What Xi Jinping Fears More than America

[@haterofextremes]

tl;dr- large youth unemployment is scary to chinese government. i’m surprised you didn’t include the news about 200k college students biking to kaifeng to buy dumplings and the government panicked and tried to stop it using excuses. ban biking at night, ban buying dumplings at night, or ban entry into kaifeng?

[@LouisSubearth]

Were they bans or were they called for crowd control? Cause from the news I saw, there were no mentions of mass arrests.

[@martinzihlmann822]

Halloween gatherings were cracked down in Shanghai too this year, with massive police presence and barricades on the designated roads, just to stop large groups of young people gathering. The demonstration on Urumqi Road is still fresh in their minds.

[@teflerchina.2987]

Government did not panic. With large numbers of students riding together, the influx of cyclists caused traffic disruptions, particularly as some groups blocked lanes or rode side by side. In response to the problem, both Zhengzhou and Kaifeng's traffic police announced temporary measures on Saturday afternoon. From 4 pm on Saturday to noon on Sunday, bike lanes along Zhengkai Avenue connecting the two cities will be closed to cyclists, they said in an announcement. Meanwhile, residents in Kaifeng reported issues such as bikes being improperly parked near city landmarks, making it difficult for people to walk in these areas. And in Zhengzhou, a shortage of bikes at metro stations left many commuters stranded. On Saturday, the three major bike-sharing platforms - Hellobike, DiDi Bike and Mobike - issued a joint notice stating that bikes will be locked if ridden outside of designated zones in Zhengzhou. It also warned people about the health risks of riding shared bikes for long distances. Also on Saturday, the Kaifeng government called on students to avoid riding in large groups, reminding them that "youth needs passion but also safety." It urged the students to take responsibility for their actions and consider public safety.

[@teflerchina.2987]

@@martinzihlmann822 They were blocking the roads and those that refused to move were arrested.

[@gmanlee575]

@teflerchina.2987 There sre many many injustices in china those with zero connections are literally play things to those who have. So much pent up anger in that country ontop of the wealth income gap

[@xiphoid2011]

Everyone knows the true youth unemployment rate is worse than the government says. My relatives in Shanghai told their children who recently graduated from US universities to not trturn to china as it just means unemployment. So now they are attending graduate schools and trying to date US citizens. This is what happens when you mint a ton of college graduates in an economy that's manufacturing based. It's almost like the one child policy, a plan with a totally foreseeable consequence, yet somehow nobody did anything until the damage has been done.

[@darthvadeth6290]

"Everyone knows" - you mean like 6 months ago, everyone on the Western internet knows China would collapse in 2 weeks, 30 days, by the end of the year, etc...? You China haters never learn do you? This is why the whole world is moving away from the you (with China in the lead) while y'all pathetic China haters on the internet jack each other off in your echo chamber while imagining China will collapse soon, lol

[@scarymonsters-r5u]

did china collapse yet

[@sturmbrecher88]

You have 31 million unemployed people. Why not experiment with human-generated power? Set up a program for them to cycle on Cycle machines paired with recharging lithium ion batteries. On one hand you save on burning coal or fossil fuels, on the other you're converting food to electrical energy.

[@telmomoreira7616]

@@sturmbrecher88 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@occamschainsaw3450]

@@sturmbrecher88That sounds like slavery with extra steps

[@jiff2323]

It’s not just youth. If you’re a woman and over 30 it gets considerably harder to find a job, specially “good jobs”. At 35 and up it’s close to impossible.

[@TuscanBrick]

Why?

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@jiff2323]

@ Multiple reasons. For one they generally prefer younger women right out of university. Not married yet and won’t have kids for some time which means no maternity leave for a while. Also they are easier to exploit for lower wages. If you’re over 30 you also probably have kids which means you’re not as likely to work as hard. My wife’s friend is in HR for a small company and she said they don’t even look at candidates who are over 30.

[@Swedishpolymath]

@@jiff2323 I guess companies are putting too much focus on "higher education" if they are obsessed with university degrees and stuff like that.

[@thatdude9091]

Is this in china or in general?

[@Mavo936]

He's losing the mandate of heaven

[@robert-rv8lo]

The issue with this video is that a great deal of it is a projection of the issues and anxieties of the United States, and not as much what is actually going on in China. This is the issue with westerners making videos about China and not Chinese people.

[@oz4611]

⁠@@robert-rv8loso would you say the problems listed in the video are over dramatic?

[@Go4Broke247]

God Bless BRICS+!

[@KamBar2020]

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼

[@aronjunefajardo7326]

Historically quirky Chinese fact

[@antonidas3812]

By the way, by Chinese standards, you will be considered 'employed' as long as you have done 1 hour paid work per week. Yes, that's 1 hour per week.

[@kmarech1645]

Made up

[@Lena-vw6ye]

The US employment system also considers all that have "work" no matter the amount of hours as employed as well.

[@SmokeandSpirit]

I bet many would prefer that to the 996 routine. I also figure that's incredibly rare to get a job contract and for them to only obligate you an hour a week. Unless it was done by government agencies to directly falsify their statistics. Since they've been known to do that

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the aryan race

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

​@@Lena-vw6yebyt the US love it people, ching is worth

[@christianweibrecht6555]

9:50 this reminds me of how in yes minister, Sarah Humphrey states that compulsory education was extended by two years just reduce the unemployment rate

[@Wangleineo]

This is exactly what they are doing. Now the college students are encouraged to pursue graduate studies, and that keeps more people in school for 3 more years.

[@vipul_singh]

*Sir Humphrey

[@hnyw4698]

"Damn it Xi Jinping, Yes Minister is a TV comedy, not a manual on how to fuck your country!"

[@lijackson-x6r]

The AI and robotic industry will create hgher youth unemployment rate . for example, China's largest seaport, with fully automated mechanical loading and unloading, only needs eight technical personnel to operate, while the US seaport requires 2,000 dock workers.The benefits brought by high technology will drive political changes in human society.In other words, working 4 days a week is the trend of the future.

[@lijackson-x6r]

@@Wangleineo yes, you are right. AI and robotic industry requires more workers with MSc. or PHD .

[@TahsinTarif-x1n]

few months ago Bangladesh also went through a regime change because of unfair job quota system fueled by unemployment, inflation and other issues. The circumstances are very similar here....

[@ABBZ120]

Except that protest has essentially been overtaken by religious fanatics and the ongoing slow genocide of the Hindu population is worsening

[@s9ka972]

South Asians are fearless unlike East Asians .

[@林木老寄卖]

有点智商的人 都知道 孟加拉是因为颜色革命🤣🤣🤣

[@1.4billion65]

What do you mean the situation is similar? This is an American's anti China propaganda, the situation in Bangladesh is real.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@1.4billion65 reporting about current political or social issues is not "anti-China"

[@Zarsla]

Gen X is mid 70's not millennials.

[@SmokeandSpirit]

15:25 To be fair, he didn't say they were. Though he totally confused the two different use cases of "generation". While your next generation is your kids, when we're talking about generations in sociology(as he was showing) its more like 1-2 generations between parent and child. To be a millennial and have a zoomer child you'd probably have ended up on 16 and pregnant. 😂 I found that whole sequence poorly written.

