This is China's Most Wanted Cult Leader

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    On January 23, 1999, five cultists self-immolated in Tiananmen Square. This is their insane story.
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    00:00 THE EVENT
    03:55 I - WHAT IS THIS CULT?
    07:45 II - THE PROBLEMS BEGIN
    11:25 III - IT GETS DANGEROUS
    15:40 CLOSING THOUGHTS
    17:20 a note on censorship

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  • @spectacles-dm
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    • @ultimategamer876
      @ultimategamer876 9 місяців тому +2

      Great way to plug. Freedom of information to the People of China!

    • @edwardsnowden8821
      @edwardsnowden8821 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ultimategamer876🙄🙄🙄

    • @abhikanur9606
      @abhikanur9606 9 місяців тому

      can you make one video on india

    • @yarrlegap6940
      @yarrlegap6940 8 місяців тому

      Epoch Times is a far-right rag?! ... That's a bit rich. ;-)

    • @maihuy7180
      @maihuy7180 8 місяців тому

      Hello everyone, you may not believe it, but the self-immolation incident mentioned on the video was staged by the Chinese Communist Party. As soon as the self-immolation incident took place, the Chinese Communist Party government repeatedly broadcast the video of the self-immolation on China's main media channels. They show it over and over again on TV with regular frequency for several months, even years. Why does the Chinese Communist Party do that? Isn't that slandering Falun Gong?
      Not only that, the Chinese Communist Party has spent nearly 1/3 of the total amount of money from the national budget just to persecute Falun Gong. While Falun Gong practitioners are people who live according to the standards of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, do not sabotage national security, and obey the law, they are taught to be good people and better. Because they are People who value human life more than anything, so self-immolation is not possible, so this is an arrangement by the Chinese Communist Party.
      Since 1999, the Chinese Communist Party government has devoted all its resources to persecuting Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners are innocent people, they were kidnapped without reason into forced labor camps, they were brutally beaten, starved, and the Chinese Communist Party government even robbed them of their internal organs. organs of Falun Gong practitioners while they were still alive to gain illegal profits. The organ transplant industry in China is quite developed, because they have a large number of organs obtained from organ harvesting, when you come to China for the purpose of organ transplant, they can respond. Meet that need within a period of just a few days or even a few hours.
      The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners continues from 1999 to today. This brutal persecution must end. If you listen to the propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party Government. You are an accomplice of that devil.
      People can go online and print "The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners" and you can find a lot of specific and accurate evidence.
      Hope you can choose to follow what is honest and good to avoid becoming evil

  • @williambrasky3891
    @williambrasky3891 9 місяців тому +237

    One minimal criticism, China may not be very religious, but that doesn't mean the ppl there aren't superstitious. They are super, super superstitious.

    • @scottstiefel2061
      @scottstiefel2061 9 місяців тому +11

      When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer

    • @ultracapitalistutopia3550
      @ultracapitalistutopia3550 9 місяців тому +30

      Depends how remote you live from large cities and how old you are. The most common "superstition" still practiced by modern Chinese people is praying to your deceased family members for your family's prosperity and safety.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 8 місяців тому +5

      Our whole society is superstitious. Like my mom.

    • @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
      @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts 4 місяці тому

      The official statistics paint China as mostly Atheist, but it seems in practice there are many more Christians, possibly more Muslims, and way, way more ancestor worshippers than the statistics suggest, especially in rural areas.

    • @smokedbeefandcheese4144
      @smokedbeefandcheese4144 3 місяці тому

      @@scottstiefel2061 everyone dose this I don’t Understand how my computer works but it does

  • @egg9033
    @egg9033 9 місяців тому +780

    Set a timer from now till Hasan or xQc steals this video.

    • @BorderOllie
      @BorderOllie 9 місяців тому +16

      weird way to spell Jinx lol /s

    • @egg9033
      @egg9033 9 місяців тому +70

      @@BorderOllie I hope it doesn't happen. I was just trying to say the video shows effort and dedication, unlike react content.

    • @Civman-yr8lb
      @Civman-yr8lb 9 місяців тому

      Wish I had the link to that clip where Hasan backtracks on the Uighur genocide. Disgusting little maggot.

    • @PerryKobalt
      @PerryKobalt 9 місяців тому +35

      ​@@egg9033they'll get away with it

    • @karlw7847
      @karlw7847 9 місяців тому +35

      Gaming chair reacts

  • @charlesbrain6220
    @charlesbrain6220 9 місяців тому +217

    Li Hongzhi & L. Ron Hubbard could have been best friends

    • @spectacles-dm
      @spectacles-dm  9 місяців тому +36

      should have*

    • @infomatters.
      @infomatters. 9 місяців тому +18

      @@spectacles-dm would have

    • @unexpected2475
      @unexpected2475 9 місяців тому

      Falun Gong is basically China's answer to Scientology yeah

    • @PKVeteran
      @PKVeteran 9 місяців тому +3

      That is shallow. Falun has trainings, you can practice kung fu and actually be healthier. Scientology just has lots of labor.

