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I was born and raised in Haiti. I survived the earthquake in 2010, although my mother did not. I survived the hurricanes, i survive the cholera outbreak. I am still holding out hope that the situation will improve for my country.
I kinda wonder what an alternate timeline Haiti would look like if they told the French to shove it and no one sided with the French to extract all that money from them.
@@emperium108 there probably wouldn't be a Haiti around, no one was gonna back Haiti in a war against France since everyone has slave plantations in the region in this time period (UK only began abolishing slavery in the empire in 1833), and the greatest fear of the plantation owning class is a Haiti style slave revolt, every second that Haiti exists is an existential threat to their inhumane industry. Haiti was essentially internationally embargoed and even the British let France do whatever they wanted with Haiti in the Congress of Vienna, so unless France dropped their embargo no one was going to trade with or recognise Haiti. So if it did come to war Haiti would've gotten no support from anyone in the region aside from maybe goodwill from the newly independent spanish colonies.
Small correction, to pay this bill. They cut down all the trees on the island and used them as a resource to pay the debt.(still visible on Google maps; compare it to the DR next door) Instead of replanting the trees (these people who pride themselves on being "connected to nature") just spent the next 100 years whining about it, sucking up as much world aid as they possibly could. This is their culture This happens EVERYTIME they take power. Do not let them, or their green haired brigade tell you otherwise. Keep them out. Close the boarders. Stop the boats.
@@thelakeman2538I think the Haitians should have fought. The decision to concede to France’s wishes was directed by one man. The president at the time. Also we beat the French once pretty sure we would have been able to do it again. I mean we built the Citadelle the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, incase they ever came back. They did and we did nothing.
I was a medic in the Army while I was in Haiti for the 2010 Earthquake. I'd like to add a insight to the NGO situation in 2010 in Haiti. I met a lot of great first responder NGOs who put their lives on hold to immediately respond to Haiti out of care. I also met a lot of NGOs that had been in the country for multiple years that are nothing more than leaches to the Haitian people. I was attached to the command group of my unit a few weeks in, and with this position I visited a vast majority of Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding area for meetings and area assessments. One meeting always stood out to me. We went to the outskirts of haiti to visit some Religious NGO that to see about using their facilities to allow soldiers to R&R. I remember walking into the guarded compound and inside there were beautiful buildings, green grass, well maintained landscaping, swimming pools, movie theaters, you name it. If I saw 50 people in the compound, maybe 3 were Haitian. I remember thinking to myself, these people aren't helping Haitians, this is a god damn vacation for them.
Besides the movie theatres those other things aren't really strange. High quality buildings are normal for permanent installations that will see potentially thousands of people over decades, armed guards/walls are for protection because it's an unstable nation and there is the very real risk of kidnappings, landscaping and maintenance is a normal and regular thing in advanced nations even by private individuals in their own property and pools are a relatively cheap luxury that is very common around the world. Expecting foreigners to fly to an unstable country for charity work and housing them in unsafe hovels with no way to unwind would not be sustainable. I understand what you're saying but being comfortable and making the property in line with commonly accepted standards in an advanced nation isn't a blatant misuse of funds. The relevant issue is if somebody was actually embezzling money.
The former slaves took possesion of Haiti a French territory, imagine former slaves taking possesion of Louisiana do you think Americans would have accepted that without some monetary compensation.
"By 1789, Saint Domingue was made up of about 8,000 plantations and accounted for two-fifths of France’s total overseas trade, which amounts to approximately 176 million francs or thirty-two million dollars in legal trade, producing one-half of all the sugar and coffee that was consumed in Europe and the Americas. Out of the 176 million francs, sugar accounted for almost eighty-four million. Next in significance was coffee at approximately forty-nine million francs. Cotton exports reached about twenty-one." France definitely wasn't gonna let that kinda income go. Not without a fight or some kind of "compensation".
Small note about the Creole Pigs: they were eradicated after it was known that they were not a threat, but to inspire locals to purchase foreign pigs. The Creole Pig was indispensable to waste disposal because they ate *all* manner of refuse including human, and after their extinction, the garbage and sewage problems in Haiti worsened exponentially
@@Leroy-tj9jg Apparently, the pigs ate human waste, thus fixing the garbage and sewer problems. Garbage and sewer issues in Haiti worsened due to outside forces wanting Haiti to buy foreign pigs. It needs its sources, to be honest. I wouldn't put it past it being true, though.
I appreciate how, because of the seriousness of this topic, Cogito did not use the animations that he is famous for. Thank you for treating this topic with the seriousness this deserves.
@@AL-lh2ht ALLLLL of which they had to do to even try to pay off the massive, embargoed debt they were stuck with. That one debt to "buy off" their slave masters doomed this country 300 years ago
@@AL-lh2ht The other side of that coin is that they really didn't have much in the way of options. Perhaps some of their options were at least a little better... but the constraints they were operating under were dire.
@@sogghartha yea I love it when people are like "man we should be grateful that its not worse here" without recognizing that the west is responsible for the destruction.
I live in Florida but still have a house and family in Haiti. I get my news about Haiti direct from Haiti, but have been watching a lot of the UA-cam videos about the situation since the beginning of March, and this is by far the best, most comprehensive explanation I've seen. However, there are a few things I'd like to add. An important part of the problem that always gets overlooked, and quite frankly, until it gets acknowledged, nothing will ever improve. What I'm talking about is internal political strife. The nation's problems didn't start in 1825 when France demanded payment. The country wasn't a peaceful, hippy paradise between 1804 and 1825. Haitian revolutionary leader and national hero Toussaint Louverture was betrayed to the French by fellow national hero, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Dessalines lead the country (brutally, using forced labor) for only 2 years until he was assassinated in 1806. And that's just the beginning. That's pretty much been the story since even before independence. And until we're honest with ourselves and confront this head-on, it will only continue to be more of the same. Haiti is essentially a zero trust society. Nobody trusts anybody. Just during these past few years there have been people who have kidnapped their own family members for ransom. Everyone was demanding Ariel's resignation (another point that was overlooked is the fact that he was never confirmed as PM as per the Constitution). He finally announced that he would resign as soon as a presidential council and new government were formed. That was over a month ago and this is FINALLY happening. All due to those involved being unable to agree. Too many people put themselves above the interest of the nation. And it's everywhere. There's a culture of corruption deeply embedded in the society as a whole. Until this mentality changes and we have a generation of people who seek to defend the interests of the country as a whole, there will just continue to be more people fighting for power. A house divided cannot stand. So, yeah, Haiti has been given a bad hand by foreign interference and natural catastrophes. But the nation has also suffered due to things that CAN be controlled. And until we hear a political class and business sector acknowledge these things and commit to turn away from the division to work united for the sake of all (l'union fait la force), nothing will improve.
This needs to be pinned as a Haitian American I agree. Yes, Haiti has been wronged but the US and France but also due to the corruption within as well. I don’t know why some people don’t want to awknowledge this or undermine it as a issue.
" And that's just the beginning. That's pretty much been the story since even before independence. And until we're honest with ourselves and confront this head-on, it will only continue to be more of the same. *Haiti is essentially a zero trust society. Nobody trusts anybody.* Just during these past few years there have been *people who have kidnapped their own family members for ransom.* Everyone was demanding Ariel's resignation (another point that was overlooked is the fact that *he was never confirmed as PM as per the Constitution*). He finally announced that *he would resign as soon as a presidential council and new government were formed.* That was over a month ago and this is FINALLY happening. *All due to those involved being unable to agree* Too many people put themselves above the interest of the nation. And it's everywhere. *There's a culture of corruption deeply embedded in the society as a whole.* Until this mentality changes and we have a generation of people who seek to defend the interests of the country as a whole, there will just continue to be more people fighting for power. A house divided cannot stand. So, yeah, Haiti has been given a bad hand by foreign interference and natural catastrophes. But the nation has also suffered due to things that CAN be controlled. And until we hear a political class and business sector acknowledge these things and commit to turn away from the division to work united for the sake of all (l'union fait la force), nothing will improve. " That's why it's tempting to harbor critical thoughts about the country, leading some to believe that relocating to the U.S. is the ideal solution for citizens seeking a better life. However, this notion is complicated by conspiracy theories suggesting that Haitian elites aim to displace the native population to monopolize the land, creating a dilemma where pursuing a better life inadvertently aligns with the desires of these elites.
