How Capitalism Robs the Developing World

Get free access to Nebula with your Curiosity Stream subscription! Visit curiositystream.com/secondtho...
You've probably seen videos ask questions like "why is _____ so poor?" or "why are northern countries richer?" but most of them fail to grapple with the underlying causes of global inequality. In this week's video, we'll fix that. Come learn about what really causes so-called "underdevelopment" in the global south.
How Capitalism Robs the Developing World - Second Thought
SUBSCRIBE HERE: bit.ly/2nFsvTS
New video every Friday!
Citations and Further Reading:
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney
abahlali.org/files/3295358-wa...
Imperialism
www.britannica.com/topic/impe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperia...
www.marxists.org/archive/leni...
• What is Capitalist Imp...
• Lenin in Five Minutes:...
• Why Africa is poor, ex...
• Colonialism Never Ende...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unequal...
politicalanthro.files.wordpre...
the-red-flag.org/en/notes-on-...
www.britannica.com/topic/neoc...
www.marxists.org/archive/leni...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/4810...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Acc...
jacobin.com/2020/01/franc-zon...
Structural Adjustment Programs
www.globalissues.org/article/...
Castro quote
faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta...
Soil and European agriculture under feudalism
www.jstor.org/stable/26162192
Estimating the costs of slavery and colonialism in Africa
qz.com/africa/1915182/what-re...
dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/ha...
Britain stealing $45 trillion from India
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/20...
The costs to Haiti
abcnews.go.com/US/colonial-er...
www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
British profits in Africa (p.237)
abahlali.org/files/3295358-wa...
Quote about Africa’s wealth from a European “explorer” (p.211)
abahlali.org/files/3295358-wa...
Canadian mine ownership
www.vice.com/en/article/wdb4j...
allafrica.com/stories/2013041...
nyeusi_waasi/stat...
Follow and Support Second Thought!
Twitter: / _secondthought
Patreon: / secondthought
BuyMeACoffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/secondth...
CashApp: $JTChapman
Watch More Second Thought:
Latest Uploads: • Playlist
Spaaaaaace!: • Playlist
What If...: • Playlist
Popular Videos: • Popular Videos | Secon...
About Second Thought:
Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome!
Business Email: [e-mail]

[@tenki_]

"cost of living" is a sentence that should disturb us all

[@coolworx]

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

[@AnarchoTak]

@@coolworx sure buddy whatever you say

[@ZzIAmNOTLegendzZ]

@@coolworx apples grow on trees dumbass, they dont charge us for it

[@mylordandsaviour4786]

Yea. It's disturbing to realize that you are a fragile biological thing that needs to do certsin things to continue existing like all biological things.

[@anyazendyajoy3388]

the cost of living huh... and the K-12 indoctrination camp school system and most universities that indoctrinate kids into thinking they need to trade all their time until 65 - 67 in order to make money doing whatever work an authority figures orders them to do

[@nicolem3215]

As a Kenyan, I appreciate this. Many many people do not speak of Africa the way you have. You have understood and explained without prejudice or making us seems stupid and backward. Thank you!

[@empyrea_2546]

As a fellow Kenyan, I second this

[@noizymook6601]

habari mwenzangu

[@nicolem3215]

@@noizymook6601 mzuri sana

[@alumpyhorse]

very much appreciate this video. hard to watch and all too easy to understand. I wish more people would

[@tomowens1571]

If Kenya adopts a socialist planned the economy then Europe will be flooded with even more refugees

[@luc6284]

“These countries aren’t poor. These countries are rich! Only the people are poor! They’re not underdeveloped, they’re overexploited!” - Michael Parenti

[@dogestcreature]

Nothing hits harder than a yellow Parenti video!

[@Otherwise88]

And Singapore?

[@marcanton5357]

If all you have to offer the world is raw resources, then you have next to nothing to offer the world. The finished product is orders of magnitude more valuable than the raw resources going on in it. The most valuable resource by far is the human resource. That GDP map might as well be an intelligence map. Africa is the poorest because it has the worst human resource to offer. Exploitation as a cause is laughable. There's 5 trillion $ in foreign aid from the rest of the world to Africa, that's free money not loans, greatest wealth transfer in human history.

[@supernsansa]

@@marcanton5357 ok eugenicist.

[@borhanuddin9715]

@@marcanton5357 5 trillion $ . lol you westerner stole 100-200 trillions . And gave as a aid just 2-3 % of that weath and resources.

[@williama.jefferson197]

From an African-American brother, I thank you so much for showcasing the truth about why not only Africa is poor, but also many other global southern countries.

[@pansexualdickhaver6878]

@Buck Rothschild I read all of this just to come to the conclusion that I’m way too high to understand any of this

[@JL-tm3rc]

They are poor because they do not embrace capitalism enough. Africa imports more goods than they export, many of these african countties receive food and technological products and they only have natural resources to trade. Many former colonies achieved economic success in a span of a generation. Capitalist bring in better paying job than what is locally available. We need more capitalists to bring in technological development and infrastructure to the developing countries

[@lukesutton4135]

Imagine honestly believing this video and thinking that free trade in which you chose to participate in, could make you poor. God forbid you willfully participate in free trade and then turn around to blame others(whites only) for your problems. Reminds me of a diseased people called Nigerians who got filthy rich kidnapping and selling their own kind to whites and infamously told the ugly lie that it was someone else's fault for the crimes against their own people. Hey, good luck though trying to convince a non-ape that Africa is poor because of something other than the truth. Whites have been out numbered since the dawn of time and have ruled despite mass genocides and rapes of their kind by other races unlike their own like many. Difference is, white people don't cry and wait around for a handout like when the huns came. We could have cried but we sent them back to the stone age. Any other race could do this if they could stop making excuses and stop asking for handouts by those they consider enemies while under the guise of the goodie two shoes thinking no one knows that they are racist.

[@sharwama992]

Love from the continental 🇳🇬

[@eulyer3722]

Because you are in America instead of helping your proud African ancestry?

[@sms1511]

I was born and raised in Sudan, Africa. We were not just producing agriculture and iron, we had several massive civilizations within our borders and we have the largest number of pyramids of any country in the world. We were colonised by several empires like the Ottoman Turks, but none were as damging in the long term as the British colonialism that lasted until the early 1960’s. The first revolution aginst the colonisers in the 1800 was successful only to be squashed by the queller of rebellion in Africa gen Kitchner (he went on to orchestrate the Boar wars in South Africa after Sudan). Although we didnt have it as bad as other African nations ( the Congo for example had a genocide worse than the holocaust due to Belgians, not just Leopolld) every single African nation and I have been to 5 different ones, have a story of how the colonialist powers continue to exploit the natural resources or for more nefarious causes like in my country’s case the quelling or stopping refugees from reaching the European shores. *cough* they paid warlords to capture refugees & tried to deny it but the proof was outed* Also just today the economy in Zambia is in extreme crisis and their only solution is....loans from the IMF while all their copper mines are exploited by Western companies and Chinese ones. Not the future Kenneth Kaunda dreamt of for them for sure 😞

[@zsmith4853]

Holy Crap. I had no idea about this. Thank you so much for sharing this. Please tell me. What can I do to help? Genuinely help. Let me know.

[@sonicboy678]

@@Lkonae Your reply is telling.

[@xavierjones6048]

@@Lkonae classic disgusting capitalist

[@okieness9849]

@Lkonae First "developed world" exploits other parts of world, and then when people from there seek safety and opportunity in countries that extracted and continue to extract the wealth from them, they're denied entry or even gunned down... Great...