    • @marcospisanis739
      @marcospisanis739 7 місяців тому +5

      Even Reverend Moon has a lot of comparison to Li too.

  • @Huggbees
    @Huggbees 9 місяців тому +252

    Damn dude the level of production on display here is mesmerizing. Keep it up

    • @spectacles-dm
      @spectacles-dm  9 місяців тому +29

      Woah! Love your stuff man! Been watching for years. Honored by the comment. Thank you!

  • @J_Stronsky
    @J_Stronsky 9 місяців тому +209

    The fight between Falun Gong and the CCP reminds me that life doesn't have 'good guys' & 'bad guys' and sometimes everyone in a story can be a POS

    • @koharumi1
      @koharumi1 9 місяців тому +2

      Pos?

    • @TheTomatoHater
      @TheTomatoHater 9 місяців тому

      @@koharumi1 abbreviation for "piece of shit"

    • @Jreg2
      @Jreg2 9 місяців тому

      @@koharumi1 its short for Piece of Shit

    • @samuelpalmer3855
      @samuelpalmer3855 9 місяців тому

      @@koharumi1 It means "Piece of Shit"

    • @notu13man63
      @notu13man63 9 місяців тому

      @@koharumi1 It means "piece of shit"

  • @Shaneyesss
    @Shaneyesss 9 місяців тому +257

    Holy shit this video brought back so many memories for me. I grew up in China and I vaguely remember this incident in the news. And I was horrified to see graphic bodies on the paper itself. I was only 7-8 at the time but I still remember how shocked I was.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 9 місяців тому

      grewing up outside China I saw Falun Gong's video about this first. They claimed that it was staged by the government because of some "suspicious" points in the reports. But then I read the original Chinese reports and found that those details or footages were misinterpreted by Falun Gong.
      Now, I feel that their lies still hold for their practitioners. However, once Li Hongzhi passes away, Falun Gong will definitely collapse, because he's considered the Creator. At that time, many people would probably betray Li Hongzhi

    • @nicholasmclaughlin8638
      @nicholasmclaughlin8638 8 місяців тому

      It was a staged for TV, it’s a hoax to justify and escalate the persecution of Falun Gong, there are alot of things that can’t be explained, such as why police were carrying 8kg fire extinguisher, which they never do, unless they are planning to put out a fire. The CCP are the ultimate deceivers, it was made for the shock factor, but those who know the CCP history know that it was a fake.

    • @user-dc5ku9co1l
      @user-dc5ku9co1l 6 місяців тому +6

      Falun Dafa is not religious, Falun Dafa is a cultivation method. Hoping you guys can realize and have a right view about Falun Dafa

    • @maljamin
      @maljamin 6 місяців тому +17

      ​@@user-dc5ku9co1lnobody said anything about that... so why speak non sequitir?

  • @michaelsilver253
    @michaelsilver253 9 місяців тому +356

    Watching the Epoch Times go from a purely nutjob cartoon publication to something anyone looked at as credible has been nausea inducing

    • @HondaSquid
      @HondaSquid 9 місяців тому +68

      I've seen the articles when delivering it to people's homes and thought "what is this ridiculous garbage". It all makes sense now.

    • @herberttlbd
      @herberttlbd 9 місяців тому +65

      I don't think it is any coincidence that the Epoch Time, Shen Yun, and NTD seemed to ramp up their output after they started collaborating with Steve Bannon.

    • @AquaticIdealist
      @AquaticIdealist 9 місяців тому +63

      The biggest problem is getting reliable information out of China. When the Epoch Times is calling a covid outbreak in Northeast China over a month before the CPC admits it, it is a very troubling situation

    • @herberttlbd
      @herberttlbd 9 місяців тому

      ​@@AquaticIdealist​It was clear to casual followers of Chinese media that something was happening in early January. I'm on the other side of the world and my first order of face masks was on the 13th of January. It wasn't an official announcement but everybody with a passing familiarity of China could read between the lines when they cancelled the Lunar New Year celebration on the 23rd.

    • @Storymaker1316
      @Storymaker1316 9 місяців тому +11

      @@nicholastime1513 a hard language to learn if you don’t have an oriental language background

  • @brucecurtis6910
    @brucecurtis6910 5 місяців тому +21

    I’ve seen 4 ads for Shen Yun while watching this. It’s ridiculous

  • @PyroNexus22
    @PyroNexus22 9 місяців тому +94

    I remember watching China Uncensored and NTD TV youtube channels, which I soon realized were propaganda. Those guys were also hard advocates for Falun Gong. I think they're still popular channels.

    • @sergeantjoe6802
      @sergeantjoe6802 7 місяців тому +5

      I watch China Uncensored but not peruse NTD nor Epoch Times. When China Uncensored do mention falun gong, I take them as a grain of salt except for the repression which did happen. Otherwise CU's content is satirical and truthful about the CCP.

