What the Expanse Teaches Us About Conflict Resolution

The Expanse can give us some very interesting insights about solving conflicts with our fellow man.
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[@cosmobane6995]

And don't forget, this story is human vs human, which is quite rare for a space-based scifi

[@darthvader4594]

Well there was COD infinite warfare....

[@theenglishbean8041]

@@darthvader4594 but isnt that a war against fish?

[@cosmobane6995]

@@darthvader4594 I forgot Dune entirely when writing that

[@rookiemechwarrior]

Paidmason don’t forget Battletech, for when you want your game of thrones no magic and with a side of mechs.

[@nyx2875]

Warhammer: humanity vs everyone (including itself)

[@L0stEngineer]

The expanse is strange, it casts us out into futuristic dreams bound only loosely by physics, only to paint in abstract the nightmares of our time. At least they still have coffee.

[@mandodelorian4668]

"It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion."

[@disenfranchisedproletariat4832]

In 2020, I’m cool with that.

[@user-jv6ev1yk4f]

No, world without coffee would be doom!

[@guntere1004]

just remember: There is coffee in that nebula.

[@EnduringFrost]

And this is where I would sip my coffee....IF HOLDEN DIDN'T AHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

Wow this is so real & quite down to earth - I feel depressed

[@evanroberts2771]

Simply because Allen keeps finding topics he can insert his anti China rants into, instead of focusing on what the channel is about. Which is NOT politics.

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

@@evanroberts2771 yayyyyy

[@tersan5043]

Evan Roberts ummm...but the channels about page literally says “the more you know about movies and REAL LIFE, the more the lines between them blur.” That would make your statement wrong. And even if it didn’t, he’s the CONTENT CREATOR of/for the channel. Meaning it’s HIS to do with. Basically I’m saying YOUR rant (and you have NO idea if I agree with you or not)...your rant is not what this channel is about

[@TheBaggyc]

The thing's I love most in the expanse is the lack of an irredeemable 'bad' faction and the disregard for might makes right. Everybody is trying to find their own ideals and fighting for them. Whether it's the OPA launching assassination attempts in an effort to liberate themselves after centuries of de-humanisation and exploitation. The Martians aggression as they try to better their home and reach their fullest potential. The stagnancy of earth as they struggle to just hold back from the brink. The show consistently tries to treat humans with the complexity they deserve. That's why I loved Ashford, the pirate I was sure was going to betray Drummer, and he does but not because he's power hungry or selfish, but because like so many humans he scared of the unknown and trying to protect the people he loves.

[@SpencerAK74M]

And he goes out singing...

[@pezzleysnipes8110]

@@SpencerAK74M Broke my little heart.

[@philusaphur4924]

Mars aint what it used to be

[@gateauxq4604]

Next season 🤔 (havent read the book, just see the writing on the wall) RIP Ashford, i’ll toast to him.

[@dreamcoyote]

And Ashford the self-absorbed pirate is the one who comes to the conclusion that they must destroy the ring to save humanity, and doom themselves in the process, standing beside the military leaders of mars and earth who should have thought of it first. He's right.. and wrong.. and totally human. Holder says something when in the ringspace about how we have to stop just reacting to everything, because when humans just react to something they don't understand it's usually with violence. Really important stuff to remember.. The whole thing started out as an RPG that turned into a novel. It shows up in expected ways (Bobbie the Tanker! Naomi the wizard, etc) and unexpected ways because the world reacts to itself and doesn't appear to be a forced arc. It's like a simulation playing out rather than plot armor. Lots to like and lots to think about.

[@davidpalmer4184]

Hi from Australia. Politics is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on. (Crocodile Dundee.)

[@23pyromaniac]

An overly simplistic perspective but a good quote nonetheless. What part of Australia u from?

[@steviewilliams7131]

@@23pyromaniac True it is simple but in the macro sense; very analogous.

[@casbot71]

The problem with using Sci-fi written by engineers, philosophers, artist, dreamers and so forth is they won't be the types of people making the decisions. We want a glimpse of how the future will be governed, look at sci-fi written by Politicians - with the _current crop_ now though, the books would be written in crayon… with spelling mistakes.

