@@leopandelos9231 You could try asking for a print to frame? Just don't give them your address to "send it". I had a much enjoyed but too brief war with some of them once. Aaaahhh, happy days. And Mormons; not everyone can truthfully claim they had Mormons run shrieking from their house, I can. My dream was to invite Mormons and Scientologists together in for coffee and beers, then sneak out and watch from the other side of the road. (But not even I can be quite that mean ...)
I started smoking in 1972 after enlisting in the US Army. I tried to quit when I was 38 years old but failed. Several attempts later I managed to succeed by the use of nicotine gum, and angry determination. I was 42 years old when I finally quit for good. It was a damn hellish struggle, but I managed to overcome the desire to smoke. Even to this day, I still find myself wanting a cigarette and often in my dreams find myself smoking a cigarette. I know I will never light up, but the desire is always there. I am 70 years old, but that desire still lingers. Nicotine is a very addictive drug! To be honest, I do find myself breathing deeply whenever I pass a smoker. The aroma of the smoke is that enticing.
The scent of the tobacco, and the feel/aroma of the actual smoke is what keeps me smoking. I'll be 38 in a couple months and I picked up my first cigarette when I was 9. Up to at least a pack a day by the time I was 14. I think about quitting sometimes, but I'm literally stress in human form, so.. it's difficult to say the least.
@@Maderynethat's the same thing I always tell everyone. I smoked for fourteen years before putting them down for good. I went cold turkey when I was 26. Haven't touched the things in six years.
I'm extremely impressed with anyone who quits any addictive substance even if the addiction is primarily psychological and minimally chemical. We are a creature very susceptible to seeking the comfort of anything that can dull the pain, stress, or even tedium of everyday life. I'll never judge someone who's dealing with an addiction negatively. I wish anyone looking to quit a smooth transition with plenty of support and understanding!
@@theisofthe-sr4hf The Tuskegee experiments, Wuhan Lethality Hardening Virus Leak with funding from certain governments in the west, Tick borne diseases spreading out from Plum Island Research Facility, Research projects which likely created and or spread both HIV and Ebola, the list of conspiracies we have a little, or a large amount, of evidence for goes on and on and on. That being said the COS has really, allegedly, been involved in a lot of shifty behavior, and doing things that are ethically questionable.
Between the tobacco companies, the gas companies on lead, and so many more, it totally makes sense that we regular people can't trust corporations or the government.
Stop electing the politicians in the hands of rhe corporations who only pass laws to help the corporations then. Countries all over the world have much better politicians who work for the people not big business.
@captainspaulding5963 we have 2 powers. Our vote and our money. Who we vote for and what we spend our money on, which corporations we support, so it does.matter if enough people do the same thing
yes and don't mention pharmaceutical companies the opiate crisis which they caused and the massive toxic death toll for most of the medications they sell.
How different would the world have been had the Greek Navy made good on its threat to sink L. Ron Hubbard's yacht when he initially refused to leave Greek soverign waters.
Hubbard ... wasn't he a religious guy? And doesn't God find it easier to squash camels through needles than admit rich folks into His holy kingdom/s? So if ol' Hubbie was rich, things could look a bit grim for his future prospects, no? (His, and the Pope's, and the heads of any other religions that aren't mine ...* ) * Mine-? I'm an Orthodox Atheist. Ya wanna join?
But make sure if they do that they speak to actual ex-Scientologists who know what was going on like Janis gilham Grady from peeling the onion. She was one of the messengers on the Apollo with lrh from the age of 12. I call her the historian.
The influence and reach of the tobacco industry cannot be mentioned enough. I recall watching several years ago, in the early 2000s, an episode of the Penn & Teller show, where they talked about all the arbitrary and weird security measures taken by airports after 9/11. One such measure (I have no idea if this is still a thing), was that it was completely forbidden to get aboard a plane with any bottled breast milk. But then, to call attention on how perplexing and weird this security step was, they mentioned how it was perfectly normal for people to board planes carrying matches (Again, no idea if this is still a thing, it could have changed since then, this episode aired like 20+ years ago). The reason why matches were allowed? Several passengers liked to light up a smoke after the plane landed and they got out. And tobacco companies lobbied HARD to make sure there was no law banning the carrying of smokes and matches into planes. Hell, we can take this even further, before 9/11, you were actually allowed to smoke WHILE INSIDE THE DAMN PLANE. Something so unfathomable and unimaginable today, we'd have an easier time imagining the house of representatives running their sessions completely nude. That's how much power is behind the tobacco industry. The worst part is that lawmakers know they can't outright ban tobacco as that will go over about as well as the alcohol prohibition did. The best we can do to fight that poison is just to demonize it as much as we can and shun the practice for the disgusting harmful death sentence that it is.
