Why the West Erased the Truth About Prussia IRAN MIGHT BE NEXT – Prof. Jiang Xueqin

If you look at a map today in Europe, there's a really interesting fact that may surprise you. The green is Russia. It's the largest country in the world. Over here are the Baltic nations. And over here is a place called Kadenrad. It's actually Russian. The question then is how did this come to pass? How was it that you've got this colony of Russians far away from the motherland? And the answer is this. Because historically, this was not Russian. Historically, this was a place called Connisburg, which is part of a nation that no longer exists called Prussia. And for a couple hundred years, Prussia was the strongest military, the most advanced civilization in the world. And now it's disappeared and it's been replaced by Poland, okay? And parts of Barus and West Prussia has it has now become part of Germany. But Prussia is it's extinct. And the reason why is that in World War II, the allies who won the war, the Soviet Union, the British and Americans decided to destroy Prussia. And the rationale was that Prussia is a militaristic society that is hellbent on world domination. And by eliminating Prussia, we can now bring peace to the world. The problem though is that Connisburg which is now Kalanagrad was really the center of civilization for a few decades. This is Connisburg before in the 1800s. As you can see it's a beautiful port city by the Baltic Sea and it was really the apex of human civilization. And then of course World War II happened and then after World War II Connesburg was destroyed. Okay, it was turned into rubble and today it's like this Kalanagrad. Okay, a very Soviet stale city with no character, with no culture, with no civilization. All right, and that's the intent to turn to destroy Kisburg, which was for the longest time the heart and soul of German civilization. It is true that Connorsburg and Prussia were extremely powerful military nation and as you can see as you can see there are many great generals and officers who are from Connisburg. Okay, we're talking about the city. We're not we're not talking about the the nation pressure. We're just talking about the city of Connisburg. But you will also see that there are many intellectuals writers who come from Connisburg and the most famous of these intellectuals is Emanuel Kot who we'll discuss next class. He basically changed the course of western history with his philosophy. So Kisberg was the birthplace of Emanuel Kant. So how is it that the man who is most responsible for the enlightenment happens to be born in the military signation? That's a question. But not only Emanuel Kant, you have also many other great thinkers including Hannah Ratat who is a Jewish philosopher and who was considered one of the greatest political philosophers of the 20th century. She's also from Connisburg scientist. just an amazing group of scientists as well as mathematicians and then of course you have musicians and artists. So the contribution of Kisburg to world civilization cannot be overstated and there are quite a few Jews who lived in Connisburg. Connisburg for the longest time was considered one of the most tolerant cities in Germany for Jews. Let's now look at Nobel Prize winners in the sciences physics chemistry and medicine. As you can see in 1925, the majority were actually from Germany. Germany had the best scientists in the world. 1933, same thing. You got to 1950, same thing. And in fact, by 1975, Germany is still dominant. The United States is catching up. It's only by about 2000 when the United States starts to take over overtake Germany. So again the question then is how is it possible for a militaristic nation hellbent on world domination how are they able to produce so many great scientists so many great philosophers and this is a very famous quote from Volter that captures the prejudice of the west against Prussia where some states have an army the Prussian army has a state this is pretty insulting to Prussian culture we've looked at many civilizations that are militaristic okay including the Romans Spartans Aztecs mass Estonians and Ching Chinese among others. They're extremely successful militarily. But guess what? They were not creative. In fact, they were anti-creative. So, how is it possible for the Prussians to be both creative and militaristic? And the answer is because the Western prejudice against Prussia is wrong. They were not a militaristic nation bent on world domination. They were first and foremost a creative humanistic society that was forced into military confrontation with its neighbors because of its geographic location. Let's go back to the history of the Holy Roman Empire. As we discussed in a previous class, the Holy Roman Empire was confederation of German citystates and there were like thousands and thousands of them that were in competition with each other over time because of competition from the more powerful states like France, Poland, Lutherania, Russia, Sweden, city states were now forced to gel together. The most successful of of these city states is Prussia. And for the longest time, Prussia was a vassal state of the Polish Lutherania Commonwealth or the Swedes. About the year 1700, it started to come into its own through the leadership uh through great military leadership. Okay? And it start to spread out. And as you can see, it's spreading out really quickly because of its military victories and because of its high culture. By the 19th century, Prussia has dedicated itself to uniting all of Germany and it starts a series of wars that allow for the unification of all the German people. The first is something called the Danos Prussian War. Then they fight against the Austrian Hungary Empire which is a successor to the Holy Roman Empire and they defeat the Austrians really quickly. Then they move on to France which is the dominant power of this time and they defeat France thus allowing for the complete unification of Germany under Prussian leadership. So how was Prussia able to be so successful? Well, as we discussed last class, there are certain characteristics about these city states that go on to unify a nation. Okay. And the