The Chinese-Ethiopian Donkey Problem

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
  • I wrote this whole episode because I wanted you to see Samuel the amorous donkey attempt to court his unwilling lady love. I hope you enjoy it.
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  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Join the donkey show:
    www.patreon.com/rareearth

    • @ElbowDeepInAHorse
      @ElbowDeepInAHorse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Feed my donkey: *[Link Deleted]*

    • @412marki
      @412marki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hi rare earth im a big fan of your docs and since im ethiopian canadian these last few have especially great. I'd love to help you come up with a topic or something if you havent done so already for these docs

    • @chaosdweller
      @chaosdweller 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've grown up and been around donkeys my whole life. My mom's neighbor has always had many.

    • @raythegardener
      @raythegardener 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      "How To Get People To Watch The Credits" ; )

    • @sihotech
      @sihotech 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@thesssradio5008and capitalist country like us using military means to destroy a whole region for oil.

  • @darkninja790
    @darkninja790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1468

    "We saw a donkey chasing another donkey down a road wanting sex so naturally, we decided to make a video about Chinese imperialism."
    Y'know, naturally. Just, as one does.
    God, I love this channel.

    • @LeahSunKyu
      @LeahSunKyu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      in Africa. Dont forget that special part.

    • @jayzenitram9621
      @jayzenitram9621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The moral of both stories is the same: don't mess with the donkeys 'cause you're liable to get F#CKED.

    • @frankendragon5442
      @frankendragon5442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best. segue. EVER!

  • @renegadeguy2340
    @renegadeguy2340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1276

    "When China sneezes, we all catch the cold..." A very true statement now in 2020

    • @wtripley
      @wtripley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Renegade Guy that statement shook me. I cant tell if it aged well or aged poorly

    • @KylerAeron
      @KylerAeron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Right! I hear him say that and immediately dove to see that this was from almost a year ago. Some prophetic imagery there

    • @pbjsilverstudio4882
      @pbjsilverstudio4882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That sentence shook me as well!

    • @pbjsilverstudio4882
      @pbjsilverstudio4882 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jebus Hypocristos Yep, damned ole usa

    • @josephkrivis8443
      @josephkrivis8443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jebus Hypocristos what’s your point? That literally has nothing to do with the conversation.

  • @i-canteleportbehindyou9734
    @i-canteleportbehindyou9734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    “When China sneezes we all catch a cold” did not age well

    • @Ingcivilcarlos
      @Ingcivilcarlos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      As soon as I heard that I rushed to the comments lol

    • @neventomicic330
      @neventomicic330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      laughs in Italian.

    • @chioptnstdr3448
      @chioptnstdr3448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Giovanni Bernal Kung Flu

    • @joshgribbon8510
      @joshgribbon8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ingcivilcarlos We're all the same, haha
      Checking in from one month later this is still very relevant

    • @MRRookie232
      @MRRookie232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If anything I’d say it aged very well

  • @youmustbebored1250
    @youmustbebored1250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    “When China sneezes we all catch a cold.”
    Nervous sweating

  • @rickc2102
    @rickc2102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    Me: Doc, I'm suffering from insomnia.
    Doc: Have you tried donkey skin?
    Me: ...

    • @ScotterOtter
      @ScotterOtter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Eric Christen it's called having an appropriate education.
      Also I reject to your bigotry.

  • @matthewmartel9295
    @matthewmartel9295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    After the credits: I would have never expected this on Rare Earth.

  • @erezra
    @erezra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    For some reason I see this video as really positive and optimistic (Donkey sex notwithstanding). The fact that imperialism and money have their limits is something we do need to be reminded of from time to time.

    • @uegvdczuVF
      @uegvdczuVF 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      You see it like that because Evan presented it like that... I didn't. I come from similar "multi-culturally fucked up" place. Essentially good people with a mindset that any small difference between them and their neighbor is the most important thing in the world, worth killing and dying over. People who have no education, prosperity, health, peace or happiness. Just pride, blood soaked history and more pride on top.
      I will take that worthless thing we universally despise and leave it to the hyenas. Even though i could get money for it - that i don't have, buy things for my kids - that they never had, i won't. And i will not let anyone else do it!
      If those guys were white they could be my family....

