Here's an interesting (and horrible) fact: During Hurricane Katrina, the Cuban government offered to send 1586 of its doctors as well as 26 tons of medicine to New Orleans in order to provide humanitarian aid to the people most in need. The Bush administration prohibited Cuba from sending doctors and medicine to the area whilst it itself didn't send adequate help either. You can take a guess why Bush didn't want to see Cuba saving the day in New Orleans.
Child: "Evil people exist" Adolescent: "People try their best and are well-meaning" Adult: "Evil people exist, and they can be frighteningly cartoonish"
I lived in New Orleans at the time of Katrina. We were one of those lucky enough to have the money to evacuate and family in Texas to stay with. Our house was on a hill and just barely escaped flooding but even our neighbor's houses were heavily damaged, my dad's workplace was entirely destroyed, and it took over 6 months for them to repair the school. Most of my neighbors lived in FEMA trailers for literal years after as they couldn't afford to fix their homes. I was too young to understand at the time but learning about how it happened now makes me unbelievably angry. All I remember is my very conservative family going on angry rants about how the government was useless and refused to fix the levees out of greed.
I was doing customer service for a credit card company when one of the hurricanes that did major damage in Texas hit. It was heartbreaking how many people who had no place else to turn were calling the credit card company, begging for limit increases, begging to be given a few months grace before having to pay, etc. So many people lost everything, insurance refused to pay, and FEMA did very little to help.
The idea that the people who did the "right thing" according to capitalism and bought insurance, probably years beforehand, only to basically have that money kept for free shows how pointless this system is. You play by the rules, so the head of the game rewrites them
Insurance companies are probably the best example of the ridiculous joke that capitalism is. An industry that produces NOTHING, literally nothing really valuable, and then takes people's money like a Mob for "protection" then finds every which way not to pay up when something bad actually does happen. Can we stop playing this ridiculous game of Monopoly with real people's lives already? Enough is enough, I say. Let's get this system change under way. Natural Law Resource Based Economy is a viable alternative, we can start building towards it if we get critical mass to understand the need.
@@TheSUGA1202 I think change should come from bottom-up organizing, through unions, cooperatives, mutual aid, etc. building independence from, and rebellion towards capital and state. I don't believe the state, being a power structure of domination, can be wielded to liberate. It will only create a political elite in the power-vacuum of the economic elite.
Climate disaster is such an interesting topic to me. Katrina was the event (I was 10 at the time) where I began to realise that maybe the system is more messed up that I imagined. Seeing people being left for dead and the infrastructural neglect was eye-opening, even for a child that didn't fully understand what was going on.
@@arnaubasulto4448 the response to it and lack of preparation absolutely should be, not to mention that normal phenomena are made exponentially worse by climate change, of which economic incentives and the military industrial complex is the biggest contributor of.
Yeah I believe that was true for many. Regardless of age. Katirina and the invasion of Iraq and the torture and bush getting in just squeaking by in some Florida courts and nearly all of the politicians (no matter party) falling in line with the invasion. And, and and. I think the final nail for me was Obama's failure (or success if he never intended to do diddly (which seems to clearly be the case) - all these other things, I was upset, I did activist work. I protested. I knew the Dems sucked but I had not fully digested or internalised just how evil all of it is from top to bottom.
This is especially bad here in the Philippines. Trust me, every time there's a typhoon the only folks who make any meaningful response are corporate grifters. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of survivors having to rely on "donations" from some private companies with questionable motives.
Sadly, Philippines is still a long way ahead to moving away from privatization. Even the word communism draws a bad taste in everybody's mouth since it has already been appropriated by the terrorist group ccpnpa
“Told workers it was better to keep working then evacuate”. Same thing happened at an Amazon warehouse last year that was knocked down in a massive storm killing workers. Horrible.
I personally lived through hurricane Katrina. I was only 12. I lost many friends and personal belongings. It was also the first major wake up call to questioning my fomer conservative worldview that I was raised in. I never forgot the suffering of what happened. Thank you for your video diving deep about how Katrina (and the other hurricanes since) has been further made worse by Capitalism.
I remember reading in the aftermath of Katrina, that Halliburton won a no-bid contract to do clean up in New Orleans. As we know, Cheney was a CEO for the company before he became vice-president.
As a Louisianian, thinking about Katrina will always make me feel both sad and sick. I have family affected and displaced by that storm and it was a miracle I was living in the northern part of the state during that time.
I hope my little story can bring a bit of brightness to this, my mums name is Katrina back when the hurricane happened we'd hassle her with "gosh Katrina, look at what you've done." Back in 2017 she flew to Houston in hopes of driving to New Orleans before driving across the country to WA, Harvey was starting to hit Houston just as she landed and completely blocked off the highways to New Orleans... so in essence Hurricane Harvey prevented Katrina returning to New Orleans in 2017.
It was terrible where I was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Completely leveled all the buildings in my area of Bay Saint Louis. We still have collective PTSD on the coast.
I knew that capitalism exploits a lot of stuff. But the fact that the system exploits natural disasters where innocent people lose their homes and sometimes lives, is just so disturbing. Honestly i hope that in my lifetime we can end this once and for all.
"There's no earthquake machine." As someone who lives in an area that never has earthquakes, yet had dozens of them in the span of a year or so due to fracking, I beg to differ.
One common question I see a lot on chinese internet asks why the national guard goes into disaster zones fully armed. The PLA always goes in fully laden with water, food, medical supplies for both themselves and victims; there is no space for firearms or ammunition, nor does anyone think to bring any. Although it is understandable to go to nearby shops and such to find food and water, the business owners also aren't necessarily in the wrong for not giving them either. The inventory may have been procured with lines of credit, and losing too much could result in bankruptcy. They must protect their stores, or else they would become destitute. If FEMA couldn't get there in time, at least they could have provided ample payment or promise of such to local businesses, and commandeered all of their supplies and ordered it be distributed. Not giving adequate disaster relief is one of the best ways to get a rebellion going.
I traveled to Katrina to volunteer on repair projects. It was horrible knowing that the reason for all the suffering and loss was how infrastructure was designed without the right concern for the poor and black neighborhoods. Horrible to see, and in the years since I've slowly learned more about how it was also capitalism alongside racism that lead to the disaster
@@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993 doesn’t create the hurricane but creates the situation where certain neighborhoods and people are in the vulnerable zones, unmaintained inftastructure, etc that turn a storm into a disaster. Especially when people are all but abandoned after both in immediate aftermath and long term support being offered in ways that discriminated against the poor and Black people of NOLA. Do your research for more
As a Puertorrican who’s lived through Irma, Maria, and Fiona, while living on the island. Thank You 🇵🇷 Usually the world just forgets about us till some trap artist drops a single or we start drowning in the streets, so thank you for mentioning this issue. Capitalism under a neoliberal, neocolonial USA has crippled and subjugated us on the island. LUMA has not improved our infrastructure in any significant way. Power still goes out constantly, but LUMA gets to raise the prices on our bills. Most of Puerto Rico is left undeveloped and highly susceptible to the floods and hurricanes. The coastal sand dunes were flattened to make more beaches for tourists. Some houses even now, still carry blue tarps as a roof, left there since Maria. Neighborhoods left safe from all the suffering are steadily gentrified, with ancaps and cryptobro investors loving our cRaZy tax laws. People are being pushed from their homes, our communities suffer together. Funds and foreign aid are held hostage, embezzled by the capitalist class. It all gets tiring, painful stuff to see and deal with. One day I hope us to be free, but until then we can at least raise awareness. Love your content man, keep making it! 🚩Solidarity Forever!✊
True Story: I am a victim of hurricane IAN in Florida. With the tons of "donation platforms" with millions of dollars, I emailed several of them asking how I "apply for assistance"? All they had where "donate now" buttons... Well they all responded with ; "Sorry, We do NOT give out assistance directly to the people, but only to Companies which provide assistance to the victims" ... Yeah , DO NOT give to Disaster Donation Non Profits!!!!!
Nonprofits are where ultra-mega-rich people give their money to themselves to avoid paying taxes. The trick is that they own the nonprofit and pay themselves a huge salary :o
@@RussellD11 I noticed you have both videos by Hamilton Morris AND Jordan Peterson on your favorites playlist.. how?? Morris is dedicated af to get all psychedelics decriminalized, meanwhile Mr Peterson’s stance on decriminalizing psychedelics is “uh, Western Civilization is not ready for that yet”... like.. Jordan Peterson is soooooooooooo simple-minded he can’t even connect the Al Capone situations during alcohol prohibition to the violence connected to prohibition 2.0... how can you handle listening to such a simple-minded moron who says that people deserve to be locked in cages for psychedelic use, and also an ingenious hero who has dedicated his career to fighting for the freedom to use psychedelic medicines?? :o
Bruh it makes me cry to hear how many got hurt by the storm. My heart goes out to all who have been hurt by the storm, may the universe please give you fortune and luck.. I'm sorry
@@pyeitme508 name one stateless, classless, cashless country. There were and are no communist countries. Socialist countries never got there and for many reasons
I recently was living. In the road working for a charity that goes into high schools. We passed through Newfoundland in an area hurricane Fiona passed through shortly before. There was a lot of trauma among the youth, but the real sick thing was the fact many of these kids are homeless now but their parents still pay mortgage on their non existent houses. Some are literally living in their local hotels. Still paying for houses they lost. It’s so sick.
Holy cow this is great. Part of my job is disaster response/management at the government level. I'm really glad you covered this but it just scratches the surface.
i found your channel yesterday (literally) and i’ve already subscribed and watched a bunch of your videos. they’re simple yet so well explained and easy to understand. thanks a lot for the content you make, keep up the great work!
We know that "natural disasters" are becoming more common. Picking examples from my own country the Uttrakhand floods were caused by the over exploitation of resources by get this over 500 dams in a state that could only sustain 30. Amphan is also a great example, it's a cyclone and hurricanes are pretty common in bengal (we can talk about the increasing temperature due to climate change etc as well) but immediately the entire Bengali coastline has historically had a natural protective shield of mangroove forests. Now the exploitation of those forests causes them to deplete and increases manifold the impact of any and all cyclones.
