Trump's Biggest Failure

Well... this took longer than expected.
I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the editing itself, which took a month and two weeks. But then again, you voted for this video.
As I described it when I put it up to be voted on, I believe Trump's single biggest failure as a president is his handling of China and the way his ineffective and lack-luster foreign policy allowed for a communist dictatorship to rise and build a superpower within a block of unfree states that can even rival the United States and has by now even found ways to influence the politics of democratic nations.
I would like to underline one thing though. I despise the "orange man bad!" "Dump Drumpf" political culture developing in the United States, in which even Trump's opposition just constantly meanders about pointless and meaningless things rather than actually criticize the president's stupid policies. With that in mind, videos I will be making about the election as 2020 approaches will be more focused on looking at and critiquing actual policies and not about pedantic nonsense. Because I genuinely believe that Trump has been a terrible president, but the reason why the U.S public complains about him has nothing to do with why he is terrible.
I hope you enjoy this video. It's long because I believe for people to understand the gravity of the situation one needs to have a basic understanding of Chinese history going back a few thousand years, from the many Dynasties of the Han, Qing and Yuan, to the century of Humiliation, to the brutal civil war between communists and the Kuomintang, to the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, to where we are now, which is China is a world power that actively challenges America's role in the world. The Belt and Road initiative that builds a new silk road, the Chinese Dream policy, and doctrine, the String of Pearls strategy, it's influence of Australian and European politics, and the way it created and opened markets in African nations such as Kenya are all discussed here in a historical context, that I hope will give you much insight. I hope you will enjoy it.
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[@elmerkado]

Just wondering why so many chemists become world leaders: Angela Merkel, Xi Jiping, the current Pope, Margaret Thatcher.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

Here is an interview with a Chemist who went into politics on that exact topic: www.chemistryworld.com/features/political-chemists/3004738.article

[@unifieddynasty]

Because they are the danger. 😃

[@punctuationman334]

elmerkado damn he unpinned you.

[@jasonmartin4775]

@@unifieddynasty They are the ones who knock.

[@unifieddynasty]

@@jasonmartin4775 Ayyyyy lmao

[@preuisch8171]

"The english and Dutch tried sailing around Russia, where they only found...more Russia" lmao

[@rage_squid9641]

I like the idea of Russia just endlessly expanding, east Russia cannot be stopped

[@nope1906]

Lol this killed me 😂

[@Amantducafe]

Funniest part is that its true!

[@lordmike9384]

Rage _Squid they need to learn how to make more babies to continue endless expansion in russia.

[@archiemeijer9978]

@Bernie love There is a lot to be ashamed of in American history. But there is a beautiful ideal which could truly make American great (for the first time) if we endeavored to live by it.

[@minhacontaize]

"Those who beat, forget it easily,; those who got beaten, never forget it." - Portuguese Saying

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

Diz-me amigo, diz-me a versão original para saber como soa.

[@minhacontaize]

@@goncalocarneiro3043 "Quem bate esquece, quem apanha não esquece."

[@rubenneto6198]

@@goncalocarneiro3043 Quem bate nunca se lembra, quem apanha nunca esquecerá.

[@nfspbarrister5681]

Betrayal works too in that analogy

[@najlepszekiwi8761]

Ah yes, my favorite speaker, Portuguese Saying

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

Correction on the use of latin in that trade interaction with the British. The latin being used was not Roman latin and it wasn’t because the Chinese thought Europe still spoke latin. It was Ecclesiastical Latin because the Chinese translator was educated by Portuguese missionaries. So he spoke Portuguese and Ecclesiastical Latin but not English. And the English trade mission didn’t speak Portuguese, but they did speak Ecclesiastical Latin which at the time was basically spoken by all high society europeans. So Ecclesiastical Latin was the intermediary language used.

[@Vitorruy1]

thanks, I hate when those mundane stories are exploited for shock effect

[@lilomorales6181]

That's so interesting! Thanks 🎉❤

[@beentheredonethat1525]

potato,potarto .. cogito ?

[@myosotis4507]

Just hearing it I thought why would they even have learned latin from the Romans when the two civilizations never actually met or established formal diplomatic relations prior to at least the 600s and 700s, when the Roman Empire spoke greek?

[@PavelSedlak]

Ecclesiastical Latin and Classical Latin are the same language though, with minor difference in pronunciation, end even smaller difference in grammar and vocabulary.

[@ikkenoe3086]

i would love to see a sequel of this video which takes into account all the unexpected thing that has happened since but also wow the world has changed a lot these last three weeks

[@giovannarossi5094]

how did the world changed in the last 3 weeks?

[@hika5251]

@@giovannarossi5094 corona

[@survive7771]

*years

[@ace1767]

i agree. Kraut does a good job presenting this information and he is good at finding it.

[@VijoPlays]

@@hika5251 Ah yes, that one famous Corona outbreak in 2022!

[@zimgodo]

"The English and the Dutch tried sailing around Russia, where they only found more Russia" lol

[@zesa9867]

ikr that one was good lol

[@emporerjragon2122]

I read this as he said it.

[@magnusthered4946]

Except there even more russia 🇷🇺 The Dutch and english be like “WHEN DOES IT END "

[@Nutty151]

Russia wraps around the Earth.

[@firestorm-1154]

2:22 - 2:27

[@NoelApitta]

I feel so stressed out. You have singlehandedly changed my viewpoint on how strategic thinking has shaped the world. Many thanks.

[@ezzy7151]

International relations 101

[@meganh9460]

check out peter zeihan. He did the same to me.

[@sasha6454]

Yes. Check out the Neo-realist school of geopolitics. They definitely manage to stress me out.

[@andrewduan5123]

@@sasha6454 this isnt really neo-realism as much as it is liberalism at work. When studying international politics I've always noted that China has been very adept at using 21st century concepts of soft power in international relations

[@infidelheretic923]

Something Trump is decidedly poor at.

[@TheMCCraftingTable]

I clicked this video thinking I was going to hear an hour of American history & Trump's foolishness. Instead I got educated on how things came to be and Geopolitics 101 of the 21st century.

[@RandomLorence]

0:00: A Prelude 5:17: The Beginning of the End 10:54: A Millennia of Solitude 14:47: How we Got Here 20:12: The Story of a Man, and his Nation 28:11: Old Means, Old Goals, New Dreams 45:07: Those Pesky Democracies 58:09: Tom & Jerry 1:06:23: Conclusion

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Thank you.

[@im_yassin]

You forgot Tom & Jerry at 58:09

[@TheAmazingDolph]

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

[@ezzy7151]

@@maverickfalcon4856 yeah dude I'm sure you know more than fucking Napoleon. Goddamn the west has some stupid fucks

[@MrTeddy12397]

@Dieu Lui-même it is in chinese culture to cheat and lie.

[@SmallDoki]

@@maverickfalcon4856 ''trust me i know''

[@yulifts1873]

@@MrTeddy12397 Yes its in your culture to eat shit for breakfast

[@user-nt1pm8dw3q]

@@MrTeddy12397 I used to be director of the CIA. We lied, we cheated, we stole. We also have a course dedicated to these, which is the glory of America's continuous exploration and progress.---------------------------彭斯 Don't worry. We're just copying your American morality

[@n484l3iehugtil]

Expected the latest Trump controversy Got a lecture in china and world economic history until the last 5 mins instead 10/10 would get educated again

[@Corn_Pop]

Dude tries to sound smart, but provides no alternative solutions. High-level Orange Man Bad. "Anyone but Trump" can't be the solution when Beijing Biden is the alternative.

[@beefstew3927]

@@Corn_Pop I don't know about Biden's view on China. A few days back he called China's treatment of the Uighurs genocide, but I actually don't know the full picture.

[@jgsh8062]

@@Corn_Pop The point of the video isn't to provide alternate solutions. What in the title made you expect alternate solutions to be provided? You're supposed to form your own opinion on what should have been done. It's called free thinking - heard of it? It's the basis of our democratic system

[@treetrr4893]

@@Corn_Pop America is in decline from here on out no matter who is president.

[@Pronghornleghorn24]

Corn Pop he never even suggests “anyone but trump” as a solution. He was just stating what he saw as Trumps biggest mistake of his presidency at the time he made the video. As for “sounding smart” he puts more information behind his argument then you tried to in your attempt devalue his claim

[@rickiex]

Did you seriously just explained almost 500 years of history portraying to major issues the current world is facing in one hour?! God dam. As an amateur historican, you did an amazing job cover major events that is critical to the topic, amazing work! Im honestly hurt you explained something that took me days if not weeks studying in one hour lol

[@erichodge567]

I did not mean to sit here for an hour watching this video, but I did. An absolutely compelling piece of work.

[@lillyie]

"So, what's trump's biggest failure?" It all starts off with England, Spain, Netherlands and Portugal finding a new trade route to China "How is this related to trump?" *WE GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE!*

[@Glace1221]

1 hour and nine minutes later: "And so ends the tale, of our friend, the biggest fuckin idiot to ever run the US."

