Is Europe Doomed?

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[@ebonyharris2263]

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[@phpn99]

Who pays you ?

[@Low760]

They can give Israel money but they make Greece pay back debts and force them into austerity. Pathetic

[@imacarguy4065]

They have to give them money. Uncle Sam obliges it.

[@GreekHouseEffect]

the Greek government supports this policy

[@jpeg-n3e]

don't take credit if you cannot return it lol

[@chroma._.5986]

@@jpeg-n3eare you like 12? lol

[@alexdetrojan4534]

Sadly the Greek nation is a basket case from decades of socialist mismanagement...

[@MK-zl7hj]

Also, France is a European powerhouse thanks to their continuing neo-colonial empire, but Africa is waking up so might be another hit to Eu economy

[@afgor1088]

france derives no significant profit from management of the CFA franc and any indirect profits would be tiny relative to the overall size of the French economy.

[@MK-zl7hj]

@@afgor1088 sure lmao

[@lolasdm6959]

@@MK-zl7hjit’s true it’s more about power projection by culture and economic influence

[@GabrielHellborne]

@@afgor1088 Got some numbers on that? No, really, I'm curious.

[@svodcat7524]

Yep. It's quickly becoming a real problem for France!

[@jcorrell8590]

Thank you for this video! As a European in the Netherlands we often hear a lot of how bad it is in the US and the reasons why, but we often do not discuss our own significant short comings and the reasons behind them. I often find it difficult to convince people here that we suffer from big systemic issues as well and this will help me.

[@rickdingenenzo]

I'm from the Netherlands too and really relate to your comment, there's definitely big problems in this country like there's not nearly enough climate action being taken by the government, and of course capitalism. But people I know keep saying "oh they're trying to do everything they can to stop climate change" or "well if you know better than them then how about you solve climate change yourself"..

[@jcorrell8590]

@@rickdingenenzo To shit on our country a bit more, but I really struggle to understand how we deny our (in my opinion) extreme nationalistic tendencies and how okay we are with demonising other people and countries (I understand that this is a very purposeful campaign by capital and our government) Also, privatising as many public services and amenities as we can and refusing to tackle any of the fundamental issues affecting the population. While simultaneously claiming that we are such a progressive country that cares for our citizens.

[@horridohobbies]

Exactly right. The USA is a genuine basket case of a nation, but most European countries are not much better. UK is a f*cking disaster. So is Italy. So is Germany.

[@jcorrell8590]

@@rickdingenenzo To be even more critical on our country. I struggle to understand how we deny our significant nationalistic tendencies (by demonising other people and countries) and how we increase our privitisation in every public service and amenity that we have (I understand that this is a very conscious effort of our government and capital). While simultaneously continuously claiming that we are such a progressive country that cares for it citizens. In fact people keep claiming that we spend way too much on public investments and more ambitious plans that might actually fight poverty and crime are impossible. It is really difficult to fight this narrative.

[@firetitan764]

While I'm not from the Netherlands much of the same problems you brought up are also present in Belgium and convincing anyone of the systemic problems within our country is extremely difficult. Often the excuse is either. 1.Were not as bad as America, so accept what you have. 2.The immigrants(specificaly arabs and muslims though it also applies to slavs). 3.Its China. 4.Basically any other excuse that ropes in both neo-liberal bullshit and xenophobia toward non-westerners.

[@della.4593]

Important to mention with regards to energy. Norway has become the biggest source of gas and oil for the EU now, and we also export a ton of electricity, this has put a massive strain on average Norwegians with soaring electricity prices so bad people can't wash their clothes. Norwegian bourgeoisie are willing to fuck over both European and Norwegian proletariat just to make insane gains on their energy production, and since the state has partial ownership it does too, it could use its share to subsidise, but no, we just get sky high prices for everything.

[@firalioue4040]

Yeah and the EU has threatened to sanction Norway if they don't agree to the EU energy policy.

[@FunkyDouch3000]

@@firalioue4040 which I would find baffling and insane if it weren't for our goverment and bureaucracy's unending eagerness to bend over for EU directives. Norway has all the cards in these negotiations. the idea that the EU can hold a gun to our heads when WE are the ones supplying their energy is bonkers. It's especially crazy when you consider just how little energy these electricity transfers between Norway and Europe amount to. comparing the energy from oil and gas deliveries and the electricity cables really drives home how absurd this whole thing is.

[@firalioue4040]

@FunkyDouch3000 and another absurd fact is that these politicians regardless if it is the conservatives or the Labor, want to let google build a Data centre in skien that will need 240 MW cost 596m euro and only give 100 jobs. 240MW KS the energy consumption of a small town.

[@fredrikjonsson-bj5ru]

Man we shouldn’t have let them go we would be so rich

[@diosamurcielaga9418]

Well, of course they are willing, they would not be the national elite/bourgeois otherwise

[@Zekent]

EU and USA "supports democracy and freedom" til someone has a Palestinian flag

[@2909dk]

Yea, our countries function better and we dont want shitty islamic values in our successful countries. the egyptians hat the palestinians too and dont let any through. so does jordan and qatar and saudia arabia and oman. such a useless group to care about when we have bigger issues like ukraine were a city of 2 million is now on the front line of russian offensive. and their cuture and values assimilate better. and they are for freedom and liberal values unlike hamas. I dont like israelis all that much either but much more competent people.

[@shooey-mcmossy]

or Russian

[@Digger-Nick]

Openly supporting genocide is "democracy and freedom"? They are quite literally destroying every European nation that takes them in... Wake up

[@quietdog4044]

Until someone lives in a country with natural resources that they want.

[@Digger-Nick]

Ah yes supporting terrorism is "democracy and freedom"

[@CugnoBrasso]

5:30 if I may add something to the Italian terrorism thing, there were both right-wing and left-wing terrorist groups, and the "acts of atrocity" perpetrated by the red brigades are still discussed today, while we tend to forget most right-wing terrorism, despite causing more deaths (especially among civilians). WikiLeaks gave us a hint as to why this might be: shitface Kissinger himself in a phone call told the Italian prime minister that "left-wing terrorists should be punished more heavily while right-wing terrorists are not that much of a problem". Italy used to have the biggest communist party in Europe in those years, thanks to great thinkers like Gramsci. Fast forward to today: the prime minister is a self-declared Mussolini fan.

