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@Dave102693

2 ай бұрын

Wasn’t there a failed coup recently in the DRC?

@fuqupal

2 ай бұрын

And people still believe the new world order is a conspiracy theory. People are such fucking morons!

@AL-lh2ht

2 ай бұрын

you turbo lost me when you said goods becoming cheaper is a bad thing.

@zacharythomas8617

2 ай бұрын

Ironic. You reject your own wealth. Hypocrite.

@ZachTheHuman

2 ай бұрын

They’re not becoming cheaper, they’re just shifting the cost onto the people supplying labor instead of the consumers. Companies obviously won’t let themselves take less profit, consumers don’t want to pay more for their things, so the cost of labor to produce these goods have to go down. Capitalism (growth at any means necessary) necessarily requires an impoverished underclass to exploit more and more until there’s nothing left to strangle out.

"Maybe Amazon shouldn't hold more value than the Amazon rainforest" bro came out swinging

@subcitizen2012

2 ай бұрын

It's catchy, but even in market terms, the Amazon is worth a lot more than Amazon, even without its trees. Have to wonder, when he says WE, is he speaking in the global we of the globe or the market? If there's ever oxygen scarcity because of that, you can bet it will go up AND you will be able to order it off of Amazon at a premium and convenience. It's going to take a lot of capital to stop the world from turning.

@jean5040

2 ай бұрын

As a brazilian this hits hard.

@ponderosabones7803

Ай бұрын

@subcitizen2012 in the grand scheme of things, you are absolutely right. I believe the implied "we" is the general public, the consumer, and yes, the global economy. And it's not the real or natural value that's in question here, but the value that "we" give things as consumers in a capitalist society, and more importantly, the value a corporation like Amazon gives itself by saturating the market and pushing its competitors out of business.

@Januaryof28

Ай бұрын

that makes no sense theyre competing the rainforest donthelp me

@yougetaspear7799

Ай бұрын

​@@Januaryof28what lungs of the world anyways...machines don't breathe

Neo-andean architecture is actually a great example of modern architecture that rejects the "glass skyscraper" model in favor of something unique, culturally significant and full of color.

@Dave102693

2 ай бұрын

Isn’t that an architecture style in Chile?

@EDuarteVillanueva

2 ай бұрын

@@Dave102693 Bolivia, actually

@justindennis02

2 ай бұрын

@@EDuarteVillanueva very cool style but modern architecture is not designed to be sustain able due to various reasons but still very pretty.

@marknelson55

2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the "Neo-Inca" architecture mentioned in Ursula K. Le Guin's 1971 novel "The Lathe of Heaven" (set in Portland, Oregon in 2002), though I was picturing something more like Pueblo Revival architecture, borrowing structural shapes, materials, and details, while building modern-scale structures with modern technology discretely hidden within the historical. One of the things I like most about Pueblo Revival architecture, is that it remains linked to its place of origin. In former colony nations, there are always such options available for regionally linked architecture with ideas pre-dating settlement. Where I live, there are a few modern buildings which imitate the traditional Indigenous pit-house structures, built by a local Indigenous nation. At least one of these is quite large and impressive, without dominating the landscape in such an intrusive way as skyscrapers.

@ranijaan1423

2 ай бұрын

@@Dave102693 chile is like majority white so mostly traditional European architecture prevails and to be fair it looks pretty.

The globe was never able to hold a single hegemony, that's why empires that try to span the globe always end up falling apart, just a matter of time before it happens to the capitalist/American hegemony

@MagnumInnominandum

2 ай бұрын

The American part may fail but capital will carry on if such is at all possible.

@JelliinaCup

2 ай бұрын

@MagnumInnominandum The King may fall but another king will takes its place keeping us forever subject to feudalism. Yet fudalism isn't here anymore. Just in case you havent disconnected trade from capitalism yet: Capitalism is a type of economy, trade and economy ≠ Capitalism. Capitalism is the garnering of wealth through owning property/capital. Products arent always capital. Trading money/resources for something in return/products ≠ Capitalism. Trading/Expanding trade of Capital/Property for increased profits/money attainment IS Captialism.

@GamingPandaCat

2 ай бұрын

it kind of did already, south america is hanging onto a deranged government in the US while it kind of self destructs, china's currency is being used in the global market and is rivaling the dollar, nothing will change though, that's the sad part

@twistsnkicks

2 ай бұрын

Its already happening

@user-ci2fd8vc2f

2 ай бұрын

Empires always fall apart, regardless of whether or not they span the globe, just like people always die.

Thank you StAndrewism from Taiwan. Ive been grieving how the hype around AI and NVIDIA is overlooking the extrwme environmental cost to Taiwan thats only getting worse for our mountains, mother rivers and farmers and indigenous peoples. Half of the islands water is legally relegated to big tech for the world's semiconductor production. The actual usage is even higher and is destroying connections to ourselves and each other. And for what, for faster wars and more burned out sameness everywhere?

@syfly10

Ай бұрын

i'm going to look more into this, thank you for your comment bringing awareness!

@Lazerecho

Ай бұрын

China can help 😂

@grumpyyellowfang3344

Ай бұрын

Semiconductors are the only thing securing Taiwans independence. Without it, the countries it trades with won't protect it from China.

@The.Harsh.Truths

Ай бұрын

No. For higher quality of life for everyone including you. Everything in the world costs money as money is simply a placeholder for labor. You get richer and can afford more labor now.

@grumpyyellowfang3344

Ай бұрын

Taiwan's existence is dependent on its ability to produce semiconductors. Without it's production the U.S and other western powers will not defend it against China as there is no incentive.

Recently found out that they banned kids at my lil cousins school (where I went too when small) from speaking our mother tongue Shona- it’s a Portuguese school btw.

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

That's upsetting to hear, particularly in this day and age. You'd hope that we had moved beyond these blatant and overt forms of cultural erasure but unfortunately not

@Daring-WyvernaOfficial

2 ай бұрын

​@@Andrewismtrue. it's bat shit insane people are still doing this in 2024

@HackersSun

2 ай бұрын

When in rome do as the Romans do tho

@nuklearboysymbiote

2 ай бұрын

​@@HackersSun what u tryna say here

@chrisfarmer6893

2 ай бұрын

​@@HackersSun good point, the Portuguese colonists should learn and speak the local language rather than banning it.

This video just reminded me of a tiktok I saw talking about how the world has become less colourful in terms of culture but also products. There are very few cars that aren't black or some shade of grey. look at Macbooks or even typical architecture these days. The world is becoming so dull and it sucks.