[@ALWH1314]

@@Glace1221 hence Chinese was hoping for another Trump term, 😂

[@thatoneneeko2131]

@@ALWH1314 hard chinese patriots actually do tho.

[@gunk2184]

@@thatoneneeko2131 oh yess

[@lishalou761]

@@Glace1221 I am not a trump fan, but if you think he is worse than the idiot we got in office right now you don't know what an idiot is.

[@danielbcd7620]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@theclimbto1]

Goes back to Sun Tzu, and he likely had heard it long before it was attributed to him. :D

[@bindukopparapu2795]

@Kiro Nartiti Trump's whole term

[@JoaoOliveira-dp6xp]

“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world" - Napolean. He literally predicted China's rise to world power centuries ago.

[@thnkng]

If I had a nickel for every time someone quoted napoleon bonaparte on the comments of this video, I'd have to nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird it happened twice.

[@potatopotatoeOG]

@@theclimbto1 lol

[@fabs3674]

The prologue got me so hooked up that I forgot this was about Trump

[@orange8420]

classmate, teacher : "why china has a beef with USA ,and why china wants taiwan sooo badly " Me : "it all started in the valley of the yellow river in BC 3000"

[@keephappy114]

*watches first few minutes* "Hey this isnt about Tru-" *"We'll get there when we get there"*

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

the background added a lot of really relevant context and, I think, made the points that much stronger when he got around to them.

[@denmarkyesh7366]

Oh god just realized this is 1 hour long

[@bindukopparapu2795]

@@denmarkyesh7366 You should still watch it

[@kebman]

Except Kraut is wrong about Trump. He has done more to address the situation than fully corrupt people like the Clintons ever could. And if you think big corp puppet Biden will do any better, then you are a special kind of stupid.

[@keephappy114]

@@kebman except Trump is being nationalistic and not taking actiom?

[@Ataniphor]

never heard of this channel before but this is the first time Ive ever seen someone just straight up drop a 1 hour long comprehensively edited and researched video just like that. absolutely glorious. didn't think Id actually sit through the whole thing but it was just too well done with many insights Id never considered before.

[@phantomtq]

Same here. Too pity western powers seriously underestimated china

[@stevepreston5742]

@yehoutube My dude, China is committing genocide right now, as we type.

[@alynthequestseeker3017]

@yehoutube should I go into detail on the massacres of the Han dynasty? The incredible amounts of death and destruction spread by the Shang and Zhou dynasties? No? Then perhaps you'd prefer to observe the cold and calculated campaigns of the cao clan. And note i haven't even started on the mass slaughters of the mode modern Chinese state. The horror that was the communist movement that killed tens of millions. So maybe take your oversimplification of the West being evil and kindly shove it up your ass. Humans in power do terrible things on a pretty regular basis. And if we're just counting bodies, the West doesn't even come close to the East.

[@JohnSmith-hz7te]

*Very Western - centric*

[@iouvxz]

Actually all these talking points are no news to me ,but it's so well researched ,I have to give him a thumb up .

[@Vitorruy1]

Didn't click on the video despite a billion recommendations because i was tired of hearing about trump all the time, now I wish I clicked on it sooner

[@createdforthemoment6740]

Same. I wish I'd known all that stuff about Xi.

[@jaarneal]

Interesting that this was made 3 years ago, long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The final takeaway that capitalism and prosperity does not eliminate authoritarianism is a notion that became much more widespread after that. Particularly in Europe.

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

To be honest, we had already seen authoritarian capitalist states before China. Pakistan being the first example that comes to mind.

[@boozecruiser]

Capitalism is an inherently authoritarian system. Property rights as envisioned by capitalists require extensive judicial and law enforcement bodies to enforce the abstract idea of a billionaire thousands of miles away having exclusive control over hundreds of square miles of oil fields, rather than the more intuitive and natural conclusion that the people who work and live on the land are entitled to their share.

[@boozecruiser]

Capitalism isn't the reason that Europe is largely open and democratic, our history of middle and lower class struggle against the ruling class is what we have to thank for our freedoms

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

@@boozecruiser I agree that most contemporary liberties are a result of common folk victories against the elite class, and that capitalism will fall under the broad umbrella of "authoritarian" ideologies. But capital is not necessarily protected through legal institutions. Billionaires get rich through deregulation.

[@poptraxx418]

@@boozecruiser shut up with your socialist nonsense

[@ariyanzarei7538]

I started this video as background noise but ended up glued to it for the entire duration. Just incredible. You just earned yourself a new patreon from a penniless college student.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

If you are having a hard time, I suggest you keep your hard earned money to sustain yourself much dude.

[@maxlu8235]

Simp

[@bobamshagiron2204]

@@maxlu8235 simp

[@M-N00]

@@Kraut_the_Parrot subbed

[@jopolu5509]

haha same

[@greatscott636]

The fact that they kept Latin alive in isolation for a 1000 years is damn impressive.

[@marcosalexandre3150]

Portugal colonizou uma pequena parte da China chamada Macau, levando um pouco de latim vulgar para lá, algo como 0.3% da população de macau hoje em dia fala português.

[@asuUcKa]

@@marcosalexandre3150 amazing

[@10z20]

I'm 99% sure the claim is completely wrong, I can't find that anywhere. This whole video is full of easy inaccuracies. I think Kraut misunderstood the Wikipedia page: "The mission brought along four Chinese Catholic priests as interpreters. Two were from the Collegium Sinicum in Naples, where George Staunton had recruited them. They were familiar with Latin, but not English. The other two were priests returning to China, to whom Staunton offered free passage to Macau.[2]:5[5] The 100-member delegation also included scholars and valets.[6]" The priests knew Italian and Latin but not English, because they were Catholics studying in Naples.

[@subatenome]

​@@10z20 I would love to have a look at his sources. He honestly says so many interesting things that I wish I could check out in more depth. It's a shame I suppose....

[@lunar58071]

They say its a dead language but I dont think its gonna die anytime soon

[@kl-je3up]

crazy to watch this video again 3 years later and look at what has changed since. still an incredible video

[@normanclatcher]

This is officially my fourth time watching this video, from start-to-finish. It never gets boring.

[@JakeMcGrawType10]

And the Chinese refused the British trade offers, in Latin learned from the Centuries dead Romans. Hot damn I just got chills. Awesome history.

[@luska5522]

Then the British forced Opium into the chinese market using smuglers and then, the east india trading company. The First Opium War began.

[@ShibalotonSeattle]

This really sounds awesome but sadly it is not what happened. The reason that Chinese were using Latin at that time is because the Qing court had diplomatic relationship with the Holy See, one of the only two western powers who China had contacts with, the other one was Russia.

[@Heating56]

Imagine? The Romans vanished over a thousand years ago, and your empire just didn’t know or didn’t care. Through the dynastic cycles, even those who knew of Rome must have thought the great empire was simply a traders myth from a thousand years ago

[@alniseschrenkek6348]

@@Heating56 Ironically, Europes downfall was caused by the same ignorance, the ignorance towards/of Romes greatness. The moment the renaissance kicked in, we took over the world. The moment we accepted and celebrated the greatness of Rome, was the moment we made China our bitch, over night.

[@matthewlaurence3121]

A coda or foreshadowing, if it were a work of fiction. Now the shoe is on the other foot.

[@yourewrong264]

“When your enemy doesn’t know they are fighting a war, well they’ve already lost.” I think that’s the right phrasing of the quote but regardless it applies.

[@philiplathrop9250]

Thank you for realizing the importance of this video

[@shawnwarrynn8609]

Is that a Sun Tzu quote?

[@yourewrong264]

Maybe, I don’t know but I figured it was a good summary of what China is doing right now.

[@shawnwarrynn8609]

@@yourewrong264 Well it is a good quote, none the less. It just seems like somthing Sun Tzu would have said. Or perhaps it could be a quote by Machiavelli.

[@yourewrong264]

Sun Tzu said something really similar, “Don’t interfere with your enemy if they’re in the process of destroying themselves”

[@TroIIingThemSoftly]

I'm surprised you managed to condense this into such a short video. This could well have been a 12-part documentary.

[@Zohairshanteer]

N@zi

[@takie9218]

​@@Zohairshanteer z Zombie🤡💩

[@NoFuqinIdea]

Imagine playing the most advanced game of political 4D Chess for 8 long years, only to slip over an organism so small, it isn't even being considered as "life" by the majority of experts researching it. GG. I'm glad about all the conversation we finally had about this topic within the last 2,5 years.

[@holydoggo4822]

this feels like brain4breakfast and that makes me happy, i miss him

[@squifftopher]

me too

[@theArab__]

Oh god...he is in a better place, still I can’t help but miss him

[@jacklee-xc1dj]

@@theArab__ Better place as in...?

[@holydoggo4822]

@@jacklee-xc1dj he is dead, he passed on to whatever there is after life

[@MPHJackson7]

I knew I wasn't the only one who got a Brain4breakfast vibe from this.

[@justinc.5591]

“Are you capitalist or socialist?” China: Yes.

