How Belgian Imperialism Gave Us The COVID Vaccine

[@johnnyharris]

Hey everyone quick clarification (as made clear by the 8 million comments on the matter): The COVID vaccine was developed in the Netherlands by Janssen Vaccines, also known as Crucell. They are a dutch bio tech firm with a deep expertise in vaccine technology. The J&J vaccine was developed thanks to the combine expertise of these companies. And yet the goal of this video is to show the backstory of Janssen and to show that their history/experience in the Congo was one reason why they were able to lead out on this effort. I should have clarified the details about Crucell. that would have been a more accurate picture. I could have made a video entirely on Crucell and Dutch vaccine expertise. that would have been an interesting video too. but it's a different story. Hope that's helpful.

[@Ok-lu8gx]

*combined

[@shreyaprakash]

👍

[@barrodexteriit.9301]

Nice

[@joeyblack986]

Johnny keep up the excellent journalism !!! Thank you for speaking the TRUTH It’s hard to read anything these days or even in the past that would tell US the TRUTH

[@paxenbelike]

GEKOLONISEERD

[@UnChoclo328]

This is definitely up there with: how hitler being rejected from art school gave us anime

[@ella_komiya]

What????

[@samuelschonenberger]

It's a funny meme but if you looked it up you would know that the earliest forms of anime preceded the second world war

[@lewismassie]

See also: How the British empire withdrawing from the Middle East gave us Fifty Shades of Grey

[@HDTomo]

@@samuelschonenberger but still after hitler ended art which was before ww1 giving us time to give us anime

[@TehCheeezyPoofz]

@@stepanovtakiov9311 anime is fine people arent

[@ElseStand]

0:01 "Check out this map" Johnny Harris in a nutshell.

[@Nou-fo6pp]

funny

[@ssssjxd]

Drone shot. Map. Pensive stare. Funky music. And we love it.

[@eQualizeri]

"That map guy on KZbin" (not to be confused with the map men)

[@vyentro29]

We love him for it lol. 😂😂😂

[@Nugcon]

true

[@dominiquemeeus2008]

I'm Belgian, I live in Belgium, and seeing this video really took me back to all the years in elementary school and high school where we had to learn about this. It really is insane and inhumane what they did in Congo back then.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

How do you feel about this video. To me it goes way to far in giving credit to an atrocity for producing something good. And gives way too little credit to the actual people doing the science.

[@Jun-cc6qs]

@@cuttingedgecomix go brainwash someone else from another channel other than this pls. Thank you.

[@BearsThatCare]

How do you feel about the way this history was taught to you? Any thoughts or critiques?

[@JimiBegbaaji]

@@adamk.7177 Roots is sugar coated compared to the realities. Really dark, unspeakable. Free reign for medical research, sexual perversions, cannibalism; unbelievable yet not surprising. But yes, Roots cracked open the huge, heavy creaking door behind which the skeletons are piled high.

[@ashiqrh317]

@@BearsThatCare I reckon they enjoy this colonizing game. it just a feigned repent nothing else . If this horrendous crime of colonizing Kongo really had a significant impact on their morale then there would be no honorary statue of megalomaniac , nincompoop , Leopold 2nd in Belgium they should have removed his stature very earlier .

[@ThanhNguyen-ic2eg]

“Behind every great fortune, there is a great crime”. Honoré de Balzac

[@BoomBraids]

Step forward countries listed as first world

[@ravedoelvink9528]

Hahah balzak

[@chriswhite9769]

It's called capitalism. Don't you just love money?

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

@@BoomBraids Not all first world countries.

[@Emsyaz]

@@chriswhite9769 Thats why Islam will take over the west and teach yall some lessons on humanity.

[@HipotesaMedia]

The map animations keep getting better and better! Keep up the good work, cheers from Indonesia!

[@_0_restart_0_]

Indeed!

[@hejichs]

Yeah

[@veiledhunter3088]

Yes

[@jamesnathanongkowijoyo6935]

Yo I'm from indonesia too

[@michael5725]

Mantep

[@patelSujali15]

ok now we need "How the assassination of Franz Ferdinand gave us anime"

[@relentlessmadman]

no

[@KRYMauL]

The Japanese were already sweeping through Asia, so they would have been attacked by the Allies regardless i.e. the British, French, and Americans would probably have went after them for taking their colonies in Asia. For reference: British colony: Hong Kong and Singapore French colony: Vietnam and French Samoa American colony: Philippines, Guam, American Samoa

[@patelSujali15]

@@KRYMauL i didnt think about that

[@adeelbaig8167]

@@patelSujali15, more like, how the assassination of Franz Ferdinand led to the formation of the band, Franz Ferdinand 😄

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@KRYMauL I mean yes. But you could say the same thing about this video. Medical research would have happened even if the Congo was not invaded.

[@Qetsia]

As a Congolese myself I appreciate this video very much, thank you so much !

[@roughdude6575]

As a Belgian person, i know that you, at the very least, deserve the right of what happened to be recognized.

[@Qetsia]

@@roughdude6575 And Johnny did a great video about it, a lot of people aren’t aware of what took place in Congo will enlighten many people.

[@ivanvera7039]

I'm from México and I really understand what they did to you, they did it to us too. You have an amazing country with a lot of minerals and aweasome people, but they are gonna repress us until them steal all of our gold and richness

[@ivanvera7039]

Fuck up imperialism

[@Miriam-fk9wr]

💗🌷🙏🏻

[@skeletopedia3122]

"History never looks like history when you are living thru it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always looks uncomfortable."

[@skeletopedia3122]

Quote from John Gardner

[@Bazompora]

It's because history isn't the story you're living through: it won't be your story, nor that of the majority, but the top side's carefully brushed story.

[@doubtful_seer]

@@Bazompora but what’s beautiful is that is what archaeologists are for. They (one, I had hoped, we) go through the detritus, diaries and letters, floor plans, etc. and piece together the stories of individual people like us. Those stories are affected, and shaped often, unfortunately, by the people in control, but their stories are still part of our history.

[@doubtful_seer]

@@Bazompora also, there have been major historical events that have been shaped by the everyday people, rather than the rich and politically powerful.

[@Bazompora]

@@doubtful_seer _ALL_ of the events are, given that _NONE_ of it would take shape without food producers, the labor force, the foot soldiers, the human beasts of burden, ... Some 60 billion people have preceded us, 9 out of 10 not having any written record about them and 99.99% of we who do, will not have bragged about our role. What is _history_ then, but the story of _how you,_ the everyday person, _never have been?_

[@juan-qt5he]

Johnny Harris: How Belgian Imperialism Gave Us The COVID Vaccine The entire Congo: *what?!*

[@kushastea3961]

@House Of Fleapit and how they killed like 10 million people in 20 years. I didn't know there were that many people to be killed in Congo

[@wiva4707]

@@kushastea3961 Well there used to be that many people

[@kingoliever1]

​@@kushastea3961 There are i think just as many Belgians today around and probably far less back then.

[@SalawaniBai]

and also the 2 biggest diamond found in africa now is in the crown of queen of great britain

[@MaJuV]

@House Of Fleapit Oh, and that's not even the only colony Belgium had. A lot of people forget Belgium also controlled Rwanda & Burundi (after the Germans due to WW1), as well as a part of China (for a very short time).

[@justinemeriaux8337]

I'm Belgian and honestly when I see Congo history I feel weird that we don't get reminded more often that we are not a problem-free small and nice country.

[@LibertaPS]

the same goes for Netherlands

[@TheLYagAmi]

Sadly the dark side of the imperial histories of many European countries are largely hidden from their school textbooks.

[@jamesmurphy2828]

It was the King not a citizen project

[@nitishkulkarni929]

@@jamesmurphy2828 guess who carried out his work?

