That Time the CIA Funded the Dalai Lama

[@davidfoster7034]

It just struck me the benefits of publishing your failures and suppressing your involvements in successful operations if you are a intelligence agency.

[@boldCactuslad]

whaaat? No... they would never do that... Also, surely, they would never have successful operations, only to pretend they failed and then blame it all on some politician, right? :)

[@AG-yc7vt]

Eternally underestimated.

[@polasamierwahsh421]

Not really , it's less you publicizing them and more your rivals , because your rival agency will dig up dirt on yours to publicise in peace time and use it as bargain for their war time

[@chandlersawka910]

@@polasamierwahsh421 kinda both though

[@roberteischen4170]

Or they're just not that smart. And they are pretty bad at their job.

[@moon_raven0495]

Nice the monopoly man teaching me history

[@numuves]

Yes, a one-sided Anglo-centric history

[@GenceNomad]

@@numuves white history lol

[@nick4506]

monopoly guy doesn't have a monocle

[@zainmudassir2964]

@@numuves beautiful white people😍😍

[@joshuagraham3]

@@numuves latinx

[@Bonzi2]

I wrote about this in English class back in school and was told off for being a political instigator. I think I was politically suppressed!

[@cmrodican]

What country are you in?

[@Bonzi2]

@@cmrodican UK

[@wilhelmrk]

In a democracy you should instead be encouraged to write about things like this. At least when a part of the class and teachers didn't call us conspiracy theorists for saying that the US funded the Taliban against the Soviets.

[@milascave2]

@@wilhelmrk Yes, but he was wrong. I suspect that this is what the teacher told him about.

[@ajthomas770]

UK is like full on woke ya. London has completed its local population genocide ...

[@Veriox22]

This channel is the perfect example of quality over quantity

[@blardymunggas6884]

Very good history lesson. Thank you. Keep up the good work

[@artinrahideh1229]

Painfully true

[@tackyattack]

This and Oversimplified of course.

[@pcortes1987]

I seen better.

[@phillip5967]

@@pcortes1987 cool

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

This crossed my mind yesterday after the debacle and gross event of what Dalai Lama was trying to apologize for.....Tibet has been a hub for CIA training of paramilitaries and death squads

[@bobbyh4957]

Only Americans would think of arming even the monks. Their old habit of poking anywhere never dies.

[@MegaMrgreentea]

Armed Buddhist monks actually existed in Korea, Japan and China though? Also just because you're tibetan doesn't mean you're a monk lol.

[@BigBroTejano]

While Tibet was “technically” a theocracy under the rule of the Dalali Lama, people tend to forgot that the Dalali Lama was only one of the leaders of Tibet’s various Buddhist sects. Or the fact that Tibet at the time of its annexation by China had a hereditary monarchy that also went into exile.

[@catanana]

And...?

[@BigBroTejano]

@@catanana and... that’s it. Just some additional information about Tibet’s government that the video didn’t cover.

[@mr.beatnskeet6876]

@@BigBroTejano But nothing you said made it not a theocracy, technically or in practice. That's why putting it in quotes is weird. Whether by the Dalai Lama's decree, a hereditary monarchy, or both, Tibet functioned-- with full support and enforcement by governing powers-- as a nation wherein 95% of its citizens lived under feudal serfdom, officially codified in Tibetan Buddhist terms.

[@Haijwsyz51846]

The hereditary monarch (king) was the true leader of Tibet while dalai lama was actually a political one at the time.

[@BigBroTejano]

@@mr.beatnskeet6876 ... I didn’t try and claim it wasn’t one... just that there are other factors in Tibet’s government structure that “technically” make calling it a straight up theocracy under the Dalali Lama a tad more complicated. Not false, just more complicated then people tend to describe it as.

[@Cy5208]

This left out that the Dalai Lama owned serfs and the theocracy had much of the population ion poverty. Hardly freedom fighters.

