Jack Ryan Is Lying About Venezuela

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Amazon Prime's Jack Ryan, Season 2 does the world a tremendous disservice by using the real-life tragedy in Venezeula as the backdrop for its drama while ignoring the ideology that causes nothing but misery, poverty, and social collapse.
Find out how Venezuela went from the 4th richest country in the world to one of the poorest in only a few generations, on this episode of Out of Frame.
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CREDITS:
Written & Produced by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Arash Ayrom & Sean W. Malone
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
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[@juanp0093]

This is by far the most accurate depiction of what truly happened. Of how I lived it through. As a Venezuelan still living here, both dreading and hoping for the moment I can leave and start over, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@jeffersongutierrez1835]

Como siempre haciéndose la víctima.

[@kenerfigueroa7900]

Dude you are supposed to be economists and this is a whole crybaby shitty video about Jack Ryan not saying Venezuela is in crisis due to socialism. Maybe because is NOT lol. by any chance is even similar to, by example, Soviet style systems, if government control over large industries is socialism, most developed countries are socialist XD, that, even including Singapur lol.

[@vandiverb]

@@kenerfigueroa7900 Make a video and prove it.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

@@kenerfigueroa7900 You do know that the nordic countrys are not socialist.

[@cristianminerva7248]

@@thunberbolttwo3953 yes, they are, they have nordic socialism, which is a kind of social democracy. Nearly all of the european countries are based on it, even the richest one, such as France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Communism is not socialism, these two words are not synonysm, because socialism includes a lot of different ideas. For example, in Italy school is free until the end of high school and health care is free. Of course they are paid for by taxes. But Italian economy is based on liberism, so every one is free to become an entrepeneur or start a business and they can do whatever they want with it.

[@Kevin-wx7wu]

From a Venezuelan that has inhaled tons of tear gas and have been assaulted at gun point, thank you.

[@FEEonline]

I'm sorry you've had to experience that :(

[@Kevin-wx7wu]

@@FEEonline thanks again, I'm sure there's more to come(tear gas, hopefully no more assaults) But as Ronald Reagan said: "You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery."(A time for choosing) Oh and sorry if I'm commenting too much, I just have a lot to say :)

[@crs290]

@@Kevin-wx7wu Let it fly, Kevin.

[@charlestruppi7793]

Come on man, haven’t you been listening to good, upper middle class, white Americans that Socialism has nothing to do with Venezuela’s problems. As a Latino, how dare you think for yourself and have your own opinions? What you think you actually experienced is nothing compared to what these white folks learned from their Marxist professors at Berkeley. Now get back to loving the left and voting for progressive policies like the good Latino that we all know you are. Okay, sarcasm off now. I’m just a bit dismayed having very recently heard a very wealthy white liberal girl yell at a black kid who said he wasn’t really oppressed and she had no idea what she was talking about. She literally called him a racist Nazi to his face. Yep, that actually happened.

[@EvilMonkey7818]

@@charlestruppi7793 The girl you described cannot give up her religion of SJW. Confronted with thinking outside of her bubble, she jumps to projecting others as the fascist she is.

[@johnjackson9767]

The show is typical Hollywood propaganda. I couldn't roll my eyes any harder at Ryan's lecture scene.

[@spencerarnot]

@John Jackson I really enjoyed the first season of this show but had to stop watching in disgust once I reached the second. Such a disappointment.

[@mtklima]

An American series thst does not follow the usual US official imperialist narrative? How dare they?!

[@carlosdecastrojr3789]

Sadly this is more accurate than leftist propaganda.

[@jjkrayenhagen]

Yeah, it's pretty clear that they are trying to paint the dictator as an asshole, far right nationalist, Trump type character and the resistance as the good SJW socialist. You know, the exact opposite of reality.

[@fatbuu4921]

Reminds me of the Naz* propaganda they used to shove down people's throats.

[@NeoMouseSVC]

You know the starvation rates in Venezuela was so high and getting higher that they made it illegal for doctors to diagnose the cause of death to be starvation

[@highadmiraljt5853]

@שון פוקודה This was before COVID

[@demonking86420]

@@highadmiraljt5853 what's stopping them from retroactively reclassing those deaths?

[@willinton06]

@@demonking86420 their lack of care, they really don’t give a fuck, like at all

[@SquidCena]

@إنامورادا Enamorada Uh no, they aren't. Stop watching CNN for a day

[@skygge1006]

@@SquidCena never seen cnn say that they were all COVID deaths either so he’s watching a bad source not just a biased one like fox or cnn

[@theStoryteller402]

I can tell you why Jack Ryan didn't blame socialism in this series They had to get authorization for it to be viewed in China

[@spencerarnot]

Riley Chance Wow, I didn’t consider that. Sigh, you’re probably right. Or at least it was a factor.

[@bruhmoment8108]

This

[@bruhmoment8108]

@Donald Smith how original

[@theStoryteller402]

@Donald Smith First Things First Watch the video before you make that claim, second things second where the hell are you getting your intelligence? I had family members stationed on your so-called blockade... their mission was strictly humanitarian. Third things third we have people fleeing the country that have enough knowledge of this system of socialism to confirm that it had a direct hand in the nation's collapse weather unwitting or not. Besides say that the collapse of Venezuela actually was a us conspiracy... we can only stop things from leaving their seaports Nothing is Stopping Us from letting trade with their neighbors because we literally can't, Brazil and Peru won't let us. please fact check your statements and maybe get some eyewitness testimony... I think you will find it most eye-opening

[@Nionivek]

@Donald Smith, Except that the reason Venezuela GOT to that point and GOT that reliant has everything to do with socialism. It is like saying "Smoking didn't kill him, the lung cancer did". As well the US interference in Venezuela's economy didn't amount to anything and couldn't have downturned their economy. It had every opportunity to escape its fate but due to the constraints of socialism it was always going to end up this way... but it wasn't obvious because... well... Even bad governments can look functional in a economic boom.

[@licmir3663]

The fictional dictator is right wing and his main opposition is a woman, who is an idealistic and honest left-wing politician. Could the show be more unrealistic? I don’t think so.

[@Nionivek]

The show is a criticism on the USA... The Dictator is Donald Trump and the Opposition is Hillary Clinton.

[@johnbuscher]

Nionivek Except that Trump’s policies are the opposite of Venezuela’s and Hillary wanted to go down that path. It’s just a story that they want to be safe and timeless instead of being accurate to reality.

[@Nionivek]

@John Buscher, Yes and that is why they are rewriting Venezuela's story to fit that narrative. It isn't that they are being "Safe and timeless" so much that they don't know how to write outside of that paradigm and outside the current year set up. I don't mean so much that the show is a literal criticism, so much that is how they got around to writing it. Also given that the show presents the solution to Venezuela's problems to be MORE socialism. It should tell you all you need to.

[@briansinger5258]

She basically recites Trump’s rhetoric verbatim, but as a woman of color, the popularism is good I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bighands69]

@@johnbuscher I am sorry John but you are just too naive about this. They are not doing this because of being safe or because they like or dislike the government of a particular country. The vast majority of the modern media and entertainment industry is dominated by Marxist activists. That means they are willing to do anything to actually forward their agenda. It is no coincidence that the vast majority of news, entertainment and education will use exact Marxist social Justice terminology to describe their view of the world.

[@joserangelve]

I am Venezuelan. I was in the military and I left my career when the Armed Forces began to politicize with Hugo Chávez. I'm going to be 50 years old. I am a photographer and filmmaker now. And this is the video that I would have liked to make to explain to the world what is happening in Venezuela. I would only add something: in Venezuela there is no political opposition. The so-called opponents are also "moderate" socialists, so we have no hope of getting out of this anytime soon. Thank you very much for making this extraordinary video, on behalf of all Venezuelans. And yes, the US sanctions only make the government uncomfortable, not the people.

[@steviegilliam5685]

How bad is it compared to Cuba?

[@joserangelve]

@@steviegilliam5685 Well, I wrote this a year ago...nowadays I think it´s almost the same. A great division economically speaking: everything dollarized, where some can barely eat and others live in opulence. And those in the middle creating their own economy, outside of these two groups. I think that in Cuba it is more or less the same, but there is greater destruction of infrastructure, because they have been abandoned for more years.

