Trouble in paradise: democracy vs autocracy in the Maldives

[@JaredCzaia]

Notice: When "Wild Shit" is going on, Lou is not content to simply live his life. Lou will only go on with his life as usual when he starts the segment with "Here's the thing"

[@LouisFoglia]

Keen observation...

[@lukpisimoh]

@lastdropofpoison That's actually mentioned in the end

[@TwinFeats]

I love your work, Lou - very fluid writing, and clear presentation of the story, and that's in every episode I watch! I hope this channel continues to grow, I would love to see you do a story every day!

[@KumailChangezi]

Great job! This segment gets better with each episode. And this episode was intense! I'll read the book on your recommendation.

[@VladTchompalov]

You guys are doing some kick ass journalism

[@Lumencraft-]

I'm glad you included the part about his wife's "suspicious hair do", but at the same time that's LOL!!!!!

[@LouisFoglia]

Those are the wacky little details in stories that I love...Ditto with the laxatives in the coffee.. Not in there, but also wild: At one point, police detained a coconut left in front of a polling station because they thought it's black magic properties might rig the vote....

[@jihadijon2151]

As a maldivian i want to thank you for shedding some light on the wild shit that takes place here

[@CallieMasters5000]

Damn, Lou! I can only take so much wild shit at one time. Now the Maldives too?!

[@dheeladheel]

Why didn't you go live your life this time Lou?

[@megaamrosi]

Dheel Adheel because it’s wild shit

[@CuriosityCulture]

Lou! I just found your channel and damn, it’s so freaking good

[@adityalohia5743]

You are irritating now.

[@Cokaine_d]

@@adityalohia5743 yes

[@robier3359]

Guess I'll have to change my fake vacation plans. Definitely going to Bora Bora now.

[@avy1061]

Robier Love from Maldives! 🇲🇻

[@Wicksn02]

Lol

[@CallieMasters5000]

Next week's video: WILD SHIT IN BORA BORA. (just kidding... or am I?!) :)

[@RobertHohan]

These deep dives into foreign politics are just outstanding and quite unique on the KZbin news scene. Keep up the good work!

[@Win_Lots]

This has to be the most underrated channel on KZbin. Great research and spot-on journalism.

[@orbitalflux]

another excellent and informative report, thanks Lou!

[@TheRociCrew]

Thank you BEME for uploading this AFTER the election. Its good to see a news agency upholding the ethics of democratic elections, and not tainting the water for the Maldivians freedom of choice!

[@alphanovember5880]

Hey Lou, as a Maldivian, I was going to email to you about the situation going on, guess you were one step ahead eh? Haha. Thanks for the coverage, incredible accuracy. Well researched. Have been subscribed for a while now, keep up the good work!

[@sanyamdeepsingh5699]

Great work, literally cleared all my doubts on this topic as I read the news on newspaper today only but its background wasn't very clear.

[@grischa.summersurf]

Good job Lou 💪

[@elzaocean]

Thank you for the video! I work and live in Maldives for two years already and yes - political system is hell of a mess here, but no one really tries to explain foreigners what's going on. Thank you!

[@Naviss]

Thank you so much for this content.

[@chrisjoondeph4781]

Extremely well done Lou!

[@noahlschneider]

How do you not have more views?! Amazing.

[@L4wr3nc3810]

Thank you Beme for covering international issues.

[@BagoGarde]

Great job on this video , very informative

[@nathanrose2421]

“I just want to travel the world!” Said everyone who’s never watched the news.

[@nikfaizal97]

Sounds like a new playthrough of Tropico 5....

[@Saml3838]

Amazing series

[@misterguy2929]

Wow, hopefully this place cleans up its act. I have Maldive's on my list of go to places but as long as its like this I wont bother

[@JJs_playground]

Wow, great work! I didn't even have a Inkling that this was going on in the Maldives. I was also surprised to find out they are Muslim. You learn something new everyday.

[@StingSting844]

I returned just before 5 days from a honeymoon there and I knew nothing about this wild shit!! Insane!!

[@subhalkhanna9886]

Awesome content.

[@leonardo1519]

Subscribed about 2 weeks ago. Havent looked back 👌

[@shrijan9475]

Nicely explained !

[@calvintran4210]

This makes me contemplate what degree environmental degradation (including climate change and rising sea levels) have had, if any, towards this deterioration in government.

[@Michelrs]

how can someone obtain power so easily??

[@zurilift]

This sounds like the Egyptian story after Mubarak. Sounds very familiar to me because I have seen this happen several times. Muhammad nasheed did great.

[@omcronaldo969]

As an Egyptian, the similarities were striking!

[@amourringinton120]

Actually its not that strange...considering the fact that maumoon was educated in egypt

[@MrGuihk]

great video, I love those politics scenarios. I know you have already made one video about brazil, but what about doing one about the elections? The presidency run it is being crazy.

[@AnAdmi]

do a video on Kashmir. I'd love to here an outsiders perspective because i feel like both India and Pakistan's media really distort the truth to some degree.

