Hello all! Interesting development - it transpires that No-Yong Park was mischaracterized as Chinese in 1950s America, and was in fact Korean (though he was born and grew up in Manchuria and was considered an expert in Chinese and Western relations). His autobiography "was a more of an autobiographical fiction". Fascinating story. Big thanks to Sangwon Park for bringing this to my attention.
The thumbnail is also misleading since he went to the US in the 1920s, decades before the PRC was established. He was an ethnic Korean, but ethnic Koreans are quite common in Northeast China
He was no Chinese man but claiming to be Chinese and making lectures to a largely ignorant audience was what allowed him to succeed in U.S. as Americans couldn't care less about Korea or even point to it on a map.
There is ongoing memes about Korean claiming all things Chinese are actually Korean, but also Chinese claiming all things Korean (and Japanese) are Chinese, both are hilarious. Anyway, there are ethnic Koreans in Northern China. Whether they identify themselves as Chinese or Korean, or both should be completely up to themselves. And if this guy also claimed to be an American, there is nothing wrong about that. The last thing you want to do is to claim for them.
i was going to say park is NOT chinese and has never lived in china under the communists so his claims about them are all false, his word is like Gordon chang
@Rockin Robin meh, he cries way too much about how sensitive everyone is (no they aren’t bill, otherwise you wouldn’t have an audience) and cancel culture, but other than that I think he’s fine. He isn’t an anti masker or anything which is more than can be said for people like Schaub or Bryan Callen
When a gal asks me "Does this dress make me look fat?" I always tell her it's a loaded question. But if she insists on an answer, I tell her "It's not the dress that makes you look fat. It's the FAT that makes you look fat."
Many of the foreigners who visited the U.S. in the 1950’s forgot to consider the abject poverty America experienced during the Great Depression or the rationing that occurred during WW2. Americans in the 50’s went overboard on materialism because many of them weren’t used to having so much money growing up.
I remember my dad who was born in the 50's saying of his father something along the lines of "He grew up during the the Great Depression and could never afford steak, so [in the 50's/60's] he ate steak every day. I was so sick of steak. (as a kid.)" lol
I would assume every foreigner visiting america probably came from a place that experienced more poverty during the great depression, and also experienced rationing during ww2 Was there rationing in the US during ww2? on what goods? I know the entire world was rationing during ww2, but i assumed america didnt have to. Or was there only rationing on a small scale?
@@Borrelaas In the U.S. during WW2, sugar, tires, gasoline, meat, coffee, butter, canned goods and shoes came under rationing regulations. The Americans who lived in the countryside felt very little impact from Great Depression (with the exception of those who lived in the “Dust Bowl” area). However, the majority of Americans had lived in cities since the early 1900’s. In the 1930’s, many moved to shantytowns, then when they could finally afford to buy more stuff, it was rationed because of the war, and most families had at least one member or relative go to war. Many of those troops died. The death toll for American troops was in the hundreds of thousands. After 2 very bad decades, there was a booming economy and people wanted to treat themselves. Unfortunately, the kids born in that time became spoiled.
@@StockyDude Just a few inserts from wiki about UK rationing during ww2. Might be TLDR, but its mainly for reference "When World War II began in September 1939, petrol was the first commodity to be controlled. On 8 January 1940, bacon, butter, and sugar were rationed. Meat, tea, jam, biscuits, breakfast cereals, cheese, eggs, lard, milk, canned and dried fruit were rationed subsequently. Almost all foods apart from vegetables and bread were rationed by August 1942. Fresh vegetables and fruit were not rationed, but supplies were limited. Some types of imported fruit all but disappeared. Lemons and bananas became unobtainable for most of the war; oranges continued to be sold, but greengrocers customarily reserved them for children and pregnant women. Apples were available from time to time." This was the UK, one of the least affected countries in Europe. Japan/Korea/Manchukuo had stricter rationing then the UK. I cant fathom from which country all these travellers would come from that you claim couldnt understand rationing. I also can't understand which country on earth these travellers could be from that didnt experience deeper poverty and destruction then americans did. I am not trying to play a game of "who suffered the most", my point is I think every traveller going to the US in the 50s would be very well aware of both how rationing works, what the great depression was and how abject poverty affects people, since they probably saw a lot of it every where else in the world
@@Borrelaas I think you missed my point. I WAS NOT trying to say that people from other countries didn’t understand poverty or having less. I’m pretty sure they did. I meant to say that when they saw Americans rushing to buy more and more stuff, they didn’t understand it was a result of being without much for so long followed by a sudden availability of money during a booming economy. It’s like how my bro-in-law eats a meal before bed every night because he used to go to bed hungry. It reassures him that he won’t have to worry about that anymore. Those who don’t know him might think he’s a glutton. He’s not even fat. For visitors to America in the 1950’s, their countries’ respective economies were still recovering and doing so much more slowly, so they didn’t have this a sudden spike of consumerism. Of course, they would see Americans as too materialistic and greedy. To some extent we are, but there’s still much more to America/Americans than that.
7:03 That reminds me of this Cold War, JFK-era joke: An American and Soviet soldier at Checkpoint Charlie are arguing about the merits of each system. American soldier: I can go to the steps of the Capitol and say that President Kennedy is a jerk! Soviet soldier: Hah, I can go to the gates of the Kremlin and also say that President Kennedy is a jerk!
It's a Russian joke used by Reagan many times. An American and Russian argue about their systems. American says"I can go the White House into the Oval office and say Mr President I don't like the way you run the country." The Russian replies that he could do it. " I can go to the Kremlin into the General Secretary office and say Mr General Secretary I don't like the way Mr Reagan runs his country".
More like: An American and Soviet soldier at Checkpoint Charlie are arguing about the merits of each system. American soldier: I can go to the steps of the Capitol and say that President Kennedy is a jerk! Soviet soldier: Проклятый буржуин, я не понимаю ничего на вашем буржуйском!
That's crazy. Chinese people were already wearing Western clothing before China became communist. There's even videos of it everywhere. I wonder where's this guy been not to know what a necktie is?
@@Jaye1013 well in china there is the zhongshanzhuang which ties the buttons all the way up. more like a military suit than the casual american suit. and china did have ties but wasnt popular outside of megacities like shanghai or beijing. the rural areas were still wearing clothes passed down from the qing dynasty for much of the kmt period.
You see No Yong Park, we wear nooses around our necks since going to work is to embrace death. The tie signifies that we have given up on life and are ready to labor as if slavery is eternal.
With all the bad things recently in currents events about Americans and the USA, I will say that Optimism does seem to be a somewhat unique American cultural trait. In general. Not always.
America has no reason to be optimistic. It's in a state of engineered decline, corruption is completely unchecked, both major political parties have been subverted for decades, voters are tribalistic and hostile to the opposition. To add to the problem, the media is pumping out fearporn and TMZ style garbage instead of objective reporting. "United we stand, divided we fall"...
@@Mizelei2012 It's hard to discern nationality on social media. People in general are pessimistic. And the USA right now is still feeling the aftershocks of the 2020's turmoil.
@@chrishayes5755 The Political Parties have the same power they've almost always had. They aren't being subverted by anything or anyone. They are in full control. They are responding to what makes them money and by who is elected. The Republicans elected Majorie Greene. She's as radical and as much as a conspiracy theorist as they come. But she was elected. That's not subversion. People in Georgia wanted her in Congress and she was elected by them to represent them. If anything, the Political Parties have too much power. They have no outside challengers and they actively divide the American people for their own benefit. The USA is not engineered to decline and collapse. The rich are invested in the US Stock Market and if the US becomes unstable, declines and falls, they will lose all their money. In addition, many corporations are invested in the US economy and many global currencies are tied to the US currency. The media has always pumped-out fear-mongering. Its how they make money. They've been doing it for a long time and they amplified US divisions in the American Revolution, the US Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the 1920's, the 1930's, the 1940's, the CIvil Right's Movement, the Vietnam War, and all the way today. Teddy Roosevelt famously called reporters "Muckrakers" as they always focused on pessimism and stirring up controversy. Afterwards, he further explained "There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn, remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful." In the 1860's during the American Civil War, General Sherman said "I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are." Journalism has always been this way. Corruption is not unchecked. People go to prison all the time for it. However, the US lacks consistency in its Judicial System and it is often racist in nature. To make things worse, the US Justice System is only and always cast in a negative light on Social Media where only opinion and emotions are valid. Social Media often makes us feel as though the Justice System is in effectual and rampant with evil because Social Media judges without fact and with lies to a mob of people. It is for this very reason that the Founding Fathers created our Constitution and our system of law in the first place. Our courts do a decent job of clamping down on corruption, we just never focus on it. Of course, it does deserve criticism and needs be reformed. Lobbying is legal corruption and the USA has always had it. And while many people suffer from ideas of "things were a lot better back then"-ism, US history is a lot uglier upon closer inspection. From the 1950's until the 1980's people were accusing each other of being Communists and Socialists without any evidence or true understanding either term. When the US military was called in to protect the Little Rock Nine, the black kids in a de-segregated high school, American white conservatives rioted and screamed that the US military had been taken over by Communists from China and the USSR. When American World War 2 vets returned to Athens, Tennessee, they witnessed rigged local elections by local police. One police officer even shot a black man who tried to vote. If corruption is rampant now, it always has been. Modern evidence shows us that the famous O.K. Corral Shootout that happened in 1881 was much more caused because the town was divided between Democrats and Republicans. The famous Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were Republicans. The Mayor and Sheriff of Tombstone who made them outlaws were Democrats. Democrat newspapers even said the shootings of the Clantons was an unjustified tragedy and the Republican newspapers called the Earps heroes. The US has always been this way and it's a testement to its durability and flexibility. It will not fall any time soon and it only has an even brighter future ahead. If anything, you are the fear-mongerer here.
