Which Countries Are Still Truly Communist?

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Which countries are the only countries left that are still communist?
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[@user-ri4wm7bn8u]

Democracy is not the opposite of communism, the opposite of communism is capitalism.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Not to mention, democracy is not economical, it's political. Communism is economical as to capitalism. The opposite of a democracy would be an oligarchy.

[@legstitchedtigerftw2455]

False

[@legstitchedtigerftw2455]

蔚凯 张 you atheists should stop I understand that you may be that way but please don’t impose on others your way of religion/life that’s way Muslim countries can’t be communist

[@user-ri4wm7bn8u]

@@legstitchedtigerftw2455 You can choose how you want to live your life, but with the gradual development of human technology, it is indisputable that religion is bound to decline. It's not that atheists force others, it's that there's an objective tendency. You might say that atheism is also a religion, but the cult of the virtual gods will wane, and humanity's faith in technology will grow.

[@cosas_de_cris5122]

Correct thank u for pointing this out

[@godfreypoon5148]

I studied communism in school... Got top Marx.

[@derekwilliamson5386]

Yeah but so did everyone else

[@user-kx6yw4in5y]

In Russia, communism gave a completely free education and completely free medicine (the world's first free education and medicine), social benefits, pensions, free housing, which all gives the state. Normal working conditions, reduced the working day to 16 8 hours, built factories and gave shelter and clothing to our country. It was thanks to the great October socialist revolution that the capitalists realized what a destitute worker could do, who was robbed of his means of subsistence and forced to live in poverty. Now in capitalist Russia it is planned to cancel pensions and increase the working day to 11 hours....... That's what capitalism gave Russia.

[@theniche8664]

Godfrey Poon same in 9th class

[@alreadyblack3341]

Also killed 20 Million Innocent Civilians. *T h A t ' S a L o T o F d A m A g E.* Lol.

[@user-kx6yw4in5y]

In the entire history of the Soviet Union, the death penalty was used for 600 thousand criminals before the revolution and 800 thousand war criminals during the great Patriotic war in the USSR. After the great Patriotic war, Stalin banned the death penalty, but it again allowed Khrushchev, although the executions were no more. Stalin was guided by the principle of purification of the society from criminals. When the cleaning was completed, Stalin abolished the death penalty, and the bandits began to re-educate work. To rehabilitate! While in the US at this time, prisoners were simply put on an electric chair. In the Soviet Union, the death penalty was used to save honest citizens from crime. It killed 1.6 million people. But they were terrible criminals!

[@billthegamer1105]

The picture of Kim jong ur on the thumbnail lol

[@saisuhas7107]

*on ur thumbnail

[@theshockerpit7274]

Oh you’re talking about the guy in the video yeah Kim Jong ur looks exactly like him except he dresses like Mussolini

[@hungrywolf831]

*N o t t h i c c e n o u g h*

[@blankblank5409]

HungryWolf *thicc

[@theshockerpit7274]

1

[@MidgeCat]

2:46 - South Vietnam wasn't democratic, it was an oppressive dictatorship and is what partially led to it's downfall

[@michellepr8634]

TheAngryMidget true the dictator hated communism though Evan though he was basically communist that why the USA reluctantly supported them in the Vietnam war

[@theandromedaeffect979]

Lars Frisk American history classes just mostly skim over these things. Usually, if you want any sort of substance, ya have to do your own research. I’m unsurprised they grouped “pro-western” as democratic

[@ggrey3155]

​@@larsfrisk6658 So is it really true American history classes teach that South Vietnam was "democratic", like the narrator here said? No wonder Americans are so ignorant about the rest of the world then.

[@liam7903]

so its the same as north vietnam right?

[@maidat4026]

Liam well North Vietnam is for the people that mean they have their power to support anything that most people want but they’ll try to eliminate the minorities so basically they’d still gonna get support as long as they get the work done, the system run the same way as any autocratic country like Singapore Italy,.....

[@monchomendez-rivas9199]

Democratic is not opposite communism, you should’ve used capitalism not democratic when doing the Vietnam part.

[@ayylmao2569]

Should have used Authoritarian Dictatorship because it was a dictatorship

[@Garviel_Loken.]

Socialism is more democratic than capitalism. Especially communism.

[@panizzuttilifts138]

@@Garviel_Loken. no lol

[@Alexander-hi8bo]

South Vietnam was not even democratic

[@LyNhatPE]

We are Socialism Vietnamese.

[@hahaperish4960]

The way he pronounces Laos makes me cringe SO bad

[@thefrench8847]

It’s Laos not Layo

[@billrobertjoe]

*layos

[@paulwalsh7134]

I learned how to pronounce it from King of the Hill. This guy needs to watch more cartoons.

[@richtigmann1]

what about mayo say dung?

[@parka0m485]

It's Lao

[@chuuspenguin266]

2:21 *South Korea has left the chat*

[@mansoor6678]

North Korea is winning.

[@acdccris]

@@mansoor6678 How's that? I'm just curious...

[@rekaostouh6242]

Mansoor ?

[@jimboonie9885]

North Korea best korea

[@nuages8915]

@@jimboonie9885 lol why

[@sophieburns1911]

This is so weird to watch the Cuba part, because I was in Cuba on a cruise in July 2018. It’s insane that short time period and I went. And that Cathedral in there I have been inside and a bird pooped on my toe outside off it. It’s just crazy to watch.

[@kingstonb8130]

He pronounced Laos wrong it's not Lay-ose it sounds more like mouse with a L. Sorry but I had to point that out. Edit: yes I've also heard it pronounced like ow with a L in front of it but my point still stands(also I looked it up and it is pronounced like mouse).