    • @PyroNexus22
      @PyroNexus22 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@sergeantjoe6802 I could hardly call any propaganda truthful. For example, they repeatedly say that the reason for China's invention of the Simplified characters was to make the old texts unreadable, which is just utter nonsense. They talk shit about anything Chinese. They called Hero (the 2002 movie) a propaganda of authoritarianism and imperialism, which is just the dumbest take. And in general, when they report "truthful" events, they deprive them of all context. They make it look like China is the worst country on the planet, which is far from truth. I'm not a tankie, I don't simp for the CCP, but calling them worse than America, Russia, Israel, France, etc. shows complete ignorance of world politics. Is China good? Ofc not! But is it as bad as China Uncensored makes it out to be? Hell no!

    • @GTFO_0
      @GTFO_0 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@sergeantjoe6802what can we expect from westerners that literally take anything demonisung and Mocking china even tho they know it is funded vy cult and such but😂😂China bad content gets so much Love specially in YT ...not in reddit and Other Social media where people use brains 😂

    • @vcqrsfdwc1987
      @vcqrsfdwc1987 6 місяців тому +41

      @@sergeantjoe6802 “satirical and truthful”
      meh
      typical westoid

    • @salakast
      @salakast 5 місяців тому

      @@sergeantjoe6802 Chris Chappel is a literal mouthpiece for Falun Gong. I used to watch him a lot until I realized that in his eyes, nothing good ever happens in China if the CCP is involved, including its incredible economic growth, which he constantly says is greatly exaggerated or just a flat out lie.

  • @coolsonic8982
    @coolsonic8982 6 місяців тому +17

    I live in Paris and when I learned that the ppl behind Shen Yu were in a sect I was baffled. I see their posters every day in the metro

    • @Mrwhomeyou
      @Mrwhomeyou 28 днів тому

      Shen Yu is like 80% C/B-level dancer so at least the dancing is nice. The other 20% is lmao

  • @phank.s.4052
    @phank.s.4052 4 місяці тому +9

    Anyone who has been to China would know that they are not "atheistic." Most people believe in some spiritual things and follow traditions of local folk religions.

    • @cadenibz
      @cadenibz 3 місяці тому

      The government of china is atheistic. And practices state atheism! That is what he meant!

  • @537monster
    @537monster 9 місяців тому +97

    I’d just like to note that lighting yourself on fire has a tendency to backfire every time.

    • @johnalexander9288
      @johnalexander9288 9 місяців тому +14

      The monk in Vietnam self-immolation had real world benefits for the nationalists.

    • @Thot_Patrol_USA
      @Thot_Patrol_USA 9 місяців тому

      i do believe i am on fire 🔥

    • @openthinker6562
      @openthinker6562 4 місяці тому +5

      @@johnalexander9288I’m sure he was making a pun with the word “backFIRE”

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 3 місяці тому +2

      this isn't true at all, it depends on the place the reason and the organization, here li just didn't give a shit, the whole movement was sponsored by the cia and bush had china in great relationships during his war on terror, thus bush wanted better relationships with china during the 2001 era after 9/11
      so he shut li down on this

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 2 місяці тому

      @@NeostormXLMAX Where did you get that information? Is this speculation?

  • @geeljire9247
    @geeljire9247 9 місяців тому +75

    How can someone disown his own martyrs 🤦🏾‍♂, i feel bad for the people willing to die for a cause, choosing the wrong one.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 9 місяців тому

      Because Chinese people have zero empathy for others, and none for animals. The are droids that pursue only money.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 9 місяців тому +9

      Because they will face more blacklash is they openly supported that way. And falun gong didn't only disown them, it claimed that they were government actors, armymen, prisoners, former falun gong practitioners, etc.

    • @qwopiretyu
      @qwopiretyu 9 місяців тому +9

      Never put your life on the line for an idea. Even a good one. All life is worth more.

    • @geeljire9247
      @geeljire9247 9 місяців тому +10

      @@qwopiretyu It depends on the context doesn't it? most people have something they think is worth more than their own life.

    • @geeljire9247
      @geeljire9247 9 місяців тому +3

      @@zg_rqIf people died for my sake, i wouldn't care about backlash. Idk, i feel it's dishonourable to throw them under the bus, even if there are pragmatic reasons to do so.

  • @DamianYoko
    @DamianYoko 9 місяців тому +72

    love the format, editing and sound design. really pro-tier.

  • @neoxyte
    @neoxyte 9 місяців тому +94

    You are absolutely one of the best new rising UA-camrs. Great content. Please dont ever sacrifice quality. Its getting harder to find high quallity and original long-form content on this platform.

  • @williambrasky3891
    @williambrasky3891 9 місяців тому +121

    It truly is remarkable how influential Falun Gong's media operation has become, especially on English language reporting on China. It is almost impossible to find Western China coverage that hasn't been tainted by their dubious propaganda. Would love to see a deep dive into their media empire that highlights a few of their most successful disinformation campaigns/ enduring misconceptions linking back to their "reporting." BTW, really appreciate your covering this topic. Too few ppl are aware of Falun Gong's existence, much less their media presence. With tensions between China & the West on the rise, accurate reporting is more important than ever. It's a bit scary knowing this and seeing a lot of their propaganda repeated word for word from sitting US senators and the like. And while it mostly comes from the Right, it's not unusual to hear stories they've "reported" on the more moderate side of the isle. I'm afraid it has already become a serious problem. We've just yet to realize it. It's the next "Russian disinformation operation." Except this time the magnitude of the problem is, if anything, underestimated.