[@diosamurcielaga9418]

Thanks for that. It is amazing how quickly things go to hsit when you let mr K be an advisor.

[@Witerally_a_moth]

The difference between left wing and right wing terrorism is that left wing terrorism targets capitalism or political figures who represent that system.

[@Asrahn]

Reading Parenti is crucial here as well to get the full picture. Violent right-wing groups were routinely let off the hook while left-wing organizations were heavily penalized and had the full extent of the law crack down on them. While I don't have the exact numbers on me at this moment, I remember Parenti noting the difference in arrest numbers, and they were absolutely staggering.

[@igorlopes7589]

"Great thinkers like Gramsci" lmao

[@Salsmachev]

@@igorlopes7589 What's your beef with Gramsci?

[@εγεω]

The gladio scheme needs a video on its own.

[@diosamurcielaga9418]

or a series

[@rhumal]

Bes D. Marx has a really good set of vids about Gladio

[@Salsmachev]

@@rhumal I second this recommendation

[@nuvisionprinting]

​@rhumal there is also a pretty decent series, about 10 episodes by channel called eyes wide open.

[@nuvisionprinting]

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[@deathcare]

I'm a Russian that moved to America and still goes back somewhat frequently and at least in the larger metro areas of Russia, the standard of living and purchasing power is going up. This is probably thanks to both Europe becoming more and more reliant on our natural resources, but also the explosion of our trade with China in a way that isn't adversarial for either side. It does make me hopeful to realize that if the idiots in power ever get over their stupid political bickering, everyone in the world has so much to offer to everyone else and we could all afford to live well.

[@FineWine-v4.0]

Not to mention your longtime ally India might become an economic axis too

[@Freedomtotheworkingclass]

Dividi e imperum

[@andrey-uf1tg]

They're not idiots. It’s just that the so-called elites they serve (quite successfully at the moment) don’t care about “everyone in the world.”

[@user-zs4go8ku3x]

I would rather be Broke and living of honest bread then a Violent Hearthless bastard like the Russians.

[@jpeg-n3e]

Let me guess. When say Russia you mean Moscow city center right?

[@TheDragonRelic]

Save Europe kids rn: 🤓☝️

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

"Unlimited Destruction On The First World" JDPON meme enjoyers winning

[@KolyaUrtz]

They arent wrong. Migrants are only a negative

[@thyCarrot]

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 SLAMMER, is that you??

[@pedrosampaio7349]

Average Volt member

[@SK-cz5wy]

European Socialists watching an immigrant giving their crush their first O-gasm while they go to work to pay taxes for it all: 🤓

[@dePedantePelikaan]

The scary thing is in Belgium a lot of people seem to think the EU is a progressive project. There is no conversation about how we are forced into austerity by the European central bank and other undemocratic institutions.

[@jamielockdown]

Same in Ireland. Brexit really made it harder to talk about the ways in which the EU sucks, being pro-EU is now considered the "correct" position among libs and normies. Which is not to say I'd have voted to leave, given the option. It's just now it's hard to even talk about it in critical terms. Irish right-leaning parties always uncritically brown-nosed the EU, but with Brexit stigma and the fact that they're gunning for an overall electoral majority even Sinn Fein aren't touching it. (Actually they might now, but from the right lol. They've started using conservative anti-migrant fear-mongering buzzwords like "open borders")

[@dePedantePelikaan]

@@jamielockdown What would it mean for Ireland if Sinn Fein actually came to power? Are they a normal social democratic party by now or is there still more hope?

[@technophobian2962]

​@@dePedantePelikaanHonestly, Sinn Féin are pretty much just a populist party that don't hold very consistent viewpoints - they're already trying to appeal to the right-wing. People Before Profit seem to be more genuine in their leftist ideology, and have some realistic short term goals.

[@adeifeoluwajolaosho3586]

​@@technophobian2962 then you probably have to watch out. If they're populist with no consistent views, it's only a matter of time before they go full on fascist...

[@jamielockdown]

@@dePedantePelikaan I more or less agree with @technophobian2962, and would definitely give PBP vote preference ahead of Sinn Fein. (we have a vote transfer system). Sinn Fein have been walking back their more radical positions over the last decade or so as they try to appeal to as many people as possible. What would it mean if they came into power? The short answer is I don't know. They almost definitely will lead the next government. The smart money's on a coalition with Fianna Fail (centre right). There are other left wing parties but I'm not confident they'll have the numbers to cobble a majority together. In terms of what SF governance looks like we can only look at Northern Ireland, which isn't a great picture. The power-sharing and veto situation there make it hard to infer anything useful. Basically there are checks and balances to help prevent everything from devolving into a sectarian headcount, but the result is not much gets done. And that's during the rare periods that a governing coalition can be formed at all (numerically that coalition pretty much has to be between SF and the insane right-wing unionist DUP party). They're not exactly set up for success, to be fair.

[@officialbasti]

3:20 and it wasn't just the Marshall Plan, but (Western) Europe also received significant amounts of financial and technical aid from the US under the Mutual Security Act from 1951 to 61 for over 10 years too. That was an additional almost $ 90 billion (in today's money) each year from the US, mainly for Europe. And then also for decades after 1961 under the Foreign Assistance Act too, as well as loans provided by the US Development Loan Fund

[@Megaghost_]

They'll blame immigrants for the drop in life quality, anyway.

[@fesyuki-kun2332]

EXACTLY!!!

[@keto0303]

Its true though

[@jetsetradio7715]

Mass immigration suppresses wages at least.

[@keto0303]

@@jetsetradio7715 And puts strain on the infrastructure and disrupts social cohesion/creates internal conflicts and instability.

[@Megaghost_]

@@keto0303 They are not the cause of the problem, what you say about them putting a strain on infrastructure and social cohesion is true, this happens because of the decision of governments to prioritize corporate interests instead of investing to improve working people's lives. If the immigrants disappeared from the equation overnight the issue would remain the same, though.

[@markvorobjov6185]

Where did you pull your "20% unemployment" statistic from? Current EU unemployment level is 6%, even country with highest unemployment - Spain - is at 12%.

[@MegaCooliam]

Yeah, plus he talks about nominal GDP growth selectively, rather than Purchase power parity Growth, since it suits his narrative more!

