Australia's China Problem

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[@jakenum30]

As a resident of Alice Springs, I love seeing my town mentioned for something non crime related

[@adamknight5089]

Lol

[@asmodeus235]

You say that, but internet is yet another aspect of Australia fucked over by China. In a trade deal they made with Telstra, they gained a monopoly on infrastructure, rolling out the new ‘NBN’. Turns out we decided to redo our entire system and replace with more copper cables, instead of fibre optic, like America.

[@InDstructR]

@@asmodeus235 rip, even us kiwis use fibre optic cables for internet

[@sebbyh9764]

@@asmodeus235 Lol our internet is worse than Romania's

[@plasmaoc]

@@sebbyh9764 5G will be our savior

[@martinhavenga9519]

The down votes are actually up votes from Australia

[@martiddy]

I understood the reference

[@SimpWhiper]

I will never See the downvote Button the Same lol

[@thermalreboot]

Now that's funny.

[@CharalamposKoundourakis]

@@martiddy Good for you?

[@maiden5427]

😂😂😂 what a legend

[@canneddinners6059]

So this video wasn't made possible by Skillshare? I'm uncomfortable

[@Andrew_Kohn]

lolololololol

[@wanja-]

😂😂🤪

[@zachwallis5770]

Benjamin Michael von Lichtenwald #FuckShopify

[@EthanRKassel]

No Skillshare AND no planes!

[@dn2350]

🤣🤣

[@unluckytourist]

It's interesting. The video doesn't mention Hobart, the capital city of the state of Tasmania. I bring it up because despite being the smallest state and only having a population of a quarter million, it's geographically the same size as England, resource rich and all arable.

[@S0LUT10N]

England’s a bit bigger than tassie

[@rollei35mm]

That's because Tassie is an afterthought, basically never impacts the rest of the country

[@royalwolf9926]

The act is the smallest state champion

[@Zarafin]

So it could hold more than 20 million people easily?

[@richlisola1]

Maybe New England?

[@Lelacjer]

Australia: we like western ideals of freedom and prosperity! China: no you don’t Australia: no we don’t!

[@stevencooper4422]

New Zealand is just building tanks out of tractors on the side.

[@Haske0]

Freedom? Maybe. Prosperity? Hell no. Here in Canada we the middle working class get taxed like no tomorrow to support the 1%.

[@vincy958]

@@stevencooper4422 Ha! As a kiwi that cracked me up.

[@abandonedchannel281]

I mean, China is economically speaking is prosperous nation so prosperity isn’t that big of a issue.

[@dannyn.6933]

Well.. to be fair China has prosperity. It's 1st or 2nd largest economy in the world (2nd nominal, 1st PPP) and still has great growth rates. Freedom? Not even remotely...

[@willkirsch6976]

"Australia is definitely not a superpower" This man has clearly never played Risk

[@HonorViego]

Will Kirsch LOL I LOVE THIS COMMENT

[@kpreilly]

Australia is very much so an Asia-Pacific geographical superpower

[@ShiftJay08]

@@kpreilly superpower lmao

[@indulf5271]

Australia is OP, pls nerf.

[@cathymartens7478]

@@HonorViego me too😃😃

[@W0rmhandler]

Even China's got a China problem at this point.

[@SweetMattieG]

"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." -China

[@MrKadvaga]

en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms

[@eugeneng7064]

@@SweetMattieG It's been united for only 70 years. Most dynasties that unite China run for 300-ish. And by Beijing and Taipei's official stance, it is actually not completely united.

[@SweetMattieG]

@@eugeneng7064 And the last government lasted 37 years. The CCP has a ways to go before it's fully stable. Probably after they transition to a period where they stop floating their economy with real estate developments that no one will ever live in.

[@eugeneng7064]

@@SweetMattieG The Chinese economy's growth is largely fueled by consumption since 2016? Sure they have a shit tonne of political problems, economically they're starting to become more mature.

[@markusgardner9312]

"China mocked Australian president" I think the general population does that aswell

[@richardgoh8725]

I guess it is no fun to be an Australian Prime Minister. Everybody loves a pop shot at him.

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

What President? it's Prime Minster and that guy was a total wanker

[@Efflorescentey]

Especially ScoMo… he was an idiot 😂

[@Doogsa-dl8sc]

@@richardgoh8725 because he is a puppet of the monarchy same as Canada's dunce.

[@lachlankeddie7]

Omg Wendover has lost it. I can't believe this... A whole video with no aviation whatsoever...

[@Steamrick]

Yes, I was very suprised he didn't even mention them when going into Australia's Isolation. It would've been easy.

[@JQNick]

I'll fix that.. Alice Springs is a 2 hour flight to pretty much anywhere else in the country

[@billyhatcher643]

dude he covers lots of topics without aviation

[@stevencooper4422]

Sad music playing too :(

[@theseeker7194]

Can anybody please tell the name of the background music from 2:26 to 4:14 ? Thanks in advance🙂

[@Dcc357]

They're also the largest producer of eggs because HowToBasic lives there.

[@GG-nq4qf]

That makes them the largest destroyer of eggs

[@nerowulfee9210]

So thats why he is so insane...

[@nan0fx]

you mean consumer gosh

[@daviddonnelly585]

I like eggs

[@theseeker7194]

Can anybody please tell the name of the background music from 2:26 to 4:14 ? Thanks in advance🙂

[@Minlag3030]

That title looks and sounds like an ai generated wendover productions video title

[@morriskaller3549]

You know the reason why this channel can pump out so many videos such a rapid pace? All videos after 2016 are AI generated

[@unturnedhelper3495]

Basically

[@Weirdude777]

@Stanley Daniels australia is just Chile done right: shitload of valuable minerals exported to China, close political- cultural ties to the US and Europe, fairly continuous economic growth for decades, and so on.

[@Minlag3030]

@@Weirdude777 that's cool but we have better wine. Priorities

[@Weirdude777]

@@Minlag3030 ah sí 1oo%

[@PotofGlue]

“Australia is definitely not a superpower” Sam’s apparently never played tf2

[@bIeakk]

@@jeremywillis7234 wdym bro speak English

[@j.carter6449]

@God and a bunch of spiders

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

New Zealand : HEY WHAT ABOUT ME

[@saulgoodman758]

what does titanfall have anything to do with australia

[@martinagnew7508]

@@rtfire7177 nah yeah nah. About as many as the foreign students and we treated them I'm ashamed to say worse than the Cannuks treated the Inuits or the Sepo's treated the Indians.

[@sirloaf9374]

'Australia has had 28 years without a recession' Covid-19: hey

[@NokotanFanCentral]

Sir Loaf Australians: Oh Hey! Australians: ......... Oh look at the time! I need lunch! COVID: No, No stay (I am a Aussie)

[@dylanhuntly3517]

actually its the result of poor management by the party currently in power.

[@NokotanFanCentral]

Dylan Huntly what you mean? And are you Aussie?

[@Slavicplayer251]

Sneezy- Boi you don’t need to be Aussie to know that the liberals can’t manage shit (I’m half Aussie) also Covid-19:hey Western Australia: Fuck you mate

[@luqmanulhakimbincheabdulha7974]

get the latest lego helicopter and rescue the survivor

[@allpowertothepeople3737]

"What the country definitely is not, though, is a superpower." _Shows stock footage of kangaroos hopping_

[@plasmaoc]

Yeah look kangaroos are the most suicidal animal I know. It is like they see a 3 tonne land whale coming and go. Ooh let's just stand in the middle of the road..

[@Delta040301]

We also fought a war against the emus. It did not go very well.

[@viper7526]

@@Delta040301Australia's the only country who could lose a war against emus

[@enricobianchi4499]

@@viper7526 Australia's the only country with emus

[@jactrich]

3rror200 he’s American he doesn’t know anything outside of North America they are not that bright. You will see it a lot so you’ll have to give them some leniency towards their incredible ignorance

[@Haveawildguess]

Australia: *manages to go 28 years without a recesison* Coronavirus: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

[@orsondy3060]

The recession was gonna come anyway due to the libtards

[@megabricksplays8873]

SoL0rson DY not libtards, liberals.Those numbskulls have been screwing up the economy since kingdom Come.

[@TheCambella]

Christ help us with Labor back. Union hacks are not business people.

