The Roads to Creating Foreign Policy Changes

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  • @gunselshaly537
    @gunselshaly537 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +80

    Moral of the story: If you see someone stealing baby formula, no you didn't.

    • @Terrorkittens
      @Terrorkittens 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      This is the moral of basically every story, if you really think about it.

    • @yidavv
      @yidavv 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      In the context of the video thatd mean allowing allies to do whatever the fuck they want and do/say nothing gbout it.

    • @RabenmundK
      @RabenmundK 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      ​@@yidavv In the context of the Video it means if you see allies doing something shady (supporting civilians with medical aid / food out of the military storage e.g.) you turn a blind eye.
      Beau said nothing about blind, total ignorance to war crimes. This should be crystal clear if you ever watched any of his Videos about Ukraine, Gaza... or US military involvement.

    • @sukhvindermangat1087
      @sukhvindermangat1087 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@RabenmundK75 years of Vetoing Human Rights Violations says Otherwise!

    • @i-love-comountains3850
      @i-love-comountains3850 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@yidavv
      No, it literally would not. Piss poor effort at hyperbolic rhetoric, on your part.
      Baby Formula (eg humanitarian aid) is not equivalent to "let them do whatever the fuck they want," you're truly just being ignorant. Whether it's deliberate or due to lack of information is debatable.

  • @Tunnelfish2
    @Tunnelfish2 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +524

    I think Beau just wrote a children's book on foreign policy.

    • @margaretnicol3423
      @margaretnicol3423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Speak for yourself. It was grown up enough for me! 🙂

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Kids'll have nightmares. Parents will spend all their extra money on therapy.

    • @jgraham6267
      @jgraham6267 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

      That is how you know he’s an effective teacher on the subject. He can put it into real easy to understand terms

    • @peaceout6285
      @peaceout6285 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

      Well, this 64 year old sure could use a book like that! 😊

    • @graydanerasmussen4071
      @graydanerasmussen4071 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      @@johnsteiner3417 Kids are a lot tougher than people think. Telling them there are no monsters is doing them a disservice. There ARE monsters! Teach them that monsters can be defeated!

  • @DappledShade
    @DappledShade 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +181

    Sharing this with my budding activist daughter so she has a better understanding of the levers. Thank you!

    • @bonniepoole1095
      @bonniepoole1095 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Young people are idealistic and maybe need to be in order to balance the inhumanity that power exerts on people. Power has no regard for human suffering- - never has, never will. Like believing in Santa Claus, idealism probably does no harm in the long run; for realistic people, sarcasm and complaisance will set in soon enough.

    • @old_grey_cat
      @old_grey_cat 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Check Herman and Chomsky, "Manufacturing Consent." It can be used to drive voter suppression or green investment internally, too.

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +173

    Wow. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, Grenada, and other conflicts, all explained in under 20 minutes.

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Not really explaining why, just how.

  • @user-pj9qz6mc2w
    @user-pj9qz6mc2w 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +137

    Professor Beau, you need to do these more often. Lifting the veil has seldom been done so well. A cure for ignorance - maybe even willful ignorance - might be possible after all.

  • @michaelsmedes663
    @michaelsmedes663 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +135

    74 years looking for a clear commentary on kingdom dynamics. At last I find Beau! Thank you so much for your insights.

  • @SerVagabond
    @SerVagabond 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +92

    I need a T-Shirt that says I got my International Relations degree from Donovia University

    • @staceyjinuk9714
      @staceyjinuk9714 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I'd get that 😊

    • @katherinesayles8870
      @katherinesayles8870 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same

    • @CroneLife1
      @CroneLife1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      That, and a coffee mug. Someone better at graphics than I, please create a crest or coat of arms, and send to Professor Beau, Dean of Donovia University, for approval.

    • @staceyjinuk9714
      @staceyjinuk9714 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Genius!!🧑‍🌾🐎🥕🍎

    • @midgetwthahacksaw
      @midgetwthahacksaw 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@CroneLife1I'll do it! But I've forgotten how to send stuff to Beau. Get me a link or info and I'll send it to him.

  • @dcus55
    @dcus55 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +230

    “…berets, Ray-Bans, whatever you need…” 😂

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Very 80s depiction.