[@arnoldmbuthia2687]

@@hypercynic it is not idiotic. Gen Z have less wealth than gen x. Less rates of home ownership, higher unemployment... The struggles faced by a younger generation should not be written off because you fear growing old. Everyone grows old, it's a reality you have to face. Right now, there are 10yr olds born in 2014. 2014. They are in school. There will always be people younger than you. Especially in young countries outside of the west where the median age is of Gen z (20) rather than the median age of old western countries which frequently sits around 40+yrs.

[@breadcat5402]

He isnt very smart

[@RickJaeger]

Guh

[@tdc22a]

Polymatter: "Over the years our collective understanding of Tiananmen Square has been reduced to one word." Me: "Tankman!" Polymatter: "Democracy!" Me: "Democracy!"

[@BobBob-yr4qo]

4:26 1877 was a great year for college enrollment

[@maryamw-d7l]

what happened in 1877? Google says a bunch of revolts?

[@BobBob-yr4qo]

@maryamwaqar7648 The graph has a mistake going from 1971 to 1877

[@sinoroman]

Solution to all problems: travel back in time

[@dr.woozie7500]

Mao died in 1976, ending the cultural revolution, colleges admission then skyrocketed.

[@abhinavgarg0077]

lol

[@mrreziik]

First polymatter video in years not mainly advertising another part on nebula, thanks

[@colbyn-wadman]

What’s the problem with that?

[@greenknight421]

​@@colbyn-wadmanprobably being poor

[@joedalton77]

Quality videos don't come for free

[@sonayyalim]

If you couldn't tell, this video is already paid by congress ;)

[@Scornfull]

@@sonayyalim CCP bot

[@JessicaTheBirder]

I have family in China. My cousins have been looking for work since 2023 and are still waiting for a reply. Their parents can't do anything about it, they don't even try to get him to apply to more jobs

[@thorn634]

You people should come to sub-saharan Africa 😢. Only around 30% of graduates get formal employment here.

[@1.4billion65]

I am Chinese, and my country is doing better than any G7.😂😂😂 Even our birth rate is higher than G7.

[@alexfernandez-fg5rp]

same in Canada

[@cxmacaroni]

@@1.4billion65are you employed?

[@LDEV-l3p]

I have family in Canada. My cousins have been looking for work since 2023 and are still waiting for a reply. Their parents can't do anything about it, they don't even try to get him to apply to more jobs

[@jason4275]

this same problem is happening in the U.S. low paying jobs, rent is too high, no one wants to have kids.

[@MrMinigunman101]

Yeah, reporting all this on china and not the US feels wrong

[@jeremy8223]

⁠@@MrMinigunman101he literally pointed out the parallels to the USA in the video did you not watch it?

[@MrMinigunman101]

⁠@@jeremy8223 Yes, I t’s all the same western talking points which project the very same issues plaguing America onto China. The US is mentioned in passing and that’s it

[@dakotasmith1344]

@@MrMinigunman101It has been extensively reported on. We know all this about ourselves in the US. It has been talked about to death. The CCP will not report this about itself. That’s the difference. China is a much less stable place than the US, and there are a lot of people involved in anything regarding China.

[@yopyop3241]

@@jason4275 China is getting hit with these problems first and hardest. One of the main reasons that the rest of the world is so interested is to get a preview of their own futures and thereby try to learn from China’s successes and failures.

[@graham1034]

I spent a month in China this year and the amount of surveillance and number of police is shocking. It feels like 10% of all Chinese citizens must be cops.

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@matiasj4327]

You should see NYC

[@graham1034]

@matiasj4327 when i was in Beijing there were so many police checkpoints. You also have to get your bag scanned at every subway station. I had my passport checked over a dozen times in a single day.

[@darthvadeth6290]

Westerners hate China but can't stop thinking about China. Living in yo heads rent free, lol

[@Vin.1904]

Remember their cops dont have any weapon

[@metametodo]

To be very fair, youth unemployment is larger everywhere, especially in countries which there's a higher rate of college education. If we truly consider the chinese youth unemployment as the real threat for the chinese government, then Spain, Greece, Sweden, Portugal would all be nearing upheaval, as their youth unemployment is higher than China's.

[@johnokumu9069]

In all countries, there are two types of people, those with a global view (the few, often well educated on global matters) and those with a local view (majority). The latter are not interested in what's happening in other countries hence attribute all problems to their leader. This means concepts like fairness translates differently from one individual to another.

[@blakeyi6015]

These countries have elected government. The upheaval occurs in elections. No such institution exists within China. Also as members of Schengen they can pursue work across Europe in member states. With China’s hukou system, many if not most are ineligible to leave their district or Canton.

[@buddermonger2000]

They kind of ARE nearing upheaval. Except for Spain they're kinda okayish. They have massive social tensions. But of course, the problem here is the lack of release valve.

[@blakeyi6015]

@@buddermonger2000 here is where? Spain? Europe? China? US?

[@litatapita6767]

@@blakeyi6015 vote is voting the government. They will only effect the short term policy not how local companies and capitalist think. How many vote people need to experience to understand that a vote for 4 years cannot flex any long term issues

[@deragoth4250]

I am a bit dubious about this re the college system. Don’t the Korean, Japanese have something similar where its study study study and limited places available etc? Saying the CCP engineered this whole system seems to ignore neighbouring countries whom have a similar cultural outlook in terms of education

[@GirirajGupta-gy1wt]

South Korea did it to create a very big skilled labour force under park's rule. Japan did for the same reason and prestige. Both of these economies were driving fast towards service/ technology based from the manufacturing one and both had same reasons to do so. High economic development in short pace. South Korea managed to do it on a certain extent before bad working conditions eventually triggered a revolution.. ..in case of japan Uncle Sam screwed it over.. So no unlike china these two countries had national modernization and economic growth in there mind to start upscaling there workers. China doing it while not transitioning to a service economy ( not in the beginning atleast) and on such a large scale, supports the view of the video. Also Japan and Korea did all of that way early then china did.

[@rebeccakaff6803]

consider also that South Korea and Japan's populations are tiny compared to China's (because save for India almost all populations are) and poverty is still widespread in China's rural areas. South Korea and Japan have poverty but I don't think it is anywhere near as large a problem. I've been to extremely modernized cities like Shanghai, less modernized more industrial cities like Shi Jia Zhuang and then miles into the actual Chinese countryside hours away from a majorish (by Chinese standards) city. They all felt like completely different universes

[@deragoth4250]

I will make a few point in no particular order 1. Both Korea and Japan had severe poverty too but picked up faster due to USA involvement. Spam became a national icon of Korea becos it was a source of protein discarded from USA bases. Old kdrama reported that stealing petrol from a car was a crime punishable by death 2. Korea and to a lesser extent Japan were influenced by confucian ideal of education leading to advancement. Even East Asian living in western nations are seen by other to study more. 3. China under Deng was undergoing a national program to modernise and institute new economic policies. This was after Mao died and his plan for a pure communist state crumbled. To that end deng and his officials went overseas to USA Japan etc. to learn from them and they setup special economic zones and promoted economic development “to get rich is glorious”. Part of Tiananmen revolt was for economic benefits. The Chinese outside the economic zones realize there was a disparity in wage, living condition and they protested in part to get a slice of the action. In an Australian documentary one of the protesters who is older now explained he didn’t know what democracy meant - he hope it meant getting a better job. So it was CCP interest to accelerate the economic growth which they already started before 1989 4. Polymatter already did a video on how college intake went up in the post ww2 in the west. Is it any wonder it didn’t happen in east Asia also? It is a tool for advancement, a status thing (not be a laborer). How many stereotypes are there of Chinese parents wanting their children to be doctors regardless of whether they lived in east or west.