[@TheBeatlesShow]

Second Thought has fallen too far into tankie territory to admit that Europe is indeed a good place

[@silviuvisan505]

Some regions ( a lot) have above 15% unemployment rate. And i'm talking about big regions like Andalucía which has the highest at 17,77%. And a lot of people don't even register at the local employment center. I can see where he got 20%. The northern regions are all around 10% which is still fucking high for a highly industrious area. So it's still very bad.

[@silviuvisan505]

Also most jobs are seasonal in the hospitality sector. It may look good now but it drops massively after summer.

[@user-lq7nq1dg8u]

​@TheBeatlesShow and how did it become such a "good" to place to live in? Surely it wasn't because of neo colonialism and exploitation of other countries

[@hungrygrimalkin5610]

In Greece the Neo Liberal Goverment is speedrunning poverty! Halp!

[@PaulSmith-gi5bf]

It's also digging up its own grave slowly but surely

[@Happycoreftw]

Capitalism baby!!

[@joemamma2220]

If you like capitalism, why are you watching? and why comment, you just make it more likely that you see more anti-capitalist content and make it more likely that others see this video.

[@Happycoreftw]

@joemamma2220 it's a joke I don't like capitalism, baby

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

​@@joemamma2220You killed the joke, man.

[@deinix]

@@joemamma2220 Have you ever heard of sarcasm?

[@kebabfoto]

​@@joemamma2220I have autism and even I understood the sarcasm, what's your excuse?

[@marvinparadroid]

I am so glad that you spoke about Gladio: in my country, Italy, the modern history is still neglected or misconstruded to this very day.

[@393100]

Very much the same situation is in greece

[@noboliNo]

Free Gaza 🇵🇸

[@moustachio05]

And the rest of Palestine too

[@andewakare2590]

Free Palestine from HAMAS.

[@waspwrap1235]

Real life lore: no sources on his newest video First thought: a continuous trajectory to always make sure there are sources in the description That’s how u know who’s in the right here

[@feydrautha012]

I'm not familiar with real life lore, but looking at the title/images of his videos, he looks like a very neolib/con sort, is that a correct assessment?

[@waspwrap1235]

@@feydrautha012 yea I’d say so. He’s sort of one of those geography nerds who do Johnny Harris style videos. Sort of the same anti worker/socialist message when talking about current conflicts

[@christopher5846]

Ironic since JT and RLL are buddies irl.

[@waspwrap1235]

@@christopher5846 friends can be wrong sometimes

[@christopher5846]

​​@@waspwrap1235However much good you think JT is doing, RLL is doing ten folds that in the opposite direction.

[@vivalaleta]

Capitalism has to go.

[@keto0303]

Its liberalism that has to go. And bring back monarchies and religion.

[@KolyaUrtz]

and changed with what?

[@Karim94222]

Capitalism is the solution instead of a planned green cultist economy

[@tomgu2285]

​@@keto0303 liberalism is capitalism 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ wtf are you talking about???

[@tomgu2285]

​@@KolyaUrtz socialism!!!

[@jihyounnie]

It's funny because as someone living in the UK, the EU is a 100x better than whatever is going on over here

[@DLeo14]

That's how I feel here in the US, having lived in red-lined districts for the entirety of my life. I want to see the world anyway and the opportunities where I am are next to non-existent. Having nothing to lose makes it much easier to leave.

[@eeeertoo2597]

I mean yeah some places are gonna be better but still bad

[@dwick2751]

@@eeeertoo2597Ask yourself why tho? NPC things and places aren’t just made bad. A place is a place and is nothing without the people . The US influence people’s life by their actions . Places aren’t just made bad, people aren’t just poor out of nowhere . If you believe this is happening naturally you’re an absolute fool.

[@p0kepengin592]

glad you're doing less US focused content! doing gods work

[@gabrielt.2734]

This video is absolutely about the US.

[@Huy-G-Le]

I wonder what the Pro-EU will say to defend the Capital Economic system now, in a period where they are facing living standard declines similar to the late 1980s and following years of the USSR and Yugoslavia, despite EU never having no economic sanction, embargoes, or Uranium bombs dropping on their economic facilities, or underground far right extremist attacking public infrastructures and children, for 50 years since WW2 ongoing. What will they say now?

[@alecseuslev9054]

They say that the Socialists are to blame for everything. And I'm not fucking kidding.

[@Huy-G-Le]

@@alecseuslev9054 They prefer to blame the specter of social instead of facing the faci reality.

[@ecnalms851]

@@alecseuslev9054 Well not socialists but left-wing people are definitely somewhat to blame. EU countries barely innovate compared to USA or China. There's that meme: "USA creates, China imitates, EU regulates". It's somewhat reductive but I think it holds relatively true. EU has more regulations and higher taxes for a bigger social net.

[@podemosurss8316]

As someone from Spain, I have to point two things about the defense part. First of all, the US only "defends" against threats they create first, so if anything they use us as playground (like with Russia). Second, those defense budgets aren't so inadequate as one might think, as most EU countries are allied to each other, so they don't really have any fronts from which they could be threatened (or those fronts are far smaller than they used to be). For instance: France only borders (in Europe) two non-EU members: Switzerland, which is neutral (and has a non-agressive policy) and Andorra, which is a small buffer state between Spain and France in the Pyrinées and is allied to both countries. Their biggest historical enemies (Britain, Spain and Germany) are now close allies with whom which they cooperate. Spain would be the "odd" case here, as we do have borders with a hostile nation (Morocco), but the NATO treaties specifically say that the territories we have in dispute aren't covered by NATO and thus it would be up to each memer to intervene if they want. To top that, the US cooperates and sells weapons to Morocco, and they're training their forces, so if anything the US is not only not defending our country, they're supporting our most likely enemy.

[@HasnaaAlaa]

The US lives for chaos, military is their main industry especially when they ruined all other industries they once had, their isolated geographic location is what allows it to do all this shit around the globe

[@JasonAtlas]

It's not exactly an accident.

[@technophobian2962]

The US is working with Morocco in return for normalising relations with Israel. Funnily enough, a lot of the world's problems right now come from Israel. I highly doubt a serious direct confrontation between Morocco and Spain will happen, it's more likely to stay as a kind of proxy conflict with border control issues and the Western Sahara.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@JasonAtlas I never said it was an accident.

[@Digger-Nick]

America didn't create islam, so no.