@Zaydan Naufal not exactly the same damages I would argue though. Hundreds of people die in India alone of floods, some thousands of droughts and millions.of starvation or malnourishment etc. This obviously is built into the system. Am not exactly sure what sea thirst you're referring to though. I would need to look into that. But bottom-line it's not built into the system. Capitalism isn't bad because corruption it's bad inherently
I once saw this political cartoon where there was a map of the United States of America. In the image, all of the landlocked states were in red with 1 big word bubble that said "climate change is a myth." Meanwhile, all of the coastal & southern border states were blue with multiple word bubbles that said "we beg to differ" since the landlocked states don't experience the impacts of climate change that the coastal states do. Also, you'd figure that more Conservative Evangelicals would actually care about climate change & it's impacts on society. Keep in mind, The Bible says that since the Earth is God's gift to man it's our duty to take care of it and everyone & everything on it. But, even if they found a way around this, you'd figure that they would at least want to prevent millions of migrants from countries that are no longer habitable from wanting to come to America in the future. Finally, even if you don't support The Green New Deal and similar policies because you don't believe in climate change, why wouldn't you at least support it because it would promote new well-paying green energy jobs here in the United States? And I'll end with a joke: Ben Shapiro: If you believe you're in an area that's gonna be flooded from climate change then just sell your house and move. Responder: Just 1 small problem: Sell our houses to who, Ben?! Aquaman?!
'Conservative Evangalicals' in the US are more of a political movement now than they are a religious one. They embrace their brand of Christian religion, when it aligns with their political agenda. But when the two are in opposition, their religion is subservient to politics. It's been that way since the 80s, when Moral Majority perfected the combination of politics and conservative Christianity that would go on to define Republican politics. This is why they are able to talk about the value of compassion in one breath, and then call for anyone illegally crossing the border should be shot on sight the next.
Conservative Evangelicals believe that the end of the world is coming soon and that that is a GOOD thing. Climate change is, if they accept it, a feature not a bug. And if it were a problem, Jesus would just fix it.
When I was in high school I had this Algebra teacher who was a “businessman”. When Hurricane Sandy hit Philly and New Jersey there were plenty of people who didn’t have power. This assholes bought all the emergency generators and sold them twice the amount they were worth.
As someone who lives in the Philippines (which is about to experience another potentially catastrophic storm as of writing this comment), we hope that natural disasters like these can help people develop a new perspective on how the world actually works and go down the anti-capitalist path.
what? the philippine government is filled with corrupt capitalists. 😂 is this a joke? there is no hope in the foreseeable future and people even vote against politicians who prioritise preservation of natural disasters.
@@MexicanShirouEmiya Not just that but the propaganda on Capitalism being a beneficial thing is just a massive lie. That still effects American society to this day hell my own country does something similar.
After the island I live on was largely flooded back in the 1980’s, the government of my country covered all damage and made sure to build dams around the city where the people live. 18 years later, when the most intense storm in recent history hit the entire country, we were, thanks to the new dams, saved from over 2 metres of water going into the city. I know this is nothing compared to the tropical hurricanes, but it has really left its mark on the locals, so I can only imagine how terrifying the tropical storms where people die is. Collaboration is necessary in such emergencies, and the fact that everything went so wrong in USA marks the failure of the American state.
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@@arnaubasulto4448 tú estás en crack hermano? Puerto Rico tiene la deuda más grande de America Latina, 40% de la población vive debajo de la línea de pobreza, hospitales se están cayendo en cantos, la infraestructura no existe, la luz se va diario, menos expectativa de vida que en Cuba etc etc y ser el país más rico de America latina? eso es como ser el mejor que chicha en un grupo de eunucos
Other Caribbean islands went from colonialism to capitalism, yet many live in poverty. Gaining independence didn't improve much for the average person.
I am so grateful for the videos you have made and continue to make, they are well-produced, well-spoken, and always - even if that might seem morbid given the subjects - entertaining. May the future hold nothing but blessings for you, and have a wonderful day!
Watching this in the aftermath of the 2023 Lahaina wildfire, having experienced the 2018 Lahaina wildfire firsthand, is rage inducing. It's all so true.
Thank you for covering my island Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 To this day, there are still people without power even tho we only got scrapped by a hurricane I was without power for a whole week and the southwest side of the island there's municipalities sitting at 20% with power
The hurricane didn't scrape us, it went over us. I live in the southwest of PR and I got the chance to see the eye of the hurricane. I was without power for 29 days!
I appreciate the positive note at the end, but I've been waiting over 40 years for people to say "enough is enough." I'm an optimist, but I don't know that I'll see the groundswell before I die or they kill us all.
More people in each new generation join us. We may not personally see the fruits of those efforts, but each of our voices contributes to a better future for humanity. ❤
More and more people are falling in to poverty at this point its just matter of cople years before all this crumbles. The upcoming economical colapse might be the trigger to revolution where people come togheter and get rid of kings and queens that does not deserve a peacefull death for crimes they have commited against humanity.
@@zertun2380 Sadly this is true. It just astonishes me that companies are so short-sighted that they're willing to bankrupt all their customers just for a record-profit year. It's like killing the golden goose to get all the eggs at once.
This also happened in New Zealand with the Christchurch earthquakes 2010 and 11. Christchurch is partly built on a mostly drained marsh and for many decades building was refused on the deepest and boggiest areas of native marshland, and they were kept as a reserve, however starting in the early 2000's, a law change meant that these marshland areas could finally be rushed thru the approval process, so that no one asked awkward questions, and new suburbs were supported due to a new City Council merge which saw permits been handed out like candy, all to build in these very dangerous areas. My father is a geologist, and was part of some of the early geological surveys in the late 80's and 90's, but pulled out when it became clear what was happening. He reported everything, but central govt didn't have time for "maybe"s and "what if"s. Subsequently, throughout my childhood, he always told me to never ever rent or buy in that area, mainly a specific suburb of Christchurch called-and I kid you not-"Marshlands". Due to them all being built on unstable bases, it was well known to many that this area was below sea level, and as it was close to the coast it could not withstand tsunamis, and would be especially prone to a little something called "liquefaction". And then, in my last year of high school, the earthquakes _did_ happen, and this area experienced such repeated and devastating liquefaction that now, when you go back, it's just block after block of overgrown, empty fields, some with cracked concrete driveways, fruit trees that pop up randomly, and the occasional weathered "RED ZONE" label. The city itself looked like there had been a zombie apocalypse, but out in the east, the homes just crumbled either into fissures opened by the quakes, into each other, or just to the ground, and now gone. In the east, it is now estimated that some 90,000 homes were destroyed, and that's in a city of only 380, 000 people; we lost about 120, 000 people after the earthquakes, and the city still has not regained its pre-quake population. And all this because of an area that should havr never have been built on altogether. What was worse is that most of those hardest hit were from families who were hardworking, blue collar folks who had qualified for government grants to go towards bui,ding a home. They were mostly the cheapest sorts of builds, from families trying to build and make a life and they lost evrything due to lax laws and, essentially, the greed of property developers who didn't go through due process and the proper checks, fudging the details and, in some cases, straight up lying to some about how earthquake-ready these builds were. Heck, I know people on the East side of the city that had to use porta potties until *_2016_* from the very first earthquake of 2010. These were mainly immigrant and blue collar families, who were not even compensated properly for the loss of their properties, and many legal cases are still going twelve years later. It's a travesty, and a scar upon our city that, combined with the 2019 terror attack, we will likely never fully heal from, at least if you are someone like me who saw both events first hand. I still have nightmares and PTSD about what I saw and heard, but at least I never lost a home. I count myself blessed, because even though this seems like a small scale disaster ("only" 188 people died), you can't count how much damage it has really done, the silent way we all grapple with what happened. In my community of friends, acquaintances from church, school and work, I knew of _nine_ people who took their own lives in the 5 years after the earthquake. Tragically, more followed. I have a friend that miscarried due to the trauma of going thru the worst quakes at 20 weeks pregnant. My brother has severe anxiety due to being separated during the 22/02/11 quake, as he was so young then. He's almost 16, but still has nightmares. I had three close friends who lost their homes due to being in Marshlands and nearby suburbs. Together, our late teens and early adulthood has been incredibly difficult due to missed exams, overwhelming anxiety and stress, maladaptive behaviours we formed to cope, just to get through days of 40+ earthquakes, never knowing which one will keep going. This stuff matters. I saw a small slice of disaster, and it made the pandemic even harder for me, but even I have no conception of the scale of Katrina and these new extreme weather events and subsequent crisis of humanity. I have nothing to give but my prayers, and do my part to spread and educate, hope that more can become informed of these factors, circumstances, and somehow we can slowly change things, because the weather changes we are seeing are real, and faster than anyone knows, and unpredictable. Unpredictable means we have to prepare, regardless, and not let the corrupted bureaucracy keep playing us like this. Great video. Thank you.
To me in Puerto Rico, the approach of a hurricane has just become a source of anger to me. The knowledge that we could be so much more prepared for these events but the corruption within the government, the privatization of the power company, and so much more leaves us to suffer every time as the government keeps telling us the same lies about how we're "ready" this time. The neglect we are subjected to by our own government and by the US government is insane, and after the disasters people barely care about us, since so many Americans don't even know we're their colony, and plenty of the ones that do don't bother to care cuz "it's their fault for not being ready". We could be so much more ready, but our governments, the companies and the fools who vote the same shit politicians in every election and don't bother to actually do anything to try to improve our situation is what leads to us to constantly suffer.
I think the first step is getting people to understand the 'profit motive' is not a good thing. Privatization doesn't benefit people, and one of the lies in our society is that it does.