[@deragoth4250]

Just to add that it mention Japan and South Korea started their modernization and education drive earlier than China. That doesn’t mean anytime in terms of this video. In mao time the intellectual elites were prosecuted. Encouraging college enrolment in that time would be foolish. As I previously mentioned Deng had started modernisation before 1989. They had ambition in mass industrialisation, manufacturing, car production and space exploration all before 1989. You need an educated workforce for that

[@deragoth4250]

Went to read Deng xiaoping wiki entry to make sure I wasn’t fibbing. I note lots of education reform to promote science and technology etc started 1986. U can check program 863

[@spaghettiking7312]

What any dictator fears most: his own people.

[@MakerInMotion]

Specifically his own military.

[@TimmyJohnson-n5p]

What a plot twist, thank you for posting this comment. Now I don't have to waste 20+ minutes listening to this dribble.

[@spaghettiking7312]

@@TimmyJohnson-n5p It isn't drivel. It's worth watching, honestly.

[@watchman835]

@@spaghettiking7312It is 24/7 propaganda.

[@watchman835]

Starting from lower income 80 years ago , now the “dictatotial Chinese regime’s” GDP per capita is five times of your democratic India. Something in your theory is not quite working there.

[@Linny95]

I’m from Australia and I have a lot of cousins that are doing masters or PHDs or now have work visas in other countries. The reasoning for all of this is because they can’t find work in China, so they either continue studying or just move to another country.

[@walhdamaskus2408]

That because the winners stay in china and loosers go to outside china to compete.

[@haniahannslew4108]

What a bunch nonsense. Why keep talking about China when the west has much worse unemployment data? Many people in Canada are leaving for other countries to find work as well. Do you know that?

[@JingJao]

and they're taking the jobs of Australians Canadians and Europeans

[@VEVOJavier]

Skill issue ​@@JingJao

[@JingJao]

@@VEVOJavier YOU COMMIES ARE TAKING OUR JOBS. Stay in your OWN country

[@carlramirez6339]

I used to be OK with Chinese cars. I used to think that the bad press they got was due to the West's poor relations with China, and that the problems can be avoided by proper care. But now my 19 month old MG3 with less than 30,000 km on it has been having constant problems since August this year. It has to be seen to be believed. Anyway the reason I brought this up is that if Chinese sales are falling, this might be a factor as to why.

[@rgacusan2002]

Same experience with my Cherry car before so i sold it as scrap

[@ttusko3132]

MG is one of the cheapest car brands in China. Its cheapest car model sells at about 8000 us dollar in China. Chery is also one of the cheapest brands in China.

[@haniahannslew4108]

You get what you paid. Don’t paint all Chinese cars with one stroke

[@limbeboy7]

Anecdotal evidence. I had a ford that went bad, doesn't mean all Fords are trash. Get real data

[@javier.alvarez764]

Chinese products are low quality and substandard.

[@TheAgentOfDeath]

Youth unemployment is not a challenge unique to China; many developed countries are grappling with similar issues. I know friends who graduated years ago and are still struggling to secure careers-one with an accounting degree and another in computer science. The competition is intense, with 100 applicants vying for just 50 available positions.

[@alqash6749]

50? Damn thats alot, its more like 15 irl

[@joskowal3711]

2:1 job competition is insanely good lmao. Even 15 is normal, you're supposed to relentlessly apply to places.

[@deathdrone6988]

That is true, however it is nowhere near the scale that China is experiencing. Most developed countries have youth unemployment around 8-15%, but China's is almost certainly over 25% by now; even worse is the sheer size of China's population (12% of 18-29 y.o from a country of 30 million which is about average for Europe is very different from 25% of 18-29 y.o from 1.4 billion).

[@hongjian3714]

@@deathdrone6988 Spain and Italy has youth unemployment of 20-40%.

[@joskowal3711]

@@hongjian3714 In the long term yes, though recently it's towards the lower end of that scale. This analysis seems very flawed but then maybe the lack of a release from political change may bolster his argument.

[@slaw1448]

Seeing a kid who looked 14 on that protest clip sent shivers down my spine. I wish the best to all Chinese.

[@jackyu2164]

@@slaw1448That was a college student

[@yaya-nw4ic]

As a young Chinese I thank you for your best wish. But I hope you can find an opportunity to come to China and stay for a while - even two weeks is enough. And then I am positive that you will give us a differnet kind of best wish - not because you feel sorry for us but because you genuinely like us and our homeland and our society.

[@VEVOJavier]

Lmao cringe shut up

[@dragonrykr]

Video: About China Comments: BUT WHAT ABOUT AMERICANS

[@NathanaelNerode]

He doesn't really say that we don't have similar problems, does he. We do have similar problems, of course

[@vhs360]

Thats because America is in the title😂

[@MyUtubeScott]

Meaning what? At least, we have 2 party system (not one) and at least we can try to change direction every 4 years. Remember the title of this video.

[@NathanaelNerode]

@@MyUtubeScott The economic problems for youth. And so far the two parties in the US have proposed nothing to deal with the economic problems for youth. Hopefully we can elect someone who will do something sensible, but nobody proposing anything reasonable made it through the primaries last time. We've got a lot of youth who see their problems NOT being addressed by our governing elites in either party. Similar problems. Hopefully we'll get a candidate with a reasonable proposal to do something about it.

[@MyUtubeScott]

@NathanaelNerode Why do you think it's governments responsibility to do something about jobs for our youth? Federal Government in US is responsible for protecting its citizens and that's it. Look what government did by raising minimum wage, so now kids in fast food restaurants are being replaced by machines, order screens and apps. How about government lending money for college, now these kids owe money and can't find jobs because there are too many degrees being given out. I can go on, but government and people that rely on government is the problem.

[@bascal133]

It sounds like one of the solutions is for them to relax their work culture, if instead of having one person work 100 hours a week you have two people work 50 hours a week then you can have twice as many people in those jobs

[@NathanaelNerode]

Bingo. Now ask why they're not doing that. There are two likely answers. One is that it would interfere with the richest greedheads getting richer -- this is a worldwide reason why this does not happen, a factor which happens in every country with every sort of government. Two is that it would raise the price of goods for export, interfering with China's "export to the world" scheme.

[@tristanmoller9498]

Just commented the same. Go from 996, which is 72hrs per week (crazy) to 36hrs/week… Doubling the workforce right there

[@deathdrone6988]

I believe there is a method the CPC can do to reduce youth unemployment, increase consumer spending, and slightly bump up the fertility rate; abolish exploitative labour practices such as 996. If employers cannot squeeze a small group of workers for everything they have, they have to hire more workers, those workers now have more leisure time and so instead of spending their only free day in the week recharging, they can go out and dine, shop, and aren't so exhausted that they may now believe they have time to raise children.

