Theory in Action: Realism

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1. A very nice intro to the central idea of realism!
2. TRUTH is hidden and the Liberal does not care to seek it...therefore, the liberal dies, without Truth. Truth is The Eternal Kingdom of life.
   Creator is The Way, The Truth and The Life!
    A'Ho
3. A constructivist would walk into a bar and order a full glass of vodka, because he can.
4. An realist enters into a bar, pulls up a gun orders the bartender to hand him the money in the cash register and all the alcohol, forces him to sign a paper where he -the bartender - agrees to do this every-time is convenient for the realist of risk to get shot.
   A idealist enter into a bar and order a six pack for him self and any possible other person who would seat near him.
   
   - Did he just say that Liberals don't understand diversity of Interest? He seems to really believe that the in the World there is actually a natural interest which he clearly asserts: "State of nation=(Hobbesian) everyone is interest of attacking one another""
   - who wants to be mutually dependent? when you are depending on what the other is going to do, then you are mutually dependent anyway.
   "I thought we all have been mutually dependent ever since the silk road era.
   -"Angels tend to brutes",defeats the theoretical definition of angels; one cant have it both ways, one either accepts that paradigms are unchallenged or not and if they are then no just one paradigm is it - less so a realist paradigm filled with so a overwhelming set of theoretical inconsistencies.
   so you don't believe in angles but yet, you believe in evil..how come? last time I checked the notion of evil only exist if there is notion of goodness.
5. i just love to hear this man speaking, i always come back to watch this video once in a while i just love this professor
6. 😰😓😥😪😭
7. Excellent Introduction to Realism. Do you guys have anything on Machiavelli too ?
8. Would Marxism be seen as a form of realism?
9. sooooooo the basically realism is all about political idealism?? wtf.
10. I really like the way he explains it
11. thanks this vedeo just helped me with my assignmen
12. Realist- Understand what you don't know.
    Work with what you do know.
13. thanks this vedeo just helped me with my assignment
14. the reason why realists exist is because we live in such a damned needy world filled with mistrust where we can't afford to follow our true nature, which is to be good, BUT that's at the state level....a notion, a foreshadowing, a hint, of what the world can be like can be seen in a smaller sample, in society, in family, in friends, people need connections, they want to socialize they want to get along, and they want to love one another, that's a fact. But at the state level, you have people in power, with the responsibility of taking care that millions of lives have their future secured(except you know, dictators or PMs or Presidents who don't give a shit), and since it's hard for states to trust one another and realize that they all want the same thing, peace, nothing really gets done in the direction of world peace. It is BECAUSE we live in a needy world, a world where scarcity exists that states can't bring themselves to actually trust or believe in the idea we all want to work together, because we know that isn't actually possible when you consider the fact that we have limited resources for various things which would force us to compete, so, how can you honestly believe another state's intentions 100% when you're both on the same boat and you're quite aware of the elephant in the room.
    
    And the thing is, there are solutions, but at this point in time, implementing some of those solutions to head towards a world with cheap close to unlimited energy, or responsible agricultural practices(crop rotation for example), or diverting money to build a desalination plant which costs a ton of money, or anything else, any of these solutions to not live in a needy world anymore, but one with surplus, it would place any nation that follows through in a delicate situation, it would weaken them momentarily, it would put them at risk momentarily, it would place them in a situation where they question why they must take steps at a greater magnitude than other states like 'reducing emissions', limiting their energy output and thus their people's livelihood or economy, while spending money to build new energy sources that will take time to finish, things of the sort. I've tried to word out what I'm feeling and thinking right now.
    
    So yea, this is the reason why I believe realism even exists in today's world, because we live in such a needy one.
15. I have seen the heart of man, and though we were designed to do what is right and good, we will ultimately do that which is in our own best interest. This is how we survive.
    It is Altruism that is the redeeming quality that we must cultivate, for in Altruism we receive by giving, and our needs are met by a form of synergy created by such acts. This is the way it was intended to be.
    When I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. I choose to do good, and that is my Religion
    Abraham Lincoln
16. Where is the underlying music from?
17. I learned so much in his class.
18. I'm proud to be a realist. It's the right way of thinking, NOT the wrong way. ^_^
19. 'Really', this guy is not really wrong. Most of the people, even me too, we see Realism as an 'evil' approach.But in fact, if we consider that the conditions are pushing states in this kind of behaviour, the meaning we attach should be closer to neutral. The world is just seems this way. You can not know what happens tomorrow, even if you are ally with a state, when national interests turn upside down, you can just be gone away. The only solution for this kind of condition is seeking a self-help system and to spread your power as much as you can among others. Beside, in a world which every state seeks its own interests, the stability in international relations looks possible only when dominant power functions in its own way, because in long term the reality and interest of the dominant(s) can also become the reality and interest of others.
20. For idealists who say that we successfully spread democracy in Germany and Japan, know this: We succeeded in Germany because we terrorized the population into submission, pumped billions of dollars into reconstruction, gutted denazification, and played the people against a common enemy, the USSR. We allowed people who didn't share our values to take power, and in Japan we kept the Emperor on the throne. Democratization worked because no one naively thought democracy would naturally spring up.