    • @margaretnicol3423
      @margaretnicol3423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      @@johnsteiner3417 I go back further when a pair of Levis were worth their weight in gold. 😀

    • @KGshowfan
      @KGshowfan 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      LOLed on that line.😂😂

    • @clm1115523
      @clm1115523 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I lol'd at that line

    • @Dianelee999
      @Dianelee999 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ikr? 😂

  • @diannabryzicki7111
    @diannabryzicki7111 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +178

    "They need democracy and some extraction contracts". Wow....

    • @Jerao
      @Jerao 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      My lizard brain thought of Helldivers and how Not Subtle its politics are.

    • @brentmcwilliams4332
      @brentmcwilliams4332 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes that was a great line.👍

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      It's also used domestically. The R's have been manufacturing consent for Autocracy.

    • @LeftOfBori
      @LeftOfBori 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@JeraoWE MUST SPREAD MANAGED DEMOCRACY™️ ACROSS THE GALAXY

    • @Tirani2
      @Tirani2 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Show me the lie.

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +148

    You know who gets smashed in between the army of Danovia and our forces? The folks we are there "to save".

  • @SL1021Esquire
    @SL1021Esquire 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +229

    Ah “Iraqi Freedom”… Nothing like being in high school when you realize you’re smarter than Congress🙄🙄🤦‍♂️

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

      Well... they did tip their hand with the first term: Operation Iraqi Liberation [O.I.L.].

    • @MiracleFound
      @MiracleFound 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      It was pretty blatant.

    • @jamesschrader6855
      @jamesschrader6855 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Only the Facist Republicans in Congress, the Democrats are extremely smart!

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      They're free from Saddam but I don't know if they're better off

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@comfortablynumb9342 The pre and post photos of Iraq tell that story.

  • @kathosim501
    @kathosim501 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I bought a fridge magnet in 2003 that I’ve kept, and it says: “Be nice to America, or we’ll bring democracy to your country.”

  • @daiakunin
    @daiakunin 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

    Now I'm imaging Secretary Blinken walking into Netanyahu's office and saying "buddy! pal! I believe in your cause, uh, whatever that is, but people are upset and we need you to change course.".

    • @CroneLife1
      @CroneLife1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Yes! This! I got this same image!

    • @Cerceify
      @Cerceify 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Remember last year when Biden didn't invite Bibi to stay at the WH or even visit when he came for the opening of the UN summit? BIBI has to go per his non right wing constituents.

    • @timnewman1172
      @timnewman1172 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Still, it needs to happen...
      But first, he needs to genuinely fear consequences. So far, that has yet to occur.

    • @sukhvindermangat1087
      @sukhvindermangat1087 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Blinken was talking about Ceasefire RIGHT AWAY, but had to "adjust" his position so Dinovia could "Mow the Lawn" 1st...

  • @jodycarter7308
    @jodycarter7308 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    When it comes to breaking it down into crayons Bob Ross couldn't paint a picture as well or as quickly as "Beau".

  • @NoName-semi-censored
    @NoName-semi-censored 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    Many people think of Noam Chomsky when they think of his book “manufacturing consent“ - the phrase, and concept of it goes back to 1922, with Walter Lippmann - and at that stage, describing how we got into World War I

  • @hadespuppy
    @hadespuppy 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    I love how less and less subtle the parable got as it went on.

  • @vincentschreiber9496
    @vincentschreiber9496 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    Brilliantly Stated PhD level yet understood by 5th graders lesson.
    Thanks Beau.

  • @taljan57
    @taljan57 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Thank you, Professor Beau . I learn more on this channel than I ever learned in school. Please don't ever stop. We need your knowledge .

  • @bonniepoole1095
    @bonniepoole1095 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    Power does not value human life. Never has, never will. As Shakespear said, " As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods: They kill us for their sport."

    • @CroneLife1
      @CroneLife1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      "Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest." Bion of Borysthenes We're living in a Lord of the Flies world.

  • @victorcapel2755
    @victorcapel2755 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Worth noting here is that the king of Denovia lacks support from the majority of his own people and the only reason he came back as king was for him to remove himself from a bunch of legal processes.
    Reminds me of another wannabe king, in one of Denovias largest backers.