[@papewtv7021]

Your country is so evil

[@adrienrenaux6211]

I have a somewhat family history that also illustrates how a lot of organizations might have a dark origin story. My great grandfather owned a bakery in Hal, a town outside Brussels. The other bakers in the town were the Colruyt family. During the war, the Germans offered my grandpa free flour in exchange for bread for the German army, he refused. So the Germans made the same offer to Colruyt, and they accepted. Obviously it was good for business because now, Colruyt is one of the biggest grocery store chains in Belgium

[@patrickluchycky1172]

Blood money and blood on their souls. Your grandfather has a special place in heaven.

[@hasheemal-minz7531]

No

[@jessickidopolis9040]

Thank you for sharing. Such a personal story will stick in the memory better. I'll use this as a reference how easily we fail at our ideals especially for the temptation of money. I feel so bad that your family's moral was unjustly rewarded. But at least he had a clean conscious. For most this is PRICELESS!!

[@rustomkanishka]

It's a pity no one made the rivals pay for working with the Nazis.

[@allenpradhan2063]

Johnny Harris: the train station was built on blood money Literally every other structure in Europe: sweats nervously 😂😂

[@maximilianopena]

Literally every other structure in the first world*

[@sevendaysaweek2622]

@@zack1336 now go to the Middle East 😂

[@sevendaysaweek2622]

@@zack1336 same with the middle east

[@HeronimusBilly]

johnny harris: for real? ahh its free real estate.

[@ms_publisher7143]

Lol belgium is an exception.(I study history at University) Examples such as Germany and Britain used their wealth from thier home industry to fund building of their architecture (Germany especially since its colonies had no economic value and were just gained for prestige reasons).

[@kaneo3243]

Africa has always paid the price for a modern improved world, even when that world hurt and continues to hurt her till date. Just how can we forget?

[@hv2684]

True

[@Epiczcomment]

Its still hurting but now its by itself

[@dantatadangote4700]

@@Epiczcomment yeah, because Western nations are not bribing the corrupt African leaders. Please tell me more..

[@FreeminderXIII]

Let's not forget globalization and climate change

[@kaneo3243]

@@Epiczcomment Check out " Confessions of An Economic Hitman" By John Perkins. He will tell you things you didn't know about the subject.

[@piyushb143]

Can we just appreciate how well this video is produced? Not just the visual, but the music too. Kudos too Johnny and his team.

[@kmseyam7897]

no man.. this video is pure propaganda.. when you watch the video, you will see what Belgians did to the Congolese people and feel their pain.. but in your subconscious mind, there will be a notion that it was at least justified 'cause we got a life-saving drug because of it..this is purely an imperialism apologist video masked in the veil of something different, something recent that will not draw your attention to the sub-text of the video.. But if you hear it over and over from different sources, you will feel the exact same way I mentioned above..

[@first6969]

@@kmseyam7897 Sir... Do Not Worry... Johnny Harris Is Not A Political Apologist... He Is A Leftist... Not Even A Closet Commie...

[@im_sandeep_kaskar]

@@kmseyam7897 To be honest. That's how the world works. Its been working like that since the era of microbes or early stage of life on earth. why did other human species extinct?

[@mandiraexotic]

@@kmseyam7897 so true!

[@brunobaia7898]

Maps are wrong

[@jordanholcombe9153]

Dig as deep as you did with the topic of vaccines as you did with the McDonald's ice cream machines, that would be remarkable.

[@jubileeYAVEL]

I know right? but whatever

[@praba991ify]

@@jubileeYAVEL hey kid, don't get into trouble

[@isaacfoster1377]

@@praba991ify ok grandpa (have a good day)

[@praba991ify]

@@isaacfoster1377 triggered . u don't get the joke

Tbf the ice-cream machines was really recent in history, it was like some decades back. This is before the first WW Johnny was talking about. Sure he can dig deeper but my guess is that it wouldn't go anywhere.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

I suppose British Imperialism gave us PewDiePIe v. T-Series.

[@Xavier-kq9hp]

Napoleon reinstituted slavery in my country 8 years after the abolition because of him it went on for 40 more years for his bitch of a wife came from a slave owning family in the West Indies.

[@tpalden753]

@@Xavier-kq9hp hahaha Marzia owned ur ancestors haha

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

Mongols gave us British imperialism

[@ti2218]

@@Xavier-kq9hp you're from France, right?

[@meawwow]

@@tpalden753 what or who is marzia

[@Ziya-Cerezci]

Dutch people: but it was developed in T H E N E T H E R L A N D S

[@Ruffel24]

A yeaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

[@Jim-lg8sf]

@@roelandboghaert6064 nou dus het is alsnog Nederlands

[@gianni5653]

Het is in Leiden ontwikkeld. Ook al is het hoofdkantoor in België.

[@noahvrs1004]

Ja nee belgian gang

[@masita9301]

ge bedoelt in holland

[@Christine.Baraka]

I’m from the US, and recently married a Congolese man. I’m still coming to grips with the atrocities done to the Congolese people during colonisation. In many ways it created the man I know today, with much European influence in his background. But at what cost.. And at the same time I’m coming to grips with the reality of the US being built on the labor of African slaves and the extraction of Native Americans. I am honestly just sad about all of it, even more so because many people won’t even acknowledge it.

[@voyzorneeden4453]

not just the US, but the whole West. So the West, in which the US is the boss should stop trying to control what the rest of the world want to do, how they wanna have a better life, stop trying to dictate what they should do with their hypocritical human rights, democracy, freedom and stuff.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

"In many ways it created the man I know today, with much European influence in his background." Those atrocities did not create the man you know today. The man you know today was created by that man. Stop listening to this imperialism apologist. Just because the world would be different today without the atrocities in the past does not mean the people who committed those atrocities get credit for everything good in the world today. "I’m coming to grips with the reality of the US being built on the labor of African slaves and the extraction of Native Americans." While this is true don't fall for the propaganda that we only have the societies we enjoy today because of the exploitation in the past. Slavery and genocide did not accelerate technological progress or the development of democracy a whole. They held it back. Although the slave trade made a few people rich and the technologies developed for genocide were sometimes later used for good does not negate the fact that on the whole slavery and genocide were massive economic drags on the world economy. Sure you can get more cotton picked by a slave than a freeman. But by not educating and giving a chance to think or giving a chance to start their own business to a whole swath of society you drastically delay the day when someone figures out how to build a combine or turn n2 into ammonia.

[@intimedal]

Gekoloniseerd

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@peterisawesomeplease Spitting facts my man. Africa used to make up a significant portion of the world economy in the past. Mali and Ghana's gold and trade brought untold wealth and education to those regions. The minute insane slavery became the norm all over Africa is when the African economy stagnated for almost 5 centuries straight.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@Eduardo Mendez Lol. Sure.

[@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840]

“History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon”. Napoleon

[@arno.claude]

The title sounds like something that one crazy dude at a party is trying to convince everyone of

[@TVaz7777]

Totally nonsense title.

[@tq4905]

And then it turns out that that dude have a pretty goog stuff.. you can't deny that

[@arno.claude]

@@tq4905 Yup, I like his stuff. The title just sounded funny to me :D

[@shawnconnolly8593]

@@TVaz7777 “Totally nonsense title” did you even watch the video?

[@TVaz7777]

@@shawnconnolly8593 I indeed did. It's nonsense nonetheless. Associate the existence of Johnson&Johnson and, therefore, its covid vaccine to Belgium terrorism in Congo is just an absurd. It's like saying: how British colonialism gave us NASA. Like, wtf?!

[@BestEverFoodReviewShow]

Nice work Johnny.

[@creativepop8196]

Hey you're the guy who makes food videos

[@keerthichandra376]

Dude, I love your content. Your team does one hell of a job 👍

[@tripakastayw6872]

Hello food

[@GHOSTWORKER19]

sunny your the man...come to Kenya again

[@brandontran4325]

Sunny interested in maps????