    • @antlerman7644
      @antlerman7644 9 місяців тому +4

      Well said

    • @KL-un8sf
      @KL-un8sf 9 місяців тому

      Lmao yeah they believe some dumb shit but their persecution by the ccp was very suspicious and honestly there’s no real need to lie about the ccps rhetoric or actions. We know they lie about their stats, everyone including neutral countries know this, there is widespread persecution of dissenting opinions, everyone acknowledges this and their foreign ministry is always sabre rattling you can literally find this on official channels. The apologism here reeks of tankie.

    • @PKVeteran
      @PKVeteran 9 місяців тому +6

      Does it sound and look like a color revolution? Maybe it is

    • @GTFO_0
      @GTFO_0 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Ju2000lochina Unsensored goes brrbtr

    • @williambrasky3891
      @williambrasky3891 6 місяців тому

      @@user-dc5ku9co1l We do. It’s a dangerous cult. It is cruel. It is dishonest. It is exploitative. It brings nothing but harm into the world, takes nothing bad out of it, and serves to enrich a select few. And since we’re hoping, I hope all of you stop trying to convert people and start trying to convert the poop from my butt into new poop, from your butt.

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard6732 9 місяців тому +20

    A far cry from the Buddhist monks of Vietnam.

  • @wowokgone4319
    @wowokgone4319 9 місяців тому +9

    Now i understands why in Beijing Subway they always check any bottles with fluid inside.

  • @nathanpangilinan4397
    @nathanpangilinan4397 9 місяців тому +13

    Adding to the conclusion that you made, one could make an argument that the CCP being efficient at either crushing or co-opting potential sources of dissent against the regime has created a situation where most opposition to the regime, outside of intellectuals grumbling in their residences in exile, is done by people who are in some way insane or out there ideologically with Falun Gong being part of this broader trend.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 9 місяців тому +1

      Yes, the Chinese Democracy Movement is a small group with a lot of scandals. The other political opponents are separatists and religious groups.

    • @nathanpangilinan4397
      @nathanpangilinan4397 9 місяців тому

      @@zg_rq, or outright neo-fascists in the case of Guo Wengui and whatever Liu Zhongjing advocates.

    • @hemanthnair1290
      @hemanthnair1290 8 місяців тому +4

      It's the cycle of repression. Crack down > opposition becomes more radicalized> use their extremism as justification for even more repression

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 8 місяців тому +5

      @@hemanthnair1290 The good thing is that most believers of Falun Gong in China have abandoned it.

  • @azazel166
    @azazel166 9 місяців тому +37

    The human body is so perfect that your own immune system attacks your brain if it spots a teratoma with brain tissue.

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 9 місяців тому +1

      What is a teratoma

    • @azazel166
      @azazel166 9 місяців тому

      @@goldenfiberwheat238 Cancerous tumor containing cells from various parts of the body, it can grow hair, teeth and even eyes.
      They form in the ovaries and testes.
      Search it up if you can handle the hideousness.

    • @edwardsnowden8821
      @edwardsnowden8821 9 місяців тому

      @@goldenfiberwheat238 I think a cancerous cell

    • @cadenibz
      @cadenibz 3 місяці тому

      Cool fact though I imagine everyone knows that the immune system fights cancer 😭

    • @thepbrit
      @thepbrit 2 місяці тому +1

      @@cadenibz The point I believe they are making is that our immune system is flawed enough that when it observes any cancerous brain tissue it's attacks are so indiscriminate that it attacks much of the healthy parts of the brain too.
      Our bodies are amazingly complex and can do incredible things, but they can also be very very stupid.

  • @jamarswope2341
    @jamarswope2341 9 місяців тому +5

    Perfect, been waiting on this since I found Part 1 and binged all your vids in that one day!

  • @AgustinLozada
    @AgustinLozada 9 місяців тому +22

    The China version of Moonies

    • @nixen3141
      @nixen3141 4 місяці тому +9

      The Chinese Version of Aum Shirinkyo

  • @afterhourscinema782
    @afterhourscinema782 8 місяців тому +35

    The biggest irony is while watching this video, I got a propaganda-I mean...an ad from 'The Epoch Times' 🤣

    • @GTFO_0
      @GTFO_0 7 місяців тому

      More Like China Unsensored guy..
      Wait till he calls out this dude and says he is backed by china

  • @Yourdadsnuts
    @Yourdadsnuts 9 місяців тому +21

    What crazy production values for such a small channel, keep it up!
    Also not going to lie, I had a good chuckle when Mr. Spectacles climbed out of the palmtrees 😂

  • @devcloutier
    @devcloutier 7 місяців тому +3

    Getting a Shen Yun ad while watching this video… hilarious.

