Banana Wars: When US Marines Fight For Big Fruit (Documentary)

[@shaider1982]

Man, so the US has its version of the British East Indies company.

[@ricraftz76]

Like father and son

[@shaider1982]

@@ricraftz76 there's a country ball meme of that.

[@ricraftz76]

@@shaider1982 i know that's why i said

[@SD-pi9co]

Are you surprised?

[@oldschoolman1444]

Colonialism at its finest.

[@ramblingrenegade6346]

You left out the best part of Smedley Butler's quote at the end: "Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."

[@slslbbn4096]

Wait a minute, and we are lecturing China in bullying others? We have to stop being hypocrites and pay reparations and return stolen property to these people that we have wronged

[@michaelzann9589]

@@slslbbn4096 You are correct. So we let China do what she wants. I don't think so Listen, I am of Polish decent .What about reparations from Germany and Russia??!!!

[@anythingthoughanythingthou2453]

@@slslbbn4096 I ain’t paying anything for something I didn’t do, you go ahead and pay from your own pocket instead of forcing others from the end of a gun.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Butler sounds like a based man

[@caeserromero3013]

United Fruit made the East India company look like choir boys...

[@morewi]

Glad that that the sponsor isnt chiquita banana

[@desertdude8274]

Ive seen their ships floating around Port Hueneme. I thought that was interesting that this was the same company that operates in Cen/America.

[@morewi]

@@desertdude8274 yeah chiquita is what the united fruit company calls itself these days

[@celdur4635]

@@morewi Yes but they are now only a fraction of the power even a central american republic has this days.

[@jjrossitee]

Too soon

[@bobjones2460]

@@celdur4635 I don't think so. They routinely use cops to beat up poor workers, teargas them, break strikes, etc.

[@charliemountain82]

"War Is A Racket", by Smedley Butler is the most important book for any recruit to read before signing up. I carried a copy around Iraq.

[@MichaelDavis-we8xl]

Motivated shock troop reading the Commandantes suggested reading list. S/F

[@BellbaFett]

rah

[@BellbaFett]

@Jebus Hypocristos yut.

[@bobeeman9730]

@@BellbaFett youtube offered to translate your motivational call.

[@ghettomedic9971]

Modern Marine Generals aren't fit to smell his or Chesty's farts.

[@ernestoibanez649]

I appreciate this being covered as it isn't a region mentioned much in discussions of this era. If possible, a summary of the Cristeros War would be interesting.

[@Octopanda55]

We gotta wait until 2025

[@cuber5003]

@Franc Hohenzollern don't bother wasting your time correcting him, being a liberal he'd probably respond with "tHaT's NoT wHaT rAcIsM iS" then proceed either to tell you the exact meaning and destroy his own argument, or try to bend the meaning to his own narrative in a way that can be _easily_ debunked. Trying to debate a liberal on racism always leads to this dead end. Better to just sit down and poke fun at the clown show on display in the end.

[@yagami1134]

viva cristo rey!

[@ian0pillow]

@Resident Zero that's a pretty poor take.

[@ewokshoterz]

@@ian0pillow it's a realistic one though. Those who push American exceptionalism tend to be right wing. Think about how this episode of history is currently ignored.

[@CocoHutzpah]

I never knew anything about US intervention in central America until I played Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker a few years ago. Since then, I've learned a lot about the banana wars mostly from various groups on youtube. It really speaks that I've learned far more from casual internet wandering than I ever did in public school or college.

[@snipedotgenius]

School don’t teach us anything to do with there atrocities and obnoxious behaviour

[@greyfells2829]

@@snipedotgenius they do teach grammar and spelling, which you seem to have failed

[@ventureted]

@@snipedotgenius they teach all of it in school. You both just probably weren't listening and/or didn't care.

[@comedy_goblin6378]

It depends on the school really, and also the subject you choose to study

[@davidtuttle7556]

@@ventureted it depends on the state and school district. In the South, American history as it is taught, is very heavily whitewashed.