So this is a little late, but I want to talk about Hurricane Ian from my perspective as a worker in Fort Myers & Cape Coral, where the hurricane was the worst. At the time, I didn't even want to watch this video, I was not only exceptionally busy, but for the time being I needed to set all of these topics aside in order to focus on dealing with the aftermath of a Hurricane that drained my entire bank account. However, I still viscerally remember what came before the hurricane, and the aftermath. I remember the day before the Hurricane when I saw birds, thousands of birds, sitting on power lines, running from the storm, I watched as they fled North through the sky, and the dark clouds on the horizon loomed in a picturesque display of nature's fury. I drove to work that day, solemnly accepting what was coming, we'd been told that the hurricane was going to keep going north and that we didn't have to worry, so nobody bought supplies well in advance, but instead the hurricane took a 90 degree turn directly towards Fort Myers, as though God himself decided to smite the civilization of southwest Florida. I walked into the store that day and people were flooding in, I work at Publix, a retail chain famous for its community outreach that often obfuscates the fact that it's still a business, and had thus also not prepared ahead of time for this. But, at the same time, the shelves were not empty, it wasn't absolute panic, people were coming for ice mostly, water, a couple of provisions, but I remember working in Auburn during the snowfall about four or five years ago, and it is not even a comparison. Our shelves were empty during a snowfall where you could still see the asphalt. A Category 5 Hurricane? It was a crazy busy day, but it wasn't... heinous. I remember talking to an older woman, she had a big smile on her face, she was in a good mood late into the evening, about 7 o'clock, an hour before we planned on closing early to let people go home and prepare. She brought the topic up to me, asking if I was ready for the hurricane, and then she snorted, waving her hand dismissively as she said "This is all a scam, the news just wants us to be scared so we'll buy more products, but we'll be fine, we've been through hurricanes before." This seemed to be the general consensus amongst those who'd lived in Florida a long time; a lot of the people prepping were the newcomers, the people who'd just moved to Southwest Florida and hadn't been through a hurricane before, but I heard people were throwing Hurricane parties. They were convinced everything would be fine. I still remember the days after the Hurricane, I walked outside and there was devastation everywhere, roads were filled with debris, I brought my machete with me everywhere to clear rubble and I walked outside to help my neighbors. We had no clean water, no electricity, no nothing, and it wasn't coming back on anytime soon, I actually ended up leaving for two weeks, waiting for the electricity to come back and it was off most of that time, but I still remember sitting in a dark, hot house, with all of my supplies, still going to work every day. I remember when my neighbors heated up water on their grill so people could make a pot of coffee or wash their hair. I have pretty long hair for a guy, so I took that mug and I dunked my hair into it, I didn't realize just how dirty I felt, just how nice it felt to clean myself, even just a little bit. But, I'll never forget what happened two days after the hurricane, when my store reopened. It was one of the first ones to reopen, and we still had barely an electricity, barely any food, we didn't have clean water to make bread so we put out what we could, stuff you're supposed to bake at home, but is still mostly cooked and people kept buying it, we could not get enough. People were desperate for hot food, all of our frozen stock was being cooked in our own ovens and being offered to people because it was going to waste, but I'll never forget the sound of babies crying because they hadn't eaten in two days, their mothers hadn't gotten formula before the storm because it was "No big deal" or "Just another storm", old people who collapsed in the checkout aisles because they had to walk, and didn't have services that could take them to the store to eat, and everyday people who cried and thanked me profusely because they just needed food, and because I work in the bakery, I was giving it to them directly. I gave people a warm smile, I'm always told my customer service skills are some of the best in the store, even managers call me up to deal with customers because I'm better than they are, and people were so grateful that I could distract them for a few minutes, have a casual conversation about things, make them feel better. Cookies, we made so many cookies for the kids, I gave out as many as I could to these kids. We had fights over cases of water, people who had entire families that needed to drink, and no potable water anywhere except in the bottles we had in the city. We had people just sitting in our lobby charging their phones, desperate to stay in contact with family, everyone who worked there brought their things in to charge, so when they went home they could have it, and for once management didn't get on anyone's case. Everyone worked like crazy, I felt so bad when I left, but by the time I was leaving, things were at least stable. I broke down my second day coming in, listening to a radio report about a woman who had to canoe through Cape Coral to save her family, I lost it, that was the first time I'd cried in years and just watching everything about me, it was hard. I went home to my family. I hate my family. My mother is an anxiety-ridden mess with OCD bipolar who thinks the entire world is out to get her, and I hugged her when she came to get me, because I didn't have the gas to actually leave. The gas lines, I still remember the gas lines, the way gas companies hiked up prices by a full dollar for every gallon, we were finally recovering from the high gas prices and then it all came crashing back down during the hurricane. Some gas stations ran out of gas proper, people were waiting in line for days, so they could get to the gas pumps, in lines that circled every gas station I saw. Cape Coral was even worse, the entire downtown was flooded, the beach is... is just gone. It's still gone. I still had people coming in a few weeks ago talking about how their fridge or oven still doesn't work, or how they're still recovering from water damage. My old manager, her entire suburban neighborhood are still to this day living in RVs on their front lawns because their houses are uninhabitable. Even a month later I'm getting ads about insurance agencies and flood repairs, and only about a week ago did the debris on my street get cleaned up, it was there, blocking my view of traffic every time I left my little parking lot. Only now is debris being cleaned up on some major roads even. I drove up through Port Charlotte in November, two months later, and there were still overturned trees, debris lining people's yards in rural neighborhoods. It was disheartening to know just how widespread all of this was. It was such a powerful time I can't even think about it, months later, without actually crying. I watched all of it firsthand, and all I wanted was for things to get better. I wanted to help these people, but all I could do, was my own part, and then I had to leave, I couldn't stay there with no gas, no money, and dwindling food. I went up to stay with my family, even my brother, my abusive brother, was patient with me. All I wanted was sleep and a shower after a nine hour ride and drive, where I took over for my mom and dad, and a hot meal. I got to be there for my dad's birthday, I got to be there for the birth of my nephew, my first nephew. I helped name him, and I never thought I'd like babies, or kids, but I love that kid, and that was the one good thing that came out of this. I thought endlessly, in a mix of rage and despair, how much of this was caused by Capitalism, by global warming, and how much of the aftermath was caused by tight profit margins, a refusal to help our common man, and no profit to be found in hurricane disaster relief. And whether this is read or not, I hope somebody sees it, and understands just what kind of destruction this system is very much causing, because that Hurricane would not have been as destructive if we had a system that recognized these dangers, and prepared for them.
Your writing is terrific, and it enraptured me a lot. You can see, the capitalist government DID know the destructiveness of the hurricane. USA has one of the most advanced weather systems in the world. But what did they do? Exploited everything from poor beings like you, who need aid the most. The government does not care about its countrymen. Everything is about money and greed. Even if a government was socialist, you would have received SOME help. Cuba even volunteered to send their doctors. USA said no. I hope you recover soon! Wishing you the best of luck!
@@shotgundotlol Thank you, as the name implies I want to actually do some proper writing, I'm so touched that my writing moved you so much. We're mostly recovered in my area, my bank account is the main thing that got hit. Years of savings gone in a few weeks because I couldn't work. I appreciate all of the well wishes.
Thank you for taking the effort to write your experience down. Our writing is very good and you could pursue it further. I can't imagine how living through such a mess must be, and especially seeing how ill-equipped everyone was to handle it. Hope things are better now for you.
Despite having a criminal blocage, Cuba surely does a much better work dealing with the consecuences of an hurracain than the the biggest world economy.
Randomly rewatching old videos at work today day atfter milton hit Florida makes this all hit different. The combo of intensity and the conspiracies prior. Only 2 years later and its already so much worse
Wow I was there for hurricane Katrina as a little kid, and served in the Corps of Engineers for the army - I'm not even proud to be a veteran by this point Hey man I'll say it on your discord sometime too but I want to request it here. I have a Native American friend who I've been talking about this stuff and through it I realized they are VERY propagandized against socialism because their reservations are put in the middle of nowhere with no job opportunities and therefore impoverished I couldn't find a single native american video supporting socialism because they have every reason not to trust government, though by definition I would argue most were socialists before Europe arrived Could you do a video pertaining to Native Americans sometime? Keep up spreading the word in these make-or-break times
I think most Native Americans would be interested in learning about their depictions in Mormonism. The Mormon church teaches that they are literally the angels of the Bible :o
You should have so many more subscribers. Your content is what people NEED to hear. Instead they prefer to watch people react to stupid sht. I hope more realize how awesome your videos are. I certainly share every chance I get. Thank you
The sad thing is this is probably one of the biggest leftwing UA-cam channels. There are probably thousands of smaller leftwing channels that deserve a lot more attention too
If you love this channel and want to know more about climate change, check out a channel called Climate Town. His last video goes into how the media played a role in fossil fuel companies pushing lies for the last several decades. It's a very well done channel with lots of cited sources laid out in a very easy to digest and fun way despite all the depressing facts.
Dear JT, another great video exposing how capital always find it's way to deprave the most vulnerable people, congratulations. I don't know if you edit you videos on Premiere, but if that's the case, I suggest you to try using the "Morph Cut" effect to better match your self in between jump-cuts and keep it in between 6, to 3 frames of duration to get the best out of it. As a professional editor I usually apply this tool with a 4 frames duration, to keep it simple and time efficient. Best regards Juan. ✌
As an aside, I have to say, your podcast The Deprogram is fantastic. I'm a bit late, only got on it this week but I'm hooked, man. Hakim, Yugopnik & you are perfect together. Thank you for your hard work. (Not a paid comment)
Another banger, JT. Companies directly profiting off of disasters is one of those things that as I've learned more about how our capitalist system works I sorta figured happened, but seeing it spelled out, how neoliberal governments will use disaster to implement shock therapy, just makes my blood run cold. To see these companies literally looking at impending disasters from climate change and all the horrible tragedy it will bring and seeing only dollar signs. And this is the system working as intended, it's not broken, this is how it's supposed to function. Enough is enough, we need socialism.
Another Second Thought video makes me depressed and sad on a Friday. He's the Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and The Weeknd of Socialism. Love his content.
thank you for mentioning the negligence of our governments and the importance the of wetlands-a katrina survivor and wetlands enjoyer edit: and the callousness of the response to “looters”
as someone who has been lucky to not lose much in hurricane irma and ian, (direct hits) it’s sad to see how much exploitation is done around me personally. There is also a rush to open schools back, when many people have quite literally lost their houses. I don’t know what it is about hurricanes but where i am the capitalistic system brings contractors like a mosquito frenzy back down here for the years after. it’s rlly sad
The stuff about Katrina really hit home. My parents live on the Mississipi gulf coast, which is very close to New Orleans and had similar issues (They also did not receive insurance payouts from their insurance because of bullshit). The irony is that my dad had to go back to work for Chevron (he was retired US military and retired from Chevron at the time) after all this to help pay for rebuilding our house.
