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@ElbowDeepInAHorse

5 жыл бұрын

Feed my donkey: *[Link Deleted]*

@412marki

5 жыл бұрын

hi rare earth im a big fan of your docs and since im ethiopian canadian these last few have especially great. I'd love to help you come up with a topic or something if you havent done so already for these docs

@chaosdweller

5 жыл бұрын

I've grown up and been around donkeys my whole life. My mom's neighbor has always had many.

@raythegardener

5 жыл бұрын

"How To Get People To Watch The Credits" ; )

@sihotech

5 жыл бұрын

​@@thesssradio5008and capitalist country like us using military means to destroy a whole region for oil.

"We saw a donkey chasing another donkey down a road wanting sex so naturally, we decided to make a video about Chinese imperialism." Y'know, naturally. Just, as one does. God, I love this channel.

@LeahSunKyu

5 жыл бұрын

in Africa. Dont forget that special part.

@jayzenitram9621

5 жыл бұрын

The moral of both stories is the same: don't mess with the donkeys 'cause you're liable to get F#CKED.

@frankendragon5442

4 жыл бұрын

Best. segue. EVER!

"When China sneezes, we all catch the cold..." A very true statement now in 2020

@wtripley

4 жыл бұрын

Renegade Guy that statement shook me. I cant tell if it aged well or aged poorly

@KylerAeron

4 жыл бұрын

Right! I hear him say that and immediately dove to see that this was from almost a year ago. Some prophetic imagery there

@pbjsilverstudio4882

4 жыл бұрын

That sentence shook me as well!

@pbjsilverstudio4882

4 жыл бұрын

Jebus Hypocristos Yep, damned ole usa

@josephkrivis8443

4 жыл бұрын

Jebus Hypocristos what’s your point? That literally has nothing to do with the conversation.

“When China sneezes we all catch a cold” did not age well

@Ingcivilcarlos

4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard that I rushed to the comments lol

@neventomicic330

4 жыл бұрын

laughs in Italian.

@chioptnstdr3448

4 жыл бұрын

Giovanni Bernal Kung Flu

@joshgribbon8510

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ingcivilcarlos We're all the same, haha Checking in from one month later this is still very relevant

@MRRookie232

4 жыл бұрын

If anything I’d say it aged very well

“When China sneezes we all catch a cold.” Nervous sweating

Me: Doc, I'm suffering from insomnia. Doc: Have you tried donkey skin? Me: ...

@ScotterOtter

4 жыл бұрын

@Eric Christen it's called having an appropriate education. Also I reject to your bigotry.

After the credits: I would have never expected this on Rare Earth.

@prantikchakraborty8052

5 жыл бұрын

U can say it **cough** Rare

@rekietabeatslc9980

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to hit stop but it was actually pretty entertaining :)

For some reason I see this video as really positive and optimistic (Donkey sex notwithstanding). The fact that imperialism and money have their limits is something we do need to be reminded of from time to time.

@uegvdczuVF

5 жыл бұрын

You see it like that because Evan presented it like that... I didn't. I come from similar "multi-culturally fucked up" place. Essentially good people with a mindset that any small difference between them and their neighbor is the most important thing in the world, worth killing and dying over. People who have no education, prosperity, health, peace or happiness. Just pride, blood soaked history and more pride on top. I will take that worthless thing we universally despise and leave it to the hyenas. Even though i could get money for it - that i don't have, buy things for my kids - that they never had, i won't. And i will not let anyone else do it! If those guys were white they could be my family....

@2MeterLP

5 жыл бұрын

A bit less positive that the reason they resist the imperialism is that they are really racist, but hey, at least they are resisting imperialism, right? (Even though it kinda sounds like the chinese would greatly benefit them, but whatever, Im no expert on geopolitical economics)

@simonxag

4 жыл бұрын

Resistance to globalization (a sort of generalized imperialism) has come down to xenophobia, racism and (above all) persecution of migrants. Protecting donkeys is an alternative, but surely we can do better.