[@chipschannel9494]

The “Banana Republic” in the 50’s United fruit co. Had both the sec. of state and c.I.a. Chief in their pocket! Which political obligations?

[@GoodBaleadaMusic]

To this day when the president of Honduras is elected they are handed a list of over 30 people of whom they are to appoint for all of the different cabinet positions. Manuel Zelaya the predecessor to the current dictator, sent the Secretary of State a list back with three names and told them to pick one. Yeah WHINSEC trained soldiers put him in a helicopter in his pyjamas at gunpoint a couple years later after trying to hold a referendum on wether Honduras should write their own constitution, not the one written by the military dictatorship in collusion with the US in 1982. Something other countries paid dearly for not doing themselves.

[@tombakabones274]

I hate to break the news to you but the CIA didn't exist back in 1921 they were found in September 18th 1947 I think you best check your fax again

[@chipschannel9494]

@@tombakabones274 back in the 50’s ? What did I type?

[@tombakabones274]

@@chipschannel9494 my dyslexia got the best of me I thought it said 20 my apologies

[@chipschannel9494]

@@tombakabones274 NP👍

[@lordmaur180]

Im from Brasil, in here we had a very quick summary of this events at school, i always wanted to know more about it, thank you, in my region of Brasil.we had the same issue with a woodcutter and paper canadian companhy, they had a mercenary army and even a military aircraft for patrol 😮

[@Innuya]

Canada still has many mining interests in South America, it's pretty shameful

[@jordanwalsh1691]

Could you share the names of the companies? I'd like to learn more about this.

[@jordanwalsh1691]

@@Innuya I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Companies from one country having mining interests in another country is not shameful or inherently bad. It only becomes bad when force, bribery, or other nefarious means are used to contravene the law of that country, or if the company uses weak laws for protection of workers, in order to exploit people in another country. For example, Rio Tinto, Vale, Xstrata, and Newmont Corporation have all had mining operations in Canada, even though they are all owned outside Canada. Those companies come in to develop and extract resources, and they pay taxes and fees on their operations, which then goes towards funding various things in the country. Ideally, if those companies are better at the job of mining than domestic companies are, then the people of the country get more benefit from a foreign company developing the mine, than they would from a domestic company doing it. Now, if you're saying that Canadian companies are abusing other countries and their workers to this day, with the support or indifference of the Canadian government, and you have some news articles and such to share, that's a different story I'd like to hear.

[@lordmaur180]

@@jordanwalsh1691 Brazil railway is the name of one of them, i cant remmember for sure if the woodcutters were american or canadian as i cant find the propper name of the companhy...anyway we call it A guerra do contestado- (The war of contest)it happened from 1912 to 1916 - the federal governament gave the land for them to build a railway from the southmost state of Brasil to São Paulo, mostly to export wood and meat from the south trought the main ports... in that process it change the states configuratiom and retook the land of local farmers and villages, who fought to keep their lands and lived a nomadic life guided at first by a priest who they bellived was a healer and them by criminal warlords(old west style) running from persecution from armed forces and raiding using horses, pistols and rifles, in the end the rebels were almost all killed or routed and the land was redistributed by the state, i cant find the name of the woodcutter anywere online, i had it on my old textbooks, will try to post if i find...

[@lordmaur180]

@@jordanwalsh1691 agree with you mate, kids were taught that globalization is bad, and selling primary goods is bad for a country, that is wrong , economy is interconnected on so many levels, and as long as it follows the basic ethic principles and laws of a country, there is nothing wrong on having foreign busness and industry mate. The idea opposed to that is authocracy and hipernationalism, you will see where that will lead on the late 30's ... ohh spoiler allert***

[@hlynnkeith9334]

". . . the only KZbin history channel that hopes that you find our banana-based history . . . appealing." LOL

[@lhpoetry]

Best tag yet. :D

[@gnas1897]

Sam 'O Nella: am I a joke to you?