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A bit less positive that the reason they resist the imperialism is that they are really racist, but hey, at least they are resisting imperialism, right?
      (Even though it kinda sounds like the chinese would greatly benefit them, but whatever, Im no expert on geopolitical economics)

    • @simonxag
      @simonxag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Resistance to globalization (a sort of generalized imperialism) has come down to xenophobia, racism and (above all) persecution of migrants. Protecting donkeys is an alternative, but surely we can do better.

    • @antwainclarke3406
      @antwainclarke3406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is not imperialism. Imperialism is by force. See the Chinese have to work with the Ethopian authorities to do anything. For real imperialism, see the US and UK

    • @thatguy-yn8ji
      @thatguy-yn8ji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @antwain clarke is what china's state-regulated reincarnation for the Dalai Lama and the Uighurs forcible "education" into non-Muslims not imperialism? give my a break! china is just as bad as the rest of the major world powers. the only difference being this is the time where they are just gaining power, and people won't be able to see the full extent of their tyranny until decades later in retrospect after the results of their actions have come into full effect. When china comes through with their goal of achieving unity it will not be through creating mutual respect for each other's differences but by forcing people to give up who they are so they can match the majority, just like Rome and Britain.

  • @amiscellaneoushuman3516
    @amiscellaneoushuman3516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    Sees: donkeys having sex.
    Thinks: video on modern Chinese imperialism.
    This is why Rear Earth is brilliant!

    • @CalamityDiamond
      @CalamityDiamond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      um...

    • @andrewzhao444
      @andrewzhao444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@CalamityDiamond don't question it.

    • @Chicopajiso
      @Chicopajiso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      " *Rear* Earth "

    • @fredericmartin7352
      @fredericmartin7352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Chicopajiso That donkey was trying to find some Rear Earth...

  • @JJ_436
    @JJ_436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    *When china sneezes, we all catch cold.*
    Well, that aged poorly.

    • @ghangj
      @ghangj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      can further confirm

    • @TheScorch191
      @TheScorch191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ghangj still true

    • @GeoffreyVonbargen
      @GeoffreyVonbargen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No. That aged better then possibly expected

    • @lebendigesgespenst7669
      @lebendigesgespenst7669 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’d say it aged quite well, remained true as ever

  • @lucianbadarau348
    @lucianbadarau348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    This guy is one of the only guys that I'd call, with respect and admiration, "all over the place". You integrate so much information with so much ease. You bring broad topics in discussion, but somehow tell a story that smoothly goes beyond the duality of conclusions. You make your viewers smarter, but still give them enough space to draw their own conclusions. The team behind this project inspires me. This being said, I WANT MORE DONKEY VIDEOS.

    • @mayoneas8224
      @mayoneas8224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same, these guys inspire me. They have amazing writers.

    • @williamchamberlain2263
      @williamchamberlain2263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's an extremely well put comment on an extremely well structured and paced video.

    • @justinlavigne6464
      @justinlavigne6464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Evan is the writer

    • @lucianbadarau348
      @lucianbadarau348 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justinlavigne6464 big up Evan

  • @drmodestoesq
    @drmodestoesq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Speaking of farm animal sex and economics it reminds me with an exchange John Kenneth Galbraith had in the halcyon days of his youth.
    He and a young lass were walking through the fields around his parents farm in semi-rural Canada. Both of them see a bull mounting a cow. He says, "I think it would be nice to do that one day."
    She says, "Well, it's your cow."

  • @ElbowDeepInAHorse
    @ElbowDeepInAHorse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    *FOR ONCE TH-cam'S ALGORITHM GETS IT RIGHT*

    • @yatint9665
      @yatint9665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Welcome to this channel!

    • @GandalftheWh1te
      @GandalftheWh1te 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Username checks out

    • @phoneone1371
      @phoneone1371 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How fucking dare you advertise a fuck up in their algorithm like announcing a missing scale in smog

  • @nevar108
    @nevar108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Came for the learning, stayed for the after credits show!

    • @nirui.o
      @nirui.o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably the only of their video I watched pass credits LOL

    • @chaosdweller
      @chaosdweller 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've grown up and been around donkeys my whole life, my mom's neighbor has always had many.

    • @calichef1962
      @calichef1962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Rui Ni-- That's too bad. Sometimes the end cap is the best part!