[@roeluvsparis]

Awesome job

[@yerrrrr2787]

Imagine a war on the Maldives, now that’s some wild shit

[@AaAMikeAaA1]

Great segment! You should cover the so called 'velvet revolution' that happened in armenia earlier this year and its repurcussions/fallout/etc. ALSO, Go live your life

[@sebvettelF1]

Does anyone see parallels with Malaysian election few months ago? 1MDB...? Here we have resort sale... No one thought (including me) Najib would lose the vote.. But he did... So many similarly except the Coup..

[@alphanovember5880]

We have an incredibly similar situation to Malaysia. Nearly all the history played out exactly like Malaysia. Even the political prisoners such as Anwar. They are being released now.

[@sohambandyopadhyay5184]

Great video Lou, Democracy always wins, no matter how much you repress and dictates. It always wins. Maldives election also shows us a glimmer of hope in India, for our 2019 election.

[@ChintanPandya01]

Lol. Are you seriously comparing autocratic rule to India? Clearly you have no appreciation of how much oppression goes on in these countries. In India you have absolute freedom compared to these countries. India is the world largest democracy and we threw away the British rule to gain our freedom. Freedom in our nation's soul. Shit like this will never happen in India.

[@EdPal]

Almost the same thing is also happening in our country. I'm just hopeful that our "dictator" will fall down soon.

[@seancreighton9492]

A video on Zimbabwe could be interesting. Since Mugabe got kicked out in the coup, things are looking tough, some say it's tough measures to get the country back on track others say one dictator out and another in. Could be a good one Lou?

[@TravelQuintessence]

Great Video 👍🏿 Maldives ❤️

[@florin.simonescu]

Make a video about Romania 🇷🇴 please

[@LouisFoglia]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYSsdmaXfpuij7s

[@1itsfaizal]

It kindda remind me of my government.last one also the current one.. Malaysia (cough)

[@haidgu]

Lmao, Najib. Old dictator back to power.

[@1itsfaizal]

Hopely it doesn't come down to that when next PM power transition..IF it going to happen lah.

[@DGoldy303]

@@haidgu Well the old dictator is not a dictator anymore...

[@1itsfaizal]

@@DGoldy303 what concern me is how smooth the power transition to new PM.

[@toufiq750]

Can you do a piece on Morocco immigration problem . Please

[@AmanMishra47]

Amazing narration lou. Would love to see some video on India.

[@Ollieandroe]

Lou isnt going to live his life. So that means he's literally going to be sitting there until the next episode drops. God speed Lou.

[@MayurBharali]

Have any of you played Far Cry 3...?

[@werdz3615]

Yameen won because of the support of several rich party leaders. Many of them hired a lot of people in their respective companies and were the source of income for many maldivian families. Even with the support, Yameen won only by a small margin. Yameens mistake was that he turned on all of them after being elected. These party leaders switched sides over to the opposition which saw a lot of votes come in. Things are peaceful now but dont make any bets untill the next month when presidents switch. Yameen is not the kind of guy to step down without a fight.

[@republic-ld3hq]

Autocracy is probably the only way they will stay afloat. But it is more for the tourist than the people. While democracy tries to balance both but will fail as the people want what's best for them maybe turning on its economy.

[@amourringinton120]

0:23 😂

[@KingAwesomeOutputs]

12:12 Yuman rights, eh? I wonder...🤔

[@amourringinton120]

😂

[@gouvyfam]

Lou please look into Angola. please do Angola, we'd really apreciate ur take on the fight agaisnt corruption that has had the former president's son arrested

[@angadhwaj]

You are missing Chinese perspective...

[@justicewarrior9187]

Make it the best tax heaven ever!!! Make it that if you buy even a coconut you are considered a citizen and pay ZERO tax as well as your company 😀😀😀

[@leonvona.774]

I, too, have lived on an island-nation, and so many things just sound too damn familiar. 1. Corruption rules (kind of goes without saying...) 2. Majority of locals are so horribly stupid, propping up corrupt politicians who buy the populace off with cash and electronics 3. Awfully xenophobic due to inferiority complex/populist talk of "the evil white man is coming to re-colonise us!", despite the #1 source of income being either foreign aid/investment. 4. All talk and no show, hence why they're all 2-3 decades behind in development. 5. The "private sector" are also at the same time the elites of the community, the most notorious bribers, heads of just about everything from infrastructure to finance to the judicial system. Worst part of all is, when trying to discuss issues such as these in the West, you are automatically branded a racist.

[@ezecreative]

Glad you guys are still doing this show. The only thing you hear about when turning on cnn or fox and all others is TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP... It's hard to get good world news and pieces. Thank you and keep working hard and FAIR.

[@lewismcclean6008]

Loved the video but Try a TelePrompTer or something similar because it’s kinda annoying everytime lou looks down at the script

[@10HW]

They tried to play it like USAs politicians but they were noobs and careless.

[@juansepulveda1379]

I have been in the Maldives just before the elections and all maldivians said they love yameen. I guess because their afraid.

[@yevbos]

It would be cool to see a deep dive like this into Russia and Navalny

[@TeemarkConvair]

don't think for a second that the current resident of 1600 pennsylvania ave wouldn't strive for this. If he [trUmP] looses the next election, what shit will he try to negate an election?