[@doujinflip]

The problem is consumerism empowers customers… who are also citizens. Allowing citizens to control supply of goods and services ultimately allows the same citizens to steer the underlying policies and the politicians who make them, and there’s a _lot_ of common animosities against the Party that can quickly get explosive once the Chinese people aren’t siloed and gaslit into thinking it’s all just personal problems they carry.

[@biomerl]

Lol. China can't do it. They can't stand to lose manufacturing to the west so they can better wage war.

[@PresidentFlip]

@@doujinflipironically they’re more atomized in a communist country

[@JaceFalcon]

9 to 3 then 3 to 9 shifts every on essential industry has no thirst shift hours

[@SmokeandSpirit]

If only they'd employ that concept here in the states too. Not enough jobs? HAH workplace weekly hour caps. That'd get people rioting in no time huh. 😂

[@hamzamahmood9565]

CCP: You can only have 1 child Chinese people: OK CCP 45 years later when China's population starts crashing: *pikachu face*

[@erichzannbusoumuzan]

Ah yes, population control. There is a reason why it's considered a callsign of the most brutal regimes on earth.

[@luodeligesi7238]

And now that both youth unemployment and cost of living are high, and savings are crashing, CCP: you can have more kids People: nah, we're good

[@Joao-pl6db]

Even so little children there is still unemployment.

[@azmodanpc]

And now all the aborted and sent to USA female children…

[@KamBar2020]

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼 Geroyam Taiwanese 💪

[@metalpep]

*Laughs in Spain's youth unemployment rate of 28.36%*

[@greyfells2829]

The thing is, Spanish people are still pretty happy. The country is shockingly stable considering how broken it is. Meanwhile, China can only remain stable with growth, it's the only thing that keeps Chinese people from realizing how awful their culture and country is.

[@caniblmolstr452]

They are lazy anyways😂

[@joshbhoy]

having lived in China in a wealthy part (Guangdong) for 6 years between 2016 - 2022 (now living in democratic Taiwan) and I saw this change. Many more of my Chinese friends earned less money or lost their jobs and had difficulty finding them. You could see the growing frustrations. Those frustrations coupled with covid and the restrictions the government implemented caused more and more young people to question the current system. Im not sure if I will ever see a democratic China in my lifetime but at the same time I am hopeful that I will. You are right though to say that just because we think our syestem is best that every country will follow it eventually. China really is on the precipice and it will be interesting to see if they go the tried and tested just shoot protestors route that they did in the past particularly given the prevelence of vpns and more Chinese being able to access the regular internet. Anyway this was a great watch and very well put together!

[@hotsauce0097]

Man this series is so well done. Always look forward to the next video.

[@mostlynothing8130]

3:23 That mouse pad is next level

[@alreadynowhere]

Mouse carpet 😂

[@Glockas]

The French revolution started because alot of people were hungry due to systemic issues. It served to be one of the greatest expansions of civil liberties ever seen, despite most revolutionaries not truly caring for the high minded ideals of enlightenment thought, rather just to be able to eat.

[@0fficialdregs]

I do recall france is on their 5th republic?

[@catdogmousecheese]

Yes, but it also resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, which is why it's also referred to as the reign of terror, and allowed a power hungry dictator like Napoleon to rise to power who tried to conquer all of Europe.

[@BrgArt]

@@0fficialdregs eh to be fair it did sticks in the end. the 5th has been the longest. and the fourth ended only because of the loss of colonial power which necessited a change in constitution to deal with at the time.

[@milkdrinker7]

can you point me to the food security data about China please?

[@Glockas]

@@milkdrinker7 I was more referring to a more general principle of how revolutions leading to great political reform can stem from protests relating to economic issues. As he mentioned in the video, most people care more for economic issues, not any political reforms. But that doesn't mean unrest caused by economic issues won't cause political reform in turn.

[@HKNotch]

Your argument about how concerns such as inflation, unemployment - at 18:00 - I see this to be true in the USA as well - inflation and unemployment have triggered sweeping political change (spearheaded by a few knowledgeable individuals) in this election season. I'm more curious about some of these statistics for the US, and how these concerns have lead to the return of Trump in the USA.

[@yopyop3241]

US inflation went as high as 9% back in the middle of 2022 but is back down to around 2.5%. US unemployment from December 2021 to today, almost three years and counting, has been lower than any 6+ month stretch since the 1960s.

[@michaellyden2580]

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

[@rasiah2415]

Is that the bite of '87?

[@grimkahn3775]

​@@rasiah2415Wizard of oz

[@abstract5249]

"What Xi Jinping fears more than America." Himself. That's some Twilight Zone shit!

[@보키더록]

Lottery sales mostly increases because there are lots of streamer buying tickets while streaming which is quite common in East Asia.

[@tristanmoller9498]

People who work 996 don’t watch streamers I guess. So the point could still stand. But good insight, that precision in understanding is relevant.

[@Mr.Prince_Tunmise]

A government should always fear its people above all else, their duty is first to them.

[@poorlittlesheep4098]

What have I gotten into, KZbin has taught me today that the American Dream is dead, the Canadian dream is dead, now China is going bust. I'm just one DW video away from completely losing hope for humanity across the globe.

[@richardly1543]

End of the world antichrist is coming man

[@richardly1543]

Hope you accept Jesus

[@JireSoftware]

Man just figure it out on your own outside of normalcy.

[@gikigill788]

​@@richardly1543Jesus's cheques bounced too.

[@chuckliran]

Nah,Trump will make America great again and China has been falling for 40+ years according to some western media.So things are not that bad,uc

[@edwardsnowden8821]

I watch Chinese language videos on KZbin and I'm always amused by people saying china banned winne the Pooh, as Winnie the Pooh is all over china.

[@oldgreg315]

Ok Wumao. You mean Xi Jinping is all over China. 🐻🍯

[@Deathwink1]

Don't let sinophobia stop logic bro

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@Onesaint465]

It's muricans what do you expect

[@Ordoscc]

He's the president of China, of course he's everywhere.

[@GL-GildedLining]

Well composed micro-doc, as usual. I learned some things! Thank you, PolyMatter.

[@just_kos99]

I took a great class as a Senior in high school, "Chinese & Russian History" by a brilliant teacher who taught it on a college level (dude knew both Mandarin and Russian script, even!) Seeing this decades later (yeah, I'm old) I'm finding this fascinating, and wondering what my old h.s. teacher would've thought of what you're saying and what's going on in the world today with China and the former Soviet Union.

[@campfireeverything]

Brilliant video and channel.

[@mostlybroadbandbandit]

The scariest thing is the cadence that you speak with. My god. 1.25x speed coming in clutch

[@DefenestrateYourself]

Looks like your attention span is running at .5x

[@kilmer009]

Sounds like the same guy as Real Life Lore, or has watched too many of their videos. Great content but incredibly irritating voice and cadence.

[@Lukas4182]

I travelled to Cambodia a few years ago, not knowing anything about it's history. In the bus from Vietnam I was reading the short historical summary in my guide. I couldn't believe what I was reading. In Pnom Penh you can visit the death camps. It's unbelievable, and I say that as a German.

