The true cost of the military-industrial complex.

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental and social cost of the military and militarism. I narrow in on the United States military-industrial complex because it is by far the biggest military machine in the world. I look at how the military and the military-industrial complex is a massive polluter in terms of both emissions and chemical waste. In addition, the video looks at whether or not these environmental and monetary burdens caused by the military-industrial complex are justified. Have the multitude of wars the United States has wage been just, or are they manifestations of imperialism. Ultimately, the video connects environmental destruction with military imperialism and concludes that demilitarization is the only truly effective answer to the carbon footprint of the military.
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#MilitaryFootprint #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Demilitarization

[@OurChangingClimate]

What are your thoughts on the relationship between militarism and the environment? Do you think "greening" the military is a solution? Note: I failed to adequately explore the single biggest cost of the military-industrial complex: the loss of human lives. Watching the piece again, I wish I had done a better job of weaving the ramifications of violence into this video.

[@KLK01]

Do a part 2.

[@Beeblebroxologist]

I think your list of examples in the middle get the violence across. The only way to green the military is to end it. It's not like anyone's going to invade America...

[@goosty17]

I think eliminating the military as a whole will solve this problem. "GREENING" an industry is not possible at all.

[@alphabah49]

Our Changing Climate this is a fantastic video. Even though it doesn’t go too in-depth, it does summarize and present another way of looking at the climate crisis

[@xxdrleek10]

Yes, you did. So, 1) take this down and edit it and add, or 2) do a Part 2. I like option 1 better.

[@eupsychics8167]

i really love how these videos cover undiscussed topics and inform the audience in an interesting way it's amazing

[@rebanjarouis635]

undiscussed ..... bruh that's one of the most discussed topic in the USA but i agree it's an amazing video by all standards :)

[@eupsychics8167]

@@rebanjarouis635 i meant undiscussed globally

[@armitylekhona585]

@@eupsychics8167 join and serve our country we must protect freedom

[@lorenzoblum868]

The elephant in the room kzbin.info/www/bejne/maiViKBuiZunn9E watershedsentinel.ca/articles/the-militarys-carbon-bootprint

[@ElusivEnigma]

Check out Second Thoughts

[@RandyLy]

I work on a military base as an environmental engineer. I find it ironic that my job is to protect the base from getting fined by environmental inspectors and trying to comply to federal laws, but it's OK for us to continue this trajectory of wasteful spending and environmental "protection" of other countries? It's just an endless positive feedback loop

[@Kaygovegan]

Yeah it's so hard trying to balance living off the military while being an environmentalist

[@lorenzoblum868]

Environment friendly wars? I've seen and heard so much absurdity, I expect that kind of line... Edit. Years ago I used to joke about organic plutonium, organic weapons...

[@MikeBerbano]

The Hegelian Dialectic -- Problem-Reaction-Solution, keeps them in perpetual busine$$ at the expense of the human lives of the populace.

[@solarpunk_hive1306]

Bravo ragazzo. Coscienzioso. I tuoi se ne andranno dopo un eventuale collasso, non di propria volontà. L’implosione avverrà dall’interno con una spintarella dall’esterno.😊

[@Eumaeus5]

I was attached to a DDG and anything we didn't have room for we threw overboard. Whole pallets of paper, half of the perfectly good food we had on the refer decks went overboard to make room for new food. The military is incredibly wasteful and we still always complained about not having enough money.

[@redrustyhill2]

My short few years in the military I was appalled at the amount of waste. I've personally witnessed 10s of millions of dollars of waste

[@dogfight156]

as an army veteran, this was tough to watch. i'm sure it was tough to research and make. you're a good man. if you took a deeper look into the military's impact, you'd f*cking cry. you'd have to make a 3 hour movie. food waste, water waste, plastic pollution, depleted uranium, the list goes on. but, if it makes you feel any better, the biggest threat to the military is... the military. i was a combat medic and i've seen it all. obesity, substance abuse, mental illness, sexual abuse, straight-up poverty, the list goes on. the service members who put themselves on the line are getting royally screwed. nobody talks about it because nobody else will listen. it's like climate change: ignorance is bliss. the pentagon is completely baffled because there is no solution. this country will demilitarize itself, other countries will follow or burn... or army robots will take over and kill everyone. circle of life, son.