[@rodriguezvictor86]

I'm going to share a story with all of you: Born and raised in a working-class family with two educators as parents I learned early in my life we weren't rich but we loved our country with all our hearts. Its history and geography. Socialist dad and social-democrat mom. I grew up with great sensitivity to social injustices. Huge Rage Against The Machine fan, loved every Michael Moore film and loved everyone who said anything about revolution and hated the USA. Hanged Che Guevara posters aside my Gandhi, Bob Marley and Martin Luther King posters (as if that was coherent). I was surprised when my parents didn't vote Chavez the first time back in 98. They said that as a militar who tried and failed a coup d'etat in 92 he was violent and violence was never the answer. Then I developed a critical thought towards every pollitical leader and their speeches. I questioned my own ideology and freedom of thought. Then I witnessed tortures and murders. Yes. With my very own eyes. I got persecuted and threatened for simply inviting people to respect their differences, to open up to dialogue and getting together. Also witnessed how every leader (even opposite from Chavez) used venezuelans hope as a transaction asset. And I noticed how chavism used hunger, basic needs and polarization as a social dominance tool. It felt intentional and systematic. And I'm certain it was. I swear I never wanted to leave my country. But I was forced to. The sad part is that as I left I had to bear every shithead saying things like: "If you're well educated and talk another language then your opinion is not valid". "Your skin is not dark enough therefore you must be rich and you're wrong about your own country". "You're a right-winged fascist capitalist selfish bastard". Am I really? It makes me sick reading intellectuals say great things about the man that destroyed my country as well as every article that talks so lightly about left-wing dictators. Why is the world so permissive with socialist dictatorships? Most of them don't even dare to call it dictatorship. Now I'm far away from home, far away from my family and making miracles every day so I can survive. The end.

[@FEEonline]

Thank you for this.

[@PHSM147]

Great speech!

[@DavidGarcia-rr5ve]

espero que estes bien wn tqm

[@Condor2481]

Here in Peru, we literally choose a guy that threatened Venezuelan Migrants while saying Venezuela was a democracy on TV. Yeah

[@prithvishetty6938]

those foreigners who supported socialism in your country are still supporting it

[@Nevir202]

Video is letting the show off too easy, this isn’t a “missed opportunity” It’s propaganda.

[@GreyhawkTheAngry]

Agreed, but to be frank so is 90+ percent of media.

[@Nevir202]

Greyhawk The Angry You’re not wrong 🤣

[@tentaclepawn1548]

Ummm... you do realise that the organisation that made this video is a very powerful libertarian political think-tank in the US that has existed for over 70 years, and whose sole purpose is to promote free-market capitalism and right-wing libertarian politics? Maybe you think free-market capitalism and libertarian politics are great, but lets be absolutely clear on where the propaganda is here ;)

[@richardcarpenter7454]

@@tentaclepawn1548 That's because they are great. Great points for the opposite, Sweden and Venezuela.

[@maxhuzen6329]

@@richardcarpenter7454 What's wrong with Sweden?

[@TheRoomforImprovement]

I don’t think Tom Clancy would have liked how Jack Ryan turned out.

[@HungNguyen-qr7bt]

Well you can thank that to the CIA’s Entertainment Liaison Office. They are all over the series.

[@skylerbowerbank5847]

Tom clancy is a game, gamers call out shit WAY fast, and game developers would lose SO much money This is an tv series, no one gives a fuck about tv, even if they lie and brainwash (actually.. especially if) they will still have tons of viewers

[@skylerbowerbank5847]

@Nick Smith I know the game, not the man

[@HungNguyen-qr7bt]

skyler bowerbank so you means if the games lie and brainwash, there will still have tons of gamers playing it?

[@skylerbowerbank5847]

@@HungNguyen-qr7bt if game a company lies, then they will lose far more money then if a tv industry lies

[@enmanuelpadilla6536]

I am from Venezuela and you don't have any idea of how meaningful is that people like you speak out loud the reals problems my country are passing through. It's so shameful that people around the world is trying to hide the destruction that socialism causes in places like Venezuela, argentina, Nicaragua, even in spain and USA itself. I thank you a lot. I want everyone in the whole world to see what socialism is so they don't have to suffer what my fellow countrymans my family and myself have had suffer

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

Muitos gringos dizem que não existe isso.. só dando risadas.

[@hengyan6232]

@@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783 thanks for your message and best of luck to you

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

@@hengyan6232 Hello, cheers from Brazil. Are you from China?

[@hengyan6232]

@@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783 yes:) I hate socialism and my government

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

@@hengyan6232 do you have whatsapp?

[@diegocollazos1382]

I'm from Venezuela and i still live here. This is the most amazing video about my country and our social dissaster that i've ever seen before. It's simple and everything is true. Thanks for taking your time and telling our story in such a respectful way. I actually cried a couple of times bc i've saw that hard images in person, indeed, i see that stuffs everyday when i walk in my streets. It is very important to me that the world learns about us. And you showed what happened to us, 613k people have seen it now thanks to you. Thank u very much.

[@toasterbathboi6298]

Step one: “we need socialism” Step two: “x country is good example of how socialism works” Step three: “x country was never socialist, that was all capitalism’s fault” Step four: repeat.

[@MichaelS-vy1ku]

@@milseq Not to mention that denmark relies on having a high education workforce that almost exclusively relies on their service industry to maintain itself. It's always so ridiculous how we give metrics on a countries success based on their education levels or 'healthcare' when all of these countries rely on extremely fragile market niches, that if they fail, puts them instantly into a venezuela situation. On the contrary states like USA and france have a extremely diversified marketplace which all but guarantees a stable economy even in a black friday situation. Bread lines are bad, but it is better than mass starvation- which most countries at the time were suffering from.

[@Thean10]

@@milseq The system Nordic countries rely on is called Social Democracy ...now the question that "is social democracy a form of socialism or not?" is a philosophic one. I personally think that as a market economy, it is capitalism by definition, but definitely the most humane form of it. ...And actually best way of runing a society ever tried in my opinion, but this is a question of ideology. A true liberal would never agree with me. Yet, what's interesting is that today's european nationalists (in theory the right wing) may agree that economically it's good, although they would harshly critisize some other aspects of nordic social democracy (like feminism, lgbt rights, and migration). For the self-defined socialist countries ...well yes, it's kind of an experiment that went wrong, but this story is not so simple. Venezuela's fail in my opinion is because of stupid unprofessional policies, corruption, lack of civil society (which should have been built by a socialist movement) and ALSO economic attacks from the US. Anyways, in Hungary for example (a former socialist country), our former soviet-type regime caused many scars between 1946-1989 ...but it's also true that the country never before seen such a high amount of social mobility, and modernisation in general. Great problem (among others) is that it was a dictatorship and it just strngthened our peoples' old desire to be led by a "king" instead of being a modern civil society. ...And this why our current deeply corrupt, undemocratic goverment can be elected again and again...

[@toasterbathboi6298]

@@Nigel1Powers the hell are you talking about

[@rahul327]

You forgot step 2.5 “x country utterly fails”

[@angelbarajas9180]

"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" - Geroge Orwell

[@Koozomec]

Socialism is like my ex girlfriend. "it's never her fault."

[@stevenbrown1225]

Very true, and it applies to both sexes.

[@Koozomec]

@@stevenbrown1225 No, it applies to my ex.

[@AmazingJMS]

And that is why you have no girlfriend.

[@Koozomec]

Don't listen to@@AmazingJMS she is my ex.

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

@@AmazingJMS lol you got humiliated in this comment thread

[@Wrigggy]

Am I the only one who feels like this is under-represented in the media? A lot of people I speak to in the UK have no idea this is happening at all.

[@weetodd9879]

What that shows that try to make entertainment are getting flagged by people like you because it hurts your beliefs. Its entertainment, not a documentary. This is the entertainment industry, this has always happened since the beginning of time, where movies, shows, etc.. were all based on things that are similar to the world but dont represent it at all, it's to watch and enjoy not write down everything they say to fact check it and say "your wrong" ppphfff, you people. You never learn

[@oapeleftherotisaftistisepo9540]

@@weetodd9879 It doesn't matter, the foundation of the series is based on the reality of Venezuela, in its consequences that is. And they twist the reality of what caused those things. Basic propaganda that people like you easily dismiss.

[@weetodd9879]

So what were just supposed to say entertainment is propaganda, the entertainment industry as said is built usualy around the world we live in today but based on different actions, it's supposed to give us a feeling as if it's the world we live in, but it isnt, entertainment can be used as propaganda but only when and if its possible for pulling people in, I don't see any go army or save the venuezelans in it, if the show was used as propaganda it would be lying just as much about the US government just as much about venuezela, therefore if it was propaganda, it would be faci g both sides, therefore diminishing itself, propaganda itself in the entertainment industry is just as much of a sljoke as you can expect for it to be considered propaganda, you have to look at it like that the entire time and just hate it, like I said, you cant let your beliefs or statistics affect your view on entertainment, whether or not not it seems parallel to us, as I said the jack ryan series is based on the tom Clancy universe, a universe parallel to ours, same places, same styles, different events, as in tom Clancy's jack ryan line if sight, were taken throughout many different countries that have a different view and stand on the world, but still just because it's based on real locations doesnt make it based on real events, the jack ryan series currently is the prologue as most of us know, so therefore everything has to be unsettling and turn despair and action ip to eleven, that's where I can see your getting the "lying" piece from but like I said, it's not based on our events of the real world, it's not asking for donations, therefore the only way to see it as propaganda is to look at it that way and critique it in that sense, which annoys me, because if people have to make movies, books, and shows in real locations and/or countries, they shouldn't have to say everything about it, or say this is fictional, not based on real events, because that takes away from the immersion, and it takes away from the story, I mean look at avengers age of Ultron, would that be lying about the region, if you look at it in only that way, then yes, but any other way, no. Same goes for last season of Jack Ryan, and for most films, it's only considered propaganda if you look at it that way. It's all about perspective, not about what's there, for example when you write a text, you have to be careful about how you type, because you dont want it to sound wrong or be mean in a sense, same goes for the entertainment t production but they dont know what to type, they don't know how your going to view it, the tim Clancy universe has always been fictional, this is no different. I'm just saying people take this too seriously and get too easily offended as such, especially with this generation, because if this is considered propaganda, then Wendy's chicken commercial is, Sam's aspect, saying they never started the chicken war, they only ended it and won, buy ours, blag blah blah. Etc etc. You can view it as entertainment, a nice commercial for food, or... sadly, propaganda. It's all the same because it's based off tour perspective. That's why I'm saying it cant just take it to that level, as said before, it's a show, not a doccu.entary, not a go army video, not a eliminate thenissues of the world, not a join us. So dont say thiernlying when thier not trying to say anything I. the first place.