[@gaylordpantamime]

agree 💯001

[@fartsniffer2722]

I Love Hetalia! He pronounces something wrong in every video. It's pissing me off

[@alsamiyasfh4416]

I thought that I was the only one that knew that little known fact, glad that I’m wrong! ;)

[@kingstonb8130]

The Wise Crusader I don't think it's a little known fact though....

[@texaschizophrenic]

This guy makes a lot of mistakes, that's for sure.

[@maestroawesome4085]

nice video comrade......

[@susanzhu6265]

underrated comment 👏🏼😤

[@FastHessy]

Animal farm

[@natewilkes1200]

Well if napoleon says it it must be right because Napoleon is always right.

[@FastHessy]

Nate Wilkes yes

[@Deliriam_Avalon]

I'm from a communism country and I don't use the word "comrade" as a form of communication. It is considered an old style way of communicating, we did use the word back in the last century

[@lagcom]

5:41 it’s not 주제, that means topic, it’s 주체 which means juche

[@MyLeg_Fred]

That took me about ten seconds to see any difference in those words.

[@saikat_saha_]

@@MyLeg_Fred haha true

[@JJerry-mh1mp]

so other than the little line on top of the 2nd character is the ( , ) part of it ?

[@blankblank5409]

🤣

[@lagcom]

Well sorry for a late reply, but the difference is that the letters themselves are different(the ㅈ and ㅊ), it’s kinda like a difference between a b and a p, but the pronunciation is ‘j’/“soft g” and ‘ch’ respectively

[@hystericale4116]

You should make a video on Juche. It'd be a good addition to your series there.

[@benskelly1217]

You guys always go above and beyond for your videos!!! Thanks.

[@fathertedczynski]

None of these are Communist, they're (just about) Socialist for the reasons described. Marx's idea was that Socialism requires a central government to distribute goods, but Communism is the point at which the people organise to dictate distribution by themselves. All of the described governments try to control (at least some) means of production, so they are fundamentally Socialist for doing so, not Communist. There has never been a Communist society, only the stage before Communism i.e. Socialism.

[@jean-louispech4921]

they are not socialist, the socialism need to have a phase where workers own the power in place of the capitalist, and where power is collective. None of this countries fit with the definition of socialism, from socialists or from Marx point of view.

[@huuphuclecao8712]

@@jean-louispech4921 No,that's not true.(Communism=Socialist)

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@huuphuclecao8712 I am here only one saying the truth about communist theory from Marx and Engels. On the other hand socialism is independant from communism, this why there are anarchist socialism, democratic socialism, etc... In all case marxist, democratic or anarchist , ghe socialism is about à semocratic power with elected assemblies.

[@1c05kongshingyuen4]

A country being called communist isn’t communist they are just ruled by a communist country and is socialist.

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@1c05kongshingyuen4 The countries called communists are not communist because the people does not rule the politic and the economy, but an authoritarian state with à strong chief, then it is not socialist.

[@benjaminnelson7750]

Very interesting and informative content! Why is Venezuela not in this video?

[@internetperson5445]

They're socialist not communist

[@lostandmadguy]

"Ideologies are not evil, people are"

[@Mercifulsoulchannel]

yes

[@beluwuga2229]

Tashawn Sheffield no communism was actually a great idea just that the poeple were greedy for power. And did u know that communism was supposed to save democracy. The Soviet Union was actually Stalinist or what ever the leader was

[@Hayden_981]

@@beluwuga2229 Never real Communism ya know!

[@BonaparteRestorationist3231]

So national socialism is not evil?

[@comradeboris167]

@@Hayden_981 Yugoslavia was a true Socialism and it was great. In fact, life standards were better 40 years ago in Yugoslavia than now in the same area under capitalism. Despite the technological advance.

[@communistinternationalco.6776]

*It is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea NOT Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.

[@BreakingNVain]

Because North Korea is true Korea

[@sebs.3917]

@@BreakingNVain good joke

[@BreakingNVain]

@@sebs.3917 ...joke?

[@S4FG]

No one cares, communism in any form is futile

[@BadgerExe]

Communist International & Co. ah yes

[@stephenwells6434]

"Which countries are still truly communist?" Answer: None. There has never been a nation which truly lived up to communist ideals and probably never will be.

[@hismajestyofhimboism1460]

Finally someone who understands what communism is. I dont care if people dislike communism just ffs understand the basics of what it is first.

[@kimjongoof5000]

Cough cough......Venesuela.......Brazil

[@cfrc_5762]

CMP A bro brazil was not communist. It was socialist and guess what... we went to shit! Now we elected a right wing president and in 2019 things are going to run more smoothly... in Brazil we joked about becoming Venezuela if another left wing president came to power. Thank god that didn’t happen

[@viysnjor4811]

While many people do misunderstand what communism actually is, when people like myself who *do* understand it (I used to be a communist in my younger, more naive years) still oppose said "communist" countries because they are a bright, shining example to all as to what happens when you try to *implement* communism and inevitably fail because it is an impossible state to reach.

[@luizneto727]

As a Brazilian I agree, "The worker's Party" destroyed our country...

[@flyingfishie401]

Laos isn’t pronounced “Lay-oss” it’s pronounced “Lou-ss”

[@saxopio6280]

Nope it’s pronounced “Louse” like mouse.

[@flyingfishie401]

-Can Ameri- That’s what I mean.