@@1378N A reestablishment of the prior 1986 Constitution, or earlier, that would reestablish the Papa Doc Dynasty, having the grandson assume the Presidency for Life. Bring back Ton=Ton Machute for national protection.
So Basically, sociopathic, self serving, greedy, morally currupt people are the problem. The problem is most extremely wealthy people in this world care only about themselves and their money.
I’m Haitian American and I am very grateful my parents came to USA in the 1990s. They struggled heavily in their youth and sad at what the nation is now.
If it wasn't for the war criminals from the US, your parents wouldn't need to go to US. It's amazing how the us build their power in the top of so much blood, violence, degeneracy, racism and genocide.
This video just tore down every illusion I had ever held about karma, justice, and righteousness. Strength is the only thing that matters in this world.
Because the reality of the situation isn't quite what was described in the video. Hati and the Dominican Republic were in an almost identical situation in 1970 on the same island. USAID and the IMF used the same policies of investment and factory creation for both of them so their countries could take advantage of their low cost of labor to create growth on its way to a developed nation the same way that had worked for China, Korea and Japan. It worked amazingly for the Dominicans who now have a GDP per captia on par with most of eastern Europe. On the other side of the island, not so much.
@@recreationalplutonium Cool. I'm gonna band together with a bunch of other people and take your stuff. You won't be able to stop us, because we can both overpower and outwait you. Inevitably, we'll continue to do this to people unless they give us their stuff, and then declare ourselves the legitimate force, and continue to do that. There's no magic spell to make governments never exist again, you dolt. You simpleton. You maroon. We have institutions for a reason. Humanity has been a cooperative species with one another since the beginning. All you're doing is a rhetorical tantrum while supporting the exact same people who made all these problems in the first place because they have different colors on their lapels.
When Greece declared its war of independence from the Ottomans, Haiti was the only nation that recognized it. Haiti even sent aid in the form of fighters and coffee. Greece went through a similar process of getting “enslaved” through debt. Not by its former “enslavers” (the Ottomans), but by Europe! That has had consequences till this day on Greece and the Greek people, although what Haiti has endured is incomparable, 1000x worse and frankly, infuriating. It seems like a pattern in many cases whenever a people has wanted its independence from its colonizers or conquerors. I guess it’s the reward for daring to want freedom.
OUTSTANDING, Cogito! I am not Haitian, but I've lived there several times, am fluent in Kreyol Ayisyen, and have LOTS of friends and in-laws in Haiti. THANK YOU for putting this up. Haiti was pretty much doomed from the get-go. The LOVELY French - who laughed off their war debt to the United States, yet throttled Haiti for 120 YEARS... The enforced isolation, a population that was basically just off the slave boat founding a society after suffering some of the most hideous atrocities of any slave society... Somehow she has managed to rise up, and always been slapped down. I am VERY impressed that you didn't back off from mentioning how monstrous the Clintons have been to Haiti - from the destruction of the rice industry (which Bill & Hillary made a FORTUNE from by ensuring their Arkansas farmer buddies - who paid the Clintons WELL - got the bulk of the benefits) to the destruction of the pork farmers, and then the ghastly, utterly ghoulish looting of 99% of the Earthquake aid... let's just say the flag of Haiti should be vampire Bill & Hillary feeding on the neck of a Haitian child. Cogito - this angers me, yet I am SO happy to see you telling it how it really is.
Thank you so much for this. It's good to hear from someone that has actual experience in Haiti. Yes unfortunately the main emotion from this video is anger at what has been done to Haiti but I think it's a really important history to understand. Thanks again!
@@AL-lh2ht Nope. The French were so horrendous to their slaves in Saint Domingue that when the Revolution happened, the majority had been born in Africa. In some African cultures, eating parts of your conquered enemies was a way of 1) taking on their power/enslaving them to you for eternity and 2) scared the crap out of their enemies. Haitian Gwo Negs (gang leaders) want tales of them doing it to spread, to instill fear & destroy resistance. The Japanese did it in WW2, as well.
@@SgtRocko I’m Haitian American, and thanks for speaking on the matter. I think governmental corruption is really bad in Haiti. But yes Haiti has been wronged countless times by countries such as the U.S. and France which is very sad.
The fact that anyone's still alive in Haiti is a testament to the human spirit. I really hope they get to experience prosperity someday. I also hope the US can be a force for good rather than exploitation in Haiti.
Wow, I have this sad feeling that the US hasn't been a force for good in the past for Haiti. I actually had a lot of friends from Haiti, from the neighborhood I used to live in. I'm telling you everyone Haitian I ever met were awesome people. You wouldn't find a friend more loyal. They're all used to working hard for very little return, and they're still gracious. So...they are obviously in a bad way now, but I mean what did people expect? For real, the gangs are more honest than the government.
The last thing US has been and continues to be is a force of good. 'Land of the free' they said, while enslaving millions of people. America is built on lies and hypocrisy, just like every European colonial criminal state.
@@Hollylivengood Oh, the US definitely hasn't been a force for good there. That's what makes it so heartbreaking. We have the capacity to be a force for good in the world, but we care more about stupid shit like anti-communism.
Thanks for going in depth on this topic. Haiti surely deserves a Hollywood movie with that kind of history. One thing you forgot to clarify on was the fact that Haiti’s last President, Jovenel Moise wasn’t actually killed by Haitians but instead he was assassinated by Colombian🇨🇴 mercenaries who entered Haiti through the Dominican Republic to cover their tracks and were hired by the rich Jewish oligarchs of Haiti, mainly Bigio, Boulos and Vorbe family, etc. All because the president Jovenel Moise threatened to call out all of those big family names involved and enriching themselves in drug and human trafficking in Haiti and refused to pay taxes in the country while they owned the majority of private businesses in Haiti doing money laundering 🇭🇹
Never have I seen a video raising my body temperature so badly. It's so infuriating to hear all the terrible stuff done to my ancestor's country. I've been looking for more information and now I'm learning there's even MORE. I hate it so bad
"With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important." --Fred Hampton this is just true
Nope.. basic understanding can help people but even educated ones destroy lands... The local people know well about their need and necessity issue is they ain't willing to stand up . Either they want to gain something more out of it or simply want to follow the suite like others for their joy.. And let us not start about pakistanis.
It is such cope. Every country on earth has been occupied or colonised by some country or another, yet south Asia is doing so much better and east Asia is doing amazing even. The utter failure of Haiti has everything to do with the people who live there, being colonised does not make you eat each other...
@@pieterveenders9793 100% Agreed! I'm sick of people blaming the current mess of certain countries on events that happened long ago. They need to learn how to grow up and take responsibility for their own actions.
Haiti has been absolutely ravaged by neo colonialism they have never been forgiven by the US/Europe/hegemony for rebelling and its heartbreaking. Hopefully one day Haiti can build a better future
@@samwill7259 Especially when the ones giving the money give it all to the business leaders because they "have experience handling money and administering large-scale efforts"...
@@PhysicsGamer bingo. Fixing it would require getting into the higher details, sweeping away the corruption and rebuilding the system which no one is going to do
Just the starting of the video is enough to understand why they were destined to fail. Ever since they started paying their "independence debt" they lost their independence and were destined to fail.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999 lol I find it hilarious you guys think a colonial power is going to Go out of their way to return wealth they stole over the centuries. You can rest assured Haiti will get it's money back when the royal family returns the crowned Jewel back to India, America returning the land back to the indigenous people, France loosening it's grip over most of it's former African colonies and every museum returning all stolen artifacts back to their countries of origin. FYI they would never. There was a president in Haiti who demanded the money that was paid to be returned and he had a huge following. You guys probably don't know this but care to guess what happened to said president? He was gifted with a coup.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999 there was a president who asked for the money back. He was gifted with a coup. Wiki L. had a paper on how a 3 letter mafia orchestrated the coup in the early 2000.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999no they don't, and I hate France, but the law of the time France owned the land and had the right to it, modern times and law are different from back then
Hi, Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic. I always wondered, why can't Haiti look to the Dominican Republic for guidance on how to run their society? Copy what you see the Dominicans do to create stability on the Haitian side of the island. Practice using Dominican customs, laws, morals and you should see things progress, such as vegetation growth, the difference of which can clearly be seen from space between the Haitian side of the island and the Dominican side. So learn from your neighbors the Dominican Republic and that would put you in better straits.