[@MrPapamaci88]

In a few years, perhaps, I might finish my science fantasy novel. Since I rather focus on the human aspect of the setting, I won't delve into tech too far, and I might incorporate fantasy elements since it is a fun tool to play with, plus an easy way to avoid problems with future tech. It might have nihilistic cults waging war against one another, dieties not giving a crap, maybe even magic, but the philosophy will be real, the politics will be real, the human interactions will be real. Also, I am an unemployed Eastern-European. I understand hardship, poverty, corruption, hopelessness and at the same time I am well educated enough to understand politics, philosophy, and so on. I do like happy endings though, but not the type you see. :P Maybe 5-10 years, and you can read it! Hopefully, others like me are writing the new generation of great novels too so we can get out of the age of cliches and remakes! Cheers all!

[@MrPapamaci88]

@OriginalTharios Sadly the reality is different. Oppressing people is the easiest way towards power and wealth, and even if you removed the "elite" who rule over us, they'd simply be replaced by a different mob. The Soviets did it in many Eastern-European countries after WW2 to curb corruption, and yet the new elite was just as corrupt. The reason why we cannot advance beyond our current level is simple, we aren't there evolutionarily. There are exceptional individuals, sure, but 90%+ of our population is barely better than our ancestors were 10000 years ago. The standard of living, our knowledge, our technology has been elevated, but our species is still pretty much the same. I do like your sentiment though.

[@todo9633]

How naive, people are people, no matter what job they work, and power corrupts everyone. Just look at labour unions and you'll see that these people are just as susceptible as anyone else to the perils of authority.

[@MrPapamaci88]

@@todo9633 So in other words, yes, most of our species is still too primitive to reach the next level of civilization.

[@Walpurgis117]

Many people read about fictional worlds written by artists, dreamers and engineers as an escape from the real world which is run by politicians.

[@greyfox8899]

I came for the sci-fi, but stayed for the incredible speech at the end! Just wow!

[@gbladewarrior6884]

I immegrated to the US so I notice things that most people who live here their entire lives don't. I gained many rights but lost many freedoms that I used to have living in a third world country. The American govement is too bloated and much of it needs to be cut out like cancer for things to get better. There are many departments that are not nesesary but justify their existence thru complicated laws that common citizens cant understand. When your honest they punish you while you see those that cheat the system become successful. My family is always afraid of loosing our hard earned money by being sued, and have lost tens of thousands because the court cares more about unfair laws than actual justice. The IRS harassed us for years because Bank of America lied about our account, we proved this in court but they were never punished and we were never compensated for the time they made us waste. The saddest of all is that most Americans are blind to this corruption because they have lived with it their entire life.

[@beaver6d9]

I feel weirdly uplifted after watching this.

[@andrewostman3135]

I swear this looks like a manifesto by a man on the run. Kidding aside, I really did like your take on all of this

[@arnefines2356]

"looks like". " Is"?

[@Gabrhil]

Alan: The only long-term solution is to prove that our system is superior through peaceful means. Me: Ah, shit.

[@chrishansen4541]

they will learn of our peaceful ways by force

[@mandodelorian4668]

this brings to mind the Tolerance Paradox.

[@warwolf3005]

The only viable sitiuation for the US is a devestating war, while they can still win it. The question is when will democratic leaders be able to trigger it

[@GoldenWolf141]

@@mandodelorian4668 kinda, when you have clear boundaries you are capable of undo the paradox, and that can only be achieved by talking and discussing ideas with everyone

[@robkemp598]

"The world will learn of our peaceful ways... BY FORCE!!!" Bender Rodriguez

[@janusli8820]

I'm from China. Actually I see the Mars in the Expanse series more like my own nation. Mars, with its citizens working extremely hard, is growing rapidly and seems to be supassing the old dominant. So just like reality, you can't just export labour from earth to mars. Imaging you move to China just because you lost your job in US, it's not that a small deal. On the other hand, I totally agree with you that media in China is good at pointing out flaws in US system. As you may agree, most of them makes sense.Some Chinese think about US in a different way. Ideologies don't come from vacumn, they must coexist with the interest of a certain group of people. People that are imegrants certainly will support ethnic equality. In US politicians can be legaly manipulated by big companies, so as the media, just to spread the idologies that are favor to their stock prices. So in this case, I think it's very naive of people that only shouting for peace and love and US superiorities. There're so many debates in US simply because there're so many conflict of interests of people in the US system. Huge income and life care inequalities between rich and poor, between colors, (in Chinese context) between captitalists and labours, are the real deal, and far more difficult to solve. Also it's very funny that you don't call US media propoganda, as they certainly are. Some of the narratives about China are fabricatied, if you bother to find out.

[@TylerMAgnew]

Just wanna say thank you never would’ve watched this without seeing all the videos where you guys talk about it. Now I’m addicted and have binge watched 2 seasons in 3 days!