The industry is going the other direction and advocating for "smoker's rights" (see the Smokers Rights Movement). It's the same thing as fat acceptance and trans rights, just repackaged for the needs of Big Tobacco - the classic "my body, my choice" and "you can't judge me" argument. To their credit, no one is challenging them out of fear of looking bigoted. It's the future of the tobacco industry and it cannot be stopped.
You used to be able to smoke everywhere before the Clean Air Act. Planes, cars, movie theater seats, grocery stores - there were ashtrays *everywhere*. Yes, you can have a lighter and cigs with you on the plane. I'm a smoker and do carry-on luggage exclusively.
I remember flying when planes had smoking sections. It was horrible, absolutely disgusting. I also worked in a normal office where smoking was unrestricted. The guy at the next desk, who was also my best friend, was a smoker. He just said "sorry, I gotta smoke." When a got a small fan to blow to smoke away from me, I caused an uproar for my rude and selfish behavior.
Back when restaurants allowed smoking, I would keep a pack of Clove cigarettes on me; for some reason, most smokers found the smell rancid. When they lit up, so did I. When they asked if I could put it out, I would take a puff and turn to them, saying “I’m sorry, but it’s my right to smoke” while blowing it in there face. They usually left without getting their food and never returned; I slowly but surely reduced the occurrence of smoking at my regular restaurants.
This channel is full of inaccuracies, myths, debunked conspiracy theories and just very poorly researched writers. Its a real let down compared to Simon other channels, especially Decoding the Unknown where this shit would get ripped apart.
The funniest part of Operation Berkshire’s concern of tobacco sales falling off a cliff was that it was inevitable. Most of the cigarette smokers now -suck on a USB stick- vape.
@@bandit5875 Why would anyone pronounce it any other way given the meaning of 'berk' (Berkshire Hunt = c??? :) ) always makes me laugh when I hear them,
I gave up smoking after waking up gasping for air in the middle of the night. It was a wakeup call that gave me the urge to quit. Nicotine patches, and nicotine gum helped so much in that effort. It was a struggle but one worth the effort. Now at 70 years old, I can walk up a flight of stairs and not find myself gasping for breath! That is its own reward.
What's worse to know: alchol is actually worse for you if consumed at a similar rate to smoking. Not actual 1 to 1, but if you are a sever alcholic and a severe smoker, the alchol will kill you first. But alchol is both harder to regulate and way more profitible so you know, you wont ever see a real drinking kille campaign like you see for tobbacco.
That and the fact that alcohol has a MUCH longer and intertwined history with humanity. Tobacco was largely a "new world drug" vs beer or wines being humans main clean drink for majority of history...
@@AnotherPointOfView944 To search out intelligent life. He's not had much luck. His rank is Agent First Grade. Allegedly. Although he also is tasked with controlling information. Allegedly. Cheers
An unusual number of mixed up words. Is Simon ok? Hope it's just that he's overworked. Corporate documents aren't 'declassified'. They were discovered in an investigation or handed over during discovery in a court case. And the companies didn't "conclude." They "colluded." 1:55
The current government of Argentina - with strong links to the military, both today and from the Dirty War era - are trying to rewrite the history of that period in Argentina.
"Smoking makes you cool" is why I started smoking. Then I smoked like a chimney for 30 years, until I was spending the first hour of my day 'hacking up a lung', as we used to say. Then I quit cold-turkey (because that's how you quit something). And now my motto is, "Cool is the Fool".
Paul Ehrlich, Michael Mann, Al Gore, and Greta Thunberg all use the same method used by the government to manipulate public perception. If you wonder why we can't all get on the same page, it's because of the lies everyone tells.
My father wasn't a 'heavy" smoker but he still ended up with all of his veins scarred so when he had his quadruple-bypass the doctor had to take small pieces of veins from his legs and a small bit from the vein across his chest to make a vein to the heart where he needed it. It was a success but the doctor said he had NEVER seen such scarred veins in BOTH legs until my father. The problem...the smoking from when he was in his teens to literally the day before the operation. He hasn't smoked since but he still says that it wasn't the smoking that caused it. Sure, dad, sure. Yet, he still hasn't smoked since then so I don't think he truly believes that.
L Ron Hubbard's book "Battlefield Earth" is a gripping sci-fi story, but serves to show how intelligent Hubbard was, and how well he understood "manipulation" to one's own ends.
We were ALL taught that from the 60s onward, every couple of years the anti smoking group visited with a dummy, slide sections of smokers lungs and graphic images where I was in NZ
What’s ironic is that the people who would argue that the US should’ve gotten involved and stopped Operation Condor are the same people who typically argue that the US gets involved too often in foreign affairs and needs to leave other countries to their own business. 🤦🏻♂️
Western Tobacco companies have made sure there are little to no regulations on tobacco in other countries. They have bought the govts. But hey its profits right and thats what matters?
People who find their conscience shocked by their employers tend not to be promoted to higher positions, and often leave. The result is that large organizations end up being lead by the true believers. They have no trouble denying that smoking harms health, burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, and so on). Add to that the fact that positions of power are correlated with loss of empathy.