Amazingly well researched, presented, and produced! I love the way you instantly brought up slavery (instead of blaming the local people, like "that was 200 years ago"), and the fact that you don't shy away from criticizing the UN or USAID and the countless foreign interventions (as opposed to "they're free to run their country"). This is really rare to see, even amongst liberals, and this attitude is honestly refreshing... But then again, no offense, but the Irish are one of the few western nations that have that spirit of solidarity for people in countries other than Europe and the US. For real, I swear to god the Irish are so grounded and well informed, always standing up to injustice and calling out the BS in a way that most "western liberals" cannot even comprehend... if that makes sense. Anyway, excellent job! I'll be getting that Nebula subscription as soon as my salary hits. Cheers!
It’s not all of America. It’s malicious factions within the massive, unelected, nigh-uncontrollable monolith that is the US Federal Government. You think Americans actually voted for these predatory policies?
As an Asian (specifically Indian) I always thought that we were hit the worst by colonialism. But this... This is a hundred times worse. All these criminal countries are still held as upholders of peace and liberty and that itself is so messed up...
It really does seem everyone grows a blind spot when it comes to Haiti, sadly. Not even the Red Cross managed to do any good with the half a billion dollars they raised - and as far as anyone has been able to tell, it was pretty much the Red Cross's own mistakes that caused the money to be wasted.
Nope .. the locals know well what they're doing.. And how harmful it is!! But most don't want to stand up . Either it is simply fear or greed or mere ecstasy ... Some thinks let the nation go ruin who cares all I want is money ,land and women.. While others are simply following for goddamn joy..
Look at South Korea, Botswana and Singapore. They were as worse if not worse than us during independence. Look at them now. Colonialism is just one of the reasons why Haiti has collapsed not the only reason. The government of Haiti has been incompetent.
@@pikachue602 As I said it's one of the reasons not the only reason. You can see how the Dominican republic is performing, if you want any comparison. 🤷🏻♂️. The Dominican republic is Haiti's only neighbour and has had US intervention in the past.
Honestly being Haitian American hurts my heart really see my country being destroyed France America and corruption is destroying my people free Ayiti 🇭🇹
Anytime somebody mentions Haiti I bring up that France to this day owes billions upon billions of dollars to the Haitian people. The fact France hasn’t acknowledged that yet is ridiculous. Making the Haitians pay for their own freedom. Insanity
@@a.b3203 they still had to pay till 1920s. Plus they had coups sponsored by France to destroy their country. I don't know why you're such an apologist for s country that did and still does horrible shit. It's like you don't want to accept the fact that they did horrible shit.
the haitian people, as far as this video shows, got absolutely battered through no fault of their own how can you compete with agendas from much more powerful countries
i really see why many countries are coming against america. thankful to be born here but it makes me mad how this country took advantage of these people.
I’ve seen a dozen videos in the last few months around the situation in Haiti and this is by far the most detailed and to the point - kudos for giving such a grave situation the attention it needs
In Ukraine there is a popular belief that our country is 'cursed' for eternal suffering, which is backed by our history. After learning about Haiti and the likes I feel quite fortunate to be Ukrainian.
I am Haitian American, I was born in the US, so I learned from my parents and cousins about Haiti before there was a platforms like this. I really have to applaud you in a well put documentary of why Haiti is in the position it is in today. You are right on point with what I was taught on Haitian affairs growing up. I will use this documentary to share with my friends, who are not Haitian, on the truth, and I hope they will share it forward. I feel as more people are aware of this the more we can hold the UN and others accountable, and it will not be the same business as usual.
I’m Haitian American. It hurts knowing what the US has done to Haiti. Very conflicting for me as well, because on one hand I appreciate and admire aspects of the U.S. (my country of birth). But then also harbor feelings of resentment for our country’s wrongdoing in not just Haiti but countries elsewhere as well. That being said I have a love-hate relationship with my dear U.S. Have never been to Haiti but my parents tell me wonderful stories from their childhood growing up their. Hope to be able to visit Haiti one day and reconnect. Sending luv to whoever reads this. ❤🇺🇸🇭🇹
Look man I get your point the US is an empire, yet there aint no Americans down there killing people. The violence is cultural, universally. Yet these nice weapons make people more violent.
@@asiblingproductionen realidad no fue un genocidio intencional, pues a pesar de que si se rebelaron los Taínos en un momento, la mayoría de muertes fueron causadas por enfermedades que llevaron los españoles, a las cuales no eran inmunes los Taínos. Recuerda que hubo mestizaje entre Taínos y espańoles, y que al día de hoy hay dominicanos que llevan ADN Taíno, y conservan los rasgos Taínos.
@@asiblingproductionTainos still exist today, maybe not as many who are pure blooded but a good amount of their dna survives through the mixing of the people who live on the island.
They always have. The US has been the problems of most of South and Central American countries, especially Cuba. Because for more then a century the whole of South America continent is to US, as Ukraine is to Russia. Woodrow Wilson is mention in particular because it's said to be a mindset he championed that became the US official MO... South America is consider the US's backyard and the US can do as they please. While president before him has mindset of similar directions of close relationship, Wilson is a Conservative with only exploitations in mind. Even recently, the views of the US State Department, for example Mexico President Andrés Manuel is that he "undermines" US industrial interest because he is actually trying to improve condition in Mexico. The 3 UN security council member in particular, operates the same way.
@@DemonSliimebro forgot that humans have empathy. Maybe if you wanna talk about others status as human beings, start acting like something less psychopathic.
@@coolman3074 “Bro” look what haiti does when left to it’self. You got a kidnapping murderer named bbq running the show. If the US actually did what it should have Haiti would be rich.
@@AL-lh2ht "You pretend Haiti is blameless and did not have centuries of...Imperialism, slavery-" ...I'm pretty sure they didn't do those two things to themselves.
Before i go into this i wanted to make a reading recommendation to all the other viewers who care about the situation: The Haitians by Haitian sociologist Jean Casimir. Its an extremely enlightening read and shows theres a lot to be learned from Haiti. It has a lot of lessons that are useful in the study of other societies so id recommend it for any social science studier and/or enjoyer like myself. But im confident the haitian people will bounce back from this decline and collapse. Their history shows a staunch refusal to say die when facing insurmountable odds. To put it mildly, theyve survived worse. And so after a period of hardship, im sure theyll rebuild again and give it another go. Though some good intentioned external help(so not what the US has been doing thus far) would probably speed that along.
I think you are unreasonably optimistic. The national "lack of trust" is now ingrained as a cultural characteristic. This is the "downside" of human nature. I can't see any government or NGO effort that has the ability to change epigenetics and the mindset of a country which has been traumatised for the generations since the French owned the island. 🤕🥵😪😒☹😩
As an argentinian and fellow latin-american , i feel ashamed of all our american countries for leaving Haiti alone to rot. It's and was the true and original beacon of liberty and democracy.
The most compelling report on 🇭🇹 Haiti thank you 🙏 I am Haitian and I believe we will overcome we are the same people that overcame slavery when we change our mindset our country will thrive I wish I could translate your video in our language so our people understand what is at play
The longer that the video went on, the crazier the history being reported in it got. I can't get over the idea of a whole species of pig going extinct.
I'm simultaneously glad to hear such a clear explanation of how things became the way they and horrified now knowing the truth. Thank you for your work
This is one of the most infuriating stories ive ever heard. Greed is so disgusting. As a taxpayer i would rather send aid to a starving country than to fund a pointless war.
Watching you go from simple animations to Vox-tier production quality has been quite the inspiration, keep up the good work! Your subject choices are always 🔥🔥🔥 as well.