@Bojoschannel

2 ай бұрын

Everything those in power warned us about "communism" has become true under capitalism. In the end, it was all just projection

@pineappleproductions1696

Ай бұрын

I know right? I feel like most places in the world lost their spice and charm that made them unique. I hate how every house is a concrete box and every car is the same one, just with a different shade of gray... so depressing...

@mrcead

Ай бұрын

That's because psychological colour theory gives products and brands 9 colours to choose from with grey as a bonus. It's not on accident. Our purpose in life is to consume, not grow as humans - or that's what they want

@ravenstone366

Ай бұрын

Why you think they been repeating Black, White stirring the pot?? Gray is middle, it's, I don't know but all the Overlord Elites care nothing for the Common People, The World, the bashing disgrading can't ask questions, if you undercover truth, fa ts it's Prison, Blacklisting complete canceled. It's not the Common People it's the few wanting to Lord over all basically leaders of all Countries, they just come up with new plans every 25 oe 27 years, then upset, throw the people off like a control mice lab study just world scale, sadly we are the mice. Having psychological mental issues through on us by them all. Imdo believe its honestly a game they are all playing....Believe this never ending merry-go-round play had been happening for over 2000YRS ..... it's just how they roll the dice on their World board

I studied economics at school, and at first I was sooo deadset on making as much money as possible. What I didn't expect was a deep depression about the way the European economies rely on the former imperial periphery for all their resources, yet also crush unions and exploit the hell out of these countries

@grischa762

2 ай бұрын

and also exploit the hell out of the low wage workers in Europe as well... either through migrants that live in vans or trucks or overpriced multibed rooms that are directly deduced from their wages if they even get paid... cause sometimes they also have to go on strike for month to receive their payment like those truckers working for that Gangster (not gonna call him a buisnessman) from Poland ... and do not forget the gig economy that makes people ''selfemployed''. Or Amazon getting away with tracking every single seckond of the workers activities and savong those metrics because they claimed this data was was not used to evaluate the workes ... wich ofc it was and is. Yeah been there studied economics and left without a degree right be4 the finish, never regretted it though. Live in a cavehouse now in tenerife on my own land starting to grow my own veggies (my wife to be specific)use starlink internet to do a customer service job for now untill whatever buisness we cook up on the land can cover our costs.

@nuklearboysymbiote

2 ай бұрын

been through the same with studying philosophy… how do you move on knowing this??? i've just started my first ever day job & it feels… pointless…

@MalleeMate

2 ай бұрын

@@nuklearboysymbiote Andrew talks about how there’s a growing anti-globalist movement, and I think it’s always good to keep in mind that humans will always resort to revolution if the going gets tough enough. The growing inequality that we’re witnessing directly ties into the inflation at our local supermarkets, and even my normie buddies are starting to get annoyed. I think this is a sign of things to come 👀 So I guess it’s looking for what will come after. Humans are optimistic, and despite what the media depicts it won’t all go to shit. In the meantime, I focus on doing a lil art, some protesting, a few social media posts here and there. Nothing much more than trying to foster a few positive vibes haha

@marcogenovesi8570

2 ай бұрын

@@nuklearboysymbiote re-focus on stuff closer to you, something you can actually have an effect on. Feeling bad for large mechanisms where you have no power on is pointless

@DJCole34

2 ай бұрын

@@marcogenovesi8570no you do have power to change, the problem is most of you are satisfied, regardless of who suffers. I say dna test should be mandatory for citizens, and you only can have citizenship in certain districts based on your DNA. If people stayed in places that were conducive to their biological makeup, the world would be a much more diverse and beautiful place.. people wanting to explore the “new” world and live in a “paradise” is the reason behind the contemporary milieu. Certain people should’ve been left alone… but no one takes accountability. I know I’m not, I just work here.

"There also seemed to be an over focus on particular acts of confrontation with authorities and not enough acts of prefiguration to meet people's needs and build a more resilient base of support for the struggle". I can't tell you enough how much this statement means, as someone who worked for an int'l social justice organization and fought for rights for the marginalized from Atlanta to Palestine, and how much I appreciate you saying we need a diversified front of new actions that fundamentally support a profound system of global sustainability and economics that regards life itself first.

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏽Thank you

One of the biggest failures of globalism was the transfer of jobs and industry to Asia, the so-called "China phenomenon" and now our western clothes are made with child labor in sweatshops. In cold countries like Finland, this creates an ethical dilemma because you don't want to support child labor or sweatshops, but clothes are an obligated necessity for survival and people have to be able to afford them because there aren't enough jobs for everyone, which is why people don't have money for expensive local/domestic products, i.e. luxuries (for example, a winter jacket made in Asia costs around 100 euros or more, while one made in Finland costs around 1.000 euros or more).

@nuklearboysymbiote

2 ай бұрын

Reading this while shivering in bed

@justindennis02

2 ай бұрын

Similar issue in the United States, but its everything, if the company cant keep the American workers at low rates they higher from Mexico and bring them in to work for significantly less than the Americans. They also provide them with housing and transportation, but if you are local they wont offer the same deal. Not that anyone would want to take that deal.

@AvelierPlays

2 ай бұрын

China didn't force Western corporations to move over there for manufacturing, that was on them and its the reason why the West lost most of its manufacturing capabilities. So the only culprits here are Western capitalists, corporations and their governments who backed these policies.

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

Globalisation =/= globalism

@davidk.d.7591

Ай бұрын

I'm sure the East Asians definitely wouldn't agree with you

As someone who is into fashion, it really gets me upset that because of globalization many cultures' traditional clothes have virtually disappeared, now being relegated to just being worn for certain holidays.

@guerreiro943

Ай бұрын

I'm not into fashion, but I'm into architecture and languages and I feel the same way. It seems like outside of Europe, every big city basically looks the same, no matter if you're in Asia, South America or Africa. Always the same dull glassy minimalistic skyscraper look no matter where you go.

@TheKingWhoWins

Ай бұрын

It's pretty disgusting

It's haunting how much my home country of Ireland has become a little america in the last one hundred years. Our various cultures were dissolved into one "irish" culture which itself is transforming to conform with american norms, more and more people now speak with americanized accents with view points lining up more politically and culturally with american norms. We have the good fortune that what little cultural quirks we have left are interestingly quaint enough to be survived as commodities to be sold to tourists and in some twisted way to be sold back to us. There are tiny pockets of quare little remnants of the older cultures dotted across the country but you have to go out of your way to find those as the government are more concerned with promoting what tourists already believe is ireland, to be fair anything too odd seems to scare them off, they'd rather spend €15 on a stone from someones yard with a little spiral draw on it. And with how dublin centric the county has become those pockets of culture are fading away.