[@yuluoxianjun]

😂if you visit japan,you will be 10 time shocked,japanese put all facist japanese leaders in nation hero museum,and every year million japanese say ww2 is japanese protect asian from usa uk french germany invasion

[@franzsigel7166]

aren't the problems adressed in the video pretty much everywhere in the deveoped world? Japan with it's price bubble, hikkikomori, demographic collapse and aging. ect?

[@KSUser-0301]

China has the added problem of autocracy and widespread corrution

[@lancasterpenn]

And 100s of millions still in poverty

[@afid7184]

Except for America because they have immigrants

[@rafaelglopezroman1110]

So they have the same issues as the entire developed world.

[@EdgyNumber1]

No. Because you are not allowed to express your frustrations freely, either individuallyoras a group. You can't even have fun. CCP hates groups/gatherings, etc. They fear an uprising. It doesn't take much. Look for soup dumpling bike ride. Bored kids who decided they wanted to go on a mission: A 50km ride to find the home of the best soup dumplings in China. Posted on Weibo, other people joined in. 100,000 other people. It was just a fun thing. The authorities got nervous and cracked down on it. At its height 800,000 people joined in across the country. Some people did what no one is EVER allowed to do - express their views. Cycling is now banned.

[@Leo-ok3uj]

20% youth unemployment are the official numbers In UK is officially a 14% In Germany is officially around 6% And in the USA is an 8% It may be the same issue, but if I may use an analogy from videogames, is like comparing Poison Level 1 in the case of USA, Germany, with Poison Level 3 in the case of China UK is very much in Poison 2

[@ClarinetDude1616]

@@EdgyNumber1 buddy that was because there were 800 thousand people cycling at the same time, causing the largest traffic congestion in recent history

[@Leo-ok3uj]

Just because is the same problem it doesn’t means is equally as bad, another example would be corruption, there is corruption in all countries (wich is a problem) but some countries are more corrupt than other, therefore those more corrupt countries have a bigger problem

[@harrykerr7547]

@@Leo-ok3uj >Government thrown out in electoral landslide >Early elections called, government likely to be thrown out >Government thrown out in electoral landslide "hey," asks the Chinese student, "did you see what those guys do when the economy is bad?"

[@williamyin4649]

You do know that in the 90s China was still PREDOMINANTLY agaraian right? Your model of parents having the feeling of happiness of fastest economic growth during 90s and their kids not happy nowadays simply doesn't stand still. The quality of life and the bottom line of that has been improving.

[@millerrepin4452]

But people compare things to what they can see and feel. Statistics are irrelevant when people act on different assumptions.

[@williamyin4649]

@@millerrepin4452 Agreed. But even the 90s and 00s feel the improvemnt of life quality all along.

[@greyfells2829]

Urbanization typically leads to a less happy populace despite an increase in wealth. This happened somewhat in Europe, but thankfully we don't have megacities or as much of an obsession with personal wealth.

[@williamyin4649]

@ not the situation in China though

[@hasemarica7121]

When the living environment is harsh, animals will automatically reduce their fertility, let alone humans.😶‍🌫

[@darthvadeth6290]

That Chinese saying makes absolutely 0 sense. Other than human beings, almost all living creatures live in very hostile environment from the moment their are born to the moment they die (usually get eaten by another animal). It's called nature. evolution. Yet all animals want to survive and breed as much as they can, despite living in much harsher environment than humans. It's called evolution. So Chinese people like you who use that phrase are usually idiots, or 抱怨社会的穷屌丝, lol

[@quzunarqozi5171]

In that case western ccountries must be really harsh to live in considering the West has among the lowest birthrates on the planet.

[@davidk.d.7591]

The irony of this is that China's birthrate was sky high during the cultural revolution

[@TheCat48488]

​@@quzunarqozi5171look in the mirror mate

[@TheCat48488]

​@@davidk.d.7591still have to account child death rate as well

[@antonpavlov9019]

I generally like your videos, but this is a very shallow one. People in the east have different priorities and unemployment or GDP contraction would not only not weaken the CCP, but would rally the people in support of the ruling party. Happened in many other eastern countries, why not China. Xi is afraid of youth unemployment, yeah, of course. You clearly have an amazing grasp on Chinese politics. If the party doesn't fix the unemployment they will lose the next general election! Oh, wait... Instead of making "China is falling apart" videos year after year, maybe someone can finally look into why China goes full speed ahead and make "What we could learn from China" video. Even the title "What Xi Jinping Fears More than America" presupposes that Xi is afraid of America. Reality looks quite the opposite, the US is trying prevent China's growth with sanctions, like the ones on semiconductors, showing that's it's actually the US who is afraid of China. Any chance for another video on China but with a deeper and more complex analysis?

[@Sean_k_]

Also China doesn't exactly have the demographics for a revolution even if the youth wanted one. Really bad video.

[@AlbertBasedman]

What we could learn from China: Novi Sad, Serbia

[@farfetchedfarade3197]

Hilarious to believe that the CCP could possible lose an election. They have elections in name only. We don’t want to learn from China, they stand opposed to the basic concepts of democratic republicanism my country is based on here in the States. Tankie boi doesn’t like criticism about gyna:((((((((

[@antonpavlov9019]

@@AlbertBasedman wat?

[@varunnaik7015]

I somewhat agree that china videos tend to be hyperbolic, perhaps youth unemployment is not the end all be all, but all these videos pointing out china's problems aren't wrong in their core points. China's growth is slowing, geopolitical condition is getting worse, demographics are incredibly worrying. So idk what makes you think china is going "full steam ahead." Also your other point is silly, America's not wanting to give China expertise on semiconductors is them being afraid? Why would you give your geopolitical adversary 20+ years of technology for free? That's not fright that's common sense. And they are definitely afraid of the US lol, they've abandoned wolf warrior diplomacy, and tried to reset relations with the U.S. when Xi came to San Francisco. They're definitely the ones back-pedaling here.

[@ianandersen265]

Seeing that middle aged overweight Chinese worker in his briefs underwear turning off the office lights and bunking with 3 more coworkers was bizarre! I'd hate to work 9-9-6, unless I earned at least double, and even then it would be high stress.

[@Grayson_Wu]

4:45 comparing China's GDP per capita in 1998 to mali's in 2024 is the dumbest thing I've ever heard, not to mention above the chart you wrote "GDP" not "GDP per capita"

[@adamperdue3178]

Why is it dumb? The lack of "per capita" on the graph should be fixed, but why is it dumb to compare China's 1998 per capita GDP to Mali's current per capita GDP? If anything, it makes the comparison better, because people are going to have a better idea of where Mali is today than where Mali was ~25 years ago.

[@Grayson_Wu]

​@@adamperdue3178Russia's GDP per capita in 1998 was $1800, China at $800. Now look at that graph again. You really don't see what's wrong? Is it really that much of a gap between Russia and China?

[@samuelcheung4799]

@@Grayson_WuIt says "China (1998)" versus "Russia (2024)". No doubt the gap now is much smaller.

[@adamperdue3178]

@@Grayson_Wu "Is it really that much of a gap between Russia and China?" Yes, there is that much of a gap between 2024 Russia and 1998 China. You seem to be interpreting this as if it's some sort of slight against China for saying that China in 1998 was not as powerful as Russia is today (at least on a per-capita basis), but that's clearly not the point of the comparison.