  • @DasDevilSquid
    @DasDevilSquid 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

    And knowing is half the battle. YO BEAU!

  • @ALL_CAPS__
    @ALL_CAPS__ 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    If any of my teachers were half as engaging and entertaining on any topic as Beau is on a daily basis, I would’ve never left school, even when the bell rang!

  • @robertl.arbogast8189
    @robertl.arbogast8189 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Ya know, it's a really hard lesson for me, I mean it actually hurts inside, to realize, as Beau is so eloquently showing, that
    our U.S. government is not beholden or obliged to a moral code at all, but is driven by power moves on that international game board.
    Why is it so hard? I think, because it was an unspoken assumption, all my life as a citizen, that our votes were a kind of moral edict to whoever
    was elected.

    • @bunyipdragon9499
      @bunyipdragon9499 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Born in the late 60's and this realisation came to me in the mid 90's. It hurts to know the "good guys" had duped me. Once you know, then you can act 💜

    • @sukhvindermangat1087
      @sukhvindermangat1087 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You've Realized the "American Dream" was JUST a dream!
      I've known most of this since childhood, but Biden's Inaction has led me to a bit of Disillusionment on just how CORRUPT We as a Nation Truly are...
      When the "Good Guys" are Pro Genocide, you KNOW you're in Trouble as a Society!

  • @iquestion8493
    @iquestion8493 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +102

    👋
    Powerful people playing Powerful games. The king of denovia is concerned about his own individual skin and will do whatever it takes. Powerful people can be Powerful cowards.
    Thanks Beau and crew 😊.

    • @satalia
      @satalia 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Hello iQ and Satalia! Wonderful to see you both!

    • @iquestion8493
      @iquestion8493 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@satalia👋😊💙💙🙂

    • @iquestion8493
      @iquestion8493 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@Erin-ThorI'm always happy to see fellow Beau peeps! Hi Erin my friend 😊.

    • @margaretnicol3423
      @margaretnicol3423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ... or the people and the country are fine but don't want to give the US what it wants so the US sulks!

  • @tgardenchicken1780
    @tgardenchicken1780 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +76

    Good morning Beau peeps. Beau pulling back the curtain so we can see how the sausage is made.

    • @jaynye4991
      @jaynye4991 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      👍👍

    • @josephoconnor7148
      @josephoconnor7148 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "Beau peeps" 😆 And it's true...

    • @treeeva
      @treeeva 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes, but "we" under stand the concept of a curtain and even of a fourth wall. My living situation is quite unique. I'm saying this with the open possibility that I too, could be locked behind a filter of set standards of delusions. But I believe my delusions are of possibilities, not of impossibilities. I feel I just need the right words to unlock the filters of others which seem to be made from immovable lead stone for some people. I don't believe anyone is willfully ignorant. That is absurd to me. I'm going to take this video and test it out on one of the six people in my immediate environment.

    • @marybrown7203
      @marybrown7203 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@treeeva Let us know how it goes, OK?

    • @treeeva
      @treeeva 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@marybrown7203 Thank you, I will. As of this moment, no one is willing to take the time with me to view this. I'd rather be in their presence.

  • @Tiewaz
    @Tiewaz 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    "They need democracy." Sounds like a promo for Helldivers 2.

    • @stellargravitywell1828
      @stellargravitywell1828 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Invading countless worlds, extracting their resources, the photo op missions, and the seemingly endless war, all in the name of spreading "Managed Democracy".
      That game is so much fun, and the satire to current foreign policy dynamics is spot on

    • @Tiewaz
      @Tiewaz 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      @@stellargravitywell1828 When my son showed me the trailer, I laughed so hard. Mostly to not cry about how true it rang.

    • @autohmae
      @autohmae 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah, I don't like that game at all. Exactly for this reason, because I think a bunch of people do not see it as satire.

  • @ScytheNoire
    @ScytheNoire 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    "They need democracy" made me laugh really hard, and it's probably because I'm old enough to have heard this before and it never works out well for "those poor people."

  • @JamesC785
    @JamesC785 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    The Women, Life, Freedom movement succeeding in toppling the extremist leadership of Iran would be a disaster for Netanyahu - he'd have to invent another villain.