@antwainclarke3406

4 жыл бұрын

This is not imperialism. Imperialism is by force. See the Chinese have to work with the Ethopian authorities to do anything. For real imperialism, see the US and UK

@thatguy-yn8ji

4 жыл бұрын

@antwain clarke is what china's state-regulated reincarnation for the Dalai Lama and the Uighurs forcible "education" into non-Muslims not imperialism? give my a break! china is just as bad as the rest of the major world powers. the only difference being this is the time where they are just gaining power, and people won't be able to see the full extent of their tyranny until decades later in retrospect after the results of their actions have come into full effect. When china comes through with their goal of achieving unity it will not be through creating mutual respect for each other's differences but by forcing people to give up who they are so they can match the majority, just like Rome and Britain.

Donkeys are one of our longest standing friends. My deepest gratitude goes to the people of the country of Ethiopia for protecting Donkeys from mindless slaughter.

@RareEarthSeries

4 жыл бұрын

Don't get ahead of yourself, they are abused beyond belief for the same reason that keeps them from being slaughtered. It is no paradise for donkeys.

@ANTSEMUT1

3 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries that's almost paradoxical given they are the ones who first domesticated the donkey.

*When china sneezes, we all catch cold.* Well, that aged poorly.

@ghangj

4 жыл бұрын

can further confirm

@TheScorch191

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghangj still true

@GeoffreyVonbargen

3 жыл бұрын

No. That aged better then possibly expected

@lebendigesgespenst7669

3 жыл бұрын

I’d say it aged quite well, remained true as ever

This guy is one of the only guys that I'd call, with respect and admiration, "all over the place". You integrate so much information with so much ease. You bring broad topics in discussion, but somehow tell a story that smoothly goes beyond the duality of conclusions. You make your viewers smarter, but still give them enough space to draw their own conclusions. The team behind this project inspires me. This being said, I WANT MORE DONKEY VIDEOS.

@mayoneas8224

5 жыл бұрын

Same, these guys inspire me. They have amazing writers.

@williamchamberlain2263

5 жыл бұрын

That's an extremely well put comment on an extremely well structured and paced video.

@justinlavigne6464

5 жыл бұрын

Evan is the writer

@lucianbadarau348

5 жыл бұрын

@@justinlavigne6464 big up Evan

Speaking of farm animal sex and economics it reminds me with an exchange John Kenneth Galbraith had in the halcyon days of his youth. He and a young lass were walking through the fields around his parents farm in semi-rural Canada. Both of them see a bull mounting a cow. He says, "I think it would be nice to do that one day." She says, "Well, it's your cow."

#metoo girl I feel you

@joshs3499

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, rape. Ensuring the continuation of the species since forever.

@ShihammeDarc

3 жыл бұрын

bruh

Sees: donkeys having sex. Thinks: video on modern Chinese imperialism. This is why Rear Earth is brilliant!

@CalamityDiamond

5 жыл бұрын

um...

@andrewzhao444

5 жыл бұрын

@@CalamityDiamond don't question it.

@Chicopajiso

5 жыл бұрын

" *Rear* Earth "

@fredericmartin7352

5 жыл бұрын

@@Chicopajiso That donkey was trying to find some Rear Earth...

Came for the learning, stayed for the after credits show!

@nirui.o

5 жыл бұрын

Probably the only of their video I watched pass credits LOL

@chaosdweller

5 жыл бұрын

I've grown up and been around donkeys my whole life, my mom's neighbor has always had many.

@calichef1962

5 жыл бұрын

@Rui Ni-- That's too bad. Sometimes the end cap is the best part!

*FOR ONCE KZread'S ALGORITHM GETS IT RIGHT*

@yatint9665

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to this channel!

@GandalftheWh1te

5 жыл бұрын

Username checks out

@phoneone1371

5 жыл бұрын

How fucking dare you advertise a fuck up in their algorithm like announcing a missing scale in smog

Your channel is one of my favorite series in any type of media. It's poignant, informative, and funny when necessary. Thank you for expanding my world view and thank you for the work you do.