  • @korakys
    @korakys 9 місяців тому +43

    There are a lot of these "New Religious Movements" as they call them in Japan that sprung up in East Asia around the same time. They are all very similar in operation, except in democracies they seem to get away with it fairly easily.
    I was hoping this video was actually going to be about the Tibetans who set themselves on fire in China in protest, that's a very underexposed story. Sources would of course be a challenge, I'm not really sure of the magnitude of it but maybe a 100 have done this so far.

    • @-haclong2366
      @-haclong2366 9 місяців тому

      The reason that South Vietnamese monk was successful is because South Vietnam was a democracy with free press and free speech, Mainland China is an authoritarian dictatorship so martyrdom doesn't work as all the media will put a spin on it.

    • @cuixue-rs3mi
      @cuixue-rs3mi 5 місяців тому

      Yes, esp the Eastern Lightning aka The church of Almight God. They disguised themselves as Christian grps but they are actually a cult operate in the same way as Falun Gong. Any groups that encourage their followers to worship its founder/ human being is a satanic cult. CCP is evil, these cults are just the same.

  • @CorinnaAtHome
    @CorinnaAtHome 4 місяці тому +1

    Such quality content on a subject i havent seen done over and over. I'm excited to watch more videos.

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    @automaticmattywhack1470 9 місяців тому +1

    I just found your channel and watched 5 videos and subscribed. Excellent work! To me, channels like this one are why UA-cam should exist. Keep 'em coming!

  • @thenormalberries6767
    @thenormalberries6767 9 місяців тому +8

    I do not agree with being on fire

  • @seandawson5899
    @seandawson5899 9 місяців тому +3

    The sound of crackling fire in the background made this into a horror video.

  • @gzell5556
    @gzell5556 9 місяців тому +8

    i still have no clue how this channel only has 42k subs, this production quality is of a channel over 100x its size

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    @dragemort1972 8 місяців тому +1

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    @philipmateo3816 9 місяців тому +6

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    @diogeneslantern18 9 місяців тому

    Your content is so, so good. Extremely polished and interesting.

  • @tlowe9796
    @tlowe9796 9 місяців тому +3

    "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity"
    - Carlo M. Cipolla
    Law 1: Everyone always and inevitably underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation.
    Law 2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
    Law 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or group of people when he or she does not benefit and may even suffer losses.
    Law 4: Non-stupid people always underestimate the destructive power of stupid individuals.
    Law 5: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person.

  • @willhebert576
    @willhebert576 9 місяців тому +3

    Great follow up video!!! Hopefully this blows up. And congrats on learning to blink :)

    • @spectacles-dm
      @spectacles-dm  9 місяців тому +3

      took a lot of practice, but can't believe I never tried it til now. my eyes feel great 🥲

  • @ripwednesdayadams
    @ripwednesdayadams 9 місяців тому

    I love this channel. Just discovered it and I’ve been binging your videos ever since.

  • @andrewbrain4821
    @andrewbrain4821 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video. Keep up the great work

  • @low-energypolitics5677
    @low-energypolitics5677 Місяць тому

    This is such a dense piece. Thanks for the explanation!

  • @AlexandreAlezzia
    @AlexandreAlezzia 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent job. Thanks for posting. You are a genious! I loved this video.

  • @peterkelly4873
    @peterkelly4873 9 місяців тому

    Seeing another video so soon after the last made my day!

    • @spectacles-dm
      @spectacles-dm  9 місяців тому

      Savor it. The next one may take a minute...

  • @blanker1014
    @blanker1014 9 місяців тому +41

    I just discovered your videos like a week ago with your video on Taiwan’s democratization and I’ve been watching the new videos ever since. I appreciate the research and nuance you put into them. It’s a shame you don’t have more subscribers!

  • @jakovvodanovic9165
    @jakovvodanovic9165 9 місяців тому +4

    Still, I primarily blame people who are foolish enough to believe the claptrap.

    • @gaviswayze9696
      @gaviswayze9696 9 місяців тому +2

      I respectfully disagree. People who want to extract something (like devotion or money) manipulate people in a way that they know can avoid triggering certain alarm bells in some people's heads. It's a facet of human nature that they take advantage of
      The same applies to scammers. They know how to hijack certain people's brains and use that to steal their money. Victim-blaming just avoids realizing that the core issue is the manipulation, and that just keeps people thinking that they'd never fall for anything like that. Sad to say, that mentality makes people even more vulnerable to buying BS like Falun Gong or a sob story from a "Nigerian Prince"

    • @jakovvodanovic9165
      @jakovvodanovic9165 7 місяців тому +1

      @@gaviswayze9696 In that case people who easily fall for scams shouldnt be able to freely spend their money or to vote.

  • @Sayuri81554
    @Sayuri81554 9 місяців тому +2

    The laborer lost his balance and fell because his inner wheel began spinning too quickly.
    Just reaffirms that ignorance and education alike will latch on to self delusion to fill a void.

    • @artugert
      @artugert 4 місяці тому

      No, nobody on earth believes that. He fell because he lost his balance.