@@benawesomebw1197 simply making fun of something doesn't make something funny? I have a great sense of humor I just don't share your unbelievably low standards.
Considering the many attempts at Westernization in the late Qing Dynasty in China, and the amount of people in China being amazed at the technological progress in European nations when they visited, it would be very much interesting to see such an account. Qing Dynasty Chinese visiting the west. Sounds interesting to me!
I remember there were few important Chinese Qing officials and generals visited to America before. For example Zuo Zongtang the guy who defeated the Taiping Rebels (who also was named after a chicken dish in America later in 1960), another famous general like Li HongZhong also visited US as a diplomat who also defeated the Taiping Rebels
I thought they were not impressed. At least during opium wars period, part of why Qing would not open market, did not see a reason. Maybe later was different.
I remember there were a few major westernisation reform movements in the late Qing Dynasty. The Qing have been defeated in many wars and Qing officials wanted to learn the warfare technology and industry of the west. Certainly there was knowledge that China had issues at the time catching up. The first diplomat sent to Britain from China in the late 1800s remarked that based on what he’d seen in Britain, it would be too foolish for Chinese to keep calling Westerners barbarians. There were also accounts of scholars going to western colonies such as Hong Kong in the late 1800s and being amazed of the efficient governance and clean streets.
@@raymondchan2583 in the movie "Opium War" where Lin Zexu "The opium burner" after checking the Globe that was given to him as a gift he remarked that the British clothing is "easy to wear", their knife and fork "easy to use in dinner" at the near end of the movie, reflection at the beginning where he scoff off the British as barbaric with their uptight clothes and bringing "weapons" like knife and fork in a dinner table.
Dated a girl from Africa. She told an American girl that she looked like she’d been putting on weight. She couldn’t understand why the girl got so upset. 😆
10:05 - "Their so-called 'Modern Art' is a crude and childish replica of the drawings of the cavemen, with one difference: the drawings of the cavemen were intelligible, whereas those of the American modernists are not." Damn! I LOVE this guy!
If you dig around, CIA is behind modern art movement. They inflate the value of those abstract, modern works so to compete with foreign art powers. Look what happen, now since the 20th century, USA is also an art capital rivalling those in europe with Pollock, and Warhol and the rest. Thats the power of covert actions.
One thing I can absolutely agree with him on: don't wear inscriptions which you cannot read and understand. You might end up proclaiming to everyone you're chicken wings in sweet-sour sauce, or wearing a jacket with insignia of a foreign extreme right-wing militia in midst of a hippie festival (true story, not me).
Beauty standards change over time but some cultures had really weird standards. Chinese used to like women with bound feet that walked with a waddle, had ghostly white faces, long nails (as in several inches), rounds faces, chubby cheeks, rounded chins, shaved eyebrows, and shaved foreheads. Look up "imperial chinese harem" or "chinese imperial concubines" and you can find old photos of the Chinese emperors concubines and wives. They look like chubby middle aged housewives.
@@jurisprudens Dunno about China but modern western European countries are all basically little Americas at this point, they've lost all their essence. And that's not a recent thing
It's good to keep in mind that the writer of this was likely not a communist and certainly had nothing to do with Mao. Having come from China in the 40s or earlier, he would have lived under the nationalist republican government which was in the 50s located in Taiwan under Chiang Kai-Shek, or under the outlying territories controlled by warlords or pro-Japanese puppets
He's a Korean Chinese who was born and lived under Japanese-occupied China of Liaoning province. Just search this guy; Park No Yong. He's a Minnesotta Uni alumni.
His stance on work does seem to indicate a leftist perspective of things. It was Marx who populated the notion that workers have nothing to lose, but their work...and chains. A similar sentiment is echoed here.
The fact that the common man can criticize without harm those in power is a very underrated aspect of American culture imo. I'm not just talking about politicians, but grassroots level really. When I went to study, I came from a country where trying to question anyone senior was a death sentence for your social approval and upward mobility in the organization. This cultural aspect alone stifles innovation and progress by a fair bit. In the US (and most of the western world) almost everyone had a conversation as equals. You could question or criticize someone openly regardless of who they were. It's a little bit different now, but I still think that the free speech aspect of American culture is highly undervalued.
@@adamsloan5471 its kind of what the account in the video said: americans are so high on their own freedom and liberties they no longer know what tyranny and despotism is.
@Josh Smith ties started off as ascots, which themselves were originally kerchiefs, which were originally just small scarves. They were originality used by cavalry officers to keep their necks warm and dry while riding and to soak up sweat in the heat, and later became a fashion item among the aristocracy. It wasnt until the early 1800s they became a standard part of western attire, mainly thanks to some Napoleonic era aristorcrats making them common in England and they spread across the globe during the Victorian era. I dont know of any occult ties though (unless you're talking about occult themed ties)
8:45 - Oh boy. I don't know if you timed this one deliberately, but that...that is something we must never forget. We must uphold that ideal, regardless of partisanship, or be destroyed.
HAH it's hostile. Asian hostility is obviously beyond your comprehension. An attack on one's dignity and pride is a fatal offense to the people who wrote this account. Believe me, it was hostile.
It's also typical communist logic to call America racist against Chinese when they have the most racist country on Earth. Disengenous at best, propaganda either way.
I'd argue it's not foreign at all, just the views of an old privileged U.S. college grad leading with his asian parentage for authenticity. The fact he almost entirely dismisses poverty in America, barring the lip service to hint at the problems with racism, is something you don't see from most foreign observers. The politics also seems to have a bit of political motivation behind it, bashing domestic criticisms as if Americans of the 1950's couldn't comprehend what tyranny was and that for all the problems this is as good as it gets. Super Amero-centric. Also the guy grew up in the west and went to college/lived in America, not a super foreign take nomatter his parentage.
Its interesting how this has all been flipped on its head now, and "thick" is popular. Most famous celebrities and models are all of a size, shape and weight that would have been considered positively elephantine in the time period of this video. Theres the common phrase thrown around that goes "Only dogs go for bones", mostly by curvier women to justify their weight. Compare this to the phrase, often heard as recently as in the early 200s, "does this make my bum look big?" Because women didnt want fat asses. But now? Women buy jeans that have the sole purpose of moulding their bums into a shape that makes them appear larger! It's interesting how much our perception of attractiveness can be affected by sociocultural trends. Because there are obviously biological markers of beauty that surpass anything societal.
At least this guy gave America some praise, unlike the 30s Soviet guys a few episodes ago. This guy is a comedian, and he actually LEARNED about the good and bad side of the US, while the Soviet guys just became backseat critics. Guess it takes living somewhere, to learn about the truth.
He conceded the election once he exhausted all possible avenues leading up to the inauguration. This does not only fall within existing precedent, it is encouraged by the American legal system to route out corruption if you believe that you've spotted it. Bring wrong about what you thought was corruption is another story entirely.
@b phillip Thank god the democrats never questioned the legitimacy of an election after losing and then accusing the winner of being a fascist. Say what you want about the Democrats and Republicans, both sides are very good a deescalating political tensions and conceding losses and not whipping up the public rage until everyone is literally frothing at the mouth because the US is imminently in danger of turning communist/fascist.
It's kinda difficult to concede in the face some numbers: 213 million registered voters, with a 66% turnout (WaPo); that's 141 million cast votes. If Trump receives 74.5 of the above figure, that leaves 66.5 million votes available for Biden. How did Biden get 80 million votes? We have roughly 13 million unaccounted votes. I know...
"And the women are served first; reversing the order of nature." "He ties up his neck with a horrible rope - called necktie - as if he is going to hang himself." "Work is his religion; his recreation; his life....And at the graveyard, he gets his first real rest." Based.
Wow! This was my favourite episode to date and I've love quite a few of these episodes. 95% of this analysis hold just as true in 2021 as it did in the 1950s. It would do a lot of people a lot of good to hear this today and not just hear it but actually listen to it and take it to heart. Great video!