[@BOOBUFESTUU]

@@TheCambella Yeah better than the business people who only care about them selves and would kill off an entire species for 5k

[@alexmoorcroft9580]

TheCambella neither are the LNP. Difference is labor saved us in the last gfc, libs have fucked us. Good economic managers my ass

[@grizzlednerd4521]

Funny story...I worked in the Australian higher education sector when the pandemic started. Not so many international students after that, resulting in a huge funding issue for our universities. The fact of the matter is that, for a lot of international students, Australia's lifestyle and social stabiltiy was part of the attraction. That's not such a big deal with remote-based education.

[@Doogsa-dl8sc]

You didn't mention the money they can make working.

[@DavidtheAlbanian-ng5vd]

"Australia would not exist without Amercia" is the most American thing I've ever heard

[@anonb4632]

There are three reasons to say this though (I'm not American by the way): * The loss of the penal colonies (although couldn't Canada have fulfilled this role?) * WWII - the USA was undoubtedly the main opponent to Japan in the Pacific, and probably influenced Japanese attitudes towards Australia. * The Cold War - the south east Asian situation in the sixties and seventies could have easily spilled over into Australia.

[@tomm5663]

Anon B the 1st and 2nd I can kind of see, the last one is utter rubbish. Countries that flip to communism are usually either poor, unstable or aren’t democracies. Australia was none of these.

[@anonb4632]

@@tomm5663 Australia has a very unstable climate and economy, and had a strong history of hard leftism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, so it's not that unlikely.

[@tomm5663]

Anon B our economy is more stable than you would think. Though in this video claims that we survive off of our mineral exports, in reality, most of our gdp is financial services and real estate. We weathered the 2008 gfc while the rest of the western world collapsed. Though we did have somewhat of a hand to play in hard leftism, it was very clearly welfare capitalism, rather than communism or socialism.

[@anonb4632]

@@tomm5663 Financial services and real estate are even more fickle industries than extractive ones. I believe the last global crash was largely down to these.

[@gcb4763]

Australia is more comparable to Canada - another vast, affluent, mineral-rich, English-speaking countries and has the same Head of State.

[@100cents5]

No legal weed :(

[@likeone12]

Good joke

[@r-labs9357]

Australia and New Zealand are a lot like Canada

[@StanbyMode]

@@likeone12 ?

[@mohammedgharbiyah6566]

And a common motherland! Unite the Anglosphere and bring together CANZUK! 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿

[@SMunro]

"Chinese media mocks australian prime minister." Hah! So do Australians.

[@pinkgoergefloyd8340]

Fuck him

[@kryts27]

This is the heart of the problem. A free media may mock a leader for his mediocrity and shallowness (this is fundamentally Morrison), whereas a dictator may not be mocked at the behest of your own livelihood or even life. That is seriously f**ked up. For the free and brave at heat, the only solution is revolution.

[@biponacci]

J K Australia produces raw materials though, China could just turn around and buy from anyone else.

[@joeyyang580]

Xi poo show me on this doll how much the Chinese have hurt you.

[@xr9381]

Xi poo u can hate CCP, but u have no right to criticise eating dog

[@duddledeedo]

I died a little when he said "irregardless" at 11:05.

[@pawwilon]

Was looking for a comment. Even looked up merriam webster for my owm sanity #sad

[@BairMendoza]

Gretchen Weiners was his English Teacher.

[@regolith1350]

Ha! Me too!

[@Jhulinare]

I said that same word in front of an english teacher, she told me that I shouldn't use that word. It's not correct, or something. Come to find out it's just an 'improper' word. Still a word.

[@Pete-z6e]

Death by a thousand cuts.

[@CaptainAwesome-mz6mt]

"Foreigner gets Australian cities names correct" Hmmm, we shall spare this man

[@djwrox94]

Praise be Ned Kelly! We found one! We finally found one! MAKE THIS FOREIGNER THE NEW PRIME MINISTER!

[@SJokes]

How do people get them wrong? Just asking

[@mautrindade]

but he said irregardless

[@henrikr.822]

@@SJokes Speaking as an ignorant foreigner: something many people don't know ist that you're supppsed to pronounce Melbourne not Mel-BORN but MEL-Bin and Canberra not Can-BER-Ra but CAN-Bra (Or something like that)

[@SJokes]

@@henrikr.822 Ahh okay I see

[@socialistether6788]

"Australia is definitely not a superpower", tell that to our native fauna.

[@123mickymouse123]

Australia is a classically isolated, island ecological system. As such it's very vulnerable despite the common image of dangerous animals and all that (plus the major mammals and other animals died quite some time ago, possibly due to humans). All of this means Australia's flora and fauna is getting fucked over by climate change, habitat loss, fragmentation, bad government policies (yay conservatives :P), and invasive species.

[@asdrubaelvect8038]

Yup 100% conservatives at fault with everything, at all times regardless of the issue.

[@user-ct9tc4lw9h]

Umm they are the only country that’s army lost to actual animals

[@sonicmeerkat]

Tell that to the emus.

[@DarkOkie]

Come on guys that was 1000's of Emu vs like 15 guys with muskets

[@Rohv]

Update as of the 3rd week of July: Australia has openly taken sides in the South China Sea maritime dispute, and has sided against China.

[@comingviking]

That was kinda dumb. Like, really DUMB.

[@pepsigasm1015]

China medical team in Uganda 20th, ok.

[@AP-jl2lv]

the only thing that matters is that on July 13, 2020 the US Navy decided to officially reject all chinese claims to the south china sea. thank god for trump, hilary wouldve appeased them to the point of territorial expansion that will be what saves australia, war is coming soon.

[@comingviking]

@@AP-jl2lv And who is Trump to even have an opinion in the matter of the South China Sea? It is called the South CHINA Sea for a reason.

[@saintclarus]

@@comingviking What about countries like Mauritius in the Indian Ocean? They aren't Indian.

[@NickFoxer]

This video definitely has flavors of the book "The Accidental Super power", which I highly recommend.

[@michi-dl5sm]

New Zealand made the right move to block any purchasing on its land

[@afiyakemarafa1997]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nelsonferrer8994]

Salute to new Zealanders for respecting your nation and yourselves. I'm a Filipino and I wish that our society and government will act like you someday

[@jimandy9472]

Would have been an excellent move 15 years ago!! lil to late now eh

[@bikosteve8864]

They also blocked Huawei from building their 5G infrastructure

[@mangjose5446]

@@bikosteve8864 5gs are to dangerous. maybe thats why.. or also because of spying issues of china.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Is it safe to have "China" in the title? I thought it would be an automatic demonitisation.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

It seems to be like that nowadays.........

[@Dendroapsis]

Well I got no adds, but Wendover is heavily supported by sponsors, so I doubt he cares much.

[@ghnna]

#freedomofspeech

[@B0bb217]

@paul sticks okay Paul

[@Dygit]

paul sticks That you are Paul

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

>sees title >sees uploader Hey, wait a minute, you're not PolyMatter...

[@danieltsiprun8080]

At the start i thought this was a video from china uncensored

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[@soldatheero]

Australia clearly has much more in common with Canada than America.

[@shawnjavery]

I cringed so hard when he said that. Just because two countries were colonized by the British Empire doesn't mean they have much in common. The US geography played a huge role in its development and is fairly unique. It's more comparable to a place like France than Australia, since they both have river systems that lead to a strong sense of identity.

[@rogersmith1408]

Thats funny, because Canada and the US are amazingly the same. Driving down the road, you can't even tell the difference. It' could be another state! Ya, I know they are a common wealth and all that, but have you really been to both places? aside from a few political views.......I don't think you could tell if I dropped in in either country.

[@someone3445]

yeah like most people dont think austraila and canada exsit

[@markcash2]

@@shawnjavery River systems lead to a strong sense of identity?

[@shawnjavery]

@@markcash2 typically yes. When its easy to stay in touch with other people a stronger sense of identity tends to emerge

[@moisty254]

Moral of the video: don't put all your eggs in one Chinese basket

[@mikespearwood3914]

Yep, quite alarming how reliant on China, Australia is!

[@bctvanw]

That what Taiwan is trying to do in the past few years.

[@mr.m2659]

But still put a lot in the China basket or you'll get left in the dust

[@sheep.herder]

i agree, rid the country of the masonic club in parliament together with the rothschild usury system of slavery central banking cartel! print money as they do! the reserve b of aust. will tell you otherwise.. the same ones that cleaned out all the gold from our reserves and stopped it to the bank of england without any trace.