[@skull16cr]

Great video! As a Costarican I can say this was very accurate. I'd like to add that back in those days the United Fruit Company wasn't just simply another company, it fulfilled the role of the state itself. Roads, schools, public services, health, transportation, infraestructure, daily life, entertainment, security, food.. As you mentioned it, workers got stamps or vouchers that they exchanged for goods from the companys run stores called "comisariatos" it was all in the hands of the Company, a round business indeed! They had huge acres of land in the costarican caribbean coast and the southern part of the country, and all the poor souls of the people living in those areas belonged to the company too. Up to this day you hear people in those places refering to the United Fruit Company as the "Yunai" which is bad pronunciation of the word united in rural costarican spanish.

[@Jason-gg4lm]

Yeah stuff like that has been going on for centuries soooooo yeah....kinda sounds like they improved the place anyway

[@anonymousrodriguez6645]

Darn. I guess the only way to include all of this in American History courses would be to overhaul the curriculum. I'm Mexican American and am very grateful for your input and perspective.

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

Soò it sounds like United Fruit Comoany made Central Americans dependent on them thus becoming "Papi Cortes" so to write...sounds benevolent at first but it follows the dependency model of thr Christian churches where they do a lot of charity work for the poor, but don't actually lift the poor out of poverty. This is a fake nice tactic to keep them grateful and especially dependent on Christian churches. Not always. Some Christian churches do provide an education and do great work for all. But it's without question the white colonizers used Christianity as a cloak to deceive others and didn't actually practkxe the religion. If they did, they wouldn't be colonizers! So simple, yet to difficult for many "Christians" to grasp....

[@Jason-gg4lm]

@@alexanderkoruga6409 How adorable of you to share your opinion. While I agree that atrocities have been committed let's not put all Christians into that theory of yours.

[@ninjamania]

@@Jason-gg4lmoh yeah sure. Keeping people in a complete oligarchy is ideal

[@rabihrac]

These Central American wars taste differently than the wars in the other parts of the world, 100 years ago. Bravo Jesse & TGW crew!

[@jessealexander2695]

Thanks!

[@g.w.7893]

Tastes like bananas? ;)

[@gs_weiss]

JP Morgan Chase was financially invested in the British, why else would there be a campaign to convince Americans to go fight in trenches over land on another continent for someone else's king? Tastes the same; like money.

[@Jason-gg4lm]

Taste like sugar

[@cannabico6621]

Does anglo meat taste like pig or chicken?

[@wesb8159]

A little trivia. In his Novel Price winner for literature, 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez described in detail the power of the banana companies over south and central America. Thank you for this overview

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

the dulles brothers were responsible for alot of our crimes in central amerikkka

[@davidscott3820]

Butler wrote a book titled "war as a racket."

[@chipschannel9494]

Thank you 👍

[@Autobotmatt428]

Ya cause these were the wars he was talking about in his book.

[@davidscott3820]

@@Autobotmatt428 no. The aldrich brothers backed both sides with weapons in ww1 so whoever one they won. One of the brothers was america.

[@davidscott3820]

American.

[@bishop6218]

Is there a chapter about Napoléon ?

[@RenneVangr]

I read Smedley Butler's memoirs: War is a racket. Really heavy stuff to digest. Scary too because it's either true or not, both equally scary thoughts.

[@mathewkelly9968]

It's true

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Why would Butler be lying? It was true. Even President Eisenhower warned about stuff like this.

[@RenneVangr]

@@JesusChrist2000BC idk, everybody lies, and it's such a huge "conspiracy". Just like what happened with George S. Patton in Germany, big conspiracy. I wasn't there, so idk 100% for sure what's really true.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

@@RenneVangr Well Butler was there and wrote it and we have other people that were there and confirmed Butler was indeed THAT DUDE. He won two Medal of Honors and is the most decorated service member in American history. So I'd take his word on it.

[@petebondurant58]

@@RenneVangr So, someone arranged Patton's death in a minor car accident? That is THE single dumbest conspiracy theory I've ever heard in my life.