    • @sukhvindermangat1087
      @sukhvindermangat1087 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not "He", "We" would have to find a new Villain! "He" was carried every step of the way by U.S.

  • @stephaniewilson3955
    @stephaniewilson3955 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    The King of Denovia has held this course for decades. I am sceptical that he will change as he knows the Law Courts are waiting for him.

    • @maryreeves357
      @maryreeves357 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The Donovan King might hit the road to avoid nasty issues. It's worked for others. Wouldn't it have been wonderful if our Dear Leader had chosen that route?

  • @johnnyrockdog
    @johnnyrockdog 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky

    • @josephoconnor7148
      @josephoconnor7148 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes!

    • @susanbradleyskov9179
      @susanbradleyskov9179 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      … and others, just not precisely those words.

    • @bjdefilippo447
      @bjdefilippo447 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Exactly. It was always part of my Social Psych syllabus. I should see how well it holds up today.

    • @old_grey_cat
      @old_grey_cat 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Chomsky and Herman

  • @Segwyne
    @Segwyne 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    I had to pause to laugh at Blaudi Ablabia and Yourun. 😂

  • @miketheonly9996
    @miketheonly9996 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Going to need to listen to this one a couple times.

  • @margaretnicol3423
    @margaretnicol3423 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

    Little things really count like moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Big mistake! Should be corrected.

    • @JamesC785
      @JamesC785 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Accepting Palestine as a full UN member & moving the US Embassy in Palestine to East Jerusalem would be a most effective correction.
      Somewhat unlikely though....

    • @MKR5210
      @MKR5210 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What I want to know is what failed real estate grifter Jared Kushner said to the players he met with as the "bringer of peace" to the middle east.... excluding Palestinians of course 🤨

  • @anna9072
    @anna9072 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    I think it’s also important to note that Denovia is a KINGdom. It is RULED by a monarch, it is not a democracy. The people of Denovia may not realize this yet, but it is the way things are.

    • @captain34ca
      @captain34ca 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      unlike the free and glorious oligarchy of the USA with it's amazing prison system and social safety net for industry and commerce

    • @anna9072
      @anna9072 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@captain34ca that wasn’t the comparison I was making, but I won’t argue your point.

  • @robertdavidtingstrom118
    @robertdavidtingstrom118 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    The King of Denovia is trying to keep his butt out of prison for as long as possible. So, being a wartime King is all he has left. He has to maintain his status, to remain King for the duration of the war. Plus, he’s an angry, homicidal maniac, who wants to wipe out all the people who he claims want to wipe him and his people out. He is not completely wrong on that accusation. But still, he’s a maniac. Imho.

    • @Cerceify
      @Cerceify 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Is he Bibi or donny?

    • @robertdavidtingstrom118
      @robertdavidtingstrom118 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Cerceify Bibi

    • @richardfeverel99
      @richardfeverel99 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Maybe that will eventually be part of the deal: a pardon for the past, diplomatic immunity for the future, and more money than the 'King' can ever spend, in return for retiring to a life of luxury and NEVER influencing international affairs again.

  • @UplandJones1
    @UplandJones1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +50

    But we have always been at war with Eurasia

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      They have stuff we want

    • @Sandra-dt4ec
      @Sandra-dt4ec 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      But I thought Goldstein was now aligned with Eastasia, at least we were in the last Three Minutes of Hate. Oh well, back to the Chestnut Tree Cafe.

    • @UplandJones1
      @UplandJones1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Sandra-dt4ec chapter 1: ignorance is strength

    • @Sandra-dt4ec
      @Sandra-dt4ec 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      💪💪💪💪

  • @CroneLife1
    @CroneLife1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Beau, you need to actually publish this as a book. Seriously. And then watch it hit the best seller lists everywhere because some Republicans want to get it banned. But, no - really. Make this a thing. This was beautifully done. I can see artwork for it already. And I would buy multiple copies. Please consider this.

  • @user-gp7zt3bz7k
    @user-gp7zt3bz7k 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Hey Hey Ho Ho Netanyahu's got to go!

  • @charliesimar7541
    @charliesimar7541 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Yup, this is pretty much what happened in Cambodia, 1968-1973. We, the US, installed the Lon Nol government, which in turn fell to the Khmer Rouge, which led to the killing fields and the death of over 2 million Cambodians.