[@ParadigmRabbit]

Unless you like your eggs tyrannized and propagandized.

[@skadarious1062]

Why didn’t England just send their convicts to Canada?

[@lorenzo4819]

Trudeau didn't want them

[@Versuffe]

No Canada had too much surfers making prisons surf

[@flyallen8165]

Synthesis England only gained much of Canada in the 1760’s after a war involving France (hence the French speaking region of Québec) and the colonisation of Australia began in 1788. As such Canada, with its frozen tundra and the technology of the time was probably quite underdeveloped and not suitable maybe. Could’ve also just been a mix of both to gain territory in the Far East but not sure

[@mysty1e13]

Not even convicts deserve to live in such a place

[@noblevi3623]

At the time, the majority of what was considered Canada was still by and large French speaking colonists from the New France colony. One of the treaties implemented (and that lead to the American Revolution) stipulated that the British Government would, in several important aspects, remain hands off in the public affairs of what was now Canada, at this time the important places being the region of modern day Quebec and Nova Scotia. That treaty guaranteed protections for the huge majority (80%+) of the Canadian population [not counting the first nations, red river, matis, and so on] that were French speaking Catholics. Conversely, British Colonials and convicts were largely English speaking Protestants. A newly conquered Quebec wasn't particularly overjoyed that they were now under British rule. Sending convicts that also weren't happy that they literally got shoved a world away, on top of the cultural and religious barrier between native language and belief. Toss in that the American Revolution was on the way and you've just got a perfect brewing pot for losing the colony to rebellion, revolution, or being conquered by the Americans. Manifest Destiny already cost the British government about 1/2 of the North American investment. Mexico was a pipe dream for the Spaniards. A newly conquered un-assimilated, culturally different and linguistically foreign population had their cooperation being contingent on keeping the locals happy. Keep in mind that the British conquered the French colonies within the life times as Nelson and Napoleon engaged in fisticuffs back in Europe. This is still after centuries of on and off conflict between the British and the French, and now you're telling me you were going to dump British "undesirables" in Canada. Do you WANT to lose the other half of your investment? French remained French. Anything the British did had to stay out of the French's way. The British spent another hundred years after losing the original 13 colonies to the American Revolution treading on eggshells keeping Canada from falling into the hands of Benjamin Franklin's vision of a truly Continental United States. I'd say the British effots were largely successful. Modern day Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world by landmass. And only achieved full autonomy and disconnect from the British Government back in 1982 when the British Government allowed Canada amend their own constitution as they saw fit without passing things by the Governor General (Queen's representative to Canada) first. Canada is still part of the British commonwealth, like Australia, and hasn't expressed any serious interest in fully leaving the crown's domain since.

[@ddawg789]

“Too much reliance on any economy, no matter how strong economy may be, is a risky strategy.” *Laughs in Canadian*

[@ЯковН-ю9х]

*Australia* : _we have minerals_ *China* : _I need your clothes, boots and motorcycle_

[@nevermorelilzkie275]

why they need those when they can produce them?

[@stevesalzano942]

Bad to the bone!

[@DrRock2009]

Just watched that film last night...

[@blacktothefuture3870]

Terminator

[@thewanderingeuropean3522]

Fuck China

[@colincopland3665]

Wendover: Australia’s China Problem Video comments: Wendover’s “Sidney” spelling problem

[@kamelkadri2843]

that's why china is taking over the world, low IQ and don't give a buck attitude, if the poeple watching this video are so dumb to only care about spelling ignoring everything they saw, what can you expect from the rest..... RIP freedom

[@garyoakham9723]

That’s why the democrats are so hell bent on impeaching trump. Darn that drumpf for putting tariff on the Chinese

[@stormysamreen7062]

Wendover: *does not include any airplanes in a video*. *"My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined"*

[@liranpiade4499]

We got plenty of decent airports, he could've shown them! (They're not Changi or anything like that, but still!)

[@stormysamreen7062]

@@liranpiade4499 Of course, unlike Berlin...

[@chrisca]

This enraged his father, who punished him severely

[@erik_griswold]

Fun fact: both countries are highly dependent on air travel. And this video features aerial shots.

[@charesrandolph9211]

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[@latenightlogic]

That enormous period of continuous growth can largely be attributed to the former Prime Minister Paul Keating. A political juggernaut.

[@dama301]

And Bob Hawke just as much if not more

[@nicholaslokos7949]

So we can conclude that there are at least 4 people in Austrailia.

[@iggyblitz8739]

The two big cities Melb and Syd are pretty populated, actually to crowded now, many people leave the bigger cities to live less hectic lives to smaller cities / towns on the coast, seachange.

[@nicholaslokos7949]

@@iggyblitz8739 yeah, at least 1 person per city

[@nicholaslokos7949]

@Hyper Tube-Dale2006_D Welcome to the show!

[@kilo276]

Christine Lawrence r/whoooosh

[@nicholaslokos7949]

@@christinelawrence4315 bruh

[@grantburnett2542]

“sidney“ i’m sorry, sam, we can’t protect you anymore

[@stevesteve7386]

Don't forget he pronounced it melbern when it is mel-bel Only god can save him now Edit: this thread is now an aussie thread 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@571lama]

Irregardless. . .

[@quasarsavage]

Lol, mad aussies!

[@matt_b...]

@@571lama firstly, he literally made my head explode. He thought he snuck it in there, but he madded us when we discovered it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna watch a whole nother video.

[@雪走-m7z]

USA: We are the king of the world forever. Anybody who want to challenge me is the bad guy

[@timothycook2917]

Americans: Gather your horses, oxen and wagons and go west, young man! Australians: Thank God for airplanes!

[@Jake-oz7rs]

Aeroplanes*

[@AsttoScott]

Burk and Wills Expedition in 1860 did exactly that except they chose to go up instead of across Australia. They died.

[@Azaelris]

@@Jake-oz7rs fuck off

[@ghnna]

@@Jake-oz7rs its ok. the americans can't spell anyways

[@gtc4189]

@@ghnna Don't the British spell the American variation of 'color' 'colour' and then proceed to pronounce it as 'kuh-luh'?

[@aluisious]

The definition of irregardless is "regardless." Just say regardless.

[@zeyucheung8261]

No it’s regard

[@chl_ca]

then let's just stop using synonyms altogether

[@themangleberry8772]

Kind regards,

[@aluisious]

@@chl_ca it's an antonym, except it's not

[@regmarshall5619]

Isn't china everyone's problem right now?

[@corainn]

It's time for all countries to rethink their relations with China.

[@jingli7206]

No, not for Chinses.

[@johnz1910]

Really?

[@striker3555]

Isn’t America also everyone’s problem too?

[@meltd47s17]

Seriously though I would be down to team up with all the other nations and just nuke the fuck out of China. They seem to take pride in threatening everyone else’s way of life. I’d be happy to silence the douche they have running that shit show.

[@jerryhu9005]

""If China's GDP contracted just 5%, Australia"s would fall by 2.5%" *Coronavirus:* "Allow us to introduce ourselves"

[@birdsnature6421]

china will still have positive growth rate in 2020, Australia is fine.

[@Teleportcom]

@@birdsnature6421 China is not going to be okay after 2020, and Australia will be fine.

[@birdsnature6421]

Teleport2.com fine with me , wish all the best for Australia

[@Teleportcom]

@@birdsnature6421 China is going back into isolation.

[@Teleportcom]

@@birdsnature6421 America is done with China too, and the Philippines, oh and the uk and Canada also, all Huawei technologies are banned in the western world and high tech chip manufacturers are banned from selling to China, crippling the Chinese tech industry. Stop pretending that everything is fine in China.

[@theonebman7581]

I thought Australia was a conspiracy created by the Emu Protection League.

[@vvinters]

finally a real comment based on facts!

[@Saturn-uz6jc]

Cringe dead meme.

[@hansmeier3065]

See all the racist emus in the comments trying to silence you

[@rpbapale2732]

Look at this racists, they are trying to silence you by criticizing your works of truth.

[@fabianschulte7548]

Oh shit, they're onto us...

[@markanderson3870]

I always thought Australia had more in common with Canada than the US.