@calichef1962

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm sure the Rare Earth team LOVES hearing that they are "funny when *necessary.* (Emphasis mine.) I'm sure you made their day. NOT.

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it. :)

Well, now this title is in my recently watched history. Can't wait to see what comes recommended now. Absolutely top notch vid, guys. Warts and all.

Man, that China sneezing line is pure poetry, a true tragedy, but very poetic.

Those drivers slowing down to not hit the donkeys and what's more, instead of being angry because they are getting delayed, one guy even smiled xD

Every good teacher finds a way to make the lesson interesting to the students in the hope that some of it will sink in. I think you (and Samuel and his inamorata) have gone above and beyond the call of duty in that respect! :-) Side note: I wonder if the highways in Ethiopia have signs warning of amorous donkeys? The pictographs would be, umm "interesting" to say the least!

I love how the donkeys calm down when the traffic comes ... Like “whoopsy don’t want to get turned into road paste while trying to get it on”

5:23 you said it! Three years ago. I can’t believe this video made it through 2020 and 2021 without getting taken down by KZread.

I love that lady at 5:10 who's just like, "Hi!"

@sasquatch2316

5 жыл бұрын

On the next episode of the walking dead.

Great info on a very old and traditional country that has somehow fought to maintain its independence since the days of King Solomon, the Pharoes and before..👍

Thx for doing the research others don't , i always learn so much watching your videos! Sincerely a fan.

Should this new Rare Earth video come with a Rule-34 disclaimer? ;^}

@blackrabbit212

5 жыл бұрын

What's one of those?

@Trekki200

5 жыл бұрын

@@blackrabbit212 rule 34 says that if something exists there is porn of it. Doesn't quite apply here, pretty sure people have been watching donkeys mate for as long as humans and donkeys cohabitated.

@blackrabbit212

5 жыл бұрын

@@Trekki200 Thanks for that. They say you should learn something new everyday, so that's to-day taken care of. Have a good one!

@dadillen5902

4 жыл бұрын

@@Trekki200 We all know the most common outCOME of cohabitation. Somebody alway get screwed.

@nicsim7469

4 жыл бұрын

Thats just like watching David Attenborough tbh not porn

5:26 Well that aged well

your video was excellent and thought provoking. thank you for sharing this.

*donkey sex footage* "And what do you do with that?" WELL, RELEASE IT OF COURSE

Great video! You have this way of bringing life to any topic you choose to focus your video on

I stopped right after the introduction just to take a breather :)) You're awesome!

Quite surprised that a westerner was able to understand the cultural and political nuances within my own native country. Really insightful i must say. Very impressed

Another brilliant episode!

Quite the Title on this one.

5:55 Why would bringing foreign workers be a good thing to the Ethiopians ? Surely employing locals would be better for them unless the migrant workers are necessary specialists

@laychyetan7466

5 жыл бұрын

they have done this for every country on the continent. it works regardless of what the economic textbooks says.

@morrowindashlein7478

5 жыл бұрын

Local workers lacks the professional skills and are often lazy. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4qrztmcmdq_Ybw.html here's a video of a Chinese worker trains local people for the eork. Despite what he said in the videos millions Africans get out of poverty in Africa because of China. So compare China to white colonist is quite wrong imo

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

@@morrowindashlein7478 That is not as true as you're stating and regardless has nothing to do with this instance. The reason it was good to bring in foreigners is because any local who agreed to do such heretical work would be killed or at the very least ostracized totally.

@turmunhkganba1705

5 жыл бұрын

Rare Earth oh... Thank you, I really should have put 2 and 2 together. Great video with interesting inspiration

@morrowindashlein7478

5 жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries you are right, I'm ignorant in the case of Ethiopia. But overall, most African countries do welcome the industrialisation China brought into the Africa. And thanks for the great content every week.