@YourCapyBruv_do_u_rmbr_3Dpipes

Ай бұрын

This is interesting to me... I live in the US, had no knowledge of all this... Weirdly enough I just watched a video of all things about the uh, Obama Shopping Center complex there. I don't even know what to say about that 😂😂 Ftr, I thought he was all that and a tall bag of chips too, like a lot of people here in the US. Ofc, I'm long past that now. I am so curious to hear more about this funny(?) pop cultural phenomenon that is happening over there you're describing. You say there a fascination amongst some Irish citizens w various aspects of American culture? Is this because more and more US multinationals are trying to move into Ireland or for some other reason... If you know??? I didn't know Ireland had any particular interest in what could be thought of as our culture.... That's neat and unexpected, altho I understand why this is not seen as a positive by some. What things or aspects in particular are seen as desirable? I'm just curious to know.

@skeire1

Ай бұрын

Hey Im Irish and I also watched that video you mentioned about corporatism. Regarding the bit about American influence on our culture, it's pretty huge. In my opinion this is mostly due to the massive American monopoly on media. Most movies we watch here are American, and of course the rise of social media has really attached us to America. I'm only 18 so I can't really say much about the past but I can say that I have kind of absorbed a lot of info from Americans online. The internet from my viewpoint pretty much is American (obviously because it has the largest English speaking population) with other cultures revolving around it.

@dylstarling8649

Ай бұрын

@@YourCapyBruv_do_u_rmbr_3Dpipes Haha, I watch the same video actually, I live in one of the towns they talked about, bit surreal seeing them in my town. I'd say there really is a huge fascination on our end along with the sort of cultural invasion coming in too. I know to a degree the American Revolution was an inspiration to the folks involved with many later attempted revolutions in Ireland against the occupying British until we eventually became a republic, there where revolts here before America too since British occupation of Ireland predates the American colonies. I'd say the industrial powerhouse of America has inspired a similar capitalist optimism in Irish people for a century, especially after gaining our freedom from the British I'd imagine they saw it as a way to rebuild the country. One very funny and odd one is cowboys, like Ireland is a massive farm and all, cattle is 99% of our culture and we're one of the biggest producers of food in the world, but I specifically mean the mythology of the cowboy, I swear every Irish man in their 40s and up fancies themselves a John Wayne/Clint Eastwood type of guy, it's really one of those things you think you might be conflating but you talk to enough people you'll know it to be true, that age groups just love cowboys here. I hope that satisfies some of your curiosity lol

@Kingedwardiii2003

Ай бұрын

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@aturchomicz821

Ай бұрын

Still the most Left Wing country is europe. Go Feins!✊️💚

Freedom for oppressive systems to do their thing destroys imagination, is boring, tends to always look the same. Freedom for the people accomplishes similar goals in different settings but in beautiful, creative ways. There is one system we are collectively resisting, and billions of possibilities arising as alternatives.

Make multinational corporations pay allmost 0% taxes and then wonder why they succeed all around the world when local buisnesses on the other hand are squeezed for more tay money to make up for the budged hole of the state....

@Bojoschannel

2 ай бұрын

Then multinational corporations get so powerful that they start shaping laws and states and things only get worse

@YourCapyBruv_do_u_rmbr_3Dpipes

Ай бұрын

Yes it's disgusting.

@YourCapyBruv_do_u_rmbr_3Dpipes

Ай бұрын

Nationals and multinationals should be taxed out the A##..

@allahuvonaugustera7895

Ай бұрын

Nobility never paid taxes, and won't start to pay just because it is modern day.

@Godfrey544

Ай бұрын

Don’t expect bureaucrats to save you though

biodiversity and by association human diversity is our fundamental responsibility to preserve (even enhance) if our very minds are to maintain their sensitivity to learning new things and experiencing the depths of life.

@Dave102693

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

As a Trini I realized Globalisation was taking a hold when my little cousins had american accents without ever stepping foot on a plane.

It's very sad that a lot of people would see this video and immediately call it evil or terrorism. It's as if some people are incapable of hearing a differing view and being able to calmly consider it. They feel like even just THINKING about a new idea will corrupt them. Good video, man.

I always said that societies lost their uniqueness when we stopped wearing cultural clothes as everyday wear.

@italianbeans877

Ай бұрын

Goes hand in hand with the destruction of local environments.

Globalization is hierarchy. It's simple as that as their is no need to confuse words that mean 'expansion'. Capitalism, Colonization, Globalization, Hierarchy, Imperialism... it is all about getting bigger and bigger, more and more. We need Decolonization efforts. Indigenous want and need what they had to share with the lands, waters, animals... not Globalization of Colonialism

@Lazerecho

Ай бұрын

Need more unsuccessful societies!

@stojankovacic1524

Ай бұрын

@@Lazerecho Pushing indigenous societies into the Western capitalist fold and way of life to then decide they are unsuccessful is like throwing a fish onto land then deciding it's a failure of evolution because it can't climb a tree.

@megamillion5852

Ай бұрын

​@@LazerechoImmeasurably evil response.

@darkestlight660

Ай бұрын

​@@stojankovacic1524but before you pick the fish out of the sea, you also got it sick then shot it.

@Adnancorner

Ай бұрын

wrong. YOU need nothing, we just need more reserve currencies any option for trade we need more of it. More swift systems, more military alliances, more options of EVERYTHING. We need to get rid of monopoly.

The "learning from the past attempts" part of the video was really great! I think a lot of leftist essays have either a complete lack of advice about moving forward or they just give examples of past attempts, that most of the time failed, and do not consider how we can IMPROVE on them. Really good stuff and hope to see more of it in future videos!

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

It really is difficult to imagine solutions, but it is important to at least start to ask the right questions. I think Gelderloos does a good job of this in the intro of Anarchy Works, he asks some stimulating questions for the reader to keep in mind even as he presents examples. I hope that with every example or idea I introduce, my audience is able to build on top of that and contribute constructively to our shared solution finding!

I was actually discussing this with my friends a couple of days ago 😳!!! Thank you, once again, for another great video addressing the issues of our society.

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Im studying economics right now and whenever im struggling with the workload in uni im coming to your chanel. This and many other ideas on here, are exactly what i hope to contribute towards with my degree! Thank you for keeping me motivated!

So glad someone is talking about this. I started reading a book this spring recounting the stories of the anti-globalization movement that really opened my eyes. Never learned anything about this in school, and even my parents had no recollection of the battle of seattle. It feels like the history itself was hidden. Also VERY fascinated to hear reasons for the decline of the movement, my search so far had been fruitless. I would add the Cochabamba Water War as an important event for the movement as well. I just finished a chapter on the death of Carlo Giuliani during the action in Genoa. The book implies that the aftermath made violent resistance controversial and vastly reduced the participation of people in the western world. Aside from barely hearing about anti-globalization until this year, I never hear about social movements in the global south, successes or failures, and I'm excited about the potential of a new movement to reconnect the people of the global south to the global north.