  • @commanderboreal1343
    @commanderboreal1343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love how the donkeys calm down when the traffic comes ...
    Like “whoopsy don’t want to get turned into road paste while trying to get it on”

  • @dennismcmahon5442
    @dennismcmahon5442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Donkeys are one of our longest standing friends. My deepest gratitude goes to the people of the country of Ethiopia for protecting Donkeys from mindless slaughter.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Don't get ahead of yourself, they are abused beyond belief for the same reason that keeps them from being slaughtered. It is no paradise for donkeys.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RareEarthSeries that's almost paradoxical given they are the ones who first domesticated the donkey.

  • @pjd0ioas
    @pjd0ioas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Those drivers slowing down to not hit the donkeys and what's more, instead of being angry because they are getting delayed, one guy even smiled xD

  • @Kabcr
    @Kabcr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Your channel is one of my favorite series in any type of media. It's poignant, informative, and funny when necessary.
    Thank you for expanding my world view and thank you for the work you do.

    • @calichef1962
      @calichef1962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh, I'm sure the Rare Earth team LOVES hearing that they are "funny when *necessary.* (Emphasis mine.) I'm sure you made their day. NOT.

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks! I appreciate it. :)

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Well, now this title is in my recently watched history. Can't wait to see what comes recommended now.
    Absolutely top notch vid, guys. Warts and all.

  • @NiamhAllStar21
    @NiamhAllStar21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    #metoo girl I feel you

    • @joshs3499
      @joshs3499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Ah, rape. Ensuring the continuation of the species since forever.

    • @ShihammeDarc
      @ShihammeDarc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bruh

  • @michaelcherry8952
    @michaelcherry8952 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Every good teacher finds a way to make the lesson interesting to the students in the hope that some of it will sink in.
    I think you (and Samuel and his inamorata) have gone above and beyond the call of duty in that respect! :-)
    Side note: I wonder if the highways in Ethiopia have signs warning of amorous donkeys? The pictographs would be, umm "interesting" to say the least!

  • @shruggzdastr8-facedclown
    @shruggzdastr8-facedclown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Should this new Rare Earth video come with a Rule-34 disclaimer?
    ;^}

    • @blackrabbit212
      @blackrabbit212 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's one of those?

    • @Trekki200
      @Trekki200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@blackrabbit212 rule 34 says that if something exists there is porn of it.
      Doesn't quite apply here, pretty sure people have been watching donkeys mate for as long as humans and donkeys cohabitated.

    • @blackrabbit212
      @blackrabbit212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Trekki200 Thanks for that. They say you should learn something new everyday, so that's to-day taken care of. Have a good one!

    • @dadillen5902
      @dadillen5902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Trekki200 We all know the most common outCOME of cohabitation. Somebody alway get screwed.

    • @nicsim7469
      @nicsim7469 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats just like watching David Attenborough tbh not porn

  • @Arthurzeiro
    @Arthurzeiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man, that China sneezing line is pure poetry, a true tragedy, but very poetic.

  • @turmunhkganba1705
    @turmunhkganba1705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    5:55 Why would bringing foreign workers be a good thing to the Ethiopians ? Surely employing locals would be better for them unless the migrant workers are necessary specialists

    • @laychyetan7466
      @laychyetan7466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they have done this for every country on the continent. it works regardless of what the economic textbooks says.

    • @morrowindashlein7478
      @morrowindashlein7478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Local workers lacks the professional skills and are often lazy. m.th-cam.com/video/yVwlwciwY1Y/w-d-xo.html here's a video of a Chinese worker trains local people for the eork. Despite what he said in the videos millions Africans get out of poverty in Africa because of China. So compare China to white colonist is quite wrong imo

    • @RareEarthSeries
      @RareEarthSeries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@morrowindashlein7478 That is not as true as you're stating and regardless has nothing to do with this instance.
      The reason it was good to bring in foreigners is because any local who agreed to do such heretical work would be killed or at the very least ostracized totally.

    • @turmunhkganba1705
      @turmunhkganba1705 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rare Earth oh... Thank you, I really should have put 2 and 2 together.
      Great video with interesting inspiration

    • @morrowindashlein7478
      @morrowindashlein7478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RareEarthSeries you are right, I'm ignorant in the case of Ethiopia. But overall, most African countries do welcome the industrialisation China brought into the Africa. And thanks for the great content every week.