[@admiralbrown9334]

A lot of people just don't pay any attention.

[@weetodd9879]

@@admiralbrown9334 thank you. That's what I'm saying, people dont pay attention therefore people dont care, this show is outlining action and mystery with a little bit of drama, not highlighting problems of the world and pointing fingers.

[@steviewonder580]

As an Ethiopian who's parents experienced the brutality of what socialism leads to, thank you for making this. We need to make sure that future generations don't make the same mistakes as previous ones as they increasingly feel like "the bogeyman of socialism" is "a distant irrelevant past"

[@SenseiAgot]

Unfortunately they will make the same mistakes. Socialism sounds amazing to young and inmature people.

[@oliverford5367]

@@SenseiAgot It makes sense in theory but doesn't work well in practice. That's the trouble. Logically it's simpler: why have lots of car companies competing when we can just make one really good brand car? But in practice that leads to stagnation and decline.

[@SenseiAgot]

@@oliverford5367 sorry, for some reason I can't see my comment that you're replying to, so I don't have context for your comment. But I do agree with having companies competing to one another.

[@roger18975smith]

“Few are willing to name the cause.” Never be afraid to name the cause.

[@AndyNg415]

The cause wears a tiny hat.

[@TheBlobik]

Lord Voldemort! :D

[@chrisfromm2814]

The cause in 2020 is Globalism: the religion of empire building.

[@puremercury]

No, it is socialism.

[@religiontired2682]

@@puremercury so when does Canada fall ?

[@daniellassander]

What i find very interesting is this, Venezuela was very popular in places like r/socialism r/communism on reddit. Many people agreed with Bernie Sanders here. It was the promised land where their ideas worked, the same second of the real collapse of Venezuela what you got was this instead: "it wasnt real socialism/communism, its only due to a few bad actors (who could never be named except for maduro) Its due to embargos, and most of all, its due to their too capitalist economy. Its so dishonest i dont even know what to say or think. From praising it as "this is how socialism works" to "too capitalist". How do they even manage to have one honest thought in their head if this is their level of thinking?

[@resir9807]

Daniel Lassander I can't speak for these people, but as a bernie supporter i don't really care about venezuela. The democratic socialism bernie endorses is that of denmark, finland and co. We know this works

[@daniellassander]

@@resir9807 First of all, no we dont, because politics slowly changes over time. I live in Sweden where the social democrats are now in power, and sadly they have put the country of sweden to a sure path into economic collapse. They are increasing taxes, working hard to gain far more power over the normal life of the swedish citizens. If all of their ideas got through, sweden would swiftly follow suit in the path that venezuela took.

[@nikkity5491]

@@resir9807 its not socialism at all its capitalism with more socialised benefits from the government The only problem with goverment helping its citizens is the quality and taxes that it takes to do this

[@Barskor1]

@@resir9807 No they are going bankrupt as well when you punish success and reward failure you are not going to get a happy world or a humdrum world but one where people eat garbage and tree bark to survive.

[@Barskor1]

@@nikkity5491 The only problem with a government helping its citizens is Government being a fail up system if they screw up they get more power and budget if they succeed their power and control does not increase IE no reward for their efforts so guess what happens? FAILURE happens.

[@GustavoSuperSonic2001]

As an actual Venezuelan I want to thank you for making this. Thanks for showing a little bit of the story, muchas gracias

[@FEEonline]

Thank you. I hope you see a better future.

[@krushnangpatel]

When everything looked fine in Venezuela, they said it's a socialist miracle. Now that things are bad, they say it's not socialism.

[@natedog8381]

Venezuela went as far as to put out propaganda that the Venezuelan market was 80% privately owned which led big media to believe and report it. They brainwashed thousands of citizens here in the U.S that it was not socialism but capitalism that ruined Venezuela. The good news is that former Venezuelans debunked the 80% privately owned propaganda but sadly big media did nothing to report this.

[@shakya00]

It was the same with the USSR and China under Mao...while they were responsible for the death of millions of their people many socialist still praised them up until the URSS collapsed and denying facts wasn't anymore possible.

[@zwiebelface185]

@@shakya00 the USSR is still praised today for being better than tsarist russia.

[@zwiebelface185]

@@natedog8381 ok great but do you have sources?

[@natedog8381]

@@zwiebelface185 Here are my facts “State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are dominant in diverse sectors of the Venezuelan economy, including agribusiness, food, hydrocarbons, media, mining, telecommunications, and tourism.” And “The GBRV does not have privatization programs in place.”. These are quotes from www.state.gov/reports/2017-investment-climate-statements/venezuela/ And here is the article www.foxnews.com/world/what-socialism-private-sector-still-dominates-venezuelan-economy-despite-chavez-crusade.amp

[@BronzeMantis]

I realized something was off about that season when the college students who were supporting Gloria Bonalde were labeled as "leftists".

[@Kvs6263]

@@thotslayer9914 I have discord

[@shacharrachmany1102]

Bingo! that's the moment I closed down the video and stop watching the show.

[@MarkFolkerts]

Jack Ryan says she has a social justice platform in that opening class, episode one. The whole season is an attempt, as this video states, that right wing values destroyed the country versus the true leftist values of socialism. What can you expect from leftist controlled Amazon.

[@SolarFlareAmerica]

@@MarkFolkerts if amazon was leftist, they'd pay their employees a livable wage. Bruh.

[@MarkFolkerts]

@@SolarFlareAmerica huh? Don't you remember Bernie getting all bent about that and they did. But paying good wages isn't left or right. There is no such thing as a blanket living wage anyway, your wage should always be based on job, location, and work ethic.

[@phantomwriter2629]

Clancy would be pissed if he saw what Amazon and Hollywood had done to his legacy. Advice? Stick to the books.

[@HungNguyen-qr7bt]

And don’t forget Ubisoft and the CIA. Everyone just digs up the author’s grave like digs gold. Even the fucking ghostwriters do this

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

and even though i would argue that the books have dropped in a few aspects since Clancy died and Marc Cameron took over fully, the new books still have that Clancy FEEL. They also dont bend to the bs that comes out of california today like so much has recently.

[@HungNguyen-qr7bt]

Trinal Galaxy Mark/Marc are fine. It’s Grant Blackwood that bothers me the most. It feels like the most conspiracy-filled out of the four novelists. Duty and Honor is passable but the plot and the plausibility make no sense to me.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

@Frank Castle Mine is a very close race between Executive Orders and the Hunt for Red October.

[@TimmyTheTimeTraveler]

Books are more fascinating too. ☺️

[@adriantv4993]

I'm from Venezuela, a Zulian. And yes, it could seem as plain propaganda, but listening to this video was like hearing someone from my own. You can't say Venezuela without saying socialism. Everybody has that clear. I've seen everyday kids asking for food at my house's door. I've seen all my family being broken because living here is just impossible, I barely have current relatives living here, and those relatives are extremely poor. My grandpa worked once at PDVSA. He had a good life while that company at least produced oil. Currently he's living in absolute poorness since the company was practically closed, sold, and sent to Moscow. Now China and Russia own all our oil, and we have to beg to Iran for some bad-quality oil. The nightmare doesn't finish there: I've seen car lines as big as to cover a whole street, they wait hours, sometimes days only to get oil for their cars. I've witnessed since cops kidnapping people to extort their relatives, hospitals where there were no ways to even make blood tests, a massive black market where everything we buy came or from Colombia, or from Brazil, until riotings, and plundering in blackouts. It's just disgusting to see people supporting this goverment, and blaming USA by useless sanctions. No one country has stopped dealing, for contrary, everyday black market is bigger, and bigger, and people is poorer and poorer. What we're living here is a complete hell, and it's really easy to blame others when you don't have to work as a slave to provide food, and paying a 20 mega internet in a country where 12 hours blackout are common. Thanks for making this video.