  • @cxa24
    @cxa24 9 місяців тому +1

    A foreign opponent so completely different from you that you cannot ascertain peace from hostility

  • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
    @ROBLOXGamingDavid 9 місяців тому +7

    When I first saw Falun Gong (via a UA-cam advertisement years before) I had thought they were fighting against Chinese censorship, but now, I do not know what to be afraid of anymore, but they both gave me some bit of interest, thanks to this two-part video about Falun Gong.

    • @DinoCism
      @DinoCism 5 місяців тому +1

      I wish our governments took as firm a stance on cults as China does. They cynically use "freedom of religion" to ruin lives for profit.

    • @johnjones99124
      @johnjones99124 Місяць тому

      does it work falun gong thing for mental health

    • @miniak9593
      @miniak9593 10 днів тому +1

      @@johnjones99124 nope, theyre a cult

    • @johnjones99124
      @johnjones99124 10 днів тому

      @@miniak9593 I don't care if it's cult or not unless I get mental peace

  • @henrimourant9855
    @henrimourant9855 9 місяців тому +39

    I literally got an ad from the Epoch Times while watching this video. Kinda surreal. Anyways excellent video. Your two videos on the topic are the best I have seen so far.

    • @henrimourant9855
      @henrimourant9855 9 місяців тому +20

      ​@@bogdanov2395They literally are dude

    • @ultracapitalistutopia3550
      @ultracapitalistutopia3550 9 місяців тому +2

      @@bogdanov2395 If their undying support of trump isn't obvious enough.

    • @user-qo8ds9qp8h
      @user-qo8ds9qp8h 7 місяців тому +1

      the immolation and lot of things was orchestred by the chinese regime here the true on the staged immolation

  • @konstantinosnikolakakis8125
    @konstantinosnikolakakis8125 Місяць тому

    You’ve just earned a subscriber!

  • @ecocodex4431
    @ecocodex4431 9 місяців тому +2

    9:16 Someone needs to make a video looking at the history of this specific overlyused piece of royalty-free music

  • @blairimani
    @blairimani 9 місяців тому +1

    It would be helpful to link the previous video in the description also 😊

  • @Nestor__Makhno
    @Nestor__Makhno 9 місяців тому

    Nice stuff hope to see you grow

  • @os44881616
    @os44881616 3 місяці тому

    Fantastic vid

  • @TheCreditShifu
    @TheCreditShifu 4 місяці тому +2

    What is the source of the quote "set yourself on fire" in the thumbnail? Looks like a fake quote to me.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 3 місяці тому

      Hello, I think you are one of the Falun Dafa media people, so you probably know that this quote isn't true. This video has too much sensationalism. The reason for self-immolation is more complex, and Li Hongzhi didn't intentionally say anything like this.

    • @TheCreditShifu
      @TheCreditShifu 3 місяці тому

      Right, so it is a fake quote

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 2 місяці тому

      @@TheCreditShifu Yeah.

    • @johnjones99124
      @johnjones99124 Місяць тому

      who is the teacher of li honzi

  • @PeterLiuIsBeast
    @PeterLiuIsBeast 4 дні тому

    One thing to note. The spinning wheel isn't an original concept. It is derived from the Buddhist/Hindu concept to dharma.

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 3 місяці тому +1

    Allegiance to science? Wow, in the States here they want us to swear allegiance to a sky fairy or a treasonous criminal. Crazy

  • @lisi9942
    @lisi9942 9 місяців тому

    Bro love your editing style

  • @funghazi
    @funghazi 9 місяців тому

    Subscribed, these videos are great!

  • @ModernHistory4U
    @ModernHistory4U 3 місяці тому

    Another great video with an amazingly interesting topic. Just out of curiosity, where were the beach scenes with you filmed? Looks like Southern California but couldn’t be sure 😅

  • @BorderOllie
    @BorderOllie 9 місяців тому +26

    Amazing job guys. Sometimes I forget how small this channel is. It won't stay that way for long, I promise you that.
    Please keep making this amazing, important content. We need it. ❤
    Also, props for bracing many of these comments.. I think I would go nuts within a few seconds, and I kinda am already. People are ridiculous.

  • @gloomcookie1709
    @gloomcookie1709 2 місяці тому

    Ngl, his 'dont think about them or they'll have a stronger chance to possess you' is a darkly clever way of not having to explain the aliens to his followers.

  • @PKVeteran
    @PKVeteran 9 місяців тому +3

    Uwest, the foundation behind it and the Buddhist faction from Taiwan was also sued for abusing free labor. May be worth another video. In the US they pay teachers. In Taiwan I am not sure.
    They have temple branches from California to Florida

  • @gaviswayze9696
    @gaviswayze9696 9 місяців тому

    Just because of the UA-cam crackdown, it might be worth linking to the part one video in the description to this one
    Great breakdown though!

  • @ethans6539
    @ethans6539 3 місяці тому +1

    -“it’ll be linked in the end card”
    - isn’t linked in end card
    Nice

  • @haldir108
    @haldir108 9 місяців тому

    Seeing the desperate effort to change the title and thumbnail on this video over the last few days has been entertaining.