@@SecondThought man I was working the entire time if you can believe it (mental institution, round the clock care). Yet another fine example of our capitalist system at work. What's crazy is they say that might happen again this winter, or at the very least we should expect a harsh one.
Second thoughts variety of topics always impresses me. I thought I understood selfishness but the lengths the powerful will go to is unfathomable to me
As someone who went through the eyewall of Hurricane Ian as it made landfall, as soon as I saw this video I instantly clicked because I *knew* it would have some reference to the storm.
I remember the whole looting thing after Katrina. What's so absurd is that even from a capitalist pig perspective, those supermarkets couldn't possibly sell any of that food. A flood damaged business isn't going to open any time soon, nor is it going to offer the same food that was there during the flood. Every bit of "stolen" merchandise was destined for the garbage. And yet the cruelty is the point. Nobody can have something for free.
Perhaps instead of giving these storms friendly names, we can start tagging them like virus so it can be more recognizable by date as well, such as Hur19, Etc.
I've been pondering the concept of purposeful ineptitude. I was 13 when Katrina happened and my conservative family was convinced the lack of aid was simply due to the liberalized and inept government which should be further privatized to be more efficient. It's not until later in my life that I saw through this sham to the truth that it was purposeful and malicious. They get what they want AND successfully persuade people that the "big stupid government" is trying its best and is just "so sadly incapable :(".
Highly recommend the book, “the shock doctrine” by naomi klein if people want to dive even deeper into how capitalism responds to major shock events like climate events!
I like having a subscription to this channel, it’s an important side to the story of why things are the way they are, my question is how come when I mention socialism people say it’s bad and when I ask why they just say it’s just bad, I’m still interested in why so many people have a negative response
They're taught to believe a caricaturized version of socialism and an aggrandized version of capitalism. Ask them to explain what either of those words mean and no doubt you'll get one of a few canned responses like: "socialism is when everyone is the same", "socialism is when the government does stuff", "capitalism is personal freedom", "capitalism is commerce itself", etc.
Oh, ok that’s helpful, I’m a person that has been in the wood working field for over 40 years and would love to work and make decisions with co- workers, that’s usually how it works in that type of job, unless you work for a giant contractor, so I’ve been lucky I quess
What makes me sad about Katrina is that Mexico, my dear but sadly unfortunate home country, sent several members of the army and navy as part of the relief effort, including naval physicians. And Mexico has very rarely seen any of the very generous foreign aid sent to it by the rest of the world when we experience our disasters because of our kleptocratic politicians and elites. Mexico needs socialism, that was the dream of the Revolution, one which was stolen by the owner class and their shills.
As someone who lost my job and apartment overnight to Hurricane Katrina, I appreciated this content, but then, I appreciate all your videos. Thank you!
You are doing an amazing job, please never stop! Your content is literally a huge breath of fresh air, everyone should watch this. Thanks from Russia 🇷🇺 🙏
You know I started off your videos about 6 months ago as a Centrist Neo Liberal free market lover. I believed in welfare reforms (similar to Clinton), free trade to reduce cost on goods, minimal changes to overall political institutions, and bipartisanship all the time. Now after the past few months of fully watching your videos and working with the poor across Texas I won’t claim to be an actual socialist, however I have embraced social democracy’s. I understand you’re more of a fan of socialism and I fully respect that, although I am a big fan of social democracy’s where there’s a strong safety net, Sectorial bargaining, high taxes on the wealthy, a form of free markets and overall happy populations! I would love for you to explain why socialism is better than social democracy’s though! Perhaps my mind may be changed, and even if not I’m always open to listening.
"George Bush doesn't care about black people" -when Kanye west actually was stable. Also when I was in New Orleans back in 2013 to help build houses New Orleans used to have the highest black home ownership before Katrina then after it was the lowest.... New Orleans is still rebuilding.
J.T., this is one of your best videos so far and they're always great. By the way, I'd love for the Deprogram podcast to invite Left Reckoning on to discuss Degrowth at length.
"Society discourages laziness because lazy people are difficult to exploit. Cut costs to maintain spending power, and only do tasks that are necessary and do not do anything for someone else unless you get something in return. Make sure you have assurance that you will get something in return since some people like to guilt or shame people into selling themselves short for false promises. Never chase after a "maybe" since that is like running on a treadmill while your employer holds a carrot on a stick that you really want out of your reach. If you cannot survive, then all the time and effort your parents put into raising you will have been all for naught. If cutting costs means living with your parents for much longer, then so be it. They will not mind having someone around to take some of their workload off of their shoulders from time to time. Multigenerational households were quite common throughout most of history. The whole moving out once you are 18 is actually a historical outlier, an abnormality. Most of the money you pay for healthcare in the USA goes toward paying paper pushers rather than actually making you healthier. If playing the game will only result in you gradually losing, then what incentive is there to participate? If companies and governments will not invest in their employees or citizens, then their employees or citizens have no reason to continue investing in companies and governments. With food prices rising, having less mouths to feed can help one to save on food prices. Delay life milestones, stop feeding the machine. Protesting on the streets only gets you arrested, instead, the protests of the future will be to not participate or contribute to society until demands are met. If there is no future for us, then that's fine, we are willing to allow the legacies of those older than us collapse and be left to rot unless upholding them will actually enable us to personally benefit from them. We were brought into this world against our will, so now those who want to make life unfair for us will have to deal with the consequences. What's in it for you? There is no such thing as laziness because not working hard simply means not having a good reason to work hard. Why help your boss continue to pay their bills if they refuse to pay you enough to do the same with your own bills?"
I remember seeing Jeff Bezos arriving somewhere in India to open the first Amazon store (something like that), but what struck me was that he was given a welcome like he was a king - at some point he laid a wreath of flowers on some important landmark… Photographers and dignitaries followed him everywhere… What kind of world are we living in where we revere and celebrate a person whose status is achieved by devoting his life to personal greed… Something is very wrong and these videos shine a light on the problem - thanks
Here's an interesting (and horrible) fact:
During Hurricane Katrina, the Cuban government offered to send 1586 of its doctors as well as 26 tons of medicine to New Orleans in order to provide humanitarian aid to the people most in need. The Bush administration prohibited Cuba from sending doctors and medicine to the area whilst it itself didn't send adequate help either. You can take a guess why Bush didn't want to see Cuba saving the day in New Orleans.
Because Bush didn't want to admit that it was an actual disaster. He was punishing the people of New Orleans for not voting republican.
It's both amazing and frightening how effective the whitewashing campaign to rehabilitate that monster has been.
George bush was an actual villain
New Orleans STILL ain’t the same…
Soon as a storm hits a wealthy New England state, it’s like NOTHING ever happened…
Hmmmmmmm, I wonder whyyyyyyyy… 😑
@@obvv7714 what do you mean? Have you seen his paintings?
Child: "Evil people exist"
Adolescent: "People try their best and are well-meaning"
Adult: "Evil people exist, and they can be frighteningly cartoonish"
Why is this so true
@@mossballus I know,right
I lived in New Orleans at the time of Katrina. We were one of those lucky enough to have the money to evacuate and family in Texas to stay with. Our house was on a hill and just barely escaped flooding but even our neighbor's houses were heavily damaged, my dad's workplace was entirely destroyed, and it took over 6 months for them to repair the school. Most of my neighbors lived in FEMA trailers for literal years after as they couldn't afford to fix their homes. I was too young to understand at the time but learning about how it happened now makes me unbelievably angry. All I remember is my very conservative family going on angry rants about how the government was useless and refused to fix the levees out of greed.
I remember the FEMA trailers. They were designed for temporary use and I heard the off-gassing from the materials over long-term use was unhealthy.
I was doing customer service for a credit card company when one of the hurricanes that did major damage in Texas hit. It was heartbreaking how many people who had no place else to turn were calling the credit card company, begging for limit increases, begging to be given a few months grace before having to pay, etc. So many people lost everything, insurance refused to pay, and FEMA did very little to help.
The idea that the people who did the "right thing" according to capitalism and bought insurance, probably years beforehand, only to basically have that money kept for free shows how pointless this system is. You play by the rules, so the head of the game rewrites them
Insurance companies are probably the best example of the ridiculous joke that capitalism is. An industry that produces NOTHING, literally nothing really valuable, and then takes people's money like a Mob for "protection" then finds every which way not to pay up when something bad actually does happen.
Can we stop playing this ridiculous game of Monopoly with real people's lives already? Enough is enough, I say. Let's get this system change under way. Natural Law Resource Based Economy is a viable alternative, we can start building towards it if we get critical mass to understand the need.
The system is not pintless. It is designed to work that way. Destroy many to benefit very few.
That's why you shouldn't play by the rules, normalize shoplifting, 'stealing' from your job, and squatting in vacant buildings.
@@TheSUGA1202 I think change should come from bottom-up organizing, through unions, cooperatives, mutual aid, etc. building independence from, and rebellion towards capital and state.
I don't believe the state, being a power structure of domination, can be wielded to liberate. It will only create a political elite in the power-vacuum of the economic elite.
You play by the rules, but the head of the game got screwed over by you doing so, so he takes offende
Climate disaster is such an interesting topic to me. Katrina was the event (I was 10 at the time) where I began to realise that maybe the system is more messed up that I imagined. Seeing people being left for dead and the infrastructural neglect was eye-opening, even for a child that didn't fully understand what was going on.
Natural disasters shouldn’t be blamed on economic systems.
@@arnaubasulto4448 the response to it and lack of preparation absolutely should be, not to mention that normal phenomena are made exponentially worse by climate change, of which economic incentives and the military industrial complex is the biggest contributor of.
@@arnaubasulto4448 did you not watch the video? Weather events like hurricanes are made exponentially worse by capitalism’s effects on the climate.
@@arnaubasulto4448 we not getting mad at natural disasters. We are getting mad at people who claim the building will last throughout these disasters
Yeah I believe that was true for many. Regardless of age. Katirina and the invasion of Iraq and the torture and bush getting in just squeaking by in some Florida courts and nearly all of the politicians (no matter party) falling in line with the invasion. And, and and.