[@VizardUltimo]

Venezuelan here. Fled from the country about a year and a half ago. It's a living hell beyond imagination. I thank you for this video, you nailed every single point, specially at the end ''there are so few media outlets today daring to call the reason why the country failed.'' Even when i lived there it always bothered me that no one, whether it was talk shows, news, celebrities or even satirical comedy shows (like South Park, which i loved) to use the word ''Socialism'' as a co-relation with the country's miserable hellhole it has become. It still bothers me to no end. Again, thank you a lot. Your video deserves millions of views. Even though it makes me depressed to say it, but i think on this day and age the country is nothing else than a rotten corpse. A casket. A lost cause. That i may never EVER will put a single foot back in that living hell of a place. And the only sane thoughts i still have from the country are in my childhood and MAYBE my teenage years (which still feels like a stretch). Which oftenly just make me more sad, depressed and resentful (if that's even possible for me at this point) than i already am. Fuck Chavez. FUCK SOCIALISM.

[@Pspisripoff]

"... but ... Socialism will totally work this time, guys!" "That wasnt real socialism"

[@blurglide]

If it doesn't result in a utopia, it must not be reeeeaaallllllll socialism, right?.....because there's no such thing as inevitable unintended consequences. The concentration of power won't lead to corruption if we do it here, right?

[@redseagaming7832]

The Socialists will not stop until the entire world is a socialist State were only about ten thousand people eat well but the rest of the population starves

[@Pspisripoff]

@@redseagaming7832 Then they act surprised when ppl dont feel bad killing those like in WW2 and Mexico : D

[@Melkac]

Venezuelan here. It's literally not socialism.

[@Pspisripoff]

@@Melkac Its litterally Capitalism and freedom like every other country that never tried socialism

[@Rebecca_Violet]

They should at least wait until an event in history has passed before trying to rewrite it. The propagandists are getting sloppy, or desperate.

[@OLR1337]

these events never end

[@Rebecca_Violet]

@Sukan...I'm going to need some proof of that before I take it seriously. Too much fake news swirling around these days smh

[@Galahad_Du_Lac]

Sukan Your twisted ideology broke it.

[@YouGottaShootEmInTheHead]

@Sukan I am a Venezuelan and I can attest to your statement being BULLSHIT

[@sneakycactus8815]

@Sukan found the anti-american american

[@calzonemoto4651]

Socialism is like a mouse trap. Looks good to the mouse until he finds out why the cheese is free.

[@SparkyForce]

It's 5 am and I just went through a long rabbit hole of videos "explaining" socialism, can't wait till America goes full socialist and everyone comes to their senses. Your comment was very refreshing lol

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Aha.. Tell that to the nordic countries

[@user-wo6sr2xr3p]

@@TheBlueArmageddon nordic countries are capitalist as fuck they ain't socialists. They have social aids and stuff but that doesn't mean they are socialists. Take a look to venezuela, cuba, soviet union... etc, this countries really are socialists trying to be communists, heavily influenced by Marxism. What they have in common is missery, dictatorship, censorship and tortures. I don't know what you know about Nordic countries, but they are definitely not socialists haha. Socialism is kinda romantized in places where it's not been applied yet but you need to realize that socialism is actually something truly radical and against your freedom. Don't buy that crap

[@prithvishetty6938]

wow

[@Kaneda0015]

@@TheBlueArmageddon Sweden was only socialist for 20 years. They went back to a free market. They only kept healthcare as a social program. Don't listen to your comrade Bernie Sander. :)

[@luisandrescolmenarez2864]

Thanks for supporting our cause. These kind of videos help a lot to fight the socialism propaganda around the world.

[@bigro4444]

American leftists: it’s not socialism Me a Venezuelan: but it is. American leftists: BeRNie!!!

[@Grovered]

Bernie is a Social democrat, not a “socialist”. he is not post-capitalist in any sense. Just a tip: Saying you’re a venezuelan is not enough of an argument to say your country is A or B. For instance in Chile there are people who still support Pinochet and his legacy, are they automatically right for having lived on the country they’re talking about?

[@Grovered]

I'm Your President Look at his policies and tell me where does he want to make structural 180 degrees change on the economic system. All that he wants is to have certain areas of public interest outside of the market, not to give the means of production to the workers. Don’t start backwards from your conclusion, look at what he’s proposing and if you want to keep thinking he’s a commie then cool.

[@herrfantastisch7489]

@@Grovered Free Health Care and college. This takes our money through taxes and costs money to maintain. Do you know who else does this to build or fund certain things by taking money from their citizens? Socialists.

[@Grovered]

Mama's Boy Roads and firefighters. This takes our money through taxes and costs money to maintain. Do you know who funds public matters by taking money from their citizens?

[@qqq386]

@@Grovered You know Sanders years ago had in his website a pro chavez column?

[@johnomara849]

When the first episode of the second season started, in the scene where Jack is lecturing, the camera makes sure to have some close-ups of the Muslim students in the class, as if to say “I know we just spent our entire first season ripping on Islam but we don’t mean ALL Muslims.” It was from that moment that I knew something was up. When they blamed Venezuela’s problems on one man, and not socialism, I turned it off.

[@Matt-nt2lm]

John O'Mara I don’t think the first season was ripping on Islam, as an ideology, it was more ripping Islamic terrorism/ terrorists and gave a good story of someone responsible for those acts. But definitely the extra long shots of different diverse students was intentional.

[@ventarfield7115]

@@Matt-nt2lm moderate Islam is the grass. Radical Islam is the snake.

[@nicksothep8472]

Me too.

[@XRinger]

@@Matt-nt2lm As a novice student of Islamic doctrine since 2010, I was very disappointed in how the Jihadist were portrayed in the beginning of season one. It's clear the writers were trying to justify murderous terrorism. While watching, I slowly came to the conclusion it was about 10% pro-Islamic propaganda, and removed it from my watch list. Season two? After watching the above review, I'm starting to wonder if S2:E1 is the work of a Bernie Bro.?. Still off my watch list. I studied the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) while growing up during the cold war. Anyone with gray hair, who reads the news, knows what happened in the USSR and in Venezuela, (and why it happened). The word "Unsustainable" explains a lot. :) " Cynics 1. a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons." Cynics will tell you there is no such thing as a 'Communist Leader' (or a Socialist leader). Those are Fake ideologies, scams, motivated by Greed. Yeah, there are a lot of criminals in the world. (See RINO party members).

[@godzilla2k26]

@@XRinger How would you have portrayed them?

[@JosePascarellaable]

Venezuelan here. Very happy to see a foreigner so passionate about the Situation in my country

[@ACM1PT95]

I'm Venezuelan and I'm very happy with how deeply and very well researched you made this video. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this video.

[@Zomfoo]

Corruption wasn’t the major message. Portraying the Venezuelan disaster as resulting from nationalism rather than socialism is the point.

[@briansinger5258]

Zombie Fool Yeah, they throw a lot of shit at the wall, but _patriotism verses social justice_ was the underlying tone.

[@SolarFlareAmerica]

Yeah I love how he took the message that "hey far right nationalism is the problem" and went and said "naw I'd like my fiction that socialism is the problem way more, why don't you present that as reality Jack Ryan?"

[@SonoftheAllfather]

@@briansinger5258 Yep. The snarky little "she's just not an asshole" because muh social justice herp derp was ever so Hollywood and ever so cringe.

[@Kirboe111]

@UnsungHeroRising are you saying socialism isnt the problem?

[@SonoftheAllfather]

@@SolarFlareAmerica Not the point dipshit. The point is that Venezuela failed because of socialism, not nationalism, and yet they portrayed it as a failure of nationalism.

[@ANon_645]

As a venezuelan living in Venezuela right now, I want to say thank you.

[@alvarobernatmuller5576]

I am sorry for the United States boycott of your economy

[@anibalrodriguez2626]

@@alvarobernatmuller5576 Stfu

[@angiematas]

Venezuelan living in Europe here. It amazes me how many people buy into this kind of idea, that the problem with the country was the leaders as incompetent and ill-intentioned individuals and not the ideology and policies surrounding them, voting here in Spain for people with the exact same speach, who were well known in Venezuela for associating and defending Chavism. I'm terrified, I don't want to leave another country, and so many people that migrated to LATAM countries feel the exact same way. But the idea of socialism sounds so nice when they sell it to you, it is because we don't criticize the real problem that we fail to see the pattern, and we end up supporting polititians with the same intentions and agenda in the hopes that this time "We won't end up like Venezuela" just like we wouldn't end up like Cuba. I really hope to become more educated on this topic and thank you so much for portraying this more critical picture of bolivarian socialism.

[@8Paul7]

Lack of widespread proper economics education (austrian school of economics) is possibly the greatest failure of humanity ever.

[@cloudofthinking4976]

Venezuelan here. Just wanted to say thank you.

[@shakespeare4bears]

When he said Venezuela's problems were due to nationalism and corruption, I was expecting Jack Ryan to look deadpan into the camera.

[@shreelaad4601]

i just imagined what you said & now i can't stop laughing

[@iank11b62]

Jack doesn't know but Jim sure does

[@michaelscott-joynt3215]

It's almost as if they took "nationalization" and twisted it into nationalism, because it sounds similar. Socialist nationalization of industry for government plunder of wealth is corruption.

[@dealerovski82]

Just like Obama used to do?

[@fastestfail2645]

Socialism played a major role in too.