Michele pfeifer said she gave up smoking for her health but if they could make smoking safe she would start smoking again the same day. She thinks of it every day and sometimes day dreams of smoking.Its very addictive.
@@cmtippens9209 I get that, but Simon often uses… unique pronunciations. Do all Brits pronounce “Berk” as “bark”? And why that particular word? I’ve never heard him saying “park” instead of “perk”.
@@j.p.6932 - I'm not British, but having watched a lot of British programming, I have noticed that words like Derby and Clerk, just like Berkshire, are pronounced like Darby, Clark, and Barkshire. But it also depends on what part of the UK they're from; similar to how we Americans have regional accents depending upon where we live. That's why you might also hear an "r" in the middle of the word drawing, like "draw-ring", or a "t" dropped out of the word "water", like "wah-er", along with some others. They have a lot of quirks in the way they pronounce words, but it's not that odd when you think how Americans in Boston or NYC can be so different from how those of us in Texas or Minnesota sound.
What was the piece Simon did where he told us about the KGB operations to cause social unrest between minority groups in the US? I think he included Operation Infection to.
"Kissinger wanted to warn them" LMFAOOOOOO WTF Just fyi this is a quote from him :" The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."
Strange how tobacco companies have ties with a lot of vape producers, I personally think that a few decades along the line, vapes will cause a lot of health problems.
A brand called No6 had a gift voucher system, (this is half a century ago). Each pack contained a card. The more cards you collected, the bigger the freebie you could have. The joke at the time was collect a quarter million and you could have a free iron lung. (An early respiratory aid.) Cheers
The tobacco companies lobbied the government to ban vaping as many smokers were able to quit with help of vaping. I was never able to quit until vaping, and it was astonishingly easy. Lowered nicotine levels and quit with ease.
I believe there is an error in this video. Pinochet was removed from power in 1990, not 1978. Had he been removed from power in 1978, Sting would not have sung about him in the present tense in the 1980s song, “They Dance Alone.”
The fact that they're doing the exact same thing with fossil fuels, sugar and probably about 50 other things should give everyone a serious attitude problem about corporations.
I’m fairly certain the Berkshire conspiracy continues. I’m an avid cigar smoker and fairly deep into the larger community. I know company owners, farmers, CEOs. I’ll attend conventions and smoke as many free cigars as I want, but there’s a limit. Some cigars have significantly more nicotine than others. Cigarette companies are lying about nicotine being addictive to conceal all the other stuff the companies put in there that are actually addictive. With all the avid and life long cigar smokers I’ve met, there’s no escalation. They don’t want or need more nicotine. There’s cigars that are just too strong and will make you sick if you smoke it on an empty stomach regardless of your size or how long you’ve been smoking What I learned from the guys who blend the tobacco’s for the cigars is that much of the additives in cigarettes are there to mellow the smoke so you can inhale it. It’s why inhaling cigars is nigh impossible. Cigarette companies were forced into a corner and had to say something, so they said nicotine was the addictive substance to hide the additive that is addictive. Not a conspiracy, cigarette companies are the ones funding all the anti vaping ads because it’s a competitor. Most disposable vapes use salt nicotine a TFN (tobacco free nicotine). So that means they aren’t under regulation by the ATF. The TFN is considered a pharmaceutical product and because no tobacco was involved, outside their control. Who knew it was that literal? The FDA approved the pharmaceutical use for nicotine for patches and stuff. So vapes started eating into the cigarette market share and they have to fight back….i love the idea of big pharma and big tobacco duking it out
The tobacco companies’ actions are interesting. Some lies can last longer than everyone involved’s life, some last long enough that by the time the truth comes out no one cares. Their lies were never going to last long enough and when discovered, guaranteed the courts would come down on them like a ton of bricks - which they did to the tune of billions of dollars.
The accountants and lawyers probably mathed out the earnings minus the future potential fines and realized they would still be ahead. They also probably diversified as they saw the lie wasn't working anymore, as others pointed out. In general, I am for capitalism. But when the machines driving capitalism get too big, they can become as bad as the bad governments capitalism fights against. The "Big (insert industry here) I'm presently most worried about is Big Pharma and Big Psychiatry. Especially after 2020, there is a lot of money being spent to make people feel bad so they can help you feel good. Beware any salesman who tries to fix a problem he/she created only to suddenly have the magical cure-all solution
in the UK, tax on tobacco brings in about £10.5 billion a year... smoking related illness costs the NHS about £2.5 billion a year.In an aging nation that is facing a demographic timebomb of for pensions and elderly care provision i would say we smokers are the heroes - checking out early after more than paying our way!
Scientology just bought city hall in clearwater. We are still fighting to get the tax exempt status removed!