[@sms1511]

@@zsmith4853 Honestly? Being open to hearing and educating yourself on the ways the global South as a whole is exploited is a good start as this video illustrates. Secondly hold your goverments, if you live in the West accountable not just for their foriegn policies but also their domestic ones. They exploit the working classes & tell them to fear immigrants from taking their jobs & pit them aginst each other in an effort to prevent them from unionising & realising who is really stealing from them. Immigration is a natural order of the world ,my country is proof of that, there are over 100 ethnicities in Sudan from neighbouring countries like Chad, Egypt and Ethiopia and far ones like Turkish & Yemeni. Since borders were drawn by European colonisers in Germany anyway. Fight the narritive that treats immigrants like they arent human beings fleeing conflicts & natural disasters largely the consequence of either manufactured conflict or climate change for which Africa is the least responsible for. If you are in the UK you would know the Rawanda deal that sends asaylum seekers to Rawanda where they can be deported back to the danger they flee. The EU has struck the same deal they did with Sudanese warlords as with Libyan ones and with camps in Kenya. In Australia the Naru island detention centers and of course in America the detention of refugees & children in border states. I cant speak for the people of Central & South America but being "America's backyard" has brought them a lot of strife equal to ours. The exploitation & imperialism they faced from the U.S throughout the decades is abysmal only to be met by impunity at the borders. And lest we forget how our Hatian brothers who were beaten on horseback trying to come into America given that the U.S literally went to war with Haiti to destablise it once. The battle against neo colonialism is one of spreading awarness, organising workers locally, fighting the narritive that "others" those of us in the global South & understanding that you have more in common with a Bengoli worker or a Zimbabwian miner than a billionare or senetor of your own country. We have nothing to lose but our *mental chains ✊🏾

[@LowestofheDead]

Any poverty in the Third World is usually blamed on corruption, but where did that come from? Colonial powers built these countries into extraction economies; roads were only built to move resources to the ports, schools weren't built since citizens only needed to work fields and mines. Ethnic rivalries are exploited so they'll fight each other instead of their colonizer (and if there's no racism, a race is imported e.g. South Asians in Uganda). The only people with administration experience are the local elites who collaborated in robbing the country. With all the infrastructure and social capital designed for extraction, is it any wonder there's corruption? (I.e. the system working as intended).

[@TheCastedone]

Why can't anyone topple this system?

[@MisleadingProduction]

Africa is the most diverse continent in the world - drawing arbitrary lines around groups of people who may have never gotten along, or even we’re convinced to do genocide against another group, doesn’t lead to a lot getting done usually…

[@guy-sl3kr]

@@TheCastedone The same reason you can't just casually usurp your own government: they have police and military and will arrest/kill you if you attempt it

[@naenaed7402]

@@TheCastedone topple a system while being paid pennies and starving lol

[@TheCastedone]

@@naenaed7402 you've got a point

[@dlwseattle]

Sadly throughout history "developing world" has always ended up meaning "transitioning to full-blown capitalism" development and progress and innovation has pretty much meant the opposite of what it's portrayed to mean throughout history

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Yea look up “modernization theory”. In universities they teach international relations students that neoliberal economics transform nations into liberal democracies (which is a complete myth).

[@joseastiz1775]

@@ultravioletiris6241 there's no such thing as neoliberalism

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@joseastiz1775 Ok sure, replace ‘neoliberalism’ with free-market evangelism, cartels and international debt peonage.

[@truedarklander]

@@joseastiz1775 lol nice meme

[@blaze3256]

but I can order the new baconator at McDonald's, how is that not innovation thought??

[@carnagewolf1]

This is a great brief intro to Neo-Colonialism. Definitely not talked about enough in Global North leftist spaces. In the US especially the focus is always about the comforts of European social democracy but never about how they got it and actively maintain it.

[@belluh-1huey102]

Tbf China is more neo colonialism than the US, as the US refuses to be a colonial power as shown throughout its history

[@JP-br4mx]

reparations now!!!!!!!!!

[@jimbovitikan4848]

yeah def

[@Ryan_hey]

Without a doubt, it's one of the most important areas that your average 1st world citizen lacks knowledge of. In its current iteration, everyone thinks global trade is mutually beneficial, but there are so many ways in which the developing world are robbed of their ability to ever develop.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Exactly 💯

[@titi53221]

People living in the third world are all very used to hearing "we are not like x country because we don't work hard enough" or some abstract crap like that. My parents' favorite thing to say is that we lack "culture", unlike those developed countries where people don't throw trash on the street. It's always some vague shit that you have to explain the entire history of the world to refute, until they tell you to stop being a victim. Capitalism is indeed very efficient; we the oppressed don't have to wait for the oppressor to discriminate against us, we can do it ourselves now. What a great system.

[@capitanodessa7472]

Well, I don't know where you are from, but in many cases, is true that the culture itself is to blame when it comes to working hard. You can definitely see a difference between the average productivity per worker on a country basis.

[@avinashreji60]

@@capitanodessa7472 Bs

[@titi53221]

@@capitanodessa7472 You know that we (in the social sciences) can´t still agree on what culture actually is, much less so say how it can influence things like productivity? I'm saying that, in the context that i described in my other comment, people use the term culture as a moral judgment about what others should or shouldn't do, not how people act. Hard work and productivity are similar, because they depend on what society considers as "productive" or "working hard". We can't just use concepts like culture and productivity without thinking what they mean or why we use it in the first place.

[@abuthahirumarhathab4201]

😑 I 100% agree to this one. Its soo sad cause I remember the days wherein my father has worked as a butcher maintaining cows and stuff (Hard job). He thinks that capitalism is a fair system, despite working for more than 30 years and not owning a house yet.

[@johndough23]

@@capitanodessa7472 in a word..leverage.

[@dogestcreature]

As someone from a global south country in Asia, I feel that we have a sense of camaraderie with people in the same situation as us. A history of oppression and exploitation is not something we're proud to have in our history books, but we can't avoid it, since it's a huge part of our history. Go Africa, Go Latin America, Go ASEAN!

[@TheMasterofComment]

@Zaydan Naufal hmm interesting, why do you think so

[@jose.montojah]

Let the voiceless chant together

[@Emma-Maze]

There's an inevitability to it, it's nothing a country has to be ashamed of.

[@JL-tm3rc]

what exploitation are you talking about, manufacturing jobs brought to south asian countries is a blessing because the alternative of working in agriculture is far worst. we even beg these foreign companies to come and invest in our countries providing jobs. These allowed less developed countries to trade their natural resources for technological products like cars, smart phones and the like, we cannot demand a higher price for our natural resources because rich countries will simply find alternatives or extract natural resources in their own countries. these capitalist are a blessing to the world

[@Joao-de9gl]

Is China a role model for the South?

[@nathanbrady8529]

21,000,000,000 for Haitian independence. We live in a society where a single individual could foot that bill, and it wouldn't even noticeably impact their overall wealth.

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

I intended to remark on Haiti as well. The economic drain of externally imposed debt for the audacious of freeing themselves is a blight primary on France with US playing a supporting role. Their misery is “only” of financial drain.

[@coolioso808]

All the Haitians for independence, should look for Natural Law resource based economics. Get self-sufficient via applied technologies to the point where money is obsolete. US and the other empires will not like it and will try to interfere, but the GOAL is the same for EVERY citizen of Earth - we need a sustainable economy and monetary-market economics is not it, never will be and never could be. New, healthy and guided by Natural Law is what we can do to progress into the future.

[@kaskomisar]

@Lugosi neo-colonialism. They still run haiti, and not just the french but other imperialist powers.

[@game_boyd1644]

@Lugosi so you want the French to run Haiti so that Haitians can serve you as waiters and servants at your new vacation spot, in exchange for a few nickels at best?

[@grmpEqweer]

@@coolioso808 We 🇺🇸 keep overthrowing Haiti's government and use the people there for sweatshop labor. Our leaders want a dependent, weak, desperate Haiti so our businesses can use it and they're dependent on food we sell them.🤬

[@Celis.C]

You tend to call your channel and topics political, but I disagree. Your channel is humanitarian. The arguments you raise challenge the complete lack of humanity - often due to political and economical reasons - that our way of living is founded upon. Please keep doing what you do ❤

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Political means having to do with power and decision-making. So yes this channel is political lol

[@mattolivier9465]

Well, then get rid of politics and top down economics if you don't think it's important. I could get on board with that.

[@Celis.C]

@@ultravioletiris6241 Only about as much as a restaurant-rating channel is a cooking channel

[@shakshukioflibya6633]

Don't forget, Second is explicitly a Marxist Leninist. And saving the world, or being truly humanitarian is only possible through this belief.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@Celis.C so under that interpretation, the only things that are political are not even things that are covering political topics, they have to be at the actual controls of decision-making. This interpretation sees virtually nothing as being political, including voting or PR campaigns. This highly limited and narrow interpretation of ‘political’ is pretty much only accepted by traditionalist conservative scholars who constrain political activity to basically the legislative branch and thats it. The influence if this narrow view of politics is partially how people have conveniently come to see the private sector as apolitical. Completely defusing the concept of what is ‘political’ pretty much serves to silence voices like the channel here who make the controversial claims of the private sector actually causing political effects upon society. In that sense, John Oliver is one of the few mainstream voices with such a perspective. This leaves Second Thought in a place where many people would deny the very premise of most of his videos; that capitalism could even be political.