[@deadlyduck11]

I am pretty annoyed about how you basically don't include Norway in most your graphichs. That country has been NATO since the start, it is also participating in any EU program you can imagine, and is actively selling arms to ISraell through US subsidiary companies and also making bank on investments in Israel economy through the sovereign wealth fund, which in its foundation is unequal exchange put in system... Even the Oslo Metro is purchasing metro carriages fromIsaraeil companies which shows that the ties are deep, despite countless protests racking up thousands of participants. The economy of norway is also transforming into a economy where only higehr educated people can make any money to thrive while everybody else have to pinch pennies in order to make it through the day while the bilionaires flee the country to avoid taxeis. Also, operation Galdio was very active in tureky, i have a friend whom has relatives killed by the gray wolves paramilitary that was a stay-behind organization backed by NATO.

[@bullymaguire1087]

Mashallah First Thought has uploaded 🙏🙏🙏

[@commandantcarpenter]

"Well, what do you mean by [Europe], what do you mean by [doomed], what do you mean by [is]..." - Doncter Judman Patterson

[@JasonSmith-jv7wl]

I’m from Mississippi and moved to Sweden in 2012. Unfortunately, the decline is real. I have seen the growth of a facist party and the last 4-5 years my “raise” has been less than inflation.

[@MMOfreakOUT1]

"Seen the growth of a facist party" Fk back to America when you say things like that. The amount of damage Sweden has taken from immigration is unreal. And Americans don't know what fascism is.

[@internetadddict]

its so eurover man

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

The West has fallen The East has risen Billions must learn Chinese

[@CroatianUltraNationalist]

good EU sucks anyway

[@genuscorvid]

@@CroatianUltraNationalist >croat fascist

[@fl00fydragon]

The first and most important move the EU should take is federalize. That's basically the only way it can become truly economically, politically and geopolitically independant enough to move to a new economic model unimpeded.

[@technophobian2962]

I don't think that would work for a long time and I don't see how it would make the EU any less capitalist than it currently is.

[@thijmstickman8349]

Get the people on board with this europe first, accusing the left of wanting to federalize europe is a big talking point for the populist right

[@1homelander179]

How would that be good for eastern europe? I mean all ex-socialist countries in the EU who are econimcally colonized by mostly France and Germany.

[@ile1237]

Lets not do that. This will fuck over all countries except for Germany and France, also this will essentially fuck over the workers even more since the EU will now have direct policy making power(that will only help the neolibs even more).

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Can you explain how countries with very different interests will do that ? Some love public services, others hate it. Some are all into neoliberalism, others would like to step away

[@brunodutra6392]

Yiikes, imagine becoming an American vassal

[@nahuelpiguillem2949]

Latin american history in short

[@technophobian2962]

That's like, half the world

[@wyvernah]

​@@nahuelpiguillem2949 not through choice ofc. Uncle Sam loves to shoot his guns.

[@FineWine-v4.0]

Isn't it already one ?

[@pao5567]

​@@wyvernahit was not trough choice for us either Greetings from 🇮🇹

[@GTAVictor9128]

Was expecting the video would be discussing the low birth rates and declining population, so this being about geopolitics was a pleasant surprise.

[@JambroYT]

If I have anything to say about it, yes 🔥🇪🇺🔥

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Based Zamasu with the Zero KKKrackers Plan

[@Argacyan]

13:53 The borders between Poland & Germany changed after WW2, millions of people were ethnically cleansed and the nazis - stayed. They stayed. It's kinda maddening given how popular the myth still is that the opposite happened.

[@putra4101]

They stayed, evolved and their idea popularized and repackaged in a suitable narrative, instead of "Jewish" you put "Arabs, Blacks, Muslim, Islams, and put some LGBT too"

[@Argacyan]

@@putra4101 They kinda still talk about Jews, albeit the smarter nazis keep it in private, and in the past always already targeted LGBT+ people or black people. That didn't change much if at all beyond Hitler back then temporarily aligning with Muslim conservatives - a thing also still happening today in part.

[@putra4101]

​@@Argacyan I don't think they are targeting "Jewish" today as much as you imagine, unless you are Jewish anti-Israel, in which an "okay" to go, and temporarily aligning with Muslim conservatives today, I don't saw that much today, at least not in French with their banning of "burqa or hijab" or German with their Afd rhetoric, or even Dutch with Geert wilder rhetoric of anti-Islam (even tho he's toning it down for the sake of bigger problem or so he say) or Poland every days social label of Islam is "terrorist" faith, but it still there and stronger narratives is growing, if you talk about the trade with Turkey or Qatar is because they are in need for oil, gas, and other things, especially since all the fiasco with Russia. I don't saw it as a "temporary" aligning. If the trade with Russia being good again, they will ditch the arabs, but that's a big IF, where there's no way it will happen, not in U.S interests at the very least.😏 In the end it simply business, buy their oil, but keep the tone of repress non-White or non-Christian with social label such as terrorist, or the undesired like gypsy, just don't be too far and blatant about it.

[@putra4101]

@@Argacyan Wdym by "temporary" aligning ? I don't saw it in French with their "fashion" law, Don't saw it in Afd Germany or their hate speech and social label towards their Turkey, Albania or any Muslim minority (even Indonesian one), nor Dutch new PM of anti-Muslim, definitely not on Poland either since they socially hate Muslim, Jews aren't that disrupted unless you're a jewish that anti-Zyonist, or even moderately says jewish against g word, that's an "ok" to boot. Basically as long as you don't get too rowdy with golden boy. 😂 If you talk about Turkey or Qatar it strictly business for oil or any other goods, because fiasco with Russia and all. When the fiasco end, they will ditch them. Basically suppress and repress the non-Christian, non-White, but don't do it blatantly so people outside EU will notice, starting for social exclusion and labelling a slight of "arabs or muslim" as a terrorist, or at least undesirable like Gypsy.

[@putra4101]

@@Argacyan Wdym by "temporary" aligning ? I don't saw it in French with their "fashion" law, Don't saw it in Afd Germany, nor Dutch new PM of anti-Muslim, definitely not on Poland either since they socially they hate Muslim, Jews aren't that disrupted unless you're a Jews that anti-Y0nist, or even moderately says Jews against g word, that's an "ok" to boot. If you talk about Turkey or Qatar it strictly business for oil or any other goods, because fiasco with Russia and all. When the fiasco end, they will ditch them. Basically suppress and repress the non-Christian, non-White, but don't do it blatantly so people outside EU will notice, starting for social exclusion and labelling a slight of "arabs" as a terro-ist, or at least undesirable like Gypsy.