[@FinancialShinanigan]

The more you look, the more you realize many inventions and circumstances have dark histories

[@sevendaysaweek2622]

Everything in the world has a dark pasts

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Yes but this is also a really misleading viewpoint. It skates dangerously close to justifying atrocities for the advancements. And worse it creates the impression that these atrocities accelerated scientific advancement, which is just false. Finally in undermines all the work the actual scientists do and have done to solve the worlds problems by giving all the credit to those that funded them.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@KdubbleYT "Sacrifices must be made" absolutely. Advancing science and social policy is incredibly hard work especially when you have to deal with the distraction of genocides. "Takes something bad for something good to happen. " This is a ridiculous statement. You do not need to enslave people to make good things happen.

[@sianspherica]

This whole theory is summarized quite well in the Louis CK bit "Of Course, But Maybe"

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@KdubbleYT "I’m not saying enslavement was good" I am glad . "because of all the bad things that happened in the free state the world has a vaccine that saves lives". The problem is this is a misleading statement at best and for most interpretations flat out false. First it suggests that most or all of the credit for the vaccine should go to those bad things. But most of the credit should go to the people who actually dedicated their lives to doing research to create the vaccine. Sure some credit is also due to those who created the connections necessary to work on the vaccine. But that includes millions of people unrelated to the atrocities. For example all the people who paid taxes to support the research, all the other scientists doing basic research needed from the modern day back to people like Darwin, the people who built who gave their lives fighting for liberal societies were the research could be carried out. At best the people responsible for the atrocities in the Congo deserve a tiny fraction of the credit. The second problem is that it is pure speculation that the vaccine would not exist without the atrocities. It is just as likely that we would have had a better vaccine earlier or not even had had a pandemic at all without the atrocities in the Congo. For all we know one of the children killed in the Congo would have made a break through that led to earlier research on vaccines. Or maybe the cost to both the Netherlands and Congo for the invasion would have at least partially been spent on better infrastructure, education, or health care that would have ultimately led to more science than we have today.

[@KyleEvermore]

You should update this on how Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine is no longer recommended..

[@vasudevan333]

Johnny Harris' future video - How a guy forgot to brush and we ended up in mars.

[@cjosephwu]

Thank you for making me laugh. It was humorous.

[@shivamvats3600]

Lol vasu 😂

[@noel7139]

??(like painting?) Hitler > wwii > Manhattan project > cold War > space race > nasa > mars

[@morganmbuli7858]

I am Congolese, I'm used to watch yours videos since Vox and I was shocked when I saw the damn title

[@peterisawesomeplease]

This channels click bait is getting really annoying. Worse this video is dangerously close to excusing the atrocities of imperialism.

[@edwardzita3479]

@@peterisawesomeplease , I'm waiting for Toms response to this.

[@albertcamus929]

You must be a person that needs a helmet indoors if you think this video was apologism for imperialism.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@albertcamus929 I must defer to Camus in any discussions of imperialism because he did far more to end imperialism than I ever will with snarky youtube comments. But no I don't think Johnny Harris is actually a colonialism apologist. But I do think the title of this video is clickbait and the content of the video contains misleading information about colonialism that skirts apologism for imperialism. If I did put on my tin foil hat I would say that these videos are at least in part cooperate propaganda wrapped in the trappings of liberal explainer videos to reach an audience that would normally be turned off by such content. But that's with my hat on.

[@intimedal]

Gekoloniseerd

[@underweightpotato6438]

True the vaccine was developed in Netherland. Johnny was trying to explain the background story of how the Janssen pharmaceutical was formed.

[@diablo5028]

But didn’t the vaccine got produced in Puurs, Belgium?

[@hydrocharis1]

@@diablo5028 All the non-US Pfizer vaccine is produced in Puurs. And despite what all the nationalistic Dutchies say the Janssen vaccine was also developed in Beerse, Belgium.

[@StratosTitan]

@@hydrocharis1 Ehhh not really (I'm Belgian by the way). The scientists who actually developed the vaccine are Dutch, this happened in Leiden. However this could never have been done without support (financial(!), managerial (higher ups), logistics,...) from Janssen, the Belgian company. Janssen is definitely Belgian, it is historically one of the most important pharma companies in the world, with incredibly important drugs being developed there. For the vaccine, it just depends on how you look at it. Beerse played a role, no doubt about it, but credit where credit is due, the actual science was done in the Netherlands, made possible by Janssen.

[@hydrocharis1]

@@StratosTitan As I am saying, it's co-developed in Beerse and Leiden. The Dutchies saying that it is 100% Dutch are simply exaggerating. www.janssen.com/belgium/nl/klinisch-onderzoek-kandidaat-covid-19-vaccin-van-start

[@2adamast]

Paul Jansen started Jansen in the fifties and studied everywhere but at the Institute for Tropical Medicine

[@gsauce7153]

This guy could literally teach me all about history and i'd be thrilled listening to him every time.

[@rare1walking]

Glorifying any teacher is accepting unilateral views. And youth has energy but infantile depth. Laziness in demanding a broad brush is probably the genesis of ethnocentrism.

[@lucis3452]

People love to hear lies instead of the truth.

[@BismarckDerOtto]

"How do i valuate something I think is good, when i really understand that the backstory behind it is terrible?" Me a German: "First time?"

[@harrisonlucero74]

You got me good on this one. It seems like Europeans have for awhile now come to grips with their past. Only now have Americans been like, “We might’ve fucked up in the past.”

[@andresfelipeod6819]

now see as divine justice that the Germans invaded these country 2 times, and make the Belgiums feel in their bones, wath is to be a colony of somebody else. (at least for a few years).

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@Andrés Felipe OD Are you suggesting that the Nazis were working towards divine justice?

[@ariesomega2487]

Absolutely

[@magnificentme3770]

Everyone does the best they can based on their current level of consciousness. Consciousness being light

[@travelvlogs4458]

The Map Industry: listen Johnny.. we're gonna need another video Johnny: Say less

[@ibec69]

You had me at listen

[@DenDave_]

When the outside world credits Belgium, but the Janssen vaccine was entirely developped in and by the Dutch *Sad Dutch noises*

[@levi2234]

Thanks

[@BmiestTV]

Hey I'm Flemish and I really like you guys more than the other half of our country so thanks a lot. I also prefer your seaside to ours and pretty much am in awe by your road infrastructure. You also gave us Albert Heijn stores. And now this! How awesome are you Dutchies.

[@bellerina88]

@@BmiestTV don't boost their ego's even more so, they're about te blow!

[@groetjesuitdehel]

*agh nee, potverdriedubbeltjes*

[@samjmck]

the belgians and dutch worked together, no one is crediting belgium... in fact, j&j is the big name in the media. most people will have never heard of janssen

[@sirgalahad1470]

I would love to know the back story of Ivermectin. A guy won the Nobel Prize for developing it, and I am pretty sure it was to solve parasitic issues in sub-Sahara Africa. Doctors all over the world are testing Ivermectin as a preventative for Covid-19, and this generic drug has been around since the 1970s

[@gordilugo2776]

Thats asking for too much truth , lol This channel doesnt go that deep into whats factual saving lives from this lab made virus

[@loulabelleparsnips4127]

The important fact is that Ivermectin does not prevent or treat Covid patients. And it wasn't tested all over the world as a preventative for Cov19. It is used to treat intestinal worms and occasionally to kill external ones.