[@maradonapeleplatini]

As a Venezuelan I have to say excellent video. I especially loved the way that you explained that even before Chávez things were being done wrong, we can not romanticize the pre-chávez era as the country we want.

[@albertbresca5801]

well said... sadly there is not a lot of information out there that criticises venezuela for the mess it is in now....the world's media seems to have forgotten about it..

[@efrainayala71]

That is why the world is lost ,Because of people like you.Empustero.

[@tomascelis3807]

@@efrainayala71 chavista?

[@Cool_J-ko1co]

tell me more

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

Exactly Venezuela has been run by authoritarian type people for a while the worst of which are the Socialists/Communists. But all forms of authoritarians are bad as they are the enemies of libertarian free minded people who believe in human dignity. Marxists are just some of the worst.

[@LuisCastillo-ok4kd]

Dude. This is by far the best and most accurate description I have heard of Venezuelan history. As a Venezuelan I truly appreciate your work. I think there were 2 extremely important points you missed: 1. Carlos Andres Pérez Tried to reverse the incorrect economical policies during his second presidency in the early nineties, this resulted in a nacional burst called el caracazo. 2. Hugo Chávez first appearance was In a coup d'etat he orchestrated to overthrow Carlos Andres Perez. I highly recommend you to watch documentaries like "Cap: 2 attempts" and " Chavismo: the plage of the 21 century". Venezuelan political and economical policies create a socially dependable population who wanted the government to solve all of their economical problems with leftist policies and when this government fail to do so, vote a socialist corrupted and power hungry populist militar who promised equality for all. I think people can learn a lot from Venezuela's history.

[@prospitdreamer]

Im coming late but I wanted to say: from a venezuelan that moved from her country, i thank you for making this video, and for calling out socialism. So many people today defend it without knowing the realities of it, and I've seen people legit say that Venezuela's current disastrous situation was due to corruption (or the typical tale of "it is the USA's fault") when the situation was much complicated than that. I hope youtube randomly recommends this video to all, it's a must watch

[@jarlathquinn2628]

Yeah that’s why if your having a debate with someone for socialism don’t use Chile or Cuba as they both are in a bad way particuly to blame the US

[@asereje245]

thank you for doing this video, im from Venezuela, and its always frustrating and infuriating this type of things and cant be heard about it

[@GANTZ100pts]

Not so much that it's not been heard. it's just that a lot of people (mostly on the left) that choose to ignore the truth. And blame others or other factors.

[@maximilianomadrigal6661]

Then why do 2 thirds of the population support maduro? Why the poor you are the more likely you support maduro? "Freedom" means oil for US oil companies

[@maximilianomadrigal6661]

@Honey Badger kzbin.info/www/bejne/opabZ3ttjcudqMU

[@hussman6290]

@@maximilianomadrigal6661 2 years old video, also the first bit about the 2/3 of the economy being private is a blatant lie so i won't watch a video just to be lied to for 20 minutes straight, i also should note that you can't just trust a video because it exists to support your claim, my credentials are that i am a venezuelan who lives in this mess of a country, and has been affected first hand by expropiation, and fair prices laws twice in the last 8 years resulting in family buissness going bankrupt, and i can tell you that the government doesn't have the people on its side but they control the poorest people with rations of food every couple of months and each time there is an election so they guarantee some votes, also before you ask "why don't you fight then?" we can't we have no means of fighting and the military is exclusively chavista as said by themselves and they will defend only the regime rather than it's people.

[@maximilianomadrigal6661]

@@hussman6290 im sorry i didnt know your a Valenzuelan god im so stupid, ok i know like tons of other Venezuelans who said that maduro has has helped them. Do you really want to keep playing this game? Second look at the videos citation cause they actually did research if you actually watched it. You say its a lie show me your source "also you should know that you can't trust a video just cuase it exists to support your claim" is exactly what you are doing with this video so im gonna keep fight for socialism while you go "bankrupt" tell your family i said hi 🖐😂!

[@freedom_seed5.45x39]

As a Venezuelan whose family has suffered through this and still is going through it. I'm boycotting Amazon. I can get the same stuff on Ebay without the support for socialism.

[@medibar576]

I wish good luck to you and hope that this suffering may end someday for the people of Venezuela one way or another.

[@Eexpers]

I don't know specifically what you're referring to with amazon but I do want to say in as few words as possible what happened here in my hometown of baltimore. the brief time between the 80's and mid 2000's and today had a lot of economic strife with a few industries leaving and with it a void that splintered the area with associated issues. (GM and Bethlehem Steel) That was reliable blue collar work that paid very well... you knew someone that worked there it was part of baltimore. After they left johns hopkins became as foundational but it's not exactly blue collar.... it may very well be the greatest hospital and medical university on the earth but its not the same its not for the "average joe" - all those problems you're heard about baltimore... it's a symptom of that.... lots of "urban youth" that can't make a honest living. Amazon came in exactly where GM used to and the same area Bethlehem Steel workers lived (the entire community called 'Dundalk' would founded basically just for Bethlehem Steel employees) multiple giant fuckin warehouses and EVERYONE gets a job. Piss clean and you get a job. $15/hr with as much overtime as you want with healthcare. Thousands. It's the kind of thing that has real change. So I don't know what in particular you're referring to but to me.... what I see with my eyes is an american company employing real americans....the ones who actually needed it. that's not a fairy tale that's a real story that's right here its the kind of thing Venezuela needs so again i don't know specifically what the connection is but saying you won't support amazon to me = Venezuela ie a company that invests in the area.

[@scottcantdance804]

@Jimmy De'Souza brought to you by, a people of a certain ethnic character.

[@Floral_Green]

ScottCantDance And small hats

[@freedom_seed5.45x39]

@@Eexpers did you not watch the video? Amazon is basically covering up the fact that socialism is the cause for Venezuela being in ruins. I get what you're saying but I cannot and will not spend my money in companies that either support or are disingenuous about socialism and Venezuela. That is the beautiful thing about capitalism. I can always choose to spend my money elsewhere.

[@AlphaDeltaRomeo]

Boy this video aged well....after what has been going on. I feel for Hong Kong 🇭🇰 I can’t even image going through that

[@pavp001]

As a Venezuelan, because in some way saying that makes my opinion a little bit useful, I can say that this video is one of, if not the best video to explain the socialist plague in the country (even tho I would've loved to see more information about the 50's-60's Venezuela), and specially for the objectively respectful way to tell everyone what is happening, without outraging against the evil but saying the truth with straight points and arguments. Well done

[@veganvvarrior]

Socialism isn’t to blame. If you think so then you have no clue what socialism is. Corruption and mismanagement in combination with to much focus on one source of exportation are the issues.

[@pavp001]

@@veganvvarrior of course, so we could say the same for every socialist/communist country in the world that is going through the same problems, as Cuba for example. Also we cannot blame the totalitarian power that the state is provided as the source of corruption because. There is an interesting thing, ideologies can work on paper, but as soon as they come to life they change completely, socialism in practice leads to those same issues you discussed, corruption is a given with the absolute power that the state has, mismanagement happens when idiots give powers to populists. You could argue: "the same thing happens with capitalists societies!!" And I won't deny it, but the amount of tyrants, fascists and dictators that socialism/communism have produced since the early XX century, we can safely conclude that it is the same ideals of those old socialist leaders the ones that ended up destroying a not-so damaged Venezuela.

[@veganvvarrior]

@@pavp001 we can say the same for many countries that uses a capitalist economic system also. But instead of the state owning media corporations end up doing it. Not saying that it is better or worse, but definitely that it is not a part of the core of the economic system. And cuba isn’t going through the same issues as Venezuela for example. And not that cuba is perfect, lots of problems. But context matters. Compared to other countries in south america cuba is doing pretty swell. Even compared to many countries in the western developed world cuba excels on some points. And that is with decades of embargo against them. And yes. I agree, on paper an ideology can look great, but the world is complex and has many shitty people in it that will fuck things up. My goal isn’t to push for socialism, even though I ideologically in large agree with it. My argument is rather to push for something that works. Some aspects of capitalism is good, some aspects of socialism is good, some aspects of state controlling things are good, some bad and so on. But saying “socialism caused the problems in Venezuela” is at best a oversimplification. Corruption isn’t inherently the result of socialism, just like it isn’t in capitalism. But given opportunity it will usually develop regardless. Yeh, communist regimes have a lot of blood on its hands. But to be honest, what hasn’t. Capitalism has caused hundred of millions to starve, and die in wars or sickness for because market prices for medication needs to be kept up. And that is without even mentioning the decades of colonization, that was a bloody way of pushing capitalism. Fascism has also often used socialism to get into power. Regardless, I sincerely hope things will get better somehow for people in Venezuela. And usa for that matter.