Running notes: 16 minutes in: Wow things actually seemed to be going well when Aristide was president, and then America crushed that hope... Actually I'm confused, so USAID (ie the US government) basically got Aristide overthrown, and then that same US government decided to sanction the regime that they caused? Besides the fact that Haiti's chances of becoming a stable state were basically smothered by those policies, wasn't that also contradictory and a waste of lives and resources for everyone involved? 18 minutes in: Ok so Aristide essentially turned a centralized predatory institution (the military) into a decentralized predatory institution (the gangs). I'm trying to think of something he could have done differently, but I honestly don't think there were any alternatives for what he could have done... 31 minutes in: So foreign actors (basically working on behalf of US and US corporations) occupied the country and exploited the people just like they did in 1915-1934. History repeated itself.
Their conditions remind me of colonial India. Its like the British Raj. Foreigners working with the local elites extracting as much wealth as possible.
This is wayyyyy worse than the British Raj in India. Fortunately, Indians took time and prepared for independence (that also cost millions of lives unfortunately) but the bloodshed was limited to borders. The systems for a new India were already put in place to avoid anarchy. This is chaos since forever.
@@Qwerty.240 British Raj didn't have an organisation like the CIA working against our interests. Their intelligence network was busy working for their homeland against European powers. Luckily our geopolitical situation was way better.
There is a good reason why Cuba till this day still give big NATO powers the cold shoulder let Haiti be a lesson that you can not trust any big ally that comes to so call 'help you' ('help yourself before you help others the classic saying goes')
As an American raised in Haiti in the fifties and returning there in 1997 as a missionary I must say this is one of the best documentaries on Haiti .I congratulate all who helped produce this interesting video and will highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of HAITI. I pray the island returns to being the Pearl of the islands it once was in the nineteen fifties. Evangelist Roger Mansour missionary to HAITI
Thank you for sharing a realistic perspective on the current situation in Haiti. I'm so sick and tired of people saying: "Haiti does it to themselves. Take accountability. Why are Haitians blaming everyone but themselves. There is no western interference in Haiti, that's a conspiracy theory." Would you say any of that to the people in victims in the holocaust? The victims in Gaza? The victims in South America? Why is that when black people are clearly victims of powerful countries greed and hatred, it's always the victims fault? It is so infuriating. It's absolutely absurd that western actors are talking today about invading black countries that can't control their land, government, etc. If these same westerners would leave these places alone maybe they would then be able to cultivate some level of stability. But no, can't have that because China or Russia might make connections and surpass the west and having black countries be successful is a completely abhorrent idea to most westerners and the powers that be. I was a huge supporter of western ideals and things, but seeing how black countries and people, and also other non-white peoples, have been treated makes me resent the west.
@@ZexellGaming Nobody says it will guarantee success. They at least will have the yoke of the west off of them and hopefully they can establish diplomatic relationships with other countries and begin to develop some stability.
Haiti isnt the Taino name of the island Haiti means mountainous lands in Taino the island if it had a name was either Bohio or Kiskeya arriving in as early as the 1670s means the Haitians or French never had direct contact with the Taino people they are usurping an identity that isnt theirs
Thank you for the in-depth documentary on my country. The IMF and the world banks have sucked Haiti dry. But we do need to do better as a people… if we can’t unite for a better future, it will never happen.
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hey if i would raise a legion of Europeans to go there and restore order... would ya help me ?
@@svon1Bro what? And you even added European and Legion p.
Thank you for still giving a shit
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This is more like a horrror film than a documentary
It seems like a cursed place. Literally nothing has gone right for them. Hopefully they will be able to rebuild their country someday.
@jackwilson5542 did we watch the same video? It seems like the United States is the cursed place.
It makes question the existence of God!
@@jackwilson5542 The earthquake says it all.
Haiti just seems like the armpit of the world at the state it’s in now, it’s insanity personified.
I was born and raised in Haiti. I survived the earthquake in 2010, although my mother did not. I survived the hurricanes, i survive the cholera outbreak. I am still holding out hope that the situation will improve for my country.
Small correction. The 150 million Francs equaled 3000% of Haiti's yearly revenue at that time, not just 300%
I kinda wonder what an alternate timeline Haiti would look like if they told the French to shove it and no one sided with the French to extract all that money from them.
@@emperium108 Maybe It's Instead The Us That Take More Than What They Already Take In This Timeline
@@emperium108 there probably wouldn't be a Haiti around, no one was gonna back Haiti in a war against France since everyone has slave plantations in the region in this time period (UK only began abolishing slavery in the empire in 1833), and the greatest fear of the plantation owning class is a Haiti style slave revolt, every second that Haiti exists is an existential threat to their inhumane industry. Haiti was essentially internationally embargoed and even the British let France do whatever they wanted with Haiti in the Congress of Vienna, so unless France dropped their embargo no one was going to trade with or recognise Haiti. So if it did come to war Haiti would've gotten no support from anyone in the region aside from maybe goodwill from the newly independent spanish colonies.
Small correction, to pay this bill. They cut down all the trees on the island and used them as a resource to pay the debt.(still visible on Google maps; compare it to the DR next door)
Instead of replanting the trees (these people who pride themselves on being "connected to nature") just spent the next 100 years whining about it, sucking up as much world aid as they possibly could.
This is their culture
This happens EVERYTIME they take power.
Do not let them, or their green haired brigade tell you otherwise.
Keep them out.
Close the boarders.
Stop the boats.
@@thelakeman2538I think the Haitians should have fought. The decision to concede to France’s wishes was directed by one man. The president at the time. Also we beat the French once pretty sure we would have been able to do it again. I mean we built the Citadelle the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, incase they ever came back. They did and we did nothing.
I was a medic in the Army while I was in Haiti for the 2010 Earthquake. I'd like to add a insight to the NGO situation in 2010 in Haiti. I met a lot of great first responder NGOs who put their lives on hold to immediately respond to Haiti out of care. I also met a lot of NGOs that had been in the country for multiple years that are nothing more than leaches to the Haitian people.
I was attached to the command group of my unit a few weeks in, and with this position I visited a vast majority of Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding area for meetings and area assessments. One meeting always stood out to me. We went to the outskirts of haiti to visit some Religious NGO that to see about using their facilities to allow soldiers to R&R.
I remember walking into the guarded compound and inside there were beautiful buildings, green grass, well maintained landscaping, swimming pools, movie theaters, you name it. If I saw 50 people in the compound, maybe 3 were Haitian. I remember thinking to myself, these people aren't helping Haitians, this is a god damn vacation for them.
Did you see Hillary stealing the money bag? 💰
Besides the movie theatres those other things aren't really strange.
High quality buildings are normal for permanent installations that will see potentially thousands of people over decades, armed guards/walls are for protection because it's an unstable nation and there is the very real risk of kidnappings, landscaping and maintenance is a normal and regular thing in advanced nations even by private individuals in their own property and pools are a relatively cheap luxury that is very common around the world.
Expecting foreigners to fly to an unstable country for charity work and housing them in unsafe hovels with no way to unwind would not be sustainable.
I understand what you're saying but being comfortable and making the property in line with commonly accepted standards in an advanced nation isn't a blatant misuse of funds.
The relevant issue is if somebody was actually embezzling money.
The French demanding reparations from their former slaves is baffling.
The former slaves took possesion of Haiti a French territory, imagine former slaves taking possesion of Louisiana do you think Americans would have accepted that without some monetary compensation.
"By 1789, Saint Domingue was made up of about 8,000 plantations and accounted for two-fifths of France’s total overseas trade, which amounts to approximately 176
million francs or thirty-two million dollars in legal trade, producing one-half of all the sugar and coffee that was consumed in Europe and the Americas. Out of the 176 million francs, sugar accounted for almost eighty-four million. Next in significance was coffee at approximately forty-nine million francs. Cotton exports reached about twenty-one."
France definitely wasn't gonna let that kinda income go. Not without a fight or some kind of "compensation".
Small note about the Creole Pigs: they were eradicated after it was known that they were not a threat, but to inspire locals to purchase foreign pigs. The Creole Pig was indispensable to waste disposal because they ate *all* manner of refuse including human, and after their extinction, the garbage and sewage problems in Haiti worsened exponentially
@jessicapirani: Just read your comment. Please explain further about the creole pigs. You said they fed off of human. Please explain Thanks.