I think the final nail for me was Obama's failure (or success if he never intended to do diddly (which seems to clearly be the case) - all these other things, I was upset, I did activist work. I protested. I knew the Dems sucked but I had not fully digested or internalised just how evil all of it is from top to bottom.
This is especially bad here in the Philippines. Trust me, every time there's a typhoon the only folks who make any meaningful response are corporate grifters.
I'm sick of it. I'm sick of survivors having to rely on "donations" from some private companies with questionable motives.
Hi fellow Filipino comrade 👋🏻
@@IronKnight2402 more pinoys here
Sadly, Philippines is still a long way ahead to moving away from privatization. Even the word communism draws a bad taste in everybody's mouth since it has already been appropriated by the terrorist group ccpnpa
Even for my short time and limited visit there, I could see how the exploitation was devastating the communities.
@Just some guy without a name Mga NPA. 🤢 /j
“Told workers it was better to keep working then evacuate”.
Same thing happened at an Amazon warehouse last year that was knocked down in a massive storm killing workers. Horrible.
Dont live to work, work to live and live more than you work.
I personally lived through hurricane Katrina. I was only 12. I lost many friends and personal belongings. It was also the first major wake up call to questioning my fomer conservative worldview that I was raised in. I never forgot the suffering of what happened. Thank you for your video diving deep about how Katrina (and the other hurricanes since) has been further made worse by Capitalism.
Might sound joking but it's a very genuine suggestion and a good watch.
I remember reading in the aftermath of Katrina, that Halliburton won a no-bid contract to do clean up in New Orleans. As we know, Cheney was a CEO for the company before he became vice-president.
Yep that’s the real reason the response was delayed, they needed to coordinate the corruption first.
And people think Liz Cheney is some sort of hero… when her family and other political and big biz pals profiteered off the most evil stuff.
And yet you want more govt.? 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a Louisianian, thinking about Katrina will always make me feel both sad and sick. I have family affected and displaced by that storm and it was a miracle I was living in the northern part of the state during that time.
I hope my little story can bring a bit of brightness to this, my mums name is Katrina back when the hurricane happened we'd hassle her with "gosh Katrina, look at what you've done." Back in 2017 she flew to Houston in hopes of driving to New Orleans before driving across the country to WA, Harvey was starting to hit Houston just as she landed and completely blocked off the highways to New Orleans... so in essence Hurricane Harvey prevented Katrina returning to New Orleans in 2017.
It was terrible where I was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Completely leveled all the buildings in my area of Bay Saint Louis. We still have collective PTSD on the coast.
I knew that capitalism exploits a lot of stuff. But the fact that the system exploits natural disasters where innocent people lose their homes and sometimes lives, is just so disturbing. Honestly i hope that in my lifetime we can end this once and for all.
Me too brothers
Remember: communism killed 1000000000000000000000000 people but capitalism doesn't and is good.
Did you get coment warning,and do you know how to stop it?
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@@slavenarkaimovski3897 there's a comment warning now?? tf
"There's no earthquake machine."
As someone who lives in an area that never has earthquakes, yet had dozens of them in the span of a year or so due to fracking, I beg to differ.
Fracking is the process of making earthquakes with side effects including getting oil
@@ciphergacha9100 and yet, some people still defend it.
One common question I see a lot on chinese internet asks why the national guard goes into disaster zones fully armed. The PLA always goes in fully laden with water, food, medical supplies for both themselves and victims; there is no space for firearms or ammunition, nor does anyone think to bring any.
Although it is understandable to go to nearby shops and such to find food and water, the business owners also aren't necessarily in the wrong for not giving them either. The inventory may have been procured with lines of credit, and losing too much could result in bankruptcy. They must protect their stores, or else they would become destitute.
If FEMA couldn't get there in time, at least they could have provided ample payment or promise of such to local businesses, and commandeered all of their supplies and ordered it be distributed. Not giving adequate disaster relief is one of the best ways to get a rebellion going.
I really respect JT from random videos with millions of views that were respectfully pointless to this extremely incredible content.
Thank you! I really appreciate that
@@SecondThought i can not put into words how important your work is J.T. Thank you.
Btw donate to his patreon to let this legend grow wings!
@@sedanwheel4146 this is good too, but we definitely need to do more than this. Volunteer, donate, educate anywhere you can in your local areas
Profits don't just make themselves. Human suffering and manufactured scarcity are key ingredients.
I traveled to Katrina to volunteer on repair projects. It was horrible knowing that the reason for all the suffering and loss was how infrastructure was designed without the right concern for the poor and black neighborhoods. Horrible to see, and in the years since I've slowly learned more about how it was also capitalism alongside racism that lead to the disaster
How does capitalism and racism create disaster?
@@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993 doesn’t create the hurricane but creates the situation where certain neighborhoods and people are in the vulnerable zones, unmaintained inftastructure, etc that turn a storm into a disaster. Especially when people are all but abandoned after both in immediate aftermath and long term support being offered in ways that discriminated against the poor and Black people of NOLA. Do your research for more
As a Puertorrican who’s lived through Irma, Maria, and Fiona, while living on the island. Thank You 🇵🇷
Usually the world just forgets about us till some trap artist drops a single or we start drowning in the streets, so thank you for mentioning this issue.
Capitalism under a neoliberal, neocolonial USA has crippled and subjugated us on the island.
LUMA has not improved our infrastructure in any significant way. Power still goes out constantly, but LUMA gets to raise the prices on our bills. Most of Puerto Rico is left undeveloped and highly susceptible to the floods and hurricanes. The coastal sand dunes were flattened to make more beaches for tourists. Some houses even now, still carry blue tarps as a roof, left there since Maria. Neighborhoods left safe from all the suffering are steadily gentrified, with ancaps and cryptobro investors loving our cRaZy tax laws. People are being pushed from their homes, our communities suffer together. Funds and foreign aid are held hostage, embezzled by the capitalist class. It all gets tiring, painful stuff to see and deal with. One day I hope us to be free, but until then we can at least raise awareness.
Love your content man, keep making it!
🚩Solidarity Forever!✊
True Story: I am a victim of hurricane IAN in Florida. With the tons of "donation platforms" with millions of dollars, I emailed several of them asking how I "apply for assistance"? All they had where "donate now" buttons... Well they all responded with ; "Sorry, We do NOT give out assistance directly to the people, but only to Companies which provide assistance to the victims" ... Yeah , DO NOT give to Disaster Donation Non Profits!!!!!
Non-profits are shady always gotta ask how they even stand.
Ye I think its better to go fundme or kickstarters and the funel money directly to people with video recording to avoid money being stolen
Nonprofits are where ultra-mega-rich people give their money to themselves to avoid paying taxes. The trick is that they own the nonprofit and pay themselves a huge salary :o
@@whysocurious7366 yep its like owning your own personal CHURCH..
@@RussellD11 I noticed you have both videos by Hamilton Morris AND Jordan Peterson on your favorites playlist.. how?? Morris is dedicated af to get all psychedelics decriminalized, meanwhile Mr Peterson’s stance on decriminalizing psychedelics is “uh, Western Civilization is not ready for that yet”... like.. Jordan Peterson is soooooooooooo simple-minded he can’t even connect the Al Capone situations during alcohol prohibition to the violence connected to prohibition 2.0... how can you handle listening to such a simple-minded moron who says that people deserve to be locked in cages for psychedelic use, and also an ingenious hero who has dedicated his career to fighting for the freedom to use psychedelic medicines?? :o
Oh your videos are wonderful. Calming like a cappuccino, rich character like a whisky, but completely free of any headaches like a green tea.
Try sniffing thyme tea for change,becouse its a tea to calm nerves.
Bruh it makes me cry to hear how many got hurt by the storm. My heart goes out to all who have been hurt by the storm, may the universe please give you fortune and luck.. I'm sorry
"Capitalism? More like crapitalism" - Karl Marx
Haaaa congrats
Krapitalism, Das Krapitalism 🤣
Well tbf Karl Marx saw capitalism as a stepping stone towards communism.
@@pyeitme508 name one stateless, classless, cashless country. There were and are no communist countries. Socialist countries never got there and for many reasons
Look at the fact’s capitalism has lifted billions of people out of poverty where has socialism achieved the same result?
I recently was living. In the road working for a charity that goes into high schools. We passed through Newfoundland in an area hurricane Fiona passed through shortly before. There was a lot of trauma among the youth, but the real sick thing was the fact many of these kids are homeless now but their parents still pay mortgage on their non existent houses. Some are literally living in their local hotels. Still paying for houses they lost. It’s so sick.
Fucking hell, that is stomach twisting cruel and sick!
Holy cow this is great. Part of my job is disaster response/management at the government level. I'm really glad you covered this but it just scratches the surface.
Where can we learn more about the relationships between earth, ecosystems, humans and markets
i found your channel yesterday (literally) and i’ve already subscribed and watched a bunch of your videos. they’re simple yet so well explained and easy to understand. thanks a lot for the content you make, keep up the great work!
We know that "natural disasters" are becoming more common. Picking examples from my own country the
Uttrakhand floods were caused by the over exploitation of resources by get this over 500 dams in a state that could only sustain 30.
Amphan is also a great example, it's a cyclone and hurricanes are pretty common in bengal (we can talk about the increasing temperature due to climate change etc as well) but immediately the entire Bengali coastline has historically had a natural protective shield of mangroove forests. Now the exploitation of those forests causes them to deplete and increases manifold the impact of any and all cyclones.
@Zaydan Naufal not exactly the same damages I would argue though. Hundreds of people die in India alone of floods, some thousands of droughts and millions.of starvation or malnourishment etc. This obviously is built into the system.
Am not exactly sure what sea thirst you're referring to though. I would need to look into that. But bottom-line it's not built into the system. Capitalism isn't bad because corruption it's bad inherently
Tragic topic, great video. Amazing work covering this topic.
Hey we have the same pfps!
@@peacefulnuke7690 The best profile picture :)
".... there's no earthquake machine..."