[@civonious]

Me: man these videos are great Narrator: "Irregardless..." Me: You go straight to hell!

[@nonofyourbusiness7384]

😄

[@crazyoncoffee]

My thoughts exactly... !

[@kostpoliakov]

Yeah, it definitely was harsh on the ears...

[@HeathenDan]

Yeah, I noticed that immediately.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

It would literally take fifteen minutes to vet a rough audio cut of the v/o text through someone who speaks English properly -- and the thing is, nobody who is saying "nobody cares," would care that it was correct for a change. Because they wouldn't know the difference.

[@kn0bhe4d]

11:04 "irregardless" **eye twitches**

[@aliciadonadio2597]

How was that again? Theres "regardless" and "irrespective"? I thought irregarfless was an invention of the European government politicians...

[@ingusmant]

Was going to comment the same thing

[@denniswatson6622]

It’s a word that people who think they know English well dislike, but it is a word nevertheless.

[@offchance789]

i just use irrespective when i feel like saying irregardless. regardless, irregardless is double negative so its a word but we don't grant you the rank of dictionary word.

[@iKarrott]

@@denniswatson6622 It's a word only because people kept using it incorrectly. It literally means the same thing as regardless. It's an improper word that should not be used in an academic or educational context. From Merriam-webster: "There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead." If anything people who defend the word irregardless and fail to mention its lack of legitimacy are the ones who think they know English.

[@plum_pie6402]

Hell yeah you mentioned Perth and even called us a city! so many docos used to refer to us as a "small country town"

[@cyclonicleo]

Small country town? Wait, this is Perth, don't I know you?

[@samuelchristie570]

Thriving music city

[@ungrateful-66]

Plum_ Pie I live in Florida, USA, and my uncle Ross (Lightfoot) lives in Perth (he was a federal senator there). I Oz but I love Florida too.

[@liberty0758]

Most likely American docos

[@honeybadger6348]

Nobody lives there! The streets were completely deserted when I went there

[@Warum_Nicht]

America, Australia and Japan must cooperate to solve the China problem!

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

America and Japan aren’t reliant on China.

[@anasabutamata3689]

July, 2020: This Video aged very well.

[@aaz1992]

Lel

[@haltestelle793]

I don't get it

[@andrewmays3988]

Considering how many Chinese students are in the United States today, and have been for several decades, studying at universities, colleges and all kinds of technological institutions, it is not surprising that the Chinese government is using the knowledge it's students are bringing back to China and replicating what it sees as successful economic ventures in the United States, as well as in other successful nations throughout the world. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, although the bright, educated minds in China could probably do it. No, the Chinese are merely copying what took place in American history over the past 200 years. As the economic competition heightens, and it will, Americans have no one other than themselves to blame for the loss of American jobs, technology and economic power to the Chinese government. America dealt the cards the Chinese are playing today and there is no chance they will ever fold what appears to be a very winning hand. Even if every American corporation ceased importing products manufactured in China and began manufacturing those same products in America with American labor, this won't stop the Chinese from manufacturing those products and selling them to the world at prices impossible to compete with. The bottom line is, once you've opened Pandora's Box and released the genies of international trade in international markets, there is no way back to nationalism and the good old days of the 20th century. Sorry folks, the handwriting is on the wall and it's past time to reading it!😇

[@teebonesteak8015]

@@andrewmays3988 Fuck I cannot stand people with half a clue who value their own opinions so highly. China's only option for exports is the EU, who are themselves currently at odds with China. They are not powerful enough economically to break away by themselves, and the majority of their neighbours absolutely despise them. The only "major" country willing to back them on the international stage is Pakistan and Pakistan is an economic pit at the moment. No, Andrew, despite how desperately you're praying for it, Western civilisation isn't done quite yet.

[@ryanwong5016]

Aged like wine

[@TijmensAviation]

First: Boeing’s China Problem Now: Australia’s China Problem Next: The Universe’s China Problem

[@garrycoleman8537]

Yes its always easy to blame somone else!!!!!

[@GJ-yr5jo]

@@garrycoleman8537 yes especially when they "someone else" is one of the most morally questionable and disgusting countries that has built itself off stealing from others and bullying whoever it can right?

[@jlu]

Hyperbeeno How did u type that comment?!

[@TheTrainMaster15]

Josh L walk outside the border for a minute, post comment. Easy

[@johntang1977]

@@GJ-yr5jo you mean the west through slavery, then colonialism, and now globalization and the banking system? i think you are definitely on to something here m8. brilliant

[@paraparap6143]

Polymatter’s about to get jealous now that youre talking about China

[@hsfjeldnfdhejfnfdnslcjwk281]

Polymatter will now talk about aviation

[@aaaadit5155]

Polymatter is an idiot

[@malsa_zej]

@@aaaadit5155 *you

[@Asimov_]

did I just witness an american pronouncing Brisbane right? You sir, have my respect.

[@anonymous_friend]

He said irregardless though...

[@Asimov_]

@Screw youtube for americans it certainly seems to be

[@helmmaster932]

@@Asimov_ that’s right. They say (Mel-Born) and (Bris-Baine). When it’s (Mel-Bun) and (Bris-Ban)

[@josefsstationrc6064]

Australia: exists* China: its free real estate

[@disobedientavocado5959]

Anyone with more than $3 million dollars is granted free citizenship in Australia, let the whoring of the land begin.

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

Not really- we got sold the fuck out by our politicians

[@disobedientavocado5959]

@Chris Russell That's the beauty of it Chris, that $3 million buys you entry and all you pay is a small amount of business tax and you get to import foreign workers under a workers visa and ship profits and resources overseas. And people think Pimps are only on the corner flogging a women off for $100 an Hr, ha.

[@crf80fdarkdays]

@@disobedientavocado5959 I disagree with your last comment mate, very unaustralian..

[@alanbstard4]

@@disobedientavocado5959 any foreign student passing a course gets residency. Just wait for citizenship

[@CalllMeMouse]

Wendover: Video about Australia Lets release it an 4:30am. Australia: Thanks Wendover.

[@dozenazer1811]

I think because it’s more targeted for US and Europe (I’ve got 9pm in Moscow)

[@ttoppa]

Is it a race who gets to see it first?

[@LucasSanga]

Mate its 2:27am in Perth right now

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

@@LucasSanga almost 6am in Melbourne

[@konplayz]

DextroTV sleep then

[@80KG_Costco_Chicken]

As it right now, Australia is having some arguements with China. I guess Wendover Prouctions do live in the future.

[@80KG_Costco_Chicken]

@Happy Thanos Really? China warned everyone and told everyone what to do. Yet western countries screwed up. They have those so-called "arguements" so they can shift people attentions from their incapability of dealing with the crisis. It is just a shame for all those countries. They have extra two months to prepare for this crisis. China was the first one hit by the virus, yet it only take less than two month to get everyone's life back to normal. And, if you don't like China as an example, check South Korea.

[@kittikorn6674]

@@80KG_Costco_Chicken they denied that corona can't spread to people in around late December and January

[@senseiadam-brawlstars9465]

@@80KG_Costco_Chicken 50 cents has been deposited to your account by the CCP.

[@meowzers1721]

@@kittikorn6674 china found the disease in december then found out that it was a new virus. they didn't care much cause they didn't think it was transmittable but then on january 23 they told the WHO and they found out that it was transmittable and shutdown the country

[@80KG_Costco_Chicken]

Kittikorn Tatar you can say this right now. But who understood this back in December?

[@13minutestomidnight]

This kind of avoids the whole problem of Australia also relying too heavily on America. In both situations, Australia has capitulated to these two nations in different ways. Australia is America's lapdog politically and militarily, but China's economically. And despite all that economic growth, we've had record numbers of homelessness and people struggling financially. Just increasing GDP doesn't mean an increase in prosperity for the majority of the population.

[@lilylia7375]

or aussies can make money from china, then use them to buy military things from USA, win win win. China gets stuff, USA gets money, and aussies break even!

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Australia: *Has exports* China: _"Give me that"_

[@EeeLife]

Should be: "Sell me that". Your lines are giving the feeling that China didn't pay

[@arminius8838]

It's called capitalism.

[@nishunair1912]

@@red_boi9059 I'll take 33% of your entire stock :P

[@stijnhs]

@@EeeLife with political pressure you can be sure China got some better than good deals

[@aandwdabest]

Just A Dio Who's A Hero For Fun Australia: Oi mate Good Day, wanna buy some coal? China: Say Hello to my red purse!