@@Ulexcool and what about it do you find so false? That Americans are hard working and believe in liberty and the American dream? I can assure you that 95% of the American population believes that. Or is is the part about how people are constantly crying about facism and the tyranny in America when they have forgotten the meaning of those words. Just being able to freely shout that with no consequence and criticize our leaders is a freedom half the worlds population would be imprisoned or even killed for. Is that the part you find untrue. Or are you talking about the obvious embellishments about us being hairy and having big feet which obviously aren't what I was talking about. What is it you need crack to believe exactly I'm curious Edit: able*
@@Ulexcool I'm excited to hear what kind of wisdom I'm about to be blessed with from someone with a profile picture of who is that Aristotle I cant tell. Maybe it will be about the country thats freedom puts America to shame or something about the behavior of politicians being something different from what this man claimed or despite that no other government in the world being close to as good as americas. Please enlighten me
I hope you dont disappoint me and not respond. I have to go to work and I'd like to be imparted with the knowledge of how much of a idiot I am before I start
I feel that some Americans are not grateful for the lives they have here. Very complacent and ignorant of privileges they have that people don’t in other countries .
I love how on the nose the point about elections is in the usa . Not only is it normally true (clinton, gore, ect) but the examples he gives about "claiming unfairness" and how "the victor is decided with bloodshed" seem so, well... timely
Simply incredible. Shifting from being in shock, aghast, and critical to an objective foreign observer and praising the American culture. He surely saw the American spirit's great virtues and flaws alike. Fascinating takes!
Got to love that Protestant Work Ethic. My grandparents started working on the farm for at least 4 hours a day starting around age 4 and they kept working up until a few years before they died. They believed idle time was meant for handy crafts, cleaning, chores, errands, and reading.
When he talks about the freedom we have to criticize our government like we might talk to a dog I started to tear up. No joke. I'm so grateful to be here. And im grateful that other countries have copied our system and that freedom is so much more common than it used to be.
When comparing 1950s America to 1950s China, I would expect nothing less than positive comments about America from Chinese immigrants. 50s communist China was not a good place to be.
@@d2xr capitalism's limits are a lot less restrictive than communisms I'd rather be given a chance to succeed or fail then be the puppet of the government
@@spartanx9293 The Chinese communist revolution was about communal ownership and freedom from feudal landlords, although the Mao govt was authoritarian its not as simple as becoming slaves to the government, and China is not alone in this respect. Many nations has violence around its founding, take the US for example, the American Revolution was about freedom but the original govt did slavery and genocide of the native peoples.
It's a matter of perspective. As someone who lives in a socialist country, i can tell you that only in America people like Epstein and such go to jail, and not to kill themselves.
@@JoaoRodrigues- the majority of the people like epstein walk around free as a bird in this country. the wealthy own the government, to such an extent that they were capable of having him murdered so that he would not expose others of their class and provoke greater animosity towards the rich, because i imagine that the wealthy folk can sense that every day we are inching a little closer to taking the whole of their class and being rid of it.
@@strongback6550 Amen comrade. I think it may be wise to wait for a real unambiguous tipping point though. There's also the problem of the massive armed right wing population. It's a damn shame the American "left" convinced their folks to disarm themselves.
6:34 "it is about the only great democratic country in the world where any man can criticize, attack, or condemn and denounce his government with no more compunction than he would feel in scolding his dog." This is the America I love. We must appreciate our freedom of voice and choice even if we don't appreciate who is leading us at the time.
@@Windrake101 Wouldn't have been the first time. The Founders expected people less than savory to acquire power for less than savory reasons, that's the whole point of a tripartite system of government with checks and balances. The Constitution is king and without changing it any major shifts can be easily shifted back when that person inevitably leaves office, it's genius really.
I knew USA were more advanced then anybody else for a long while but someone coming from object poverty and a totalitarian regime made me realize how far ahead they were back then.
@troy krentzs They were comedicly far ahead of everybody else. The powers of strong inclusive institutions free from each other's influence terrifying and magnificent at the same time.
@troy krentzs I would not say racism is a deal breaker issue it has only been getting better on racial discrimination over the years. And on capitalism yeah Reagonmics did do a number on the wealth inequality.
@troy krentzs Class consciences have completely been thrown down the well in America. Most of the national conversation is about social issues and not economic and it seems to me most of the Republican base is mobilized thru Culture war issues. I can't think of any Republican economic policy besides maybe immigration that helps the working class.
David Johnston There’s a difference between wanting a recount in a closely contested Florida and claiming an entire election is fraudulent with no evidence. There’s a difference between criticizing the electoral college and fomenting a riot at the capitol when a vote is being certified.
@David Johnston no, the 2020 election. Al gore didn't cry for months on end about the election being a 'hoax' while failing to provide any evidence what so ever.
Hell is a place that is completely absent of God's presence. Since people rejected God and wanted nothing to do with Him in life, they will go to a place where it is completely devoid of Him in death, a place where evil things go. It's a quarantine for evil, for those who rejected the sacrifice of Christ for their sins. There they will pay for their sins themselves, for all eternity. Among the things that are of God, that will not be found in Hell, are rest/sleep, peace, water, fulfillment, understanding, joy and most of all: hope. None of these things will be in Hell. There will only be endless suffering and no respite, not even for a second. Since God's justice is perfect, there is a heavy price to be paid for sinning. We have all lied, and stolen, and cheated, and fornicated, and hated and blasphemed. We are all wicked, myself included, for I have done all those things. You can either accept that Christ paid that sin debt in full, or reject His sacrifice and pay for your debts yourselves in Hell.
Ok I’ve always enjoyed Chinese humour but this really killed me 12:41 “from the maternity ward to the grave yard …” 😂😂😂 and the after deaths description 😂
Democracy is a power based system that's why majority has to rule. that way there is more people in favour of the motion in question than that goes against it. if a motion passes 51 to 49 that's terrible because you have like a 100 million people who disagree with what you're saying a 100 million people is plenty to do what they want they don't need to care about your opinion they can just branch off and be 100 million strong... So democracy relies on the fact that 2 wolves vote to eat the sheep. Majority is not fair it is a statistical lie. nothing lies better than statistics.. No one is right or wrong for having an opinion. which means it comes down to power and the means to enforce your opinion. I do not, never have agreed with the concept of majority rules quite literally stupid people Shouldn't get a vote especially if it involves in my life. how dare some ignorant strangers on the other side of the country team up with a bunch of other ignorant fuckers. And presume to dictate my life. If a bunch of lazy poor starving fat bitches with 15 kids each. all vote because they want my money so now I have to pay more taxes for their stupid welfare that's fucking disgusting that's blatant robbery. you stole from my pockets so you could feed yourself in your kids you killed part of my future for the sake of your future. In short I've never been a fan of democracy. At least not taken to full scale maybe in smaller clusters or localised assemblies it does OK but once you scale it I do not approve.
@@lordpowell3788 I agree that smaller communities are better than a large government. But we should have more democracy and more autonomy, with the Federal government only stepping in to defend the minority when the majority is being extra shitty. A lot of people on the right seem to think we can solve this if everyone had a gun... That would end badly. Basically that "election by bullets instead of an election by ballots" Also "lazy poor starving fat bitches" ... They're fat and also starving? I think maybe you're listening to conservatives.
From what I can find, Park No-Yong did both undergraduate and doctoral degrees in the United States in the '20s and taught all over the United States. I don't really understand the context of the piece knowing it was written by someone who had lived in the United States for a sizable chunk of his adult life.
Its a somewhat fictionalised account, despite being rather American himself hes trying to exaggerate his 'foreignness' to make an observation of the cultural differences - poking fun at the absurdity of some aspects of Western life. This book was aimed at Western audiences it should be noted.
"Many American women grow so bony and skinny that I feel sorry for the men. For it must be hard for them, unless they be archeologists, to grow romantic with a bag of bones." 💀💀💀
America is sho materialistic we're now more than ever voting to use the government guns to strip citizens of their private property for redistribution and economic justice.
10:08 The drawing by Schiele is Austrian art from the turn of the century, not American from the 50s. 10:11 The Fountain (urinal) by Marcel Duchamp is French from 1917, not American.
Are you sure it's a chinese perspective on america? It say's it was written by No-young park, a korean diplomat. The timeline seems to match up cause he was attending fort benning at that time.
Haha. Amazing episode. Love when he discusses the only class he saw starving in America was that of women, and how he feels bad for American men XD classic stuff
@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 I would rather there be a medical system rework rather than just"healthcare plz" What good is healthcare when the care is still shit.
@@twahtskie it's still better than nothing, like in the video said americans are very materialistic, they aren't comfortable if they doesn't have the highest quality of everything because they haven't suffer extreme form of poverty before
I’ve never thought about hell like that. It would make more sense for you to be awake but with nothing to do which is insanity. Boredom is humanity’s worst fear but we don’t even know it.
@@Nnm26 What I think he means is that we all want a purpose or direction in life in order to feel grounded. "Boredom" was the word that Peyton Ravan chose to describe the absence of this, and regardless of whether or not that particular phrase best describes the feeling, the feeling is feared by all of humanity.
It's not boredom. It's emptiness. There's a huge difference. Boredom is simply having nothing to do at a specific point in time . Emptiness is living for nothing. The latter is more dangerous and horrifying .