[@dao.y4460]

​@@adamperdue3178 1$ in 1998 bigger than 1$ in 2024

[@EmperorOfLore]

Great video, well-researched and well-presented. Bravo

[@johnbacon4997]

Posted this right after the CCP was a little spooked after 10,000 students started biking at night

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

The students are start revolution but still they barbaric mindset

[@Omer1996E.C]

"Calm down, it's just dumplings, just dumplings, just dumplings" said Xi

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

@@Omer1996E.C different Indo-Aryan race (Bharat aka India and Europe) these people are sub servant for Dictatorship they not change and advance forward for society

[@elek_]

@@FlyingFishXYZ "The students are start revolution but still they barbaric mindset" 😭😭😭

[@dn-anonymous]

Awesome vid, another instant like 🎉🎉🎉

[@Т1000-м1и]

"The China-watching community"

[@armyofninjas9055]

11:14 - Years ago, I actually worked this exact schedule every winter at the US Postal Service. They still do it. 72hr weeks.

[@miguelbaca8086]

This sort of feels like the michael parenti black shirts and reds quote regarding capitalists' nations desire to paint any policy in the 'opposing camp' as intentionally designed to be subversive no matter what.... Sure college attendance went up during their financial crisis, but that happens here... China at that period was reaching levels of industrialization and specialization which would benefit from a better trained workforce and so improving education funding is a great investment both for short term economic stimulus and for long term economic construction.... and don't forget that even in the US college attendance rates increase during economic downturns because when people lose their jobs they instead try to reinvent and reinvest in themselves.... heres the quote if you're curious "During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regimes atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn t go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goodsdemonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them." -Michael Parenti, Black Shirts and Reds, Ch3. pg.41

[@buddermonger2000]

First off: We do actually have supporting documentation from the opening of the Soviet archives. Especially with how soviets were an explicitly atheist state. Secondly: The fact is simply that China has a university enrollment rate that's incredibly high just generally at roughly 60% while a country such as India has roughly 28%. Especially when it was facing a potential issue with students and youth unemployment, it's absolutely a solution. Of course, the alternative is just doing nothing at all, an action at odds with the government's desire for stability.

[@miguelbaca8086]

@@buddermonger2000 did you actually think that I was refuting that the USSR was a soviet state?.... on your second point thank you for just proving my point I guess?

[@buddermonger2000]

@@miguelbaca8086 No. What i said was that we proved the soviets did in fact have these motivations when these things occurred. Secondly, the point isn't proven. The implication is that it's a false narrative. It's simply reality.

[@grimkahn3775]

Interesting

[@miguelbaca8086]

@@buddermonger2000 ok i'm just not gonna waste my time within someone that is repeatedly proving my point. have a day.

[@jennet6999]

Every time I watch a video by you I am so impressed by your understanding of the CN society... so much better than most of the CN citizens, let alone westerners. Well done!!!

[@ruin9]

Wait a second, you said foreign investment is down ! . But aren't investors pumping money into china more and more by selling in young markets like india ??

[@MJ-revered]

@@ruin9 Because you are confusing FDI with FII..not the same.

[@eclipsenow5431]

Great coverage - thank you!

[@reggielou2653]

It might not be a bad idea to be unemployed in communist state. They were not meant to be capitalists.

[@Cau_No]

They are not meant to be taken care of either. What people call 'communism' is actually state capitalism.

[@therapylit]

Unfortunately, China is actually a authoritarian capitalist country under the guise of COMMUNIST.

[@TimEssDub]

The only thing communist about China is its ruling party's name. Their means of production are owned by rich douchebags who are in the party's good graces, similar to the US political system.

[@RuiEspinha]

You realize that a "communist" state (which China really isn't anyway) would be the opposite of a state where people don't work, right?

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

In many ways, China is *more* capitalist than the US. US spends more on social welfare as a % of GDP (10% vs 20%) as an example.

[@blakemc34]

Why is the narration so off in this? Sounds like 2 different people or an AI trying to read for you.

[@N.I.S.C]

If the same problems can appear in both china and the US, two countries with vastly different political systems, then it's not a "democracy" issue if you ask me, giving free elections to the people of china doesn't mean that suddenly new jobs will appear and that their wages will increase. It's all economics and the use of human resources. Becoming a democracy would only change the flag and emblem. China is still there, the packaging is just slightly different, but it's still china.

[@jeffbenton6183]

I've heard tons of Ground News adds, but this is the first time I've heard someone demonstrate a way to use the Blindspot feature in a critical, analytical way. Frankly, I consider that use rather clever and will actually try to think that way, should I ever buy the service.

[@charles1567]

In response to your point about the lack of foreign tourists, there are actually quite a lot foreign visitors in China at the moment. With Li Ziqi's return to KZbin, the number of tourists coming to China is also expected to rise.

[@martinzihlmann822]

also the new short term visas for European countries

[@skymarchall]

Did someone else notice the guy at 16:37 with the white jumper saying "I'm So Happy"? xD

[@pingukutepro]

Dont laugh, this is global problem not only China.

[@AL-lh2ht]

but its exacberating in china. In the US for example companies are begging for more engineers and scientists.

[@lookorionisonthesky605]

If ever CN's Economy falls, It might ruin imports in my country (Philippines) and probably cheap goods. Though it's temporary tbh

[@Yoyo-vt4hc]

​@@AL-lh2hthave you not seen all the layoffs

[@akirosakuragi9279]

​​@@AL-lh2htnot true at all. So many ppl with tech degrees such as computer science can't find employment and you're talking about begging. Do you live on Mars or are you suffering from dementia?

[@milkdrinker7]

@@AL-lh2ht well nobody told HR at every company ever because I have had a degree in chemical engineering for four years and after hundreds and hundreds of applications, the most technical job I've been able to land is working retail at home depot. Seriously I feel like this whole "nobody wants to work" nonsense is because all companies simultaneously stopped training AND stopped hiring inexperienced people, having all seemingly adopted the same ultra-picky hiring "best practices" from some corporate efficiency seminar they all went to.

[@shootershooter9079]

The system of fierce competition that he is talking about isn't a planned move by the party it's just the by product of culture, society, jealousy and envy among students and their families And if he thinks it is planned by the cpc he should see the unemployment stats and competition in exams like jee/neet in India It's just the macro impact of micro things that happen to every kid in every family. (if u want to be successful u need to study hard that's the only way out) and kids are remind of this goal in every way by their parents, by teachers and even by themselves So it isn't a state conspiracy

[@allyip5777]

Democracy came from the need of the property owners to protect their well beings. It was like this in ancient Athens, it was like this in the U.S. before the mid 19th century… it changed only since the Industrial Revolution into something we can recognize today. So yes, “it’s the Economy stupid” really is the Golden Rule to all democratic systems.

[@domerame5913]

with the information space today it's more accurate to say 'it's the perception of the economy stupid'

[@allyip5777]

@ good point!

[@starlight-k7w]

+biggest drop u forgot in ur downward chart is the absence of Poobear+ honey sales..

[@Zukias]

15:35 that's wrong... Most millennials' parents are boomers, and most gen z's parents are gen X

[@chaoticdanor]

No offense but nobody cares about these labels except you.

[@Zukias]

​@@chaoticdanor if you watched the video, you'll see the video creator cares about them too. And many others, like economists and demographers. What was really the point in your comment? Are you just feeling confrontational?