[@sirgalahad1470]

@@loulabelleparsnips4127 You sound like a spokes person for Pfizer. It is common knowledge that there have been clinical trials all over the world that was testing Ivermectin to treat early symptoms of Covid-19. I never said in my comment that it treats or prevents Covid-19, only that there were clinical trials

[@tylerscarlett]

This is horse paste! You should be banned

[@SherrainePhillips]

A moment of recognition for the African scientists and researchers who helped the tropical medicine institute in the beginning ❤️

[@shubirshergill2430]

@「 Deadpoppin 」 jealous shit

[@nattsveron9327]

@Sunbro because they have always been discriminated at and mistreated for being black, so every time we see an example of something we should feel grateful to them for they will of course feel proud and point it out, I see nothing wrong with that.

[@nattsveron9327]

@Sunbro okay I see, you’re just plain racist, thank you for letting me know

[@zeusca6080]

No

[@josephanglada4785]

Sorry, but like 95% of useful scientists are not African, and those who are are not black.

[@janmelantu7490]

“How much can one guy and his NGO do” famous last words

[@kingcorrothers]

“What’s a random historical domino effect that you absolutely love?”

[@alanamachado649]

OMG I thought the sameeee

[@Orhan6125]

Chinese think silkworm butt stuff makes great clothing --> Ottoman Empire taxes transport of silk into Europe --> Columbus sails west into the unknown to try to find a way to circumvent Ottoman monopoly on silks and spices --> discovers America --> Caribbean and tropical climates are terrible for Europeans, so they import African slaves who can handle the heat --> African descendants mix traditional African music with European music traditions --> Blues --> Rock and Roll --> Emo bands

[@HulseFamily2614]

George washington starts the french Indian war-->Britain goes broke and taxes colonies--->american revolution starts--->france is inspired to start the french revolution--->nepolean rises to power and destroys the holy roman empire--->German nationalism is rising becuase nepoleans policies--->germany is unified and crushes france in the franco-prussian war---->Germany is now imperial Germany and france wants revenge for the harsh treaty---->Ww1 starts becuase of the risen tensions in Europe---Soviet union is created after Germany sends lenin back to Russia----> harsh treatment from the treaty of Versailles causes ww2---> soviet union with it's new power ends up starting the Korean war----> Soviet union starts Vietnam war---> soviet union invades middle east and along with instability from the world wars causes middle eastern conflicts.

[@Madderthanjoker]

@@Orhan6125 God dammit and then that led to cat ear e-girls. Lol

[@doubtful_seer]

@@Madderthanjoker to people being able to creatively express themselves and not feel trapped in society’s expectations of how they should present? I’d say that’s a good result.

[@royfaizal8161]

A:what famous from belgium🇧🇪? B:tintin,smurf,chocolate,waffle,french fries,,bier,menakken pis A: ok but you forgot one thing ,...... massacre in killing field B: whaaaaaat

[@Yellowsnow69420]

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to see again. My eyes rolled so hard when I heard “Congo free state.”

[@tal4976]

i read this comment before I heard it in the video and I thought Johnny had misspoken or something....but to believe Leopold actually called NAMED it that is so white

[@Yellowsnow69420]

Maybe Leopold meant “free to do whatever I want”

[@Bazompora]

@@Yellowsnow69420 He meant it in the same way the USA are named the "leader of the Free World".

[@gregoryspatisserie9858]

@@tal4976 Not even looking the information up yet coming to a conclusion to attack white people ,that is so "black".... From Wikipedia: Freestate is a term occasionally used in the official titles of some states throughout the world with varying meanings depending on the context. In principle, the title asserts and emphasises a particular freedom of the state in question, but this is not always reflected in practice. Some states use the title to assert sovereignty or independence from foreign domination, while others have used it to assert autonomy within a larger nation-state. Sometimes "free state" is used as a synonym for "republic". The republican sense of the term derives from libera res publica (literally, "the free public thing/affair"), a term used by Roman historians for the period of the Roman Republic, though not all "free states" have been republics. The historical German free states and the Orange Free State of Southern Africa were republican in form, however the Congo Free State and Irish Free State were governed under forms of monarchy. The Congo Free State came into being between 1877 and 1884 as a private kingdom or dictatorship of King Leopold II of Belgium. In this case, the term free emphasised the new state's freedom from major colonial powers and the Belgian parliament, as the colony was ruled only by the king.

[@abrahamgeorge34]

Almost as ironic as the "Democratic" Republic of the Congo.

[@bassfishbone]

if only they had stakeholder colonialism to look after the interests of the Congolese people 😞 /s

[@authenticbaguette6673]

nice one lmao

[@indrinita]

Hahaha was literally what I was thinking, thank you for this comment 😂

[@krillin6]

How can I trust that this video isn't Johnson & Johnson propaganda? Just like The World Economic Forum propaganda: "How China Became So Powerful"? So depressing.

[@Surya-jz6te]

​@@krillin6 I don't know who and what to trust anymore.. Honestly, up until the Tom Nicholas video I didn't even doubt him. After that video I feel like I cannot trust him anymore. I know it might have been a terrible mistake and he will try to improve. But sill, the damage is done. It's a shame, because I really like his Lifestyle/self growth videos and I am a big fan of his wife's channel.

[@SandervkHistory]

That vaccine is actually made in the Netherlands by dutch people. The company's HQ is only stationed in Belgium.

[@carsonkahla9162]

The Video is about the company and how/why it was founded not how or where the vaccine was actually made🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@stanh9425]

@@carsonkahla9162 he said it's a company based in New Jersey. It isn't. It's based in Belgium and the vaccine was created in the Netherlands.

[@thibaudbandiera5832]

@@stanh9425 He said J&J was based in New Jersey, which it is, and that Janssen became one of its branches after being purchased. Nuance

[@andresayala3394]

Well what the f**k is Belgium by the way. Netherland? France? Both?

[@larsdns]

@@andresayala3394 you ok?

[@hakimmoi9407]

Hello from Belgium ;) This country would have been nothing without Congo...Nothing.! Thank you for this video and sorry for my english :)

[@SenatorDodo09]

good day, guten tag, bonjour

[@Tuncapoo]

#facts which is why Congo needs restitutions from Belgium for benifiting from their land and generational torture

[@peter-xw1mu]

You do know that the profits didnt go to the Belgian state right? But to the King. And that before 1880 the industrial revolution was already well underway In Belgium?

[@dennisverbist2423]

The impact on Belgian GDP, from the Congo, is negligeable. It funded mainly symbolic buildings, properties of the king. Belgium's most notable economic boom, took place before Leopold even got the Congo. Belgium would still be fine today, without the Congo-era. 🙄 As horrible as this part of history is, let's not forget facts.

[@bigchungus1300]

Johnny: Puts german flag on Angola Portugal: *It's treason then*

[@franciscocosta9177]

Shhhhhhh we don't care. If they discover half of what we've done in Africa and Asia we're fucked

[@miguelpimentel5623]

@@franciscocosta9177 compared to belgium or england we were saints

[@Byronic19134]

@@miguelpimentel5623 compared to what the Natives do to themselves...they're still castrating women down there.

[@JoaoPedroPT696]

I was looking for this comment

[@BRDSSR]

Thanks for bringing light to the colonisation of The Congo! Way too little people know about this and as a Belgian myself, I'm frustrated by this.

[@user-ez2qd3gu5v]

You looks like migrant

[@BRDSSR]

@@user-ez2qd3gu5v Born and raised in Belgium so I identify as one.

[@user-ez2qd3gu5v]

@@BRDSSR but you dont looks like

[@user-ez2qd3gu5v]

@Aloko Zay you dont belong to races your dna say the true

[@NyanyiC]

More Europeans need to know about colonialism and how it has led to things we are seeing right now eg mass migration and racism

[@thibaultmol]

Me, a Belgian: oof, this is about the Congo isn't it'.. great...

[@KDH-br6hy]

?

[@astudentthatwantstolearn]

@@KDH-br6hy whenever Belgium and imperialism are mentioned its always about the Congo. This is a great shame for Belgium

[@K00bb3lSt00n]

Ow for once they talk about us, and then its in the bad way ....