I happened to catch the 55,555 view mark! You make some really interesting videos. Thanks very much.

Great story. Lots to learn. Thanks

"When China sneezes, we all catch a cold." Aaaaaaaand, the Oscar award for foreshadowing goes to...

"When China sneezes, we all catch the cold." Now I caught the cold and need 10-day quarantine, damnit.

Oh, my. You guys are the best.

Those end credits are fucking hilarious. I'd recommend reading them.

“when china sneezes, we all catch cold“ seems kinda funny to me now :D

We saw the donkey love scene on the road from Bahir Dar to Gondar. Absolutely hilarious. But these credits are priceless!

This channel is Gold

Very Insightful

"When China sneezes, we all catch cold." Well said. Very well said.

One of most educational yet entertaining channels on KZread. Where else would i learn about Ethiopia's politics.

Ethiopians don’t hate nobody in fact Ethiopians appreciate the Chinese ppl effort to build infrastructure in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 the problem was the cultural differences between China vs Ethiopia is huge Ethiopia is a Christian country they live by the book but the Chinese don’t have religion, so when it comes to food Chinese eats almost anything but Ethiopians are picky according to bible. Ethiopians Never hate Chinese.

Thanks for the info..👍

DUDE. I know you meant that title as a way to grab people's attention (and congratulations, I guess it worked), but I had a moment there where I was like, "uh, how much am I gonna regret clicking play?"

I love that the locals stood their ground. Respect.

You never leave enough time for me to read the writing at the end of the video.

That's happens when investment comes pretending it doesn't have downsides - at least, they change the balance of power, and the traditional landscape. For that reason, it is important to create a minimum consensus for those changes and all of their consequences. Hiding the potentially harmful ones might make it easy to get a project approved at first, but it is a certain recipe for future disillusion and resistence.

@ChairmanJMao

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure you can characterize the Chinese as hiding some downsides from the natives. A more accurate picture would be a lack of respect for the downsides argued for by the locals. That sounds rough, but think about it if you were in their shoes. Let's say you want to start an shoe factory in a small town. You know it'll make everyone's lives better, give them jobs and resources and revitalize the area, bringing in infrastructure like schools and hospitals where there once was none. But as you start drawing up the plans, some townsperson approaches you and says "sorry you cant do that, making shoes will anger the Lord, so you cant do that." Its something you never considered as part of your calculations. You ask why, and they shrug and say "because". You try and figure out if they have some rational underlying reasoning, and it doesn't seem to be. Indeed it doesn't really seem to be central to the message of their religion anyways. Taken together, you figure it might rustle some feathers, but since you know that it'll objectively improve everyone's lives in the area, you figure most people will be willing to look the other way. So you build the factory, and somehow it blows up. Part of it is clearly racism. The natives dont like people of your race, something you hear on the streets all the time. Rats. Flies. Leeches. You have no idea how large a part of it is. But you know that if you just let the factory run for a while, the benefits people just cant see will start to manifest, and maybe they'll understand. Once clean water and jobs and hospitals and schools start being built, people will come over. So you keep pushing on regardless. Within a year its shut down. And the natives celebrate their victory, and go back to living in horrible, absolute poverty.

@FOLIPE

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChairmanJMao I'm not arguing the Chinese are doing that, I'm talking about the narrative on globalization and foreign investments overall in the whole world (my main concern being Latin America, to be honest). But just to be accurate, I disagree with your picture that the downsides of this whole process are imaginated or not as important as the gains, or that they are only or indeed even mostly symbolic - in fact, that depends a lot on the situation and how it works out, and absolute losses often follow the more obvious symbolic and relative ones. That's why I'm saying the most important thing is to be open from the start on all the consequences that those investments have on the local people so they can either back those ventures wholeheartedly or simply not approve of them - which, given its their country, it's also their right. With those sorts of international billion-dollars schemes, I'm sure you know, there are no saints and the investors aren't in this game to improve people's lifes' anyway so if the locals don't like it, they really should let them be. On the issue of racism, though, I'm not going to discuss it because I don't think that's a major problem with those multinational investments. Mostly because the outsiders are usually the ones with power and money. If anything, some sort of structural subordination of Africa is reproduced by those relations. Besides, maybe if those relations and their consequences had been more openly discussed from the beginning, not so much tension would have risen now... Who knows?