[@pazelloxu]

no it’s Lao because S is silent

[@lifedelay]

@@pazelloxu no its klkygfuykfflyf

[@lifedelay]

@@pazelloxu no its ktyudfulk6

[@pawan120989]

Brilliant information

[@ragejay1063]

I’ve stayed in Vietnam for a month (it wasn’t that bad) and I plan to travel there again this summer wish me luck!

[@cloudynguyen6527]

Good luck... one more tip. Always know how to bargain or have a Vietnamese friends bargain for you. Istg even Vietnamese falls for these kind of tourist price jacking problem.

[@shtman504]

Staying and living is different

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Should have went to Cambodia

[@Iamrandom359]

@@ALLMETAL1970 cambodia is not communist no more

[@futurequagmire6199]

Russia : hey that's my thing and I don't even do it anymore 😂😂

[@exaid0556]

Also Russia: yeah, i miss USSR so much. I want it back.

[@futurequagmire6199]

@@muhammadfazrilazam5574 giggity giggity giggity giggity

[@Mr.Heller]

@@exaid0556 Lol no.

[@exaid0556]

@@Mr.Heller lol yes. How do i know: Привет из матушки-Родины.

[@V-oe9cu]

@Tejas Khare just search it up bhai

[@triscuitbiscuit7173]

Countries have had "communist" parties but it's a silly thing to say if any of them have achieved communism. True communism would involve a utopian state with the absence of currency. Communism is also not the opposite of democracy, as communism at its true form as stated by Marx is supposed to be openly democratic, not authoritarian. Not that I agree with communism, but those are just the facts.

[@ulfljung4630]

Communism is a total democracy and private ownership only!

[@ulfljung4630]

A total free market too!

[@eduardocarneiro7903]

Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge had no currency xD

[@ulfljung4630]

@@eduardocarneiro7903 Yes but it was authoritarian and the goal of communism is to remove authoritarianism!

[@eduardocarneiro7903]

@@ulfljung4630 yes

[@zabidebeaumont244]

I never heard Laos pronounced that way.

[@carultch]

It's called Lao, rhymes with cow, in the local language. The S is an artifact of it being part of the French empire.

[@zdcyclops1lickley190]

It is because they changed the name. Lao refers to Laos, the same as Tibetan refers to Tibet. They could have used Laotian but chose Lao instead. Lao is the name of the people of the region.

[@bjblankenship1]

I kinda hear legos

[@davidliu2243]

Ikr

[@AfyxSyahmi-kj3nx]

What loaz? It was my first time heard it

[@eidorian101]

There are so many pronunciation and factual errors in this video! MAYO Zedong. Haha. LAYO. The DPRNK. Hahaha.

[@improvementinc.3712]

eidorian101 probably cuz of skillshare

[@Deyone_Jackson]

@Avia Historia How old are you?

[@JP-wj2cz]

"Lay ohs" instead of Laos...😂🤔😂🔥😭 He tried; B+ for effort.

[@Deyone_Jackson]

@@JP-wj2cz At first I thought you were talking about some Lays cornflakes

[@azrikail9037]

RAH 'OUL Castro.

[@AlexK-et3mj]

Stop pronouncing laos wrong

[@latinace1981]

Bottom text hes pronouncing it in english

[@ConLosTerroristas]

It’s Lah-Ohs

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

Allow minus the a

[@WOOYUM]

House with and L

[@leotronicscales3597]

It's not his fault

[@why1513]

I really liked the idea of the guidelines. Even though I wanted to see some arguments. 🍿

[@anniechen7618]

Welll I learned in my economics class that once there’s a market, it’s not communism anymore. So I guess there never really was communism. Only the US saying there was. Ironic huh

[@saxopio6280]

Are you challenging the supreme authority of the United States of America to make such claims, huh? Well, are you?

[@rebelcipher]

-Can Ameri- Calm down McCarthy

[@harleyn8273]

TRUE

[@lordvader22]

once upon a time there was a country where there was no market, it's name written in our hearts and minds U.S.S.R.

[@kimeli]

@@lordvader22 wrong, even the ussr had markets, no country has ever been a communist one.

[@rodrifunk21]

2:50 "souht vietnam-was democratic..." democratic... really? this channel is very pro-US

[@adrianak4997]

Rodrigo Alburquerque Well, US medias say that. So people believe it’s democratic.

[@tuannguyenvan-gv8ms]

Do you want to hear jokes: in Vietnam we don't ban any trees for free speech

[@nguyennhathuy6945]

@@tuannguyenvan-gv8ms thật vẫn không hiểu sao có vài thành phần nó nước mình không có tự do trong khi dân muốn làm gì thì làm muốn nói gì thì nói, chửi tay đôi với công an, cán bộ còn được mà thế thì tụi nó còn muốn tự do như thế nào nữa

[@lumapas]

You'll be called a democratic country when they installed a dictator who is a pro-U.S. government. How ironic!🤣

[@LinhNguyen-zq6rb]

@@nguyennhathuy6945 nhưng chửi xong vô phường ăn đập, ai phê phán chính quyền xem vào tù

[@plebchungus76]

thumbnail was beautiful

[@cinnamondan4984]

shaunmania 76 you are hotter

[@kimjongun3861]

It brings out my inner humor

[@prophetcitrus9638]

kim jong un Our*

[@benjinbennington8231]

good nope it's an expression meaning beauty

[@stinkless]

Shame with all this research no one thought to figure out how to pronounce Laos correctly.

[@elliot_729]

And democratic people’s republic of North Korea, its democratic people’s Republic of Korea.