[@muffdriver69]

Yeah, the same way that we are slaves to the banks

[@juliegrimme]

95% died before 36. After the peaceful revolution people are now living to 71. Really a no brainer.

[@Steve-iu5hy]

He is a brutal slave owner this just make it out there

[@insertyournamehere4328]

They are just an another Al Quaeda, for the lest of the world

[@palmpalm5131]

Exactly. Video leaves out the fact that Tibet was under a system of serfdom..a kind of slavery and the Chinese government went in to break up the slave owning system and free the slaves. Those slave owner fled to other countries and now lead the protests in other countries against China..calling for the “Freedom” of Tibet because they are upset they have lost their slave driving way of life and now have to actually work for a living. The people of Tibet are now happy and truly free from these slave drivers.

[@MrEdHasibuan1996]

didn't even mention the British involvement once. quite amazing actually, considering you have to ignore so many events in between Qing dynasty and the modern times

[@omfgfrinkomfg]

if you want the history of china this is the wrong video. It's called ''that time the CIA funded the Dalai Lama''

[@speedwagon1824]

Lmao you just don't like it because it isn't explicitly pro china. This about the CIA specifically anyway

[@lennertoss6497]

Why is this so good yet so underrated???

[@suoerdude1995]

These videos fucking SLAP, I can't wait for years from now when there's a massive catalogue of these

[@chipmo]

I appreciate that you put sources/further reading in the description. Lots of other similar animated 'edutainment' history channels don't do that

[@ipeaceful6]

My absolute favorite history channel. Thanks so much for making this content!

[@victoriajade521]

Your favorite history channel 😳DON’T. He purposely failed to add very important historical facts, like Dalia Lama and his friends practice serfdom and inhumane practices.

[@marihanderkhan5663]

This stuff is great. I can see this becoming as big as Kurzgesagt at some point

[@dirtegarbage]

Probably filling the samonella vacuum more than being like kurgestagt

[@eccoeco3454]

Hopefully it won't end like kurzgesagt tho

[@alexandercellante7553]

I cannot belive its only been a month since you posted! Welcome back

[@rsavage-r2v]

Tibet was not only a theocracy, it was a brutal serf society. That's why Tibetans mostly prefer to be part of China now.

[@hellohi1925]

Big facts, typical ignorant channel

[@anjalikastarr2824]

For Tibetans who chose to leave and live in exile, Tibet's history starts from 1959.

[@erwinlee2842]

​@@anjalikastarr2824Being ignorant of the past is not good

[@Brasswatchman]

Is that why China's been flooding Tibet with Han settlers for the last decade or two? 🤨

[@darshanchung]

Mostly? According to what poll?

[@TechieWidget]

You could have mentioned that Mongolia was the only country at the time that recognized Tibet as a sovereign state during the period when they were de facto independent from Republic of China. Without recognition or support from many states or major powers like USA or USSR prior to 1949, I think their ability to be independent and recognized on the world stage was doomed from the start. In an alternate history where Nationalists won the Chinese Civil War, Chiang would have done the same thing Mao did in our timeline as a follow up to the Sino-Tibetan conflict of 1930-1932.

[@cungcung5042]

Mongolia never recognized Tibet.

[@csking6377]

This video seem to say that Tibet was only brought back into China during the communist rule time. While Tibet did try to break away under British intervention, when the Qing dynasty collapsed in 1912, it never did achieve legal or political independence. The KMT Party who basically took over the rule of China after the Qing Dynasty until the Communist Party took over in 1959, never let go of Tibet, although the British tried to engineer Tibet's (a part of it actually) separation from China during the Simla Conference 1913. Hence, Tibet being part of China's territory had been continuous for hundreds of years. As is clear from the video, what the Dalai Lama did was an armed rebellion on the instigation of the US, and all countries have the right to put down an armed rebellion within their borders. It is also very clear that the rebels started the bloodshed.