@@Leroy-tj9jg Apparently, the pigs ate human waste, thus fixing the garbage and sewer problems. Garbage and sewer issues in Haiti worsened due to outside forces wanting Haiti to buy foreign pigs. It needs its sources, to be honest. I wouldn't put it past it being true, though.
First part, we didn't need you to say, we understood that.
Are you dumb or something 😂
The comment seems to hint that the pigs ate humans and were used as a waste disposal system. That's just ridiculous and a dumb comment.
So.... What about every other island nation? And what about the other half of the island Haiti is on? Pigs causing these issues, hilarious.
I appreciate how, because of the seriousness of this topic, Cogito did not use the animations that he is famous for. Thank you for treating this topic with the seriousness this deserves.
Is this the first time he's done it this way?
Why is animation bad for serious topic?
@@MrAgLi I was wondering that, too!
@@MrAgLi He specifically makes cute and funny animations, so a grim topic like a current country collapsing would be in bad taste.
@@Direk091 that's an opinion.
The USA and France really did Haiti dirty. This story is so very tragic.
They left out the part haiti started using slabe labor themselves, invaded their neighbors, massive corruption, war crimes.
@@AL-lh2ht ALLLLL of which they had to do to even try to pay off the massive, embargoed debt they were stuck with. That one debt to "buy off" their slave masters doomed this country 300 years ago
@@AL-lh2ht The other side of that coin is that they really didn't have much in the way of options. Perhaps some of their options were at least a little better... but the constraints they were operating under were dire.
no excuses they did to us to = Dominicans and on our side of the island we try to progress and develop
@@DjMannyUKthat was like 100+ years ago dude, i think haiti has more than suffered the consequences
Correction: Haiti Collapsed. Past tense.
It without doubt classifies as a failed state.
@@philosotree5876Only failed due to the intrusions of France, Canada, and the US.
@@MikeF031 ... and other obvious statements.
@@philosotree5876I am glad we are on the same page.
@@MikeF031True. Ever since they started paying their "independence debt" they lost their independence and were destined to fail.
A good reminder of no matter how bad we think we got it, it can always get worse, sooo much worse
That’s for sure I can’t imagine living in such a nightmare truly harrowing
@@Bluefalcon6154 but we DO live in that nightmare. we're the monsters in the story.
@@sogghartha yea I love it when people are like "man we should be grateful that its not worse here" without recognizing that the west is responsible for the destruction.
@@rcsverigeThe West is collapsing...
@@harunmusa8693 oh wow, an un-ironic "the west is collapsing" guy out in the wild! 😂
I live in Florida but still have a house and family in Haiti. I get my news about Haiti direct from Haiti, but have been watching a lot of the UA-cam videos about the situation since the beginning of March, and this is by far the best, most comprehensive explanation I've seen.
However, there are a few things I'd like to add.
An important part of the problem that always gets overlooked, and quite frankly, until it gets acknowledged, nothing will ever improve.
What I'm talking about is internal political strife. The nation's problems didn't start in 1825 when France demanded payment. The country wasn't a peaceful, hippy paradise between 1804 and 1825. Haitian revolutionary leader and national hero Toussaint Louverture was betrayed to the French by fellow national hero, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Dessalines lead the country (brutally, using forced labor) for only 2 years until he was assassinated in 1806.
And that's just the beginning. That's pretty much been the story since even before independence. And until we're honest with ourselves and confront this head-on, it will only continue to be more of the same. Haiti is essentially a zero trust society. Nobody trusts anybody. Just during these past few years there have been people who have kidnapped their own family members for ransom.
Everyone was demanding Ariel's resignation (another point that was overlooked is the fact that he was never confirmed as PM as per the Constitution). He finally announced that he would resign as soon as a presidential council and new government were formed. That was over a month ago and this is FINALLY happening. All due to those involved being unable to agree.
Too many people put themselves above the interest of the nation. And it's everywhere. There's a culture of corruption deeply embedded in the society as a whole. Until this mentality changes and we have a generation of people who seek to defend the interests of the country as a whole, there will just continue to be more people fighting for power. A house divided cannot stand.
So, yeah, Haiti has been given a bad hand by foreign interference and natural catastrophes. But the nation has also suffered due to things that CAN be controlled. And until we hear a political class and business sector acknowledge these things and commit to turn away from the division to work united for the sake of all (l'union fait la force), nothing will improve.
Papa & Baby Doc, were the only successful leaders, in the history of the nation. 16 years of stability, under the Ton-Ton's policing protection.
Well said!
This needs to be pinned as a Haitian American I agree. Yes, Haiti has been wronged but the US and France but also due to the corruption within as well. I don’t know why some people don’t want to awknowledge this or undermine it as a issue.
" And that's just the beginning. That's pretty much been the story since even before independence. And until we're honest with ourselves and confront this head-on, it will only continue to be more of the same. *Haiti is essentially a zero trust society. Nobody trusts anybody.* Just during these past few years there have been *people who have kidnapped their own family members for ransom.*
Everyone was demanding Ariel's resignation (another point that was overlooked is the fact that *he was never confirmed as PM as per the Constitution*). He finally announced that *he would resign as soon as a presidential council and new government were formed.* That was over a month ago and this is FINALLY happening. *All due to those involved being unable to agree*
Too many people put themselves above the interest of the nation. And it's everywhere. *There's a culture of corruption deeply embedded in the society as a whole.* Until this mentality changes and we have a generation of people who seek to defend the interests of the country as a whole, there will just continue to be more people fighting for power. A house divided cannot stand.
So, yeah, Haiti has been given a bad hand by foreign interference and natural catastrophes. But the nation has also suffered due to things that CAN be controlled. And until we hear a political class and business sector acknowledge these things and commit to turn away from the division to work united for the sake of all (l'union fait la force), nothing will improve. "
That's why it's tempting to harbor critical thoughts about the country, leading some to believe that relocating to the U.S. is the ideal solution for citizens seeking a better life. However, this notion is complicated by conspiracy theories suggesting that Haitian elites aim to displace the native population to monopolize the land, creating a dilemma where pursuing a better life inadvertently aligns with the desires of these elites.
@@1378N A reestablishment of the prior 1986 Constitution, or earlier, that would reestablish the Papa Doc Dynasty, having the grandson assume the Presidency for Life. Bring back Ton=Ton Machute for national protection.
The worst part is that the people who donated to help Haiti intended the money to get to them. It was those in charge of doing that who failed.
Haiti never escaped slavery
“Chaired by famous Haitian: Bill Clinton! 😂
So Basically, sociopathic, self serving, greedy, morally currupt people are the problem.
The problem is most extremely wealthy people in this world care only about themselves and their money.
I’m Haitian American and I am very grateful my parents came to USA in the 1990s. They struggled heavily in their youth and sad at what the nation is now.
If it wasn't for the war criminals from the US, your parents wouldn't need to go to US. It's amazing how the us build their power in the top of so much blood, violence, degeneracy, racism and genocide.
Go back and save your country
I understand your point of view, but surely you can see the irony of fleeing to the same country that helped to ruin your homeland in the first place?
@@sopek1427 I wish to help and create more NGO programs in Haiti but sadly flights to it for now are canceled
@@LancesArmorStriking Yeah…it is a sad irony
This video just tore down every illusion I had ever held about karma, justice, and righteousness. Strength is the only thing that matters in this world.
This is utterly infuriating. How do we collectively pay into governments that perpetrate these atrocities? Everywhere!
whew, looks almost as if governments were the problem. maybe we should get rid of that model? read hoppe
Because the reality of the situation isn't quite what was described in the video. Hati and the Dominican Republic were in an almost identical situation in 1970 on the same island. USAID and the IMF used the same policies of investment and factory creation for both of them so their countries could take advantage of their low cost of labor to create growth on its way to a developed nation the same way that had worked for China, Korea and Japan. It worked amazingly for the Dominicans who now have a GDP per captia on par with most of eastern Europe. On the other side of the island, not so much.