Lol
i lived in clearwater for 40 yrs and noticed that everytime a non member is downtown pictures are taken of then to keep track,
@@leopandelos9231 You could try asking for a print to frame? Just don't give them your address to "send it".
I had a much enjoyed but too brief war with some of them once. Aaaahhh, happy days. And Mormons; not everyone can truthfully claim they had Mormons run shrieking from their house, I can. My dream was to invite Mormons and Scientologists together in for coffee and beers, then sneak out and watch from the other side of the road. (But not even I can be quite that mean ...)
Clearwater sounds so dystopian now
It’s America, your not gonna get it. While yes they are cult, they still get the rights
I started smoking in 1972 after enlisting in the US Army. I tried to quit when I was 38 years old but failed. Several attempts later I managed to succeed by the use of nicotine gum, and angry determination. I was 42 years old when I finally quit for good. It was a damn hellish struggle, but I managed to overcome the desire to smoke. Even to this day, I still find myself wanting a cigarette and often in my dreams find myself smoking a cigarette. I know I will never light up, but the desire is always there. I am 70 years old, but that desire still lingers. Nicotine is a very addictive drug! To be honest, I do find myself breathing deeply whenever I pass a smoker. The aroma of the smoke is that enticing.
The scent of the tobacco, and the feel/aroma of the actual smoke is what keeps me smoking. I'll be 38 in a couple months and I picked up my first cigarette when I was 9. Up to at least a pack a day by the time I was 14. I think about quitting sometimes, but I'm literally stress in human form, so.. it's difficult to say the least.
@@codyhensley640 If you decide to quit, do so because you really want to, otherwise you will fail. I speak from experience.
@@Maderynethat's the same thing I always tell everyone. I smoked for fourteen years before putting them down for good. I went cold turkey when I was 26. Haven't touched the things in six years.
I had the same struggle with heroin. 8yrs clean and I still get dreams often of using. I wake up pissed of and sweating lol
I'm extremely impressed with anyone who quits any addictive substance even if the addiction is primarily psychological and minimally chemical. We are a creature very susceptible to seeking the comfort of anything that can dull the pain, stress, or even tedium of everyday life. I'll never judge someone who's dealing with an addiction negatively. I wish anyone looking to quit a smooth transition with plenty of support and understanding!
You got ballls to call out Operation Snow White. People have been fair gamed for just admiting that there was such a thing. Bravo
It's not that brave. There's much darker things that would be brave to mention.
......and the scientologists have arrived
@grbggaming6885 he could have mentioned fortnight
@@grbggaming6885such as?
@@theisofthe-sr4hf The Tuskegee experiments, Wuhan Lethality Hardening Virus Leak with funding from certain governments in the west, Tick borne diseases spreading out from Plum Island Research Facility, Research projects which likely created and or spread both HIV and Ebola, the list of conspiracies we have a little, or a large amount, of evidence for goes on and on and on.
That being said the COS has really, allegedly, been involved in a lot of shifty behavior, and doing things that are ethically questionable.
Between the tobacco companies, the gas companies on lead, and so many more, it totally makes sense that we regular people can't trust corporations or the government.
Stop electing the politicians in the hands of rhe corporations who only pass laws to help the corporations then.
Countries all over the world have much better politicians who work for the people not big business.
@@vetinaris1297 bold of you to assume that the votes of Americans matter in anything higher than the local mayor.
@captainspaulding5963 we have 2 powers. Our vote and our money. Who we vote for and what we spend our money on, which corporations we support, so it does.matter if enough people do the same thing
Or any of us.
yes and don't mention pharmaceutical companies the opiate crisis which they caused and the massive toxic death toll for most of the medications they sell.
How different would the world have been had the Greek Navy made good on its threat to sink L. Ron Hubbard's yacht when he initially refused to leave Greek soverign waters.
Amen!😜
Hubbard ... wasn't he a religious guy? And doesn't God find it easier to squash camels through needles than admit rich folks into His holy kingdom/s? So if ol' Hubbie was rich, things could look a bit grim for his future prospects, no? (His, and the Pope's, and the heads of any other religions that aren't mine ...* )
* Mine-? I'm an Orthodox Atheist. Ya wanna join?
it wouldnt have been any differnt at all truth to tell. or if minuscully different, not enough to really notice
We need an “Into the Shadows” episode on operation Snow White
And then a brain blaze?
@@brendanwoodey7961 Yes!
But make sure if they do that they speak to actual ex-Scientologists who know what was going on like Janis gilham Grady from peeling the onion. She was one of the messengers on the Apollo with lrh from the age of 12. I call her the historian.
0:40 - Chapter 1 - Operation berkshire
5:25 - Chapter 2 - Operation snow white
9:35 - Chapter 3 - Operation condor
thanks
A more impact full version, "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean there not out to get you ".
They’re
There
Their
Three different words, three different meanings and spellings, even though they sound the same.