I once saw this political cartoon where there was a map of the United States of America. In the image, all of the landlocked states were in red with 1 big word bubble that said "climate change is a myth." Meanwhile, all of the coastal & southern border states were blue with multiple word bubbles that said "we beg to differ" since the landlocked states don't experience the impacts of climate change that the coastal states do. Also, you'd figure that more Conservative Evangelicals would actually care about climate change & it's impacts on society. Keep in mind, The Bible says that since the Earth is God's gift to man it's our duty to take care of it and everyone & everything on it. But, even if they found a way around this, you'd figure that they would at least want to prevent millions of migrants from countries that are no longer habitable from wanting to come to America in the future. Finally, even if you don't support The Green New Deal and similar policies because you don't believe in climate change, why wouldn't you at least support it because it would promote new well-paying green energy jobs here in the United States?
And I'll end with a joke:
Ben Shapiro: If you believe you're in an area that's gonna be flooded from climate change then just sell your house and move.
Responder: Just 1 small problem: Sell our houses to who, Ben?! Aquaman?!
H! HBomb! YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Ben S will never live down that joke by Hbomberguy, and rightly so.
Oh...Fossil fuels are limited. Oil has almost certainly hit peak oil production.
Upshot of that is that oil will just keep getting more expensive.
'Conservative Evangalicals' in the US are more of a political movement now than they are a religious one. They embrace their brand of Christian religion, when it aligns with their political agenda. But when the two are in opposition, their religion is subservient to politics. It's been that way since the 80s, when Moral Majority perfected the combination of politics and conservative Christianity that would go on to define Republican politics.
This is why they are able to talk about the value of compassion in one breath, and then call for anyone illegally crossing the border should be shot on sight the next.
Conservative Evangelicals believe that the end of the world is coming soon and that that is a GOOD thing. Climate change is, if they accept it, a feature not a bug. And if it were a problem, Jesus would just fix it.
When I was in high school I had this Algebra teacher who was a “businessman”. When Hurricane Sandy hit Philly and New Jersey there were plenty of people who didn’t have power. This assholes bought all the emergency generators and sold them twice the amount they were worth.
“Businessman” pft puh-LEASE.We in the gaming community call people like your algebra teacher scalpers.
That is pure capitalist. And its why we need to get rid of them. They are just bandits in suits nothing else even mafia has more human rules.
Don't blame the players, blame the game
That's just capitalism working as intended. 👍🏻
@@Acidfunkish Clearly an outdated system.
Another example of how capitalism favors profits over helping people.
I always enjoy another Second thought video, always very informative
As someone who lives in the Philippines (which is about to experience another potentially catastrophic storm as of writing this comment), we hope that natural disasters like these can help people develop a new perspective on how the world actually works and go down the anti-capitalist path.
i'm a pinoy leftist too
The American brain rot goes very deep
what? the philippine government is filled with corrupt capitalists. 😂 is this a joke? there is no hope in the foreseeable future and people even vote against politicians who prioritise preservation of natural disasters.
@@MexicanShirouEmiya Not just that but the propaganda on Capitalism being a beneficial thing is just a massive lie. That still effects American society to this day hell my own country does something similar.
Luckily, I am not affected by it.
After the island I live on was largely flooded back in the 1980’s, the government of my country covered all damage and made sure to build dams around the city where the people live.
18 years later, when the most intense storm in recent history hit the entire country, we were, thanks to the new dams, saved from over 2 metres of water going into the city.
I know this is nothing compared to the tropical hurricanes, but it has really left its mark on the locals, so I can only imagine how terrifying the tropical storms where people die is.
Collaboration is necessary in such emergencies, and the fact that everything went so wrong in USA marks the failure of the American state.
Guys please try to watch all the ads... We need to support him as much as we can. This is some of the most important content on UA-cam.
hes get no ad revenue since his videos are all demonetized. All the money are stolen by corporation and UA-cam. Do not watch ads they do not help content creators and needs to be boycoted untill youtube finnaly accepts fair use and stop discrimating.
thank you for always covering Puerto Rico and how American capitalism has destroyed the Island I used to call my home
Destruido? Si es el país más rico de america latina.
@@arnaubasulto4448 tú estás en crack hermano? Puerto Rico tiene la deuda más grande de America Latina, 40% de la población vive debajo de la línea de pobreza, hospitales se están cayendo en cantos, la infraestructura no existe, la luz se va diario, menos expectativa de vida que en Cuba etc etc
y ser el país más rico de America latina? eso es como ser el mejor que chicha en un grupo de eunucos
@@arnaubasulto4448 Papo, dame lo que estás fumando porque Borinquen no tiene salida en su situación
@Ryan Robichaud exactly that's the premise of this video...the money is flowing up instead of down...that's the exact problem.
Other Caribbean islands went from colonialism to capitalism, yet many live in poverty. Gaining independence didn't improve much for the average person.
I love the message you are getting out. I always feel more enlightening after watching, even if that enlightenment leaves me a bit sadder.
I am so grateful for the videos you have made and continue to make, they are well-produced, well-spoken, and always - even if that might seem morbid given the subjects - entertaining. May the future hold nothing but blessings for you, and have a wonderful day!
Watching this in the aftermath of the 2023 Lahaina wildfire, having experienced the 2018 Lahaina wildfire firsthand, is rage inducing. It's all so true.
Hearing horrible facts and truths about reality is so much nicer from your soothing voice, JT.
Thanks for this, and keep up the good work.
Thank you for covering my island Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
To this day, there are still people without power even tho we only got scrapped by a hurricane
I was without power for a whole week and the southwest side of the island there's municipalities sitting at 20% with power
The hurricane didn't scrape us, it went over us. I live in the southwest of PR and I got the chance to see the eye of the hurricane. I was without power for 29 days!
@@hypergraphic in hurricane Maria (2017) I was over 5 months without power :) from September to February
@@xcrazyghostx9566 i say scrape because it wasn't the entire thing going in the island
@@xcrazyghostx9566 same here tho i was fortunate to never lost water
Some of your content hits me hard. Never stop posting these contents.
I appreciate the positive note at the end, but I've been waiting over 40 years for people to say "enough is enough." I'm an optimist, but I don't know that I'll see the groundswell before I die or they kill us all.
More people in each new generation join us. We may not personally see the fruits of those efforts, but each of our voices contributes to a better future for humanity. ❤
@@carrieullrich5059 Thank you for that. I really needed to hear that people do matter. ❤
More and more people are falling in to poverty at this point its just matter of cople years before all this crumbles. The upcoming economical colapse might be the trigger to revolution where people come togheter and get rid of kings and queens that does not deserve a peacefull death for crimes they have commited against humanity.
@@zertun2380 Sadly this is true. It just astonishes me that companies are so short-sighted that they're willing to bankrupt all their customers just for a record-profit year. It's like killing the golden goose to get all the eggs at once.
You need to stop waiting and start acting. Things wont just magically change.
This also happened in New Zealand with the Christchurch earthquakes 2010 and 11. Christchurch is partly built on a mostly drained marsh and for many decades building was refused on the deepest and boggiest areas of native marshland, and they were kept as a reserve, however starting in the early 2000's, a law change meant that these marshland areas could finally be rushed thru the approval process, so that no one asked awkward questions, and new suburbs were supported due to a new City Council merge which saw permits been handed out like candy, all to build in these very dangerous areas.
My father is a geologist, and was part of some of the early geological surveys in the late 80's and 90's, but pulled out when it became clear what was happening. He reported everything, but central govt didn't have time for "maybe"s and "what if"s. Subsequently, throughout my childhood, he always told me to never ever rent or buy in that area, mainly a specific suburb of Christchurch called-and I kid you not-"Marshlands".
Due to them all being built on unstable bases, it was well known to many that this area was below sea level, and as it was close to the coast it could not withstand tsunamis, and would be especially prone to a little something called "liquefaction".
And then, in my last year of high school, the earthquakes _did_ happen, and this area experienced such repeated and devastating liquefaction that now, when you go back, it's just block after block of overgrown, empty fields, some with cracked concrete driveways, fruit trees that pop up randomly, and the occasional weathered "RED ZONE" label. The city itself looked like there had been a zombie apocalypse, but out in the east, the homes just crumbled either into fissures opened by the quakes, into each other, or just to the ground, and now gone.
In the east, it is now estimated that some 90,000 homes were destroyed, and that's in a city of only 380, 000 people; we lost about 120, 000 people after the earthquakes, and the city still has not regained its pre-quake population.
And all this because of an area that should havr never have been built on altogether. What was worse is that most of those hardest hit were from families who were hardworking, blue collar folks who had qualified for government grants to go towards bui,ding a home. They were mostly the cheapest sorts of builds, from families trying to build and make a life and they lost evrything due to lax laws and, essentially, the greed of property developers who didn't go through due process and the proper checks, fudging the details and, in some cases, straight up lying to some about how earthquake-ready these builds were. Heck, I know people on the East side of the city that had to use porta potties until *_2016_* from the very first earthquake of 2010. These were mainly immigrant and blue collar families, who were not even compensated properly for the loss of their properties, and many legal cases are still going twelve years later.
It's a travesty, and a scar upon our city that, combined with the 2019 terror attack, we will likely never fully heal from, at least if you are someone like me who saw both events first hand. I still have nightmares and PTSD about what I saw and heard, but at least I never lost a home. I count myself blessed, because even though this seems like a small scale disaster ("only" 188 people died), you can't count how much damage it has really done, the silent way we all grapple with what happened. In my community of friends, acquaintances from church, school and work, I knew of _nine_ people who took their own lives in the 5 years after the earthquake. Tragically, more followed. I have a friend that miscarried due to the trauma of going thru the worst quakes at 20 weeks pregnant. My brother has severe anxiety due to being separated during the 22/02/11 quake, as he was so young then. He's almost 16, but still has nightmares. I had three close friends who lost their homes due to being in Marshlands and nearby suburbs. Together, our late teens and early adulthood has been incredibly difficult due to missed exams, overwhelming anxiety and stress, maladaptive behaviours we formed to cope, just to get through days of 40+ earthquakes, never knowing which one will keep going.