[@hoottasshell]

Never judge a people when they're broke, judge them when they're rich. Everyone is capable of being a monster once that's the only option. That's how I think we need to view civilizations.

[@lukesutton4135]

Don't judge a person by their true acts in self proclaimed desperation, let's judge those who have already committed atrocities and believe they will change by us judging something that should have/be judged already. Man what an astute philosopher, no wonder the world is getting better to the point where people can't even define a woman and think chemical castration of defenseless children is anything but thee most disgusting acts of terrorism which should put their families in fear for the crimes their diseases commit if they care about their blood line since they don't about others.

[@humanothumqn659]

A little oversimplified but I agree. Desperate times create desperate people. If you consistently do horrible things to others to benefit yourself when you are thriving, you are evil

[@mrbanana6464]

@@lukesutton4135Average Fox News watcher

[@mrbanana6464]

@@randybobandy9828 lol yeah like as if Europe was doing well before plundering Africa

[@Multi1]

I disagree, we need to hold the ones accountable that allow the evil rich to have power to begin with.

[@jasons8479]

Capitalism... the addiction that never satisfies. Driven by constantly wanting more and more and becoming less and less happy. I'm not saying poverty is more fun, but there needs to be a balance.

[@rickthomas422]

Capitalism is not the reason people aren't satisfied. That's human nature.

[@davidbowles7281]

@@rickthomas422 I don't think there's such a thing as human nature. I think "human nature" is an excuse.

[@rickthomas422]

@@davidbowles7281 I sure wish I agreed with that.

[@The-Devils-Advocate]

@@rickthomas422 Human nature evolved to survive a state of primitivism, meaning that individuals generally know not too many other people, the most advanced technologies are clothes, basic hunting and foraging equipment, fire, etc., and the majority of energy is directed at surviving and successfully reproducting. We don’t live in a state of primitivism.

[@rickthomas422]

@@The-Devils-Advocate Brother, I wish I lived in the same world with the people you apparently live with.

[@vumu9886]

This is absolutely spot on. I'm from South Africa, and I was born in the year of 2001, several years after the abolishment of the Apartheid system. So I've only truly lived and experienced a democratic South Africa, unlike my parents and grandparents. Even till this day, South Africa still maintains that title of consistently having one of the most economically divided and inequal societies in the world. The ripples of the Apartheid regime (which ran for over 4 decades) are definitely still hard felt throughout post-Apartheid South Africa undoubtedly, but one of the key instigators of this extremely inequality (of every assortment) is our contemporary government's maintenance of the very same crooked systems and structures that were confounded during the Apartheid (such as economic Apartheid, which is still alive and well till this day). Things are so bad (from poverty, crime, unemployment, general infrastructure, rampant corruption) that people are even saying that certain aspects of the Apartheid system were even better then what we are experiencing today (and a sizable number these people are the very same people who had lived through the very worst of it, under immense oppression, marginalisation and absolute subjugation). Now personally I am definitely no Apartheid apologist (and that's a real thing, imagine), so I really lament such remarks, but I also truly do take note when they're being said by elders who know and understand exactly what they are talking about.

[@johndough23]

Money talks and chit walks. If you are one who thinks skin color matters, or the model of your car, or the emblem on your polo shirt, YOU are on the wrong side of the equation. That's good for the people on the rightside. It's why the rightside spends so much energy brainwashing people to think all the BS matters.

[@vumu9886]

@@johndough23 so what exactly is on the "right side of the equation"? A post-race society, where discrimination and prejudice are fiction? An unsuperficial, non-consumerist driven civilisation, that does not establish social strata based on hyper-materialistic standards, like opulence, and fame? I'm genuinely curious, what exists as true on the "right side"?

[@lutho7693]

The ANC abandoned it's Socialist cause back in the early 1990's during the peace talks, they made a deal with the dying Apartheid regime, as the Bourgeoisie were afraid, that the Revolutionary Wing of the Party would actually cleanse our Nation from it's inherited rotten core of systimatical colonial explotation and oppression. All the Revolutionaries have been purged, silenced or buyed and the American Paladins have been installed in to Power. The current state of our country is just as, if not worse then Apartheid, because now the Neo-Apartheid government has opened all aspects of the economy for the Free Market in a "Shock Therapy" way, like Russia did in the 90's, with out redistributing it fairly. The White Oligarchs kept their Property and the new Non-Whites got their by having good connections with in the State, most of them already had these connections back with the Apartheid State as Spys and all other kinds of Sell Outs. From there on the Old/New Oligarchs just acted like the ones in Russia/Ukraine did. The almost exact same thing happened when the African Colonies got their great wave of independence in the 1960's. The Apartheid state spend waaay to much money on Poliece, Arms, State Securety, Torture Chaimbers, etc., to keep controll over it's population. The Neo-Apartheid state is smart and devides it's people with capitalist class hierarchy, Corruption and Gangsterism, it doesn't keep the White streets as clean as Apartheid did, but it's ten times more effective and enriching to the upper class. I was born after Apartheid too, our Generation has to break these Chains on and for all!

[@vumu9886]

@@lutho7693 absolutely, bruh. You put it better than I could. The only solace we as a generation have is that, us as the born free South Africans are now seeing the facade start to crack, and reveal itself for what it truly is. A deceptive impersonation of a "liberated" Republic, that has absolutely no interest in introducing actual equality, and progress. And because of this, more and more people are now watching the government with more scrutiny, and are also openly seeking more viable socio-political options of governance.

[@SpaghettiKillah]

You really think poverty and crime and corruption in SA is because of apartheid? 🤣🤣 Take a look around Africa sunshine, see what 50-60 years of independence has brought them. Colonialism, apartheid were bad, but the current situation is WAY WORSE. Way to dodge responsibilities and blame it on the white men again even after DECADES of blacks basically running the country (to the ground). Black south-african have CHASED (sometimes violently so) white farmers...fair enough. The results? Most of the farms if not all have gone into RUINS or they're producing A FRACTION of what they use to! But keep telling yourself all the evils of today are because of the white men, that victim mentality will sure get you far, into the hole I mean. Ideally white and black people should work together into creating better societies, but that boat has sailed long ago, and both parties are to blame I think.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I remember learning about the powerful business collaborating with colonialism across history - it’s very scary how that’s basically never stopped

[@maxshea1829]

@Lugosi Can you see any differences between the world of Ancient Rome and the world of today?

[@maxshea1829]

@Lugosi "A amazing white dude." LOL. Do you believe there is no limit to natural resources? Do you believe our SUV/air conditioned world will last forever? Is there no such thing as climate change? Oh, I don't believe electric cars and wind farms will pull our wieners out of the campfire either. 2122 will be much more like 1822 than 2022, as I see it. Yes, electric is the future of cars, but cars are not the future.

[@coolioso808]

Capitalism has never stopped being the dominant economic system on Earth and since market capitalism is unsustainable by design, it means things will continue to get worse. Unless we, the citizens of Earth, rise up to demand change and new system, based on Natural Law, then we really won't be able to stop the trainwreck that is capitalism. Viable alternatives exist, but many people still think they got to live by labor-for-income slavery. That's not true and the longer people think that the less time we have to change.

[@guy-sl3kr]

@Lugosi It's been proven wrong by who? Because China has big businesses comparable to Amazon which are all at least partially owned and regulated by the government. I really don't see how the unfettered greed of a liberal economy is needed for creating businesses like these

[@prikipriki30]

@Lugosi Companies owns means of production and explotait try it. It like that long time ago. Whats is not clear to you poor rich supporter.

[@LJStability]

I remember learning about colonialism and imperialism back in school. Although I knew about the atrocities done, it's really quite shocking to read and understand how severe the exploitation and genocides were for indigenous people. I found a few good books to read more on this topic. It's another example of how our education system downplays the effects of capitalism across the globe. Not only is it bad for political discourse, but we often teeter on genocide denial and downplaying the effects colonial exploitation on other countries. If we want to improve our society and the world, knowing this history is important for healing and to not repeat the past. Great video overall. Love the new style you got going

[@zsmith4853]

Well said, agreed.

[@suzygirl1843]

And then have the gall to try and tell Africans about China colonising them.

[@chenoir]

@@suzygirl1843 To be fair, Africa is undergoing a new wave of colonialism. Being guilty of the first one doesn't mean we shouldn't try and warn them of it.