[@pvstee]

they are communist

[@TheAN94]

Capitalist economy, socialist government.

[@pvstee]

kek top they are a communist country there’s no point in arguing

[@FlammeundFeuer]

They're national socialist, basically, from a structural point of view. Seriously, if you take out the race ideology out of historic national socialism and look at how the NSDAP saw the roles of party, state and economy, you can clearly see the parallels.

[@starman275]

They are actually Pinochet 2.0, seriesly, Pinochet went to China to teach.

[@Baurles]

12:30 I am not sure if this is an entirely correct description. The first British trade mission, headed by Macartney, did indeed speak Latin with the Qing but not because the Chinese believed them to be Romans, but rather that was the only language they shared. Jesuit priests and missionaries had been one of the few contacts with China, and therefore some in the Chinese courts were well-versed in Latin, but no one spoke English. And the British ambassadors, as classically learned men, also spoke Latin. It was just the only language they shared. The Chinese therefore spoke Latin beacause of recently-arrived foreign Catholics, not because they had kept educating some scholars in Latin for over 1600 years just in case the Romans would return.

[@paulsidneward]

Not many KZbin videos over 1 hour I watch from start to finish. Masterful!

[@josron6088]

This is mind-blowing information. China is playing 3D chess without firing a shot.

[@BeachLookingGuy]

yup and america too busy fighting for their reality tv show puppet to keep the show on the road.

[@josron6088]

@T Marzoni Lol.

[@Sergeo333]

I play 2 d chess and sometimes also 3d

[@MegaDixen]

@@BeachLookingGuy Puppets**

[@davis7099]

@@BeachLookingGuy Simplistic view young un. America has lost its footing as a nation, once omnipotent, envied , it is now on its downward trend. is a symptom, not the cause of this present battle town and country, blue and red, educated and self educated, mechanics vs the PPE and so on and so forth. American has gone soft, and is navel gazing while China has no self doubt about its ambitions , Damn the loss of personal liberty, brutal hours, low pay and conditions there.

[@serikxen2965]

Humanity's largest problem is underestimating the severity of a problem.

[@syrehn7684]

True. were basically doing this with climate change. And what people in the US are doing with covid.

[@stevebanks9848]

9 months late sorry I say humanity's greatest flaw is that it fails to accept the obvious fact that man is a cooperative species, and not a competitive one Once all of mankind decides to cooperate, all of mankind will prosper in ways we never thought possible

[@monkeydetonation]

In a word, arrogance

[@fooksengloke3625]

CraZy That is why there are civilisation states which continue to survive over centuries and nation states which flourish for a hundred years or two and then enter a long period of darkness.

[@axcel9128]

CraZy lol when it‘s greedy and selfish to want all people to cooperate shoudln‘t everyone want it and it would completely render your argument about „human nature“ obsolete since you like, contradict yourself?

[@user-wy6mp3dv6v]

This was a very interesting, well-produced, great video. Thank you, man. You did a great job with this video.

[@icantpursuewhatimtrulypass7335]

0:00 Chapter I: Prelude - Trading and taxes explained, - Rise and fall of China as worlds main trading partner 5:19 Chapter II: The beginning of the End - How the USA rose to the top while China became unimportand 10:57 Chapter III: A millenia of solitude - Explanation for Chapter II regarding China 14:49 Chapter IV: How we got here - More recent development of China 20:13 Chapter V: The story of a man, and his nation - Xi Jinpings life 28:13 Chapter VI: Old means, old goals, new dreams - Cinicization - 34:00 How China gets it's power back (world distracted by Trumps election) - 41:00 What Chinas plans are for Africa 45:07 Chapter VII: Those pesky democracies - 46:28 Australia as testing ground - 49:14 China increasing ownership of Australias drinking water rights - 51:40 Chinas european shopping tour - 54:07 Dutch and Germans get suspicious of increasing Chinese influence in Europe China influences European politics: - 54:30 FRA reports stop being made, vetoed by Greek government - French president proposes law against China buying strategic industries, vetoed by portugal - Mastermind: Chinas chief policy adviser Wang Huning 58:09 Chapter VIII: Tom & Jerry Actual Trump stuff: - 00:59:47 A world distracted by Trump gave China the opportunity to expand its influence - 01:00:27 Pulling out of TPP - 01:00:44 Tariffs on chinese goods - 01:03:32 Trump imposing tariffs on Chinas biggest regional rival 1:06:21 Chapter IX: 结束 Political prognosis

[@icantpursuewhatimtrulypass7335]

This is where the video gets really good 23:50 because it talks about what modern china is like 34:40 might be where it starts talking about their strategy 40:30 This is where it says Trump messed up, in the legislative level I guess 43:00 China's current plans (Australia, Africa, and trade) 50:00 europe 59:10 More Trump, this time in getting attention, foreign relations, and more (really shows the worst of trump's inconsistency in geopolitical decisions)

[@Meincrakker]

PIN THIS COMMENT !!!

[@QwQw-kk4hg]

“The English and Dutch tried sailing around Russia, where they only found... more Russia.” I’m dying someone call me an ambulance

[@mihailanchev8764]

you're an ambulance

[@yeetboiboid751]

@@blanc7398 no he's an ambulance

[@Ronathanrongers]

IAMASAVAGE E it’s a van

[@tianfeifei5976]

... But not for me

[@Shadow77999]

Same 😂😂😂

[@whcolours9995]

History never repeats, it just rhymes.

[@NocturnalNick]

George Lucas just jizzed himself

[@orangedalmatian]

Winnie the Xi is the key to all of this.

[@Tunicofaria]

It's like poetry

[@NocturnalNick]

Trump is a funnier president then we've ever had before, if we can just get him working...

[@sydlawson3181]

Like the only worth while Mark Twain quote

[@taliwalt5332]

Damn, phenomenal presentation of how the game is played. I think I’ll watch it a dozen more times.

[@flixelgato1288]

I really don’t understand how people can look at the direct say China has in western democratic processes and say “it’s not a big deal”

[@gustavohermandio1440]

bread and games

[@boozecruiser]

No one's saying it's not a big deal, the absolute shits we've had for leaders in the US/UK have caused so much apathy and resentment amongst people that we're just like "huh, so this is why all those African and Latin American nations resent us"

[@jkerman5113]

Wait til you hear about israel.

[@jhibbert6627]

The history of Vietnam is basically just a long series of vibe checks.

[@melvintirtayasa4497]

And Vietnam passed most of them

[@jvhousing5576]

Miserable and honorable history of my beloved country 🇻🇳

[@jhibbert6627]

Melvin T Vietnam was doing the vibe check, China, France and USA all failed and got kicked out of the country.

[@jackjack7062]

@@jhibbert6627 Nah, the us is the only country beaten by vietnam. France made it a colony and China made it a side kick. The infos in this vid is obviously from the us perspective and an anti-trump perspective

[@user-uk3nh9qx5h]

@@jackjack7062 Your are right. Comparing with the ability to rule vietnam, USA is indeed the wrost since vietnam was ruled by china for nearly 1000 years and ruled by french for several decades while USA did not even stand there for ten years...

[@tamanwar203]

As a french, I like how france looks pissed all the time. Very realistic.

[@JH-zs3bs]

And carries wine and baguette all the time. Also realistic. The cheese is missing though. Guess Germany took it away :D Or China bought it.

[@Tigershark_3082]

France is cool

[@tmsupreme7763]

@@JH-zs3bs never ask in a chat of europeans who has the best cheese, it won't end well.

[@tmsupreme7763]

@@pineapple6672 nah mate, nothing tops dutch cheese

[@azmolhossain9244]

good, now ban hijab and get out of africa.

[@Ashortdude1]

absolutely fascinating appreciate effort put into this, very well done

[@bennyeo3422]

idk if you read the comments here but this video is what disillusioned me with trump back in early 2020 before covid so thanks for that i really appreciate it

[@aloncorp]

Too short. What is this tiktok?!

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

ticktok!

[@kokki1452]

no its vine ;)

[@eganplaysMC]

Oh yes, TikTok. Also Chinese.

[@sadmanpranto9026]

It's a GIF

[@stevenassi6591]

@@tea1255 Yes, and it spies on it's users thedronetrainer.com/dji-spying/

[@user-wv1in4pz2w]

this is one of the rare videos that will probably age like fine wine.

[@dl5498]

It's a year old. The eu has already started cracking down on China's influence

[@donderstorm1845]

@@dl5498 won't change much. they also signed an investment deal with China, even though Biden asked them to wait. that's a signal to the US that they'll go their own way with regards to China.

[@dl5498]

@@donderstorm1845 that's not good

[@donderstorm1845]

@@dl5498 yeah not good for the US lol

[@dl5498]

@@donderstorm1845 Eh, I'd rather have my country support the us over China. No one wants to hear their communist authoritarian bullshit.

[@alonsovelez609]

I watched this video around 2 years ago now, at the time it really hit my curiosity, and opened my mind to this topic. Today I´m watching it again, now as a university student (studying political sciences) and I still find it as one of the best videos around the topic of chinese geopolitical rise in influence in the last decades. Wonderful job on this videos, it´ll always be one of my favourites.