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

Which book was that you started reading if you don't mind?

@erikhenry8742

2 ай бұрын

@@Andrewism we are everywhere: the irresistible rise of global anticapitalism edited by Notes from Nowhere

This video is absolutely excellent but I have to say my favorite part was when you cited an academic called Jerry Mander

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

He's great!

Lately it is feeling like that episode of fairly odd parents when the pixies take over and turn everything gray

Yes I realized that modernization has meant the homogenization of societies with the same bleak commercialist and consumerist values of soulless material growth and consumption. Every city looks practically the same with little to no cultural representation nor creativity. Sure urban planning is serious and should be with safety in mind, but that doesn’t mean loss of colors and vibrant vibes. Sustainability isn’t only the rational basis but also a symbol of love to our posterity and families that will be when we’re gone. My first discussion about this topic funnily enough was in blogs critical of the Westernization of the fictional Avatar the Last Airbender world in Legend of Korra by the western creators and their biases of progress.

what you said about cultural globalisation resonates a lot with me sadly, the globalists made it so that in order to overcome one's low social condition, one has to learn their codes, their cultures and their languages. They made all locals willingly strive towards globals as a way to socially elevate. It's the harsh reality

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad it resonates with you. "Globalist" is a term I'd caution against using though, as it carries a specifically reactionary connotation. You'll notice in the video I refer to "advocates of globalisation" instead to avoid that baggage, and only used the term "globals" when referencing Harm De Blij's work.

@PeKaNo

2 ай бұрын

@@Andrewism ah yes, you're right, I'm not very used to talking about this in english, sorry

@mrcead

Ай бұрын

The "chance" to socially elevate. Many people fail at it, they end up begging for food or money in cities and then from the government once housed. Many people are 1 illness or accident away from failure and don't even know it. If the system was truly suitable for the planet, the failure rate would be significantly less

I think this is what has been bugging me about the new houses in our village. For context i live in a village in one of the mountainous areas of eastern Czechia, people move here because they want a break from the city and my village is just so conveniently placed and ran that things aren't that expensive, we still have nature but were also close enough to a city and have 2 smaller shops, so a lot of people move here. I always hated how their houses looked, like genuinely despised on an artistic level. Our traditional architecture is pretty standard, like dark wood, green ( on rare occasions blue ) doors and windows with white details and white walls in places where something isn't built out of wood. They're very beautiful especially if they also maybe have red flowers on the window and cups on their fences. Our other type of house, the 2 story family houses, usually aren't *that* unique from other regions of the czech republic, you couldn't tell where you are based on the buildings alone, but they still have clear character. They tend to be very colorful and they have unique architecture so that even if they aren't region specific they're aesthetically pleasing. The new houses from the people from the city are lifeless. Uterlly boring white boxes with black roofs. You can't tell them apart from each other and they look so..non distinct. Like our traditional houses are distinct by region, our 2 story family houses look very unique from each other but they are nothing. The same goes for a lot of "modern" architecture in our cities i feel like. Big ass glass and steel giants which you could place in Tokyo, Krakow, Zagrab or Cairo and they wouldn't look totally out of place. Non distinct. Unfortunately this goes beyond architecture and to everything. There is less regional identification, although this may be a nationalism thing and not a capitalism and globalism thing. Our dialects are also disappearing. We still talk fast, leave out the j often and say "kaj" instead of "kde" and "bo" instead of "protože" but we sound way closer to the people from Prague that we like to make fun of so much for how they speak than to plenty of our ancestors. The fact a lot of the youth also uses so much English in their slang also rubs me the wrong way, like we have a rich language thats more expressive and has more possibilities for sentences than English but yet that's where we take most of our new phrases from ( or we steal slang from the Roma that's also an option i guess )

Haven't watched yet but I am excited to see another post! Always look forward to Mr Andrew Ism and his fabulous videos. Hope you're having a lovely pride month and doing well!

Another absolutely fantastic video!! This is something that has been on my mind for a loooong time, and its so great to see you communicate the issue so well! Even on a local scale (ie in the same state/city) this is a noticeable issue. Like a strip mall or suburb in one part of the city looks very similar to another part of the city, even if the surrounding culture of those areas in the city are completely different. This makes it hard for wayfinding, but also just makes the city less interesting. By contrast, older cities often have very distinctive 'zones' that differ fairly significantly due to their local culture (whether that be due to a certain demographic that lived there, or a certain craft they were known for, or even just the geographic features). I'd LOVE to live in a world where not only different cities around the world looked different, but even different areas in the same city/state looked different. Where you could have an actual adventure just traveling from one side of your city/state/country to another.

Just so everyone knows, Milton Friedman had to gingerly walk back his position on the virtues of free market and globalization and admit that it might be a complete and utter disaster.

Globalization in its current (recent?) form might be something where left and right can agree upon that it's bad. Left: Imperialism and outsourcing is bad for working people in both countries (people in rich country loose job, people in poor country get exploited) Right: We must keep our industry in our country and can't loose it to other countries.

@rabbitcreative

2 ай бұрын

The paradigm isn't, and has never been, left and right. It's rich and poor.

@iskabin

Ай бұрын

Yet everyone keeps buying stuff made by slaves, people either dont care, dont know, or dont have another option

@mrcead

Ай бұрын

Left and right are the ones who sold us out in the first place. You need to read history to see that the vote was barely contested. You can't make a deal with the devil, then get cold feet when it's time to pay up. There is no undo button

@ellebarron7112

29 күн бұрын

I agree with the other commenter, but even if you do left vs right, the reasoning and end goal is very very different. Right wing people don't just want industry to stay in America, they want immigrants to be kept out. They don't think militarism is apart of globalization often. Overall they just want what's best for their in group and demonize those outside it.

I ended up in hospital after the Melbourne protest against the IMF/World Bank summit there... got a nice pay out from the State tho.

Thank you for broaching subjects that many people are unwilling to discuss. Love your content, keep on keeping on 👍

Can you make a living excel sheet that's updated with your recommended reading lists and links to non-Amazon site to buy them? I feel like there's a new book I want to read with every video!

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

I definitely have to update and publicise my reading list at some point for sure! Great idea to put it on an excel sheet, I'll pocket it for now and work on it when i have the time!