[@johane4764]

Laos isn't pronounced "Layos", it's similar to how you pronounce the word louse. And since I'm being that guy, the actual pronunciation is without the final S: Lao.

[@willhiggins9563]

Marxism actually also includes transitional periods that include using capitalism to build up a country to eventually become fully communist.

[@rileyxsko]

Yeah they seem to be ignoring the transitory implementations of market capitalism, social democracy, Democratic socialism, etc.

[@Prororo]

@@rileyxskosocial democracy is capitalistic unlike market socialism

[@thelastcasualty2696]

What is the last true communist country? Well it's Mcdonalds. Edit] Obviously I know it can't be considered "communist" it's a joke chill out.

[@chrrsrpufflrs8630]

FrostBurn ikr

[@jermm5302]

FrostBurn umm Indians in the colonial times XD

[@SteezyRedStars]

Do not mistake a monopoly to a communist

[@AsobiMedio]

What's the difference in either case power is concentrated into the elite few while the commoners get payed the minimum needed to survive.

[@thomaswatson9950]

RaiderCrusader it’s not a monopoly by a long shot

[@a_yan6581]

Communism : *disrupted by capitalism Lenin : " HET "

[@imaituii]

2:23Cuba literally has said many times that their Castro era is over. China has zero socialist policies. Laos I don't know enough about. North Korea is in fact just that country that people keep calling socialist to convince the poor not to eat the rich. Vietnam is the only country that is definitely socialist

[@raghavsoviet5633]

North Korea was set up by the communists, well the soviets, but it was never communist.

[@jamariecrawford8325]

How is Vietnam still socialist?

[@hex2637]

Vietnam is a social democracy, so is Cuba.

[@j_3009]

Cuba is the only pure communist country and is in front of the kings of capitalism🤣

[@dacoconutnut9503]

In USSR, there was an special elite named 'Nomenklatura'. The members were from the communist party and workers from the government. That means the communist party didn't aimed actually for the communism (despite aplying most principles of communism), but they aimed for power.

[@Azazel-uv3sx]

The first 5yrs after the 1917 revolution, Russia was a classless and stateless country which had to re-establish what we know as the Soviet Union after shit went down and everyone started to starve and die

[@Porururidimu]

Are you really trying to use "BUT WE HAVEN'T TRIED REAL COMMUNISM" argument?

[@maestroawesome4085]

Luiz Felipe Man aren't "nomenklatura" the secret police deployed by stalin or are they different ?

[@LolLol-mw8qy]

USSR*

[@blitzwaffe]

But "Real Communism" has actually never been implemented because it is impossible to implement. As an argument it fails but it is true though.

[@cockatoosrus9057]

LMao Zedong

[@thedisliker8846]

McDonald's Trumpet*

[@DocSlayingyoudown]

@@thedisliker8846 I'm proud of this community

[@user-mw1cm1kl3s]

Winnie The Pooh

[@channaly94]

*Democratic people's republic of north korea* the word 'Democracy' is in their official name? Ridiculous

[@ayaanasharaf7233]

And not in south Korea

[@rekaostouh6242]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea -> North Korea Republic of Korea -> South Korea Very weird..

[@corentinchopier]

trop vrai

[@MalaysiaIsProChannel]

Whoa, Malay subtitle? Thanks!

[@SebelumEsmud]

DPRK isnt communist country DPRK is kind of kingdom which is the king is kim family, kim family always give their reign of power to his descendants

[@elijah8011]

pungky nugroho I would say it’s a mix between that and a monarchy

[@youtubeman9064]

The DPRK isn’t communist but North Korea follows Juche, or a principle that follows self-reliance.

[@uchennanwogu2142]

its a communist monarchy

[@unlimited8410]

@@uchennanwogu2142 Nice oxymoron

[@uchennanwogu2142]

@@unlimited8410 it literally isn't

[@marcelinebrownell8399]

That thumbnail is just 👌

[@galactic5239]

At 9:55 he has Cuba highlighted as Communist along with Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, And Puerto Rico, which are not Communist.

[@gkone6722]

It's because people don't understand what communism is

[@kierenjones5999]

“Classes society” the phrase makes me feel dizzy and nervous

[@rollingdudes8859]

Government with too much power makes my anxiety shoot through the roof!!!!

[@shinybaldboy4384]

@@rollingdudes8859 definition of communism: classless, moneyless, and *stateless* society

[@tmann0901]

@@shinybaldboy4384 sounds horrible

[@shinybaldboy4384]

@@tmann0901 existed for over a million years and did no damage to the earth

[@tmann0901]

@@shinybaldboy4384 the communism you speak of never existed because its impossible. Even in a tribal setting there is always a class system. The idea of a moneyless classless society is dumb lol

[@RetroDawn]

None of these countries were ever communist. What you describe as economic signs of communism in China, for example, as all aspects of state capitalism, not communism. And communism has nothing to do with suppression of human rights. As you said yourself, "Communism envisiaged... the dissolving of the coercive power of the state". These are oppressive dictatorships and oligarchies. Marx proposed that the goal of communist revolution was to ultimately have a completely state-free society, and thus had much in common with anarchism, just by different means. Marx believed a temporary, transitional state would be required to implement the changes and then dissolve itself. Idealistic notions, for sure.

