Why Is The US Always At War?

Why Is The US Always At War? - Second Thought
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Graphs and data
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The lies behind wars
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“Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell collectively spent more money on the 2000 election to get them to office than in any election before”
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“Iraqi oil fields they’d been eyeing since at least the late 90s”
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Oil prices and war
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Petrodollar recycling and wasteful military spending
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The Weapondollar-Petrodollar political coalition and the drive for escalation
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Job creation and military spending
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The Zionist interest in military escalation
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[@filosofiahoy4105]

$250billions annually or more means the industry of War to the Industries only for USA. Plus taxes from other countries, money laundry when they "support" foreign wars and more taxes laundry when they offer "Aids" and collect the benefits later with the interchange of favors, politics interventions, dissemination of American companies, jobs for CEOS and managers overseas etc. Take all of that and bet up/or down in the stocks-economy with classified prime information... I don't even need to see your video to know WHY is the US always at war. Did you bet 250billions in oil or lockheed-martin If I give you the exact date of next invasion?

[@ssjgoku78966777]

I would go for means if there was a lifetime membership like Nebula, but I'm not one for subscriptions

[@bz7901]

The 6:29

[@TheFabledSCP7000]

Why are You always at war with Hakim's human rights? #FreeHakim

[@andreaspedersen8136]

Really this path of American aggression all began when the US decided to stop the peaceful ways of German unification during WW2. US has assisted the jews in oppressing people around the world, as outlined in Mein Kampf. Free Palestine!

[@ZER0--]

Fun Fact: the Iraq war was, at first, named Operation Iraqi Liberation. (Unfortunate initials.)

[@MitchJT]

We need more libraries in the Middle East: Organization for Importing Literature! Let’s bring MMA to the mid East: Octagons In Levant!

[@stickynorth]

It's almost like the joke was always on us!

[@wcjerky]

You give W. too much credit for the coincidence to be unfortunate.

[@okarthegreat]

I found out about this from a wonderful song of the same name by a great socialist folk singer named David Rovics. If you haven't heard his stuff, I highly recommend. His song "Jenin" is heartbreaking.

[@matbrady123456]

Do you remember when Wikileaks exposed govt corruption and GWBush formed the Wikileaks Task Force as a response? Their response was literally WTF. Amazing.

[@Mati_Panzer]

so basically, profit demands war, and as long as all we care about as a society is profit, there will be wars

[@runningbetweenspaces]

🎉🎉🎉

[@tangerine5832]

Not even necessarily, peacetime is often good for non-military sectors of the economy. Capitalists do earnestly try to facilitate “peace” (in their terms, obviously) because that is often good for business, instability can really tank markets. But yeah, I think war is pretty inevitable in our current economic system dominated by competition.

[@Kamilledavid]

It's more about perceived or manufactured threats to the totality of a nation, institution, community and or individual. Even if you remove the profit motive, which may or may not help, you still have the need for resource acquisition to protect those that are seen as being favorable. Just my perception anyways.

[@sm-nz-7]

So it is time to think about a new society

[@rhumal]

@@tangerine5832 the US has been at war for all but about 20 years of its existence, so the claim that capitalists try to facilitate "peace" isn't exactly true. the extermination wars were initially contained within north america, but once they'd gobbled up all the indigenous territory they could, the US turned on its weaker neighbors (mexico and spain) and started to spread overseas.

[@Ahdtsjjjtdyhjryik]

Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex: "If war is profitable, we will have war."

[@Yurgendurgen]

That's what I was looking for. This video made me think of the military industrial complex. This video is an example of just part of the system

[@jaym5938]

Of course he did. They all do. He was a terrorist that destabilized a thriving Iran.

[@Broodyr]

@@Yurgendurgen the video was a fairly encompassing expose of the military-petroleum industrial complex (which he named a few times), not just a couple examples of it. what core ideas do you think he left out?

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@BroodyrBut wouldn’t it be easier to simply befriend those who are already in charge? War is bad for business.