[@dcc70]

Imagine how much worse youth unemployment would be in China if they didn't implement the one child policy back in the 80s

[@wind_runner6836]

So you got the graphic a bit wrong Boomers are the parents of Millennials not grandparents and Gex X is the parents of Gen z. Millennials are the parents of gen Alpha, I a millennial dad have two gen alpha sons and my father and mother are both boomers and that's the same with all my millennial friends maybe the youngest/oldest of millennials have gen x/different gen as parents but I doubt there are many the majority of the time it follows that.

[@agme8045]

That’s right, he got that completely wrong lol.

[@adamperdue3178]

It depends entirely on what age you are when you start having kids, and how late into your life you continue having kids (if you have multiple). Men can have children into their 70s, and even women who have a much narrower window, still have about 20 years or so. My mother's Gen X and I'm a Millennial. But I've got younger brothers who are Gen Z, and a brother who is Gen Alpha.

[@wind_runner6836]

@@adamperdue3178 I said there may be differences in the younger or old ones but generally it does follow what I was saying the majority of the time. I have an economics degree and we did demographics in marketing classes and that was the rule of thumb for advertising.

[@jelles.723]

How about restricting the number of work hours in a week to something that doesn’t squeeze the last drop of human dignity out of your people? Reduce worked hours 10%, unemployment issue solved. People will actually have spare time to spend money, creating new jobs in entertainment, tourism and services, away from manufacturing.

[@hudsondunn8385]

I’m gonna guess internal strife

[@BearOve]

Unfortunately ground news is not as good as claimed here. They classify an article based on which outlet it found it in, not the content. So a right article in a mostly left paper is classified as left, or the other way around. They assume that all papers are either left, center, or right. The same goes for factuality

[@tristanmoller9498]

Interesting. Probably hit it right most of the time but I don’t have it. I guess it would have to go deeper and classify according to individual journalists, according to who likes it or according to the content itself. Somehow social media gets the classification good enough to show you what they want

[@BearOve]

@ it is a hard problem to solve. The only issue I have is that they claim to have solved it. Especially when a KZbinr explains how good they are. The pitch does not match the product. It probably matches the intent of the product long term though

[@crhu319]

Youth unemployment is rising sharply planet PLANET WIDE because of ROBOTS and rising outsourcing to cheaper hungrier countries.

[@letopizdetz]

neah, it's corporate greed. We're just reducing labour costs to increase shareholder value. It's pretty systemic. They 'cut costs' without investing in any automation. While at the same time also increasing prices. A lot of corporations use a 'yearly price increase' mandate. Nobody is stealing your job, you boss just want to pay less workers.

[@benedekgabor.]

@@letopizdetzYeah that’s why the rust belt exists in the U.S. Not like the two can’t happen at the same time.

[@1pasupaty]

Last 10 years .Illinois s of chinese jobs shifted to Mexico.latin,Africa and other nations.corporate greed

[@Bvggerffpls]

This is an issue that seems to be spreading like wildfire in western countries like the UK as well. So many with advanced degrees who end up working in hotels or fast food restaurants. Imagine spending 3-5 years, honing your mind, studying diligently, networking, preparing yourself for a long, fulfilling career in your chosen field, only to have doors slammed in your face repeatedly after you get that coveted BA, MSc, PhD, etc. All the while, older generations will mock you for being too fragile, or lacking drive and ambition. Some give up and become depressed. Others swallow their bitterness and try and start again in a different field. Others just get angrier and angrier. You can only have so many disaffected, politically literate, unemployed/underemployed young graduates with nothing to live before something bad happens. This is true of any country, and it is especially true for a culture which values achievement and conformity as much as China.

[@JonTan-z3e]

in 1989 china's gdp was $300 billion, china's gdp per cap was $300 USD poorer than most countries in sub saharan africa. in 2023 china's gdp is $18.3 trillion, China's gdp per cap is $13,000 USD. china is no longer a impoverished 3rd world country, it is now a upper middle income country that is $1000 gdp per cap away from transiting from middle income status into a high income gdp country.and it is only a couple more years away from attaining $20,000 gdp per cap, the gdp of highly developed countries like Singapore, taiwan or south korea back in the 2000s and 90s.. revolutions and uprisings have almost never happened in developed countries in modern history.....that is because they only happen in places of extreme poverty, hopelessness and squalor. even the gdp per cap of Xinjiang has risen by nearly 250% in the last 10 years to $10,000 usd. civil wars and uprisings happen in countries like myanmar or eygpt.....not in countries whose gdp per cap is $13,000 and nearly half a billion people live in provinces whose gdp per cap is almost $20,000 to $30,000 usd..... no matter how much frustration or discontentment people might feel in highly developed or even semi developed countries, life is too comfortable for most people in these countries to violence and chaos and even take up arms and fight wars in an attempt to

[@clgr1323]

You eat two steaks. I eat none. Steak consumption per capita: 1 steak. You earn $1,300,000 . Ten thousand people people survive with just $130... GDP per capita: $13,000. GDP is a dumb and wrong way of measuring how people are doing.

[@henrihns2659]

​@@clgr1323wrong, gdp is a good enough way to measure how people are doing. hardly there is any other way better than gdp, and ur example only exist for small group and high inequality, which not exactly the case for china.

[@Nainara32]

China's GDP per capita adjusted by PPP is at about the world median at 21.4k. It's roughly comparable to Bosnia, Columbia, Georgia, and Belarus. None of these countries are politically stable by virtue of their standard of living.

[@Nainara32]

Let me add that China's experienced standard of living for the majority is much lower than nominal GDP numbers would suggest. Compared to most nations, China spends very little on entitlements like healthcare and pension, which improves quality of life, and substantially more on the internal and external security and defense apparatus. Chinese government spending is all about "guns, and not butter".

[@JonTan-z3e]

​@@Nainara32 if u look at gdp adjusted for purchasing power parity or ppp, China's gdp already eclipsed US back in 2019.....its already at $37 trillion almost 40 percent higher than US....a USD of spending power goes a long long way in china. a dollar equivalent of yuan in china can buy u so much more.i mean take for example a 20km cab ride in america or any developed country would easily cost u close to $50 if not more during rush hour.....in china its less than $10. i have no idea what ur talking about all about guns and not butter, did u even watch the video?in the very first 60 seconds of polymatter's video he already mentioned china's military expenditure and showed u a graph of it, china literally spends 1/5th the amount of money US spends on the military, US spends almost doubles as a percentage of her gdp almost 3.4% compared to china's 1.7%. that is with america already reaching record levels of debt nearly 35 trillion and deficit almost 1.7 trillion a year, her debt goes up 3 trillion a year or 10 trillion every 3 years and her cost of borrrowing is already out of control almost 4.5% and she still shows no signs of slowing down her spending....913 billion a year on her millitary are u serious? china doesnt care? have u seen china's cities?how incredibly well organised and planned they are,efficient and orderly. u think a country that doesnt care about her people and society would build a 14,000km hsr network connecting the country and every province?and hundreds of metro lines with the most intricate lines and hundreds of stations? efficient public transportation, efficient logistics for a efficient economy. everything in china is efficient and affordable including her healthcare, its not like america spending nearly 4 times per capita on healthcare and yet tens of millions of america still cannot afford healthcare and access to good affordable healthcare because all the policies are shaped by government and politicians to allow and enable the healthcare providers, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies to gorge american taxpayers!!!!! and america's transportation and public infrastructure is in shambles because the automobile and oil companies dictate and shape national policy through powerful lobbies and u are living in a country where the state controls and dictates what the corporations and uber rich does and craft state and national policies in the country's best interests not in a world where corporations and capitalism controls the government and the country!!!! i dunno how people like u are literally allowed to lie or deliberate spread FALSE INFORMATION,practically everything u claimed is wrong, u are literally spreading PURE PROPAGANDA.

