When An Indian Historian Lashed Out At The West REACTION!!

[@nikusingh191]

As an India we understood everything he said. Intentional incomprehensibility is an American problem

[@balidr]

as a middle Europeon I tottal understood it too

[@thewindowsmaaane]

Whatever.... I agree with some of his points. And I also hate hypocrisy. But hed have a better leg to stand on if the Indians didnt give up their country. You cant keep blaming the west for your predicament and you act as if India was a paradise before the west found it. You had the caste system for fuks sake. 750 English Soliders 35,000 Indians. Battle of Plessey. How did India lose? The fact that you are such an easy target for condescension says as much about you as anyone else. Also stop having so many kids and you might have more food...

[@thewindowsmaaane]

@@balidr snitch

[@balidr]

@@thewindowsmaaane if the crises in Ukreine goes on, We also gone have a energy/food crises so dont talk from a high horse… by the way thanks for the compliment Im rather a snitch than a western snob

[@thewindowsmaaane]

@@balidr I'm not talking from a high horse. The man in the video is. India sucks. And he's trying to act like it didn't before. So he's deluded and on a high horse

[@aayushkedia4170]

Just that fact that u guys arent getting it is reinforcing his point. To someone in asia..it almost seems like the words are comming out of my mouth, feels like he is saying what we have been feeling since forever, there is no context required honestly. Just the snippet is enough to drive the point.

[@BlackHawkTejas]

Exactly!! Even to people in Africa.

[@timexyemerald6290]

These to are all like: yikes anyway. 😅

[@shwethas7562]

Oh, suddenly you don’t understand what he said?? Suddenly you see too many blanks? That’s denial right there. Normally you speak like to know everything and now you’re so naive?? You’ll never accept you’re to be blamed for everything wrong that’s happening in the world

[@suresh66996]

These are the people who use paper straws and think they've stopped pollution so...

[@kushaq1173]

why we watch them. they understood everything. Rajiv malhotra explained very well. they will act as they didn't get it

[@panjabipandit]

@@kushaq1173 We're part of the problem. Evidently.

[@saurabhghosh3912]

so true.. when it comes to them there are blanks and points they wanna no more about and cant comment on it

[@Raagasammysam]

i thought that they only react to music.

[@SanjayKumar-fb5xz]

Context is, In recent Glasgow world climate submit india and china refused to sign to flush out CO2 emissions(coal usage) before certain time limit in future to become carbon neutral because we are going through a industrial revolution(which is going to be engine of economy) which the west has gone through already in 1900s and they(western countries) have refused to provide necessary technology to reduce carbon emission during industrial revolution for india and china

[@Navin4061]

Glad someone pointed that out. Also, this is similar to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of nuclear weapons where the bunch of western developed countries who already possess nuclear weapons wanted other countries to sign off that they won't make nukes which also India didn't sign.

[@chris10hi]

India can only develop if they become frightened, intense and hardworking like the Chinese, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGrLp5mCna1koLM

[@TheB657]

@@Navin4061 Good thing Bharat didn't sign 'cause with *the Ukrainian example* we know we would have got disarmed voluntarily which would have been such a disaster without any remedy whatsoever...

[@aryarawatar4842]

@@chris10hi not clicking that bruv 🥲

[@pandiguru4283]

@@chris10hi Nice one but thats never the reason. Its the political ideologies. Chinese follow communism and india follows democracy. You need to read more about history bro. India was never an aggressive country and never initiated any wars, but at the same time never backs down either. Also why is there a need for comparision? I mean education system in western countries are far more relaxed than india. Dont be judgemental. Rise and fall of nations are not new to the history. If india is not strong enough it will fall but that is not gonna happen. Do you know why indians are mostly careless and less mindful of others in general and they focus only on them and their families, relatives and close circle. But if they feel threatened you will see an all new face of those guys. One such example is "Jallikattu protest" which happened in my state. Many students from grade schoolers to the young adults of age 30 or less participated in this protest in a highly peaceful manner with no violence at all, because that problem is just an internal conflict within the country. Its not that we are not alert or aggressice enough but it shows we are calm and composed while we face problems. Yeah, our countries growth rate is slow but its progressing steadily at our own pace. If we feel the need we will adapt so dont push your ideologies to us. And indians are far more hardworking than you think. The ceo's of many top companies in usa and other countries are indians by the way. I wonder how lazy those guys where so that they could easily become so powerful lol🤣🤣

[@UTSLR1111]

As an Indian i understood 100% of his emotions and what he was saying exactly in this snippet but I don't think Americans would ever understand.

[@ishachakraborty9967]

Absolutely they won't. Maybe the homeless population and factory workers of america get it.

[@tejmaximus3893]

true

[@StolidLiquid]

I'm American and understood, but I know I'm in the minority and strongly dislike American culture... Honestly, everything is about benefits. American's are worried about their future and their children's future, when they hear people are starving to death in other countries at best they put on a sad expression. They think what we have here is reproducible and sustainable everywhere. They don't admit it, but they believe it's your fault that you guys aren't just doing what they are doing. They are more worried about 'my body my rights' with killing their own babies so they can continue to develop wealth. They are more concerned with people entering the country having different values than their own, despite family values being dead in the US. We are as far detached from reality as you can get. Even I'm detached, at best I only vaguely understand this fact.