[@svodcat7524]

Tl;DR - YES (i didn’t watch yet, am European) Its actualy scarily bad.. we just pretend its fine...

[@Joaking91]

GOOD

[@svodcat7524]

@Joaking91 calm down, chauvinist!

[@pao5567]

​@@Joaking91"the social chauvinists are now calling themselves 'marxists' - don't laugh!"

[@Joaking91]

@@svodcat7524 the worse off Europe is, the more of a chance humanity has

[@eddiet.campbell]

*Our economy is like a flailing fish, fighting for its life. The normal state of the U.S. economy is actually very bad. Because of this it goes into convulsive spasms fighting to grow any way it can out of desperation. Tricks, gimmicks, rule changes try to stimulate the economy and prevent it from falling but they only bring temporary relief to people since, when you factor in inflation we are declining.*

[@kemberlyw.patterson]

It's a fact that recessions are a natural occurrence in the economic cycle, and the best approach is to ensure you're ready for them and have a proper plan in place.

[@natashanile907]

Thinking of how difficult it is to get a job, I think it’s time people start investing and earning their own money, the heartache from job hunt is quite unbearable, I for one would prefer investment than getting myself worked up on seeking a job

[@graceagb]

Investing in Stocks, Forex and cryptocurrency is the wisest, it's a place where millionaires and future billionaires come to get inspired. If you've not been involved in any you're missing out. Most importantly If you know how to trade you can make a ton of money no matter where you find yourself

[@idowunoah]

Trading with crypto is more beneficial than most people sees it to be, just like stock, and forex trade, crypto is also the world fastest leading currency now and in the near future

[@William.Mancini]

Investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity. And not just any investment but an investment with guaranteed return.

[@nikolaynikolov8047]

As an EU citizen, I think I’m starting to believe my dad’s theory. If we have a strong EU, what is the US which is geographically isolated going to do? How can it sustain its economy and be the superpower in the world? Europe and Asia are technically one continent. And the most fossil fuels are located in Russia. Which means that both continents purely economically don’t need to rely on a third party like the US. And that’s the reason why we now buy much more expensive “ship transported” fuel than as before the war-Russian oil. I may not like the communist ideology, but what America is, combined with its greed and power capitalism it’s just obnoxious…I wish we get out of Nato, but also, Europeans don’t need army because we don’t want more wars on our continent. Unlike old Americans, old Europeans still remember what a war is… If America is bored and wants to show off its army, they are free to do so in their own country.

[@TheShellingHasStopped]

if we have no army we have no war? Are you just dumb or are you in Moscow?

[@seneca983]

12:50 Again, where are you getting this 20% figure? Last time Spain had unemployment that high was in 2016. Today it's about 12%.

[@BrandyHeng007]

Europe's one foot in the grave

[@adrien5834]

We all are, in case you haven't noticed.

[@jonathanmich2587]

This world is shit anyway the sooner the better

[@BrandyHeng007]

Heaven on earth is in the East

[@mtljin]

NAFO twitter freaks seething rn

[@adrien5834]

Why would they?

[@ile1237]

@@adrien5834 Did you ever have the misfortune of interacting with those guys?

[@adrien5834]

@@ile1237 I'm not sure, how would I know?

[@ausername8699]

I'm sure the CSTO and BRICS will be the harbingers of peace and prosperity, with not corruption or state-capital interests interfering at all 🙃

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

How one hundered years of political dishonesty just ends to be a road to ruin. People in positions of power keep thinking they can get away with playing games. I particularly detest the role of secret services and the piracy/clandestine operations of all parties involved. They think they can get away with it but are not smart enough to realize that their tug of war only results in wasted energy, resources and most of all precious time in people's lives. It's a shitshow, they play games and people suffer. And it's completely unnecessary. If only People would just work together and build a global society based on equality and collaboration instead of handing it all over to greedy subhumans.

[@Paektu_Mountain]

Europe is an example of how terrible capitalism is. Europe is the continent that has invaded, enslaved and grown rich over the backs of the entire world population, and in the end what do they have to show for it? A social-democracy that is dying. Meanwhile a few rich people have grown ever so more rich, with distinct families being rich and influencial for centuries.

[@stealthcone]

Communism has worked so well…

[@Kintaro-qg5ze]

Capitalism originated from Europe so yeah lol. Propaganda brainwashed everyone around the world that capitalism is the natural order

[@Alexander-lg1pk]

Most european countries never had colonies , most of us ( for example Slovakia , Hungary ) have been colonised by others USSR , Turkey ...

[@ivakatanic4904]

@@Alexander-lg1pk Austrohungary fucked my country majorly tho, so it isnt as innocent, a lot of eastern europe suffered from other european countries

[@noveled_1]

@@Alexander-lg1pk bro the USSR did not colonize anyone colonizing includes settling in that place, like the british did with Native Americans, genociding all of them and replacing them with the settlers. correct me if im wrong, but i dont see slovakia or hungary necessarily being russian...

[@MrJolaf22]

Hey, these chaches also existed in austria btw, although the found most of them by now :)

[@melonking9752]

Moldova is not a member of EU but Cyprus is.

[@rjbse]

NATO map is incorrect in 4:14 and if that's the EU then the implication that all EU members are NATO members is wrong.

[@ruthvermeulen2098]

The energy crisis is the reason I became interested in politics. Suddenly I couldn’t afford my energy anymore in winter. Now I am reminded everyday by that because I now have a contract which works like phone credit. You have to pay a certain amount and then you can use the energy until it runs out. You have to top it up with extra money. All because I couldn’t just lay down an extra €600 out of nowhere. My landlord doesn’t want to fix the old shitty windows which are the reason the energy is so high. It really fucked a lot of people. Im glad everything is payed off now but the pay upfront system sucks. I used to get a bunch of money back because I paid monthly now you have to pay and you can’t like retract money. It’s just annoying and unfair tbh. The top rich got super rich at that time while I was studying and working my ass off, suddenly they asked way more money for the same amount of energy. I’ll never forgive the rich fuckers, I was stressing out during finals at the end of the semester and all of a sudden a bill like that in my mailbox.💀

[@Mr42istheanswer]

This challenged my worldview and made me deeply uncomfortable. Guess it's time for some research.