[@mikecarone7320]

How about a nice cup of suck it up

[@nwsportstilidie]

In that way the soldier's are the workers. So what if the worker's say they've had enough and go on strike?

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@nwsportstilidie It would sound, let me say, "funny"! I think in many countries (like mine, Brazil) soldiers are simply FORBIDDEN to go on strike. So they would be against the law. The high court can impose on them (strikers) fines, daily high taxes to pay.

[@nwsportstilidie]

@@eduardocajias5626 There's always consequences to going on strike. So what if all of the soldiers refused to pay the fines and daily high taxes?

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@nwsportstilidie Well, I have no idea! But, the problem is: They (the stablishment) would never believe that ALL soldiers would go on strike. Just a small group. When I was a bank clerk in 1985 strike (we were in a dictatorship by that time) I refused to lie when my bosses asked me: "Why were you not working during these days". I said: "Why? Because I was on strike". Most of clerks lied and had no problem. But me? They have discounted/not paid the eight days I've gone on strike plus the two weekends among these days. So I had 12 days not paid during that month (we are paid every month here in Brazil). But, no problem, I was a single young man and living with my parents. I could afford that. The other strikers could not afford it.

[@arnystieber732]

Excellent!!! I'm an Army, infantry veteran of the U.S. war agains the people of Viet Nam (yes, it's two words). I'm also a member of Veterans For Peace. VFP has a national initiative to draw attention to environmental destruction caused by the military. I'll post this on our National Facebook page and send the link to the environmental group. Thank you for doing real service for this country and humanity!

[@Romandy13]

I swear, you always manage to reveal things in our everyday lives which I would never think about when thinking what are the factors harming the environment. I look forward to learning more about what other environmentally damaging industries I'm unaware of.

[@samikent5422]

Screw the environment. American FREEDOM is priority #1. Who gives a damn about grass and trees if there's no freedom to enjoy it all? If America shows any sign of weakness, it'll be overrun by EVERYONE in the world. At this point it's us vs the rest. You blink, you die. If anything, the military budget needs to be tripled.

[@luc6284]

Dude, the USA is a nuclear nation. Do you realise that any country stupid enough to attack the United States would basically be commiting suicide? Think about it. There is a reason why nuclear nations are not at war with each other. It is because everyone knows that going to war with a country that has nukes would end bad for everyone. No country would benefit from bombing everything to oblivion so don't expect anyone to come invading your land. If the USA falls someday, I expect it to be from economical pressures or cultural divide within the country itself, some of which would likely be correlated to the economic and social impacts of climate change

[@cuckingfunt9353]

@@luc6284 Well if America stopped producing CO2 tomorrow nothing will change because China produces TWICE as much CO2 as the US.

[@cuckingfunt9353]

@@luc6284 Also America is not the biggest military in teh world China has twice as many armed forces .

[@luc6284]

@@cuckingfunt9353 they have the biggest military budget by far

[@nickc3657]

Thank you for not shying away from relevant “political” topics.

[@noellemattison8220]

55 percent of us tax dollars go to the military. Schools 1.6 percent

[@williamgodwin74]

jesus christ what a world were in

[@willvanmoss6664]

Shows you how much the government cares about the People... The US is now an oligarchy, not a democracy anymore :(

[@goldeegoldfish]

We use our tax dollars to kill innocent people overseas yet we still don't have healthcare for all here. We desperately need political change!

[@williamgodwin74]

@@goldeegoldfish fundamental political change. electing a better candidate wont change shit if they are resisted against and their attempts at bettering the nation frustrated by the establishment.

[@StonkExchange]

lol no only 16% Still a lot tho

[@daanvandongen1422]

Not the subject of the video, but the animation in these videos is beyond awesome and i'd love to get an in depth look on how you make these videos pop so vibrantly!