[@gustavohermandio1440]

ikr! iz da bess

[@commie5211]

me too, watching it again after two years. However, don't take it too seriously, many many mistakes and wrong conclusion. It is funny though.

[@prichardgs]

Wow, this is very thorough and expertly researched-Bravo. Joining.

[@KC-to9xl]

The way you put "结束" the Chinese word for 'Conclusion' at the end vs the English word was like a bittersweet cherry on top of a big scary cake

[@telegnazatlqm3972]

Damn that's really smart actually haha

[@randomutubr222]

The conclusion, is everything is Chinese. Nice. I wouldn't have caught that.

[@TheLivetuner]

That actually confused the hell out of me as a Chinese speaker because 結束 is more like "the end", "fin", I thought the video was over lol. A more accurate translation for "Conclusion" should be 結語 or 總結.

[@Boyd2342]

@@TheLivetuner Please don't take over the country, we mean no harm!

[@XiyuYang]

@@Boyd2342 Lolol crusade is not a part of Chinese culture, tradition or history. All the wars that China waged are well within its immediate sphere of influence, anywhere beyond what we call first island chain today, China never waged a war in those places. And before you refute anything, Yuan Dynasty (essentially the Mongolians) are not a part of the Han civilization.

[@gabig9477]

Kraut: Talks about the 1300s Me: Wait, I thought this was about Donald Tru Kraut: WE GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE

[@Shadow77999]

Lmao

[@ihk2421]

In trumps defence he’s really staggered China’s economy.

[@liamnacinovich8232]

@@ihk2421 no he has not all he has done is taken us out of the free trade deals with the pacific. Like kraut said they just sell their goods to other nations or ‘manufacture’ their goods in Vietnam. The only thing that has hampered them has been covid but that won’t last forever they will continue to grow their influence as America turns isolationist again especially with another 4 years of trump

[@HailToFSM]

@@liamnacinovich8232 TBH Trumps kinda did stagger China’s economy with his trade war. Let's say before the trade war, in China-US trade, the US pays 10$ and China earns 10$. After the trade war and tariff things, China had to shift production to Vietnam, now the US pays 11$ and China earns 9$, the other 2$ goes to Vietnam. That's definitely a loss for China. Yet it's no gain for the US, but for Vietnam

[@liamnacinovich8232]

@@HailToFSM yeah so it doesn’t bring jobs back to America does it. The whole thing is pointless. If your going to do tariffs it has to be on everyone so you can rebuild your industry then you become the main producer of *superior goods (coincidentally that’s what China and Japan did)

[@J_cobra]

I think you should revisit this video and see what has changed over these past 3 years with everything that has happened. It definitely be worth the watch.

[@doujinflip]

Might be too early to tell still. I'd imagine it will depend on whether Beijing successfully gets foreign investors and tourists to forget about Zero-COVID and all the supply disruptions (i.e. inflation) and put valuable foreign cash back to China's coffers, or if the West continues to divest from single-point-of-failure China and diversify towards a developing world that's eager for competition to what was once a Chinese monopoly on tangible upward opportunity.

[@user-lg9kh8hg4r]

​@@doujinflip美元要死了，我们的领导人一直关注着。西方没有希望了

[@silvesta5027]

This video is incredibly well made and it's fascinating seeing how much its aged in just 3 years. I'd love a follow up at some point! Following covid, we now have a China that is less interested in economic growth and international soft power, and more interested in political and social control and Chinese self-sufficiency; almost harkening back to the isolationism that caused China's 'century of humiliation.'

[@bigbadlara5304]

Isolationism? Don't miss the part where China is trying to overthrow the United States world order. And put into place something the Chinese would call a better world order which really means something that only benefits the mainland Chinese. China wants to be more self sufficient but they can't be technologically developed and self sufficient at this moment. They lack most raw resources. Forcing them to maybe cough cough. Expand a little tiny bit.

[@MrMarinus18]

I don't think that's a sign of weakness though. I think that shows that China is no fool and won't try to expand and control others as it's own internal structures are torn apart. If needed it will turn inwards to fix it's internal tensions and when those are resolved it will just pick up where it left off.

[@truthismycause2800]

Kraut doesn't have a crystal ball to see into the future and predict Covid. Imho, Xi is just putting his home in order, then he'll be back. I might be wrong though. I see the blocks moving in uncertain directions. Only time will tell.

[@truthismycause2800]

@@bigbadlara5304 I guess the lack of raw materials is not a problem anymore to China since they have Russia grabbed by the balls on this Ukraine bullshitery and they bought Africa, so...

[@brandonpacheco9713]

@@MrMarinus18 I don’t think people understand the impact covid has had on China. It’s projected that in December of 2022 alone almost 200,000 people got covid due to the lifting on the zero covid policy. They are facing a huge wave of infection and death and will likely have to resort back to drastic measures. It’s hard to know what’s going on due to censorship but given the crowded population and the ability for covid to spread rather quickly can be detrimental to social stability.

[@Kalckie]

Wow, this is better than most professional documentaries. And it has countryballs in it which makes it even better!

[@SmookieYT]

agree

[@unlimited8410]

Just seeing how big Russia's ball is pretty funny in its own right.

[@bryanekers3472]

It's not in this video but other Kraut vids, Israel isn't a ball but a cube. I've always found this rather mystifying, but I'm sure he has his reasons.

[@Awkward_Shark]

@@bryanekers3472 Due to "Jewish Physics" (and im not joking thats the reason polandball.fandom.com/wiki/Israelcube)

[@bryanekers3472]

@@Awkward_Shark Huh. I thought the countryballs were just simple illustrations Kraut used for his videos. I had no idea there was a whole subculture behind them.

[@ErikNilsen1337]

"And the Chinese rejected the offer... in Latin. Because that was the language of those Europeans they had the trade deals with." I find this humorously unsettling, and I don't know why.

[@SunnySzetoSz2000]

sad?

[@samkul1699]

its probably because of the fact how little china's outlook had changed while looking at westerners

[@CockatooDude]

Also probably due to the fact that it's insane how entire empires had risen and fell during the time between China making trade deals with Europeans.

[@bobjones2959]

It's actually not entirely true. The reason they rejected it in Latin wasn't because China was so ignorant and ass-backwards that they thought the Brits spoke Latin just because they were from Europe, it was because the Chinese had no one available who knew English and the Brits had no one to translate Chinese. The best they could manage was a Chinese priest from Naples who could speak Chinese and Latin (but not English). He'd translate the Chinese into Latin, and the British guy leading the expedition to China, Lord McCartney, could then understand some of it because he had learnt a bit of Latin in college.

[@bobjones2959]

@@CockatooDude A few different Chinese Empires had also risen and fallen by that point. China's entire history up until the dissolution of Qing is basically a story of dynasties rising and falling, in a very simplistic sense at least.

[@josiahmodaff6406]

I would love to see a part two.

[@donnyjay9046]

An absolutely brilliant piece of work, sir. Hats off for feeding my brain.

[@benaffleckisanokayactor]

Trump is the greatest president of all time

[@robritoboy]

Conclusion hasn't aged well at all.

[@blarg35]

"You do not open new markets or make new friends by calling them shitholes" didn't know this had to be said, but here we are

[@christianbateman2]

And yet pre covid your economy was booming.........

[@tarfielarchelone2674]

@@christianbateman2 stock went up, stock went down stock went back up lol

[@nullskull6860]

The point was strengthening US not trying to go making friends with useless nations. Those people need to figure out their own stuff and then you can start making friends. Besides wouldn't trying to be "friends" with a third world country be considered colonization or some crap?

[@applez4life200]

@@nullskull6860 Geopolitics. These nations aren't useless. They are good sources of free labor or rare minerals for cheap and military strategy

[@nullskull6860]

@@applez4life200 like i implied i don't think that rich countries should take advantage of them. Plus i doubt what trump said really hurt these countries so bad that they now refuse to do business. lol

[@astrzt1463]

you know，In Chinese social media there is this meme that trump is a spy for the ccp

[@UniDeathRaven]

fake news Edit: anime is gay

[@yuchenliu1140]

@Santiago Мorena oh man, that would be too many links to give

[@user-zj7qp8jr7b]

@Santiago Мorena It's kind of a tradition from Obama's time.One time he visited China and was given a gift( tiger rune虎符) which is usually given by emperors to their generals .Some people in China think that's funny and make a lot meme about it. When Trump take the presidency the meme continues , that's all

[@fredwu7169]

@Diogo Silva 1. You forgot the 700,000 Chinese oversea students and millions of Chinese immigrants worldwide. 2. You don't know that VPN is legal in China, some are free, and almost every University in China obtains VPN for scholar researchs. 3. Nobody need to "propagandize" China if they actually visit and explore it instead of doping anti-China media. 4. Conspiracy theory no longer work in 2019.