@duende29

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChairmanJMao 1. It's a slaughterhouse where the local population can't work because of cultural issues. And the jobs the locals would get there are probably the minimum wage no-benefits kind of job, where you'd make more than herding goats but you'd still live like shit in some slum. Besides, donkeys are not goddamn shoes, they're living, feeling and even intelligent animals and the Ethiopians might not eat them but they care for them. You'd think if people from Yulin came to your place and greased some local official's hand to set up a Dog slaughterhouse your people would be ok with that and let it be because some of the residents might get jobs cleaning floors? 2. What makes you think that if an investor's first thought is to use corruption to get their way they'd bring any "benefits to the community"? They're there to slaughter donkeys, package them, ship them and make money, nothing else. Infrastructure is very expensive and would eat from the profits.

@ChairmanJMao

5 жыл бұрын

@@duende29 sure. So the beauty of capitalism is that the intentions of the stockbrokers dont have to be altruistic in order to create positive externalities. The butcher, the Baker, and the candlestick maker aren't selling you stuff out of the goodness of their hearts, but by their selfish actions good comes about anyways. I think you underestimate the benefits of these jobs on a community because your life would not be improved by such a job, or have experienced what happens to a community when such a job doesn't exist. I've been to small towns in the US. Unlike the cities, often times they were built around a single factory, something that really wasn't prestigious or impressive, but when the factory shut down the town hollowed out. The stuff the people had taken for granted, the schools, the hospitals, the infrastructure, all melted away, because it just wasn't possible to keep them open. The only difference here is that Ethiopia has a chance to go the opposite direction. From hollowed out to thriving. Beyond this, I'd like to point out the reason why building a dog killing factory would be different is the trade off isn't having my child die from a preventable disease because I dont have a hospital, and having my children grow up uneducated and doomed to poverty and a future of unskilled labor, as the alternative. I have a comfortable life and a bright future regardless of the factory opening. These Ethiopians dont, and to equate the moral calculus involved for the two is wrong

@jendubay3782

3 жыл бұрын

Juan López they absolutely do not care for them. They’re abused heavily because they are “unclean.”

I love your content :)

Great journalism...actual journalist

Something tells me there's a story behind the "Kata 'Always Right' Hadfield" in the closing credits...

@FLOABName

5 жыл бұрын

evillbunny2 kata is Evans wife. I’m sure there is more context out there. But I don’t think more context is needed

@frankendragon5442

4 жыл бұрын

As someone who has been married more than 40 years, trust me when I say that "Yes, dear" is almost ALWAYS the right answer.

That opening is pure gold

Best outro to a KZread video ever. The adults were laughing as much as the children.

A channel that really stands apart from all the others.

@chaosdweller

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr

You clearly had a lot of fun writing this episode.

I think history has shown that Africa and it’s people are never easy to colonise

@Abiti3131

3 жыл бұрын

We Ethiopians never been colonized period!

@TheUltimateNatural

3 жыл бұрын

How do you figure that when damn near the entire continent was colonized?

@basleals7285

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateNatural exactly, sadly but true.

"When China sneezes, we all catch a cold." This aged beautifully.

“…hundreds of factories ranging from cement to shoes…” *I see what you did there*

One of the best episodes

Man, the Chinese thought that their money would beat RELIGION? Talk about high hopes.

@arfnore

4 жыл бұрын

No, they thought they could bribe the Govt in Ethiopia to use the military to protect China's interests! Ever since Tienanmen square, the Chinese automatic reaction to opposition is force. That's all they know, look at Hong Kong, people just want the rule of law, China pays hired thugs to beat up protestors!