I’ve never really taken much interest in the medium of painting/drawing, but the art that you showcase in your videos is absolutely beautiful. It feels like there’s a whole world of art that I’ve yet to discover

im so grateful ive found someone who puts the effort into reading and researching topics ive been interested in but too lazy to read about.

thank you so much for speaking about the Congo! i already admired your channel and what points you raise but omg this is one of the first times that i've seen it genuinely spoken about in a yt video

@incubore4753

2 ай бұрын

i've seen videos on other platforms talking about the mistreatment of those who have little to no choice to work in such horrendous working environments and a lot of the comments are from people who are legitimately desensitized to said mistreatment. i really do think that a lot of the western world and the countries that played a part in its creation have citizens who don't fully understand that the outcome of their actions also play into the upkeep of the perpetrating unfairness. in the end, i know it can't be all chalked up to the citizens but manipulation of societal compassion definitely plays a big part when it comes to the whole "cog in the machine" thing. like you stated, "deus ex machina" (with the plainly sinister intentions said machine has, even if us cogs don't quite realize it)

Merci, Tu écris et tu montes avec beaucoup de passion, de sensibilité artistique tout en étant extrêment instruit sur ces sujets. Que Dieu te garde. 💓

It is interesting how this reality plays into a broader worldview. Some biased people look at different societies that have been largely homogenized after decades of capitalism and draw conclusions about human nature, failing to see that the contexts are similar between the societies they are comparing. These then inform some strains of thought in evolutionary psychology or anthropology.

Another great one, Andrew! Just found your channel a little while ago, going through older ones, big fan of it, especially the Library Economy, and very much appreciate your collaboration with Srsly Wrong Boys from time to time.

thank you for all this evidence for something i already saw as flawed. your videos are so illuminating, and beautiful, i love the art you add and your voice on top. Dope!

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

One issue I have with anarchism is the hyperfocus on local communities and production. Even though a lot of the things he said in the video (and in previous videos) can be traced at hierarchy and exploration, i cannot understand why a post-capitalism international network of coordination isn't being discussed. I know he speaks for international solidarity, but it mainly refers to solidarity against a struggle, or perhaps a mutual aid in the case of emergencies. The only case of international coordination i have seen in anarchy theory(or better a term, intercommunal) are federation, which however they only get mentioned and their potential intricacies aren't being discussed

Great subject! Have been thinking about this concept for a while now (mostly pertaining to linguistics though) and it's so disheartening!

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

As it pertains to language is perhaps the most interesting of all the examples, as it's quite pernicious.

@sukerbole2463

2 ай бұрын

@@Andrewism and yet people don't really seem to notice it/don't see it as important. Got some absurd online hate messages one time when I pointed it out.

Mate, you're great. Honestly the video was amazing. The people, places, the stories... And the quality of the video is out of this world. Pure art bro. I love KZread

Amazing video as always! Linguistics and minority languages is what drove me to anarchy. Although there are a lot of small languages dying there are also a lot of successful language revival and revitalization (such as Manx, Basque, Balinese And the languages of Bangsamoro) I am from the Visayas in the Philippines and my dad is half Basque half Balinese. Do not fret comrades although things seem bleak there is still hope the global capitalist empire will fall eventually.

@wintermute5974

Ай бұрын

I've spoken with a lot of linguists who study declining languages in tribal communities. What's striking is how often they mention that the people they talk to don't really care about their language falling out of use. of course the linguists aren't sure how to feel about it, they usually start from the perspective that language preservation is a good thing, but find themselves in a position where language preservation is counter to the desires and autonomy of indigenous peoples.

@AnarkiarenErregina

Ай бұрын

@@wintermute5974 I cant speak for all regions of the world but I can try to give you my perspective as a indigenous linguist. Here in southeast Asia the vast majority of the languages here have been either banned or geocided away by empires and dictators. I live in a region where there are a lot Moros (Muslim Filipinos from Mindanao) there language was basically destroyed when the Americans colonized us. The vast majority of the revitalization efforts in Mindanao come from the People themselves (Especially the younger generation). Another Example is Bali as a Balinese person a lot of our language was chipped away by un ethical tourists and hyper capitalism. The language revitalization in Bali came mostly from the younger generation as most of us are very angry at this. Most of the revitalization efforts that I have studied have come from the communities themselves but I agree it always has to come from the speakers of these languages and it needs to be the communities decision. I don't know about the tribal/Indigenous groups in the Americas or Africa but here in southeast Asia I have yet to meet an indigenous group like the ones you describe maybe I will I'm only 24. Sorry about the long post my first language is Waray and I'm still not the best at English.

I watched this video yesterday and today for my geopolitics exam one of the questions was whether the advantages of globalisation outweigh its disadvantages. So obvs I did that question and cooked so tysm for this vid I’m actually subscribing as a sign of my gratitude.

feeling hopeful

Globalization existed in Antiquity to a large degree.. It's just that nobody was going around civilizing other peoples..

@lithunoisan

Ай бұрын

What about Rome, Parthians, and Han?

@YoungBillyKatastrophe

Ай бұрын

@@lithunoisan Comparing Roman, Han, or Parthian expansions to European colonialism is problematic. European colonialism involved large-scale colonization and the transatlantic slave trade, which were unprecedented in terms of scale and impact on the global population. Roman and earlier empires were expansionist but did not engage in the mass forced relocations characteristic of European colonialism.

Always appreciate the thoughtfulness and depth of your videos. Hoping and working for a better world.

Great title and i agree. Thailand 12 years ago and Thailand now…. Wow what a difference. There was something strong and peaceful and friendly about the people there (the avg person) that’s simply not there anymore without searching very hard. Tourism has increased and it hurts my heart. People go there and just shop, while the population smiles extra big… just to get their business. You can find tons of tourists there that don’t try hard at all to meet a normal Thai person… they just want cheap meals, cheap massages, and don’t seem interested at all in getting to know Thai people and sharing meals with them and being nice (for lack of better words). They go there just to spend money on cheap goods, labor, and have easier access to women. The Thai people feed right into it for the most part. The Thai people try hard to keep their customs but it’s too late. You see parades with the traditional clothing etc… but if you walk the opposite way the parade is going…. The girls and boys are so mad about being there… and when they have to stop cuz the parade slows….they sit down and stare at their phones. I had to fight so hard to prove myself to a Thai women and her family (for a while i thought she was the one) and last time I went there, good girls would ask me on dates for no other reason IMO except they thought I was rich because I’m white. I’d prefer to be judged negatively on a first impression and have to prove myself. Their clothes…. Yup, just like this video says… mostly global or western style clothes. You should see the pictures for 30 years ago…. All Thai clothes. They had such a strong culture even 10 years ago. I met maybe 50 single women, through my ex girlfriend who worked as Nannie’s in the west…. Zero of them can find a Thai man and even say they won’t date a thai man. Most of em will be childless simply because they don’t see an avg Thai man’s wages as good enough for them The population is going to crash super hard in most countries Amazing how much ‘progress’ has messed us all up However, I think the world is starting to be forced into a new reality, that will slowly be better. I think the nasty results of capitalism is gonna seem like it causes an Armageddon type situation which will force spiritual awakenings. The people will lose their minds and be forced to learn what’s right or die holding onto the old reality that they so strongly believed in. We need to lose all value in material things as a whole global community to get back to our human roots and move forward into a wonderful peaceful spiritual place. I know I would have a completely different life if I didn’t lose everything including my mind as I began my awakening process. I think we are so close to a situation that does to everyone what has happened to only a rare few people so far. Humanity is going to change fast soon.