[@saxor96]

​@@aycc-nbh7289War is bad for business... *on the conflict zone*. It's profitable for weapons manufacturers, and as you've seen, for the oil industry as well. If war doesn't happen on your territory nor in any place you actually need resources from, the effects of war from a monetary standpoint range from none to profitable.

[@mrbell2827]

The makers of the weapon will always say you are in danger

[@stickynorth]

Bingo! It's their job to keep you fearful just as much as MSM media is to do the same so you stay inside and watch TV.. Their channel specifically..

[@dornsu]

Hakimantor and JT declaring war on war at the same time

[@aye3678]

Love to see it!

[@joelarreguin5066]

2 handsome creators talk about the same topic love it

[@JohnnyTheWolf-d3p]

Cue KMFDM's "WWIII"

[@scrimblybringlesnatch7485]

@@JohnnyTheWolf-d3p RATTLE YOUR CHAINS

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

The Deprogram Alliance vs the actual concept of war

[@thewillisman34620]

Hakim and Second thought both releasing videos about the US and War today is awesome.

[@lulianjuliuswassbach]

Yesss! It's been a rough day but we've been blessed with two new videos from the boys

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

I know right???

[@mrimtheboss8077]

and they do it in an american tech platform also intresting. we should boycott american giants like google and microsoft and come up with alternatives

[@liathedigger]

Bruh I just noticed i was going to click on hakisn video but them ST's video showed up and i thought it was just KZbin changing thumbnails randomly again lmao

[@pranavjagdish]

I thought it was the same guy. The voice sounds the same.

[@LauraKamienski]

I'm 61 years old. I can't count the number of times I've said to people that the price of gas seems to always coincide with the relationships of power and war in west Asia. The graph you presented validates the trend I've noticed my entire adult life.

[@User-jr7vf]

How are the gas prices in the US right now? Thanks in advance

[@LauraKamienski]

@User-jr7vf it really depends on where you live. Around the Pittsburgh area it's around 3:50. But if you live in New York or Boston or La it's much higher I think it's over $5 which is still cheaper than most places I know

[@sergeantblue6115]

​@@LauraKamienski5 is absolutely diabolical, I honestly can't imagine how people live like this in the US

[@User-jr7vf]

@@LauraKamienski thank you

[@pyagtargo1260]

​​@@User-jr7vf in my area it went up 30 cents or 0.3 dollars per gallon in the past week

[@seanwilliams7655]

For anybody wondering why the US lets Israel do whatever it wants to do in the Middle East, this is the answer. I believe it was Biden himself who said something like if Israel didn't exist we'd have to create one. The US needs at least one place over there that is 100% loyal to us to serve as a base of operations for anything else we want to do in the area.

[@BoogieMan892]

Yes. There’s an actual video of him saying that. “Were there not an Israel, the United States would have to invent an Israel to protect our interests”

[@mauleblanc4147]

That’s exactly why it has also been referred to as America’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East”

[@FemboyLegendGD]

@mauleblanc4147 Japan is that of east asia

[@33up24]

Israel is for all intent and purpose, the 51st American state. Like Hawaii is just one giant resort island, Israel is just one giant US military base.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

@@FemboyLegendGD And Germany is that for Europe.

[@stenyethanmathews945]

It's really not even about oil for US domestic consumption. It's more about having oil under US control and using it as a way to exert control over foreign countries

[@07Flash11MRC]

It's about both.

[@Praisethesunson]

​@@07Flash11MRCno it isn't. Capitalists could care less if the Murican plebs burned dung for warmth. Control is how monopolies make profits. Oil is the biggest monopoly market on the planet. So they do a lot to control that market.

[@rhumal]

@@07Flash11MRC fun facts: the US's refineries are mostly geared toward refining low-quality bitter petroleum; this means that the US can import cheap foreign oil for processing. the oil the US produces and exports is high quality sweet crude, which is much more expensive but easier for foreign refineries to process.

[@thebaldfox711]

And petro-dollars.