Coco is an adorable Tabby! You must include her in more of your most time worthy videos! Did the Chinese translation really say "tummy" referring to a stomach?
Kind-of clickbait-y thumbnail, as No Yong Park (the person who wrote this extract) was the son of Korean refugees, lived in Manchuria and spent only about spent a few years in China, where he moved to the US for university and remained there. He purposefully talked up the "Chinaman Ooo" style of prose in order to sell more books. The man himself was essentially American but knew the pulp-seeking audience would find the "oriental" style more exotic. Also, always helps to have an ideological ally of the US state writing "true" accounts of American life. Apple pies and Studebakers for everyone!
That first segment is definitely at least a little bit satire. I love it. Sounds like the author pulling one over someone (regardless of the facts being largely true).
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_America is mentioned in any way_ Internet commenters: "Yeah but did you know Murica bad!😡"
8:40-9:15 This is so sad that it tears the heart, even though I'm no American, only a European that thought people would never disrespect democracy in USA.
A.) It is a Republic. B.) Losers have been challenging results for a long time. C.) It wasn't even the first in the 21st century: 2000, 2004, 2016, then 2020 (next probably 2024)
@@HollowLily yeah that was nothing. Compare it with a coup that's going on right now in Myanmar. Was there a nation wide military occupation? Was your internet shut off? No.
@@thierry9592 Is a coup attempt not a coup attempt if it fails? The same rhetoric was used in both Myanmar and America, that there was supposedly election fraud and that the only way to “save democracy” is to use force to subvert the results of an election. The biggest difference is that the military in Myanmar was successful whereas the Republicans in America failed.
This gives a good perspective of what a person back then must have thought of America. Imagine coming from a civilization that is for the most parts centuries upon centuries behind when it comes to development. Now you come in a country where there are cities with building that are hundreds of meters into the sky. Wide paved roads everywhere and machines roaming everywhere your turn your head. Then you see where these people live. Big homes full with furniture and appliances where you can store or cook your food. What these people must think about the TV for example? It is as if you visit an alien civilization.
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Hello all! Interesting development - it transpires that No-Yong Park was mischaracterized as Chinese in 1950s America, and was in fact Korean (though he was born and grew up in Manchuria and was considered an expert in Chinese and Western relations). His autobiography "was a more of an autobiographical fiction". Fascinating story.
Big thanks to Sangwon Park for bringing this to my attention.
The thumbnail is also misleading since he went to the US in the 1920s, decades before the PRC was established. He was an ethnic Korean, but ethnic Koreans are quite common in Northeast China
He was no Chinese man but claiming to be Chinese and making lectures to a largely ignorant audience was what allowed him to succeed in U.S. as Americans couldn't care less about Korea or even point to it on a map.
There is ongoing memes about Korean claiming all things Chinese are actually Korean, but also Chinese claiming all things Korean (and Japanese) are Chinese, both are hilarious. Anyway, there are ethnic Koreans in Northern China. Whether they identify themselves as Chinese or Korean, or both should be completely up to themselves. And if this guy also claimed to be an American, there is nothing wrong about that. The last thing you want to do is to claim for them.
i was going to say park is NOT chinese and has never lived in china under the communists so his claims about them are all false,
his word is like Gordon chang
@@dannya1854 you seem angry
This guy would be a standup comedian today
Absolutely im dying to death
He is like 1950 Japan's Bill Burr 🤣 Just describing people, but it's hilarious
@Rockin Robin meh, he cries way too much about how sensitive everyone is (no they aren’t bill, otherwise you wouldn’t have an audience) and cancel culture, but other than that I think he’s fine. He isn’t an anti masker or anything which is more than can be said for people like Schaub or Bryan Callen
He speaks truth to power, they're the only ones allowed to today.
@Rockin Robin any recommendations?
"You call a lady a fat cow, and oh boy, you are in trouble."
Some things never change...
Until you moved to ancient China, where calling her fat would be a compliment (according to the guy in the video).
When a gal asks me "Does this dress make me look fat?" I always tell her it's a loaded question. But if she insists on an answer, I tell her "It's not the dress that makes you look fat. It's the FAT that makes you look fat."
@@SiLL-E-Meat This is going in my long list of things that definitely happened.
@@SiLL-E-Meat very quirky, and extremely hilarious.
Like war?
Many of the foreigners who visited the U.S. in the 1950’s forgot to consider the abject poverty America experienced during the Great Depression or the rationing that occurred during WW2. Americans in the 50’s went overboard on materialism because many of them weren’t used to having so much money growing up.
I remember my dad who was born in the 50's saying of his father something along the lines of "He grew up during the the Great Depression and could never afford steak, so [in the 50's/60's] he ate steak every day. I was so sick of steak. (as a kid.)" lol
I would assume every foreigner visiting america probably came from a place that experienced more poverty during the great depression, and also experienced rationing during ww2
Was there rationing in the US during ww2? on what goods? I know the entire world was rationing during ww2, but i assumed america didnt have to.
Or was there only rationing on a small scale?
@@Borrelaas In the U.S. during WW2, sugar, tires, gasoline, meat, coffee, butter, canned goods and shoes came under rationing regulations. The Americans who lived in the countryside felt very little impact from Great Depression (with the exception of those who lived in the “Dust Bowl” area). However, the majority of Americans had lived in cities since the early 1900’s. In the 1930’s, many moved to shantytowns, then when they could finally afford to buy more stuff, it was rationed because of the war, and most families had at least one member or relative go to war. Many of those troops died. The death toll for American troops was in the hundreds of thousands. After 2 very bad decades, there was a booming economy and people wanted to treat themselves. Unfortunately, the kids born in that time became spoiled.
@@StockyDude Just a few inserts from wiki about UK rationing during ww2. Might be TLDR, but its mainly for reference
"When World War II began in September 1939, petrol was the first commodity to be controlled. On 8 January 1940, bacon, butter, and sugar were rationed. Meat, tea, jam, biscuits, breakfast cereals, cheese, eggs, lard, milk, canned and dried fruit were rationed subsequently. Almost all foods apart from vegetables and bread were rationed by August 1942.
Fresh vegetables and fruit were not rationed, but supplies were limited. Some types of imported fruit all but disappeared. Lemons and bananas became unobtainable for most of the war; oranges continued to be sold, but greengrocers customarily reserved them for children and pregnant women. Apples were available from time to time."
This was the UK, one of the least affected countries in Europe. Japan/Korea/Manchukuo had stricter rationing then the UK.
I cant fathom from which country all these travellers would come from that you claim couldnt understand rationing. I also can't understand which country on earth these travellers could be from that didnt experience deeper poverty and destruction then americans did.
I am not trying to play a game of "who suffered the most", my point is I think every traveller going to the US in the 50s would be very well aware of both how rationing works, what the great depression was and how abject poverty affects people, since they probably saw a lot of it every where else in the world
@@Borrelaas I think you missed my point. I WAS NOT trying to say that people from other countries didn’t understand poverty or having less. I’m pretty sure they did. I meant to say that when they saw Americans rushing to buy more and more stuff, they didn’t understand it was a result of being without much for so long followed by a sudden availability of money during a booming economy. It’s like how my bro-in-law eats a meal before bed every night because he used to go to bed hungry. It reassures him that he won’t have to worry about that anymore. Those who don’t know him might think he’s a glutton. He’s not even fat.
For visitors to America in the 1950’s, their countries’ respective economies were still recovering and doing so much more slowly, so they didn’t have this a sudden spike of consumerism. Of course, they would see Americans as too materialistic and greedy. To some extent we are, but there’s still much more to America/Americans than that.
7:03 That reminds me of this Cold War, JFK-era joke:
An American and Soviet soldier at Checkpoint Charlie are arguing about the merits of each system.
American soldier: I can go to the steps of the Capitol and say that President Kennedy is a jerk!
Soviet soldier: Hah, I can go to the gates of the Kremlin and also say that President Kennedy is a jerk!
It's a Russian joke used by Reagan many times.
An American and Russian argue about their systems. American says"I can go the White House into the Oval office and say Mr President I don't like the way you run the country." The Russian replies that he could do it. " I can go to the Kremlin into the General Secretary office and say Mr General Secretary I don't like the way Mr Reagan runs his country".
More like:
An American and Soviet soldier at Checkpoint Charlie are arguing about the merits of each system.
American soldier: I can go to the steps of the Capitol and say that President Kennedy is a jerk!
Soviet soldier: Проклятый буржуин, я не понимаю ничего на вашем буржуйском!
@@greyplague3092 Yeah, I don't understand what the Russian is saying but Ok
@@saradadhakal4748 he says literally the same as your comment)
@@greyplague3092 Ok.:)
“They have enjoyed democracy and freedom for so long that they have lost the meaning of tyranny”
*Enter 2020* 😂
still true
Its true americans dont know tyranny until it slaps them in the face. No not even then.