[@flipperbooch2194]

25% of comments: Australia joke 75% of comments: 11:05 “irrigardless”

[@nicholaslau3194]

ssǝlpɹɐƃᴉɹɹᴉ

[@samuelb.9515]

Ahaha that was exactly what I was going to post! Despite a great video all around, the ending was sort of a funny flop.

[@therocinante3443]

Beat me to it. I trusted this channel....

[@airdailyx]

Yep!!! Lol!

[@rigatonithetiger9986]

Nicholas Lau disliked the comment to Australian like

[@raulfuerte5512]

Australia: yeah mate, our huge country is mostly empty and only one road connects the whole country east to west. Canada: I’m listening, amuse me child.

[@davidearea242]

Raul Fuerte - What? Aren't Canadians capable of building a simple road across their nation?

[@anshu89]

David Earea what he means is that even canada is mostly made up of barren snow filled wastelands and most of the population resides in the south closer to the US...but even they have a well developed road network en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_in_Canada

[@redrainer]

Raul Fuerte I mean no? I can’t actually send an image but just google roads in Australia map to see that Australia is fairly linked up

[@ascensionjusino1847]

@@anshu89 0

[@robertmartin2867]

I'm not clear on why anyone expects us to build big roads through our deserts. Are the feral camels complaining about commute times?

[@ronchum5178]

Great video, now do "The USA has an Israel problem".

[@danielbociarski6633]

Preach

[@24YOA]

Please 🙏

[@dragonballflee9882]

Dry

[@That_GuyYouTube]

“Palestine has an Israel problem”

[@dragonballflee9882]

@@That_GuyKZbin Israelis don't cut peoples heads off for being a Muslim

[@Holphana]

the "emptiness" (2 lane road) of Australia is relative to our population. Our roads may sound somewhat pathetic but it's not like we have traffic jams and a real need to change it. More than that, we spend entirely too much on road infustructure. It's a great investment for sure but - again - relative to our population they are just not efficient decisions.

[@Grivian]

He made sure to mention it twice for shock factor because americans can't understand it

[@doomdoomtv316]

Driving thru pennant Hills to get to Coffs harbour is by far the most infuriating thing about this country

[@andrewlucas246]

I think the section on the road network and inland centres is a bit poorly informed and more focused on reinforcing a viewpoint that the australian landscape is too desolate to support life than portraying things accurately. Using alice springs as an example as our largest inland population centre is a strange choice. There are plenty of larger cities that are still plenty far from the coast. Albury wodonga (300km pop 96k), Wagga wagga (350km pop 64k), Bendigo (150km pop 108k) or Toowomba (150km pop 140km). These aren't big population numbers sure but they're in our 20 largest cities. The road that is used in the video to connect all the coastal capital cities is pretty nonsense. While some parts of that route are valid for most part it's a borderline scenic route that links smaller coastal towns. For large portions of the route people would drive inland on higher capacity more direct routes eg the hume from melb to syd and the GEH from Adelaide to Perth. When you consider that so much of our transport is by truck this is to be expected. The point the video tries to make is that Australia and the US are very similar but the desolate nature of Australia's landscape has held it back by comparison. In truth the US and Australia have pretty similar percentages of desert and arid land, you just have a lot more people living in it. The US is a lot older and came into the industrial revolution with pre existing population centres that were evenly spread out over 200 years of pre industrial growth. Australia on the other hand had populations concentrated in a handful of colonies along the east coast from the outset, which just became more dense with people, jobs and opportunities as the country industrialised further. Today Australia has the same population as the US in the 1850s and has lacked the pressure and economic opportunity (aside from mining) since to strongly populate and develop these more isolated areas the same way the US has.

[@FreewayBrent]

Eh, it took me about 90 minutes to drive 40 kilometres during the peak morning hours from Blacktown to North Sydney a couple of weeks ago, slogging along the M7/M2 motorways. It's not all smooth sailing in Australia. Of course, it's not as bad as Los Angeles or Manila (was also there 3 weeks ago), but Australian cities have their traffic issues too.

[@Doogsa-dl8sc]

Well everyone knows the road tax collected at the pump about 70 cents a litre is a scam to feather the beds of corrupt politicians who's connections own all the plant hire companies and all the traffic control companies. More orange traffic control cones in Australia than people. Roadworks in Australia is a rort.

[@aspenlovelock8115]

Thank you for talking about this, it’s no secret here in Australia that we are slowly becoming a puppet state of China. In fact when a book was being published about this issue, despite having gained media attention before release 4 publishers refused to publish it out of fear of China. 1 of them has never sold a book in China.

[@khadrockslol]

So true, we do not even have the opportunity to criticise Communist China on our own land.

[@thoughtpolice2191]

Layla it’s fucked

[@preciousjose]

@@khadrockslol your own land? When did Australia become white man's land? You killed and looted the natives and now have the nerve to call it your land.

[@steves9388]

@@preciousjose See below. Meet face! Nice arse-umption, dingbat.

[@jiaruiyan870]

Layla other than not being able to influence their government, what other freedoms do they not have? Are you also aware to the privileges ethic minorities have in China? Have you ever looked at a Chinese history text book? Lol keep taking in the shit fed by your media. I’m not saying that they are not doing anything bad, but they are not as bad as people think they are when you actually care to look at the whole picture.

[@specialsnowflake9172]

No airplanes? Not even a single one? Come on, Wendover.

[@KokoroKatsura]

A N I M E N I M E

[@leepickaciel8998]

Bend over

[@kajkaj2705]

Hit or miss please stop existing

[@abhisohal4556]

:(

[@swapnilgohil7280]

@@leepickaciel8998 chandler??

[@petert3355]

The claim that Australia would be affected by a China/Australia trade war more than China would has not really been shown to be true. Blackouts etc are causing serious issues in China. Australia is just continuing on.

[@BradTN_]

Yeah exactly, all of China's doings have not affected Australia's economy other than Covid which was slight

[@JJAB91]

I wish more of the world would see China as it really is, a paper tiger.

[@mgac1206]

@@BradTN_ bro r u serious? did u not watch the video china has stopped allowing international students over which generates roughly 40 billions dollars a year at its peak, but that figure now has since halved. They are also our biggest exported and importer and without them our economy will become stagnant we are basically useless without them. Right now our economy has yet to even recover from the covid situation and without china it'll be even harder.

[@BradTN_]

@@mgac1206 Australia's economy is more stable than China's. Especially since we've prospered without them. Leaving China behind will promote industrial growth in the homeland and international partners will inevitably replace China in all aspects. China tried coercing us through economic punishment, instead, they hurt themselves and Australia was relatively untouched.

[@nerocityhd9481]

@@BradTN_ if by "stable" you meant "stagnant in the moment china decides so" you nailed it

[@Sometimes_Happiness]

"If you owe the bank $100, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100 billion, you own the bank." Same story.

[@keanusw3369]

I guess...

[@pamelahomeyer748]

No that just makes you a trump for now. All that will change very soon especially when they find out that China is a big Financial bubble and most of the wealth is only on paper

[@iliketurtles2531]

Pamela Homeyer You're literally saying that for decades.

[@meows_and_woof]

Excuse me, Dubai and other deserted Middle Eastern cities were developed to that level not just bcz of oil boom. They have exploited labour from India and Philippines , treated them like slaves and build on human suffering. Australia could have done the same but they have strong human right laws and will not employ someone for $5 a day and no place to sleep because they have a minimum wage policy like in every developed country . Middle East pay well only to the locals, and often scam foreign workers and abuse them because their shitty laws always side with locals. Please don’t skip important facts when you make such videos

[@therealnoodles7638]

true, very cheap labour, almost slave labour

[@lettuce1305]

all civilizations were built by slaves and explitation to some extent

[@trcs3079]

As an Aussie, you don't understand how many people are underpaid due to the greed of employers and bosses and the tax loopholes. Lucky I don't get underpaid

[@jactrich]

Palestinian Patriot what was America built on? Oh right genocide, slavery and theft

[@olefella7561]

Speaking of which, why is Australia, a vast bountiful mega Continent in Asia-Pacific region, only a few hundred miles away from South-East Asia had no Asian-Pacific Islanders in that vast land originally, historically inhabiting when Anglo pirates, some 10,000 miles away England, sailed half the world away, and looted in late 18th century? This doesn't make sense, since Asian-Pacific Islanders originally and historically inhabiting and residing in Pacific such as Guam, Tonga, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and Hawaii? Like I said, why did Anglo British loot New Zealand & Australia, a vast bountiful continent in Asia-Pacific; why didn't they loot that beautiful fertile Iceland, just a short distant away from their jolly old England, with hardly any people there? Besides, they are exporting and selling all the resources (from that looted continent in Asia-Pacific) back to Asia-Pacific nations. China has made no secret that it will one day help liberate the continent in Asia-Pacific it sees as rightfully belonging to people of Asia-Pacific region. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807

[@lolailo2199]

I feel like Australia has more in common with Canada then the US

[@kungfujesus1874]

We don’t end words with boot, nothing in common

[@Jay-um6eq]

what are you talking a boot?