  • @BotwanaBoi2011
    @BotwanaBoi2011 6 місяців тому +2

    I had a shen Yun ad on this vid
    😅

  • @noahwhitesell6956
    @noahwhitesell6956 2 місяці тому

    just saw the SY without knowing what it was....Holy moly, they outright say the things in the video. Its insane. I was literally sitting in the theatre thinking wow I'm watching a cult with really good dancers.

  • @NoVuS00
    @NoVuS00 3 місяці тому

    So a fight between 2 cults basically

  • @pingasbungus4517
    @pingasbungus4517 4 місяці тому

    This Samarianesque graphic design is great. Check out more about Person Of Interest, it's a fantasy shows but some of visuals bear striking resemblence.

  • @zg_rq
    @zg_rq 9 місяців тому

    Hello sir, I would like to know where you find the footage at 11:44? Thanks

  • @Kiddio
    @Kiddio 9 місяців тому

    You should cover the opposite of this situation, you mentioned it slightly with Bouazizi but would love a more thorough video on the Arab Spring.

  • @BiggieBig_
    @BiggieBig_ 9 місяців тому +8

    Such an underrated channel!!!!

  • @whatthepick
    @whatthepick 9 місяців тому

    Well oddly enough cultivation is still a popular genre

  • @The_Real_Grand_Nagus
    @The_Real_Grand_Nagus 2 місяці тому

    Off topic, but where are you presenting from at 14:19? Nice looking place.

  • @joedi
    @joedi 3 місяці тому +2

    Guess it's like the chinese scientology (not literally just cult like)

  • @et-fb8dq
    @et-fb8dq 9 місяців тому

    Funny that I got an epoch times ad for this video talking about the “truth of Jan 6”

  • @Ash-V
    @Ash-V 7 місяців тому +3

    I had heard of Falun Gong, bur I had no idea they were behind the epoch times

  • @benckx8999
    @benckx8999 9 місяців тому

    8:24 I think it's in Brussels near the European Parliament (where a lot of protests end up)

  • @julieeldridge8760
    @julieeldridge8760 3 місяці тому

    I went to a Shen Yun performance a couple of years ago. This all makes a lot of sense if you've seen the production - very beautiful, but kind of "cheesy" in a production matter.

  • @brandtlucasbrandt
    @brandtlucasbrandt 29 днів тому

    Oh wow, he made Shen Yun? I always wanted to see that lol. Maybe not so much anymore.

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 місяці тому +1

    Very good

  • @Whisk3yKnight
    @Whisk3yKnight 9 місяців тому +1

    I thought for sure this was gonna be on the Jasmine Revolution/Arab Revolt, with like some statement on the current state of Tunisia😂😂

  • @mohamedabdukadir3271
    @mohamedabdukadir3271 9 місяців тому +17

    You deserve million subscribers, continue the great work.

  • @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
    @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts 7 місяців тому +3

    Pretty much all Buddhists in the east consider homosexuality to be sinful, opposition to interracial marriage however, is unusual.

    • @raquetdude
      @raquetdude 5 місяців тому

      The modern medicine, the aliens, the far right conspiracy theorist news paper that backs Trump… whole thing is so strange.
      He openly called for gays to be annihilated… Buddhists don’t like them ik but they don’t call for their destruction

    • @artugert
      @artugert 4 місяці тому

      If you knew very many Falun Gong practitioners, you would laugh at the idea that they oppose interracial marriage. Interracial marriage is extremely common among Falun Gong practitioners!

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 3 місяці тому

      @@artugertYou are right. There is a lot of fake news about this topic. Americans have applied their electoral prejudice to Falun Gong, and have ignored what it really is.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq Місяць тому +1

      @@artugert Yes. Many Falun Gong practitioners are in interracial couples. Westerner activists who don't understand a lot about its beliefs made this false interpretation.

    • @nicholasmclaughlin8638
      @nicholasmclaughlin8638 28 днів тому

      @@zg_rq Westerner activists ? What are you talking about?, The Falun Gong teachings are all translated into many different languages, totally understandable.

  • @CarsonSIsaac
    @CarsonSIsaac 9 місяців тому +7

    When you get an Epoch Times commercial in the middle of this video…

  • @koharumi1
    @koharumi1 9 місяців тому +1

    7:28 oh so that is where Shen Yun is from!!! It is always during winter that it is shown.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 9 місяців тому

      The purpose of Shen Yun is to attract and convert more people to Falun Gong. The Falun Gong practitioners believe that they are saving people before the end of the world.

  • @ScruPiaN
    @ScruPiaN 4 місяці тому

    Nice ❤ KC painting. KC native?

  • @GamerFavor
    @GamerFavor 9 місяців тому +2

    Please explain the fire extinguishers at the square at the time of the self-immolations. I just don’t understand their presence.

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 9 місяців тому

      Police patrol cars in Tiananmen are equipped with fire extinguishers. When the self-immolation happened, a police patrol car drove through Tiananmen square (I found a video of it).
      Some Falun Gong media claimed that there were fire extinguishers stored nearby, but there is no evidence to prove it, and I don't believe it because Falun Gong media made a lot of rumors in all directions after the incident.