[@ishachakraborty9967]

@@StolidLiquid A self concious intelligent american!? Now that's an interesting thing to behold🤭 You're a sensible nice person, dear hooman. If this sensibility will present in most americans, future can be bright and hopeful. I believe in human cooperation understanding and change, i'm hopeful.✨

[@StolidLiquid]

@@ishachakraborty9967 Nah, I'm not a nice person, I'm "mildly autistic" and have "antisocial personality disorder". According to scientific studies I have an "excessively rigid morality" and fail to "conform to societies standards". The school of thought here is (benefiting from others suffering is wrong, except when it is socially acceptable to do so). My opinion (it is a shame, but life is a struggle of survival and benefits, nobody is wrong for competing) isn't a compassionate perspective. I don't believe in the moral obligation to support others, so I don't expect others to support me. There is only the obligation to myself and my friends/family. These people would cry if they had to kill an animal, but would laugh and smile at the dinner table. They don't respect the suffering of others because they never cared, they only care about their own feelings at the moment. If they feel scared about climate change, it's your moral obligation to fix it or you are just being selfish.

[@septleaves8521]

RICK....you CANNOT find a solution if you don’t acknowledge and deal with the truth!!!.....It’s not “bad” or “looking for a fight” to acknowledge truth and you don’t have to worry about hurting anybody’s feelings in these cases. Nobody was worried about hurting the feelings of innocent people when they were perpetrating their crimes on us!!!

[@sunitait8671]

Well said bro

[@nandi_1582]

So true. 👍🏻

[@shilajitchowdhury2800]

So true 😎

[@panjabipandit]

Exactly, because they didn't view us as human to begin with. We were animals to them. That's the difference in mentality.

[@BlackHawkTejas]

@@panjabipandit Were?? We still are to them!

[@Jas-gf6pe]

Although china is not nice but yes “using China and blaming country for pollution is hypocritical”

[@स्मितिननाथ]

He is commie and darling of China.

[@newname3718]

China is not nice now because US and her troop is using China as a common enemy, if China falls the next target will most likely be either India or Indonesia. The "masters" now know how giant markets can use their population density as leverage. They will "take care" of countries with huge population first, you know, in case these shithole countries gets enough education and start have a present to work on and start planning for future.

[@Jas-gf6pe]

@@newname3718 true … China India conflict is on one side That’s true if they are not able to tolerate china they won’t tolerate india either in future

[@karundutt2419]

Ya america just need wars to happen to supply it's arms and ammunition to get hot hot dollar

[@aayushizain7271]

@@स्मितिननाथ Exactly!!!! Only if people learn before praising or judging a small piece of opinion!!!

[@AmanSharma-hp6ok]

When he referred to Rio Earth summit 1992 common and differentiated responsibility, what he meant was that since the developed west was the prime contributor to climate crisis as compared to the developing third world country. They have higher moral and practical responsibility. If India china pledge to cut their emissions by 5% west should do it by 20 because they have already achieved a certain life standard by their past depreciation of nature. They also have a differentiated responsibility of providing 100 billion through GCF to 3rd world countries like india china and also transfer of clean energy tech. But the west forgets this differentiated part and only focuses on common part that we all are in it together. A kid in LA giving up diesel powered car to shift to electric car can not be equated to a child in india or africa giving up using coal fuel electricity altogether. For the LA kid it's a luxury. For people in 3rd world it's their only way to elevate their social conditions.

[@ananyaa6664]

Well said!

[@JulieStardoll]

very well put

[@impression4961]

Very true

[@keepinitrreal]

Very well said. Just to highlight the practical difference of what we use coal for - because coal is still used for cooking fuel in many Indian lives where food itself is a scarce resource. So those people cutting down on coal usage (directly related to their survival day to day, in the present) is JUST NOT THE SAME as someone changing their petrol car for a electric car. One is a small sacrifice and the other will take the life of the person. That's the difference between a developed and developing country. And this difference has been created by colonialism - past and present covert colonialism. So the onus lies on the ones who have done this. It's simple logic. Just that there is a glaring lack of conscience and consciousness in the west regarding what their responsibility truly is. That's why Indians like the historian we see, are the reminders we need. The reminder the global west's privileged and concerned citizens need.

[@am.Shub2770]

Really well said

[@SaurabhG005]

This rant is not against Climate Change and disregarding it. It is more about the privileged west is not contributing as much it is consuming just because they have an upper leverage over the less developed 3rd world.

[@earth0337]

Really, I thought he was very clear and it applies to what’s going in the present day. The west has made enough money and now has a problem when the developing countries are catching up. Hypocrisy at its best!!!