[@astrobullivant5908]

If a "fruit company" dramatically affects our national security and/or foreign policy in the future, I have a feeling it will be called Apple.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Nah it were oil companies now weapons contractor in future I don't know

[@lmvr127]

@@ShubhamMishrabro nah Lithium is next

[@joshuamarvin7400]

@@lmvr127 Yep, he who controls the lithium mines controls the universe, at least a few decades down the line.

[@mariananghel6521]

yep and the war cry will be ,, how do u like them apples,,🤣😅

[@daverobinson6110]

Did you type this on an I phone?

[@Razgriz85]

So nice that our government hasn't changed at all when it comes to pointless proxy wars helping horrible dictators, or corrupt corporations.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

"Our government" isn't our government, it's bought and owned by the elites, and corporations. Despite this the people do nothing to overthrow it. Nothing remotely, except whine about it, or deny it or attack each other. Perhaps blame China, or another boogeyman, phantom, or hobgoblin.

[@ricardosanjurarauz2831]

On minute 15:18, you mentioned the only panamanian policeman in Coto, he was my great-grandmother only brother, his name was MANUEL SALVADOR PINZON, he was the last panamanian authority official in Coto.

[@kiff4free554]

A Honduran historian published a book on this period of Honduras' history: El estrangulamiento económico de La Ceiba. 1903-1965 by Antonio Canelas Dí­az.

[@marianotorrespico2975]

Kiff 4free --- Thanks, for the reading recommendation.

[@kiff4free554]

@@marianotorrespico2975 welcome!

[@Perforator2000]

There was also a book specifically about the 1954 Guatemala coup carried out by The United Fruit Company and the CIA. It is titled Bitter Fruit by Stephen Schlesinger.

[@LillyMercadohealthylilly]

I love nebula & curiosity stream. Its Worth every penny and the content is absolutely incredible. Thanks guys!!

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks for the support Lilly, we like it to, it's a great group of people there and the community is fantastic too.

[@alwayzAngry]

Are they two separate services? I’m subscribed to CS but never use it

[@marinusprimus7785]

This is actually really cool and pertinent to me because I am an American living in Honduras right now!

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@Dan2314 Wonderluck Come visit me in Terre Haute Indiana and I will show you a very dangerous Town as we will quietly pray for the sun to rise. Weapons loaded with unauthorized ammunition and the safety(s) Always OFF.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@HighSpeedNoDrag huh which country is this

[@Tate.TopG.]

@@ShubhamMishrabro USA. Indiana

[@dpink4832]

Looks at black molded bananas on the kitchen counter. "Many bolthoms died to bring us that"

[@ameyaagarwal1170]

@@Hashishin13 no. It’s a Star Wars meme

[@michaelk4896]

7:26 "United Fruit offered to build railways in Honduras in exchange for land and concessions" Hold on a second, that sounds identical to PR China's BRI scheme. :O

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Why not copy a tried and tested concept? Who needs morals or ethics when you have nukes to deterr international justice? /S

[@arminius8838]

Really?

[@arminius8838]

Really?

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

Oh boy, you'll awake the Winnie the Flu bots..

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

What of the local governments and politicians that take such deals?

[@achillebelanger9866]

Various State Guards also fought alongside the Marines and trained Troops during the Banana 🍌 Wars. My Father was in the New York State Guard and went to Haiti and Central America on Banana Boats. The equipment and weapons were secretly loaded aboard,along with their Uniforms. The Soldiers made it to the Docks in Brooklyn wearing Civilian Clothing and in small Groups

[@Teutius]

Your father?? What are you 80

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@Teutius What if he is... .

[@raumetro9932]

The United Fruit Company had the backing of the Embasadors the President of the United States plus the Maríne Corps😮😢🤢 You can make your own conclusion who Shafted who ? History was not Fair banana to all this banana republics...