@@recreationalplutonium Cool. I'm gonna band together with a bunch of other people and take your stuff. You won't be able to stop us, because we can both overpower and outwait you. Inevitably, we'll continue to do this to people unless they give us their stuff, and then declare ourselves the legitimate force, and continue to do that.
There's no magic spell to make governments never exist again, you dolt. You simpleton. You maroon. We have institutions for a reason. Humanity has been a cooperative species with one another since the beginning. All you're doing is a rhetorical tantrum while supporting the exact same people who made all these problems in the first place because they have different colors on their lapels.
When Greece declared its war of independence from the Ottomans, Haiti was the only nation that recognized it. Haiti even sent aid in the form of fighters and coffee.
Greece went through a similar process of getting “enslaved” through debt. Not by its former “enslavers” (the Ottomans), but by Europe! That has had consequences till this day on Greece and the Greek people, although what Haiti has endured is incomparable, 1000x worse and frankly, infuriating. It seems like a pattern in many cases whenever a people has wanted its independence from its colonizers or conquerors. I guess it’s the reward for daring to want freedom.
Thank you for producing these awesome videos
Glad you like them! Thanks a lot for your support.
OUTSTANDING, Cogito! I am not Haitian, but I've lived there several times, am fluent in Kreyol Ayisyen, and have LOTS of friends and in-laws in Haiti. THANK YOU for putting this up. Haiti was pretty much doomed from the get-go. The LOVELY French - who laughed off their war debt to the United States, yet throttled Haiti for 120 YEARS... The enforced isolation, a population that was basically just off the slave boat founding a society after suffering some of the most hideous atrocities of any slave society... Somehow she has managed to rise up, and always been slapped down. I am VERY impressed that you didn't back off from mentioning how monstrous the Clintons have been to Haiti - from the destruction of the rice industry (which Bill & Hillary made a FORTUNE from by ensuring their Arkansas farmer buddies - who paid the Clintons WELL - got the bulk of the benefits) to the destruction of the pork farmers, and then the ghastly, utterly ghoulish looting of 99% of the Earthquake aid... let's just say the flag of Haiti should be vampire Bill & Hillary feeding on the neck of a Haitian child. Cogito - this angers me, yet I am SO happy to see you telling it how it really is.
Thank you so much for this. It's good to hear from someone that has actual experience in Haiti. Yes unfortunately the main emotion from this video is anger at what has been done to Haiti but I think it's a really important history to understand. Thanks again!
It's always someone elses fault. The cannibalism also other people fault too?
@@AL-lh2ht Nope. The French were so horrendous to their slaves in Saint Domingue that when the Revolution happened, the majority had been born in Africa. In some African cultures, eating parts of your conquered enemies was a way of 1) taking on their power/enslaving them to you for eternity and 2) scared the crap out of their enemies. Haitian Gwo Negs (gang leaders) want tales of them doing it to spread, to instill fear & destroy resistance. The Japanese did it in WW2, as well.
@@SgtRocko I’m Haitian American, and thanks for speaking on the matter. I think governmental corruption is really bad in Haiti. But yes Haiti has been wronged countless times by countries such as the U.S. and France which is very sad.
Them damn Democrats 😂 Yall conveniently forget about Ronald Reagans policies during the 80s 😂
The video keeps getting worse and worse. This video is just disturbing and that's why I'll share it with everyone. Thank you Cogito.
There's something that feels really wrong about sitting comfortable in my bed while learning more about this hellish situation
The fact that anyone's still alive in Haiti is a testament to the human spirit. I really hope they get to experience prosperity someday. I also hope the US can be a force for good rather than exploitation in Haiti.
Did you just say you were American in fifty different languages and think we wouldn't make a mistake?
Wow, I have this sad feeling that the US hasn't been a force for good in the past for Haiti. I actually had a lot of friends from Haiti, from the neighborhood I used to live in. I'm telling you everyone Haitian I ever met were awesome people. You wouldn't find a friend more loyal. They're all used to working hard for very little return, and they're still gracious. So...they are obviously in a bad way now, but I mean what did people expect? For real, the gangs are more honest than the government.
The last thing US has been and continues to be is a force of good. 'Land of the free' they said, while enslaving millions of people. America is built on lies and hypocrisy, just like every European colonial criminal state.
@@Hollylivengood Oh, the US definitely hasn't been a force for good there. That's what makes it so heartbreaking. We have the capacity to be a force for good in the world, but we care more about stupid shit like anti-communism.
@FaresHasan-zt3fi What do you mean? I'm not hiding the fact that I'm American.
Thanks for going in depth on this topic. Haiti surely deserves a Hollywood movie with that kind of history. One thing you forgot to clarify on was the fact that Haiti’s last President, Jovenel Moise wasn’t actually killed by Haitians but instead he was assassinated by Colombian🇨🇴 mercenaries who entered Haiti through the Dominican Republic to cover their tracks and were hired by the rich Jewish oligarchs of Haiti, mainly Bigio, Boulos and Vorbe family, etc. All because the president Jovenel Moise threatened to call out all of those big family names involved and enriching themselves in drug and human trafficking in Haiti and refused to pay taxes in the country while they owned the majority of private businesses in Haiti doing money laundering 🇭🇹
Never have I seen a video raising my body temperature so badly. It's so infuriating to hear all the terrible stuff done to my ancestor's country. I've been looking for more information and now I'm learning there's even MORE. I hate it so bad
Same😢
Even I am shocked by the power of greed,selfishness and cruelty. Truly these are the last days.
They don't teach this is history class.
"With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism, like you've got in Africa now and like you've got in Haiti. So what we're talking about is there has to be an educational program. That's very important."
--Fred Hampton
this is just true
Education doesn't guarantee anything, though. It's a start, but it is not enough.
Nope.. basic understanding can help people but even educated ones destroy lands...
The local people know well about their need and necessity issue is they ain't willing to stand up . Either they want to gain something more out of it or simply want to follow the suite like others for their joy..
And let us not start about pakistanis.
It is such cope. Every country on earth has been occupied or colonised by some country or another, yet south Asia is doing so much better and east Asia is doing amazing even. The utter failure of Haiti has everything to do with the people who live there, being colonised does not make you eat each other...
@@pikachue602 But that's the thing, everybody needs to be educated, not just a few people on top. With the masses being educated, things will change.
@@pieterveenders9793 100% Agreed! I'm sick of people blaming the current mess of certain countries on events that happened long ago. They need to learn how to grow up and take responsibility for their own actions.
Haiti has been absolutely ravaged by neo colonialism they have never been forgiven by the US/Europe/hegemony for rebelling and its heartbreaking. Hopefully one day Haiti can build a better future
You pretend Haiti has not been giving some the greatest amount of aid on earth.
@@AL-lh2ht Jump dumping money into it isn't going to fix it. It never has and it never will
@@samwill7259 Especially when the ones giving the money give it all to the business leaders because they "have experience handling money and administering large-scale efforts"...
@@PhysicsGamer bingo. Fixing it would require getting into the higher details, sweeping away the corruption and rebuilding the system which no one is going to do
@@AL-lh2htonly a fraction of aid is received by haiti. But the general public needs to take control
Just the starting of the video is enough to understand why they were destined to fail.
Ever since they started paying their "independence debt" they lost their independence and were destined to fail.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999 lol I find it hilarious you guys think a colonial power is going to Go out of their way to return wealth they stole over the centuries. You can rest assured Haiti will get it's money back when the royal family returns the crowned Jewel back to India, America returning the land back to the indigenous people, France loosening it's grip over most of it's former African colonies and every museum returning all stolen artifacts back to their countries of origin. FYI they would never. There was a president in Haiti who demanded the money that was paid to be returned and he had a huge following. You guys probably don't know this but care to guess what happened to said president? He was gifted with a coup.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999 there was a president who asked for the money back. He was gifted with a coup. Wiki L. had a paper on how a 3 letter mafia orchestrated the coup in the early 2000.
@GoodNewsEveryone2999no they don't, and I hate France, but the law of the time France owned the land and had the right to it, modern times and law are different from back then
@@abbasshachem3383 You can't be serious.