This stuff matters. I saw a small slice of disaster, and it made the pandemic even harder for me, but even I have no conception of the scale of Katrina and these new extreme weather events and subsequent crisis of humanity. I have nothing to give but my prayers, and do my part to spread and educate, hope that more can become informed of these factors, circumstances, and somehow we can slowly change things, because the weather changes we are seeing are real, and faster than anyone knows, and unpredictable. Unpredictable means we have to prepare, regardless, and not let the corrupted bureaucracy keep playing us like this. Great video. Thank you.
I can suggest the book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism". It describes this concept very well.
To me in Puerto Rico, the approach of a hurricane has just become a source of anger to me. The knowledge that we could be so much more prepared for these events but the corruption within the government, the privatization of the power company, and so much more leaves us to suffer every time as the government keeps telling us the same lies about how we're "ready" this time. The neglect we are subjected to by our own government and by the US government is insane, and after the disasters people barely care about us, since so many Americans don't even know we're their colony, and plenty of the ones that do don't bother to care cuz "it's their fault for not being ready". We could be so much more ready, but our governments, the companies and the fools who vote the same shit politicians in every election and don't bother to actually do anything to try to improve our situation is what leads to us to constantly suffer.
And yet you stupidly b believe govt everytime 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm an American and not proud of how my country has responded to climate change. So sorry for all who suffer bc of our stupidity
dont worry not many places doing much better
I think the first step is getting people to understand the 'profit motive' is not a good thing. Privatization doesn't benefit people, and one of the lies in our society is that it does.
As Yugopnik say: "worst timeline". Katrina is one of many examples that confirms that
Great video!
TBH, USA is kinda the dystopia we all fear it's getting to be in the future...
So this is a little late, but I want to talk about Hurricane Ian from my perspective as a worker in Fort Myers & Cape Coral, where the hurricane was the worst.
At the time, I didn't even want to watch this video, I was not only exceptionally busy, but for the time being I needed to set all of these topics aside in order to focus on dealing with the aftermath of a Hurricane that drained my entire bank account. However, I still viscerally remember what came before the hurricane, and the aftermath.
I remember the day before the Hurricane when I saw birds, thousands of birds, sitting on power lines, running from the storm, I watched as they fled North through the sky, and the dark clouds on the horizon loomed in a picturesque display of nature's fury. I drove to work that day, solemnly accepting what was coming, we'd been told that the hurricane was going to keep going north and that we didn't have to worry, so nobody bought supplies well in advance, but instead the hurricane took a 90 degree turn directly towards Fort Myers, as though God himself decided to smite the civilization of southwest Florida.
I walked into the store that day and people were flooding in, I work at Publix, a retail chain famous for its community outreach that often obfuscates the fact that it's still a business, and had thus also not prepared ahead of time for this.
But, at the same time, the shelves were not empty, it wasn't absolute panic, people were coming for ice mostly, water, a couple of provisions, but I remember working in Auburn during the snowfall about four or five years ago, and it is not even a comparison. Our shelves were empty during a snowfall where you could still see the asphalt. A Category 5 Hurricane? It was a crazy busy day, but it wasn't... heinous.
I remember talking to an older woman, she had a big smile on her face, she was in a good mood late into the evening, about 7 o'clock, an hour before we planned on closing early to let people go home and prepare. She brought the topic up to me, asking if I was ready for the hurricane, and then she snorted, waving her hand dismissively as she said "This is all a scam, the news just wants us to be scared so we'll buy more products, but we'll be fine, we've been through hurricanes before."
This seemed to be the general consensus amongst those who'd lived in Florida a long time; a lot of the people prepping were the newcomers, the people who'd just moved to Southwest Florida and hadn't been through a hurricane before, but I heard people were throwing Hurricane parties. They were convinced everything would be fine.
I still remember the days after the Hurricane, I walked outside and there was devastation everywhere, roads were filled with debris, I brought my machete with me everywhere to clear rubble and I walked outside to help my neighbors. We had no clean water, no electricity, no nothing, and it wasn't coming back on anytime soon, I actually ended up leaving for two weeks, waiting for the electricity to come back and it was off most of that time, but I still remember sitting in a dark, hot house, with all of my supplies, still going to work every day. I remember when my neighbors heated up water on their grill so people could make a pot of coffee or wash their hair. I have pretty long hair for a guy, so I took that mug and I dunked my hair into it, I didn't realize just how dirty I felt, just how nice it felt to clean myself, even just a little bit.
But, I'll never forget what happened two days after the hurricane, when my store reopened. It was one of the first ones to reopen, and we still had barely an electricity, barely any food, we didn't have clean water to make bread so we put out what we could, stuff you're supposed to bake at home, but is still mostly cooked and people kept buying it, we could not get enough. People were desperate for hot food, all of our frozen stock was being cooked in our own ovens and being offered to people because it was going to waste, but I'll never forget the sound of babies crying because they hadn't eaten in two days, their mothers hadn't gotten formula before the storm because it was "No big deal" or "Just another storm", old people who collapsed in the checkout aisles because they had to walk, and didn't have services that could take them to the store to eat, and everyday people who cried and thanked me profusely because they just needed food, and because I work in the bakery, I was giving it to them directly.
I gave people a warm smile, I'm always told my customer service skills are some of the best in the store, even managers call me up to deal with customers because I'm better than they are, and people were so grateful that I could distract them for a few minutes, have a casual conversation about things, make them feel better. Cookies, we made so many cookies for the kids, I gave out as many as I could to these kids. We had fights over cases of water, people who had entire families that needed to drink, and no potable water anywhere except in the bottles we had in the city. We had people just sitting in our lobby charging their phones, desperate to stay in contact with family, everyone who worked there brought their things in to charge, so when they went home they could have it, and for once management didn't get on anyone's case. Everyone worked like crazy, I felt so bad when I left, but by the time I was leaving, things were at least stable.
I broke down my second day coming in, listening to a radio report about a woman who had to canoe through Cape Coral to save her family, I lost it, that was the first time I'd cried in years and just watching everything about me, it was hard. I went home to my family. I hate my family. My mother is an anxiety-ridden mess with OCD bipolar who thinks the entire world is out to get her, and I hugged her when she came to get me, because I didn't have the gas to actually leave. The gas lines, I still remember the gas lines, the way gas companies hiked up prices by a full dollar for every gallon, we were finally recovering from the high gas prices and then it all came crashing back down during the hurricane. Some gas stations ran out of gas proper, people were waiting in line for days, so they could get to the gas pumps, in lines that circled every gas station I saw.
Cape Coral was even worse, the entire downtown was flooded, the beach is... is just gone. It's still gone. I still had people coming in a few weeks ago talking about how their fridge or oven still doesn't work, or how they're still recovering from water damage. My old manager, her entire suburban neighborhood are still to this day living in RVs on their front lawns because their houses are uninhabitable. Even a month later I'm getting ads about insurance agencies and flood repairs, and only about a week ago did the debris on my street get cleaned up, it was there, blocking my view of traffic every time I left my little parking lot. Only now is debris being cleaned up on some major roads even. I drove up through Port Charlotte in November, two months later, and there were still overturned trees, debris lining people's yards in rural neighborhoods. It was disheartening to know just how widespread all of this was.
It was such a powerful time I can't even think about it, months later, without actually crying. I watched all of it firsthand, and all I wanted was for things to get better. I wanted to help these people, but all I could do, was my own part, and then I had to leave, I couldn't stay there with no gas, no money, and dwindling food.
I went up to stay with my family, even my brother, my abusive brother, was patient with me. All I wanted was sleep and a shower after a nine hour ride and drive, where I took over for my mom and dad, and a hot meal. I got to be there for my dad's birthday, I got to be there for the birth of my nephew, my first nephew. I helped name him, and I never thought I'd like babies, or kids, but I love that kid, and that was the one good thing that came out of this.
I thought endlessly, in a mix of rage and despair, how much of this was caused by Capitalism, by global warming, and how much of the aftermath was caused by tight profit margins, a refusal to help our common man, and no profit to be found in hurricane disaster relief.
And whether this is read or not, I hope somebody sees it, and understands just what kind of destruction this system is very much causing, because that Hurricane would not have been as destructive if we had a system that recognized these dangers, and prepared for them.
Your writing is terrific, and it enraptured me a lot. You can see, the capitalist government DID know the destructiveness of the hurricane. USA has one of the most advanced weather systems in the world. But what did they do? Exploited everything from poor beings like you, who need aid the most. The government does not care about its countrymen. Everything is about money and greed. Even if a government was socialist, you would have received SOME help. Cuba even volunteered to send their doctors. USA said no. I hope you recover soon! Wishing you the best of luck!
@@shotgundotlol Thank you, as the name implies I want to actually do some proper writing, I'm so touched that my writing moved you so much.
We're mostly recovered in my area, my bank account is the main thing that got hit. Years of savings gone in a few weeks because I couldn't work. I appreciate all of the well wishes.
Thank you for taking the effort to write your experience down. Our writing is very good and you could pursue it further. I can't imagine how living through such a mess must be, and especially seeing how ill-equipped everyone was to handle it. Hope things are better now for you.
Despite having a criminal blocage, Cuba surely does a much better work dealing with the consecuences of an hurracain than the the biggest world economy.
Randomly rewatching old videos at work today day atfter milton hit Florida makes this all hit different. The combo of intensity and the conspiracies prior. Only 2 years later and its already so much worse
Wow I was there for hurricane Katrina as a little kid, and served in the Corps of Engineers for the army - I'm not even proud to be a veteran by this point
Hey man I'll say it on your discord sometime too but I want to request it here.
I have a Native American friend who I've been talking about this stuff and through it I realized they are VERY propagandized against socialism because their reservations are put in the middle of nowhere with no job opportunities and therefore impoverished
I couldn't find a single native american video supporting socialism because they have every reason not to trust government, though by definition I would argue most were socialists before Europe arrived
Could you do a video pertaining to Native Americans sometime?
Keep up spreading the word in these make-or-break times
I think most Native Americans would be interested in learning about their depictions in Mormonism. The Mormon church teaches that they are literally the angels of the Bible :o
You should have so many more subscribers. Your content is what people NEED to hear. Instead they prefer to watch people react to stupid sht. I hope more realize how awesome your videos are. I certainly share every chance I get. Thank you
The sad thing is this is probably one of the biggest leftwing UA-cam channels. There are probably thousands of smaller leftwing channels that deserve a lot more attention too
@Guy Whose opinions will offend you he did get a knock on the door from the fbi so I'd be worried too
@Guy Whose opinions will offend you I don't think hes quite that big yet lol
If you love this channel and want to know more about climate change, check out a channel called Climate Town. His last video goes into how the media played a role in fossil fuel companies pushing lies for the last several decades. It's a very well done channel with lots of cited sources laid out in a very easy to digest and fun way despite all the depressing facts.