[@BasicFilmmaker]

Nice video. Opinion: There is ALWAYS someone (usually unknown) behind ANY conflict. The trick is to find who that is - when found and exposed, the conflict usually disappears and real communication can take place. Works for me.

[@jamesborek8125]

Follow the $$. That'll usually point you in the right direction.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

@@jamesborek8125 Agreed. Or the insanity. Or both. :)

[@stephenhinojos1994]

In my life, I have discovered that there is usually more than one person who thrives off the conflict.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

@@stephenhinojos1994 True that. I should have said person or group. The thrives off of can be aplenty. The cause of the conflict is usually a person or group with a hidden agenda. Expose the person or group, and things all of a sudden make sense, and the conflict calms down. Wrong person or group and it doesn't. My 2 cents.

[@stephenhinojos1994]

@@BasicFilmmaker I also may have jumped the gun. I have gotten a little too used to people trying to act like there is only ever one thing that causes all the problems. So my bad.

[@anthonywalker6268]

Gravity is scares. Jupiter: "Am I a joke too you."

[@brannanwilliams4206]

Hey Allan! I grew up in China and my Parents are still in China. Thank you for making a video talking about this. It is scary and it scares me for my family in the future! 🙌

[@steviewilliams7131]

This is so important! Why the expanse is the best show ever!

[@seamuslithgow4332]

This speech was wonderful. It is so east to sink into despair and hopelessness over how powerless you feel in a world gone mad. It's nice to remember that as long as evil exists in the world there will be those who will fight of the Darkness. Humanity First!

[@NickyLunaLove]

I cannot begin to describe how well this video put everything into perspective

[@ImperativeGames]

Serious food shortages in the USSR didn't begun until change from socialistic to capitalistic economy begun. When "reformers" has broken the old economy and discovered that you need years to build new economy. They are widely hated in Russia nowadays.

[@roguegaming5329]

As a conservative, I approve lmao. We just need more people like this. Putting humanity and love first and that still believe in the core values that make us all American. It doesn’t matter which side ur on, its our shared belief that America is and will be the greatest nation that pulls us together

[@Hieu-BI-NguyenNhu]

@@ChineduOpara When the other sides literally wish for and trying to cause the destruction of America what else can a person who believe in the greatness of America and wish to conserve it be anyone but a conservative?

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@ChineduOpara Actually a real conservative would believe in core values of the United States and its policies. Historically and realistically the Liberal and Conservative party are supposed to be at odds with each other from a idealistic stand point. Democrats are more progressive, Republicans more conservative. The idea was that both parties would come to a compromise in policy and other political issues, allowing both views to be taken in. This allows progression but also allows it at a controlled level conservatives essentially work in the manner of keeping progression in check and liberals keeping conservatives from always holding on to values that might be to outdated to function well. Now Rogue Gaming comment is a conservative comment as this is what moderate conservatives actually believe in. Unity and core values of the US. The problem with Trump conservatives and hard right ones is they are not conservatives. They are nationalist using fear, hate, and racism to push political views, also greed as well. These normal conservatives are victims in the current situation and cannot voice there concerns. Especially when people like you pretty much alienate them. As a democrat I approve of his views cause I understand we need conservatives as much as they need progressive democrats. We both don't need the bullshit that's trump and his extremist.

[@zhaimorenn8273]