[@stevenk1468]

Look at the map of republic of China, Mongolia was also a part of it. 😂

[@leexingha]

tibet was no more when the royalty failed its rebellion & in consequence, made perished by the mongols. on the other hand, Ming's rebellion was successful thus we chinese are free again from a foreign invader. since then tibet was like a free state usually being ruled by the disintegrated mongols but being contested by us the chinese. and in the end, we won again & administered tibet. some ambitious individual using tibet's past as a former region of its own in order to rule the place by themselves like Dalai Lama.

[@leexingha]

@@csking6377 US will always up to no good

[@TrueValience]

120k subs gained in like 5 days and it’s extremely deserved

[@deebdelkey389]

You deserve more subs

[@milliereynolds165]

This is consistently brilliant,fine work, it deserves more recognition.

[@PuffAdder8565]

This is one of the best from this channel

[@MrThetruthhurts]

These hitchhikers guide to history are really well done.

[@behar225]

This aged like fine wine

[@alxa4739]

I like how the CIA guy is Philip Seymour Hoffman

[@Stanly33]

The part of communist rules can be described better. There were a lot of farming slaves before the communist China entering Tibet. But China had a land revolution and free the slaves later, which made the slave owner very unhappy. So almost all the religional people from Tibet who claim they are depressed by the Chinese government were slave owners.

[@reddytoplay9188]

Yes the "land revolution" totally had millions of happy peasants not dying from great famine

[@ericwalsh2954]

I wonder who this opinion is from

[@victoriajade521]

@@ericwalsh2954 from facts not from racist people with hateful propaganda. Amurdericans… the perfect example of tel-a-vision (indoctrinated).

[@silentwatcher1455]

The slave owners should have been rounded up and face firing squad.

[@arig220]

@@silentwatcher1455 yes, the very real and totally non fabricated “slave owners”

[@narratornightmare2963]

Love your channel, just discovered it am now binging it, keep it up and I'll share!

[@100-q8v]

Brilliant video especially after the recent Dalai Lama FEATURED in the news !

[@robertandrewww]

Great video! Very informing and hilarious jokes every time.

[@salvadoresouza8917]

THESE VIDEO ARE AMAZING!! I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers! I’ll share all your work. AMAZING WORK! Don’t stop!

[@anneeq008]

3:39 the awkward moment when Chairman Mao was the most religiously tolerant Chinese leader 😬

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

He starved everyone equally

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

​@@williamthebonquerer9181 "everyone"?... that's fake news.

[@Martin-iw1ll]

​@@peekaboopeekaboo1165Yeah, only the CCP cronies didn't stave

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

@@Martin-iw1ll Wrong. Only in certain provinces that starvation occurred. Not the entire country.

[@Amidat]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 explain how China got so strong if everyone starved then

[@alexcapy-gamingchannel6438]

New sub, love your videos !!! never feel pressured to upload alot! Quality over Quantity, and thats asking for alot, Your work is great!

[@masterbigman8554]

Cool video! Cant believe this channel is so underrated

[@terrymactire1669]

How doesn't this channel have 500000 subscribers yet?

[@crownroyal2155]

DIDN'T NO ONE NOTICED THE DALAI LAMA'S GOLD ROLEX!!!!

[@three7446]

I feel like a huge company makes these and not a small creator

[@bphani8183]

This channel deserves more subscribers👍

[@k_6s287]

As a studen in tibetan study I'm impress by how this video summarize briefly the situation of Tibet through decades. Nice job. (By the way read the book of M.GOLDSTEIN in the description. It's short and very interesting)

[@TheZachary86]

“Precision” no it’s just a summary. Precision would entail a lot of reading which 99% of people won’t do

[@AJ-xq9th]

Loved it, watching every video you've made! Quality is so good

[@GrixM]

To attract more Patreon supporters, you should consider a perk that adds their names to the credits of the video itself. Currently the perk credits them in the description below the video, but I think this has a very different feel to it, at least it does to me. To be credited in the video itself would be to be truly immortalized in the very thing they are supporting. The description seems much less tangible: It could be lost if you move or repost your videos elsewhere, or if youtube does away with descriptions entirely like they have with so many other features. In short, it doesn't really feel like being immortalized at all. Just my thoughts.