[@yepitsthatguy5278]

*Layo* PDR and *Mayo* Zedong 😂😂

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Mayo Zay-dong

[@eve36368]

ow

[@ronnyrodelinvevo6710]

Mayonnaise Zedong

[@KJ-WNU-]

YepItsThatGuy Corny

[@levmarchuk998]

Mayonnaizedong

[@jamesplayziii8797]

did anyone notice he made the entire korea instead of north and south and called it all it north korea (he took the entire korea and called it and colored as north)

[@tuke4202]

Ive been trying to think where to move but i just couldnt decide so thanks for this list of the best places to live in it helped the decision

[@RUINOUSDOLL]

A few little corrections here: The development of capitalism didn't _disrupt_ the socialist cultures of any Marxist country - rather, decisions to privatize the economy were usually imposed from above onto the people. The original concept was that capitalism's fast development rate could be used to the advantage of a socialist revolution by temporarily privatizing the nation's economic assets. Of course, giving power back to the capitalist class only put the state under their thumb again, thus disproving the idea, which was illadvised as it was motivated by Marxist theoretical principles. In fact, in the case of the Soviet Union, the decision was wholly undemocratic (75% of the populace wanted to preserve the Soviet Union). The CPSU was deeply corrupt, and privatized the economy entirely at the expense of the Soviet people. Russia is only now recovering from the economic disaster of privatization. Also, the conflict was not between "communist and democratic ideology", and portraying it as such a dichotomy is just dishonest. It was a conflict between conservative liberalism and revolutionary socialism.

[@TheNeroKennedy]

As a vnmese person, I laugh when I saw u guys draw us bowing to each other politely, in vn we dont bow as we are super impolite to each other, and constantly swear lol

[@Magelind]

Must be from the leftover agent orange

[@ahmetlong9493]

Not worse than turkey, we teach babies how to swear before they can even walk lol

[@matrixfull]

wow didn't see that coming xD

[@GameTown2]

False

[@khai96x]

Depends on education and level of edginess really. I mean no offence. But swearing all the time (i.e. add mentioning of "dog" to every sentence) is really annoying. I prefer people that talk normally.

[@skyclintliquit7814]

Wait what? Why did you include Taiwan in PROC?

[@huuphuclecao8712]

As a Vietnamese, I find that these are not completely accurate about Vietnam, only 30%. I feel this channel is more like propaganda, slandering communist countries than correct comments.

[@ricojes]

"Mayo Zay Dong" Dafuq?

[@inlog7602]

ricojes Layossss

[@FBI-uf9jz]

Communism memes are pretty good

[@ohoku5841]

*_OUR_* communism memes are good

[@FBI-uf9jz]

XD

[@bridgetm7780]

Communism memes aren’t funny unless everyone gets them

[@riahlexington]

True lol

[@corvs]

Bridget McGrath i got the pun !

[@timytym5860]

9:57 Why Greenland (2m square kilos) is like Canada (9m square kilos)?!?!?!?!

[@mfbfreak]

One important thing to realise (if you conflate communism with being not democratic) is that many of the countries that turned communist, weren't democratic to start with. Some were colonies of western countries which is not democratic at all. Many others were feudal states (a lot of ex soviet states) or kingdoms. Even the democratified Russia is falling back into autocracy despite them being a capitalist state.

[@workpual4251]

People should clearly remove 1984 from high school education. Because in this kind place, what you learn is what teacher told you. You can not get a conclusion that you need to anti-communism from the story in the book 1984. But the social media keep try to tell you if you support communism 1. you will live on a place describe on the book and told you 2. the place on the book is bad, also told you 3. you can't change about that when you are in that place. but in fact all of this 3 is not true the first one is not true just from the fact. 1. Non of communism country don't provide enough food with good quality if they have so. If you support communism and your country become communism your country may lose the chance to get support from "capitalism country", but nothing will affect the country itself, the country itself rich or poor is depend on how efficient the structure is, a fair structure will always bring better efficiency if the leader has enough science knowledge to design the structure. 2. Even someone live in a place like described in the 1984, it's not bad. You can become the powerful level to get better life quality. A practical free in life is clearly better than free just in words. And 19 centrury, the real condition of most British labors life quality is not even better than the middle class described in the book. This clearly demonstrate that the life quality described in the book can't be considered as bad consider to the real life quality of labors in 19 century in the capitalism country, Britain. 3. And you clearly can change the structure by your own in this kind mode. Just like described in the 2, engage in this structure and get promoted, when you get enough power in this structure, you can change the structure.

[@michaelojeda8338]

As one of my professors once said to me with regards to the remaining so-called Communist States, "Their governments threw out the Marxism and kept the Leninism."

[@jean-louispech4921]

yes , many peoples confuse claims from propaganda and reality. Claiming being communist and being communist are two different things. It is like believing that north Korea is a democratic republic because it is in the name of the country.

[@ulfljung4630]

A combination of both is the best!

[@raghavsoviet5633]

True

[@ulfljung4630]

Well not really. You have marxism in Cuba and some in North Korea as well. Private businesses.

[@elatha3342]

That literally makes no sense if you actually understand Leninism. Leninism is literally nothing without Marxism.

[@dannerenberg5976]

It feels like these guys mixed up communism and totalitarianism.

[@rkhpr6400]

Look up anarchism, you're completely right and it's a good thing.

[@lillyie]

communism never worked because everything is equal, even starvation is distributed equally.. the problem in communism is you can see professional people like pilots or engineers paid the same as informal people like fast food workers

[@drunkastronaut6927]

All countries that attempt communism devolve into totalitarian dictatorships eventually.

[@Akiraspin]

What's the difference? ;)

[@niksterrr1110]

Totalitarianism is the worst political party.