[@docjaji5071]

Fred Wu exactly

[@BackWhereYouStarted]

This should be shown in schools.

[@CTTX89]

Holy crap…I knew alot of this stuff but when it is all wrapped up with a bow it really makes clear the failings of western democracy.

[@boozecruiser]

Western capitalism*

[@judith678]

@@boozecruiser getting drunk on that china propaganda

[@Zohairshanteer]

Liberal democracy is destined to fail

[@Trenex1000]

Kraut, you may need to make a Part 2 for this. The year 2020 has brought so many developments involving China that need to be addressed.

[@SkyGardner]

“Trump Backpedals His Biggest Failure”

[@Trenex1000]

@@SkyGardner To be fair, that is true, but China's power grabs (both within and outside its borders) are getting quite bold. Also, it should be noted how they're ramping up their Communist oppression of its own citizenry.

[@SkyGardner]

TRENEX 379 I don’t disagree at all, AND their influence and stranglehold on culture all around the world is scary to think about. I supported Trump since the beginning for better or worse and I remember EVERYBODY saying he’s hitler, calling me a nazi and shit, asking “is this really how you’d act during ww2”. Now they don’t say anything, especially about this because they’re not told to. Some people are so brainwashed and then on the other side some people think Trump is the next Jesus and they’re so infatuated but I definitely don’t think a healthy American nationalism is bad at all. But just to think how China made corrupt Joe Biden and his whole family rich and you wouldn’t ever hear a peep from any major news source saying anything bad about him, much less that. You see them cheat their party pre-election... it blows my mind and scares me how this is their candidate and it’s AGAIN distracting for China

[@Trenex1000]

@@SkyGardner The CCP has been buying people off left and right for quite a while now. But I think they overplayed their hand in many ways, and they've exposed themselves to the world.

[@SkyGardner]

TRENEX 379 and Trumps dumb tariffs kinda helped the exposé ;)

[@tuongpham7609]

Was expecting normal orange man bad. But this. This is all 100% good criticism of Trump. Well done.

[@chcknpie04]

Every criticism of trump is a good one because the man knows how to do one thing, and that’s rape

[@Sugarian]

@@chcknpie04 orange man bad

[@chcknpie04]

Deauthorize Are you suggesting that raping children is not bad?

[@cv3566]

@Ben No because there is no evidence that he raped anyone let alone children

[@tuongpham7609]

@@chcknpie04 There's a difference between constructive criticism and orange man bad. People calling him a racist, sexist, rapist, etc is orange man bad. It's mostly because that's just slandering. Name calling. That doesn't do anything but make people like Trump more. Constructive criticism like this video explains why his policy sucks and why the "clown" personality of Trump is detrimental.

[@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025]

Very informative and eye opening. Thank you.

[@g4ppy491]

this was an INCREDIBLE video. covered everything that would take several university lessons to explain in a clear and unbiased way. loved it

[@pilotgroosum8314]

Yep, let’s criticise the first world leader to stand up to China. Duh

[@move2003ny]

@@pilotgroosum8314the video does not criticise Trump for standing up to China, it simply says he did it in very stupid way, while alienating allies in the process. It seems that it will take US Republicans decades to understand the damage that Trump did to their country AND to their party

[@boozecruiser]

It's still pretty biased from the European POV. It uncritically assumes we're perfectly democratic and fair and have a moral high ground against other countries

[@koc988]

@@boozecruiser it's impossible to be unbiased but he did a good job to keep it to a minimum

[@koc988]

​@@boozecruiserWell he didn't say that but states are entitled to act in their own best interest why should they bend to a foreign power?

[@LeoWang24]

This is why learning history is important. Understanding the actions of our predecessors help us to understand the geopolitics in the current world.

[@jackgabaldon1546]

Maybe Im alone in this and missed out on many parts of my history classes. But this video was so in-depth that no ammount of courses could give me the same grasp on the Chinese, americans, and colonial history of all of the European powers. I'm honestly trying to get your attention lol. Does anyone know the name of the song played at 23:36?

[@alecmartin5292]

@@jackgabaldon1546 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2qvZHVnr8pknK8

[@schnoz2372]

I absolutely lose my mind when people say history doesn't matter

[@jackgabaldon1546]

@@alecmartin5292 thank you so much this will go so well with my assignments on the food chain of madagascar, I really appreciate

[@EazyDuz18]

reeeeeeeeeeeee

[@jabrown]

I have never before seen such a LONG exposition on a subject, so thoroughly researched, so pleasantly illustrated, so eloquently and clearly narrated. Not on KZbin, at least. Hats off to you, sir. Subscribed immediately.

[@aidenlarson9911]

@@srubberalittle what is wrong with you? why do you feel the need to do that?

[@sallylauper8222]

i AGREE, THOUGH i DON'T AGREE WITH THIER CONCLUSION.

[@Strangelove101]

It ISN'T thoroughly researched, there are more holes in the content than a piece of Swiss cheese, but its too time consuming to correct all the mistakes. In try to jam so much into a 1 hr vid the produce just touched the surface and ignored all the details and nuances.

[@dangerdan5442]

Simp

[@George..3]

How is this thoroughly researched? He mentions no numerical figures about trade when he is overstating china's historical importance and trading importance. He blatantly lies about so many things about china's history and its foreign relations it is absurd. He makes it seem like European nations and all of their expeditions to explore the world were to get to china when that is just simply not true. He skips over almost every historical event in the history of china up until modern times. I just dont understand how you thought this is thoroughly researched when it is just him talking without legitimizing his points.

[@heaththeemissary3824]

This has aged very well. Your analysis is spot on.

[@PrawnAddiction]

I worry about this as a Kiwi and as events unfold between Russia and Ukraine, how China learns not to refrain from doing it but not do it like Russia's doing it. Our government seems to be the least anti-China out of the Anglosphere and I feel like that is something Beijing already has a plan to exploit when the time comes.

[@tea1255]

@@PrawnAddiction it is even scarier when we suddenly notice that they are always watching how things goes…. And how the west and the U.S. reacts…. It will help them to adapt and get new plans. Smart indeed….

[@PrawnAddiction]

@@tea1255 100%. Like during the Wagner mutiny, I was following the whole thing and discussing it with some pals on a Discord call. I said, "China isn't watching this happen to Russia and thinking 'I shouldn't invade Taiwan,' they're watching this and thinking 'I shouldn't invade Taiwan like how the Russians are invading Ukraine.' It is a scary trick they have.

[@commie5211]

@@tea1255The plan was be like the US during ww2 since the beginning, China will be the last to join ww3, after everybody is down on the ground.

[@ElliotWORLD]

You are an immensely gifted educator. Thank you!

[@nickplosiveli4927]

I feel like a criminal for watching such quality content for free

[@dead.pirate325]

Honestly this is more terrifying than entertaining it is like a prophecy all this happened because democratic super power elected a clown. And the risks are higher cuz it only takes one authoritarian clown to push a nuclear button

[@WhiteNoize01]

"quality content" the guy in the video literally just shit out neoliberal corporatism talking points. At one point he implied TPP was a good thing lmfao. This is some shit I would expect to see on MSNBC.

[@Primight]

​@@WhiteNoize01 A good thing for America, not so good for the rest of the countries. But as far as America forcing it's copyright and trade laws on other countries it would have been great from them.

[@WhiteNoize01]

@@Primight TPP would have been terrible for the United States. It would have absolutely destroyed all manufacturing jobs and turned the midwest into Detroit. Hell, TPP was so bad it's practically the reason why Trump won in the first place. Voters in the rustbelt refused to vote for Hillary Clinton on the basis that she supported TPP and called it "the golden standard". Any time you try to expand trade with 3rd world countries, it screws American workers and benefits corporations. They will always outsource their labour when they can, and TPP was only going to make that easier. Again, the entire video was pretty much neoliberal talking points that you would expect to find on MSNBC.

[@AdityaDeo-cg6eu]

@@WhiteNoize01 well atleast it was entertaining. I always expect biases. There are so many conflicting opinions that i don't even know what to believe.

[@GaijinGoombah]

This is actually one part history and two parts geopolitics and economy. It's an absolute MUST watch for anyone who cares about either.

[@ryanmatahari3960]

So its three parts?

[@Borderose]

Hey Goombah.

[@wisemage0]

I want to get inside those boombas.