And would instead complain about the mild stuff
Oof
we have it so good in the US there are people who thought Trump was a tyrant lol
“He ties up his neck with a horrible rope called a neck tie, as if he’s going to hang himself”
Oh ho ho you got no idea, buddy
bdsm
people used to wear short scarves like those boyscout ties, but the scarves somehow evolved into 'nooses'
That's crazy. Chinese people were already wearing Western clothing before China became communist. There's even videos of it everywhere. I wonder where's this guy been not to know what a necktie is?
@@Jaye1013 well in china there is the zhongshanzhuang which ties the buttons all the way up. more like a military suit than the casual american suit. and china did have ties but wasnt popular outside of megacities like shanghai or beijing. the rural areas were still wearing clothes passed down from the qing dynasty for much of the kmt period.
You see No Yong Park, we wear nooses around our necks since going to work is to embrace death. The tie signifies that we have given up on life and are ready to labor as if slavery is eternal.
With all the bad things recently in currents events about Americans and the USA, I will say that Optimism does seem to be a somewhat unique American cultural trait. In general. Not always.
Not lately. Social media seems to make people more jaded. They assume the worst of intentions behind people.
Fair, fair.
America has no reason to be optimistic. It's in a state of engineered decline, corruption is completely unchecked, both major political parties have been subverted for decades, voters are tribalistic and hostile to the opposition. To add to the problem, the media is pumping out fearporn and TMZ style garbage instead of objective reporting. "United we stand, divided we fall"...
@@Mizelei2012 It's hard to discern nationality on social media. People in general are pessimistic. And the USA right now is still feeling the aftershocks of the 2020's turmoil.
@@chrishayes5755 The Political Parties have the same power they've almost always had. They aren't being subverted by anything or anyone. They are in full control. They are responding to what makes them money and by who is elected. The Republicans elected Majorie Greene. She's as radical and as much as a conspiracy theorist as they come. But she was elected. That's not subversion. People in Georgia wanted her in Congress and she was elected by them to represent them. If anything, the Political Parties have too much power. They have no outside challengers and they actively divide the American people for their own benefit.
The USA is not engineered to decline and collapse. The rich are invested in the US Stock Market and if the US becomes unstable, declines and falls, they will lose all their money. In addition, many corporations are invested in the US economy and many global currencies are tied to the US currency.
The media has always pumped-out fear-mongering. Its how they make money. They've been doing it for a long time and they amplified US divisions in the American Revolution, the US Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the 1920's, the 1930's, the 1940's, the CIvil Right's Movement, the Vietnam War, and all the way today. Teddy Roosevelt famously called reporters "Muckrakers" as they always focused on pessimism and stirring up controversy. Afterwards, he further explained "There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn, remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful." In the 1860's during the American Civil War, General Sherman said "I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are." Journalism has always been this way.
Corruption is not unchecked. People go to prison all the time for it. However, the US lacks consistency in its Judicial System and it is often racist in nature. To make things worse, the US Justice System is only and always cast in a negative light on Social Media where only opinion and emotions are valid. Social Media often makes us feel as though the Justice System is in effectual and rampant with evil because Social Media judges without fact and with lies to a mob of people. It is for this very reason that the Founding Fathers created our Constitution and our system of law in the first place. Our courts do a decent job of clamping down on corruption, we just never focus on it. Of course, it does deserve criticism and needs be reformed. Lobbying is legal corruption and the USA has always had it.
And while many people suffer from ideas of "things were a lot better back then"-ism, US history is a lot uglier upon closer inspection. From the 1950's until the 1980's people were accusing each other of being Communists and Socialists without any evidence or true understanding either term. When the US military was called in to protect the Little Rock Nine, the black kids in a de-segregated high school, American white conservatives rioted and screamed that the US military had been taken over by Communists from China and the USSR. When American World War 2 vets returned to Athens, Tennessee, they witnessed rigged local elections by local police. One police officer even shot a black man who tried to vote. If corruption is rampant now, it always has been. Modern evidence shows us that the famous O.K. Corral Shootout that happened in 1881 was much more caused because the town was divided between Democrats and Republicans. The famous Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were Republicans. The Mayor and Sheriff of Tombstone who made them outlaws were Democrats. Democrat newspapers even said the shootings of the Clantons was an unjustified tragedy and the Republican newspapers called the Earps heroes.
The US has always been this way and it's a testement to its durability and flexibility. It will not fall any time soon and it only has an even brighter future ahead. If anything, you are the fear-mongerer here.
This fellow's snarky sense of humor is pure American.
I really do love his sense of humour lol: I wonder if he wrote any comedy,
You people are brain dead with the most toxic sense of humor.
I don’t think that he’s trying to funny. He’s being snarky
@@92GreyBlue Depreciation is majority of humour. You must have a really bland pallet if your jokes have no misfortune.
@@benawesomebw1197 simply making fun of something doesn't make something funny? I have a great sense of humor I just don't share your unbelievably low standards.
Considering the many attempts at Westernization in the late Qing Dynasty in China, and the amount of people in China being amazed at the technological progress in European nations when they visited, it would be very much interesting to see such an account. Qing Dynasty Chinese visiting the west. Sounds interesting to me!
I remember there were few important Chinese Qing officials and generals visited to America before. For example Zuo Zongtang the guy who defeated the Taiping Rebels (who also was named after a chicken dish in America later in 1960), another famous general like Li HongZhong also visited US as a diplomat who also defeated the Taiping Rebels
I thought they were not impressed. At least during opium wars period, part of why Qing would not open market, did not see a reason. Maybe later was different.
I remember there were a few major westernisation reform movements in the late Qing Dynasty. The Qing have been defeated in many wars and Qing officials wanted to learn the warfare technology and industry of the west. Certainly there was knowledge that China had issues at the time catching up.
The first diplomat sent to Britain from China in the late 1800s remarked that based on what he’d seen in Britain, it would be too foolish for Chinese to keep calling Westerners barbarians.
There were also accounts of scholars going to western colonies such as Hong Kong in the late 1800s and being amazed of the efficient governance and clean streets.
@@raymondchan2583 in the movie "Opium War" where Lin Zexu "The opium burner" after checking the Globe that was given to him as a gift he remarked that the British clothing is "easy to wear", their knife and fork "easy to use in dinner" at the near end of the movie, reflection at the beginning where he scoff off the British as barbaric with their uptight clothes and bringing "weapons" like knife and fork in a dinner table.
The Qing Dynasty attempted modernisation without westernisation, which may be why it wasn't as successful as the Japanese one.
Dated a girl from Africa. She told an American girl that she looked like she’d been putting on weight.
She couldn’t understand why the girl got so upset. 😆
Africans are quite direct. 😅
Isn’t in some African cultures, weight is a positive thing, a sign of beauty opposite of the west?
Brutus Tan the III Idk, maybe. But it wasn’t just that one instance; she thought Americans were too sensitive generally.
Did they got into a cat girl fight afterwards?
In the 3rd world, skinny girls sometimes miscarry or die after birth. If their hips are too thin, the baby gets stuck.
"Their modern music, known as "crooning", sounds little different from the noise made by a sick dog hit by a stone."
Savage
I don’t know how I love doo wop
@Jack Beatty no
i'm CACKLING at this comment thread lmao!
That burns me so much I'm putting on Johnny Hartman's album with John Coltrane next.
And their music sounds like a goat having its vocal chords stretched.
10:05 - "Their so-called 'Modern Art' is a crude and childish replica of the drawings of the cavemen, with one difference: the drawings of the cavemen were intelligible, whereas those of the American modernists are not."
Damn! I LOVE this guy!
If you dig around, CIA is behind modern art movement. They inflate the value of those abstract, modern works so to compete with foreign art powers. Look what happen, now since the 20th century, USA is also an art capital rivalling those in europe with Pollock, and Warhol and the rest. Thats the power of covert actions.
It's all just a scam really, look at what sort of people buy and sell post modern art.
Yeah
@@ANJROTmania HAHA. Do you know mordern art?
Pistmodernism is even worse now lol. This guy would be having a field day.
"Disney hates us now, but one day they will bend over backwards to sell their crap here."
That was my favourite bit
One thing I can absolutely agree with him on: don't wear inscriptions which you cannot read and understand. You might end up proclaiming to everyone you're chicken wings in sweet-sour sauce, or wearing a jacket with insignia of a foreign extreme right-wing militia in midst of a hippie festival (true story, not me).
A lot of Asian tshirts have random english on it too, its funny how it ends up happening on both sides 😂
It was you, wasn't it?
I've seen shirts with 新洗濯機 which means new washing machine written on them.
Lol the guy even said one of them was a blatant slam on the lady
Lol, tell the tale pls
Absolutely love this channel, one of my favorites! Share it with my old history teacher too!
"I feel sorry for the men, for it must be hard for them, unless they are archeologists, to grow romantic with a bag if bones" hahahahaha
I actually kind of agree. I prefer women with some fat on them.
Yea wish that was the case now a days we a bunch of heifers running around
@@bwocpowers5314 that's just human nature, w
E just keep jumping from one extreme to the other, never happy with the middle ground...
@Number Nine uh oh looks like we got a mad fat girl everyone close your pantry!!
