river or mountain. This lead to Russia making distance it's defense. You go and capture a bunch of different peoples with no relations to each other and use them as a meat shield if anyone attacks. Meanwhile you want for the harsh winter to wear them out. But this also comes as a cost, you cannot allow any of these outlying territories to gain too much power or they could become a threat to Moscow, hence you tend to see a massive amount of Russia under developed and depopulated.