[@waifubreaks1572]

Australians don't like hockey.

[@evanm738]

waifu breaks we’ve got field hockey but that’s the closest you’ll get

[@cmiso1]

Guys hes saying economically and politically its the same. Iv heard this mentioned before. And yes. Im Aus. From my knowledge. Canada also has vast untamed and almost inhospitable wilderness, Its core towns and citys are of small to medium population. and also relies heavily on mineral exports as a large sum of its income. I know theres a lot of oil. And i know Canadians dont like oil drilling. It ruins what is undoubtedly a beautiful country. And there would be a lot of gold and diamonds in those canadian mountains, Australia has the best beaches in the entire world. And they too are being ruined.

[@cgrfc1]

Love australia spent a year there and loved it but it's too expensive everything costs a fortune, if I'm being completely honest it's a little bit boring but I would go back

[@dt8129]

According to flat earthers , Australians are paid actor of NASA 😪.

[@Racko.]

AUSTRALIA DOESNT EXIST

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

Where's my paycheck then?

[@xTROLLINGx]

According to round earthers a picture is enough to sway them.

[@mrstealyokid9060]

IM NOT A FUCKING ACTOR

[@thekushkunt]

@paul sticks Are you trolling?

[@liyanxu]

Dec 2020: this channel predicted the future

[@dampryan10]

@@darekpower yeah basically, the funniest thing is China banned coal imports from us and suffered huge power outages because of it 🤣

[@KiglirsFR]

@@dampryan10 So now on which country Australia will depend/get help from?

[@Keedar]

@@KiglirsFR short term Australia is fucked. Long term it’s going to be very beneficial for them

[@hhhaaajjjxx]

@@dampryan10 fake news.

[@dampryan10]

@@hhhaaajjjxx real news**

[@petersmythe6462]

"One of the fastest growing industries out there is of course-" *C H I N A*

[@disobedientavocado5959]

You can thank Australia for that by signing the Lima declaration and pimping it's land out to communists like a whore.

[@崔莱]

@@disobedientavocado5959 free trade and capitalism amirite?

[@omayaki5264]

@@disobedientavocado5959 that's capitalism though.

[@TheCat48488]

Who is the true false man god now?

[@swaggydukes4075]

surprising he nailed the pronunciation of brisbane and melbourne

[@onik6512]

*china*- "you cant buy this house unless you've been a citizen here for 10 years, give up your native citizenship, have a chinese spouse and are patriotic to china" *Australia*- "you got fiddy bucks?"

[@youyadensi]

Well, it is really really hard to get citizenship of China. You can apply green card, but it is hard to apply as well.

[@argh2945]

Rui's Tips & VLog On the one hand I'm glad we live in 'open' and liberal societies in the West, but I think our openness will our undoing. It's becoming naive at this point. It's open to the point where our governments don't consider basic national priorities anymore. Any Western government that proposes slightly stricter citizenship or immigration rules, for example, (rules that were the norm 20 to 40 years ago) is branded as xenophobic.

[@pflernak]

@@argh2945 By not changing your views in 20 years youve become far right or whatnot.

[@argh2945]

nipi tiri Yeah, I'm not "progressive" enough. Proudly so actually.

[@holiday5774]

yes you get the point

[@connorml]

Lmao they misspelled Sydney as "Sidney" then blurred it out

[@skullsaintdead]

Lol I wondered why Syd was censored.

[@michaelspears7116]

The 2020's are gonna be a hell of a decade.

[@NikoMalekMusic]

Buckle up buckaroos

[@gagevanlandingham8720]

There's a lot more going on around than we may think...

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

@@gagevanlandingham8720 ohhhhhh yea

[@jackdugan5566]

like what else is going on?

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Don't remind me

[@JakeLikesTech]

did the KZbin algorithm really think the keynote "Sydney" was a license plate? That's gotta be what it is and that's really funny and sad.

[@davidhuffman8706]

you DEFINITELY said "irrigardless" at 11:08 just to get comments for the algorithm. No way you would make that mistake so obviously

[@cappyjones]

Looks like it worked 🤔

[@davidhuffman8706]

@@cappyjones Hey I'm all for getting these videos more exposure!

[@crimson90]

It was at 11:05, not 11:08

[@bradlysmith8880]

Well considering what he said in context, irregardless was the correct thing to say. If Australia wants to keep up its unprecedented growth, irregardless of China's gdp, it needs to diversify.....

[@bradlysmith8880]

But i feel like you're more concerned that the word itself is redundant. Lmao

[@MrFakeHacker]

Australia:*has minerals* China: I’ll take your entire stock

[@kryts27]

Without a war. How clever :-)

[@MrFakeHacker]

I apologise I did not mean to offend you

[@nilesbutler8638]

@JIMI JAMES what the f*** are you trying to communicate? Ever heard of checking your texting for legibility?

[@newyorkerjoe123]

Speaking of which, why is Australia, a vast resourceful continent in Asia-Pacific, only a couple hundred miles away from South-East Asia had no Asian-Pacific Islanders in that vast land originally, historically inhabiting when Anglo pirates, some 10,000 miles away England, sailed half the world away, and looted in late 18th century? This doesn't make sense, since Asian-Pacific Islanders originally and historically inhabiting and residing in Pacific such as Guam, Tonga, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and Hawaii? Speaking of New Zealand, why did these same Anglo pirates, sailed half way around the world and looted in late 18th century? Why didn't they occupy beautiful fertile Iceland, right above them just a short distant away, with hardly any people there? As a matter of fact, China has made no secret that it will one day help liberate the continent in Asia-Pacific it sees as rightfully belonging to people of Asia-Pacific. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807

[@erinlee5936]

@@newyorkerjoe123 For one reason - natural resources. It's the same as any other European country. Asia Pacific has natural resources that Europe wanted but couldn't grow (like spices, for one). Is that what China is saying? They are the ones who will liberate Asia Pacific? Sounds like Imperial Japan's WWII propaganda. If anything, China will be the new colonists. They will colonize Asia Pacific and control all the natural resources to satisfy their growing demand. It's happening now and no one is doing anything to stop them.

[@chelzmalee]

Wendover: Australia exists because of the US Australia: OH NO HE DI’ NT

[@moosif5]

60,000 years people have inhabited Australia. But no one sent the USA a memo so it didnt really happen

[@joez6235]

@@moosif5 For about 59805 of those years it was not called Australia.

[@7Caspo]

Human Person the Dutch thought it was worthless (they landed in the desert).

[@peepeetrain8755]

Australia would be French if the us never fought for freedom

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

@@joez6235 but Australia IS this island

[@thecringesaltawardcompany1818]

Australia is clearly more like Canada. And to say they got the same hand as America when much of our land in uninhabitable desert (when much of the American heartland is rich for farming and manufacturing) is laughable lol

[@Azoonaloc13]

It feels like it's too late for Australia. When it comes to our political issues everybody is just too self-centered and disinterested to care, years of easy living have made many of us soft and complacent, a recipe for collapse.

[@rootedurdadingoulburngaol1503]

Most people here don't care about politics since it's obvious there will never be a political solution anywhere in the world. Trust me mate, no one is in power unless their comprised or the usual suspect.

[@Azoonaloc13]

@@rootedurdadingoulburngaol1503 Yep, everyone is in on the sick joke, but nobody really cares enough to treat it as anything more.

[@spookypunky]

I feel like that here in the US.