[@johannesaarto1631]

Get brains plz

[@earth0337]

@@johannesaarto1631 where can I get some? Will pick some for you. 😜

[@rachanaponnappa5607]

@@earth0337 Savage 🤣

[@anantsharma6365]

He's not denouncing climate change He is saying that just like getting offended on other's behalf is a problem of the privileged, similarly climate crisis at present is also a problem for the privileged bcoz other stratas can't worry about miseries of the future when there present is just as miserable.....they can't do it even if they want to A person who is already dying from Cancer won't worry about getting HIV Similarly someone who doesn't have his basic needs fulfilled won't worry about the carbon emissions or plastic production & things like that

[@dishantb4222]

Laughed when clearly Joe fans were surprised how their ideal is named as a hypocrite 😂

[@DrTiwade]

JOE BIDEN THE MOST CORRUPT AND USELESS POLITICIAN IN USA HISTORY

[@somkeshav4143]

I voted for Joe as an Indian American only because he wasn’t Trump, I highly doubt anyone was enthusiastic about voting in Joe Biden here in the states though lmaoo

[@Vishakha_B897]

@@somkeshav4143 Trump was better for India. He didn't coddle terrorists.

[@somkeshav4143]

@@Vishakha_B897 wdym? He did coddle terrorists, remember January 6th or the Oathkeepers?

[@kartikvv]

American consumption is crazy, look at the size of sodas or coffees being consumed and the wastage. Food wastage is a crime.

[@BlackHawkTejas]

Don't miss the Europeans especially the Scandavian region countries. While on the joke of the list of most eco - friendly countries they come in top position, but thier secondary pollution contribution is ignored. China, India, Vietnam etc... produce huge things for these countries enormous consumption.

[@linkbombchu168]

When Joe Biden got called out by him, Korbin almost got an heartattack. Lol

[@lonewolfe2502]

Joe Biden and Obama might be the better president than Trump for USA but they or any American President were never been good for any third world countries.

[@DrTiwade]

EXACTLY. SENILE FARTING CORRUPT JOE IS WHO THESES GUYS VOTED FOR

[@DrTiwade]

@@lonewolfe2502 BIDEN OBAMA ARE WORST PRESIDENTS FOR USA

[@Vishakha_B897]

He's a racist hypocrite.

[@AbhishekSingh-fo5gz]

You guys react in Bollywood , nothing to expect from you guys ,you guys don't have dare to accept truth. ❤️🆒🤣

[@devraj9234]

Exactly

[@pushkardeshmukh2413]

Hypocrites.

[@gitanjalidas5542]

True

[@s1616164]

True

[@trainyourbrain1455]

that white shirt guy.... uski buri jali hai 🤣🤣🤣

[@anupamakushwaha5503]

He is saying USA and Europe should reduce their consumption lot more than poor should ...and that too way before 2050

[@noble1214]

They know what he is sayings

[@khyatib1681]

When my uncle visited from the US, he was so impressed with the way we are limiting our plastic use whenever we can and opting for recyclable products. it's the little things, carrying bags from home when buying vegetables, supermarkets charging you for bags (which again aren't plastic) and how we get things repaired instead of throwing it off, use our old clothes for cleaning, etc. He was impressed at how the citizens themselves were this responsible (Tbh, i also think we do this to save money and reduce unnecessary spending). And i realised that while we might have issues of carbon emissions and all that, we naturally have a tendency to reuse and be economical in our purchases and living. I think this is vastly missing in the west, as my uncle pointed out. There's not even a concept of second hand in the usa. Everything has to be new and everything has to be disposed. After all this, when they say we need to reduce carbon emissions, it doesn't make that much sense coz they need to work way more on going green than we do.

[@keepinitrreal]

Absolutely agree with you. Indian culture basically isn't based in consumerism and wastage cycles, as it is in USa.

[@sunitait8671]

Aptly put,👏👏👏

[@banjaaratalks9807]

Thats one of the proper explanation

[@sp1pp697]

Exactly our grand mothers used say the way you use things like repairing them and using and the way you use water decides how you maintain relationships and money respectively. Our culture was more based on humanity and spirituality not on consumerism and outward beauty.

[@DesiCat789]

They do have a culture of second hand (cars, thrift stores for clothes, ebay) which we didn't have in India - they gotta borrow something from us, we gotta borrow those things from them. But I agree, that we are way ahead in being economical.

[@shubh_1895]

The crux of his speech wasn't about denying climate change but mostly about the condescending nature of West's political and intellectual class. For reference a recent article in The Guardian (i think) carried a headline "How India's demand for AC will push carbon emissions". Now India a tropical country with hardly 10 percent AC penetration can't even dream for having a moderate necessity for it's people.? Then the thing he said about "present" is a dig at the climate Justice movement led by people and youngsters in Rich countries who have all the basic amenities, good life which is a dream for millions. India is not a climate change deniar most Indians aren't. We have more and more renewable projects and ambitious aims too, even in Glasgow we pledged a lot including on cars (incidentally top car producing nations,US, Japan didn't). But the reality is we have limited resources. He was talking about the need for resource pooling to help us adapt. We want to adapt but we can't leave the process of Economic development for that. Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani recently announced 70B$ plan for green hydrogen all in hopes of scaling it. So such things need a lot of resources, resources which global North has mostly through colonialism and an advantage of industrial revolution, which brought prosperity to the West and a lot of carbon to our atmosphere. We were busy being subjugated while the West was prospering now how can they talk about equal responsibility when we weren't equal in getting development? We can't sentence millions a life of misery because some activist with a carbon footprint higher than 20 families of India wants to. We want sustainable development, we are doing our best and will continue to do so. However condescending nature of all including newspapers like NYT , WaPo is all very real and blatant. No wonder nobody likes them even when they might be reporting some truth.

