The Myth of Racial Political Development

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The idea that race as a biological concept impacts and shapes the political development of societies is racist drivel and complete nonsense.

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[blocherxk]

We Argentines have learned through practice that no matter the color of the skin, everyone can be an idiot if they put their minds to it.

[bidgsadge]

"North Koreans are not racially inferior they're just a communist"
That line caught me off guard lmao

[egregius]

Fun fact: North Korea was, for a brief moment in the 70s, the most economically developed nation in Asia. This was because their government succesfully played off the Soviets and the Chinese against each other, getting massive developmental aid from both. I guess that still didn't turn out great.

PS: I love this 'no punches withheld' Kraut.

[devinmes]

As a black man, I find it interesting that in African American communities, there exists a "tension" between American-born black people and African-born black people.

You see, I'm mixed; not racially but culturally. My father comes from a tribe in Africa while my mother was born, raised, and lived in the USA her whole life. Not to mention that I've been to plenty of black majority schools that had both American-born and African-born students.

African-born people tend to complain that American-born people are not religious enough, not disciplined enough, not educated enough, etc. while American-born people make fun of African-born accents, "barbaric" cultures, and the widespread poverty in their home countries.

This isn't even a racial divide... it's a cultural one. But yet in my experience, it may as well be a racial divide, because there are so many similarities between racial tension and cultural tension.

[cipaisone]

As a southern Italian, who lived his childhood when it was still, by and large, assumed by northern Italians that they were inherently more intelligent than southern Italians, I really appreciated your video. Institutions are everything, as you said. I would add that getting rid of toxic, corrupted institutions is really hard. That is why southern Italians just leave their homeland.

[Akech]

Thank you for this video, as a African growing up in the West you have no idea how frustrating it is when everyone automatically assumes I have low intelligence simply because of my race, and how people view pursuing an education as me “acting white”.

[andremartins]

Man, I really wish YouTube allowed longer videos to profit because I always want more whenever a video is done. I just rewatch everything in the catalogue

[eduardowalsh]

Argentina: man, this situation can't possibly get any worse.
Argentina's goverment: WATCH AND LEARN

[tengkualiff]

As someone who grew up in Malaysia under the Bumiputera policy, this video could not have come at a better time.

Thank you for this.

[tiagocidraes]

"North Koreans are not racially inferior, they're just communists, and therefore politically, economically and institutionally inferior" That's one hell of a burn XD

[balkanmontero]

"They're not racially inferior, they're just communists" quote of the week 😭

[PonchoANS]

Haiti's misfortune is actually a sad tale that honestly deserves a video of its own.

[ExtraInExile]

I guess that "We have made Italy, now we need to make Italians" quote takes up a whole new meaning. Great video as usual!

[finitewehosh]

Racism is particularly depressing when you start to consider how much production and innovation has simply been lost by building policy around racism and racial superiority.

[riptidemonzarc]

It is worth noting that South Korean democracy is a much more recent phenomenon; for decades it was something between a paternalistic dictatorship and a military junta. Perhaps its story could serve as a blueprint for other dictatorships transitioning to democracy.

[yaguaretey]

as an Argentine, your mention of our president's saying just hurts me directly to the soul. that was probably one of our most humiliating moments in international relations, tho i won't pretend this will be the last time one of our politicians does something stupid.
also, while African ancestry may be sparse in our veins, you'd be surprised of the enormous influence that African people had over our culture, especially music. it's a part of our history that is rarely mentioned due to the sudden change during the end of the 19th century, but one that is worth remembering. we are a nation of migrants, European and African, and all paths that lead to our culture must be treated as equals.

great video as always

[Tommi]

Us Italians, and at large the people inhabiting our peninsula have invented and discovered so many great things. From great institution and empires like Rome, Venice, Milan and Florence, to technological achievements like batteries and electricity, the radio, nuclear fission, the combustion engine, the light bulb. We created so many beautiful things, from art to music, with Leonardo and Michelangelo, with Verdi and Vivaldi.

Still, why is it that when it comes to the most horrible creations, we are also the ones responsible? What an ambivalent creative dilemma.

[thetechguychannel]

I have my suspicions that something more happened than "being left on their own" to southern Italians. "Being left on your own" worked amazingly for Ardeal in Romania during the chaos of the 90s. It worked great for many parts of states that were too busy dealing with something else to care about establishing order and putting more restrictive laws. Independent states tend to function beautifully, or states that are governed by a rule of law that promotes freedom. The exception to this is in some parts of Sub-Sahara, for reasons that are obvious to people who aren't naive, but even in the rest of Africa prosperity comes when the government can't oppress.

We have to be careful of this whole "abandonment" narrative, acting as if people can't build their own things. Black people in America were not just "abandoned" by segregation; they were actively restricted from occupying through merit many of the functions in society that would have rightfully belonged to them. THAT is what crippled their progress in society, not the fact that society just let them be. And society now "caring" isn't helping too much either.

[christopherrodriguez]

As a Dominican myself, it's sorrowful and lamentable that our neighbors endured such acts of horror as the Parsley Massacre on the hands of the fascist dictatorship that then ran the country. And further still, that even before and up to the present day millions are yet used and abused as a source of cheap labor for things like agricultural and construction work or as housekeepers in our households (in many cases, under horrendous conditions).
I cannot say that I don't believe that there's something inherent to Haitian culture that inhibits to an extent the formation of strong political institutions and broader social cohesion and economic development, because honestly I have the strong feeling that this might be the case to some degree. But, at the same time, it also seems clear to me that the exploitative arrangement of their existence since the days of Saint-Domingue, that in many ways hasn't ever truly gone away and in which I regretfully must admit my own countrymen take part, is the primary cause for the most crippling of their woes.
I have always held great respect and admiration for the Haitian people. Some of the people I've ever loved most outside of my own family have been Haitian women who took care of me while my single mom worked hard to put food on our table. All my best wishes go to them, and I am happy that we in the DR do actively work to provide Haiti with economic and social relief, and our institutions work to limit people smuggling and allow Haitians to work legally and with full protections, even if it's hard to go against business interests and prevailing prejudices.

Sorry for the long comment, but i felt I couldn't stay quiet. I say my flag in a place of evil and thought some words from someone that's actually from the place mentioned would be of use.
EDIT: We are also very much so afro-descendent, even if that Trujillo mf and the current fascist larper minority want to pretend we're not

[UnluckyHistorian]

As sad as the situation in Korean Peninsula is and one I am very familiar with as a Korean, I still laughed at your description of North Korea. A kingdom of starving and angry midgets ruled by a fat man.

10/10, will probably watch this video again.