[@suzygirl1843]

@@chenoir It's not Colonialism. It's trade. Africans didn't have a say in anything with the Europeans the first time. This time around its business.

[@zombieminecraft4213]

@@chenoir actively stop it*

[@ma2aaditya]

I teach middle school Humanities and often use a map called "Walled World" which shows the wealth gap between what we consider "Western" countries and the rest of us, and how all the borders betweent the rich countries and us are militarised. Your video is super helpful and something I will use, thank you so much and keep up the good work!

[@supremeplatypus7192]

@@AndrewArminRyan I actually can't tell what you're saying here, please rephrase

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

Gotta instill that white hatred ( for non white children in the class) and that white ethno madochism and self hatred (for white kids) from a young age am i right?

[@guy-sl3kr]

@@supremeplatypus7192 Dude's probably larping as his namesake

[@boriskozhiev1812]

@@AndrewArminRyan When china enslaves you i guess its going to be a fair game right? You were weaker after all

[@RobertMJohnson]

and so how do you explain Singapore

[@RiteshKudalkar]

If people want to learn more, they should read "Imperialism, the highest stage of Capitalism" by V. L.

[@Geodendronitrian]

Oh yeah despite Lenin being a imperialist.

[@heheheha5726]

@@Geodendronitrian wrong

[@heheheha5726]

@Lugosi capitalists - I agree!

[@Geodendronitrian]

@@heheheha5726 He invaded other nations.

[@RiteshKudalkar]

@@Geodendronitrian Maybe try reading the book and what it say rather than making baseless claims.

[@jerlinej3516]

Yes! You mentioned Haiti 🙌🏾 I’m tired of people saying that Haiti has such “bad luck” when in reality it was forced into a deliberate system by colonial powers

[@josephyoung6749]

The US kidnapped the Haitian president for being politically left and he was only able to return from exile in 2011. It's one of the most recent and iniquitous of the US's foreign policies.

[@luke-be8yw]

Maybe they shouldn’t have committed genocide against white haitians 😂

[@s.a.d9465]

@@luke-be8yw what

[@luke-be8yw]

@@s.a.d9465 educate yourself en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre

[@johndough23]

I can honestly say I have never bought a single product from haiti. I did once have a horrible cab ride in NYC from a man who I believe was Haitian though.

[@galacticbob1]

This has to be one of your most powerful anti-capitalist videos; not only because of the obvious humanitarian and moral issues of profiting off of other people's suffering, but also just how blatantly these agreed "atrocities" from the past so obviously effect our modern world and how stubborn the global leadership is about changing that fact. It's mind-blowing how some people can condemn actions from the past, while being perfectly content to benefit from the conditions created by those actions in the present day! I personally know people that will bemoan slavery and then call Africa a shit hole in the same breath. Like, my Brother, do you not see that robbing a man's house will make his children poor? Instead of laughing at their poverty, you should be offering gifts and begging their forgiveness. Keep doing what you do! I'm proud to call you comrade. ✊ When enough of us work together, change WILL happen.

[@JL-tm3rc]

What suffering are you talking about capitalism brings cars technology, electronics, clean water, modern medicine and livelihood to these developing countries in exchange for their natural resources. If only these developing countries stop fighting among themselves and follow the examples of singapore malaysia and south korea

[@jessicalindo7977]

@@JL-tm3rc Exactly, if only their governments which are controlled and constantly couped by Western powers would unite instead of being divided by their conquerors, if they would only focus on anti-corruption against the corruption that is actively and systematically exploited and promoted by Europe and the US, and recently China as well, if only they could just fight against all odds and win, like in a fairy tale. If only.

[@galacticbob1]

@@JL-tm3rc "what suffering" was profited from? The systematic and forceable extraction of resources and people for centuries, the subjugation of entire cultures by military force: these things cause human suffering, and the reason behind that suffering was to increase profits for the people causing the suffering. Why do you speak like history started twenty years ago? Why do you think these countries (that have plenty of resources, apparently) are in need of things like electricity and clean water? What could possibly have been the reason behind these countries falling behind developmentally, starting in the 1400s? 🤔 You are trying to point at the less-hurt kids on the playground as evidence that no bullies ever existed. Just because the bullies are currently treating their victims a little bit more fairly today, doesn't somehow undo the effects of years of their actions. Likewise, we can't just expect rich nations today to just agree to play fair-ish with the nations they got rich off of, and somehow negate the fact that incredible amounts of human suffering were the original source of their riches.

[@JL-tm3rc]

@@jessicalindo7977 Vietnam was doing great, despite being bombed and colonized. Malaysia is also doing great despite being a former colony. Singapore sees their founder and colonizer a hero. What coup , oh how the world wished that mugabe and zuma were overthrown by coup to end the corruption of their administration. Haha constantly couped , it is the military who conducts a coup not the CIA how can the CIA order the military to conduct a coup

[@JL-tm3rc]

@@galacticbob1 The industrial revolutions was brought by technological developments on the steam engine and industrial scale production developed in europe. It is the european colonists who brought methods of farming and railroads to these developing countries. Zimbabwe was the bread basket of africa which is farmed by whites. But when Mugabe took power many of these white farmers were forced to leave and black farmers took over the farms which led to mismanagement , corruption and hyperinflation. Japan self isolated for many years which lead to technological backwardness but later on fully embraced western technology in the late 1800s' after which it became fully industrialized. If japan was able to do it in 40 years other countries can. When the americans colonized our territory they brought education , roads, societal structure and peace. Prior to colonization we are barbaric tribes who practise head hunting but we embraced american culture and achieved great economic developments. China and india were once on the level of african countries and yet they are seen as the next superpowers despite being colonized. Ethiophia was never colonized except for a short failed attempt by mussolini, but Ethiopia never became a wakanda. Technologies for electricity and clean water are easy to do. When the asian countries wanted to develop they send some of their brightest students to other countries learning civil, electrical, chemical, mining and agricultural engineering. These students return to their country and apply what they have learned. Many african countries are not doing the same thing. They rely on NGO and foreign aid to the work for them when they have the manpower and able students to study abroad to learn and help in the development of their country. With todays internet such learning would even be easier, japan was able to industrialize straight up from isolationism the african countries should also do the same and they should elect better leaders.

[@juuuu0]

It's kind of insane how we were just expected to move on from colonialism like nothing ever happened... As a Gen Z African I don't even know how I can help my country, it feels like the most impossible battle...

[@fakeemail4005]

"As a Gen Z I don't even know how I can help my country" that's gonna be a phrase that defines the entire generation lol

[@MrTaxiRob]

@@fakeemail4005 all their tools have been taken away, i.e. capital

[@carrieullrich5059]

Sustainability of yourself, your family and your community. ❤

[@androidone4808]

Almost impossible if you not allow to borrow money to improve your infrastructure and to make the most out of your country's natural resources. It's an uphill struggle. Why else do you think poor people stay poor in western countries. They sell them a dream of spending on stuff you don't actually need. But never educate you on stuff you actually need.

[@partydean17]

It is. The best thing you can do is become powerful. And the way to do that is wealth.

[@phrajilman]

Anyone who sees this, read Nkrumah (Neocolonialism) and Walter Rodney (How Europe Underdeveloped Africa)

[@lutho7693]

Thank you!

[@mapalotutula2015]

Appreciate you my Pan Africanist Brotha 🙏🏽

[@philipcockayne1057]

You should read ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman’ by John Perkins if you want a perspective on the role economists, consultants, and third party agents played in arranging loans to developing countries (and what happened when it didn’t go to plan)

[@batessdd]

But the all-wise liberals at Reddit told me the book is full of lies :(

[@philipcockayne1057]

@@batessdd yeah - I’ve seen and heard similar criticisms before. It’s one of the reasons why I edited the comment to reflect a “perspective” rather than something that’s a verified statement of fact. I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it to people who are interested!

[@jordanmurray410]

I'm getting pretty tired of capitalism, the fact that nothing will be done without someone profiting is pretty shitty

[@thepants1450]

@@mattolivier9465 capitalism is violence Matt, and you saying profit is human nature is goofy nonsense

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@mattolivier9465 if you take away coercive profiteering, such as the war industry and the omnipresent involuntary advertising , capitalism would collapse.

[@PianoBangBang]

@@mattolivier9465 cope..your feelings get hurt whenever anyone criticizes capitalism. Hate to disappoint, but you'll never become a millionaire or successful capitalist and your boot licking is embarrassing

[@johndough23]

@@ultravioletiris6241 I agree we should de-fund warmongering. Lets drain Seattle, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii, New Mexico, and all the other Leftist chitholes of their DoD budgets. Let's let NATO and the EU dangle on their own. Let Japan sing in the wind.