[@anshraina7302]

Well said

[@shubh_1895]

@@anshraina7302 Thanks! That guy personified what most Indians think!

[@keepinitrreal]

Very well said.

[@Springs_secrets]

As Jaishankar sir said. European and American thinks their problem is world's problem.. And world's problem are not their problem.

[@sanjuktabhattacharjee8258]

Dr. Prashad clarified in an interview after this outburst, as to what the immediate spark was that instigated this rant. He had met some oil company officials at the COP26 conference, and spoke about the atrocities committed by Western countries, in cahoots with the local government, against a poor village in Mozambique when they protested against oil refineries of Exxon and Total near their village. The oil executives had told him that yes, everyone knows what's happening but noone cares. And that is what triggered this anger, according to him.

[@bn1193]

Its real bad the UN and everything is a blind to hide what the west really doing in Africa and all.

[@90enemies]

@@bn1193 UN isn't a Blind, they're just stuck in an Ironic position. If they helped too much everyone will accuse them of abusing their power meddling in everyones business. If they don't help at all or does the bare minimum, everyone will call them useless. Fucked if they do, Fucked if they don't

[@bn1193]

@@90enemies then they should move on and give the position to people with balls. What is the point of having an international organizations if they can't deal with international issues.

[@ijustwannacommentnotmyreal9814]

As a Mozambican, I didnt know this!!!! Thank you for telling me!

[@rachit1042]

I don't think there are a lot of people in India who think climate change doesn't exist, that is something that is prevalent in the West.

[@TheB657]

_First World_ has all sorts of problems.

[@abhi20]

No.. there arent many people who think climate change doesnt exist in India .. precisely becasue what he said.. many ppl are more concerned about the NOW and where to get the next meal. they are not even aware of the concept of climate change

[@harithat.p.6252]

In India, we have been witnessing frequent natural disasters over the years. People don't really dispute over whether or not climate change is true when we are living through its consequences. The discussions are centred around 'how' to deal with climate change rather than denying the obvious. The speech is not denying climate change, rather point out practical difficulties faced by developing and underdeveloped countries in curbing usage of coal at same pace with developed countries. Countries like US and UK has already gone through and benefitted from industrial revolution. They are at a stage where the citizens has the privilege of choosing between diesel car or electric car, veganism or meat. In third world countries people do not have that luxury. The choice is between starvation or food. Things like using solar panels, natural gas are not a matter of choice but truly out of reach. Simply put, you don't think of fixing a solar panel on roof when you are homeless. Starving for losing weight and starving out of poverty are two things worlds away. The latter don't have the luxury of thinking whether to go vegan or choose meat when there is literally no food available to them.

[@sagarikasuresh]

This needs more context of the 1992 Rio Summit and COP26 Glasgow summit. Basically, the West have signed a treaty for "Common but differential responsibilities" according to which, we have a common goal towards climate change but since the West has industrialised and polluted for centuries in comparison to developing nations, we get some leverage which is barely anything. While developed countries are to become carbon neutral by 2050, China by 2060 and India by 2070. This is completely unfair because the West developed themselves through colonialism for 300 years and when we started developing a few decades ago, they decide to hold us accountable for carbon emissions even though our carbon footprint is wayyyy lesser than the West till date! (USA's carbon footprint is 15x more than India's as per UN) They're specifically targeting coal because developing countries (especially India and China) are coal dependent. This again puts the onus on us to reduce emissions while the West have already polluted for centuries, still have a higher carbon footprint and continue to pollute.

[@gagankukreja2217]

Understand the point, west saying to India, China etc to lower carbon emissions. Now 2 main points. 1. They take total carbon emissions not per capita 2. They want country like India to reduce oil and coal use and shift to clean energy. Now for clean energy lot of money required also new technology is needed. Country like India where 25% population is still below poverty line, health care and education need a lot of funds so this is practically impossible to shut coal and oil use. And west is not ready to fund also they want India to buy tech from them as they are not willing to share that with countries like India. US wanted India to give contracts to White westing house like companies for clean nuclear energy. This is how the west works. Above is one example. West polluted the world and now want others not to use the same energy they used in past.

[@Sarayu_S]

Poverty in India is 6% sir..

[@gagankukreja2217]

@@Sarayu_S well, make poverty line below $1 and say this is 3%. But as per new definition India is in lower-middle income category and $3.2 per day is line, below this people are below poverty line. And after Covid as high as 55-60% can fall below this.

