Disillusioned in the USA: A Young American's Escape to China on a Journey to Discover Perspective

[@frankchan5785]

This young person's insightfullness, worldly awareness, and eloquence goes well beyond his 23 years. The fact that he grew up in the USA hegemon and saw through the American news propaganda gives us hope that not all young people are easily brain-washed.

[@TacticalMayo]

Brainwashed LOL you can't be serious 🤣 literally having to use US social media cuz you can't do this in China is evidence in itself that we don't want. None of this leftist commie garbage here.

[@csking6377]

Unfortunately, people like him is just 0.01% of his generation.

[@TacticalMayo]

@csking6377 He's A. tankie traitor.

[@longcimb]

99 per cent cannot view meaning they are either brainwashed or dislike anything not US- US exceptionalism

[@jaybleu888]

Finally a long awaited video. Welcome back Daniel.

[@dwwd-i4r]

A brilliant young guy whose thoughts, intelligence, and insights are way beyond his age.

[@jampeldorje7703]

Zzn😊

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

Glad to see such a smart and well-spoken young man. Has better insight than many people thrice his age.

[@rastoferi6012]

I'm a simple man, I see Daniel's new video I click like

[@seeker13788]

me too. I see the new video, I click like and then watch. First time I came across Daniel was his interview Kishore Mahbubani - blown away each an every time. His exposé in/on Xinjiang and Tibet is peerless.

[@SPLITSLEEVE]

@@seeker13788 Loved him when he told the school boy who was presenting his project to just relax as he he was putting himself under way to much pressure to perform well. This is when Daniel went to Tibet.

[@nooooru]

men of culture，we met again

[@linus631]

100% Agreed! 😊❤

[@Fuallz]

Exactly. What happened in HK was outright disgusting. I don't really blame those that can't understand Cantonese to support the radicals at first. But the revolting actions of them bullying and turning to physical attacks on even older folks and women that disagree with them should have been a red flag. Their mannerism are no different from gangsters. And then the one-sided media coverage of the incidents, looking the other way and refusing to even report those violence at times until it was so hard to hide. Absolutely disgusting.

[@OKEN1117]

Totally agree with your observation.

[@passby8070]

When it happens to UK they call them far right rioters, when it happens to HK, they are freedom fighters.

[@kiwikemist]

The CIA shipped Azov Nazis to HK to support those people

[@dorotapogubila4427]

Thank you for inviting this young man and us to the party. Good interview

[@vincentlee7937]

I am on the same boat as this young man growing up I found myself siding more left and whenever I mention China having things we don’t the average response has always been “well move there then” even among people of my own political views; and in fact I did in 2019 I went there and told all my friends that I did and what I saw; it was such a hurdle because at that time I had to do travel visa and all that. Anyway coming back I was totally disillusioned with what we were taught about China the first thing my closest friend told me when I said how amazing it was; “well you look the part… of course nothing will happen to you if you go there” that was the last straw when I completely gave up on the political left of the west; I am still living in the west but I am so far removed from both political parties as I realized both the parties and the people in them actually do not want to better themselves or at all and are in essence one of the same I’m just here to watch it all slowly burn down as the biggest militaristic empire in the world.

[@cchu319]

Time to go back to China or Asia. You have a choice.

[@mihotleenkwei3884]

In China we have a saying this kind of mentality: a solitary flower in love with its own fragrance. Many of the left groups in the west aren't interested in solving real problems in real life, which are usually messy, requires hard labor and most of the time thankless. Sitting back and pointing out that China is not pure and good enough for them is much easier.

[@cheungchingtong]

I am Mainland Chinese, I will always remember the little story which my ex, who is Aussie, once told me, that after her stay in China for more than 2 years and headed back to Australia for Christmas, during her family gatherings people asked her a lot about China, yet whatever she said about it that was positive and not reported by the medias, people chose not to believe. Even though she was the one who properly had lived in the country.

[@gelinrefira]

You really lived up to the meme "so I took it personally" when that person told you to move there.

