Comments by "shazmosushi" (@shazmosushi) on "The Three Gorges Dam, Examined" video.

the collapse of the 3 Gorges Dam will cause millions of direct deaths, and millions more through disease. It would likely be the biggest single disaster in human history. Have some respect for those downstream people who may lose their lives. They don't get to choose their government like much of the rest of the world. They don't even have free access to information so in many cases can't know any better.
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3:20 Interesting pronunciation of Tiananmen. (though in English everybody pronounces way different to the original language eg, Genghis Khan as "Gen-gis Karn" instead of "Chingus Harn")
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There's a lot of wild speculation on the internet about the collapse of the Three Gorges Dam (given how common "tofu building" construction techniques are in China) due to it nearly "overtopping" earlier this year. The collapse of the Three Gorges Dam would clearly cause millions of deaths directly (a 100 meter high wall of water travelling at 100 kilometres per hour reaching highly populated downstream cities like Yichang in less than an hour), and many more through disease. I don't doubt that the Three Gorges Dam has many structural issues that the Chinese Communist Party members in charge are doing their best to cover up, but a catastrophic failure/collapse has been predicted for decades. The idea that it's going to collapse the imminently has been vastly overstated.
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Checkout out his entire library of playlists! If you have even a passing interest in technology, I recommend the playlist "TSMC - Essays" about the worlds leading chip manufacturer called Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. Yes it's a mouthful, but most of the world's best tech companies use TSMC to make their high end chips (from Apple processors to AMD processors to NVidia graphics cards). A few years ago TSMC took the lead with the most advanced chip manufacturing process and became the king of chip making (Intel held that crown for decades). The world hasn't caught up with TSMC not being a household name like Intel is. I find it fascinating that little Taiwan is punching above its weight and creating world class companies!
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That reminds me: Asianometry, please re-order your "TSMC - Essays" playlist in chronological order. Currently the first video in the playlist is NOT the one a viewer should start with...
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Don't get into a flame war. I'll just mention that I don't trust any government to correctly maintain a dam and keep the people informed. Things are a little bit better with thousands of independent media organisations and whistleblower laws, but dam collapses STILL happen everywhere in the world. Lookup the photos and videos from the Oroville Dam crisis in California just 3 year ago. Large amounts of fast moving water can do some crazy damage
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@SilentStorm_5 Fair point, my broader point is to stand a chance to have CCP-indoctrinated people and wumao (or anybody else who holds strong opposing opinions) try wording yourself points differently. Otherwise you'll quickly run into "whataboutism" and flame wars.
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@SilentStorm_5 Fair point. I wasn't saying your comment was whataboutism, just that it's a common response to any kind of criticism... Keep fighting the good fight against human-rights abuse my dude!
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@SilentStorm_5 If you want to start posting YouTube videos then just do it. The worst thing that can happen is nobody watches your videos, which doesn't matter. Sounds like it would be a hobby you would enjoy
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@SilentStorm_5 Who cares if the video you make is garbage. You'll build the skills by doing it. Just remember that quote "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take". Create your videos anonymously under a new YouTube account using a pseudonym if you're so concerned.
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