[@michaelosborn6812]

I think there is 6 and the last is the infographics show because you guys tell this like you are envious of them

[@wildsumo22]

2:21 did he really just pronounce Laos lay-oh-s it’s pronounced L-ow as in wow

[@goblinpresident4234]

North Korea is Juche, not communist

[@Tirkka]

North Korea is an absolute monarchy.

[@Tirkka]

Yes, a king can be a dictator too.

[@hismajestyofhimboism1460]

@The Vanguard lmao no it isnt. It doesnt even pretend to be communist and removed all references to socialism in its texts. Juche is nothing more then a reactionary borguise ideology thinly veiled in socialistic symbolism. In order to be socialist you need to believe in to some extent workers control of the means of production and in communism you have to believe in the end goal of abolishing the state and a classless society. North korea is the opposite of all these fundamental principles

[@ijustwatchyoutubeherelol6103]

@The Vanguard juche is a type of socialism not communism

[@johnothenmunding4596]

It's actually a necrocracy (when a country is ruled by a dead person) Kim I'll Sung was given the title of leader for Eternity for the country

[@FuturoXI]

Can u make a video on how people can defeat North Korea? Edit: I commented before anyone else did....

[@bigcarpetflour3572]

Futuro XI nuke it

[@peachinne5345]

oooh 5 hours agoo

[@justanotherasian4395]

Futuro XI go in there with an abrams m1a2. T-60’s cant break through abrams armor

[@zyonboy200xd2]

Futuro XI loloplolololppolpoloopooppppppoooooopl

[@hayden1287]

How tf did you comment 5 hours ago? The video has been up for like 7 mins..

[@riccards]

I didnt expect that at the end if the tank row

[@Aracelerii]

Cuba was just trying to free themselves from US Imperialism but it backfired badly

[@csm5040]

Yep... really bad.

[@beluwuga2229]

Ark147 exactly

[@ZR_-mj6yu]

Poor Cuba, never catches a break from the US even 60 or so years later

[@j_3009]

Backfired badly for usa

[@chummygun]

​@@j_3009how exactly?

[@LCAC]

but there was never a real Communist country. Only socialism

[@anusheeltiwari]

Wazzupslimey finally someone who knows the terms 👍

[@LCAC]

thx

[@cas9443]

Finaly someone who knows!!!!!!!

[@LCAC]

i never thought so many people would like my comment

[@Azazel-uv3sx]

5yrs after the 1917 Revolution in Russia, Russia was a stateless and classless mess that had to reform a government after starvation en masse began to destroy the population There are still Kipputz today in Israel which operate poorly and oppressively and it is the source material for communism. You literally know nothing but reddit memes and lies

[@michaelgavinjohnston4385]

North Korea is a complicated matter. N. Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship with its own unique ideology called "Juche." On the face of it, N. Korea does not appear Marxist-Leninist/Stalinist. Indeed, many observers have even labeled them a far-right ideology, more reminiscent of Fascism or Nazism than to Marxism-Leninism/Stalinism. However, this isn't the whole story. When one digs a little deeper, one will find a far more complicated picture (as is often the case with North Korea). Basically, the history of "ideology" in N. Korea can be divided into 3 phases. The first phase is from the founding of the country until the Sino-soviet split (roughly 1948-1971). During this first phase, N. Korea was officially a Marxist-Leninist country closely aligned with, and modeled after, the USSR. The term "Juche" (主题, meaning "subject (matter)" but in this context meaning "self-reliance" or "autarky") appears at this time but doesn't have the use or meaning in N. Korea that it carries today. At this time "Juche" simply meant "Autarky" (that is, the predicament in which a country finds all of its economic needs within its own borders because autarky is a loan word in Korean, "self-reliance" is also an acceptable translaton). Autarky (juche) was merely a policy directive, and not the name of a bigger ideology. Many Marxist-leninist states held up Autarky as a political goal at this time; for example, stalin wanted to maintain autarky for the USSR. It was essentially a buzzword in the communist world at the time. Although Korean doesn't have capital and lowercase letters, if it did, then in this context "juche" would have been spelled with a lowercase "j", not a capital "j"; that is, it was a common noun, not a proper noun refering to an ideology. This would change in second phase (1971~1994). Beginning in 1971, "Juche" (now a proper noun) was declared by Kim Il-Song as N. Korea's official ideology. At this time, "Juche" was defined as a "creative application of marxism-leninism." This happened in tandem with a number of other Marxist-Leninist states declaring ideologies other then Marxism-Leninism as their official ideology. For example, Albania declared "Hoxhaism" (the ideas of Enver Hoxha) as its official ideology. At about the same time, China declared "Mao Zedong THought" or "Maoism" its official ideology. What all these states had in common at this time was a shift away from the political orbit of the USSR. While these ideologies did indeed differ from Marxist-Leninist ideas of the USSR in a number of ways, in reality, it wasn't a change of philosophy so much as a political manoeuvre to reduce soviet influence and send a message to the USSR that they wouldn't kowtow to Moscow. The reasoning here only makes sense if one puts themselves in the solipsistic and dogmatic mindset of a totalitarian. If Marxism-Leninism is a legacy of the USSR, and if a country claims to follow Marxism-Leninism, then how could such a country dare to deviate in any way from the example set forth by Soviet Russia? Hence, a country that wanted to claim to follow the soviet path needed to align with RUssia politically as well as ideologically. Stalinist countries that had political differences with the USSR sought to alleviate this dialectical contradiction by juxtaposing that the USSR had deviated away from the original thinking of Marx and Lenin (i.e. label the Soviets "Marxist revionists') or that Marxism was eclectic and "needed to adapt to the unique circumstances of each country's situation", or both. Hence, former puppets of the USSR (Tito, Hoxha, Mao and Kim Il-sung) who wished to strike their own path with their own totalitarian ideals, would justify their differences by saying that they had created a new "original" marxism. This way the dictator could still use soviet tools of oppression in their own countries, but keep the psychological justification of absolute power (and stave off criticism from zealots who admired the USSR) by having their own made-up ideology. The first dictator to do this in the Eastern Bloc was Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia who created the ideology of "Titoism" in the 1950s. During the falling-out between CHina and the USSR later in the century (Sino-Soviet split) in the 60's and 70's, China likewise invented "Mao Zedong THought." Albania and N' Korea (both of whom were closer to China than to RUssia politically) similarly trumped up their own fake "creative applications" of Marxism-Leninism, namely Hoxhaism and Juche. Juche, at this time, was no different. Speech writers looked back at Kim Il-song's old speeches and writtings and found the word "Juche" buried inside of them. Aware that this word was vague in meaning to the Korean ear, but indisputably appeared in speeches and documents associated with the leader, N. Korean propagandists seized upon this word and claimed that it meant something other than what it had originally meant. In orwellian fashion "autarky" (a common noun refering to a mere policy of self-contained eceonomy) was revised to mean "Self-reliance" (a proper noun meaning an ideology). However, at this time, N. Korea still claimed that Juche was a "unique application" of Marxism-leninim and the constitution and other writings and laws still contained copious references to Marx, ENgels, Lenin, Stalin and to rhetoric such as "dictatorship of the proletariate," "vanguard party," etc. This is the second phase of N. Korean ideology. THe third and final phase (the current phase) begins in 1994 and continues on to the present. After the collapse of the eastern bloc, N. Korea found its self isolated. N. Korea's highly inefficient economy relied heavily on subsidies and aid from the USSR to stay afloat. Now that there was no USSR, the inefficiencies came to a head and the N. Korean great famine occured. Then leader Kim Jong-il, in a power struggle with his own Party, dismantled the stalinist beauracracy and began using the army as a means to maintain power. This also entailed gving the Army tasks usually carried out by the government. THis is the begining of "songbun" or military first policy. SInce the USSR no longer existed, marxism was seen as a failure (but not "revolution" and "socialism"). At this time, all references to Marxism-Leninism and associated rhetoric were stricken from the constitution, and "Juche" was redefined once again to mean a brand new ideology based on racial purity of koreans, and self-reliance. This is the ideology we see in N. Korea today. From a logical point of view it doesn't make sense. But totalitarianism isn't logical. Essentially, "Juche" is meaningless and is simply the justification for the state's existence. It is changed with the seasons to match whatever the momment requires for the regime.