@@ChineduOpara Nihilistic defeatism is one of the greatest enemies of humanity as a whole. The future is not set, and as Alan said, what we choose to do in the next 50 years will matter. Humanity endures, even during seeming apocalyptic circumstances. This is not the first pandemic we have endured, not the first great social and civil push for change we have worked through. There are challenges and always will be, but we are the current reigning champions standing atop a 3.7 billion year old corpse pile of evolution. There is no evidence that any species before us has ever achieved the level of intellect and culture which we have on this world. Our nearest evolutionary contemporaries died off having only mastered fire and basic tool use. And we outpaced everything else to ever come before us in our uncontested dominion over Earth in less than 10,000 years. The protests, calls for justice, reform and cultural advancement, and the conflict that centers on these things, are the growing pains of a culturally evolving society. We will emerge from this better than before. The extremists who wish for conflict on each side are infinitesimally small in their numbers compared to those who genuinely believe in universal justice and equality of opportunity for all. Stereotyping people from one leaning or another will not help. The bible thumping, science denying conservative is a caricature validated by a few who get plastered on TV by the media to affect the perception that this is the face of conservatism. Similar to those who stereotype the few who are initiating riots and burning buildings and the like during these protests being the standard liberal. They're not, but the so-called conservative media will portray them as the norm. The truth is, most conservatives and liberals are closer to one another than either believes. Most people get duped into believing every issue is starkly polarized: our side and their side. That is intentionally done to minimize the critical thinking people put into the issue. It'd be a lot less sensational to present a balanced story without the theatrics which the media likes to shade everything in. I generally hold to conservative values, but under NO CIRCUMSTANCES is it appropriate or acceptable for me to force those beliefs or choices on others. I also believe in true equality of justice and opportunity for all and see quite clearly that this is not the state of America at present. We need change to achieve this. Sorry if it turned into a rant, but I find it very difficult to accept defeatist views, as there's always an avenue for hope.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@Hieu-BI-NguyenNhu Democrats are not trying to cause the destruction of the United States neither are actual conservatives like Rogue. The ones that are trying to ruin it is nationalistic extremist who follows the actions of a dictator. Also here is a question. If your actually a conservative and you believed in the US being great why follow someone who's slogan was Make American Great Again? That slogan in itself was insulting as admitting that you wanted to make American Great again means you believed your country was not great or weak. A very nonconservative mindset. No the ones that have been destroying the country has been far right extremist.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@Kato Ho Ten Soeng That's insulting. I wouldn't view your country as disgusting. I'm American and Proud of it. I was born in it raised in it. Lived among hundred of types of people of several languages and cultures. As a person of Latin/Heritage I have a somewhat complicated view of the US even if I'm several generations born into it my family are more American than many White European ones by over a hundred years or more. I believe the country can and will always change that it when looked upon without judgement a fantastic nation. all nations are. What its going through right now is basically facism / nationalism and similar trying to make a final attempt of control as it dies. The citizens of the US will make the right decision in the end and it probably will truly become a multu-ethnic nation it proved it could be by having a African American become President. Trump is the response based on fear and hate which should have been expected but by Nov likely will be removed and the US will begin its path to being repaired and rejoin the world community. Its not disgusting and you shouldn't bash people who want to be American or are American. What is your nationality? It would be disgusting or bad to me.

[@jasonthetalker7253]

The fact that you are aloud do this video is proof that our system is the best

[@LyleAshbaugh]

That was awesome! Not that it is anything new to me, but I’m glad you chose to say these things again in a respectful, articulate , meaningful and relevant manner. Kudos to you sir..

[@topsiecurrets6812]

Its a shame only 29k people have seen this. Damn fine speech man.

[@rinehardt6837]

Well said my friend. Look at the good and bad and learn from it and move forward.

[@tomasandersson946]

The Expanse universe are also at least three paradigim shifts ahead of us: Controlled fusion power (energy), the epstien drive (control over our space) and the new world paradigm. What each paradigm shifts makes with humanity is a hard guess...

[@namedrop721]

I’m gonna guess it would be darker IRL given how we used some former paradigm shifts ruthlessly to subjugate, directly or indirectly (the stirrup, money monopolies, antibiotics, nuclear weapons)...

[@thorshammer7883]

Can you do a video about how powerful and destructive Star Trek ship weaponry is?

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

In the episode with the Terran empire, I heard that they were about to do a phaser barrage! I'm wanting to see what that looks like (and it just sounds awesome to say)!

[@murderouskitten2577]

star trek - weakest sci fi weapons in history of sci fi

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

@@murderouskitten2577 obviously you never saw disney star wars! Everything about it is weak from characters, to weapons, to plots and the list goes on!

[@commissarklink6060]

The technical manuals explained that ages ago

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@nicktechnubyte1184 unfortunately i saw them. and STD is on same lvl of bad.. . As is Picard

[@onefansview9874]

Thanks for the inciteful birthday present. Love the Expanse, too. Thoughtful sci-fi always rules, and if it fires the imagination, bonus!

[@OlSCrabs]

This message reached me at just the right time. Thanks, Alan.

[@companymen42]

Unity through our differences.

[@njengakim]

Very insightful remarks thank you.

[@ivanfreely6366]

The damaging effects of greed and corruption does not favor any "-ism" that one follows.

[@Linterna001]

Wow, now I feel like a person in a “The Expanse” universe but of the scale of a planet.

[@lepfeiff5627]

Great explanation! Couldn’t agree more. The strength of the US is that it allows people to work for each other while pursuing self betterment instead of only meeting one’s own needs.

[@ruefio]

Thank you. This is beautiful. Well done!

[@thomassierp5583]

Lots of compassionate love from Australia.