three major ones that that Moscow and Prussia share is open cooperative competition. They're surrounded by enemies and they're forced to be innovative, open and tolerant in order to succeed. They're forced to be unified, advantaged by disadvantaged. Okay, so Prussia and Moscow had limited resources which forces them to focus on human capital on making sure citizens were well educated and their citizens were hardworking and vaselich. Okay. So again, Moscow was under the vaselage of the Mongols and Prussia for the longest time was under the vaselage of the Swedes, the Poles, the Lithuanians. And as a result, they're always engaged in a process of reflection and resilience. And that's really the secret to the success of Prussia. At the same time, the thing to remember about the Prussians that differentiates them from from the Muscovites is because Prussia is situated within Europe. It has a very different attitude towards humans than the Moscoites. Okay? The Muscovites because of their Mongolian heritage, they tend to oppress their subjects. Whereas the Prussians are much more democratic. They're much more progressive. They're much more open. So this is Fedic the Great who is considered the great nation builder of Prussia for his military victories. What is often ignored is his social economic political reforms. He really is the first enlightenment despot. Okay, he's heavily influenced by Emanuel Quad. They fought very highly of each other. He was very intent on making Prussia the first enlightened state of Europe. Let's look at the few things he did. He radically reformed the Persian judicial system so that you had rule of law, so that everyone had recourse to justice. Even if you were poor, you could still sue. He abolished torture in the military. And this was revolutionary at this time because it was always assumed that you kept your soldiers in check by scaring them. He established religious tolerance. Remember at this time in Europe, there's a huge war going on between the Catholics and the Protestants. And he was tolerant towards both the Catholics and the Protestants. and even to a certain extent to the Jews as well. And over time, Connesburg, which is the part and center of the Prussian nation, it has one of the largest Jewish settlements in Europe. Okay, about 5,000 at at that point. He grants basic form of freedom of speech. And the most important thing is that in 1763, he establishes a public school system that becomes a source for Prussia's future greatness. And to put this in context, it's only over 100 years later when Britain and France does this. Japan and America will copy just basically steal the Prussian education system. In 1806, Prussia is defeated by Napoleon and as a result, Prussia becomes a vassal state to Napoleon. And at this point, what the Persians do is what they've always done, which is engage in a deep process of reflection. And they decide that in order to defeat France, they must be like France. Remember, this is the French Revolution and there's a spread of liberalism throughout France because of the revolution. So the Persians decide to copy the most important reforms of the French Revolution which include the abolishment of surfdom. Now peasants can become landowners. They destroy monopolies to encourage free market competition. They open civil service to the middle class before it's only available to the nobility. And the most important thing is the reforms of a man named William von Humbult. He creates the modern research university. So he founded something called the Berlin University. And so he conceptualized the research university where before you sat in class and you listened to lectures and you memorize what the professor told you but now you're encouraged to do your own research to write a thesis. Okay, which is what we do today. The most important reform he did was to conceptualize public education as a meritocracy as an opportunity for the middle class to grow to grow the middle class and to to give the middle class a greater economic role in society. And these reforms in only a few years will allow Prussia to defeat Napoleon and establish itself as a great power again. Let's go back to the beginning. We were talking about Kenagrand, right? It is one of the greatest injustices in human history that Connesburg, which was for the longest time cradle of human civilization, the epicenter of the enlightenment, it is now completely destroyed. But there's an idea from Wagner. Okay. By destroying this, the world has cursed itself. Let me explain why. First of all, the German question now is more relevant than ever before. You've destroyed Connisburg, but you have not destroyed the desire for unity among the German people. So, this is a memory that will not fade. Will the Germans seek vengeance? Will another Hitler arise to unite the German people. Now, what you guys don't know is that the Prussians were one of the main forces opposing Hitler as well as inhibiting Hitler. Okay? because Prussia had a very proud culture and this very strongest part of Germany. But now that they destroyed Prersia, if if another Hitler rises, there's really nothing to stop him. That's the first problem. Second question is, okay, let's go back to this map. Europe and Russia are about to go to war with each other, right? Okay. Well, if you are Europe and you go into Ukraine, you're going to be slaughtered. But this is Kenagrad, Russian territory. 500,000 Russians, right? You can blockade Kenrad. So this could be the start of World War II right here. If the Europeans blockade clan and they start try to starve the people, Putin would have no choice but to intervene. But the main problem is this. Kinsburg was one of the main intellectual, scientific and cultural centers of Europe. This loss reduce the innovative potential of humanity. So what I will show you in next class when we discuss Kant is science comes from philosophy. Culture leads to philosophy which leads to science which leads to technology. You cannot have science independent of philosophy. When you destroy a center of philosophical innovation, you destroy a center for something progress.

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