[@scotishjohn]

You sound like a bawbag hahaha

[@CJBroonie]

Adding to the comments to help the algorithm since KZbin isn’t smart enough to pick you up on quality alone. Great work! PS - the 5 dislikes were all CIA operatives.

[@Jedielite2000]

Amazing channel. Witty humour, fun cartoons and interesting history!

[@pixelshark160]

First video I've watched! Amazing!

[@tranquility6789]

Ah yes tongue succ man

[@meghdiip8503]

Dalai Lama fled to India by the southern route via Arunachal and Assam, not by the western route via Ladakh, as shown in the map.

[@Whatisnottaken]

It was more like the Lama was ALLOWED to flee. Putting him in prison is like keeping the thorn in your flesh. The CCP certainly had no intention of making him a martyr by executing him. Then there is the problem of figuring out what to do with his body. Reminds me why Osama bin Ladin was killed on land and buried at sea. A single tooth or even a strand of hair could be used to make a shrine that could become a powerful symbol.

[@NgawangTashi-mv8od]

@@Whatisnottaken nice imagination but not taste.dont type anything comes in brain ..better spend some time on research

[@norikofu509]

Literally the best history channel

[@teardrop720]

Brilliant! I have been wondering about this!

[@FeCyrineu]

Not to defend China's invasion, but the tibetan theocracy was pretty brutal as well. It was a feudal theocracy, afterall, with all that implies.

[@greenmachine5600]

Still a sovereign state which should have been able to decide its own fate.

[@FeCyrineu]

@@greenmachine5600 The people of Tibet should decide their own fate, yes.

[@redreboot483]

@@greenmachine5600 I'm sure cuba and venezuela among others would like self determination too, but c'est la vie.

[@tonyshen8543]

@@greenmachine5600 that only works if they support capitalism else they have no rights to make such choice. See cuba as example. Only true sovereign is those with either military power or economic power.

[@aldhizak]

so every nation should decide their own fate except the ones who dont want to ally with the west? classic western double standard

[@alyvarin1106]

Thanks for the links!

[@jigold22571]

Thank You.

[@RJavierYepesDeV]

Excelente mi gran amigo! Quito-Ecuador 🇪🇨 2022

[@georgesedwardh461]

This channel is hors concours! 🐐 4 sure!

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

The CIA doesn't fund anything. We do. US taxpayers do. So everything they do, good or bad, is on our shoulders. That weight is a crushing burden to those with any sense of responsibility. Not just financially but morally.

[@gio-ko7kf]

Not really, the CIA can and does find some of their own operations. There’s plenty of ways the government makes money without taxes

[@juwebles4352]

No the Cia makes most of its money through blackmail operations against the wealthy they have dirt on

[@joshuamarvin7400]

@@gio-ko7kf ...Yeah, they sell coke.

[@xxxBradTxxx]

Along with drugs they also sell guns to their favorite rebels.

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

@@gio-ko7kf yeah but you're a damned fool if you think THAT money is being used to fund operations. Nah that's silly. That goes into the pocket. Why on earth would they spend "evidence" when they can spend your money, that you give to them willingly.

[@kartoffsun]

To answer your question from 1:00, no. It was a special military operation.

[@dogedoger2606]

Hey congratulations on 10k! I really enjoy your videos!

[@yamachoedon3092]

Hi thank you for covering our stores

[@Bellee702]

The CIA might come knocking after this one 🙈

[@chlim9478]

Better still, he managed to escaped that harsh land by only sandals, butter tea and faith.

