🍌 Part 1: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqh17d9Yra7m5s.html The banana industry has a very dark past… massacres, wars, and overthrowing democratically elected leaders (on multiple occasions). At one point, they essentially had more power in Central American countries than their own governments did, and they exploited that fully. But as well as looking at all that, this video continues the story of Sam Zemurray - who in part 1 had started out selling ripe bananas, but then expanded his company (Cuyamel Fruit) to try and compete with the dominant industry leader, United Fruit. This is the story of how Sam kept pushing things further, and eventually became the banana king. But at what cost? Honestly though, despite all the madness the banana industry is involved with, one of the strangest things I learnt from researching all this is that a banana is classified as a berry… wtf. Anyway, hope you all enjoy this 2 part series! And thanks to AG1 for sponsoring - go to drinkAG1.com/magnatesmedia to get the exclusive MagnatesMedia deal! :)

@popcornpizza8869

10 ай бұрын

I was waiting for this to come out, the first one was really well made

@Insect...

10 ай бұрын

Bro keep going u r doing very good i am a big fan No no in ur words I am a big legend!

@Swaxol

10 ай бұрын

yes

@youturnedtogoldwhenitouche6786

10 ай бұрын

I think is same with grapes and any other exotic fruit which only kings and presidents and wealthy ppl can afford! I do feel sad still for what happened. our forefathers used to get along gayfully! Oneness for presenting way better than most others. ✌💚

@Claudiaaliru

10 ай бұрын

Hello, could you make a video about Black Rock company, please!

A story about bananas has no right being this interesting. Well done sir

@onemoreguyonline7878

10 ай бұрын

I think magnates media and half as interesting need to do a collaboration about banana bricks

@victor.chirita

10 ай бұрын

The story itself is Bananas

@drknss0082

10 ай бұрын

They should make a movie about it

@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe

10 ай бұрын

@@drknss0082 what would the movie title be? :)

@drknss0082

10 ай бұрын

@@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe The Banana King!🍌👑

This is basically US business and politics in a nutshell. If they're willing to go to that extent over bananas, imagine pharma, oil & gold.

@randomhuman1754

10 ай бұрын

As a kid I always used to idolize USA as a superpower good guy but as I grew older I understood the other side of coin on how evil they were too

@alanwann9318

10 ай бұрын

Britain is also under these methods today.

@alanwann9318

10 ай бұрын

A first class doc, a lesson in politics also

@triadwarfare

10 ай бұрын

And Sam was a Russian that immigrated to the United States.

@peterheinzo515

10 ай бұрын

has nothing to do with the us and everything with capitalism.

Sam buying the land from BOTH the "supposed owners" was the best move ever 😂 well done Sam

@paulcharles2457

10 ай бұрын

Must do better

@tutorialsimake

10 ай бұрын

He really was like "I dont give a shit who owns it take my money"

@DaLoveDonkey69420

10 ай бұрын

@@tutorialsimake pretty much lmao

@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073

10 ай бұрын

The best part was about all them peasants suffering. 😂

@user-TRUELEGEND

8 ай бұрын

Agreed! Simply Genius!

Sam is an example of that old quote "you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian"

@mayanboricua

10 ай бұрын

You mean Uncle Sam?

@eggnt799

10 ай бұрын

@@mayanboricua him too lol

@holembac

9 ай бұрын

He did both

@JuanMejia-md8re

6 ай бұрын

That was joker

@eggnt799

6 ай бұрын

@@JuanMejia-md8re who is joker?

your videos are better than the shows we pay netflix

@internet_userr

10 ай бұрын

But he gets lots of money from sponsors and ads and remember you are the product here

@internet_userr

10 ай бұрын

The real customers are the brands that choose to advertise that's all they care about

@sayonarabeats9048

10 ай бұрын

​@@internet_userryes but that doesn't mean we can't watch It for free which is what the original comment is about. Everyone knows we are the product, but these days that also goes for paid services.

@mrwrldwide6351

10 ай бұрын

@@internet_userrwaaaaa

@bobthedopeman7327

10 ай бұрын

​@internet_userr but what ? Who cares?

That is one of the best youtube video series that ive ever seen. Kudos to you John and all of your brilliant editors!

@internet_userr

10 ай бұрын

Kudos

@gotcha5665

10 ай бұрын

Kudos

@Dumpsack

10 ай бұрын

Kudos

@parmjitkaur5675

10 ай бұрын

Kudos!

@typhoidfever549

10 ай бұрын

This felt like it should’ve been a Netflix documentary

Never thought I would be so interested in watching an hour long video about bananas in my life. It was so good. Thank you magnatesmedia.