[@_Cato_]

Azoonaloc13 Yeah, as a Yank, I can see that. Aussies have it easy, very little turmoil or hardship, and that doesn’t encourage the population to be politically active.

[@Hazeleyes26]

Enthios we don’t...

[@Rob_D74]

"Largely dealt the same cards" What a load of crap. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. That's why our population is low in comparison which affects everything else.

[@nuvisionprinting]

We have a lot of 1 offs, unless you start looking at Antarctica. Then we compare perfectly....I wonder how population growth is going there?

[@iplayfoofee3547]

driest continent, but not the driest country.

[@sprogg2001]

Totally agree, when it's really hot, it just puts you off any bedroom activities.

[@Rishi123456789]

@@iplayfoofee3547 No, the driest continent is Antarctica.

[@kryts27]

The driest inhabited continent on Earth is the Southern Hemisphere, but it's called Antarctica, not Australia (for your benefit, Antarctica is now continually inhabited by Homo Sapiens). I feel the South can take a more aggressive hemispherical nationalist stand to the North (anything above the equator) and tell them to go f**k off. Leave us alone ;-)

[@Daniel-mi4er]

After studying at three different universities in Australia in three different cities, international students are starting to become a big problem. They pay approximately five times more in tuition fee's than domestic students, so the uni's put emphasis on international students over domestic students by advertisement, allowing more international students to study at the universities each year, manipulating the campus culture and the grading system. It is incredibly annoying as someone who wants to study and learn more about what I am studying, it gets edited and filtered to get more international students when it could quite easily be changed in the same way just to be a sound education system. The first example is my mum marked hundreds of papers for several years while doing her master's and doctorate which she graduated from earlier this year, and it is incredible the amount of paper's she got which were unintelligible, it was astonishing as to how many were clearly written in another language and then put through Google Translate. Because of this, the universities ask markers to mark to a 60% median. Consequently, students who clearly should not pass, end up passing only because if more than half the students in a course fail, it looks terrible on the university. Even if you do not stick to a 60% median, the university will review your marking once completed and adjust it if it is not at the 60% median. In my opinion, it is a very unethical, dishonest, and illegitimate way of marking university papers. The other issue I have with how the universities function with regards to international students, is they continue to allow more and more to enrol. This results in the culture of the universities changing significantly, because many of the students come from countries which are not politically peaceful like Australia, e.g. China. Consequently, you have protests and fights (in worst-case scenarios) regularly over political issues in other countries, on-campus. I am just trying to learn about psychology, and I would rather my education was not interrupted by protests about issues which do not have any impact or relation to what I am studying, my friends, family, or my country because this is not China or Hong Kong. You are protesting for things which do not exist in Australia, and there is nothing an Australian student can do to help you with the issues you have in your country. The promotion of diversity and international students at the universities also means, the student accommodations on-campus get unfairly overcrowded with international students. I lived on-campus at the Australian National University for one year, and 70-80% of the students in my building were international, and 40-45% had significant trouble speaking English. As a domestic student, it becomes very isolating. I do not have an issue with experiencing other cultures. I am fortunate enough to have travelled a lot for my age, but at the end of the day, my culture is with Australia, as well as my nationality, it is what I am proud to call myself, I prefer to live with Australians as I have for my entire life, if I wanted to live with Chinese people, I would study in China, but Australia is what is familiar to me. If that seems wrong to say to you, I can tell you the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Hong Kong students do not have a problem with it, they rarely go outside there cultural groups, because it is human nature to find comfort in what we find familiar. I do not know whether these actions are intentional on the universities part, but it certainly comes across that way. Also, I have not written a YT comment in many years, but this video illuminated some issues I have been experiencing over the past four years, and I hope it can offer some insight to others.

[@MrVeersam]

I can agree with you on most of the stuff you have said but being in a developed country and a nation made of immigrants embracing globalisation is good for the economy.

[@jrd33]

We have similar problems here in the UK with foreign students at universities, although not only from China. They are so profitable to the university that it completely warps their priorities towards gaining more foreign students at any cost.

[@theholyasdf3593]

I relate to your post so much and i agree with every single sentence. I went to Usyd and many of the fourth year classes, were 90% chinese students, and maybe 5% Indians and 5% Australians and others. Even the lecturer had a strong Chinese accent. This one of the many reasons why i'm a banana, yellow outside, white inside, i'm of Chinese ancestry but pro-western. Needless to say, I don't dislike Chinese people, some really are just trying to get by and improve their lives, and barely able to do in some of their personal circumstancese, but there's just so many of them at my university.

[@peterlemke3468]

Interesting observations thanks for sharing. The sad fact is most Australian universities are very reliant on international student fees. This helps fund places for local students. It is not healthy that so many international students come from the one country.

[@BobBob-of7fg]

MrVeersam No it isn’t. It just creates a larger pool of workers so companies have more choices and are able to pay less and give less benefits.

[@Relatablename]

In all honesty the USA and China both have similar shipping times to get here, that being a couple of weeks. However shipping costs $100+ per item from America and essentially nothing from China. A free trade agreement would easily eliminate our dependence on Chinese manufacturing, although America is facing a similar problem itself. The five eyes need to be closer trading partners!

[@jchan9761]

All of the west. Not just five eyes.

[@HarunRashid93]

A Wendover video that doesn’t have airplanes in it AND isn’t sponsored by skillshare. Crazy times we live in.

[@knockhello2604]

annoying fuck

[@auslei]

Harun Anver sponsored by cia

[@GalileoAV]

More like everyone's China problem at this point. Heh

[@megafro6999]

trueee

[@megafro6999]

@FuranDuron we already are, with hong kong.

[@goldenrepublic6848]

Megafro everyone needs to gradually distance themselves from China that will hurt the CCP

[@semifakefan]

@@KahruSuomiPerkele They can hurt HK without putting them into reeducation camps :/

[@megafro6999]

@@KahruSuomiPerkele no but hong kong sparked a lot of attention, and a lot of people are protesting/showing support for them in other countries, maybe if anything does happen we can somehow boycott chinese goods

[@tovsteh]

This video has aged well. COVID-19 will force Australia focus on more self-sustainability and move away from Chinese dependency. Note: The problem I have with China is its tyrannical government, not much else.

[@p4m209]

Yeah it’s getting a bit tense down here in that regard

[@SAOrules]

Funny I have a problem with China even existing at this point. It’s a threat to the entire world, and shouldn’t be allowed to exist.

[@tovsteh]

@@SAOrules They are a modern day super-power next to America. They need to be allowed to exist, but yes, I also see their government as a threat given how aggressive they are.

[@SAOrules]

toasteh would agree with you. But they’re government must be destroyed for their numerous crimes against humanity.

[@tovsteh]

@@SAOrules Yep, but any attempt at such would result in WW3. The Chinese are going to have to step up and fix this themselves, but their government arent making it easy for them (censorship, jailing/killing dissidents, spying, social credit system etc). China has to make the first move for the world to react or it aint gonna happen. What the west will do as thanks for the ramifications of Covid spread (and them hiding it) is just something we'll have to wait and see. I see many similarities to Soviet/Nazi germany in terms of how the CCP behaves.

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

If you ignore the "America No.1" bullsh't at the start, the rest of the video is really quite spot on.

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

There was no “America No.1”. How fking insecure are you jump to conclusions like that anytime the US is mentioned? Lmao!

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

There was no “America No.1” bs. Literally give me a timestamp. Or better yet, just tell me you’re insecure, and that the presence of the US alone makes you feel inferior.

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

There was no “America No.1” People like you always jump to conclusions because it’s a superpower and your country isn’t.

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

There is no “America No.1” bs

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

Only your insecurity every time it’s brought up

[@TalesOfGod]

Are we going to ignore the negative effects that China has had on the Australian real estate market, jobs and the political matters in Australia? The amount of corruption charges against Australian officials for being bribed to side with China in only the last 5 years alone speaks volumes of what is happening in the country. I agree on many of his points but we should not pretend that Australians are in a better position because of China. If anything, Australia is in a dire situation to change because of China.