[@AM-bj7yo]

If I may ask, are you taught any of this in schools in Belgium?

[@ibracadabra882]

@@AM-bj7yo yes

[@akashdobhal9893]

I just love how now Europeans act like the champions of human rights without looking back at their own colonial history.

[@itam8616]

Johnson and Johnsen idea was developed in the Netherlands

[@DD-jg8xr]

“How the Netherlands Stole an Island”

[@almahdipurnama9891]

@@DD-jg8xr Greetings from Indonesia~~~~

[@hamzaelyoussoufi2801]

Produced and created in the Netherlands and Bottelt in the Usa. The only Belgian thing about vaccine is that there HQ lays there.

[@nielskuypers7306]

@@hamzaelyoussoufi2801 and the foundation. Watch the actual video and understand it. I mean there are volkswagen fabrics in the USA, does that mean it is American? no

[@FSennema]

Its Dutch, not Belgian! The company is just registered in Belgium, but the vaccine is fully developed in Leiden, NL. Shoutout Arjen Lubach :)

[@NotReallySan]

bro please let us have it you steal everything we make

[@Geertt]

@@NotReallySan you steal our language

[@LK-ui9rx]

Its a Belgian company, but the laboratoria where the vaccine was made is indeed in The Netherlands

[@NotReallySan]

@@Geertt my guy you clearly don't know history do you

[@NotReallySan]

we were apart of you lot

[@charleswomack2166]

The music in the background of your video is very effective at holding my interest.

[@BoSaGuy]

Belgium in WW1/Europe: weak password Belgium in central Africa: *Strength*

[@alexandrawitoldsondaca6254]

Another sad thing is that here in Belgium, where I live, people have absolutely little to no idea about what Leopold II did to Congo. We have tram stops named after him, cafes, restaurants, and even statues of him...

[@markperez1078]

You’re such a soft, what happened back then was a common thing, many other countries did similar horrible things, we can’t go back and change history but learn from it and better ourselves from it, getting rid of history isn’t going to change it, and getting rid of things named after those people or events won’t change a thing either, yes it’ll acknowledge it but that won’t change the past

[@maximevancampenhout5214]

You cant ertsen history. It was terrible. Everyone in belgium knows about it. Al these things that are named after him arent bc we aren't proud of it. The only reason these things are names after him is cuz he was a king of ours. Here in belgium he was a king not a tyrant. And he made us so much richer than before.

[@farhiya66]

🤮🤮

[@navyanshpants7955]

Johnny is probably the guy who keeps on clicking links on Wikipedia pages and gets stuck in a Wiki-loop.

[@troll2637]

I do that too. 😂

[@ramirezer2302]

@@troll2637 me too

[@PurpleDog06]

We're all that guy

[@randor7969]

yea either that or he takes the press release directly from the WEF and reads it word for word 😅

[@peterisawesomeplease]

I wish he spent more time on wikipedia. Maybe his videos would be more accurate.

[@mohmeegaik6686]

All viewers of Johnny Harris videos should be thankful for information one can get from watching his channel. Thank you Johnny Harris

[@rebeccam.7249]

come on the congo history in everywhere on the imternet just search belgium congo zaire and it will tell you everything johnny just said and that because johnny got it from the internet, because many people don't know about zaire congo

[@EfraimHill]

🙌🙌

[@SteelCurrent]

You can connect everything with everything.

[@myriad2878]

That photo at 6:25 of the man staring at a hand and foot, is a father staring at the severed hand and foot of his child (or so I've been told the first time I saw that photo). It's one of the saddest photos I've ever seen in my life.

[@alanl9497]

I find it absolutely creepy! There’s just something sinister when you look into his eyes!

[@zeusca6080]

Grow up snowflake

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@zeusca6080 So edgy

[@ShaddeyNNM]

LOLLL all the Dutch people in the comments XD Also...Leopold...ugh, why didn't I learn about this in school? Mind you I went to a Dutch school ( I'm not Dutch) for some reason the only bad guy in Europe was Hitler according to the history I was taught in school. This video... mind blown! This channel is one of the best things out there period

[@AM-bj7yo]

Colonialism was and Is BAD, every colonialist country was bad, some still refuse to give up their colonies like France, which still has control over its west African “former” colonies, France sets their budgets, determines the value of their currencies, and steals the majority of their foreign reserves, and when the people try to fight against this, they send their army. So no hitler wasn’t the only bad guy in Europe, France went on to murder millions around the world after the end of WW2, just in Algeria they killed 6 million people in the Algerian war of independence.

[@Olonne85]

@@AM-bj7yo Lol so much disinformation it's so bad. France doesn't control any other country, nor economically, nor militarily, nor politically. If you are mentioning ECO currency, all the countries in it are free to go if they want (some have done so), but it really benefits them so they don't (there's even other non-former french colonies who joined the currency union). Stop your bullshit, the french have done terrible in Africa but this low-key propaganda is not one of them. Shame on you.

[@St3v3NWL]

You learned about this in Dutch school but you were 100% not paying attention

[@naiem7531]

@@Olonne85 kzbin.info/www/bejne/amPCXnSCg9yji9E I recommend you watch this video first then argue

[@Olonne85]

@@naiem7531 I remember watching this video from Caspian Report, and it's not very good. Let me first say that it is true that France did some really shady shit in Africa during the Cold War. There's no point denying it - the French Government assassinated political opponents, supported brutal dictators and paid untold amounts of bribes to help its state-owned firms. These are not mere accusations, but all documented incidents. It's a terrible part of our past, and the worst thing is that French people don't really know, nor do they care about what we did in Africa. That being said, the problem with Caspian's video is that it sounds like it's been based off an essay from 1990. First, France's economic grip on Africa is today highly reduced - since the 1990's, French doctrine regarding aid to African countries is to tell them to first go to the IMF and World Bank before asking French development aid (« Abidjan doctrine »). Former African colonies therefore have little dependence on French economic aid - this is also reinforced by the fact that only 6 % of Western African exportations are towards France (vs 40 % during the Cold War). The video also fails to mention that there are many other actors intervening today in Africa, namely the US and China, which have displaced a lot of France's former influence. France, to be honest, doesn't really have much economic clout in its former colonies anymore - 50 % of our trade in African countries are with Nigeria and South Africa, both of which are anglophone countries. Big French groups such as Total are present in Africa, but I have no idea where he gets the idea that French companies get « first pick » in former African colonies. French intervention in Africa nowadays fall under two categories : either in a context of UN-sanctioned intervention (displacing Gbagbo) or at the request of other States (Mali intervention in 2013). The « glory days » of the French Foreign Legions intervening in some shady parts of Northeastern Congo are long gone. France still has quite a few military bases in Africa, but a lot of them have closed in the past two decades. The plan is now to only have bases in Djibouti and Liberia, with a total contingent of about 3,000 troops in total. Some say that French intervention in Sahel (opérations Serval and Barkhane) aims to secure its uranium resources - but French imports of uranium come mostly from Kazakhstan and the importance of Niger uranium is greatly overstated. Data on France's uranium importations are not made public, but given that Areva supplies only 40 % of EDF's needs in uranium, and that 40 % of Areva's uranium comes from Niger - it's possible to say that French nuclear power plants rely on Nigerien uranium for no more than 20% of their consumption. Should uranium supplies from Niger be cut of with little warning, Areva would be able to cover France’s needs from their stockpile or through buying on the spot market. Here's a policy brief on the matter (PDF warning). Onto the franc CFA - France does not have any say in the African countries' monetary policy. It has left literally all governance institutions. African countries are free at anytime to withdraw their deposits in the French Treasury. France holds 50 % of reserves, but that is a guarantee for the fact that you have unlimited conversion between the franc CFA and the euro. 33 countries out of the 54 in Africa have some form of fixed interest rate. As a matter of fact, African countries in the CFA zone are free at any time to leave it if they want - as did Mali in the 1970's. They came back in the zone because of the advantages that belonging to a fixed exchange rate zone brings : monetary stability (CFA countries have a 3 % inflation rate on average vs 9 % in the rest of Africa) and low interest rates which are attractive to investments. The fact that it is fixed to the euro, a strong currency, does remove their ability to lower the value of their currency to be more competitive in international markets, but it's their choice : African countries are free at any time to leave the CFA zone. Besides, since last year Macron and the Ivory Coast President have come to an agreement to end the 50 % reserves in the French Treasury and to rename the CFA to « eco », which has been done in May. The Caspian Report video comes also two years after Macron's Ouagadougou speech in 2017, which is kind of an important moment when you are talking about France's policy in Africa. As Macron said : « do not ask me what is France's African policy, because France does not have an African policy. » The fact that Caspian fails to mention these new developments is, to me, a bit worrying. He doesn't mention the fact that France has done a lot to make amends with its former African colonies in the recent years - development aid with the « Choose Africa » programme (2.5 billion euros in the 2018-2022 period), funding of projects under the Solar Alliance (e.g. metro in Abidjan), giving back former stolen works of art (El Hadj Omar's sabre), the opening of archives regarding the Sankara murder, etc. All in all Caspian's video fails to mention a lot of recent developments. It doesn't mention that France is doing a lot to « escape » its special relationship with its former African colonies. It's an incomplete video, and to be quite honest it makes me a bit angry that so many people have formed their opinions on France based on a 10m video.