I remember learning about the United Fruit Company via my Latin American History class in college. It definitely opened my eyes, along with my US History class about US affairs throughout the world. It taught me that the world doesn't hate the US out of envy, but rather ruining their well-being because the US wanted to please their lobbyists overseas all for a pretty penny

@nigelmarwa6246

10 ай бұрын

Some of these nations are not blameless the colombian army was the one that killed it's own people not the us army

@kanyewests6676

9 ай бұрын

I mean it’s just our rich folks and their rich folks.

@felwinter7538

7 ай бұрын

@@benfrancois7856lol yeah, but no one has as much power as the USA, maybe the EU combined can kinda equal them. So yeah that’s why the USA is always the one most criticized.

@RasVoja

2 ай бұрын

@@felwinter7538 Its not the amounth of rich people. Its what they do to become and stay rich. Its like saying its ok for 100 people to live extreme luxory underlooking millions are dying because of it.

This story is pretty bananas. Glad I finally got to see a mini-documentary about all this. I'd already been aware of its effects having been to Honduras for a time and the tragedy and hardship this kind of thing had brought upon the country, but wasn't aware of all the specifics.

@i_KillCampersDayZKillCamZ

10 ай бұрын

The crazy part is people know about this stuff and these people that run these type of companies are not locked up or killed like they should be

I used to just eat sliced bananas in milk as a kid. When I was 21 I developed a deathly allergy to bananas, but thankfully I can still eat my favorite food, banana bread, because the protein I'm allergic to is destroyed when they're baked

With these videos, I'd love to see you do a video about the 5 families involved in taking control of Hawaii. Alot of people don't understand how powerful these old companies were. A big name of those families is still on most of our fruit products today.

@lying_lynx

10 ай бұрын

My very smart son told me about the company you are hinting at when he saw a sticker on our bananas. He had seen a video about it. We have a local hospital company that was involved in trying to develop a way to kill Fiedel Castro. Every time I hear the hospital's name, I wonder how a bunch of hospitals were named after someone trying to assassinate Castro. It's a crazy story.

@DHN_CRYPTO

8 ай бұрын

Dole?

@themanhimself3

7 ай бұрын

​@@DHN_CRYPTObingo

@kweena

3 ай бұрын

Literally as I’m listening to this (at work) I’m thinking, Hawaii story next!

@RasVoja

2 ай бұрын

Oh yes, how Hawai became US state. Or Texcas. Or California? :DD

I’ve never been so ready to watch a video about bananas in my life.

@cryptowire

10 ай бұрын

🙌🏽💯💯💯

@chrisrowe6340

10 ай бұрын

Large over-ripe banana's BBB

The Banana King...I would love to see his story come alive in a movie!

That plot twist with the board meeting is the most satisfying and savage back stab ever! 😂

This channel is the epitome of quality documentaries in 2023.

I came as an editor who wanted to watch and improve my editing skills and just like that, I became a guy who enjoys documentaries about businessmen.

@hardeepdhull8215

10 ай бұрын

Wendy, I am Hardeep Dhull. Make a tutorial of 40 minutes editing breakdown of this video.

Absolutely insane story! Makes you think that every time the US get involved in a different countries affairs there is an American company potentially behind it

you have so quickly become one of my favorite channels. The editing is insane and the stories are fascinating

So happy to see how fast your subscribers count has grown in such a short time. You were at about 250K when I subscribed and that was only months ago. This speaks to the quality of your work. Keep up the good work. ❤

True story. In 94 I was a trainee tree surgeon. We worked at a guys stately home in Wiltshire that needed major tree work for safety reasons. The trees all had tpo's on them so was a really expensive job, nearly 5 days. The guy renting this property was a diplomat of a Caribbean country. (My boss only dealt with his pa) so we never spoke before the work started, on the penultimate days work, he brought out tea on a silver tray and was chatting about the work and payment. I was told after by my boss that he did not want to pay the bill in money but bananas........... We thought it was a joke, but the guy was 100% serious. It took quite a while to get ££££ out of him but he thought his bananas could be used as payment 😆 The guy was completely "bananas" 😆😆

@njiomonansichristianfreder6374

10 ай бұрын

🤭

@lying_lynx

10 ай бұрын

I love bananas, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't eat enough to not waste any to make it worth me getting paid with them. Maybe that's why the call money clams...

@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe

10 ай бұрын

tbf - anything can be used as a value of trade....................it's just that we much prefer cash - everybody wants it [obviously] But if you/your boss was happy with 'banana payments' [ie: 'X bananas' for 'X period of time'], then there is nothing intrinsicly wrong with this method of trading. Just don't try getting a soda from a vending machine with a banana - - - - - ask me how I know ;-)

@somenygaard

8 ай бұрын

@@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEweno way!?

