Why Has There Been a Coup in Myanmar? | History of Burma/Myanmar 1942-2021

Myanmar, sometimes also referred to as Burma, is a country in South East Asia which has been in the news recently following a coup d'état, a military takeover of power carried out by the Army, removing the democratically-elected president, Win Myint, as well as Nobel Peace Prize winner and Counselor of State, Aung San Suu Kyi. As we will discover in this video, Myanmar's post-colonial history has been one of prolonged military juntas and general dictatorships, this latest seizure of power just the latest in a long line of coups, uprisings and political maneuvers.
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[@sionsmedia8249]

Fans: Hey can you cover some modern history? Hilbert: What time frame would you want me to cover? Fans: Anything after WW1 is cool? Hilbert: Ok I'll do last week. PS Great video

[@DebsStuffs]

LOL (also great video)

[@themolepeople955]

Love the character design. I’m surprised that I’m not subscribed

[@janknoblich4129]

I mean he covered the history of Myanmar before that. Tho good comment lol

[@mowvu5380]

@@themolepeople955 Hilbert is my fave history channel anywhere.

[@supangkathleenibuh1632]

Very good history lesson.

[@SG-js2qn]

I think people try to oversimplify the story in Myanmar. The simplest way to put it, while remaining truthful, is that the country has been ruled by the military right up to the present. A few years ago the military decided to share power with civilian politicians, but they are making an adjustment to that right now. The military has been in charge for pretty much all of the last roughly 60 years.

[@celestialhylos7028]

Literally, our republic is under influence by First Order for a generation. Oh well, we must save ourselves. ...From Myanmar.

[@ShifTac]

Best of luck from a Southeast Asian neighbor. People are trying hard to keep the military in check here too

[@Arigator2]

I have a simpler way: socialism bad.

[@sashapaleologue1234]

@@Arigator2 Oh shut up with the propaganda. The military doesn’t care about political affiliation otherwise you would know that there’s multiple military juntas in Africa and south asia that have nothing to do with socialism.

[@Arigator2]

@@Alex-wk1jv - are we? Or is it you who are brainwashed?

[@henrykaung9064]

My great grandfather is 85 years old. He was born in 1936. He faced the English era, then the Japanese, English again, after the independence era, Ne win era, 1988 era, after the 1988 era, 2008-2015 era. He has many great historical stories that he remembers and tells me about! Some of his stories are a little different from what is Hilbert talking about but still, this video is 99.8% accurate! Also, Ne win wasn't a communist! He was Socialist! Also, Aung San Suu Kyi did many great things to the country that the military wasn't able to do in decades. Westerners cant see ASSK and her party do great things because of the military! *Btw I live in Myanmar and born here! Situations are getting terrible! So send help if you can before communications and internet blackout again!*

[@celestialhylos7028]

For the Republic! For Democracy!

[@jasondaveries9716]

I'm sorry bro I hope your people get out from under the military some day 🙏🏻

[@cruzcham]

Let's hope things go well Burma this time!

[@yankees2864]

The people from the United States stand with you

[@nuclearwinter1984]

Bet you wish the British were there again

[@caseyjones6677]

Awesome to see you're taking up current events for a change! Would love to see more journalistic items !!

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you for the feedback! It's been a good time for it in the last few weeks!

[@itsblitz4437]

@@historywithhilbert146 keep up the good work.

[@phyopyaemaungksharp5006]

Save myanmar pls 😥😥😥😥😥

[@ibrahimjoel6080]

@Uncle Ho let's be honest, people like you will be among those that will criticize the west if they show interest in the Thailand that you are talking about.

[@thooleikawwei6151]

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[@zarniwaiphyo9334]

The army charged the State Counsellor for "illegally owning walkie talkies". What a joke.

[@lmhy3490]

An excuse of a kid

[@Joe_Mama661]

*hey old man, I told you to get a license for those walkie talkies...*

[@felixsostantivo7606]

Walkies talkies with the direct frequency with her boyfriend?

[@commenterforfun5154]

it's so weird to see other burmese people speaks english so perfectly when most of burmese people only speaks basic english

[@post-man23]

The entire military is a joke except it's not funny but rather atrocious and stupid.

[@shanemize3775]

That was very helpful. Can't imagine how the people of Burma have endured. Thanks for bringing some clarity to this crazy difficult situation. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

[@WaterShowsProd]

If you search the hashtag SaveMyanmar you'll see videos of people protesting as well as other updates. The military ordered ISPs to block Facebook, but people used VPNs, or else switched en-masse to Twitter. Now the military has shut down The Internet it seems.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

@George Querelle Karens and Kachins have suffered worse and longer than Rohingy

[@ironheart5830]

I'm from Myanmar Thank you so much :)

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@user-pd9ju5dk5s I've been wondering if this will escalate fighting with The Kachin and resume fighting with The Karen. I've also wondered how The Shan might respond to this. Do you think we could end up seeing a North-and-Eastern coalition oppose Naypyidaw?