[@vaibhavmukherjee9830]

He is not denying climate change but he's pointing out how the west blames developing nations for climate change while most peoples fridges in the states consume more energy than entire city blocks in 3rd world countries.

[@aashnameteor2184]

Usko nhi samzega re baba. Climate change concern dikhake hero hone ka re baba

[@keepinitrreal]

As a few people have expressed very clearly why the expectations can't be the same from poorer countries. Just to highlight the practical difference of what we use coal for - because coal is still used for cooking fuel in many Indian families where food itself is a scarce resource. So those people cutting down on coal usage (directly related to their survival day to day, in the present) is JUST NOT THE SAME as someone changing their petrol/ diesel car for a electric car. One is a small sacrifice and for the other, it will kill them since they don't have any resources practically. That's the difference between a developed and developing country. And this difference has been created by colonialism - past and present covert colonialism. So the onus lies on the ones who have done this. It's simple logic. Just that there is a glaring lack of conscience and consciousness in the west regarding what their responsibility truly is. Because they have not faced their past History has been hidden and whitewashed. As Rick said, you guys have been programmed. Indoctrinated. That's why Indians like the historian we see, are the reminders we need. The reminders you need. The reminder the global west's privileged and concerned citizens need. And yes, even us Indian privileged citizens need.

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

Fact: It was India that made the policies for the IPCC's 1st meeting in early 90s for global warming. When no country was listening to their scientists. Few of Indians who pushed for IPCC to come into existence who supported it from day one and was the one to form the guidelines but very few countries then signed it on that day. It took west time to sigh it. And now they are saying that India and developing countries like India should stop their work for global warming. It is India which was has significantly increased its green cover in last 50 years. It is India and China which have huge population but still pushing hard for electric vehicles, yes USA is also doing good for electric vehicles but they are more developed infrastructure.

[@tylerisangry2444]

Look at their expressions 🤣

[@venkateshpakalapati9424]

hmm..funny how u both missed the point that " why in world should someone give a fuck about climate change when he doesn't have food to eat or any other basic needs"

[@abdullahjan4567]

Rick talks about solution instead of constantly calling out the west.., well Rick here's a solution for you: WEST should pay back all of the looted money and if they can't do that with a pretense that a sum of money can't really be measured at all then WEST should help in rebuilding the countries and their economic conditions-FREE OF COST! Obviously no western country would ever want to do that and hence the constant bashing!

[@sanj33v]

9:18 Rick with his colonial mindset. I know he tends to stay neutral but decades of education and social structure can't be denied by snap of a finger in his head either. "Don't demonize the west, but lets find a solution" Next up meddle with "the solution" to give lots of task to the Colonies and gain double profits.

[@PaulAllen6304]

People in the west often fail to understand how Indians were subjected to *racism* in the Raj. For them it's like, "Oh Spaniards too colonized Mexico and mixed with them which gave rise to distinctive culture and so were all other colonies in the world" and how French mixed with indegnious inhabitants to give rise to Creole culture. No no no, Brits never ever conciously mixed with Indians. All the so called culture exchanges happened by chance, not intended at all. And racism was a reality in British India, same way as it was in Africa(for some definite reasons, Black Africans are only associated with racism). For this and many other reasons, Brits were the worst colonizers in history of the planet.

[@aaronstone959]

you can see clearly see from their reaction that they were disturbed and got a little defensive

[@Navin4061]

This is similar to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of nuclear weapons where the bunch of western developed countries who already possessed nuclear weapons wanted other countries to sign off the treaty that they won't make nukes which India didn't sign pointing out the hypocrisy of the treaty.

[@ninaddesai2496]

It just proves the point... that you can wake up the ones who are asleep but NOT the ones who are PRETENDING to be sleeping...

[@glamgalmanu]

I have been staying in the united States for long and some things boggle till date. The no. 1 is lack of public transport. Like each and every person has his/her own car, some people even have trucks for themselves. So many people eat non veg, red meat frequently. So many people waste food. There is no concept of sharing food in restaurants and serving size is too much. Hope this changes.

[@CW-rx2js]

There is nothing wrong with eating meat per se. Its just that the world's population is rising too fast to keep up with meat production- so the "too frequently" is where you are right :)

[@nileshghadge5016]

What about electronic items? Do upper-class/upper middle-class really upgrade their iphone every time a new iphone drops?

[@ma7ur97]

The best thing about all this only India has achieved standards set by Paris aggreement

[@me5774]

The guy in the white shirt, you deminer fits perfectly Vijay's description of the Americans.

[@tamberlame27]

Carbon based economics pull people out of poverty because simply put fossil fuels are the cheapest forms of energy. Renewable energies require a great deal of wealth and they still aren't reliable.

[@purplestripes4076]

Just FYI, nobody in India is denying climate change. We're all educated and smart enough to believe science on this

[@harshits1959]

I think these people doesn't know critical thinking, they are just living in absolutes. Just making conclusions without being thinking what has been said

[@ivak4802]

They’re leftists.