[@kevinpace866]

It’s crazy how this country has so much money for military. Yet there is starving and developing countries that need real help not an AK and a dictator brought by the USA

[@azhadial7396]

Starving countries are not the only ones who need money. The US needs money too! The US is the developped country with the biggest proportion of poor people, and yet, the government thinks it is better to spend their money on a military instead of using it to solve the social problems of the country.

[@108nighthawk]

Those people are not our problem or concern.

[@3User]

Why should the US keep pumping money into other countries? They have absolutely no obligation to just give away their money

[@108nighthawk]

@@xShadowWolf17x Your misunderstanding. They themselves are not our problem or concern, the damage they could cause, however, is.

[@108nighthawk]

@Kate And your point?

[@verylongname8161]

Honestly all parts of the military has flaws. It is also unnecessarily massive.

[@nosamsemaj9150]

lol lol how is it unnecessarily massive?

[@RandomGuy-nm6bm]

@@nosamsemaj9150 you didn't see the comparison with other countries military

[@NicitoStaAna]

It is to instill fear into the bad guys. The problem is well. The cost of instill fear to keep them in check might be too much. The literal trillions of dollar question is where is the line of too much? (Personal opinion) Just put couple of nukes in range and enough to be advanced/fast/many enough to avoid anti nuke missiles and then not afraid of using it. It'll be fine

[@goosty17]

And really the most unneeded industry

[@108nighthawk]

@@RandomGuy-nm6bm Like saying the Patriots are "unnecessarily good". The point of a mikitary is to eliminate threats... it helps to be larger.

[@itsbehindy0u]

This is the most ambitious and most important video you've ever put out. The ignorance towards the military industrial complex has gone on for far too long.

[@armitylekhona585]

Join and serve our country

[@KlausBahnhof]

@@averagejoe7860 When you say "protect the world from war" I think you mean to say the illegal invasion of sovereign countries. Big difference.

[@zEropoint68]

i'm curious to know what other people think about this: why do you suppose the media is so stuck on telling people to take shorter showers and not use straws to correct climate change instead of telling people what companies are the worst polluters, how they pollute, and alternative consumer goods that will prevent them from having to support corporate polluters? what other things do you think the media could be doing instead of harping at individuals for making choices that they ultimately have no control over?

[@daviszollars3356]

Because those companies control the media I think lol

[@fuegodragonhealing]

Because the media is bought by those industries

[@LulaJake]

It's misinfomation. distract the populace with something they can achieve so they think they are 'helping" when they are the actual cause and effect.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Well people do have some control, but I agree it's hard. I don't get why some people and businesses tell people to limit consumption when doesn't that mean less customers for them? When businesses can and should make eco-friendly products, factories, and businesses so they can keep and attract customers too. John Stossel has a video on socialism on the environment, and he and the comments said businesses help the environment more than than regulation, and showed evidence. Idk. It'd be nice if Our Changing Climate can comment on that. It matters to enlighten people cause people vote, push for change, and are customers. Many people spend on luxuries and nonessentials too.

[@samspotz8r8s]

So happy to see more controversial issues bought up

[@jasminerose3114]

These videos are so interesting to watch - how are they not more popular?? I wish these topics got covered more often in mainstream media

[@onalos1271]

Most progressive issues aren't covered much in mainstream corporate media. The keyword is corporate. It has an interest in maintaining big money interests so it doesn't often push progressive concerns much.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@onalos1271 Especially anything that's anti-war since the Military-Industrial complex is such big business that almost all companies in the US are involved, even media as they often work closely with the US military in order to produce propaganda for it.

[@lyrablack8621]

Piggybacking off hedgehog3180's comment, the US military funds pretty much the entirety of Hollywood. Which is why there's practically no films that even criticize the military, let alone outright call for its defunding or abolition

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@onalos1271 I've seen some media censor all political sides. I typed in some video titles of conservatives and searched it in videos on their channel and couldn't find it either. I don't like any political groups but I try to learn about different sides. Some businesses do shove politics too much. From any side. When businesses should stay neutral.

[@Solardiysystems]

My main takeaway is that it seems like a lot of recent wars have been about securing fosil fuel resources. These wars were expensive. Perhaps spending the same money on solar, other renewable energy, would reach the same goal: energy security.