[@johndough23]

@@thepants1450 Have you ever watched infants play? peace has to be taught...lets leave it at that.

[@imaginepineapples7050]

Better question should be, what hasn't capitalism robbed ?

[@will823]

Indeed very correct

[@bobsink624]

@@will823 Do u like Chinese socialism better? Bcoz that’s ur only other option.

[@SecondThought]

Yes, Bob, and it’s a vastly better option.

[@guernica5413]

@@bobsink624 yes, I do actually. They make the poorest country in world the 2nd richest on a matter of decades while the USA took 300 years to become a global power.

[@rockfire1669]

@@bobsink624 think about it. We haven’t always been purely capitalist. The time your generation(assuming baby boomer) says is the good times are the 1980s at the latest. Literally after the midpoint of 1980s we started deregulating and becoming more capitalist and said “fuck you” to the average worker.

[@jammin316]

Instead of calling it the "Developed/Developing" world, I've heard it suggested to say "Exploiting/Exploited" nations... which I feel is a good way to shift the focus.

[@samdixon6433]

Michael Parenti puts it best! - They are not underdeveloped, they are overexploited.

[@newtrebel]

Will use that term from now on, thanks.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

Excellent idea! I'm going to join the others here in adopting that framing. ✌️😎

[@LowestofheDead]

If you think they're under-developed, the solution is for them to develop. If you think they're over-exploited...

[@priyadarshinic]

Thanks from a resident of a former colony. It's not a lot of money but comes with lots of love ♥️

[@averagettenjoyer1625]

I'm so glad you covered this topic, it shocks me how most people don't know/care about this part of history, even in the countries that were directly affected by this process. It turns out that information is a very powerful tool, and goverments all around the world made sure to hide it from the public.

[@Josh1OD]

You're right. As a Colombian, you'll be surprised how many Latin Americans I've ever met with colonial mindsets.

[@RedgraveGilver]

> it shocks me how most people don't know/care about this part of history Most people don't care especially those from the West because they clearly benefit from it.

[@notaninquisitor7274]

The effect of how much distance is between the nations being abused and the nation doing it has a multiplier effect on diminishing exposure to the problem and the work required to stop it. The politicians in power now have been in place for up to 70 years. They were active participants and work to minimize awareness to avoid responsibility and consequences.

[@Bramble20322]

@@pebblepod30 You get cheap gas, goods and services specially because of it. I have extreme prejudice with most first world "leftists" because we know that most of you would turn to fascism in a blink if it meant stopping the exploitation of the third world and paying the actual price for the resources you steal.

[@orificebungus7716]

Workers need to unionize. Bargain with this corrupt government as a collective power. We are the only ones capable of real, tangible change.

[@chuckkottke]

I think we need to approach the problem from both unions and working on getting honest government in place. Then we can shift ownership to the workers, turning corporations into worker owned enterprises globally. With economic democracy, economic equity will be possible. That's my hope anyways. Edit: If we demand that citizen committees determine districts, limit campaign cash and election times, set limits on media so lies and deception are no longer allowed, we might get somewhere in both directions. The hearts and minds of our fellow citizens need to be honestly informed and educated to make better decisions, then it's easier to unionize and promote worker owned enterprises.

[@austincde]

I feel like in general, Unions are the major key missing in a lot of this "red/blue state" debates. Time is our only commodity, and people can't keep saying stuff like "voting doesn't matter" etc when it kind of does in a Union. I guess what I'm saying is yes it's an uphill battle but it's not impossible when people depend on you and you depend on them etc. Worst case scenario the police find a way imprison us all and force us to work for free to get back to "normal" 💀 Sorry if I sound like a broken record here.

[@tomowens1571]

Unions are incapable of negotiating a pay rise which is more than the market rate unless they have a monopoly. At that point they can extract anything they want and the cost is always passed to the consumer

[@JD-qq8fz]

It's only considered 'stealing' if you're poor.

[@franekkkkk]

Exactly. When immigrants come from these poor countries they „steal” our social safety nets, but when our companies go there they „do business

[@mattolivier9465]

Taking something which doesn't belong to you is theft. Doesn't matter if one is rich or poor. You need to learn basic ethics son. Wake up!

[@echooscar5241]

@@mattolivier9465In thats sence America is s pirate republic.

[@franekkkkk]

@@mattolivier9465 Yeah i agree. Which is Why we should put half of the rich in court and elevate the immigrants even more

[@mattolivier9465]

@@franekkkkk I don't hate the rich as you seem to. I hate the government. If you don't like the inequality, then you should hate gov't as well. If you don't like the inequity, then you should LOVE gov't!

[@esc5272]

For more into this, everyone should read "The divide" by Jason Hickel. Truly an eye opener on how much of a tumor the first world really is.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

The wealthy ruling class are making these decisions. And they dont live anywhere in particular, as Lenin described they are “rootless and cosmopolitan” in otherwords they are a transnational ruling class that exploit all nations for different things. In the developed world you have consumerism, but not necessarily basic services or standards of living. In the developing world you cant have consumerism because the labor is being exploited as tightly as possible. But being subjected to consumerism doesn’t negate the crushing poverty that many live in (particularly in the US). This mass financial vulnerability even in consumerist nations is one of the only things that drives military recruitment as admitted to recently by a US congressman.

[@johndough23]

@@ultravioletiris6241 Imagine you live in some obscure hamlet 6000ft in the Andes. Your only skills are a real talent for making the World's finest (lunch holders). In the "developed world" they would be called wallets. Your Son tells you about this Internet thing and how it could make them rich if we sold these lunch boxes online. You listen and understand the boy apparently doesn't already know he is rich. That everything they need is provided. You nod and fill your lunch box for another day in the fresh air and goat grazing duties. Believe it or not folks Madonna is a dumb b*thc nobody needs in their life. Nobody NEEDS Pizza or doordash or a mercedes benz. Nobody needs a chatroom or high speed internet. In fact as you gain wisdom the CHAINS that hold you are as close as your next beverage.

[@abuthahirumarhathab4201]

@@mattolivier9465 Ah, the standard anarchist guy. Dude, anarchism is what obscenely rich billionaires desire. These problems can be resolved solely by a socialist country ruled by a Marxist-Leninist one-party system that strives to achieve communism (aka a stateless and classless society - the pinnacle of human civilization where literally any resource is so renewable that people dont need to give blowjobs to billionaires just to get some concessions from them).

[@mattolivier9465]

@@ultravioletiris6241 Exactly! So we are in agreement then. You agree with me that governments are the problems - not capitalism!

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@mattolivier9465 capitalism has never once been extricated from government. Like i said, it has always been coercive, and moreover being coercive was often key to the success of these corporations. If you want to stop corporations from using military power to enforce their economic aims, then that pretty much makes you a subversive anti-capitalist. Because corporations have always and still do use militaries such as USA’s to enforce economic aims. The very first settlements of the US were joint corporate-military ventures. Smedley Butler wrote a book called “War is a Racket” that explains how many dictatorships were created by the marine corps in order to monopolize a commodity for Wall St. One of the main law firms who engaged in coercive joint-government activities on behalf of the biggest businesses was called Sullivan & Cromwell. Lawyers from S&C were also the people who eventually founded the CIA and used it to further enrich capitalists on the back of government coercion. Honestly you should also be against Big Tech and Big Pharma because they are also colluding with government and they use coercive tactics on people. What an odd odd anti-capitalist. But hey, if the main thing you dislike is the governmentality of the corporate sector, then you are probably hated by the ruling class just as much as marxists are. Welcome to the party Mr. Anti-Cartel lmao

[@ronstevenson4792]

JT, you're getting more cheeky, funny, and hard hitting and I'm here for it.