[@veryroomy]

Did you mocap a 2D image? I didn't even know that was a thing

[@iftekhar77]

1:35 the Mongol inside had me dying I love this channels humour LMAO

[@melmothsuhe6922]

Neutral, reason and funny videos. Amusing channel！

[@PoleTooke]

@1:34 The "Mongol Inside" knockoff of "Intel inside" 😂

[@mishham6388]

Loving discovering this channel. Love it and the topics it covers. Keep up the great work pls

[@needfulthingsdesigns999]

now that's a good video bro, hell yeah.

[@TikhonMosin]

This channel is gonna be big I can tell

[@KentXenos]

Very informative and such a very good infographics

[@shelleybentz6150]

I was so hoodwinked over this for a long while.

[@iceseic]

"CIA international adventure" is such a whitewash wordplay you got there

[@cageybee7221]

why did the mongolians make their own word for ocean when their homeland is thousands of miles away from one?

[@wellfindheavenineachother]

the mongol empire was giant

[@cageybee7221]

@@wellfindheavenineachother right but generally when you discover something in another country you use the word the locals called it, but the mongolian language itself has a word for ocean which implies they came up with one before actually finding an ocean.

[@wellfindheavenineachother]

@@cageybee7221 ahh i see

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@cageybee7221 I mean they were/are nomads meaning they wt one point probably saw the sea, maybe not in northern Siberia but further east perhaps?

[@Name-ot3xw]

"We're here to deliver freedom (by giving you your autocrat back)." -Merica

[@ac1455]

Worked with the Shah, until he got himself kicked out of power again

[@EkantBhairab]

Here I'm a Napalese, speaking about Tibetan people's misery in the past, we've a very close acquaintance with Tibetan people historically and culturally_Before Tibet was liberated and reunited with China, the dalai lamas, predecessors of current dalai lama even persuaded the serfs (Tibetan people) to eat 'herbal medicine' that was made from his dehydrated feces turned into pills look alike. The serfs then were made to believe it in a true sense that they were indeed medicines. That is how horrible was the situation of Tibetan people in those days.

[@EkantBhairab]

@@Dharma_and_Ahimsa don't worry there's more bitter truth disclosing.

[@jaym9936]

The “Mongol Inside” at 1:35 is just 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jpt8586]

He is not a religious leader rather political puppet

[@dominicchampneys5799]

I love your art style so much - obligatory comment about how this channel should be 10x as big :) Can I ask, do you use a voice actor or is it you talking?

[@unifieddynasty]

The history of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama titles is quite fascinating, almost like a far-eastern version of Europe's history with the Popes or Patriarchs.

[@lucyreynolds4739]

You need so many more views - so good

[@TheSKAB]

Great video! Though I'm not sure about the characterization of the revolts being mainly CIA orchestrated. Here is a passage from a socialist Tibet supporter. "In 1955, the government began land collectivization, forcing nomads to settle. Tibetans met this with major resistance: late that year, fighting spread across both regions, and a major rebellion erupted in Kham in early 1956. The Taiwanese government and the CIA gave some support to the uprising, but these outside forces in no way inspired the movement. The limited arms they delivered made no substantial difference. Nevertheless, American involvement no doubt contributed to China’s determination to strengthen its control over the region." - Charlie Hore

[@tonypeterson5316]

America's goal is to make China smaller, so they don't surpass them in economics and power. America's NED and CIA have funded and trained separatist groups in Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc... Maybe one day Texas, California, New York, Hawaii, etc will separate from America 😅Let's see how they will handle it.

[@tonypeterson5316]

@Bharath G Not just Hawaii, Guam, Marshall Islands,Texas, California, New Mexico all should separate from US. They were all stolen by ur capitalist masters, now it's time for u to pay...😉

[@tonypeterson5316]

@Bharath G Yes, America is ur master...

[@neilbain8736]

0:03 'Our good friends at the CIA' looks suspiciously like a 1980's Mike Harding. With the humour of this site, I'm disinclined to believe it isn't coincidence.