[@optillian4182]

If NASA had even a third of the US military budget, there would've been men on Mars already.

[@xxdrowssapxx1]

You got balls dude. This really is one of the biggest elephants that anyone is scared to even whisper about. Stay safe.

[@wargriffin5]

"War is ALWAYS an enviromental hazard...there is no such thing as a green war." *GENGHIS KHAN DISAGREES* ;)

[@lmac7633]

wargriffin5 genghis khan definitely reduced greenhouse gas emissions with all the people the stopped existing

[@sanchirkh6019]

@@lmac7633 i heard the earth got little colder and eco system started thriving after all the killings

[@ccaffie1231]

@@lmac7633 ghengis: no worries bro *casually makes a shit ton of babies*

[@FRISHR]

“Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”

[@desertsand8778]

yeah but the problem is we keep on using that stick almost all the time

[@mafismathis8012]

no

[@karenslivesmatter2186]

@Va Sr George carlin

[@gamer-wh9pb]

Very underrated channel! Love your content bro!

[@orjelmort2330]

CrackingZone imagine calling a underrated channel that promote the green new deal

[@alicia-gg1hf]

should i be doing homework? yes. am i going to watch a video about how the us military is causing climate change even though i live in australia? yes. (also the homework is an essay about world war I...)

[@mooreanonumbers]

Ah, WWI, the original arms race gone mad

[@Goldenfightinglink]

"Love" the troops, but hate why they fight.

[@owenbunny4023]

you dont have to love those whi just do it because they are action junkie. love those who truely serve because they want to do their part for the fatherland, those are the true patriots

[@goosty17]

@@owenbunny4023 Hate them all actually 😍

[@avaborch-solem2300]

@@goosty17 You are one of the people giving leftists a bad rep.

[@ccaffie1231]

@@goosty17 Coast Guard: *disappointed cleaning up oil spill noises* I would like to thank you for your passive aggressive service to the comments section (old comment, ik, I'm bored :p)

[@ccaffie1231]

@Atheist Nihilist Communist unfortunately many patriots do in fact support aggressing other nations for the sake of aggressing, probably imperialists tbh met a few, honestly they're kind of assholes personally I just wanted a strong military for the sake of national defense

[@jamesvieira4053]

I’m really happy you made this one. I just found your channel and have seen like 25 videos over the past week. And this was one that I was looking forward to the most.

[@xXAnthony619Xx]

I never really thought about this topic.

[@jadersanctem]

Same, I had an "oh dang, hes right" moment

[@dave_riots]

Because the media rarely covers it. That's really sad.

[@Sara3346]

@@dave_riots it wouldn't benefit most media producers to do so would it?

[@meena4429]

This may be one of the most important videos made in a while. Thank you so much for what you do!

[@FutureWisdom]

Thank you for covering this!!!!

[@qutiepiedesigns2879]

I never had thought about this before, that all those machines can contribute to pollution. I guess it shows how it’s hidden from us.

[@hedgehog3180]

In the US there is a huge push to keep the massive military out of mind for everyone and make people accept it as just how things are. The military being that large is presented as natural and media companies wouldn't dare make anything critical about it because they make a lot of money from working with the US military.

[@hedgehog3180]

Absolutely amazing, after some of the other videos I was wondering what this one would be like but you didn't hide anything and handled the topic honestly even though it's controversial. Great job.

[@benjaminzerr6708]

I live in Hawaii, and we definitely feel the effects of the military. They own 20% of the island of Oahu, an island that is half the size of Rhode Island and home to a million people. There are whole valleys that you can't access because the military reserves them as glorified campgrounds, or because they're littered with unexploded artillery. They also fly helicopters over our neighborhood a couple times a day for 'practice'. Thinking about how much pollution is created from these exercises is disheartening.

[@melodiyablakyti]

this is an awesomely crafted video. I've never thought about this before, therefore thank you for enlightening me and other people on the issue

[@linhnguyen5448]

love your videos so much. These videos help us understand various aspects of our changing climate. Keep going and we'll always follow your chanel. Thanh you!