[@davidhughes5125]

Hey generation tech Thanks for the great vids really enjoy them. Especially when the weather in my country more often then not is rain,rain and more rain. Keep up the good work. Maybe even consider a video suggestion: why elves should not be trusted.

[@hammyofdoom8355]

What does rain have to do with anything

[@davidhughes5125]

@@hammyofdoom8355 when its mostly rainy all the time you can miserable quickly.

[@ivanfreely6366]

@@hammyofdoom8355 The environment always shape culture.

[@hammyofdoom8355]

David Hughes it’s always rainy, gloomy or melting your skin off and I’m not gloomy or anything so are you sure about that

[@denmstrsn]

Another good video essay guys. Keep up the work.

[@aleriaproductions2869]

You guys are so insightful

[@christophersandidge8257]

Great video as always. Humanity First!

[@ZAK31591]

Generation films laying down how to be patriotic and a globalist at the same time. Great stuff.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

The expanse teaches us not to trust those inners. That's about it.

[@user-jv6ev1yk4f]

Belt is first

[@adlerzwei]

Earth must come first. 😁

[@Militt971]

beltaloda

[@moguldamongrel3054]

@@adlerzwei tumang sabaka! Lol

[@KentrYT]

Oy yay! Beltalowda!

[@nathamxu]

the problem is there are a group of people would like other people's total submission and willing to kill

[@laszlokocsi1825]

Like every 2nd-3td goverment and bussiness in the world?

[@christiandauz3742]

This is why the vast majority of humans in Expanse are Atheist

[@gregindelicato6392]

Damn, Allen! You sound a lot like me: A Conservative/Libertarian. Careful KZbin doesn't shut you down like they have so many of our ilk!

[@tillerzeit]

Was expecting a video on the joy of harvesting ewok meat again. I was not disappointed and I found it uplifting

[@wintermiller4845]

Wasn't expecting this video to devolve into a propaganda piece 🙃

[@Padtedesco]

Same here... Too much ideologie here.

[@jordanbarkow4065]

Allen, you are my hero

[@shieldwallofdragons]

Well said brother...well said.

[@protorhinocerator142]

Minor pet peeve. It's space FAIR-ing, not space FARR-ing.

[@nexusonex]

nobody cares

[@jakeaurod]

It's Far Space, not Space Far.

[@kevinbendall9119]

Good rant. And good points.

[@chengcao418]

As a mainland Chinese currently in US, I can feel the intensity really mounts on as the tension continually grow. I never believe in political superiority, and I see flaws and misconducts by both governments. The point is, we are all human, and when we are facing a global pandemic that is risking everyone's life, we should collaborate as humans instead of firing blind shots at each other. I just hope cooler heads in my country and US can eventually prevail. China becomes as powerful as it is through economic reform and international trade, US gets as powerful as it is through the immigration and free trade, it's obvious that cooperation had been the way forward, and is probably the only way forward.

[@obi0914]

I do believe their are rational and "cool heads" in china, just not in the party.

[@charlie11ng42]

I would say that our lack of concentration camps and organ harvesting and that our system is built on individual rights is clear evidence that our government is superior.

[@chengcao418]

@@charlie11ng42 You are clearly not one of the cool heads making dumb statements like this

[@todo9633]

Would you cooperate with Nazi Germany? Because what's happening to the Uyghurs is what happened to the Jews.

[@chengcao418]

@@todo9633 Now I see why we can't have good things. Two things: 1. Do you have proof? Do you know any Uyghurs? Do you know the Uyghur population has grown significantly and their average education level has grown significantly since the PRC was born? 2. Your whole arguments about America has a better government because you think there are "concentration camps" doesn't hold at all. You are not making a statement based on truth, and I may ask would you cooperate with Nazi Germany? Because black people are being oppressed and large amount of black people are in jails under false accusations, and the average level of education and medical care available to black people are significantly lower than white population. You may say that what I'm saying is not true, I don't care. The point is STOP MAKING THESE BLIND STATEMENTS. It does no one any good if you keep on doing these dumb things. Hell, have you watched this video at all?

[@blakejones409]

Well said Allan.

[@Emanon...]

Not nuclear. Merely a highly kinetic piece of tungsten...

[@dunamoose3446]

No this one was a nuclear torpedo not a railgun round

[@redhairdavid]

the earthlings fired rail guns as the missile emplacement of mars. mars was using nukes, earth was using tungsten.

[@UglyJaguar]

It was a nuke dude

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

None of the fallout! All of the fun!

[@davidpalmer4184]

Why Tungsten when they have a shitload of random rock already above the gravity well??