Ironically, that’s why Asian women are so attractive to a lot of white men, because they tend to be thinner and more slender than white women lol
I find it funny that modern Chinese standards of beauty are exactly what the speaker criticizes :P
China is trying to become like America in material production
Much of the Asian and European modern culture is them trying to imitate American in their own unique way.
Abundant of food and resource is every country's dream. China is getting richer and richer. Very fascinating.
Beauty standards change over time but some cultures had really weird standards. Chinese used to like women with bound feet that walked with a waddle, had ghostly white faces, long nails (as in several inches), rounds faces, chubby cheeks, rounded chins, shaved eyebrows, and shaved foreheads. Look up "imperial chinese harem" or "chinese imperial concubines" and you can find old photos of the Chinese emperors concubines and wives. They look like chubby middle aged housewives.
@@jurisprudens
Dunno about China but modern western European countries are all basically little Americas at this point, they've lost all their essence. And that's not a recent thing
LMAO his portrayal of modern music and art is hilarious
It's good to keep in mind that the writer of this was likely not a communist and certainly had nothing to do with Mao. Having come from China in the 40s or earlier, he would have lived under the nationalist republican government which was in the 50s located in Taiwan under Chiang Kai-Shek, or under the outlying territories controlled by warlords or pro-Japanese puppets
It’s pretty obvious he’s not a communist from him claiming that the ignorant stereotypes of the US are perpetuated Communist Propaganda.
@@benawesomebw1197 probably not lying though
He's a Korean Chinese who was born and lived under Japanese-occupied China of Liaoning province. Just search this guy; Park No Yong. He's a Minnesotta Uni alumni.
He was a Korean and grew up in Manchuria at a time of heavy Japanese influence before leaving for America
His stance on work does seem to indicate a leftist perspective of things. It was Marx who populated the notion that workers have nothing to lose, but their work...and chains.
A similar sentiment is echoed here.
The fact that the common man can criticize without harm those in power is a very underrated aspect of American culture imo. I'm not just talking about politicians, but grassroots level really. When I went to study, I came from a country where trying to question anyone senior was a death sentence for your social approval and upward mobility in the organization. This cultural aspect alone stifles innovation and progress by a fair bit. In the US (and most of the western world) almost everyone had a conversation as equals. You could question or criticize someone openly regardless of who they were. It's a little bit different now, but I still think that the free speech aspect of American culture is highly undervalued.
Problem is you can't do that anymore lest you risk losing your job or being detained by the feds
@@sonicluffypucca96 except, that's not true at all.
@@adamsloan5471 its kind of what the account in the video said: americans are so high on their own freedom and liberties they no longer know what tyranny and despotism is.
What good is criticism if it doesn’t lead to action? The caveat to this is apathy
@@manipulatortrashit’s still not true
“As if he was going to hang himself.”
Damn, that’s actually a good observation of the connection between neckties and the monotonous 9-5 office job!
@Josh Smith ties started off as ascots, which themselves were originally kerchiefs, which were originally just small scarves. They were originality used by cavalry officers to keep their necks warm and dry while riding and to soak up sweat in the heat, and later became a fashion item among the aristocracy. It wasnt until the early 1800s they became a standard part of western attire, mainly thanks to some Napoleonic era aristorcrats making them common in England and they spread across the globe during the Victorian era. I dont know of any occult ties though (unless you're talking about occult themed ties)
Wait until you hear about modern China. 996 work schedule, that means 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.
@@metal079 not real.
I liked his description of the necktie, that's a pretty apt analogy! 😆
Hello Garrett 👏
8:45 - Oh boy. I don't know if you timed this one deliberately, but that...that is something we must never forget. We must uphold that ideal, regardless of partisanship, or be destroyed.
This is such an interesting perspective, not hostile but still foreign.
HAH it's hostile. Asian hostility is obviously beyond your comprehension. An attack on one's dignity and pride is a fatal offense to the people who wrote this account. Believe me, it was hostile.
It's also typical communist logic to call America racist against Chinese when they have the most racist country on Earth. Disengenous at best, propaganda either way.
@7:45 He wasn't hostile at all 😂 SPOT ON about Modern Art though, guess the commies hadn't caught on to the usefulness of anti-art yet.
It was a fresh foreign perspective and not hostile I agree with you.
I'd argue it's not foreign at all, just the views of an old privileged U.S. college grad leading with his asian parentage for authenticity. The fact he almost entirely dismisses poverty in America, barring the lip service to hint at the problems with racism, is something you don't see from most foreign observers. The politics also seems to have a bit of political motivation behind it, bashing domestic criticisms as if Americans of the 1950's couldn't comprehend what tyranny was and that for all the problems this is as good as it gets. Super Amero-centric.
Also the guy grew up in the west and went to college/lived in America, not a super foreign take nomatter his parentage.
That whole “work until youre a tombstone” kinda flipped itself eh china?
The retirement age is lower for China.
@@bolzdk9032 officially, yes but most Chinese eldery work until their almost dead.
@@bolzdk9032 for how many people?
Not really, that still describes the modern US
I guess it just be that way. I work 7 days a week at 25 years of age.
This is fucking amazing. Funniest one yet
“You cant get romantic with a bag of bones”
*grabs shovel*
This is murica
Start digging boy!
Tasty ribs! 🍖
The quickest way to get an American to do something for you is to tell him he's not allowed to.
Necrophilia baby!
Its interesting how this has all been flipped on its head now, and "thick" is popular. Most famous celebrities and models are all of a size, shape and weight that would have been considered positively elephantine in the time period of this video.
Theres the common phrase thrown around that goes "Only dogs go for bones", mostly by curvier women to justify their weight. Compare this to the phrase, often heard as recently as in the early 200s, "does this make my bum look big?" Because women didnt want fat asses. But now? Women buy jeans that have the sole purpose of moulding their bums into a shape that makes them appear larger!
It's interesting how much our perception of attractiveness can be affected by sociocultural trends. Because there are obviously biological markers of beauty that surpass anything societal.
At least this guy gave America some praise, unlike the 30s Soviet guys a few episodes ago. This guy is a comedian, and he actually LEARNED about the good and bad side of the US, while the Soviet guys just became backseat critics.
Guess it takes living somewhere, to learn about the truth.
"They always accept the election results" That little gem was perfect timing.
He conceded the election once he exhausted all possible avenues leading up to the inauguration. This does not only fall within existing precedent, it is encouraged by the American legal system to route out corruption if you believe that you've spotted it.
Bring wrong about what you thought was corruption is another story entirely.
*accept Lol.
@b phillip Thank god the democrats never questioned the legitimacy of an election after losing and then accusing the winner of being a fascist. Say what you want about the Democrats and Republicans, both sides are very good a deescalating political tensions and conceding losses and not whipping up the public rage until everyone is literally frothing at the mouth because the US is imminently in danger of turning communist/fascist.
Yeah, Americans used to believe that their democracy was somehow immune to corruption and subversion.
Now, not so much.
It's kinda difficult to concede in the face some numbers:
213 million registered voters, with a 66% turnout (WaPo); that's 141 million cast votes. If Trump receives 74.5 of the above figure, that leaves 66.5 million votes available for Biden.
How did Biden get 80 million votes? We have roughly 13 million unaccounted votes.
I know...
"And the women are served first; reversing the order of nature."
"He ties up his neck with a horrible rope - called necktie - as if he is going to hang himself."
"Work is his religion; his recreation; his life....And at the graveyard, he gets his first real rest."
Based.
Nothing about this is based lol except the last one of course
@@emperoremyhriv4968 the necktie thing is pretty based, tho
@@Piromanofeliz I agree 😂
@Sanctus Paulus it's like the meaning of lmao it got used up so much it lost its meaning
What is meant by based?
Wow! This was my favourite episode to date and I've love quite a few of these episodes. 95% of this analysis hold just as true in 2021 as it did in the 1950s. It would do a lot of people a lot of good to hear this today and not just hear it but actually listen to it and take it to heart. Great video!
_"95% of this analysis hold just as true in 2021 as it did in the 1950s"_
I want some of that crack you are smoking my dude... 🤣👌
@@Ulexcool and what about it do you find so false? That Americans are hard working and believe in liberty and the American dream? I can assure you that 95% of the American population believes that. Or is is the part about how people are constantly crying about facism and the tyranny in America when they have forgotten the meaning of those words. Just being able to freely shout that with no consequence and criticize our leaders is a freedom half the worlds population would be imprisoned or even killed for. Is that the part you find untrue. Or are you talking about the obvious embellishments about us being hairy and having big feet which obviously aren't what I was talking about. What is it you need crack to believe exactly I'm curious
Edit: able*
@@Ulexcool I'm excited to hear what kind of wisdom I'm about to be blessed with from someone with a profile picture of who is that Aristotle I cant tell. Maybe it will be about the country thats freedom puts America to shame or something about the behavior of politicians being something different from what this man claimed or despite that no other government in the world being close to as good as americas. Please enlighten me
I hope you dont disappoint me and not respond. I have to go to work and I'd like to be imparted with the knowledge of how much of a idiot I am before I start
The irony of the neck tie, loved that comment
This is wholesome AF
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Hello dear👏
This fellow has a timeless wit, I am so glad that his words were preserved for posterity and I could hear them this morning 😂😊
Some important messages for today in the US.