    • @graydanerasmussen4071
      @graydanerasmussen4071 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Mossadegh in Iran... This is not a new story :)

  • @MiracleFound
    @MiracleFound 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    "Canadian Bacon" does a great job with this concept. It is funny and horrifying at the same time.

    • @evee8462
      @evee8462 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Is Canadian Bacon a TH-cam channel?

    • @ALL_CAPS__
      @ALL_CAPS__ 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@evee8462 did you search TH-cam as well? lol. All I found was videos on how to make Canadian bacon. 😂

    • @CroneLife1
      @CroneLife1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@ALL_CAPS__ , it's a 1995 comedy written, directed, and produced by Michael Moore. Yes, *that* Michael Moore, of Roger and Me fame.

    • @Jamie_says_weirding_is_real
      @Jamie_says_weirding_is_real 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@evee8462 this is officially my favorite "huh?" moment of the day! I searched YT for CB too! Lol Another movie on my To-Watch list 😊

    • @MiracleFound
      @MiracleFound 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@evee8462 a movie that I recommend watching because it is so accurate in some ways and has a great cast.

  • @janetmichelson3978
    @janetmichelson3978 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Things we knew but never put together in this manner. I appreciate the simplicity.

  • @RachelJoanDale
    @RachelJoanDale 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Political manipulation exposed in everyday terms is amazing.

  • @lovingoldlady4872
    @lovingoldlady4872 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Wow! Learned more in a few minutes than my old brain can handle.

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen21 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    What curious purely hypothetical consideration.

    • @MiracleFound
      @MiracleFound 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Not hypothetical at all. Just the names and places were changed.

    • @CJusticeHappen21
      @CJusticeHappen21 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@MiracleFound ಠ⁠﹏⁠ಠ

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      ​@@CJusticeHappen21"Listen! It's the sound of Iron-E 🦸 flying high above your head!" 😂

    • @hattielankford4775
      @hattielankford4775 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@enricogattone432 My mistake. I thought that was Captain O.

    • @hattielankford4775
      @hattielankford4775 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@MiracleFound😅 I'm sorry. It's funny.

  • @christiancook6742
    @christiancook6742 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Wag the dog anyone?

  • @judischarns4509
    @judischarns4509 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Master class on foreign policy understanding and motivations.

  • @josephwatkins1190
    @josephwatkins1190 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    What happens when the king of denovia doesn't alter the course? Sure they're an asset and a regional power but when they don't listen to you and keep trying to drag you into a conflict you don't want and just all around show how little respect they have for you, what then?

    • @QueenKitty08
      @QueenKitty08 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      If the king of denovia doesn't alter course, the other powers may decide the king needs to take a nap.

    • @Lea-zf7lm
      @Lea-zf7lm 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@QueenKitty08 maybe the king needs a very long table à la Putin. And food testers.

    • @ninemoonplanet
      @ninemoonplanet 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Without constructive actions? Nothing except misery.

    • @cphcph12
      @cphcph12 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Somebody comes along and says king, buddy pal, you know those weapons you're counting on? They just got lost, can't find them. Oh, and those products you made, your customer doesn't them anymore. Millions lost, oopsie.

    • @zaco-km3su
      @zaco-km3su 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      More sanctions. The sanctions will be aimed at certain officials.

  • @zachschneider59
    @zachschneider59 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Beau, nice to education for Americans who only watch TV for their news.

  • @bigolboomerbelly4348
    @bigolboomerbelly4348 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This isn't counter terrorism. They need to go about it differently.

  • @QueenKitty08
    @QueenKitty08 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    As you soon as you said the king of denovia, I thought oh they're going to need some freedom.

  • @starsaligned4917
    @starsaligned4917 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Beau, this is brilliant and much appreciated!

  • @LaundryFaerie
    @LaundryFaerie 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Americans, it's sometimes easier to see how manufacturing consent works if it's happening somewhere else. So let's look at the UK. Think about how much the British public loved Princess Diana and how much they despised Camilla. Now think about how the Crown has run a PR campaign through the popular press ever since Diana died, trying to convince the British people that Camilla is not only a really swell person, but also fit to be their Queen. Think about how the same press has built up William, Kate and their family as presumptive heirs to the throne, and ground Harry and Meghan into the dust, in an attempt to preserve the institution of a royal family. Yeah, like that.