[@tedgalpin7008]

Thank you

[@tjwatts1207]

Well said sir!

[@rossm7346]

Wow, that was way deeper than I expected

[@chomper720]

Analyze the politics of the show named "The 100"

[@gateauxq4604]

Anything about The 100!! The last couple seasons have gotten janky but theres still like 5 seasons worth of HOLY SHIT to cover

[@jonx6929]

Well said

[@bjturon]

Nice post -- good points.

[@segriffincom]

Damn... Thanks man.

[@SkyReaperOne]

9:00 For the "most immigrants that come in" part, I can agree. After all, the US has certainly been the loudest country at advertising their acceptance of immigration. However I think that you need to do no more then look up a little further north to see a similar level of acceptance. I'm also certain there are other countries that handle immigration just as well.

[@Gabdube]

Just as well, or definitely better.

[@michaeljoyner7336]

Allen I love your videos but can you do a what if the Andorians made 1st contact instead if the Vulcans...would love to hear your version

[@JACCO20082012]

Why does this video look like it was filmed to be a 90s Unsolved Mysteries episode?

[@yahaaa1343]

GREAT video, very good analyse. Thanks.

[@NightHawke]

Came for the sci-fi, stayed for the pragmatic yet hopeful patriotism! God Bless, brother, and God Bless America!

[@UglyJaguar]

You have to love Alan's misguided faith in this batshit species

[@Joshua_N-A]

Sounds like souls still weighed down by gravity.

[@pyeitme508]

Cool video. Also no more large scale wars.

[@kawafahra]

Well, expanses story further leads to the first interstellar war of humanity, and to a degree, first interspecies / interdimensional war between humanity and a very different kardashev scale 2 intelligence. How that and the concluding plot twists is getting developed keeps me thrilled for the last books of the series.

[@gabrielsaucedo8467]

Great video

[@newgodskane]

What kills me about the expense is Earth technological stagnation and then still using people to mine

[@namedrop721]

As stated before, humans are an easily expendable resource

[@renedog23]

How did you not become a philosophicer Allen. I always continued to be inspired each video

[@Gabdube]

This is, at best, undergrad-level political philosophy. If I wrote a dissertation for a class that reeked this much of self-indulgence, I'd fail that class. Like, the part where he claims that the "only" solution is to show through peaceful means that the USA's whole system is superior. But that would first require providing a proof of its actual superiority, without just assuming from the start that it is.

[@arkad6329]

Allen for president!

[@timezerohour8864]

Hay thanks for the shot in the arm of hope and ideas for the future.

[@HydianWay]

Well said my friend.

[@richardgould-blueraven]

Nice 👍

[@luciussakura5031]

I think you're forgetting Canada.

[@jdpostma07]

Holy shit. Well done. Well said. Thank you.

[@jamesvaughn9059]

How old is this video? The U.S. is rotting from within.

[@snaplordmeep6748]

That was beautiful

[@docrock8934]

Was this written in 1988?

[@TheRedneckGamer1979]

That is a serious hot take on the modern sociopolitical and economic reality of modern humans by what is at its core a pop culture media channel. Cheers mate.

[@robertpalumbo9089]

A ray of hope that we are getting better

[@JeanLucCaptain]

when you get down to it the UN earth is essentially the current US social problems but on a MUCH larger scale. The MCRN may at least have a more noble far-reaching goal beyond simply maintaining their grip on power but they still treat all non Martians like shit for no real reason. I find the MCR's dim view of belters to be IRONIC at best and plain hypocritical at worse. Belters are basically Martians but stuck between two superpowers, without the fancy tech and Donneger class battleships to fight back with and treated like scum by both powers. All they need now are some O'neal Cylinders, Gaint Robots and Space fascists to complete the picture. edit: the US is NOT good at dealing with immigrants. just ask victims of the ICE detention centres.

[@josephburchanowski4636]

"edit: the US is NOT good at dealing with immigrants. just ask victims of the ICE detention centres." . US is one of the best countries when it comes to legal immigration. ICE detention centers are mostly there around dealing with *illegal immigration*. We have rules around entering the country; so obviously we don't take kindly to those who break those rules.

[@Dularr]

It's not even close. The US is closer to Mars. A young country. Very strong military. Highly independent. The belters are closer to pirates. The current US social problems are a joke compared to UN Earth. The US has the kids of rich people rioting because the school system taught them to hate the country. The US has a fantastic history of dealing with immigrants. Allowing immigrants from across the world. The detention centers are proof that American is welcoming to immigrants. People are breaking the law and jumping the line to get into America.