  • @TheCrazer666
    @TheCrazer666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love that lady at 5:10 who's just like, "Hi!"

    • @sasquatch2316
      @sasquatch2316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      On the next episode of the walking dead.

  • @evillbunny2
    @evillbunny2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Something tells me there's a story behind the "Kata 'Always Right' Hadfield" in the closing credits...

    • @FLOABName
      @FLOABName 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      evillbunny2 kata is Evans wife. I’m sure there is more context out there. But I don’t think more context is needed

    • @frankendragon5442
      @frankendragon5442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As someone who has been married more than 40 years, trust me when I say that "Yes, dear" is almost ALWAYS the right answer.

  • @OverTheEdgeBooks
    @OverTheEdgeBooks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx for doing the research others don't , i always learn so much watching your videos! Sincerely a fan.

  • @trapperjohn6089
    @trapperjohn6089 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:23 you said it! Three years ago. I can’t believe this video made it through 2020 and 2021 without getting taken down by TH-cam.

  • @Methodkeed
    @Methodkeed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I stopped right after the introduction just to take a breather :)) You're awesome!

  • @iagreewithyou7486
    @iagreewithyou7486 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! You have this way of bringing life to any topic you choose to focus your video on

  • @gaogamon3
    @gaogamon3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Quite the Title on this one.

  • @joelifter
    @joelifter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    5:26
    Well that aged well

  • @bernardogomes9891
    @bernardogomes9891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    *donkey sex footage*
    "And what do you do with that?"
    WELL, RELEASE IT OF COURSE

  • @nicholashoffland8263
    @nicholashoffland8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    your video was excellent and thought provoking. thank you for sharing this.

  • @00muinamir
    @00muinamir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DUDE. I know you meant that title as a way to grab people's attention (and congratulations, I guess it worked), but I had a moment there where I was like, "uh, how much am I gonna regret clicking play?"

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "When China sneezes, we all catch the cold."
    Now I caught the cold and need 10-day quarantine, damnit.

  • @jimm2099
    @jimm2099 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I happened to catch the 55,555 view mark! You make some really interesting videos. Thanks very much.

  • @longlivroc
    @longlivroc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "When China sneezes, we all catch a cold." Aaaaaaaand, the Oscar award for foreshadowing goes to...

  • @Orrphoiz
    @Orrphoiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “when china sneezes, we all catch cold“ seems kinda funny to me now :D

  • @edwardokaa
    @edwardokaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Watching this with earphones on "It took less than a year before it was banned." I said "good" out loud and got some funny looks.
    Just as well they weren't around for the after party...

  • @martythestines
    @martythestines 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best outro to a TH-cam video ever. The adults were laughing as much as the children.

  • @gsmarkham
    @gsmarkham 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your content :)

  • @arthurford829
    @arthurford829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We saw the donkey love scene on the road from Bahir Dar to Gondar. Absolutely hilarious. But these credits are priceless!

  • @hypz
    @hypz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another brilliant episode!

  • @irunguerick4249
    @irunguerick4249 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is Gold

  • @TheBeardedVagabond
    @TheBeardedVagabond 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They felt the same if Vietnam towards the Chinese when I was there. Tax drivers and guides where constantly complaining about them. One taxi driver went on a hilarious 15min rant.

  • @bellrugby03
    @bellrugby03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great info on a very old and traditional country that has somehow fought to maintain its independence since the days of King Solomon, the Pharoes and before..👍

  • @thisislilraskal
    @thisislilraskal ปีที่แล้ว

    You never leave enough time for me to read the writing at the end of the video.

  • @riogdl
    @riogdl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, my. You guys are the best.

  • @andrewbezzina87
    @andrewbezzina87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of most educational yet entertaining channels on TH-cam. Where else would i learn about Ethiopia's politics.

  • @Wreckedandruinedand
    @Wreckedandruinedand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "When China sneezes, we all catch cold." Well said. Very well said.

  • @glens18account
    @glens18account 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this is such a spicy channel.

  • @Limubi1
    @Limubi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You clearly had a lot of fun writing this episode.