    • @MKR5210
      @MKR5210 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      BS of the highest order.
      Show us the receipts ..... This great PR campaign to make Camilla popular, utterly ridiculous.
      This is as insane as Harry and Meghan using Michael Cohan's press melee and the hundreds of cameras at the Harry Potter premiere to "prove" Meghan was Diana 2.0...
      The reason what Beau is talking about works is because of gullible people like you 🤣🤣

    • @bobfg3130
      @bobfg3130 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Henry and Meghan did that to themselves. 😆 They made some choices. Now, there was a reaction from British institutions or press but that's another issue. Not a fan of Camilla.

  • @UncleGeno
    @UncleGeno 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    This video sailed way over my head. As a US citizen, I will attempt to influence foreign policy by never again voting for any candidate that takes money from Aipac or brags constantly about being a Zionist.

    • @zaco-km3su
      @zaco-km3su 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It doesn't matter if that candidate takes money from AIPAC. What matters is if they will be pro-Israeli. If they're not, that's fine. Next time AIPAC will not give them money. It helped get them elected though. Next time AIPAC might even make attack ads about that.

    • @michelletheado
      @michelletheado 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Israel, Bibi, Rafah, and the Netzah Yehuda Battalion

  • @hacksawbob3310
    @hacksawbob3310 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    The right-wing media here in the US can, and does, undermine these efforts with the reach and influence they have established over the recent decades.

    • @stephaniewilson3955
      @stephaniewilson3955 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      They are used. They fall for it every time.

    • @VM-kv6kl
      @VM-kv6kl 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is a valid point. State dept news releases & leaks may be handled differently by today's divided media.

  • @johnsteiner3417
    @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    Love how the advisors have money for Ray-Rans. 😎

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      And berets.

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@comfortablynumb9342 Yeah but... Ray-Bans.😁

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@johnsteiner3417 a proper revolutionary has both I think 😂

    • @lemonflavouredquark
      @lemonflavouredquark 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And the berets should be a nice bright colour

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lemonflavouredquark Red and green best.

  • @caramidabrick
    @caramidabrick 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Blahdi Ablabia and Yurohn. Made me grin.

  • @pamelaponiatowski3529
    @pamelaponiatowski3529 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Really appreciate you, Beau and team!

  • @NoName-semi-censored
    @NoName-semi-censored 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Al Jazeera has a really funny cartoon narrated by Noam Chomsky about the concept of manufacturing consent, it’s hilarious!

    • @katherinesayles8870
      @katherinesayles8870 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Oh! Thanks! I'm going to look that up. Sounds fantastic

    • @NoName-semi-censored
      @NoName-semi-censored 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@katherinesayles8870
      Government mandated - Social Engineering often won’t allow links
      th-cam.com/video/34LGPIXvU5M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wuP5plDX6-Oe0etl

  • @Kebron999
    @Kebron999 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Wow this is the first time I’ve heard anyone other than me even know about the desert storm trading cards let alone use them as a point about modern politics. I got myself a whole box of them at a yardsale In the 2010s when I was 14 for $5 because I thought they were cool. Wasn’t until much later I got politically aware enough to understand them though. Now they sit on my desk as a reminder of what propaganda and cultural infiltration looks like.

    • @marybrown7203
      @marybrown7203 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I heard of the cards recently and realized I have a deck. I was busy raising a family at that time. I was talking to my mom, and the conversation ended with her saying, "Pray for Joey." I didn't know about a war, and my nephew, Joey, was in the 24th infantry on the front line. I felt bad and began cutting out every article in every paper every day. I purchased things like trading cards, balloons, ribbons, and added them to this massive scrapbook for him. I also remember being on a flight, and the pilot announced the war was over. My nephew and two of his brothers returned home safely. I remember the cards and these times, knowing how busy we are when raising a family and how little time there is to follow current events, much less foreign policy, especially when it comes to elections.