[@pavp001]

@@veganvvarrior Going over some points quickly, yes we can argue and be very much in the right with saying that both capitalism (or "right wing" ideals such as feudalism, imperialism and democracy) and socialism (or "left wing" ideals as communism, social-democracy and anarchism) have blood stains on their clothes, because politics as flawed just as we humans are. I have to say tho, that Cuba suffers a lot, even more than Venezuela, the embargo (as in Venezuela) exists as an attack against the dictators and their money laundry and corruption, and no I have no economic proves just the word of Cubans and Venezuelans who lived and emigrated from the countries. Personally I don't agree with neither socialism nor capitalism, even tho I much rather live in a country in which I can work and eat without having the fear of dying, it doesn't matter what country it is. I do have to say that the idea of taking good things from everywhere is a good idea, defending old ideals as if politicians cared about it is useless and, utterly stupid. And yes, oversimplification on the Venezuelan situation is the easiest thing to do, not even Venezuelans who have lived in my country since the early XX century know the whole story, even tho social-democracy started to crack the foundations on the country, and socialism made said cracks even bigger and more dangerous, there are thousand of subtle things that affected the country, not only "corruption, mismanagement and the dependency on one material for the entire economy". I'm not trying to say that neither capitalism or socialism is wrong, neither to say that I have the answers to my country because all I can say comes from my own mind and experiences. And while, again, I disagree with some of your points, ideals and propositions on the whole topic, I do say that debating over these ideals without a goal is useless. Even tho it is an interesting experience to read an opinion with different ideals. And finally yes, let's hope that things go better everywhere, because shit this world is fucked up.

[@pcxPOT]

@@veganvvarrior Yes, yes it is to blame. Socialism leads to corruption, it is the root issue and corruption and mismanagement are just two of many symptoms that come from that.

[@eduardoleon9216]

Hey man, Venezuelan here. This video is incredibly accurate. You have done more justice to the truth than any media outlet. Your research is on point and it makes me incredibly happy that a non-Venezuelan can tell the story the way it happened. Thank you so much.

[@albertbresca5801]

I (one of many) is glad you enjoyed this... and it is good to see a venezuelan on here ( there are a few here who seemed to have enjoyed this...great to see) .. I am sorry the world's media seems to have forgotten the problems happening in Venezuela - i think the world should keep their attention there to try to help them out of the mess they are in.....

[@andresfelipeod6819]

ndeed, these Jack Ryan defeat a guy more like Alvaro Uribe, or Alberto Fujimori, or Rios Mott. than a Chavez or Maduro guy. it is funny, they try to criticize venezuela, and they put the reality of past regimens from Guatemala, Colombia, or Perú a few decades in the past.

[@marcosbeni5875]

I knew how Venezuela was gonna turn out from the moment Chavez won the elections in '98. Been born and raised in Cuba, Chavez's speeches sounded all too familiar.

[@watchandjewelryloft4713]

And American Leftists were praising it then. But if you call them out on it today, that shrug it off as another example of Socialism that no one should pay attention to. How convenient.

[@cristianion2056]

@DrgnFlys so if a capitalist country don t want to do business with you means SOCIALISM is affected. Are you DUMB?

[@andrxito]

@DrgnFlys they pay you to copy and paste this bullshit everywhere don't they?

[@vibunja3602]

@DrgnFlys I'm not buying, Chavez also claimed the US sent a hack attack on their generators, which are off the grid and can only be affected by manual control. Chavez gives crazy speeches.

[@qqq386]

A cuban neighbor told my mom when chavez won "You have no idea what you just did"

[@luismogollon4787]

Thank you so much for making this video. As a venezuelan is incredibly annoying and isulting seeing people spreading fake news about Venezuela, pretending they know more about the crisis than the people who actually lives in Venezuela and struggles with the crisis every day. I was also excited with the season 2 of Jack Ryan and I even started watching season 1 to catch up, but after learning what they did in season 2 I didn't continue watching it and felt dissapointing. It's incredibly annoying how Hollywood is always giving innacurate portraits of south american countries, while also pretending to be advocators for ''social justice'' and opressed people. Jack Ryan did an unforgivable damage with that portrait of Venezuela, so thanks for speaking the truth, It means a lot for Venezuelans.

[@johandrytenias1725]

Excellent take. I'm a Venezuelan and I didn't know half of this things you brought up

[@jorgeorta7751]

As a venezuelan, thank you, I really love this channel because of videos like this. I almost teared up while watching the video, it just feels great to still know that we arent completly forgotten by the rest of the world. Really, thank you

[@bighands69]

You are not being forgotten you are being blocked from the world.

[@ColonelSanders17]

I have a cousin who is a self proclaimed Socialist, I myself am a Conservative/ Libertarian. I'm going to have a heart to heart talk with him. I dont really think he knows what ACTUAL Socialism is. Let me know what points I should bring up. I really want to hear what you have to say Mr. Orta. I feel that I NEED to let people know the evils of Socialism. As an American I feel duty bound to do so.

[@mygunfriday1]

If you were a Chavista - you wouldn't talk this way when people lie about your country. My guess is you're a wealthy Venezuelan or closely connected to the wealthy in your country. Pumping up liars like this guy only serves to encourage a war in Venezuela since your country is being crushed by US sanctions and an outright US effort to overthrow your legitimately elected leader. You must be wealthy because otherwise the sanctions would be harming you. I couldn't imaging doing anything to invite a war in my own country. Death, Destruction, and a likely dictatorship as the end result - what foolishness.

[@rockwiththeuniverse]

You know how many nations feel exactly like you.. And that in a time of internet. Thank God, I still believe in humanity. We are in this together.

[@mygunfriday1]

Melon - Military Industrial Complex stands to benefit from a regime change and / or war in Venezuela. Only wealthy Venezuelans seem to think they will benefit too - Real Venezuelans know the truth and are perpetuating these lies for a horrific result they think will benefit them.

[@Fergutor]

Next lesson from some media show (this or other): "You see, the problem with the USSR was its brutal capitalism, while the properous nations of the west relied on a strict economy and social control through glorious socialism/communism..."

[@IconoclastX]

exacley

[@bluidoiaoi2213]

the quotes a bruh moment

[@gavinhillick]

I wish Americans realised how utterly ignorant and brainwashed the rest of the world sees them. It's farcical.

[@thesneakymemedealer5071]

@@bluidoiaoi2213 socialism is a bruh moment

[@ThatGuy-yc9yc]

Socialism: Everything gets shared, but you're never the one doing the sharing.

[@fredericvallieres1751]

Socialism in a nutshell: Generosity with money of someone else

[@Daviticus042]

*You're

[@anujthakkar9172]

Damn... Really accurate

[@motozealot5176]

I remember being baffled that he just said it was nationalism that wrecked the country. I genuinly laughed. But expected. Big corpos wont ever point out socalism as an issue

[@NANOTECHYT]

I had a kid in school with me who was an international student from Venezuela. He ended up leaving my school because his parents couldn't afford to send him to school in Australia anymore because even though his parents were well off, the inflation was just too much and their currency was basically worthless. I remember on his last day of school, he ate a bunch of junk food because he knew once he was going to go back to Venezuela he'd be eating poorly. Really sad. Hope he's still alive out there.

[@Magicoffee]

As a Colombian that has seen first hand the caravans of Venezuelan refugees selling bricks of Bolivares for only 2.000 COP (Roughly .50 USD), thank you for showing the objective truth.

[@llmazter6540]

hermano latinoamericano creo que dentro de poco tiempo veremos a muchos mas de nuestros paises en estos tipos de documentales, salgudos de argentina

[@Magicoffee]

@@llmazter6540 Muchos paises Latinos tienen fama de ser inestables, particularlmente al sur. Argentina ha pasado por mucho en su historia, y no creo que eso cambiara en este siglo. Lo que se viene a latinoamerica (y al mundo) es la caida de muchos gobiernos y Estados. Lo unico que se puede pedir es que ojala sea mas pacifico que antes.

[@phredphlintstone6455]

I wish more Americans would open their eyes Unfortunately, if I try to point to the truth, I'm called a racist

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

@@phredphlintstone6455 called a racist for what?

[@zurabsiradze7822]

@@GalacticNovaOverlord For saying the truth...

[@MrWolak191]

Jack Ryan: Nationalists destroyed Venezuela Dwight: That's debatable Jack Ryan: Fact. Venezuelans eat beets

[@soulessburn]

Thanks a lot I'm Venezuelan and its good to see someone who can see at least a bit clear

[@donald12998]

Never forget: Chavez and his family made billions from this.

[@MASHo1992]

I will never forget how his daughter had an entrance to every Justin Bieber's concert in Latin America and her own private jet to go from one country to another.

[@rutessian]

That's what happens in every "not really a socialist" country: the people in power and their friends get rich impoverishing everyone else.

[@donald12998]

@@rutessian To be fair, that's what happens in every country. The question is extent.

[@toledochristianmatthew9919]

@@donald12998 yeah, but socialism allows far greater levels of corruption. I mean you are literally handing control to the government.

[@estebandiaz2772]

@@donald12998 To be fair it is not fair to compare with every country. Maduro's socialism, like most left wing politics, aim to reduce gross inequalities in wealth, and offers the ethical obligation to build a model that respects human life and that guarantees the survival of humankind (barely achieving that). Maduro also "hates" capitalism. You just cannot be left wing and steal billions from your country, and spend their taxes on jet trips to J.B. concerts. I don't mind a wealthy president, but one that does not walk the talk (the talk being his entire political ideology), is just unacceptable.