[@hsfjeldnfdhejfnfdnslcjwk281]

Cars have had a bigger negative impact on the housing market than China ever could

[@ZhangLee.]

stupid ruin everything and that include you

[@crf80fdarkdays]

@@ZhangLee. stupid Zhang can't even structure a proper sentence in English to attack an Australian talking about a subject you wouldn't even be familiar with. Fuck off Zhang Lee your input is not welcome

[@aussieboy4090]

TalesOfGod # Well enough barking and do something America. Maybe spend less on your little wars and donate some to us if we are truly friends. :/

[@crf80fdarkdays]

@@ZhangLee.No I'm not an economic genius, what I am though is a proud Australian that is being done wrong by our own government. Our people suffer whilst the government lets too many foreigners into the country and gives them all the luxurys of government housing and education and work through visas witch is disadvantaging us Australian born people. Not to mention the selling off of land and assets to China, and letting Chinese farms fuck our waterways dry of every last drop. So who's ruining everything now? Go fuck your own country, not ours.

[@miazz7521]

“If Australia wants to keep up its unprecedented period of economic growth irregardless of how China is doing, diversification is crucial” Easier said than done mate

[@g2m4]

li si don’t worry India will step up soon ! Only if Chinese funded australian environmental lobbies stop creating unnecessary hurdles things would be much better !

[@madsnoop7]

@Brian kent Yeah we wont work for grains of rice unlike the chinese .

[@supernovanotp1938]

@@g2m4 I feel by 2022 we should see India's GDP doubling of what it is now.

[@Raz.C]

I dunno if that's a direct quote, but "irregardless" isn't a word.

[@JWW60]

Don't let China take your country mates.

[@GayGHvain87]

The whole world : China has the biggest reserves of like everything ever, and is cheap AF despite its weird government ; let's use that to make more money ! China : *uses that to get stronger and have the whole world depend on them* The whold world : *surprised pikachu*

[@SM_Fato]

ArviNoyou 😀😀😀😀😄😄

[@desmondding7405]

Honestly, Japanese did the same once and got shut down by the US before it got overcame. Now US is trying to shut down China, lol, let’s see how this ends.

[@AFlyingCookieLOL]

@Mr. Sir **If only china and mainland chinese were more likeable, many won't have a problem.** If blacks don't have messed up medical care in the US they won't be so pissed off and this is all because of Racism. Don't act like this is a mainland Chinese thing as you haven't met many if at all. You haven't even been to China.

[@liucyrus22]

There is more to it. The current Chinese government is a control freak and it’s a political dystopia despite the (superficial) economical success. (Just what country on Earth has a constitution that specifies one-party-monopoly and gets amended every ten years or so and is riddled with “wisdoms of our leaders”? Haven’t even mentioned the state-owned-enterprise domination) Yeah wake up to it. It’s late but better late than never.

[@AFlyingCookieLOL]

@@liucyrus22 **The current Chinese government is a control freak** China is building infrastrucuture for it's people while US is bombign 3rd world coutnries. In addition to that has lower crime rate than US despite it's large population. **political dystopia despite the (superficial) economical success.** Politics do not make progress. In addition to that China has created many jobs reducing the poverty rate by % to that lower than US. Economically this is a success when you export and create many jobs while creating many new companies. **one-party-monopoly** And the party in China is made of people that worked their way up thru meritocracy rather than people jumping up to the first position thru popularity. In addition to that the top couple are all engineers. This is why US has subpar public infrastructure while China has far better infrastructure.

[@louistan7560]

Australia doesn't have a China problem. China is neither the US, UK nor Japan. What will benefit Australia greatly is to accept where it is located and work to co-exist and cooperate in its self interest in the region. It can either be an "island" tied to its past or a "Continent" on its own trajectory unfettered by the geo-politics of the US and the UK. Unlike Canada led by a junior that is physically tied to the US it is thankfully locate far away.

[@UnityGoogle]

Australia Definely has a China problem. They have faced multiple warnings from China and the Australian people disagree with Chinese Policies. Australia Can integrate itself to it’s neighbours but it wouldn’t really do anything. And the US can interfere with Australia. It has a massive naval presence and has a literal spy base in the middle of Australia. It can pretend like it can hold by itself but in reality it is heavily dependent on others.

[@Cujo5]

America: Started colonising 400 years ago. Australia: Started colonising 200 years ago. America: Became America 200 years ago. Australia: Became Australia 100 years ago. Same cards my ass. You've had a full 200 year head start to develop your population, not to mention how close you were to Europe and so had access to many more resources. We had to build from next to nothing.

[@CarrotConsumer]

I doubt Australia will ever reach America's height. There are just way more resources in the US.

[@Shankar-Bhaskar]

I agree, Australia was, and still is, a barren land as opposed to the lush green US.

[@kerosblue5609]

Lol he said mostly the same cards

[@Shankar-Bhaskar]

@Kleco102 Australia has a looming water problem in the future. It is a dry continent with no real access to drinking water.

[@Twizted86]

We've got plenty of water I think we're just lacking access to it.. lol. The Australian Artesian Basin covers 20% of the landmass (1.7 million square kilometres) it's the biggest and deepest artesian basin in the world.. If we could just tap into it in more places we could mitigate at least some of the water shortage.

[@penelopegreene]

In the 80's as students we actually spoke to this guy from The Rand Corporation in History Class. Don't know what the connection was. It was kinda unreal. He said, according to the programs they ran, China would try to gain hegemony over Canada and Australia. We just stared at him like he was an idiot. BUT NAO... o.O

[@penelopegreene]

@Peter Parker Dammit, I told you I want pictures of Spiderman!

[@Taurineg]

That guy was from the future

[@aymanplayzmc6326]

We??? *give me ur time travel machine*

[@gavinstarks2761]

Country near China exist China: I'm gonna need that

[@matiasrisso5917]

For a developing country is the same thing...

[@brandenr6073]

@@matiasrisso5917 but they have less power and corruption is far greater, so China can easily take their souls away

[@zsarimaxim692]

Countries around the world exist Anglos: it's all ours. Minerals exist China: we would want to buy them Anglos: we'll just take them, or regime change coming your way.

[@preciousjose]

Says a white inbred which looted half the planet.

[@gavinstarks2761]

You guys are being so mean to one another it was just a joke.

[@maradona1012]

Australia should stop issuing PRs to PRC citizens. I don't understand why so many PRs are granted to Chinese citizens. Shouldn't there be a quota to prevent certain groups of people from flooding the country?

[@almarc]

Today I learned that I knew nothing about Australia whatsoever.

[@applescruff1969]

I knew a lot about Australia. Just didn't know how bad their government is. Lol.

[@kryts27]

Neither did I, and I live in it.

[@Rishi123456789]

@Kob Biee Every land in the world has been invaded/occupied/colonised by people from other lands and not all of those people are white, so fuck off with that shit.

[@CoWinkKeyDinkInc]

Cringe

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Kob Biee "a stolen land"? How many nations on Earth are built on conquest then, just Australia?!

[@yonathangonzalez6670]

He blurred out “Sidney.”

[@michaelpidsadny2379]

How come

[@MPVC1]

@@michaelpidsadny2379 he spelled it wrong, its spelled "Sydney", not sidney

[@Tedd755]

Sam, Sam, Sam. You even lived there for a time, studying! Recently!

[@iamthinking2252_]

0:52 now the text box is censored

[@Tedd755]

@@iamthinking2252_ Uhh, it always was. That's what we're talking about.

[@Kieltheawesomedude]

Why wouldn’t they compare Canada and Australia...

[@Max-os3kp]

Kiel S Because murica

[@drawingboard82]

Much fairer comparison in my view

[@firstcooommment3675]

Because we would get the inevitable Maple Syrup, "Eh", and kind Canadian jokes flooding the comments. No matter the context

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Canada is essentially a cold version of Australia!

[@fatherfred3946]

Why wouldn’t they compare Canada and Australia? Both were stolen by notorious Anglo British. By the way, what do Slavery, Colonization, Colonialism, Capitalism, and Imperialism (that Anglo British has practice now and then), have all in common? Because all these benefit Anglo British in a great deal. For instance, as in any sports and games one plays, if you are ahead of the game, that you found yourself in a much stronger position, and the others are weaker than you are; then what do you do? Would you play Offensive or Defensive game? Of course, you play Offensive game. That's exactly Anglo British has been doing, playing Offensive game that benefit them the most out of the rest of the poor world, through Slavery, Colonization, Colonialism, Capitalism, and Imperialism. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=820652 blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807

[@janeteholmes]

The card the US got that we didn’t is the Mississippi River.