Time flies when watching these kinds of well-made documented sublime videos. Cheers 🥂

My grandfather was one of the leaders of this plantations in the frontier of Panama and Costa Rica. My father grew up in a town basically owned by Chiquita Banana. He said that town was totally different from any other city around. My grandfather was involved in politics and administration in other countries in Asia as well. They really had power to control regions and influence with local and central government.

As someone who has lived in Guatemala for a few months, I can clearly state: the echoes of the atrocities made there by these related events are still dragging the country down... Those affected people deserve much better life than they are forced to live nowadays 😢

@thabiso5792

10 ай бұрын

Multinational corporations have too much power 😢

@common12

6 ай бұрын

Seems like this all started with Honduras’ ineptitude building the railroad so they were vulnerable. But of course a victim never looks at themselves.

Dammm, this video is about 55mins long? It felt like a 10mins video. Bravo! Great job John and editors, you guys are brilliant! ❤

@JonLundgren

9 ай бұрын

100 percent

As someone who has worked in the fruit business all my life and a distributor of Chiquita bananas I knew some of the stories but this is very well 👏

I hope the CIA doesn’t see this, but gosh dang. The amount of information you give. You make so understandable for me, thank you! Love your videos

I love the Epilogue, John's thoughts, bit at the end. it's great that you separate your objective reporting from your subjective opinions, and then let us know what you think about the story. i'm sure i'm not alone in wanting to know what you think about these mad up stories you regale :) thanks for the mini movies, such an adventure every time 👍

How does KZreadrs compete with this channel!? Seriously every video is fantastic! Well done 👍🏻.

I'm so happy to see a video from you! Thank you John!! 🙏🙏❤️

Loved this two-part story and how well it was produced. Keep up the good work!

This guy is one of the best on KZread, a great narrator and the videos he uploads are just class 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 keep up the good work from Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

This story is truly insane and I hope more people take the time to watch this start to finish. Another fantastic, well researched, video.

Finally. I've waited patiently for part two, thank you for doing what you do. It has been a constant source of insight, ideas and inspiration. Manuel Ibup

I love that you told this story. I wish you would make a part three " the story of Standard fruit" as a kid in Honduras I used to hear the horror stories of the dead workers, the use of DDT as pest control how it caused so many deaths and birth defects, and of course the further strikes and murders. I wrote a paper in school about it in seventh grade my teacher did not allow me to present it in front of class as she said "your classmates are not ready to hear this" but at least she gave me an A+ for the assignment. This stuff has been kept pretty much out of the public consciousness I read somewhere about how modern man knows the price of everything but not the cost, I believe this applies here. Thank you.

Amazing storytelling, I wish you were my history teacher you would have made studying so much easier

Bravo, John! Amazing documentary. Thank you so much for your fine work!

The best business video i have ever seen. My heartfelt thanks. A strong hug from me, for your time and effort you and your team have put in ❤

the way you place an adbreak in between each chapter makes me actually want to watch them and not click off

Thanks! not rich but always inspired by you sir.

FANTASTIC!!! I loved this story!! Both parts were amazing!! I have a recommendation. Can you make a video about Quiznos? Quiznos, the rise and fall of such a large restaurant empire in such a short time.

It's not about the bananas, it was never about the bananas. The disturbing story of *insert fortune 500 company/corrupt banking cartel*

This is the best! I also really enjoyed the video about Rockefeller and the one about Carnegie. Really cool.

As I look out of my window and see the bananas here in Northeast Thailand, and they are small here, this has been an amazing tale.

I've never heard of the US financing coups in South and Central America before. Warm greetings from Chile

This was absolutely fascinating! Well done, John!!

this channel is GOLD ..love your work

One of the best docs I’ve seen! Great job 👏🏼 the editing is 🔥

Can’t wait to see this. Love your work, so glad you kept your channel ❤

You make such good videos like watching Netflix but you actually learn keep up the great work 👍

@breakalegfpv9532

10 ай бұрын

probably Ai involved. you know it will be our new God soon.

@DodgerX

10 ай бұрын

@@breakalegfpv9532 it doesn't matter if ai is involved or not if it's making the content better.

YES!!!!!! I've been waiting for this ALL week!!!!

What a roller coaster this tale was. Greatly done. Thanks for your work

Thanks for a great show, i even told the misses I was excited to see it. Highly rate your content. It’s very impressive what an individual can do

Wow. This shit is absolutely bananas. Now we know where the term 'Banana Republic' came from.