[@webdevsam]

Venezuelan here... Jack Ryan in the movies: Hunt for the Red October. Jack Ryan on Amazon Pride: Uhhh I see no red here my man...

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Soy Ryan

[@webdevsam]

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Somewhere in the world, a dad has a boner with that joke.

[@Pineappletaco]

For such a short video (relatively), and one in which the poster openly admits bias, this was very well made and executed. Nice work FEE and voice guy.

[@Whywe.lovegames]

Thank you so much for this amazing video, this is one of the most comprehensive videos about tbe situatiln in Venezuela. You did plenty more for Venezuela in this video than the entire season of JR.

[@ojboss7187]

As a Venezuelan currently trapped in the middle of the nightmare that signifies my country, I truly appreciate this video. Thank you for your support FEE

[@Dom_510]

JohnTheGreat7822 you have no idea what life is like for him you douchebag. He makes one comment and you know positively that he watches KZbin all day?

[@bettyoffdead]

@@TonyBustaroni as you yourself comment on a youtube video

[@sarahhunter1114]

JohnTheGreat7822 ya, having access to YT is definitely a good replacement for food and toilet paper.🙄

[@roboat3069]

Tosser

[@fiorathegrandduelist4444]

@@TonyBustaroni being able to use internet doesnt mean he has a salary that can cover the prices of the minimum servcies(education, health, food, water, light, gas, security) in a country with hyper inflation, idk why ignorant people like you act like because he can use internet his country situation is not that bad. Guess what? it is really bad

[@ToRecallE]

as venezuelan, i was 14 year old, when chavez took power. honestly after 20 year living in this hellish nightmare, i cant understand how people elected a failure of military that chavez was, word of Henrique salas romer the person who run againts chavez back in the 98', open qoute "Who win this elections will leave a undeniable mark in the country". for some reason those word stuck with me since i saw him on TV, after 20 year, he was complete right my beloved country its not more that suffering, corruption and dead everywhere, every single sistem and program is a failure, living in here is like living walking dead series.

[@TwistedFireX]

Stay strong! I hope some day Venezuela can become as great as it was decades before this shitshow happened.

[@scottcantdance804]

Do you have someone who can go Full Pinochet?

[@masydoda2546]

Stand strong, and NEVER back down from the truth.

[@Toddcinca]

Can you believe your country was the 4th wealthiest country in the world not too long ago? When Venezuela was free of state control it prospered.

[@kevikiru]

This is the first video from your channel that I have seen, and you are good at this!!! Straight sub. All the best, keep going

[@danielabrunoni1894]

Thanks for saying the true about my country, Venezuela. I was bout to watch that serie because I'm a fan of John Krasinski, but I didn't knew how disappointed and out of context is. Thanks

[@stubones]

You’re right, the program lied. Venezuela is far worse 😂

[@gabrielflaubert5881]

There's no way for an opposition electoral campaign like the woman was leading, to begin with… Political prisioners surpass the 300 according to Foro Penal.

[@willinton06]

@@gabrielflaubert5881 they were tho, they were eventually taken down but for a while they did

[@mugrex]

says the maga guy.

[@mugrex]

@Kordell swoffer erm. Ok let´s do this. Number 45? really? who you think you`re fooling?

[@mugrex]

Trump was the 45th US prez. Many maga guys use the number 45 in t shirts and hats.

[@RyanAustinDean]

“I’m sure (this video) will spark a debate in the comments.” **looks around** Nope, we pretty much all agree with you.

[@JasonGodwin69]

Communists are anti-debate, anti-truth, and anti-reason. Communism is an easily-cured mental disorder and should be treated as such.

[@T0mm3n]

You thought you'd find socialists on a video by the Foundation for Economic Education? Bruh...

[@T0mm3n]

@@JasonGodwin69 >Communism is an easily-cured mental disorder I mean I agree with you for the most part, but sadly this part couldn't be further from the truth.

[@seirbhiseach]

@@T0mm3n the cure for Marxism is a dosage of 3 square meals a day, proscribed alongside of a healthy 40 hour work week, of a job that hasn’t been forced upon him by the government. For increased potency, add once a day Private Property rights

[@jesse123185]

I quit watching in disgust after the classroom scene. I couldn't tolerate that level of bullshit to make communists feel comfortable watching a show

[@javonf1]

I just want to say that it is amaizing how well you described my life in Venezuela. I vouch 100% for this video

[@SamGon2456]

Nice video, bro! I’m from Venezuela and i got to say this was incredible, what a nicely done video, just amazing! My history’s teacher is surprised in how exactly you were making the video, thought you forgot to say that the Carlos Andrés Era was excessful and that he tried to introduce the neoliberalism in our economy in 1989, but the people, controlled by Chávez and those pricks, didn’t wanted the change. Then, the Chávez assault occured and everything went wrong with Caldera. Thanks for being so accurate! Send you my best desires from Maracaibo!.

[@seamuspink9098]

-FEE: 'They took a massive hit to the economy after the oil crisis, then the goverment...' -Me: Let me guess, printed money -FEE: 'Printed money' -*BRUH*

[@MouseGoat]

When you can print you own money it becomes really really tempting to do so, and humans are not good with temptations.

[@waylander7777]

@@MouseGoat The US printed 6 trillion after the GFC to prevent economic disaster and is now spending the next decade pulling 3 trillion of that 'printed money' out of circulation to prevent devaluation and inflationary effects. QE is a useful tool if sound economic principles are guiding its use.

[@movement2contact]

Nobody can outprint the Fed though B-)

[@darksideblues135]

Karim Chemlal i don’t think so.

[@Nuvendil]

It's depressing how predictable the path of these socialism experiments are and yet they are attempted over and over again.

[@varianbohling251]

I like the show, but this season I did roll my eyes a bit. The Hollywood circle jerk with socialism continues. I've yet to hear a capitalist claim capitalism is perfection, but history has made it clear which one can actually work.

[@billytheripper4]

When you're at rock bottom, capitalism doesn't seem so great, but at least with capitalism there seems to be fewer people at rock bottom than with any other system.

[@ronniemassart3834]

I can't help but see this guy as the guy on The Office

[@varianbohling251]

@@ronniemassart3834 Yeah, but he works out now. Like 5 days a week.

[@scott88008]

One of my favorite shows, Peaky Blinders, contains a lot of communist/socialist propaganda while glamorizing criminality and corruption. But for England it's somewhat accurate historically.

[@billytheripper4]

@@scott88008 now that u mention it I don't recall any characters criticising communism, they were either commie or had nothing to say about it

[@jaredstanfield267]

Incredible video! This does an excellent job of breaking down the how the country feel apart, step by step. I felt the same way you did when watching Jack Ryan.

[@bartholomew5946]

Venezuela is my country and I've always been devastated at how horrible its been. Currently struggling to get the rest of my family out and into better conditions. This is a great video, thank you for making it.

[@Unknown.NotRegistered]

Worse than just failing to challenge, but labeling the issues around "Nationalism" its a slap in the face to any patriotic movement, such as Trump's MAGA, UK's Brexit or Hong Kong's independence movement by claiming that any pride in a region or country is the spark for said specter of corruption. By mislabeling the issues like this, its conflating the issues and blaming Nationalism for causing corruption instead of actively addressing the problems caused by Socialism.

[@nathanielpowell6855]

This is the key point of it all. This is just another move in the culture war from Hollywood. Framing a nationalist as the reason for the collapse and some "professor turned activist" as some savior is absolutely insane.

[@spencerarnot]

All organisms are programmed to seek food, resources, territory and the means to reproduce. We are all “self” interested in that respect. Successful economic systems acknowledge this basic biological reality. They seek to “capitalize” on it by putting it to work with as few restrictions as are necessary. Economic systems that ignore this basic reality and attempt to remove or significantly stifle it are bound to fail.

[@udp1073]

yeah.. i think they should have used NATIONALIZATION instead of NATIONALISM.. but nope... as i said in my own comment, i am surprised the fictional dictator is not named Donaldo Trumpeteros... and damn, i ma tired of defending Trump

[@evandrolima1724]

Looks like centrism to me. Could it be because I'm too far in the Left? ;)

[@michaellamont2605]

We can't teach the left -JOHN MARK

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

Hollywood, where reality goes to die.

[@majorplothole2620]

it's un-hollywood to criticize a political and economical ideology they want to implement in their own country.

[@MrBeerpixie]

Thank you for helping me understand the situation a WHOLE lot better and hopefully the many who have watched this

[@Lokolopes7]

Honestly I wasn't surprised at all when a series made by Amazon didn't pin the blame on the left...

[@jeffgriffith2868]

Man, as a Tom Clancy fan, this is super disappointing. Kind of not surprised though that Hollywood writers might want to avoid the truth.

[@AM-ok5lf]

As a part of the Venezuelan diaspora currently suffering from the consequences of the chavista dictatorship, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to research and making this video.