Globalization for them, atomization for us

Got a couple of seeds of ideas for plays/theatrical experiences from this one! Thanks for another great video.

22:50 there's something to be said about the difference between cross-pollination and invasion. Cross pollination implies adopting features from other sources that provide benefits in their new context while maintaining what was already working. While invasion implies an entirely foreign influence coming in and taking up all the space such that nothing but itself can survive, even if it is not ideal in it's new context.

I wonder if the fall of American hegemony takes the form of this globalization. The world superpower, almost by its own intent, acknowledges its own failure of imperialism by seeding itself into other cultures. American hegemony may not be fading, but taking a new form by "diversifying" itself. Domestic hegemony has to fall away so that it can spread itself through global influence. American and British domestic affairs following Reagan/Thatcher leadership could be an indicator of this. Globalisation succeeds where overt imperialism fails

Whoa. I had to stop the video and comment before I forgot what I was going to say. I have to give it to you Andrew, with one word you just shifted things in my mind on globalization: inter-reliant. I felt like I had a huge eureka, “oh shit,” moment when you said that.

I wonder how frustated must feel an american tourist in foreign countries when they encounter McDonalds, Starbucks, Apple, glass skyline, cars, etc... He just travel to another city of the anerucan empire

Listening to this during a miserable commute

@fuqupal

2 ай бұрын

Welcome to the new world order

As always, another insightful and well rounded video, contextualizing and critiquing the main issue while pointing the way towards potential solutions. I was particularly struck by the images of vastly different cities coming to look identical - a global mono-culture indeed. The environmental degradation was clear to me, but the endangerment of cultures was not something that i had consciously acknowledged before. I got a kind of existential dread from the idea that cultural practices could go extinct on a mass scale like no other. Such lost potential in such a world. One tricky aspect of revolting against globalism worth emphasizing in this context is the promotion of individual national identity (such that each nation has its own culture, promoting diversity) without thereby promoting the kind of nationalism that generates fascism (through an overemphasis of ones own culture over the culture of others). This problem engages with the conservative critiques of globalism, where they amount to an aversion to be influenced by foreign cultures and peoples more broadly. I don't have a particular solution, just thought this was a worthwhile problem to bring up in this context.

@toppedtop5787

2 ай бұрын

That last problem, you have solution to has some incredibly worrying implications does it not? Like if it was a cultures diverse trait to allow assault in marrige or to sell off daughters into less than uplifting industrys for some value of serving the family. Would what youve said permit this? Its there identity what makes them diverse. It seems quite ooen to some moral relativsm to an extent

@Andrewism

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It is perhaps an unresolvable tension as you may recognise, but I would push back against the idea that cultural identity automatically defaults to national identity. Quite the contrary, most cultural identities are not national identities and national identities tend to compel cultural identities to submission as they are constructed. I wouldn't view them as synonymous and thus the latter being inherently at risk of developing into the former with its consequent fascism. It's good to be cautious though, to remember internationalism even as we shun capitalist globalisation.

@liamlieblein6375

2 ай бұрын

@@Andrewism Thanks for the response! I do agree that the culture of a society is detachable from the national identity instituted by the state, and so there is a potential solution here vis a vis internationalism, but all the same I thought this was a potential worry I didn't see you address in the video and so worth bringing up. Perhaps something you could say is that the true culture of the people of society which would be preserved in internationalism is ultimately bottom up and based on personal connections rather than something more abstract like a national identity. To avoid fascism in the fight against capitalist globalism requires that one forgoes totalizing abstractions like national identity in favor of a more humanist interpersonal form of valuing. Just a thought.

@liamlieblein6375

2 ай бұрын

@@toppedtop5787 I certainly did not mean to imply this at all, and so if I did I apologize. To say that there ought to be a diversity of cultures, and that such a diversity is valuable, is not to say that such diversity is the only value that we ought to take into account. Justice and morality are values as well, and if these speak against a culture and it's practices then surely they will counterbalance whatever value there is in preserving it for the sake of diversity. For what it's worth, I agree that the kinds of practices that you've highlighted are not ones that ought to continue existing, because they are immoral and unjust. The kinds of practices I would like preserved are things like languages, architecture, cuisine, fashion, etc. Religion and the practices tied to it ought also to be preserved where such preservation is not at odds with morality and justice. So for example, female genital mutilation ought to be outlawed. I hope this makes my position more clear.

@geraldfreibrun3041

2 ай бұрын

The song, "We're all living in America" by Rammstein comes to mind.

Very good breakdown sometimes I push my role in the whole thing to the back of my mind thank you for reminding me we all have a responsibility big or small everyone has a role in it..

Thank you so much for all you do!

Excited for this one!

As much as I agree with this video and love the points you made, I feel that a counterpoint should also be made. 1. Thanks to globalization, communication has become more efficient than it ever has before. Especially with the internet in the modern day, I can literally send a DM to someone on the other side of the world and they’ll be able to read it almost immediately. 2. Culture isn’t the past. Culture is an evolving tradition and its people. Just because some culture dissapears doesn’t mean that it’s “bad”. Especially cultures that actively oppress certain types of people. Also, culture evolves. Even if it seems that everything is the same, the world is also becoming more diverse, and instead of culture being regional, it’s becoming interest based (i.e instead of anime being a japanese thing, it’s become a global phenomenon that people who appreciate the art can enjoy) 3. Socialism. Even if it feels that capitalism is ruining everything, alot of countries are embracing and even adopting communist/socialist policies (like public healthcare, welfare programs, and public education). This is natural and capitalism isn’t taking over. In fact, like your point in the video, capitalism is failing, that’s why a neo capitalist-socialist system is being more accepted throughout the world. Now there’s alot more that I’d like to say, but that’s all I can think of off the top of my head. This is in no way saying that your points are wrong, I agree with them whole heartedly. However, I feel that globalization has brought more good than bad to the world so far, and I’m just adding to your conclusion at the end.