    • @nicholasmclaughlin8638
      @nicholasmclaughlin8638 8 місяців тому +1

      Because it was a staged immolation for consumption by the masses to justify the persecution of Falun Gong, they were not Falun Gong practitioners, the teachings of Falun Gong prohibit killing and suicide

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 8 місяців тому

      @@nicholasmclaughlin8638 The self-immolators did not intend to kill themselves. The teachings of Falun Gong are intended to be interpreted according to one's level of "enlightment". From another perspective, In his lecture in Changchun 1998, Li Hongzhi stated that fire can't destroy the real body of people, therefore self-immolation possibly isn't suicide

    • @nicholasmclaughlin8638
      @nicholasmclaughlin8638 8 місяців тому

      @@zg_rq Once again it was staged by the CCP, please explain why the little girl who supposedly was burnt and had a tracheotomy was able to sing for the reporters in the hospital?
      Regarding the lecture in Changchun, it has no relevance because those were not Falun Gong practitioners, your understanding is totally wrong, Master Li is talk about the fires of a cremation furnace can’t destroy the atom and electrons of a person, only the cells are sloughed off, it’s in regards to reincarnation, and that the soul is eternal, and goes from life to life. Any genuine Falun Gong practitioner, would not kill themselves

    • @zg_rq
      @zg_rq 8 місяців тому

      @@nicholasmclaughlin8638 The Falun Gong website Minghui never showed a segment of CCTV where she sang.
      But she did talk to reporters. It is possible to talk with a Passy-Muir valve after tracheotomy. It's used for patients that had tracheotomy.
      Concerning the question of the sterility of the environment, how communications between burn patients and others are handled depends on the hospital's guidelines. There are other cases where people directly come into the patient room without that protection, such as the september 11th attack's burn victims.
      We can not assume that they are not Falun Gong practitioners unless they did not behave according to the teachings of Falun Dafa. The people involved in the incident did not intend to commit suicide, so whether suicide is forbidden or not does not give a conclusion to this question. And your interpretation of the segment of the lecture in Changchun is yours only. Only Minghui can decide the official interpretation of these teachings. Back then, Minghui didn't talk about these types of stuff yet, so it is possible that some people believed that burning was a good thing. If you search for the article titled "Too Hot to Handle" by the TIME magazine, you will find that they interviewed Falun Gong practitioners who agree with these self-immolators.

  • @Kratze1895
    @Kratze1895 29 днів тому

    In order to defraud money, Li Hongzhi deceived many believers with lies about eliminating karma and curing diseases? Has anyone kept statistics on how many Dafa disciples have died of illness?

  • @ecocodex4431
    @ecocodex4431 9 місяців тому +3

    10:13 I'm gay AND in an interracial relationship. Guess I am an alien now. I suppose that DOES explain my neurodivergencies tho... lol

  • @u-mos8820
    @u-mos8820 9 місяців тому +1

    Cult leaders view of the world, reminds me a lot of a DnD setting or something.

  • @newperve
    @newperve 9 місяців тому +1

    I had no idea that they were like this. I had assumed they were generally benign because the CCP hated them. Should have known the Hitler/Stalin Doctrine applies (just because Stalin/Hitler hates hem doesn't mean they're not Hitler/Stalin).

    • @purelotusheart
      @purelotusheart 5 місяців тому +2

      Trust your own first impression because its the view that is correct.

    • @artugert
      @artugert 4 місяці тому

      You believe everything you see in a random UA-cam video? As someone very familiar with the subject matter, the information in this video is laughably incorrect. Do your own research.

  • @alimkarmali-sk7qn
    @alimkarmali-sk7qn 3 місяці тому

    I know why this is recommended to me now

  • @scum-scum
    @scum-scum 4 місяці тому

    > "While in other times and places self-immolation may be a successful catalyst for political change, [...]"
    Do you have one in mind? Cause the list of political self-immolations is dozens and dozens of entries long, and i think people may or may not know of, like, one? And that one yielded zero change for their cause, as far as i'm aware. Maybe some marginal "awareness" bump, but the fate of the cause would have gone about the same with and without the immolation...

    • @spectacles-dm
      @spectacles-dm  4 місяці тому +1

      Arab spring

    • @scum-scum
      @scum-scum 4 місяці тому

      ​@@spectacles-dm , that was a very interesting read, thank you for the heads-up!

  • @ImaginaryTop
    @ImaginaryTop 9 місяців тому

    I don't think you could access UA-cam with any kinds of VPN in China 😄

    • @hellohi1925
      @hellohi1925 2 місяці тому

      Hello.. from China? Like everyone could watch UA-cam if they wanted to get a vpn. Brainwashed much?

  • @YXUHUNTER
    @YXUHUNTER 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic work! Exceptional channel! Thank you!

  • @champo976
    @champo976 4 місяці тому +3

    I drive past a shen yun ballet billboard on my way to work every day and never knew it was connected to falun gong or the epoch times

  • @lenadams854
    @lenadams854 3 місяці тому

    7:20 what was that audio edit?

  • @antlerman7644
    @antlerman7644 9 місяців тому +1

    Important video