The Problem With the Middle East's Borders

[@SirHenryMaximo]

The Habsburg and Ottoman Empires were fierce rivals for centuries, but ironically died fighting together during the First World War.

[@barrackobama7962]

Enemies to lovers

[@the3zoooz1]

Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Habsburg.

[@xKazeshi98x]

@@the3zoooz1 What about side by side with an ally?

[@NoahBodze]

@@the3zoooz1 If you were a Turk, it was the one just thing you did.

[@Tirocoa]

@@xKazeshi98x Aye, I could do that.

[@justelliot4870]

Oh boy, time for a wholesome comments section that won't be controversial at all!

[@hughjass8502]

I cant wait for all the wholesome coments too

[@HDTomo]

No Jewish or muslim discrimination and racial slurs at all! Totally the opposite!

[@Justin-cw7zf]

Time to bring out my popcorn to enjoy all the defiantly wholesome comments

[@raditiyavalendeto4112]

this comment is a milk

[@juliusnepos6013]

@@raditiyavalendeto4112 yeah

[@5GGL]

Britain and France: "Hobbies include drawing straight lines on maps."

[@m4z805]

Love the pic of Annie. Gosh she looked so cute when she finally laughed.

[@Abstract_zx]

and the United States*

[@MrAllanGA]

Wait but I thought diversity is our strength?! Wouldn’t different religious and ethnic groups make a country stronger?! Sounds pretty racist to suggest otherwise to me! /s

[@nevergivingup3434]

@Allen, that's mainly why the countries decided to use the European borders.

[@MrAllanGA]

@@nevergivingup3434 but then why do the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and many more “Western” countries preach that diversity and multiculturalism are our greatest strengths? It’s almost like different ethnic groups and different religions divide people and common nationality and religion are what makes a country unfied and strong. Yet this idea is considered white supremacy and white nationalism in the west. Hmm...

[@kaisalhasan2398]

I am a syrian refugge who needed to flee the country at the age of 14, I now live in Sweden. I never truly understood what all the conflict was about inside my own country... I've heard about the sykes-picot thing once briefly in some history lesson but I was too young and naive to focus and understand. I am 21 now, and I finally understand.... so truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for opening my eyes.

[@p382742937423y4]

And thus the migrants created their own violent conflicts in sweden. So rude, so ungrateful, so uncivilized.

[@FrogThunderOfficial]

I hope the Swedish aren't giving you a bad time. In my country (France) most people are very racist 😢

[@ReactLMaD]

@@FrogThunderOfficial you're a good human being

[@RudolfStern3399]

You can go back now

[@wanali4504]

“Why is this border so messed up?” At that point we are just waiting for a picture of London

[@Blue-pk4ny]

ikr

[@tonyh7994]

Evil

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Bro all these peoples, religions, and languages were all in the same state prior to the ottoman fall. They literally had more diversity and no borders and there were no problems. The logic train just doesn't work.

[@vukmilosakovic6895]

@@MA_KA_PA_TIE No problems? Ask the Armenians

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

@@vukmilosakovic6895 Well when you want freedom from an empire it requires war, see the americans vs the British Empire. To stop an insurgency it requires attrocities or else you get a Taliban situation where they hide amongst the civilians and blindside you. Its why Ghengis would completely level cities that resisted and kill all in them.

[@duncanmcgee13]

The same thing happened to Africa. The main difference is the Middle East is both a strategic location and holds major strategic resources.

[@hooby7045]

Africa has gold and diamonds

[@hooby7045]

@Eagle Not 100 years ago when Europe conquered Africa

[@tawishma]

@@hooby7045 very correct, but in the global politics of today the Middle East is much more strategically valuable than Africa because of its oil and geographic location. Which, in turn, is why we hear a lot more about the issues of the Middle East and less about Africa, generally speaking at least

[@hooby7045]

@@tawishma Of course, later the oil value will fall, and a new region on earth with a new valuable resource will rise with wealth and with problems

[@Cindy99765]

@@tawishma Countries like Nigeria and Ghana have huge petroleum and crude oil supplies, with some companies being top trading partners with the US. Not to mention the precious cobalt used for cars like Teslas or lithium for phones/electronics that come from Central Africa.

[@ricozepplin]

"Why were they decided upon that way in the first place" -Shows London Ah, the usual reason for chaos then

[@thepubgguy595]

Lol so true 😂

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Yes

[@snare5903]

It's sad how many people believe this despite no historical evidence for it and a consensus among historians that it's not true.

[@Vrangelrip]

@@snare5903 what is there no historical evidence for? The African and most of the middle eastern borders were made by Europeans, there's no denying that

[@snare5903]

@@Vrangelrip The French and British did not draw borders to cause chaos in the independent countries. Is my point.

[@iwi127]

wow, the first time I see something educational from somebody in the West that is actually so accurate and honest about the Middle East. Well done!

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Your average people in the west are under educated on the subject but never trust our medias view on things. They are bought propaganda machines made to get the narrative they wanna push across. Very few of the average people in the west actually view the middle east as lowly as we are portrayed to

[@FriedEgg101]

@@UnholyWrath3277 History as a subject in the west is under taught in general, although I think this is equally a result of young people struggling to relate to the past, and there is a lot of history to learn. Too much really, alongside the other important subjects. I hated history in school, but have developed an interest in it as I got older. Modern academic historians in the west (and elsewhere) take a fairly scientific approach to history, in that much of it is consensus, based on the best evidence, with peer review. Obviously there are limits to this, meaning history still has more conjecture and dispute than most scientific subjects, but my point is our historical understanding comes from a good faith desire to understand what really happened. KZbin is actually my main source of historical information these days, and most of the documentaries I watch seem well researched and balanced, in that they don't shy away from showing the failings of our past. This video being a good example. Critical thinkers from any nation will know that there are always two or more sides to a story. Extreme patriotism is a barrier to this though.

[@corbeau-_-]

you haven't been looking very well... Maybe just on youtube - but that in itself speaks volumes...

[@joes1429]

It could be because your country spends school funds on rockets and ak47s? We already know the women aren’t going to school alalalallalalallalalallalalalla

[@p382742937423y4]

Are they mostly not honoust?

[@hydro0759]

Everyone: *blaming britain* France, who were also involved: *hiding in the corner*

[@collaborisgaming2190]

Sykes picot agreement more precisely

[@ryanovski]

LMAO

[@azmanabdula]

"who were also involved: hiding in the corner " And pointing their fingers elsewhere

[@azmanabdula]

Same goes with Vietnam USA gets all the shit, when in reality we were defending French territories

[@fartmaster--po4ti]

Absolutely none of this has the ottomans to blame. None at all.

[@neolithicchickennugget3414]

Britain did the literal geopolitical equivalent of farting in an elevator as they were stepping off the elevator

[@masterofcoin1217]

Lol nice analogy

[@rogerszmodis]

OK, draw the borders according to language and cult affiliation. But then what about the inevitable war for control of all of it? Imaginary lines aren’t the problem, the primitive superstitions are.

[@manuelsalazar5257]

Nah, it's more like putting people who don't like each other in the same group, so that the group will do nothing. But all the people there are perfectly able of redrawing the borders as they see fit. They just don't because power play is more important than helping their people.

[@bjs301]

@@rogerszmodis I said roughly the same thing. Except assuming all the problems revolve around religion is just wrong.

[@gurhanweyrah3930]

Nice one 😂😂😂😂

[@MagnaAngemon07]

Everyone: "All happening in the Middle East is USA fault" France and the UK: "OMG yes it is"

[@frazierk300]

@@itsparker4253 he’s making a joke about how everyone blames the US fir the problems in the Middle East. The US def ain’t helped to much in the past 20 years tho lol

[@TWH-lp4bn]

Currently, yes.