[@stickynorth]

Power and control and the only leverage the USA still has is fossil fuels... Anything else? China is now the #1 source of... Electric transportation? China.. Electrics? China.. AI? China... Whatever you are thinking China is the answer.... It's the REAL effing AMAZON... Bezos the bozo is just the greedy middleman... Time to SHEIN/TEMU his ass! /s

[@bertbaker7067]

Reminds me of an old sci-fi book called, _The Forever War,_ by Joe Haldeman, about a 1000 year war between humanity and an alien race. A war, both started and kept going, to keep the economy from collapsing. _"The fact was, Earth’s economy needed a war, and this one was ideal. _*_It gave a nice hole to throw buckets of money into,_*_ but would unify humanity rather than dividing it."_ I often think about the 'buckets' line whenever I hear about military spending. Great video, thanks for sharing. Solidarité 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪✊

[@PhilippBlum]

I love the fact you called the region west asia and not middle east. So many media outlets get this wrong.

[@larryc1616]

It's the middle east and they're not Asian

[@noobartz0890]

middle east implies existence of easy east and hard east, yet i never heard of those

[@SvalbardSleeperDistrict]

1:26

[@unknwnGh0st]

​@@noobartz0890nah it implies left east and right east 😂

[@noobartz0890]

@unknwnGh0st too much easts

[@TheRealGovika]

To quote Megadeth "Peace sells, but who's buying?"

[@agentsmidt3209]

We actually have to quote Death Metal bands who are more sensible lol

[@liammcnicholas918]

“Killing is my business…and business is good!”

[@mathias8627]

"Obama wasn't even born in America, we need to get him out of there" also a quote from Megadeth

[@liammcnicholas918]

@@mathias8627 Dave Mustaine caused a riot when he performed in Northern Ireland with Megadeth. True story.

[@Praisethesunson]

One of the best videos on this whole site. Joining Patreon.

[@SecondThought]

Thank you so much!

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

“There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious-makes you so sick at heart-that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” -Mario Savio

[@420phoenix]

I remember when I first heard this quote in the 90's I was ecstatic that someone out there understood what was happening and things would get better eventually. It's looks like the machine has no problem running with blood and bones greasing the wheels unfortunately.

[@joso7228]

Sure. But then the other team's machine will mow us down.

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

@ Cynicism is boring.

[@420phoenix]

@joso7228 2nd attempt at a reply. So you're saying we should throw ourselves in the machine?

[@420phoenix]

@@joso7228 3rd attempt to reply. What are you saying exactly?

[@OscarOgando]

It's about power, not only oil. And, if you're the one in power, you need to remember it to others every now and then...

[@MaRBL23563]

its about power... we stay hungry, we devour...?

[@Smethells2023]

Dude… I NEEDED this video. It’s been a long 11 days.❤

[@stevechance150]

For all of us. Because of all the D.E.I.

[@Smethells2023]

@stevechance150 My Christmas lights got tangled badly when I took them down because of woke. Never again!

[@BetterMonsters]

This was a clear and concise explanation of some genuinely difficult ideas; such accounts usually devolve into rambling spaghetti because of how interconnected each idea is, but you really nailed this.

[@lulianjuliuswassbach]

Has he been shadow banned? Why has the last video not even 100.000 views?

[@SecondThought]

It is quite an anomaly for this channel. Not sure what’s going on there. Like and share if you’re able!

[@fixcpu]

​​@@SecondThoughtAI has complete control over the algorithms and view counts. They can freeze your views or even make it go backwards.

[@rdallas81]

Its true. As many find out in the comments ​@@fixcpu

[@TheKing-xv5fz]

idk yt recommend me his last video and also this video..could just be bad luck i guess

[@kuriosites]

I added to my Watch Later playlist but then I didn't see it there. When I searched for it, it says it is on my playlist 🤔

[@平和-v1z]

This is peak KZbin content. Keep it up!