I feel that some Americans are not grateful for the lives they have here. Very complacent and ignorant of privileges they have that people don’t in other countries .
"Personally I would rather catch another flu..." The man is a stone cold genius. 😆
I love how on the nose the point about elections is in the usa . Not only is it normally true (clinton, gore, ect) but the examples he gives about "claiming unfairness" and how "the victor is decided with bloodshed" seem so, well... timely
Not disappointed by finding someone already making this exact point. +60 years later, lol, the irony.
I think his point was that elections in tyrannical regimes ARE actually fraudulent so the loser doesn’t accept the result because of this fact
Hillary was 4 years ago, not sure about timely
lol Gore.
Simply incredible. Shifting from being in shock, aghast, and critical to an objective foreign observer and praising the American culture. He surely saw the American spirit's great virtues and flaws alike. Fascinating takes!
"海納百川，有容乃大。壁立千仞，無欲則剛。
"The sea accepts the waters of a hundred rivers; its tolerance results in its grandeur"
- Lin Zexu
The timely release of this atypically recent commentary defines “wry”.
0:42 _”They even sit around with women at the table and the women are served first. Reversing the order of nature.”_ Simp police Chinese tourist. 🤣
@Rockin Robin
He’s not a woman respecter.
*wahmen
@Rockin Robin Respect everyone, eh?
He's joking lol
@@emperoremyhriv4968 was he? It's kinda hard gagging that
The rest of the world: Finally i can rest
American: Finally i can go to the workshop
Got to love that Protestant Work Ethic. My grandparents started working on the farm for at least 4 hours a day starting around age 4 and they kept working up until a few years before they died. They believed idle time was meant for handy crafts, cleaning, chores, errands, and reading.
@@arthas640 Nope, nobody has to love evil like that.
When he talks about the freedom we have to criticize our government like we might talk to a dog I started to tear up. No joke. I'm so grateful to be here. And im grateful that other countries have copied our system and that freedom is so much more common than it used to be.
When comparing 1950s America to 1950s China, I would expect nothing less than positive comments about America from Chinese immigrants. 50s communist China was not a good place to be.
Just as we are able to see the limits of communism, they were able to see the limits of capitalism
@@d2xr capitalism's limits are a lot less restrictive than communisms I'd rather be given a chance to succeed or fail then be the puppet of the government
China has always been a shit place to live until 1980
Read Frank Dikötter the People’s trilogy that discusses the impact of communism on the common people of China. Your blood will run cold...
@@spartanx9293 The Chinese communist revolution was about communal ownership and freedom from feudal landlords, although the Mao govt was authoritarian its not as simple as becoming slaves to the government, and China is not alone in this respect. Many nations has violence around its founding, take the US for example, the American Revolution was about freedom but the original govt did slavery and genocide of the native peoples.
"Even the rich and powerful are often sued, fined or jailed by the common man."
Lmao good luck doing that today.
Good luck doing that back then as well. If you think it was any more doable then, you’d be wrong.
It's a matter of perspective. As someone who lives in a socialist country, i can tell you that only in America people like Epstein and such go to jail, and not to kill themselves.
@@JoaoRodrigues- the majority of the people like epstein walk around free as a bird in this country. the wealthy own the government, to such an extent that they were capable of having him murdered so that he would not expose others of their class and provoke greater animosity towards the rich, because i imagine that the wealthy folk can sense that every day we are inching a little closer to taking the whole of their class and being rid of it.
@@namaenamae1 I'm free next Saturday if you wanna go for it.
@@strongback6550 Amen comrade. I think it may be wise to wait for a real unambiguous tipping point though. There's also the problem of the massive armed right wing population. It's a damn shame the American "left" convinced their folks to disarm themselves.
6:34 "it is about the only great democratic country in the world where any man can criticize, attack, or condemn and denounce his government with no more compunction than he would feel in scolding his dog."
This is the America I love. We must appreciate our freedom of voice and choice even if we don't appreciate who is leading us at the time.
Of course that raises the question on what to do when the one leads it, is actively hostile against it.
@@Windrake101 Wouldn't have been the first time. The Founders expected people less than savory to acquire power for less than savory reasons, that's the whole point of a tripartite system of government with checks and balances. The Constitution is king and without changing it any major shifts can be easily shifted back when that person inevitably leaves office, it's genius really.
This I can agree with
This was exceedingly excellent. Begs some serious contemplation. Great work!
I knew USA were more advanced then anybody else for a long while but someone coming from object poverty and a totalitarian regime made me realize how far ahead they were back then.
@troy krentzs They were comedicly far ahead of everybody else.
The powers of strong inclusive institutions free from each other's influence terrifying and magnificent at the same time.
@troy krentzs I would not say racism is a deal breaker issue it has only been getting better on racial discrimination over the years.
And on capitalism yeah Reagonmics did do a number on the wealth inequality.
@troy krentzs Class consciences have completely been thrown down the well in America.
Most of the national conversation is about social issues and not economic and it seems to me most of the Republican base is mobilized thru Culture war issues.
I can't think of any Republican economic policy besides maybe immigration that helps the working class.
They weren't that far ahead of Europe.
@@KungKras Before WW2 they were a good deal ahead, after they were practically aliens comparing their power and wealth to any one else.
2:45 The following 110 seconds are hilarious...and true. Times have changed, but his analysis of that time is spot on.
“He’s born to work, he lives to work, and he dies for his work” guess things haven’t changed much
"In most (other) countries the loser continues the battle after the election" how things have changed 😂😂😂
let's hope that buffoon was the exception. the republicans of America have some reputation clean up to do after that incident
David Johnston There’s a difference between wanting a recount in a closely contested Florida and claiming an entire election is fraudulent with no evidence. There’s a difference between criticizing the electoral college and fomenting a riot at the capitol when a vote is being certified.
@David Johnston no, the 2020 election. Al gore didn't cry for months on end about the election being a 'hoax' while failing to provide any evidence what so ever.
@@freddy4603 yep let's forget about 2016
@@Alderak1 the only evidence the republicans have are reports form the election observers
Hell is a place where a man has nothing to do.
Wasn't there an episode of the twilight zone about just that?
@@1KosovoJeSrbija1 That's the clip he showed on-screen.
Wouldn’t that just be purgatory?
Hell is a place that is completely absent of God's presence. Since people rejected God and wanted nothing to do with Him in life, they will go to a place where it is completely devoid of Him in death, a place where evil things go. It's a quarantine for evil, for those who rejected the sacrifice of Christ for their sins. There they will pay for their sins themselves, for all eternity.
Among the things that are of God, that will not be found in Hell, are rest/sleep, peace, water, fulfillment, understanding, joy and most of all: hope. None of these things will be in Hell. There will only be endless suffering and no respite, not even for a second. Since God's justice is perfect, there is a heavy price to be paid for sinning. We have all lied, and stolen, and cheated, and fornicated, and hated and blasphemed. We are all wicked, myself included, for I have done all those things. You can either accept that Christ paid that sin debt in full, or reject His sacrifice and pay for your debts yourselves in Hell.
@@--AE-- That's not what it says in the bible. You must be worshipping some other god.
This is probably my favourite video on this channel now
Ok I’ve always enjoyed Chinese humour but this really killed me 12:41 “from the maternity ward to the grave yard …” 😂😂😂 and the after deaths description 😂
No-Yong Park was Korean, not Chinese.
This was beautiful
Thanks - I really enjoyed making this one.
"Both the winner and the loser accept the election results as final." Well, that one aged poorly.
Seventy years have passed
Yeah it aged poorly in 2016.
@@zachbaker778 based
Democracy is a power based system that's why majority has to rule. that way there is more people in favour of the motion in question than that goes against it. if a motion passes 51 to 49 that's terrible because you have like a 100 million people who disagree with what you're saying a 100 million people is plenty to do what they want they don't need to care about your opinion they can just branch off and be 100 million strong... So democracy relies on the fact that 2 wolves vote to eat the sheep. Majority is not fair it is a statistical lie. nothing lies better than statistics.. No one is right or wrong for having an opinion. which means it comes down to power and the means to enforce your opinion. I do not, never have agreed with the concept of majority rules quite literally stupid people Shouldn't get a vote especially if it involves in my life. how dare some ignorant strangers on the other side of the country team up with a bunch of other ignorant fuckers. And presume to dictate my life.
If a bunch of lazy poor starving fat bitches with 15 kids each. all vote because they want my money so now I have to pay more taxes for their stupid welfare that's fucking disgusting that's blatant robbery. you stole from my pockets so you could feed yourself in your kids you killed part of my future for the sake of your future. In short I've never been a fan of democracy. At least not taken to full scale maybe in smaller clusters or localised assemblies it does OK but once you scale it I do not approve.