@@abbasshachem3383France shall pay it or they will be embargoed. Let's act true to the law
As a Haitian I have to say this is a very well done video and thank you for mentioning how foreign aid has devastated Haiti aguulcutre industry.
Hi, Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic. I always wondered, why can't Haiti look to the Dominican Republic for guidance on how to run their society? Copy what you see the Dominicans do to create stability on the Haitian side of the island. Practice using Dominican customs, laws, morals and you should see things progress, such as vegetation growth, the difference of which can clearly be seen from space between the Haitian side of the island and the Dominican side. So learn from your neighbors the Dominican Republic and that would put you in better straits.
This needs to be a book.
Amazingly well researched, presented, and produced! I love the way you instantly brought up slavery (instead of blaming the local people, like "that was 200 years ago"), and the fact that you don't shy away from criticizing the UN or USAID and the countless foreign interventions (as opposed to "they're free to run their country"). This is really rare to see, even amongst liberals, and this attitude is honestly refreshing... But then again, no offense, but the Irish are one of the few western nations that have that spirit of solidarity for people in countries other than Europe and the US. For real, I swear to god the Irish are so grounded and well informed, always standing up to injustice and calling out the BS in a way that most "western liberals" cannot even comprehend... if that makes sense. Anyway, excellent job! I'll be getting that Nebula subscription as soon as my salary hits. Cheers!
dude the irish support russia against ukriane.
They have sanctions on Russia and Russia is banned from using there airspace.In what way do they support Russia?
@@AL-lh2ht You think the Irish of all people support _Russia_ in that conflict?
I don't think I've met a single Irish person that supports Russia 😂 Ireland has taken in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, the 3rd or 4th highest in the EU.
Just horrible to see USA act like saviours while perpetrating such henious acts of injustice!
It’s not all of America.
It’s malicious factions within the massive, unelected, nigh-uncontrollable monolith that is the US Federal Government.
You think Americans actually voted for these predatory policies?
As an Asian (specifically Indian) I always thought that we were hit the worst by colonialism. But this... This is a hundred times worse. All these criminal countries are still held as upholders of peace and liberty and that itself is so messed up...
It really does seem everyone grows a blind spot when it comes to Haiti, sadly. Not even the Red Cross managed to do any good with the half a billion dollars they raised - and as far as anyone has been able to tell, it was pretty much the Red Cross's own mistakes that caused the money to be wasted.
Nope .. the locals know well what they're doing..
And how harmful it is!!
But most don't want to stand up .
Either it is simply fear or greed or mere ecstasy ...
Some thinks let the nation go ruin who cares all I want is money ,land and women..
While others are simply following for goddamn joy..
Look at South Korea, Botswana and Singapore. They were as worse if not worse than us during independence. Look at them now. Colonialism is just one of the reasons why Haiti has collapsed not the only reason. The government of Haiti has been incompetent.
@@gocool_2.0 nope there are many reasons behind it..
US interests
@@pikachue602 As I said it's one of the reasons not the only reason. You can see how the Dominican republic is performing, if you want any comparison. 🤷🏻♂️. The Dominican republic is Haiti's only neighbour and has had US intervention in the past.
Thanks for doing a video on this, it feels like no one is really paying attention to it
We're black...of course not.
This is so messed up
this sounds like the worst thing done to a country by third parties in the modern world
Honestly being Haitian American hurts my heart really see my country being destroyed France America and corruption is destroying my people free Ayiti 🇭🇹
Anytime somebody mentions Haiti I bring up that France to this day owes billions upon billions of dollars to the Haitian people. The fact France hasn’t acknowledged that yet is ridiculous. Making the Haitians pay for their own freedom. Insanity
Incredibly cruel. Where is the root of all of this evil....
@@MikeF031 the French
@@a.b3203 did you watch the video?
@@a.b3203because they forced them to pay for their freedom? Because they were literal slavers? Are you dense? Or just willfully stupid
@@a.b3203 they still had to pay till 1920s. Plus they had coups sponsored by France to destroy their country. I don't know why you're such an apologist for s country that did and still does horrible shit. It's like you don't want to accept the fact that they did horrible shit.
the haitian people, as far as this video shows, got absolutely battered through no fault of their own
how can you compete with agendas from much more powerful countries
i really see why many countries are coming against america. thankful to be born here but it makes me mad how this country took advantage of these people.
Thanks!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I’ve seen a dozen videos in the last few months around the situation in Haiti and this is by far the most detailed and to the point - kudos for giving such a grave situation the attention it needs
In Ukraine there is a popular belief that our country is 'cursed' for eternal suffering, which is backed by our history.
After learning about Haiti and the likes I feel quite fortunate to be Ukrainian.
I am Haitian American, I was born in the US, so I learned from my parents and cousins about Haiti before there was a platforms like this. I really have to applaud you in a well put documentary of why Haiti is in the position it is in today. You are right on point with what I was taught on Haitian affairs growing up. I will use this documentary to share with my friends, who are not Haitian, on the truth, and I hope they will share it forward. I feel as more people are aware of this the more we can hold the UN and others accountable, and it will not be the same business as usual.
I’m Haitian American. It hurts knowing what the US has done to Haiti. Very conflicting for me as well, because on one hand I appreciate and admire aspects of the U.S. (my country of birth). But then also harbor feelings of resentment for our country’s wrongdoing in not just Haiti but countries elsewhere as well. That being said I have a love-hate relationship with my dear U.S. Have never been to Haiti but my parents tell me wonderful stories from their childhood growing up their. Hope to be able to visit Haiti one day and reconnect. Sending luv to whoever reads this. ❤🇺🇸🇭🇹
All predicted in the bible. Two brothers would love side by side, but would fight each other for ancestors sins.
You have stockholm syndrome bro, holding love for a country that raped the home of your ancestors is a different type of self hate. Get help bro.
Look man I get your point the US is an empire, yet there aint no Americans down there killing people. The violence is cultural, universally. Yet these nice weapons make people more violent.
US didn’t do anything to ur country
@@MikeMyers-th1rk 😂😂 ok sure. Also US is my country as well so.
This one of the best documentaries about Haiti! Probably theBest!!!
Watch the one on uncaptured media
Watch the one on haiti liberte
Another vision
Is this the name of the yt channel or documentary itself?@@MikeF031
Sky TV in UK MADE FROM MR BARBECUE HERO LIKE ROBIN HOOD
Haiti has been colapsing since Spain gave the territory to France in a treaty.
You mean, since Spainish men genocided the Taino...
En ese momento no era Haiti, porque era solo la colonia Francesa. Nada que ver con Haití de hoy.
@@asiblingproductionen realidad no fue un genocidio intencional, pues a pesar de que si se rebelaron los Taínos en un momento, la mayoría de muertes fueron causadas por enfermedades que llevaron los españoles, a las cuales no eran inmunes los Taínos. Recuerda que hubo mestizaje entre Taínos y espańoles, y que al día de hoy hay dominicanos que llevan ADN Taíno, y conservan los rasgos Taínos.
@@asiblingproductionit went down hill moment the revoltution happend
@@asiblingproductionTainos still exist today, maybe not as many who are pure blooded but a good amount of their dna survives through the mixing of the people who live on the island.
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it looks like France and the US caused the misery in Haiti. what the US and France are doing there?
They always have. The US has been the problems of most of South and Central American countries, especially Cuba. Because for more then a century the whole of South America continent is to US, as Ukraine is to Russia. Woodrow Wilson is mention in particular because it's said to be a mindset he championed that became the US official MO... South America is consider the US's backyard and the US can do as they please. While president before him has mindset of similar directions of close relationship, Wilson is a Conservative with only exploitations in mind. Even recently, the views of the US State Department, for example Mexico President Andrés Manuel is that he "undermines" US industrial interest because he is actually trying to improve condition in Mexico. The 3 UN security council member in particular, operates the same way.
Whatever we want. Haiti don’t know how to human.
@@DemonSliimeBro what?
@@DemonSliimebro forgot that humans have empathy. Maybe if you wanna talk about others status as human beings, start acting like something less psychopathic.
@@coolman3074 “Bro” look what haiti does when left to it’self. You got a kidnapping murderer named bbq running the show.