[@XloMotion]

And you're proud of that? Pops was a mercenary for a fruit company

[@KapnKrowe]

Interesting footage of President Taft at 8:07 First time I think I've ever seen actual video footage of Taft, used to seeing him as the last "paintings-exclusive" American president

[@JamesRowell-fj7uq]

My uncle major general Ross E Rowell USMC retired and MOH WINNER won it in the banana war's. He was a flyer and one of the fathers of Air to ground support in WW 2

[@connornicholas8628]

I love this era of United States history.

[@davidwong9230]

Some of this has similarities with the plot line in Frederick Forsyth’s “The Dogs of War” : a powerful corporation hires mercenaries to stage a coup in a mineral rich country to install a compliant government. However, in that novel, which was made into a film, the mercenaries have other ideas. I’ll avoid spoilers for the sake of anyone who hasn’t yet read the book or seen the film and the wants to. It’s an interesting study in corporate political manoeuvring in countries outside the corporation’s home country, whether one looks at United Fruit, or the East India Company. The latter example illustrates that this is not a modern phenomenon.

[@JohnDoe-tx8eu]

nice recommendation, enjoyed it

[@moonuni]

Now I can see how Cuba got rid of its shackles in the 50s.

[@kaliguladx4085]

US supported The Insurgents against bAtista,.,,,AkA FIDEL .

[@johnnylopez5123]

Interesting fact. The colombian/Costa Rican war was inherited by Panama once they separated/became independent.

[@williewonka6694]

Nice presentation. Of coarse, everyone had heard of the term "Bannana Republic". This provides some background on how that came about as well as the sordid influence of United Fruit business on US foreign policy.

[@CommanderShepard-wq3wo]

**Reads thumbnail** Thats bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

You know back in my day Bananas wars is what we called lunch

[@jameswatt8001]

Major General S. R. Butler, USMC (Ret.), himself a Banana War veteran who received the Medal of Honor twice, wrote a book entitiled War Is A Racket - required reading IMO.

[@SniperFallen06]

Never thought a anglo channel would talk about the Coto war, its one of the shortest and unknown conflicts in history fun fact: Its the only war in history where one side did not get any mortal casualties

[@HectorWPadilla]

I feel like listening to RATM’s entire Evil Empire album 💿.

[@TheLastTocharian]

23:40 He went bananas.

[@aslanlovett4059]

If you have not already. Look up Smedley Butler. Legend.

[@MFEeee]

It’s wild. My dad told me about when he was sent to Russia for training when he was younger. When he returned the Marines had cleared out whatever remaining threats there were left in Nicaragua. My dad then came to the states where he met my Dominican mother. And with no knowledge of this history I later enlisted in the Marines

[@berettaman7]

Big brother flexing its muscles, as always. How inglorious.

[@christopheryanez]

Present: Oil! Past: Banana!

[@burnt-reynolds]

My only complaint is the amount of echo on the mic from the room you're reading in. Otherwise this was amazing. Perhaps some acoustic tiles in your reading / recording room?

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

"This video was sponsored by.... Chiquita Banana!"

[@oldfan1963]

A very timely lesson. U.S. is currently meddling in the upcoming elections in Nicaragua.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

What is Nicaragua doing about it? Or the world for that matter?

[@bobafett_8922]

Doubt it

[@redaethel4619]

Force of habit.

[@Fermifire]

Britain had Opium, America had Bananas. LMAO Fitting.

[@jamesbarca7229]

The song "Yes, we have no bananas" was written because Panama Disease was wiping out so much of the banana crop that there were shortages. Eventually the disease all but wiped out the Gros Michel (the variety they all grew back then) which was replaced by the Cavendish (the variety we have now). I never tasted a Gros Michel, but I hear they were much better.

[@renanfelipedossantos5913]

You have probably tasted it, though. Ever noticed how the "banana-flavored" products have a distinct flavor that only resembles but doesn't quite match that of a banana? That's because the artificial banana flavor was created back when the Gros Michel was a thing and imitates it's flavor.

[@davidmdyer838]

@@renanfelipedossantos5913 Artificial banana flavor is super easy to make, isoamyl acetate is the flavoring that tastes and smells like bananas. It so happens that he Gros Michel has more of this compound than the cavendish, but they just came up with an easy to make banana flavoring because it's what gives bananas their flavor to begin with. I remember making some in high school chemistry.