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

@@WaterShowsProd They already resumed fighting with Karens before the coup. Even then, the military buys new weapons and equipment from China, Russia, and Israel. The rebel armies don't stand a chance. The only way they can inflict damage is total chaos through terrorism like ISIS. But they wont since theyre not terrorists

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Well Hilbert is not doing history any more he is now Modern News With Hilbert

[@historywithhilbert146]

It's sneaky history in the guise of Modern News ;)

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

@@historywithhilbert146 Maybe this time Hilbert but I'm watching you

[@PragmaticMC]

the way I see it with history I've studied at least is that it's like politics of the past so modern world news/politics seems to fit well for a history channel

[@richardtickler8555]

thats what bugs me about the news. they pretend that violence etc just came out of nowhere when in reality a lot of current conflicts go way back and a lot of "crazy out of nowhere news" could be explained

[@honotenshi]

The most minor details of the present, can be the greatest plot twists of the future. Every event has some form of significance.

[@veggiedisease123]

It's not just the Rohingya, they're just the easiest to report on because their home state and the refugee camps in Bangladesh are open to journalists. Kachin State and Shan State both have similar problems, but they're rugged and closed to journalists.

[@celestialhylos7028]

Now we,citizens of Myanmar, come to know who is the culprit for those genocide crimes. Our own grand army has betrayed us and commited crime at the frontier we cannot see. Now they are upon us.

[@pinkfluffylama29]

We are fighting against the evil government that killed innocent people. Y don't people get it?

[@joujou264]

@@pinkfluffylama29 Because the Rohingya genocide has so far been supported by the populace. That calls any claims of "fighting for those who can't" immediately into question. Why did you (abstract you, meaning the people of Myanmar) not fight to end the oppression of the Rohingya whilst the country was still "democratic"?

[@Ashley-sc1oh]

@@joujou264 Actually have u ever wondered why media show only one side of the story,which is Rohingya but not the other side which is Rakhine people,who are also suffering too?Doesn't story has to look into from both perspectives if there's two people/group involved in it?Just a little reminder ,don't fully believe what the media says all the time.If u truly want to know the real truth,research yourself or go experience yourself to that country cause you can never know what's actually happening behind the curtains.

[@joujou264]

@@Ashley-sc1oh I am aware of terrorist acts by the Rohingya. But that pales in comparison to what is done to them, and the oppression is what facilitates the resistance. My own country resisted a larger power in the 90s, I aware of media spinning, which is why I do not care for any victim blaming like this.

[@tkyap2524]

The country is beautiful, but the people are struggling with their politics.

[@Relatablename]

@@collinspecht6725 Abundance brings people, people compete, and competition breeds power dynamics. Then again, my country is beautiful and it ain't so bad. Home is where the heart is I guess.

[@tigervalley62]

@@collinspecht6725: Russia. I love Russia. Probably one of my favourite countries I have ever visited. Would love to go back. Such a beautiful and extremely unique country mixed with various different cultures and ethnicities. However the politics of that country is again like you say, incredibly corrupt.

[@Dylan-bj4fx]

@@tigervalley62 yea and they’re protesting in Russia also because of politics

[@whispersofveracity63]

Struggling or Assertive?

[@hanhdhsj]

@Jacob Wilson We should thank God for putin...

[@kitefullbuster9014]

As someone who is Burmese I thank you for shining light and spreading the word.

[@karldauntless8160]

I feel so ashamed as a Myanmar citizen when people claimed us as ethnic cleansing and genoside supporters. Truth to be told, We didn’t even get any information about it from our social media or our national television channels. I swear on my life we didn’t know about Rohingyas than we ignored them. And our Leader, Su Kyi, denied this bcoz military is at her neck, in my opinion, the coup is also sooner or later. I really hope people know military was the real culprit behind the curtains. Again, I apologize as a Myanmar citizen for not hearing out on minority voices and to all the Muslin community all over the world. I’m ashamed. May Law Ka Nat bless our Country during this coup de’tat. We just want to be free.

[@nicholasfrancis5739]

We Burmans didn't have information technology and we were very ignorance about everything

[@gilnahnu]

Don't forget how the government also likes to target other ethnic groups such as the Chin, and especially KAREN. It's important for Bamar people to know this.

[@infinitelighthouse]

What happened after the coup? Who is fighting who right now ?

[@shanmoon537]

@@infinitelighthouse tl;dr everyone vs coup

[@isaacwilcox3010]

Man I wish these kinda things would be more publicly reported on. Without this video I literally wouldn’t have known that Myanmar had literally just fallen to a military junta.

[@FazeParticles]

calm down at least it's not a military dictatorship.

[@Suesserto]

@@FazeParticles but they're trying to be dictators again, and we, The citizens of Myanmar are trying to Stop these SCUMS of human beings from rising up again

[@celladoor9696]

Good ol mainstream media for ya! TG for YT

[@legoworthiness9684]

@@FazeParticles It is actually terrifying. I live in Myanamar and I don't live near the cities(isolated place) but they just shoot 7 years old kids across the street

[@FazeParticles]

@@legoworthiness9684 is there any guerrillas fighting back?