[@draxiss1577]

I feel like I'm getting mixed messages from this. You seem pro-Free-Market Capitalism but you also seem to acknowledge that compassion is good and corporations holding enormous amounts of power over everyone else is bad. Capitalism concentrates power. It was designed by people with an interest in maintaining concentrated power, and it exists to concentrate power. There has *never* been a time when our media hasn't served the interested of these powers. Quite frankly I feel the dichotomy (trichotomy?) between the U.S., China, and Russia (who you didn't mention at all as an obvious rival power) is a false one; these are all states who serve the interests of power. Also, the people fighting the hardest for the rights of minorities aren't usually the Free-Market Capitalists.

[@AshenTechDotCom]

no, capitalism dosnt do that, i cringe that i use to give lectures like this to people... govt does that, at the behest of its owners/donors, the corporations and wealthy, the people are responsible for that, for not holding those people accountable, just turning to party lines/tribalism, and no, it wasnt "Designed by people who wanted to concentrate power", it was and is just a natural evolution of human trade. you seem to fail to understand the very basis of capitialism... those who lack the funds/wealth/etc, being able to get togather with others, poll resources, and start a business, and hopefully profit from it.... the moment you invest in a business or in starting a company, you are a capitialist, the moment you sell something for a profit.. you are a capitialist... the problem comes in when you allow those with wealth to use said wealth, to gain power over the govt, and skew things to suit their interests. a good example is how established companies will support and lobby for and donate to support, regulations that, they area already compliant with, but that will prevent competition by making it impossibly expensive to start a competing company from scratch. Russia are, at the moment more concerned europe and the middle east, china are concerned with US, because, by pulling out of their economy, we are causing serious economic harm, that their govt cannot continue to hide as they claim things are just a little slower but china is still expanding gdp and around the world.... russia dont seem to be trying to buy ownership of the united states and dont seem to be trying to manufacture consent by buying into our corporations, or threatening them to push the CCP line or not be allowed to profit from the chinese market... thats a combo of corporatism, globalism, and greed.... that im hoping the govt does something about... as it looks like the admin is about ready to move on this shit... and you are wrong.. most true free market capitialists want people to be free to do as they please as long as they arent harming anybody else, they dont want to be prevented from for example growing some weed, and selling it to non-minors, or trading it, but also, would be against exploiting kids with drugs, adverts.... well, even as a kid i caught on that alot of shows and such were...adverts... as i got older...i could still enjoy stuff like "the transformers" but, not have the desire to try and get the toys most of the time.... often wanting something they were not pushing sales of.. because it was technically cool.... "jetfire" aka "Skyfire" aka a rebranded Macross VF-1S.... those...i wish i still had mine... :/ nobody i know whos not hard left, is into globalism or corporatism or support it at this point... the left.... well... just parrot what the tv says... orange man bad...reeeeeeeee and note: trumps an ass... the dnc lost me when they had obama break his campaign promises so hard, then anointed clinton... before the primary even started... then to make it worse, defended such behavior in court.. as their right... at least trumps pissing off both parties... he may be a huge fucking ass...but the fact hes causing so many corrupt lifetime politicians to lose their shit... :)

[@calvenknox8552]

There's a massive and glaring variable missing, multiple in fact. Being a human doesn't mean much in the modern day. Why? Everyone is a human. Literally everyone. It isn't special or uniting, it isn't specific enough past blanket statements to unite on any real level. Culture is, however, and that's the real crux of every nation that has ever existed. Imagine being a part of a culture that was not the majority in the nation, not very hard to imagine since it's not unlikely that is actually the case for anyone reading. Your cultural values are not represented in government, they are often ignored completely, you are likely to be looked down on and there's a feeling of being outnumbered. Because being human is the most common thing on the planet earth. For Earth and Mars, that's also the crux. It isn't just economic systems that they are fighting over, it's culture. Imagine if a bunch of Earthers immigrated to Mars en mass, how would that effect their job market? How much employee power to negotiate is gone because labor is now incredibly cheap? How many of those Earthers will actually be Martian? To the Martians, the answer is "none of them". They don't think like Martians, act like Martians, Eat like Martians. They take the air for granted, the plants as natural, the structures as not being airtight and "going outside" involving a T-shirt and pants, not a vac-suit. They are not Martian. And that's only mentioning the broad aspects of culture. We can see in the expanse that earth is highly multi-cultural in a sense, so now you don't just have earthers, you have earthers from all over. Cultural values clash, and unless it's in the cultural values of everyone involved to tolerate those differences, you are going to have massive cultural tension and conflict. This isn't even talking about the specific politics of today. Each cultural and state conflict, peaceful or not, is extremely different and has lots of real world complexities that can't be accounted for on the broad scale.