[@taterkaze9428]

I have no idea why this channel only has 1.3 million subs.

[@jonathandjing1065]

Same happened in El Salvador and Nicaragua and that’s why you have millions of immigrants from that part of the world living in the US. The US spent millions of dollars helping the army in El Salvador to fight guerrillas. 1000s of farmers and innocent people from the rural areas died because the army has airplanes dropping huge bombs and machine guns and advanced weapons used by the military which they used to spray campensinos by simply accusing them of communist.

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Why would YT have a problem (retroactively banning videos) with a small none profit educational documentary maker?

[@Ramzi1944]

Because they want the people to forget history

[@murrayscott9546]

I smelled UFC before it was even mentioned. I am destirute but I like to learn. Thanks for tune-up !

[@AtomicPeacenik]

Excellent. This channel is a gem.

[@cowboybeboop9420]

1920s : US marines fight for fruit companies 2020s : US marines fight for dinosaur juice companies.

[@johnyarbrough502]

Haven't watched yet but guessing Smedley Butler's here

[@davidscott3820]

Outstanding report

[@alexandremoi331]

when you're not watching, rather listening... the added sounds are really a pain.

[@sstarklite2181]

Yes this is very appealing! I’m glad you gave so many quotes from Smedley Butler!

[@SolracNexus]

"Does it have something to do with minions?" - a kid born in the mid-2000s when asked about the banana wars

[@portercoogan4862]

Ben Franklin warned us about bankers,Butler confirmed it.

[@chrishartwig5230]

My grandfather was a crewman on a banana boat at this time

[@GoodmanMIke59]

22:17 your slide shows "Major" Smedley Butler instead of major-general Smedley Butler.

[@patriotninja2043]

All wars are fought for the benefit of Corporations

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Or cultists

[@kengoodman7719]

HA! My grandfather served in Nicaragua a few times under Smedley Butler between 1925 - 1930 and it looks like he is in that picture at 22:27, standing in the back row, six from the left! Can you tell me where you got that picture so I can research and see if I can find out something more and maybe come up with some information for myself? Great work, thanks!

[@TheGreatWar]

Hi Ken, we use getty and the photo is from there: www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/marines-about-to-leave-for-nicaragua-marines-from-the-nachrichtenfoto/955010032?adppopup=true

[@kengoodman7719]

@@TheGreatWar Awesome! Thank you!!!

[@NauticalCoffin2404]

Send in the pinkert.. the marines, send in the marines.

[@Jay-ho9io]

Niiiiice. 👍🏽

[@420JackG]

Meet the new boss...

[@bennybenitez2461]

Outstanding

[@kamikazemelon787]

I never really looked into this, I knew it had happened but never knew the details. Thank you! Fascinating stuff.

[@stephanammann347]

Let's put a like for the Word's Play they truly are universal.

[@thorstenwohlenberg4345]

Recommend "The path between the seas" by David McCullough for all details on the Panama (Nicaragua?) Canal.

[@tamlandipper29]

You want me to grow this You want me to grow that ...

[@jessealexander2695]

Nice reference.

[@tamlandipper29]

@@jessealexander2695 It is an honour to be recognised! 😀I loved the poem and your delivery.

[@guitarguymi]

The United Fruit Company is now Chiquita Brands International just a heads up incase this bothered you they still exist

[@Unterwelten]

That was fascinating , thank you.

[@bw6538]

Thanks for the history lessons never could get that information in our history classes a lot of country’s where at war all over the world in a 20 year period

[@sherirobinson5112]

American corporation and war go hand and hand... bananas then, oil now Then robber barons, today lobbyist... Corruption runs deep in our history "Rackateers for capitalism" great quote

[@NellaCuriosity]

Another fantastic video!

[@Willindor]

"Disperse in the name of the United Fruit Company!"

[@davidmeyer6908]

Was hoping someone would remember the battle cry of Ian McCollum.