[@gabrielserrano8151]

As a Venezuelan, who lives in Argentina (another kind of Venezuela [I mean, it's going on the same way]), this is very accurate

[@EliteElk221]

I'm a year late, but awesome video. I'm subscribed now. Thanks for being a voice for truth!

[@gabrielperez-ze9tk]

My grandfather fought in the Cuban revolution to bring elections back to his country. He thought that by fighting the corrupt government, he would be giving his family a better future. After the revolution, he quickly learned that the people he surrounded himself with had no intentions on losing their power, and he witnessed corruption return firsthand. Luckily, he was able to leave Cuba, and brought his family to the states, without a dollar in his pocket. Both of my grandparents worked their a**** off, leading to me being able to be born, and for me to pursue my dreams here in the United States. Tomorrow I graduate from University, something that would have meant nothing in Cuba. My family that is still there always writes us asking for food, clothes, and medicine. We cant give it to them, thanks to the fact that any care packages are intercepted by the government. Every time a self-centered rich person who lives a life of luxury praises the Cuban government, it sickens me. They go to the beaches, live their life of luxury thanks to capitalism, and say nothing about the filthy and rotting Cuban infrastructure, the crowds of people waiting to get on 50 year old busses, and the lack of opportunity for ALL in that country. Thank you for the video FEE, you are absolutely right that Socialism is a cancer in the way of human progress.

[@Mr3DLC]

It is my fear that at the present course of events our learning and degrees will amount to little I am certain that if things like labor can be economic so can a college degree In other words the more of something there is in the world thr less valuable it is:(

[@chagoriver7159]

lmao if he hadnt left cuba he wouldnt have gone thru all that trouble in order to give a top notch education.

[@gabrielperez-ze9tk]

@@chagoriver7159 And I wouldn't have an ounce of freedom to find my own path in life. Also, the law path in Cuba just doesn't have what it does in the United States. Something about a one party state just doesn't sit well with me...

[@lochlannblack7699]

@@gabrielperez-ze9tk bro the USA is a one party state with two party's its quite literally and oligarchy

[@alparkes6084]

Enclave_Energy But fortunately it hasn’t yet gone as far down the path of socialism that Venezuela has.

[@balderedda2060]

I'm pretty sure that Tom Clancy would have changed the story if he was alive. Also... Jack Ryan looks like he's trying to poop his pants every time he's depressed.

[@aps-c1766]

Isn't tom clancy just pen name. He have some ghost writer. So some of his book wrote by another person not tom himself

[@xXxMrRazorxXx]

@@aps-c1766 nope. The real Tom Clancy had passed away in 2013. Currently about 5 authors who conjoined, picked up and decided to continue the Ryanverse in Tom Clancy's name. So there's that...

[@aps-c1766]

@@xXxMrRazorxXx ahhh. I see

[@Chipiricuiki0083]

FEE as a Venezuelan emigree to the U.S. I cannot thank you enough for this.

[@juanbonyorni2144]

I'm venezuelan and I don't think a meaningless show would have turned the tables if it said that it is socialism or maduro's fault

[@rainphantom]

I saw the same episode of Jack Ryan and was jaw-dropping. Such a display of ignorance!

[@Barskor1]

Willful ignorance to boot.

[@Barskor1]

@@libertyspeak1883 I think the Boy Scouts could have done the op a thousand times better.

[@theMightyWhytey]

I am only 5 minutes in, but if Jack Ryan is teaching a class in college he is not allowed to speak out against socialism. Jack Ryan is smart enough to know that.

[@LatinoSan]

Thank you for making and sharing this video...very informative.

[@QuintaJoryal]

I lived through it all ! There is a lot more to be said but will add that i will never forgive the trendy Americans like Jimmy Carter, Chomsky, Hollywood stars, etc etc who praised Chavez without knowing a bloody thing. They made it so much harder to get the word out. I hope they pay the price .

[@AlejandroAlborja]

I moved to the U.S because of Venezuela's current situation on 2017 my dad works his ass to mantain the rest of our family in Venezuela. Thank you for making this video. Pd: Marico te amo, gracias

[@CraazynBR]

Your Dad is a Brave Man, you must be really proud.

[@rizzo9197]

Welcome to America and I wish we had more hard-working people like your father here in our country who would vote for economic freedom and against those who promote Socialism or Communism ; )

[@RonaldMcPaul]

Welcome to America; I'm sorry we have so many citizens that think socialism is a good idea.

[@Mahavishnu01]

@@blitzwing1 Please , walk to the desk and write 100 times : "the welfare state that most of western democracies have implemented has nothing to do with socialism"

[@21boxhead]

JUST MORE LIES YOU WANT TO HEAR

[@kazekamiha]

Venezuela: Hey remember that stupid thing we did before? Let's see if it works this time!

[@jamescampbell39]

We need Mr. Clark and Ding Chavez to cut fences and sort these bastards out.

[@malenyluna5275]

Watched several times in a row, laid out flawless.

[@kazuhirala]

Man this is by far the best unbiased, non one-sided video I’ve ever seen on YT.

[@sebastienholmes548]

It's true tho.

[@MGondimM]

My neighbor country is, sadly like you've said. Some of them are coming here, into Brazil. I hope he gets out of power soon

[@Theaverageazn247]

he wont. Theres no reason for him to step down as long as he owns the army

[@RenegadeShepard69]

@@Theaverageazn247 he doesn't own them though, it's the other way around, the army that owns him. I don't mean to nitpick on what you said, just wanted to clarify, I agree with you still. He is a politically ignorant showman for the army, if he did something against the wishes of the elite and the army he would lose his only allies, but he is not gonna do that, so yeah, I don't think he will step down, but he will make it really hard for the next president to get back to work after his child's play.

[@RenegadeShepard69]

@Donald Smith thats the logic down here. People had the audacity to be afraid of the "filthy commie migrants" here. Like, "bruh, do i even need to explain the imbecility in that?" The Venezuelan migrants arent bringing any politics here, they are just broke refugees, if people here have anything against broke miserable people then well, they have a problem with 80% of their own country. Its so retarded i cant even... Comunism is not a threat here.... Dumb dumb ass culture we got here

[@jsn1252]

@Donald Smith I doubt you even know what fascism even is, just like almost everyone who calls things fascist. It's become nothing more than an interesting misspelling of heretic by you members of the church of woke. He's either right wing of fascist, you get to pick *one.*

[@lorepond]

People replying to you missed your point entirely, and I don't think they know what you said or that you're referring to Maduro and not the immigrants? Because these replies are hilariously misled omg

[@MrGoatflakes]

TL;DR The world according to Jack Ryan: Venezuelan poverty up by 400%, fascists to blame.

[@Skyfighter64]

To be fair... Real fascists were to blame. Just not the imaginary fascists they think people are nowadays.

[@borkerman]

Don't you mean, TL;DR

[@noseee333]

socialism is at fault, it should get irradiated, be dispensed with and never let it come back ever again

[@jorgee.ramirezm.7301]

@Spartan 506 i am Venezuelan an they are the biggest facist in the world right now. Heres the defenition of facism : characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy.

[@rayman878]

@@noseee333 socialism isn't to blame, it's just an easy scapegoat, Venezuela squandered their oil money on short term prosperity rather than infrastructure that would last and continue to benefit them

[@STREEEEEET]

*_By making the villain of Jack Ryan a nationalist, the writers take a not-so-subtle jab at US President Donald Trump, whose “America First” slogan has been described as nationalism_* _The fact that the writers of Jack Ryan cannot bring themselves to even use the word socialism to describe what is textbook socialism is disheartening. But the fact that they make Venezuela’s savior someone cut from the same ideological cloth as Hugo Chávez is a grave deceit._

[@kill4foods]

It's about finding the right balance. Having a completely free market with no restrictions causes a whole different set of problems. Instead of arguing about ideology i.e"socialism bad", let's look at what works and find the right balance between a free market and social support.

[@rodriguezelfeliz4623]

Sadly, finding that right balance is a very difficult task, especially with all of the ideology that you mention. But we at least have to try, or else this is all going to get very bad, very quickly.

[@enriqueuret]

Me as a Venezuelan who had to flee to Colombia to get a future proove this message.. viva el capitalismo!

[@spielophil6563]

@@mrliberty8468 They're in Colombia

[@TheTrueSpottedStripe]

@@spielophil6563 I mean, it technically is America, the continent.

[@BoleDaPole]

You Venezuelans obviously dont known what you're talking about, let americans tell it for you.

[@miket9456]

Perry Kiddo most Movies are never accurate

[@supercia1]

Delusional fools they are being sanction by the Americans that has Europe and South America by the balls .

[@thatmandan4488]

after the lecture scene i just heard dwights voice in my head: "False."

[@ninjanutzforfun1105]

Very good and interesting video 👌 would love a video dedicated to the economic history of a country maybe you can make it a series

[@viteydarniy7]

Venezuela: *cries West: *confused Post-socialist countries of eastern Europe: We've been telling you for the last thirty years! Honestly, in my country socialism (communism) automatically equals bad economy dictatorship. In every conversation.