[@chase9316]

I'm a historian, and can say absolutely that this video, historically, is inaccurate in many aspects. It wasn't until the golden age of sail that European, Mediterranean, or African nations could deal with China for it's goods directly. And at that point China's big claim to global economics was the fact that it produced a lot of tea, leading to the opium wars, and the "Golden Age of Humiliation". The reason China produced goods that everyone wanted between 200 bce, and 1400 ce, was it produced silk, and no one else had sick worms... it was a technology that they kept secret, until silk worms were smuggled into the Byzantine Empire giving THEM a global monopoly on silk. How was it a monopoly if they both produced silk??? Great question. I'll get to that. You see... the problem was for the almost 2000 years the fastest way to get from...say... Rome to China would be to ride a horse... But it's 6,000 miles to China from Rome... and it's not all empty land. In order for someone to actually go to China from Rome in... say 53 ce, would be extraordinarily difficult. It would be incredibly expensive to keep buying provisions, incredibly dangerous to travel in uncharted lands, and incredibly difficult because after about 100 miles in any direction... languages start getting fuzzy, and you would need to successfully navigate through maybe a hundred different areas of language influence... on a horse... to do so, and... THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO DO IT AGAIN TO GO BACK. Which raises the question... If it's extremely unlikely that any one person was able to make it from Rome to China, or from China to Rome... How did Chinese silk show up in Rome in 53 ce at the battle of Carrhae? Simple... Trade. There were dozens of kingdoms, and nations, and peoples along the Eurasian Steppe, and China would trade with one, and that one would trade with the next, and the next... down the line... and a couple hundred years later, you have Silk all the way to Rome. But the Romans didn't know about any "China" and the Chinese didn't know about any "Romans". Even though we know there was Roman coin in China, and Chinese silk in Rome... To these great nations, the items just came from mysterious lands far far far far away... So... to say that early history was economically based on China is logical fallacy. In fact... The more important people, were the ones who were in a position to control the trade of goods... Chinese or otherwise... through centrally located trade, and military might. That's why as soon as they had silk worms... the Byzantines got a monopoly on the Silk Trade, being a centrally located nation, with larger networks of trade and military might... Who took out the Byzantines? The Muslim Armies... Who controlled the trade after that? The Muslim Armies, and at this point it was more known as the spice trade, than the silk trade anyway... with everyone wanting easy access to Middle East Spices. But the Europeans don't like to trade with the Muslims... so in the 1400s, which is a point in history where most people know that China is a thing, but not where it is, or how to get to it... the Portuguese trying to explore the southwest waters in the name of God Gold and Country, find china... The British find them soon later: Opium Wars. So there's never really a time in history where China is the focus of Economics, or Geopolitics until the Modern Day Era. They were just a small nation that traded with those around them, nothing truly significant. It's not just silk that got traded along the "Silk Road" from china, not just chines goods either, but Salt, Spices, Clothes, Iron, Food, Medicine, Luxury Goods. Silk was just one really good Luxury good that china happens to produce, but it was just ONE kind of good. Where hundreds of things changed hands hundreds of times before it got to another nation. In short... While china produced Silk... that didn't mean everyone in history was focused on China. The levering for trade routs had nothing to do with the fact that it was Chinese originated goods being traded. There have been lots of wars fought over Spices and Salt, and anything you can think of. This video had over hyped the importance of China in history. EDIT 10/17/2021: Lots of good points from comments after I posted this! It's true that the way China sees China and the way the world sees it, especially the western world, often collide... the way the video shows China is closer to how it sees itself in those regards. It's also true that China didn't just produce silk, it also produced other important luxury goods that nobody else did like porcelain, and that in general my comment might be slightly Eurocentric. However, It's still true that this video was inaccurate in many respects, and probably politically motivated... Last time I'll be in this thread, stay healthy everyone!

[@Borderose]

@@chase9316 China's important for the region. A lot of its neighbors were former tributaries and wangdoms of the Chinese Empire.

[@OtakuVonBismarck21]

13:30 Song to The Auspicious Cloud combined with paintings of Century of Humiliation of Qing China is such a perfect fit.

[@Shohaiko]

Here in the Czech Republic, our last president Miloš Zeman used to make outrageous claims whenever a newstory about chinese expansion in the Czech Republic broke. Eg.: There was a newstory about chinese spies in the czech nuclear sector, and the day after the story broke, Zeman made a national statement where he adressed the danger of the LGBTQ+ community. Thank god thats past us now!

[@nike7429]

I'm surprised no one has posted this yet but i got y'all the timestamps. This entire video was gold to me. 0:00 Chapter 1: Prelude 8:17 Chapter 2: The Beginning of the End 10:54 Chapter 3: A Millennia of Solitude 14:45 Chapter 4: How we got here 20:10 Chapter 5: The story of a man, and his nation 28:15 Chapter 6: Old Means, Old Goals, New Dream 45:10 Chapter 7: Those Pesky Democracies 58:10 Chapter 8: Tom and Jerry

[@MrAdhito]

thannkss !

[@MajinMist603]

do you know the song names for those chapters ?

[@nike7429]

@@MajinMist603 Unfortunately i don't know

[@mikemimson4771]

Don't forget the last chapter at 1:06:20

[@nike7429]

@@mikemimson4771 hmm, u didn't consider that a chapter? Do you know what that Chinese symbol means?

[@Glace1221]

Imagine being so shut-in for so long, that the last time you spoke with a foreigner in a second language, it was in Latin.

[@fren183]

The were ‘shut in’ from Europeans - trade still flourished between other Asian countries. Eurocentric view.

[@battlez9577]

To have spoken to the Portuguese?

[@jproductions1739]

@@battlez9577 which is what they did. Latin was only used because no one knew both English and Chinese. The Chinese interpreter was priest who knew Latin.

[@waterandfire5655]

That just sounds like my life tbh

[@bentroyer1]

@@fren183 dude your right that is also absurd ever heard of the concept of what aboutism?

[@engineeredarmy1152]

The beginning of this video completely ignores the importance of India. India was as big of a trading hub for rest of the world for 4000 years, beginning since Indus Valley Civilization, it also had the world's first sea port. Spices, Textiles, Jewlery, Metals, Pottery etc drove the economy. The Britishers mentioned how ship building industry was better than what Europe had during pre colonial time and it had been exisitng since Indus Valley. No wonder why there was a race to find a new trade route to India, the naming of Indian Ocean, the naming of new found land etc. China was more inwards, it did not bother about spreading cultural influence to places like southeast asia and china had lost southeast asia to indoesphere of influence. It is unfortunate how the beginning of the video creates a demigod out of China and fails to mention the importance of places like Persia, Ethiopia and India. Not that China wasn't of a massive importance, but India did match the scale and deserved a mention, I mean it is funny how even the trade route race to India is credited to China.

[@adolft_official]

i sometime think the europe is more afraid of rise of india as it matches the diversity of europe, thus they supported the china which backfired. The amount of credits in philosophy, the number system , inventions is nowhere to be found. The reason is india fell to invasions

[@sebastianstephenson3176]

Holy crap, I didn't even think of the points that you made.

[@superior878]

Do you know how hard it is to explain this to my fellow Americans that have no concept of history or geopolitics. It's so frustrating.

[@bluwasabi7635]

Lol. Very true. If you can't reach people by explaining things, then perhaps run for a local office and help fix what you can.

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

@@bluwasabi7635 I dont think anyone can fix it, its inevitable

[@costbart]

Organising a workers uprise in the USA will most definetly spread to Europe. It'll bring an end to privatisation and selling of infrastructure to foreign inversters. .

[@steemlenn8797]

@@bluwasabi7635 Read that book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator's_Handbook#:~:text=The%20Dictator%27s%20Handbook.%20The%20Dictator%E2%80%99s%20Handbook%3A%20Why%20Bad,discusses%20how%20politicians%20gain%20and%20retain%20political%20power.

[@MajinMist603]

ikr : /

[@zixuan1630]

1800: European ports in China 2020: Chinese ports in Europe

[@gambitgamboa2685]

china getting raped by the world mainlander. huawei is killed by US, south china sea owned by asean alliance and you still couldnt take taiwan after all these years. pathetic country.

[@nelsoncheng2674]

that's great, we can trade with Europeans more efficiently now.

[@nelsoncheng2674]

@@gambitgamboa2685 u? where are you from? All of your self-righteousness is based upon you concealing your nation from the doomed-to-be-one-sided criticism. To say that ASEAN owns the South China sea would be like saying Guam has its own sovereignty. Also, US didn't manage to kill Huawei, it tried. Huawei has already prepared for this scenario for decades and the muricans are only playing into our hands. As for Taiwan, the time to retake Taiwan wasn't there, and it probably won't be here soon either. I know getting serious with you is the same as undermining myself, but your ruthlessly misinformed information makes my heart burn with the fire of justice.

[@neraklh1017]

@@gambitgamboa2685 If you called that rape, what happening in USA is a genocide, comrade Trump gonna head it all over to China in next 4 years.

[@gambitgamboa2685]

​@@nelsoncheng2674 Rofl yeah like China's claim to the ENTIRE South china sea with the nine dash line has any legitimacy. XI BEGGED Trump to leave Huawei alone via a "favor", maybe you should get caught up on the news that US blocked china from purchasing semi-conductors for Huawei recently. Yes Huawei prepared to commit suicide by cutting off its tech flow, real smart chinese strategy /sarcasm. Remember ZTE? LOL what a joke LOOL, the time to retake taiwan wasnt there? Youre out of time mainlander, are you sure you are a real mainlander cause most mainlanders know that china want taiwan taken before their centenary anniversary, which is in a few years and one of the CCP mandate. Not happening anytime soon, maybe you should wake up from all the propaganda from your party, and this will be one of the biggest embarrassment for XI LOOL. Its time to be poor again mainlander, better hone those farming skills cause youre gona need them when the 3 gorges dam breaks and wipes out your city.