[@aeinyuki8415]

First time viewer here from Myanmar. Thank you for the first ever objective video I watched on KZbin about Myanmar published by a foreigner. One notable thing though. The architect of the move to appoint Saw Aung San Su Kyi as the state councilor is called U Ko Ni. He was assassinated shortly after the move and ring leaders behind his assassination were never found.

[@aeinyuki8415]

@@sid2112 Yep. We just hope that the price won't be too bloody. And people in our country know we have to rely on just ourselves because let's be honest, UN and international pressure is pretty useless.

[@mk-ki4ls]

@@aeinyuki8415 :/ yeah...

[@martinphilip8998]

Does the drug trade have a role in this mess?

[@oungthihamaung41]

@@martinphilip8998 kinda hard to say because the drug trade leaders are powerful rebels but they sometimes co operate with the military so its really hard to say yes or no...

[@Dylan-bj4fx]

@@aeinyuki8415 Well you might be wrong about other nations getting involved because Biden is now talking about it

[@edgerlozano9492]

I swear any modern issues or wars aleays start with "the French or British wanted colonize"

[@knockhello2604]

True

[@knockhello2604]

Middle east, Africans fighting eachother

[@aloadofbollocks988]

@Shimmy Shai lol, no

[@toxicsaint3545]

And USA Spain Russia

[@gamerx112]

bruh its a continuation of where they left off that was put on hold when said colonizers showed up. you think they were just getting along in the most idealized world you can think of? lmao fuck bro you're funny.

[@arthurpendragonsyt]

Some fun facts about Myanmar: the Burmese term for the USDP and their political/paramilitary groups is "Chat Putt" or "Monitor Lizard" or sometimes we call them "lizards" in English.

[@houselemuellan8756]

Is their base at the triangulum of the flat globe?

[@gilnahnu]

mark zuckeg- nvm

[@Suesserto]

We call the "Phoot" to be exact. We want to sound it as insulting as possible. And it sounds something between the sound of blowing your snot off or puking.

[@arthurpendragonsyt]

@@Suesserto Couldn't have put it better myself. Though now, there's the 5000 Kyats for the pro-military groups who are paid (5000 Kyat or roughly 3.5 USD per day) to commit violence on their behalf.

[@goyaskill]

Calling someone a monitor lizard is a big boy insult in all south east Asia. I find them adorable 😂😂 the lizards that is

[@endo_kun_da]

Interesting deep dive into what is happening in Myanmar. Keep it up, your interest in history gives an important perspective to the events that are taking place today.

[@Alba_Longa]

Myanmar: Democracy™ time! Military: Your trial version of Democracy™ has run out This joke was shamelessly stolen

[@gamebawesome]

You got this from Countryballs Reddit, didn’t you?

[@JudicialBrat]

Reddit moment

[@joshuakevinserdan9331]

@@gamebawesome I thought it was polandballs? I don't know about countryballs, but maybe I'm wrong.

[@BicyclesMayUseFullLane]

r/polandball is great, eh?

[@fisher1634]

@@joshuakevinserdan9331 They're the same

[@tatertot5743]

THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS. WE’RE CURRENTLY TAKING UP ON THE STREETS TO PROTEST AND JUST HAD 24 HOURS WITHOUT INTERNET SO PLEASE SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT OUR COUNTRYS CONDITION. MILLIONS OF LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND WE DONT KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN

[@Davey-Boyd]

Wishing you all the best. Please take care, love from the UK

[@mikesendec3972]

Best of luck to you all freedom for all

[@collinspecht6725]

Take up arms if it comes to it, brother. If they will not give you freedom, you'll have to take it from them. We had to do the same thing from the British in 1776...as well as numerous nations and people had before then as well. Just be sure to have a sizable group BEFORE you go storming the capital

[@robbiejohnston9409]

At least you don't have Biden as ur president lol

[@emiliechoquette848]

@@robbiejohnston9409 did you just tell a guy who’s internet was cut off by the military he’s lucky not to have a stable democracy? wow dude

[@bskorupk]

"Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to Liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." - George Washington's Farewell Address.

[@FirstLast-hg1ez]

WTF that mean? do you even know?

[@adammazeli]

@@FirstLast-hg1ez well it mean if the military is too damn large the people’s liberty can be under threat. Like you know the American military industrial complex

[@TheLocalLt]

@@adammazeli you are naive af and don’t understand anything about geopolitics. The attitude you express is cheered by Chairman Xi

[@caseclosed9342]

Then in 2021 we have a president sworn in a capital city under military lockdown

[@michaelabdalov3850]

@@TheLocalLt and your views are applauded by the state department and military industrial complex. China historically couldn’t ever invade anything past its neighbors, let alone America. If they ever try to take over Taiwan it’ll be politically, not militarily. The issue of sinophobia is now fashionable because neolibs/neocons are running out of boogeymen to portray in fake news media

[@ecurewitz]

Hilbert posts a video, can't click on it fast enough! And it is about another country I don't know much about. DOUBLE BONUS!!!

[@historywithhilbert146]

Awesome thanks for watching man! I've been enjoying looking at some countries I don't know so much about so I'm glad you're liking the new direction as well!