[@caitlinwarren461]

Tbf it's kinda both lol

[@MarkSmith-vo1vn]

@@secretname4190 I disagree. This is what he left out from a middle eastern. This is not my real name. The British and French aided a Arab fellow and said to him “If you help us defeat the ottomans we will allow you to unite Arabia”. They lied and later on the House of Saud killed that Arab fellow and took what the British and French left over. The Saudis belive In whabbism a radical radical view on Islam. The Iranians are the moderates, but they get blamed for everything. Osma bin laden is from Saudi Arabia, Isis is whabbi. Shias and Sunnis got a long fine with each other for a long time before, there were wars, but not too much. Espically under the ottomans the Shia and Sunnis were fine with one another(considering 800 year rule, there were incidents) Attaturk the founder of the Turkish nation was a Shia Muslim leading a Sunni majority country and the Turks love him till this day. The U.S is the main problem. It bombs counties in defense of Israel, sounds ridiculous but true. They killed 1 million people in Iraq over a lie, it has been 19 years and we still haven't found those weapons of mass destruction. They killed Saddam yet the U.S funded Iraq when it was gassing Iranians during the iran-iraq war, then it invades them for WMD. And they are also against Assad because he is against Iseral. For instance, the U.S bombed Assad over use of chemical weapons, however Assad Chllanged them and went to the U.N and said come to Syria and investigate for yourself. However, the U.S bombed him anyway before a U.N investigation took place. The U.S ally is Iseral and everybody hates Iseral that’s the main problem. The Sunni-Shia fights kicked off due to the Saudis, espically when they destroyed imams graves, which is like destroying the grave of Jesus if There was one. The Iranians asked for peace, but no. Then Saudi excuted a Shia and then they cut diplomatic relations. On top of that let’s look at Afghanistan. The U.S funded Al Queada and the taliban to fight the Soviet Union when it invaded. It was called the “mujahideen”, which means freedom fighters, so the U.S funded people it did not know. They funded and aided Saudi Arabia, and Osma is from Saudi Arabia, 15/19 hijakers were from Saudi Arabia. The problem in the Middle East is: U.S supports Iseral and every one hates Iseral. Saudis are radicals, yet they are still being funded by the U.S. the U.S never takes responsibility and blames Iran for everything. Iran is actual very moderate (for Middle Eastern standards) and has a lot of Jews, but the U.S still calls it terrorist because it's easier to throw the blame on iran. Have you guys every heard of the U.S downing an Iranian passage plane killing 260 civilians?. Nobody mentions that incident, (you can easily look it up for more info). The commander of the ship, that shot down the jet came back to a military parade. The U.S called it an honest accident. However, when Iran did the same thing, it was intentional, and it showed how bad the government was. If Iran makes simple mistake, it is considered intentional, it was just some random dude, who fired the rocket, yet the whole government gets blamed. They should pay compensation of course, but it’s not like the whole government should be judged by one persons actions. What scares me, is that NOBODY knows that the U.S shot down an Iranian civilian plane. Like nobody. It’s not even in the history books.

[@MarkSmith-vo1vn]

@Galactic Tech Creator my apologies it is APIAC not APAC. That’s the Iserali funded lobbyist group. I mean they are doing this in plain sight. All of this sounds a bit far fetched, but look up APIAC and you will see Republican talking about Iseral. It’s APIAC that funds their campaigns in return they support Iseral.

[@MoeQ_]

as a middle eastern who is interested in geopolitics , this is by far the most accurate explanation why is the middle east is so violent and divided, the borders were designed to cripple the middle east and keep it under control ... thank you

[@charleybarley7148]

Countries in the Middle East today are not unstable simply because of colonial map making or because of religious or ethno-linguistic diversity. With a few exceptions (Israel-Palestine is unique in many ways), instability has to do with the dynamics of state-building and changes in political economy over the decades. Pointing at WW1 as a means to explain today's issues in the region in their totality effectively ignores decades of history, and the notion that cultural diversity leads to instability is not necessarily true, as we can see in other regions. The origin of the war in Syria is not sectarian, for example. People mobilize around ethno and religious identities to address and tackle the issues, but it isn't the issue in itself. It had to do with major changes in the state's distributive capacities, state and private investment in nonproductive economic endeavors since the late 1980s, and a failure to meet the challenges of a massive drought and resulting migration of over a million people from the countryside into the major cities in the early 2000s. "Redrawing" the map would do little to nothing to bring peace and stability because it wouldn't address the actual material issues driving sectarianism and social-political instability.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

@@charleybarley7148 But countries without such serious ethnic tensions also suffer from economic and political issues (is any country spared of it at this point? I doubt so...), the difference is that those conflicts don't tend to devolve into bloody affairs or outright civil wars that may span years or even decades of political instability.

[@charleybarley7148]

@Dark Creature in a Dark Room The idea that the problem is just borders is to ignore decades of history. It is nonsensical also because it is an argument that just goes from A to F with no intermediately variables or explanation. It is an analysis anchored in fate, which doesn't make sense. Having a multiethnic society or "artificial bordere" does not automatically condemn you to violence. There are other elements at play, from the dynamics of political economy to the failure to institutionalize a coherent and inclusive nationalist narrative.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

@@charleybarley7148 and how on Earth are you supposed to establish a "coherent and inclusive nationalist narrative" when your country is made up of people who share no common cultural or religious background or even language, or share very little, or even hate each other, or have hated each other for the last couple thousand years? True, "redrawing borders" isn't going to solve the socioeconomic problems a society has, but it could help prevent tensions between groups that scapegoat each other or are oppressed by other groups, or are used by foreign powers as a means to gain power in the country, etc. That's the whole point. Of course it's a moot point nowadays that there are so many factors at play (oil reserves, geographic advantages, maritime access, not to mention foreign pressure, etc), so it will probably never be more than just speculation.

[@charleybarley7148]

@Dark Creature in a Dark Room Youre missing my overall point for a red herring, you see that? But OK, well, there are plenty of.multiethnic countries that have been able to create a unifying narrative with varying degrees of success (like Canada). But again, as I stated, multiethnic societies are not fated to come apart. That is fatalistic nonsense that ignores history and all of the variables that come together (or dont) to establish a functioning multiethnic society.

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

"If there's two fish fighting in a river, know that an Englishman has passed by"

[@tk5gqj514]

A classic youtube proverb

[@someisraeliguy9570]

That poverb is actaully very clever

[@immortallegend7519]

A true classic...

[@benhood5492]

You sound like Sean from Rdr2

[@wentoneisendon6502]

I don't understand this. You can't put the fault on the English because people can't stop blowing each other up

[@the.gimper]

"Except Turkey, Turkey makes a brand new Turkey" So this was the story behind that

[@muachraf]

the fact that i sang it just how he did.

[@nickgrigoriou1643]

He forgot to mention that Turkey was heavily backed and supplied by the Russians, while Armenia and Greece were left stranded by their allies, with Greek troops being 40 km outside Ankara.

[@greenkoopa]

*ERDOGAN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

[@bobbulat1393]

I read that in Bender's voice "We'll make our own Turkey, with blackjacks and hookahs"

[@luciano2003.]

Latino?

[@RainbowQuartz2.0]

It wouldn’t be a problem if the entire borders were just Toyota Corollas, just saying.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@jay-tk9tm]

How would that work

[@marcello7781]

Moving borders

[@crazeelazee7524]

The problem with the Middle East IS Toyota. Their black ops marketing team is responsible for every single war there so they can create demand for Toyota pick-up trucks.