[@elginavila1843]

I really appreciate the sources you include here. It shows you are issuing a great deal of effort to validate any claims and ideas you have. Although sometimes I think there are better sources to use to make your arguments stronger, that is simply my opinion and thank you for creating a very interesting dialogue around environmentalism.

[@Iquey]

Nuclear weapons, depleted uranium, countless bullet shells, landmines, regular fire bomb making chemicals. Yeah, it's a A LOT.

[@JustusWilcox]

I figured this out about three years ago. Thanks for going in-depth.

[@letsgrow6934]

This is my comment to support your channel. Thank you for opening my eyes to an issue I did not even know about.

[@tolisthekid]

This feels like your best project to this date mate! Really commonsense topic, really dangerous to discuss openly.

[@emilianachateau]

GREAT VÍDEO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONTENT YOU CREATE! 💕

[@learnenglishwithjojo]

Thank you so much for highlighting this issue

[@T50N6]

Glad to know the numbers and giving us an opinion of the impact of the military. Can’t wait for change in leadership and get new changes. It’ll take years if not decades for it to happen (which will be too late). But hopefully the other industries will make the move to being greener first.

[@KLK01]

Stupid question, but where does the US get those 700 billion from? How do they manage to get so much money?

[@meevil24]

Taxes

[@nosamsemaj9150]

Kate yeah cus the US military allows the worlds economies to remain stable which encourages investment because investors only invest in stable economies.

[@azhadial7396]

@@nosamsemaj9150 Every developped country has a strong army, maybe except countries like Finland which is not threatened by anyone (and also de facto protected by all members of the European Union). Developped country do not need the US help. And recently, the US has done more to destabilize the world economy than the opposite: US sanctions on China, on Iran, its renegociation of treaties like NAFTA, its threats against other NATO members, the removal of its army in the Rojava territory which allowed for a Turkish invasion, its increased military support for Saudi Arabia and against other US allies (like Qatar which Trump almost allowed to be invaded by Saudi Arabia)...

[@zjschulling]

Taxes of course, but the U.S economy is also an absolute behemoth. For example that 700 billion is only 3.2% of our annual GDP

[@MuffHam]

The USA borrows the money and its national debt increases every year to pay for the military. Eventually the USA economy will implode on itself and will totally collapse. And the military spending will be one of the biggest cusses of the collapse.

[@finnyjam8252]

2:40 that's an SU-27 "Flanker", a Russian aircraft Still very insightful video

[@JL-cn1qi]

That the person has miss-matched his socks doesn't mean he cant make a valid point.

[@glenniebrother]

@@JL-cn1qi Guy clearly said it's still a good video

[@orjelmort2330]

No it is a mig29, not a su27

[@alkureshi]

@@orjelmort2330 yes, it is a mig 29 indeed

[@hedgehog3180]

I think it's often easier to find non-copyrighted material of Russian military equipment, I've noticed that before creators tend to include more footage and 3D models of Russian equipment. There are reasons for this, I know that US arms companies actually often own copyrights on the weapons they make and are fairly protective of them since they can make a lot of money from that when those weapons are included in games and movies. So I imagine that's the reason.

[@eruno_]

Glad you covered this

[@onalos1271]

Just found this awesome content. Subbed.

[@oneniggo]

Why does it seem as no-one got this on their mind? You've hinted at it, but I'd definitely add the emissions of the military manufacturing, especially the heavy industry. This is particularly important to countries like Germany which obviously isn't close to the US military spending (though still to high) but exports a lot of weapons and thereby is very damaging as well

[@heavycruzer1801]

The MIC honestly seems to be more focused on subterfuge and money other than the defense of the country

[@leo9753]

Great video again!

[@DilbertDrape]

this is your best one yet!

[@antoniosaladin]

Expertly handled. It’s hard to talk about stuff like this without people smearing you but your carefulness is very evident

[@machintrucvalea5589]

Why this chanel has only 200k, I'live in Switzerland and I know it since a long time. Great job !