[@yakuza01]

At least you didn't get the stupid "Well but at what cost?" reply when describing how a lot of things are so much better in China. LOL

[@Edu_Utopian]

23 years old - yet Light Years Wiser than Those Double even Triple his Age Back in the Country he came from!

[@zhangyi5145]

It's just because the base line of Americans is so low...

[@e-magineerAllThings]

Glad he talked to people from the global South. It's uncommon for westerners to look beyond the western views.

[@adamiskandar5107]

Yeah, most Western academics/activists who do, are too condescending and the display of superiority is too apparent.

[@maniaouri2146]

Hello Daniel , welcome back always enjoy your strong views making your videos special. Thank you

[@good2freelance1]

What a well spoken young man, only 23 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@northenpeace1111]

Congratulations young man, you are an enlighten soul

[@zachhalverson3427]

Will is my cousin and I’m so proud of him, literally tearing up. He’s so rad

[@wallacekatini3424]

America is a rotten society,and it's decomposing each day.

[@hanknyc]

As bad as it is, America is still the least bad country - by far.

[@Stevexnycautomotive]

Drugs and GOD destroy America 😢. The Americans played a great part in destroying the German industries for the humanitarian hell we live in today. Everywhere that American go, it seek and destroy.

[@sylvainracine1678]

We have been used to hear "democracy" = USA and "communism" = China. But the factual reality is : Violent Plutocracy= USA and "Peaceful social-meritocracy = China.

[@TacticalMayo]

God bless America 🇺🇸

[@sylvainracine1678]

@TacticalMayo lol, 😂 that's the problem, the American god is dumb

[@freespeech8520]

Dude, 2 hours! You come back hard. Respect.

[@peterretep1010]

Finally another episode of daniel. Love listening to him.

[@chankane]

I envy you Willem, I want to escape to China also. Life in the west is pretty depressing, China has a bright and positive future. China would un-depress me.

[@peanut0brain]

I'm Chinese American and I retired early to China. USA is a country of hate. Hate is spread in the media everydya

[@sylvainracine1678]

All Americans with a degree can easily find a teaching job in China!

[@crimsoncoyote1660]

What a wonderful opportunity to learn about a fascinating country.

[@eugenechin2863]

China is as interesting as any other country😊😊. Westerners usually over hype things that seem different. China and Chinese are just like any other country or people. The MSM just write nonsense making China and Chinese feel like strange aliens from another universe.

[@PrimeChaosVC]

Daniel is active again. Good to have this.

[@georwoogle]

Great conversation and well worth the 2 hours. Thank you, Daniel, for this, a breeze of fresh air. I need to watch again with a notebook. 😀

[@debscatena]

Daniel, you are a gem, yes you do not post every week( but who cares, when your work- also with Willem ) carries so much weight!! I wish I could find an email or something to have a quick chat with you. Nothing more.... you are amazing.

[@lie01234]

Glad to see you are well Daniel. Happy holidays.

[@wkho7]

always good to listen to intelligent conversations like this

[@grouchypatch9185]

Welcome back, Daniel!! Great to have you back.

[@NRsevenX]

I'm glad you are actively producing content again

[@pandabearoceanpark]

Daniel, great work as usual! I enjoyed every minute of it! You asked probing and intelligent questions that drew out insights that are luminating to my mind. This is a incredibly intelligent and eloquent young man. An independent thinker. But still too few people in the US are like him, that's why the US is what it is.

[@f1aziz]

For a young American he sounds intelligent and knowledgeable.

[@justme6275]

Daniel is back 👍

[@PeterB198]

Fascinating. Loved the presentation

[@td6564]

You two are the hope of western world...

[@jossdionne9810]

A young Amurican from Amurica, amazing!! So unique ..

[@YoungTang]

This was me 20 years ago sigh... I left the US and had the opportunity wo work in Beijing after Bush got re-elected, and I felt I was going to give up on the system. But unfortunately, i was still too young and naive, bought in the Obama BS during 08 and moved back to the US. 20 years later, I regretted that move so badly every single day, more so after given everything I got during the two Bernie Sanders run.