[@paulnijsten8390]

Heiwa

[@tom-kz9pb]

Most of America's wars are more broadly about resources, of which oil is one of the key ones. Alan Greenspan famously quoted how it was shame that it was politically inexpedient to say out loud what everyone knew to be true, that the Iraq War was mostly about oil. Eisenhower once admitted that the U.S. needed Vietnam for titanium. The Cold War, the Korean War, and Latin American "dirty wars" were in reality an exercise in class warfare. America fought mostly on behalf of the wealthy, corporate interests and hegemony. The other side was fighting mostly on behalf of the poor. Of course, America's Boy Scout soldiers often believed with all the goodness of their innocent hearts that they were fighting for "freedom". They most certainly were not.

[@WorldNews-n7m]

Yes, and the wars of the Soviet Union were for peace. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@tom-kz9pb]

@WorldNews-n7m I do not glorify the Soviet Union or paint them as the "good guys". In my view, there are few cases among countries of pure saints or villains. But I will give this much credit to the communists: they had the real interests of the economic bottom, the peasants, the factory workers, the miners, more sincerely at heart than Ronald Reagan or Donald Trump ever could.

[@hunterstrelok799]

​@@WorldNews-n7mthe Soviet Union hasn't existed for almost 30 years, try keeping up

[@aycc-nbh7289]

But wars may make it harder to acquire these resources.

[@tom-kz9pb]

@aycc-nbh7289 Sometimes that is true, but leaders do not understand it.

[@benjaminewing8322]

One of these days I’ll watch the whole video before a “like” and “comment” but that’s not gonna be anytime soon. I know I’ll like and boost with commentary.

[@Praisethesunson]

Yapping for the algo

[@stickynorth]

I know right? I usually start agreeing with them so much I have to add my two cents as I go.. Especially when I have a related thought that nobody has commented on yet....

[@w4439]

It's crazy that the heads of these oil companies walk amongst us and the average civilian has no idea

[@agentsmidt3209]

Come to Houston. They are everywhere here. They even drive those pics up trucks...they don't drive Lamborghinis like their children

[@1MarkKeller]

Destabilizing countries with the raw resources we need/want makes it easier to keep getting those resources on the cheap and/or controlling it.

[@Praisethesunson]

Exactly right

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Then why not try to form alliances with them instead? War would simply be bad for whatever business may come of it.

[@ericchen122]

Putting my comment here to boost the algorithm.

[@jonathanlin1000]

I am replying for the same reason!

[@Zyo117]

Seven words or more for the algorithm.

[@DimuthuYapa]

Commeting for the algorithm.

[@raymoreci3847]

Thanks!

[@ElSherman]

Que suerte que tengo de encontrar un canal yanki así.. Great fucking job man, down with capitalism!

[@WorldNews-n7m]

Hahaha go to China and leave America Americans we love capitalism

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Then what alternative system would you propose?

[@cypriano8763]

yep, i would support any socialist, communist, collectivist or anarchist model that would replace it

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@cypriano8763Including one that could result in something akin to the Holodomor and Stalin’s purges?

[@cypriano8763]

@@aycc-nbh7289 no

[@aye3678]

You and Hakim dropping videos about the same topic is a surprise I didn't know I needed today!

[@hangerq5735]

Remember war is a big business. 💲💲💲💲💲💲💲$$$

[@stickynorth]

And the most immoral. It's literally The Purge...

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Except it’s also bad for other businesses.

[@sl-lz3dw]

Yep, the details may have changed or expanded somewhat, but as Gen Smedley Butler wrote, "War Is A Racket".

[@eastwood8711]

I don't even want to describe how great this video is, since words couldn't do it justice. Rarely ever have I seen such theoretical and ideological quality, keep up the great work. Thank you, this video was really informative and broadened by perspective even further.

[@yessumify]

I'm so frustrated with this country's corruption and sleaze I could scream!

[@Neo2Rus]

Just wait until you find similarities in other countries.

[@Ccp-e3l]

​@@Neo2Rusus millions time ahead

[@erwin643]

Wow. I guess this explains why the U.S. supported BOTH sides during the Iran-Iraq War.

[@shroomy8210]

Yep

[@clarkmerchant]

Hakim, Second Though, First Thought all drop topically related videos just after a call to action in the Deprogram pod. Taking the initiative and getting the ball rolling I see. 10/10 as always, thank you for always filling the trough!