[@skycocaster]

When condescending westerners don't understand how condescending they are. So true.

[@theeternal6890]

*I just love him just after watching this short clip of him.*

[@imayush007]

Climate change is real...bt a child with no food don't care about climate change...countries like US and UK need to lower thier consumption...so others can increase theirs.

[@highpriest8571]

it is not real

[@rasbar3830]

@@highpriest8571 It is...heat waves in Canada and snowfalls in brazil is not an everyday thing...people are dying because of hunger....but also because if climate change

[@highpriest8571]

@@rasbar3830 WRONGGGGGGGGGGGG.... climate change is propaganda, its a tool to control people in the name of greateer good and saftey.. its a establishmentof a carbon tax system

[@rasbar3830]

@@highpriest8571 See...I know everyone blames each other on this and fights on this...but if you think that climate change is an actual issue then you are wrong...there are bigger issues like hunger, lack of resources, thirst, etc. But climate change is nothing to sneeze at

[@Navin4061]

It clearly says COP26 coalition in the video guys which was at Glasgow Climate Change Conference last year. Also, context matters, what he was talking about was the West's hypocrisy towards east and Africa as the prime carbon polluters when in fact, it was the west's industrialisation in the 1800s and 1900s that were main contributors to rising carbon emissions and now when the developing counties like us do the same, they blame us for rising carbon emissions like we are ones who started it. Also, this is similar to the Non-Proliferation Treaty where the bunch of western developed countries who already possessed nuclear weapons but didn't want the others to have or test nukes and hence the NPT was born which everyone signed apart from India and a couple of other countries.

[@chhaya_chitrakarudu]

But why No one talks about the Cultural & Religious destruction happened bcoz of British ? Loss only happened to Money & People ?

[@sittingduck1735]

What I got from this is that we should worry about the people int he world now, uplift them now, then we can start recruiting them to work on the future. Those few people who have sufficient resources with them cannot bring about a large scale change globally. For that to happen, people from the third world countries need to care about the future too, but they won't, they can't, as long as their present immediate needs remain unfulfilled, basic needs like food and clean water. The world's resources are distributed unevenly its a known fact, we need to work on distributing these resources equally, so no one is left out and automatically the future will be taken care of because people won't have to worry about their present anymore.

[@TheNikhilify]

5:55 Rick is truly feeling what the person spoke and introspecting himself

[@rgodase]

1 thing for sure. He was speaking his mind passionately. no agenda, propaganda there.

[@solarera4050]

The first laugh is the thing which this man is talking about.

[@goutam-007]

I can feel the burn that they're not able to digest the truth

[@spatulish]

Lol true

[@Siturambo]

It's not about if the climate change is happening now or in future. It's about the policies they make for climate change only takes the developed nations present state into account and not the developing and underdeveloped nations. They blame other nations present for many of the issues but forget that those countries present are because of their mistakes in past.

[@thetablagirl5156]

They are true to their name Our STUPID reactions ...... They just dont have the guts to accept the mistakes they have done .

[@noobgamedev8621]

*He is not asking anyone to focus on present. He is saying that u can't take our right to focus on present.*

[@CW-rx2js]

Don't forget, America didn't form colonies but is still imperialist. America has destroyed multiple countries by militarily supporting rival elements to instigate civil war. And I am not talking about countries the US has directly waged war in like Iraq etc

[@utopian1402]

Love how the first reaction is justification 👏🏻

[@AmolNimbalkar]

Thank you OSR for reacting to such videos. One thing I would like the people of my country is to learn to take criticism head on like a lot (not everyone by any means) of Americans. These are facts for anyone to go and check. When I moved to the US 13 years ago, I used to get offended when I was asked about how I can speak English so well. As time passed, I realized that it is a result of how the media and the education system here has morphed or rather has provided the people with very limited and diluted knowledge of the east. I remember a few years ago when I showed the difference of how Mumbai was represented in pictures by National Geographic as opposed to the real pictures. Most of the national geographics pictures depicted the old Indian stereotype which is the snake charmers and cows on the street. So after I learnt that I started taking every question and every comment as an opportunity to not get offended but to educate the individual about the facts and the reality. Every country has its own challenges and India does too. But it is good to see that the Indians are now standing up for themselves with the allies such as you guys who are graciously open To learning more and also accepting biases that the west has. Once again well done because you just don’t restrict your reactions to only the art but also what is happening in the world otherwise. This is why it makes this channel cohesive and composed rather than just another way of entertainment. Keep up the great work!

[@BlackHawkTejas]

Indians for most part take well intended criticism fairly well but same can't be said about west. It's time these people see thier hypocrisy & learn about thier crimes. It's the age if Information & if US citizens still carry the image of India equals to snake charmer etc.. it's thier mistake & just proves they are no better than rest of the world. Also thier media has been selling lies for decades, the responsibility is with them to expand thier horizon. PS. You can also see thier absolute denial about the facts; so stop sugarcoating things about them.