[@adamiskandar5107]

I hope this young man never gives up, you too.

[@saintony]

Great interview

[@michaelhogan4337]

Thank you. I have missed you.

[@greenbug3335]

Happy holidays to you and your family. Great work.

[@Brisamars-q1c]

This young man is infinitely brighter than Trump.

[@ralphzoombeenie2330]

So is a bowling ball.

[@aaronp2542]

With more people like Willem, there might just be hope for the US (as difficult as it is).

[@Cassaiuppa]

Good one Daniel...!!!

[@moresoysauce5489]

Hey Daniel!! Great to see you bud hope you're doing well :)

[@binhe6500]

Good work Daniel. This channel has been an important part of my political awakening 🫡

[@Time4Peace]

A number of comments by Americans state that they are concerned about how much America has declined. As long as you have a college education, life is bearable with an employment. My concern is that the anti-China sentiment is so strong as though America is under attack by China. Yet there's a huge ocean intervening and over 300 US's military bases encircle China with its navy patroling China's coastlines. So really it's China under threat.

[@LW78321]

Such a fantastic discussion, really enjoyed hearing from you both

[@paige9065]

lovely conversation!

[@sapaiyo9810]

What an interview .. thanks Daniel

[@realeyesrealizereallies6828]

Your story about the veteran's assembly in school reminds me of a line in a song, from my buddies band. "Cinema, simulated life, ill drama, 4th Reich culture, Americana, Chained to the dream they have you searching for, the thin line between entertainment and war".. "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will"--Gramsci Although the intellect becomes impossible to get past, the deeper you dig.."The crises consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying, and the new cannot be born, in this interregnum, a great variety of morbid symptoms appear..--Gramsci Gramsci would still be waiting, a hundred years later..

[@keking2178]

Thank for spreading the wisdom and truth

[@mikelixx]

Maybe young man like this can really change the American in a more positive way.

[@csking6377]

Don't think so. They are too few and they moved elsewhere.

[@noahgoad2088]

I’ve been watching Daniel’s videos for a few years now. So much of what Willem said was so relatable. Being in my 20s in the USA, there just isn’t a lot of hope in the political system here going forward. So many young people here are becoming disenchanted and increasingly nihilistic and have no power to change anything.

[@SuhandiWijaya]

There is a TV Series in China called "The Age of Awakening" and one channel here on KZbin has English subtitles. Watching that gave me hope and inspired me to think that even for a hopeless country like the US, there could be some way to turn things around but it takes strength in a number of the people equipped with the knowledge and patience to want to change things around. China could do it, and the US can do it too if the people aren't so divisive.

[@JawJaw-dt7se]

重庆欢迎你！

[@serenam4490]

I need to know more about this young dude’s background in order to understand why he made the decision to come to China under the current very hostile Western media and administration in the US.

[@peanut0brain]

2hrs interview is not enough? You want him to reveal his sex life too?!

[@SVmathfarmer]

It’s easy to go just marry a Chinese woman like I did 😅

[@serenam4490]

@@peanut0brain So, you know a lot about him?

[@serenam4490]

@@SVmathfarmer What are you on about, I just want to know where he’s coming from, smart ass!

[@peanut0brain]

@@serenam4490 he's no smart-ass. It's what I did too. In 4yrs I can apply for a China green card, courtesy of my China wife😁

[@SophyaAgain]

10:40 He does read. As Mr. Darcy says ... “ and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.” Reading great works of great authors is the most practical way to learn by their experience and thought.

[@Djordje-pr6vb]

I would've liked to hear more of his thinking on China and his life there

[@aznknight22]

Cool show.

[@mikelixx]

Great work

[@peterretep1010]

No way he is 22 or 23 years old. His amount of knowledge is through the roof even for an average American that is in politics and working in the current government.

[@csking6377]

That's a pretty low benchmark; easy enough.

[@tomiputra3720]

Wow 2 hours of enlightenment

[@jossdionne9810]

More than half my life in Asia, China could be my new home, convincing!

[@iechuanlee9326]

After all these years slowly and surely people are seeing throught the western surface, but not large enough to make much change for the young one.