[@thatidiot4422]

Just got 2 hakim videos and a second thought video in the last almost week this is incredible

[@therevolutioncontinuesblog6182]

This is the clearest explanation I've ever come across. Watch it and learn a lot!

[@terranceturner]

Canadian-Albertan here Made me think the threats of annexation were made in some part to create a potential future scarcity of the Oil here. Obviously this is a very narrow view-point, but felt I needed to Voice it.

[@jrstsb1353]

Canadian-Alberta? You mean Canada the 51st state of America..lol..This is embarrassing and I'll go ahead and apologize in advance for the coming nonsense.

[@jjhoughton2812]

THEY'VE been saving the tar sands for when THEY create The Union of American States, The good old UAS? Venezuela, Canada, the Arctic, Antarctica, WOW brave new world. 🤔🌏✌️

[@tonie1048]

Hakim just did a video like this a few hours ago lol

[@smokerx6291]

Oh that low iq communist

[@larryc1616]

Which is better?

[@Praisethesunson]

I swear I think these Bois are somehow working together

[@phily708]

@@Praisethesunson how did you know :0

[@smokerx6291]

@@tonie1048 hakin is a communist. He says nothing intelligent

[@mohsinhossainrasel5634]

What an incredible video! Appreciate it so much and all the hard work you and your team has done! People with honesty and dignity will always have my respect! 💌

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Thanks for these videos! ❤

[@SecondThought]

Thanks for watching!

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

its sad we know all this in our bones, but never quite have the facts. i feel like i've had my politics since birth somehow, i've always known when things weren't right, but never had the facts. its even sadder that facts don't even matter anymore :/

[@ButWhyMe...]

If facts don't matter anymore, don't depend on facts to say what's right/wrong. Think of it as a left-leaning conspiracy theory - You won't always have the facts to convince others of an immediate threat, instead, appeal to people's emotions and feelings. Don't force it on people either, it takes time for people to understand.

[@kvdrr]

​@@ButWhyMe...you don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge

[@MaxSwenson]

It’s wild how clear it is that our wars have been driven by oil, but yet I’ve never made the jump to oil prices and their connection to war. Another great video that just lays it all out there.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

But wouldn’t wars only cause the oil prices to raise? If the military needs it more, civilians may get priced out of it.

[@MaxSwenson]

@ the amount of fuel that actually gets produced compared to the amount of fuel used by the military is not even comparable, but I’m sure it does represent one of the many many factors that dictate oil prices.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@MaxSwensonExcept we have seen this exact sort of phenomenon play out in WWII. Since the military was the top customer of the oil companies, the civilian market was priced out of it, so auto racing in the US did not happen as often, for example.

[@MaxSwenson]

@ sure, but the oil producing capacity of wwII was not the same that it is today. The material conditions have changed, so the mechanisms that control oil prices have responded in kind.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@MaxSwensonAnd it’s because they didn’t change that civilians were priced out of the oil market.

[@petriedish94]

The military can't pass a budget audit, but by all means, let's gut "wasteful" spending on education, health and safety, and environmental protections 🙄

[@liftedspirit984]

We love you JT and team. Thanks for all you guys do

[@catini108]

"The jackboot of capitalism" sums it up very neatly.

[@VirraPrentice]

keep up the good work JT!

[@LindaBayliss-g7x]

A college student in my class who has been on a ship in the US Navy told me an officer told him to push some toolboxes overboard. These were brand new fully outfitted mechanics toolboxes about five feet high still wrapped in plastic and unopened. Feeling he must have misunderstood directions, the sailor asked for clarification. The officer said they had no use for the tools, but if someone "higher up" saw them unopened their budget might get cut. So into the ocean they went.

[@eliolsen9652]

As someone currently serving in the navy I can totally agree first hand. We waste so much shit it’s not even funny. My base alone probably wasted hundreds of millions a year.

[@dan-d1732]

It’s not just oil, it’s about neutralizing countries posing a threat to Israel and placing a pro-western government there so trade in oils becomes/stays a lucrative business for the US oligarchs that are in that business. Besides that, it’s about placing central banks in the last few countries that are still not owned by central banks.