[@andyf4292]

tianemen square video- zoom out,, the tanks are leaving the square

[@MrSp3c]

I just finished watching the Expanse. Can’t wait for the fifth season and it seems to have replaced Game Of Thrones for me.

[@overtale4516]

Came here for expanse, got a lecture about co-existence

[@SuperGoose42]

You managed to turn a scify tv show into a well-spoken philosophical/political lesson without taking a side or sounding like an idiot. .....I envy you.

[@Gabdube]

I think you missed the part about how "the only solution is to prove that our system is superior, through peaceful means"... I sure hope it really is superior then, as he presumes; otherwise he's got a bit of a problem with that only solution.

[@SAC_-bq4vu]

Were gonna be flying blind pompa

[@upandaljm]

I like this video, but why does one system need to be better than the other?

[@josephstalin9387]

I think earth would be technologcally better because scientist here are going to be the one planning the clonization of mars and also people and infrastructure

[@ivanfreely6366]

It doesn't. IMO, it all comes down to culture.

[@Gabdube]

It'd be great if one system really was better, but Alan's short-sightedness is missing the whole point of The Expanse : everyone thinks they're wholly better, and everyone has an overly-simplistic vision of a complex reality. People should try to always better themselves, not trying to "prove our system is superior" to others.

[@upandaljm]

@@Gabdube but that is a construct of our psyche. This is an entropic universe and it doesn't even notice what we donor why, is most likely not even capable of that. So again it's all on us and our BS so again why does there need to be better or worse.

[@Gabdube]

@@upandaljm well improvement, by definition, is usually a good thing. The drive for progress in all things is legitimate, otherwise we'd be content with unnecessary suffering and unnecessary injustice and unnecessary waste, etc. That's the only application of "better" that can be relevant: doing better, period. Presumptuous partisan comparisons like the ones in this video just amount to procrastinating actual progress for everyone involved. Time and effort spent on trying to show that we're better than others is time and effort not spent in _becoming_ better than we currently are. Sometimes other people can do some things better (or possibly all things better, though that's highly unlikely), and we could stand to learn a thing or two from other people instead of adamantly clutching to the entirety of our own social model. That goes for a lot of peoples.

[@richardchild6708]

Humanity in my country call Ubuntu. It mean humanity. For all people.

[@jakeaurod]

Ubuntu in my country is called Linux, and no one wants to be a part of it.

[@camilogarcia6233]

EXCELLENT VIDEO!....VERY INSIGHTFUL..KIND OF POLITICAL THO-

[@rheinbewachen1211]

Some in the world fail to remember that all our ancestors came from the African continent and humanity then worked together to survive. We all originate from that once tropical rainforest now turned desert. When will all people finally see there is no need to fight each other. We should only compete to see who can do something better in a less hostile manner.

[@nobleman9393]

Humanity has never been united, humanity has always been divided

[@rheinbewachen1211]

Nobleman it could it would and it should

[@nobleman9393]

@@rheinbewachen1211 Yeah Right, Keep Telling Yourself That.

[@ivanfreely6366]

We're hard-wired to be like this.

[@Gabdube]

Division is not the problem. A Lack of compassion and solidarity is. Unity is how you force people to merely work as one, for better or worse. You can have injustice despite unity. Solidarity and compassion is how you convince people to care for both themselves and everyone else. that way you don't even need unity at all. Without solidarity, unity is just a synonym for empire; for uniting everyone by force or trying to conquer the world, even for "good" intentions.

[@devo1977s]

So true about the media. Lol

[@DimaRakesah]

"In China only the government is allowed to shoot the people" I laughed, then I cried....

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

Alan for president, 2030

[@FBI_Informant]

China's working population will be a lot smaller as this generation retires, the younger generations are less populous. This will strain their economy. There are 3 men for every 2 women in young China. What happens to their culture with 40,000,000 men having no prospect for marriage? The millennial generation in the US is large enough to sustain the baby boomer production levels.

[@jackroyaltea5034]

Our system isn’t the best tho. It could be. But it’s not.

[@SpottedHares]

So in other words for the UN, the paper thin allegory for USA, needs to stop acting like its self if it doesn't want to create conflicts and fall behind.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

This episode is co-produced by The Lincoln Project. Which is very cool