[@s9busisee992]

Thank you for this introduction to neo-colonialism! Growing up in my tiny Central European countryand learning history in the beginning of the 2000s, I‘ve been taught that Africa is in shambles because of colonialism and the atrocities that occurred during those times (in which my country didn’t directly take part on) and the fact that the African People are ruled by corrupt and ruthless dictators...and they were too lazy always dancing and singing (funny just after some classes about racism and dogwhistles, the teacher just used some)...to which my reaction was „what the actual f**k???“ Firstly who put these dictators in office in the first place hasn’t been answered... And my friends who were from different states learnt the same things...and we weren’t satisfied with those answers. The internet back then was a luxury that my family couldn’t afford so I put it away for a couple years... Then the pandemic happened with the murder of John Floyd by the police. And some bizarre things happened: the French prime minister went to Dakar, Senegal in the hight of the pandemic as his citizens were dying like flies to inaugurate a suburban train („wtf??? why is he there???“) and as we had an initiative aiming to hold multinational corporations accountable to their actions overseas, an infamous mining corporation from my country put some ads on KZbin in which the Congolese people from the DRC were praising this company with the same tone the North Korean people talk about their leader!! I was like „no something isn’t right.“ But all the leads I tried to follow were some dead ends and would be happy to know more about neocolonialism.

[@guy-sl3kr]

Nitpick, but look into what the US did during the Korean War (which legally never ended btw). The stuff that gets publicized about the North here in the west is literally war propaganda

[@polyakoviv]

it is a shame that developed countries continue to exploit global south given the atrocities of past centuries of colonialism. it should not be this way. we need to fix it.

[@lucasgrey9794]

Colonialism was *good* actually.

[@johndough23]

I'd be good if the West would cease trying to force McDonalds into Ukraine. Doing so as if they are bringing the Holy Grail of living to the peasants of eastern Russia. But all you GOOD PEOPLE support getting Taco Bell into the Ukraine. OK with the Pony Soldier sending billions of your money to a drag queen to fight Satan.

[@nerrler5574]

@@lucasgrey9794 can't wait for your essay explaining how genocide and wealth extraction by the billions was good.

[@abuthahirumarhathab4201]

@@lucasgrey9794 I don't care +didnt ask +ratio +imperialist +u fell off

[@lucasgrey9794]

@@nerrler5574 Wealth extraction? Colonial states actually made *losses* maintaining their colonies. The only beneficiaries were the colonized subjects and a handful of colonist profiteers. Colonized women literally *preferred* to work in colonized areas instead of being ra ped off in their own communities.

[@TechMik3LP]

The same colonial tactics the german second Reich used against the Herero and Nama in Namibia, namely concentration camps riddled with starvation and diseases and genocidal campaigns, became the same tactics the third Reich used against its own populace and especially the jewish population and minorities like queer people, slavs and others. That is what fascism was for the 20th century the application of unspeakably brutal acts of domination turning inwards from the colonies to the metropole, to surpress the working class striving towards socialism. Thats of course why the blackshirts and brownshirts (mussolinis streetthugs and hitlers SA) were supported by the capitalists, because they got paid to kill labor leaders and union organizers, to break up strikes and to stop workers from organizing. Fascism is thus a incredibly violent method of class domination, to stop the working class from rebelling against capitalism.

[@TechMik3LP]

@Buck Rothschild wat?

[@granjuas]

Honduras - After a US backed Coup in 2009, we were left with a narcodictatorship that was protected by US interests for over a decade. By 2012, we were already the most violent country in the world. Over 250,000 people died by 2015. We kept protesting. If you were too public you would appear dead somewhere. Meanwhile the US continued loaning money to narcos, installing mines, stealing gold, stealing fish, etc. In 2018, over a million Honduras escaped the country in caravans. People in US wondered why that was happening. If they only knew.

[@granjuas]

After 12 years of destruction the US saw a problem of a million hondurans leaving the country every year, so the allowed, finally, a free-clean-democratic elections. A leftist government won. The prior president (narcodictator) was arrested and sent extradited to the US were its currently in jail awaiting trail. Its been 12 years and this new government doesnt know where to start. It has been too long and everything has been privatized. People are still leaving the country in hordes. Every night 20 buses filled with youth leave for the US Border. Others, leave to Europe since we dont need visa to arrive to Spain or England.

[@granjuas]

Im 40 years old. I lived in Canada for 10 years and returned to my country. Ive been working on it ever since and it has not being easy. I fear for my unborn children. I think, after 12 years, I will also get me a way out of here.

[@FelixSkura]

The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[@abuthahirumarhathab4201]

@@mattolivier9465 Why are u everywhere? MLK haters are fascists.

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

He was based for his time

[@dianamarcekova9615]

@@dcmarvelcomicfans9458 And assassinated because of it

[@JorgePetraglia2009]

It is my hope that your work, either on KZbin or your other channels, will continue for a long way to come. Your sharp mind is a breath of fresh air in this crazy world, please keep the good work. Greetings from Toronto.

[@anthonyortiz8753]

One of those colonies being Puerto Rico a US colony… but no one talks about us

[@tradeprosper5002]

That's because most of you moved to the States.

[@bernardtannerjr.6010]

It is wonderful to hear someone such as you speak honestly of such powerful truths. It is an honor to know and support your great and honorable work. Please Don't Stop! Keep it coming!

[@melelconquistador]

I bought a copy of Captial by Karl Marx yesterday at Barns and Noble. The Clerk's attention was grabbed by the size of it and was left in disbelief when she saw the author. She was like "ooh what is this" then said "oh..."

[@melelconquistador]

@@LongDefiant I just told her to have a nice day. In the most deadpan way of course.

[@saheruthepharaoh]

Should have said “I hope you get paid better :)”

[@melelconquistador]

@Lugosi Then why did you click on this video?

[@melelconquistador]

@Lugosi Teachers and colleges don't teach this, you would be lucky to even find related content in the university library. Yes people are miseducated and it applies to like-minded individuals like you.

[@melelconquistador]

@Lugosi Then wonderfull, atleast the elite get educated on the needed criticisms of this world. Except most education is recuperated under the control of and has bias favoring the status quo. It is already in your favor, if you can't see it you just don't know or its never enough for you.

[@aaronhawkins6938]

You do such a good job at summarizing and accurately delivering this stuff man. I found myself arguing for like 2 hours the other day trying to explain all of this at once. Keep up the great work and thank you!! 👏

[@lucasmonteverdebustamante9499]

I really appreciate your videos! They’re all about things I already knew but very vaguely and in the last few days I was able to deepen much more into them. I must have seen more than 10 already! This one hit different to me as someone coming from the global south (Peru), where Canadian, American and European companies do whatever they want with our people, our resources and the environment. Right now I’m struggling to make ends meet tbh, but as soon as I’m more financially stable I will be happy to support you on Patreon. Keep it up comrade!

[@NicolasVycasNery]

It is so strange to see someone from united states talking about those things, before knowing your channel I used to think that every person from the united states was totally ignorant about those subjects you talk about in your channel, keep up with the good content

[@guy-sl3kr]

@FriedIcecreamIsAReality Yeah and the internet they're browsing is super duper liberal. Socialist perspectives are actively censored while pro-capitalist ones are promoted here

[@kenobents4098]

Which in a way is pretty racist. Or at least very narrow minded.

[@NicolasVycasNery]

The US has implanted dictatorships in my country, "bought" all the land and important resources, destroyed and divided the infrastructure all acros my continent, there is no racism nor narrow mindness is this, i just fear the US and any citizen form it

[@jaykoval5957]

In the United States, knowing about colonialism is part of knowing Wokeism. Colonialism IS TAUGHT in our universities and some high schools.

[@theemanuella9456]

@@kenobents4098 nah its the truth most Americans are pretty ignorant

[@Gnormous]

Capitalism wants to expand in a world that it is actively shrinking.

[@kajesimpson126]

I feel like this deserves several follow up videos explaining real historical efforts to colonize/ subjugate in the modern day and Details real implications of many of the points you made in this video.

[@Megaghost_]

Keep educating the people, you are doing a great work, man!

[@matthafer2415]

The wealth transfer that happened during covid-19 rocked my capitalism. I've been searching the internet mostly KZbin for level headed explanations of what a post capitalism world might look like. Your channel provides a great deal of level headed insight. Thank you for what you are doing

[@katattack907]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen describing the historical basis and mechanisms of global inequality. I might even be able to get my family to watch this as a basic primer in colonialism and neocolonialism.

[@katattack907]

@Buck Rothschild That's interesting-I've not heard that before! I'll look it up.

[@akoslice8819]

Thank you for understanding as a white human. It sucks that on a continent where we have slave owners on the money, and millions of non-whites with slave owner last names who speak European languages (English, Spanish), we STILL have white people who think everything is equal and white privelege doesn't exist. Imagine the other way around? I ask you to challenge yourself to challenge other white people to understand this truth.