[@HappySingh-yf3tj]

It's hard to come forward and get over the bias that people have. But I love how Rick opened up on the truth and of course people find it difficult to talk on yhe issues that hurt their sentiments, and points finger at their past but it's tike they accepted it and move forward for a better world.

[@vam333]

Nice reaction. If only more people thought like you, things would be vastly different

[@rohitsarkar1671]

How did you comment 2 days ago

[@hades5697]

@@rohitsarkar1671 same question

[@sandeepkumars1977]

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[@vam333]

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[@siddharthdhulipala24]

@@rohitsarkar1671 Once you hit subscribe on this channel, you are sent a time machine to your address.

[@jithankavithaiedits]

Great speech..👏👏 Bitter reality..😑😑 1. 4% people uses 25% resources.. 2. Carbon emissions.. 3. "Focus on present" than "Focus on future" means which one should we give first priority.. Act first on to survive the immediate danger..

[@boringvloggershankar9503]

In Every field there is a problem but we together fight with facts and humanity 😍

[@rasbar3830]

The whole world seems like "BIG BOSS KA GHAR" nowadays

[@MS-ov9sv]

Speaker is Vijay Prashad....excellent

[@sudhirh1030]

First of all the industrial revolution started in the west and thus the pollution too…otherwise we Indians dont even know what the pollution is and how it will feel like…ours was an eco friendly life style

[@harshitdhiman8314]

Really I find it amusing somehow The name of ur channel really suits u (our stupid reactions)

[@spatulish]

Exactly!

[@hawahawai7198]

Thankyou for your fair comments, its also important for us to know, what you think, god bless you. Hey, I also see the Indian old monk back there, my hubby also drink the same. :)

[@ferdinandmacairan9106]

Love from Philippines to INDIA 👍💕

[@bkasterry12-21]

That old guy doesn't want to accept the facts His mouth was shut down while watching video And the other guy was spot on

[@alishaanthony9982]

I was expecting better thoughts from you two but I guess I should have known what to expect from Americans 🤷‍♀️

[@Agnet_Faze]

That's true...They stole India's money and then they come and say "I am lending you your money, please give it back later" which makes no sense... 🤭😒

[@eyesweetu2570]

This man is saying Real situation

[@Freesoul5995]

You can understand indian movies but not indian’s pain..!

[@sohhp79]

Read the ‘The Poorer Nations’ by Vijay Prasad.It gives a flavour on the north-south historical economic, trades and policies upheavals. More importantly, the underlining concerns of the double standard from both sides. A wonderful read yet emotional..👍🏻…I can’t count how many times I slammed the book down because the details were heartbreaking..

[@kumarabhishekuce]

@ricksegall would like to refer a book named 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman' to know more about these things

[@Spacetime23]

As Shashi Tharoor aptly puts it "if you don't know where you've come from, you'll never appreciate where you're going" .... And there goes the Subject of History to leave marks on tens of thousands of viewers of that particular video ...... Vijay Prashad going to become global sensation after Sashi Tharoor !!!!!

[@v.balaguruv.balaguru8386]

Very very emotional intelligence speech thank you so much very nice video

[@Askdr.vishruth]

I mean you talk on climate change when 90 percent of you groceries in USA is covered in plastic, most of the household has more than 1 car, and you are the largest consumer of petroleum products in the world? You Americans live most disposable life they is no concept of reusability in your genetics. You consume more beef anywhere in the world, fun fact that is the single most contributer to climate change. Kindly do some research. You only talk about coal burning a major issue but have you ever had a single thought on what's happening to the nuclear waste that is produced in your nuclear reactors used to generate power?? Western world has no morality to dictate us on climate change because the current green house gases in the atmosphere is traced to the coal that you burnt during industrial revolution period

[@sarthaksachan8763]

They are behaving like they didn't understand anything as it is a small clip But they are offended it's clearly visible

[@bhagyeshkotian1747]

Don't demonize the West and let's find a solution is the "common part" Prasad spoke about

[@Vishalstardust]

He ends the video and he speaks about future 😂 You are an epitome bro... Good man

[@saakshishetty7786]

I don't understand why are you guys expecting Americans to react to this and accept it ????

[@EagleOverTheSea]

To be fair, China is also playing the debt game with other countries that have weak economies.

[@partha6292]

Because they learn from the past..... Anglo-chinese war or opium war..... If you know the history then you understand

[@EagleOverTheSea]

@@partha6292 Quite frankly China has imperialistic tendencies themselves in their quest for "Akhand China". 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@partha6292]

@@EagleOverTheSea i know man their mindset is expansionist but I said they learn from the past..... Example In the past Britisher also followed the same mindset.... Britisher fought against china(1st and 2nd Opium war)..... China loose because of poor defence(naval ships were outdated) and then, Hong Kong taken over by Britisher...... China paid war damaged through gold to Britisher,,,British and china signed free trade and free market agreement and after that Britisher sell opium (drugs) in China and then 1 out of 3 Chinese were addicted,,,,, Chinese economy collapsed..... And that's how china learn all off this and now they apply same policy..... And they are secret agenda is capitalism but through government and controlled by People's republic of China