[@kin9225]

Movie Premiere: Escape from U.S.! 😂

[@Chris-qf6fe]

I'm very impressed by Willem's knowledge base, particularly for a 22-year-old. I agree with many of his values and the concept of making the world a better place for everyone to live in. Also, this is one nice thing that some privileged few of us have, which is the option of being able to live and work in another country. There is so much we can learn from each other.

[@shiwang8989]

The 144 hrs/15 days/30 days visa free that China just rolled out for some countries are absolutely awesome. Before the Covid 19 pandemic, it was difficult for most coming to China due to expensive visa requirement, i.e, it costed $160 USD for States citizens.

[@luckarl]

Great convo.

[@michaelmarchal4004]

Daniel we need your voice mate. I think your voice is really missing.

[@linus631]

This video and young man given me hope about the future! ❤😊

[@N0tEnuffMana]

Graduating with a master’s soon. How do I sign up?

[@SPLITSLEEVE]

Elon Musk wrote on July 25 2020 "We will coup who ever we want. Deal with it."

[@TL-fe9si]

I can never forget that. I used to admire him for Tesla and SpaceX.

[@inkbold8511]

He stole Tesla from the actual founder and took over the company, the guy didn’t invent anything other than his “branding” of his name.

[@Boogiemom520]

China may have a squeaky toy, but the US has a 1 million watts speaker.--Einar Tangen

[@Stevexnycautomotive]

I would do the same but its difficult to learn the Chinese language and adhere to their culture. I sick of America and Americans. At 62yrs old it might be too later for me to learn again.

[@calochortusalbus4587]

I hope he will do the entire world a huge favor and return home to the USA soon and work to change his government.

[@dehua-2730]

Such good material, a but long, should have been divided into 3 parts. Attention span is a bit short for a 2h interview.

[@pandabearoceanpark]

I agree that it's long but I enjoyed every minute of it. As a suggestion, Daniel, make multiple segments of it or select some nuggets of it and make multiple Tiktok videos. You will get way more views and broaden the viewership and influence. This video is worth so many more people to see!!

[@carmenlajoie2719]

We have followed amazing journalists on CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat & RT International..Silver economy in China, Race to the Future and Modernization WOW 👌

[@jiachen2526]

Have been living in US for almost 20 years, and have been closely and constantly watching how the country's political system is dying from inside through time, I believe now US would most likely neither fall back to imperialism or "reform" toward socialism, it is just matter of time. At this point, I do not see any possibility of democracy while people only are GIVEN choices between crap and trash...that means the system has been morally rigid and systematically corrupted, such a system is no longer sustainable for the global development. Never think people outside are stealing things from you, it is just that you ripe off people by force when they were weak and back warded, and now they stop being under performance and even out perform you, and stop your rip off things that never belong to you and even take back their rightful belongings.

[@ZenLH]

57:17 👍👍👍👍👍

[@fenxian]

He is talking about visiting the place that introduces CPC history making, is facinated by sacrifice those CPC founders had contributed to China today. Mao, Zhou or others were all in his age when devoted their life to the cause. Here was Mao's poem written in 1925 at 32: ...亿往昔峥嵘岁月稠。恰同少年，风华正茂，书生意气，挥斥方遒。指点江山，激扬文字...曾记否...？Looking back his ambitious youth, he was optimistic of uncertainty ahead of them...

[@yuey0602]

about the political awareness Daniel talked about, I think there is another perspective you should look into. you may not necessarily know what middle school students are forced to learn, in my days, its called "Politics", now its called "Moral and Law". this lesson is essentially teaching you why and how you should overthrow Chinese government if they are doing wrong. when I was a kid, I thought it was all bullshit. the older I am, the more I appreciat it.

[@888YangJi]

Long time no see.

[@syncmaster915n]

Is Chongqing becoming the Vienna of the 1920s, exactly a century ago, where people got together and discuss socialist politics and philosophies of life?

[@peanut0brain]

Chongqing is mountainous, like San Francisco. Sucks having to walk up and down all the time. Chengdu is flat!