[@joe2k20]

Hey JT can you please make a video about the BRICS?

[@DavidDieni]

Many people appear to believe that BRICS will augur in a more peaceful more stable less unequal world. It may take the hammer out of the US, however, many BRICS nations are still headed by authoritarian representatives of oligarchy, and it does nothing resolve the contradictions that are the cause of capitalist crisis. The current record inequality is caused by the tendency of the rate of profit to fall towards zero, that Marx said will lead to capitalism digging its own grave. Average profit has fallen from 43% in the 1890's to 17% in 20I5. In know that in Australia the rate of profit was 12% last year. At 12% the mega wealthy are unlikely to invest in anything and that is why they are sitting on so much dead capital, and are getting tax breaks to keep them solvent. As of 2008 we had past peak oil (we have consumed more than half of the world's retrievable oil reserves) and extraction is now in a 9% decline and a shortfall of 8 million barrels a day in meeting current daily requirements (84 million barrels a day, or 1 billion barrels every 12 days) Total collapse is estimated to occur by 2030.

[@littlegreenclementine]

​@@DavidDieni The unipolar world order must go before even the possibility of a better world can bloom. US Imperialism is CURRENTLY the single greatest source of inequality world-over (as well as the greatest threat to our future via climate crisis), not the tendency of the rate of profit to fall. Please do not use that in place of “hand of the market" epistemology, ie comparable to some absolute law of physics. It is an observed tendency, particularly over longer span of time, but not an immutable "must happen at every observed minutiae". This video even demonstrates how capitalists can rig a system to pump up demand through market fears of diminished supply, it is a tool developed to buffet against the tendency of the rate of profit to fall, even if temporary. In "resolving contradictions" there is only but one way: one step at a time. In this case, the first step is the entity kneeling on the neck of the developing world: US imperialism. BRICS is an alternative to dollar hegemony, one of --if not the primary-- tool of US imperialism. The US cannot win an economic war against this erosion of dollar hegemony, because as alternatives become available, sanctions become less effective. Trump threatening 100% tariffs against a currency that does not exist yet is frankly ineffective because it primarily hurts US businesses and consumers. Tariffs are an effective tool for protecting ones' own domestic industries, but not an effective means of conducting a trade war. US capitalists has already tied its own noose on this front, by exporting most of its manufacturing abroad that it cannot demand back entirely (it exported manufacturing by chasing cheaper labor costs; also it cannot be simply moved back as supply chain systems must be [re]built including decaying infrastructure)(caveat for "entirely", much of Made in USA manufacturing is done by prison labor). *Also, since you seem to be engaging in some level of Marxism, I implore you read Engel's "On Authority". Authority and power are not ontologically bad things that communists/leftists/antifascists/etc should avoid if they want to succeed, and calling people you don't agree with, whatever political pursuasion, "authoritarian" for wielding power is... look, I don't know how to put it more kindly, but please examine your analytical and belief systems for residual liberalism. "authoritarianism" is such a label that fits anyone using power, so it's very convenient to put fascists and theocrats and neocons under the same label as communists and socialists, to then use at will to deem "enemy". There are better and more specific labels than just "badism".

[@georgeabreu6392]

Great large scale analysis of how war and conflict are fueled by economic factors, specifically, the corporate billionaire class’ inherent interests. These are antagonistic to the people’s interests: Peace, Land and Bread. These are the enemies whom we, the people, must unite in solidarity against.

[@Praisethesunson]

There is already enough food grown today to feed 13 billion people. We've conquered hunger but the demand for profit means we aren't allowed to actually solve one of humanity's most pressing problems.

[@veganbadass]

If you go to a Comic/cosplay/sci-fi/gamer convention you will always see a Military booth there. In the 80's 90's they looked to recruit the jarhead type jocks, now they look for the gamers that can fly Drones with expertise. It is so creepy.