@@lordpowell3788 I agree that smaller communities are better than a large government. But we should have more democracy and more autonomy, with the Federal government only stepping in to defend the minority when the majority is being extra shitty.
A lot of people on the right seem to think we can solve this if everyone had a gun... That would end badly. Basically that "election by bullets instead of an election by ballots"
Also "lazy poor starving fat bitches" ... They're fat and also starving? I think maybe you're listening to conservatives.
From what I can find, Park No-Yong did both undergraduate and doctoral degrees in the United States in the '20s and taught all over the United States. I don't really understand the context of the piece knowing it was written by someone who had lived in the United States for a sizable chunk of his adult life.
Its a somewhat fictionalised account, despite being rather American himself hes trying to exaggerate his 'foreignness' to make an observation of the cultural differences - poking fun at the absurdity of some aspects of Western life. This book was aimed at Western audiences it should be noted.
Should make us reflect on the values that made us a strong and cohesive nation
His review basically said: It's horrendous and I love it
"Many American women grow so bony and skinny that I feel sorry for the men. For it must be hard for them, unless they be archeologists, to grow romantic with a bag of bones." 💀💀💀
"Materialistic America, I take my hat off to thee!"
Thank you sir, and you're welcome!
America is sho materialistic we're now more than ever voting to use the government guns to strip citizens of their private property for redistribution and economic justice.
@@gerardgmz Bath salts are not for personal consumption, as is clearly stated on all packaging.
10:08 The drawing by Schiele is Austrian art from the turn of the century, not American from the 50s.
10:11 The Fountain (urinal) by Marcel Duchamp is French from 1917, not American.
Are you sure it's a chinese perspective on america? It say's it was written by No-young park, a korean diplomat. The timeline seems to match up cause he was attending fort benning at that time.
Born in Manchuria.
No-Young Park was born in Manchuria to Korean Refugees. As he hailed from Liaoning, I guess you can say he was Chinese with Korean heritage.
This is a very humorous and apt description of the cultural perspectives and habits that made America great.
"great"? 😄
@@marksanders2168 😎
@@feroxseneca8997 your right to identify as a kitchen sink. 🏳️🌈
This guy is absolutely throwing shade, he’s putting just enough respec on it, but there’s absolutely some shade
Haha. Amazing episode. Love when he discusses the only class he saw starving in America was that of women, and how he feels bad for American men XD classic stuff
America
She ain't perfect, she isn't innocent
But there is no other way of life I would want to be with.
Healthcare, please.
@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 I would rather there be a medical system rework rather than just"healthcare plz"
What good is healthcare when the care is still shit.
@@twahtskie it's still better than nothing, like in the video said americans are very materialistic, they aren't comfortable if they doesn't have the highest quality of everything because they haven't suffer extreme form of poverty before
@@resmur8095
Materialistic?
So are you calling all Americans such as New Yorkers, Californians, Texans, Minnesotans, South African-Americans, Nigerian-Americans, Sierra Leone-Americans, Somali-Americans, Egyptian-Americans, Navajo, Seminole, Sioux, Ute, Alaskan-Inuit, Hawaiian-Polynesian, Latino-Americans, Caribbean-Americans, Korean-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Indian-Americans , Anglo-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, Greek-Americans, Romali-Americans, Polish-Americans, Arabic-Americans, Syrian-Americans, Russian-Americans, Catholic-Americans, Evangelical-Americans, Mormon-Americans, Amish-Americans, Baptist-Americans, Yiddish-Americans, Hadisc Jewish-Americans, Shia Muslim-Americans, Sunni Muslim-Americans, Sufi the Muslim-Americans, Buddhist-Americans, Norse Pagan-Americans,etc ; or something different?
@@whathell6t you know I'm not talking about All americans, it's just plain generalization towards the majority of the americans
Wow, this person surely knew how to put his story into words
This is amazing!!! Thank you for this.
That was hillarious and informative, thank you for lifting my mood in these bad times.
I’ve never thought about hell like that. It would make more sense for you to be awake but with nothing to do which is insanity. Boredom is humanity’s worst fear but we don’t even know it.
Boredom is american's worst fear.
@@Nnm26 What I think he means is that we all want a purpose or direction in life in order to feel grounded. "Boredom" was the word that Peyton Ravan chose to describe the absence of this, and regardless of whether or not that particular phrase best describes the feeling, the feeling is feared by all of humanity.
@@KM-jn7hp aimlessness might be a better word.
@@Nnm26 I agree, thank you
It's not boredom. It's emptiness. There's a huge difference. Boredom is simply having nothing to do at a specific point in time . Emptiness is living for nothing. The latter is more dangerous and horrifying .
"Almost as hairy as the monkies." Thanks China bro lol.
This is one of your best episodes yet. I'm now motivated to track down the source material to read more of what this man has to say.
It is strange to think that not so long ago how rare it was to have outside insight on each others countries cause of how long things use to take
I never expected him to be so surprisingly funny, dang.
I love these videos :)
It's like a new revolution in the field of history.
I really want to put the Chinese copypasta but...
This seems so nice, I can't do that here.
You're just mad that it applies well with reality
I love this channel so much. Top tier comfy.
Great wisdom. Observing something as an outsider can give a lot of perspective. Very valuable
He really had to come at archeology like that.
Coco is an adorable Tabby! You must include her in more of your most time worthy videos! Did the Chinese translation really say "tummy" referring to a stomach?
It was written in English by the man himself. And so much more Coco to come! 🐈
I did not expect this to be this funny 😂
America: Chilling....
Chinese guy visiting: I'm gonna end this guys career
Kind-of clickbait-y thumbnail, as No Yong Park (the person who wrote this extract) was the son of Korean refugees, lived in Manchuria and spent only about spent a few years in China, where he moved to the US for university and remained there. He purposefully talked up the "Chinaman Ooo" style of prose in order to sell more books. The man himself was essentially American but knew the pulp-seeking audience would find the "oriental" style more exotic. Also, always helps to have an ideological ally of the US state writing "true" accounts of American life. Apple pies and Studebakers for everyone!
ironic
@@xakatas9510 Sorry, what?
Reminds me of seeing a cloth that says "car greasing" in superdry
That first segment is definitely at least a little bit satire. I love it. Sounds like the author pulling one over someone (regardless of the facts being largely true).
_America is mentioned in any way_
Internet commenters: "Yeah but did you know Murica bad!😡"
They hate us 'cause they ain't us. 😎🍔🦅
Ironically 90% of that kind of comments are americans themselves.
@@norikofu509 It's not especially ironic.
One of our leading exports is self-loathing.
@@E4439Qv5 Pretty Much
Gotta admit, he nails it in many aspects. Great observations there.
Amazing channel, I love hearing about the different perspectives of the world.
8:40-9:15
This is so sad that it tears the heart, even though I'm no American, only a European that thought people would never disrespect democracy in USA.
How does using legal means to dispute the authenticity of an election undermine it?
Cope and seethe
A.) It is a Republic.
B.) Losers have been challenging results for a long time.
C.) It wasn't even the first in the 21st century: 2000, 2004, 2016, then 2020 (next probably 2024)
12:06
That line is genius hahaha
Oh boy that bit about how well Americans accept election results didn’t age well.
Dude, as long as the election isn't followed by civil war or a coup, and I mean a real coup, then you don't have much to complain about.
@@Siddhartha02 did you sleep through January 6th?
@@HollowLily If you think that's what a coup looks like, you are beyond delusional.
@@HollowLily yeah that was nothing. Compare it with a coup that's going on right now in Myanmar. Was there a nation wide military occupation? Was your internet shut off? No.
@@thierry9592 Is a coup attempt not a coup attempt if it fails? The same rhetoric was used in both Myanmar and America, that there was supposedly election fraud and that the only way to “save democracy” is to use force to subvert the results of an election. The biggest difference is that the military in Myanmar was successful whereas the Republicans in America failed.
4:55 is brilliant analysis. So very true.
Awesome. These are great videos. Thanks you guys
Well this is interesting🧐
Lol its racist as fk 😂
@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 how , racist nonsense
@@tashahatzidakis5680 Because he made some generalizations based on race are u dumb or something
Hello! ;)
@sneksnekitsasnek Indian. Singh is her last name. " Singh means Lion in Punjai and Haryanvi language". She might be a Rajput.
I hate that damn alarm clock, always startle me out of bed every morning when I haven't got enough sleep! 😂😂😂
This was straight up hilarious a few times lol. Thank you for this. Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
Part 8: They drag religion into every conversation
Thanks Nathan, likewise.
@@epa901 Thank you. I enjoy the Popeye profile pic by the way!
This gives a good perspective of what a person back then must have thought of America. Imagine coming from a civilization that is for the most parts centuries upon centuries behind when it comes to development. Now you come in a country where there are cities with building that are hundreds of meters into the sky. Wide paved roads everywhere and machines roaming everywhere your turn your head. Then you see where these people live. Big homes full with furniture and appliances where you can store or cook your food. What these people must think about the TV for example? It is as if you visit an alien civilization.
An insightful and humorous perspective on America.