[@Sam-hj5ok]

Great video ST. I live in Nigeria and hence we've been subject to these things for more than 60 years. But one thing that bugs me the most is repatriations because even if somehow, the UK manages to pay, we have corrupt leaders that will never circulate that money back into the economy. Take Abacha for example. A notorious name in the Nigerian space. The money he looted is still being recovered today and even if it's recovered, it's shared among the political elites through their companies and different families. God help us.

[@georgepresley5120]

Loot is recovered then it gets stolen again. The same phenomenon is very common here in Kenya. Corruption and fraud are not serious crimes and agencies tasked with tackling this problems are intentionally under funded

[@OtherDAS]

Yeah, it wasn't the West and Colonization that made you poor. It was YOUR corrupt leaders (who you had BEFORE the West came) that made your country poor.

[@andzagatsheni521]

Thank you for this one , you find people in America or Europe calling you dumb on the internet for ot supporting capitalism when you are in Africa and reping the worst of it. Where getting a Honda Accord is an achievement that needs a ceremony to celebrate it .

[@ProgessivesBwhitetho]

beats hunting giraffes?

[@SteveOnlin]

@@ProgessivesBwhitetho hello racist

[@ProgessivesBwhitetho]

@@SteveOnlin im not white nor do i support the democrat party that did jim crowe, slavery and protected police unions the same year mike brown happened

[@SteveOnlin]

@@ProgessivesBwhitetho you literally made a joke about africans hunting giraffes

[@ProgessivesBwhitetho]

@@SteveOnlin how is that racist?

[@maxamil]

yours is one of the absolute best channels on this platform. hands down. thank you for providing this crucial service to us all.

[@whatsappme1769]

I have something big for you.

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

Just wanna say, the reason they did salvery then colonisation of Africa wasn't expansionism - they always wanted to colonise sub-Saharan Africa. They just couldn't because of Malaria, which they only found a remedy for in the 1800s in South America

[@Matt-bp2zu]

It sucks that KZbin doesn't recommend these videos even though I press the like button on all of them.

[@donel532]

i wonder why a big company dont want to promote a socialist?

[@andrewrockwell1282]

Thank you JT. Continue your work. The world needs it.

[@melloncollic]

Reading "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney was very eye opening regarding this topic. It should be mandatory literature for everyone in the so called 1st world. Alternatively let them watch this video for a start. ;-)

[@AM-rp8xn]

Made a comment and then saw this one referring the same thing haha

[@prashanthb6521]

This is excellently done, what an eye opener. Instantly subscribed.

[@UniquelyCritical]

This was a good overview. Thanks for creating it.

[@jaytsecan]

Very well explained. Thank you!

[@mangogo44]

I'm ashamed to admit but I never knew African continent was *developing* when slave trade/colonialism started. I thought those were hunter-gatherers societies and small tribes (doesn't make the situation any better).

[@LowestofheDead]

That's not by accident. There's a long tradition of elites and governments arguing that slavery and colonialism are gifts of civilization. Ordinary Europeans were actually against slavery, which is why so much propaganda was necessary to convince them that it was justified. A good example is "The White Man's Burden" poem justifying US occupation of the Philippines.

[@marcoslightspeed5517]

@@LowestofheDead I see a lot of Europeans on the Internet who support colonialism and think Africa was just a savanna with naked running people before the white people came to "civilise" the people.

[@LowestofheDead]

​@@pebblepod30 _"Colonizing has been done by every race"_ I agree; European empires are no worse than Mongolian or Persian ones. We discuss European colonialism because it still affects our world today (as the video shows). When those last vestiges are over, we can laugh about it like we do with Genghis Khan today. _"Surely Europeans were better than the brutal Aztecs with child-sacrifice"_ Also agreed - there are good and bad cultures in any continent. But colonialism involves finding the most ruthless local culture and _helping them_ to enslave the others to work in the mines - selling weapons in exchange for diamonds. That's true no matter which race was colonizing. In fact, Cortes only defeated the Aztecs with the help of their rivals - the Tlaxcala. But Colonization isn't the only way to progress. Europeans had trading treaties with African societies before colonialism, and there had been exchanges of missionaries and emissaries between continents in both directions, spreading culture and ideas. *Africa was already developing without colonization.* The same is true of the Americas; many Jesuit missionaries and traders from France actually liked the Haudenosaunee people in Quebec, who had probably the richest culture in North America. Europeans returned to France telling of this society without taxes or tithes, and with elected leaders instead of aristocrats. The aristocrats responded by arguing that these natives were savage hunter-gatherers. (This was not true, the Haudensaunee were agriculturalists and as developed as 1700s French peasants, but the Lords needed to portray them as primitive). That is where we got these arguments like "Colonization and inequality is the price of Civilization". Essays like Rousseau's "Noble Savage" and Hobbes "Man in a state of Nature" are all in the context of the Haudenosaunee: novaramedia.com/2021/10/19/forget-liberte-17th-century-indigenous-americans-knew-a-lot-more-about-freedom-than-their-french-colonisers/

[@thekreactivators]

I am increasingly understanding a lot more about these kinds of issues.Thank You 🙏🏾

[@wolfgang.m.schmitt.ultras]

Love your channel! Keep up the great work! :) Greetings from Germany!

[@DGriffy0400]

excellent video, as a Caribbean person we don't talk about it enough but we have to to fully understand its past and continuing impact

[@demirel2000]

Respect, you are hitting the nail right on the head , I lived 23 years under socialism in eastern Europe and the other half under capitalism both systems has flows and advantages , somehow in the capitalism you have to make more sacrifices on the personal level to survive into it .

[@xiongpaolee]

Great overview, thank you!

[@mukombozirigobert7026]

THANK YOU SO MUCH ON HOW YOU NARRATE WITHOUT BIAS OR STEREO-TYPES.

[@mykolperez2808]

Always a good morning when Second Thought posts 🙂

[@echooscar5241]

@@mattolivier9465 every drop counts when KZbin is looking over you sholder. Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean you can insult them.

[@mattolivier9465]

@@echooscar5241 I can, and will. Hahaha. That doesn't take away from my point! Also, I have a right to be angry. YOU are partially responsible for all of the immorality caused by governments - cause YOU support them!

[@johndough23]

@@mattolivier9465 brutal.

[@nerrler5574]

@@johndough23 and very idiotic

[@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682]

@@mattolivier9465 Brain genius over here thinks that the government forcing you to pay taxes means that support and are responsible for everything your government does. SMH, can't believe that every US leftist who hasn't risen up in open rebellion to try and overthrow the US government approves of it's overthrowal of democracies around the globe and institionalised bigotry.

[@androidhasaphone9471]

Imagine being educated by KZbin in 20 minutes faster and more effectively than 12 years of the educated system. Learning African history from European descendants is ironic. This knowledge is very important and useful to those that are suffering under government assisted colonialism. Africa needs education like this so that new leaders can rise up and slowly but surely loosen the grip of colonialism and put African back to a position of strength once again.

[@noelyanes2455]

Africans are well aware of the legacy of colonialism. What you said is incredibly condescending and ignorant, as africa can’t simply develop by blaming a boogie man.

[@androidhasaphone9471]

@@noelyanes2455 You're the boggie man 🥴

[@bobbiecat8000]

@@noelyanes2455 you know debt trap works right. Western institutions have been doing it more dangerously.

[@noelyanes2455]

@@anthonymorris5084 the legacy of colonialism is certainly a primary component in their lack of economic development

[@noelyanes2455]

@@anthonymorris5084 Yea this is a bad argument and it shows your ignorance on basic economics. The ports and railroads that were built weren’t designed to connect cities to enable trade. You have to be a complete moron to actually think the British were perfectly nice altruists who wanted to grow the African economy. The entire purpose of colonial infrastructure was designed to effectively extract raw material and export them abroad. The profits gained from these raw materials were not even reinvested into Africa, thus hindering multiplier and accelerator effect. The disjointed transport system developed by the colonists did not allow for effective agricultural and economic integration within the different parts of the African enclaves and territories. There was therefore absence of economic integration and cooperation among the African territories during the period of colonialism. Islam has absolutely nothing to do with this considering Islamic civilizations were vastly wealthier than europe for almost the entirety of the Middle Ages.

[@carolgaribay]

Second Thought always delivers.

[@dangerdaveball]

Amazing as always!

[@wearamask7403]

this is a fantastic video. Extremely well structured and thorough and well-researched. I learnt a lot actually. Thank you!!

[@notaninquisitor7274]

A whole lot of "abuse has to happen and they deserve to be abused anyway" in the comments. Wow.