[@oDrashiao]

Yep, you could move it around

[@illuminaticake4528]

Europe: creates Middle Eastern borders specifically to cause chaos and anarchy Middle East: falls into brutal chaos and anarchy Europe: *shocked pikachu face*

[@mikvan9849]

RealLifeLore: "this video was made possible by CuriositySream" Me: Nope, it was made possible by the British and French

[@antonioklaic4839]

It could've been an alt history without them

[@pitapita6643]

@@antonioklaic4839 exactly, just imagine how diff it would be

[@pitapita6643]

😂😂😂😂

[@Matei2575Cip]

No no by the meteorite that wiped dinasours

[@antonioklaic4839]

The Carolingian Empire collapse estabilishing modern European borders enabled this event

[@Foodencio]

I feel bad for all the innocent people that died in this whole mess

[@speedercat154]

Nah

[@mavericktheace]

Wow, it's just a youtube video. I mean, maybe it's not perfect, but that's a bit harsh don't you think?

[@speedercat154]

@Abdullah AlKandari because

[@speedercat154]

@Abdullah AlKandari because i dont care

[@tlowry6338]

@Abdullah AlKandari they're clearly no older than 10 don't even bother

[@draphotube4315]

The Problems with the world’s borders: *The British slowly sneaks out of the room* Because the comment section under this comment needs it: *the French; if I don’t move... maybe they won’t see moi*

[@eps200]

Ill have you know atleast a third of them are the fault of the French....

[@draphotube4315]

@@eps200 yeah true, same could be said of most other western countries...

[@liamadams5121]

English, half of the countries that are part of the UK/ Very early British Empire don’t want to be apart of it. And the reason some of our population do is because the English invaded and placed certain people in power whos ancestors still run our countries

[@64ankka]

*Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot sneak out of the room*

[@draphotube4315]

@@liamadams5121 The world needs a total border reset, than being done so that fewer tensions will exsist. Yet all people care about is, “What will we gain?” Peace isn’t something seen as valuable in this world, atleast not by its governments!

[@arinlilevjen6114]

It's such a shame that KZbin would demonetize a video for talking about Israel and Palestine, as well as all these other countries. This history is important for us all to know, and KZbin should allow it.

[@lookwhostaking6700]

This is not history, this is a western version of rewriting history allowed by jews who control the US

[@mthgul]

it probably wont get demonetized hes just saying that to plug his nebula

[@anshulankit6357]

"Border problems" "Britain" Sounds same right?

[@ritupandey2324]

*B*order problems *B*ritain

[@Leo7s1822]

@@ritupandey2324 and BBs are ammunition for *toy guns* “*toy wars*”

[@joshuabarbosa4824]

True to an extent. Beyond that it is the fault of the current leaders.

[@Pax.Britannica]

​@@joshuabarbosa4824 "To an extent"... I mean... You may design the borders to reduce co-operation but you can hardly say that would inevitably lead to war. I remember Churchill once said China ought to be split up & divided, he was called a racist, but he was right. The very reason Thatcher gave HK to the CCP and not the true successors to the Qing was due to China's power. If you look at HK, Xinjiang, Tibet, & Mongolia, one can hardly help but think China might have been a bit more peaceful had we listened to Churchill.

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@joshuabarbosa4824 The borders were the seed for future inevitable conflicts I can't help but think this was intentional lol

[@zyplixx1415]

I swear anytime there is a video about the Middle East, everyone in the comments is now a master in geopolitics

[@amirroslan2545]

its not rocket science. just a bunch of white westerners vibing and being ignorant as usual

[@off_Planet]

@@amirroslan2545 q. e. d.

[@youareveryannoying9179]

Maybe because I live there

[@masterspark9880]

People like you are now masters of how everyone else is a master of geopolitics

[@David-sp4tc]

@@amirroslan2545 “white” yes because no other race is ignorant. Cool bro.

[@TheGatrGamr]

I'm sure KZbin will love you talking about this.

[@birb7548]

Ye men

[@HDTomo]

It's already demontised actually I get the joke just saying

[@Justin-cw7zf]

KZbin hates anything controversial

[@daviroza4700]

Enemy of Islam should be gone

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

@@Justin-cw7zf People at KZbin probably failed history so they're visiting their wrath upon us

[@pieterspruijt2]

Thanks, amazing video!

[@happyagarwal9506]

"If two fishes are fighting in a river,a British must have passed by" -American native proverb

[@loremipsum3610]

While true, the two fish could still decide to stop fighting by themselves. The colonial powers may have catalysed the conflict, but it's the people (and leaders) there who have continued and maintained it for their own self interest.

[@yeahmydudes]

@@loremipsum3610 You're forgetting the part where those people and leaders are still being pushed to and supported by the same countries who put them in that position in the first place.

[@invalidaccount6147]

Directly or indirectly Literacy rate determines a lot in these matters

[@offcolour3814]

​@@invalidaccount6147 It's hard to be in school when you're too busy worried about... not dying you know.

[@invalidaccount6147]

@@offcolour3814 I didn't get it

[@NorroTaku]

"these borders suck and just brew conflict" -"yes we designed it that way"

[@manuelsalazar5257]

It's not a bug, it's a feature

[@TasX]

@@manuelsalazar5257 Get the guns and ammo DLC for 1.7 Billion an year

[@corbinglenn2567]

@@TasX 1.7 trillion

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Middle East: Blame the US! Europe: "Slowly walks out of the room".

[@Rishi123456789]

The US is basically an extension of Europe, culturally speaking. Let's be real here.

[@bobthebuilder3615]

@@Rishi123456789 I mean we didn't draw the borders

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@bobthebuilder3615 They started to enter the scene after the borders were drawn

[@bobthebuilder3615]

@@themercifulguard3971 yeah I think around 60 years after

[@At_sk]

@@bobthebuilder3615 tell me bob which country caused 911? Where did the majority highjackers come from? Hint: a gulf monarchy. Why that country is thriving while others have been destroyed. Who lied about the nuclear weapons to destroy Iraq. Who changed govt in iran and bring monarchy back there. Yes it's America and some other European countries. No wonder they hate America. And so do many other countries. Thankfully that nation is in decline.

[@rus.t]

This might need an update soon. But this is probably the first time I actively looked for a specific video of yours. Thanks.

[@kannan991]

Brits in 1947 while drawing the border between India and Pakistan "Ah sh*t. Here we go again"

[@prakhartripathiviii-a4235]

They did work that was(and should) going to take years in just few months to shave TIME

[@npc3758]

@@prakhartripathiviii-a4235 if they weren't divided then civil war was inevitable during those times

[@silverfish2380]

@@npc3758 now there are more Muslim living in India then Pakistan but India is still stable country if India was not divided Hindu and Muslim population might be fairly be similar and Muslim might got good enough representation in politics but what ever I can't be sure better be here then in that sinario

[@parkeroof4705]

@@silverfish2380 not true

[@kannadiga_0225]

@@parkeroof4705 yes it is

[@ameliarodriguez7667]

"Middle East's borders are terrible" Africa: Hold my civil wars!

[@Adoptmetradechat]

UN- hold my beer

[@jimboonie9885]

@@pani777 /s?

[@fathfez7991]

Well civil wars and borders are both completely different thing

[@michaeljava8736]

Diversity is strength - left wing people

[@NoVisionGuy]

@@pani777 North Africans have no tribalism

[@Monochrome_math]

"How many borders do you wanna screw up?" Britain: Yes.

[@goon5757]

You realize that there was peace up until Israel was formed right? The Arab states all get along, they have this thing called the arab league

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@goon5757]

@@Perririri reddit moment

[@goon5757]

@Mathew John there's 23 other nations in there

[@goon5757]

​@Mathew John they didn't need America to improve relations they united because of Iran

[@carlinthomas9482]

"That a lot of people in the West think it is" It's not just Westerners that think like this, stereotypes about the ME exist all over the world.

[@keksentdecker]

Reads the title: Daring today aren’t we?

[@ronnie1394]

Quite risky lol

[@anotherguy3554]

i was expecting hazzards in the comments, but wow, it's actually a lot better than i thought

[@SF-li9kh]

Gaza Strip and the West bank were highlighted in the thumbnail, yet the content is only available in Nebula? Here take my downvote

[@beyondthecage]

Talking about the Middle East is like walking through a mindfield.