Dear JT, another great video exposing how capital always find it's way to deprave the most vulnerable people, congratulations. I don't know if you edit you videos on Premiere, but if that's the case, I suggest you to try using the "Morph Cut" effect to better match your self in between jump-cuts and keep it in between 6, to 3 frames of duration to get the best out of it. As a professional editor I usually apply this tool with a 4 frames duration, to keep it simple and time efficient. Best regards Juan. ✌
I wonder when youtube will decide that pointing out greed is a demonetizable offense.
As an aside, I have to say, your podcast The Deprogram is fantastic. I'm a bit late, only got on it this week but I'm hooked, man. Hakim, Yugopnik & you are perfect together. Thank you for your hard work. (Not a paid comment)
Another banger, JT. Companies directly profiting off of disasters is one of those things that as I've learned more about how our capitalist system works I sorta figured happened, but seeing it spelled out, how neoliberal governments will use disaster to implement shock therapy, just makes my blood run cold. To see these companies literally looking at impending disasters from climate change and all the horrible tragedy it will bring and seeing only dollar signs. And this is the system working as intended, it's not broken, this is how it's supposed to function. Enough is enough, we need socialism.
Another Second Thought video makes me depressed and sad on a Friday. He's the Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and The Weeknd of Socialism. Love his content.
ya, but all those Artists suck.
Record companies are nothing more than a vacuum that sucks money out of musical artists.
Captain Planet's villains are less cartoony than American capitalists!
Another great video! You write your scripts so well
I love how your recent videos have tied into your discussions on “the deprogram” podcast!
thank you for mentioning the negligence of our governments and the importance the of wetlands-a katrina survivor and wetlands enjoyer
edit: and the callousness of the response to “looters”
"George W. Bush doesen't care about black people"
K. West
as someone who has been lucky to not lose much in hurricane irma and ian, (direct hits) it’s sad to see how much exploitation is done around me personally. There is also a rush to open schools back, when many people have quite literally lost their houses. I don’t know what it is about hurricanes but where i am the capitalistic system brings contractors like a mosquito frenzy back down here for the years after. it’s rlly sad
The stuff about Katrina really hit home. My parents live on the Mississipi gulf coast, which is very close to New Orleans and had similar issues (They also did not receive insurance payouts from their insurance because of bullshit). The irony is that my dad had to go back to work for Chevron (he was retired US military and retired from Chevron at the time) after all this to help pay for rebuilding our house.
Second Thought, remember the Big Freeze last year in our great state of Texas?
Spent a whole day trying to thaw a pipe without making it burst
@@SecondThought man I was working the entire time if you can believe it (mental institution, round the clock care).
Yet another fine example of our capitalist system at work.
What's crazy is they say that might happen again this winter, or at the very least we should expect a harsh one.
Second thoughts variety of topics always impresses me. I thought I understood selfishness but the lengths the powerful will go to is unfathomable to me
As someone who went through the eyewall of Hurricane Ian as it made landfall, as soon as I saw this video I instantly clicked because I *knew* it would have some reference to the storm.
Everytime i think i could NOT be more disgusted by the USA they find a way to top themselves.
I remember the whole looting thing after Katrina. What's so absurd is that even from a capitalist pig perspective, those supermarkets couldn't possibly sell any of that food. A flood damaged business isn't going to open any time soon, nor is it going to offer the same food that was there during the flood. Every bit of "stolen" merchandise was destined for the garbage. And yet the cruelty is the point. Nobody can have something for free.
Congratulations on the kid, impressed you're still cranking out videos with that on your plate!
Perhaps instead of giving these storms friendly names, we can start tagging them like virus so it can be more recognizable by date as well, such as Hur19, Etc.
Thank you for doing all this research for us
Words cannot express how frustrated I am
I've been pondering the concept of purposeful ineptitude. I was 13 when Katrina happened and my conservative family was convinced the lack of aid was simply due to the liberalized and inept government which should be further privatized to be more efficient. It's not until later in my life that I saw through this sham to the truth that it was purposeful and malicious. They get what they want AND successfully persuade people that the "big stupid government" is trying its best and is just "so sadly incapable :(".
Highly recommend the book, “the shock doctrine” by naomi klein if people want to dive even deeper into how capitalism responds to major shock events like climate events!
Never let go of your optimism Second Thought, I've lost mine and I don't seem to be getting it back any time soon.
I like having a subscription to this channel, it’s an important side to the story of why things are the way they are, my question is how come when I mention socialism people say it’s bad and when I ask why they just say it’s just bad, I’m still interested in why so many people have a negative response
It’s because of the Cold War. Mainly.
If you make one side look like demons, you must be the angles :/
They're taught to believe a caricaturized version of socialism and an aggrandized version of capitalism. Ask them to explain what either of those words mean and no doubt you'll get one of a few canned responses like: "socialism is when everyone is the same", "socialism is when the government does stuff", "capitalism is personal freedom", "capitalism is commerce itself", etc.
Oh, ok that’s helpful, I’m a person that has been in the wood working field for over 40 years and would love to work and make decisions with co- workers, that’s usually how it works in that type of job, unless you work for a giant contractor, so I’ve been lucky I quess
What makes me sad about Katrina is that Mexico, my dear but sadly unfortunate home country, sent several members of the army and navy as part of the relief effort, including naval physicians. And Mexico has very rarely seen any of the very generous foreign aid sent to it by the rest of the world when we experience our disasters because of our kleptocratic politicians and elites. Mexico needs socialism, that was the dream of the Revolution, one which was stolen by the owner class and their shills.
Masterful presentation of one of the most insidious aspects of 21st century capitalism.
As someone who lost my job and apartment overnight to Hurricane Katrina, I appreciated this content, but then, I appreciate all your videos. Thank you!
"a god damned post card company, tell it's people that work is more important than evacuating" utter shame
It's a good thing to point to whenever some neoliberal is trying to argue that market-based solutions to everything are always the most efficient.
Top quality content!
Thank you for making this one!
You are doing an amazing job, please never stop! Your content is literally a huge breath of fresh air, everyone should watch this.
Thanks from Russia 🇷🇺 🙏
You know I started off your videos about 6 months ago as a Centrist Neo Liberal free market lover. I believed in welfare reforms (similar to Clinton), free trade to reduce cost on goods, minimal changes to overall political institutions, and bipartisanship all the time.
Now after the past few months of fully watching your videos and working with the poor across Texas I won’t claim to be an actual socialist, however I have embraced social democracy’s. I understand you’re more of a fan of socialism and I fully respect that, although I am a big fan of social democracy’s where there’s a strong safety net, Sectorial bargaining, high taxes on the wealthy, a form of free markets and overall happy populations!
I would love for you to explain why socialism is better than social democracy’s though! Perhaps my mind may be changed, and even if not I’m always open to listening.
"George Bush doesn't care about black people" -when Kanye west actually was stable. Also when I was in New Orleans back in 2013 to help build houses New Orleans used to have the highest black home ownership before Katrina then after it was the lowest.... New Orleans is still rebuilding.
I am so very grateful for the tremendously important work of Second Thought.
16:38 I am taught this in my economy classes. Disasters bring opportunities
these people are beyond evil. hell is too good for them.
J.T., this is one of your best videos so far and they're always great. By the way, I'd love for the Deprogram podcast to invite Left Reckoning on to discuss Degrowth at length.
Thank you for using Puerto Rico's example of disaster capitalism. It is the biggest crime humans have committed against our planet.
Not so fun fact:Elon musk offered to take over Puerto Ricos electric grid under TESLA after Hurricane Maria hit.
Thank you for continuing to make these kind of videos, they're very helpful.
Do video on disaster capitalism in Haiti following their earthquake
Another excellent analysis
Capitalism is exploitative on every level.
"Society discourages laziness because lazy people are difficult to exploit. Cut costs to maintain spending power, and only do tasks that are necessary and do not do anything for someone else unless you get something in return. Make sure you have assurance that you will get something in return since some people like to guilt or shame people into selling themselves short for false promises. Never chase after a "maybe" since that is like running on a treadmill while your employer holds a carrot on a stick that you really want out of your reach. If you cannot survive, then all the time and effort your parents put into raising you will have been all for naught. If cutting costs means living with your parents for much longer, then so be it. They will not mind having someone around to take some of their workload off of their shoulders from time to time. Multigenerational households were quite common throughout most of history. The whole moving out once you are 18 is actually a historical outlier, an abnormality. Most of the money you pay for healthcare in the USA goes toward paying paper pushers rather than actually making you healthier. If playing the game will only result in you gradually losing, then what incentive is there to participate? If companies and governments will not invest in their employees or citizens, then their employees or citizens have no reason to continue investing in companies and governments. With food prices rising, having less mouths to feed can help one to save on food prices. Delay life milestones, stop feeding the machine. Protesting on the streets only gets you arrested, instead, the protests of the future will be to not participate or contribute to society until demands are met. If there is no future for us, then that's fine, we are willing to allow the legacies of those older than us collapse and be left to rot unless upholding them will actually enable us to personally benefit from them. We were brought into this world against our will, so now those who want to make life unfair for us will have to deal with the consequences. What's in it for you? There is no such thing as laziness because not working hard simply means not having a good reason to work hard. Why help your boss continue to pay their bills if they refuse to pay you enough to do the same with your own bills?"
Best part about my Fridays.
I remember seeing Jeff Bezos arriving somewhere in India to open the first Amazon store (something like that), but what struck me was that he was given a welcome like he was a king - at some point he laid a wreath of flowers on some important landmark… Photographers and dignitaries followed him everywhere… What kind of world are we living in where we revere and celebrate a person whose status is achieved by devoting his life to personal greed… Something is very wrong and these videos shine a light on the problem - thanks
Wait, there is no weather control machine? What have I been paying COBRA for?