[@UtterSpartan]

I saw a post on Kraut's subreddit from the man himself saying that Joe Biden is one of his current favorite politicians. Joe Biden has certainly used different methods to tackle China. I'd be interested in seeing a follow-up to this video analyzing how things have changed under a new administration.

[@P0RKINS2]

Oh so he’s mentally handicapped. Got it, thanks for proving to me not to take anything he says seriously.

[@jaarneal]

15:25 One of the best things about your videos is how succinctly you capture ironies like this

[@peniasd]

What makes us free is not necessarily what makes us wealthy. So much truth.

[@bi5259]

Freedom is overrated

[@champagnefroggy3801]

@@bi5259 of course that comes from a Chinese that already got his freedoms taken away

[@stefanosong9314]

Yeah a free country has military bases in every major countries except for China and France

[@stefanosong9314]

@@champagnefroggy3801 naive

[@champagnefroggy3801]

@@stefanosong9314 you're the one that's naive, country's want the U.S to defend them

[@nathanbabble1976]

I originally didn’t click on this video because as a rational American I was sick and tired of hearing anything about trump but wow am I glad I finally did. This was extremely enlightening.

[@JakeTheRufus]

It's all based on bad perspective. Trump raising tariffs on imports was not a bad move as stated in this video regardless of what books the creator has read. China has few resources that America does not. The primary resource was and still is cheap labor. China still has slaves, so America cannot compete when it comes to labor costs. So what Trump accomplished by raising tariffs on these imports was tipping the scales in favor of the American labor, effectively making it cheaper to produce things in the U.S. to sell to the U.S. than it is to produce in China or anywhere else. Which is why the jobs came back. It was cheaper to produce here than to pay to produce there then ship and pay tariffs. Despite China gaining a new seat of power over their neighbors, the blow dealt by losing labor costs to the U.S. was much stronger. Yes soon, China will control much of the Eastern hemisphere, and large portions of Socialist Europe, but the people will suffer and rise against them when they get tired of being stepped on by Authoritarians as they always have. The only issue is keeping the Socialists out of power in America. You can vote in Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out of Socialism. Also, Trump is looking to strengthen ties with Canada and Mexico after getting out of NAFTA, where America was being taken advantage of by Mexico as labor there, like China, is much cheaper. Again he tried to tip the scales in favor of America, and of course it is not a bad deal for Mexico, just not as good as NAFTA was for them. Prior to the Pandemic lock downs, America's economy was in fact stronger than it has ever been, including since the start of the war economy brought on by the world wars, specifically due to the fact that the jobs came back. Does not matter what Obama and Biden claim, that was a direct result of the tariffs and getting out of trade deals that favored countries with cheaper labor, I promise you that. America, despite years of being taken advantage of in bad trade deals, stills has two major resources that cannot be found in many other parts of the world, skilled labor and wealth. Trump is trying to protect and grow both resources.

[@nathanbabble1976]

General Rufus X yours is the bad perspective. 90% of what you said is wrong. It sounds like you’ve been taking in a very selective news source for a long time. Loads of jobs didn’t come back, the economy is always a carry over from the years before it, and skilled labor is not a specialty of America anymore then it is in virtually any European country or Japan. Robots are the skilled workers now. China continues to get their money. Your comments regarding socialism are what a child would think. Socialism has been a part of the United States government from day one, the only thing that protects us from not turning into an authoritarian debacle like these other countries is our division of power and the fact that our president doesn’t have full control of the military or the bank vault. Trump proves on a near constant basis he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing internationally. His emotions, namely his pride, rule him with absolute authority. That is the opposite of what you want in a head figure.

[@JakeTheRufus]

@@nathanbabble1976 hahahahahahahaha! That's rich. Just like how Obama said "those jobs are never going to come back. What's he going to do wave a magic wand?" as the country sat at about 8% unemployement. Then under Trump, unemployment hit record lows, under 3%, and not only for black American, but all Americans. Obama says "I built that." So wrong, so full of shit. Taking credit for what someone else did. I'm glad you're so brainwashed you actually believe the poop that pours from your overlords at CNN, instead of your what you can see with your own eyes. Easily duped, but not easy to convince you've been duped. I'm sorry, I'm a former Democrat turned... well, free thinker. I don't need someone elses opinions, I only need to observe, so I can formulate my own. Obama was and is a liar. Trump is far from perfect, but he is leagues better than anything we've had in the Whitehouse in over 100 years. You don't have to agree with me, but your lack of objective thought and inability to actually pay attention to the world around you tells me you're either blissfully asleep at the wheel and need to wake up, or hopefully you'll refrain from voting and procreating. Skilled labor is not and cannot be performed by robots until AI actually becomes a thing, thankfully this isn't Syfy, that hasn't happened but they are trying. Skilled labor is obviously something you fail to grasp. Its non-repetitive tasks. Jobs that require thought and analytical abilities. Yes, America is still rich with people who can do that. That's why people go to trade schools and colleges. That's why people still come to America for school and work. America is wealthy. America is still the wealthiest nation in the world. As for your thoughts on Socialism... the founders were far to the right on the political scale, they were just shy of Anarchists (if you don't know what Anarchists are then I'm done with you, you need to read more), and the Kenosha Kid is an American Hero the founders would have been proud of. Don't step to me with bad history, I don't have time to take you to school.

[@firecode6824]

@@JakeTheRufus I'm not going to pretend to know all the ins and outs of what jobs have returned and which haven't, because I don't know all the statistics. I'll probably research them once I'm done with this. However, what I do definitively know is that AI IS a thing. It's going around RIGHT NOW. They're doing everything from playing video games to making music to completing complex tasks. I recognize that the technology has not yet been fully realized, but it's already being applied for many skill based jobs in our current world. The technology has already been used to create music, play video games, and drive on roads, in addition to the many other complex tasks that it can accomplish. AI is here and it's improving, whether we like it or not.

[@JakeTheRufus]

@@firecode6824 right now, the "AI" you are referring to is not actually AI but rather very advanced VI or Virtual Intelligence. The major factor that differenciates between AI and VI is essentially when the object in question runs into something unknown or unforseen. A VI is essentially a compilation of "If-Then" programming. An AI is the same with one exception, the ability to write its own code or "If-Then" statements. Once we reach that, it won't be long before we have the beginning of The Matrix movies. So no, you don't "know" anything if you think writing music and playing videogames is all it takes to constitute an AI. Perhaps its because you mistake what constitutes actual intelligence? Yes, that was a jab, but a deserved one. Do more homework. And never forget that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

[@craz5634]

This is one of the best videos on this app straight up

[@Simon-cx5fc]

Brilliant film! I would love to see an update, given the events since it was published!

[@kerrychou5632]

"what China ended up with in the end was a Mandate of Heaven, written by a German, to establish heaven on earth." I died laughing

[@chillaxo9863]

@098765 Craper what does his religion have to do with this?

[@chillaxo9863]

@098765 Craper being Jewish isn't an ethnicity the national socialists tried to prove that they were but they aren't

[@gausts]

@@chillaxo9863 Jews are an ethnoreligious group, so neither of you are right.

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

@Gausts @Hans Hanzo @King of Kings & Ruler of Rulers @Zombified Fishapologies for not banning this antisemite sooner. I strictly moderate my comment section, but this one took a while to show up in my feed.

[@gausts]

@ZombifiedFish He was literally an atheist, he was jewish by ethnicity.

[@loneranger4282]

This doesn't change the fact that in Antarctica there are 21 million penguins and in Malta there are 503,653 inhabitants. So if penguins decide to invade Malta, each Maltese will have to fight 42 penguins.

[@kamilareeder1493]

Asking for a friend, what are the penguins invading Malta for land, fish, cute bow ties?? 🇲🇹 🐧

[@loneranger4282]

@@kamilareeder1493 To have an outpost that they can use for their base of operations to later destroy all of humanity

[@fillername236]

@@loneranger4282 not sure if this is a joke or not. The penguins would die from heat and overextension than anything else. Plus all the predators in the Atlantic and Mediterranean that would have a field day munching some penguin.

[@flintube2622]

@@fillername236 No! It was clearly not a joke. The UN and Nato have been warning Malta since 2014 to prepare for an organised antarctican penguin attack!

[@seanyao7425]

The Chinese dont want to fight because they are already scared shitless by your might! Long live the American dream! The Glory of world peace!

[@jankramolis8658]

I love it. This video has everything! So many information but with all fun and squished in one single video! Although it is already 4 years old (I am writing this comment in november 2023) it is still actual. Thank you:)

[@ViridianEmpire]

Tommy C brought me here. Im so glad i found your channel.

[@stranded8506]

That century of humiliation reveal actually gave me chills

[@sandserpent]

stranded 850 absolutely same

[@lijiayi0921]

That century only brought us opium addiction, territory invaded, lifes gone, and some antiquities in European museums. Nothing serious. We should not have talked about humiliation to scare you. Sorry for that.