[@_Sami_H]

Almost too risky..

[@ergenekonualkslayanliberal1077]

I like how this channel is slowly turning into geopolitical analysis. Started up as Middle Earth lore ended up in Middle East gore.

[@Q_reezy]

Why don’t you believe in Christianity

[@fudgemonkeyz69]

@@Q_reezy - WTF?🤣

[@JoseLopez-do8gn]

Wat

[@ergenekonualkslayanliberal1077]

@@Q_reezy Why are u gae????

[@antoniobautista6718]

He actually had a geopolitical analysis of ISIS a while back too.

[@thegreatteaman]

Moral of the story: Some Brits and French drew some lines on a map with crayons, and ruined everything.

[@ah4d47]

Yeah that’s basically it😂

[@ynnalyl6195]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j what about Canada? Australia? New Zealand? United States of America? India?

[@ynnalyl6195]

:awesome

[@goodhardlife]

to be fair they also killed, stole, and pillaged.

[@apmechev]

The British and the French thought that diversity is strength so they tried to make the Middle Eastern countries as diverse as possible

[@Alex-gn2rb]

Really good explanation, I've never heard such a clear breakdown. The countries make a lot more sense to me now.

[@fish8622]

This topic aside I've noticed that some of the seriousness of this channel has returned. I think a good balance has been met.

[@Dr._Rizk]

Hello! I’m from the Middle East and I agree with everything you said in this video. The region is full of culture but ethnicity is what divides everyone. Most probably you won’t see my comment, but it would mean a lot if you could do a video on the Beirut blast of August 4th 2020 (the RealLifeLore way). This has been a very life changing event for us, and the situation in Lebanon is getting worse by the day. It would mean a lot if you could shed some light on it. If not it’s fine! Keep up the great content and stay safe!

[@riccardoz2953]

u can post yourself a video on beirut blast so maybe we in occident can understood what the situation is in real there. still can't belive a government holding chemicals dangerous as explosive in the center of the city.

[@missaziz9875]

I am from pakistan . As i seeing this video i really feeling why we Muslim make unity by forgetting all difrences on the basis of one allah one rasool and ine quran pak. Why we dont open our hearts for one another if someone believes slightly differ way in a long way....but the main and basics are same.........i hope so in sha Allah

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@missaziz9875 TAKBIRR This is correct. Islam is what unites us

[@matan2924]

@@riccardoz2953 because its not the government that held explosives there. It was the terror organization Hezbollah. And after the blast the had the audacity to say that they stored fireworks in there

[@theaveragegamer1719]

@@themercifulguard3971 islam hates non muslims

[@cozyvoyage5142]

Middle East: Americans are the cause for our historical problems Europeans: *sweating* haha... yeah

[@darkhandha9040]

It's okay America has still done enough in modern history

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Don't worry, we're just following our forefather's footsteps :/

[@thelostbunny6953]

Americans ARE Europeans

[@cozyvoyage5142]

@@thelostbunny6953 Descendants of Europeans, Africans, Asians, who have all developed their own unique American identity over the past 300 years

[@eddixon2015]

@@thelostbunny6953 that’s not how that works

[@samvimes9510]

I would just like to point out that the Ottomans' decision to side with Germany wasn't "foolish." Winston Churchill, along with naval admirals and others in the British government, had already decided to invade because they knew they needed to convert from coal to oil. The Ottomans _tried_ to stay out of the war, and in fact had tried to form relationships with Britain and France, but these were rejected. Not only that, but at the end of July 1914, Churchill barred Turks from boarding two of their dreadnoughts being worked on in British shipyards (the Reshadieh and Sultan Osman). At the beginning of August, the Ottomans found out that Britain had basically stolen their ships. Since Germany was the one European power that actually had a working relationship with the Ottomans, they sided with them. There is of course more to it than that (lots of shenanigans by the Young Turks and the military leadership, hopes that Germany would protect them from an invasion, etc) but to say they "foolishly" sided with Germany is oversimplifying things.

[@Caesim9]

People totally forget how big of a deal Dreadnoughts were back then, and just stealing them was a huge diplomatic affront. Also, Britain was meddling in Arabia. They had ports there, iirc they supported some precursor of Saudi Arabia.

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

As Jessica Rabbit said, "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."

[@HelloKitty_IRL]

Wait how

[@realmadrid_15673]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING

[@timberwolfe1645]

Yay!! I love Jessica Rabbit

[@Xylos101]

WOWZA! Where’s Roger?

[@ItsBam93]

They ruined lola in space jam

[@icantthinkofaname1975]

When you go to the comments expecting beef but they all agreeing that british made the problem

[@Komnenos83]

Well, these problems would so some degree exist either way.

[@SimWyatt]

I'm British and I approve this message..

[@stoat2]

British Beef bby!

[@troyarrington5492]

@@Komnenos83 they might. Because humans always make conflict. But there isn’t any doubt that the British(and French) made it worse

[@sanda386]

Exactly

[@protix9880]

havent watched the video yet but all i can say is: Britain.

[@karyncobra5989]

And france

[@thisismacom3723]

@@Lorddonen then who will we gonna blame the Jewz, Arab, creator. Don't deny what the oppressor have done.

[@axios7603]

that was probably a long time ago, I d say britain, france and any other europe country that colonizes these countries are the the ones to blame. But Britain is to blamed mainly solely because it used to be a Empire and essentially can do anything they want. Also look at the pakistan-india situation the british was there too!

[@hamza-chaudhry]

You were right

[@off_Planet]

And ever since noone had any agency in the whole fucking region right?

[@internetuser2721]

So let me get this straight. We acknowledge that having different ethnicities, cultures, and religions in a same country causes major trouble in the Middle East, while simultaneously we are supposed to cheer diversity and multiculturalism in the West? Seems like a double standard to me.

[@PK-tt5kk]

yeah i had the same thought, with this logic a country like India should not exist where there are 28 states , each having their own language, also different ethnic groups.

[@internetuser2721]

@@PK-tt5kk The strength of a nation is measured during its difficult times, not during its good times. Once India's economic growth ends, we will see whether it is genuinely a sustainable country, or whether it is simply a relationship of convenience.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

Fair question. And three weeks later, not a single SJW or progressive as dared to touch it. That in itself is telling. Respectfully

[@internetuser2721]

@@ricardokowalski1579 You're right. SJWs are unable to answer logical questions. That's why they keep out.

[@rulekop]

Yeah, it's easy to celebrate diversity and to tolerate others when they are not near. Statistically, most of the successful and stable countries in europe are the homogenous ones (ethnicity-wise). Edit: It's not that I'm against diversity. It's more about the fact that a group must have an agreed upon shared "story" to make it a group. It so happens that ethnicity supplies a very good communual "story" (but it doesn't have to be the "story" for each group).

[@HDTomo]

"Look I know how likely this will be demonitised" Me: yes "So instead of uploading it to youtube" Me: wait "I uploaded it as a nebula ORIG-" Me: NOOOOOOO

[@futuregmchess1561]

RLL: Me gonna be demonitized Me: ok... RLL: So I didn't upload it to youtube Me: Then what is the remaining 3 minutes for RLL: I uploaded it as a... Me: O no. Please. Anything but that. ANYTHING BUT THAT. RLL: Neb... Me: Please. Please. RLL: ula Original!!!! Me: *Mental Nukes have detonated*

[@besher532]

well this is his job, Imagine working for free

[@NorroTaku]

I payed like 12 bucks for a year currently it's 15 bucks I haven't used it much besides "bonus content" that is like 2 min max each and the site is super laggy and the app doesn't have 2x but if you share an account with s friend it could be worth it

[@fusiongaming8281]

@@besher532 my dude i watched ads on the video, do you think that they just put them there for decoration? Nebula is a horrible value and is for people who have more money than sense anyway, if they could not treat it like a garbage bin to put extra content in, it would almost be decent

[@HarryTurney]

yea I kinda wanted to watch the video but that's a big turn off. It's not about the price but having to go to another site just to watch one video and from what I heard the site is laggy af

[@tablet2331]

"When two fish are fighting for territory in a river an english man drank water from the river" - some youtube comment

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@shahan484]

g'day innit?