@arfnore

4 жыл бұрын

@Stalin Steel I think you should get back to your noodles in the chinese troll factory canteen! Like I said, look at Hong Kong today! All China knows is force when its met with opposition! Look at Tibet or the concentration camps in Xinjiang. If China treats ITS OWN PEOPLE in such a barbaric way, how can you expect other people in the world to see you as anything other an absolute threat! I mean, the last country to have mass population concentration camps, like the ones China has, was nazi Germany, and look where that ended up!

@tnicholas2161

4 жыл бұрын

@@arfnore China is doing what every country would do. Look at Spain and Catalonia. Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Every country would fight to protect their borders and national pride. The cheek of you western chauvinist pig to make such a statement

@user-yv2cz8oj1k

4 жыл бұрын

China doing something mutually beneficial. Gtfo. It is simply wanting to make something cheap and sell it for a massive profit, most of which these countries will never see. They will poison the earth for profit and are already on the road to ruining their own country. Thankfully the rest of the world do know how to say no when they should. And as for Hong Kong, they should throw out the Chinese dictatorship and become their own country. And if that happens they will get support from the rest of the world. So stop supporting money centred fascists and support a free world where we can actually help each other by not putting money first.

@tnicholas2161

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-yv2cz8oj1k china invests in Africa because they profit. Isn't that what investment is. It's also mutually beneficial and China can make allies with countries in Africa which USA just conveniently forgot

Watching this with earphones on "It took less than a year before it was banned." I said "good" out loud and got some funny looks. Just as well they weren't around for the after party...

I think I’m the only guy here that watches Rare Earth’s videos to get lost and end up not having significant about the video when it’s finished except that it’s awesome in my mind all the time 24/7 365.

I dig these videos.

Keep up the good work~

5:11 Camera man is yelling in his head, "YOU'RE BREAKING THE SHOT LADY, come on, moveeeeeeeee!!!!"

KZread bot: *sees after credits* Monetisation: *Ight imma head out*

China sneezed. Man, what a cold they gave.

God bless Ethiopia. No matter what people say about it, it’s one of my favorite countries. They’re great

Oh god above those credits are Gold!

"when China sneezes, we all catch cold" *Ebola intensifies*

@xbananaxanna

4 жыл бұрын

More like coronavirus lol

@DiscreetElementTv

3 жыл бұрын

Corona virus dumb ass you saw what China has done to the whole world

This has to currently be my favorite video on this entire platform. Never have I enjoyed such a unique approach to obscure international information as this.

"When China sneezes we all catch cold" Lmao this hit hard

this is such a spicy channel.

When china sneezes, we all catch a cold... this just got a whole different meaning...

5:26 "When China sneezes, we all catch cold." And sometimes we catch coronavirus.

The date of the video & the phrase "if China sneezes, we all get a cold" . just coincidental

The reactions of those kids at the end were priceless haha

Awesome ending! That my friends, is true love.

fantastic!

Wow all those patreons fascinating

Lol "When China sneezes we all catch cold" talk about foreshadowing

One of the best

Hee haw that was excellent.

This is the first ass to ass footage I’ve watched. Such an educational channel.

"When China sneezes..." Conspiracy confirmed!

I like the introduction :D

5:25 "when China sneezes, we all catch a cold" Oh you have no idea...

Reminds me of the south Asia bars... ha ha... or not.. nice add!

lol the lady love said NOPE we love a strong woman kicking his ass

I'm a big fan of your work. Please visit South Africa.

@RareEarthSeries

5 жыл бұрын

I certainly hope to!

Came for the in-depth analysis, stayed for the donkey show.

5:23 'When China sneezes, we all catch cold.' Interesting, (Wu)han?

That was pretty cool

They felt the same if Vietnam towards the Chinese when I was there. Tax drivers and guides where constantly complaining about them. One taxi driver went on a hilarious 15min rant.