[@machintrucvalea5589]

Lucas Zhu yes we are a peaceful country so it seem logic

[@Iquey]

The order that I would scale back would be to close all non essential bases first, and then at the same time change all existing bases to more low waste, energy efficient daily practices. And finally only the essential bases and training facilities would get high amounts of green retrofitting, while the medium-need bases would focus on eliminating themselves through peace efforts and restorative justice efforts in whatever region they've caused harm in.

[@rubixtheslime]

"they're all essential" is probably the response you'd get, likely while setting up a new base in Antarctica in case the penguins revolt.

[@joestr]

Great video once again

[@furowowo]

"There is no more titans in this day and age, why should we practice traditional military activity?" -New gen Scout Corps probably

[@aptorres01]

Great wrk guys thank you

[@GMIV]

Thank you for his, this has to be one of the best videos ever on this platform. US military industrial complex is one of the biggest threats to the entire planet.

[@gossipgirl9508]

amazing video!

[@turquoisebunny6104]

great video!

[@myuuupurin]

i love this channel so much

[@alexandrakonstantinidis3694]

This is amazing!! Wonderful work...the reduction of war on the planet is one of my "pet" project in life.It's hard to know where to start & what to do--your video gives perfect info to fight with...great stats..& info I never would have thought although is so so so blatantly true!🙏🙏🙏Thank you for your work...🙏🙏🙏

[@miahuh]

💯 I agree with this, likely being the only way for the problem of modern climate ect to even be addressed is through systemic infrastructure changes. Sadly it will only happen if enough people push it to happen.

[@InspiRAWtion]

interesting topic!

[@sofialimon4873]

You are braver than any U.S marine for posting this. Thank you king!

[@kavijackson868]

GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@aliyahabrahams]

I keep getting ads trying to recruit me because my VPN is set in the US. They’re recruiting through KZbin ads. In the middle of a pandemic. 🙂

[@sd8313]

Can you do a video on the benefits of high speed rail

[@michaelmajid5142]

Mate your video is my very awesome and informative. It is very unfortunate that is has low views

[@MareTranquil]

Well, you know what will happen in a public debate... "So, you are saying that our troops are not heroes?"

[@sparkyplugclean2402]

People typically only see the helplessness they have as a taxpayer toward their contribution to the military industrial complex. Purposefully lowering income to reduce tax debt no longer works due to the societal control of resources. The silver lining may be that becoming a corporation and wisely using the system of tax breaks, credits, and etc. may be a viable way to succeed in business, make effective changes for the better, and legally and ethically reduce your personal input to the military's coerced demands. Capitalism has done the lobbying for us, learn how to use it.

[@KarolaTea]

But paying less taxes overall also cuts funding to schools and infrastructure and other actually useful things.

[@sparkyplugclean2402]

@Karolatea, much of the taxes for schools and local infrastructure is collected at the county level through vehicle registration, business, and property taxes.

[@KarolaTea]

Ah, ok

[@jeremyvoss4461]

Great video

[@aealaeddin]

I love this video

[@carolinedavies8101]

Thank you VERY MUCH for doing this video, it truly is the Elephant in the Room and I was glad you mentioned that current climate action rarely if ever mentions it. We desperately need action on this and this movie will help

[@KarolaTea]

Very interesting video. I knew military spending in the US was high, but I didn't know it was *that* high. With climate change causing more catastrophies I would guess a lot of military personell could find a job in emergency relief. There's probably a lot of overlapping skills required.

[@ProvenScroll]

This video is brilliant!

[@Nova-jj6ov]

This is such an importing video on an important topic.

[@dyj321]

Let's not forget how much of the military's budget goes to contractors who are usually proir service members but going private they can charge the military double or more of what they made while in. The contracting space is ridiculous

[@ahmedkantaoui4409]

Very nice

[@hereparachinar7216]

Its amazing infromation for us

[@bertkruupke2006]

I want a universe without war.

[@nextup91]

Lol good one

[@shzarmai]

Probably IF NOT certainly not going to happen as along as humanity exists, since there would be military-industrial complex(es)/defense contractor companies and private military companies (basically mercenary business organisations).