[@lijiayi0921]

Btw the cinematics didn't do anything to me since I understand that part in Chinese. The only times I heard about this word in ten last years, are in foreign documentaries like this one. [Edit] just checked, searching "Century of humiliation" gave 3 times more results than "百年国耻". Another overrated exaggeration about China, as it looks.

[@potatonoodlebear8035]

@Anus13 Oh yeah. CHina is just pure cringe. Ur Americans don't even need to worry about us. We are no match for US. Just letting China do its own things will be our pleasure. 😊

[@lizexi7115]

cus music, erhu is such an awsome instrument

[@Metratch]

USA: wait its all trading? China: Its always been

[@banegas0411]

US: Finally SOME TO COMPETE WITH OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY

[@asdfghjkl92213]

China: always has been (fires gun)

[@danverzhao9912]

Although it doesn't have picture, but we all know it's the astronaut meme.

[@zeno_2688]

@@asdfghjkl92213 lmao more like US, bombing the shit out of everyone since WW2

[@raphellemar4089]

Blattlaus TaiLang? Is that you?

[@markmacanovik7813]

Wow, this was such a good vide. Subscribed!!!! Keep up the good work!!! Thank you

[@jbvalentin854]

Would love a follow up to this video with the perspective of the ageing demographics, financial downturn in China, local bank runs, and failure to stop us visits to Taiwan

[@Taylor-mn9fv]

I was thinking the same thing. Watching this in 2022 where it seems like Chinese soft-imperialism is a known fact, China has thoroughly pissed off Australia, the USA has regained a lot of prestige as a global leader, NATO is revitalized, and Chinese ally Russia is busy turning itself into a military laughingstock and global pariah.

[@tianwong152]

You know what all that means? Jack shit. Ageing demographics is being faced by every industrial nation in the World. It's American banks that are breaking eg Silicon Valley and First Republic. What has US visits to TW actually achieved exactly? There's no notable increase in weapons sales, there's no notable change in TW's direction of development, so...What has it achieved? Other than...more visits?

[@sorashirogami1729]

China as it is right now is on the precipice of a Japan-like bubble burst, but even more catastrophic. It's currently holding back a boulder that, if let loose, would destroy the Chinese economy. Investors have already seen the writing on the wall, and are desperately trying to recover their funds before bailing off the ship. Basically, they need chumps to invest in China in order to pump China up enough for them to dump. Manufacturers are making the move to greener pastures in India and Vietnam. Youth unemployment is obscenely high, so high that even the official statistics, which are outright lies, peg it at up to 20%. In reality that would project an actual youth unemployment rate closer to 40% (not even a joke). Good news is if they hold out for the great retirement wave, these unemployed youths will get plenty of low level jobs to support their retired parents. Another great news for the Chinese communists (not for the rest of the Chinese) is that those parents won't be around for long either, due to the absolutely vile state of Chinese food and health safety, using literal gutter oil to serve to PEOPLE. (In other countries reprocessed gutter oil is used as low quality animal feed. In short, the average American mystery meat burger ate the same stuff fed to the average Chinese PERSON). Also the smogs. The Canadian wildfires that made headline news in the US? That's a regular occurance in China. Anyways point is China is haemorrhaging people, money, trust, everything. The 'loans' that were essentially payouts to buy bases around the world, that ate into its budget as well. Circling back to the demographic mess, China also has 30 million men who would, under no circumstance, get a wife. The One Child Policy meant that families did a lot of gender-selective abortions, so further strain is put on the Chinese woman to give birth, even when economic situations are unfavorable. And what happens when a nation has a lot of young, jobless, angry men who will never have a girlfriend? Rampant extremist ideologies, obviously. Right now they're channeling all the hate outside, onto Taiwan, Japan and the US, but that won't last forever. The recent flood is further angering the people, because the CCP flooded the area around Beijing to save the city itself. It's a minefield. One wrong move would light up the CCP like a Roman candle and throw the entire country into chaos. It might develop into the second war ever where nukes are launched. In summary, it's a really, really bad place to be in the next lifetime.

[@BOT-ye6tj]

The peace consensus was broken and unilateral discounts were cancelled.

[@Volvith]

Moral of the story: If the trees start speaking Vietnamese, your army is going to have a bad time...

[@andrijastefanovic726]

If the snow starts speaking Finnish...wait this is Russia

[@user-ww7ez2el3q]

And if the fog or the darkness startS to speak Chinese you are screwed.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

@@user-ww7ez2el3q and if your burger starts speaking american english....wait what?

[@alniseschrenkek6348]

Can we please settle this like adults? Afghanistan vs Vietnam *NOW!!!*

[@olianims]

damn, now i know 2 things from history: Never attack Russia in the winter, and never attack Vietnamese rice farmers in the jungle

[@NotBamOrBing]

"Sinicisation: it's a word you have probably never heard before" Me, watching the video for probably the tenth time:

[@ZaidShaikh-kb8vf]

Same here

[@sdprz7893]

Same here lads, it’s just a top quality video

[@burn_out]

@@sdprz7893 Can you guys recommend anything similar?

[@sdprz7893]

@@burn_out As in the topic or the style of video or both?

[@burn_out]

@@sdprz7893 both!

[@samdherring]

I am enlightened in more than a few ways after watching this. Thanks. The future is dark as it is bright for us in the West.

[@andersbjrnsen7203]

God damn! This is amazing quality content! It should be mandatory for every european politician, and every single MAGA supporter in the US!

[@usersays8599]

USA: Wait, authoritarian capitalism was always a thing?? Russia: Always has been

[@starman275]

Correction: USA: Wait, authoritarian capitalism was always a thing?? Pinochet-With chinese logo: Always has been. (This is a reference of Pinochet influence in modern China).

[@axelnils]

Simon Tide Oligarchy is a political system, capitalism is an economic system and a free market is one aspect of an economic system. China is absolutely an authoritarian state, with a increasingly capitalist economy.

[@WhiteNoize01]

Sick meme dude

[@dekaredfire]

Francisco Franco, António de Oliveira Salazar, Getulio Vargas, Park Chung-Hee, Soeharto, Augusto Pinochet, Mobutu Sese Seko, Argentinian Military Juntas : Are we a joke to you!!!!!!! And yes, even Nazi economy is a capitalistic one.

[@Shadow77999]

Except it has only been since 1991

[@icanttiemyshoe9005]

This is one of the greatest if not THE greatest KZbin videos I have ever had the pleasure to watch. It perfectly describes the state of the modern world, it's politics and where we are all heading. Very informative and it's points were well put across.

[@Janoip]

@Hayden R. No, we in the EU are disappointed by the increasingly unreliable and alienatingly annoying policies of the Americans. But yes, there will be a new president at some point and then we'll see how long we can expand our business with China

[@zwang3909]

Very persuasive conspiracy theory indeed.

[@sushrutgokhale3857]

@Hayden R. Idk man. everyone wants what china has. Just look at building of the 5g infrastructure around the word, networking equipment from huawei is 5 years more advance and 3 times cheaper than the competition and even with security concerns their equipment is still being allowed in uk.some Chinese knockoffs are better than the original product. china leads the way in silicone production and semiconductor manufacturing. Even the new wave of synthetic drugs like flakka are sourced from Chinese chemical plants.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

China is not only the reason for most of the sweeping changes of the modern world, but also its principal cause for the perpetual downturn of european and american economies. China has an unbeleivable apeal to investors, companies and politicans who win great prizes for working with china and complying with their rules and helping it spread its influence, all at the same time destroying the EU and american markets that cannot compete. the main reason for it is the chinese money. Hyperinflation ususaly spells disaster for an economy, when your money is worth nothing, you are not suposed to be able to trade with global markets. but china was allowed to do so, valuing their govenement, banks and companies with US dollars, and paying their overworked populace with worthless money. this is also another layer of control, all producs that chinese citizens consume are chinese, because they are the only ones they can afford. As long as they are in china they can pay for food, rent, ect for what we would consider nothing in our countries, but obviously unlike us, if they go outside their country, their money is worthless and has next to no value. One of the main reasons why chinese companies can overwhelmingly compete with EU and US ones is because by economic design, they can pay their workers next to nothing and get away with it. One would beleive that such unfair and inhumane pracitces would be reprimented by the WTO or any democratic country, but everyone has been receving fat bribes, and with the americans absolutly unable to form a cohesive block to fight against these practices, china is allowed free reign to cheat around all legislations, bringing an unfair and unethical, and unfree competition to the free market that no one dares to challenge, even now when china unleashed a bioweapon on the planet (by accident, but still), they yet get away with it, being allowed to lie straight to people's faces with no one daring to interject.

[@bukowski9526]

@@zwang3909 Ok Wang

[@ckwind1971]

This is an incredible piece of journalism, i learned a great deal. One note: the music was often too loud and distracted from your voice. Made it hard to follow. The Men at Work and Beethoven specifically, and the one after the Beethoven.