[@SuperFra2002]

Why do I keep seeing this comment in every video about a british former colony? XD youtube invented a new proverb

[@nayeemhaider8367]

@@SuperFra2002 Nah I have heard elders speak variations of this one since I was a kid.

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Makes sense

[@AuroraWolf655]

If people looked into videos like yours, people would understand why there’s heavy conflict in the Middle East

[@tsd5661]

Or they could watch the news or read a news website from time to time.

[@TheNewblade1]

It's easier to watch Fox and blame authoritarian dictatorial communist fascism.

[@KFC_Pyongyang_AssistantManager]

@@tsd5661 the news usually only shows what’s happening currently and doesn’t give much context

[@carlinthomas9482]

I think this channel gave a poor explanation as to why conflict exists in the middle east. Apparently, none of the tens of millions of people that live in the middle east have any agency for the conflict.

[@AG-vb6vv]

What does this have to do with ISIS eh.. the main reason is Islamists, plenty of other nations have terrible borders due to colonialism - see South Asia, Africa, perhaps Latin America etc

[@danieltoth3431]

At 5:54 the map is misleading, it looks like the ottoman empire was that big before the first world war, wich is not true, at that time the ottoman empire was much smaller.

[@hughjass8502]

Somewhere that isnt europe: *exists* European powers: So anyway i started dividing

[@mrbisshie]

Hey now, don't discredit Stalin! He did some border meddling in eastern Europe!

[@AxxLAfriku]

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear cale

[@ynnalyl6195]

[@theviniso]

Hey let's just draw some randon straight lines on this map, I'm sure no one will mind

[@hughjass8502]

@Brownskikuca Just dont reply, hes looking for attention. if you give it too him, he wins

[@levitschetter5288]

Welcome back to another episode of Britain ruins everything

[@aniketraina7797]

Literally in all the videos I've seen on border issues, it's always the british, rarely the other europeans.

[@offsidev6059]

Luckily we have the USA to fix it. Oh, wait, that just seems to be Britain 2...

[@offsidev6059]

@@aniketraina7797 I guess you missed the part where he mentioned the French were equaly to blame for this? Don't take away their well deserved credit...

[@malekqaddarah]

Also the French

[@fredericksinclair]

You missed the part where Great Britain was the biggest empire in history, therefore had influence everywhere.

[@matas253]

10:29: * Creating borders over religious lines * *India 🇮🇳 and Pakistan 🇵🇰: Hey I’ve seen this!*

[@_Ari__.]

From what I know their dispute is on kashmir region which is Muslim majority and forced to be with India because the ruler decided that even when the people didn't want to be with India.

[@npc3758]

India would have erupted into civil war

[@AvinashSingh-et9lf]

@@_Ari__. If you go into detail, both king and public wanted azaad Kashmir but when attacked by militants from Pakistan's side under the name of "Aazaad Kashmir Army" the king and the public representative, Sheikh Abdullah most popular Kashmiri leader chose to stay with India with some special requests. So, it wasn't just a Hindu King's decision it was a decision made by Kashmiris with special concessions and protection given to them at that time.

[@ItsToolintime]

@@npc3758 Nah

[@AvinashSingh-et9lf]

@Sadaqat Ali junagarh, ferozpur were not unjust at all, it was public decision, only Hyderabad was occupied with use of force, but about Kashmir, Pakistan itself accepted at UN that he trained savage tribals for "Aazaad Kashmir Army" which tortured, raped and murdered people at baramullah district.

[@connieh.4212]

In high school history, I learnt that the British brought slaves over from different tribes in Africa who all spoke different languages and deliberately split them up to different plantations in Jamaica so that they could not communicate with each other and could not see any people they knew from their own tribe, effectively cutting off any chance for the slaves to rebel or escape together. I thought that was devious. It looks like it’s just another old tactic in their handbook.

[@jackmiseno6940]

Stop blaming whites for every problem in the world. Africa is backwards because of the ethnic composition of Africa. Sorry, but that’s the truth

[@maxmustermann1386]

It can be as old as it is but it's so evil yet efficient their homeland should be divided deliberately by Africans, middle-easterns and indians and sadly many more ... Honestly fuck those few people that made Earth a less hospital place to live in ... Infuriating 😢

[@Labyrinth6000]

That was the point

[@Edward_YT_WEC]

“Khuzestan makes 57% of Iran's oil” United States: 👁👄👁

[@arhaanaslam5905]

U.S:Can I intrest you in some freedom Khuzestan?

[@alfrredd]

Also the US: please don't build nukes to defend your land.

[@imcloud305]

Obviously America will find a reason to Invade iran

[@muxijim6442]

Kujistan or Kuzhestan ???

[@tommyber8836]

* *flashback to early 2020* *

[@DC-pe3fr]

Britain and France creating the borders: OMG we're so random, can't believe we just did that.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Britain and France also made decisions in and regarding territory that is now in modern Turkey. What is now Hatay province was given to Turkey (taken away from Syria) and the Kurdish areas were split between Turkey, Syria (as well as Iraq, Iran) Also: Lebanon was once part of Syria. In addition during those post-WW2 "Pan-Arab" years Hafez Assad and the then prez. of Iraq had wanted to join their countries. (When this happend, Saddam Hussein made a coup and took over Iraq)

[@EchoBravo370]

Well, you were pissed about WWI. Just guessing.

[@logansmith4492]

“Armenia and Greece were gonna get some token land tossed their way too.” Greece: gets the entirety of Greece

[@robincoleman1350]

Greece was already independent of Turkey before the first world war.

[@davidbodor1762]

I think he meant the little bit of land on the Western side of Turkey

[@kd4n347]

greece were lucky to get some of greece

[@furkankorkmaz7991]

@AG 2021 loserstantinople was a pathetic fallen city with 30.000 inhabitants, which was initially built on conquered THRACIAN land. Anatolia was HITTITE and LYCIAN, NOT greek. Greek appropriation of ancient lands based on dumb linguistic assimilations ages ago is the dumbest sh** I see in this century.

[@furkankorkmaz7991]

@AG 2021 early 1800’s, greeks ethnically cl**** all non christians with british and french help. Armos try this tactic too thinking ottomans are weak, and collaborate with russians. 2M muslim lives lost, 5.5M Displaced. As a result rebels get deported, some didnt make it, majority survives, they start gncd lobbying with fake numbers to take the lands through political means. Bye.

[@GregTom2]

I almost can't believe that the European colonizers did it on purpose. Is there historical evidence that there was an intentionality of fomenting war in the regions when the borders were drawn? I feel like it must have been done by people who were not savvy to the situation just trying to get expedient with signing a peace treaty. Why do we blame the British for separating India and Pakistan based on religion, but we also blame them for not separating shia and sunni regions based on religion? Did anyone look into the geopolitic consequences of the redesigned maps?

[@carl___________]

As a Lebanese myself, I always knew that before we gained independence, the Turks ruled over us for a long time before the French came. However, I never knew that this transition in power was because the Ottoman’s had fallen apart in world war 1. Honestly, so fascinating!

[@Aztesticals]

As an American. It's nice to find a video that shows how my ancestors as I am ethnicly British really messed up this world. Alot of my country is ignorant but it's nice be be aware of the past. I hope your life is peaceful

[@realroy999]

Happy coming out 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 be proud!!!!