[@ecurewitz]

@@historywithhilbert146 I enjoy both the new and the old. Keep up the good work

[@nobelaries8633]

Thank you for making this video. As a myanmar citizen we need alot of awareness from around the word. Our internet and phone connectivity are keen to be shut down without any notice so this kind of video help up spread the word that the military had forcefully taken our democracy and put us under their dictatorship.

[@kevinbrito833]

Great video. Loved the mix of currents events with history background. Very informative, looking forward to more. Politics, world events, history all welcomed and encouraged

[@imp6505]

Thanks for covering this part of history!!!! it was much needed.

[@Laura88200]

Thanks for the detailed analysis of my country’s history! Love your work ❤️

[@yarzartun1433]

This is an incredibly well researched and well presented video. Thank you. I do want to add that the Pagan In Pagan Kingdom is pronounced “Ba -Gaaan”. I think they have changed the spelling to Bagan now to avoid confusion with Paganism. Again, well done with this video!

[@ivanxucin88]

Dude, really great content. Thanks for helping to understand current events!

[@leroybabcock6652]

Heck yes more correlation between history and contemporary events gives me a more rounded understanding and more room for developing my personal point of view. Thanks great concise overview.

[@stanleysmith7551]

"Citizens of Kyrat, this is an announcement from the ministry of public affairs and social harmony..."😏

[@229masterchief]

tfw I turn Kyrat into a dictatorial narco-state because I want to get laid with Amita.

[@njineermike]

That sounds ominously familiar....

[@Neseku]

I’m having traumatic flashbacks from the City of Pain 😖

[@Polavianus]

@@Neseku What about Don't look down(Where you don't have your knife)

[@touko_nanami]

OMG REAL LIFE JUST LIKE MY BIDEO GAME

[@patrickfreeman9094]

I really like these "how did/does the Past shape/explain the Present" videos. Keep 'em coming, Hilbert!

[@josephteller9715]

Knowing the backstory of what happened that lead to the current situation is always useful. Thank you for this video. So much I did not know.

[@tommasologiudice6154]

Thanks Hillbert, this video was exactly what I was looking for on the subject

[@HistoryHustle]

Great video. Have you ever visited this country? I remember visiting it in 2016. Tourism was just coming up at that time. It really felt like being on the unbeaten track. Since you're always putting a lot of effort in pronunciation, Burmese money KYAT is pronunced as "CHAT" or "TSJAT" or something like that. And as for the "Pagan Kingdom". I assume it's pronounced the same as the city of Bagan, which goes like: "Pah-gaan". If that makes any sense. Of there are Burmese viewers they can hopefully make it more clear. Again, great you bring attention to this!

[@misan6194]

You are mostly correct. Pagan is indeed pronounced as Ba gaan . Also kyat sounds closer to the combination of Ca-yat in one sound.

[@annoyken]

Just opening to tourism??? Um...your like 20 years too late. You could have visited Myanmar in the 90s easy

[@johnberney6563]

HISTORY HUSTLEEE! Good to see you here.

[@hhluca8062]

"there has always been a coup in Myanmar"

[@nyiarkarmin540]

In summary yes

[@MauricioRomanov]

Yeah, when my mother told me that a military coup d'etat happened in Myanmar, I said: "When did the last military coup end?"

[@goyaskill]

@09ธนกฤต บุตรสระเกษ more in Thailand actually. I think Thailand is the country that since last century had more coups in the entire world ! I was already living in Thailand in 2014 when the last one happened. Yellow shirts are a bunch of conservative yes man to the classical power.

[@24mithuna]

Thailand: Hold my Chayen

[@shanmoon537]

@@MauricioRomanovyeah the coup never ends

[@itsblitz4437]

So glad you are touching upon Myanmar 🇲🇲 and its history as it is not often talked about almost anywhere. It's really has a interesting history with its culture and various people actually.

[@tompegorinno5141]

Thanks man. This gave me light on history about Myanmar. Glad to be informed now. Kudos

[@rullangaar]

Have visited Myanmar. It’s a beautiful country. But it’s suffered greatly under it’s rulers. The British raj was no picnic either with tens of thousands dying in the Saya San rebellion as I recall.

[@hotdogsandsriracha8561]

200k-1 million died in ww2

[@ihazplawe2503]

Hello, I am in Myanmar and I am extremely grateful that you made this video. As now, we have unreliable connections time to time and there are many protest while many are peaceful sometimes some are violent.

[@lynnlo]

I really appreciate how you took the time to properly research and present information on this topic. The military takeover in myanmar has been sickening and it always been.

[@thomashan4963]

Just in time, well informed, brief but didn't miss important facts. Love you from Myanmar

[@kalanaherath3076]

"Pagan" is pronounced like "Puh-gun" not like the English word "pagan" (pay-gen)

[@dtapx5835]

Poo gun

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's also spelled Bagan in some cases. "Bagan" is the word for garden in several South Asian languages.