[@MichaelFields]

Ope! The backgrounds has changed!

[@samwelguy]

It's the same just at night time

[@hubertalistair9404]

Hungary: am i a joke to you?

[@Playdeadbesmart]

Same shit is happening in all autocracies. Look at Turkey, Russia, same thing, same thing...money controls everything. It's a damned world

[@ryanellis4474]

SO MUCH BETTER LIT; NEVER GO BACK!

[@ReviewEdge]

y o o m a n r i g h t s

[@Sean-ll5cm]

There's this strange association between Islam and unrest... I guess it's just a coincidence ಠ_ಠ

[@MohammedSafwat1]

it could also be third time is the charm

[@cameronbird118]

I think you'r misunderstanding something democracy means tyranny by the majority not freedom better that autocracy but democracy doesn't mean your free just that the decision making is handled differently its the decisions that matter not who's making them.

[@rdlmethat2018]

Glad I don't live there. Its like a hot chick thats crazy once you get to know her.

[@prize9550]

As a Maldivian, now that I think about it, that is a perfect analogy for this place. This hot chick is also very expensive to keep(rents are often twice the average monthly pay for urban areas. Its almost impossible to live alone in those places).

[@thewho6749]

When will you cover the rest of the story? i mean it couldnt have been a happy ending obviously. the iron fist rulers and their minions are still around biding there time aint it?

[@thewho6749]

A question.. If this Yamin dude was so much a Dictator how was an election held freely? things dont add up..

[@JohnHydeisawesome]

But Lou, are you going to live your life?

[@Avinash-wg7xl]

you missed the most vital point....yameen was a chinese stooge and nasheed/solih has india backing... this is one of the main reason for the constant tug of war in maldives government.. finally india was able to get solih elected...

[@preetkilath]

this video was an sum overview of most Democracies on Earth right now.

[@hempev]

Don't just go live your life. Pay attention.

[@kirtipandit2010]

U forget to mention India and China

[@LouisFoglia]

I did not

[@Yung.Learner]

Don't ever sell out please

[@anuragsengar2390]

Good job RAW

[@sohail7796]

Wtf raw did and how did you know ?

[@anuragsengar2390]

@@sohail7796 a little knowledge of world politics and historical data(recently Sri Lanka) is enough to come to this conclusion.

[@guest1754]

techno too loud

[@richystar2001]

Islam destroys everything. Everything.

[@MichaelLeeW]

Mohammed nasheed should be reelected President he was making great in roads towards a better Maldives one can only hope the new president does right by its people

[@aleealy1541]

Micah Lee Lol he’s the worst actually ..he’s currently making all the rules here 😂

[@Kamchor_hu]

Tax haven boom

[@entiretwix1480]

Never been early, hi.

[@omarnouhi5927]

Lou are you not going to live your life this time ?

[@dexz8721]

Ignorance is bliss indeed. What you are reporting is factually incorrect. Sure, there is some truth to it. But many fabrications by MDP (nasheed) to increase his fame in the international community. Its all a play.

[@genocidegrand2057]

democracy is great until trump arrive. every country in the world is questioning democracy now. what happens if a 2nd trump happened in their countries?

[@contineus999hungry]

Democrats rigged the primary election against Bernie for Hillary. Democracy in the US is broken.

[@S2Tubes]

Party nominations can legally be rigged. Bernie could have chosen to run as an independent, of course all he would have done is hand Trump an even easier win as he split the left vote, which is why he didn't.

[@ChintanPandya01]

Lol. Democracy is what keeps people like Trump in check. And anyway Trump isn't as bad as the dictators in this video. He's still doing a few things good for the US. I find it funny that you're questioning democracy based on just one election. Democracy is what makes Nations like the US, UK and India great. No matter how much shit goes on, people can sleep in peace because they know they still have the power if shit gets real bad.

[@genocidegrand2057]

trump wont be a president if not because of democracy.

[@EdPal]

It's happening in the Philippines

[@fractal4284]

Of course the dictator was Muslim because Islam is so peaceful right lol

[@dheeladheel]

you know the other elected president is also muslim right? there are bad eggs in every group. Dont label every one from the actions of extremist. There are good and bad people in every group.

[@CutieZalbu]

I mean hey, we have a lunatic in office despite our democracy so you’ve no room to point fingers

[@emailadress2803]

Dheel Adheel a little too many bad eggs

[@zurilift]

Is that seriously what you took out of this? Let’s forget China,eastern Europe,South America, south Asian countries all these non Muslim dictatorships but this random example of dictatorship happens to be Muslim and that’s it “Islam is so peaceful” are you a wanker or are you trying to deceive people with your garbage culture war rhetoric.

[@fractal4284]

@@CutieZalbu Donald Trump has done more for this country than Obama stupid ass I don't agree with everything Trump does but the economy is definitely better with him in office stock market's all-time high we're not in a Great Recession like we always are when Democrats are in office

[@Jokerister]

First!

[@Deletingsocialsforawhile]

2nd