[@PaulSmith-gi5bf]

This is the correct approach when your worldview is challenged, not many have the guts to admit it and put the effort to learn more

[@ausername8699]

Beware of bad actors and grifters. Just sayin.

[@x_griffin_x]

please say yes, please say yes 🤞🤞🤞

[@bucketslash11]

this video was helped by Bes D. Marx's video on Italy/germany

[@aliyare9784]

It’s crazy how when American tell Europe to jump they never ask why but instead they say how high. Love it.

[@drewm9903]

They kind of had to. Centuries of relying on colonialism to thrive has made Western Europe weak and nothing the US loves more than a weak "ally" to keep under their boot.

[@christophunrein6419]

An important information that you have forgotten is that Russia cut the export through the north stream pipelines several times before the explosions so that the gas delivery was very low at that time already. Russia most likely did that because the the EU support of Ukraine.

[@DracoGalboy]

Just got done with the studio tour, what good timing

[@guilguis4820]

Come on man... I just moved to Europe. Don't say that!

[@drewm9903]

Europe is facing a lot of the same core issues the US is, though the magnitude varies depending on which European country and which issue that is whether it's economics, migration, etc.

[@robertdragan2333]

The map is wrong. Why do you show Moldova as part of the EU?

[@noneed8468]

thanks for shedding light on europe show much could be unpacked im uk based and the country is nose diving off a cliff for so many reasons

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

We should've made Eastern Europe part of the EU so very fast. "Capitalist Shock Doctrine" did a lot of damage. You can still see the poor gap in Germany. East Germany as annexed and plundred and is still a lot poorer (and mostly far right) than the West. Things were beter in East Germany. Every had a job, a house, food, health care, etc

[@SharienGaming]

well it didnt help that west german capitalists then plundered east germany AGAIN during reunification

[@covfefe1787]

East Germany was plundered by Muscovy first Then Berlin and now middle eastern migrants

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@covfefe1787 Moscow rebuilt Berlin

[@largeymargey5651]

4:13, did you seriously just show ireland as being part of nato, and did you also seriously just not include Luxembourg in your early eu map. I dont doubt the truth of the content but its hard to take it seriously with such obvious blunders as that.

[@paulnummerzwei]

Ireland is a "partnership-for-peace"-country and is part of nato.

[@largeymargey5651]

@@paulnummerzwei no. Ireland is not in any offical terms apart of NATO. And the thought of joining it is as very very contentious issue here. The far right party's here actively want isolation and to not join NATO and leave the EU, and the leftist party's also want no involvement in nato and less In the EU. I can't think of a single party in this country apart from maybe a few members of Fianna fail who have stated that they want to official join NATO. Joining NATO is one of the worst decisions for any Irish political party to advertise. Maybe you shouldn't spout assumptions about a country you know nothing about. We may in some ways co-operate with NATO, but so do the majority of nations in the world. But that dose not make us a NATO member state.

[@matthewlynch9331]

@@paulnummerzwei Awful take

[@GregorMcIntosh]

You should make a video about the situation in the UK, what with Brexit and the Westminster cost of living crisis. Another reason for Scotland and Wales to be independent and for a United Ireland!

[@jeflha]

I love the timing of this video. Did the upcoming EU elections have anything to do with it?

[@seneca983]

0:45 Where does this 20% unemployment figure come from? The unemployment isn't that high in the EU and wasn't during the pandemic. Are you cherry picking one country (Greece) and a spike in unemployment at a particular time (June 2022)? I think you're being dishonest with these numbers.

[@niklaskoch4931]

Not the only thing, most of what‘s in video is just plain bullshit.

[@hakuhyo174]

The problem of EU is that it actively work against its own interests to align with US. What’s good for US isn’t always good for European esp these days but they are stuck in this “us vs them” cold war mentality and can’t see pass it.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Inshallah?

[@bobi200samatar6]

insha'Allah indeed

[@Kirbeleg]

Are you trying to make me cry?! Because it's working.

[@Enchanted_Gaming]

This is interesting because I’m doing a project relating to the Marshall plan (mentioned around the start of this video.)

[@thijmstickman8349]

Eu has an unemployment rate of around 5,7%, why is the first fact check I do off by 400%? If you meant just PIGS you shoulda said that, but then the other statistics should have been about them to, but that wouldn't work because southern european economies have been going strong this year

[@meegz149]

@thijmstickman8349 Why are you talking about the EU? He said Spain.

[@thijmstickman8349]

​​​​@@meegz149 I was talking about 0:39 there was no indication he was talking about Spain. He is cherry picking stats, Spain didn't have a 63% jump in energy prices, the country has so much solar it isn't reliant on russian gas at all. Because of that spain's economy has been growing faster this year then every country in northern europe so I wouldn't exactly say its doomed.

[@ldelgg]

True, i was about to comment the same thing

[@chairmanJackie]

I'm an American in the EU. You can definitely tell there is a decline. For now, living standards are still way better than most places in the US (and the UK), but the question is: for how long...

[@gabrielalmeida6085]

not too long after the lost of Russia's gas and Africa's uranium.

[@maxiejohnson8356]

stay friend with Russia is the best choice for Europe, both economic and sercurity wise. But nope, now the Georgian get to experience the color revolution and EU got Maidan on Ukraine soil in 2014. That should have been the wake up call for them to distance away from the yanks.

[@dannydenison6253]

Amazing work

[@1homelander179]

I don’t think we should put western europe and eastern europe in the same topic regarding everything. Western Europe has colonized half the world and still does it, even if the US has word in it. While Eastern Europe was socialist up until the 90s and the neoliberal reforms it was forced to do crippled all of it and now people have zero hope. Whatever good people are talking about in “Europe” it most certanly is happening in western europe.

[@drewm9903]

I agree, it really was Western Europe that actively participated in colonialism the past few centuries, I don't blame Eastern Europe nearly as much for this because some of the territory ended up going into the USSR's hands unfairly (or at least I believe it was unfair because it wasn't their fault the German Nazis tried conquering the world) and they weren't mad colonialist dogs like the Western part of Europe was.

[@baddreams0919]

As a latin american I say, let europe harvest the fruits of centuries of imperialism

[@stealthcone]

You had 2 centuries to catch up and Argentina did until they fucked it after Ww2 quit blaming others for your problems and fix them

[@destroyerarmor2846]

​@@stealthconeothers are the problem. France is getting kicked out of Africa.