[@melissaexton8680]

I appreciate this man for laying out the truth, driving the point home of what the West did. I admittedly don’t know much about the history of India as an American citizen, but what I did know and when I heard this man speak of the historical and modern hypocrisy of the West I acknowledged the fact that India has been screwed over and over time and time again. It’s time for us as citizens of the west to get our heads out of our collective self righteous asses and Have at least the common decency to acknowledge and take accountability of our own mistakes. As an American citizen to India 🇮🇳 It may not be worth much coming from one citizen who no one knows of or even cares for but I would like to apologize for my actions that have contributed to the suffering of your country and people. And thank you for educating me! “Jai Hind”

[@EagleOverTheSea]

The problem with informational videos is that there is a lot of fake news and political propoganda floating around. Continue to critically evaluate everything you watch and take everything with a big pinch of salt. An outsider's perspective is something that might help an indoctrinated person consider a perspective that had not occurred to them. Indoctrination works both ways, you see.

[@Srikstar]

I love this speech and admire him for completely blasting the Western countries. He spoke the truth, respect him for that 🙏🙏

[@zhengsteven8876]

With the people like him, India will be great again!

[@rajyalakshmi67]

The current academia and govt refuses to sign certain treaties saying that they will stop using coal etc only when they have developed enough. They say that the US cannot force us to sign these treaties because now they are developed and they can afford to take green measures. While he sounds reasonable he snd the people behind him cannot be considered entirely objective

[@adityar728]

He is taking about equity. Rich countries cannot expect poor and developing countries to pull the same weight towards decreasing the carbon footprint. Developed countries have one fourth the population but a larger CFP. We need to make it possible for poor countries to develop in a sustainable manner.

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

9:29 ofcourse they are finding solutions, have discussed about them and they keep discussing about it on different channels, about solutions. But it was and is very necessary to call out the developed countries for doing bad otherwise they keep suppressing others by which the superseded have less and less chance of making solutions also is suffering more now and will keep suffering and face most bad affect of climate change also.

[@Mahleejsarkarifemaleprophet]

oppression by the islamic invaders must also be put to the same test

[@georgealexander5932]

Dr.Prashad later clarified that his "outburst" was provoked by an interaction he had just had with an oil executive who had stated that no one including himself really gave a shit about all those Africans who remained poor while the oil wealth was being pumped out of their land by wealthy multinationals. On another point, I wonder what many of the nationalistic Indians expressing indignation and also pride at this particular reaction video would say if they only knew that Dr.Prashad is a left wing Marxist intellectual who frequently supports China, and can often be seen on the Chinese mouthpiece Global Times. He has also often criticized what he calls "The Indian occupation of Kashmir"....now what do you guys say??

[@rajatsharma4470]

The colonial mentality never changes. This channel is also doing the same, steal Indian content make some fake reactions and earn money from Indians.

[@steamerSama]

what he's saying is: if you say reduce your carbon consumption(not per capita but total carbon emmisions) to India, that essentially means, you're asking people not to develop because development makes people consume more and that inevitably raises a person's carbon footprint and the country's total. So, it is kind of offensive to ask India to reduce it's carbon footprint when it has just begun it's development journey

[@steamerSama]

not to say that India shouldn't do anything about reducing its carbon footprint from non renewables, it should

[@LV-ei1ce]

I think he meant per human carbon capitalism is higher in the west… so it’s annoying when they add pressure on developing countries to reduce per capita carbon because it will stint our development

[@parthivnjayaprakash8965]

India were the richest but not powerful with improved war technology and large armies at the time that's why British who had best war equipments courageously just got onto india . They destroyed and took away every wealth they can before leaving india....they even created religious riots in india ....before they were leaving

[@jithankavithaiedits]

India was powerful too.. British didn't come to fight India.. They actually came in to do business with us but used the conditions of our kings fighting within.. They join hands with our Kings to destroy one another and slowly took the power through backdoors.. That is not fighting but cheating..😂

[@dhrubomitra1201]

He was speaking about the aftermath of COP26 Glasgow meeting where the West including US is lecturing India, China to reduce emission to improve climate sustainability where the WEST made us coal dependent during colonisation and that we have the largest population and emission/ head here is much much less that US and West. Then why they lecture us.. thats what the gentleman was talking about in that context !

[@sesscore]

We Indians don't need to rule the World💔. . . We want to rule of hearts, peaceful, humanity 💕.

[@Spittingfact481]

Rick your point on IMF..... is so true 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@biscoti]

Per capita CARBON EMISSION of USA is OUTRAGEOUS, freaking OUTRAGEOUS ! Ratio of 1:20 or 1:22 India to America per capita. American Citizens should thanks to their past leaders for sucking out resources to give their people such comfort. Even eating a burger and coffee on go is a luxury coz of the way they r packed and made ready to go. M not kiddin! Third world countries don't have such packed and ready to go luxuries. And that's not their habit either !

[@aniruddh449]

Actually US imports oil from different countries 🤣