[@kalanaherath3076]

@@mirzaahmed6589 Yes that's what they actually called it back then

[@kalanaherath3076]

@@dtapx5835 lmao

[@yaya5777]

It’s Bagan actually

[@souljar__]

My grandad was a royal marine commando Chindit in Burma during the Second World War he was with Gurkhas and living behind enemy lines for two years and made it back to carry on loving his family and grandchildren ♥️♥️ and was awarded a Gurkha knife and the Burmese star for his service 4th commando Ronald Henry Wensley RIP ♥️

[@waterspinach8106]

Thank you for spreading awareness on the situation!

[@FlatEarthTruth611]

This is the best history video about Burma I have watched. Every other video about modern Burmese history has left me with more questions then answers.

[@fjordivae3007]

thank you so much for covering this, im a karen native that lives in the us and im pretty concerned with the country, again thank you for making this video

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

How to control a country? Answer: *Guns*

[@thelegion8604]

Hence why the people have guns, so that they may control their own country.

[@garyoakham9723]

Unless you have the fbi that attacks and arrest anyone who they disagree with. Blm can attack the White House but people who protest elections are terrorists

[@frederickoftheartic2209]

@@garyoakham9723 to my knowledge the CIA is much shadier

[@knockhello2604]

It's True

[@knockhello2604]

@@garyoakham9723 o shit like who did they arrest

[@d.c.8828]

Thanks for bringing us up to speed!

[@aamirpatel708]

Top quality Videos Hilbert keep them up really enjoying these videos👍🏼👍🏼

[@NovaHeardOfEm]

I learned more about my country history in this video more than the history class in school.

[@celestialhylos7028]

That's why historical class book are boring. Just black and white, and gray. Nothing significant visualization.

[@NovaHeardOfEm]

@@celestialhylos7028 All I remember from history text books Is that I drew in them

[@rushyscoper1651]

almost all history classes in school are very bias and often misrepresent stuff to suit the political system, its reason why my country Lebanon have no history lesson about the civil war because no one won it, and so which version would u like to tell coz there like more then 12 faction.

[@utopiasimmpin3729]

History books in classrooms are heavily edited. I didn’t learn the real history of my own country until I volunteered at the national Uni library. But these books might also be bias , who knows

[@dumbhein6042]

@@NovaHeardOfEm "who's been drawing dicks!?"

[@khantzawhein5395]

I am from Myanmar and Today Millions are on the street Marching for justice and democracy. In Yangon where I live, at least 100,000 people went on the streets yst.

[@DebsStuffs]

I hope it goes successfully 🙏, love from Bangladesh.

[@khantzawhein5395]

Thanks so much brother! I wish everything is well in your country too.

[@Skream-du8po]

#9.2.2021 #78×38

[@martind5565]

That was awesome thanks Hilbert!

[@gino456123789]

Excellent video, very straightforward and informative!

[@levinb1]

These political events with historical context are good!

[@xecofloss]

As a civilian of Burma born in 1990s, I assure you that this would be the last great fight we endure. We deserve the long overdue democracy and there would be blood shed in the coming days. But we won't give up as we trust that United Nations will not stand by and watch us being killed by the ruthless military. Times have changed, Power comes from the People. And I believe this is the revolution we always hoped for better or worse. Wish us luck.

[@Sunz1998]

Yh but China and Russia just blocked UN

[@softpixel312]

This is great, thank you for creating this

[@cherylbranche1666]

Keep up the good work with providing the history behind current events.

[@ZS.Bonsai]

Thank you. You are the only one to attribute the atrocities against the Rohingya to the correct culprits, the military. The western main stream media had all been dog piling on Aung San Suu Kyi, while we, the people of Myanmar, knew that she was powerless to control what the military did. She had to stay silent or risk a military take over. As we see now, no matter how much the international community loves to say that they "condemn this coup", we are essentially on our own. No one will take military action and the UN is basically impotent. So now we are at the mercy of the military. Please keep spreading awareness so that hopefully the international pressure will grow enough to actually affect what the military does.

[@vincentvalentine622]

Thank you for the contact. The information in here are pretty accurate. I live in myanmar and a citizen and i’m sick of the injustice the army have been doing so far. They are now arresting everyone who stands in their way and violence against the peaceful protesters.

[@colleenadair4918]

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

[@zuzan_805]

Thank you so much for doing this video !

[@ayechammyayhpanmortaung6707]

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi actually returned to nurse her dying mother but was pushed into spotlight when she witnessed the 8888 uprising and joined the cause.

[@ffmmain8673]

She turned a blind eye to the rohyngia massacre

[@puddingpudding4047]

@@ffmmain8673 She sure did not bro. We have to accept that not all Bengali Rohingya deserve citizenship.

[@heinzawhtet3757]

I'm a burmese and that's pretty much happening right now. We are protesting to show our wills against the military coup.

[@DebsStuffs]

I hope your new government can atleast control the Royinga situation becuase Cases are surging in Bangladesh, my home country and millions are dying by the previous government.

[@DebsStuffs]

🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@heinzawhtet3757]

@@DebsStuffs Thanks. We hope too. Also the leader of the current coup did pretty much all of that. That's why we can not accept this situation. The world has to know this evil. Please share and help us.