[@jahnsemtex]

I'll buy means tv as soon as I'm working again ❤❤✊🏻

[@calebappis7131]

I watch ads before your videos just to hopefully support your channel more

[@MrARock001]

I would be embarassed as hell to be an american warhawk. They spend more than the next ten countries' militaries combined, but have lost almost every war they've ever fought.

[@Praisethesunson]

Muricans think they won the Iraq war because baby bush declared they won.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Even if they have, maybe they want to spend more because they don’t want to lose another.

[@the_boi_4203]

"War to the kingdom of war; death to the kingdom of death. Against the right of the strongest, have strength, friends, the day has come." -Filippo Turati, Worker's Hymn

[@M2Mil7er]

The oil is a bonus, and usually the 2nd justification after W M D, but the actual reason is to allow the expansion of Learsi by removing the biggest obstacles to that.

[@rdallas81]

That's a fact- Yes. 100%. Sad that mentioning that Nation even in a positive way gets erased.

[@rdallas81]

Now we see the constant belittling of Iran for the same exact purpose

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Then wouldn’t it make more sense to befriend Iraq rather than becoming their enemy? A war there would only be bad for the oil industry.

[@linden1763]

One of your best videos JT, keep up the great work

[@TriangularTheory]

Incredible work, one of your best. Thank you ✊

[@TheAst4rtes]

Great video, maybe a little short. I feel like this is missing a part about the petrodollar and how it came about. Also the other thing to buy with surplus dollars, besides weapons, US government bonds, are also important and also set up so the US profits from being engaged in wars!

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Maybe because the dollar maintains its value thanks to the US’s ability to pay off its debts.

[@PanzerkampfwagenVITigerIAusfE]

Thank you for your videos

[@scoundrel142]

Hey, I've been watching your channel for YEARS. Every upload, watching most videos the whole way through. I just thought about you today as the world feels like it's burning down to look for a voice of reasoning. KZbin unsubbed me from your channel at some point. I've seen absolutely 0 of your uploads for months. I never clicked unsub or don't recommend channel or anything. :/

[@SecondThought]

That would track with the decline in views. Seems to be a common occurrence across left KZbin, unfortunately

[@rarog4241]

Wow, just wow. One of the best materials you made, imo.

[@bigdog44pc]

Excellent episode.

[@Shining237]

Well said JT 👍🎯❤️

[@CWKregistolen]

Great work!!!

[@robertlyon8876]

Very good analysis. Thank you

[@TheTransTankie]

Hakim and JT teaming up against capitalism, as per usual

[@nicolastelfyr6792]

Great speech, thank you

[@josephh8117]

We have one world government already - all the mechanisms that go into tweaking and facilitating the flow of oil into different, favored markets. They manipulate culture to rig both supply and demand and trick people into thinking that's what they would "choose", all other things being equal. I live in the southern US, where having one of the late-model big ass trucks is something you will go into an unreasonable amount of debt to maintain, because you see it as a part of your identity. You "chose" to have it, believing as you do in your right to "choose", when all of these economic and cultural tokens come from a need that is contrived by all the marketing and PR firms of the Western world. This is the mainstream. All of this superstructural scaffolding put into place by a relative handful of bourgeois actors, who belong to the same fraternities as the actors that actually direct the military-industrial personnel who rubber-stamp the wars.

[@Rinanathar]

Brilliant video. Brave honest man

[@clinical_cnc]

hakim and bro talking about war in a span of hrs is such a coincidence lol

[@acubed3423]

2:08 nitpick but you used the wrong map for Somalia, missing the North Western region.

[@SecondThought]

I’m fairly certain I’ll never get a map exactly right lol

[@thedarkdot2977]

@@SecondThoughtno you got it right, Somaliland is a country

[@poisonrune]

@@thedarkdot2977 recognized by a grand total of... 0 countries. Also a third of its so-called claimed territory are outspoken unionists.

[@KURENANI]

​@@thedarkdot2977 no its not, the majority of people there dont want to split.