  • @wannabecarguy
    @wannabecarguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great story. Lots to learn. Thanks

  • @JesPulido
    @JesPulido 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep up the good work~

  • @iainhansen1047
    @iainhansen1047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That opening is pure gold

  • @gacherumburu9958
    @gacherumburu9958 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the info..👍

  • @FOLIPE
    @FOLIPE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That's happens when investment comes pretending it doesn't have downsides - at least, they change the balance of power, and the traditional landscape. For that reason, it is important to create a minimum consensus for those changes and all of their consequences. Hiding the potentially harmful ones might make it easy to get a project approved at first, but it is a certain recipe for future disillusion and resistence.

    • @ChairmanJMao
      @ChairmanJMao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm not sure you can characterize the Chinese as hiding some downsides from the natives. A more accurate picture would be a lack of respect for the downsides argued for by the locals. That sounds rough, but think about it if you were in their shoes. Let's say you want to start an shoe factory in a small town. You know it'll make everyone's lives better, give them jobs and resources and revitalize the area, bringing in infrastructure like schools and hospitals where there once was none. But as you start drawing up the plans, some townsperson approaches you and says "sorry you cant do that, making shoes will anger the Lord, so you cant do that." Its something you never considered as part of your calculations. You ask why, and they shrug and say "because". You try and figure out if they have some rational underlying reasoning, and it doesn't seem to be. Indeed it doesn't really seem to be central to the message of their religion anyways. Taken together, you figure it might rustle some feathers, but since you know that it'll objectively improve everyone's lives in the area, you figure most people will be willing to look the other way.
      So you build the factory, and somehow it blows up. Part of it is clearly racism. The natives dont like people of your race, something you hear on the streets all the time. Rats. Flies. Leeches. You have no idea how large a part of it is. But you know that if you just let the factory run for a while, the benefits people just cant see will start to manifest, and maybe they'll understand. Once clean water and jobs and hospitals and schools start being built, people will come over. So you keep pushing on regardless.
      Within a year its shut down. And the natives celebrate their victory, and go back to living in horrible, absolute poverty.

    • @FOLIPE
      @FOLIPE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ChairmanJMao I'm not arguing the Chinese are doing that, I'm talking about the narrative on globalization and foreign investments overall in the whole world (my main concern being Latin America, to be honest). But just to be accurate, I disagree with your picture that the downsides of this whole process are imaginated or not as important as the gains, or that they are only or indeed even mostly symbolic - in fact, that depends a lot on the situation and how it works out, and absolute losses often follow the more obvious symbolic and relative ones. That's why I'm saying the most important thing is to be open from the start on all the consequences that those investments have on the local people so they can either back those ventures wholeheartedly or simply not approve of them - which, given its their country, it's also their right. With those sorts of international billion-dollars schemes, I'm sure you know, there are no saints and the investors aren't in this game to improve people's lifes' anyway so if the locals don't like it, they really should let them be.
      On the issue of racism, though, I'm not going to discuss it because I don't think that's a major problem with those multinational investments. Mostly because the outsiders are usually the ones with power and money. If anything, some sort of structural subordination of Africa is reproduced by those relations. Besides, maybe if those relations and their consequences had been more openly discussed from the beginning, not so much tension would have risen now... Who knows?

    • @duende29
      @duende29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ChairmanJMao 1. It's a slaughterhouse where the local population can't work because of cultural issues. And the jobs the locals would get there are probably the minimum wage no-benefits kind of job, where you'd make more than herding goats but you'd still live like shit in some slum. Besides, donkeys are not goddamn shoes, they're living, feeling and even intelligent animals and the Ethiopians might not eat them but they care for them. You'd think if people from Yulin came to your place and greased some local official's hand to set up a Dog slaughterhouse your people would be ok with that and let it be because some of the residents might get jobs cleaning floors?
      2. What makes you think that if an investor's first thought is to use corruption to get their way they'd bring any "benefits to the community"? They're there to slaughter donkeys, package them, ship them and make money, nothing else. Infrastructure is very expensive and would eat from the profits.