[@Kleyguerth]

@@stealthcone Whenever a latin america country tries to fix anything, the US funds a coup and sends the country back 40 years. It's not any secret how many military dictatorships were installed by the US throughout latin america.

[@mohammedzaghba3922]

imperialist apologist detected opinion rejected ​@@stealthcone

[@adrien5834]

Meaning what, migrants? Migrants are not a problem, right wing politics + migrants are a problem. Well, right wing politics are a problem.

[@goutamboppana961]

Can anyone explain the 2.3 billion euro and 400 billion euros bit at the 14:19 mark?

[@tcb3901]

Love this topic!

[@pillager6441]

Is this guy a tankie

[@danilvanlaethem9463]

What happened to your left eye?

[@jamielockdown]

JT I love you but you're committing graph crimes. 0:50 Lets examine the evidence: Exhibit A: Labelling the left side of the x axis "2021" and the right side "2023" sets us up to expect that each bar will represent a year (or a unit of time between those years. Fiscal Quarters or something). Instead, each bar is just measuring a whole different thing, with 2 of them not even representing a trend between those times. Which brings me to Exhibit B: The first bar represents an increase, whereas the latter 2 represent total percentages. Each would be ok in isolation but Exhibit C: You've put energy price differential from 2021 to 2023, total unemployment % and manufacturing industry value as a % of the total EU economy on the same bar chart as though we're supposed to be able to compare them with each other. What have you to say for yourself? (I'm mostly joking, everything was clear with your commentary)

[@jamielockdown]

Also Ireland isn't a member of NATO, so the graphic at 4:10 is wrong. Sorry, that looks nitpicky on the heels of the not actually serious graph complaints, but some of our politicians are disingenuously trying to "just have a conversation about our neutrality" so it's a sore point.

[@ErutaniaRose]

I'm disabled. Tried moving out on my own during 2021, and had to move back home. I could not afford any medical care, and could not afford food and rent at the same time. Only way I survived was because I was still getting meds through my Dad's insurance and my parents paid my rent. Edit: This was in a one bedroom, and my groceries for me and pets for a whole month was about $60 - $80 at walgreens, the only place I could get to nearby reliably.

[@arc4705]

Wow, I didn't know all of this was going on except for the energy crisis, but even then I didn't know the impact of it. Great episode, I feel like I know what to go read up more on now!

[@notamurderer6226]

The energy crisis is more than likely just gonna push Europe in nuclear power

[@BrielleSmith-mt9ij]

This is excellent!!!!

[@garrybarry0272]

wake up europe

[@christophunrein6419]

I lived in many countries as a digital nomad, and I am pretty sure that if I could choose in which country I would be born, it would be an European EU country or Switzerland. These countries have an amazing social system in which health insurance and money for a living is paid when someone doesn't have a job. In Germany, it's the "Bürgergeld" and in Austria the "Mindestsicherung" for example. This circumstances are closer to theoretical communism than other states. The people in Europe have not only the freedom of speech but also the freedom to quit toxic jobs and study for free and even get money for housing in that time without having to pay it back in moste states. Schools are for free and parents with a low income get money when they have children. Despite that european countries are among the safest. That all is not only a byproduct of a low military spending.

[@notreallyici]

(not an attack on your comment, just thoughts), aside from Swistzerland, I'm just afraid that whatever good the EU still has, will go down b/c the next US president is 100% (probably Trump but also Biden would do that) going to encourage all EU countries to invest more in NATO and military spending. Aka social welfare might be going towards the military drain in the next couple of years unless the EU wises up and goes against the US and stops participating in colonial missions across the global south. If they knew what was good for them, they'd be partnering with Russia and China for a new world order. But I completely agree, all of this good is because they spend less on military and more in the people.

[@yakiniku6075]

Digital nomads are so disgusting

[@george64826]

Map at 0:09 is wrong. Moldova is not part of the EU.

[@Timethief354]

I just want to thank first thought for all the great content they have made before I found first thought and similar Chanel’s I was falling down the alt right pipeline but second thought saved me and opened me up to a whole new world of political thinking thank you so much

[@CroatianUltraNationalist]

meh in Croatia we never had an economy, 600K people left since we joined the EU and always had the same political party in power since we became a country(and they were also criminally convicted in court as a party yet they still rule). so nothing really changes for us

[@svodcat7524]

The purpose of peripheral states joining the EU seems to be to allow economic cannibalism to sustain the central eu state-aligned capitalists.

[@tomgu2285]

I can't take a dude seriously who has a greater Croatia as a profile Pic. And who calls himself a Croatia nationalist

[@paulussturm6572]

Sure, you had an economy. You had a thriving industrial sector, stable finances and agricultural production that put many more naturally abundant regions to shame. Then you decided that the Serbs don’t deserve the privilege of existing in your presence, tho, and tore Yugoslavia apart. Good job. Now you keep less than 10% of the value produced by pretty much the only industry you still have, which is… tourism (😂), losing the rest to leakage, and are dying out at the fastest rate in Europe. You’re literally importing the same nation you exiled every summer just so your hotels don’t collapse due to lack of labor, and still manage to have a smaller real economy (gdp ppp) than oh so backwards Serbia. You’re still about 27% below 1972 levels of purchasing power. You know the saying “the Serbs and the Croats are both dying out. Unlike the Croats, the Serbs at least offered resistance”? So now you reap what you sowed. Good job. Enjoy being part of the Western civilization, just know that every time you do your yearly operation storm celebration, your eastern neighbor that’s dying out 50% slower grows to hate you a tad bit more, and we have a history of prefering vengeance to survival. You will rue the day you betrayed Yugoslavia, susjed.

[@CroatianUltraNationalist]

@@tomgu2285 at least i do not have an anime pfp

[@Lilith2718]

Remember when Finland was about to join NATO and trying to lessen it's depends with Russia. None of the outlets or the people talking about it, seemed to not really understand that shifting our depends on the US, isn't really the solution and would just lead us back to discussing this topic in a decade or two, when we are facing the symptoms of the declinging US. Hell even if the US wasn't declining, the changing world and the unpredictability of US in NATO, is already concern enough why jumping into the alliance was/is a bad idea, especially when way too many are painting the picture of Russia attacking NATO in the first place, making all this talk about "deterrening the Russia threat" sort of moot, if we just end in war with them anyway.