[@AnnieT369]

Mr Dumbrill it should be - he left the land of the 'free'.

[@yellowsheeps]

land of "free-dumb".

[@tigading2177]

land of "fakery"

[@888YangJi]

👍

[@suburbanview]

He is enjoying the fruits of a privileged society. He has time to think, to travel, and to consider many options. Especially TO BE EDUCATED. lol

[@dumbness-or-kindness]

❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@yhtan1909]

At his age, his degree of intellectual reasoning would put most of the people in US Congress to shame. Congressman only have their self interest.

[@Wimney0007]

For those complaining about length - watch at 1.25 speed 🤝🏼

[@GuoguoZhang-v1v]

I doubled the speed. :D

[@inkbold8511]

1.5-1.7x speed for me

[@qake2021]

👌👌👌😃😃😃👍👍👍

[@rastoferi6012]

Speaking of young American man who's freed himself from the matrix, no better representation than Jackson Hinkle

[@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050]

Smallllllll world!

[@markhe9754]

Wow this video is blocked as part of the Google Workplace at my workplace.

[@bennytham1446]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@scy3894]

Great conversation! It’s good for Argentinian people that Milei has changed his tune a bit with regards to working with China. I’m only afraid this will be used by some of the western liberal left as proof / narrative that China is not western left (communist/socialist)but this authoritarian oppressive country who works together with leaders who are clearly not left. Western left is nowadays only interested in promoting certain narrative around “western styled” democracy, freedom, human rights, free speech and more bla bla. Just look how western left embraces Dalai Lama as their symbol of western liberal left while in reality the people behind the guy want the return of their feudal property and way of life!

[@reichskebab1057]

35:40 Liberals are less open minded than conservatives. 🤣

[@AssassinFOURnolan]

lemme get that guys weixin! Have me on too, I am in china (Jiangsu) for the same reasons!

[@doomedbook1020]

A society in the grip of usurious profiteers, has it's history and legacy shaped for their benefit.

[@fannyalbi9040]

The final few minutes is interesting, the richer the Chinese in China, the least ungrateful they are. And forgot where they get their wealth and comfort.

[@micixduda]

least ungrateful sounds like most grateful.

[@peanut0brain]

The newest generation wear and make up as anime characters. They won't be the ones to get dirty with their hands!

[@fannyalbi9040]

@micixduda sure. Sound like a cursed cxxt. Y not?

[@DissidentB]

This guy seems familiar, has he been a guest on any other yt channels or had any posts on social media going around in online anti-imperialist circles?

[@marktan3668]

Too casual discussion. A waste of time listening to this kid. Thanks for Dumbrill’s effort

[@guestonearth1274]

!!!!

[@SpiritsBB]

Daniel, for your info, I don’t think the KZbin algorithm is treating you well. You’re mostly not on my feed in the last many months even when I subscribed to you. Just letting you know buddy.

[@verasinn9285]

Hi Daniel, I’m a senior person. This young man reminds me of the students around me back on university campus in the 1960’s/70’s. Very likeable. But into the second half of the session, his ‘yeah, like…I’m like…” is very disturbing. If he’s in China to teach English, he should start speaking proper English himself. Don’t transport such awful colloquialism on the Chinese. It hardly helps them articulate and communicate.

[@davidchou1675]

Conversational dialogue isn't the same as instructional dialogue so I'm sure everything's fine.

[@上正止]

Those disillusioned , but good , smart American can come to my country, Singapore to work or even to apply for emigration . Jim Roger family stayed in Singapore too.We have good laws and pragmatic government. Our working language is English. We have four main races: Chinese, Indian , Malay and Eurasian. Not to boost, China model of economic development is adapted and learnt from Singapore. They have sent 10 of thousands of government cadres to learn about all aspects of nation building and economic development since the 1980’s.

[@chrrrles9363]

Singapore is a dystopian police state with good food, but rude people ignorant of the outside world. No thanks, I will stay in China.

[@hanknyc]

He wants Socialism, not a police state.

[@liuyapugua19zi14]

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