"Just because you're paranoid
Don't mean they're not after you"
- Kurt Cobain, _Territorial Pissings_
The movie "Thank you for smoking" was a fine movie about the tobacco industry.
That movie was financed by Pfizer, to remind people "smoking is bad". A few months later, they released their stop smoking pill Chantix.
Yes, super entertaining. And in the entire film there isn't a single image of a person smoking.
Thank you for vaccinating
it’s a brilliant film! great title sequence too. it’s a shame more people haven’t seen it
Elon Musk produced that movie
"The USA has no principles: Only interests." Henry Kissinger.
Yes, indeed and you're on the list. Allegedly.
Same can be said for him. And has been.
@@Hillbilly001 "They've got a little list, and not one will be missed.", to paraphrase The Mikado.
@@someonebald2022 Paraphrasing Gilbert and Sullivan will only get you a one way trip on the Pinafore. IMO. Allegedly.
@@Hillbilly001 Well, when they hear me sing they'll realise what a mistake they've made! 😁
Speaking of Scientology you should make a video on into the Shadows about the sea org
And "the hole."
“Multiple acts of crimes against humanity.”
Meh
“Tax fraud”
THAT MONSTER
The influence and reach of the tobacco industry cannot be mentioned enough. I recall watching several years ago, in the early 2000s, an episode of the Penn & Teller show, where they talked about all the arbitrary and weird security measures taken by airports after 9/11.
One such measure (I have no idea if this is still a thing), was that it was completely forbidden to get aboard a plane with any bottled breast milk. But then, to call attention on how perplexing and weird this security step was, they mentioned how it was perfectly normal for people to board planes carrying matches (Again, no idea if this is still a thing, it could have changed since then, this episode aired like 20+ years ago).
The reason why matches were allowed? Several passengers liked to light up a smoke after the plane landed and they got out. And tobacco companies lobbied HARD to make sure there was no law banning the carrying of smokes and matches into planes.
Hell, we can take this even further, before 9/11, you were actually allowed to smoke WHILE INSIDE THE DAMN PLANE. Something so unfathomable and unimaginable today, we'd have an easier time imagining the house of representatives running their sessions completely nude. That's how much power is behind the tobacco industry. The worst part is that lawmakers know they can't outright ban tobacco as that will go over about as well as the alcohol prohibition did. The best we can do to fight that poison is just to demonize it as much as we can and shun the practice for the disgusting harmful death sentence that it is.
The industry is going the other direction and advocating for "smoker's rights" (see the Smokers Rights Movement). It's the same thing as fat acceptance and trans rights, just repackaged for the needs of Big Tobacco - the classic "my body, my choice" and "you can't judge me" argument. To their credit, no one is challenging them out of fear of looking bigoted. It's the future of the tobacco industry and it cannot be stopped.
You used to be able to smoke everywhere before the Clean Air Act. Planes, cars, movie theater seats, grocery stores - there were ashtrays *everywhere*.
Yes, you can have a lighter and cigs with you on the plane. I'm a smoker and do carry-on luggage exclusively.
I remember flying when planes had smoking sections.
It was horrible, absolutely disgusting.
I also worked in a normal office where smoking was unrestricted. The guy at the next desk, who was also my best friend, was a smoker. He just said "sorry, I gotta smoke."
When a got a small fan to blow to smoke away from me, I caused an uproar for my rude and selfish behavior.
Back when restaurants allowed smoking, I would keep a pack of Clove cigarettes on me; for some reason, most smokers found the smell rancid. When they lit up, so did I. When they asked if I could put it out, I would take a puff and turn to them, saying “I’m sorry, but it’s my right to smoke” while blowing it in there face.
They usually left without getting their food and never returned; I slowly but surely reduced the occurrence of smoking at my regular restaurants.
@@Cloud30000 funny, I always found cloves to be less objectionable.
But there were definitely open conflicts between smokers and others at that time.
"After Augusto Pinochet was overthrown in 1978"
Are you sure about that? Last I heard he left office in 1990.
This channel is full of inaccuracies, myths, debunked conspiracy theories and just very poorly researched writers.
Its a real let down compared to Simon other channels, especially Decoding the Unknown where this shit would get ripped apart.
Operation Condor was about opposing international revolutionary communism. It met with limited success.
Bullshit, bullshit, *bullshit!* Operation Condor was about protecting corporate profits. Nothing more.
you are right of course and i can't even begin to imagine the origin of such a mistake.
The funniest part of Operation Berkshire’s concern of tobacco sales falling off a cliff was that it was inevitable. Most of the cigarette smokers now -suck on a USB stick- vape.
That are produced by the same tabacco companies 😏
Yeah tobacco companies bought a few ecig brands but tbh most of the popular ones are Chinese owned
Capitalism for the win?
Have you noticed that anti smoking ads have shifted their focus to vaping? Paid for by the tobacco industry
Simon, you are among the most gifted voice talents working today. Bravo!
simons british really coming through on that berkshire huh.