[@kl9518]

Tibetans formed their own communist party and then later joined the Chinese party. Now there are 800,000 Tibetans in the Chinese communist party. The Tibetans have a much better life now. Lifted out of poverty, free education and better health care than the US.

[@mikefabbi5127]

A new history channel discovery to subscribe to. All hail the algorithm!

[@UnbekannterSoldat74]

"peacefully reintegrated" or just conquered :D

[@matheuspinho4987]

1000th to like, but this channel deserves far more

[@irvinchadwick5046]

I’m sure the Dali lama told the cia that when they die they will receive total consciousness which is kinda nice..

[@tenzinrinzin347]

New sub! Keep up the good work!

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

The fact that He Outright refused arms and other fundings is very noble of him

[@singularityraptor4022]

and too idealistic.

[@markw8324]

Sadly though where is Tibet today?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

He was already in bed with the communists, so he really had no use for US arms and funding. Nothing noble about that. And when the communists kicked him out, he immediately got those fundings he rejected before. The Dalai Lama isn't a nice person, he's basically an opportunist who is or was friends with Nazis, fashist dictators and other scum of the earth.

[@globaladdict]

@@markw8324 not really sure if Tibet could've resisted China for decades.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

@@singularityraptor4022 No? Not in a situation where your opponent is a gazillion times more influential, has a gazillion times more men under weapons, has a gazillion times your funding, a gazillion times your training, a gazillion times more resources and to make it all worse: Nobody on the earth recognizes you over them. Resistance (if wanted) is easier than waging war anyway. That's not too idealistic, that's just Denmark 1940. He could choose if he makes a Denmark or a France. One knew they will lose anyway, so they was no reason to waste people and material. The other one just couldn't stand the thought, so they died for nothing anyway.

[@mcdavidmd7765]

10k left. And the subs rise.

[@pandaandthegecko5480]

The movements make me uncomfortable

[@TF2Scout..]

Lol

[@marcopollo91]

This channel deserves more subs than it has at the moment.

[@Flanetbot]

Hey another amazing video let’s GOOOOOO !

[@pandahugs2271]

Lol been binge-watching this channel and thanos' gauntlet made another appearance. Love it anr love this channel.

[@williamppl3624]

A lot of information are left out. You should talk about how Dalai Lama enslaved 80% of his population. The practice of skinning human. Dalai Lama also gave the USA a whole human skin as a gift. Did you research that Mr. Anti China?

[@CaptnScott]

Great channel.

[@leodaweeno]

This didn’t age well

[@dylanthechillinvillain2488]

Eyyyyyy another amazing video guys. Love your content.

[@huabinsitu6459]

Forgot about the part where it was the communist that freed the serfs that the Monks and local warlords held.

[@calebweldon8102]

Not really relevant to the video, it was a good thing they did of course doesn’t make of for the rest of their imperial policies in Tibet

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

You tell them Huabin

[@xrli]

@@calebweldon8102 Well it would clarify why Tibet could not be given autonomy by China, since liberating slaves is inherently a move that removes autonomy from Tibetan feudal lords. It’s not simply just because Mao Zedong is evil big bad man, although he did do many horrible things.

[@goodbad-boy]

well, the serfs have been liberated now, so can China give Tibetans get their country back?

[@anjalikastarr2824]

​@@goodbad-boy With do many sects, each with their own deities, do you want them to fight among themselves? Other countries will then make it worse by wanting to extend their influence for their own strategic interests.

[@عمورايعموراي]

High level of explaining Thnks Special ly for last hhh

[@SuperSanic..]

CIA lama

[@justforrow]

I feel like I've heard this man's voice in a different channel that I watched before called "Business Casual," more specifically in a video they made called "Nutella: The Miracle of WW2,"

[@jakobbergen7574]

Lots left out here. How about the brutal repression of serfs during the Buddhist theocracy?

[@hprotch]

Excellent!

[@ColCoal]

Nixon! Why would you do this to us?