[@j3.199]

you dont need to write an entire book

[@martroid9829]

Michael Gavin Johnston A+ Great explanation. Thanks!

[@TalosAcephalos]

Thanks for writing my school papers

[@giacomo8767]

2:28 u made Corsica italian and Sardegna french....

[@jonathanmckarlison1203]

when kaliningrad is gone and baltic consume belarussia

[@nhilam2071]

I am Vietnamese, quite agree and surprise to have same ideas !!!

[@markusvonblech3939]

What will win??? Global Capitalism Vs Time

[@simplyexplained875]

@Mapping Mapper is gonna fail real soon 🤧

[@luisgmatos]

@@simplyexplained875 really? Why?

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Time. Every government is flawed, and when a government flys to close to the sun with it's economy... it collapses.

[@shady8045]

time :(

[@thmanoy]

@@luisgmatos In the distant future, when robots will be cheaper than using human labour, the businesses won't need the people. That's when capitalism will collapse.

[@dr.z4912]

The thumbnail though.😂

[@huyogia8665]

When he said vietnam got united in 1976 As a Vietnamese i was like ''what''

[@skyclintliquit7814]

It should be "forced unified"

[@corentinchopier]

la vérité tu viens de la dire mon bon !!!

[@zerosabs3603]

Nice kimmy you got there on the title card

[@elizabethchoe86]

In korean speech, “ juche” is juje ( im korean)

[@ankitacharya8993]

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own things"= frank zappa

[@abhay2309]

lal salaam

[@KimmyTheForsaken]

Blyat

[@watchdog5122]

Ankit Acharya nice primary school book report there kiddo

[@meowmeow9677]

How profound.

[@xyphoon5013]

ok this is epic...

[@kangwu4394]

Why you pronounced Laos "Lei-ous" though?

[@ayschiefer]

The thumbnail, lol!

[@bololollek9245]

There has never been a communist country. There has been communist parties ruling in SOCIALIST countries on The way to communism. Also I love how They in this video basically state That a lack of freedom of speach is one of The atributes defining communism

[@mackwong350]

8:15 wow they had extra energy to write in complicated traditional Chinese characters

[@taeminyeo7540]

5:37 Uh, actually, the juche is written as 주체, instead of 주제. I'm just saying

[@user-zg8vy8dr1o]

One thing that moved me a lot is that the author listed Taiwan in China's territory. But there's one thing I need to correct. China is now dominated by the public sector of the economy, supplemented by a variety of economic systems.

[@ryant.4555]

They are only engaging in Capitalism by necessity and are making strides to go towards more Marxist economics.

[@blockmaster7777]

3:27 Vietnamese youtubers :Am i a joke to you

[@giavietanhnguyen8539]

ông này lạc trôi thế nhỉ lol i see you everywhere

[@blockmaster7777]

@@giavietanhnguyen8539 finally!

