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Bro forgot the most important part of the video. "we got the oil'
Same deal today. Some of us see the precedents we set by giving up larger or smaller amounts of our freedom every day. Most people just think it’s no big deal.
I like your work, but this one probably won't do as well as others, for a couple reasons. Firstly, after watching the full video, it didn't deliver on the promise of its title. It skipped around in time, and never got to the modern era, or explained the obsession aspect. Also, the sponsorship portion, while well executed, was at least 50% longer than it needed to be.
>Japan in 1960 was insane. >thumbnail You mean in 1960 someone had the moral courage to do what was right when they saw their country getting overtaken by communists? We could all learn from it, not call it "insane".
I don't think too much of Bill Clinton, anyway, and I think even less of George Walker Bush. The only thing that America can be counted on for is it's continued failed foreign policies crossing multiple administrations since the end of WWII funded by a steady stream of Anerican Taxpayer's dollars justified by its flawed military intelligence, an all too eager Federal Reserve armed with paper and ink, and a Military Industrial Complex that furnishes profits to Wall Street while disguised as anything but merchants of death. JFK wanted to cancel the Federal Reserve, opposed invading Cuba, wanted to withdraw troops from Vietnam except a few military advisors, keep America's coinage as Constitutional instead of fiat, and tell the truth about UFOs. As a result of his stance and his beliefs he was dealt with.
Kishi looks EXACTLY like the physical stereotypes ppl had about the Japanese back then. It's like something out of a racist cartoon. 😂
Joe was the chosen one before his death in WW2, John was rebellious at times and not seen as the son to be president
Besides the fact that they're conservative, it's beyond my understanding how or why Japan is as right wing today as it is... I mean even if it was that left leaning back then, you'd only expect it to get more liberal over the years as it got closer to the US/West.... Also why are so many Japanese people so indifferent to politics? I don't get it...
Why are you straight up stealing Fern's visual style? Why is the visual a straight up rip off of Vox / Johnny Harris? I mean KZread is REALLY starting to get original these days.
Imagine getting killed by a doohickey.
America did not betray Oppenheimer, the government betrayed Oppenheimer because he disagreed with authority
Sorry new to the channel but why are you talking like you’re reciting Latin in the intro? 😅Not a criticism just funny to me.
REVISE THE CONSTITION
You think baseball is boring?? I live in a country where cricket is popular. You don't know the meaning of the word boring until you've attempted to sit through a game of cricket.
game is game
my boys here just casually dropping quality stuff
I am an iraqi , it wasn't only USA but uk Europe and middle Eastern countries, many many suicide bomбers from arab Muslim countries and islamist in iraq took poor kidnapping seculars ,none hijabi women grape them then unalive them plus iran and the shia militias..now iraq is an islamic turd and corrupt government and they pay the west uk and usa they have oil companies
You forgot to mention that ISiS are American made and weapons supplied by the US
Yeah i remember them using a smokescreen to hide from helicopters i thought wow how can those terroist think like that plus they never targeted the chosen people, which is odd for the Islamic
This is what they get for enabling protestant and pagan nonsense into Japan. Remember the martyrs of N*gasaki. Imagine banning the latter word, this channel stoops that low to censor history. The anti-Catholic bias is showing.
The reason why the 2A exists. Criminals will make guns and get guns even if it is banned because they are criminals. You are just putting the common civilian at risk of not being able to defend themselves.
Stop the cap
I wonder what Yamagami's life would be like if he were released for some reason. Would he be celebrated as a hero? Would he be ostracized for committing murder? Would people continue to sympathize with him and simply try to let him live normally?
America realising that inventing something doesn't make you the best at it. Signed, a Brit. (It'll come home again soon - surely)
I mean if a dude got killed by a doohickey would anyone really support him in death? Dude died to a thingamabob.
Jackie Kennedy was more than a bit problematic herself despite her suffering but this has a lot to do with the pedestal the wealthy are put on
This is the second time I hear about an east asian prime minister having ties to a cult. Cue the nickel line from Doofenshmirtz
When he said on the left, meaning the actual left on the bar but the left meaning the political ideology and then said it was anarchy and unsafe showed this guys true colors as a liberal hack
America did not make japan lol wtf
US didn't do Japan any favours. Lets get this straight.
You don't give George W Bush or Cheney nearly enough blame.
Why is it ..all of em supposedly had a vision more like a hustle for $$$$ power and lots of sex Facts 👍 That’s Worldwide 👍
Would suggest @BaseballDoesntExist for anyone who is whats to learn more!!
"chomped up" ??????
Hold up. Stop. Vietnam did not "go badly" for the US. They put the entire war on TV and lost public support. They also obliterated the Tet Offensive. Should they have been there for communist domino theory politics? No. But, to say they struggled is laughable.
Maybe it’s just me, but I probably wouldn’t insult and dock the pay of a guy I knew was kind of unhinged and crazy…
10:55: You should have included Bush Junior!
Baseball isn't dying in the US, but good vid
What will you choose? 1. ”Racism" 2. Тhird world country
What will you choose? 1. ”Racism" 2. Third world country
2:10 WTF?! US Military is still occupying Japan or what? Or they just usually suppressing free press?
Baesbol!
jjk energy
Nation building ? What an A hole !
i am pretty sure baseball was a thing in Japan way already, before WW2
Yeah he says that I'm the video
Me like
Every time I see a video about how we might need to rethink our role as the righteous one, some maniac fights back. "But Islam is worse!" "But China is worse!" "But Russia is worse!" "It is better to die under democracy than under authoritative dictatorship." "It is because the Iraqi people are not grateful enough!" Yes. This superiority complex manifests in so much chaos America planted, both domestically and domestically.
Fantastic video, love your overall thesis.
The "And I'm here for a baseball game!" made me smile so much. What a great video! I knew Japan loved Baseball but didn't realize just *how* much they do! And didn't realize how excellent they are at the sport
If anyone is interested in learning more about Japanese baseball I'd recommend Gaijin Baseball (historical vids) and Yakyu Cosmopolitan (current Japanese baseball affairs) on KZread. Some good books are: Banzai Babe Ruth, You Gotta Have Wa, and Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys... and Baseball.
A good video but there are some things I'm gonna fact check y'all on: 1. You repeat the assertion that "baseball is dying in America". Even though this doesn't have much to do with the video, statistics don't bear out your claims. MLB saw an uptick in attendance of 9.1% in 2023 due to the rule changes. Attendance is up slightly this year as well. Generalized participation in the sport (at all levels) is at the highest it's been since 2008, and up 104% since 2014. 2. Japanese teams didn't "usually beat" American teams in the pre-war years. There were exhibition tours in 1908, 1913, 1920, 1922, and most famously in 1934 when Babe Ruth headlined the team. There was no real professional Japanese baseball league until 1936, so the Japanese teams up until then were formed of mostly high schoolers and college players from the Tokyo collegiate baseball circuit. Said teams usually got blown out badly. Even in 1934, when the Japanese team had future NPB stars like Eiji Sawamura and Victor Starffin on the team they still lost all 18 games played. 3. You make it sound like Japanese baseball completely ceased during WW2 and this is also not really true. Even though the government wasn't thrilled with the games popularity and forced the league to Japanese-ify many baseball terms to make the sport "less American", NPB was still playing games until 1945. Many players enlisted and died in the war, including the aforementioned Eiji Sawamura.
11:15 reads like a chad vs virgin meme