[@novacentorium4943]

@@realroy999 very confused by this comment

[@ZK-ff2ru]

@@realroy999 haha i got the joke

[@hx0d]

Also adding onto that, the civil war was because of external forces meddling and therefore ruining it, which led to corruption taking over and here we are today

[@JenniferinIllinois]

When a British dude and a French dude play Risk: Ottoman Empire edition, it never turns out well.

[@tahamohammad1741]

And the British guy is Mike Sikes and the French guy is Francois Picot??

[@abloogywoogywoo]

The Ottomans were bastards too. I guess countries suck because people suck.

[@FTC207]

@@abloogywoogywoo no

[@GLOmar-my6xc]

@@FTC207 It is the truth. They killed millions of Armenians, Kurds and Arabs

[@FTC207]

@@GLOmar-my6xc Young turks. You might just learn some history.

[@adyanthmallur5422]

"blame the British for the world's problems" - Art of war Sun Tzu

[@hughjass8502]

truly an in inspirational quote

[@krono5el]

@@Lorddonen its in the game

[@dirtypure2023]

@@Lorddonen In spite of the terrible and shortsighted decisions of European powers in the twentieth century, we can also that k Europe for the countless and innumerable technological and political innovations throughout history which have enabled things like the internet and representative democracy. It's not as simplistic as "Europe bad" - everything good about the modern world has come with a cost.

[@toboterxp8155]

@@Lorddonen Don't blame germany. We didn't exist for most of it (except ww2. That one's on us).

[@Vrangelrip]

@@dirtypure2023 we know, but it's funny how so many of the world's conflicts can be traced back to European diplomats drawing a border

[@route2070]

Gee, i wonder whyvthis is recommended again in October of 2023.

[@DevSarman]

Uploaded right in the event of Suez Canal traffic jam.

[@dinosolder6454]

Yes we are missing on so much money

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Suez Crisis Intensifies

[@someisraeliguy9570]

@@ToastieBRRRN *Laughs in Hebrew*

[@m4z805]

Some dude is doing an Austin Power's 1000 point turn on that boat as we speak.

[@tahahagar7664]

@@someisraeliguy9570 yall got smashed in 1955 so sit down

[@fa7meh]

Very well made video. As a Syrian I would like correct that there is a simple way of how we connect and see ourselves: Simply draw a line from Aleppo to Amman. now everything west of that line we have much more in common in terms of dilect, geography, and culture than east of that line. at the end we do not want to re-draw borders. we just want to get rid of borders.

[@Mohtellawi]

We want a Great Arab nation, not redrawn devided one.

[@highpath4776]

Was that because, until Oil, the inhabitants were mainly nomadic, taking flocks etc to the next water source and so on ?

[@SmallFreakingJack]

People want to redraw borders in the middle east to reduce diversity but insist on diversity in the west, when clearly it causes instability everywhere else...

[@Mohtellawi]

@@SmallFreakingJack A united Arab nation will be more diverse than the mosaic of countries we have now. But I get your idea, having a homogenous society has its own benefits.

[@Croviajo]

@@Mohtellawi How is that Syrians, Lebanese and all that area are not even Arabs ethnically ,

[@tylertate3584]

“... an independent state of Kurdistan was being discussed...” damn homie, pour one out for the Kurds

[@davidsuda6110]

Turkey is why you will never see an independent Kurdistan.

[@finnpeterson4335]

**Erdoğan would like to know your location.**

[@Nukestarmaster]

@@davidsuda6110 Yep, there's a reason the European powers didn't even consider it after Turkey, most of Kurdistan is within Turkey's borders. And with Turkey being in NATO, that's unlikely to change.

[@nuzayerov]

@@finnpeterson4335 , Erdogan is still better than the previous Turkish rulers. All Kurdish towns were named in Turkish, and they were forced to mix with Turkish culture. Erdogan on the other hand renamed Kurdish places to traditional Kurdish names and gave more rights to the Kurds. I know he might not be perfect, but he is better.

[@AB-fb7nq]

@@nuzayerov no one is perfect. As a Syrian I admire erdogan for what he’s doing. At least for his homeland unlike bashaar

[@seleukus856]

“Those dirty brits. You heard they call me the boneyman?” - Napoleon from oversimplified

[@omar47hitman]

I'm a Jordanian, and I want to download your video because I think it might get removed.

[@RavenFilms]

You can if you have KZbin premium. And I know there are programs out there that will record your screen too.

[@VenatusUprising]

@@RavenFilms Wait.. in Iraq downloading videos is free, without KZbin premium.

[@Void_Dweller7]

@@VenatusUprising You probably have a Free Trial.

[@z4kry44]

i am also jordanian

[@WinVisten]

There is a Firefox browser extension I use that allows you to download videos. It's called KZbin Downloader. You can use that, and it's free.

[@kirk.kang27]

“Got me a pen and scribbled some shite” -some guy

[@garmenlin5990]

"Some guy" is named Mark Sykes.

[@Blue-pk4ny]

@@garmenlin5990 yikes

[@opinionatortv6457]

@@Blue-pk4ny ayyyyy

[@AllanLimosin]

Some guyS, It happened in Africa too, especially Egypt-Sudan Borders

[@ynnalyl6195]

“Germany who started the world war” excuse me? Wasn’t it Austria-Hungary who started it since they were pissed by Serbia because a Bosnian Serb killed Franz Ferdinand

[@mcdonalsmcmenu2449]

If he said that Austria-Hungary sarted the war, the example would make no sense because Ausria and hungary lost 70% of their land

[@DustyGamma]

Wow, I knew that but didn't even question it when watching the video. Good catch.

[@andresmartinez8644]

The entente blamed Germany because of how much they had escalated the tensions previous to the war and their support for Austria's demands on Serbia which started the war.

[@vetabeta9890]

The paranoia and system of alliances were a byproduct of German militrizaton during the later 1800s

[@davy360]

@@vetabeta9890 ... which they thought necessary because britain ruled the sea. Not trying to make excuses for them, but europe was a pretty unstable region for avery long time.

[@zyadamin]

I've been saying this to anyone asking about the Middle Eastern conflict, and I think it was summed up perfectly (missing the whole Palestine/Israel portion obviously).

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

Nobody: Imperial British officials: now we draw a straight line here and there

[@dominiccaceresmunoz2539]

Lol

[@ahmadhassan8466]

@@dominiccaceresmunoz2539 and give all power to minorities so they can't rebel

[@CommanderMAUS1]

Instead of separating enemies from enemies, the British and the French draw Borders that groups enemies to enemies.

[@Perririri]

Normie: Nobody:

[@darinliu4017]

How to describe the whole world in a few words, Knock, Knock, it's Europe. Edit: Holy thanks for the likes, and it's been funny reading through the comments and everything haha

[@invalidaccount6147]

Later on America

[@skysea7785]

Then chyna

[@michaeljava8736]

Diversity is strength - left wing people

[@GabrielRGomes]

bill wurtz?

[@eurasiannazbol7898]

@@michaeljava8736 keep spamming froggy

[@ultraviolet7838]

“if two fish are fighting in a river, an Englishman must have walked past.”

[@abates49ers]

where is his new video on the conflict??? I came straight here for an update!

[@CalebJMartin]

"Why were they decided upon that way in the first place?" _Cross-fade to Big Ben_

[@Perririri]

Technically, only the bell is Big Ben

[@EnderGradRPC]

As Jay Foreman once said, "every border problem starts with the British."

[@juliusnepos6013]

Lol

[@debodatta7398]

more like starts with a European.

[@JustScrapHD]

@@debodatta7398 china and the USA are catching up slowly, dont worry

[@npc3758]

As if before them there weren't infact way more wars and conflicts of all kind.