Barksheer!
@@bandit5875 Why would anyone pronounce it any other way given the meaning of 'berk' (Berkshire Hunt = c??? :) ) always makes me laugh when I hear them,
Barkshare
I heard "BS", but I am old.
You should do a full episode on operation Snow White! Great stuff as always everyone!
Today's conspiracy theory is tomorrow's spoiler alert
That is true for 0.05% of conspiracy theories. Most are just the mad ramblings of hermits.
@@tripsaplenty1227 you throwing out percentages is mad ramblings
@@jjlpinct
That was rhetorical.
@@tripsaplenty1227 yes rhetoric
Everyone can make up numbers that prove their point. 76.2% of people know that.
quited smoking after 30 years of using it.......... one of the biggest mistakes i made was starting smoking.
My dad started smoking when he was 12. He only quit when the woman who turned out to be my mom said she'd never date a guy who smoked!
I gave up smoking after waking up gasping for air in the middle of the night. It was a wakeup call that gave me the urge to quit. Nicotine patches, and nicotine gum helped so much in that effort. It was a struggle but one worth the effort. Now at 70 years old, I can walk up a flight of stairs and not find myself gasping for breath! That is its own reward.
@@Maderyne it`s never to late to make a change for the positive , well done
Yeah even the Nazis were like smoking is bad for you LOL
Soviet Russia banned lobotomies because they considered the surgery barbaric
The US continued doing lobotomies for decades after that.
What's worse to know: alchol is actually worse for you if consumed at a similar rate to smoking. Not actual 1 to 1, but if you are a sever alcholic and a severe smoker, the alchol will kill you first. But alchol is both harder to regulate and way more profitible so you know, you wont ever see a real drinking kille campaign like you see for tobbacco.
You would sound smarter if you could Spell alcohol
@@jjlpinctdon't be that jerk. Typos happen. Give grace in interpretation.
That and the fact that alcohol has a MUCH longer and intertwined history with humanity. Tobacco was largely a "new world drug" vs beer or wines being humans main clean drink for majority of history...
@@morsumbra9692yes😮
@@morsumbra9692 no that wasn't a typo they clearly didn't know how to spell the word
Episode(s) on Scientology and its secret operations, especially Operation Snow White please!
Coughing and hacking your lungs out makes you look cool. NOT !
Hey Simon!
Pl make a detailed video on Operation Snowhite
In a Business Blaze video Simon says "Berkshire" fine. In this one it's suddenly "BARKshire." I love it!
It's a conspiracy theory that Simon is a Lizard Overlord. He's not. He's an agent of the Lizard Overlords. Allegedly. Cheers
What's his commission?
@@AnotherPointOfView944 To search out intelligent life. He's not had much luck. His rank is Agent First Grade. Allegedly. Although he also is tasked with controlling information. Allegedly. Cheers
The lizard people are controlled by highly intelligent Koalas all named Barry.
@@dcptiv Allegedly.
@@dcptiv That's what the Lizard Overlords want you to think.
An unusual number of mixed up words. Is Simon ok? Hope it's just that he's overworked.
Corporate documents aren't 'declassified'. They were discovered in an investigation or handed over during discovery in a court case.
And the companies didn't "conclude." They "colluded." 1:55
The correct quote is: "Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
I started smoking young, around 10. I quit around age 30. F tobacco. Except a good cigar wrap to wrap my greenies in sometimes.
last time I was this early, smoking was cool
It can't be a coincidence that Berkshire is Cockney rhyming slang 😂
Well...
The biggest risk is over consumption. Also a lot of "Big Tobacco" bought heavily into "Big Food" 😳
Good video 👍
Asterisk - The American Medical Association is not a government agency. It's run by its medical professional members.
i have a conspiracy theory, that you intentionally filmed yourself out of focus so you would get comments talking about it. if so, it worked
The current government of Argentina - with strong links to the military, both today and from the Dirty War era - are trying to rewrite the history of that period in Argentina.
"Smoking makes you cool" is why I started smoking. Then I smoked like a chimney for 30 years, until I was spending the first hour of my day 'hacking up a lung', as we used to say. Then I quit cold-turkey (because that's how you quit something). And now my motto is, "Cool is the Fool".
The tobacco one is also the template the fossil fuel industry used to more or less create and promote modern climate change denialism.
Paul Ehrlich, Michael Mann, Al Gore, and Greta Thunberg all use the same method used by the government to manipulate public perception. If you wonder why we can't all get on the same page, it's because of the lies everyone tells.
Just like not releasing the NK video, I'm surprised Simon cover scientology. They are nuts.
operation Condor sounds like something Relno the Storykeeper would tell a spooky story about
True, they do put you in a refrigerator when you die.
And, as I know from first-hand professional experience, state legislatures spent the proceeds on whatever fluff that suited their fancy. Shameful.