[@brokebloke45]

@@DebsStuffs Regarding that, the Junta has welcomed back displaced rohingya from refugee camps under discrete advice of china. funny thing is that it was them who assaulted and drove them out of the country in the first place (without presidential order because elected leaders have no control over military operations) to make DASSK look bad in the world media and to create religious conflicts between local muslim people and buddhist majority. Fortunately, the latter didnt happen but sadly, the former certainly blew up.

[@DebsStuffs]

@@brokebloke45 ok good to hear. Thanks

[@felixmoe]

Thank you for talking about this for our country, It means a lot to us that the world is knowing what the military coup has done to us.

[@GerritTjaardAMarinus]

Maak vaker Video's over nieuws thema's !!! Heb echt genoten van de history over dit conflict.

[@jopaljopal4256]

the aerobics lady who accidentally recoreded it: 💃💃💃

[@celestialhylos7028]

Yup. ..I am glad my country got a little famous by a meme.

[@Skream-du8po]

@@celestialhylos7028 dope. Let's vibe with Video after we win

[@Thienle92]

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION

[@knockhello2604]

xd

[@DaFinkingOrk]

What do you mean?

[@texxon3355]

I liked this video, but there’s only one thing I see as an error. Ne Win’s regime was not communist in the sense we think of. When he rose to power, he declared that Burma would become a “socialist” state under an ideology that would be called the Burmese Way to Socialism. This became the ideology of the Burma Socialist Program Party. It mixed aspects of Marxism and Buddhism, but did not wish to establish a communist society.

[@sunnyjim1355]

🤣 It doesn't matter. Socialism is cancer whatever form it takes, because it goes against human nature. All forms of Socialism are a denial or reality.. that's why they are so authoritarian, because they have to use state power to enforce it! As you said yourself, it's an 'ideology'. Get a grip! 🤣

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Ne Win actually seized power twice. The first time in a "national emergency" where he promised to return power to civilian rule after a year. (Sound familiar?) That was in 1960. He refused to step down after the year was over and launched, essentially, a coup against himself in 1962. That's why I'm skeptical of the current claim of the army to return power in a year. BTW Ne Win was seriously crazy. He finally proved to be an embarrassment to the army. Hence Saw Maung's coup against him in 1988. Ne Win died under house arrest and under, some would say, mysterious circumstances in 2002. Ne Win's protege, Khin Nyunt, became spy chief under later dictator General Than Shwe. And so it goes....

[@nguyenhuy2163]

@@sunnyjim1355 Not all socialist ideologies are authoritarian, a lot of socialists actually favor liberal democracy within a social ownership framework, this is because the socialist movement, just like any movements out there, is divided and split among ideological lines, particularly between libertarians and authoritarians. One thing that you can look at is how the Bolshevik prosecuted Nestor Makno's anarchists and other democratic socialists during the Russian civil war.

[@cacamilis8477]

@@sunnyjim1355 What's human nature? Do you know about all the non-authoritarian, libertarian socialist societies? What do you think an ideology is?

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

@@sunnyjim1355 you mean the human nature that people lived under for thousands of years before civilization existed? That was a communist society btw.

[@sestearion5538]

I'm happy your covering this

[@nyanmyuuzaw9004]

Thank you for ur information. It really helps in some ways

[@airplanetowardsthesky3265]

I had a guy at my school who was a transfer student from Myanmar and got to know him well. He told me his family were mainly politicians or part of the military....at the time I had no idea the implications of the latter

[@ymaye9103]

So you met with a silver spoon Burmese?

[@dumbhein6042]

Was he obnoxious?

[@kevinwin11]

Damm 😂

[@superpacocaalado7215]

Get independence of the UK, become a colony of your own army

[@celestialhylos7028]

First came the Empire, Then came the First Order,. .. Then came the Separatist wars. ... Now. ..Order417 Oh well. .my country is literally star wars.

[@Skream-du8po]

Yes It did and it does. It was and it is.

[@jasondaveries9716]

Oof

[@htetpainghtun8151]

The civil wars started because the British intentionally divided the country for a century. The military junta grew because of civil wars. Their Devide and Rule policy tore our country apart. We are still trying to patch it up. Everything is Cause and Effect.

[@superpacocaalado7215]

@@htetpainghtun8151 If there are people trying to leave your country and become their own thing, they should be allowed to do so. Smaller countries, smaller armies, smaller the amount of wealth governments can parasite to exist, smaller the chance of a dictatorship taking power.

[@Chamindo7]

Thank you for the research and excellent video about what is happening in Asia.

[@yewin1762]

I am from Burma and still living in Burma. This is very helpful for international people to know more about the military's action upon democracy. We're still fighting for Democracy and still can't win even though we have been fighting since 1962. This time we will not pull back and as we scream ''THE REVOLUTION MUST WIN" Thanks alot for making this video.

