Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler | Lex Fridman Podcast #444

Vejas Liulevicius is a historian specializing in Germany and Eastern Europe, who has lectured extensively on Marxism and the rise, the reign, and the fall of Communism.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 - Introduction
3:10 - Marxism
30:55 - Anarchism
45:52 - The Communist Manifesto
54:51 - Communism in the Soviet Union
1:14:45 - Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin
1:24:33 - Stalin
1:31:48 - Holodomor
1:45:38 - The Great Terror
1:58:39 - Totalitarianism
2:09:40 - Response to Darryl Cooper
2:24:49 - Nazis vs Communists in Germany
2:31:11 - Mao
2:36:19 - Great Leap Forward
2:43:20 - China after Mao
2:48:52 - North Korea
2:52:56 - Communism in US
3:00:26 - Russia after Soviet Union
3:11:57 - Advice for Lex
3:19:39 - Book recommendations
3:22:38 - Advice for young people
3:29:29 - Hope

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See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
0:00 - Introduction
3:10 - Marxism
30:55 - Anarchism
45:52 - The Communist Manifesto
54:51 - Communism in the Soviet Union
1:14:45 - Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin
1:24:33 - Stalin
1:31:48 - Holodomor
1:45:38 - The Great Terror
1:58:39 - Totalitarianism
2:09:40 - Response to Darryl Cooper
2:24:49 - Nazis vs Communists in Germany
2:31:11 - Mao
2:36:19 - Great Leap Forward
2:43:20 - China after Mao
2:48:52 - North Korea
2:52:56 - Communism in US
3:00:26 - Russia after Soviet Union
3:11:57 - Advice for Lex
3:19:39 - Book recommendations
3:22:38 - Advice for young people
3:29:29 - Hope

*Transcript:*

*CONTACT LEX:*

*EPISODE LINKS:*

*SPONSORS:*
To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:
*AG1:* All-in-one daily nutrition drinks.
*BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling.
*Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration.
*LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix.
*Eight Sleep:* Temp-controlled smart mattress.

[OklahomaHu]

Two historians back-to-back? What a treat; thank you Lex!

[rumekpadamrophe]

How privileged are we to get this spectacular lecture for free.

[NotBlandBlandina]

Lex at his best is getting historians in one subject to just pick their brains and let them pour out their knowledge

[FAFSL]

Vejas is one of my professors. He is incredibly good at asking questions to students that make them think deeply about class readings, and he is genuinely interested in everyone’s input. One of the best history teachers in academia IMO, very happy to see his knowledge getting shared to a wider audience.

[danmoriarty]

Historians are my favorite type of guest. They're the most interesting and they bring the best out of Lex

[Povilas.Rudinskis]

First amercan Lithuanian on podcast. Vėjas means wind

[charliebear]

As a dude of average intelligence, before you, a lot of these guests and topics were not articulated in ways that I always understood. The way you question them, always seems as though you take people like me into your thoughts and makes the guest answer in a way that does articulate itself to me. This opens doors of knowledge to a clear path of understanding that would have previously still had me squinting into a fog of ignorance. Thanks Mate. Your the best in the game 🇬🇧💚🙏

[Beederda]

Since rogan has been really shitting the bed podcasting lex has taken the top spot for me with guests. I mean lex has just been the best podcast since he started podcasting but still bumping rogan off the shelf for me is a feather in the cap

[TeresaBoguta-wm]

Vėjas Liūlevičius is a fabulous teacher, easy to follow on historicly complex and suble issues of communism and the history of rastern Europe. He comes from an erudite Lithuanian family. We in the Lithuanian diaspora are extremely proud of his achievements . Bravo Vèjas. !!!

[Diverse_Interests]

Hard hitting and perfect timing. Even just hearing the man speak in the opening was enough to spark interest and intrigue in what he has to say. Thank you.

[pickettfury]

Would be great to see some eastern historians in the future too.

[pauliuskarlonasmusic]

Tu vėjo paklausk
Tau vėjas atsakys
Tik jis mano, drauge, atsakys. 🤭❤

[insogf]

Great to see some Lithuanian wisdom on your podcast, Lex!

[etiennepace]

Pls invite Alessandro Barbero... amazing historian who speaks at least 4 languages. Impressive person and orator. He gives lectures which have millions of views.

[omsrswt]

excellent podcast, but as a Serbian I was really bummed when I realized the podcast was ending without any discussion of Yugoslavia

[highdesert]

Dude this is my new favorite channel.... Very deep conversations on very deep subjects. I thought I knew something about something before. Now I know that I barely know anything.... I want to learn, I want to know. Keep it coming.

[BradenDocherty]

Love love love when you have historians on!!!

[danielnielsen]

Is it time to get Kotkin back on the pod?

This one was amazing btw, loved it.

[markgemmell]

Highest quality guest. So glad you chose to expose us to this excellent human being.