[@YTuseraL2694]

Scary.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

The "If we don't steal it someone else will" and "They lost it because they are weak, it's better be them than us" type of people. But the moment they are on the wrong end of the gun barrels, i.e a revolution, they suddenly want to cry victims.

[@9tankie]

This was, as usual, excellent! ♥

[@dylanl2258]

Good work man.

[@Alejoninla]

Thanks for another education video. I know its pathetic to believe recycling the Trade Joes paper bags or turning off the water while brushing my teeth could make any difference in this world, then reading the comments in here from sms1511 describing the situation in Sudan or Wu Mu in South Africa makes so mad! I just want to burn all the paper bags in one big pile, I swear! Grrr!!!

[@RichardDolanrouteseo]

Thank you. I am a curiosity stream subscriber but had no idea how many NEW authors and video's there are. I loved it then and considered my subscription as a donation and low and behold you grew. By leaps and bounds,. I guess 1 unintended advantage of the evil of capitalism.

[@sebastianpeady5850]

Great video, as always.

[@pieterv.7158]

Another great video by JT.

[@christopherburke2082]

As usual, really great video. However, I think it's important to make the point that even in cases where poorer countries rejected the idea of foreign 'aid' so they could have control over their economies, the richer countries looking to exploit them simply removed the popular governments and installed new ones friendly to them and their exploitative interests. (I get that you can't make an hour long video but just a few sentences mentioning this + an example like Sankara would have added to the video I think.)

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

Imperialism and colonialism didn’t die it just changed form. And people don’t do anything about it. For a supposed free market system capitalism certainly looks a lot like industrialized mercantilism.

[@Dragrath1]

Well said just like in the US slavery and racism didn't stop they only ever changed forms when the elite can't get away with something explicitly they merely change the label and add the veneer of "freedom". The language changes but the underlying exploitation never has in large part because those in power have never willingly relinquished their advantages and frankly given the nature of most who are drawn towards power why would they? Those who are attracted for power live on it feed on it base their entire self worth on exerting it over others. Empathy morals they are at best an afterthought used to justify to the masses and a worst considered a disease to "educate" a.k.a. brainwash people out of. The sad reality is that even ignoring the systemic power structures even relatively well meaning people are generally unwilling to give up privileges they have been born into even if they might otherwise be sympathetic. My mom is extremely empathetic feeling bad even fore little insects and a strong care for the environment but she has long shown that she is unwilling to change her behavior if this thus makes them easily manipulatable especially when corporations and their politicians reframe things onto an individual level to hide the fact that those at the top have horded such vast amounts of wealth.

[@somedudeok1451]

You do great work. Thx.

[@johnsidorovich]

Brilliant, young man. Concisely well done.

[@paavohirn3728]

Very good sum up of a complex topic. Something missed in sure due to being another huge topic is the use of economic hitmen, coups and invasions by the 1st world to make sure they kept the 3rd world subservient to them.

[@whatsappme1769]

I have something big for you.

[@hujiannong]

This is in part why the rise of China is viewed as "aggression" in the West, especially in the US. the poor are now asserting themselves and working together to build more equitable economies, i.e. China's silk road project and the BRICS states trading with each other with less restrictions. and this is not allowed by the West. the fear is that the poor will eventually rise up to be equals to the West when that happens, exploitations of resources and labor will be minimized if not terminated that would deal a blow to the European and American capitalist class

[@seanb.6793]

Excellent video! If you want to read more on this topic, “Guns, Germs, and Steel” did a great job explaining this.

[@michaeld4861]

Well said, as always!

[@i8dacookies890]

If you wanna talk about natural monopolies, how about choosing which countries to trade with?

[@lars_larsen]

"Humanity has been making maps for at least 5 years..." Technically true.

[@doodle3984]

great video like always

[@davidparker7216]

Amazing vid :3

[@sede189]

Love, love, love this presentation. So painfully accurate

[@sede189]

@Lugosi bruh, that is slave mentality. It's a predisposition some people like you just have where they sit back and work like donkeys as long as they're given grass to eat. The reality is that the poverty and alienation of Africa is intentional by design, which is to guarantee cheap labor and cheap raw material to the capitalist overlords. Keeping the African in that state of mentality you find yourself in, is someone else's dream-come-true scenario. The system that does this is called capitalism. It's an upgrade from feudalism which existed prior to the industrial revolution in the 17th century. The tenets of capitalism are to maximize profits at whatever cost necessary. That's why cheap, slave labor was a "gold mine" for extracting agricultural raw material from the Americas continent to Europe. Capitalism was the catalyst for both world wars and all the others wars waged since then. They are all financed by the rich nations to keep their status as top dogs. World Bank and IMF are financial apparatus of the same capitalists that dictate economic terms for the poor nations. The capitalists, either black or white, are the scourge of the earth. You should really be ashamed of having the opinion that the "white man" is your salvation. Africans even gave up their traditions to pursue an imaginary white god brought to them courtesy of ancient Rome, having the title of a savior, whose birthday is the day of the pagan god Sol, the sun god, and whose death date is around the festival of the spring equinox, when the sun finally concurs the darkness

[@kevinqwen221]

@Lugosi LOL

[@tomowens1571]

@Buck Rothschild You will live in a fantasy world as long as it adheres to your agenda Rothschild?

[@muxopunkxD]

Thanks for talking about this, I feel like even for progressive ppl is hard to talk about it or they just don't know enough about this topics. Besides the mentality is very different when you've always been in the "loosing team", I'm from Peru and noticed this after i move to America.

[@openclassusa3534]

Great content!

[@publika6883]

What an eye-opening video. Congratulations.

[@whatsappme1769]

I have something big for you.

[@toppersundquist]

"They had to open themselves to Western Capitalism, with pretty awful results." *hard cut to A&W Burgers commercial* Brilliant.

[@avollant]

I have a question: Could you explain what is a resource base economy and how it would work? I have a hard time to wrap my head around it. Thank you.

[@melelconquistador]

Sounds like bartering for mutual benefit rather than for a monetary commodity. I imagine such an economy would need 3rd party coordination so that people don't get ripped off and enable more omnidirectional trade (ie. rock paper scissors) so that large groups of participants get what they need from each other.

[@openclassusa3534]

EXCELLENT VIDEO1!!

[@JulianaLimeMoon]

You're amazing! Thank you for your videos.

[@mightyone3737]

You seem to have left out an important proof of your position, that any of the colonies that could/were settled by European settlers not only had genocide committed on the locals, they were all treated differently economically during and after, a colony without a white population was exploited exclusively, and not only were no efforts made to advance/develop these territories, they were deliberately isolated from trade and sabotaged further to ensure that all of these non-white states would be 'failed states', even if they somehow became independent. This was done by the political/economic elite of the West to empower Europe, but it's also worth noting that when a truly fascist state rises up in the West, the exploiters all gravitate toward that state, such as nazi Germany (which had money dumped into it by corporations) and the US (where the elites like to live, because you can literally do whatever you want and face no consequences if you're rich, and you're useless children will similarly be propped up, no matter how incompetent, provided they stay evil enough). In the present, corporations 'invest' in poor countries because the workers will/have to tolerate lower wages, and as china has shown, their are likely no consequences for state-enforced slavery in the international community, with the US elites going out of their way to normalize the enslavement and abuse in Western media, all the while dramatically wringing their hands and exclaiming 'clearly nothing could be done'. The US had no compunctions about installing rightwing lunatics in power anywhere they could (if it didn't have a white population of course), extending the influence of imperialism and fighting against the wave of progresses that was going through the world at the time. Anyways, there can be no doubt that the various failed former colonies were selected to fail, while the ones that succeeded were all handpicked and shown considerable favouritism. This exploitation was deliberate, and continues in various forms today. All that said, the biggest difference at this point between the global south and Western powers is that Western workers are still being 'broken', they still expect their lives to 'feel' better than that of their parents, even if their actual share of the economy has become literally trivial. Conditions grow progressively worse in the US, and the share of the pie going to the workers isn't much better than that of the workers in the Global South, the difference is that US workers requires a higher standard of living or they'll revolt, which is why the republicans keep sabotaging things, so that people will be forced to accept progressively worse conditions. American infrastructure rots away without care or replacement while the rich pay less and less tax on their arbitrarily gigantic share of the profits of *OUR* collective labour. Things look better here, but they are very quickly getting worse, and that's not a coincidence, it's more enemy action from the rightwing elites that have exploited and abused the people since they gained power.