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

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

First amercan Lithuanian on podcast. Vėjas means wind

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

Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep444-sa 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:* https://lexfridman.com/vejas-liulevicius-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Vejas's Courses: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/vejas-gabriel-liulevicius Vejas's Books: https://amzn.to/4e3R1rz Vejas's Audible: https://adbl.co/4esRrHt *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *AG1:* All-in-one daily nutrition drinks. Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/ag1-ep444-sa *BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling. Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/betterhelp-ep444-sa *Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration. Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep444-sa *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep444-sa *Eight Sleep:* Temp-controlled smart mattress. Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/eight_sleep-ep444-sa

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

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.

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

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 🇬🇧💚🙏

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. !!!

Awesome guest. I've got my coffee and my blanket. ❤