    • @ChairmanJMao
      @ChairmanJMao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@duende29 sure. So the beauty of capitalism is that the intentions of the stockbrokers dont have to be altruistic in order to create positive externalities. The butcher, the Baker, and the candlestick maker aren't selling you stuff out of the goodness of their hearts, but by their selfish actions good comes about anyways.
      I think you underestimate the benefits of these jobs on a community because your life would not be improved by such a job, or have experienced what happens to a community when such a job doesn't exist.
      I've been to small towns in the US. Unlike the cities, often times they were built around a single factory, something that really wasn't prestigious or impressive, but when the factory shut down the town hollowed out. The stuff the people had taken for granted, the schools, the hospitals, the infrastructure, all melted away, because it just wasn't possible to keep them open.
      The only difference here is that Ethiopia has a chance to go the opposite direction. From hollowed out to thriving.
      Beyond this, I'd like to point out the reason why building a dog killing factory would be different is the trade off isn't having my child die from a preventable disease because I dont have a hospital, and having my children grow up uneducated and doomed to poverty and a future of unskilled labor, as the alternative. I have a comfortable life and a bright future regardless of the factory opening. These Ethiopians dont, and to equate the moral calculus involved for the two is wrong

    • @jendubay3782
      @jendubay3782 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Juan López they absolutely do not care for them. They’re abused heavily because they are “unclean.”

  • @sierrrrrrrra
    @sierrrrrrrra 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The reactions of those kids at the end were priceless haha

  • @SniperWalrus
    @SniperWalrus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those end credits are fucking hilarious. I'd recommend reading them.

  • @eddenoy321
    @eddenoy321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A channel that really stands apart from all the others.

  • @jemal99
    @jemal99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quite surprised that a westerner was able to understand the cultural and political nuances within my own native country. Really insightful i must say. Very impressed

  • @elhaddad3435
    @elhaddad3435 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think I’m the only guy here that watches Rare Earth’s videos to get lost and end up not having significant about the video when it’s finished except that it’s awesome in my mind all the time 24/7 365.

  • @kaihinton6623
    @kaihinton6623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    TH-cam bot:
    *sees after credits*
    Monetisation:
    *Ight imma head out*

  • @alicer3271
    @alicer3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "when China sneezes, we all catch cold"
    *Ebola intensifies*

    • @xbananaxanna
      @xbananaxanna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      More like coronavirus lol

    • @DiscreetElementTv
      @DiscreetElementTv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Corona virus dumb ass you saw what China has done to the whole world

  • @gladstonfernandes8816
    @gladstonfernandes8816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "When China sneezes we all catch cold" Lmao this hit hard

  • @JohnComeOnMan
    @JohnComeOnMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hee haw that was excellent.

  • @tballstaedt7807
    @tballstaedt7807 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Insightful

  • @davidjackson6152
    @davidjackson6152 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dig these videos.

  • @nopenopenopeyes
    @nopenopenopeyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh god above those credits are Gold!

  • @TheK01234
    @TheK01234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "When China sneezes, we all catch a cold." This aged beautifully.

  • @benjamincawthon4210
    @benjamincawthon4210 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great journalism...actual journalist

  • @hanselthecaretaker
    @hanselthecaretaker 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “…hundreds of factories ranging from cement to shoes…”
    *I see what you did there*

  • @ziedhosni7655
    @ziedhosni7655 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the introduction :D

  • @nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659
    @nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I think history has shown that Africa and it’s people are never easy to colonise

    • @Abiti3131
      @Abiti3131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      We Ethiopians never been colonized period!

    • @TheUltimateNatural
      @TheUltimateNatural 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How do you figure that when damn near the entire continent was colonized?

    • @basleals7285
      @basleals7285 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheUltimateNatural exactly, sadly but true.

  • @marygebbie6611
    @marygebbie6611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    fantastic!

  • @carapo66
    @carapo66 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came for the in-depth analysis, stayed for the donkey show.

  • @kennethsandy4741
    @kennethsandy4741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The date of the video & the phrase "if China sneezes, we all get a cold" . just coincidental

  • @philcollins5457
    @philcollins5457 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the first ass to ass footage I’ve watched. Such an educational channel.

  • @pursues6065
    @pursues6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ethiopians don’t hate nobody in fact Ethiopians appreciate the Chinese ppl effort to build infrastructure in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 the problem was the cultural differences between China vs Ethiopia is huge Ethiopia is a Christian country they live by the book but the Chinese don’t have religion, so when it comes to food Chinese eats almost anything but Ethiopians are picky according to bible. Ethiopians Never hate Chinese.

  • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
    @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When China sneezes, we all catch cold. Uploaded before the COVID thing. I am now watching it about an hour after my mother has sent an email to the government agency, asking them to give her a pass so she can enter the bus that goes to the neighboring city...