Sent over here by the F.D Signifer channel. Definitely gonna subscribe. One of the bands I grew up with was Thievery Corporation. Didn't really think much about the message til I saw them live in concert several years ago chanting "Fuck you IMF" during the song Vampires. But I can't stop hearing that song while listening to this video. Anyway, you got me wanting to actually read books and dig deeper on this stuff

yay my favourite youtuber posted

Also, a well traveled acquaintance from church quoted st. Augustine to me, 'the world is a book and those who don't travel only read one page'.....I felt snubbed by this, until I looked it up, and realized Augustine lived in the FOURTH CENTURY. the world population was less than that of the united states in today's time. Of course leaving Algeria for Italy would feel amazing if there was more nature than people and capitalism wasn't in its terminal stage

I was extremely blessed to be a part of the NYC Independent Media Center, which I joined shortly after seeing 9-11 happen. The IMC global network was an empowering collection of skill sharing, leadership and activist training, etc. And, begin pre or proto social media, we were working within our own online space mostly. There is Mastadon, Thread and a few others now. But there is a deep need for not only autonomous, open source social media space, but also more emphasis on Luddite cultivation of local tools, affinity groups and resources for developing grassroots reclaiming and rebuilding. I miss David Graeber so, so much. I knew him in NYC as we ran in the same anarchist activist circles. We never really know what people mean to us until they are gone. David's loss was a blow to the NYC crew especially. I've been trying, on recent years, to read many of his works that I haven't read yet. In an attempt to reclaim a bit of our friend. Anyway, we need more autonomous tools and skill sharing networks, from the local to the global.

Beautfully made and articulated. Thank you very much

We need more Alter-Globalization in terms of reversing the westernization of Fashion and Architecture in my honest opinion

Wish we could go into any town and NOT find a stupid chain, be it food, auto, gas, etc... Local and unique wherever you go is wanting so much...

in my food and the environment class we learned that the reason a lot of people in developing countries face starvation due to capitalism and globalization is because it caused them to shift to growing commodity crops. they then had to sell food to make money, and if their crops failed they had no money to buy food and couldn’t eat their own crops.

you have no idea just how much we have already lost. Ancient building techniques from the middle adges that we now try to reconstruct because of its superiority or the original composition of terra preta. But to me the most glaring example is what you can buy at the supermarket. There are several times more different varieties of cucumbers or carrots or tomatos alone then there are different fruits and vegetables in the supermarket. 200 different passion fruits are used as food for example, there are bananas that taste like berries, white strawberries black aswell and egg white tomatoes and so on. A ton of different vegetables and fruittrees have been lost thx to standartisation... not to mention all that flaura and fauna thx to monoculture and pesticides.

@Dave102693

2 ай бұрын

This

Today I talked to a lady who asked for directions. I told her her destination was close to McDonalds. She seemed confused and I asked her if she knew McDonalds, which she didn't. It blew my mind, but afterward I thought it was actually pretty amazing she didn't (living in the Netherlands). I wonder how....

A fascinating essay. I deeply agree with this, I’d love a world where local competition is able to exist but (C)apital is discouraged. Just how to achieve that is unclear, but you have a very good point that that’s down to a lack of imagination.

I'm glad you're working on leftist critiques of globalization! While it's not the focus of the video, I think the line at 2:08 is worth expanding on. While most conservative concerns about globalization are obviously motivated by xenophobia, manafacturing workers have suffered legitimate economic harms from the outsourcing of their labor to countries with lower labor standards. From 1980 - 2014, manafacturing jobs were nearly halved in the US, which destroyed the economies of entire towns. A lot of the conservatives I know grew up in a town centered around a paper mill. When the paper mill closed, the jobs closed with it. A lot of the people living there tend conservative, because they don't see any discussion of the harms of globalization in mainstream or even progressive movements. I think it's important for us to validate, and include these concerns as part of leftist movements, because manafacturing workers play a critical role in the labor movement. (i.e. the UAW).

I lean trot, but damn you're putting up a lot of good, useful content.

Love your videos. Keep up the great work!

I hope to see more permablitzing among organized groups and other quickly coordinated group activities. Preferably organizing to meet a need, but also to group party. Especially at occupations. Gardens and creations will often be destroyed by the powers at hand but not always and they can help sustain groups during actions as well as empower people involved.

@Stephen...

2 ай бұрын

Apparently KZread doesn't like the term that is "the Flash" + "organized crime group often associated with New York (edit: or Chicago or Ireland I'm learning)". Idk what they thought I was up to, but that 2 word phrase for quickly coordinated group activity was rejected very quickly.

People, society were brought up to be motivated, advancing and wealth and fame if possible. Those are the elements of greed. No one can force others to be greedy Andrew. Greed has been and always will the biggest ignorance. Now, if we are ignorance of greed, what’s going to stop us from continue that mentality in perpetuity? Andrew, I’m glad you’re beginning to see the sufferings greed impacted on us all. Please continue your discernment and open your mind to deeper teaching. Love your video.

The big protests you mention are the mushrooms on top of the mycelum of all tiny projects and experiments for alternatives. Yet, sadly, as seen with the social hubs in Amsterdam, it's actually also often creating value for capitalists. The broken down neighbourhoods they revitalise actually always is followed project developers making the money, created by art and aliveness as more and more people want to move to these zones.

On my list of, "Things easily said but impossible to be done." The first thing is, "All power to all people"

great lesson on how we got here..... but what about action? i'll dive into the primary source..... "Epilogue on the Movement against Capitalist Globalization" ... was ... disappointing. it then linked to "Why We Don't Make Demands" ... which tries to make a case... but fails i will go into "Why We Don't Make Demands" as it is trying to make a position that is more interesting ..... - ". When was the last time 400,000 people were anywhere in New York without the police arresting anyone? That was protest not just as pressure valve, but as active pacification-as a way of diminishing the friction between protesters and the order they oppose. " - i agree here that protests are a pressure release, not action. - "Limiting a movement to specific demands stifles diversity, setting it up for failure." ... they are not wrong that making demands also shows your hand.. that's fair. but it's also the reality of the situation. if you do not want to make demands, then you are not even playing the same game. and if you are not playing the same game then the people with the guns can just crush you. all the examples in the essays are not showing the reality that the movements did not have actual strength behind them. they were facades. seizing a location with no power extraction from that location does nothing. creating power vacuums does nothing if they are not filled. --------- i'll give these articles one thing... they make me REALLY understand why the left's tactics bother me so much. they yell about problems but also don't have solutions and reject other peoples solutions. they are like people that have not explored their emotional responses and can't express them coherently, they just flail in frustration with emotional dysregulation. "It’s not our job to present ready-made solutions that the masses can applaud from the sidelines; leave that to demagogues. Our challenge, rather, is to create spaces where people can discuss and implement solutions directly, on an ongoing and collective basis. Rather than proposing quick fixes, we should be spreading new practices. We don’t need blueprints, but points of departure." lets break this down: "create spaces where people can discuss and implement solutions directly" ok... so do that... buy land, incorporate a town, and so this. "spreading new practices." sure.. they can do that right now in their affinity cells and then in their towns. "We don’t need blueprints, but points of departure."" this is just rhetoric. unless we are to admit that the systems as they are , are actually ok.. and all the left is asking for is for THEM to depart ... but they can , see the point about building their own towns. "Rather than proposing quick fixes," yup... nothing i just laid out is quick ---------------- "Our one demand: don’t mess with us." lets remember this is EXACTLY what jan6th-insurrectionists want. it is incredible how fascists are better at using direct action other anarchist techniques then the left.