[@bertkruupke2006]

@@shzarmai Just because there`ll be military-industrial complexes/defense contractor companies and private military companies, doesn`t mean that there has to be war. Humanity is capable of peaceful behaviour and if only enough people stand with the idea of peace, then there`ll be peace.

[@shzarmai]

@@bertkruupke2006 I hope so, but i doubt it tbh

[@knes167]

@@bertkruupke2006 False, peace is always temporary Only a matter of time before someone's head gets to big and they start trying to take more of the pie Otherwise the only way to "guarantee" peace would involve basically being your own evil; for example punishing ppl for crimes they MIGHT do but havent done yet to preemptively keep the peace. Which wouldnt be peaceful when done in mass now would it?

[@shaf7124]

What music is that in the background 7:00 ?

[@lil_weasel219]

interesting channel, ill stick around

[@benjaminhoover6427]

Bubble fit to burst When it does It makes waves We will never sea

[@07jackg]

What's the music playing at 03:13 ?

[@bcr044]

Me, wanting to know about the MIC: (still good to know though)

[@davidbray5982]

Wow. How did this never occur to me? I did some researchof my own, and found out that my home, the UK, is far from perfect too. We still spend 2% of our GDP on our defence because NATO tells us to.

[@ammebee16]

God these videos are so mind blowing…thank you

[@maple34230]

Does anyone know how Charlie makes his animations?

[@irismartyn4088]

Most likely after effects

[@mafismathis8012]

5:55 smedley butler ... research the name!

[@sonyaliinomebarlow100]

this is the best

[@zachduperron8543]

7:00 this is so true, everyone is too lazy or doesn’t want change.

[@FALprofessional]

I have been thinking this for the longest time. Regretably, part of that $738 billion goes into my pocket, but you have to make a living somehow. I'm earnestly looking for employment in a new industry. At the very least, I'm glad someone has made a video on it. Subbed. Keep it up!

[@rubixtheslime]

Any updates on that job search?

[@S7r1k3r581]

Pls do a video on Video Streaming pollution

[@emoses]

More people need to watch this.

[@elizabethmatchefts8509]

Great video, but I don't know the answer. Without the military base in my city, there would be very few jobs.

[@fuegodragonhealing]

Green new deal. I'm sure your region needs an infrastructure update, doing it green will provide all of those jobs :)

[@HawreKoyi1]

There is always war and ppl need army to protect themselves. However there are ppl who understand the different aspects of strong army and some ppl just think about the environment impact. USA is a great country do not think otherwise.

[@Interestingworld4567]

You should do a video about the greenhouse gas produced by fertilizers use in the agriculture fields and industry. I going to tell you straight is like 4 to 5 times more strong than co2 produced from cars truck tanks and even the poop from cows from California.

[@letransformateur6477]

Very interesting point! Do you know where I could find more info about this?

[@adamsauer6516]

ill give some insight.. alot of the problems you mentioned were started and caused by people born before 1980.. the new top brass of the military understands and is pushing for change in the way things happen and to be more efficient and environment friendly.. lots of background programs in getting cleaner fuel and what not. there is a culture shift. just need all these old timers out of office and the high rank structure... they are set on old shitty ways tbh.. takes time. also the VA takes up alot of the DOD $$

[@damnright4]

The only way to stop the wasteful spending is...To defund it.

[@frqncymusic7916]

It is hard to understand why all this is needed also for the costs of our world's environment

[@graysutherlin7568]

The wastefulness of the military is absolutely shocking and noticeable as soon as you join. However, I feel as if the video said that a department of defense that actually limits itself to defense is unrealistic. But I think it's less realistic than total demilitarization. I believe the necessity of national defense is a fact of life at this point in history. It's not as if it's never been done, Switzerland is a prime example that has required military service for all males (in contrast with the American military which makes up 1% of its total population) but has used its military to remain neutral rather than get itself involved in global conflict. What is necessary, however, is a descaling of our military and a total change in our objectives and practices. It would seem like demilitarization compared to what we have now, maybe that's what he meant.