[@philspaghet]

What we need to realize is this shouldn't constitute a call to action from our end against J&J as Johnny said, but learning this history helps us better build a brighter future. As for the institute itself, Prince Leopold did found it but the real heroes are the doctors who stayed behind and kept developing cures for tropical diseases. We should celebrate them while emphasizing the cruelty of Leopold.

[@sirakayakomzin3926]

What actions against j&j? They literally didn't do anything in this matter right?!

[@ernestmwape]

Better to train Congolese do their own research than pour money into "white man's burden saviour" organisations - essentially neo- Leopold colonial activities

[@sonsofjorge7730]

bullseye, you got it right

[@craigsteel9736]

Do some research, J&J had multiple court battles, denying there was asbestos in their baby powder. Recently it was proven and they had to pay out.

[@djpierrephuture]

How about they pay reparations to these people from that big bag of $$$ they got? Why are people always ok with not holding all these people accountable? Is it because it’s being done to black people? Is there any white people that want it to hold other white people/companies accountable for the death and carnage they have brought forth on people of color? Geez! You people are so narcissistic. Do you guys ever have any shame for the things you’ve done as a people to black people or even wonder how ur ancestors could be so cruel?

[@melz6625]

Robert Koch, the leader of vaccine research in the 1890s and founder of our current Robert Koch Institute, he was part of human experiments in the German colony in Africa on the sleep disease. He would totally unethically give people in labor camps in modern Namibia the disease to then try and find a cure. So much of modern medicine is built on the blood of poor and marginalized

[@Dhjaru]

In the beginning you put a Imperial German flag over Portugese Angola while it should be on Namibia below it. :)

[@hfjiswnation4338]

what if Germany colonized Portugal 😳😳

[@Arthur-tq5uk]

Got really confused when i saw that

[@allanmainovieytes2262]

Should’ve mentioned the fact that 10 million Congolese lost their lives to the man named Leopold II

[@neilnelson7603]

Those things don't matter to these white people dude. I read in quora how Europeans were justifying what Leopold II did by saying that Africans were "uncivilized". like we deserved it.

[@burger9997]

@@neilnelson7603 literally who? These are cave dwellers who hides on the internet

[@markovmily6950]

he spoke at length about the atrocities in the congo

[@mothralord1709]

@@markovmily6950 ever since that tom video (which had some valid points), theres been an uptick of these guys who throwing bad faith arguements like these to make him look bad for various objectives.

[@markovmily6950]

@@mothralord1709 I wouldn't know about that, I'm not aware but the OP and some of the following comments do seem dishonest

[@lautentico9517]

Why is Angola with the German Flag? Angola was a Portuguese Colony.

[@MagnetoJones]

In an alternate universe, Germany colonized Angola, and Portugal colonized Namibia.

[@jrsmeets]

The German flag should have been on Namibia, which was a German colony in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Angola é nossa!

[@Bbonno]

Wierd mistake! Especially since that's the flag of the German empire which was used until 1918. No one has that old rag archived next to Portugals old 'emblem on blue and white' flag. (Edit: oh, he just mixed up neighboring countries. That's much more understandable 😄)

[@user-uw3fi2zg4t]

@ desubicado

[@KayliePrice]

Very impressive video, as usual. Well balanced information and thought provoking!

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

This remind me about Fritz Haber - German scientist who discovered the synthesis of ammonia for producing fertilizer. He literally saving billions of people with this invention but on the other side, he was also considered the father of chemical warfare with a lot of horrible chemical weapons for the Germany in WWI. The question of is Fritz net positive or net negative for the world is kinda the same with King Leopoid

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Its not the same question. Without King Leopoid we would still have vaccines. There is no comparison between the ethical delema over dual use technologies and the choice to enslave and murder people. The question of if King Leopoid is a net positive or negative is analogous to asking if Hitler was a net positive or negative. The appropriate analogy with Fritz is with someone like Einstein.

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

@@peterisawesomeplease You missed my point. My point was that events can have second, third... order effect that you can't know for sure how one event can effect the future. There is no ethical debate here, wrong is wrong, and Im totally against what King Leopoid did.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@MinhPhan-sf9hk Sorry I think I read more into your comment than was actually there. Yes that is a good point.

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

By the way I'm Vietnamese and VN was bombed by Nepal bombs, horrible weapons created at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). But that same organization created ARPANET which turned out to be the Internet the thing that powers every aspect of my life today. What can I say about that organization? If I had a time machine, should I go back in time and kill its creators? I'm not sure. Since it could have butterfly effect that create unimaginable consequences.

[@moritzw.6665]

@@MinhPhan-sf9hk especially the military is often a leader in developing things (or boosting developements) which get a very good civil use afterwards. Like the internet, but also rockets, planes, radar, naval technology and even canned food etc. I think you could make a point in saying that many developements of our modern world wouldnt have be so common without the military. Sadly we often use it first to kill each other.

[@juanandresosorio7166]

Hi Johnny. As a critical media consumer yourself, please put yourself in our shoes and understand that the video made by Tom raises some very valid concerns. I'm sure he made some wildly inaccurate guesses about how you put that video together, but the underlying issue is something that should be talked about by you. I really don't feel like consuming any more of your content until you address this beyond a sarcastic youtube comment. And just wanted to say that I find your content amazing and I hope that you don't let the toxic commenters get to you, take care of yourself.

[@grittychops6755]

Intelligence in the service of tyranny.

[@raymondqiu8202]

Who is tom? And what video did he make? I'm just clueless about what you are talking about, not doubting you or anything

[@indrinita]

Totally agree with you Juan!

[@deamoncohln9506]

Tom: "Johnny Harris has some problematic ties to global power" Johnny: "Here's something imperialism gave us"

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Seriously this is the second imperialism apologist video he has made and 15K likes :-(. Just because the world would have been different without imperialism does not mean you get to attribute everything good in the world today to it.

[@shodanxx]

This is the perfect response video to Tom that discussion is over. Now please indulge my morbid curiosity of how far this can be taken. If Jack Saint can do "Space Jam, a revolutionary text", can Harris make a "Irish potato famine, implementing the good of the many through capitalism"

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@@shodanxx lolz you made my day. If I was a better person i would a Johnny Harris parody video with your title "Irish potato famine, implementing the good of the many through capitalism"

[@GwydionsAstralCoffeehouse]

"This video is sponsored and co-written by Genghis Khan..."