[@Lilith2718]

@@BigFruity I rather we had our sovereignity and if war ends up happening between NATO and Russia, we are going to be an active battlefield and we will be the ones who pay the price of war. Did you learn nothing from WW1, where this exact same idea of "everyone is in an alliance, therefore no one dares to attack each other", which was precisely the reason why a local war between Serbia and Austro-Hungary, escalated to a world war. Previously, if there were some diplomatic issues between Finland and Russia, those could have been resolved diplomatically, now even that is gone and entirely dependent on the relations between the US and Russia. Might as well add that, if Russia wanted to invade us, they would have done so already for the past 30 years, and even then, we already had a perfectly fine military and defence system.

[@Lilith2718]

@@BigFruity Sovereignty is more that just controlling your regions, it is the ability to make independent decision. The First World War escalated entirely due to the alliance system being in place. That is exactly what ended up happening where countries being allied with other countries declaring war on other countries. In WW2 Germany began expanding and was allowed to expand entirely due to allied appeasment towards Germany, not sure what parralels there is with modern Russia though. And if Russia attacks the baltic states, which are in NATO, it means that NATO is at war with Russia and Finland won't be a potential battleground, it will be a battleground. The difference this time is that we will not be able to prevent that by trying to resolve that diplomatically.

[@Lilith2718]

@@BigFruity Might also add that the Winter War is another example of a western country promising to help in case of an invasion, so the Finnish government turned all the diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union, only to lose with no assistance and having to relocate 500k people and losing 9% of the territory, so not really all that confident in "western promises".

[@Lilith2718]

@@BigFruity Is diplomacy not a thing where you are from. My god, no wonder we are closer than ever to world war three, it is because of people like you. You seem to also forget that part of the peace deal with Germany was severely clauses that Germany ended up violating, in which the allied should have intervened, they didn't because they didn't mind fascism in the first place and working with them was more profitable than stopping them and risking the spread of communism.

[@Lilith2718]

@@BigFruity Is diplomacy not a thing where you are from. My god, no wonder we are closer than ever to world war three, it is because of people like you. You seem to also forget that part of the peace deal with Germany was severely clauses that Germany ended up violating, in which the allied should have intervened, they didn't because they didn't mind fascism in the first place and working with them was more profitable than stopping them and risking the spread of communism.

[@cezardan01]

Great video! :) Some notes on your maps though: 1) The EU maps in approximately the first half of the video included Moldova in the EU which is a mistake. The maps in the second half didn't have this mistake so I'm guessing you caught it by that point but it was too late to redo the first ones. 2) I think your Israel map included the Golan Heights, which while controlled by Israel for decades now is nonetheless internationally recognized as Syrian territory.

[@tribbybueno]

dude america's government is absolutely fucked. we have NO SAY in this shit, doesn't matter who we vote for, lobbyists and the top 1% are going to buy them out anyway. It is absolutely insane to me how independent our government is from our wants and desires

[@donnytonny730]

y crimea red bro? 0:59

[@toasted_meat]

type of guy to say 9/11 had good intentions 💀

[@eeeertoo2597]

Most intelligent liberal

[@putra4101]

Good intentions ? The same good intentions to support mujahideen in Afghanistan? You forgot rambo 3 supporting them? Suddenly have Amnesia about their own propaganda 😂

[@firalioue4040]

At 10:10 i want to mention that the EU want Norway to build more power cable's to the Eu so that we can give them power from our renewable energy and if we dont the EU will sanction us.these cables have increased the power bill in norway

[@claudiojaramillo5177]

Thanks for the video JT, it's quite hard to watch as I love a united Europe, I love the Schengen area...

[@CocolinoFan]

So true. Thank you for this video. The European Union is not good now, but can be good.

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

No, it can't. The EU cannot and will not be reformed. Every single piece of european legislation has been created in such a way to make any substantial reform impossible. Now, something created from below, between the people of Europe, between the working class, that would be different. But the EU has always been a technocratic project to impose market fundamentalism

[@OmarOmaGamer]

Well, Im a refugee in germany and i have to say germany is doing great. You get money even without working, there is a health ensurens, education is literlly the best in the world. But yeah the support of israel and the unknolge of the people about it is driving me crazy. Never the less its great here. And btw many other refugees are now rich and have homes and expensive cars

[@keto0303]

@@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc And guess what, the working class is on the right and voting for "faaar right" parties. Because expanding the welfare state, mass immigration, and green policies is ruining us.

[@technophobian2962]

​@@AlbertoGarcia-wd7scThe only parties that actually push euro-skepticism in the EU are right-wing nationalist parties. I'll take the social democrats with a small chance of reform over the fascists, thanks.

[@keto0303]

@@technophobian2962 I will take the fascists (whatever that word means), so will the majority of the working class, the ones you falsely claim to advocate the interests for. We are coming baby, and fast. You keep supporting the elite and do us a favor to expediate our ascend :)

[@juliane__]

So EU should decouple from the US, while the US became No 1 trade partner again? And we are not able to help Ukraine alone. The US becoming More violent? Certainly not in foreign politics. Really a too fast First Thought.

[@konplayz]

Moldova is not a NATO member, whilst Montenegro and Macedonia are.

[@purpleblastoise]

Moldova will soon need apart of Romania.

[@konplayz]

@@purpleblastoise I do not think that is what the majority of its population desires.

[@Alex-fm5ke]

The EU horizon program funds research mostly across the EU

[@WawaWanted]

Capitalism, Capitalism, Capitalism.

[@SK-cz5wy]

more like bloated governments and aging populations taxing the working people to hell.

[@SirPercival13]

The rise of the reactionaries and fascists in respomse to these crises is terrifying. It shoudl be a call to organising for all socialists ✊🚩

[@Owlbearwolf2]

In my sassiest Tree Trunks the Little Elephant voice, I hoOOPE so!

[@njm543]

Devaluing a currency means causing inflation which erodes the savings of workers

[@bismarckfamily277]

The last "small positive action" part was rather unecessary and exceedingly pro dengist (i am really curious whom also pays you in patreons that gives u such language), but the rest of the video is an ok good

[@uuuu-h3m]

Exactly my thoughts

[@mek101whatif7]

Well they have been toeing the dengist line for a while now. Sad

[@ethanwright4176]

First thought deserves so many more subscribers, these videos are amazing