  • @later_daze_4080
    @later_daze_4080 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I was 12 when the Persian Gulf war started. I remember all the merchandise you could buy to support the war, including the trading cards with photos if A10 Warthogs and Abrams tanks and Storming Norman Schwarzkopf. Manufacturing consent could be also called marketing consent, or merchandising consent.

    • @nadiapennyfeather1504
      @nadiapennyfeather1504 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      💯 AKA propaganda

    • @TheJangles77
      @TheJangles77 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      My little league baseball team that year was called The Patriots, and we had a picture of a patriot missile on our jerseys. I was to young at the time to get it.

  • @charlescampbell7230
    @charlescampbell7230 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Instead of Beaustradamus, today we get Beau Chomsky! What a great breakdown, thanks Beau!

    • @jorenvanderark3567
      @jorenvanderark3567 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Beau is about 3 genocide denials short of becoming a Chomsky.

  • @TomNemmer
    @TomNemmer 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    Do “they” really need the consent of the people at home? I think we are often ignored.

    • @lawrenceksyahoocom
      @lawrenceksyahoocom 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

      They need enough consent to be reelected.

    • @TomNemmer
      @TomNemmer 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@lawrenceksyahoocom…depending on the level of gerrymandering in any given district!😮

    • @danielwnorowski2553
      @danielwnorowski2553 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Or protests put down on college campuses

    • @starsaligned4917
      @starsaligned4917 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      So true! We have the power that we believe we have!

    • @lawrenceksyahoocom
      @lawrenceksyahoocom 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      @markevans8206 If you sit down and have a beer with the MAGA folks, you might find there is a deal to be done on universal healthcare. Left and right wing populists come together on this issue. But entrenched interests will fight it tooth and nail.

  • @TPaine76
    @TPaine76 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I love how Beau slyly slips in the anecdote about the poor woman who can’t afford the baby formula to briefly remind us that there are important battles we need to fight at home.

  • @paulblaauw
    @paulblaauw 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    The US went to way too much trouble just to get rid of the guy they helped install in Iraq.
    To say nothing of all the other places they meddled in.

  • @SL1021Esquire
    @SL1021Esquire 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    “DeNovia” needs to be labeled what it is. A Fascist Theocracy

  • @brettAnichols
    @brettAnichols 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    From the allegorical Land to the metaphorical Sea, Denovia will be Free!

  • @jaynorris3722
    @jaynorris3722 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Maybe this could be played in Congress. They need all the help they can get.

  • @andyspillum3588
    @andyspillum3588 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Blahbidy Blaiba?!? I f'n Love it

  • @LetUsPlayMoreGames
    @LetUsPlayMoreGames 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Mouse that Roared.

  • @strings41
    @strings41 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Any use of the term "Manufacturing Consent" should mention the seminal book with the same name by Chomsky & Herman.

    • @roadswithbeau
      @roadswithbeau  27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It's like using the term "pirates and emperors". Either people know or they Google it and they see it.

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I don't recall the Denobian attack on an American ship and murder of American sailors causing any such consent campaign, nor any great public outrage. Perhaps if that had happened the current situation would not have happened. For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe, a horse, etc. Those who do not learn from history may well be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.

  • @YikesThump
    @YikesThump 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Blahdia Blarabia from now on.

  • @sunnyday237
    @sunnyday237 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ugh.. this was exactly what happened in Libya in 2011, manufactured consent and now the state is in case of perpetual chaos

  • @barbaralee7483
    @barbaralee7483 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    This is fascinating and also scary!

  • @tinoyb9294
    @tinoyb9294 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Meanwhile, the planet is on fire.

  • @sidneylewis8728
    @sidneylewis8728 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Denovisians we’re early humans like Neanderthals!

  • @billmorse221
    @billmorse221 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    People will believe why do you think people believe in the soaps?

  • @meercatt
    @meercatt 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We need to start some of this after the election to expand the supreme court

  • @bel-amimargoles1209
    @bel-amimargoles1209 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Let us very much hope this shift happens and soon. Unfortunately, I think the King (along with some other Kings) is hoping for a change in leadership HERE in order to keep doing what he wants in Denovia.