[@theaungkhant]

I am from Myanmar, and this video has a few errors. -Myanmar has never been a communist. It was a socialist. -The general must be resigned after 60 unless with a signed agreement from the President for an extension. Min Aung Hlaing's current position as a Chief of Staff is already expired once he turned 60 and this must be renewed before June 2021. But with no doubt Su Kyi's government will not give any extension to him. Without his status, he would just be an ordinary citizen, facing charges against genocide as well as multiple scandals & serious corruption within the country (his family is running more than dozens of businesses worth at least more than US$ 5 billions in value and billions of dollars kept in Chinese banks). These charges will likely end up with either a death penalty or life imprisonment, so he took a final route to drag the country along with him. But this coup is not over yet. There has been several protests and civil disobedient movements going on all over the country and it has been doing well. Plus, there has been an intense international pressure going on and not a single country recognizes them as a legitimate government, and they also desperately need money. Coup d'etat in this modern period is unacceptable.

[@josephdavis7189]

It was communist.

[@n1kk10ch1r]

@@josephdavis7189 communism by definition stateless, moneyless, classless or without government and class division. Socialism is transitional phase(also economic movement) trying to achieve communism. For that reason USSR or Soviet Union never called itself communist. They called itself socialist, I mean it's in the name the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Even their satellite states called themself socialist republic. My own country used to be soviet puppet state and it never called itself. Even in their own documents they never referred themselves as communist. Just think of communism as Utopian society that probably will never achieved. Socialism as USSR and Cuba one-party state ruled by communist party that is trying to achieve communism and implementing socialist principles such as taking private property and redistributing. People are just lazy use the right term. Linguistic mistakes are so fucking common. People are bad at terminology. Like people using elemental and natural interchangeably despite it means different things.

[@thecouchsamurai8429]

My Grandfather who was Indian at the time (Now he's Pakistani) had a job in the capital Rangoon. He had to leave his job and move back to India cause of the Japanese Invasion

[@s1ngl3mfss3]

Thank you for the update, my parents are from Burma and my aunt used to live there, she lives in a apartment a few feet away from us but we can take a walk there, and my parents watched this, they still are on the Tv but love from Monmouth

[@mogetsbitches]

thank u hilbert this will help a lot with my international relations project :)

[@kapatidtomas]

Myanmar hasn't had really a single piece of peace in it's history, now it's democracy is so delayed.

[@saimyintmyat9373]

No peace since 88s..

[@ABCDEFG-tq9lu]

@@saimyintmyat9373 since 62 The first coup

[@siobhanchristine-bligh183]

Great video. I do have a little issue with the explanation of the Pagan/BE wars though - you characterised them as the BE invading when really it was a combination of pitched battles between a the Pagans, Arakans and Brits - history is more complex than ‘colonists bad’!

[@celestialhylos7028]

Anyway that war was inevitable. That's our country's destiny. We have been blinded by pride and honor at those days.

[@softchirps]

Great video. Subscribed, keep up the great work

[@buddacore1648]

Excellent information! Thank you!

[@zwepp4749]

From Myanmar, Well researched and well said. #SaveMyanmar

[@zhtet123]

Hi, I’m a Burmese. I found a lot of information about junta are inaccurate. I respect that you tried to tell our country story in a short amount of time but quite a lot of inaccurate information especially from 1962 and after.

[@celestialhylos7028]

yeah. ..our country's lore is complex and full of legends and a little truth.

[@GraceRoska]

subbed! easy to follow practical history.

[@JeremyStone-HK]

Great historical summary. Thank you.

[@zwelinhtet]

Thank you. This is pretty much what happened and what is happening at this moment.

[@therookieanimations8117]

I always taught my cousins about Burma and how there was a war that's been going on since 1947 I think? I always talked about how barely nobody covered the war or story until now when a coup happens. I remember telling my cousins how bad the stability was there and how something could happen, and look at what happened now.

[@lindatun2962]

thank you for the video!!

[@phi5172]

I am Myanmar National. This is one of the best videos i have ever seen on KZbin! Very accurate and precise. Some additional notes: When the government announced the country as Buddhist Country, this upset many ethnic people, which led to many armed forces. The military leaders are the one that always commit genocides. Again, thank you for the video. PS: Subscribed!

[@mrfreedom3773]

You don't know what you are talking about do you?

[@kentowin6384]

To everyone who watched this video.yes this is 100%accurate and we dont want to go back to dark era (Dictatorship).pls help us.spread this video.We need all the help we can get.

[@moehtetthawtarkyaw8132]

We people are not giving up. Aung san su kyi had done her job. She had shown what the people could have without dictatorship. I hope that what my parents faced what i felt in past doesnt continue for the future generations.

[@erichayes8445]

(and then Aung arrested people who reported on genocide and denies genocide is happening)

[@valdmenshikov9687]

@@erichayes8445 it wasnt her orders,it was the military doing stuff in her name

[@harry-m645]

@@erichayes8445The question "who killed Rohingya "have several different answers.Do u know what Aung San Su Kyi can't do anything in those years because of Military . Military is taking power in those days. Militart arrested many people who report about Rohingya not Aung San Su Kyi.

[@erichayes8445]

@@valdmenshikov9687 she still denied it on live TV thus making her complicate it's just like how the people who knew about the holocaust and did nothing about the holocaust and denied the holocaust in germany's government are still responsible for the holocaust

[@erichayes8445]

@@harry-m645 the military is ofc doing it but she still denied it on live TV making her complicate, just like the german government officials who denied the holocaust and did nothing about the holocaust are still responsible for the holocaust

[@josejonhson674]

Love it when history is connected to modern events, many times history is ignored when talking about modern events.