[@marcinkrz3140]

@@debodatta7398 What did Poland (or any Eastern European country for that matter) did now ? Blame Westerners but there's still half of Europe that was content with siting in our little shit-hole without colonialism

[@hamzahalhumrani5738]

Being Middle Eastern myself I would say that this is very accurate 👍🏻👍🏻

[@HinduPasific]

There is no felastin'

[@theimmortalemperor3605]

@@HinduPasific you're

[@randomwagtail4295]

Even as an israeli/zionist( Kinda the same thing ) I would agree with you

[@fordmustnagisbestcarath5046]

@@randomwagtail4295 im also israeli this video is good but the israel-palestine video on nebula i watched missed alot of points, it discussed the ancient history of the land which was mostly right but for the modern era he missed alot of stuff that are very important

[@ademmcadem2163]

@@HinduPasific hhhh felastin existed long befor you travled from europ or iraq and that is fact

[@frostea7043]

I feel like the borders could have been drawn better but I honesly don't know if it's entirely the UK and France's fault. those people have lived together under the Ottoman Empire all those years. Also, multiethnic empires are common back in the day. I feel like the UK and France would have to be really smart and see like decades ahead to intentionally destabilize the region - and that might be giving them too much credit.

[@HumanitarianTeam]

You can take a colonial history class and look at primary docs if youre interested in learning

[@TheTrainmobile]

Everyone: "Why is it that when something wrong in the world happens, it's because of you three?" America: 😶 United Kingdom: 😶 France: 😶 China: "I'm not even here. I'm an illusion."👻 Soviet Union:💀

[@Aristocles22]

I don't know about that. Modern Russia causes a ton of problems, as did Japan until 1945. Not to mention Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia. Turkey's been causing problems for the Greeks and Armenians for centuries, too. They still have to give back Constantinople and Mount Ararat, among other things.

[@x_croner]

@@Aristocles22 and the ussr under stalin draw the map of central asia with the purpose they don't become powerful if they get independence

[@sacreddeer3361]

@@Aristocles22 these are all consequences of the west's actions. Even Islamic jihadist like al Qaeda and ISIL rose to power because of Americans. They created and funded these groups for the first time to push them fight against USSR.

[@Rishi123456789]

@@Aristocles22 You are correct and I completely agree with you. Constantinople rightfully belongs to Greece and Mount Ararat rightfully belongs to Armenia (Mount Ararat is even on the Armenian coat of arms!). Although I think Russia should have seized Constantinople, simply because Russia was much stronger than Greece at that time (and remains so today), so Russia would be able to hold on to Constantinople better than Greece could. Not to mention that Russia has craved owning Constantinople since forever.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@sacreddeer3361 The American government is to blame, do you really think 300 million people agree with all of this?

[@egggge4752]

I suggest that we should divide up britain so that scottland gets lancaster and wales gets bristol as soon as everything falls apart.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

I would not be surprised if the UK dissolved; with Scotland and Northern Ireland going their own way.

[@honargulli1881]

Mate i mean seriously Bristol?

[@ivartheboneless5969]

Lancaster? More likely would be like Newcastle and Carlisle and the surrounding city’s and villages. But I highly doubt that would happen as people from Lancaster, Carlisle and Newcastle are English and would want to be apart of England and not Scotland. That would cause a lot of trouble. The borders would be split how they are now with England, Scotland, and Wales subdivisions in the United Kingdom. They are old borders from the medieval times, and have cultural differences on either side so changing them now would be asking for trouble, especially with the people that get moved to another country they don’t identify themselves with. Northern Ireland would most likely join back up with the Republic of Ireland as they already have open borders and are free to hold a vote to join back into the republic whenever they want under UK. Not sure who exactly would initiate the the question of holding a vote but I assume a lot of noise on social media and a few protests with a couple MPs asking would be more than enough.

[@randomclass4653]

have you dared to look at a border of england? Y'know Northumbria won't get along with The StrathClyde region AT ALL

[@randomclass4653]

And Bristol and Newport make sense to join england as they're very culturally different from the rest of wales.

[@bramilan]

KZbin's algorithm actually suggested this video to me, contrary to what you thought on your video.

[@capncake8837]

Same.

[@el_saltamontes]

He said it wouldn't recommend bc of Israel Palestine conflict so he didn't put it here

[@collinquinlivan9713]

Getting tired of all of his video talking about how it will get demonetized so go to this paid subscription to view. Oh ok cool so you will only make it if you get paid. Just say that dude stop making it out like KZbin is bad. If you were really just about trying to share information you would just post that other video on KZbin still and take the L. They are so bad cause they don’t want people making money off of other peoples pain

[@zohy98]

As someone who's lived her whole life in this region, I always wonder... If suddenly tomorrow all our local leaders gathered to draw entirely new states with the single purpose in mind - make peace among the land, will it even help? Or will we somehow still fall to violence and bloodshed?

[@amirulhakim9898]

No. Because oil.

[@kenos911]

Not gonna lie, the calliphate being reformed would be pretty sick too But that’s too unrealistic

[@zohy98]

@@kenos911 I was absolutely not talking about something like that... I was thinking about demolishing colonialized, straight boarders and the scars of war from our maps - and instead - asking the people where and how they want to live. I don't want a 'peace' falsely disguised as another empire, I want us to finally learn from history and make nations that will thrive - both within themselves and along their neighbors. I may sound naive, but I want a peaceful neighborhood of nations that won't fight among themselves for any reason. I want us to live together in this land. If you're Muslim, Jewish or Christian, if you're a conservative or a liberal... We all want happiness in our lives, and unless we work together to achive that, we'll just collapse into bickering again.

[@kenos911]

@@zohy98 I know that you were talking about that I was just being off topic mb But I strongly agree with your ideals personally

[@cesarcabrera97]

*Part of the world exists without borders* Europe: So I took that personally...

[@unchartedcheese1012]

To fix the peace, give them all $19 dollar fortnite cards

[@NadzP]

You still talk about fortnite? It has been 2021

[@jak.cr1ym]

this is the most cringe comment in existence

[@WaleedDev]

HOW DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT BEFORE

[@WaleedDev]

@@NadzP have you ever heard something about mems? I would say, I don't even play fortnite it's just a meme about someone saying that kids will stop being problematic bla bla bla when and they way to stop them is by giving them 19$ fortnite card which is halarious

[@ynnalyl6195]

[@muhashames5924]

I can't explain the feelings I'm having while watching this 😢 A very sad Libyan....

[@z..a9562]

The whole world is sad😓

[@michaeljava8736]

Diversity is strength - left wing people

[@bilboplayedminecraft3322]

Become warlord and win

[@emems6620]

@@michaeljava8736 please stop commenting the same thing under the comments , create something more original and constructive

[@michaeljava8736]

@@emems6620 taking flak. Im on top of the target.

[@BumbleBeeTF]

The video you made on Nebula about Isreal should be made public. It is very informative and needs to be seen.

[@jonassantos5373]

The British drawing borders are like the art project you procrastinated to do.

[@arj7788]

Welcome to another episode of:"how Europe fucked up the world"

[@marvinsroommate1003]

Ur from the usa for sure, arent you?

[@arj7788]

@@marvinsroommate1003 na Africa

[@seyl717]

@@arj7788 europe didnt fuck shit up, it was britain and france, dont blame a whole continent.

[@bruhbruh6389]

@@seyl717 Belgium? Italy? Russia? Portugal? Spain?

[@darth3911]

@@bruhbruh6389 And Germany and the Netherlands

[@ArtoRico]

"Filled with oil" America has entered the chat

[@blizzbee]

Full equipped with loads of guns, bombs, nukes, army, warships, jets, submarines, flags.

[@TheGrazyVids]

Some Arab gets rich all of the sudden and then hands America the Chat Host... 🤔

[@ardi08]

@@TheGrazyVids That only belong to Arabian Gulf countries

[@ardi08]

@Federal Bureau of Investigation Middle Eastern countries need no democracy that destroyed their nation

[@ArtoRico]

@Federal Bureau of Investigation it isnt a joke,if you actually think of it,they dont rlly produce oil much,they use the oil they get from iraq and sryia,venezuela and saudi arabia are the biggest oil producers

[@davidhosni2655]

As a middle eastern, I can tell you that this is not the reason why the Middle East is unstable. If you look at countries like Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Others. Their Borders encapsulate different ethnic groups, different languages, and different religions. Nevertheless, they might be considered the EU's most economically and socially successful countries. The Arabic and non-Arab countries that rule Islamic majorities are failing because the entire socio-economic model is not compatible with the Industrial and technological revolution of the 20th and 21st centuries.