Thank you and all your staff for the work and visuals.

I found your channel maybe a month or two ago and I LOVE your content. Thanks so much for all this information presented in a well written, cohesive, and pleasing format. I even like your voice. The editing is fantastic. The topics are unexpectedly mint.. You are a treasure of a channel. Thank you.

Had to come back to leave a comment. The story telling is on-point. We grow banana at back of our houses in Nigeria

This is better than Netflix or a movie. holy mother the editing, the music. really good editing here and teh voice, the message. nice

Fascinating story! Yes, keep on doing these mini-movies - you present the facts so well! Thank you!

I freaked out when I saw the thumbnail thinking that someone stole your video idea and I literally made it to the comments before realizing. You’re videos are just too good. Thank you.

At 20:40 i thought it was the end of the video and was really sad that happened. But little did I know.... Only around 1/3 was watched and the other 2/3 was still remaining... Great video John!!!

Magnates media...you are so qualified to make a netflix....documentary❤....I love your channel so glad to be a member of it

This production about the business of bananas is just bananas!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The most insane business story EVER in you’re channel! Keep it up!!

This editing is insane 🔥🔥

This story is bananas!😮

This story needs to be a movie, if it isn’t already. Absolutely mind blowing

Amazing work yet again, thank you for all your hard work.

Watched the first and second parts of this story, best business channel on KZread.

bro, make a behind the scenes of magnates media please

Thank you for making me watch a whole documentary i never knew i needed. Excellent delivery 👏

I've been waiting days for this, thank you!

You are right, I will never look at bananas the same way after this wild video

Love your videos. Keep it up

This is one of your best videos, man. Completely worth it.

Watched about a dozen of your videos so far and I think this one was my favorite! It’s amazing how deep the history of business behind something as simple as bananas can be. Nintendo video was also amazing. Looking forward to watching more!

Thank you so much for this fascinating story. I will never look at bananas in the same way again.

U should do a documentary on bill gates and his corruption

Focusing on reading the subtitles not the video playing on the background makes you curious about the banana industry. Thank you John for this wonderful documentary.

A truly excellent video. I knew about none of this. Your voice over really brought it to life too.

This is great, I love the two part series and the topic. This story is bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Bro just convinced me to watch an hour long video… on bananas

Really intrigued by your videos. Thanks for your time and efforts!

Absolutely fascinating! Your videos are top notch guys. Amazing work.

This is why i watch your channel!!! My 14 year old daughter is here picking up her jaw!!! I'm from 🇵🇷 and we have a local 🍌business that supplies almost all the island. Also, you can get them in your back yard🤷🏽‍♂️😂.

Haven’t watched the whole video yet but I kinda already knew about some of this this cause am interested in history and in the history community so am kinda required to know about this. Haven’t seen a big KZreadr cover the United fruit company so am excited to watch this especially from one of my favorite documentary KZreadrs. Edit: this was amazing and while I didn’t watch part 1 I still loved this, I learned a lot of things I never really knew about United fruit company and I didn’t even know they rebranded into Chiquita. Best video yet

You know what mate. I got suggested one of your videos through the algorithm. You've earned a subscriber. Literally exposed the actual hypocrisy of the Amsterdam government in this one video.

this video is awesome man! never stop! you deserve more views!

This is the longest and most fascinating stories I have heard so far cause it's literally bananas😂 weird how monkeys aren't involved

Before this video my greatest fear of the banana was slipping on a peel. Outstanding content and story telling.

I think this is the most interesting documentary you have done! Congrats man and keep it going!!!

Thank you for the 10/10 content brother. We love your work!!

Glad I'm growing my own bananas

replace the thumbnail's blood with white and you get a whole seperate story

This is a really good story. Video is well crafted, superb editing with well thought musical score. It is very engaging. Most of all, it contains lots of lessons. Thanks for this man. Keep it up!

Living in Honduras I did not know this dark side of greed rooted here. Side note. I had a banana today and it was imported from Guatemala to Honduras. Chiquita...

We talking Lizzo in this or?

There are many things about the US I am proud of, massive and far-reaching corporate greed is not one of them 😏

I worked for Chiquita for 10 years, I live in Costa Rica, and I can see the bitter sweet turn of this, there a towns that not for United Fruit would not exist or have work sources or houses for that matter. An when going to Colombia well you kind of appreciate the payouts to keep all the operation out of touch... to me as I live here well ins not a black or white story is really complex but I appreciate that impartial way you told it.

John you are the real GOAT of business documentaries. UNMATCHED!