My father wasn't a 'heavy" smoker but he still ended up with all of his veins scarred so when he had his quadruple-bypass the doctor had to take small pieces of veins from his legs and a small bit from the vein across his chest to make a vein to the heart where he needed it. It was a success but the doctor said he had NEVER seen such scarred veins in BOTH legs until my father. The problem...the smoking from when he was in his teens to literally the day before the operation. He hasn't smoked since but he still says that it wasn't the smoking that caused it. Sure, dad, sure. Yet, he still hasn't smoked since then so I don't think he truly believes that.
L Ron Hubbard's book "Battlefield Earth" is a gripping sci-fi story, but serves to show how intelligent Hubbard was, and how well he understood "manipulation" to one's own ends.
You got a twin on another channel.. he looks exactly like you!
i was in scientology for 6 yrs as staff in east grinstead [ the bug HQ uk , i was a chef, gardner buikder painter , slave ...... etc
As more and more conspiracy theories turn out true dale dribble from the tv king of the hill is starting to look like nostradomas
😂😂😂
Ik I'd be interested in a full video on Operation Condor and The one dealing with Scientology
I’d love a long deep dive episode on the scientology cover up and spies “conspiracy”
A bunch of competing tobacco company executives having a clandestine meeting to plan a grand conspiracy?
The ultimate smoky room.
Classification in this context is something that governments do. The documents weren’t declassified, they were released.
I learned in grade school, in Montana, in 1970, that smoking was bad for you. It was a very small school, and the teacher brought in a smoking dummy.
We were ALL taught that from the 60s onward, every couple of years the anti smoking group visited with a dummy, slide sections of smokers lungs and graphic images where I was in NZ
i wonder how you would do on ' why files ' it would be interesting to see how you handle heckle fish...............
What’s ironic is that the people who would argue that the US should’ve gotten involved and stopped Operation Condor are the same people who typically argue that the US gets involved too often in foreign affairs and needs to leave other countries to their own business. 🤦🏻♂️
Amazing, smoking has taken a huge cut in America, it is very high in Asian countries, where even children are smoking.
Western Tobacco companies have made sure there are little to no regulations on tobacco in other countries. They have bought the govts.
But hey its profits right and thats what matters?
Same in any country at war, civil or otherwise
How this horrible terror group still exists is beyond my ability to comprehend. Wait, doorbell just....
My conspiracy theory is that Taco Bell is part of the legalized marijuana movement in an effort to increase sales after 12am😂
Keep on telling the world, Kevin! Keep on reading 'em, fact boi!
I quit smoking 5 years ago. I've been a dork ever since.
People who find their conscience shocked by their employers tend not to be promoted to higher positions, and often leave. The result is that large organizations end up being lead by the true believers. They have no trouble denying that smoking harms health, burning fossil fuels contributes to global climate change, and so on). Add to that the fact that positions of power are correlated with loss of empathy.
What about operation Northwards? I know it never came to fruition but the proposals were outrageous.
Social engineering is not a conspiracy theory. It's the reality of being a citizen of a government.
Michele pfeifer said she gave up smoking for her health but if they could make smoking safe she would start smoking again the same day. She thinks of it every day and sometimes day dreams of smoking.Its very addictive.
2:02 Why does Simon keep pronouncing it “Barkshire”?
Probably because Operation Berkshire first met in the UK, and Berkshire is usually pronounced Barkshire over there.
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I get that, but Simon often uses… unique pronunciations. Do all Brits pronounce “Berk” as “bark”? And why that particular word? I’ve never heard him saying “park” instead of “perk”.
@@j.p.6932 - I'm not British, but having watched a lot of British programming, I have noticed that words like Derby and Clerk, just like Berkshire, are pronounced like Darby, Clark, and Barkshire. But it also depends on what part of the UK they're from; similar to how we Americans have regional accents depending upon where we live. That's why you might also hear an "r" in the middle of the word drawing, like "draw-ring", or a "t" dropped out of the word "water", like "wah-er", along with some others. They have a lot of quirks in the way they pronounce words, but it's not that odd when you think how Americans in Boston or NYC can be so different from how those of us in Texas or Minnesota sound.
Simon should Brain Blaze Operation Snow White 😂
What was the piece Simon did where he told us about the KGB operations to cause social unrest between minority groups in the US? I think he included Operation Infection to.
So how many of those in charge were jailed
"Kissinger wanted to warn them" LMFAOOOOOO WTF
Just fyi this is a quote from him :" The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."
0:29 No wonder Simon is always happy.
Strange how tobacco companies have ties with a lot of vape producers, I personally think that a few decades along the line, vapes will cause a lot of health problems.
A brand called No6 had a gift voucher system, (this is half a century ago). Each pack contained a card. The more cards you collected, the bigger the freebie you could have.
The joke at the time was collect a quarter million and you could have a free iron lung. (An early respiratory aid.)