[@ronaldp7573]

Unmarried, unemployed young men are the harbingers of most revolutions.

[@johnvannewhouse]

GODDAMN, DUDE!!! This was such AMAZING analysis - as usual! - that I may have to watch this three times to commit it to memory!

[@antonyloc]

I love your enthusiasm :D I agree, it is a really good video!

[@achillesglacia7700]

😂

[@frankcander]

Why do you make graphs that don't start at 0?

[@rememberitsallcensorship]

These are the best videos on KZbin, and I watch so many fantastic KZbinrs. I genuinely get really giddy each new installment. Thank you!

[@chenghe1184]

Why your chart shows 2020 and not 2024? is that video from 2020?!

[@lego_batman_0_0]

4:30 Graph shows "1877" instead of "1977".... Very disappointed of you PolyMatter

[@decus9544]

I'm not sure why this surprises anyone, I remember saying back in 2011 when everyone was saying China would take over the world, that their growth rate was unsustainable and would fall as they climbed the value chain. As to their property sector, in the long run its better for them that they deflate the bubble. Their property price to income ratio exceeds 40 in some cities (last I checked, prior to the correction of the last couple of years... probably still around 35). That's completely absurd and both pulls investment away from far more productive investment in the stock market and diminishes consumer spending, so it is a necessary correction which preferably will continue until the ratio falls below 10.

[@nterry894100]

“Every society is only 3 means away from chaos.” Vladimir Lenin.

[@bobbingfortoast1912]

Wasn't actually Lenin though it's a common misattribution. Also historically it's been pretty wrong/incredibly rare, rather it's the opposite - a well fed populace is more likely to uprise for ideological reasons.

[@MakerInMotion]

@@bobbingfortoast1912 Yeah famine can actually solidify power. North Korean escapee Yeonmi Park said nobody in her village ever talked about or thought about revolution. All they thought about was food. They didn't have the strength to march on Pyongyang.

[@mastermindcat]

​@@bobbingfortoast1912 lmfao, people never uprises for ideological reasons, peoples uprises because of hunger, anger, and overall disatisfaction from conditions of living. A well fed populace will never uprise, that's why governments trying to improve economics, housing, logitistics, etc., not because they care about you. And historically, it's always been like that.

[@nterry894100]

@ I think historically it’s true that most revolutions are due to ideological movements, however in truly repressive societies like the DPRK and, increasingly, the PRC economic desperation and hunger are going to be the drivers. They don’t have the luxury of forming organised movements.

[@Onepretentiousdude]

@@MakerInMotion yeonmi park is a known liar lol, not a great source.

[@syauqilintang4970]

never in my live had i ever expected the term "hippies, goths, punks, hipsters..." and "Chinese characteristics" go along within the same paragraph...

[@tommymorrison6478]

I've never forgotten that guy who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square, and I sometimes wonder what became of him. I doubt it was a happy ending.

[@yeoldegunporn]

Why does China’scollapse sound like the status quo in America?

[@georgeoust]

I also don’t get why some ppl try so hard to defend the CCP and see any criticism as an attack on china as a whole. China has a wonderful history and culture that has been tainted by their government. Its government is singlehandedly their n1 global image destroyer. The Chinese ppl deserve better

[@edwardsnowden8821]

and Westerners will provide for them like they provided for the Libyan, Iraqi and Afghani people

[@Nainara32]

There are very few if any individuals defending the CCP in this thread of their own initiative. The Chinese government pays a large number of low-skill laborers in the PLA to post propaganda on western social media to attack any criticism of its policies. It would be nice if China kept to its own firewalled swamp instead of polluting the rest of the internet.

[@subjekt5577]

China is strong enough to stand for themselves, they don't need westerners. They were fine for thousands of years. They'll be fine for thousands more, but the leadership has never lasted that long for a reason.

[@testacals]

Nah, chinese people like the CCP

[@MilkMenGaming]

around the 4 minute mark, where the flag of Lithuania is visible in Moscow, could somebody tell me what kind of footage that is or where to find it?

[@justinddunlap]

8:21 this is true of America too. It's how they keep people from organizing and putting a stop to the oligarchy.

[@greyfells2829]

You haven't lived in an eastern autocracy if you think the US is at all comparable. Pretty much everyone in the intelligentsia, military command, and state bureaucracy hates Trump, he still got elected twice. That would NEVER happen in Russia or China.

[@Cx33032]

I might say he does not even know about this because no one will report this information to a dictator!

[@prague787]

Massive unemployment is every government's fear. People who haven't stayed in China do not realize the natural massive support that the CCP enjoys there. CCP's foundation isn't only anchored to the economic prosperitt, but the "social trauma", which China experienced. "Of course, the CCP took advantage of it and use it in their propaganda", but most Chinese, like the Vietnamese, are definitely contented by the current political structure of their country, regardless of how uncertain the economy is at this point.

[@luodeligesi7238]

Not sure how much this affects too, but from an outsider's perspective, the CCP has done an effective job at portraying themselves as the ones keeping outside forces from crippling China, in particular from the US.

[@armandoventura9043]

Western people also forget that the CCP is not just Xi, there are many facets within the party

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Bharat also part of Indo-Aryan race

[@benfowler1134]

If the CCP is loved so much, why is China essentially a fascist dictatorship? Why isn’t China a democracy like America, if the CCP thinks it’s genuinely popular and can win elections on its own merits?

[@cesare_the_somnambulistSWAG]

why did this random 30 year old I met on reddit send this to me

[@bigsarge2085]

Xi Jinping fears losing his power.

[@eduardostapenko6808]

0:13 Electric Vehicles fires and pollution? bet those are up as fuck.

[@shakiMiki]

How can China simultaneously have such high youth unemployment & labour shortage?

[@boarbot7829]

He will contradict himself to make his 'China is on the cusp of failure' point over and over.

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

Every ching fear the Aryan race

[@2005batman]

@@boarbot7829the grants won’t earn themselves, you know.

[@jayzee4097]

The US has the same problem: No college graduate wants to work retail for $15 an hour when that wont even cover rent.

[@the11382]

Lying flat is getting somewhat popular.

[@WWLooi-js8rl]

It looks like $1.6b funding from U.S. Congress is at work. 😅

[@tianyunz2754]

Fair analysis

[@maozey3870]

本质上还是人口太多，这个问题就好像没办法避免一样，应届毕业生不愿参与一些技术含量较低的工作，年轻人更愿意坐办公室或者成为公务员，其他行业的竞争实在是太激烈了，这就导致现在的年轻人不断提高自己的学历以增加自己的附加值，可是这还是不能解决问题。