[@thedarkdot2977]

@ oh ok

[@tanvirshahriarrishad4904]

Respect for telling the truth

[@stickynorth]

Other ways we can help kick fossil fuels? Only use electric public transit or bike, walk if you can.. Use electric cars if need be but make sure your electricity is either green or carbon offset just to be sure.. that's if you can afford it... Move to a place that has electric baseboard heating or get your furnace replaced with a heat exchanger if you can... . Don't let this video seem like all hope is lost. It never is... Know better, do better!

[@grischa762]

Don't forget about plastic. Avoid packaging, buy less clothes and go for second hand. Reduce, reuse, recycle. If a heat pump is not an option, you can still heat less and just wear warmer clothes inside. Go dumpster diving or forage, grow your own stuff even if it's just some herbs. Make your own yogurt with chick pea water, sprout stuff, DIY as much as possible. There is a limit to what you can achieve on an individual lvl. but money is not really an issue, as you can save a ton. Time is a constraint, but the biggest issues are LAZINESS, lack of knowledge and apathy.

[@moemimouni679]

AWESOME REPORTING 🙏 4 Sharing.

[@DirtbagLexi]

I always knew war stunk because Mario's foil was WARio. Coincidence? I think not.

[@cherri_chip7257]

And his friend is Luigi

[@S.D.323]

Hail luigi

[@saultorres8125]

that when hard there at the end! Great Job JT!

[@will823]

Its official this is war as soon as we hear from yugopnik

[@juanestebanalzatecamacho6671]

Los estadounidenses tienen que pararse firme, con la cabeza en alto y la puño arriba para luchar contra los olicorpoliticos que los gobiernan y desangran.

[@travisk.5583]

Great video JT!

[@midkemian1]

I think it was Roosevelt that warned about the growing influence of the Industrial/military complex on US policy

[@Zyo117]

Eisenhower actually. A republican.

[@MaximilianoAedo]

@@Zyo117 Ironic considering that it was Eisenhower who literally toppled Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran, which led to the dictatorship of the Shah and eventually, the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

[@midkemian1]

@@Zyo117 after I'd wrote that I thought I was wrong, that it was actually Eisenhower as you said. Either way, a US president actually warned about the world we are now inhabiting

[@DomesticatedGoth]

I'm glad you include links to sources/further reading. It's useful, especially for people like me who aren't Americans and need to read up on the political context :)

[@777adorer]

Great work . O how i wish the average american opens their eyes to all this . Sending love from Bangladesh .

[@alex141516]

4 months, I haven't seen an update from this channel in 4 months. I just thought of it now, and looked it up. I missed so many videos.

[@jonpaul3868]

Its the US currency, how do you think they keep everbody using Dollars as international currency? Violence.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Or maybe because the U.S. is well-reputed for its creditworthiness and its ability to make good on its long-term obligations.

[@jonpaul3868]

@aycc-nbh7289 no it is not. Trump threatened all nations that want to dump the dollars

[@troyarrington5492]

@@aycc-nbh7289why not both

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@troyarrington5492Maybe because there are few, if any, rivals that could match the US’s creditworthiness and ability to export their currency at scale.

[@seraphin01]

very well done video, thanks for that!

[@SimeonRadivoev]

Check out the books: "War is a Racket" and "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"

[@Wolfiemlm]

Beautifully Said

[@TECTheMC]

"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength." - Big Brother

[@mvmaione]

Keep up the good work, comrade.

[@dusklvr]

The war on the poor is everywhere

[@frozen_peas]

This was a great video!!

[@fourtywater77]

Just to let you know. Your work is amazing. Wake these mofos up.

[@ab562]

Best video on the topic!

[@RY_2023_]

One of the best channels

[@johnnyjet3.1412]

Operation Iraqi Liberation - OIL!

[@thekarlakim]

Very informative video thank you!

[@Carlo_von_Habsburg]

new second thought video🎉 the CIA hasn't "gotten rid of him" yet

[@RobH-o4n]

Coming to the realization that we, the United States of America, are not the good guys is like a religious deconstruction. It’s a painful process. Once the pieces come together and you see it clearly for the first time, you can never go back to blissful ignorance again.