[@psd993]

@@peterisawesomeplease this is by no means an "apologist" video. Look at the rest of the comments. Most people are perceiving it as shining a light on the dark history of many useful things. A video about Wernher von braun's early life, for example, wouldn't be a nazi apoligist video even if it had a clickbaity title.

[@KayoMichiels]

"what Belgium did in the Congo is... shocking" It was our King who used it as his private property, the public didn't know of it untill a book was written about the atrocities, the public pressured the king to be abdicated and give the Congo to the government...

[@gibson1005]

Hey Johnny, do you plan on responding to Tom Nicholas's video?

[@indrinita]

Was totally thinking the same!

[@randor7969]

More like: Hey WEF, do you plan on writing a response video for Johnny?

[@tomsodyssey]

So, my name is Tom Janssen.. and I’m from Belgium. Hmm. 1. I’m sorry for my people. 2. You’re welcome 3. Johnny if you’re reading this: thanks for teaching me new things about my own country. My school system failed me. And damn those maps animations 🔥

[@johnnyharris]

Thanks Tom!

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@johnnyharris Give a good response to Tom Nicolas. Come on Johnny. It's damaging your reputation

[@haisheauspforte1632]

@@luxembourgishempire2826??

[@mfbj1]

@@johnnyharris the vaccine was actually developed in Holland.

[@LordMedic]

@@mfbj1 Well yes, the "place" it was made was netherlands but the Tie to this and the domino effect goes back to belgian private colony man guy

[@henriqueribeiro959]

Yo, just so you know, on that first map, you've put the German flag over Angola (colonized by Portugal) instead of Namibia (colonized by Germany)

[@bluegas]

Thats actually the Dutch flag, NOT the German one.🤣

[@henriqueribeiro959]

@@bluegas dude... the dutch flag would have been blue, that's black, that's an old german flag

[@damasek219]

It's kinda similar logic like saying that racism and slavery gave us Usain Bolt, Rihanna, Pelé, Louis Armstrong etc...

[@serhatbakr8283]

Map shows angola was colonised by german empire but it was a portagese colony.

[@serhatbakr8283]

@@Makkkkus If you're talking about britain taking over german colonies after ww1, that still doesn't include Angola

[@timpage9424]

"That ground breaking work around the the world" Me: Just thinking of No Tears shampoo

[@spelunkerd]

What I like most about your videos is the way nuance and complexity are shown, rather than mind numbing, black and white, good vs evil. Real history is in shades of grey, much more complex than many want to know.

[@T.image79]

Can you imagine someone saying “Hitler’s auschwitz lead to this….” This is what this is like.

[@dmy_tro]

So? What's your point?

[@Sivah_Akash]

Also, the fact that Leopold did try to protect "Congo" people only to save his riches and land!

[@gidd]

he didn't protect nothing

[@Sivah_Akash]

@@gidd , well he indirectly did tho?

[@sawlty-suite5131]

your mind must be up your bottom mate

[@Sivah_Akash]

@@sawlty-suite5131 , what did I say wrong?

[@MrLevi998]

The vaccine was developed in Leiden in the Netherlands by Janssen, not in Belgium.

[@lewismassie]

"I had no idea it was built on the blood of people in the Congo" - yeah this is pretty much everything built in the last few centuries in Europe

[@leonzoful]

Not really, that's actually everything that has been built all around the world not only Europe. Europeans were not the only ones in the conquering business.

[@MoonLander85]

Western Europe. Unless i have missed some famous Finnish colonies or Slovakian Caribbeans. Because im sure that Polish Madagaskar have been left in sphere of dreams.

[@leonzoful]

@Aloko Zay no, it was because they were the strongest nations. The Aztecs did the same with the people they conquered, so did the Arabs and the Chinese. It's just that European nations got to the point were they were so technologically superior that those nations ended ruling over all. You could see how the Chinese and Japanese did it on their side of the world when they became the strongest nations on their respective time frame.

[@leonzoful]

@@MoonLander85 the Danes had, the Russians as well, and the Poles before them had a massive empire although it was only located in Europe. Again, it's not a matter of a "culture" but a matter of who had the biggest army and/or the better weapons.

[@leonzoful]

@Aloko Zay dude, you really need to work out your reading understanding skills. Like I said before, there were more European nations that did it on a bigger scale because they were the strongest. However, the Turks did it as well for about the same period of time, Why? Because they were also one of the Strongest nations. The Chinese also did those kind of things for a very long time for the same reason. What I'm saying is that we should condemned and reflect about those actions but not pointing out fingers as if only those people did it because every single culture that have ever had some power have done the same with more or less success.

[@dirtyharry3341]

2023: This aged like milk

[@Gabryella2010]

ye, turns out this was the least effective and the most dangerous one 😂, so "life saving"

[@axellmateo2338]

-Johnny: pulls up a map -Me: This gonna be good

[@randor7969]

-Johnny: proceeds to read a corporate propaganda over some minimalist soundtrack and whooshing sounds -axell mateo: great! now I know how to think!

[@axellmateo2338]

@@randor7969 Actually, if you would watch his other videos you would be able to appreciate how good his mapping and editing is. And if you claim his information is just part of a corporate propaganda stuff, please also include a justification for your claims.

[@randor7969]

@@axellmateo2338 I admit the production is good, but considering his recent video on China was done "in collaboration" with the WEF, the group behind Davos, and was a point for point copy of an article written by their chief of communications, I can't respect him as a journalist. There's a video by Tom Nicholas that goes through this in more detail. This guy clearly let people pay him to push a narrative in the past, so it kind of puts an asterisk next to all of his work. ps: sorry about the sass, its just frustrating to see good people getting fooled by this garbage

[@axellmateo2338]

@@randor7969 No problem. I'll check the things you mentioned as well.

[@pitzboechannel]

I love your videos. They’re always like “How killing Neanthertals gave us free Wifi at Starbucks”. Makes you think “oh shэt now I do wanna know how”

[@krillin6]

How can I trust that this video isn't Johnson & Johnson propaganda? Just like The World Economic Forum propaganda: "How China Became So Powerful"? So depressing.

[@mothralord1709]

@@krillin6 i dont know maybe watch till the end of the video to see if its sponsored. Also how does a video saying that a particualar organization's foundation was built by a brutal dictator trying to protect his money making machine instead of the ppl living there propoganda?

[@samanth.]

@@mothralord1709 so everything u disagree with is propaganda?

[@inthemix94321]

I feel blessed that I've found such a channel, Learn new things and expand my knowledge, thank you

[@bawicz0]

Shut up

[@praneethkumar3505]

It's sad that all of the celebrated historic monuments are built on the blood of the innocent

[@RainbowDragon007]

1:28 there is an actual imperial German flag over Portuguese Angola lol

[@bluegas]

Thats actually the Dutch flag, NOT the German one.🤣🤣 double lol

[@Asamations]

Corrections: Angola and Mozambique were colonized by the Portuguese. The vaccine was developed in the Netherlands. The company's HQ is in Belgium though. So I can see why you got confused. Keep up the good work!

[@2010erika]

Your comment is irrelevant.

