Diaspora myths meet Armenian truths

The most beautiful background by far. Good job Eric.

In Armenia, the lack of accountability is a turn-off.

I’m so jealous. Sitting here in a San Francisco office slogging away while I listen to you gentlemen celebrate the good life on beautiful lake Sevan! Cheers.

Drink Armenian wine next time no vodka, much richer and better ;)

Is there still hope for Armenian population to grow despite the fact of migration? My dream is for Armenia to be able to populate the country like the Netherlands almost 20 million.

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Nefarious intentions ascribed to the ARF? A textbook example of bringing the decades old diasporan feuds/issues into Armenia. The ARF is an opposition party and is naturally highly and vocally critical of this government (rightly so in my opinion). Are Republicans supportive of Democrats in the US?

Do I like that the opposition solely emphasizes the negative to justify its goal to come to power? No, because there are indeed many positives to Armenia (I visit often). Did I like that the previous opposition (today's government) demonized the leadership in place during the previous administration (pre revolution)? Again no, as indeed there were many positives to Armenia back then as well (Eric rightly mentioned the economic boom really beginning in 2016 ... during evil Serj's time).

The opposition's painting of the government in black has always been an inherent part of the political game but it has taken a dirtier and almost absurd turn with the advent/reign of social media. Indeed, contrary to popular belief in the diaspora, Armenia was not close to a revolution in May of this year and there is no proof whatsoever that Mr. Mirzoyan is a foreign agent. Likewise, it was non-sense that half of Armenia's economy was owned by Serj's brother (Sashik's 50), that Kocharyan had stolen 4 billion dollars, or that Artsakh had already been sold by the 3 previous administrations (only Aliyev wasn't taking it), etc.

Dumping our misfortunes and the weight of bad political decisions on the ARF scapegoat was almost a trendy thing for decades. Since the mid 90s, it can no longer pretend to make any rational sense.

Regards ... fom a non-dashnak ;)

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Packin' my bags, let's go!!

You guys are awesome! I’m a repeat too. Moving to Armenia was one of the best decisions in my life. Let’s rock!

Love your news and life coverage for Armenia.

Having such a diaspora is our treasure, because together as Armenians from all over the world we can bring best practices from the West, Russia and Arabic world to our country to build our homeland together. Much love to the civilnet for your videos ❤

Thank you for this Great Discussion.

Heaven.

Thank you guys for posting this video. I think we can use more of this as it shapes the incorrect view outside of Armenia, and also inside of Armenia. Cheers.

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For some DIASPORA ARMENIANS, it is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to have the armenian citizenship: BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

I also moved to Armenia and I like both gentlemen's analysis.

Ара, А.Г.Невзоров спрашивает: как жили в монастырях до изобретения вазелина? Марго👌Симоньян: ара, использовали👅армян👅🇦🇲👅😛😜🤪😝🤑👅

Wear some pants and sneakers for gods sakes, and just as an FYI, Armenia MUST be a diaspora nation!

So wasn't Ararat Mirzoyan arrested for passing information he gathered from the genocide museum to the Turkish Government while he worked there?

Is Mr. Elliot Armenian?

Great conversation but why taking care of the animals is the higher thing in life? There is not a single footage of Yerevan where there is no stray dog. How it is possible that in the civilised country dogs are running around on the streets?! Why in Yerevan there is only one single animal shelter?! And not even to keep the dogs but just to vaccinate them and release them back on the street! Your own program showed that there are no certified vets in Armenia! This is exactly the kind of businesses that should be opening in Armenia! Gandhi said: you judge the society by the way they treat the animals. As of now the Armenian society is not getting any high points!

Thank you very much, gentlemen! It was very insightful.

How about retiring in Armenia. I am in my late 50's and my husband is 61. We are going to retire in Italy where my husband is from. We have been living in Canada since the 80's. I am Lebanese/Armenian/Canadian and lived in Armenia for 3 years in the 80's then moved to Canada. Would Armenia be a better option for us? My husband loves Armenian culture, and this topic making me think twice about moving to Italy.

I loved this conversation!

The people in Armenia do not know how to question, they are rigged from the time of the Soviet Union. They are not supposed to question, you are supposed to follow and accept what they tell you!

Thankyou for the discussion you had . I’ll be visiting Armenia in the next couple of weeks from Australia and hope to see the positive and negative aspects you discussed

Enjoyed your talks specially with such a beautiful background of the lake Sevan. What a great idea!

Good luck guys......( My 1st time there was in 1967. Ron Suny was one of my traveling companions)

A great episode. Thank you so much for the positivity and the objective point of view of what's going on in Armenia. Genats.

Stay strong my Armenian brothers.
All the love from this Greek here.

Excellent job guys, tx

I just spent a month in Armenia, and I can say that Human Factors Engineering is something that is lacking. They are so focused on core tech that they miss what makes a product great in the market. Great tech skills will get investments and work for those companies that invest in Armenia. However, having the aptitude to make our own tech products that can sell competitively in the US and EU is a long way off and needs Human Factors Engineering.

Bottom line, the country of Armenia is not where most Armenians, including those in Armenia today, trace ALL their roots to.

In some future episode, I'd like to know more about the influx of people and assets to Armenia due to the war in Ukraine, whether it continues affecting our economy in a positive way, if it was permanent or just a temporary thing, (i.e. most people used Armenia to move on to third party countries) and most importantly, whether there are tangible results, if any. Thank you and thank you for such an amazing program

Thank you 🙏🙏

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Great work guys always looking forward to your content!

You are beating about the bush.
Armenia is a stray culture looking for itself everywhere, yet finds others. The best evidence thereto is the presentday situation of this far-fetched statehood composed of predominantly enlarged kinship organization.
It cannot have anything in common with a Christianity-prone sovereign state.
In fact, provincialism has heavily scourged the armenian image bringing it down to the very threshold of discontinuation.
That's the name of the game.

About time someone thought of clearing up this misunderstanding and shedding some light on the reality vs the myth. Thank you to Patrick for doing this program.

Thank you for creating and sharing this video. The topic you chose is both helpful and informative!

Thank you!!

If people choose to pay extra for a personalized license plate, it's their personal choice. The additional funds from these plates benefit the community by being reinvested into public services.

Thank you folks. I love your positive attitude. I reside in Los Angeles. About 54 years now. Unfortunately we have the same problems in USA. Armenians, find various different reasons to feel superior to the the other group of Armenians. Time will heal everything. Average people will change, once the bolshevik residue diminishes . Let's be tolerant to each other. Thank you again. All the best.

You guys are wonderful! Thanks

Eric, everybody loves their dog, during hard times,a dog groomer still makes a living wage, if one is talented,during good economic times,they become rich,you don't have a pet grooming industry in Armenian, no one's going to pay you $60 to sheer one sheep but, full-size French poodle at least 60 bucks😊.
Small country,Small industry but, 🛁+✂️+🐕=💶💰💵🇦🇲
P.s. just a bath will draw you 10 to 15 Euro in your economy, not to shabby, call any pet groomer on Manhattan and ask her how much it is to only wash/bath a Chihuahua.

I am moving Yerevan next year I have appartment
Split my life between Yerevan, Paris and Washington DC

the diaspora is tired of supporting a country that doesnt want to get better…