  • @CalamityDiamond
    @CalamityDiamond 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Man, the Chinese thought that their money would beat RELIGION?
    Talk about high hopes.

    • @arfnore
      @arfnore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      No, they thought they could bribe the Govt in Ethiopia to use the military to protect China's interests! Ever since Tienanmen square, the Chinese automatic reaction to opposition is force. That's all they know, look at Hong Kong, people just want the rule of law, China pays hired thugs to beat up protestors!

    • @arfnore
      @arfnore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Stalin Steel I think you should get back to your noodles in the chinese troll factory canteen! Like I said, look at Hong Kong today! All China knows is force when its met with opposition! Look at Tibet or the concentration camps in Xinjiang. If China treats ITS OWN PEOPLE in such a barbaric way, how can you expect other people in the world to see you as anything other an absolute threat! I mean, the last country to have mass population concentration camps, like the ones China has, was nazi Germany, and look where that ended up!

    • @tnicholas2161
      @tnicholas2161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@arfnore China is doing what every country would do. Look at Spain and Catalonia. Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Every country would fight to protect their borders and national pride. The cheek of you western chauvinist pig to make such a statement

    • @user-yv2cz8oj1k
      @user-yv2cz8oj1k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      China doing something mutually beneficial. Gtfo. It is simply wanting to make something cheap and sell it for a massive profit, most of which these countries will never see. They will poison the earth for profit and are already on the road to ruining their own country. Thankfully the rest of the world do know how to say no when they should. And as for Hong Kong, they should throw out the Chinese dictatorship and become their own country. And if that happens they will get support from the rest of the world. So stop supporting money centred fascists and support a free world where we can actually help each other by not putting money first.

    • @tnicholas2161
      @tnicholas2161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-yv2cz8oj1k china invests in Africa because they profit. Isn't that what investment is. It's also mutually beneficial and China can make allies with countries in Africa which USA just conveniently forgot

  • @PeterDallinga
    @PeterDallinga 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best episodes

  • @aaronstanley6914
    @aaronstanley6914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol "When China sneezes we all catch cold" talk about foreshadowing

  • @chriss.8677
    @chriss.8677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When china sneezes, we all catch a cold... this just got a whole different meaning...

  • @user-wk9of4ui3m
    @user-wk9of4ui3m 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best

  • @Lucky14970
    @Lucky14970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:11 Camera man is yelling in his head, "YOU'RE BREAKING THE SHOT LADY, come on, moveeeeeeeee!!!!"

  • @johnnyaingel5753
    @johnnyaingel5753 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow all those patreons fascinating

  • @facundogimenez7529
    @facundogimenez7529 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Wheb China sneezes, we all catch cold" lmao

  • @IAmPattycakes
    @IAmPattycakes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "when China sneezes, we all catch a cold" how telling.

  • @robinresre818
    @robinresre818 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was pretty cool

  • @beretperson
    @beretperson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:25 "when China sneezes, we all catch a cold"
    Oh you have no idea...

  • @JeremyRatzlaff
    @JeremyRatzlaff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This has to currently be my favorite video on this entire platform. Never have I enjoyed such a unique approach to obscure international information as this.

  • @orzhovthief
    @orzhovthief 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The font for Rare Earth in the credits look aggressive to me this time. Did it change ? I never had this impression before

  • @celanis7164
    @celanis7164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love that the locals stood their ground. Respect.

  • @boxedfender4810
    @boxedfender4810 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah he predicted the future and tried warning us but I'm just here for the donkey show lol

  • @frankgrima
    @frankgrima ปีที่แล้ว

    X Rated video, how did this get by TH-cam sencershipe?

  • @nokiot9
    @nokiot9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Donkey skin as medicine?? 😂 how do I get in on that racket?

    • @bng2679
      @bng2679 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a horrible and inhuman process. The donkey has to be beaten alive repeatedly until it die. They will beat it up until it’s skin is totally covered in blood, then heal and beat again. Eventually it skin will thicken and become plastic like texture (the donkey will die from it of course). The scream of the donkey would never get out of your head If you ever hear it. I don’t think you would want to do it.

  • @ammarnasir2077
    @ammarnasir2077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was like if they don't post the video, in the end, I will feel very disappointed with the initial story

  • @yuangarcia9198
    @yuangarcia9198 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "When china sneezes, we all catch cold" i felt that