[@blockmaster7777]

@@giavietanhnguyen8539 report kênh này đi kênh này và kênh simple history chống việt nam

[@giavietanhnguyen8539]

@@blockmaster7777 wait wut simple history mà chốg vn á :V

[@blockmaster7777]

@@giavietanhnguyen8539 nó bảo vn độc tài

[@rayisnumbaone]

Laos is pronounced like "blouse" without the "b". Not "Lay-ohs." The people are Laotian.

[@viennaxay]

Thank you !.

[@Captaintauri]

5:15 It’s democratic people’s Rebublic of Korea And South Korea is The rebublic of Korea

[@ATKieren]

didnt mention the fact that vietnam was supposed to be only temporarily split until they had an election called for in the geneva accords but because north vietnam had far larger population, the south vietnam president and the us came in and said nah, the split is permanent, which violates the geneva convention.

[@AlexanderWatersEconomist]

"Democratic" and "backed by America". DOUBT!

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

25 likes

[@ivespoken8902]

the USA tried to do what they did to South Korea to a South Vietnam, well the communist party get a hold of the radicals up in North Vietnam and I think communist has a way more effective propaganda and indoctrination than the democratic way. Unless you want to live under a system where they oppressed it's people under a utopian imagination you are welcome to join any communist ideology. Just look at these communist countries in the past, they are the most terrifying places to live, their leaders are nuts.

[@jimboonie9885]

South vietnam was democratic *press X to doubt*

[@James-vk5ov]

@@jimboonie9885 X. Because now America is Communist Country Now.

[@sashakarasawa5794]

@@James-vk5ov just know you're wrong now

[@robertsuhren3543]

Think about this: Real Communism has never been tried...

[@thugzbunny9351]

Because real communism is impossible without everyone's approval of communism. which will never happen

[@robertsuhren3543]

thugz bunny like Marx said: „You need a new kind of human"

[@Koba66619]

thugz bunny Communism is a stateless moneyless and classless society

[@robertsuhren3543]

Russian Bias You don't have to tell that we know this

[@robertsuhren3543]

Russian Bias and it's not exactly stateless

[@dancingcloud8557]

Is Venezuela not included?

[@jimmypetersoniv2123]

ever since watching this video i have been getting a lot of mike bloomberg ads

[@alexanderthegreat8279]

To save your time: Non and it has never been one as well.

[@DannyGoLively]

I know this is being petty, but the "a" in words like "Laos" and "Mao" is pronounced like in "father." (And technically the "s" is silent in Laos, but that's a common enough mistake that I'll forgive it)

[@lowbeats7916]

its 2022 whats the update on Vietman

[@lindarivera5087]

I have a very good friend from nopal.... He's a pharmacist..he's so cool tries to speak Spanish words.....gives me my flu shot every year

[@fisch37]

This video Looks and sounds a lot like OverSimplified

[@fisch37]

Oh wait... It was because YT got confused...

[@pixeled9683]

@@fisch37 yet it got 43 likes

[@fisch37]

@@pixeled9683 Wellllll

[@CaudilloSilovik]

You left out the French role in South Vietnam, but that is OK. Not that big a deal.

[@warh1story563]

7:00 here we go again 🤦‍♂️, it’s “m-oww” not “Mayo”

[@aruakise2665]

This is categorized as Entertainment. I learned lots of stuff here.

[@hybrid5362]

Some info is not right

[@simeonnikulin1613]

Communism hmmmmm Hate when things like this break: Biscuits Chocolate Soviet Union and communism

[@majorblitz3846]

RIP Gulag ???? -1991 Closed due the Soviet Collapse Issue.

[@dave2885]

If i have chocolate i always break it.

[@rugbyfrance823]

Simeon Nikulin Iiiop

[@corentinchopier]

LE EPIC TROLL

[@karlgiansalvaleon3975]

Союз Нерушимый Республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз! [Припев:] Славься отечество наше свободное, Дружбы народов надёжный оплот! Партия Ленина - сила народная Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт! Сквозь грозы сияло нам солнце свободы, И Ленин великий нам путь озарил: На правое дело он поднял народы, На труд и на подвиги нас вдохновил! [Припев:] Славься отечество наше свободное, Дружбы народов надёжный оплот! Партия Ленина - сила народная Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт! В победе бессмертных идей коммунизма Мы видим грядущее нашей страны, И красному знамени славной Отчизны Ми будем всегда беззаветно верны! [Припев:] Славься отечество наше свободное, Дружбы народов надёжный оплот! Партия Ленина - сила народная Нас к торжеству коммунизма ведёт!

[@ashtray4757]

Random Soviet Guy Если бы Горбачёв не был бе такой дебил...

[@invisi.]

tbh the best anthem

[@kishore369]

Random Soviet Guy Rossiya svaschennaya nasha derzhava....

[@thermslusitania1151]

I am a American I was born in the United States of America and I still live there and I hate communism it is the was type of government it leaves to dictators and dictators take away the rights of the people he'll can own their own property people can't do what they want in a government controls well everything I don't want a government to control what I do my life I want to have my own Freedom call me if it's not equal Freedom it goes against all human nature with his wife fails which is why doesn't turn out to be good because it's not human nature communism is very very bad and that's the reason why so many countries I poor

[@myargumentiscompletelyinva6586]

Bonnie The bunny communism can only be achieved with a hive mind

[@ClockedYT]

Yo Vietnam still has no traffic lights some places

[@user-ey1ic4zx4b]

let time witness human development.诸君，让我们见证历史的走向