  • @rachelraccoon5565
    @rachelraccoon5565 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You are such a wonderful story teller. I was positively transfixed, and so many of my knowledge gaps were filled and understanding set in. 10 gold stars

  • @keithdavies6771
    @keithdavies6771 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    This was outstanding. Thanks.

  • @paleggett1897
    @paleggett1897 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Masterful
    🙏🏽

  • @edwardskerl5774
    @edwardskerl5774 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Noam Chomsky, first real thinky book I bought as a kid

    • @bjdefilippo447
      @bjdefilippo447 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A must read.

    • @jorenvanderark3567
      @jorenvanderark3567 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I make it a point not to listen to the opinions of genocide deniers, so do you have someone actually worth reading for me to look at?

  • @J-DUB-F1
    @J-DUB-F1 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    That was a damn site more than "just a thought" .......that was a hypothetical analogy masterclass!!. No notes 👏👏👏👏. I know it's probably not your scene, but being a lecturer/teacher in schools would be big step up for the next generation! 💁‍♂️

  • @empress2500
    @empress2500 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Best explanation of foreign policy i have ever heard. Gonna tag this video for my center right winged friends.

  • @NotJustABarista
    @NotJustABarista 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dang, the work of empire sounds exhausting.

  • @dyerseve3001
    @dyerseve3001 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Free Gallestine!

  • @ThomasGeist
    @ThomasGeist 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Will we ever be able to vote in enough politicians who no longer want to play Masters of the Universe?

    • @joshuahall5670
      @joshuahall5670 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The answer is in your question: "politicians". Very unlikely.

  • @longforgotten4823
    @longforgotten4823 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    To prepare an omelette, who cares how many eggs must be cracked. Breakfast is served. President Shinra.

  • @veganleigh4817
    @veganleigh4817 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You explain everything so well, Beau. You really do help those of us (and I'm assuming there are others like me) who don't really understand the finer points of war and peace!!

  • @brentmcwilliams4332
    @brentmcwilliams4332 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So this all leafs me to the following question. Doesn't a person need to be a sociological psychopath in order to be considered for the job of secretary of state? When I look at Blinkin, I can't see any actual human being.

  • @zedwolf1589
    @zedwolf1589 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a deadhead l love metaphors and you (Beau) did a fine job at using them. Great way of tie-in the the facts and your story altogether.

  • @TheSunGamer101
    @TheSunGamer101 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love the metaphor just slowly becoming less and less subtle

  • @DubhghlasMacDubhghlas
    @DubhghlasMacDubhghlas 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    I will bet everything on that it is more than the home guard acting very naughty. In both in this fictional world and what is going over there in this world.

    • @ninemoonplanet
      @ninemoonplanet 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Has been for years, "home guard" doing naughty and ugly things, along with the "merchants" who take stuff to sell for themselves.

  • @CharlieThunder24
    @CharlieThunder24 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The irony that Netanyahu lives so close to the Nile and is living in denial

  • @LimeyRedneck
    @LimeyRedneck 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    'Yellow ribbon.'
    Would they be tied around an old oak tree and wasn't that song about tax evasion?..

  • @brentwinfield5713
    @brentwinfield5713 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thank you Mr. B.

  • @rommadsen6443
    @rommadsen6443 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow, Beau, you're on FIRE! This is a brilliant piece. Not a children's book approach, this is for big people.

  • @jebh5203
    @jebh5203 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I always look for shifts in narrative from the government. When I first cracked Manufacturing Consent I was far too young to fully understand, the book was just there in the house. Fast forward to 89/91 can’t remember exactly and the Globe and Mail, conservative newspaper in Canada, was discussing census results. All they said was gay men in Canada had the largest percentage of disposable earnings in the country. Everyone picked it up and I thought to myself WE DID IT !!! Finally the beginning of actual change and that’s taken decades of pain to achieve and we’re not nearly there still! The people of Denovia don’t have the time. Frankly the great unwashed have already given consent and it takes too long to get it from the elites. What next???

    • @ninemoonplanet
      @ninemoonplanet 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Except gay men never had the disposable income as cited. It was hogwash.

  • @w4iph
    @w4iph 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Blaudia Blabia may be the best thing I've heard all week

    • @jodycarter7308
      @jodycarter7308 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Personally it was "weapons, berets, ray bans, whatever you need".