If the US actually did what it should have Haiti would be rich.
this is just horror after horror non-stop, Haiti can't catch a break.
You treated this subject very respectfully, thank you ❤
Punishment for the 1791 slave revolt never ended. Western governments conspire to maintain never ending chaos.
You pretend haiti is blameless and did not have centuries of corruption, imperialism, slavery, and brutality.
Lmfao
@@AL-lh2ht "You pretend Haiti is blameless and did not have centuries of...Imperialism, slavery-"
...I'm pretty sure they didn't do those two things to themselves.
@@AL-lh2htI think we are all on the same page here....
@@ZimaCyberiaWestern powers are like chess pieces. Look at the player instead.
America is a beacon of freedom and hope for the entire world...Right?
Before i go into this i wanted to make a reading recommendation to all the other viewers who care about the situation:
The Haitians by Haitian sociologist Jean Casimir. Its an extremely enlightening read and shows theres a lot to be learned from Haiti. It has a lot of lessons that are useful in the study of other societies so id recommend it for any social science studier and/or enjoyer like myself.
But im confident the haitian people will bounce back from this decline and collapse. Their history shows a staunch refusal to say die when facing insurmountable odds. To put it mildly, theyve survived worse. And so after a period of hardship, im sure theyll rebuild again and give it another go. Though some good intentioned external help(so not what the US has been doing thus far) would probably speed that along.
Oh US sending aid to haiti is made in bad attention? well i guess they should stop then.
I think you are unreasonably optimistic. The national "lack of trust" is now ingrained as a cultural characteristic. This is the "downside" of human nature. I can't see any government or NGO effort that has the ability to change epigenetics and the mindset of a country which has been traumatised for the generations since the French owned the island. 🤕🥵😪😒☹😩
As an argentinian and fellow latin-american , i feel ashamed of all our american countries for leaving Haiti alone to rot. It's and was the true and original beacon of liberty and democracy.
The most compelling report on 🇭🇹 Haiti thank you 🙏 I am Haitian and I believe we will overcome we are the same people that overcame slavery when we change our mindset our country will thrive I wish I could translate your video in our language so our people understand what is at play
27:29 “Famous Haitian, Bill Clinton” there’s the humor that turned my frown upside down 😂 aw man that was great
We will not perish🇭🇹🙏,may God bless Haïti.....
The longer that the video went on, the crazier the history being reported in it got. I can't get over the idea of a whole species of pig going extinct.
People tend to underestimate the damage that was caused by colonialism.
Amazing... and Horrid...
When can Haitians catch a break?
Heartbreaking yet important stuff, thanks so much
This guy is very well informed. Probably one of the best documentary about Haiti...
I'm simultaneously glad to hear such a clear explanation of how things became the way they and horrified now knowing the truth. Thank you for your work
I'm Haitian American and I'm sad what's going on in Haiti deep down I hope some divine intervention comes and Haiti can be saved 😥
We live in such a dark world
This is one of the most infuriating stories ive ever heard. Greed is so disgusting. As a taxpayer i would rather send aid to a starving country than to fund a pointless war.
Absolute best video I’ve seen on the situation. Thanks
Thank you for being fair and telling the truth about Haiti. Thank you
Watching you go from simple animations to Vox-tier production quality has been quite the inspiration, keep up the good work! Your subject choices are always 🔥🔥🔥 as well.
Thanks, that means a lot!
This is the most accurate and comprehensive documentary on Haiti Ive ever seen
25:16 They didn't even build houses, they put up 6 tents.
Thank you for this bro. And thanks for not sugar coating anything and being all the way 100 💯🙏🏿
One of the best docs i have seen an explains everything so clearly thank you
those people have been through everything man
Running notes:
16 minutes in:
Wow things actually seemed to be going well when Aristide was president, and then America crushed that hope...
Actually I'm confused, so USAID (ie the US government) basically got Aristide overthrown, and then that same US government decided to sanction the regime that they caused? Besides the fact that Haiti's chances of becoming a stable state were basically smothered by those policies, wasn't that also contradictory and a waste of lives and resources for everyone involved?
18 minutes in:
Ok so Aristide essentially turned a centralized predatory institution (the military) into a decentralized predatory institution (the gangs). I'm trying to think of something he could have done differently, but I honestly don't think there were any alternatives for what he could have done...
31 minutes in:
So foreign actors (basically working on behalf of US and US corporations) occupied the country and exploited the people just like they did in 1915-1934. History repeated itself.
Their conditions remind me of colonial India. Its like the British Raj. Foreigners working with the local elites extracting as much wealth as possible.
This is wayyyyy worse than the British Raj in India. Fortunately, Indians took time and prepared for independence (that also cost millions of lives unfortunately) but the bloodshed was limited to borders. The systems for a new India were already put in place to avoid anarchy. This is chaos since forever.
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@@Qwerty.240 British Raj didn't have an organisation like the CIA working against our interests. Their intelligence network was busy working for their homeland against European powers. Luckily our geopolitical situation was way better.
@@jackiecooper9439keep your nukes 😉
@@urmum3773 And your...point is?
(This is a joke, I know what point you're trying to make. Go away)
Just unbeliveable..
Well done and moderated story, thank you very much❤ everyone on earth should see this compilation
this is the most comphrehensive story of haiti that ive ever seen
There is a good reason why Cuba till this day still give big NATO powers the cold shoulder let Haiti be a lesson that you can not trust any big ally that comes to so call 'help you' ('help yourself before you help others the classic saying goes')
This deserve more views, really
As an American raised in Haiti in the fifties and returning there in 1997 as a missionary I must say this is one of the best documentaries on Haiti .I congratulate all who helped produce this interesting video and will highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of HAITI. I pray the island returns to being the Pearl of the islands it once was in the nineteen fifties.
Evangelist Roger Mansour missionary to HAITI
This video needs more views.
Haiti is truly resilient, May they rise above these political turmoil. God bless Haiti.
You do important work @cogito, please keep it up
Can you do a similar video about Sri Lanka as well.
Didn't They Already Have? The Tamils
Thank you for this documentary man!! it is an online memorial to what Haiti has suffered
My heart is with Haiti. We will win soon. I’m sorry I wasn’t more educated sooner on these atrocities 🇭🇹🇭🇹❤️
This is by far the worst thing I’ve heard this year, worse than Sudan.
Thank you for sharing a realistic perspective on the current situation in Haiti. I'm so sick and tired of people saying: "Haiti does it to themselves. Take accountability. Why are Haitians blaming everyone but themselves. There is no western interference in Haiti, that's a conspiracy theory." Would you say any of that to the people in victims in the holocaust? The victims in Gaza? The victims in South America? Why is that when black people are clearly victims of powerful countries greed and hatred, it's always the victims fault? It is so infuriating.
It's absolutely absurd that western actors are talking today about invading black countries that can't control their land, government, etc. If these same westerners would leave these places alone maybe they would then be able to cultivate some level of stability. But no, can't have that because China or Russia might make connections and surpass the west and having black countries be successful is a completely abhorrent idea to most westerners and the powers that be.
I was a huge supporter of western ideals and things, but seeing how black countries and people, and also other non-white peoples, have been treated makes me resent the west.
I think ur lost because one also leaving them alone doesn't guarantee they will be successful
@@ZexellGaming Nobody says it will guarantee success. They at least will have the yoke of the west off of them and hopefully they can establish diplomatic relationships with other countries and begin to develop some stability.
This whole video broke my heart
The story of Haiti is a story of the difference between kindness and pity and the disastrous consequences of conflating the two.
Fantastic video, once again
Haiti isnt the Taino name of the island Haiti means mountainous lands in Taino the island if it had a name was either Bohio or Kiskeya arriving in as early as the 1670s means the Haitians or French never had direct contact with the Taino people they are usurping an identity that isnt theirs
Thank you for coving this. Haiti isn't talked about enough in the media and we need to be informed on this!
Thank you for the in-depth documentary on my country. The IMF and the world banks have sucked Haiti dry. But we do need to do better as a people… if we can’t unite for a better future, it will never happen.
As a Haitian French person, this hurts to see my country like this