Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1.  @edwardd9702  Singapore was largely left to its own devices. All of the "Asian Tigers" were allowed to develop without outside interference.
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  2.  @drifter5375  You don't know much about Haiti pre-independence; or, for that matter, what the major powers have done to Haiti since then.
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  3.  @aceboogisback9946  Are you referring to the Asian countries I referred to? They never had their governments toppled by the CIA, they were allowed to do things like land reform without Washington blowing a gasket about "communism," they weren't forced to accede to neoliberal trade agreements, and so much more. In contrast, see most of Central America.
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  4. Colonialism never really ended.
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  5.  @habibsspirit You think that you're clever.
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  6.  @felongtw1  Most of the planet is likely to be uninhabitable by then.
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  7.  @frankyyaggabot6222  Colonialism never ended.
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  8.  @captainiceberg8637  These are mostly cases of nurture, not nature. Anthropologists make it clear that race is not a scientifically valid way to categorize people.
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  9.  @sharonrigs7999  Too tribal? And nobody else is?
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  10.  @habibsspirit  "Why" what? I'm not sure which comment of mine you're referring to.
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  11.  @wheeeeeha Don't put words in my mouth.
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  12.  @daviddrew3372  You haven't a clue regarding US cities.
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  13.  @JadyGrudd  Yeah, I heard Gilbert Gottfried's version of it, with slightly different terminology. Anyway, what's the connection between that and this South African situation?
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  14.  @andrewmclaughlin2701  Why would that lead to a situation like South Africa's?
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  15. Could you please be more specific?
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  16.  @somerandom2858  That's not true, and the data are clear.
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  17.  @johnwilhite6504  Patrice Lumumba was not a communist dictator.
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  18.  @GoldenDlegon  That's not the only terrible thing that's been done to Haiti since then.
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  19.  @andrewmclaughlin2701 How so?
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  20.  @Vanceydress  No, I'm referring to the differing levels of violence in different parts of Mexico.
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  21.  @captainiceberg8637  Where? There's no link.
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  22. There's a lot missing here. Besides that, it's not what I was looking for! I wanted to see stuff about Florida Man & Woman!
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  23.  @thomasjohnrobinson4658  Indeed. Those were just two of the many right-wing dictators the US supported (and still does). We see the results.
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  24.  @jimtoner9602  Excuses or accurate diagnosis?
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  25.  @ngoziokafor5682  Have you anything to say about the role of (for example) the IMF (the world's loan shark) in Nigeria?
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  26.  @PenskePC17  Sure- Anyone who had the "street cred" for standing with Mandela during those years of struggle could end up in positions beyond their abilities. See Thabo Mbeki.
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  27.  @Mandilakhe.Nongwe  Indeed. It took decades of struggle.
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  28.  @zeltron-qk2iu  I'm not sure which comment you're responding to.
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  29.  @MJIZZEL  In large part, yes, I'm referring to climate change. There's so much more that our species has done to the environment, however.
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  30.  @Aetherblade-z4o  Can you please break that into paragraphs?
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  31.  @moirapettifr7127  What doesn't?
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  32.  @okisoba  Taiwan was never a US colony (unlike the Philippines, and it shows). The British let Hong Kong's municipal government run its own affairs most of the time.
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  33.  @okisoba  True, but that's not what I'm referring to. If I recall what comment you're replying to, my point is that when most countries had leaders who tried to follow some sort of independent path during the Cold War (and before!), the US tended to respond via coups, or outright aggression. This leads to a great deal of destruction, and then US support for thievish, brutal, right wing (or some form of neoliberal capitalist) regimes. The countries you're talking about (among others, like Costa Rica) got away with policies like land reform (among other things) because there was no way that Washington could claim that they were drifting towards communism.
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  34.  @crayzmarc ?
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  35.  @JadyGrudd What does that mean?
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  36.  @andrewmclaughlin2701  I want you to be explicit. Why would "mass immigration" (a snarl phrase, but never mind) lead to a situation like that in South Africa? In the US, migrants (of any status) commit less crime than US-born citizens (sensational news reporting notwithstanding). Is it different in the UK?
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  37.  @cenote100  I think that I know which Enoch you mean, but what did he say about South Africa?
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  38.  @9n3- Well yes, the emergence of neoliberal capitalism in the early 1980s has led much of the world to the problems we see today.
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  39.  @hulahula6182 You think that you're hilarious, I imagine.
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  40.  @josephmacdonald8813 What's that supposed to mean?
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  41.  @unvergebeneid  That's driven by paranoia. A child in a car is at much greater risk than one traveling to school under their own power, even alone.
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  42.  @taterrhead  In the US, migrants (no matter their status) commit less crime than native-born citizens. Does that not hold true for Ireland as well?
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  43.  @Byrzzaa  Yes, that's what neo-colonialism and neoliberal capitalism do.
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  44.  @unvergebeneid  About safety, and our inability to assess risk? Comments with links usually disappear these days, but it's pretty easy to do some simple searching and find the data.
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  45.  @unvergebeneid  No, I'm referring to deaths in car crashes.
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  46.  @lorenzolozzigallo2589  What data are you referring to?
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  47.  @namecantbeblank6731 Where are you?
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  48.  @Vanceydress  Doesn't that vary dramatically depending on which part of Mexico you're talking about?
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  49.  @skislope4218  I hope so, but I have to ask.
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  50. What never fails to happen?
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