[@CatApocalypse]

I recall reading an article some years back about T.E. Lawrence (aka "Lawrence of Arabia") having drawn much better borders along ethnic lines, but his input was ignored in the landgrab. 😒

[@acediadekay3793]

Lawrence wonted to create one great nation/parlement for the Arabian people. He felt very betrayed when England and France went against their word and divided the middle east between them. Another british officer who was very active in the region (can't remember his name), had a famous quote doing WWI about how foolish it is to "sell a donkey twice". The great irony is of course that he still believed Britain and France was actually going to get rid "the donkey" after having sold it twice.

[@_blank-_]

Or even much better: unite the people and have them rights and protections for their languages and cultures under a federation.

[@fa7meh]

and who the uck is he to draw our borders?😉

[@CatApocalypse]

@@fa7meh Yes, ideally there should have been no interference from foreign powers at all 😹

[@20-K_R_N-06]

@@fa7meh the one who helped the Arabs fight against the Ottomans, wanted your people to not by fucked over by his (and my own) country. Was deeply saddened when he learned of our government’s betrayal to the friends he slept, eat, and fought with. He took into account the ethnicity and race of the people in The Middle East to divide them into territories that could sustain peace for a long time without falling into internal conflict with Austria Hungary as an example. I get that no foreigner should draw borders for a place they weren’t born from or ever visited. But Lawrence of Arabia spent years there fighting for those that he chose to fight for, without them even asking.

[@jpbrocko1617]

When you’re so early no one is blessing you and your families yet

[@shawnthompson8016]

Bless u and ur family. Ily

[@arikborisov8131]

@@shawnthompson8016 Bless you too

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

I'm atheist but bless you and your family

[@Viridriell]

You said "The Treaty of Sevres was signed by Turkey", but that's incorrect. Ottoman Empire signed it, Anatolian Turks led by Atatürk rebelled against it and started the War of Independence. Had to fix that.

[@ahmet.denizz]

Sonunda gerçeği söyleyen biri çıktı 😂

[@johnwiebe4293]

But I thought diversity for the sake of diversity makes a country stronger. 🤔

[@ellenday2155]

That’s only if the country is mainly white.

[@kof97king54]

US : gives weapons to two friend countries and starts a war US as well : i have a peace plan for that

[@evanarroyo1384]

Are you talking about Alqueda during the soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

[@zylnexxd842]

War is profitable

[@215dagby]

Diversity is a strength! The Middle East should be the strongest region ever with its beautifully diverse nations.

[@Miquelalalaa]

Lol. Exactly what I was thinking. Most people just conform to whatever the dominant/acceptable narrative is, even if that results in contradictory positions.

[@yad2873]

Beautifull but no

[@josephrusso4828]

@@Miquelalalaa Have you ever considered that the circumstances in North America and the Middle East are different?

[@215dagby]

@@josephrusso4828 the circumstances in the Middle East are similar to the circumstances that have driven genocidal actions in Africa: primarily, colonialism and imperialism’s divvying up lands with total disregard for the ethnic boundaries which existed prior. White nationalists and all of those types are idiots. Those running around preaching thought-terminating cliche’s like ‘diversity is a strength’ are also idiots. The powers that be have always utilized cultural, ethic and racial divisions to suit their ends. Look at the British and the Native Americans or the Spanish vs the Aztecs. Diversity is not purely a strength. Something beyond two seconds of thinking should lead you to a similar conclusion. I’m not opposed to diversity, per se. I’m just simply opposed to viewing it as something totally beneficial and benevolent when that clearly has not been the case historically. It can and has been exploited to devastating effect.

[@sussekind9717]

Well, here's some good news for you, I came upon this video because, it was recommended to me by KZbin's algorithms.

[@DarkDaysInPurple]

Same here!, lol

[@Char444]

same

[@toiletpaper8206]

Same to

[@Abstract_zx]

i dont really like the whole anti-algorithm thing, i think youtube's algorithms are a good thing actually, they promote good content to people who are more likely to watch it and encourage creators to create content that people are more likely to watch, people are against it because it skews advertisement against content that doesnt fit that category but theres a reason its like that, they want to promote content that will get more people interested over content that won't, in a way benefitting the platform itself and its users at the small expense of a couple creators, also putting a heavy preference on objective content over controversial content is important to keep the platform peaceful and make sure creators stay within the lines

[@off_Planet]

Well what did you expect. It's a "white ppl bad" video, of course it's getting pushed.

[@johnwiebe4293]

The big problem with this argument is that even if the borders were to be drawn perfectly today there would be language, religious, and ethnic spill overtime. Meaning that people move to an adjacent country overtime and across the border people may eventually adopt a language or religion that isn't predominant in the country. This is the exact excuse Hitler made when annexing the Sudetenland saying the majority of the people were ethnic Germans. After a couple of decades Germans could haved started moving to the new border regions of Czechoslovakia and they could have made the same excuse. It's not like Europe hasn't been at constant conflict with eachother. Fighting two world wars, at the edge of nuclear war during the 20th century against eachother and countless other war before that between eachother.

[@sahara-lu6eq]

I m Algerian and I confirm many of the points in this video; however, there is a bit more to say on the subject. one point I deeply hate is dividing the whole region into ethnic and religious lines like we can't be a multi-racial and multi-religious country if we wished it is only due to french and British interference and our terrible leaders that we are in this state

[@Loguer]

Well it just makes things more complicated politically, that's it. Although it is crueshal

[@sahara-lu6eq]

@@Loguer I agree that a homogenous society makes it easier and it doesn't have to be to function

[@semuapenuh]

You can see a multi-ethnic and multi-religious unitary state in Indonesia, although the Dutch in the early days of Indonesian independence wanted to divide Indonesia based on ethnic backgrounds, but failed. Indonesia is currently struggling to maintain the unity of the nation from the undermining of radical Islamist groups who want Indonesia to become a religious state, whose ideology comes from the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia.

[@sahara-lu6eq]

@@semuapenuh Saudi Arabia and gulf monarchies are the total opposite of what Islam is or should be. they use Islam only as a tool of control of their own people and gain influence outside. Islam perfectly says "god created u males and females and made u different nations to meet " furthermore Islam sees ethnic differences as irrelevent and guarantees the rights of religious minorities. Saudi Arabia twists its meaning to more radical approaches which Islam is not a part of it

[@Varraz]

Exactly, the borders are not the problem the lack of peace and constant conflict between the groups within the last century is.

[@utkarsharyan]

If you ever get a question about any border dispute around the world just say it's because of England/France and you will be right.

[@akawd41]

That’s not fair You forgot Belgium

[@right_jar]

@@akawd41 ANY AROUND THE WORLD. Not just the fucking congo

[@Zraknul]

I'm just waiting to find out with Korea, in talks between the Soviets and the Americans, there was a British guy who said "Trust us, we know about these things."

[@connordevereaux759]

Good video reallifelore👍🏻. I like history Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@amolkumar6059]

India

[@Klrfl101]

@@amolkumar6059 no

[@Polska_Edits]

Lore*

[@afdalridwan3813]

Northern Ireland should belong to Ireland, Scotland and Welsh must gain independence!!! -Uncle Sam

[@vincentlopez2083]

@@amolkumar6059 i

[@izaactheberean6860]

So, to prevent Middle Eastern countries from being a threat to them, the UK & France made these borders, yet it backfired since the conflicts can harm & involve their own citizens too.