[@aungaungdr7579]

Thank you for making video I am really happy as I am live there and I was born there and #savemyanmar

[@legend-26-yt]

Let us hope that, one day, Myanmar successfully makes the transitions to democracy

[@historywithhilbert146]

Here's to hoping!

[@aregularperson7573]

Sadly that is very unlikely but all we can do is hope that freedom will prevail

[@appalachianvolk1958]

Yeah, just so democracy can bring them right back to this point. Democracy at it's core is a ticking time bomb. Nothing more.

[@wilhelmrk]

We can always bomb their military out of existence.

[@bigjen8238]

Doesn't work with multikulti, they'll just balkanize eventually

[@dusklessdawn1337]

Thanks for speaking up about this. Myanmar was never free from the clutches of the Millitary Junta.

[@andrewlim9345]

Thanks for this informative video.

[@theohercules1943]

Please do more of these, I really enjoy how in-depth you go into the topic!

[@TheLocalLt]

Thanks for doing this video, I’d always known that Ne Win ran one of the very few Socialist military dictatorships (the only others I can think of are Poland from 1981 to 83 and Portugal from 1975 to 76, both of which were much more brief). The army’s roots as Communist rebels in WWII makes it all come together much clearer now. It seems the army, despite turning classicalist since 1988, still leans in favor of Communist China, despite the fact that all the original Burmese Communist rebels are now dead, and the fact that China supports the two breakaway republics on Myanmar’s claimed territory (Wa and Kachin) which are Chinese Communist puppet states. Myanmar really has one of the most unique militaries in the world in terms of politics, and this creates a unique power dynamic where pro-American conservative democrats struggle for any scrap of power against the now nominally classicalist, but still pro-CCP, military.

[@yepyaesoneoo5266]

Hello. Thanks for your interest and your explanations. However, I would like to add a few things that you seem to have oversimplified. For example, General Aung San joining the British back in the 1944 was mainly initiated by the japanese breaking their promises and even worse, the japanese started to oppress the people (such as rape, torture, forced labour, etc.). Well, they were facists anyway. So, there had been a resistance group called Anti-Fascist Organization (AFO) led and organized by General Aung San. But, you are right. Aung San decided to co-operate with the Allied forces to chase the japanese out of Burma. (perhaps you simplified it since it is not the objective of your video). Also, in 1988, there was a Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and in fact, I would like to point out that it is almost to the point of succeed. There have been some evidence about Nay Win requesting people to come back to work because many systems could collapse by that movement. This is what people in Burma are now trying to do (or at least request to many people who are still going to the work) other than the protests on the streets. There has been ample examples from the history that direct confrontation with the military proved to be bloodshed and tragic incidents. As a Burmese citizen, it is so disheartening to see the potential repeat of the dark history (like 1988). I really hope that there is a way out of all these excruciating situations in the end. Thanks for your time.

[@aungpai7490]

u rock bro thz for the video we really appreciate ur efforts #savemyanmar

[@Suesserto]

Thx you for making this video.

[@Suesserto]

and might I add, I kinda prefer "Bagan" over "Pagan" since "ပ" sounds more like "ba" in "Bagan" rather than "pay".

[@OurLordandSaviorSigmar]

Military people just aren't the best administrators. Overwhelming force only leads to unbridled corruption and nepotism. History has shown that not even millions of dollars of foreign aid can maintain an unpopular military junta, after it becomes popular. The way I see it, time will only tell when the common people will unite against the junta.

[@stephenkolostyak4087]

that depends entirely on who the military people are and what they're administrating.

[@OurLordandSaviorSigmar]

@The Mad Baron The Prussians were more an exception rather than the norm, and in their case they never really deposed the civilian government, rather they had good administrator leaders such as Friedrich the Great and Otto von Bismarck, as well as the educated and highly-capable Prussian aristocracy, who managed mostly civilian affairs. What I meant above though was when military officials replace the government through coups. This kind of government almost always leads to corruption, nepotism or cronyism as the civilians have no means to fight the force possessed by the military; so the latter is free to do as it wishes to. Democracy always has a chance to lead to corruption and shadow rule by oligarchs, but the people are not left in the dark and can vote their leaders out. Admittably, it may not the best system there is, but it is the best we have for now, because the lives, freedoms and liberties of the people constitute the core of the decisions of the government unlike that of a dictatorship or military rule. Lastly, for every example similar to the Prussians, there are tens more that aren't; to wit: Pinochet of Argentina, Doe & Taylor of Liberia, Idi Amin of Uganda and Bokassa of CAR. I hope Myanmar goes back to civilian rule.

[@FazeParticles]

@The Mad Baron the problem is the plebs of modern society think they're hot shit. the oligarchs know this. the oligarchs aren't retards otherwise they wouldn't be in power. honestly the military here might be too harsh on their people but democracy isn't the answer. democracy is just idiot rule or rule of the majority which tends to be rule of lazy idiots. oligarchs love that.