[@Masiba7517]

It's like how a wrong turn by Austrian Archduke's driver gave us Hentai

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Yup it is an equally ridiculous argument. And yet this video still has 15k likes and less than a thousand dislikes right now. Well at least the people who read youtube comments on videos like this seem to be smarter than the average viewer.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@Toby Thompson Of course its not a argument its a joke. It just happens to be a really insightful joke that points out a real problem with the video.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@Toby Thompson The video is not just telling us a history of an organization and how it currently impacts the world. If that is all it was doing i would not have much of a problem with it. I mean it would still have some lazy and annoying factual inaccuracies but that is not what the joke 21 Manpreet wrote is about. The video is titled and argues in its content that "Belgian Imperialism Gave Us The COVID Vaccine". This is inaccurate both directly and via the misleading ambiguity of not saying either "Belgian Imperialism solely Gave Us The COVID Vaccine" or "Belgian Imperialism was involved in one of the COVID Vaccines historical development". The first statement obviously being false and the second one being accurate but giving unfair credit to the original title. It is directly inaccurate because although Belgian Imperialists were indirectly involved through historical connection with the vaccine there is no way to know what would have happened if they had not committed atrocities in the Congo. Maybe we would have had more vaccines because more resources could have been spent on health care. Maybe one of those people killed in the Congo would have developed a vaccine. Maybe the person who killed the bat that started the pandemic would have missed their shot or never been born. It is pure speculation. The bigger problem though is the way it is misleading. It suggests that imperialism not the hard work and passion of thousands of scientists was primarily responsible for the vaccine. It would be just as accurate to say "Darwin gave us the COVID vaccine" by inspiring the scientists who actually did the work. Or " Johan Rudolf Thorbecke gave us the covid vaccine "by helping to create the liberal reforms in the Netherlands that led to well functioning knowledge economy that could support the kind of scienced needed for the vaccine. Credit for cultural and historic achievements lies primarily with the people who actually did the work and took the risks. The joke comes about because these types of historical arguments used to be way more popular. There used to be shitty history and discovery channel documentaries that did this. In particular bad pop history writers made the argument that anime was result of Hitler who caused ww2, that caused the bombs to be dropped, which was an inspiration for some anime writers and artists. And of course anime is related to Hentai. But Hitler did not make anime. People would have made anime even if no bombs were dropped. In fact people were making it before the bombs were dropped just like people were doing biology research before the Congo was invaded. The hard work and creativity of animators and writers gave us anime and Hentai. I think it is valuable to point out historical connections, even when those connections remind us of the atrocities of the past. But we should not be giving undo credit to the people who committed them. This video feels like an armchair historian forum post from the late 90s about the history of anime. This is what makes the joke so funny.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

@Toby Thompson "hey're literally based solely on the fact you dont like the wording used in the title. " No its also in the content of the video. And even if it was not in the content of the video then title would be click bait. And the joke still works on that level. "the video discusses the events that led to the institute of tropical medicine being created/formed and how that institute played a part in the creation of one of the covid vaccines." I don't think I ever said otherwise. "You're ridiculous lmao" Oh I am pretty ridiculous. But glad you enjoyed.

[@niniljannah8587]

If only Austrian Archduke didn't take the wrong turn an abomination wouldn't have ben created.

[@jinzoslounge1942]

Every country is made off of blood from innocent people. I'm an Australian, I'm also half-cast aboriginal... my people die everyday in prisons/jails around Australia and every second person says "there's no aboriginal deaths in prisons or jails". and when it comes to stuff like "this land is stolen" I can't really talk about it because half of my bloodline stole it from the other half.

[@damanali5038]

Your videos gives a huge glimpse of the Butterfly Effect i.e how a single small step can cause a huge impact on the human history.. Brilliant waiting for more informative content

[@reanetsemoleleki8219]

I don't know of colonising The Congo can b considered a "small step".

[@karelglasner2673]

Too bad J&J is still settling lawsuits today for targeting black communities with toxic talcum powder.

[@blackhawk-qy2rh]

@@reanetsemoleleki8219 exactly the first thing i thought when i read that

[@teedee8868]

Great, mostly true story.. and great video .. Just a shame that None of the covid “vaccines” are actually working 😡.. in fact the exact opposite appears to be the case .. Covid Vaccine rates are very low here in Africa .. and so have the covid mortality rates been .. go figure .. We have far worse problems than covid .. The effect of the evil lockdowns has killed far more and will continue to do so for a long time ..

[@shafa76]

Easy said when you are the one reaping the benefits. Has reparations been given to the Congolese people??

[@amitem7]

Johnny, your work and research on every topic blows my mind (in a good way). Thanks for educating us through your creative medium, love it!

[@travelvlogs4458]

Johnny Harris sold out to Big Map

[@randor7969]

lol did you see the Tom Nicholas video where it turns out he sold out to Davos 🤮

[@travelvlogs4458]

@@randor7969 legit? Isn't he always talking about how you need independent media and the dangers of massive corporations??

[@randor7969]

@@travelvlogs4458 His recent video about China was done "in collaboration" with WEF, the group that organizes Davos. The video makes the same points as an article written by the organization's head of communications.

[@FleuveAlphee]

The 'wonderful Johnson & Johnson vaccine that is saving us today'. LOL

[@ohadgefen7568]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

[@NPRixix]

As bad as it was, history can't be changed. It is important to learn about it to be aware and not commit the same mistakes.

[@swausgebouwen143]

Just subbed to you, the channel looks good

[@NPRixix]

@@swausgebouwen143 Thanks man, much appreciated.

[@opheliacparadox]

As a Colombian person the "As bad as it was, history can't be changed," bothers me. Memory, justice, and reparation are the actual way forward. Otherwise, you are just enabling future Leopolds.

[@NPRixix]

@@opheliacparadox I don't disagree with you that where reparations are possible they should be done.

[@intimedal]

As a belgian, i know we wont pay a dime to the congo

[@ashutoshbindra]

I am so glad that he has his own independent channel now and love the effort he is putting on. Love you, Johnny :)

[@shimnakt955]

Ok.... now Belgium has a chance to repay peoples of Congo for the atrocities they committed by giving them free covid-19 vaccine.

[@sawlty-suite5131]

🤔 really? what if there are mutations afterwards. Is it worth it?

[@sakurakou2009]

this remind me of how in my country they legalized marrying your rapist as way for the rapist to avoid going to jail , the rapist have to marry the girl he raped , then it wouldnt be rape anymore cuz she now his wife . this shit was and is crazy I cant believe someone legalized this shit

[@catalannationalist9847]

Belgium or Leopold II?

[@Pixeljolly]

@@sakurakou2009 That horrific mentality is sadly what you get from the abrahamic religions.

[@JorgeMorales-cs9gr]

Thank you men!! Love your videos and appreciat the well made video!! Send you good vibes from Mexico

[@jeetbiswas007]

The line "The Democracy that I'm proud of is founded on the blood of stolen people from another continent" reminds me of the song Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley. Kudos to the script writer for remembering the legend

[@Infamous41]

There are bad parts in history and good 👍

[@closmasmas9080]

Berlin conference= Europeans agreeing not to fight each other and to instead team up to colonize Africa

[@nomadsam9512]

Great job Johnny. Probably one of my fav episodes you've done so far. Thank you for your important work.

[@oiseaudubonheur]

His title was King of the Belgians, not King of Belgium. This is because his lineage had no ties to the territory and hence held no hereditary claim over it (they were a German dynasty who had been appointed monarchs of the newly-created country only years prior). Another example that can illustrate this is that, while Louis XVIII was indeed King of France (his family's claim to the ownership of that land stretched back centuries), his successor Napoleon I was Emperor of the French, as he was not a nobleman and came from the recently annexed island of Corsica, historically outside of the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of France.

[@arielmiles3940]

They should make movies about stuff like these. I would spend hours watching this stuff, like GOT hours.

[@evancurhan4121]

These videos handle the nuances of colonialism better than some geography professors I had in college...and I was a human geo major

[@mothralord1709]

Sadly a growing number of the comment section doesnt think so

[@bisimedia]

He who has the greatest weapons writes history.

[@2618263]

I have seen most of ur videos This is one of the most underrated videos of your. Watching it again to understand the contents better and to comment