@Andre-qo5ek

2 ай бұрын

who here has land? a business? who here knows an organization to join that can provide shelter, sustenance, and the work within itself to build the structures we want? who here is able to reject all the luxuries that we currently have, to build anew? and of not.... what are we able to start deconstructing and reforging, RIGHT NOW, outside of the current system?

@Andre-qo5ek

2 ай бұрын

library economies is something i VERY much support in concept..... soo..... where are they? how do we support them in the same environment that institutional libraries are getting budget cuts?

@wintermute5974

Ай бұрын

"Limiting a movement to specific demands stifles diversity, setting it up for failure." Seems like an extremely suspect claim. Aside from being necessary if you want to interact with the political system at all, clearly articulated demands are also important for building long term committment to the movement and guiding any associated organizations.

@Andre-qo5ek

Ай бұрын

@@wintermute5974 tell that to the leftists that wrote "Why We Don't Make Demands" on crimethinc they do not want to interact with the political system. they want to be a nuisance until the world looks the say they want... but not to tell people what the world ought to look like. naive childish nonsense. now, to its credit.... IMO we do need these kinds of people. fodder for the media. they are the rattle making the noise while others get the inoculations administered. unfortunately the left lacks needles, syringes and inoculations as well inn any number that would help. 1) we need more leftists of all strokes 2) we need funding 3) we need training 4) we need action plans

We need more Alter-Globalization in terms of reversing the westernization of Fashion and Architecture in my opinion...

Globalism has been around for thousands of years. Not at the level that it is currently, but long distance trade networks have been around for a very long time. The trade between Africa, India, and the rest of Asia, while not, including the Americas or Europe, to a great extent was the beginning of it. Once the Europeans started colonizing the new world and expanding their own trade networks to reach Asia in the 15th-17th centuries, globalization was here, and it was here to stay.

A very few nations shove the remainder into a very particular economic pathway. So too their own populations. The basics of our lives, home, work and shopping are pushed into a single plan. Each is sequestered, spread thin and connected by a hideously expensive transportation system, all constructed from materials flung around the world. The problem is extreme weather makes all of these practices even more insolvent than they were.

Man, I friggin felt that.

If a pair of inferior shoes costs more today in America, what are the effects of globalization in the rest of the world? But the loss of distinct cultural and ethnic identities (not to mention environmental habitats) is the worst result.

The troubling thing is that this system doesn't need to convince everyone, just the people who control everyone's resources because who in their right mind would choose to eat less, have fewer or no children, ignore tradition, eat less healthy, live less healthy, work extended hours, work untik you're 70 years old, lose access to ancestral lands, lose priority in your home country, educate yourself to be more valuable economically vs personal enrichment, reject your fixed culture only to start at the bottom in a fluid one, agree to assume lifelong debt - which means you guarantee to pay someone but you are not guaranteed to get paid, learn a language that is legally manipulated all the time because it's very structure is weak and imperfect (English), etc, all to make wealthy people you'll never meet wealthier for decades of your life before you see any benefit. Globalisation is just European feudalism taken abroad and this system keeps falling and getting reinvented into the same thing with a different name. This is the definition of insanity. The earth is rich and already knows how to feed itself, it doesn't need to be told how to do this from people who seem to fail at it so badly they need everyone to be worse at it instead of just following our lead. For starters, there would be fewer landfills and no toxic wastes to worry about, that never gets talked about anymore

I'm from chicago il and once drove to texas, and I remember an intense feeling of depression during the trip because everything was the same, same brands, same building styles only difference the whole way was the ecosystem. I know it's the same country but I really expected to see something new the whole drive

Thank you for this

Another great video, thanks!

The idea of McDs everywhere is nice on the surface. But, like, why would anybody want their food pegged to the global economy to the extent it is? The whole macroeconomic model breaks, because these corporations don’t directly influence the economies through policies in ALL (or really any) of the countries they operate in. It’s a short-term gain thing, only feasible with continued expansion. Eventually, you just have exposed yourself to the dynamics of not a handful, but ALL countries. Really brilliant. Too big to fail gone global

Much appreciated thoughts, as I was reflecting on my 20s and wondered, where did I get the grand idea that "city life" was so high and mighty and somehow "international"? How did I get bought into the idea that I was being secular and cultural? Motherfucking neoliberal globalization baybeeeee

really great video❤❤❤

I have very fond memories of The Carnival Against the Capital in London in 1999... It didn't get much media coverage in the UK so it's news to me that it inspired the Seattle protests against the WTO. I didn't think many outside the UK would know about it. As for why anti capitalist action plateaued, I can't speak for other groups and other countries, but certainly my local group were heavily involved in other things too, and I know that was the same for many who took part in The Carnival Against the Capital. Back then there were not that many people involved in that kind of activism. Just to give you an idea, for years if there was any report about a protest in the UK on TV or the radio I would always recognise at least one person in the report. While spotting your mates on TV is cool, I was always aware this was because there weren't that many of us. Since around 2010 though this has changed, and while I do sometimes recognise people, (usually when it's about Spycops sadly), I more often don't and I really think that's a good thing, because it means there are more of us out there. Back then it really felt like pissing in the wind a lot of the time and most people thought it was ridiculous to care about the environment, you really had to believe in what you were doing. While I have my issues with a lot of the big protest groups like XR, it's been great to see far more people willing and mobilised to try to make a change. BLM and now Palestine Solidarity protests really seem to have kicked the desire to make change into gear. It's amazing really, looking back and seeing how far things have come in some ways.

Who chooses the art pieces to put in each part of the video? They are so beautiful and in theme

It was a bit deflating when i visited tokyo. All the shops are the same lux brands and foods. I did not travel to vusit only to eat at burger king and shop at gucci.

People should know more about ornamental persian architecture and gardens and how pretty they are. Sadly you can't see that in today's tehran, everything is big glass ugly buildings, a liminal space.

I sense the spirit of Maurice Bishop in you comrade! 🇨🇦🇬🇩🇹🇹

globalization didn't fail you. capitalism did.