[@g.w.7893]

I think this is some excellent movie/film material, especially the storyline surrounding Butler.

[@marklafleur6695]

Great episode, very informative

[@donaldfeger91]

This is fascinating!

[@aromero385]

Excellent documentary. This material is rarely showed or talked about.

[@KC-xr2tm]

Very informative, and interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@davidwong9230]

Love the bit at the end, expressing hope that we find the video content a peeling 😆 Judging by the number of enthusiastic viewers, I’d say, keep going with these videos...they bear fruit 🍌😂

[@alexanderkoruga6409]

4:10 - interesting note that Panama declared its independence and gave it up at the same time. That is bizarre. I didn't know that. Thanks.

[@Francisco-er4zr]

I would be great if you can do a video on the War between the USA proxy "Filibuster" William Walker, his invasion of Central America and conquer of Nicaragua, almost was a succes. He was defeated by Costarrican army. Its a very interesting story of USA "not getting involve" in Central America affairs

[@Neoyorchese]

Then the term of Banana Republic

[@pedropinheiroaugusto3220]

"Don't come."

[@420JackG]

The subtext being "or else"

[@diogenes8272]

"I'm gonna come."

[@GenghisVern]

How is this different than the East India Company?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

It isn't

[@GenghisVern]

@@SonsOfLorgar Sepoy rebellion? Seems like it is

[@Jay-ho9io]

Well it's in a different country, from a different country, in a different hemisphere.... There's a lot that's similar there's also a lot that's different.

[@GenghisVern]

@@Jay-ho9io This model has been used for 500 years, since the Age of Reason began and the Age of Sail-- corporations, legal entities, whose rights are secured by the sovereign national militaries-- whether it was Dutch or English or French or whatever-- all of modern history. Saying they're different because the have different addresses is.. unconvincing

[@mikearmbruster2171]

They were English doing it for the queen

[@jeffbrewer1580]

Looking at the comments it's interesting to see how contentious this is considering this happened nearly a hundred years ago. My fellow Americans seem to have a problem with or own history.

[@madeinjamaica7025]

*our

[@pawelpap9]

No we don’t. We only have a problem with pointless and unproductive self flagellation.

[@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179]

@@pawelpap9 It's no pointless if still relevant. Which it is. And your attitude pretty much shows that you don't own it.

[@birdy..nom..nom..097]

@@pawelpap9 its not pointless, considering the U.S. still commits the same acts under the nose of its apathetic population.

[@jefe4166]

...And then have the nerve to wonder why so many Immigrants are coming here

[@kellenrossiter5069]

Do a Philippine American war

[@Jay-ho9io]

Not yet.

[@frankietobarensis5033]

The .oat fampua intervention waa the 1954 coup in guatemala, and maybe the last intervention was the sacking of noriega in 1989 in panama, maybe the ouating of president zelaya in honduras in 2011

[@abh114]

Video is amazing Thk you

[@baronbustin]

Thank you. What a brilliant documentary.

[@geoffmelnick1472]

"...banana-based history appealing" That was appalling. ;-)

[@jordant.teeterson3100]

5:01 me thinking back to doing construction and having a bannana in my tool pouch. Id use my razor knife to cut off the top and squeeze out as much as i wanted of the bannana, then push the cut off top down into the peel protecting the rest.

[@MrSumone]

Smedley Butler is a true American hero that is not spoken of often enough

[@brianoneil9662]

Corporate warfare. Literally.

[@aunch3]

A whole region ruined indefinitely so a stupid company could sell its bananas smh

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice video from excellent historical channel with clear explaining of events

[@adlibruj]

"I was a racketeer for capitalism". That sums it all!

[@future_teknokrat7585]

Pay attention students, this concept is employed in our current wars. There is always a corporate and economic component.

[@christopherroa9781]

"War is a racket"

[@skeeterbodeen8326]

Awesome History Lesson, thanks !

[@danreed7889]

Now I have to read up on the United Fruit Company