Cheers
Interesting video.😉
👍👍 Yes, I subscribed and liked it.
I stopped smoking almost 8 years ago now and the coolest thing about it is you don't realize you smell like an ashtray
What is with the junk room on the left??
We need a full episode on Snow White
The queen Is a lizard? 🦎
Dead lizard
The lizard is dead, long live the lizard
Is ?? 🤨
Omg, I am agog at your information. How are the horrors still operating?
Your problem is your idea of earth as a place where horrors are intrusions.
The truth is horrors are integral to the fabric of the world.
Yo Simon, what's up with the lighting/shading of this vid? Over exposed much?
But still, enjoyed
Probably forgot the ominous filter
Bro dropped a nirvana quote on a video that came out on the 30th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994
I swear all the bad press that tobacco has ever gotten has probably given them more business than all the advertising they've ever done.
Do u expect anything different from these companys? They dont give a fuck about you, just your money you give them
The tobacco companies lobbied the government to ban vaping as many smokers were able to quit with help of vaping. I was never able to quit until vaping, and it was astonishingly easy. Lowered nicotine levels and quit with ease.
No entry more ruthless than a corporation trying to protect profit? Yes there is. A government trying to acquire and keep power.
Are you a twin ???????
Because how are so many channels outputting such quality with one man at front of it
"An effort to ridicule the American justice system by planting bizarre information." More than the actual stuff that happens now?
I believe there is an error in this video. Pinochet was removed from power in 1990, not 1978. Had he been removed from power in 1978, Sting would not have sung about him in the present tense in the 1980s song, “They Dance Alone.”
Pinochet kept (he gave it himself) a lifetime Senator charge till 1990, but wasn't overthrown at all on 78.
So an Into the Shadows episode on Operation Snow White when?
The smoking one is similar to that of the oil and opiod industry. Same campaign, just fewer deaths.
The fact that they're doing the exact same thing with fossil fuels, sugar and probably about 50 other things should give everyone a serious attitude problem about corporations.
I’m fairly certain the Berkshire conspiracy continues.
I’m an avid cigar smoker and fairly deep into the larger community. I know company owners, farmers, CEOs. I’ll attend conventions and smoke as many free cigars as I want, but there’s a limit. Some cigars have significantly more nicotine than others.
Cigarette companies are lying about nicotine being addictive to conceal all the other stuff the companies put in there that are actually addictive. With all the avid and life long cigar smokers I’ve met, there’s no escalation. They don’t want or need more nicotine. There’s cigars that are just too strong and will make you sick if you smoke it on an empty stomach regardless of your size or how long you’ve been smoking
What I learned from the guys who blend the tobacco’s for the cigars is that much of the additives in cigarettes are there to mellow the smoke so you can inhale it. It’s why inhaling cigars is nigh impossible.
Cigarette companies were forced into a corner and had to say something, so they said nicotine was the addictive substance to hide the additive that is addictive.
Not a conspiracy, cigarette companies are the ones funding all the anti vaping ads because it’s a competitor. Most disposable vapes use salt nicotine a TFN (tobacco free nicotine). So that means they aren’t under regulation by the ATF. The TFN is considered a pharmaceutical product and because no tobacco was involved, outside their control. Who knew it was that literal? The FDA approved the pharmaceutical use for nicotine for patches and stuff.
So vapes started eating into the cigarette market share and they have to fight back….i love the idea of big pharma and big tobacco duking it out
30 seconds in-pause- "Oh boy this comment section should be fun!"
You forgot to add that the operation condor was backed by the us govt from the beginning
Smoking does indeed make you cool! Thankyou. No need to watch the vid, off to buy a pack of cigs. You have my subscription.
The tobacco companies’ actions are interesting. Some lies can last longer than everyone involved’s life, some last long enough that by the time the truth comes out no one cares. Their lies were never going to last long enough and when discovered, guaranteed the courts would come down on them like a ton of bricks - which they did to the tune of billions of dollars.
The accountants and lawyers probably mathed out the earnings minus the future potential fines and realized they would still be ahead. They also probably diversified as they saw the lie wasn't working anymore, as others pointed out.
In general, I am for capitalism. But when the machines driving capitalism get too big, they can become as bad as the bad governments capitalism fights against. The "Big (insert industry here) I'm presently most worried about is Big Pharma and Big Psychiatry. Especially after 2020, there is a lot of money being spent to make people feel bad so they can help you feel good.
Beware any salesman who tries to fix a problem he/she created only to suddenly have the magical cure-all solution
Just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not watching you rip kurt
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i remember people smoking in the doctors surgeries in the 80s
"People", as in the doctors themselves
in the UK, tax on tobacco brings in about £10.5 billion a year... smoking related illness costs the NHS about £2.5 billion a year.In an aging nation that is facing a demographic timebomb of for pensions and elderly care provision i would say we smokers are the heroes - checking out early after more than paying our way!